153Akane Grows Up
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Ranma or any of the series portrayed in this story. This simply fanfiction.
!SPECIAL EFFECTS! "THOUGHTS"
Chapter One
After Ranma fought Saffron, he went to Akane and held her. "Akane, are you okay?" Ranma asked with concern as Akane passed out.
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"Akane" woke up in a large bed, the bedroom being unfamiliar and seeming kind of masculine. There were even a couple pictures of half naked girls on the wall.
"Where am I?" "Akane" announced. "She" then noticed "her" voice was rather deep. Looking down, "Akane" noticed muscularly defined pecs as opposed to breasts. "Gasp!" Then "she" saw an attractive, slender woman with short black hair, an apple shaped face, and beautiful eyes regarding her. "Mother?"
"Yes, Akane, it's me. Let me explain some things. I've been watching you from beyond and have been rolling in my grave. The way you have been treating that nice boy, Ranma. I know he can be a jerk sometimes but really. Do you have to hit him every time another girl even looks at him? Well, I don't think you are a bad person, but I think you need some perspective so before you go back to your own world as you were, you will have to live some time here as a man, Kaneda Akiyama."
"What?!" Kaneda yelled. "I can't do that!"
"Of course you can Ranma was able to handle it. You also can handle it. It will be easier for you because you will be a man all the time," his mother answered.
"What?" Kaneda exclaimed.
"Now, let me tell you about your new self. As I said before, your name is Kaneda Akiyama. You're 20 years old and an orphan since your parents died in Southeast Asia on a business trip. Your father was a very good businessman, so you inherited a lot of money, being quite wealthy. All you have to do is maintain his investments."
"Oh," Kaneda responded.
"Now here's the part you'll like; in this this universe, you, Kaneda Akiyama, are a much better martial artist. You'll need to be because you will have to protect yourself without Ranma to do it for you."
"Am I better than Ranma?" Kaneda asked with eager anticipation.
"Maybe, maybe not. That remains to be seen. But you are better than Shampoo, so I suggest you don't challenge her. You know the amazon laws, don't you?"
"Gulp! Do I still know Anything Goes?" Kaneda asked.
"Yes, in this timeline you showed an aptitude for martial arts at an early age. First, you learned a kung fu style based on acrobatics, breakfall and contortionism. You then mastered gung fu, iron body, taichi and speed hitting. You also know a technique called zenchi that allows you to increase all of your abilities little by little over time by concentrating hard and tensing yourself."
"Your ability to take on numerous attackers has increased from dozens to hundreds; this is mostly true if the assailants are not too good. This will be useful when you take on large numbers of hencmen."
"You make it sound like I'll be taking on super villains," Kaneda answered.
"Mmmm, could be. Anyway, you learned Anything Goes from Soun Tendo. Keep in mind that he is not your father here. You also learned how to whip out a hammer from subspace from him. You've even learned how to use that hammer in a different way from some American comic book readers with vivid imaginations."
"There are the other fighting styles you have mastered, the main ones being shorin kempo karate and aikido. You've also spent time training in American boxing, Thai kick boxing, wrestling(real and professional), Brazilian jiu jitsu, tae kwon do, hwang do, Korean military commando training, street fighting, wing chun kung fu and a some others."
"Oh, that's nice." All the time Kaneda had spent training in these arts came to his mind. Then he looked up and gave his mother his undivided attention.
"Your grandfather was a great chef. While you are only an expert chef, you're a lot better than you were before. Your cousin, Jan Akiyama, is a master chef; he lives with you in your mansion, sometimes insulting your cooking."
"You have another cousin named Miku who is ten years old and trains really hard to become a professional wrestler, training under you at times. You also own a dojo and a gym attached to your mansion where you train other people."
"All right," Kaneda confirmed as these activities came to mind.
"You have also participated in the Street Fighting Championship. You did pretty well but you didn't win it. Despite all that you gained some friends and even some enemies."
"Is there anything else?" Kaneda asked.
"I'm getting to it. You also have a butler named Tetsuo Koori. He has been your family's butler since before you were born, having trained to be a butler in England. He also has been trained in many other skills as well."
"Oh, let's see. There's one more thing. You are probably wondering how long you will have to live as a man. You have a mission. The mission is to get your doppelganger, Akane Tendo, to fall in love with you.
"What?!" Kaneda exclaimed. "How am I supposed to do that? I am a supposed to be some kind of pervert?" Kaneda asked.
"Falling in love with yourself should not be too hard. Anyway, when "I" died here in this timeline, Soun was a wreck. He eventually lost all his students and faced financial ruin. Your parents knew you liked Akane; so they made a marriage arrangement, paying Soun as much as 100,000 yen for your right to marry Akane."
