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Hey, here's chapter two, finnally.  Sorry that it took a little longer
than I had hoped.

Now for the PRELIMS! (Abreviated)

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Ryoga: Possibilities 1/2
by Cat

Chapter 2

	�Wake up, Ryoko.� Akane said as she gently prodded her new 
roommate awake.  She hadn�t been surprised to find the girl 
underneath the covers,  asleep, almost hiding herself, not after the
way 
she had acted last night.  Jeesh, you�d think she had never seen 
another girl change clothes before.
	Ryoga woke instantly.  As recent events returned to memory 
and she remembered where exactly she was, she decided that staying 
huddled under the covers was perhaps the best place to remain for the 
time being.  She and Ranma had been completely unable to deter 
Akane from having �Ryoko� stay in her room.  The fact that neither 
one of them had been able to come up with a single decent argument 
against it hadn�t helped.  Finally, Ryoga had decided that there was 
only one possible solution.  Give in.  It was obvious Akane liked 
her�at least as a friend, something Ryoga had very few of, and she 
wasn�t going to ruin it over nothing, no matter what Ranma said!  
Besides, it was ok, they were both girls after all.  Even to 
Ryoga this seemed rather strained logic, however, admittedly with 
some struggle, she was able to convince herself that it was only for 
Akane�s benefit.  Someone needed to watch out for her, especially with 
Ranma around. 
	Ranma on the other hand, had different feelings.  He had 
expressed these the previous night in the solemn and tactful way in 
which he handled everything.
	�There�s no way I�m letting a PERVERT like you sleep with 
Akane!!!� he yelled, rather loudly.  They were currently both seated
in 
the dinning room.  Dinner had finished and as the rest of the family 
had begun to leave Ranma had quickly cobbled up a rather shaky story 
about wanting to catch up on old times with his high school friend. 
It 
was thus that the two had been left alone as the rest of the family 
slipped into their nightly routine.
 	�I�m no PERVERT!!!� Ryoga screamed back (she had always 
had a rather quick temper), �It�s you who�s the pervert Ranma!  
Treating Akane like you do, when she�s your fianc�!!!� Ryoga was 
now yelling at the top of her lungs.  Things only went down hill from 
there.
	Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on your point of 
view, the screaming match hadn�t quite had time to degenerate into 
anything more violent when the loud noises attracted the rest of the 
household.  The two would be combatants noticed their audience at 
almost the exact same time.
	�Ryoko, Ranma, what�s going on here?� Soun asked in his 
patented worried/annoyed/about to burst into tears voice.
	�Ummm��,  Ranma stumbled for a response.  
The reason for what happened next will probably never be 
truly known.  Perhaps the great Nabiki made a mistake.  Perhaps, for 
once, she misinterpreted the facts, jumped to a wrong conclusion, did 
something stupid.  Or perhaps no error was made at all, but a 
calculated move in a complex game only a true master could 
understand.  Whatever the reason, what happened next would go down 
in history as one of the biggest misinterpretation of reality ever 
concieved in the minds of mortal man (or, in this case, woman.)
	�Can�t you see daddy��, Nabiki spoke with her typical 
sarcastic tone.  The one that gave the listener the feeling that, not
only 
were they missing something, but they had never had it in the first 
place.  
	Seeing Soun�s lost look, she added, �Who do they remind you 
of?�  Everyone was giving her a completely blank stare now.  
	She tried again, �Let me put it this way.  Which other two 
individuals in this house fight, yell, and scream at each other on a 
constant basis?�  Now everyone was staring.  Kasumi, in her typical 
helpful way, spoke up.
	�Why they�re acting just like Ranma and Akane.�
	There was a pause as silence descended.  Everyone looked 
from Ryoga, to Ranma, to Akane, and back.  Soun, surprisingly, was 
the first to get it.
	�SAOTOME!!!,� he said as he grew to monster size 
screaming at a very terrified panda, �WHY DIDN�T YOU TELL ME 
RANMA HAD ANOTHER FIANCEE!!!�  
	Genma, for his part, simply cowered on the floor.  
Desperately he held up a sign as he tried to cover his head with his 
hands.
	<<The boy never told me, I didn�t even know he was 
dating>>
	�We�re not engaged!� Ranma screamed defensively as he 
caught on to what was going on.  Ryoga, for her part, could only stare 
in shock.
