Legal Note: Me no own the Ranma. Me wish it so. Rumiko Takahashi Ranma owns.
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"No." Ryoga said staring at Ranma who is now boy. The two stand in his room with Ranma in pajamas.
"If I sleep alone the monsters will get me." Ranma said clutching a blanket.
Ryoga sighed placing his head in his hands. "You're not sleeping with me."
"You are mean."
Ryoga groaned. "Kasumi!" Ryoga burst out of his room as Kasumi came out of her nearby room.
"What is it Ryoga?" She stood there ready for bed as Ryoga pulled Ranma out.
"Ranma wants to sleep in my room, and I don't want him there. Especially if he goes G-U-R-R-L. Er, I spelt that wrong." Ryoga stopped his frustration feeling embarrassed as Kasumi gave a laugh, but tried keeping it back. "Look would you?"
"Okay. Ranma c'mon." Kasumi said with a smile to Ranma.
"Nuh-uh. I want Mr. Meanie to stay with me." Ranma said crossing his arms with a smile.
"Well, too bad. Now get in her room now Ranma." Ryoga said returning to his aggravation.
"Nope. I want you in the room I sleep in, or I won't sleep and I make sure you don ether."
"What if you come sleep in my room Ranma, and Ryoga sleeps on the floor?" Kasumi asked the boy from her doorway.
"M'kay. Let's go mister." Ranma said pulling Ryoga across the hall as Ryoga tried resisting. "You're pretty weak."
"Maybe you're just strong Ranma." Kasumi said giving another slight laugh.
"Since when am I so funny?" Ryoga asked with frustration in his voice as he and Ranma came to her door.
"Oh don't be a poor sport Ryoga." Kasumi said with a smile leading the two into her room. "You two ready for bed?"
"Yep. I took a bath n' everything." Ranma said jumping onto her bed. "Don't turn off the light okay." Ranma said sitting on the side by the wall.
"Don't tell me you're afraid of the dark." Ryoga said with a slight smile.
"I'm not afwaid of the dark! Just the monsters that come out in the dark." Ranma said in protest.
"Demons tend to attack during anytime of the day Ranma." Ryoga said sitting on the floor.
"There's more in the dark." Ranma said sticking his tongue out.
Ryoga returned by sticking out his own tongue.
"You two are both such babies." Kasumi said gathering some extra blankets and pillows from her closet. "Here Ryoga." Kasumi gave him the pillow while laying out a futon for him. "This should do."
"Uh, yeah it looks fine." Ryoga commented looking away from Ranma who begins making faces at him to which Kasumi laughs. "What?" Ryoga turns around to Ranma who is playing innocent. He turns back to Kasumi and Ranma begins again. "Why'd you laugh?"
"You make me laugh." Kasumi said with a smile going to her bed where Ranma had stopped with the faces and now yawns. "Let's get to sleep Ranma." She said sitting next to him as he lied down under the covers.
"So do you think Akane will find a way to get him normal?"
"I don't know." She looks to Ranma who was fast asleep. "Wow that was fast."
"It has been a very, very long day." Ryoga said plopping back on his space.
"It was so long? It was over pretty fast for me." Kasumi said with a smile lying on her side facing Ryoga.
"Well you didn't have to deal with Ranma in both forms. The girl thought both of us were having a romantic dinner." Ryoga said putting a pillow under his head.
"Is that what it was? I guess it did look a bit like that. I mean we were enjoying the meal, and we were alone, plus there was only candles lighting the room." Kasumi said giving a slight laugh.
"It was the stereotypical date."
"It wasn't a date." Kasumi said sternly.
"Have you even had a date?" Ryoga asked with one eye open.
"You haven't." Kasumi said with angry eyes.
"At least I had something you could call a date."
"Who says I never had one?" Kasumi asked defensively.
"So you have?" Ryoga asked sitting up.
"Why should I tell you?" Kasumi said closing her eyes.
"Then you haven't." Ryoga said moving to the floor next to her squatting.
"I never said that." Kasumi said looking at him.
"Uh, then tell me." Ryoga said with a bit of a red face.
"Why should I? There's no reason why I should tell you." Kasumi said looking up to the ceiling.
"Just tell me okay. Then I'll stop mocking you."
"I've been on a few, but all those guys weren't right for me."
