RANMA AND RYOGA AND RANMA AND SHAMPOO

DISCLAIMER: I do not own these characters. They belong to their
respective owners. Please don\'t sue because I don\'t have any money
beside I don\'t think that the Big Bosses back on Japan read
the stuff anyway.
NAME: FRANCISCO J. ALONSO
E-MAIL: franciscojalonso@prw.net
TITLE: RANMA AND RYOGA AND RANMA AND SHAMPOO
LEMON
SYNOPSIS: Ranma resolves his problem in an unique way.
TIME LINE:


During another fight with Akane Ranma almost lost his temper. It was not your

average fight. This time halfway through the thought of hitting her flashed in his

mind. This scared him normally he would never even think of hitting a woman.

He took a deep breath counted to ten and left the house. Akane smiled thinking

she had won their little fight.

Outside under the bright sun a sudden realization overcame him.

\"It\'ll never work.\"

He had seen it happened. He had read about it in newspaper. Couples

that never stop fighting until they kill each other. The longer he was with

Akane the worst things got. He knew of a possibility of breaking the current

stalemate but had been afraid of the consequence. Now he could not see any

other way out.

Shampoo was happily surprised when she saw Ranma enter the small

restaurant. Ranma gazed at Colone. She quickly turned and talked to shampoo.

A few words in Chinese is all it took. Shampoo quickly left the restaurant to

make her deliveries. Cologne turned to Ranma and put a small jade bottle

on the table. Cologne said

\"There is no turning back once you go down this road, you know that

don\'t you?\"

\"Yes I know.\"

He looked at the mesmerizing green color of the bottle. Ranma had talked

to the old woman before. He had pressed her for a cure to his curse. She

had insisted there was none and she was right but there was a way out

of it. Ranma finally managed to make Cologne tell him of a possible

solution to his problem. He rejected it outright, slowly as his situation

deteriorated he began to consider it more seriously. The chances for

success were not good. Legend tell that 2 out of the 3 persons who

had tried it in the past had a terrible ending. Right now he had

reached a point were he was willing to risk the consequences.

He sadly smiled to himself and quickly drank the content of the bottle.

It had a bittersweet taste. The next thing he felt is a great pain

on his whole torso just before he lost consciousness.

When he woke up the face that greeted him was familiar but it was

somewhat disconcerting when it talk back.

\'\'Are you all right?\" asked girl Ranma.

Boy Ranma stood up and carefully looked at his female counterpart.

It was like looking into a mirror. Their minds still worked like one therefore

they knew what the other was thinking. Ranma had made a

very detailed plan. Now that he had been split in two bodies each one

had a different road to follow. They shook hands, it was their way

of saying goodby.

\"Is this the last time we will ever see each other?\'

\"It\'s better this way.\"

Girl Ranma said

\"I\'ll talk to Ryoga.\"

She walked slowly aimlessly looking for him. A few hours later and already very

tired she leaned to gaze at the slow moving river the crossed the ward were she

had lived until recently. A voice coming from behind asked.

\"Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to . . . \"

Ranma turned to face a very surprised Ryoga.

\"You!\"

\"Hello Ryoga.\" said the redhead.

For some time they didn\'t talk then summoning all her courage she said.

\"It is over Ryoga\" whispered Ranma.

\"No more fights, no more pain.\"

\"Is this some trick?\"

She gave a bitter sweet smile and said.

\"No trick.\"

A light rain started to fall. Ryoga pulled his umbrella while Ranma

stood there getting wet. As they looked at each other it rained harder.

Ryoga knew in his heart that something had changed. All the while

the water masked her tears in the rain.

\"Ramna what have you done?\"

At that moment an airplane was taking off. Onboard a very happy Shampoo

sat beside Male Ranma. Looking at the clouds, he was in deep thought.

\"I hope this is the best for everyone.\"

Before turning to kiss his wife he one last thought regarding Ryoga.

\"Farewell my old friend, I leave the best of me with you.\"

Akane\'s father had been kind enough to see him off. They didn\'t

talk much. The situation was at best awkward. Ranma waited for

as long as he could for his father but he didn\'t show. As Soun left the

airport Genma was waiting outside. He asked how his son was doing.

Soun answered honestly. On their way back on their mind the regret

for getting their kids betrothed gnawed at their spirit. Not a word

was spoken. Still, both men reached the same conclusion. It had

been a mistake. Their mistake and now they will have to endure

the consequences.


Ryoga couldn\'t believe what was happening. After losing all hope of

ever winning Akane opportunity knocked at his door. In an instant

everything had changed. Out of courtesy he offered Ranma a place

under his umbrella. The problem was that something big must have

happened to explain this change in situation. Ranma gave Ryoga

a brief explanation of what happened. He immediately thought

of leaving and go see Akane. He started to walk toward Akane\'s

house when suddenly he stopped. He turned back and saw Ranma

getting wet a few feet away from him.

\"Aren\'t you coming with me?\"

\"I can\'t go back.\"

Ryoga thought that this whole situation was worst than it looked.

Out of sympathy Ryoga suggested.

\"Why don\'t we go to the mountains to train?\"

\"Well . . . \"

This was the first time he had seen Ranma hesitate. Yes, it was worse

than what he imagined.

\"It will help you sort everything that had happened.\"

After some thought.

\"I suppose you are right.\"

Ryoga nodded and started to walk.

\"Ryoga the mountains are that way.\" said Ranma pointing in the complete

opposite direction. After a few hours of walking, all the time Ryoga

doubting her sense of direction, they reached a secluded spot where

they could make camp before sunset.

Around 8:00 p.m. Ranma felt like talking she explained how for

some time now she knew of a way out of the curse. How he had

rejected it when she knew what it would involve.

\"What changed your mind?\"

She explained how she felt during her last fight with Akane. Ryoga

was shocked he never thought Ranma would even think of hitting

a girl. Ranma continued saying that by now his male counterpart was

with Shampoo probably very far away from japan by now.

Around 10:30 Ryoga went to bed. He lay on his sleeping bag.

With his eyes closed he tried to imagine what she was going

through. He could not see himself taking the route Ranma

had chosen. Sometime later Ranma went into the tent

and lay on the floor curl up facing away from Ryoga.

Ryoga looked at Ranma, she wouldn\'t ask for anything

not even half a pillow.

\"Do you have to be so stubborn?\"

\"I didn\'t want to make you uncomfortable.\"

Ryoga moved the already small pillow in her direction. She rested

her head beside his. He made some space to accommodate her and

covered her with the blanket. He closed his eyes. The sweet smell

of her hair filled his mind.

Before opening his eyes Ryoga the aroma of breakfast greeted him.

The first thing Ryoga saw was Ranma eating by the campfire.

He got up and sat beside her. She already had prepared his share.

For some reason he didn\'t know he felt nervous. He just thanked

Ranma and tried to relax.

\"We are going to train right?\"

\"That\'s why we are here.\"

First there had to be some housekeeping. Ryoga looked for irewirewood while Ranma washed clothes by a nearby river.

At first Ranma protested this arrangement. Ryoga offered

to switch them but not really knowing why she relented.

During most of the afternoon Ranma and Ryoga practiced. Ryoga

noted that it seen to lift Ranma\'s spirit. It had been a good day of

practice. Ryoga went to take a bath at the nearby onsen.

He was surprised to find Ranma already in the onsen. He hesitated

for a second but decided to go ahead. He sat and after a couple of

minutes he turned facing away from her.

\"That wasn\'t fair Ranma, it never was.\"

\"What?\"

\"When you turned into a woman just to make fun of me.\"

\"You should be flatter you were the only one I ever dress for willingly.\"

\"Remember the time you dress and ask me to leave Akane.\"

Ranma thought for a second. She remembered their boat trip so rudely

interrupted by Ukyo.

\"I would have said yes.\"

Ranma was shocked, after all this time he knew how much Akane

had meant to Ryoga. Now, she knew how lonely he felt. He had settled

for being hold by Akane in his pig form, it was better than nothing at

all. She felt pretty bad by that particular prank. She got out of the

onsen and was about to leave for their camp.

\"Ranma, try to remember that your female form is a very pretty girl.\"

Those words only seem to upset her even more.

In a way it was true. She had often used her female form to gain

even a small advantage. It never occurred her that someone may

actually like Ranma as a she. Ryoga quickly finished and went after Ranma.

He explained that he didn\'t mean to upset her then added with some

exasperation.

\"Would you rather have me call you \"Old woman?\"\"

Ranma at first chuckled then started to laugh out loud. This continued

until there were tears in her eyes. A somewhat confused Ryoga said.

\"I don\'t think it is that funny.\"


She sat on a rock and looking down at the far away city cried.

