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: Thoughts

Ranma-chan: Ranma's female side

This story takes almost at the very end the story where Ryoga and Ranma took the magic mushrooms and were shrunk into little kids.

Chapter 1 Meeting Hinako

Ranma was sitting on a bench in a park. He could not believe the event that just happened that happened a day ago. He replayed the event in his mind.

[flashback]

Ryoga and Ranma were trying to find the mushrooms that Akane hid in her closet. But unfortunately, they locked themselves in, so they had to use their chi techniques to blast their way out. But there were consequences. Akane brought two platters in which the blast had actually fried the needed 16 cm magical mushrooms.

"I'm sorry those were the very last one."

The boys were stunned and then Akane sadly said:

"Please try to brave and start your lives over again…"

{End of flashback}

Over again. I'm not sure if I want to do so. I have already lost most of my strength and I sure don't want to go through another training session again especially not with pop. Damn it. Feels almost worst than that Moxibustion Point that Happosai had gotten me. There has to be a way to regain my formal strength without using those mushrooms. I can't stay as a child because I cannot defend myself. Even if I use chi blasts, I would become too exhausted.

"Think, think!" he said to himself.

For a while he slaps himself on the forehead but he couldn't get an idea. Frustrated he berated in his mind.

Oh lord Kami, help me!

For some apparent reason, he got an answer from the Almighty.

There was Hinako Ninomiya, his English teacher in her kid form, walking down a trail with a bunch of books.

Hum… She doesn't know that I'm the Ranma she always sees in class. Still she might recognize me as the young Ranma like the other fiancées and Mousse. I never actually have gone out with her before even though, people did interfere when I need to do some investigation. Damn it! I can't think an answer now. Blah! I think I'll go and play with Hinako. She's friendly when kid form. Perhaps having fun could clear my mind up. But first, boy, girl, boy, girl? Ah girl should be safe. I doubt anybody would know me in my girl form. Now where can I find water?

He looks around and notices a water drinking fountain.

goody good

He goes and splashes himself turning into a girl



Time to play!

Ranma-chan goes to Hinako and bumps into her knocking the books and Hinako down.

"Oh sorry! Here let me help you," said Ranma-chan as he started to pick the books up.

"Ah it's okay. I should have look more carefully when walking. Say could you help me carry the books to my house?"

Ranma knowing that he fully well now where Hinako lived, was not dumb enough to reveal that fact. He goes asking in a childish way:

"K but you need to lead me there. No idea where you live."

"Thanks!"

The girls gathered all the books and Hinako led to the destination. After dropping the books, Ranma-chan decides there wasn't much to do and says to Hinako:

"Well I guess that's it. Sorry again about crashing into you. I should be going…"

Ranma-chan gave her best depressing look to Hinako before turning around to leave.

This made Hinako unease and she thought:

What a polite girl, unlike the others I seen. Maybe I should invite her to the amusement park. After all she looks pretty sad and perhaps the trip would cheer her up.

"Say! What's your name little girl?"

"Ah…Ranko!" Of course this was the default name of Ranma female version.

"Say, wanna go to the amusement park?"

"Ah…uh…"

"Come on! I'm going there and I could use a friend like you as a companion. Heck I'll pay for you."

Pay for you this thought echo in Ranma's mind. Since he didn't have any money consider Nabiki always had scammed him of his cash, Ranma's mouth went into gear by saying:

"Sure! I'll go!"

"Yeah!!!! Oh yeah my name is Hinako." The chibi- Hinako happily takes Ranko's hand and runs super fast to the destination. There the girls go and have some fun playing carnivals games and going onto the rides. Ranko was very good at the games and was able to gain many prizes such as stuff animals. Hinako was very happy too even though she sucked so much at those games, she still got prizes from Ranko. Eventually they sat at a bench where they were eating caramel apples.

"Good stuff no?" asked Ranko

"Ya," said Hinako with a mouthful of apple and there was caramel smeared around her mouth.

Suddenly Ranko had to go to a place to relieve herself.

"Say I gotta go somewhere. I'll be back."

"K"

Ranko goes carrying a stuff animal to the toiletry. She relieves herself and leaves the place. But instead of going there without any hitch, she had to bump into someone. This someone was the one which was Ranko's most annoying person list. The trademark that this someone had was a wooden word. The only person Ranko could think that has this bokken was the perverted Kuno Tatewaki.

Before Ranko was able to sly away, the pervert saw her.

"Ah you must be the girl, that I had seen before! Come and help me find the red pig-tail girl!"

Before he could go and grab the girl, Ranko smartly threw her stuff animal in which Kuno caught and she ran straight back to Hinako. After a few moments, it took the low gear brain of Kuno to realize that he was hugging a stuff animal. He threw it away and went into a chase yelling "Come back girl!"

"Go away!" She puffed as she ran.

Eventually she was able to get back to Hinako. But Hinako heard her new found friend's cry and went to see what is up. Realizing that Ranko was in danger, Hinako cried as Ranko hid behind her,

"I'll save you!"

Kuno who saw this girl cried out, "Who are you little girl? Ney I need this red girl to help me to get what I want. Move!"

"No!"

"You dare to defy me? Engarde!"

"HAPPOU GO-EN SATSU"

With her attack Kuno was pretty much drain in which he could no longer battle. But this battle aura, it made Hinako into one young woman.

"You should pick on someone with the same size, boy!" she sneered.

Ranma-chan who had seen this transformation was for once awed even though he had seen many times. Then he stuck a good idea.

That's it! Hinako's attack made her into an adult by sucking battle aura or by sucking ki. If I can do something similar to her attacks, I can get back to my original form without the mushrooms!

Then he ran back home. But Hinako saw that Ranko was going away. She thought perhaps that her transformation might have scared Ranko away. As she tried to follow Ranko, somebody grabbed her heal.

"Please date with me!"

This made Hinako steamed and she cried,

"Happo Tsurisen Gaeshi!"

With that stolen ki, Kuno was blasted away and Hinako was back into her kid form. She wanted to find her friend who had disappeared so easily since she thought she owed an explanation to Ranko. Hinako tried to find her in the crowd but was unsuccessful. Sadden by this, she had no choice but to abandon her search and go back home.

Too bad. Wish I could find her again. She was pretty friendly especially with these toys…?

She went and cuddle one of the stuff animals and fell asleep.

Meanwhile the grinning Ranma-chan was running as fast as she could.

Yes, yes. I will become back normal. Take this one Ryoga!"

Author notes:

So what do you think of this start? Please tell me what you think!

PS. Do you know if there are any other attacks by Hinako beside those two I mention? I don't know because I'm confused by her attacks. Could be the naming.