The following fanfic was written for a school project on decomposing.  It was written for this and still appears as such, so notes and such should be disregarded.  It is semi educational.  Not much so don't worry.  Also, nice C&C is good.  Oh, and I got a 95 or 98% on it.  Oh so let me laugh at you that you can't do this for your teachers, and then get on with the fic.  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! And now the fic:



             The Landfill�s Cure Version 1.5

Disclaimer: The following story contains characters and ideas that are not mine. I am not making a profit off of this story, however, so it is entirely legal. Also no pigs, cats, and ducks were harmed in the production of this fanfic. Although a few rats, cockroaches, and flies were killed. We are currently settling lawsuits with the families of these animals. Again we apologize to their spouses and hundreds of children.

Information on Fanfics: This story is being written as part of a project for my science class. Due to that I will have to include some information about Ranma so, as my teacher and anyone else that reads it will be able to understand it. Fanfics are written for very popular shows as a way to continue them after they have been canceled or stop being released. They are also written for something to do, or someone that wants the cast to tackle new adventures like the fic that this story is.



Short Synopsis on Ranma �: Ranma � is the story of a marital artist whose father takes him on a training trip to China to teach him better martial arts. Unfortunately, Ranma�s father Genma does not know a word of Chinese. So when he reads about a training ground somewhere in China he goes without all of the information. Once in Jusenkyo a training guide starts telling him about the accursed ground that they are on but they do not listen and start training on top of some bamboo poles sticking out of the lakes. Ranma, who is a much better martial artist then his father, knocks him into one of the lakes. In his fathers place a giant panda jumps out. Ranma quickly asks the guide what happens and he tells him that the panda is his father and that the water caused him to change. Genma seeing his son distracted, and not realizing that he is a panda, attacks his son and sends him flying into another spring. This time a red headed girl pops out of the spring. The guide then tells Ranma, who is now a red-headed girl that he has fallen in the cursed Spring of Drowned Girl. He also tells both of them that hot water will change them back into their regular form, but cold water will cause them to change back into their cursed forms (Panda for Genma, Redheaded girl for Ranma).

Ranma being very angry with now his/her father starts chasing him around Jusenkyo (the cursed springs). On the way around Ranma sends a boy dressed in yellow into a spring. The boy happens to be Ryouga Hibiki. He is Ranma�s rival because of the fact that he stole bread from him when they were both boys in school. Ryouga falls into the spring of Drowned Black Piglet.

After Ranma is done with his antics in China he returns to Japan to meet his prearranged fianc�e whose name is Akane. Unfortunately, it rains before Ranma and his father make it to her home and Ranma is a girl at the time. Their relationship does not get off to a good start, due to the fact that Akane walked in on who she thought was a girl during her bath�(hot water changes Ranma back to a boy, remember.)

That is a quick summary of the Ranma � world. You should now be able to understand most of the following fic. If not please ask me to explain it, or go to http://ranmainfo.simplenet.com or http://members.dencity.com/frice2000 and then click on the What Is Ranma � link to find out more.

And now ladies and gentlemen the fic begins:

We see a lone yellow figure walking as if to no where. In his hand is a map.

Ryouga: I finally got it! It cost me all of my money but I got a map to a possible Spring of Drowned Man in Japan (it is a possible cure for any of the male casts curses)!! Now it says to start in Tokyo and then go northeast. So now all I have to do is get to Tokyo.

Well our Ryouga has the worst sense of direction in the world, so we see him go through China, Brazil, Algeria, and then finally to Nerima (a small suburb of Tokyo). Nerima would have stats in a almanac that looked something like this (taken from Robert Hayine�s Girl days Fics. Kenko don�t kill me if you somehow get this): Nerima-- a pinnacle of lunacy and chaos only rivaled by-- well, actually, we don't know anything it's rivaled by. Highest per-capita concentration of super-powerful martial artists on Earth. Highest per-capita concentration of just plain but insanely skilled martial artist on Earth. Highest per-capita concentration of martial artists that practice martial arts that no sane person would even contemplate learning. Known for exceedingly numerous incidents involving long lost magical items (See-- Tendo Dojo, Nekohanten), magical princes seeking brides (See-- Tendo Dojo), unexpected property damage(See--Tendo Dojo, Furinkan High School), unusual marriage complications (See-- Tendo Dojo, Furinkan High School), paranormal events that defy belief (See-- Tendo Dojo), shape-shifting martial artists of really ridiculous power (See-- Tendo Dojo, Nekohanten, Furinkan High School, Chicago).

