Ranma vs Ushi Seinen

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Ranma ½ characters even the fictional characters (they are real life people). But the plot of the story is mine.

Ranma Saotome, a sixteen year old boy with black haired ponytail, blue-black eyes and slightly tanned skin, and his deadly fiancé, Akane Tendo, same age and strong willed, were walking home from school. The weather was windy that day; it was almost the season for the Sakura to bloom. A great day indeed in Nerima save not all day is great for Ranma.

"Hungry… so hungry," Ranma moaned, holding his stomach while walking weakly. His face was shown of discomfort and tired. "Hei, Akane… when will we reach home?"

"Honestly, Ranma, can't you hold your stomach for awhile," she said, annoyed on Ranma's whining since recess. Even so, she was concerned about his health. Ranma could have eaten something if it were not for Kuno Tatewaki, the lunatic kendo wielding upperclassmen. The so called 'Blue Thunder' of Furinkan High went on his usual rampage when he challenged Ranma during recess. Of course Ranma won, but by the time he defeated Kuno, the food were already sold out. Akane did give him some of her home cook lunch, which Ranma decline, which got earn a smack on the head by her.

How he wished Ukyo or Shampoo to be there to serve some Japanese pancakes and noodles. Strangely, they were absent, to the relief of the youngest Tendo.

"I did give you some of my lunch, but you didn't want it," she said.

"That's because your cooking is disgusting," Ranma muttered under his breath. Of course Akane heard that remark, and smacked the boy hard on the head again.

"I work hard on those meals the whole day, you know," she said hotly. Ranma rebounded back by saying, "Your sister just take two hours to cook dinner, lunch and evening tea." Akane flushed and looked up menacingly at Ranma. "Leave my sister out of this conversation."

As Ranma was about to retort back, someone interrupted. "Ranma! Leave Akane-chan, alone!" yelled a young man, wearing his trademark yellow bandanna around his forehead, yellow shirt and black pants.

"Ryoga… Here we go again," said Ranma lazily. It was always like this almost every day in Nerima. This was called 'normal life' by the father-son Saotomes and the Tendos. Ranma dodged a combination punch by Ryoga, while exchanging insults. If one man was not enough, Mousse, the long-haired Chinese man in white Chinese robe, interrupted the fight, making it two on one. It was usually like this in thee everyday hectic life of Ranma and Akane. Usually, someone will come and fight Ranma for Akane or a woman against Akane for Ranma. Sometimes, it was just Ryoga or the trio of Ryoga, Mousse and Kuno. Sometimes it was Shampoo, Ukyo and the irritating Kodachi. To add to that trouble, we must not forget the perveted panty stealing old little man.

"Is this all you got," said Ryoga, blocking and avoiding Ranma's advances. Ranma just smirked in return, "You haven't seen anything yet." He said this and avoiding a sharp sickle connected to a steel chain that was launched from Mousse. "Today I will get Shampoo," said Mousse, how busybody he is.

"Guys stop it we're at my house," pleaded Akane. She knew very well a fight like this cause destruction, especially to her traditional Japanese house.

The fight moved in to the stony path towards the front door, where Kasumi stood, greeting them in her usual soft, patient and cheery way. "Konnichiwa, Akane-kun, Ranma-kun. Oh, you brought some friends too," she said pleasantly. "O-nesan, this is more of a childish fight than a 'bringing you friends to your home' thing," said Akane, rolling her eyes and bow to her sister in respect. Kasumi bowed back. Akane was about to go upstairs and leave Ranma, when Kasumi told her a news.

"Oh, Akane…. Otosan and ojisan are in the dojo with a guest," Kasumi told her. Akane popped her head from the stairs. "A guest?" she said. Kasumi nodded. "A girl, about your age came just two hours ago, saying she wanted to challenge the dojo," Kasumi said, while trying to think about the girl's description.

"Heh! Challenge the dojo… better get Ranma to stop fighting," said Akane, thinking quickly and acting fast as she zoomed to her room.