"Well then, I guess this shouldn't be too hard," Kaneda said with confidence, breathing a sigh of relief.
"Really?" his mother broke in. "Some time after that, Soun told you Akane had passed away. You were heartbroken over her death and left for South America. For a period of time you worked as a stuntman on that t.v. show Hercules. You'll find out why when you look in the mirror. During that time, you visited different kinds of places. Since you believed Akane was dead and you were a young handsome virile man. Well I guess YOU were the pervert this time," his mother laughed.
"Oh, no, I didn't!" Kaneda exclaimed as the thoughts of what he had done to all those women came to his head in a rush.
"Yes, you did, you bad boy," his mother said while raising her eye brows. "And about that, you will have memories of everything you've done and endured in this life, finding yourself talking and acting like a man without thinking about it."
Then all the memories of his current life came to Kaneda. "I see."
"Well that's it. You might want to get up. You have a lot of work to do with all the training and students you have. And don't forget the paperwork about your and Akane's intended marriage. Your father did a real good job of keeping paperwork organized, so it should be easy to find. That's all there is for now. Bye bye." With that she vanished.
"I do have a lot to do today!" Kaneda immediately leaped out of bed, putting on his training clothes and got into his workout. Upon finishing taichi exercises, he performed an intensive physical martial arts workout, ending his training with his zenchi workout that got his body, mind, and spirit working together in order to make him stronger. "Gosh, I'm good!" Kaneda thought, being impressed with himself.
After his intensive workout, he went to the bathroom and took a shower, regarding himself in the mirror afterwards. He was five feet ten inches tall, weighing about 168 pounds. He had long, golden brown hair, a muscularly defined body and was drop dead gorgeous. "Astounding!" Kaneda thought as he saw himself in the mirror.
"I look like a Japanese version of Kevin Sorbo from that Hercules television show. Now I understand what my mother was talking about. Come to think of it, I was the stunt double for Kevin Sorbo until he learned enough martial arts skills to do his stunts himself."
After getting dressed he went to his dining room where his butler, Tetsuo, had his breakfast ready. "Good morning, sir," Tetsuo said.
"Good morning Tetsuo," Kaneda said as he sat down, reading the newspaper that was right by his breakfast. "My stocks have gone up."
"Tetsuo, after my classes are done, I am going to Akane Tendo's house. Do you know where my father put the paperwork for my intended marriage to Akane Tendo?"
"Yes, sir, but hasn't Akane Tendo passed away?" Tetsuo asked quizzically.
"I got it on good authority that she is alive and well. I'm going to go there and have a talk with Mr. Tendo," Kaneda answered.
"Very good sir. I will make a copy of the paperwork if you wish."
"I'll have to be careful. I know for a fact that Genma in his panda form could easily grab the paperwork out of my hands and devour it." "Make five copies of it."
"Very good, sir," the butler answered.
"I know what a nice, sweet person I was. So this Akane is probably the same. Unless I get there too late, Akane will probably appreciate me a lot more than Ranma, falling in love with me when I'm really nice to her. Then I'll be home free."
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After his taichi, tae kwon do, kempo karate and aikido classes had finished, Kaneda was preparing to leave when one of his employees called out to him.
"Hey, boss!" Dan Feng, the guy who helped him teach tae kwon do, called out to him. Dan Feng was a tall, lanky with a wiry yet muscular build. His looks were average with a bang of hair leaning over his forehead.
"What is it, Kim?"
"Kim Kaphwan is here, and he wants to talk to you."
"It's been some time since I've seen. His master did a good job teaching me tae kwon do and hwang do. However, Kim's a little better than me when it comes to Korean martial arts but on the whole we're evenly matched, even though I'm getting stronger everyday."
"Go ahead and let him in," Kaneda ordered.
Dan brought Kim, his wife and children in as if they were royalty, Dan being Korean himself and a big fan of Kim Kaphwan.
"Hey Kim. What can I do for you today?" Kaneda asked as they both bowed in greeting.
"Hey, Kaneda. I can tell your tae kwon do is still really good for a Japanese guy," Kim replied, showing his high opinion of Kaneda.
"Thanks, Kim. That's a big compliment coming from you. So what can I do for you?"
"I got some business to take care of in Japan. I would really appreciate it if you would let my family stay at your house for a couple days," Kim requested.
"Sure, your family staying here is no problem. You can stay here as long as you like!" Dan Feng said graciously as Kaneda shot him a hard look.
"All right, Kim. Dan's exuberance not withstanding, your family can stay here. Is there some life and death business that you are involved in that requires my help?"
"I would rather not talk about that, but letting my family stay here will be more than enough," Kim explained.
