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Part 5


"Well, that was fun," Ukyo said as she leaned against the wall in Ranma's room.  "I wonder
what they thought when you didn't change?"

Ranma shrugged.  Outside, Nodoka had was just about to knock.

"Have you thought what you're going to tell them?"  She heard Ukyo ask.

"I got no clue," She heard Ranko sigh, and froze. She felt momentarily guilty about ease
dropping, but curiosity over came her, and she knew the girls would stop talking if she 
came in.

"It's not something you can hide for long, sugar," Ukyo said.  "They're going to want an
explanation."

"Yeah, but with 'Auntie Saotome', here, I'll have some time to think of something to tell
them."

"What are we going to do about all this, Ranchan?"

"What CAN I do, Ucchan," Ranko said angrily.  "I sure as hell didn't choose for this to happen.
Damn Shampoo and her potions, damn Ryoga.  I should have killed Shampoo when I fought her at the
Cat Cafe."

Nodoka gasped in shock, but quickly covered her mouth.  Neither girl seemed to hear.

"I told you, Ranchan, Shampoo is mine.  I've already set it up with the ghoul."

 Nodoka thought.  

Ranko grunted.

"Just remember, the old ghoul is tricky.  Those amazons have a lot of secret techniques, and
Shampoo is her granddaughter.  There's no telling what Cologne has taught her."

 Nodoka mused.

"Don't worry about it, sugar,"  Ukyo said.  There was a pause.

"Um, Ranchan," Ukyo said at last, her voice thoughtful.  "After you zoned out at Doctor Tofu's
we all talked, and well, there is something you can do."

"Cologne has a potion that would, uh, rid you of your problem," Ukyo said.

 Nodoka thought.

"I don't trust amazon potions, Ucchan," Ranko said.  "And I don't trust Cologne."

"I told her that, but well she did have and idea," Ukyo said slowly.  "There are doctors that
do that type of thing, girls get in this type of trouble all the time, and well no one would 
ever know about it."

There was silence.

"Are you saying what I think you're saying, Ucchan," Ranko said at last her voice quiet.

"Ranchan," Ukyo said, not sounding very happy.  "I will support you no matter what you do, I 
want you to know that, but I know you don't really what to go through this.  Do you really 
want to be a mother?"

Outside, Nodoka froze.

"It's not like you CHOSE to have sex with Ryoga," Ukyo continued.  "You did it because of that
love potion Shampoo gave the two of you, and I swear to you she is going to pay.  It's not 
your fault you got pregnant, you had not choice in the matter.  But you can choose not to 
have the baby."

"This is not a decision one should be rushed to make," Nodoka said stepping in the room.  Both 
girls looked at her in shock.  Ranko whimpered and shrank back.  Ukyo stepped in front of her
protectively.  Nodoka looked at the two of them sadly.

"Ukyo, dear," Nodoka said seeing that Ranko looked close to panic and in no shape to talk, 
"would you please explain to me what exactly is going on."

"None of this is Ranchan's fault," Ukyo said defensively.  "This has been harder than you can 
imagine on her, and I'm not going to let anyone make it worse by blaming her."

"You love Ranko very much don't you?" Nodoka asked with a slight smile.

"Yes, Ma'am," Ukyo said with out even blinking.

"It's Auntie,"  Nodoka said.  "I am glad to have met you, Ukyo Kuonji, and I am glad Ranko and
my son have a friend like you.  I too love her very much, as if she was my own daughter.  I'm 
not here to blame her, I just want to understand what happened."

Ukyo relaxed, but Ranko behind her still shivered.

"A girl named Shampoo, who is in love with Ranma, gave Ranko and a boy we know named Ryoga a 
love potion.  She did it thinking that it would help her catch Ranma.  While under the effects 
of the drug, they had sex.  Ranko became pregnant.  One of the side effects of the 
drug was that it made it 99% sure that it would happen.  The potion is not permanent on 
females, so when Ranko woke up she was no longer in love with Ryoga.  She had a fight with
Shampoo, and Shampoo is now in the hospital.  We just found out today about the full effects
of the potion and Ranko's condition from Cologne, Shampoo's great-grand mother.  As far as I 
am concerned, Shampoo raped both Ranko and Ryoga."

"I see," Nodoka said.  "And what did you mean by Shampoo being yours?"

"I've challenged Shampoo to a duel, and Cologne has accepted," Ukyo said.  

"A duel?" Nodoka said.  Ukyo looked uncomfortable.  "There is more to it than that isn't there?"

Ukyo looked at Ranko, then back to Nodoka.

"Yes, Auntie," Ukyo said.  "It's to the death."

Ranko looked at Ukyo in shock.

"And you would do this for Ranko?" Nodoka asked.

"For Ranko, or Ranma, yes Auntie."

"I say again that I am very glad to have met you, Ucchan," Nodoka said.  "We shall begin your
training tomorrow.  Depending on how serious Shampoo's injuries are we may not have long. 
Do you have any experience with the katana?"

"No, Auntie," Ukyo replied stunned.  "Y-you're going to train me?"

"Yes, if that is alright with you."

"Oh, yes, of course, thank you, sensei."

Ukyo bowed.  Nodoka smiled at her, then turned to Ranko.  The look of fear on Ranko's face made
Nodoka's heart ache.  

