Ranma wondered and tried to shove the black haired boy away from her, but, saw that when she tried that the odd squealing boy refused to move away from the red headed girl. She had been so absorbed in her attempt at getting away from the boy she didn't notice that the boy didn't have any sexual intent. Once the boy had gotten face to face Ranma found her face flushed and her breath coming in short, to her this experience was strange. Meeting some boy eye to eye wasn't supposed to make her heart beat faster! In fact this seemed like sexual assault with how he was lacking any clothing.
"Bwee..." The boy said, tilting his head and leaning into Ranma's face.
"W-what the heck are you doing'?" Ranma demanded, in a husky tone.
The boy didn't respond, he pressed his lips to Ranma's cheek and licked her.
"Eh..." Ranma blushed, her eyes wide and her mouth slightly agape. As red as a Hollywood carpet.
The black haired boy rose his head and stared at Ranma, before smiling as he had done before. "Wee..."
Cologne watched in amusement and turned to the Jusenkyo guide, placing her hands in her robe. "I see that one of them is an animal and the other was most likely a boy."
The Jusenkyo guide watched the display of affection as well, and now that Cologne had told him that he could see why the boy was making odd sounding human squealing sounds. And the girl's actions were more responsive than that of any animal's mentality. "Is true..." he sighed.
"You're not doing too well with guarding this area, are you?" Cologne asked, narrowing her eyes.
"What I do? Cliff is close to springs and when people take path, I no have any control of what happens," The guide explained, hoping that would save him from a stern lecturing from the amazon elders. Just the idea of standing before them sent shivers down his spine.
Ranma gasped when she heard what had happened. An animal? There was only one animal with her when she fell, she slowly met face to face with black haired boy; who at this point had been staring at her. "Y-you're that piglet?"
"Bwee!" the black haired boy responded.
Cologne rose a brow when she saw the response the black haired boy gave. "Did he actually communicate with you?"
The now female Ranma sat up, causing the black haired boy to move back and sit down as if he was still a small piglet. "Yeah, sort of... the little runt was following me and then I wanted to check out what the big secret of this place was," Ranma said, then avoiding eye contact with the ancient amazon.
"I see you regret what you did now, which you should, the gender you're currently that of a powerful warrior, you really have no business in such a body," Cologne stated, shaking her head.
Ranma felt a vein twitch in her head, this was the last treatment she got when she visited her mother at work. Cologne would make snide remarks to Ranma and his supposed weaker gender. How could Cologne view this body as a gift? It made no sense to her. "Look! I don't care wha'cha have to say, just change me back!" Ranma barked, gritting her teeth.
"Such a temper, much like a male..." Cologne paused and clinked the bottom of her cane before pointing the top of it to her. "Is that any way to treat your savior?"
At that very second Ranma's mind pieced together everything that had happened. It seems that through her own stupid actions and disregard for safety, caused her to fall to the side of the cliff and into one of the Jusenkyo springs and in turn the small black piglet must have fallen trying to help her. Then the guide must have alerted Cologne of someone falls into the spring, and since Ranma was a woman that meant that since Cologne was already a woman, she was unaffected by the spring's curse.
Ranma lowered her head in shame. "Damn it."
"I see you understand the situation," Cologne said. "Jusenkyo guild."
"Yes, great elder?" The Jusenkyo guide asked.
"Explain the conditions of their new forms, I've already explained this before," Cologne said.
"Okay. This is how curse works, you can change back into man with hot water," The guide said, seeing that Ranma's smile came back in her face. "But whenever you touch cold water again, you change back into a girl," the excited expression on Ranma's face vanished.
"W-wha?" Ranma said, once again feeling like she was going to have a heart attack. "There's gotta' be some way to fix this!"
"I'm afraid not child," Cologne stated. "There hasn't been any known cure for a Jusenkyo curse."
"W-wait! If there's a cursed spring that changes you into a girl, t-there has to be a spring for guys, right?" She asked, hoping that would be the key to returning to her normal form.
