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Hunter²
Chapter 1
A Hunter? What's that?
Ranma's Mind
Two children sat in front of each other.
On one side an eleven year old boy with black hair in a pigtail.
On the other side an eleven year old girl with red hair in a pigtail.
"So who are you exactly? Where you always in my head or what?", asked the boy.
"My name is Ran Ko. I'm an amazon from the village near Jusenkyo. Or atleast I was one.
"Why was? And that doesn't answer my question. What are you doing in my head?"
"I was to be cursed by Jusenkyo but something went wrong. I was pulled in the pool you fell in and my soul was put into the pool."
"So when I fell in the pool you went into my head?"
"Yes. You have or rather had a tear in your soul. Through this I could enter. I'm sorry but I couldn't let such a chance pass.", explained the girl.
"Oh. Hey what do you mean with tear, I'm not hurt or something.", shoutet a shocked Ranma.
"This nightmare of yours with the cats. Where I managed to find you. I believe this was what made this tear into your soul. You can say that when I let myselve be sucked into your soul, I closed this tear and healed your soul." 'There's no reason to tell him about the bond. Atleast not yet. Or the fact that I should be seventeen. '
"Wow, thanks. So you healed me from the Neko-ken." "NEKO-KEN? That tear came from the Neko-ken? Who could be so idiotic to put anyone through something like that?", screamed Ranko.
"Well, that would be my old man. He allways puts me through crap like this.", explained Ranm with sour expression on his face.
"If I ever get my hands on that father of yours he will regret that his grandparents ever met.", swore the redhead as an evil grimace made it's way on her pretty face.
"Eh what are we going to do now? Are you staying in my head or what?
"I'm sorry but I think that is the only way. I hope you can forgive me for invading your body."
"You aren't going to posses me are you? Like a ghost or something?"
"No I'm not going to posses you.", replied the now amused redhead.
"Well than it's OK I think. It's a long time ago that I had someone to talk to.", said Ranma this time with sadness in his voice.
"Than today is your lucky day. I can talk with you whenever you want."
"Thanks I think. Eh where are we?"
"We're in your mind."
"Oh, so how do we get out?"
"Simply you wake up", and with that Ranko dissappeared together with the darkness.
Outside of Ranma's Mind
Jin's camp wasn't very big. A fireplace, some sleeping bags and some food. It should have been a short trip to the woods. But then they had found this cave which was on the first look empty. Well, that was till Kaito found the bracelet.
Again he looked at the boy. Even without Gyou he could see the Aura. It was strange. It looked like a mix of three different Auras. It wasn't like anyhting he had ever seen. With the black hair, the boy reminded him of his son "Gon".
"He's definitly going to become an Hunter when he's older. I wounder if Mito will give it to him when he's a Hunter. Most likely, she's way too sentimental. She wouldn't throw it away."
"Jin, JIN, I think he's waking up.", shoutet an excited Kaito.
The boy suddenly tensed up, then he opened his eyes.
The first thing Ranma saw was the sky. Then he saw the two figures near him. He tried to jump up but failed miserably and sank back to the ground.
'Damn I feel like someone used me as a punchingbag.'
'That could be from the magic that was released when I exited the pool.'
'Ranko? What the Hell? You can talk to me when I'm awake?'
'Yes I can. If I were you I would listen to what these two are saying because I can't understand a word.'
With that he snapped his attention back to the people before him. A man with spiky black hair and a kid a little older then him with long black hair.
But the most surprising thing was how the looked at him. The looked at him like he was some kind of interessting technique or something.
"So who are you kid?" asked the man with a small smile one his face.
"I'm Ranma Saotome of the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts.", he exclaimed proudly.
"Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts? Never heard of that Style. Where are your parents?
"Well my pops was somewhere around here and my mother, I don't know I think she's dead."
"Your father's around here? I don't think so. I checked twice, there is no one but us three for atleast 100 m." said the man, this time a look of concentration on his face.
"Well I don't know how long I was knocked out, and the old man could have been scared from what happened at Jusenkyo"
"Jusenkyo? What's that? I've never heard of a city like this."
"What are you talking. Wait a minute. We're in China aren't we?"
"Sorry Kid never heard about thi place, China was it? Maybe you aren't where you last remember. You appeared above Kaito here two hours ago."
"Appeared? You mean like suddenly being here?"
"Yes like this. You just appeared here. And I don't even have the slightest idea how. Never in my time as a Hunter I've seen something like this.", answered the man with a gleam in his eyes.
"Hunter? You mean like an Animal Hunter? How would you know something about this as a Hunter?"
"Animal Hunter? Ok I don't think you're from anywhere near here. Everybody on the world knows what a Hunter is."
"So you're saying I'm not from this world?", asked Ranma, eyes filled with curiosity.
