Ranma 1/2 - Zelda Fanfic
By: Greg Housley


Disclaimer:      The characters and situations of Ranma � are owned by 
Rumiko Takahashi and are used in this fanfic without permission. The 
characters and situations of The Legend of Zelda are owned by Nintendo and 
are also used in this fanfic without permission. Some of this crap is mine 
(esp. Nishii, Who is my creation from before I even knew what Ranma was.) 
and I didn�t need my permission to use them. Any wish to use such characters 
( Can�t imagine why) simply email and ask me.  ; )  Which� I would 
appreciate.



RZ1/2
Chapter 1 -


	The air was thick with evil, an evil so strong it could branch the farthest 
reaches of the world. The very essence of this evil was strong enough to 
awaken those lost to its path from their long slumber. The air of the world 
had turned to a chilling sting, and the skies had darkened in its wrath. The 
evil was alive! It had found its home in the hearts of those mortal, and it 
was there it chose to grow. The evil, however, was not without its master. 
No, This evils strength was powered by a single soul, and those sensitive to 
it�s feeding could very well be driven insane.

�Welcome home, Gannondorf.� The young woman whispered to herself. She could 
tell he had not crossed over from the sacred realm, the very realm that had 
once housed the Triforce. *At least not yet.* She thought darkly.

She knelt over the sleeping form of her younger sister. She could tell from 
the way her sisters features were wrinkling and twitching that her sleep was 
infested with images of the dark Prince. She waved her hand over her young 
sisters face, and her features grew still, and peaceful.

She was aware that the Gerudo thief, Gannondorf, intentionally wanted his 
presence known. It was almost as though he was parading in open defiance to 
those who had imprisoned him so long ago. She could tell from this defiance, 
that he had used the past seven years to his advantage �He has grown very 
powerful.� She said, feeling a slight pinch of fear well up.

She stood up and brushed her silky robes of their wrinkles. Her skin was a 
pure snow white and her long hair was a fiery orange. Her long pointy ears, 
though similar to the elf�s, were much longer, and her beautiful blue eyes 
lit up in an intense blue glow. She looked down her body and sighed. She was 
one of the last of her kind and she missed the company. She was a faerie 
after all. Over one thousand years old and still she was just a young girl. 
She was one of the most powerful of the faeries left, but only as long as 
she remained in her forest, her magic bound her to its source. Outside the 
forest she was virtually powerless. She clenched her fist shut. She wanted 
so badly to leave, to experience the world as mortals did, but her father 
had forbidden this. He was a small yet wise old man, and though she was 
powerful, his power was ten times more so, which allowed him to live 
anywhere he chose, for his magic did not restrict him to a particular 
location. Her mind then thought back to the power that she could feel 
emanating from the sacred realm. Not even her father had such. . . She 
shivered at the thought and left it unfinished.

She suspected that after seven years of holding mastery over the Triforce of 
power, one of the three pieces of the ancient relic, that his powers were 
quite possibly immeasurable. *How can such a power be stopped?* She asked.

*It was with the help of the six sages and the Princess Zelda, that the boy 
Link had managed to defeat the Evil Gannondorf and lock him away in the 
sacred realm, over seven years earlier. Should he have figured out how to 
break the seal and cross over into Hyrule...* The young faerie shuddered at 
the thought.

*And then there was that tear I felt.* She remembered. *A doorway to our 
sister planet had been opened only a day ago. Could these events be 
related?* She wondered in horror. She mentally kicked herself. *If only 
there was something I could do.* She walked over to a large pot, and stared 
down into it. Inside, filled to the rim, was a glowing, blue, liquid. It was 
as smooth as ice and seemed to be motionless.

She reached down into the pot and dipped her fingers into the liquid. Though 
still it remained motionless, the surface parted allowing her hand to 
submerge itself. She concentrated her thoughts and let a small amount of 
energy slide from her body and into the glowing mass. The liquid began to 
finally ripple and she removed her hand. She stood silently as the liquid 
began to grow motionless again and an image began to form. A young man no 
older than seventeen began to take shape before her eyes. Though she had 
never before seen this boy, she new instantly from his tattered Kokiri 
clothing, and radiating spirit, that this was the boy who had pulled the 
master sword seven years earlier and defeated the mighty Gannondorf. She 
smiled in spite of herself. The boy was as handsome as she imagined, perhaps 
even more so. She let the thought drop. For he was elfin, a mortal. She 
brushed her fiery hair out of her eyes, and continued to stare into the 
image before her.

�He�s not ready to do it again.� A familiar wizened voice stated in a 
�matter of fact� sort of way. She jumped at his abruptness and turned to 
meet the eyes of her aged father. She blushed at being caught off guard. 
Finally she realized what her father was saying.

She seemed to grow sad. �I know... But who else can we count on?� She 
continued to look upon the image of the young elf.

�It would seem our fates DO, once again, lie in the hands of this young 
mortal.� The wizened faerie confirmed. �How sad...� He finished.

	The young faerie then turned to meet the eyes of her ancient father. Her 
eyes pleading. �Father... Is there a chance? Can he do it... again?� She 
trailed off. As she saw her father�s face sadden.

