Authors note: The basic story is still the same, just greatly re-edited and some (ok, a LOT!) of the screwy dialogue clarified. The story is now told in TWO chapters, not due to any continuation after the original ending but because it was easier for me to split it into two files
Is Ranma-chan hurt?
By Nuki Mouse
This is a Ranma ½ fanfic based on characters owned and copyrighted Takahashi Rumiko and VIZ communications. It is lime flavored but is not a lemon. It is also not really a dark tale, but does deal with adult situations that every girl faces when they are suddenly no longer a girl, but a young woman, even one that is actually a cursed young man.
Author's Note and are used to bracket the Thoughts of the characters.
To all first time readers of a Ranma ½ story, remember that Ranma is a 16 year old VERY masculine male, who changes into a very sexy petite redhead girl when splashed with cold water due to a curse he acquired only a few months ago. (Hot water changes him back.) Ranma is sometimes called Ranma-chan when he is female in my story, Ryouga is a friend (?) of his who is male, and Akane is his true fiancée, although both Ukyou and Shampoo also consider themselves his fiancée.
The Story
Kasumi peered into her laundry room to investigate the strange noises coming from it. I thought there was no one in there. as she crept in though the door. There she found Ranma-chan, sitting on a stool before the washbasin, dressed in one of Akane's old sundresses. Ranma must have appropriated that from my clean laundry bin.
She was busy, methodically washing a pair of her Chinese pants, and had not noticed Kasumi's presence behind her.
How strange, Ranma-chan has never tried to help with the laundry before. As a matter of fact, Ranma has never liked doing anything he considered to be a feminine task before Kasumi realized while she watched the girl finish rinsing out the soap and start to squeeze out the excess water from her pants.
"May I help you, Ranma-chan?" Kasumi finally asked, just as Ranma-chan had finished wringing out the garment. You would have thought Kasumi had stuck her with a pin the way the startled girl jumped up off the stool in surprise, almost dropping the pants back into the basin as she spun around to face the speaker.
"Ugh... Kasumi! I... um... fine! I... ugh... don't need any help" said Ranma-chan as she quickly balled up pair of pants and tried to hide them behind her back.
"Now, now, Ranma-chan, they'll wrinkle that way," replied Kasumi, as she tried to reach around the girl and retrieve the garment from Ranma-chan's hands.
"They're... um... OK, Kasumi. I am... um, all done." Ranma replied as she shied away from Kasumi, edging closer and closer to the door. "I'll just hang this up later!" Ranma-chan continued as she suddenly darted pass Kasumi and bolted from the room, taking the pants along with her as well as a pair of wet boxer shorts that had been draped across the basin's edge.
Kasumi shook her head in amusement as she watched the departing young girl, a slight smile on her lips. Things are never boring with Ranma around! Kasumi thought. Now I have a mystery solve, what is Ranma up to now? Kasumi told herself, as she started to clean up the mess left in her laundry room by Ranma.
Really! I have no problem with Ranma washing his own clothes, OPPS! I mean hers! (with a silent chuckle) However, she must learn to clean up afterwards! I will not condone a messy house! as she noticed the spilled soap powder and various other cleaning supplies that Ranma-chan had scattered across the floor.
When she approached the basin, she noticed that wash water inside was tinted pink in color. What? Kasumi pondered the water and its implications. What is this? Is it... blood? In the water? Could Ranma be bleeding?
Kasumi then quickly looked around for any more evidence of injury. At first, the search was fruitless until she spied a suspicious smear on the stool near the basin
Oh My! Here is some more blood! She thought, as she closely examined the smear. Maybe it is not 'What is Ranma up to' but Is Ranma-chan hurt? Moreover, why is she hiding it from me?
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Ranma-chan dashed into the guestroom she shared with her pop and quickly shut the door behind her. She spun around and pressed an ear against the door trying to hear if Kasumi had followed her. When satisfied that her escape had been successful, she quickly hide the wet garments behind her dresser and slumped down onto the bed.
