Subject: [FFML] [FFML][Ranma][Lime]What Price Love chap. 3 REV
From: jco005@worldinter.net (Jon Osborne)
Date: 11/16/1999, 11:06 PM
To: ffml@fanfic.com

A Ranma 1/2 Fanfic
What Price Love
Chapter 3: Secrets Revealed
By: Jon Osborne

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Disclaimer: Why doesn't anyone ever use Datclaimer?
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Warning:  While this fic has no lemon scenes in it, it does contain
what some could call "Mature Content."  You have been warned.
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    "RRRAAANNNMMMAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!  You said you were going to spar with me!"
    "What do you think I'm doing you uncute tomboy!"
    As she swung her fist again, Akane said, "You're barely touching
me!  I can hardly feel it."
    Ranma easily dodged the swing and lightly touched a spot on Akane's
elbow as it passed.  "That's the point Akane!  I'm pointin' out your weak
spots."
    "Dammit!  I want you to go all out.  Don't hold back!"
    With a grin, Ranma called out, "You asked for it."
    She leapt at Akane calling out "Kachuu Tenshin Amaguriken!"  But
instead of hundreds of punches, Ranma's touches were soft caresses over
Akane's entire body.  When she was done, Akane was collapsed on the dojo
floor moaning softly in pleasure.  Ranma stood over her, a smug look on her
face.  "Ha!  I told you so Akane."
    The next thing Ranma knew, she was on the floor, Akane's legs wrapped
around her own in a tight scissorhold.  Akane removed the scissorhold and
grabbed Ranma's legs in her arms.  She slowly crawled up Ranma's prone
body, panting out "You'll pay for that."  When she reached Ranma's head she
planted her lips firmly on Ranma's own in the beginnings of a very
passionate kiss.
    From the house, Kasumi's voice rang out "Ranma!  Akane!  Breakfast
is ready."
    Instantly, Ranma had rolled out from under Akane and was on her
feet, racing for the house.  Akane followed quickly after, muttering, "Nice
timing oneechan."
    In the yard, Genma-panda sat in the koi pond, trying to stay cool
in the already hot morning.  As Ranma and Akane passed he held up a
sign.  [Ranma?  Akane?] He flipped it over, [anyone?]

***

    Ranma and Akane were relaxing in the bath after breakfast.  Ranma
was sitting next to Akane, lost in thought.  Akane nudged her and said,
"What's up Ranma?  Why are you so quiet all of a sudden?"
    Ranma turned to face Akane.  "I've been thinking about something
oyaji said.  He asked if I'd forgotten about his promise to mom.  As I
think about it, I had forgotten.  When mom finds out, she's probably
gonna kill me, but she deserves to know."
    "Ranma, I love you very much and I don't want you to die.  But
I'll understand if you decide to tell your mom, and I'll stand with
you through it all."
    Ranma stared at Akane for several long minutes.  She then pulled
Akane into a bone-crushing hug and whispered, "Thank you Akane."
Ranma released the love of her life when she heard Akane making
gurgling, choking noises.  "Whether or not this chi shield holds, I'm
going to tell her at the end of the week.  I'm hoping the shield fails
just so I can show her the change and make the story more believable.
Thank you Akane!  You don't know how much this means to me."

***

    Somewhere on the outskirts of Nerima stood a powerfully built young
man.  He was wearing dark green pants, a yellow tunic and a tiger striped
bandanna.  He shook his fists at the heavens and cried out "WHERE ON EARTH
AM I NOW?"  This was followed by another cry. "RANMA SAOTOME THIS IS ALL
YOUR FAULT!"  He then proceeded to run through a nearby wall and towards
the heart of Nerima.

***

    "Akane no!  That's salt, not sugar.  What are you doing with those
jalapenos?  We're trying to make chocolate chip cookies.  Aarrgghh!"
    "What is it Ranma?  I thought the bite of the jalapenos would make a
good contrast to the sweetness of the chocolate."
    "Grrrrrr...I should have known.  Stupid tomboy, there's no way you
could ever learn to cook.  You just don't have the patience or discipline."
    Ranma failed to notice Akane glowing blue as she expounded on
Akane's cooking failings.  She also failed to notice Akane pulling
out her mallet and cocking it back, ready to swing.  Ranma finally
looked up as she heard Akane scream "RANMA NO BAKA!" and caught Akane's
mallet right in the face.  As she went flying through the roof, Ranma
thought <Now what did I do?>

