Story - Futanari Ranma - Chapter 4

Futanari Ranma
A Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction
by Michael A. Ivins

Ranma, his family, friends and rivals are the property of Rumiko Takahashi. I get no money for writing this story. Mostly I just have some fun sharing the products of my imagination with others. I also do not own any of the characters from Manga (or is that doujin) Futa Club.

This chapter has LEMON content. If you find that sort of thing offensive, stop reading

Chapter 4
Amazon Law

While Ranma normally ate almost faster than the eye could see, he took his time eating his burgers and fries. He wanted to wait until the dinner rush died down, as that was a good indicator of when things would similarly slow down at the Nekohanten. When he felt it was late enough, Ranma headed over there. He roof hopped the whole way but paused on the last roof, looking down at the restaurant.

This was going to be tough. If this was a straight on battle of martial arts, he would have felt more confident. This was going to be a battle of words and wits. Ranma knew he wasn't like the joke he'd heard of an unarmed man in a battle of wits, but still felt under prepared to face someone of Cologne's age and experience.

He firmed up his resolve and embraced the Soul of Ice. To give in to his anger would not help his cause.

Shortly he landed on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. He walked up to the door and pushed it open, pausing just inside the entrance to look around. The place was now mostly empty with only three tables still occupied. From his own time as a waitress in this place he knew that the act of opening the door sounded a bell to alert the staff to the coming of a new customer.

Almost immediately, Shampoo spied her beloved and ran toward him, shouting, "Oh Airen! You take Shampoo on date?"

Before the purple haired girl could get close enough to glomp, Ranma thrust a hand out, palm toward the oncoming girl. Putting a little ki amplification into his cold sounding voice, Ranma commanded, "Shampoo stop!"

Hearing the tone and seeing the expression on Ranma's face, the girl pulled up short. Her husband was not happy. It seemed evident that this was not a casual visit. It was confusing to her because she had only had the best intentions for what she did. She had hoped to rescue her husband from being forced into a marriage with the Kitchen Destroyer.

When he was satisfied that he wasn't going to be grabbed, Ranma said, "Shampoo, after what you did yesterday, I don't want to talk to you. I'm here to talk to the Old Gh... I mean Cologne."

Shampoo started to say, "But Airen..." Ranma made a chopping gesture with his hand and just said, "Ah!" The girl stood with a look of indecision as if she couldn't figure out what she should do.

At that moment the thumping of the Amazon Elder's staff could be heard as she pogoed in from the kitchen. "Hello, Son-in-Law. What brings you here today?"

"DON'T call me that!" Cologne was shocked by the amount of venom that was in the boy's tone. She called Ranma "Son-in-Law" to reinforce the claim, but also because she knew that it annoyed him. Annoying the young martial artist was fun. This time she could tell the teenager was well beyond mere annoyance.

For the moment she would yield on this one point. She knew from Shampoo's report of the events of the wedding the previous day that the boy had been under a great deal of stress. For the moment she was willing to cut him some slack.

"Very well, Ranma, I will indulge you this time," She responded. "You said you wished to talk to me. I'm guessing it is about the events of yesterday."

"Yes," he confirmed. "Could we go someplace private to talk?"

"We can talk in the office." She headed in that direction. She knew that Ranma had been in the restaurant's office before during the time he had worked as a waitress.

Shortly the Elder was seated behind her desk while Ranma sat in a chair in front. When he was more or less comfortably settled, the first question Ranma has was a simple one, "Did you know?"

Looking confused, Cologne repeated, "Did I know? Did I know what? I'm sorry but the report Shampoo gave on the events of the wedding was somewhat lacking in details. You'll have to be more specific."

Using the Soul of Ice, Ranma clamped down hard on his emotions. The Elder noticed the chill in the air and wondered.

The young martial artist asked, "Did Shampoo tell you about a cask of water and all the guys with Jusenkyo curses fighting over it?"

That didn't sound good. Her great granddaughter had mentioned a fight over a package, but had failed to mention that it was something that only Jusenkyo cursed males had tried to gain possession of. That fact by itself suggested what the contents of that "cask of water" might be.

She truthfully said, "Shampoo mentioned a fight among the men but didn't say it was only the ones with curses."

"I see," the boy said. "Then I will re-phrase the question. Did you know what actually getting splashed with Naniichuan water would do to a Jusenkyo cursed man?"

Oh, so that was what was getting the young man so upset that he needed the Soul of Ice to control his anger. Trying to give an evasive answer, the old woman said, "Like with many medicines, the man water can have different effects on different people."

The boy wasn't buying it. He said, "You're dodging the question. Let's try it this way: What effect does Naniichuan water have on most people who have some other Jusenkyo curse?"

The old woman kept her features placid but inwardly was cringing. She said, "For the great majority the new curse will mix with the existing one. If your father had been splashed with the water he would likely have turned into a black and white furred man with panda ears and a panda tail. I would imagine your cursed form would be a futanari, still looking like a girl but with male sexual organs added to the female ones."

She paused a moment. Although her expression was still controlled, she needed a moment summon enough composure to ask, "Are you asking these questions because you got splashed with the water in that cask?"

At Ranma's nod, the old woman closed her eyes a moment. It seemed evident from the boy's expression that his cursed form was altered as she had described. Depending on how the child dealt with it, this might not be a problem or it could be very bad indeed. She opened her eyes and asked, "Where did this 'cask of water' come from?"

The young man said, "From what I've been told, the cask arrived a few days ago from China. The writing on it said it was enough for just one person and the note that came with it said the Jusenkyo Guide sent it as a wedding gift in thanks for the help I gave against Saffron."

"The Guide?" The woman frowned. "I didn't think him such a fool. In spite of what you might have believed, you should never have come anywhere near Naniichuan water."

"So you let all the male curse victims in Nerima believe Naniichuan was a cure," Ranma stated rather than asked. "Tell me, did you think it was all some kind of a grand joke that a bunch of dumb males were working so hard to get hold of a cure that didn't work? No, it was worse than a cure that didn't work. What we all thought of as a cure would make things worse for any of us who got it. Well, even if you thought it was funny, I'm not laughing!"

"Son-in... I mean Ranma, I know the word 'sorry' doesn't come anywhere close to making things better," the Elder said, her head bowed. "I never thought there was any chance you could ever get Naniichuan water. You must understand that sometimes old people like myself will try to gain some amusement by playing around with young people. Taunting and teasing young people can become something of a sport to Elders like me. I see now that by withholding information on how Jusenkyo curses can mix I have done you a great disservice.

The young man didn't answer but the glare he directed toward her spoke volumes. Trying to reduce the tension between them, Cologne tried to re-direct the conversation to more practical matters. She asked, "Could you describe this container the water came in?"

"Huh?" Momentarily shaken out of his anger, Ranma complied with the request. He gave her his estimate of the dimensions of the cask along with the color and labeling. Based on how it felt when it struck him and broke, he told her what he believed to be the material it was made of.

The old woman took in the description thought for a moment. Finally she said, "I don't think it was the guide who sent you that water. Although he might have had access to one, the cask you describe is a type of container we often use in the village. That suggests to me that it wasn't the Guide that sent it to you, but one or more of my opponents on the Elder's Council."

Ranma considered that. It would make more sense, but it still didn't excuse the old woman for withholding the truth. Had he known what the water would do to him, Ranma would have avoided it as he would a deadly poison. His anger returned but he controlled it with the Soul of Ice. He asked, "And why would they do something like that?"

She explained, "There are some on the Council who have argued against having you brought back to the village. Some say it wasn't worth the effort. Others fear that having someone who could defeat Saffron in our midst could be a danger to us. I would guess that one or more of those elders tried to engineer the very situation we have right now - You angry and ready to demand that we leave."

Ranma shook his head. He had considered doing just that, but knew any demand of that sort he might make had no real weight. He said, "I'm not the government. I don't have the authority to demand that you leave the country. I was just going to demand that you leave me alone."

The matriarch nodded. "I understand."

"I did some checking," Ranma told her. "An international legal principal says that a traveler has to obey the laws of the country they are visiting, he or she doesn't take the laws of his homeland with him. If Shampoo had given me the Kiss of Marriage in your village I'd be legally bound to stay and get married. But, by your laws she gave me the wrong kiss since I was a Jusenkyo cursed man, not a naturally born woman."

He glared at the old woman. "When Shampoo did give me the Kiss of Marriage we were in Japan where the Kiss is not recognized as legal. I figure the reason for all of the potions, magic and other stuff you used was because you knew you didn't have a claim that was legal here. If you had been able to get me back to your village, Shampoo's claim would be legal there. I can't understand why nobody from your village tried to grab me when I was there to fight Saffron."

The old woman wanted to argue, but decided not to. She said, "It would seem that there are more who oppose bringing you to the village than support it. As for the legal issue, you understand it correctly. That was why we tried so hard to get you back to the village. Once we had you there, Shampoo's claim would be valid. I hope you realize that Shampoo really loves you."

"Even if I really believed that, I don't care!" was Ranma's hot rejoinder. "The way she chose to show her love may have been the kind of thing boys in your village would like, but that's not how we do things in Japan."

He paused a moment before continuing, "It wouldn't matter anyway. I love Akane. I found out yesterday that the change made to me by the man water doesn't bother her. She likes me that way and still wants to marry me."

Looking grim again, Ranma said, "Too many times I've heard Shampoo say 'Obstacles are for killing.' I am going to make you this promise. On my honor as a martial artist if Shampoo harms Akane in any way (other than maybe hurting her feelings) I will give the Kiss of Death to Shampoo. Then I will be the one chasing her to the ends of the earth to kill her. I've found my true love and won't put up with any threat to her."

