This is my first fan fic using Gundam Wing. The writing is a bit rough but the story is quite cute and captivating. If you like the zaniness of Ranma and love teasing poor chauvinistic Wufei then you'll like this story. The tale takes place in an alternate universe where the Gundam boys head to a remote and isolated part of China then Japan where people have continue to live in a traditional and old fashion way of life. Along the way Wufei suffers from the misfortune of falling into the Jensuki (the sacred hot springs) in China. He becomes that which he most loathes, a weak woman. Rate PG13 this story is mostly fun no real smut although lots of insinuations.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing and never will however I do enjoy writing fan fics although I don't make a penny off of them (truly). GW and Ranma are own by other people not me.
STRANGE TRIP
Part 14
Ranma and group arrived in Shampoo's village only a few hours behind the Gundam guys. Shampoo's crafty grandmother had made sure to tell every one that Shampoo was being propositioned by the last of the Dragon Clan. No one believed her, which was not surprising since that clan had been nowhere to be found for so long—so she then announced that he was going to take the trials of Reflection Lake to prove it. Even before the Dragon Clan had disappeared male members were betrothed from birth making them a rare commodity to the Chinese Amazon women. If he turned out to be a true Dragon Clan member then Shampoo would regain her place in the tribe. This seemed to finally cause an interested stir from among the others and they were taken to the lake.
"You are going to challenge that dragon warrior for Shampoo," asked RinRin one of Shampoo's twin cousins .
"Yes he is, now where is the villain," Ryoga answered before Ranma could.
"They went to the Lake of True Reflection. It has waters so still that it is like a giant mirror. The lake is nestled between the highest crags of Mount Candor and the only way to get there is a drop several hundred feet down but that is not the only danger. The waters of the lake itself are so frigid one touch and they could freeze a persons heart," said RinRin.
"Why would anyone want to go there," Akane asked
"It is said that if one looks into the lake their true self is revealed, their true love, their true feelings. It is the ultimate test of self," said RanRan, RinRin's twin sister.
"But if he hits the water he'll change right Ranma," Akane said looking at Ranma.
"He'll change to what he sees and if he is truly a dragon warrior that's what he'll change to that," said RinRin answering Akane's question.
"And that would mean he would have went into cold water and remain a guy," Ranma thought out loud.
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"Heero I can't believe you knew Wufei could change into a girl all this time and didn't tell us," Duo accused in a heated whisper still not over Wufei's sex change display. Shampoo and her grandmother were positioned near the edge of the crag.
"It was bad enough you chasing him as a guy. I don't think I wanted to watch you trying to get into his pants as a girl," Heero whispered back. A few elders from Shampoo's tribe were there to observe and since neither them nor Shampoo and her grandmother were too close whispering was possible.
"Maybe because it was already filled, by you," Duo said defensively his face heating up in shame.
"Please stop fighting and the rather disturbing comments," Quatre begged.
"Someone's coming," Trowa said glancing towards the elders.
The team had landed in a small village filled with women. The tribe seemed to not only accept the fact that Shampoo and her grandmother were captured but they also were quite accepting the fate of the trial. They seemed to have no interest in setting Shampoo or her grandmother free. Already Wufei was climbing down the steep pinnacle trying to reach the still waters below.
After Cologne's brief explanation a small procession took them to the crag. The group turned towards the lower slope and saw another small group headed towards them. They didn't seem hostile but the Gundam team tensed anyway.
"It's that dude Wufei was fighting for Shampoo, Ranma," Duo whispered.
"Ranma!" Shampoo shouted trying to run to him but being held back by Heero she didn't get far.
"Stay back," Heero shouted as he positioned Shampoo and her grandmother within an easy open shot.
"Shampoo are you okay?" Ranma asked
"Yes," Shampoo said with great relief. She was a strong girl but these guys truly had her frightened something about them was not right.
"Don't worry Shampoo they're gonna be sorry they messed with the anything goes school of martial arts," Ranma promised. "But first the lake and the cure." Quickly Ranma, Ryoga, and all the others raced for the edge.
"No son-in-law the frigid waters of Reflection Lake will stop the heart of even the most stoutest of warriors, the long drop can kill the strongest of men plus seeing the reflection of true self can crack the most stable of minds," Shampoo's grandmother intoned.
"What's all that crap! You didn't say that before," Duo snapped.
"I must have forgotten, getting old you know," she said simply.
Just then they heard a cry and a splash.
"Wufei!"
The Gundam team raced to the edge.
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It was nearly a vertical cliff face on all sides and Wufei was climbing down to the lake using only his hands and feet. He didn't even have a safety cable tied around his waist because the smooth stone was resistant to having a bolt driven into it. Heero suggested having their ship lowered him down via a safety cable to the lake but the ship's propulsion would disturb the waters and they must remain still.
