Hitokiri
~Jingoro~
Disclaimer: Ranma ½ belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Rurouni Kenshin belongs to Watsuki Nobuhiro. Please don't sue me because even if you do you won't get anything 'cause I'm dirt poor!
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Chapter One: Into the Bakumatsu
Ranma sat next to the koi pond and stared at the koi swimming back and forth. He let out a sigh. He had just been chased for three hours by what seemed like everyone living in Nerima. Ranma closed his eyes and lay back and stared at the sky. The stars were really beautiful at night. He soon found himself drifting off in exhaustion. The lines of stress that had been on his face drifted away leaving him to dream. Akane found him like this and let out a sigh. She reentered the house only to come back with a blanket and covered Ranma. She quickly looked around to make sure no one had seen her and quickly crept back into the house giving Ranma one last look. An hour passed. Then two. That was when Ranma's eyes fluttered open. He sat up and looked around. He stared at the blanket that lay on top of him. He looked up into Akane's window and stared at it, then sighed once again. He took off the blanket and stood up slowly.
He walked into the house and headed to his room when he passed Happosai's "room". On impulse he entered remembering that Happosai was still out for the night. He looked around carefully avoiding all the panties that lay scattered on the ground. Then he found what he was looking for. The Nan-ban mirror. He looked at it for a moment and carried it out with him. He crept to his room and then headed out as soon as he saw his father snoring. He quickly got outside and leaped to the roof of the Tendo house. He silently wondered what he was doing. He suddenly remembered that he needed a teardrop to make the mirror work. He thought of something that might make him cry when the events on Phoenix Mountain flashed in his head. Each event flashed in his mind in sequence only to stop at the point where he truly thought Akane had died. His eyes clouded over remembering that moment.
What was he doing right now? Just running away. Always running. The tear escaped his eyes before he could stop it and dripped onto the mirror. The mirror flashed brightly then Ranma was gone. A flicker of light flashed where Ranma had just been. Unbeknownst to Ranma a tiny crack was on the mirror. As the tear hit the crack the mirror flashed again then again. Suddenly it all stopped and Ranma looked around when a bright light flashed in his eyes and something knocked him off of his feet. He felt himself hit something then slowly everything went black.
*****
A young Kenshin looked at the boy in front of him. He looked about the same age as him. He was wearing bright red clothes, of Chinese origin Kenshin guessed. The boy's hair was also tied into a long ponytail. The overall appearance of the boy was strange in Kenshin's eye but he let that go. Kenshin looked up at Hiko Seijurou.
"What should we do with him shishou?" Kenshin asked.
"Bring him inside. I'll figure out what to do with him as soon as he wakes up. You will go train," Hiko said while picking up the boy with ease.
Kenshin's face dropped and he went on his way. Hiko watched him, then turned around and entered his hut with the boy. He laid him down on one of the futons and left him there. Hiko got out a bottle of sake and a cup and drank a little. About ten minutes later the boy began to move. Hiko set down his sake and waited patiently for the boy to open his eyes, and open they did. The boy sat up and rubbed his head and looked around to see where he was. His eyes ended up on Hiko.
"Ugh. where am I?" the boy asked.
"You're in my house. Now I'd like to know how you got here," Hiko asked sternly.
"Huh? How I got here? Err. shit. err. could you tell me more specifically where I am?" the boy asked.
"What do you mean?" Hiko said not understanding what the boy was talking about.
'Shit. Where am I? Where the hell did the Nan-ban mirror take me?' Ranma thought to himself.
"Err. never mind. Just forget what I just said," Ranma said.
Hiko eyed Ranma carefully. The boy looked to be about the same age as Kenshin. He could also tell that the boy wasn't just an ordinary boy from carrying him. The boy definitely had a very good muscle build.
'Is he some kind of spy? But that doesn't make any sense. Who would be spying on me? If not, then how did he find this place. And what's with his clothes? If he was a spy they wouldn't wear such brightly colored clothing,' Hiko thought silently.
