Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma 1/2 or anything I took from other animes, mostly Rurouni Kenshin attacks and possible mentions of situations from others.
- Chinese
''- Thoughts, language doesn't matter
Jian Long
A young black-haired man stands off to the side of the training fields of the Amazon warriors.
'Heh, I remember when I use to wish I could train with 'em. Ku Lon Shifu* shouldn't have made that joking promise to me though, 'cause now they got a male in the village that can do the female martial arts,' the man, Jian Long, thought.
-Flashback-
A younger Jian stands in the same place he is standing now. He looks on with a wishful look in his eyes. He's studied the techniques being performed by the warriors, but couldn't risk attempting them without an elder.
Ku Lon hops her way overe to where Jian is watching.
Jian nods.
Ku Lon gives Jian a grin. The elder hops away on her staff, laughing.
Jian left the training fields, feeling even more depressed about his situation. 'How can I change into a girl dammit!? I guess all that she just said to me was a load of bull and she doesn't expect me to actually change into a female. 'sides, I doubt I'd want to find myself as a permanent female.' Jian sighed.
he called out as he entered his house. He received no reply to his call. His mother died when he was younger. His father was considered a rather weak man in the village and was usually not at home. He had a library which Jian spent much of his time at though.
He went immeditely to the books. He was taught well enough that he could read, write, and speak Chinese and Japanese fluently. All the books in the library were in one of those two languages after all. Today a particular book caught his eyes. he read aloud. He opened the book and found the solution to his problems on the first page. Jian read on and found that they did have a spring of drowned girl, nyannichuan. He continued to read about the nyannichuan and quickly found a map to Jusenkyo.
-End Flashback-
Jian's thoughts were broken as rain started pouring.
the boy said. He shrank and his chest expanded. His pitch black hair took on a tint of red. The only thing that remained the same was her eyes. They had the same gray coloration that she had as a male.
'Shifu went to Japan in search of that husband of Xian Pu's. You'd figure they'd be back after a few months, even if they did open a restaurant there. Maybe it's time to follow them and Mu Tsu to Japan. After all, anybody good enough to beat Xian Pu must be a terrific martial artist... and now trained by Ku Lon Shifu.'
Jian grinned, having found a good reason to leave the village. She quickly ran home and packed some things she would need. Her father died after she completed her training with Ku Lon. She wouldn't worry anyone with her disappearance, and it wouldn't matter if the elders got word of where she was. 'I shoulda just left before. Not like it would've mattered. Why'd I wait 'til I had a reason? Oh well.'
Jian ran out of the house and left the village for Japan.
***
Jian had traveled around Japan for many months now, training and learning new techniques. He finally reached Nerima.
'I know the name of the restaurant that Ku Lon owns, but that's all. I hope that will get me directions to it.' He walked around for a while, then tapped a young man on the shoulder.
The man turned around and Jian saw the noticeable feature of fangs on the boy. "Can you tell me how to get to the Nekohanten?" he asked the bandanna wearing boy.
"Sure I know the way there, I've been there enough times. It's on route to the Tendo Dojo, where I'm heading anyway," Ryoga replied, though the Nekohaten also happened to be in the opposite direction of the dojo. At that point rain started to fall and Ryoga shrunk.
Jian blinked. "A Jusenkyo victim I see," the now female Jian said. "Damn luck, I find a person who can get me to the Nekohanten and rain starts pouring, changing the guide into a pig." Jian shouldered Ryoga's things and grabbed him. Ryoga struggled in Jian's grip, then relaxed. The girl then asked another person for directions.
After an hour or so of searching, she found the restaurant, the soaked and female Jian walked in.
She was greeted by the purple-haired Amazon who was the reason for the trip to Japan. "Hello," she cutely said and went to take the order of a group of people who were calling her over. She ignored the stares of people at the struggling pig in her hands.
'Heh, xian Pu is still as cute as ever. Still, I ain't interested in her. And I'd have to go through Mu Tsu many times if I even thought of wanting her. Ah, speak of the devil,' Jian thought and went over to the long haired Amazon male who was serving some ramen to a young couple.
