Actually I said that this story is driven in reaction to various fics.
At the moment I'm waiting for somebody to write up Ryouga as the right
sort of jerk.
[Ranma] "Onna-Phobia"
By Henry J. Cobb
$Id: onnaphobia.txt,v 1.3 1997/03/21 05:13:49 hcobb Exp $
The Ranma 1/2 characters and situations are the creation of Rumiko
Takahashi. No infringement of her copyrights is intended.
Apologies to everybody for this one, especially Dave Eddy, author of
"Neko-phobia".
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"Just what sort of man is this Ranma father?"
"I'm surprised you don't remember him Nabiki. You met him a decade
ago."
"Is he the little boy that went away with Uncle Genma and grandfather?"
"That's right Kasumi. He's all grown up now, and he'll be here today."
"Ding dong!"
"Why, that must be him now. You three wait here and I'll get them."
Soun returned with an bald man and a teenage boy, in a red Chinese
outfit, with his black hair tied back in a ponytail.
"That's Ranma? Gee, he's cute!" Nabiki walked up to Ranma, but he
edged behind his father.
"This is my friend, Genma Saotome and his son Ranma. And these are my
three daughters, Kasumi, Nabiki and Akane."
Ranma carefully watched the three girls, from behind the safety of his
father. "Th-They're girls."
"Why of course they are." Soun waited a few minutes, nobody moved.
"Friend Genma, could I talk to you in private?"
The two men went into Soun's study.
"Oh my, I need to fix dinner." Kasumi left for the kitchen.
"Some fiancee this is!" Nabiki made a poking gesture in Ranma's
direction and he backed off a step, wide eyed. "He's afraid of girls."
"Don't be absurd Nabiki! He's just shy." Akane slowly walked towards
Ranma. "Hi, I'm Akane. Would you like to be friends?"
"F-friends?"
"Yes, that's right. Don't worry, I won't bite."
"You two have fun. I've got homework." Nabiki walked upstairs to her
room.
"Come'on Ranma, let me show you the place."
"And this is our Dojo." Akane turned back towards Ranma. He hadn't
said much so far. "You know kempo, right?"
"A, A little."
"Could you show me some?"
"You want a match?" Ranma looked around as if cornered.
"No, no, just show me what you know. I'm studying the art myself"
Ranma went through a few basic kanas. After a while he began to relax.
"That looks interesting. Could you show me how to do it Ranma?"
"Sure, A-Akane."
"So, I stand like this."
"No, a little off to the side." Ranma pointed to where Akane should
place her foot, then looked quickly away and took a few deep breaths.
Ranma showed Akane a few more moves then turned away. "Can we stop now?,
I'm kinda tired."
"Sure Ranma, no problem."
Akane was preoccupied with thoughts of Ranma as she prepared for the
bath. He certainly was a lot more interesting than the stupid mob at
school. If only he could get over this little problem.
As she slid open the door to the washroom, with only a small towel held
in front of her, she noticed that Ranma was just getting out of the
tub. "Oh sorry Ranma, I didn't know you were in here."
"Aaaaaah!"
"I said I was sorry!"
"Aaaaah!" Ranma pressed his back to the wall and stared at Akane's
naked top with horrified fascination.
"I know I'm not that well built", Akane gestured to her chest, "but I'm
not that bad."
"AAAAAAAH!!!"
"What!" The towel dropped from Akane's fingers as Ranma's form began to
shift. In a few seconds, the boy was gone, replaced by a red haired
girl. Her naked body left no doubt as to her gender.
"Ah, oh excuse me Akane. You just caught me off guard, walking in like
that. I'm fine now."
Akane just stood and stared at the teenage girl.
onna-Ranma walked up and gently pushed Akane's jaw closed. "Here, I'm
done. You can have the tub now. By the way, you're really cute."
onna-Ranma left the washroom.
After a few minutes, Akane unfroze and decided that what she really
needed was a nice long bath.
Genma and his now daughter joined the Tendos for dinner.
"This is him, the same Ranma Saotome?"
"Yes Nabiki, I'm the one and only. Kasumi, you have got to show me how
to make this stuff, it's great."
"S-sure."
"So this is the terrible result of the master's training?"
"Yes, my son can only overcome his fear of girls by becoming one."
"But, how is this possible?"
"We don't know."
"Is there any cure?"
"Oh, he'll be a boy again in the morning."
"I'm sorry about that."
"It's not your fault Akane. I should have explained Ranma's problem
earlier."
"What problem pop?"
"He really doesn't know?"
"Why do you all keep calling me ``he''? I'm a girl!" onna-Ranma poked
at her ample bosom.
"Well, your problem isn't so bad. Here's my three daughters, Kasumi 19,
Nabiki 17 and Akane 16. Pick the one you want, she's your fiancee."
