A Kettle
Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma 1/2. I wish I did, but I don't.
Author's note: Just a ficlet that popped into my head.
Now, on with the story.
Akane sat at the table discussing what had happened the previous night with her sisters "...and so I smacked him a few times with my shinai before booting him out the window. I just wish he hadn't left that kettle behind. I almost tripped over it when I woke back up this morning...Geez..." She then mumbled to herself, "If he wanted to do that sort of thing, he should have let me know beforehand so I wouldn't be so surprised..."
"Uh-huh, uh-huh, you don't say...," Nabiki, who had only been paying partial attention (she was mentally recalculating the odds of when her little sister's marriage would happen) and was mumbling out loud suddenly had something click in her head. 'Wait, she wouldn't have minded him doing that if he had told her first? To quote Kasumi, "Oh My"...hold on...what was that about a kettle?'
"Hey, Akane...," Nabiki interrupted her little sister's thoughts about last night.
"What, Nabiki?" Akane replied a bit irritated.
"You said that Ranma left a kettle in your room, right? Why would he need a kettle if he was already male?" Nabiki frowned in thought. Both Kasumi, who had just been nodding along for a while, and Akane just blinked before looking thoughtful.
"Maybe he planned to make tea for the two of them afterwards?" Kasumi hazarded a guess despite it being a bit out there.
"Without cups or tea?" Nabiki countered "Honestly, it sounds like he needed it to change someone back, but the only people there were him and you, Akane...or at least the only humans..."
The three Tendo sisters blinked a couple times, looked at each other, looked down at P-Chan (he wasn't paying attention to their conversation as he was busy enjoying Ranma's embarrassment), looked at each other again, and then at the electric tea kettle next to the table. You've just got to love that silent communication between sisters.
Ryoga was a bit surprised when Akane suddenly grabbed him by the bandanna and held him out in midair. Feeling a bit uneasy, he looked around and saw the other two Tendo sisters stare at him with a mix of confusion and disgust. That unease ratcheted into pure terror when he saw the Kasumi starting to stand up with the cup of hot water in her hand. His flailing afterwards had all three sisters narrow their eyes at him.
Kasumi threw the hot water at the piglet. Right after that, Akane felt her arm get pulled down by the sudden increase in weight that the other end of it. Why? Because there was a frozen and naked Ryoga attached to the other end of it. He felt Akane tighten her hold and slightly twist his bandanna to tighten it against his skull. He also felt 4 battle auras flare up around him.
Akane, Nabiki, and Kasumi were all looking at him in unadulterated hatred and disgust while holding various instruments that promised him pain. Soun Tendo, who had started paying attention once his youngest stood up and held out her new pet was already starting his demon head attack.
With that, Ryoga's world became one of pain for the next 20 minutes. Ranma's world, on the other hand, brightened and he collapsed in relief at the truth being found out and he no longer needed to worry about Ryoga's secret.
As for Genma, well, Genma was Genma. He just kept eating.
The End