Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma ½, Tenchi Muyo, or Sailor Moon.
Author's Notes: First, an idea I've been running through my head. I think I'm gonna make Ranma's curse something completely different than his soul mate. I mean technically she's just the Spring of Drowned Girl and I think that she still has a soul in the spring, which will come out when he separates the bodies. That will leave an unnamed spring in its place. Ranma's soul mate is gonna be some one different, so his curse will be named Ranko, and will be his sister. As for the destroyed mana force, I believe there was a reason for the darkness to attack the planets it did. Nemesis to establish it first base possible, cause it was a world of fighters. She may have skipped Pluto and the time gate because it was across the solar system at the time and she didn't have enough energy to fight that senshi. There was a short cut to the time gates on the planet that is now the asteroid belt called the Gate of Dimensions, but it was destroyed or rather sealed when Metallia destroyed the planet in her fury. As for the sailor's mana source, since there aren't anymore planets, she's going to have discovered her scoutship early but found a way to sneak through the gate her planet guarded. That's her only power since there are still chunks of the planet floating around. There's nothing to say that she can't learn things from other times and places though... ^_^; She'll show up probably next chapter. So on with the story.
Updated: 11/29/03
Soul's Destiny, Blood's Inheritance Chapter 2
Ranma and Tenchi finished unpacking about an hour before dinner, and looked at the map of springs.
"When do you want to check out that spring?" Tenchi asked Ranma, sitting down next to him, "We could probably get there and back before dinner."
"I'm not sure if that's a good idea. I should probably wait until I heal but I don't want to wait that long. I don't know, though, if my wound would carry on to her body."
Tenchi looked at Ranma's sad, hopeful face. "Hey!! I know, why don't we ask the owner of the resort? He would probably know."
Ranma looked up at Tenchi, surprised, and then grinned. "Yeah. Let's go ask him now. I saw the manager's office downstairs near the lobby."
Grabbing their wallets and keys, Ranma and Tenchi locked the room and headed for the manager's office. Knocking on the door, they heard a faint 'come in!' and walked inside. Sitting at the desk was an old man with gray, almost white, hair. He had a pair of bifocals on and was looking at some papers scattered across his ancient, oak desk. He looked up for a second at the two boys and slowly put his papers down.
"I hope you both aren't applying for jobs, I have all the help I need," he said.
Ranma grinned, saying, "Not exactly. I was wondering about the spring that cures Jusenkyo victims. If one has a bad wound when they jump in, would it carry over to the thing they were cursed to be?"
The man raised an eyebrow, and then sunk into deep thought. "I'm not sure young man, but I don't see any reason why it should. Why? Are you cursed?"
Ranma grinned sheepishly and nodded.
Tenchi then spoke up. "Why do you believe in that stuff sir? Not many people would believe Ranma right off the bat without a demonstration."
The man chuckled. "I was cursed once also. It was sheer dumb luck that allowed me to find that pool. After that I bought this land and its natural springs, finding out about the healing powers of each one. For instance, that bullet wound you have. The healing process there would be sped up by a spring just outside of hear and it would be gone by tomorrow. After that, the magic seems to leave, but it would help with the one wound. If you don't want to test my theory on the wound and your cursed form then that is the best alternative."
Ranma and Tenchi grinned at each other. "Where's this pool?!" they exclaimed.
"Ranma got shot doing a job for the police and I got in the middle of a super powered cat fight," Tenchi said.
Raising his eye at that statement, the old man stood and motioned for them to follow. At the desk, they grabbed three towels, and headed out the back. They soon arrived at a pool the size of a hot tub with steam rising off the top. The man motioned for them to take a dressing stall and they all changed. Stepping out, Ranma and Tenchi both stepped into the pool with their towels on. After getting in, they noticed their wounds starting to heal a bit faster.
Soon the old man joined them, saying, "We should soak for about half an hour in here. Then the magic will take full effect."
Nodding their heads, Ranma and Tenchi sat back and relaxed, questions forming in their minds. Soon, they had a conversation going about the history of the natural hot springs, and were throwing questions at the old man like crazy. The man answered them as best he could, seeming much happier now that he was entertaining some curious guests.