"He sounds like he means it. A reading of his ki confirms it." the old woman thought. Out loud she said, "That should not be necessary," Cologne assured him. "I will tell Shampoo what you have said. She won't like it, but she will have to recognize the truth of it. She may still try to talk you into giving her a child. If you don't agree to that she may just try to get you to be her friend."

Shaking his head, Ranma replied, "To make a friend you have to be a friend first. I don't know how you make friends at your village, but the way Shampoo has acted toward me doesn't make me feel very friendly toward her."

"Shampoo has treated me like I was a thing, a prize to be claimed," the boy explained. "After how she acted at the wedding yesterday, I feel like I never want to talk to her again. If I ever did go to your village I would always resent Shampoo, maybe even hate her."

The old woman nodded. She could understand. However she still had one thing left to try. "I understand why you might feel that way now. Still, I know that among other characteristics, you have a kind and forgiving heart. For the present we will stay away from you and the Tendos with the exception of delivering food if they order it. If you should later find yourself willing to try friendship with Shampoo, contact us and we will try to correct past mistakes."

Expression skeptical, Ranma said, "We'll see. Before I say any more I just want it to be clear - there is no marriage between me and Shampoo and there never was. She never had a legal claim on me. Do you agree?"

Sighing, the Elder agreed, "Yes, it's true. Because the Kiss of Marriage was given in a different country, it was not a valid claim. Legally, there is no marriage between you and Shampoo."

Ranma sat back in his chair and said, "I thought you would put up more of a fight on this. You surprised me."

She shook her head. "You shouldn't be. The whole 'You are already married to Shampoo and must go back to the village' argument was a deception, If it were not, if the claim were valid and legal, I could have petitioned the government to enforce it."

"I admit it. You have caught us out. To be honest I never expected you to be as stubborn as you have been. I expected we would have had you back in the village a long time ago. It may comfort you to know that you are a most exceptional man, unlike any we in our village have previously encountered."

She continued, "I will be honest with you. I have grown tired of the pursuit. At the start it was fun. It was entertaining to watch. There were times I almost found myself hoping you would resist Shampoo's latest effort even if only to keep the game going. I see that by taking such an attitude I have, however indirectly, contributed to your current state."

She added, "It's because you are so different from one of our men that we so badly mishandled this. If you had been like one of our men you'd be back in the village already. As things stand now I wonder if it might be more appropriate to offer you honorary membership in the tribe as a warrior (in your girl form, of course.)"

Shocked that the old woman would even suggest such a thing, Ranma questioned, "Wouldn't my combined curse disqualify me for that?"

Shaking her head, the elder said, "Oddly enough, no. It may surprise you to learn that we already have two warriors in our tribe who bear such combined curses. We give them full warrior status. Both are married to other women and I've been told the marriages are happy ones. Those warriors have had themselves locked into their cursed form because they prefer them to what they were before."

"There are more people like me out there?" Ranma was feeling a sense of wonder. Although on further thought he realized there had to be others. What would Akane have been fantasizing over otherwise?

"Hah!" The elder seemed amused. "Further into the mountains of our region there is village populated solely by people who are both sexes at the same time. They have been there for fourteen hundred years. They are known to the Musk and to a few in my tribe. The Phoenix may be aware of them, but then again they may not. If so they don't share that knowledge with us."

"A whole village of herm... herma... hermaphrodites?"

"Yes," the tiny woman said in a thoughtful tone. "I know you think the culture of my village is strange. Keep that thought in mind when I tell you that I think the village of Futar has a very strange culture."

Ranma nodded. If a person from a culture such as the Amazons thought someone else's culture was strange that could mean one of two things. Either they were what he might consider normal or they could be very strange indeed.

"In the Village of Futar none of the residents is fully male or female," she began. "All are both. In some ways they are like the Phoenix people. In their village they have a single magic spring. The curse on that spring is to change any person into a hermaphrodite. Also like the Phoenix they have been in their dual-sexed forms for so many generations that it is their natural form just as the winged form is natural to the Phoenix."

"I have been told that in the past, as a sort of ritual, every baby born in the village was bathed in the spring within minutes of the birth. The Futar have their own magic vessel that produces locking water and they use that on their babies."

"The people of that village claim that many of the problems in the world stem from the 'battle of the sexes' and that the world would be a better place if all people were both sexes at the same time. I'm sure that if they could, they would do everything possible to extend their 'blessing' to everyone in the outside world. As it is they run a business where they sell transformation water to those who wish to become futanari."

"That is strange," Ranma agreed. "Wait a minute! 'Generations?' Are you saying that I could get pregnant in my cursed form? That I could get a girl pregnant? I didn't even know for sure if the girl form I had before could get pregnant."

"Of course you could have gotten pregnant," Cologne replied, surprised at the boy's ignorance, or was he simply naive? "All it would have taken would be for you to have had to have sex with a man. Of course that doesn't automatically guarantee that you will get pregnant, but the potential is there. I seriously doubt that someone as adamant about their masculinity as you would allow that to happen. Although I suppose you might have wanted to try it out of curiosity. Did you?"

"No!" Ranma found the very concept of having sex with a man disgusting. It had been true that he, she at the time, had seriously considered doing it with Akane if she were able to acquire a mixed curse. The idea of having a cock in his... her pussy if the cock were attached to Akane was strangely exciting. That was information the he was definitely not going to share with the old woman.

"You said that Akane was willing to accept you even with this recent change?"

"Yeah," Ranma confirmed.

The Elder nodded. "Then it would be a good idea if you remember that you could get her pregnant even if you have sex with her in your cursed form. If you really wish to get married to her and have a fully sexual relationship you may wish to use protection until the two of you are ready to have children."

"Uh... Thanks, I'll keep that in mind." Was the Old Ghoul actually giving a helpful suggestion? Maybe she was. She had taught him those Amazon fighting techniques in the past, so it wasn't that strange that she might be helpful now.

Cologne said, "I will tell Shampoo and Mousse. I will try to break it to my Great Granddaughter gently by holding out the hope that you might get over your anger and at least agree to let her be your friend."

Ranma nodded. He warned, "You'd better tell Mousse that if he wants to 'punish me' for making Shampoo sad, I'm not in the mood for any of his crap. If anything he should be happy that I'm not getting married to Shampoo."

"I'll tell him and I will deliver your warning," the elder promised. "Considering what you've told me of your feelings toward Akane, will you be having another wedding soon?"

Ranma had half risen from his seat when the question was asked. He stood the rest of the way up and said, "I do want to get married and she says she wants to. The problem is that if we hold another wedding there are likely to be more problems. It might be better if we eloped."

The Elder frowned. "I was under the impression that you and Miss Tendo are below the age where you may marry on your own at least in the city of Tokyo. Don't you need to get parental consent before you may be wed?"

"I'll talk to Akane about it," Ranma said. "Maybe we can figure something out. Maybe her father can be talked into signing off on it because of all the trouble we had with yesterday's wedding."

"Would your father agree?" Cologne asked.

Ranma shrugged. "Maybe he would, but I don't have to depend on him. The law only says that a 'parent' must consent. My mom would probably be happy to sign off on it. She'd think it was a terribly manly thing for me to do and it would put her that much closer to grandchildren."

"Hmm, your mother does seem a little obsessed on that subject."

Ranma walked to the door of the office and exited. By this time the restaurant was empty of customers and Shampoo was putting the chairs up on the tables in preparation for sweeping and mopping the floors. Mousse was cleaning in the kitchen.

Before the purple haired girl could rush forward in attempt to glomp the man she thought of as her husband, Cologne hopped between them and said, "No, Shampoo. Ranma is angry with you for the way you behaved yesterday. It would be best if you left him alone for a time to let him calm down. I will talk more to you about this later."

The look of disappointment was clear on Shampoo's face, but she accepted what her Great Grandmother said. She didn't understand why Ranma should feel angry. Shampoo had just done what she could to rescue Ranma from marriage to the Kitchen Destroyer. Nobody deserved to be married to a violent girl who hit Ranma all the time and who could turn perfectly good food into toxic waste. Still, she would keep her distance for now.

Ranma had to wait for Cologne to unlock the door before he could exit the building. He quickly roof hopped back to the Tendo home. He made one stop on the way to pick up condoms at a drugstore on his route. When he got inside he found Akane was in the living room, watching TV.

The youngest Tendo saw him and said, "Kasumi, our fathers and your mother have already gone to bed. Nabiki is in her room, probably working on the cost estimates for repairing the Dojo. I think we should go to my room and talk."

From her book bag Akane pulled a bottle of drinking water and a thermos. Ranma didn't need to ask what those were for. He had brought a bottle of water as well. He hadn't brought the thermos, though so Akane was thinking farther ahead than he was.

Since he had managed to get through the day mostly staying a guy, he pulled out his own water bottle and used it to change to futanari. Instead of commenting, Akane tossed Ranma a towel to dry herself off and mop up the water that dripped to the floor.

When Ranma had dried off her clothes she got out of them and draped them over the back of the desk chair. Now naked, Ranma futa walked over to sit next to Akane on the bed.

At that moment Akane threw her arms around her fiancé and gave her a tight hug. "I love you Ranma. I'm sorry I didn't say it before. I'd like to have sex right now, but we have things to discuss."

Ranma felt her cock beginning to stir both from the hug and Akane's words. She let it stiffen, but still said, "Ok, let's talk."

"So how did it go with the Amazons?" Akane asked.

Ranma gave her a quick rundown of the conversation he'd had.

"So Shampoo is going to leave you alone?" Akane said hopefully.

"I hope so," the futanari answered. "Cologne made her back off today and it should last for at least a few days. I don't really know if I want to have Shampoo as a friend. I don't know if she understands how to be a friend. Still, I guess I owe the old woman for the training in Chestnut fist and Hiryu Shoten Ha."

