The following story is rated M for mature readers only.
It contains adult themes and descriptive nudity.
Reader discretion is advised.

In the climactic scene of Ranma ½: Movie 2 – Nihao My Concubine, Toma, the prince of Togenkyo is racing with Akane to the bottom of the chamber containing the sacred spring that turns any living creature into a man. Ranma is fighting to rescue Akane when things go terribly wrong and our hero and the fair lady find themselves plummeting through the air toward the water below. Ranma sacrifices his chance for a cure to his curse, telling Akane, "I like you just the way you are."

What if it happened just a little different? What if Akane realized that she'd do…

"Anything for Love"

by

Uriel Godfire

A Fanfiction based on Ranma ½ by Rumiko Takahashi

"You can't have her! Akane is my fiancé!" Ranma shouted as he slammed his foot down into the track.

The cart flipped into the air dumping its passengers before slamming into the wall ahead. Prince Toma managed to grab a support beam but could only stare in shock as Akane Tendo and Ranma Saotome plummeted toward the springs below. Akane could scarcely hear Toma shout "Akane!" as the wind rushed past her, the sacred spring fast approaching.

"I've gotta destroy the spring Akane!" Ranma shouted as Akane latched on to him.

"But Ranma! Your cure?" Akane asked.

"Didn't you say you liked me just the way I am?" Ranma asked. "Well I like you just the way you are. I gotta do it!"

Akane thought back to all the times Ranma had put himself on the line for her. This was her chance to do something for Ranma. She wrapped her arms tightly around Ranma, "no."

Ranma's eyes widened as he felt Akane wrap him up. He struggled against her grip, trying to get into a position to release a Moko Takabisha to destroy the pool below. "What are you doing Akane? Let go, I gotta…"

"No," Akane almost whispered this time, and held on tighter.

"You gotta let me go," Ranma said frantically, struggling with everything he could to get out of Akane's vice like grip. "The cure is not that important, I have to destroy it, for you."

Akane's voice was almost hoarse, tears brimming at her eyes, as she whispered into his ear, "you dummy, I know you've been looking for this cure since you arrived from China."

"But…" Ranma sputtered.

"And I know you don't love me, Ranma, you always say so," Akane told him, crying fully now, "at least this is something I can do for you."

"No, Akane…"

"You won't have to worry about marrying your un-cute fiancé now Ranma," Akane said tears streaming from her eyes. They were seconds from the spring, "I know you don't feel the same way, but," she whispered moments before impact, "I love y…"

The two of them hit the sacred spring of Togenkyo, sending a spout of water up into the air. Moments were like minutes as Ranma felt himself shrink into his now familiar female form in the cold water. In that moment he thought maybe they were lucky, and this wasn't the cursed man water of Togenkyo, and Akane would be alright. Then he saw the light fill the water around Akane and himself. He felt a familiar shift, though slightly different as his body once again shifted gender, though more slowly than the near instantaneous Jusenkyo curse. Akane was pressed against his back, and he felt the change that frightened him the most. Where moments ago Akane's breasts had been pressed tightly against his back, now there was slowly forming a hard muscular chest. Ranma didn't have time to dwell as the two men struck the bottom of the spring, hard. Akane's now longer and cord like arms released Ranma, as Akane started to thrash about in the water. Ranma slipped out from beneath the newly formed man and grabbed his arm, dragging Akane toward the edge of the spring. Ranma burst from the surface of the water, gasping for breath and hauled the panicked Akane out to the edge.

"Grab on to the edge Akane," Ranma told the panicked boy, noticing a slight change from his usual male voice, but setting that aside for now. Akane gasped for breath, grasping the edge tight as Ranma got his bearings, noticing the landing at the far edge of the pool. "Come on Akane, you have to circle around the edge to the other side, the landing is over there."

