Trials and Tribulations I



"Come here you little pig!" 

Ranma rounded the corner at full speed, knocking down Genma and blasting 
past Soun, leaving them to stare at him with puzzlement. 

" I've really never seen your son so angry before." Soun said as he bent 
to pick up the scattered pieces of their game. 

" Brwwf!" 


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" Ranma!!!! Stop picking on P-chan!" 

Ranma skided to a halt as he saw Akane, her arms crossed, glaring at 
him. And there was P-chan, nestled safely in her arms with a smirk on 
his face. 

" Why you little...!" 

BONG! 

Ranma glared at Akane while he held his throbbing head." Whatcha do that 
for!" 

"For not picking on someone your own size!" Akane retorted as she 
nestled and tried to soothe the smirking P-chan. 

Ranma glared at them, grumbling and still holding his aching head." 
Stupid pig." 

He turned to go, all the while planning revenge." Now...how do I get 
that stupid Tomboy to realize that....OUCH!" 

He looked down to see P-chan attached to his leg and holding on for dear 
life as Ranma shook him frantically." He did it again! He bit me! See 
Akane!" 

"Stop shaking P-chan!!" 

"What!? I can't here you!" With that Ranma ran around the houses, 
frantically banging his leg on furniture until P-chan had had enough 
and rolled off. 

P-chan sat there dazed while Ranma nursed his bruised and beaten leg. 
Suddenly, they remembered the other and turned to glare at each other 
across the room. 

" Hey! what was the big deal..P-chan!" 

P-chan 'bweeped' in annoyance and turned around to head in the direction 
he thought led to the bathroom. 

An hour later a very disgruntled Ryouga emerged from the bathroom." 
Saotome! Come here and fight like a man!" 


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" Wah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!------"'Splash' 

" That'll teach you, boy, to mind your manners!" 

Ranma-chan emerged from the pool sputtering incoherently and very upset.
" Why you...I'll show you old man! Take this!" Ranma-chan jumped high in 
the air and gave Genma a roundhouse kick in the back that landed him in 
the pool head first. 

"Oh my." Kasumi whispered as she set breakfast down on the Tendo table."
I guess Mr. Panda will need something a little different for breakfast."
With that she pulled out a plate of bamboo from under the table and set 
it down with a 'slap'."There." 

" Ryouga!" 

Ranma-chan looked up to see Akane hugging Ryouga and Ryouga blushing 
like there was no tomorrow.She gave a little 'Hn' and angrily rung out 
her shirt, letting water fall on the wooden floor, unoticed. 

" Excuse me," Ranma-chan said angrily," I have to go to the restroom." 
With that she angrily stomped off, the picture of Ryouga's blushing face 
burning in her mind. 

Those at the Tendo table stared at her in shock. " What's gotten into 
that boy?" Soun asked quietly. 

" Brwwf?" 

Nabiki tilted her head to the side. Her eyes traveling from Ranma to 
Ryouga." Curiouser and curiouser." 


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Ranma emerged from the bathroom, his hair still wet from the shower. He 
began walking back to his room when he heard suspicious noises coming 
from Akane's room. He froze as heard someone in there giggle< They 
didn't! > 

After a couple minutes he squared himself up and began to slowly walk 
away...when he turned back< I have to know! >. He let out a shaky breath 
and put a hand on the door. Closing his eyes, he swung it open. 

" Akane...I.." 

No sound emerged and the rustling stopped. Ranma slowly opened his eyes 
to see....Happosai! 

" Why you little...Hentai!" 

Ranma gave a growl as he began chasing Happosai around the room, 
Happosai wieghed down by pounds and pounds of panties." Come back 
here!" 

"Ranma-chan!" 

Ranma skided to a halt as he saw Happosai stop and turn toward him with 
a smile on his face. 

" No!" Ranma yelled as he saw a bucket of water heading straight for 
him....'Splash' 

" Come here my pretty!" 

" Ee....Ee....Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww!" Ranma-chan ran around the
 house full speed with Happosai stuck onto her chest." Get off me you 
pervert!" 


" Did you hear something?" Soun asked Nabiki. 

" Why yes, daddy, I did. What could it be?" Nabiki replied with a 
knowing look on her face. 

" Ranma." They both chorused as they took another sip of their 
tea. 

"Eeeeeeeeccccccccccchhhhhhhhhh!" 

They both looked up as Ranma-chan rounded the corner, banging up against 
the walls to get Happosai off her chest. He eventually falls off with a 
dreamy expression implanted on his face. Ranma-chan looks down at him 
with disgust. 

" I can't wait til the day this stupid curse is gone!" 

" Then you'll have to wait a long time." Happosai replied from his spot 
on the floor. He sat up with a grin, causing Ranma-chan to suffle back a 
few steps as a precaution. 

" What do you mean,old man? Do you know something I don't?" She asked in 
a secretive tone." If you do," She looked from side to side," spill the 
beans!" 

" Why should I?" 

" What?! Whattcha mean,you old...!...I mean, aren't I your...friend?" 
Ranma-chan forced a smile. 

" Don't make me gag." 

" Why you..!!!" 

" What will you give me?" 

" What!?!?!" 


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Two hours later Ranma-chan and Happosai sat around the Tendo table still 
discussing terms of agreement. Ranma-chan looked around nervously to see 
Soun,Genma, Nabiki, P-chan, and Akane staring at him expectantly. 

" I'm trying my best alright!" 

" Brwwwf!" 

" You stay out of this!" 

Ranma squared up to Happosai and planted his feet on the ground." I'm 
not letting you leave til you tell me." 

" What'll you give me?" 

" Arg! Would you stop saying that!" Ranma-chan yelled. She slammed her 
hand down on the table and stood up, her aura blazing a millon different
colors. All those around the Tendo table scooted back in alarm. 

" Fine! This is how it's going to be," She grabbed Happosai by the 
throat and swung him in the air,"You tell me where the cure is," She 
tightened her grip," and I'll let you live." 

" .............Okay." 

Ranma-chan mouth drops open in shock." What?" 

" Okay. I'll tell you." 

"Okay." Ranma-chan said slowly as she set Happosai back on the floor.
"Spill." 

" Yes, but at first you must promise me that you won't tell a living 
soul." 

At the sound of this, all those gathered around the kitchen table rushed 
in to be closer, Nabiki with a tape recorder in her hand. 

" O-kay," Ranma said nervously," I won't tell a soul." 



To Be Continued....