Ranma ½ a new beginning

by:A NewH Production

I just wanted to take a quick moment to remind everyone that I do not own ranma 1/2 or any other anime that I make reference to in this story. This story was not written for profit please do not sue me.

I would also like to thank my editor ThreadWeaver he has done a great job with getting my story cleaned up.

Prologue:

The rain started to fall on a dreary spring day.

"Let go old man! I can walk on my own. I don't know why I have to save your sorry ass again," Ranma-chan addressed the panda carrying her. This brought stares from the people in the market.

"Gowrlf," answered the panda setting the busty redhead on the ground.

"I will make you a deal old man. I will go to the Tendo dojo and meet this girl you have engaged me to. If she is not my type you can consider the contract with the Tendo's void and I will be going back to China to find a cure."

All the panda could do is hold up a sign that said, "Deal… But remember this is about honor!" The panda got a silly grin on his face thinking to himself, "At least he's willing to give it a try."

The rainy morning faded and all that was left from it was a sun-shower in the afternoon. The two arrived at a large compound with the sign that read 'Tendo Dojo'. After a knock on the front door to the home in the compound, a beautiful young girl greeted them with short brown hair wearing a blue kimono with red flowers. Ranma saw this girl and just stared, slack jawed, as the panda pushed her inside. While this was going on, the girl ran and hid behind a tall man with a mustache. Ranma saw this and did the only thing she could think of... She apologized.

"You wouldn't be," came from the man with the mustache.

Ranma bowed and responded, "I'm Ranma Saotome, sorry bout this".

The next thing he heard was, "He is cute". Ranma looked for where the voice came from and found it was the same girl as before. Before she could say anything else, the man hugged her and her pigtail stood on end. Just as fast as the hug happened, she was pushed away as the man fainted.

"Father!" she heard from the three girls. This was a surprise for her because he only saw one before.

"Could I have some hot water?" she asked, and the one with long brown hair went to get a cup.

When Mister Tendo awoke he found the two guests and his three daughters had surrounded him.

"Daddy, you said that Ranma was a boy!" the girl with short brown hair spoke.

"I am..." responded the redhead

This shocked everyone but the panda sitting there. Ranma continued by pouring the hot water over her head and a black haired boy was suddenly sitting there where the girl was before.

"Sorry 'bout this." he responded.

"How is this possible?" Mister Tendo questioned.

"This will be a long story, but it all started in China. After crossing the sea and traveling all over because the old man could not read Chinese, we finally reached our destination. The cursed springs training ground. Before we found out why it was called that, the old man jumped to one of the poles. I would not follow because I didn't understand why it was called that. Being that the training ground was quite old, the pole he was standing on broke and he fell into the spring of drowned panda. When he flew out of the water I was in shock and he knocked me into spring of drowned girl. That's how we became cursed"

Mister Tendou sat in shock a while before speaking, "Well, your problem not so bad after all! I have three lovely daughters. The oldest is Kasumi. She's 19. My middle child is Nabiki, age 17, and my youngest Akane, age 16. Pick the one you want she will be your fiancée."

The two oldest girls looked at each other and pushed the youngest ahead of them.

"We think that Akane would be the best, since you are both martial artists." Kasumi spoke.

Ranma looked at Akane and began walking around her, looking her over.

"I'm not marrying this pervert!" she protested.

Ranma looked her in the eyes and said, "You're right. I have no intention of marrying you"

"Look Saotome, they're a perfect couple already!" Mister Tendou spoke as he burst into laughter.

Ranma looked back to Mister Tendo. "There is only one of your daughters that I will marry." He then walked over to Nabiki and sat in front of her. This brought the two old men out of their laughter. "We will go over the terms of my father's contract with me, and yours with him, after I talk with Nabiki in private," Ranma said, still talking to the fathers.

Ranma looked into the set of deep brown eyes that sat in front of him before standing and offering a hand up. She gave him a glare, took his hand, and led him off to the dojo. After making sure that they weren't going to be bothered, Nabiki spoke with an icy tone, "Why didn't you just take my sister? She's a martial artist. It only makes sense seeing that you're going to be taking over the dojo."

"I have two reasons right now why not to pick her, and I will have more in the next couple of weeks as well."

"Really? What are they?" Nabiki was spitting venom by this time.

"Your sister is too quick with her temper, and I have no use for a martial artist."

"What? What do you mean you have no use for a martial artist?" This caught her off guard.

"I need someone who is intelligent and can handle the money the school will be bringing in. If I married a martial artist, the money might not be used wisely, or it would go to nothing but repair bills. Plus, you're a lot cuter than your sister." Ranma moved quickly in front of Nabiki before talking with her again.

"I can sense an aura about you that tells me that you're different than your sisters, you are more down to earth and that also shows in how you present yourself."

"That's true Saotome, now what's this contract business?" she stated with a cool demeanor, trying not to show how surprised she was at his reasoning.

"I knew you were going to bring that up. Between pops and me, it goes if the Tendo that I'm engaged to is not compatible with me then I'm going back to China to find a cure and I will not marry her." Ranma stated. "If you want you can be my partner, fiancée, and equal. If you do, we have one month before we are wed. I will be waiting with the fathers for your answer."

Ranma decided that this would be the best time to take his leave and walked out of the room to rejoin his father. When he got back to the old men and told them of what he spoke with Nabiki about, they were not happy.