Two Halves Make a Whole
a Ranma 1/2 FanFic
written by
Heather McNully AKA Sakuya Masaki
Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2 and its characters are property of Rumiko Takahashi. The only character in this story I claim as my own is Suiren.
Part 1
It is nighttime at the Tendo dojo. Everyone is safely tucked into bed and sound asleep. Everyone, that is, except for Genma Saotome.
Mr. Saotome tosses and turns next to his son Ranma. He is dreaming as he sleeps. His dreams take him back to the cursed springs of Junsenkyo.
"Daddy," there comes the voice of a small child. A young girl is sputtering and splashing, trying to stay afloat in the spring. "Daddy," she calls again and again, gasping for air and struggling to keep her head above water, "Daddy help me!" she stares at him, desperately reaching her hand out to him. Genma doesn't know what to do. A part of him seems to want to reach out to the girl, but he can't seem to move himself any closer to her than he is. He merely stands by and watches as the girl's hand is slowly submerged beneath the surface. "Daddy, why didn't you love me enough to save me?" the voice of the child echoes all around him as the tips of her fingers disappear. The spring bubbles as it seems to devour the girl and is once again peaceful.
Genma sits straight up in bed, sweat pouring down his face as he tries desperately to catch his breath. He gropes for his glasses and fumbles them onto his face. His eyes dart around the room, making sure it was only a dream. Wiping the sweat from his brow with the back of his hand, he stands up.
"Time to wake up, Ranma!" he calls to his sleeping son, kicking him.
"Huh? What is it pop?" Ranma groans sleepily.
"Get up boy. It's time for a training exercise," Genma instructs.
"Just five more minutes...," Ranma's voice fades as he begins to doze off again.
"Ranma wake up!" Genma commands as he splashes Ranma with a nearby bucket of cold water.
"I'm up, I'm up! Jeez! You didn't have to go and do that," Ranma, now a girl, yells. She sits up on her futon and tries to rub as much sleep as possible from her eyes, "What's the matter with you? You look like you saw a ghost or something," she manages through a yawn.
"Are you going to stand around and talk all day or are you going to fight?" Genma slides open the door that leads to the Tendo's backyard.
"What's the deal, waking me up at this time of night? I've got school tomorrow, ya know!" Ranma complains, stopping at the open door and stretching as he joins his father outside.
"Son, I have told you before. Your training is not simply something you do every once in a while. It's a twenty-four-hours-a-day thing. You must be ready to train at any time... and don't you forget it...."
***
"Breakfast is ready," Kasumi calls out the back door to Ranma and Mr. Saotome. The two have spent the entire night training.
They pause in midair over the lake and quickly fall in. Genma, now a panda, bounds out of the water and into the house.
"You won't get away *that* easy, old man!" Ranma calls out as she leaps from the icy lake.
"Ranma," Kasumi stops him at the door, handing him a towel and a bowl containing shampoo and soap, "you had better hurry or you'll be late for school."
"Oh all right....," Ranma sighs in defeat, taking the toiletries from Kasumi.
"That's a good boy," she smiles.
***
Ranma, Akane, and Nabiki have left for school. The Tendo house is rather peaceful and quiet. Soun and Genma are sitting on the back porch engrossed in a game of go while Kasumi is busy in the kitchen.
"uh... Saotome.... It's your move.....," Soun says trying to get the attention of his friend who has zoned out, "Is something the matter, Saotome? You've been awfully quiet today," he asks.
Genma takes a minute to return from his daydream state and then replies, "Oh, nothing...," he finally takes his next turn, not really paying any particular attention to where he plays the gam piece, "I was just thinking about a dream I had last night....."
"Hmmmmm....," Tendo thinks for a moment, "They say that dreams can tell you a lot about yourself and sometimes even tell the future."
"Well, I'm really not very sure what to make of this one. It was almost as though it was real...," Genma says, pushing his glasses back up his nose, "I was at the accursed springs at Junsenkyo again, but there was a little girl drowning in one of the springs. She kept calling 'daddy' and begging for help, but I didn't know what to do. I can still see her face. It seems so familiar. I don't have any clue why.... but I guess now that I think about it, it's more silly than strange....," Genma forces a laugh.
