//------------------------------// // Here Comes Ranma plus Several // Story: Ponies One Half // by Emma Iveli //------------------------------// Ponies One Half By Emma Iveli Chapter 1: Here Comes Ranma plus Several Furinkan was a section of the Nerima Ward of Tokyo, it was peaceful and calm unlike a nearby section…which will go unnamed. It was a peaceful day despite the rain. However, the peace was destroyed by a panda fighting four teenage girls. “Is that a panda?” asked a young woman. “Why is it fighting girls?” asked a man. “Hey it’s a Kung Fu Panda!” said a teenaged boy. “Oh god no! The madness of Tomobiki is spreading!” yelled an old man. However, most people just ignored the fighting. They did not know this was the start of an age of weirdness. “You could've just waited!” said one girl as she punched the panda. She had blue eyes, red hair tied into a very short pigtail, and wore traditional Chinese clothing. “But no…I had to do this engagement now!” This girl punched the panda right in the face; he staggered, but then countred. The girl blocked it with ease. The Panda held up a sign that said, “But the honor of both schools…” The second girl kicked the panda. She had long purple hair that was mostly worn down, but had twin buns tied on the sides of her head and two locks tied on each side of her face. Her eyes were reddish purple and she also wore traditional Chinese clothing. “Is point of heaven and earth solution deal with marriages and engagements. You should brought us,” said the second. She swung her fist at the panda, who quickly busted out another sign. “How did you even get here so fast?” signed the panda. That was when the third girl went in for the attack. She was rather petite, her eyes were magenta, and her hair was colored with the seven colors of the rainbow. She wore a black T-shirt depicting a cloud producing a lightning bolt shaped rainbow, and jean shorts. The sign got smashed by the Chinese girl's punch, then the rainbow haired girl dashed right up to him in the blink of an eye, and pounds him with bunches of punches! “Do we really have to explain?” asked the third one as she gave the panda an uppercut, sending him flying. The panda blinked, “No… I guess not,” it signed, “And what am I going to tell Soun?” The last one was a girl who looked like an American. She had green eyes, freckles on her face, and long blonde hair tied into a ponytail near the end with a red scrunchie. She wore a brown Stetson (cowboy) hat, a yellow plaid shirt depicting three apples on the front pocket, and denim jeans. “The gosh darn truth,” said the last girl as she delivered a sharp kick to the panda, knocking it into a wall. The panda looked at its four opponents. While the “American girl” wasn’t as skilled as the other three, who were highly trained martial artists, he knew that her kicks were vicious. The panda needed a way to get to its location while bringing only the redhead. The panda looked around as the four girls surround him, and seemed to show worry on his face. Each of the girls cracked their knuckles and smirk. Suddenly, the panda noticed a tall light pole, grabbed it, and did a Neo-style spin around it, kicking the four girls as he did so; the boy who had made the Kung Fu Panda joke yelled, "RIP-OFF!". The panda quickly bonked the pigtailed girl on the noggin with the light pole, knocking her out. Hefting her on his shoulder, he gave the other three girls a raspberry, and ran for it! “Hey wait!” yelled the rainbow haired one. She entered a runner's position, ready to give chase. Before the remaining three girls could run after them, they heard a voice yell out, “Stop!” They turned to see a small old woman standing on a cane. She had long grey hair and was wore a dark green dress. Behind the old woman stood four more teenage girls. Three of them had an umbrella to keep out the rain as one of them was holding something else. The first had violet eyes, and dark indigo hair with two streaks colored pink and purple. She wore jeans, a white blouse, and a purple sweater vest over it, which depicted a hot pink star surrounded by five smaller white ones. The second had cyan eyes, fuchsia pink poofy hair, and wore a cotton candy pink dress that depicted three balloons (two blue, one yellow) on the skirt. Her figure was, "bouncy," for lack of a better term. The third had sea blue eyes, long pink hair a shade brighter than the second girl, and wore a yellow turtleneck sweater depicting