Akane found that while it dropped off pretty fast, it wasn't as steep so as to deny him footing. He and Ranma quickly made their way around to the landing, Ranma swimming across slowly to stick with Akane. They climbed out onto the landing and Akane lay back on the hard floor to calm himself and catch his breath. Akane looked down at himself, noticing that he was a bit taller than before the change. He had to blush a bit when he saw how the short white dress clung to himself now that it was wet, not to mention a size too small. Then the former girl felt it for the first time, panicking in his mind as he felt himself squeezed and compressed into the tight panties he had been wearing before falling into the spring. Ranma for his part hadn't really looked over at Akane yet, busying himself with scoping out their way out, while subconsciously avoiding looking at the ex-girl. It was Akane's scream that first drew Ranma's attention.

"AAAAAHHHH!" Akane screamed, eyes going wide at the baritone voice that just came out. Ranma spun at the new voice and looked at Akane for the first time. The new boy was taller than when he was a she, now about the same height as Kasumi. Akane was definitely very fit, with an athletic build. His strong cordlike arms were attached to a chiseled, but not huge, chest, and the now very out of place looking skirt didn't hide an inch of Akane's powerfully built thighs. His face was harder, more masculine than before, especially in the jaw, but still had a feminine quality overall. All in all Akane looked like an underwear model for Calvin Kline. The look on his face was a mix of pain, fear, and surprise.

"What's wrong Akane?" Ranma asked, slightly disturbed at how his voice now compared to Akane. He silently noted that his voice currently was quite a bit higher than Akane's baritone, higher even than his usual voice.

Akane blushed deep red as he stammered, "too, um, tight… you know," and waved in the general direction of his hips.

"Too tight?" asked Ranma confused.

"You know, down… there," Akane stammered. He noted the confused look on Ranma's face, "um, I was wearing… panties before we fell into the spring," he nearly whispered unable to look at Ranma with his full face flush.

Ranma got the hint, and grimaced as he too took on a red flushed hue. "Well uh, you should probably, you know, go without, for a bit, until we find you something better," Ranma said, turning away from Akane.

"Oh, uh, ok," Akane said with a small nod. "It's not like you haven't seen one before," he said trying to reassure his self, but dreading finding that for the first time. Slowly he reached up under the skirt, and grabbed the too tight panties, pulling them down. The immediate release of pressure was a good thing, until he felt it fall against his thigh. The shock finally set in as Akane stared down at his new penis, resting against his thigh, and just began to stammer, "no, no, no, no…"

"What's wrong now?" asked Ranma as he turned back around. The sight that greeted him was Akane, with his old panties down to his knees, just staring at the penis resting on his thigh. "Now's not the time Akane, we gotta get moving, it's a long way to the top," he told the stunned boy, trying to get him out of his funk. It wasn't working. Ranma grabbed Akane's shoulder and shook him, "come on Akane, cry about it later, I want to get out of here." Akane nodded, and with a sniffle and a couple of tears, pulled off the panties. He held them for a moment, looked down at himself again, and then he sighed and tossed the useless garment away. He looked at Ranma and wiped away some tears, standing up to join him. Ranma hadn't noticed it when he was sitting down, but now that he was standing he noticed that Akane was taller than he was, not by much, just by about the same as the difference in their girl heights.

Ranma took the lead as they started up the long spiral track. They walked in silence, both with a lot on their mind. Ranma was trying to avoid looking at the new man behind him. He could not help thinking that this was his own fault. Over and over Ranma recalled the insults, the litany of character faults he usually spewed whenever someone even so much as insinuated that he liked Akane. What else was he supposed to do? If he and Akane got along, well, they would be married immediately, and he just was not ready to be married yet. Why did the stupid tomboy have to take everything so seriously?