"So, what is the right guy?"
"Good night Ryoga." She looked to him with a smile then turned away.
"Fine don't tell me." Ryoga lied back down on his bed.
"Here." Ryoga handed Kasumi a spice as she was cooking at the stove.
"Thanks." Kasumi takes the spice and adds it to the food.
"When's Aka-Chan getting back? She's been gone so long, and she didn't say bye bye." Ranma said while pushing a toy truck across the floor.
"It's only been about two weeks. That's not long Ranma." Ryoga said turning towards the boy.
"That's a loooong time." Ranma said rolling his eyes.
"If that were a long time Ranma I'd be an old maid by your standards." Kasumi said turning to the boy in a playful angry style.
"You don't count." Ranma said getting back to his truck. "Can I play outside?" Ranma asked standing up.
"I don't see why you can't." Kasumi said as the boy was already running away. "Don't go too far!" She said from the kitchen door.
"What trouble could he get in? You shouldn't worry about him." Ryoga said with a smile crossing his arms.
"What if he gets splashed with water huh?" Kasumi asked with a laugh going back to her cooking. "Besides he does make a good point. Where is my sister?" Kasumi asked with worry on her face.
"She's fine. You think Akane will get in trouble? Anyway it hasn't even been too long." Ryoga said looking out the window.
"But she's my sister and I miss her. I can't help it. If you had a sister or a brother you would feel the same for them." Kasumi said turning off the stove.
Ryoga gave sort of a laugh as he turned back.
"Are you laughing at me Ryoga?" Kasumi said flinging some sauce at him.
"Hey! I wasn't making fun of you. I just remembered the time Ranma dressed up like my sister." Ryoga said frustrated wiping the sauce from his face.
"Then I'm sorry. You still got some there." Kasumi said wiping some more from his face. "That's better." She said with a smile still wiping.
"Isn't it gone now?" Ryoga asked as she still wiped his cheek.
"Oh. I guess it is. I, uh, thought I saw some more." Kasumi said turning back to her stove with a slight blush. "Regardless Akane should be back."
"She is." The two turned to Akane who stood by the door a bit tired looking.
"Thank goodness." Kasumi said going to Akane and hugging her. "I was worried about you." Kasumi said as the two had tears in their eyes.
"I did it too. I found a way to bring Ranma back." Akane said as they broke their hug. "I found a way and I only need Ryoga's help." She said looking to him, as he was a bit surprised.
"Me?" Ryoga looked away with a sour look. "What makes you think I'd do anything to help?"
"You won't help me Ryoga?" Akane asked in a slight shock.
"Well, maybe." Ryoga said looking back with a grin. "If you can get this thing off." Ryoga said raising his hand with the bracelet.
"I can't get that off!" Akane said pointing to his arm.
"Then we don't have a deal." Ryoga said putting his arm down and placing some of things away that Kasumi used to cook.
"Ryoga just help her." Kasumi said hitting him with a spoon.
"Only if she figures how to get this off."
"Kasumi can you ask Ranma where he got this from?" Akane asked Kasumi.
"Why me?"
"Because after you turn Ranma girl he won't talk to me, and she'll flirt with Ryoga." Akane said handing Kasumi a glass of water and pushed her out into the hall.
"Fine, but only because I want this over." Kasumi said leaving the hall.
"So I hope staying here wasn't so bad Ryoga." Akane said turning back to him.
"Oh, no I guess it wasn't. Actually, I rather enjoyed my stay." Ryoga said throwing some things in the sink.
"You did? I didn't expect you to actually like staying here with Ranma and my family. I thought you would've tried to get as far from Ranma as you could."
"It's only the girl one I'm worried about at the time. The kid one was annoying, but he wasn't so bad. Except he wanted to sleep in my room." Ryoga said shuddering at the latter.
"I'm happy that you were such good help to my sister then."
"Uh, yeah, well, uh, it wasn't any problem y'know." Ryoga said looking out the window again with a red face.
"Okay I'm back." Kasumi said coming into the room. "Did you two make fun of me while I was gone?" Kasumi asked in a joking manner.
"I'd be too afraid to." Ryoga said laughing.
"Did Ranma tell you anything?" Akane said in a serious tone.
"She said she got them from some old man who didn't talk in good Japanese. That and the man, sounded much like a girl." Kasumi said putting a kettle on the stove.