Ryouga: I finally made it. There is the only landmark that I can really trust. The Tendo Dojo (the Dojo Akane�s father owns. Since the Tendos have no men in their family whoever marries one of his daughters owns the dojo. That�s why Ranma and Akane�s engagement was arranged.)!

Splash.

Man: Honey, come on, don�t splash your water on pigs.

Girl: It looked thirsty, daddy.

P-Chan: Bwee! (Ryouga turns into a pig when splashed with cold water. He is also Akane Tendo�s pet pig.)

Inside the Tendo Dojo.

Kasumi: Come on Ranma, Akane, your late for school!

Akane: Kasumi, I�m just leaving. Ranma�s still upstairs.

Akane runs out of the Dojo. Three minutes later Ranma comes down the stairs.

Kasumi: Ranma, Akane left a few minutes ago.

Ranma: Great that means I�m late. Bye, Kasumi.

Ranma runs out the door.

Kasumi: Guess I�ll save their breakfast for tomorrow. Its starting to rot in places. Guess I should cook some more.

As Ranma�s running along he sees P-Chan (Ryouga�s name as a pig) slowly making his way South.

Ranma: Well hello Ryouga! The dojo is the other way.

P-Chan: Bwee!! Bwee!!

Ranma: Yeah sure. So what ya get. You�ve been gone, what, 3 months?

P-Chan: Bwee!

Ranma: So what�s that in your mouth. Another one of your maps, huh?

P-Chan starts to run away.

Ranma: Not yet you little pig. Let me see that.

Ranma takes map from P-Chan.

Ranma: Oh another one of your cures. Last time it took us through almost all of Tokyo. But at least this one says the spring is there so I guess it might be worth something.

P-Chan starts one of his attack and bite runs, but Ranma�s already setting off to the Northeast.

P-Chan: Bwee!!!!!

P-Chan takes a successful bite at Ranma.

Ranma: Oww! Come on Ryouga its not like you could find Northeast� or any other direction you wanted�

A loud fire engine breaks through their conversation. Ah, yes in the Ranma 1/2 universe water always seems to get where the cast least wants it to be. This time the fire of the burning building next to them heated some water enough to cause Ryouga to revert back to his regular form. However, the cold water by the fire truck splashed Ranma, so he changed to his cursed form.

Ranma-Chan (Chan. Means cute in Japanese usually associated with the female gender, although it can, and does, refer to both sexes. Although Ranma doesn�t like being called it.): Doesn�t matter I still have the map.

Ranma-Chan starts running to the Northeast yet again.

Ryouga: Ranma come back that�s my map!! I paid for it!

Ranma-Chan: Sorry but this cure is mine. Once you find me though you can have it�

Ryouga: It will take me years to find that spot! I�m not letting you out of my sight!

Ranma-Chan: Yeah right!

Ranma-Chan runs through a lot of streets and finally comes to the spot where the spring is supposed to be.

Ranma-Chan: According to the map the spring should be right here!

Ryouga: Where?

Ranma-Chan: There.

Ranma-Chan points to a GIANT landfill. It is full of trash to a distance of 500 feet.

Ranma-Chan: Oh god this stinks.

Ryouga: In more ways than one�

Well now lets think of what these two would try to do. They are not known for there brains or intellect. So the first thing that came to Ryouga�s mind was his Tenketsu attack. This attack can break through anything by finding its targets weakest point. You know the weakest chain in the link idea�

Ryouga: BAKUSAI TENKETSU!

