Disclaimer: The characters of Ranma ½ belong to Rumiko Takahashi, and not me. I am writing this story for fun and won't be making a penny off of it.
Some Things are Just too Ridiculous By Lioconvoy
Chapter Two: The Students of Furinkan Part One
Nabiki made her way to school thinking about Akane's condition and what Kasumi said last night. It was rare for the oldest Tendo sister to berate their father, but it was obvious her thoughts on their youngest sister's behavior were along the same lines as her own. What if it was someone else that hurt Akane?
"Good morning Nabiki, how fares your sister?" Kuno leaned against the school gates waiting for the fair Akane, today was the day she would prove herself a man. When the battle was over she would once more be a man and she would fit the kendo uniform she was wearing.
"Has it been a month already? Sorry Taki, Akane's not going to be coming to school today, she got hurt last night; you'll have to wait a little longer to lose to her again." After Akane turned the rest of the school female, Kuno was waiting for her at the school entrance and proclaimed that she would challenge the youngest Tendo once a month to attempt to regain her manhood. Nabiki wondered why she even bothered, it didn't seem like she'd be beating her sister any time soon.
"My name is Tatewaki, not Taki; I have been reminding you of this for the past two months." The former male was quite uncomfortable with the name the middle Tendo had given her. What was worse was both her sempai and Mendou had started calling her by the name as well. Turning her thoughts back on what Nabiki had said about Akane she was curious; who could hurt a goddess. "What happened to your sister?"
"We have a girl staying with us and Akane challenged her to a sparring match. You know how Akane is; she took things too far and ended up getting herself hurt." Given their business relation she didn't mind sharing the information with Kuno.
"How bad is she?"
"Not that bad, Kasumi will allow her to come to school tomorrow." Ever since Dr. Tofu brought back Lou Xiong, her older sister had been acting as the family doctor; Kasumi knew a lot about simple medical treatments from the books she'd borrowed from Tofu in the past.
"Very well then I shall walk with you into the school and we shall discuss other matters." Since she could not attempt to regain her manhood, she could talk business with Nabiki. According to Ukyo the shorthaired Tendo sister owed her some money.
"Ukyo told you he gave me the profits from the last group of photos, didn't he?" The spatula boy was her contact at Tomobiki, and sold the pictures she took to the male students there. The pictures of random students in the new Furinkan uniform only sold well for a week and then got old fast so she was forced to try something different. Her first idea was getting pictures of the former males changing, but Izumi, Kuno's predecessor in the Kendo club stopped her. After a few other failed ideas she ended up asking the former male for help since 'Taki' was popular enough to have her own mini-horde. "Taki, why do you need the money, your family is rich."
"Nabiki Tendo, I degrade myself so you might make a profit. I deserve my due." As many men that the middle Tendo sister had taken for everything she could; Tatewaki wanted to prove she was different from them. It was also Jun-sempai's suggestion that she demand to be paid for her work as a model.
Nabiki sighed; if only the Blue Thunder would degrade herself, she might turn a bigger profit. As it was Kuno would only wear modest outfits; The Chinese dress had a long skirt and the slit only went up to the knees, the maid outfit showed no cleavage, the miko robes made her breasts look smaller, and she refused to wear swimsuits aside from the school one. Still, if not for Taki she'd have no profit at all.
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Hikaru looked at Akane's empty seat. Why was her best friend absent today? After school she would have to visit the Tendo home to see how Akane was.
Most of the transformed males hated what happened to them, but she couldn't see it as anything but a blessing. As 'Gosunkugi' she had accepted that she had no chance with Akane; that there would always be others interested in her that she could not compete with, she was happy simply watching the youngest Tendo from afar. After transforming all the male students female, Akane's friends abandoned her in anger, not caring that it could have been Kuno's fault; given her new form she decided could fill the gap that Akane's former friends left behind.
Hikaru didn't immediately approach the youngest Tendo afraid that her near death look would scare Akane. With the help of Risa Sawada she changed from a sickly looking girl to one that she herself might have been attracted to if she was still male. The transition had taken a month but it was more than worth it because now she and Akane were best friends. As miserable as her life had been before, she couldn't see it getting any better than it was now.
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Akane stared at Ranma. The redheaded girl that had been standing before her was now replaced by a black haired male. The pigtailed girl, or was it boy told her about his curse and how he got it before going downstairs to get the hot water, but even with the oddities already in her life she didn't believe someone could transform with different temperatures of water. "Are you really Ranma?"
"I just changed right in front of you." That was a silly question, of course he was Ranma. "This is the real me. I've been in my cursed form since we met. Before coming here, me and my old man got splashed by an old lady cleaning her sidewalk."
A few of the other strange things in her life came to the youngest Tendo's mind. A Chinese Amazon taking Dr. Tofu as her husband, Kuno cursing her, Kasumi being at multiple places at once, and if Nabiki was to be believed the girl who was now her best friend was once her stalker. It wasn't like Ranma's curse could be impossible. "Your father is the panda?"
"Yep, and I'm sure he's real mad at me for leaving him that way overnight. I was worried about how you would react to my curse." He had been uncomfortable about any of the Tendo's finding out about his curse. There were lots of things they could assume about a guy who transforms into a girl and he didn't want them thinking he was a pervert or anything. Hearing about Akane's curse, he hoped she'd understand him.
"Oh my! Akane, where did this boy come from?" Kasumi walked into the room wondering why Ranma had come down stairs to get a cup of hot water, if her sister wanted tea; then the redhead forgot the tea bag. Now instead of the pigtailed girl, a boy was with Akane.
"I'm Ranma Saotome, sorry about this."
"Was there a delayed reaction on your curse Akane?"
"No. No, I have a curse of my own; I turn into a girl with cold water and back to a boy with hot water." He still had half a cup of hot water left, but he didn't have any cold water to demonstrate his curse for the oldest Tendo sister.
"That would explain why Mr. Panda kept trying to get hot water. Is he your father?" The black and white bear did seem rather smart for an animal. She had heard plenty of myths and legends about people being turned into beasts, but she never thought it was really possible. Then again males turning into females was just as odd. "I guess I should turn him back into a man. It's too bad, I always wanted a pet panda, oh well."
After watching Kasumi leave Ranma looked back at Akane. "She always wanted a pet panda?"
"I didn't know that either." Despite being sisters, there were a lot of things she didn't know about either Kasumi or Nabiki. Kasumi sometimes frightened her and what Nabiki would do for money at times would shock her.
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As the first period came to an end, Kuno watched the middle Tendo start to gossip with some of the other natural girls in the class. Still focused on Nabiki, she couldn't deny that her business partner was quite beautiful. Many of her classmates had been attracted to the shorthaired Tendo.
'Had' being the operative word. Once finding out what Nabiki was like, only the fools remained interested in her. When dating Nabiki Tendo one's wallet quickly became empty and when you no longer could support her wants she would dump you, later she would then blackmail you whenever you came into money again with past love letters. Tatewaki had prided herself on not falling into the middle Tendo sister's sinister web.
Now things seemed to be quite different. Nabiki needed her if she wanted to make any money at all. The revelation of Akane's status as a goddess seemed to end all of the middle sister's opportunities. Her attempts after the revelation did not fair well at all.
Although the form was profitable for Nabiki, Kuno wondered how long she would have to endure Akane's judgment.
~After losing to Akane ~
While many of his fellow students fled the school after proving unworthy of Akane, he had made his way to the Kendo room to change into his school uniform. He wasn't really a he anymore. For now he should think of himself as a she.
How had this happened? She always knew that the youngest Tendo held the beauty of a goddess, but could she possibly be one? It had been the defeat at her hands that caused this transformation. Akane must be the deity responsible for deciding if a man was worthy of their manhood. Her loss proved her so unworthy that she was now a woman.