Ranma noticed Hiko's wary eye on him. That was when Kenshin walked in. Ranma looked up at Kenshin and saw the sword hanging on Kenshin's side and his clothing. Looking back and forth between the two and the look of the place he was in he figured that he was way in the past. He sighed and decided to just go with things until he could find a way out of there.
"Oh, you're awake. How are you feeling?" Kenshin asked hopeful that he might have found a possible friend here in this lonely place.
"Uh, yeah. Thanks to both of you. Now uh, if you could lead me to the nearest town I would be gratef." Ranma started when Hiko cut him short.
"I'll ask again, who are you and how did you find this place?" Hiko yelled.
"Look, I don't know, ok? Now could you please let me out?" Ranma asked getting a little frustrated.
"You won't survive very long out there," Kenshin stated, as if it were an obvious thing.
"What are you talking about?" Ranma asked getting irritated.
"You'll get killed. What, you don't know about the war?" Hiko said surprised by the boy's brash attitude.
"What the hell you talking about. I can take care of myself," Ranma spat.
"I doubt it. How old are you? 11? 12?" Hiko asked.
"WHAT? I'm 18!" Ranma yelled.
"What are you talking about? Are you just really short?" Kenshin said giving ranma strange looks.
"What are you talking about?" Ranma yelled.
"Take a look," Hiko said getting out a mirror, while giving Ranma a strange look.
He placed the mirror in front of Ranma and waited. Ranma gave no reaction. Hiko took away the mirror and stared at Ranma.
"No way. what the hell?" Ranma mumbled to himself with wide eyes.
'What the hell is going on?! Why do I look so young?!' Ranma thought to himself.
He quickly pulled out the Nan-ban mirror and stared at it. Moments later he slowly placed the mirror on the ground. Hiko looked at the mirror only to see that a huge crack lay right in the middle splitting the mirror in two. Hiko raised his eyebrow and just looked at Ranma, who looked a lot paler then before.
'SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT!!!!' Ranma thought over in his head.
'Did the Nan-ban mirror do this?! Shit! When did it break?! Now what am I going to do?!' Ranma thought to himself.
Hiko looked at the boy. Utterly confused by the boy's actions he sighed.
"Fine. I don't know what you're doing here or how you got here but at least tell me you name," Hiko said finally.
"Huh? My name? Ranma Saotome of the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts," He said proudly.
"Saotome School of Anything Goes? Never heard of it," Hiko stated blankly.
"Not many have," Ranma said smugly.
"Want to see how effective it is?" Ranma said wanting to get his mind off of his current problems, and fighting was something he was familiar with.
Kenshin stared at Ranma like he was crazy.
"You want to fight him?" Kenshin said pointing at Hiko, "He's a master of Kenjitsu and I mean, look at him! How can you even hope to win?"
"Kenjitsu? Damn. I don't use weapons. Oh well, doesn't matter. Give me a sword and let's see what you're made of," Ranma said with a cocky smirk.
Hiko looked at Ranma for a second then laughed.
"Fine, let's see how good you are Saotome-chan," Hiko said mockingly.
Ranma let the remark go, knowing well that Hiko was just trying to make him mad. Kenshin just shrugged his shoulders and gave Ranma his sword. Ranma caught it in his hand and twirled it in his hand. Hiko raised his eyebrow at the skill the boy showed. The trio walked outside and Ranma and Hiko faced each other. Kenshin stood in the middle and raised his hand.
"There will be no killing so turn the sword around when attacking so you hit with the reverse side of the blade," Kenshin announced.
Both combatants nodded their heads and got into their respective stances. Hiko, into a battou jutsu stance, while Ranma just stood in a seemingly nonchalant stance. Kenshin saw this and figured Hiko would beat Ranma into the ground. Kenshin shrugged his shoulders again and lowered his hand. In a moment Hiko was gone. Kenshin looked at where Ranma was standing only to see only Hiko looking around with his sword unsheathed. In a moment however, Hiko shot up next to Ranma, who was currently in the air and struck him hard in the chest. Ranma shot down and hit a nearby tree with a cough. Hiko gently landed and looked at Ranma. He re-sheathed his katana and turned around when Ranma yelled at him.
