Ranma grumbled at the sheer stupidity of Mr. Tendo
and his father. The pair of lunkheads had taken a
security job and they were goofing off at the buffet.
To this end, his father was going to take all the money
for himself, if not for Nadoka who had forced him to
relinquish Ranma's share. She also had provided him
with a black suit, tie and white shirt for the occasion,
disregarding the tacky light blue tuxedo his father had
hauled out for Soun and himself.
The item he and Akane were currently guarding was
actually a group of items. Small talismans that had the
symbols of the Chinese Zodiac. Many reporters were
snaping shots of the item as he and Akane endured the
bordom with great dignity.
Ranma stole a glance at the talismans. There were
six in all, half of the Chinese Zodiac. The Dragon, the
Rabbit, the Ox, the Rooster, the Monkey and the
Tiger.
To his surprise, the Nerima Wreaking Crew, as they
were dubbed, had also shown up for various reasons.
The Kuno siblings were there because they were rich.
Rich lunatics he may have added, but rich enough so
that they were able to get in. Kuno was clad in a
tuxedo with a top hat and bokken while Kodachi had
on a black dress with a purple rose etched onto the
front.
Cologne, Shampoo and Mousse were there as well,
the trio regarding the talismans with great interest, since
their origin was from China. Cologne was dressed
normally while Shampoo had on a daring full chinese
dress, the same one, Ranma reflected, was the one
when she was trying to get him during the Reversal
Jewel incident. Mousse was in a white robe, etched
with sky blue trim.
Ukyou was here to make sure that none of Ranma's
fiancess were to get a hold of him. She was the "Cute"
fiancee after all and guarded her territory fiercely.
She was also dressed in a suit, but had her bandolieer
of spatulas as well.
Nadoka, was there for crowd control. For some
strange reason, she and Cologne were the only ones
who could actually control the mob of martial artists
with very little effort. It gave Ranma quite a relief to
have his mother around as he prayed to every god
out there to keep the party from breaking out into
chaos.
Nabiki and Kasumi had stayed home, wisely
avoiding the iminient conflict.
Ranma accepted a cup of water from his mother
greatfully as she took over his shift. Meandering
towards the buffet table where his father and Soun
were getting drunk, he hissed, "You two are
embarrasing the school again."
"Shaddup boy," Genma almost slurred. "We're
doing our job."
Ranma scowled as he went over to the nearby
security other than himself. "Keep those too from
drinking too much. If they do, then eject them
from the party."
The sunglassed men nodded as Ranma returned
to his post.
The party wore on into the night. Ranma supressed
the urge to yawn when a trio of men walked out
through the crowd.
One of them was dressed in a wild pink and white
disco outfit, complete with slicked back bright
orange hair. The second was a short man, roughly
the height of his girl form. He had dark black hair,
wearing a black leather jacket, orange sunglasses
and dark jeans. The third was a large man with a
long face with messy black hair. He wore a brown
suit that hung limply on his body, making him look
rather dimwitted.
"Hey," the short man in the sunglasses said, "Are
those the Zodiac Talismans?"
"Yes," Akane replied. "Would you like to take a
picture?"
The trio made no reply as they pulled out a trio of
hilts. Round blades extended from it and started to
crackle with electrical energy. One of them sliced
open the case and grasped a Talisman while Ranma
started to dodge the swings of the energy swords.
"HI YAH!" Akane slammed her mallet across the
one who was stealing the Talismans. He groaned
and collapsed.
Stealing a glance towards Ranma, she noted that he
was just in the process of kicking the weapons out
of their hands. Finding themselves now weaponless,
the trio grabbed their collapsed friend and ran out
of the room amidst flashes of the cameras.
Ranma grimaced as Cologne pogoed up. "Well now
Son-in-law, the party seems to be over."
Shampoo then picked up the fallen Talisman. "Aiya,
Talisman is okay. You give to Elderly Man, yes?"
Ranma took it from her as he scooped up the
Talismans and placed them in the soft leather bag
that was held by one of the security guards. "Yeah.
Tell your boss we're sorry this happened." The
guard nodded as he accended the stairs to the
man's overlook.
Cologne frowned. "There is something more to this
than meets the eye."
"Don't know," Ranma said. "I suppose we'll get
our pay and then leave. The party is most definately
over." He turned and left the room, no one noticing
a single talisman sticking out of his pants cuff.
Ranma Saotome Adventures
written by Shaun Garin
Episode 1 : Flying Rooster
Authors note : I have not even seen all the episodes
of Jackie Chan adventures other than reading up on
info at Kidswb.com. That's the extent of my knowlage,
and it's limited to the Talismans and their effects.