What the woman she had became! Looking in the full length mirror in the clubroom her breath was taken away. Before her, dressed as a miko was a girl only an inch or so shorter than she had been when male. Even in the robes she could tell her figure was amazing, and her breasts while not too big were certainly by no means small. Her hair that was once short, was now very long, coming to just above her waist.
Turning from the mirror and getting undressed Kuno forced the perverted things her male mind was telling her to do to her female body to the darkest reaches of her brain. She had to re-obtain her manhood, to do that she would need to fight Akane again. Battling a girl to prove how worthy he was of her was one thing, but to battle a goddess. She didn't want to trouble Akane, once a day was out of the question, maybe once a week? No it was obvious she was not worthy as she was, she needed to train herself. Once a month she would check the progress of her training, and hopefully she would prove herself to be a man in no time.
~ Now ~
No time, she had been a fool to think after only a month of training she could beat a goddess. No when she finally proved herself a man her victory would only come because the deity would let her win. Until that time she would have to live with her form. If living with her form meant helping Nabiki make a profit and having to deal with Mendou and his crew daily then so be it.
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Soun looked across at Genma with tears in his eye. He had been so worried that the families would have to wait another generation to be joined. Since Ranma was just cursed things were not so bad after all. "It would seem Akane and Ranma have already made a connection."
"Yes, our families will finally be joined." For five generations the Saotome and Tendo clans had been trying to unite, but only sons were born to each family. However, if Soun's father had known about Jusenkyo the two of them might be married now. Just thinking about being married to Soun sent shivers down his spine. "When shall we hold the wedding?"
"Father, you are planning this wedding for after Ranma and Akane graduate high school, right?" Kasumi placed two cups of tea between the old men.
"It would best serve our families if they were wed immediately. Sixteen is not too early to marry." It had been almost a hundred years since Gidayu Saotome and Soshitsu Tendo first pledged to join their clans, there was now no reason to delay the joining.
"Yes, Kasumi I feel Akane is more than ready to handle the responsibilities of being a wife."
The oldest Tendo daughter made her battle aura visible and stared down at her father. "As the oldest I feel it is only proper for me to be married first."
"Yes…, yes Kasumi, you're right…" As docile as his oldest normally was, it was easy to forget that she was her mother's child. Going against Kasumi was like going against the master, it was ill advised.
"Soun, what kind of man cowers to his child?" Although the girl had an impressive battle aura, Soun was a martial arts master, and her father. Then her eyes turned towards him and he knew why his old friend had given in. Genma had never been so afraid since they buried the master. "Yes…, I guess we can give them time to get to know one another better."
Kasumi smiled and then left the two to themselves. Honestly Akane was not ready to be a wife; she'd poison her husband with her cooking. Heading back to the kitchen she wondered if she would ever find a husband. After Lotion took Tofu, she hadn't found a man that could hold her interest.
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Yoshinori went to a great deal of trouble trying to find a corner of the locker room to be by herself. It wasn't just that she was now uncomfortable changing around others, she was also uncomfortable with others changing around her. Despite the trouble she went to, after becoming friends with Hikaru, the occultist joined her in her corner.
"Yuki, Risa and I are going to go to the Tendo Dojo after school; do you want to join us?"
"Sure." Since Yuki and Yoshinori could be written with the same Kanji, Sawada had started calling her Yuki when she joined their group. She wasn't at all comfortable being called by a girl's name, but hearing Akane call her it stopped her from complaining. As she took her blouse off, two hands suddenly cupped her breasts.
"You're still as small as ever Yuki-chan. Have you been drinking milk like I suggested?"
"SAWADA, you're in the wrong locker room!" Although the school was now all girls, the locker rooms were divided by 'born female' and 'turned female'. The strawberry blonde was born female and didn't belong in the same looker room with herself and Gosunkugi.
