Everybody cheer for a new chapter! (That means you!!!) Anyway, Ryoga comes in here. Sorry for the wait. Oh, I'm starting to run out of humorous ideas. I think this chapter will be long, and I think I'll enroll Tori in school. Since she will be 14 in 2 days, according to the story, and this is the first day, her birthday will be on her first day of school. (Poor, poor Tori.) I also want to add humor with the whole 'You need my permission to date my little sister' thing with Kuno. Imagine the beauty of it, Tatawaki (sp?) Kuno bowing down to Ranma, begging for permission that he'll never get! Of course, then he'll try to elope... (oops! I said to much!) I also want to poke fun at how girl-Ranma made Ryoga fall head over heels for her in disguise EVERY TIME! And to think, Ranma wasn't even a real girl!
Disclaimer: I DO own Ranma ½. (Nose grows longer) Dang it! Fine, I don't own it. Ruin my dreams, why don't ya.
Guide:
"Talking"
Thinking
'Written words, Panda-Genma's sign'
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My Dear Okaasan, My Dear Imoutochan
(My Dear Mother, My Dear Little Sister)
Chapter 4
Die, Ranma!?
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Last time, on Ranma ½,
"What are you doing? Give my future bride back!" Kuno yelled, coming towards Ranma.
"Do you even know how old she is?" Ranma asked, the only thing keeping him from beating the crap out of Kuno was Tori's need to be held.
"Of course I do!" Kuno replied. "She's... she's..." Kuno hung his head in defeat, but quickly rebounded. "It doesn't matter! Our love never ages!"
"FYI, Kuno no baka, she isn't even 15." Ranma said, smirking as the color left from Kuno's face. "Besides, for you to be together, you would need MY approval, which you sure as hell ain't going to get." Then, he turned around, still holding YoruTori, and motioned for Shampoo and Akane to follow. Kuno fell to his knees. His 'heart' (if you can call it that) now broken.
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Akane moved to the side, feeling as if she was intruding on the siblings beside her. Ranma walked briskly, his mouth set in a grim line, holding the silently weeping YoruTori. She realized how tramitizing this was for her, and wanted to give Tori some space. Besides, Akane needed space to ponder where P-Chan had run off to. He keeps disappearing, Akane thought, I hope he's alright. She was also wondering what would happen when they revealed the truth behind YoruTori and YoruUta. She didn't get to put anymore thought to it because they had arrived at the School of Anything-Goes Martial Arts dojo. Well, this will be fun. Thought Akane. At least Shampoo went home a while back. Akane was happy, because apparently, when Ranma went into his 'Over-Protective-Brother-Mode', (as Akane liked to call it) he did not enjot being constantly flanked by a clingy Amazon girl from China.
"We're walking up the steps," Ranma said soothingly to his little sister. He wasn't used to her seeming so fragile. She was always a rock, more of a Tomboy then Akane. But he never said that outloud, he saved that phrase for his Akane. Wait... MY Akane?! I REALLY need to get some air, clear my head... Ranma thought, shocked by his sub-concious behavior. He then turned his attention back to YoruTori. "It's alright, Tori. Your safe now. We're at the door." Then, slowly, he let her down on the ground. It was then that he truly noticed how small she was, as if she would break at the slightist breeze. He also noticed how much she had grown since he had last seen her. Her muscles were more visable, as were... other feminine things (Ranma shuddered at this thought) that gave him an aching need to send her to a nunnery or pummel all males with a 50-mile radius, possibly both.
"You ready for this?" Tori shakily asked, knowing the drama that was about to befall her. Inside the dojo were: 1 possibly unstable father, 1 panda, 1 perverted imp, and 2 over-reactive girls. Their chances of survival looked thin.
"Ready as I'll ever be." Akane replied, looking over Ranma's shoulder with a smile. She hoped that she could be friends with this new addition to the family. And they walked through the front door. Genma reached them first, in his Panda form.
'Did you find YoruTori? Oh, I see you did. Wait... what's wrong with her???' Genma asked, seeing Tori's pale face, her eyes cold and heartless. 'Ranma? Answer me!'
"It's alright, Pops." Tori muttered, trying to put on a smile. "I'm fine. I just had a little run in..." At this she trailed off. She knew it could've been worse, but being so helpless, so weak, it frightened her beyond belief. "I'd rather not talk about it." She added quickly, seeing her curious expression. Then, she briskly walked into the sort of living room, where the first meeting had been held. She was greeted by the 'great' pervert himself.
"Ranma!" Happosai Thanks al exclaimed, grasping towards her bosom. Unfortunatly, he never hit home. Out of nowhere a fist came out, giving a direct hit to Happosai. The little man looked up to see, to his amazement, Boy-Ranma, enraged beyond all belief. Wait a sec... but Ranma is over there too... Happosai thought, turning his head towards the red-haired girl. So one of them must be YoruUta... but he can't be a girl, and he's shorter then the one that just socked me... Happosai then turned his attention back to the boy infront of him.