Anything else is pure speculation save for names.
"You didn't get the Talismans?" Valmont scowled at
his trio of bumbling enforcers. "The Talismans were
in one place, a perfect opportunity to take them all at
once! It was so simple, even a monkey could have
done it!"
"Well, there was a kid, kinda like Chan there," Chow
said. Valmont's hand tightened angrily at the name of his
hated nemisis. "We tried to get it but that kid was good."
"Besides, we have half the talismans already," Ratso
responed.
"I do not enjoy excuses. Next time, we shall return for
them." Valmont scowled as he turned to the window.
"Leave me."
"Yes sir."
Ranma hung the pants of his suit on the small coathanger
provided to him, when a small object tumbled from
his pant cuff and rolled to a stop at his feet. "Huh?" He
then reached down and picked it up. "Hey, it's one
of those Talismans. I'd better return it before pop gets a
hold of it."
He then looked at the clock and groaned. "Aw, the
museum won't be open until friday," he groaned, sticking
the Talisman in his pants pocket before laying down to
sleep. "It'll be safe there for the week."
"Ranma, there is a letter for you."
Ranma took the letter and read over it, his eyes widening.
"Oh man...."
"What is it this time Saotome?" Nabiki asked. "A challenge
letter?"
"Worse." Ranma sighed. "My..... niece is coming to visit
for a year in Japan from Hong Kong."
"Oh, little Jade!" Nadoka exclaimed happily. "Her mother
and father has contacted me several times this year,
expressing their wishes to send her here to Japan to learn of
her half-Japanese heritage."
"So what's the problem Ranma?" Akane inquired curiously.
"Jade is... a little spitfire set on high," Ranma explained.
"She's really energetic. I haven't seen her for a while, since
the last time I was in Hong Kong, I was runnin' from
Shampoo."
"How old is she?" Kasumi asked.
"Last time I checked, ten years old. And much shorter than
I was at that age."
Just then, the sound of a taxi pulling up was heard with the
exchange of words. Then, it pulled away. A second later, a
knock at the door was heard as Ranma sighed. "I'll get it."
Seconds later, a yell was heard as Ranma came in with a
tall chinese girl hanging over his shoulders, laughing. Akane
blinked. The girl had wide caramel eyes with long black
hair, wearing an old orange sweatshirt with ties and jeans
with sneakers. "Is that...."
Ranma laughed as he got the younger girl into a headlock
position and she flipped him over her shoulder.
"My oh my! Jade has grown up so well!" Nadoka exclaimed
happily, clasping her hands in delight.
"My goodness, people do change overnight," Nabiki said,
eyeing the young woman who was happily wrestling with
her uncle.
"Ranma!" Jade exclaimed, hugging him so hard he turned
blue. "Oops, sorry."
Ranma wheezed as he laughed. "Aw, no big deal. Wow,
you've grown up since I've last seen you."
Jade blushed. "Aw, Uncle. I'm only 14! I'm just an early
bloomer, that's all." The girl got up as she looked at the
gaping girls. "Who're they?"
"Jade, meet the Tendo girls and my mother, Mr Tendo
and the panda-man."
"Hajeshmashite," Jade said, bowing. "Pleased to meet all
of you."
"Likewise," the girls echoed.
Ranma pulled away from the girl as he then asked, "So, how
was America?"
"Great!" Jade exclaimed. "Jackie and Uncle were a blast!"
The girl punched him in the stomach. "I stayed with them for
a year before heading back to Hong Kong."
"How IS Jackie anyways?" Genma asked curiously through a
sign.
Jade spared a glance at the panda and asked, "What's with
the sign wielding flea bag?"
Genma's sign flipped around with an indignant, "WHAT?!"
on the other side.
Ranma and Jade ignored it as he said, "Oh that? That's pop."
Jade blinked and then shrugged. "Nothing I haven't seen
before. Some kinda magical transmogrification?"
"Something like that," Akane replied. "Hi, I'm Akane."
"Nice to meet you. Ranma, you STUD you!" Jade said,
grabbing him in a headlock and a noogie. "Staying with three
lovely women huh?"
Akane went beet red and sputtered indignantly as Kasumi
smiled, laying down a tea set. Nabiki smirked. This girl
would be FUN to have around.
As the family settled down to eat, Jade stretched and said,
"So, how's life here in Japan?"
"So so," Akane replied, unwilling to tell her about the chaos
that seemed to follow Ranma Saotome around. "It's kinda
dull here."
