Ranma is not owned by me. Kintaro and Miko are also not owned by me. Big Mouth is not owned by me.

Ranma is male again, and is just going around kissing everybody it would seem. Everytime Akane thinks she's got a lock on her fiancé, he goes and changes the rules of the game.


"Sleepover: A Harrowing Ordeal of Emotional Brutality"

Ranma finished brushing his teeth, the thought of Ryoga's hand on his masculine rear end sending a shiver up his spine. Stupid Miko, hormone kami from hell. Making him feel weird sexual feelings towards Ryoga and his stupid muscle-bound rock-hard body. Ranma groaned as Kintaro stepped into view in the mirror.

Kintaro laughed, "Is that any way to greet me?"

Ranma looked down at his pants and the noticeable bulge there and sighed, "Why is this happening? Why is Ryoga even attracted to me?"

Kintaro smiled brightly and answered, "Well, that's my fault you see. I've been kinda ramping things up. I got bored just hanging out with Kuno."

"Of course you were hanging out with Kuno."

"Well, I stopped. He's older now and has things more under control."

Ranma spit and rinsed off his brush. He looked back up at Kintaro and asked, "Is that why I haven't seen him as much?"

Kintaro nodded.

Ranma washed off some foam that was left around his lips. If Kintaro was responsible for Kuno, and Miko also just showed up… Ranma looked back to Kintaro and asked, "So what's up with Miko?"

Kintaro stopped smiling.

Ranma looked at him, waiting for an answer.

With a sigh, Kintaro took off his baseball cap and scratched his head before putting the cap back on. He started answering, but he spoke slowly at first, "I haven't seen her in a while. We used to be together, but we couldn't quite make it work."

Ranma was about to ask another question but Kintaro just waved at him and walked out of the bathroom, closing the door behind him. Ranma went out after him and ran into Akane on the other side of the door.

Akane started to fall back, but Ranma caught her. She stammered a bit and Ranma smiled at her. Akane smiled back and thanked him. Ranma brought her back up and gave her a light peck, just on the side of her lips. He apologized for running into her and headed out looking for Kintaro.

Akane put her hand to her lips and smiled.


Akane was glad that she had the same nice feelings when she kissed Ranma as a boy that she did when she kissed him as a girl. Or Ukyo. And even when she kissed Konatsu, but she didn't count as a boy.

She was daydreaming so much she almost missed Ucchan's and had to turn around to go into it. She sat at the bar and ordered an Akane Special, which was an okonomiyaki with everything, and asked, "Do you think it's about time we talked to Shampoo?"

Ukyo humphed while making the okonomiyaki and looking up at Akane said, "You mean about the hickeys she left on our Ranma-chan?"

"Is that what those are called?"

Ukyo nodded and added, "I'm glad you at least knew what they were and was able to understand what happened to Ranma. Knowledge is key in these things."

Akane smiled and said, "Well, with everything you've taught me, I'm finally able to get what's been happening."

Ukyo served up Akane's order, with a little heart drawn in sauce on it. Akane smiled at the heart and blew a little kiss to Ukyo before digging into the food.


Ranma walked around Nerima, his gaze trying to spot the backwards hat of Kintaro when he spotted Ryoga walking up to him. Ranma froze, trying to figure out what kind of look to give Ryoga, but the other boy's face wasn't giving him any clue to how he was doing either.

Ryoga stopped in front of Ranma.

They looked at each other.

Ranma could swear he could still feel Ryoga's lips on his. He felt a shiver go down his spine and looked away. Ryoga growled at that and clenched his fists. Ranma saw Ryoga's fist approaching through his peripheral vision and ducked away from it. He smiled and asked, "You wanna fight, P-chan?"

Ryoga nodded, "Yeah, I want to kick your cute little ass."

They both paused for a moment. Ryoga's face flushed red, and he stammered, "I mean I just want to kick your ass."

Ranma nodded. He turned around and stuck his ass out a bit and wiggled it, "It's too cute not to be kicked."

Ryoga attacked as Ranma evaded once again. He punched at Ryoga to get the boy to give up on a follow through, even though the punch didn't connect, Ranma laughed and led the boy on a seventy-two block running fight. By the time they finish the fight, they are several cities over. Struggling to breathe and sweating through his clothes, Ranma noticed they're near their old middle school.