"It's no problem. But I can't stay here over night; I also have some business to take care of. But I'll be back here as soon as possible," Kaneda said.
"Hey! I can stay with them if you like. I'll stay here all night if I have to!" Dan exclaimed, wanting to impress Kim.
"That's fine but make sure you call your grandfather and tell him that you're going to be here. This way he won't be worried about you." Kaneda instructed.
"I really appreciate this Kaneda, you too Dan," Kim said with gratitude. "Finding a place to stay at this time of the year would be really hard to do. Now I have to go. See you later," Kim said as he left.
After Kaneda had informed Tetsuo that they were having guests, he then left for the Tendo household.
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On his way to the Tendo home Kaneda's way was blocked by a fighter he had beaten in the Street Fighter tournament. He was five feet ten inches tall, one hundred sixty five pounds, very strong and deadly looking. He wore a dark blue suit that was a cross between a martial arts uniform and a Japanese school uniform. His name was Koga Kentaro, being twenty-one years old. He looked a lot like a Japanese version of the actor who played Ares on the TV show, Hercules, having dark blue hair and an evil sneer on his face even though he no longer had the beard. Just as Kaneda did for the Hercules character, Koga did stunt work for the Ares character. And just like Kaneda he was let go when the actor who played Ares was able to do his own stunts.
He and Kaneda weren't the best of friends, being practically enemies. Once in a scene where Hercules and Ares were supposed to engage in a man to man fight, Kaneda and Koga were ended up fighting for real! Fortunately, "Hercules" won the fight as he was supposed to.
"Akiyama! I've been looking for you," Koga said. "I hate the fact that you beat me in the Street Fighter Tournament. The only reason you got lucky is because you were invulnerable to my bladefist. When we went toe to toe and while I was hitting you with my bladefist, you were pummeling me with hundreds of punches and kicks. Eventually, you knocked out. I realized later that you had mastered iron body and gung fu, making you invulnerable to my bare handed killing attacks." Koga said bitterly.
"You should have realized that your bladefist wasn't working and switched to another attack. Whose fault is it when you use the same attack over and over again when it doesn't work?" Kaneda responded. "Gasp! That's what I've often done as Akane!"
"How dare you judge me? If I had fought Ryu Hoshi or Ken Masters, I would have destroyed either one of them. No one could have resisted my bladefist except you. It's all your fault!" he said as he attacked.
"This guy hasn't improved all the much. He's over relying on his killing attack, even if he has some new combinations I haven't seen in him. Well, it's time for me to end this." Kaneda quickly found an opening, hitting his opponent several times, ending the fight with a well placed roundhouse punch.
"You should improve a lot more before you challenge me again, Koga. And I was beaten by Ken Masters so I doubt you could have beaten him or Ryu," Kaneda said as he left for the Tendo household.
"The guy was starting to sound like Ryoga. Nah. Ryoga's a nice guy, not the jerk Koga is," Kaneda thought as he made his way to the Tendo household.
When he arrived at his destination, he saw Shampoo leave, crying and upset. After making certain to stay out of the amazon's way, he went to the door and knocked. After waiting a couple of minutes, Kasumi graciously answered the door. It took some time but she soon recognized him.
"Kaneda! How have you been? We haven't seen you in a long time." Then she noticed how much better looking he had become.
"Greetings, Kasumi," Kaneda answered. "It's strange seeing Kasumi like this but I have to act like an acquaintance instead of a close relative."
"I have been just fine, Kasumi-San. Are your father and Akane here? I have something to discuss with them." "I must have gotten here right after the incident with Shampoo. I know she'll be back later with Cologne."
"Oh yes, they're here, but we have some other guests. Come on in. I'll introduce you to everyone," Kasumi said happily as she smiled at the handsome young man.
As they entered the house, Kaneda saw everyone, Soun, Nabiki, Akane and Genma and Ranma in their cursed forms. "I have to do this right," Kaneda realized.
"Kaneda?" Akane said surpised. "Is that you?" Soun looked at Kaneda with nervousness while Genma and Ranma looked at him quizzically. Nabiki looked at him analytically, remembering who he was.
"Hi, Akane. Yes it's me, Kaneda Akiyama. You're looking as good as always Akane," Kaneda said with a charming smile, making Akane blush a little. Ranma then shot Kaneda a look of wariness and hostility.
"Hello Mr. Tendo. Do you remember the agreement you had with my father?"
"Um, well…"
"You don't? Well here's the paperwork for it," Kaneda said as he handed Soun a copy of the paperwork of his and Akane's intended marriage.
