All Ranma ½ characters
belong to Rumiko Takahashi. However this story belongs to ME!
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Akane walked into the Dojo, rubbing her eyes sleepily.
"Ranma, what do you think you're doing?" she demanded.
"Oh, hi Akane" the boy answered cheerfully looking up "Is it morning yet?"
She opened her eyes wide.
"You don't mean the two of you have been fighting all night?" she asked incredulously.
Ranma and Ryoga exchanged a startled glance. Ryoga looked away grunting, then winced. As usual he'd tried catching his opponent off guard the night before but Ranma was a tough one and they ended up fighting way into day break, destroying half the Dojo in the process.
"Fighting? Who was fighting? It was a... friendly duel!" Ranma stated happily elbowing Ryoga a little too hard.
"Yes indeed. A friendly match... we got carried away" Ryoga confirmed putting his arm around Ranma, slowly choking him.
"Just... practice. Right Ryoga old buddy?" Ranma said, punching Ryoga in the chest.
"To keep fit, Ranma my friend" Ryoga answered returning the punch.
The two glared at each other.
Akane sighed in disgust and walked out mumbling "Guys" under her breath.
"That Ryoga will never learn" Ranma slammed the bathroom door shut.
He looked himself in the mirror, probed a sore spot on his face. Winced. "I'll get him back next time!"
"Huh? What's this? A new mirror? It looks... kinda sissy..." he mumbled, wrinkling his nose at the elaborated framework.
"What's it supposed to be anyway?" he wondered getting closer to inspect it. Little wooden figures seemed to dance around the clear surface.
Something caught his eye. Ranma turned sharply. He could've sworn something lurked in the mirror. He shook his head. Lack of sleep does that to you, he thought.
He quickly washed up and went to breakfast.
"Hey Mr. Tendo, what's with the new mirror?" Ranma asked at breakfast table between mouthfuls of food. Akane watched him with barely disguised disgust.
"Mirror? Oh you mean the one Kasumi bought?"
"Isn't it lovely? And it was so cheap!" Kasumi beamed putting a fresh bowl of food on the table. Genma and Ranma made a grab at it simultaneously. They glared at each other.
"Boys need nourishment to grow up" Ranma said smiling
"Ah but I need to make up for all those years of hunger" Genma replied
"Seems to me you've already made up for it a plenty, old man" Ranma patted his dad's prominent belly.
Sparks flew as they fought using chopsticks as weapons.
"It's odd though" Kasumi looked puzzled.
"What is?" Akane wondered
"Well, the old man who sold it to me kept telling me to keep it out of natural light and not gaze into it while the sun & moon shone on it... said something about a curse..."
"A curse?" everyone asked. Even Ramna and Gemna had stopped their battle.
"Oh I'm sure it's nothing but an old tale" Nabiki dismissed it, eating from the bowl that the Saotome's were contending. The two watched her in disbelief.
"I do hope you're right..." Kasumi said still looking worried.
"Come on Ranma! We'll be late!" Akane yelled grabbing her books and heading out the door, the boy close at her heels.
In the bathroom a stray beam hit the mirror so that its surface shone golden. The figures on the frame seemed to take life while the mirror misted over. In its depth something lurked. Two slits opened glaring red murder.
"That Kuno is such a loser. He's really thick headed" Ranma stated, rubbing his knuckles.
Akane glanced at the boy who was calming walking on the fence without loosing his perfect balance.
"I could say the same thing about someone else"
"What's that supposed to mean?" he exclaimed hotly
"Oh nothing" Akane walked on by without paying him attention.
"Hey! Come back here!" Ranma yelled. The girl continued on her path.
Once back home they were greeted by a sorry sight. Kasumi was sobbing, her father trying uselessly to comfort her while Nabiki and Mr. Genma hovered nearby. Three pairs of furious eyes stopped Ranma on his tracks.
"Ranma, how could you! After all they did for us!" Mr. Saotome burst
"I knew you were a hot-blooded young man what with peeping at Akane while she's taking a bath and all but isn't this taking it a little too far?" Nabiki said in disgust.
