Ranma 1/2 - Kasumi: Freedom in Infancy

Chapter 8
Chapter Seven: That's Sick! The Flu, then the Lost Boy?

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Chapter Description: The family gets the flu.

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The virus that sweep the Tendo household was not in the least bit pleasant. Akane had come down with the thing only a day later and Kasumi shortly after. The next day Genma and Soun had gotten it, which left Ranma and Kimiko as the only two in the household unaffected.

"Ranma-kun, could you take this soup up to Kasumi." Kimiko said, holding a tray with two other bowls for Nabiki and Akane.

"Sure, Kimiko-san," He said, passing his father and Soun looking dejected on the couch, bundled in blankets. Well, at least he’d been lucky so far. He’d managed to pull a couple more days off school as well after convincing Kimiko she could use his help around the house since everyone else was sick. She called him in sick with her daughters and evertyhing was fine.

"Can I come in Kasumi?" Ranma said as he knocked softly on the door.

"Sure." Kasumi responded, barely awake.

He opened the door to find the little girl still under a million layers of blankets. How she could not be dying of heat he didn’t know, but she’d been freezing earlier

"Got some soup your mom made for you." He said sitting next to her on the bed. He briefly felt her head for a moment, "The fever’s gone away I think."

"I guess that’s good." Kasumi said, still feeling awful. "Just put the soup on the nightstand."

"It’ll get cold though." Ranma said, knowing she’d just fall back asleep.

"Feed it to me then." She said, starting to giggle, but immediately stopped as she felt a little sick to her stomach.

"OKay," Ranma said, playing along with her game. You needed food to get stronger, and she honestly didnt look like she was much in a condition to feed herself. He got a spoonful and brought it to her lips.

"Good." She said as she drank it down. "Another one please."

It took awhile but soon the bowl was empty and Ranma stood up preparing to see if Kimiko needed him for something else.

"Don’t leave yet." Kasumi said, both tired, but wanting to do something

"You should get some rest though."

"Read me something, please." She said with bambi eyes. "My eyes hurt when I try to read."

Ranma was a sucker for that kind of plea so he sat back down on her bed and picked up the novel that was lying on the shelf above her bed.

"This one?" He asked breifly scanning the back

"Yeah, I haven’t even started it yet, so you can read from the beginning."

Ranma opened the first page and was pleased to find it had only basic kanji. For a moment he’d been worried she might embarrass him again with some kind of educated reading material. It was a cute little fantasy novel about dragons and princesses and after about twenties pages Kasumi had already fallen asleep. He put a marker in the book and set it back on the shelf.

His connection with Kasumi was odd to say the least. Sure she was his fiancee, but she was eight years younger than him. So often though, they connected on a more adult level. She was impossible to read. Diapers, stuffed animals, and fantasy books made her seem like a little kid. Yet her dedication to the martial arts was unlike a child’s. He knew she wasn’t that great yet, but she was good and trained with a fervor and dedication somewhat like his own. She clearly knew it wasn’t a game. He decided to put it out of his mind for now and headed back to the kitchen to see how Kimiko was fairing. He’d never understood girls anyway.

"Hey Ranma, did you have any luck with Kasumi?" Kimiko asked

"How so?" Ranma said not understanding

"Nabiki’s already feeling better, but Akane wouldn’t touch her food."

"Oh, yeah she ate it. Made me feed it to her though." Ranma said shrugging

"Is that so?" Kimiko replied, "Oh, does Kasumi need changing?"

"Didn’t think to ask her. She fell asleep though."

"I’ll go check in awhile then. Well, I guess that’s it for now. I’ll need you to do some shopping for me later though ok?" Kimiko asked. Ranma nodded and headed back to the guestroom, figuring he might as well take a little nap.

* * *

The next day the girl’s were pretty much better, though they’re mother kept them in bed for the day so they wouldn’t have a relapse. Ranma had subbed in for Soun’s classes the day before and was planning to do it again today, since the men were still a bit under the weather.

Kasumi however was sick of being in bed. Getting better be darned, she wanted to play, or at least do something. Her diaper was already wet, and she was considering getting up to get it changed, but really it wasn’t that bad.

She turned over onto her hands and knees and grunted a little as she began to have a bowel movement. It wasn’t a pressing need yet, but when you have to go you have to go. The warm poop filled her diaper and she relaxed as finished going.