	�So that�s what you meant when you said you were not 
exactly friends�� Akane said, giving Ryoga a strange look.  �Your 
not dating now are you?� she asked seeming slightly worried.  Ryoga, 
not knowing exactly what to do, simply shook her head.
	For a split second a look of relief crossed her face followed 
instantly by one of compassion.  �So how long have you two been 
broken up for?� she asked.  
	As Akane attempted to discover the details from an extremely 
confused Ryoga Ranma was having troubles of his own.  Both Soun 
and Genma had began a startling barrage of attacks that, though one-
hundred percent verbal, could very easily be classified as one of the 
many bizarre Anything Goes fighting styles.  With question after 
question, accusation after accusation, they drove Ranma back. 
	�How long have you two been dating?� 
	�How far have you gone?�
	�You disgrace your families honor by your actions.�
	�Where did I fail you boy!?�
	As a direct consequence of this unexpected and devastating 
attack Ranma was completely unable to lend assistance to Ryoga, 
which, in the grand tradition of complete understatement, was a pity.  
Ryoga was left to field Akane�s question with only her wits to help 
her.  Needless to say (though it will be said anyways) she was almost 
completely unarmed.
	�We�It hasn�t been�we weren�t�not�, I mean�,� Ryoga 
stuttered grasping for some answer that wouldn�t be taken the wrong 
way.  Starting to panic she placed her hand behind her head and began 
laughing hysterically. Finally, completely unable to cope with the 
situation, and being Ryoga, she did the only thing she could think
of.  
She ran.  Notably, this was perhaps the single worst thing she could 
have done in this situation.  
Akane followed immediately, mistaking her panic for the 
emotional scarring of a newly broken heart, determined to help the 
poor girl who had been so ruthlessly crushed by that heartless Ranma.  
Ranma, still completely oblivious to the preceding circumstances 
continued his attempt to fend off the enraged Soun and Genma.  
	�Dad, Mr. Tendou stop it!� Kasumi spoke up.  The shock of 
hearing her raise her voice was enough to penetrate even through the 
incredible collection of thick skulls represented by the three men 
before her.  �They were never engaged, Ranma just said so.  No 
wonder he was so against a fianc�, especially when he and Ryoga had 
just broken up.  Now, you two leave Ranma alone, they obviously 
aren�t a couple anymore, so you need not worry.� Slowly, both Soun 
and Genma relaxed, and  Kasumi�s Look of Mild Annoyance faded to 
be replaced by one of her standard Isn�t Life Wonderful looks.  
Ranma, on the other hand, went from This is All a Big 
Misunderstanding Please Leave Me Alone immediately into This 
Can�t Possibly be Happening.
	�Whaddya mean �not a couple ANYMORE,� we were never 
dating!� his voice went up several levels as he yelled at those 
watching.  
	�Ranma, please!� Nabiki�s voice conveyed her utter lack of 
belief, �the girl not only just confirmed it, but ran out of here 
practically in tears.  Surely you don�t expect us to believe you.�  
	�She what!� Ranma couldn�t believe this was happening.  
�Whatever she said it�s a Lie!  We were just friends!� he frantically 
searched for even the slightest sign that someone believed even the 
smallest thing he was saying.  Not surprisingly, in vain.
	�I can�t believe this!!!� he was really freaking out now,  
�There�s no way, no way, that I would ever go out with that�that�,� 
he trailed off, taking another look at their disbelieving faces. 
Rolling 
her eye�s Nabiki walked out of the room.  Kasumi, once again sure of 
the sanctity of the universe began to hum a pleasant tune as she
picked 
up her sowing, completely oblivious to Ranma�s panic.  Feeling better 
at Kasumi�s reassurance and ignoring his horrified son, Genma pulled 
out a Shogi board, and, looking over at Soun, immediately began 
setting up the board to play.  
	Soun himself was still not at all happy about the arrangement.  
It was bad enough that another unattached female was now living 
under his roof, but to find out that she was his future son-in-laws
ex-
girlfriend was almost too much for his never-to-stable emotional
state.  
However, Kasumi did say everything was going to be alright, and 
Ranma certainly didn�t seem all that happy about them discovering 
their relationship.  Finally, as the Shogi board began to call his
name, 
he decided that everything would work out for the best, it always did.
	Ranma, disgusted, decided that there was only one way to 
settle this.  He would find Ryoga and get him to admit his curse.  
