Ranma 1/2:Teachers By:d3jake

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A few things happen in this fanfic that you will understand better if have read 'Ranma 1/2:Adjustments.' Those who haven't read it to give you a quick summary: The narrator Rod Tendö and his family decided to go on a vacation to China, and one of the last places they decided to visit was the Accursed Springs at Jusenkyo only because his dad received a brochure for the place and decided that it should be a safe place since an Amazon village was nearby and, 'it's gotta be safe, since somebody built a village nearby.' And Rod fell into Spring-of-Drowned-Girl. Afterwards Rod has to go live with his cousins, yup you guessed Akane, Nabiki, and Kasumi, because his family ran into a few financial troubles.

This chapter is best understood if Chapter One of "Ranma 1/2:Teachers" has been read first.
It can be found at: .

Start date: 02-12-05
Chapter 2

He hadn't come home that same night, but Rod was well and safe. No, she wasn't with Ukyo, or Shampoo, but with Ryoga who Rod found at the outskirts of Nerima. Ryoga was surprised to see Rod so far from the Tendo house at that time of day. So he offered to give her a meal and walk her back to her Uncle's house but she refused. Instead they talked. A lot of things had collect on Rod's mind since she started living with Akane and Ranma, and Ryoga was the perfect person to tell all of the things that had been bothering her for good reasons. First he is a kind person at heart that would listen to a friends problems if heshe had any. Second, he also had a curse from Jusenkyo. Granted yes, it wasn't exactly like Rod's but it helped him to better connect in a way with Rod.
Ryoga stared at his camp fire as Rod spoke of all the things that were bothering her, about his curse, an incessant kendoist, a house that has had more of it's roof blown off than any other house in the history of Nerima, a over tempered cousin, a dumb ass of a fiancée that was engaged to the over tempered cousin, and their fathers that she had back off on the whole marriage thing to help the engaged couple together, which worked, until the dumb ass of a fiancée blew it all away in a few seconds.
"So, what are you going to do about it"
Rod leaned back, hands behind her head, looking up at the stars, "I'm not sure. I expected everything to go my way...but it all blew up in my face. I did figure it would take a miracle to get them together"
"You're only human"
"I was fooling myself"
"We all get that way from time to time"
"But I thought I got it right. No more arguments, no more people getting shot off through the air. It seemed like I got it right on the money"
"You have to learn that you have limitations"
"I did, partly anyway. Have you heard about my little episode with Kuno"
"I heard about it from Akane, I would've joined the group at Dr. Tofu's clinic...but I get lost on the way there"
"Somehow that doesn't surprise me.
"All my life I've been one to try and resolve issues between people, or play 'Mr. Sunshine' for a people that weren't exactly having the best day and there wasn't a challenge too big that I couldn't take down." "That's something that everybody finds out to be false in their own way,
at their own time," Ryoga dug into his backpack and pulled out a bag of large marshmallows. "Care to have a few"
Rod looked at Ryoga and saw the bag, "As long as you're buying"
Ryoga laughed, "How do you do it Rod? Back at your Uncle's house you joke, despite the situation here you joke"
"Hopefully not the same joke"
"There you go again"
"I dunno, it's just part of my being," Ryoga pulled out two roasting sticks from his bag and handed one to Rod who sat up. "Thanks"
"No problem. I'm amazed that you can be so nice and caring. You're kinda like a guy version of Kasumi"
"Naw," Rod pulled a marshmallow from the bag and stuck it at the end of her stick, "I'm miles away from being like her. It's as though she's ignorant of things around her, but that's not true. She knows more than she lets on.
You never knew her before her mother passed away, she was much different back then. Even from the little bit I remember"
"Hard to imagine," Ryoga took a marshmallow from the bag and stuck it at the end of his stick. "Then again, I've only seen her nice, never angered at all. It's almost like she's incapable of anger"
"I'm sure that's not true. I just don't want to be the person who gets on her bad side," they both put their marshmallows close to the fire, but not too close. "If she's even a little bit like Akane, they'd be in a world of hurt"
"But that's something that we'll probably never find out. She could probably tame a wild boar by looking at it, no offense"
"None taken," just as their marshmallows were about to burn they pulled them from the fire.
"That don' look too bad if I do say so myself," they ate them. "Are you going back to your Uncle's house tonight?" Rod didn't answer,
"Rod"
She was staring at the fire, watching flames dance up from the logs.
"I have an extra sleeping bag if you want..." he followed her gaze into the fire.
"Are you sure you'll be okay next sleeping to a girl?" Rod looked up at Ryoga who was looking at her, who's face became light red and not from the light of the fire.
"Yeah, as long as you don't roll around too far in your sleep"
"One thing, I'm gunna need to unwrap my chest bindings or I'll never get to sleep. Plus, odds are that I'll have to change my bandages on my"
"Please don't tell me you'll need help with that"
"You'll be the first to know"
Ryoga dug in his backpack and pulled out his first aid kit, "Here, go into my tent and when you're done let me know"
"Rightyo," Rod went into the tent and did what she had to, finding out that they are quite sensitive. (If you can't figure out what "they" are, that's your problem.) "That's better," Rod said crawling out of Ryoga's tent.
"It amazes me how you can go from day to day with that body"
"Oh? It's actually help my understanding of girls some. Just basic stuff though, thank god this body doesn't make me like guys"
"That would be a problem"
"Slight. What about you, are there any advantages to having your pig-body"
"Not really"
"Aside from being hugged by Akane when she doesn't have a shirt on"
"Uh, yeah that. It's more of a pain than it's worth. As you know, I can get lost easily, and it's compounded when I get hit by water since I can't recognize landmarks when I'm so close to the ground"
"That's got to be rough"
"We should probably turn in for the night, it's getting late"
Rod yawned, "You ain't kidding"
Ryoga laid out his extra sleeping bag in his tent for Rod and soon, both were sound asleep.

