Genius and Ditz: Two Sides of a Whole

by Usagi-Hasano

Yes, another idea, but I couldn't turn this one up. Ate at my mind. An older Dexter and Dee Dee meet their demise at Jusenkyou by Mandark, but someone thinks a little more fun is in order. A fun idea that's been nagging at me. RanmaDexterother

6. Yeah, Let's Go With That I Guess

Genius and Ditz: Two Sides of a Whole.

Ranma, Dexter's Lab stuff, Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z and anything else used are property of their owners/creators. I do not own any aspect of them. I'm just writing for fun.

Timelines: Ranma ½: At the start of the series

Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z: A couple months before the start of the series.

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

/signs/

///animal speech///

Chapter 6

It was days like this that reminded her of that day so long ago, and how lonely she really was in this house by herself. It was all those years ago in which her daughter fell in love with a man who seemed to be wrong for her. The joy of her life ignored her intuition and fell in love with the guy anyway. It wasn't long afterwards when the girl allowed the man to take her very son away from her. Believing that he would frequently visit her off an on.

When she voiced her opinion on how it was the wrong thing to do, her daughter's headstrong behavior reared itself in belief that she was right. Her daughter believed her husband may be an idiot, but he wasn't a liar. They came to a small argument that resulted in the girl renouncing any relation to her and ceased all contact.

Time had not been good on her. The very bones in her body weren't as strong as they used to be, and it got harder and harder to keep the house in shape. As she sat down in a chair, her eyes drifted to an old photograph with her and her daughter and grandson in those happy times so long ago.

She pushed a single strand of gray hair out of her eyes that had managed to come loose from her two buns in the back of her hair. Her hair was pure gray, except for a single strip of blonde on the side of her head. A pair of small spectacles were settled on the bridge of her nose, and her eyes stared towards another picture; this one of herself when she was younger.

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"That's odd" Kami-sama began as he watched the scene. "I thought for sure that the blonde hair came from the Ditz Spring."

Chaos gave a slight chuckle to the Almighty. "The Ditz spring only imprints a female form and a ditzy (along with a few other traits) personality onto the victim. Not all ditzy people are blonde, and Dee Dee wasn't the only blonde in the world."

"You are right." The deity commented with a nod. "The blonde hair is a bit unexpected though."

"Different universe, different outcomes Kami-sama. Red would be the recessive color within the gene pool of Ranma's family tree, with blonde being dominant. Take a look back into ancient Edo if you will. One of the three girls of the Oedo Chaki Chaki Musume had blonde hair. Ancestors are a fun thing"

Realization dawned on the creator's face. "Then this means that…"

"I didn't need to throw my hand into the ring all those years ago, but I did. It made it easier… and more entertaining. Could you imagine how boring and redundant it would have all been if everything proceeded like almost every other timeline out there? I technically saved two lives from a fate that they didn't deserve, and helped one whose life would be excruciatingly similar to the thousands upon thousands of other timelines up to the point. Blame it on the fact that I get my jollies off of doing things like this."

"That woman is still very lonely though."

"Sadly, she is."

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He couldn't believe his luck. Someone actually saved him from a fate worse than death. Well… he had only been chased by a dog, but it was still a terrible fate. The best thing of it all was that this person didn't cry out 'monster'. She screamed out that he was completely gross and all, but that was completely understandable. How could a person NOT think a big green space booger that could walk around and had eyes was gross? Ever since he got the curse, he had been chased by animals of all kinds, as well as super heroes of varying powers and abilities who thought he was some kind of evil creature and wanted to vanquish him.

He wondered why the little girl seemed so familiar when he saw her, and it came to him quickly. She was the girl he met in that village in China. The one he somehow angered by accident. What shocked him the most was when she had said a short while ago that her name was Miyako Saotome. That meant the blonde was somehow related to his rival, but Ranma had never said he had a sister or anything. His eyes noticed a slight bruise on the girl's cheek and he wondered who would do such a thing. 'Is Ranma really so much of a bastard to do that?'

"Hmmm…" Ranma said as she stared at the creature on the table. "Something seems so familiar about you, space booger-san." She still didn't know what it was, and she was racking her brain trying to figure it out. Ever sense getting back to the Tendo home, the blonde in pigtails hoped to figure out more about the thing. "It would be nice if you could talk."

