Standard disclaimer: I do not own anything in this fan fiction except
for the idea behind it and even that is mostly blatantly stolen from a
multitude of sources. And if you don't like that, then I will kill you
with my dulled butter knife!!! MWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *Hark* *Cough*
*Sputter*... Sorry can't do the evil laugh yet.
Timelines: Everything in the canon Ranma has happened. This fic starts a
few weeks after the failed wedding.
Age rating: If you can understand all the crap I'm spouting then you are
definitely old enough to read this fan fiction.
"Japanese "
'Thoughts'
Kenneth Lönnberg aka Macross_VF1 proudly presents:
Mirror Life
Chapter 1
*** - - - - ***
Nerima, Japan. Saturday.
On the streets of Nerima, a lot of males turned their heads practically
drooling at the sight before them. It was a girl with flowing red hair.
She wore a tight fitting dark red leather dress that was very short,
showing of a lot of leg and her body was to die for. All in all she
practically screamed "Sexy".
The girl was really enjoying herself. She wasn't really doing anything
more than walking around and doing some window-shopping but to her, this
was heaven. No one she knew was bothering her and most of them were out
of town anyway. However, all things good have to come to an end.
"Hello son-in-law."
Ranma stopped as soon as she heard the voice. She tensed up briefly but
let out a sigh and turned around to face Cologne.
"Great, now this day is ruined. Go away, old ghoul."
"Not until I find out what you are doing."
Ranma sighed again. "Please, just leave me alone."
"Clearly something is wrong here. If it were not for me recognizing your
aura I wouldn't even have noticed you. Now care to tell me what you are
doing in that get up as a girl?"
"I don't have any choice do I? Fine, I'll tell you but not here in the
open street. Let's find a place where no one else will recognise me."
"The Nekohanten would do well."
"But Shampoo and Mousse..."
"Don't worry, they are checking up on the inventory and buying supplies.
They won't be back until late this evening."
"But..." Ranma tried before admitting defeat. Sighing for a third time
she spoke up "Ok old ghoul, lead the way."
***
Ranma sat down at a table waiting for Cologne to make tea. She didn't
have to wait long until Cologne emerged from the kitchen skilfully
balancing a serving tray with the a teapot and cups on her cane.
She served the tea and sat down. "Now then." Cologne started. "I didn't
think I would ever see you in such clothing voluntarily, unless of
course this is part of some joke, scheme, challenge or bet."
Ranma took a deep breath before she answered. "No, you're right. I am
wearing these clothes by choice, because I wanted to" She emphasised
'wanted'.
"And you do not seem to be under the influence of some kind or drug or
magic..." Ranma only looked down as if ashamed. "Tell me child, what is
bothering you?"
"Well... it has been a long, slow process but it really started a couple
of weeks before Saffron. I accidentally managed to make a clone of
myself through a magic mirror?"
"Yes, I know of that. I heard of it from Kasum,i actually.
Ranma blinked at that. "When have you spoken to Kasumi?"
"I do it from time to time when she is out shopping groceries. Now
continue with the story."
Ranma looked at Cologne strangely for a moment before shrugging. "Yeah,
well my clone was kinda boy crazy. Before she found out about my curse
she ran around town trying to pick up almost anything male that walked
on two legs. Somehow I found myself dressing up like this and actually
teaching her how to pick up boys."
Cologne was not satisfied with this answer. "That is not all, right?"
Ranma looked down in her teacup. "No, that is not all... Of course I
didn't like the part where I picked up boys, but I liked being a
girl..." The last part came out as a whisper.
Cologne was stunned. The macho martial artist, that hated his girl side,
she had come to know was now confessing to actually like his girl side.
Her stunned expression soon turned into laughter.
"I knew it! I knew you would laugh at me!" Ranma almost yelled and
prepared to leave the restaurant.
"Calm down child, I'm not actually laughing at you, but at how you
always seem to surprise me."
