At the Tendo residential, the patriarch of the household is sleeping on a tatami mats integrated floor. It is not a matter of choice that his eyes are closed; he was shocked to unconscious due to the ambiguity of today's event and to the shattering of future's dream. The dream of the two schools unity has been shattered as reality once again shows its ugly head.
The Tendo daughters are kneeing beside the heart-broken Soun, as he opens his eyes. Tears of disappointment can be seen creeping out of his eye sockets, which contain one eye on each of the two sockets as expected. Even a failure on a university examination or the crashing of a certain technology stock after buying hundred shares on margin would seem preferable. Soun would wail for his incompetent, but the hope that was in his heart for over ten years shattered in a merely second duration…
Kasumi replaces the towel on his forehead after and sighs, "Poor father."
The green-hair girl known as Ranma Saotome however shows no emotion as she looks into Soun's face with her position sitting beside Kasumi.
Nabiki, as weird as it may, seems to be a little shaken by the events. Nevertheless, she helps to change the atmosphere by asserting, "Poor father? How does that girl resemble a guy?"
"B…But Saotome said he has a 'son'", Soun replies.
"Does that look like a boy?" Nabiki would have grabbed the girl and modest her to emphasize her point, if she isn't sitting across from her and if she isn't so unnerving.
Ranma looks at Nabiki with her focused red eyes and calmly replies voicelessly followed by a few "bwee"'s from the cute small little black piglet on her lap. An awkward silence has filled the room by the intense staring the green-hair girl is giving the middle daughter. Somehow, a murderous glare from Ranma would seem more appreciated as the others, including Nabiki, could have an insight about Ranma's emotional states. Eventually, the tension has been released when Ranma speaks once again, vocally this time, startling every human in the room, "'How rude. Ranma-san here is a guest. That are some attitudes you have there,' the black piglet said."
Nabiki is now looking at Ranma with an evil smirk and thinks, "How cowardly? Retorting to use an animal to insult 'me'? How she is going to pay…"
Akane stands up with a smile and apologizes to Ranma, "I am sorry about my sister. Do you want to be friend?"
Akane extends a hand, waiting for the girl's reply. However, the girl merely looks at her and says nothing. Akane's left eyes a twitching badly now and she once again askes, more forcefully this time, "Well? Do you want to be friend?"
Seeing the girl neither startled nor scared angers Akane even more. "WELL?"
No response.
"FINE!" That said, Akane stomps out of the room.
Suddently, a middle aged man with a white handkerchief to hide his bald head pathetically arrives and hit the green-hair green on the head, only to find her missing.
The target is soon found to be near the entrance. She bows to the Soun who is no longer on the floor. "Sorry about my father and my intrusion."
"What do you think you are going off to, my boy?" the middle aged man asks.
"girl," Ranma replies.
"huh?"
"I am a girl."
The strange man who appears out of nowhere is now face-faulting. "This is bad. Maybe I have be too harsh on her. Now she even think she is a girl. I must beat sense into my 'boy'!"
"Saotome, is that you?" Soun walks toward the stranger wearing white dirty gi. Upon their reunion, they hug each other with passion.
"Soun…" the strange middle aged man says with sparkling eyes, tears are now filling his eyes.
"Saotome…" the patriarch wearing brown replies with two streams of tear flowing from his eyes.
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Back to the Tendo living room, the two elder men are sat at one side of an well polished end table; the Tendo daughters are sat on the opposite side; Ranma is sat next to his father.
"Well…let's introduce ourselves properly this time," Tendo similes nervously at his daughters.
"This is Ranma Saotome, and this is Genma Saotome," He gestures to the respective person.
"They had been travelling in China for about a year. The mystery of Jusenkyo is now unfolded upon our own eyes. Tada!" Soun pours a glass of cold water on Genma, who prompty transformed into a panda.
"Instant Panda!" Soun exclaimed excitedly.
After Genma has assumed his human form, he proceeds to explain himself deliberately. "It is such a tragedy. After we traveled to China, we went to Jusenkyo. My son said that I was a useless old man. Thus, he showed no mercy and kicked me into a Panda spring. Shortly afterward, he said that a Panda don't deserve a son and thus jumped into a girl spring. Now, when we are splashed by cold water, my son turns into a girl and I turn into a Panda. We will return back to our original form by the application of hot water, that is until we are hit by cold water again."
Nabiki speaks to herself, "The story seems fishy. Still, I can't deny seeing him transforms. Although it is theoretically impossible….I wonder…."
"Can you proof your 'son' is a boy?" Nabiki demands.
"Of…Off course. Come on boy. You have been a girl for far too long. I think it is time for you to turn back." Genma tries to splash his 'son' with hot water from a kettle. But the water never reached her, because a barrier in form of an umbrella has deflected the hot water attack.
"Today is the day that I must not be soaked by hot water," the green hair girl replies calmly with no emotion. Her control over her emotion is threatening the very title of Nabiki, the Ice Queen.
"Well, Saotome-san. Are you sure this is a boy. She looks like a perfect girl to me." Kasumi comments hesitantly.
"I am a girl," Ranma once again speaks up.
"Could you prove it?" Nabiki smirks like a predator. If it is anyone else, he or she will be scared by her expression. Nevertheless, Ranma being a believer does not waver, if she believes God is on her side.
Ranma answers, "Do you have a doctor? Examination can be arranged to prove that I am a girl."
"Well, are you a girl with you are born?" Akane growled angrily for some reasons.
"Let n be the time until now in nanosecond when I am a girl. If I am a girl now, the statement is true for n = 1. Assume that n = k is true, by induction hypothesis and the fact that girl doesn't change into boy in one nanosecond, I am a girl for n = k+1. Thus, by the principle of mathematical induction, I must be a girl for n = 0…k. Thus, I must be a girl when I was born." Ranma explains.
"This seems to make sense," the Tendo patriarch nodded sagely. In fact, he doesn't understand a word.
Nabiki glares at the new girl, "Don't be fooled by her false mathematically prove. How can you prove life with mathematic? It seems like Mr. Saotome is affect by some strange curse. It is only natural to believe that she is also a victim. Beside, there will be a fallacy if the curse exist, which seems evidential with Mr. Saotome around."
Ranma counters, "Absurd. Girl don't change into boy in a nanosecond. We don't have the technology to do sex change in such a short time frame. Beside, you shouldn't trust my father to much."
Knowing that the argument could continue forever, and his brain is starting to fry due to the reasoning the girl gave, Soun concludes desperately, "Enough. Either way, the promise must be fulfilled. Ranma, be you a girl or a boy, choose anyone you like. This is Kasumi 19, Nabiki 17, and Akane 16. Choose anyone you like."
Ranma seems to be petrified. Seeing the chance, Nabiki offer Akane as the sacrifice to this strange girl. Unknown to Ranma, the decision has been made that Akane will be Ranma's fiancee. After a few days, Ranma seems to recover and similes evilly, "May everything proceed according to God's will."
