Catatonic

By Jay La Valley

 

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters appearing in this fic.

 

  It all started a little over ten years ago, when Genma took off with Ranma on 

a training trip. Basically kidnapping Ranma, but leaving a note saying "that he 

and Ranma would committee Seppuku if Ranma was not made a man among men."  And 

to further satisfy his warped mind he had Ranma finger paint on the note.

 

   Since Nodoka would not be pleased with his taking of the 5-year-old Ranma, he 

thought it best to start the training trip in China.

 

 

    Some weeks later, they reach their first stop, in the Bayancala range of 

Ching hi province in china.

 

    <Here sirs, legendary training ground, Jusenkyo. >, Stated the guide.

 

     "Follow me, Ranma", called out Genma as he leaps on top of a nearby pole.

 

    <Sirs, what you doing.  Very bad you fall in spring.>, called out the guide 

as Ranma followed his father onto the poles.

 

    And as with destiny has written, Genma knocks young Ranma into the spring of

 drowned girl, where he comes out as a 5-year-old red headed girl. But because 

of Ranma's youth and inexperience Genma gets away without being cursed at all.

 

    "Why didn't you warn us, this place was cursed", Genma yelled at the guide.

 

     <I did try, and it is clearly marked on all brochures on Jusenkyo. > 

Replied the guide.

 

      "It is??? Where?" asked Genma as he takes out the brochure he had.

 

       <Right there, honored customer.>, stated the guide calmly as he pointed 

to a large warning written at the top of the page.

 

       Oh god, Nodoka is going to kill me thought Genma even as he asks the

 guide if there was a cure.

 

       <Sorry sir, but there is no cure. However hot water will restore child to

 his rightful form at least until he is next splashed with cold water.>, calmly 

stated the guide.

 

      So it was that a shocked Ranma and a nervous Genma left the Jusenkyo 

valley.

 

      Genma decided it was time to train Ranma in the neko-ken, since it could 

not possibly turn out as bad as Jusenkyo, or so he thought.

 

      By the end of the week, Genma had the pit filled with starving cats and 

was preparing to toss a fish covered Ranma into the pit for the umpteenth time, 

when a sudden shower turns Ranma into a girl.

 

      "Now get in there Ranma or are you turning into a girl for real." Stated 

Genma nastily.

 

      "But I don't want to go back in the pit." Said a scratched up and nervous 

Ranma.

 

       "Don't be weak sniveling girl, boy." Said Genma as he roughly pushed the 

female Ranma into the pit.

 

        Ranma screamed as she fell into the pit even as the cats attacked the 

fish she was wrapped in. The cats bit and clawed at her flesh trying to get at 

the fish.

 

       But unbeknownst to Genma an aged figure was watching the spectacle from a 

nearby tree, when all of a sudden Ranma's screams grew quit so that all that 

could be heard coming from the pit was the howls of the cats in the pit.

 

       As the screams grew quit the aged figure of a woman, who is stands a good 

2 feet tall and is standing on top of a gnarled old wooden staff rushed forward 

in an attempt to save the child. 

 

      Genma was shocked as the old woman rushed forward from out of nowhere 

towards the pit in which his son now sometime daughter was. 

 

     But before the old woman could reach the pit, Genma had stepped in front of 

her blocking her way.

 

     "What do you want ghoul?" asked Genma more bravely than he he felt, for she 

reminded him of his demon of a master.

 

      "Out of my way, fool so that I may save the child." She said sternly as 

she whaps her cane on Genma's thick skull knocking him out.

 

      As the woman threw open the lid covering the pit, she was shocked to see 

that Ranma was huddled in a corner of the pit unmoving, and unresponsive to the 

cats nibbling at her and the fish.

 

      She leaps into the pit scattering the cats as she picks up young Ranma. 

With Ranma in her arms she leaps clear of the pit, where upon she lays her on 

the ground and begins to examine the child.

 

      She discovers that physically the child is fine, but sadly the same could 

not be said for the childs mental condition. The child, Ranma is completely 

unresponsive to all outside stimulus.

 

       Several hours later, Genma awakes in a small village to find himself 

surrounded by a large number of women with an assortment of weapons trained upon 

him. Fearing for his life he begins begging for his life.

 

       "Begging for your worthless life will not save you." Stated the old 

woman, as she pogos forward on her staff.

 

       "Who are you, and what do you want with a poor martial artist like 

myself?" replied a worried Genma. "Take my son, just spare my life." Continued 

Genma.

 

        "Firstly my name is Cologne." She said with a wicked smile on her face 

as she accepts Genma's proposal just before throwing a bucketful of water into 

Genma's face.

 

        "Your life is spared but you are now cursed to turn into a panda when 

splashed by cold water. Now begone before I change my mind and have you turned 

into a panda skinned rug." Cologne stated to a fast retreating panda.

 

        After Genma is gone from her sight, Cologne hops over to a nearby hut, 

where in she finds her great granddaughter, Shampoo looking after Ranma.

 

        <Great grandmother, is there anything you can do for her?> Asked a 5-

year-old Shampoo.

 

        <She is, or was a boy. And actually, maybe there is something I can do, 

but it is a bit drastic.> replied a somber looking Cologne. <Then again I do not 

have much choice. If I do not try it then the child will be lost forever.> 

stated Cologne sadly.

 

         <What is it you going to do great grandmother?> asked a curious 

Shampoo.

 

         <In essence I will bring forth the spirit from the spring of drowned 

girl, which is buried deep within the child. She will be in control, until she 

can heal the spirit of the child. But in bringing forth the spirit of the spring 

the curse will become locked so that she will never again be male. Shampoo, your 

mother will be expecting you and I have to begin preparation for the spell. 

Tomorrow she should be awake enough to visit.> replied Cologne.

 

          So it is that Shampoo goes home to her mother, Soap.

 

          It is hours before Cologne again leaves the hut. When she does leave 

she is covered in sweat and looking very exhausted.

 




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