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Chapter four: Ranma and Ash's Secret!
Ranma went into the dojo with Akane.
"You do karate don't you?" Akane asked.
"A little," Ranma replied.
"Then we'll have a small sparing match. Don't worry, I won't hurt
you,"
Akane said as she got into a fighting stance.
Ranma just stood there looking at her. Akane charged at Ranma and
executed
some basic punches and kicks. Ranma dodged all of them by bending and
twisting her body.
"Why won't you attack me?" Akane yelled. A few more high kicks came
at
Ranma, who easily dodge them by jumping and splitting her legs in mid
air.
'Why am I missing her? Is she reading my moves?' Akane thought.
"Okay, this time for real!" Akane yelled as she charged at her. She
slammed her fist forward destroying the wall that was behind Ranma.
Ranma
jumped up, tapped the wall, did a flip, and landed behind Akane behind
before she hit the wall. Ranma taped her twice and giggled. Akane
soon
followed with many sweat drops.
"You're pretty good. I'm glad that you're a girl. I can't stand a guy
beating me," Akane said as she left the dojo. Ranma had a worried look
on
his face when he exited the dojo. Outside he sat down and took a rest.
Inside the dojo, a new guy appeared and was sitting across from Soun.
They
both had tearful face. Nabiki walked by and surveyed both people.
"Kasumi who's that person with dad?" Nabiki asked as she entered the
kitchen.
"Got me," Kasumi replied. She walked toward Ranma and asked, "Ranma,
would
you like a bath?"
"Um, no thanks. It's okay," Ranma replied.
"No it's not okay! You must be all sweaty from the practice," Kasumi
said
as she pushed Ranma toward the furrow. Ranma sighed and went in.
"Akane! The bath is ready," Nabiki called.
"Thanks," Akane said as she left for the furrow. 'Huh? Oh I guess
Ranma is
in here.' Akane thought as she undressed. She opened the door and saw
a
young man in the tub just getting out. There was an awkward pause.
Akane
looked down and then slowly exited the furrow. After a few moments
outside
the furrow, Akane screamed and dashed outside to grab a boulder.
Ash looked up as he heard a scream.
"Trouble? Pikachu lets go!" he said as he got out of the fighting
stance.
"Return Charizard!"
Ash dashed through the forest in a blur and jumped over the wall of the
Tendou house. Pikachu kept up with Ash's speed, much to his surprise
and
delight.
"What's going on?" Ash asked as he and Pikachu cleared the Tendou
wall.
"I'm Ranma Saotome. Sorry about this," a young man said.
"So you decided to show your curse," said Ash humorously.
The man that was with Soun was Genma, and he Ranma, and Ash sat in
front of
the Tendous. Akane was shooting death glares at Ranma while Nabiki
wore a
skeptical look. "What's this all about?" she asked.
Genma sighed and said, "I don't know where to begin, so why don't I
show
you." Then he picked up Ranma and threw him into the Koi pond. There
was a
large splash and when Ranma's head surfaced, 'he' was a she.
"Oh my," Kasumi said while Ash sat there looking as if nothing had
happen.
"What the hell are you doing?" Ranma yelled.
"My own son. How humiliating. How humiliating!" Genma said with teary
eyes.
"Who are you to talk!" Ranma said as she got out of the pond and
kicked his
father into the water. A large Panda appeared out of the pond.
"Were they always like this?" Nabiki asked.
"Not always. That is, not until they went to China to for a training
trip."
Soun said as Ranma and Genma went to the furrow to take a quick bath.
When they returned they were back in there original form.
"This all happen when we went in China to a place called Juesenkyo...
"Here sir is 'Legendary Training Ground of Accursed Spring'," the guide
said.
"Well, what so great about this place?" Ranma asked.
"Yeah, I know. What you mean by 'accursed'?" Ash replied.
"Never mind that, follow me!" Genma said as he jumped to one of the
poles
above the springs.
"Sir, what you doing? Very bad, sir, if you fall into the spring," the
guide warned the group. The warning went unheeded as the group
prepared to
fight.
"Free for all!" Genma yelled as he jumped to attack Ranma.
Ranma jumped in to attack in mid air. It looked even until Ranma
grabbed
Genma's leg, flipped him upward and kicked Genma down.
Ranma landed and then yelled, "What's the matter Pops are we done
alr…."
Ranma but was cut short by Ash's air roundhouse which sent him hurdling
to
another spring. He landed in one of the spring. "Too bad the old man
fall
into Spring of Drowned Panda. Young man fall into Spring of Drowned
Girl.
Both very tragic legends. Now whoever fall in spring take form of
drown
panda and girl." the guide said to the group.
"Why didn't you tell us that before!" Ash yelled. He didn't notice
Genma
resurface as panda until Ash was knocked across the spring. Ash
would've
been cursed if it weren't for his pokemon reflex.
"Bulbasaur go! Vine whip now!" Ash yelled as he threw a pokeball
toward a
ledge.
"Bulba." And Bulbasaur it caught Ash in mid flight before he landed in
the
spring.
"Thanks Bulbasaur. Return," Ash said as he flipped over to the ground.