Akane appeared troubled. "Gratitude has it's place, but it can be carried too far."

Nodding, Ranma responded, "I know."

Turning to something Ranma had said, Akane remarked, "There's a whole village of futanari?"

"That's what Cologne said," the redhead replied.

In a thoughtful tone, Akane said, "Maybe I should write to them about getting some cursed water."

"Write to them?" Ranma was confused. "Why would you want to write to them?"

"Remember when I asked if you'd like to try getting fucked by me if I could become like you and get a cock while still otherwise a girl?" Akane inquired. "Would you still be willing?"

Ranma blushed and said, "Yeah. I thought about it and I have to confess that the idea really does sort of turn me on. The idea of doing it with a guy still disgusts me, but for some reason I can't get the thought out of my mind about you getting a cock and fucking me with it. I can't explain it."

The dark haired girl explained, "I've really wanted to become a futanari myself, since I learned there were such people. I never really thought it was possible, but then you got your mixed curse and proved it could happen. I've come up with a plan. It's not a terribly complicated plan. I write letters to all of the people who have access to Jusenkyo water who I think might be inclined to send me some mixed Naniichuan and Nyaniichuan waters."

She went on to explain what she had told Yuka about her plan.

"You've been having sex with Yuka?" Ranma said.

"Well, yes," Akane acknowledged. "I've been doing that since before I met you. There's no romance involved in it, we just do it for fun. You shouldn't look at that like it was any betrayal of you. I like Yuka and I like having sex with her, but I love you, not her."

Ranma looked troubled. Not having been exposed to normal dating behavior and television for most of her life, the red haired futa was unfamiliar with the concept of cheating on a girlfriend or spouse. She did know that the thought of Akane having sex with someone else made her feel uneasy.

Well, in spite of her misgivings, Ranma dismissed the feeling. Akane didn't seem to think it was a big deal that she was having sex with both Yuka and Ranma and, based on what Akane said about it, Yuka didn't seem to mind sharing Akane with Ranma.

"Wow, you really do want to be a futanari," Ranma finally responded. "I'm not so sure it's a good idea to write to all of those people. For one thing it sort of makes public my curse and your sexual preferences."

Akane argued, "Those people are in China in an isolated, remote region. It's not likely they are going to go spreading this information around in Japan."

"Do you trust Yuka?" Ranma asked.

"Yes, I do," the girl answered. "Yuka has known about my fetish since I first learned of it myself. It was through her that I was introduced to the concept. She's never told anyone at school, not even Sayuri."

Akane looked uncertain now. "Uh... would you be willing to trust Yuka on my word?"

"I... guess so," was the hesitant reply. "I mean you already did tell her about me and she's willing to help you try and change to be like me."

"I didn't mention that she put two conditions on her help," the girl said.

"What conditions?"

Akane listed them and her own modification of the second one.

Shaking her head, Ranma said, "I can understand why she would want to witness you using the water. As long as you two have known each other and being sex partners, I guess it makes sense. The other condition, I'm not so sure about. I hope you realize that you were the first person I ever actually had sex with. I'm not some porn star super stud like I've heard guys at school talking about. I'd sort of be afraid that I'd embarrass myself if I tried to do what you said."

With a shrug, Akane replied, "Like I told Yuka, it will likely take at least a month even if one of the people I write to responds immediately. I think you can get some practice in with me in that time. Think of it as training."

Akane reached over and grabbed Ranma's cock and almost purred, "You're hard as a rock. Did the thought of fucking Yuka's ass turn you on?"

With a sudden grin the futa replied, "Actually it was more the thought of fucking your ass in training that got me so hard."

"Ooh, hold that thought," Akane instructed. She got up and quickly shed her clothes, then went to her closet. From the back she reached into her box of hentai stuff and pulled out a small bottle. She explained, "This is lube. The stuff I have here is mainly intended to be used with sex toys, but in a pinch it can be used to help you slide into my ass easier." She realized that she would have to get a better lube later.

With Ranma sitting on the side of the bed with her cock projecting out, Akane got on her knees. Opening the bottle, she poured out a generous measure of the lube into her palm. She smeared the thick, clear liquid on both hands then reached out and grasped Ranma's cock. She smeared the lube over the length of her lover's cock.

When she felt she had applied enough she got up and wiped her hands. After that she lay her upper body on the bed with her legs hanging off the side. This put her bare ass at just the right position. She turned her head and said, "Ok, stand up."

When Ranma had complied, Akane said, "Put the head of your cock against my anus. When I feel you in position, I'll tell you and you can start to push in. I'll try to relax my ass to make it easier for you to get your cock in."

After a few moments of getting into position, Akane said, "Ok, now push."

As instructed, Ranma pushed gently forward with her hips. The combination of the lube and Akane's effort to relax her anus worked because the head of Ranma's cock move in past the muscular ring of Akane's anus.

In encouraging tones, Akane said, "That's great, you have the head in. That's the widest part of your cock. It's time to put the rest in. Push with a gentle even pressure. It's going to feel tight for you and uncomfortable for me at first."

Wanting to avoid hurting her lover, Ranma eased her cock in slowly. Besides the slow friction was feeling quite good. The young futa was so getting into the sensation of sliding in for the first time that she was surprised when her lower abdomen and upper thighs touched Akane's butt cheeks.

"Oh," Akane almost moaned. "You feel so big back there. Please just hold it there and give me a moment or two to get used to your size."

A short while later Akane instructed, "Now move your hips to slowly pull out until only the head of your cock is still inside me. As soon as you reach that point start pushing in again."

The young futa did as instructed. She was smart enough to understand that after she was out as far as the head of her cock she pushed back in then pulled back out when she was back in as far as she could go. Before long she was settled into a nice slow rhythm.

"That's good, now go faster," Akane ordered. Ranma obeyed, speeding up slightly. They continued on this way for a while with Ranma speeding up when instructed. Eventually Ranma was moving quite fast and her hips and abdomen were slapping against Akane's butt. She finally spoke up to say, "I'm gonna cum." Although she felt like shouting, she kept her voice low to avoid waking any of the rest of the family.

Akane could feel the cum spraying into her bowels. Thanks to the caring and gentle way Ranma had fucked her ass, it had felt wonderful. She thought that with a little more practice, Ranma might actually be able to bring Akane to an orgasm from ass-fucking.

When Ranma could feel her cock starting to soften, she pulled out.

Akane told Ranma, "That was good for a first time. We'll still need some more practice, but that will have to be another day."

"Uh... Ranma I wanted to talk to you about something before you head off to bed."

"Oh, what about?" Asked Ranma.

"What I want to talk to you about is your curse," Akane replied.

This whole sex thing was so new to her. Hesitantly, Ranma said, "Ok."

"I told you about how I came to be interested in Futanari," She began. "You also know about the morning fights and the way Kuno treated me. I wasn't that fond of guys before that stuff started, and now the idea of sex with a boy makes me want to throw up."

Nodding, Ranma replied, "That's sort of how I feel about the idea of having sex with a guy. That's why I don't understand how I can feel excited by the idea of having sex with you as a futanari if you manage to become one.

Akane bowed her head. "Ranma I love you. It's not just a body that I love but the person inside. I love your character. I love the honesty, the honor and kindness. I think I love you enough that I'd be willing to force myself to have sex with you in your male form."

From the way she said it, Ranma could recognize that Akane was making a major concession. She said, "I wouldn't want you to do something you find so unpleasant."

"Thank you." The black haired girl sat for a moment. "When you asked if I wanted you to be locked in this form, I said I wouldn't do that to you. That's true, I would never insist on something like that. On the other hand I will have to admit that it would make me happy if it were to happen."

Now looking on the verge of tears, Akane confessed, "I hate it that I would feel happy over something that would bring you pain. I've hurt you so much over the time we've known each other with the mistrust, the mallet and the insults. I feel that I should tell you this now because if I waited I feared it could poison our relationship."

The girl couldn't help crying a little. "It's my fault you're even like this now. If I hadn't kicked that cask of water, you wouldn't have the mixed curse. Can you forgive me?"

At that Ranma smirked and chuckled a little. She said, "You know it isn't really fair to spring that kind of question on me right after we just got done having sex. Naturally I'm feeling pretty good right now and more likely to forgive you for making me like this."

She chuckled a bit more before turning more serious. "You know I was getting to the point where I was accepting the curse. I can't say that I really liked turning into a girl, but I didn't hate it. There were some things about it that were actually good. I even had the thought that if you had told me that you were a lesbian and the only way you could love me was if I had myself locked as a girl, I would have been willing to do that."

Akane's eyes went wide with that. Ranma actually cared enough about her that she would have been willing to be locked as a girl? This was certainly a revelation.

"I'll admit that when I found out about the mixed curse I wanted to die," Ranma confessed. "But then you told me that you accepted me, even loved me. Suddenly, this doesn't seem so bad. I even think that if this is what it took for you to admit that you love me then maybe it was worth it."

Frowning, Ranma said, "There are practical problems with the idea of me getting locked as a futanari right now. I'm registered as a guy at school and my legal identity is as a guy. I don't know how hard it would be to change that. I know if I tried to go to school as a girl or a futanari, I couldn't go to gym class because people would see how I'm different from a girl when I went to shower."

She thought further and finally said, "How about this? I'll still go to school as a guy but will stay in futanari form as much as I can outside of school. My Pop won't like it and my Mom may say it's unmanly, but I think I can live with that."

She gave a snort and said, "Besides, the rest of the family will find out eventually what happened to me. If they aren't willing to accept what's happened would you really be willing to run away with me?"

Akane nodded. "Yes, I would. I might have to if I can get the water to become a futanari myself. In fact I think I'll dig out my old backpack and get it ready in case we do need to leave in a hurry."