three pink butterflies on it, as well as a pink skirt. Around her arms was a black piglet that wore a yellow bandanna with small black chevrons. The last one had sapphire blue eyes, purple hair that was curled very stylishly, and wore a very fancy raincoat with matching rain hat. “For this one, we have to use our heads,” said the old woman. “How do we do that? For all we know, he could be long gone by now!” asked the rainbow-haired one. She was taping her feet impatiently; she seemed to be the kind of person who was always in a hurry. “We passed by a police box when you were fighting. I got the address.” Said the girl with the indigo hair. “We can beat traitorous panda to the dojo?” asked the first purple haired girl, the one who fought the panda earlier. “I don’t know about that, but we can get there without him knowing we’re following.” “Or we can always teleport there.”, joked the fuchsia haired girl. “DON’T JOKE ABOUT THAT!”, everyone yelled, save for the first purple haired girl in Chinese clothing, the old woman, and the pink haired girl in the yellow sweater. “Do you think Ranma will be all right?” asked the girl in the yellow sweater. Her voice sounded like that of a shy person. “He’s made of sterner stuff than that…" assured the old woman. "I’m sure he’ll wake up soon with a big headache… and a bruised ego.” “Let’s go get that panda!” said the rainbow haired girl as she ran off in a random direction. “Wait!" called back the indigo haired girl. "I haven’t given you the address!” The old woman laughed and said, “Ah… to be young again…” <><><><><><><><><><><><><> At the destination, a man in his forties gathered his three daughters to discuss something important. He had shoulder length hair, a mustache, and wore a brown gi. His name was Soun Tendo, and he was the owner of the Tendo Dojo of Anything Goes Martial Arts. Kasumi was the eldest, a gentle homemaker with long brown hair kept in a ponytail. Nabiki was the middle sister, an extremely greedy young woman who ran several black markets in school as well as ran the school’s betting system. She had shoulder length brown hair. The youngest was Akane, the only one training in the family art and a tomboy. She had long blue-ish black hair which she usually wore in a low ponytail. All three sisters had brown eyes. Soun was telling them about Ranma, the son of his old training partner Genma Saotome. And one of them would enter an arranged marriage with him. While Kasumi and Nabiki seemed interested, Akane wasn't. She hated boys. Then again, who can blame her when she gets mobbed by a bunch of them every day because they wanted to date her? That was when they heard someone yell “Put me down!” from down the hall. “Oh, is that him?” asked Nabiki. “Genma!” cried Soun in joy. Both of them went to welcome their guests. In came the panda carrying the redhead. “Daddy? Is that your friend?” asked Nabiki in a sarcastic tone. Soun was in a state of panic, clearly not expecting him. “I have no idea what a panda is doing here.” All that Kasumi could come up with was an “Oh my…” as the panda placed the girl on the floor. “You wouldn’t be…,” said Soun. “I’m Ranma Saotome…" said the redhead. "Sorry 'bout this.” Before Soun could hug Ranma and call her son in law, the panda suddenly went flying into the air. “My spine!” signed the panda as he crashed into the wall and collapsed. Everyone sweat dropped… then looked at the rainbow haired girl who apparently made the panda fly; her leg was moving down from a kicking position. The girl smirked. “Nice one, Ran,” said Ranma. “No problem,” replied the rainbow haired girl. Apparently, Ran was her name. The two high-fived at Ran's handiwork. “You two wouldn't happen to be sisters, would you?” asked Nabiki. “No," replied Ran with a shrug. "I just happen to have a similar name.” “Her name is based on the English word 'ran',” said Ranma. “The one who gave me that name thought it would be a good pun.” “You don't mean your parents, do you?”, inquired Akane. She was confused, and it showed. “Never mind.” “So…where are the others?” asked Ranma. “Right here,” said the old woman as she seemingly appeared from nowhere. This surprised the Tendos (save for Kasumi for some reason), although Ranma and Ran didn't react similarly. “How did you do that?” Akane wanted to know. “When you get as old as me, then you can pick up a few things.” “Is everything all right?” asked the fuchsia haired girl…popping out from…somewhere…and