Chapter 6: Revelations 3: 16
When Ranma awoke Akane was standing over him. "Oh Akane you wouldn't believe the dream I just had. I dreamed I died, then was reincarnated in the body of this kid in this strange future. I dreamed that you were old and had married Ryoga, and had one of my kids. Crazy isn't it." He opened his eyes more and saw that the illusion of his young Akane was replaced by and older version of her." "It wasn't a dream stupid it's real." Ranma shot bolt upright. He scanned the room and indeed it seemed to be real. "Akane? What? How?" "How can Ranko be yours if you died before I conceived her." She helped Ranma to a sitting position, then took her seat. "After your body was brought back to Japan Dr. Tofu decided to take your semen and have it frozen, just in case. About four years after your death, and a year after he married Kasumi, he told your three fiancées about what he'd done. He gave us the option of having invitro fertilization so that we could all have a child by you. Ukyo and Shampoo went first. I had just had Reika here, so I didn't feel like having another child for a couple of years." "But why?" "I needed to Ranma, after you were gone we all missed you. We needed something of yours so." "So why?" "I don't know. I've been asking myself that question for the past 14 years. I have no idea why we did it. I think it was because we loved you and couldn't see you just die after all that you've done for us. It just wouldn't be right." "I see. So I've got a daughter." He smiled. "I'm a dad, does she know?" "Not really she believes that she was just named after her uncle Ranma who died, she has no idea that she is not Ryoga's child." "And she's ok with this?" "Well we decided that when she was old enough we would tell her the truth. For now I don't think it would be good if she knew the truth, let alone that you are her father. I think that would really screw her up." "Well it looks like our daughter got the best of both worlds, my good looks and martial arts abilities and your violent temper." Wham. ^ You deserved that you know. ^ / Yeah I know, but I get my kicks off it. / ^ You're sick you know that. ^ / And your stuck with me so there. / ^ Your impossible you know that. ^ " What were you saying about violent temper?" "N. Nothing dear. Is she cursed?" "Yeah she is." "But she's a girl, don't tell me that she turns into a guy." "Yes she does. And let me tell you giving her a bath as a baby was terrible. We had to use warm water so that Ryoga wouldn't change, then we had to have spray shields so that she wouldn't piss on us, you know how it is with baby boys and warm water." "Wait a minute you knew about Ryoga's curse, when did you figure it out?" "About the second night, when I realized why you two fought so much, and that bandanna was a dead giveaway." "But why didn't you say anything? I mean we went to so much trouble to hide it from you and you knew all along." "It was fun to watch you try. I also liked hitting you when you picked on him." "I liked being hit I guess." "Pervert." "You got it." Reika was waking up and Akane saw this. She pressed a few pressure points and the little pig fell unconscious once again. "Akane I've been meaning to ask you, how's Ryoga been? I mean as a husband." "Ryoga's been a wonderful husband, I mean I still would have preferred you, but he loves the children and me. He has been great, but before we got that augmentation put in his brain to curb his wanderings do you know how many times I had to say ' Ryoga I'm over here.' Or 'to the left. No the left you idiot, that's up, here I'll do it myself.'" "I see the lost boy gene was passed down to Reika." "He's not as bad as his father was he can usually make it back home in an hour or two." "But it's only a ten minute walk." "I said he's not as bad, I usually get Ranko to guide him places." "Well score one for cumulative genetics. So about Ranko I was wondering if I could train her. She has such potential Akane, I can see so much of myself in her." Akane leaned back considering Ranma's proposal. It was true that Ranko took after her biological father in many ways and martial arts was one of these ways. Being thoughtless, putting her foot in her mouth, and being incredibly stupid at times were the other traits. There was certainly no way Ranma could do any harm by training her. She would be overjoyed to learn from somebody who was not Ryoga. "Very well, but it must not interfere with her school and if another one of those monsters shows up you will take her with you, wherever you are going is that clear." "Very clear, mother. By the way whatever happened to my folks?" Akane took a moment to compose herself. "Well after you died but before second impact your mother was devastated, she had to be put in an institution and strapped down to keep her from committing seppuku because she thought she had failed at being a mother. But after Shampoo gave birth to little Choja your mother's attitude changed, she had a grandson. Then Ukyo had Shichu a few days later and your mother had her hands full with the both of them. After I had Ranko she couldn't believe it, her son had three children and she had three grandchildren. All of the children know her as grandma but they think it's just because it's because of their last name. Sometimes I think your mother still misses you. I think you should go visit her." "I think I will, but you'll have to give me the address Mr. Morality here won't let me hack government agencies to get information anymore." She laughed a little before handing him a piece of paper with everybody's addresses on it. Her mood grew more somber. "As for your father. Well a few weeks before second impact dad and Mr. Saotome got the perfect plan to get rid of Happosai. They captured him in a steal box with spirit wards and heavy chains on it. The chartered a boat to take them to the Antarctic where they planned to bury him in the deepest hole they could dig." "And then second impact happened right?" She slowly nodded her head. "So my old man's dead then." "Yes I'm sorry." "Don't be at least he took the old freak out with him." "Yeah I guess so." "So what else happened." "Well Kasumi finally married Dr. Tofu you should have seen the wedding, Dr. Tofu was so nervous that he accidentally said 'I do' to the coat rack on the way in, then to every person in the church, for a minute there we thought he'd gotten himself married to Betty." "Is he still like that?" "No but hearing Kasumi talk about the honeymoon, she had to hog tie him before jumping on top. She still does it sometimes just for the entertainment value." "Oh man that's rich, I would never have thought Kasumi was into bondage." "Neither did anybody else, but she was always so quiet so nobody knew she was such a wild woman underneath." "Does she have any kids?"
