From: "Esa Karjalainen" <eruuska@ratol.fi>

"No need to freak out.  I'm just carrying you down to breakfast."

for breakfast, I think.

I have no clue, grammar ain't my strong suit. :)

Ranma shook his head and smiled in wonderment.  "I have a friend you

should meet.  He's sort of an information expert."

"I look forward to it."

...
Nasty bit ^^

I'm not sure when to add in the scene where Nabs meets the guy, but it should be fun.

"What did you find?" Akane asked impatiently.

Nabiki picked up the topmost sheet of paper on the stack she had >>brought.
"Ranma Saotome, son of Nodoka and Genma Saotome. You were born in >>Kyoto but raised out here.  You're sixteen years old."

Akane turned towards Ranma, a look of confusion on her face.  "I >>don't get it.  I though you were hundreds and hundreds of years >>old."

Ranma ignored her.  "Nice cover, don't you think, Nabiki-chan?"

"Almost," Nabiki admitted.  "You did make one minor error, >>however."

I think this could've  been funnier if Nabiki was still ignorant >about Ranma's true age. I'd love to see a scene where Nabs discovers
it.

Probably, but Ranma really has no reason to keep this a secret from the Tendos.  He has a long history with the family.

Btw, are we going to see Ryoga in this story? A friend? Foe? Another
immortal?
Another descendant?

Ryoga's not an immortal or a descendant.  He's-  well, wait till chapter 7.  :)

"One thing at a time, student," Ranma chuckled.  "You still haven't
managed  to even hit me yet."  They entered the clinic and were >>immediately greeted by Doctor Tofu.

...
Roof-hopping would be easier...

Still, I'm sure it's a good training...

Trying to hit Ranma would be safer than trying to jump on a roof right now. :)

> "Sounds good, Doc.  I'll see you later."

...I wonder what good ole Doc thinks about all this.
Of course it would be interesting if this was the DarkTofu(tm).

Not sure what to do with Tofu yet.  Prolly set him up with Kasumi or something.  Kinda a side plot at the moment.

After leaving the clinic and once again traveling over the >>rooftops, Ranma decided to comment on Akane's somber >>disposition.   "What's bothering you, student?"

>
> "Nothing you'd understand, Sensei."

That's pretty rude. Was Sachiko Ranma's descendant?
Akane certainly inherited the Foot-in-Mouth gene in this
one ^^

Heh. Well, falling in love with someone who doesn't love you can be embarrassing... at least, at the time.  You may not want to volunteer information.

"We're home!" Ranma called out.  "Yes it was, but I had other >>reasons for  leaving.  Tomoe was only small part of it."

Tomoe? Ouch...

Yeah... that's a can of worms I'm going to have fun with later.

They reached Akane's bedroom and went inside.  "Akane, like all >>Tendo women, you're beautiful and passionate, and one day, you will >>find someone to love, someone who will love you very much."

...Wonder  who was the first Tendo Ranma fell in love with ^^

Chapter 6.

"I got married."  Soun smiled wistfully.  "The Art was everything >>until I met Sachiko.  I didn't even know anything was missing from >>my life until we got married and Kasumi was born."

RANMA:"Bah! You just never bothered to learn the Married-Life >Martial Arts!"

Talk about a path filled with peril!

The Art -is- making me stronger, but it's not an end in itself."  >>Soun paused.  "Not like it is for you."

...Ah.
Getting answers into the "Why-Ranma-Dodges-When-He's-Immortal" - >thingy a while back.

Yup!

"It's the effort that counts."

A sweet thought... Does not apply often enough, IMO.
Sad.

More of this theme later on, I think.

> "Oh, so it was an older man?"
Just a few hundred years <snicker>.

"He was so nice, and strong, and romantic, and just. . ."

"I get the picture," Akane said dryly.  "Are you still in love with >>him?"

Kasumi's smile was relaxed and easy.  "No, that was a long time >>ago.

<sing-song voice>:Ka-su-mii- is ly-ing! Ka-su-mii is ly-ing!
Sheesh!
<copy/paste>:
"He was so nice, and strong, and romantic, and just. . ."
Snicker.

She's a tad confused right now. :)

Besides, he will never age.  I want to be able to grow old with >>whomever I marry."

