Trials & Curses
Chapter 1
It wasn't fair, Ranma was stuck in her cursed form while her idiot of a father was still able to change back. The idiot Panda was probably telling the Tendos everything at that very moment, trying to convince Soun that Ranma really was a boy so that they could go ahead with the engagement plans. Soun really couldn't be that big of an idiot though, could he? Ranma was stuck as a girl permanately with no hope of a cure so being engaged to anyone was pretty much pointless.
If Genma had his way though, Ranma would be engaged to one of the Tendo daughters by the end of the day just so the asshole could freeload of these people until being tossed out.
If Ranma's mother was still alive she would be out of there in a minute. Instead, her mother died years ago and Genma wouldn't even let Ranma go to the funeral. If that wasn't bad enough, Genma wouldn't even tell Ranma where the grave was or even her mother's name.
Hatred wasn't even a strong enough word for the feelings Ranma had for her father. The bastard beat Ranma for as long as she could remember. Worse than that, their was the extreme training methods like the neko-ken. The only reason Ranma was still with her father was because he was all she had.
"Might as well get this over with." Ranma mumbled as she climbed out of the furo and bumped right into Akane.
"Pervert!!" was the only thing Akane said as her mallet descended down upon Ranma's head.
* Guess they know. * was the last thought Ranma had before losing conciousness.
Ranma sat at the table next to her father across from the three Tendo daughters and Soun. Akane was glaring at Ranma with unmasked hatred while there was a strange, predatory look in Nabiki's eye and an oblivious smile on Kasumi's.
Rubbing the sore spot on her head, Ranma almost didn't hear Soun when he started to speak, "We know of the curses you and your father have and he explained what happened in China."
Ranma had to restrain herself from beating her father, he didn't know what those pigs did to her in China after she was cursed nor did he care. The only thing Ranma was to him was a meal ticket.
"We know that you had an accident that temporarily locked you in your cursed form and in a few months time the curse will unlock itself. So at the moment you can't be married to one of my daughters." Soun explained as Ranma was mentally cheering her luck, "However, we decided that you and my youngest daughter will still be engaged and you and your father will be staying here in the meantime."
"But..." Ranma started, only to be cut off by Soun's rambling.
"I know you have some reservations because of your curse, but your curse really is'nt that bad. For now, Akane and you can get to know each other while for your curse to be unlocked." It was then that tears started streaming down Soun's face, "Finally, the schools will be united!"
"Yes Tendo," Genma cried, "Our schools will finally be united."
"If you think I'm marrying that pervert, your crazy!" Akane snarled as she reached her mallet.
"I would appreciate it," Ranma said, smiling sweetly as she caught Akane's mallet in mid swing, "If you would stop trying to hit me with that damn mallet!"
"They're getting along great already, Saotome!" Soun cried.
"Yes Tendo," Genma cried, "As soon as the curse unlocks, our schools will be united."
"Idiots!" Ranma mumbled as plans to get out of this situation ran through her mind, "I thought no one could be as dense as pops."
"Pervert!" Akane screeched, this time her mallet connected with the distracted head of Ranma, "Don't you dare talk about my father like that!"
"T-Tomboy." Ranma growled as unconsciousness swept over her again for the second time that night.
Ranma lied awake in her futon, staring up at the ceiling. She refused to sleep in the same room as her father so had to sleep out in the dojo.
Akane seemed like such a nice person at first until Ranma refused to spar with her. Akane was visibly angry but she seemed to accept Ranma's reasons of having been injured in China and it was bothering her.
Ranma sigjhed, turning onto her side as she pulled the blanket tighter around herself. The cold air was starting to get to her when Kasumi walked in carrying an extra blanket.
"I thought you might be cold." Kasumi said after noticing Ranma was still awake.
"Yeah," Ranma said as she sat up and took the offered blanket, "Thank you."
Kasumi sat down next to Ranma, smiling brightly at the redhead. "I know this must be hard on you, but please give my sister a chance. She really is a sweet girl, she's just a little easily upset. Ever since our mother died when we were kids, she's been like that."
"Your mother's gone to?" Ranma asked, her eyes burning as she thought of her own mother.
"What do you mean too?" Kasumi asked in puzzlement.