\"I guess it is all right after all I\'m a woman now.\"

Ranma remembered how her father had always made all decision.

The days they would spend with a hungry stomach. All the places

they had to run away because of what his dad had said or done.

Looking back, breaking the curse was his first independent decision.

As for what her mother wanted, she shuddered for a second and thought.

\"Nobody does that on this day and age.\"

From the distance a worried Ryoga looked. He knew now that she had

turned to him for help. He decided to avoid mentioning that he had

seen her cry. Ryoga pondered why she had chosen talking to him. Maybe i
was because he was the closest to understand the nature of the


curse. Her dad seems to be in permanent denial. Or perhaps

there was something more.

That days training didn\'t went well. Ranma seen distracted almost

unsure of herself. Ryoga knowing better than anyone else what was

her capabilities shouted.

\"Focus, you are still Ranma Martial Artist.\"

Ranma felt much better maybe he was right. In

the present condition she may have forgot that. Either as

male or female Ranma would have his Art.

During their afternoon bath Ranma was sweating and it wasn\'t

the heat from the spring. Ryoga had closed his eyes for a

while he didn\'t want to have an erection. The next thing he

knows it the feeling of her forehead against his. Her breathing

was deep and as a pleasant surprise a quick kiss followed. She

said.

\"Don\'t move tonight.\"

Those words immediately gave him an erection. Ranma quickly left

the spring. Dinner was spent mostly with small talk. Ryoga was very

anxious and did not knew what to expect. They went to the tent early

that night. Ryoga lay on the sleeping bag while Ranma waited outside.

She came in and cuddled next to him. Ryoga did not want to spoil the

moment and did not move a muscle. Ranma\'s hand started to wander

across his chest. Ryoga stared at the ceiling. He closed his eyes and

waited for whatever Ranma had in mind. He could hear her heavy

breathing. Soon the sensation of her hands grabbing his cock was

felt. Ryoga froze. Her head slowly slide down his torso. Her soft

lips were soon felt on his cock. Ranma\'s warm breath on Ryoga\'s

dick felt wonderful. He looked down and could barely make the

outline of her body against the light coming from the full moon.

First a kiss, the a brief lick. She could feel her desire building and

quickly took his whole penis into her mouth. Ranma\'s eyes widen

as she felt how big he was. Instinct guided her. After finishing

she curled up to him. Her warm body resting against Ryoga. He said

\"I love you Ranma.\"

During the night Ryoga left the tent.

That night she had a strange dream. She saw herself standing

in front of male half.

\"Hi.\"

\"What\'s this I thought you would be in China by now.\"

\"Actually I am. This is a dream.\"

Girl Ranma thought that this didn\'t look like a dream.

Neither it felt like a dream. Suddenly Sampoo appears and shouts.


\"Arg, Me horrible Chinese stereotype.\"

As quick as she appeared she disappear.

Girl Ranma asked.

\"What was that?\"

\"Just random stuff that happens in dreams.\"

Both Ranmas started to laugh.

\"How are you doing?\"

\"I\'m doing O.K, I guess.\"

\"Don\'t worry everything will be all right. For all my macho bravado

I would have taken the potion if I didn\'t knew you could go through it.\"

As Ranma spoke, he started to slowly transform into his female half.

\"Ranma, try to help Ryoga with his depression, they had always worried me.\"

Female Ranma sat there listening is silence.

\"You know I didn\'t expect you to pick Ryoga so fast. That was your

first independent action since our split.\"

Female Ranma blushed. The last thing the formerly male, now fully transformed

into a mirror image of female Ranma, said before disappearing was.

\"As a male Ryoga could only be a friend . . . \"

\"As a female he could be so much more\" finished Ranma.

With those words Ranma was left alone in her dream.


When Ranma awoke Ryoga had not returned. At first she

thought that he may have got lost. With the passing of the

days she began to think the worst.

\"Perhaps he went back to Nerima to brag. How Ranma had

sucked . . . \"

This is as far as she got along that line of thought. She would

feel devastated if it proved the truth. When the morning of the

third day arrived she already had decided to wait until sunset

for him. She tried to make some backup plan but felt terribly

distressed. Ranma had gone to the river to clean her faced

when she heard a noise behind her. Ryoga popped out of the bushes.

He looked like crap then walking a few feet collapsed on her lap.

