DISCLAIMER: This story is fanfiction. The characters
and setting do not belong to me and are borrowed from
the anime/manga series, Ranma 1/2, which was created
by Rumiko Takahashi.
To contact me, email me at: mercforhire@ranmamail.com
Holding on tightly to you
-------------------------------
by Merc-for-Hire
(Prologue: It Figures...)
Like most days, Ranma walked along the fence on the
way back from school. Unlike most days, he walked
home alone. He was glad Akane wasn't coming home with
him today. She'd been in a rather bad mood lately.
Something about that time of month Kasumi kept
warning him about. Ranma shrugged off that thought.
Akane was staying late for some play she'd been
selected for and he was going to enjoy the moment of
non-malleting. It looked like a good day for once.
Those were very rare since the failed wedding so he
was going to try to enjoy the day. He began to
whistle a happy tune he'd heard from Kasumi as he
closed his eyes and began to run on the fence. His
face soaked up the feel of the wind flowing against
him.
'Nothing like the feel of the wind to forget one's
worries.' He thought.
Unfortunately, being who he was, peaceful moments
were short and far in between. Case in point...
"RANMA! PREPARE TO DIE!!!!" shouted the incoming
missile known as Ryouga Hibiki, the eternally lost
boy.
Ranma sighed and shook his head as he ceased his run.
He then smirked when Ryouga was about to land on him.
Ranma opened his eyes and then moved his feet just
enough to change his angle in the fence to slide off.
He landed on his arm and then flipped upright before
smiling at Ryouga. Ryouga's eyes widened in fear as
Ranma acted. Without Ranma on the fence to take the
force of his landing, he'd bounce off or break the
chain-linked fence and land on the canal below. He
dropped his umbrella to the ground and stretched out
his arms in front of him, grabbing on to the fence
tightly as he hit it and was flipped over the side,
his hands still tightly holding on.
"Gah!" Ryouga yelped as the fence shook and bent
under his weight. He prayed his thanks to the gods
when the fence held.
Ranma smirked. 'Might as well have some fun with
Ryouga if he's gonna go and bother me...'
"Close call, huh p-chan? Why you almost got all wet.
Oh wait you're already all wet, you drip," Ranma
taunted at Ryouga. It always was a more interesting
match when he annoyed Ryouga. Besides the fact that
he enjoyed pissing off one of his main antagonists,
Ryouga got both stronger and a little berserk after
being taunted. Though that made the lost boy somewhat
sloppy, it also made him unpredictable.
"DON'T call me P-CHAN!!!" Ryouga raged as he flipped
over the fence and back to solid ground. "You are
such a bastard Ranma. Akane doesn't deserve you. I'm
here to prove that." Ryouga cracked his knuckles as
he stomped towards Ranma. Small craters grew under
his feet as his aura sprung out.
Ranma blinked. It looked like he might get a really
interesting battle after all. He got into a fighting
stance and motioned Ryouga to start. Ryouga rushed
in, his hand stretched forward as he attempted to hit
Ranma.
For once the battle took an amount of time Ranma had
only used when fighting against heavyweights like
Herb or Saffron. Move after move followed as Ranma
started to smile at the challenge he was getting from
Ryouga. He was nowhere near Herb or Saffron's level,
but enough that he didn't have to play with him quite
like any of the times that Ryouga hadn't shown up
with one of his "unbeatable techniques". The smile
only further infuriated Ryouga. As Ryouga unleashed
attack after attack though, Ranma became bored and
decided he was hungry and that this was taking too
much time. Ranma began spiraling as Ryouga kept
following, his berserk nature preventing him from
remembering the danger. Once they reached the center
Ranma unleashed a Hiryuu Shoten Ha that blasted
Ryouga out of the city.
Ranma brushed off some dirt on his face and shirt and
smiled. "You never learn do ya pig-boy?"
Ranma turned around to face a fuming Akane. 'Where'd
she come from?'
He stared at the mallet in her hand and thought, 'Oh
No... And it was such a nice day.'
Ranma braced himself to better take the hit that
would follow as Akane swung the mallet 'o doom and
shouted, "How DARE you hurt poor Ryouga! You should
learn to be a gentleman like him you baka!"
A scrunching and ripping noise followed as the mallet
made contact with Ranma's chin. Ranma soon followed
Ryouga's trajectory out of the city as Akane
continued her temper rage.
"Yooooouuuuu...uncuteeeeee...tomboyyyyyy!!!" Ranma
yelled as usual as he flew off.
Akane huffed and stopped staring at Ranma. She began
to put her mallet away when she noticed something
strange in front of her. A fuming Ranma-chan.
'What the...??? Didn't I just hit the baka away?'