"Come here, Ranko," Nodoka said.  Ranko stared at her like a deer caught in the headlights and 
shook her head.  Nodoka walked towards her, and the girl retreated a few steps back.  

"Ranko," Nodoka said pleadingly. She reached her hand up to touch the girl's face.  Ranko 
flinched back.  "Child, what's wrong?"

"Please don't hate me, Auntie Saotome," Ranma said.

"Why would I hate you child?" Nodoka said stepping towards her.  Ranma backed away again.

"Cause what I did was bad," Ranma said, "because I'm dirty, and nasty and a pervert."

"That not true, Ranko," Nodoka said. She tried to touch the girl again, and again Ranko 
flinched away.

"But I didn't try to stop him,"  Ranko said a hint of desperation in her voice.  "I knew 
what was going t happen, but I didn't try to stop him.  I even, oh god, I even ENJOYED it.
I'm not good enough to be around people like you and Ukyo and Akane.  I'm trash, I'm dirt,
I'm..."

She didn't finish because Nodoka had grabbed her and held her in a tight embrace.  Ranma 
struggle at first, then clutched her mother and began to sob.

"It's okay, child," Nodoka said, tears in her eyes.  "Shhhh, everythings going to be 
fine child."

Ukyo came over and hugged Ranko's back.  She was also sobbing.

"Damn it, Ranchan," Ukyo said between sobs, "I told you it wasn't your fault."

"She's right, dear," Nodoka said.  "You were under the influence of the drug.  It wasn't
really you."

"But," Ranko said turning to look up at Nodoka.

"No buts," Nodoka said fiercely.  "Look at me, Ranko.  You did nothing wrong, the blame 
lies with this Shampoo," Nodoka spat the name with distaste.

Ranko's sobs quieted, but she didn't let go off her mother.

"Thank you for not hating me," she said.

"Oh, my, child," Nodoka said, "I could never hate you."

The three sat embracing for a while.  Then Nodoka separated them.

"Now I take it that no one else knows about this?" She asked.

"Just the three of us, Doctor Tofu, and Cologne and Shampoo," Ukyo said.

"Good," Nodoka said.  "This is a family matter and is no one elses business.  Now we had best
decide on how to break the new to the others down stairs."

Ranko and Ukyo paled.

"Do we have to tell them?" Ranko asked.

"I'm afraid so, Ranko."

"We can't, they'll all hate me!"

"Ranko, we just went over this..."

"You don't understand, Auntie," Ranko said, "You know how Akane is no matter what the truth is
she'll blame me."

"I agree with Ranchan, Auntie," Ukyo said, "You know how Akane honey is."

Nodoka frowned and thought for a moment.  As much as she hated to admit it, they were probably
right about Akane.

"It will be hard for them, but eventually I think they will understand," she said not ready
to give up yet.

"But if I tell them, they'll, um they'll make, me marry Ryoga," Ranko lied at last.  Ukyo 
shivered at THAT thought.  

 she thought.  Nodoka looked thoughtful.

"That maybe for the best," she said.  "He is the father of your child after all."

"No way will I marry Ryoga," Ranko said in a panic.  she thought.  "I'll
die before I marry him.  Before he drank the love potion one of his major goals in life was
to KILL me."

Nodoka looked at her in shock, then turned to Ukyo.

"It's true, Auntie," Ukyo said.  "Ryoga was in the middle of attacking Ranko when Shampoo gave
them the potion."

Nodoka frown.

"That does change the situation a bit," she said, "but to help save you honor, Ranko, it would
be best to marry you before the child is born."

"I/She isn't marrying any guy," Ranko and Ukyo said in unison.  Nodoka looked at them.

"Auntie Saotome, there's something you should know about Ranko," Ukyo said.  "She doesn't like
boy."

"That okay," Nodoka said.  "She's a tomboy.  Most tomboys don't like boys."

"Auntie, I mean she doesn't LIKE boys," Ukyo said.  Ranko, who had been tring to figure out 
what Ukyo was doing final caught on.

"I'm a lesbian, Auntie," Ranko said. Nodoka looked at her I shock, then turned to Ukyo.

"I see," she said.  "Are the two of you...."

They both blushed.

"Ukyo likes boy," Ranko said.  Nodoka frowned, and sighed.

"And I guess the others don't know about that either," she said.  Suddenly she pulled Ranko 
close again.  "Oh, Ranko, whatever am I going to do with you?"

She gave a bemused laugh.

"This is turning out like something in a soap opera," She said.  "Alright, Ranko.  We won't tell
them tonight.  However, I am giving you one week to tell them, or I will.  Is that understood?"

"Yes, Auntie," Both girls said.

"Good, now lets go back downstairs."


Downstairs a conference had been call.  While Nodoka was gone, the Tendo's and Genma were 
dicussing what had happened.  The conversation died when Nodoka, Ranko, and Ukyo came back in.

"Soun," Nodoka said.  "I have a favor to ask.  Would you mind if I stayed here for a few days?"

"N-no, I would be delighted," Soun said.

"Good," Nodoka said.  "Oh and Ukyo will be staying with me tonight as well, if you don't mind.
I plan to begin training her in kendo tomorrow."

"Umm, Ummm, Ummm," Soun said.  His brain had shut down.

"We would bedelighted," Kasumi said.  She was at the moment the only member of the household
who still had the ability to speak.

"Good, it's settled then," Nodoka said. And so began what would be a very long week.

End Part 5

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