A Third Chance at Life
A Conversation and a Project
Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma or Inuyasha, they are the property of Rumiko Takashi and some companies I can't remember, I am making no money of this work.
Author's Notes: Okay I went back and fixed the paragraphs again, I think this is what you meant. I haven't decided on whether or not Ranma will go to the Sengoku Jidai 'did I spell that right?' or not, but when the Shikon no Tama gets mentioned some one will recognize the name. To those who simply offered encouragement or that they like the story thank you very much.
'Let's see I have a few hours till my next patient, now would be a good time to ask Elder Khu Lon about Ranma's condition.' Tofu thought, as he locked up the clinic 'I hope the Elder has some good news, Ranma seems to have enough problems as it is and being crazy would definitely complicate things even more.' Tofu walked into the Nekohanten and spotted his former assistant taking orders for an elderly couple.
"Nice doctor, is good to see you, I take order, yes?" Shampoo asked.
"Good Morning Xian Pu," Tofu said with a bow, "While I would like a beef ramen, it is important that I speak to the Elder."
"Okay, me put on beef ramen and tell Great Grandmother we have guest." Shampoo said, "Please sit down in mean time."
"Great Grandmother, Nice Doctor would like Beef Ramen and talk to you." Shampoo said as she bounded into the Kitchen.
"Doctor Tofu, would like a word?" Cologne asked and Shampoo nodded. "Alright then, Mousse." Cologne shouted.
"Yes?" Mousse said as he strode towards Cologne.
"Take care off cooking, I need to talk to someone, and if you screw up any of the orders because you wouldn't wear your glasses I swear I'll lock you in the cage with out food for a week." Cologne threatened
"Yes ma'am" Mousse said, and then as soon as he was sure she was out of hearing range "Damn Mummy." Crack "Ow." Mousse said holding his head after an old walking stick hit it at high speeds.
"I heard that." Cologne said as she walked in and grabbed her cane and then walked back out.
"So, Doctor, what can I do for you today?" Cologne said as she pogoed up to Tofu.
"I need to talk to you about Ranma, but before we do I needed you to swear on your honor that this isn't used against him in anyway. I promised him that stipulation if I were to talk to you." Tofu said.
"You have on the honor of the amazons that I will not use any knowledge gained today against Son-in-Law in any way." Cologne promised.
"Thank you elder," Tofu said and then told Cologne what happened in his office, "What I was wondering, could the Voice be the spirit of the drowned girl?"
"I don't believe so. I have never heard of anything like this happening to any other martial artists or warriors who fell in the spring. Couple that with the Voice teaching him a spiritual power that only the more powerful priestesses or priests could pull off, and it makes me think he might be channeling a spirit somehow."
"Is that a good or bad thing though?" Tofu wondered aloud.
"I guess it depends," Cologne said, "It would mean he's not crazy at the very least, but on top of that he has gained access to spiritual energy, and he has enough of it to heal, I know of several martial arts techniques that require the use of spiritual energy and have been largely unusable to the fact that most people can't tap into spiritual energy without large amounts of training. It's just not feasible to teach it when only those with incredible natural abilities can ever use it as effectively as one could use ki."
"So there is no advantage to this spiritual energy?" Tofu asked.
"Now I never said that, merely it is harder to train in. It takes much longer to build up reserves for spiritual energy, but you can do so much more with it. It can be just as powerful as ki just without as much destruction. The spiritual attacks I have heard of generally have a focus of some sort and are therefore more refined and precise. Also spiritual energy is far more capable of healing then ki energy." Cologne said.
"I see, can you use any spiritual techniques?" Tofu asked excitedly 'Techniques to heal people those could save so many lives.'
"I know a minor healing spell, but my spiritual reserves are fairly small so it's exhausting to use it." Cologne said. "Oh here comes Shampoo your food."
"Here is too too delicious Ramen nice doctor." Shampoo gushed as she placed his food down.
"Thank you very much Xian Pu." Tofu said politely, "Hmm I could of swore I asked for a beef ramen, ah well pork ramen is good too."
Cologne sighed and stood up, "Sorry to cut our conversation short but I'm afraid I have to go starve a duck, please tell Son-in-Law to visit when he gets the chance I would like to talk to him about this in person.
'Wonder where Akane is' Ranma said as he looked around the classroom. 'Well she did spend the night by her Yuka's house so maybe the hospital called about Yuna getting better and she went with Yuka. Hmm Sayuri isn't here either so that's got to be it.' Bringgggg "Well she's late now" Ranma said to no one. 'Well time to sleep.'