scaring the Tendos again (and again with the exception of Kasumi). “Is she your student?” Akane asked the old woman. “No…” she replied. “I have no idea how she does that.” “We all decided to stop questioning it a long time ago…” said Ran. “By the way… Who are you?” Akane asked Before any of the newcomers could answer, a voice came. “Hello, is everyone here?” it said. That was when the rest of their companions arrived. “Sorry for entering like this.” apologized the indigo haired girl. “Now what is going on here?” asked Soun. “By the way, daddy…” Nabiki cut in. “Yes?” “Ranma is a girl.” Nabiki then poked one of Ranma’s breasts to prove her point. “Please don’t do that,” said Ranma. Soun fainted… maybe it was the panda, maybe it was the fact the boy he always waited for was a girl… either way he went down. “Oh my,” said Kasumi. “Is he all right?” asked the girl in the yellow sweater. “He’s just being overly dramatic.” assured Nabiki. “I am in a lot of pain, please someone help me,” signed the panda as he lay on the wall he was kicked into. <><><><><><><><><><><><><> Sometime later… Soun had regained consciousness, but he wasn't moving as he broke down to tears. “Some fiancé this turned out to be,” snarked Nabiki as she poking Ranma’s breast once again. “How can we marry her…” “He told me he had a son,” lamented Soun. The indigo haired girl was about to say something when the old woman silenced her with a shake of the head. “Now's not the time,” she whispered. The indigo haired girl nodded, knowing that someone else would have to explain everything. Just then, Kasumi came into the room with tea for everyone. “So you are Ranma’s friends?” she asked. “You could say that,” replied the first purple haired girl. “We should introduce ourselves,” suggested the old woman. “My name's Cologne. I’m an elder of a village in China and this my great, great, granddaughter Shampoo.” “Japanese no good.” sighed Shampoo. “The rest of us are just traveling with Ranma until we can find our way back home,” explained the indigo haired girl, “We’re also helping hi...er, her... with a problem.” “It’s a really, really, really super long story,” said the fuchsia haired girl so as to stop any questions. “If someone only read the book correctly…” muttered Ran. “I did read it correctly!", retorted the indigo haired girl. "I just put too much power into it!” “Please stop fighting,” whispered the girl in the yellow sweater. Ran quickly walked up to the indigo-haired girl, not happy at all. “Yeah, everything’s over and done with,” said Ranma as she broke up what might've become a heated argument. “Besides it’s already been a month.” “Fine…” muttered Ran as she turned away. “You should introduce yourselves, girls,” suggested Cologne as she took a sip of tea. The six girls took the hint. “I guess I should reintroduce myself,” said Ran. “Ran Issanni.” Kasumi giggled, then said, “Sorry. It’s just that you told us your parents named you Ran based on the English word… Which means you have the need for speed.” Most everyone of the room sat in silence at the incredibly bad joke. In the distance, a cricket chirped. “I made the same joke when I first heard it!" said the fuchsia haired girl. "Oh, I’m Momo Mochi!” “My… my name is Chiyo Onbin,” the girl in the yellow sweater whispered, although it was loud enough for the family to hear. Momo then turned her head to the piglet Chiyo was holding. “Oh, the piggy’s name is Ryoga,” she then said. The pig oinked a hello. “I am Belle Perle,” said the second purple haired girl, the one who was very stylish. “You’re from France?” asked Nabiki. “Um… yes…” Belle looked like she was lying as she said that. “You’re from America, right?” Akane asked the blonde girl. “Um...yes,” she replied nervously. “Alex Jackson.” “And I’m Hikaru Hakumei,” introduced the indigo haired girl. And you’re all going to be staying here?” inquired Nabiki. “If you don’t mind,” said Cologne. “Why?!” cried Soun. “You know… I'm not sure if we can afford all of you,” said Nabiki. “Once we get settled in, you don’t have to worry, darling,” assured Belle. “Really, how?” Belle pointed to her dress, which was very beautiful, white, and had a mark depicting three blue diamonds on it. “I made this myself,” she explained. Nabiki blinked as she admired the dress. “Really? That’s impressive.” Already, she was thinking of buying something similar. “So…” Akane spoke up looking at Ranma, “I guess you and Ran study martial arts.” “Yeah,” Ran