Broken Chains

by Hoyo476

Two rivals becoming more than friends, achieving what seemed impossible. But to have a sought happiness they'll have to face the prejudices and traditions of Ranma's family and the intolerance of his own classmates. Will they cross paths with a misterious organization that kidnaps young girls? Who is behind it, and why are they taking this girls away? Warning: Adult themes

12. Chapter 12 An Unexpected Return

AUTHOR NOTES

Hi folks! Finally I can publish the latest chapter of this story. I'm learning about AI image creating with Stable Diffusion and I'm publishing artwork of the girls of Ranma 1/2 in my twitter(or X) account, and I have had less free time to dedicate to writing than I wanted, but little by little, I kept working on it. This chapter resumes the story where we left in chapted 9, before the 2 flashback chapters. Ok, I'll shut my mouth. Hope you enjoy the chapter.
Kind regards!

PS: If you're interested in seeing the Ranma 1/2 artwork I'm publishing in X, my user is Hoyo_476

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The next three weeks following the family dinner passed in a heartbeat for the couple of martial artists. They say that when you are happy, time flies, and indeed time flied for them. Without Jiro threatening Ranma, she and Ryoga could have quiet days after a troubled time that started with Ranma's family finding out that they were dating. Luckily, those days looked so distant now. They were enjoying their lives together all they could, going out to restaurants, to watch movies in the theatre, going to some concerts, or simply taking nice walks. Anything together was enough to make them happy.

In the second week since the family dinner (being the third week after Jiro broke Ranma's arm), Dr. Tofu removed the splint, and the pigtailed girl saw by herself what happens when you have an arm immobilized for so long. She could barely bend her elbow, causing her an intense pain when she tried to force it. Tofu reassured to a scared Ranma that it was totally normal. It scared her too that the arm looked pale and dehydrated, and a bit thinner than before. That was totally normal too, being the thinner arm a symptom of atrophied muscles due to the lack of movement. Dr. Tofu gave to the redheaded girl a list of exercises to rehab the muscles of the arm and the joint, which she had to do two times each day, and apply moisturizing cream to the arm to hydrate it and improve its aspect. Ranma took her rehabilitation really serious and did her exercises strictly, and in the following week, to her happiness, she observed a great improvement on the aspect and mobility of the arm. Besides that, Tofu took an X-Ray of her arm and her back the same day he removed the splint to see how the fracture and the fissure were healing. The fissure in her vertebra had totally sealed, and the fracture was pretty good, but the Doctor recommended Ranma to stay female for at least another couple of weeks to be sure the arm completely heals.

Ryoga kept working hard in his job during these three weeks, gaining the trust of Mr. Hirata, who assigned him more complex tasks as his working skills improved. He received his first wage too, and he had to open a bank account to receive the money. The Lost Boy wanted to use this bank account to save money for the moment he and Ranma could move to their own home.

Regarding Ranma, she studied a lot in order to be prepared to pass the final exams and graduate as she wished before summer vacations. It was the end of June, and final exams were close now, increasing Ranma's nervousness, but it didn't undermine her confidence. After all, Ranma Saotome never gives up, and on top of that, she had Ryoga to encourage her.

They enjoyed three happy weeks, indeed, but happiness never lasts, and a new storm was coming to Ranma and Ryoga's life, to the whole family's. A storm that would start with the coming back of an old acquaintance of them…

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Ryoga took a look around to observe the restaurant's decoration. He first observed the ceiling, which was covered by wood panels disposed in geometrical forms of different shades, giving the impression of volume. In the centre of the restaurant's great hall there was a wide square column made of dark mahogany that it seemed more decorative than having a real function of support. Hanging from the ceiling, nine big cubic lamps formed a matrix of 3 by 3, graciously illuminating the centre of the hall. The rest of the lighting around the other parts of the hall was done by bright balls encased in some peculiar structure made with a net and rings, forming a sort of elongated bag with the bulb in the centre. The central zone of the hall had a wall of about one-metre-tall decorated with a continuous line of beautiful bonsais resting on top of it. Ryoga had never been to a sushi restaurant like this in his life. The place was nice and cozy, at the same time that showed a contained elegance, with nothing excessive. Then he turned his eyes to the redheaded girl who was seated in front of him at the table. She was looking absentmindedly at the menu, and she was… stunning. Her shinning red hair was tied up in a side bun that gave her an air of elegance and sophistication. She had a nice makeup work that beautifully accentuated the pink of her lips and the blue of her sapphire eyes, making her so gorgeous that the boy couldn't help to blush at looking at her. As her attire, she had chosen the spectacular cheongsam she bought the day Shampoo attacked Ryoga, with a miniskirt that exposed a good portion of Ranma's beautiful legs. The top of the dress had an open neckline that showed a gorgeous cleavage, closing at the neck with a golden broach. The outfit was completed with stylish beige mid-heeled shoes, as Ranma hated high heels. As they made their way to the sushi restaurant, almost every man they passed couldn't help but stare at her with wide eyes and open mouths, which annoyed her boyfriend considerably, but he silently accepted it as the price to pay for being together with such a stunning and beautiful woman, when she was a woman, and for the past four weeks she had been one uninterruptedly. Ryoga himself was dressing equally elegant, with a navy blue short sleeved polo, black chinos pants and brown leather wingtip dress shoes. The polo was tight, and highlighted Ryoga's muscular build, something that pleased Ranma greatly.

The couple were celebrating their first month together, which in reality had been more than a week earlier, but they preferred to postpone it. The reason was that this place, where they wanted to celebrate, a famous sushi restaurant not too far away from Ryoga's home which was picked by Ranma, a table had to be reserved at least a week ahead to be able to get one. When they arrived at the place, she was glad to be so forward-thinking, because the restaurant was full today, Saturday evening. It would have been impossible to get a table on the same day.

Ryoga kept staring at his girlfriend, who was still distracted with the menu. "Love, you look absolutely gorgeous." He said with enamoured eyes.

Ranma raised her eyes to look at him, and smiled. "That is the third time you said it this evening."

"Sorry, I'm starting to sound repetitive." Ryoga replied smiling a little embarrased.

"No, not at all. I love the look in your eyes every time you say it and how cute you look all flushed." She said to him, cheering the boy up.

"Thanks. Then I'll keep telling you." He said with a relieved smile. "So…? What do you think we should order? Anything good?" asked Ryoga, pointing with his eyes to the menu.

"Anything good you say. What's not good here?" she said smiling looking at the booklet in her hands. "Well, since you allowed me to choose for both of us, I think I'll order…" she consulted the menu for a couple of seconds. "…tuna tataki with tosazu, salmon nashi pear, crispy rice with spicy crab and sashimi salad with matsuhisa dressing. I never tried any of them but they sound delicious. Do you think is too much?" Ranma asked him.

"Depends. I don't know how are the portions. If they're big, maybe it's too much for a dinner." He answered.

"They're not big. This type of restaurants doesn't serve big portions. They're more focused on the flavours than in the quantity." The redheaded girl explained.

"Ok, then I guess we're good with those four. How do you know so much about elegant sushi restaurants?" Ryoga asked curiously.

"A year ago, my mother brought me and Akane to buy me girl clothes, when she thought I was Ranko. You know that. Well, after the shopping, she invited us to have dinner or to have lunch in this places. Maybe not exactly like this." She explained, then paused for a couple of seconds, and continued. "She loves sushi, and she liked our company, so... But I've never been in a top tier restaurant, nor this one is one of them."

"I thought this was one of the top tier." Said Ryoga a little surprised to learn that. His girlfriend negated with her head.

"It's a very nice restaurant, but not one of those exclusive ones. We wouldn't be able to afford it. My mother talked me about these places, both the elegant ones, as you call them, and the more normal ones. In any case they're not cheap. They have nothing to do with places like Ukyo's. Luckily you got your first wage, so we can celebrate our first month together." Ranma explained to Ryoga, smiling to him when she mentioned the reason of the dinner. The Lost Boy smiled back, feeling happiness at the thought. He was also a little astonished to hear his girlfriend speak with so much knowledge about something he has never experienced. "Oh, and before you ask," Ranma added. "I've never come to a sushi restaurant to get free food. The waiters in this type of restaurants are very professional. They would never flirt with a client."

"I wasn't going to ask, I promise." He said chuckling. "Do we order the food then? I'm eager to try this sushi."

"Yeah, of course." Ranma replied, and raised her hand to call a waiter, who came to their table in less than a minute. Then Ranma ordered the dishes she had chosen along with a couple of drinks, and the waiter thanked her and left.

"Well, we now have around 260.000 yen in our bank account between my first wage, the money we had left from my parents and the one your mother gave us." Ryoga started after a moment of silence. "We'll need to save a little more to pay for the deposit for the apartment and for the first month payment, and we'll be able to move to a home of our own." He explained while grabbing Ranma's hand over the table and tenderly caressing it's back with his thumb. She had such delicate hands, that Ryoga found amazing how much power they had when she hits with them.