KAMI-SAMA! That was close, Kasumi is the last person I want ta know 'bout this, 'cept for Akane of course! Ranma thought, as a slight film of moisture formed around her tear ducts. The memories of the morning returned to her as she fought back the tears. Real men don't cry! She reminded her herself.
Why did this have ta happen? Having this damn cursed female form is bad enough, but now this! And with Ryouga... Ranma gritted her teeth and clutched her arms tightly across her chest, as she tried to drive the memory from her mind. No, I gotta face this, I gotta figure it out... she decided. Maybe I'm hurt... Maybe the blood is from... somethin' else... as she tried to deny the recent events.
Ranma gingerly pulled up the hem of her dress and pulled down the purloined panties to examine herself again. She could not help but noticed the dampness down "there". She reached her hand down to her groin and ran her fingers though the red hair as she further examined herself. UH... Blood? She thought in shook, as she looked the moisture on her hand. It's still bleeding as tears once again formed around her eyes and threatened to burst forth.
I wish I spent more time listenin' ta the Sensei rather than sleepin' during those blasted Sex Ed classes! Ranma bemoaned. This is somethin' I thought would never happen! but what if... its like in my dreams... she thought in horror.
Is this my worse nightmares comin' ta life? And ta think I use ta just dream of ca... ca... CATS! She thought as her body shook in fear as she remembered her latest recurrent nightmare.
…She was in Toufu-sensei's clinic, lying naked on a stainless steel table with her legs held wide apart by some type of fiendish torture device. "*Well Ranma-chan*" taunted an evil version of Toufu, "*Now that you decided to be a TRUE female, you curse is gone! You will never transform again! You are in your TRUE FORM FOREVER!*" cried the demon doctor. But I'm still a GIRL! I AM STILL A GIRL! I AM SUPPOSED TO BE A GUY! She yelled back as all the girls Ranma-chan ever knew where suddenly there, yelling out their congratulations to her....
While pushing out the memory of her nightmare, Ranma-chan realized, I need... help, I need... advice! She flopped down on her futon and tried to bury her tears and fears in her pillow. But who? ...Not Kasumi, that would be like tellin' my mother! Maybe a real girl might do that, but not me! her thoughts raced.
Tell Pop instead? Wait... am I crazy? After today, I feel like I just might be! as she continued trying to figure out what to do.
Um... Akane? YACK! That's the worst thing I coulda do. This is somethin' I hope she never finds out, She'd never understand… Ranma thought in disgust and dismissed this idea out of hand with a shake of her head.
Advice, I need advice... of course, Nabiki! She might help me: she has in the past! Plus I know she'll keep this a secret... for a price! But it may be worth it, Ranma-chan decided, rising from her bed and headed for the door.
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Ranma lightly knocked on the Nabiki's door, hoping that no one else (especially Akane!) would hear it and investigate. Nabiki opened the door and her eyes went round in surprise as she took in the unusual sight of Ranma in a dress, not to mention the frightened, tearful expression on her face.
"Ranma-chan, May I… help you?" She asked, phrasing it as a leading question, hoping that Ranma would stick her head in the noose all by herself.
"Nabiki! I need your advice, ...um... I need your... HELP! Ranma said with the last word coming as a high-pitched squeak. She leaned forward though the doorway so that she could whisper into Nabiki ears, "But this must never... ever... be revealed ta anyone
Nabiki raised an eyebrow and a slight predatory grin appeared on her face. AH! Just as my finances were getting low! She gestured for Ranma-chan to enter her room, Come into my parlor, said the spider to the fly she quoted to herself, as she thought of fat bank accounts.
Ranma quickly entered Nabiki's bedroom, while keeping her eyes down cast and her whole body had blushed red in embarrassment. "Um... Nabiki? Um… ah.... This is a, um... female thing" She finally managed to say as her face turned almost as red as her hair.
Nabiki's eyes lit up and you could almost hear a "Ka Ching! Ka Ching!" of a cash register drawer opening. JACKPOT! she mentally screamed. If this was a cartoon she knew there would be a giant dollar sign over her head right now.