"Do you honestly believe you're the first person to ever suggest doing such a thing? Do you know what'll happen if you attempt to jump into another pool?" Cologne asked, a slight tone of anger in her voice. The kind woman got when asked how much they weighted or how old they were.
Ranma shook her head, somewhat fearfully.
"You'll become a half woman, half man creature, now let me ask you child which fate sounds worse? The simple life of a man who becomes a woman with the contact of cold water or perhaps you'd love the life of a man who becomes a half woman, half man creature," the fossil of an elder said, listing everyone of Ranma's options.
"Is tough call," The guide commented, his hands behind his back as he stared at the sky. It was never a pleasant conversation whenever someone fell into the cursed springs.
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"W-why me...?" Ranma said, lowering her head. Though when she did, something moved over to her and began licking her cheek. Sending chills once again to her body.
"Eh..." Ranma twitched, once again feeling female chemistry reacting to the feel of a man.
"I suggest you get that animal off you and leave this area soon, if you know what's best for you," though Cologne noted that the black haired boy was naked. "On second thought, Jusenkyo guide," she said, turning to him.
"Yes?" he replied.
"Provide the boy on top of the girl with some clothing, we can't have a male running around our tribe grounds, naked."
"Of course, great elder!" The guide responded running into his small hut.
"Are you going to move or do you enjoy having a man pressed up close to you?' Cologne asked, smirking.
Ranma blushed before gently moving the black haired boy away from her. "Very funny old ghoul, didn't think you were a comedian."
The guide returned from his small hut and held some clothes which were exactly like his and displayed them to the black haired boy. The lost boy sniffed the clothing and turned his head away from it, moving over to Ranma and hiding behind her. The red headed girl sighed and stood up, glad that her clothes weren't lose enough to fall off her. "Looks like I'm the only one to who can change him..."
"It appears so..." Cologne said, not at all bothered by the site of a naked male. She was ancient and had seen many things, the body of a naked man wasn't new to her.
Ranma went over to the Jusenkyo guide and grabbed the clothes. "Come on, let's get some clothes on you," Ranma sighed, gently trying to get him to wear some clothing. He sniffed it a bit before leaning his head away and not looking at her, Ranma slapped her forehead. "Do this for me, come on."
The boy nodded his head once before just standing on all fours and waiting for Ranma to get the clothing on. Ranma blushed and found herself unable to go through with the process, it was just too odd! Dressing another man wasn't part of being a martial artist, not to mention it was completely against her sexuality! She was a man and was going to end up with a woman and doing these sorts of things would not hold up a good reputation.
"Damn it! I can't do it, come on, you gotta' help me!" Ranma pleaded, turning to the ancient elder.
"Fine, whatever gets you out of here sooner," Cologne stated, before rushing the black haired boy, shooting her cane under the black haired boy's stomach and launching him into the air. The amazon elder used the end of her cane to grab the clothing and shot them up into the air along side with the un-named boy.
"Wha!" the un-named boy cried. His vocal cords adjusting to a more human tone when he screamed.
The elder kept her eyes closed and soon joined the un-named boy in the air and moved her hands around in a blaze of speed. "Chestnut fist, dressing style!" she exclaimed as they descended to the ground. Before they came down to the ground, the old amazon shot her cane out and managed to reduce the un-named boy's landing, while she landed gently to the ground.
"Ah!" The un-named boy cried, cringing at the pain. From there he ran over to Ranma in fear and hide behind her leg, whimpering from the freight of being thrown in the air and giving him clothes. He was then able to realize that he was wearing something, studying the fabric he stared at it with a child like curiosity.
"Whoa... how'd ya' do that?' Ranma gasped.
"Years of training, which you don't have boy," Cologne said, moving her hands into her sleeves as she calmly made her way out of the springs. "Oh. And if I ever see you in the springs again, your mother will be out of a job."