"My poor baby!" Mr. Tendo sobbed glaring at the helpless boy
"What did I do?" Ranma asked at last
"Sneaking behind Kasumi and... and..." Mr. Tendo stuttered
"And grabbing her" Nabiki finished for him
"I did WHAT?!" the boy exclaimed in outrage.
"Even this is beyond you!" Akane took a whack at him with her bag. Ranma easily dodged her attack and put out his hands in peace.
"Hey, wait a minute! You know me better than that!"
"Do I?" Her eyes were slits
"Oh come on! I wouldn't do such a thing! Especially not to Kasumi"
Akane stopped on her tracks
"When did you say this happened?"
"Around noon. Kasumi was cooking lunch when someone probed her and when she turned she saw a shadow looking remarkably like... him!" Nabiki was starting to enjoy playing detective.
"Is that true, Kasumi?" Akane asked her distraught sister. Kasumi nodded sadly from the safety of her father's arms. Akane glared at Ranma.
"Akane, you dimwit..."
"Who are you calling a dimwit??"
"Don't you remember? I was with you at Doctor Tofu's around that hour!"
"Oh yeah. You're right! So it couldn't have been Ranma" She stated happily
Ranma sighed "Thanks a lot"
"Ok but this leaves us with the question: who's the guilty party?" Nabiki wondered aloud, voicing everyone's thoughts.
At that moment a bag fell from the roof, a small shape following after it grabbing bra's and lingerie which had scattered everywhere.
Five pair of outraged eyes pinned old Happosai on the spot. He slowly turned around to face them.
Five minutes later an unconscious form laying buried in women's undergarments, the family was sitting around the table wondering what to do next.
"It couldn't have been him either"
"It's beneath him to do such a thing, at least to Kasumi"
"I wouldn't put it past him"
"Then who was it?"
"Don't go looking at me again! I've got an alibi!" Ranma exclaimed grabbing Akane and using her as a shield. The girl shrieked and punched him
"Face it! The description of the attacker matches you perfectly!"
"Ryoga, you stay out of this!" Ranma growled rubbing his sore head.
"If you lay another finger on Akane, I'll kill you!"
The two glared at each other causing the object of their contentment to sigh.
"Really. Haven't you guys got better things to do!"
"Yeah, like what?" Ranma demanded
"How about catching the culprit?" Nabiki suggested.
"Yeah right" the boy mumbled
"I'll help!" Ryoga piped in eagerly, his brilliant eyes on Akane.
Akane smiled gratefully at him throwing a dagger-like glance at Ranma who ignored her.
"Hey, what's for dinner?" Ranma asked eagerly the next day, sitting down besides his father.
"You should know"
"Huh?"
Kasumi set a bowl of rice on the table.
"Is that all?" the boy asked incredulously.
"That's all you left in the house" Genma stated flatly, taking the bowl that Kasumi was passing to Ranma.
"Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?" the boy demanded angrily
"You already had your share. In fact, you had enough food to last you the week"
"I had what?!"
"Apparently someone looking remarkably like you was seen ransacking the kitchen" Nabiki mumbled, the chopsticks in her mouth.
"Huh?"
Kasumi nodded sadly.
Five pairs of eyes glared at him.
"But I didn't do anything! I was at U-chan's!"
"Oh, and what were you doing there?" Akane asked in a dangerously low voice
"Nothing you're thinking about! I was just grabbing a bite to eat!"
"So you admit you ate" Genma cornered him
"Only Okonomiyaki! And she offered!" Ranma quickly defended himself trying to avoid Akane's reaction.
She looked away.
"So.. there's no food in the house?" the boy asked disconsolately
"Only this. I'll go shopping tomorrow" Kasumi promised, setting a big kettle of tea on the table.
Everyone sighed.
"That's it! This story has got to stop!" Ranma stated flatly.
It had been a whole week that food disappeared every day, leaving the family with just rice for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
"So what do you propose to do?"
"I don't know. But we've got to stop it or I'll starve!" Ranma's stomach agreed.