Tenchi looked down at his watch and realized they had been in the pool for 35 minutes. "I hate to cut this short but if we're gonna meet Usagi and the rest then we're gonna have to get out of here right now."
The old man chuckled. "Please come visit me again then. I haven't had this much fun in ages. I have no children, so I don't get many visitors anymore. Not even those that stay here at the resort, unless it's a complaint."
Ranma and Tenchi nodded, getting out of the pool. Getting to their clothes, they quickly dressed, and headed out to the front lobby. As they waited for the group to show, Ranma and Tenchi poured over some of the tourist maps that were in the lobby, looking for something interesting to do while they were there. The first to arrive were Motoki and Mamoru, both dressed in a nice shirt and slacks.
"What's with the Chinese clothing?" Mamoru asked.
Ranma raised an eyebrow, "Something wrong with it? It's what I wear almost every day."
Mamoru shook his head and refrained from comment. Soon the girls came out, Rei wearing a red sundress, Usagi wearing a white blouse and pink miniskirt, and Ami wearing a pair of khaki pants and a blue blouse. Saying their hellos, they all went to catch the bus into town.
"What's this restaurant called?" Ranma asked Ami, who was quietly sitting and reading.
Blushing, Ami ducked slightly behind her book before answering, "I'm not sure. Usagi found it, but its supposed to be an American style restaurant with a unique store attached out front."
Usagi nodded enthusiastically, "Yeah!! It's supposed to have all sorts of cool things to look at from all over the world. A lot of them are rare items."
"Right odango atama. I'm sure they'll have something rare and they'll just give it to you," came Rei's voice.
"Well you never know Rei!! Besides, I heard the food was really good," Usagi said, pouting.
Suddenly, Ranma's cell phone rang, startling everyone. Picking it up, he saw the chief's number displayed on the caller id. "Yeah chief? Yeah we got here ok. You got our excuse worked out already?? Wow you work fast. Deliver it tomorrow. Yeah. You might want to tell my mom the truth though. No not about that. I think I may have found exactly what I'm looking for. Yeah, I'll phone you later. I'm going out to dinner. An American restaurant. Yup. Bye."
After hanging up, Ranma turned to face six curious looks. Grinning sheepishly he put the cell phone away and answered the unasked question. "That was my boss. He has ta make up an excuse for my family, otherwise I'm not gonna get any peace."
"What do you mean by that?" Rei asked suspiciously.
"I've been trained since I could walk at martial arts by my father. He took me on a ten year training trip and even if I were on my death bed he would probably say 'Suck it up! No son of mine is going to just lie there. You've got to train harder.'"
Ranma rolled his eyes. "Then he would proceed to throw me out the window and expect me to be able to do anything he said. He wouldn't let me rest for a moment. Then there's Shampoo, Mousse and Cologne, who are a bunch of Chinese Amazons, Kodachi, who'd just crazy, Ucchan, who's my best friend trying to win me over, and Akane, who tries to beat me even when I haven't done anything to provoke her."
"Wow! That must be tough," Usagi said, her eyes wide.
"You actually believe that, odango atama?" Rei said, "You are way too gullible."
Ranma suddenly moved so that he was nose to nose with Rei. "You want to make a bet on that one? You come with me after this trip is over and I'll show you how hectic my life is. I attract chaos like a lightning rod does lightning."
"Fine. I'll make you prove it after this vacation is over. I hope you're prepared to pay me," Rei said smugly.
Ranma smirked. "You're gonna regret that one."
The bus stopped in town and the group got off. Quickly finding the restaurant they were looking for, they went in, only Ranma lagging behind a bit to read the name. 'Storm Central, huh? Interesting name for a restaurant,' he thought and then followed the rest.
"The wait time is twenty minutes," Ranma heard as he walked up to the group.
"I guess we wait then," Usagi said, "At least we can look at some of the stuff they've got here."
The group split up and looked around, waiting for their table to get announced. Ranma walked past some of the older weapons and things until he came to a silver flute, engraved with a dragon. The dragon was a myriad of color and appeared to glow. Ranma felt his wrists warm a bit, and looked to see his crystal bracers glow briefly.
