Ranma's New Fiance

Ranma woke up and rubbed her swollen itching eyes. She pushed herself up and realized that it had only been a few hours since her little discussion with Mousse. Mousse, the thought of him brought fresh tears to her eyes. All that she'd thought they'd meant to each other was all lies! He'd never stopped pining for Shampoo, they're entire marriage was based on lies!

When her rage subsided she forced herself to acknowledge that it was she who had compelled him to marry her. She was the one who took him away from the girl he'd sworn to marry. She had known about his obsession, but thought she was doing the right thing by claiming him and taking him away from a bad situation when she found out that Shampoo was beating him. She hadn't given him a choice in the matter JUST LIKE HER FAMILY AND FIANCEES BACK IN NERIMA DID TO HER! How had she acted different from the whole demanding, grabby bunch of them? Yet Mousse had never blamed her for it, he had been the best husband a girl could hope to have. He was kind and took care of her when she was down, rather then making fun of her as her father used to. He acted like her opinion mattered and she felt so relaxed in his presence. When they made love, it felt so natural that she'd never questioned her sexually or died of shame when she wore lingerie for him. He made her feel,special, cherished and loved, not like a trophy to be won.

She took care of him too because she wanted to. At first he'd just been this rather nice, geeky guy. But then he turned out to be charming, sweet, intelligent and so good looking. Her friendship with him had blossomed when they'd become lovers until he'd ceased being a taboo male and just became the person she loved. She loved him she realized, and now she would have to let him go. She couldn't renounce him, but she could leave here and let him choose who he wanted to be with. The thought of him being with someone else killed her, but it was the right thing to do.

She got up and washed her face, squared her shoulder and went to his room. She knocked softly on the door. When he didn't answer, she pushed open the door and said "Mousse?' She found him asleep on his bed and thought she shouldn't disturb him. Perhaps she should just pack her bags and leave. But where to go? She knew no one here and didn't want to go back to Nerima, the fiancées would think that it hadn't worked out and then the fun and games would begin again. She made a decision and lightly shook him; she frowned when he didn't awake. Mousse was normally such a light sleeper. She shook him harder this time, again nothing. Finally she shook him with all her might and got the barest of grunts from him. Concerned she felt his pulse, it was rather weak. She looked around and spotted an empty pill bottle. She eyes grew wide as she realized what had happened. This time she slapped him "Mousse what have you done, I love you" she cried. Mousse opened his unfocused and dilated eyes "Ranma?" he said.

"Yes, it's me. You have to stay awake, I'll get you to the hospital" she cried and lifted him up into a sitting position.

"I'm tired, let me sleep" he whined as she propped all the pillows she could behind him and ran for a pitcher of water and the largest bowl they owned.

"Have some water" she order him, having an idea how to get the pills out of him.

"Don't want any" he said his head nodding.

She forced him to drink three glasses and then pushed her fingers down his throat time and time, again until his vomit ran clear. She struggled to get him to the hummer, but with her tiny body, it was like a minnow trying to maneuver a shark. "What am I doing" she cried smacking herself in the head and boiled water. The now male Ranma had no problem carrying the slighter, but taller body of Mousse to the hummer, covered him with a blanket and drove him to the hospital like a bat out of hell. He picked him up and ran into the emergency room "you have to help me, my husband tried to kill himself" he cried, earning some startled looks from the nurses. A doctor quickly took charge.

Ranma could only wait helplessly in the waiting room and pray that he hadn't discovered him too late. He dashed tears from his eyes and opened the note that Mousse had left for him. Feeling wrong about being a male while reading a note addressed to her female self, she doused herself with water from the cooler and resumed what was now her preferred form. She read it and openly cried, there was so much love in his writing, he explained how he had needed Shampoo when he'd been eight. How she'd seemed like she was a goddess who would always love and protect him. How he now knew that the face she'd presented to him wasn't real, and what he thought was love, was merely an obsession. Then he went onto explain that the happiest moments of his life were the two months that he'd spent with Ranma and how nice it felt to know that he was with someone who cared about him and never strove to hurt him. She couldn't help blushing a little at the descriptions of how much he loved having sex with her. In the end he urged her to find someone worthy of her, that she wanted and not someone who commanded her or foisted themselves on her. She could now afford to go or be anything she wanted. "Please don't die" she said cradling his note against herself.