***

    Ranma knocked on Akane's door.  From inside she heard a muffled
"Come in."  Inside, Ranma found Akane lying face down on her bed.  She
sat down on the edge of the bed and placed a hand on Akane's shoulder.
    "A...Akane, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings in the kitchen this
evening.  I didn't mean to, but sometimes you can be so frustrating.
Brute strength is no help in the kitchen.  What I said about patience
and discipline is true.  You can't rush in the kitchen, especially when
you're a beginning cook.  Also, you need to follow the recipe exactly.
Only with lots of experience can you safely use substitutions and additions
in a recipe, and even then you might do it wrong.  I'm sure you'll be a
good cook one day, but you need to take it one step at a time.  Do you
understand?"
    Akane turned over, her eyes all red and puffy from crying.  "No.
I don't understand.  You're a good cook, but I never see you cooking.
You're always good at everything you do, and I never am."
    "Akane no baka.  The reason I'm such a good cook is because I had
to do all the cooking on my ten year training trip with oyaji.  He
can't cook anymore than you can, probably even worse (as hard as that
is to believe).  He claimed that he never learned to cook because it wasn't
manly, so he made me do the job, even though he was trying to make me a man
amoung men.  Really, he was probably just too lazy to do it.  Because of
the old man, I've had ten years experience at cooking.  In the beginning I
was terrible, but I learned.
    "Here.  Let me put this in a way you can understand.  Akane, would
you teach a beginning student to do a flying roundhouse kick?"
    "Of course not," Akane replied.  "She needs to learn how to do a basic
kick properly before she even thinks about doing a flying roundhouse kick."
    "Exactly!  The same thing goes with cooking.  You have to learn the
basics before you can do the harder stuff."
    "But why can't I add things to the recipe if I think it will improve them?"
    "Tell me Akane, when you're performing a new kata, do you add more
movements because you think they'll improve its effectiveness?"
    "Of course not!  If you try to add more to a kata that you aren't sure
of, you could upset the balance and flow of the exercise...Oh!"
    "You see?  The same goes for a recipe.  If you're following a recipe
you've never, or hardly ever used, you need to follow it exactly so that
you won't upset the taste and texture of the mix.  Now do you see?"
    "Yes I think I do.
    "Ranma, I'm sorry I hit you in the kitchen.  I guess I can see how
frustrating I can be for you.  You don't hate me do you Ranma?"
    "Nani!?  Of course not Akane-chan.  How could you even think that.
I may get frustrated sometimes, but I don't hate you.  I love everything
about you Akane-chan.  Your cute smile.  Your beautiful body.  Your
fiery...uh...spirit."
    With a cry of pure happiness, Akane pulled Ranma's head down into
a deep, passionate kiss.
    Ranma broke away from Akane and gave her a lopsided grin.  "You wanna
try that cookie recipe again?"

***

    "Hhhmm...Ten...do...do...jo," read Ryoga very carefully in the
fading moonlight.  <YES!  I made it!  After only two days of searching
through Nerima, I found where I was going!  Tonight, Akane, will be the
night I profess my love to you!>  He leapt over the wall of the Tendo
compound...and landed right in the middle of the koi pond.  With a loud
"Bwweeeeeeeee!" of frustration, Ryoga/P-chan clambered out of the pond,
completely ignoring the snoring panda and entered the Tendo house, despite
the fact that all the doors were locked.
    Despite the darkness of the house, he managed to make his way up
the stairs.  He traversed the hallway, stopping in front of Akane's
room.  <Everyone seems to be asleep.  I guess I can tell Akane how I
feel tomorrow.  But for now, I can find shelter in her comforting arms
as P-chan.>
    Noticing the door wasn't quite closed all the way, P-chan pushed
against it with his nose, worming his way into Akane's bedroom.  He
started moving towards Akane's bed, but stopped dead at what he saw.
A very naked female Ranma was under an equally naked Akane, who was
covering the red-head with kisses.
    The sight before him was too much for his brain to process.  So,
with a great spurt of blood coming from his nose, P-chan let out a
panicked "Bwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!" and fell over unconscious.
    Akane jumped as she heard her pet's panicked squeal.  Pulling away
from Ranma she looked around her room frantically.  Then she saw him,
slumped before the half open door of her room.  Jumping out of bed, she
rushed to her pet's side.
    "Oh Ranma!  There's blood everywhere."
    Ranma sat up, supporting herself with her arms.  "What?  Blood?
Where's the wound?"
    "That's the weird part.  It seems to have all come from his nose.
Oh my poor P-chan.  He probably passed out from lack of blood."
    "That figures," muttered Ranma.
    Not paying any attention to Ranma, Akane picked up her pet and
pulled him close.  "Maybe I should run a nice warm bath to clean off
all this blood.  I hope my dear P-chan is all right.  Don't worry Ranma
I'll be right back."
    "Uh...Akane are you sure you want to give him a warm bath?" Ranma
asked nervously.
    Misunderstanding Ranma's concern, Akane replied, "Don't worry
Ranma, I'll keep him from drowning.  Be right back."
    Akane stood, still cradling P-chan against her bare chest, and left
for the bathroom before Ranma could protest anymore.