"Don't think you've won yet! I've got a few moves still," Ranma yelled.
'Shit. this guys no pushover, and in my younger state I can't take hits as well as I could but it looks like I can still do everything. Now let's see how he likes this.' Ranma thought to himself.
Ranma got up shakily and stabbed the sword in the ground. Kenshin looked on wide-eyed. He was surprised at the other boy's tenacity. It seemed that the boy wasn't all talk. Kenshin stood, mildly impressed, only to become very impressed. Ranma lowered his body a little then said a few words.
"Umisen-ken." Ranma said quietly then vanished.
Hiko stared at the place where Ranma had been. Then rubbed his eyes.
'Did the boy just disappear.' Hiko thought when his body was hit with a fury of punches.
"Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken!" Ranma yelled this time throwing hundreds of punches directly into Hiko's stomach.
Hiko stepped back a few steps and regained his composure. He grabbed his stomach at the same time feeling the multitude of hits.
"What the hell." Hiko started when a large ball of light sped to his face.
Kenshin stood wide-eyed as Hiko, for the first time in his life, was thrown back onto the ground. Ranma let out a laugh.
"Hah! Take that!" Ranma said when his mouth dropped as Hiko jumped right back up.
"That was incredible. Did you just fire a ki blast at me?" Hiko asked.
"Err. yea." Ranma stuttered completely thrown off by this reaction.
"That's very impressive. You may not be a very good swordsman but you are indeed one hell of a fighter. You pass. You can take care of yourself. Haha. What a kid. Only 12 and throwing ki blasts." Hiko mumbled to himself.
Kenshin on the other hand ran up to Ranma and looked him up and down.
"That was incredible! What the hell was that?" Kenshin asked with youthful energy.
"Huh? It was just a ki blast. That's all." Ranma answered a little cockily.
"Ki blast? Sounds like ken ki, except you threw it out of your body. That's incredible." Kenshin mumbled to himself and turned around and followed Hiko into the hut.
Kenshin turned around and motioned for Ranma to follow. Ranma shrugged his shoulders and followed. They found Hiko sitting down drinking sake as if nothing had happened. Ranma looked Hiko up and down.
'Damn. he's one hell of a guy. Taking everything I threw at him without a word of pain. Of course I don't have nearly the strength I used to but still he's got more endurance then Ryoga and better speed then my guy side. If it weren't for me surprising him with my Umisen-ken I probably would have lost. Got the strength of a monster too.' Ranma thought rubbing his stomach where he had been hit with the reverse side of Hiko's katana.
Similarly Hiko looked Ranma up and down and evaluated him.
'This boy. where the hell did he learn all of that? His skill, speed and power are all incredible for a boy of his age. This doesn't even count as being a genius or a prodigy. This kids beyond that.' Hiko thought silently.
Kenshin also looked at Ranma and evaluated him.
'Wow, Ranma's incredible. I'm sure I could beat him in a sword fight but hand to hand, I don't even stand a chance. Where the hell did he come from?' Kenshin wondered.
Ranma took a look outside and turned back and faced Hiko and Kenshin.
"Err. I was wondering. could you guys tell me what your names are?" Ranma asked out of nowhere.
"Huh? Oh my! My names Kenshin!" Kenshin said quickly.
"You can call me Shishou," Hiko said in a tone that bore no disagreement.
Ranma looked Hiko straight in his eyes and for a moment said nothing. Then Ranma lowered his head.
"I understand. Shishou," Ranma said acknowledging Hiko as his new master.
'This guy can definitely teach me something new. Looks like this little trip won't be for nothing after all.' Ranma thought.