"Oh," Jade replied, stabbing at her sushi with a chopstick.
"Man, and I gave up visiting Jackie again for a boring stay
in dullsville."
Suddenly, the wall exploded inwards as Shampoo barreled
into the room, grabbing Ranma in a hug. "Nihao!" she cried
as she performed the Amazon Glomp.
Ranma tried to get away from the tackle/hug but the
amorous amazon did not want to let go. "Hey! Geddoffame
Shampoo!" he shouted, trying to shake loose.
"Ranma!" Akane shouted, battle aura blazing as she hefted
her mallet high. "Stop flirting with the bimbo!"
"Who you calling bimbo?!" Shampoo shouted, setting down
the take out box and brandishing her Bonbouri.
"You, you Bimbo!"
"Ranchan!"
Ranma groaned, hanging his head. "If it isn't one, it's the
other."
"Ranchan, I made you some deluxe Okonomiyaki!" Ukyou
proclaimed, stepping through the sizable hole in the wall.
By now, chaos had reigned in the Tendo Dojo. Ranma was
trying to loose the girls while Genma snarfed down food.
Soun was crying buckets, Nabiki was calculating damages,
Kasumi was smiling, Nadoka was gushing on how manly
her son was...
And Jade sat, stared and then said with a grin, "Japan... is
so... COOL!"
"PREPARE TO DIE SAOTOME!" Came a trio of voices
as Mousse, Kuno and Ryoga came charging over the wall,
or through it as the case may be.
Jade watched in amazement. "Wow, he's as good as
Jackie! Even UNCLE wasn't this good when he used the
Dog Talisman."
"Well now, how IS Jackie and Uncle doing?" Nadoka asked
curiously as she turned away from Ranma, who was currently
fending off multiple strikes/glomps from the girls.
"Well, when I left, Jackie was still going out on Archeology
Expeditions, and Uncle got some help for his store."
"Really? What exactly does he do?" Nabiki asked.
"Uncle runs a Antique Store. He's got a huge guy, big 400
Pound Giant named Tohru helping him. We met him in San
Fransisco."
"Does Jackie still practice the Art?" asked a Genma sign.
Jade nodded. "Yeah. He works out in between trips. It helps
in the long run." 'More than you can imagine,' she thought
to herself with a smile.
Nabiki caught the sly smile as she hid one of her own.
This Uncle Jackie would be most interesting to deal with
later.
"Anyways, I'll get my bags, I left them at the door." Jade
got up and exited. She soon returned with a single red
suitcase and a backpack. "Okay, show me to the room."
"We do not have many rooms left, and the one currently
uninhabited is not fit for anyone at the moment," Soun
said. "You may just have to bunk with one of the girls."
"She can stay in my room father," Kasumi said. "I will
go set up a futon for her."
"Works for me." Jade grinned as she followed the elder
girl up the stairs.
By now, the fight had spread apart into different battles,
Shampoo vs Kuno, Kodachi vs Ukyo and Akane, Ryoga
vs Mousse and luckily, Kodachi was nowhere to be
seen. He wiped his forehead as he trudged up the stairs
and knocked on the partially open door. "Kasumi?"
"In here Ranma," Kasumi called. He opened the door
as he sighed and closed it behind himself.
"Something wrong?" Jade asked.
"Nothing, if you like what I go through every day," he
replied bitterly.
"Why don't you tell me everything, Ranma," Jade said,
sitting down. "This sounds interesting."
So Ranma did, for a good long while. Jade listened
intently as he then removed a familiar stone from his
pants pocket. "I also need to return this. Three guys
came and busted up the booth I was guarding last
night."
Jade gasped. "The Rooster Talisman!"
He looked at her. "You know this thing?"
"Yeah! It's got magical powers!"
Ranma's frown quickly turned into a grin. "Can it cure
curses?"
"Dunno really, the horse can cure sickness and
petrification but the Rooster Talisman can make
people and objects levitate." Jade pulled out a small
notebook and handed it to him along with a small
cellular phone. "Here, call Uncle."
"Uncle who?"
"Uncle in San Fransisco, duh," Jade said. "He's the
one we should talk to." She then paused. "Who were
those three guys that busted up the show, Ranma?"
"Um... one was tall and skinny with red hair, the
second was short, about my height with orange
sunglasses, and the third was a big dopey looking
guy with a bandage across his nose."
Jade siezed up. "The Dark Hand," she said. "Ranma,
you're in deep trouble now."
"What's the Dark Hand?"
"Gimme the phone." Jade took it and dialed in a
number. After a few long rings, a sleepy voice
answered.