"Fiancee? Don't be silly Mr Tendo! I'm going to marry a man. I just
haven't found the right one yet."
"Oh, he wants Akane!"
"Yes, definitely!"
"What? Don't be silly! Why should I marry this pervert?"
"You don't like boys, right?"
"Well, you're in luck, he's half girl."
"Akane, are you a lesbian?" Ranma looked at Akane.
"No, you pervert."
"That's a relief. And who are calling a pervert? I'm a perfectly
normal girl, it's Pop and Mr Tendo here who are trying to arrange a
perverse engagement."
"I can't stand this anymore! It's too weird. Please excuse me." Akane
got up and started to walk up the stairs.
"Gee, what's gotten into her? Say Nabiki, do you know any cute guys?"
Later, Akane was lying in her bed when she heard a knock at her door.
"Yes, what is it?"
onna-Ranma opened the door and stepped inside. "Ah, excuse me Akane,
but can I sleep with you tonight? I don't want to sleep in the same
room as a man, even if it is my own father."
"Yeah, I guess so. It's my fault you're like this."
"Like what?"
"You won't try anything?"
"Of course not."
"Well, come over here then." Akane held the blanket up as onna-Ranma
slid in next to her.
In the morning, Akane woke slowly and found her limbs intertwined with
those of a boy. "Aaaaa!!!"
"Aaaaah!!!"
"You pervert!"
Ranma ran screaming for the door as Akane threw items of furniture after
him.
Henry J. Cobb hcobb@slip.net http://www.io.com/~hcobb
[Ranma] "Onna-Phobia" (2/?)
By Henry J. Cobb
$Id: onnaphobia2.txt,v 1.4 1997/04/20 16:55:41 hcobb Exp $
The Ranma 1/2 characters and situations are the creation of Rumiko
Takahashi. No infringement of her copyrights is intended.
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My name is Akane Tendo and my father and sisters have forced what must
be the world's stupidest engagement on me.
First of all, Ranma Saotome is afraid of girls. And yet, he turns into
a girl and to top it all off, I let her sleep with me.
That last but is the stupidest part of all, because while fear of girls
turns Ranma into one, sleep restores his original gender.
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"I'm really very sorry about Saturday night Akane."
I pretended not to hear Ranma, walking on the fence beside me, on the
way to school, Monday morning.
"S-She doesn't know about me. S-She's just an ordinary g-g-girl. My
other side's a lot happier. Don't worry, my other part didn't mean
anything about it. It only likes boys."
"And what do you like? Do you like boys too?"
Ranma backed up a step on the fence. "No, I don't, not that way."
"Life must be hell for you. Serves you right pervert!"
"I'm not a pervert. I just can't help what I am."
"I didn't say it was your fault that you're a pervert."
He followed in silence after that.
My best friend was waiting for us at the schoolgate, in the proper
uniform for a boy at Furinkan Koukou. She's not quite as strange as
Ranma, but it'll be fun to see how they interact.
"Ut'chan!" Ranma leapt down from the fence and ran to hug Ukyou.
"Ran-chan!" Her face lit up as she heartily returned the embrace.
"You know each other?" I asked.
"Yes Akane, we met in Junior High. It's so good to see you again
Ran-chan."
"You don't seem to have any problem relating to Ukyou, Ranma."
"No, of course not. Ut'chan's my best pal."
"Ukyou is a girl." I announced.
Ranma looked nervously at Ukyou for a second then turned to me.
"D-don't be silly Akane."
"You seem to know about Ran-chan's little problem. What has he done to
you, that you'd try to hurt him so?"
"Ranma is my fiancee."
I thought Ukyou would see the humor in that, but instead she looked like
she'd just taken a kick to the gut. "Fiancee?"
"What's the matter Ut'chan? Were you and Akane planning to... Don't
worry we didn't agree to the engagement, it's just something our fathers
came up with. If you and Akane want to get married, I'll support you
all the way!"
Ranma, why do you keep doing this to me? Well, at least things can't
get any worse.
"NEVER!"
On second thought....
"Never! Underclassman Kuonji, I will never accept your engagement to
the fair Akane!" Tatewaki approached with his bokutou.
"It's their choice!" Ranma stepped up to the taller boy.
"And who might you be?"
"I am Ranma Saotome, of the school of anything goes martial arts."
"Stand aside. This matter only concerns the underclassman and myself."
"I will never let you hurt Ut'chan!"
"So be it. I Tatewaki Kuno, the blue thunder of Furinkan High have done
all that honor will allow to spare your life."
Ranma took Tatewaki faster than I could see. Apparently he was very
talented, when facing a male opponent.
"Ran-chan, could you excuse us for a moment?" Ukyou turned and
whispered to me. "Akane, I thought you said you hated boys?"
