Ranma Saotome Doesn't Miyah!
Intro: Helloooooo everybody! Welcome to chapter three! If you are reading this I can only hope that you have so far enjoyed RSDM and with luck will continue to do so. A big thank you to everyone who has sent in a review good or bad. I've taken a fair bit of your advice and some of you will notice a change in the structure of the story. Special acknowledgement to deitarion/Ssokolow for my new chapter sorting and Cat on a Shtick who had some very interesting ideas that I'll be using, including reminding me of a character from Ranma cannon I'd forgotten. In response to a few questions; no, Ranma will NOT end up with any of his fiancées. Just…no. On the other hand I'm not sure if this story is going to have Ranma pairing with any one at all considering his unusual circumstance. If he does it won't be for quite some time. That's enough spoilers for now, on to the story!
Disclaimer: Tigee, attorney-at-law here to inform you that my client, the writer, holds no ownership of the following literary material except for a little bit of the plot. All attempts to sue my client will be meet with the full extent of my super awesome power! Bwa-hahah, bwa-hahahHAhaha! 'Hack coughcough!'…water!
"Normal Speech"
'Inner Thoughts'
^Telepathy^
#Foreign Language#
Earth - 531, 796,710.95 R.5/TenMu-AU/C
Unknown alley, Juuban District, Tokyo, Japan
Two weeks after escaping the Masaki Shrine, 4:41 p.m. - Local Standard time
In the depths of a random grungy alley our protagonist crouches miserably upon the tattered ruins of a roadmap; the final ingredient of his escape from the Masaki Shrine. Found in the glove compartment of Nobuyuki's car the now ruined atlas had managed to lead the cursed cabbit from the Shrine all the way to Tokyo. Unfortunately, said map wasn't detailed enough to cover Tokyo itself. These past few days, lost in the city, Ranma had taken to using it as a sleeping mat to keep off the concrete. If only he could use his new cabbit powers he'd been back at the dojo already! But alas, he didn't dare. That Washu woman had found him awfully fast the first time, no doubt because he'd been firing lasers at Ryoga non-stop.
Well they wouldn't find him that easily this time!
'Damn train station maps. They make 'em so high I can't read a thing. Wish I was human again, or taller.' The light coming from the entrance of the alley flickered as another business man walked past. Ranma blinked as a vague thought worked its way into his skull. 'Maybe I could get someone to pick me up?' Deciding it was worth a shot he hopped to the sidewalk and begin eying passers-by. He couldn't just risk anyone, it had to be the right person. Someone who'd wouldn't just pick him and put him down. They had to carry him long enough to walk by a station map.
'Business man, mom and a baby, young couple, courier, 'nother business man…bingo!'
Putting on his best 'Sad Puppy' eyes the transformed martial artist jumped out in front of a young girl in a school uniform. Locking gazes with wide shimmering eyes he left out a soft 'Miyah' to increase his cuteness factor, silently chanting 'pick me up, pick me up!' Luckily, his Neko-ken gifted instincts played out and she 'awed' before bending over and picking him up. Up-close, several oddities about her person began making themselves known. Two specific ones actually.
'Oh shit. Purple eyes and enough magic to make Saffron be Very polite…not…good.' (1)
Squirming uneasily Ranma started plotting a fast get away as his carrier chatted happily about how cute he was and how she'd always wanted a pet and maybe if nobody claimed him in a couple weeks maybe 'Haruka-papa' and 'Michiru-mama' would let her keep him. Swearing vengeance on whatever deity despised his very existence Ranma was swept down the street in the arms of a joyful teenage girl. His familiarity with situation was quite the cold comfort.
Shortly afterwards…
Humming happily one Hotaru Tomoe unlocked the door to her home with one hand, juggling her wiggling new 'pet' with the other. Finally taking him by the scruff of the neck she managed to get inside and relocked the door. "I'm home!" Hearing faint acknowledgment from the TV room the now giggling young woman wondered how best to convince her loving if somewhat over-protective adoptive parents that letting her have a pet rabbit she'd found in an alleyway was a good idea. Turning the corner Hotaru spotted Haruka and Michiru, but not Setsuna. Taking a deep breath she walked up in clear sight and held out her find.
"Look what I found! Can I keep him?"
