I didn't put any author's notes at the end of the last chapter for… dramatic effect? Anyway we got some new pictures up and it's getting close to summer vacation! That means more writing time for me and I can up my posting to a tolerable pace again!
YOU'RE A FREAKING GIRL!
Jatsuma fell for what seemed like forever, down towards Razor's obviously female body. It couldn't have been more than three seconds but it felt like a long time. Suddenly his brain started working again and he was able to register several things. The first of which was that he was about to land right on top of a naked girl.
Razor's face was filled with a combination of terror, embarrassment and anger, a LOT of anger. Before Jatsuma even realized what was happening she had pulled back her fist and punched him clear in the face with all of her strength. Without even landing in the pool, Jatsuma was hit up through the ceiling and flying across the lower stratosphere.
IN THE PARK
"Ralph, what is that?" A woman pointed up to the sky as something bright streaked across it. She held tightly onto her husband's hand.
"Oh wow! It's a shooting star! Make a wish Amy!" Ralph closed his eyes and started wishing as hard as he could.
"I think it's getting closer." The woman said in a worried voice.
"Don't be silly. Any shooting star would burn up in the earth's atmosphere long before- GAAAHHHH!" He jumped behind his wife as Jatsuma fell to the ground only a few feet away, making a small crater.
Jatsuma sat up rigidly, looking deranged. "HE'S A GIRL?" He yelled to no one in particular.
Amy and Ralph looked at each other questioningly. Jatsuma sat there for a few moments trying to sort out his thoughts. No. There's no way he's a girl. I must have seen wrong. But I think I know a girl when I see one. How is this even possible? He doesn't look like a girl. But now that I think about it, his body is pretty slender.
"Hey kid? Are you okay?" Ralph asked.
"Huh?" Jatsuma was suddenly snapped back to reality. "Oh. …Yeah." He stood up and dusted himself off mechanically. "I just uh…need to…go." With that he stumbled away in a daze.
The couple watched him go with confused looks.
SOME TIME LATER
Jatsuma turned the corner onto his street. He could see the Tendo Dojo up ahead but he wasn't in much of a rush to get home.
So Razor's a girl. A girl was trying to marry his little sister. And she didn't even know it was a girl. Why would the Amazons send a girl to marry Makoto anyway? Part of him wanted to run inside and warn Makoto right away. But what if he was mistaken? It was awfully steamy in that bath house. Maybe he had just seen very wrong.
It was at that very moment that Jatsuma sensed someone coming and jumped out of the way just in time to avoid Razor's attack. Her fist hit the ground where he had been and she snapped her furious gaze up to him. She had her old clothes back on and she looked seriously pissed.
"YOU!" Jatsuma yelled in surprise.
Razor jumped forward and grabbed Jatsuma by the cuff of his shirt. Then she spun and slammed him into to street wall. "If you tell anyone. ANYONE." Razor gritted her teeth like a wolf. "I'll kill you."
Jatsuma blinked twice and placed a hand on her chest.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Razor punched him away.
"You…you are a girl! You're wearing a wrap!" Jatsuma jumped back towards her.
"Shut up!" Razor hissed angrily.
"YOU'RE A FREAKING GIRL!" Jatsuma screamed loudly.
"I TOLD YOU TO BE QUIET!" She grabbed him violently by the cuff again. "Listen you idiot! You can't tell anyone!"
"This doesn't make any sense! How can you be a girl?"
"Forget what you saw then! For all intensive purposes, I am a guy!"
"Except that you're a girl!"
"Stop yelling that! Someone might hear you!"
"I don't get it! Why the hell did the Amazons send a girl to marry another girl?"
"Don't tell anyone! Don't! Nobody knows! Not even Cologne!" Razor yelled in a desperate tone.
"No one…knows?" Jatsuma narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "Why are you trying to trick everyone? What's the big secret?"
Razor glared at him. "Hmph. A moron like you wouldn't understand! It's really complicated! Just don't' tell anyone!"
"What am I supposed to do? Step aside while you continue to fool everyone into thinking you're a boy? Plus, you're trying to marry my little sister!"
Razor's nostrils flared. "Promise you won't tell." She growled threateningly.
"No!" Jatsuma suddenly made a break for the dojo. Razor was after him quick as lightening. She tackled him to the ground and caught him in a headlock.
"God damn it Jatsuma!" She yelled angrily as he struggled to escape. "If you can't keep your big mouth shut then I'm going to have to make you!"
"Get off of me you cross-dressing lesbian fraud!"
Razor's eyes twitched angrily and she proceeded to punching, kicking and basically beating the crud out of him.
On top of the dojo Ranma was nailing wooden planks over the holes Razor and Jatsuma had made earlier. Daichi was holding the pail filled with nails. "Who the heck is making all that noise?" Ranma asked in irritation. A whole lot of indistinguishable yelling could be heard coming from the street.
