Chapter 1
The day started just like any other at the Tendo dojo...
Kasumi was listening to the Television in the background and was humming a little tune. As the reporter on the TV spoke of the "... reported instances of shops being broken into and of the people being injured, but strangely after speak to the detective it had been denied ever happening, although there are reports of it from several different people... including paramedics..." at this point Kasumi turned the TV off.
Akane woke up and stretched and put on her gi, as she walked out of her room she stopped to stretch for a moment then walked down the stairs. On her way to the dojo, she looked over at Genma and Ranma-kun fighting over the koi pond. She admired his form and figure, her eyes going over his body as he flexed and stretched and flew through the air with grace. She blushed lightly, realizing it may be a long time before she could ever get to be on par with him, if ever... She continued her walk into the dojo with a silent promise to work harder to become as good as him.
Ranma smiled as he fought his father his confidence growing, as his father was not able to lay a finger on him.
"Is that the best you can do pops? Heh... "He started to grin.
Genma saw his smile turn into an over-confident grin... Then he lashed out at Ranma and took his feet out from under him sending him flying head first toward the koi pond, and watched as Ranma caught himself and aimed to land on the rock on the side of the pond.
"Watch yourself boy. Never underestimate your opponent!! Ha ha I can still teach you a few tricks."
Suddenly Genma paused and flew towards the ground like a rock... unconscious. Ranma looked around for the hidden assailant and saw a flash of grey enter the dojo.
"Oh no AKANE!!!" Ranma practically flew into the dojo "Akane? AKANE!" Ranma looked up and into the air to see a being of some sort holding Akane in the air.
"LET HER GO!!" Ranma screamed at the unknown opponent.
The being seemed to contemplate this and looked straight into Akane's eyes. Akane tried to scream but nothing came out. The being looked into her and started to turn red and turned a slight tinge of pink and then looked at Ranma.
"Why? Will you take care of her?" It asked Ranma.
"Yes I will take care of her." Ranma looked at the being angrily then his gaze softened as he looked at Akane.
"Then so be it." The being threw Akane at Ranma and he jumped up to catch her, once catching her he looked into her eyes. A faint glowing started around them and it wrapped them both. Then in their minds at the same time they heard the being talk "So be it. It has begun..." And then the being faded away and the light slowly ebbed away.
Genma woke up groggily spitting the dirt out of his mouth; he looked around only to hear Ranma and Akane screaming. He ran to the dojo, as he got closer he saw a faint light ebbing from the two. "Ranma are you ok? Akane??" He walked in to see Akane resting, but there was something wrong...Akane looked differently... Ranma's arms comfortably fit around what seemed to be Akane. Ranma looking down at her... Staring into her eyes...
Ranma looked deeply into Akane's eyes and they seemed to be in a different place, he looked around him and saw a city full of people. With a large statue... He saw a great blue sea full of life and wonders... He was in a dank dark catacomb... He saw a set of pyramids and large sand dunes... He looked at Akane and she seemed to be glowing. He looked back into her eyes and saw himself in the real world. He blinked and he was back. He looked at Akane and gasped as he was looking back into Akane's eyes looking out from the body of his female form...
Kasumi walked up behind Genma, "Oh my, Akane? Ranma? Are you ok?" At Kasumi's voice they both turned to look at her the glowing disappearing completely... taking Akane's hair color with it leaving a Ranma-kun holding a now red-haired Akane-chan that looked like Ranma's female half...as Kasumi watched, Akane's chocolate brown eyes turned blue like Ranma's ...
Kasumi hit the ground with a soft thud...
Ranma reached up to grab the base of his pigtail, "Uh yeah Kasumi. We're ok. I think..."
At the sound of Ranma's voice so close made Akane blink for a second, "Ranma you pervert!!!" she stood up very quickly and swung her hand back to smack him, the wind blew ever so softly as the cicada chirped outside, Akane pulled a strand of hair up around her face and stared at it for a few seconds ... then she opened her gi to look at her now larger chest and went white..."RANMA!! WHAT HAPPENED? " Akane then noticed her voice now was the same light soprano of Ranma-chan's...
Then she stomped off towards the house, but stopped after about 10 feet and couldn't go any further. She put her arms up in front of her and seemed to be facing a wall, but she knew there wasn't a wall, so why couldn't she go any further. "RANMA!!! What THE HELL IS HAPPENING?" Akane turned around obviously unhappy.
Soun Tendo just watched the situation in silence, his eyes starting to water...
