Chapter 3
Hot Spring Panic
SOrry i couldn't update last weekend,I was very busy.anyway,on to chapter 3!
Nerima.Afternoon
Ryoga was lost.Again.It seemed that he was in Nerima,but he couldn't be sure unless he saw some kind of landmark.
As he was walking,he was splashed and changed by the ever-anoying old lady who,as Japanese Tradition,spalshed her grass and
dirt with water.Cold water,as the story would have it.Ryoga spent quite some time searching for the public bath house,
and used his size to sneak into the bath and change.When he got out,he continued to search for AKane's house
after a short adventure of finding his clothes without being seen naked.He thought about AKane again,and the
race.He was lost in his fantasys of asking AKane to ggo with him(A/N without all of his famous stuttering)
and her acepting.As he was practicing for the umpteenth time,he realized that he had acidently asked Ukyo,
who was outside her shop taking out the garbage.Ukyo took the pass and read it with a growing curosity.
She daydreamed about all the people whgo would be there,tired after the race,hurrying over to her cart
to eat.'It could be greeat for buisness,let alone my spread popularity.Not to mention the advantage of
winning Ran-chan with it!' she thought exidetly.She turned to Ryoga,who was still stammering about an
acident and looking for Akane's house,and said cheerfully "thank you Ryoga,It will help my buisness"
she chirped with a slight hint of evil in her smile.The smile alone made Ryoga stop muttering and
say regrettfully,"your welcome Ukyo..."
Meanwhile...
Saotome/Tendo residence.Morning.
Akane woke to the warm sun on her face,yawning.She drowsily stood up and headed for the bthroom.After she had splashed
herself with some cold water,she made her way back to her room,more awake than before.She Quickly got dressed into her
Furinkan High School uniform,which consisted of some sort of blouse(A/N I'm a guy so I really don't know) and a skirt.
She packed her bag with all of her books and walked down the stairs.When she reached the bottom step,she barely missed
a shrimp tempura,rice,and a bowl of miso soup flying in all directions.She took out her mallet,ran up to Ranma,who at
the time was protecting his food from Genma-panda's wrath,and malletted him through the roof and into the koi pond.
A very wet,anoyed,and now female Ranma popped out of the pond,spewing water into the air.
"Kaiwaikune Ombeta!What the heck was that for?!
"For causing such a big ruckus over something so pointless,so early in the morning!!that's why!"
Genma-panda quickly inhaled all of Ranma's food,then held up a sign that said 'what she said!now be quiet and go
to school,boy!' while finishing his tea.
Ranma,now in female form,got out of the koi pond and strided over to the Furo entrance while mumbling about stupid tomboys
and selfish fathers.
Ten minutes later...
"Ranma! hurry up in there!! we're going to be late!"
Akane slid the door to the washroom open,only to find ranma,in his school clothes (A/N for once) on the floor sleeping,
with Haposai hovering over him with a bucket of water,about to splash him.Akane quickly punted him through the roof.(A/N
it never gets old,does it??)Akane turned on the hot water,put it in a bucket,and spalshed Ranma.As soon as he blinked,
She dragged him out of the washroom,throguh the dining room,out the front door,and continued on to school.Ranma,who
instinctivly grabbed a bowl of rice just as they flew past,took a bite,and quitely asked Akane,
"isn't the race today AKane??"
Akane stopped short,causing Ranma to go flying forward,and unfournatly into the sights of the old woman,whom as if on cue,
ssplashed Ranma with cold water.
"oh,sorry Ranma,I guess i was just shocked that i forgot.today's Saturday too..."
" 's okay AKane.now lets go,we're gonna be late!"
Ranma and Akane ran back to the house,only to change in record time to casual clothes,than made their way to the race.
Hot Spring race Starting line.
As Ranma and Akane reached the starting line,5 minutes early as luck would have it,noticed all of the people there.
Most of them were people that they didn't know,or care.but sure enough,they spotted Shampoo and Mousse,Ryoga and
Ukyo,who was selling the last of her okonanomiyaki off of her cart,and suprisingly,Princibal Kuno,who was there
as a spectator,or so he says.As they were setting up the bands around their ankles,the judge shouted to get ready.
3 seconds later,a gun shot was fired and everyone was off running.
As each couple ran towards the floating logs,
a local tossed each of them a pole,for steering the logs.As Ranma used on Ryoga's head as a step,Ryoga threw a kick
at Ranma,who promptly dodged,which was not easy with AKane on the log below.Shampoo and Mousse passed both of them,
and Mousse shouted over his shoulder,"Because of your stupid addiction to fighting,and Akane Tendo's stumpy legs,
You have already lost Saotome!!"Ryoga and Ranma both flinched at the last insult,and both punted Mousse into
the water,which turned out to be COLD WATER.Ryoga freezed as he saw a cat and duck floating behind them.