"What do we know of this guy anyways? That he eats for two people, probes girls-..."
"Hai-ya! How lucky to have found you!" A voice cried as Shampoo fell from the sky and hugged the startled boy.
"Sha.. Sham-poo...Get off me!" Ranma disentangled himself
"What, so cold after last night?" the Chinese girl pouted prettily
"What do you mean, last night?"
"You forget already??"
Shampoo lowered her long lashes, blushing lightly
"Last night you come to my place, you hug and then you..." She shook herself, bringing her hands to her flaming cheeks
"He-hey! Whatever happened last night, it wasn't me!"
"You forget already??"
"Listen, there's someone who's posing as me doing stuff like that. Besides, I was at home last night! You tell her, Akane!"
Akane glared at the two "Were you?"
"Oh come on! You know me better than that!"
Akane looked away
"You mean... wasn't you? But then...!!!"
Shan-pu's face flushed hotly as her eyes threw sparks. "I kill!"
"Too bad wasn't you though..." she mumbled sadly to Ranma before running off to seek vengeance.
"That's it, we've got to stop this creep!" Ranma declared angrily "He's ruining my reputation!"
"But.. the problem is we don't even know where to start"
"We could set a trap..." Akane suggested, a thoughtful expression on her face.
"Yeah sure, using you as bait" Ranma sneered
"Oh no you don't! I forbid you to do such a thing!" Ryoga growled
"Who would want to touch her anyways?"
"What's that supposed to mean??" Akane demanded
"Face it Akane, you're built like a brick. You haven't got what it takes"
"Excuse me?!"
"How dare you insult Akane!"
Ryoga went for Ranma, hit the wall.
"Hey, watch it!"
Ranma barely had time to jump off it before it exploded under his feet.
"I happen to think Akane's idea is brilliant"
"You would"
"I know a better way..." Ryoga started smiling evilly.
Ranma soon found himself in girl shape with a frilly pink dress.
"Hey, what's the big idea!?"
"We're gonna execute Akane's plan, using YOU as bait"
"Fine! I'll show you how to seduce a thief!"
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Akane walked into the Dojo, rubbing her eyes sleepily.
"Ranma, what do you think you're doing?" she demanded.
"Oh, hi Akane" the boy answered cheerfully looking up "Is it morning yet?"
She opened her eyes wide.
"You don't mean the two of you have been fighting all night?" she asked incredulously.
Ranma and Ryoga exchanged a startled glance. Ryoga looked away grunting, then winced. As usual he'd tried catching his opponent off guard the night before but Ranma was a tough one and they ended up fighting way into day break, destroying half the Dojo in the process.
"Fighting? Who was fighting? It was a... friendly duel!" Ranma stated happily elbowing Ryoga a little too hard.
"Yes indeed. A friendly match... we got carried away" Ryoga confirmed putting his arm around Ranma, slowly choking him.
"Just... practice. Right Ryoga old buddy?" Ranma said, punching Ryoga in the chest.
"To keep fit, Ranma my friend" Ryoga answered returning the punch.
The two glared at each other.
Akane sighed in disgust and walked out mumbling "Guys" under her breath.
"That Ryoga will never learn" Ranma slammed the bathroom door shut.
He looked himself in the mirror, probed a sore spot on his face. Winced. "I'll get him back next time!"
"Huh? What's this? A new mirror? It looks... kinda sissy..." he mumbled, wrinkling his nose at the elaborated framework.
"What's it supposed to be anyway?" he wondered getting closer to inspect it. Little wooden figures seemed to dance around the clear surface.
Something caught his eye. Ranma turned sharply. He could've sworn something lurked in the mirror. He shook his head. Lack of sleep does that to you, he thought.
He quickly washed up and went to breakfast.
"Hey Mr. Tendo, what's with the new mirror?" Ranma asked at breakfast table between mouthfuls of food. Akane watched him with barely disguised disgust.
"Mirror? Oh you mean the one Kasumi bought?"
"Isn't it lovely? And it was so cheap!" Kasumi beamed putting a fresh bowl of food on the table. Genma and Ranma made a grab at it simultaneously. They glared at each other.
