CHAPTER 2: THE JOURNEY BEGINS
There was a gentle breeze blowing as Ranma, Akane, Ran-Chan. Nabiki, and her American boyfriend Ryan Cage sat in the park and just relaxed after an especially hard week at home and at school. Besides, Ranma had a surprise for Akane that he had planned for a day like this.
The day was turning out to be perfect alright. The wind was carrying the sweet fragrance and the petals of the freshly bloomed cherry blossoms on its gentle current. Many would say that the blossoms weren't the only things blooming in the air in this near perfect heaven.
Ran-Chan quietly sat on the park bench as she saw how much in love Akane and Ranma and Ryan and Nabiki were in love with each other by the sickening little things that people in love would do. Ran-Chan slowly started feeling like a fifth wheel as she thought to herself," Love is everywhere, but there is no one for me to share it with. THIS SUCKS!!!!!".
Just as Ran-Chan finished her thought, she heard the annoyingly loud voice of Upperclassmen Kuno cry out,"Pig- Tailed Girl!! At last, I have found you!!!! I , Tatewaki Kuno, the rising star of the High School fencing world have come here to tell you that I decided that I will date with you!!!! Come to me, my little pig-tailed girl!!!".
Unimpressed with Kuno' offer, Ran-Chan extended her left hand as Kuno blindly continued his charge towards the slightly depressed red-headed girl who was resting her very troubled head on her right hand.
The lovestruck Blue Thunder of Furinkan High didn't even see Ran-Chan' extended fist, but he definitely felt it when he was struck by it really hard. She told Kuno," Give it up, Kuno. I have never been or ever will be interested in you!". The words didn't strike pay dirt in Kuno' mind as he laid on the ground with a goofy grin on his face and twitching in pain. Everyone, included Ran-Chan, giggled a bit at Kuno.
Nabiki jokingly said, " At least one good thing about Kuno Baby, he's persistent. I also have to admit that he was always a barrel of fun, especially when he was chasing you , Akane.", pausing to take a quick glance over at Kuno," Anyway, I can't believe that it has bad about 2 months you two have been dating each other. Surprisingly, you haven't killed each other yet. I guess, dare I say it, you two are truly in love with each other. It's about blasted time, sis.".
Akane blushed slightly as she replied," Yeah, I guess you're right. We are in love, but we still need to work out some things between us. Besides, Nabiki. You and Ryan look pretty happy together in your own right.". Nabiki spoke with a slight sorrow in her voice," We are, but I really wish that Daddy would understand that I'm not seeing Ryan to spite him in anyway. And I dare say it, I am in love with him.," pausing to catch a tear," Anyway, I didn't always like him when he started going to our school. He first came off as a typical American boy, but I soon saw a different side to him. I guess you could say that he kinda grew on me in a good way.".
Just then the quiet party of five and a half was soon turned into a party of ten as Kuno came back to life as Ukyo Kuonji, Shampoo, Mousse, and Ryoga Habiki joined the party. This was a definite tense moment for all because their given combined past confrontation.
A few months ago, any variation of this particular group of people would have gotten together and the fur would have definite flew. The best way to describe their pseudo relationship was like throwing a lit match into powderkeg room. No one ever knew exactly what would happen next because the one volatile factor centered around Ranma and Akane.
But the last couple of months or so have been an incredible experience for all those gathered in the park as Ranma and Akane' relationship slowly took hold in everyone' minds. In that same time, friendships surprisingly grew stronger and bonds were created.
With extra food provided by Ukyo and Shampoo, everyone slowly lowered their guards enough to let themselves have a good time. Even Ran-Chan eventually participated in the festivities.
Mousse was the main source of entertainment as he treated everyone to a spectacular of "magic". But even Mousse' magic couldn't have predicted or protected everyone from the unusually bad weather that seemed to move into the area.
Suddenly, a wickedly cold wind ripped through the park with a vengeance as Ranma and the gang started packing everything up. The winds kicked up a notch as the sky darkened even further and was soon filled with lightning bolts. Ranma and Ran-Chan simultaneously got a very bad feeling about the approaching storm.
Nabiki suggested," Let's get this stuff together and move it over to our house!". No one argued as the eerie feeling that the Ran Twins felt slowly spread throughout the group. That only made everyone try to get everything up faster and get the heck out of dodge. The consensus was that the impending storm wasn't natural at all.