Twitching slightly the couple turned towards their ward expecting the worse. Thankfully their daughter wasn't holding some slathering dog or a mangy looking alley-cat. Instead she had a hold of a healthy looking rabbit with black fur and red accents. Michiru started off gently, hoping not to upset the sensitive younger girl. "Hotaru, dear, where did you find this little guy?" Hotaru beamed, taking the calm tones as a sign of approval.
"I found him on the way home Michiru-mama. He jumped out right in front of me and looked up at me with the sweetest eyes! He was so cute I just had to pick him up. He didn't have a collar or anything, isn't that lucky!"
Ranma and Haruka both rolled their eyes at the same time though for rather different reasons. "Sweetie, if you wanted a pet you should have just told us instead of randomly grabbing one off the street. He's probably dirty or sick or something."
Hotaru pouted. "Even if he's sick I could always heal him. I promise to take the best care of him! Please, please let me keep him!" Curious about the healing comment Ranma twisted his head around to regard his captor as Michiru jumped back into the conversation. "Hotaru, even if he's perfectly healthy I'm sure such an adorable little bunny rabbit already has an owner. He or she is probably very worried about him even as we speak." As Hotaru looked down in shame at her thoughtlessness and her guardians shared a look the final member of their household walked out the kitchen with a mug of tea in hand. Smiling the green haired, red eyed Setsuna stepped up to the younger girl.
"Welcome home Hotaru, did you bring something from school today?" Still smiling she looked to see what Hotaru was holding. The other three residents jumped at the sound of Setsuna's mug hitting the ground and the Time Guardian's shout.
"Sweet Serenity! Where did you find…that!" Confused, Hotaru answered slowly.
"He walked up to me on the street Setsuna-mama. He even made this cute little noise so I'd notice him." Paling at the response Setsuna staggered over to couch and dropped onto it with distraught expression.
Leaning forward Haruka spoke in a whisper. "So what's up? This rabbit an enemy or something?" The elder woman frowned.
"I wish. If it was an enemy we could just have Usagi purify it and be done with it. With what that is, it's not so simple." Seeing the confused expressions around her Setsuna sighed and soldiered on. "He's an natural phenomena; a Chaos Generator. Put simply, he's been empowered by the universe to create minor amounts of chaos so that life can continue to grow and evolve. They can be …irritating but without them things just out-right stop." Watching the 'rabbit' she continued, sounding thoughtful. "What I don't understand is what he's doing in Juuban. With Usagi here radiating a strong Order presence he shouldn't even be willing to step foot in the district." At the mention of Juuban Ranma stiffened in thought. 'Juuban? That's fairly close, not next door but close. I can make it from here even with out a map. Just gotta get loose!' With another sigh Setsuna held out her hands. "I know you want to keep him Hotaru, but being so close to an Order generator will make him sick and vice versa. He needs to go." Delaying for a sniffle and a bit of cuddling Hotaru eventually surrendered him over to the Time Guardian.
"Good bye Mr. Bunny, I'll miss you." While Michiru and Haruka moved to comfort the youngest member of their group Setsuna moved quickly to the door, eager to get the living chaotic matrix as far away as possible. Pausing just before opening the front door the crimson eyed woman lifted her passenger up for a face to face moment. Ranma, for his part, had stopped struggling as soon as he realized that they were going to put him outside.
"Stay away from Juuban and the Sailor Senshi, rabbit. It'll be easier for everyone if you don't come around here again." The boy-turned cabbit gave her his most innocent look, not wanting to have an entire group of magical girls pissed off at him. As bad as his fiancées were, a group of magic-wielding, monster-slaying woman in borderline hentai outfits would only make his life far FAR worse then it already was. Frowning, Setsuna gave him a little shake, "Don't give me that look bunny boy. Generators are always sentient, they aren't interactive enough with the universe otherwise."
Crap, time to start making excuses. Hope she can understand me or this could get uglier then Akane's cooking. I hope magical girls can hear telepathy. ^Wasn't gonna do nothing. Just lost and lookin' for a map. It's really friggin' hard trying to read a station schedule when you're looking from the floor.^ Setsuna nodded once in understanding before reaching for the door.
"Good. Now please kindly go away and don't come back." With that he was on the porch with the door slamming shut behind him.