Kenshin very surprised but not unhappy, shook Ranma's hand. Ranma looked at the linked hands and stared up at Kenshin. For the first time in a long time Ranma a genuine smile graced Ranma's face.
'This guy, I think. I think I'll like it here.' Ranma thought to himself.
With that Hiko turned around and went back to drinking sake.
'This kid. I won't teach him any Hiten Mitsurigi Ryu, however. I will teach him how to better handle a sword. and maybe, he'll pick up a few things up from Kenshin. These two kids, incredible. One kid filled with immeasurable determination, while the other posses limitless potential. I must remember to thank Kami for letting me meet these two. Hahaha.' Hiko mused silently.
The two boys had already hit it off and had run off together. Hiko smiled and took another sip of his sake when Kenshin ran back into the hut looking like he had seen a ghost. He was completely pale and breathing excessively. Hiko raised his eyebrow and got up.
"What the hell? What are you doing? You look like you've seen a ghost!" Hiko yelled, irritated that his pupil would be this scared of anything.
"R-R-Ranma. h-h-he t-t-turned." Kenshin began to stutter.
"Spit it out! I didn't raise a weakling!" Hiko yelled.
"Heturnedintoagirlwithredhair!" Kenshin yelled out.
"What?" Hiko said completely annoyed by now.
"He turned into a girl with red hair!" Kenshin repeated slightly slower.
"What?!" Hiko said, completely confused now.
That was when Ranma-onna, stepped into the hut, completes with bright red hair and one very cute face. Hiko's mouth dropped and Kenshin ran behind him. Ranma sighed and put his hand behind his head and grabbed his ponytail.
"Umm. sorry about this." Ranma started.
"Who are you?!" Hiko bellowed.
"Err. my name is Ranma Saotome. Sorry about this," he repeated.
"What?!" Hiko said, getting a massive headache by now.
Author's notes: Wow, I haven't written anything in forever. I bet it's obvious too. Not really great stuff but oh well. I'm still working on my other stories but I thought I would write this just for the heck of getting back into the swing of things. whatever. so tired. I hate school.
Disclaimer: Ranma ½ belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Rurouni Kenshin belongs to Watsuki Nobuhiro. Please don't sue me because even if you do you won't get anything 'cause I'm dirt poor!
"" are used for talking '' are used for thought
Chapter One: Into the Bakumatsu
Ranma sat next to the koi pond and stared at the koi swimming back and forth. He let out a sigh. He had just been chased for three hours by what seemed like everyone living in Nerima. Ranma closed his eyes and lay back and stared at the sky. The stars were really beautiful at night. He soon found himself drifting off in exhaustion. The lines of stress that had been on his face drifted away leaving him to dream. Akane found him like this and let out a sigh. She reentered the house only to come back with a blanket and covered Ranma. She quickly looked around to make sure no one had seen her and quickly crept back into the house giving Ranma one last look. An hour passed. Then two. That was when Ranma's eyes fluttered open. He sat up and looked around. He stared at the blanket that lay on top of him. He looked up into Akane's window and stared at it, then sighed once again. He took off the blanket and stood up slowly.
He walked into the house and headed to his room when he passed Happosai's "room". On impulse he entered remembering that Happosai was still out for the night. He looked around carefully avoiding all the panties that lay scattered on the ground. Then he found what he was looking for. The Nan-ban mirror. He looked at it for a moment and carried it out with him. He crept to his room and then headed out as soon as he saw his father snoring. He quickly got outside and leaped to the roof of the Tendo house. He silently wondered what he was doing. He suddenly remembered that he needed a teardrop to make the mirror work. He thought of something that might make him cry when the events on Phoenix Mountain flashed in his head. Each event flashed in his mind in sequence only to stop at the point where he truly thought Akane had died. His eyes clouded over remembering that moment.
What was he doing right now? Just running away. Always running. The tear escaped his eyes before he could stop it and dripped onto the mirror. The mirror flashed brightly then Ranma was gone. A flicker of light flashed where Ranma had just been. Unbeknownst to Ranma a tiny crack was on the mirror. As the tear hit the crack the mirror flashed again then again. Suddenly it all stopped and Ranma looked around when a bright light flashed in his eyes and something knocked him off of his feet. He felt himself hit something then slowly everything went black.
