Ksa and the MSTers: File 2: Feelings are Blind, cont. "So we agree to watch this fic to the end, right?" Ksa asked them. "I'm up for it!" Scimitar yelled. "No problems here!" Ryoga added. "Lets do it!" Rei yelled happily. "What happened to her?" Scimitar asked. "Well, Kasumi lent her some happy pills" Ryoga mumbled. "Oh" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Scimitar: So if this is a good fic, why are we MSTing it? >Ksa: Because the TM MB Website may not find it, so we're here to provide it to them. >Ryoga: While getting to have a few laughes in the process. >Rei:(giggling like a nut) >Others:(sweatdrop) >Ksa: Maybe the pills were a bad idea. PM Productions Presents >Scimitar: Say it Ryoga, and die. >Ryoga: I wasn't gonna say it! A Phillip Masters Fanfic >Rei: I still say that he wrote that other lemon series. >Ksa: Nah, this is too well written to be him. Feelings Are Blind >Ryoga: should we actually make a joke at that again? >Others:(deadpan) Nope. Part Two: A Fickle Mistress >All:(shudder) >Scimitar: its amazing how the word mistress instills fear in all. Tenchi walked home slowly. The evening air was crisp and cool, and filledwith the odors of spring. As he strolled along past people who seemed so intent on their destinations he thought of why he came to Nerima in the first place. >Ryoga:(commercial voice) Why all the other tourists go! >All: FREE FIGHTS!! >Ryoga: thats right! Come live in Nerima for the best martial arts entertainment of all! >Ksa: and the biggest bi-sexual harem of in the world! (others give him evil eye) What? He needed to get away from it all, away from the constant stress and tension of the temple. It was an incredible irony that the big city had a more relaxed environment than an ancient temple buried deep in the woods. A hideous irony, and an unfortunate one. He could still recall the days when everything was carefree and pure. >Ksa: and boring. >Scimitar: you'd think he'd be happy girls are falling out of the sky for him. Nothing could disturb the calm and pleasant feeling the shrine grounds gave him. Especially the cave; the cave that years later he would find to be occupied by a pirate from outer space. However, regardless of her sorted history, Tenchi was undyingly grateful toher for watching over him. He could always feel her presence at the cave, even though he could not know what it was there that comforted him. Then, when he had released her, and she had stopped attempting to kill him, he found the friend he had always truly wanted. >Rei: maybe Ryoga and Ranma can end their feud, and become good friends. >Ryoga: why should I become friends with him? >Ksa: he was the only person who hung out with you in junior high. >Scimitar: and he introduced you to the whole Nerima gang. >Rei: you'd have never learned your moves without knowing him. >Ryoga: OK, I give. A companion who was wild, unlike him, and knew how to have fun. What he didn’t expect was for that friend to fall in love with him. As well, he didn’t expect her to be beautiful and so easy to fall in love with. Had it only been him and Ryouko he most likely would have married her by now. >Ksa: I honestly think if he asked her to marry him, HE'D run away. >Scimitar: Him being a passive anime hero that he is. Thing was, it was not just him and her by any stretch of the imagination. No, there were others. They came like a storm after the first few raindrops. Pouring in from all corners of the galaxy, focused on this one point for various reasons. Ayeka had her vendetta against Ryouko, and was searching for her half-brother Yoshou. >Rei: So isn't Ayeka Tenchi's great aunt or something> >Ryoga: that is sick! >Ksa:(Robert DeNiro from Analyse This) Hmph! Juraians. Sasami, Ayeka’s younger sister was simply along for the ride. Their fates all brought them here... Ayeka found Tenchi’s grandfather to be her dear Yoshou... Sasami turned out to be one with the greatest of battleships, Tsunami, and helped save both the Earth and Tenchi’s life. This was only the surface scrapings of the whole mess. Next came Mihoshi, the ditsy blond Galaxy Police officer who, quite literally fell from the sky one day. Tenchi sometimes wondered how such an incomparably idiotic person could become a detective in an organization that guards the entire galaxy. >Ryoga: well how can 1 half-guy, half-girl be such a babe magnet? >Rei: the mysteries of the universe. >Scimitar: May someday, we all can solve them. >Ksa: Yeah, right.(gets jumped by others) He didn’t know whether to be happy for her, or fearful for everyone in the galaxy. The only thing that kept him from packing up and leaving was the fact that she was phenomenally lucky and always seemed to come out on top in the end. She seemed enamored with him, but he didn’t really feel anything for her, beyond friendship, in return. The last addition to the Masaki home was Ryouko’s mother, Washu. She was the self-proclaimed ‘greatest scientist in the universe.’ Thing was, she was believably so. Tenchi had never met anyone with even a fraction of her knowledge and intelligence. >Scimitar: when Washu comes over to discuss theories on humans and their powers, they experiment >on me for crying out loud! >Ksa: Does this mean you're as popular as Tenchi? >Ryoga: now THAT'S the dream for Scimitar. She seemed to be so smart as to be on another level than everyone else. The good news was, she came in handy in a tough situation. The bad news was, she fell in love with him too. >Ksa: Do you think Tenchi and Ranma work as test creatures for those colognes on TV, and the >over-all build up is why women like them? Tenchi didn’t know what it was about him that aliens seemed to go for, because it sure didn’t extend into the Earthly realm, much to his constant chagrin. He always had a problem getting a girlfriend, mostly because of his upbringing, so isolatedand mysterious. His girl skills lacked something major. Now, he had too many of them. It must be the Universe’s final grand jest on his part to make him fall in love with someone who isn’t even a girl. >All: Oh yeah, that detail. Well, not all the time anyway, and certainly not in mind, which was the important part. >Scimitar: which is why its so creepy. Ranma came out of nowhere to steal his heart. He had almost the exact same problems he did, and understood them completely. He was also the most gorgeous person Tenchi had ever laid eyes upon. >Rei: which is why I'm a member of FARBMGTU. >Others: wha..? >Rei: Females Against Ranma Being More Gorgous Than Us. As a female, he was perfect, from the lonely sparkle in her beautiful blue eyes, to the supple curve of her breast. >Ryoga:(nosebleed starting) please, stop talking about Ranma's breast. >Ksa: if Ryoga fell into the girl-spring, he'd probably get nosebleeds looking at himself. >Rei and Scimitar: hehehehehehehehe >Ryoga: Shut up! It was hard to use the proper nouns when dealing with someone so obviously female. When Ranma didn’t talk, it was impossible at that moment to tell him from any other girl who seemed like she needed someone more than anything else. >Ryoga: this...sounds..so sad... must..use.. >Others: NOOOOOOOOO!!!! >Ryoga: SHISHI HOKODAN!!! >(ki blasts goes through roof and and comes back with a _BOOM!_. Others fried, Ryoga OK) >Ryoga: Ahehe, sorry? He knew they were right for each other. They were both brought up to be fighters. They both had the world's worst woman problems. >Ksa: which I would kill for. They both connected on a level that surpassed gender, and possibly even humanity. He knew they should be together. Now, he just needed to figure out how to prove that to Ranma. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- >Rei: all those faces... >Ryoga: watching us.. >Ksa: Be afraid.. >Scimitar: be very afraid Ranma leapt into his room. He felt his hand still shaking due to his recent ordeal. He also felt an inescapable need for hot water. The hotter, the better. The martial artist left his room stealthily, not wanting to talk to anyone at that moment. He crept to the bathroom and turned the knob on the sink slowly to make the least possible noise. >Scimitar: hey Ryoga, how is it that you mangage to change back when you become P-chan? >Ryoga: very carefully. The small trickle of water took longer to get warm than a strong blast, but it did eventually. He carefully splashed himself, feeling the instantaneous change occur, accompanied by a loosening and a release. He sighed and leaned against the wall. >Rei: I feel so sorry for him. >Ryoga: Even I can't take advantage of him in this state. >Ksa:(to Scimitar) there's hope for him yet. He touched his lips again. Even after changing he could still feel the touch of Tenchi on him. He leaned forward and looked into the mirror. A guy stared back... a guy who was blushing. Ranma’s eyes widened in shock and he felt his face to make sure it wasn’t some sort of trick. The overly warm flesh he felt there gave him chills. He couldn’t believe what was happening to him. How, in one hour, he could actually become enamored with someone, and that that someone was a man. >All: ... >Ksa:(to audience) we're too touched to make a comment. He began to think up reasons for his new ailment. Perhaps someone had fed him something, a love potion, or a passion spice of some sort. >Rei: how many times has love spells and stuff happened to him? >Ryoga: too damn much. Maybe he had gotten hit on the head too hard by Akane. >Scimitar: if the author says its a fluke from brain damage, he is just copping out on what may >happen to Ranma one day. Any of this stuff was highly likely in his life, and he knew it very well. It was that life he wanted to escape from so much. It was that life that made him fall for Tenchi. >Rei:(crying) its so touching. >Ryoga:(ditto) *sob* >Ksa: Mustn't...cry...*choke* *sob* damn. