DISCLAIMER: I don't own Ranma or any of the others series in this story. This is simply fanfiction.
Chapter Six
!!SPECIAL EFFECTS!! "THOUGHTS"
After Kuno had met defeat at the hands of Kumo, the Gobanchos had their servants tie him up and put inside an empty storage room. Despite being knocked unconscious, no one could take the sword away from him so they just left it with him.
Tan Fong Yu was outside the door to the room standing guard with a couple of Korean American students who were some of Tan's better students. The Gobanchos did not despise foreigners the way some other Japanese did as they accepted martial artists from other countries into their school.
Tan Fong Yu was a Korean martial arts master who decided to learn Gobancho Kempo years ago. In time he had endured almost as much hard training as Kumo Gobancho had, making him on par with most of the Gobancho family. The Gobanchos were very decent compared to most of the Japanese Tan knew.
The Gobanchos respected Tan's intense knowledge of Korean martial arts like tae kwon do, hwang do and Korean military commando training. So after he had finished his training he was offered a job which he took. While martial artists like him were common place in Korea, they weren't too common in Japan.
Jake and Jenny Chun were Korean Americans who had mastered the standard version of Gobancho Kempo and were quickly mastering what Tan and the other teachers there were teaching them. Each one was better and more dedicated than most of the Korean martial artists their age making them Tan's favorites.
"Sensei. I heard this guy was the kind of Japanese you regard as a fat headed idiot," the teenage boy asked him in Korean while his twin sister giggled. They both resembled the Wonder Twins, cartoon characters from America, Tan had seen on a show called Superfriends a long time ago.
"He is an idiot regardless of his ethnicity," Tan answered. "But he is the kind of Japanese I don't like." !!POP!!SNAP!! "What's that noise?! Get away from the door!" !!BOOM!! Out from the carnage came Kuno, his sword in hand.
"The cowardly Gobanchos have dared to imprison me and use Koreans as my captors. I will not allow it!" Kuno announced with an air of superiority.
"Go get help you two." Tan ordered his two students as we whipped out his Korean blade.
"But we can help.."
"Go!" Tan demanded with authority, sending Jake and Jenny away.
"You should have run with those other two," Kuno said as he attacked with his blade. "That inferior blade is no match for my superior Japanese sword."
"Spare me your notions of superiority," Tan said as he countered Kuno's sword strokes.
"It surprises me that a foreigner would have any ability to stand up to me. It's obvious you've learned too much of our arts. The Gobanchos have much to answer for. Now to deal with you. Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta!"
!!SLASH!!CRACK!! "Ungh!" Tan moaned as he collapsed to the ground.
After defeating Tan Kuno ran after Jack and Jenny quickly catching up to them. "Fools you cannot escape me. Come and face my wrath."
Jack faced off Kuno backed up by his sister. He and his sister had each grabbed a tri-sectional staff. "So it's like that. Bring it on," Jack said facing Kuno.
Kuno attacked with several fast strike sword thrusts. Even though they both doubled teamed him, Kuno was getting hits in. But Jenny managed to clinch Kuno's sword with her weapon while Jack hit Kuno several times, stunning him for a moment. Despite all this Kuno broke free of the clinch, striking the both of them in a wide arc swing with the flat of his blade knocking them both out cold.
As Kuno moved on, another blocked his path. This was Japanese guy wearing a kenshi outfit. He was a young man of sixteen that many women and girls thought was cute with his hair that was in one long, thick braided pigtail. His handsome face seemed to radiate justice and fairness. But more than anything else, he gave the impression of a samurai warrior.
"I am Kuro Yoshitsune," the young man said with respectable manners. "Put the sword away and go back to your room or leave this place all together."
"I am Tatewaki Kuno, the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High!" Kuno exclaimed as the sound of thunder resonated in the hall while his blade glowed. You seem like an honorable warrior unlike the three foreigners I have just defeated. Get out of my way or suffer the consequences."
"I will not back down," Kuro said as a sword appeared in his hand which looked almost exactly like Kumo's sword.
"Ta ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!" Kuno yelled as he attacked with rapid sword thrusts Kuro deftly blocked then countering with rapid fire attacks of his own, causing sparks to fly.
"As much as I am enjoying this battle, I cannot tarry here," Kuno remarked, impressed with the skill of his opponent as he blasted Kuro with lightning from his sword. But Kuro missile reflected the attack right back on Kuno who reflected the attack back on Kuro and so on.
These missile reflections went on back and forth at the speed of light in less than a second. Eventually, Kuro failed to deflect a blast and so he went down in a blaze of lightning. "An honorable foe indeed," Kuno announced as he bowed to Kuro's prone form with respect.
"I hear the voice of the pig tailed girl. I go to her!"
XXX
Ranma and Ranko stood there, looked at each other and gave each other a hug. Kumo had recovered from his fight from Kuno and had gotten up so he could see Ranko. Both of them were different from what Ranma looked like in either form.
Ranma was now five feet ten inches tall. He had sixteen inch muscular arms and weighed 175 pounds. He had a much defined muscular body making him look like a lithe and agile bodybuilder but he wasn't too bulky. His piercing blue eyes and grown up appearance revealed him to be more mature, wiser and more handsome than before. He was more sure of himself. He had certainly become the man among men had always wanted to be.
"My son is so much more manly than before," Nodoka said with pride.
The young girls and women who were there also appreciated Ranma's manliness as they showed their appreciation by either smiling or sighing at Ranma standing there half naked only wearing the green pants he normally wore which were a little tight on his now muscular legs.
Ranko was a lot more beautiful than Ranma had been in his female form with a drop dead gorgeous, sexy, hard body which looked strong, lithe and agile. She stood at five feet six inches tall, weighing a shapely and curvaceous 130 pounds. Her measurements were a 38 triple-D bust-line, a 24 inch waistline and 36 inch hips. She had well muscled arms and legs but not too muscular. Her stomach was flat and her abdominal muscles were visibly defined but not too visibly defined resembling a fitness competitor as opposed to a bodybuilder.
She was only wearing the red shirt Ranma normally wore which strained against Ranko's large bosom looking as if it would burst open at any moment as she breathed in and out. The strained shirt was hardly long enough to cover her taut, firm ass, making her thighs on down visible for all to see. The young men and boys who saw Ranko could not take their eyes off of her; the nosebleeds were many.
Ranma went and grabbed some cold water and poured it on himself. "Yeah!" He then turned towards Ranko, and poured some hot water on her to see if she'd transform; she didn't.
Ranko walked over to Kumo, took off her pig tail, shook loose her long, sparkling red, gorgeous, full and thick hair and let it cascade down her shoulders to the increased delight of the men there. She was all together comfortable with her female body in a way Ranma had never been as she put her arms around Kumo and sang, "I'm going crazy just to let you know, you'd be amazed at how I love you so. When I get my hands on you I won't let go. This time our love is for real."
Ranko looked into Kumo's eyes lovingly with Kumo reciprocating. Ranma then said to Ranko, "Ranko I think you should..."
"Ranma, Akane is over there," Ranko interrupted as she pointed her thumb to where Akane was standing. "I'm sure you two have a lot to talk about." She then turned back to Kumo happily oblivious to her state of undress.
"Ranko!" Nodoka called out to her daughter. "You need to put something on; you're practically indecently exposed!" Nodoka exclaimed as she grabbed the blanket that covered her katana and wrapped it around Ranko's waist.
"Oh,! Heh heh. Sorry about that," Ranko said apologizing sheepishly as there were disappointed sighs and aaws when Ranko covered up her gorgeous legs.
"Where is my camera? I should have brought it with me. I could have made a lot of money off of that," Nabiki thought to herself as she regarded the hot, sexy redhead. "Ranko is way hotter than Ranma ever was in his female form."
"Come to think of it, Ranma is hotter too," Nabiki thought as she took a look at Ranma's bare upper body and sighed. "If Akane does something stupid or dumps Ranma, I want me some of that."
Then she noticed Kumo. "This Kumo guy is even better looking than Ranma. He's like Conan the barbarian except he's less bulky with more definition and way better looking. But he's way too pretty for me. I could sell a lot of pictures of him to the girls at Furinkan for a lot of money though. His two sisters are hot, too. I wonder if I can bypass the security here again. It was so hard to do last time."
"Ranma probably loves the fact that all these women are staring at him. The pervert! His sister is a pervert too. Look at the way she just practically mooned everyone just now!"
Then Akane looked down and noticed that P-Chan was looking in Ranko's direction with his nose bleeding. "What's the matter, P-Chan? Are you OK? "All he needs is some fresh air. This place is stuffy."
"Both Ranma and Ranko have increased in power exponentially. If Ranma is capable of doing everything I know Ranko can do, dragging him back to Joketsuzoku will be nigh impossible. Especially since Ranko is hostile to the idea of Ranma being forced into anything."
"Ranma has gained a great deal of experience somehow. And because of the merging and separating they have just done Ranko now has the real world experience she lacked before. Either of them would have no problem defeating Saffron now. My plans must change," Cologne thought to herself.
Shampoo happily admired the pigtailed youth, "Ranma is more beautiful and more powerful than before. I can't wait to take my husband back to Joketsuzoku."
"I'm glad Ranma finally has his cure. And I'm happy for his sister too. Ranma is so gorgeous," Kasumi thought as she blushed a little.
Genma looked on his returned daughter witha renewed sense of greed greedily. "I wonder how much I can get for engaging Ranko to several rich guys."
"Mr. Saotome," Mutsujyu said as he walked towards Genma backed up by his son Yaichi. "Several years ago you took a dowry for the hand of your son to my granddaughter Kaori Daikoku so you still owe us," he said menacingly.
"Now see here. Ranma must marry Akane so that our two schools can be joined!" Soun interjected.
"Maybe we could come to some kind of agreement," Genma said nervously.
"Well, tell you what, Genma. We'll call it even if you engage your daughter to my grandson, Kumo. But whatever you do, Genma, don't engage your daughter to anyone else," the muscular old man said as he struck Genma on the head with his walking stick not too gently.
"Kumo's family is loaded! Look at the size of this compound! If I play my cards right I can get some cash off of them and get out of a bad situation at the same time," the balding man thought to himself.
"Well, all right, but since this is a whole new deal, you should give me, let's say one hundred thousand yen," Genma said regaining his composure.
"What?!" Mutsujyu yelled.
"Saotome, maybe you shouldn't push them," Soun said trying to calm everything down. He noticed how Kiriko was looking at Ranma. After figuring out that she was Mutsujyu's granddaughter, he did not want anything to risk the merging of the schools.
"Genma!" Nodoka exclaimed with authority. She had noticed Ranko and Kumo's love for each other and had heard the deal offered Genma.
"You have been offered a chance at salvaging some of your family's honor I suggest you take it," Nodoka said, brandishing her katana.
Kumo's father, Baki, spoke up. "How about fifty thousand yen?" he offered graciously. "But do not engage Ranko to anyone else."
"Done!" Genma said with finality. "That's more than I got for all of Ranma's engagements put together. Heh heh."
"You want to do it, Ranko? You want to get married?" Kumo said with a great deal of happiness. "I was going to wine you and dine you and then ask you to marry me."
"Sure we can do it Kumo. But I may not be as flexible as I was in your dreams," Ranko said with a wink. "Oh, you mean marriage. Yes! Yes! Oh, definitely yes. You can still wine and dine me. And do some other things to me."
"Ranko before that happens I am going to teach you how to be a proper young lady," Nodoka said with authority. "First off, proper ladies don't talk the way you just did."
"Don't forget Ranko. Kumo's wife must be able to cook. So I expect you to start working at my restaurant at the start of next week," Mutsujyu said expectantly.
"No problem, Mr. Gobancho," Ranko said with assurance and a smile. "I so loved cooking! It will be great learning how to be an even better cook at the restaurant."
At that moment Kuno barged in the room sword in hand. "Where is my pig tailed goddess?!" Kuno said with a look of arrogance in his eyes.
Ranma answered him quickly. "Kuno! Let's take this outside."
"Careful Ranma, he's tougher than you and Ranko thought he was!" Kumo warned Ranma.
"Yes I can tell he's stronger. No problem." "He is a lot stronger. He would beat me if I didn't have that whole lifetime's worth of training in that other universe. Plus the fact that I am a lot stronger and faster than before," Ranma thought as he regarded the new and improved Kuno.
