Akane Mu: Disowned

People seem to be confused by this story. I wish to clarify a few points; this is a R/A pairing and a M/S pairing at the same time. This is about a journey that Akane is undertaking, Ranma is only in the background, he doesn't have to save her because she's safe where she is. It is about what could happen if someone stepped outside of their normal existence and were offered another life and identity and how that would change them. As for the back stories that I am writing about the other characters, these are a key factor in the story. Akane's starting to get to know the motivating factors behind the stubborn, driven martial artists that make up the wrecking crew and is making emotional connections with them. Perhaps I should have called it Akane's Journey: Who Are These Weird People? I didn't like this title. If you are still wondering about the story, feel free to drop me a PM.

Regarding longer chapters, I update almost every day at work and can't do more then six pages as result. I don't wish to lose my job over my hobby :)

Btw, the racial slurs are only done by an outraged father and sour grapes that the hottest girl in school supposedly chose someone they thought an odd choice.

Sid

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Ranma

Ranma was in his room serendipitously reading the books that Dr. Tofu had loaned him. He was blushing like mad at both the graphic depictions of female genitalia and then learning what the slag terms actually meant. "Popping her cherry' became breaking her hymen. "Eating a girl out" became cunnilingus or oral sex and the location of a girl's clitoris became apparently clear. Dr. Tofu had been right, Ranma had never attended a sex ed class and was clueless except for locker room talk, which often confused him.

Wanting to test this new knowledge, Ranma dumped a glass of cold water that he had with him over his head and blushingly removed her pants. Her trembling fingers reached towards the top of her slit. She gasped when she touched the sensitive organ there. She rubbed it experimentally and gently moaned when waves of desire shot through her. Her pulse quickened and she flushed when she imagined her finger to be Akane's own slim digit. She deepened the circular motions until she reached her peak and gasped "Akane"

The flustered girl rushed to the onsen before anyone could ask her why she was a girl. He redressed after his bath and then reviewed the earmarked section on the hymen:

1The hymen, or the vaginal corona, is a fold of mucous membrane that surrounds or partially covers the external vaginal opening. It forms part of the vulva, or external genitalia. Despite this, it is not possible to confirm that a woman is a virgin by examining her hymen. In cases of suspected rape or sexual abuse, a detailed examination of the hymen may be carried out; but the condition of the hymen alone is often inconclusive or open to misinterpretation, especially if the patient has reached puberty. In children, although a common appearance of the hymen is crescent-shaped, many variations are possible. After a woman gives birth, she may be left with remnants of the hymen, called carunculae myrtiformes, or the hymen may be completely absent.

He reread this and set the book down to absorb the fact that its absence was not an indicative of virginity and then picked the book up purposely to confront Mr. Tendo.

"You see" Ranma lectured "Akane was examined by Dr. Tofu and although she didn't have a hymen, no sexual activity had taken place either. They were telling the truth about Mousse having something slipped into his drink, Akane staying with him to talk him down and then falling asleep. What you saw was completely innocent and most likely Akane's still a virgin" he said.

Mr. Tendo mulled this over while he sipped his sake, it was true that he missed his youngest daughter but wasn't going to admit that he might have been wrong without concrete proof. "It doesn't mean that she isn't either" he said calmly.

"Mr. Tendo, you should know that an active lifestyle can tear a hymen. Mrs. Tendo was a martial artist, surely that affected hers?" Ranma suggested grasping at straws.

Soun's head shot up at the insult "not that it's any of your business, but my wife was entirely a virgin on our wedding night. She was examined by a doctor before my family agreed to the match. Do not insult my late wife that way! If Akane really was a virgin, wouldn't she be here trying to persuade me of her innocence rather then living in sin with Mousse?" he snarled.

"I can see why she isn't bothering, you aren't willing to listen to reason" Ranma said. "At least read this book, it suggest ways that women can lose their virginity naturally and contains statistics about how many women are born without a hymen" he implored him and then noticed his future father-in-law's gaze narrow as he read the title of the book. Ranma blushed three shades of red to discover that he had grabbed the wrong book and was holding the flesh coloured book with the mostly naked couple embracing on the cover titled, 'The Joy of Sex, A Gourmet Guide to Lovemaking'. Soun continued to stare at the book and then looked up at Ranma and said.