"I still say it's the start of some crazy alien space booger invasion." Soun said with tears running down his cheeks. "It is a martial artist's duty to see that it doesn't happen!" The patriarch said with a fist raised in the air.

"I don't see you doing anything, Tendo-san." The short girl said with a half-lidded look. She received a nervous laugh from the man.

"I'll wait until Genma gets out of his punishment. Then we both can rush out and vanquish the vile creatures!" He made a dramatic pose while tears were still streaming down his cheeks. "It will be both of us rushing off to battle numerous foes that possibly outnumber us. Just like the olden days of our martial arts adventures under our dreaded master!"

Sparkles appeared in Ranma's eyes. "That sounds so dramatic Tendo-san! I bet you two beat so many of those foes in your glory days, right?!"

"Heehee" Soun said with a hand on his chin, a toothy grin, and his eyes closed. "You could say that we were the cream of the crop back then. The most feared fighters against the immoral criminals the world!"

"That's so cool Tendo-san!" The blonde in pigtails shouted as she waved a couple of paper fans around.

"But father, I thought you said a while back that both of you were just normal martial arts students under a very strict master; something about both of you constantly getting in trouble for his many deeds." Kasumi mentioned with a curious look on her face, causing her father to petrify in embarrassment.

"…" Was all Ranma could say as she stared at the patriarch of the Tendo family. "That wasn't nice to get me going like that, Tendo-san." She deadpanned.

"I'm sorry" The man said as he bowed in shame.

"We're home!" Akane announced as she and Nabiki entered the family room. Akane's eyes lay on the odd space booger thing and screamed. "GAAH!! What the hell's that thing?!"

"Oh, this is space booger-san. I saved him from a dog that was chasing him. He's actually a sweet thing, although he seems very familiar." The blonde stated as she rested her head in her hands as she stared at it. Akane and Nabiki reluctantly sat down at the table and also stared.

"There does seem something familiar about it." Akane said as she looked towards the bandana.

"I don't remember ever seeing anything like it." Nabiki commented. She slightly wondered if the zoo would like an exotic creature.

"I think it's something about the bandana." Squinting her eyes, Ranma began to think. After several seconds of squinting, the type of bandana finally registered in her mind. "AH! RYOGA-SAN!" She saw the thing's eyes light up. "Space booger-san is actually Ryoga-san."

"Hot water would probably be good at this moment." Nabiki said as she examined the now excited creature. There went the zoo idea down the drain. Kasumi left and came back with a pot of hot water and poured it over the thing. Ryoga, in all his glory, was now sitting on the table.

"EEEEKKK!!!" The blonde in pigtails screamed as said hair stood up on end. "NAKED!" She turned around as quickly as she could. She began blushing at the fact that this form was embarrassed about things like that, even though she was really a boy and all.

"PERVERT!" Akane shouted as she pulled out a practice sword and whacked the lost boy over the head with it. Nabiki, on the other hand, commented about how the boy seemed to be quite… healthy. This caused Ranma to go even more embarrassed as she ran into the kitchen and came back as a boy.

"Damn it Miyako." He grumbled as he walked over to the table. "You know, Akane, you really didn't need to bean him that hard upside the head. As much as the guy angers me, it wasn't his fault that he didn't have any clothes on when he transformed back."

"Well… he should have warned us somehow." Akane stated with her arm's crossed. "Besides, your father has his clothes when he transforms back to human. Why should he be different?" She asked pointing to the unconscious bandana boy.

"You know… I honestly have no clue." A frown came to his face at that oddity. "At any rate, we should really find the guy's clothes and backpack so he won't worry about another forced nap."

"How do we do that? His stuff could be anywhere."

"Oh that's easy. My newest invention can help." At everyone's stares, he smiled and pulled out the invention. "Say hello to the Smellscope 830. With this invention, I can track a smell from anywhere. All I need to do is record Ryoga's smell and follow it." A large face-fault occurred at the sight of the device. It looked like one of those joke noses with the mustaches, but it had a visor instead of glasses. After putting the things on, he proceeded over to Ryoga and recorded his scent. "KAH! When was the last time this guy took a bath? Maybe I should have created a handheld device instead." Shaking his head, he proceeded outside of the house in search for the lost items.

Turning to her sister, Akane looked at Nabiki with a half-lidded stare. "You're going to be an assistant to HIM?!"