	�No.� Her father answered flatly. He looked down at the ground not wishing 
to see his young daughters sorrow. �Should he try... He will fail.�

	�But... How can you be so certain?� She seemed to be choking back her 
tears. �How...� Whatever else she had planned to say, seemed to leave her. A 
moment of silence passed.

	Finally her father spoke again. �He�s lost faith in himself. He no longer 
believes himself capable.�

	�But why?� she pleaded, letting a tear escape down her cheek. �Is there 
nothing we can do?� Her father looked up, only to have his daughter search 
his eyes.

	Her emotions began to grow more frantic as slowly she could feel the evil 
choke away at her fear. �Father please! There must be something!� Her father 
simply stood rooted in place searching the air for something only he could 
see.

	�Father.� The old mans heart caught in his throat as heard his daughter�s 
steady voice grow cold with determination. �If you will not do something...� 
His gaze met that of his young daughter once again. She is so beautiful he 
thought. �I will.� She finished. �I will leave this node, and find the elf 
boy, no matter what! And I�ll do what ever it takes.�

	Her father�s brow furrowed at his daughter�s open defiance. He thought to 
challenge her, but something in the way she looked at him, made him think 
better of it. She firmly stood her ground. The old man sighed. �Very well 
I�ll do what I can!� The girl�s face lit up. �But I warn you now, what I can 
do is very limited! The boy�s demon�s are within himself.� The girl�s face 
turned to very sober look.

	�Father do what you can, I could ask for nothing more. Just promise me you 
won�t give up!� The old man simply smiled, turned, and walked away.

	As he stood several miles from his daughter�s node, he felt himself smile 
again. His daughter was finally beginning to understand. She finally was 
beginning to care for the world their people had been entrusted so very long 
ago. And he had a feeling she would get her chance to help save it... A dark 
feeling...

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Ranma-chan stared out into the storm filled sky; rain beat against her 
unprotected skin in a steady cadence.  Things were, of course, as normal as 
usual but it seemed to finally to hit a certain core nerve in Ranma that 
threatened to change everything. The rain was chilling to the bone but 
Ranma-chan simply shrugged the discomfort aside.

�Why?�  She sighed glumly.  �Why is it that every time I get into a fight; 
be it physical or some stupid argument, do I always seem to get splashed 
with water?� She sighed again.

Water dripped from her bangs and into her eyes, causing her to shut her eyes 
involuntarily. She reached up and rubbed her eyes subduing the stinging 
sensation.

�Hmmph!� Ranma-chan snorted bitterly.  �Its like they all get some secret 
pleasure out of humiliating me.�

Lightning flashed, lighting the sky up to a brilliant white glow.  
Ranma-chans eyes flinched at the sudden increase in light, which left her 
vision distorted with spots.

�I�m so sick of this curse. I�m starting to not even care what form I�m in; 
so long as I can keep it for a time.�  Ranma-chan glanced down at her small 
hands and flexed them open and closed. �Do I really not care?� She 
reconsidered her words.

She slung her head down in disgust, �Of course I care!� Her echo died 
quickly against the sound of the rain. �Still�� She let the nagging doubt 
die. �Arrrggg!� She growled. �What�s wrong with me!� tears began to slide 
down her cheek.

Her mind began to drift back to earlier that evening and she felt her anger 
rise even more�

-Lightning flashed again-

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

	�Okay Ranma here you go.� Akane beamed. She had finally convinced Ranma to 
give her cooking a second chance, and she was sure this time was going to be 
a success.

	Ranma however, was miserable. *How�d I let her talk me into this?* Ranma 
wondered incredulously . He stared at the concoction on the plate before him 
and shuddered.

	�Ranma, you promised!� Akane  managed, a sharp tone present.

	�Okay! Okay Akane, geez.�  Ranma glanced down at the dish, dread apparent 
in his composure. �How�d I ever get myself into this one.� Akane heard Ranma 
mumble under his breath.

	Akane simply watched. Her temper in check, as Ranma sat staring idly at the 
dish,
Akane saw a twitch in his eye develop and felt her anger rising.

	�Ranma would you just try it already.�  Akane blurted, finding it more 
difficult to surpress her anger.

	Ranma merely sighed and slowly with exaggerated movements began to pick his 
chopsticks up. He pulled them apart, sensing the impending doom, and dipped 
them in to the very foreign dish.

	Ranma felt his last resolves slipping away.  The mass sitting on his plate 
looked unlike anything he�d ever seen. �Akane what the heck is this anyway?�

	�I� uh, umm.� Akane stuttered. �Ranma you�re stalling!�

	Ranma winced he�d been caught. He clamped the food in his chopsticks grip, 
and brought the foreign matter up to his mouth, letting his lips part. He 
began to tremble. His hands were shaking so bad the food began to slide off 
his chopsticks. Slowly, carefully he began to move his hands the rest of the 
way to his mouth. Akane froze letting her tempered eyes bore a hole straight 
through him.

	Ranma slid the unknown substance into his mouth letting it sit on the top 
of his tongue as if waiting for clearance to slip down the hatch.

