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Ranma - Forever Girl
By MellissaLynn
"So this is the library," Ranma said to himself. He looked around at the
stacks of books all around him and wondered once again why it had taken
him so long to do this.
A young woman came up to him and said, "Hello, can I help you, sir?"
"Where can I find books on magic?"
*****
Ranma came in, shouting for everyone to come to the living room where
Genma-panda and Soun sat playing Go.
"I'm leaving tomorrow," he said when everyone was gathered.
"WHAT?!" Akane gasped.
"I think I've found a cure for the curse." He went on to explain that
he'd found a book on Jusenkyo. In it, he'd found a potential cure.
According to the book, jumping into one of the other pools would create
crisscrossing waves of magic and thereby break the curse.
"I checked the book out and brought it home. I thought that maybe I'd
gather everyone who's cursed around here and we'd all take a trip to
Jusenkyo. Whattya think, Pop? Up for a training trip?"
Genma held up a sign that said, "Sounds good to me!"
Ranma got on the phone and called the Nekohanten. He told Shampoo and
Mousse that he'd found a possible cure and wanted them to go to Jusenkyo
with him.
Akane had looked at the book while he was on the phone. "Hey, Ranma?"
she said.
"Yeah?"
"Did you notice that the page right after this one is missing?"
"Uh-huh. So?"
"Well, what if there's something more you have to do to break the curse?"
she asked. "Something that was on the missing page. You could end up
making the curse worse!"
Ranma being Ranma, however, didn't pay any attention to her warnings.
Akane decided to go along on the trip, just to make sure that nothing
went wrong. Ranma made a few more calls, looking discreetly for Ryouga.
Ukyou hadn't seen him, but decided to tag along on the trip. Finally,
Ranma found Akari's phone number and called her.
"Ranma? Hi! Yes, he's right here. Hold on..."
"What do you want, Saotome?" Ryouga asked. "Are you finally ready for me
to kill you, and you've called to tell me so? If not, there's nothing we
have to talk about."
"I think there is, Ryouga." Ranma's use of Ryouga's actual name cut the
arguing short. "Listen. It looks like I've found a cure for the curses.
Now are you interested?" Ryouga listened while Ranma explained. When he
finished, Ryouga said, "All right. I thought you were calling to ruin my
life like usual. Thanks for calling. I'll meet you at Jusenkyo."
"You sure you don't want us to come get you? Don't take this wrong,
since we seem to have a truce, but this is one time I'd rather we were
all together."
"Thanks again, but for some reason, Jusenkyo is the one place I can find
without any problem. It's almost like a magnet whenever I'm in China.
I'll meet you there. Ummm...is Akane going along?"
"Yeah."
"I think I'll just do this when she's not watching, then. I'll see you
there."
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Ranma, Akane, Mousse, Shampoo, Ukyou, and Genma reached Jusenkyo at about
dusk on the third day of travel. They set up their campsite, ate dinner
(Ranma had smartly taken Akane for a walk, allowing Ukyou and Shampoo to
make dinner), had the usual assortment of battles, and divided up into
two groups for sleeping. The girls all went into one tent and talked
about the possibility of a cure; Ranma, Mousse, and Genma went to theirs
and thanked the stars that Akane hadn't cooked.
Akane woke a bit earlier than the others the next morning and went in
search of the guide. She had the book along, and was hoping maybe the
guide had the missing page, or some more information on it.
It was raining as she went, and she knew that would cause problems. She
almost went and warned Shampoo not to come out, but decided not to as the
rain appeared to be lessening. She wrapped her poncho around her a bit
tighter and left.
She found the guide's hut fairly quickly and knocked on the door. When
the guide opened the door, she thought at first that Ranma had somehow
gotten ahead of her and gotten wet. Then she looked again and noticed
some small differences, and realized that this was the guide.
She introduced herself, and was offered some tea. The guide looked at
the cover of the book she had, sighed, and went to a nearby bookshelf,
pulling off a duplicate copy. Akane read the missing page and her eyes
widened in shock. She grabbed the guide's hand and they ran back to the
campsite.
