Crossing reality.
This is a crossover with several books written by R.A. SALVATORE them being: The Dark Elf Trilogy; Icewinddale trilogy, Legacy of the Drow. I'm not the owner of the characters used in this fic and I'm doing this just for the fun of it and no profit is being made.
Author's notes: I would like to thank everyone who've read this story and told me to continue. From the reactions people gave me I have decided to go on with this story and at the same time keep working on my other two stories, The Crystal of Life and Ranma May Cry. This will mean that I will have to divide my spare time between those three stories so it might take a while for me to write chapters for all of them but if people keep supporting me I'll do my best to try and write as much as possible. Again my thanks to everyone.
Also I forgot to mention something in the first chapter. Instead of being sixteen when Ranma came to Jusenkyo he was fifteen but he was sixteen when he met the Tendo's for the first time.
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* * : Thoughts
# # : Panda sign
Akane was hanging to every word of Ranma's Story. "What you mean to tell me that you can fly?"
"Uhm not exactly, you see after I saw that I was up in the air I nearly freaked and then I fell." Ranma still remembered that. He saw his father and the guide stand there looking at him and suddenly he rediscovered gravity and a few seconds later he landed face first in the ground. The wind had blown him slightly away from the spring so that he hovered over land.
"Oh I see, so this was just a one timer?"
"More or less, I've tried to see if I'm able to fly but every time I try I end up with my face in the dirt. Trust me it's very painful. It was as if the second I was out of danger I "forgot" how I was able to fly. The same went for how to use the swords, when I was under the water and nearly drowning my mind was flooded with knowledge how to use the swords. When I was out of the water that knowledge left me, some basic knowledge remained, I've been practicing every day to increases my proficiency with the swords and I've got a feeling that I'm doing pretty well."
"That's cool, would you mind showing me those swords? I'd really like to see them." Akane was truly interested in those swords, she also couldn't believe that she was sitting here with a boy, a pervert in her eyes.
As if reading her mind Ranma in his turn asked her a question. "Say Akane if you hate boys so much then why are you sitting here talking to one. It also seems that you're not afraid of Guen any more."
It wasn't until Ranma had mentioned it that she noticed that she was actually petting the giant panther. Unknowing of her actions she had dropped her hand to the strong yet soft fur of the panthers flank and she was now petting her. She thought of pulling her hand away but when she heard Guen's purring she decided it couldn't hurt.
Guen in her turn liked the attention and was about to doze off when she sensed someone approaching the dojo. In the blink of an eye she was up and hid in one of the corners of the dojo. She thought it best if not to many people knew of her existence.
Akane was startled when Guen jumped up and ran to a corner. At first she thought she did something wrong but then she heard Kasumi's voice.
"Akane, it's getting late and you still need to take a bath. Why don't you and Ranma come back in so he can also take a bath?" Kasumi was about to open the door when it was pulled open end there stood Akane. "Oh hi Akane, are you two ready to come back in?"
"Uh, yeah we're about done, will be there in a few minutes." Akane then quickly closed the door and went back to Ranma, who in his turn had stayed out of sight. "It's getting late and Kasumi's right I still need to take a bath so I'll be heading back. Akane turned and slid open the door.
"Akane, wait."
Akane turned around to Ranma. "What's the matter?"
"I have a question to ask you. You now probably know the most about me and my father isn't going to get of off my back until I pick a fiancée. So I was thinking about telling them that we choose to become engaged."
As soon as the words of en engagement with a boy registered she freaked. "WHAT you think I would like to be engaged to a boy, all boys are perverts no matter how they look. I don't like boys I only like men like doctor Tofu…." As soon she had said the words she stopped, she couldn't believe that that had slipped.
"Aaaahh I see you already have someone you like or even love perhaps. I understand I'll have to see if I can convince my father to blow of the engagement plans. You see I don't like to tell a whole bunch of people about my situation and friends. So I thought that since you now know about my curse, and Guen over there that you would be willing to act as my fiancée so my father and your father would be happy. Then when time goes by we can perhaps tell them that we don't love each other and want to break of the engagement. We could even fake a few fights to let them think that we don't like each other. But I think that that's not something you're willing to try, so I hope my father doesn't freak." Ranma walked over to his cloak and was putting it on when Akane tapped him on his shoulder. Ranma turned around and saw what seemed to be a really nervous Akane. "What's the matter Akane?"
