Ranma looked in the direction in which the strange girl had vanished in, then he sighed.
"I guess I better move on... Pops will follow me soon enough."
"RANMA!!" The female yell surprised Ranma and he turned around.
Zipping through the river's stream like a blue-shimmering arrow came Ruto, leaping out of the water like a dolphin and landing next to the young boy's feet elegantly.
After catching her breath, she looked firmly into her brother's eyes. "Please, Ranma, don't go!"
Ranma was taken aback. "How do you know my true name?"
She smiled. "Mom told me, silly... Now will you please stop this and come back with me?"
Ranma felt like yelling out loud. "B-but I'm not who you believe me to be. I'm not even a Zora. How can I be your brother? Don't you have some laws that forbid Zoras and Hylians to marry?"
Ruto sighed. "Ranma, please... don't make this harder than it is. Besides, it's not entirely true... But you know, most Zoras think it is a disgrace for a Zora to fall in love with a Hylian... even more so if this Zora is of royalty. My father used to think the same. From what he told me, he didn't know that Mom is really a Hylian at first... and of course he was surprised when he found out. But after seeing that Mom was still the same person, it didn't matter to him anymore. Of course they have to hide the fact that Mom is a Hylian woman, and that your father has been her first husband. But that doesn't change the fact that they still like each other.
And..." She ran up to Ranma and hugged him. "I think the same about you, big brother. You may not be a true Zora or a girl, but that doesn't matter to me. As long as I know who you are on the inside, I will always accept you. So please, don't do anything stupid and run away... I've been so happy with you. Please, stay!"
Those words made Ranma think. Wasn't she right? Didn't he always say the same to himself? No matter if he was male or female, Hylian or Zora, he was still the very same Ranma Saotome, a boy striving to become one of the greatest martial artists ever - and no curse would ever change that.
He hugged Ruto back. "I'm... I'm sorry if I worried you... little sis. And, if you can accept a brother just as a sister... then I'm glad to be your big bro."
"Oh, Ranma!" Ranma coughed while Ruto seemingly tried to crush his ribs. "Thank you! I'm so happy now!"
The two siblings (well, half-siblings, but that little fact didn't concern them now) stopped hugging each other and smiled.
"Well, now that that's settled, should we go back to Mom?"
Ranma chuckled. "I guess so..."
"Excuse me..." a voice startled them both. "Is this the way to Zora's Domain?"
Ranma and Ruto looked up to see a young boy dressed in the green clothes of a forest, and a girl in the dark garments of the Sheikah. The boy was also accompanied by a fairy.
"Sorry," the boy said. "We didn't want to interrupt anything, but... we seem to be a little lost."
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