***

    P-chan awoke to the comforting sound of Akane's voice.  Comforting
that is, until he heard the actual words she was saying.  "Don't worry
P-chan, mommy Akane will give you a nice hot bath to clean off that
sticky blood all over you.  You'll be all clean in no time, then you
can come sleep with me and Ranma-chan."
    As Akane's words became clear in P-chan's mind, he began to panic.
He thrashed around, desperate to escape her arms.  This just caused
Akane to hug him tighter to her breast, which caused him to pass out
again when he realized exactly where he was.
    As the bath filled, Akane turned her attention back to P-chan, who
was once again regaining consciousness.  "Poor P-chan, where have you
been?  I've been so worried about you, then you show up in my room
covered in blood.  Well don't worry about the blood, a nice hot bath
will clean you right up."
    At the words 'hot bath' P-chan tried to squirm out of Akane's
grasp again.  He almost made it, but Akane managed to grab him by his
bandanna.  "What's the matter P-chan, the water can't hurt you, and I
won't let you drown.  I'm just going to give you a quick dip.  Ah!
The water's ready."
    Holding the squirming P-chan by his bandanna, Akane dipped him in
the furo.  What she pulled out was not a cute, black piglet.
    Ryoga just sat there, face downturned and glowing bright red in
shame and embarrassment.
    Akane's eyes, at first wide in shock, quickly narrowed and a bright
blue aura began to form around her as realization struck home.  "RYOGA
NO HENTAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
    "Akane w...wa...wait I-I-I can explain!" Ryoga stammered
desperately, then cried out "RANMA THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"
    The blue aura had steadily grown brighter, travelling to her eyes,
as Akane cocked her arm back, ready to swing.  In a voice almost as
cold as death itself she muttered, "All this time sleeping in my bed,
taking advantage of my good nature, making me think it was Ranma-chan's
fault for your fights.  I cannot allow this to go unpunished."  Subtly
re-adjusting her aim, Akane swung her fist forward crying in that same
cold voice, "Ryoga Hibiki prepare yourself for your worst nightmare!"
Her fist slammed home, catching Ryoga in the chin and sending him
through the wall of the bathroom into the early morning sky.
    <Hhhmmm...Akane gets good distance even without a mallet,> Ryoga
thought absently.  Then he noticed where he was about to land.  His
rapid descent was carrying him straight towards the pond of a large
estate.  As he splashed down, he idly noticed that the estate looked
somehow familiar, but he couldn't put a finger on it.  As he struggled
to the edge of the pond he heard an impossibly cute voice cry out, "Oh!
Kawaii!"
    Akane's last words flashed through his mind and he thought with
rising dread, <No!  She wouldn't!  Even she isn't that cruel.>
    She did, and she was.
    P-chan felt himself being picked up and found himself face to
face with Asuza Shiratori.  "Kawaii!  Charlotte, you've come back to
me!"