"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm," Soun nods, "It does sound quite disturbing, my friend... maybe the little girl represents something," he philosophies. "We'll just have to try and figure out what it all means... but for now..." He slams a go piece against the board. "I win!!"
***
"o/` Yapapa yapapa... o/` That is such a catchy tune....," Kasumi smiles to herself.
Kasumi is in the kitchen getting ready to prepare lunch for her father and Mr. Saotome. She reaches for the cupboard handles to gather the ingredients.
"Oh, my," Kasumi opens the cupboards to see that they are pretty bare, "I need to go to the store."
"Father, Mr. Saotome," Kasumi peeks out the back door, "I'm going to make a quick run to the store. I'll be back in a little while. Is there anything special that you would like me to pick up while I'm there?" Kasumi asks.
"No thank you, Kasumi," Soun answers.
"All right then, goodbye!"
"Goodbye!" they reply in unison.
Kasumi gathers her purse and things and walks out the front door.
She has barely started her journey when she comes upon a small child sitting on the sidewalk crying.
Feeling a twinge of sympathy for the child, she approaches. "Why are you crying, little one? Are you hurt?"
The kid looks up at her through tear-stained eyes and shakes its head.
She sees that it is a little boy about nine or ten years of age with short, red hair cut in a boy style, and some scrapes and bruises. His clothing consists of a blue Chinese mandarin shirt and a pair of shorts with a back pack on his back.
"I'm lost," the child sobs, "I was trying to find my daddy and my brother, but now I've lost them. I've been looking for them for so long and now I can't find where they went to."
"Well, I'd be happy to help you find them, little boy," Kasumi offers, "What are their names?"
The child begins to grow very angry with Kasumi and his tears turn to tears of anger as he shouts at her, "Their names are Genma and Ranma Saotome and I AM NOT a boy!!!"
a Ranma 1/2 FanFic
written by
Heather McNully AKA Sakuya Masaki
Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2 and its characters are property of Rumiko Takahashi. The only character in this story I claim as my own is Suiren.
Part 1
It is nighttime at the Tendo dojo. Everyone is safely tucked into bed and sound asleep. Everyone, that is, except for Genma Saotome.
Mr. Saotome tosses and turns next to his son Ranma. He is dreaming as he sleeps. His dreams take him back to the cursed springs of Junsenkyo.
"Daddy," there comes the voice of a small child. A young girl is sputtering and splashing, trying to stay afloat in the spring. "Daddy," she calls again and again, gasping for air and struggling to keep her head above water, "Daddy help me!" she stares at him, desperately reaching her hand out to him. Genma doesn't know what to do. A part of him seems to want to reach out to the girl, but he can't seem to move himself any closer to her than he is. He merely stands by and watches as the girl's hand is slowly submerged beneath the surface. "Daddy, why didn't you love me enough to save me?" the voice of the child echoes all around him as the tips of her fingers disappear. The spring bubbles as it seems to devour the girl and is once again peaceful.
Genma sits straight up in bed, sweat pouring down his face as he tries desperately to catch his breath. He gropes for his glasses and fumbles them onto his face. His eyes dart around the room, making sure it was only a dream. Wiping the sweat from his brow with the back of his hand, he stands up.
"Time to wake up, Ranma!" he calls to his sleeping son, kicking him.
"Huh? What is it pop?" Ranma groans sleepily.
"Get up boy. It's time for a training exercise," Genma instructs.
"Just five more minutes...," Ranma's voice fades as he begins to doze off again.
"Ranma wake up!" Genma commands as he splashes Ranma with a nearby bucket of cold water.
"I'm up, I'm up! Jeez! You didn't have to go and do that," Ranma, now a girl, yells. She sits up on her futon and tries to rub as much sleep as possible from her eyes, "What's the matter with you? You look like you saw a ghost or something," she manages through a yawn.
