Accidental Discoveries: The First Step

By

triviatrap1982

I do not own Ranma 1/2. It is owned by Rumiko Takahashi

Nabiki took a seat next to Ranma. She saw the pictures and she turned green. That sick feeling was something that he had earlier in the day. Ranma looked up to her quietly, and he realized he had to tell somebody. Nabiki at this point was the best one. Of course, she was known to profit off of others misfortunes, and fortunes. However, this was one situation she had zero profit from. After all, this was Ranma's mother. She also knew that this would devastate everything that went on. This also included his engagement to Akane. Nabiki really felt like she was about to vomit as she looked over the racy pictures of Nodoka. This woman was a potential mother-in-law.

"When did you find this?" Nabiki asked in pure shock.

"I found them just this afternoon," Ranma answered.

"These were supposed to been for your father?" Nabiki asked.

"Nope, here's the envelope," Ranma returned. The envelope had the characters of the name of another guy.

"I hope she's not doing what I think she's doing," Nabiki said horrified.

"I hope not either," Ranma said. "I can't just straight out say what I found."

"That I understand," Nabiki said. "You know I can't even do anything about it."

"Which is why I trust you to keep these safe," Ranma said bluntly. He knew she had zero profit from them.

"Wait...aren't you afraid that I'd do something with them?" Nabiki asked.

"No, I know you won't do anything that you won't profit from...and you certainly won't profit from this."

She nodded. She took the pictures and the envelope. She knew she had to put them in a special lock box when the time came. She sighed. She now felt for Ranma. This was something that just messed up the status quo. They both left the Dojo. Ranma knew, however, there would be a huge misunderstanding. In fact...he was certain of it. These were the days where he just wanted to just sleep on the roof and not have to deal with anybody. Of course little did he know that things were about to get way out of hand the next morning. During his training, he was a lot more violent against Genma. After everybody was at the table...and Ranma and Genma were cleaned up...things started as normal.

"Ranma what the hell is your problem?" Akane asked.

"Nothing's wrong," Ranma answered, a bit harshly.

"Are you thinking of those floozies?" She asked just as harshly.

'Oh no...if only Akane knew...' Nabiki thought as she got up.

"If I were...would I even admit to it...?" Ranma asked bluntly.

Before Akane could even react, Ranma went to go gather his books. Of course, Akane would be waiting for him. She wasn't going to let this one go. She continued to grill him exactly on why he came in from the dojo with Nabiki. Of course, she was unaware that Tatewaki Kuno was nearby. Ranma frowned. He really didn't have any time to deal with this guy. If anything, it felt like he was holding a 5-year-old Kuno away with his right arm. Kuno meanwhile...he just was trying to keep up with Ranma who, even on his worst day, was still faster (save for playing dirty jumping him for the Cat-fist incident he instigated, and also the cooking contest).

"Saotome...you...foul...fiend..." Kuno tried to exclaim he was too tired out.

"Kuno, I'm in zero mood today," Ranma said, giving fair warning.

"You're...going to...DIE!" Kuno said with one final burst of energy.

That didn't work out for him at all. All Ranma had to do was punch him dead in vital areas making him go down...embarrassing him in front of all of the other clubs. They all accepted that Akane was not available to them and moved on. Kuno meanwhile...had to get dragged to the nurse's station Ranma meanwhile went to class. He just was on time (the same with Akane) as the fight didn't take so long. Akane still wanted to know what was on Ranma's mind. Another who wanted to see what was going was Ukyo. She noticed that Ranma avoided her like the plague the past couple of days. She knew something was up. He ordinarily would show up at her shop to get an okonomiyaki. She decided to hang back, and follow him to see where he was going to go. Meanwhile the class started, as usual. Ranma tried his hardest to pay attention to the lessons, but Hinako...she noticed and spoke up.

"Saotome...is there anything you'd like to share with the class?" She asked.

"Not really," Ranma said, "I got too much on my mind right now."

"Maybe you should have stayed home, and not wasted your time," Hinako said...giving a shot across the bow.

"I can't afford to," Ranma said, to neutralize her.

"Just...try to pay attention," she said sighing giving up.