***

    As Akane stalked back to her room, aura still bright, her family
stuck their heads out of their doors to check on the commotion.
    "Oh my!  Akane, you should put on a robe!  You'll catch your death
of cold!"
    "Heh!  Looking good sis."
    After one look at his youngest daughter, Soun fell back into his
room unconscious, a small trickle of blood coming out of his nose.
    Akane burst into her room, focused on finding Ranma.  The object
of her search was sitting on her bed, a sheet wrapped around her to
cover her nakedness.  Ranma started to sweat when she noticed Akane's
anger.  Akane whipped out her mallet and started to advance on Ranma.
"Ranma, what did Ryoga mean about this being all your fault?"
    "Oh c'mon Akane, you know Ryoga blames everything in his life on me."
    Akane advanced a step.
    Heh...not buying it huh?  Well, I can explain."
    Akane advanced a couple more steps.
    With her brain actually keeping pace with her mouth, Ranma began.  "You
know Ryoga came after me because of that stupid duel over the bread, but
that wasn't the only reason.  You see, after he didn't find me in that
vacant lot, he followed me to China, and Jyusenkyo.  He was standing on the
cliffs over Jyusenkyo when pop came barreling towards him in panda form.
Pop knocked him off balance.  I came right behind, chasing pop cause I was
still angry about being a half-girl.  I was so focused on pop, I didn't see
Ryoga and I knocked him the rest of the way off the cliffs.  He fell into
the Spring of Drowned Piglet.  I found out about it after he showed up
again in Nerima.  I had to promise not to tell anyone about the curse.
Then he started abusing the curse and my promise by going to bed with you
as his pet.  I wanted to tell you, but that idiotic promise kept me from
it.  I was so damn jealous of that pig!  That's when I started sneaking
into your room with hot water, so I could turn P-chan into Ryoga in your
arms.  When that didn't work, I started calling him P-chan and pig boy and
calling P-chan Ryoga in front of you, trying to get you to realize they
were the same.  For kami-sama's sake Akane, they had the same bandanna!
Only a stupid, uncute tomboy like you wouldn't be able to figure it out."
    During Ranma's rushed explanation, Akane had advanced all the way
to her side.  As the explanation continued, the mallet slowly fell to
her side and the blue aura died down.  However, at Ranma's last couple
sentences the aura flared to life and the mallet rose anew.  "RANMA NO
BAKA!"
    Realizing her mouth had run away again, Ranma closed her eyes and
hunched down, preparing herself for the blow.  She heard the rushing
wind as the mallet descended and the loud SQUEAK as it bopped Ranma on
the head.
    Ranma's eyes popped open.  <Squeak?> she thought confused.  She felt
her head, but there was no bump.  Looking around, she found Akane
collapsed on the floor, wheezing with laughter.  "Akane?"
    Akane stopped laughing and looked up at her lover.  At the confused
look on Ranma's face she broke out into fits of laughter again and shakily
pointed to the mallet at her side.  Ranma picked it up, and nearly dropped
it in surprise.  It was rubber.  A child's squeaky toy.  Very realistic,
but a toy none the less.  "That was a dirty trick Akane.  Now I'll never
know when you're serious with that mallet or not."
    "Hehe.  That's the point Ranma-chan," Akane said as she stood.
"Maybe now you won't get me mad."
    "It's not like I do it on purpose you know.  Sometimes my mouth is
just quicker than my brain."
    Sitting down next to Ranma, Akane playfully ran her hand through
Ranma's hair and said, "I know, but it still makes me angry when you say
stupid things."
    Suddenly remembering the reason for their fight, and wanting to
change the subject, Ranma asked Akane "What did you do to Ryoga?"
    An evil grin settled on Akane's face as she asked in her sweetest
voice, "You remember Asuza Shiratori don't you?"
    Ranma answered offhandedly, "Yeah, so what?"  Then it hit her.  "You
didn't!"
    "I did!"
    "Oh poor Ryoga."  At this comment Ranma noticed the anger start
to return to her lover.  "Um...maybe not 'poor Ryoga,' but still
Akane-chan, wasn't that a little excessive?"
    "I didn't think so at the time."  Akane smiled that evil smile
again.
    "Um...Akane, remind me never to get you really mad at me.  The last
thing I want is to end up punted into the waiting arms of Kuno."  Ranma
shuddered at the thought.
    "Don't worry Ranma-chan, I want to keep you all to myself."  Akane
glomped Ranma and said, "Now where were we, before we were so rudely
interrupted by that pervert Ryoga."

***

    Kasumi and Ranma sat facing each other over the dining table.  Kasumi
was in her usual house dress and apron, while Ranma wore a white T-shirt
and pink overalls.  Between them sat what appeared to be a plate of
cookies.  At least one assumed they were cookies, with their round shape,
tan color and vaguely sweet smelling aroma.  Sounds resembling cooking, or
a battle, could be heard from the kitchen.
    "I'm not sure how you did it Ranma-chan, but my baby sister is learning
to cook.  This is the best batch of cookies she's made yet."
    "It was nothing really, Kasumi.  I just put it in terms she could
understand."
    "Well, whatever you told her, she's actually been able to keep my
kitchen somewhat clean.  It's nowhere near the disaster area it usually is
after she 'cooks' something."
    "Yeah, well, I needed to do something.  I've got to live with her
cooking for the rest of my life.  If I didn't try something to improve it,
then that life would be way too short.  After all, I can't do all the
cooking for us.
    "Y'know Kasumi, you've been taking this whole change in Akane's and my
relationship very calmly.  How do you do it?"
    "Well, Ranma-chan, I was surprised by what happened.  But, I learned a
long time ago that if I keep my wa, then the rest of the house usually
follows.  Besides, my family's happiness is my happiness."
    Ranma reached across the table and took Kasumi's hand.  "Kasumi, I know
this doesn't often get said, but thank you.  For everything you do to keep
this home stable.  In the past I've taken you for granted, and I'm sorry
for that.  I think it's time you started thinking of yourself for a
change."
    "But, I couldn't.  Who would cook and clean?"
    "Kasumi, please.  With Akane's cooking coming out edible more often
than not, plus my own cooking skills, meals won't be a problem.  With Akane
and I getting along so much better, there will be fewer messes to clean up
as well."
    "But I've kept this house for so long..."
    "Which is why you need a break.  At least think about it, okay?"
     Kasumi reluctantly agreed, "Alright."