^Bitch.^
"I heard that! Get before I break out my Garnet Staff and Dead Scream you back to the mountains!" Ranma got. (2)
Earth - 531, 796,710.95 R.5/TenMu-AU/C
Local market, Nerima Ward, Tokyo, Japan
Shortly before noon, the next day.
In one of the more peaceful produce markets of Nerima most of the local citizens failed to note a rabbit hopping and skipping his way through the crowd. Even those who did see him didn't pay much attention. In Nerima paying attention to the strange usually meant that it looked right back at you. In a ward infamous for having more half-crazed black belt martial artists per capita then anywhere else in the world, being noticed was a Bad Thing. So they didn't see the black rabbit, they didn't hear him hum 'On the Road Again', but they sure as hell talked about it in the privacy of their homes later on. Out of sight, out of mind was a rule of thumb with the local crazies. Still, all this meant that the rabbit, aka Ranma Saotome was pretty much given clear passage through the increasingly familiar streets of Nerima. He was really just this close to the dojo and safety.
Too bad Ranma's never heard the saying 'Close only counts in Horseshoes and hand grenades.'
The poor man was dead center of the market when his Nerima trained danger senses kicked in at Def-con 3. Stopping, he began to glance around wildly. His current body was tough for its size but he was smaller and weaker; he couldn't afford the usual ambushes he accepted to keep things as quiet as possible for this place. Ranma's fur began to bristle as his danger senses threatened to go up another stage. 'What the heck is going on? I usually only get this worked up when the Freak is pissed off. What's making me all riled up?' That's when he heard the shrill, childish scream.
"Jeanette! Come to Azusa, Jeanette!"
Ranma was a very proud young man. It drove him in ways little else did. A lifetime spent in the company of Genma 'For your own Good' Saotome destroyed much of what made him capable of relating to people and left in its place a monument to the Martial Arts. Little but death or honor overrode his pride. Too bad for Pride Ranma had heard Ryoga ranting about the female half of the Golden Pair's behavior. The word 'Jeanette' had barely left Azusa's mouth before Ranma added it up; Azusa(Jeanette + currently cute form) - full skill(cabbit powers) = GTFO!
The cabbit martial artist was off like a shot, using Ki to increase his speed to insane levels. Further back in the crowd Azusa did a quick check on her roller skate before pulling out a fishing net with neon-green netting. (3) "Be good Jeanette and let little Azusa put ribbons on your tail!"
"Miyaaaaaaaahhh!"
Diving between the legs of a local vendor Ranma leapt up and bounded off a half-off sign to land on a stall roof before jumping for the next roof down the way. On the ground Azusa whizzed through the crowd, a pink and be-ribboned dervish. "Stop running away Jeanette!"
Running out of roof Ranma's next leap ended on the head of an unsuspecting shopper. It was about that time that he came to the edge of the market. Biting back a curse that no one would have understood anyways he decided it was time to stop thinking like the cabbit he resembled and thought like the martial artist he really was. Alright, what could he do? Most of his tricks were useless at the moment thanks to his cabbit body. The Thieves Cloak was workable but honestly he felt a little uncomfortable using a technique that even his bonehead father thought needed to be sealed. Still, the Thieves Cloak was a no go if only because he didn't know how to work it as a cabbit. Same for Konatsu's Body Switch. Running wasn't doing him any good.
'This sucks, you'd think with everything that goes on around here I'd have more escape techniques then this!'
SWISH!
'OK. That was WAY too close. I need to hide, now!'
Then, as if she were a gift from the gods, he saw…her.
Now all he had to was lose Azusa and he was home free. 'I could try that but I only saw it once…plus if the Old Ghoul hears that I know it she be pissed that I stole one of her precious 'Amazon Secrets' instead of her 'generously' teaching it to me.'
SWISH! "Ha! Little Azusa almost had you Jeanette!"
'Screw it! If she didn't want me to steal it she shouldn't have used it on me!'
"Miyah Miyahmiyah!" 'Splitting Cat Hairs Technique!'