	He was surprised! Though no good taste was evident, neither was a bad one. 
*Could it be?* He thought to himself. It was then that his teeth bit into 
the substance releasing the foul poison onto his taste buds.

	His face first turned bright red then switched to soft purple and finally 
to a ghostly pale white. He began to choke.

	�Ugh ugghh erk heckk. Ptoot!� He spit the substance back onto the plate. 
�Oh gad Akane that was awful! Geez what are you trying to do, kill me?� It 
was then Akane�s well-built resolve shattered and anger flushed into her 
cheeks.

	She grabbed Ranma by his pigtail and pulled him through the back door.  
�Raaannnmmmaaa, YOU JERK!�  She then proceeded to punt Ranma clear through 
the air plunging him head first into the pond.

Ranma-chan burst up through the surface of the pond with anger and shock 
etched lividly in her features. �What�d you do that for?� she asked almost 
reflexively.

�As if you need to ask Ranma.� Akane said sourly yet somewhat controlled.

�Hey wait!� Ranma-chan called after �Akane!� Ranma-chan watched as Akane 
wheeled about and stormed back into the house. �Stupid tomboy.� Ranma stated 
flatly to herself.

Ranma-chan pulled herself out of the pond and onto the ground. She removed 
her drenched shirt and began to tightly wring it out. Doing so she noticed 
the lightning flash across the sky.

�Huh.� Ranma grunted. �Looks like rain.� She noted dumbly to no one 
imparticular. She climbed the steps to the back porch sliding her shirt back 
on and peered into dinning room.

	�Good no ones around.� She thought to herself. And then proceeded to make 
her way to the kitchen.

	The kitchen was busy as usual. Kasumi stood center the chaos preparing some 
elaborate meal that no doubt would make her close encounter with death 
distant.

	�Kasumi�� Ranma-chan started only to be cut short by Kasumi�s sudden 
interruption.

�Oh my.� She began. �<Sigh> Akane�s cooking didn�t taste very good, did it.� 
It was a statement more than a question.

�Didn�t taste very good she says.� Ranma-chan snorted. �Try vile! I think my 
heart skipped a beat!�

�Ranma, Akane really does try. �Kasumi began in a mother-like fashion. �Just 
give her some time, She�s bound to get it right eventually.�

�Not if she doesn�t kill me first.� Ranma-chan mumbled to herself.

Kasumi began to smile again. �Here you go, Ranma!� Kasumi said cheerfully, 
and proceeded to pour a kettle of warm water on the somewhat depressed 
looking red head.

	�Thanks Kasumi.� Ranma said, reverted back to his male form. Kasumi just 
grinned warmly, and continued the preparations for the evening meal.

Ranma just sighed and resolved to keep a distance from Akane for the rest of 
the night. He wandered into the foyer and began to climb the stairs when 
Nabiki stopped him in mid-climb.

�Halt!�  Nabiki held out her hand in a commanding officer like form. �I have 
need of you good sir.� Nabiki said in an unreadable manner.

Oh brother here it comes. Ranma thought trying to figure out what it was 
that Nabiki was up to this time. �What is it now Nabiki?� Ranma demanded in 
a cool uncaring tone.

�Come with me.� She said, simply. She turned and began the rest of the climb 
up the stairs and turned down the hallway. �Ranma are you coming?� Nabiki 
sighed.

	Ranma climbed the length of the stairs angling down the hallway after 
Nabiki. Nabiki stopped to open her door and usher Ranma in. �Alright Ranma 
stand right� Here�� she pointed to the center of cloth laid out on the 
floor. Ranma obligingly walked to the center of the rug and began to stare 
as Nabiki began rummaging through her things. �Not this� Not this� Not this� 
Not thi� aha!�  Nabiki turned to reveal an expensive looking camera.

	Ranma eyes grew wide �Nabiki I�m not...�

	�Hold still Saotome.� Came the interruption. And then Nabiki knelt down to 
pick up the kettle Ranma had failed to notice.

	�Nabi�� <Splash!> <click>, <click>. Nabiki began to flash pictures despite 
Ranma-chans obvious protest.

	�Nabiki <click> how many <click>times do I <click> have <click> to tell you 
<click> that I�m <click>not some <click> quick and easy  <click> way to make 
cash <click>�

	�Come on Ranma, be a good sport, business has been a little slow lately.� 
Nabiki beamed. <Click>

	This wasn�t the first time Nabiki had used Ranma-chans cursed form to gain 
profit. Sometimes she�d get a hankering for some quick cash, make some 
photos, and sell them off at nice price to Ranma-chans male obsessor, Kunou

	Ranma-chan began to fume. She turned around and stormed out of the room 
�Ooh nice angle!� Nabiki called after. <click> <click> <click>

	Ranma-chan slammed the door. �Arrghh! I wish she�d leave me alone 
sometimes!� Ranma-chan headed towards the stairs and again made her way into 
the kitchen. She then walked her way up to Kasumi and stood there looking 
rather put upon.

