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Proposal for the future

"Bwee!" the pig yelled as Shampoo took a kettle and poured hot water over it.

"Ranma, because of you I have seen hell. DIE!" Ryoga yelled and charged.

"HEY WAIT! Put on your clothes first man. There are women in this room." Mousse yelled.

Ryoga stopped and blushed purple as he realized that he forgot to put his clothes back on. He rushed to put on his garments before continuing as Ran Shao and the others chuckled.

"You have caused me great humiliation for the last time Ranma! DIE!"

Ran Shao wisely led Ryoga to take the fight outside and minimize the harm done to Shower's cabin. Her yard however, was probably a goner due to Ryoga's breaking point technique.

"As you can see Ranma, I've only gotten stronger. Try my new shadow clone technique!"

"What? Whoa. Not bad pig breath. Try my new Tai Chi"

The two rivals fought tooth and nail for well over twenty minutes.

"Why don't you change back into a guy and fight me like a man Ranma?"

"Like I've been trying to tell you for the past twenty minutes, I CAN'T! I'm not Ranma anymore. I'm Ran Shao!"

"Shut up liar! Breaking point!"

"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire!"

They continued like that with Ran Shao taunting Ryoga and drawing him into a spiral to initiate the Rising Dragon Tornado.

Ryoga realized too late what was going on and was caught in the tornado. He fell to earth with a huge thud. Ran Shao knew it wasn't over as she sensed a strong ki building up from Ryoga.

"Ranma. You have made my suffering complete. Ultimate Lion's Roar!"

"NO! You'll wreck the house!"

"Ran Shao! Remember the technique I taught you. Find your centre with the earth and become a conduit to let the energy flow through you into the earth. You can't take it but the earth can." Shower called out.

Ran Shao understood immediately what Shower was saying. The Tai Chi technique wasn't just about instinctive balance. It was about the ultimate defence as well. The trick to getting instinctive balance was to immediately become one with whatever surface you were standing on. This was also the secret to ultimate defence. By becoming one with the earth one stood on, one essentially could channel the energy of any attack against one into the earth and let the earth absorb it and bear the damage. One could also use this method to channel the earth's energy to reflect attacks like what Ran Shao had tried to do against Ryoga's other attacks. That was not an option with an energy burst as large as the ultimate lion's roar.

In order to save Shower's house, Ran Shao braced herself and did the kata. Just as the ultimate lion's roar hit, she channelled the energy through herself and into the earth where it did no damage.

"Phew. I saved Shower's house," thought Ran Shao.

What Ran Shao did not see was that Ryoga had used his shadow clone technique right after the ultimate lion's roar and was now coming in for sucker punch. What Ran Shao also did not know, was that whilst one did not sustain damage when channelling energy into the earth, if the energy was excessive large as it was in this case, one would suffer an amount of fatigue.

Ran Shao was unable to dodge as Ryoga nailed a sucker punch from behind and sent her flying into Shower's lake.

A soaking wet Ran Shao emerged from the lake as Ryoga readied himself for more. Ran Shao walked up to Ryoga...and then kissed him on the lips.

"My husband," she said in broken Mandarin.

"WHAT THE HELL RANMA?" Ryoga recoiled after a minute of staring blindly.

"Congratulations. Ran Shao has deemed you worthy to be her husband. It looks like the Amazon tribe gets another new member today. Oh joy!" Cologne laughed heartily. Shower joined her whilst Mousse and Shampoo did their best to explain to a shell-shocked Ryoga what just happened.

"By the way sonny, you might want to wipe off the blood from your nose. Ho ho. Looks like you and Ran Shao will bear me many great great grandchildren." Cologne called out as Shampoo and Mousse continued their efforts to enlighten a now blushing Ryoga whilst an equally red Ran Shao look on.

When they had finished explaining everything to Ryoga, Ryoga just stared at Ran Shao before bursting out in anger.

"You jerk! You couldn't let me have Akane even after you were no longer interested in her? You just had to pull this kind of stupid stunt? How do you expect me to love you Ranma or Ran Shao or whatever you call yourself? I am not gay!"

As Ryoga continued his tirade, he noticed something strange. Ran Shao had begun to cry. These weren't fake tears that the old Ranma used to shed whilst in girl form. These were real, her eyes told of real emotion.

"Ryoga you idiot! Do you think this was easy for me? Do you think it was simple for me, a person who had lived his whole life as a guy, who was brainwashed to become a man amongst man by a joke of a father, to just throw all that away and just live the rest of my life as a woman? I may have come to peace with my girl side before the curse was locked but that doesn't mean it was easy. I still have regrets and things I miss. I still am learning to fight the emotional trauma of knowing I will always be a woman from now on. Shampoo and Mousse were helping when they welcomed me into their family. And then you showed up. Sparring with you made me remember out friendship. I realized as I fought you that as an Amazon woman, I would need to marry in the future. I also realized that you were and still are my best friend. Why do you think I never told Akane about P-Chan all this while? Even the times I dressed as a girl in the past to trick you, I did only toget to know what info you had on a secret technique or cure. It was never to make you miserable. I just thought that I'd rather marry you than anyone else. This way I would always have my best friend with me as I learnt to be a wife and mother. That's why I gave you the kiss of marriage you jerk. I thought that since we were at least friends, we would have something to build on and hopefully learn to love each other. Why do you think I allowed you to beat me? I admit, maybe I'm a little selfish here. But can you blame me? I know it's hard for you but it's just as hard for me."

Ran Shao's outburst caught everyone by surprise. Even Cologne.

"Must be that time of the month for her already" mumbled Mousse.

"Shut up stupid," chided Shampoo.

"Ranm..uh Ran Shao, I'm sorry. I don't know what to say right now. Look I need time to think about this."

Before anyone could act, Ryoga was off.