"Boys need nourishment to grow up" Ranma said smiling
"Ah but I need to make up for all those years of hunger" Genma replied
"Seems to me you've already made up for it a plenty, old man" Ranma patted his dad's prominent belly.
Sparks flew as they fought using chopsticks as weapons.
"It's odd though" Kasumi looked puzzled.
"What is?" Akane wondered
"Well, the old man who sold it to me kept telling me to keep it out of natural light and not gaze into it while the sun & moon shone on it... said something about a curse..."
"A curse?" everyone asked. Even Ramna and Gemna had stopped their battle.
"Oh I'm sure it's nothing but an old tale" Nabiki dismissed it, eating from the bowl that the Saotome's were contending. The two watched her in disbelief.
"I do hope you're right..." Kasumi said still looking worried.
"Come on Ranma! We'll be late!" Akane yelled grabbing her books and heading out the door, the boy close at her heels.
In the bathroom a stray beam hit the mirror so that its surface shone golden. The figures on the frame seemed to take life while the mirror misted over. In its depth something lurked. Two slits opened glaring red murder.
"That Kuno is such a loser. He's really thick headed" Ranma stated, rubbing his knuckles.
Akane glanced at the boy who was calming walking on the fence without loosing his perfect balance.
"I could say the same thing about someone else"
"What's that supposed to mean?" he exclaimed hotly
"Oh nothing" Akane walked on by without paying him attention.
"Hey! Come back here!" Ranma yelled. The girl continued on her path.
Once back home they were greeted by a sorry sight. Kasumi was sobbing, her father trying uselessly to comfort her while Nabiki and Mr. Genma hovered nearby. Three pairs of furious eyes stopped Ranma on his tracks.
"Ranma, how could you! After all they did for us!" Mr. Saotome burst
"I knew you were a hot-blooded young man what with peeping at Akane while she's taking a bath and all but isn't this taking it a little too far?" Nabiki said in disgust.
"My poor baby!" Mr. Tendo sobbed glaring at the helpless boy
"What did I do?" Ranma asked at last
"Sneaking behind Kasumi and... and..." Mr. Tendo stuttered
"And grabbing her" Nabiki finished for him
"I did WHAT?!" the boy exclaimed in outrage.
"Even this is beyond you!" Akane took a whack at him with her bag. Ranma easily dodged her attack and put out his hands in peace.
"Hey, wait a minute! You know me better than that!"
"Do I?" Her eyes were slits
"Oh come on! I wouldn't do such a thing! Especially not to Kasumi"
Akane stopped on her tracks
"When did you say this happened?"
"Around noon. Kasumi was cooking lunch when someone probed her and when she turned she saw a shadow looking remarkably like... him!" Nabiki was starting to enjoy playing detective.
"Is that true, Kasumi?" Akane asked her distraught sister. Kasumi nodded sadly from the safety of her father's arms. Akane glared at Ranma.
"Akane, you dimwit..."
"Who are you calling a dimwit??"
"Don't you remember? I was with you at Doctor Tofu's around that hour!"
"Oh yeah. You're right! So it couldn't have been Ranma" She stated happily
Ranma sighed "Thanks a lot"
"Ok but this leaves us with the question: who's the guilty party?" Nabiki wondered aloud, voicing everyone's thoughts.
At that moment a bag fell from the roof, a small shape following after it grabbing bra's and lingerie which had scattered everywhere.
Five pair of outraged eyes pinned old Happosai on the spot. He slowly turned around to face them.
Five minutes later an unconscious form laying buried in women's undergarments, the family was sitting around the table wondering what to do next.
"It couldn't have been him either"
"It's beneath him to do such a thing, at least to Kasumi"
"I wouldn't put it past him"
"Then who was it?"
"Don't go looking at me again! I've got an alibi!" Ranma exclaimed grabbing Akane and using her as a shield. The girl shrieked and punched him
"Face it! The description of the attacker matches you perfectly!"