"Whathca lookin at Ranma?" came Usagi from behind him, "Oh! What a pretty flute!"
Ranma winced slightly at her squeal and returned to looking at the flute. A shopkeeper came up from behind and startled Ranma and Usagi.
"That flute possesses mysterious power. It seems only the maker and his descendants may play that flute, and we've yet to find someone that can. The man who runs this place dated this back to over 1000 years and insists that we have everyone who wants to buy it try to play it first. Quite frankly, the rest of us are amazed that it's still in good condition."
Usagi smiled at the shopkeeper, asking if she could try. Nodding, the shopkeeper opened up the case and pulled the flute out, handing it to her. Putting it to her lips, she blew, yet no sound came out. Disappointedly, she started to hand the flute back to the shopkeeper when Ranma intercepted. Giving Usagi a small smile, he put the flute to his own lips, and blew.
The tune that followed was a tune that only Ranma seemed to know. It was so beautiful that everyone in the store formed a semicircle around him, with Ranma's group up front. The old man that ran the store quickly came out of his office, curious as to who was playing.
Pushing the crowd aside, he quickly found Ranma in the middle, playing the flute no one had ever been able to play before. He stood there in awe, closing his eyes to get the feel of the music better. Ranma stopped all to soon for the shopkeeper, who quickly rushed up and gave Ranma the flute for free.
"Young man, that song was beautiful. Please take this as a gift of my appreciation. That song was more than payment for what the flute is worth."
Ranma put the flute in a case the store owner gave him and bowed, thanking the man. Then their table was called, and Ranma, Usagi, Rei, Ami, Motoki, Mamoru and Tenchi all sat down to order.
"Wow, Ranma. I didn't know you could play," Tenchi said, still in awe of the side his new friend had shown.
Blushing slightly, Ranma just grinned, and looked to the menu. 'Quite frankly, I didn't know I could play myself,' he thought, 'It's almost like that dream. I guess its best not to dwell on it. Let's see what to eat.'
"We each paying for our own?" Tenchi asked.
Ami nodded. "Yes, that would be wisest."
A waitress came and took their orders, while flirting with Mamoru, Motoki, Tenchi and Ranma. Tenchi was surprised when Usagi ordered a slightly larger meal than what appeared to be the largest meal on the menu. The whole group was surprised, however, when Ranma ordered three different meals and an extra order of fries. The waitress walked away stunned, while the rest just stared at Ranma.
"What?" he asked as they stared.
"You sure you can eat all that?" Mamoru asked.
Pretending to think a bit, Ranma gave a rather 'innocent' answer, "You're right; I should have ordered another meal instead of the fries."
Almost everyone at the table fell out of their chairs at that remark. "Where do you put it all?" Rei asked, getting back up.
Ranma grinned, "High metabolism. I have to eat a lot or I'll have no energy what so ever. Comes with near constant exercise."
Rei shook her head and they changed the conversation. Soon the food arrived, and everyone started eating. Usagi started to eat fast, and Ranma, seeing this, wasn't about to be outdone. He quickly started to use his superior martial arts skills to eat much faster, taking smaller bites so he didn't have to chew as much. Everyone at the table stopped eating to watch the spectacle as Ranma neatly finished off everything on his plate before Usagi, who was sloppier than him.
After Ranma finished, Tenchi picked up his left arm and said "The Winner!!!" as everyone laughed.
The others had almost finished their meal when a waiter with a glass of ice water walked by. Being the water magnet he was, Ranma, of course, got covered with it as the waiter tripped, turning he into a she.
"Dang it! I almost stayed male the entire night," he complained.
Tenchi just smiled at his friend, only slightly surprised. The others just openly stared, eyes wide and mouths open. Mamoru ended up getting out of his seat and walking over to Ranma to inspect her. Ranma's eyebrow twitched as Mamoru circled, and the twitching became more frequent when Rei joined him.
"You don't have to stare like that. You get used to it," sulked Ranma.
