Author's notes: This is my first fan fiction story so please R&R I'm also looking for a few pre-readers.
Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma ½ or any of its characters.
"Speech"
Chinese
'Thoughts'
-Sound Effects-
Prologue:
The falling of rain from the sky was silent testimate to the events of earlier that evening; the largest trouble spot in Nerima district Tokyo bore witness to the attempted union of two parties. The first party was a 17 year old boy sometimes girl that wore his/her hair in a braided pigtail. The second party was a 17-year-old girl with a hair trigger temper and short dark bluish black hair. The two parties were to be wed in holy matrimony, to (hopefully) forever unite their two families. The only problem with this plan was there well wisher's i.e. the Nerima Wreaking Crew or NWC for short some of the more volatile members (read: all) caught wind of the impending union and decided that it was not to be.
With most normal groups of people this would have lead to a long argument and maybe some light violence, with the NWC however this lead to wholesale destruction of the entire dojo (where the ceremony was being held) and the surrounding yard. It also led to quite a few injuries for the people involved.
Afterward the pigtailed boy and the short haired girl got into one of there patented arguments, which lead to the launching of Ranma, said pigtailed boy, by Akane said short haired girl, by mallet.
It takes quite the force to launch a human body which is why one must wonder how strong this 'Akane' really is, but I digress this is not where the story starts, no it start scant minutes after said launch of human projectile by one Violent un-cute tomboy of a fiancé AKA Akane.
It all begins with a red haired pigtailed girl named Ranma which you might wonder why she would share the same name as the afore mentioned boy, but you see there is a perfectly logical explanation for that (if you believe in magic). The pigtailed boy picked up a gender-changing curse in china at a place called Jusenkyo AKA the springs of sorrow. Each of these springs has a different legend of some animal or person that drowned in the spring; from a simple Duck to a war goddess each spring brings about a different change in form and sometimes personality. The curse itself is activated by water temperature, warm-hot water changes the recipient back to normal cold water makes them assume their cursed form.
This however is not the focus of the story, no the focus is one Ranma Saotome
Currently walking down one of the many streets of the district think about the events of the past few weeks. Then something seems to catch her attention, she turns to look at the object that caught her attention, and it appeared to be some sort of large opaque stone. When she reached out to either examine or take the stone, one cannot be sure, there was a bright blue flash as she fell to the ground unconscious.
Of Crimson Tears
Chapter 1:
Ranma awoke with a vicious pounding headache. 'Feels like I got mallet weildin violent tomboys beatin on my brain', thought Ranma with a wince.
With that he, opened his eyes, at this moment he, now she, noticed that she was in Dr. Tofu's office. 'When did I get here?' thought Ranma, 'oh yeah, the stone and … that bright light.'
"I wonder what that was?" Ranma whispered to herself.
After thinking for a few seconds Ranma heard what sounded like voice's close by. So she proceeded to get to her feet and quietly move to the door to listen in.
"How is he doctor?" asked a familiar voice.
'Ah, that voice sounds familiar' thought Ranma
"He's doing fine, although there is something strange on his forehead," answered Tofu.
'That's doc, hmmm… who's the other voice though, it's defiantly a girl, I wonder, it ain't Shampoo or Ukyou.
"What do you mean?" questioned the girl
"Well there appears to be some sort of precious stone imbedded in his forehead," answered Tofu.
"Stupid jerk probably tried to steal it," answered the voice.
'Defiantly Akane' thought Ranma.
"I doubt that with a sapphire that size someone would have come looking by now, and Akane please try and control your temper," said Tofu.
She could practically feel Akane blush through the door. 'Wait a minute, sapphire?'
Thought Ranma as she brought her hand to her head. With a loud gasp she felt a stone in the center of her fore head just above her eyebrows, it was approximately five centimeters in length with what felt like a fine cut.
"I think he's awake now," said Dr. Tofu as he walked to the door.
"Humph, perverts been spying on us." Akane said in a huff as she followed Tofu.
As the two entered the double bedded room they noticed the pig-tailed redhead in the corner of the room looking into a small hand mirror and poking the large gem on her forehead.
"Ranma are you okay?" said Akane with a worried frown crossing her face.
"Yeah, fine" said the redhead off handedly. "What the hell is this?" She whispered a few seconds latter.
"Ranmaaa…" Akane said in an aggravated tone.
"What do you want tomboy?" Said Ranma in an annoyed tone of voice as she put down the mirror.
"I'm worried about you and that's all you can say?" said a now angry Akane
"Like I said, what do you want, ya macho chick." Said Ranma as she stood up and glared at Akane.
"Stop it you two I will not have you fighting in my office." Said Dr. Tofu in an agitated tone of voice.
For a few seconds it looked like Akane would still attack Ranma against the request of Dr. Tofu, her +5 pervert Crusher mallet flickering in and out of existence along with her battle aura. Then finally after what seemed like an eternity but was only a few seconds she calmed down. Taking a few more cleansing breathes she spoke to Dr. Tofu. "Sorry doctor, this Baka sometimes makes me really mad." In an apologetic tone while blushing slightly.