Wufei had meditated long before the climb and so told them not to worry. That was nearly three hours ago. He was only about two thirds down when his hand slip. He made a desperate grab but there was not enough purchase to hold on to. Wufei turned as his body freefell into the lake. In the still water Wufei could clearly see himself as the waters rushed up to meet him.
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"Wufei!" Duo cried out desperately looking down the edge of the pinnacle but Wufei was not to be seen. Each of the pilots searched the waters of the lake but saw no sign of Wufei. Finally before they were ready to send a ship down they saw something white bobbing just below the surface. Trowa ran to their ship, went into hover mode and lowered a grappling arm into the lake.
Wufei's body was still and cold to the touch. Quatre placed his ear on his chest to listen for a heartbeat but there was none. Regardless of his lifelessness Quatre wrapped him up into blankets.
"Well the cold water didn't change him," Quatre said his voice catching in his chest.
"He died a man, Wufei would have liked that," Duo choked out.
Heero was furious. He turned to the crafty old woman and realized she and the young girl were no longer where he had put them.
"We Amazon women are not only strong but cunning," Shampoo's grandmother said from within the women of her village. "Now you are not only outnumbered but also outmatched, so with respect to your dead companion we will let you leave unmolested." Shampoo's grandmother head matriarch of the clan had no intention of being anyone's prisoner.
Heero was undecided on what to do next but Quatre pleaded with him to take their friend and go.
"No we can't Dr. J sent me here to bring the greatest martial arts teacher back and I will even if it kills me," Heero swore at the old woman.
"I don't know this Dr. J," Colonge said.
"But I do," said Happosai.
"Huh—who are you?" Heero said staring at the wizen old man.
"Who am I? Well I am the greatest Sansei ever. I'm a legend," Happosai stated.
"A legend at what," Duo said skeptically.
"You watch it girly-boy," Happosai snarled.
"Then came back with us our peoples have need of you," Quatre pleaded.
"No way where you guys come from there are no women," Happosai complained. "That's one of the reason why I didn't stay in space."
"Well that didn't stop you from grabbing at my butt," Duo taunted.
"Duo stop it," Quatre admonished him.
"What? You knew we weren't lying," Ranma hissed.
"No one asked me," Happosai said looking hurt.
"Women were few and that might have been true a while back but there are plenty of women now. Why Quatre alone has 29 sisters and I have a sis—" Trowa was saying quietly when Heero interrupted him.
"Trowa you can stop," Heero said turning and indicating the little man tossing his stuff into their ship.
"Well what are you boys waiting for," Happosai said impatiently. "I'm coming girls."
Duo cringed at the thought.
Heero and Quatre followed him into the ship then Trowa and Duo grabbed up Wufei's wrapped form and entered behind them. Within seconds the shipped leaped from the ground and became a twinkle up above.
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Happosai had made himself comfortably in Wufei's quarters but the group didn't care. They placed Wufei's body in the control room and gathered around him to pay their last respects.
"You know he's bound to find out that you lied to him. Those scientist never stay in places were there are women," Wufei said slipping from beneath the blankets they had wrapped him in.
"Wufei!" Duo shouted.
"Wufei, we thought you were dead" Trowa exclaimed in nearly a shout—a first for a man who almost never raises his voice.
"Wufei, how can this be? I checked your pulse—your body was cold to the touch," Quatre said marveling at the fact that they had not lost their friend.
"How long were you going to let us think you were dead," Heero said slightly peeved at Wufei. Wufei ignored him then turned to Duo and said, "Duo you of all people should have realized that I can slow my body temperature down to a crawl. To survive those waters I needed to."
"But why didn't you tell us you were ok," Duo said.
"What and end up marrying that girl Shampoo, I don't think so. We men of the Dragon Clan would never marry a lowly Amazon woman," Wufei laughed.
"Oh, is that the only reason," Duo questioned and emptied a container of cold water on him. Wufei sputtered and shook the water off of him.
"What the hell you did you do that for," Wufei sputtered.
"I thought—I was just trying to make sure that—that," Duo was at a loss for words because Wufei did not change and was staring up at him like he lost his mind.
"Forget it," Wufei said too please to see he hadn't change and that the nightmare was over. Thank you ancestors, Wufei thought silently.
The EndDear Reader(s)
Thanks so much for reading my story. I hope you will check out my other writings and let me know what you like best. I have a drama being posted and a horror soon to be posted. I got enough feedback on this comedy that I know that my comedies are welcomed. I am starting a juggernaut of a comedy that I will be posting in January and as always comments are welcomed.
Sincerely,
Ani