Ranma kissed Akane and said, "Thanks Akane." She got up and went to her own room to sleep.

Author's Note: Ranma's "marriage" to Shampoo is off. It remains to be seen if a friendship can develop between them, given Ranma's current mistrust of Shampoo. Ranma has agreed to Akane's plan to try and become a futanari herself along with Yuka's conditions for helping. The idea for the Futar was sort of whim. I may just leave it there as a curiosity or I may decide that I want to develop the idea further.

Many people reading this story will likely say that Cologne gave in too easily. I tried to cover that by having her say that she had grown tired of the game. Keep in mind that she also now has evidence that her opponents on the Council are willing to do more than just argue and debate. Some reviewers on my other stories have said I show too much anti-Amazon bias. It's true I don't much like Shampoo. On the other hand I think Cologne is perfect as the "wise old mentor." Normally Happosai isn't the kind of person you would go to for advice with a few exceptions in fan fiction. I hope I'm striking a balance in this story.

Some Thoughts on Sailor Moon

I believe I must have seen the Sailor Moon anime the first time it was broadcast in the US. It now seems strange to me that I liked the show so much when I'm a guy and the show is so obviously aimed toward teenage girls.

Why is that so obvious? Sailor Moon is a school girl. She is someone the average school girl could imagine herself to be. She looks like a normal girl who was granted magical powers. If not for the presence of Luna, the talking cat, she wouldn't have a clue on what to do with her powers.

Let me describe a typical Sailor Moon battle when she was the only Senshi fighting the bad guys. She poses, she makes her little speech about how she will punish the villain and then the monster of the week attacks. Moon screams and ducks, screams and dodges a few times. After a few scenes of that she finally uses her magic attack and takes out the monster.

In the later episodes she lost the tiara attack and with it went the main aggressive fighting move she had. In those later series she had to wait for the other Senshi to weaken the monster before she could use her attack to either destroy it, or (if the monster was a possessed human) to cure, exorcise or otherwise free them from possession.

Any series of Sailor Moon, be it R, S, Super S or Sailor Stars followed a formula. When it came down to the final confrontation between the good guys and the bad guys, it was almost always Moon alone. And she always won, not because of the excellence of her fighting skills, but because of her unquenchable courage and her loving, compassionate heart. (A very WAFFy concept.)

So how did a guy like me get interested in a show that was aimed at girls so much? I explained it to a relative not long ago. What attracted me because during the transformation sequences of Moon and the other Senshi going from just girls to superheroes, they are naked for a part of it. True, all you ever see is a glowing silhouette, or in some cases a rear view before the costume appears. So it was more the idea of nudity than anything.

After a few decades I have matured (at least I hope so) and my perspectives have changed. I recently took advantage of the fact that it is possible to view episodes of the show online and viewed all of the Sailor Moon TV show. I found that my feelings have changed. It is still a good story, but I found that Moon's pathetic lack of fighting skills bothered me.

I would think that Usagi would have enough intelligence (either her own or through the advice of her cat companion) to see that it would be in her best interest to get some martial arts training. From her performance against the monster-of-the-week, it would appear that the only practice she got was in actual battles. The other Senshi seem to improve in their fighting skills and I don't just mean getting more powerful attacks.

Is there a point to this article? I'm getting to it. I'm an avid reader of fan fictions and through that came to start writing them. So far the only fics I've written were Ranma 1/2 or crossovers. I've written Ranma/Sailor Moon crossovers where Ranma becomes Sailor Terra and I've written one where he becomes Sailor Galaxy (Not Galaxia).

I've read many fics where Ranma becomes one of the regular Senshi. In those he's become pretty much every one of the Senshi. Although now that I think about it I don't recall seeing one where he became Venus, but I've seen fics where he is Mars or Jupiter or Saturn. A good one that I remember is "Forever the Tomboy" where he became Neptune.

I've read some where Ranma was a stand in or replacement Moon. I've even read where he became a bizarre Usagi clone or turned into Usagi. I don't really feel those qualify as Ranma stories, because she acts almost nothing like Ranma.

With that thought in mind I came up with my own concept for Ranma as Sailor Moon. Obviously it is an AU but one twist on this is that they know they are in an AU. The prologue I have written features a meeting where the current Pluto of this AU meets with the future version of herself and they have a chat.

What the current Sailor Pluto perceives as a problem is that the Senshi are born way too late. And yet the Negaverse doesn't start attacking until toward the end of the first decade of the 21st century. At this point, the Senshi are not 14 year old Junior High students, they are 17 and 18 year old Juniors in high school. In addition, the current Pluto has not been able to find the reborn Princess.

Future Pluto explains that things are not happening the way current Pluto expected because they were on an alternate timeline. She hadn't been able to find the princess because she was looking for a blonde haired girl when the reborn princess was born as a black haired boy. That black haired boy had gained the ability to change into a red haired girl.

When Luna found Ranma she tried to do a mind meld to cure him of the Nekoken. As I write it, the attempt works but caused Ranma to gain full and total access to memories of the Silver Millennium. That way we know right from the start that there is no need to "search for the Princess." She is also friends with Ami, Makoto and is trying to make Rei her girlfriend so she knows right from the start who the rest of the Inners are.

When cured of the Cat-fist, Ranma has courage to spare, just like canon Sailor Moon. I can also see him having the love and compassion in his heart for facing down the boss at the end of the story arc. But before he (as she) has the skill and strength to seriously kick butt. On top of that he will train the rest of the Senshi.

Well, for now that's all I'm going to say, because I don't want to give too many spoilers about my story.

Story Concepts

Story Ideas

I thought I would spend a little time brain storming ideas for stories. Just because I have them written down here doesn't mean that I will develop all of them myself. The reason I'm posting this on my blog is to see if I can get some feedback from people to see what reaction they have to these ideas. Hopefully my readers will see the ideas and give some suggestions on which ideas they feel are worth being developed and which are not.

I would also welcome suggestions for ideas on how to develop these concepts into stories. Feel free to suggest concepts you might have for totally different stories or for variations on the ideas that I have listed.

If one of these ideas inspires someone out there to write their own fic, that's great too. I would make one request in that regard. If you do write your own fic based on one of my ideas, please at least list me as an inspiration.



Ranma-Taro match up story idea

I sort of like the idea of unusual romantic match ups. A case in point is "Happi's Redemption." That was started as a story about how an old man could use water from Spring of Drowned Young girl to keep from dying of old age. I ended up turning it into a romantic match up between Ranma and Happosai turned girl.

In keeping with that I was thinking of a match up between Ranma and Pantyhose Taro. The premise that came to me was that Ranma would take pity on the monster boy and help get Happosai to change his name. However in the fight Happosai is killed and Ranma gets locked as a girl.

Taro feels guilty and tries to make it up to Ranma and they find they actually can like each other. From there love blossoms. This will need work to develop it into a story.

Ranma/Taro idea #2

Not sure if I can really imagine a plot that would work with this concept. How would the story develop if Ranma got the Chimera curse like Taro did. I did just think what it might be like if Ranma turned into a female version of the chimera that Taro turns into. Could there be a romance develop between monster boy and monster girl?

Ranma-chan with Gosunkugi Hikaru

I've read one lemon fic where Ranma in girl form has sex with Gosunkugi, and one where I'd have to read it over more carefully to be sure. (In that one nearly every cast member is having sex with nearly every other cast member.) I don't think I've read any fics where Hikaru ever has a serious relationship with Ranma.

I do recall that in the fic Lonely Souls the spirit of the vengeful doll gets put into a body cloned from Akane and that person starts to date the boy.

My thought was to try and come up with a story where Ranma actually finds that there is more to Hikaru than just voodoo, a crush on Akane and other general creepiness.

Ranma/Konatsu

I actually started writing an opening chapter on this one. The idea here is that Happosai had found a way to destroy Ranma's boy side. He does that and then tries to cast a spell to make girl Ranma his love slave. The talisman he uses won't allow itself to be used for mind control spells and Happi is killed.

Ranma gets disowned and goes to live with Ukyo. Ukyo discovers that she can't live with the idea of a lesbian relationship with Ranma and so opts just for friendship. Denied the practice of Anything Goes, Ranma starts to study ninjitsu with Konatsu. Romance develops (he can't wait forever for Ukyo.)

Ranma-Kodachi match up story idea

Just a vague concept at this point. I was thinking that something that might snap the Black Rose out of her delusions might be getting a Naniichuan curse. The thought I have here is that at the Wedding the cask of Naniichuan water is not drunk by Happosai, but instead gets splashed on Kodachi.

Now cursed to turn into a part time man, she is forced to re-evaluate many of the truths of her life. One of them is the obsession with her Ranma-Sama. She now comes to realize that the "absurd story" that he and the "red haired hussy" are the same person must be true. Love blossoms.

Idea for Ranma/Nodoka lemon

Nodoka has been getting worried since the failed wedding. Even though she had declared that Ranma was manly enough even with the curse, she has found out things that have brought his manliness into doubt. There is the fact that even with all of the fiancees he hasn't bedded even one of them. She wonders if he is starting to accept the curse to the point where he might be turning feminine.

Because of these thoughts, a new plan is needed. In order to turn Ranma to the Manly side she must find a way to see to it that he starts to indulge in his manly urges. He must bed one or more of his fiancees or some other woman. She needs to get Ranma having sex even if she has to seduce him herself.

Ranma/Nodoka Idea #2

I just like Ranma and Nodoka as a couple. One possibility I could think of is that Nodoka is just a total slut. Genma took Ranma on the training trip to get the boy away from his mother's nymphomaniac tendencies. When Nodoka finds out that her son is back in town, she drops by at the dojo. After doing the bit with Ranko, she finally tries to seduce the cute girl and during sex with her finds out that Ranko is really Ranma. Delighted to learn of this, she settles into a semi permanent relationship with the aquatranssexual.