-

"I hope you are feeling as homely as possible," said Soun Tendo, playing a great host to the guest.

"Hai." The girl nodded.

"Ranma and Akane are the strongest around this area but there are also other youngsters than nearly strong as our children," said Genma, boasting and laughing and tiding his glasses with his fingers.

"I hope so, I have defeated three women before I came here," she said, running through her wavy shoulder length black hair and clipped it to make it neat. Soun and Genma welcomed her to their still-in-repair dojo, after Ranma's last fight, and she did not make a nasty comment about the dojo.

"You were in a fight before you came here?" Soun asked, astonished.

"Hai… there was this one Chinese girl, she was so annoying, talking about this Ranma guy, being his fiancé and stuff and this long haired girl carrying this big cooking utensil and they were fighting chaotically and then come this creepy gymnast girl, laughing like a creep and they all fight and they hurt my pet cat." She spoke, almost crying then change into rage. "So I hauled them up using my chi, and they all landed on their backside. That shows them not to mess with my Luna."

Soun and Genma were clearly amazed. "Ho ho, there someone strong enough to be Ranma's fiancé," joked Genma, which earn a steaming glare from Soun. "What did you say, Saotome-kun? Isn't my Akane good to be your son's future wife?" Soun head went big and flushed, showing a fist, he almost look like the devil from the girl's point of view.

"Yeah Tendo-kun, I was only joking," Genma pleaded, laughing weakly. The girl giggled at the behaviour of two old men. She can't wait to meet their children, this Ranma and Akane.

Suddenly, noises came from outside, footsteps and quarrelling, the three of them turned to the sliding door. The door slid forcefully opened, Ranma and Akane came in, panting.

"Otosan, where's the girl who wanted to challenge our dojo?" asked Akane, wearing her training outfit while Ranma was in his school uniform (orange shirt with red bowtie and blue pants).

"Ah, Akane… Ranma here you are finally," said Soun standing up and walking towards the youngsters. "What took you two so long?"

"Never mind that, where's the stupid jerk who wants to fight us," said Ranma exhaustedly. The girl gritted her teeth in anger. "Whoever this challenger is, he or she must be the greatest fool to fight me, Saotome Ranma," he added haughtily despite being tired and all.

"Ranma!" Akane warned. She was shocked by his rudeness and so did Soun and Genma.

The girl was about to fight back Ranma's hurtful words, when….

"Ranma! We're not through yet," shouted Ryoga, crashing out of the window. He immediately charged towards the ponytailed rival. He gave a swift punch to Ranma's head but Ranma, with surprising strength jumped on to Ryoga, and flipped to the a safe place. Ryoga fell down after being stomped on.

"Don't you know when to quit, Ryoga… or should I say

" Ranma didn't get to finish his sentence as Ryoga bounced back up and charged towards Ranma again. He delivered a roundhouse punch, which Ranma flipped backwards to avoid it. Then the two engaged themselves in a heated sparring with four audiences looking on. The unknown girl looked on, feeling not impressed with either of the men.

Then out came from the roof, Mousse dropping down on the two fighting men. "The roof!" cried Soun. Mousse jumped into the air, doing a few spins and three dangerous sharp daggers at Ranma and Ryoga. "Take this, you girl stealer," he yelled.

The daggers flew across the room towards Ranma and Ryoga. The two jumped back, barely missing the daggers. Ranma shot a murderous look at Mousse. "Are you crazy Mousse, you could have kill someone," he said hotly.

"The only one who is going to be killed here is you," yelled Mousse, without a care in the world.

The three fought and fought on, Akane was trying to stopped the fight, Soun was going insane about his dojo's condition, Genma… being him and the unknown girl was fuming. She was fuming because she was disappointed at such childish act by three boys, who should act more grown up.

"Stop it, you guys, we got someone here," she pleaded but no one stopped. Then Mousse threw a sword that was connected to a chain, from his sleeves. The obstructive weapon flew towards Ranma, who has his back on the unknown weapon. Ryoga was delivering a hard combo to Ranma, consequently making him unnoticed by Mousse sneaky attack.

"Ranma! Look out!" Akane yelled, seeing the strange weapon early.

Ranma heard Akane, and turned his head and saw the sword flying to him. He was just in time to avoid the weapon, he jumped backwards, and the sword flew to Ryoga, who did the same thing like Ranma, and avoiding it by a hair. But the problem turned serious when the sword swerved towards Akane. Ranma noticed this.

"Akane! Move!" he yelled, moving as quickly as he could to the blue haired girl. He knew it was waste of effort as the weapon was about twenty centimetres from Akane's mid section.

Akane saw the weapon about to strike her. Her surrounding became slow and dark; she was about to stabbed and maybe… die. The sword moved closer and closer, by the second to her. She closed her eyes as her thoughts were on someone saving her right now.

'Ranma…'

Miraculously and fortunately for Ranma and Akane, someone did stopped the fast movement of the sword.

"Eh…" was all Ranma said, looking at the person who saved Akane.

Akane opened her eyes. "Ranma," she whispered, and was surprised to see that it was not Ranma who saved her but the unknown girl.

"Dangerous weapon shouldn't be allowed in the martial arts," said the girl. Her left hand holding the chain firmly and the sword sagging in the air like a pendulum. Her black eyes glared at the man, who threw such weapon. "More so by a reckless blind jerk," she said loudly. Her face showed intensity.

Mousse was in shocked that a girl stopped his weapon easily. He felt threatened. "What did you just call me?" he asked irritatingly, his right hand where the weapon came out was raised, the same level as the girl's height.

"People should respect someone's home and not just barge in and go on a rampage," she said. Genma looked on impressed, Soun was crying over his dojo.

"And what an ugly short girl like you going to do, huh?" Mousse smirked. The remark was scornful. "Not girl can beat me."

Akane and Ranma rolled their eyes. 'Shampoo and Grandma beat you easily,' thought Ranma.

The girl smirked confidently back and made a fighting stance by bending her legs and both hands holding the chain. "A girl can do a lot better than an insolent dork like you," she said. Mousse went hot immediately.

"I'll show you-" Mousse didn't finish his words as the girl tugged the steel chain, making Mousse dragged into the air. "What!" he yelled, shocked and puzzled.

"Now feel what a girl can do!" The girl whirled the chain 360 degrees, dragging Mousse into the air, spinning and spinning, until forming sort of a small whirlwind in the dojo. Mousse was screaming to stop because it was making him dizzy, his glasses slipped off. The girl kept whirling the chain around. She giggled at the look of Mousse's face.

"She has incredible super strength. Just by moving her wrist she could move the duck around like a whirlwind. She is truly impressive." Genma watched astonished, with his arms folded. "Ranma and Akane might have a problem dealing with her."

"It's your turn now, boy," said the girl heatedly, eyeing Ryoga, who had his mouth opened.

Ryoga realised he was her next target. "I'm not scared of you, even you have such tremendous technique," said Ryoga respectfully and he was in his fighting stance.

"Thank you, at least you were polite than this idiot… but that doesn't make you escape from attacking people without consent." She threw Mousse off into the air and he jetted through the same hole in the roof, where he came in. Mousse soared into the air still spinning, and out of the Tendo's home.

'Sayonara Mousse,' Ranma said in his mind. He looked back at the girl, who went on charging towards Ryoga.

'Huh… too slow.' Ryoga smirked as he able to see the girl's movement. She was running gracefully but too predictable, that was what he thought. 'Just one blow should do the trick.' As the girl came near within three feet in front of him, he formed a fist with his right hand and quickly moved his hand into a punch. 'I got her now,' he thought but he didn't expect the girl's moves.

'Too easy,' the girl thought as the fist almost connected to her face, she suddenly disappeared before Ryoga's eyes.

Ryoga sure was shocked and realised this was almost the same as Ranma's moves, so he looked up which it was a mistake. He saw nothing up.

