Hey,this is to Lost Lurker,who tells me to write something other
than Sailor Moon crossovers. Here! A Ranma fusion with FF7. I
was sort of inspired by Dark Alpha's "Watering of a Horse." Like
Dark Alpha,I like Akane. I subbed a FF7 character for Akane.

C&C are greatly asked for. :)



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** White Lotus Ninja **
** A Ranma / FF7 fusion fic **
** Written by Cosmic Knight **

NOTE: The link picture is made from a Ranma/Ranma-chan picture composed 
as the background for a Yuffie picture by Rei(rei_00@geocities.com). None of the pictures are mine,so please don't sue me! :)

LEGEND:
 ~~: Thoughts
 []: Signs,postcards,letters
 //: Foreign languages

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Chapter 1: The Ninja and the Kempoist
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It was raining in Nerima,Tokyo.

That in itself was not unusual.

What WAS unusual was the red-haired girl dashing through the rain,
barefoot,who carried a backpack in one hand. No,on second thought,
that in itself wasn't unusual,but coupled with the fact that she
was being chased by a GIANT panda,walking on two feet nonetheless,
was REALLY unusual. But then,Nerima was a magnet for weirdness.

"GET LOST!" screamed the girl,who bounced off a wall,over a pile of
crates,and onto an awning,bouncing off and slamming his foot into
the panda's thick skull. "Why didn't you ASK me before getting me
engaged?" She whirled about and glared at the giant panda.

The huge creature was a fright to those who saw it,considering that
many people in the area thought that pandas were only allowed in
Tokyo in cages in the zoo,not roaming about freely.

"You wanna fight?" snarled the girl. "Come on!" She took a stance.

The panda rose up to its full height,a sight of pure terror. It lashed
out with one of its foreclaws,but the girl nimbly dodged the swipe. The
creature swung and flailed at the girl,who evaded all its attacks. At
last,the girl nabbed one of the panda's claws and hurled it with a crash
into a nearby street sign,breaking it off its post.

"I'm going back to China," snarled the girl. "And there is nothing..."

Her sharp words were cut short when the sign fell off the post and fell
SMACK on her head. #BONG!!!# The girl collapsed into a heap.

The panda got up,snorted in laughter,and hefted the girl over his big
shoulder. Seeing the observers,it snarled and went on its way.

==+==

On the porch of a typical Japanese house was a middle-aged man with long
black hair and a mustache in a brown gi. He was checking his mail,as was
the norm. Soun Tendo was shielded from the spattering rain by the porch
cover as he threw away various junk mail,chain letters,and XXXX-rated
magazines given for free by their publishers as a last-minute effott to
save their dying company,a futile effort for this person.

Finally,his eyes lit on a postcard with a panda on it. He saw that the
postcard was address from China. He flipped it about.

[Coming back from China with Ranma - Saotome]

This grown man began to cry buckets. "Finally!" he wailed. "Ranma is
coming here. How I have waited for this day!" As if in anger,the wind
blew a "BOOOOO!" from the sky and large hailstones hammered down around
the old martial-artist. Of course,Soun was safe under the awning. He
went into the house and called for his daughters.

Soun then began to think. His oldest daughter was in the kitchen...

A nineteen-year old brunette was cooking dinner in the kitchen,as Soun
had expected when he poked his head in. "Kasumi," he said.

The girl turned her head. "Yes,father?"

Soun thought again. His middle daughter would be loitering...

A seventeen-year old girl with slicked-back brown hair was reading a
manga while lying on her bed. Soun poked his head in. "Nabiki."

"Yeah,pop?" asked the girl,looking up from her reading.

Soun thought once more,and his head began to smoke. His YOUNGEST
daughter would probably be training. He went to the dojo and poked
his head in. The dojo was empty. "Where is that girl?" he muttered.

A mob of angry people screamed as they ran past the house. Soun let out
a deep sigh. "Oh no..." he moaned. His daughter was at it AGAIN.

==+==

In a bedroom,a window silently slid open as a girl with her long dark
brown hair tied up in a ponytail snuck in. She was wearing a ninja's
outfit and had a veil over his mouth to hide her face. She closed the
window and took off the veil,revealing a beautiful sixteen-year old.

