Ranma rubbed his eyes. He had just blinked once after making his 'straightening out the fiancee mess' wish and they had all disappeared ! Well, not exactly disappeared. In place of the three Tendo sisters now stood... the four Tendo sisters !
*blink* *blink* Kasumi and Nabiki were still here but Akane was nowhere to be seen. The two other girls seemed familiar somehow... They were both wearing furinkan high school uniforms like Nabiki. The older-looking one had black hair tied in a ponytail and the young one had short brown hair with a red ribbon. Wait a minute ! Now he remembered them, they were the two sisters who thought Mr. Tendo was their father, Natsume and Kurumi !
Now where did they come from ? They didn't even seem startled at their presence here ! And why was Kurumi holding P-Chan ?
"Well, I guess that 'Great Will' wasn't so great finally..." said an amused Nabiki "I don't see any change at all. Maybe it was a one-shot thing. Too bad for you, Saotome"
"Foolish boy ! You wasted your power for nothing !" Genma wacked Ranma over the head. How dare his son cure himself and not him, leaving his poor father out in the cold !?
A look of understanding came on Kasumi's face. She beamed happily "Oh, my ! But at least Ranma-kun has been cured ! Isn't it nice, Natsume ?"
Soun was crying waterfalls and grabbed Ranma "Yes ! And to celebrate, we'll get you married to your fiancee right away ! Oh, happy day ! The houses..." *WHAM !* Soun was stopped in his dance of joy by Natsume's weapon. He decided to take a nap until the bump on his head stopped hurting.
Natsume took back her weapon and holstered it on her back "I already told you I do not want to marry that womanizer, father !"
Ranma almost choked out in surprise "F... F... Father !?! But what about Akane !?" What the hell was going on ?
Everyone blinked and stared at him like he had grown a second head "Who ?"
Nabiki gave him a wry look "Are you talking about that dojo destroyer who thought she was our sister ? The one Natsume and Kurumi beat up and sent packing a few months ago ? What has she got to do with anything ?"
Kurumi glomped Ranma "That's all right ! If Natsume-neechan doesn't want to marry Ranma-chan, I will !" Ranma discovered to his discomfort that she was as affectionate as Shampoo even if she wasn't as stacked... *Whap !* Bad thought !
*CHOMP !* That was the sound of a pissed off piglet who bit one of Ranma's ankles "OW ! Dammit, P-Chan !" What was he angry at him for ? It wasn't as if it was Akane here...
Natsume developed a nasty twitch over her right eyebrow "Raannmmmaaaa..." She drew her weapon and her battle aura flared "Stop flirting with my sister like that !"
Kasumi frowned in disapproval "Oh my, Kurumi, you shouldn't play with your big sister Natsume's fiance like that. It's not proper..."
"SAY WHAT !? Since when am I engaged to her !?!" yelled Ranma.
"Did your father hit you on the head too hard ? Natsume has been your fiancee since day one" Nabiki shrugged and stood up "I'm going to school. See you all later !" The no longer middle Tendo sister left, unwilling to see her sister Natsume pound her wayward fiancee one more time.
Ranma was utterly bewildered at this turn of events. It had to be his wish's fault ! How could have it screwed up so badly ? Then he thought that if Natsume was his only fiancee this time around, maybe things would be simpler...
Unfortunately, he was proven wrong immediately when a pink blur somersaulted over the Tendo wall and crashed into him "Wai ! Wai ! Ranma ! Won't you be widdle Azusa's partner again ?" Indeed, it was the hyperactive kleptomaniac (and cute, too !) half of the Golden Pair of Kholkoz High, Azusa Shiratori, who had performed a rather good imitation of the Amazon Glomp.
"Erk ! Azusa !? What are you doing here ?"
Azusa smiled and snuggled closer. Ranma couldn't help but admit that she was really cute like that, she wasn't that bad in the physical department either *Whap !* What was with him and perverted thoughts now ? "Azusa-chan has come to see her fiance !"
Once again, Ranma was unpleasantly surprised "WHAT !?" He turned to the probable cause of this new engagement "OYAJI !!!"
*Splash !* [I'm just a cute little panda] said the wooden sign held by the now transformed Genma Saotome *Flip !* [I had nothing to do with this...]
While Ranma was trying to extract himself from Kurumi and Azusa's double glomp, someone knocked at the Tendo house's gates. Kasumi went to answer and let someone enter. Ranma recognized one of the banes of his existence, the ki-vampire teacher Hinako Ninomiya. She was in her child form, sucking a lollipop. She must have come to see Mr. Tendo, no doubt...
She saw his current predicament and... glared at him. She was even starting to sniffle. The heck !? "Ranma-kun, you meanie ! How can you cheat on your true and sexy fiancee, namely me, like that !?"
Ranma's higher brain functions crashed at this announcement. Soun Tendo was up in a righteous pose instantly "NEVER ! Ranma will marry Natsume ! The master has no say in who the boy is going to marry !"
"HAPPO GO-EN SATSU !" Hinako drained Soun of his ki, growing up into her voluptuous adult form. She took a pose, making her 'assets' bounce invitingly "Ranma-kun... Why don't you leave these little girls and come with a real woman ? I'll escort you to class and if you're good, maybe I'll reward you personally" *Wink !*
Kurumi hugged Ranma tighter and glared at the teacher "Get lost, old lady ! Ranma won't have anything to do with an old hag like you ! Right, Ranma ?" Azusa nodded in approval "Ranma is Azusa's partner and fiance ! Not yours !"
A shadow fell over the pig-tailed martial artist. He gulped when he saw that this little spectacle had driven 'Ice cool' Natsume to new heights of burning anger "Raaannnnnnmmmmmmaaaaaaaa..." This was beginning to resemble his old fiancee problem, only with different protagonists.
Faced with such odds, Ranma did the only sensible thing he could in a situation like this "Oops, gotta go before I'm late in school ! See ya, bye !" *ZOOOOM !!!* Needless, to say, the girls took off in hot pursuit.
"Waaaa ! Ranma-chan, wait for me !"
"Ranma ! Come back here and take your punishment like a man !"
"Wai ! Wai ! Azusa wants to play too !"
"Ranma-kun ! Don't run from me like that ! We're destined to be with each other !"
Ranma knew that it had to be the Great Will's fault. He didn't see how the situation had been straightened out in the slightest ! Now what was he going to do ?
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