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.
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	That's it, Chapter 2.  I have decided to try and see if I can write 1
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