Ranma had almost told them himself when he heard what the others 
were saying, but he had resisted, his honor holding him back.  The 
solution though, was simple.  There was no way Ryoga liked what the 
others were thinking any more than he did.  If this didn�t convince
her 
that revealing the curse was the only way, well, Ranma would 
convince her in other, more direct, ways.

	Where could she be?  Akane was extremely confused.  She 
had seen Ryoga run off this direction only a few seconds ago.  There 
weren�t that many places to hide, and the only way out was past her.  
She had to be here. 
	From somewhere up ahead Akane heard a thump.  Racing to 
the source of the sound she opened the hall closet.  A rather confused 
and flustered looking Ryoga fell out.
	�Why were you in the closet?� Akane asked, her surprise 
causing her to temporarily forget her original reasons for following
the 
lost girl.
	�I�uh�well�,� Ryoga stumbled over her words, once again 
completely embarrassed as she tried to come up with a good 
explanation.
	�It�s because she couldn�t find her way out of a cardboard 
box.� Akane whirled as Ranma walked up from behind.  He ignored, 
or perhaps simply failed to see the violent look she threw at him.  
�Why did you say we were dating!?� he yelled at the still flustered 
Ryoga.
	�I didn�t!� Ryoga shot back defensively.
	�Ryoko, it�s obvious you two broke up just recently,� Akane 
broke in with a soothing tone.  �There�s no reason to deny it, I don�t 
think any less of you just because you made the mistake of dating a 
pervert,� Akane made a deliberate effort to completely ignore Ranma 
as she was speaking.
	�But, we were never dating!� Ranma yelled again.  Akane 
just rolled her eyes, stuck up her nose, and grabbing Ryoga walked off 
to bed.  
	Ranma was furious.  How dare that little fang-faced, no good, 
pathetic excuse for a girl do this to him.  After watching Akane drag 
Ryoga back to their now shared room Ranma almost flew out the door, 
completely ignoring the still pouring rain and his inevitable change.  
Sitting in her favorite spot on the Tendou roof, legs crossed in the 
lotus position, she tried to calm her nerves.
	After what seemed to her like hours, but were, in fact, 
actually hours, she had calmed enough to begin to think once more.  It 
must be noted here that Ranma�s brain was in no way used to the 
unusual strains that had been put on it throughout the day.  It had
been 
called upon to do more work in the last several hours than it was 
usually asked to do in months.  Not only that, but he had not known 
Akane very long at all, though it seemed to Ranma that it had been 
years.  Thus she can be excused for what follow.
	<So, Ryoga�s gonna pretend to be a girl then,> 
	<There is no way he�s gonna� be able to take it for long.  
Sooner or later he�ll crack, or screw up.  Then I�ve got him and he�ll 
have to admit the curse,> the more he thought about it the more he 
was sure of it.
<Akane�s pretty quick, (at least she seems to catch whenever I�m 
hiding something)> he added the last with only a hint of bitterness.
	<How long can the guy keep such an obvious thing a secret 
anyway?  I don�t have to tell anyone myself, all I have to do is
wait.>
	It was thus that a much more relaxed, confident, even smug, 
Ranma returned from out in the rain to the now quiet Tendou 
household.

	�Get up it�s almost time for school,� Akane said as she 
grabbed the covers and yanked them off the tiny girl still lying in
bed.  
Ryoga tried to shut her eyes but it was too late, Akane was standing 
directly over her�wearing a jogging outfit.  
	�Good morning Akane,� Ryoga said trying to sound pleasant, 
but her heart wasn�t in it.  Sheer necessity had forced her into her 
cursed form for long periods of time now and again on her travels, but 
she had never enjoyed it.  Couple that with the disastrous events of
last 
night and the fact that she was going to have to face Ranma today, 
well, suffice to say she wasn�t looking forward to getting up.
	�Come on down for breakfast whenever your ready,� Akane 
said, still in a very good mood, as she walked out of the room.  A few 
seconds passed, then, slowly Ryoga carefully got out of bed and made 
her way to the bathroom.  Once inside she got carefully got undressed 
and began to prepare a bath.  Hesitating briefly over the faucet she 
finally settled on cold.  She didn�t think it likely that anyone would 
walk in on her when she was taking a bath, but stranger things had 
happened.  Besides, she was used to the cold anyway, there wasn�t a 
water heater in a mountain stream.  