"No, I know you no longer have the pig tailed girl under your sorcerous control. You, Kumo Gobancho, you who hire foreigners to restrain me with their inferior martial arts; this place reeks with the stench of foreigners!" Kuno said as he pointed his sword at the various racial ethnicities in the room.
"Kuno, there are various martial arts styles all over the world. And there are various kinds of people. To limit yourself to just Japanese styles or just Kendo is foolishness," Kumo answered him. "But if it's a fight you want so be it."
"Hold it!" Ranko yelled. "Kuno you need to leave. I do not love you. I never loved you. Do you finally understand now?" As Kuno admired Ranko, he realized how much more beautiful she was than before. He had to have her! He then reached to grab her.
"Kuno, you just don't get it!" Ranko said as she struck his hand with some shiatsu points. This didn't stop him for long but only caused him a little amount of pain. The sword glowed and Kuno got up again to the amazement of all who were watching.
"I shall leave for now but I will not give up on you!" Ranko rolled her eyes at this. "And you!" He pointed his sword at Kumo."This is not over. I shall take her from you. So prepare yourself!" With that he sped out of there and flew off.
"How did he know you were here, Ranko? When I beat him up earlier, he was demanding to know where you were. You weren't even here yet," Kumo said to Ranko.
"That's a good question Kumo," Ranko said as she walked over to Nabiki and remembered how she had tried to blackmail her into posing nude for some pictures. "You want to explain yourself, Nabiki?"
"I don't have to explain myself to anyone," Nabiki said confidently. "I do what I have to do to keep my family from going bankrupt. It was especially hard with your dad and brother eating us out of house and home. I know you aren't going to do anything with all these people here. So get out of my face."
"With all the money you made off of Ranma, and me as well you got some nerve after you told Ranma's enemies everything about his chance to get cured, they almost killed me, that in effect would have killed Ranma as well. So stay out of my business, Nabiki!"
"Or what? Spare me the melodramatics you're just as much as a rube as Ranma. In fact I'll do what I want when I... Gakk!" the much taller Ranko grabbed Nabiki by the throat, picking her up so that they were eye to eye with Nabiki's feet, dangling off the ground and kicking in the air. The mercenary girl's face went red as she gasped for air.
"Ranko stop! Let her go she's not worth it." Ranma said trying to break Ranko's iron clad grip.
"Oh, no!" Soun cried.
"Ranko, let her go." Genma ordered.
"Okay, Daddy," Ranko said with a sneer as she dropped Nabiki to the ground not too gently on her ass. She angrily looked down on Nabiki as she gasped for air on the ground shaking.
"Nabiki is not a fighter. If you want to fight someone then fight me," Akane said putting P-Chan down and getting in a martial arts stance.
"You know, Akane. I don't like the way you have been treating Ranma either. Maybe it's time someone kicked your ass, too. So bring it on!"
"Ranko, please calm down." Kasumi said gently. Those who knew her stared at Kasumi in shock. "I know there have been problems. But there's enough blame to go around. Can't we all just get along?"
Everyone just stopped for a moment. "Nabiki and Akane have been such bitches but Kasumi's always been good to Ranma." "All right Kasumi, for you," Ranko said, backing down with everyone breathing a sigh of relief.
"Well, this has been an interesting day," Kumo's father, Baki, said trying to calm everyone down. Then the security phone rang. "Yes, what is it?"
"There's a teenage girl named Ukyo Kuonji at the gate she says she knows Ranma," the guard reported.
"Go ahead and let her in and direct her here, please," Ranma requested not wanting Ukyo to beat up their guards.
"All right. Go ahead and let in. Direct her to the main dojo area," Baki ordered.
"What's going on here?" Ukyo announced, surprised to see everyone there. "I saw Kuno fly away from here while I was doing some shopping for rare ingredients. If Kuno was here, I figured you'd be here, Ranchan. What the..." Ukyo did a double take when she saw both Ranma and Ranko standing there.
"Ucchan, this is my sister Ranko." Ranko waved at Ukyo as if she were an old friend. Ranma then quickly updated Ukyo on what happened.