"Heh heh," she chuckled to herself,putting her sack on the desk. "Let's
see what I have for today's haul..." She opened her sack and poured out
loads of yen coins and bills,a few pieces of jewelry like earrings,and
a couple of watches. "Jackpot." She then felt someone tap her shoulder
and whirled around,ready to subdue the attacker.

"Don't do that," said Nabiki,wagging her finger. "Yuffie,don't tell me
you were at it AGAIN. You've got to control this kleptomanic behavior."

"Hey!" said the girl defensively,undoing her sash and dropping it. "At
least *I* take up the financial slack when you drop,sis! You should be
honored that someone of like mind is keeping this dojo afloat! You have
not been getting many customers recently." She smirked wickedly.

Nabiki rolled her eyes. Of all the girls she had to have as a sister,
Yuffie was the worst. The teenager was a tried-and-true klepto with
a mischevious sense of humor and tended to be troublesome. Still,as
long as she stayed out of trouble,Nabiki didn't mind - things had been
going slow with her 'clients' and someone needed to pay off the rent.

Yuffie turned and sorted through her wares. "Hmm...Nabiki,I bet I made
enough to keep this place alive for another month or so. I can probably
pawn off the non-cash items for a hefty profit on the black market..."

"Whatever," said Nabiki. "Yuffie,father has something important to tell
us,something VERY important. He wants all three of us to come down."

Yuffie turned to her and sweatdropped. ~Uh oh...~ she thought.

==+==

Nabiki and Yuffie sat down with Kasumi,who was already there,and Soun
looked at each of them. "I am glad you all came," said Soun softly.
"There is something very important I need to discuss,which concerns
each of you. As you know,the finances of this place are...not so good.
In fact,Nabiki and Yuffie had gone to...illicit means to get the assets
to keep us from being thrown out onto the street."

Yuffie began to turn pale.

"But now,thanks to an old friend of mine," said Soun happily. "Yuffie
will have no further need of her...ahem...nightly activities."

"OH MY GOD!" cried Yuffie,throwing herself at Soun's feet. "Don't throw
me in jail,dad! I swear I won't steal again!!!"

Soun sweatdropped,as did the other girls. He picked Yuffie up and patted
her shoulders. "Now now,dear,I wasn't talking about your incarcenation.
Sit down." Yuffie reluctantly sat down. "What I meant wasn't like that,
daughter. Ten years ago,when you three were young,I and a fellow martial
artist,one whom I studied with,made a vow. When his son and my youngest
daughter came to the proper age of marriage,one of you would become his
iizanuke. That means you would be engaged to marry the boy."

"WHAT!?" cried Yuffie in shock,getting up. "You mean we have a fiance?!"

"Oh my," said Kasumi. "You never told us this."

"He didn't want any of us to run away from home," said Nabiki.

"Why didn't you tell us this?" demanded Yuffie in a rare fit of anger.
In a flash,her boomerang was in her hand,ready to behead Soun.

"This is for the good of our school of martial arts," said Soun firmly.
He began to smile widely. "At long last,the schools of Saotome and Tendo
will finally be conjoined! One of my daughters will marry my friend's
son,Ranma Saotome,and carry on the Art of Anything-Goes!"

"Is that the boy's name?" asked Yuffie,putting down the weapon.

"Yes," said Soun. "He and my friend,Genma,have just come back."

"You should have at least told us earlier," said Yuffie,still upset.
She then smirked evilly. ~Maybe I can torture the kid to death...~

"I hope he is not younger than me," said Kasumi,looking at her hands.

"I wouldn't mind,if he's cute," said Nabiki. "What does he look like?"

Soun shrugged. "I don't know. I have never seen Ranma before."

Kasumi sighed and Nabiki did a double take. Yuffie rolled her eyes.
"DAD! You mean you have never met him before? He could be hideous!
He could be a spiky-haired cyborg with a big sword on his back!"

"No swords," said Soun firmly. "Saotome-kun has trained his son in the
art of Anything-Goes Martial Arts,just like you,Yuffie." Soun smiled.
The one redeeming factor of Yuffie was that she DID train hard in the
Art. That was probably the only thing that let Soun tolerate her.

Just then,there was a knock on the door. "Ah,that must them now," said
Kasumi. She got up and went to the door.

"At last,we will see your new iizanuke," said Soun proudly. He went to
the door as Kasumi opened it...only to find a big wall of fur. "Nani?"

