Disclaimer: SOB i don't own them OK?!? I'm poor! Just leave me alone! goes off to sulk
FOREST OF THE GODS
Chapter 3 - What a weirdo
A lone figure was traveling on a magnificent red elk. The direction was due west. As he was traveling, he thought back to what has happened since he left home.
'Ok, the strange things started happening after I made the offering to that Sakura tree. First the forest seemed younger, then I notice that I'm a lot calmer than normal. After that I end up fighting a demon... wish they told me not to touch it though, would've gone straight to the Kijin Raishu Dan instead of punching it...'
Ah yes, hind site is always twenty/twenty.
'I'm just glad she used warm water, I had a hard enough time convincing them I was human as it was.' He then looks down to his waist where a sword sat. 'Heck, I even took the sword, bow, and arrows without much fuss. I wonder how else I'm changing. Sure was nice of them to give me some supplies seeing as most of my food was destroyed during the fight with the demon.'
As he was thinking back on this, he noticed a group of villagers, including a strange-looking Buddhist priest or monk, being attacked by a group of Samurai and soldiers.
"A battle?" He whispered.
As he said this the soldiers killed a woman and child.
"No, a massacre."
He then covered his face with the mask that the Emishi tribe gave him, and overheard some of the soldiers.
"Where are you going? Come back here you coward."
"They're unarmed, move in!!"
"Up on the hill, it's a warrior!"
"Good, his head is mine."
Hearing this Yakurru broke into a run as arrows narrowly missed them both. As they were running, he notched an arrow in his bow and saw a soldier about to slaughter a woman.
"You stop!" he called out.
The soldier paid him no mind and was about to strike. Seeing this Ranma drew back the arrow and aimed for the man. As he was about to let it loose his arm started to bulge and jiggle causing him to wince. He took careful aim and released his arrow. As it hit the man in the arm it cut through both arms and slices them clean off where they're now hanging from the tree next to him.
"My arm, what's happening to me?" he asks in wonder.
"Hurry, stop him before he gets away." another soldier yells.
He looked to where the yell came from only to barely dodge an arrow headed for him.
"Get away nothing. I'm putting a stop to this. Yakurru, go to the forest and wait for me there. I have to stop this."
After saying this he proceeded to jump off his mount and run along side for a few seconds before veering off and engaging the soldiers.
The soldiers never knew what hit them. One moment they were slaughtering a town and the next they were being driven back. Leaving the maimed to fight for themselves, the healthy soldiers with brains ran for the hills screaming about a pigtailed demon.
Ranma himself was trying his best not to seriously mutilate anybody, but for some reason was having problems controlling his strength. Because of this he refrained from using any special moves. He was afraid of what even a Hyru Shoten Ha might do with how his strength was acting up.
'What's wrong with me?' he thought to himself.
Seeing that the last of the soldiers were leaving and the rest were unconscious, he ran in the direction Yakurru fled to.
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Ranma was sitting by a small waterfall (more of a trickle really) with Yakurru by his side while washing his arm off. You can see boulders behind him with the mask, coat, and bow that the Emishi gave him on the ground behind him. He pulls his arm out from the water and inspects it.
"The mark is getting bigger."
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Later, at a town market, the strange monk from the village battle was eating at a market booth. You could see the town's people walking by with their supplies needed for whatever it is they do. One had a bundle of wood on her head while another is carrying a couple of buckets of water on a pole across his shoulder. As the monk was eating the villagers were noticing a new comer.
"Well look over there."
"Who's that?"
"Never seen him before."
The monk took the bowl away from his mouth and looked at the vendor with a sort of bored expression.
"You're selling super donkey piss."
The vendor paid him no heed as she was watching the newcomer with all her attention. As the monk noticed this he turned to see what has her so enraptured. He turned to see a crowd around one of the other vendor's stalls.
"Mommy look!"
The monk caught a brief glance at the person that the crowd was surrounding and noticed a red hooded figure with a red elk.
"There he is now." He said and then finished the rest of his food hurriedly before putting his bowl in his shirt.
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The rice vendor puts a cup of rice into Ranma's pouch while the crowd looks on intently. After attaching the pouch to his belt he hands the vendor something.
"Will this be enough?"
The vendor looks at what he gave her and puts her hand back out.
"Hey there what are you trying to pull, this isn't money."