"Hello?"
"Jackie, it's me!"
"Jade?" On the other side of the world, Jackie
fumbled for the clock. "It's late, why are you calling?"
"Jackie, the Dark Hand are after the Talismans again!
They're here, in Japan! I'm with Uncle Ranma and
he's got the Rooster Talisman!"
Jackie snapped to full alertness. "The Dark Hand?!"
He paused. "What are they doing there?"
"Duh, like I told you, they're after the Talismans!"
Jade groaned at her uncle's slow responce time save
for when he was being attacked. "Get on the next
flight here, and bring Uncle. And Tohru if you can,
we'll need his help."
"Where are you staying?" Jade gave the address of
the Tendo Dojo as Jackie wrote it down. "Okay,
I'll be flying over with Uncle first thing in the morning.
And Jade, don't get mixed up in this again." A
dejected, "Aw man," was heard as Jackie scowled.
"The Dark Hand is back and that spells trouble.
I want you to keep a low profile there."
"Alright, I promise," Jade said. "See you in a day or
so Jackie." She clicked off the phone and sighed
heavily. "This sucks, Jackie still treats me like a kid."
"Well you are what, thirteen, fourteen?"
"About," she admitted. "Still, I'm a teenager now, I
can take care of myself."
"Not in this town where the simple passerby could
be a dan in some ludicrious martial art." Jade gave
him a look. "I'm serious! This place is a wierdness
zone."
Kasumi opened the door. "Oh hello, are you looking
for Ranma?"
"What's a Ranma?" Ratso asked as Chow elbowed
him. Finn stepped forwards.
"We're looking for a small grey stone with a red
rooster on the front." The locator Ratso held was
glowing. As much as the three wanted to rush into the
place and take the talisman, there was no way they
wanted to suffer another set of bumps and bruises.
"Well, I don't know about that. Let me call down
Ranma. Please, come inside."
The three sat around the table drinking tea. "This is
really good tea," Ratso said.
"Yeah, brings back memories of home," Chow said
in agreement.
Ranma decended the stairs. "You wanted to see me?"
He asked.
Finn held up the newly repaired locator which glowed,
pointing at Ranma. "He's got it."
The three stood up as Jade decended the stairs. The
Dark Hand Enforcers and Jade shared a long look
as Ratso remarked, "Hey, you've grown up."
"Duh. What, back for more? Well I've got news for
you; Jackie is coming to Japan. And between him,
Ranma and myself, we're gonna mop the floor with
you guys!"
"Valmont's not gonna be happy about this," Finn said
as he took on a fighting stance. As one, the three
pulled out their electro swords and ignited them.
Ranma cracked his knuckles, smirking. "Okay, if
that's how you wanna play. Akane, get mom and
your sisters out of here."
Akane's expression scowled. "Don't protect me, I'm
a Martial Artist too!"
"You're tired from your three way fight with those
girls," Jade said, guiding the adults into the kitchen
as Ranma and the enforcers got a bit more space.
"Besides, I know these guys. As pathetic as they
may be, you're probably no match for them."
Ratso lunged at Ranma, sword cleaving in a wide arc.
Ranma jumped back, sprung off the rocks of the
koi pond and knocked the weapon out of his
hand with a jump kick. He landed and did a furious
punch combonation into his stomach.
Ratso stumbled backwards as Finn and Chow
double teamed him. Ranma dodged smoothly as
he kicked up a stray washing bucket and sent it
flying at the pair, tagging Finn and sending his
weapon flying.
Chow grabbed a hose and turned it on. "Have a
taste of this!"
Ranma dodged the streams of cold water as he
ducked behind the statue on the koi pond, water
splashing against the side.
"Why is he running from water?" Jade asked.
"Long story," Nabiki answered. "5000 Yen."
"No dice."
Ranma continued to dodge the streams in a half
panic as Jade shouted, "Ranma! The electrosword!"
Ranma looked down as he dodged the stream of
water. Grabbing the sword and tucking into a roll,
he threw the weapon which lodged itself in the hose.
Chow was blown back as the weapon exploded.
The three stood up shakily, Finn sporting a huge
bump on his head, Ratso holding his stomach and
Chow smouldering. The three exchanged glances as
they turned and ran away.
"That takes care of them," Ranma said with a smirk.
"I wouldn't think so, those guys were after the talisman
again. They won't stop until you get it away from
their hands," Jade said.
"Then we'll just wait for your uncles to come."
His stomach roared. "But I'm hungry at the moment.
Lets eat."
Authors notes : This is the official version of RSA.
