Hi! Quick update, for anyone who's awaiting the next chapter of No One my 
Dark Pokemon fic (A guy can dream can't he?) I've run into a little snafu. 
So, that's going to be a while away. Sorry. Now, since I can't work on that 
until I fix that problem I decided to work on another. This fic uses the 
first idea I ever got for a fanfic. I think it's a pretty good idea still and 
I hope I can do it justice. BTW any feedback would be appreciated.


	The birds sang the leaves rustled in the wind and Soun Tendo wept 
while reading a post card with a picture of a panda on the front. On the back 
in neat handwriting was a message.

Dear Daddy,
	Sorry, it's been so long since I've written but we recently found 
ourselves in China searching for a legendary training ground Genma read about 
in that training manual he got. You know the one where we got the Neko-ken 
from. Of course we didn't find this out until after so Ranma and I weren't 
able to stop from going there. We'll explain more about that later though. 
The reason I wrote is because I have great news. We're coming home! As a 
matter of fact we should be arriving the day you get this.

										
				Love,
										
				Nabiki

	After he finished reading he cried more thinking to himself, *What 
has Saotome done to my little girl now!*

	Nabiki and Ranma �
		By Mike Malaspina

	Two human forms ran down the street. Hot on their heels was one large 
definitely non-human form. As they reached the end of the street and entered 
another more open one the two human forms, one a short, red headed girl, the 
other a boy of medium height with brown hair, turned to face their pursuer. 
"There is no way I'm going home for the first time in ten years like this you 
stupid, fat, old man!" screamed the boy.

	The larger form, a panda, 'Growf'ed and looked to be thinking.

	"Don't hurt yourself old man." mocked the young red head in a 
falsetto voice. The panda took a fighting stance. The girl followed suite 
smiling. The boy just sighed and mouthed "Why me?" The panda and girl began 
to throw attacks and raise defenses at the same time. Still it only took a 
minute for the much-outsized girl to kick the panda's ass.

	"Ranma, not that Genma doesn't deserve it but why must you always 
start a fight you know you'll win at the most inopportune times?" asked the 
boy.

	"First off he does deserve it, the stupid bastard, and second now 
that's he unconscious we can change back before going to your house."

	The boy looked surprised then smug as he spoke, "Ranma, what a great 
idea. I would have thought of it but there's a slight problem.

	"Oh, what's that?" asked the girl sounding defiant.

	"How, exactly, do you plan to carry a panda until we find hot water?"

	"Ah, kuso."

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	"Kasumi! Akane," rang out the voice of Soun Tendo, "I have wonderful 
news! Come quick!"

	In the kitchen of the Tendo home Kasumi Tendo, eldest daughter of 
Soun Tendo and the departed Kimiko Tendo dried her hands on a small kitchen 
towel before going to see what her father wanted.

	Meanwhile in the Tendo's dojo Akane Tendo, youngest daughter of Soun 
Tendo and his late wife, was breaking another innocent brick into multiple, 
much smaller pieces and quite a bit of dust. When she heard her father's 
voice she stopped and debated between setting up another brick or going to 
see what he wanted. *It sounds important so I guess practice can wait.*

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	Kasumi and Akane sat across the table from their father. Akane's 
yellow gi was a sharp contrast to Kasumi's modest sweater and below the knee 
skirt. Soun, looked at his daughters with evident pride, not for anything in 
particular he was just a proud parent, as he thought about how excited they 
would be to see their sister again.

	"Girls, I got a postcard in the mail today and it says that your 
sister Nabiki, her fiancee Ranma and my oldest, dearest friend Genma Saotome 
will be arriving later today!" said Soun as both Akane and Kasumi gasped.

	"Oh, wow, how long has it been since Nabiki left anyway Dad?" 
questioned Akane.

	"Nearly ten years have they been on this training trip." he replied.

	"Oh my, if they're going to be here today that means they'll need 
dinner and I only have enough for the three of us! I'll need to go to the 
market and buy groceries." exclaimed Kasumi. As she was getting up to compile 
a list of what she needed a loud knocking came from the front of the house. 
Soun jumped up to answer the door. Kasumi followed at a distance saying, 
"That must be them."