Soun read the papers nervously. Genma looked over his shoulder, reading the papers as well. Then he snatched the papers and stuffed them in his mouth devouring them. Then showed a sign saying, "all gone."
"I didn't know your panda was so hungry, Mr. Tendo. By the way, that was a copy. Would your pet panda like seconds, thirds? I got plenty."
Nabiki took a copy and read it to everyone. "This says that Akane is supposed to marry Kaneda. It also says his father gave Soun 100,000 yen as a dowry. I wondered where that money came from. We would have been out on the street and broke if not for that money," Nabiki recalled.
"What? Daddy is this true?" Akane asked with her eyes wide in shock and surprise.
"Well, Akane, I uh, our finances were in bad shape. His father offered all that money so what could I do?" Soun cried sadly.
"However, that does not matter. You're engaged to Ranma and that's that," Soun exclaimed getting back his confidence.
"What?" Kaneda demanded.
"Sorry my boy, things happen that way sometimes."
"Mr. Tendo, why did you tell me Akane was dead? When it's obvious she is alive and well. Is it because you had intended that she marry this Ranma person?" Kaneda interrogated.
Soun's daughters and the Saotomes jaws dropped at this. "Looks like you have another fiancee, Akane," Ranma said.
"The paperwork is all legit," Nabiki said matter of factually. "I'm going to have to investigate Kaneda Akiyama and find out everything I can about him. I just don't like having unknowns running around. Information is everything, second to money of course."
"Dad, are you saying I have to marry this guy?" Akane asked looking at Kaneda with a little bit of hostility.
"No way!" Ranma exclaimed. "Akane is engaged to me."
"I think I'll have some fun," Kaneda thought merrily. "Young lady, who are you? Akane can't be engaged to a cute little girl like you. That does not make any sense," Kaneda said in a patronizingly manner.
"Why you!" Ranma started to say.
"By the way, who is this Ranma person. Does he even exist?" Kaneda asked overtly ignoring Ranma.
"Of course he exists; that's me!" Ranma stated, hating to be ignored.
"Who ever he is," he said walking towards Akane and putting his hands on her shoulders and looking kindly at her. "Will you at least put me on equal footing with this guy? You can choose between the two of us. It will be your choice. Just give me a chance."
"Hey!" Ranma yelled. "Don't ignore me!"
"She can't just.." Soun said as he was interrupted.
Akane then said, "I understand my family's honor is at stake so all right. I will put you on equal footing with Ranma and I will choose between the two of you sooner or later if at all. But since you're on equal footing with Ranma and I don't allow him to touch me the way you are touching me now, GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!" Akane yelled as she malleted Kaneda into the stratosphere.
"No way would I ever have done that!" Kaneda thought as he went flying away. "This is so disappointing!" Eventually he whipped out his hammer, which was made of concrete steel, swung it around and threw it and himself in the direction of his home.
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AUTHOR'S NOTES: So what do you think? This is going to be more based on the manga than the anime, even though I'll put some of the episodes from the t.v. series in this. I have the manga, All of it(some in Japanese but I've read translations of it on the internet) So I will be going in order of the manga.
I made Akane/Kaneda a lot tougher; in part because he'd have to protect himself and also so he could see how slow Akane was. He is also an expert chef so he can see how bad Akane's cooking is. He is going to be on the receiving end of Akane's mallet a few more times. He'll be dealing with the amazons as well. You can probably guess how Nabiki will react to him.
In his past he has helped Guile and the streetfighters against M. Bison; so some of his henchmen will be looking for revenge. He has not seen the last of Koga Kentaro. He will also find out why Kim Kaphwan wanted his family to stay with him. There will be fighters from other fighting games showing up as well.(Like from Fatal Fury and King of Fighters)
Jan Akiyama will be showing up too.(Am I the only person apart from the Cooking babe who has reviewed my other fanfic who has read and liked Iron Wok Jan?)
Miku will eventually be showing up as well.(she is from Miku Metal Fighters) More of Kaneda's past will catch up to him.
By the way, the way Kaneda flies with his hammer is similar to the way Thor from Marvel Comics flies with his hammer. But Kaneda's hammer is to some extent magnetic. It's also based on his willpower. He can do other things with his hammer as well. He wears and carries bracelets that are magnetic so that when he throws his hammer, it will come back to him. In addition to that he often carries spares with him, having built these himself with some help.
I've read a lot of fanfics where Ranma learns a lesson or grows up. In this fanfic Akane learns a lesson and grows up. I don't think of Akane as being evil.(Even though some people have told me she was evil) I do believe she is wrong about a lot of things.
Well that's it for now. Send me reviews telling me what you liked or what you didn't like. Or any questions you might have. Anything that will help my writing will be appreciated.