"Nonsense, you can't be from another world. There is no chance for that to be true. How do you think you could travel from on world to another. With Magic?" the man chuckled.
A SPLASH was heard through the clearing.
"Hey. What's going on. What are you looking at? And why sounds my voice higher than normal?" asked the now wet and female Ranma.
"How did you do that? I've never heard of such a Hatsu Technic.", shoutet Jin total shocked.
"Hatzu? What's that?"
Again Jin focused his Aura around his eyes. The Aura around the kid was still there, but it looked totally unharnessed.
'So he didn't use Nen. But that would mean? Could it be Magic? That boy. Could he really be from another world? He doesn't know anything about Hunter and he hasn't got a clue as where he is. Well it doesn't matter where he is from. He's interessting. That Aura of his. I want to see him fully trained. This curiosity. It's like when decided to become a Hunter.'
A smile made it's way on the man's face.
'Ranko. What is happening.'
'The curse of Jusenkyo. You are now in my body. Everytime you are hit with cold water you turn into a girl and you turn back into a man with hot water.'
'WHAT. I'm a girl? But I don't wanna be weak.'
'Why the heck would you be weak? Just because you're a girl? Ranma. Stop being hysterical and calm down. Who taught you that nonsence. Just because you're body is female doesn't mean that you're weak.'
'But but but', stammered Ranma
'But what? So you're a girl. Deal with it. It's not like it chances who you are.'
A short pause then...
'Thanks Ranko. I... I needed that. I panicked. Sorry I didn't mean to insult you.'
'No harm done Ranma. I think it's time to listen to this man again.'
"Well,... Ranma looks like you changed into a ...."
"Girl? I figured that one out already. Do you have some hot water? It will turn me back to male."
"That can wait. I have an offer for you", Jin startet to grin even more.
'He can't mean to do what I think he's going to do. Is he going to train the boy too? Oh dear god. Somebody stop him before the boy goes right to hell.', thought Kaito, the thought of stopping Jin himself never crossing his mind.
"I'm Jin Freeks and I'm, as I already said, a Hunter. As a Hunter I know how to use Nen. I want to teach how to use it. What do you say?"
"Nen? What is Nen? Was that when you glowed a little bit around your eyes?"
'So he noticed it without any prior training? The boy's a natural Nen User. He doesn't even notice it!' The gleam in Jins eyes got drastic dimensions.
"Nen is the ability to use your Aura or Lifenergie. You can become really strong with Nen. And since we don't know how to send you back and you don't have a place to stay it would only be natural to stay with us and learn how to use it"
'What should I do Ranko. I mean that Nen sounds good but..I don't know.'
'You've got nothing to lose and it's not as if you could do anything else. So why not train with him.He looks strong'
"Ok Jin-sensei. I'll train with you. What should I do?" asked Ranma.
"Ok first thing don't call me sensei. Just Jin. And the first thing would be trying to force your Aura out of your body. When you managed that we'll test what you're speciality is."
"Ok and how do I do that."
"That is for you to find out.I will give you one little advice. You're body produces your Aura constantly. You just have to work with it. Oh and before I forget it. You've got one hour to think after that I'll start to throw rocks at you. That should make the training even better.", finished Jin with a grin.
"Ehm ok." 'I think I just made one huge mistake' thought our favourite Martial Artist turned soon to be Hunter.
'Well that means I've got a little break.', with that Kaito sat down and tried to sleep.
Only to jump up when a stone flew at him.
"What do you think you're doing? No slacking. You're going to train your Shu a little more. If you can't use your Aura to make the shovel stronger you won't make any progress.You'll dig yourself through that little hill here.", ordered Jin, the grin never leaving his face.
"It was too good to be true", with that said he sighed and took his shovel.
Ranma who was still sitting there sweetdroped.
"He has to dig through a hill? Just what did I get myself into this time?'
to be continued
in the next Chapter: Hunter Exam here we come
"So this is gonna help me how exactly?" asked Ranma with a large sweetdrop as he tried to move his bounded limps.
"It's no use. I already tried you can't move a thing. The ropes are made stronger by Nen." Said an equally bound Kaito.
"This is gonna help you to move your Aura faster inside your body" said one smirking DoubleHunter.
'I think he just wants to see you both beaten and bruised.'
'Thanks Ranko, that's just the optimism I need'
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I hope you like it. Took me some time to write it. For all who are wondering. Ranma isn't exactly like his cannon Counterpart. His past will be revealed. He will meet the amazons. He's going to meet the Tendos and he's also going to met Gon and Killua. Right now the story plays ten years before the start of Gons Hunter Exam and four years before Ranma would meet the Tendos. Ranko will become a bigger factor in the next chapters. Ranma's going to get one interessting ability.
Death's Heir will be continued I just need a break for more ideas.
