Twins and One Half
Chapter 3
[ ] means sign the panda is holding.
By Gatomonomega e-mail: gatomonomega@hotmail.com
Ranma-chan stood staring at the door of her last hope, the door of her mother's home, Nodoka Saotome. If Nodoka rejected her, what would Ranma- chan do? She did still have some money left, maybe enough to get a place to stay for a short while and take care of the twins. No, she couldn't think about being rejected, after all she was an only child and what mother would turn away their only child?
Ranma-chan sat the two carriers she was holding gently onto the floor of the porch and knocked on the door half hoping nobody was home. The door opened and Ranma-chan's jaw dropped, a woman who looked like an older version of Ranma-chan stood there. If this was Nodoka, then the guide was right that Ranma-chan's curse was what she would of looked like if born a girl. The woman had wavy bright red hair and blue eyes and wearing a sky blue kimono with pink bow tied around her waist. The woman was stunning to say the least.
Ranma-chan shook off her shock when she noticed the woman was saying something, "I'm sorry," Ranma-chan said, "But could you repeat that?"
"I said, can I help you miss?" the woman said.
"A-Are you Nodoka Saotome?" Ranma-chan asked. The woman nodded and Ranma- chan continued, "May I come in, I have something important to talk to you about."
Nodoka gave Ranma-chan a quizzical look then backed away from the door letting Ranma-chan into the door with the baby carriers. She walked into a living room which had pictures of a five year old boy hanging all over the walls and sitting on shelves and on top the large entertainment center. Then she noticed the sword sitting on the mantle over the fireplace.
Ranma-chan, not wanting to look at the sword for some reason turned and put the two carriers on the long coffee table in front of the couch. "Can we talk in the kitchen so we don't disturb them?" Ranma-chan asked. Nodoka nodded and led the way through a dinning room and then into the kitchen. "Can I bother you for a glass of hot and cold water?"
"Are they yours?" Nodoka asked.
"Yeah, but I'll explain everything after I get the water." Ranma-chan said.
Nodoka pulled two glasses from a cupboard above the sink filling them from the faucet and handed them to Ranma-chan who dumped the hot water over her head, changing back into a guy. Nodoka's eyes widened in shock, but at least she didn't feint. Ranma then dumped the glass of cold water over his head and became a girl again. "H-How?" Nodoka asked, "What are you?"
"Pops dragged me to a cursed training ground in China called Jusenkyo which has a lot of different springs there, each one with it's one tragic story of something drowning in each a long time ago. Now, when something falls in one of them, they're cursed to take on the form of what drowned there last but hot water reverses the effect. Unfortunately, when splashed with cold water, it activates the curse again." Ranma-chan explained, "Mom, I fell into the spring of drowned girl."
"R-Ranma?" Nodoka asked, her face turning pale, Ranma-chan nodded. "Liar! My son's a MAN!"
"Mom, please…" Ranma started, tears falling freely down her face.
"NO!" Nodoka interrupted, "If you are Ranma, then you will commit seppuku for failing the promise you and Genma made before leaving."
"WHAT!?" Ranma-chan hissed, there was no way she was committing suicide, especially since she had the twins to take care of, "I never made a promise like that!"
"Come!" Nodoka said, stomping from the kitchen. Ranma-chan couldn't believe her own mother wanted this, this was just plain sick. Hesitantly, Ranma- chan followed Nodoka back into the living room where the older woman pulled a small ornamental box with dragons carved into the sides of it. Nodoka pulled a piece of paper from it and handed it to Ranma-chan.
Ranma-chan looked over the paper, which seemed to be a contract where Genma promised to raise Ranma to be a man amongst men or they would both commit seppuku. Genma's signature was at the bottom with a small child's handprint. Ranma-chan looked up at Nodoka, disgust filling her. Ranma-chan cries, "You really want me to do this?"
"It is a legal contract." Nodoka simply stated, showing no emotion at all.
"You are P-PATHETIC!" Ranma-chan sobbed, tearing the paper up into little pieces then dropping them onto the floor. "H-How could y-you want this? I w- was only f-five years old!"
"How dare YOU!" Nodoka snarled, pulling the katana from the mantle and attacking. Ranma-chans's vision may have been blurred by tears but she was still able to disarm Nodoka with little ease, but also without doing any real harm to the older woman. After all, Nodoka may have been a monster, but the woman was still Ranma-chan's mother.