Ranma-chan was standing at the edge of the Spring of Drowned Man,
preparing to jump. Akane shouted, "STOP!" and caught the redhead, just
managing to swing her to the side of the pool.
"Why'd you do that?" Ranma spluttered.
"Read!" Akane said, handing her the book with the page in. Ranma-chan
read it and her eyes widened. "'This cure was disproved later, when it
was found that other pools only seal the curse, making the cursed form
permanent.' Wow! Thanks, Akane," Ranma-chan said, still holding her
hand.
Genma, who was in panda form, reached up and pulled down a branch from a
bamboo tree for a snack. Shampoo was standing nearby, holding Mousse-
duck. The leaves on the tree, still covered in water, splashed them
both. Shampoo-neku found herself buried under duck and yowled, flinging
him off and jumping at Ranma-chan.
Of course, Ranma jumped away instinctively. Unfortunately, she was still
holding Akane's hand, and even more unfortunately, she jumped straight
backward, into the pool, dragging Akane with her. Akane landed on top of
Ranma, knocking the redhead underwater.
Ukyou ran to get a kettle of hot water, praying that it wouldn't happen.
The guide waded out into the pool and retrieved Akane, now Akane-kun, and
Ranma, who was knocked out by Akane. At the others' startled looks, she
said that her curse was already permanent and the pools held no sway over
her now.
Ukyou returned with the water and poured on Shampoo first, to forestall
any more attacks of cat-phobia on Ranma-chan's part. Shampoo changed back
and looked miserable. Ukyou ran to Ranma-chan and poured, her heart in
her mouth.
"Come on, change!" she prayed. It was no good, however. Ranma stayed
female. Ukyou splashed some over onto Akane, and was relieved to see her
normal female form return.
Genma motioned for her, and she poured some water onto him. He returned
to normal and went to his new daughter, who was beginning to awaken.
"What happened?" she asked. "I remember Shampoo changing, then- OH NO!"
She looked up at Genma desperately. "Did I-"
"I'm afraid so," the guide said. "I'm very sorry."
Ranma-chan broke down and cried for the first time in her life.
It took awhile for Ranma-chan to stop crying. Finally her sobs tapered
off and she looked up at the others, her gaze finally settling on Akane.
"I'm sorry I never told you I love you," she said simply, then stood and
ran away into the forest. Akane made as if to follow, but Genma stopped
her. In a rare show of compassion, he said, "She needs to work through
this on her own. Don't worry, she'll be back."
"What if she can't work through it?" Akane asked. "What if she...tries
something stupid?"
"What? Suicide? Akane, you know Ranma better than that. She'll be
alright."
Unnoticed, Mousse slipped off after Ranma. 'Genma may be right,' he
thought, ' but I'm going to make sure.'
Ranma ran as far as she could, finally collapsing in a clearing. She
fell to her knees, physically exhausted but mentally and emotionally
still charged. Her ki was at an all-time high, and she finally
understood Ryouga's ability to do the Shishi Houdoukan. With a soprano
scream, she aimed her hands at the sky and let loose with a blast, then
passed out.
Mousse saw it and hurried toward the point of origin. He found Ranma
collapsed in a heap. He gingerly arranged her a bit better, then
concealed himself in a tree and waited for her to awaken.
At last her eyes fluttered, then opened. She looked around her dully,
then muttered, "It was all a dream!" She sat up and looked down at
herself. The truth crashed in on her and she started to sob again.
Words started coming out of the sobs. "What do I do now?" she asked.
"Everything's ruined! I can't marry Akane, I can't face mother, I can't
do anything!" She reached into a pocket and pulled out a pocketknife.
"There's no point to fighting anymore."
She opened the knife and raised her hand. Mousse jumped down at that
point and tackled her. "No, Ranma! I won't let you do that!"
Fortunately for him, his vision as usual betrayed him, and he went wide
of Ranma, landing on a palm plant.
