Hello everyone! First off, I'd like to thank Compucles for the kind review and bwatt for following this story! I can't think of anything else, so on with the story!

Disclaimer: If I owned Ranma ½, do you think I'd be sitting here writing a fanfiction about it?

Akane's POV

Those idiot boys! They're just lucky there was the pool there to save them! I can't believe Ryu would do something so…on second thought, I do believe it. Then there's that idiot Ranma! Is he trying to expose his curse to the whole school?! As we all watched, Ryu was the first to climb out of the pool, followed shortly by Kuno and Ranma, who flew out of the pool and then threw Kuno into the ground. He seemed to be pretty ticked off and after he was finished with Kuno, he bolted away. I guess I have to go take him some hot water. I eventually found him wringing out his cloths on a tree branch.

"Hey, dummy!" I called, "Just how stupid can you be Ranma?"

"You talkin' to me, Akane?" Ranma asked

"Throwing yourself into the pool like that?" I questioned and then Ranma made a face at me. "Guess you don't want this then." I motioned to the kettle of hot water.

"No! I want it I want it I want it!" Ranma shouted and then I heard footsteps. It was either Kuno or Ryu and either way, I didn't want them learning about Ranma's curse. I threw the kettle to Ranma and went to distract whoever it was. When I found the person, he turned out to be Kuno. I did the only thing that would buy Ranma time, I challenged him. He then told me that if I beat him, he'd 'allow' me to date him. Like I'd want to date that pervert! Unfortunately, I accidentally threw Kuno right into Ranma's hot water kettle. Then Kuno inadvertently insulted Ranma's manhood right in front of him and he didn't take it well. Kuno could have gotten away with only minor head injuries, but he insisted on trying to get Ranma to date him. So Ranma beat him up. Ranma then took Kuno's bokken and told Kuno 'Ranma Saotome is even better than me'.

"Come on Akane, let's go home," Ranma said and we left. But we didn't get too far before running into Ryu.

"Hey Scarlet, do you know what happened to Ranma? He vanished from the pool and I know I was the first one out," Ryu said and then noticed Ranma, "Er, who's this?"

"Nobody, no one you need to worry about," I told him

"Really? You expect me to believe you're just walking around with some random girl who doesn't appear to be wearing much in the way of pants? Nice try Scarlet, but that's strike one."

"She's my cousin. She's just visiting and that's why I left school early," I lied and Ryu arched and eyebrow.

"I guess you don't remember that I was at your family reunion three years ago. I think I would have remembered someone with such striking red hair. It isn't the most usual color you know. That's strike two." I knew I was in trouble and Ranma wasn't doing anything to help. I looked over at him and he just shrugged. Guess Ryu was going to find out sooner or later anyway.

"OK, the truth is, this is Ranma," I braced myself for anything. Ryu could be…unpredictable at times.

"And how exactly did he become a she?" He asked, only instead of the doubt I had somewhat expected, he sounded genuinely interested.

"You're just going to accept it like that?!" Ranma exclaimed in surprise

"I have a rather 'open' mind when it comes to the supernatural," Ryu answered and on the way home we explained Jusenkyo. "This should prove amusing." He said after we were done.

"Ryu! Honestly!" I shouted and then punched him in the arm.

"What? It's not like I'm planning anything like Nabiki's probably planning!" Ryu defended himself.

"What's Nabiki probably planning?" Ranma asked, a little nervous

"More than likely she's planning to sell pictures of you in both forms in various states of undress and activity," Ryu answered and Ranma didn't seem to know how to respond to that.

Ryu's POV

I followed Ranma and Scarlet all the way home and before I could leave, Kasumi offered to let me stay for dinner. Never being one to turn down free food, especially Kasumi's cooking, I accepted. Eventually, I found myself in the dojo listening to Ranma's father babbling about honor and what a disappointment Ranma was. If it weren't for his exaggerated facial expressions, I probably would have puked. Finally, Ranma got sick of it and kicked a bucket of water at the old man. After a few moments delay, he became a panda. The now panda tried to yell at his son, but found it difficult to do so without the gift of human speech. Eventually he gave up and exited the dojo, but not before hitting his head on the way out. I was satisfied. Ranma seemed to be pretty pleased with himself too.

Ranma's POV

These curses may suck, but they do have their uses from time to time. The justice was even sweeter when I found out the hot water was out in the bathroom. That meant Pops had to go to the public baths! So while I had some peace, I started thinkin' about what a day I had had on my first day of school. It coulda probably won a medal or somethin' for how crazy it was. There was that Kuno creep who seemed like the biggest idiot in the world and that Ryu character. Akane says he's OK, but he seems…strange. I guess no stranger than I am anyway. In any case, after thinking back, I decided I should go thank Akane for helping out.

Nabiki's POV

I was in Akane's room doing some stretches while Akane was finishing her homework. She had just spent the last ten minutes complaining about Ranma's curse.

"I don't see what the big deal is. I think it's cool he can turn into a girl," I remarked and then Akane snapped her pencil.

"That's easy for you to say Nabiki! My life might as well be over if I have to marry a stupid jerk like him! Why don't you marry him if he's so 'cool'?!" Akane shouted, "Think about it, I'm engaged to my worst nightmare!"

"Gee little sis, don't you think that's a bit harsh?" I asked

"No!" Akane shouted vehemently

"Ryu seems to think he's OK," I commented

"Ryu is Ryu. He's great and all, but what goes on in that boy's head should stay in his head," Akane quipped and I had to admit she has a point. Ryu always was a strange case; even when he was just eight and Akane brought him over for the first time.

Ranma's POV

She may be rude, but I still wanted to thank her in some way. So on the way to school I offered to help her fend off those crazy boys at school.

"Excuse me; we don't know each other, remember?" She responded

"But you know they're waiting for you," I remarked

"I'm fine on my own, thanks," She said and continued walking. If she doesn't want my help then fine. At least I offered. As I watched her fight off the crowd, I had to admit, she wasn't half bad, but her style was more geared towards fighting large crowds. Not surprising, I suppose. Anyway, for some reason, that Kuno guy didn't show up.

After school, Akane had begged me to spar with her, so I was doing just that.

"Don't you get tired of fighting those boys every day?" I asked

"You bet I do!" She shouted and then I leaped over her using her kick for momentum

"When you're cranky, you don't look that cute," I teased Akane and made a face. Before Akane could start attacking again, Nabiki interrupted us with a letter. It said that Kuno would meet the 'tree-borne kettle girl' behind the school at five thirty-six PM tonight. It looked like a challenge letter. I told Akane that I wasn't going, but then decided to go anyway. I arrived as a girl at the stated time, but Kuno was late. Before I finally gave up on him, he showed up and threw something at me. I caught it and then saw it was a bouquet of flowers. I was shocked, but that was nothing compared to what happened next.

"Pig-tailed girl, I love you," And then Kuno walked away. I was so shocked that I fell to my knees.

And so this chapter is finished. I hope next chapter can get in a decent school scene. I have something that I want to do. Until next time!