"Oh my," said Kasumi. "I didn't know your friend was a panda."

"Me neither," said Soun in shock. Nabiki and Yuffie came in just in time
to see the giant panda push his way into the entarance hall. The panda
was holding a struggling red-head with a big lump on her scalp.

"Let go of me,you stupid bastard!" shouted the person. "You're scaring
them!" The teenager bashed the panda on the head.

Yuffie began to snicker uncontrollably. "Oh,this is a riot," she said.

"I think this panda came in uninvited," said Nabiki.

The panda deposited its cargo on the floor. The girl glared at the
panda,then realized that she was being watched and turned to them.
Looking around and finding no escape,she sighed. "Uh...I'm Ranma 
Saotom. Sorry about this," she said,blushing.

"Ranma!" said Soun,hugging the red-head. "At last,our families can
be conjoined!" He then realized something. "Eh?"

Nabiki went up and touched the girl's chest. "This ain't no girl."

Yuffie began to double over in laughter. "BWA HA HA HA!! This is RICH!
Dad,you set this all up to scare me into doing good,didn't you?"

Soun did the first thing he could. He fainted.

==+==

Kasumi sighed as she put a wet rag on Soun's forehead. He regained
consciousness and looked at Ranma,who was standing nearby. "B-B-But
Saotome-kun...I swear he had a son!"

"Does THIS look like a boy to you,dad?" asked Nabiki,touching Ranma.

"Ano...don't do that," begged Ranma,blushing.

Yuffie was still in hysterics. "C'mon dad,you were so flimsy. I saw
right this whole set-up. Too bad your plan failed." She looked at the
red-head and smiled. ~She's got a sexy body,good for a nice boy,~ she
thought. ~Shame it's a girl. Oh well...~ She went up to Ranma. "Hi!
My's name's Yuffie." She held out her hand and shook it,then gasped as
Ranma did a complex finger gesture with her handshake. "You..."

Ranma nodded. "You are a member of the Tokyo Ninja Guild," she said in a whisper. "I happen to be an honorary member. Nice to meet you,Yuffie."

Yuffie was in awe. ~This girl's one of us!~ She then smiled gently.
"Hey,want me to show you around the place?"

"Sure," said Ranma with a smile. "I heard you had a dojo."

"Oh yeah," said Yuffie. "Let's go see it."

They treaded past the panda,who was shaking his head.

==+==

The dojo was a big wooden room with seats for an audience and a few
decorations. It had all the trapping of a ninja's training hall. Cinder
bricks lay shattered in the corner,obviously Yuffie's handiwork.

"So,you're a ninja,eh?" asked Yuffie.

"Not a real ninja,but I do know their tricks," said Ranma. "Pops sort of
forced me to join the guild when several yazuka came after us."

"Wow!" said Yuffie in awe. "I wish that happened to me! More excitement
in my life!" She sighed. "Oh well,want to spar?"

"Sure," said Ranma nervously.

Yuffie scratched her head. "Well,if you don't want to..."

"No,let's begin," said Ranma,not moving. Yuffie wondered why she wasn't
taking the usual attack stance all martial artists used.

Yuffie shrugged. "Okay,but don't expect me to go easy on you." She
did a leap and flew at Ranma with her foot out,but Ranma sidestepped
the attack. Yuffie whirled about and swung at Ranma,who leapfrogged
over her. "Hey! What's the big idea? Counter-attack!"

"I don't hit girls," said Ranma bluntly.

"So,you're a pansy,eh?" said Yuffie mischeviously. Oh,this would be
FUN,if not boring. She pressed her attack - roundhouse kick,flip kick,
double strike. Ranma just evaded them.

"Okay,no more Miss Nice Ninja," said Yuffie. She whipped out a handful
of shuriken. "HA!" She flung them at Ranma,who vanished into thin air.
Yuffie was wide-eyed in shock when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She
turned to see Ranma's face. "Whoa,you really shocked me!"

"Sorry," said Ranma. "Old Saotome Secret Technique - run away and hide."

"But that ninjitsu art..." said Yuffie. "Are you a White Lotus?"

"Actually,I don't have a rank," said Ranma,smiling.