"You dare touch Tori ever again, ya old fart, and I swear you won't even have the possibility of having kids!" Ranma spat out, glaring at Happosai without fear.
Well, that shows who the real Ranma is... HEY! Happosai thought. "So, Ranma... who's your new friend?" Happosai asked casually, though unbeknownest to Ranma, a different feeling was circulating this old man;s mind. To do list: 1. Get Ranma for that last threat. 2. Find out how big that new-girl's bra is. (A/N: Happosai no hentai!) 3. Find out who the new girl is.
"She's... umm... er..." Ranma stuttered, realizing that the cat was out of the bag. "Umm... Tori, are you alright?" He asked, quickly changing the subject.
"Yeah, I'm fine." YoruTori stated, giving Happosai a death glare. "So, should we call a family meeting?" She said, once again turning her attention back to Ranma. Seeing his nod of approvel, she quickly took a deep breath of air. Sadly, Ranma did not remember to cover his ears. "WILL ALL TENDOS AND/OR PANDAS WITHIN THE PREMESIS PLEASE GATHER FOR A FAMILY MEETING!!!" Tori 'called'. Though, if you asked Ranma, it sounded more like a Banshee's cry. Akane came rinning, Mr. Panda came scratching his head, Nabiki calmly and cooly walked in, Soun followed, and Kasumi brought refreshments. "Well, Akane, take it away." Tori said, finding herself with stagefright.
"Thanks a lot, your a true pal." Akane said, staring down her new-found friend. Tori laughed nervously to herself. "O.K. So, you all met YoruUta earlier, right?" Akane asked, but before anyone could answer, (Rhetorical question, people!) she yanked Tori up out of her seat, took a lemonade from Kasumi, ("Please and thank you, Kasumi!") and said, "Well, he has a secret." And with that said, she dumped the ice-cold lemonade on poor, unsuspecting YoruTori's head.
"AH! That's too cold, Akane! Why the heck did you do that for? Oh-" she broke off, realization dawning on her (Now his!) face. "Right... umm... Hi everybody! As you can see, I'm YoruUta. Well, actually, my name is YoruTori. A while ago, I followed Ranma and Genma down to the cursed training ground and fell into the Nannichuan. Take it from here, Pops!" Genma could not escape the puppy-eyed look he was getting from his daughter. So, he developed a spine and took out his marker.
'Well, anyway, when Tori (who is my daughter, she'll be 15 in 2 days, I'm so proud!) has some psychic abilities. She can see glimpses into the future, and monitor people close to her. Well, while Ranma and I were on our journey, she foresaw the incident at the Jusenkyo. So, she and Nodoka went to stop us. They got there too late, and... unfortunatly a rampaging boar attacked. I don't know much after that.'
Everyone instantly turned to YoruTori, (A/N: From now on any form of Tori's, Ranma's or Genma's (or Ryoga, Shampoo... etc.) will keep original names unless aroung outsiders who have heard differently, i.e. 'YoruUta'.) mouths agape and unbelieving. He cleared his throat and stood up. then, he spoke. The words were soft and quiet. They seemed as if they might break. "Well, then I fell into the Spring of Drowned Okaa-san, and at the shock of seeing the new me, backed up into the Nannichuan. After that I searched for Ranma, and ended up here." He quickly sat down, while wiping sweat from his brow.
"So, what happened to Nodoka?" Happosai asked, bringing up the one topic Tori was trying to avoid.
"Well..." He started, "The boar charged at me, and I was stuck. No, I wasn't stuck..." He paused, looking for a better wording. "I was like... like a deer stuck in the headlights. Okaa-san took the blow. Her body was flown into the air. And then, well, I dove into the previously uncursed spring to get her... her corpse..." Tori took a deep breath of air as unshed tears threatened to fall. "I buried her in the family cemetary. It was a little ceremony, but a nice one. The preacher was kind and understanding. And... well... I'm sorry." His head dropped in defeat. "If I were stronger, or a better martial artist... I... I could've stopped the boar or... something."
Akane took handle of the situation (You can't expect another miracle from Ranma, he was already nice today :P) She quickly wrapped her arms aroung YoruTori and let him softly cry on her shoulder. "It wasn't your fault, Tori. Ranma could've just as easily been in your place and not stopped the boar." ("Quiet, Ranma!" She said at Ranma's protest.) Of course, Tori, being related top Ranma, Tori quickly sobered up.
"Well, that explains a lot." Nabiki said, fiddling with her hair. "With that out of the way, who wants Ramen?" Not waiting for anyone's replies, she went off to order. Later, Shampoo arrived with the meal, and had everything explaiuned to her. (Shampoo very happy to meet new sister-in-law.") Tori, who earlier had been told of Ranma and Akane's engagement, sweat-dropped.