Ranma gulped before turning around to the former black piglet. What was she going to do? Present herself as a someone who has a curse that makes that a girl and that she happened to come across a small black piglet that also got cursed along with her? At the moment that was her only option. "Come on..." she paused, looking at him. She hadn't named him, she hadn't actually been planning on keeping him with her, but... what other option did she have? This creature was now a human being as well, would it be considered human cruelty to let him wonder around without being able to speak and fend for himself? Chances were that as a human and his animal tendency to roam free would keep him away from warm water. Did his new body come with a new brain size as well? It must have... he cried out in pain.
"Damn it... I'll name him later!" Ranma declared, unable to consider every possibility. "Come on, pig-breath! Let's get you home and explain this to my mom!"
"Wha!" the black haired boy said, eyes widening as the alien sound came from his mouth.
Ranma grabbed him by his hands and placed them to her shoulder. The act was strange since the black haired boy found himself wobbling from side to side, not used to the human condition yet. "This is gonna' be a hell of a day..." Ranma commented.
Genma
The bald aging martial artist sat down at the porch of his home, peeling himself an orange with his bare hands. "That boy better hurry... I've already had three of these darn fruits," he commented. He had wanted the water to boil some food and some meat. And to think he had even bought special spices for the occasion... but bought was code name for stole when it came to Genma. He often times found himself taking from his employers.
"Hey pops!" Ranma said, calling to her father.
When Genma heard someone call to him, he assumed it must have been Ranma. No one other than his own son referred to him in such a way. "What is it bo-" Genma paused to look up at the red headed girl, helping some oddly dressed boy walk around.
"Oh! Pardon me, I thought I heard my son!" Genma said, scratching the back of his head. He noticed that the girl was a martial artist and was rather attractive, he wondered if she was part of some martial arts clan that he could perhaps somehow get free stuff off of. That was of course if he could get an arranged marriage set with the girl's parents. He assumed that the boy holding onto her was her scared, shy, oddly dressed brother.
"It's me, Ranma!" the female Ranma said, placing one of her free hands to her chest.
Genma paused, staring at her for a moment. That wasn't possible... Ranma didn't have breasts, nor did he have red hair or a girly shrill voice. "I-I'm sorry... come again?" Genma asked, dumbfounded. Believing he misheard the young woman.
"Are you deaf or something?" Ranma asked. "I'm Ranma Saotome!" she declared yet again.
"I have no daughter!" Genma shot back, standing up on his porch and dropping his orange. "Now stop fooling around and show me some evidence that you're my boy!" Genma proclaimed, of course he didn't believe this insane sounding her.
"Okay... I'll show you!" she exclaimed, turning to the black haired boy leaning against her and helping his lean down; so he could be on all fours. The fang toothed boy simply watched her as she marched past Genma and shoved him aside, going into the home.
"Hey! What're you doing in there?" Genma exclaimed, trying to stop the red head from invading his home. Though he hadn't counted on a certain black haired boy to spring to her rescue.
"Ah!" Genma screamed, looking down to his shin. He noticed that the fang toothed boy was now digging his teeth into him. "Ah! Let me go!" he cried, kicking him away.
The former black piglet cried out as he was flung two yards from the force of Genma's kick. Thanks to that though, Ranma had been given ample time to search the dinning room for the gas lantern they kept. She then grabbed the cup of cold tea her mother left unfinished and began to heart the cup over the gas lantern.
"Damn you! If you think a bitten foot from that weirdo is gonna' stop me, then you've got another thing com-" it was the second time that day that Genma hadn't gotten to finish his sentence. What he saw was a red headed girl pouring warm tea over her head. Though what struck him as shocking was that the girl seemed to expand in size and fill in that over sized white gi of hers.
The fang toothed boy ran into the house and moved past Genma, standing next to Ranma; much like a dog with their master.
"I've got some explaining to do..." Ranma said, looking to the side.