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*The Tendo Dojo*

"OH HAPPY DAYS! YOU'VE FINALLY COME!" cried Soun as he latched on to Ranma.

"Oooh, he IS cute!" swooned Nabiki.

Akane was eyeing Ranma, watching his every move, so far, he had not done anything that was perverted in her mind, but he WAS a boy, and she hated boys.

Kasumi was struggling to keep a smile on her face, this Ranma was entirely too young for her liking.

Releasing Ranma from his bear trap of a hug Soun looked at Ranma "Ranma, where is your father? And where did that panda go?"

Ranma was about to speak when said panda came walking out of the kitchen with a kettle of hot water. Upending the kettle over its head, the panda transformed into Genma right in front of Soun and his daughters.

"WHAA… HOW…" was all Soun got out as he collapsed onto the ground with his eyes rolled back.

Meanwhile Akane and Kasumi were staring in shock, unable to accept what they had just seen. Nabiki meanwhile was counting all the money she could make with the worlds best-trained panda.

*10 minutes later in the Tendo living room*

The first thing Soun noticed when the world came back into focus was the worried face of Kasumi, but his focus only remained on her for a moment as the back of his head seemed to scream out "I got hit with a baseball bat!" Groaning, Soun attempted to remember what happened that gave him such a headache. Remembering that Ranma had come, Soun sat up and looked for him, he saw instead that Genma was sitting at his feet drinking a cup of tea.

"Genma, I had the silliest dream that you were a panda!" Shouted Soun, who wasn't fully back to his senses.

"That wasn't a dream Tendo, it actually happened." replied Genma, who had become partially deaf from Soun's yelling.

"Whaaa, but how? Such things shouldn't be possible!" replied Soun, who was mostly coherent.

"Could you call the rest of your family in so I only have to explain it once, it is a long story." said Genma.

"Ohh, I'm afraid that won't be possible at the moment Mr. Saotome, Akane went to take a bath, but I'll get Nabiki if you like." Said Kasumi as she picked up the medical kit off the ground.

"Hhmm, that will be fine" said Genma as he motioned for his son to take a seat next to him.

Nabiki walks into the living room and takes a seat next to Kasumi at the table. She was quite eager to find out how Ranma's father was a panda. Contemplating it further, she realized that Ranma would likely be the same way if it was genetic, but she dismissed this thought, after all, as long as he didn't turn into a girl or something she wouldn't care.

"Hmm, where shall I begin…" started Genma, "I know, I'LL JUST SHOW YOU!" he yelled and he picked up Ranma and tossed him at the koi pond.

*The Middle of No-where, Two Months Earlier*

"Ranma, I am going to teach you a technique that will help you manage your curse" said Genma one morning.

Ranma was immediately at attention and staring at his father.

"What will it let me do?" asked Ranma.

"Have you ever wondered where my clothes go when I turn into a panda?" enquired Genma.

Ranma was stunned; it had never even occurred to him that his father didn't have the clothing problem he had. "He's right, all of his clothes should be shredded by now!" thought Ranma.

"Watch closely. I am only going to show you this once." stated Genma.

*Tendo Dojo, Present*

Ranma had learned the technique, but he still hadn't perfected it and could only use it if he was ready for the water, which in this case he was not.

Genma realized his mistake only after he had let go of Ranma.

"Crap, I forgot to get some hot water first, oh well, Ranma will find his way back" mumbled Genma as he sat back down facing the pond.

*SPLOSH*

Ranma sighed mentally as once again he felt himself being ripped apart molecule for molecule, violating every known law of physics with each passing moment.

Seeing that Ranma wasn't coming up, Soun started getting worried. "Did the boy hit his head on a rock! No, his body would still float; maybe one of the fish ate him? Wait, Genma said he would show us, maybe Ranma has a curse?"

"Ummm, Genma, where did Ranma go?" asked Soun nervously.

"That, old friend was his Jusenkyo curse, the same type of curse that turns me into a panda with cold water." stated Genma, pushing his glasses up in an attempt to look more intelligent.

"If you turn into a panda, then what does Ranma turn into?" asked Nabiki, the gears awhirl in her head. She had concluded that Ranma ether turned into something aquatic or something too small to see. She ruled out aquatic as Genma explained how the curses were made, after all, how can a fish drown, right?

"To put it simply, he turns into nothing." said Genma solemnly.

"Wait, literally nothing? How does "nothing" drown in a spring?" said Nabiki, shocked that she hadn't figured out his curse.

"Yes, nothing, and after he vanishes, he simply reappears in the nearest source of hot water. And as to how "nothing" drowns in a spring, the guide told me not to ask questions I was not prepared to have answered."

"OH MY, I had better warn Akane about Ranma's curse, it could create a dreadful misunderstanding" said Kasumi who was rushing to get up.

"YAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH, I'M GOING TO KILL THAT PERVERT!"

"I think it's a little late for that Kasumi." Nabiki deadpanned.

*one minute prior*

An unbound consciousness was floating in nowhere, yet everywhere, existing both without time and within all time, Ranma had quite a headache, or at least he would if he had a head. After passing infinity for the fifth time, Ranma finally felt himself reforming. "Please have let that Baka put out some hot water" Ranma thought. Explaining to the neighbors how he ended up in their dishwasher or hot water heater was not the kind of first impression one wants to make. So when Ranma saw he was in a furo he calmed down, but only for a second as he spotted a girl, a very naked girl, facing away from him washing. He quickly recognized her as Akane before he submerged himself in the water to avoid being seen. Ranma was paralyzed, he didn't dare make a move to get out of the water for fear of being seen, but he also knew if he didn't make a move, she would find him anyways.

