Ranma sat in class as eyes occasionally drifted back to look at him in a mixture of curiosity and consideration. Every so often, he'd turn in a sharp motion to look at one of the other students and every one of them would snap their heads around to look anywhere but at him.
The day had started badly enough with the notable attempted return of the Hentai Horde.
Of course, given that both Ranma and Akane had improved quite a bit since the last time the Horde had assembled, the time of dis-assembly was...swift.
After that had been the school counselor calling him in for a "talk."
"You shouldn't look at this as an assault on your identity, Miss..." the sound of cracking wood brought the counselor to quickly change his wording. "...umm...Saotome."
"What the hell should I look at it as?!" Ranma demanded
"No one is asking you to quit being a martial artist," the counselor had noted. "Indeed, a warrior of your caliber is rare in these days of dwindling traditions and certainly the government would love to see the culture of Japanese martial arts continue to thrive for generations to come. If you hadn't noticed they're even willing to pay for you to gain the appropriate degrees and certifications. There might even be enough in the stipends to help fund a dojo."
"All assuming I let some guy..." Ranma couldn't even say it and just cracked his fist hard into itself as he looked down in frustration.
"There are other options," the counselor reminded Ranma. "Artificial insemination."
"I don't want even one guy poking into me," Ranma snapped. "Why would I want an entire operating room of doctors?! And I'd have to pay for it myself!"
"Perhaps another woman who can part time assume male form," the counselor suggested.
"I. Don't. Want. To."
"Well, you don't have to do any of those, you can choose not to have children," the counselor noted.
"Even I know that'll cripple my wallet!" Ranma snapped. Well, she knew because Nabiki had been discussing the numbers as she, Akane and Ranma had walked to school.
"Well, M...Saotome," the counselor responded. "We all have our choices and those choices have consequences. If we can't change the consequences we just have to live with them."
Then there was gym.
"You're not going to be using our locker room for gym, are you?" one girl asked sharply.
"Like that one time," another noted.
"I was looking for something under the floor," Ranma muttered irritably. "And no, I'm not going to the girl's locker room. I'm a guy."
"You'd better not, Ranma," Akane warned.
"I don't want to be a girl!" Ranma protested sharply. "I don't care what some stupid piece of paper says."
So saying, Ranma started to walk towards the boy's locker room, only to find the PE coach nervously standing in front of the door.
"Sorry, Saotome, you're barred entry here," the coach explained. "You'll have to use the girl's locker room."
Ranma froze, feeling a twitch down through his body as he looked back to see the hateful glare from the girls that had overheard that. Turning back to the coach, he added his own glare directed straight at the man hard enough that the coach stumbled backward into the closed door.
"I'll just use the restroom," Ranma muttered walking in the necessary direction.
"Make sure it's a girl's restroom," the coach added, deliberately ignoring the twitch in Ranma's back as he mentioned the restriction.
Things got slightly more...normal as he and Akane started leaving for school and one of the upper class female students found and cornered him in the shoe lockers.
"Saotome, think you can do me a favor?" the girl asked.
"What?" Ranma asked. "Need some bully punched or something?"
"No, I...I..." she blushed brightly before continuing in a rush. "I'd like you to give me a baby!"
Ranma, along with every student nearby turned to stare aghast at the girl who continued with nervous speed.
"Please, I've been accepted for college next year, but my budgeting is out the window because I no longer have health insurance!" she explained. "And if you get me pregnant, the government will pay for my college right!? And it's not like you have to marry me or anything, not at all. Just get me pregnant, that's all."
At which point, Akane grabbed Ranma by the ear and nearly yanked it off as she dragged the young martial artist away from the scene.
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