"It looks like we should move up the wedding date. You appear to be ready" he remarked with a smirk.

Ranma just fled out the window.

Akane was up the ladder and clinging to the ladder for dear life, that she wore a training belt and that there was a net underneath was irrelevant; she was as scared as hell and now wished that she hadn't insisted on trying circus school. Mousse himself was having a blast performing stunts on the trapeze bar while not bothering to wear a belt, Akane watched in astonishment while he swung around on it, stood on it and swooped forward balanced only on his stomach.

"You're insane" she called to him.

He joined her on the platform "nah, the style of martial arts that we were taught in the village are highly aerial and easily adaptable to the fly trapeze. You'll pick this up easier then you think and it will help you with balance" he said.

"How did you end up in the circus anyway?" she asked curious.

"After my encounter with the Jusenkyo springs, another Amazon male had a cousin that was in the circus, he told him about me and they asked if I wanted to perform as they were looking for unique acts. Mu Mu Chan was born from there. It was a job that I was uniquely qualified for, I had to eat after all and only really took it when I found out that the tour included Nerima" he explained. "I was mostly a knife thrower, but took up the trapeze to improve my aerial skills. He took a hold of the bar and rocketed himself forward and then hooked his legs over and said, "now don't to use the trapeze, just try and gauge where my hands will be, then leap forward in a front flip and grab me. I'll swing you back, then let go and let yourself fall into the net" he called to her.

Akane examined the pendulum-like motion of the other martial artist and then took her stance and leapt into the air. with the skill of a ballerina, the normally clumsy girl curled forward and executed a perfect front flip, then caught onto Mousse's capable hands and arched her body at the last second to fall into the net. She bounced for a few seconds and then whooped "I did it!"

Mousse smiled at her success, she was improving in every way in so short a time.

Mousse

Mousse recognized the Furinkan high school boys as ones that normally came in to ogle Shampoo; he normally tolerated this in order to maintain proper customer relations. However, they seemed especially vile today and kept staring at him. "That's the guy who fucked Akane" he heard one whisper and the rest leered at him. Thinking that he was mishearing thing, he decided to give them the benefit of the doubt. It was when Akane came home after to school and changed for her shift that the shit hit the fan.

She waited on them, Mousse noticed her blushing and she started yelling at them. "What's going on here?" he demanded.

"We asked your girlfriend if her sweet pussy was on the menu as she seems to be giving it away freely these days and how much for her friend to join" the first boy said.

"Akane, go serve Shampoo's section" Mousse ordered and pushed the girl away before she could protest. "I'm asking you to leave quietly or I'll make you leave. This isn't a massage palour" Mousse admonished.

"Why not, I thought that that was what Chinese girls are good at?" the second boy taunted. They said this just as Master Chang walked in the door. She'd come to tell her friends that her flower arranging class was double booked at the community center, so she'd volunteered the dojo to them for the next day. Master Chang was six foot three and had the largest body on a woman that Akane had ever seen. Yet she loved to wear the most feminine dresses in public of the most fragile fabrics of silk and lace, in the most girlish colours. That was matched with her love of delicate hair jewelry and earrings. She always wore full makeup and had her long nails perfectly manicured. The sight of her was somewhat disturbing with her high girly voice that could boom like a sailor's when she was angry, like now. Today she wore a delicate pink silk dress with a keyhole neckline that exposed the hard flat planes of her pecs, on which her rock solid breasts rested like boil eggs.

She pursued her pink lipsticked mouth and said. "If you like Chinese girls maybe you want try me out?" and clutched a boy in each huge fist while she dragged them from the restaurant while the others cowered in the booth, too afraid to learn the fate of their friends. "Come with me, this fine restaurant my friends run and I need to take trash out" she commanded. All the customers watched in dismay while the huge Amazon pulverized all five males with her huge fists, undainty high heeled shoes and dainty pink purse. It was a sight to behold.

Afterwards the undelicate creature straightened her pretty clothing, snarled "that kicking ass Chinese style!" and walked away unscathed with a pat to her perfectly coifed hair.

Akane could only stare after her "is she married?" she asked the grinning Shampoo.

"Yes for ten years, she have five kids" she replied.

"She's quite the lady" Akane said in admiration.