The old one didn't match my liking so this one will
go up on FF.net.
and his father. The pair of lunkheads had taken a
security job and they were goofing off at the buffet.
To this end, his father was going to take all the money
for himself, if not for Nadoka who had forced him to
relinquish Ranma's share. She also had provided him
with a black suit, tie and white shirt for the occasion,
disregarding the tacky light blue tuxedo his father had
hauled out for Soun and himself.
The item he and Akane were currently guarding was
actually a group of items. Small talismans that had the
symbols of the Chinese Zodiac. Many reporters were
snaping shots of the item as he and Akane endured the
bordom with great dignity.
Ranma stole a glance at the talismans. There were
six in all, half of the Chinese Zodiac. The Dragon, the
Rabbit, the Ox, the Rooster, the Monkey and the
Tiger.
To his surprise, the Nerima Wreaking Crew, as they
were dubbed, had also shown up for various reasons.
The Kuno siblings were there because they were rich.
Rich lunatics he may have added, but rich enough so
that they were able to get in. Kuno was clad in a
tuxedo with a top hat and bokken while Kodachi had
on a black dress with a purple rose etched onto the
front.
Cologne, Shampoo and Mousse were there as well,
the trio regarding the talismans with great interest, since
their origin was from China. Cologne was dressed
normally while Shampoo had on a daring full chinese
dress, the same one, Ranma reflected, was the one
when she was trying to get him during the Reversal
Jewel incident. Mousse was in a white robe, etched
with sky blue trim.
Ukyou was here to make sure that none of Ranma's
fiancess were to get a hold of him. She was the "Cute"
fiancee after all and guarded her territory fiercely.
She was also dressed in a suit, but had her bandolieer
of spatulas as well.
Nadoka, was there for crowd control. For some
strange reason, she and Cologne were the only ones
who could actually control the mob of martial artists
with very little effort. It gave Ranma quite a relief to
have his mother around as he prayed to every god
out there to keep the party from breaking out into
chaos.
Nabiki and Kasumi had stayed home, wisely
avoiding the iminient conflict.
Ranma accepted a cup of water from his mother
greatfully as she took over his shift. Meandering
towards the buffet table where his father and Soun
were getting drunk, he hissed, "You two are
embarrasing the school again."
"Shaddup boy," Genma almost slurred. "We're
doing our job."
Ranma scowled as he went over to the nearby
security other than himself. "Keep those too from
drinking too much. If they do, then eject them
from the party."
The sunglassed men nodded as Ranma returned
to his post.
The party wore on into the night. Ranma supressed
the urge to yawn when a trio of men walked out
through the crowd.
One of them was dressed in a wild pink and white
disco outfit, complete with slicked back bright
orange hair. The second was a short man, roughly
the height of his girl form. He had dark black hair,
wearing a black leather jacket, orange sunglasses
and dark jeans. The third was a large man with a
long face with messy black hair. He wore a brown
suit that hung limply on his body, making him look
rather dimwitted.
"Hey," the short man in the sunglasses said, "Are
those the Zodiac Talismans?"
"Yes," Akane replied. "Would you like to take a
picture?"
The trio made no reply as they pulled out a trio of
hilts. Round blades extended from it and started to
crackle with electrical energy. One of them sliced
open the case and grasped a Talisman while Ranma
started to dodge the swings of the energy swords.
"HI YAH!" Akane slammed her mallet across the
one who was stealing the Talismans. He groaned
and collapsed.
Stealing a glance towards Ranma, she noted that he
was just in the process of kicking the weapons out
of their hands. Finding themselves now weaponless,
the trio grabbed their collapsed friend and ran out
of the room amidst flashes of the cameras.
Ranma grimaced as Cologne pogoed up. "Well now
Son-in-law, the party seems to be over."
Shampoo then picked up the fallen Talisman. "Aiya,
Talisman is okay. You give to Elderly Man, yes?"
Ranma took it from her as he scooped up the
Talismans and placed them in the soft leather bag
that was held by one of the security guards. "Yeah.
Tell your boss we're sorry this happened." The
guard nodded as he accended the stairs to the
man's overlook.
Cologne frowned. "There is something more to this
than meets the eye."
"Don't know," Ranma said. "I suppose we'll get
our pay and then leave. The party is most definately
over." He turned and left the room, no one noticing
a single talisman sticking out of his pants cuff.
Ranma Saotome Adventures
written by Shaun Garin
Episode 1 : Flying Rooster
Authors note : I have not even seen all the episodes
of Jackie Chan adventures other than reading up on
info at Kidswb.com. That's the extent of my knowlage,
and it's limited to the Talismans and their effects.