They all nodded and finished eating, Motoki looking as if he were chanting some sort of prayer, and Ami trying to conceal her computer. After they all paid for their meals, the group left in search of an ice cream shop at Usagi's request. They found one a few blocks away from the restaurant and made their way in, everyone deciding on what to have. Soon everyone ordered, and sat down at a booth, Ranma still female. Usagi and Rei each asked Ranma questions about his life and the curse. Ranma answered them as best he could with a lot of editing in his story. Rei seemed to notice this and kept asking more in depth questions. When this got too much for Ranma, he started talking to Tenchi.
Finishing their ice cream the small group went to the bus stop to go back to the resort, but not after a few guys hit on Ranma. Mamoru snickered as he watched this, finding it funny that Ranma had to deal with this. This ticked Ranma off, so he decided to get revenge.
At the bus stop, another guy chose to hit on Ranma, and that's when Ranma decided to put on a very convincing act. Blushing slightly, he said, "Oh I'm so flattered, but I'm already engaged."
At the boy's stunned expression Ranma put his act into full gear and clutched onto Mamoru. "Yes you see, we're supposed to be married very soon."
Mamoru's face turned deep red as a surprised look washed over his face. The boy that hit on Ranma turned away sulkily, as the girls, Tenchi and Motoki all tried to hold their laughter in. As soon as Ranma let go, they all burst out laughing as Ranma smirked up into Mamoru's stunned face.
"Teach you to laugh at me."
The bus then pulled up and they all got on in good spirits, except Mamoru, who was still too shocked to really do anything.
Getting back to the resort, Ranma and Tenchi said goodbye to the girls, Motoki and Mamoru and left for their room. Ranma quickly put the flute away and got ready for bed, checking on his bullet wound.
"Hey Tenchi, the old man was right. We are almost healed."
Tenchi nodded, getting into his own bed and yawning. "We'll go to that spring tomorrow. Right now, let's just get some sleep."
"Right. Goodnight Tenchi."
"Night Ranma"
So whatcha think? Second chapter done. ^_^.. I'm slowly getting there. So.. name for his soulmate and her scout name. I'm still deciding. What do you think? Kokatsu na Tenshi 0;p
Author's Notes: First, an idea I've been running through my head. I think I'm gonna make Ranma's curse something completely different than his soul mate. I mean technically she's just the Spring of Drowned Girl and I think that she still has a soul in the spring, which will come out when he separates the bodies. That will leave an unnamed spring in its place. Ranma's soul mate is gonna be some one different, so his curse will be named Ranko, and will be his sister. As for the destroyed mana force, I believe there was a reason for the darkness to attack the planets it did. Nemesis to establish it first base possible, cause it was a world of fighters. She may have skipped Pluto and the time gate because it was across the solar system at the time and she didn't have enough energy to fight that senshi. There was a short cut to the time gates on the planet that is now the asteroid belt called the Gate of Dimensions, but it was destroyed or rather sealed when Metallia destroyed the planet in her fury. As for the sailor's mana source, since there aren't anymore planets, she's going to have discovered her scoutship early but found a way to sneak through the gate her planet guarded. That's her only power since there are still chunks of the planet floating around. There's nothing to say that she can't learn things from other times and places though... ^_^; She'll show up probably next chapter. So on with the story.
Updated: 11/29/03
Soul's Destiny, Blood's Inheritance Chapter 2
Ranma and Tenchi finished unpacking about an hour before dinner, and looked at the map of springs.
"When do you want to check out that spring?" Tenchi asked Ranma, sitting down next to him, "We could probably get there and back before dinner."
"I'm not sure if that's a good idea. I should probably wait until I heal but I don't want to wait that long. I don't know, though, if my wound would carry on to her body."
Tenchi looked at Ranma's sad, hopeful face. "Hey!! I know, why don't we ask the owner of the resort? He would probably know."
Ranma looked up at Tenchi, surprised, and then grinned. "Yeah. Let's go ask him now. I saw the manager's office downstairs near the lobby."
Grabbing their wallets and keys, Ranma and Tenchi locked the room and headed for the manager's office. Knocking on the door, they heard a faint 'come in!' and walked inside. Sitting at the desk was an old man with gray, almost white, hair. He had a pair of bifocals on and was looking at some papers scattered across his ancient, oak desk. He looked up for a second at the two boys and slowly put his papers down.