Ranma smiled to him. "A home of our own…" She repeated. "Well, not exactly ours, because we'll be renting it, but it's a first step." Said Ranma, staring at the almond colour eyes of her boyfriend.

"We'll look for one that has rights to purchase. That way, all the paid renting money will be discounted when we're able to purchase it. Then it will be truly ours." Said the lost boy, giving her hand a light squeeze. She smiled blushing, imbued by an instant happiness at the feel of Ryoga's touch.

"It's hard to believe. Our own home. It will be ours, yours and mine. No more wandering, no more freeloading. This makes me so happy, Ryoga." Said the redheaded girl visibly moved.

"Yeah, me too, Ranma. I've never being happier in my whole life since I fell in love with you." He said staring directly at her beautiful deep blue eyes, and feeling like losing himself in a dream.

"You're going to make me cry, silly… But I feel exactly the same." Said the redheaded girl with teary eyes. "Let's pull ourselves together a little, ok?" She said and dried a few tears with a napkin. Ryoga blushed a little thinking that he got a bit carried away by his emotions in a public space like this, but he was happy to see that he was reciprocated in Ranma's own emotions.

When she pulled herself together a bit, the redheaded girl resumed the original conversation. "We'll be a little tight on the money at the beginning, but as soon as I finish High School and I get a job for myself, we'll be way more comfortable." She said to him.

"Yep, and with your education finished, you won't have any problem finding a better job than mine. A good job in an office where you won't have to ruin your beautiful hands. And better paid." Ryoga told her with a reassuring stare.

"I don't have a problem with physical jobs, hon. I'm a martial artist. I'm used to physical work." She said defensively.

"I know Ranma. I didn't meant that, buy why not take advantage of your education? You can aspire to much more. Manual labour is usually worse paid than office jobs, and you have to work more hours. Fortunately, you have a much wider range of jobs you can choose from than me. Just keep it in mind, ok?" Ryoga said giving a squeeze to Ranma's hand.

Ranma smiled. She knew than Ryoga was telling her this only worrying for her sake. "Don't worry, I'll keep it in mind. I know you say it because you think it's the best for me." She replied with a grateful expression in her eyes.

They stared at each other for a moment, when the waiter returned with their drinks and two of the dishes, making Ryoga to let go Ranma's hand.

"We have an ice cold lemon tea and ice cold green tea. And tuna tataki with tosazu and salmon nashi pear. I'll bring the other two dishes in a moment." Said the waiter while smiling.

Two minutes later, the young couple had their entire order on the table and could finally enjoy their dinner.

"Is it right to toast with tea?" asked Ryoga with a playful smile, while holding his drink.

"Who cares?" replied Ranma, who raised her drink to the centre of the table to toast. Ryoga chuckled.

"Ok. Happy first anniversary, beauty. These last weeks have been really crazy, and I'm just glad that we finally have overcome all they have tried to throw at us. Now it's just us. I love you Ranma." He said staring at her, touching her drink with his, making a clinking noise.

"I can't believe that all that madness ended. It seemed more like a year than a month with all the things had happened to us since we're together. But it's finally over, and I couldn't have endured all without you. Happy anniversary, handsome. I love you so much." She replied, looking up at him shedding some tears again.

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The zone of Toyotamakita, close to the Toshimaen cinemas and the Nerima Cultural Centre, was well known for its ample offer of pubs and nightclubs. Being Saturday night, the streets were booming with people that had been shopping, had dinner or, like Ranma and Ryoga, were looking for a place to have some drinks. The couple strolled from the restaurant to the pub area, hoping to find one place they could like. They were holding hands, breathing in the night air and sharing an occasional kiss. Then Ryoga saw a sign hanging on the entrance door to a narrow three-story building. It said 'Smile Pub'.

"Ranma, look. Here's another one. Do you want to check it out?" asked Ryoga to his girlfriend.

"Yeah, why not. Maybe we'll like this one." The redheaded beauty replied. "Look up Ryo. The pub is in the second floor." She said while pointing to a large window where you could see a bright pink neon lights sign reading 'Smile'.

"Ok, let's go inside." He said, gently pulling from her to walk inside the building.

When the two martial artists arrived at the pub's entrance, Ryoga opened the door for Ranma, inviting her to enter. The redheaded girl smiled a little flushed, accepting the gesture, and crossed the door. Despite being a bit of a cliché, she liked his chivalry. It was one of the things that made him so cute for her.

When they entered the place, they took a good look at it. The pub had the walls lined with white wallpaper with a pattern of grey spots. Several lamps scattered throughout the pub were casting a moderate blue light, and laser projectors were shooting fruit forms on every surface. The bar was to the right of the entrance, and all sorts of bottles were lined up on shelves, making up a whole collection of alcoholic beverages, with a young bartender who was attending behind. The guy had to be in his mid 20s, with black short hair, and in that moment he was talking to some clients. Many people were seating on the stools in front of the bar, while many others were seating on tall chairs beside tables distributed throughout the place. Everybody looked like having a good time, chatting and drinking, and listening to some background electronic music that resonated in all the place. Not precisely Ranma and Ryoga's favourite genre, but it was very common for nightclubs. In the centre of the place there was a decently large dance floor, which right now was almost empty, with just a few groups of people chatting between them with drinks in their hands. It was too early for the dancing, but surely later the space was going to be crowded.

The couple saw an empty table beside a window and headed there, sitting on the tall chairs set next to it. Ranma left on one side of the table the small purse she brought where she kept some money, the home keys, some make-up accessories and a little mirror. Ryoga noticed that some men were looking in their direction, and he knew exactly what they were looking at. He sighed, hoping to not have to punch some drunk idiot for doing something stupid. He was aware of how stunning was Ranma with the cheongsam, and before they left home he accepted that there was going to be stares at his girlfriend, but he was starting to get tired of them.

"Something wrong Ryoga? You look worried." Asked him Ranma with some concern.

Ryoga turned his eyes to her, and smiled. He then took her hand in his and kissed it lovingly. "No, everything's fine. Just some thought that crossed my mind. I'm going to order some drinks. What would you like?"

"Let me think… one Ramune, original flavor." Said the redheaded girl with a pensive look. "And you?"

"I think I'll get one Melon Soda. You drank one some weeks ago in that rock concert, remember?" said Ryoga smiling.

"Oh, the concert. Yeah, I remember. Did you try it? I don't remember you drinking one." Asked Ranma in curiosity.

"I remember I liked the taste of your lips when we kissed during one of the songs." Ryoga said blushing a little.

"Oh, you rascal…" she said smirking, then she leaned towards him and kissed him, which Ryoga thanked kissing her back while caressing her arm.

When they separated, Ryoga got up from the chair and headed to the bar. There was more people ordering drinks, so he leaned his elbows on the bar as he waited his turn. The bartender seemed to be pretty busy, but he looked to have everything under control.

Meanwhile, Ranma was looking distracted through the ample window beside their table, observing the people walking in every direction in the street. Then she felt someone approaching.

"Hi, how are you?" someone asked her.

Ranma turned her eyes to the voice and two good-looking young men were standing beside her, smiling. They probably were in their early 20s. One of them had long hair almost reaching his shoulders, and the other one had short hair and glasses with a pretty standard haircut. To Ranma, their hair was a dark shade, but it was hard to make out the colour with all the blue lighting in the pub. 'I bet they were waiting for Ryoga to leave before getting here.' Ranma thought.

"Hi, I'm fine, thanks." She answered looking at them. She didn't ask them how they were doing because she did not want them to get their hopes up.

"Is this the first time you came here?" asked her the one with short hair.

"Yeah, first time." She replied.

Ryoga was observing them from the bar. He knew that Ranma could handle a couple of drunken idiots, but if things got ugly, he would intervene. For the moment he just kept watching while waiting his turn to order their drinks.

"I guessed that, because otherwise I would remember a girl as pretty as you." He said to her with an ample smile and a little blush, making Ranma to sigh.

"Yeah, you are a cutie, babe." Said the other young man with long hair.

"Don't call me that." Ranma immediately warned him. "I'm not a babe, and definitely I'm not your babe."

The short haired guy stared at his friend, thinking he was an idiot, and nudged him.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you." Said quickly, trying to amend his mistake.

"Please, excuse my friend. He's a moron sometimes. Look, we're going to go to a party in a while with a few friends, and I wondered if you would like to come with us." Explained the young man, trying to make her forget what his friend said. "It will be a lot of fun."

"Yeah, sure, but I'm not interested." Replied Ranma starting to get annoyed.

"Oh, come on. Why not? There's going to be good music, lots of people and if you come with us, your drinks will be free. You won't regret it. Besides, it's not far from here." Insisted the short haired guy trying to show his best smile.

"No, I'll regret it for sure. In any case, I don't know if you noticed, but I came with company." She said, feeling tired of the conversation and seeing that the two guys were a bit tipsy and seemed to not get the message.