"Can you elaborate on this thing ?" she asked of the scared girl. Come on, stick your neck out just a wee bit more... Nabiki silently coaxed the girl as she led Ranma over and sat her on the futon.
"I was fightin' with Ryouga and then..." Ranma-chan's voice trailed off, becoming too low to understand as she drew legs up to her chest and wrapped her arms around her knees in a fetal position.
"Speak up!" demanded Nabiki as she sat down on a nearby chair, "I can't hear you if you're mumbling."
"Well, we were grapplin' and then..." Her voice again becoming too low to hear, but this time Nabiki leaned forward in her chair to listen to the faint the whispers of Ranma's voice.
"WHAT?" yelled out to a shocked Nabiki, interrupting the girl's confession, "You…, while with Ryouga? ...Wait!" Nabiki grabbed Ranma by the shoulders and shook her in frustration. "Start over at the beginning and this time don't mumble!"
"I was hungry for some ice cream, so I um... changed into a girl. Ya know that ol' man Misaki is, a… um, ...push over for an extra large portion when I'm... well... in my girl form."
Ice-cream? At 9:00 in the morning! Well, to each their own... Nabiki thought as she nodded her head in acknowledgement. Unlike Akane, she had no trouble with Ranma-chan using her feminine wiles to con dirty old men out of food, or even money for that matter! Nabiki just wished that she was as cute and as sexy as Ranma's female form.
Trust a boy to have the prettiest face and hottest body in all of Nerima! Hmm... Then again, his male body is just as good Nabiki observed, remembering all the times she had 'accidentally' walk in on Ranma while he was in the bath.
"Well" Ranma continued, "I was on my way home when Ryouga caught up with me! I wasn't in the mood for a fight, bein' a girl and all, so I took off through that wooded area in the park, hopin' ta lose him. I stopped runnin' when he... well... accused me of runnin' out on a fight again!" confessed Ranma. "Then I just had ta fight!"
"It seemed like we fought for hours before we both started ta get too tried ta continue. We finally ended up just wrestlin', trying ta pin each other. Except in my female form, I wasn't strong enough, I just couldn't... um... WIN!" Ranma admitted.
"But I just couldn't, wouldn't, allow Ryouga ta BEAT me, either. I managed ta wrap my legs 'round a tree so that Ryouga couldn't pin me" Ranma-chan further admitted as she gave one of Nabiki's pillows a whole body hug and started to blush again.
"He... um, managed ta get his hand 'tween my legs and was pullin' them apart, tryin' ta pry me off that damn tree." She continued as her whole body started to tremble. "Then I started ta feel..., you know, different…, down THERE!" Ranma said as her eyes quickly darted down to her groin area, "Kind of a sticky, squishy feeling all at the same time."
"Just then Ryouga finally got 'nough leverage ta break my hold. With his strength, he managed ta force my legs apart... I couldn't hold on ta that tree anymore! I fell flat on my back, pullin' Ryouga down with me! I couldn't help it, he landed smack dap on top of me, right between my legs!" cried the ashamed girl.
I tried ta get free, ta push him offa me, but Ryouga was pressin' down on me. I think he was still tryin' ta pin me! Then I got a sudden feeling of wetness... um... Down There!" Ranma bemoaned as she again glanced at her groin.
"And I, um... WE... gulp! Well... um... couldn't stop it…, IT JUST HAPPEN!" Ranma-chan cried out, blushing right down to the roots of her hair as she buried her face in the pillow in shame.
After a few moments Ranma-chan timidly, quietly, started to talk again. "I, ah... still don't know just what happen! And Ryouga..., he seemed to be just as, um... confused… as me!"
"Neither of us knew what was goin' on, just that once it started or happened or what ever, I... ugh, 'IT'… wouldn't... STOP! Then blood, from …IT..., was all over my groin..., on RYOUGA! He... he... (sniff) ran off…" her tears burst forth as Ranma-chan started to sob.