	�Oh!� Kasumi yelped rather startled. Regaining her composure she reached 
over to the stove and fetched the kettle. She poured its contents onto the 
still flustered Ranma-chan and with a smile placed the kettle back onto the 
stove. �There.� she said noting the change in Ranma�s gender.

	�Thanks.� Ranma replied sounding rather irritated.	*Sheesh,* Ranma thought. 
*Maybe I just need to get some air.* <sigh>

	He made his way out of the kitchen and headed back toward the dinning room 
and stopped at the back door. He slid the door open and slipped outside into 
the cool dark night.

	<Sigh> �Sometimes it just isn�t fair.� Ranma thought aloud. Though his 
thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a loud cry.

	�RRRAAANNNMMMAAA!!!  I�ll make you pay for those things you said to Akane.� 
Ranma knew exactly who it was but hadn�t the time to locate him before he 
was doubled over back into the pond. Ranma-chan parted the surface once 
again, to look out into the eyes of her old rival.

	�Ryoga.� Ranma-chan spat in distaste.

	�Ranma! I�m gonna beat the hell out of you��

	�Aw shut up Ryoga!� came Ranma-chan�s retort and with that she kicked up a 
wave of water splashing Ryoga in the face.

	�Hah, what�d you think of that you stupid jerk?!� Ranma-chan shouted out at 
the now small black piglet.

	Ryoga Growled.

	�P-Chan, what are you doing out here?� Akane shouted. �Ranma� she bellowed 
�How dare you splash P-Chan with that frigid water, He could catch a cold! 
Honestly!� She bent down to retrieve the now soaked piglet �Come here baby! 
Mommy�ll take care of you. Was that nasty Ranma being mean to you? Poor 
baby.� Akane let a scowl at Ranma-chan and turned back to the house, tossing 
her head as she spun around.

	�Stupid Ryoga.� Ranma-chan snorted. She looked down at the pond and felt 
it�s chill begin to climb her spine. She shivered involuntarily. � G-guess I 
c-can�t stay here any longer.� She sighed. Once again she pulled herself up 
out of the pond and ventured forth into the house. This was turning out to 
be a horrible night.

She stumbled in through the dinning room and once again made her way through 
the kitchen to Kasumi�s side.

Kasumi turned and looked at the disheartened girl, and sighed. �Oh Ranma.� 
She said sympathetically. Once again she lifted the kettle from the stove 
and poured out its contents onto Ranma-chans body. With the last of the 
water gone she shook the kettle.

She sighed again. Looks like teas gonna be a little late for supper.� She 
said trying not to make Ranma feel any worse.

�I�m, uh, sorry Kasumi.� Ranma said apologetically. And then turned to exit 
the room again.

Poor Ranma, Kasumi thought. And then proceeded to fill the kettle again.

�There�s gotta be a way to beat this!� Ranma ventured aloud.  �Forget it..� 
Ranma spat. �I�m goin to bed.� Ranma climbed the stairs walking the hallways 
extent, passing by Akane�s room. Inside She and P-chan were playing on her 
floor.

	*Ryoga you pervert ain�t you got any self-respect.* He thought bitterly. He 
reached the door to his room and pushed it open with a click. He walked to 
his futon on the floor and lied down with an audible groan. Today had been 
rough. He thought to himself. It would be good to finally get some shut-eye. 
I hope tomorrow is better; he thought hopefully and with that thought in 
mind, he started to drift.

	<Splash!>  �Huh! What?!� Ranma-chan flung awake with a cold shock. She 
began to choke and gasp from the water that had flown up her nose and the 
sudden frigid substance that had penetrated her defenses like knives.

	�RANMA! You Ingrate! Didn�t I tell you to pick me up a box of markers at 
the market today? Huh? Well didn�t I?�

	�Geez pops! What do I look like your slave why don�t you go get them 
yourself and leave me alone, sheesh!�

	Ranma-chan looked down at her now overly feminine body and cursed her 
father inwardly. She jumped up and kicked him in the head making him fall to 
the floor like a load of bricks. �And what did you go and do that for 
anyway?� Ranma-chan screamed! Seeing her opportunity she picked up the pale 
in the corner and splashed Genma.  The panda looked up at Ranma-chan from 
where it had fallen. Angrily it began to scribble away at a sign which only 
read something like �You ungratef�� due to the sudden loss of ink in the 
marker. The panda growled.

	�Ha! Ha!� Ranma-chan laughed. And then walked out the room and back into 
the hallway, slamming the door behind her. �Stupid old man.� Ranma-chan�s 
nerves were becoming steadily worse.

	Maybe I�ll just run myself a hot bath she thought. And lazily marched 
downstairs and into the bathroom. She began running the hot water testing to 
make sure it wasn�t too hot. After that old ghoul cologne, had released her 
from that cats-tongue pressure point curse, she had never fully recovered 
her tolerability to really hot water.

With the bath run, she slipped her small body into the hot vaporous bath 
letting the warmth tingle all over her body. She felt the change and was 
relieved to once again  be male.

