Nodoka watched the two men locked in the staring contest. It had been nearly twenty years since the two men last saw one another and sixteen between letters. Nodoka knew Soun was trying to figure out just what was going on with his best friend and that her husband was waiting for Soun to say something to him. And, while the two stubborn men were being stubborn Nodoka could see Soun's two older daughters peek out of the kitchen every so often and whisper things to each other.
"I wonder where the panda went," Nodoka heard the daughter with the shorter hair ask the other.
"It was there next to Ranma's mother when I served them tea. However, the next moment I looked out at the table that man was in its place," the oldest daughter replied.
Nodoka let out a sigh as she knew her husband would have to do a lot of explaining about the panda situation to his friend and his daughters. The panda was a mess Genma had gotten himself into and it also caused problems for Ranma as well. However, Nodoka had been able to ease that situation by adding Ranma's unique situation into their training sessions together. It actually worked a little in her favor.
"You lied to me Genma. You led me to believe all these years that Ranma was a boy. You never once said you had a daughter," Soun commented to his good friend breaking the silence.
"Who said I lied to you," Genma replied.
It was as if Genma's words were a cue for what happened next. All of a sudden a loud scream came from the second floor of the house. Then initial scream was then followed by a very distinct masculine cry and a very loud yet muffled thump on the floor of the second level.
"What have you done to Ranma you pervert," came the demanding cry of the youngest Tendo daughter.
"I keep telling you I am Ranma," came the reply in the all too familiar voice of the son Nodoka gave birth to.
All at once a very much naked, save for the towel around his waist, Ranma came bounding down the stairs in a blind panic followed by an angry robed Akane. In her hand was a three kilogram dumbbell ready to be thrown at Ranma's head.
"Daddy, I found this this pervert in the bathroom and poor Ranma is nowhere to be found," Akane told her father in hopes he would drive the "pervert" out of the house.
"Young lady my son Ranma is no pervert. I'm afraid you two were caught in a misunderstanding," Nodoka commented in defense of her son.
"That can't be Ranma because Ranma is female with red hair," Soun remarked still believing his best friend lied to him.
Genma let out a sigh and grabbed his son by the left ear rendering him defenseless and dragged Ranma through the open rear sliding door where he proceeded to dump the boy into the koi pond. A moment later a female and completely naked Ranma stood up and faced her father.
"Thanks a lot pop. Now when we explain everything, and I mean everything, they're gonna think I some kind of huge freak," Ranma yelled at her father.
Nodoka sighed as she felt a small headache form. The Dragon Council was not going to be pleased with finding out Genma had taken Ranma to a forbidden place like Jusenkyo. While she loved Genma, his persistent obsession with the arts was a pain in her side.
"Ranma, why don't you go put some clothes on while I handle things here," Nodoka suggested before turning her attention to the Tendos, "Now then, I'm sure you've all heard the rumors about magic and mythological creatures being real. Let me tell you those rumors and stories are real."
With that Nodoka shoved Genma towards the koi pond. As he flew towards the water, Genma let out a cry of protest that was replaced by the barking growl of a panda.
"So that's where the panda went," the middle Tendo commented.
"Oh my," was all the eldest could squeak out.
"Saotome, what happened to you," Soun wanted to know.
Ever skillful the panda Genma pulled out his wooden sign and wrote upon it. "It's a sad sad tale," the sign said showing Genma's lament.
"It's a shame he wasn't cursed to become a magical panda then maybe Ranma could finally have a proper animal guardian," Nodoka commented casually.
"Magical panda," Akane questioned.
"Animal guardian," her oldest sister added.
"This I have got to hear," the middle Tendo commented.
Nodoka let out a small sigh before speaking once more, "Where to even begin."
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