"That guy with the stupid bandana? I can guarantee you that you're going to have a lot more fun with us than with him." He said proudly. Ranma rolled her eyes. 'You're not leaving a good impression on me, tiger.' she thought. 'Why do I have to attract these kind of jerks?" she asked herself.

"Again you're completely wrong. Look, I'm starting to …" She started, having run out of patience.

Then Ryoga came back, getting between Ranma and the two guys, which the redheaded girl thanked. "Here are our drinks. Sorry for taking so much time, love. There was a lot of people ordering." He said leaving the drinks on the table. Then he looked at the two young men. "Who are you?" he asked in a serious tone.

The two suitors could take a close look at Ryoga now, and he was intimidating. Despite him being two or three years younger than them, he was half a head taller than the two guys, and his strong and muscular build make them feel like little kids in front of an adult. They opened their mouths to speak, but words weren't coming out.

"They were asking me to go with them to a party, but I already told them I'm not interested, hon. They were leaving now, right guys?" explained Ranma, wanting to finish this uncomfortable situation at once, without problems if possible.

"Y-Yeah, we were leaving. S-Sorry to have bothered you. C'mon Sasuke, let's go." Said to his friend the short haired guy. Sasuke on the other hand didn't seem happy, but another look at Ryoga convinced him to leave without saying anything more. The two friends returned to their table, not daring to look at the couple again.

"Are you ok? They didn't say anything inappropriate to you, right?" asked her the Lost Boy, placing Ranma's drink in front of her.

"No, don't worry. They were starting to get a little flippant by the end, but they didn't get out of line. Forget them. Focus on me." She said wrapping her arms around his neck and then giving him a loving kiss. Ryoga embraced her and groaned softly while kissing her back.

"That's an easy request." He said smiling when they broke the kiss. Then they sat on their chairs and each one took a sip of their drinks. "How was the sparring session with your father this morning?" Ryoga asked when he left his drink again on the table. When Tofu removed her splint, Ranma had asked her father if they could spar one day each week, and he looked genuinely happy about it. She told him she wanted him to keep training her, but in reality she did it to have an excuse to see her parents at least one day per week. On the other hand, she started to train with Ryoga again as soon as the Doctor removed the splint. They sparred every day, running together for an hour before dinner. And on top of that, she had to do her rehab exercises and study for the final exams.

"It went well. I think that our problems are behind us. He treats me like he usually did, you know. 'Boy you have gotten soft! Now that you can use your arm again, you have to train harder! Boy this! Boy that!'" she said lowering the pitch of her voice, trying to do an impression of her father.

Ryoga laughed at the mimics Ranma was doing at Genma's expense. "I can imagine him talking to you like that. I'm so glad you two are getting along again."

"Yeah, me too. I missed my father, despite all the problems he has always gotten me into. But there was something odd today." She said like remembering something.

"Something odd?" repeated Ryoga, curious.

"Yeah. While we sparred, I got the feeling that he was holding back. He never did that before." She explained.

"Ranma… he's probably doing that because you're still recovering from your arm injury." What other reason would Genma have? Ryoga thought.

"I don't think he was doing it on purpose. For example, you're holding back every time we spar since I got the splint removed. That I can tell you're doing it consciously. I can see it in your eyes and your body language." She corrected him.

"Of course I'm holding back Ranma. It's been barely a week since Tofu removed the splint, and you can't move completely your arm yet. Do you expect me to fight you in full force?" He defended himself.

"I know. I understand why you're doing it. It's just that it felt… weird, coming from him. I've never seen him holding back with me before." Ranma said looking distracted to her drink, then taking another sip.

"I think you're overthinking this, love. I'm sure it's just that he's worried he might hurt you since you're still recovering. He's your father, and he cares about you. I could clearly see that after our conversation in the backyard the night of the dinner."

Ranma turned her eyes to her boyfriend and smiled to him. "Yeah, you're probably right. I'm overthinking this." She said looking a bit unconvinced. Her father could not be starting to see her… like a girl, right? She wondered.

Ryoga looked at her asking himself what could she be thinking her father was actually doing. Anyways, he wanted to ask Ranma something. "Hey" Ryoga said taking the redheaded girl's hand again, getting her attention. "Would you like to browse apartments next Monday afternoon? I know it's still a bit early for that, but I want to get an idea of what we could get and how much we will have to pay."

"Sure, I'd love to. Have you thought about the zone where we should look?" she asked.

"I'll have to leave that to you. With my orientation problem I won't be able to know where they are." He explained a little embarrassed.

"Of course. Sorry, handsome. I didn't realize." She replied, feeling some guilt for not having considered his problem.

"Don't worry. We're a team, remember?" he said squeezing softly her hand while smiling. "What I had in mind is that it should be close to my parent's home. That way I can check the house from time to time, in case my parents return. And not far from your family too, so you can visit them easily and the other way around."

"You have given this some thought, right?" she said, returning him the squeeze. "I think you have the basics covered. Regarding where to start, I think the best option keeping in mind your parents, mine and the Tendo, would be Koyama District. It's where my parents and the Tendo live, and if we are lucky we could find something closer to your home than the 30 minutes we have to spend walking now to get there from the Tendo's."

"Our home, Ranma." Ryoga corrected.

The girl smiled and blushed a little. "Ok, our home, but it's your house."

Ryoga nodded, satisfied.

"Oh, and what about Shirokuro? Please tell me that we're going to take her with us." Said the redheaded beauty with pleading eyes.

"Of course we'll take her with us. We're going to have our own home. And I'm not a wanderer anymore. She won't be alone ever again." Explained the Lost Boy, soothing Ranma's concern.

"Great!" She yelled excited. The redhead was so happy that she threw herself to Ryoga's arms and embraced him with hers, giving him a passionate kiss so intense that would shock her parents. She was ecstatic about how their future together was taking form.

When they parted lips for air, the redhead kept the embrace, rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes, feeling his body, his strong arms, smelling the fresh scent of his cologne. Her heart was beating fast, and all the sensations she was getting from having her boyfriend so close were intoxicating her. She began to feel aroused by all these sensations. Then, suddenly, the big lamp in the centre of the dance floor turned on, casting quick flashes of light in many colours, and the music changed to something more rhythmical and sensual. A techno dance song started, and lots of couples and groups walked to the centre of the platform and started to dance.

"I think that now, this is a disco. This place is going to go nuts in a few seconds. Do you want to leave?" Ryoga asked raising his voice so Ranma could hear him over the music.

She heard him, but was like hypnotized by the sea of bodies that were dancing and rubbing against each other to the rhythm of the music.

"Ranma?" Insisted Ryoga.

Ranma stared at him and smiled. "No, not yet. I want to dance. I want to dance with you." She said.

"Oh, c'mon Ranma, I'm a terrible dancer." The Lost Boy protested.

"Look at them, most don't know how to dance either. They're just moving following the beat. Look, I'm going to say something very girly, but I don't care. Ryoga, please, ask me to dance. I want you to ask your girlfriend to dance." She said smiling while caressing his cheek.

It was impossible to Ryoga to say no to that. Ranma was dying to shake her body to the music, and he was his boyfriend. He wished he had ordered something with alcohol before to make this easier for him. This was going to be the first time he was going to dance with a girl, and with Ranma on top of that. To dance with Ranma, was in fact the only thing that comforted him. Finally, he convinced himself. "Ok, let's go, but first I'll leave your purse with the bartender to keep it safe." He yelled, being the music louder. Ranma nodded, and waited seated on their spot. In the three or four minutes that took Ryoga to come back, Ranma had to say no to three different young men that asked her to dance. It was a luck that their table were next to a big window, visible from anywhere in the nightclub or Ryoga would had trouble orienting with so much people around.

The Lost Boy returned, he offered Ranma his hand blushing intensely, and she gladly took it, amused by the boy's flush. Then they walked to the dance floor, looking for the closest spot where there was less people dancing. Once there, they stared at each other not sure of how to start. Then, Ranma began to sway her body with the music, sensually, reaching her hands to her boyfriend, inviting him to do the same. One couldn't notice with the dim illumination, but Ryoga's face was as red as Ranma's hair, moving his body timidly trying to follow his girlfriend's movements. The redheaded girl saw how flushed her boyfriend was, and decided that he needed a push. She got closer to him, and took his hands, resting them on her hips while swaying her body to him.

"Move your hips with mine Ryoga! Think of this like you were doing a kata! Follow my movements!" the redheaded girl yelled to him over the music, and Ryoga nodded.

That made sense in Ryoga's mind. With his hands on Ranma's hips, she giving her back to him, he swayed his own hips following hers, shaking his shoulders to the beat of the music. In little time, the two youngsters were moving in sync to the rhythm of the song, merging with the mass of bodies dancing in the central space of the disco, whose lights changed continuously at the whim of the beat.