Only an incredibly observant person or a highly trained martial artist could have seen the slight blur that followed and few of those could have tracked it. Shouting Azusa continued skating down the street unaware that she'd been given the slip. Back up the block the woman that Ranma had spotted, stopped, blinking as she felt a sudden extra weight in her basket. Carefully she lifted the lid and peeked inside wondering if one of Ranma's little friends had dropped something in it. Instead she received a wonderful surprise, the most adorable little black rabbit, staring at her with wide blue-grey eyes that made her immediately think of the young man who had disappeared from her home 2 and a half weeks ago. With a gentle touch Kasumi Tendo reached into her grocery basket and gave the little guy a good scratch behind the ears. Smiling contently at his responding purr the young home maker started walking home at once deciding that fate had given her a boon and that she shouldn't disregard it.
It the basket Ranma smirked confident that that freaky little klepto wasn't going to find him anytime soon. 'This is prefect. I get to sneak into the dojo unnoticed, figure out what pig-boy's been up to, and probably first crack at dinner.' Nibbling on one the smaller vegetables in Kasumi's basket he wasn't quite fast enough to keep that damnable thought from crossing his mind. 'What could go wrong now?'
The very instant he thought it lightning flashed and thunder rumbled out of the clear blue sky. Looking up in disbelief Ranma took the uneaten portion of a carrot and began smacking himself in the forehead.
'Why do I keep doing this to myself! Why!'
Earth - 531, 796,710.95 R.5/TenMu-AU/C
Sub-dimension 1179 - 'Washu's Laboratory'
Shortly after noon, Local Standard time
Deep in the bowels of her laboratory Washu was doing what she had been doing ever since she got her lab back up to 100%; Search for Ranma and try to figure out how the HELL he got to earth. It was a small matter of personal shame that the week or so before Ranma pinged on her radar had not been good to Washu. It was an embarrassing story involving a used evaporator bought in a local pawnshop, an American energy drink she thought was quite fittingly called 'Monster' and a large bottle of Ryoko's stronger sake. In the ensuing haze she'd done a great many things and remembered absolutely none of it. The bad luck didn't stop there. Right as she was finally putting her head together the radar picked up a cabbit's energy signature and off they all went to rescue a creature that as it turns out could have leveled several city blocks even in its weakened state. The diminutive scientist couldn't stop a groan as she recalled what happened next. A hungry black hole on four legs running rampant through her equipment. A rampage that went straight through all her records of the week before! She hadn't even gotten back-ups yet! Arrgg! It was SO frustrating!
So, here she was, trying to piece together the entry vector of a cabbit with advanced stealth tech. Oh yeah, that was fun.
Sighing Washu took a quick breather to clear her head. No matter how hard she tried she couldn't form an answer if she didn't have the data to base it on. Oh Kiyone and Mihoshi had offered her transcripts from their ship's radar but they'd been out on deep patrol for most of that week, returning maybe 24 hours before the whole thing went down. It wasn't enough. Putting aside the 'where' for now Washu was puzzled by the 'why'. Who in their right mind would send an unbonded cabbit to an underdeveloped planet? Why risk the trouble if anyone found out about it? It made no sense what so ever. It was…a mystery. Unbidden the corners of her mouth began to twitch upward. Slowly, slowly, they curved up into a smile that would have haunted Tenchi's nightmares to his dying day.
"Mwa-hahahahaha! I LOVE a good mystery! What's life without a challenge or two! Your days as an unsolvable puzzle are numbered Ranma! Do you hear me, numbered!"
Washu laughed long and loud into the night, thoroughly enjoying the best mood she'd been in since the failed bonding.
Earth - 531, 796,710.95 R.5/TenMu-AU/C
Tendo Dojo, Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
Same time as previous
Looking serene, Kasumi quietly shut the front door and put on her house slippers calling out a warm 'I'm home'. From all corners of the house came the traditional 'Welcome back'. Humming cheerfully the home maker stepped into the kitchen noting that despite the lateness of lunch Akane hadn't stepped in to try her hand at cooking. Kasumi loved her sisters dearly but could admit in the depths of her own mind that Akane had the most unseemly difficult time trying to make anything but curry. It made her wish with all her heart that Akane would one day truly understand her cooking talents and know the joys of having made a delicious feast that was lovingly eaten. Placing her basket on the counter Kasumi opened it and giggled a bit at the sight of the little rabbit wrestling with a carrot. Still humming the eldest Tendo daughter scooped him out and set him on a soft towel on top the counter with a handful of veggies to eat.
