The panda turned around and grabbed the bucket of water Ranma had left on the trail to the glacier. That meant that there would be hot water, the panda marched over to them as Nodoka, Ranma; with Ryoga still on top of her.

Ryoga stared at him. Ryoga gasped and moved in front of Ranma, ready to defend his master at any cost.

That allowed Ranma some time to think and sit up. The red headed girl glared at him, "Looks like I'm not the only stupid one..." Ranma said. She then patted Ryoga on the head, telling him that everything was okay.

"Oh, Genma dear... what will I do with you?" Nodoka asked, shaking her hand and heading back inside the house. "Please come in so that I can prepare you some warm water," she sighed, watching as the huge panda once again lowered his head in shame. The huge panda walked up to his home until he turned to Ryoga and growled.

His intimidation tactic was ineffective against Ryoga's will to protect his master. Ryoga only glared in response to his threatening bark and turned back to Ranma, staring at her with timid eyes.

Ranma stared into his eyes and wondered what was his deal? Why wasn't he this protective with him when he was a man? Did Ryoga think that Ranma knew how to defend himself when she was a man or was it because Ryoga wanted her as a mate? And now that Ranma considered the possibility of mating in this form. The redhead turned her head to the direction of the home and seemed to sweat nervously. "Mom... can you make me some warm water too?"

"Of course, Ranma!" Nodoka called back as she was in the kitchen, warming the water as best as she could.

Ranma sighed and turned back to the black haired boy who was still on top of her, she blushed and pushed him back again. "Why do you like getting so close?" Ranma questioned, tilting her head to the side.

Ryoga copied her action and blinked his eyes, "Ranma?"

She wondered why it seemed as though Ryoga understood her. She felt that it better to discard that idea at this point. "Now we just gotta' get ya' to talk and everything and then maybe I can have a sparring partner."

The fang-toothed boy found himself staring into Ranma's stunning blue eyes. He continued to do so until he heard a loud screaming sound coming from the kitchen.

"Ah!" Genma cried, "It should be warm, not boiling!"

"I'm sorry, Genma!" Nodoka apologized.

Ranma sighed and knew this day would be a nightmare, especially considering what Genma wrote on that sign; which was a mystery since Ranma didn't remember any signs on the way to Jusenkyo. Ranma turned to Ryoga and gently pulled away from him. "Come on, let's get my body back."

"Not likely..." Genma stated, crossing his hands over his chest. "In order to return someone like me back to normal, I had to use all of the warm water I got to change me back."

Ranma's eye twitched as she stared at Genma, she then turned to Nodoka who exited the house. "I'm sorry Ranma... but he's right, in order to change your father back, I had to use all of the water he brought."

The father of the Saotome child continued to glare at Ranma for a time, "That's not important right now... what's important right now is that my son..." he paused, tilting his head downward, his glasses reflecting the light of the sun and causing a glare to make his eyes vanish. That gave Genma an ominous appearance, one that even sent chills down Ranma's spine. "My son kissed that beast!" Genma shouted, pointing at Ryoga.

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Ryoga took that as a challenge and readied himself for any kind of battle. "Arr..."

Ranma's eyes widened and she waved her hands out in front of her defensively. "It's not what you think, he licked my lips, not kissed me!" Ranma exclaimed, blushing ever so slightly.

Nodoka had taken that as a threat to the Saotome blood line and felt shame rising in her chest. That cleared up when Ranma instantly cleared her name because any excuse to ease her worry was enough to calm her down. "It's okay, Genma dear..." she sighed, placing her hand on his shoulder. "It doesn't matter what he did... because Ryoga is simply an animal, correct?" Nodoka asked, giving Ranma a stern look.

Ranma still reflected her feelings of confusion with the awkward nod she gave; the blush that was across her face remained. Though lucky for her that her mother accepted any excuse she made to defend her case. "Y-yeah, he's kinda' like a dog..."

Genma took a deep breath and shook his head, "How could I have raised such a careless child... I'll take your excuse, for now, boy... but next time, you might not be so lucky."

