Outlaw ½: Act 4 Aisha's Unorthodox Help

By

triviatrap1982

I don't own Ranma ½, or Outlaw Star. They're owned by Rumiko Takahaishi, and Takehiko Ito.

Ranma was in the quarters when he saw Aisha come in. He was in the book trying to figure out how to trigger the Cat Fist technique on his own. He knew a few techniques, and he learned some, from Cologne, the elder of Shampoo's Amazon village. He also was aware that Aisha shared most of the physical qualities of the purple-haired Amazon. For example, she's quite tall, she's quite built, and well...she was rather busty and beautiful. Aisha was aware that she had her negative traits, like being sometimes psychotic, is very much boastful, and childish. Still she came in and she looked over Ranma. She wasn't sure rather to sit with him, or to try to have fun with him. He looked up, but he didn't freak out. He found the answer he was looking for, and it was because Melfina got him out of the feline-induced psychosis.

"Well, did you find your answers?" Aisha asked.

"I did," Ranma answered flatly.

"Hey! Don't get upset with me!" Aisha snapped.

"Forgive me if I'm not exactly in a happy mood," Ranma returned.

"Is that the manual for the Cat Fist?" Aisha asked.

"Yes, I got this from my old man to try to find a cure for it, or at least control it," Ranma answered.

"You could at least try to get over your fear of cats," Aisha said. "There's a lot more Catarl Catarl where those guys came from."

"That's what I'm afraid of...aren't they usually...you know...stronger than that?"

"We are," Aisha said, "though...we take our beatings just the same."

"I can tell you there's a reason why this move is illegal," Ranma pointed out.

"I does it have to do with that psychosis that people go through after the abuse?"

"Exactly...I'd have loved cats if I didn't get tossed in a pit of them."

"Then...if I were to go back to your time period...your father would meet his maker."

"I wouldn't go that far, but I've not let up on him for that," Ranma returned.

Aisha sat down and saw that he was trying to learn to at least control it. Aisha had a plan. She wasn't sure it was going to work. She also wanted Ranma to be able to be able to not slip into the cat fist every five minutes either. While it may seem cute the first time...she realizes that it's annoying to Ranma. She rushed to her quarters to get her manual of the martial arts the Catarl Catarl uses. She herself had to be taught these martial arts moves, and it was incredibly hard. She also made sure that everything in her manual was correct. While it wasn't being tossed into a pit of angry Catarl Catarl...she surely wasn't going to put him through that kind of abuse. She came in and handed him the manual. She made sure to have it translated. She handed him the manual and spoke up.

"I figured you can use this since you may study martial arts," Aisha said.

"Wait, there's that many more branches of Martial Arts?" Ranma asked.

"Of course, we Catarl Catarl had our own version of the martial arts passed down from our ancestors," Aisha said. "It's going to be tough, but if you want to learn it..."

"Are you decent?" Ranma asked.

"I am," Aisha said. "This will be just only step one for you."

"Thanks, you know you're not so bad!" Ranma said appreciatively.

"You're welcome," Aisha said happily.

"Now we just have to find a place to practice without causing damage," he said thinking about the battles he had back home.

"Don't worry we got a long ways to where we're going," Aisha said.

Ranma studied the Catarl Catarl manual. It seems they too have somehow heard about what to do in cases like Ranma's. Their solution was pretty clear. A gradual reduction in whichever fear was crippling. Ranma studied the manual in deep thought. Aisha read through the cat fist manual, and she got to the page where Genma failed to turn. She shook her head. She set that manual down. Ranma placed the book away and he just yawned. Outside of helping taking inventory, cleaning, or cooking...there was not much else to do. Aisha yawned. Ranma placed everything in his backpack, only to find her sleeping on his bed. He shrugged his shoulders and would try to sleep on the floor. Gilliam stopped him.

"Young Ranma," Gilliam said, "You can't sleep on the floor in here."

"Oh..." Ranma said, "I get why now."

"If it's a problem to share a bed with a woman, then you should find other quarters to sleep in," Gilliam suggested.

"If only you knew why I have the good sense to not share a bed with a woman," Ranma said.

"This wouldn't happen to be linked to you fiancée problem would it?" Gilliam asked.

"It does," Ranma said. "Let's go in the hall so we don't disturb."

Gilliam followed Ranma out into the hall. Ranma started his story to Gilliam. He knew Akane was a sweet girl, however, she got jealous big time. Even when they had a tender moment, it just was thwarted by their fathers...or by the Wrecking Crew. Gilliam understood why Ranma didn't want to be in the same bed with Aisha. He felt that if Gene, or anybody else, walked in...they would misunderstand and it would all go downhill from there. He was tired and he couldn't sleep in the hallway, or the cargo hold, or on the bridge. He had to take his medicine, and sleep in quarters. Once there, he lay next to Aisha and fell asleep. Gene came by to wake them up because it was time for dinner. Ranma didn't know his head was planted right in Aisha's boobs and well...when he and Aisha woke up. It got awkward. Gene just walked away. Ranma and Aisha hurried to try to clean themselves up. After, they came to the galley where they both blushed. Gene spoke up, he's been in this situation before, and decided it wasn't the best idea to tease them.

"It's okay Ranma," Gene said. "You really don't have to be embarrassed."

"I'm not going to hurt you," Aisha said. "It's my fault for sleeping in the same bed as you..."

"It's okay," Ranma said, realizing that she didn't freak out.