Daichi looked over towards the street. "I don't know. Maybe- AAAHHH!" A particularly sharp yell startled him into losing his balance and tumbling down the roof.
"Daichi! Watch it!" Ranma caught Daichi by the arm right as he went over the side. "You've got to learn to be more careful."
The roof creaked and the edge broke off, sending Ranma and Daichi to the ground. They landed on a heap on the ground along with a pile of wood chips. "ARGH! Stupid old roof!" Ranma yelled at the dojo. "I hope it collapses so we can collect on the insurance!"
"Hey, Dad." Daichi sat rubbing his head. "Doesn't that sound like Jatsuma?" He asked, referring to the continued yelling in the street.
"It had better be! He made this mess, so he can go clean it up! Starting with this roof!" Ranma grabbed the hammer and what was left of the nails. Then he stomped out the entry way and into the street where he saw that Razor and Jatsuma were still fighting.
"Aren't you two done yet?" Ranma sighed. "There's clean up to do and I'm not getting stuck with all of it!"
"Dad!" Jatsuma managed to pull himself away from Razor. "Dad, Razor's a-" Razor clamped her hands over his mouth from behind. Jatsuma tried to throw her off.
"Would you two stop fighting!" Ranma grabbed hold of each of them and pulled them apart.
"Don't listen to him Mr. Saotome! He's delirious!" Razor shouted urgently.
"You're a liar!" Jatsuma pointed a finger accusingly at her. "And you're a g-"
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Ranma yelled angrily. "Give it a rest and patch those holes you made in the roof." He handed the hammer to Jatsuma and the pail of nails to Razor.
"But-"
"No buts!"
"But-"
"I SAID no buts!" Ranma punted the pair up towards the roof. Then he sighed and cricked his back. "I'm getting too old for this."
A moment later Jatsuma and Razor landed on top of the roof. They quickly sat up and scooted away from one another, glaring. The wind seemed to blow even louder in the silence.
Jatsuma sighed. "Okay Razor, let's get a few things straight. I don't like you and you don't like me."
"Duh."
"But now I know your dirty little secret. So why exactly are you pretending to be a guy?"
"I told you! No one knows I'm a girl!" Razor snapped. "Everyone thinks I'm a boy! They have my whole life."
Jatsuma was silent for a moment. "But surely your parents could tell…"
"They're the ones who decided to raise me as a boy." Razor huffed. "And they were right too. I should have been born a guy."
Jatsuma raised an eyebrow. "That's the weirdest thing I've ever heard. You know that?"
"Look Jatsuma," Razor said. "If Cologne or the Council find out about this, my parents will be in big trouble. You're the first person to ever know, you have to promise on your honor never to tell!"
"This doesn't change the fact that you're trying to fool Makoto!" Jatsuma yelled. "If you try anything, I can't promise I won't tell! I should tell anyway!"
"Listen to me you ass! My parents and the whole tribe are counting on me to restore our honor! I can't afford to mess this up! And I'll be a man soon enough anyway! So… please?" She looked him in the eyes with that same determination. She wouldn't give this up.
Jatsuma stared at her for a minute, unsure what to say. Now that he had a closer look he could see some of the feminine features in her face, though they were greatly overshadowed by her glare and scowl, they were still there. "Wha… What do you mean you'll be a man soon enough-"
"JATSUMA!" Akane's voice rang across the yard, calling for her son. "YOUR DATE'S HERE!"
"What?" Jatsuma asked stupidly as turned to see a girl wearing a nice pink dress standing at the doorway to the house. Akane bowed slightly to apologize for his lateness, but the girl bowed lower as if to say 'that's just fine'.
"Oh crap! I completely forgot!" Jatsuma stood up to go.
"Jatsuma!" Razor yelled angrily. "You have to promise me you won't tell anyone! This is important!"
"So is this!" Jatsuma insisted. He didn't want that girl to think he had stood her up and he didn't want to promise Razor not to tell her secret. As far as he could see this was a way out. "Let's just discuss this later!" He yelled as he jumped down to the yard and ran to the house.
Razor was about to jump after him but decided not to when she saw he wasn't going inside the house. He just went up and talked to the girl. So Razor sat down with her legs crossed on the edge of the roof and watched them with a hawks gaze as they made their way down the walkway to the street.
This is bad. Razor thought. Of all the people to find out my secret he has to be the worst! There's no way I can trust him. But it doesn't look like I have a choice. My fate is in his hands now… She blinked. I'm doomed.
Just so everyone knows, I don't have anything against homosexuals or cross dressers. (You don't know Razor's back story yet. So don't jump to conclusions!) And If someone out there has a problem with homosexuals or cross dressers… why the heck are you reading a Ranma fic? (Ha! Ha! Touché?) Anyway, REVIEW NOW! (I'm so tired.)
