Into the Past
-Jingoro-
Disclaimer: Ranma ½ does not belong to me. It belongs to Rumiko Takahashi so please don't sue me, as I have no money to give anyone.
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'' are used for thought
Chapter one: The Nanban Mirror
Ranma had currently mastered the Umisen-ken. It was such a great technique. He had to give credit to the old man. Genma had truly been a great martial artist in his prime. Ranma had been sneaking in everyone's room, except Kasumi as he felt she was the only one who really didn't deserve to have anyone peeping in her room. He hadn't done anything perverted mind you, just testing how good the Umisen-ken truly was. It was when he entered the Happosai's room that he decided to actually look around. The old freak, while a pervert of the highest caliber, held many things of actual value. As Ranma looked around until he found something that caught his fancy. It was the Nanban mirror. More importantly, it was a repaired Nanban mirror. This was something that Ranma could definitely use. He could finally get away from al the chaos that surrounded him in his life. No more obsessive Amazons wanting to marry him or kill him. No more rivals trying to kill him. No more obsessive friends wanting to marry him. No more sneaky soon to be sister in law. No more pushy fathers. No more having to hide from mom. No more Akane… no he would get away from everything, even Akane. She couldn't l-l-lo-like him at all. She was always hitting him for everything that happened whether it was his fault or not. Well, no more. Ranma had had enough. This little artifact was the key to his freedom. It wasn't like he was going to stay wherever it took him forever. Just long enough to get a handle on things in his mind. After he had had enough time alone he would come back and fix things. Yeah, that was right. He would figure out what to do in a peaceful time period and come back with a clear mind. With that set he went back into his room to figure out what time period he would go to. He pulled out his history textbook and started reading. Yes, that's right, you heard me he started reading.
*****
Ranma had not been seen all day. Normally he would have been glomped, attacked, flown half way across Nerima, insulted, malleted, and given numerous amounts of presents, mainly food, from his numerous admirers. But none of this had happened and the people of Nerima were frightened. It had been a normal day and they didn't know how to deal with normalcy, and what they didn't know frightened them. They were half expecting their town to blow up or the end of the world. Well, that's what happened when Ranma decided to take a break from his life. Pure unadulterated peacefulness. Well, the people closest to Ranma were beginning to become unnerved. The Amazons, however, had a business to run, as did Ukyo, giving them something to keep their minds on. Ryoga had been missing for two days and wouldn't be around for at least a week or two. The Kuno's were busy being crazy in their house living in their own private worlds filled with even more craziness. Being the weekend both Kuno's had decided to stay home to devise new ways to save their beloved from the evil that held them captive. Well, whatever it was that they were doing made no difference to anyone as long as they didn't bother them. Most other rivals were off somewhere else fuming about how they should have beaten Ranma and how next time they fought they would win, no problem. However, the group of people in the Tendo household had no such distractions. They were left to do whatever they wanted to do. So they spent that time wondering what Ranma had been up to since early in the morning when he had kicked Genma out of the room while also telling everyone else to leave him alone. The tension in the air was so thick that you could taste it, and it tasted bad. Finally they all snapped. Soun was the first to speak up.
"Akane, go check on Ranma to see what he is doing. You're his fiancée so you should see what he's up to."
"I agree," agreed Genma nodding his head, "Go check on the worthless boy. He should be training with me, not slacking off like he is. He'll get soft if this keeps up."
"Yeah Akane," said Nabiki, "Don't you want to see what he's doing?"
"He must be awfully hungry by now. You should call him down to eat something," stated Kasumi in a calm yet firm voice that held no disagreement.
"FINE! You people are so annoying! Who cares what the perverts doing anyways!" screamed an increasingly angry Akane.
As Akane started towards Ranma's room everyone got up to follow. Akane twirled around to give them a glare that could melt steel. However, the group behind her were made of stuff tougher than steel. Well, the two men were more like marshmallows and immediately crumpled to the ground. The two sisters merely picked them up and followed Akane. Finally, giving in, she climbed the stairs and knocked on Ranma's door.
"RANMA! What are you doing?!" yelled Akane.
"Nothing! Go away and leave me alone!" retorted Ranma from behind the door.
'Why that jerk! Argh! That's it I'm finding out what he's doing if it's the last thing I do!'
With that she stepped back a few steps and charged at the door.
*****
Ranma had been thinking all day on where he would go. He hadn't figured out any place to go yet. It was starting to get annoying. Finally he decided to just chance it and go wherever fate took him when Akane had called him.
"RANMA! What are you doing?!" yelled Akane.
"Nothing! Go away and leave me alone!" he had answered while trying to make himself cry.