Ranma/Nodoka Idea #3

Another idea goes at Ranma/Nodoka incest from the opposite direction. How about this: at the Wedding the cask of Naniichuan water lands on Nodoka and gives her the man curse. At first she is horrified, but she eventually decides that she likes being a man and will strive to become manly as she sees it. As part of Nodoka's becoming "manly" she divorces Genma and develops a plan to seduce Ranma in girl form, and male form as well as to have sex with as many of Ranma's suitors as she/he can. Basically she gets to practice what she preaches (at least in fanon.) I could see Ranma ending up pregnant from sex with her male-form mother.

Ranma/Nodoka Idea #4

I've got two ways for this concept to work. The basis is for Shampoo to bring some kind of drugged ramen for Ranma to eat. I could see it where the first woman that Ranma looks at after eating the ramen is his mother. He falls in love and sets out to seduce her. This could also work if Nodoka accidentally eats the drugged food and the first man she sees is Ranma. From that point she would then try to seduce her son. The concept would end with them permanently together. It could also be some kind of magic that does the same thing.

Actually, it occurs to me that the concept works better if Ranma and Nodoka both eat the drugged ramen at the same time. That way I could see both of them eagerly hopping into bed together.

Ranma/Nodoka Idea #5

I'm not sure how well this would work but I'm willing to put the idea up to see how people respond to it. This would be the result of a mixup or miscommunication. Nodoka came over to visit the Tendo dojo and decided to stay the night. She went to the guest room that Ranma and Genma share and takes one of the futons. Genma and Soun are out drinking, so they are not a factor.

Then Ranma gets home and is really tired so he goes right to bed without bothering to look at who is in the other futon. In the night, Nodoka wakes up and can hear the sound of someone breathing. Believing that Genma was the one she heard, she moves over to that futon and starts kissing, etc. By the time she and Ranma realize who they are having sex with, it is too late to stop.

If I addressed the idea of where they go from there, it could be a series. Otherwise it would likely end up being a one shot. I would also welcome suggestions for how a Ranma/Nodoka pairing could get started and how it could continue.

Ranma/Nodoka idea #6

I read one fic where Ranma and Nodoka got together through a case of mistaken identity. In that Nodoka was horny and turned to a boy who was available. The boy was Ranma, but he gave a false name. That story ended with the two of them committing suicide.

I'd like to imagine something similar, but with a happier ending. I'll need to think more about this as to how to make it work.

Ranma/Nodoka idea #7

On the website ranmabooks.com one of the artist who is a regular contributor goes by the alias Dark One. There's a lot of general pictures of Ranma but there are also some that seem to be part of an actual story. I had wondered if there was an actual written story that went with it.

The concept gets going with a series of pictures of Nodoka having sex with large numbers of men and some animals. Then included with those there are letters she sent to Ranma and Genma while they were away on the training trip. The concept put forward was that Nodoka needed a way to support herself while the "boys" were gone and did so by being a prostitute.

At some time after Ranma and Genma get back from the trip (obviously after Ranma met Nodoka) they start having an affair and Ranma-chan becomes Nodoka's lesbian lover. There was one picture of male Ranma naked with his mother, so it wasn't all girl-on-girl action with them. Because of the influence of her mother, Ranma got locked as a girl went to work in the same business. One of the more recent pictures posted showed both Ranma and Nodoka pregnant and the captioning below made it clear that each carried the other's child.

My thought was that I could contact the artist and ask if there was a readable story in existence or if he was just working from some kind of outline. If he had just an outline I would suggest that he write the story as a fan fiction or possibly let me see the outline and I could try to turn it into a story.

Ranma/Nodoka idea #8

An idea for a variation on idea #7. This is in case Dark One writes the story himself or is unwilling to let me create a fic based on his pictures. I could write a fic that I would say was "inspired" by those pictures.

I would envision Ranma going to visit his mom sometime in the canon time frame after meeting her or possibly even after the failed wedding. This idea would have him finding the front door unlocked and him walking in to find his mom having hot sex with some unidentified man.

Ranma would leave the house but stay where he could see the door. Maybe he could sit on the roof. After he sees the strange man leave, he would go knock on the door and Nodoka would let him in.

While they are drinking tea, Ranma would tell Nodoka that he had seen her with the man and ask what was going on. She would confess what she had been working as a prostitute during the time of the training trip. She didn't do it any more, but still would get together with some of her old customers for old times sake. The reason she wasn't still a "professional girl" was because she had made a lot of money and had invested it wisely, so didn't need to work for money any longer.

I could see one or more chapters of flashbacks to some of the sexual encounters Nodoka had during her career. At the end of the flashbacks, Nodoka sees that Ranma has become aroused by the stories and decides that she will relieve his sexual tension. That would lead to a nice lemon scene of them together. Then another chapter would be them together both as women. I could even envision Nodoka using instant Naniichuan powder to become a man and do Ranma-chan.

That would lead to both "girls" getting pregnant by the other. I wouldn't put a marriage in there, at least as a formal arrangement. There could still be some kind emotional commitment of each to the other.

Ranma/Nodoka idea #9

This isn't so much an idea for me to write but an appeal to readers. In one of the author's notes to a story of mine posted on Media Miner I asked readers to point me to some good Ranma/Nodoka lemon fics. I got one response that gave me a link to a story where Nodoka made a living as a writer of porn during the training trip.

As I recall it, movies were made from some of Nodoka's stories. Ranma went along with his mom to a filming (taping?) of one of those and the two of them got so aroused that they ended up having sex with each other.

Sometime after I got that link in an email my computer got infected with a virus and the hard drive had to be re-formatted, erasing everything that I had. I had a lot of stuff backed up, but the email with the link to the story I described was not one of those things. If anyone who sees this has read the fic, could you email me with a new link? I would extend that to request links to any lemon stories that put Ranma and Nodoka together.

Ranma/Genma idea(s)

From the reviews I got on my story "Nodoka's Lessons" I know that Genma is not a very popular choice of sex partner for girl Ranma. One reviewer even said, "You've lost me. I will stop reading this."

On the other hand it should be noted that in many fan fics Genma is portrayed as an amoral S.O.B. If he thought that Ranma's curse would forever deny him access to Nodoka's bed, then I could see him turning to Ranma for his sexual needs, since Onna-Ranma looks like a young Nodoka.

I wrote a couple of chapters on a concept that I haven't given a title to yet. The concept is that, right after Jusenkyo, instead of going with the Guide to the Amazon village for supplies, Genma decides that they will forage for what they can find. Some of the berries they eat have aphrodisiac properties and it makes both Ranma and Genma extremely horny.

Genma decides to take advantage of the sexy girl who is available and Ranma is naive enough about sex that he is willing to go along with whatever his/her father suggests. The next day after the effects of the berries wear off, I write Genma as being horrified and repentant for how he has "ruined" his son. On the other hand Ranma has decided that she likes sex as a girl and because of that, likes being a girl. She especially likes it with Genma and seeks to have more sex with him as often as possible.

The upshot of that is that when Ranma and Genma get to the Tendo Dojo, Genma is almost desperate not only for Ranma to get engaged to one of the girls, but for him to have sex with one or more of them (maybe all of them.) He is hoping that by having sex in his male form he will be broken loose from this obsession of having sex as a girl in general and doing it with Genma in particular.

Now that was as far as I had written it. I wasn't sure how to proceed with it from there. I was just thinking that Nodoka could find out and divorce Genma and (after changing her name) Ranma could try to marry Genma. Or I could also see Ranma turning into a total slut and having sex with Ryoga, Kuno, Hiroshi and Daisuke and maybe even Gosunkugi. I'd be willing to take suggestions for ways to take the concept.

I've read fics by other authors where Ranma has sex with Genma after arriving at the Tendo dojo. One of them is called "Father's Day II." In that one Ranma was getting horny, but felt that having sex with any of the fiancées was too dangerous. The only "safe" person he could see doing it with was Genma and so she becomes her father's lover. I think that is the only fic I've read where Ranma chose such a relationship without any use of magic, potions, trickery, etc.

I'm open to suggestions for further ideas for at least semi plausible ideas of how girl Ranma could end up Genma's lover. Magic and potions are Ok as are trickery or simply taking advantage of Ranma's naiveté in matters regarding sex.

Alternate Ranma/Genma idea

Just had a new thought on the Ranma as lover for Genma. Maybe could have Ranma get some other curse that would leave him a human male or maybe he gets no curse at all while Genma gets a curse to turn into the familiar busty red haired teen girl. He could change into some different girl. On the trip back to Japan, Genma decides that he likes the youth of the girl form, the slender frame and the fact that it has hair. He/she tries masturbating as a girl and likes how it makes her feel. That leads to her seducing or trying to seduce Ranma. It might even work with both having the same curse.

Gender Reversal

This one starts out when Panda Genma carries a girl Ranma into the Tendo home. The difference is that Soun Tendo was the parent who died. Kimiko Tendo is the still living parent and the children she has been raising are boys.

Kenjiro is the eldest at 19 and a medical student. He is sort of a male version of Kasumi with Dr. Tofu overtones. The middle boy (Name to be decided later) is a money grubber, information broker, blackmailer, entrepreneur. Kaneda is the youngest and is the martial artist. Bold, brash and in some ways like canon Ranma.

When they find out about the agreement for one of the Tendo boys to marry Genma's child, the result is massive confusion, aided by the fact that their first impression of Ranma is as a girl.

At some point in that I picture an earnest conversation between Kimiko and Genma. She agrees that the joining of the schools is important, but the options available for fulfilling that pledge are very few. Kimiko can't marry Genma because his wife is still alive. Ranma could marry Kimiko and she admits that she doesn't mind the thought of a strong young man in her bed.