After hearing this, Ukyo rushed towards Ranma and gave him a big hug. She had noticed how much better looking he was. And since he still had his shirt off, Ukyo took advantage of the situation by rubbing up against him a little to the consternation of Shampoo and Akane.
"I'm so happy you got your cure, Ranma," she said as she hugged him and rubbed his back, snuggling up against him. "Gosh, he's hot! He smells so good too. I just don't want to let him go!"
"Ranma you pervert!" Akane yelled as she whipped out her hammer.
"Calm down, Akane! She's just saying hello." Ranko exclaimed, holding the angry girl back.
"Well, dinner is about ready. Would you all like to stay and have dinner with us?" Nakako requested nervously, directing everyone to the dining room.
XXX
After Ranma and Ranko were given different clothes to wear, the meal began without any other incidents.
"So Ranko, how do you like the real world?" Ukyo asked curiously.
"It's fine, Ucchan. But it's not as if I wasn't able to see what was going on. I saw what happened with you and Ranma with that yattai. I'm sorry about that. I hope we can still be friends," Ranko said smiling.
Ukyo smiled back. "I can tell Ranko doesn't like Akane. Maybe if I ingratiate myself with her she might talk Ranma into marrying me," Ukyo thought. "Sure, Ranko, I'd like that."
"I was wondering Ranma. Who and what were you while you were in that other universe?" Kumo asked.
"I was basically a glorified intergalactic police officer, part of a group called the Legion of Super Heroes. Everyone of us had a different super power."
"What was your superpower?" Ishio, Kumo's younger brother asked with enthusiasm.
"I really didn't have a superpower. At least no more than I do now. My "superpower" was super karate. My codename was Karate Kid. They were about to refuse me until I challenged the most powerful and respected member."
"Oh, you must have beaten him. Weren't you the best martial artist in that universe?" Kei, one of Kumo's sisters, asked with admiration.
"I was the best martial artist. But this guy beat me anyway. He was so strong that he was able to move huge mountains with ease. He was so invulnerable that he could not be hurt by lasers or bullets. He could even survive an atomic blast at ground zero. He had super human speed and reflexes too."
"All I had on him was my martial arts and hand to hand combat skills. I hit him several times but it all bounced off of him. After I had either evaded or blocked his attacks, he finally managed to hit me with a punch that knocked me out. He even held back on that punch. The best I could do was make the fight last a couple of minutes."
"But they still let you in even though you were defeated?" Yuri, Kumo's other sister, asked with interest.
"Yes. His code name was Superboy. He was a great guy with a lot of class. He talked the others into letting me in by telling them that I gave him a great workout."
"You would have beaten him if you had trained harder, boy!" Genma said with feigned authority. "It's obvious whoever trained you in that other universe went soft on your training."
"Pop! What part of 'the guy was invulnerable' did you not understand? And there was nothing wrong with my training. My training there was a whole lot better than any training you gave me!"
"I was the best martial artist in the universe bar none. I knew all the martial arts of the planet Earth and all the martial arts styles of the known universe. But there were beings there who were so powerful that they made Saffron look like a tinker toy."
"You said Earth as if there were other planets. If you learned martial arts from other planets how did you get there?" Dr. Tofu asked with interest.
"This was about one thousand years in the future. I did not time travel; I was born in that time period. At the time, space exploration was as common as trains are here. There were even different kinds of aliens. Most of them looked human. Some looked all together different."
"Were there any aliens in this legion you were in?" Nodoka asked.
"Yes, Mom. In fact most of the people in the Legion were aliens of some kind. Only about four or five of us were born on Earth. There were about thirty of us all together. But it started off with only three people all of which were off-worlders and snowballed from there. They were all a great bunch of guys and gals. I really had some good times there."
"Were the alien chicks hot babes?" Ishio asked. "Were any as hot as Ranko?"
"The answer to your first question is yes. As for your second question. Ranko's my sister so I can't make that judgment," Ranma answered.
"What perverted things were you doing with all those alien girls?" Akane asked with suspicion.
"There was nothing perverted. All right? However I did get married." Ranma then thought of Princess Projectra and their way too short honeymoon.