Ranma was startled enough to stop, however. "Mousse! You were following
me!"
He turned toward the sound of her voice. "Put the knife down, Ranma.
Killing yourself won't solve anything."
Ranma's eyes went wide. "Kill myself?" she said, puzzled. "You thought
I was trying to kill myself? I might want to die right now, Mousse, but
I'm not going to hasten the process along!" She reached up and grabbed
her pigtail. With one swing, she lopped it loose, and the hair fell
loosely about her shoulders.
Now Mousse was puzzled. "Why?" he asked.
She was on the verge of crying again. "It was a symbol," she said. "I
wore that in defiance of the curse. It was the one sign of masculinity
that didn't change when I was cursed. Now it's pointless, though. Just
a useless reminder of - of-" She couldn't continue and broke down again.
Mousse awkwardly went to her and sat down. He put an arm around her
shoulders. She turned her head and leaned into his chest, crying harder.
That was how the others found them a bit later. Akane looked at them and
felt a bit of jealousy, which she quickly suppressed. 'Ranma's a girl
now,' she said to herself. 'She's probably going to go for boys-'
It hit her once again that she now was one, at least part-time. 'Is this
how she used to feel?' she thought. 'I think I understand her a little
better now.'
Ranma finally stopped again and looked up. "Thanks, Mousse," she said.
"Anytime." He stood gracefully and helped her up. She looked around at
the others and once again stopped on Akane. "I guess we're not engaged
anymore, are we?" she asked.
Now Akane was the one who started to cry. "Oh Ranma," she said and went
to the other girl. They hugged and Akane said, "I love you, too, Ranma."
Genma had hung back a bit. Now he stepped forward. "Ranma," he began,
"I'm so sorry. I-"
"Pop," Ranma said. "This time it's not your fault. If anyone's to
blame, I am. I'm the one who brought us all here." Her lip quivered.
"And now I'm the one who's ruined my life. And yours," she added to
Akane. "I'm the one who should be sorry, Akane. I'd never wish this on
you."
"It's all right, Ranma. You've all coped with curses for so long, I'm
sure I can do it too. You're just going to have to show me how to cope.
I need you, Ranma. We'll get through this."
"We should head back," Mousse said. "The rain's getting ready to start
again."
They trudged back to the campsite in silence. About halfway there, the
rain began. Only Ranma and Ukyou were unaffected by it. Ranma was so
lost in thought that she didn't even freak when Shampoo changed.
The night was utterly different than the previous one. No one fought.
By mutual consent, Akane stayed male and joined Genma and Mousse, who
also stayed in their cursed forms. Ranma joined Shampoo and Ukyou in the
other tent.
As they were packing up the next day, the guide appeared. "May I have a
word with you all?" she asked.
"Miss Ranma, I understand fully the way you feel. I felt the same way
long ago, when it happened to me. Right now you must feel that your life
has ended. Yes?" Ranma nodded.
"You feel that you're a freak. You feel that you've lost all value in
the world and there's no real reason to keep on living. Still right?"
More reluctantly, Ranma nodded again. The others all looked at her
concernedly. The guide went on. "Then I put it to you this way. Don't
look at this as a catastrophe. Look at it as a challenge instead."
Genma was nodding inside. 'Why didn't I think of this?' he said to
himself. 'The one thing Ranma can never turn away from is a challenge.'
Ranma herself was looking a little more interested. "A challenge?" she
asked. "In what way?"
"To live," the guide said simply. "To be productive. To be an active
part of society."
Now Ranma shook her head. "You don't understand," she said. "It isn't
that easy. So much of my life is centered around being a guy. I have
three fianc?es. I have WAY too many male enemies. Not that THEY'RE any
problems." Ranma's eyes widened. "Oh dear God, I'm going to have to
deal with Happosai!" The other girls all winced in sympathy. "And Kuno
isn't going to be an enemy anymore, he's going to be a SUITOR!"
"Don't worry about him, Ranma. I'll take care of him for you," Akane
said.
