Akane Two Ranma
By Ron Dow75
05: It Takes More Than Two...
"Stop splashin' me with hot water!!" cried Akane-kun for
the third time in fifteen minutes. The ponytailed boy in
the Mao uniform was beyond exasperated with this wide,
bald man who INSISTED on being a HIS father.
Genma Saotome insisted again, "Ranma!!" He threw the
teakettle away. "I raised you to be a man in all things!
I made you swear upon every sacred object we came upon in
our travels that you would be a man among men! They'll be
eternities of divine retributions if you don't keep your
sacred vows!"
He raised his head and closed his eyes crying streams of
tears. "How I remember starting our journey by taking
that first oath upon the sacred sword of your mother's
samurai ancestors..."
Akane-kun had stopped even pretending to pay attention to
his the overly dramatic presentations. He was so wrapped
up in his monolog he didn't even notice she had walked
away.
Akane-kun fumed, "Maybe I shoulda let him drown in that
Spring of Cross-dresser! It'd stop him yammerin' on about
how important it is to be a man!"
Mr. Chorus, the Chinese guide here at Juusenkyo, reminded
boy. "If father drown in second spring, then father
disappear. You never see him the same again!"
Akane-kun said, "There's an argument FOR doin' it." Fed
up at last with the man with the dew rag over his head,
she asked, "Where can I get some bottles or something to
put some a that cursed water in?"
The fat man shook his head, "Oh, sir! Cursed water is
cursed! You tempt fate. You may get wet yourself."
Genma roared, "RANMA, I'm talking to you, boy!" coming
towards them.
The guide said, quickly, "Ooo, poor son. Maybe there is
way water not change you. I protect myself this way."
There was a way somebody could fall in an accursed spring
and not be changed?
Akane-kun said, "Quick, what is it?!"
The guide said, "I can not believe I--"
The secret to the protecting yourself from Juusenkyo
water was interrupted by Genma pushing the man aside,
"Boy! What meaning does a lifetime of struggle and
achievement mean, if you'd rather be a weak girl!?"
Akane-kun cried, "Weak!?" The word set off a reaction in
BOTH identities.
Genma was knocked to the ground. But he looked up at him,
putting a hand to the bruise beside his lip. He smiled,
"See, boy!? As a girl you wouldn't have hurt me nearly as
much."
Akane-kun told him, "You're right. But until I NEED to
use the extra muscles--let me be a girl!!"
Genma frowned, "Stubborn! I will not rest until I
reawaken the manly spirit put to sleep by a silken body!"
He then turned his head away, saying more to himself,
"Just as marriage does."
Akane-kun lifted his arms in frustration. -{It seems this
Ranma has heard speeches like this so often his reaction
was to tune his father out.}- With it 'nodded off',
Akane-kun was in more control of the body. She stormed
into the cabin, "I'M ready to leave!" -{I wish I were
more serious about putting a curse on this man.}-
Mr. Chorus sighed in relief. "Young sir not have right
attitude. He go near Juusenkyo water again, he get curse
again."
= = =
A couple of minutes later, the red haired Akane-chan was
back with a heavy hiking pack weighing on one shoulder.
Mr. Chorus cried, "Oh, sir! You can not leave yet!"
Akane-chan said, "Oh, yeah!? Watch me!" and she headed
down the path that lead away from the cabin.
She'd gotten halfway down the hill, before clenching her
teeth and a fist. She turned around and coming back up.
There she asked, "Okay. Which way to I go?"
The guide visibly relaxed. "We have wait for guardian of
Juusenkyo. She read your fortune."
Akane-chan's annoyance deepened, "She's already done
that. It's 'cuz a her I can't even TALK like my--" Znapf!
Zat! Attar's shampoo-and-conditioner treatment 101
wouldn't allow her to even hint that she wasn't really
Ranma. -{Ooorr! Why does a GUY'S destiny have to be more
important than my own!?!}-
Akane-chan turned back around, "If she wants to read my
future, she can find me!" And she strode down the path,
"This is a valley. There can't be too many ways out, and
that means a path!"
Her pace slowed the further she went. -{Ranma's coming
back and taking control! I'm doing something HE wouldn't
think of doing. What could--}-
Genma yelled, "Ranma, wait up for your old man!"
Both identities groaned, though for different reasons. -
{Ranma's not a real man. He's on his father's leash! He
has a chance to break free, and he wimps out! I'm glad I
don't have to marry the guy.}-
= = =
With Akane-chan in the lead, the party of three headed
for what looked like a gap in the high, steep mountains.
The guide mentioned something about the mountains and
dragon's teeth. It seemed like a good description to
Akane. She would be glad to get out of its maw. -{Just
because I become a guy, doesn't MEAN I have to think like
a guy,}- she frowned at an unwanted thought. -{I will not
think about what kind of water is found in mouths.}-
They were passing the last of the springs when a small
figure moved from out of the shadows. It was the old
woman in the red robe with the black dragon with her long
ornate staff. Madam Attar told them, "That is far enough.
Your destiny has not been read."
Akane-chan continued walking, "You ALREADY read my
destiny! And listen to what it's got me!!"
The little woman almost cackled. "Fine. I need to test
how much of a...an you are, anyway."
Hearing the challenge, Genma shoved Akane-chan towards
her, "Go ahead and let battle bring out your manhood."
Akane-chan looked over her shoulder at the idiot, "She's
an old lady! I'm gonna PROVE I'm a man by beatin' up an
old woman!?!"
Madam Attar smiled, "I'm 300-years-old."
Mr. Chorus said, "Oo, that is old."
Genma yelled, "Forget the Code! This for your manliness!
You have my permission to beat up anybody and their old
lady to get it back."