"Be a good boy mister rabbit and stay there ok?"
Seeing nothing at all wrong with the bunny giving her a blatant nod in response Kasumi swiftly lost herself in preparing a tasty lunch for her family. The only change in her routine was to pause every now and then to pet her latest guest and consider possible names.
"Lunch everyone!"
The previously quiet house roared to life as everyone rushed to the dining room. The power of Kasumi's cooking was not to be denied. Like she did every day Kasumi set out all the dining ware and food. However, instead of sitting down like she always did the elder daughter strode back into the kitchen. Curious, even Genma stopped stuffing his face to see what was going on. A moment later Kasumi stepped back into the dining room holding of all things a rabbit with the oddest colored fur. A rich glossy black accented in random patterns with copper-colored strands. The sight of the bunny twanged something in the back of Nabiki's memory but it was lost it rush of savory aroma coming off of lunch. Setting the rabbit in the open spot next to her, Kasumi turned to her family with a particularly bright smile.
"Father, it would mean a great deal to me if you would allow me to keep this bunny rabbit as a pet."
Soun blinked in surprise at the request but the Tendo patriarch didn't see a reason to say no. While Akane was his darling baby girl Kasumi had always been such a sweet and proper child. A rabbit ate vegetables, which was cheap, and Kasumi did all the cleaning anyways so he'd never have to bother with it. No, there was no reason at all Kasumi couldn't have a cute little bunny if that's what she wanted. Pleased that he could make one of his daughter's lives a little better Soun sent a fond smile at this oldest. "Of course you can Kasumi dear. Why, I bet that rabbit becomes the best cared for pet in all of Nerima!" Laughing at what they considered whit Soun and Genma quickly dug back into lunch, already thinking of their abandoned Shogi game. Slightly more interested than the fathers Nabiki leaned in.
"So sis, what are you going to call him?"
Kasumi straightened up, showing a bit a of pride and happiness. "His name is Neko!"
Akane's brow furrowed. "Why would you call a rabbit 'cat'?" Suddenly she brightened up, "You should call him B-chan! You know, because he's such a cute little bunny!" For the second time in two days Ranma managed to roll his eyes simultaneously with someone though it was for the same reason this time.
'I swear, Akane/little sister gives things the lamest of names.'
Shaking off the moment Nabiki turned back to her older sibling. "So, seriously, Kasumi, why name him Neko?"
The response was entirely too cheerful. "So when Ranma-kun comes back from his training trip he'll finally be able to hold a kitty." There was a brief pause. "Well, close enough I suppose."
While Nabiki was content to drop the subject, mentioning Ranma's name opened up some still fresh wounds on the others. Akane scowled deeply, stabbing her bowl angrily to the accompaniment of Genma's sobbing of Ungrateful Son's and Soun's wailing about the schools never being joined. Directing a pissed off look at her now chipped rice bowl Akane ground out her opinion.
"Why are you even thinking about that no good, lying, cheating, honor less, two-timing bastard!" Across the table Ranma fur spiked as his 'loving' fiancée verbally ripped him to tiny, well-smeared pieces. As her insults and accusations got wilder and more damning the supposed adults chipped in acting as if he where the most worthless piece of shit in the universe because he'd disappeared in broad daylight, without his belongings. Ranma hadn't even been aware that he'd been manifesting a battle aura until Kasumi picked him and tried to soothe him. It was, however, too little too late.
Pompously, Genma finally threw the match on the gas puddle. "Why I bet that worthless, ungrateful brat of mine is cavorting in the Red District with some loose mannered girl spending money that OUGHT to be given to me, his poor selfless father. If this goes on any longer I'll have to have Nodoka reign the boy in with the Seppuku pledge!" Seeing Soun agree entirely with these statement, and even Akane looking pleased, Ranma's restraint snapped. With a loud 'Miyah' Ranma slipped out of Kasumi's grip, Ki infused foot leading. Genma never saw what hit him. With a noisy crash the overweight martial artist flew through the door and landed in a pile of the boards and cinder blocks Akane practiced on. Feeling better, Ranma took a moment to enjoy the much missed feeling of whaling on his old man. Before he was finished though his danger sense went from 'Ha! What danger!' to 'Oh S%^! Move!'. A half second after his dodge a familiar wooden mallet demolished the floor where he'd been standing. Whipping her mallet back up Akane took aim. Even if she didn't recognize him Ranma still somehow ended up pissing her off.