Ryoga woke up and made his way out of his tent.
'It's a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky,' he thought while stretching. 'What's for breakfast today I wonder,' Ryoga looked back into his tent, spying Rod. 'That's right, it'll have to be breakfast for two. Good thing I packed extra during my last stop at my house.' He piled some sticks on the coals that was left of his fire the previous night so it would flame up again, 'I imagine that he's getting hungry since he hadn't had any dinner last night,' so Ryoga started to make a basic breakfast that he found could taste good despite the lack of good spices or any good quality ingredients.

Rod was awakened by something smelling quite good, 'Looks like Kasumi's cooking has had to wake me up again,' then she remembered the past days events.
She sat up and saw Ryoga tending to the fire, 'Oh yeah. So all that did happen. Great,' her stomach let out a large growl that translated said, "You stupid twit! Would you get some food down here!" Rod crawled out of the tent, "Morning Ryoga"
He turned to see her, "Morning, you have a good sleep"
"Yup, I slept like a log"
"It sounded like you were sawin' a few too"
"Oh, sorry 'bout that"
"It's no problem. Care for some breakfast"
"I'd love some," Ryoga handed her a bowl of a breakfast soup. "Looks good," she took a taste of it. "Tastes good too"
"After being on the road for as long as I have I've learned what makes a good soup from basic ingredients"
"An added bonus don't you think? That means that if by some miracle you get Akane, you'll be able to teach her how to cook"
"But, chances are Ranma will get her"
"At the rate they're going now, I doubt it"
"He's not even deserving of her, he's not even a full man"
"Neither are you, if you think about it." "Nor you. Everything will go back to normal, whatever that is for us, as soon as we find the Spring-of-Drowned-Man"
"I think we should enjoy it while we have the chance"
"By doing what? I can't see any good coming out of my curse... Aside from being able to sleep with Akane"
"Hm, just wondering, do you have any problem talking to girls"
"I'm talking to you aren't I"
"I don't really count. I mean when a girls comes close," Rod walked so she was pretty much touching Ryoga, "and talks to you in a small, cutise voice," her voice changed to that of a cutise girl, "and just wants to cuddle with a nice strong man"
Ryoga just about lost it, "W-Why no that doesn't affect me one b-bit," he proceeded to try and eat his soup through his ear.
Rod backed off, voice turning back to normal, "So you do have a problem"
"I don't know what it is! I just have a problem with girls when they get like you demonstrated"
"Since I have a day off, why don't I help you with that"
"How"
"Well, for the moment anyway I happen to be a girl, and I don't disgust myself too much when I act like a "normal" girl so"
"That'd be nice. We should finish our breakfasts first"
"Why don't we start there? As long as somebody passing by doesn't get the wrong idea"
"O-Okay," he sat down with his bowl and Rod sat as close to him to make Ryoga uncomfortable, but not make herself feel too disgusted with herself. "This isn't so bad, now is it"
"I guess not," he took a piece of meat from his bowl, with his chopsticks, and got it up to the front of his face okay, until he rammed it up his nose.
"Geez watch yourself," Rod said after observing this. "Huh?" he spotted the piece of meat and pried it out. "I have to stop doing that"
"No kidding. Just calm down and take it one step at a time"
"What really gets my is when girls smile, like Akane"
"You mean like this?" Rod pulled from her memory banks mental images of Akane and Kasumi smiling, she tried her best to smile like they did at those times.
Ryoga just about melted into a pile of ooze, "Yeah, just like that"
Rod took a slightly humorous angle to it, "'Ave you 'ad 'zis problem long"
"Not really, I never really had to deal with girls before I met Akane"
"'O you 'ave any zisters"
"Nope, I found out that same day Akane came to my house for a visit, and Ranma impersonated a 'sister' that I never knew of. There was good reason too,
I've never had one"
"'Zat is a 'ood reazon. I do not 'ave 'ood advize 'or you"
"Could you cut the bad accent"
"Sorry, couldn't help m'self. I don't really know any good advice for you, even as a girl"
"That's okay, I'll just try again," they commenced to eat their breakfasts. Ryoga didn't do too bad once he found the location of his mouth.
"See, it's not that hard. You just have to stay calm," Ryoga drank down the broth from his bowl, as did Rod.
"Yeah, it seems easy to you." "But you lived through it didn't you"
"I suppose"
"What's the next thing that you can't really do normal with a girl." (If you had a bad thought after reading that, shame on you)
"Hm...I can't think of one"
"That's okay. I guess I might as well make it back to the house"
"Don't force yourself, you have all day"
"I know, but 'bout now they're probably starting to worry"
"I don't suppose they know your with me"
"I doubt it. Why don't you come along? I suppose that you'd like to visit Akane. And with me there's no way you'll get lost"
Ryoga brightened, "Hey, that's not a bad idea. We just gotta break camp first"
"Fair enough."