"It's not like the teachers enforce the separation. We all have the same parts." Letting go of Chihara's pitiful chest, Risa groped Hikaru after she had put on her gym shirt. "You've gotten bigger."
"Have I?" Not that she was exactly comfortable with her friend grabbing her breasts, but she was a little proud that she was getting bigger. Being Akane's best friend made spending the rest of her life as a girl more than worth it, and since that was her intention she didn't mind being attractive.
"Yep, you've definitely gotten bigger. If you keep growing you'll end up out doing me and Akane." Not that either she or the other natural girl of their foursome were all that big, they were both big enough to be tasteful with their body-type. "Yuki-chan, you should be more like Hikaru-chan and just accept being a girl."
"I can't do that, being a girl is too uncomfortable." Yoshinori hadn't been the manliest of men, she was confused for a girl in elementary school, forcibly dressed as a girl by her older sister in middle school, now that she was in high school and her body was finally starting to look male she thought her feminine days were behind her.
"Yuki, it's only uncomfortable because you don't accept it."
"Right, Yuki-chan accept being a girl and all the discomfort will just flow away."
Rolling her eyes as she finished changing into her gym clothes the former boy wondered why these were her friends now. Was being close to Akane really worth it?
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While the rest of their class was eating lunch in their classroom, Nabiki led Taki to the Literature Clubroom for a photo session. "What do you want to wear today?"
"I have brought a gymnastic leotard from home. I thought you might approve of me wearing it."
"Why do you own a gymnastic leotard?" The middle Tendo would definitely approve of the former male wearing one, some guys liked girls in sport attire. More than a few times she had tried to get Kuno to wear a tennis outfit, or just buruma and a t-shirt, but she always declined.
"It is the required uniform for sparring with my sister." To prepare for her battle against the goddess Akane Tendo, Tatewaki had not only increased her training in the Kendo club, but she often did battle with Kodachi. Her twisted sister would not fight with her unless it was in her style and she wore the proper uniform.
"You have a sister?" There were a lot of things Nabiki was learning she didn't know about Taki since they became business partners.
"I do, Kodachi is a year younger than I and attends St. Bacchus School for Girls. Now Nabiki, since you have learned something of me, I would like to ask a question of you. I understand that in junior high you were on the Tennis Team, why is it you joined the Literature club upon entering high school." It was something she had been quite curious about, she had heard the middle Tendo was an ace tennis player and it struck her as odd that she would give up a sport she was good at.
"Is that the game we're playing?" If she didn't know better she could be led to believe that the great Blue Thunder was trying to be friends with her. Taki often tried to learn things about her when they were together. "There wasn't enough profit in it. Guys got to look at me in a Tennis skirt for free. The Literature club however, isn't exactly a literature club, and more of an Otaku club. As the only girl in it I could get the guys to pay me to put on a cosplay outfit."
"Why is it then that you need me, you have a whole club of girls who are likely more than willing to wear degrading outfits for you to make a profit off of." Otaku were strange beasts, many had no problem wearing female clothing when male so now that the club was female that should make things even easier for Nabiki.
"Because Taki, not every guy got turned into a cute girl. Only two of the other club members are good enough looking to sell and one of them hasn't been to a club meeting since being changed. Not to mention that Akira insists that all profits from club member pictures go to the club." Only Akira and Yuki became cute girls, of the other five members of the Literature club three were overweight and two were simply ugly.
"Given Ukyo's honest nature you wouldn't be able to hide any of the profit."
The spatula boy wasn't a saint and would be more than willing to help her keep some of the profits for her own, but one of the club members had a cousin at Tomobiki and she was sure that the others would find out about her deceit. "It's too bad you're so tall, you'd probably look good in some of the club costumes."
"I refuse to dress up as Magical Girl Lulu or whatever other ridiculous cosplay costumes your club possesses." It was bad enough dressing as a maid, or wearing the silk Chinese dress, but to dress as an anime character? No, that was a line she would not cross.