"blabla": speaking
'blabla': thinking
[blabla]: Panda
Hunter²
Chapter 1
A Hunter? What's that?
Ranma's Mind
Two children sat in front of each other.
On one side an eleven year old boy with black hair in a pigtail.
On the other side an eleven year old girl with red hair in a pigtail.
"So who are you exactly? Where you always in my head or what?", asked the boy.
"My name is Ran Ko. I'm an amazon from the village near Jusenkyo. Or atleast I was one.
"Why was? And that doesn't answer my question. What are you doing in my head?"
"I was to be cursed by Jusenkyo but something went wrong. I was pulled in the pool you fell in and my soul was put into the pool."
"So when I fell in the pool you went into my head?"
"Yes. You have or rather had a tear in your soul. Through this I could enter. I'm sorry but I couldn't let such a chance pass.", explained the girl.
"Oh. Hey what do you mean with tear, I'm not hurt or something.", shoutet a shocked Ranma.
"This nightmare of yours with the cats. Where I managed to find you. I believe this was what made this tear into your soul. You can say that when I let myselve be sucked into your soul, I closed this tear and healed your soul." 'There's no reason to tell him about the bond. Atleast not yet. Or the fact that I should be seventeen. '
"Wow, thanks. So you healed me from the Neko-ken." "NEKO-KEN? That tear came from the Neko-ken? Who could be so idiotic to put anyone through something like that?", screamed Ranko.
"Well, that would be my old man. He allways puts me through crap like this.", explained Ranm with sour expression on his face.
"If I ever get my hands on that father of yours he will regret that his grandparents ever met.", swore the redhead as an evil grimace made it's way on her pretty face.
"Eh what are we going to do now? Are you staying in my head or what?
"I'm sorry but I think that is the only way. I hope you can forgive me for invading your body."
"You aren't going to posses me are you? Like a ghost or something?"
"No I'm not going to posses you.", replied the now amused redhead.
"Well than it's OK I think. It's a long time ago that I had someone to talk to.", said Ranma this time with sadness in his voice.
"Than today is your lucky day. I can talk with you whenever you want."
"Thanks I think. Eh where are we?"
"We're in your mind."
"Oh, so how do we get out?"
"Simply you wake up", and with that Ranko dissappeared together with the darkness.
Outside of Ranma's Mind
Jin's camp wasn't very big. A fireplace, some sleeping bags and some food. It should have been a short trip to the woods. But then they had found this cave which was on the first look empty. Well, that was till Kaito found the bracelet.
Again he looked at the boy. Even without Gyou he could see the Aura. It was strange. It looked like a mix of three different Auras. It wasn't like anyhting he had ever seen. With the black hair, the boy reminded him of his son "Gon".
"He's definitly going to become an Hunter when he's older. I wounder if Mito will give it to him when he's a Hunter. Most likely, she's way too sentimental. She wouldn't throw it away."
"Jin, JIN, I think he's waking up.", shoutet an excited Kaito.
The boy suddenly tensed up, then he opened his eyes.
The first thing Ranma saw was the sky. Then he saw the two figures near him. He tried to jump up but failed miserably and sank back to the ground.
'Damn I feel like someone used me as a punchingbag.'
'That could be from the magic that was released when I exited the pool.'
'Ranko? What the Hell? You can talk to me when I'm awake?'
'Yes I can. If I were you I would listen to what these two are saying because I can't understand a word.'
With that he snapped his attention back to the people before him. A man with spiky black hair and a kid a little older then him with long black hair.
But the most surprising thing was how the looked at him. The looked at him like he was some kind of interessting technique or something.
"So who are you kid?" asked the man with a small smile one his face.
"I'm Ranma Saotome of the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts.", he exclaimed proudly.
"Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts? Never heard of that Style. Where are your parents?
"Well my pops was somewhere around here and my mother, I don't know I think she's dead."
"Your father's around here? I don't think so. I checked twice, there is no one but us three for atleast 100 m." said the man, this time a look of concentration on his face.
"Well I don't know how long I was knocked out, and the old man could have been scared from what happened at Jusenkyo"
"Jusenkyo? What's that? I've never heard of a city like this."
"What are you talking. Wait a minute. We're in China aren't we?"
"Sorry Kid never heard about thi place, China was it? Maybe you aren't where you last remember. You appeared above Kaito here two hours ago."
"Appeared? You mean like suddenly being here?"
"Yes like this. You just appeared here. And I don't even have the slightest idea how. Never in my time as a Hunter I've seen something like this.", answered the man with a gleam in his eyes.
"Hunter? You mean like an Animal Hunter? How would you know something about this as a Hunter?"
"Animal Hunter? Ok I don't think you're from anywhere near here. Everybody on the world knows what a Hunter is."
"So you're saying I'm not from this world?", asked Ranma, eyes filled with curiosity.