***

    As Ranma undressed for her bath, she thought back over the past week.
Akane's announcement had come as quite a shock, but Ranma had come to
accept Akane's lesbianism as well as her own newfound desire to remain a
girl.  She shook her head ruefully.  <Boy, love makes us do strange
things.>  Then came Genma's vehement objections to Ranma's choice, followed
by Nabiki's declaration of Ranma being family.  Now, Genma was currently
stuck out in the yard, as a panda, forbidden from entering the Tendo
household.  Plus, with P-chan being revealed to be Ryoga, the week had been
rather eventful.  After the P-chan incident, Ranma had been walking on egg
shells around Akane, afraid she might say something that would make Akane
as mad as she had been at Ryoga.  Ranma shook her head again, a half-smile
on her face.  <Poor Ryoga, ending up as Asuza's pet Charlotte again.>
    Ranma went into the bath and soaped up.  She shivered as the cold
water cascaded over her body.  <Man.  I just never get used to the feel of
cold water.  At least I don't have to worry about changing sexes with water
anymore.>  As Ranma completed that thought, she settled into the hot water
of the bath and felt a familiar tingle come over her.
    He sighed.  <Damn!  Why did this have to happen now?  I was just
starting to get comfortable with my body when the change had to act up.
Akane's not gonna like this.  Hell, I don't like this.>  Ranma sighed
again.  It was time to go see his mother.
    Ranma stood and stepped out of the furo.  After drying himself off, he
turned to dress and sighed in frustration as he slipped on his usual red
shirt and gathered up his pants and temporarily useless lingerie.  He
dumped the lingerie in his bedroom and pulled on a pair of boxers and his
pants.  Ranma reached up to his hair and started to braid it out of habit.
He stopped when he realized what he had to do later and left it in a simple
ponytail.  He didn't think his mom would find it very manly for her son to
have his hair braided.
    Ranma left his room and took the few short steps to Akane's room.
After hesitating for several minutes, he softly knocked on her door.
    "Come in!" Akane called out.
    Ranma stuck his head in the door and simply said, "Akane.  It's time."
    Akane looked up in surprise at the sound of Ranma's voice.  She let out
a small gasp at sight of Ranma's male head.
    Ranma winced.  "C'mon Akane.  This isn't easy for me either you know.
I could be walking into my own death today."
    "I'm sorry Ranma.  Seeing you male was unexpected.  Don't you think it
would be easier on Aunt Nodoka if you showed up as Ranko?  She might be
more inclined to listen to what you have to say if you show up as someone
she's had more contact with."
    "I guess so.  Meet you downstairs."  Ranma pulled his head out of
Akane's doorway and made his way back to the bath.  <I know you may think
you want me in girl form for mom's sake, but it's obvious you just aren't
comfortable around male Ranma.  Besides, I think if I did show up as male
Ranma I wouldn't be able to expalin anything 'cause mom would be all over
me.>

