Playing With Fate

Chapter One: Ranma the Water Magnet

*BRRRRIIINNNGGGG!!!*

"Hn?" Kagome woke up groggily to the sound of her alarm clock. She reached for the tiny machine
that had woken her up. "WHAT?!" She shouted in surprise. "I'm late for my new school!" She ran
out without saying bye to Inuyasha or the others. "Ah, here it is. Furinkan High School. "Oh
well, I'll just try to do my best. At least I can keep up with the attendance record this time,"
Kagome walked quietly up the steps toward the three-story building.

~ ~ ~ ~

"Ranma! We're late!" A female voice pierced the air. "Ranma, you baka! Get up already!!"

"What'cha want, Akane," Ranma mumbled. "Can't ya see I'm trying to sleep???"

"WE'RE LATE, BOKOU, GET UP!!!!" Akane yelled through his ear.

"Late for what??" He asked stupidly.

"SCHOOL, BAKA!!!" Akane screeched through his ear.

*zzzzzZZZZZzzzzz*

Akane marched off, only to come back a little while later with a bucket of *pleasantly* cold
water in her hands.

"Ranma, I'll give you one more chance to wake up," she threatened.

*snore snore*

*SPLASH*

"Wha-wha-what'd you do that for??" a female voice asked sullenly, suddenly awake.

"Baka, we have two minutes to get to school so hurry up!" Akane replied smoothly before walking
out to let the annoyed girl change back into a guy.

"Alright, I'm ready." Came a male voice a few seconds later. "Can we at least have some
breakfast? I'm starving."

"It's your own fault for not waking up when I asked you to, baka," was Akane's simple response.

"Come on, please??" Ranma begged.

"ARRGGGH!!!" Akane grabbed Ranma by his pigtail and ran with him trying to eat his cereal while
flying up and down, being dragged by an amazingly strong tomboy.

They stopped at Furinkan High School. Akane let go of Ranma. "Let's hurry! We're already late!
Ooph!!!!"

Ranma bumped into Akane as Akane accidentally bumped into a strange girl.

~ ~ ~ ~

"Hnn...ice cream!!" a girl cried in her sleep. "Meat-ball sandwich!"

"Miaka!" An urgent voice called next to her ear. "You're late!"

"Hnnn." Miaka moaned again. "Apple pie...terriyaki chicken...sushi..."

"I have your sandwich..." The voice said teasingly.

"WHAT?!" Miaka woke up with a start, bonking into Keisuke's head in the process. "Keisuke!!
Gimme it gimme it!!!!!"

"I was only joking! There's no sandwich, really." Keisuke, Miaka's brother swore solemnly as
Miaka searched his pockets and pried his mouth open, checking for the supposed sandwich. "Come
on, you're late for school already!"

"What! Why didn't you tell me that sooner?!?!" Miaka cried out. "It's all your fault!" She
grabbed her backpack and ran out.

"Miaka!" Came the voice of her best friend. "Miaka, you're late!"

"Sorry Yui," Miaka said, sulking a little.

"It's ok, let's go. Since we didn't make it into Jonan High, I think we should at least be on
time for this degraded school." Yui said, pointing at the Furinkan High School sign.

"Let's go!" Miaka called out at Yui as she ran up the steps.

BRRRRIIIINNNNNGGGG!!!!!!

"Ak!" Yui cried. "We're late!" She ran after Miaka.

"Wak!" Miaka yelled as she tripped over three people lying on the ground and went flying on top
of the trio.

"EEEEKKKK!!!!!" Yui fell on top of Miaka and the three other people.

"Owww..." Five people moaned at once, especially Kagome.

"Oh no! I'm late! Get off me, please!!" Kagome cried

out with desperation at the bottom of the pile.

"My cereal!!!" Ranma cried in despair.

*Now that's a guy I admire, he likes food too!!* Miaka thought with approval, her eyes sparkling
hungrily.

"Ranma, come on!!! You don't want to stand in the hall again, do you???" Akane screamed in his
ear.