"Miss Saotome?" the doctor said when he found her asleep.

"Doctor is he okay?" she said jumping to her feet.

"Yes, you did the right thing forcing him to vomit. He just has to sleep off the rest and should be able to go home tomorrow" the doctor assured her.

"Can I see him?" she said in relief.

"Of course" the doctor said.

Ranma went to his room; she touched his neck and was relieved that his pulse was steady. She sat down and held his hand.

When Mousse awoke he felt like absolute crap, his limbs felt weak, his head throbbed and his stomach hurt, He could feel some lying on him and looked to find Ranma's flame bright head nestled on his shoulder, while her arm was curled over his other shoulder. Her hair was unbounded and spread around her face endearingly. Then Mousse realized that he was alive. Why wasn't he dead? Then he realized that Ranma wouldn't let him die. Then he quashed that thought, he didn't want to think of anyone as being his savior anymore. Ranma was a nice girl who had given her heart to him for some odd reason and not a goddess, but his wife. He had been so stuck thinking of Ranma as a guy, who was currently enjoying being a woman, that he hadn't noticed that she'd changed. She was Ranma ,who was practically a force of nature, but she was still his sweet and devoted wife. She stirred and awoke "Mousse you're okay" she said hugging him.

He hugged her back "yes, I'm sorry that I worried you. I felt like my world was over last night" he said.

Then she slapped him, but not hard "don't you ever try and kill yourself again, I'll kill you if you do" she said. "Was she really worth that to you?" she asked him.

"She was my dream and I didn't want to go on when it was gone" he answered.

"Sounds like you need new dreams. What do you want to do?" she asked.

"I don't know" he replied "I want to build a hospital in the village named after my mother; I want to make sure that all the employees at my father's various businesses have proper health care. I want to graduate college and I want go to Aruba, where my parents went on honeymoon" he said.

"You see, you do have dreams and they are all obtainable" she said encouragingly and hugged him.

"I want to have a family" he said looking at her.

She got a lump in her throat "I release you from our marriage" she said.

"But I thought this is what you wanted?" he asked confused.

"Yes it is, but I never asked you what you wanted. I'll leave here and return to Nerima, by giving up my citizenship I shall render our marriage null and void, allowing you to find someone worthy of you" she said.

"Nerima? But you hated it there; no one gave you a moment's rest. Not even me. Are you sure you wouldn't like to stay with me?" Mousse asked her.

"When you look at me you see a woman, but I'll always have my curse. Can you accept both sides of me?" Ranma asked.

"I can't love your male side romantically, but I like both sides of you" Mousse said cautiously.

"Do you love me? If you do I would follow you to the ends of the earth, but it has to be your decision" Ranma finally said.

"I do love you" Mousse replied. "That's part of why I tried to.....you know. I wanted you to be with someone who deserved you"

Ranma kissed him softly and held him "so we're in love and we're not sure if we can stay together because of my curse" she concluded.

"I guess it wouldn't be fair to your male side, I don't want you to come to resent me because I'm the wrong gender" he said sadly. Mousse suddenly got an idea in his head. "Ranma you said that I should trust you when you're away. Could you trust me to return to you if I go away for a few days? There's something I need to do" Mousse said.

"Of course" Ranma answered.

"You won't ask questions?" Mousse said.

"I promise" she said.

A few days later when Mousse was well enough to travel ,Ranma helped him pack and kissed him goodbye. She waved as he vanished into the wilds. She wasn't concerned about him not returning because she loved him and trusted him.

Shampoo

Shampoo was surprised when she was summoned before the council.

"We are sitting in judgment of you Xian Pu" Cologne told her.

"Me, what have I done?" she asked.

'There have been reports that you have been abusing the guards, you have stolen money from a fellow Amazon and that you were cheating on Ranma, I have evidence to show that you were sexually active with someone other then your airen when you were under kiss of marriage or death" Cologne said.

"That's outrageous" she said

"Ba Awl's mother told her that you made her have sex with your husband yesterday. How do you plead?" Cologne said in a hard voice.

"She wanted it, she seduced my Ryoga. You make sure that she gets her cloak and never bothers me again" she said.

"The laws banishment for The Weak are not longer in effect; she refuses to testify against you, but she shall be turned over to a rape councilor as Ranma decreed" Cologne said.

"Ranma decreed?" Shampoo cried in outrage.

"She's change a lot of things around here" Cologne said. "She's considered to be a powerful woman. I wouldn't suggest you get on her bad side. Now back to the charges. You stolen money intended for Mousse from his mother, that's two charges now. How do you plead?"

"Not guilty of either one. The little slut wanted Ryoga and Mousse wanted me to have that money" Shampoo said.

"And having sex outside of your oath?" Cologne said.

"Not guilty, I was a virgin on my wedding night" Shampoo said.

"It is nice to see how well you lie. Ba Awl was examined by a doctor at her mother's insistence and it was determined that yesterday was her first time, hardly the actions of a wanton woman. I traced Amanda's cheques back to your account, the money is to be given to Ba Awl for your ill treatment of her or else you will face fraud charges in the high court. Mousse has agreed for this money to be given to her. As for you being a virgin, Nabiki Tendo sold me a photo of Tatewaki Kuno and yourself having sex for a modest fee. For these crimes you are hereby stripped of your role as future matriarchal of our village. You are disowned and without honour. As you are no longer an Amazon, you must leave the village first thing tomorrow and never return."

"No great-grandmother you can't do this to me!" she cried.

"Sorry child I must, you are a menace to society and bad seeds should never be allowed to root. You, your husband and your questionable spawn are not welcomed here" she said and turned her back on her shrieking, especially since most of them involved foul language directed at her.

Now it was Ranma's turn to pace, a week, Mousse had been gone for an entire week! She was fuming as she imagined him dead in a ditch, his broken body being eaten by animals. He could have been attacked by slavers and now was on his way to a foreign land where his pale good looks would be worth a lot. Scenario after scenario presented itself to Ranma's worried brain, so she barely acknowledged when the door opened. Mousse watched her pace the floor until he said "Ranma, are you trying to wear a hole in the carpet?"

"Mousse" she squealed and hugged him. "Where the hell have you been?" she demanded.

"Jusenkyo" Mousse replied. "Look I'm parched, can I have some water" he asked.

Ranma sighed, poured him a glass from the pitcher in the fridge and said. "What the hell did you go there for?" she asked him.

"I thought about what you said about your curse and figured if you can't lick them, join them" he said and poured the water over his head. "That's if you can accept me as I did you" she concluded. Ranma jaw dropped as she regarded the most beautiful woman she'd ever seen. The spring of the drowned girl didn't just make you look like a certain girl, but what a feminine version of yourself would look like, kind of how a sister could. Mousse's form wasn't petite and buxom like Ranma's, but tall (though much shorter then male Mousse) and slender like a supermodel. Her already delicate features shifted slightly to a more feminine version of Mousse's own face, with the same porcelain skin. Her breasts were full, her waist tiny, hips slim, her buttocks high, full and firm and her legs long. Her body was just as fit and toned as Mousse's male body was. Her slightly more pouty lips curved into a smile and her green eyes danced with amusement. "Well?" she asked.

"You're the most gorgeous creature I've ever seen" Ranma declared.

"Creature?" the high, rich feminine voice said with a soft smile. "I know that you went through all that trouble to cure my curse, but I thought that this would be the only way we could be together and I liked the thought of having options too"

Taking the tea that Ranma had been drinking, she flung it over her head. "Here its better if I think like a male for now" he said and moved closer. Mousse looked at him while he moved towards her, she came up to his chin and he rather relished this change. He examined her, she was intoxicating. Mousse as a male was a beauty, but Mousse as a girl was nothing short of phenomenal! Ranma could feel himself getting hard just from standing close to her.

"I guess you like what you see?" she said a slightly nervous tone of voice, when she noticed that.

Ranma backed off immediately "Mousse I'm sorry, I forgot your fear of men touching you for a second"

She caught his face and held it between her hands "I want you to make love to me" she said.

"Are you sure? " Ranma said.

She nodded "I have to get over this fear; I need to replace my bad memories with good. I know that you won't hurt me, you love me and I trust you" she said and kissed him.

Ranma groaned in surrender and carried her to her bed and lay her down. "Mousse, you know that I'm pretty much a virgin from this side and you're probably one too. We'll go as slow as you need" he said.