"I guess it's okay to do like you suggested so our fathers are happy. But remember it's just an act okay?" Akane didn't like to admit it but she was curious about Ranma and he hadn't finished his story and she wanted to hear it.
Ranma smiled he found this girl interesting, here she was telling how much she hated boys and yet she was willing to act like his fiancée. "Okay, I get it. We pretend to be engaged. Oh, and one more thing, I would like it if you'd keep quiet about Guen. Sure people will find out about her but I'd like it to be a secret for now, also I have a feeling that my father has already told everyone inside of my curse so you don't have to keep that a secret."
"Okay that's a deal but promise me not to tell anyone about our so called engagement. Because if you do I'll pound you to a pulp." To emphasize her words Akane had pulled out a mallet and waved it dangerously.
"I get, I get it. Just be careful with that thing you could really hurt someone with that." As soon as Akane had taken out the mallet he took a few steps back. *Whoa she sure has a strange personality and the way she handles that mallet. Man what a tomboy.* Ranma couldn't help but smile at his thoughts it seemed that this would be quit a challenge. One he would have to try and keep his curse hidden from anyone beside the Tendos and try to keep his so-called engagement a secret from people or he'd get flattened by her mallet. "Now I think it's time to go back in and tell them of our "engagement". Ranma then clasped on his belt and hung his cloak over his arm. Then without thinking he held open the door for Akane. "After you."
Akane stepped out and as she stepped out she couldn't help but think of how different Ranma was from the other boys. He didn't seem to be a pervert like the others but he was still a boy so she had to be careful. She then headed to the house to take a bath.
Ranma was about to leave but before he did that he decided to send Guenhwyvar to the astral plane. He walked over to where Guen was sitting and took out a beautifully crafted onyx statue. He placed it on the ground in front off the panther. Guenhwyvar in her turn understood what Ranma was about to do. She then began to walk around the statue and slowly her from faded into a gray mist and as soon as the mist was gone, so was Guenhwyvar. Ranma picked up the statue and put it in his pocket. "Rest well my friend." He then walked out of the dojo and over towards the house. When he came in he went over towards the living room where everyone for Akane where waiting. Ranma hoped that his father had told them about his curse and if not he would have to explain it to him.
Soun and Genma where talking to each other while Nabiki was watching TV while Kasumi was pouring tea for everyone. Genma looked up when Ranma came in the livingroom. "Ah Ranma I see you're done now that you're back you can choose your fiancée."
Ranma sighed when he heard his father and looked at the other people in the room. Kasumi was acting as if nothing was wrong while Nabiki was looking at Ranma with some interest.
*I've never seen anyone like that. I mean his skin color, it's unlike anything I've ever seen and his hair it looks like silk. Wonder if I can make any profit off of him?*
Ranma was totally oblivious about what Nabiki was thinking. He looked at his father and decided to tell him that that he would choose Akane as his fiancée, after he'd taken a bath. "Dad, I'll tell you who I've chosen as my fiancée after I take a bath. That is, if mister Tendon doesn't mind me using his bath."
Soun looked at the young man in front of him. He had to admit that Ranma did look different in his cursed form but he seemed like a fine youngman. That was if what Genma had told him about Ranma was true. "No I don't mind go right ahead but Akane is in the furo now so you'd have to wait till she was done. Kasumi why don't you show Ranma to his room?"
"Okay daddy, Ranma would you please follow me?" Kasumi got up and went upstairs and Ranma followed. They came to a room that seemed like a guestroom. There where two futons and his fathers pack was already there.
Looking around Ranma smiled, it had been a while since he had been able to sleep in a house without having to con his way in. Okay he didn't do the conning, it was his father who'd try and con someone in giving them a place to stay for free. He walked into the room and put down his pack and cloak.
"If there is anything you need don't hesitate to ask. I'll now go and get you some towels so you can take a bath. I'll be right back." Kasumi then left the room to get Ranma's towels.
