Tattoon Ranma

Tattoon Ranma is written by Hung Nguyen and began online publication in ????. It was completed on July 29th, 2004.Crossover Fics at Animeaddiction's Page Mark IV
==Description==
==Plot==
===Chapter 1: Another One of Genma's Deals===
The story opens in Tibet, where Genma Saotome is brought before Shiror, the powerful High Priest of the Tattoon Tribe, for trying to steal the latter's sacred scrolls after accepting the man's hospitality three weeks earlier. Desperate to save his own life, the cowardly Genma offers "anything", at which point Shiror sees Genma's one-year-old son, Ranma Saotome, and agrees to spare Genma's life if he agrees to a marriage contract between Ranma and his daughter, Balla. Genma agrees, but has no intention of fulfilling the contract. Years later, we find a sixteen-year-old Ranma being chased by rivals and suitors alike. In a fit of anger, he ends the engagements with all his suitors and tells his rivals to take said suitors off his hands (which is what they wanted in the first place). Instead, the mob grows even angrier, causing an enraged Ranma to unleash a massive energy blast which incapacitates them all.
Later, at the Tendo Dojo, Soun Tendo and Genma berate Ranma for ending his engagement with Akane Tendo, but Ranma is not intimidated and angrily stomps up to his room after loudly proclaiming that women are nothing but trouble. Soon after, Ranma gathers his possessions, has his name legally changed to Eric Koboyashi with the help of the local high school's computer club, has all his previous history completely erased, and moves to Hiroshima. Later, Eric is a high school jock, but refuses all offered dates from many girls out of anger, though he tolerates the class president, Lisa Fujimatsu (whom is secretly attracted to him), to a degree. After returning home one day, he meets a now teenage Balla, the daughter of Shiror, and is distraught to learn of the contract with Shiror (whom Balla is the daughter of). He initially tries to get rid of his overly amorous and clingy new suitor, but reluctantly lets her stay with him after she causes an explosion. She manages to ingratiate herself with him to a degree by removing his Jusenkyo Curse, and while Lisa is initially jealous of her (even going as far as to pick a fight, which occurs in Chapter 3), she manages to fit into Eric's social group eventually.
===Chapter 2: Ranma's Curse, and I Don't Mean Jusenkyo!===
Meanwhile, back in Nerima, things have gone downhill for the Tendo Dojo without Ranma around: Akane's suitors heckle her more than ever, Ranma's suitors attack her viciously, Happosai commits larger-scale panty raids with impunity, and Nabiki Tendo's profits from selling dirty pictures of Ranma's female form begin to quickly dwindle.
===Chapter 3: Fight!===
She tries to find Ranma on her computer, but the computer club has hacked her account and deleted all of her data. Later, she finally manages to track him down and sells the information to those wanting to know where Ranma is.
===Chapter 4: Explosion of Rage===
Ryoga Hibiki gets to Hiroshima first by accident, but Eric easily defeats him, ranting about how the former is just a spoiled child who has never truly suffered.
===Chapter 5: Havoc in Hiroshima===
Mousse arms himself with machine guns and pistols and assaults Eric's school upon arriving in Hiroshima.
===Chapter 6: Another Solution?===
Eric subdues him and hands him over to the police, who coldly inform the distraught Mousse that he will likely face life imprisonment (or even execution) for his crimes.
===Chapter 7: I'm Not Going Back!===
Later, Eric reluctantly accopanies Balla and Lisa to a night festival, where he spots the Tendos in the crowd, but only Kasumi Tendo sees him. She later confronts him privately, but he refuses to go back to Nerima while ranting about how utterly spoiled Akane was and how much he hates her now, while his mother Nodoka Saotome and her sister Atsuko (who happen to be in the crowd, but Eric does not know of them yet) listen in shock. He angrily tells Kasumi to go home, and she is left shocked and disillusioned.
===Chapter 8: An Eye for an Eye===
The next day, Eric meets Nabiki at the coffee shop he works at and tricks ther into confessing to her crimes (blackmail, stalking, extortion, illegal underage pornography, etc.) in front of a group of disguised police, including the tough-as-nails Detective Nagata, who then proceed to arrest the shocked Nabiki without hesitation. While this is going on, Balla meets Atsuko and Nodoka at the shopping district, where she regales them with her stories of her relationship with Eric. Nodoka openly voices her wish that Ranma would act like Eric, unaware that they are the same person.
===Chapter 9: Ranma vs. Happosai, and It's Not Going to Be Pretty!===
Balla informs Eric of his mother's presence in Hiroshima, but Eric is angered by this and decides not to meet her yet, and forces Balla to go along with it. Later, Eric confronts Happosai, who is rampaging throughout Hiroshima, and subdues him after a brutal fight; Happosai is arrested soon after by Nagata. That night, while Ranma is recovering, he finally realizes that he truly loves Balla and quielty admits this to her before going to sleep.
