Jade Ranma

Chapter 2: Troubled Spirit

Author's note: This is the only chapter that is going to appear quickly so don't count on this kind of speed again. The other's will need ALOT of luck and inspiration to take less than a month (if they are written at all)

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Leaning on the counter of the stall she had rented Ranko went over her "Hook, Line and Sinker" list.

'Good stall, Hook.

Good prices, Line.

Special deal..'

Realizing that she had forgot the most important thing to get the villagers to but even though they are in the middle of a crisis she reached wrote down on a small sign "Bad rice Free kiss" and put it up smiling as a stampede of men started running towards her.

'Sinker..'

Standing behind Ranko as a invisible spirit the original Ranma put his face in his hands.

'The worst part is that she wont have any problems with kissing them. Why did i teach her to how to change just after figuring out how it was controlled? Letting the new me go through puberty as both a guy AND a girl was a bad idea. RANMA NO BAKA! At least education and such turned out ok but how do i get her to realize that since she was born a guy its girls and not guys that she should like?'

Fighting her way through the swamp with the help of the suspicious Sagacious Zu, Wu suddenly had a feeling of impending doom.

Ranko was currently exploring the area around Tien's Landing since she ran out of rice in ten minutes.

'Some of them just bought the rice in hopes of getting a kiss, so easy to trick.' was Ranko's thoughts as she walked towards some imperial soldiers guarding some kind of gate.

Spirit Ranma, currently hearing Ranko's thoughts, put his face in his hands again.

'What the hell went wrong with her? There was no need to make them spend more money than what they should especially in the middle of a crisis.'

Seeing Ranko walking towards them the leader of the soldiers starts to speak to her.

"HALT! You are not allowed here!"

"And why is that?" asks Ranko raising a eyebrow.

"I don't have to tell you so leave now before i have to hurt you." Says the soldier as he and the soldiers behind him prepare their weapons thinking that a young girl won't be a problem.

"More like so you won't have to get hurt" says Ranko and then flips over the soldier hitting him in the neck and kicking the two others knocking all three out at once.

Once again Spirit Ranma puts his face in his hands.

'She doesn't understand that she should not go all out all the time. Ranko no baka. At least she isn't so stupid that she switches back to male form while others might hear about it.'

Just as she was about to attack the last soldier that had stood a bit away from the others he started pleading for his life.

"Wait! Stop! I am not your enemy! I swear by my ancestors that i am not your enemy, I am not even a soldier!"

"You look like one, If your not a soldier who are you then?"

"I am Chen Yi, from the village of One Stone but i am no fighter, I am just a simple peasant. These soldiers passed through my village a few weeks ago and one of them angered the Lotus Assassin in charge and got killed. As i was coming back from the fields they grabbed me and told me i was in the army. All i want is to go home." Chen Yi said quickly not wanting to die.

"And can you find you way home?"

"Err.. No but i want to get as far away from the Lotus Assassins as possible at least."

"How about i teach you how to use that spear and you help me fix whatever that are doing? A chance to get back at them?"

Hearing that, Chen Yi immediately became interested.

"You mean that you could teach me how to fight? And that you are going to close the dam?"

"If the dam being open i causing this then yes, I will close it."

"Problem is, I doubt the minister would be willing to give either of us the key. He would probably think that i was sent to test his loyalty and he wouldn't believe that you can fight them because.. well you ARE a young girl that doesn't look liek a fighter. I know that you can fight and i don't doubt that you can teach me but i don't think he will believe you when you tell him."

"Well lets think about that later, Lets teach you how to use that spear."

Spirit Ranma was currently banging his head against the wall but since he is a invisible spirit he wasn't actually making any sound.

'What the hell is wrong with her? In this case she should change back so HE can get the key, If my form doesn't look like a fighter especially after proper training instead if pops crazy techniques i don't know what would look like one! Explaining to one person wouldn't be so bad! Can't she go to sleep soon so i can talk to her?'

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