Märchen Awakens Ranma.
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Ranma girl 14: no they are not Ginta is momentarily in the Gate of Training
The Gandhara: I hope you like this chapter better. I don't know if the manga is different from the anime because I haven't read the manga yet.
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Okay here goes.
---------------------------------------------Chapter 2: The Portal------------------------------------------
SNAP. The little twig broke under the tremendous force of Ranma's foot stepping on it, while he was walking on to the mountains. His body was still hurting from that attack and he was going to find out how it worked, no matter the cost.
He was not alone though. There was a girl with long brown hair following him. He asked Ukyo to travel with him to cook for him. He needed all the time he could get to figure that technique out, and he wouldn't be bothered by hunting down something edible.
"Ran-chan, how much further are we going?" Ukyo said quite breathlessly. It was obvious she was tired of the long walk.
"We're there," Ranma said while pointing to a nice clearing in the woods with a river streaming trough it. 'Good now I can take my time to figure it out. What did they say again?'
(Flashback)
"Oh, you are awake now," Kasumi said with concern "are you alright?"
"I'm fine," Ranma said while opening his eyes," what hit me anyway?"
"I don't know, but until it hit you two I couldn't hear a thing." Akane said sitting next to Ranma.
"So you have been hit by the Soundbreaker, right Son-in-law?" Cologne asked,"no wonder you're all crippled. But still to recover within the day, it really is like you, you're without a doubt the perfect man for Shampoo."
"Old mummy, do you know something about it?" Ranma asked listening intently to what she had to say. A stick hit him in the nose shortly after that.
"Who's an old mummy?" Cologne asked angrily,"anyway, the soundbreaker is a legendary technique that was past on for generations in the Oshima-clan. They were one of the greatest assassins of their time, specialised in silent attacks. The soundbreaker draws it's force out of the sound in the environment, so naturally if they had to silently kill someone they had to create the sound and then draw it out of the air. The screaming before the attack could only be heard for a couple of meters so only the victim could hear the attack. I don't really know how it is possible but it has a great amount of chi manipulation in it."
(end flashback)
'So all I have to do is find out how to keep sound in with my chi. How am I going to do that?' thought Ranma.
He didn't notice there was a lost boy underneath him. The ground began to crack and it shattered into pebbles followed by "Where the hell am I now!" from a dirt covered Ryouga.
"Ryouga, so you woke up as well," Ranma said, slightly annoyed, "what are you doing here?"
"Ranma, is Akane here?" Ryouga asked.
"No. why?"
"Because she left your home looking for you. I left a moment after her to stop her. Wait a sec… Does that mean I came here earlier than I had to?"
"I guess so."
"Ryouga, would you like some Okonomiyaki as well?" Ukyo asked him, hoping she could get some money out of it. Nabiki's tips do come in handy at some times.
"Yes, thank you, Ukyo." Ryouga said.
"Hey Ryouga, do you remember that attack the Oshima-brothers used on us?" Ranma asked hopefully.
"Yeah why?"
"Did you notice anything of what they did with their chi?"
"Well, first it seemed like it was everywhere but then it returned to them. Why?"
"No reason" Ranma said, enthusiastic about figuring out how it worked and more importantly, trying it himself. So after he ate something he went to the riverside to start the training.
Three hours later he came back to Ukyo and surprisingly Ryouga.
"Hey, pig-boy, shouldn't you go home around now?" he asked
"I'm going to wait for Akane. Besides I know more of mountain training than you" Ryouga replied.
"Suit yourself"
Then everything turned black and a blue circle appeared on the ground.
"What's this?" Ukyo asked with fear in her voice.
Blue flames were emitting in thin air, followed by three chains tied together in one knot and a creature with a red cloak appeared around it.
"The portal is opening." The weird creature spoke. A door, burning in a blue fire, shot up from the circle. It was a strange door with two cut chains just hanging there. Then the strange creature threw a die. And the die rolled three.
"The die says three. Only three people shall be passing through" the creature said in his maniacal voice. "You saw the vision, you wanted to escape to this world, or you believed in the existence of another world, correct? That's why the portal opened for you. Please enter."
"Should we go in?" Ukyo asked.
"It would be fun, but how are we going to get back if we get in?" Ryouga stated. "Besides we would have to leave everyone behind."
"There are probably a lot of challenges waiting behind this door. It could be a great experience. I say we go in" Ranma said without fear.
"Ranma!" A voice behind them yelled
The three turned around to see Akane walk towards them.
"You're not thinking of entering that thing right?" She asked him.
"Yes, I am" Ranma said nonchalantly
"Then I'm going with you" she insisted. She turned to the creature "Can we all go in?"
"If more people than the number shown on the die enter, I can't guarantee their safety" came the reply
"We all want to go right?" Ranma asked. Everyone nodded. "But one has to stay behind. Are we going to vote or do we play JanKenPon?"
Ukyo was the first to respond. "I say Akane stays behind."
"Then I say Ranma stays behind." Ryouga responded. Ranma couldn't leave such an easy one pass by. "Oh, so you want to have the girls all for yourself, right you sly fox" he said with a grin. This resulted in him getting a fist right in his face, launching him off.
Akane was next "Ukyo shouldn't go in. She has a business to run afterall."
Ranma knew what he had to do.'So it was up to Ranma. If he didn't nominate Ryouga it would be decided. Ryouga had to come, since he lost the same battle and he wants to have a rematch just as much as I do. We need Ukyo because we don't know how much edible food we can get there. That leaves just one person.'
"Akane, you stay home." Ranma finally said. Gasps went around the group.
"So you don't want me there do you?" tears formed in her eyes "Fine!" And she ran of. Before she could get anywhere, though, Ranma had grabbed her arm to stop her. He whispered something in her ear. As he was whispering, Akane started blushing and when he was finished she was as red as his shirt.
"Ok. But you better keep your word." She told him. "If you don't you'll notice that what I'm gonna do to you is far worse than throwing nannichuan water down the drain in front of your eyes. Have a good time"
And with that she was off, running back into the forest. The three stood in front of the door and hold out their hands to push it open. When they connected with the door the circle beneath them started spinning. They pushed through and the door opened. The darkness in the clearing disappeared, but not for our three travellers. They had their eyes closed and didn't seem to move anymore. They were unconscious. Again.
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A/N: Here it is and I hope you liked it. For those who wonder why Gatekeeper Pierrot was out there, it was because of the malfunction in the prologue (the glowing ring). Hope you won't all kill me for any OOCness that might have shown in this fic and for me sending Ranma to a different world while Akane stays here. No there won't be a Ranma/Ukyo pairing in this fic.
Ok I've got a new stash of cookies waiting to be eaten. So cookies for those who can guess what Ranma said to Akane. Please leave a review. Wait for ma next uppie :)