"I have a hymen, I checked" she said nervously.

"Lie back and let me taste you like you do me" Ranma whispered and helped her out of her clothes. She moaned while he stroked her delicate, pink nipples and gently suckled them. Her moans escalated as Ranma's tongue lashed the inside of her sweet pink sex and swirled around her clit, until she clutched his ponytail and came with a harsh cry. Ranma looked for signs of panic, but she panted in post orgasmic bliss. He pondered the best position to take her in, and then he remembered that the young Mousse had been pinned down. He arranged her so that she was astride him while he lay on his back. "Mousse I want you to take your time, all you have to do is impale yourself on me and let your own body weight break your hymen" Ranma explained as he held her hips so that the tip of his cock brushed her entrance.

"I'm ready" she said bravely as her heart was racing. Sensing this, Ranma stroked her back and leaned up for a kiss. Mousse began slowly moving on him until she couldn't go any further, knocking that ripping her hymen fast would make it easier, she lunged down on him and whimpered with pain. Ranma gasped to be gripped by hot, tight female flesh and couldn't decide whether sex was better as a man or as a woman. He started slowly moving in Mousse, trying to find her sweet spot; she mewled when he found it. He kept this up, gradually picking up the pace until she came hard around him. Ranma groaned as her pulsating walls massaged him, he just managed to hold himself back by mental pacing his katas, the fact that she was making sounds like a cat in heat wasn't helping. Mousse was crazy with lust, unaware that she was actually saying "more, don't stop, that's it and deeper" out loud. She was riding Ranma full bore and her hair was flying everywhere, she snarled as she came again, and then again when her final flood was joined by Ranma's. She let out a contented sigh and snuggled her now husband, she suddenly wished she'd had this curse a long time ago.

"That was wonderful" she said as she practically purred against the sweaty, teenaged male softening in her.

"Wow you're a natural at this" he chuckled. "So you like it better as a male or female?" he asked stroking her disheveled hair. She smiled, having never felt so well loved.

"Hard to say, it seems to be a little more intense as a female and concentrated in different places" she said and kissed his collarbone. "Now I'm famished, what say I grab a quick shower and we make something to eat?" she suggested.

"Sounds great, I thought we could make bbq pork buns for tonight" he said.

"Sounds good" Mousse said with a grin. Ranma admired her body again as she went into the washroom naked. Her scream a few minutes later startled him.

"What's wrong?" he asked flinging over the door. Mousse stood in a still warm shower a girl.

"R-Ranma why aren't I changing back?" she asked in a panic. Ranma put two and two together and said "did you take any of those herbs you're always hounding me about?" he asked her.

Her hands flew to her mouth and she went pale "shit" she said in a small voice.

Ranma turned off the water and wrapped her in a towel, "its okay you said you wanted a family, it's just my turn to be the husband and take care of you" he assured her. "Besides, I really like you in this form and intend to explore every inch of it in the next nine months" he said, Mousse just shivered.

Shampoo and Ryoga were escorted out of the village. Shampoo was in a horrible mood "how could they do this to me, I'm their future leader! What the hell are we going to do now?" she shrieked.

"It'll be okay honey, my parents send me an allowance and I pick up part-time work sometimes." Ryoga said.

"How much?" she demanded.

"Two hundred thousand yen, it's not much, but I know people who can get you work as a waitress" he assured her. She just shrieked. She paused when she saw Ranma come of the gate with a slender, beautiful female. "Ranma where are you going?" she demanded and then narrowed her eyes at his companion; she gasped when the familiar features snapped into place.

"Mousse?" she said. Mousse just looked embarrassed

Ryoga examined her "so you have the same curse as Ranma now?" he asked her.

"I thought I would try it" she said lamely.

"And now my honey is locked like this until our baby's born. I get to be husband for now" Ranma said giving them a wolfish smile and placing his hand on her still, flat belly. "We're just waiting for our limo, we've decided to travel a bit before settling and she wants to see Aruba" Ranma explained.

"Limo?" Shampoo asked blankly.

"Yep, I was lucky enough to marry me a rich guy, well girl for now I guess" Ranma said with a grin.

"You're rich?" Shampoo demanded of Mousse.