"My mom died shortly after pops took me on that damn training trip." Ranma explained sadly.
"No she didn't," Kasumi said in disbelief, "Auntie Nodoka visited us a few weeks ago."
"Nodoka? Is that my mom's name?" Ranma asked hopefully.
"Nodoka Saotome," Kasumi said, "Don't tell me you don't even know her name."
Ranma shook her head sadly as she tried to decide weather or not to trust this girl. Kasumi seemed nice enough, but Ranma learned in China that people usually wanted something if they were nice. The confusing part was that Kasumi was a girl. If Kasumi had been a guy Ranma would at least know what she wanted.
After several moments of debating with herself, Ranma decided that she might as well tell Kasumi. "Pops would never tell me her name or where she was buried. He would only say that knowing would distract me from the art."
Kasumi shook her head in disbelief, "Ranma, why would your father tell you something like that?"
"I don't know, but don't tell him about it." Ranma said, "I'm going to find out where she lives at and go visit her."
"I can give you her address," Kasumi said, "She lives over in Jubaan."
"Thanks Kasumi!" Ranma exclaimed, throwing her arms around the girl in an embrace. A few moments later Kasumi returned the embrace.
"Your welcome." Kasumi said smiling her usual smile.
To be continued. . .
Next chapter...
Ryoga and family reunions.
Authors Notes & Disclaimers...
Standard Ranma 1/2 disclaimer:
Ranma 1/2 and all related characters are the property of the goddess Rumiko Takahashi and the Viz corporation. I do not own any of these characters nor do I claim to. I did not write these stories to make money or a profit. Anyone who wishes to post my stories on their web sites, please do, just make sure you leave the disclaimers and credit. Also, if anyone wants to write stories based on my story lines or even divergences from them, feel free. I only ask that you to e-mail me a copy to read or web address where they can be found.
This is my first fanfiction so it does kind of suck. I would appreciate any coments, criticizims or flames that anyone has in order to make future chapters and stories better.
This is a total rewrite of the rough draft that I had posted on Fanfiction.net.
-Gatomonomega
e-mail: [email protected]
Chapter 1
It wasn't fair, Ranma was stuck in her cursed form while her idiot of a father was still able to change back. The idiot Panda was probably telling the Tendos everything at that very moment, trying to convince Soun that Ranma really was a boy so that they could go ahead with the engagement plans. Soun really couldn't be that big of an idiot though, could he? Ranma was stuck as a girl permanately with no hope of a cure so being engaged to anyone was pretty much pointless.
If Genma had his way though, Ranma would be engaged to one of the Tendo daughters by the end of the day just so the asshole could freeload of these people until being tossed out.
If Ranma's mother was still alive she would be out of there in a minute. Instead, her mother died years ago and Genma wouldn't even let Ranma go to the funeral. If that wasn't bad enough, Genma wouldn't even tell Ranma where the grave was or even her mother's name.
Hatred wasn't even a strong enough word for the feelings Ranma had for her father. The bastard beat Ranma for as long as she could remember. Worse than that, their was the extreme training methods like the neko-ken. The only reason Ranma was still with her father was because he was all she had.
"Might as well get this over with." Ranma mumbled as she climbed out of the furo and bumped right into Akane.
"Pervert!!" was the only thing Akane said as her mallet descended down upon Ranma's head.
* Guess they know. * was the last thought Ranma had before losing conciousness.
Ranma sat at the table next to her father across from the three Tendo daughters and Soun. Akane was glaring at Ranma with unmasked hatred while there was a strange, predatory look in Nabiki's eye and an oblivious smile on Kasumi's.
Rubbing the sore spot on her head, Ranma almost didn't hear Soun when he started to speak, "We know of the curses you and your father have and he explained what happened in China."
Ranma had to restrain herself from beating her father, he didn't know what those pigs did to her in China after she was cursed nor did he care. The only thing Ranma was to him was a meal ticket.
"We know that you had an accident that temporarily locked you in your cursed form and in a few months time the curse will unlock itself. So at the moment you can't be married to one of my daughters." Soun explained as Ranma was mentally cheering her luck, "However, we decided that you and my youngest daughter will still be engaged and you and your father will be staying here in the meantime."