Then Ranma turned around again, and rested her hands on Ryoga's hips, with the boy reaching his hands to her arms, caressing them while shaking his waist and his shoulders to the pounding rhythm of the dance-techno song that was playing in that moment. The girl then closed the distance between their lips and kissed Ryoga fiercely, using her tongue to taste his, hungry of him. This was the last push he needed to get out of his funk. He continued to kiss her ecstatically, as he moved his body next to hers in a continuous, sensual flow. Then he made her turn around and embraced her, kissing sensually her neck while rubbing his crotch with the girl's butt, making her moan, arousing her beyond description.

"Ryoga… I want you…" she said to his ear between gasps, feeling her boyfriend's erection digging into her buttocks.

"Do you want to leave?" asked her while biting softly her earlobe. This was making the girl to tremble.

"Yes… let's go home, please…" she pleaded, an uncontainable need inside her.

"Ok, let's get your purse first." He said to her, feeling as desperate to arrive home and be alone with her as she was.

5 minutes later they were on the street, walking back home, with Ryoga putting his arm around Ranma's shoulders, and the girl putting her arm around Ryoga's waist, mingling with couples and groups of friends looking for a nightclub to dance, have a few drinks and have fun, the night being still young.

Luckily for the two martial artists, Ryoga saw a free taxi and quickly called it, stopping the car close to them. They could have walked their way to their home, but they were so eager to arrive that none of them could wait for so long. When they were beside the cab, Ryoga opened the door to Ranma, which Ranma thanked with a smile. Then the boy entered the car after his girlfriend, and she told the taxi driver the destination. During the trip home, they tried to hold themselves to avoid a scandal inside the cab, but Ryoga's hand was fondling her thigh, dangerously close to her skirt's opening, while Ranma's hand was directly over his crotch, being her less discrete. Lucky for them, the cab arrived home soon enough before the taxi driver could notice something too obvious.

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Ryoga opened the door, entering the living room and leaving the keys and his wallet on the table in front of the sofa. He heard Ranma closing the door and tossing her purse to one side of the room with little care. Then, he turned to look at her when he suddenly saw her jumping on him, straddling her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck, with her inertia almost making him fall with her on the couch.

"Ranma!" he managed to say while chuckling. "Easy beauty." He reached his hands to her buttocks to hold her.

"Easy my ass. You turned me on fire in the nightclub. Now you have to finish the job. I want to fuck you so badly…" she said, then fiercely kissing her boyfriend, sliding her tongue inside his mouth with Ryoga locking with his in a hot and sensual dance of flesh and flavours. They kept making out for a while, with Ranma wrapping her legs around his hips and her arms around his neck, and the boy holding her weight, grabbing her buttocks, and kissing her back intensely. Ryoga then walked as he held Ranma to the nearest wall and pinned her there, rubbing his crotch against hers, feeling his erect member brush against her womanhood. With each hip movement that excited her sensitive groin, she let out short moans.

"Yes, my love. That feels so good." She whispered as she groaned.

Ryoga kept pushing against it, making a repetitive thud against the wall, all while kissing and sucking her neck, arousing her beyond her limit.

"Oh Kami, Ranma..." he said, feeling a wetness on his member. He brought his hand to her groin and felt the wetness soaking her panties and his pants. "I think you are ready…" he whispered to her ear.

"Yes, I'm ready. Please, fuck me. I'm so horny..." she said desperate. She then unwrapped her legs from his hips and stood on the floor, reaching her hands to Ryoga's pants and starting to unbuckle his belt hastily. Meanwhile Ryoga picked a condom he had inside the back pocket of his pants, and then let the girl to unbutton them and pull them down to the floor along with his boxers. He then pulled down Ranma's panties as well, and she kicked them to one side. She kissed him again, desperation in her eyes, and then reached her hand to his cock, and started to jerk it off with speed, getting loud moans from the boy.

Then Ranma remembered what she thought the day Ryoga beat up Jiro's gang. That day they had sex, and she wondered if she would dare to do it with her male form, and if Ryoga would like to do it. Right now she didn't want to change to male to have sex in that form. She didn't know even if she would dare to. In any case, her desire was a female desire. But it made her notice something they hadn't tried so far…

The redheaded girl turned around and pulled up the skirt of her dress, showing to her boyfriend her beautifully sculpted ass. She looked at Ryoga and timidly smiled, returning the Lost Boy the smile, believing she wanted to do it from behind, just like they had done several times before. But she hadn't exactly that in mind.

Before Ryoga could put on the condom, she grabbed his member and placed it in her rear opening. Ryoga was puzzled.

"Ranma, what are you doing?" Ryoga asked confused.

"I want to try something new." She said a little nervous. She didn't know if she would like it.

"But… are you sure? This could hurt, and I don't want to hurt you." He said concerned.

"Don't worry. If it hurts or it's not pleasant, we'll stop and we'll do it the traditional way. Ok? Trust me." she said, trying to reassure him.

"Ok." He replied, not too sure of this.

"Then do it, please. Just be gentle." She asked him.

"Of course."

Ranma's heart was beating quickly. She was nervous, fearing it could be painful and not pleasant, but at the same time she couldn't help to feel thrilled at the possibility that she could like it.

The girl gestured Ryoga to go ahead, and he sighed. Then he pushed gently, entering part of the head first, and damn, it was tight. It was really tight. For Ranma, it hurt, it was hurting her, and she gasped at the sudden pain. Ryoga noticed it, and immediately stopped.

"It hurts, right?" he asked her, concerned.

"Yeah, pretty much." She answered.

"Then that's it. We'll do it as we always do it."

"No, wait." She stopped him. "Let's try it once more." She said, reaching her hand to his cheek.

"Ok." Ryoga replied not too convinced, but this was the last time. He positioned again his member at her rear opening, and then had an idea. The Lost Boy reached his hand to Ranma's sex and inserted his fingers in her vagina, wetting them as much as he could, making the girl to groan at the sudden sensation.

"Ryoga, what are you doing?" she asked startled.

"I'm going to lubricate it. This should make things easier. Trust me now, ok?" He answered.

"O-Ok." She replied, nervous.

Ryoga rubbed his member well with his fingers, lubricating it with as much juice as he could, and tried again. He pushed the tip in, and with more ease, the head went all the way in. "How are you?" he asked her.

"I'm fine. It feels… weird, but it's better this time." She replied gasping.

He nodded. Then, slowly he gave it another push, and another part of his shaft was inside. He moaned. It felt nice, despite how tight it was. Maybe precisely because of how tight it was.

Ranma moaned as well, feeling a mixture of pleasure and pain she had never felt before.

Ryoga gave it another push, and he and Ranma moaned again. The boy gave the final push and the whole member was inside his girlfriend, making her whimper loudly. "This feels… really good. Are you ok… Ranma? Does it still hurt?" he said a couple of seconds after he touched Ranma's buttocks with his hips.

"Yeah, I'm ok. It feels… nice." She said. In reality it felt tight, really tight, like her butt hole wasn't designed to be used for this. But at the same time, somehow, it kinda felt good. She wanted more. She wanted to try more. "C'mon, now pull and thrust inside me, Ryoga. I want more."

Ryoga obliged, pulling slowly until most of his member was out, and then thrusted inside again, tenderly, without haste. They both groaned feeling an intense pleasure, increased by the tightness of Ranma's cavity. The Lost Boy moved his hips back and forth, penetrating her a little faster, and it felt so good. The flow started to form in a continuous movement, starting to feel their orgasm building up.

"Ranma… this is so nice…" whispered Ryoga, feeling that the tightness from the beginning was giving way and now his cock was sliding inside her more easily. The pain was also gone for Ranma, and a new sense of pleasure came over her. She thanked Kami that it was feeling so good.

"Ryoga keep thrusting. Oooh, this feels good!" she said while moaning loudly. She then leaned back to give Ryoga an easy access to her breasts, which Ryoga accepted thankfully and moved his hands from her hips to her tits, starting to fondle them, feeling their softness and their big size. Then with two fingers pinched each nipple, turning them harder, moving his fingers around them, exciting and arousing the redhead. All while keeping moving his hips back and forth with his member widening her entrance and increasing the pleasure for the girl. He risked a little more speed that helped to get closer to their orgasm, and made the redheaded girl to moan even louder, fearing the boy that some neighbour could hear them.

"I'm very close Ryoga! Fuck me harder. I'm loving this. Oh Kami…!" she exclaimed, like in a trance, feeling overwhelmed by the sensations that were coming from her back entrance, with Ryoga's member drilling inside her butt hole and his hands caressing and exciting her breasts. Ryoga was really close too, and he would not be able to hold it much longer.

"Oh Ranma, I'm about to…!" he whimpered.

"Yes, my love! Do it!" she exclaimed while groaning.

Ryoga's cock continued to pierce Ranma's rear entrance, until they both reached the point of no return, and they came at the same time.

