"Stupid old man..." Ranma-chan grumbled as she angrily batted her fin-like pigtail out of her adorable blue face. "I tell ya, Mom, he always gets me into trouble... but this time he has gone too far!"
"I have to agree," Nodoka sighed, sitting next to her daughter while the kettle was heating up on the fireplace in-between them. "Messing around with Jusenkyo is... unwise." She threw her ex-husband an angry glare. "I knew it was a mistake, leaving you behind in this buffoon's clutches! You should be ashamed of yourself, Genma!"
'Genma?' a wooden sign read. 'There's no Genma here! I'm just a cuddly winged bear...'
Nodoka sighed and shook her head. "Although, it could have been much worse, Ranma... I still can't believe that of all springs, you fell into this one..."
Ranma scratched her head. "Uh, why? What's so great about having weak girl's body? A fish girl's body, to top it off..."
His mother groaned. "Did your father teach you this...? Never mind that, of course he did..." Another, deep sigh. "Ranma... I think it is time I showed you a secret of mine... I mean, didn't you even hear about my name during your journeys with your father? Don't you know which position I'm in?"
Ranma blinked. "Um, should I know?"
"Well, I guess I should show you, then..." Nodoka grabbed into her bag and produced a bottle of water (Remember: bottles are very useful in Hyrule).
She poured the cold water over her head... and transformed into an elegant-looking Zora-woman.
Nodoka smiled. "Guess you didn't know about my own curse, huh?"
Ranma continued to stare... and then she fainted.
Genma and Nodoka both bent over the unconscious body of their child.
Then Genma flipped around his sign: 'Now you broke him!'
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Several minutes later, Ranma was wide awake again, and every member of the Saotome family was back in their human forms.
"So... let me get this straight..." the pigtailed boy murmured. "You've married another man after leaving Pops..."
Nodoka nodded. "Yes!"
"And... you're the queen of the Zora now..."
"Yes!"
"And you don't want any of the Zora - besides your new husband - know that you are actually a human, because that would be a scandal..."
"Yes!"
"And now you want me to come with you to Zora's Domain to save some sacred animal, but I have to say I am your daughter, a born Zora and bear the name 'Ranko'?"
"Why, yes!" Nodoka beamed at her son.
"ARE YOU INSANE?" Ranma exploded. "I can't... I just can't... I'm not some girl!!"
Nodoka was taken aback by her son's outburst. "But... but Ranma..." she said in an uncertain tone of voice. "Don't you want to see your mother's new home? Aren't you curious about seeing the world through a Zora's eyes?"
"Most definitely not!" Ranma huffed.
Nodoka looked sad. "And... don't you even want to meet your... sister?"
Ranma blinked. "I have a... sister?"
"Well, half-sister, of course... but I think you'd like her!" She beamed. "She's the cutest little thing in Hyrule... and she sometimes can be quite the tomboy, so I think you would get along with each other just fine!"
Ranma thought about it... He HAD wished for some time he had a younger sibling... After all those years on the road with his Pops, life had turned pretty dull... So, learning that he had a little sister perked him up visibly. Perhaps she even liked to fight...
"Well... I guess it couldn't hurt to pay Zora's Domain a little visit..." he grumbled in defeat.
Nodoka hugged her son. "Oh Ranma, that's wonderful! I knew I could count on you! And don't worry, you'll LOVE it there!"
"Now hold your horses there..." Genma protested. "What about our training trip? How can I train Ranma to be a man among men if he has to pretend being a prissy little Zora princess? We certainly don't have time for that!" He huffed. "Sorry, No-chan, but find yourself another savior... this one's booked up!"
Nodoka frowned. "Listen up, Genma... I've had it with your stupid ideas of 'honor' and 'manliness'... I know I can be proud of my Ranma, and I'm sure he'll grow up to be a strong man, no matter what his Jusenkyo curse is. Coming with me to Zora's Domain and learning something new can only be better than your constant failures. The Zora have a REAL code of honor, not the silly ideas you grew up with!"
Genma rose to his feet and towered over his ex-wife. "Woman, you forget yourself! I am... well I WAS your husband and the father of this boy! Therefore, only I know what is best for him! He WON'T come with you!"
"Aw, shut yer trap, Pops!" Ranma yelled and kicked his old man into the water.
The fat, blue-furred bear rose to the surface of the river and raised a sign: 'Why me...?'
Nodoka huffed. "Well, I guess every princess needs her pet... Right, 'Mr. Moosh'?"
Ranma snickered. This trip could be much more fun than he had imagined.
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