\"Sorry Ranma I got lost.\"

Ryoga started to get emotional.

\"I was afraid that you may have already left.\"

\"Shh.\" answered Ranma.

\"It never crossed my mind.\"

He almost immediately felt asleep upon hearing those words. Ranma

looked at the exhausted Ryoga. She smiled to herself and thought.

\"The only man on earth that gets lost going out for a piss.\"

Ranma always had trouble fighting when her body changed.

When he was male, he had greater upper strength. While in his

female form he found that she had higher lower strength.

Agility was much better as a woman.

Initially her balance was off with the change. Now that

she was constantly a woman she didn\'t had to worry about

that. As for Ryoga he had always favored force over agility.

Often their fights would end in some kind of draw. Still, he

has been the only real opponent she ever had. Even in

defeat she would push herself until she was even better.

During that day\'s afternoon bath Ryoga found himself alone.

He wondered if Ranma was mad at him for getting lost. He had

grown used to taking their bath together. Not far away from

there Ranma watched. Her eyes wander first looking at his well

delineated chest then at his ass and last at his dick. She started

to flush, her heart racing. Ranma remembered something heard

long ago \"Our eyes seek what we want\". She had seen him

naked before but this time was different. They had bathed together

on the public bath. Sometimes they would use the tendo bath to

regain their original form but as a man he could not stare at his

body like she was doing now. To not even look below the chest

when as a man she was talking to Ryoga. It was like pretending

that nothing below their chest existed. Now she was ready for

the next step.

Another day, another practice ion.ion. Ranma was finding her center.

Her workout with Ryoga was getting more strenuous. Ryoga and

Ranma started to sweat profusely. They decided to take a break.

They had small talk for most of their time. Anyway serious

business still managed to pop.

\"Soon we will have to break camp and head for civilization.\"

\"I know.\" answered Ranma looking lazily at the sky.

\"We could go south.\" she added.

\"Why south?\"

\"It\'s as good as any direction. As long as we don\'t go near Nerima.\"

Ryoga remained quiet. He had come to the same conclusion as Ranma

they could not go baceopleople had a tendency to try to get things the way

they used to be. If they were going to have a new start better try their luck

somewhere else. They rested for about half an hour when Ryoga said

\"Well, back to training.\"

\"Don\'t you ever get tired?\"


That afternoon Ryoga was happy to see Ranma waiting for him at the onsen.

She seemed oddly distracted. Still, it was nice to see her naked again.

During their bath together Ranma stood up. Ryoga was startled, her body

just a foot away from him. She was breathing heavily. Ryoga looked as

Ranma lifted her left leg. To him it looked like a mixture between a

side kick and a graceful ballet move. Slowly she kept moving her leg

forward until it was resting on his right shoulder. Ryoga\'s breathing

became ragged. Here she was offering the most intimate part of the new Ranma.

If she thought for a second she was being rejected it would destroy whatever

self confidence she had gather in the last few days. He lean forward and licked

her pussy.

Just before leaving camp Ranma asked.

\"Do you have any family?\"

Ryoga looked down. A melancholic gaze at nothing followed.

\"It\'s better not to talk about them.\"

For the last time in their life together Girl Ranma asked Ryoga about his

family. She now knew that in Ryoga\'s case he couldn\'t go back

home again. Maybe this is why he didn\'t have any sense of direction.


Akane rant and raved for 3 days. It actually became predictable starting

with the dishes hitting the floor at sunrise. She would scream at anyone

that got close to her. Nightfall would be greeted by throwing Ranma\'s

belonging in the garbage always leaving some for the next day.

Nabiki and Katsumi stay out of her way as much as possible. For the

first time in their life they were actually afraid of her. Soun regretted

more than ever pushing her daughter into an arranged marriage. Whatever

seem to be the cause of her anger, and she was angry even before meeting

ranma, it only seemed to grow with time. On the morning of the fourth day

Akane announced that she is leaving for Hokkaido to stay with a friend of hers.


As they made their way down the mountain Ryoga wonder why Ranma had

chosen him. That much was clear. Ranma seemed to be in a hurry. He took his

time after all they didn\'t have any particular destination.

