Hello peoples, and welcome to another chapter of Ranma's New Sister! This chapter will lean more toward the funny side of the situations. If you don't know from my profile, I'm a funny guy who loves to make people laugh. I also love to laugh myself. Hence why I like the funnier side of things, no matter how dramatic. Well, you'll love the little addition I put here in the beginning of the chapter… well, please enjoy! Oh, and please review!

The first thing Ranma saw were his two sisters, who had rammed up onto his legs, and now were clinging to them. Then Ranma looked up to see just what the hell was scaring them to find non other than: Herb, "What the hell are you doing here Herb?! I thought this was over when I lost you over in China!!"

"Saotome… you and I both know this has dragged on far too long…"

"Well for you maybe… I couldn't have cared less over the past few weeks!"

"You dare laugh in my face fool?! Don't you realize that one day my armies will defeat you and your wrecking crew?!"

"What armies? I though your tribe was dying out due to your tribe's male lineage."

"Silence! Now listen; I'm willing to make a deal with you. If you let me have those two girls there, I'll lend you the pail of preservation."

"I don't need that piece of shit anymore."

"What?!"

"Look under me." Herb's glance went towards the cowering girl on Ranma's right leg. When he saw the redhead, he recognized her right away, "How in the world—how were you able to separate yourself from her?!"

"A spring deep within the mountains. It is a nameless spring that for whatever reason happens to separate ones cursed form from themselves. That way, there is the cursed form and the original form."

"I know what spring you talk of. I never knew where it lay however. Well this certainly changes the situation at hand… how about this! I'll lend you the pail anyways for use… on your friends."

"They're gone. The amazons have left, and the others have left as well. There is no cursed one here." Herbs look of slight encouragement left the instant he heard that sentence. Now he was red in the face and snarling. For a second the two men stared each other down, until Ranma began to feel light headed. Then he began to get dizzy and his vision got blurry, "What the fuck—what's goin' on here?!!"

"Hahaha!! You've fallen directly into my trap fool."

"Listen you better tell me what you just did or I'm gonna lay your ass out, conscious or not!"

"You couldn't do either no matter how hard you tried. I simply ruined your vision and caused the liquid in your ears, which keeps you balanced, to vibrate enough to unbalance it causing you a case of vertigo."

"Damn you! Come here!!" Ranma's vision was starting to fail him more as they couldn't keep focus well, causing him to see three Herbs instead of one. He jumped to the left one and hit the wall. Ranma proceeded to go into berserker mode, and continued vainly to lay a hit on Herb. Finally Herb whacked him upside the head and Ranma, not having strength left, fell to the floor and passed out. The girls, though scared as all hell, after noticing their brother was done for they both stood up and got into the usual fighting stance, "Oh my… don't you think it would be more civil to at least cover yourself before combat?" the girls looked down at themselves and realized that they were still in the nude. Getting red faced, they ran at herb and viciously attacked him yelling 'Pervert!' and 'Lecher!!' and other such things. Finally when they were done with the king of the musk tribe, he had several welts all over his face. Though a little light headed from the head trauma, he simply chuckled and said, "Listen. If you think that your feeble efforts are enough to oppose me, then you are sadly mistaken. You are as simple as your counterpart that lays before you. Now leave before I decide to… take you with me for my… attendants." The girls had shivers go down their spines at the way he said the last part of that phrase. They both grabbed Ranma with tears in their eyes and ran for his room.

Cold, wet and still nude, they waited for Ranma to wake. Eventually Ranko got up to grab some towels once she noticed that Herb was gone, and the two girls dried off and cuddled together waiting for their brother. About an hour later he finally woke up, "Oh my god Ranma-nii-chan!!" yelled Ranko. The two girls ran to his side. Ranma looked around and saw Ranko, "Oh my god Ranko… Fujiko… what happened?" Fujiko explained, "Well after you were out cold, we were still naked and Herb told us to put on some cloths, in which case we attacked him for it. Afterwards though, he laughed at us and told us if we didn't leave he would take us with him to his attendants."

"That son of a bitch!! I'm gonna send him to hell the next time I see him!"

"Well at least rest for now!"