He sat there and soaked for a while letting the warm water wrinkle his skin 
feeling very much relaxed by the heat it pressed into his chest.
	�Ahhh, man it�s good to finally be alone!�

�Ranma!� Ranma perked up hearing his name.

�Ranma!� It was Kasumi.

�Uh yeah hold on a second Kasumi!�

�Dinners ready, Ranma.   Don�t let your food get cold!�

�Uh, sure Kasumi, be out in a jippy.� Ranma leapt out of the tub rushing to 
the towel and drying off. He quickly threw on his clothes and burst out the 
bathroom door, running toward the dinning room.

	Everyone was already seated eating leisurely without giving a glance to 
Ranma as he sat down and began cramming his face full of food.

	It was Mr. Tendo who finally broke the silence. �Kasumi you�ve really 
outdone yourself this time, this is wonderful!�

�Yeah!� Ranma spoke up. �This actually taste like food!�

�Thank y�� Kasumi began.

�Drop dead Ranma!� Akane dumped her drink out over Ranma�s head.

	Ranma-chan�s eyes narrowed into piercing daggers, and she could feel her 
petite form begin to tremble under the rage. The small redhead began 
growling louder and louder as if trying to control her rage. Everyone began 
to take notice as Ranma-chan�s battle Aura came to life a deadly dark red. 
She shot up from her seat, clenching both fist tightly at her sides.

�That does it!!! I�ve had enough of this. All of You!!! I think I�m 
beginning to realize just how much everyone wants me to be a girl. Well, 
fine by me. You wanna a girl? You gotta girl! I could care less.�  At this 
time tears began to well up in Ranma-chans eyes and no one seemed to miss 
it. Ranma turned from the table and darted out the back door.

�Ranma?� Was all that Akane could say.

The others simply stared off after him shocked. �Poor Ranma.� Akane heard 
Kasumi say.

	It was then that the skies chose to open and unleashed their fury upon the 
Tendo household.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Ranma-chan stared off into the distance. She had been up on the roof  for 
over six hours and still the rain hadn�t let up.

�So you want me to be a girl too huh?� she said to the sky. Though as 
expected no reply came, only the subtle answer of rain.

She brushed her matted bangs out of her eyes. Out of the corner of her eye 
she saw something move. Reflexively she slung her head around to it�s source 
.

*Ryoga�* She thought bitterly.

Ryoga walked the length of the roof, umbrella open and overhead. He walked 
over to finally take a seat next to Ranma�s lying form. Ranma-chan simply 
diverted her attention back to the sky.

�Ranma, I� <sigh> I just wanted to say�� Ryoga broke his train of thought to 
notice Ranma was paying him no attention. �Ranma please look at me.�

	�Why should I Ryoga, you�ve got nothing I wanna hear.�

	A hint of anger appeared in Ryoga�s voice. �Arrgghh Ranma this is hard 
enough without your help�� He trailed off. �<Sigh> Are you alright?� Royga 
finally managed.

	�What�d you think you stupid jerk.� Came Ranma-chan�s reply still focusing 
her attention at the sky.

	�Ranma I�m sorry.� Ryoga�s voice was just a whisper and almost inaudible 
from the storms clatter. Ranma-chan turned shocked. This was something she 
couldn�t even expect from Akane much less Ryoga.

	�I understand what it�s like�� Ryoga continued. �I mean look at me I turn 
into a pig.�

	�Well at least you have the benefit of me being the sole person who knows 
about that, and in your cursed form you reap the benefits of being a small 
cute animal, while I�m still just dumb ol� Ranma. Everybody point and laugh 
its Ranma.�

	�Ranma, I know it�s hard. It�s hard for me too! Hell, the only one who 
seems at ease with their curse is your father!� They both chuckled at that.

	Ranma-chan�s curiosity finally peaked. �Ryoga why are you being so nice to 
me all the sudden? I mean why��

	�Because Ranma�� Ryoga paused to gather his thoughts. �I know what it�s 
like to feel, you know, like a joke.� Ryoga began to search the sky for 
something. Lightning flashed. �Its just ever since I met you and the Tendo�s 
I�ve found it easier to except my curse� I guess maybe because I�ve began to 
realize I�m not alone� I feel� excepted amongst all of you. And that�s 
something kinda new to me.�

�Ryoga� I never knew.� Was all Ranma-chan could think to say.

�And I realize sometimes when I get angry I don�t think much about how you 
must hate having your curse exploited. And I�m sorry�� Ryoga then seemed to 
realize the awkward expression on Ranma-chans face. �But, Don�t think I�ve 
forgotten how you turned me into a pig or how you�re a jerk to Akane or 
anything though.�

�Oh no Ryoga perish the thought.� Ranma-chan chuckled

Ryoga seemed to realize something and looked over at Ranma. �Come on inside 
Ranma it�s almost dawn. Lets get you some hot water too!�

�I�m not changing back!� Ranma stated flatly. Ryoga froze.

�W-what?� was all he could manage.

�I wasn�t kidding about those things I said earlier, I might have been 
pissed off but I meant every word.�

Ryoga didn�t know what to say. He just stood there. Frozen.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

�Tendo have you seen Ranma?�

�Uh no Saotome, did he ever go to bed last night?

