Second fic alert. I didn't create these characters. I am using them without permission and realize that I could get in serious trouble for this. I also realize that I am making no profit on this work, and I don't think being sued is fun.C&C welcomed and encouraged. Flames used by my superhero alter ego.
This story occurs just one month after the Saffron and marriage incidents. Things have begun to return to normal in Nerima, Ranma and Akane are friendlier, but not that much friendlier.
Here it is.
Version 0.04
Date Started: 7/21/98
Last Change: 5/30/01
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Thoughts
Authors notes and details ()
Sound FX and some actions**
Ranma in girl form -chan
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Things have unusually quiet in Nerima the last couple of days... Ever since Monday morning the usual violence that plagues Nerima has not occurred. By Wednesday the local residents began to wonder what happened to the usual superpowered martial-artists. Of course it happens to be quiet because two of the said superpowered martial-artists, Ranma and Akane, are sick.
Normally this wouldn't have stopped any of Ranma's normal problems from bothering both of them. In fact Ranma's multiple fiancées would be fighting to be the first to 'help' him get better. But even they know when something is more than they can handle.
Both Ranma and Akane came down with their symptoms within an hour of each other. Their symptoms are identical in type and severity, leading both their families to believe the disease is contagious. Both Ranma and Akane have been quarantined in the room Ranma shares with his father (its bigger than Akane's).
Akane was the first to get sick. It began harmlessly enough, just minor joint aches and a headache at breakfast. By lunch the next day she had stomach cramps and was beginning to have difficulty moving. By the time Wednesday was over Akane couldn't even move without pain, and she felt as if every part of her was on fire. Ranma's symptoms began just as he reached school Monday and accelerated until he was as bad as Akane by the end of the school day (helped of course by his fiancées attempts to 'cure' him). Kasumi took one look at the ailing pair and set both to their respective rooms. She then proceeded to dose both liberally with many different painkillers.
But by dinnertime on Wednesday she might not have even bothered. Neither Akane nor Ranma where coherent and Dr. Tofu was summoned to the scene. However just as he was leaving to head to the Tendo's a critical patient appeared that needed immediate attention. By the time Dr. Tofu arrived at the dojo both Akane and Ranma where unconscious. Dr. Tofu had Akane moved into Ranma's room so he could keep a better eye on the two of them and began his examination...
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Ranma 1/2: MagiPrelude: The Sickness
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Concerned family presently surrounds the door to Ranma's room, where the good doctor had been for the past hour with no contact aside for asking for some water. Just as Soun begins to consider breaking down the door and demanding information Dr. Tofu exists the room, a worried frown upon his face.
"Dr. Tofu," A worried Kasumi speaks up, interrupting her father's demand for information, "What's wrong with them?"
"I'm not entirely sure," Tofu replies slowly shaking his head, causing Soun to burst into tears, "I do however have an idea."
"What?" Genma asks for Soun whose tears are about to cause water damage.
"My teacher, the one who taught me most of what I know of medicine made mention of something like this. He told me that I ever encountered symptoms like these to call the number of a specialist that works with whatever this is. My teacher told me not to try to treat it myself, but to make the victim as comfortable as possible and call immediately."
"Do you still have this number?" Nabiki asks.
Tofu only nods, "At the clinic, I'll be back as soon as I finish calling him."
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In a dark room a phone rings. A hand appears from the darkness and gropes around for a desk light, which creates just enough light for the figure to see the phone in his bedroom.
"Hello..." The voice is young, male, and obviously still at least half asleep.
A voice speaks on the other end for a few moments before the figure speaks again, "Sure one minute." Then the hand holding the phone moves away from the figures face and a small tumping sound is heard. When the phone returns to the figure's face his voice is both deeper and older. "What can I do for you Dr. Tofu?" The figure's voice is still tired sounding but more alert than before, but before Dr. Tofu finishes describing his problem the figure is sitting upright and is fully awake, "Wait, tell me those symptoms again."
As Dr. Tofu repeats the symptoms the figure sighs and nods, "I know exactly what's wrong. No, I am coming down to you. It would be better if I handled this myself."
The figure begins to quickly pack a bag with clothes as he continues to speak to Dr. Tofu, "Listen there are a few things that you can do to make them more comfortable. One put them on the floor, or on a futon with a light cover. Dress them both as lightly as possible, nothing, and I mean nothing skin-tight."
"Give them both double doses of the strongest pain-killer and muscle-relaxer you have. They're going to start having some seizures shortly. Don't worry about their toungs, I'd get earplugs though, they'll start screaming soon. Yes, screaming. Nothing is as nasty as what your patients have, I would keep their families away from them."