Kasumi walked over towards Akane, "Akane?" she reached out towards her and patted Akane on the shoulder.
Shampoo bounced over the Tendo wall and into their yard, Mousse hopped over the gate behind Shampoo... "Shampoo stop... stop my love, you aren't well enough to do this yet..." Mousse's cries were lost on the stubborn Amazon...he watched her stagger across the yard towards the dojo... noting that most of the family was in the dojo he headed that way.
"Nihao!" Shampoo cried out as she walked towards the family, " Shampoo come to see Ranma, where he at? " Akane turned to glare at Shampoo...
"You did this didn't you! " Akane screamed at Shampoo," You stupid bimbo, I can't believe you!" Akane waved her fists at Shampoo.
Shampoo looked confused and desperate, as she walked around the both of them as she looked at the male Ranma in the Dojo "EH? Airen? Which one of you is Airen? " Akane pointed to Ranma "Who are you?"
Akane frowned and turned around and sat down and leaned against the thin air... Ranma walked toward her and as he did Akane fell backwards and stopped a centimeter before hitting the floor ... she looked up into eyes that looked at her with concern, and another emotion there ... she did not get enough time to recognize it as she fainted away she heard the others calling for her...
* * * * *
Akane looked around herself and blinked, she saw herself surrounded by people and places that blurred by so fast she glanced around her she seemed to be inside of a bubble and she felt secure and warm. She looked around and she was able to recognize some places that blurred by her...the rest just blurred on by. Then she heard her name being called by somebody; she turned to find herself surrounded by night blooming jasmine, she looked around her, she saw a shadow of a figure to her right... she tried to turn to see it but who ever it was stayed out of her field of vision...she smiled at the game...
* * * * *
Akane woke up to Kasumi patting a wet cloth against her forehead, "How long was I out Kasumi? " Akane read her hand up to cover her eyes... the light was awfully bright...she pulled her hand off of her face and looked at Kasumi her eyes adjusting to the light in the room...
"Oh not too long Akane... don't worry...although you did move around like you were dreaming... " Kasumi gasped..."Oh my! Akane...your eyes... "
Akane walked over to a mirror in the living room and looked at her eyes... they were a combination of a misty grey-blue with a silver tinge to it, surrounded by a ring of dark chocolate brown...she gasped and it went back to her normal dark chocolate brown.
"Oh my Akane..."
"Where is Ranma?"
"Oh he is right outside the living room...on the porch" no sooner than the words out of her mouth Akane ran out the door..."watch out for the -"
~splash~
Akane came running out of the living room, As she was running out she hit the bucket that Kasumi used to wash the windows and she was splashed by the water, grimacing she continued out to go ask Ranma what happened... especially that...
She got to the porch and shook out her hair sending a light spray of water about the room...
Ranma looked on almost mesmerized as Akane shook out her now red hair. She leaned over to lightly wring her hair out, her and her now wet gi clung to her curves, Akane poured a kettle of water over her head, and changed back...
Ranma sighed forlornly...~she is so beautiful...I wish we could get along better...~
Shampoo looked at him and heard him sigh knowing what he was thinking and after the ordeal she just faced... her eyes started to glow a dark purple... "Obstacles are for killing..." she whispered under her breath... she tensed up for a moment and sprung upon her unsuspecting prey... Ranma saw her jump and moved to block her; just as Akane turned around she just looked straight on at Shampoo flying at her... and just grinned.
Shampoo was disarmed by the grin on Akane's face; it would be more fit on the face of her mercenary sister... Shampoo flew straight and true towards Akane... and Akane just crossed her arms. Akane just watched as Shampoo approached her faster and faster...
All Akane did was blink and for that brief second she looked like she was waiting to be hit, as Shampoo was about 2 feet away, she stopped
.........In mid air, defying all gravity...
There seemed to be a glowing blue field around Akane...she frowned...and it went away... Shampoo fell to the ground with a not-so-light thud...
Cologne appeared about two seconds after Shampoo had fallen to the ground...she looked at Akane, "We must speak...Ranma, Akane..." she hopped into the Tendo living room with Shampoo over her shoulder.
"What has happened in the last few hours?" Cologne asked of the group.
"Well I was sparring with pops and then something came along and knocked him out, and then I heard Akane scream. I ran into the dojo and she was being held by 'something'...not sure what it was, but it asked me if I would take care of her and I said yes to get Akane back... and then it threw her at me..." Ranma started to blush, "not before it did something to her though..."
