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Episode 2: Ryoga
{A few months ago}
Ryoga was a boy with strength, agility, perseverance and other qualities that made him a fearsome opponent. He had but one weakness. He couldn't tell directions if someone yelled them at him in his face. To hone the skills he was actually good at, he went to the famed Jusenkyo Cursed Springs Training Grounds. The name he wasn't so sure about. But he had heard from other traveling martial artists he met that it was the greatest place to hone your skills.
One day, Ryoga arrived after 4 months of getting lost in Japan and China. He chose to rest for a few days before he started training rigorously to one day defeat his childhood rival, Ranma Saotome.
To rest, he chose to meditate on a cliff due to how quiet and peaceful it was. It had been a perfect couple of hours before he heard something noiely behind him. He tried to ignore it, but it just kept getting closer!
He rose to confront the perpetrators, but the he saw a short, red-headed girl run past him.
(Ryoga) Hey kid! Will you stop making so much noise, I'm tryin to meditate!
(Red Head) Huh? Oh hey Ryoga!
(Ryoga) What the? How'd she know my name? Why'd she look a little bit like Ranma?
Before he could process another thought, the girl had hopped of the edge of the cliff, waving to him as she did.
(Ryoga) HOLY SHIT, KID!
After she started descending, he went to the edge to see if she was okay after that.
Then he heard another voice, this one of a deeper female voice.
(?) RANMAAA! Get your ass back here ya little shit!
(Ryoga) Huh?
Before he realized it, Ryoga was falling towards one of the many cursed springs.
Great! What was he going to turn into? A pig, a cow?
As he landed, he fell unconscious.
"He" woke up to the tour guide checking his vital signs.
(Tour Guide) Young lady? Are you okay?
Ryoga remembered what happened when he fainted and looked at himself.
(Ryoga) (Huh, still human, I must've missed it somehow)
(Tour Guide) Young lady? Are you injured?
(Ryoga) Why do ya keep askin me that, I'm a man.
He stopped himself. His voice sounded much higher pitched and the tour guide gave him a look.
He looked down, he had two lumps of his chest, what the hell were they?
He felt one, it was soft and squishy, but he also felt his hand on his chest.
(Ryoga) Wait a minute?! Am I a girl?
(Tour Guide) *Sigh* Don't worry, you already third person to be cursed.
Ryoga just sat there on the ground, having an identity crisis while the Tour guide kept talking
(Tour Guide) Like I told other two, cold water for cursed form, warm water for normal form.
(Ryoga) Wait, I can turn back to a guy!?
(Tour Guide) Yes, but opposite is also true, you can return to cursed form.
(Ryoga) Ok, just gotta avoid cold water then, doesn't sound so bad.
The tour guide felt finished with his business here so he returned to the entrance. As he walked away, Ryoga could hear him mumbling to himself.
(Tour Guide) Why all springs turn visitor men into woman, but woman become men?
Ryoga then left Jusenkyo, his new goal was to get revenge on Ranma for getting him cursed. Or should I say, her.
He was prepared to find Ranma and beat him to a pulp. He just had to find out where he lived. This was the start of his journey to get vengeance!
{Present Day}
The morning was like any other, Soun was reading the news, Ranma and his father were fighting in female forms, Nebiki was leaving the house and Akane was getting ready.
The two left after Ranma ran himself through warm water to change back into a guy before school. But today was cloudy so Ranma, Akane and Nebiki each packed an umbrella.
The school day went as usual.
It was lunch, Ranma and Akane were eating together and arguing about whether Ranma was sleeping in class or not when their senior, Tatewaki Kuno appeared before them.
Kuno did his usual bit of asking out Akane in the usual creepy manner, then it started raining heavily outside.
(Ranma) Yo Kuno, what's up? You scared of rain?
(Kuno) There's a girl outside! She looks exhausted! I, the great Tatewaki Kuno, shall save that girl from the harsh elements of the weather!
After making the proclamation, everyone watched as Kuno got his umbrella, walked to the first floor and slowly walked towards the exhausted girl in the rain, threw her over his shoulder and walked back to the classroom and laid her on a set of desks that were put together.
This girl looked like she had walked through a war zone. She had dirt everywhere, was wet from the rain, smelled horribly and weirdly enough, she looked somewhat similar to Ranma in the way she was dressed.