A wave of pure fear succumbed Ranma enough that he yelled out," Forget this stuff!! Let's haul ass back to the house! C'mon everyone!!!!!". It was too late for that.
In a strange case of deja vu, Ranma was struck by a bolt of blue lightning which lifted him into the air like before. Ranma cried out in a shower of immense pain," AKANE!!!! HELP ME, AKANEEEE!!!!".
Akane reacted instinctively as she reached her hand out to Ranma, but soon found herself engulfed in the same blue lightning as it jumped from person to person. It wasn't long before the entire group was encased in the lightning' electric grasp.
The screams were blood curdling enough that a madman would have found that to be his symphony of pain. The lightning coursed through everyone' being in way that could be only described as a micro lightning bolt with a tail of razor blades racing through their being.
The pain grew to be so intense that everyone finally passed out from it. But that was the last good thing to happen to the group before their pending adventure was done.
When the crew passed out from the pain, they were still in Nermia. That wasn't where they would wake up at.
Akane was the first one to slowly come around and see that she and the girls were literal strangers in a strange land. And even though she was still a bit groggy, Akane' sense made up for that as they became stronger than ever before.
Akane felt at the ground below her feet with her hands and found it to be very ash like in consistency. Very different from the sweet smelling grass of the park back in Nermia. The air also seemed to feel like it was on fire as Akane found that she had a hard time catching her breath while she scoped out the local landscape.
"Do I dare ask what on Earth could go wrong next today??". Akane asked herself that as the ground below her started to shake violently as Ukyo, Shampoo, Ran-Chan, and Nabiki slowly came around at the same time. It finally hit Akane like a ball ping hammer where exactly she had woken up at.
Ukyo asked," How in the hell did we get ourselves on the side of this volcano, Akane?". Shampoo replied," Shampoo, don't know. But Shampoo think that we need to run because volcano going to blow right now!!!".
Everyone soon that Shampoo was right as a small stream of lava flowed out from the top of the volcano and slowly made its way towards the still shaken up girls.
The 5 disoriented girls started to run faster they thought that they could as they tried to keep some distance between them and the liquid fire. Unfortunately, more lava flowed from the crater and added onto the stream of molten ooze.
There was a gentle breeze blowing as Ranma, Akane, Ran-Chan. Nabiki, and her American boyfriend Ryan Cage sat in the park and just relaxed after an especially hard week at home and at school. Besides, Ranma had a surprise for Akane that he had planned for a day like this.
The day was turning out to be perfect alright. The wind was carrying the sweet fragrance and the petals of the freshly bloomed cherry blossoms on its gentle current. Many would say that the blossoms weren't the only things blooming in the air in this near perfect heaven.
Ran-Chan quietly sat on the park bench as she saw how much in love Akane and Ranma and Ryan and Nabiki were in love with each other by the sickening little things that people in love would do. Ran-Chan slowly started feeling like a fifth wheel as she thought to herself," Love is everywhere, but there is no one for me to share it with. THIS SUCKS!!!!!".
Just as Ran-Chan finished her thought, she heard the annoyingly loud voice of Upperclassmen Kuno cry out,"Pig- Tailed Girl!! At last, I have found you!!!! I , Tatewaki Kuno, the rising star of the High School fencing world have come here to tell you that I decided that I will date with you!!!! Come to me, my little pig-tailed girl!!!".
Unimpressed with Kuno' offer, Ran-Chan extended her left hand as Kuno blindly continued his charge towards the slightly depressed red-headed girl who was resting her very troubled head on her right hand.
The lovestruck Blue Thunder of Furinkan High didn't even see Ran-Chan' extended fist, but he definitely felt it when he was struck by it really hard. She told Kuno," Give it up, Kuno. I have never been or ever will be interested in you!". The words didn't strike pay dirt in Kuno' mind as he laid on the ground with a goofy grin on his face and twitching in pain. Everyone, included Ran-Chan, giggled a bit at Kuno.
Nabiki jokingly said, " At least one good thing about Kuno Baby, he's persistent. I also have to admit that he was always a barrel of fun, especially when he was chasing you , Akane.", pausing to take a quick glance over at Kuno," Anyway, I can't believe that it has bad about 2 months you two have been dating each other. Surprisingly, you haven't killed each other yet. I guess, dare I say it, you two are truly in love with each other. It's about blasted time, sis.".
