Later that evening, while Genma continued to go through the Master's old things, Ranma played morosely with the old battered lamp his father had given him. "Stupid pop, what can ya do with a lamp..."
Rubbing it to get some grime off, the lamp suddenly began to shake and emit smoke. To the amazement of both father and son, the smoke formed itself into a large, muscular, bald man with dark skin. All he wore was some silk pants, some pointed shoes, and some arm bracer. "I am Asim, Djinn of the lamp!" the being intoned. "I am obligated to grant three wishes to the one who rubbed the lamp." With that, he bowed low to Ranma. "Command me, O Master."
At a loss for what to do, Ranma looked to his father. Genma just blinked, and then realized that this solved EVERYTHING! Why, he wouldn't even need to work for it! "Come here, boy." Genma proceeded to whisper to Ranma what three wishes he should make.
Ranma looked confused, but did what his father said, anyway. "Um, okay... Yo, mister? I wish to grow up to be a man amongst men, I wish to grow up to be the greatest martial artists in the world, and I wish that pop and I were filthy rich."
Asim nodded at each request, and then said, "Very good choices, young master. Now, I will grant three wishes to you!" Asim threw power at Ranma, which formed smoke around him.
Genma watched greedily as his dreams seemed to be coming true without any effort on his part. Then the smoke cleared, and his mind slipped a gear.
Standing where his seven year old son had been was a very cute young girl, wearing a frilly dress and carrying a book. The girl blinked twice in confusion, then promptly sat down and began reading intently.
"Wha... what is this?!" Genma demanded of the Djinn.
Asim grinned. "I said I was obligated to grant three wishes to the one that released me... I never said that they would be HIS wishes. They were in fact the wishes made by my previous mistress. She wished to be the most beautiful, most desirable girl in the world, to be a genius, and to marry a rich, handsome man who would be completely devoted to her and only her. So those are the wishes I granted to your son." Asim shrugged, "Now, I COULD have just turned your son right into a twenty year old on her way to be wed, but I decided to let her grow into the wishes instead."
As the djinn became smoke once more and went back to the lamp, he left Genma with one more thought. "It could have been worse... my last mistress was turned into a man of unending lusts, unending vitality, and incomparable skills. Became some little perverted martial arts master, she did." And then Asim was gone, and with a pop, the lamp disappeared.
Genma stared at where the lamp was moments ago, and then at his new daughter. This didn't look good.
Well, on the bright side, she was going to marry someone rich...
(Posted Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:34)
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