Akane was in a somewhat bad mood, she could not believe that her father had engaged her and her sisters to some guy he didn't even know. At least this Ranma seemed to be slightly better then the boys at school, he hadn't even done anything perverted since arriving. That didn't make him good, but it at least made him bearable to be around, "and besides" Akane thought, "I won't get the engagement, Nabiki is way too interested in it" *sigh* "she was rather pathetic when Ranma arrived, I bet she's planning the wedding already."

Finishing her washing, Akane stood up and prepared to enter the furo. As she placed one foot in, she discovered that the bottom was rather lumpy and a lot shallower than she remembered. Looking down, Akane proceeded to erase every perceived notion about Ranma she had, pausing for a moment and calmly withdrawing her foot, Akane mentally clumped Ranma in with Tatewaki Kuno before letting out one of the loudest screams Ranma had ever heard.

Taking this as his cue, Ranma made a mad dash to the door, grabbing a towel and dodging assorted washing instruments along the way. Figuring his best chance for survival would be the rest of the Tendo family; Ranma ran as if the hounds of hell were chasing him, running outside desperately trying to find his clothes. Akane was not very far behind as she bolted through the Tendo family room and outside after Ranma.

"Akane wait!" yelled Kasumi.

Spinning around, Akane glared at her sister, breathing heavily and sporting a bright crimson face.

"THAT PERVERT TRIED TO SNEEK INTO MY BATH!" she yelled back "I'M GONA KNOCK HIS ASS OUT OF TOKYO!"

"Akane please calm down, it's all a big misunderstanding, let Mr. Saotome tell you what he told us." Kasumi pleaded.

"And just WHY would I want to do that?" asked Akane, calming slightly.

"Because it was not his fault he ended up in your bath, now sit down and shut it Akane." snapped Nabiki, who leveled a glare at her younger sister. Said sister moved to object but stopped at the sight of a frown plastered on Kasumi's face.

After explaining again to Akane about the curses and several demonstrations later, Akane was no longer planning ways to kill Ranma, but she was still mad at him, even if it wasn't totally his fault.

"Well then, now that everyone is here, we can start with the formalities, Ranma, these are my daughters Kasumi, who is 19, Nabiki, who is 17, and my youngest Akane, who is 16. Pick the one you want, She will be your fiancée."

"Uhhh, Mr. Tendo? How am I supposed to chose, I don't even know your daughters?"

"Well, I think I'm a bit too much older than you, so you can count me out." said Kasumi.

"Well I'm certainly not going to marry that pervert!" said Akane rather harshly.

"Look at that Tendo! They're already bickering like a married couple, they're perfect together!" cried Genma.

"What makes you think I want to marry him? He's a pervert! He stared at me while I was in the shower!"

"In case you forgot, you took a pretty long stare at me too" said Ranma "I don't have time to be getting married you right now, I'm going back to china to find a cure." Walking towards the door, Ranma turned to Akane "and besides, even as a guy I'm built better than you". Finishing off his statement with a trademarked smirk, Ranma walked out of the house, or that's what he would have done if Akane hadn't attempted to make him a pancake with the table.

"Now THAT" Genma said "He had coming"

*Later that evening*

"UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGH" was all that came out of Ranma's mouth.

"Ah! He's awake!" chirped Kasumi, who was kneeling by the prone form that was Ranma.

"OOOOOOH, what hit me?" asked Ranma.

"That would be our dinner table." remarked Nabiki dryly.

"Please don't think too badly of Akane, she really is a sweet girl, she's just a violent maniac." Said Kasumi whilst she checked Ranma's head for any major injures.

"Oh yea Kasumi, because that makes LOTS of sense" deadpanned Nabiki.

*Meanwhile in the Furo*

Akane was seething with anger "and besides, even as a guy I'm built better than you" the words kept reverberating through her head. "Why that…that…that…that boy!" screamed Akane mentally as she finished her previously interrupted washing.

Opening the door, Akane came face to face with a naked Ranma, who upon seeing her, simply stared.

"Uh, hehe, ummm, uh oh."

"WHY YOU, YOU, RANMA NO HENTAI!" screamed Akane as she delivered a haymaker to Ranma's jaw, sending him flying into a wall. Akane turned and quickly made her way back into the furo to regain her modesty.

Genma, who came out of his room to see what the commotion was about, saw Ranma sitting up against the wall with a bright red mark on the left side of his face.

"You know Ranma" Genma began "You should be praising your choice right now; she's got spunk, that just makes a girl cuter."

"CUTE is not the word I would use pops."

So thats another chapter up, you may notice that things are beginning to shift away from the cannon, this will become more pronounced when Ranma starts encountering tasks that used to require the female him. As to those of you clamoring about how Kasumi and Nabiki didn't dump the engagement on Akane, remember that they did this because Ranma wasn't exactly a guy at the time in the cannon, in this, he's 100% male, so Nabiki and Kasumi are not so against it. Also, you may notice that Akane was more irritable in this chapter than cannon, I did that on purpose because what she encounters here would set her off way more that simply walking in on someone in the furo.

Hopefully the next chapter will be up in about a week or so, im looking at trying to get at least 2 updates a month in, more if i have time. As to how far i take the story, thats entirely up to you!