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The rest of the night was rather uneventful, but the next morning a storm was abrew. Literally. No one was happy. Happosai couldn't find Tori, Tori couldn't find Ranma, and Ranma couldn't find... his sanity. "Oh, this weather is horrible! I hope P-chan's alright!"
This, obviously, didn't bide well with Ranma. "It's just A STUPID PIG!!!" He yelled. Hearing this, Tori came running.
"What pig? Happosai? (A/N: Haha!)" A look of understanding crossed her face. "Ohh... you mean Ryo-" She never got to finish that sentence, because Ranma shot her a look of evil. She had used some of her psychic abilities to monitor Ranma's journeys, in order to find him. So, she knew about the 'warrior's code'. "I mean, the pig! P-chan... right..."
Akane gave them both a blank look. "Right. Anyway, with that storm, we need to look for P-chan! He could get hurt."
"Let's go." Tori said, perking up to the challenge. She rose from her seat and jogged out the door. "Come on, ya slow-pokes!"
"Come on, Ranma!" Akane said, dragging him behind her.
"Why me?" He mumbled.
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(A/N: Thanks to Lord Kamui for the idea of a different POV.)
Ryoga carefully walked threw the rain, careful not to get wet. When he was journeying, he had heard a rumor that someone had threatened a young girl, who happened to be Ranma's little sister. This new addition to the Saotome family had unleashed a new level of anger from Ranma. That's what I want... Ryoga thought, To really make Ranma angry... so this time he'll take a fight seriously. So... I guess I'll just have to find her. Man, I never thought Ranma would care so much about a single person... this could be interesting... Ryoga smirked to himself as he realized how weak he could make Ranma by using this girl as a threat... he wouldn't really hurt the girl, that would be in Ryoga-ish, but still, he could say he would hurt the girl. He quietly whistled to himself, noticing that the rain was coming up. A dark blue (almost black) haired blur past him, then quickly turned around.
"Excuse me," Ranma said, or at least the person he thought was Ranma... there was something odd about him. Had Ranma gotten shorter? "Excuse me!" The person said impatiently, "But are you Hibiki Ryoga?"
"Yeah, that's me. Who're you? And why do you look like Ranma?" He asked, going with his gut.
"That's not important. What is, is that Akane needs P-chan right now. So come out from under your umbrella." The stranger demanded.
"Well... what does P-chan have to do with me?" Ryoga asked, playing dumb.
"Don't fool with me, Hibiki." The man said. "I know what you are. Now come on, I hate this rain." The, mumbling so Ryoga could hardly hear it, "As soon as I get home taking a nice hot bath, away from Happosai, of course."
"Wait a sec," Ryoga said, "You live with that old man? Then you must live with Ranma, too."
"Of course I do!" Said the man, before changing towards a softer tone. "I live with the Tendos, now." Then, he casually said, "That's the whole reason I took so much time looking for you. I know that the one thing that most makes Ranma tick is when Akane is spoiling Pchan, because he know's that it is really you. Ohh," He paused, and stood still. Actually, Ryoga hadn't realized that this talkative person had gotten him walking down the road. It had stopped raining, too. "You need to make sure you either tell Akane soon, or never tell her at all. I heard about how she sleeps with P-chan. She won't appreciate finding out, ya know."
Ryoga froze. He had never thought of that before. But he quickly diverted his thoughts from this. "Wait... so your against Ranma?" Ryoga asked the stranger.
"You could say that, I guess. It's kinda my job." He paused, and a smile lit his face. "Oh! A resturant! Just a sec, I need some hot water." Then the stranger walked into the Cat's Cafe.
"Oh, nihao Ranma!" Shampoo happily called. Ryoga watched as some words were spoken between the two, and Shampoo's face showed some embarresment. "Oh, I very sorry. I did not recognise you. Here, let me get you water." Shampoo and the man went behind the counter, and Ryoga secretly followed.
He saw Shampoo get the kettle, and pour it over the man's head. The hair became red, the striking green eyes widen with longer eyelashes, the musled body shrink, with a healthy bosom appearing (Ryoga blushed at this thought). There, standing before him, could be none other then Ranma's little sister! He felt slightly guilty at what he was about to do, but he had too. Nothing else could actually make Ranma take him seriously. He was sure of it. The girl shook her head, hair splaying about her face. Ryoga was striken with the thought of a little puppy, shaking it's coat to get dry. It was a cute gesture. Wait, where did that thought come from??? I can't afford to bond with the 'hostage'. Ryoga thought to himself. I love Akane! Akan- wait! Ryoga suddenly froze up, who says I don't love her? He blinked, and quickly turned his attention away from his thoughts. (A/N: Poor Ryoga! if he let's his mind wander, it might not find it's way back! Jk, y'all.)
