Diminutive Ranma
Note: Panda Signs-() Chinese-"" Thoughts/ Flashbacks
Sorry for the delay everyone. I not only put this story to the side for a while, but my dog ended up chewing the cord on my other computer so it took a while to grab what I was working on to this computer. So expect things to take a while. Anyway with that said, please enjoy the new chapter!
Ranma X Akane
Also, I don't own Ranma ½, If I did I would never leave the manga and anime where it was.
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Chapter 2: small explanations, BIG Expectations
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Everyone just stared at what to appeared to be a young red pigtailed girl that was around 5" inch tall and was standing on top of a backpack. She had pulled herself out the pack and wasn't looking very happy at a certain old man.
"What's the big idea pops! I get knocked out by you and the next minute I find myself waking up in your stinkin' pack! You are just unbelievable! I told you that I'm not fit for marriage." The red pigtailed girl shouted as loud as she could, which was as loud as a loud whisper.
"Boy, the life of a martial artist is full of peril. You can take any experience and turn it into training."
Ranma scoffed in response, "Some training, first was that business at Jusenkyo, then the amazons and now this." Ranma then pointed to herself, "What was that deal with stealing that ancient artifact any way? Now because of your stupidity and stubbornness I'm now the size of a peanut!"
"A zucchini actually." Genma said thoughtfully. At least to him it was.
"Hey I don't need a lesson in agriculture!" Ranma swiftly spat back.
Genma was about to shout something when his friend spoke up.
"Genma, my dear friend, will please tell us what this is all about. Especially what has happened to you and your…… son?" Soun questioned his friend.
Genma let out a sigh and sat down at the other end of the table.
"Alright, it all started one fateful month ago in china. We were training when we came across a place known as Jusenkyo."
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"Here sirs we come to famous training grounds of cursed springs, Jusenkyo." a tour guide held up the sign of the name. Ranma and Genma looked beyond, and saw poles of bamboo sticking up from springs in the ground.
"Are you prepared Ranma?" Genma asked.
"Aw man this place ain't near as bad as I thought it be."
"Oh sirs you are very strange ones, no?" The tour guide said "this place is a very dangerous. No one use it now because more than one hundred spring here, and each one have own tragedy happen there."
"Follow me Ranma!" Genma leaped onto a pole.
"Right behind Ya'!"
"AH! Sirs what are you doing?!" the guide shouted, waving his arms. "I have not finished my tragic story! You can't go there!"
"I won't go easy on you Ranma!" Genma shouted from his pole.
"That's just the way I like it!" Ranma from his yelled back.
After that Genma leaped at Ranma. Ranma dodged and jumped off him. Regaining his balance, Genma landed safely on the other pole.
"Please Sirs," the guide pleaded "Very bad you fall in spring!"
Ranma and Genma went at it again. Punching and dodging. This time Ranma hit his father into a spring. With a satisfied grin Ranma yelled,
"What's up? You done already?"
The surface of the water rippled and swirled. Then out popped a panda. The panda landed on one of the bamboo poles.
"Ahhh!" Ranma shouted "Wha- what the hell is that?!"
"That one 'Shonmaoniichuan', spring of drowned panda." The guide held up a sign.
"Very tragic story about panda who drowned 2000 year ago. The legend say whoever fall in spring, take body of panda."
"Hey buddy!" Ranma said "you never said anything about that to us."
Ranma turned to his now 'panda' pop and gave a yell of surprise. His father rushed at him and knocked him down. Ranma flew towards a spring. He fell with a big splash. The guide ran to the waters edge.
"oh too bad, you fall in 'Nyannichuan', spring of drowned girl." The guide shook his head. "very tragic story about a girl who drowned in spring 1500 year ago. Now whoever fall in spring take body of drowned girl. Heh heh."
Ranma soon arouse from the water and instantly felt something was wrong. He reached down and opened his gi, only to find that he had two lumps there. He then screamed.
"See, you now young girl."
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Silence was all that was heard after Genma finished, when Nabiki spoke up.
"Ok, guess that explains why he's a girl." Nabiki said as she glanced at the 5" inch red head girl, "And what's this all about an ancient artifact and also what does that have to do with her size?"
Ranma snarl before speaking, "First, I'm a 'guy' not a girl! Second the artifact that pops stole was supposedly to be a so called 'charmer' that could make one invisible. Only to find out that it was 'cursed' instead!" Ranma shouted the last part out as loud as she could.