"Ryoga, you stay out of this!" Ranma growled rubbing his sore head.
"If you lay another finger on Akane, I'll kill you!"
The two glared at each other causing the object of their contentment to sigh.
"Really. Haven't you guys got better things to do!"
"Yeah, like what?" Ranma demanded
"How about catching the culprit?" Nabiki suggested.
"Yeah right" the boy mumbled
"I'll help!" Ryoga piped in eagerly, his brilliant eyes on Akane.
Akane smiled gratefully at him throwing a dagger-like glance at Ranma who ignored her.
"Hey, what's for dinner?" Ranma asked eagerly the next day, sitting down besides his father.
"You should know"
"Huh?"
Kasumi set a bowl of rice on the table.
"Is that all?" the boy asked incredulously.
"That's all you left in the house" Genma stated flatly, taking the bowl that Kasumi was passing to Ranma.
"Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?" the boy demanded angrily
"You already had your share. In fact, you had enough food to last you the week"
"I had what?!"
"Apparently someone looking remarkably like you was seen ransacking the kitchen" Nabiki mumbled, the chopsticks in her mouth.
"Huh?"
Kasumi nodded sadly.
Five pairs of eyes glared at him.
"But I didn't do anything! I was at U-chan's!"
"Oh, and what were you doing there?" Akane asked in a dangerously low voice
"Nothing you're thinking about! I was just grabbing a bite to eat!"
"So you admit you ate" Genma cornered him
"Only Okonomiyaki! And she offered!" Ranma quickly defended himself trying to avoid Akane's reaction.
She looked away.
"So.. there's no food in the house?" the boy asked disconsolately
"Only this. I'll go shopping tomorrow" Kasumi promised, setting a big kettle of tea on the table.
Everyone sighed.
"That's it! This story has got to stop!" Ranma stated flatly.
It had been a whole week that food disappeared every day, leaving the family with just rice for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
"So what do you propose to do?"
"I don't know. But we've got to stop it or I'll starve!" Ranma's stomach agreed.
"What do we know of this guy anyways? That he eats for two people, probes girls-..."
"Hai-ya! How lucky to have found you!" A voice cried as Shampoo fell from the sky and hugged the startled boy.
"Sha.. Sham-poo...Get off me!" Ranma disentangled himself
"What, so cold after last night?" the Chinese girl pouted prettily
"What do you mean, last night?"
"You forget already??"
Shampoo lowered her long lashes, blushing lightly
"Last night you come to my place, you hug and then you..." She shook herself, bringing her hands to her flaming cheeks
"He-hey! Whatever happened last night, it wasn't me!"
"You forget already??"
"Listen, there's someone who's posing as me doing stuff like that. Besides, I was at home last night! You tell her, Akane!"
Akane glared at the two "Were you?"
"Oh come on! You know me better than that!"
Akane looked away
"You mean... wasn't you? But then...!!!"
Shan-pu's face flushed hotly as her eyes threw sparks. "I kill!"
"Too bad wasn't you though..." she mumbled sadly to Ranma before running off to seek vengeance.
"That's it, we've got to stop this creep!" Ranma declared angrily "He's ruining my reputation!"
"But.. the problem is we don't even know where to start"
"We could set a trap..." Akane suggested, a thoughtful expression on her face.
"Yeah sure, using you as bait" Ranma sneered
"Oh no you don't! I forbid you to do such a thing!" Ryoga growled
"Who would want to touch her anyways?"
"What's that supposed to mean??" Akane demanded
"Face it Akane, you're built like a brick. You haven't got what it takes"
"Excuse me?!"
"How dare you insult Akane!"
Ryoga went for Ranma, hit the wall.
"Hey, watch it!"
Ranma barely had time to jump off it before it exploded under his feet.
"I happen to think Akane's idea is brilliant"
"You would"
"I know a better way..." Ryoga started smiling evilly.
Ranma soon found himself in girl shape with a frilly pink dress.
"Hey, what's the big idea!?"
"We're gonna execute Akane's plan, using YOU as bait"
"Fine! I'll show you how to seduce a thief!"