"Who could it be?" Ryoga asked as the two girls looked at him to see if he was joking. "What?"
"It's obvious isn't it? Shampoo." Akane said to the idiot.
"Oh." Ryoga shot out a bit embarrassed. "It, uh, wasn't so obvious was it?"
"Uh, I had no idea it was Shampoo." Kasumi said, but was lying.
"See Akane it wasn't." Ryoga said as girl Ranma came into the room. "Er, hiya Ranma." Ryoga said tensing up and sweating.
"Oh you're back." Ranma said looking at Akane with evil eyes.
"Uh, hey Ranma, me and Ryoga were going to Shampoo's and he said he wanted you to come along." Akane said with a smile.
"I never sai-" Ryoga begins, but Kasumi hits him in the chest with her elbow.
"Really Ryoga? Then let's go!" Ranma grabbed Ryoga and ran off as Akane followed.
"Oh dear. I hope they're okay." Kasumi muttered staring after.
"Oh, hey let me borrow this." Akane came in taking the kettle of warm water with her then ran out.
"Shampoo!" Akane said running into the Cat Café with Ryoga and the now boy Ranma.
"Oh airen!" Shampoo said with joy running to Ranma and hugging the boy.
"This lady is nice." Ranma said as Akane hit him over the head. "Ow! Aka-Chan what you do that for?" Ranma said rubbing his head.
"Why you hurt Ranma?" Shampoo asked looking to Akane.
"Shampoo gives us the key to break these special handcuffs." Ryoga said in anger.
"Ranma give to pig boy? Why no Shampoo?" Shampoo asked now standing back and staring at them all.
"Ranma isn't Ranma if you noticed Shampoo. You gave it to a girl who is in love with Ryoga. Now give up the key to stop this." Akane demanded.
"No give key. Ranma marry, then key give." Shampoo said with a grin.
"I'm not gonna marry this old lady." Ranma said running to some ramen.
"O-old lady?" Shampoo said with a vein in her head showing. "What wrong with Ranma?"
"There's nothing wrong with me crazy lady." Ranma said eating a bowl of ramen.
"Grr! You call Shampoo crazy lady?! Stupid." Shampoo said splashing Ranma with a cup of water turning him girl.
"Why is it I'm always wet?" Ranma said shaking the water from her hair. "What do you think you're doing bitch?" Ranma said standing in anger facing a shocked Shampoo.
"What call Shampoo?"
"You wet me and I bet you are after Ryoga as well. I'll have to show you who's the best." Ranma said getting in a fighting stance.
"You fight Shampoo?" Shampoo asked with question.
"Shampoo!" Yelled the male Chinese amazon Mousse who comes in holding Ryoga's hands. "You will date me yes shampoo?" Mousse asks Ryoga.
"I can't say. Go ask her yourself!" Ryoga said flinging Mousse in front of Shampoo. "Oh, Shampoo will you marry me instead of that fool Ranma?"
"Mousse defeat Ranma then talk." Shampoo said crossing her arms and facing away.
"Then I shall. Ranma I will defeat you for my beloved Shampoo." Mousse said facing Akane.
"He's over there Mousse." Akane said pointing Mousse in the right direction.
"Ah yes now I see." Mousse said fixing his glasses. "Ranma prepare to die!" Mousse goes to hit Ranma, but Ryoga stops him. "What are you doing?"
"I won't allow you to hurt Ranma in his weakened state." Ryoga said with a grin as Mousse sent a spear from his sleeves at Ryoga. "Fool!" Ryoga snaps it in half and pushes Mousse across the restaurant.
"So I will fight you first then." Mousse said balancing himself.
"Ryoga darling be careful." Ranma said with joy.
"Uh, yeah." Ryoga sighed and faced Mousse. "Let's get this over then."
"Ryoga loves me so much." Ranma said cheerfully to Akane.
"Uh, of course he does." Akane said a little annoyed.
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Thanks to:
Shinji the good sharer: I think your idea was good, but I had already written this by the time I read. I'm a stupid fool though. I probably passed up a good story.
Jahmira: It is Ranma and Akane. Just no Ranma since he has no idea what love really is yet. Then the girl form another story.
Cherri Ookami: What was strange? The fact it focused more on Kasumi and Ryoga?