Ranma relaxed and sat down, but still looked a bit irritated.
"So, what does this mean? Are you going to be a girl full time now?"
"Actually it wasn't really being a girl that I enjoyed but the freedom
it gave me. I don't have to be what everyone wants or expect me to be,
whenever I'm a girl."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, for instance pops wants me to be a martial artist, mom wants me
to be a man among men. Somehow almost everyone around me wants something
from me, and thanks to pops I'm trapped, trying to fit everyone into a
puzzle with too many pieces."
"Why not marry Shampoo and join the amazons? That way you would be free
of the trap."
"You are no different then the rest! Always wanting something, without
thinking about what I want or how I feel!" Ranma yelled. "Besides, do
you really think it is that simple? Sure I could take your way but what
would that do? You cannot seriously think that pops and Mister Tendo
would ever let me free of the pledge and Ukyo and Kodachi would probably
follow me to the end of the world and beyond, not to mention all those
psychos that want to kill me or worse! Also I would have no honour left
and I'm nothing without my honour. Nothing!!" Ranma was screaming by now
as tears ran down her cheeks. She drew her legs up under her chin and
continued in a much lower voice. "It doesn't matter where I turn. I'm
trapped by honour with only two ways out, disgrace or death." She let
out a sad laugh. "Heh. It's almost funny. The curse has been the cause
of so many problems for me, yet as it stands now it is a blessing. Just
once in my life I would like to be free of all this... and the only way
I can do it right now is as a girl..."
Cologne looked at the distressed girl in front of her. To be stunned
like this two times in a day. She knew that Ranma was a lot smarter than
he seemed, but she had not thought that Ranma would have had such a good
grasp on his situation. She sighed. 'Ranma truly lives up to his name.
Looks like I have no choice but to offer him, no her, this.'
"Ranma, if I had not heard you say this by yourself I would never have
believed it. I admit that your lot in life is not an easy one, but
perhaps I can make it a little better." Ranma seemed to perk up a little
when Cologne said this.
"What are you talking about?" She said while wiping the tears away.
"For a while I have been suspecting that you would not ever submit to
joining the amazons, at least not the way I would have liked it. The
final straw as I see it was the wedding. Of course I didn't like it but
Shampoo's actions are not something I'll even try to justify."
Now Ranma was really interested. "Are you actually saying that there are
ways out of the kiss of marriage?"
"Yes, but I haven't bothered to mention it since I was certain that you
would reject the idea. Of course that was before today."
"Let me guess." Ranma said with a snort. "It involves me being a girl,
right?"
"Very much so. What I'm proposing is to make you an honorary amazon, but
it can only be done to females. It is a rather rare thing, so I will
have to pull some strings but I don't think it will be very difficult to
achieve, especially when I tell the rest of the elders of all you have
done. You killing Saffron should be enough reason for them to agree."
Ranma sighed and looked down. "I appreciate the offer Cologne but I
don't yet know if I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life as a girl,
even if it would solve a lot of things. Somehow I want to get away from
all the insanity for a while."
"I understand. " Cologne frowned for a moment as if in thought. "Say
this mirror... Could it make a clone of you again?"
"Yeah, it actually did. I accidentally managed to rip down the curtain
that sealed the mirror before we could expel my girl clone, so we had
both a girl and a boy clone for a while. Why do you want to know that?"
Cologne looked really smug. "What would you say if I said I might have a
cure for your condition?"
***
Tendo Dojo, Nerima, Japan. Monday
Akane was not very happy. She had not slept well, because Ranma had been
gone the day before (She had been worried but she would never admit that
to anyone) and when he came back he had only brushed her off and stated
that he wanted to sleep, leaving her without an outlet for her anger.
