New Tomboy

Part Seven

By Philip Weigel

The Disclaimer is in the Prologue.

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As Lydia's healing factor repaired both the shattered brain and cartilage she came groggily to awareness to a familiar sound. Romeo screaming.

The particular deathblow Julia had used was such that the actual physical damage was to a small amount of material, and thus quickly healed. It was, in fact, much more merciful than her own Sensei was in training. Lydia idly wondered if anybody else had been trained how to fight when one's arm or leg is severed. However, the small amount of material damaged was her brain, and as such she would be rather out of it for several minutes before everything was restored.

"Good work, Romes," Lydia slurred as she tried to right herself. "You faded her right out of position...now get the collar...fluffy pillow..." She passed out again, cuddling against Raphiel.

"Uhh, Mom," Britanny said as Lydia came to awareness repeated a few lines from their first battle and then passed out again. "Don't you think you were a little hard on her? She can't be more than nineteen."

"She's been trained to kill you Brit," Julia said. "Besides, she'll be fine in a minute."

"Oh, like, %#@$! I've never seen Romeo's arm bend like that!" Moisha called out. Everybody looked at her for a moment. "Well, Lyds is, like, out of it, you know?"

Meanwhile, Julia who had been watching this with something akin to frustration walked out and pulled Ryoga off of Romeo before slamming him back on the ground.

"I said." Julia repeated. "We're busy, save the fighting for later." This time she set her foot down on Ryoga's back and held it there, having no trouble keeping the lost boy down.

"You three need to supplement your weapons training," Julia said to Romeo and Moisha.

"And what is a Jaden fighting style doing on Earth," an elderly voice asked. Julia turned to look up toward Cologne.

Julia stared at Cologne, and was slightly impressed. The woman had to have been 300, and to be THAT old and human meant some exemplary Chi control.

"Oh, dang, it's the old ghoul!" Ranma said.

Cologne looked at Ranma and blinked a moment. "Son-in-law?" She asked in curiosity. "Since when have you been a Werebeast?"

"Since this morning, when I woke up with my..." Ranma started to blush, "Future wife." He said, motioning to Sheila. Taking a deep breath, he then added, "And future mother of our child."

Her eyes widening, Cologne asked, "WHAT!?"

"It is as he said." Julia confirmed.

Nodding her head Cologne then asked, "And how did this come about?"

Sighing, Ranma said, "I've lost count of how many times I've had to say this already, but here goes." Clearing his throat, Ranma explained what had been going on, with the tale of the artifact that was an aphrodisiac and fertility drug and how everyone went with someone, and how they found out certain people had gotten pregnant.

Closing her eyes for a moment, Cologne actually calmed down a bit. She seemed to have been in deep thought. She then turned to Ranma and sighed. "Saotome..." She began. "While I must regret that fate had dealt you a hand that places you elsewhere, and that you won't be marrying Shampoo, I must say it has been an honor teaching you."

Blinking, Britanny asked, "What do you mean teach him?"

Chuckling, Cologne said, "My dear, I have been one of Ranma's teachers in martial arts, and I have taught him quite a few of his more powerful techniques, as to make him more fitting to the Amazon tribe and make him into far better breeding material."

"Breeding material?" Theo asked in curiosity.

"Joketsuzoku Amazon Law states that any outsider male that defeats a female Amazon Warrior in combat must then receive the Kiss of Marriage and become her bridegroom." Then opening her eyes, "But there is an amendment. If the outsider male already has a wife and child, then the defeated Amazon warrior must plead her case to an Amazon Elder, and have the Kiss of Marriage annulled."

"You mean you can make it so I don't have to marry Shampoo!?" Ranma asked, getting excited. He then looked and saw the depressed looking Shampoo. "Uh, no offense Shampoo."

"I can, but I won't at the moment." Cologne said.

"Why not?" Sheila asked.

Smirking, Cologne answered, "Simple Jagwere. You and Ranma have a child on the way, but you are not yet married. And I can only do that if you are both with child, AND married."

"But...The Schools." Genma and Soun moaned out.

Ranma's ears perked hearing the two fools blubbering about the whole 'Joining of the Schools' thing, she he stomped over to where the carcasses lay and picked them both up by the neck of their Gi's with one hand. In the other one, he formed a Ki ball.

"You two shut up! It’s your fault this whole mess happened! Look at all the pain and misery you've caused! The only compensation I have in my situation is Sheila herself, because she's not some violent psychopath like the other girls who have hounded me! Now you two dishonorable idiots, GO DIE!"

With that Ranma tossed them away and threw his Ki ball at them.

Once the ball left his hand, it ignited and grew bigger hitting the two idiots and sending them flying through the ceiling, and into the air, where the blast exploded in a brilliant almost super-nova like blast.

"Damn!" Britanny whistled.

"Holy...he puts anything I've seen Ryan do to shame!" Gina gaped.

Julia look from the explosion in the sky to Ranma who's staring at his hand.

"I never knew I could make a blast like that so easily..."

