Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Future-Ranma ❯ Bold New Future or You Can’t Argue With Fashion ( Chapter 2 )

"People actually wear this stuff!" Ranma bellowed.

You see everyone on the planet knows the face of the infamous Ranma Saotome, but somehow history had forgotten all about the pig-tailed girl. Unfortunately this meant the only way he could go out in public without starting a riot was to go out in girl form. This was actually fine with Ranma until he learned about the local fashion trends.

Now before I describe this outfit please keep in mind if someone from three hundred years ago saw what you wear they would either laugh or burn you for witchcraft.

Apparently detachable animal prosthetics are all the rage in this strange future.

Yes you heard right. For instance Akane gave Ranma a pink, furry, snake like object, of three feet in length. The object was thin on one end and puffy on the other. On Akanes instructions she pressed the end of this object into her lower back, just above the buttocks, and it absorbed two inches into the skin. Surprised Ranma immediately tried to pull it out, "ouch she screamed". It didn’t just hurt to try and pull it from her back, she could feel it when she squeezed or twisted the object like a real body part. She then let go of the object and watched it. This device could move around like an arm or leg and it waggled when she walked. It was a fully functional tail. Akane then gave her matching pink triangles, which she pressed to her head and they became her new ears. Ranma gave them a test wiggle, then pulled on one to find they where really a part of her. Next a pair of small tooth extensions that gave the impression of cute fangs.

Akane explained that animal was such a major fashion trend right now that she would look strange without some animal accessories. As she spoke she drew some cute whiskers onto Ranmas face is different crayon colors. She also told him that these where hand-me-downs of hers and that Ranma should just get comfortable wearing them all the time since the spray to remove them was very expensive.

The rest of his new outfit included a simple yellow T-shirt and red pants with suspenders. He liked it since the outfit was fairly androgynous. It may suck to turn into a girl by accident but turning into a guy while in girl’s clothes was just plain devastating.

Looking in the mirror her outfit actually started to grow on her. Cat girls were popular even in her own time and she looked like she actually belonged in this strange New World. The outfit made her seem dangerous somehow, but that was only because of Ranmas fear of real cats, anyone else would just find it adorable.

When she turned away from the mirror Ranma noticed that Akane had attached some large angel like wings to her back. They looked so beautiful, and Ranma was about to tell her so when she attached the matching Disney style duckbill. Suddenly this future world passed magnificent and went back to being weird in Ranmas mind.

As this was happening, far away a boy looked upon his surroundings and spoke the words he has spoken more then any others in the course of his life. "Where the heck am I now?" His spatchula-wielding companion smiled as she looked upon the pack of kangaroos passing by. She may be forced to follow orders, but she could at least decide how to carry out those orders. This included letting her companion lead the way.

Now lets return to the Tendo home.

"Hey Akane, I thought you said the spray to remove this stuff was expensive?

"It is," Akane replied. "That’s why I don’t want you touching my supply.

Apparently, like most trendy clothes items, Akane couldn’t where her attachments to work.

"So if you’re a reporter you must be pretty old, huh?" Ranma asked.

Immediately a mallet appeared in Akanes hand, and she gave Ranma a threatening glare.

"I just meant old enough to be done college and stuff. You look younger than I do."

Akane released the mallet and relaxed.

"Infect it looks like your breasts haven’t even started to grow yet," Ranma pointed out.

After a severe malletting, Akane explained that highschool and college don’t exist anymore. People now have the technology to Zap knowledge directly into the human brain. Because of this schools are now more like military or debutante academies (depending on where you attend). Rather than imparting knowledge they focus on helping people practice what is zapped into them and of course getting kids out of there parents hair for a few hours. Akane started her career at 13 and is 15 now.

Ranma nodded clearly impressed.

Ken then appeared in his own street clothes. As a military nut, who doesn’t follow trends, he was dressed in green camouflage gear, which would in no way camouflage him since everything in this strange time is painted in pastel colors. He had sturdy heavy boots, obviously meant for trekking though swamps, and black ash under his eyes. Looking at his knew friends Ranma suddenly felt better about her own ensemble.

Soon they left the house. Upon leaving Ranma jumped several meters onto a nearby fence-post and ran along the fence with a speed and grace worthy of his now feline appearance. Then she released she had run ahead of everyone else and turned back she then walked slower to keep pace with Akanes waddle and Ken's trudging march.

"Hey Akane," Ranma asked, "if you’re still a Tendo then you must be an heir to the anything goes school, right?"

"Actually it’s our cousins in Florida that run the school, but I am a second dan black belt. And Ken is a fourth" Akane answered. "Hey Ranma, you must be at least an eighth dan master right? The highest person left is only seventh dan and she can’t do half the stuff you can!"

"Uh we have belts and dans now."

"Hey Akane," Ranma asked, "In my time there where only girls to carry on the Tendo name, so how come you’re called Tendo."

"Well, actually I don’t know" Akane responded.