Now it was Monday and she had school to attend to. Normally she wouldn't
mind school (Except for Kuno) but the last couple of weeks the rumour
mill had been working overtime and it was all because of the failed
wedding. On top of that she had to wake up Ranma, though that brought a
small yet evil smile to her lips. She filled a bucket with cold water
and brought it up to Ranma's room. She took a breath preparing herself
before jerking the door open and yelling "Time to wake up!" at the same
time as she threw the water on Ranma.
Only she wasn't prepared for two voices sputtering in indignity.
"Hey, what are you doin' " came Ranma's voice.
"Yeah, that wasn't necessary you know, we were already awake", a female
voice continued.
Now Akane's mind quickly jumped conclusions and changed into 'jealous
gear'. "Ranma!!! Have you been sleeping with... " However her words died
a painful death when she got a good look at the girl. She was Ranma's
female side looking very irritated. She looked back and forth between
Ranma and Ranma-chan before her mind made a connection.
"Ranma..." She hesitantly started. "Did you... uhm why did you not
change?"
"Nope, I found a cure although it had a side-effect. "
"And what was that?"
Ranma jerked a thumb in Ranma-chan's direction. "Her."
---End Chapter 1---
*** - - - - ***
So what do you think? Of course this first chapter doesn't really tell
anything but I guess that you can figure out who is the clone of the two
Ranma's.
This story is based on two things. Part 1-4 of the 35th Ranma comic book
and "Clothes make the..." by Nicholas Leifker,
http://www.thekeep.org/~nightelf/fanfic/index.html.
Of course my intention is not to actually plagiarize the aforementioned
fic, on the contrary, it was only 'the spark that started the fire', so
to speak. I don't have much planned after this, maybe 2 more chapters,
after that I need ideas. If you have any suggestions then please name
them so I can continue this fic.
If you wish to contact me then do so at:
kenneth@gon.nu or kenneth.lonnberg@bodenonline.com
My works will be available at:
My own page - http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/macvf1fanfic
And when they get around to update/accept my fics, these sites will also
feature my fics:
Lady Cosmo's Fanfic Library - http://ladycosmos.anifics.com/
Ranchan & co. Crossing bridges - http://tannim.anifics.com/
for the idea behind it and even that is mostly blatantly stolen from a
multitude of sources. And if you don't like that, then I will kill you
with my dulled butter knife!!! MWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *Hark* *Cough*
*Sputter*... Sorry can't do the evil laugh yet.
Timelines: Everything in the canon Ranma has happened. This fic starts a
few weeks after the failed wedding.
Age rating: If you can understand all the crap I'm spouting then you are
definitely old enough to read this fan fiction.
"Japanese "
'Thoughts'
Kenneth Lönnberg aka Macross_VF1 proudly presents:
Mirror Life
Chapter 1
*** - - - - ***
Nerima, Japan. Saturday.
On the streets of Nerima, a lot of males turned their heads practically
drooling at the sight before them. It was a girl with flowing red hair.
She wore a tight fitting dark red leather dress that was very short,
showing of a lot of leg and her body was to die for. All in all she
practically screamed "Sexy".
The girl was really enjoying herself. She wasn't really doing anything
more than walking around and doing some window-shopping but to her, this
was heaven. No one she knew was bothering her and most of them were out
of town anyway. However, all things good have to come to an end.
"Hello son-in-law."
Ranma stopped as soon as she heard the voice. She tensed up briefly but
let out a sigh and turned around to face Cologne.
"Great, now this day is ruined. Go away, old ghoul."
"Not until I find out what you are doing."
Ranma sighed again. "Please, just leave me alone."
"Clearly something is wrong here. If it were not for me recognizing your
aura I wouldn't even have noticed you. Now care to tell me what you are
doing in that get up as a girl?"
"I don't have any choice do I? Fine, I'll tell you but not here in the
open street. Let's find a place where no one else will recognise me."
"The Nekohanten would do well."
"But Shampoo and Mousse..."
"Don't worry, they are checking up on the inventory and buying supplies.
They won't be back until late this evening."
"But..." Ranma tried before admitting defeat. Sighing for a third time
she spoke up "Ok old ghoul, lead the way."