answered for her. “Do either of you want to spar?” “Shampoo will,” offered Shampoo, cracking her knuckles. . “Oh, okay.” For some reason, Akane was getting a strange feeling from the Chinese girl. “Um… can you tell me a place where I can have some privacy?” Hikaru asked the Tendos. “Sure,” offered Kasumi as she then led Hikaru out of the room. Meanwhile, Akane pointed most of their visitors to the Dojo so she could get ready. “Why, a daughter?!” Soun continued to cry. “What a drama queen,” sighed Belle, earning her a look from Alex, Ran, Momo, Chiyo, and Ryoga, the latter of which oinked in disapproval. Hypocrite, the other four thought. <><><><><><><><><><><><><> In the dojo, the visitors waited for Akane to change into her gi. “Are you ready?” the youngest of the Tendos asked, who then noticed Ranma, Ran, Alex, and Momo watching. For some reason, Momo had a box with red and white stripes holding popcorn.... “Where did she get the popcorn?” she thought out loud. Ranma, Alex, and Ran shrugged. It was best not to know. She shook her head and paid attention to Shampoo. And the spar began. Akane yelled "Take this!" She charged towards Shampoo with a punch; Shampoo just deflected it, and hit her with a back kick, taunting, "You too slow!" Akane fumed, and simply went berserk; Shampoo simply dodged, blocked, or deflected every move. Akane eventually fell down on one knee, panting. She then screamed, "DARN IT!" Going for a roundhouse kick, Shampoo simply leaped over her, and kicked her hard in the back, knocking Akane down for the count. “Shampoo win.”, the Chinese girl simply stated. Akane said with a smile, “This is the first time I lost.” “You mad?” “No. I’m just happy you weren’t a boy.” “Then you lucky you no fight Ranma.” “What?” “Nothing.” <><><><><><><><><><><><><> Meanwhile, in another room… Hikaru sat alone, her hands glowing with a purple aura. Floating in-between them was a vial of water. Her eyes were closed as she concentrated on the vial. Just then, the door to the room opened. Hikaru lost her concentration and dropped the vial, but she caught it before it could fall to the floor. “Isn’t that vial supposed to unbreakable?”, asked the person who opened the door. That person was a middle-aged man in a white gi, he wore glasses and a bald cap. “Yes, but you still broke my concentration,” replied Hikaru. “I’m going to explain about myself and Ranma. But I’m leaving it up to you and your friends to explain your thing.” “I understand.” Hikaru sighed. “By the way, why are you still a human? Isn’t your magic stronger as…THAT?” Hikaru glared at the man. “I found it easier to analyze the water in my cursed form, even if my magic is weaker.” “I see. But remember the deal; you cure us and we provide you with a place to stay.” “I know, I know. You don’t have to remind me.” Hikaru let out another sigh. “I’m going to explain it to Soun.” With that, he slammed the door behind him. As the man left, Hikaru sighed. I'm having second thoughts on helping that jerk... Ranma, though... At least Ranma was a friend. <><><><><><><><><><><><><> Upstairs, Kasumi led Chiyo to the bathroom. “Thank you for letting us…I mean me take a bath.”, Chiyo said as she avoided Kasumi’s gaze. Kasumi smiled at the shy girl, “It’s no problem at all.” She then went downstairs to the kitchen to prepare dinner as she was expecting a lot of people. “By the way, besides Ranma and Shampoo, the other girls are vegetarians,” Cologne notified her, appearing out of nowhere once again. “Really? Why?” “You’ll see.” Cologne then gave a mysterious smile. “Oh, and I would expect one more guest. One who doesn’t eat pork.” Kasumi blinked, unsure what Cologne meant. <><><><><><><><><><><><><> In the dojo, Akane watched Ran and Ranma have their own spar. To say those two were on a different level as her would be a complete and utter understatement. She could barely see Ran’s movements, almost a blur. Meanwhile, Ranma was using any advantage she could get to counter Ran's pure speed. “No wonder that’s her name,” Akane whispered. She then turned to Momo, who was now eating out of a bag of cookies. “Where did you get those?” Momo shrugged, “I don’t know.” “It’s best you don’t know.”, said Alex as she also watched the spar. “I’ve known her for years and I don’t know where she gets her snacks… or those other things about her…” Akane sweat dropped, not wanting to know what that meant. “So, I take it you hope to aspire to be as skilled as those