Chapter 5

Heritage, Dragons, and Wedding Plan's Succeed, huh!

Ranma and I were in mid-air sparring, though basically it was Ranma trying to bash me into next week. The news of Ranma's transformation shocked Soun, Nabiki, and Nodoka though for some reason I can't begin to explain how Kasumi accepted it. Okay I'm getting ahead of myself here; let me take you back to a few hours ago.

Flashback

Arriving at the Tendo training hall the group split, Mousse and Shampoo going to their home; Gohan, Ranma, with Akane still being carried, and myself bringing up the rear. Once we entered Ranma gently set Akane on couch. The others quickly came to see how everyone was doing, mom checking Gohan and I over for injuries, finding none she then started yelling at us for doing something dangerous. After everything settled down Kasumi helped Akane up the stairs to get her some new clothes, since the only thing between her and the world was Ranma's shirt. All the guys quickly averted our eyes the moment Akane got high enough that we could see her bare ass. This was mainly for safety reasons on our part nothing more brutal than an angry Akane; even I can a test to that.

After Akane and Kasumi came down, Akane in the outfit from the first movie, blue long sleeved button down shirt, yellow skirt, with suspenders, yellow socks. She looked exhausted though, but anyone would with a near death experience like she went through. When things quieted down I looked to Gohan who looked to Chichi who looked back to me. This was picked up by Ranma.

"Um, you guys care to explain why I did that gold trick you and Gohan do?" Ranma asked me.

With a deep breath I nodded, "Simple Ranma the reason why you could do it is because your part of the same race Gohan, Goten, and I are a part of."

"What does that mean exactly?" Nabiki asked looking a bit disturbed by such talks and it made me a bit wary about talking about it.

"It's simple, Vegeta, Gohan, Goten, myself, our father, and Vegeta's son Trunks aren't human or at least in Gohan, Goten, and Trunks are half-human, I'm not human which was a choice I made but was done by certain means," I stated and watched as she started looking confused and I prayed she wouldn't become xenophobic when I revealed our origins, then same with the others. "It may be difficult to believe but, we're the last of an alien race known as Saiyans," with that I watched the faces carefully. Each were showing different emotions, Ranma, Kasumi, and Akane were acting like we confirmed other suspicions, Soun seemed to look even more confused, while Nabiki and Nodoka were giving off disbelief.

"I know you may not believe me, but it's true," what came next was telling Nodoka her origins and the fact that she had blood relatives standing before her. This I tried to bring out as easy as possible, after explaining about the DNA I had on hand from my father after his battle with Vegeta and Nodoka's last regular check-up, which Bulma hacked. "Um, you see Nodoka you over 75 genetic markers of DNA in common with my father Son Goku."

Nodoka eyes seemed to take an unfocused look for a second, "So you're saying my mom and your dad are what family?" Ranma asked.

I gave Ranma something of a smile, "What I'm saying Ranma, is your mom and Gohan and I's dad are brother and sister."

"I-I have a brother?" Nodoka asked in a whisper looking lost in thought for a moment. That was until mom decided she couldn't hold herself back any longer, hopped over the table and wrapped her arms around her sister-in-law hugging and crying.

I sighed looking at my mom then at Gohan and Goten, who had the good sense to look embarrassed. After this revelation it took a good part of an hour before Nodoka spoke again, no doubt trying to come to terms that she wasn't human, that she had a brother and that her brother had married, had children all of which were sitting before her. If this had been me it would have taken me a lot longer than an hour to come to grips with the whole situation, probably taken me a month. After that Nodoka quietly began to ask about what her brother was like. Gohan, Goten, and Chi Chi began to tell her and Ranma asked me to spar.

End Flashback

Basically the transformation was the least of concerns really, dodging a few quick strikes from Ranma. I ducked under a punch and countered with one of my own only to have his knee block it. But everything turned out pretty well, as I look out the corner of my eye I could see Nodoka listening to the tales of her brother with animated joy now. Vegeta and Bulma had arrived shortly after Ranma and I began sparring, this helped mom and my brothers tell my new aunt what my dad's life was like. If anyone knew Goku the longest it was Bulma, she told the group about her first Dragon Ball search and how she met Goku.

"I accidently ran him over with my bike, and only thing it did was give him a lump on his head," she laughed going into detail the majority of the Dragon Ball series. If there was any anime that I have watched every episode of it was Dragon Ball and DBZ, I didn't watch too much of DBGT but not without trying though, and I prayed that it's changed from the original, "Oh Shiro speaking of Dragon Balls I brought them for you," I smiled ducking under one Ranma's kicks I vanished increasing my speed to near super-sonic, getting behind Ranma and delivered a double kick in the back of his head sending him directly into the koi pond with a huge splash..