	As Akane sat at the table she could hear the noise of reunions long 
past due. She would have joined in but decided to wait. She was, now that she 
thought about it, still a little mad that Nabiki had been chosen over her to 
go on the training trip with Mr. Saotome and Ranma. Though she was very happy 
over not being stuck with a fianc�e, especially not a _boy_. She of course 
immediately realized that the _only_ type of fiancee she or her sister would 
have would be a boy. Unless she and Nabiki had more catching up than she 
assumed.

	The returning Kasumi and Soun broke Akane out of her thoughts. Right 
along behind them was a heavy set man wearing a white gi and handkerchief 
over his head who looked a little older than Soun, a tall girl with brown 
hair who she recognized as Nabiki from recent pictures. Lastly was a short 
red head that had to be Ranma. Though he looked very....girl-ish{1} and if 
Akane remembered correctly Ranma had brown hair and was as tall as Nabiki if 
not a little taller.

	Before she could make an inquiry Soun grabbed Ranma in a bear hug 
whilst exclaiming, "Ranma, it will be such an honor to have you in my 
family!" Soun, suddenly looked a little pale. He squeezed Ranma's upper body 
particularly against him and consequently fainted dead away.

	"Oh, my!" said Kasumi with her hand over her mouth.

	"Dad, are you okay?!" shouted Akane dropping down to her father's 
side.

	"I knew I forgot something." Nabiki said with a sigh.

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	Kasumi gently applied a wet cloth to her father's head. After he had 
fainted Ranma had apologized and asked for some hot water. When Kasumi had 
returned with the kettle he explained everything. During the story everyone 
conscious had shot at least one glare at Genma who by the end was sweating 
bullets. Everyone turned his or her attention from Ranma to Soun as he moaned.

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	As Soun came to he decided he had been hallucinating. That had to be 
it. There was no way that Ranma, Nabiki's fianc�e that she loved so much and 
constantly talked about in her letters and also happened to be Genma's son, 
was a girl. Right? "Oooohh..." Soun moaned as he opened his eyes cautiously 
to find his three daughters, his old friend Genma and a strange young boy 
surrounding him. *Ah, so I was hallucinating! That must be Ranma!* he thought 
as he smiled.

	"Sorry about that, Mr. Tendo," said Ranma looking sheepish, "I swear 
I can explain why I was a girl."

	Soun fainted again.

	"Way to go Ranma. What have I told you about easing into things that 
could give someone a heart attack?" scolded Nabiki slapping him in the back 
of the head.

	Ranma rubbed the back of his head and smiled very sheepishly, "To do 
it?"

	Nabiki didn't look amused but couldn't glare at Ranma for long. 
Nabiki sighed. "Ranma, when Daddy wakes up this time why don't you just stay 
quiet and let me explain it to him?" asked Nabiki in a tone implying it 
wasn't a question.

	"All right..I'm s-sorry Nabiki. I didn't mean to blurt that out..." 
replied Ranma hanging his head.

	The others just looked on.

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	Again Soun Tendo began to regain consciousness dead set on the fact 
that he had been hallucinating. Again he moaned. And again he cautiously 
opened his eyes. This time only his middle daughter Nabiki sat above him.

	"Hi, Daddy. How do you feel?"

	"Fine. But I do believe I've been seeing things." said Soun calmly 
for a man who had seen first his future son-in-law have parts of the female 
anatomy and second heard him say he could explain why he'd been a girl.

	Nabiki winced slightly. "About that, Daddy..." began Nabiki before 
trailing off. *How to put this?* she silently thought to her self.

	"What about it?" asked the eldest Tendo now thoroughly confused and 
looking the part.

	"You know that training ground I told you about?"

	"Mm hmm. What about it Nabiki?"

	"Well, as I implied we found it."

	"Okay, I can follow this." said Soun nodding.

	"After we found its location we went there." Nabiki said still trying 
to figure out exactly how to tell him whenever she or her fiancee was doused 
with cold water that they changed sexes.

	"All right. What happened next?" Soun asked prodding her on hoping 
beyond all hopes that he hadn't _not_ been seeing things.

	Sighing Nabiki began to tell her father word for word, action for 
action what happened when she, Ranma and Genma had arrived at Jusenkyo; the 
training ground of cursed springs.....

