Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters or moves, except ones by my SI.
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Chapter 1, Lost Boy
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"Seri!"
I heard this name before, it sounded so familiar.
"Seri!"
I wondered who was calling my name, yet it wasn't my name. It was familiar...
"SERI!" I felt something cold splashed on me and I twitched. Why was I cold? My eyes finally opened and I saw I was in some sort of shelter, it was a green color. I looked around and heard someone sighing, then I found the last person I would have expected to be woken up by; Ryoga from the Ranma 1/2 anime.
I blinked twice at the figure before me. He had short black hair, held back by a yellow checkered bandana. He had a yellow long sleeved shirt on, which seemed to be worn out by constant traveling. His pants, which were a dark purple and worn,
didn't look much better. He also had yellow socks and black kung fu shoes on, while yellow ties held back the bottom of his pants; a white belt also held his pants up.
"Ry..Ryoga?" I clamped my hand over my mouth, as it was particularly high pitched.
I looked down at myself and noticed I was a lot slimmer then I used to be. My hair was also a light blue color, thought it was much longer and tied back into a pony tail. I noticed I was in almost the exact same clothes as Ryoga, but my shirt was a light blue and my pants were a lighter shade of purple and I also noticed my clothes were in almost new shape. The clothes in question, were a lot smaller then Ryoga's, but my shirt was clinging to my…chest? Not a lot, but just a hair.
Ryoga sighed again and looked at me, this time with a questionable look.
"Seri...I'm glad your ok. I thought you had died from our travels..." Ryoga had a sad look in his eyes. I started to get up, but he put me back down.
"I thought all these years of travels had finally gotten to you." I winced at the word 'Years? What does he mean?' "What do you mean Ryoga? How many years?" Ryoga looked down at the ground then back to me.
"I guess you wouldn't know then. We've been traveling for almost four years." I winced again and almost fainted. 'Four years!?' Ryoga noticed it this time and looked at me again. He started to talk, but Seri started before him.
"How old am I?" Ryoga wondered where that came out of. "Your nine. You were at the point of dying when I found you, but we mustered up enough money to take you to the doctor and have you treated for malnutrition." He then started explaining everything about what had happened to from the point he found me to now. I winced when he mentioned Jusenkyo and that he had fallen into the "Spring of Drowned Black Piglet". I fainted at that, I guess I was really in the Ranma 1/2 world.
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A few months later...
I looked as we entered Nerima, although I could vaguely recognize it now. Ryoga grabbed a boy by random.
"Where's Furinkan High School?" The boy had a puzzled look on his face and then pointed his head backwards. There was indeed a sign written in kanji that said 'Furinkan High School'. I looked at Ryoga with the dreaded 'Puppy dog eyes' technique. Ryoga sighed and put the boy down.
"Where Ranma Saotome?" This time Ryoga said it a little more politely. "Saotome?" The boy had a puzzled look on is face.
"RANMA! STOP!!" A definite female voice said. Ryoga immediately took action and jumped into the sky to see Ranma in his usual garb; a red Chinese shirt, black pants and kung fu shoes.
"RANMA! PREPARE TO DIE!" I sighed as I saw Ryoga hit the ground with his umbrella, only to see Ranma dodge with a back hand spring. The area where Ryoga hit his umbrella was now a crater with a panting Ryoga in the middle. He holstered his umbrella and then looked at Ranma, I already knew what was going on so I decided to explore some.
I was now dressed in a dark blue sleeveless shirt and light blue pants. My hair was tied in a loose ponytail as some of my light blue hair shifted to the front of my face, I took out a yellow checkered bandana like Ryoga's and tied it to my forehead. I shuffled forwards and holstered my pack, which also had a lot in it along with an umbrella like Ryoga's, thought it wasn't nearly as heavy. I walked around and spotted Akane; this should be interesting.
"Hi." I called out to her as I waved. She turned around and looked at me with a questionable look.
"Do I know you?" She didn't seem like she was going to do anything, but I could tell she was ready. I shook my head and smiled anyways. "What do you want?" She was now starting to get a little angry, I guess she figured I heard about her 'talent' and thought I came here to challenge her.
"Uhh...Nothing really. But I was just wondering...are you a martial artist?" Akane was now got into a stance, her feet apart and fists clenched in front of her. I started waving off the attack, I wasn't here for a fight!
Ryoga and Ranma stopped fighting and now looked towards me and Akane. I was trying to talk her down, but she is almost as bad as Kuno.