A single tear had finally formed and was ready to drop when Akane had slammed through the door. It was like everything had suddenly gone into slow motion. The teardrop fell slowly as Akane stumbled into Ranma making contact with him as the teardrop splashed onto the mirror. As the rest of the family rushed in, time miraculously seemed speed up again. However, instead of an angry couple they were presented with an empty room and a simple note that read, "Needed some time alone. Will be back later. –Ranma."
*****
As Ranma slowly opened his eyes he realized two things. One, he was not in his room anymore. Two, Akane was on his lap unconscious. The second made Ranma blush as he slowly shook Akane to wake up. As she stirred Ranma placed her on the wall they had ended up next to and got up to look around his surroundings. Nothing seemed familiar to him. The people were wearing funny clothes too. In fact it didn't seem as if they were in Nerima anymore.
'Wonder where I am? It sure doesn't look like Nerima and I don't see the dojo anywhere. Might as well ask someone for help,' thought Ranma as he continued his survey of the area.
As Ranma looked around he noticed the sun reflecting off of something on the ground. As he looked down he saw the Nanban mirror, shattered with the different pieces surrounding the handle.
"Damn it! Now what do we do?! We're gonna be stuck here! ARGH!" he shouted.
*****
Hearing someone yell, in an obviously distressed voice, Akane began to stir.
'Ugh, where am I? Last thing I remember is running into Ranma then being surrounded by a bright light. Oh there's Ranma right now,' Akane thought as she slowly regained consciousness.
She tried to get up when a sudden spell of dizziness overtook her making her fall over again only to be caught before she could hit the ground by two strong arms.
"Geez, you clumsy tomboy. Look what you got us into. Looks like we're gonna be stuck here for a while until we figure out a way out of here."
Still recovering from her dizzy spell she didn't register what Ranma said saving him from another malletting. Lying in Ranma's arm she suddenly was overtaken by sleepiness. Unable to overcome it she fell asleep.
*****
As Ranma looked at Akane sleeping in his arms he felt a tingle spread throughout his body. This was when he noticed something dripping through his fingers. As he maneuvered Akane to hold her in one arm he looked at his hand. It was covered in blood. He quickly looked at Akane and found a cut on the backside of her head.
'Oh my God!'
"Help! Someone help me. My fiancé's hurt! Someone get a doctor. Please hurry!" he yelled to people around him.
Some people ran to get help while others just stared at the strangely dressed couple they had encountered. A strangely familiar man came running out to help the two. He had brown hair and was wearing glasses. He reached the two when the young man yelled out his name. This of course was very strange considering that he had never seen the young boy in his life. Nevertheless he told the boy to follow him to his clinic, which happened to be close by. In a matter of minutes he had patched up the young lady, who had received a minor cut that happened to only look bad. She would be fine a day or two. This was when he decided to ask the man how he had known him.
"So what's your name young man? Also how on earth did you know who I was? I'm pretty sure I know everyone in this town," asked the doctor.
"Huh? You don't know me? Come on doc, its me, Ranma. Are you sure you don't know me, and when did you change your clinic? It looks… older," Ranma stated.
"I'm fairly sure I don't know who you are Ranma. I've been working here for a long time, almost ten years now so I don't see why you would think I moved…" said the doctor.
'Huh? Why doesn't doc remember me? Wait a minute he doesn't look exactly like the Tofu I know. He looks older. Maybe even twenty years older. Man he looks exactly like him. Well I guess I can ask him some questions since Akane seems to be doing alright.'
"Umm… well… can I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"Umm… what year is it and where am I?"
Tofu looked at him strangely as if considering if he had heard right.
"Well today would be August 4, 1653 and you happen to be in a small town on the outskirts of Edo. Why do you ask?"
"1653… damn… umm just wondering 'cause… umm… well we were just traveling and we sort of got lost for a while… and we lost track of time… heh… heh… yeah… that's all," Ranma stuttered nervously.
'Man, we are definitely not in Nerima anymore. Damn I wish I listened during history class more often. Argh! Well I can't do anything until Akane wakes up. Man is she gonna flip when I tell her this.'
With this settled Ranma asked the newly acquainted Dr. Tofu and asked if he could go to sleep in the chair next to Akane. Being the nice man he was he let Ranma do as he asked. Ranma was asleep before he could change his mind so he left the two and went back to his other regular patients. He would have to ask the two where they were from in the morning because he had never seen clothes like the ones they were wearing.
Author's note: For all purposes of this story I have made it so that Ranma and Akane will not age a day under the influence of the Nanban mirror. This means that when they return to their time they will not have aged at all. Hope you like this idea. Please R&R. I really want to hear how you think of it. Please no flames though.