Ranma decided he would start unpacking his stuff so he opened his pack and took out the things in the pack. Several sets of clean clothes and some spare cloaks shoes and a white gi. He then looked for a place where he could hide some of his things, the things he didn't want his father to find. He was still looking for a place when Kasumi came back in carrying some towels. She placed them on one of the futons and the left. When she was gone Ranma continued to look for a hiding place. After several minutes he found a perfect place. One of the floorboards was loose and he managed to pull it away. Looking under the floorboard he smiled. This would be perfect. He then took of his swords and placed them under the floorboards. He then took out the onyx statue and hesitated to put it there with the swords but he knew he couldn't take it with him to the furo. Okay not now but now that he had a bath available he would give Guenhwyvar a bath one of these days. After he had hidden the items he continued to unpack and when he was done he lay down on one of the futons and waited. After having traveled all day Ranma had to admit that he was a bit tired so he closed his eyes and soon he dozed off.
Akane had now finished her bath and was drying off. She couldn't help but think about this Ranma. He was a boy so a pervert in her eyes but he also seemed different but she still had to be careful. Also by the way Ranma moved she could tell that he was trained in the art so she really wanted to fight him one day soon. She wanted to see how far he was, if he was close to her level. She also couldn't believe that she had agreed with his plan to play his fiancée so their fathers would be happy.
Akane finished drying of and put on her pajama. She then went over to the room where Ranma was. Kasumi had told her that Ranma would be in the guestroom waiting for her to finish her bath. She came to the door and found it ajar. She peeked in and saw Ranma lying on the bed seemingly asleep. She decided to wake him up since he had told her that he wanted to take a bath. She knocked on the door and when Ranma didn't stir, she opened the door and silently entered the room. She kneeled next to him and hesitantly shook him. When she shook him he didn't move so she shook him harder and called his name. Still he didn't move so she shook him even harder, still nothing. *Man what does it take to wake him up? Well he wanted to take a bath so he will have to wake up. Time to get serious* Akane got up and took hold of Ranma's futon and took a deep breath. Then with all her strength she pulled Ranma's futon from under him.
Ranma was sleeping soundly when he had a feeling of weightlessness and as soon as he opened his eyes he found out that he was suspended in midair. "What the..." Before Ranma knew what was going on, he was flying through the air and ended up in the wall. Getting up he glared at Akane. "What ya do that for you tomboy?" He rubbed his head since that was the first part of him to hit the wall.
Akane stood there with the futon in her hands. "What did you call me?" A menacing glow came from Akane as she grasped the futon even tighter and began to tare it.
"Nothing, nothing, anyway why did you wake me like that." Ranma walked over to Akane and gently took the futon from her. He knew that sleeping on a futon made out of one piece was a lot more comfortable then a jigsaw-futon.
"Well you told me that you wanted to take a bath after I was done. As you can see I'm done so you can take a bath now."
"I see but why did you throw me into the wall?"
"When I called you, you didn't wake up and when I shook you you didn't wake up so I decided to do something else to wake you up. Throwing you into the air was the first thing that came to mind." Akane stood there, a large grin on her face. She then turned around and walked out of the room. "I'll see you tomorrow morning Ranma, goodnight." Akane then left and went over to her own room.
Ranma decided to leave it at that, picked up his stuff and went over to the bathroom. Once there he took off his clothes rinced off and got into the furo. As soon as he stepped into the warm water the transformation was triggered. Dark skin was replaced by a healthy pale skin and the long silk like white hair became a dark black color. Ranma relaxed and sighed, it had been almost a year since he had been able to take a bath. During his stay in China he was able to take baths but not like this. The baths there where natural springs and alike. Now he was able to take a nice hot bath.
Thinking back at his stay in China he couldn't help but think about his goddaughter. Little Hotaru was probably growing up fast and was asking everyone to play with her and wearing them out. He still remembred when he was told that he would be the godfather of the little redhead.
Flashback:
One year ago when he, his father and the guide where traveling through China they came across an Amazon village and they decided to take a look. This year there was a contest to see who was the strongest of the younger amazons. They decided to take a look. As they enetered the village Ranma's eyes caught sight of something that seemed very familiar to him. It was a black figurine of a panther and it stood there on a table with a lot of food and other stuff. He turned to the guide. "Say what's with the stuff there on the table?" Ranma pointed to the table with all of the food and other items.