"Listen, I'm on my way down to you now, but I am going to be about five, six hours getting there. Keep them as comfortable as you can, and don't do anything that I didn't tell you to." The figures hangs up the phone and all but flies out of the room, destination Nerima...
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The sun is rising on the fourth day of Akane and Ranma's illness. The figures predictions have come entirely too true, and the Tendos' are total wreaks. Not one of them has had any sleep since Dr. Tofu called the specialist. By this point all of Nerima knows of the couple's illness and are avoiding the Tendo dojo like a passion. Which makes the figure approaching the dojo standout even more.
The figure is obviously a ganjin and appears pretty young. He's tall, slightly over six feet,with light brown hair and a light skin tone. He's dressed in American clothing and wears a slightly out-of-style glasses. He has a carry-bag in each hand and is seems to be making a beeline to the front door of dojo.
Kasumi opens the door to the sight of this young man examining the neighborhood and dojo wall, "Hello, may I help you?"
The young man quickly examines Kasumi, noting her frazzled appearance and tired voice, "Hello my name is Adkins Thomas, I'm the specialist Dr. Tofu called." Thomas's Japanese is good, but it isn't perfect, like he hasn't used it in a long time."
Kasumi smiles, but her skepticism shows in her voice, "We where expecting someone...older."
Thomas smiles the smile of someone that knows something, "Don't worry, I'm older than I look. I am ready to see the patients whenever you are ready."
"Follow me."
Kasumi leads Thomas up to Ranma's room. Once there he shoos out the families and looks over the Akane himself.
After looking over Ranma he sits up and sighs once, "You were right in calling me Dr. Tofu, it's what I thought it was. Magi Sickness." Thomas sighs again and rubs his eyes with a free hand, "They'll be fine by this afternoon at latest. Well, that or dead. Or at least as fine as they'll ever be again."
Tofu just looks at Thomas with questions in his eyes.
"Magi Sickness is a non-contagious disease caused by an unknown source. Everyone effected by it stays very sick for four days, then recover...with side effects. That or their hearts will stop at the end of the fifth day, but that's rare."
"Side-effects?"
"Well, they aren't really human anymore..."
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End Prologue
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The name Adkins Thomas is a temporary name while I try to come up with a better one (or resist the temptation to add myself).
I am partial to the name Thomas after all.
This is more or less a test, if I get enough responses I will continue this series. If not it will probably go bye-bye.
Don't worry, I clean up all the mysteries by chapter two at the latest.
This story occurs just one month after the Saffron and marriage incidents. Things have begun to return to normal in Nerima, Ranma and Akane are friendlier, but not that much friendlier.
Here it is.
Version 0.04
Date Started: 7/21/98
Last Change: 5/30/01
-------------------------
Thoughts
Authors notes and details ()
Sound FX and some actions**
Ranma in girl form -chan
-------------------------
Things have unusually quiet in Nerima the last couple of days... Ever since Monday morning the usual violence that plagues Nerima has not occurred. By Wednesday the local residents began to wonder what happened to the usual superpowered martial-artists. Of course it happens to be quiet because two of the said superpowered martial-artists, Ranma and Akane, are sick.
Normally this wouldn't have stopped any of Ranma's normal problems from bothering both of them. In fact Ranma's multiple fiancées would be fighting to be the first to 'help' him get better. But even they know when something is more than they can handle.
Both Ranma and Akane came down with their symptoms within an hour of each other. Their symptoms are identical in type and severity, leading both their families to believe the disease is contagious. Both Ranma and Akane have been quarantined in the room Ranma shares with his father (its bigger than Akane's).
Akane was the first to get sick. It began harmlessly enough, just minor joint aches and a headache at breakfast. By lunch the next day she had stomach cramps and was beginning to have difficulty moving. By the time Wednesday was over Akane couldn't even move without pain, and she felt as if every part of her was on fire. Ranma's symptoms began just as he reached school Monday and accelerated until he was as bad as Akane by the end of the school day (helped of course by his fiancées attempts to 'cure' him). Kasumi took one look at the ailing pair and set both to their respective rooms. She then proceeded to dose both liberally with many different painkillers.
But by dinnertime on Wednesday she might not have even bothered. Neither Akane nor Ranma where coherent and Dr. Tofu was summoned to the scene. However just as he was leaving to head to the Tendo's a critical patient appeared that needed immediate attention. By the time Dr. Tofu arrived at the dojo both Akane and Ranma where unconscious. Dr. Tofu had Akane moved into Ranma's room so he could keep a better eye on the two of them and began his examination...