She laid back down and decided poopy diapers weren’t that bad at all as it mushed up against he bottom. Smelly, definitely, she thought as she wrinkled her nose, but they -felt- ok. After a few minutes the smell was getting to her, even if the feeling wasn’t. After almost two weeks in diapers though she was getting pretty used to it. They’d been especially convienent when she’d had diarheea as a part of the flu.

Her mother hadn’t seemed too pleased at changing those. With a sigh, Kasumi got out of bed pulling on a t-shirt since she’d just been wearing the diaper in bed and went out to find her mom.

Ranma was carrying sheets downstairs when he saw Kasumi exit her room. Kimiko had given him explicit instructions to keep the girls in bed unless they had a good reason.

"Kasumi, your mom told me she wants you to stay in bed today."

"I know, but I need to..." Kasumi turned sideways and pointed to her rear. It was obvious she was carrying a load and Ranma had to check his laughter as he nodded and let her by.

Kasumi went downstairs but couldn’t find her mother for the life of her. Finally she heard the toilet flushing in the bathroom and ran over to it.

"Mommy, sorry to bother you but I need a change." Kasumi said into the door.

"Oh, one sec honey, I think I may have...Blarrrgghhh." The sound of her mother throwing up came through the door and immediately Kasumi felt guilty. "Oh, mom are you okay?"

"Yeah hon, it’s just the flu you guys had. I guess I got it late. Do you think you could ask your father." Kimiko said apologetically.

"Sure mom, sorry." Kasumi said heading upstairs to her parent’s room. She opened the door to find her dad fast asleep under as many blankets as she’d been using the day before. She felt horrible waking him up to change a poopy diaper. He’d never changed a messy one before and she didn’t want to lay it on him while he was sick.

Still she was getting a little upset herself. The poo had grown cold now, and it was a little unpleasant. She definitely wanted to get changed soon. She went back downstairs to here Ranma talking through the door to her mother.

"You okay Kimiko-san?" Ranma asked

"It was only a matter of time, until I caught it." Kimiko said, "Could you watch the kids for me today. As soon as I think I’m done I’m going to bed."

"Sure,"

"Mommy, dad’s asleep." Kasumi said going up to the door and standing next to Ranma.

"Shoot," Kimiko said, though she should’ve suspected it, "Kasumi would you mind if I had Ranma take care of you today."

Kasumi looked up at Ranma with an expression that matched his own. Surprise and indifference.

"I guess that’d be alright." Kasumi said through the door. Really, she’d prefer her mother did it, but she was up shit creek without a paddle so to speak. Both her parents were really sick and she really didn’t want to stay in that messy diaper anymore.

"Ranma you don’t mind do you?" Kimiko said, practically begging.

"I guess, if Kasumi doesn’t mind it’s ok. I have no idea how to change diapers though." Ranma replied.

"Kasumi can tell you what to do. There’s some instant miso and ramen in the cupboard if you could fix some of that up for the girls tonight I’d appreciate it." Kimiko said before beginning another round of vommitting.

* * *

"Okay, so what do I do?" Ranma asked the nine year old wearing a loaded diaper in from of him.

Kasumi handed him a fresh diaper and a box of wipes before hopping onto the counter in the laundry room and lying down.

"Well, take off the old diaper, clean me with those wipes and put on the new one."

"Okay" Ranma replied. ’Come on, you can do this Saotome. Don’t be incompetent, think of it as training for when you have kids of your own.’ He thought to himself as he untapped the diaper and his nostrils when assualted with the scent of waste.

"Woow, stinky." He said

"And I’m sure yours smells like roses." Kasumi said, teasing him. "Now lift my legs up and wipe my butt."

That had to be the weirdest order Ranma Saotome had ever recieved in his life, but he followed accordingly. It wasn’t as bad as he would have expected, still it was smeared around pretty bad and took him ten wipes to get the kid completely clean. He slipped out the old diaper and replaced it with the fresh one, taping it only tightly.

"How’s that?" He asked as he lifted her off the counter and went to wash his hands.

"Not bad, mommy’s better at it." Kasumi replied

"Well excuse me for not being up to standard." Ranma said jokingly, "But if you need another change and your mom’s still feeling bad I guess I can handle it."