"Ah kind sir, that is price of amazon fighting contest. Best amazon will get price, why you ask? You want to fight amazon warrior?"
"Huh what you mean that I can if I want to?" Something in Ranma told him to try and win so he could get that statue, for once he wasn't interested in the food.
"Ah yes this tournament is also open for outiders to enter. But it is not good to..." The rest of the words fell on deaf ears as Ranma was determined to enter this tournament and win.
Ranma faced the guide with a look of totall determination in his eyes. "Tell me, where do I enter and who do I fight."
The guide shoook his head and knew from the things he had seen Ranma do on their trip to China that when he had this look in his eyes he wouldn't give up. He went over to where people had to register for the tournament.
When the guide was gone Genma, in his cursed form at the present, stepped over to his son and patted him on the shoulder. He then held up a sign, a kingsize sign. #Way to go son thinking about training even when we are starved. Now go out there and win that food, I'll be sitting at the table tasting our prize.#
Ranma saw his father walking over to the table with the prize and sat down. He then picked up a large melon and was about to take a bite when something told Ranma that this was a bad idea. Looking around he picked up a large rock and chigged it at his father. The rock hit him square in the face knocking him out. "That takes care of that." He then sat down and waited for the guide while looking at the tournament. He had to admit, these amazons where good fighters. He also didn't recognize the style they where using. He decided to study their moves.
After about thirty minutes the guide came back with a slightly grim look on his face. "Ah kind sir here you are. As you asked you may enter tournament. First fight will be against last years best. I ask you to please not do this. It not wise for outsiders to fight amazon, okay you not female so not so bad but still."
"Look I don't know why it's so bad to fight amazons but I will fight so tell me when do I fight?" Ranma pulled the hood of his cloak over his head and checked his gloves. He didn't want the amazons to see him in his cursed form because it might startle them.
"Very well, you fight next on log over there." The guide pointed to the side of the log where a huge amazon was sent into orbit by a young purple haired amazon. "She is opponent, good luck."
"Thanks." Ranma was about to take of the belt with his swords when he saw the most amazons where fighting with weapons and even though he wasn't used to using these swords, he thought they might come in handy. Straightening his back he walked over towards the log and hopped on. He then got into a relaxed stance and waited for the startig signal. He saw the young amazon eye him closely as she got ready. She then asked him something in Chinese which he didn't recognise so he just shrugged and waited.
After a few minutes the referee came towards them and announced the fight, in chinese as well as japanese since she was told that one of the fighters was an outsider and didn't speak chinese. "Next fight village pride Xian Phu against outsider Saotome Ranma. Fighters ready.. Fight"
As soon as the starting signal was given Xian Phu sprang into action, bon bori's leading. She attacked Ranma with such ferocity that he was a bit to slow to react to her attack. One of the bon bori's grazed his ribs and he winced. There was a huge amount of power behind the attack so he decided to stay clear of those things. He jumped up and over his opponent to get some distance between them. He then eyed the young girl carefully, trying to read her moves.
Meanwhile a very old looking woman came hopping on a cain towards the front of the audience. Everyone made way for her so she could pass. She stopped when she had a clear view of the fight. Xian Phu was attacking Ranma with all het strength while Ranma was simply hopping around avoiding her attacks. *Hmm looks like Xian Phu will have to give her best if she wants to win. This outsider is a very capable fighter that is if he is as good at attacking as he is at avoding attacks. He could very well make a very good husband to Xian Phu. That is if he survives the fight.* She then turned her full attention on the fight again.
Ranma was hopping about avoiding the attacks from the ferocious Amazon. They had been at this for about 15 minutes now when he decied to take action. While juming about he had taken the time to study the amazons moves and saw a way how to defeat her. When Xian Phu excecuted a straight forward attack with her bon bori she would become slightly overbalanced and that was the time for him to attack. Because she would be overbalanced after that attack it would take her slightly longer to revover and that would leave her vulnerable. He waited for the right moment and when Shampoo attacked he reacted.
To be continued.
Again, pretty pretty please tell me what you think. So then until next time.