Ranma soon discovered that Ryoga had almost constant nightmares. Sometimes

she would wake up and seeing that he was about to have a nightmare would

wake him. He wouldn\'t say what the nightmare was about. Ranma suspected it

had to do with the breakup of Ryoga\'s family. It probably was the ugliest break

up in history

One day as they waked down a street Ranma stop to look at a window in

a small shop. Ryoga nearly fell down when Ranma asked for a dress. She

wanted a long sleeve yellow dress with a knee length skirt. He discovered that

depending on the mood Ranma would some days prefer a skirt other day

perhaps some very feminine pants. This day she was behaving particularly

feminine. Ryoga waited outside thery. ry. The shop was mainly semi-trendy

dresses aimed at young women. After a while he heard her calling him.

Ranma asked.

\"Well what do you think?\"

\"You look lovely.\"

Ranma gave Ryoga an annoyed look. He quickly corrected.

\"You look lovely, old woman.\"

She jumped and gave Ryoga a big hug. The saleswoman looked confused.

When she was paying for the dress the saleswoman asked

discreetly.

\"Why would such a lovely girl want to be called an old woman?\"

\"It\'s a long story.\"

Ryoga waited outside pondering why she had asked for one of

his bandanas. When she came out the door she had put

the bandana on her hair. She looked adorable.

Ranma grabbed his hand as they walked down the street.

Ryoga took a careful look at her face. She looked flustered.

She kept playing with the bandana. After a while she used

the bandana as a scarf. Ranma asked Ryoga to wait while

she went into a pharmacy.

He asked her.

\"Are you feeling well?\"

\"Sure.\"

Ryoga didn\'t have to wait long. Ranma grabbed his hand and

said.

\"Quickly let\'s go to the park.\"

They went to a nearby park. Ryoga wondered what Ranma had

in mind. She seemed to be looking for a secluded spot. Rapidly

they found one. She quickly jumped him. There was an immediacy

to her kissing. Ryoga immediately got exited. Already out of

breath he asked.

\"Ranma what do you have in mind?\"

She produced a small tube. Ryoga looked on as she rubbed

the content on his cock. Ranma turned around and lifted

her skit as she bend down. The rest of the lubricant she

carefully spread on her ass. Ryoga softly caressed her body.

Starting at her breast. One of the first thing

Ranma discovered was how sensitive her breasts were. Ryoga

slowly slide his hands from her breasts to her back and the to

her legs. In the meantime Ranma grabbed his cock and slowly

guided it. She put a hand on her p mas masturbating until she

would switch hands. For Ryoga the feeling of finally being inside her

was indescribable, he closed his eyes to savor the moment.

The phrase \"take it like a man.\" took a new meaning for Ranma.


Ryoga was quite good at getting day jobs as they went from city to city.

Although were he kept all the money was a mystery. He only seemed

to have enough on hand for their daily needs. Ranma on the other

hand quickly found that being a female had its own particular hardships.

Trying to get a job on any particular city they happen to pass was

difficult. Still, they managed. One night Ranma sat naked as she

masturbated in front of Ryoga. He lay across with her legs resting

against his back. Like an inverted \"T\". Ranma

masturbated as she explained how it all started when she wanted to

know how to clean herself. Ranma went on to explain how

first she asked Akane, she was so shocked she didn\'t respond. The

next person was Nabiki and she wanted more money than Ranma had

seen in his entire life. Kasumi it turned out was her lifesaver. She

explained how Ranma should thoroughly clean the spaces between

the outer lips and inner lips and around the clitoris. The thing is

Ranma quickly discovered her sensitive spots and not long after

that how to masturbate as a woman. By now Ranma had incrd
d

her tempo. After coming she pulled the fingers from pus pussy and

offered them to him. Ryoga tasted her wetness.


Ranma had cheated his way out of being a woman for a long time. He quickly

found that the longer he was a woman the more his mannerisms reflected

that fact. He had guessed it had to do with hormones. Before it was

easy to solve the problem with a little hot water. It seemed

to reset everything. Now on her 28 day as female she was getting pretty

nervous. As they walked on the street she felt it happen. In a bit of a

panic she got on all four in the middle of the street. Ryoga bend down

and facing her asked what was wrong. Ranma blushed as she whispered

something in his ear. Now it was Ryoga\'s turn to blush. They quickly

came with a plan.

On their way to a nearby hostel Ryoga stopped by an ATM. He pulled a

card from his pocket and inserted it in the machine. Ranma watched as he

pressed the buttons.

\"I never knew you had one of those.\"

Ryoga somewhat surprised said.