"Ni hao Mu Tsu," she said to Mousse. "Can you tell me where to find Ku Lon Shifu?"
Mousse looked up. "Hmm?" He squinted through his glasses. "Jian? You came to Japan after us?"
Jian grinned. "Yep, it's me. How've ya been?" She still had Ryoga and his things with him.
"Wait, why'd you come to Japan?" Mousse asked. He then grabbed Jian by the front of her black Chinese shirt. "You didn't come to court with Shampoo did you?"
"Er... no, you no I have no interest in Xian Pu, she's family. And please let go of me, you're scaring people," Jian said nervously at the blades that were only slightly concealed in the Hidden Weapons Master's sleeve. "Where's Ku Lon now?"
Mousse relaxed and let Jian go. He then grinned. "She's back in the kitchen, It's almost closing anyway, so I suppose you can just wait at a seat, I just hope you didn't come to Japan to chase after her. I'll get you some hot water."
"Don't bother getting any for me, just take this guy into a bathroom or something, here're his clothes." Jian handed Ryoga and his clothing to Mousse.
"Ryoga? How'd you meet him?"
"Oh, well I asked him for directions. He was about to take me here too."
"You're lucky the rain struck then. You'd be in America or something... without crossing any water too. His sense of direction is as bad as... well, as bad as my eyesight. You would have ended up here in maybe a week."
Jian winced at the analogy, realising her luck was indeed good. She sat down at a table near the counter and put Ryoga's backpack and umbrella down. She then took off her own bag and leaned back against the seat, closing her eyes. A few minutes later, Ryoga walked out of bathroom with Mousse. The fanged boy looked around and saw Jian. Ryoga walked over and glared at her.
The girl being glared at opened one eye and threw Ryoga his things. "You can sit down if you want. I doubt you want to wander around the world as a pig, so you might as well stay here a while."
"Well, I do have my umbrella."
Jian chuckled. "Just stay a while though, I can use some company. 'Sides, knowing the curse, you'd probably get splashed after a while."
"I suppose I should thank you for bringing me here as well. Most people don't bother bringing me and my stuff anywhere. They may take me and leave my things behind."
"Yes, well most people can't lift your things, especially that umbrella."
Shampoo walked over to Ryoga and Jian. "What lost boy doing here?" she asked. "And who with you?"
Jian smiled and stood up. "Hello Xian Pu. Long time cousin."
Shampoo looked at the Chinese girl that stood up. "Jian? How you been?" She hugged her cousin.
As Mousse saw this and yelled, "Jian! I thought you said you had no interest in your family!!!" Mousse charged towards Jian, who countered with a quick axe kick to the top of the master of hidden weapon's head. She then did an amaguriken to his stomach.
"I'm fine Xian Pu." Jian said then hugged Shampoo back. She ignored the now unconscious boy at her feet. "I'm just waiting to talk to great aunt Ku Lon. I'd feel awkward staying here without ordering anything. Get me two ramens willya?"
"Wait, I dont need..." Ryoga interupted.
"It's my treat, and if you won't eat it I'll take it," Jian said as Shampoo walked off to deliver the order.
"Fine," Ryoga said. "You're an Amazon right, and cursed too? And how come you're dried off already?"
"Yeah, I'm an Amazon. I took this curse on to earn the female status that let me learn from Ku Lon. I've dried off by channeling my chi into doing so."
"You learned martial arts from Cologne? She taught me one technique. The Bakusai Tenketsu." Ryoga snarled. "I tried using it on that Saotome. Cologne failed to warn me beforehand that it didn't work on humans."
Jian sweatdroped. "Like you said, the technique itself is pretty useless. I also happened to have learned that technique a bit faster than I was suppose to learn it. It should take it a person from a week to a month, but I knew how to focus too well, I learned it in a few days. I don't have as much endurance from the rocks pounding me as I would like. Not telling you about something like that sounds like something that Ku Lon would do though."
Shampoo walked over to the table with Jian's orders. "Store closing now," she told the other customers and handed the two their orders.
"Why can that couple stay?" a customer asked.
