A lot of people had some criticisms on this one too, so... I changed it as
well. Here is the new version hope you enjoy it better ~_^


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Ranma 1/2: The Dragon's Dawning Series
By Wesley Bridges
Based on the characters by Rumiko Takahashi
Homepage: http://members.xoom.com/Souldrake/ranmadrag.htm
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Episode 2: True Confessions, Kipp's Syrum of Truth
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	Three weeks passed since Kipp's first day at the Tendo Dojo. He
	now walked with Akane and Ranma to school each morning to join
	in with their group of friends. Ever since he joined them, Ranma
	made it a ritual to try to get information on Kipp's parents.
	It almost became control training, but Kipp had a long way to
	go. 

	From blasting holes in walls, incinerating trees, and blowing
	up rocks to giving Ranma close shaves with the raging balls of
	energy, Ranma had failed to get the information out of him.

Ranma:	What could possibly be so wrong with your parents, Kipp?

Akane:	Oh, Ranma, won't you ever give it a rest?

Kipp:	I told you before, Ranma, it brings up painful memories.

Ranma:	Well, if you talked about them, maybe they wouldn't be as bad.

	Surges of dark past trickled into Kipp's consciousness. Kipp
	fought them with all his might, but the red aura began to
	eminate. Kipp stopped walking exerting full concentration to
	blocking the incoming visions.

Akane:	Kipp, calm down!

Ranma:	Come on, spit it out already.

Akane:	Ranma!

	Kipp's aura faded as he regained control of his thoughts.

Kipp:	When I was five, an opposing martial art school came in to our
	home in China and...

	Kipp's aura began to flare again. Soon, Kipp was able to simmer
	it down again.

Ranma:	And...?

Kipp:	Murdered them in front of me.

Akane:	What? How could they be so cruel?

Kipp:	That's who they are. I was brought up by my father's school once
	they found me. They initiated me and treated me like family...
	that's all I can say right now, but from then on I vowed to 
	myself to train as hard as possible to defeat them. Any new 
	technique I found I would not rest until I mastered it. I'm still
	like that in a way... 

Ranma:	No wonder you get so mad.

Akane:	Thirteen years of being angry...

Kipp:	Martial Arts pushed more of it from my mind... until the 
	flashbacks started up. There are more scenes then I can willingly
	remember that arise from them.

	They arrived at school and went about the school day just 
	talking, and studying in class, of course. Kipp learned much	
	about Ranma, Akane, and all his fiancees. Shampoo, the Amazon
	who turns into a cat, and Mousse her would-be boyfriend, also a
	duck, who wants to hurt Ranma so he can get Shampoo. Kipp 
	thought of a normal relation between a cat and a duck and thought
	the circumstances between the two amusing.

	After school, Ranma, Akane, and Kipp met up and began to walk
	to the dojo for after school training and drills. Ranma and Kipp
	had begun to work on several techniques for use together, but
	hadn't mastered any, yet.

Kuno:	(charging from behind) Ranma Saotome, I shall smite thee!

Ranma:	(turning) Huh? Oh, not Kuno again.

Kipp:	(to Ranma) Who?

Ranma:	I'll tell you later.

	Kuno approached Ranma and took a swing at him with his bokken.
	Ranma flipped over him and threw several punches at him. Kuno
	swirled around, launched an attack, then got launched several
	feet into the air by Ranma's foot.

Ranma:	He never learns.

Kipp:	Now, who was that?

Ranma:	He calls himself the "Blue Thunder of Furinkan High". His real
	name is Tatewaki Kuno. He's the captian of the school Kendo
	Club, but not someone you want to know on a regular basis.

Kipp:	I see, but isn't it customary to offer an unarmed opponent a
	weapon if you, yourself, are using one?

Ranma:	Who taught you that?

Kipp:	One of my masters at my martial arts school, and my father.

	Kipp walked over to the fallen captain of the Furinkan Kendo
	Club.

Kipp:	I'd say you need a little work.

Kuno:	How dare you insult the flawless Tatewaki Kuno!