\"How do you think I got by on all my travels?\"

Ranma felt stupid. When she and dad were on the road they did

everything the hard way. Let it to Ryoga to find a better way.

The old woman at the hostel was surprise when the two kids enter

her place. At least they looked like kids to her.

\"Hello my name is Mrs. Miyaki. What can I do for you?\"

She expected to be asked for direction. They sure looked lost.

\"Hello my name is Ryoga Hikibi and I have a reservation.\"

She was momentarily surprised. She had the reservation for

some time now but she didn\'t expect this. She forced a

smile and asked.

\"And you dear what\'s your name?\"

\"Mrs. Ranma Hibiki.\"

The old woman was stunned. She had never seen such a young

couple already married. Such a thing was unheard of in her time.

Ranma turned to Ryoga and whispered.

\"Trust me there will be fewer questions asked.\"

The first thing Ranma did was once they got to their room was to

go into the bathroom. Ryoga had not finish talking with Mrs. Miyaki when the

sound of a shower was heard. He excused himself and went to

a store they had seen on the way there. Ryoga was a nervous

wreck. He wandered around for what Ranma needed.

There were tampons, pads(with and without wings), shields, guards,

super, slender,rnigrnight, mini, maxi and the

cryptic feminine value pack. Every once in a while a

sales girl would pop a look by the aisle. Ryoga would get red. Seconds

later he could hear the sales girls giggling in the next aisle.

After reading box after box Ryoga said in despair.

\"Dammit can\'t they make it simple.\"

Personally at this time he didn\'t feel particularly curious

why someone may need a

\"Satin smooth, rounded-tip cardboard applicator\".

Finally he decided on a pad(sanitary napkin) with wings.

By now all the girls in the store were watching him. He was the

first guy to ever had the balls to buy the stuff. One girl said.

\"Do you think he\'s some kind of pervert?\"

Another girl named Mariko answered.

\"I think it\'s sweet. He must love his girlfriend very much. I don\'t

think my boyfriend would have to guts to do what that kid just do.\"

Slowly the conversation among the girls turned to which

of their boyfriend would had the guts to buy feminine

hygiene product for their girlfriends.\"


When Ryoga got back Ranma was still in the shower. He

knocked on the door. Ranma opened the door and

grabbed the box. He heard Ranma turn off the shower.

He guessed that she would be reading the instruction.

He left the room for a walk. The hostel wasn\'t luxurious

but it was well kept and meticulously clean. As he

wander around the words of the saleslady were still is eis ears.

\"He must love his girlfriend very much.\"

They had made love many times. Now he had


realized something. As long as she wanted him he would be with her.

Soon he went back to their room. Ranma lay reclined

on pillows watching t.v. Her lower abdomen felt tender

and sensitive. Ranma sighted to herself at least is wasn\'t

painful. Ryoga sat beside Ranma. She responded by resting

her head on his chest.

\"I love you Ranma . . . my wife.\"

A sea of emotion overcame her.

\"I love you Ryoga . . . my husband.\"

Ranma felt happy from now on whatever happen she had someone

to share her life.

Almost immediately after leaving the hostel in which they had spend a

couple of days the weather deteriorated. The street was foggy.

Ranma and Ryoga walked blindly until they reach an abandoned building.

Since they didn\'t have any particular place to go they stopped there for the night.

When daylight arrived they saw that they house they had stayed had some

resemblance to the Tendo house. It was a combination house and martial arts center.

The house was pretty much abandoned after the collapse of the real estate bubble.

They were looking around when a neighbor dropped by.

\"I\'m getting too old for this.\" said the man.

He had in tow a lawn mower and some garbage bags. Ranma and Ryoga

quickly deduced that the old man had come to take care of the patio.

They started to pick their belongings expecting to be thrown out, it

had happened before. The old man saw the young couple and introduce

himself.

\"Hello my name is Mr. Miyasaki.\"

Ryoga and Ranma introduced themselves. As they were about to leave the man

asked.

\"Would you like to make a few yens?\"

They turned around and listen. They were offered the equivalent of 50 dollars each

for g thg the patio. The old man could ad thd that in the process he would save

himself the work and help the young couple. On this hard days he had seen a

number of people struggling to get by. He himself sometimes would go to a

nearby park and offer work to the homeless that camp there. It was the best

way he could help them without making them lose face. While the patio

was mid-size they were in good physical shape and finish it before noon.

They stay on the property and decided to have some practice before

leaving.

