Ranma � created by Rumiko Tashashi, (c) 1993. Used without permission.
This is the final draft (hopefully). Comments, criticisms, "mstings", etc.
are very much appreciated. I hope you enjoy this 'fic as much as I had
writing it.
<...> indicates thought. {...} indicates Chinese dialogue. [...] indicates
words read on a sign.
Up to this point...
Andrew crash-lands into the Tendo yard after being pursued by Happousai
thinking he was Akane. No wonder, since Akane and Andrew quickly find out
that they look alike, and learn from Soun that they were twins. However,
Soun refuses to tell them who was their real mother, since she could not
have children.
In our last chapter/episode, Kasumi and Dr. Tofu discover that some
forgery has been done on Kasumi's mother's medical files. Furinkan High
School meets Andrew. Shampoo and Cologne crashes the school during lunch
time, in an attempt to get Ranma. However, a friend of Andrew's, a dragon
named Yukio, appears from his magical bag. He and Cologne, two long-lost
lovers, reunite and fly away in the sunset while the rest of the class
decide that they oughta get a cold one. Meanwhile, Soun secretly meets with
a mysterious woman who he tells about Andrew's return. Confused? Bored? You
won't be after this episode of "Oh, Brother!"
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("Oh, Brother!" Opening Theme Song: "Jugyouchuu no Shougakkou" aka "In the
Middle of Class of Elementary School.")
Episode 3: "Oh, my!"
(It is the next day. Andrew is alone. Ranma-chan enters into the home.)
Andrew: Oh, hello. Are you here on business? Nabiki Tendo is not available
right now.
Ranma-chan: Um...
(Nodoka walks in from the outside.)
Nodoka: Ranko, Akane, how are you doing?
Andrew: Who's Ranko?
(Nodoka touches Andrew's head and sniffs it.) Has someone been messing up
your mind? Like with some Shampoo.
Ranma-chan (in that girly-dizzy voice): Oh, Auntie Saotome! This isn't Akane!
Nodoka: This isn't?
Andrew: Uh, Saotome, right? You're (Ranma-chan kicks Andrew in the groin.)
---urk!
Nodoka: Ranko! It's not lady-like to hit a girl like that? What's you're
name, dear girl?
Andrew: I'm...not...a...girl...(He falls over.)
Nodoka: She's not a girl? Are you one of those transvestites like Tsubasa?
Ranma-chan: Oh, ah, yeah. (Andrew glares at him.) Wait, I mean no! He's
Akane's brother.
Nodoka: Brother...that's rather...wahahahaha! (Nodoka falls over, laughs,
and rolls on the floor.)
Ranma-chan: Uh, Auntie Saotome...
Nodoka: Next thing you'll tell is that you're a guy!
Ranma-chan:... (Andrew gets up. He checks himself over.)
Andrew: Ow...(turns to Ranma-chan, Soun's patent Big-Head mode on) Girl,
don't hit me in the nuts, okay? (Ranma-chan falls over. Andrew's Big-Head
mode is turned off. He glares at Ranma-chan.)
Nodoka: Well, you do seem to be related to the Tendo family. Are you really
Akane's brother?
Andrew: Well, yeah. I'm her twin brother.
Nodoka: Then how come I haven't seen you around here?
Andrew: I've just came here yesterday.
Ranma-chan: Auntie Saotome, have you seen Akane, lately?
Nodoka: No, not really. By the way, where is Mr. Panda?
Ranma-chan: Um, I'm not sure.
Nodoka: I see. So, have you been with Ranko, Andrew?
Andrew: I have no idea what you're talking about. I just found out that Soun
is my real father.
Nodoka: Oh, then I guess you wouldn't have known that Ranko is your cousin.
Andrew: WHAT? Cousin? (We hear steps coming down.)
Akane's voice: Hey! Can someone please... (We see Akane appear.) Oh, Ranko!
Auntie Saotome! I see you've met my brother, Andrew-kun. (Nodoka looks
confused seeing Akane & Andrew.)
Nodoka: But...you...and you...uuuhhh! (Nodoka faints.)
Akane: Hmm. She took it better than I thought.
Ranma-chan: You said it.
Andrew (turns around to Ranma-chan): So, you're my cousin? Ranko, right?
(Ranma-chan and Akane look at each other. They both big-sweat a bit.)