-Jingoro-
Disclaimer: Ranma ½ does not belong to me. It belongs to Rumiko Takahashi so please don't sue me, as I have no money to give anyone.
"" are used for talking
'' are used for thought
Chapter one: The Nanban Mirror
Ranma had currently mastered the Umisen-ken. It was such a great technique. He had to give credit to the old man. Genma had truly been a great martial artist in his prime. Ranma had been sneaking in everyone's room, except Kasumi as he felt she was the only one who really didn't deserve to have anyone peeping in her room. He hadn't done anything perverted mind you, just testing how good the Umisen-ken truly was. It was when he entered the Happosai's room that he decided to actually look around. The old freak, while a pervert of the highest caliber, held many things of actual value. As Ranma looked around until he found something that caught his fancy. It was the Nanban mirror. More importantly, it was a repaired Nanban mirror. This was something that Ranma could definitely use. He could finally get away from al the chaos that surrounded him in his life. No more obsessive Amazons wanting to marry him or kill him. No more rivals trying to kill him. No more obsessive friends wanting to marry him. No more sneaky soon to be sister in law. No more pushy fathers. No more having to hide from mom. No more Akane… no he would get away from everything, even Akane. She couldn't l-l-lo-like him at all. She was always hitting him for everything that happened whether it was his fault or not. Well, no more. Ranma had had enough. This little artifact was the key to his freedom. It wasn't like he was going to stay wherever it took him forever. Just long enough to get a handle on things in his mind. After he had had enough time alone he would come back and fix things. Yeah, that was right. He would figure out what to do in a peaceful time period and come back with a clear mind. With that set he went back into his room to figure out what time period he would go to. He pulled out his history textbook and started reading. Yes, that's right, you heard me he started reading.
*****
Ranma had not been seen all day. Normally he would have been glomped, attacked, flown half way across Nerima, insulted, malleted, and given numerous amounts of presents, mainly food, from his numerous admirers. But none of this had happened and the people of Nerima were frightened. It had been a normal day and they didn't know how to deal with normalcy, and what they didn't know frightened them. They were half expecting their town to blow up or the end of the world. Well, that's what happened when Ranma decided to take a break from his life. Pure unadulterated peacefulness. Well, the people closest to Ranma were beginning to become unnerved. The Amazons, however, had a business to run, as did Ukyo, giving them something to keep their minds on. Ryoga had been missing for two days and wouldn't be around for at least a week or two. The Kuno's were busy being crazy in their house living in their own private worlds filled with even more craziness. Being the weekend both Kuno's had decided to stay home to devise new ways to save their beloved from the evil that held them captive. Well, whatever it was that they were doing made no difference to anyone as long as they didn't bother them. Most other rivals were off somewhere else fuming about how they should have beaten Ranma and how next time they fought they would win, no problem. However, the group of people in the Tendo household had no such distractions. They were left to do whatever they wanted to do. So they spent that time wondering what Ranma had been up to since early in the morning when he had kicked Genma out of the room while also telling everyone else to leave him alone. The tension in the air was so thick that you could taste it, and it tasted bad. Finally they all snapped. Soun was the first to speak up.
"Akane, go check on Ranma to see what he is doing. You're his fiancée so you should see what he's up to."
"I agree," agreed Genma nodding his head, "Go check on the worthless boy. He should be training with me, not slacking off like he is. He'll get soft if this keeps up."
"Yeah Akane," said Nabiki, "Don't you want to see what he's doing?"
"He must be awfully hungry by now. You should call him down to eat something," stated Kasumi in a calm yet firm voice that held no disagreement.
"FINE! You people are so annoying! Who cares what the perverts doing anyways!" screamed an increasingly angry Akane.
As Akane started towards Ranma's room everyone got up to follow. Akane twirled around to give them a glare that could melt steel. However, the group behind her were made of stuff tougher than steel. Well, the two men were more like marshmallows and immediately crumpled to the ground. The two sisters merely picked them up and followed Akane. Finally, giving in, she climbed the stairs and knocked on Ranma's door.
"RANMA! What are you doing?!" yelled Akane.
"Nothing! Go away and leave me alone!" retorted Ranma from behind the door.
'Why that jerk! Argh! That's it I'm finding out what he's doing if it's the last thing I do!'
With that she stepped back a few steps and charged at the door.
*****
Ranma had been thinking all day on where he would go. He hadn't figured out any place to go yet. It was starting to get annoying. Finally he decided to just chance it and go wherever fate took him when Akane had called him.
"RANMA! What are you doing?!" yelled Akane.
"Nothing! Go away and leave me alone!" he had answered while trying to make himself cry.