"Stupid rodent! How dare you hurt Mr. Saotome like that!" She never got to take a second swing though.
"Akane Tendo! How dare you try to hurt poor Neko like that! He was only scared because everyone was shouting and yelling so loudly." Stepping in front of her stunned baby sister Kasumi snatched up her pet and started cuddling and comforting him. "Poor Neko. All that noise must of hurt your ears. Why don't we go into the kitchen and make you some sweet bean jam? Would you like that?" In her arms Neko started to purr, although that might have had something to do with belly rub he was getting. As owner and pet slid into the kitchen Kasumi's fading voice could still be heard. "Don't worry Neko-kun, I'll make sure you don't get hurt even if I have to take away Akane's silly little mallet."
Snickering, Nabiki finished her meal before heading back to her room. At the base of the stairs she paused and turned towards her little sister. "You'd better be nice to the bunny for a while Akane. Otherwise Kasumi might decide you're being naughty and you'll have to actually start doing your chores." The gob smacked expression on Akane's face had Nabiki laughing all the way up stairs.
Later that night…
In an otherwise unoccupied TV room cabbit Ranma idly used his paw to flick through channels, looking for something either entertaining or calming to watch. During his march back to the Tendo Dojo to wait for pig-boy to swing by Ranma had discovered that his new body needed very little sleep. Barely 2 hours if he had done nothing all day, upwards of 5 if he really exerted himself. While useful for more training it did tend to leave him with long periods of time to do nothing but think while his body physically recovered. Given that he hadn't exactly been a philosopher before the change this little fact lead to a lot of thoughts that had never occurred to him before. His fiancées for example. With lots of time and lack of human hormones to cloud his thoughts(4), he'd come to a startling (to him) conclusion.
While they all had their moments of kindness and understanding, deep down they were bitches.
He was FAR from innocent himself but thinking back over 90 something percent of his troubles were caused by girls trying to force him into a relationship he never asked for or his idiot father's gross incompetence. Idly, Ranma made a note to figure out where he'd learned that last word, but it fit the old man so damn well. He was a grasping, fumbling boob and if the greedy, stupid, son of a bitch hadn't kept him from all forms of female contact he wouldn't have NEARLY so many problems. Well, given his luck, he would, but at least then he'd know how to deal with them!
Grumbling, the sleepless martial artist jabbed the remote a little harder then he should have but no harm was done this time. Switching again he discovered that the next channel was off the air for the night…and someone was sneaking around the house. Snorting, Ranma headed off to see what jerk/idiot had broken in this time. Using a few basic principles from the Thieves Cloak (But not the actual technique, just saying) to better conceal himself the transformed young man caught up with the intruder at the base of the stairs. From the looks of things they had dragged something from upstairs and were taking pains to be quiet as possible with their prize. Something about the burglar's basic shape pinged his mental alarms but they seemed no bigger then his current form so why not? Building up a small amount of Ki Ranma launched a cabbit-modified version of the Saotome Shooting Star kick. The unsuspecting intruder noticed him just in time to receive a face full of Ki charged foot.
BAM!
"Miyah miyah Miyah!" ^Cabbit Crushes Can Technique^
Eyes wide, the invader, who was 4 legged, barely scrambled out of the way as Ranma came down from his leap with enough force to have broken multiple bones. They were still caught off guard when in the blink of an eye Ranma shifted his weight to his front legs and mule-kicked with his back.
"Mrooooooow!" THUD
'Huh. Cat. Should be terrified, but all I want to do is knock that fur ball into next week…I can work with this.' ^Face my wrath Feline! As I have suffered, you're going to too!^
A hiss and a fading yelp let him know that the cat had retreated at top speed. Satisfied, Ranma hopped over to the dropped loot and in the poor light of the hallway, eventually managed to ID it as Nabiki's planner. Wondering why the hell a cat of all things would want Nabiki's planner he started dragging it back upstairs. It's not like he had anything else to do and the Hell if he was gonna catch the rap for this.