"Best one I know" Shampoo agreed.

Later on that night, Akane was surprise by a visitor "I said that I wish to talk to Akane Tendo" she heard a familiar voice say.

"There's no Akane Tendo here" Ku Lon said putting herself in Kuno's path.

"Now listen, I know that she's here you old bat" he snarled.

"There's an Akane Mu here, whether she wants to see you is up to her" she replied.

"I'll talk to him" Akane said stepping into the room. Both Shampoo and Mousse looked at her questioningly while they backed up the diminutive elder.

"Then you'll have to have a chaperone" Ku Lon said glaring up at the Kendoist.

"Akane and I have been alone many times in the past" Kuno protested.

"She wasn't an Amazon then; we don't leave unmarried or concubineless females alone with outsiders" she said, had a seat beside Akane and glared a challenge for Kuno to protest. He just sat and sulked. Shampoo and Mousse were dispersed with a nod from her.

"Akane I would like to propose marriage to you" he said without preamble.

"How dare you try and trap me into marriage using this nasty situation!" Akane cried in outrage. Ku Lon tensed beside her.

"I'm not; I want to offer you my last name and protection as you no longer have your own, leaving you prey to cruel misguided lotharios. It could be a marriage of convenience until you're ready. That which befell you in clearly untrue and I want to help" he said sincerely.

Akane was surprised by the sincerity in his voice and how lucid he appeared "you're serious?" she asked.

"Yes, I don't have any other motivations or intentions" he promised.

"You seem different" she commented and noticed that he wasn't even wearing his uniform.

He smiled rather bitterly and said "I took my meds before I came, I often forget. This stabilizes me" he said.

"Meds?" she questioned.

"Everyone on my father's side of the family suffers from delusional disorder, my sister and father are a little worse than me" he admitted. "It's genetic, it can be controlled by meds to a degree but isn't curable"

"Kuno, I'm sorry I never knew" Akane said honestly feeling badly for him.

"I don't often tell people, it's far better to be viewed as a rich eccentric" he replied. "That's why I go to Furinkan High School and not a private school like my sister. What's cute on a pretty girl is just pathetic on a guy. I never know when I'm going to go manic" he explained. "Akane I'm not saying all this to make you feel sorry for me, I want you to understand that if you agree to marry me that we can never have children of our own. I don't wish to pass to on to future generations. It would have to be adoption or by donor sperm" he said.

Akane could only smile at who she formerly thought was a weirdo pervert. She appreciated that he was trying to help out and knew that probably pained him to admit his condition to her. "Kuno I thank you for your concern, but I have a new last name already and people taking care of me" she replied.

His face fell "I was just trying to help, I wasn't trying anything perverse I assure you" he said sincerely.

She surprised herself by hugging the Kendoist and he hugged her back "I know and I thank you" she assured him.

"If you ever need anything you know where to find me" he said suddenly looking shy and left. Akane could only marvel at the misperceptions that she had of the people she knew. Imagine Kuno and Kodachi were the victims of a genetic mental condition!

Dr. Tofu was walking in the park when he heard someone crying. He hurried in the direction of the sound and was surprised to find that it was Kasumi sobbing her heart out. His concern and love for her allowed him to approach her as a rational man for once and without a thought, he sat down and pulled her against him. She seemed surprised at first, then trusting him; she wrapped her arms around him and boo hoo-ed against his chest.

"Kasumi what's wrong?" he asked her while he stroked her silky hair.

"Father wants me to marry Ranma and I don't want to" she said. "He's forcing me to" she said in wobbling voice.

"He can't make you" Dr. Tofu said firmly.

"He's my father, I've got to do what he says" she cried.

"I'll make sure that doesn't happen, if I have to marry you myself" he promised her firmly.

"Y-you would?" she said.

"Yes, I promise" Dr. Tofu said. "However Kasumi I want you to go to visit Akane. She's the key to all of this and needs your support"

"But father…." she protested.

"Doesn't own you. You don't have to marry anyone you don't want to, you're a full grown woman" he said firmly.

"Okay I'll go see Akane" she promised him with renewed hope. Ranma wasn't the one she wanted to marry, Dr. Tofu was and he had almost just proposed to her!

1 This was copied from http://en(dot)wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/Hymen