"Hey!" yelled Ranma. "Shut up jerk" said Akane as she plowed her elbow into Ranma's cranium.
With a sigh Dr. Tofu continued, "At any rate what we need to do now is find out what exactly happened. Ranma what do you remember of what happened before you got here?"
"I well, sorta saw a strange glint from the corner of my eye, so I went to investigate it. As soon as I got a clear look, I noticed that it was covered with dirt so I tried to clear it off, as soon as I touched it I saw a bright flash and woke here." Said Ranma blushing slightly in embarrassment.
"I knew the pervert did something stupid," said Akane glaring at the smaller girl.
"He can never keep out of trouble."
"Hey I didn't do nothin', why are ya always blaming me for what happens it's not like I planned all this" said Ranma glaring back at Akane
"Baka of course it's your fault, almost everything that happens around here is your fault,"
Said Akane in a loud tone.
"It ain't my fault that I attract those loonies!" said Ranma in an even louder tone
"COULD YOU TWO PLEASE STOP IT!" yelled an exasperated Tofu. Both Ranma and
Akane's mouths closed with an audible snap, as Tofu continued. "Thank you now lets try to get to the heart of the matter, I might have some text that describes what is going on here." With that Dr. Tofu proceeded to his office.
"This is all your fault baka," Akane whispered before following the doctor. While Ranma just settled for glaring holes in the back of her head the entire way to Tofu's office.
The three entered the office of one Dr. Ono Tofu, it was well decorated with a homely feel compared to the rest of the office, there was a line of book shelves on one wall and a couple of file cabinets on the opposite, the cabinets held Tofu's patient files while the shelves held many obscure tomes about Ki, and pressure points. Close to the back of the room was a largish wooden desk with a comfortable chair sitting behind it.
As the two sat down in two of the chair that were facing the desk in the center of the room Dr. Tofu started to thumb through some of the books in his small library. "I know I saw something like this somewhere," he muttered to himself quietly, "ah here it is" Dr. Tofu announced as he turned about and started thumbing through the book, he walked over to his desk and sat down. The book looked well aged, not the oldest of the books that he owned but well aged, the book look about 50 years old and hard cover with a strange unidentifiable black design on it.
"Hmmm… your case seems similar to a few people found living in a remote valley in china prior to the First World War. Each of them had a different coloured stone in the center of their forehead, and all around the same age, the village itself was destroyed with the Chinese revolution. All known accounts of these people disappeared at the same time there's nothing else, on it here, except for this picture." Said Dr. Tofu as he pushed the book toward the duo for them to examine.
The page itself was slightly worn but in otherwise good condition, but the picture on it appeared in good quality. The picture was of a girl approximately 22-23 years in age her hair in a braid that went all the way down her back, her eyes piercing as if she knew all of your secrets and was just waiting for you to reveal them. What the striking part was the gem, in the center of her forehead it was of the exact same size and cut as the one currently on Ranma's.
"What the heck?" said Ranma in a little confusion.
"It look's exactly the same," said Akane as she looked between Ranma and the picture.
"Hmm… yes very strange, this is all I can find on the subject. I doubt that anyone else would know much more." Said Tofu in what appeared to be deep thought. "I would ask Cologne she might know more," said Tofu after a few seconds.
"I gotta go think on this…" said Ranma after a few seconds, "oh and Doc can I get some hot water?"
Dr. Tofu appeared pensive for a few seconds before he replied, "I already tried that earlier appears that one of the side affects of that sapphire is a locking of the curse…"
Ranma looked at him and appeared to be either about to hit something or cry it was hard to tell which. "I'm going off to think," said Ranma as she quickly exited.
"Baka" muttered Akane.
Under a small bridge in the Nerima district of Tokyo a lone figure is sitting underneath.
The figure appears to be wearing a red shirt that is worn and ragged pants. The only clue on who this person is the bright red hair on her head.
'Why does this kinda stuff always happen to me, who did I piss off in a past life? What kami did I offend? I would really like to know.' Thought Ranma as she picked up some stones and threw them, 'what am I gonna do? I can talk to the ghoul but that usually comes with some sorta price, even if I don know it yet. Ah well the only thing that could make this day worse would be if that Idiot Kuno showed up.' She thought as an ominous crack of thunder sounded in the background.
'Ah, well might as well visit the ghoul before I start to pull a Ryouga (indiscriminant destruction of property).'She thought before leaving the bridge.
To be continued…
AN: This is my first fanfic and I would enjoy any and all input, this is the first of 24 chapters (approximately) for book 1: of Crimson Tears I hope you like it.
Revision: Just a couple of words replaced nothing signifigant, I'll have the Chapter 2 corrections finished by tomorrow hopefuly
Ja Ne