The last option she could see would be for Genma's "daughter" to marry one of the Tendo sons. While she can understand why Ranma might be resistant to that idea, she could see how they might be able to push him into it by playing on his sense of honor.

At this point I'm not sure which of those options I really favor. I can see possibilities for Ranma marrying the older woman. But I can also see where it might be funny for Ranma to have to be a girl and get married to Kaneda.

I'm not sure how much of a difference this would introduce into this concept, but I could also imagine it if Soun is the surviving Tendo parent. I'd welcome any suggestions anyone might wish to offer on any kind of Girl Ranma getting matched up to a male Tendo offspring.

Tendo Incest idea.

On this one the idea is that back when Mrs. Tendo died, things started out as in canon. Then, at the age of 12, Kasumi decided that she couldn't deal with how her Mom's death had turned her father into a sniveling crybaby. She decided that what was needed was someone to take mom's place in father's bed.

Thus it was that Kasumi seduced her father and they began having regular sex, so that she was taking the role of not just a housewife, but a wife in fact. After four years, Nabiki gets in on the act and she and Kasumi are sharing the bedroom chores. At the time of Ranma's arrival Akane has been not been asked to take her turn in daddy's bed, but is aware that it will be coming. The whole "baby girl" thing will not hold forever.

One of the effects of this is that Akane still believes that boys are perverts, but she is starting to get desperate to get out of her participation in the family "tradition." If she were to get engaged to the son of her father's friend, then maybe she would be exempted from being called to father's bed. I figure she could look at is as a sort of "lesser of two evils" sort of thing.

Instead of condemning Ranma right from the first, she is a little more willing to put up with what she still sees as his perverted tendencies if it gets her out of having sex with her father. She will take on the engagement, saying that she wants to see if she actually likes him. Being engaged will get her out of having to take on bedroom chores with her father.

I sort of see it as Akane publicly proclaiming the engagement while privately telling Ranma that if he tries anything perverted with her, she will pulverize him. Through all of the canon crazy people she meets she will come to appreciate that Ranma is really a nice boy and not the pervert she first believed him to be and will come to want to be married to him.

This could be done as lemon with sex scenes of the older girls getting it on with Soun. On the other hand it could be done straight where the sex takes place off stage and is only referred to, but not described.

On the lemon version of the story I could picture a scene where the two older sisters lead Akane to Soun's bed as a way to "celebrate" Akane's engagement to Ranma. Of course you could just look at it as Soun's attempt to have sex with his youngest daughter before she officially became another man's wife.

Ranma/Cologne

I don't know if I've read any examples of this one before. This is in keeping with Nyaniichuan being Spring of Drowned Young Girl. I have written a story of Happosai using water from that spring to rejuvenate himself. I know I have read fics where Cologne used the water to change from a dried up old crone into a hot looking teenaged girl. I could also imagine the age changing mushrooms being used to accomplish the same thing. The advantage to the mushrooms would be no changing back to the old crone with hot water.

The idea here is that Cologne would get rejuvenated in this fashion and decide that she was better suited to being Ranma's wife than Shampoo. There could be some silliness as she pursues her intended "Airen" but it would eventually settle down where she actually does marry him and they settle down in Tokyo. She resigns from being an elder and they run the restaurant and raise babies.

I remember reading part of another fic where they used the magic age changing mushrooms to make Cologne a young girl. There is a certain appeal to that because there wouldn't be any changing back to an old crone with hot water. Of course Cologne would likely have the ability to lock a Jusenkyo curse, so that wouldn't necessarily be a problem.

Ranma/Tenchi

I'm not sure why, but I like stories where Ranma is stuck as a girl. I don't know if I could improve on "Tenchi and Ranma - Together Forever" but I'd like to think about possibly coming up with my own. Beyond the bare idea of them getting together, I'm not sure how I would want to approach this one.

I've read some cute stories where Ranma falls into a spring of drowned cabbit or gets changed into one by some other means. I can't say I have any ideas on how to do this myself, but would welcome suggestions.

I've read a story where Ranma ends up getting married to Ryoko. I've also read one where Ryoko was his mother. I may have read one or more where he fell into the Spring of Drowned Demon Woman and got her as a cursed form. Does anyone have a suggestion for something new or different Ranma/Ryoko match up or fusion?

Ranma/Naruto

I will need to see more of the Naruto anime before I could have a good concept on this. I would like to see Ranma going to the Naruto world and getting ninja training. I could see him either with the curse active or locked and maybe hooking up with one of the ninja boys. I could have him stay in ninja land for the rest of his life or possibly have him come back to Nerima.

I don't remember seeing this done before, but I wonder if Naruto could come to the Ranma-verse. I could see Ranma befriending the boy who was displaced from his own world. Maybe they could just be friends, buddies or maybe something could develop between Naruto and girl Ranma. Two possible diverging paths here would have Ranma going back to Konoha with Naruto when the portal re-opens or Naruto staying in Tokyo with Ranma.

Ranma/DBZ

I don't remember the title, but I read a fic where Ranma went to the DBZ world. He was stuck as a girl and ended up married to Goku, instead of Chi-Chi. She then became the mother of Gohan and Goten. I could see some potential for something myself, but then I could see some other alternatives. What if girl Ranma ended up as the wife of Vegeta instead of Bulma? She could end up being the mother of Trunks and Bra.

I've already written several chapters of a story where Ranma and Akane are both Saiyans who were sent to our Earth in a space ship. I sort of ripped off the Superman origin story for that. Naturally both Ranma and Akane are adopted for this. In that fic there are no appearances of the DBZ cast but characters in the story have read and make references to both the anime and manga.

While I can find it fun to read stories of the DBZ world and Ranmaverse fused there are some problems inherent to such fusions. In the DBZ universe there is technology that doesn't exist in the Ranmaverse. There are races of people in the DBZ world (Dog people, bear people, talking pterodactyls and others) that don't exist in the Ranma world. Basically the world of Ranma is our Earth, but with some magic and other craziness added. The DBZ world is called "earth" but would have to be the Earth of another dimension or a different time (say distant past or future.)

Fics where DBZ characters live in the same world as Ranma usually either have some kind of elaborate explanation of how the worlds are combined or simply sidestep the issue. They just say something like "Vegeta flew to Tokyo" and don't bother to mention that in the DBZ universe, there is no Tokyo.

I think more plausible stories involve characters from one story universe crossing over into the other. The mechanism of the crossing isn't important. It could be some high tech device that Bulma is building or the result of Happosai summoning a demon or doing something else to "punish" Ranma.

One idea that I've seen that I might try my hand with is Ranma going to the DBZ world and getting training with the Z fighters. Then when he goes back to his own world, he's so strong that he's out of everyone's league. I've read stories like that.

A variation on that would be for Ranma to go to the DBZ world and not just training, but falling in love with and marrying one of the DBZ cast. I could imagine Ranma hooking up with Pan from DB GT. Another possible match up would be Ranma with Bra.

Oh, that brought up a scene in my mind. Ranma was banished from his own world due to some spell or other cast by Happosai. I could have it that this wasn't the result that the old freak had wanted, but he had misread the scroll. Then sometime later, Ranma reappears. It could be a day later or months or even years, but in the time he has been gone it has been several years for Ranma. When he returns he brings with him his wife (I'm sort of favoring Bra for this role) and two or three children. Maybe while in the DB universe, Ranma has been turned into a Saiyan by a wish with the Eternal Dragon. I could even see Bra using a Wish to get the ability to change sexes. That way Ranma could be the mother of at least one of their children.

What would follow after that would be the obligatory chapter of resolving engagements with all of the fiancee brigade and then we could have flashbacks of how things went for Ranma in the DB world. He could even become a major player in these events because he has read all of the manga or seen all of the anime (or both.) There could also be chapters where Ranma faces down Happosai, Taro, Ryoga, Herb and the rest and totally outclasses them as a Saiyan.

I could even see that one having Ranma sent away before the fight with Saffron so that when the fight does come, the Phoenix King is taken down easily. The whole snob factor that Saffron and the Phoenix have for "Landlings" would sort of fall in the toilet when they were confronted by foes who can fly without wings.

Ranma as an X-man

In my story "Ranma's Full Potential" I have him with a mutation that allows him to develop more strength by getting denser musculature instead of bigger. That lets him get super human strength and more-than-human toughness. In the story mentioned that was just a small part of his overall powers. I could see where Ranma could come to be recruited by the X-men based on just this power along with his gender changing. Among the X-men the sex changing is looked on as another power rather than a curse. Maybe I can work the willpower trigger into that one as well.

It might be fun to see what other sort of mutant powers people could suggest. I've read at least one fic where Ranma was Wolverine's son with the same, or at least similar powers. I've also seen at least one story where Ranma had some really small power with no use in a fight but got into the X-men because of his martial arts skills.

Ranma's Full Potential

I actually feel a little odd listing this here with the story ideas. I've written more than 400 pages of Times Roman 12 point font text. However the writing on that story is very spotty, and I think I might benefit from some feedback from readers. The story is a mega crossover that includes Ranma, Tenchi Muyo, X-Men, Ah! My Goddess, Doctor Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harry Potter and Kim Possible. The plot is open enough that other crossovers could get added.

The prologue starts with Ranma in the dojo, trying to work out a new technique but being interrupted by a bunch of people. Then I make use of a fanon cliche by having Belldandy show up to grant Ranma a wish. She gets to the dojo just as Ranma says he wishes for a real chance to reach his full potential without interference from the crazy people in his life.

