The Other Jusenkyö Spring

Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2 belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Everything else is my idea.


" " – English speech
' ' – Thoughts
– Japanese speech

Part 2

We sat (dried off) in the Guide's house as he made a phone call. Unfortunately, it was in Chinese, so I couldn't understand any of it. After a couple minutes he turned to us.

So sorry, but what are your names being? he asked us.

"Mark;" "Brandi;" "MiMaichi." I figured that since there was no way to transform back as far as I could see, I should at least have a girl's name for now.

The Guide turned back to the phone. I heard him say, Makku, Burandi, and Maichi, before he talked some more in Chinese and hung up.

Okay, you are getting tickets for plane. Only you need say names at them when you get there. He then gave us directions on how to get there. Plane leave in 2 hour, take half of hour to get there walking the way.

'Walking, not tripping,' I thought to myself as I looked at my now too large sneakers.

I felt a tap on my shoulder, and looked up (yes up, I hate being short) to the Jusenkyö Guide. You are needing new clothes, no?

Erm, yeah, I replied, but where around here sells them?

Jusenkyö gift shop! the Guide said. So many people miss shop. They miss shop because they too busy being cursed. I give you one free set of clothes if you buying another.

"Sounds like a deal," I said to Brandi. Okay, that sounds good to me.

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"I'm not asking you to be a criticI just want an opinion." I said, trying to stay calm.

Brandi and I had gone into the changing rooms of the small shop, trying to find some clothes that (Brandi said) I looked good in.

"Well, you know" Brandi said with that smirk in her voice that usually meant she had thought of something a bit mean. She disappeared and reappeared, saying, "I could always knock you out and force you to wear this." She was holding a hanger with a short-sleeve navy blue shirt and matching mini-skirt.

"Uh-uhno skirts," I said, pointing out of the changing room door.

"Fine," Brandi said with fake disappointment. She reappeared with two sets of shorts and shirts. "Come on, let's buy them and get out of here."

"Hold on" I said. I checked how big my sneakers were, and picked up a pair of plain white sneakers that I guessed would fit. Trying one on, I found I was right. Picking down 2 pairs of smaller socks, I said, "OK, now we can buy them."

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A half-hour later, we walked into the airport. I was now wearing a pair of sky-blue shorts and a white short sleeve shirt with the Kanji for 'peace' on it. The shoes and socks fit better than my old ones, which had made for easier walking (my old clothes were in a plastic bag inside my backpack).

Excuse me, Brandi said to the woman at the desk.

May I help you? she said.

Um, we have tickets waiting, I think.

The woman at the desk checked her computer before asking, And what are your names, please?

Uh, Burandi, MakkuMaichi, she finished.

That seems to be in order. She passed us three tickets. Board at gate 5-E.

We started walking towards the gate when my stomach let out a loud growl. "Uhm, I think we should get some food," I said.

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Almost 2 hours later

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"So why were we going to Japan in the first place?" Mark asked. He had the window seat again.

"We were trying to spend our summer vacation there," I replied, "but the first plane had to practically blow up. We're lucky we're alive now."

"Now the question is," Brandi said, interrupting, "why did the plane blow up and how did we get sent to the Ranma 1/2 world?"

"That's two questions," Mark said, blandly.

"SHUT UP!" Brandi yelled at Mark. "Now," she started calmly "Let's think about the questions,"

"Yeah, like anything that was suspicious on the plane," I added. We thought back to earlier today, ended up not thinking of anything and wasting the rest of the flight.

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One flight and a half-hour later

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"So this is Nerima" Mark said. Not surprisingly enough, it looked pretty much like the manga described.

Suddenly, from the sky we heard, Damn you Akane! followed by the splashing of someone into the storm drain.

"So much for the Manga ending" Brandi and I said at the same time.

Ranma, now a girl, jumped out of the storm drain, wearing the Chinese clothes s/he always wore. Right on cue Kuno came running over with a bouquet of flowers for My pig-tailed goddess.

Fortunately, Ranma stayed right on cue with a kick to the head that sent Kuno to the ground. She then ran off back towards the Tendo Dojo.

"I guess we should head over to the Dojo too," I said.

Suddenly, Kuno was up and looking around. Where have you gone, my pig-tailed goddess?

Hey! Why don't you just give her up? I said without thinking. It's easy to see she doesn't want you!

Kuno half looked like he was going to explode and half looked plain shocked. How do you know my pig-tailed goddess he started, then ran at us, yelling, and how dare you insult her!

"Smooth move" Brandi said at my shoulder, but stopped because Kuno was on top of us. Without realizing exactly what I was doing, I launched a kick at his face, sending him into the storm drain.

"Uhh" I said after a minute had gone by with us standing there. "How the heck did I do that?"

"Let's, uh, think about that later" Mark said.

"Yeah, to the Dojo first." Brandi agreed, and we left.

~^~3rd-person~^~ **

Kuno lay in the water thinking. 'That girlshe's almost as strong as my pig-tailed goddess. Noas skilled!'

~^~1st-person~^~ **

As we walked to the Dojo, I noticed a payphone by the side of the road. Getting an idea, I went and dialed the operator. Hi, can I make a call to China? Yes, I would like to call the Jusenkyö Guide house. Half a minute later the phone was ringing.

Jusenkyö! the guide said suddenly.

Hi, this is M-Maichi. I said (I was still getting used to my new name). We left Jusenkyö earlier today.

Ah, yes. You need more help?

Actually yes. The spring I fell inthe 'Original' Springwhat is it the cursed spring of?

Oh, it is spring of drowned Martial-artist girl. I thought you know that.

Heh, no, sorry. Thanks for that thoughbye! I hung up.

"Well, it makes sense now." I said, going back to the bench they were sitting on. "Seems a martial-artist girl drownedthat's why I could kick like that."

"Well, now that we know that, I think we can finally get to the Dojo." Brandi said, with a hint of annoyance.

"Ok ok okno more distractions." I said, and we went to the Dojo.

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** - these change the story between 3rd- and 1st-person writing. Anything that's in 3rd-person is unknown to the main character unless it says otherwise.

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