New Tomboy

Prologue

By Philip Weigel

Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma 1/2, Rumiko Takahashi does.

Special Disclaimer: Some parts in this fic may look very similar to parts from other fics, if so, no thievery is intended, and if anyone is upset about it, I apologize in advance. Also, the beginning will look similar to my other fic, Faking It.

Author's Notes: This is my third fic which comes from the Anime Addventure, you can find where this fic starts at addventure.bast-enterprises.de/2157.html

Special Author's Notes: I'd like to thank Thrythlind, Red Priest 17, Ninja Kasuga, Bast!, Pel'el, James M. Zema, and Kestral for their help on this fic.

FYI: In case anyone wonders why I put fics from the Anime Addventure onto the web, I'll tell you. I figure that many fics, or threads as they're called, are very good and I would hate to see them fade away with time. This is one way for others to read the threads/fics as they stand. I should point out that all the threads/fics that I put onto the web are threads/fics that I put a lot of time and effort into, that is why I do not wish to see them just fade away.

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Ranma woke up slowly, as always, for sleep was one of his favorite things in the world, and he begrudged its end.

In other words, he was starting to get just as lazy as his father.

He lay with his eyes closed for a while, trying to hold on to his dream. It had been something about... a girl... or something... He grunted, frustrated, when he realized he had already forgotten all but the most vague impression of it. It had been pleasantly warm and fuzzy, but he had no idea what it had been about anymore.

Grudgingly he opened his eyes and took stock of the situation.

Ack! Shampoo was in his bed, almost naked and virtually wrapped around his body!

Ranma froze, his body stiffened as he took in the lithe, slender form of Shampoo's body. His eyes slowly wandered over to the ribbon, tied around her tail, that was the only article of cloth-- Tail?

Shudders swept over Ranma and he screamed like a little girl as he bolted from the futon, only to clutch the back of his head, as he sat up from his futon and turned to glare at the source--a sign which said, "Go back to bed boy." He shook his head as he woke up.

Ranma hated dreams like this.

You'd get up, do something, then poof - it was all a dream and you hadn't actually gotten up yet.

While trying to get back to sleep, Ranma realized that someone was in bed with him?!

Ranma rapidly realized two things.

1) The girl snuggling up to him was neither Shampoo sneaking in nor was it Akane.

If it had been Akane, he'd simply cancel the rest of this day because he'd be dead. It wouldn't matter what circumstances, whether they were wearing pajamas, or whatever else. He'd be so much splatter decorating the walls. Hugging her during that post hypnotic dim sum had her trying to use sword, arrows, and other non-blunt-trauma instruments, so with him sleeping in her bed he'd be dead. Whereas if it were Shampoo that would have just required him to quietly sneak off before Akane entered the room.

2) The panda with the sign hadn't noticed. If he had this would already be a lot louder.

Or would it? Come to think of it, hadn't there been something yesterday?

Ranma tried to remember this, it being safer than having some girl whose body was twined about his own.

Yeah. There had been a plan by the team of Soun and Genma to "unite the two houses at once" and they'd gotten something from that Cursed Antique Shop to do the deed.

Stupid Oyaji. Couldn't trust him to plan a picnic without some disaster creeping in.

Which had somehow or other led to the two fathers going off into Soun's bedroom and a lot of noises he didn't want to remember, but then this had happened.

A lot of the evening had been a blur, but it was absolutely obvious that he was in bed with Nabiki.

At least she looked happy enough. There was that possessive arm wrapped around his body. And the way that she had molded her body to his or the fact that her head was resting on his shoulder, at that moment, she looked like she was in a very happy mood.

But when she woke up, he was sure that she was not going to be pleased. He was about to loose whatever little money he had left. Then she'd likely get creative. Being sold to the fiancées would be the least of his problems. Not that he held out that much hope that she might actually want to be with him.

Although she did look kind of... nice her sleep. Almost beautiful... He shook his head. Things were not going to be easy enough for him to come up with strange ideas. The fact was that he was about to be stuck with one of the biggest problems of his life and it was his Pop’s entire fault. Again.

Just as Ranma began thinking of appropriate punishments for his so-called father, his thoughts were interrupted by his realization that Nabiki wasn't the only one waking up with him as someone on the other side of him rolled over and molded herself to his side.

Feeling highly self-cautious, he carefully twisted his head about to discover just who was sleeping with him.

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Heh heh, I'm evil. Find out who the other girl Ranma slept with is in the next part.