Ranma 1/2 belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Shougakukan in Japan and Viz Inc. in
the U.S.
The Pain of Life
Prologue
By Cheel
Original story concept by Bryan Neef
Note: All events up to this point are based on the events in the manga. The
start of this story takes place right as Kuno proclaims that Ranma can not be
Akane's Fiance.
~~ denotes thoughts.
"" denotes spoken words.
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Ranma leaps straight up and is just able to avoid the oncoming water from a
source other than Akane. As he lands he is somewhat startled to see an irate
looking Kuno before him.
"Never, Ranma Saotome!"
"I shall never accept your engagement to Akane Tendo!" Kuno proclaims as he sets
his attack stance.
Kuno pauses for a moment as the whole class sticks their heads out the window
trying to pump more information out of the couple.
Having heard enough Kuno launches an overhead strike at Ranma cutting off his
vehement denials of their engagement. Seeing the strike coming Ranma dodges to
the left avoiding both Kuno's bokken strike and the water that splashes out of
the bucket he was holding.
Ranma makes a long leap down the hall and notices an open window. Not wanting to
get anyone hurt in the impending battle he starts running down the hall towards
the window.
"Stand your ground!" Kuno yells, assuming incorrectly that Ranma is a coward.
"This is no place to fight! Follow me!" Ranma calls back over his shoulder
while still running down the hallway.
Not wanting to miss a single bit of the action the students leap out of the
classroom window and start running after the two combatants.
As Ranma makes a leap out of the window he calls back to Kuno to follow him out.
Just as the rest of the crowd catches up Kuno makes his daring leap out of the
third story window. Noticing his predicament a little too late Kuno starts
flailing his arms around wildly to try slowing down his rapid descent. Ranma on
the other hand has no problem with this height after being thrown out of high
buildings over the last few years by Genma. Well he wouldn't have too much of a
problem except for the fact that there is a swimming pool below him.
"Water, why does it all ways have to be water!?" Ranma yells out, as he plummets
to his doom.
While Ranma is able to make a somewhat graceful dive into the pool Kuno on the
other hand just belly flops. The impact causes the Blue Thunder to pass out and
just float at the top, most likely due to all the hot air in his head. As
Ranma-chan tries to swim to the edge she notices the unconscious Kuno floating
above her. Having no other choice she uses him to cover her self up, so that
the students above will not see that he changed into a she.
As Ranma-chan swims towards the edge Kuno just happens to wake up from his
little nap. The instant Kuno notices someone below him he lashes out and grabs
that person around the chest very tightly. Ranma-chan's squirming attempt to
break free from his grip causes one of Kuno's hands to squeeze her breast very
tightly. Kuno notices he is holding on to something that should not be there on
a man and loosens his grip in shock.
Of course Kuno's groping makes for one really pissed Ranma-chan and she escapes
from his grip. She grabs him by the head and swings him over her shoulder onto
the side of the pool and uses his head as a spring board to get away from him.
When her feet connect with Kuno's head a cracking sound comes from his neck and
he goes completely limp. Ranma-chan doesn't notice the sound coming from his
neck as she sails through the air and over the fence.
Akane seeing Ranma-chan jump over the fence goes to get a kettle of hot water
for her, so she can turn back to a boy and come back to class. The crowd
watches Ranma's amazing leap over the fence and a few are wondering why he
seemed much smaller. After a few moments one of the girls notices that Kuno has
not moved at all from where he got slammed.
The crowd of students watches out the window to see if what she said is true.
A couple of the students yell to the crowd that they are going to get a nurse
and the rest of the crowd start rushing out to see what might have happened to
Kuno. The noise the students make as they run out of the school attracts more
attention from other classes and the faculty.
***************************************************
Meanwhile Ranma-chan is up in a tree trying to dry out her clothes and running
through her head what just happened at the pool.
~What a pervert. I mean, he didn't have to squeeze that hard. FEH! Well, I
guess now he knows about me. ~
"You fool!" a clearly upset female voice calls from bellow.
"Akane? What..?"
"Just how dumb can you be? I mean, jumping into a pool of your own free will!"