Akane: Uh...yeah.
Ranma-chan: Akane, can we talk for a second, in private?
Akane: Sure. How about in the kitchen?
Andrew: Wait, not in there! (Suddenly, the kitchen explodes.)
Ranma-chan: Let me guess, you were making something?
Andrew: A souffle.
Akane: Well, it can't be that bad. (The souffle starts to seep into the
living room like those Lava-Men you'd see in D&D the Cartoon or some really
bad Sci-fi B-movie. You know, the kind that would be MSTed on MST3K?)
Andrew: Maybe I shouldn't have put the baking soda into the souffle.
(Ranma-chan face-faults.)
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(The scene shifts to Nabiki and Kasumi, who are grocery shopping.)
Nabiki: It's rather strange that Father hasn't come back by now, Oneechan.
Kasumi: I do hope he's alright. Because (shouting, big-head mode on.) I want
to rip his guts out and force feed it to his face!!! (Big-head mode off.She
looks as everyone in the shopping mall has turned and looked at Kasumi. She
blushes. As everyone backs away from Kasumi...)
Nabiki: You have taken this rather hard, Kasumi.
Kasumi (looking strangely at Nabiki): And you haven't?
Nabiki: Well, I'm not surprised, but I am rather intrigued. If our real
mother is still alive, then I'd like to know who she was.
Kasumi: Nabiki!
Nabiki: Well, I can't help myself! Speaking of help, look who's coming.
(We see Shampoo looking around, with a basket.)
Shampoo: Oh, hello Nice Woman and Scheaming Girl!
Nabiki: For once, I'd like to you to call us by our right names.
Shampoo: Okay, I love you both, bie bie! (Nabiki and Kasumi blink in
confusion.) (muttering) Next time Shampoo must approve script or writer
dies! (to Nabiki & Kasumi) Where's Violent girl and her brother?
Kasumi: If I recall, they were cooking at home.
Nabiki: What?!
Shampoo: What, two bad cooks?
Nabiki: Oh, Kami-sama! The house must be on fire!
(We quickly see Akane, Andrew, and Ranma-chan looking on as fire-fighters
fight the kitchen fire and the living souffle. The fire-fighters are losing.)
Andrew: Okay, so my souffles are fire-demons. How was I suppose to know that
the cooking oil I was using was Kerosol and Gasoline, anyway? Who labels
these things anyway? (Akane blushes. Andrew scowls at Akane.) I see.
Ranma-chan: How come it didn't explode right away when you put it in the oven?
Andrew: There's a delay-time mechanism on the oven. The directions said that
the souffle needs to settle before cooking. I figured fifteen minutes was
enough.
Akane: When our oneechans come back from shopping, they're gonna kill us.
Andrew: Don't blame me! Kasumi said we'd have to get our own dinners.
(Fire-fighters come back limping. One fire-fighter is being carried out,
he's unconscious, and his helmet is crushed in.)
Ranma-chan: I see they've stumbled on your one-pound meatloafs, Akane.
(Akane glares at Ranma-chan.)
(It's sometime later. We see Ranma, Andrew, Akane, Kasumi, Nabiki, and
Shampoo eating at a Thai restaraunt in Tokyo. They are sitting in one of
those seats that suround around a table. Andrew does a bit of figuring on
TI-92 calcuator.)
Akane: Kasumi, did you have to invite Shampoo to dinner?
Kasumi: Oh, yes, Akane. She helped me get a great deal on a kitana.
(Akane looks at a cat-like grinning Shampoo, nervously.)
Nabiki: How much will a new kitchen cost us, bro?
Andrew: I'm working on it. Do you realize how much a new dishwasher cost
around here?
Nabiki: Yeah. That's partly why you're paying for the new kitchen. And for
dinner. (Andrew groans.)
Ranma: Say, isn't that Soun over there?
(They turn to see Soun talking to the Woman. She's still in the shadow.)
Nabiki (whispering): Yup. Say, who's the woman?
Akane (whispering): I've never seen her before.
(Soun and the Woman finish their dinner and head to the front of the table.
The Woman now appears for the first time. She looks like an slightly older
version Kasumi with Purple Hair. Shampoo gasps.)
Shampoo (whispering): Aie! It's Shampoo's mother!