"Thanks Ranma." Kasumi replied, blushing slightly as she went back up to her room to rest. Being changed by your fiancee was rather embarrassing, but she hadn’t had much option. Surprisingly, it actually embarrassed her less than when her father did it. That was probably because she wanted him to perceive her as a warrior though.

Ranma walked up to Nabiki’s and Akane’s rooms telling them if they needed anything to come get him, since their mommy had gotten sick. The question of whether they still had to stay in bed arouse and he said they did. After all, Kimiko made the rules, he just enforced them.

It really wasn’t that hard looking after them since they were supposed to stay in bed anyway. However he was growing mighty bored with everyone else in the house sick. At least he’d had Kimiko to talk to before. Giving up on T.V her finally knocked at Kasumi’s door just for something to do.

"Come in." She said and he opened the door

"Sorry, I was just bored, thought maybe you needed something, or wanted to play a game. I didn’t mean to bother you." He said sheepishly

"It’s okay, I’m bored too." She said setting down her book. "We could play Go again."

"No thanks, I need some more practice before I go to get whomped by you again. How about some cards?" Ranma said slyly.

Kasumi agreed and soon they found themselves immersed in a game of old maid. Now Kasumi remembered how pathetic Saotome was at cards and felt slightly guilty using it to her advantage. Watching his expression as he hand moved over the cards made it all to simple to pick the right ones.

"Geeze, you beat me everytime." He said surprised as she one the seventh game in a row. "Am I really that bad?"

She nodded slightly and he sighed. "Well I guess games are a waste of time then." He said to the air. "Anything else you like to do?"

"Yeah, but I’m stuck in bed." Kasumi replied. "Unless you let me..."

"No, I’d like to, but Kimiko’s trusting me, no one gets outta bed." Ranma sighed

"We could play babies?" Kasumi asked innocently

"I’m afraid to ask." Ranma replied

"You could turn into your girl form and try on a diaper. It’s fun, I bet you’ll like it." Kasumi said prodding him slightly

"No way, I’m a guy okay." Ranma replied indignantly

"I bet you’d like it though, just try it." Kasumi said, and Ranma just waved it off. Kasumi sighed as her fun plan fizzled. She bet Ranma’s girl form would be uber cute in diapers.

"No way, I’ll do something else though." Ranma said with finality

"Why don’t you tell me more about your trip then?" Kasumi asked and Ranma started going into some of the sidenotes of his journey. He mentioned the amazon village briefly but quickly moved on. It left Kasumi wondering slightly how much the events were similiar.

* * *

The next day all the girls were healthy enough to go to school again. The same could not be said of their parents. The morning classes in the dojo were cancelled since Ranma was going to accompany the Tendo daughters to school. He could still sub for the evening ones however, and Soun was feeling a bit better.

Ranma missed his early morning training, but found it was probably for the best as he tried to make a decent breakfast.

"Mommy, I need a change." Kasumi said walking into the kitchen rubbing her eyes.

"Your mom’s still sick, but I got ya." Ranma said picking her up and taking her to the laundry room. He laid her on the counter and untaped the flaps. He was a little proud that he was getting decent at this.

He held her legs up gently as he wiped the pee from her and spread on some baby powder. The old diaper out and rolled up and a fresh diaper slid under her. Kasumi realised Ranma was getting a little proficient. He was actually pretty good at taking care of her and her sisters. She was surprised that the role of caretaker could be so reversed from what it had been prior to her wish.

He’d always seemed immature the first time around, but she realised that wasn’t exactly fair. He’d never been asked or expected to show responsiblilty, but years on the road made him quite capable if called upon. He’d done a good job of feeding and getting her and her sisters to bed the night before.

He taped up her diaper snugly and set her back on the floor. "Right, go wake up your sisters and tell them breakfast is ready. It’s just soft boiled eggs, toast, and miso but that’s about all I could think of."

While Kasumi was getting her sisters up Ranma took a bowl of soup to his dad and Mr and Mrs. Tendo. It felt kinda good to be running things. Like he somewhat deserved to be here. Even changing Kasumi wasn’t difficult, well at least as long as she wasn’t messy. Those tested his stomach just a bit.

He finished getting the girls ready and then changed himself into a girl and went up with Kasumi to her room. It was time to test hios manhood and pick out another outfit for his female self to wear.