"But I'm still eating!!!!" Ranma protested, trying to pick up the cereal that was spilled and
mostly crushed by people all over the steps. He was dragged off by his pigtail again. "Ow, ow,
ow, ow!!! Let go, macho chick!! Yee-ouch!!" He screamed as Akane smacked him across the face.
*Whatta vicious chick!!*

*Now that's a weird couple...* Kagome thought to herself. "Ak! I'm late already and it's only
the first day!!"

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~In F-1~

"Class, I would like to introduce three new students," the teacher said. "This is Higurashi
Kagome, Yuuki Miaka, and Hongo Yui."

*That's the girl that I tripped over,* Akane thought to herself as Kagome was introduced.

"Although you are new, that doesn't excuse you three, Tendo Akane, and Saotome Ranma, for being
late. Stand in the hall," the mean teacher ordered.

"This is all your fault, Ranma..." Akane said to Ranma. "This wouldn't ever have happened if
you..."

"Excuse me," Kagome interrupted in a timid voice. "I'm afraid this is my fault."

"No, trust me, it isn't." Akane said kindly. "It's actually this baka's fault!" Akane suddenly
turned on Ranma.

*Gulp* (Ranma)

"This sucks! It's the first day to my new school and I'm already in trouble! And I have to hold
these pails of water!" Miaka complained. "I just wish that..." Miaka ranted and rambled on and
on about how life was unfair to her. "And I'm hungry..." she added.

"Miaka, enough. Don't you think you complained enough for one day??" Yui snapped at her best
friend.

"Gomen," Miaka said quietly. "Hey Kagome, you're new here too, aren't you?"

"Um...yeah." Kagome replied.

"Don't you think that it's unfair-" Miaka began again.

"Miaka, shut up." Yui commanded automatically.

"Gomen." Miaka apologized again.

"SSSAAAOOOTTTOOOMEEEEE!!" came a scream from the other end of the hallway.

"Oh, no, not again." Ranma groaned. "Kuno, can you stop trying to attack me during school hours?"

"You cretin!" Kuno accused, charging forward with the pails of water in his hands. "How dare you,
you womanizer!?" he tossed the water at Ranma, who jumped over it. Obviously, Nabiki told Kuno
something about him again.

"What did I do this time?" Ranma asked innocently.

"You...imbecile!" Kuno pulled out his sword and began slashing at Ranma.

"Ha! That th' best you can do?" Ranma taunted as Kuno slashed at him, and missed. Instead, Kuno
slashed open Miaka's pails of water.

"EEEEEKKKK!!" Miaka shrieked as Kuno charged toward her. As soon as Kuno whizzed by, Miaka (who
was so frightened) threw the pails up into the air, right on Ranma.

The transformation took place and Ranma became female. The three new girls gaped at the
transformation. Kuno, however, had his back turned at that moment.

"Grrr..."Kuno spun around, looking for Ranma. "Where is that coward? NO doubt he fears my
prowess, that cretin!" Suddenly he saw Ranma in his female form. "OH! My pigtailed goddess!"
Kuno ran forward with his hands outstretched.

"Keep...Away...From...ME!" Ranma growled. He flipped backwards and literally kicked Kuno out of
the school.

"Ran...Ranma?!" the 3 new girls exclaimed in unison.

"Guess my secret's out now." Ranma-chan sighed.

"B-but how is it possible?" Kagome stammered.

"Well, it all started when oyaji and I went to China..." Ranma began.

~A long time after~

"...and he knocked me into the Nyannichuan."

"And that's how you got your curse?" Kagome asked, appalled.

BRRIINNGGG!!!

"What the...It's lunch time already?" Miaka wondered, with hearts in her eyes.

"You mean the teacher forgot about us?" Yui said, disbelieving.

"Apparently so." Akane answered.

BAM!

The door flew open and their classmates trampling over the five students in the hallway in their
rush to get in line first. The teacher came out after them..

"Ow!!" Ranma shouted, footprint and shoe marks all over down her back. She had been standing in
front of the doorway.

Kagome, who had been standing in front of Ranma, had been trodden over when the crowd rushed out
and had knocked over Miaka, Yui, and Akane like dominos.

"What are you five still doing out here?" The teacher asked, obviously he had forgotten them.
"Well, go out to lunch." The five girls hurried out thankfully.

End Chapter 1