"Aaaaaaaah, Ryoga…!" she whimpered ecstatic, feeling a warm sensation inside her, Ryoga's seed. An explosion of pleasure radiated throughout her body and made her tense all her muscles, until the pleasure subsided and a feeling of release and relaxation replaced it.

Ryoga pushed his hips all he could against her butt to get his member as deep as his length allowed while his orgasm invaded his groin deliciously, until the last squirms of releasing his seed ceased.

Breathing heavily, Ranma leaned over the wall, exhausted, and Ryoga leaned over her, caressing her thigs and kissing her neck covered in sweat. Then the two lovers walked to the couch and collapsed on it, with Ranma resting over Ryoga. They were sweating heavily, and their breaths stabilized little by little. They stayed without saying any words for a few minutes, until Ryoga spoke.

"It's amazing how womanly you moan when we have sex." He said in a joking tone, still gasping a little.

"Baka, how am I supposed to moan? I'm a woman right now." She said a little upset by Ryoga's joke.

"I know, I know. Of course you're a woman. It's just that it remembered me all those doubts you had some time ago about this body not being a real woman's. Do you remember?"

"Yeah, I was a mess back then. But I don't have any more doubts. You helped me a lot to feel like I should." She said, resting her head on his chest, hearing his heartbeat, strong and rhythmic.

"I'm glad that I could help you to feel better. As I told you then, all my man's instincts tell me you are a woman. And a beautiful one, by the way." Said to her smiling, which made the girl to blush and chuckle, giving him a soft punch in his arm.

"Silly... Flatterer." She said smirking.

Ryoga chuckled as well, knowing she liked the compliment by how she was flushing.

"Ranma, what got into you to want to try this?" he asked with a curious look.

"Well, you got into me, quite literally." She said giggling.

Ryoga smiled, but he wanted a serious answer. "Ranma, I'm serious."

"Ok, ok. Do you remember that we had sex the day you beat up Jiro and his gang?" she asked him.

"How could I forget? Why?"

"While we were doing it, I thought… I… thought that we could…" this was hard for her to tell him, because she didn't know how he would react.

"What, Ranma? You can tell me. Please." He pleaded her, asking her with his eyes to trust him.

The redheaded girl sighed. "I thought how it would be us having sex with me in male form." She said averting her gaze from him.

Ryoga's eyes went wide. "Oh, that…"

"I knew it would make you uncomfortable." She said with sadness.

"No… no, not at all, Ranma. I promise this isn't making me uncomfortable. In fact, this was something we had to talk about sooner or later."

"Yeah, we've been avoiding it, right? But I want you to know that if you don't want to do it, or we do it and you don't like it, I'm perfectly ok having always sex in female form. To me, I don't care what form I'm in as long as I can have you." She said staring at him with a worried look.

"Ranma… that would be terribly unfair to you. I love you, all of you, and that includes your male form, even if I'm not normally attracted to guys. To me, you are always you, no matter your form." He explained, resting his hand on the back of her head.

"Thank you, Ryo. I must confess you that I don't know if I would enjoy having sex with a guy with me being a guy too. As a woman, I love your male body. I found you incredibly attractive." She reflected.

"And what do you think about me when you are a guy? Do you find me attractive too?" Ryoga asked her with a comforting smile.

"I… I do. Yes, I found you attractive while I'm a guy. Does that make me gay?" she asked him confused.

"You still like girls, right?" he asked, nodding the redheaded girl. "Then you're bisexual, not gay."

She nodded, and then rested her head on his chest. "So, are you sure you want to try?"

"I'm sure, Ranma. Don't worry. Everything will be fine."

That eased any concerns the girl had, and she cuddled to her boyfriend, melting together in a loving embrace. This was one of the things she loved the most about Ryoga. With him, she always felt understood. He would never judge her, and she could confide in him whatever worries she had. He was like a beacon in the darkness of her life's uncertainties.

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Ryoga's consciousness returned from the dream world to the real world, and he opened his eyes slowly. He took a deep breath, and felt hotness in the air, like if it was 12 or 13 p.m. The Lost Boy thought that he must have been very tired to wake up so late. He looked at the digital clock on his bedside table, which said 10:05 a.m. What? He couldn't believe it was so hot at this time in the morning. This year's summer was going to be a bitch, and he hated warm summers. The Lost Boy yawned and stretched his arms to wake up, and then looked at Ranma, who was lying beside him on the bed face down, with her head turned to his side. She was sleeping and wearing nothing, just like him, only covered by the bed's sheets, which right now only covered her feet. They must have uncovered themselves due to the warm night. But the fact that they had slept naked wasn't because of the weather. When they went to bed, their passion had not been completely extinguished, and they had another round of fiery sex, but that time they did it the traditional way. He saw how drops of sweat were running down the curves of her well sculpted body. Staring at her, Ryoga thought about how incredible she was, and he wasn't thinking only about her physique or the sex. She represented all the good things he had always looked for in the person he wanted to share his life with. For a time, he believed these things were in Akane, but he was wrong. They were in Ranma. He couldn't believe how it had taken so long to see it, and how close they had come to ending up as hated enemies forever and never getting the chance to meet the real person behind their grudges.

He observed her a couple of minutes more. She looked so peaceful and pretty. Ryoga loved to observe Ranma sleeping, because he could see in that moment a calmed and serene beauty you didn't usually see in her when she was awake. She was always full of energy, and only in intimate and peaceful moments like this you could see this side of her.

Then Ranma lazily opened her eyes and turned them to him. When she saw him she smiled, and then closed her eyes again.

"Oh, no, no. Wake up already, you little sleepyhead." Ryoga said smiling, giving her little pushes on her shoulder.

"Mmmm, let me sleep 5 minutes more, please." She protested. "Besides, we got a lot of exercise last night." She added, flashing a mischievous grin.

Ryoga laughed and blushed at the same time, remembering their 'workout'. "Ranma, you're always jesting." He said, and kissed her lips lovingly, making her moan softly. When they parted lips, he took her hand and gave it a tender kiss too. Then he turned his eyes to hers. "I'll prepare some breakfast, and then we can take a walk with Shirokuro before going to the Tendo's. What do you think? You're not planning to spend the morning on the bed, right?" He said caressing her cheek.

"Well, as long as I spend it with you … it doesn't sound so bad." She said purring, staring at him naughtily.

The Lost Boy flushed intensely and then smiled. "Beauty, you are insatiable." He said and then gave her another kiss on her forehead. "C'mon, I'll prepare some crepes."

"Crepes! Yummy! Since we're definitively going to get out of bed, I'll take a shower first, and you should do the same to get rid of the smell of sex you have all over your body." Said the girl while getting up and walking to the closet to get some fresh clothes.

"Is it really that strong, love?" Ryoga asked embarrased.

"Yeah, hon." She answered him categorically.

"You're right." He acknowledged after sniffing himself. He definitely needed a shower, so he went to the closet to pick some boxer shorts, a T-Shirt and some fresh pants.

With everything ready, the couple were about to enter the shower tray when Ryoga realized he almost forgot Shirokuro.

"Ranma, I have to open the back door to Shirokuro, and pour some cold water in her water supply. Yesterday had to be so hot that it should have almost completely evaporated by now." Explained the Lost Boy.

"Of course, you're right. Poor girl. Go on and give her some cold water. I'll wait for you in the bathroom."

"Ok. It will only take a couple of minutes." The black haired boy said, put the pants on and went downstairs to the kitchen.

Meanwhile, Ranma was sitting on the toilet seat with her clothes on her lap, waiting for Ryoga. She remembered the excellent dinner they had the last night, how they danced in the nightclub and the sex after that. 'I can't believe how girlie I have become, despite my initial intentions when this started.' Thought the redhead. 'There's no turning back. I don't want to turn back. I'm happy how I am now. With him…'

After a few minutes, she could hear the boy's steps in the stairs again, and she got up and rested her clothes beside the sink. Ryoga appeared in the door a moment later.

"She barely had any water. This summer is going to be hard on her." Ryoga said pulling down his pants and placing them together with the rest of his clothes next to Ranma's.

"Yeah, I can't imagine what it must be to her to endure this heat with that fur coat." The girl said while undoing the braid and getting inside the shower tray, picking the handset and opening the hot water. Since they were having a shower together, despite the heat in all the house due to the weather, they had to use hot water to not trigger Ryoga's curse. Ranma wasn't going to turn into a boy since she was still using the waterproof soap and should keep using it for at least another week. In any case, Ranma made sure to put the water on lukewarm only.

Sharing the shower handset, they got soaked quickly. Then Ryoga hung the handset on a clamp bracket set on the wall, letting it wet them. When they were enough soaked, Ryoga picked a bottle of shampoo, from which he poured a bit on his hand. After leaving again the bottle on the shelf they had to store and have easy access to them, he began to lather his hair. Ranma did the same, but using the shampoo she liked to use when she planned to turn into a girl, or to remain a girl for some time. The shampoo had a nice scent, of fruits and flowers. Too feminine for a man, but for a girl, it was perfect. Each one started to rub their hair, with small circular movements, all while chatting about inconsequential things. Soon they had finished, and cleared all the soap with the shower handset. After rinsing her hair, Ranma stared at her boyfriend, seeing how his robust constitution was in motion, how his well-defined biceps and pecs tensed and relaxed while the boy was rinsing his head from the soap. She bit her lower lip.

