(Now back to Rob Bob's Last Call, and "Her"...)
There's pretty much no doubt now that Ranma's turning into a girl. A
pretty horny one, too, from the looks of it...
And now we get into that final psycho wet dream. You know this one,
it's where Ranma finally rips his evil male side a new one. And I do
mean rips...
We're more than halfway through this thing, y'all, but it's still
got a lot of weird stuff, OOC stuff, and bad formatting stuff left in
it. So let's get back to the fic...
'His asoko'...that's slang for pecker, folks. And after this next
dream sequence, the evil dream Ranma's Mr. Happy ain't gonna be so
happy anymore...
********
Ranma was there in the water cave again. There were the spheres
again.
Ranko was crying. No...that's not right. Ranma couldn't quite figure
out
what was out of place. He knew something was different about the girl
in
the sphere but he couldn't tell what.
There was the evil Ranma-kun again. He was laughing and making rude
gestures at Ranma.
This time for sure. Ranma attacked the sphere again, only to be
blown
back across the cave. The evil Ranma-kun cackled menacingly.
The girl in the sphere was looking at Ranma. She seemed to want him
to
do something.
Girl. That's it.
Ranma concentrated very hard on the water around him. Every time
he'd
been here, the water was warm. That's why he was still a guy here. He
concentrated, trying to force the water around him to cool off. The
girl
now closed her eyes too, working with him. Suddenly, the evil Ranma
stopped laughing. He was staring in shock. The water was now cold,
and
Ranma stood there in female form. The evil Ranma sneered, and flashed
her.
Okay, that was the final insult. This guy's dead.
Ranma-chan reached right through the sphere, and grabbed the evil
Ranma
by the neck. She threw him up against the wall of the cave, and
slammed
punches into his head repeatedly. Blood trickled down his face,
strangely
it wasn't being washed away by the water. Finally, she reached down
and
grabbed his asoko. He screamed as she tore it off and flung it away.
She
turned away from him in disgust as he slid down the wall, crumpled
into a
ball, and died.
The spheres vanished. The girl floated to the floor. She smiled at
Ranma,
who smiled back at her.
She realized now what was different. The girl inside the sphere
wasn't
Ranko at all.
She was Ranma.
Now Ranma understood.
And she felt more at peace than she had in a long time.
********
Ranma awoke the next morning still in Ryouga's arms. She smiled.
Ryouga
really was a great guy. Kind, caring, sweet, gentle lover...and she
hoped
he'd be able to deal with what she had to tell him this morning.
"Ryouga...c'mon...wake up..."
Ryouga stirred, and finally blinked himself awake. Ranma smiled at
him,
and he smiled back. "Mornin' Ranma." He promptly realized how they
were
lying there, and moved away, blushing. "Sorry about that."
Ranma giggled. "Silly." Turning serious, she said, "Ryouga, we need
to
have a talk this morning. Remember the other dreams I had?"
"Yeah?"
Ranma smiled. "I know what they mean now.
Ryouga smiled too. "Really? What?"
Ranma shook her head. "I can't tell you here. Wait until after
breakfast.
We'll find someplace private to talk."
After cleaning up and dressing, they went down for breakfast.
Ryouga,
and everyone else, was surprised that Ranma came down in female form.
As
Kasumi served breakfast, she said, "Ranma, would you like some hot
water?"
"No thanks, Kasumi." Everyone stared at her in shock. Except Kasumi,
who
gave her a curious glance for a second, then smiled and fought down a
giggle. Kasumi knows already, Ranma thought. How does she do that?
"So you two," Akane said after Kasumi had finished serving and sat
down,
"Have...fun last night? Did you think of something to...do?" She was
grinning mischeviously at them. Ryouga coughed. Ranma just got
annoyed.
"Oh come on, I'm teasing." She ate a few bites, then said, "So, what
did
you two do anyway?" Ryouga looked like he'd rather be anywhere else.
Ranma was ticked off now.
"Nothing you'd know anything about, stupid tomboy!"
"Who are you calling a tomboy you pervert?"
Pervert? Why that...how DARE she? Any other time Ranma might have
let
that go. Not this morning. It didn't matter to her that the tomboy
didn't
know yet. Akane was going to pay for that.
"Why you....AKANE NO BAKA!!!" Nobody saw it coming, nobody sensed
its
presence. But suddenly, Akane's face was ground into her breakfast,
and
Mallet-Sama Mark II rested on the back of her skull. Mallet-Sama II
vanished as abruptly as it appeared. Akane sat up and stared at
Ranma,
dazed.