Ranma held up both hands and said, "Wanna stop for now? We're actually by your house."

Ryoga looked around and said, "Really?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, but only because we're by my house."

Ranma nodded and grabbed Ryoga's hand to lead him. Ryoga tried to struggle briefly, but with an admonition from Ranma he stopped. Ryoga's house soon appeared, and after a quick search through his bag, Ryoga pulled out his house key. Once inside, Ryoga shouted a greeting, but it went unanswered. He got both of them some water. The two boys stood there, chugging down a couple of cups of water in a row.

Finally, calm, Ryoga took a whiff and nearly gagged. Ranma did the same, and realized they both were funky beyond belief. Ryoga sighed and asked, "You want to take a shower? I can lend you some clothes while your outfit is in the washing machine."

Ranma nodded and thanked Ryoga. They found no one else home, and after grabbing a change of clothes for each of them, and stripping in the hall to put the clothes in the washing machine, the two boys went into the bath.

Ranma looked over at Ryoga as they washed up. Stupid, sexy Ryoga. Ranma sighed, doing his best to ignore what he could only assume were left over thoughts from his female hormone addled period brain. Ranma was doing a very good job of not thinking about Ryoga's body until Ryoga asked Ranma to help wash his back.

Ranma's had shook as he tried to rub soap on the shower rag. He slowly reached out to Ryoga's back, his hand shaking violently. Ranma stopped. He grabbed his shaking hand and smacked it and his arm a few times until he stopped shaking. Ryoga started to turn around at the noise, but Ranma quickly started scrubbing Ryoga's back, forcing his friend to look forward again.

Ryoga was sure he heard smacking noises, and so he asked, "Are you okay? What was that?"

"Just had an itch is all."

"Thanks for bringing me home."

Ranma paused for a brief moment before he continued to scrub Ryoga's back, his hand going lower, to mid back. He smiled to himself as he felt Ryoga's tight muscles, imagining himself giving his friend a massage. He looked around but didn't see Kintaro. He answered, Ryoga after a moment, "It's no problem, I mean, we're friends after all."

"We are?"

"Yeah."

Ryoga smiled at that, Ranma's soapy, rag covered hand was travelling lower, grazing the top of his butt. Ryoga suddenly jumped up and moved over to the bucket to rinse off. Without a word, he turned into his piggy cursed form after rinsing off the soap, then jumped into the ready tub.

Ranma was still reaching out, not quite realizing that the soaping portion was done. He slowly brought his hand back. Suddenly his head popped up and he shouted, "Hey! You never washed my back!"

"Oh."

"What do you mean, oh?"

Ryoga waved Ranma over, "Just come here, and I'll wash your back from the tub."

Ranma walked over and sat down on the tiled floor. Ryoga reached out of the tub and took Ranma's rag and began washing his back, Ryoga said, "You know, if we're friends, I'm going to have to stop trying to kill you."

"That'll be nice."

"What about martial arts?"

"I mean, we can still be rivals."

"That sounds nice." Ryoga stopped has he realized that he had washed all the way to Ranma's ass. He pulled his hand away.

Ranma turned around and took the rag out of Ryoga's hand and thanked him. Back to the faucet, Ranma filled a bucket up and dumped it over his head. He nearly jumped out of his skin as Miko appeared right in front of him, out of breath and nearly feral.

"You're bathing with him!" Miko nearly shouted at Ranma, and he felt the emptiness and he felt his thighs getting wet. Ranma moved quickly to the tub faster than Ryoga could see and dunked himself completely in.

Ryoga covered his face from the splash. He looked at Ranma as he surfaced and asked, "Were you a girl just now?"

Ranma shook water from his hair and said, "Yeah, cold water. You didn't see anything did you?"

"No."

"Good."


Akane arrived at the Nekohanten with a letter in hand. The letter was mostly so she could invite Shampoo without much need for saying everything out loud. Some things were still embarrassing to say. The Nekohanten was busier than Ucchan's at this time, but Shampoo's outfit was rather scandalous that night.

