Finally, after a long time, chapter 20 of this burgeoning story.  

Quick Notes
- Webpage is going to be moving.  My friend is not staying at Yale over the
summer, so my webpages are going to be relocated:
http://pantheon.yale.edu/~mhc8/top.htm

I'm not so certain about the account above, because I only have a 10 meg
limit and I'm running out of space.  If anyone has server space and are
willing to donate some, I'd be interested in some :)

-Email is the same.  I live like 15 minutes from college, so people who
want to email me, use the same old address.

-Ok, Alternative Reality chapters 21-25 are delayed.  I was aiming for a
Friday release, but damn it, finals in two days.... I don't think I can
read them over/finish them up/plan them out during this week.  Delayed to
next week

-I'm looking for a english whiz to proofread my work.  I'm sort of only
into mathematics and stuff, and my writing sucks so if you any of you are
interested in proofreading and correcting stupid errors, email me please?

Hmmm, too many notes?

Chapter 20

    "Ranma Saotome!  I shall disembowel thee!"  Ranma noted that at least
Tatewaki Kuno had the decency to revamp his battle cries.  Ranma stepped
aside, but considering the fact that for the past few days, a mysterious
woman had been showing up at his place and causing major havoc and lack of
sleep on Ranma's part, Ranma was only slightly surprised when he felt a
wooden sword connect to his back and drive him to the floor.

    'Great, next time I'd better tell Mom to beat up Dad, outside.'  Ranma
rapidly rolled to the side, avoiding Kuno's rapid-fire thrusts. Ranma,
somewhat shaken from the blow and tired from lack of sleep, leaped to his
feet.  "Ok, Kuno, I've had such a bad week that I don't want to end it with
a fight.  But since you asked for it..."

    Tatewaki didn't even bother to wait for Ranma, and he charged.  Ranma
this time executed the sidestep perfectly, and allowed Kuno to hurt himself
against a tree.  "I'm going to tell you that I don't feel like sparring
right now."  Ranma rubbed his blood shot eyes and walked into the school.

    Ukyo and Kodachi both yawned, and followed Ranma into the school.

    Despite the fact that his face was imbedded into the tree, Kuno started
to laugh maniacally.  "So the great Ranma Saotome is not feeling well?"
His laughing intensified.  "Well, I'll try my hardest to make sure to put
him out of his misery."  And having made his oath, Kuno started the
complicated task of prying his face free from the tree trunk.

* * *

    Ranma watched Miss Hinako, as she attempted to go through the daily
English lessons, when he felt his eyelids slowly experiencing the all too
common pull of gravity.  Looking around the classroom, his eyes sort of
drooped down, Ranma couldn't help but notice that Kodachi was already
slumped over her desk and Ukyo was leaning backwards, her hair disturbing
the person behind her.

    'I guess I could go to sleep for a bit.'  Ranma leaned forward, and his
eyes were about to close, when the door to the classroom burst open.
"Ranma Saotome!  I will kill you and play soccer with your head!"  Ranma
was semi-sleepy, so he barely had enough time to roll out of the way as
Kuno demolished his desk.

    Miss Hinako's eyes opened wide.  "Please, delinquent!  Stop fighting!
Please?"  Kuno showed no sign of giving up as he swung his sword at Ranma.
Ranma was forced to flip out of range.  "Stop or else!"  Ranma stared at
Kuno as he slowly approached, his sword drawn.

    Ranma's hand flashed to his back, when all of the sudden, he realized
he had left his blade at home.  'Shoot, of all the days...'  Ranma ducked
as Kuno's sword dug into the wall where his head used to be.

    As Ranma leaped out of the way, he happened to notice Hinako.  Grabbing
a 5 yen coin and holding it between her index and middle fingers, Miss
Hinako pointed the coin at Kuno and traced a circle in the air.  As she
moved the coin, a fiery green path was left in the air.

    Ranma watched with semihorror as a greenish arcs of energy jumped from
Kuno into Miss Hinako.  As Kuno slowly shriveled onto the floor, Ranma
could notice that Miss Hinako was growing.  With a sigh, Miss Hinako tossed
her long hair back and looked at Ranma.  "Saotome, are you fine?"  Ranma
nodded, as he realized that the fully grown woman in front of him was none
other than the mysterious woman who had been visiting his home.

    Ranma started to stammer, and he fell down.

* * *

    Genma looked at his son.  "Come again?  What did you say?"  He had
serious doubts trying to believe such a loony story from his son.

    "I said the lady who always shows up at our home is Miss Hinako, my
teacher!"

    "And your teacher has the hots for me?"  Genma seemed quite
incredulous.  "Man, I still keep drawing in the chicks, even in old age."
Genma looked at himself, somewhat impressed.  "So Ranma, you think it's the
body?"

    Ranma grumbled.  "Don't make me want to kick you."

