Ranma waited outside the Tendo residence, sat on the pavement, her pack on her back and a pink suitcase next to her, she was contemplating making a brake for it, but she knew she had no where to go and her mother was watching her from the tea room, sipping some tea.

A black car then pulled up in front of Ranma, she knew why it was here, to take her an all-girls boarding school, St. Maria's Academy or something, a tall woman who looked like she was in her thirties, she was in a business suit, with brown hair, stepped out of the car and approached Ranma.

"Ranko Saotome?" the woman asked.

"Yeah" 'Ranko' replied, the woman then picked up Ranko's case as Ranko thought over why she had addressed her a Saotome, her mother didn't know who she really was, so how would they know.

"I've been sent to pick you up" the woman stated before placing the case in the boot of the car before shutting it and opening the back door for Ranko, Ranko then got up and threw her pack into the car and got in and buckled up, the woman then shut the door and got into the drivers seat and set off. Ranko remained silent throughout the trip, trying to grasp what had happened, how she had ended up going to an all girls school and knowing his luck Ranko knew it wasn't going to be the best experience.

A Couple Hours Later…

The car stopped and Ranko exited the car as did the woman who then got Ranko's case, Ranko took in the sight of the huge mansion before her as she slung her pack back on, it looked old, but was attached to several newer buildings, the place probably had it's own zip code was Ranko's original thought, before she approached the black gates, the woman then punched the code in and the gate began to open, she turned to see Ranko leap over the gate, she just stared, mouth hanging open, once the gate was fully opened she stepped through it, before closing the gate with a touch of a button. She then led Ranko to the entrance to the school. The entrance to the oldest building, it gave Ranma the creeps, she just wasn't sure why, she then began to extend her senses, she could now see the aura of the woman beside her, but that wasn't what got her attention the mansion seemed to have a dull grey aura, the aura looked dead yet it was alive, it was very confusing, the inside of the mansion was very Victorian style, it even had the a spiral like stair case even a stone torso and head on a pedestal. The woman then led Ranko to the headmistress' office. The walls were lined with several book cases completely full, the headmistress sat in an office chair behind her desk.

She had blonde hair, blue eyes and wore a brown suit.

"Ranko Saotome I have been looking over your records and I am surprised to find…you have none, yet when I cross check your photo with Furinkan highs records it pulls up the records of a Ranma Saotome" she stated, Ranma began to sweat. She still didn't know how they knew she was a Saotome, after all if her mother knew she'd be dead by now, Ranko just sighed, deciding to let them believe she's really a girl turned turned boy while she was here, hoping that it may delay the chaos for a while.

"My old man enrolled me in a boys school, he was desperate for a boy, for an heir to the Saotome school of anything goes martial arts and so gave me a fake name to use at school" Ranko replied.

"Ah, but that still doesn't explain this picture of a boy" she replied.

"Ancient curse while I was on a training trip, fell into a spring that causes me to turn into a boy with hot water" Ranko replied, remembering how she had gotten rid of Shampoo for a couple weeks. The two women didn't believe it until Ranko demonstrated it by pouring some tea on her head, turning her into a boy, before getting a cup of cold water from the water cooler, turning her back into a girl by just pouring it on his head again. "I would prefer it if you didn't tell Nodoka about this or anyone else...it's a rather sensitive topic" Ranko added.

The two women just gawked, the headmistress was the first to regain her posture "Well that explains a lot…still you better not let the other girls find this out, you see I am very strict on not letting boys onto the property and not letting girls leave the property alone for safety reasons so most of them wouldn't be able to control themselves around you…I'll just adjust your timetable to decrease your chance of been exposed to hot water" the headmistress replied before typing some things onto her computer. "You'll get your timetable next week, for this week you will be getting used to your new surroundings, finding your way around, you will be staying in room 416 on the top floor, you will be rooming with the other girls there, so make sure non of them see you turn into a boy or as a boy" Stated the headmistress before nodding to the other woman to take him there. However, before she did she told Ranko to wait outside for a minute while she spoke to the woman.

"Just like Nodoka said" said the woman.

"Yes, even I was skeptic about the curse, but still it seems he doesn't trust us with the truth, which means he's either cunning, deceitful...or afraid...we'll have to keep an eye on him Eve...I just hope Nodoka's son doesn't go too far" the headmistress stated.

"I don't think we need to worry about what he'll do to the girls, I'm more worried about what the girls will do to him...besides from what we know about Ranma from his mother he's too shy and naive to try anything with the girls" Eve replied.

"I know, I know...okay take Ranma to his room while I inform Nodoka about what happened, what he did" the headmistress stated, Eve then nodded before leaving the office to escort Ranko to her room.