Akane's mind was slipping into panic mode as it delved into all the questions he had been unable to consider before making this decision. Now that he was a man, he would have to use men's restrooms, in public, and the men's side at public baths. He'd see other men, naked. Akane began to blush as he thought about his new situation. His look changed to one of fear as his thoughts moved on to school, what was he going to tell all his friends? He'd be in the boy's gym class, and would have to change with them, and with Ranma. He looked up ahead to his ex-fiancé. Akane had failed to notice it earlier, being focused on his own new body, but Ranma did not look entirely like his original male self. First off he was shorter, not as short as his old female body, but shorter than normal, and slimmer than normal as well. What had the spring done? It was still definitely Ranma walking up ahead, just like it still Ranma when he was a girl, if you knew what you were looking for. The male Ranma, that Akane knew so well, was no doubt all male, with a very masculine build. The boy walking up ahead was more like one of the main characters in a girl's romance comic, the kind his school friends Saiyuri and Yuka were always fawning over. Where his old male form was very masculine, this one was rather feminine, as beautiful as his other male form was handsome. Then it struck Akane, the spring must have changed his girl side, like it did that crab on the beach, making a male body with characteristics from the original, which in this case was short and very feminine looking. Did this mean that Ranma would have two different male forms now? Is this what happened to his body? Did he look as feminine as Ranma's new form, or was he too much of a tomboy before? Would he recognize himself when he looked in a mirror?

The questions continued to panic Akane, and the guilt weighed heavily on Ranma as they trudged up the track. They had been walking for about half an hour when they were brought out of their respective funks by a clearing throat. Ranma looked up and saw the young prince Toma standing before them, which brought a scowl to his face. "What now you little twerp?" Ranma asked.

"Nothing now, I guess I have to start over." Toma said.

"Start over?" Ranma growled. Ranma couldn't believe the nerve of this guy. He'd ruined someone's life and all he was concerned about was starting over his search for a bride.

"Of course, you don't expect me to marry Akane now do you? I'm not into guys." Toma said, totally missing Ranma's meaning. He also missed Ranma's fist as it struck him in the face, sending him crashing to the ground.

"What about the lives you've ruined in your little quest? Huh? Did you ever think about that?" Ranma said, trembling in fury. Toma held his bleeding nose as he looked up at Ranma wide eyed. Akane grabbed Ranma's shoulder and pulled him back.

"Prince Toma," Akane said, shaking his head, he was never going to get used to this voice. "Ranma's right, this needs to stop, you need to stop. Kidnapping women won't get them to like you, not the way you want."

Toma looked up at Akane and sighed, "I guess you're right, I certainly don't want to see any more tragedies like today." Ranma snorted at the comment about tragedies. Toma continued, "Maybe I'll visit the locals next time I'm we're near land."

"Gee, maybe if you thought of that before all this, nothing would have happened," Ranma replied with a derisive glare.

"Ranma! That's enough," Akane scolded. Then he looked back at the prince. "Do you have a quicker way out of here or do we have to climb all that?" Akane asked, looking up at the long spiral ramp above them. Prince Toma grinned.

"Of course, let me show you." Toma reached into his shirt and pulled out a small shiny silver token, shaped like a peach, "grab my shoulders."

"Why?" Ranma asked staring at the prince with distrust. He grabbed the shoulder none the less, as did Akane. The small token shone and there was a brilliant pink flash as they were all surrounded by a glowing sphere that lifted them off and up into the air. Akane, startled, grabbed Toma's shoulder tighter, as they lifted into the air, rapidly ascending the shaft. Moments later they were back at the top and standing in Toma's private chamber, where the fight had first begun.

Toma shrugged away from Ranma and Akane, and walked over to a side table where a vase of water stood. He poured himself a glass and headed toward the couch. "Damn, this day was looking so good to," Toma said as he flopped down onto the couch, "I really was looking forward to marrying you Akane, you genuinely seemed a wonderful woman."

"You never had a chance twerp!" Ranma told him.

"Oh yes, you've seen to that haven't you," Toma said as he rolled his eyes at Ranma, "totally pleased with your so called rescue are you?"

"Why you little…" Ranma made to lunge at the boy prince. Akane grabbed his arm and stopped him before it could escalate. Ranma couldn't help noticing the power in Akane's steel like grip.

"Oh no Ranma, you aren't starting this up again," Akane told him. Turning to Toma, still holding back Ranma, "Toma, prince, please we don't want to argue this all with you. We need to get back together with our friends, and then we can all just go our separate ways."

"Of course, my apologies Akane, I shall call my attendant immediately and we'll get this whole thing sorted out."

"You better jerk," Ranma said with a huff as he pulled away from Akane and began pacing around the room.