�No.� Genma said point blankly. Soun just sat there with his paper staring 
out over it at Genma.

�Morning Daddy, good morning Mr. Saotome. Akane strolled in apparently 
rejuvenated after a good night�s rest.

�Akane?� Her father began.

�Yes Daddy?�

�Have you seen Ranma around?� Akane�s mood darkened somewhat at the mention 
of Ranma.

�No, Isn�t he still asleep? He never gets up this early.�

Genma spoke up. �He never came home last night.� Akane gasped.

�You mean no-one knows where he is?� Akane was puzzled.

�Hmmm that�s right.� Genma answered.

�I�ll see if he�s out back in the dojo.� Akane finally said.

Akane left the house through the back door, towards the dojo. He�s just 
gotta be around here somewhere she thought. �Hmph,� she grunted �It�s still 
raining.�

Ranma-chan stood in the center of the dojo working on her exercises. Though 
she still couldn�t get last night out of her head. Those jerks! She thought. 
I�ll show them. I�ll just stay a girl. A wicked grin appeared on her face. 
I�ll even start acting like a girl, and really make them wish they hadn�t 
messed with me. She thought, remembering the time she hit her head, and had 
thought she really was a girl. That drove everyone crazy. But no! She 
stopped that thought, recalling how at that time she also had become a 
pitiful woos, who �abhorred violence�. To act like a girl was one thing. To 
give up martial arts was a completely different one. This was simply just to 
get them back, not to change who she was�  ---Who she was� She thought 
peering down at her small feminine hands. Who am I? She asked herself 
concern creeping into her vaguely lost eyes. She spent so much time ignoring 
that very question, the very thought of it scared her. Who am I really�Two 
eyes seemed to peek out at her from the door.      Akane, Ranma-chan thought 
darkly.

Reaching the dojo, Akane peeked in through the door to find Ranma-chan 
dressed only in a tank top and boxers, steadily working on exercises. He 
still hasn�t changed back she thought. I wonder why? She noticed Ranma stop 
in her exercises and begin to look down at her hands. She finally seemed to 
snap out of her daze and turned toward the door to the dojo

Ranma glanced through the entrance to the dojo and past Akane. Though it was 
still raining it appeared dawn had finally struck. She sighed, *I�d better 
get some sleep before I collapse.* She grabbed a towel and threw it over her 
shoulders. Then she exited the dojo, brushing by Akane as she entered into 
the back yard.

�Ranma!� Akane called out, but Ranma-chan simply continued to climb the 
steps to the back porch and opened the back and disappeared through the back 
door.

Ranma-chan stepped in from the door and into the dining room, catching the 
stares of both Soun and Genma.

�Boy, where have you been!� Genma called after. Ranma-chan simply walked by 
without acknowledging her father.

�Son I�� Soun began but Ranma exited the room and began to climb the stairs. 
He passed by Kasumi who simply greeted with a much friendly �Morning�. And 
then continued to walked on down the hall to her room. She entered in 
through the door and passed out on her futon.

�What was that all about I wonder?� Genma asked.

�I don�t know Saotome.� Soun admitted.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Ryoga stopped dead in his tracks. He hadn�t a clue where he was but he was 
sure about one thing� Someone was following him.

He wasn�t sure how long this thing had been following him but it was 
apparent it had trouble following his rather erratic path.

Just great, he thought. First he gets lost and now this. All he wanted do 
was get a soda pop. But as fate would see it, he was out lost somewhere in 
the wilderness. He shivered if this rain didn�t give out soon he was going 
to go insane. He continued to walk through the forest trying to pick up any 
early warning signs of his shadow. He was growing tired of this game and was 
much preferable to the damn thing just showing up in front of him, which it 
had not.

Ryoga turned �Ehh� He moaned �Come out and show yourself you coward!� He 
shouted�  Silence� �I said come out and��

�I heard what you said.� A small voice hissed back.

Ryoga went cold.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Ranma-chan awoke with a yawn. She wasn�t well rested, but it was noon and 
she, wasn�t about to waste the day away.
*First things first,* she thought and stumbled off warily. *Need to get a 
bath.*

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

�He did what?� The voices asked in unison.

�Spent the night on the roof, just as I said.� Nabiki said rather 
emotionless.

�But that�s crazy.� Akane managed.

�Don�t tell me sis. Tell him��

�But it rained all night.� Soun pleaded.

�Daddy I didn�t put him up to it so don�t act as though I chained him up 
there or anything, I�m simply answering your question as to Ranma�s 
where-abouts last night. At any rate I�ve got some errands to run so don�t 
expect me home any sooner than dinner.� With that Nabiki turned and exited 
the room.

�Morning.� Ranma-chan said, somewhat weakly, glancing out over all of the 
concerned faces. Was that concern? She thought.

�Ranma?� Akane questioned.

�Eh? What?� Ranma-chan questioned back.

Akane seemed to look Ranma-chan over and sense something. �Ranma, uh� Your 
still not mad about last night are you?�

�Huh?� Ranma asked. �Oh that? Nah, don�t worry about it.� She answered, 
walking past Akane to the back door.