Kipp:	I can only speak for what I just saw.

Kuno:	Then you shall feel the wrath of Tatewaki Kuno.

Kipp:	Thanks, but not today. I don't want to have an advantage being
	uninjured. How about tomorrow after school?

Kuno:	Fine then, we shall meet behind the gym!

Kipp:	Deal.

	Akane, Ranma, and Kipp walked back to the Tendo Dojo where they
	were greeted by Kasumi. As they walked to the dojo area, they
	met Genma in the hall.

Genma:	So, boy, how has your training with Kipp been going?

Ranma:	At least he doesn't run away like SOMEONE I know!

Genma:	You don't know what you're saying, boy. I've been holding back
	for your own sake.

Ranma:	Yeah, sure!

Genma:	If you want to test that then why not fight me!

Ranma:	Anytime old man!

Genma:	Fine then!

	Genma and Ranma begin fighting and chasing each other outside
	while throwing punches. 

Kasumi:	I hear you and Dr. Tofu are working on a new herbal remedy.

Kipp:	That's right. I have some of it here. It hasn't been tested,
	but this herbal mixture is supposed to help ease fatigue, but
	we don't know if it will have any side effects or not.

	Kipp takes some of the herbs in a tea packet and places them on
	the table.

Kasumi:	Oh, Kipp. I was wondering if you could help me with some things
	from the market. I was going to ask Ranma, but he's training.

Kipp:	It would be my pleasure.

Akane:	I'll help too!

	Kasumi, Akane, and Kipp leave the house and go to the market.
	On the way back...

Kasumi:	So what other things have you and Dr. Tofu been working on?

Kipp:	There is this other Herbal Essence that we have been looking in
	to that seems to cause people to tell the truth. The police
	force has asked us to do some work on it for criminal investigations
	
Akane:	Have you gotten it to work?

Kipp:	Yeah, I brought some of that along with me to take to Dr. Tofu.
	I have a bit more at home to.

	Kipp reaches into his pocket and pulls out another tea-packet
	shaped envelope. On the front is marked "Herbal Refreshing 
	Agent".

Kipp:	Uh-oh.

Kasumi:	What is it?

Kipp:	I thought I left this packet at the dojo. It appears it is the
	Truth Essence I left there instead!

	Back at the Tendo Dojo:

Ranma:	(Entering from training) Phew! That made me thirsty! Wonder if
	there's any tea made.

	Ranma sees the packet of tea and fixes a cup of hot water.

Ranma:	Hmm.. here's some. There seems to be enough for a cup.

	Ranma fixes the hot water and puts the tea packet in the cup
	and takes a long sip. As he puts the cup down, Kasumi, Akane,
	and Kipp return from the market.

Kipp:	Uh-Oh I recognize that smell.

Ranma:	Hey, Kasumi. What kind of tea was on the table? It tastes 
	pretty good whatever it is.

Akane & Kipp: What?

Kasumi:	Oh, that was actually some herbal essence that Kipp and Dr. Tofu
	worked up.

Ranma:	What kind of essence?

Kipp:	It's designed to make people tell the truth.

Ranma:	What?

Kipp:	Tell me something, how are you feeling?

Ranma:	Not too good really, the Old man came at me pretty good and 
	gave me a scare a couple of times, and the weather was really
	a but to hot today. The outfit Ukyo was wearing was pretty 
	cute...
	
	Ranma covered his mouth, but to late. Whack! Akane hit Ranma 
	with her school bag that was lying on the table with a 
	quick motion.

Kipp:	Well, I'd say it works.

Ranma:	It sure does. How long do you think it'll last?

Kipp:	With the amount you drank, I'd say about 24 hours, maybe more.

Ranma:	Great, now that I have to tell the truth there are probably 
	a lot of people who are going to be angry with me.

Kipp:	If I were you, Ranma, I would stay away from your other fiancees

Nabiki:	(entering) What's that? Ranma has to tell the truth now? This
	could be an interesting proposition.