"Okay, I hate to admit it, but you were right the other day. Do you mind if I borrow a pair of panties as well?" He asked sheepishly as he stood their naked, leaving his male clothes folded by the door. It felt kinda weird to just be standing there, but once again, this wasn’t really his body after all.

"Sure, pick one." Kasumi said opening her old underwear drawer. "Like I said I don’t use any of them anymore."

After scanning the drawer twice he finally settled on a pair that had little ponies on them. Hey- ponies are kinda manly... Well they were the least pink and flowery of them. At least the didn’t have a little bow on the front either.

He used the same pair of levis from the day before and a white t-shirt. It had some glittery brand name on it, but at least it wasn’t as bad as some of the others. And at least it wasn’t a dress.

Kimiko got up long enough to wish her daughters a good day at school and apologize to and thank Ranma for all the work he’d been doing.

"Considering you’re not charging rent, its fair." Ranma said happily as he headed out the door with his fiancee and her sisters. "Hope you feel better."

"Bye mommy!" The other girls called as the exited the far wall.

Ranma’s second day at school wasn’t much better than the first, having to explain the the her dissappearence and the massive flu that the family had come down with. Luckily, it didn’t take too much explaining since it seemed at least a couple of people in every class had been hit with it. That’s flu season for you though. Still, there wasn’t much of a chance to meet classmates on an individual level. Not that he was sure he’d get on with them anyway.

Ranma mainly hung out with Kasumi again, and since they made it to lunch this time she introduced him to her friends. They complained breifly about not seeing her outside of school in ages, which Ranma figured was another side effect of the diapers. He wondered briefly how long she’d actually be able to keep it a secret.

* * *

’This can’t be right’ Ryouga Hibiki thought to himself as he looked at the sign on the gate. Sure enough it was the school Ranma Saotome was supposed to be at...but it was an elementary school. He must’ve gotten bad information.

He looked around quickly to see if there was a highschool building attached, but to no avail. He’d always only been one step behind his rival, but now it appeared Ranma had managed to send him off in the wrong direction completely.

It was cruel! He had worked so hard just to get back to Tokyo. Hokkaido was rather cold this time of year though, so he was glad he was at least on the main island. Heck, it was a good week if he managed to stay in the Japans.

The bell rang and the little students began their exit of the building. ’Well if he isn’t here maybe someone will know something about it’

"Excuse me, little girl." He asked a tomboyish looking redhead that was walking out of the gate with some friends. "You wouldn’t happen to know a Ranma Saotome would you,?"

"Yeah that’s me!" The kid piped up and Ryouga shook his head. Clearly he’d gotten Ranma’s name mixed up with this little girl’s. What were the odds, I mean it wasn’t a common name by any means.

"Sorry, wrong Ranma, the one I was looking for is older. Like 17, has black hair."

He said sighing and started to walk off.

"Ryouga?" The little girl asked and he immediately turned around.

"You know me?!" He asked startled, a group was starting to form so Ranma suggested they go for a little walk and Ryouga complied.

"Do you know the Ranma I’m looking for." Ryouga asked once they were a ways away. Maybe they remembered each other because they had the same name

"Yeah, that’s me...I got a Jusenkyo curse, it’s hard to understand..."

Suddenly Ryouga’s mind clicked, this wasn’t a girl with the same name- this was him. His arch rival Ranma Saotome, hiding from his vengenance in the guise of a little girl.

"I understand! In that case prepare to DIE RANMA!" With that he drew his umbrella and launched at the little girl in front of him. Unsurprisingly the girl easily dodged the straightforward attack. Now he -knew- it must be Ranma, he’d recognize the stance his opponent dropped into anywhere.

Kasumi had followed Ranma from a little ways away, worried when she recognized the Hibiki boy. They were great friends a lot of the time, but they had those rough periods... She watched as Ryouga went ballistic and started the attack. Ranma moved well, defended reasonably but Kasumi knew that the size difference would wear Ranma down eventually.

"Hah! Saotome, you’re as skillful as a little girl!" Ryouga laughed as Ranma dodged a punch to the gut, countering with a crescent kick that Ryouga jumped over. The girl was to short to even connect with his head without jumping.

"Shut up! Why are you fighting me anyway- I thought we were friends." Ranma yelled as he continued on the defensive, he needed an opening. He needed Ryouga to make a mistake...