Akane stopped Toma before he could leave. "Um while you're doing that, do you have a towel, and maybe some clothes I could change into?" Akane asked with a blush, pointing to his too small and now ridiculous looking dress.

Toma pointed to a door at the back of the room, "my dressing chamber is through there, take what you need, it's the least I can do," he said with a sad smile. Then Toma headed out to find an attendant. Akane headed back into Toma's dressing chamber, and froze in marvel at the displays of opulence. There was a bathing alcove larger than the entire Tendo family bathroom and changing room together. Clothes were displayed in a walk in closet that dwarfed his bedroom back home. After getting over the grandness of it all he found a towel and began looking trough the clothes for something that would even fit, as all the clothes seemed to be tailored to Toma's much smaller frame. Akane found a pair of shorts that looked like it was tailored to be very loose on the prince, and would probably fit his new body snuggly if not comfortably. Taking them and a light shirt that looked like it might fit similarly he took a deep breath and prepared himself for what he was going to see. He'd been trying to ignore his new body as much as he could so far, but he'd have to deal with it now. Akane took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and then slid the dress from his shoulders, letting it fall to the floor. The air was cool on his skin as he opened one eye and looked down. There it was, across a lean, well toned body, his new manhood, just hanging between powerful thighs. He opened both eyes and looked in a full length mirror. Staring back at Akane in the mirror was a naked young man, a good looking naked young man. Akane was blushing furiously when he felt it, his body was beginning to react in ways it never could before now. That was too much.

Ranma was pacing around Toma's chamber, far too worked up to sit or relax. Mr. Tendo was going to kill him. Ryoga was going to kill him. Kuno was going to try to kill him, because there was no way Kuno would ever get even close. Ranma wasn't even sure he really would try to stop any of them, it was partly his fault, his and that brat's. Maybe he could convince them that they all needed to get revenge on Toma first, and then they could kill him. In the midst of contemplating his impending doom, Ranma heard it. Akane's deep and terrifying scream. Casting aside thoughts of suicide he switched to defensive mode and rushed into the bathroom. Ranma found Akane naked, staring at himself in the mirror, a shocked and horrified look on his blushing face. Ranma also couldn't help but notice the erection, the very large erection. No one could have missed that thing, Ranma noted to himself with a small hint of jealousy. "Damn it Akane, cover up already!" Ranma told the shocked boy, "you act like you've never seen it before." Ranma flashed back to the first day he met the Tendos and the encounter he had in the bathroom.

"B...but why did… why did it do… that?" Akane asked, "oh god, it just happened…" he continued stammering. Ranma sighed and walked over, grabbing the shorts Akane had laid out and handing them to him.

"It does, and there's nothin' you can really do about it." Ranma said as he looked away.

"But why? Why so big?" Akane continued to stammer as he tried to pull the shorts on over the un-cooperating member. Ranma started laughing in pity. "Hey!" Akane exclaimed, "why are you laughing?" Akane scowled furiously and once he finished getting his shorts on, punched Ranma, hard.

Ranma continued to chuckle lightly, even as he admitted silently to himself that Akane's punch really had some power behind it. "I didn't know you were so narcissistic Akane," Ranma told him with a grin. "Liked what you saw in the mirror did you?"

Akane's face turned bright red as he finally figured out what Ranma was telling him. Then he quickly donned the tight shirt, and looked in the mirror again, to see a handsome, some would say hot, boy. Akane sighed as it began to sink in that this hot guy in the mirror was him, and it was going to be him, probably for a long time. Then he took a play from Ranma's book, "well yes I did like what I saw Ranma. I can understand if you're jealous. I'm better built." It came out as if it were simply a matter of fact.

It was Ranma's turn to scowl, trying hard not to show it, as he mumbled something under his breath resembling, "yeah right, in your dreams." Ranma looked at himself and Akane, side by side in the mirror, noticing that the height ratio between the pair was similar to as it was when they were both girls before. There was something else in the mirror as well, something that he couldn't place a finger on, something that just didn't seem right, other than a male Akane. He let it slide for now; there would be time later to figure this out. Looking up at Akane, Ranma sighed "come on 'stud muffin' let's get out of here and go see if the others are alright."