Akane took a booth and waited a moment for Shampoo to head over to her. She ordered a beef ramen, and handed Shampoo the letter. Shampoo accepted the order with professionalism and the letter with curiosity that could kill a cat. When Shampoo came back she set down the bowl and the letter and agreed to visit Ucchan's that night.

Akane smiled. She ate her bowl of ramen and left with a simple goodbye. Shampoo cleared off the table and began thinking of what she should take to a sleepover.

Neither of them noticed the letter had disappeared.


Ryoga's clothes were a bit tight on Ranma, and on Ryoga as well, since they were from a few years earlier. Ranma was about to push the pants drawer close, when he spotted a vhs tape. Curiously, he pulled it out, and his mouth dropped open. It was a movie, with two men and a woman on the cover, all of them in their underwear.

Kintaro's fingers curved around Ranma's shoulders. Ranma's face began to burn, and he was absolutely sure that anyone who saw him now would be able to tell he was getting excited. Kintaro's face peeked over Ranma's shoulder as together they both read the title of the movie, "Bi Curious."

Ryoga's ears perked up and he saw Kintaro and Ranma looking at his secret video. Well, secret to Ranma anyways. His super secret video where two men and a woman have sex with each other. No limits on who they do it with either. The video Kintaro insisted he steal two years ago. The video he watched every time he came home. Ryoga's ears grew hot as he shouted, "Kintaro! Why did you show him that?"

Ranma looked over at Ryoga, right into his friend's eyes as if to confirm that it was really his video. The fear he saw there, and the redness of Ryoga's face and ears meant it was his. It also meant that it was something involving the hormone kami. Ranma read the title again to himself. Finally, he looked right at Ryoga and asked, "What is Bi Curious?"

Ryoga shivered at the curiosity that he saw in Ranma's eyes. Curiosity that could kill cats. Murder them by their nine lives in one fell swoop. Curiosity that could lead to satisfaction. That thought brought Ryoga out of his stupor. He glanced at Kintaro, then turned fully to Ranma and said, "It's about, trying out some things. You want to watch it?"

Ranma looked at the cover, then looked up at Kintaro who was giving him a thumbs up. That was dangerous. Kintaro being happy about something meant it was perverted. But, like the title of the movie in his hands, Ranma was feeling curious. He nodded.

Ryoga took the video from him and set up a couple of bean bag chairs in front of the television in his room. Ryoga noticed the video was halfway in. He pressed it into his video cassette recorder and immediately stopped it. Then hit rewind. He turned around and noticed Ranma was looking at him, so he laughed and said, "Umm, I forgot to rewind it last time I saw it."

"You watch it a lot?"

Silence, except for the rewinding whine of the VCR. Suddenly, the machine clacked loudly, causing Ryoga to jump in fright. The video started to automatically eject and he pushed it back in and stopped it again. He pressed the fast forward button and counted to three before stopping again. Finally, Ryoga pressed play and sat in the other bean bag chair opposite Ranma.

The video came on, just as the the title card faded.


Akane and Ukyo sat on Ukyo's bed while Shampoo was on a bedroll on the ground. Akane finished explaining everything up to that point. Specifically, Ranma's strange behavior with Ryoga the other night.

Shampoo started pacing around. Every once in a while she'd look at her two rivals. At one point she stopped and asked, "You two, together, yes?"

Ukyo nodded and put her arm around Akane's shoulder. Akane leaned into Ukyo and said, "We're offering Ranma both of us at once."

Shampoo nodded but it seemed to be more to herself. At one point she stopped, stared at both girls for a long time before shivering and going back to pacing. Shampoo started holding her hands out like she was weighing something. Each time she would tilt her head towards a hand it would dip down and the other would go up.

Akane looked at Ukyo, her face scrunched up, her eyes glistening emphatically. Ukyo for her part just squeezed Akane's shoulder and said, "Just let her think it out."

Shampoo finally stopped and said, "Okay. We deal this later. Too, too much, now."

Ukyo conceded that point.

Shampoo then punched her fist and said, "Now we talk if Airen is gay."