Blocks away a slinking feline figure darted through shadows and up against a restaurant. Pushing through a cat flap an exotically colored cat slide into the kitchen, eyes focused on an elderly figure clutching a steaming kettle. Eyebrows quirked the venerable individual emptied the kettle onto the cat which transformed into a beautiful Chinese girl with unique purple hair. Drawing off her pipe the smaller and older of the two waited till her great-granddaughter was dressed before starting.
#Tell me grandchild, why are you limping?#
The girl, Shampoo, grimaced before answering. #Grandmother, I went to steal the Mercenary's date book as you asked but I was caught.# The Matriarch frowned unhappily. With Happy out of the house for beach season and Ranma missing it should have been easy for an Amazon of Shampoo's training to retrieve the book.
#Tell me granddaughter, who found you out?#
Shampoo flushed in embarrassment. #A rabbit, grandmother.# Seeing the blank expression on her grandmother's face she explained further. #I made it into the house undetected, but when I was carrying the book away I felt something watching me. As I moved to spot the watcher I was attacked by a rabbit who was covered in blue flames#
Curious Cologne pressed her hand to Shampoo's injury and extended her senses. A moment later she drew her hand away swearing in her native tongue. #It seems that the Tendo's have grown paranoid in your groom's absence. That wound was inflicted by nothing of this world but as to what it is exactly, I cannot tell.# The Matriarch scowled unhappily, mentally narrowing the list of scrolls she would have to read to identify what ever it was that the Tendo's had bound to their service. A search that would have to take place later she conceded eying her granddaughter's wound.
#Come along Shampoo, we'll fix your ribs up and then look into defeating this otherworldly foe.#
1) After the bruha at Phoenix Mountain, Ranma forced himself to learn to recognize magic to better be able to deal with such opponents next time.
2) Setsuna thinks he's a forest guardian type deal who got lost in the city. Ranma's been sent flying by Akane so many times that he believes her when she threatens him with mountains.
3) The nets name by way is Simoné.
4) Just because he never acted on them doesn't mean he didn't have them.
Author's Note:
I just want to say first off that I apologize for taking so long to update. I've had this in my head forever but it wouldn't squeeze itself onto the keyboard. Anyway, you may have noticed that the introduction is missing, it because I'm trying something with it. It will still be posted on the site, just not on this story. Remember, reviews are a man's best friend(sorry dogs) and I'm still hoping I'll get an omake submission. I'd love to see your take on this story.
Ranma Saotome Doesn't Miyah! As far as the plot wants to go!
Sincerely,
Tigee86.
When the Cabbit Transformation box was destroyed in Chapter 1, we saw Yukinari's fate. What else could have possibly happened?
Omake submission by Kytranis: Attention! This Omake has been given life! Kytranis has started this a full story called Zero's Cabbit. It can be found on my favorites list.
BANG! That was the predictable result of Louise the Zero attempting to summon a familiar, although what looked like a black rabbit with a gem in it's forehead was unexpected. "Well congratulations Madam Valliere, you've summoned an... um... well to be perfectly honest I'm not sure. It appears to be some sort of cat rabbit cross?" Mr. Colbert said walking up to the tiny animal and picking it up by the scruff, it panicked and started to rise bringing the shocked professor with him.
'what the! What's going on? What happened to me?' he thought in panic until a girl with pink hair stood below him and ordered him down. In shock, he dropped, right into her arms and she kissed him on the jewel center of the forehead.
"There, now stay calm little guy, I'm going to take good care of you." Louise promised.
Um, alright my name's Saito. What's yours? she heard echo through her mind. Her eyes widened, this was the beginning of something big. She knew it.
Next day
"I cannot believe you cleared out that entire table! It looks like I'll have to teach you some manners Hiraga Saito!" she scolded her familiar that had not only eaten all the food off a table, but half the silver cutlery as well, and three plates four cups and a chair. Although it was hard to stay mad at a creature made of the softest fur she had ever felt and with two huge soulful eyes and the prettiest gem growing from it's forehead and the cutest... 'No! Discipline the little pest!' she mentally ranted. Although she started to question that line of thought when it blasted Kirche's salamander when it scared the little guy. She reinforced it when using it's telepathy, flying ability and a damn smart tongue managed to challenge Guiche to a duel. Then was ecstatic when the fluff ball not only won but made a complete idiot out of him. This was the beginning of something very very good in her mind.