"Aw, you'd make such a good Magical Girl Lulu." Nabiki could understand the former male not wanting to wear some crazy Sentai Team costume, but the magical girl costumes weren't all that ridiculous at all. Even though she was no longer paid for it, she still changed at the club meeting because she enjoyed wearing the costumes. "Hurry up and change so we can get the pictures taken before lunch ends."
"Very well." Although she would never wear such things, Tatewaki's mind started to picture Nabiki dressed as a random magical girl. Blushing a little, she wondered if because of the time she was spending with the short haired girl…, if she was starting to fall for her. Getting undressed she pushed that thought into the back of her mind; Nabiki Tendo was not like her sister and would never love her.
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While his old man and Akane's father were playing a game of Shogi on the porch, and Kasumi hung out some laundry, Ranma listened to his new fiancée talk about the origins of her curse. "Why did the school even let her hold an assembly?"
"Kuno holds a lot of power over the teachers, and no one really knows why. Maybe it has something to do with her magic abilities." That was something Akane was always curious about herself: no matter what Kuno did, she rarely got in trouble. "Kuno got her just desserts for her speech though. Now a group of students come from Tomobiki All Boy's School to challenge her every day."
"Really?"
"Everyday after school, a group of eleven boys, led by Kuno's former rival Ataru Mendou, wait outside the school gates for Kuno to finish her Kendo practice." Maybe the youngest Tendo sister should feel a little sorry for Kuno because Mendou used the time he was waiting for her to set traps, but after everything that happened to her because of the former boy's stupid speech she couldn't bring herself to. "I keep hoping she'll lose to one of them and have to go on date with a boy"
"Hey who's the strongest at Furinkan?" Since Akane brought up the most perverted, he might as well find out who the strongest was. He didn't like fighting girls, but it was likely whoever the strongest was, they used to be a male.
"Well, the three strongest were Chojiro Shindo, former captain of the male Go Team, Jun Izumi, former captain of the Kendo Club, and Mai Fujisaki former captain of the female Go Team. Fujisaki-sempai has since beaten both Shino-sempai and Izumi-sempai." She would love to be friends with Mai-sempai, but the older girl was angry at her for turning her boyfriend into a girl.
It was likely the two former males weren't used to their new bodies. Ranma was kind of curious why two of the schools strongest fighters were members of the Go team rather than some martial arts club. A thought that should have crossed his mind before finally made it to his brain. How would he go about challenging the strongest fighters at Akane's school if it was likely he would be going to Tomobiki? Then again… his old man was still mad at him… he could end up at Furinkan.
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With English over, Nabiki went over to Akemi and Suzue to see if they had gathered any useful information at lunch. "Hear anything interesting at lunch?"
"Fujisaki-sempai is fed up with her boyfriend being a girl. When your sister returns to school she plans on taking her anger out on her." Akemi couldn't bring herself to feel sorry for Akane; the first year brought it upon herself. Beating up the guys who stupidly thought they needed to fight her to date her was one thing, but beating up the males who were simply standing there the next day, she should not have jumped to conclusions.
"Your sister is in real trouble as angry as she is Akane could get really hurt." Suzue couldn't bring herself to blame the youngest Tendo for the school's current state. Akane had once saved her from a couple of male bullies before and they didn't end up as girls, so she had all the proof she needed that Taki-chan's speech was what cursed her. Thinking about the former boy…. "Why don't you ask Taki-chan to protect her?"
"Why are you calling her Taki-chan?" Kuno was strong, but the middle Tendo wondered if the Kendo practitioner could protect her little sister against the school's strongest fighter.
"Suzue thinks we should let Taki into our circle." As little as she wanted to do with Akane, Akemi wanted less to do with Kuno. Nabiki using Kuno as a model was one thing, but she didn't want to be hanging out with the former male.