"I’ve seen hell because of you Saotome, NOW YOU DIE!" He screamed throwing all his weight into a solid punch. It was the opening Ranma had waited for he quickly slipped inside the punch and brought a solid flying roundhouse kick to the head.

Ryouga didn’t move. Suddenly his hand came up and caught the leg against his head. The kick clearly hadn’t even phased him.

"Is that all you have Ranma, you can’t possibly hurt me with such a small body." Ryouga said, gripping the leg and slamming Ranma’s body into the ground with a the force he could muster.

"Gaaaa," Ranma screamed as he hit the pavement. Ryouga raised his fist again slowly for the finishing blow.

"WAIT!!!" Kasumi screamed running up and throwing herself on top of Ranma. "You won ok."

Ryouga shook his head slightly coming to his senses. The girl that had stopped him... Did Ranma know her? Suddenly he heard another sound..crying? Ranma...but Ranma was.

The balling didn’t stop and as he looked down he saw it was Ranma...Her arm at a disporportionate angle, clearly broken. ’She must’ve taken the weight of the fall on it.’ Ryouga thought ’It doesn’t make sense though Ranma knows how to fall....’

Suddenly it dawned on the lost boy. At the angle he’d thrown Ranma the natural landing would’ve been on his back. He’d sacrificed his arm to make sure his spine wasn’t damaged. Ryouga would’ve had to do it himself if someone so much bigger had...

"Oh shit." Ryouga said, realizing how much of his claims about killing Ranma were untrue. Sure he’d wanted to beat the crap out of him but this just felt wrong. Too much overboard, too unfair.

"Kasumi hugged Ranma as the girl just kept shrieking and crying. Ryouga pushed Kasumi aside and picked up the little girl. Kasumi looked at him in terror.

"Relax, where’s the nearest doctor?" Ryouga asked an odd calm in his voice.

"Umm," Suddenly Kasumi realised she’d better lead him if she wanted Ranma to get help before complications arouse. "Follow me."

A few minutes later Tofu had the little girl on a bed, resting quietly after giving her some painkillers.

"Kasumi-chan what happened?" Dr. Tofu asked the Tendo girl. He saw he occasionally with injures that were out of Soun’s scope.

"It’s my fault" Ryouga said bitterly, "But she’s not really a little girl either."

"Huh." Dr Tofu asked

"Ranma’s cursed Dr. Tofu, he turns into a little girl when he’s hit with cold water. Usually he’s a sixteen year old boy." Kasumi said, Dr. Tofu just looked back on the little girl on his bed.

"There’s no way. Magic?" Dr. Tofu said skeptically. Ryouga gathered up his courage and walked over to the sink filling two glasses, one with hot which he set on the ground and the other with cold, then he splashed himself in the face.

"My god." Tofu said as the boy transformed into a little black piglet on the floor crawling out of the mound of clothes that had collasped to the floor. The pig then tipped the warm glass onto itself and was suddenly a naked Ryouga again.

"See doc, he’s not the only one." He explained as he quickly redressed himself "What should we do? I wouldn’t have fought him, if I’d realized how big of a handicap he was under." Inside though he knew why he’d fought. To win, Ranma Saotome was a champion, never under any circumstances had Ryouga beat him. He thought Ranma could make up for any handicap, apparently being in the body of a little girl was more than his skill could make up for.

"It’s not a bad break, just a minor fracture. But if the curse thing is true, I don’t know what complications might arise from switching him back. Kids bones heal truer anyway. I think we should set it like this and keep him in this form until his arm is better." Tofu said considering it

"Will he be okay?" Kasumi asked.

"Oh sure, it shouldn’t affect mobility or strength longterm. I’ll need to take some X-Rays to be sure but it looks like a clean break." Tofu replied "Still no reason to risk it with the curse thing. Either way if I set it and he changes forms it’ll have to be reset."

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Tofu called the Tendos, and Genma and Soun showed up almost immediately. Soun drove them to the local hospital were Tofu set it himself, he simply didn’t have that kind of equipment at the clinic. It was hard on the men though, still being at the edges of the nasty cold the family had had. Still, this was a bigger deal.

Ryouga spent most of the time apologizing, and saying he’d try and make it up to them. He was completely embarrassed at the amount of trouble he’d been able to instantaneously cause. Still, he would not forget his vendetta to Ranma. Ranma might not need to die, but as soon as he was better they were having a fight to settle this. Not just for the bread either...he had more than one curse to account for.