	Trying to avoid taking too good a look at herself she slid into 
the tub, wincing only slightly as the chilly water made contact with
her 
skin.  Once again her eyes wandered to the sink mirror.  The sight of 
the incredibly attractive and completely nude female that met her eyes 
would have caused the old Ryoga severe blood loss.   Her curse 
however, had changed her more than she liked to admit.  
	Over the past weeks she had been forced to interact as a girl 
for long periods at a time.  There were places she�d been where it 
seemed the rain never ceased, forcing her to stay a girl for much 
longer periods of time than Ranma had probably yet faced.  She�d 
interacted as a girl quite a bit, though never by choice, and as time 
went by, almost without her noticing, she began to loose her all 
encompassing loss of self control around women.  Not that she could 
be said to be up to par, but she also wouldn�t collapse at the mere
hint 
flesh anymore either.
	As she began to wash she tried to decide what to do about 
Ranma.  She realized now that simply agreeing to be friends wasn�t 
going to work.  The current misunderstanding was another problem.  
On this though, Ryoga wasn�t all that worried.  All she had to do was 
explain to the Tendo�s that they had just been friends.  That
particular 
dilemma had a simple solution and didn�t need to be worried about.  
As for how to get along with that arrogant pervert.  Well, she knew 
she would act honorably, it was almost all up to him really.
	Finishing up her bath she put on a new pair of traveling 
clothes.  Not that anyone could tell seeing as how all of her outfits 
looked exactly the same, but still cleanliness, when she could get it, 
was something she enjoyed.  As she dressed she allowed herself 
another look in the mirror.  She was almost exactly the same height as 
Ranma�s girl form.  Her hair was about shoulder length and jet black, 
with not the slightest hint of a curl.  Upon close inspection (any guy 
would probably decide that this was a necessity) one would probably 
conclude that she was at least as cute as Ranma.  Ryoga herself, 
though naturally a very self-depreciated person, had long come to 
grips with the fact that she was one of the most attractive females
she 
had ever seen.  To the �lost boy� this was not a ego booster.  
	After tying up her leg bindings and brushing her teeth, (a 
martial artists has to keep good dental hygiene) she finished tying
off 
by tying her hair back in a pony tail with her bandana.  She had 
discovered that somehow, whenever she changed to female it would 
always end up that way.  Not that she minded really, but it was just 
one more in a long list of really weird things involving her curse.  
Luckily it worked both ways and as soon as she shifted back to guy it 
would go back to its original use around her head.  
	After a brief search of the bathroom  she was able to find her 
way back out into the hall (there was only one door so it took her
only 
a few minutes) and began her search for the dinning room.
	She discovered it in remarkable time owing mainly to the 
sounds of fighting that seemed to be emanating from the back yard.  
As she approached she was just in time to see what looked to be an out 
and out fight between Ranma and his father.   It was not without a 
measure of disappointment that she noted that neither of the two 
martial artists had yet to be unlucky enough to have any encounters 
with the pond.
	�Breakfast is ready,� Kasumi�s yell caused an instant end to 
the fighting as both of the martial artists decided that food
outweighed 
all other concerns.  
	Ranma, seeing Ryoga still standing near the door, gave the 
nervous girl a smile.  He noted with no little joy the way she seemed
to 
flinch back, almost as if it had been an attack.  Which, in a way, it
had 
been.  
	Unfortunately for Ranma, his pleasure was short lived as 
Genma, seeing his son distracted, took the opportunity to give him a 
quick sidekick sending him flying into the pond.  He then proceeded to 
help himself to Ranma�s breakfast, a reasonable reward for his 
superior tactics.
	Ryoga, upon witnessing these events, was very willing to 
return a smile of her own to the soaked redhead, glaring at her
father.  
Feeling more confident she joined the others at the breakfast table.
	�So, Ryoko, where exactly do you get your money from 
anyway?� Nabiki asked as the bandana girl sat down.  Let it never be 
said that Nabiki Tendou foolishly wasted time with meaningless 
pleasantries.  
	�Nabiki!� Akane was annoyed with her sister, ever since 
Ryoko had shown up she�d been nothing but rude.  �she�s our guest 
after all.�
	�Of course, please forgive me.� Nabiki said without the 
slightest of apology in her voice.  �So, where from?�
	�I get a regular allowance from my parents.  They worked it 
out so money would be put directly in my bank account every month.  I 
don�t use that much of it��, she trailed off.  The fact was, she never 
used  any of it.  Now and then, when she was lucky enough to find a 
bank she might withdraw some cash, but mostly she just lived off the 
land.  She was a martial artist after all.