"Yes her name's Jenifer, she looks like Kasumi except that her hair has a bright blue streak down the center." "Hey Akane what about Nabiki and Kuno. Is Kaechi their kid?" "So you've met Kaechi. Yes he is their son. Kodachi was killed by second impact and Kuno got hit on the head really, really hard. This damaged his brain and he turned normal. Shortly after that he proposed to Nabiki and she accepted." "Weird. What else." The cell phone rang. Ranma answered it. "Yeah. Now? I guess." He hung up the phone. "Hey Akane you got any hot water around here?" "Yeah, why?" "I'm going to have to cut our visit short, they need Shinji back at the base for tests." "Oh Ranma, couldn't you just wait a little while longer I'm sure, Ryoga would like to see you. He won't admit it but I think even he missed you." "I'm sorry, but we have to go, it's his job you know and he must go when called, it's just the way things are. I'm sure you'll see me again." Akane returned from the kitchen with the water. "Before I have to go." He looked up at her. "Akane if we get killed, defending the world, know this, I love you." He then poured the water on himself. Shinji bowed. "Nice meeting you mam." Then he got his jacket on turned and left.
That night when Ryoga got home. "Daddy, Daddy I saw mom kissing another girl." Ryoga looked up to Akane for an explanation. "It's a long story dear. I'll tell you tonight. Ryoga the table's this way."
When Ranma awoke Akane was standing over him. "Oh Akane you wouldn't believe the dream I just had. I dreamed I died, then was reincarnated in the body of this kid in this strange future. I dreamed that you were old and had married Ryoga, and had one of my kids. Crazy isn't it." He opened his eyes more and saw that the illusion of his young Akane was replaced by and older version of her." "It wasn't a dream stupid it's real." Ranma shot bolt upright. He scanned the room and indeed it seemed to be real. "Akane? What? How?" "How can Ranko be yours if you died before I conceived her." She helped Ranma to a sitting position, then took her seat. "After your body was brought back to Japan Dr. Tofu decided to take your semen and have it frozen, just in case. About four years after your death, and a year after he married Kasumi, he told your three fiancées about what he'd done. He gave us the option of having invitro fertilization so that we could all have a child by you. Ukyo and Shampoo went first. I had just had Reika here, so I didn't feel like having another child for a couple of years." "But why?" "I needed to Ranma, after you were gone we all missed you. We needed something of yours so." "So why?" "I don't know. I've been asking myself that question for the past 14 years. I have no idea why we did it. I think it was because we loved you and couldn't see you just die after all that you've done for us. It just wouldn't be right." "I see. So I've got a daughter." He smiled. "I'm a dad, does she know?" "Not really she believes that she was just named after her uncle Ranma who died, she has no idea that she is not Ryoga's child." "And she's ok with this?" "Well we decided that when she was old enough we would tell her the truth. For now I don't think it would be good if she knew the truth, let alone that you are her father. I think that would really screw her up." "Well it looks like our daughter got the best of both worlds, my good looks and martial arts abilities and your violent temper." Wham. ^ You deserved that you know. ^ / Yeah I know, but I get my kicks off it. / ^ You're sick you know that. ^ / And your stuck with me so there. / ^ Your impossible you know that. ^ " What were you saying about violent temper?" "N. Nothing dear. Is she cursed?" "Yeah she is." "But she's a girl, don't tell me that she turns into a guy." "Yes she does. And let me tell you giving her a bath as a baby was terrible. We had to use warm water so that Ryoga wouldn't change, then we had to have spray shields so that she wouldn't piss on us, you know how it is with baby boys and warm water." "Wait a minute you knew about Ryoga's curse, when did you figure it out?" "About the second night, when I realized why you two fought so much, and that bandanna was a dead giveaway." "But why didn't you say anything? I mean we went to so much trouble to hide it from you and you knew all along." "It was fun to watch you try. I also liked hitting you when you picked on him." "I liked being hit I guess." "Pervert." "You got it." Reika was waking up and Akane saw this. She pressed a few pressure points and the little pig fell unconscious once again. "Akane I've been meaning to ask you, how's Ryoga been? I mean as a husband." "Ryoga's been a wonderful husband, I mean I still would have preferred you, but he loves the children and me. He has been great, but before we got that augmentation