The older woman lied on the floor sobbing as Ranma-chan picked up the baby carriers and stormed to the door. Before leaving, Ranma-chan turned around and cried, "Since you s-seem to hate me so m-much and think I dishonored y- you, then I will n-no longer c-carry the S-Saotome name. I a-am RONIN! Th- Thanks a lot, mother. I h-hope your happy!"
With that, Ranma-chan stormed from the house not sure what to do next, Nodoka was her last hope. Her own mother hated her, everybody seemed to hate her. NO! Shian believed in her, and Ranma-chan wasn't about to let the memory of the woman down. Ranma-chan would find a way to make it but now she needed to rest. Ranma-chan started walking to the closest hotel and hoped to get a cheap enough room for a few days, long enough to plan what to do next. Being Ronin and without a family name was going to make it difficult but Ranma-chan was going to show Nodoka, she would survive. She didn't need anybody.
* * * * *
I am in no way abandoning Trials and Curses, but I've had writer's block lately while trying to work on that story so I'm going to let it go a few days, maybe a week before finishing book 2 and starting revising both books and starting book 3, possibly the last book in the series. After all, just look at the last couple of chapters I wrote for book 2, they suck. I will not abandon any of my stories, so don't worry if you don't see an update for a few days, sorry.
Also, would somebody e-mail me and tell me if my bio on fanfiction.net looks as stupid as I think it does. I swear while I was writing it, it sounded kind of amusing. Now when I look back at it, it just seems kind of dumb, thanks.
Disclaimers
Ranma and affiliated characters are property of Rumiko Takahashi, I am not making money from this fanfic or do I plan to. Also, if for some strange reason wants to repost this or any of my stories feel free to do so. If by the same reason anyone wants to rewrite any of these stories or write new ones based around them, then please do. I only ask that either a copy of the story or the web address where I can find them be e-mailed to me. My e- mail will be listed at the bottom. I gladly accept all comments, good or bad, flames, critiques and advice.
I came up with the idea for this story after reading Ranma and the Gemini by
fantasy_raan. The first chapter or two may resemble his story some, but after that, it'll be going off in a completely different direction.
Thank you,
Gatomonomega
e-mail address: gatomonomega@hotmail.com
Or you can leave a message as a review, if it is about the story, at http://www.fanfiction.net
Make sure to leave it under the story it's meant for.
Chapter 3
[ ] means sign the panda is holding.
By Gatomonomega e-mail: gatomonomega@hotmail.com
Ranma-chan stood staring at the door of her last hope, the door of her mother's home, Nodoka Saotome. If Nodoka rejected her, what would Ranma- chan do? She did still have some money left, maybe enough to get a place to stay for a short while and take care of the twins. No, she couldn't think about being rejected, after all she was an only child and what mother would turn away their only child?
Ranma-chan sat the two carriers she was holding gently onto the floor of the porch and knocked on the door half hoping nobody was home. The door opened and Ranma-chan's jaw dropped, a woman who looked like an older version of Ranma-chan stood there. If this was Nodoka, then the guide was right that Ranma-chan's curse was what she would of looked like if born a girl. The woman had wavy bright red hair and blue eyes and wearing a sky blue kimono with pink bow tied around her waist. The woman was stunning to say the least.
Ranma-chan shook off her shock when she noticed the woman was saying something, "I'm sorry," Ranma-chan said, "But could you repeat that?"
"I said, can I help you miss?" the woman said.
"A-Are you Nodoka Saotome?" Ranma-chan asked. The woman nodded and Ranma- chan continued, "May I come in, I have something important to talk to you about."
Nodoka gave Ranma-chan a quizzical look then backed away from the door letting Ranma-chan into the door with the baby carriers. She walked into a living room which had pictures of a five year old boy hanging all over the walls and sitting on shelves and on top the large entertainment center. Then she noticed the sword sitting on the mantle over the fireplace.
Ranma-chan, not wanting to look at the sword for some reason turned and put the two carriers on the long coffee table in front of the couch. "Can we talk in the kitchen so we don't disturb them?" Ranma-chan asked. Nodoka nodded and led the way through a dinning room and then into the kitchen. "Can I bother you for a glass of hot and cold water?"
"Are they yours?" Nodoka asked.
"Yeah, but I'll explain everything after I get the water." Ranma-chan said.
Nodoka pulled two glasses from a cupboard above the sink filling them from the faucet and handed them to Ranma-chan who dumped the hot water over her head, changing back into a guy. Nodoka's eyes widened in shock, but at least she didn't feint. Ranma then dumped the glass of cold water over his head and became a girl again. "H-How?" Nodoka asked, "What are you?"