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Ranma 1/2: MagiPrelude: The Sickness
-------------------------
Concerned family presently surrounds the door to Ranma's room, where the good doctor had been for the past hour with no contact aside for asking for some water. Just as Soun begins to consider breaking down the door and demanding information Dr. Tofu exists the room, a worried frown upon his face.
"Dr. Tofu," A worried Kasumi speaks up, interrupting her father's demand for information, "What's wrong with them?"
"I'm not entirely sure," Tofu replies slowly shaking his head, causing Soun to burst into tears, "I do however have an idea."
"What?" Genma asks for Soun whose tears are about to cause water damage.
"My teacher, the one who taught me most of what I know of medicine made mention of something like this. He told me that I ever encountered symptoms like these to call the number of a specialist that works with whatever this is. My teacher told me not to try to treat it myself, but to make the victim as comfortable as possible and call immediately."
"Do you still have this number?" Nabiki asks.
Tofu only nods, "At the clinic, I'll be back as soon as I finish calling him."
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In a dark room a phone rings. A hand appears from the darkness and gropes around for a desk light, which creates just enough light for the figure to see the phone in his bedroom.
"Hello..." The voice is young, male, and obviously still at least half asleep.
A voice speaks on the other end for a few moments before the figure speaks again, "Sure one minute." Then the hand holding the phone moves away from the figures face and a small tumping sound is heard. When the phone returns to the figure's face his voice is both deeper and older. "What can I do for you Dr. Tofu?" The figure's voice is still tired sounding but more alert than before, but before Dr. Tofu finishes describing his problem the figure is sitting upright and is fully awake, "Wait, tell me those symptoms again."
As Dr. Tofu repeats the symptoms the figure sighs and nods, "I know exactly what's wrong. No, I am coming down to you. It would be better if I handled this myself."
The figure begins to quickly pack a bag with clothes as he continues to speak to Dr. Tofu, "Listen there are a few things that you can do to make them more comfortable. One put them on the floor, or on a futon with a light cover. Dress them both as lightly as possible, nothing, and I mean nothing skin-tight."
"Give them both double doses of the strongest pain-killer and muscle-relaxer you have. They're going to start having some seizures shortly. Don't worry about their toungs, I'd get earplugs though, they'll start screaming soon. Yes, screaming. Nothing is as nasty as what your patients have, I would keep their families away from them."
"Listen, I'm on my way down to you now, but I am going to be about five, six hours getting there. Keep them as comfortable as you can, and don't do anything that I didn't tell you to." The figures hangs up the phone and all but flies out of the room, destination Nerima...
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The sun is rising on the fourth day of Akane and Ranma's illness. The figures predictions have come entirely too true, and the Tendos' are total wreaks. Not one of them has had any sleep since Dr. Tofu called the specialist. By this point all of Nerima knows of the couple's illness and are avoiding the Tendo dojo like a passion. Which makes the figure approaching the dojo standout even more.
The figure is obviously a ganjin and appears pretty young. He's tall, slightly over six feet,with light brown hair and a light skin tone. He's dressed in American clothing and wears a slightly out-of-style glasses. He has a carry-bag in each hand and is seems to be making a beeline to the front door of dojo.
Kasumi opens the door to the sight of this young man examining the neighborhood and dojo wall, "Hello, may I help you?"
The young man quickly examines Kasumi, noting her frazzled appearance and tired voice, "Hello my name is Adkins Thomas, I'm the specialist Dr. Tofu called." Thomas's Japanese is good, but it isn't perfect, like he hasn't used it in a long time."
Kasumi smiles, but her skepticism shows in her voice, "We where expecting someone...older."
Thomas smiles the smile of someone that knows something, "Don't worry, I'm older than I look. I am ready to see the patients whenever you are ready."
"Follow me."
Kasumi leads Thomas up to Ranma's room. Once there he shoos out the families and looks over the Akane himself.
After looking over Ranma he sits up and sighs once, "You were right in calling me Dr. Tofu, it's what I thought it was. Magi Sickness." Thomas sighs again and rubs his eyes with a free hand, "They'll be fine by this afternoon at latest. Well, that or dead. Or at least as fine as they'll ever be again."
Tofu just looks at Thomas with questions in his eyes.
"Magi Sickness is a non-contagious disease caused by an unknown source. Everyone effected by it stays very sick for four days, then recover...with side effects. That or their hearts will stop at the end of the fifth day, but that's rare."
"Side-effects?"
"Well, they aren't really human anymore..."
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End Prologue
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The name Adkins Thomas is a temporary name while I try to come up with a better one (or resist the temptation to add myself).
I am partial to the name Thomas after all.
This is more or less a test, if I get enough responses I will continue this series. If not it will probably go bye-bye.
Don't worry, I clean up all the mysteries by chapter two at the latest.