Ryoga blushed and started sputtering protests about being on a date with another guy. Jian sweatdropped and shoved some noodles into Ryoga's mouth. "Shut up before you make yourself look like even more of an idiot," she muttered to him.
"Girl is guest in restaurant. Stupid Lost Boy leave after finish meal, probably get lost on way out. You please finish meal and leave too, no get lost though," Shampoo said.
Jian rubbed her temples and made a mental note to help her cousin with her Japanese a little. She started eating her Ramen. "So Ryoga, who is this Saotome fellow you spoke of before? Is he then one that is to be Xian Pu's groom?"
Ryoga snorted then finished off his Ramen. "That among other things. You'll hear about this from Cologne however. Well, I'll be leaving now, we'll probably meet again sometime later, I hope to have my revenge on Saotome by that time." Ryoga picked up his backpack and walked away from the table, opening his umbrella before walking into the woman's bathroom.
Jian sweatdropped as Ryoga dashed away when he realised that it wasn't the exit. Her attention turned as she heard a staff tap across the floor and a chuckle.
"It's a good thing for him that we closed and no women were left here in the bathroom. How have you been Jian?"
"I've been fine Elder Ku Lon." Jian said and stood up to bow respectfully. "I came to Japan to train and challenge that groom of Xian Pu's. I have completed my first goal." Shampoo was cleaning up a nearby table, with the revived Mousse tagging along, proclaiming his love.
"Yes, well Jian. Do not tell Shampoo this," the elder dropped her voice a bit, "but I have long since given up on Ranma Saotome. He has been out of my grasp ever since the incident with Saffron, the pheonix king."
"I seem to remember what our village saw taking place in Jusenkyo. There were so many explosions and all that fire," Jian noted. "Of course, I was sent to investigate Jusenkyo after that, I found the place flooded."
Cologne nodded sadly and sighed. "At this point, I would gladly content myself with him pledging himself to be a member of our clan, without a marriage. I will not tell Shampoo or him however. At least not until he makes up his mind about his feelings though."
Jian nodded. "So, tell me about this Ranma Saotome. He seems rather interesting." The elder smiled and told the newest aquatransexual about one of the strongest martial artists in the area of Nerima.
*Shifu means master
- Chinese
''- Thoughts, language doesn't matter
Jian Long
A young black-haired man stands off to the side of the training fields of the Amazon warriors.
'Heh, I remember when I use to wish I could train with 'em. Ku Lon Shifu* shouldn't have made that joking promise to me though, 'cause now they got a male in the village that can do the female martial arts,' the man, Jian Long, thought.
-Flashback-
A younger Jian stands in the same place he is standing now. He looks on with a wishful look in his eyes. He's studied the techniques being performed by the warriors, but couldn't risk attempting them without an elder.
Ku Lon hops her way overe to where Jian is watching.
Jian nods.
Ku Lon gives Jian a grin. The elder hops away on her staff, laughing.
Jian left the training fields, feeling even more depressed about his situation. 'How can I change into a girl dammit!? I guess all that she just said to me was a load of bull and she doesn't expect me to actually change into a female. 'sides, I doubt I'd want to find myself as a permanent female.' Jian sighed.
he called out as he entered his house. He received no reply to his call. His mother died when he was younger. His father was considered a rather weak man in the village and was usually not at home. He had a library which Jian spent much of his time at though.
He went immeditely to the books. He was taught well enough that he could read, write, and speak Chinese and Japanese fluently. All the books in the library were in one of those two languages after all. Today a particular book caught his eyes. he read aloud. He opened the book and found the solution to his problems on the first page. Jian read on and found that they did have a spring of drowned girl, nyannichuan. He continued to read about the nyannichuan and quickly found a map to Jusenkyo.
-End Flashback-
Jian's thoughts were broken as rain started pouring.
the boy said. He shrank and his chest expanded. His pitch black hair took on a tint of red. The only thing that remained the same was her eyes. They had the same gray coloration that she had as a male.
'Shifu went to Japan in search of that husband of Xian Pu's. You'd figure they'd be back after a few months, even if they did open a restaurant there. Maybe it's time to follow them and Mu Tsu to Japan. After all, anybody good enough to beat Xian Pu must be a terrific martial artist... and now trained by Ku Lon Shifu.'