"Is this rope really necessary?" Ryoga asked.
"Knowing you, yes," Rod had taken a ten foot piece of rope and tied it around their waists. "Now there's no way you'll get lost on the way to the house"
They set off. About every ten blocks or so Rod would receive a tug when Ryoga started to go in the wrong direction. But soon enough they made it back to the Tendo residence in one piece.
"Hey! I'm home y'all!" Rod shouted into the house. "Ryoga's with me too"
And as if on cue Kasumi came into view, rushed up to Rod and hugged her cousin, "Thank heavens you're safe. I was so worried"
"It's alright Kasumi, I'm here now," Rod embraced her cousin.
Akane walked into view, "Good, your safe. How are you Ryoga"
"Oh, I'm doing fine," Ryoga responded untying the rope from around him and Rod. "Rod spent the night with me on the outskirts of town"
"That's good to know." Kasumi let go of Rod, "I'm sure the bath is open if you like," she said.
"Thanks a ton Kasumi," Rod said. "I'm sure y'all can entertain Ryoga for a while"
"If we must," Akane said sarcastically.
"Odds are that he has a few new stories to tell you," Soun, Genma and Ranma walked through the front door. "Where the heck were you?" Ranma asked.
"On the north side of town"
Ranma smacked his dad, "I told you we should've looked there but nooo"
"You shouldn't do that boy," Genma warned his son.
"Oh, shut it"
"Care to back up those words?" after that statement Genma and Ranma started one of their sparing sessions that usually end up in the koi pond.
"Looks like everything's normal here," Rod noted.
"Oh you know them," Nabiki said who appeared a few seconds previously. "So did you have an eventful night"
"I found Ryoga and we talked about stuff," a splash was heard outside the house. "Like clockwork. Ryoga, you should tell your recipe for that soup we had this morning to Kasumi"
"I'm always looking for new recipes," Kasumi said, a dripping wet girl and Panda tromped into the house.
"Geez," Ranma said, "it never fails to amaze me that our little scuffles end up in that dang pond"
At least you turn into, Genma wrote on one sign and continued on another, something that can speak coherently
"A girl is a far cry from a good thing"
"And what's wrong with being a girl?" Akane asked, her temper rising slightly.
"It is annoying sometimes, though convent for disguises." "Is that the only good thing! Oo, you're pushing it girl," Akane's temper came to a peak.
"Would you two just quit it!" Kasumi shouted at the arguing girls. "Just what do you think made Rod go off anyway? If you two would shut up then we won't have to worry again if he gets pissed and goes away for the day. But this time you may not find him, he could end up dead in a ditch for all you care"
A stunned silence settled upon the entryway, Akane and Ranma's "conversation" stopped, neither of them daring continue it. Rod, who was completely taken aback by Kasumi's outburst, quietly walked out of the entryway after silently signaling Kasumi that she would need help with her bandages before taking her bath. They both headed for the changing room.
"I guess we really screwed up this time," Ranma said quietly. "Especially if we angered Kasumi..." Akane said eying the ground.
"I don't ever want to see her like ever again," Ryoga said freaked at Kasumi's recent episode. "It has to rank up there with the scariest things ever."