KAMI! You better be ready to pay off BIG for this! Nabiki thought half jokingly. This may put me all the way through college! then mentally chastised herself.
This is a very serious matter! Nabiki realized as she moved from her chair to the futon and put her arms around Ranma-chan to comfort her.
Ranma-chan looked up at Nabiki in gratitude, tears still streaming from her face and she fiercely hugged Nabiki back before breaking off the embrace with a start and retreating to the far side of the bed. "I… um, managed ta get home without anyone seeing me. At least I don't think anyone saw me, or Ryouga, while we where… um... um... fightin' in the woods." A thoroughly embarrassed and upset Ranma finished, as her voice once more trailed off to silence.
"Well, then what?" Nabiki demanded, her interest still piqued, "Did you… um… WASHUP?" Nabiki asked, as she glanced down at Ranma-chan's groin area with a slightly disgusted look on her face. I don't SEE any stains on that dress…
"I… ah... hid down in the laundry room. I... um, well, I had no clean clothes and I could only find this damn sun-dress… so I could't change back yet." Ranma glanced at Nabiki, hoping that she wouldn't press her for the real reason she didn't change back yet.
How could I explain that to HER, that I'm scared! Me, ol'macho-man Ranma himself, that I'm afraid…, afraid of what's happenin' to me. Afraid I'd somehow changed, that I might be stuck female! Ranma-chan thought again of her new nightmare. I'll never tell anyone 'bout THAT dream!
Realizing Nabiki was waiting for a, Ranma continued "Therefore I used just cold water, I washed up best I could in the basin, then I slipped on the dress and… uh, a pair of Akane's panties I also found."
Yew, wearing someone else's panties, she's been hanging out with Uncle Happi too much! Nabiki thought in disgust, "That explains why there's no stains, though. I should have guessed Ranma changed clothes when I saw her in a dress! But, if she didn't properly… ah… clean herself or use a…, then she still would.... She knew that Ranma-chan had absolutely no experience in female matters or hygiene.
I have to do something to help her with that Nabiki decided as she observed the scared, panicky look in Ranma's face and eyes.
"Ranma, do you anything know about...?" she started then changed tacts, "Did you use a...?" Nabiki voice trailed off again. Careful! I need to word is just right, I really do not want to scare her any further!
"Use a... what? Come on, Nabiki, you know me, I'm a guy! I never paid any attention ta all that female stuff in Sex Ed class!" Ranma-chan pleaded as she look at Nabiki with her big round eyes, brimming again with tears. "That's why I'm here, ta ask YOU, for ....um, help, advice, whatever!"
Nabiki glanced out the door and seeing no one in the hallway, she quickly led Ranma to the empty bathing room. "Let's get that dress off you, Ranma" Nabiki suggested after shutting the door, but not before hanging out the "in use" sign.
"Nabiki! Y-yo- you... c -ca-can't meeaan....! "Ranma stuttered out in apprehension of what Nabiki had in mind and her arms nervously clutched her dress tightly to her body.
"Come on Ranma, you're a girl right now! And it's not like I haven't seen your female body nude before!" Nabiki interrupted. You really are a girl, at least for the moment, there is no doubt about that now! "Nabiki smirked in amusement.
With that, Ranma slowly but reluctantly, removed Akane's dress and underwear, the later already strained red from further bleeding.
Those aren't Akane's panties! They're MINE! HERS are all covered in polka-dots! thought Nabiki as she recognized the familiar color of her own underwear and she mentally added the price (and a hefty penalty!) to Ranma's account.
Nabiki then proceeded to help Ranma to wash up again, properly this time, after making sure the water wasn't too warm. Akane, you're just lucky that I wouldn't steal Ranma from you, a little more heat in this water right now, and I really would have him in the palm of my hands, literally! Nabiki thought as she wondered just how she was going to explain, well, everything Ranma-chan needed to know.