Ranma-Chan: Clap�Clap� Boy Ryouga now you only have to break through another 499 feet of it.

Ryouga: So�I just have to use the technique 499 more times, so what?

Ranma-Chan: Never mind�keep going Ryouga.

About 30 minutes went by and Ryouga had gotten another 3 feet when the first car fractured in his face and caused him to stop.

Ranma-Chan: Well, I guess that that�s as far as we can go with that.

Ryouga: Damn it Ranma you knew that was going to happen!!

Ranma-Chan: Umm�so I did. What ya gonna do about it?

Ryouga starts fighting Ranma as usual when they get into any argument. But this time Ranma had planned it. Yes, I know that may shock most of you that know anything about the show, but Ranma usually gets a nice IQ when there is a cure involved. Anyway, back to the fight, as Ryouga got angrier and angrier Ranma just kept circling him. At one point Ranma stopped and punched Ryouga directly in the stomach.

Ranma-Chan: Hiryu Shoten Ha!! (An attack in which the attacker uses an opponents battle aura to send the person that they are fighting into the air with a tornado. It has been known to make craters as well.)

Ranma-Chan: Well looks like I�m another 5 feet down. Just have to wait till he�s conscious and do it again.

Announcer: And now for a brief commercial break.

Ranma-Chan: Hey, no commercials in a fanfic!! Come on. What do you want?

Announcer: Frank needs to get a good grade on his report, you know that. That�s why he�s writing this.

Ranma-Chan: Fine, we�ll find a way to work the educational part in! Okay?

Announcer: Will you do anything?

Ranma-Chan: Will he give me a cure?

Announcer: He will get you to the spring.

Ranma-Chan: Works for me.

Black screen. A minute later picture returns. We see Ranma-Chan in girls clothing (Ranma hates wearing girls clothing, except to get ice cream or find a cure) holding a pig and going into the landfills tour center.

Ranma-Chan: I just had to agree to anything didn�t I.

P-Chan: Bwee!

Ranma-Chan: Yeah I know this is really bad but what can I do. Besides, they said we would get to the spring if we went in. So act nice.

P-Chan: Bwee!

Ranma enters the trash information center. Note: Mrs. Tanis here�s the educational stuff starting�now!!

Trash Guide: Welcome ladies and gentleman to our wonderful landfill. We will now teach you about landfilling and it�s many benefits.

Ranma-Chan: wow how exciting�Yawn!

Trash Guide: About 80 percent of the trash you see in this landfill could have been recycled instead it�s here. This landfill is about 90 percent full. In about 5 years we will cover the top with soil and build buildings on top of it. This landfill is the only in the world that sits on top of a naturally filling spring that is isolated from other water sources, so the garbage degrades much quicker here than in other landfills�.

Ranma-Chan: You hear that Ryouga? That�s our spring! Let�s go.

World pauses.

Announcer: He�s not done, yet.

Ranma-Chan: Come on do we have to sit through all of this?

Announcer: Yes that is if you want to get to the spring.

P-Chan: Bwee!

World resumes.

Trash Guide: Water has been shown to degrade things faster, so since we have a water supply that is cut off we can do it here. We also recover methane gas from the garbage as well. In the future the company I work for, Waste Co., is going to make the worlds first waste to energy incinerator, which will create power while it burns garbage. Also, we are experimenting with computers to sort any recyclable objects into a different pile, so as to reduce the trash going in to both a landfill and incinerator. Another one of our visions of the future is that if we landfill ash with dirt and water, we can, and will make the decomposition so fast, in landfill terms, that we could reuse the landfill in about 50 years after it was filled. That is our vision at Waste Co. Please enjoy your visit. Also, you won�t find any object in this landfill that is more then ten years old that doesn�t show any signs of biodegrading, unlike other landfills. We have tours of our underground spring starting at 3 PM today. So if you would like to see it please see a tour operator at the desk.

Sounds of applause are heard.