�Boy why aren�t you changed back yet?� Genma cut in, asking what was on 
everybody�s mind.

Ranma-chan turned around, a slight anger was evident in her face. �Who are 
you to ask old man, you stay a panda most the time now days.� Ranma-chan 
accused. �Besides, what business of it�s yours.� With that, she turned and 
exited out into the back yard.

�Ranma, don�t you walk away from me boy!� Genma challenged. He stood up and 
walked to the open back door.

Ranma stopped in her tracks, but didn�t turn around. �Don�t call me boy.� No 
one could mistake the venom in her voice. Genma stood rooted in place. She 
then continued her way down to the dojo.

Genma watched her leave. Various different thoughts rolled around in his 
mind. He was gonna have to think about this one, he could tell, but he 
wasn�t about to let the boy become all girly on him.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Ryoga�s breath caught in his throat. A small figure stood there, cloaked in 
the shadows, peering out of its concealment. It�s eyes burning right through 
him.

Lightning flashed across the storm filled sky, reminding Ryoga of his 
handicap in stormy weather. He was glad he had his umbrella.

He began to sweat freely, his tiger striped bandanna clung to his head from 
the moisture. �Wha�� He began. �What do you want?� He finally shouted, at 
the otherwise still figure.

The figure began to slowly emerge from the dark. Ryoga watched breathlessly 
as the shadows began to part, and light filtered out through the trees onto 
the figure�s form.

�Huh?� Ryoga gawked.

Standing before him in a motionless pose was a young girl. Silently Ryoga 
studied her features.

Her long red hair hung about her shoulders, defining her radiant, white 
complexion. Her eyes were a soft green, peering out from underneath her 
bangs with an obvious sense of curiosity. Her features were unreadable, and 
this was a little unsettling to Ryoga. It was then that he caught sight of 
something remarkably unusual about this young girl.

�Your ears�� He stuttered, and began pointing at the girl with an 
outstretched finger. Sticking straight out of the fair skinned red heads 
long hair, were two unmistakably long pointy ears.

�Yes, I�m elfin.� She stated softly.

�But��Ryoga paused. �An elf?�

�Yes, what does it look like.� She chided.

�Well I dunno,� Ryoga began. �You sorta remind me of herb.�

�Herb?� The small elf questioned.

�Yeah! He�s that guy whose prince of the Musk Dynasty.� Ryoga seemed to make 
the connection. �Hey yeah, that�s it isn�t it! You got some type of animal 
mother don�t you?

The young elf seemed to stiffen at that. Her face twisted into mask of 
anger, and then just as soon as it had come it vanished. Leaving her 
features once again unreadable.

Ryoga watched the elfin girl curiously. Was that anger? He wondered. Or did 
I simply imagine it?

�Why have you been following me?� It was time to address a more pressing 
matter.

�I haven�t been following you.�  She said as though that answered 
everything.

�Then you deny it?!� Ryoga was incredulous.

�Yes.� She said not offering any better explanation.

Ryoga just stood there in place, staring out at the beautiful young elf. 
What was it she was hiding? He wondered.

�But�� He began. But then realized he still hadn�t a clue as how to handle 
this.
She smiled at him catching him once again, off guard. Ryoga felt slightly 
dizzy at that. She was so stunning. He began to blush.

�I� well� I mean� What I�m trying to say is�� Wait to go Ryoga! His mind 
thought. Once again you�re the king of charm. He blushed again at that. 
�Hi!� He said sheepishly, chuckling all time with a moronic grin on his 
face.

�What your trying to say is you�re an idiot with no sense of direction 
stumbling around out here like a moron. Am I right?� She finally picked up 
the initiative.

�Hey that�s!.. But you�ve got it all� I mean what the heck� arrggggg. That�s 
not fair!� Ryoga finally concluded aloud.

�Oh isn�t it?� She began again. �I was merely trying to catch up with you to 
ask if you knew where I was. Because I�m new to the area, being an elf and 
all. But you� You couldn�t even keep a straight course. So I had an awful 
time trying catch up with you. I mean heck, every time I thought I was 
close, you�d actually, I mean actually double back and head the opposite 
direction straight back to where you had just come from! What the hell�s 
wrong with you anyway, can�t you at least tell east from west?�

�Ryoga�s features were burning red weather it was anger or embarrassment, 
she couldn�t tell, but it simply brought a smile to her face.

�What do you know anyway?!� Ryoga attempted, but then she smiled again and 
Ryoga blushed forcing him to cackle out loud like an idiot.

Her smile dropped to that of confusion. Why is he laughing like that she 
wondered? �Hey! What�s wrong with you? Are you nuts or something?�

Ryoga went silent again. The bridge of his nose was flaring bright red.
�Where were you trying to go anyway?� The elf asked flatly letting her 
previous manner slip away.

Ryoga couldn�t meet her gaze. That beautiful gaze, he thought. �I was trying 
to get a soda-pop.� Ryoga replied weakly.

	�A soda-pop?� The elf questioned.