put in his brain to curb his wanderings do you know how many times I had to say ' Ryoga I'm over here.' Or 'to the left. No the left you idiot, that's up, here I'll do it myself.'" "I see the lost boy gene was passed down to Reika." "He's not as bad as his father was he can usually make it back home in an hour or two." "But it's only a ten minute walk." "I said he's not as bad, I usually get Ranko to guide him places." "Well score one for cumulative genetics. So about Ranko I was wondering if I could train her. She has such potential Akane, I can see so much of myself in her." Akane leaned back considering Ranma's proposal. It was true that Ranko took after her biological father in many ways and martial arts was one of these ways. Being thoughtless, putting her foot in her mouth, and being incredibly stupid at times were the other traits. There was certainly no way Ranma could do any harm by training her. She would be overjoyed to learn from somebody who was not Ryoga. "Very well, but it must not interfere with her school and if another one of those monsters shows up you will take her with you, wherever you are going is that clear." "Very clear, mother. By the way whatever happened to my folks?" Akane took a moment to compose herself. "Well after you died but before second impact your mother was devastated, she had to be put in an institution and strapped down to keep her from committing seppuku because she thought she had failed at being a mother. But after Shampoo gave birth to little Choja your mother's attitude changed, she had a grandson. Then Ukyo had Shichu a few days later and your mother had her hands full with the both of them. After I had Ranko she couldn't believe it, her son had three children and she had three grandchildren. All of the children know her as grandma but they think it's just because it's because of their last name. Sometimes I think your mother still misses you. I think you should go visit her." "I think I will, but you'll have to give me the address Mr. Morality here won't let me hack government agencies to get information anymore." She laughed a little before handing him a piece of paper with everybody's addresses on it. Her mood grew more somber. "As for your father. Well a few weeks before second impact dad and Mr. Saotome got the perfect plan to get rid of Happosai. They captured him in a steal box with spirit wards and heavy chains on it. The chartered a boat to take them to the Antarctic where they planned to bury him in the deepest hole they could dig." "And then second impact happened right?" She slowly nodded her head. "So my old man's dead then." "Yes I'm sorry." "Don't be at least he took the old freak out with him." "Yeah I guess so." "So what else happened." "Well Kasumi finally married Dr. Tofu you should have seen the wedding, Dr. Tofu was so nervous that he accidentally said 'I do' to the coat rack on the way in, then to every person in the church, for a minute there we thought he'd gotten himself married to Betty." "Is he still like that?" "No but hearing Kasumi talk about the honeymoon, she had to hog tie him before jumping on top. She still does it sometimes just for the entertainment value." "Oh man that's rich, I would never have thought Kasumi was into bondage." "Neither did anybody else, but she was always so quiet so nobody knew she was such a wild woman underneath." "Does she have any kids?"
"Yes her name's Jenifer, she looks like Kasumi except that her hair has a bright blue streak down the center." "Hey Akane what about Nabiki and Kuno. Is Kaechi their kid?" "So you've met Kaechi. Yes he is their son. Kodachi was killed by second impact and Kuno got hit on the head really, really hard. This damaged his brain and he turned normal. Shortly after that he proposed to Nabiki and she accepted." "Weird. What else." The cell phone rang. Ranma answered it. "Yeah. Now? I guess." He hung up the phone. "Hey Akane you got any hot water around here?" "Yeah, why?" "I'm going to have to cut our visit short, they need Shinji back at the base for tests." "Oh Ranma, couldn't you just wait a little while longer I'm sure, Ryoga would like to see you. He won't admit it but I think even he missed you." "I'm sorry, but we have to go, it's his job you know and he must go when called, it's just the way things are. I'm sure you'll see me again." Akane returned from the kitchen with the water. "Before I have to go." He looked up at her. "Akane if we get killed, defending the world, know this, I love you." He then poured the water on himself. Shinji bowed. "Nice meeting you mam." Then he got his jacket on turned and left.
That night when Ryoga got home. "Daddy, Daddy I saw mom kissing another girl." Ryoga looked up to Akane for an explanation. "It's a long story dear. I'll tell you tonight. Ryoga the table's this way."