DISCLAIMER: I don't own Ranma ½ or any other property which might show up. What I do own is the idea for this story it's self. I make no money writing this, nor do I desire fame. It's purely for my own entertainment. If others enjoy this story too, that's all I could ask for.

Warning: This story is an Alternate Timeline. There will be out of character interactions. If everyone stayed in character, events would never have deviated from cannon. While I hope for humor, the story may take several serious and/or dark turns at times. Then again my sense of humor may not be yours.

Strange Days of Sasami Jurai

by FaerieKnight197

It had been too quiet the past few months Sasami decided. Tenchi had left for destinations unknown, and the both her sister and Ryoko had followed. While it was true there was less violence without the two fighting constantly, it also was rather dull. Washu was spending most of her time in her lab. Mihoshi was currently off in space doing something as well. Which meant there was actually little to do around the house.

With nothing better to do, Sasami found herself watching her favorite comedy on this particular day. Earlier she'd spent some time doing a few kata. Even so martial arts wasn't as big a part of her life this time around. It wasn't something Sasami obsessed about like in her previous life. The child absently petted a small furry animal that was sitting on her lap. The animal was called Ryo-Oki, and she was a cabbit.

"I'm sorry Ryo-Oki, but we're out of carrots."

The pleading maiyhs nearly broke her heart. As did the hurt and betrayed expression the cabbit gave her. Hearing shouting from outside made the girl realize she didn't recognize the voices. Once the television was turned off Sasami rose and approached the door. Upon opening it she was confronted with two teenage boys fighting over a red haired teenage girl. The boys looked similar enough that they could have been identical twin brothers. As for the girl, her appearance caused Sasami to raise an eyebrow.

After all, it wasn't often one saw the face of a person who died a few months ago. It was even less often when that face once belonged to yourself. T-tenchi? He didn't, did he? That can't be him. Can it? But the unknown girl's mannerisms indicated it was indeed Tenchi. But that made no sense. Why would the young man do that? And if this girl was Tenchi, then who were the boys? No, this couldn't be her Tenchi.

There was a time when being in love with a boy would have been alarming. According to the Tendos who kept visiting every so often that time was only a few months since the death of Ranma Saotome. For Sasami however it had been much longer then that. A good portion of her new life had been spent in suspended animation. She'd lived a life free from the abuse and rejection of the first life.

Where Ranma Saotome had hated the curse, Sasami had grown up with her dual nature. It wasn't something to fear. In truth Sasami wasn't sure which gender was her birth one. So falling in love with a boy hadn't shocked her. It was Tenchi's personality that drew her. And unlike some people, it hadn't been love at first sight. No, it had been a gradual thing. Which suited the girl just fine for several reasons

The red haired girl entered as if she belonged in the house and headed for the kitchen. When she started to run hot water the jurian girl grew curious. Moments later the red head had morphed into a boy Sasami instantly recognized. But if Tenchi now had a curse, then who were the two boys? One thing Sasami knew though, the chaos was about to return in full force to the Masaki shrine.

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If it wasn't for the potential profit, Nabiki Tendo would not have been on the train. She'd already realized there was no chance the blue haired child would place herself under Saotome and her father's control. That didn't stop the two from trying anything they could think of to do just that. Most often their plans involved sending either herself or Akane to drag the kid back to the dojo. Only the fact she smelled profit to be had caused Nabiki to keep agreeing to go.

She could see traces of the old Ranma in the child at times. Other times there seemed to be nothing of him left. Nomially this was yet another attempt to drag Sasami back to the dojo in order to 'unite the schools'. In reality Nabiki had been receiving tutoring from the red haired child genius at the shrine. She'd come to the conclusion that more money could be made in space. Yet first she needed a working knowledge of what she'd find there.

Customs and business practices were also going to be required subjects. After all, why settle for Nabiki Tendo: ice queen of Nerima when one can aim for Nabiki Tendo: ice queen of the galaxy? Initially there had been the thought of trying to take and patent some of the fantastic technology seen at the Masaki shrine. But just a visual search had proved it a useless idea. Things either were too bulky to sneak off with, or clearly too advanced to be manufactured.

Let alone the fact no one on earth would understand the basic principles behind half the stuff. Her musing was ended as the train pulled into the station. There's one thing to be said for the baka duo. I've never been in this good of shape before, she thought upon starting the walk. It was too late for the bus, and money was too tight to hail a cab. Not that he father understood the strain these frequent train trips put on the budget. And Saotome didn't care.

An hour and a half later she was leaning against a tree and panting. Best shape of her life or not, the walk still took a lot out of her. After catching her breath she continued on. A wave was tossed at the two logs near the gate. The final approach was highlighted by the sound of multiple explosions. Then two beautiful women chasing each other back and forth while launching high powered energy attacks at each other.

It annoyed Nabiki that she couldn't remember the names of the two women. She'd only briefly met them, but it still bothered her. There was a cute red head sweeping the steps leading up to the shrine it's self. Wait, who is that? And of course the cat-rabbit hybrid was bouncing towards her at high speed. On it's tail was a a child with long blue hair in two ponytails. She was wearing a green and white dress, but had blue pants of indeterminate material on underneath it.

"Ryo-Oki!" The girl cried out as she ran. "Give it Back!"

The cabbit bounded into Nabiki's arms. Only then did She notice the cabbit had something in it's mouth. That something appeared to be a bead. Further introspection was ended as Sasami ran into the physiologically older girl. They collapsed to the ground in a heap even as Ryo-Oki managed to slip away. The young cabbit didn't know why her partner wanted one of Sasami's beads. But it had sounded fun.

Author Notes:

Sorry for the delays. As I said in the first chapter, this will be slow updating. Also had my muse demand I work on a few other things.

I know a common idea in fanfiction is that the curses turn you into what you would have been if born that species/gender. But does cannon ever specifically state that? During the Saffron arc for example the phoenix people use a cursed spring imprinted with Akane's appearance to impersonate the youngest Tendo.. This would seem to indicate the cursed forms are identical to whatever drowned in the pool. Which in turn means the girl who drowned in the pool Ranma fell into looks identical to Ranma's cursed form.

Notice any spelling or grammar errors that weren't clearly intentional for dialog? Please let me know. I'm not perfect, and spellcheck has it's flaws.