	Ryoga was caught off guard by the question, but quickly recovered. �It�s a 
drink.�

The small elf couldn�t contain herself, she busted out into uncontrollable 
laughter. �A drink?� She blurted, still laughing. �That�s the most pathetic 
thing I�ve ever heard of.� She was laughing so hard she was loosing her 
breath. She then dropped her head down to try regain her composure, though 
she just couldn�t stop laughing.

�At least I�m not a freak!� Ryoga retorted, feeling guilty all the while 
knowing, that that, wasn�t exactly true.

Her laughter stopped instantly, Anger replacing it. �What did you call me?� 
She shouted back coldly.

Ryoga�s pride got the better of him. He had found a weak spot. �You heard me 
you freak. Your mother must�ve been a rat or something, to have ears like 
that. I seriously doubt you have the dragon lineage that herb does.

*Dragon lineage?* The small girl wondered, and let the thought drop. *Such 
insolence.*

She glowered at Ryoga and he simply continued. �Come to think of it, the 
only female musk I�ve ever seen wasn�t really a man at all! So that makes 
you a man too, doesn�t it!� The small elf�s face began to turn a dangerous 
red. Ryoga caught sight of this and inwardly laughed. *Now who�s laughing?* 
Ryoga thought bitterly. Lightning flashed again bringing with it a large 
boom. The rain was gaining in intensity.

He then saw her eyes begin to burn a white-hot glow and realized he had 
slightly underestimated the impact of his insults. She was about to fight 
him! She made a series of movements behind her head, pulling something from 
over her back. A lump formed in Ryoga�s throat, it was a sword! And not just 
any sword it was a gigantic sword. How had I missed that? Ryoga thought to 
himself. The sword was as long if not longer than Ryoga was tall, and the 
width of the blade from edge to edge was a little over a foot. How in the 
hell can she wield that? Ryoga�s mind was racing. The damn thing was larger 
than she was!
	She then charged, sword held high defying what Ryoga thought possible. She 
was quick; Ryoga was having difficulty following her�

Finally she reached him. The sword came down with tremendous force. Ryoga 
leapt out of the way just barely missing the blow. *Am I really going to 
have to fight a girl?* He asked himself. *Not just a girl,* he then thought. 
*An elf with a really large sword who wants to KILL me!* Ryoga reached back 
to grab a bandanna and flung it at her. She tore it away with her sword. 
Ryoga hit the ground, letting his ankle absorb the impact. With that, she 
charged again, but not before Ryoga readied three more bandannas and sent 
them soaring at her. Still charging she tore through all three bandannas 
with her sword, and leapt up to bring her large blade down on Ryoga. Ryoga 
was quicker this time and sent a chi blast straight for her. �Shi Shi 
hokodan!� He screamed as the chi blast left his outstretched arm, and was 
sent flying towards her. She attempted to block it with her sword.

Ryoga stared in horror as the sword absorbed most of the blast. But not 
before the chi finally knocked the sword from her hands and she caught a 
brief bit of the blast in the torso. She flew backward onto the ground. Her 
sword lay several yards from her as she worked to gain back her footing.

Ryoga simply watched as the small elf climbed her way back onto her feet. 
*She�s�She�s powerful!* Ryoga thought as she finally came to a fighting 
stance. She then let her eyes stare straight into his own.

�I�m impressed�� She hissed. And then brought her hands together to form an 
outstretched cup. Power began to build up in her palms and she lowered her 
head in concentration. Could it be�? Ryoga thought. And with that she 
released the energy pulse spiraling out towards a startled Ryoga. Ryoga 
bolted out of the way, still catching the repercussive blow, and was sent 
flying forward.

He jumped to his feet looking back to see the small crater her blast had 
created. Anger began to take hold of his senses. He noticed, then, that she 
was standing directly underneath a large oak tree. All thought drained from 
his now focused mind and with two outstretched fingers he lunged at the 
tree. �Bakusai Tenketsu!� Ryoga shouted as his fingers made contact with the 
tree over her causing it to explode and come crashing to the ground.

She seemed surprised at this but recovered in enough time to dodge the 
falling trees wrath. Dust came up at its impact momentarily hiding the two 
from each other. With this distraction at hand she bolted to her sword 
retrieving it and making a v-line toward her adversary. Ryoga�s head turned 
to catch the figure as it was nearly upon him. She slashed a horizontal 
swipe. Ryoga ducked. *Wrong decision!* He thought bitterly as her sword cut 
through his umbrella handle, casting it to the ground.

*Damn!* Was all he thought before he was transformed from the once mighty 
Ryoga to the tiny little P-chan.

The elf-girl stood in shock. Where once her adversary stood was now a lump 
of clothes. �W-what happened? He disappeared!� Her mind was racing. Just 
then a tiny little creature began to wiggle its way out from underneath the 
clothing. Then the head of a tiny little pig popped out through the neck 
hole.

�A� pig?� She said aloud in obvious confusion. Seeing his chance P-chan 
whirled about and made a break for the surrounding woods. The elf gave no 
chase.

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End fanfic RZ1/2 chapter 1
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