This is a crossover with several books written by R.A. SALVATORE them being: The Dark Elf Trilogy; Icewinddale trilogy, Legacy of the Drow. I'm not the owner of the characters used in this fic and I'm doing this just for the fun of it and no profit is being made.
Author's notes: I would like to thank everyone who've read this story and told me to continue. From the reactions people gave me I have decided to go on with this story and at the same time keep working on my other two stories, The Crystal of Life and Ranma May Cry. This will mean that I will have to divide my spare time between those three stories so it might take a while for me to write chapters for all of them but if people keep supporting me I'll do my best to try and write as much as possible. Again my thanks to everyone.
Also I forgot to mention something in the first chapter. Instead of being sixteen when Ranma came to Jusenkyo he was fifteen but he was sixteen when he met the Tendo's for the first time.
" " : Spoken words
* * : Thoughts
# # : Panda sign
Akane was hanging to every word of Ranma's Story. "What you mean to tell me that you can fly?"
"Uhm not exactly, you see after I saw that I was up in the air I nearly freaked and then I fell." Ranma still remembered that. He saw his father and the guide stand there looking at him and suddenly he rediscovered gravity and a few seconds later he landed face first in the ground. The wind had blown him slightly away from the spring so that he hovered over land.
"Oh I see, so this was just a one timer?"
"More or less, I've tried to see if I'm able to fly but every time I try I end up with my face in the dirt. Trust me it's very painful. It was as if the second I was out of danger I "forgot" how I was able to fly. The same went for how to use the swords, when I was under the water and nearly drowning my mind was flooded with knowledge how to use the swords. When I was out of the water that knowledge left me, some basic knowledge remained, I've been practicing every day to increases my proficiency with the swords and I've got a feeling that I'm doing pretty well."
"That's cool, would you mind showing me those swords? I'd really like to see them." Akane was truly interested in those swords, she also couldn't believe that she was sitting here with a boy, a pervert in her eyes.
As if reading her mind Ranma in his turn asked her a question. "Say Akane if you hate boys so much then why are you sitting here talking to one. It also seems that you're not afraid of Guen any more."
It wasn't until Ranma had mentioned it that she noticed that she was actually petting the giant panther. Unknowing of her actions she had dropped her hand to the strong yet soft fur of the panthers flank and she was now petting her. She thought of pulling her hand away but when she heard Guen's purring she decided it couldn't hurt.
Guen in her turn liked the attention and was about to doze off when she sensed someone approaching the dojo. In the blink of an eye she was up and hid in one of the corners of the dojo. She thought it best if not to many people knew of her existence.
Akane was startled when Guen jumped up and ran to a corner. At first she thought she did something wrong but then she heard Kasumi's voice.
"Akane, it's getting late and you still need to take a bath. Why don't you and Ranma come back in so he can also take a bath?" Kasumi was about to open the door when it was pulled open end there stood Akane. "Oh hi Akane, are you two ready to come back in?"
"Uh, yeah we're about done, will be there in a few minutes." Akane then quickly closed the door and went back to Ranma, who in his turn had stayed out of sight. "It's getting late and Kasumi's right I still need to take a bath so I'll be heading back. Akane turned and slid open the door.
"Akane, wait."
Akane turned around to Ranma. "What's the matter?"
"I have a question to ask you. You now probably know the most about me and my father isn't going to get of off my back until I pick a fiancée. So I was thinking about telling them that we choose to become engaged."
As soon as the words of en engagement with a boy registered she freaked. "WHAT you think I would like to be engaged to a boy, all boys are perverts no matter how they look. I don't like boys I only like men like doctor Tofu…." As soon she had said the words she stopped, she couldn't believe that that had slipped.
"Aaaahh I see you already have someone you like or even love perhaps. I understand I'll have to see if I can convince my father to blow of the engagement plans. You see I don't like to tell a whole bunch of people about my situation and friends. So I thought that since you now know about my curse, and Guen over there that you would be willing to act as my fiancée so my father and your father would be happy. Then when time goes by we can perhaps tell them that we don't love each other and want to break of the engagement. We could even fake a few fights to let them think that we don't like each other. But I think that that's not something you're willing to try, so I hope my father doesn't freak." Ranma walked over to his cloak and was putting it on when Akane tapped him on his shoulder. Ranma turned around and saw what seemed to be a really nervous Akane. "What's the matter Akane?"
