From: chrismg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (christian gadeken)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Ranma's Timeslip, Part 2
Date: 19 Nov 92 20:43:31 GMT
Reply-To: chrismg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (christian gadeken)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
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		Ranma 1/2 - Actor in the Mirror

			   Part 2
{Author's note:Ranma's favorite phrase for Akane, "Kawaikune-" 
literally translates as "not cute."  Some people have translated
it as 'obnoxious' as a colloquialism.  I have picked the latter.}


	[Angle on a rocky ledge.  Ranma and Akane are sprawled
	on the ground, Ranma still holding the onion and mirror.
	Akane sits up and looks around in confusion.]

	Akane:[going over to Ranma and shaking him.]  Hey! Wake
	up!  What's going on here and where are we?

	Ranma:[opens his eyes.] Huh?  [sits up and glares at 
	Akane.]  Idiot! I told you to get away, if you had, you
	wouldn't be- [looks around] here...

	[Ranma jumps up and walks over to the rim of the ledge.
	He peers down for a moment, then a grin spreads over his
	face.]

	Ranma:All RIGHT!!  I did it! I'm here... [pause]  But 
	*when* am I?  If this is really just before we got here,
	we should be...

	Akane:[who's been watching this with increasing impatience.]
	What are you babbling about?!  Where are we!?

	Ranma:Be quiet a second.  [walks to the other side of the
	ledge and peers down.] Bingo!!  [over his shoulder]  Akane,
	take a look.

	[She comes over and looks down.  Below the ledge is a winding
	mountain road.  In the distance, two figures can be seen
	approaching through the thinning morning mist.  As they get
	closer, we see that they are-

	Akane:[stunned] Uncle Saotome and- and YOU!?  What's going
	on here?

	Ranma:Take a look over the other side.

	[Akane walks across the ledge and peers down. Through the
	mist, we see a valley filled with small pools.  Bamboo
	poles rise into the air at intervals across the valley.]

	Akane:This... This is Jusenkyo?  You used Happosai's magic
	mirror to travel back in time...

	Ranma:And now, I'm going to keep those two idiots from
	getting themselves cursed!  [turns to jump down from the 
	ledge.]
	
	Akane:How?

	Ranma:Ummm... um.

	Akane:How would you react if another you appeared and started
	ordering you around?

	Ranma:Punch his face, most likely...  Ummm, I guess I'll have
	to get tricky...

	[Cut to an angle on the road to Jusenkyo.  Ranma and Genma are
	walking along it, arguing as usual.]

	Genma:I tell you it's just a little farther!

	Ranma:You've been saying that *all day*!  And how do we
	know this place is still open for training, since you
	can't read the description in that Chinese book?

	Genma:If it's not open, we'll just use the equipment they
	left behind.  Be a man, Ranma!  Won't you do anything for
	the sake of your art?

	Ranma:Anything except die of exhaustion!  Why don't we-

	[Ranma breaks off as two figures appear in the road ahead.
	Akane and Ranma-chan are standing with heads down, wearing
	very strange outfits.]

	Ranma-chan:[Sonorous voice] We are the good witches of the 
	mountains...
	
	Akane:And we have come to warn you that unless you turn back
	now...

	Ranma-chan:A terrible fate will befall you both!

	[Ranma and Genma stare at each other a moment.]

	Genma:Ummm... Aren't you both a little young to be witches?

	Ranma-chan:[Raising her head and glaring] How young do you
	think we are, boy?

	Genma:Eh??!  [stares in shock]

	Ranma:Hmmmph.  I don't see any reason to turn back. [Moves
	to go around the girls]

	Akane:[stepping in front of him]  I swear, by the art we both
	practice...

	Ranma-chan:If you enter Jusenkyo, your life will take an awful path!

	Ranma:Che!  I don't know what this place is like, but now
	I'm curious.  C'mon, Dad.  [vaults over the girls' heads]

	Ranma-chan:Grrrrr!  [catches up with Ranma and grabs him by
	the ponytail.]  *Listen* you, if you don't turn back now,
	you'll regret it for the rest of your life!

	Ranma:[pulling free]  I could never believe an obnoxious
	girl like you...

	Ranma-chan:What did you say?

	Ranma:[pulling out his cheeks with his fingers]  Bleeaaahplplpl,
	You're so obnoxious, I bet you became a witch 'cause no boy
	would go out with you!

	Ranma-chan:Why, you...

	Ranma:Heheh, you're even less cute when you're mad-

	Ranma-chan:JERK!!  [lunges at Ranma]

	Ranma:Whoa!

	Ranma-chan[punching or kicking with each shout] Hah!  Hatah!
	Hah-Hah-Hah!  Yah!  Yah!

	[Ranma dodges her blows with difficulty until one kick
	knocks him into a boulder by the side of the road]

	Ranma:Ungh!  [looks up at Ranma-chan]  Heheh, was that 
	supposed to hurt, kid?

	Ranma-chan:[losing her temper completely]  Why, you-
	KACHUU-TENSHIN-AMAGURIKEN!!!!

	[Ranma-chan's hands blur into a hailstorm of punches
	Ranma has no way of blocking.  In moments, he's out cold.]

	Ranma-chan:Watch it next time before you tell someone she's
	obnoxious!

	Akane:[coming up next to her]  Really, Ranma, it's the absolute
	worst thing you can call a girl.

	Ranma-chan:Yeah, abso-  [breaks off and gives Akane a
	suspicious look]

	Akane:[big smile]  Heheh.
	
	Ranma-chan:[whirling on Genma]  Are you going to go home now,
	or do you want the same!?

	Genma:[chickening out]  Aaah, I think we've trained enough
	here in China.   Maybe...

	Ranma-chan:It's time you told him about the Tendous.

	[Genma and Akane both look startled.]

	Genma:How did you-

	Ranma-chan:GET MOVING!!

	Genma:Aaah!  Yes, yes...  [picks up Ranma and dashes back down
	the road]

	[Ranma-chan stands looking after them a moment, breathing hard.
	Then she grins.]

	Ranma-chan:Awright!  We did it!

	Akane:Then how come you're still a girl?

	Ranma-chan:Aah, it should fix when we get back to the future...
	[pulls out onion and mirror] Ready?

	[Akane grabs the onion and scrubs Ranma-chan's eye vigorously.]
	
	Ranma:Aaagh!  [Pulls back and glares at Akane as a tear falls
	on the mirror]  Take us home!

	[A moment later there are no Ranmas near Jusenkyo....]

			T S U Z U K U . . .
	
-- 
			C h r i s t i a n  G a d e k e n

Yakumo: "But I really did destroy a monster in Hong Kong!
Saru  : "Ahem, ahem"
Yakumo: "Saru, do you believe me?"
Saru  : "Where's my Hong Kong souvenir?"
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