"Well,you sure learn some of the higher ninja arts," said Yuffie,bowing.
"I was unequalled in fighting until you showed up. I'm glad you aren't
a boy. I would have been REAL embarrassed if a boy defeated me."

Ranma became more nervous. Yuffie was very confused. ~What's up?~

A voice startled them both. They turned to see Kasumi. "Ah,Yuffie,
Ranma," she said. "I prepared a bath for you before dinner."

Ranma sighed deeply and followed Kasumi out of the hall. Yuffie shook
her head,then scratched it in confusion. "What's with that girl?"

==+==

Yuffie went to her room and pushed all the "wares" she had gotten from
last night's haul into her desk as Nabiki came in. "Sis,you should take
a bath. You are gonna knock everyone out with that stench."

Yuffie giggled. Nabiki was the only friend she had in the world. The two
girls had exact mindsets - both loved to steal money,but Nabiki did it
in a more insidous way;by extortion. Yuffie would never go THAT low,but
she had her flaws. Yuffie was a pure klepto.

"Okay,I guess I should take a bath," said Yuffie with a grin. "Now get
out of here while I strip." She smiled as Nabiki left.

==+==

Yuffie went to the bathroom nearby,her hair loose and only a towel as
a covering over her naked body. She heard splashing as she came to the
door. ~Ranma must still be in there.~ She went inside and closed the
door,letting the towel drop and reveal her nudity. "Ranma,are you done?"

She heard a splash as Ranma slowly got up. Yuffie brushed away the fog.

Her eyes doubled in size to see who was standing in the bathtub.

It was a black-haired boy,and she was getting a full frontal show.
She then realized in shock that SHE was naked too.

Yuffie grabbed her mouth,then quickly put her towel back on and ran out
of the door into the dining room. "OH MY GOD!" she screamed in a tone
that told everyone within earshot that Yuffie was distressed.

"Yuffie-chan,what's wrong?!" asked Nabiki as Yuffie clutched her. She
became greatly distraught at her little sister's behavior.

"There...is...a...boy in the bathroom!" gasped Yuffie,her face ashen.
"I think he's a pervert,because he saw me NAKED!! AH!"

"That's strange," said Kasumi,putting down her tea. "I thought Ranma
was there." Just then,the boy - who was dressed - came in.

"Uh...I'm Ranma Saotome," he said sheepishly. "Sorry about this."

==+==

The sun was yawning heavily as it sank into the horizon,while inside
the Tendo household,things were going on. Genma,who had arrived with
mystery,sat down opposite the Tendo family at the family table.

"So,Saotome-kun,you DID have a son!" said Soun happily.

"Shut up!" said Yuffie,quite upset. She turned to the two men. "Okay,
where is the other Ranma,that girl with the red hair?"

"Ah...ano..." said Genma,who was a balding middle-aged man with glasses.
"How can I explain this...?" He then lit up. "I know!" He stood up and,
as he got up,flipped Ranma over his shoulder. The boy flew out the
window and landed,screaming and flailing,into the nearby koi pond.

The water bubbled as the people came outside. Sure enough,the girl
popped her head from the pond. "What the hell was that for,Pops!?"

Everyone looked at the girl. "So...Ranma become a girl," said Soun.
"But what happened to the panda we saw earlier?"

"Hmmm..." said Yuffie,a wicked smirk on her face. With a little bit of
help from her ninjitsu training,she flipped Genma - who was six times
her bulk - over into the pond. #SPLASH!# The panda surfaced.

"Saotome-kun?! Is that you?" asked Soun in shock.

"Oh my," said Kasumi,her hand to her face.

"So,Ranma becomes the girl and Genma is the panda," said Yuffie. "Now,
the big six-thousand yen question is...HOW DID THEY END UP LIKE THIS?"

The panda held up a sign. [This is Ranma's fault!]

"NANI!?" snapped Ranma-chan. "YOU were the stupid fool who took us to
that cursed training ground in China,Jusenkyo!!"

"Jusenkyo?" asked Yuffie in horror. "You went THERE? How could you?"

"Let's get them inside," said Kasumi. She led the panda and girl out
of the pool and dried them off. "But how did they change back?"

[Hot water,] the panda's sign read. Kasumi went and in a few minutes,
she came out with a steaming tea kettle. He upended the tea kettle onto
himself and then turned back into Genma.

Soun fainted for the second time that day.

