Insane Magic
by Nathan M. Huss
Ranma 1/2 and all its characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi, and pretty much all others in this fic are mine (at least I hope so). MINE I TELL YOU, MINE! HAHAHAHAHAHA! ahem... sorry. Aaaaanyway, this my first try at writing something like this, SO PLEASE DON'T HURT ME! (sob)
" " denotes Japanese
~ ~ denotes English
<> denotes thought
* * denotes sound effects
// // denotes the use of an electronic medium (TV, radio, telephone, etc.)
Hehhehheh! denotes that I have something mean planned
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Insane Magic
a Ranma 1/2 fanfic by Nathan M. Huss
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I CONTROL THE VERTICAL.
(Cut to Ranma blasting Happosai into the sky using a Hiryuu Shoten Ha.)
I CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL.
(Cut to Ryoga slamming Happosai into a wall with a Shishi Houkoudan.)
I CONTROL... THE SPECIAL EFFECTS!
(Cut to Happosai about to throw a Happo-fire-burst at Ranma and Ryoga, but it explodes while he is still holding it.)
Ukyo comes out and says, "Hey sugar, isn't that a bit extreme?"
YOU'RE COMPLAING?
"Hmm, not really now that you mention it."
THOUGHT SO.
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Chapter 1: A Bit Of Hocus Pocus
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"Ranma Saotome, I shall smite thee!"
Ranma and Kuno were having their daily fight before school started. Kuno had convinced the whole kendo club to fight Ranma, so the grounds were covered with kendoists... unconscious kendoists.
Finally only Kuno was left. It never really clicked in his head that Ranma had beat him over one hundred times before, so it was on to the next defeat for him. Kuno made an overhead swing, and was promptly kicked in the stomach and propelled back several feet to the ground.
Nabiki checked off her winnings for the bets on how long Kuno would last.
There had been only a few right guesses, so there was a huge profit.
"C'mon! We're going to be late!" yelled Akane.
Kuno was suddenly up on his feet and holding Akane's hands. "Ah, how noble it is of you to worry about me, my love. Come, date with me!"
*WHAM*
"I was talking to Ranma!"
Kuno went flying toward the nearest wall, but there was a gaijin boy walking toward the school.
"Oops." said Akane, "Look out!"
The boy stopped in his tracks and looked up to see the incoming Kuno. He put up his arms to prepare to try protecting himself, but then started to chant something.
~Sa'k guldae kael!~
There was a flash of right in front of the gaijin and then Kuno was stopped right in mid-flight as if he had hit an invisible wall. Ranma and Akane ran up the gaijin and were soon followed by Nabiki, Hiroshi, and Daisuke. "Are you okay?" "How did you do that flash thingy?" "What was that flash thingy?" "Who are you?"
The boy held up a hand and said, ~Um, wait a second.~
He took a book out of his pack and flipped through it a bit.
~Ah, here it is. Huib do'khar meh.~ "That's better. Now, what was it you were saying?"
They all stared at him for a second and then repeated their questions. All at once.
He took a second to sort out the questions.
He opened his mouth to answer and-
*BRIIIING*
Hiroshi and Daisuke looked up at the clock. "Oh no!" said Hiroshi. "We're late!"
A mad dash for the school ensued. The now-conscience kendo club was part of it, but Kuno was still out.
In class the teacher introduced a new student to the class.. "Class, today we are getting a new student. His name is..." He looked at his sheet. "That's strange, it only has one name on it. Must be a misprint. Anyway, his name is Tagard. He comes from the U. S."
The new student was the gaijin.
"He's the one from this morning." Daisuke whispered to Ranma. "The one who stopped Kuno in mid-air."
"Great, why does this class get all the weird transfers?" said one of the other students.
"Mister Tagard, since it is not here, what is the rest of your name?" asked the teacher.
"Just Tagard will be fine."
"... Very well. Go sit behind Miss Tendo. Class, turn to page 62 in your textbooks."
Tagard sat down and the class began.
At lunch, after Ranma and Akane filled in Ukyo they went over to Tagard who was playing cards with Hiroshi and Daisuke. He had spiky blond hair, a brown shirt, and bluejeans. Now that Ranma noticed it, Tagard had jade-green eyes. When they walked up to him he looked up.
"What can I do for ya?"
They all started to talk at once.
"Hold it, hold! The trans spell can only take so much."
"What do you mean 'trans spell?'" asked Ukyo.
"Yeah, I've been meaning to ask about that." said Daisuke.
"I don't speak Japanese."
They all looked at him.
"What are you talking about?" said Daisuke. "If that's so, what language are you speaking now?"
"Japanese."
"..."
After a few seconds Hiroshi asked, "Could you run that by us again?"
"OK. Umm... I don't naturally speak Japanese, so I use a spell." Tagard explained. "What it basically does is... well... the best I can put it is that the spell makes you hear me in Japanese, while I hear you all in English. It's like dubbing only the words fit in right."
"Then what about this morning?" asked Akane. "It didn't work then."
"That was because its power had run down."
"Why'd it 'run down'?" asked Ranma.
"That type of spell uses an included energy source, sort of like a battery."
"I get it," said Daisuke, "it uses up all the power eventually and then dies out."
"Right. You just wind it up and let it go basically"
"Hey," said Ukyo, "How come your not wearing a uniform?"
"Don't like 'em. Just set up a bit off an illusion of wearing one in the teacher's minds."
"You'll have to show us some other stuff you can do," said Hiroshi.
"OK, I'll meet you guys after school, but we'll need someplace with a lot of room." said Tagard.
"I know," said Akane, "you can show us in the dojo!"
"The what?"
"Class has started." said the teacher.
A light scatter to desks.
"That's better. Class, turn to..."
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