    Genma suddenly went serious.  "Anyhow, I don't want your teacher to go
all loving and stuff over me.  Just makes me sick when a woman is willing
to baby you."  Genma looked around and whispered into Ranma's ear.  "You
know, that 's why I married your mother."

    There was a loud shout.  "Genma!  Get your ass over here right now!
Why do you have black lacy lingerie on the bed!  And it's not mine!"  Genma
immediately paled.

    Ranma snickered.  "You were saying?"

* * *

    Ranma and Genma both skidded down the hallway, stopping perfectly in
the bedroom.  Nodoka was standing next to the bed, with her katana drawn.
Genma seemed visibly agitated.  "Now, Nodoka, I swear I don't know what the
lingerie is doing there."

    Nodoka took a step towards Genma.  "Genma, DEAR, you are on very thin
ice right now."

    "Oh, Darling!"  Everyone froze in place, and turned just in time to see
the grown Miss Hinako walk into the room, somewhat wet from a bath.  She
was practically naked.  Genma's jaw slowly cranked open, while Ranma closed
his eyes, and tried to shield his face.

    "I'm so sorry!  Argh!"  Ranma turned around, and ran straight into the
wall.  He slid to the ground without a sound.

    Miss Hinako didn't bother with here choice of clothing, and she
snuggled up next to Genma.  "Genma, dear, why don't we go out for some
dinner?  I know this great place, and I have plenty of money.  You don't
have to pay at all..."

    Nodoka was slowly burning with anger.  She slowly walked over to Miss
Hinako with murder in her eyes.  "You hussy!  Get off my husband!"  Miss
Hinako sighed as she looked at Nodoka.

    "A minor obstacle, indeed."  Immediately, Miss Hinako jerked around
quickly, and formed a circle aimed at Nodoka.  "Happo-no-coin return!"  A
greenish globe of pure energy built up, and launched itself at Nodoka.
With a gasp, Nodoka rolled forwards, completely dodging the blast.  Using
the momentum to her advantage, Nodoka landed on her feet, and her sword was
mere inches away from a little girl.

    "Waah!  Mr. Saotome!  You wife is trying to beat me!"  Genma, who was
still paralyzed, didn't move.  Well, it wasn't hard to be paralyzed,
considering a very angry woman with a sword had been charging him.

    Ranma slowly got to his feet.  "Miss Hinako, I'd like to have a private
word with you."  Ranma reached down, and easily picked up his teacher.  He
suddenly realized that his teacher seemed to be lacking clothing.

    "Hentai!  You pervert!"  Ranma panicked as Miss Hinako started to hit
him over the head.  Ranma looked around, and found something.  Reaching
over, Ranma grabbed a vase of roses and emptied it over his head.

    Ranma grabbed his teacher as his transformation took place.  "Look
here, You Brat!"  As a side note, it was rather interesting for Genma and
Nodoka to finally watch Ranma's transformation take place.  It just seemed
that his body was slowly morphing over to a girl's body.  And besides, it
was interesting to listen to his voice change.  "I'm really sorry but I
would appreciate it if you would please leave my parents alone.  I'm sure
you'd find a better man than my father.  Like someone who's nice, young,
charming, thin, and completely doting,   You know, someone like Ryoga."

    For a moment, Ranma-chan seemed captivated in a little daydream.
Periodically, she would sigh, and her face gradually turned pinkish in hue.
 "Um, Saotome."  Miss Hinako tugged on Ranma-chan's sleeve.  "Um, excuse me?"

    Ranma-chan was beyond lost and into immersion in her dream.  She barely
whispered.  "I do..."  Genma twitched as he crashed into the floor.  Nodoka
dropped her sword.

    Genma grabbed Ranma-chan by the collar.  "What the hell do you mean by
'I do'!  You actually want to marry that boy!  Ranma, you are a guy!
Remember that!"  Genma tried to shake some sense into Ranma-chan, but
Nodoka pushed Genma into the wall, as she hugged Ranma-chan.

    "Genma!  How dare you try to mistreat our daughter!"

    Genma started to sputter.  "Daughter!  We both have a son!"

    "Father, you're scaring me!"  
 
    "We have a daughter and a son!"  Nodoka grabbed Genma by the collars.
"And if you make Ranma feel uncomfortable in any form, I'll be sure to make
you spend your nights on the couch."  Genma gulped.

* * *

    Ukyo was walking home, when a particular a feeling over came her.  It
wasn't a good feeling, as it was akin to feeling the hairs on the back of
your neck begin to quiver in fear.  Immediately Ukyo leaped to the side as
a hammer landed where she was instants ago.

    "Ukyo!  You will die!"

    Ukyo's head whirled around.  "Tsubasa!  What are you doing here?"