*****
A young Kenshin looked at the boy in front of him. He looked about the same age as him. He was wearing bright red clothes, of Chinese origin Kenshin guessed. The boy's hair was also tied into a long ponytail. The overall appearance of the boy was strange in Kenshin's eye but he let that go. Kenshin looked up at Hiko Seijurou.
"What should we do with him shishou?" Kenshin asked.
"Bring him inside. I'll figure out what to do with him as soon as he wakes up. You will go train," Hiko said while picking up the boy with ease.
Kenshin's face dropped and he went on his way. Hiko watched him, then turned around and entered his hut with the boy. He laid him down on one of the futons and left him there. Hiko got out a bottle of sake and a cup and drank a little. About ten minutes later the boy began to move. Hiko set down his sake and waited patiently for the boy to open his eyes, and open they did. The boy sat up and rubbed his head and looked around to see where he was. His eyes ended up on Hiko.
"Ugh. where am I?" the boy asked.
"You're in my house. Now I'd like to know how you got here," Hiko asked sternly.
"Huh? How I got here? Err. shit. err. could you tell me more specifically where I am?" the boy asked.
"What do you mean?" Hiko said not understanding what the boy was talking about.
'Shit. Where am I? Where the hell did the Nan-ban mirror take me?' Ranma thought to himself.
"Err. never mind. Just forget what I just said," Ranma said.
Hiko eyed Ranma carefully. The boy looked to be about the same age as Kenshin. He could also tell that the boy wasn't just an ordinary boy from carrying him. The boy definitely had a very good muscle build.
'Is he some kind of spy? But that doesn't make any sense. Who would be spying on me? If not, then how did he find this place. And what's with his clothes? If he was a spy they wouldn't wear such brightly colored clothing,' Hiko thought silently.
Ranma noticed Hiko's wary eye on him. That was when Kenshin walked in. Ranma looked up at Kenshin and saw the sword hanging on Kenshin's side and his clothing. Looking back and forth between the two and the look of the place he was in he figured that he was way in the past. He sighed and decided to just go with things until he could find a way out of there.
"Oh, you're awake. How are you feeling?" Kenshin asked hopeful that he might have found a possible friend here in this lonely place.
"Uh, yeah. Thanks to both of you. Now uh, if you could lead me to the nearest town I would be gratef." Ranma started when Hiko cut him short.
"I'll ask again, who are you and how did you find this place?" Hiko yelled.
"Look, I don't know, ok? Now could you please let me out?" Ranma asked getting a little frustrated.
"You won't survive very long out there," Kenshin stated, as if it were an obvious thing.
"What are you talking about?" Ranma asked getting irritated.
"You'll get killed. What, you don't know about the war?" Hiko said surprised by the boy's brash attitude.
"What the hell you talking about. I can take care of myself," Ranma spat.
"I doubt it. How old are you? 11? 12?" Hiko asked.
"WHAT? I'm 18!" Ranma yelled.
"What are you talking about? Are you just really short?" Kenshin said giving ranma strange looks.
"What are you talking about?" Ranma yelled.
"Take a look," Hiko said getting out a mirror, while giving Ranma a strange look.
He placed the mirror in front of Ranma and waited. Ranma gave no reaction. Hiko took away the mirror and stared at Ranma.
"No way. what the hell?" Ranma mumbled to himself with wide eyes.
'What the hell is going on?! Why do I look so young?!' Ranma thought to himself.
He quickly pulled out the Nan-ban mirror and stared at it. Moments later he slowly placed the mirror on the ground. Hiko looked at the mirror only to see that a huge crack lay right in the middle splitting the mirror in two. Hiko raised his eyebrow and just looked at Ranma, who looked a lot paler then before.
'SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT!!!!' Ranma thought over in his head.
'Did the Nan-ban mirror do this?! Shit! When did it break?! Now what am I going to do?!' Ranma thought to himself.
Hiko looked at the boy. Utterly confused by the boy's actions he sighed.
"Fine. I don't know what you're doing here or how you got here but at least tell me you name," Hiko said finally.
"Huh? My name? Ranma Saotome of the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts," He said proudly.
"Saotome School of Anything Goes? Never heard of it," Hiko stated blankly.
"Not many have," Ranma said smugly.
"Want to see how effective it is?" Ranma said wanting to get his mind off of his current problems, and fighting was something he was familiar with.
Kenshin stared at Ranma like he was crazy.
"You want to fight him?" Kenshin said pointing at Hiko, "He's a master of Kenjitsu and I mean, look at him! How can you even hope to win?"
"Kenjitsu? Damn. I don't use weapons. Oh well, doesn't matter. Give me a sword and let's see what you're made of," Ranma said with a cocky smirk.
Hiko looked at Ranma for a second then laughed.
"Fine, let's see how good you are Saotome-chan," Hiko said mockingly.
Ranma let the remark go, knowing well that Hiko was just trying to make him mad. Kenshin just shrugged his shoulders and gave Ranma his sword. Ranma caught it in his hand and twirled it in his hand. Hiko raised his eyebrow at the skill the boy showed. The trio walked outside and Ranma and Hiko faced each other. Kenshin stood in the middle and raised his hand.
"There will be no killing so turn the sword around when attacking so you hit with the reverse side of the blade," Kenshin announced.
Both combatants nodded their heads and got into their respective stances. Hiko, into a battou jutsu stance, while Ranma just stood in a seemingly nonchalant stance. Kenshin saw this and figured Hiko would beat Ranma into the ground. Kenshin shrugged his shoulders again and lowered his hand. In a moment Hiko was gone. Kenshin looked at where Ranma was standing only to see only Hiko looking around with his sword unsheathed. In a moment however, Hiko shot up next to Ranma, who was currently in the air and struck him hard in the chest. Ranma shot down and hit a nearby tree with a cough. Hiko gently landed and looked at Ranma. He re-sheathed his katana and turned around when Ranma yelled at him.
"Don't think you've won yet! I've got a few moves still," Ranma yelled.
'Shit. this guys no pushover, and in my younger state I can't take hits as well as I could but it looks like I can still do everything. Now let's see how he likes this.' Ranma thought to himself.
Ranma got up shakily and stabbed the sword in the ground. Kenshin looked on wide-eyed. He was surprised at the other boy's tenacity. It seemed that the boy wasn't all talk. Kenshin stood, mildly impressed, only to become very impressed. Ranma lowered his body a little then said a few words.
"Umisen-ken." Ranma said quietly then vanished.
Hiko stared at the place where Ranma had been. Then rubbed his eyes.
'Did the boy just disappear.' Hiko thought when his body was hit with a fury of punches.
"Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken!" Ranma yelled this time throwing hundreds of punches directly into Hiko's stomach.
Hiko stepped back a few steps and regained his composure. He grabbed his stomach at the same time feeling the multitude of hits.
"What the hell." Hiko started when a large ball of light sped to his face.
Kenshin stood wide-eyed as Hiko, for the first time in his life, was thrown back onto the ground. Ranma let out a laugh.
"Hah! Take that!" Ranma said when his mouth dropped as Hiko jumped right back up.
"That was incredible. Did you just fire a ki blast at me?" Hiko asked.
"Err. yea." Ranma stuttered completely thrown off by this reaction.
"That's very impressive. You may not be a very good swordsman but you are indeed one hell of a fighter. You pass. You can take care of yourself. Haha. What a kid. Only 12 and throwing ki blasts." Hiko mumbled to himself.
Kenshin on the other hand ran up to Ranma and looked him up and down.
"That was incredible! What the hell was that?" Kenshin asked with youthful energy.