"I hope you both aren't applying for jobs, I have all the help I need," he said.
Ranma grinned, saying, "Not exactly. I was wondering about the spring that cures Jusenkyo victims. If one has a bad wound when they jump in, would it carry over to the thing they were cursed to be?"
The man raised an eyebrow, and then sunk into deep thought. "I'm not sure young man, but I don't see any reason why it should. Why? Are you cursed?"
Ranma grinned sheepishly and nodded.
Tenchi then spoke up. "Why do you believe in that stuff sir? Not many people would believe Ranma right off the bat without a demonstration."
The man chuckled. "I was cursed once also. It was sheer dumb luck that allowed me to find that pool. After that I bought this land and its natural springs, finding out about the healing powers of each one. For instance, that bullet wound you have. The healing process there would be sped up by a spring just outside of hear and it would be gone by tomorrow. After that, the magic seems to leave, but it would help with the one wound. If you don't want to test my theory on the wound and your cursed form then that is the best alternative."
Ranma and Tenchi grinned at each other. "Where's this pool?!" they exclaimed.
"Ranma got shot doing a job for the police and I got in the middle of a super powered cat fight," Tenchi said.
Raising his eye at that statement, the old man stood and motioned for them to follow. At the desk, they grabbed three towels, and headed out the back. They soon arrived at a pool the size of a hot tub with steam rising off the top. The man motioned for them to take a dressing stall and they all changed. Stepping out, Ranma and Tenchi both stepped into the pool with their towels on. After getting in, they noticed their wounds starting to heal a bit faster.
Soon the old man joined them, saying, "We should soak for about half an hour in here. Then the magic will take full effect."
Nodding their heads, Ranma and Tenchi sat back and relaxed, questions forming in their minds. Soon, they had a conversation going about the history of the natural hot springs, and were throwing questions at the old man like crazy. The man answered them as best he could, seeming much happier now that he was entertaining some curious guests.
Tenchi looked down at his watch and realized they had been in the pool for 35 minutes. "I hate to cut this short but if we're gonna meet Usagi and the rest then we're gonna have to get out of here right now."
The old man chuckled. "Please come visit me again then. I haven't had this much fun in ages. I have no children, so I don't get many visitors anymore. Not even those that stay here at the resort, unless it's a complaint."
Ranma and Tenchi nodded, getting out of the pool. Getting to their clothes, they quickly dressed, and headed out to the front lobby. As they waited for the group to show, Ranma and Tenchi poured over some of the tourist maps that were in the lobby, looking for something interesting to do while they were there. The first to arrive were Motoki and Mamoru, both dressed in a nice shirt and slacks.
"What's with the Chinese clothing?" Mamoru asked.
Ranma raised an eyebrow, "Something wrong with it? It's what I wear almost every day."
Mamoru shook his head and refrained from comment. Soon the girls came out, Rei wearing a red sundress, Usagi wearing a white blouse and pink miniskirt, and Ami wearing a pair of khaki pants and a blue blouse. Saying their hellos, they all went to catch the bus into town.
"What's this restaurant called?" Ranma asked Ami, who was quietly sitting and reading.
Blushing, Ami ducked slightly behind her book before answering, "I'm not sure. Usagi found it, but its supposed to be an American style restaurant with a unique store attached out front."
Usagi nodded enthusiastically, "Yeah!! It's supposed to have all sorts of cool things to look at from all over the world. A lot of them are rare items."
"Right odango atama. I'm sure they'll have something rare and they'll just give it to you," came Rei's voice.
"Well you never know Rei!! Besides, I heard the food was really good," Usagi said, pouting.
Suddenly, Ranma's cell phone rang, startling everyone. Picking it up, he saw the chief's number displayed on the caller id. "Yeah chief? Yeah we got here ok. You got our excuse worked out already?? Wow you work fast. Deliver it tomorrow. Yeah. You might want to tell my mom the truth though. No not about that. I think I may have found exactly what I'm looking for. Yeah, I'll phone you later. I'm going out to dinner. An American restaurant. Yup. Bye."