"Pops dragged me to a cursed training ground in China called Jusenkyo which has a lot of different springs there, each one with it's one tragic story of something drowning in each a long time ago. Now, when something falls in one of them, they're cursed to take on the form of what drowned there last but hot water reverses the effect. Unfortunately, when splashed with cold water, it activates the curse again." Ranma-chan explained, "Mom, I fell into the spring of drowned girl."
"R-Ranma?" Nodoka asked, her face turning pale, Ranma-chan nodded. "Liar! My son's a MAN!"
"Mom, please…" Ranma started, tears falling freely down her face.
"NO!" Nodoka interrupted, "If you are Ranma, then you will commit seppuku for failing the promise you and Genma made before leaving."
"WHAT!?" Ranma-chan hissed, there was no way she was committing suicide, especially since she had the twins to take care of, "I never made a promise like that!"
"Come!" Nodoka said, stomping from the kitchen. Ranma-chan couldn't believe her own mother wanted this, this was just plain sick. Hesitantly, Ranma- chan followed Nodoka back into the living room where the older woman pulled a small ornamental box with dragons carved into the sides of it. Nodoka pulled a piece of paper from it and handed it to Ranma-chan.
Ranma-chan looked over the paper, which seemed to be a contract where Genma promised to raise Ranma to be a man amongst men or they would both commit seppuku. Genma's signature was at the bottom with a small child's handprint. Ranma-chan looked up at Nodoka, disgust filling her. Ranma-chan cries, "You really want me to do this?"
"It is a legal contract." Nodoka simply stated, showing no emotion at all.
"You are P-PATHETIC!" Ranma-chan sobbed, tearing the paper up into little pieces then dropping them onto the floor. "H-How could y-you want this? I w- was only f-five years old!"
"How dare YOU!" Nodoka snarled, pulling the katana from the mantle and attacking. Ranma-chans's vision may have been blurred by tears but she was still able to disarm Nodoka with little ease, but also without doing any real harm to the older woman. After all, Nodoka may have been a monster, but the woman was still Ranma-chan's mother.
The older woman lied on the floor sobbing as Ranma-chan picked up the baby carriers and stormed to the door. Before leaving, Ranma-chan turned around and cried, "Since you s-seem to hate me so m-much and think I dishonored y- you, then I will n-no longer c-carry the S-Saotome name. I a-am RONIN! Th- Thanks a lot, mother. I h-hope your happy!"
With that, Ranma-chan stormed from the house not sure what to do next, Nodoka was her last hope. Her own mother hated her, everybody seemed to hate her. NO! Shian believed in her, and Ranma-chan wasn't about to let the memory of the woman down. Ranma-chan would find a way to make it but now she needed to rest. Ranma-chan started walking to the closest hotel and hoped to get a cheap enough room for a few days, long enough to plan what to do next. Being Ronin and without a family name was going to make it difficult but Ranma-chan was going to show Nodoka, she would survive. She didn't need anybody.
* * * * *
I am in no way abandoning Trials and Curses, but I've had writer's block lately while trying to work on that story so I'm going to let it go a few days, maybe a week before finishing book 2 and starting revising both books and starting book 3, possibly the last book in the series. After all, just look at the last couple of chapters I wrote for book 2, they suck. I will not abandon any of my stories, so don't worry if you don't see an update for a few days, sorry.
Also, would somebody e-mail me and tell me if my bio on fanfiction.net looks as stupid as I think it does. I swear while I was writing it, it sounded kind of amusing. Now when I look back at it, it just seems kind of dumb, thanks.
Disclaimers
Ranma and affiliated characters are property of Rumiko Takahashi, I am not making money from this fanfic or do I plan to. Also, if for some strange reason wants to repost this or any of my stories feel free to do so. If by the same reason anyone wants to rewrite any of these stories or write new ones based around them, then please do. I only ask that either a copy of the story or the web address where I can find them be e-mailed to me. My e- mail will be listed at the bottom. I gladly accept all comments, good or bad, flames, critiques and advice.
I came up with the idea for this story after reading Ranma and the Gemini by
fantasy_raan. The first chapter or two may resemble his story some, but after that, it'll be going off in a completely different direction.
Thank you,
Gatomonomega
e-mail address: gatomonomega@hotmail.com
Or you can leave a message as a review, if it is about the story, at http://www.fanfiction.net
Make sure to leave it under the story it's meant for.