"Well it sort of makes you invisible." Nabiki smiled, "Being that small I would never expect what ever was coming."
Ranma huffed at this as she turned to face away.
"It all started after we came back from china and we were near the shores of Japan."
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Ranma and Genma both in the cursed forms were walking along the shore line. Both were looking extremely exhausted as they both glanced around for some where to rest. At least that what Ranma was doing. Genma was glancing around the surrounding area until he made a simple gruff and was then running off.
"Hey pops! I found a nice spot where we can...?" Ranma was saying just when she notice that her pops had run off, "Come back here old man!"
Genma was running ahead until he came towards an entrance to a temple. He looked twice before running inside. A few seconds later he came out running like a bat out of hell along with a brown package in his hands. Not far behind was a white looking ghost with a black Scythe chasing after him.
Ranma was running towards where she last saw her pops when he came running out throwing the package into her hands and then running off. Ranma was knocked onto her feet when she felt the weight of the heavy package impacted on her. Before she make a curse or chase after him the ghost with the black scythe finally caught up. It cackled as it came closer.
"Stealing the forbidden treasure are we, thief?" The ghost questioned.
It was at least 6 and half feet tall, it's red glowing eyes seemed to pierce right through anything that it saw, it's body glowed bright white off the pale see through skin, and it also wore what looked like a ripped apart priest's clothes.
"W-w-what!? I didn't steal your stinkin'…." Ranma tried to say but was interrupted.
"Silence! You thief will now will be taking your punishment, by having to bare the curse of the 'Ring of Diminutiveness' that you have so swiftly sought!"
Red stream of light started to burst out of the package and started to wrap around Ranma's body. The light kept getting brighter and brighter as it got near him. Ranma tried to move away but couldn't. Out of the package came a blue and gold ring that started to float in mid air. After hovering for a few seconds it came towards Ranma and swiftly clamped onto his right index finger.
Ranma felt a little dizzy as a weird fell over her. The next thing she knew she fell face forward towards the ground.
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"The next thing I knew when I woke up was that I was this size." Ranma snarled at the last part, "And to top it off, my pop didn't read the warning sign that was pasted right on the front door!"
"Mr. Satome how could you." Kasumi said with a hint of resentment.
"Satome! How could you have been so careless! The schools might never be joined now!" Soun shouted along with his head looking like a demon with an everlasting tongue.
Genma found himself cowering before his old friend.
"Soun, my good old friend. I'm sure that we could find a way for the boy to get back his size and back up to snuff to join the schools." Genma said as he tried to calm down his friend.
The demon headed Soun pondered on this for a while before resorting back to his old self.
"Hmm... we could find a way that we could work this out." Soun said bluntly before he continued, "Well, I guess your problem isn't so bad after all, here are my daughters pick any one that you like; she will be your fiancée."
"Akane would seem to be the wisest choice." Kasumi replied with a smile.
"Couldn't agree more." Nabiki respond with Kasumi as she patted Akane on the back.
"What!? You must be joking! Why would I be?" Akane asked both her sisters.
"Well, you both study martial arts and you both are the same age." Kasumi put obviously.
"And you hate boys right? Well you're in luck Akane that Ranma's half girl." Nabiki said with a fake smile.
"What!? Me marry him?! You have got to be joking!" Akane stated.
"Who hold on, what do you mean by that?!" Ranma shouted back.
"You're probably a pervert or something considering with your curse!" Akane huffily answered to her.
"Hey! I aint no pervert! You don't act feminine yourself! You're like a tomboy!" Ranma quarreled back.
"What?!" Akane questioned.
"You heard me, a tomboy with a capital T!" Ranma answered back.
Akane growled furiously as she grasped the nearest thing, which happened to be one of the plates and brought it down on Ranma. Nearly everyone realizing what the result might be if Ranma was hit by the plate with enough force they reacted.
Both Kasumi and Nabiki reach out and grasped both of Akane's hands which led to Akane dropping the plate she was holding.
"Akane stop! He's probably not as strong as you!" Kasumi replied as she continued to struggle to hold onto Akane's hand.
"I agree with Kasumi." Nabiki responded as well.
'Besides, with him injured I would miss a golden opportunity.'