After hanging up, Ranma turned to face six curious looks. Grinning sheepishly he put the cell phone away and answered the unasked question. "That was my boss. He has ta make up an excuse for my family, otherwise I'm not gonna get any peace."
"What do you mean by that?" Rei asked suspiciously.
"I've been trained since I could walk at martial arts by my father. He took me on a ten year training trip and even if I were on my death bed he would probably say 'Suck it up! No son of mine is going to just lie there. You've got to train harder.'"
Ranma rolled his eyes. "Then he would proceed to throw me out the window and expect me to be able to do anything he said. He wouldn't let me rest for a moment. Then there's Shampoo, Mousse and Cologne, who are a bunch of Chinese Amazons, Kodachi, who'd just crazy, Ucchan, who's my best friend trying to win me over, and Akane, who tries to beat me even when I haven't done anything to provoke her."
"Wow! That must be tough," Usagi said, her eyes wide.
"You actually believe that, odango atama?" Rei said, "You are way too gullible."
Ranma suddenly moved so that he was nose to nose with Rei. "You want to make a bet on that one? You come with me after this trip is over and I'll show you how hectic my life is. I attract chaos like a lightning rod does lightning."
"Fine. I'll make you prove it after this vacation is over. I hope you're prepared to pay me," Rei said smugly.
Ranma smirked. "You're gonna regret that one."
The bus stopped in town and the group got off. Quickly finding the restaurant they were looking for, they went in, only Ranma lagging behind a bit to read the name. 'Storm Central, huh? Interesting name for a restaurant,' he thought and then followed the rest.
"The wait time is twenty minutes," Ranma heard as he walked up to the group.
"I guess we wait then," Usagi said, "At least we can look at some of the stuff they've got here."
The group split up and looked around, waiting for their table to get announced. Ranma walked past some of the older weapons and things until he came to a silver flute, engraved with a dragon. The dragon was a myriad of color and appeared to glow. Ranma felt his wrists warm a bit, and looked to see his crystal bracers glow briefly.
"Whathca lookin at Ranma?" came Usagi from behind him, "Oh! What a pretty flute!"
Ranma winced slightly at her squeal and returned to looking at the flute. A shopkeeper came up from behind and startled Ranma and Usagi.
"That flute possesses mysterious power. It seems only the maker and his descendants may play that flute, and we've yet to find someone that can. The man who runs this place dated this back to over 1000 years and insists that we have everyone who wants to buy it try to play it first. Quite frankly, the rest of us are amazed that it's still in good condition."
Usagi smiled at the shopkeeper, asking if she could try. Nodding, the shopkeeper opened up the case and pulled the flute out, handing it to her. Putting it to her lips, she blew, yet no sound came out. Disappointedly, she started to hand the flute back to the shopkeeper when Ranma intercepted. Giving Usagi a small smile, he put the flute to his own lips, and blew.
The tune that followed was a tune that only Ranma seemed to know. It was so beautiful that everyone in the store formed a semicircle around him, with Ranma's group up front. The old man that ran the store quickly came out of his office, curious as to who was playing.
Pushing the crowd aside, he quickly found Ranma in the middle, playing the flute no one had ever been able to play before. He stood there in awe, closing his eyes to get the feel of the music better. Ranma stopped all to soon for the shopkeeper, who quickly rushed up and gave Ranma the flute for free.
"Young man, that song was beautiful. Please take this as a gift of my appreciation. That song was more than payment for what the flute is worth."
Ranma put the flute in a case the store owner gave him and bowed, thanking the man. Then their table was called, and Ranma, Usagi, Rei, Ami, Motoki, Mamoru and Tenchi all sat down to order.
"Wow, Ranma. I didn't know you could play," Tenchi said, still in awe of the side his new friend had shown.
Blushing slightly, Ranma just grinned, and looked to the menu. 'Quite frankly, I didn't know I could play myself,' he thought, 'It's almost like that dream. I guess its best not to dwell on it. Let's see what to eat.'
"We each paying for our own?" Tenchi asked.