We see what is in her hand. It appears to be a few pieces of yen.
"Oh sorry, forgot where I was." Ranma replied as he handed her a little piece of gold. "Is this better."
The vendor looks at the new item he gave her and holds her hand out once more.
"Better try again or give me back my rice ya little thief."
Ranma was getting better about his temper but didn't like being called a thief. He worked too hard to be opposite of his father to just sit there while some vendor from a small town called him a thief. He was just about to mouth off to her when the monk came by.
"Excuse me, but might I inspect that?" he said while approaching the vendor.
The monk then took the gold piece from the lady and looked at it closely.
His expression then turned to one of surprise.
"My god! Why this is a lump of pure gold you silly woman."
The woman not knowing what he was talking about took slight offense to this and got an agitated look to her. She then heared a few gasps and whats from the crowd.
"But if it's money you want, I'll pay for the rice and take this nugget off your hands."
As the crowd got closer to see the gold the monk straightened up and called out in a loud voice.
"My good people, is there a money changer here that can tell us how much this is worth?" He paused for a moment. "No, alright now I'm just a monk but I'd say three bags of rice at least."
The crowd gasped.
"That's right, maybe even more."
When he said this Ranma then turned away and started to walk off with Yakurru as the crowd watched and murmured.
The monk noticed this and turned to him. "Hey wait a minute, where are you going?" As the monk too began to walk away the vendor jumped at him to grab the gold back.
"Where are you going, give me my gold!" she said with a little desperation in her voice.
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Ranma was walking with Yakurru on a trail at the town's edge when the monk came running up behind him.
"Hey what's your hurry? You can't just rush off now, we've only just met." He said as he caught up with him. "Well, you've got your rice and everything's fine." The monk said while looking slightly up to him. "You're a man of few words, I understand. Well don't you even think of thanking me it was my pleasure. In fact I should be thanking you really. You see, I was caught in that battle. I saw what you did to those samurai, you fight like a demon. Where'd you learn to fight like that?"
Ranma said nothing and turned his head towards the monk but his eyes took a quick glance behind him. There were three men behind them. At least one had a sword and another had a bow. The monk's expression turned almost mischievous.
"I see you noticed we're being followed. That's what we get for waiving that gold nugget around. They'll wait till we're asleep and then slit our throats. What do you say we give them a demonstration of how fast we can run huh?"
After saying this the monk took off running. Ranma just shrugged and started running with Yakurru right behind him. The monk was a little surprised when Ranma and Yakurru passed him up easily. The men that were following ran for a few steps before seeing Ranma and the monk run out of sight. As they notice this they stop and their shoulder slump.
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The monk is stirring a pot of something (does anybody know what that is?) over a campfire.
"So, the demon monster turned out to be a giant boar." He said.
Around the fire we see that the monk has his umbrella open to shield him from nothing. Ranma is sitting on the other side of the campfire without his coat and hood while Yakurru is behind him.
"I followed its trail westward through the mountains to where those samurai were attacking those villagers… but then"
The monk cut him off. "You lost it, that's life. See this place here? When I came here last, this place was a lovely little village. But then there must have been a flood, a landslide, or a fire. The only sure thing is that everybody is dead. These days there are angry ghosts all around us. Dead from wars, sickness, starvation, and nobody cares." As he said this he pulled out a bowl and filled it with whatever was in the pot. "So you say you are under a curse? Well so what? So is the whole damned world." He then blows on the food and tastes it. "Delicious."
"I was wrong to fight in that village. Many men are dead and injured because of me." Ranma said.
"Samurai thugs, you win some you lose some." The monk replied back. "Here, hand me your bowl. My point is everybody dies boy. Some now, some later." Ranma reaches in his pack and hands him his bowl. "From brothel girl to emperor." The monk inspects the bowl for a minute. "Huh, I've heard them say that he emperor has promised and entire hill of gold to anyone who can help him live forever. Beautiful bowl, I've seen one other like it." He hands it back to Ranma and grabs his own. "Have you ever heard of the Emishi people? They were said to ride red elks. They also use stone arrowheads, just like you." They both pause to eat a little.
'Oh god, if I travel anymore with this guy I'm cooking. He's as bad as Pops.' Ranma thought to himself while eating.'
