Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Ranma and the Outers ❯ Is All This Sinkin’ In? ( Chapter 10 )

Ranma and the Outers. After reading “All My Outers” by PsyckoSama, I got this idea. While his was a good idea, I had to change it slightly and then wondered where it would go. Hopefully, it will turn out pretty good. This is Rated “R” for language and adult situations. This will have lime-ish content, but will not be a lemon as I will not be describing or detailing those things.

 

NOTE: My usual two Beta-readers have been unavailable for some time, so until I get other beta-readers, I will be doing the pre-reading myself. Of course, this means that I may miss a few things. So if you notice some errors, please let me know.

 

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Chapter 6 part 1: Is All This Sinkin' In?

 

Two hours, two cups of cold water and three cups of hot water later, Ranma was still trying to get everyone to understand. Thankfully, he had Michiru, Haruka, Hotaru and Ami all trying to explain it to the others after Setsuna had left after the first round of explanations saying, `I have business to attend to.' He had thought that the hardest one to explain it to would have been Usagi; however, it was Rei, Makoto and Minako that were having the hardest time understanding.

 

“Ok, for the last time,” Ami said as she looked around at the others. To her right was Usagi who was leaning on Mamoru with Chibi-Usa leaning on his other side. Beside them was Ranma with Michiru on his right, and Haruka on his left with Hotaru sitting in his lap. Then there was Rei, and followed by Makoto and Minako who was sitting directly to Ami's left. In the center of all of them were various cards from Hotaru's collection as well as some from Minako, Makoto and Chibi-Usa.

 

“Yes, please,” Mamoru added with a sigh. He'd rather do other things than sit here and talk about Ranma's past.

 

Ranma pointed to a crudely drawn map that showed the Cursed springs. “Ok, Pops an I got our curses here at Jusenkyö…”

 

“Your curse is that with cold water you turn into a girl,” Usagi said happily much to Ranma's chagrin as she pointed to the card of Ranko.

 

“Yeah, and my pops…”

 

“He turns into a panda!” Giggled Chibi-Usa.

 

“Right, so then I went from there, to the Amazon village, Joketsuzoku, where pops an I ate the first prize for the village champion. Shampoo challenged me for the food and I beat her.”

 

“And because you beat her, she had to kill you because you were a girl at the time,” Supplied Mamoru in a board tone as this was yet another retelling of the same thing.

 

“She's a sore looser,” Haruka added to the mix.

 

“You have no idea,” lamented Ranma. “Anyway, after we left there Shampoo chased us all over China but we finally got back to Japan.

 

“How did you get across?” Rei asked. All of this just seemed too far-fetched to believe, it was like a manga come to life.

 

Ranma just shrugged, “We swam. And then we got to the Tendo's…”

 

“Wait a second… you swam? From China to Japan?” Ami asked to make sure.

 

“Yea no big deal,” he shrugged as the others just looked at him incredulously. “Anyway, when we get to Nerima pops hits me with the fiancée crap about having to fulfill a promise.”

 

“Even though he promised you to Ukyo, and stole her dowry.” Ami clarified.

 

“Not just her, but he promised Ranma to several others as well,” Michiru pointed out.

 

“He has to be the world's biggest liar,” Rei said angrily. It was hard for her, especially being a temple priestess to believe that some man could tell this many lies and cause this much trouble.

 

“And the Tendo girls…” started Chibi-Usa. “You said that your first meeting went pretty bad with them.”

 

“Yea…” Ranma admitted sadly. “Kasumi and Nabiki both shoved me off onto their little sister like I was some sort of freak…” he then added softly “…which I am.”

 

Haruka bopped him lightly on the back of the head. “I heard that, and you're not a freak. If they were too simpleminded to see it, then too bad for them. Right Michiru.”

 

Michiru blushed and could not help but touch her stomach, “Right… besides I'm kind of glad that they did that, otherwise we wouldn't be here right now.”

 

“No kidding, that boy has chaos to spare!” Rei added with a grin.

 

Ranma though did not even hear her words, as he was thinking about Haruka, Michiru, Hotaru and their child. He knew they were right. If Kasumi had accepted him, then they would've been married a long time ago. Or if it had been Nabiki… `Who know what that'd be like,' he thought.

 

Makoto picked up a card of Kunö. “And after you met the Tendo's. You then met Kunö… and he decided to fight you for Akane?” He nodded and she could not help but sigh, “It sounds romantic.”

 

“Trust me, it ain't,” he said flatly. “That jerk got all the boys in her class to try to beat her up every morning to wear her out so he could step in an defeat her and force her to date him. Even when she said no, he ignored her.”

 

“Makoto,” Michiru said trying to explain it, “Imagine if you knew a male that wanted to date you, but you kept telling him no. But he kept forcing you. Would you really like it?” Seeing that realization was dawning on her, Michiru added more. “And what would happen if he did force her on a date? If he thinks he can force her to date him, then what else do you think he will try to force on her?”

 

Makoto's eyes opened wide, “He wouldn't do that! Would he?”

 

Minako suddenly realized the truth of it all and she was surprised too. “He would… Ranma's been beating him up for a long time and he won't listen. And if he really got all those guys to beat her up… then… then…” Minako shut her eyes and clenched her fists. “He's an enemy to all women, as Warriors of Love and Justice; I say we punish him… severely!”

 

Ranma grinned, “You won't get an argument out of me about that.”

 

“But don't forget about the pig,” Haruka added. “Ranma may have promised that he won't tell the jerks secret, but I've never made that promise.”

 

Ami chuckled, “Yes the pig…” She pointed to the card of P-chan and then one of Ryoga. “Ryoga followed you to China because he failed to meet you at a duel of honor that you waited three days for. And because he arrived on the fourth day and you were gone then he became enraged and he ended up getting a curse as well.”

 

Ranma nodded his head, and though he had not broken the promise he knew what would happen. “If Ryoga finds out that you know, and that I was involved, then he'll get even madder. He'll lose it an then ya won't be able to do anything to him. Besides he won't hit girls.”

 

“He may not hit girls,” Makoto said dangerously, “but he has abused honor, and sneaking into a girls room is the lowest… the most insensitive… the most…”

 

“Yea, but Akane carried him into her room,” Ranma stated.

 

“Yes but he never told her the truth, and it was his duty to do so,” Makoto replied in anger.

 

“Makoto,” Rei said with a dangerous glint to her eyes. “I have an idea of how to take care of him… we'll talk after the meeting.”

 

“I want to help too,” Minako eagerly said.

 

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