Ranma and Ryoga took their respective spot.

\"Ready old woman?\"

Ranma smiled and answered.

\"Ready P-chan?\"

With those word their fight started. Punch, counterpunch, block, counter block

it went for what seemed like hours. They would have kept going but were interrupted

by a kid. The fight stopped.

\"Yes?\" Ryoga asked

\"When do the classed start?\"

Ranma looked behind the kid and there were about 10 boys and girls near the entrance

of the building. Evidently the had pushed the young kid into asking the strangers.

\"I\'m sorr . . . \"

\"Tomorrow after your cram school.\" interrupted Ranma.

The kid smiled and turned back to tell his friends. The kids waved and left.

\"Ranma what are you thinking?\"

Somewhat defensively she said.

\"Hey, you don\'t live with Nabiki without picking a few things.\"

That night Ryoga said to Ranma in a worried tone.

\"We will are going to be thrown out.\"

\"You worry too much. The kids will learn something, we make a few yens

and in the meantime we have a roof over our heads.\"

Just as Ryoga was drifting into sleep Ranma called again.

\"Ryoga do you ever think of having children.\"

\"The way we make love it won\'t happen.\"

\"I\'m serious Hibiki.\"

Ryoga turned to Ranma. He carefully studied her face. She was

serious. Ryoga exhale then said.

\"Perhaps some day, when we have a steady income and a place

of our own.\"

Ranma was quiet. Maybe this was all hypothetical. Ryoga waited for a response.

\"Lately, I\'ve been thinking about it.\"

\"Don\'t worry Ranma things will take their course. They usually do.\"


The next day the kids did show up. At first everything was very ad-hoc.

Ranma quickly rediscovered her love of teaching. Ryoga\'s skill more that made

for his teaching deficiencies. Soon they discovered that their demonstration

were attracting people. After each demo more people would show.

Some thought it was some kind of novelty act.


The Tendo house got a letter from Akane 3 months after she left home.

Akane mention that everything was going well. She told them how the

weather in Hokkaido was a little colder than she expected. As an after

thought she mention that she had joined the Inner Peace movement.

Soun looked puzzled for a second, he had never heard of such a group.

The only one in the room to know was Nabiki and she kept to

herself that Inner Peace was really a cult. That night as he had done

everyday since Ranma left Genma reflected on his situation. Now

he had a son and a daughter and both had left him. He felt as if

he had failed twice. Out of despair he sat down a wrote letters to both Ranmas.

He didn\'t have any real intention to mail them. Maybe it was his guilt

maybe it was to feel better but he sincerely apologized for everything

that had happened. For years he would carry those letters with him.


Ranma and Ryoga\'s demonstrations quickly became popular. People

started to come from quite a distance to watch them. The adjacent

stores and restaurants were delighted with all the extra business.

Some of the visitors were incredulous of the thing they heard but

when they saw them fight. Ah . . . they were unlike anything seen

before. Among the crowd that day was Mr. Miyasaki accompanied

by someone they had not seen before. Just before their sparing

match was about to begin they went to greet Mr. Miyasaki.

That day they put one of their best demonstration ever. The

exclamations of surprise were audible. The whole thing was reminiscent of

the first Ranma-Ryoga fight. After their demonstration match Mr. Miyaki

introduced his guest.

\"This is mister Hosokawa. He is with the Community Association.\"

Ryoga thought.

\"Now we are getting thrown out.\"

Ranma greeted mister Hosokawa. She decided that it was better to

apologize for their irregular way things had developed. She too felt

that they were being officially shown the door. After carefully listening

to the young couple Mr. Hosokawa said.

\"Perhaps there had been a misunderstanding.\"

Mr. Hosokawa said that he had heard a lot of positive thing about

the young couple. He explained that there may be something the

neighborhood association may do to help. The bank was happy

they didn\'t need any more properties that were not performing. The

deal was sealed in a short while. The bank official tactfully

avoided anything that might scuttle the deal.


As Akane rose through the Inner Peace cult her power increased. Quietly

she amassed power within the organization. Soon she had people respond
t
to her alone. One of her first acts was to dispatch a few trusted aids to search

for people she had a grudges. Her aides receive quite an extensive list. People

were sent all across Japan others were sent to China. In a short time, videos

of the people under surveillance were being carefully watched by Akane.

Some of the people in her list backed to her days in primary school. The more

she watched the angrier she got. One day 2 videos with Ranma\'s name arrived

\"Strange.\" she thought.