"But..." Ranma started, only to be cut off by Soun's rambling.
"I know you have some reservations because of your curse, but your curse really is'nt that bad. For now, Akane and you can get to know each other while for your curse to be unlocked." It was then that tears started streaming down Soun's face, "Finally, the schools will be united!"
"Yes Tendo," Genma cried, "Our schools will finally be united."
"If you think I'm marrying that pervert, your crazy!" Akane snarled as she reached her mallet.
"I would appreciate it," Ranma said, smiling sweetly as she caught Akane's mallet in mid swing, "If you would stop trying to hit me with that damn mallet!"
"They're getting along great already, Saotome!" Soun cried.
"Yes Tendo," Genma cried, "As soon as the curse unlocks, our schools will be united."
"Idiots!" Ranma mumbled as plans to get out of this situation ran through her mind, "I thought no one could be as dense as pops."
"Pervert!" Akane screeched, this time her mallet connected with the distracted head of Ranma, "Don't you dare talk about my father like that!"
"T-Tomboy." Ranma growled as unconsciousness swept over her again for the second time that night.
Ranma lied awake in her futon, staring up at the ceiling. She refused to sleep in the same room as her father so had to sleep out in the dojo.
Akane seemed like such a nice person at first until Ranma refused to spar with her. Akane was visibly angry but she seemed to accept Ranma's reasons of having been injured in China and it was bothering her.
Ranma sigjhed, turning onto her side as she pulled the blanket tighter around herself. The cold air was starting to get to her when Kasumi walked in carrying an extra blanket.
"I thought you might be cold." Kasumi said after noticing Ranma was still awake.
"Yeah," Ranma said as she sat up and took the offered blanket, "Thank you."
Kasumi sat down next to Ranma, smiling brightly at the redhead. "I know this must be hard on you, but please give my sister a chance. She really is a sweet girl, she's just a little easily upset. Ever since our mother died when we were kids, she's been like that."
"Your mother's gone to?" Ranma asked, her eyes burning as she thought of her own mother.
"What do you mean too?" Kasumi asked in puzzlement.
"My mom died shortly after pops took me on that damn training trip." Ranma explained sadly.
"No she didn't," Kasumi said in disbelief, "Auntie Nodoka visited us a few weeks ago."
"Nodoka? Is that my mom's name?" Ranma asked hopefully.
"Nodoka Saotome," Kasumi said, "Don't tell me you don't even know her name."
Ranma shook her head sadly as she tried to decide weather or not to trust this girl. Kasumi seemed nice enough, but Ranma learned in China that people usually wanted something if they were nice. The confusing part was that Kasumi was a girl. If Kasumi had been a guy Ranma would at least know what she wanted.
After several moments of debating with herself, Ranma decided that she might as well tell Kasumi. "Pops would never tell me her name or where she was buried. He would only say that knowing would distract me from the art."
Kasumi shook her head in disbelief, "Ranma, why would your father tell you something like that?"
"I don't know, but don't tell him about it." Ranma said, "I'm going to find out where she lives at and go visit her."
"I can give you her address," Kasumi said, "She lives over in Jubaan."
"Thanks Kasumi!" Ranma exclaimed, throwing her arms around the girl in an embrace. A few moments later Kasumi returned the embrace.
"Your welcome." Kasumi said smiling her usual smile.
To be continued. . .
Next chapter...
Ryoga and family reunions.
Authors Notes & Disclaimers...
Standard Ranma 1/2 disclaimer:
Ranma 1/2 and all related characters are the property of the goddess Rumiko Takahashi and the Viz corporation. I do not own any of these characters nor do I claim to. I did not write these stories to make money or a profit. Anyone who wishes to post my stories on their web sites, please do, just make sure you leave the disclaimers and credit. Also, if anyone wants to write stories based on my story lines or even divergences from them, feel free. I only ask that you to e-mail me a copy to read or web address where they can be found.
This is my first fanfiction so it does kind of suck. I would appreciate any coments, criticizims or flames that anyone has in order to make future chapters and stories better.
This is a total rewrite of the rough draft that I had posted on Fanfiction.net.
-Gatomonomega
e-mail: [email protected]