Ranma-Chan: Yes, Ryouga did you hear about the tour of their underground spring? That would be perfect for us!

P-Chan: Bwee!

Ranma makes reservations to go down to see the spring. At about three they hear the announcement that the spring tour was beginning at elevator one. Ranma and P-Chan walk over to the elevator.

Spring Elevator Guide: Hello folks. We use these trains to check on the garbage, and our springs. You are going to have a real treat.

The elevator starts to go down.

Ranma-Chan: Looks like the announcer guy wasn�t lying to us, hey Ryouga?

P-Chan: Bwee!

Announcer: And now for one commercial!

P-Chan: Bwee?

Ranma-Chan: That�s cheating you said�

Fade out.

Fade in on plastic containers dancing around paper ones.

Plastic containers: We are better than you!

Paper containers: No you�re not!

Plastic containers: Yes we are, yes we are!

Paper containers: No way!

Plastic containers: We are stronger, we are better, and we last you don�t.

Paper containers: Yes, you last forever. We don�t. Here is your future!

Plastic containers: NO!!!

Picture flashes to distant future. A weird race of bug people is digging down in an old landfill looking for human artifacts.

Bug Person 1: I guess these things weren�t that much different then us, apparently they really loved their garbage to!

Bug Person 2: Yes, but some of this clear stuff doesn�t taste good at all. Well, that might have been their nesting spots.

Bug Person 1: Yeah, you�re probably right.

Picture flashes back to the containers.

Paper Containers: So there is your future.

Plastic Containers: No!!! We don�t want that!!

Plastics revert back to oil.

Paper Containers: Now, we can�t do this with real plastics! Please take care, use us instead. And if you do buy plastics, and paper please recycle!

Fade out.

Fade back in on elevator.

Spring Guide: And now here we are at the spring. Take a look around, I�ll be back in ten minutes with the next group and then I�ll take you back up.

Ranma-Chan: Thank you, sir.

Elevator goes back up.

Ranma-Chan: Okay, there is the spring Ryouga lets jump in.

P-Chan: BWEE!!!!!

Both Ranma-Chan and Ryouga jump in the spring. A minute later both pop out still in their cursed forms.

Ranma-Chan: Well Ryouga looks like still true to form, none of your maps are worth a dime.

P-Chan: bwee�

Later back at the Tendo Dojo:

Akane: Ranma where have you been all day? God and you smell. What did you do today sift through garbage.

Ranma: Well this little pig just had to run into a landfill, so I had to follow him all day!

P-Chan: Bwee!

P-Chan bites Ranma.

Ranma: Oww!! Why you little!

Akane intercepts Ranma and hits him over the head with her mallet (Akane can whip out a mallet anytime, anywhere, and anyplace).

Akane: Come here baby Ranma won�t hurt you now. (Akane doesn�t know that P-Chan is really Ryouga. So she thinks that P-Chan is a pet. Get it? He even sleeps with her. Get the picture?)

Ranma: Ow! Uncute tomboy! Well all I need now is to be buried and I�m garbage. I stink, and I�ve been compressed. Yet another wonderful day in my life.

Announcer: The spring where Ranma jumped in was so polluted from the garbage that it had no effect. But be happy Ranma, in a few thousand years the spring will be clean again.

Ranma: That makes me feel SO much better�

Announcer: Hey, why are you glowing. Hey come on it was just a joke�come on! Please no not the Tenshin Amigunigen (Chestnuts Fist attack. Super fast punches.)

The End!!!

Thank you, for putting up with a fanfic with educational pieces throughout. To my teacher Mrs. Tanis and any others not knowing about Ranma I salute you for finishing this fic.

Disclaimer #2: None of the above characters and ideas are mine. They are owned by Rumiko Takashi in Japan, and Viz Videos in North America. I am not making a profit off of this show by doing this so it is not an illegal use of copyrighted materials. Thank you.



By Frank Rice

Finished on: 9/15/1999, 5:43 PM Revised on: 9/16/1999, 9:53 AM

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