The wish is granted but it turns out that Ranma has a lot more potential than even he realized. Genma used pressure points to suppress Ranma's intelligence and make him focus only on martial arts. In truth he is a super genius. He also has an inactive X-gene for the mutant powers of telepathy, telekinesis and levitation (Like Jean Gray.)

I also put in that his mother and grandparents on his Mom's side are squibs, but he is of a wizarding family. Because of the Wish he gets all of his intelligence back, his mutant powers are activated and he will gain the full power of magic.

Because of Genma's pressure point treatment it was judged that the years of the training trip were "stolen" from Ranma and he is reverted to a 5 year old kid but with full memories and martial arts skills. (Magic mushrooms won't return him to a teenager. He has to grow up again.) He still changes sexes. However Belldandy convinced him that he needs to stay a girl to counteract all of the macho BS that Genma taught him.

So Ranma is a 5 year old girl when she arrives in the US at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. She will learn how to use her powers while there. Occasionally she will stow away on the X-jet to visit other parts of the world. On one such trip she is in London and happens upon the TARDIS of Dr. Who.

Ranma's grandparents live out in the country near to the town of Okayama and they have the next house up the road from the Masaki Shrine. When going to visit the closest neighbors, Ranma meets Washu and gets the means to make her own subspace laboratory.

Ranma starts to manifest magic powers earlier than age 11 and starts to study with the help of a tutor. For practical application of Defense Against the Dark Arts, she goes to Sunnydale, CA and fights vampires and demons alongside Buffy Summers.

She will enroll in an American academy of witchcraft and wizardry. I have decided to place that school at the fictional town of Arkham, MA. That was a location created by HP Lovecraft and is also the home of the Miskatonic University. Later she will be sent to Hogwarts through a student exchange program in her 6th year. I was going to put that in Harry Potter's 5th year. By this time Ranma has already finished all of the work needed and has actually graduated from Miskatonic's magic studies so Dumbledore hires her as a teacher.

My problem with this story is that I have hit writer's block at times and so would jump to another part of the story to work on it. So I have Ranma starting at Xavier's school then jump forward to her meeting with the Doctor then jump to meeting Washu at Tenchi's. Then another adventure with the Doctor and getting a ton of equipment for her lab. Then she learns magic. As an Animagus she can change into a housecat, a Siberian tiger and a dragon. I decided to use a dragon from Ann McCaffrey's Pern.

I wrote of Ranma's arrival at the American magic school, but have to write about of the actual schooling. I wrote of the arrival at Hogwarts but haven't finished that.

Futanari

I already started one fic called "Futanari Ranma." I wrote more than 20 chapters but the reactions of the readers have not been the most favorable. It seems that the 3rd chapter is the one that is getting the most negative reaction. Well, I suppose I could just post the rest on my blog and see how it does there.

I actually posted the first two chapters of "Futanari Ranma" on Media Miner. (I'm really should think about a better title. "Curses Combined" is one that comes to mind. I'd welcome suggestions.) One of the reviews on that said that this was a different approach, but that the concept of "Ranma as a hermaphrodite" wasn't new. Can anyone out there email me with links to any fics where Ranma became a hermaphrodite? I don't remember reading any that I haven't written myself.

[Note added later: Since writing the previous paragraph I have read a lemon fic where Ranma became a futanari as her "normal" form and a regular girl as a cursed form. I'd still like to see other fics that include Ranma being a hermaphrodite.]

A thought just occurred to me. It is a story that would start at the same point as Futanari Ranma, but would diverge there. I was thinking that maybe I could do a crossover with Boku No Futatsu No Tsubasa (My Two Wings.) In that story the main character is a futanari named Makoto Kashiwagi.

The idea is for Ranma to get splashed with the man water at the wedding, giving him a mixed man/woman curse. That would make his cursed form a Futanari. The difference here would start with Akane finding out, but she doesn't have the futanari fetish. She tells everyone in the family and Ranma is kicked out and disowned. He goes to the community where Mako-chan is located and meets her.

He feels himself attracted to the beautiful girl. When they get intimate Ranma learns of Makoto's little "extra." The futa feels that Ranma will reject her and that is when Ranma shows her his cursed side. They end up getting married. (Obviously a lot more work needed on that one.)

Futanari Idea #2

In "Futanari Ranma" I have Cologne mention that there are two futanari warriors in her tribe. I could think one variation on the concept would be that Ranma would become a futa at the wedding and then get thrown out. He would go to the Nekohanten and Cologne would offer him membership in the tribe. He might hook up with Shampoo.

Futanari Idea #3

Another variation on this concept starts from the same beginning, with Ranma kicked out. In this one he would end up in the village of Futar. Since I haven't posted that much of "Futanari Ranma" I should mention that Futar is another village in the same mountains as the Amazons, Musk and Phoenix. In their village they have their own cursed spring (only one) that turns people into hermaphrodites.

Futanari Idea #4

Similar idea. Same beginning. In this one Ranma is kicked out but Nabiki, who has the fetish feels guilty for the part she played in the insanity of the wedding. She does a web search and finds the futanari medical businesses in the building with the medical clinic and lawyer office. One possibility I think of would have Nabiki getting a futa curse and moving away with Ranma. Maybe she could take a job at the futa law firm. Not sure of that one.

Futanari Idea #5

I was just thinking that all of the ideas I've listed start from the wedding and Ranma getting a mixed curse after being splashed with the Naniichuan that Soun hid. However, I just got done reading a fic where Makoto Kashiwagi had nearly drowned in a spring and then Ranma came along and got dunked in her spring, making his cursed form a futanari. There was only a first chapter for that with nothing further.

I could do my own variation on that. I was thinking that they go to Jusenkyo and Genma does get turned into a panda, but Ranma doesn't get the girl curse. Maybe instead of falling into the spring he lands on the dirt next to it. Instead of them going to Joketsuzoku village, they go instead to the village of Futar (see explanation in Futanari Idea #3.) There, during a fight, Ranma gets thrown into the futa spring.

That would change the whole dynamic if he had a futanari curse from the beginning. Would Genma still even want to try "joining the schools" when Ranma is a sexual freak.

Futanari Idea #6

This idea is not a lemon. What sex there is in the story happens offstage. It is referred to but not described.

"Futanari World" is the name of this concept. The idea was sparked by a comment I had Cologne make in "Futanari Ranma." That was a speculation to the effect that if the people of the Village of Futar could find a way to transform everyone in the world to futanari, they would do so.

The story starts out with Ranma lying on the roof of the Tendo home, thinking about his life and what he is going to do about the fiancee mess. When he stands up to look around, he sees a strange distortion in the air that looks like heat waves above a range top. This distortion is in a wall that stretches from horizon to horizon and moves very fast. When this "Transformation Wave" passes over, Ranma and everyone in the world has been changed into a Futanari.

The rest of the story is about people deal with the change. In the first version I wrote, I kept this strictly in the Ranma universe. I pictured futa-Ranma getting into a match up with futa-Mousse and Akane getting together with her friend Sayuri. I had Hiroshi and Daisuke becoming lovers.

I also had an idea for a multi-crossover version of the same story. In the first chapter I have the same stuff happening to the Ranma crew, but I also added the crazies from Tenchi Muyo and Sailor Moon. I also included a cameo of the Shimeru family from Futaba Kun Change. I was sort of working on an idea of how to work Harry Potter in there, just so long as they don't figure out a way to magically reverse the transformation.

In the crossover version I have Ranma matched up to Kino Makoto (Sailor Jupiter) with Kasumi becoming the lover of Sailor Pluto. I was planning for Akane to become the lover of Ryoko from Tenchi and Nabiki getting matched up to Princess Ayeka. I thought Washu would be a good match for Sailor Mercury. I'd welcome suggestions for other match ups.

To turn either version into a finished story, I would appreciate people giving suggestions on how world governments would react to having all of their citizens transformed in the manner described. I would also hope people could suggest ways in which others would react. For example how the leadership of major religions would respond as well as extremist groups.

I don't plan to actually have my characters participate in the events in other parts of the world, but I could bring those things in when the characters watch the news on TV.

Early Curse

I read a fic called "Growing Up the Half Way." In that one instead of making Ukyo get registered as a boy and such, her dad calls the cops on Genma. Forced to flee the country, they go to China when Ranma is 6 years old and he picks up the curse at that age. Basically he grows up changing sexes.

I don't know if I can improve on that story, but I'd like to see some more fics working on the idea. Obviously, if Ranma was changing sexes ever since he was six, it would be normal to him. He probably wouldn't even realize at the start that others can't change like he can.

"Playing with Water" chapter idea

In the lemon fic "Playing with Water" Nabiki managed to get some Naniichuan water with thoughts of how much money she could make off it. Naturally an accident occurred and she got a man curse. She managed to salvage a small amount of the water, which she put aside. Then she got some Nyaniichuan to try and cure herself. The girl water and the remnant of the man water splash on Kasumi, resulting in a Kasumi whose cursed form is still mostly her, but with a really enormous male organ.

The two sisters have sex with each other and after Akane catches them, she is brought in on the "fun and games." Eventually Ranma gets in on the action but in the finished chapters only in male form.

The way the author wrote the fic, Kasumi mainly acts like the same quiet, shy girl you see in canon. But when in sexual situations with Ranma or her sisters, she becomes aggressively horny and demanding.

I am hoping to contact the author of that story to suggest that there is another chapter that practically begs to be written. If the original author doesn't want to write it, then I would try my own hand at it. That chapter would be where Kasumi decides that she just has to use her male organ to have sex with Ranma's girl form. The sisters devise a plan. When girl Ranma is confronted with a Kasumi who wants to put a huge male organ into her, she at first says no. Akane then says, "I've taken that all the way inside me. Are you saying that the great Ranma Saotome can't do something that I can? Are you afraid?"

The whole thing would end up with Ranma taking Kasumi from the front and Nabiki's male form from the rear while Akane watches. Or maybe Akane could participate in some way.

Futaba Kun Change (non Ranma)

For those unfamiliar with this manga series, it is about the life of another type of sex-changer by the name of Futaba Shimeru. The major difference here is that for members of the Shimeru family, changing sexes is a normal part of their lives and seen as a part of growing up, similar to puberty.

For the Shimeru's the trigger for the change in sexes is emotion or excitement. At some point in their teenage years those who were born one sex will spontaneously change to the opposite sex when excited or aroused. There are some sites that have the manga available to read. You can find one of them by doing a Google search on the title.

Futaba has a sister who changes into his brother at times. Futana is a player who likes to go after girls. Since the members of the Shimeru family always try to marry members of their own family to prevent news of their oddity from becoming public knowledge, the idea of incest is not foreign to them. Early in the manga, right after Futaba changed into a girl for the first time she woke up in girl form. She had been using her hands to explore the different body, but after a moment realized that there were more hands groping her than just her own. Futana was in bed with her groping her girl form.

Futana then turned male and proclaimed that Futaba is just his type. The next frame of the manga showed Futaba leaving the house in male form. He's in a hurry and you can see Futana in girl form with a huge lump on her head where Futaba hit her/him.

My idea for a story would be a divergence from that point. I ask myself what might happen if Futaba decides she likes the attentions her sister/brother is giving her and decides to let it go farther. The question is if Futana is just teasing or if she would really want to take it further. I could see a torrid love affair developing out of this.

I had another idea. In the manga Misaki, Futaba's girlfriend needed a blood transfusion. Futaba gives blood and Misaki turns into a sex changer. It was later explained that she was a distant relative of the Shimeru clan and the blood transfusion activated her gender changing. After a while she went back to normal.

My thought was this: What if Misaki didn't go back to being all female all the time? What if she kept changing? Instead of going through some of the crap Futaba did later, they would know right away they were meant for each other and they develop a stronger relationship because of it.

I haven't read too many fanfics based on this manga. Of those I have read, they are often crossovers with Ranma 1/2. Since both are about sex changing central characters, I suppose that is understandable. I'd welcome suggestions for basic story starter ideas for fics based on this manga.



Ranma as a cat girl

Most fics that I've read where this happens to Ranma tend to be Gold Digger crossovers. I happen to like such crossovers, but tight finances prevent me from obtaining the original comics to read enough to create my own crossovers with that series. However, I could see a fic where Ranma accidentally falls into a cat spring or a tiger spring after first falling into the girl spring. The actual order doesn't make that big a difference.

How would the fiancees react to Ranma as a cat girl. I would see her cat girl form as being petite as the normal girl form. However if he gets a tiger girl form, it would be a big girl. I'd like to have it that this combined curse cures the Nekoken.

Ranma as a Dragon Girl

This is a similar idea to Ranma as a cat girl. The difference would be that Ranma would mix Drowned Dragon with curse of Drowned Girl. In this one I would imagine heavy involvement with Herb and the Musk. The prince/ss would want to get Dragon girl Ranma to be his bride, and naturally Ranma wouldn't be terribly fond of that idea. Since Herb is sort of the keeper of the Chiisuiton, it would seem a natural thing for Ranma to get locked as part of the story. He might get the Open Water kettle in the course of the story or might not.

Other Girl/Creature hybrids

I guess I'll need to look up a list of "official" springs. I don't know that there have been official curses worked out for all of the springs or even if there is an actual official number (other than "over a hundred.") People are always inventing springs to get Ranma or other members of the cast to change into all sorts of interesting things.

There are already a number of "Ranma falls into spring of drowned Saiyan or girl Saiyan." I'm not sure I want to try and revisit any of those concepts myself. If any of my readers can suggest a fresh slant or twist on the idea, I'd like to hear it.

Genma with Girl Curse

I list this as separate from the Ranma/Genma idea. I seem to remember a fic that had something like this, but I don't remember the title. The idea would be something like Genma gets the curse to turn into the busty red haired teen girl. I could either have Ranma with no curse or it could be amusing for them to both have the same curse and look like twins.

One take I have on this was that Genma had renounced all of his former beliefs on girls as to them being weak, silly, etc. I could imagine that he decides he likes the form and turns into a total slut, seducing every man she can get her hands on. The first night at the Tendo home she goes to bed with Soun. If I have Genma and Ranma looking alike there could be some amusing scenes where a guy who'd had sex with Genma's girl form tries to get intimate with Ranma and gets clobbered instead.

Ranma gets raped

I don't object to reading such stories, I've seen some that were well written and thought provoking. The portrayal of how someone who sees himself as male would handle it can be really good fiction. On the other hand, I'm not sure if I'm a good enough writer to create such a story myself. I'm still going to list it here on the chance that someone might want to suggest an idea that I would see within my abilities to develop.

As for candidates on who the rapist would be, well there's a few possibilities. I've read some where Ryoga is the rapist. Considering how shy Ryoga is in the presence of a naked woman I have a hard time picturing myself writing such an encounter. I could see Kuno as a rapist. As unstable as he is I could even imagine that he might already have raped some other girls and his father had the cases swept under the rug.

I could imagine Happosai but with some difficulty. It could be some faceless man on the street. I would leave that option open for the present.

Ranma as a Sailor Senshi

I've already written two stories where Ranma became Sailor Terra. Those were Sailor Goddess, posted on Media Miner.org and "Paternity of a Princess" posted on the same site. (By the way, I was thinking that the title may be something of a spoiler and was hoping that someone could suggest an alternate title that would work better. The first fic I ever wrote was "A Big Help" and that had Ranma being a really powerful Senshi. In that story I named her Sailor Galaxy (Not Galaxia).

I'm not sure if I want to return to cover more of the same kind of ground. I could have Ranma become Sailor Sun or the Senshi of some other celestial body. I've read some excellent fics where Ranma became one of the canon senshi. I've also read some that weren't so good.

I'd like to see a really good fic where Ranma is Sailor Moon. That might require him to get the curse sooner to match up to the ages of other girls. On the other hand I rather like the idea of slightly more mature girls going into the roles of the Senshi instead. The idea of a martial arts trained Moon is appealing to me. I've been watching the anime recently and for a large part of the series, Moon is pathetic when she's not using her powers. She screams and dodges and generally looks like a klutz. She's often having to be saved by Tuxedo Mask.

I can summon up a mental image of Ranma as a red haired Sailor Moon who can seriously kick ass. She wouldn't need to be rescued and would have a low opinion of Tux. One of the things that a Ranma version of Sailor Moon would do would be to start training the other Senshi in martial arts moves as soon as she meets them.

Nice Genma idea

I just had this idea that I might use as a creative challenge for myself. What if Genma was nice? I've read some stories based on the idea of how would Ranma have turned out if he had a different father. Well this isn't that sort of concept. My thought was that Genma would be his normal self say up to the time of Jusenkyo and then change to become a kind and caring person.

In my stories "Nodoka's Lessons" and the sequel "Sailor Goddess" I did something of the sort. However, for that I had Genma changed into a woman, and then made pregnant by Soun Tendo. It was revealed that Happosai was a demon who created Anything Goes for the purpose of furthering perversion. So basically he had his school of martial arts stripped from him. But she found that Soun had fallen in love with her and she fell in love with him. She changed to the point that she wanted to be locked as a woman because she feared that changing into a man would make her turn back into that horrible person she had been in the past.

I figure there would be basically two ways for Genma to change from the canon selfish SOB into a nice person. One might be to get a different curse. I could just have him fall into the Spring of Drowned Virtuous Man, but that seems too easy. Having him change into a woman is a somewhat promising thought, but others have done that. I could try and put my own twist on that idea.

I'd welcome suggestions on what sort of other curses might make Genma turn nice. I would shudder to think of Genma with Taro's curse or to turn into some powerful creature like a dragon. I would think of Genma with such a curse as an example of what some characters in a movie would call "Power falling into the wrong hands." Maybe turning into a rat would make him more humble.

The other way I see Genma changing his ways would be through some kind of personal trauma. The one that occurs to me would be if he had some kind of scheme that blew up in his face. It could be a scheme to get Ranma hitched to Akane or something else, but I envision that it goes totally FUBAR and results in someone getting killed, like an innocent child. Riddled with guilt, Genma resolves to turn over a new leaf and start acting like a responsible adult.

I'd welcome suggestions for other sorts of personal trauma that might make Genma decide to become a better person. Another possibility that occurs to me would be if he somehow became responsible for Nodoka getting killed. Then he might try to be a good person to honor her memory.

It might also be interesting for Genma to get cursed to turn into a powerful creature and when trying out his power he accidentally kills someone. Something like that might be enough to make him swear to use his power for good instead of evil. That sort of combines both ideas.

Nyaniichuan Rejuvenation

I already mentioned the story I started where Happosai used water from the Spring of Drowned Young Girl to become a young girl and cheat death. That was just one of the ideas that used the same concept of an old man using the spring to become a young woman.

One alternate version I thought of was Indiana Jones as the old man. As an adventurer and world traveler, he would have heard of the springs and might be willing to give up his masculinity to stay alive. I could only see that happening if his wife Marion was dead and he was estranged from his son, Mutt (Henry Jones III.)

The third version I thought of was to create an original character who was a Knight Templar. When he is in his mid 20's he helps an alien who gives him a charge of a special energy that allows him to stay at the same age for centuries. Sometime in the mid 20th century that charge wears off and he begins aging again. During his long life he had to move from whatever place he settled when he started to look too old for the time he had lived in one place.

After the knight aged enough, he decided that he still had things he wanted to do and to extend his life, he sought out Ranma to help him get to Jusenkyo and the Spring of Drowned Young Girl.