"I guess it's okay to do like you suggested so our fathers are happy. But remember it's just an act okay?" Akane didn't like to admit it but she was curious about Ranma and he hadn't finished his story and she wanted to hear it.
Ranma smiled he found this girl interesting, here she was telling how much she hated boys and yet she was willing to act like his fiancée. "Okay, I get it. We pretend to be engaged. Oh, and one more thing, I would like it if you'd keep quiet about Guen. Sure people will find out about her but I'd like it to be a secret for now, also I have a feeling that my father has already told everyone inside of my curse so you don't have to keep that a secret."
"Okay that's a deal but promise me not to tell anyone about our so called engagement. Because if you do I'll pound you to a pulp." To emphasize her words Akane had pulled out a mallet and waved it dangerously.
"I get, I get it. Just be careful with that thing you could really hurt someone with that." As soon as Akane had taken out the mallet he took a few steps back. *Whoa she sure has a strange personality and the way she handles that mallet. Man what a tomboy.* Ranma couldn't help but smile at his thoughts it seemed that this would be quit a challenge. One he would have to try and keep his curse hidden from anyone beside the Tendos and try to keep his so-called engagement a secret from people or he'd get flattened by her mallet. "Now I think it's time to go back in and tell them of our "engagement". Ranma then clasped on his belt and hung his cloak over his arm. Then without thinking he held open the door for Akane. "After you."
Akane stepped out and as she stepped out she couldn't help but think of how different Ranma was from the other boys. He didn't seem to be a pervert like the others but he was still a boy so she had to be careful. She then headed to the house to take a bath.
Ranma was about to leave but before he did that he decided to send Guenhwyvar to the astral plane. He walked over to where Guen was sitting and took out a beautifully crafted onyx statue. He placed it on the ground in front off the panther. Guenhwyvar in her turn understood what Ranma was about to do. She then began to walk around the statue and slowly her from faded into a gray mist and as soon as the mist was gone, so was Guenhwyvar. Ranma picked up the statue and put it in his pocket. "Rest well my friend." He then walked out of the dojo and over towards the house. When he came in he went over towards the living room where everyone for Akane where waiting. Ranma hoped that his father had told them about his curse and if not he would have to explain it to him.
Soun and Genma where talking to each other while Nabiki was watching TV while Kasumi was pouring tea for everyone. Genma looked up when Ranma came in the livingroom. "Ah Ranma I see you're done now that you're back you can choose your fiancée."
Ranma sighed when he heard his father and looked at the other people in the room. Kasumi was acting as if nothing was wrong while Nabiki was looking at Ranma with some interest.
*I've never seen anyone like that. I mean his skin color, it's unlike anything I've ever seen and his hair it looks like silk. Wonder if I can make any profit off of him?*
Ranma was totally oblivious about what Nabiki was thinking. He looked at his father and decided to tell him that that he would choose Akane as his fiancée, after he'd taken a bath. "Dad, I'll tell you who I've chosen as my fiancée after I take a bath. That is, if mister Tendon doesn't mind me using his bath."
Soun looked at the young man in front of him. He had to admit that Ranma did look different in his cursed form but he seemed like a fine youngman. That was if what Genma had told him about Ranma was true. "No I don't mind go right ahead but Akane is in the furo now so you'd have to wait till she was done. Kasumi why don't you show Ranma to his room?"
"Okay daddy, Ranma would you please follow me?" Kasumi got up and went upstairs and Ranma followed. They came to a room that seemed like a guestroom. There where two futons and his fathers pack was already there.
Looking around Ranma smiled, it had been a while since he had been able to sleep in a house without having to con his way in. Okay he didn't do the conning, it was his father who'd try and con someone in giving them a place to stay for free. He walked into the room and put down his pack and cloak.
"If there is anything you need don't hesitate to ask. I'll now go and get you some towels so you can take a bath. I'll be right back." Kasumi then left the room to get Ranma's towels.