I dropped to the ground and extended my hand as Ranma came up female and sputtering, "I win, cuz." Ranma just gave me a dirty look but let me help her out. I walked up to Bulma and she handed me the bag containing the balls. See this is my reason for worrying about what happens in the DBGT series. The dragon balls build up negative energy over time and it takes long periods of time for the negative energy to disperse according to the lore. Well with the wish I made when I was four and the wishes I'm about to make could be far more dangerous than anyone beside me realize. I set the balls down everyone that hadn't seen them before gazed in awe. I raised my hands prayed, "Come forth Shen Long and grant me, two wishes!" I shout the balls began to pulse there yellow light, the sky began to grow abnormally dark, lightning started flashing, suddenly one lightning bolt struck the balls then careened upwards into the clouds, beginning to take shape of a very large dragon. As this went on Miss Hinako had come onto the veranda and began to stare in shock. Now meeting the dragon for the fifth time in memory seeing in him on a television diminishes the serious aura of power the dragon had. When his presence is brought forth, trust me even the strongest warrior in the galaxy, my dad hesitated speaking to this being.

The dragon's huge head sunk to begun eye level with me, "WHO HAS SUMMONED ME TO THIS PLAIN, TELL ME SO THAT I MAY GRANT TWO WISHES, AND LEAVE!"

I take a deep cleansing breath, "Shen Long do you know of the Valley of Jusenkyo?"

"I DO!" the dragon stated.

"I have two people that want to be cured from their curses is it possible?" I asked.

"NO, ALL THOSE CURSED IN THOSE WATERS HAVE WAITED TOO LONG?" the dragon said. I look over at Ranma and noticed his defeated look.

"Is it possible for them to be given a separate form, like curse form and normal form or just split it away from the individual?" I asked.

"IT CAN BE DONE!"

I nodded, "Then that is what I wish for Ranma Saotome and Mousse split from their cursed forms and these new individuals given new identities."

The great eyes glowed red and a second later Ranma glowed bright white, when the light vanished a red haired girl was laying on the ground naked. Ranma then proceeded to push his damp clothing to him and nothing happened. It was cure in its own way. I then looked at Miss Hinako. Turning back to the dragon raised my arms again, "For my second wish, a young woman has been plagued by with an unstable Ki field first brought on by sickness then by a perverted little gnome who through misguided means made her into Ki vampire. Can you cure her of this Ki vampirism and allow her to remain an adult?"

"IT CAN BE DONE!" The dragon's eyes glowed again Miss Hinako body seemed to take on an internal glow for a second, her features remained the same but the smile on her face was awe inspiring. "IT IS DONE, FAREWELL!" with that the dragon condensed and about fifty feet in the air the balls split into seven different directions vanishing from sight.

Everyone was staring at the female Ranma now; Kasumi had gone and put a blanket on her. They looked at her questionably as she began to stir, her eyes opened and she sat up rubbing her head. She looked at everyone looking vaguely annoyed, "What?"

"So what do you remember?' I asked since no one else could vocalize at this time.

Female Ranma put her hand to her chin thinking, "Um, just bits and pieces really, getting kissed by that pervert Mikado, all the times Kuno groped me. The stuff on Toma's Island my fight with Herb, Saffron. It's like everything that happened to Ranma as a girl is what was being used for my memories. Before Jusenkyo I remember being a girl all the time, so the things that haunt Ranma being trapped as a girl, are not there."

I nod, "So the Dragon made you like a twin sister to Ranma?"

She nodded looking rather cheerful until she felt a draft going up and down her spine. She looked down and then under the blanket, "AH! I don't have any clothes!" she shouted covering herself up with the blanket more. This caused everyone to laugh a bit, well Vegeta snorted. Kasumi helped her up the stairs, to find some clothing until she could be taken out to buy her own things.

"So what's next?" I asked and everyone seemed to glare at me, well Vegeta was already glaring. I looked at the ground sheepishly rubbing the back of my head; Nabiki had used this moment to slide closer to me and pulled me down to sit. "I hope you aren't to put off that your boyfriend is an alien?" I whispered to her.

Nabiki didn't say anything instead she just leaned her head on my shoulder and let an out sigh of contentment. Soun was happy and I could almost tell he was scheming something; he basically had three months before his daughter's engagement to Ranma went up in smoke. If anything could spur the man to make a quickie wedding it was this. Course he no longer had the leverage he had before with the Jusenkyo water. But he wasn't going to past up the opportunity to find out.

"Ranma my boy, how would you and Akane, like a wedding?" He asked blatantly.

Akane started sputtering in protest, as female Ranma and Kasumi reappeared, female Ranma was wearing one of Akane's outfits. Ranma on the other hand was being rather quiet during this exchange. Female Ranma had noticed it, "So what ya say bro?" she asked.

Ranma looked up, "Um, sure I don't mind," he said more timidly than anyone really expected.

