Ranma 1/2: A New Awakening Alternate Continuation (minor crossovers) By: Dani Yanega yanega@mindspring.com (please respond to this e-mail address) Co-author & Concept by: "Jerry" starfire@brainerd.net Chapter Two The two martial artists watched Nabiki storm off, they then heard the warning bell rang and ran for class. They got to their seats with time to spare. Class went as it usually did, Ranma sleeping and Akane glaring at her. Though as the morning wore on and it got closer to lunch Akane noticed Ranma fidgeting in her seat, and trying to scratch her back. Akane put it down to the bra she was wearing. When the bell signaling lunch rang Ranko got up to leave, when Akane and Ukyo gasped. Ranko turned to them questioningly. "What? What's the matter?" All her two fiancées could do was point at her. Ranko looked down at herself and everything looked in place, nothing showing that shouldn't be then she looked over her shoulder behind her to check and when she looked down her back the best she could all she saw was fire engine red. With a shocked look she looked at the floor and her red hair was just about two inches from it. She looked back up at the two girls with a wide- open mouth that opened and closed with shock, she was finally able to get out. "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY HAIR!" She said as she spun around and grabbed the bright red locks. Ukyo was the first to notice Ranko's back; she grabbed Akane's arm tightly to steady herself. Akane turned to yell at her too let go when she saw that Ukyo was whiter then a ghost and about to fall over. She grabbed the chief to steady her, when Ukyo pointed at Ranko's back. "_MY KAMI-SAMA, What is that_!" Akane turned to look and she too nearly collapsed from the shock. In the middle of Ranko's back just below her shoulder blades was a wet gooey lump the size of a baseball, and too the girls, it looked like it was still growing. Akane looked at the lump, which Ranko was trying to see, then she turned to Ukyo and they both nodded at each other and ran over and grabbed Ranko. With each taking an arm they dragged her out of the class. They then pulled her kicking in screaming out of the building, and off campus heading toward Dr. Tofu's clinic. Nabiki watched this with a curious eye. She called one of her lackeys over then gave her, her instructions. "I want you to follow them, and get what ever happens on film and tape." Her employee nodded and took off after the trio. /*\*/*\ "HEY COME ON GUYS I CAN WALK!" Ranko screamed still kicking. Both girls stopped and look down at their fiancé, then let her up. She smiled a little then started to walk toward the clinic. Ukyo and Akane start to walk ahead of her, they start talking quietly to each other. Akane filling in Ranko's other fiancée in on what had happened that morning. Ranko began to walk a little slower, it is not like she wanted to be left behind but she felt so tired. While she slowly walked on she began to lean against the fences lining the street for support. [_What_ is the matter with me?} She pauses as a wave of pain washed over her. Holding onto the fence with one hand she doubles over holding her midsection. She tries to call out to her fiancées but all that came out was gasps of pain. She pulled herself along the fence using her hand, while she tried to catch up with the girls. [Oh, man I gotta get to the clinic, if my enemies find me now I'm a _goner_!] She thinks slowly looking around for those very people. /*\*/*\ Akane just finished telling Ukyo everything they knew to this point and that she was now calling herself Ranko. Ukyo was stunned to say the least confused to say the most. "Yeah the stupid _baka_ is probably doing this just to _embarrass_ me, I just know it! I even bet there is nothing wrong with his back either, it is just a joke!" She fumed, as Ukyo looked at her with disgust. "I mean how can her hair grow that fast when the dragon whisker doesn't work on his female side, and that..." She paused when she heard a familiar sound. *bweee bwee bweeee" she turned to see P-Chan running toward her. "P-Chan! Oh, my baby's back!" She bent down and scooped up the wayward pig. Ukyo began to look around for Ranko since she knew how she felt about the little piglet, but couldn't seem to find her. "Akane where's Ranma?" Akane looked up from snuggling her pet, to look around. "I'll bet that _baka_ sneaked off with that bimbo Shampoo!" P- Chan nodded his agreement. Ukyo glared at the both of them then stormed off back the way they had come. Akane stomped off behind her threatening great bodily harm to Ranma if this was a trick. They went back some three blocks. When they rounded the corner, half way back on that block they saw her laying on the ground against the fence, trying to get some air. The lump had more then doubled in size. P-Chan squirmed to get free of Akane. He wanted a piece of Ranma while he had the chance. Until Ukyo turned and in a deathly cold voice whispering in the pigs ear she said. "I _know_ Ryoga! Do _anything_ and I _WILL_ tell her!" They little pig slumped going pale, and looking at Ranma with a look of defeat. Both girls ran up to Ranko, Ukyo knelt next too her while Akane looked on worry and anger warring in her eyes. Ukyo helped Ranko stand and steadied her against the wall. Once Ranko was breathing normally Ukyo draped one of Ranko's arms over her shoulder and the other around her back trying not to touch the lump. She then turned and glared at Akane. "Will you drop that _stupid pig_ and help me!" Akane's anger flared as she glared at Ukyo "P-Chan is not stupid and what do _I_ care what happens to that pervert, _YOU_ seem to care for him, you take him to Dr. Tofu's!" She started to squeeze her P-Chan a