Ranma decided he would start unpacking his stuff so he opened his pack and took out the things in the pack. Several sets of clean clothes and some spare cloaks shoes and a white gi. He then looked for a place where he could hide some of his things, the things he didn't want his father to find. He was still looking for a place when Kasumi came back in carrying some towels. She placed them on one of the futons and the left. When she was gone Ranma continued to look for a hiding place. After several minutes he found a perfect place. One of the floorboards was loose and he managed to pull it away. Looking under the floorboard he smiled. This would be perfect. He then took of his swords and placed them under the floorboards. He then took out the onyx statue and hesitated to put it there with the swords but he knew he couldn't take it with him to the furo. Okay not now but now that he had a bath available he would give Guenhwyvar a bath one of these days. After he had hidden the items he continued to unpack and when he was done he lay down on one of the futons and waited. After having traveled all day Ranma had to admit that he was a bit tired so he closed his eyes and soon he dozed off.
Akane had now finished her bath and was drying off. She couldn't help but think about this Ranma. He was a boy so a pervert in her eyes but he also seemed different but she still had to be careful. Also by the way Ranma moved she could tell that he was trained in the art so she really wanted to fight him one day soon. She wanted to see how far he was, if he was close to her level. She also couldn't believe that she had agreed with his plan to play his fiancée so their fathers would be happy.
Akane finished drying of and put on her pajama. She then went over to the room where Ranma was. Kasumi had told her that Ranma would be in the guestroom waiting for her to finish her bath. She came to the door and found it ajar. She peeked in and saw Ranma lying on the bed seemingly asleep. She decided to wake him up since he had told her that he wanted to take a bath. She knocked on the door and when Ranma didn't stir, she opened the door and silently entered the room. She kneeled next to him and hesitantly shook him. When she shook him he didn't move so she shook him harder and called his name. Still he didn't move so she shook him even harder, still nothing. *Man what does it take to wake him up? Well he wanted to take a bath so he will have to wake up. Time to get serious* Akane got up and took hold of Ranma's futon and took a deep breath. Then with all her strength she pulled Ranma's futon from under him.
Ranma was sleeping soundly when he had a feeling of weightlessness and as soon as he opened his eyes he found out that he was suspended in midair. "What the..." Before Ranma knew what was going on, he was flying through the air and ended up in the wall. Getting up he glared at Akane. "What ya do that for you tomboy?" He rubbed his head since that was the first part of him to hit the wall.
Akane stood there with the futon in her hands. "What did you call me?" A menacing glow came from Akane as she grasped the futon even tighter and began to tare it.
"Nothing, nothing, anyway why did you wake me like that." Ranma walked over to Akane and gently took the futon from her. He knew that sleeping on a futon made out of one piece was a lot more comfortable then a jigsaw-futon.
"Well you told me that you wanted to take a bath after I was done. As you can see I'm done so you can take a bath now."
"I see but why did you throw me into the wall?"
"When I called you, you didn't wake up and when I shook you you didn't wake up so I decided to do something else to wake you up. Throwing you into the air was the first thing that came to mind." Akane stood there, a large grin on her face. She then turned around and walked out of the room. "I'll see you tomorrow morning Ranma, goodnight." Akane then left and went over to her own room.
Ranma decided to leave it at that, picked up his stuff and went over to the bathroom. Once there he took off his clothes rinced off and got into the furo. As soon as he stepped into the warm water the transformation was triggered. Dark skin was replaced by a healthy pale skin and the long silk like white hair became a dark black color. Ranma relaxed and sighed, it had been almost a year since he had been able to take a bath. During his stay in China he was able to take baths but not like this. The baths there where natural springs and alike. Now he was able to take a nice hot bath.
Thinking back at his stay in China he couldn't help but think about his goddaughter. Little Hotaru was probably growing up fast and was asking everyone to play with her and wearing them out. He still remembred when he was told that he would be the godfather of the little redhead.
Flashback:
One year ago when he, his father and the guide where traveling through China they came across an Amazon village and they decided to take a look. This year there was a contest to see who was the strongest of the younger amazons. They decided to take a look. As they enetered the village Ranma's eyes caught sight of something that seemed very familiar to him. It was a black figurine of a panther and it stood there on a table with a lot of food and other stuff. He turned to the guide. "Say what's with the stuff there on the table?" Ranma pointed to the table with all of the food and other items.