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"Ugh" Ryoga grunted as he sat up. His head still felt a little beat up, but he was otherwise fine. Looking down, he noticed that he had his clothes back. His pack was also near the corner of the room. Said room looked like some kind of small guest room area. There weren't any real furnishings in the room other than the futon he was laying on, and a table in the corner. "Wonder who found my stuff."

"That would be me." A voice called. Snapping his head, the lost boy saw Ranma standing in the doorway. "I managed to find your stuff, Ryoga. I also managed to fit your things with a function that will allow them to go in a kind of sub space pocket when you transform. They will also return when you become human again." He began to chuckle a little bit. "Hope you're ok from your impromptu nap. Akane's a sweet girl, just a little bit of a violent maniaOUCH!" The braid-haired boy said as he rubbed the bump on his head from the aforementioned tomboy.

"That's quite a bit, coming from a mad scientist." The dark haired girl said with arms crossed.

"I resent that remark." The raven-haired genius said with a frown. "Anyway, I went out while you were indisposed and found your stuff. As I said a few seconds ago, I fitted your items with a function that'll keep them safe until you transform again. Then you can call upon them so you don't have to have the… issue you had a little while ago."

"Why would you do something like that? What's in it for you?" Ryoga asked cautiously as he stared at the smaller boy in the lab coat.

"You idiot." Ranma simply said as he massaged his forehead from an incoming headache. "Why must I always have an ulterior motive for everything? It's not like I'm trying to build a false sense of security for you so that I could strap you down when you least suspect it and dissect you for crazy experimentations for the betterment of my own knowledge." Both taller teens suddenly felt a little uneasy over that pretty specific description. "Well I could strap you to a machine and run a series of tests to figure out the extent of your physical abilities." He added as his glasses shined in the light. "Tempting… but I'll need to pass on that for now."

"…" was the response from both Akane and Ryoga.

'Jeez, people seem to expect me to suddenly bust out the deranged mad scientist crap and experiment to my heart's content.' The boy thought with a slight pout. Taking off his glasses, he began to wipe them. "It's because, Ryoga, that I know what it's like to change forms due to water."

"Wait, you've been cursed too? What is it you turn into?" The directionless boy was silently hoping it was something worse than his own form or something; perhaps a small bug or something. He wasn't expecting his enemy to transform into the blonde girl he met earlier and at that village in China. "You tricked me in China!" He shouted as he grabbed the girl by the tie on her shirt. "If you had showed yourself instead of hiding like a coward, then I wouldn't have gotten cursed! What do you have to say for yourself?!"

"I… I'm sorry Ryoga-san." Ranma managed out.

"What's with the damn acting I saw you doing earlier?" At least he thought it was an act. It seemed real, but it couldn't be if this was the boy he knew. "Are you trying to trick people?"

This was not comfy at all. The taller teen was holding her tie, causing her to be pulled forwards. The only part of her on the ground was the very tip of her toes. "I fell into the Spring of Drowned Ditz. My personality in this form is the exact opposite of my other form." Just how many times would she have to explain this? Maybe she should put it on tape or a holographic. That is a good idea actually. "Girlie, slightly clumsy, a little absent minded, and all things similar. I have my memories between both forms though. I just have… a completely different personality. Please let me go, Ryoga-san."

Ryoga was having a strong inner debate within his mind. Part of him would just like to outright destroy his rival, but the other part felt that doing it while the boy was in this form would be dishonorable. If it wasn't the fact that the blonde currently seemed like an almost normal young girl, then it would be the fact that those azure eyes he was staring into were shining with a kind of innocent hope that seemed to melt his rage. 'Damn it Ranma. You have yourself an excellent secret weapon against me. I could never harm an innocent looking girl like you are now.' He let go of the tie and slightly turned his head with a slight annoyed look. "I'll wait until you're in boy form, or you toss away the cute act in this form. Then I'll pound your head in." He was suddenly knocked on his back when a pair of small arms jumped at him.

"Thank you Ryoga-san!!" The blonde in pigtails shouted as she hugged the lost boy with the might and energy that any young and energetic girl was capable of.

"Get the hell off of me, damn it!" Now he was positive Ranma was telling the truth. There was NO WAY he could perform such a shift in personalities. Now that he thought about it, it was probably better he got the curse he did. Changing personalities on the fly like that could not be healthy to the mind at all. "I said get the hell off of me!" His fist flew to the top of her head.