"You just don't want to fight me because you know you'll lose!" I was steadily backing up. Ryoga had barely just begun training me and I had just been able to carry up to 60 pounds with both an umbrella and my pack, splitting 30 pounds between them, although Ryoga had been able to teach me his Iron Cloth technique before we got to Nerima, so I wasn't totally defenseless.
Akane attacked with a round-house kick towards my head, but I quickly blocked it with my left arm and took the umbrella off my pack with my right and started thrusting at her with it. She dodged or blocked most of my strikes, but a few hit home and she was soon starting to loose her gusto.
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Ryoga and Ranma both looked on as Seri and Akane fought, as the rest of Furinkan population looked on with shock, no one had ever challenged Akane to a fight, well except the Hentai Brigade.
Ryoga's glance shot over towards Ranma, who was still watching the fight. Ranma just looked back at Ryoga.
"What does your girlfriend think she's doing to Seri!?" Ryoga's temper was rising, along with Ranma's for calling Akane his girlfriend, truth be told that he was engaged but...
"She's not my girlfriend! Who could ever like a macho chick like that!?"
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Akane took her attention off of the battle and glared at Ranma.
"WHO'S YOUR GIRL.." Akane was cut short as I landed a square punch to her jaw and sent her flying backwards a few feet. I holstered my umbrella on my shoulder and returned it back to its position on my backpack. Everyone gasped in awe as Akane went flying backwards and didn't get up. I walked forwards nonchalantly, picked her up and holstered her over my shoulder, she was heavy.
"Where..." Ryoga noticed my struggling and took Akane for me. I let out a sigh of relief.
"As I was saying...where's the nearest doctor?" Ranma stepped forwards now. "This way." He started walking off out of Furinkan High's gates, but Ryoga walked the opposite direction, so I had to correct him.
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Dr. Tofu sighed as he looked towards us.
"She's fine. She just has a couple bruises and a dislocated jaw."
"Im sorry..." I bowed and a slight blush crossed my cheeks, but it was quickly gone. Dr. Tofu was only smiling. While Ranma and Ryoga glared at each other.
"It's not like I care or nothin', but what's with ya brother..." I was immediately glaring at him. Ryoga quickly noticed this and corrected Ranma. "Sister Ranma..." I had been used to my female body and Ryoga always helping me, so I occasionally called him 'brother' even though he wasn't; even though I was a boy in reality, this still struck a nerve.
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Akane woke up a few minutes later and noticed Ryoga, Ranma and me sitting nearby. She almost lost her anger when she saw me, but Dr. Tofu quickly calmed her down.
"No Akane. She was the one who suggested you come here." Akane's temper was rising for no reason.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'SHE'? THAT BOY IS JUST A PERVERT!" She said while pointing towards me. I looked at her and sighed, she was about as diluted as Ranma. "SHE PROBABLY JUST FEEL INTO THAT SPRING LIKE RANMA!" Now I was really starting to get mad, she thought I was like Ranma.
"No Akane." Now it was Ranma who came to my defense. Akane was getting even madder, Ranma was as bad as that boy who attacker her for no reason! "She is actually a she. Look." Ranma walked over to the steaming kettle and poured it over my head, only damping my hair and not changing me.
Akane, nonetheless, was still mad. She thought I was still a boy. "That doesn't prove anything! The 'she' could still be a boy! DID YOU EVER CHECK!?" Now it was Ryoga who was mad.
"Listen you...Akane. She is my sister. And only I would know that! I had to give her baths when she was four and five!" I winced at that fact. Not the sister part, but the bath part. He didn't have to mention that! I sighed and started walking out, Ryoga was about to question, but he knew it was best just to leave. He bowed to Dr. Tofu and shot Ranma and Akane a glare before grabbing mine and his traveling packs and umbrella's before leaving.
"Good day." Ryoga closed the screen door and left.
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A few days later...Somewhere in Okinawa...
Ryoga lashed out with a quick kick to my mid-section, but I managed to barely block it before counting with my own round-house kick aiming for his temples. Ryoga sidestepped easily and delivered a few punches which shot me back a few feet, but I was able to recover and do a back-hand spring before I hit the ground.
I dodged to the left and lashed out with my umbrella in my right hand, aiming for his stomach. He countered with his own umbrella as we locked weapons.
"Had enough yet Seri?" I shook my head; I wanted to be as strong as him someday, maybe better then Ranma! Ryoga sighed and parried my weapon, catching me off guard before kicking me in my mid-section and sending me back to the ground. I lazily got up before charging at Ryoga again, making multiple thrusts towards his head, stomach and legs. He folded out his umbrella and blocked all of my thrusts, his umbrella being heavier then mine, the attacks were useless.
I collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily as Ryoga started running towards me. An ominous thunder sounded, but Ryoga was a little to late to deploy his umbrella and got thoroughly soaked. I looked down at Ryoga, now P-Chan, and sighed. I managed with some effort to deploy my umbrella and cover us from the rain, I also managed to drag our packs, but barely, under the umbrella before they got too wet.
"Your still a water magnet Ryoga..." I pulled some timber and flint out of Ryoga's backpack before starting a fire and started collecting water by putting the kettle out in the rain.
I laid back. Now it was finally peaceful. The pitter-patter of the rain, the peacefulness of the water and Ryoga cuddled up beside me for warmth beside the fire. I looked briefly back towards the kettle and found it was filled about half-way; I gently made a makeshift stand out of some materials and started heating the kettle.
I looked towards Ryoga's pig form and noticed him waiting for the kettle to heat up.
"So Ryoga..." Said pig turned his gaze towards me. "Do you think I'm improving?" All I got was a nod and a 'KWEE!', but it was good enough for me. Ryoga started nudging me with his nose and I noticed why; the kettle was steaming. I gently lifted the kettle off the fire and turned around.
"Tell me when your ready." I got my 'KWEE!' reply and started pouring, Ryoga shifting from a small black piglet, to a hardened martial artist. "Tell me when your done changing." I may have accepted him as an older brother figure, but still.
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A few days later...In Nerima...
I looked in front of Ryoga, who was currently carrying both of our stuff, as well as me. He had become frantic and worrying when I had started coming down with a sneeze and cough during our training; I told him I was fine, but he wouldn't have none of it. I had to occasionally correct Ryoga's directions, but he finally got it right and we reached Nerima this morning.
I was currently receiving a piggy back right from Ryoga as I held onto him as tight as I could, while he carried my pack in his right arm and I sat on top of his.
"No, no Ryoga! That way!" I pointed towards the left, which was in the direction of Dr. Tofu's. I started to feel cold shivers running down my spine for no reason at all, I also started to cough and sneezing agian. "N..N..(cough)..No..T..Th..ACHOO!" Ryoga franticly looked around and spotted Ranma with Akane down below.
"Ranma!" Ryoga said as he roof hopped down from a nearby roof and landed in front of Ranma. "ACHOO!" I wiped my nose on my sleeve before sneezing again. "ACHOO!" Ranma now started to frown at Ryoga while Akane looked worried.
"Ranma! Can you tell me where Dr. Tofu is? With Seri in this condition..." He started to trail off, but I started denying it. "I...I...I'm...f...fi...f..." I started taking in more breaths and breathing a lot harder before I finally passed out.
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A few days later...
"Seri?" My body started an involuntary twitch and I started opening my eyes.
"Seri! Your alright!" Ryoga started to jump with joy, breaking various walls and furniture. I started to talk, but no words came out, I was just plum exhausted. Dr. Tofu, Ranma and Akane all walked in when they heard Ryoga jumping for joy and the breaking of various objects; it was after all like trying to stop a freight train with a piece of string. I snarled when I saw Akane, but looked away with a slight blush of embarrassment on her cheeks.
"I'm sorry...Seri." Akane bowed to me. I was in fact, quite surprised. Apparently, they that to show her I wasn't a boy. Dr. Tofu interjected now.
"Well Seri. It looks like your ok." He said as he idly flipped through some papers on his clipboard. "You came down with the flu, which is why you started feeling weak and drowsy. It wasn't serious, but it seems Ryoga told me you had been out in the rain a couple days earlier." That was true though.
"Yes. Ryoga stayed by your beside the whole time. He didn't leave unless there was someone watching you. Even then, he hesitated to leave." Added Dr. Tofu. I was now beaming with happiness.
"Than...Thank..s." I managed to say with some difficulty. Then I noticed Akane who was now looking back towards me, but not embarrassed anymore.
"I'm sorry for calling you a pervert and attacking you at random a week ago. I just thought you were another boy." Those two sentences were the highlight of my day.
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Well there's Chapter One! If many of people are wondering why I chose to be a girl instead of a boy, it was because I wanted to picture what Ryoga would of been like if he had someone to look after. The "Lost Boy" part mostly refers to Ryoga, but it also had something to do with me, the fact that I'm lost in the Ranma 1/2 world.
That's all for now! Stay tuned for Chapter two!