"… well you're right about that I guess… Herb does have a good point though, why don't you two put on something for god sakes?! Just because we're siblings doesn't mean I have to see you in the nude, now go change!" the girls got a smile on their face and they skipped off to their room and changed into their usual cloths. When they came back Ranma was meditating. Thinking they would disturb him, they went downstairs and sat in the kitchen. Ranko grabbed the pot and the water, and began to boil some water for tea. As she was doing that, Fujiko spoke up, "Hey Ranko-chan?"

"Yes Fujiko-nee-chan?"

"I want to tell you… what happened to me."

"Wait, what?! What happened?!"

"It's about how I'm a ten year old right now…"

"Well you told us that, you fell into the spring but you never changed back to your original form even though you were splashed with warm water. Isn't that it?"

"There's more to it than that. I don't know if Ranma caught on to this or not, but… you remember how Herb was offering him the 'pail of preservation'?"

"Oh yeah, I remember that! What about it?"

"Well… When I was in China, I remember going into the mountains for some of my own training after following Ranma to the Jusenkyo springs. I ended up in a village full of men with animal skins of all sorts for cloths."

Flashback

Fujiko had only fallen into the spring about a week ago, but having the body of a ten year old whenever she was hit with cold water was annoying… especially since there were so many small swamps and other such things across the mountains. She was lucky too however, because there were also hot springs on certain spots in the higher altitudes of the mountain. As she traveled, she came to a village. Needing to rest and get food, the sixteen year old entered the village to find it was populated primarily by men. They wore animal skins of all sorts, and as she traveled through the area, she found some of the men actually had the characteristics of the animal skins they wore. Some had superhuman strength, some had super human speed, and some were just really smart. Finally she came to an inn. She entered to find that all of the employees were women. They obviously spoke Chinese, but when Fujiko spoke Japanese, the girls at the counter got a look of panic on their faces, meaning they didn't know how to speak Japanese. They began to freak out and one of them ran to the back office. When she came back out, there was a man following her. The man approached Fujiko and spoke in fluent Japanese, "Ohaiyo! Who may you be?"

"Uh, my name is Fujiko Saotome."

"Welcome to our inn! Rooms are 5000 yuan."

"What's yuan?"

"It's Chinese currency. What, are you poor?"

"Well… I have 5000 yen, but not yuan."

"That's fine. We'll just trade your currency for ours."

"… okay, will you do it here?"

"No, but why don't you give me the money and then I'll trade it for ours currency later."

"Okay."

"Alright, now to set you up with a room… here, you're room… 2. How's that?"

"good, I'll take it. After all, 2 is my lucky number!"

"Alright, please enjoy your stay!" with that Fujiko went up to her room. When she walked in, she found it was very clean and sanitary. Not only that but the furnishings were very lavish for just a little village inn. Not wanting to jinx her luck, she took it in stride and put her bag next to the king sized bed. She decided she would take a look round town again to spot any restaurants. She found one, about 10 meters away from her inn. She went there and got a meal with what money she had left. Now that she was full, she decided to go to the parts of the village that she hadn't before. While she was trotting through town, she overheard a couple of villagers talking about something interesting, "Hey, you know what the secret treasure of the royal family is, right?"

"Wasn't it like a pail and a pot?"

"Yeah, the 'Pail of Preservation' and the 'Tea Pot of Liberation'."

"What do they do?"

"Well you know how when we go to receive a wife, we hunt down the animal that represents our family's powers, right? Well, you use the pail of preservation to keep them in that animal form. Then to give them the ability to change back and forth between an animal and a human, you use the water from the tea pot of liberation to restore that ability."

"Oh I see… say, do you know where they are?"

"They're hidden deep within the castle's basements. Some say there's a dormant dragon that sleeps guarding the pail and the pot."

"Well that's interesting…"

"Yeah… but they also say that Herb, the Successor to the throne managed to beat the dragon and now he personally owns the two ancient items, and he takes them wherever he goes."

"That sounds about right."

"Yeah…" When they were done with the subject of the pot and the pail, Fujiko was astounded; she would be able to preserve her original form and seal away this damned ten year old one forever! Now she had a new quest; get the pail of preservation from Herb! That night she plotted out what she was gonna do, and finally she came up with her strategy. After her plans were set, she went to sleep.