"Ryoga, can you wash my back? My arm is still a bit rigid." Asked the redheaded girl, smiling timidly.

"Sure." The Lost Boy said smiling back, picked the waterproof soap and rubbed it against the sponge. When enough foam had formed on the sponge, he started to rub it against her back. The sensation of the sponge against her bare skin, accompanied by the caressing of Ryoga's hand to extend the foam was making the girl to feel relaxed and at the same time aroused. His touch was electrifying, and she couldn't take it anymore and turned around, staring at her boyfriend with intense passion. She was breathing heavily, and Ryoga could read her body language loud and clear, not being able to avert his eyes from her. She then closed the distance between them and kissed him fervently.

"Ranma… we're going to be late." Said Ryoga between kisses, trying to keep control of the situation.

"Don't worry. We'll get a cab. Right now, I need you badly..." She said resting her hand on his neck, and then kissing him again with intensity, reaching her other hand to his manhood. Then she grabbed his hand and placed it on her breast, asking him to fondle her.

The Lost Boy smiled, and stared at her, who was smiling at him too. "Ranma, you're insatiable…"

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In the end, Ranma was right, and though a bit tight, they had time left to take Shirokuro for a walk and then taking a cab afterwards, getting in time to the Tendo's. The family had decided to have lunch together today a couple of days earlier, and everyone agreed to assist. It wasn't nothing formal like the last dinner they had in Nodoka's home, but something simple, just to enjoy a Sunday afternoon gathered.

The couple of martial artists were at the house's main entrance, and Ranma rang the doorbell. A couple of minutes passed and nobody opened the door, which started to look weird to the young martial artists. Then Ryoga knocked at the door, with certain strength.

"Kasumi!" …called Ryoga, but no answer. This worried the young couple and Ryoga was about to break down the door, when finally, someone opened. It was Kasumi, and her face said them that something bad was happening.

"Kasumi, what's wrong? Why did it take you so long to open?" asked a worried Ranma.

"Ranma, Ryoga,… Happosai is back." Replied the Tendo girl. As soon as they heard the name, their blood froze in their veins. "We had no time to call and warn you. He presented here just 30 minutes ago. I'm afraid that the mood for the dinner is not going to be the same anymore."

"Yeah, definitely. I feared this day, and I knew we were having too much luck with the old fart not showing up." Said with sadness the pigtailed girl.

"Damn it. He's going to cause problems when he learns about us. This doesn't seem to never end. I just hope he doesn't try to molest you, or I'll crack his skull." Said Ryoga angry.

"You're a sunshine." Ranma said to her boyfriend, grabbing his hand. "Kasumi, does he knows the new situation?"

"Not much, that Ryoga and you are together and how you feel now with your female body. He forced father to tell him." Said Kasumi, sorrow and distress on her face.

"That's enough to bring hell to our life. And my parents are here?" asked Ranma again to the Tendo girl.

"Yes, they're in the washitsu with everybody else. They're waiting for you, to explain the situation and maybe convince him to leave, but your father and mine and too afraid of him, to tell him. Your mother warned him to leave you alone, but he didn't take her seriously."

"Ok, let's go and face him." Ryoga said, holding hands with Ranma, and they headed to the washitsu to confront something they had completely forgot, due to all that happened in the last month, but now they had to face. And they feared Happosai, because they knew how much chaos he could bring to their lives and that just fighting him wouldn't work. The old master was the strongest martial artist in Nerima, and probably in Japan. They had to think about something other than a physical confrontation.

When they entered the room, they saw Ranma's parents seated along with Akane, Nabiki and Soun to one side of the table, and Happosai was seating at the other side. Soun and Genma showed some bruises on their faces. Everybody turned their eyes to them. Happosai took a look at the couple. Ryoga was wearing his usual attire for this moment of the year, sleeveless black t-shirt and dark green pants. What amazed the old master was how Ranma dressed. She was wearing a white, very feminine blouse, and a red short skirt that reached a couple of centimetres below mid thighs. Besides that, she was wearing ankle height brown boots that were intended for women as well, and on her face, she was wearing a light touch of makeup that heightened her natural beauty. But in the mind of Happosai, the most important thing was that if she was wearing a short skirt, she had to be wearing panties, probably a bra too. His dreams came true. She looked gorgeous, dressing like a girl, wearing makeup and girl underwear, and the old master was starting to drool.

"Ranma!" he said, barely containing himself. "When Soun and Genma told me, I couldn't believe it, but seeing you now… I'm so glad that you finally became a girl. Come here and give your master a hug." Said the old master, jumping towards the pigtailed girl with lustful eyes.

When Ryoga saw what he intended, something clicked inside his head, and he quickly thrusted a strong punch to the face of Happosai a moment before he could touch the redheaded girl that fully impacted in his face, sending him flying backwards in the same direction he jumped from.

When the old master landed on the floor of the washitsu, he sat down rubbing his cheek, where most of the punch hit him.

"What was that for, idiot?!" he complained.

"Don't you dare to touch her! I won't allow you to molest her, old goat!" warned him a raging Ryoga. Ranma was surprised by his reaction, but she understood him. In fact, she thanked him for it, because she knew that if he had not acted, Happosai would have tried to grope her.

"But Ryoga! I was going to say hello to my old student. I know that you are his boyfriend now. Nothing against it, of course. I knew that in the end Ranma would end up leaning more towards men. But I'm not judging." He paused for a second, and then his expression changed to a perverted one. "Tell me, have you two… you know… done things…while him being a girl?" he asked with a malicious grin.

"That's none of your business, pervert!" Ryoga screamed.

"Then you did it! Oh boy, what I would give to be in your place. You have to give me details." Happosai said looking at Ryoga with a goofy expression, and then staring at Ranma with lust in his eyes.

"You will never be in his place, and you will never lay a hand on me, old fart." Said Ranma, giving Ryoga a squeeze to his hand to calm him.

"I warn you. If you touch her, I'll break every bone in that tiny little body of yours." Threatened Ryoga, hoping this would dissuade the pervert.

"Oh, you think you can beat me boy? No. You would have to live another two hundred years to have a chance!" replied the old master defiantly.

"You want to see, wrinkled midget?!" started to yell Ryoga, barely holding his rage. Then Ranma hurried to grab his arm and try to calm him.

"Ryoga, don't get him angry, please!" screamed Genma with fear on his face, the same could be seen in Soun's. "Apologize to him!"

"Genma! What are you saying? Ryoga is defending her. Do you want this wicked man to molest our child?" asked indignant Nodoka.

"Of course not! But we shouldn't make things worse taunting him!" he replied trembling.

"Ryoga, look at me, look at me, please." She asked. When Ryoga heard her plead he calmed a little and looked at her. "I need you, but calmed, in control, ok hon? We won't get anywhere with you mad with rage."

"You're right." Said Ryoga, breathing more steadily. "I'm sorry. But I'll die before letting him to lay a hand on you."

"I don't want you dead, silly. I want you with me, alive and safe." Said Ranma resting a hand on his chest, trying to reason with him, soothing his anger. She knew very well that to beat Happosai you needed cunning, not brute force.

Ryoga nodded. What was he saying? He wasn't going to die. No one was going to die. They needed a strategy. Ranma will come up with something. She has fought Happosai more than anyone else, and she has always beaten him.

Then Ranma stared at the old master. He had lit his pipe and was smoking quietly. "Ok, now that things are more calmed, I'll tell you what my father and Soun don't dare to say. I'll tell you what the whole family want you to know. Happosai, you're not welcomed here. We want you to leave us alone. You have no right to stay in this house, so please, leave, and live what's left of your life away from us."

"That's not fair! I'm the founder of the Anything Goes School of Martial arts, and as long as you keep using the name of my school, I have every right to stay here! And Ranma, I'm your master and you own me some respect. I'm tired of your tone, so until you treat me adequately, I won't leave you alone." Said angry the old master.

"You're not my master, and what do you understand as an adequate treatment? To let you grope me? Asked Ranma feeling sick of just imagining it.

"That would be a good start, yes, and I also want you to wear some of my finest pieces of my collection. You don't have a problem with that now, right" replied Happosai with a mischievous smile.

"Keep dreaming, bastard." Said Royga getting angry again.

Ranma grabbed Ryoga's arm. "I don't accept. I'm not a doll or a slave to please you, pervert. We'll find a way to get rid of you. I swear that we will get rid of you."