Ah. the REAL reason ^^

Yup!

"You don't have any idea -how- strong," Akane agreed.  "I'd love to >>have 200 years to perfect my skills in the Art."

>

"Be careful what you wish for, Akane."  Kasumi smiled and stood >>up.  "I'll leave you to your studying.  Be sure to get some rest >>though, okay?"

...
Foreshadowing?
Akane+Bloodworms+Immortal Ranma=Happily ever after?

Hmmm... that would be a trite ending, i think, but it will be discussed on some level.

Soun shuddered.  "You did not truly know him, Ranma.  He was a >>monster."

... Depending on the source, Happosai is either 100 years older OR >younger than Ranma... Hmmm...

Younger.

BTW, why does it seem there's a slight error in Ranma's age?
He was around 46 in the Kyoto story which was a little over 10
years before Kenshin TV series.. So Ranma's age should be around 160 >or so, definitely less than 180 years, with a wide margin for >error.. Am I making a mistake here, somewhere?

*sigh*  No, I am.  I have to research my history a bit more...

"Find Akira-san's killer, this. . . Battousai.  Destroy him.  I >>know you can do it, Ranma-san."

...I wouldn't count on it...

Either would I.

She whirled towards him and Ranma's heart wrenched at the dead look >>in her eyes.  "I have lost the one I loved.  What use is there for >>grief?"

...This Tomoe seems different than the one in OAV:s...
Of course, If this is immediately after she got the news, it fits.

Yes, this is right after she hears news of Akira's death.

"I know of your feelings for me, Ranma-san.  You never voiced them, >>but I know.  If you truly love me, then be my instrument of >>revenge."

Nasty.
Then again, Ranma's obviously Tomoe's friend, with whom she is more
open with. Still, I's kinda "Kick the love-sick puppy".

The End justifies the means...  revenge can be like that, eh?

"That is no longer possible, Ranma-san."  A touch of the old >>gentleness entered her voice.

...Luckily, for herself, she's wrong. Although, she doesn't have >much time for happiness ..

Thus Ranma's comment about sad irony.

Ranma looked at her once more and gently traced his fingers over >>her face.(You are lost to me.)  He sighed and managed a weary >>smile.  "I will do as you ask, Tomoe."

...I think this Ranma(who didn't go through Nerima Madness Martial >Arts Training) is going to feel a lot of PAIN ^^

I would agree,

He's definitely not going to beat the Hitokiri Battosai at this >point. Might put up a good fight, though. Of course that's just my >opinion. And Kenshin might learn a thing or two about >underestimating unarmed fighters ^^ I think we'll have a situation >where Kenshin's fighting spirit and speed are superior,
while Ranma might have a slight skill advantage.
Kinda like Inji's and Genma's fight in Pastpresent:tourism part 3 ^^
Of course, in real fight, it's the fighting spirit which has the >greatest effect on who'll win. Then again, Ranma ain't lacking in >this department, either. But He's not the killer Battosai is. Hmm.
I think I'm starting to contradict myself. I'll just stop now. ^^

Heh.  We'll see what happens post-chapter 7.

"Soun, old friend. . . that is one long, convoluted, sad, and >>horribly ironic story.  One I will share at another time," Ranma >>replied.

Damn!

Sorry.  ^^

"The only honorable way out for people like us is to either die of >>old age,in battle, or seppuku.  All three options are pretty much >>closed to me, and

Dying because of a disease is less honorable?
Foot in mouth insert. Ouch!

Good call.  will have to fix.

Soun, I refuse to be among the walking dead.  You see, that's what a
person  without passion becomes."

Hear, hear!
Actually, that's pretty much my current situation. I'm trying to get >better, though.

I've been there...

"Enough of this.  Where is my son-in-law?"  A tiny withered old >>woman carrying a wooden staff three times her size jumped in front >>of him.

Uh-oh. Miss "If I were a hundred years younger" is here... ^^

ROTFL!


Thanks for the comments!  I need to fix the history stuff.  Badly.  I screw up something in every chapter.  ^^;

Thanks again,

Anand

Anand Rao
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http://www.gsm.uci.edu/~arao02/
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