"You're sayin' that cause you were stupid enough to fall into a spring too!" Ranma countered, pointing her finger to him now.

"That point aside... I have some more job opportunities to search for."

Genma turned and turned in the direction of the amazon village, staring in that direction. Although his eyes were unable to be seen with a glare over them , he was determined to make some money for his family. "Nodoka my darling..." he said, grabbing her hands and staring into her eyes. "I'm going back to the city and going to earn us a decent dinner... I promise from now that you'll eat well and our dream of going to Japan will come true..."

Nodoka stared into his eyes and found that her husband still knew how to charm her in all the right ways; she felt as though they were young teens in love again. "Genma..."

Ranma stared off to the side and stuck her finger close to her mouth, pretending to gag at the sight of romance.

Ryoga studied the scene with curious eyes and found himself staring at what appeared to be an uninterested Ranma. The black haired boy turned to his hands and managed to stand on his knees, which seemed to be a breeze now that his new body was responding in new ways. He never took much time to understand his new body, which caused him to contemplate at a different level. His pig mind was already very intelligent in terms of animals.

Genma then began walking in the direction of the village, determined to milk his curse for all that it was worth. Nodoka watched him the entire time he was walking.

"I-I'm gonna' finish preparing our meal, I'll make sure to save your father some," she cooed, clapping her hands together and skipping into the house, almost glowing with how well she felt.

Ranma rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, the red headed girl shook her head and crossed her arms. "I'll never get how she got with him..." she commented.

Ryoga with his best effort managed to turn to Ranma, grabbing her hands and surprising the shocked girl. He stared into her eyes and blushed, "Ranma..." Ryoga said.

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Ranma hadn't expected Ryoga to be able to mimic human movement so well and thought that maybe he had been trying something else. All his actions lead to him copying her father's cheesy line; that was enough to trigger Ranma's female hormones that now traveled through her veins.

"S-stop this!" she demanded, moving away from Ryoga and panting deeply.

The way her heart rate sped up, she wasn't sure she was able to handle herself in this moment. 'T-this guy is really a pig and I'm not really a girl... so don'cha get any ideas Saotome..." Ranma urged herself to think. It even bothered her to believe she had to talk herself out of her thoughts.

Ryoga seemed depressed over the rejection he had received from his master. He thought that maybe Ranma would spare some of that affection towards him if only to feel close to her.

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Genma smiled while he held out a sign that said "Panda For Rent" the only problem with this was that he wasn't able to showcase his panda, so many amazon people were left skeptical. He only got as far as a few questions and that seemed about it, but, no definite buyers seemed to come.

"This is hopeless..." Genma sighed, sitting down on a nearby crate he had stolen from behind a shop. "Now I'm gonna' end up coming home empty handed and after such a beautiful speech I gave my darling Nodoka..."

"You... I'll make you a deal," an elderly voice called to him.

Genma rose his head and stared at the great elder of the village, Cologne. "You're..."

"I am aware of who I am..." Cologne said, narrowing her eyes. "I would like to rent your panda, is it perhaps trained?"

Genma's eyes shot open and he stood up, nodding his head with a huge grin on his face. "O-of course! The best-trained panda around, he even knows martial arts!"

"Splendid... have him come to my shop and dance on a ball while holding the sign of my restaurant," Cologne stated. "I'll even pay you in advance..." Cologne said, digging into her sleeve and presenting her small bag of yen to him.

"Of course!" Genma said, holding his hands out and waiting for her to drop the pouch into his hands; drooling over the excitement.

"But do know if you cross me or your panda isn't to my liking..." she paused and smirked. "Let's just say you won't like the consequences," with that she turned to her side and looked in the direction of her restaurant. "Mousse, Shampoo... prepare the logo of the Nekohaten for tomorrow!" she called.

Both Mousse and Shampoo bowed, "Hai!" they replied.

With that, she tossed the pouch full of yaun to Genma. "Don't disappoint me..."

Genma watched her leave, staring in terror. "What have I gotten myself into?"