"Werewoloves?" asked Ranma, astonishment written all over her voice. "You mean, transforming-by-full-moon, turn-others-into-werewolves-by-biting-them, like that?"
"Yyyyes, and no. While we do transform by the full moon, we Hibiki's don't attack others."
"So, how did your family get this curse, Ryouga-kun?" asked Ranma, cuddling up beside her new mate.
Ryouga sighed. "You see, two-hundred years ago, my ancestors, Yoshihiro Hibiki, and his brother, Jin Hibiki, saw their parents butchered by werewolves. They devoted their lives to tracking them down and eventually wiping out werewolves to extinction. They weren't just brother's, they were the best of friends.
"Years into their hunting, Jin and Yoshihiro discovered an anicent artifact called the Crescent Stone that gave them great power. They became legends among werewolf-hunting. Soon, there were less than a hundred werewolves left on the planet.
"However, power can corrupt, and it was no different here. Jin thought that if they could destroy werewolves with the Crescent Stone, and werewolves were stronger than people, than why not use it against humans to become emperors? Yoshihiro would have nothing of it. Hatred slowly started to grow between them. One day, Jin murdered an entire village in America just to destroy one werewolf living there.
"Well, that was the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back. Their friendship was destroyed. What resulted was a battle to the death that lasted four days. Eventually, Yoshihiro came out the victor. But with his dying breath, that bastard Jin cursed Yoshihiro and the rest of his bloodline to become the thing Yoshihiro hated the most. Time went by, and, well, here we are."
Ranma looked saddened by this story. "Oh, Ryouga-kun, that's terrible!" She embraced him lovingly. "But what happened to the Crescent Stone?"
"Yoshihiro threw it over the side of the ship of the trip back to Japan. He wanted to make sure it didn't corrupt anyone ever again. As for why we don't attack people, Jin thought we had suffered enough, I guess."
"Well, that's a relief." sighed Ranma.
Something occurred to Ryouga. "Ranma, you told me that your father forced to learn the Neko-ken, right?"
"Yeah, that's right..."
"Then that means that the curse should have been altered a bit in your body. Your learning of the Neko-ken means that, instead of a monster wolf, then at the full moon, you'll turn into a monster cat, a werecat, if you will. It also should have removed your fear of cats."
"That... that's fantastic!" Ranma cheered, hugging Ryouga again.
Ryouga looked surprised at this. "You mean you aren't angry that you're a were-cat?"
"As long I'm with you, I don't if I turn into a werecat, werewolf, or even a were-snail! I just want to be with you, Ryouga-kun. I love you."
Ryouga smiled lovingly. "I love you with all my heart and soul, Ranma-chan."
The two lovers embraced.
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