"Shut up! Nyaah! Nyaah!"
"Then maybe Ill just throw away this hot water!" Akane says while holding up a
kettle of hot water.
"NO!!! Meanie! Meanie!"
"Well then get down here and get it. Otherwise I'll just dump it out."
"OK, OK...I'm coming," Ranma grumbles as she jumps down.
After a graceful landing Ranma-chan goes over and grabs the kettle and
unceremoniously dumps it over her head. After the change he takes his pants and
wrings them out one more time and pulls them on. As he is tying the straps on
his leg bottoms, Akane looks back toward the school and notices a huge crowd of
students around the pool where Ranma came out.
With their interest peaked Ranma and Akane head back to see what is going on.
When they start getting closer the students start backing away from them to let
them pass by. Both Ranma and Akane are quick too notice many of the students
are staring at Ranma with fearful looks on their faces. When they arrive at the
pool edge they are shocked to see Kuno lying in the same position unmoving.
Ranma and Akane look at each other with shocked expressions to what they see
before them. Ranma asks what has happened to Kuno while edging closer to the
body. The nurse looks right up and just stares into his eyes for a moment.
Ranma notices the sadness mixed with fear that is in her eyes. They both just
stare at each other for a moment, and then in a deathly calm voice she tells him
"His neck has been broken. It's too late, he's dead."
Ranma just stares at her for a moment then looks over at Kuno's body as he tries
to comprehend what he has just heard. Akane moves over to Kuno and just stares
at the body wondering how the man she is supposed to marry could kill him. Her
eyes quickly tear up as she turns to look at Ranma. She is quick to notice the
unimaginable pain on his face as he slowly falls to his knees.
"D...de...dead!? He's dead!" Ranma fearfully whispers. He drops his head into
his hands as the emotions of the moment take over. ~NOO! Oh Kami-sama, what have
I done? ~
Author Notes: I need pre-readers. Please. I'm just starting out writing and I
need all the help I can get.
This is the 3rd rewrite of this chapter. Hopefully this will be the last major
rewrite.
the U.S.
The Pain of Life
Prologue
By Cheel
Original story concept by Bryan Neef
Note: All events up to this point are based on the events in the manga. The
start of this story takes place right as Kuno proclaims that Ranma can not be
Akane's Fiance.
~~ denotes thoughts.
"" denotes spoken words.
***************************************************
Ranma leaps straight up and is just able to avoid the oncoming water from a
source other than Akane. As he lands he is somewhat startled to see an irate
looking Kuno before him.
"Never, Ranma Saotome!"
"I shall never accept your engagement to Akane Tendo!" Kuno proclaims as he sets
his attack stance.
Kuno pauses for a moment as the whole class sticks their heads out the window
trying to pump more information out of the couple.
Having heard enough Kuno launches an overhead strike at Ranma cutting off his
vehement denials of their engagement. Seeing the strike coming Ranma dodges to
the left avoiding both Kuno's bokken strike and the water that splashes out of
the bucket he was holding.
Ranma makes a long leap down the hall and notices an open window. Not wanting to
get anyone hurt in the impending battle he starts running down the hall towards
the window.
"Stand your ground!" Kuno yells, assuming incorrectly that Ranma is a coward.
"This is no place to fight! Follow me!" Ranma calls back over his shoulder
while still running down the hallway.
Not wanting to miss a single bit of the action the students leap out of the
classroom window and start running after the two combatants.
As Ranma makes a leap out of the window he calls back to Kuno to follow him out.
Just as the rest of the crowd catches up Kuno makes his daring leap out of the
third story window. Noticing his predicament a little too late Kuno starts
flailing his arms around wildly to try slowing down his rapid descent. Ranma on
the other hand has no problem with this height after being thrown out of high
buildings over the last few years by Genma. Well he wouldn't have too much of a
problem except for the fact that there is a swimming pool below him.
"Water, why does it all ways have to be water!?" Ranma yells out, as he plummets
to his doom.