The monk finished his bowl and started refilling it. "Of course they were wiped out five hundred years ago. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone where you're from. Anyway, I've got much bigger fish to fry."
Ranma pulls something out of his pouch and holds it up. It's a misshaped iron ball. "Have you ever come across something like this before?" Ranma of course new it was a bullet, but had never seen one so crudely made.
The monk looked at it and took it with his chopsticks to get a closer look. "Never have."
"It came from the giant boar. It was inside him, and I'm sure that it was that little ball of iron that killed him." The monk hands it back to him and eats a little more.
a/n: does anybody else see a problem with this? I haven't seen anybody clean off the thing and it was inside the demon-god as it rotted…. Eeeeew. I would've gotten new chopsticks.
They sit in silence a moment while the monk thinks. "There a place high in the forest near here where the forest spirit dwells and it's a very dangerous place for humans. To enter there is certain death."
"The spirit of the forest?"
"I've been told that the beasts there were all giants, just like they were during the dawn of time."
'Sounds like I'll be going to Ryugenzawa after all.'
They monk refills his bowl again while Ranma just works on finishing his first.
'Definitely not letting this guy cook again…..'
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The next day the sun was shining brightly and we see Ranma in full gear and Yakurru starting towards a trail. Ranma pauses and looks back. With a bow he then turned back to the trail and starts to walk off. 'What a weirdo'
Back at the campsite the monk looks asleep but opens his eyes. "See you there my friend." He said before snuggling back to his pillow
a/n:
Well this seems like a good place to end this one. In the next chapter we have Iboshi and Iron town.
I liked that donkey piss line from the English version better than the script. I notice I like the movie's lines better than most of the script itself. Once he gets to town I figure it will change more especially since I plan on having some more people show up. Does that monk every shut up?!?!
ok, for matchups, eboshi is too old. And I was thinking a bro/sis relationship for san. Maybe I'll bring someone from the Emishi people or from Nerima. Of course I could always do another crossover… isn't Kagome from Inuyasha in this time period? Could always do something else too… Maybe a childhood friend that found a magical artifact and accidentally got sent back in time.
Alex, he did start off with a mouko tokabisha. That's what the ball of light that exploded on the demon was. And padding can do only so much against a couple of hundred punches in a second.
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FOREST OF THE GODS
Chapter 3 - What a weirdo
A lone figure was traveling on a magnificent red elk. The direction was due west. As he was traveling, he thought back to what has happened since he left home.
'Ok, the strange things started happening after I made the offering to that Sakura tree. First the forest seemed younger, then I notice that I'm a lot calmer than normal. After that I end up fighting a demon... wish they told me not to touch it though, would've gone straight to the Kijin Raishu Dan instead of punching it...'
Ah yes, hind site is always twenty/twenty.
'I'm just glad she used warm water, I had a hard enough time convincing them I was human as it was.' He then looks down to his waist where a sword sat. 'Heck, I even took the sword, bow, and arrows without much fuss. I wonder how else I'm changing. Sure was nice of them to give me some supplies seeing as most of my food was destroyed during the fight with the demon.'
As he was thinking back on this, he noticed a group of villagers, including a strange-looking Buddhist priest or monk, being attacked by a group of Samurai and soldiers.
"A battle?" He whispered.
As he said this the soldiers killed a woman and child.
"No, a massacre."
He then covered his face with the mask that the Emishi tribe gave him, and overheard some of the soldiers.
"Where are you going? Come back here you coward."
"They're unarmed, move in!!"
"Up on the hill, it's a warrior!"
"Good, his head is mine."
Hearing this Yakurru broke into a run as arrows narrowly missed them both. As they were running, he notched an arrow in his bow and saw a soldier about to slaughter a woman.
"You stop!" he called out.
The soldier paid him no mind and was about to strike. Seeing this Ranma drew back the arrow and aimed for the man. As he was about to let it loose his arm started to bulge and jiggle causing him to wince. He took careful aim and released his arrow. As it hit the man in the arm it cut through both arms and slices them clean off where they're now hanging from the tree next to him.
"My arm, what's happening to me?" he asks in wonder.
"Hurry, stop him before he gets away." another soldier yells.
He looked to where the yell came from only to barely dodge an arrow headed for him.
"Get away nothing. I'm putting a stop to this. Yakurru, go to the forest and wait for me there. I have to stop this."