Anything else is pure speculation save for names.
"You didn't get the Talismans?" Valmont scowled at
his trio of bumbling enforcers. "The Talismans were
in one place, a perfect opportunity to take them all at
once! It was so simple, even a monkey could have
done it!"
"Well, there was a kid, kinda like Chan there," Chow
said. Valmont's hand tightened angrily at the name of his
hated nemisis. "We tried to get it but that kid was good."
"Besides, we have half the talismans already," Ratso
responed.
"I do not enjoy excuses. Next time, we shall return for
them." Valmont scowled as he turned to the window.
"Leave me."
"Yes sir."
Ranma hung the pants of his suit on the small coathanger
provided to him, when a small object tumbled from
his pant cuff and rolled to a stop at his feet. "Huh?" He
then reached down and picked it up. "Hey, it's one
of those Talismans. I'd better return it before pop gets a
hold of it."
He then looked at the clock and groaned. "Aw, the
museum won't be open until friday," he groaned, sticking
the Talisman in his pants pocket before laying down to
sleep. "It'll be safe there for the week."
"Ranma, there is a letter for you."
Ranma took the letter and read over it, his eyes widening.
"Oh man...."
"What is it this time Saotome?" Nabiki asked. "A challenge
letter?"
"Worse." Ranma sighed. "My..... niece is coming to visit
for a year in Japan from Hong Kong."
"Oh, little Jade!" Nadoka exclaimed happily. "Her mother
and father has contacted me several times this year,
expressing their wishes to send her here to Japan to learn of
her half-Japanese heritage."
"So what's the problem Ranma?" Akane inquired curiously.
"Jade is... a little spitfire set on high," Ranma explained.
"She's really energetic. I haven't seen her for a while, since
the last time I was in Hong Kong, I was runnin' from
Shampoo."
"How old is she?" Kasumi asked.
"Last time I checked, ten years old. And much shorter than
I was at that age."
Just then, the sound of a taxi pulling up was heard with the
exchange of words. Then, it pulled away. A second later, a
knock at the door was heard as Ranma sighed. "I'll get it."
Seconds later, a yell was heard as Ranma came in with a
tall chinese girl hanging over his shoulders, laughing. Akane
blinked. The girl had wide caramel eyes with long black
hair, wearing an old orange sweatshirt with ties and jeans
with sneakers. "Is that...."
Ranma laughed as he got the younger girl into a headlock
position and she flipped him over her shoulder.
"My oh my! Jade has grown up so well!" Nadoka exclaimed
happily, clasping her hands in delight.
"My goodness, people do change overnight," Nabiki said,
eyeing the young woman who was happily wrestling with
her uncle.
"Ranma!" Jade exclaimed, hugging him so hard he turned
blue. "Oops, sorry."
Ranma wheezed as he laughed. "Aw, no big deal. Wow,
you've grown up since I've last seen you."
Jade blushed. "Aw, Uncle. I'm only 14! I'm just an early
bloomer, that's all." The girl got up as she looked at the
gaping girls. "Who're they?"
"Jade, meet the Tendo girls and my mother, Mr Tendo
and the panda-man."
"Hajeshmashite," Jade said, bowing. "Pleased to meet all
of you."
"Likewise," the girls echoed.
Ranma pulled away from the girl as he then asked, "So, how
was America?"
"Great!" Jade exclaimed. "Jackie and Uncle were a blast!"
The girl punched him in the stomach. "I stayed with them for
a year before heading back to Hong Kong."
"How IS Jackie anyways?" Genma asked curiously through a
sign.
Jade spared a glance at the panda and asked, "What's with
the sign wielding flea bag?"
Genma's sign flipped around with an indignant, "WHAT?!"
on the other side.
Ranma and Jade ignored it as he said, "Oh that? That's pop."
Jade blinked and then shrugged. "Nothing I haven't seen
before. Some kinda magical transmogrification?"
"Something like that," Akane replied. "Hi, I'm Akane."
"Nice to meet you. Ranma, you STUD you!" Jade said,
grabbing him in a headlock and a noogie. "Staying with three
lovely women huh?"
Akane went beet red and sputtered indignantly as Kasumi
smiled, laying down a tea set. Nabiki smirked. This girl
would be FUN to have around.
As the family settled down to eat, Jade stretched and said,
"So, how's life here in Japan?"
"So so," Akane replied, unwilling to tell her about the chaos
that seemed to follow Ranma Saotome around. "It's kinda
dull here."
"Oh," Jade replied, stabbing at her sushi with a chopstick.