"Taking care of him that way isn't the problem. Beating him up just
doesn't work. It doesn't work on any of us. We're all too stubborn and
thick-headed. I'm going to have to sit down and talk to him. In fact,
I'm going to have to sit down and talk to everybody, starting with the
three of you. Obviously, all of my engagements are nullified. In
fact..."
As Ranma rambled on, Akane felt her heart about to burst. Her love, her
fianc?, was hurting beyond belief, and there wasn't a thing she could do
about it.
'Wait a minute...maybe there IS something I can do about it. But am I
going to be able to pull it off?' She looked at Ranma again. 'I love
him...her. I'm not a lesbian, so...I'm going to have to do it!'
Ranma was just winding down her monologue of new problems. Akane stood
up and started walking away. Ukyou was the only one who followed.
"Where are you going, Akane?" she asked as she caught up to the other
girl.
"I want just one more look at this nasty place," Akane replied evasively.
Ukyou said nothing, but stayed with Akane as they walked in silence. At
last Ukyou said, "That isn't the only reason, is it, Akane?"
"What do you mean?"
"I saw the look on your face as Ranma was talking back there. You made
what looked like a big decision. Your face was wrinkled in thought,
then, when you had decided, your face was resolute."
"You're going into a pool again, aren't you?"
Akane whipped into a fighting stance. "Don't try to stop me, Ukyou!
It's the only way I can be with him...her. I-"
"You love him that much, don't you? Even after all the fighting, all the
names, all the nasty situations, you really love him as much as I do."
Ukyou shook her head. "I should've realized that from the start, I
guess."
"Ukyou...why haven't you already thought of this? I mean, you're more
comfortable dressed as a boy anyway. I would have thought this would be
your perfect solution."
"I...I actually did think of it. That's when I figured out where we're
going. But..." She fell silent for a minute, then continued. "There's
one real good reason for me not to do this."
"He...she...RANMA loves you. Like she said back there, maybe it's time
for us all to grow up and settle this royal mess our love lives are.
Ranma loves you. She'll always be my best friend, but you're the one she
wants. True love is giving the person you love whatever it takes for
them to be happy. That's what you're doing. That's what I'm going to
do. I'm giving Ranma release from our engagement and to you."
Akane said nothing for a moment. Then she turned to Ukyou and stopped.
"You really are her best friend. I hope she always remembers how good
you really are." The two girls embraced, then walked on in silence until
they reached the spring. Akane pulled a canteen out. She said, "I'm not
going to do this here. This will be for when we're home. It's only fair
to my family that they witness this."
Ukyou nodded. "Actually, there's something else we need to do before we
return to Nerima. Right now, there's one person Ranma needs above anyone
else in her life. Does the guide have a phone in her house?"
Just as they were ready to walk out of the camp area, Ryouga strolled in.
He looked at Ranma and said to himself, "It obviously didn't work." Then
he saw a stranger, a young man who looked vaguely familiar.
"Ryouga!" the young man exclaimed. Ranma looked up and her face paled.
"What are you doing here?" the stranger continued.
"Do I know you?" Ryouga asked.
"Of course-oh, I'm sorry, you don't know what's happened. It's me,
Akane."
Ryouga's sight went bright red. AKANE? He turned slowly to Ranma.
"It's bad enough that it happened to you and your father. It was worse
when it happened to me. But now you've gone too far, Ranma Saotome. Now
I'm going to kill you, once and for all!" He began glowing blue.
Out of the blue, a mallet crashed against his head. His aura shielded
him enough to allow him to stay conscious, but he sat down hard. Akane-
kun stood over him, glaring. "Listen to me now, Ryouga. It wasn't
Ranma's fault. She had nothing to do with it. It was an accident, and
she was hurt more by it than me."
"Why do you keep saying she and her? Ranma's a guy."
"Not anymore. The cure backfired. As things stand right now, Ranma's a
girl forever."
There was dead silence for a minute. At last Ryouga looked over at
Ranma, who hadn't moved during the entire exchange. "I'm sorry," Ryouga
said at last. "How did it happen?"
