CURSES!
A Fan Fic from Paladin Jag
Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma ½ (no matter how much I wish I did). All characters are the property of their respective owners and no copyright infringement is intended.
Tendo Dojo
"Give it back old man!"
"Never! This is my last chance."
"It was ADDRESSED to ME!"
Two figures leap at each other, trading blows with furious speed. One, a stout man in a faded gi, is knocked away by the other, a teenage boy with a pigtail, who smirks triumphantly holding a wooden cask.
"Face it pops, you're too slow and- OOMF" Ranma is interrupted by a flying kick to the head.
"You still have a lot to learn boy!" Genma crows as he retrieves the cask.
From the porch Soun Tendo, tears streaming down his face, watches as the two fight over the cask.
"Oh, what a tragedy. That father and son should turn on one another." Sobs the Tendo patriarch.
"What are those two fools fighting over now?" Happosai grumps from the doorway.
"Master!" Soun says surprised. " Ranma received some spring of drowned man water. It seems that the springs have dried up again and this is the last bit that was in the spring."
The diminutive grand master pales "What! No more Ranma-chan?" Jumping out into the garden he begins to glow. "I can not let such a tragedy occur! To be robbed of her sweet bosom is too horrible to ponder."
He leaps for the cask only to be intercepted by Ranma's foot, as he bounces off Happosai's head towards Genma.
"Stay out of this you old freak!" Ranma tosses over his shoulder as he attempts to regain control of the cask.
The cask changes hands several times in the next few minutes as the combatants try to get the cure for themselves. Happosai, seeing that he cannot keep control of the water, pulls out one of his bombs and tosses it at the other two. The resulting explosion sends the cask flying into the air.
Akane, having been watching the whole episode from the dojo, runs out to catch the cask.
I've got to catch this or else Ranma may never get his cure. She thinks as she races under the cask, not seeing the bomb hurtling towards the jug.
B O O M !Looking up at the explosion, time slows to a crawl as Akane watches with mute horror as the cask disintegrates, releasing the water strait- down- on- her!
As she feels the water's magic wreak havoc on her body, her mind screams NOOO! Just before the world spins and goes dark.
Akane moans, cracking her eyes open to see the ceiling of her room.
"Akane?" she hears Ranma's voice full of concern.
She looks over at him, his eyes full of guilt, not quite meeting hers.
"No chance that was a nightmare?" She hesitantly asks.
He just shakes his head, looking at the floor.
She sadly lays her head back down on her pillow and closes her eyes, trying to keep the tears from flowing.
I'm cursed! Why me- get a hold of yourself! You can't let this get you. Ok, now you're gonna turn into a b-boy… No, don't lose it. Ranma deals with this every day, surely YOU can too. It may not be that bad… yeah, right!
"I- I'm sorry. I-" Ranma stutters.
"It's not your fault." Akane replies tonelessly
"Yeah, but if me and Pops weren't fighting over the jusenkyo water none of this would have happened"
"Well, now you don't have your cure. Sorry."
"What, you think I'm worried about that! I wish I never saw that jug."
"But you could have had your cure. It's not your fault that your father and Happosai started to fight you for it." Did I just defend him from himself?
Ranma looks at her strangely. She blushes slightly.
"Umm… that is…" she says.
Both just stare the floor.
"So what's it like? Being a guy and all." Akane nervously asks.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Well, since I'm going to change in to a guy now I just wanted to know what its like."
"Um, Akane… that wasn't drowned man water…"
A.N.: I know I'm evil for leaving the cliffhanger. And yes I know what curse I'm giving her. R&R
PS: I need beta readers, I have only my wife and she doesn't know much about Ranma.
So any volunteers would be appreciated.
Thanks Always!