"Owwww…" The young-looking girl cried out as she held her head. "All you had to do was tell me to quit it." She pouted.

"I DID; two times actually." He had absolutely no idea on how to handle this kind of Ranma. She seemed too much like the 13-year-old or so that she looked like. If he had never seen her boy form, since that form also looked like the same age instead of his real one, he would have thought she was.

"Well you didn't need to hit me upside the head." The small girl grumbled out as she stood up. Out of nowhere she grabbed some bathing supplies. "Bath time!" She proceeded to skip out of the room as if she was in her own little world; leaving a blinking Ryoga who turned his eyes to Akane for clarification of what just happened. The tomboy gave a sigh and shook her head.

"Don't look at me. I just live here. I'm not even sure I know what normal is anymore."

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"Hmm…" Ranma said as she looked down into the warm water of the tub she was sitting in. "It looks like the watch works this way as well." Her eyes turned to Octi, who was sitting on the rim. "I tweaked it a little bit ago after I got Ryoga's stuff." A wide grin accompanied her face as she looked at the plush. "Heehee… I wonder how bad papa will blow a gasket if he saw me doing this." The blonde scooted lower in the tub. "So warm and nice…"

After a little while of soaking, the girl in pigtails reluctantly got out of the water and got dressed. She then made her way out of the furo and downstairs towards the TV and sofa. When she got to the area, she spotted Nabiki casually flipping through channels and Akane on the other side. "What happened to Ryoga?"

"We don't know. We took our eyes off of him, and he just seemed to vanish." Akane supplied as she glanced at the smaller girl who placed herself between the two sisters. "I thought you took a bath. Shouldn't you be a boy now?"

The aforementioned girl gave a yawn before she spoke. "I tested out my new watch function again. I really need to think up a name for it." She flopped down between the two sisters. "No-change sounds like a perfect name for the little function." The blonde gave another yawn as she rubbed her eyes. "Pulling all-nighters and having a busy day do not go together." Ranma said softly as her vision slowly faded from the world of reality and into darkness. Her body slightly leaned to the side and against Nabiki as she started lightly snoring. The brown haired girl gave a slight blink at the smaller person leaning against her and holding an octopus plushie.

"Why couldn't Ranma have been some dumb jock with a curse that simply made himself a female version of himself or something? Instead of the intelligent and eccentric short scientist he is who turns into an almost completely innocent blonde ditz in pigtails? It would have been so much simpler if I was able to do my usual manipulation and all that."

"He probably would have been some perverted idiot who tried to make me angry most of the time, and I probably would have been engaged to him or something. Besides, Ranma's technically your boss now. If you tried to blackmail him or her, can you imagine what could possibly happen to you?"

"I'd probably become some experimental guinea pig or something." Nabiki commented with a shiver. "Maybe this isn't so bad. I finally met an intellectual equal who has thought up a surefire plan to make money." She received another look from her tomboy sister.

"You aren't actually thinking about trying to make the whole engagement thing work, are you?" A smirk was thrown her way.

"Let's see" Nabiki started as she put her hand to her chin. "He has all the traits I find attractive. The only real downsides are that he's slightly short and turns into a little blonde girl that happens to be ditzy. The latter is the big unknown in it all, but I MIGHT be able to look past that if the whole 'Ran-Biki Super Construction' is a complete success." Her mind ventured over the idea of the possible yen they could rake up if a success.

"Better you than me sis." Akane muttered out under her breath. "I'm still keeping an eye on him."

"Oh my, isn't this scene so cute?" Kasumi asked as she appeared in front of the TV with a camera in hand. "Say cheese, Nabiki-chan." Before her younger sister could do anything, the homemaker of the Tendo house snapped a picture.

"Kasumi!" Nabiki announced in shock. She had just been photographed at a slightly inopportune moment by her gentle older sister. It was a photograph that could possibly destroy her Ice Queen persona; the great Nabiki Tendo allowing a cute child to cuddle up to her in sleep.

Giggling at her younger sister, Kasumi waved her hand. "You don't have to worry sister. This is just a photo album moment that I couldn't pass up." Akane's face broke into a smirk.

"So how does it feel to have YOUR picture taken when you don't expect it, Nabiki?" She had found out about the photos her sister was taking of her to give to Kuno a day ago when a photo fell out of the guy's shirt.