	�They must be rich,� Nabiki noted with some interest.
	�I guess�maybe,� Ryoga returned with a shrug, not too 
interested.
	�Maybe?� Nabiki asked incredulously, �Don�t you know?� 
she seemed rather surprised at Ryoga�s lack of enthusiasm.
	�Well, not really, I don�t exactly see them much,� this 
conversation was become much to personal for Ryoga�s liking.
	�Why not?� Nabiki said, deliberately ignoring the small girls 
obvious discomfort.
	�Nabiki!� Akane had had enough.  She wasn�t exactly 
surprised by this, not much could surprise her when it came to her 
sister and money, but that didn�t mean she was going to let her 
continue to badger her new friend.
	Nabiki might have continued her badgering, or perhaps not, 
as �Few can know the mind of Nabiki,� however their conversation 
was cut off by an excessively loud cry of triumph. The redhead had,
for 
the past few minutes, been fighting a hard battle for the last of the 
pickles.  Her victories in this particular war were rare, as the old
man 
usually ate the pickle so fast Ranma didn�t even get a chance.  This 
time however she had cut him off with a leg sweep from the side 
(consequently knocking Genma into the pond) and had deftly grabbed 
the chopsticks right out of his hands.  After a decent bit of taunting
the 
now victorious Ranma joined the other three girls at the table.
	�So how was your beauty sleep Ryoko?� she asked her voice 
dripping with innocence.
	�Shut up Ranma!� Ryoga might be out of her league when it 
came to fending off Nabiki�s questioning, but she knew just how to 
react to Ranma.
	�Stop it Ranma, your eating like an animal!� Akane said 
forcefully as Ranma ate her breakfast at Olympic caliber rates.  
	�Whad�ya mean, I always eat like this.� Ranma said between 
scoops of rice.
	�I�d think you�d be a little more polite now that we have 
company.  Especially seeing as how she�s your old girl friend.� Akane 
said in a very self-righteous voice.
	If Ranma could have been in the Olympic eating competition 
both she and Ryoga should have been given a gold in synchronized 
spitting for the way they both choked on their rice at the exact same 
instant.
	�She�s not my old girlfriend!� Ranma yelled at Akane.
	�This is so ridiculous.  How can you possibly deny something 
so obvious. No one believes it Ranma, least of all me.�  Akane said in 
a scathing tone.  Ryoga was about to come to Ranma�s rescue when 
once again the redhead decided that the best possible place for her
foot 
would be her mouth.  So she would place it there now.  
	�Well, who cares what a Tomboy like you thinks anyway!�  
Ranma retorted, with oh so much originality.
	�RANMA!!!� Akane clenched her fists in rage.
	�Your just so uncute it probably rots your brains.  I guess it 
isn�t your fault your so dumb after all.�  Ryoga was surprised, that
was 
pretty original, at least for the Ranma he knew.  She must have been 
up all night on that one.  Akane, on the other hand, was obviously not 
feeling equally original.  To Ryoga�s amazement she almost instantly 
pulled out an incredibly large mallet and flattened Ranma into the 
floor, amazingly causing very little damage to the floorboards in the 
process.  Looking at the prone figure of the disfigured martial
artists 
she almost felt sorry for now pancaked girl, almost.
	�Let�s get going Ryoko, you don�t want this pervert make you 
late to your first day of school.� Akane once again grabbed Ryoga by 
the arm as she stalked away from Ranma.
	As they left the dojo and began to head toward school Ryoga 
frantically tried to think of how to get out of this one.  There was
no 
way she was going to school as a girl.  Bad enough that she had to 
pretend when at the Tendo�s, if she had to endure it all day, every
day, 
at school she knew she would loose it.  Besides, there was an almost 
one hundred percent chance that someone would find out eventually.  
Gym class on the first day would guarantee that.  
	No, going to school was right out.  Not that she could see 
Akane listening to any explanation she could give.  There had to be a 
way though, and she had to figure it out within the next few minutes.

        That's it, Chapter 2.  I have decided to try and see if I can 
write one chapter a week...probably.  If you read this fic and you see 
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                                                Cat (Lesser God of
Ryoga Fanfics)
                                               
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