"I do."
"Then why are you going along with this engagement?"
"Because my father insists."
"But, he can't force you, if you have another engagement, right?"
"I guess not. But, how would another engagement keep me from having to
put up with a boy?"
"Use Ranma's idea. Let's announce our engagement."
"WHAT!"
"Think about it. Ranma is assured that I'm not a girl and the pressure
from Kuno and your father is removed."
"Yeah, I guess I've been a bit of a jerk about Ranma. If he's happier
thinking of you as a boy that's OK. I'll do it. My father can't blame
me for ignoring my duty."
Ukyou held out her hand to me and I took it. "Yes Ran-chan, we're
engaged, but we're trying to keep it quiet."
"I understand Ut'chan. I'm sorry I came between you two. I'm so happy
for both of you."
Then I noticed that a crowd of schoolgirls were watching us.
"Engagement? Akane, we thought you hated boys! And now you've snatched
Ukyou, the cutest boy in school!"
In class, Ranma got the seat behind Ukyou, who sat to my left.
At lunch, Nabiki joined the three of us at the cafeteria. "What's this
about your engagement sis?"
"Yes, it's true. Ukyou and I are much more than friends. I'm sorry,
but Kasumi or you will have to take Ranma."
Nabiki made a poking gesture at Ranma, and he scooted his chair back.
"I really don't think so."
After school Ukyou walked with Ranma and me. "I think we'd best tell my
father first. Ran-chan, you've never met him, have you? Why don't you
tag along?"
As we started out, she asked him. "Ran-chan, why did you disappear from
that boy's school we were at?"
"I couldn't stand the way you and Ryouga would fight over my g-, other
side. I ran off to China."
"To China? That must have been interesting."
"Yeah, I guess." Ranma shuddered.
Ukyou was interested in Ranma's girl side? Did this mean she was really
serious about our engagement? The hell her father had put her through,
making her always act like a boy. Did she think she was a boy trapped
in a girl's body? I'd never heard her talk about girls that way, but
not about boys either.
As we stepped into her father's okonomiyaki shop, Ukyou said. "Father,
there's somebody I'd like you to meet."
There weren't any customers in the shop at the moment and so Mr Kuonji
wiped his hands and turned to us.
"This is my old friend Ranma Saotome from junior high, he's moved back
here recently."
"Pleased to meet you."
"And you know my friend Akane? Well, we've decided to get engaged."
"Engaged?" Pure joy spread across the ogre's face. "At last you're
acting like a real man. Is this really true?"
"Yes, Mr Kuonji, you see we--"
He cut me off. "No, from now on you must call me father, Akane. You're
so sweet and kind and pretty, just like the daughter I never had."
As he hugged me to him, I looked over at Ukyou. She had such misery on
her face. Now, I saw that I was trapped. If I backed down, her father
would simply drag in other girls to engage to his "son". For her sake,
I had to keep with it.
"Come, let me fix something for you. Please tell me all about it."
"Well father, we had to act now because Akane and Ranma's fathers are
trying to get them engaged."
"And what's your opinion about this Ranma?"
"If Ukyou and Akane are happy together, I'm happy for them."
"I guess that's OK then."
"Yes, but now we need to go explain it to their fathers."
"Do you need my help?"
"No father, I think we can handle it."
Ukyou stopped to pick up a rose and some cakes on the way back. "We'd
best make this look good."
"What!" Father screamed.
"Yes daddy, it's true. I'm sorry I haven't told you before."
He collapsed sobbing on to the table.
"Now Soun, you should be happy for Akane." Genma placed a hand on his
friend's shoulder. "And you have two other lovely daughters."
Kasumi just sat there, pale as the mist.
Nabiki looked at her older sister, gave me a look that promised
vengeance at a later date and said. "OK."
Father continued to cry.
"OK, OK, I'll do it father. I'll marry Ranma."
Soun leapt up and hugged Nabiki. "You'd do this for your father? You
make me so happy Nabiki!"
Tuesday morning, Ukyou came by to pick me up for class.
"You'd best wait for your fiancee Nabiki." I said on the way out the
door.
On the way Ukyou said. "We'd best take this slow. Father will insist
that I get you an engagement ring. It's what we have to do to be proper
fiancees. Uhmp!"
Ukyou had walked into a boy turning the corner. The boy was dressed in
rough clothes and had a yellow and black bandana tied around his head.
"Ukyou Kuonji, and your fiancee?" He turned towards me and suddenly the
joy drained from his face. He turned back to Ukyou. "Ukyou, what have
you done with the red-haired girl?"
"I don't know what you're talking about Ryouga." Ukyou replied.
Henry J. Cobb hcobb@slip.net http://www.io.com/~hcobb