"Ryoga, she's under you," Ranma warned. Ryoga heard it and looked down at the crouching girl. She sneered and drove an elbow to Ryoga's mid section. His body almost split into two as he bent forward form the force of the blow, but the girl was not done yet. "Feel this," she said. With Ryoga bending forward, she gave him an uppercut right on the chin, making him lifted into the air. Akane gasped at such powerful blow. The girl jumped briskly and made a roundhouse kick at Ryoga's side, flying him and crashed to the wall.

"Suke!" Ranma muttered, seeing Ryoga fell to the ground and lay there. He was so amazed but then he snapped out of it and realised Ryoga was not moving. He ran to the the short haired boy, with Akane trailing behind him. He squatted down next to Ryoga's body. He saw Ryoga eyes closed and can't feel a breath coming out from him. "Ryoga! Ryoga!" Ranma shook him, trying to wake him up. Akane looked on worried.

"Daijouga," she said it like she did not mean it. "He's still alive." She was standing in the middle, hands on her hips.

"Damn you," Ranma looked at her with intense hate. He recklessly ran towards the girl, dropping Ryoga down. "Ranma!" Akane was extremely worried now.

"I'll show you what a man can do," he said this, fist already forming in his hand. The girl changed into her fightitng stance. "You're just like a wild reckless horse," she said, ready to counter any blows that Ranma gave.

But…

Just when he was about to fight, all of a sudden…. He fainted…. And all he heard was Akane's voice calling his name.

-

All Ranma saw was darkness…

"W-wh-Where am i?"

'Ranma!'

"Akane?"

'Ranma, wake up, please,'

His opened his eyelids slightly, he groaned. He could make out a blue haired girl, wearing yellow jumper and flaming red skirt. 'Akane,' Ranma thought.

"Ranma… wake up," she said softly.

Ranma moved and sat up straight from the sheets. He rubbed his eyes and now could see clearly. "What – what happened?" he asked, his mind is still in daze.

"You're exhausted, see what happen when you don't eat," Akane said, in a caring serious tone. Ranma turned to her and frowned. He was quickly met by a spoon shoved into his mouth. He wanted to choke but the food, though it was only rice porridge, was so delicious and that he gulped in one go. "Eat it, Kasumi onee-chan cooked for you after you fainted," said Akane, she was the one who fed Ranma. "Here." She gave him a bowl of rice porridge and Ranma ate it. He was so hungry that he gulped it quickly.

"That's it my son, take it all in now," said Genma, sitting opposite of him. Kasumi was beside Akane and the unknown girl was sitting in the shadows watching Ranma eating without a care in the world. "Can't you eat properly," she said, disgusted at Ranma's eating etiquette.

Ranma glared at her and continued eating voluptuously. "Ranma this is the girl who is challenging the Anything Goes Martial Arts Style dojo," Genma told him. Ranma stopped eating. "This girl!" he said in disbelief. Genma, Kasumi and Akane nodded. "She came here to find an opponent stronger than her master. On the way she defeated your admirers," Genma told more.

"Shampoo and Ukyo," he guessed. "And Kodachi too," Akane added. Ranma looked incredulously at her. "Kodachi too… no wonder there isn't much trouble today," he said blankly.

The girl approached him and sat, Indian style, beside him, opposite of Akane. She stuck out her hand, in gesture of a handshake. Ranma slowly, accepting it.

"The name's Alin… I cannot reveal my real name. Just call me Alin," she said, cheerily.

"Why I can't know your name?" he asked. The girl looked bemused. "Well that's my tribe secret and I hope you people don't mind," said Alin hopefully.

"Not at all," said Kasumi. "Here we got more secret than the vault in a bank."

"A tribe like the Amazons?" Akane asked.

"A bit but we're more of a peaceful, liberal type of tribe," said Alin enthusiastically. For some reason, she liked Akane.

"Sugoi… where is your tribe from?" Akane asked.

Alin smiled sweetly. "We are from China, in the deeper regions of China to be exact. My home is located east of a place called Jusenkyo." At the last word, Ranma, his father and Akane stiffened at the mentioning of the curse place.

"You know Jusenkyo?" Ranma asked hurriedly. Alin looked strangely at him.

"Of course… don't tell me you've been there and got drown in one of its pools and turn into a girl." She laughed toothily, followed by nervous laughter from Ranma, Genma and Akane.

"Wait…. You have been there and – and – and."

Ranma sighed. "Its kind of a long story," he said, shrugging his shoulders. Genma pat his son in the back festively, which hurt Ranma. "What do you mean long story, Ranma. We travel all over the world to master the Anything Goes Style and we endure pain and agony just to become the men we are-"

Ranma gave a swift punch at the back of his father head. Genma fell down, with his butt in the air and a large bump on his head. "Stupid Panda! It's your fault I got to be a half girl," Ranma yelled furiously. Alin gasped, putting her hand to her chest.

"You really did turn into a girl," she said surprised. Then turn to Genma. "And you… a panda," she said. Ranma sat down and didn't acknowledge the girl's reaction. "It's really a suffering to become a girl when you're in contact with cold water. Other people got to be an animal but I got turn into the opposite sex and it's no fun," he complaint.

Akane rolled her eyes. 'Liar… you were having fun every time you become a girl,' she said in her mind.

Alin giggled. "You don't have to worry about your unusual condition. There are two hundred and thirty six people in the world who shares the same fate as you," she said.

"What they all got to be half girls!"

"Baka, she meant by people who was cursed by Jusenkyo's legend," said Akane, rolling her eyes at him. Ranma muttered a 'Hurusai' under his breath.

The Kasumi dropped into the conversation. "You mention you wanted to find some stronger than you, so that he or she can beat your master," she said.

Alin nodded and everyone in the room perked their ears. "I've been travelling all over China for two months, well I actually ran away from my home," she said and giggled. Kasumi and Akane gasped while the Saotomes gaped slightly.

"Why do you do that? Don't your family be so worry about you?" Kasumi asked.

Alin scratched her head. "Well… the answer to your questions is yes but I keep them update on my health." Her face suddenly turned from cheery to gloominess. "My master, the leader of my tribe wanted me to marry him. I refuse so I fought him but he was too strong, he defeated me easily." Alin squirmed. "I challenged him again but he said that I have to marry him or else my family will be punished severely by him…. It was unfair though but luckily-" She looked up at everyone expectantly. "The Secretary of the tribe helped me," she said.

"A tribe with a secretary," said Genma, amazed. "That what this family needed," he said blankly. Unknown to him, the head of Tendo family was right beside him. "Saotome-kun, do you think this house needs a secretary or are you thinking our house is not good enough for your hospitality?" he asked, narrowing his eyes at his bestfriend. Genma tense and waved his hands in decline. "Iie, Tendo-kun, I was only joking, this house is great enough for everyone," he said nervously. Soun crossed his arms. "That's what I thought."

"What did Mr. Secretary told you?" Akane asked.

"He told me if I find anyone that is stronger than me, and defeat my master in a fight… then I would be free from him," said Alin nonchalantly, but sadness could be felt from her. "Since then, I couldn't find anyone who is stronger than him or him," she added.

"That's so sad," Kasumi said.

"Ranma we got to do something." Akane suddenly turned to her future husband. Ranma's eyes went wide. "Me?"

"Hai, you defeated so many formidable opponents, you must help Alin-kun," pleaded Akane. Ranma groaned inwardly. He was seriously thinking all of this was troublesome. How many people have asked him for help and in the end he got screwed…. But is all in good charity, right? Besides, for some reason he could not say no to Akane's pleading.

"Alright, alright," he said, making everyone happy, Akane thanked him. He turned to Alin who grinned at him in appreciation. "So what I have to do to beat your master guy?" he asked.

"First I have to see if you are stronger than I am. If you pass then we'll wait till the mist comes," she informed them.

"The mist?" Soun and Genma quirked.

"You better be prepared, Ranma because our style of martial arts goes way beyond any martial arts in this world." Ranma smirked at this fact. "You don't have to be worry, the Anything Goes Style will truly up to the challenge," he said haughtily, making the two adults proud of him. Akane and Kasumi just smiled.

"Then we better get start as soon as possible," said Alin, then her stomach suddenly growled. She blushed furiously in embarrassment "I mean as soon as I have some food in my stomach." Everyone laughed.

Sad thing was nobody noticed the still in deep sleep Ryoga who was still in the dojo, lying and murmuring Akane's name.

-

"Hold still," Grandma Cologne advised, while tending to Mousse, who came into the Cat Café limping with bruises. The business was on hold as Shampoo was in no condition to work after her fight with Ukyo, Kodachi and the unknown girl. "You youngsters get into trouble almost everyday," said the old woman. "But I guess for the training," she added happily.

"Oh please Grandma, this place is fun compare to our home," said Shampoo, coming out of the kitchen, she had a couple of slightly nasty bruises on her arms and face. She headed towards the only customer in the restaurant.

"Here's your soba," she gave the customer, who was a young man, short raven hair and quite charming and dashing looks. "Thanks," he said in reply. He cracked the chopsticks and said his prayers and ate.

Then Mousse started to heat things up around the café. "Well Ranma stole Shampoo's heart and hurt her feelings by beating her and three other women," he said discreetly. Shampoo retaliated that comment by hitting Mousse's head with the tray.

"I told you a million times, Mousse," she scolded him in her thick Chinese accent. "Ranma didn't beat me up, he was in school, and the one who attacked wasn't a he, is a she, a small girl, with black hair." The young man perked up. "And you didn't wear your glasses at that time, so you mistook another person with Ranma, you blind idiot," Shampoo huffed the last words.

The man stood up abruptly and spoke, "Do you mean a girl with wavy black hair?"

Shampoo and Grandma Cologne turned their head towards their only customer. "Um… yes," said Shampoo simply.

"Does she have a white furry cat with brown spots following her?"

Shampoo nodded blankly. The man went straight to her and held her hands, making Shampoo blushed and Mousse jealous. "Can you tell me where she is?" he asked anxiously.

"Um… I don't think-" Shampoo didn't get to answer as Mousse cut her off.

"She's at the Tendo place," Mousse answered begrudgingly, he did not like the fact that the young man was holding his crush's hand. The young man turned to Mousse and smiled, "Thank you."

He shoved his hands into his pocket and let out a couple of yens. He gave it to Shampoo. "Keep the change," he said and walked off but that didn't end there as Mousse, being the most stupid one in the world, made a nasty comment.

"I don't know what you want with the girl, but let me tell you, she's an ugly girl, not cute, and crazy, not to mention a tomboy and those spots to her face, that made her more ugly," he said, his wanted to hurt the young man because simply, he held Shampoo's hand.

"Mousse!" Grandma Cologne scolded. Mousse smirked scornfully.

The young man stood at the threshold of the café's entrance. His back was to the three people, and turned to them. Mousse and Shampoo tensed at the intense hate in the young man's inky eyes. He was glaring heatedly at Mousse.

In a split second, Mousse was beat up and thrown through the café wall, thus making a huge hole in the wall. The Chinese man hit his back with a brick fence and slumped down to the ground. His glasses were shattered, teeth missing, and his clothing shredded.

The young man stood from the hole, with Grandma Cologne hanging on her walking stick behind him with Shampoo, knees bending and hands to her mouth in shocked. The young man looked on. "Don't you dare call Alin-kun ugly! She's the greatest girl I have ever met," he spat and walked away through the hole and out of the alley.

Grandma Cologne stared at the young man with pleased while Shampoo helping while scolding Mousse. "Things are going to be abnormal around here again," she said and directed her great granddaughter to take Mousse inside.

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R/R please