Akane looked peeved for a second but nodded and poured her glass of water over her head, the change lasted all of a second, and when she opened her eyes, Cologne gasped. "This should not be ... Akane? "
"Yes it's me... the only thing is...I don't think I am entirely me... I think I have parts of him in me... I remember things like he does... and well umm that's about it I think."
"Child do you realize you and Ranma in female form are absolute twins?" Cologne poked Akane in the back making her fall instantly asleep...then poured a little hot water on her and watched her change... then she went to poke her again and could not even touch her a bluish sphere seemed to be wrapped about her... "Hmmm...Ranma wake her up... "
As Ranma reached out to touch her the sphere took on a light pink tinge and when Ranma touched her, she awoke with a soft mewl from a deep sleep... When she opened her eyes, they were a combination of a misty-grey blue and silver surrounded by a ring of dark chocolate brown, she blinked and they were their normal color again.
"Akane do you remember anything from your dreams?" Cologne asked of Akane.
Akane blinked for a few seconds, then she looked introspective...then she blinked again...
" I can't remember much ...what I do remember is... safety... and a sense of protection, love and power..." As Akane said that she leaned forward grabbing her head and started to cry in pain and then she started to laugh, "There is sooooo much Cologne I just can't see it all it goes by so fast ..."
Ranma was startled by Akane's cry of pain, nearly jumping across the room, "Akane!?" At Ranma's touch the room crackled with electricity, a red and blue shield surrounded Ranma and Akane.
"Akane are you alright? " Ranma asked... "I mean with all we have been through you should be able to make it through this..." Cologne gasped.
"What old ghoul? What do you know? Is there a way to stop this? " Ranma looked desperate to help Akane.
"There is something we must speak about ... with all of you..."
After Cologne said that there was a cry from the outside from the wall, they looked over to the Tendo wall as the dust and broken chunks fell to the ground around the figure of Ryouga... he looked to be carrying something over his shoulder... at first glance it appeared to be his backpack slung over his shoulder... but since when did his backpack have hair... with a white bow... " Ukyou! Ryouga!!..."
Ryouga slumped over on the ground after flashing a sardonic grin, saying, " I made it...." And fell into unconsciousness...
To be continued...
Ranma 1/2 is the property of Rumiko Takahashi, Viz Communications, and KITTY.
The day started just like any other at the Tendo dojo...
Kasumi was listening to the Television in the background and was humming a little tune. As the reporter on the TV spoke of the "... reported instances of shops being broken into and of the people being injured, but strangely after speak to the detective it had been denied ever happening, although there are reports of it from several different people... including paramedics..." at this point Kasumi turned the TV off.
Akane woke up and stretched and put on her gi, as she walked out of her room she stopped to stretch for a moment then walked down the stairs. On her way to the dojo, she looked over at Genma and Ranma-kun fighting over the koi pond. She admired his form and figure, her eyes going over his body as he flexed and stretched and flew through the air with grace. She blushed lightly, realizing it may be a long time before she could ever get to be on par with him, if ever... She continued her walk into the dojo with a silent promise to work harder to become as good as him.
Ranma smiled as he fought his father his confidence growing, as his father was not able to lay a finger on him.
"Is that the best you can do pops? Heh... "He started to grin.
Genma saw his smile turn into an over-confident grin... Then he lashed out at Ranma and took his feet out from under him sending him flying head first toward the koi pond, and watched as Ranma caught himself and aimed to land on the rock on the side of the pond.
"Watch yourself boy. Never underestimate your opponent!! Ha ha I can still teach you a few tricks."
Suddenly Genma paused and flew towards the ground like a rock... unconscious. Ranma looked around for the hidden assailant and saw a flash of grey enter the dojo.
"Oh no AKANE!!!" Ranma practically flew into the dojo "Akane? AKANE!" Ranma looked up and into the air to see a being of some sort holding Akane in the air.
"LET HER GO!!" Ranma screamed at the unknown opponent.
The being seemed to contemplate this and looked straight into Akane's eyes. Akane tried to scream but nothing came out. The being looked into her and started to turn red and turned a slight tinge of pink and then looked at Ranma.
"Why? Will you take care of her?" It asked Ranma.
"Yes I will take care of her." Ranma looked at the being angrily then his gaze softened as he looked at Akane.
"Then so be it." The being threw Akane at Ranma and he jumped up to catch her, once catching her he looked into her eyes. A faint glowing started around them and it wrapped them both. Then in their minds at the same time they heard the being talk "So be it. It has begun..." And then the being faded away and the light slowly ebbed away.