"As it turns out, a second dunking makes the curse permanent," Ranma said
dully.
Akane-kun was looking at Ryouga funnily. He asked, "What did you mean,
when he did it to you, Ryouga? Is that why you've been after Ranma so
much? Are you cursed also?"
Now Ranma and Ryouga were both big-sweating hard. "I-I-" Ryouga
stammered, but it turned into a squeal as Shampoo hit him with a splash
of (regular) water. P-chan stood dejectedly in Ryouga's clothes, looking
up at Akane-kun fearfully.
He glared down at him, then over at Ranma, who actually seemed to have
forgotten her own problems for a minute. She appeared to be ready to
execute the Saotome Secret Technique.
Suddenly Akane-kun laughed. "It's finally out in the open!" she
exclaimed. "Relax. I've known it all along."
"WHAT?!" Ranma exclaimed. "And you still let him sleep with you?"
"When he can talk instead of squeal again, ask Ryouga how much he
actually ever saw of me. Didn't you ever notice I was always wearing a
bit more to sleep in when I had P-chan?"
"So you mean that we've been hiding that from you for nothing?" Ranma
said slowly. She gradually started to laugh, a clean healthy laugh that
everyone else soon was joining in on. Ranma picked P-chan up and said,
"Well, buddy, since those days are obviously over, I don't need to be so
mean to you as P-chan anymore. Come on, everyone, let's go home!"
The trip seemed to be good for Ranma's spirits. She started to come to
terms with what had happened to her. She started working out again with
Genma, now joined by Akane-kun (who seemed to be staying male
intentionally), Mousse, Shampoo, Ukyou, and Ryouga. They stopped for a
day in Shampoo and Mousse's village, where several phone calls were made.
All in all, it was the most relaxed everyone had ever been together.
At last they reached the outskirts of Nerima. Ranma immediately hopped
up onto a fence as they started walking home.
As they approached the Nekohanten, Shampoo said, "Shampoo and Mousse see
everyone later. Must talk to great-grandmother now."
"Actually, could you ask her to join us?" Akane-kun asked. "There's a
lot of things we have to all work out; we might as well get everyone
together and do it."
Genma, relieved that the trip was over, added, "Maybe she could bring
along some ramen?" Everyone rolled their eyes.
Cologne joined them shortly. Her eyes widened at the sight of Ranma and
Akane-kun. "I see the trip was not a success," she said. She handed
Genma a take-out box of ramen and chopsticks, which he made short work of
as they reached the street where the dojo was.
A large banner hung from the front of the dojo, reading "Welcome Home!"
Kasumi was out on the sidewalk sweeping. She looked up and broke out in
a wide smile. "They're here!" she called out to the house.
Unobtrusively, Ukyou, Akane-kun, Ryouga, Shampoo and Mousse moved into a
loose circle around Ranma.
Soun came out and burst into tears. Nabiki followed behind. And behind
her was...
"Nodoka?" Genma said.
Her face was stern and set. "Yes, husband, I'm here. And I know the
whole story now. We need to talk later, but for now..." Her face
softened. "Welcome home. Both of you."
Ranma suddenly turned and started to run away. She found herself
surrounded by her friends. "Not this time, Ranma," Akane-kun said
softly. "Go to her. You need her. She needs you. It's time for the
truth."
Slowly Ranma turned to her mother. Nodoka held her arms out, and Ranma
felt like she was six years old again. With a cry of "Mama!", she flung
herself into her mother's arms.
Everyone went into the house except the Saotome family. Genma stood to
one side, looking sheepish and scared. Ranma's face wasn't visible; it
was buried in her mother's bosom as they held each other. Nodoka looked
up at Genma and motioned him over to where she and Ranma sat.
Hesitantly, Genma sat down next to her and tentatively put his arm around
her shoulders. She pulled him to her hard and they embraced, Ranma still
between them.