Then he heard a loud-pitched scream…
… and that's what happened," Genma finished.
"But they're lucky because their cursed form is easy to change back.
See
cold water activates the curse, while hot water reverses it," Ash
explained.
Soun stood up and nodded his head, "Well Ranma, your curse isn't too
bad.
Kasumi age 19, Nabiki age 17, Akane age 16. Choose whoever you like to
be
your fiancé."
"He wants Akane." Kasumi said.
"Definitely." Nabiki piped in.
"Huh? Why would I be--" Akane started but was cut short by Nabiki.
"Well… You hate boys, don't you?" Nabiki asked.
"So you're in luck! He's half girl!" Kasumi chimed in.
"Me? Marry that pervert? Never!" Akane yelled.
"What do you mean-" Ranma began, but he was cut short by Ash.
"Ranma, if there's one thing I learned from my past trip is that you
don't
go against girl by teasing them. It's a painful experience. I know
because
Misty kicked and malleted me tons of time and it hurt!" Ash said
hoping
that Ranma would listen to him.
"It doesn't matter. I'm leaving," Ranma said as he exited the place.
"Where are you going?" Genma asked.
"I'm going back to China. This is no time for a fiancé," Ranma
replied.
"I don't know, Ranma. Pikachu and I are pretty tired of all the
traveling.
Why don't we rest for a while then go to China when the league draws
near.
I mean, we still have about a year and a half till the league begins.
So
why not rest for a while and train in a place where we can find
different
people to fight," Ash said with Pikachu nodding in agreement.
"Fine. But only for a year. Then we'll leave for China and the
leagues,"
Ranma ceded.
"All right! We can actually have a place to call home for awhile!" Ash
said
as he left for the guestroom.
In the morning, Kasumi is usually the first to wake because she needed
to
get breakfast ready. She was surprised when she saw somebody outside.
Kasumi watched as Ash and Pikachu both exchanged blows to each other.
Pikachu was striking Ash with very quick moves and strength.
Surprisingly,
Ash was moving at the same rate as the pikachu.
They were fighting awhile until Pikachu pulled of a very strong thunder
attack on Ash. He dodged it and grabbed Pikachu so quickly that
Pikachu
didn't have any time to react.
"That's enough. Good job Pikachu!" Ash said as he scratched Pikachu
behind
its ear affectionately.
"Hmm…" Ash turned his head in surprise to see that Kasumi was there.
"Good
morning Kasumi."
"Good morning to you too, Ash. I have to go get started on breakfast
now,"
Kasumi said and left for the kitchen.
'She reminds me of a mom' Ash thought. Then his danger sense picked up
and
sensed something behind him. He did a back flip landed and got into a
fighting stance. He grinned when he saw Ranma in a defensive stance
and
began to strike with quick attacks. They would've kept fighting if it
weren't for Kasumi calling out that breakfast was ready.
"That was a good spar!" Ash said as he walked toward the living room.
"Yeah, well your getting really fast. But you're not strong. Work on
your
strength," Ranma advised.
"You think so? Guess I'll train with my Golem or another rock type I
guess," Ash said as he sat down to eat.
"You boys had better hurry up and finish eating. Don't want to be late
for
school now would you?" Kasumi said as she got a few more dishes out.
"School?" both Ash and Ranma asked in unison.
"Why yes. You'll need some education during your stay here, and Uncle
Genma
insist on it," Kasumi replied.
"Hey Pop when did you get into education?" Ranma asked while defending
his
food from Genma.
"Well Ash's mom wanted Ash to get an education when he had the time and
I
promised her that I would. And since you need some education yourself
I
thought it would be a good idea that you go to school too," Genma said
as he
tried to steal Ash's since he had no success in trying to steal Ranma's
food.
Just when he was about to steal Ash's food, he found Pikachu with
dancing
blots of electricity on its cheeks, on his arm. This scared Genma
obviously
and he pulled his arm out of harm's way. Pikachu only stopped drop to
a
sitting position and started to lick its ketchup bottle.
"Well, I'll see you two at school," Nabiki said.
"We go to the same school?" Ash asked.
"Yes. You and Ranma will go to the same school as Akane and me. Well,
see
you." Nabiki said as she started to leaving but was stop by Akane.
"Wait for me! I'm coming with you," Akane said as she ran after her
sister.
"What? You're supposed to walk your fiance to school," Nabiki said as
she
left. Akane did her death glare on Ranma who just stared away as if he
didn't know the glare was there.
Ash got up and started-off, "Pikachu, you stay here while I go to
school
okay?" Ash said. Pikachu reluctantly nodded its head. "Let's go guys
or
were going to be late," Ash said as he jumped up on the fence and began
walking on it. Ranma followed them as Akane led them to school.
"Were not getting married," Akane told Ranma.
"Your telling me!" Ranma replied.
Ash started to form a sweat drop. 'This isn't going to be good' Ash
thought.
"So don't hang around me during school."
"Don't worry. I can't stand macho chicks like you!"
Ash ran over to Ranma and covered his mouth and said, "Your going to be
hurting for few days. You know that right?"