little tighter. Ukyo looked at her with disbelief then turned and staggered off with Ranko. She did not leave without a parting stab at the obstinate Tendo girl. "If your _pet_ is more important then the _LIFE_ of your fiancé then take your pig and go home. Ranma needs someone that cares for him, that he can trust, and _that_ obviously isn't _you_!" She then turned the corner with her fiancé. /*\*/*\ Akane stood there her face contorted into anger, her aura blazing a brilliant red. When P-Chan was squirming to get away she realized that she was burning him up. She dissipated her aura and with a 'Hmpft' in their direction she turned to head back to school. She took about two steps before the tears started to flow. She turned, then ran after Ukyo and Ranko, with P-Chan tucked under her arm. She caught up with them a half a block away. They were moving slowly as Ranko couldn't seem to move very fast. She came up on the other side of the redhead and took her other arm draping it over her shoulder. Still holding P-Chan she helped get Ranko to Dr. Tofu. About a half an hour later they entered the clinic doors. "DR. TOFU!" Akane yelled while she and Ukyo tried to keep a weakening Ranko from falling. Dr. Tofu came into the lobby of his clinic. He was shocked at seeing Ranma in a dress. He was about to ask what was going on, when he noticed how pale she was, and just caught her when she passed out. Dr. Tofu picked up the unconscious girl, he stopped when he felt something large very soft and very moist on her back. It also felt like it was moving. He rushed her to an exam room, half noticing how much lighter she was. He did not notice he was being shadowed by the two girls. He quickly removed her jumper and top, then to his surprise a bra. All the while asking the two girls questions, while they watched. Akane explained why Ranko is wearing a dress and that she is going again by Ranko instead of Ranma. Dr. Tofu nodded with an understanding smile, when she explained Kasumi made her wear the clothes. P-Chan watched and listened to what was going on, at first he was happy that Ranma was now out of the way for Akane's affections, then he began to worry, if Ranma suddenly became stuck in his cursed form couldn't he also become stuck. Once the doctor had stripped Ranko to the waist he turned her over, he asked about the hair, again Akane answered. "We don't know, I would be inclined to think it was the dragon hair curse, but that doesn't work on her female form, and before we could ask about it we noticed the baseball size lump on her back.." Akane finished, looking over Dr. Tofu's shoulder while he worked on moving the thick soft hair out of the way. They both gasp, and Ukyo ran to the other side of the exam table to see what was wrong. She covered her mouth and gagged, as she stared down at a bulging sack the size of a basketball, which was made out of what looked like membrane tissue. "Well it is no longer the size of a baseball." Dr. Tofu said stating the obvious. Dr. Tofu went to a cabinet and got a few items, he came back with a glass slide, a small scalpel, and a small metal dish with cotton balls and a bottle of peroxide. He gently scraped a bit of the sack nearest Ranko's back. He put the sample on the slide. "Akane, please gently dab some of the peroxide where I removed this sample I need to take a look at this." He said over his shoulder as he left them. Akane put P-Chan on the exam table next to Ranko, and Ukyo glared a warning at the cursed pig. Ryoga didn't know what to do, he was too shocked, and just sat there staring at an unconscious Ranko. Akane did what she was told while Ukyo stared transfixed. Ukyo reached out and gently touched the sack and quickly pulled her hand away, when she felt it's cold slimy surface. What really freaked her was that when she touched it, it had moved. She looked up at Akane with wide questioning eyes. All Akane could do was shrug her shoulders. When Akane was finished she turned and put the bowl and other things on the sink that was in the room. "AKANE! DR. TOFU! COME QUICK SOMETHING IS HAPPENING!" Ukyo screams franticly. Akane turned and nearly dropped the bottle of peroxide she was still holding, just as Dr. Tofu came running into the room. He stopped and gaped at the site before him, he slowly advanced toward the table while Ukyo backed away, she bumped into Akane and they clasped hands, watching the horror unfold in front of them. P-Chan sat transfixed, when he felt himself being lifted and handed over to a familiar embrace. The membrane sack was spreading, rapidly by the time Dr. Tofu had walked the few short feet to the exam table Ranko was completely surrounded by it. He began to examine the sack, he also began reaching out with his senses, he could feel Ranko's aura inside the sack but it was changing, morphing into something else. He turned to Akane with a worried look. "I think you better call Ranko's father." He said as he started to turn back toward his patient. "_NO_! Call his mother not that jackass, he might try to do something stupid that will hurt RanChan!" Ukyo responded with urgency. Akane looked at her then back at the sack that contained her fiancé. She nodded for she knew Ukyo was right her father and Mr. Saotome would try to do something stupid that might get Ranko killed. She left the room to make the call. She decided to call one other person, who might know what was happening. To this person she put limitations and threats if they weren't followed to the letter. Shortly after Akane returned to the exam room Cologne pogoed into the clinic and at Akane's request she was alone. When she entered the exam room she nearly fell from her staff as she stared at the mass that was her son-in-law. Ukyo scowled at