"I knew it!" Akane screamed angrily and stormed out with Kasumi following her outside to calm her down.
"Get over it Akane. It was a whole other universe. He didn't even know about you at the time," Ranko thought with disgust as she watched Akane depart.
"Now my chances of getting Ranma will be a whole lot better. So what if he was married to someone else in another lifetime," both Shampoo and Ukyo thought.
"Ranma's more than hot! I wonder what chance I have," both Kei and Yuri wondered as the other girls there did.
A Japanese American named Jimmy Honda who trained there while his father did business in Japan asked, "were you killed by Nemesis Kid?"
Ranma looked at Jimmy in shock. "How did you know that?"
"I've read a lot of American comic books. I know that Kumo was in another universe as well. When he described what he could do I told him he sounded like Spiderman. He also asked how I knew. I knew because he went into the Marvel Universe while you went into the D.C. Universe. These two comic book companies are the biggest in the world."
"That's true, Ranma. He told me everything that happened to me as Spider-man up to a point," Kumo related.
"Do you have any idea what happened after I was killed?" Ranma asked with interest.
"Yes. Jeckie(Princess Projectra) hit Nemesis Kid with a presence attack and intimidated him thus shutting down his nemesis power. She then killed him with her bare hands. She was really angry with Nemesis Kid after he had killed you. She quit the Legion after that, returning to the Legion a few years later. Somehow she got a whole bunch of sensory powers. Eventually she became a leader of the Legion.
And your friend, Timberwolf, went to that planet where the only thing that was respected was fighting ability with your sensei and planted that flower there that you wanted him to plant," Jimmy explained.
"All right!" Ranma shouted for joy. "I am glad that flower got planted. I hope that will change things for the better on that world." Some of the women there swooned over Ranma's sensitivity while Genma simply snorted in disgust.
"And I knew Jeckie was tough in her own way. I'm glad she made out so well. It took years for us to get married then our honeymoon was cut short by the Legion of Super Villains," Ranma said in a tone that sounded as if he didn't want to talk about what happened anymore, Jimmy well understanding why since he had read what happened.
Then something else occurred to Ranma. "Fujiko! Um, excuse me I have to go do something," Ranma said as he teleported outside and quickly flew off towards the island Fujiko inhabited. He had looked in on her while he was in astral form before so he knew where the place was.
Fujiko really wasn't that far away. She was on one of the small uncharted islands nobody knew about, less than one hundred miles south of Tokyo. Ranma totally concentrated on his flight; so he flew at four hundred miles per hour. He got there quickly and spotted Fujiko training. She looked up, saw him, ran to him and gave him a very appreciate hug. "Pack your bags, Fujiko. I'm taking you away from here."
XXX
Outside, Akane was fuming with Kasumi trying to calm her down. "Akane what happened was in another universe," Kasumi said kindly. "And since he died there, he can never go back there."
"That's not the point!" Akane countered. "He has always chased after other women. And now he has already been married. His sister is a real bitch, too, she has no modesty, and she's always taking his side or covering up for him."
"Akane, you know that's not true. The girls chase after him. Much of it is bad luck or his father's doing. And you can't blame Ranko for sticking up for her brother. You'd do the same for Nabiki or me," Kasumi said. "But the real question is do you love him or not?"
Akane looked at Kasumi for a moment then she said, "I really don't know, but I am willing to give him another chance. I'll try to get along with his sister. And thanks for keeping Ranko in check."
"I hope it works out with Ranma. But the reason Ranko was 'kept in check' was because she felt I had treated Ranma with kindness and respect. Don't forget she was with Ranma in spirit so she tends to see things from his point of view," Kasumi explained.
"Yeah, well I guess. I'll try to make peace with Ranko. But I won't stand for her beating up Nabiki. We all know she goes out of her way to make money. It's not really her fault. She has had to do some things that even I didn't like but she kept our family from going bankrupt," Akane said.
"All right, Akane let's go back inside," Kasumi suggested.
XXX
While Kasumi was dealing with Akane, another discussion was going on. "Ranko, you can't go threatening to beat up your brother's fiancee," Nodoka said firmly to Ranko. "Besides, your brother can take care of himself."
"But, Mom! Akane is always blaming Ranma for everything. He can't help it if girls like him. Maybe she wouldn't be so insecure if she treated him better. It's not as if he doesn't have other options!" Ranko answered back.
"That's not for you to judge, Ranko. Ranma's engagement to Akane is based on family honor. Even your engagement to Kumo was done to salvage some of our family's honor. Consider yourself fortunate that you two love each other as much as you do," Nodoka answered with authority.
"If honor is so important, what about Ukyo? She is owed something for the loss of her yattai and her honor."
"Yes," Ukyo said silently as she heard what was being said. In fact everyone in the room was listening.
"I don't know what to do about that. I didn't know what to do about Kaori Daikoku either but that worked out. Maybe we can figure out a way to salvage every one's honor. But the engagement to Akane was set before either was born. The others came after so they have less merit," Nodoka stated plainly as Ukyo frowned not liking what she heard.
"And then there's Shampoo. I don't think Ranma wants to live among the amazons, but I don't want to see Shampoo get the shaft. I wish there was some way of salvaging Shampoo's honor as well," Ranko said with concern.
"We are in no way subject to their strange laws. It's not our fault that they decide that if someone accidently beats one of them she has to marry him," Nodoka said.
"Shampoo try explain amazon law to Airen mother," Shampoo whispered to Cologne.
"Quiet child, you will do no such thing. We will form a plan later," Cologne ordered Shampoo in a whisper.
"Also, it's not good for you to beat up on Nabiki. Our families need to get along," Nodoka stated.
"You want me to be a respectable lady? Well, Nabiki took a lot of pictures of Ranma in female form that were far from lady like. And you know that I look like Ranma's former female form except better. Those pictures are probably all over the Internet by now. Anyone who has seen these pictures will see me as some kind of slut."
"And besides all that, Nabiki tried to blackmail me to pose nude for some pictures. She will probably take some pictures of me now and use computer tricks to sell nude or semi nude pictures of me anyway," Ranko said somewhat upset.
"That won't do at all. I will have to talk to Nabiki and Mr. Tendo about that."
"Now the Gobanchos are a good family. I know being a proper lady might be difficult for you but I want you to do the best you can. Tomorrow we'll go shopping for clothes and underwear," Nodoka said, looking upon her daughter tenderly.
"Okay, Mother," Ranko said compliantly. "We might want to stop by a foreign clothes store. I don't think there will be anything my size in a Japanese department store. We might as well get me a bathing suit too," Ranko said with a smile.
"Pardon my interrupting," Kumo interjected. "But I know a guy who is going to open a Frederick's of Hollwood in Tokyo. He owes me; so I can get him to give you a good deal. He plans on having larger sizes for some of the foreign women who live here so he'll have no problem finding your size."
"Thanks Kumo. That's really sweet of you. Maybe I'll model some of it for you." Ranko said with a smile that Kumo returned. He then noticed the some of the younger men had smiles on their faces with nosebleeds at the thought of Ranko in her underwear. His younger brother, Ishio, especially!
"Um, maybe we'll talk about this later. I'll go get his phone number," Kumo said.
"I'll go with you. These guys don't get out of the house that much, do they?" Ranko asked Kumo as they walked off.
XXX
As Kumo and Ranko walked to Kumo's room, Ranko put her arms around him after shutting the door. "How about I give you a massage?" Ranko said in a husky voice.
"Um, all right." After Kumo relented, Ranko took off his shirt and took off her dress as well, leaving her wearing only panties. She placed him on the bed that was there and began to massage his back.
"Hmm, let's turn you over," Ranko suggested. After she turning him over so he was facing her, she started to massage muscular torso.
"Ha ha ha!" Kumo laughed.
"Oh you like that, do you?" Ranko said as she started to tickle him. "I so love how he sounds when he laughs" Ranko thought as her hands danced all over his rippling muscles.
"Okay, Ranko. Let's see how you like it," Kumo said as he tickled her naked upper body in retaliation.
"He he he he he! Mercy!" Ranko giggled helplessly in a cute, sexy manner as Kumo's hands explored her body. In time the two lovers rolled around on the bed with their hands all over the place, practically make love to each other in a heated make out session.