The teacher walked into the classroom since lunch was about to end and saw the students surrounding something. He nudged his way through the crowd.
(Teacher) Okay, okay, did Ranma fall asleep again and we're trying to figure out how much crap we can put on top of his head before he wakes up? Huh, you too Tatewaki?
Then when the teacher saw the girl, his eye went wide and announced:
Everyone, get away from the unconscious girl, um, let's see... Akane, Ranma, You two take the girl down to the nurse's office and stay there until she wakes up, and don't worry, I'll excuse you from today's lessons but you'll have to get the notes from one of your classmates.
Ranma(M) (Hell yeah, I get to skip class thanks to this chick, hope she's alright though.)
The two carried the girl to the nurse's office. The nurse had the same reaction. Stay with the girl until she wakes up.
The nurse then dialed the police to let them know an unidentified teenager wandered onto their campus, possibly a missing person.
Not knowing how long they would be there, Akane started studying, forcing Ranma to do the same due to how often he falls asleep in class.
After about 30 minutes of studying, Ranma saw the girl's eye twitch, hinting at consciousness.
(Ranma) Hey, I think she's waking up!
(Akane) Really!? I hope you're not just trying to get out of studying.
(Ranma) Although that's not a bad idea, I'm serious.
(Ranma) Hey. Hey, are you awake?
(Unknown girl) Hmm? What? Where...
The girl locked eyes with Ranma and lunged at him. She was furious.
(Unknown Girl) SAOTOMEEE!
The girl threw a fiurry of punches and kicks that were fast enough that Ranma had to use his arms and legs to defend himself.
(Ranma) Oh- Shit!- Hey- Calm down!- We're just tryin to help you!
(Unknown Girl) I'm gonna beat you till you're on the verge of DEATH!
The girl threw a few more combinations of coordinated attacks, almost none of them successful. Then she sat down, too tired to continue.
(Ranma) Finally done?
(Akane) Can you tell us who you are? You fainted at the school gates in the rain.
(Unknown Girl) I see. Well, I'm Ryoga Hibiki.
(Ranma) Oh! I get it now!
(Akane) What, who is she? And how does she know you?
(Ranma) Well HE is a guy who I went to junior high with for a bit. One day he wanted to duke it out with me in the lot behind his house. I waited for three days until I just left because he never showed.
Then, last time I saw him, he was meditating at Jusenkyo and didn't recognise me.
Now, it seems he got cursed to be a girl as well. Ryoga, how'd that happen anyway?
(Ryoga) It's because YOU pushed me off the cliff and sent me into one of the springs!
(Ranma) Oh that wasn't me. That was my father who was trying to fight me after we both got cursed.
(Ryoga) Wait, what?
(Ranma) Yeah, so, me and my pops went there to train and we both ended up getting curse and he chased me around for a bit trying to fight me after I "lectured" him about knowing the place was legitimately cursed.
So yeah, if you want vengeance, it's pops you want, not me. Hell, I'll even take you to him after school.
(Ryoga) Sounds great, I'll wait nearby.
(Ranma) DON'T! Just stay here for a bit, school won't go on much longer.
As they walked back, Akane felt bad for Genma. He was about to be ambushed by someone out of vengeance and Ranma actually encouraged it!
(Ranma) Hm? What's up, you look concerned.
(Akane) Well... I just don't think it's right that you're about to let someone fight your father and you're actually encouraging it.
(Ranma) Akane, just remember some of the things he has done over the years. He:
-Separated me from my mother at the age of 2.
-Made me sign a contract that could get me killed by my mother if I'm not a "Man among Men"
-Stole my rations repeatedly since I was 5 and until I was 15
-Stole from various small villages
-Faked getting me engaged multiple times for free stuff
(Ranma) There's more, but you get it now right?
Akane was frozen in place. After she took in the information, she did a 180.
(Akane) Wanna get popcorn for while we watch?
(Ranma) Sounds great.
The end of school came and the pair went to get Ryoga. She had been waiting in the school's main gate. Thankfully it had stopped raining by the time she had gone outside.
The three went to a local convenience store, then went home.
As they entered the gates, Ranma announced to his father in slow and excited tone:
Hey Pops, you got a visitor!
Genma unknowingly walked into the main courtyard and looked as Ryoga immediately launched his attack.