Akane-chan slumped, and let out a loud sigh. "I should
just run
By Ron Dow75
05: It Takes More Than Two...
"Stop splashin' me with hot water!!" cried Akane-kun for
the third time in fifteen minutes. The ponytailed boy in
the Mao uniform was beyond exasperated with this wide,
bald man who INSISTED on being a HIS father.
Genma Saotome insisted again, "Ranma!!" He threw the
teakettle away. "I raised you to be a man in all things!
I made you swear upon every sacred object we came upon in
our travels that you would be a man among men! They'll be
eternities of divine retributions if you don't keep your
sacred vows!"
He raised his head and closed his eyes crying streams of
tears. "How I remember starting our journey by taking
that first oath upon the sacred sword of your mother's
samurai ancestors..."
Akane-kun had stopped even pretending to pay attention to
his the overly dramatic presentations. He was so wrapped
up in his monolog he didn't even notice she had walked
away.
Akane-kun fumed, "Maybe I shoulda let him drown in that
Spring of Cross-dresser! It'd stop him yammerin' on about
how important it is to be a man!"
Mr. Chorus, the Chinese guide here at Juusenkyo, reminded
boy. "If father drown in second spring, then father
disappear. You never see him the same again!"
Akane-kun said, "There's an argument FOR doin' it." Fed
up at last with the man with the dew rag over his head,
she asked, "Where can I get some bottles or something to
put some a that cursed water in?"
The fat man shook his head, "Oh, sir! Cursed water is
cursed! You tempt fate. You may get wet yourself."
Genma roared, "RANMA, I'm talking to you, boy!" coming
towards them.
The guide said, quickly, "Ooo, poor son. Maybe there is
way water not change you. I protect myself this way."
There was a way somebody could fall in an accursed spring
and not be changed?
Akane-kun said, "Quick, what is it?!"
The guide said, "I can not believe I--"
The secret to the protecting yourself from Juusenkyo
water was interrupted by Genma pushing the man aside,
"Boy! What meaning does a lifetime of struggle and
achievement mean, if you'd rather be a weak girl!?"
Akane-kun cried, "Weak!?" The word set off a reaction in
BOTH identities.
Genma was knocked to the ground. But he looked up at him,
putting a hand to the bruise beside his lip. He smiled,
"See, boy!? As a girl you wouldn't have hurt me nearly as
much."
Akane-kun told him, "You're right. But until I NEED to
use the extra muscles--let me be a girl!!"
Genma frowned, "Stubborn! I will not rest until I
reawaken the manly spirit put to sleep by a silken body!"
He then turned his head away, saying more to himself,
"Just as marriage does."
Akane-kun lifted his arms in frustration. -{It seems this
Ranma has heard speeches like this so often his reaction
was to tune his father out.}- With it 'nodded off',
Akane-kun was in more control of the body. She stormed
into the cabin, "I'M ready to leave!" -{I wish I were
more serious about putting a curse on this man.}-
Mr. Chorus sighed in relief. "Young sir not have right
attitude. He go near Juusenkyo water again, he get curse
again."
= = =
A couple of minutes later, the red haired Akane-chan was
back with a heavy hiking pack weighing on one shoulder.
Mr. Chorus cried, "Oh, sir! You can not leave yet!"
Akane-chan said, "Oh, yeah!? Watch me!" and she headed
down the path that lead away from the cabin.
She'd gotten halfway down the hill, before clenching her
teeth and a fist. She turned around and coming back up.
There she asked, "Okay. Which way to I go?"
The guide visibly relaxed. "We have wait for guardian of
Juusenkyo. She read your fortune."
Akane-chan's annoyance deepened, "She's already done
that. It's 'cuz a her I can't even TALK like my--" Znapf!
Zat! Attar's shampoo-and-conditioner treatment 101
wouldn't allow her to even hint that she wasn't really
Ranma. -{Ooorr! Why does a GUY'S destiny have to be more
important than my own!?!}-
Akane-chan turned back around, "If she wants to read my
future, she can find me!" And she strode down the path,
"This is a valley. There can't be too many ways out, and
that means a path!"
Her pace slowed the further she went. -{Ranma's coming
back and taking control! I'm doing something HE wouldn't
think of doing. What could--}-
Genma yelled, "Ranma, wait up for your old man!"
Both identities groaned, though for different reasons. -
{Ranma's not a real man. He's on his father's leash! He
has a chance to break free, and he wimps out! I'm glad I
don't have to marry the guy.}-
= = =
With Akane-chan in the lead, the party of three headed
for what looked like a gap in the high, steep mountains.
The guide mentioned something about the mountains and
dragon's teeth. It seemed like a good description to
Akane. She would be glad to get out of its maw. -{Just
because I become a guy, doesn't MEAN I have to think like
a guy,}- she frowned at an unwanted thought. -{I will not
think about what kind of water is found in mouths.}-
They were passing the last of the springs when a small
figure moved from out of the shadows. It was the old
woman in the red robe with the black dragon with her long
ornate staff. Madam Attar told them, "That is far enough.
Your destiny has not been read."
Akane-chan continued walking, "You ALREADY read my
destiny! And listen to what it's got me!!"
The little woman almost cackled. "Fine. I need to test
how much of a...an you are, anyway."
Hearing the challenge, Genma shoved Akane-chan towards
her, "Go ahead and let battle bring out your manhood."
Akane-chan looked over her shoulder at the idiot, "She's
an old lady! I'm gonna PROVE I'm a man by beatin' up an
old woman!?!"
Madam Attar smiled, "I'm 300-years-old."
Mr. Chorus said, "Oo, that is old."
Genma yelled, "Forget the Code! This for your manliness!
You have my permission to beat up anybody and their old
lady to get it back."
Akane-chan slumped, and let out a loud sigh. "I should
just run