After saying this he proceeded to jump off his mount and run along side for a few seconds before veering off and engaging the soldiers.
The soldiers never knew what hit them. One moment they were slaughtering a town and the next they were being driven back. Leaving the maimed to fight for themselves, the healthy soldiers with brains ran for the hills screaming about a pigtailed demon.
Ranma himself was trying his best not to seriously mutilate anybody, but for some reason was having problems controlling his strength. Because of this he refrained from using any special moves. He was afraid of what even a Hyru Shoten Ha might do with how his strength was acting up.
'What's wrong with me?' he thought to himself.
Seeing that the last of the soldiers were leaving and the rest were unconscious, he ran in the direction Yakurru fled to.
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Ranma was sitting by a small waterfall (more of a trickle really) with Yakurru by his side while washing his arm off. You can see boulders behind him with the mask, coat, and bow that the Emishi gave him on the ground behind him. He pulls his arm out from the water and inspects it.
"The mark is getting bigger."
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Later, at a town market, the strange monk from the village battle was eating at a market booth. You could see the town's people walking by with their supplies needed for whatever it is they do. One had a bundle of wood on her head while another is carrying a couple of buckets of water on a pole across his shoulder. As the monk was eating the villagers were noticing a new comer.
"Well look over there."
"Who's that?"
"Never seen him before."
The monk took the bowl away from his mouth and looked at the vendor with a sort of bored expression.
"You're selling super donkey piss."
The vendor paid him no heed as she was watching the newcomer with all her attention. As the monk noticed this he turned to see what has her so enraptured. He turned to see a crowd around one of the other vendor's stalls.
"Mommy look!"
The monk caught a brief glance at the person that the crowd was surrounding and noticed a red hooded figure with a red elk.
"There he is now." He said and then finished the rest of his food hurriedly before putting his bowl in his shirt.
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The rice vendor puts a cup of rice into Ranma's pouch while the crowd looks on intently. After attaching the pouch to his belt he hands the vendor something.
"Will this be enough?"
The vendor looks at what he gave her and puts her hand back out.
"Hey there what are you trying to pull, this isn't money."
We see what is in her hand. It appears to be a few pieces of yen.
"Oh sorry, forgot where I was." Ranma replied as he handed her a little piece of gold. "Is this better."
The vendor looks at the new item he gave her and holds her hand out once more.
"Better try again or give me back my rice ya little thief."
Ranma was getting better about his temper but didn't like being called a thief. He worked too hard to be opposite of his father to just sit there while some vendor from a small town called him a thief. He was just about to mouth off to her when the monk came by.
"Excuse me, but might I inspect that?" he said while approaching the vendor.
The monk then took the gold piece from the lady and looked at it closely.
His expression then turned to one of surprise.
"My god! Why this is a lump of pure gold you silly woman."
The woman not knowing what he was talking about took slight offense to this and got an agitated look to her. She then heared a few gasps and whats from the crowd.
"But if it's money you want, I'll pay for the rice and take this nugget off your hands."
As the crowd got closer to see the gold the monk straightened up and called out in a loud voice.
"My good people, is there a money changer here that can tell us how much this is worth?" He paused for a moment. "No, alright now I'm just a monk but I'd say three bags of rice at least."
The crowd gasped.
"That's right, maybe even more."
When he said this Ranma then turned away and started to walk off with Yakurru as the crowd watched and murmured.
The monk noticed this and turned to him. "Hey wait a minute, where are you going?" As the monk too began to walk away the vendor jumped at him to grab the gold back.
"Where are you going, give me my gold!" she said with a little desperation in her voice.
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Ranma was walking with Yakurru on a trail at the town's edge when the monk came running up behind him.
"Hey what's your hurry? You can't just rush off now, we've only just met." He said as he caught up with him. "Well, you've got your rice and everything's fine." The monk said while looking slightly up to him. "You're a man of few words, I understand. Well don't you even think of thanking me it was my pleasure. In fact I should be thanking you really. You see, I was caught in that battle. I saw what you did to those samurai, you fight like a demon. Where'd you learn to fight like that?"
Ranma said nothing and turned his head towards the monk but his eyes took a quick glance behind him. There were three men behind them. At least one had a sword and another had a bow. The monk's expression turned almost mischievous.
