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Crimson Hunter
A Ranma 1/2 and One Piece FanFiction
Written by: Konsaki
Makino furiously massaged her temples, trying futilely to relieve some of her accumulated stress as she walked down the main street of the town. “I swear, I never dropped you on your head as a baby. So, how did it get into your fool head that jumping from the roof was a good idea?!”
Ranma winced slightly at the tone her mother’s words held; equip parts worry and anger but straining to be ‘conversational’. “It was for fall training.”
Scrunching her brow together at her daughter’s answer, Makino could just feel the start of a stress induced headache starting. “‘Fall training?’ Why the… Why would you jump off the roof for ‘fall training’?!” She repeated, her tone unamused with the response.
“Because I was done with the trees.” The redheaded twelve year old easily replied, as if her reasoning should be completely obvious.
The black haired woman continued rubbing at her temples to no effect. Worry, anger, fear and incredulity warred within the woman before she fell back on a simple response. “You’re grounded.”
“What?! But, Mama!” The growing girl cried out in shock, rushing forward to stand before her mother.
“Don’t ‘but, Mama’ me, young lady!” Makino cut in, interrupting her daughter’s complaint harshly. “You think this is some sort of game? You could have been seriously hurt! Did you even think about that?!” Coming to a complete stop, shook her head as she pinched the bridge of her nose. “I can’t believe we’re having this conversation right now, I really can’t.”
“But Mama, I only broke my arm.” Ranma stated, lifting her slinged arm before immediately wincing and letting it back down.
Continuing to pinch the bridge of her nose, Makino felt her stomach flip slightly at the memory of the event only a couple hours ago. Her walking out the back door to call her daughter to lunch only to have a red and black blur fall nearby, a sickening crack of a bone breaking filling the air. That in itself was gut turning to the woman, but the sight of her daughter only grunting as she reset the damn thing with another resounding crunch… A shiver crawled up her spine.
“You’re damn lucky you didn’t break your neck!” Her voice raised loudly enough to garner the attention of a few other pedestrians. Once they realised the participants, they calmly went back around their business. “That’s it! No more martial arts!”
Deep blue eyes flashed wide at that proclamation, a desperate cry coming from the girl, “Nooo! You can’t!”
“I can’t?” Makino parroted incredulously before she put her foot down, pointedly ignoring the tears forming in her daughter’s eyes.. “I can and I will, if it keeps you from trying to kill yourself!” Grabbing her daughter’s uninjured arm, the displeased mother dragged her pre-teen daughter into their family owned ‘Party’s Bar’. “Really; jumping off the roof!? Where did you get the idea to do such a foolish, crazy thing?!”
The girl just rubbed her casted arm, staring at the wooden floor and muttering something just low enough the mother couldn’t make it out.
“Well? Speak up, daughter.” Makino directed, crossing her arms beneath her chest while tapping a foot.
“From boy me.”
What with her redheaded daughter still talking to the floor, Makino barely understood the low answer. “‘Boy you?’” She repeated in confusion before a frown took her lips. “What did I tell you about making up stories, young lady! Think carefully before you lie to me again.”
Whatever she had expected, it wasn’t seeing her daughter jerk her head up in anger and hurt. “I’m not lying!” The girl yelled out, vehemently. “I knew you wouldn’t believe me but it’s true! Granny Weatherwax believed me! She said I’m an ‘old soul’ and you don’t know anything!”
So shocked by her daughter’s startling outburst, Makino failed to react as Ranma bolted from the room, ran upstairs and slammed the door to her bedroom.
Once the woman gathered herself, a look of consternation held her face as she decided what she should do… or rather, who she should go have a talk with.
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A/N - The next section will be skipping the Makino/Weatherwax conversation, as I don't want Granny to be an actual screen time character. After this, she probably wont be mentioned again.
The next scene will consist of another conversation between Makino and Ranma during the same day.