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Ranma ½ AU Ch 11

"Talking"

Shouting

'Thinking'

*Sound Affects*

{Written Words}

' Memory '

(Chinese)

"Come on Mr. Panda you need to get out of the crate." Ranma-chan coaxed Genma whom was faining sleep.

"Then I'll be going to Jusenkyo by myself." Ranma-chan said as she started walking away.

Genma immediately got out of the crate and grabbed his pack as he ran after Ranma-chan.

{You did that on purpose} Genma's sign read as he caught up to her.

"Of course I did pops."

{Let's just get to jusenkyo}

"Point taken." Ranma-chan said as they hurried to leave the port.

OOooOO

A few months later they finally made it to jusenkyo.

"Hello good sirs welcome to juse-." Looking them up and down the guide continued. "You been here before no?"

"Unfortunately yes." Genma answered.

"Oh you man who fall shonmaoneechuan how tragic. How boy who fall nyanneechuan?" The guide asked.

"He's right here." Ranma said bringing attention to himself.

"Oh little boy grow up." The guide stated before asking. "You here for information?"

"Yes we are." Genma said keeping a straight face.

"You come right place. What want know?" The guide asked pulling out his pipe.

"Is there a cure for the curses?" Genma asked expectantly.

"Yes and no." The guide said as he puffed his pipe.

"Huh?" The two listeners asked.

"There be many temporary cures but no known permanent cure."

Genma swore under his breath at their bad luck.

"Good sir might find answer at Amazon village."

"Really?" The aged martial artist asked with starry eyes as he stood in front of the guide.

"I lead you there sirs if want." The guide answered just as thunder was heard in the background followed by rain. "It rain to bad." The guide said as he stared into the face of Genma turned panda. "Enough this. Come sirs go to Amazon village talk to head woman."

A half hours walk later they entered the village of Amazon women. As they walked through Ranma-chan noticed a lot of the women were staring at her. Not that she blamed them because with her orange and navy blue gi paired with big black boots she didn't exactly blend in. The amazons however could somehow sense that this girl though small was powerful. The big pack on her back didn't hurt that assessment either.

"Sirs headwoman home here." Their guide said standing in front of the building.

Nodding Genma proceeded to knock. With a call to enter the panda opened the door and went in Ranma-chan close behind.

"I see you're victims of jusenkyo. What can I do for you?" The shriveled up old woman asked puffing on her pipe.

{Hot water first}

"That can be arranged." the old woman said clapping her hands.

Not a second later a purple haired girl walked in.

(Yes Great-grandmother?)

(Our two guests here are in need of hot water retrieve some.)

(Right away) The girl said as she disappeared.

"You will have hot water shortly." The old woman said turning back to the two in front of her. "My name is Cologne and as you've already been told I am the matriarch of this village."

{Genma Saotome} The panda's sign read.

"I'm Ranma Saotome."

Nodding her head Cologne turned to the door as her granddaughter walked in with a kettle.

(Shampoo we're going to converse in Japanese for the benefit of our guests.)

"Yes Great-grandmother." Shampoo answered in japanese as she handed the kettle to Genma.

After they both changed back Cologne couldn't help but stare at Ranma sizing him up.

'I know I felt power coming from him before but now that he's in his original form I can see that it's not just spiritual power but physical as well. I need to make him part of our village. But the power he has seems to come from elsewhere what does this mean?'

"We were told that you were the most likely to have answers to our questions." Genma stated after letting Cologne look them over for a minute.

"Concerning your curses. Am I right?"

"Yes."

"We of the Amazons have a long history of making use of the springs. So we are quite knowledgeable on the subject. And whether you came upon it by accident or trial and error you have made use of using your ki to alter your clothing to your form."

"What are talking about old woman?" Ranma blurted out clearly confused.

"I mean that your clothing has been completely saturated with your ki making it react to your form. Which in Genma's case it disappears. Only to reappear when he's hit with hot water." Cologne answered indicating the aging martial artist whom smiled sheepishly.

"Well pops you did something right for once."

"He's your father? I never suspected."

"Yes well back to the reason we came here." Genma interjected getting her attention he continued. "Is there a cure for our curses?"

"There isn't what you would call a cure because the results could be unsatisfactory."

"Explain." Genma prodded.

"If you fall into multiple springs whether by accident or intentionally it adds to or changes your current curse. Or in a worst case scenario you die depending on the spring combinations."

Genma and Ranma grimaced at this news.

"However you can make your cursed your only form by falling into the same spring twice. Then if you choose to you can fall into the spring that denotes what you were born as though you aren't guaranteed to look as you once did. As for a spring or spell that removes the curse the methods available have no guarantee of working."

"So you're saying it would be easier to stay this way?" Ranma asked.

"That sums it up nicely." Cologne answered nodding her head.

Nodding in return Ranma dumped cold water over Genma's head.

"Well pop you've had the curse for eight years so you should be getting used to it by now." Ranma said patting Genma on the back earning a bucket to be dumped on his own head.

"Well it's about time for our annual tournament to test our villagers strength. Since you're a girl half the time you could enter." Cologne said with a sly smile the gears in her head turning like crazy.

"Hmm." Ranma-chan said thinking. "Don't see why not could be good training."

{Are you sure that's a good idea Ranma?}

"The old woman okayed it so it should be fine."

'Yes you beat the champion and you'll be joining the village.' Cologne thought evilly resisting the urge to laugh outright.

"Shampoo let's announce that it's time for this years tournament." Cologne said turning to the girl who was listening to the conversation with interest.

"Shampoo go and do." Shampoo answered with a smile on her face as she left. 'I might get a good husband this year.'

"As we won't start till tomorrow. Will you do us the honor of staying the night?" Cologne asked her two guests before turning to the guide. "You can go home now we can take care of them." Nodding the guide bowed and left.

{We'd be happy to oblige} The sign that Genma flipped up read.

"Geez get some hot water already." Ranma-chan admonished her father as she poured hot water over his head.

"Not that hot Ranma." Genma said indignantly.

"Well I'm so sorry." Ranma-chan replied unapologetically.

'Yes he will do nicely.'Cologne thought smiling smugly.