[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". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "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. 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