===Chapter 10: Sins of the Past===
Shampoo and Cologne later try to go after him, but upon realizing that Balla is part of the Tattoon Tribe (a tribe the Amazons fear), they back off and return to China.
===Chapter 11: Don't Preach What You Don't Practice / Bonds===
Genma and Soun finally make their own bid to subdue Eric and take him back to Nerima by trying to ambush him while he and Balla are meditating, but he easily defeats them, denouncing them as honorless hypocrites. Both are later arrested by Nagata, and Ranma tricks them into confessing to their various crimes (Genma's are theft, breaking and entering, aggravated assault, stalking, fraud, etc.; Soun's are harboring criminals and assisting said criminals in a number of their crimes), then turns his back on them and leaves them to rot in jail, despite their demands for him to get them out.
Following this, Eric is attacked again by a more powerful Ryoga, who is being helped by Balla's jealous younger sister, Kandor. Ultimately, Eric is still victorious, and Ryoga's powers rebounds on him and traps him in his piglet form. Eric decides to mail Ryoga to Jusenkyo so that he can get rid of his curse, but not before Balla places another curse on Ryoga that will cause him to revert ack into a pig and remain in said form for six months each time he even thinks of attacking Ranma. Kandor escapes, but is left powerless.
===Chapter 12: That's Not Ranma...===
The Kuno siblings make their own assaults on Ranma and Balla, but Ranma cripples Tatewaki Kuno and Balla manages to convince Kodachi Kuno to go back to Nerima by restoring her sanity. Ukyo Kuonji initially tries to attack them, but is quickly convinced otherwise and peacefully returns to Nerima, having given up on Eric.
===Chapter 13: What's a Mother For? / Burning the Final Bridge===
Genma later calls Nodoka in the hopes that she can convince Eric to help him escape, but Atsuko talks her out of it. The sisters later meet Balla at the coffee shop where Eric works, with Eric listening in on their conversation behind a curtain. After being scolded by Atsuko and Balla for trusting Genma and practically abandoning Ranma, Nodoka finally snaps and begins crying, showing genuine remorse for failing to be a good mother. Eric then reveals himself and forgives her.
Eric and Balla then go to the shopping district and begin to make out, but they are interrupted by an outraged Akane, who threatens them with her mallet. Eric is not impressed and ruthlessly insults his former fiance, calling her a spoiled brat and a bully who is absolutely useless since she can't do anything right. Akane attacks him with her mallet in a blind rage, but Eric sends her flying with a vicious punch. He then tells the visibly shocked Akane that he is severing all ties with her, then proceeds to put a spell on her that causes her to feel immense pain each time she attacks someone for no good reason.
A couple of years later, the scene depicts Ranma and Balla getting married, with even Kandor (whom has reconciled with Balla) in attendance. As the wedding progresses, we learn of the fates of the others. Soun is sentenced to five years in jail for harboring felons and attempted kidnapping, though he is more concerned with his reputation being destroyed. Genma is sentenced to ten years in solitary confinement. He makes several escape attempts at first, but is ultimately cowed when the highly intelligent guards threaten to have him sent to a zoo. Happosai is sentenced to twelve years in jail with permanent laundry duty, the smell of men's clothing (coupled with an order to keep him away from anything female) keeping him from mounting an escape. Nabiki is given nine years in jail for her crimes, but manages to get paroled seven years early for good behavior, though her two-year stay is made unpleasant by her lesbian cellmate. Kasumi returns to Nerima and becomes more strict with Akane, who is forced to endure intense physical pain every time she arbitrarily attacks someone thanks to Eric's spell. Shampoo returns to her village and marries someone else; Mousse, who has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, commits suicide when he hears of this. Ryoga makes it to Jusenkyo, but is later chased by a pack of wolves after he makes plans to attack Ranma again. Tatewaki is committed to a mental institution, while Kodachi inherits the Kuno estate. Ukyo continues her work as an okonomiyaki chef, severing all ties with Eric and moving on in life. The story ends with Eric and Balla sharing a passionate kiss, to the tune of 's .
==Notes==
*There are three Song-fics, all by Nguyen:
:*I Won't Say It
:*Let's Hear it for the Boy
:*My Guy
*An alternate version of this story exists in Feel My Rage!, also by Nguyen.
==See Also==
==External Links==
*Tattoon Ranma at Animeaddiction's Page Mark IV
*Tattoon Ranma at Fanfiction.net
*Chapters 1~9 of Tattoon Ranma at The Ranma 1/2 Superhighway
*Tattoon Ranma at the Internet Archive record of Lady Cosmos' Fanfic Library
*Chapters 1~11 of Tattoon Ranma at the Internet Archive record of X-Zone51 Base
==References==