While Ranma is able to make a somewhat graceful dive into the pool Kuno on the
other hand just belly flops. The impact causes the Blue Thunder to pass out and
just float at the top, most likely due to all the hot air in his head. As
Ranma-chan tries to swim to the edge she notices the unconscious Kuno floating
above her. Having no other choice she uses him to cover her self up, so that
the students above will not see that he changed into a she.
As Ranma-chan swims towards the edge Kuno just happens to wake up from his
little nap. The instant Kuno notices someone below him he lashes out and grabs
that person around the chest very tightly. Ranma-chan's squirming attempt to
break free from his grip causes one of Kuno's hands to squeeze her breast very
tightly. Kuno notices he is holding on to something that should not be there on
a man and loosens his grip in shock.
Of course Kuno's groping makes for one really pissed Ranma-chan and she escapes
from his grip. She grabs him by the head and swings him over her shoulder onto
the side of the pool and uses his head as a spring board to get away from him.
When her feet connect with Kuno's head a cracking sound comes from his neck and
he goes completely limp. Ranma-chan doesn't notice the sound coming from his
neck as she sails through the air and over the fence.
Akane seeing Ranma-chan jump over the fence goes to get a kettle of hot water
for her, so she can turn back to a boy and come back to class. The crowd
watches Ranma's amazing leap over the fence and a few are wondering why he
seemed much smaller. After a few moments one of the girls notices that Kuno has
not moved at all from where he got slammed.
The crowd of students watches out the window to see if what she said is true.
A couple of the students yell to the crowd that they are going to get a nurse
and the rest of the crowd start rushing out to see what might have happened to
Kuno. The noise the students make as they run out of the school attracts more
attention from other classes and the faculty.
***************************************************
Meanwhile Ranma-chan is up in a tree trying to dry out her clothes and running
through her head what just happened at the pool.
~What a pervert. I mean, he didn't have to squeeze that hard. FEH! Well, I
guess now he knows about me. ~
"You fool!" a clearly upset female voice calls from bellow.
"Akane? What..?"
"Just how dumb can you be? I mean, jumping into a pool of your own free will!"
"Shut up! Nyaah! Nyaah!"
"Then maybe Ill just throw away this hot water!" Akane says while holding up a
kettle of hot water.
"NO!!! Meanie! Meanie!"
"Well then get down here and get it. Otherwise I'll just dump it out."
"OK, OK...I'm coming," Ranma grumbles as she jumps down.
After a graceful landing Ranma-chan goes over and grabs the kettle and
unceremoniously dumps it over her head. After the change he takes his pants and
wrings them out one more time and pulls them on. As he is tying the straps on
his leg bottoms, Akane looks back toward the school and notices a huge crowd of
students around the pool where Ranma came out.
With their interest peaked Ranma and Akane head back to see what is going on.
When they start getting closer the students start backing away from them to let
them pass by. Both Ranma and Akane are quick too notice many of the students
are staring at Ranma with fearful looks on their faces. When they arrive at the
pool edge they are shocked to see Kuno lying in the same position unmoving.
Ranma and Akane look at each other with shocked expressions to what they see
before them. Ranma asks what has happened to Kuno while edging closer to the
body. The nurse looks right up and just stares into his eyes for a moment.
Ranma notices the sadness mixed with fear that is in her eyes. They both just
stare at each other for a moment, and then in a deathly calm voice she tells him
"His neck has been broken. It's too late, he's dead."
Ranma just stares at her for a moment then looks over at Kuno's body as he tries
to comprehend what he has just heard. Akane moves over to Kuno and just stares
at the body wondering how the man she is supposed to marry could kill him. Her
eyes quickly tear up as she turns to look at Ranma. She is quick to notice the
unimaginable pain on his face as he slowly falls to his knees.
"D...de...dead!? He's dead!" Ranma fearfully whispers. He drops his head into
his hands as the emotions of the moment take over. ~NOO! Oh Kami-sama, what have
I done? ~
Author Notes: I need pre-readers. Please. I'm just starting out writing and I
need all the help I can get.
This is the 3rd rewrite of this chapter. Hopefully this will be the last major
rewrite.