"Actually," Ken interjected, "I heard that our great grandmother gave her kids the name Tendo because our great grandfather was somehow a disgrace. The details were lost, but we think she became pregnant before the apocalypse and the father was either Ranma Saotome, Ryoga Hibiki, or Kuno."

Akane stopped, shocked at what Ken had just said. She lied about not knowing this, because she was not sure how Ranma would react. Now he knew. How will he react? Ranma now knew that he might be engaged to one of his own descendents. Worse if he isn’t then Ranma might see her and Ken as the children of his worst enemy. An enemy he destroyed half the world to defeat. An enemy that may have fornicated with the woman he loved.

Ranma paused and took on a somber look. "I hope it wasn’t Kuno!" As he spoke you could see a shiver move up his spine.

In hearing this Akane face faulted. "Hey, what if it’s you or Ryoga that was the father?"

"Well it can’t be me cause I still have my… Look it just can’t be me all right. As for Ryoga you can’t be his grandkids cause if you were I wouldn’t trust you to lead the way whereever we’re going. Hey where are we going?"

Meanwhile, a bandana clad boy, a spatchula-carrying girl, and a purple haired girl collapsed at the doorway to the Tendo household. "We finally made it" the bandana clad boy announced. "Now we can capture that wretched Saotome." The spatchula-carrying girl marveled at how they had somehow walked from one landmass to another when the countries were supposed to be separated by an ocean.

Just as they were about to enter they heard a voice from behind.

"Ai-yah, Ryoga, Ukyo, Shampoo is you real?"

Looking around they saw the girl who had asked the question.

"Where prototype replicants sent to capture an escaped Ranma replicant" Ryoga responded."

"Way to tell the whole world about our secret mission," Ukyo retorted.

"Hey, you look familiar, and why you speaking with a bad Amazon accent?" Shampoo enquired

Amazon accents creaped Ukyo out since her last memory of her former life was of being strangled by an amazon.

"I no speak like Amazon, this is Mandarin Accent. I is last descendent of Musk dynasty. I is daughter of Herb. My name is Lanma"

"Musk" Ryoga, Ukyo, and Shampoo shouted in unison. Images of Herb flashed through Ryogas' mind. A seldom seen character that shared the same curse as Ranma and is said to be descended from the blood of dragons. Herb once sealed Ranma in his cursed form and Ranma had to fight him to reclaim his masculinity. Though Ranma won, Herb seemed far more powerful in the beginning. Ryoga was thrown off because she carried herself in a very feminine way, but Lanma looks just as Herb did in girl form.

"I born fifteen years ago," Lanma explained. "Papa no start family till age 269."

"269" Ryoga bellowed.

"He start family late because Papa have issues with woman’s bodies."

"That isn’t the unbelievable part," Ukyo commented.

Not understanding Lanma continued. "Papa not as mean as he used to be. Ranma is only man who ever defeat him, and Papa know that he deserve that humbling experience. That why I named Lanma in honor of Ranma. I come here to marry reincarnation of Ranma so he can carry on Musk dynasty."

"No way, Ranma is my fiancée," Ukyo announced.

"But you is programmed to kill him," Lanma stated.

"We can work around that," she bellowed.

Ukyo slashed her spatchula at the girl’s chest, but Lanma dodged by bending backwards an unnatural degree. As she looked up she saw Ryoga had leaped into the air and was crashing down towards her, one finger forward. Lanma rolled on the ground as far away as she could as Ryoga hit ground yelling bucksai tenkats. The ground around him exploded, but Lanma had just made it to a safe distance. Lanma immediately lunged at Ryoga before he could recover from the attack. Lanma faked that she was going to punch then opened her fist and blew a strange powder into Ryogas face. Ryoga fell unconscious. Lanma then removed a ribbon from her hair, which somehow expanded an unnatural length and with a flick of her wrist entangled Ukyo. She then blew more powder into Ukyo’s face, knocking her out.

That was close, Lanma thought. Had these replicants not had their power reduced by there obedience programming I might have lost. I doubt I have a chance against even a low power Shampoo.

Lanma then braced herself to fight Shampoo, but the Amazon did not attack.

"I sent here to capture Ranma, but I no ordered to fight you. Amazon have great pride and many customs, I no can hurt self, so it better to let you kill me then be used to hurt Ai-ren." Shampoo then bowed down and lowered her weapons to show her submission. She began crying. "If Amazons ask tell them I just dumb copy, no disgrace Amazons."

Lanma looked at her with some pity, but not too much since she was able to fix everyone’s problems.

It is a little known fact that the Musk dynasty was among the first to practice biochemistry. It started with herbilism and use of Jusenkyo springs to mix their blood with that of animals, but they did have a keen understanding of proteins, RNA, and restriction enzymes. Back when they warred with the Amazons a potion had been developed to counter virtually any form of mind control. As Lanma loaded some of this potion into a syringe and injected it into Ryoga, Shampoo, and Ukyo she prayed to the spirits that her Father/mother knew what he/she was doing.

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