W"Prologue"
PS. I do not own any and all Ranma 1/2 characters. The characters belongs to and rightfully always be rumiko takahashi.
Genma soutome a heavy set man wearing a white gi, white bandana and round eye glasses waited outside the waiting room impatiently walking back and forth, he wasn't paying attention by the people staring at him awkwardly.
That did not bother Genma, but what did bother him is his wife in the operations room is about to give birth to there only child.
'What's taking so long?' Genma pondered while pacing back and forth. 'I need to start the boy's training as soon as possible so I can begin the pledge to unite the schools with my long time friend and start In the anything goes martial soon as
my wife and I left this wretched hospital, I will begin the boy's training immediately.'
A nurse finally arrived to approach him. "Genma Saotome?"
Genma turned to the nurse."How is she nurse, is my wife okay, is the baby okay!?"
The nurse gave him a smile. "Nodoka is fine, she is resting right now. In fact she did well and happy to say that..." The nurse stop when she see Genma running down the hallway to meet his wife. Doctors and patients move out of the way to avoid gettingtackled
bya crazed man in a white gi. The nurse sigh." Why do I even bother."
Genma found the room his wife have occupied in. Laying there on the bed. Nodoka in a hospital gown with dark red curly hair in a short ponytail and her blue eyes stared up to here husband with happiness. Holding in her arms is his...children!
He was expecting an only child. In his wife's arms, one a baby boy with Raven hair. The other is a baby girl with red hair resting peacefully in Nodoka's arms.
Genma is shocked. "What the... two babies... How?!"
Nodoka smiled at her husband. "Look Genma, isn't it wonderful dear, we have twins. One boy and one girl." She said with such glee. She heard a thud.
Genma fainted hitting face first on the floor. " Genma?" Nodoka Sigh" I thought he be happy. Oh well."
Soon after the docter arrived and came in to check on his patient, he saw Genma on the floor assuming that he did not expect twins. Assured by Nadoka that was the answer.
The doctor walk over to Nodoka. "Any thoughts for the name of the babies?"
Nodokanodded. " I think I found the perfect names for them. The eldest son will be name Ranma." The boy in the left arm." And my youngest daughter will be named Ranko." The girl in her right arm.
"Ranma and Ranko saotome?" The docter said. Nadoka nodded. "Those are excellent choice of names nadoka-San." After that the doctor left the room leaving the happy mother to care for her children.
Five years ago...
Ranma and Ranko now five years old having a good time with each other's company. Playing at the back yard in their mothers house. Genma has already begun training Ranma in the anything goes martial arts and Ranko is with her mother teaching her how tocook
and other feminine things.
Genma has decided to make ranma the heir of the saotome style anything goes school of martial arts. Hard pressing him to reach above and beyond the level any dedicated martial artist can ever achieve.
Nodokain her kimono however have plans for Ranko to uphold family honor and to uphold tradition. Forbidding her on practicing the art whenever she showed interest. She already mastered her mothers cooking and she can add a fewingredients tomake
herfood taste even more better.
However this does stop Ranko from learning the art. When she is not busy. She watches Ranma and her father practice the art and trained in secret. When Ranma Is not with his father. He looks for Ranko to practice with her before they play around in theback
yard.
Another five years later...
Ranko is now ten years old with red flowing hair reaching past her shoulders wearing a white and blue sailor girls junior school uniform walking her way home from school. She excelled in all her studies except history. That would least be expected.
Right now she is contemplating when her twin brother and father ever coming back. Most of all she is worried that she might lost her proficiency in the art.
Ranko daydreaming in her worries not paying attention to what is in front of her until she bump into somebody, falling back and land her butt on the pavement.
"Watch where your going you jerk!" She yelled to the person in front of her. She immediately stop talking when she saw the person in front of her.
He is a tall oldman, more like a tall older muscular gaijin man height of 6 foot 4 standing there with serious and intimidating expression that make you want to pee your pants by looking at him. In factthat the older man look so much like one of
those fictional gods from Greek or Norse mythology. He look like Zeus the God of thunder or Odin of Valhalla only without the eye patch.
His blue eyes show a great amount of fury in them, showing a level saying do not mess with me or you'll regret it. Giving Ranko a thought toavoid him in the near future. With the amount of winkles on his face showed great level of knowledge and
power and with his messy spiked white hair look like porcupines with short length and his heavily white beard and mustache also messy spiked. He is not sporting those long hair and beard the Greek and Norse gods have in those history books.
What he is wearing is a grey business suit with blue tie and white button long shirt. Due to his muscular appearance, he could tear through his suit by just flexing his muscles if he want. And alsowearing a tan overcoat.
What stand out most is a shin height black boots and knuckle bracers with metal sheets on both of them. There made to look like to hurt people. They way he walk shows that he is no ordinary old man. With the metal sheet boots he's wearing would have madequite
amount of noise, he's not making any sound with does boots when he took a step towards her.
Ranko however feeling so intimidated by the old foreigner stand up quickly and try to walk away. (Or run away if she needed to) Not before the old muscle gentleman said. "Are you alright young lady?" Speaking Japanese fluently with care.
Ranko saw the Change in expression on his face turning into happy old man. Acting like a responsible grandfather would say to there grand kids with heart. "I'm okay, I'm alright, I'm just been distracted about something don't know wear I'm going! Thankyou
for caring, I'll be going now! BYE!" Even with the grandfatherly behavior. She made a bow and make a run for home.