"Man, and I gave up visiting Jackie again for a boring stay
in dullsville."
Suddenly, the wall exploded inwards as Shampoo barreled
into the room, grabbing Ranma in a hug. "Nihao!" she cried
as she performed the Amazon Glomp.
Ranma tried to get away from the tackle/hug but the
amorous amazon did not want to let go. "Hey! Geddoffame
Shampoo!" he shouted, trying to shake loose.
"Ranma!" Akane shouted, battle aura blazing as she hefted
her mallet high. "Stop flirting with the bimbo!"
"Who you calling bimbo?!" Shampoo shouted, setting down
the take out box and brandishing her Bonbouri.
"You, you Bimbo!"
"Ranchan!"
Ranma groaned, hanging his head. "If it isn't one, it's the
other."
"Ranchan, I made you some deluxe Okonomiyaki!" Ukyou
proclaimed, stepping through the sizable hole in the wall.
By now, chaos had reigned in the Tendo Dojo. Ranma was
trying to loose the girls while Genma snarfed down food.
Soun was crying buckets, Nabiki was calculating damages,
Kasumi was smiling, Nadoka was gushing on how manly
her son was...
And Jade sat, stared and then said with a grin, "Japan... is
so... COOL!"
"PREPARE TO DIE SAOTOME!" Came a trio of voices
as Mousse, Kuno and Ryoga came charging over the wall,
or through it as the case may be.
Jade watched in amazement. "Wow, he's as good as
Jackie! Even UNCLE wasn't this good when he used the
Dog Talisman."
"Well now, how IS Jackie and Uncle doing?" Nadoka asked
curiously as she turned away from Ranma, who was currently
fending off multiple strikes/glomps from the girls.
"Well, when I left, Jackie was still going out on Archeology
Expeditions, and Uncle got some help for his store."
"Really? What exactly does he do?" Nabiki asked.
"Uncle runs a Antique Store. He's got a huge guy, big 400
Pound Giant named Tohru helping him. We met him in San
Fransisco."
"Does Jackie still practice the Art?" asked a Genma sign.
Jade nodded. "Yeah. He works out in between trips. It helps
in the long run." 'More than you can imagine,' she thought
to herself with a smile.
Nabiki caught the sly smile as she hid one of her own.
This Uncle Jackie would be most interesting to deal with
later.
"Anyways, I'll get my bags, I left them at the door." Jade
got up and exited. She soon returned with a single red
suitcase and a backpack. "Okay, show me to the room."
"We do not have many rooms left, and the one currently
uninhabited is not fit for anyone at the moment," Soun
said. "You may just have to bunk with one of the girls."
"She can stay in my room father," Kasumi said. "I will
go set up a futon for her."
"Works for me." Jade grinned as she followed the elder
girl up the stairs.
By now, the fight had spread apart into different battles,
Shampoo vs Kuno, Kodachi vs Ukyo and Akane, Ryoga
vs Mousse and luckily, Kodachi was nowhere to be
seen. He wiped his forehead as he trudged up the stairs
and knocked on the partially open door. "Kasumi?"
"In here Ranma," Kasumi called. He opened the door
as he sighed and closed it behind himself.
"Something wrong?" Jade asked.
"Nothing, if you like what I go through every day," he
replied bitterly.
"Why don't you tell me everything, Ranma," Jade said,
sitting down. "This sounds interesting."
So Ranma did, for a good long while. Jade listened
intently as he then removed a familiar stone from his
pants pocket. "I also need to return this. Three guys
came and busted up the booth I was guarding last
night."
Jade gasped. "The Rooster Talisman!"
He looked at her. "You know this thing?"
"Yeah! It's got magical powers!"
Ranma's frown quickly turned into a grin. "Can it cure
curses?"
"Dunno really, the horse can cure sickness and
petrification but the Rooster Talisman can make
people and objects levitate." Jade pulled out a small
notebook and handed it to him along with a small
cellular phone. "Here, call Uncle."
"Uncle who?"
"Uncle in San Fransisco, duh," Jade said. "He's the
one we should talk to." She then paused. "Who were
those three guys that busted up the show, Ranma?"
"Um... one was tall and skinny with red hair, the
second was short, about my height with orange
sunglasses, and the third was a big dopey looking
guy with a bandage across his nose."
Jade siezed up. "The Dark Hand," she said. "Ranma,
you're in deep trouble now."
"What's the Dark Hand?"
"Gimme the phone." Jade took it and dialed in a
number. After a few long rings, a sleepy voice
answered.
"Hello?"
"Jackie, it's me!"