Genma woke up groggily spitting the dirt out of his mouth; he looked around only to hear Ranma and Akane screaming. He ran to the dojo, as he got closer he saw a faint light ebbing from the two. "Ranma are you ok? Akane??" He walked in to see Akane resting, but there was something wrong...Akane looked differently... Ranma's arms comfortably fit around what seemed to be Akane. Ranma looking down at her... Staring into her eyes...
Ranma looked deeply into Akane's eyes and they seemed to be in a different place, he looked around him and saw a city full of people. With a large statue... He saw a great blue sea full of life and wonders... He was in a dank dark catacomb... He saw a set of pyramids and large sand dunes... He looked at Akane and she seemed to be glowing. He looked back into her eyes and saw himself in the real world. He blinked and he was back. He looked at Akane and gasped as he was looking back into Akane's eyes looking out from the body of his female form...
Kasumi walked up behind Genma, "Oh my, Akane? Ranma? Are you ok?" At Kasumi's voice they both turned to look at her the glowing disappearing completely... taking Akane's hair color with it leaving a Ranma-kun holding a now red-haired Akane-chan that looked like Ranma's female half...as Kasumi watched, Akane's chocolate brown eyes turned blue like Ranma's ...
Kasumi hit the ground with a soft thud...
Ranma reached up to grab the base of his pigtail, "Uh yeah Kasumi. We're ok. I think..."
At the sound of Ranma's voice so close made Akane blink for a second, "Ranma you pervert!!!" she stood up very quickly and swung her hand back to smack him, the wind blew ever so softly as the cicada chirped outside, Akane pulled a strand of hair up around her face and stared at it for a few seconds ... then she opened her gi to look at her now larger chest and went white..."RANMA!! WHAT HAPPENED? " Akane then noticed her voice now was the same light soprano of Ranma-chan's...
Then she stomped off towards the house, but stopped after about 10 feet and couldn't go any further. She put her arms up in front of her and seemed to be facing a wall, but she knew there wasn't a wall, so why couldn't she go any further. "RANMA!!! What THE HELL IS HAPPENING?" Akane turned around obviously unhappy.
Soun Tendo just watched the situation in silence, his eyes starting to water...
Kasumi walked over towards Akane, "Akane?" she reached out towards her and patted Akane on the shoulder.
Shampoo bounced over the Tendo wall and into their yard, Mousse hopped over the gate behind Shampoo... "Shampoo stop... stop my love, you aren't well enough to do this yet..." Mousse's cries were lost on the stubborn Amazon...he watched her stagger across the yard towards the dojo... noting that most of the family was in the dojo he headed that way.
"Nihao!" Shampoo cried out as she walked towards the family, " Shampoo come to see Ranma, where he at? " Akane turned to glare at Shampoo...
"You did this didn't you! " Akane screamed at Shampoo," You stupid bimbo, I can't believe you!" Akane waved her fists at Shampoo.
Shampoo looked confused and desperate, as she walked around the both of them as she looked at the male Ranma in the Dojo "EH? Airen? Which one of you is Airen? " Akane pointed to Ranma "Who are you?"
Akane frowned and turned around and sat down and leaned against the thin air... Ranma walked toward her and as he did Akane fell backwards and stopped a centimeter before hitting the floor ... she looked up into eyes that looked at her with concern, and another emotion there ... she did not get enough time to recognize it as she fainted away she heard the others calling for her...
* * * * *
Akane looked around herself and blinked, she saw herself surrounded by people and places that blurred by so fast she glanced around her she seemed to be inside of a bubble and she felt secure and warm. She looked around and she was able to recognize some places that blurred by her...the rest just blurred on by. Then she heard her name being called by somebody; she turned to find herself surrounded by night blooming jasmine, she looked around her, she saw a shadow of a figure to her right... she tried to turn to see it but who ever it was stayed out of her field of vision...she smiled at the game...
* * * * *
Akane woke up to Kasumi patting a wet cloth against her forehead, "How long was I out Kasumi? " Akane read her hand up to cover her eyes... the light was awfully bright...she pulled her hand off of her face and looked at Kasumi her eyes adjusting to the light in the room...
"Oh not too long Akane... don't worry...although you did move around like you were dreaming... " Kasumi gasped..."Oh my! Akane...your eyes... "
Akane walked over to a mirror in the living room and looked at her eyes... they were a combination of a misty grey-blue with a silver tinge to it, surrounded by a ring of dark chocolate brown...she gasped and it went back to her normal dark chocolate brown.