All Nabiki could do was frown a bit and turn her head.

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That Saturday morning was peaceful and calm. The perfect opportunity, Ranma thought, to do a little bubble blowing. It's been a little while since the blonde in pigtails had participated in the activity, and she didn't feel like waiting any longer. Perching on one of the rocks at the koi pond, she pulled out a bottle of bubble soap and a bubble stick. After getting a little of the soapy mixture onto the end of it, she began to softly blow air through the end. Bubbles that glinted with a plethora of colors due to the light started floating around the yard.

"I never get tired of doing this." She said as the spheres danced in the air and sailed up to the sky. There was just something about watching them move around without a care in the world.

Sitting just outside of the sliding screen were Soun and Genma (Nervous due to his whole ordeal during his 'punishment') playing a game of shogi. Of course for them, this meant trying to outdo the other in cheating. "Saotome, the bubbles are turning into a monster!" He switched some of the pieces when his old friend looked.

"I wish the boy would quit with the nonsense and just change back already." He didn't say it too loud due to the fact that he did not want to be tortured again so soon. Kasumi came out carrying a tray of tea and both fathers thanked her for it.

"I'm afraid Miyako-chan can't right now, Saotome-san. She mentioned something about monthly female problems and being stuck for a few days." At that announcement, both fathers did a large spit-take. "Oh my, the tea isn't too sweet or sour, is it?" At the two shaking their heads, Kasumi went back inside. Soun then turned to his friend.

"Saotome, old friend, what in the world are we going to do?!" He cried as tears flowed down his cheeks.

"Just stay calm and try to stay on the boy's good side. If there's one thing I learned back at the Amazon village, it's that Ranma is even more unpredictable than usual. I will never forget that first month." An intense shiver ran up his spine. "It's a horror I do not want to think about."

"How bad could it be, Saotome?" Soun asked in curiosity. The child may be a little bit on the odd side, but it couldn't be that bad.

"Right before it happens, the boy's personalities seem to sometimes jumble and cross at times. When he's stuck during that certain time, it's really jumbled. How does a slightly ditzy, absent-minded, happy and bubbly girl with constant swings into the mind of a crazed scientist with intense personality and mood changes on the fly and martial arts skill sound to you?"

"Oh don't exaggerate it out of proportion Saotome." Genma then leaned forward and whispered into his friend's ear. The guy's eyes then went wider than physically believed possible. "You can't be serious." The balding martial artist nodded his head. "My friend… I believe the term 'FUBAR' describes the situation well."

The Saotome patriarch nodded. "The guy will never be the same. Although he was an escaped serial killer who tried to get at Ranma, so I guess it isn't that bad. I never knew a quarter staff could go up that far, or that the human body could take so much experimenting. I mean really… to turn the guy's head into a wooden chair…" A shiver ran through his spin. "Thank the stars that the Amazons helped Ranma with those extreme personality issues. The craziness only happened that one month, but I will remember it as long as I live."

"It's understandable Saotome. It must have been a slight side effect of getting used to the personality shifts. You can't have two different minds without some problems."

"So true Tendo, so true." The overweight man said as he nodded sagely. "Oh look, Godzilla is flying in the sky with a pink buffalo." He made his move on the shogi board when Soun looked away. "Oh sorry, it was just a bunch of bubbles."

It was around that moment that Nabiki stepped outside and gave a yawn. "That's a lot of bubbles." She said as she observed them floating around in the breeze. It had been many years since she had actually done it herself. She was about to go back inside when Ranma appeared next to her.

"Come on and blow a few bubbles Nabiki-san."

"Bubble blowing is not something I do, Ranma." The older girl said in a bored tone.

"Please Nabiki-san." The blonde begged with the dreaded weapon that could derail any thoughts the person had. The dreaded puppy dog eyes, complete with slight tears and a quivering lip. "Pleeeaaassseee? Just do it one time, Nabiki-san."

The brown-haired girl stared at the younger for several seconds, trying to retain her 'Ice Queen' persona. The look couldn't stand up to the puppy dog look of Ranma's girl form, however, and crumbled into a big sigh. "Fine, one bubble, and that's it."

"YAY!" Ranma shouted as she handed the bottle and bubble stick to the older girl. Said girl gave another sigh as she looked at the items in her hand.