"I see you noticed we're being followed. That's what we get for waiving that gold nugget around. They'll wait till we're asleep and then slit our throats. What do you say we give them a demonstration of how fast we can run huh?"
After saying this the monk took off running. Ranma just shrugged and started running with Yakurru right behind him. The monk was a little surprised when Ranma and Yakurru passed him up easily. The men that were following ran for a few steps before seeing Ranma and the monk run out of sight. As they notice this they stop and their shoulder slump.
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The monk is stirring a pot of something (does anybody know what that is?) over a campfire.
"So, the demon monster turned out to be a giant boar." He said.
Around the fire we see that the monk has his umbrella open to shield him from nothing. Ranma is sitting on the other side of the campfire without his coat and hood while Yakurru is behind him.
"I followed its trail westward through the mountains to where those samurai were attacking those villagers… but then"
The monk cut him off. "You lost it, that's life. See this place here? When I came here last, this place was a lovely little village. But then there must have been a flood, a landslide, or a fire. The only sure thing is that everybody is dead. These days there are angry ghosts all around us. Dead from wars, sickness, starvation, and nobody cares." As he said this he pulled out a bowl and filled it with whatever was in the pot. "So you say you are under a curse? Well so what? So is the whole damned world." He then blows on the food and tastes it. "Delicious."
"I was wrong to fight in that village. Many men are dead and injured because of me." Ranma said.
"Samurai thugs, you win some you lose some." The monk replied back. "Here, hand me your bowl. My point is everybody dies boy. Some now, some later." Ranma reaches in his pack and hands him his bowl. "From brothel girl to emperor." The monk inspects the bowl for a minute. "Huh, I've heard them say that he emperor has promised and entire hill of gold to anyone who can help him live forever. Beautiful bowl, I've seen one other like it." He hands it back to Ranma and grabs his own. "Have you ever heard of the Emishi people? They were said to ride red elks. They also use stone arrowheads, just like you." They both pause to eat a little.
'Oh god, if I travel anymore with this guy I'm cooking. He's as bad as Pops.' Ranma thought to himself while eating.'
The monk finished his bowl and started refilling it. "Of course they were wiped out five hundred years ago. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone where you're from. Anyway, I've got much bigger fish to fry."
Ranma pulls something out of his pouch and holds it up. It's a misshaped iron ball. "Have you ever come across something like this before?" Ranma of course new it was a bullet, but had never seen one so crudely made.
The monk looked at it and took it with his chopsticks to get a closer look. "Never have."
"It came from the giant boar. It was inside him, and I'm sure that it was that little ball of iron that killed him." The monk hands it back to him and eats a little more.
a/n: does anybody else see a problem with this? I haven't seen anybody clean off the thing and it was inside the demon-god as it rotted…. Eeeeew. I would've gotten new chopsticks.
They sit in silence a moment while the monk thinks. "There a place high in the forest near here where the forest spirit dwells and it's a very dangerous place for humans. To enter there is certain death."
"The spirit of the forest?"
"I've been told that the beasts there were all giants, just like they were during the dawn of time."
'Sounds like I'll be going to Ryugenzawa after all.'
They monk refills his bowl again while Ranma just works on finishing his first.
'Definitely not letting this guy cook again…..'
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The next day the sun was shining brightly and we see Ranma in full gear and Yakurru starting towards a trail. Ranma pauses and looks back. With a bow he then turned back to the trail and starts to walk off. 'What a weirdo'
Back at the campsite the monk looks asleep but opens his eyes. "See you there my friend." He said before snuggling back to his pillow
a/n:
Well this seems like a good place to end this one. In the next chapter we have Iboshi and Iron town.
I liked that donkey piss line from the English version better than the script. I notice I like the movie's lines better than most of the script itself. Once he gets to town I figure it will change more especially since I plan on having some more people show up. Does that monk every shut up?!?!
ok, for matchups, eboshi is too old. And I was thinking a bro/sis relationship for san. Maybe I'll bring someone from the Emishi people or from Nerima. Of course I could always do another crossover… isn't Kagome from Inuyasha in this time period? Could always do something else too… Maybe a childhood friend that found a magical artifact and accidentally got sent back in time.
Alex, he did start off with a mouko tokabisha. That's what the ball of light that exploded on the demon was. And padding can do only so much against a couple of hundred punches in a second.
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