Ranma (whispering): Your mother? What's she doing here?
Shampoo(whispering): Shampoo not know. Shampoo also puzzled why there are no
guards around Mother.
Ranma (whispering; aren't you tired of that?): She's Queen of the Amazons,
right? (Shampoo nods "yes." Soun and the Woman stand in front of them. The
way the restaurant is designed, the round-bar seats are towards the door, so
Soun and the Woman does not see that they are being ease-dropped. Shampoo,
Ranma, Akane, Andrew, Kausmi, & Nabiki listen intently.)
Soun: So, my dear friend, when are you "officially" to be in Japan?
Shampoo's Mother (SM): As soon as the Amazon Village has been completely
moved away from China. Until then, no one is suppose to know about my
existance here.
Soun: Oh, yes, to that island in the South Pacific you were talking about.
(Shampoo gets this big-eyes look.)
SM: We must keep this away from my great-grandmother. She's the only one
that would strictly object to my intentions. I bet she doesn't even know
about the financial plans on turning the Amazon Village into a resort.
Hopefully, this will bring in customers and husbands.
Soun: Do you miss your sister?
SM (weeping): I do. She has done very well with our children, and I expect
Kasumi to be so much like her.
Soun: What about your other daughter...and you know, the claim that I was
mentioning about?
SM: It is something that I should expect she and your youngest daughter to
work out on their owns. Hopefully by some sociable means.
Soun: In other words, you expect a lawsuit.
SM: Oh, yeah. Big time. (Shampoo and Akane nervously smile at each other.)
Soun: I see. How about dinner tomorrow night at my place? I've concocted a
scheme that should keep our children busy.
SM: Even for Shampoo?
Soun: Even for Shampoo. I've been working on that passion spice variant that
you were telling me about in your last letter.
SM: And how is it?
Soun: If this doesn't get people falling in love, I don't know what would.
SM: So, it does work.
Soun: Of course. I got this oni name Lum and this fellow name Ataru to try it.
(Ranma, Akane, and Nabiki bug-out. Shampoo breaks her chopsticks. Kasumi and
Andrew blush.)
SM: That's quite alright. How long were they like that?
Soun: They're still on it. The one I'm making for our children should only
be for a few days. Including Shampoo.
(Andrew and Akane mouth out the words, "A FEW DAYS?!")
SM: I wouldn't make it that long.
Soun: I don't how to make it any shorter.
SM: Oh. Well, shall we head back home?
Soun: Uh, sure.
SM: By the way, where did you send the panda to?
Soun: Gen...oh the Panda! He's heading to the National Zoo in Washington
D.C. They really need a male panda for them to use as as mating partner.
They paid top yen for him. (Shampoo's Mother pouts at him.) How else was I
suppose to pay for this meal?
(Ranma falls over. Andrew's chopsticks breaks. Everyone else has
face-faulted.)
SM: I see. Well, shall we go?
Soun: Absolutely, my darling Queen Shower.
Shower: Hush, hush, don't call me Queen. Besides, we still need to talk
about you being my Prince-Consort.
Soun: You know I would.
Shower: Of course I know. But, I still need to tell you all of the details
that this involves, especially the wedding. (Soun and Shower stroll out of
the restaurant, arm in arm. Everyone that has been ease-dropping look at
each other.)
Shampoo(looking confused): Mother's dating Violent Girl's Father...
Kasumi (angrily):...no, that's our mother...
Nabiki: ...and Cologne would be our great-grandmother...
Ranma: ...and your father sold my father to the San Diego Zoo...
Andrew (looks completely stunned): ...and...and a wedding...
Akane: ...and Shampoo and I are...step-sisters? Oh, no...
Everyone, but Ranma: ...Aieee! We're all related! (Ranma slaps himself.)
Ranma: Great. It seems that I can't get away from _any_ Chinese Amazons.
Just my luck.(The Tendos and Shampoo glare at Ranma. Ranma starts to
big-sweat.) Wait. I-I-I didn't mean that...really! Eep! (The scene fades as
there is a lot of sounds of fighting.)
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("Oh, Brother!" Ending Theme Song: "MMMBop.")
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Author's Notes:
Hello! How's the fan-fic going? Like I said in the introduction, I really
would appreicate any comments, MSTings, etc. that you have for this series.