The video had two different addresses. One in China the other in Okayama.

The first video showed Shampoo and Ranma at the Amazon village. There

he seemed to be demonstrating his martial arts technics. After finishing

Shampoo appears to bring him some homemade food. Irritated by now

she finished the tape. When she pop the second video she was confused

at first. This one Showed a very naked female Ranma at the back of some house.

She was taking a bath. Ryoga appeared naked not far away. He stepped

out and threw some water at Ranma she looked back and did the same.

This time before her eyes Ryoga transformed. Now she knew the truth

and she was seething. Ranma picked Ryoga and jumped on the hot

water, he immediately returned to his human form. Akane saw as

Ranma remained in her female form. Through an embittering haze Akane saw them

kiss. Something at the back of her mind bothered her. She watched

over and over until she knew what it was, then it hit her.

Ranma was happy. Her anger finally reached boiling point. She smashed all

the furniture in the room. her aides clean the mess, they were surprised that

nothiver ver a feet in length was left of all the furniture in the room.

Later that day Akane announced she had a vision and there was much

work to be done.


All the while as Ryoga and Ranma spared their movements were

off. There seem to be tension on the air. Every time that Ryoga or

Ranma tried a hold they would stare at each other eyes. Desire consume

them both. Ryoga had learned to let Ranma take the initiative. He didn\'t

want to push her into doing something she wasn\'t ready for. They been

together long enough to be able to tell when something special was

about to happen. Proof of what was happening was her building desire.

They couldn\'t go on pretending they had a real sparing session. He

waited for her to take the initiative. She carefully rolled the curtains to

have some privacy then went to the center of the hall in which they

had spend the evening sparing and took her clothes off. She lay on the

floor completely naked, her body drenched in sweat. Her legs spread. Her

eyes filled with desire. She was ready to receive him. Ryoga clumsily

took his clothes off. He could barely contain his happiness. He had

been afraid that ranma would never feel comfortable enough to go

all the way.


A miracle had happened. Ranma and Shampoo went to the spring that was

the source of his curse. There to the amazement of everyone present they

saw what had happened. After many centuries the spring that begot

ranma his curse had dried. The only explanation that Cologne could

come up was that the spirit of the original girl had finally been

appeased. Ranma smiled to himself, he was sure now that what

he had done was correct.

The news flashed on all channels the day that the Inner Peace sect

was raided by the police. For some time they had been under

investigation as one strange rumor followed another. Soon the

scheme to unleash a deadly virus that would kill men was uncovered.

even the male members of the cult were unaware. Most of the arrest

were made on Hokkaido, several on Honshu and a few as far away

as Okinawa. When Akane was briefly in front of the cameras she

shouted something along the line that one day she will get even

with all those who had cross her. Her rage never seems to stop

growing. The Inner Peace sect had the dubious honor to be the

second cult to be banned in the modern history of Japan (after

Aum Shinrikyo).


The Dojo was filled for this demonstration. Ranma passed by
Ryoga on her way to her side of the ring. She whispered

\"Do your best P-Chan.\"

He was shocked, he hasn\'t heard that name in some time. They vowed to each

other. He said.

\"You\'ll never change Ranma.\"

She in her most demure voice responded.

\"You wouldn\'t have it any other way.\"

Ryoga turned his face away from Ranma and smiled. Ranma saw

through all of this and also smiled. Then both jumped ready to

give their best flying kick.


The end

A SHORT EDITORIAL

I have always found the character of Akane disturbing. One minute I
love you Ranma the next I hate you Ranma. That is the personality
of a child not a young woman. Her constant fighting and hitting Ranma
did not made her any more likeable. When I watched the show, I came to
dread any scene with these two together. Even when the writers of the
show would put them in a supposed romantic setting it looked
forced and unnatural. Did you know that in the Spanish version of the show
the opening title had been changed. Akane gets one little scene while there
are two extended scenes with Shampoo and boy Ranma. Minimize the
negative and accentuate the positive indeed. Rumiko Takahashi may
be a great manga writer but she is not immune to making mistakes. The
decision in Urusei Yatsura to abandon the Mendou-Shinobu romance was
a sad one. Worse they put her with some annoying bunny guy with no
personality. She deserved better.

If you still think Akane deserve Ranma perhaps you should read
\"The bitter end\" by Zen. That may change your mind.