Rod hadn't really talked much after that. When he did come down for a meal, nobody tried to force him to join in a conversation. They might ask for him to pass something across the table, with a simple 'please' and 'thank you', but that would be the extent of it.
Even at school, he would ask questions in class, as well as answer question in class, that was about it. Even during lunch Gosunkugi didn't even sit by him since even he knew that his friend wanted to be alone for whatever reason. Considering what he knew of Rod, he figured that it was important. So he just updated his collection of Akane pictures. Ranma's friends had been waiting for it with money in hand.
"Hey Ranchan," Ukyo said. "Why's Rod so down"
"To put it simply, he had a plan of his blow up in his face, twice in a period of twenty-four hours"
"What plan was that"
"While you were visiting your dad, Rod got Mr. Tendo and my dad to sign a sheet saying that they would basically all but call off my engagement to Akane. After that, me 'n Akane got close. Not anything too drastic, but like a couple should, it went well into the time when you got back"
"I didn't notice anything"
"We didn't exactly go about announcing it. But one day Kuno saw me 'n Akane walking onto the school grounds, being...close, it didn't go over too well with him. Like you saw"
"I didn't, so that's how he ended up in the clinic, right"
"Yup, you know the rest up till two days ago. Akane and I got into an argument, she ended up hitting me across town and I landed on Rod. And he kinda lost it when I told him about the argument"
"Was it because of the extra training that he was doing, that lost all meaning when you had the argument"
"That about tops it"
"I'd never think I would ever see him like that. The furthest I thought he would get was what we saw in the clinic"
"You see something new every day."

Yes he was pissed. Not necessarily at the world in it's cruel ways, but with the fragments of a relationship that he fought to help create and the people that it belonged to. He didn't exactly want to be left alone, but it was nice to have time to contemplate things. Like how, if ever, he would exact his revenge on Akane and Ranma. It had to be something, he couldn't let them go scot free for what they did, though part of it was self inflicted.
He liked that thought by itself, get revenge. 'It would have to be something big, but what?' a smile crept across his face when the thought hit him. 'That's mean, cruel, unusual, strange, abnormal, dirty, low, rascally, sneaky, and wretched, just to name a few things about it.'