"Why?" Ranma asked no noticing that Akane threw her pack at him until
he
was hit. Ash ducked. Thonk Splash Ranma fell to the small river.
Ash fished Ranma out and asked Akane "Is there anywhere we could get
some
hot water?"
"We could go to Dr. Tofu but we got to hurry or were going to be late,"
she
said as she ran through the streets. Ash followed and Ranma started
stir on
Ash's back.
"Don't say I didn't tell you so," Ash said as he released Ranma who
started
to catch up with Ash.
"Yeah, yeah I know. Where are we going to?" Ranma asked.
"I don't know but were getting you some hot water in this person place
name
Dr. Tofu," Ash replied.
Akane stop and went inside while we stayed outside. Suddenly a bony
hand
was placed on Ranma's shoulder.
"Yaaa!" Ranma screamed in girl form. She jumped up and grabbed the
closet
thing that he could get a hold of and that's the wall. Ash walked
around
the building and looked what kind of clinic did this Dr. Tofu run.
"Oh pardon me. Don't worry this is my skeleton Betsy," the man said
holding
the skeleton to wave at the girl. She relaxed a little.
"Ranma, I got the water. Oh! Hi, Dr. Tofu," Akane said as she used
the
kettle to make Ranma bow before the man. The three just stood there
for a
second then Ranma left leaving the two alone.
Dr. Tofu had his head level while Akane had hers at the ground. "Huh?
Interesting."
Both Ash and Ranma said as Ranma change himself back to a guy. They
all
quickly sprint to school. "Who was that guy?" Ranma asked. "He's Dr.
Tofu
the chiropractor." Akane replied. "Also a martial artist. But I
thought
you hate men." Ash said as they neared the front gate of the school.
"True. I!" Akane neared the gate. "Despise!" A whole group of boys
charged out. "Men!" She yelled as she took on all the men. Ash
jumped on
one of the post of the gate while Ranma jumped on the other side.
Nabiki
saw what's going on and yelled to Ranma and Ash "Get in this school
now!"
"But.." Ranma replied. "Don't worry about her!" Nabiki yelled back.
The fight was over for Akane. You can see a field of fallen men in
combat.
"For pete's sake every morning! What a drag." Akane said.
"Evidently
each of them intends to ask you out, Akane. On the dawn that he
finally
defeats you." A man said as he came out from behind a tree holding a
rose
at the tips of his finger. "And now, might you fight with me?" He
asks as
he tossed the rose toward Akane. "Man. Aren't you popular?" Ranma
asked in
a sarcastic tone. "Yes I must agree." Ash agreed as the two martial
artist
jump down beside Akane. "Stay back or you'll get hurt." Akane warned
getting into a fighting stance. "You two, you two are being quite
familiar
with Akane." The man said. "Oh were just staying at her house." Ash
replied. "What? Who are you bore? Ah! But it is the custom to give
one's
own name first! Fine, then! Mine I shall give." The man yelled.
"Huh?
Oh, go ahead." Ranma said as he made a moving gesture showing him to
continue.
"My name is upperclassman Kuno. Junior group E. Captain of the kendo
club.
Undefeated new star of the high school fencing world. But my peers
call
me… The blue thunder of Fruinkin High!" Kuno said as thunder roared
behind
him. "As I repeat we are staying at her house." Ash said as he
scratched
the back of his head. "What? You guys staying in the same roof as
Akane! I won't allow it!" Kuno said as he charged toward Ash and
swiping at him. Ash jumped up in the air as he dodged his slashes and
started for his introduction. "I am Ash Ketchum from the town of
pallet and
the next pokemon master! Here hold my bag." As he threw his bag
toward
Ranma. "And I accept your challenge!" Ash said as he got into a
fighting
stance and had a smirk on his face.
"What? Some guy is taking on Kuno." "Talk about dangerous!" As the
chattering of the school started to get louder. "So your hounding
Akane! I
upperclassman Kuno shall bring you to justice!" Kuno yelled as he
charged
toward Ash. "Who's hounding who?" Ash asked as Ranma started to walk
inside the school. "Hey Ranma! Aren't you going to keep an eye on
your
cousin? Kuno is really dangerous!" Akane yelled toward Ranma. "You
got
nothing to worry about. Watch." Ranma said as he indicated the two
people
that were fighting. She watched as Ash stood there waiting as Kuno
strike.
Ash seemed to disappear, as Kuno strike downward with his boken. Kuno
looks
up and saw Ash rebounded off a tree, which he sliced off its trunk.
Ash was
far away from Kuno then he blurred. In a second he was right in front
of
Kuno striking with really fast punches and kicks. Soon Kuno flew to
the air
and falls down with a loud thud. 'Amazing. Ash took him out before he
knew
what hit him.' Akane thought. "Man that was the shortest fight I ever
had." Ash said as he turned to Ranma to retrieve his pack. "Did you
see
how that guy defeated that guy?" "He took out Kuno in a few minute."
News
of this spread likes wildfire through the whole school. Ash retrieved
his
pack from Ranma and walked into the school with him just before it
rained.
Author's Note: Well what do you think?
All Reviews can be sent to all Flames can be burned by my new pet Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon.