TP-What to Prepare For[1 of 18] [FanFic]
Twister
Alright! I've had it with editing! This thing is DONE! :) I've spent more
time on this one than the first and I hope you people reading it like it.
At least I made a little C program to make posting and mailing this
thing easier...
MAJOR, GIGANTIC, STUPENDOUS thanks to Rogue1 for being super-editor
for me. :) You comments helped A LOT. (his fanfics a pretty GOOD too :)
I think we went through this thing 3 times... ack. But it _is_ large
and I'm still new to this so be prepared for a few grammar errors and
possible spelling errors even though I tried to fix them all. Owch.
Points: This was done after the first so I was experimenting. Specifically,
I was attempting to create a lot of new characters for a story.
I didn't name the college since I don't know Japan that well and
better no name (and imagination) than a big goof up.
One name I made up. I HOPE it's a girl's name, but too late now.
Azuka was in Ranma so I assume it could be.
Start is a little long, but I'll shorten the next one I do.
If you like this story, but haven't read the first, then (preferably)
ftp at ftp.std.com /archives/anime-fan-works/Ranma/ranma.twisted.path.gz
or if you don't have ftp...e-mail me at umst...@cc.umanitoba.ca.
Well, I think that's it. I hope you enjoy it.
(You'd better... grrr. ^_^ Kidding.)
And now...on with the show!
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Twisted Path - What to Prepare For.
A Story Inspired by Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2
by Darren Steffler
Story so far:
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Twister was once an ordinary computer science student who loved
science fiction and fantasy. He had just gotten hooked on a popular anime
and manga series called Ranma 1/2.
In another universe, where the characters of this series were quite
real, Ranma had just gotten old Happousei very angry at him. Happousei
attempted to summon a demon to torment Ranma forever, but Ranma
interrupted his spell and the casting went awry. It picked up Twister
and an arch-demon going by the name of Malkon. Malkon learned about
Happousei's weakness for female undergarments from Twister and later
threw Twister into an extremely powerful phenomenon called the
Event, source of all Mind and Magic powers everywhere, to ensure his
own survival.
Malkon, having escaped and finding the unfortunate martial-artists to
be no match for him, was still planning what to do with them when Twister
appeared. The angry, young man had been dramatically changed in
appearance and in power as a result of the Event he had somehow escaped.
This made for a merciless fight against an unprepared Malkon and he was
soon defeated.
Twister collapsed upon seeing Ranma change and they took him to the
Tendo home to recover. When he woke up, he was himself again but confused
and unsure of his power; he had little memory of the fight and none of the
Event. He attempted to adapt to his new home and started having encounters
with other characters of the Ranma story he had known.
Unfortunately, the arch-demon Malkon was still very much alive and only
weakened for the moment. He had his own ideas about Twister's new nature and
acted on them. Twister was recovering from a bout with one of the Golden
Pair when Happousei drenched him with cursed spring water that had been sent
from Malkon. The effect was not a normal one, for Twister did not change
immediately due to his magic immunity. However, his repressed
Magic side came to the fore and warred with his Mind side to overcome the
resistance. The conflict was dramatic, but the Magic side won because of
Twister's new nature. He became an almost exact double of Ranma in
female form.
Depressed at this, Twister wandered a bit and found out from an
encounter with Gosunkugi that she could use magic and thus found out _why_
Malkon had sent the water.
Later, Twister in male form had a dream about the future that was
a vision of Malkon's plans for him, but Twister decided that future could be
changed. About two weeks later, Malkon attacked and Twister
was captured in female form. Nabiki, who was becoming very close with
him, had been just told by Twister what to do in case this happened.
Twister's plan was revealed and a party consisting of Ranma, Akane,
Ukyou, Shampoo, Kunou, Kodachi, Mousse, and Ryouga was prepared. A
captured Twister located a spot for the party to appear and activated one
of two dormant spells. The party teleported to the spot.
While Twister was taken to Malkon, the party fought demons and
enchanted fighters of the Seven Lucky Gods martial arts school with
their demon-enchanted weapons. Ranma broke through the ranks and managed
to help free Twister, who then proceeded to defeat Malkon again. However,
Malkon asked for help from his own Master, an Overseer of Hell. A being much
more powerful than Malkon who sent him back while arriving himself to
destroy Twister.
In desperation, Twister dug deep into his own nature to find a
way to defeat this being...and succeeded. The strain made him extremely
weak and the party was unable to go back home for a while.
About two weeks after coming home, Twister threw a surprise feast in
thanks to those who came to rescue him. Later, he asked Ranma to teach him
martial arts for something to do.
This will not keep Twister busy for long though...
And now, another story of...The Twisted Path.
This continues soon after the first story.
Chapter One
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A bed held a figure that had no covers on it due to the warmness
of the night. It was a handsome looking, brown haired young man whose face
appeared to be of Western origins. Hazel eyes opened and the person sat
up and sleepily looked outside.
It was a beautiful dawn Twister woke up to. The sky was emerging
to become delightful blue with a few wispy clouds occasionally dotting
the artist's canvas of an atmosphere. A day like this was rare in Japan.
In fact...rare _anywhere_.
*Ah, _lovely_ day out.* Twister blinked sleep from his eyes as he
continued to look at the azure sky through the window. *I just gotta go
outside and enjoy it.* Putting on some shorts and a T-shirt, Twister
went outside.
When the Saotomes came out, they saw Twister sitting in a chair that
he had found somewhere. He was inhaling the morning air deeply, with a small
smile on his face, and looked like he was enjoying himself doing nothing
but gaze up at the sky. The T-shirt was off now, likely because it was just
warm enough outside to do so.
"Whatcha doing, Twister?" Ranma called out.
"Just relaxing and taking in this great morning outside for a change,"
Twister grinned before closing his eyes, trying to enhance the feeling of the
outdoors he was getting.
Ranma shrugged, not caring much right now, and started practicing
with Genma.
Unfortunately, Happousei was up early as well. He was sneaking out on
the roof when he saw Twister relaxing in the chair...with his shirt off.
"Hmm..." Happousei had come to lose his initial fear of Twister
when he had seen more of the boy so his scheming mind worked its usual
mischief. "Well, this looks like a perfect opportunity. Hehehehe!"
Grinning, Happousei left the roof as he gleefully thought about what he
would do.
When it was almost breakfast time, Nabiki woke up and came down. Grumpy
as usual. She saw the usual morning practice of the Saotomes...and
Twister sitting in a chair. He seemed to be enjoying himself immensely as
he stretched his arms wide.
"Great. A true _morning_ person." Nabiki just could not see how anybody
could look that happy this early. She was about to call out something to
Twister when she spotted another person in the yard. *What's Happousei
doing with that bucket? Ranma is likely to get wet anyway...* Suddenly,
Happousei, bucket, and an eyes-closed, _topless_ Twister, clicked.
"Oh no. TWISTER!"
Jolted by the shout, Twister quickly opened his eyes and sat
up...just in time to get doused by the bucket of water Happousei
carried. Twister was surprised as he sputtered from the unexpected splash.
"Phtt!! What the heck is...AGGHHH!!"
The reason for the cry was Happousei, hugging her, with his head on her
bare chest. "Ah! Another lovely girl for me! Hehehe!"
Unfortunately for Happousei, Twister was very strong, even in girl
form. She stood up, ripped Happousei's grip apart, and tossed him with all
her strength away. As Happousei went flying, Twister shouted, "HENTAI!"
She picked up her shirt from beside the chair and put it on. "Jeez! Can't
I enjoy the morning in peace?" She walked over to the table and sat down,
fuming a bit at the old hentai's interruption.
"Not with Happousei around," Nabiki chuckled.
"He _would_ have to finally lose that fear of me _now_," Twister
sighed. "Oh, well." She heard a splash and turned to see that Ranma had been
dunked. "I now have partner in misery," Twister smirked.
A soggy, glowering Ranma-chan walked out of the pond.
"Want a blow-dry so you don't miss a hot breakfast?" queried Twister
as the wet martial artist reached the entrance to the house.
Ranma-chan brightened up. "Sure! I can take a bath later." Then she
frowned, "You're a girl now though."
Twister grinned, "Makes it easier." She thought for a second and then
said:
"Winds blow hot to dry your defeat,
For breakfast time is time to eat."
A warm wind blew though Ranma-chan's practice gi and dried it quickly.
Looking more comfortable, Ranma-chan smiled, "You're getting better at
making on-the-spot rhymes."
"They may not be classics, but they work," Twister chuckled.
Nabiki was thinking back to when she saw Twister stand. "Twister...
have you been tanning lately? It looks like you did."
Twister blinked in surprise. "Huh? I haven't..." Twister looked at
her body since the mentioned tan had carried over. "What the...? I _do_ have a
tan! And all over?? That's not right!" She was confused by the instant tan.
"I _did_ think about tanning when I had my eyes closed, but it's too early
for that. Besides, it also looks like I've been tanning for at least a week!"
"Maybe it's because you were _wanting_ a tan, like you _want_ no one
to see you sometimes. It's likely that if you can Heal your body by
concentrating, then maybe you can tan without sun." Nabiki reasoned.
Thinking about it, Twister had to agree, "Yeah...that makes sense.
There's no _way_ to tan _this_ much for the time I was out there. I guess
it's a Mind thing. Must have more control over my body than I thought."
Everyone else came to eat then, and they started breakfast. Half-way
through, however, Twister felt something odd. Like something was
approaching. *Must be my magic senses. I really have to work on them, but
what...?* Then the doorbell rang. Running though several possibilities
before Kasumi answered it, Twister came up with the one person who would
_ring_ a doorbell for _this_ dojo.
*Oh, jeez. If I'm right...*
Suddenly, Twister filled a glass with water and threw it in the
face of Genma.
"Grmpth!" Genma-panda shouted, shocked at the sudden splash.
"Twister! What are you doing?" Akane was surprised. Ranma-chan laughed
at her panda-father's surprised expression.
"Shhheeeee's heeerree." Twister said in a quiet voice.
"Who are you...." Nabiki started to say, then her face showed
comprehension as she deduced Twister's actions for herself.
Everyone else was still wondering why Twister had done that until
Kasumi came in with the visitor.
"Hello, everyone!" The visitor said as she bowed.
"Auntie Saotome!" Akane, Ranma-chan, and Nabiki said in unison.
"I thought I would surprise you by coming today. I came early,
hoping to catch Ranma and Genma," Nodoka said as she smiled.
"You just missed them," Twister smiled back.
Mrs. Saotome was surprised at Twister's presence and looked over at
Ranma-chan, aka 'Ranko'. "You never told me you had a twin sister, Ranko."
"Probably embarrassed. I like to make practical jokes sometimes,"
Twister grinned. "Hi. I'm Itazuka."
Nabiki silently chuckled. *Quick thinking, Twister. At least now
we have a name to call him while he's a girl.*
"Well, you two _do_ look very alike, except for Ranko's hair."
Mrs. Saotome looked a little sad. "So you say I missed them?"
'Ranko' and the panda looked a little nervous.
"Those two wake up pretty early. They left a while ago to train."
Twister tried to get off the touchy subject. "So _you're_ Ranma's mother.
It's nice to meet you," she smiled.
Looking at Twister, Nodoka smiled as well, "And you too, Itazuka."
Soun nervously asked, "Did you just drop by or did you want to stay
a while?"
"If it's not much trouble. I thought that if I stayed a few days I
might catch them."
*'Catch' is definitely the word.* Twister thought.
Kasumi realized something, "Where shall we put you? Ah...Itazuka
is in the other guest room."
"Really?" Nodoka looked curiously at Ranma-chan. "Why isn't she
with you and Mr. Panda?"
"Ah...er..." Ranma-chan sweated a bit.
Twister quickly supplied a reason. "I'm always afraid that panda
of hi..hers will roll over at night and suffocate me. _That's_ why!"
"That's right!" Ranma-chan exclaimed as she and Genma-panda nodded
vigorously together.
Nabiki spoke up. "She can bunk with me while Mrs. Saotome visits."
Everyone except Nodoka stared at Nabiki.
"That's fine then. As long as I haven't caused any trouble," Mrs.
Saotome said.
Twister was blushing fiercely as Nabiki said, "No trouble at all.
Maybe you'd better start now, Itazuka." The last part was said with a smirk.
Quickly, Twister stood up and walked away towards her room.
*Oh, boy. I _guess_ this is the best way, but Nabiki...the same
room??*
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Darren Steffler a.k.a "Twister"- mail at <umst...@cc.umanitoba.ca>
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