Oh baby! Here we go! thought Nabiki, as she led Ranma over to the cabinet were the various "feminine" products were kept. This is going to be fun, just watching his... er... her face as I show and explain all this!
Nabiki first grabbed a container of pre-mixed disposable douche, which Ranma vaguely remembered seeing on one of those cryptic TV commercials about that "spring morning fresh feeling" that she couldn't, or didn't want to, quite understand.
"Wha... what's that for?" a nervous Ranma asked as she eyed the strange looking bottle.
"It is for cleaning you... um... up inside" Nabiki replied as she proceeded to tell and demonstrate to Ranma exactly what she meant by "inside". The look on her face is priceless! Snickered Nabiki, as she wished she had brought her camera with her. Damn it! I could have made a mint from some photos of her right now!
Over the next few minutes, Nabiki showed and instructed Ranma in all the various items stored inside the cabinet. Ranma was surprised to find that being female was a lot more "high maintenance" than she could have ever guessed. Finally, the only things that remained were the two boxes Nabiki had saved for last.
Ranma-chan could not help but notice the strange look in Nabiki's eyes as she sent out the first mysterious box. With that glint in her eyes and the smirk on her face, I know I ain't goin' ta like this! Ranma thought as she tried to read the item's name. Maxi... something... pod's? No...
Nabiki, after pausing for dramatic effect, slid the first box aside and with an almost predatory grin, set down the second.
Tampon? Ranma-chan pondered the mysterious box. Isn't that a city in America? um... famous for it's cigars?
This observation seemed to be confirmed when Nabiki slowly removed a 6 in. long cylinder wrapped in white paper and held it up for Ranma-chan to see.
I thought they use clear plastic ta wrap cigars? Wondered Ranma-chan. Wait... cigars? Why would Nabiki show me cigars? Ranma-chan eyes went wide with surprise as Nabiki un-wrapped the odd object.
"W -wh-wha-- what is... t--th-- that!" Ranma stuttered out as she stared at the strange plastic tube in Nabiki's right hand.
KAMI! Ranma! I know you are naive but even you should know what this is! thought Nabiki as she got out the enclosed instruction booklet and handed it to the confused Ranma-chan.
"Ugggh! ...no, no, NO, NO, NO, NOO!" Ranma's fearful cries escalated in volume as the meaning of the instructions sunk in.
"Come on, Ranma, this is all part of it...," Nabiki stated in a no nonsense voice, but the twinkle in her eye gave away her hidden mirth.
"B-- b-- but!" Ranma-chan stuttered as she clutched both hands tightly over her groin to deny access to anyone or anyTHING!
"Look, Ranma-chan, I know that before you were cursed, you never had to know any of this, but now you do! Moreover, it's best that I show you exactly how!" she couldn't resist in adding with a predatory grin.
"Don't you realize that Kasumi had to do the same thing for me, that I was almost as clueless as you are?" confessed Nabiki. All time she was saying this, Nabiki was slowly approaching Ranma-chan, holding the Tampon in her right hand like a giant hypodermic syringe and using her left to pull Ranma-chan's hands away from their protective hold on her womanhood.
Ranma just stood there, her eyes round with fear, frozen, like a deer caught in the headlights...
I don't think this scene needs to go any further. If you want to know what happen---GUESS! Nuki_Mouse :-)
A few minutes later a thoroughly subdued Ranma sat dejectedly on the bath stool, listening to Nabiki finish up her lectures on feminine hygiene.
"Ranma-chan" Nabiki suddenly said, looking directly into Ranma's eyes, "this part is very serious, I need to talk you about pregnancy."
"P... pr-- preg... preg--na-- na-- nancy!" stuttered Ranma, "I don't need ta know nothin' 'bout that!" she said tersely as she rapidly shook her in denial
"Ranma, after today this is something you do need to know about. Any 'unprotected' girl can get pregnant, any time they, um... 'DO IT'... even if it's their first time, whether they're in cycle, out of cycle, well just about any time!" For some strange reason an old joke (What do you call people who use the rhythm method? ...Parents!) warning about that jumped into Nabiki's mind as she lectured Ranma. "If they 'DO IT', they can get pregnant!" Nabiki bluntly continued.