Julia studied him for a second, and then spoke. "From the looks of things, becoming a Jagwere has increased your internal Chi reserves to higher than normal."

Ranma grinned. "Cool."

"Ahem!"

Ranma scowled and looked at Cologne. "Alright Ghoul, just what the hell did you mean by saying you wouldn't annul Shampoo's engagement to me?"

"As I said, you and the Jagwere aren't married, so I technically don't have too." Cologne smirked.

Ranma growled and unsheathed his claws and then they hummed as they were surrounded by Chi energy. "What the?"

"Wow! How’re you doing that Ranma?" Sheila gawked seeing his claws glow.

Ranma didn't answer, his own brain trying to come up with an answer. He then grinned as it hit him. "Well Ghoul...it seems being a Werecat has made it easier to control the Neko-Ken, in fact it seems my fear of cats is now gone for good."

Cologne gulped, the Neko-Ken was formidable, but Ranma had to be in a fear-induced berserker state to use it. Now...it seemed he could wield it freely.

"So...you gonna annul that stupid Amazon Marriage Law on me, or do I need to test this out on you?"

Cologne was spared answering when Ranma's danger sense picked up, turning too look outside in the backyard, he saw Mousse, who was screaming his usual, 'PREPARE TO DIE SAOTOME!!!' Fortunately, (or unfortunately depending on how you look at it) he had his glasses on so when he attacked he didn't end up killing innocent trees, furniture or people.

Unfortunately he had silver weapons, fortunately, (for most of the people) all his weapons were heading straight for Ranma, unfortunately, for Mousse, Sheila was also in the path. Seeing how his lover and future wife was about to be killed Ranma sprang into action before anyone else had a chance to react. Leaping forward straight at Mousse, (and incidentally the chains) Ranma looked like he was about to be sliced and diced by silver. "NO!! DON'T!!!" More than one person screamed, and Shelia was the loudest.

Mousse smirked Saotome was falling right for his trap, soon there would be nothing left of him. Just as the chains reached Ranma, his hands blurred and the chains fell apart into scrap metal. "Holy!" No one knew who said this, as everyone spoke at once and was too awed to one extent or the other to really notice. For when Ranma reached Mousse, he went to work. "Neko Amaguriken!" His hands blurred as he punched at three times his old speed. Britanny's eyes, as well as the Wererat's, the born ones anyway, were currently trying to leave their faces. 'Holy tuna fishies, I could barely follow that.' Being a Werecheetah used of high-speed attacks, that was saying something.

When the attack was over all that was left of the myopic idiot was a bloody pulp.

Ranma then lifted Mousse up so that he could hear, "Listen Mousse if you ever, and I mean EVER attack Shelia again I WILL KILL YOU!!!"

Gar smirked, "Well it seems that my faith in him wasn't misplaced after all."

Julia looked at him, "And what made you doubt Ranma, Gar?"

Gar shrugged, "I don't know, I just didn't know if he would do the right thing or not."

Nabiki pointed out, "Shows how much you know about Ranma, he may be crude, arrogant, and conceited, but he's also got the biggest heart of anyone I've ever met outside Kasumi."

Ranma ignored all this and turned back to Cologne, "All right Old Ghoul, what's it gonna be? You gonna annul the Kiss of Marriage or not?"

Cologne gulped, Ranma had improved greatly since becoming a Jagwere, she considered her options and answered, "I yield.... although in the past I could take you, but after the Saffron incident, and your demonstration of how much you've improved since becoming a Jagwere has shown that trying to fight you head-on would be nothing short of suicide." Cologne shut her eyes and sighed, shaking her head in defeat. "The Kiss of Marriage I declare fully annulled."

Throwing Mousse over the outer wall Ranma smiled. "Thanks Cologne, as much as I didn't like yours and Shampoo's schemes to force me to marry her, I appreciated all the training, and help you've given me over the last two years."

"Your welcome Ranma." Cologne replied, a bit relieved that Ranma's anger had now been quelled.

Turning away from Cologne, Ranma was met by a hug from Sheila, which he more than happily returned. He then also felt a pat on his shoulder and turned to see Gar smiling at them both. "Nice job Ranma, welcome to the family."

Sheila grinned up at Gar. "So now you finally got it through your head Ranma's a good guy? That took longer than expected Bro...is your mind starting to slip?"

"HEY!" Gar retorted, amongst the laughter from the others, and soon found himself laughing.

Onoli recovered first, "I just have one question, how did Ranma avoid being burned by silver?"

Ranma smirked at him, "My hands and arms were covered in Ki energy, the silver never touched me."

"Ah."

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When he awoke this morning Tatewaki Kuno felt something this morning.... That something was heavily amiss.

One: His sister had not come home that evening. Her bedchambers remained untouched, and her school clothes in the same state.

Two: Neither the foul Saotome, the fair tigress Akane Tendo, nor the Mercenary Nabiki Tendo were present at school. Nor was the Kounji woman.