After what seamed like minutes Akane finally snapped out of her somewhat trance. She glanced down at both her hands that her sister's were holding. She looked further to the floor where the broken plate laid.
'I nearly hit him……..out of anger no less, especially when he's very….. small…'
Akane suddenly felt really guilty. She quickly stood up standing over the table.
"I'm sorry." Akane said softly before turning away and ran out of the living room.
After what seamed like for ever finally everything settled down.
"Your……. daughter has a lot of spunk there Soun." Genma put openly.
"Yes… Kasumi, Nabiki! Could you take Ranma up to the guest room to where he will be staying?"
"Yes father." Both Nabiki and Kasumi answered.
Nabiki then glanced down at Ranma.
"Great, he's fainted." Nabiki replied bluntly.
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Ranma's eyes slowly opened as the bright light hit her. She felt something soft against her back along with something damp over her forehead. Acting out of instinct she quickly stood upward.
"Oh, she's awake."
Ranma recognized the voice belonging to the sister called Kasumi. She took a glimpse around the room finding it with only a few futons, a dresser and window ceil.
"Are you ok? Don't think too badly of Akane, She's a very sweet girl. She's just a little high spirited." Kasumi responded with her motherly tone.
"Oh great Kasumi, like that explains everything." Nabiki sarcastically replied, "Especially considering that he almost got clobbered."
Ranma took note of this and lightly sighed. She then took a quick whiff of her self and then held her nose.
"Um…. Do you know where that bathroom is?" Ranma questioned.
"It's down the stairway and take a right down the hallway till you reached all the way through the living room, lastly take another right till you reach the bathroom door." Kasumi answered, "Would you like one of us to take you there?"
Ranma shook her head, "No I think I can find my way."
With that said, she headed out the doorway.
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"This sucks!" Ranma grumbled as she tried to make her way towards the bathroom, "I mean, first was the stupid ring artifact, then havin' pops knocking me out only to find myself engaged to a tomboyish girl that could maybe kill me on the spot!"
She did have trouble reaching the bathroom after all. The stairs weren't too bad considering that she was going down not up, but the hallways were a little different. Some were very long and enormous till she found the living room at last. She then continued right through till she reached hallway and finally the bathroom doorway.
Ranma nearly cursed when she realized that opening the door was going to be very difficult. She was about to shout when she noticed that it was slightly opened in the corner, though it would be a tight fit.
Ranma sucked in her stomach and proceeded to squeeze through the tight opening. The wood chips from both the door and doorframe both brushed and scrapped her skin and clothes as she went though.
After what seemed like forever Ranma finally pushed through and stumbled forward. She rolled until she hit the side of the counter with a thud. She then stood up and brushed herself off and took one more look at the door.
"Next time I'm making sure that someone opens that door instead of trying to squeeze through, man that hurts." Ranma muttered.
She turned around and was about to continue on when she noticed that there was another door leading to the bath.
Ranma inwardly groaned, 'Why do people need so many doors?!'
She then noticed that the door was opened a little bit more this time. After taking a quick breathe she rushed forward and pushed through the opening.
Surprisingly, she made it through with no difficulties at all.
But the landing was a different story all together.
Ranma found herself rolling forward very fast since that she ran this time instead of slowly working her way like last time.
She kept rolling forward until she hit a wall of tiles with her back against the floor and her facing the ceiling. She took notice that she was lucky that she didn't break anything during the process.
Ranma sighed with relief, "Well, it could have been worse."
As if on cue, a large figure rose out of the furo with a not too happy expression.
Ranma lightly yelped when she recognized the figure rising out the furo.
Akane.
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Akane was scrubbing furiously as she was recalling tonight's events.
First was her father telling that one of them was to wed his friend's son, then was the arrival of the Satome's and finding about both Ranma and his father's curse. Then there was her sister's that not only push her off to marry the boy but also made that comment that he was perfect for her.
Akane huffed as she continued to scrub.
She then remembered of both Ranma's condition and words. She wanted to feel angry, but for some reason she couldn't help but feel guilty.
She almost ended up striking him back out of anger. If it weren't for her sisters stopping her, she would have, and who knows if he would've survived.
Akane sighed as she finished scrubbing and stepped into the furo.
Akane lightly moaned as the hot water came in contact with her skin, "I really need this."