"Wait, young lady, I just need to...!"The red haired young lady already halfway down the street running past bystanders."...know where the saotome resident is located. All well, might have to ask somebody around that knows"
Ranko made her way home. Breathing so hard that she have to stop to catch her breath. "I'm home!" Ranko shout out. Opening the front door to her house feeling tired.
"Welcome home dear, dinner will be ready in an hour." Said her mother in her navy blue kimono with petals. "So just sit back and I'll let you know when dinner is ready."
Ranko wanted to do more to then just sitting around. She went to her room to get her personal gi in the drawers. She saw the picture of her family on top of her drawer. Pictures of her family all together in one frame. Another picture with Ranko and hertwin
brother sitting by the tree at the park. Staring at the picture with herself and her brother, telling herself one day she will train hard with determination and dedication and prove herself be the best at the art. She took of her school dress,
/put on her gi and went out the back yard to train. She have nobody to teach her in the art so she mostly taught herself with her fathers copy of the saotome anything goes family scroll. She begin going through the katas she remembered when her brotherwas
still here always wishing she join her father and brother on their training journey.
Nodoka saw this through her kitchen window and sigh. 'It's hard to teach her about honor and tradition with her mind set to become the best martial artist' she thought with enough regret."DING DONG"
"Who could that be?" Nodoka wonderawhile about when her husband and son coming home to visit her. When she open the door, she does not see her husband and son, but a tall Foreigner standing at the front. He's and old muscular man with messy spikedwhitehair
and beard with blue eyes wearing grey suit that happens to be to tight for him and wearing a tan overcoat.
What got her attention is the heavy metal bracer and boots he is wearing. He's like the type of man ready to kill when have to. Nadoka is worried that her husband might have cause a problem with this particular person. 'I hope my husband did not do anythingto
warrant such a problem to bring a dangerous man into my home.' She thought. With the bills and I.O.U.s coming back at her with her husbands greed, hoping he's not here seeking his money back. Nodokacaution carefully.
"Good afternoon sir,may Ihelp you?" Greeted the with a bow. The old man bow back. " greetings, this wouldn't happen to be the saotome resident, is it?"the old man said.
"Yes this is the saotome resident, do you need anything mister... Oh, I forgot, I haven't gotten your name sir" She said with a carefree smile.
"The name is Allan, but you can me mr. Willer, or better yet call megrandfather."Said the old man cheerfully. 'Grandfather!?' She thought. She would have memories of having a foreigner for a relative, maybe through her parents. Then again her mothernever
did mention her family. She did however had a lot of very western features and her mother having the same red hair color as her daughter Ranko. Then she should have mention a grandfather from another already know her grandfatherfrom her father
side, but never her mother. However the circumstances, she's not about to let some stranger who claims to be her grandfather to be in her life to greet them with open arms.
"Oh sorry. You must be mistaken me for somebody else, My mother would have mention you or any other family relatives from her side." She said, telling the old gentleman the he might be wrong or gotten the wrong address.
"That's to be expected. Your mother an I are never in good terms with each other due to are...family history." Willer said with understanding. He want to keep certain part in there family life buried. But she's not buying it.
"Surely there must be someone your looking for, maybe another Family somewhere in nerima? Maybe you should start there." Nodoka suggested. Wanted nothing to do with this elderly man. "Sorry for the inconvenience, It was Nice meeting you, have a niceday!"
She immediately wanted to shut the door, but the old gentleman stopped her. Feeling annoyed that she would denied other family that they exist. Sure he thought just to feel save.
"Please just wait! Let me explain! Your name is nadoka right?" She nodded.
"Who happens to be married to a man name Genma, your mothers name is Namaya, and your fathers name is Tetsu, and your maiden name is himura, I'm I right?" Nodoka Wassurprise.
'How does know my family?' She thought. "You Also Have an older brother name Kenzou that you never met in along while and you were cut out from the family or disown would be the current term for your situation, by marrying Genma out of Practically lost
allrights to the himura Astate. Everybody in the himura family want nothing to do with Genma due to his behavior and his history. Yet you marry him anyways out of love."
Nodoka was shocked, completely speechless. Knowing the deepest darkest part of her history no one knew yet this stranger knew. She have nothing to say to that.
"All I want is to get to know the family I never knew. Namaya never mention she had another child after Kenzou. But even if she did, she would denied me privilege to meet you or flat out lie to me that you exist. Remember I wasn't in good terms with herbefore
she married your father." Willer pouring his heart out to her great grandchild. "So will give me a chance to know you? Accept me no matter are differences to accept me as your great grandfather?" The old man said with all his heart.
Nodoka pause for a little while and started crying with tears in her eyes. Never knowing about another family member far away. "Grandfather!" She said with tearfull joy hugging her muscular great grandfather. The old man hugged her back. Despitehis
unrulyoutward expression, he sure has a gentle heart. Then something pop in her mind. "Wait, great grandfather?!" Nodoka saidsurprise.
"Well I have to admit. I am quite older then what you expectedother then the everyday old people that you usually see around." said with a chuckle. "If you invite me in I'll explain everything I know inside."
Nodoka is very curious how he maintain himself. "Sure, come in and let me hear all your stories. I'm anxious to know how you never lost a muscle and still be able walk like a martial artist would!" She said with glee.
Authors note: This story takes place before Ranma arrived at the tendo dojo. This story focusing on Ranko's life and meeting a grandfather she just met and happens to be a martial artist from the USA. Of what school? Find out next chapter.
This is the end of first chapter. Expect more in the near future.