Ami nodded. "Yes, that would be wisest."
A waitress came and took their orders, while flirting with Mamoru, Motoki, Tenchi and Ranma. Tenchi was surprised when Usagi ordered a slightly larger meal than what appeared to be the largest meal on the menu. The whole group was surprised, however, when Ranma ordered three different meals and an extra order of fries. The waitress walked away stunned, while the rest just stared at Ranma.
"What?" he asked as they stared.
"You sure you can eat all that?" Mamoru asked.
Pretending to think a bit, Ranma gave a rather 'innocent' answer, "You're right; I should have ordered another meal instead of the fries."
Almost everyone at the table fell out of their chairs at that remark. "Where do you put it all?" Rei asked, getting back up.
Ranma grinned, "High metabolism. I have to eat a lot or I'll have no energy what so ever. Comes with near constant exercise."
Rei shook her head and they changed the conversation. Soon the food arrived, and everyone started eating. Usagi started to eat fast, and Ranma, seeing this, wasn't about to be outdone. He quickly started to use his superior martial arts skills to eat much faster, taking smaller bites so he didn't have to chew as much. Everyone at the table stopped eating to watch the spectacle as Ranma neatly finished off everything on his plate before Usagi, who was sloppier than him.
After Ranma finished, Tenchi picked up his left arm and said "The Winner!!!" as everyone laughed.
The others had almost finished their meal when a waiter with a glass of ice water walked by. Being the water magnet he was, Ranma, of course, got covered with it as the waiter tripped, turning he into a she.
"Dang it! I almost stayed male the entire night," he complained.
Tenchi just smiled at his friend, only slightly surprised. The others just openly stared, eyes wide and mouths open. Mamoru ended up getting out of his seat and walking over to Ranma to inspect her. Ranma's eyebrow twitched as Mamoru circled, and the twitching became more frequent when Rei joined him.
"You don't have to stare like that. You get used to it," sulked Ranma.
They all nodded and finished eating, Motoki looking as if he were chanting some sort of prayer, and Ami trying to conceal her computer. After they all paid for their meals, the group left in search of an ice cream shop at Usagi's request. They found one a few blocks away from the restaurant and made their way in, everyone deciding on what to have. Soon everyone ordered, and sat down at a booth, Ranma still female. Usagi and Rei each asked Ranma questions about his life and the curse. Ranma answered them as best he could with a lot of editing in his story. Rei seemed to notice this and kept asking more in depth questions. When this got too much for Ranma, he started talking to Tenchi.
Finishing their ice cream the small group went to the bus stop to go back to the resort, but not after a few guys hit on Ranma. Mamoru snickered as he watched this, finding it funny that Ranma had to deal with this. This ticked Ranma off, so he decided to get revenge.
At the bus stop, another guy chose to hit on Ranma, and that's when Ranma decided to put on a very convincing act. Blushing slightly, he said, "Oh I'm so flattered, but I'm already engaged."
At the boy's stunned expression Ranma put his act into full gear and clutched onto Mamoru. "Yes you see, we're supposed to be married very soon."
Mamoru's face turned deep red as a surprised look washed over his face. The boy that hit on Ranma turned away sulkily, as the girls, Tenchi and Motoki all tried to hold their laughter in. As soon as Ranma let go, they all burst out laughing as Ranma smirked up into Mamoru's stunned face.
"Teach you to laugh at me."
The bus then pulled up and they all got on in good spirits, except Mamoru, who was still too shocked to really do anything.
Getting back to the resort, Ranma and Tenchi said goodbye to the girls, Motoki and Mamoru and left for their room. Ranma quickly put the flute away and got ready for bed, checking on his bullet wound.
"Hey Tenchi, the old man was right. We are almost healed."
Tenchi nodded, getting into his own bed and yawning. "We'll go to that spring tomorrow. Right now, let's just get some sleep."
"Right. Goodnight Tenchi."
"Night Ranma"
So whatcha think? Second chapter done. ^_^.. I'm slowly getting there. So.. name for his soulmate and her scout name. I'm still deciding. What do you think? Kokatsu na Tenshi 0;p