"Impossible..."
Ranma just glared at her, and resumed eating.
That proves it, Kasumi thought. Ranma's a real girl now. She seems
happy
enough about it. I wonder if she's in love with Ryouga? They would
make a
cute couple...hmm...
********
Ranma and Ryouga went to the small, secluded park on the north side
of
Nerima district. Ranma came here a lot when she was in need of some
quiet
time all to herself. The place hardly ever had anyone in it.
They sat down on a park bench, and Ryouga asked, "So Ranma, you said
you
figured out what the dream meant?"
Ranma nodded, and told him about the dream she'd had last night. "So
when I beat the evil Ranma, and the girl was free, I realized that it
wasn't Ranko at all. It was me."
"You?"
Ranma nodded. "I finally understood the dreams, and I finally
understood
why my male body is losing power." She smiled. "Ryouga, I'm not a
man.
Not anymore." Ryouga blinked. Ranma giggled. "All this time I wanted
to
get rid of what I thought was a curse. But all along it was fate
pushing
me toward finding out who I really am."
Ryouga looked lost in thought. "So the first dream was really
telling
you that your male persona had you trapped?"
Ranma shook her head. "There were four dreams about the water cave.
The
first one was actually about Ranko. After we woke her and Ryokuroi
up,
the girl in the sphere in all the other dreams was me." Ryouga nodded
in
understanding.
"So now what?"
"Well, now, I find a way to purge my male body...I'm sure Cologne or
Happosai can help with that...then I can fuse my soul with Ranko's."
She
smiled. "And then..." Without warning, she leaned up and kissed
Ryouga.
Ryouga blushed. Ranma giggled. "Ranma...?"
"Ryouga, you're a very sweet, kind, caring guy, and any girl would
kill
for a guy like you." She blushed slightly. "I...I mean, that
is...Ryouga,
could you ever, y'know..."
"Love you?" Ranma nodded. Ryouga looked at her, looked into her
eyes. He
didn't see the man who he had fought so many times, usually over
stupid
things, often for the love of a girl who would never love him. He
didn't
see a guy who felt trapped in a girl's body.
He saw the most beautiful, wonderful girl he'd ever met in his life.
He
smiled, and embraced her. She snuggled into his arms and sighed
happily.
"PIGTAILED GIRL!!"
Ryouga and Ranma broke their embrace and sprang to their feet.
"Kunou,"
Ranma said, smirking. "Jeez, that jerk sure has lousy timing."
Kunou pointed his bokken at Ryouga's chest. "Wretched cur! How dare
you
attempt to force your foul intentions upon the beautiful, innocent
pigtailed girl? I, Kunou Tatewaki, the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High,
shall thrash thee, vile dog!"
"Hey you jerk! Leave us alone!"
"Fear not, beloved! I shall rescue you from this base cretin!"
"He's my BOYFRIEND you idiot!"
"WHHAAAAAATT!!" Oh boy, Ranma thought. He's in this mode again.
Kunou
wheeled on Ryouga and pointed the bokken at his head. "How dare you
entrap the affections of the pigtailed girl? You're even more wicked
than
that sorcerer Saotome Ranma! Prepare to be delivered into Hell,
demon!"
Ryouga wrenched the bokken from Kunou's grasp, and snapped it in
two.
Then he grabbed Kunou by the neck, and delivered a punch to his face.
"Now you listen to me, you stupid bastard! She doesn't want to have
anything to do with you and never has! Leave her alone, you hear me?
If
you go anywhere near her again, I will kill you." He threw Kunou to
the
ground. Ranma stared at Ryouga. He will, she thought to herself. He
really will kill Kunou.
For once in his life, Kunou did something smart. He stood, and
without
saying a single word, he left as quickly as he could without running.
Ranma walked over to Ryouga and threw her arms around him.
"Ryouga...
that's the sweetest thing anyone's ever done for me."
He smiled at her. "I'm not going to stand around and let him keep
bothering you. Not now. I won't let anybody harass my woman." Ranma
kissed him.
As Ryouga and Ranma stood there kissing, a birdbath silently slipped
out
of the park and made its way to another part of town.
********
Akane walked into Ucchan's just as Ukyou was getting things ready to
go
for the late brunch and early lunch crowd. Ukyou knew something was
bothering her immediately. "Akane-chan, what's wrong?" She started
making
an okonomiyaki as Akane sat at the counter.
Akane sighed. "I really wish I knew what's going on," she said.
"Talk to me, sugar," Ukyou said as she placed the okonomiyaki on a
plate
in front of Akane. Akane started eating it almost mechanically.