'If I turn into the pig in front of Akane, it's all over!!' Ryoga thought biterly.Ranma,seeing his advantage,
used his pole to catapult Akane over Ryoga and Ukyo,and when he was dragged by the band,struck Ryoga in the
neck,causing him to be knocked out uncouncous,and was splashed by the cold water.Ukyo,on the other hand,
who wondered in anoyance where Royga had gone to,was oblivious to the squaling black pig at her feet.
Akane,who was catapulted over them first,failed to notice the mishap but noticed in shock that they were all about
to be sent over a waterfall.In desperate effort,Ranma pulled in front of Akane,and used the vertical fall of the logs
to bounce his way down to the bottom,Akane in his arms.Once they had reached the bottom,Ranma set AKane down on the
present log,while Akane gazed into his steel blue eyes.(A/N:In this romantic moment,all fans that have read at least
5 or 10 volumes of the manga or anime,should know that moments like this alway leave them hanging,shocked,and then
laughing uncontrolably.So why should this fanfic be any different?)As they're faces drew closer and closer,Ryoga landed
On Ranma's head,causing him to make the famous 'surprise sign'.Ryoga then shouted,
"How dare you call Akane Tendo's legs stumpy?! TAKE THIS,FIEND!!" as he rebounded off of the vertical logs,and sent a snap
kick to the back of Mousse's head.This whole fight,unfourtanatly,had taken place on top of Ranma's head.It didn't make it
any better when Shampoo and Ukyo came down on top of all of them.When they all finally got off of Ranma's prone,and unmista-
-kingly uncouncious form,they all bitterly and obliviously apologized to Ranma's back.
Menwhile.....
The judges post/mayor's watchtower
The mayor paced back and forth in his small,yet comfortabll room.He was astounded that the race contestants hd actually made
it through the log river and waterfall.Yet he knew that a select few would make it,he never expected that this many people
would make it this far! As he paced,he discussed evil ways to make all of the contestants to lose,for if they made it to
the end of the race,there goes the towns budget!
End of chapter 3.
Thank you for everyone who reviewed(even though hardly anyone did),and I will try to update once every week.probaly on
the weekends.Thanks for reading,see you all next week!
Hot Spring Panic
SOrry i couldn't update last weekend,I was very busy.anyway,on to chapter 3!
Nerima.Afternoon
Ryoga was lost.Again.It seemed that he was in Nerima,but he couldn't be sure unless he saw some kind of landmark.
As he was walking,he was splashed and changed by the ever-anoying old lady who,as Japanese Tradition,spalshed her grass and
dirt with water.Cold water,as the story would have it.Ryoga spent quite some time searching for the public bath house,
and used his size to sneak into the bath and change.When he got out,he continued to search for AKane's house
after a short adventure of finding his clothes without being seen naked.He thought about AKane again,and the
race.He was lost in his fantasys of asking AKane to ggo with him(A/N without all of his famous stuttering)
and her acepting.As he was practicing for the umpteenth time,he realized that he had acidently asked Ukyo,
who was outside her shop taking out the garbage.Ukyo took the pass and read it with a growing curosity.
She daydreamed about all the people whgo would be there,tired after the race,hurrying over to her cart
to eat.'It could be greeat for buisness,let alone my spread popularity.Not to mention the advantage of
winning Ran-chan with it!' she thought exidetly.She turned to Ryoga,who was still stammering about an
acident and looking for Akane's house,and said cheerfully "thank you Ryoga,It will help my buisness"
she chirped with a slight hint of evil in her smile.The smile alone made Ryoga stop muttering and
say regrettfully,"your welcome Ukyo..."
Meanwhile...
Saotome/Tendo residence.Morning.
Akane woke to the warm sun on her face,yawning.She drowsily stood up and headed for the bthroom.After she had splashed
herself with some cold water,she made her way back to her room,more awake than before.She Quickly got dressed into her
Furinkan High School uniform,which consisted of some sort of blouse(A/N I'm a guy so I really don't know) and a skirt.
She packed her bag with all of her books and walked down the stairs.When she reached the bottom step,she barely missed
a shrimp tempura,rice,and a bowl of miso soup flying in all directions.She took out her mallet,ran up to Ranma,who at
the time was protecting his food from Genma-panda's wrath,and malletted him through the roof and into the koi pond.
A very wet,anoyed,and now female Ranma popped out of the pond,spewing water into the air.
"Kaiwaikune Ombeta!What the heck was that for?!
"For causing such a big ruckus over something so pointless,so early in the morning!!that's why!"
