I really didn't expect to have part two out so soon.  Some of these tunes I
got off the net really help me write =)
Azusa-chan



Azusa-chan
mimzy@ix.netcom.com
A Ranma 1/2 fanfiction =)

Ranma 1/2 is the property of the wonderful Rumiko Takahashi.
All rights reserved.

*****Watashi wa Ranko*****
Part two:



I got quite a shock this morning when I took a bath.  I turned
into a boy!  I was scared and horrified!  It was a good thing
Akane hadn't left for school yet, because I doubted that
anyone else would have explained it to me.
   "You fell into a cursed spring in China.  When you are
splashed with cold water, you become a girl.  When you are
splashed with hot water, you become a boy."  Akane seemed like
she wanted to say more, but she didn't.  She just left for
school.
   That second day, Akane took me to see Doctor Tofu after she
got home from school.  She said he was a very good doctor, and
might be able to help me recover my full memory.
   "So, you say you just hit Ranko in the head like you do
everyday?" Tofu-sensei asked Akane.
   "Yeah, and I don't understand why this would happen now.  I
mean, Ranko has been boinked in the noggin so many times that
I would think that by now he...she wouldn't even notice it.
Why did this happen now?"  Akane took a breath and look to the
doctor expectantly.
   Tofu-sensei paused for a while before answering.  "I'm not
sure.  I think it may be that the damage accumulated, but..."
He frowned.  "I don't understand...Why would Ranko decide to
be a girl rather than a boy?"
   "What do you mean?" I asked.  I've always been a girl,
haven't I?"  I was puzzled.
   "Actually..."  Tofu-sensei was awkward a moment.  "You were
a boy originally.  I think you may have some discrete kind of
brain damage that may be a result of repeated, as Akane puts
it, boinks in the noggin."
   I think I may have face faulted.  I don't know.  Is face
faulting even ladylike?  "But...I'm a girl, Tofu-sensei!  I
don't remember anything about my life, but I was a girl when I
woke up, so I'm a girl.  I didn't even know I turned into a
boy until this morning!"
   I blushed.  Akane blushed in sympathy.  Tofu-sensei gave me
a sympathetic look.  "Doctor," Akane pleaded.  "Please!  You
have to help her!  I don't want her to be a her anymore!"
   Noooow I was confused.  Was Akane in...?  But no, that just
couldn't be.  Or could it?  "Doctor, can I talk to you alone
for just a moment?" I asked.  Maybe he would know.
   "Sure.  Akane?"  Akane nodded and left the room.
   "Why is she acting this way?" I asked.  "If I were a guy, I
would swear she was in...in..."  My sentence wondered off.  I
may not remember my previous life, ya know, but the thought of
Akane being in...well, it embarrassed me for some reason.
   "I...believe so.  Do keep in mind that you only recently
made up your mind to be a girl.  I have suspected that the two
of you have been in love for a while, but her worrying like
this confirms it."  I blinked at him.  "You were a boy," he
repeated.
   "Is that why I've been...Well, I think that I may have...
uh...leanings for...Uh..."  I blushed.  I couldn't finish what
I was saying.  "That�s part of the reason that I invited her
for ice-cream yesterday.  That, and she is so nice to me."
   The doctor continued to look at me with sympathy.  "Oh,
doctor!  Please!  Either make it go away or make me normal
again!  I'm scared!  I think that I'm in love with Akane!"

Akane and I walked most of the way home in silence.  She asked
me, "Did you...uh...mean what you said to Tofu-sensei?"
   "You overheard?" I said, weakly.  I knew the answer, but I
had to hear her say it.
   Akane blushed.  "Yeah.  It's not that I was eavesdropping,
but you did yell it awfully loud.  I'm sorry."  Akane took a
breath.  "I just want you to know, I feel the same way.  I
want you to be a boy again, because I don't want to be thought
of...in that way, ya know?"
   I nodded.  "Yeah.  I know."  I gave Akane a hug.  "Until I
am better, though, we're just friends, okay?"
   Akane gave me a watery smile that made me feel much better.
"Okay.

"Okay, stop me if I'm wrong," Nabiki said.  "You *know* you're
a boy, but you still are thinking you're a *girl*.  You are in
love with Akane.  And you're asking *me* what you should do?"
   I nodded faintly.  I had come to Nabiki for help.  Kasumi
always looked to busy, I wouldn't dare talk to men about this,
and how could I talk about Akane to Akane?  I was desperate
for help.
   Nabiki looked at me sideways.  "You still love her.  Even
though you lost your memory.  You two are both girls and yet
you love eachother.  Amazing."  For some reason, that hit me
in an odd way.  It began to summon a memory, but Nabiki was
speaking again, and the memory vanished.
   "I'd say go for it.  I mean, if you're in love.  Get your
memory back, and propose."  *That* one really hit me.  But
Nabiki continued before the memory could surface.  "I would
charge you for this, but it'd be like charging someone for
charity.  Which I rarely do."
   I looked at her and blinked.  I stifled a giggle, and
thanked her for help.  "You're really nice when you want to
be, Nabiki.  You've really cheered me up, thanks."
   "Oh, there is one more thing," Nabiki said.  She handed me
a bottle of pills.  "Tofu-sensei dropped these off for you
while you and my sisters were out getting groceries."
   I took the bottle.  It was a small prescription bottle, and
it said on it, 'Special Chinese Herbal Memory Regain.'  It had
instructions to take one every six hours.  I thanked her and I
went to the room I was now sharing with Akane.
   I opened up the bottle of pills.  They were little yellow
pills with red dots in the middle.   }Note: This is not
patterned after any kind of pill.{  It didn't say anything
about having to take with food or water, so I gave one a try.
   All of a sudden, I was dizzy.  I blacked out for a moment,
then I stood up like nothing had happened.  I had a faint
image in my mind.  Of a pretty ring.  I had a feeling that I
had bought it, but it was a male that was holding it.  No!  It
was me!  That's my male half!
   The memory ended.  I had no clue what the pretty ring was
for, but I did remember where I put it.  I smiled.  Things
were picking up.

Authors Notes:
Ah, I finally figured out how to explain the fact that Ranma,
sorry, Ranko, lost his/her memory.  I'm proud of myself now =)
The next piece should be out soon =)