"I think something's wrong with Ranma," she said quietly.
Ukyou almost dropped her spatula. "Ranchan? Oh no! Are you sure?"
Akane nodded. she opened her mouth to speak but was interrupted by a
voice coming toward her from the doorway. "Aiyah, Akane say Ranma
sick?"
"Hi Shampoo," Ukyou said as the Amazon plopped herself down on a
stool.
Ukyou started making another okonomiyaki which she plopped down in
front
of Shampoo as Akane began again. Like Akane, Shampoo started eating
it,
not even paying attention to it at all.
"I don't know exactly what's wrong with him. I just know that..."
she
sighed. "This is hard to even think about."
"Go on sugar...take it nice and slow. We're here for you."
"She right, Akane. When Ranma in trouble, we no fight. We help each
other."
Akane nodded, and took a deep breath. "Ever since this business with
the
soul of the drowned girl started..."
"Aiyah? Then it really true? Spatula girl no making that up?" Akane
nodded.
"Well...lately, Ranma's been acting odd. I think the first thing
that I
noticed was about that problem with his speed." Shampoo nodded.
"Shampoo
not getting over that one yet." Ukyou looked at them quizzically, and
Akane filled her in. "Wow," Ukyou said when she was done. "That's
scary."
Akane nodded. "It gets worse. This morning, Ranma didn't change back
to
his male self when he came down for breakfast." She decided to leave
out
the thing with Ryouga. It made her pretty sick to think about it.
"Then
at breakfast, we got in an argument. It was going pretty normal at
first,
he called me a stupid tomboy, I called him a pervert...." She closed
her
eyes and took a deep breath, struggling to go on. Ukyou and Shampoo
each
put a hand on hers to comfort her. "Go on," Ukyou said. Akane took a
deep
breath and opened her now damp eyes. "What happened next took me
completely by surprise. He yelled "AKANE NO BAKA!" and then...and
then...."
The tears started to flow, and the next part almost didn't come out.
"..
And then he hit me with a mallet!"
Ukyou and Shampoo stared at her in shock.
"Aiyah!"
"No way!"
Akane nodded, crying.
"That not possible! Only girls having mallet trick!"
"You sure it wasn't hidden under the table or something?"
Akane shook her head. "He pulled it out of thin air. Like this."
Akane
brought Mallet-Sama out from wherever it lived, and then made it
disappear again. Shampoo and Ukyou both gasped.
"Aiyah."
"But if he did that..."
"Shampoo no want to think about what that mean."
Akane just cried. It wasn't long before Shampoo and Ukyou joined
her.
"I told you going to the old ghoul was a bad idea, Ranma."
"I know, I should have listened to you. I just didn't want to deal
with
the old lech if I could help it."
"I know, Ranma. I understand."
Ranma sighed. "Well, I guess we better go find the old freak."
The door to the restaurant slid open. "Ukyou."
The three girls looked up to see a slender, good-looking boy
standing
just inside the open doorway. He had on a pair of navy blue slacks
and a
pink button-up shirt. His long brown hair was pulled back from his
face
but hung loose, not tied or braided. He looked awfully familiar.
"What can I do for you?" Ukyou asked as the boy stepped inside and
slid
the door closed. "If you'd like to order something, have a seat, and
I'll--"
The boy shook his head. "I have important information for you,
Ukyou-sa..
san. It's also important to you two as well," he added, nodding at
Akane
and Shampoo. He sighed. "This isn't going to be easy for any of you
to
hear."
"It's about Ranma, isn't it."
He nodded. "I saw him at the park today, with Ryouga..." He told
them of
the conversation he overheard, then Kunou showing up, and Ryouga
threatening him, and finally the kiss he saw just before he left.
All three girls were in complete shock.
"Ranchan..."
"Aiyah, he...he turn girl-type now..."
"Oh, Ranma...what's happened to you? I can't believe he'd...do you
think
maybe his mind just snapped?"
"I don't know what to think, sugar."
"Shampoo know what think. Shampoo think she cry now."
The boy stood to leave. As he got to the door, Ukyou said, "Hey, how
did
you manage to spy on them all that time without being seen?"
He smiled. "Nobody pays much attention to a birdbath." With that, he
left.
Ukyou stared after him. "Th....that was Tsubasa!?"
"Aiyah."
"He must be as shocked as we are."
Silence loomed for a long time.
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"Hey, I'm 20. I'm male. I'm single. I'm not
getting any. What do you expect?"
"...I stand corrected. And you...just...stand."
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