***

    The mid afternoon sun shone down on Akane and 'Ranko' standing before a
moderately sized home.  Akane reached up and knocked on the door.  After
several minutes it was opened by Nodoka.
    "Akane!  Ranko!  What a pleasant suprise."
    "Hello Aunt Nodoka," they reply simultaneously.
    "Come in.  Come in.  Would you like some tea?"
    She led them into a small combination living and dining room and sat
them down at the dining table.  She passed through a doorway into what was
presumably the kitchen.  As she was preparing the tea, Nodoka called back
to Ranma and Akane.  "So, what brings you to my home?"
    "Actually we came to talk to you about Ranma," replied Ranma.
    Instantly Nodoka was facing them from across the table.  "What?  You
have news of Ranma?  He's not hurt is he?"
    "Don't worry Aunt Nodoka, Ranma isn't hurt.  We'll tell you everything
once the tea is ready," Akane answered.
    After several minutes, Nodoka came back into the room carrying a tray
with a steaming kettle and three cups.  "So what is this news you have of
my son?" she asked as she poured the tea.
    Ranma sipped her tea and sighed.  "I don't really know how to say
this, so I'll have to show you.  You see, I am Ranma Saotome, your son."
With those words, she poured the tea over head, triggering the
transformation.  "Sorry 'bout this."
    Nodoka fainted.
    "Well that went well," Akane commented.
    Ranma vaulted the table and tried to awaken his mother.  After
several light slaps from Ranma, Nodoka's eyes fluttered, then suddenly
popped open.  She cried out in disbelief to see her son sitting over her.
"Ranma!  My son has returned to me!"
    She sat up and hugged Ranma to her fiercely.  Ranma returned the hug
with equal force repeating over and over again, "Mom, I'm back."
    As she finally released her son, Nodoka's eyes widened as she
realized Ranko was nowhere to be seen.  "Ranma, what happened to Ranko?
She was just here a moment ago."
    A pained look crossed Ranma's face at the mention of Ranko.  Nodoka
noticed the look and asked "Nothing's happened to her?"
    Ranma sighed.  "mom, could you please get me some cold water?"
    "Of course, my son."
    While she was in the kitchen, Akane turned to Ranma.  "Are you sure
about this?"
    "Yes.  She needs to understand."
    "Sure about what?  I need to understand what?" Nodoka asked as she
reentered the room.
    Ranma took the glass of water from his mother, then placed his mother's
hands against his chest.  He picked the glass back up and dumped the
contents over his head.  "This."
    Nodoka gasped as she felt her son's manly chest _change_ and become the
very shapely chest of a young girl.  Where Ranma was now sat Ranko.  Nodoka
just stared.
    Ranma looked at her mother sadly.  "Ranko Tendo never existed.  She was
me, Ranma Saotome.  Uh, mom, you can let go of my breasts now."
    Nodoka's face flushed crimson as she pulled her hand's away from her
son's...daughter's...child's chest.  "H...h...how?"  She managed to
stutter.
    Ranma gave a very unfeminine growl.  "It was all baka oyaji's fault.
He took me to a cursed training ground in China without knowing any Chinese
at all.  It had over a hundred springs, each with their own curse.  Oyaji
manged to knock me into the Spring of Drowned Girl.  I was so shocked at
his own transformation, I couldn't defend myself."
    "Your father is cursed?  What is his..."  Nodoka's face lit up with
realization.  "Ranko's pet panda was really my Genma.  But why did you hide
from me in your cursed forms?"
    "Because of that contract you made me and oyaji sign."
    "What contract?" Nodoka asked, genuine confusion in her voice.
    "The one that said we'd commit seppuku if Pop didn't make me a man
among men.  He said the contract was all your idea and that you wouldn't
let us out of the house until we both signed it.  Because of my curse,
oyaji said I couldn't be a man among men since I'm half girl."
    "Now I remember.  That contract wasn't my idea, it was your father's.
I was against the thing because I thought it would put too much stress on
you.  But your father kept badgering me to agree to it.  I finally gave in
because I thought it would keep your father's more foolish ideas in check.
Apparently, I was wrong."
    "You don't know the half of it, Aunt Nodoka," put in Akane.
    "So do I have to commit seppuku?" Ranma asked, a hint of trepidation
and fear in his voice.
    "Of course not!  I had no intention of upholding that ridiculous
contract.  Why would I kill my son after being reunited with him.  Now what
did Akane mean that I didn't know the half of it?"
    "You'll understand, once I tell you about the last ten years.  The
first part I remember was..."
    "Ranma, son, wait.  I have a feeling this is goint to be a long story,
and I want to see my 'manly' son again, not Ranko."
    Ranma started, realizing that she had been a girl for the majority of
the conversation.  The past week had seen Ranma growing completely
comfortable with her girl body, so it felt natural to her.  "Sorry mom,
this body is something else we need to talk about.  Can I have some hot
water please?"
    "Of course."  Nodoka retrieved a cup of hot water from the kitchen
and handed it to Ranma, who dumped it on herself, becoming himself.  "Is
that better mom?"
    "Yes, thank you."
    "Now, as I was saying, the first significant thing I remember was my
time with my friend Ucchan..."


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