    "How dare you keep my lover away from me!"  Tsubasa grabbed her lethal
hammer and swung it at Ukyo.  A spatula parried it away.

    "What do you mean?  I did nothing!"  Ukyo shouted as she ducked yet
another wild swing.

    "Nothing?  Nothing?  You took my boyfriend away!"  Tsubasa growled as
she leaped at Ukyo.  Fortunately Ukyo was a much better martial artist, and
she landed a blow on Tsubasa that stopped him in midair.  She fell on the
ground stunned.

    "Great..."  Ukyo looked around, and there was no one in the street.  "I
can't leave her like this."  With a slight look of distaste, she picked up
the fallen girl, slung the limp body over her shoulder, and made her way
back home.

    Ranma was the first to greet her.  "Hi Ukyo."  He paused for a bit as
he tried to deduce what Ukyo had done.  "And what's with the dead body?"

    Ukyo grumbled a little.  "This little brat's been following me
everywhere ever since she had this dumb delusion that I was her boyfriend."

    "Wait a second, her boyfriend?"  Ranma seemed somewhat befuddled, as
well as Kodachi who had just walked into the room.

    "How could this girl mistaken you for a guy?  I mean, you have these,
and these."  Kodachi started to point out Ukyo's womanly features.

    "Will you stop touching me!"  Ukyo growled.  Her voice then became
calmer.  "Anyhow, what I meant is that this girl here has a infatuation
with my other body.  Let me demonstrate."  She dropped Tsubasa on the
floor, walked out of the room.  A few seconds later there was a splash and
a little shout.  "Damn it's cold!"

    Ranma snapped his fingers.  "That's it, Ukyo's cursed form."  Ukyo
walked back into the room, her normally loose clothing stretched as her
body had increased in every aspect: muscle build, height, and weight.

    Ukyo frowned as she looked at her male body.  "Egads, why does this
body have to be so ungainly?"  Tsubasa's eyes started to flutter.  "I mean,
I look so fat in this body."  Ranma muttered something under his breath.

    Tsubasa's eyes cranked wide open, and she sat up.  "What happened?
This is a that bitch Ukyo's fault!"  Grumbling a bit, she finally saw a
tall slim man standing rather indifferently next to her.  "Oh, Ukyou!
You've rescued me!"  In seconds, she had gotten off the ground and had
leaped into Ukyo's arms.

    "Ukyou, dear Ukyou.  Say that you love me?  You love me more than that
Ukyo?"  Ukyo merely grumbled and without warning she slammed her spatula
into Tsubasa's head from behind.  She fainted again.

    "Where is some hot water?  I can't stand it.  I want some hot water."
Ukyo walked out of the room, presumably to take a bath.

* * *

    Kodachi tried her best to restrain Tsubasa as she, Ranma, and Ukyo were
walking to school.  Ukyo's head was drooped downwards as for the last few
minutes, she had to endure Tsubasa's constant barrage of death threats and
jokes about her boyish choice of clothing.

    "Ukyo, you are as manly as any man, but how do you manage to take my
sweet Ukyou away from me?"  Tsubasa growled, as Kodachi and Ranma struggled
to hold her back.  Immediately, Tsubasa calmed down for no apparent reason.
 "Hey, who's that hunk?"  Tsubasa even stopped struggling as she pointed at
the person walking towards the group.

    Ranma called out.  'Hey, Ryoga, school is the other way?"

    Ryoga coughed.  "It is?"  He then laughed nervously.  "I'd better
follow you guys, or I'd get really lost."  He looked at the girls around
Ranma, and he finally noticed an unfamiliar face.  "So Ranma, who's the new
girl?"

    "Um, she's just visiting.  She's one of Ukyo's old friends."

    "Yeah right, as if she was a friend of mine who wanted to kill me."
Ukyo said through clenched teeth.

    Tsubasa surged forth, and managed to break free of Kodachi's and
Ranma's hold.  She curtseyed in front of Ryoga.  "Hi, I'm called Tsubasa.
And I'll do anything you want me to do."

    Ryoga eyed her strangely.  "Whatever."  He then turned to Ranma.  "Hey,
Ranma, did you finally finish that problem set?  Man, I was working pretty
hard to get that done."

    Ukyo snickered, and she whispered to Ryoga.  "Thanks, I think you've
finally solved my problem with Tsubasa here."  Immediately a hammer crashed
into Ukyo's head, and she fell to the ground.

    "Hey!  I don't want you taking him away as well.  You can keep Ukyou.
Tell him I found someone more manlier."  Tsubasa immediately hugged Ryoga
and looked into his eyes.  "I love you."

    Ryoga started to turn red and such.  "Err, well, I don't think..."

    Ranma laughed as he picked up Ukyo.  "Well, Ryoga, I'm pretty sure Ukyo
will thank you later.  Hurry up, or we are all going to be late for class!"