After a few days Rod got everything set up for Ranma. From the point of view of everybody else, he turned back into his "normal" self. With his sarcasm and bad puns in the Tendo house he seemed to not harbor any bad feeling against Akane and Ranma. But things were not as they seemed. It was a little bit behind a week after the initial incident that his plan was set into motion.
Ranma had come home at about dinner time, as far as he knew, Akane and Nabiki were at friends houses; Happosai, Genma and Soun were on a training trip, and Kasumi was at a book club until nine.
"Hello? I'm home!" he said into the house.
"Why, welcome home sweetie," came Rod's girl voice.
"Sweetie, what are you talking about? And where's everybody at"
"Oh, they're, away," Rod stepped into view wearing a dress as well as the standard equipment that goes with a dress and looking like a million bucks. "It's just widdle me and you alone in this biiiig house. Did you hear that? I'm scared! Hold me!" Rod rushed up and pressed her body against a very freaked out Ranma, not the most elegant thing in a dress mind you.
"W-What are you doing"
"I need a big strong man to protect me! You can protect me, right?" she hugged him.
"Are you feeling alright?" Ranma asked looking down at Rod.
"Why, I've never felt better," the door bell rang. "Ranma honey, could you get the door"
"Honey? You can't be well," Ranma answered it with a frightened girl around his waist. When he opened the door, Ukyo was standing before them, who just about dropped the take-out Okonomyaki that she was carrying in the case they were in.
"What are you doing Ranchan?" she asked angrily, surprised.
"W-What do you mean?" "That rather cute looking whore around your waist"
"You dreadful girl!" Rod said. "Ranma honey can you shoo her away so we can go into your room and"
"Would you cut it out Rod!" Ranma asked.
"Cut out what you big hunk if man," she softly caressed him.
"Aside from the fact that I can't argue with that," Ranma pushed Rod out to arm length. "Snap out of it, you're not like this. You wouldn't be caught dead like this"
"Ranma!" Ukyo shouted. "What did you do to him"
"Nothing, I just came home to see him like this"
Ukyo looked like she was about to cry, "How do I know that, since you aren't with Akane, that you settled for the next best thing? How could you"
"Looks like she found out hunnybuns," Rod said in a alluring voice, blearily trying to free herself.
"W-What?" Ranma asked in disbelief. "I'd never do-" he shuttered.
"How can I trust you when you even have more than one fiancée?" Ukyo asked. "Oh Ranma! How could you," she buried her face in her hands, the sound of crying could be heard.
"Wha? No, it's nothing like...Why would I...I'd never..." the situation over loaded his brain. "Could somebody explain this to me"
"Why, don't you know honey?" Rod had gotten out of Ranma's limp grip. "We were about to go up stairs and-" she pushed herself against Ranma.
"Oh Ranma," Ukyo wailed, "how could you? After all we've been through"
"No!" Ranma denied. "Even though my relationship with Akane is on the rocks, I'd never resort to...him"
"Ex-cuse me!" Rod said seriously offended. "Am I just a doll in your sick little game? Well, you can kiss tonight 'good-bye"
"So you were going to do something!" Ukyo said. "You can consider our engagement cut"
"Ucchan no"
"That seems about enough don' it?" Rod said, voice back to normal, backing off from Ranma.
"Huh"
"Yeah, he's suffered enough," Ukyo said pulling her face from her hands,
surprisingly it wasn't soaked in tears.
"Come again"
"These shoes are killing me," Rod said yanking off her shoes. "Whoever invented nylon stockings deserves to be drug out into a street and shot"
Nabiki walked into view from the hallway clapping, "Bravo you two. You could get an academy award if you wanted"
"I'll pass," Rod hi-fived Ukyo. "Nice job"
"All in a day's work," Ukyo said, and waved a hand in front of Ranma who blanked out. "Hey, anybody in there"
Ranma snapped out of whatever trance he was in, "Hey! That wasn't very nice"
"Neither was blowing my perfect plan," Rod snapped back, untying her hair. "Yes, I guess I expected a bit too much from you two considering the negative chemistry between y'all"
"Still, that was quite cruel"
"'Tis the idea, with some help from a few associates of course"
"Well, I do what I can," Ukyo said. "Y'all should eat the Okonomyaki before it gets cold. My case contains heat well, but not well enough for more than fifteen minutes"
"Sounds like we found dinner"
"Aside from what I cooked," Nabiki said.
"And what would that be"
"As long as it's better than Akane's cooking, I don't care," Ranma said.
"Well, I have to get back to my shop," Ukyo said. "See ya later"
"Have a safe trip Ucchan"
"I call you if I need anything else," Rod said, Ukyo walked out after leaving the Okonomyaki in their kitchen and getting paid for it.

"I don't want to have to wear a dress ever again," Rod said sitting down for his dinner.
"That worked out quite well didn't it?" Nabiki said serving up the soup that she made. "It had the desired effect. And, I learned something"
"Oh"
"I'm never gunna wear anything even remotely effeminate if I have to"
"It's not that bad," Ranma said. "I have before, you've seen"
"But you haven't had to wear it for fifteen plus minutes waiting for somebody. You know, if those shoes weren't Akane's I'd burn them"
"Don't let that stop you"
"Well, since I don't happen to like to take air tours of the city..." Rod tasted of Nabiki's soup, "Hey, this stuff is good"
Ranma tasted his soup, "You ain't kidding. When'd you learn to cook like this? I've never seen you and Kasumi in the kitchen"
"It's not that hard to follow a recipe," Nabiki said.
"Akane disproved that a few times"
"Yeah," Rod said, "A few times too many"
"Amen to that. So uh, what are you going to do to get back at Akane"
"You'll see soon enough"
"I wonder if I should sell tickets..." Nabiki wondered aloud.

End of Chapter 2

Another chapter post... makes a guy feel kinda good. Thanks to person who reviewed the first part (as of 03/02/05 07:45). No, I'm now trying to fix Rod up with Shampoo... He'sa bit more attracted to Ukyo. The neat thing about having a charactor that you created to begin with in a SI is that you can pour your phycie into himher.
Anyway, I'm getting a bit off topic. I hope you enjoyed this Chapter, espically the last part. I had to think of a way to completely freak out Ranma and this popped into my head, I think it worked out quite well don't you?
Questions? Comments? Threats? Please send to . Any stray ideas would be appreciated. I'm also trying to formulate a Sailoe Moon crossover but it hasn't quite colesed yet, aside from the fact that I can't rattle off all of the girls names... Looks like I have a bit of work ahead of me.
I'm also open to anybody who would be generous enough to ask me to lend a hand in a co-written fic.
(I'll make this last part short, I'll probably add it to my profile)
The charactor "Rodney Tendo" may be used in other Fan Fictions provided that consent is given from the author "d3jake"
I'm out for now... See y'all later!

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