"But I can't... I wouldn't... not me!" Ranma muttered as all the ramifications of what Nabiki was saying and the days events threaten to overwhelm her.
"Ranma-chan, after what happened today you could... um..." Nabiki stopped, as she realized that Ranma-chan was about ready to bolt from the room and quickly positioned herself in front of the door.
"RANMA!" Nabiki yelled in order to get the frightened girl's attention as she decided to try a different tact. "What if one day you got drunk, and THEN you changed! You know what a low tolerance your female body has for alcohol; you could pass out or find that you can't defend yourself!" Nabiki contended. "And then there are all those new date rape drugs! Remember, there's a lot of scum-bags out there!"
"I.. won't... won't... let it happen!" Retorted Ranma-chan as she subconsciously placed her arms protective across her groin again.
"Do you actually THINK that a rape victim LETS it happen!" Nabiki yelled in indignation at the girl as she waved her arms about in agitation. "But it still happens, all the time! Every day young girls get taken advantage of, assaulted, raped, or worse! It could happen to anyone! Even to you, Ranma!" Nabiki concluded.
After Ranma stood silent for a moment, she slowly walked over to the tub. Glancing back over her shoulder, she asked Nabiki if she could leave her alone for a while. "I want to take a bath" Ranma admitted shyly. I MUST face my nightmare... sometime...
A bath? You want me to leave for that? Nabiki, like most Japanese females, routinely bathed nude with others of the same sex. Don't tell me that you're getting suddenly shy on me again? she wondered. Oh! Kami!, how stupid can I be! Nabiki cursed herself, She means she wants to change back into a man! Nabiki silently laughed at herself for forgetting about THAT.
"Wait Ranma, before you... Change... There is one last thing we need to discuss. I think a doctor, a Gynecologist, should check you out." Nabiki stated and then braced herself for the forthcoming explosion.
"A gynecologist!" Ranma yelled in horror at Nabiki's request. "Only girls have ta go there, I don't need one, I won't go! I'm really a guy, not a GIRL!" she raved, despite the very obvious evidence to the contrary at that moment.
"Gynecologist treats both men and women, Ranma. With what happened today, you should really get a checkup, the sooner the better" Nabiki said as she tried to reason with Ranma, hoping to convince her of the wisdom of her request.
No one really likes to visit a GYN, but… with Ranma's curse and all, maybe… hmm… I know! Nabiki thought in a flash. "Dr Toufu! He's not a GYN, but he's still a pretty good doc, at least when Kasumi isn't around and he's already familiar with Ranma's curse!
"How about we make a compromise, Ranma. Instead of a GYN, you could go see Dr Toufu" Nabiki stated, putting her idea in motion. "We could go right now, he's never busy this time of day."
"WE? What do ya mean by WE?" Ranma cried out in panic at the suggestion, feeling like a rat trapped in a maze, DR TOUFU! No, I CAN'T...
"I figured that you may need some moral support" Nabiki replied. With all the times he's been hurt, I would think a trip to Toufu's would be old hat to him by now, she thought, wondering why the idea of a doctor's visit suddenly seemed to terrify Ranma so much. .
It was a dream, just a dream, Ranma tried to reassure herself. I don't have ta go..., but I can't hide, either. That's not manly, I know Doc! He's no demon Ranma rationalized, trying to overcome her fear. I still don't wanta go! But if Nabiki thinks I need it, I'd better... Ranma-chan finally decided and nodded her head in acquiescence.
"Are ya sure you want ta come with me?" Ranma asked Nabiki hesitantly.
"Honestly Ranma, do you actually believe I'm so cold-blooded I'd let you go though this ordeal by yourself?" answered Nabiki in a mock-hurt voice. Plus I wouldn't want to miss THIS visit for all the gold in Fort Knox!
Next Chapter: "In The Lair Of Doctor Toufu…."
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