Akane blushed slightly as she replied," Yeah, I guess you're right. We are in love, but we still need to work out some things between us. Besides, Nabiki. You and Ryan look pretty happy together in your own right.". Nabiki spoke with a slight sorrow in her voice," We are, but I really wish that Daddy would understand that I'm not seeing Ryan to spite him in anyway. And I dare say it, I am in love with him.," pausing to catch a tear," Anyway, I didn't always like him when he started going to our school. He first came off as a typical American boy, but I soon saw a different side to him. I guess you could say that he kinda grew on me in a good way.".
Just then the quiet party of five and a half was soon turned into a party of ten as Kuno came back to life as Ukyo Kuonji, Shampoo, Mousse, and Ryoga Habiki joined the party. This was a definite tense moment for all because their given combined past confrontation.
A few months ago, any variation of this particular group of people would have gotten together and the fur would have definite flew. The best way to describe their pseudo relationship was like throwing a lit match into powderkeg room. No one ever knew exactly what would happen next because the one volatile factor centered around Ranma and Akane.
But the last couple of months or so have been an incredible experience for all those gathered in the park as Ranma and Akane' relationship slowly took hold in everyone' minds. In that same time, friendships surprisingly grew stronger and bonds were created.
With extra food provided by Ukyo and Shampoo, everyone slowly lowered their guards enough to let themselves have a good time. Even Ran-Chan eventually participated in the festivities.
Mousse was the main source of entertainment as he treated everyone to a spectacular of "magic". But even Mousse' magic couldn't have predicted or protected everyone from the unusually bad weather that seemed to move into the area.
Suddenly, a wickedly cold wind ripped through the park with a vengeance as Ranma and the gang started packing everything up. The winds kicked up a notch as the sky darkened even further and was soon filled with lightning bolts. Ranma and Ran-Chan simultaneously got a very bad feeling about the approaching storm.
Nabiki suggested," Let's get this stuff together and move it over to our house!". No one argued as the eerie feeling that the Ran Twins felt slowly spread throughout the group. That only made everyone try to get everything up faster and get the heck out of dodge. The consensus was that the impending storm wasn't natural at all.
A wave of pure fear succumbed Ranma enough that he yelled out," Forget this stuff!! Let's haul ass back to the house! C'mon everyone!!!!!". It was too late for that.
In a strange case of deja vu, Ranma was struck by a bolt of blue lightning which lifted him into the air like before. Ranma cried out in a shower of immense pain," AKANE!!!! HELP ME, AKANEEEE!!!!".
Akane reacted instinctively as she reached her hand out to Ranma, but soon found herself engulfed in the same blue lightning as it jumped from person to person. It wasn't long before the entire group was encased in the lightning' electric grasp.
The screams were blood curdling enough that a madman would have found that to be his symphony of pain. The lightning coursed through everyone' being in way that could be only described as a micro lightning bolt with a tail of razor blades racing through their being.
The pain grew to be so intense that everyone finally passed out from it. But that was the last good thing to happen to the group before their pending adventure was done.
When the crew passed out from the pain, they were still in Nermia. That wasn't where they would wake up at.
Akane was the first one to slowly come around and see that she and the girls were literal strangers in a strange land. And even though she was still a bit groggy, Akane' sense made up for that as they became stronger than ever before.
Akane felt at the ground below her feet with her hands and found it to be very ash like in consistency. Very different from the sweet smelling grass of the park back in Nermia. The air also seemed to feel like it was on fire as Akane found that she had a hard time catching her breath while she scoped out the local landscape.
"Do I dare ask what on Earth could go wrong next today??". Akane asked herself that as the ground below her started to shake violently as Ukyo, Shampoo, Ran-Chan, and Nabiki slowly came around at the same time. It finally hit Akane like a ball ping hammer where exactly she had woken up at.
Ukyo asked," How in the hell did we get ourselves on the side of this volcano, Akane?". Shampoo replied," Shampoo, don't know. But Shampoo think that we need to run because volcano going to blow right now!!!".
Everyone soon that Shampoo was right as a small stream of lava flowed out from the top of the volcano and slowly made its way towards the still shaken up girls.
The 5 disoriented girls started to run faster they thought that they could as they tried to keep some distance between them and the liquid fire. Unfortunately, more lava flowed from the crater and added onto the stream of molten ooze.