"Ah kind sir, that is price of amazon fighting contest. Best amazon will get price, why you ask? You want to fight amazon warrior?"
"Huh what you mean that I can if I want to?" Something in Ranma told him to try and win so he could get that statue, for once he wasn't interested in the food.
"Ah yes this tournament is also open for outiders to enter. But it is not good to..." The rest of the words fell on deaf ears as Ranma was determined to enter this tournament and win.
Ranma faced the guide with a look of totall determination in his eyes. "Tell me, where do I enter and who do I fight."
The guide shoook his head and knew from the things he had seen Ranma do on their trip to China that when he had this look in his eyes he wouldn't give up. He went over to where people had to register for the tournament.
When the guide was gone Genma, in his cursed form at the present, stepped over to his son and patted him on the shoulder. He then held up a sign, a kingsize sign. #Way to go son thinking about training even when we are starved. Now go out there and win that food, I'll be sitting at the table tasting our prize.#
Ranma saw his father walking over to the table with the prize and sat down. He then picked up a large melon and was about to take a bite when something told Ranma that this was a bad idea. Looking around he picked up a large rock and chigged it at his father. The rock hit him square in the face knocking him out. "That takes care of that." He then sat down and waited for the guide while looking at the tournament. He had to admit, these amazons where good fighters. He also didn't recognize the style they where using. He decided to study their moves.
After about thirty minutes the guide came back with a slightly grim look on his face. "Ah kind sir here you are. As you asked you may enter tournament. First fight will be against last years best. I ask you to please not do this. It not wise for outsiders to fight amazon, okay you not female so not so bad but still."
"Look I don't know why it's so bad to fight amazons but I will fight so tell me when do I fight?" Ranma pulled the hood of his cloak over his head and checked his gloves. He didn't want the amazons to see him in his cursed form because it might startle them.
"Very well, you fight next on log over there." The guide pointed to the side of the log where a huge amazon was sent into orbit by a young purple haired amazon. "She is opponent, good luck."
"Thanks." Ranma was about to take of the belt with his swords when he saw the most amazons where fighting with weapons and even though he wasn't used to using these swords, he thought they might come in handy. Straightening his back he walked over towards the log and hopped on. He then got into a relaxed stance and waited for the startig signal. He saw the young amazon eye him closely as she got ready. She then asked him something in Chinese which he didn't recognise so he just shrugged and waited.
After a few minutes the referee came towards them and announced the fight, in chinese as well as japanese since she was told that one of the fighters was an outsider and didn't speak chinese. "Next fight village pride Xian Phu against outsider Saotome Ranma. Fighters ready.. Fight"
As soon as the starting signal was given Xian Phu sprang into action, bon bori's leading. She attacked Ranma with such ferocity that he was a bit to slow to react to her attack. One of the bon bori's grazed his ribs and he winced. There was a huge amount of power behind the attack so he decided to stay clear of those things. He jumped up and over his opponent to get some distance between them. He then eyed the young girl carefully, trying to read her moves.
Meanwhile a very old looking woman came hopping on a cain towards the front of the audience. Everyone made way for her so she could pass. She stopped when she had a clear view of the fight. Xian Phu was attacking Ranma with all het strength while Ranma was simply hopping around avoiding her attacks. *Hmm looks like Xian Phu will have to give her best if she wants to win. This outsider is a very capable fighter that is if he is as good at attacking as he is at avoding attacks. He could very well make a very good husband to Xian Phu. That is if he survives the fight.* She then turned her full attention on the fight again.
Ranma was hopping about avoiding the attacks from the ferocious Amazon. They had been at this for about 15 minutes now when he decied to take action. While juming about he had taken the time to study the amazons moves and saw a way how to defeat her. When Xian Phu excecuted a straight forward attack with her bon bori she would become slightly overbalanced and that was the time for him to attack. Because she would be overbalanced after that attack it would take her slightly longer to revover and that would leave her vulnerable. He waited for the right moment and when Shampoo attacked he reacted.
To be continued.
Again, pretty pretty please tell me what you think. So then until next time.