"Oh my Akane..."
"Where is Ranma?"
"Oh he is right outside the living room...on the porch" no sooner than the words out of her mouth Akane ran out the door..."watch out for the -"
~splash~
Akane came running out of the living room, As she was running out she hit the bucket that Kasumi used to wash the windows and she was splashed by the water, grimacing she continued out to go ask Ranma what happened... especially that...
She got to the porch and shook out her hair sending a light spray of water about the room...
Ranma looked on almost mesmerized as Akane shook out her now red hair. She leaned over to lightly wring her hair out, her and her now wet gi clung to her curves, Akane poured a kettle of water over her head, and changed back...
Ranma sighed forlornly...~she is so beautiful...I wish we could get along better...~
Shampoo looked at him and heard him sigh knowing what he was thinking and after the ordeal she just faced... her eyes started to glow a dark purple... "Obstacles are for killing..." she whispered under her breath... she tensed up for a moment and sprung upon her unsuspecting prey... Ranma saw her jump and moved to block her; just as Akane turned around she just looked straight on at Shampoo flying at her... and just grinned.
Shampoo was disarmed by the grin on Akane's face; it would be more fit on the face of her mercenary sister... Shampoo flew straight and true towards Akane... and Akane just crossed her arms. Akane just watched as Shampoo approached her faster and faster...
All Akane did was blink and for that brief second she looked like she was waiting to be hit, as Shampoo was about 2 feet away, she stopped
.........In mid air, defying all gravity...
There seemed to be a glowing blue field around Akane...she frowned...and it went away... Shampoo fell to the ground with a not-so-light thud...
Cologne appeared about two seconds after Shampoo had fallen to the ground...she looked at Akane, "We must speak...Ranma, Akane..." she hopped into the Tendo living room with Shampoo over her shoulder.
"What has happened in the last few hours?" Cologne asked of the group.
"Well I was sparring with pops and then something came along and knocked him out, and then I heard Akane scream. I ran into the dojo and she was being held by 'something'...not sure what it was, but it asked me if I would take care of her and I said yes to get Akane back... and then it threw her at me..." Ranma started to blush, "not before it did something to her though..."
Akane looked peeved for a second but nodded and poured her glass of water over her head, the change lasted all of a second, and when she opened her eyes, Cologne gasped. "This should not be ... Akane? "
"Yes it's me... the only thing is...I don't think I am entirely me... I think I have parts of him in me... I remember things like he does... and well umm that's about it I think."
"Child do you realize you and Ranma in female form are absolute twins?" Cologne poked Akane in the back making her fall instantly asleep...then poured a little hot water on her and watched her change... then she went to poke her again and could not even touch her a bluish sphere seemed to be wrapped about her... "Hmmm...Ranma wake her up... "
As Ranma reached out to touch her the sphere took on a light pink tinge and when Ranma touched her, she awoke with a soft mewl from a deep sleep... When she opened her eyes, they were a combination of a misty-grey blue and silver surrounded by a ring of dark chocolate brown, she blinked and they were their normal color again.
"Akane do you remember anything from your dreams?" Cologne asked of Akane.
Akane blinked for a few seconds, then she looked introspective...then she blinked again...
" I can't remember much ...what I do remember is... safety... and a sense of protection, love and power..." As Akane said that she leaned forward grabbing her head and started to cry in pain and then she started to laugh, "There is sooooo much Cologne I just can't see it all it goes by so fast ..."
Ranma was startled by Akane's cry of pain, nearly jumping across the room, "Akane!?" At Ranma's touch the room crackled with electricity, a red and blue shield surrounded Ranma and Akane.
"Akane are you alright? " Ranma asked... "I mean with all we have been through you should be able to make it through this..." Cologne gasped.
"What old ghoul? What do you know? Is there a way to stop this? " Ranma looked desperate to help Akane.
"There is something we must speak about ... with all of you..."
After Cologne said that there was a cry from the outside from the wall, they looked over to the Tendo wall as the dust and broken chunks fell to the ground around the figure of Ryouga... he looked to be carrying something over his shoulder... at first glance it appeared to be his backpack slung over his shoulder... but since when did his backpack have hair... with a white bow... " Ukyou! Ryouga!!..."
Ryouga slumped over on the ground after flashing a sardonic grin, saying, " I made it...." And fell into unconsciousness...
To be continued...
Ranma 1/2 is the property of Rumiko Takahashi, Viz Communications, and KITTY.