***
Ranma sat down at a table waiting for Cologne to make tea. She didn't
have to wait long until Cologne emerged from the kitchen skilfully
balancing a serving tray with the a teapot and cups on her cane.
She served the tea and sat down. "Now then." Cologne started. "I didn't
think I would ever see you in such clothing voluntarily, unless of
course this is part of some joke, scheme, challenge or bet."
Ranma took a deep breath before she answered. "No, you're right. I am
wearing these clothes by choice, because I wanted to" She emphasised
'wanted'.
"And you do not seem to be under the influence of some kind or drug or
magic..." Ranma only looked down as if ashamed. "Tell me child, what is
bothering you?"
"Well... it has been a long, slow process but it really started a couple
of weeks before Saffron. I accidentally managed to make a clone of
myself through a magic mirror?"
"Yes, I know of that. I heard of it from Kasum,i actually.
Ranma blinked at that. "When have you spoken to Kasumi?"
"I do it from time to time when she is out shopping groceries. Now
continue with the story."
Ranma looked at Cologne strangely for a moment before shrugging. "Yeah,
well my clone was kinda boy crazy. Before she found out about my curse
she ran around town trying to pick up almost anything male that walked
on two legs. Somehow I found myself dressing up like this and actually
teaching her how to pick up boys."
Cologne was not satisfied with this answer. "That is not all, right?"
Ranma looked down in her teacup. "No, that is not all... Of course I
didn't like the part where I picked up boys, but I liked being a
girl..." The last part came out as a whisper.
Cologne was stunned. The macho martial artist, that hated his girl side,
she had come to know was now confessing to actually like his girl side.
Her stunned expression soon turned into laughter.
"I knew it! I knew you would laugh at me!" Ranma almost yelled and
prepared to leave the restaurant.
"Calm down child, I'm not actually laughing at you, but at how you
always seem to surprise me."
Ranma relaxed and sat down, but still looked a bit irritated.
"So, what does this mean? Are you going to be a girl full time now?"
"Actually it wasn't really being a girl that I enjoyed but the freedom
it gave me. I don't have to be what everyone wants or expect me to be,
whenever I'm a girl."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, for instance pops wants me to be a martial artist, mom wants me
to be a man among men. Somehow almost everyone around me wants something
from me, and thanks to pops I'm trapped, trying to fit everyone into a
puzzle with too many pieces."
"Why not marry Shampoo and join the amazons? That way you would be free
of the trap."
"You are no different then the rest! Always wanting something, without
thinking about what I want or how I feel!" Ranma yelled. "Besides, do
you really think it is that simple? Sure I could take your way but what
would that do? You cannot seriously think that pops and Mister Tendo
would ever let me free of the pledge and Ukyo and Kodachi would probably
follow me to the end of the world and beyond, not to mention all those
psychos that want to kill me or worse! Also I would have no honour left
and I'm nothing without my honour. Nothing!!" Ranma was screaming by now
as tears ran down her cheeks. She drew her legs up under her chin and
continued in a much lower voice. "It doesn't matter where I turn. I'm
trapped by honour with only two ways out, disgrace or death." She let
out a sad laugh. "Heh. It's almost funny. The curse has been the cause
of so many problems for me, yet as it stands now it is a blessing. Just
once in my life I would like to be free of all this... and the only way
I can do it right now is as a girl..."
Cologne looked at the distressed girl in front of her. To be stunned
like this two times in a day. She knew that Ranma was a lot smarter than
he seemed, but she had not thought that Ranma would have had such a good
grasp on his situation. She sighed. 'Ranma truly lives up to his name.
Looks like I have no choice but to offer him, no her, this.'
"Ranma, if I had not heard you say this by yourself I would never have
believed it. I admit that your lot in life is not an easy one, but
perhaps I can make it a little better." Ranma seemed to perk up a little
when Cologne said this.