Jian grinned, having found a good reason to leave the village. She quickly ran home and packed some things she would need. Her father died after she completed her training with Ku Lon. She wouldn't worry anyone with her disappearance, and it wouldn't matter if the elders got word of where she was. 'I shoulda just left before. Not like it would've mattered. Why'd I wait 'til I had a reason? Oh well.'
Jian ran out of the house and left the village for Japan.
***
Jian had traveled around Japan for many months now, training and learning new techniques. He finally reached Nerima.
'I know the name of the restaurant that Ku Lon owns, but that's all. I hope that will get me directions to it.' He walked around for a while, then tapped a young man on the shoulder.
The man turned around and Jian saw the noticeable feature of fangs on the boy. "Can you tell me how to get to the Nekohanten?" he asked the bandanna wearing boy.
"Sure I know the way there, I've been there enough times. It's on route to the Tendo Dojo, where I'm heading anyway," Ryoga replied, though the Nekohaten also happened to be in the opposite direction of the dojo. At that point rain started to fall and Ryoga shrunk.
Jian blinked. "A Jusenkyo victim I see," the now female Jian said. "Damn luck, I find a person who can get me to the Nekohanten and rain starts pouring, changing the guide into a pig." Jian shouldered Ryoga's things and grabbed him. Ryoga struggled in Jian's grip, then relaxed. The girl then asked another person for directions.
After an hour or so of searching, she found the restaurant, the soaked and female Jian walked in.
She was greeted by the purple-haired Amazon who was the reason for the trip to Japan. "Hello," she cutely said and went to take the order of a group of people who were calling her over. She ignored the stares of people at the struggling pig in her hands.
'Heh, xian Pu is still as cute as ever. Still, I ain't interested in her. And I'd have to go through Mu Tsu many times if I even thought of wanting her. Ah, speak of the devil,' Jian thought and went over to the long haired Amazon male who was serving some ramen to a young couple.
"Ni hao Mu Tsu," she said to Mousse. "Can you tell me where to find Ku Lon Shifu?"
Mousse looked up. "Hmm?" He squinted through his glasses. "Jian? You came to Japan after us?"
Jian grinned. "Yep, it's me. How've ya been?" She still had Ryoga and his things with him.
"Wait, why'd you come to Japan?" Mousse asked. He then grabbed Jian by the front of her black Chinese shirt. "You didn't come to court with Shampoo did you?"
"Er... no, you no I have no interest in Xian Pu, she's family. And please let go of me, you're scaring people," Jian said nervously at the blades that were only slightly concealed in the Hidden Weapons Master's sleeve. "Where's Ku Lon now?"
Mousse relaxed and let Jian go. He then grinned. "She's back in the kitchen, It's almost closing anyway, so I suppose you can just wait at a seat, I just hope you didn't come to Japan to chase after her. I'll get you some hot water."
"Don't bother getting any for me, just take this guy into a bathroom or something, here're his clothes." Jian handed Ryoga and his clothing to Mousse.
"Ryoga? How'd you meet him?"
"Oh, well I asked him for directions. He was about to take me here too."
"You're lucky the rain struck then. You'd be in America or something... without crossing any water too. His sense of direction is as bad as... well, as bad as my eyesight. You would have ended up here in maybe a week."
Jian winced at the analogy, realising her luck was indeed good. She sat down at a table near the counter and put Ryoga's backpack and umbrella down. She then took off her own bag and leaned back against the seat, closing her eyes. A few minutes later, Ryoga walked out of bathroom with Mousse. The fanged boy looked around and saw Jian. Ryoga walked over and glared at her.
The girl being glared at opened one eye and threw Ryoga his things. "You can sit down if you want. I doubt you want to wander around the world as a pig, so you might as well stay here a while."
"Well, I do have my umbrella."
Jian chuckled. "Just stay a while though, I can use some company. 'Sides, knowing the curse, you'd probably get splashed after a while."
"I suppose I should thank you for bringing me here as well. Most people don't bother bringing me and my stuff anywhere. They may take me and leave my things behind."