Ranma:	Oh no, don't you dare think that!

Nabiki: Why not? What are you going to do about it?

Ranma:	Probably nothing because that would...

	Ranma's face reddened as he attempted to hold back the words he
	was about to say.

Akane:	That would what?
	
	Ranma was silent, but obviously holding back, it did not look
	like he could hold it in much longer.

Nabiki:	Come now, do tell.

Ranma:	(quickly) because it would probably make Akane mad at me.

Akane:	(becoming red) What?

Nabiki:	Really now... (looks at Akane)

Akane:	Don't tell me you're thinking on asking him...

Ranma:	Oh no, I'm outta here!

	Soun and Genma come in having heard some of the comments and 
	hold Ranma in his seat.

Nabiki:	Now come on Ranma, why don't you tell us how you REALLY feel
	about Akane?

Ranma:	Because I don't want to.

Nabiki: Let me rephrase that. How do you feel about Akane?

Ranma:	(straining to withhold) She....is....so....**CUTE!

	Ranma slapped his hand to his mouth. Akane's face reddened
	profusely. All eyes turned to Akane. Genma and Soun prance
	and dance in the background estatic of the confession.

Akane:	(Embarrased) I... um... I'm going... to go to bed now, It's 
	getting rather late.

	She runs quickly out of the room.

Kipp:	Well, Ranma, it looks like you're going to have a LONG day
	tomorrow.

	The next day Ranma and Akane walked to school without saying
	a word to each other. Akane thought about what Ranma had truely
	confessed, and wondered why he had never actually said it 
	before. She thought if it was because of her, or because of his
	other fiancees. Did he like one of them more than her?

	When they reached school, they saw Nabiki at a booth with a 
	line of people in front of it. On a pole on top of the booth
	was a sign: "Have Ranma Tell You What He Really Thinks! Only 
	5000 Yen per question."

Akane:	What... is she... doing?!

Ranma:	I have a bad feeling about this.

Akane:	Why? You don't have to go up there!

Ranma:	No, but look who's at the front of the line.

	Akane took another look at the line, and sure enough there were
	both Ukyo and Shampoo fighting over who got to go first.

Nabiki:	(Calling as she sees Ranma) Hey Ranma! Come here for a sec!

Ranma:	No, way! I'm not that stupid!

Ukyo:	(Calling) Oh come on, Ran-Chan, everybody's waiting!

Shampoo: Ranma! You come NOW!

	A group from the line began to run and surround Ranma, soon the
	entire line joined in on the attempt to get Ranma to the stand.
	Ranma made a break for it and the mass swarmed after him.

Nabiki:	Its a good thing that line was for the paid customers...

	At lunch, Ranma faced another swarm of people trying to fulfill
	their requests. Ranma successfully got away and headed back to 
	class. In the hallway leading to class he was stopped by Ukyo.

Ranma:	Hey... Ucchan, what eh... what's up?

Ukyo:	Ranma, I want you to answer this honestly.

Ranma:	(quickly) Ok...

Ukyo:	How do you really see the relationship between us?

Ranma:	We have a good relationship between us, Ukyo, with us being
	really good friends and all.

	The word "friends" pounded at Ukyo like a lead hammer. 

Ukyo:	(glumly) I see... Excuse me.

	Ukyo ran down quickly down the hall. As she just got out of view,
	Kipp truned the corner towards class.

Kipp:	(looking in the direction Ukyo went) What happened to Ukyo?

Ranma:	She, uh... asked how I viewed the relationship between us.

Kipp:	Uh-oh. I was afraid something like this would happen. I'd better
	go see if I can do anything about that.

	Kipp ran down the hallway after Ukyo as Ranma went to class.
	Kipp caught a glimpse of Ukyo running into the Girl's bathroom

Kipp:	(muttering to himself) Great... looks like I get to flaunt my
	other self around for the rest of the school day.

