Where to begin indeed. Ranma had arrived at the Tendo home with his mother and a panda, yet at the time he was a red headed she. After the sparring session with Akane, Ranma went from female to male and the panda became human. Akane then chased after a towel clad male Ranma claiming him to be a pervert after she walked in on him in the bath. The man who had been the panda was revealed to be Ranma’s father. When Soun questioned Nodoka’s insistence that Ranma was male Genma proved that the red head that had arrived at the door of the Tendo family home was indeed his son by proceeding to dump Ranma into the garden koi pond. That was when Nodoka threw her husband into the same pond after Ranma complained that the Tendo family was going to consider him a freak of nature.
Yes, where to begin indeed. Tell the Tendos about being from a Eurasian family of dragons or tell them about the water centered curse? Nodoka let out a soft sigh and figured it was for the best that she, as Ranma had put it, tell them everything.
“I think it would explain things best if I start with the unique heritage Ranma and I share. As I do, it would be nice if I could have a kettle of hot water please. It would help explain things later on,” Nodoka requested wanting to do things the human way.
Ever the willing soul to help people the eldest Tendo daughter took the request for hot water with a smile, “Of course I can set a kettle on the stove for you.”
Hearing Ranma come back to the living room Nodoka set to telling, as Genma put it, the sad sad tale of how he turned into a panda and Ranma arrived looking very female, “Now then you’ve heard of tengu, kappa, kitsune, oni, basan, hibagon, and other mythological creatures. And I’m pretty certain you thought of them as nothing more than children’s tales, fantasy creatures, and characters from animation. I am here to tell you they are as real as you, me, my husband, and the poor koi fish that are now going to have bad dreams about wet pandas. There are two sides to this world, the world you were born into and the world Ranma and I were born into. The Earth is made up of humans, ordinary creatures like the koi you keep, and everything else.”
Puzzled by what Nodoka had told them so far Soun asked for clarification, “Everything else? Do you mean all those legends, creatures, and magic are real?”
With a nod Nodoka answered Soun’s inquiry, “You saw my husband become a panda before your very eyes. That would prove they are very real including dragons. You see just as the human Japanese have their Self Defense Force the magical Japanese and magical communities all over the world have their own defense specialists. In the magical world dragons are tasked with keeping humans and magical creatures safe from the evils of the magical and human world. Dragons are the purest creatures on Earth each born one hundred percent good. My family has been protecting the magical world for centuries in both Europe and here in Japan. Ranma and I are dragons and Ranma is the heir to the mantel of Japanese Dragon.”
The middle Tendo daughter blinked in disbelief at hearing the wife of her father’s friend and her son were claiming to be fire breathing dragons. They looked as human as anyone else in the room. “I find it a little hard to believe you two are dragons when you look completely human Saotome-san,” she remarked.
“All in due time. All in due time,” Nodoka said with a knowing nod, “Now then what does this have to do with my husband the panda? You see, for the last ten years Genma, Ranma, and I have been traveling throughout Japan going from one training ground to another in the name of the arts both martial and magical. While Genma trained him how to deal with human opponents I trained Ranma how to deal with magical opponents. About six months ago, Genma decided to expand our training by including a few training grounds in China. Some were useful as they were popular places with high level practitioners of Kung Fu. Then, there was Jusenkyo.”
“The human book Genna had on Jusenkyo was old and worn and barely covered exactly what it was. I had known I had heard the name before but I wasn’t certain from where. Jusenkyo is a training ground perfect for balance training and since it was Genma’s turn at training Ranma he insisted on using the bamboo poles in the pools of Jusenkyo for such training. Unfortunately, as I watched their training exercise take place Genma knocked Ranma into one of the pools and in turn Ranma did the same to Genma. Ranma becomes the red head you met and Genma becomes the panda. The magic is water based. Cold water activates the curse while hot water reverses it.”
With the tale told Nodoka took the kettle the eldest daughter prepared and poured it over Genma’s head turning him human once more with a growl, “Grrrrooouch the guide said hot not boiling!”
“Oh my,” The eldest daughter commented.
Akane did not look too impressed with the display. So far all the Saotomes had proven was the existence of ancient magical water born curses from China. The dragon claim still seemed farfetched to her. “I can buy the curses but the dragon stuff? That’s just too strange to be true,” She commented.
With a sigh, Nodoka motioned to her son to demonstrate their dragon side to their hosts. Reluctantly Ranma went to the garden and in a display of swirling mists Ranma went from human to a seven foot six inch red and golden dragon. The Tendos were left speechless as Ranma stretched out his wings giving them a bit of a flutter kicking up a few leaves and twigs in the yard of the dojo. With the display over Ranma turned back to a human and faced the family.
“Ranma Saotome and that’s my mom Nodoka and my pop Genma. Sorry about all of that,” Ranma apologized for what took place earlier.
Soun smiled and returned the pleasantries getting down to the actual reason why Ranma and his parents had come to his home, “Ranma I’d like for you to meet my daughters. This is Kasumi age nineteen. She runs the house. Here we have Nabiki age seventeen. She manages the household finances. And this is Akane age sixteen. She’s the champion of the Tendo family dojo,” Soun indicated each daughter as he introduced them by name, “Pick anyone you want and she’ll be your fiancé.”
“F-f-f-fiancé…” Ranma stammered in utter confusion.
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(Posted Sat, 11 Jun 2011 07:56)
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