Everyone else came onto the patio to see what the commotion was, then they watched Ryoga(F) and Genma(F) fought for a whole hour before they both got tired.
(Ranma) Well, I guess that's it.
Ranma then poured warm water on Ryoga and he was a man again.
(Ryoga) Thanks for that. Maybe I should finally head home, figure out how to get this curse off of us.
(Ranma) Here, I'll walk you. Don't want you ending up in another prefecture again.
(Ryoga) Hey, I've gone much further than that, Ranma.
(Ranma) Jeez, how bad IS your direction? Is it genetic?
The two continued to talk like best friends until they left the hearing range of everyone else.
Since the commotion died. Everyone went back to doing what they already were.
As the two walked, Ranma suddenly got splashed by some cold water, making him a girl.
(Ranma)(F) Oh c'mon! I was doing so well!
(Ryoga) Huh, so that's what your cursed form looks like huh.
(Ranma) Yeah, not bad huh?
(Ryoga) Can you still fight like that?
(Ranma) Yeah, I'm faster, but a little weaker.
(Ryoga) Interesting. I get stronger, but slower. What's with the mascara?
(Ranma) Oh yeah, didn't notice it until Akane pointed it out. I dunno, it just appears when I become a girl, doesn't go away until I become a guy again.
(Ryoga) Did I have anything on me when I was a girl?
(Ranma) Dunno, wasn't paying attention.
Ranma walked Ryoga to his actual home and went back to the Tendo's, where his father was still lying on the ground.
(Ranma) Told ya the past would bitecha in the ass.
The weekend, finally came!
Ranma was with Ryoga in their female forms, walking around town.
(Ryoga)(F) Why are we out here again?
(Ranma)(F) I just wanna hang out with my old friend! I also wanna experiment something.
(Ryoga) Which is?
(Ranma) Which of the two of our cursed forms do people prefer?
(Ryoga) This is childish.
(Ranma) Who knows, some guys might hit on us and we can get free stuff.
(Ryoga) Nevermind let's do this, how does it work?
(Ranma) Simple, we'll just walk around, see who's staring and whoever approaches us. There's just one thing.
(Ryoga) What?
(Ranma) If you see a guy dressed traditionally running towards us, RUN.
(Ryoga) Why?
(Ranma) Well, one time, that guy saw my female form and started trying to date me alongside Akane. I think he even has weird photos of us from Nebiki, but what's worse is that I heard a rumor that he literally has giant pictures of female me and Akane in his room. Eww.
(Ryoga) What about me?
(Ranma) I wouldn't doubt that he has a picture of you as well already.
The simple thought of some guy in traditional clothes obsessing and worshiping a giant portrait of herself sent shivers down Ryoga's spine.
(Ranma) Ready?
(Ryoga) Sure.
The two walked around for a bit like normal, getting the occasional stares from guys and judgmental looks from older women, but other than that, it was just two friends hangin out like old times.
That was until they heard rushing footsteps from behind them.
(Kuno) You there, stop! I know you from before! And whose your red-headed friend?
(Ryoga)(Terrified) Guessin that's him?
(Ranma)(Also Terrified) Yup, RUN!
Although Ryoga thought of himself as slow, he was nearly just as fast as he was as a man, Ranma on the other hand, was much faster as a girl.
(Ranma) Ryoga, go, I'll distract him.
(Ryoga) Not this guy, he looks fuckin crazy!
(Ranma) Trust me, if I were a normal girl, I wouldn't tell you to do this.
Don't worry, I've dealt with him before.
Ranma distracted Kuno long enough to have his full attention, allowing Ryoga to escape and run another direction. But there was a problem, he was unfamiliar with his surroundings, making his directional dysfunction even worse!
Having followed female Ranma, Kuno was chasing her with no signs of fatigue or slowing down.
(Kuno) C'mon Ranma Saotome, just one date!
(Ranma) Kuno, you really need to give up on me okay.
(Kuno) NEVER!
Ranma found his chance when there was a fountain nearby. He jumped in and out of the warm water, and was back to his normal form. Thankfully it was still much warmer now instead of an early fall.
Ranma started walking normally as Kuno ran right passed him, looking for the Red-headed girl. Ranma then went to find Ryoga.
Once Ryoga had been found, being that he had already wandered almost a mile away from where they started, Ranma walked him home, and the two closer as friends, and as rivals.
End of Episode 2: Ryoga