"I haven't done this in a very long time, but here goes." She put the bubble stick to her mouth and began to blow. A large sized bubble began to form on the end when she paused. She then began to lightly blow again, causing mini bubbles to flow into the larger bubble. After a few seconds, the larger bubble popped, and the bubbles on the inside twirled around as they made their way into the sky; twinkling in the light in a myriad of colors.

"Wow…" The blonde could only say as she watched the scene. "That was so cool."

"Shabon Freedom" Nabiki simply stated. "That's what it's called… Shabon Freedom." She began to walk inside when the smaller girl called for her.

"Nabiki-san, could you teach me how to do that?!"

A smirk played across Nabiki's face. "Sorry Saotome, but we had a deal. One bubble blow and I'm done. Maybe next time we could try it." She ignored the pout and continued inside. 'The Ice Queen has still got it.'

"That's so mean!" Ranma called out before she took her place back on a rock at the Koi pond. She attempted to try and mimic what it was that the mercenary girl had done, but wasn't able to manage it. "I'll figure it out." She said to herself in determination. Shabon Freedom would be figured out.

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It would be the next day that found Ranma in her lab. She was being real careful in operating her computers so that she didn't accidentally do something she would regret doing. It was boring, but she wanted to do a routine check and see if there was anything odd that was happening that there usually wasn't. "Why do I convince myself to do this? I'd much rather be doing other fun stuff. Eating some ice cream, or even go look at clothing would be better. I hear that Juban has some good ice cream shops." She grumbled a little to herself as she scanned the areas of Tokyo. Scans began to show something that has always bugged her. "Those energies are always there somewhere, but aren't strong enough to get a lock on. They are somewhere around the waters of Tokyo City, and consist of 'white' and 'dark' energy signals… whatever that means." Shaking her head, the blonde in pigtails switched her computer to something more constructive for her; viewing online fashion magazines.

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"Well" Ranma began with a sigh. "It's my first day of school… again." Hopefully this 'first day' wouldn't be crazy like the one at Furinkan was. One good thing about it so far was that there was no such thing as a school uniform for Tokyo City Junior High. Uniforms weren't bad in a way, but they took away outfit variety and all. Something that 'Miyako' didn't like all that much.

Her eyes turned towards her father. He was currently in monkey form due to a trip into the Koi pond this morning. "Don't get into any trouble while I'm gone, Papa." The blonde said as she took off to the rooftops. When she got to Tokyo City, she'd land back onto the ground and continue normally. Genma watched after her with a bit of an indignant frown.

'Don't get in trouble… who does Ranma take me for? What kind of trouble could I get into while in this form?' He was forced to blink when something about his size landed in front of him. It was a monkey, but was dressed in a black body suit with yellow gloves, boots, tail-tip, belt, and a giant 'M' on its head. ///What do you want?/// Genma asked cautiously in monkey speech.

The odd monkey pointed in his direction. ///I'm Monkey///

///And people think I'm lame. What kind of name is 'Monkey'?/// The fat man turned simian asked with a sweat-drop. He really hoped this wouldn't bring any trouble.

///The name works/// Monkey said with a shrug. ///I'm here for a reason; I've seen some of the skills you possess and believe that you could use those skills in protecting the Earth./// An eyebrow rose when the monkey in front of him started to laugh.

///What's in it for me? Why should I have to take time out of my… busy schedule and rescue people all willy nilly?///

///Don't you always preach about it being a martial artist's duty to protect the weak?/// He knew there would be complications, which is why he worked out a precaution to the possible problem. ///I guess that's all talk, and that you don't have the power to back it up. I've wasted my time in coming here, and the one I'm talking to turns out to be a weakling and coward.///

///Now wait just a minute you banana eating fool./// Genma announced. ///Genma Saotome is no weakling or coward.///

///Then you'll do it?///

///You bet your damn tail I will!/// As soon as that left his mouth, his eyes got a look of horror into it. ///No wait…///

///Too late Genma Saotome./// Monkey said as some energy gathered in his hand. He then thrust the energy into the dark monkey in front of him, engulfing the fat man turned monkey in a flash of light. ///You are now one of the many protectors of this world. As a precaution, I had someone I know include a little extra with it. Whenever you see incredible danger, you will unconsciously transform and go to the trouble and deal with it. Then you will fly back home. You will be aware of it all, and in control of your body, but will have to act upon your powers.///

Genma looked down at himself, and then at his reflection in the Koi pond. His outfit consisted of a monkey-sized silver gi with black boots and gloves. The belt around the gi was black with a large S. On his head was a silver bandana with a large black S on it as well. ///Genma Saotome, you are now the Silver Chimp. I bid you a good day./// Monkey said as he flew off.