==+==

Once Soun recovered,Genma explained everything about Jusenkyo...

~~~~+~~~~

"Welcome,sirs,to legendary training ground of Jusenkyo," said the
portly guide who greeted Ranma and Genma.

"Nice place," said Ranma. "Let's begin."

"That's my boy!" said Genma. The two put their backpacks down and
leapt onto a couple of bamboo poles sticking from the pools.

"No! Do not touch water!" said the guide in horror. "Springs cursed!"

"Then we'll have to avoid them,right son?" teased Genma. "Go!"

#THWACK!# #CRACK!# The sound of the two men meeting in mid-air again
and again resounded through the valley as they sparred. However,Ranma
smiled evilly and did a ninja flip over his father,knocking him into
one of the pools. He landed with a three-point landing on the ground.

"Ha ha ha!" laughed Ranma. "How's that,old man?"

"Oh,bad,very bad!" said the guide,his face ashen. "That spring-of-
drowned-panda,Shaomaonichan! Tragic story of giant panda who fall
into spring and drown two thousand year ago. Now,anything that enter
spring turn into giant panda! I suggest you run."

"Huh?" asked Ranma,seconds before a HUGE panda burst from the water
and growled as it charged at Ranma,striking at him. After a long series
of evading blows,one lucky hit clipped Ranma on the chest and sent him
flying into a nearby pool with a SPLAAAAAAASH!

"Ayiah!" cried the guide in horror. "That spring-of-drowned-ninja-girl, Nyanjizikunichan! Tragic legend of ninja girl who drown in spring 1500 year ago! Now,whatever fall into sprin become female ninja!"

Ranma burst from the pool and ripped open his shirt. He saw,in horror,
that he had sprouted breasts! "AAAAAAAAAAAH!" she screamed. As she came
out of the pool,she flipped out and landed perfectly on the ground.
She then realized her diminished size and her lithe body. It felt as
if she had been training in ninjitsu all her life. "What the hell?!"

"Hot water reverse effects," said the guide. "But cold water give back."

The panda then attacked again,but Ranma-chan was able to leap onto a
nearby cliff,knocking someone into another pool before she ran off.

~~~~+~~~~

"And I ran for hours,until I was able to wear the big lug out," said
Ranma-chan as she finished the tale.

Yuffie went and fetched the tea kettle again,then splashed Ranma with
the contents,who cried out in pain. "Hot water makes you normal."

"Ouch! That was TOO hot!" shouted Ranma angrily.

Soun laughed. "So,the engagement can still be in effect!"

"NANI?!!" cried the Tendo daughters all at once.

"Yep,we can still marry Ranma," said Soun happily. "Ranma,I give to
you my three daughters;Kasumi,age 19;Nabiki,age 17;and Yuffie,age 16.
One of these young ladies will be your iizanuke. Choose."

Nabiki smirked. She had a plan. With Yuffie as his wife,maybe Ranma could curb the ninja's...tendencies. "Oh,he wants Yuffie."

"Whaaaaaat?!" cried Yuffie,doing a double take. She growled. "You
traitorous bitch! How dare you turn against me!"

"Hey,it's for your own good,Yuf-chan," said Nabiki. "You don't like
boys,and he's half boy. Besides,maybe he can curb that...problem."

"I do NOT have a problem!" said Yuffie,getting up. Suddenly,a gold
watch fell out of her pocket. Genma saw that it was his.

"That is my watch," he said gruffly.

"Er...ano..." said Yuffie,sweatdropping.

"You DON'T have a problem?" teased Nabiki.

"I was gonna return it,sis!" said Yuffie angrily. She threw the
watch back. "Sheesh,why'd I want his crummy old watch?"

"I'm not marrying some crazy klepto," said Ranma.

"And I'm not marry some weird pervert!" shouted Yuffie. "How dare you!
You saw me naked!" She was turning red in embarrassment.

"Hey,you walked in on me!" shouted Ranma. "By the way,I noticed that
you got a pretty good look at me as well!" He laughed. "Hey,I've got
a WAAAAAAAY sexier body than you,and I am a better female ninja!"

"You...ano...ARGH!!" Yuffie said. She hurled a spray of shuriken at
Ranma and pinned him to the wall. "BASTARD!" She stormed off.

"They are already getting along," cooed Kasumi.

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