"Wait, is this the first time you've bedded with a woman and not had a freak out?" Aisha asked.

"Yeah...even in my girl form that was shaky at best," Ranma answered.

"Ranma, you really can't get any satisfaction can you?" Gene asked.

"Not really," he answered, "but whatever victories I take 'them."

"That's life in a nutshell," Gene said.

Ranma decided he was going to change the subject. Gene saw that Ranma actually smiled. He was the kind of person who had shit come his way, but he also was the kind of person who also tried to find the good in everything...if he was able to. With him dealing with Happosai, and others...that really caused him to question things. Melfina came by and smiled. She served the food. She didn't make the same things twice. She made a pot of pasta, and served everybody. Ranma wasn't particularly romantic of flirtatious. However, he did realize attractive girls when he saw them. He had his first example in Melfina. She did remind him of Kasumi in that she helped to do the house cleaning. Ranma wasn't opposed to that, but he also decided he was going to make sure that she would get some help. Aisha reminded him of Shampoo. While Shampoo dunked herself in the springs of drowned cat...Aisha is a cat. She was powerful and strong, and offered to help him out in the martial arts...and to help him trigger his Cat Fist when he wanted to. She also is very attractive, he couldn't deny that, and she didn't try to blast him into space when they did nap together. This actually was going to turn out to be alright for Ranma. He actually was a lot more relaxed...and he spoke up so.

"You know...I need to calm down and relax," Ranma said.

"We all do," Gene said with a smile.

"Well, we don't have anything in our way just yet..." Jim said.

"We still should be on our guard," Gene warned.

"That's true," Ranma said.

"Hey, is there anything else to do here?" Aisha whined.

"If you want to be on the bridge with me for watch, then be my guest," Gene said.

"Never mind," Aisha said defeated.

"Okay everybody, food's ready," Melfina said sweetly.

"Wait, an actual dinner?" Aisha asked.

"Yup," Ranma said, "if we can make enough money this will be a daily thing."

Aisha was sold. Ranma smiled as Melfina served everybody. They ate actually happily. They did go back for seconds. The pasta was gone, so there were no leftovers and no waste. After, Ranma went to the stock room to meditate. He needed some sort of thing to calm down. He peeked over and he saw Jim take inventory. He knew he would probably have to get out of the way, since he was blocking everything. This kid didn't already know and took it like nothing happened. Ranma looked. A kid like this likely would have made Furinkan High one of interesting place. He knows exactly what goes where, and how much is left. That part was thanks to Gilliam. Jim looked and saw him

"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you," Jim said apologizing.

"Nah it's okay," Ranma returned. "I was here because there's no room in quarters."

"Well, Gilliam helps me out a lot," Jim said. "So I don't have to worry about much."

"How old are you exactly?" Ranma asked.

"I'm only eleven," Jim answered honestly.

'He's done a lot for such a short time,' Ranma thought. 'At least he can keep things in order.'

"Oh hey, Gene needs us on the bridge!" Jim remembered.

"I'll be right up!" Ranma said.

Ranma and Jim ran to the bridge and took their seats. They came to a secondary asteroid field. This seemed familiar to Gene. The long way around was safe, however, the middle way was faster. There was a danger, as the asteroids have taken out ships before. Even with their secondary missile systems...these asteroids were a lot larger than what Gene had dealt with. He needed advice and fast. Ranma spoke up. While it wasn't a sexy idea, even he knew when to play safe. In the times he did, it actually worked out for the best. Jim even saw what Ranma was thinking and well, he had to speak up for what Ranma was thinking.

"We will have to go around," Jim said.

"Yeah we'll get clobbered if we go straight through," Aisha said.

"So there's nothing in the weapons that can help us out?" Gene asked.

"That'd be like getting flicked with a grain of rice," Ranma said. "It just won't work."

"Ah well, the disadvantages of a grappler," Gene said. "To think of it...it would be foolish to fire off in there."

"Gilliam, how many wrecks are there in this system?" Jim asked.

"To date, there have been about 120 wrecks...will Gene make it 121?" Gilliam returned.

"We're going around, but we'll still have to be careful," Gene ordered.

Melfina and Gilliam made the co-ordinates to go around the asteroids. Once that was done, they were safe. It did take a few hours. While everybody else went elsewhere, Ranma stayed on the bridge. He looked out the window. He was very impressed by the stars, and he also was very impressed by how much color the sky had. He actually stayed here for a couple of hours, until Gilliam took Ranma out of his trance. This was something that Ranma thought wouldn't be possible...however, he actually got used to it. He actually would have loved to have been an astronaut had his grades been a little better. Still, he perked up when he heard Gilliam.

"Ranma, the others have gone to get some sleep," Gilliam said.

"I'm sorry," Ranma said, "I just am looking at the view through the windows."

"It is a beautiful view isn't it?" Gilliam asked.

"It is, I can get used to adventures like this," Ranma said happily.

"Go get some rest," Gilliam ordered. "You'll need all your strength."

Ranma left the bridge and he went to find some quarters to sleep in. He went to his familiar room. It was empty. Aisha must have found some place to sleep. He shrugged his shoulders and he lay down. As soon as he was down, he was asleep. She came into his room and lay down with him. There was no way she was going to sleep where she wanted to. It just was too cramped. The second reason...she just wanted to be close to Ranma was all. Little did Ranma know...he was going to meet a woman who just was going to be the near death of him...and this will happen with one phone call from a certain camp entrepreneur.