As the martial artist monkey stood there, only one thing came to his mind, and he shouted it out. ///NOOOOO!!!!!///

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'The school doesn't look so bad.' Ranma thought as her eyes scanned the area from outside the gates. The school was relatively big with a large grassy field and trees. It looked like an all around nice and peaceful school. If she was correct, then the school might also be connected to the elementary as well.

"Look out!" A voice cried out. Jumping out the way, the blonde was nearly hit by someone on top of a skateboard. The person made a hop and twirl on said skateboard in the air before landing on her feet with the board in her hand. Upon closer look, the person was actually a girl. Her outfit consisted of a dark green and white baseball cap, a yellow with green boarder baggy shirt, and a pair of baggy shorts. Her eyes were green, and her hair was short and black. "Sorry about that, was a bit busy enjoying the wind of the ride. I'm Kaoru, Kaoru Matsubara. Hope I didn't scare you too bad." Flipping the board, she jumped back on and started again towards the school.

"So cool…" Ranma announced, referring to the moves the girl made on the skateboard. She began her trek again towards the school building; admiring the scenery as she went. Hopefully she won't have any trouble with the principal at this school, and hopefully he wasn't an oddball. Her eyes suddenly caught the sight of someone being picked on. The blonde was about to do something when a girl charged out of the school with a broom.

Her hair was an orange color in a long high ponytail tied into place by a large red bow. Her eyes were red, almost pink, and her shirt was white with red and pink sleeves. She wore a pair of jean shorts, and her shoes were a little over calf length and red. "Picking on the defenseless is crying out for justice. The Pink Sentai of Tokyo City Junior High won't allow it! I, Momoko Akatsutsumi, shall right this wrong!" The girl then began chasing the boy around and waving the broom. "The Broom of Justice shall show you the error of your ways!"

'Too much sentai heroes for her.' The blue-eyed girl thought with a sweat-drop as she continued on into the school. After a few minutes, she found herself at the principal's office door. 'Oh I do hope he's not a weirdo.' Bracing herself, she opened the door slowly. With a timid glance, she looked inside. A sigh escaped her when she saw that the room looked like a normal office room.

"Ah, so you're here." A voice said. Looking up, Ranma saw the principal. He was a little overweight and was of middle height. His eyebrows were in a slight curve above his eyes, and his thin mustache was also slightly curved downwards. His face kind of resembled one of those red dome shaped figurines with the white faces. There was even one behind him on his desk. All in all, the guy looked normal. "It's good to meet you, Saotome-san."

"It's nice to meet you too. For a second there, I thought I was going to have a repeat of Furinkan. I'm glad to see that you're normal." The principal gave a slight laugh.

"I may be a bit childish at times, but I'm fine in the head." He became serious. "Now, as I believe, you are not as you appear to be, and are mostly doing this because the so called 'Big Kahuna' arranged it like this. The other reason is that you really have nothing better to do with your time, and this is just a thing you can do to kill time. Am I correct on this part right here?"

"Yes" The blonde said with a nod. "Although I would rather do whatever it is I'd like to do, this could just be what I need to kill some extra time."

"Changing won't be a problem, will it?"

"No" Ranma said. "I managed to fix my No-change to prevent the change for about six hours. It'll need to recharge for six hours afterwards, but it works. I'm also, for the next two days, locked due to… monthly problems." This caused the principal to fall out of his chair.

"So it's that complete." The large man said as he got back into his seat, using a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on his brow. "As weird as it all seems, I do hope you have a good time at this school. I hope to not see any problems from you either."

"I will try my best." The blonde said as she bowed. Dismissed by the principal, she made her way out of the office and towards her homeroom. "Here it is." She said as the door slid open as she neared it. 'A little more advanced in technology indeed.' She took a step inside and made a jump back. 'Gah!'