A single tear had finally formed and was ready to drop when Akane had slammed through the door. It was like everything had suddenly gone into slow motion. The teardrop fell slowly as Akane stumbled into Ranma making contact with him as the teardrop splashed onto the mirror. As the rest of the family rushed in, time miraculously seemed speed up again. However, instead of an angry couple they were presented with an empty room and a simple note that read, "Needed some time alone. Will be back later. –Ranma."
*****
As Ranma slowly opened his eyes he realized two things. One, he was not in his room anymore. Two, Akane was on his lap unconscious. The second made Ranma blush as he slowly shook Akane to wake up. As she stirred Ranma placed her on the wall they had ended up next to and got up to look around his surroundings. Nothing seemed familiar to him. The people were wearing funny clothes too. In fact it didn't seem as if they were in Nerima anymore.
'Wonder where I am? It sure doesn't look like Nerima and I don't see the dojo anywhere. Might as well ask someone for help,' thought Ranma as he continued his survey of the area.
As Ranma looked around he noticed the sun reflecting off of something on the ground. As he looked down he saw the Nanban mirror, shattered with the different pieces surrounding the handle.
"Damn it! Now what do we do?! We're gonna be stuck here! ARGH!" he shouted.
*****
Hearing someone yell, in an obviously distressed voice, Akane began to stir.
'Ugh, where am I? Last thing I remember is running into Ranma then being surrounded by a bright light. Oh there's Ranma right now,' Akane thought as she slowly regained consciousness.
She tried to get up when a sudden spell of dizziness overtook her making her fall over again only to be caught before she could hit the ground by two strong arms.
"Geez, you clumsy tomboy. Look what you got us into. Looks like we're gonna be stuck here for a while until we figure out a way out of here."
Still recovering from her dizzy spell she didn't register what Ranma said saving him from another malletting. Lying in Ranma's arm she suddenly was overtaken by sleepiness. Unable to overcome it she fell asleep.
*****
As Ranma looked at Akane sleeping in his arms he felt a tingle spread throughout his body. This was when he noticed something dripping through his fingers. As he maneuvered Akane to hold her in one arm he looked at his hand. It was covered in blood. He quickly looked at Akane and found a cut on the backside of her head.
'Oh my God!'
"Help! Someone help me. My fiancé's hurt! Someone get a doctor. Please hurry!" he yelled to people around him.
Some people ran to get help while others just stared at the strangely dressed couple they had encountered. A strangely familiar man came running out to help the two. He had brown hair and was wearing glasses. He reached the two when the young man yelled out his name. This of course was very strange considering that he had never seen the young boy in his life. Nevertheless he told the boy to follow him to his clinic, which happened to be close by. In a matter of minutes he had patched up the young lady, who had received a minor cut that happened to only look bad. She would be fine a day or two. This was when he decided to ask the man how he had known him.
"So what's your name young man? Also how on earth did you know who I was? I'm pretty sure I know everyone in this town," asked the doctor.
"Huh? You don't know me? Come on doc, its me, Ranma. Are you sure you don't know me, and when did you change your clinic? It looks… older," Ranma stated.
"I'm fairly sure I don't know who you are Ranma. I've been working here for a long time, almost ten years now so I don't see why you would think I moved…" said the doctor.
'Huh? Why doesn't doc remember me? Wait a minute he doesn't look exactly like the Tofu I know. He looks older. Maybe even twenty years older. Man he looks exactly like him. Well I guess I can ask him some questions since Akane seems to be doing alright.'
"Umm… well… can I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"Umm… what year is it and where am I?"
Tofu looked at him strangely as if considering if he had heard right.
"Well today would be August 4, 1653 and you happen to be in a small town on the outskirts of Edo. Why do you ask?"
"1653… damn… umm just wondering 'cause… umm… well we were just traveling and we sort of got lost for a while… and we lost track of time… heh… heh… yeah… that's all," Ranma stuttered nervously.
'Man, we are definitely not in Nerima anymore. Damn I wish I listened during history class more often. Argh! Well I can't do anything until Akane wakes up. Man is she gonna flip when I tell her this.'
With this settled Ranma asked the newly acquainted Dr. Tofu and asked if he could go to sleep in the chair next to Akane. Being the nice man he was he let Ranma do as he asked. Ranma was asleep before he could change his mind so he left the two and went back to his other regular patients. He would have to ask the two where they were from in the morning because he had never seen clothes like the ones they were wearing.
Author's note: For all purposes of this story I have made it so that Ranma and Akane will not age a day under the influence of the Nanban mirror. This means that when they return to their time they will not have aged at all. Hope you like this idea. Please R&R. I really want to hear how you think of it. Please no flames though.