Akane stopped protesting the moment she heard him, she turned to him looking shocked. "Y-You mean that Ranma?"

Ranma stood up walked over to her and they looked into each other's eyes, for a long pause no one moved. "Akane, I nearly lost ya yesterday and in that moment I thought you was dead I felt empty inside, it was then I realized how much ya mean to mean Akane," he took a few practice breaths wondering no doubt if Akane would clobber him for what he's about to say. The fact his mother, newly created sister, newly found aunt and cousins were there to lend him support gave him strength he didn't know he had. "W-What I-I'm try to say Akane, is that," he seemed to lose some of that strength the closer to the words he got. "I-I-I l-love y-you and I-I w-want t-to m-mar-ry y-you," he stuttered out the last words.

With these words you could have knocked over Akane with a feather, she was stark still for a moment, before tears started forming around her eyes. She then lunged forward wrapping her arms around Ranma's neck burying her face in his chest, I could barely hear her. "I love you too, you baka," she muttered into his shoulder.

I turned to female Ranma, "So what name have you picked out for yourself, going by Ranko?"

Female Ranma gave me a sour look for a moment, "No, name's going to be Kayumi, Yumi for short. Ranko was a name that Genma used to Ranma hide from mom I ain't going to be associated with that dark chapter," she stated Nodoka putting her arm around her new daughter.

Had to admit the name was pretty and close to Kasumi name as you could get. Many things can be said for Soun Tendo and this one is a compliment, he is one of the few people in the world who can get a wedding ceremony up and running in less than two hours. Most people it would take months of planning for him, ten minutes top the rest is just set up time. Heck the only reason it took two hours was because it took Gohan and I that long to get the rest of the Z-fighters together, Videl also came. Not for anything major just guard duty personally I like to see Shampoo, Ukyou, the Kuno's, Ryoga, or Happosai try crash this wedding with people who have power levels in the millions guarding the roof and every exit. Not to mention Vegeta guarding the entrance to the dojo where the wedding would take place. As an extra precaution I ask Nabiki not to send invitations.

The wedding went off without a hitch, the ceremony was short and sweet. Ranma and Akane shared their vows, lighted candles, and kissed. It was only after the kiss as well as signing Akane over to the Saotome registry that the first party crasher appeared. The Kunos found out through some means, and decided they would try to prevent the wedding sneaking in with catering, which unfortunately was another set of party crashers, Ukyou and Shampoo, the four of them were stopped at the door by Vegeta who simply extended his arms fired off a ki blasts that stopped said party crashers in their tracks. The wedding went off without a hitch but the reception well it was one big mess, the fiancées and the rivals appeared sneaking in through various means, cept Ryoga who just appeared from out of nowhere. Since there was no cask of Jusenkyo water at stake the fight ended when the Z-fighters cornered the party crashers and beat them to a pulp. Android 18 took particular delight in hammering Happosai who had shown up mid fight, and he copped a feel. When it was over Ranma and Akane were still married, which infuriated Shampoo, Kodachi, and Ukyou to know end. But seeing as though they were staring up at four very angry women, namely Nodoka, Yumi, Akane, and mom they weren't in best position to protest.

As for Mousse I dragged him aside and told him about why he had a new pet duck that was super intelligent. He looked down right happy about it and I'm glad, he also congratulated Ranma and Akane, explaining the reason he was there was that he had been invited to the wedding but got tied up by Shampoo. "If she did that to you, don't you think she's a lost cause?" I asked him.

Mousse looked at me for a moment, then pushed his glasses up on his nose more, "Yes, I had hoped that saving her on Toma's island and again from herself at Jusendo would make her more open minded, but I see that has not," he said with a resigned sigh.

I clapped him on the shoulder gently, "Hey not to sound gay or nothing but, you're a handsome guy, little obsessive maybe but I'm sure girls will flock to you given enough time."

He smiled at my encouragement, like I said out of all the Amazon's I liked Mousse the best, with Cologne next, and I animatedly despise Shampoo. Seeing her quiver in fear right now is like a dream come true. "Say why are there two Saotome's" Mousse asked.

"Remember what I told you about the duck," he nods, "The same thing happened to Ranma, his curse form split to the female Ranma who is going by Kayumi now," I stated this seemed to peek my Amazonian friend's interest a bit.

I stepped away musing to myself, things in the next two years are to be considered uncharted territory for me. In away it's also a true transition, no one knows what happened to Akane and Ranma after the failed wedding, I have read half a dozen or more fan fics to prove it. True most stick to Ranma and Akane route, while others got toward Ukyou or Shampoo, and some take the crossover route putting him together with girls from other animes. Right now though I begin to wonder what will the upcoming Majin Buu fight will be like adding Ranma, Kayumi, Akane, and I to the mix. I guess the only way to know is to wait and see.