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Ch 1: Spring of drown what?
It was a cool morning in the Qinghai Province of central China, many small forest creatures going about their business, basking in the tranquil atmosphere the surrounding mountains provided, that is until a certain bald martial artist went flying through a tree.
"Damm the boy is getting good!" Genma thought to himself. "I'll have to take this up a notch" Deciding to use one of his special techniques to teach the ungrateful boy a lesson, Genma cautiously approached Ranma after dislodging his head from the ground.
"Look, a 50 yen coin piece!" Genma cried out, pointing behind Ranma and waving his arm dramatically in the air. Despite knowing that he had not fooled his son with that "technique" since he was 7 years old.
"Baka, it's not behind me, its right behind you." Ranma calmly stated. This had the desired effect of causing said idiot to turn around in a frivolous pursuit of wealth. Ranma could only shake his head at his father's display of intelligence. Deciding that it was too good an opportunity to pass up, Ranma pressed forward to punt his father into the wild blue yonder.
Genma, having pretended to be fooled, was prepared for this and flipped Ranma onto the ground just before being kicked.
"Oh how is it that I was cursed to have such a weak son!" Genma cried as he twisted Ranma's arm to make sure he stayed down. Laying on the pressure, Genma tried to get Ranma to surrender.
"Who ya callin weak!" Ranma replied, and in an amazing display of strength, lifted both his father and himself off the ground with one hand before tossing his sensei into another tree. Calling an end to the fight, Genma motioned for Ranma to follow him back to the campsite.
"Ranma, I think you are finally ready for the last stop on our journey." Genma said. "Well, last stop before the Tendos, and a nice retirement."
"Ok pops, where are we going? It better not be like that last stop, I mean seriously, Martial arts interior decorating!" Genma grumbled something about ungrateful sons before continuing.
"We will be going to the forbidden training grounds at Jusenkyo before proceeding back to Japan." Genma said
"Ok, that sound cool enough." said Ranma as they arrived at their camp site. Genma then proceeded to stuff all of their equipment into one pack (with the exception of the food of course) and gave it to Ranma.
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"Here sir, is Legendary Accursed Training ground of Jusenkyo and the pools of sorrow." recited the Jusenkyo guide.
"Meh, This place isn't that impressive…" said Ranma, sporting a rather bored look on his face.
"There more than one hundred spring here, each with own too tragic legend" the guide continued "No one use grounds any more, is to dangerous"
"Follow me Ranma" Genma called out, leaping up onto one of many bamboo poles sticking up from the center of each pool of water. Ranma was quick to follow and soon each was perched on a pole facing each other.
"Aieeee, What honored guest doing! Is very bad you fall in spring!"
"I won't go easy on you Ranma, Prepare yourself!" Genma cried out, striking a dramatic pose.
"That's how I want it" stated Ranma, Both combatants leapt into the air and exchanged blows before landing on two new bamboo poles. They both leapt again, however this time Ranma managed to get the upper hand. Meanwhile, The Jusenkyo guide decided that it would be a good time to go and heat some water, seeing how he would soon have two new customers. Ranma vaulted over a flying kick and spiked his father down into the pool below.
"Ha-ha, Gotcha pops!" However, Ranma was surprised when his father didn't rebound instantly from the water; instead, all there was was a steady trickle of bubbles. "Whatsamatter pops? You done already?" Ranma taunted just as a huge panda leapt out of the water and landed on a nearby pole.
"What The HELL is That!" Ranma screamed, having been extremely unnerved by the sudden appearance of a panda.
"Is Shonmaoniichuan, spring of drowned panda, very tragic tale of panda who drown in spring 2000 years ago!" recited the Jusenkyo guide " Now whoever fall in spring take body of panda."
"Oh No…" was all Ranma got out before the panda pressed its attack on him. Being severely distracted by the fact that his father was now a panda, and that he was probably next, Ranma didn't see the paw swipe at his head until it had hit him sending him flying across the valley in a terrible game of Russian roulette. The Jusenkyo guide winced for a moment when the boy looked like he would fall into the Nyannichuan, or spring of drowned girl, but he managed an awkward rebound off the pole in the middle of the spring, which only served to send him flying into the adjacent pool.
"Oh no, Mr. Customer fall into worst spring in valley, Xiaoichuan, Spring of drowned nothingness, Very tragic tale of how nothingness drowned in that spring 3700 years ago! Now whoever fall into spring becomes nothingness and is everywhere at once!"