	After grabbing a bucket from the Janitor's closet, Kipp went
	into the boy's bathroom and filled the bucket up with water.
	He poured it onto himself and stared at the strawberry-blonde
	girl with two cat ears and a tail. He sighed and walked into
	the girl's bathroom making sure no one else was in there, but
	Ukyo, first. After a successful search, he closed the door and
	locked it.

Ukyo:	(muttering softly) Oh, Ran-chan, if only I could really tell
	you how I felt...

K-Chan:	It's not all his fault, Ukyo.

Ukyo:	Huh? Who's that?

	Kipp walked forward, and a puzzled Ukyo stared sullen, but 
	shocked at him.

Ukyo:	Who are you?

K-Chan:	This may be a little hard to believe, but I'm Kipp. Like Ranma,
	I too fell into a cursed pool at Jusenkyo.

Ukyo:	Why are you here?

K-Chan:	Well, I saw how upset you were, and I thought I'd try to cheer
	you up a bit.

Ukyo:	Thanks, but I think It'd be better if you left me alone for a 
	while.

K-Chan:	Suit yourself.

	Kipp turned to leave, just as he reached the door, Ukyo stopped
	him.

Ukyo:	Wait. Maybe, it would make me feel better to talk to someone.

	Kipp walked back to Ukyo.

K-Chan:	Alright then, perhaps you'd prefer to take a walk as opposed to
	stay in the bathroom? It sure would make me feel a little 
	better. I'm not used to this female... business yet.

	Ukyo gave a little smirk, and the two exited the bathroom.

	Directly after school, Kipp, Ranma, Akane, and other students
	waited for the arrival of Kuno to meet his challenge, and were
	not disappoineted. Kipp reached into a bag he brought with him
	and produced a third bokken. He tossed it to Kuno.

Kuno:	What's this?

Kipp:	Is it not customary, or at least in good sport, for the 
	challenger to offer his opponent equal ammouts of equipment?

Kuno:	Ha! I Tatewaki Kuno shall defeat you without the extra weapon.

Kipp:	Very well, then. As challenger, it is my duty to state my name
	first. I am Kipp Hoshiryuu of the Hoshiryuu school of Anything
	Goes Martial Arts and Kenjutsu.

Kuno:	Don't you mean Kendo?

Kipp:	If you would refer to it in the modern terminology, then yes.

Kuno:	I would. I am Tatewaki Kuno, of the Kuno School of Kendo, Rising
	Star of the Intramural Kendo World, and Captain of this school's
	Kendo Club. My very name and presence strikes fear into all who
	oppose me.

Ranma:	(thinking) Doesn't he wish...

	Kipp drew two bokken from their scabbards strapped to his back.
	Kuno readied his bokken and the two moved into their fighting
	stances.

Kuno:	Prepare yourself to be brought to justice!

	Kuno charged Kipp and thrusted his bokken several times at him.
	Kipp blocked the attacks with both of his bokken and launched
	into his own assault landing several hits and knocking Kuno
	on his back.

Kuno:	(getting up) Hold, for I have just begun!

Kipp:	I don't have time for this.
	
	Kuno charged Kipp, but as he did a faint shimmering eminated	
	from Kipp.

Kipp:	Iki no Kazehiryuu!

	A translucent image of a winged dragon coiled behind Kipp 
	pointing its mouth at the charging Kuno, who kept on unfazed.
	The dragon took in a breath and exhaled in rising up a windjet
	at Kuno, swiping him off of his feet and crashing him into a
	nearby wall leaving an imprint.

Kipp:	(to Akane and Ranma) Shall we be off?

Ranma:	I thought you'd never ask.

	Several hours later at the Tendo Dojo...

Soun:	So tell us Ranma, do you really love Akane?

Genma:	We could have the wedding tonight if you'd like

Ranma:	(face completely red from strain) grrrrr.. I'm not going to...
	
	Suddenly, the pressure was taken off Ranma and his face 
	returned to it's original color.

Ranma:	Ha! It wore off!

	Genma and Soun droped to the floor, then left moping.

Ranma:	(thinking) I don't know if I do or not...

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End Episode 2