The next morning she set out right for the royal palace. She notice that there were some royal guards at the gates. She took care of them immediately and hopped the fence. When she was in the courtyard, she found several guards circling the courtyard. Thinking that she's have a better chance if she were to crawl along the back side of the castle wall, she hopped over the wall and shimmied over to the palace building, and climbed up onto the roof. She found a window and peered in to find it was the royal furo. With a cringe she left and looked for another window. This time she found the window she was looking for. Inside was the throne, with the musk king in it already. Beside him were two young men. She assumed they were the attendants. She thought carefully about the placement of the pail, which was right behind the man with a wolf skin hanging off of his head. Realizing that her only course of action was to jump down and try and take the pail, she counted to three. On three, she jumped in, right behind the man with the wolf skin and managed to grab the pail and jump back out the window. When she looked behind her, she found that she was being pursued by the attendants. She was not fast enough to beat the wolf, so she was whacked in the back of the head. In the process the pail was forced out of her hand and it fell to the ground. She got up and ran for the pail, but it was swiped away at the last second by the man that was in the throne. He gave her a cold stare and said something in Chinese. She replied with "Kutabare!!". The man got an amused look on his face and spoke in Japanese, "My my what a temper. You've also got guts, sneaking into the royal castle and stealing the pail or preservation, and you even have the mind to say 'fuck you' to the king himself. You may be a foolish woman, but you are definitely smart for being a fool. Tell me, what is your name?"

"Who are you to ask my name, huh?" she said with acid, "So you defy me even to this point! I'll ask you once more, what. Is. Your. Name? I won't ask nicely next time."

"… Fujiko Saotome."

"What a lovely name… now tell me, why would you want the pail of preservation?"

"Why should I tell you that? I mean, just because you're king doesn't give you the right to butt in on other people business, right?"

"Silence! Now tell me, what is your reasoning for stealing an ancient relic of the royal family?"

"I refuse to say anything to a beast like yourself." She spit in his face and scowled at him. The man began to get a look of rage on his face, "I've had just about enough of you! Now I'll ask you once more what your reason was. If you don't give me an answer I'll have you thrown in the dungeon, do you understand me?!" he got right up in her face. Just as she was about to speak, rain began to fall. To the three men's surprise, the 17 year old became a 10 year old. The king, now turned queen, got a look of amusement once more, "Ah… so that is the reason you wanted the pail… I see… well, since you've committed a crime against royalty, it will be my decision on your punishment. You know, you can use the pail—in fact, here, let me help you!!" the king splashed water from the pail of preservation on Fujiko, "And now you shall always be a 10 year old girl, no matter how much time passes!!! Mwahahahaha!!!" the king cackled evilly and eventually he ordered his attendants, Lime and Mint, to take her out of the village. However before they could do so, the king said one more thing, "Oh… and remember my name for the rest of your life: Herb, King of the Musk Dynasty."

End Flashback

"Oh my god… I had no idea you went through all of that… so that's why you're still a ten year old no matter how much hot water you're exposed to…"

"Yup…"

"Well, we're gonna fix that you two." The girls whipped around to see Ranma leaning on the doorframe, "You were listening this whole time?!"

"Of course. I heard you two walk up to my door, then I heard you two as you went downstairs. Then out of concern when I heard Ranko screaming 'What happened?!', I came down and Fujiko had began her story. I had to hear it, so I didn't want to interrupt. I stayed up against the door, and now that I know what happened, Herb is gonna get some payback… not just for that little trick he played on me, but for what he did to you… although… I have to say, I'm proud of Fujiko for spitting in his face and saying 'fuck you' to his face."

"… Thanks Ranma…"

"No problem. Now let's see what we can do about kicking that guy's ass, shall we?"

"But he kicked ours so badly that we don't stand a chance against him!"

"don't worry… I'll train you two in the art. After all, you guys are Saotomes, it would be blasphemy not to know the art!"

"Yeah!" screamed the girls in unison. Once they had their ideas planned out, they got dressed in their pj's and finally, the girls went to sleep. Right after, Ranma fell asleep too. The next day would bring some interesting surprises however…

And that ladies and gentlemen is another chapter of 'Ranma's New Sister'! I just happened to come up with the idea last night, and I wanted to use it before I forgot the idea or it got old… Well, I hope you liked the chapter, and I'll surely work on this story off and on… well, please review and also please have a wonderful day!

-JT Jewels