"Are you going to stand around and talk all day or are you going to fight?" Genma slides open the door that leads to the Tendo's backyard.
"What's the deal, waking me up at this time of night? I've got school tomorrow, ya know!" Ranma complains, stopping at the open door and stretching as he joins his father outside.
"Son, I have told you before. Your training is not simply something you do every once in a while. It's a twenty-four-hours-a-day thing. You must be ready to train at any time... and don't you forget it...."
***
"Breakfast is ready," Kasumi calls out the back door to Ranma and Mr. Saotome. The two have spent the entire night training.
They pause in midair over the lake and quickly fall in. Genma, now a panda, bounds out of the water and into the house.
"You won't get away *that* easy, old man!" Ranma calls out as she leaps from the icy lake.
"Ranma," Kasumi stops him at the door, handing him a towel and a bowl containing shampoo and soap, "you had better hurry or you'll be late for school."
"Oh all right....," Ranma sighs in defeat, taking the toiletries from Kasumi.
"That's a good boy," she smiles.
***
Ranma, Akane, and Nabiki have left for school. The Tendo house is rather peaceful and quiet. Soun and Genma are sitting on the back porch engrossed in a game of go while Kasumi is busy in the kitchen.
"uh... Saotome.... It's your move.....," Soun says trying to get the attention of his friend who has zoned out, "Is something the matter, Saotome? You've been awfully quiet today," he asks.
Genma takes a minute to return from his daydream state and then replies, "Oh, nothing...," he finally takes his next turn, not really paying any particular attention to where he plays the gam piece, "I was just thinking about a dream I had last night....."
"Hmmmmm....," Tendo thinks for a moment, "They say that dreams can tell you a lot about yourself and sometimes even tell the future."
"Well, I'm really not very sure what to make of this one. It was almost as though it was real...," Genma says, pushing his glasses back up his nose, "I was at the accursed springs at Junsenkyo again, but there was a little girl drowning in one of the springs. She kept calling 'daddy' and begging for help, but I didn't know what to do. I can still see her face. It seems so familiar. I don't have any clue why.... but I guess now that I think about it, it's more silly than strange....," Genma forces a laugh.
"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm," Soun nods, "It does sound quite disturbing, my friend... maybe the little girl represents something," he philosophies. "We'll just have to try and figure out what it all means... but for now..." He slams a go piece against the board. "I win!!"
***
"o/` Yapapa yapapa... o/` That is such a catchy tune....," Kasumi smiles to herself.
Kasumi is in the kitchen getting ready to prepare lunch for her father and Mr. Saotome. She reaches for the cupboard handles to gather the ingredients.
"Oh, my," Kasumi opens the cupboards to see that they are pretty bare, "I need to go to the store."
"Father, Mr. Saotome," Kasumi peeks out the back door, "I'm going to make a quick run to the store. I'll be back in a little while. Is there anything special that you would like me to pick up while I'm there?" Kasumi asks.
"No thank you, Kasumi," Soun answers.
"All right then, goodbye!"
"Goodbye!" they reply in unison.
Kasumi gathers her purse and things and walks out the front door.
She has barely started her journey when she comes upon a small child sitting on the sidewalk crying.
Feeling a twinge of sympathy for the child, she approaches. "Why are you crying, little one? Are you hurt?"
The kid looks up at her through tear-stained eyes and shakes its head.
She sees that it is a little boy about nine or ten years of age with short, red hair cut in a boy style, and some scrapes and bruises. His clothing consists of a blue Chinese mandarin shirt and a pair of shorts with a back pack on his back.
"I'm lost," the child sobs, "I was trying to find my daddy and my brother, but now I've lost them. I've been looking for them for so long and now I can't find where they went to."
"Well, I'd be happy to help you find them, little boy," Kasumi offers, "What are their names?"
The child begins to grow very angry with Kasumi and his tears turn to tears of anger as he shouts at her, "Their names are Genma and Ranma Saotome and I AM NOT a boy!!!"