She could have sworn she smirked "we are you mean, my husband and myself. Bye Shampoo have a nice life" she said as the stretch limo pulled up and Ranma helped her into it. They both laughed as it pulled away and even in the distance, they could see Shampoo yelling at Ryoga. Ranma pulled Mousse close, she sighed and snuggled against him. "I love you Mrs. Saotome" he said.

"I love you too Mr. Saotome. However let's make a deal that while I'm the wife, I take your last name and when you're the wife, you take mine" she suggested.

"Deal" Ranma said.

5 Years Later

The Tendo house hadn't change in the time since he'd been away; he knocked softly at the door. He smiled when Akane answered it and gave him a friendly hug.

"Ranma you actually did come back!" she said.

"Well, I did promise, but circumstances have changed" he said. He'd repeated this speech in his head, as he wanted to let her down easy.

"Well I can see that" she said and smiled in greeting at the more mature Mousse as he pushed the double stroller expertly up the driveway. "I guess what I predicted was true, you fell for Mousse and had his babies" she said, moving so she could see their children.

"The older one is a girl named Amanda and the younger one is a boy named Shinji" Mousse said, gazing fondly at their offspring. Akane could see that both he and Ranma had thrived in their close, loving relationship as both men looked fit and handsome.

"Actually, Mousse is the mother of Amanda and I'm the mother of Shinji" Ranma explained.

Akane looked up sharply "the spring of the drowned young girl, the both of you?" she asked.

"Yah, want to see me as a girl?" Mousse asked hopefully.

Ranma rolled his eyes "he's really swell headed about his female form, don't get him started" he warned.

"You're just jealous, people say you make a cute girl and they offer me modeling contracts" Mousse said, sticking his tongue out affectionately at his spouse. Sensing that Ranma wanted to talk to Akane, Mousse asked "do you mind if I show the children your koi pond?"

"Of course not, you know where it is, we'll join you in a few minutes" she said

"Akane I know what I promised, but....." Ranma said.

Akane placed her hand on his mouth "shut up dummy, I'm not going to hold you to a promise that you made when you were sixteen, I moved on too and I'm married now" she said.

"Really, to who?" Ranma asked.

"Would you like to meet him?" Akane said.

"Sure", he agreed.

"Come out honey" Akane said with her eyes sparkling with good humour. They were joined by a rather shortish, slender male with long brown hair and blue eye.

"Hi Ran-chan, long time no see" he said.

Ranma studied him; there was something so familiar about him, especially the giant spatula. "Ukyou!" he cried.

"Actually its Kannon now, I got my name changed to" the former Ukyou said.

"I guess you find this weird" Akane said.

"No weirder than my situation" Ranma said.

"That's true, Ukyou and I stayed in touch after she left and she invited me to visit when I was interviewing colleges where she lived. Well, he admitted to me that he had his sex change when I arrived. I spent a week with the new him and fell in love with him.

"Ranma what to you think?" Akane said taking Kannon's hand"

Ranma just laughed "I think that you should come meet my family, Kannon" he said.

"And that's how we got together" the now female Ranma explained as she breastfed Shinji. "We're both in school and travel on our vacations, of course having a nanny helps with two small children"

"How can you afford a nanny?" Akane wondered out loud.

Ranma took Mousse's hand while he was cuddling Amanda and said "his mother left us some money"

Akane looked at their children, Amanda was a little redhead with green eyes and Mousse's black hair had made it onto Shinji's head along with Ranma's blue eyes. Both were an adorable combination of their attractive parents. She looked questioningly at Kannon, who gave her an encouraging nod.

"Ranma, we can't have children because Kannon isn't a genetic male. I know that this is a lot to ask, but we had wonder, that is if we ever saw you again, if you would be willing......?" Akane said with a blush.

"I'll do it" Ranma said.

"You don't mind Mousse?" Kannon asked.

"Not in the least, its kind of fitting that Ranma will be the father of Akane's child" he replied with a friendly smile.

"Thank you both so much, I'll call the clinic in the morning" Akane said gratefully and left with a joyful Kannon.

"This could have been your life" Mousse said, stroking their daughter's fussy head as his wife breastfed her.

"I love my life just fine" she said kissing him gently on the lips.

FIN