"So why are you after my son?" Genma asked exhausted as he carried Ranma’s girl form back into the Tendo household. Ranma was still passed out from the pain but his arm was set and the cast finished.

"After he ditched out on our last fight I followed you guys to China...I sort of got cursed." He said, "I reached cliffs above Jusenkyo only to be knocked into a spring by a small girl chasing a panda."

Genma simply gulped in nodded. As angry as he’d been most of it was on Ranma. Ranma knew he was a practioner of the art and had to ready for anything. The Ryouga boy shouldn’t have taken him so unaware.

"Still, Mr Saotome. I’m sorry I didn’t have him transform back first. It was too uneven. I’ll fight him once he’s recovered. I guess I should take off for now." Ryouga turned to the exit of the house.

"Wait boy, you said you’d make up for it right?" Saotome said clasping his hand on Ryouga’s shoulder.

"Ahh, how can I do that..." Ryouga said worried that a favor would be called in so quickly.

"Me and Soun are exhausted." He said "We’re still getting over the flu, and Soun’s wife has it even worse. Maybe you could russle up some dinner for the kids and help Ranma when he wakes up?" Ryouga nodded solemnly and Genma headed upstairs to get some well needed rest.

* * *

"Ummm hmm?" Ranma said groggily, the pain killers still muddling his mind a bit. "What happened?"

"Hey Ranma." Ryouga said apologetically from the other side of the sofa.

"Gaahhh, Ryouga, wait!!!" He said, trying to put his arms up only to see the cast he had on. "Shit what happened?"

"You broke your arm when I threw you at the ground. Sorry man, I went a bit overboard. But don’t think for a minute we’re even, after everything you put me through." Ryouga said clinching his fist.

"So I got some bread at your expense, breaking my arm doesn’t make us even." Ranma said more than a little angry, suddenly he realized something. "Wait, if the cast fits my arm at this size... I can’t change back can I?!"

"That is temporary- the curse you gave me is forever." Ryouga said pissed

"Curse I gave you...Did you go to Jusenkyo?" Ranma asked

"Yes, like I told your father, I reached cliffs above Jusenkyo only to be knocked into a spring by a small girl chasing a panda." Ryouga stated

"Then why the hell are you blaming me, blame the girl and the...panda?" Ranma said as it dawned on him, suddenly father scuffled through the hall in panda form, gripping it’s head in pain.

"IT WAS YOU!" Ryouga said as he made the connection. It took every fiber of control in his body not to beat up the wounded little girl. "Suffice to say, we’re not even."

"Fair enough, I’m sorry." Ranma said putting his hand up in the signal of pain, the other one forced to stay at his side. "But sticking me in this form goes a long way to even us. At least mine were accidents."

"What like leaving our man to man battle?" Ryouga said bitterly

"Hey, I waited for three days." Ranma replied

"But when I showed on the fourth day you’d already taken off to China!"

"Look whatever." Ranma said "Why are you still here."

"I told your dad I’d take care of you and your sisters for the day." Ryouga replied, "I figured it was the least I could do, I mean regardless of what I wanted to pay you back for, I didn’t mean to involve your family."

"They’re not my sisters." Ranma explained. "The oldest is supposed to be my fiancee- don’t look at me you know my dad’s a wack job. Anyway, it’s an age old promise, honor obligation thingy."

"Whatever Saotome, a promise is a promise. But you’re awake now."

"So what are the girls doing anyway?" Ranma said looking around.

"Well I already made dinner and they said they we’re going up to do their homework. Kasumi was watching you with me for awhile but said she was taking off to find her mom."

"Oh okay," Ranma said sitting up on the couch. "I can handle the rest of it now. Thanks Ryouga- at least you didn’t kill me I guess."

"I’ll see you when you’re better Ranma, then we’ll finish this with a man to man fight." Ryouga bowed them attempted to head out of the house. After the third time through the living room Ranma showed him to the door, trying not to laugh.

After Ryouga left he noticed a note on the living room table in Tofu’s hand writing. Hold about waist while sleeping, no transforming under any circumstances. Cast can come off in three weeks.

Three weeks as a little girl. Ryouga would definitely get his when he came back.

 

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