"Nonsense, you can't be from another world. There is no chance for that to be true. How do you think you could travel from on world to another. With Magic?" the man chuckled.
A SPLASH was heard through the clearing.
"Hey. What's going on. What are you looking at? And why sounds my voice higher than normal?" asked the now wet and female Ranma.
"How did you do that? I've never heard of such a Hatsu Technic.", shoutet Jin total shocked.
"Hatzu? What's that?"
Again Jin focused his Aura around his eyes. The Aura around the kid was still there, but it looked totally unharnessed.
'So he didn't use Nen. But that would mean? Could it be Magic? That boy. Could he really be from another world? He doesn't know anything about Hunter and he hasn't got a clue as where he is. Well it doesn't matter where he is from. He's interessting. That Aura of his. I want to see him fully trained. This curiosity. It's like when decided to become a Hunter.'
A smile made it's way on the man's face.
'Ranko. What is happening.'
'The curse of Jusenkyo. You are now in my body. Everytime you are hit with cold water you turn into a girl and you turn back into a man with hot water.'
'WHAT. I'm a girl? But I don't wanna be weak.'
'Why the heck would you be weak? Just because you're a girl? Ranma. Stop being hysterical and calm down. Who taught you that nonsence. Just because you're body is female doesn't mean that you're weak.'
'But but but', stammered Ranma
'But what? So you're a girl. Deal with it. It's not like it chances who you are.'
A short pause then...
'Thanks Ranko. I... I needed that. I panicked. Sorry I didn't mean to insult you.'
'No harm done Ranma. I think it's time to listen to this man again.'
"Well,... Ranma looks like you changed into a ...."
"Girl? I figured that one out already. Do you have some hot water? It will turn me back to male."
"That can wait. I have an offer for you", Jin startet to grin even more.
'He can't mean to do what I think he's going to do. Is he going to train the boy too? Oh dear god. Somebody stop him before the boy goes right to hell.', thought Kaito, the thought of stopping Jin himself never crossing his mind.
"I'm Jin Freeks and I'm, as I already said, a Hunter. As a Hunter I know how to use Nen. I want to teach how to use it. What do you say?"
"Nen? What is Nen? Was that when you glowed a little bit around your eyes?"
'So he noticed it without any prior training? The boy's a natural Nen User. He doesn't even notice it!' The gleam in Jins eyes got drastic dimensions.
"Nen is the ability to use your Aura or Lifenergie. You can become really strong with Nen. And since we don't know how to send you back and you don't have a place to stay it would only be natural to stay with us and learn how to use it"
'What should I do Ranko. I mean that Nen sounds good but..I don't know.'
'You've got nothing to lose and it's not as if you could do anything else. So why not train with him.He looks strong'
"Ok Jin-sensei. I'll train with you. What should I do?" asked Ranma.
"Ok first thing don't call me sensei. Just Jin. And the first thing would be trying to force your Aura out of your body. When you managed that we'll test what you're speciality is."
"Ok and how do I do that."
"That is for you to find out.I will give you one little advice. You're body produces your Aura constantly. You just have to work with it. Oh and before I forget it. You've got one hour to think after that I'll start to throw rocks at you. That should make the training even better.", finished Jin with a grin.
"Ehm ok." 'I think I just made one huge mistake' thought our favourite Martial Artist turned soon to be Hunter.
'Well that means I've got a little break.', with that Kaito sat down and tried to sleep.
Only to jump up when a stone flew at him.
"What do you think you're doing? No slacking. You're going to train your Shu a little more. If you can't use your Aura to make the shovel stronger you won't make any progress.You'll dig yourself through that little hill here.", ordered Jin, the grin never leaving his face.
"It was too good to be true", with that said he sighed and took his shovel.
Ranma who was still sitting there sweetdroped.
"He has to dig through a hill? Just what did I get myself into this time?'
to be continued
in the next Chapter: Hunter Exam here we come
"So this is gonna help me how exactly?" asked Ranma with a large sweetdrop as he tried to move his bounded limps.
"It's no use. I already tried you can't move a thing. The ropes are made stronger by Nen." Said an equally bound Kaito.
"This is gonna help you to move your Aura faster inside your body" said one smirking DoubleHunter.
'I think he just wants to see you both beaten and bruised.'
'Thanks Ranko, that's just the optimism I need'
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- AN
I hope you like it. Took me some time to write it. For all who are wondering. Ranma isn't exactly like his cannon Counterpart. His past will be revealed. He will meet the amazons. He's going to meet the Tendos and he's also going to met Gon and Killua. Right now the story plays ten years before the start of Gons Hunter Exam and four years before Ranma would meet the Tendos. Ranko will become a bigger factor in the next chapters. Ranma's going to get one interessting ability.
Death's Heir will be continued I just need a break for more ideas.