"Huh? It was just a ki blast. That's all." Ranma answered a little cockily.
"Ki blast? Sounds like ken ki, except you threw it out of your body. That's incredible." Kenshin mumbled to himself and turned around and followed Hiko into the hut.
Kenshin turned around and motioned for Ranma to follow. Ranma shrugged his shoulders and followed. They found Hiko sitting down drinking sake as if nothing had happened. Ranma looked Hiko up and down.
'Damn. he's one hell of a guy. Taking everything I threw at him without a word of pain. Of course I don't have nearly the strength I used to but still he's got more endurance then Ryoga and better speed then my guy side. If it weren't for me surprising him with my Umisen-ken I probably would have lost. Got the strength of a monster too.' Ranma thought rubbing his stomach where he had been hit with the reverse side of Hiko's katana.
Similarly Hiko looked Ranma up and down and evaluated him.
'This boy. where the hell did he learn all of that? His skill, speed and power are all incredible for a boy of his age. This doesn't even count as being a genius or a prodigy. This kids beyond that.' Hiko thought silently.
Kenshin also looked at Ranma and evaluated him.
'Wow, Ranma's incredible. I'm sure I could beat him in a sword fight but hand to hand, I don't even stand a chance. Where the hell did he come from?' Kenshin wondered.
Ranma took a look outside and turned back and faced Hiko and Kenshin.
"Err. I was wondering. could you guys tell me what your names are?" Ranma asked out of nowhere.
"Huh? Oh my! My names Kenshin!" Kenshin said quickly.
"You can call me Shishou," Hiko said in a tone that bore no disagreement.
Ranma looked Hiko straight in his eyes and for a moment said nothing. Then Ranma lowered his head.
"I understand. Shishou," Ranma said acknowledging Hiko as his new master.
'This guy can definitely teach me something new. Looks like this little trip won't be for nothing after all.' Ranma thought.
Kenshin very surprised but not unhappy, shook Ranma's hand. Ranma looked at the linked hands and stared up at Kenshin. For the first time in a long time Ranma a genuine smile graced Ranma's face.
'This guy, I think. I think I'll like it here.' Ranma thought to himself.
With that Hiko turned around and went back to drinking sake.
'This kid. I won't teach him any Hiten Mitsurigi Ryu, however. I will teach him how to better handle a sword. and maybe, he'll pick up a few things up from Kenshin. These two kids, incredible. One kid filled with immeasurable determination, while the other posses limitless potential. I must remember to thank Kami for letting me meet these two. Hahaha.' Hiko mused silently.
The two boys had already hit it off and had run off together. Hiko smiled and took another sip of his sake when Kenshin ran back into the hut looking like he had seen a ghost. He was completely pale and breathing excessively. Hiko raised his eyebrow and got up.
"What the hell? What are you doing? You look like you've seen a ghost!" Hiko yelled, irritated that his pupil would be this scared of anything.
"R-R-Ranma. h-h-he t-t-turned." Kenshin began to stutter.
"Spit it out! I didn't raise a weakling!" Hiko yelled.
"Heturnedintoagirlwithredhair!" Kenshin yelled out.
"What?" Hiko said completely annoyed by now.
"He turned into a girl with red hair!" Kenshin repeated slightly slower.
"What?!" Hiko said, completely confused now.
That was when Ranma-onna, stepped into the hut, completes with bright red hair and one very cute face. Hiko's mouth dropped and Kenshin ran behind him. Ranma sighed and put his hand behind his head and grabbed his ponytail.
"Umm. sorry about this." Ranma started.
"Who are you?!" Hiko bellowed.
"Err. my name is Ranma Saotome. Sorry about this," he repeated.
"What?!" Hiko said, getting a massive headache by now.
Author's notes: Wow, I haven't written anything in forever. I bet it's obvious too. Not really great stuff but oh well. I'm still working on my other stories but I thought I would write this just for the heck of getting back into the swing of things. whatever. so tired. I hate school.