As Akane brought the mallet back out to hit the
pervert for fooling her, Ranma-chan spoke, "You HURT
Ranma-san AND you BROKE_US_APART!!! UNFORGIVABLE!!!!"
With those words, Ranma-chan dodged the incoming
mallet and shouted, "KACHUU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN!!!!"
as she proceeded to smack Akane around until she
crumpled in a heap in the ground.
Ranma-chan then looked towards the direction Ranma
had flown off in as little hearts appeared in her
eyes. She began skipping in that direction as she
sang, "Soon we'll be together again my love..."
Akane just laid in a heap mumbling, "One little
P-chan, Two little P-chans, Three little P-chans..."
*****************************************************
'Damn You Ranma! This is all your fault!' That was
all that was on Hibiki's mind as he dropped from the
air... right onto a stream of water.
"BWEEE!!!" P-chan cried out as he struggled out of
the current with his little legs.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......"
P-chan had just gotten out of the stream as he heard
the noise. He looked up to see what that noise was
and a smile formed in his face as he saw Ranma
splashing into the water. 'Akane-san must have seen
Ranma and hit the jerk to make him pay for his evils
like he deserves.'
P-chan's smile disappeared when Ranma came up for
air. A Ranma that was male.
Ranma stared at himself and blinked. He then
proceeded to whoop and yell in the stream as he
continually splashed himself. P-chan just fumed as he
watched the lucky bastard. "I'M CURED! CURED!!! NO
MORE CURSE!!!!!"
He might not have wanted to make so much noise if
he'd known the consequences...
"RANMA-SAN!!!" a voice shouted out of the foliage of
the forest surrounding Ranma and Ryouga.
Both of the rivals blinked as they looked for the
source of the voice as well as trying to remember
why it sounded so familiar. They were both surprised
when Ranma-chan skipped out of the shrubbery and
proceeded to jump towards Ranma, her arms stretched
out in glomp-mode.
Ranma blinked, "Ranko????"
His surprise prevented him from preparing for the
glomp. Not that it would have done any good. As soon
as Ranko's arms began to loop around the surprised
martial artist she dissolved. Scant seconds later
Ranma's shape quivered and morphed into his female
identity. Ranma once again blinked.
She looked down at the water to see a smiling Ranko
waving at her in the reflection.
"It figures..." She muttered before smiling weakly
back at Ranko. 'I always attract the strange ones.
Nice smile though...'
-End Prologue-
and setting do not belong to me and are borrowed from
the anime/manga series, Ranma 1/2, which was created
by Rumiko Takahashi.
To contact me, email me at: mercforhire@ranmamail.com
Holding on tightly to you
-------------------------------
by Merc-for-Hire
(Prologue: It Figures...)
Like most days, Ranma walked along the fence on the
way back from school. Unlike most days, he walked
home alone. He was glad Akane wasn't coming home with
him today. She'd been in a rather bad mood lately.
Something about that time of month Kasumi kept
warning him about. Ranma shrugged off that thought.
Akane was staying late for some play she'd been
selected for and he was going to enjoy the moment of
non-malleting. It looked like a good day for once.
Those were very rare since the failed wedding so he
was going to try to enjoy the day. He began to
whistle a happy tune he'd heard from Kasumi as he
closed his eyes and began to run on the fence. His
face soaked up the feel of the wind flowing against
him.
'Nothing like the feel of the wind to forget one's
worries.' He thought.
Unfortunately, being who he was, peaceful moments
were short and far in between. Case in point...
"RANMA! PREPARE TO DIE!!!!" shouted the incoming
missile known as Ryouga Hibiki, the eternally lost
boy.
Ranma sighed and shook his head as he ceased his run.
He then smirked when Ryouga was about to land on him.
Ranma opened his eyes and then moved his feet just
enough to change his angle in the fence to slide off.
He landed on his arm and then flipped upright before
smiling at Ryouga. Ryouga's eyes widened in fear as
Ranma acted. Without Ranma on the fence to take the
force of his landing, he'd bounce off or break the
chain-linked fence and land on the canal below. He
dropped his umbrella to the ground and stretched out
his arms in front of him, grabbing on to the fence
tightly as he hit it and was flipped over the side,
his hands still tightly holding on.
"Gah!" Ryouga yelped as the fence shook and bent
under his weight. He prayed his thanks to the gods
when the fence held.
Ranma smirked. 'Might as well have some fun with
Ryouga if he's gonna go and bother me...'
"Close call, huh p-chan? Why you almost got all wet.
Oh wait you're already all wet, you drip," Ranma
taunted at Ryouga. It always was a more interesting
match when he annoyed Ryouga. Besides the fact that
he enjoyed pissing off one of his main antagonists,
Ryouga got both stronger and a little berserk after
being taunted. Though that made the lost boy somewhat
sloppy, it also made him unpredictable.