"She looks so lonely by herself. I know she has her minions, but does she have any friends?" Even if it was the former boy's fault Furinkan was now an all girls' school, it didn't mean she deserved to be lonely.
Nabiki did have the feeling earlier that the Blue Thunder was trying to hold out a hand of friendship earlier. If it was Tatewaki Kuno she could say no and she wouldn't give it a second thought but Taki; she was different. When male Kuno would pay what ever she asked for pictures or information about Akane, as a female Taki seemed smarter, demanding she'd be paid for her work, and making sure she received what they agreed upon. She never really respected Tatewaki, but she did respect Taki. As the teacher for the next subject walked into the classroom she made her way back to her desk. Her forgiving friend had given her a bit to think about.
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After his shogi victory, his old friend said he had some business to attend to and left the house. Since the boy was spending time with his fiancée, Genma decided to go to the kitchen to get a snack. As he entered a bucket of cold water came splashing down on him.
"Mr. Panda, if you want something to eat you can have some bamboo; otherwise you have to wait till dinner." Kasumi smiled, she hoped she'd get Ranma's father with her little trap. She could tell by his belly that he was quite the eater, and she didn't need him eating them out of house and home. Now if he contributed to their food supply, that would be a different story, but she would not tolerate a freeloader abusing her father's friendship.
The cursed man grumbled and accepted the Bamboo. He could have sworn he had seen Kasumi out in the yard before entering the kitchen.
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With the final class of the day over Kuno packed up her things. Hopefully Nabiki would allow her to accompany her home. She wanted to see how the goddess was doing and she was curious about the girl who defeated Akane. Getting up from her desk she noticed the middle Tendo sister was already making her way to her.
"Taki, can I ask a favor from you?"
"It depends on the nature of the favor." It was odd for Nabiki to ask for favors, Tatewaki wondered what it was that she wanted of her.
"Fujisaki-sempai wants to hurt Akane. I was hoping you could protect her before school, after school the chaos caused by Mendou and his gang should be enough to let my sister escape unharmed." It didn't really matter if the Blue Thunder could beat the third year, Kuno would be at least able to hold her long enough for Akane get inside the school.
"Not that the goddess would need my protection, but it would be dishonorable to ignore such a request I shall protect your sister with my life if need be." Protecting Akane from Fujisaki would be difficult, but she would give it her all. Fighting against the school's strongest would definitely help her when it came time to challenge Akane again.
"Most of the time it seems like being a girl has changed you then you go and spout something like that."
Shaking her head, she didn't think being female changed her at all; she was Tatewaki Kuno no matter her form. "Very well Nabiki if you wish me to add to your disillusion, then it will be five thousand yen for me not to tell Akane you are the one responsible for my announcement that pit half the male student body against her."
"What do you mean by…?" Before finishing her sentence she figured out exactly what Taki meant. She had charged the former male five thousand yen to know what kind of guy Akane liked. Given that she told Kuno that her little sister liked strong men…. Akane would be furious with her if she ever knew.
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Lio's Corner:
-Ukyo is still a girl in this fic, however Kuno and Nabiki are unaware of that fact.
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Getting to know the Extras:
Since I was trying to make this story as ridiculous as possible, it has a lot of extra's that I've created to fill various roles. Here I'll try to give a brief summery of those characters.
-Yoshinori Chihara(AKA Yuki); Yoshinori is one of Akane's admirers and was a member of the literature club with Nabiki. After becoming a girl she became friend with Gosunkugi and later Akane. She despises the perverted Risa Sawada, but suffers abuse from her because she wants to remain friends with Akane. The idea for her personal name came from the main character of "Yubisaki Milk Tea"
-Risa Sawada: Although Risa is strait, she enjoys the female body often groping her classmates. For this reason she doesn't have many friends. When Gosunkugi became female she and Risa cross paths and somehow the two became friends. Risa's name comes from two characters in the series "To Love Ru"; Risa Momioka and Mio Sawada.