two,” said Cologne, who suddenly appeared next to her. Akane jumped when she saw the old woman. “If you want to, I can train you… but only if you accept.” “Accept what?” asked Akane. “You’ll see.” Cologne gave another mysterious smile. Shampoo looked at Akane, then at Ranma. Things were about to get very interesting. <><><><><><><><><><><><><> After the spar,(which Ranma won by catching Ran off guard, using her speed to knock her into the wall.), Akane went into the kitchen, where Kasumi was preparing the food. “Kasumi, is the bath ready?” asked Akane. “Chiyo is using it,” said Kasumi. “Do you think she’ll mind?” The girl was very shy, and she barely said anything, Kasumi thought, unsure. “I don’t know…” she responded. “Maybe this will allow her to open up more.” Kasumi sighed and—in the end—didn't stop her youngest sister as she decided to go upstairs to join Chiyo in the bath. <><><><><><><><><><><><><> In the bathroom… there was a naked teenaged boy and a yellow Pegasus that was 4 feet tall. She had a marking on her flank depicting three pink butterflies. Neither was looking at each other and both were blushing. “You can look at me if you want,” said the Pegasus, “There’s nothing to be embarrassed about.” “I know,” responded the teenage boy who was wearing the bandana the pig was wearing (though on his head instead of his neck), “But… it’s just that…” That was when the door opened and in walked a naked Akane. She stared at the odd sight, blinking her eyes. She then closed the door… just as the boy got a nosebleed that shot out like a geyser. “Oh no… oh no… what am I going to do?” cried the Pegasus. <><><><><><><><><><><><><> Meanwhile, Akane put the top of her gi, left the bathroom area, walked down the stairs…then finally screamed. Almost everyone in the building came to see what was wrong with her. “Akane, what’s wrong?” Kasumi asked. “There’s a naked man and a horse with wings in the bathroom!” she cried out. “He’s naked?” gasped Momo, “That must mean he'll need his clothes!” And with that, Momo ran up the stairs. Akane looked at Momo and decided it would be best to ignore her. If she wanted to clothe a strange horse obsessed psychopath, it’s her own fault. “Are you sure you weren’t seeing things?” Kasumi asked. “Maybe there’s a gas leak,” said Nabiki. “I swear it! I saw a yellow horse with wings!” insisted Akane, “And a naked man!” “The term is Pegasus,” corrected Ran, seemingly defensive about it. “I don’t care what the term is! There’s something strange going on in the bathroom.” “Well since you saw one them, I don’t have to have Hikaru explain it, then.” said the strange man, who was holding a copper kettle. He eyed Ran… as if he wanted revenge for something. Something that involved a flying kick to the spine. “You don’t think he’s angry about what happened earlier?”, asked Alex. The man threw that kettle at Ran. “I think that answers your question.” Said Ranma giving a half lidded stare at the man. The four Tendos stared at Ran… well at where Ran stood. Much like the Pegasus that was in the bathroom, there stood another, who was now in Ran’s clothes. However, this one was sky blue and had a rainbow mane. “That’s it!”, yelled the Pegasus, who took off and tackled the man. As the two fought, only the Tendos watched in surprise; everyone else acted like it was nothing. “Rainbow Dash! Please take off your clothes!”, scolded Belle. “I don’t want you to ruin my hard work!” Ranma sighed and said, “Hey… A.J., Twi, Shampoo… you want to help me with the rest of the hot water? Because I think we’re going to need a lot to explain all this.” “Of course,” agreed Alex. “Fine…” muttered Hikaru. “Shampoo thinks she should help with Akane,” said Shampoo. “What do you mean help with Akane?” asked Ranma. It was then they noticed Akane had fainted. “That would probably be a good idea,” agreed Hikaru with a sweat drop. That was when the Pegasus from the bathroom along with the boy (now with tissues in his nose) and another, well…for lack of a better term…pony came down the stairs. “Well it seems like everyone found out,” said the new pony. Her coat was cotton candy pink, her hair was hot pink and poofy, and she had a marking on her flank depicting three balloons. Soun did what he usually did: cry. Sure, he could handle what Genma had told him about the curses, but he still had no idea what the two from China and these girls…were… And indeed, the seemingly normal lives of the Tendo Family ended that day.