"What are you talking about?" She said while wiping the tears away.
"For a while I have been suspecting that you would not ever submit to
joining the amazons, at least not the way I would have liked it. The
final straw as I see it was the wedding. Of course I didn't like it but
Shampoo's actions are not something I'll even try to justify."
Now Ranma was really interested. "Are you actually saying that there are
ways out of the kiss of marriage?"
"Yes, but I haven't bothered to mention it since I was certain that you
would reject the idea. Of course that was before today."
"Let me guess." Ranma said with a snort. "It involves me being a girl,
right?"
"Very much so. What I'm proposing is to make you an honorary amazon, but
it can only be done to females. It is a rather rare thing, so I will
have to pull some strings but I don't think it will be very difficult to
achieve, especially when I tell the rest of the elders of all you have
done. You killing Saffron should be enough reason for them to agree."
Ranma sighed and looked down. "I appreciate the offer Cologne but I
don't yet know if I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life as a girl,
even if it would solve a lot of things. Somehow I want to get away from
all the insanity for a while."
"I understand. " Cologne frowned for a moment as if in thought. "Say
this mirror... Could it make a clone of you again?"
"Yeah, it actually did. I accidentally managed to rip down the curtain
that sealed the mirror before we could expel my girl clone, so we had
both a girl and a boy clone for a while. Why do you want to know that?"
Cologne looked really smug. "What would you say if I said I might have a
cure for your condition?"
***
Tendo Dojo, Nerima, Japan. Monday
Akane was not very happy. She had not slept well, because Ranma had been
gone the day before (She had been worried but she would never admit that
to anyone) and when he came back he had only brushed her off and stated
that he wanted to sleep, leaving her without an outlet for her anger.
Now it was Monday and she had school to attend to. Normally she wouldn't
mind school (Except for Kuno) but the last couple of weeks the rumour
mill had been working overtime and it was all because of the failed
wedding. On top of that she had to wake up Ranma, though that brought a
small yet evil smile to her lips. She filled a bucket with cold water
and brought it up to Ranma's room. She took a breath preparing herself
before jerking the door open and yelling "Time to wake up!" at the same
time as she threw the water on Ranma.
Only she wasn't prepared for two voices sputtering in indignity.
"Hey, what are you doin' " came Ranma's voice.
"Yeah, that wasn't necessary you know, we were already awake", a female
voice continued.
Now Akane's mind quickly jumped conclusions and changed into 'jealous
gear'. "Ranma!!! Have you been sleeping with... " However her words died
a painful death when she got a good look at the girl. She was Ranma's
female side looking very irritated. She looked back and forth between
Ranma and Ranma-chan before her mind made a connection.
"Ranma..." She hesitantly started. "Did you... uhm why did you not
change?"
"Nope, I found a cure although it had a side-effect. "
"And what was that?"
Ranma jerked a thumb in Ranma-chan's direction. "Her."
---End Chapter 1---
*** - - - - ***
So what do you think? Of course this first chapter doesn't really tell
anything but I guess that you can figure out who is the clone of the two
Ranma's.
This story is based on two things. Part 1-4 of the 35th Ranma comic book
and "Clothes make the..." by Nicholas Leifker,
http://www.thekeep.org/~nightelf/fanfic/index.html.
Of course my intention is not to actually plagiarize the aforementioned
fic, on the contrary, it was only 'the spark that started the fire', so
to speak. I don't have much planned after this, maybe 2 more chapters,
after that I need ideas. If you have any suggestions then please name
them so I can continue this fic.
If you wish to contact me then do so at:
kenneth@gon.nu or kenneth.lonnberg@bodenonline.com
My works will be available at:
My own page - http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/macvf1fanfic
And when they get around to update/accept my fics, these sites will also
feature my fics:
Lady Cosmo's Fanfic Library - http://ladycosmos.anifics.com/
Ranchan & co. Crossing bridges - http://tannim.anifics.com/