'You really shouldn't, you wouldn't insult a martial arts sensei by ignoring what he is teaching and just because this isn't as important to you doesn't mean you should be any less considerate to this teacher.'
"Fine, I'll stay awake" Ranma grumbled.
"Alright class quiet down, I don't want to drain any delinquents today alright." Hinako said sweetly. "Today we will be doing something different, as I am also teaching History for this class, since your history teacher had a nervous break down, we will have a double period about the Sengoku Jidai era of Japan and you must submit a paper between five and ten pages long in proper English and give a short presentation to the class in English. You will be broken up into groups of five, but everyone in the group must speak in the presentation. You have two weeks to get the paper finished, some time in class will be given, but most must be done outside of class." "Now I am quite knowledgeable about this time period and honestly most of the school text books are flawed, so I have a stack of books on the subject that you may use.
The door to class opened and Akane, Yuka, and Sayuri walked into class all of them with various degrees of excitement and shock on their faces. "Sorry we're late sensei, but we were with Yuka when the hospital called." Akane said.
"I see, is everything all right?" Hinako asked already having heard the news about Miss Yuna's accident.
"Yes sensei, everything is definitely all right." Sayuri said dazedly.
"Then what did they call about?" Hinako asked confused.
"It was a miracle," Yuka said "My mother's injuries all completely healed overnight, we went to see her and she was up and moving around like nothing had happened, she swears it was a handsome angel that saved healed her." Ranma blushed horribly at this comment but the only one who noticed this was Hinako who was watching the entire class making sure it didn't become too excited.
'Hmm I wonder…' Hinako thought to herself, 'Well I'll just put him in her group and see if anything happens.' Hinako looked down at a piece of paper and switched Ranma and Gosunkugi's names on the project sheet. "Now quiet down class" Hinako started, "or I'll have to drain you. Since you all have a valid excuse you may take your seats, just get the information on the project from the other people in your group, which I will be announcing right now." Ranma ended up with Akane, Yuka, Sayuri, and Ukyo. Gosunkugi ended up in a group with a stoner two dumb violent jock and a ditz.
'I don't know why, but suddenly I'm filled with the violent urge to kill Ranma Saotome.' Gosunkugi thought to himself.
Ranma was standing with his group during lunch, "So um how do you all want to do this?" Sayuri asked.
"All I know is you better actually help Ranma, you are not going to sit around while we do all the work." Akane said.
"Hey did I ever say I wasn't going to help?" Ranma snapped.
"Well it's impossible to get you to do your own work, so I doubt your going to be helpful in a group." Akane shot back.
"Akane, Ran-chan, calm down." Ukyo said, "We got to work together, and with the way you two argue and the way Akane and I fight sometimes we're going to have to lay some ground rules."
"Hey who put you in charge?" Akane growled.
"I'm not." Ukyo said trying to placate the volatile girl, "It's just we need to work things out now so we don't get into fights later."
"Yeah, alright fine." Akane conceded.
"First, Akane do not hit, mallet or insult Ranma." Akane nearly interrupted in anger here, but Ukyo continued quickly, "second, Ranma do not insult Akane while we are working on this project."
"Three," Akane interrupted, "Ukyo and Ranma are not to flirt or do anything perverted with each other."
Ranma, Yuka, and Sayuri both looked on as Akane and Ukyo conceded to the others demands. "Well there's no way all those rules are making it through this project." Ranma said. Sayuri and Yuka both just nodded in agreement.
"Um, is it all right if we meet at my house?" Yuka asked, "It's just I'm worried about my Mom, and want to be home in case something happens.
"That sounds fine to me sugar." Ukyo said as Akane and Sayuri agreed.
'Crap I better go in girl form, I don't want Yuka's mom to recognize me.' Ranma thought.
'Why do you wish to keep this from others?'
'Because my life is complicated enough as it is. Who knows what would happen if everyone knew about this.' Ranma said.
'Good Point, by the way I could help you with this project.'
'How so, I mean the powers I can understand, but how would you help me with this?' Ranma asked.
'I'm from that time so I have quite a bit of knowledge from that time.'
'Wait your from that time, then you can tell me who you' Ranma was thinking before he was interrupted.
"Earth to Ran-chan, Lets go or we're going to be late for the rest of class." Ukyo said as she lightly knocked on Ranma's skull.
"Huh, wha, oh sorry." Ranma blushed as he hurried to his next class.
"What a goof." Ukyo giggled as she followed after him.
Another chapter is up, it's setting stuff up for the next chapter so I'm sorry if it's a little boring. Still hope ya like and please Read and Review.