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	After months of searching all over China they had found it. Finally, 
they were at the fabled cursed training ground of Jusenkyo. Genma was still 
proud he had been able to trick Ranma and Nabiki into coming here. After all 
she was a very clever girl and Ranma was catching on quick. Genma was of 
course thinking of how he had paid a man to 'bump into him' and end up 
telling him a tale of an amazing training ground off in the vast mountains of 
China.

	"Ah, this doesn't look so bad Pop." Ranma said looking disappointedly 
at the springs with bamboo poles sticking out of them.

	Nabiki just stared in disbelief.

	"Come on boy, it's not the training ground itself but how you use 
it!" exclaimed Genma.

	"Then why did we _waste_ ALL that time looking for this specific 
one!" roared Nabiki.

	Genma laughed nervously and changed the subject. "Uh, um, come on! 
Don't tell me you're afraid."

	Ranma sneered and jumped up onto a pole a few springs out, easily 
balancing on one foot. "I ain't scared of nothing old man."

	Genma smiled as he too jumped up on top of a pole, "That's the boy I 
raised! Nabiki get up here!"

	Nabiki sighed and followed muttering about the value of time.

	Were it not the guide's time of annual visit to town she would not 
have. Speaking fluent Chinese _and_ Mandarin was the one condition Nabiki had 
set down before leaving Japan.

	In seconds it was over. Two vengeful teenagers launched Genma into a 
spring. Ranma, second to fall in a spring, was put there by pure shock as in 
place of his fat, stupid, slow, old man hopping out of the spring was a fat, 
black and white Panda bear. Nabiki was the third and final victim of Jusenkyo 
that day. Though she had kept her wits about her she had not been able to 
block the simple snap kick the panda at aimed at her stomach and as a result 
went flying in the opposite direction of her just surfacing fiancee who now 
had red hair for some reason. None of this registered, as Nabiki was too busy 
staring at her flat, chiseled chest.

	"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" screamed a very male voice that should _not_ have 
been coming from Nabiki.

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	As Ranma swam to the surface of the pool he pondered what exactly he 
had seen. For he knew it hadn't been a panda. No. Now way. His father had 
done something to him and he knew it, but what? He surfaced and immediately 
felt something besides the whole panda thing was wrong.

	He laughed. *Heh, I've got tits.* Ranma was still for a few moments. 
As he heard a scream he decided to join in. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!" rang out his 
now female voice.

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	Genma was on the verge of tears. How could his son be such a coward!? 
How could _his_ off spring be so cowardly as to fall backwards at the sight 
of his _father_! *At least Nabiki is still a good student.* He took back the 
thought as he saw her go flying after being hit with a kick a five year old 
could have blocked. *Ahhh! I have brought nothing but shame to myself if 
these are the students whom I have produced!*

	When he went to lecture them and it came out as a 'Growf' Genma 
looked down at himself and was quick to do the best he could at joining the 
two already screaming voices.

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	"And, so, Ranma and I are now are cursed to change sexes when 
splashed with cold water. Genma turns into a panda. Luckily for Genma's sake 
the whole process is reset by hot water." finished Nabiki thinking of a way 
to stop her father from killing Genma while not hurting him and still letting 
him beat the snot out of Genma.

	".....You change back with hot water?" asked Soun a creepy calmness 
to his voice.

	"Yes."

	"And you love Ranma still?"

	"Of course Daddy!" said Nabiki indignant that her father thought 
something as stupid as a curse could hinder her feelings and judgment.

	"Then this isn't so bad after all!" shouted Soun.

	Nabiki's eye twitched rapidly before she face faulted.


1. Wasn't sure if bishonen was the right word to use here so I didn't. If it 
is then pretend I did.

So, what do you think? Is it good? Should I die numerous times? C&C if anyone 
out there can give it would be welcomed open armedly. I have no preferences. 
Flames, comments, criticism, public, private whatever! I just want to know 
how I'm doing and whether or not anyone enjoyed this. If they have then I 
myself will be greatly joyed because right after me all of you are who I'm 
writing this for. Anyway, back to my slave labo..errrrr...school work. Hope 
to hear from anyone soon.


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