Collision Curse

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket, Ranma ½ or their characters.

Author's Note:

I know that it is unlikely the two anime take place in the same district, but for the purposes of this story, please assume they do. Also, I watch Ranma in English and Fruits Basket in Japanese, which is why only some of the characters have honorifics. I hope you don't mind!

Oh, and I'm Australian. I spell some things differently.

Other than that, please enjoy!

"Thank you for coming with me to do the shopping, Yuki-kun!" Tohru Honda said brightly, her blue green eyes sparking.

"It was nothing, Honda-san. I thought you might need some help as it looks like it is about to rain." The tall, beautiful boy with amethyst eyes and replied with a smile.

The two continued to chat as the approached a corner.

'Oh, man! Akane is really gonna kill me this time!' Ranma Saotome thought frantically as he ran at top speed. Behind him he could hear his enraged fiancée roar "RANMA! Get back here NOW!"

'Just because I said the soup she was making bore a striking resemblance to toxic waste…' the pig tailed martial artist grumbled to himself as he turned a corner, to find himself face to face with two other people. With very little time to react, he managed to dodge the surprised looking brunette, but slammed full on into her male companion. Groceries went flying as both boys sprawled to the ground, winded.

"Sorry, man, didn't see you" Ranma grunted, as he tried to disentangle himself from Yuki.

Just then, it started to rain.

Ranma transformed.

Tohru gave a frightened yelp as the boy still half on top of Yuki changed into a girl.

There was a 'poof!' Yuki transformed into a rat.

Ranma stared down at the rat, which moments earlier, had been a boy. "You too, huh?" she said softly, with sympathy in her eyes.

Just then, she heard Akane yell "RANMA! You are so dead when I catch you!"

Scoping up the rat and the heap of clothes, and completely ignoring the shell-shocked Tohru, female Ranma leapt up onto the roof tops.

"Don't worry, I'll find us some hot water" she told the rat as she bounded confidently from one roof to the next.

"Put me down! What do you think you are doing! Put me DOWN!" Yuki yelled at his captor.

Yuki was surprised the person had not freaked out when he'd transformed. The person had been startled, but not alarmed. But… he was certain the collision had been with a boy. But the person who currently had him in their possession was most definitely female. And what was this about hot water? 'Hmm, maybe I should be the one freaking out' Yuki thought to himself.

Ranma, on her part, had almost dropped the rat when Yuki had started to yell. "You can talk in that form?" She asked in astonishment.

'Come to think of it, the Frog Hermit could do that too…'

"Yes." Yuki snapped. "Put me DOWN!"

"Geez, calm down! We're almost at Ucchan's; we can get the hot water there and dry off. The rain seems to be easing off, so it should be safe to leave with out an umbrella" Ranma explained.

Yuki was still thoroughly confused by the strange girls' odd fixation on hot water.

"I don't care about hot water! Put me down!"

Meanwhile back at the corner, a stunned Tohru was still trying to process what had occurred. Maybe if she talked it through rationally, like Yuki did when he was tutoring her, it would make sense. It worked for Maths…

"There was a boy. He crashed into Yuki-kun. Then, he turned into a girl! Yuki-kun transformed, and then the pig-tailed person of indeterminate gender… KIDNAPPED Yuki-kun! Oka-san! Help me! I don't know what is going on!" Tohru's attempt at rationally talking the problem through ended as a wail.

At this point, an enraged Akane Tendo arrived on the scene. Taking in the scattered groceries and the dazed girl, Akane decided to postpone killing Ranma for the time being and approached the girl. "Hey, are you okay?" she asked softly.

Tohru turned to the stranger with short black hair, and was reassured by the concern in the other girl's brown eyes. "Yuki-kun! He's been kidnapped!" she choked out.

"WHAT!" Akane gasped. "Who is this Yuki? What did his assailant look like?"

Tohru started to cry. Akane put her arm around the shoulder of the distraught girl, murmuring "There, there. It's okay. I'll help you. My name is Akane Tendo. What's yours?"

"Tohru Honda" she said, sniffing.

"Its okay, Tohru. I'll help you find him. Why don't I help you get these groceries – and ourselves! - out of this rain" Akane coaxed, seeing that Tohru was rather shaken from her ordeal.

Tohru nodded, and started collecting the fallen groceries with Akane. Some one was going to help her find Yuki-kun. At least the kidnapper had taken his clothes too… it would've been kind of embarrassing rescuing a naked person…

A/N: So, what do you think? Let me know!

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