Akane, and spit out her question. "_Why_ did you call her, now we are gonna have to fight off Shampoo who is bound to do something _just as stupid_ as that damn panda." "Akane made me give my word I would not tell granddaughter where or why I was leaving, and I kept that promise, I did not even tell Mousse. I could tell by her voice that the confusion caused by their presence would not a good thing at this time, and I can see I was right." Cologne responded for the Tendo girl. Dr. Tofu looked at the old woman and motioned for her to follow him. She did and he showed her what he had found under the microscope, from the sample of tissue he removed from Ranko. She gasped and looked at him with disbelieving eyes. "This is not possible! There must be some mistake!" Cologne gasped. Dr. Tofu shook his head, he was about to respond when they where interrupted. They turned quickly to face two girls with anxious expressions. Akane's expression turned to a scowl when she noticed the nervousness of the two healers. "What is a mistake? What is happening to Ranma?" Akane demanded, Ukyo right beside her nodded that she wanted to know too, and so did P-Chan. Dr. Tofu took a deep breath then let it out. He looked at the girls with sadness, then turned to the old Amazon for some help. She nodded then faced the girls. "I think it would be best to wait for son-in-law's father bef..." She is cut off by Ukyo. "We didn't call that _jackass,_ he and Akane's father would probably do something that would get RanChan killed." She spit out in disgust. Cologne nodded, then continued. "Alright, then I think we should wait for his mother then since it concerns her child." Cologne looked in the direction of the exam room. Akane's aura flared as she approached the two adults, fire in her eyes. "_We aren't_ going to wait, what is happening with Ranma!" She finished as she pulls out her mallet. Dr. Tofu's hand snaked out quickly and took away Akane's mallet giving her a reproachful look. Akane hung her head in shame, with a small tear flowing down her cheek. "Well, as near as we can tell Ranko is being reborn, that membrane is a birthing sack." Dr. Tofu explained, Cologne raised an eyebrow. "Why are you calling son-in-law by his female name?" Cologne asked with a great deal of curiosity. "Because, when Ranma woke up this morning he was stuck in his female form and Kasumi thought it was more appropriate that _she_ be more feminine and go by his female name." Akane answered her. "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" They all ran to the exam room to see the membrane trying to be torn open from the inside. Akane and Ukyo try to go and help their fiancé but both Dr. Tofu and Cologne stopped them. The girls turned and glared at them, when Dr. Tofu explained. "She must do it herself, she must release herself from the cocoon if she is to have a chance to survive." Both girls gasped as they turn to watch Ranko's rebirth. It took ten long agonizing minutes before Ranko was able to get her hand through the membrane, everyone in the room started breathing again while they watched her tear at the membrane. They could hear her gasping for air, and several times Dr. Tofu and Cologne had to stop the two young girls from rushing forward to get her out of the sack. After another twenty minutes Ranko had fully emerged from her _cocoon_. She was still her 5' 6" tall, her hair was still nearly to the floor, but now it was curly and wild like the wind, also if it was at all possible even a brighter red. They also noticed that she seemed to glitter with golden twinkles. When Ranko stood up she shook out her now unruly mass of very curly candy apple red hair. It was then that the group watching her saw something on her back. They all gasped as Ranko now stretched out a pair of gossamer wings there were two sets like butterfly wings. The top pair of wings where a light glittery red, while the bottom ones were a darker shade of red. They to glittered in the sunlight. Ranko started, turned to face the group and jumped back as if frightened by them. Her hair fell behind her revealing the fact that she is now completely naked. Akane's anger exploded as she stared at the thinner more delicate body of her fiancé. Ryoga couldn't take it a trickle of blood came from his nose as he passed out in Akane's arm. She dropped P-Chan, then lunged toward the frightened winged girl. "RRAANNMMMAAA, you _PERVERTED BAKA_!" She screeched at the transformed girl. "_AKANE NO_ YOU'LL DESTROY HER WINGS!" Yelled Dr. Tofu as Akane wrenched free. Before anyone could stop her she charged Ranko with mallet drawn ready to pulverize the pervert before her. Just as she was about to connect with Ranko's skull, her mallet met with a loud *clang*, being stopped it was then pushed back over Akane's head causing the girl to step back in order to keep her balance. The mallet went flying behind her to land at the feet of Dr. Tofu and P-Chan. There standing in front of her child with her Katana drawn and pointing directly at Akane's throat, looking ready to kill the next person to move was Nodoka. They looked from Ranko to her mother, they began to compare the two. Nodoka was still the same height as before, 5' 7" but her hair was now just as red as her daughters, and just as long. It had the same extremely curly wind blown look too it. The thing that really caught their attention where the matching wings that adorned Nodoka's back. She turned and glared at everyone in the room. "I will not allow you people to destroy my child any longer, _all_ engagements are _OFF_, and if _you_..." She turned and stared directly at Akane. "_EVER_ try to hurt my child again _I will KILL you_!" Akane gulped as she stared at the two Faerie people before her.