Akane had come back inside and after going to the bathroom she had found P-Chan who had gotten lost in the large compound. After having found her P-Chan walked happily beside her. With so much on her mind and being half asleep, she had temporarily forgotten that Ranma no longer turned into a girl. So when she heard Ranko and Kumo carrying on in the bedroom she got really angry, broke the door down and whipped out her hammer.
"Ranma! You pervert!" Akane screamed in righteous indignation.
"Akane, have you forgotten? I'm Ranko. And what are you doing breaking the door down? You want to peep on us or something? You're the pervert!" Ranko spat back.
Ranko's yell snapped Akane back into reality, making her remember everything and totally waking her up. But she was still mad. "How dare you judge me?! What are you two doing anyway?!" Akane interrogated in a rage."
"This is my fiance and it's none of your business! Will you get that pole out of your but and learn to relax?!" Ranko yelled back at Akane. Akane, face red with anger and embarrassment, left in a huff with P-Chan in tow but not before sticking it's tongue out at Ranko in a very rude manner.
"Is that pig trained to do tricks or something? It's like it has a mind of it's own," Kumo said with curiosity.
Ranko then explained how that was Ryoga Hibiki in his cursed form. And how clueless Akane had been about Ryoga and P-Chan being the same person.
"Shouldn't someone tell her?" Kumo asked.
"No one wants to tell her. Ranma swore on his honor not to tell anyone; after that, Ryoga started sleeping with Akane as her pet pig." Ranko explained.
"You didn't promise not to tell anyone," Kumo stated. "Couldn't you or even I tell her what's going on?" Kumo asked with concern.
"No. Akane can't stand me. She would simply call me a liar. If you told her she would think I put you up to it. And finally, Ranma has constantly given her clues but she has never caught on. So there's nothing we can do about it."
"There's something we can do," Kumo replied with a smile on his face as he put his arms around her gently caressing her back.
"Hmmm. I so love that," Ranko cooed. "You're irresistible Kumo. But we have to get dressed. Whenever something goes wrong, Akane blames Ranma for it. There's a good chance she'll go berserk on him. You saw how she was just now."
"How about if I beg you by getting on my hands and knees kissing your feet?" Kumo said with a sweet, adoring smile.
"Oh, don't do that now, Kumo. You know you're irresistible to me when you do that," Ranko said with a deep, head to toe blush. "But I'll take a rain check on that."
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Akane went outside again more furious than she was before. "Why that slut bitch!" Akane screamed with anger. "How dare she talk to me that way?! Who does she think she is anyway?!"
Some of the students and teachers of the school went outside to find out what the yelling was about. Ishio, Kei and Yuri had also came outside.
"Akane! What happened? Are you all right?" Kei asked with concern. At that moment Ranma had returned with Fujiko. Since she had been living on a deserted island for six years, her clothes were in tatters, resembling a skimpy bikini that left little to the imagination.
"Wow!" Ishio exclaimed. "The hot babes are busting out all over!"
"Shut up Ishio!" Yuri ordered.
"What?!" Ishio protested.
Akane then saw the beautiful half naked girl in Ranma's arms. Worse, she was clinging to him. Barely keeping her temper, she seethed with rage. "Who is that girl, Ranma?" Akane asked angrily like a tea kettle that was about to explode. "Another fiancee perhaps?! Another girlfriend?!"
"Akane, I can explain."
"Shut up! I have had it with all the fiancees, the cheating and all the nonsense of your crazy life. And to top it off, you were actually married to another woman. RANMA YOU PERVERT!" she screamed as she malleted him into the stratosphere.
This time it was Ranma's turn to sing. "Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was! When did the days go by? When did the days go by? When did the days go by? Once in a lifetime!"
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AUTHOR'S NOTES: I want to thank all the reviewers for their reviews. If there's something you like that I'm doing say so. If there's something I'm doing that you don't like say so. Anything to help improve the story.
By the way, I do not hate Akane. Sometimes I think it's hilarious the way she acts. She does blame Ranma for a lot of things he has no control over. One thing is certain in this fanfic, Ranko has Ranma's back.
Next time: Rollon and Bedea make their presence known to Cologne and Shampoo.