Hinako was having her own bad day. It wasn't as major as Ranma's...but it still was bad. It felt like the day dragged on and on. To Ranma, it felt like an eternity. Once the dismissal bell chimed, Ranma got everything back and gathered. Akane did announce to him that she was going to cook dinner to get Kasumi off her feet. That caused Ranma to quickly get out of the vicinity of the school. He knows that Akane is notoriously bad when it comes to making food. Ukyo quietly followed him through the tree tops. She knew that if he heard her...that would have been over. She was genuinely concerned about his well being. She was surprised when she saw him come up to his old house. Ukyo realized that Ranma and Nodoka really didn't get along...especially with the whole Ranko and Mr. Panda charade that got too out of hand. Ranma turned around and he saw Ukyo in her trademarked boy's uniform.

"Ranma, what's going on?" Ukyo asked.

"I don't know," Ranma said. "I found out some things about my mom I wish I hadn't."

"Oh my...I hope things aren't that out of hand," Ukyo answered.

"Since you're here," Ranma said. "Come on."

"Right...I don't know what we're doing here."

"I'm kind of hoping this is a dream...a very bad dream."

"Let's go in before somebody sees us," Ukyo urged.

"She ain't going to be home yet," Ranma said.

They went in, and they looked around. Nothing seemed out of place. Ukyo found a VHS tape in the deck sticking out. It was without a written label. Ranma thought it would be just some soap opera. He popped the tape into the player. He and Ukyo both were surprised by what happened next. Ranma recognized that woman. That was his mother. That was another strange man he didn't know. She's undone that guy's zipper and belt. They gasped out of virtual surprise when they saw Nodoka giving service to this man! Ranma knew this was wrong. He knew that Genma, while he was a lout...he still did right by not trying to sleep around with any outside women. Nodoka's kimono came off, and Ranma stopped the tape. He knew exactly what was going on. He ejected the tape.

"That...was...I don't know how to describe it," Ranma admitted.

"That was your mother?!" Ukyo asked from surprise.

"Yes, that was," Ranma said. "This is very embarrassing."

"I wonder if Genma knows about this..." Ukyo said trailing off.

"He doesn't even know," Ranma said. "I can't tell him because he'd not believe me."

"How many other people know about this?" Ukyo asked.

"Nabiki knows," Ranma said. "As for other tapes...I better find them..."

"Wait you're not going too...?" Ukyo started.

"Hell no...even Nabiki won't cross that line," Ranma answered.

They searched for other tapes. Sure enough they came into a cache of 10 video tapes. This was going to be something tricky to try to watch back at the house. Ukyo suggest he call Nabiki and come to her apartment above her restaurant. They left and ran into Nabiki. Ranma told her they had to get to Ukyo's right away. She nodded. Unlike Akane...she knows what is going on. She had seen the erotic pictures of Nodoka. Ranma didn't realize what was going on. Was it that Nodoka cared but was being reckless...or was she subtly trying to admit something? That was the very thing that was bugging him. Once inside of the apartment, Ukyo got her VHS tape deck out. One by one through the tapes...Ranma was rather disgusted. This was his mom having her way with outside men. Nabiki even went pale.

"What...the fuck...is this?!" Nabiki hissed.

"That's my mom...those pictures...these tapes...things are starting to make sense," Ranma answered.

"This...is just sick!" Nabiki said frustrated.

"What are you going to do now?" Ukyo asked.

"I don't know...I can't take the tapes home..." Ranma said.

"That's too dangerous," Nabiki offered.

"I'll keep them locked away," Ukyo offered. "I feel like I need to shower after that..."

"We all do," Ranma said.

"Though are you sure you want to keep the tapes?" Nabiki asked.

"I'm very sure," Ukyo said.

Ranma sighed and spoke up. "I'm sorry I got you both involved in this."

"No...we put ourselves into this," Ukyo answered.

"Yeah...besides...for right now Ukyo and I are the only ones you can trust."

Ranma nodded. He was certain that his mom had extra of the tapes. He also was sure that this all was getting out of hand really quickly. He knew Ukyo was shocked...but eventually would react after in one of two ways. She'd play it off, or she'd been sick to her stomach. Naturally, Ranma has been sick to his stomach watching the tapes. He knew if he had gone home...things would be rough. This probably was the one time where he wished he could stay away from both houses until he can get things straightened out. Little did he realize, he was going to get an unlikely ally to help him through this quagmire.