At last Ranma said in a muffled tone, "I need air, folks." She pulled
away just a little as her parents let go of each other. "How did you
know to be here?" she asked Nodoka.
"You have some really good friends," Nodoka replied. "They called me
from China and told me what had happened. Why didn't either of you ever
tell me?"
Suddenly Ranma realized that her life, in theory, was about to end. She
stood up and said, "All right, Mom. Please, make it quick."
"What are you talking about?"
"Well, it's obvious that I'm not a man, so-"
"Oh, that. Ranma darling, the situation's altered. From what I
understand, it isn't your fault that you're a young woman now." She
turned to Genma. "Although I could make an argument that it IS yours,
husband, I really don't want to. I've found that this long separation
has changed my opinion of what's important. I find that I'd rather have
my family together instead of divided by some silly threat."
Genma's shoulders sagged with sudden relief. "So we're not about to
die?"
"No, I've got other uses for you now." Her eyes twinkled, and Genma
smiled a smile that Ranma had only seen on his face when there was lots
of free food around. "There is one thing, husband."
"What?"
She pulled out a glass of water and splashed him. "I don't want to see
THIS form very often! I married a man, not a panda!"
Genma held up a sign. 'OK!' Nodoka smiled, and they went into the house
to join everyone else.
Inside, a party was in full swing. Shampoo came up to Ranma, all smiles.
"Great-grandmother made new ruling today, based on what happened. Ranma
and Shampoo no longer engaged." Ranma immediately went into a fighting
stance, and Shampoo laughed. "No longer blood enemies, either. Shampoo
want Ranma at wedding."
"What wedding?"
"Well..." Shampoo turned red. "Shampoo and Mousse talked on way back
from China. Shampoo now free to marry someone else. Mousse here, so
Shampoo marry."
Cologne joined them. "Ranma," she said, "I'm sorry for what's happened
to you. I know how you feel about that form."
"Thanks. What will you all do now?"
"I'm going to go home for awhile. My great-grand-daughter no longer
needs me here, and I want to see my friends and the rest of my family.
Shampoo and Mousse are going to stay here and run the restaurant after
they're married. I've arranged the necessary paperwork to get them
Japanese citizenship, and starting next week, Shampoo's going to start
classes to learn to speak better Japanese." She smiled. "But you're not
rid of me, young lady! I still think you're the best student I've ever
had."
"Thank you, Cologne. I'm sorry for all the times I called you an old
ghoul."
"Don't apologize. I was doing my level best to intimidate you, but I've
found that to be impossible. Besides, I'm sure there were times that I
MIGHT have deserved it." Her eyes twinkled. "Once or twice."
Ranma laughed. She held out her hand, and Cologne took it, squeezing
slightly. "Take care of yourself, Ranma Saotome. Remember that the body
is only a shell. Inside, you're still the same. Farewell. Great-
granddaughter, I'm going to take my leave now. The business is still
waiting!"
With a laugh, Cologne hopped away on her staff. Ranma and Shampoo gazed
after her fondly. "For all the problems she caused me, I can never thank
her enough," Ranma said. "Her training was invaluable."
"Shampoo and Mousse go now too," Shampoo said. "Hopefully, next time,
Shampoo be able to talk better."
Ranma pulled Shampoo in for a hug. "Take care, you guys," she said.
"We'll be looking for the wedding invites."
"Wait!" Akane-kun called out. "Don't leave yet, anyone. There's
something I have to say first." She went to Ranma. "Ranma, I love you,"
she said. "Do you recognize this?"
"It's a canteen. Why?"
"It's full of water from the Spring of Drowned Man." Before anyone could
stop him, he dumped the bottle over himself. Ranma sprang forward with a
cry, but it was too late. The contents splashed over Akane-kun, and he
shivered once. "I'm a man now, Ranma. Forever. I love you. Marry me."
Slowly Ranma looked up at Akane. "You did -that- for me?" she asked
softly. Akane nodded. Ranma started to cry softly. Through her tears,
she said quietly, "Yes! I love you, Akane!"
End...?
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