"We'll see, Ranma. You keep disrespecting me. You owe me everything you are. You wouldn't be the martial artists you are now if it wasn't for me. And yet you talk to me with contempt and without the proper respect. So I will have to force you to treat me with due consideration." Happosai said smiling, imagining Ranma to her knees asking forgiveness to him, wearing only lingerie. The old man's expression changed to a lecherous one and started to drool again.

"Ok, that was it! I'll kick you out of this house once and for all!" Exclaimed Ryoga, his face red with rage knowing from his expression what the old man was thinking. Ranma tried to grab his arm, but he was too quick.

The Lost Boy launched himself against the old master, and thrusted a series of punches, finding really hard to hit him due to the short stature of the old man and his agility, which wasn't natural for a man of his age. Ryoga was like a giant to his side, but Happosai was jumping from one place to another, dodging Ryoga's attacks with ease. Then the Lost Boy tried another strategy and changed from punches to kicks, having more reach, that should make it easier to land some hit on the old man. But just as with the punches, the little man jumped or moved from side to side with great speed and fending off Ryoga's attacks. Ryoga stopped, breathing heavily, and tried to focus. He could use the Shishi Hokodan, but it could be really dangerous inside a close space like the house, turning it in a very perilous alternative, especially for the people who are not martial artists.

"That's all you got, boy? I'm disappointed." Haughtily said Happosai.

"Shut up!" shouted the young man and threw a really powerful punch, with enough force to split a rock in half, but Happosai blocked it with only his pipe, and then hit Ryoga with 5 quick punches, so fast that a normal human eye could barely see them. This threw the Lost Boy against a nearby wall which he crashed into and through, landing on the floor of an adjoining room.

"Ryoga!" Ranma cried, and run to him to make sure he was ok. Akane got up and run to him too. Then the rest of the family followed them, astonished to what just happened.

"How is he, Ranma?" asked worried Akane.

"He's unconscious. I think one of the strikes hit him in the head." The pigtailed girl said to her friend, and rested her boyfriend's head on her lap. "Ryoga, you baka. Why did you have to fight him?" She told to the unconscious boy.

"That's Ryoga's impulsiveness for you." Nabiki said sarcastically, but with concern for the Lost Boy's well-being.

"Don't worry Ranma. He'll wake up in a few minutes. I didn't get serious with him. That'll teach that impertinent to respect his elders." Happosai said to the red-haired martial artist, more out of his own arrogance than to calm Ranma's concern.

"Spare me your condescendence, old goat. You've been provoking him the whole time." Ranma said with anger. Then she focused her attention to her boyfriend. "Ryoga, wake up, please." She said while softly smacking his cheek.

After a couple of minutes, Ryoga opened his eyes, and Ranma and the rest of the family breathed a sigh of relief.

"See? I told you." Said a satisfied Happosai. "Well, I'll go now to take a nice walk and maybe get new additions to my collection. Ranma, think about my demand. Apologize to me and try some pieces from my collection, and I will consider myself satisfied."

"I would rather drink sewer water than apologize to you or wear anything from you." Replied the redhead, while caressing Ryoga's cheek, who still was disoriented.

"Then you'll end up doing it the hard way. You'll see, boy!" Said the old master with anger, who then wrapped a piece of cloth around his face to cover his identity, and then jumped out of the house and disappeared. When the wicked old man could not be seen anymore, everyone sighed relieved.

"How are you feeling?" asked the redheaded girl to her boyfriend, still caressing his cheek.

"Beaten up, but I'm ok." He replied

"Can you sit up?"

"Yeah, I think I do." He said, then standing up and scratching the back of his head.

"That was why I didn't want you to fight him. He's too strong. We need to find another way to beat him." She told him in a calmed but reprimanding tone.

"I'm sorry Ranma. I couldn't stand him saying those things to you." Apologized the Lost Boy, lowering his gaze.

"Don't worry. I'm just glad that he didn't hurt you." Replied the redheaded beauty.

"What can we do? Not even Ryoga can beat the master!" Started Soun in panic. "Ranma, why don't you satisfy only his demand about wearing lingerie? Maybe he gets happy with that and leave us alone for some time!"

"Soun! How you dare to say something like that!" Protested Nodoka indignant.

"Would you want one of your daughters to do that, Soun?" asked Genma. Soun lowered his gaze ashamed.

"You're right, Genma. I'm sorry." Said Soun regretting having suggested it.

"Don't worry old friend. I'm afraid too, but Ranma is my son… and my daughter. I won't stand doing nothing allowing that my child becomes a sexual toy for that disgusting pervert. We have to find a way to defeat him." Everyone was surprised with how Genma was talking, Ranma the most. The father she had always known would have offered her to Happosai only out of sheer fear to him.

"Thank you Pop." Ranma said to her father resting a hand on his arm. The veteran martial artist smiled to her. Nodoka observed father and daughter and smiled too. This was something she didn't expect from Genma, and made her feel relieved.

"Why don't we have lunch. The food was ready when that old wicked man arrived. I know that the mood is not going to be the same, but at least we'll eat together." Proposed Nodoka with a sad smile.

Ranma grabbed her mother's hand, which Nodoka thanked. "You're right Mom, let's eat together. We may even forget that the old fart returned, at least for a couple of hours." She said giving a sympathetic smile to her mother.

Everyone agreed, and started to prepare the table with napkins, glasses for the water and the wine and silverware and chopsticks, serving the food Kasumi and Nodoka had prepared during the morning. I was true that the mood was not the best after the return of Happosai, but they tried to at least enjoy the food, conversing between them trying to cheer up. Ranma and Ryoga told everyone their plan to move from their current home to an apartment of their own in a few weeks. They had to sooth everyone's concern that they may move somewhere too far away from them, explaining how they wanted to rent an apartment as close as possible to a central position from Nodoka's house, the Tendo Dojo and Ryoga's parents house. This made the family happy and everyone congratulated the couple for this big step they were going to take.

The lunch eventually ended, and after helping to clean up, the young couple of martial artists decided to go home before Happosai could show up again and create more trouble.

The couple returned home walking, thinking about the awful new problem they had ahead, and wondering how they were going to solve it, knowing too well that with Happosai, there were no permanent solutions, unless the old goat did them a favour and kicked the bucket.

On their way back home, Ryoga noticed that Ranma was distracted, like her mind was somewhere far from there, and she had barely talked in the last 20 minutes. They were holding hands while walking, and the Lost Boy reached his free hand to Ranma's chin and tenderly moved it to make her look at him. When she had her eyes on his, he talked.

"Ranma, don't worry. We'll find a way to defeat him. You have always beaten him." Ryoga said trying to cheer her up.

"Thanks, hon." She said showing a sad smile to him. "I hope so, but he is especially worrisome to me now." She said.

"Why?" asked puzzled the Lost Boy.

"Before being with you, before all these new feelings I have about my gender and my sexuality, when he… molested me, it was disgusting, but I could forget it quickly, because this wasn't my real body. But I don't feel like that anymore. This is my body, and he will try to abuse it, grope it, and I fear to feel… raped. I'm scared Ryoga. It's like living that Jiro nightmare I told you about all over again."

Ryoga stopped, and hugged his girlfriend tightly. She returned the hug squeezing his strong back with her arms. "I'll be with you as much as the job lets me. Same as with Jiro, I'll quit if it's necessary to stay with you. Because while we're together, he won't lay a finger on you. I swear, Ranma. And we will find a way to make him disappear from our lives."

"Thank you Ryoga." Said Ranma with teary eyes.

"Oh, come on, don't thank me. I would do anything for you." Replied the Lost Boy, and hugged her again tightly, rubbing her back trying to comfort her.

Ryoga understood why this was so scary for her. Ranma was only feeling like a woman for a few months, and this was still very new to her. With her being so vulnerable, to be sexually assaulted by that old pervert could leave scars in Ranma's psyche. He remembered how much she was affected by the taunts and sexual threats Jiro hurled at her to know that she couldn't take it. He cursed to be again in a similar situation as with Jiro; he trying to protect her, but not being able to stay with her the whole time due to his work. Only this time, instead of a maniac wanting to kill her, it was a sexual predator trying to abuse her.

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It was 2:30 p.m. and the last class of this Monday, PE, had finished 10 minutes ago, with all the students in Ranma's classroom heading to the corresponding locker room depending on whether they were boys or girls. For Ranma, things weren't so easy. She was locked in female form, and she had started to attend PE classes since her splint was removed and she could move again her arm. She didn't want to shower in the boys' locker room, for obvious reasons, but the girls didn't want her in their locker room either. In the end, the pigtailed girl had reached an agreement with the girls in which she would wait until the last one would finish her shower and the locker room would be deserted of students, and then she could have her shower. This would delay Ranma from the time she normally got home, but she didn't mind. In any case Ryoga still had more than an hour to get home, so she was in no hurry.