Ranma was feeling hot. He was straining in his pants. The video continued showing things that Ranma never even thought about before. There were permutations of sex he just didn't comprehend and it was pretty exciting. He wanted to take matters to hand, but Ryoga was there.

Suddenly Kintaro stood up and looked at both boys, he smiled and said, "Now, I'm not sure how well I'm reading the room, but you guys do know that friends jack off in front of each other when watching porn right?"

Ranma shook his head. Though, it did explain something that Hiroshi had said to him before.

Ryoga shook his head. Because, Ranma did.

Kintaro smiled, and with a twinkle in his eye he said, "If it makes it easier, there's a really popular game you can play."

Ranma got curious, "What game?"

Kintaro smiled and asked, "Have you ever heard of soggy cracker?"


Akane looked up and said, "I don't think he's gay. Not as a guy. Maybe his brain works differently as a girl?"

Shampoo thought for a moment, "But, Shampoo as cat still Shampoo."

Ukyo nodded, a grimace on her face, and said, "What if he's always been interested in guys, but, like society and his dad stopped him?"

Suddenly from the ceiling Kodachi dropped on Ukyo with a mallet. Ukyo collapsed on the floor, smashed the the mallet. Kodachi screeched, "My Lord Ranma, is a paragon of manly virtue! He would never kiss another man! You haridans are lying!"

Akane yelled, "Hey! Watch it, you hurt Ukyo!"

Shampoo pulled out her maces, "You attack. I no hold back."

The fight began.


The fight was on. Ranma was racing to finish, but the threat of losing, and the strangeness of the video made him just slightly too slow, as Ryoga finished on the cracker.

Ranma closed his eyes and swore. He stopped and put his stuff away. He could here Kintaro cheering for him to eat it. Ranma shook his head, "There's no way I'm doing this as a guy."

He reached over to a glass of water they had brought up, and splashed himself. He shrunk into Ryoga's old clothes, the shirt now clinging to her curves. Ranma picked up the cracker and put it in her mouth.

She could see Ryoga's eyes go wide, and from behind Ryoga she saw Miko show up. Tears welled up in Ranma's eyes and she swallowed the cracker. Miko beamed a smile at her as she became blurry behind the tears that now poured down Ranma's cheeks without stopping.

Ryoga shook his head, "You're a brave man Ranma. Even though I see it pained you, you followed through."

Ranma nodded.


Kodachi stumbled away limping, supported by Sasuke. The girls left back at Ucchan's were half naked, their clothes cut by Kodachi's razor ribbon. Ukyo moved to close the door and saw a piece of paper on the floor. She picked it up and sighed.

Showing the paper to Akane and Shampoo, Ukyo said, "Looks like her pet ninja stole the letter you gave Shampoo."

Akane swore, she looked over to Shampoo to thank her, when she noticed Shampoo's breasts exposed from a cut it had received. Akane felt heat rise to her face. She looked over at Ukyo guiltily.

Ukyo shook her head, but she had a bit of a smile on her face.


Ranma decided against sleeping at Ryoga's. She was afraid that she would want to take the taste she had in her mouth from the tap. It was so salty and tasty. She wondered if she was even a man with how tasty that was.

Ryoga had felt so bad, thinking that it was nasty, that he wouldn't stop apologizing. To top if off, Ranma was in such a state that she forgot to switch back to being a boy. The night air was soothing. It was sloughing off the heat that she felt she was emanating in waves.

Miko patted Ranma on her back and counseled, "It's okay. If it helps, he'd probably let you suck him off."

Ranma tried to punch Miko, but the kami just bounced away laughing.


Akane cuddled into Ukyo, thoughts of a naked Shampoo and Ranma, danced in her mind's eye. She joined the two of them with Ukyo, and suddenly Ukyo and Ranma were both boys and Akane was pressed up against Shampoo.

Akane heard a noise, and glanced up from cuddling with Ukyo. She saw a purple haired, woman in a lime green ninja outfit. Akane almost panicked when she couldn't even sense the ninja even though she was looking right at her. Akane tensed, and asked, "Who are you?"

The woman smiled, "I'm Miko, the hormone kami. Sorry, I'm late. I'm here to give you pubes."