"Yes, well most people can't lift your things, especially that umbrella."
Shampoo walked over to Ryoga and Jian. "What lost boy doing here?" she asked. "And who with you?"
Jian smiled and stood up. "Hello Xian Pu. Long time cousin."
Shampoo looked at the Chinese girl that stood up. "Jian? How you been?" She hugged her cousin.
As Mousse saw this and yelled, "Jian! I thought you said you had no interest in your family!!!" Mousse charged towards Jian, who countered with a quick axe kick to the top of the master of hidden weapon's head. She then did an amaguriken to his stomach.
"I'm fine Xian Pu." Jian said then hugged Shampoo back. She ignored the now unconscious boy at her feet. "I'm just waiting to talk to great aunt Ku Lon. I'd feel awkward staying here without ordering anything. Get me two ramens willya?"
"Wait, I dont need..." Ryoga interupted.
"It's my treat, and if you won't eat it I'll take it," Jian said as Shampoo walked off to deliver the order.
"Fine," Ryoga said. "You're an Amazon right, and cursed too? And how come you're dried off already?"
"Yeah, I'm an Amazon. I took this curse on to earn the female status that let me learn from Ku Lon. I've dried off by channeling my chi into doing so."
"You learned martial arts from Cologne? She taught me one technique. The Bakusai Tenketsu." Ryoga snarled. "I tried using it on that Saotome. Cologne failed to warn me beforehand that it didn't work on humans."
Jian sweatdroped. "Like you said, the technique itself is pretty useless. I also happened to have learned that technique a bit faster than I was suppose to learn it. It should take it a person from a week to a month, but I knew how to focus too well, I learned it in a few days. I don't have as much endurance from the rocks pounding me as I would like. Not telling you about something like that sounds like something that Ku Lon would do though."
Shampoo walked over to the table with Jian's orders. "Store closing now," she told the other customers and handed the two their orders.
"Why can that couple stay?" a customer asked.
Ryoga blushed and started sputtering protests about being on a date with another guy. Jian sweatdropped and shoved some noodles into Ryoga's mouth. "Shut up before you make yourself look like even more of an idiot," she muttered to him.
"Girl is guest in restaurant. Stupid Lost Boy leave after finish meal, probably get lost on way out. You please finish meal and leave too, no get lost though," Shampoo said.
Jian rubbed her temples and made a mental note to help her cousin with her Japanese a little. She started eating her Ramen. "So Ryoga, who is this Saotome fellow you spoke of before? Is he then one that is to be Xian Pu's groom?"
Ryoga snorted then finished off his Ramen. "That among other things. You'll hear about this from Cologne however. Well, I'll be leaving now, we'll probably meet again sometime later, I hope to have my revenge on Saotome by that time." Ryoga picked up his backpack and walked away from the table, opening his umbrella before walking into the woman's bathroom.
Jian sweatdropped as Ryoga dashed away when he realised that it wasn't the exit. Her attention turned as she heard a staff tap across the floor and a chuckle.
"It's a good thing for him that we closed and no women were left here in the bathroom. How have you been Jian?"
"I've been fine Elder Ku Lon." Jian said and stood up to bow respectfully. "I came to Japan to train and challenge that groom of Xian Pu's. I have completed my first goal." Shampoo was cleaning up a nearby table, with the revived Mousse tagging along, proclaiming his love.
"Yes, well Jian. Do not tell Shampoo this," the elder dropped her voice a bit, "but I have long since given up on Ranma Saotome. He has been out of my grasp ever since the incident with Saffron, the pheonix king."
"I seem to remember what our village saw taking place in Jusenkyo. There were so many explosions and all that fire," Jian noted. "Of course, I was sent to investigate Jusenkyo after that, I found the place flooded."
Cologne nodded sadly and sighed. "At this point, I would gladly content myself with him pledging himself to be a member of our clan, without a marriage. I will not tell Shampoo or him however. At least not until he makes up his mind about his feelings though."
Jian nodded. "So, tell me about this Ranma Saotome. He seems rather interesting." The elder smiled and told the newest aquatransexual about one of the strongest martial artists in the area of Nerima.
*Shifu means master