Three: As the school day ended...rumors passed on about the Fathers of Saotome & the Tendo sisters using some sort of 'dust' in a bar that made everyone hormone crazy.... and that Akane, Nabiki, Ranma, his sister and some of the other Nerima locals were caught in the backwash.

It registered as one thing in his mind. "The Foul demon Saotome manipulated his own and Akane Tendo's father into spreading his lust magic to ensnare the fair maidens, and force them into his harem of darkness! I The Blue Thunder Tatewaki Kuno shall VANQUISH HIM!"

Of course Kuno said this as he ran at top speed out of the Furinkan High School, and toward the Tendo Dojo.

Ranma, Gar, Nabiki and Sheila's enhanced Jagwere hearing picked this up, and Ranma blanched.

"Oh terrific! I was wondering when Kuno would show up!"

"He certainly took his sweet time." Nabiki mused.

"Who the hell is Kuno?" Britanny asked.

"Stupid Stick-Boy stuck in Samurai fantasy world, and see Ranma as demon, he in love with kitchen-destroyer and Ranma's girl side. He too, too stupid." Shampoo said with sneer. She wasn't happy her marriage to Ranma was now officially annulled, in fact she wasn't happy about a lot of things and the elder 'stupid' Kuno was also on her list of people she hated.

Gina blinked. “There’s somebody that stupid?"

"Ya'know he makes you sound like a %*$%@&ing rocket-scientist." Lydia mused while talking at Raphiel.

"Really?"

"SAOTOME!" Kuno bellowed as he rushed into the backyard, and halted, taking in the situation.

"Brother-dear, what is it now?" Kodachi sighed from where she sat.

"Sister?" He looked for signs of the evil Saotome, but didn't see him. Just a Jaguar-Man with a pigtail who looked like... "SAOTOME! SHOWING YOUR TRUE DEMON COLORS ARE WE?!"

Ranma just rolled his eyes.

"And it appears you have summoned other hell spawn to aide in your evil, and turned my sister into one of your servants!"

"HELLSPAWN!?" All the Weres yelled in anger.

"That isn't nice calling us Hell spawn." Kasumi said. Holding up a frying pan looking non-too-happy, yes Kasumi was MAD!

"Kuno, you've crossed the line!" Nabiki growled.

"Your just earned yourself pain asshole!" Gar gritted his teeth as he summoned his Thunder Edge spear.

"You got a problem with Weres dumbass?" Tirga swung his Fire Claw a bit, a chain with a spiked ball on the end, his tail swishing in anger.

"I usually do not let insults get to me, but your insult to us all is most appalling." Onoli said while bearing both of his swords, Seraphim, the Sword of Light and Necro, the Sword of Darkness.

"Ooooh you are SO DEAD!" Britanny cracked her knuckles.

Strype formed a fire-fist with each hand. "I couldn't agree more Brit."

"I don’t know what you said but it wasn't nice!" Raphiel looked mighty angry even IF he didn't fully realize why.

"Kuno no BAKA!" Akane brought out Mallet-Sama ready to kill.

"You @%#*&ing asshole! You're gonna suffer!" Lydia growled promising pain, with Romeo & Moshia nodding in agreement.

"Stupid stick-boy in for much hurt!" Shampoo brought up her Bonbori.

"Kuno you jackass!" Ukyo twirled her spatula in one hand, and her mini throwing spatulas in the other.

"Brother-dear...I am sorry but this is for your own good." Kodachi twirled her ribbon, this time without her blizzard of roses or her insane laugh.

"Ya'know Kuno if there's somebody I dislike more than Ranma its YOU!" Ryoga, who had gotten lost and somehow got back, had his umbrella ready to clobber.

Julia drew her rapier. "I think the delusional boy needs a lesson taught, what do you think dear?"

Theo's head went into Skull-From-Hell mode and his magic aura flared. "I agree Julia...yes much pain."

"Insulting Weres is insulting my sister and friends jerk-off!" Gina pulled out a handheld blaster Brianna had designed for her, and set it to high.

"You are most unmanly, I think that we'll have to correct that." Nodoka said as she pulled out her katana.

Ranma shook his head and popped his neck from side to side. "Kuno, Kuno, Kuno...you just HAD to show up. And insult all us Werebeasts and all, stupid. Hey Shechan ready to hand this guy his ass?"

Sheila grinned and summoned her Ice Fang Scimitar. "Let the KAPOWIE'ING BEGIN!"

On that day, in that instant...Kuno knew pain on a WHOLE new level.

Once the beating had stopped.... Kuno was in even worse shape than Mousse was.

"My, my very thorough aren't you people?" Cologne whistled.

"He asked for it...Hey where's Ranma and Sheila?" Gar looked around, the two Jagweres were nowhere in sight.

"I thought I saw them back as from the beating as we started to get really aggressive." Britanny said.

"I think I heard them murmur something about a private place to go talk and figure things out." Nabiki mused, being the closet to them with her god ears, she heard a bit.

Julia rolled her eyes, kids, give them a chance and they run off to screw.

Gar's eye twitched, but he vowed he wasn't going to make any more of an ass of himself today.