"Okay, I'm ready to go now" The strange girl said as she walked toward Ryoga. He calmly nodded to her, before leading her out of the cafe and down the street. He walked slightly ahead of her, but close enough to know that she was following. He was wondering why she hadn't said a word, not even to inquire about where they were going.
Ryoga looked back, doing a double take. He had just heard the sound of Ranma's voice. It was faint, but he heard it well enough. He fully turned around to face the girl. She was small, a little less than an inch smaller than Ranma in his girl form. "I'm sorry," Ryoga said, looking down. "I don't want to do this, but I have to get Ranma to take me seriously." He spun her around, catching her arms and held her tight. He made sure that he didn't hurt her, because we all know that Ryoga is a gentlemen, to some standards. (A/N: Surprise poll! How are Ryoga and Koga from InuYasha alike from a scale of 1-10 and why? Post it on your review! I need more reviews!)
YoruTori was startled, but she recovered quickly. Aw, shimatta! Not again! I'm am sick and tired of being a 'damsel in distress'! She gritted her teeth, planting her feet firmly on the ground. Then, using the fact that she was double-jointed, she twisted her wrists as far as she could, forcing Ryoga to let go. Then, she quickly moved away, facing her opponent. They gazed at each other, and Tori could hear Ranma calling her name, closer now. Wanting to finish quickly, she ran in and aimed a high kick at his shoulder.
Still in a defensive stance, he easily blocked her, before twisting her leg and letting go. Tori landed on the ground, and glared up at Ryoga. "I don't want to hurt you." He stated. this only seemed to aggravate Tori.
"Look, bud, the only reason Kuno got me was that he took me by surprise! I wouldv'e kicked his ass if I had a chance to warm up!" She shouted at him, rage clouding her face.
"YoruTori Saotome! I can't believe you said that! What would Okaa-san think if she heard you cursing like that?" Said a voice to her left. She turned, and to her embarressment saw Ranma watching them fight.
"Ani no baka, (Older brother who is an idiot)" Tori began, resisting the urge to hit him over the head, "Go away! This is my fight!" She then took the time to throw a punch to Ryoga, who seemed to be in a stuper. He quickly snapped out of it and landed a roundhouse kick to her side. Once he realized what he had done, he apologized. "I'm sorry, I hope I didn't hurt you!"
"Bite me, P-chan." She said, wiping a bit of blood from her mouth. This couldn't be happening, how could she lose to him? Concentrating, she called out, "Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken!" Then, using Ranma's chestnut technique, she pummled Ryoga to the ground.
Ryoga looked at the girl in wonder. She was so fast! His efforts to dodge failed, and he dropped to the ground. But Tori, having spent to much energy, dropped to. When she recovered, she announced the fight a draw and looked at Ryoga. he nearly flinched at the anger in her eyes as she said one word: Rematch.
Then, she brought a pail of water seemingly out of nowhere, poured it on Ryoga, picked up the now P-chan, and went off to find Akane. She couldn't believe that she had failed, and in front of Ranma, no less! When she found Akane, she dropped P-chan into her arms and continued walking, muttering curses on her way to the dojo.
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Genma waited for his daughter and son to get home, a happy grin on his face. He couldn't wait to see the look on her face when she found out the news. He saw YoruTori walk in sullenly, muttering something under her breath. He turned to her, with a big fatherly smile, and asked her to wait for Ranma. He didn't have to wait long, because Ranma followed right after her. "I have great news! I made some calls, and Tori is now enrolled in school! You'll be starting tomorrow." He said, smiling as he brought out her school uniform, a green dress.
Silence. "Ow! What the heck was that for!"
Ranma said this as he fell to the floor, clutching where his gut was hit by Tori's punch. She stared, open-mouthed, at Genma.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
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Well, what do you think! Gomen nasai for updating so late! Summer came, and I wanted to sleep in. And I've started summer school, second semester Algebra. I'd like to point out the title: It was originally going to be Ryoga trying to kill YoruTori in her boy form, but it went a different way, and I'm too lazy to change the title. Anyway, hope you like this long chapter! Feel free to comment, (please!) constructive criticism is welcome, flames with be doused with my blowtorch. Please respond to the poll earlier in the chapter, and post your ideas. I need them. I am half brain dead. Ask my doctor. I need more reviews, or I will put this story to rest. WITHOUT finishing it. I am willing to blackmail and hold chapters ransom. I will not do this for my future stories, only this one because it is my first. Please be kind,
Sailor Psychotic
Next Time, on Ranma ½: YoruTori turns 15! On the first day of school... :(. Ranma gets a present! From Kuno? Tune in to: Highschool from HELL!