Over the Jusenkyo spring.
Chapter 2: Your way to a more chaotic life.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. And there is nothing a lawyer could take from me anyway.
Ranma really made it in the last two years. After he arrived at the village of the Chinese amazons he got rid of the: "Girls are weak." Image his father injected him and learned three thing. First was to accept his curse, second that he could talk to animals while in cursed form and the last were some neat amazon techniques like the Chestnut fist. (An attack that gives his fists the speed of Hammy.) He managed to get to America. He won a lot of money with martial arts tournaments. Enough money to buy himself a nice house in a place called: "El Rancho Camelot." He arrived at the house. This place looked pretty boring, but he didn't care at the moment, all he wanted is to relax for a time. He didn't knew that he was watched.
"And RJ? How is the new one?"
Verne asked the newest member of their family.
"Well he looks a bit odd."
RJ wasn't familiar with Asian people, Asian food yes but not the people.
"Has he a dog?"
Verne was carefully with that after what happened last time.
"No,"
"Cat?"
"No, nothing."
RJ climbed down the tree.
"OK, guys listen,"
Verne sat down next to Hammy, then there were Ozzie and Heather, Stella and Tiger, and the porcupine family.
"A new human moves in that means,"
Hammy held his hands high in the air and waved like a maniac.
"Yes… Hammy?"
"Welcoming party!"
"Right, now we sneak in and while he chats with his neighbours, we get some food."
They all cheered. But no one knew what they just got themselves into.
Ranma in the time jumped on the nearest fence. An balance training but he just got used to this. And besides there was a lesser chance to get splashed with cold water. He finally arrived at his new house. There was a man who greeted him.
"Hello Mr. Saotome, I am Jim I'm the… caretaker of this little paradise." (I'm German and don't know what this Jobs name is in English.)
Ranma almost asked, 'The Janitor?' but he gave up his cocky remarks. Not whole, but enough to don't mess up with the wrong people.
"I talked with a woman called Gladys. What happened to her?"
"Oh she is in Jail for using a forbidden animal trap."
"Sounds like that serves her right."
"Yes, this trap was forbidden for a good reason."
"Well, anyway here is the key for your home, welcome to El Rancho Camelot."
Then he gave Ranma the keys and drove away in his car. Ranma went in and immediately did some emergency preparations. An extra set of clothes in every room and a good reachable thermos with the hot water he would need for the rest of his half life. He looked around his garden and carefully remembered the position of the irrigation systems. And he looked at his pool. He sighed, he loved swimming but he knew what that means. Turning into a squirrel.
As he closed his eyes he sensed some Animals in the small forest behind the hedge. If he was right they were: A Racoon, a turtle, a skunk, two Opossums, five porcupines three of them kids, a squirrel. He had a bitter smile on his face. And much to his horror, a cat.
"Oh please everything but not a c-c a feline."
Ranma was so badly afraid of cats since the Neko-ken that he barely managed to speak out the word cat. He decided for some training katas to clear his mind. He got into a fighting stance and begun to fight against his unseen enemies. RJ watched him carefully from the nearest tree.
"What is he doing RJ? What is he doing?"
Hammy asked while jumping up and down.
"I'm not sure, it looks like he's fighting but he is all alone."
"Why should he fight without an enemy?"
"I don't…. know."
RJ's jaw dropped as he saw what the pigtailed human did next.
Ranma concentrated enough to build an bright blue aura. RJ and Hammy almost fell from the tree while watching him.
"Do you see what I see Hammy?"
"Pretty lights."
"How does he do that?"
"Don't know. Tell the others."
With this words, Hammy zoomed off.
Ranma noticed the quick movement. His aura faded and he looked in RJ's direction.
RJ quickly his behind some leaves. Ranma was confused. The Squirrel he sensed had an incredible speed. That could be interesting. He went back to the house and then the doorbell rang. As Ranma opened the door he saw 4 people. A family with a kid and a single man. The woman greeted.
"Hello, we are your new neighbours. We are the Stevens, I am Miriam, this is my husband Jack and our son Toni."
"And my name is John, nice to meet you."
Ranma was a bit uneasy around other people. He was most of the time alone.
"Thanks for the welcome, but I didn't prepare anything."
"Oh no need we brought something with us."
They all went in and made themselves comfortable in the living room after they brought the food into the kitchen. After Ranma put them all into the fridge he went to his visitors for a little chat before dinner.
Meanwhile RJ told Verne, Ozzie and Hammy his plan.
"OK Verne, you will stay here and tell us if someone comes. Ozzie, you help me to get everything out of the ridge. Hammy, you get everything to the log."
They all nodded.
In the living room Ranma told the others about the martial arts tournaments and about some of the more simple techniques. Like they would believe me if I tell them about the Umisenken (A technique that makes Ranma invisible) Or the Hiryu Shoten Ha. (In this technique Ranma uses the hot fighting spirit of his enemy and his own cold concentration to create a tornado). Ranma thought. But suddenly he felt some of the animals he sensed sooner in his kitchen.
"I got to go to the bathroom."
"OK Ranma, can we look at some of your prices?"
"Of course."
As Ranma left the room, he quickly went into the Umisenken and sneaked past the guarding turtle. They are pretty good organised. As Ranma arrived in the kitchen he saw how the Racoon and the Opossum stole the food and gave it to an incredibly fast squirrel. Then the Opossum threw a packet of juice to the Racoon. The cap of the packet was apparently not really closed and some of the juice landed right on Ranma. He felt a familiar pulling and was a squirrel. The lucky thing was that he managed to hold the Umisenken and that his clothes became one with his fur. Ranma went around a corner and came out of the Umisenken. He stood behind the Racoon who ordered the Opossum to be more careful. Then he asked.
"What are you guys doing here?"
TBC.
(A/N): CLIFFHANGER!
Now Ranma meets the Hedgies and I give you some information about Ranma's special attacks. Ps: I'm not 100 sure about the names.
Amigurenken: Or Chestnut fist. This attack helps him to get his fists on Hammy's speed level. The training is easy. Get some Chestnuts out of an fire without burning yourself.
Umisenken: Ranma changes his Chi to make himself invisible. I don't know exactly how it goes.
Moko Takabisha: He combines his Chi with his really big pride to do a powerful Chi blast.
Hiryu Shoten Ha: Ranma moves his enemy in a spiral while he uses the soul of ice meditation to produce cold energy. With the heat of battle from his enemy he can create a tornado at the end of the spiral.
Bakai Tensuke: The breaking point technique allows him to break a rock into tiny pieces. It only works on rocks.
Hope you enjoy this Chapter.