This choice: The villain goes to mess with Ranma some more... • Go Back... The villain chuckled a little, and decided to mess with Ranma. He'd already erased her male form from existence and given her Jusenkyo immunity. But there was more he could do. He reached out and touched the minds of everyone in Nerima. Only the Tendos, Ranma herself, Genma and Nodaka, Cologne, Happosai, and his other three would-be fiancees would remember that Ranma had been a guy. They just wouldn't remember what he looked like...
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That evening...
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Ranma grumbled as she came home that night. She shook her head in frustration, taking off her shoes as she came in and calling out the traditional greeting. When no one answered, she began to look around for everyone. She found Kasumi first, greeting her politely.
"Welcome home, Ranma!" Kasumi said, the beautiful young woman hard at work in the kitchen. "Sorry I didn't come out to greet you, I need to pay attention to this sauce."
Ranma nodded. "No worries," she said. "Whatcha makin'? It smells good."
"Pumpkin soup, actually," Kasumi said. "I found the recipe online. It looked interesting, so I figured I'd give it a try."
"Pumpkin, huh?" Ranma said, looking into the pot. "Looks nasty, but it smells good."
Kasumi giggled. "Yes, it does look rather 'Akane-esque' in appearance. Just give it time, it will smooth out. I hope you'll try it."
"If you're making it, it'll turn out great," Ranma said. "Pumpkin's not my favorite, but I don't hate it. Pops and I ate some wild ones on the road while training." She thought about it, and frowned. "I hope they were wild ones. He said they were... Wouldn't put it past the old bastard to steal..."
Kasumi patted her shoulder reassuringly. "I'm sure it will work out. Why not change back and get ready for dinner? I'm making beef teriyaki and riceballs with cheese tonight," she said.
Ranma smiled. "Sounds good," she said. "Anyone else in yet?"
"Akane is on the roof," Kasumi said. "She seems very deep in thought, but she isn't telling anyone why. Nabiki is in her room finishing off her homework. Our fathers are off plotting yet another doomed-to-fail scheme to try and get you and Akane to grow up and stop fighting long enough to marry."
Ranma quirked an eyebrow. "You have mastered the art of polite snarking, haven't you?" she said, leaning against the doorway.
Kasumi sighed. "Even my patience has limits. I love you, Ranma, and I always will. Akane too. But both of you have egos the size of Happosai's opinion of himself. And you keep arguing over the same old things." A sassy smirk crossed her face. "One would almost think you were an old married couple already."
Ranma rolled her eyes. "Funny," she said. She knew Kasumi was right, she just didn't know how to work around Akane's damned temper... Ah well. For another day, she supposed. She headed to the bathroom and stripped down, filling a bath bucket with hot water as she stepped into the shower. She dumped it on herself... and nothing happened.
She froze, an expression of horror locked on her face. She stayed there for a long moment, going over EVERYTHING that happened today. And as she did, she realized something even more frightening - she couldn't think of herself as a guy. She couldn't even imagine herself as a male. Drying off and quickly getting dressed, she ran back down to the kitchen.
Kasumi was surprised to see her still female. "Decided not to change?"
"Tried. Failed," Ranma said, visibly shaking.
Kasumi understsood her fear. "Again?" she said sadly. What could it be this time? she thought.
"Kasumi, I have a very important question and I need to you answer me in as much detail as possible," Ranma said. "What do I look like as a guy?"
Kasumi blinked. "An odd question," she said. "You..." She trailed off, an expression of growing horror on her face as she realized that she could only ever Ranma being a girl. She knew it was wrong, but in every memory of Ranma she had, she was always a short, feisty red-headed woman. "Oh no..."
"I'm getting everyone," Ranma said. "I'm being attacked again. And if you can't remember, I have a bad feeling none of the others will remember me as a guy either..."   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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