"DON'T call me P-CHAN!!!" Ryouga raged as he flipped
over the fence and back to solid ground. "You are
such a bastard Ranma. Akane doesn't deserve you. I'm
here to prove that." Ryouga cracked his knuckles as
he stomped towards Ranma. Small craters grew under
his feet as his aura sprung out.
Ranma blinked. It looked like he might get a really
interesting battle after all. He got into a fighting
stance and motioned Ryouga to start. Ryouga rushed
in, his hand stretched forward as he attempted to hit
Ranma.
For once the battle took an amount of time Ranma had
only used when fighting against heavyweights like
Herb or Saffron. Move after move followed as Ranma
started to smile at the challenge he was getting from
Ryouga. He was nowhere near Herb or Saffron's level,
but enough that he didn't have to play with him quite
like any of the times that Ryouga hadn't shown up
with one of his "unbeatable techniques". The smile
only further infuriated Ryouga. As Ryouga unleashed
attack after attack though, Ranma became bored and
decided he was hungry and that this was taking too
much time. Ranma began spiraling as Ryouga kept
following, his berserk nature preventing him from
remembering the danger. Once they reached the center
Ranma unleashed a Hiryuu Shoten Ha that blasted
Ryouga out of the city.
Ranma brushed off some dirt on his face and shirt and
smiled. "You never learn do ya pig-boy?"
Ranma turned around to face a fuming Akane. 'Where'd
she come from?'
He stared at the mallet in her hand and thought, 'Oh
No... And it was such a nice day.'
Ranma braced himself to better take the hit that
would follow as Akane swung the mallet 'o doom and
shouted, "How DARE you hurt poor Ryouga! You should
learn to be a gentleman like him you baka!"
A scrunching and ripping noise followed as the mallet
made contact with Ranma's chin. Ranma soon followed
Ryouga's trajectory out of the city as Akane
continued her temper rage.
"Yooooouuuuu...uncuteeeeee...tomboyyyyyy!!!" Ranma
yelled as usual as he flew off.
Akane huffed and stopped staring at Ranma. She began
to put her mallet away when she noticed something
strange in front of her. A fuming Ranma-chan.
'What the...??? Didn't I just hit the baka away?'
As Akane brought the mallet back out to hit the
pervert for fooling her, Ranma-chan spoke, "You HURT
Ranma-san AND you BROKE_US_APART!!! UNFORGIVABLE!!!!"
With those words, Ranma-chan dodged the incoming
mallet and shouted, "KACHUU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN!!!!"
as she proceeded to smack Akane around until she
crumpled in a heap in the ground.
Ranma-chan then looked towards the direction Ranma
had flown off in as little hearts appeared in her
eyes. She began skipping in that direction as she
sang, "Soon we'll be together again my love..."
Akane just laid in a heap mumbling, "One little
P-chan, Two little P-chans, Three little P-chans..."
*****************************************************
'Damn You Ranma! This is all your fault!' That was
all that was on Hibiki's mind as he dropped from the
air... right onto a stream of water.
"BWEEE!!!" P-chan cried out as he struggled out of
the current with his little legs.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......"
P-chan had just gotten out of the stream as he heard
the noise. He looked up to see what that noise was
and a smile formed in his face as he saw Ranma
splashing into the water. 'Akane-san must have seen
Ranma and hit the jerk to make him pay for his evils
like he deserves.'
P-chan's smile disappeared when Ranma came up for
air. A Ranma that was male.
Ranma stared at himself and blinked. He then
proceeded to whoop and yell in the stream as he
continually splashed himself. P-chan just fumed as he
watched the lucky bastard. "I'M CURED! CURED!!! NO
MORE CURSE!!!!!"
He might not have wanted to make so much noise if
he'd known the consequences...
"RANMA-SAN!!!" a voice shouted out of the foliage of
the forest surrounding Ranma and Ryouga.
Both of the rivals blinked as they looked for the
source of the voice as well as trying to remember
why it sounded so familiar. They were both surprised
when Ranma-chan skipped out of the shrubbery and
proceeded to jump towards Ranma, her arms stretched
out in glomp-mode.
Ranma blinked, "Ranko????"
His surprise prevented him from preparing for the
glomp. Not that it would have done any good. As soon
as Ranko's arms began to loop around the surprised
martial artist she dissolved. Scant seconds later
Ranma's shape quivered and morphed into his female
identity. Ranma once again blinked.
She looked down at the water to see a smiling Ranko
waving at her in the reflection.
"It figures..." She muttered before smiling weakly
back at Ranko. 'I always attract the strange ones.
Nice smile though...'
-End Prologue-