When the last girl left the restroom, Ranma entered the room with her clothes and clean change of underwear, along with a towel. Akane and Ukyo waited for her, sitting on a bench in the zone of the lockers, chatting distracted. The redheaded girl then took off her PE female uniform and tossed it to the dirty laundry. She didn't mind being nude in female form in front of other girls, even less if they were friends of her. Regarding the female uniform, it was another agreement she had reached with the girls and with the teacher up until she could change again to a boy. Until that, she would play in the girls' team. Her male classmates were delighted to be able to see her in a female PE uniform, being as skimpy as it was, and her female classmates just tried to not let her and Akane to be on the same team or otherwise they would have a huge advantage. Since the beating Ryoga gave to Jiro, no classmates protested against her presence in their team again.

When Ranma was completely nude, she went to the showers room and entered the shower tray, turning on the hot water handle, to a lukewarm temperature. Then the warm liquid run through her head and back, getting rid of the sweat and giving her a relaxing sensation that covered her full body. She turned off the water after that and started to lather herself with soap. In less than a minute, her body and head was covered with soap foam, and then she proceeded to rinse the foam turning on the hot water again. When she finished, she used the towel to dry her soaked body, when after a minute or so, she thought she heard a noise, but it was hard to tell with the murmur of the conversation between Akane and Ukyo in the other room. She resumed drying herself with the towel, and when she was working on her legs she was startled by something that jumped to her butt, and she started to feel something slimy rubbing against her skin. She turned her head back shocked to see what was happening, and she saw the disgusting face of Happosai with lecherous eyes stuck to her buttocks while he was sucking her butt. She screamed in horror and tried to grab him, but the fact that he was hanging from her butt and dodging her attempts to grab him was making it really hard to get him off her.

"Hello my beloved student! You don't know how I have missed this! Hahaha!" laughed Happosai while he kept stuck to Ranma's butt, kissing it and sucking it while groping her buttocks, with the girl desperately trying to get him off her, but the small pervert kept dodging every try.

When Akane and Ukyo heard the scream, they reacted instantly and run to the showers to see what was happening. When they entered the shower room they saw Ranma, completely nude, moving from one place to another trying to grab the pervert, but he moved constantly without letting go of his prey and dodging Ranma's hands. Ukyo cursed for not having with her her giant spatula, but Akane saw a broom resting against a wall close to her, quickly grabbed it and swung the stick with great speed, hitting the lecherous old man with all her might, sending him straight against a wall on the other side of the room, where he crashed with a noisy thud.

"Bastard!" screamed Ranma when she finally saw herself free of him, her face was redder than her hair, and she was trembling, bordering the anxiety attack, and collapsed on the floor breathing heavily. Ukyo kneeled beside her and embraced her, trying to comfort her. Akane stood on guard in front of them holding the broom in a defensive stance, ready to strike again.

Happosai got up from the floor and rubbed his cheek, where the broom impacted. "Akane! Why would you do that?"

"Stay away from her, fucking pervert! Get out from here!" she screamed furious.

"Akane, come on, I was only joking with Ranma. It's just a game we have played many times." Tried to excuse himself Happosai.

"Joking? Do you think that sexually assaulting her is like joking with her? You are sicker than I thought." told him Ukyo while holding tight in an embrace the abused girl.

"Sexually assault her? What are you talking about, girl? He's a man, so this doesn't count. Besides that, he never cared about me doing this to him." Retorted Happosai, incapable of understanding why this was so hurting for Ranma, or not caring at all.

"I did care, you bastard! Every one of those times you groped me I did care! It disgusted me to no end. Every time you touched me I felt sick. But I could handle it back then. But now, I can't, I can't stand it…" Ranma said, tears falling down her cheeks. She started to whine. Ukyo tried to calm her rubbing her back with her hand. Akane looked at her, and felt a sting of pain in her heart, seeing her friend suffering.

"Don't you understand the damage you're doing to her? Can't you see how horrible is to a woman what you're doing?!" exclaimed Akane to the old master, trying, with little hope, to reason with him. Then she realized, when Happosai cared about how a woman would feel by his assaults? When did he care about the damage he did to anyone? He only cared for himself. The only thing the Tendo girl wanted right now was for the old pervert to go away and leave Ranma alone.

"What damage? Why are you talking this nonsense? Oh, now I see. You're trying to fool me into feel pity for Ranma so I forget my just demands on him as his master. No way. I don't want to. He must apologize to me and wear some pieces of my collection so I can forgive him. What do you say Ranma? Do you give up and apologize?" Said Happosai to the redheaded girl.

"I say that you can rot in hell, old fart." She answered still sobbing.

"You have her answer. Go away Happosai. Leave her alone." Replied Akane to the old man.

"You'll regret this, stupid boy. Better watch your back, because I'll give you my 'regards' to you the least expected moment. In the end you'll show me the respect you owe me, student! Hahaha!" exclaimed the old master and disappeared through an open window.

When he could not be seen anymore, the three girls sighed in relief.

"Are you ok, Ranchan?" asked Ukyo.

"No, I'm not ok, Uchan. That bastard licked all my butt and groped it, and I couldn't get him off me. I can still feel his tongue in my skin." She said, lowering her stare, starting to sob again. "I need to clean myself again."

"Of course. We will wait for you right here, next to the showers. Don't worry, I don't think that bastard will come back again, but we'll keep an eye on you, just in case." Replied Ukyo to her friend resting her hand on her shoulder.

"Ok. Thank you friends. Thank you for helping me." Ranma said, then stretching her arms out to melt the three of them in a collective embrace.

When Ranma was more calmed, she went to the showers and cleaned herself again, trying to not remember what just happened a few minutes ago. She was dying to get out of there and arrive home, and she wanted even more to embrace Ryoga. When she finished and was dressed in her signature black pants and red Chinese shirt, the three girls walked to the front gate of the school. When they reached the gate, Ranma stopped. The other girls noticed and stopped by her side.

"Ranma, what's happening?" asked Akane quizzically.

The redheaded girl didn't respond immediately and was staring at the ground. After a couple of seconds, she finally talked, turning her eyes to them.

"Uchan, Akane, if you see Ryoga, please don't tell him what happened." She said visibly ashamed.

"What? Why, Ranma? He's your boyfriend. He'll want to know about this." Said astonished Ukyo.

"I know Uchan, but if Ryoga knows about this, I fear he may do something stupid." Said Ranma with worriedness in her eyes.

"Something stupid?" asked Ukyo.

"Like looking for Happosai and fight against him." Said Akane surprising Ukyo, who hadn't considered that.

"Yeah, and the best thing that could happen is that Ryoga could get lost while looking for Happosai, so that way he would not fight him." Explained Ranma to Ukyo.

"I'm sorry Ranma. I didn't think about that. Yes, Happosai is too powerful even for Ryoga." Said Ukyo ashamed. "Do you think Happosai would dare to hurt him badly?"

"I don't know, but maybe Ryoga wouldn't give him another choice." Said the pigtailed girl with sadness, not wanting to imagine how a fight between Ryoga and Happosai would end, with Ryoga learning what the old pervert did to her today.

"I won't tell him nothing, I promise." Said Ukyo, not happy to promise something like that, but understanding Ranma's reasons.

"We won't tell him, but you need to think of a way to beat Happosai, Ranma. Because you can't expect from us to be quiet while that bastard molests you Kami knows how many times. Maybe Cologne knows of a way to beat him. She is nearly as powerful as he is, and nobody knows more than her about magic, potions and any sort of remedies. There has to be something we can use against him." Explained Akane, which surprised the pigtailed girl. She hadn't thought about the Amazon matriarch up until that moment, and Akane was right. She had to know of something they could use against the pervert.

"You're right Akane. Cologne can help us. I'll go with Ryoga this afternoon to the Cat Café and we'll talk with her. If there's something that can help us against the old fart, Cologne must know.

With some hope on their faces, the three friends resumed their walk, with Ukyo heading to her Okonomiyaki restaurant, and Ranma and Akane heading to the Tendo Dojo, from where Ranma then would go alone to her home. She feared that Happosai could attack her again while she walked alone to her home, but this time he could not caught her distracted or in a situation where it would be hard for her to defend herself.

Half an hour later, Ranma arrived home, luckily without incidents. After letting Shirokuro in and petting her, she closed and locked the backyard door again and went to the sofa, where she collapsed, lying on her back stretching out her legs. She was exhausted after the incident in the locker room, and closed her eyes. Could it be possible that Happosai did not assault her again to follow her and find out where she was living now? If that was the case, she could do nothing against it. If Happosai did know now where she was living, he'd know that Ryoga would be with her too, and that made harder his lecherous attempts of molesting her. Ranma was surprised at the new heights of Happosai's wickedness. He was abusing and sexually harassing her to force her to apologize to him and force her to be a sex toy to him. The mere thought made the redheaded girl sick in her stomach. This was so twisted that it was too much even for him. They needed to speak with Cologne. If there's someone who could knew a way to defeat Happosai, it had to be her. Ranma just needed to wait for Ryoga and they could go together to the Cat Café to seek the help of the old Amazon.