"You should watch where you're going." The girl said a little snobbishly. Her hair was brown, and both sides of her head featured big and curly puffs of hair; each about as big as her head. On top of her head looked like a toy crown, and she was wearing an expensive looking purple dress. The oddest thing, for Ranma at least, was that the girl's red eyes had a big white star in the center; taking up most of her eyeball. There were also three freckles under both eyes. "Ah, I see you are left speechless by my extravagance. Well, you should be, because I'm Himeko Shirogane. Do I not deserve the most attention out of anyone in this school? Yes I do! Hahaha" As Himeko made her way back into the classroom, Ranma sighed.

'Well, it still seems better than Furinkan.' She thought to herself as she watched a boy with buckteeth run around the hall with a camera in his hands. It was at that time the bell rang, signaling the start of classes.

The teacher greeted the class before an announcement. "Class, I'd like you to meet a new student that will be here with us." He waved his hand to Ranma. "Please introduce yourself to everyone please."

The blonde in pigtails gave a polite bow and a smile. "I'm Miyako Saotome. I hope we can get to know each other." She blinked at some of the looks she was getting from the boys. 'Well this is an odd turn of events.' She thought to herself. With Kuno, it was easy to label him as a disturbed pedophile, but this would be… different.

"Thank you Saotome-san. You may have a seat." Giving a nod, the young-looking girl in pigtails walked over and picked a desk. Her eyes took notice that the top of the desk had a small computer screen built into it, with a picture of the current teacher in the corner.

'Yes… Tokyo City is slightly more advanced indeed.' She thought to her self as the teacher began to speak. A small little beep sounded on the computer screen in her desk. Looking down, she noticed it said something about having a message. Opening the message, she read it in her mind. 'I really love your outfit!' Her Miyako personality suppressed a giggle and surge of joy that attempted to break out.

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Unlike that first day at Furinkan, the first day here wasn't all that eventful at all. Even though she knew a vast majority of the stuff being taught in each class, she decided that the best course of action would be to go a long with it and act like she was interested. There were still a few odd little events here and there. Apparently she had somehow become popular quickly among the school because of the way she acted and dressed. It was a very weird thing. Suddenly getting piles of letters and things would make one think that little thing.

It was kind of disturbing to suddenly find out that the locker you had was full of several letters of varying colors. Maybe it really was a bad idea to go along with Principal Kuno after-all. Although besides that little aspect, there were many people who she seemed to have fun talking to. There were many times in which she felt like just taking a nap, but knew that would be a completely rude thing to do, seeing as how doing that would prevent the teachers from doing what their job was supposed to.

During the lunch break she had notice that Momoko girl she had seen this morning was constantly acting out as if she was a sentai hero. Appearing wherever she thought she saw injustice and correcting it. It was kind of odd to see someone use a feather duster as if it was a sword, and then shout out speeches that reminded her of what the Sailor Senshi and other hero teams would do. It looked like someone was a little bit obsessive in that aspect. Ranma thought it was cool though, and she figured the whole Miyako personality was to blame. She could have her head in the clouds and admire others too much… even though she herself could probably do the stuff as well.

After school was over, she decided to venture over to the sport's field to watch and see what was going on. She quickly gained an odd respect for Kaoru's skill as the girl charged around the soccer field with determination that not many would see from a middle schooler. She had a little air about her as someone who had some fighting skill. Not a lot of it, but she had some. That was something the blonde could look up to.

She was finally on her way back to the Tendo Dojo when she accidentally bumped into someone due to being a little spaced out. "Oh! I'm so sorry for bumping into you!" She reached out and helped the old lady to her feet. She was slightly curious when the woman seemed to go wide eyed when she looked at her. "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine." The elderly woman said as she looked down at the girl. "What is your name, child?"

"Miyako Saotome" Ranma said with a wide smile. She was glad the lady was ok. "Again, I'm sorry for knocking you down." After saying a goodbye, the young blonde continued skipping along the sidewalk. The woman she helped up looked after her retreating form.

"Miyako" she said to herself as she gave a sigh. "That's the name my daughter would have given to her child if it had been a girl." Her thoughts ran around the notion of her daughter having another child. That had to be impossible, but she wasn't sure. No contact with a family member in over 10 years could cause a person to miss out on things. A slight tear made its way down her cheek as she moved on.

xxA.Nxx

The next chapter will require a little bit of thought for it, but I have a couple ideas for it already.

If anyone can think up the name for those Japanese figurines that look like red domes with white faces on them, please let me know. It's been bugging me greatly.

I'm considering having Kodachi make her appearance in the next chapter.