"Jade?" On the other side of the world, Jackie
fumbled for the clock. "It's late, why are you calling?"
"Jackie, the Dark Hand are after the Talismans again!
They're here, in Japan! I'm with Uncle Ranma and
he's got the Rooster Talisman!"
Jackie snapped to full alertness. "The Dark Hand?!"
He paused. "What are they doing there?"
"Duh, like I told you, they're after the Talismans!"
Jade groaned at her uncle's slow responce time save
for when he was being attacked. "Get on the next
flight here, and bring Uncle. And Tohru if you can,
we'll need his help."
"Where are you staying?" Jade gave the address of
the Tendo Dojo as Jackie wrote it down. "Okay,
I'll be flying over with Uncle first thing in the morning.
And Jade, don't get mixed up in this again." A
dejected, "Aw man," was heard as Jackie scowled.
"The Dark Hand is back and that spells trouble.
I want you to keep a low profile there."
"Alright, I promise," Jade said. "See you in a day or
so Jackie." She clicked off the phone and sighed
heavily. "This sucks, Jackie still treats me like a kid."
"Well you are what, thirteen, fourteen?"
"About," she admitted. "Still, I'm a teenager now, I
can take care of myself."
"Not in this town where the simple passerby could
be a dan in some ludicrious martial art." Jade gave
him a look. "I'm serious! This place is a wierdness
zone."
Kasumi opened the door. "Oh hello, are you looking
for Ranma?"
"What's a Ranma?" Ratso asked as Chow elbowed
him. Finn stepped forwards.
"We're looking for a small grey stone with a red
rooster on the front." The locator Ratso held was
glowing. As much as the three wanted to rush into the
place and take the talisman, there was no way they
wanted to suffer another set of bumps and bruises.
"Well, I don't know about that. Let me call down
Ranma. Please, come inside."
The three sat around the table drinking tea. "This is
really good tea," Ratso said.
"Yeah, brings back memories of home," Chow said
in agreement.
Ranma decended the stairs. "You wanted to see me?"
He asked.
Finn held up the newly repaired locator which glowed,
pointing at Ranma. "He's got it."
The three stood up as Jade decended the stairs. The
Dark Hand Enforcers and Jade shared a long look
as Ratso remarked, "Hey, you've grown up."
"Duh. What, back for more? Well I've got news for
you; Jackie is coming to Japan. And between him,
Ranma and myself, we're gonna mop the floor with
you guys!"
"Valmont's not gonna be happy about this," Finn said
as he took on a fighting stance. As one, the three
pulled out their electro swords and ignited them.
Ranma cracked his knuckles, smirking. "Okay, if
that's how you wanna play. Akane, get mom and
your sisters out of here."
Akane's expression scowled. "Don't protect me, I'm
a Martial Artist too!"
"You're tired from your three way fight with those
girls," Jade said, guiding the adults into the kitchen
as Ranma and the enforcers got a bit more space.
"Besides, I know these guys. As pathetic as they
may be, you're probably no match for them."
Ratso lunged at Ranma, sword cleaving in a wide arc.
Ranma jumped back, sprung off the rocks of the
koi pond and knocked the weapon out of his
hand with a jump kick. He landed and did a furious
punch combonation into his stomach.
Ratso stumbled backwards as Finn and Chow
double teamed him. Ranma dodged smoothly as
he kicked up a stray washing bucket and sent it
flying at the pair, tagging Finn and sending his
weapon flying.
Chow grabbed a hose and turned it on. "Have a
taste of this!"
Ranma dodged the streams of cold water as he
ducked behind the statue on the koi pond, water
splashing against the side.
"Why is he running from water?" Jade asked.
"Long story," Nabiki answered. "5000 Yen."
"No dice."
Ranma continued to dodge the streams in a half
panic as Jade shouted, "Ranma! The electrosword!"
Ranma looked down as he dodged the stream of
water. Grabbing the sword and tucking into a roll,
he threw the weapon which lodged itself in the hose.
Chow was blown back as the weapon exploded.
The three stood up shakily, Finn sporting a huge
bump on his head, Ratso holding his stomach and
Chow smouldering. The three exchanged glances as
they turned and ran away.
"That takes care of them," Ranma said with a smirk.
"I wouldn't think so, those guys were after the talisman
again. They won't stop until you get it away from
their hands," Jade said.
"Then we'll just wait for your uncles to come."
His stomach roared. "But I'm hungry at the moment.
Lets eat."
Authors notes : This is the official version of RSA.
The old one didn't match my liking so this one will
go up on FF.net.