When Ranma hit the water it was like nothing he ever experienced before, it was as if every molecule of his body was being ripped away from his body, and in fact, that is exactly what was happening. Suddenly Ranma found himself naked and in a pot of near boiling water.
"YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH" screamed Ranma as he received mild burns all over his body before jumping out of the pot. Looking around, Ranma found himself in a small hut, grabbing a pair of nearby clothes Ranma made his way out of the small structure and found himself in the Jusenkyo guide's hut that he had seen from across the valley.
Said guide was now leading Genma towards his hut so he could be returned to his human form. "Looks like we found young Mr. Customer, though, how he got into my hut?" said a curious Jusenkyo guide. A little known fact about the Jusenkyo guide was that all he really knew was the names of the pools and the stories behind them, he didn't have a clue what made them tick. Genma just "Growlfed" and followed the guide to the hut.
*five minutes later in the guides hut*
"Your curse very different from others Mr. Customer, it seems you turn into nothingness when you touch cold water and instantly reappear in contact with the nearest source of hot water" the Jusenkyo guide concluded.
"This Is All Your Fault Pops!" Ranma yelled as he charged his pandafied father and began chancing him around Jusenkyo.
*sigh* "I'll never find where Ranma went at this point, I lost him after he took a right at Albuquerque to go to Australia." Ryoga moped, "DAMM YOU RANMA, THIS IS ALL YOUR UMPHHH!" was all Ryoga got out as he was pushed off the cliff he was on and into the pools below by a Panda trying to escape his sons wrath. When Ranma finally returned to the Jusenkyo guide's hut dragging an unconscious panda bear behind him it was nearly nightfall.
The Jusenkyo guide proceeded to explain to Ranma about the nature of Jusenkyo curses and how they are temporarily reversible. During this time, the roof kept springing leaks onto Ranma's head and Ranma kept ending up in the pot of hot water in the corner of the room, confirming the Jusenkyo guide's theory that he would reappear in the closest source of hot water, completely naked of course.
After spending the better part of the night trying to sleep and cursing out his idiotic father, Ranma awoke to his father's usual method of being splashed with water. Genma was very surprised when his son simply vanished when the water made contact. He continued to stare at the spot the boy was just occupying when Ranma, having reappeared behind him, kicked his father through the roof of the hut and into the distance. Mother Nature decided that this was a perfect opportunity to make Ranma miserable, and proceeded to create a sudden downpour on Jusenkyo.
"Aww crap, what do I do now?" complained Ranma as he tried to hide from the rain on the other side of the hut.
"Is very bad predicament Mr. Customer in now, can no go outside without disappearing!"
"damm, even being a girl *shudder* would be better, at least I could walk outside"
"We go see amazons once storm pass, they may be able to help you" said the Jusenkyo guide, trying to cheer up Ranma.
Genma chose this moment to stagger through the door, he was somewhat irritated by the lack of respect Ranma showed him by beating him, but all of that was all forgotten when he stumbled upon a small black pig on the way back to the hut.
"Growlf grawl grof grawf groulf grawf (My, what a tasty meal you'll be!)" Genma growlfed having forgotten that he couldn't talk. Picking the squealing pig up in one paw, he proceeded back to the hut.
Meanwhile in the guides hut, while Ranma was still talking with the guide waiting for his father to return, no one noticed that the fire under the cauldron of hot water had gone out from a lack of tending, and that the hot water was no longer hot.
Genma walked up to the guides hut, and deciding to take a rather dramatic entrance, leapt up intent on going through the hole he made earlier in the huts roof. Unfortunately, he still wasn't used to being a panda and instead made a new hole that happened to be right over where Ranma was sitting.
Ranma didn't even have time to yell as the gods conspired against him and dropped a soaking wet panda on his head.
Remembering that he couldn't talk, Genma whipped a sign out from nowhere.
*Where is that ungrateful boy?*
"Young Mr. Customer was sitting right where you are, though he not there now"
*His curse must have activated*
-flip-
*Why isn't he in the cauldron?*
-flip-
*shouldn't that be hot?*
"Ayeee, how you get 3 flips with one sign? You very strange, no? And you right, water no longer hot, but that means he went to the closest source of hot water, which is… oh no"
*Where?* asked Genma, pulling out another sign.
"Young Mr. Customer is in Amazon village!"