Genma-panda quickly inhaled all of Ranma's food,then held up a sign that said 'what she said!now be quiet and go
to school,boy!' while finishing his tea.
Ranma,now in female form,got out of the koi pond and strided over to the Furo entrance while mumbling about stupid tomboys
and selfish fathers.
Ten minutes later...
"Ranma! hurry up in there!! we're going to be late!"
Akane slid the door to the washroom open,only to find ranma,in his school clothes (A/N for once) on the floor sleeping,
with Haposai hovering over him with a bucket of water,about to splash him.Akane quickly punted him through the roof.(A/N
it never gets old,does it??)Akane turned on the hot water,put it in a bucket,and spalshed Ranma.As soon as he blinked,
She dragged him out of the washroom,throguh the dining room,out the front door,and continued on to school.Ranma,who
instinctivly grabbed a bowl of rice just as they flew past,took a bite,and quitely asked Akane,
"isn't the race today AKane??"
Akane stopped short,causing Ranma to go flying forward,and unfournatly into the sights of the old woman,whom as if on cue,
ssplashed Ranma with cold water.
"oh,sorry Ranma,I guess i was just shocked that i forgot.today's Saturday too..."
" 's okay AKane.now lets go,we're gonna be late!"
Ranma and Akane ran back to the house,only to change in record time to casual clothes,than made their way to the race.
Hot Spring race Starting line.
As Ranma and Akane reached the starting line,5 minutes early as luck would have it,noticed all of the people there.
Most of them were people that they didn't know,or care.but sure enough,they spotted Shampoo and Mousse,Ryoga and
Ukyo,who was selling the last of her okonanomiyaki off of her cart,and suprisingly,Princibal Kuno,who was there
as a spectator,or so he says.As they were setting up the bands around their ankles,the judge shouted to get ready.
3 seconds later,a gun shot was fired and everyone was off running.
As each couple ran towards the floating logs,
a local tossed each of them a pole,for steering the logs.As Ranma used on Ryoga's head as a step,Ryoga threw a kick
at Ranma,who promptly dodged,which was not easy with AKane on the log below.Shampoo and Mousse passed both of them,
and Mousse shouted over his shoulder,"Because of your stupid addiction to fighting,and Akane Tendo's stumpy legs,
You have already lost Saotome!!"Ryoga and Ranma both flinched at the last insult,and both punted Mousse into
the water,which turned out to be COLD WATER.Ryoga freezed as he saw a cat and duck floating behind them.
'If I turn into the pig in front of Akane, it's all over!!' Ryoga thought biterly.Ranma,seeing his advantage,
used his pole to catapult Akane over Ryoga and Ukyo,and when he was dragged by the band,struck Ryoga in the
neck,causing him to be knocked out uncouncous,and was splashed by the cold water.Ukyo,on the other hand,
who wondered in anoyance where Royga had gone to,was oblivious to the squaling black pig at her feet.
Akane,who was catapulted over them first,failed to notice the mishap but noticed in shock that they were all about
to be sent over a waterfall.In desperate effort,Ranma pulled in front of Akane,and used the vertical fall of the logs
to bounce his way down to the bottom,Akane in his arms.Once they had reached the bottom,Ranma set AKane down on the
present log,while Akane gazed into his steel blue eyes.(A/N:In this romantic moment,all fans that have read at least
5 or 10 volumes of the manga or anime,should know that moments like this alway leave them hanging,shocked,and then
laughing uncontrolably.So why should this fanfic be any different?)As they're faces drew closer and closer,Ryoga landed
On Ranma's head,causing him to make the famous 'surprise sign'.Ryoga then shouted,
"How dare you call Akane Tendo's legs stumpy?! TAKE THIS,FIEND!!" as he rebounded off of the vertical logs,and sent a snap
kick to the back of Mousse's head.This whole fight,unfourtanatly,had taken place on top of Ranma's head.It didn't make it
any better when Shampoo and Ukyo came down on top of all of them.When they all finally got off of Ranma's prone,and unmista-
-kingly uncouncious form,they all bitterly and obliviously apologized to Ranma's back.
Menwhile.....
The judges post/mayor's watchtower
The mayor paced back and forth in his small,yet comfortabll room.He was astounded that the race contestants hd actually made
it through the log river and waterfall.Yet he knew that a select few would make it,he never expected that this many people
would make it this far! As he paced,he discussed evil ways to make all of the contestants to lose,for if they made it to
the end of the race,there goes the towns budget!
End of chapter 3.
Thank you for everyone who reviewed(even though hardly anyone did),and I will try to update once every week.probaly on
the weekends.Thanks for reading,see you all next week!