She was relaxing in the furo when she heard a short thump against the side. She quickly got up to take a look. She quickly frowned when she saw who it was.
Ranma.
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Ranma had quickly backed away in fright as Akane stepped out of the furo. She kept on backing up until she ended up against the wall, having both arms trying to shield herself.
Akane was about to give the peeping pervert a lesson when she noticed that Ranma was on the floor trying to brace herself for a hit like earlier.
She instantly felt really guilty from both before and now.
'He thinks I'm going to hit him, and I was just about to….'
She quickly grabbed her towel that was on the stool and wrapped it around her. She then bent over and carefully picked Ranma up and placed her in her right hand.
She took notice of the way that she was shaking from fright, making her feel even more responsible for the way she was responding.
'Did I really hurt her….him that bad?'
She carefully brought her right hand up till it was eye level with her own eyes.
"Ranma." Akane said quietly but firmly as she tried to get her attention since she hadn't responded yet.
No response.
"Ranma look at me."
Still nothing.
"Ranma look at me ok, I'm sorry from earlier." Akane said softly out loud.
Ranma for one had slowly started to regain control of herself. She slowly opened her eyes and two bright brown eyes greeted her.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to judge you so badly from the start." Akane started off, "Hi, I'm Akane. Do you want to be friends?"
Ranma for one was a little shocked and over whelmed. Here was a girl that earlier thought the worst of him now giving him not only a second chance but to be friend as well.
"Thank you Akane, I would gladly be your friend." Ranma happily replied.
"Ok, but if you give me any reason to think of other wise I'll….." Akane left the threat unsaid.
Ranma silently gulped, "Don't worry about that."
"Ok then." Akane responded back.
Akane then set Ranma back onto the floor and was about to walk away when Ranma spoke up.
"Um.. could you help me up to the furo or something?" She asked.
Akane turned around back and was about to say something when she took in the whole situation. After a split second she mental slapped herself.
'Of course! How could I be so stupid! He can't even reach into the furo on his own! Looks like we'll need some one to help him every time he needs to use the bath or some very close to it.'
Akane once again reached down and picked Ranma up. She then brought her and gentle set her on the side of the furo.
"Thanks for that-t-tt-t-t!" Ranma was saying, before she slipped on the slick side and slide right into the furo.
Akane waited for him to come back up. After a few moments he still didn't rise, she ended up getting a little worried.
"Oh great." Akane muttered as she reached into the furo and quickly pulled Ranma right out of the warm water and set him once again on the side, this time not so close to the water's edge.
Ranma was soaking wet from head to toe and coughing up water as he was taking in deep breathes. His clothes were also soaked.
"Thanks for that." He said as continued to catch his breath.
"Just great. Looks like some is going to have to watch you during your bath just to make sure you don't drown." Akane said sarcastically, "You can swim right?"
"Yes I can, but I was caught by surprise that's all."
Akane glanced all around the furo for a place he could bath without the possibility of drowning.
"Looks like you might have to wait till we make something for your unusual size." Akane noted as she reached over to one of tubs and pulled out a wash cloth.
She then slowly wrapped the cloth around Ranma. The cloth was hardly anything, but for Ranma it was the perfect towel to wrap around him.
"I feel like a babysitter." Akane muttered.
Ranma lightly snorted, "Yeah, try to picture my situation, stuck in a very small body, in a strange world that you used to know."
Akane slowly shook her head, "No, I couldn't picture being stuck like that."
"I thought so…… um could you give me a lift to me n' pops room? I had a very hard time getting here and I nearly killed myself just comin' through the doorway." Ranma asked.
"Sure." Akane said with a smile.
Akane once again picked up Ranma and set off to the bed rooms.
After a few minutes she made her way all the way through both the living room and up the stairs right in front of the guest room.
"Night Ranma." Akane said as she set him down.
"Yeah, you too." Ranma replied.
With that he walked right through the opened doorway and inside.
Akane took in a big breath before turning around and heading to her room while thinking about the new boy that just came into her life.
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Ok, finally! I was stuck on this one for quite a while. There was one part that I wasn't really sure how to do till finally I made up my mind. I figure that most of everyone is in character, but at the same time not. Especially considering that Ranma is stuck with a very difficult circumstance.
Please tell me what you think, although it might be a little while considering the computer I'm 'Now' using is slower.
