Reliving the past ... With a twist A Ranma 1/2 Magna continuity Continuation / alternate universe fanfic ] Ranma's prolog; awakening in the past [ Ranma awoke absently thinking of the event of the previous day, which was his failed wedding to Akane Tendo only to find he was staring at his travel journal but this journal was one he stopped using a week before arriving at the Tendo dojo for the first time. Curiously, Ranma opened the journal to find it missing one entry. The entry concerning his father's announcement of his arranged marriage to the Tendo sisters. This of course leaves Ranma wondering why in the hell he suddenly is 1 1/2 years in the past. ] Akane's prolog; awakening in the past only to find someone unexpected [ As Akane awoke, she found looking at her room however; this layout was that of a time before Ranma arrived at the Tendo dojo. Looking over at the calendar on the wall she found she was a year and a half into the past and the date was precisely one week before Ranma arrived 'it couldn't have been a dream' Akane thought to her self as she reached behind her head to find her hair was long. Deciding it would be best to say nothing Akane headed downstairs where the day proceeded on as it did 1 1/2 years ago however, as Kasumi served lunch the gates of the dojo were opening. Akane more surprised then the rest of her family waited for whoever had entered the dojo to appear by the koi pond. Who finally appeared couldn't have shocked the Tendo family more. The person who appeared was thought to be dead for 10 years that person was. Misses Tendo ] chapter 1; it begins once more or perhaps for the first time [ One Soun Tendo cried profusely as he looked at a postcard, which was rattling in his hands as he mumbled, "R-Ranma? Coming here? ...oh, how I've W-W-Waited for this day!" Soun said before running around the house summoning his daughters. A few minutes later, the youngest Tendo daughter returned to the dojo from her morning jog and began to break a few bricks. "..." was all Akane said after finishing as she ran her hand through her short blue-black hair. She was smiling to herself for at that very moment her sister would say. "There you go again Akane ... No wonder the boys all think your so weird," Nabiki said. Acting exactly as she did the first time Akane looked over her shoulder and repeated exactly what she has said the first time this had happened to her and the following scenes of her father announcing the engagement to Ranma repeated themselves without flaw or deviation. ************** Meanwhile in another part of Nerima 1 Ranma Saotome just smiles as he looks at a giant panda that was looking very indignant while Ranma himself was perched comfortably under an umbrella. "well I still say this whole thing sucks ... Picking my fiancée for me," Ranma said before his father attacked in a rage however Ranma quickly defeated him before turning around and heading in the other direction. However, a few moments later a certain panda bashed Ranma over the head with a street sign. Ranma's only response to this was to rub his head annoyedly while thanking the power that sent him back in time for letting him keep all of his strength and endurance before turning around and looking at his father who was holding the street sign which was supporting a large Ranma shaped dent in it. The pandafied father in question looked at the sign and scratched his furry head. 'How in the hell did the boy survive that ... ahh I know the sign must be defective. No mater I can still take the boy' the giant panda thought before attacking.' 'Ahh well enough fun we have to get to the dojo,' Ranma thought before allowing his father to defeat him. However, Ranma didn't allow his father to get away scott free. This allows the events to proceed on as they did the first time around until Ranma-chan hand Akane left for the training hall once there Ranma- chan and Akane look at each other before Akane speaks. "You do Kempo don't you?" "A little," Ranma-chan said. Raising her eyebrow as she turnaround Akane spoke, "A little ... Most 10th degree Dan's can't do half the things you do," before Ranma-chan smiled. "You to hun," Ranma-chan said sheepishly. "Yeah it happened about a week ago," was Akane's answer. "Same here," Ranma-chan said before Akane attacked and of course, Ranma- chan dodged like a grasshopper on super speed and a few moments later the match ended with a tap to the back of Akane's head. "So how much has changed." "Nothing except; well you're not going to believe this but my mom's back." "You're joking!" "no the same day I woke up here she showed up ... She told us that after the accident she had lost her memory and just recently remembered who she was." "But," Ranma said with a raised eyebrow. "... but I think there's something more. Something tells me her appearance is much more then a coincidence. In the meantime however I think we better just stick with what happened the first time around." "No well what I meant was ...Hmm do you want to marry me," Ranma-chan said very nervously. "Yes but not till were out of high school ... witch we will have to repeat," Akane said plainly before finishing in an exasperated tone. "No I meant like right away," Ranma-chan added while her face began to develop a red hue to it. Needless to say, Akane was completely shocked by this little turn of events and only managed to sputter out, "w-w-wh-what." "Well it would stop everything or at least Ukyou," Ranma-chan said nervously. "Only if you train me," Akane said after a moment of thought. "Fine," Ranma-chan replied simply raising Akane's eyebrow however she quickly dismisses this in favor of continuing on with the day. ************* About 20 minutes later, we find Ranma soaking in the furo and just as he gets out, he finds himself staring at a woman that is the same height as Soun who coincidentally was six feet tall. The woman also held a formidable muscular and feminine stature and was quite nude. Strangely, the woman's emerald green eyes held only a slight curiosity at the young man before her. After a moment of tense silence, she brushed a stray strand of brilliant long blue hair away from her left eye before throwing Ranma her towel after which Ranma made a nervous exit leaving the mysterious woman to slip into the furo. 'He is quite a catch and with the curse I'm sure he'll make my youngest daughter quite happy' misses Tendo thought with a smile. ************. Later that night after the explanation of the cursed Springs the familiar scene of Ranma-chan battling Genma-panda plays itself out leaving Soun to whale, "oh what a tragedy!!." Misses Tendo who was sitting nearby dressed in a bathrobe just rolled her eyes with Nabiki like poise while Kasumi shouted, "Stop that," before grabbing onto Genma-panda and shouting, "You just went too far Mr. Saotome," to which Nabiki added. "Yeah; even for martial arts training!" "What ever made you do something so dangerous," Kasumi added while shouting in the panda's face. The answer was provided by a certain guidebook, which was written in Chinese. A moment later Soun douses Genma-panda with hot water and the scene that followed was identical to what had happened to Ranma and Akane a year before. In which Ranma-chan was practically pawned off on Akane who still was angered by her sisters' actions however unlike the previous time through this experience she couldn't even get a word in edgewise before Nabiki spoke. "Well you hate boys don't you?" "So you're in luck! He's half girl," Kasumi added cheerfully. "Funny he looked all male to me," misses Tendo said with a smile as she crossed her legs and sat back causing all three Tendo sisters to stare at their mother while Ranma-chan's face became as red as her hair if not redder. This statement was enough to like the fuse on Akane's volcanic temper as was apparent when started to shout however before Akane could smack Ranma with the table her father had used it to flatten her mother with the shout of, "Hishizuka you pervert," however Ranma-chan was caught by the edge of the table and KO'd as well. "Now that she had coming," Genma said while Soun whaled in the background. ***********. An unknown amount of time later Ranma-chan woke up to hear Kasumi say, "Ah she's awake," before leaning down and saying, "are you okay? Don't think to badly of father ... He's really a very sweet man ... Just a violent maniac." "Oh good Kasumi like that makes lots of sense," Nabiki said sarcastically before Ranma-chan got up and left for the tea room where she found Akane staring at her mother who was rubbing her head while Soun sat nearby practically glowing with rage smiling internally Ranma-chan sat down and accepted the kettle of hot water Akane handed her. Smiling while ignoring her husband misses Tendo spoke, "I don't think we've been formerly introduced Ranma I am Hishizuka Tendo." "Hmm sorry about earlier," Ranma said nervously. Hishizuka only responded with a dismissive wave of her hand while saying, "don't worry about it kay." "Mother can we have a word with you in private," Akane said nervously before the three headed to the training hall. "So what's this about decided to get married already or something," Hishizuka, quipped. "Actually yes mother," Akane replied which actually seemed to surprise the Tendo matriarch who studied the two nervous teens for a moment. "Well I can see you two are serious so I'll allow it now you have to answer two questions. Who is going to take whose name and will the dojo remain the Tendo dojo or become the Saotome dojo," Hishizuka asked with a Nabiki like business demeanor leaving the two to blink. "Hadn't thought about that had you? Well here is my suggestion since Ranma is an only child Akane you'll take his name but the dojo will remain the Tendo dojo." This left Ranma and Akane to look at each other for a moment before nodding. "Ok I'll go get everyone." "No mom I don't want Mr. Saotome or Nabiki here." Raising an eyebrow only shortly misses Tendo nodded before leaving to get Soun and Kasumi. *********** The marriage of Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo was a short and private affair. *********** ] chapter 2 dealing with an obsessed kendoist once more [ The next morning we find Ranma and Akane walking along school. "Ranma can I ask you something about it," Akane said nervously. "Yeah I suppose," Ranma said while assuming the 'it' in question was his curse. "Well you fell into the spring of the drowned 'young girl' right." After a moment of thought Ranma only nodded before stopping, "so what are you getting at." "Well I've been thinking about how much shorter you are as a girl and for some reason it just doesn't make sense. I mean your mom is actually a little taller than your father and the same height as my mom so," Akane said before trailing off into nervous silence. "Well pop hurt his back a few years ago real bad and lost a few inches but if I remember right he was about as tall as your dad before that happened but I still don't see what you're getting at." "Well actually I'm not sure what I'm getting at but ... well something's bugging me about how short you are in female form." "Hmm so what you're saying is I should be taller as a girl but the springs botched the job somehow." Suddenly a spark of realization crosses Akane's face, "hmm Ranma how tall were you when you were say hmm 13." Ranma's only replied to this was to scratch his head for a few moments before his eyes widened. "about the same height my female form is now ... and entire remember right I was also about as strong may be a little stronger than my female form is now but it's to close to really matter," Ranma replied while looking a bit pale to which Akane responded by muttering. "The spring of the drowned YOUNG girl" "Yeah I guess we know what they young part means now," Ranma said while looking exasperated however, that look quickly vanishes as the two continue on to their school. Once there Akane engaged the gathered mob of boys while Ranma sat on top of the school's perimeter wall. 'Hmm she's enjoying it this time around,' Ranma thought before Akane defeated the last of the boys. 'well better get into script,' Ranma thought as he hoped down off of the perimeter wall at which time things proceed on as normal until Kunou announces himself as a blue Thunder at which point Ranma introduces himself with the following line, "I'm Ranma Saotome and I'm staying at the Tendo dojo." This of course has Kunou attacking faster than a lightning bolt but Ranma annoyedly stood there as Kunou swung his bokutou right at his neck. The resulting impact did little to faze Ranma but Kunou's bokutou was not so lucky. As was apparent when it shattered leaving Kunou quite shocked while Ranma just stretched his neck before continuing to walk along. "By the gods how is it possible he would have to have the power of a kami ...or a demon," Kunou said silently before starting one in his usual foul demon rants. *******************. Later that morning we find Ranma and Akane standing in the hall holding buckets of water. "Think you can keep out of the pool this time around," Akane asked before Ranma dodged a pale of water while Kunou screened. "Never Ranma Saotome I shall never accept your engagement to Akane," Kunou bellowed. "Honestly Kunou I don't know what you're talking about I'm not engaged to Ranma," Akane said calmly before waiting for the kendoist's befuddled look once it developed Akane continued, "I'm married to Ranma." That said Kunou attacks and the fight of course leads to the window where Ranma jumps out only to find him self looking at the pool. Smiling Ranma steers himself towards diving board, which he lands on before being launched by said board's recoil, which sends the pigtailed martial artist flying clear of the pool where he lands gracefully on the fence. Crossing his arms Ranma waits for Kunou to regain consciousness once he does the soaked kendoist climbs out of the pool. "I fight on demon," Kunou bellowed to which Ranma only responded by rolling his eyes before Kunou attacks. however before the kendoist could cover the distance between himself and the fence Ranma was on Akane planted her fist firmly in Kunou's gut causing the annoying kendoist to almost lose consciousness, "coward hiding behind a woman." Akane's response to this was to growl before yelling, "How dare you suggest that someone is using me as a pawn." What happened next was a typical grade A++ Ranma no Baka grade beating however, the target of the beating was Kunou. Hopping down from the fence Ranma placed his hand on Akane's shoulder, "let's head home ok." Unlike the previous time, Akane only nodded before the two left. *****************. As Ranma and Akane arrived home, they found Hishizuka by the koi pond sipping some tea. While this scene wasn't all that disturbing, what Hishizuka was wearing was. What she was wearing was a bright red tube top along with a pair of equally bright orange slacks and lastly a light forest green cape that was lined with an unusual purple fabric. Watching this seen already was Soun who was drooling profusely. "Mom," Akane asked. "What is the cape too much?" Hishizuka asked innocently to which Ranma only replied by chuckling earning him an elbow in the gut to which Hishizuka only chuckle to as a reply. "You two act like you been married for a year and a half. Well I've got to go to something so see you later," Hishizuka said before leaving. "That was odd," Ranma said while looking spooked. "Very," Akane said in agreement before the two headed towards the training hall where they began to train untell that is one very angry Nabiki Tendo - -although you would never know it from looking at her-- stormed in just as Ranma knocked Akane into the wall. *cough**cough* "You ok," Ranma asked. "Yeah just a little winded," Akane responded as she got up and dusted her self off before Nabiki spoke. "Sis a word with you," Nabiki said cooly. "Ok," Akane said as Ranma through her a towel while on his way out of the training hall. "So what's up sis," Akane said aloud while adding 'as if I didn't know' mentally. "What's wrong is the fact you're married to Ranma. You've only know the guy a day tops." Rolling her eyes Akane responded, "it's a matter of family honor you know that I figure might as well get it over with ... Not to mention he's a nice enough guy a bit rough around the edges but from what we've seen of his father that's not surprising." "Ok who are you because you can't be my boy hating sister." "Oh come on the only boys I hate are those perverts at school especially Kunou," Akane said before growling, "I mean he treats the like some kind of merchandise something to be possessed." "And Ranma's different," Nabiki said skeptically. "Yeah he promised never to treat me like a thing," Akane said before Nabiki stormed off. Ranma reentered looking rather confused to which Akane replied by whispering in his ear, "I know you've been possessive in the past Ranma but in the end I know you valued me as a friend before all else and friendship is a promise never to treat each other like things." Hearing this Ranma smiled before passionately kissing Akane which allowed one thing to lead to another. ************. Outside the training hall Nabiki just mutters, "There is something up with those two." "Maybe its love dear," Hishizuka responded before looking at the couple in the training hall, "no it's definitely love." Nabiki's only response to this was to storm off leaving the Tendo matriarch to smile as she followed leaving the two younger lovers lost in their own world. ************. The next day things proceed along normally with Kunou plotting however, Kunou never was one with much brainpower so he couldn't come up with anything. ************. Early Saturday morning Akane awakens to find herself entangled with Ranma this only left Akane to smile as she began to play with Ranma. "Mhh and you call me a pervert," Ranma said as he awoke. "Well I guess it really does take one to know one," Akane said with a definite hentai smile. ***********. Meanwhile downstairs Soun and Genma cry buckets while they drink saki while spouting about how their houses are finally joined. The only response Hishizuka gave to this was to smile and shake her head. Kasumi being Kasumi just smiled sweetly and obliviously. Nabiki on the other hand was fuming although you would never know if by looking at her although when Ranma and Akane walked by a few moments later her usual emotionless mask cracked long enough for Hishizuka to see her middle daughter was indeed pissed off beyond all believe. Misses Tendo's only response to this was to tap her daughter on the shoulder and walk towards the training hall. "May I assume you do not approve of their marriage," misses Tendo asked as her daughter entered the training hall behind her. "Of course I don't!" Nabiki practically shouted. "Well I do and more importantly they do," Hishizuka said flatly, as she stared at her daughter. "Listen dear they have chosen their own path. A little earlier then I would have liked them to do but they have chosen it nonetheless. I know you're worried that Ranma will hurt her but make it you're business to make sure that doesn't happen. Make sure they're happy together understood and if you're worried about payment just think of how happy your sister looked this morning." "Hai mother hai," Nabiki said with a certain amount of shame written on her face before leaving. 'Well scratch one mercenary daughter ... hopefully that is' Hishizuka thought heading back to the tearoom where she found Ranma and Akane sparing by the koi pond. 'I'll do what mom says but I still say something is strange about those two. It's like they've known each other forever ... and sis has been acting weird every sense mom showed up,' Nabiki thought to herself as she watched the two newlyweds. Watching this only for a moment Nabiki decided to review her videos surveillance logs. ********* "Hmm" was all Nabiki said aloud as she sat down at her computer before punching a few keys, which activates the surveillance logs for the night Ranma arrived at the dojo. ~~~~~~~~~ "Well that was anticlimactic compared the last time," Ranma muttered as he plopped down on Akane's bed. "Well this time through the gauntlet getting married was the first thing we did," Akane said as she lay down by Ranma. "So how much of the next year and a half do you think getting married first off will stop," Ranma asked nervously. "Probably not as much as we think it will ... I mean there is already a major difference with things this time around from last," Akane said. "Yeah I'll agree with that," Ranma said with a yawn before Akane developed a hentai grin. ~~~~~~~~~ The only immediate reply Nabiki gave was to raise her eyebrow before quoting the video, "with things this time around." That line left Nabiki to drum her fingers together before thinking, 'ok now I know something weird is going on. What however I'm not to sure of,' before running over the events of the day Ranma arrived several times before realizing Akane had been acting that morning acting in a way that said I already know what is going to happen. After several minutes of thought, Nabiki finely came to a conclusion. 'I don't see how it is possible but somehow those two are from the future.' With a conclusion reached the mercenary sister waited for her sister and new brother-in-law two head of their room. However an hour and a half later neither one of the two martial artists had exited the training hall let alone headed up to their room. This left Nabiki only one option and that option was to head to the training hall which of course she did without further ado once there she found Ranma teaching her sister a kata which surprisingly Akane was actually getting. "wow," was all Nabiki managed to say as she watched Ranma perform the martial arts dance but that was all that was necessary for the two in the training hall to notice her however Nabiki remains unfazed by this just studies the two before smiling as she held up a videotape. "So sister exactly what will happen in the next year and a half." The reaction Nabiki gained from the two was all the confirmation she needed that the Ranma and Akane before her had somehow been teleported back in time as was apparent when Nabiki's smile broadened. "Well this explains a lot as far as you two are concerned you've known each other for over a year and a half," Nabiki said with a thoughtful smile before noticing Ranma's scowl. "What's wrong with you Ranma you look like Kunou when I ask him to pay the bill?" "what's wrong Nabiki is I know enough about you to know that you're going to charge me and your sister a fortune to keep quiet about this," Ranma said with a bit of steel in his voice shocking Nabiki considerably that shock only increased when she looked at Akane who was barely able to disguise a scowl. "Ok so what did I do," Nabiki asked as she sat down. "For starters you're the one responsible for sabotaging my first wedding," Akane said coolly causing Nabiki's eyes widen considerably as the usual mercenary of diamonds facade goes out the window. Looking honestly shocked and disturbed Nabiki responds, "I DID WHAT." "You heard Akane you sabotaged her wedding," Ranma answered before he left the training hall leaving Nabiki sitting on the training hall floor. "Gods could I have really done something that horrible," Nabiki asked the wall. "Yes you did," Akane replied. "Why," Nabiki asked. "I don't know sis I don't know," Akane replied before getting up and leaving followed shortly by Nabiki who just headed to her room. However once she got there she, found her private journal laying on the bed in plain sight needless to say the mercenary raised an eyebrow at this before retrieving said object with the intention of putting it away. Though, when she opened the locked hidden drawer in her desk she found her private journal was already there. this of course raised Nabiki's eyebrow even further and when she opened the journal that had been on her bed she found a year and a half worth of history that she had never experienced recorded their in and the reason her future self had destroyed her sister's first wedding. "Gods I became an Ice Queen not caring about anyone or anything. I will not make the same mistake this time around," Nabiki said quietly before placing the journal from the future next to its present day counterpart after which Nabiki leaves her room. *************** Meanwhile on a conveniently placed roof we find one Tatewaki Kunou spying on the goings-on of the Tendo dojo what he saw at that moment was a slightly damp Ranma-chan exiting the tea room followed by Akane who had a smile on her face that was a little too wide. "I must go greet this lovely nymph with my presence," Kunou said poetically before making a B line to the dojo where he immediately started doing the usual which of course earned the kendoist a free ride into low earth orbit. "You do realize you just gave him all the incentive he needs to start chasing you around," Akane said as Ranma-chan fumed angrily. "And whose fault is that," the redhead said as she gave her wife --who was holding an empty water glass-- an evil eye. Akane's response was to look sheepish before running off Ranma-chan hot on her tail. Watching this seen from the tea room Hishizuka only commented with the three words, "Ah young love," before returning to what she was doing only to see Nabiki walked by looking thoughtful. "Any thing wrong dear," Nabiki's mother asked her middle daughter. "Hmm no," Nabiki said while giving her mother a close scrutinizing eye before leaving. ***************. Sometime later Nabiki finds Ranma and Akane walking along the streets of Nerima. "Can I talk to you two in private?" Nabiki asked solemnly raising both Ranma and Akane's eyebrows.' "Ok," Akane replied before the three found a private spot to talk. "Ok Nabiki what's up," Ranma asked impatiently. "What's up is the fact someone sent my private journal back in time with you two." "You mean you that sent back in time to," Akane asked skeptically. "No just my journal and I know why ... the Nabiki that you two knew was nothing more than a bitch and an ice Queen and I know why but you two really don't need to know." "Well she doesn't have a temperature," Akane said after checking her sister's forehead for a temperature. "Very funny sis very funny," Nabiki said as she gave her sister an annoyed look before looking thoughtful. "Ok I know that look what are you thinking of," Ranma said as he crossed his arms. "Who in the future did you know that had enough power to send you two back in time?" was Nabiki's simple question. "No one," Akane replied as she looked at Ranma quizzically. "Yeah not even the old ghoul and her mirror could to do this. Especially since the thing was busted in the future," Ranma added. "So who could it be?" "Well the only thing different this time around is the fact your mom's back from the dead and she showed up the day Akane woke up in the past." "Actually Ranma we never actually knew for a fact are mother died they never did find the body after the accident only her favorite necklace," Akane provided. "Then why didn't she show up the first time around it's just too convenient she's here," Ranma said skeptically as he scratched his chin. "Well as much as I hate admit it you do have a point Ranma. One that warrants I do a little digging even if it means digging up my own mother's past," Nabiki said before leaving. "You ok with that," Ranma asked as he saw Akane's head lower. "Yeah it's something that needs to be done anyhow. The day daddy met mom she was badly injured and couldn't remember who she was. Daddy and his family nursed her back to health but she never did remember who she was ... So she just decided to start anew with Daddy and the rest is history," Akane explained. Ranma's reply to this was to look thoughtful, "there's something that doesn't quite feel right Akane. I'm not sure what but we're missing something, something important." "Yeah and something tells me it has to do with my mom," Akane replied nervously.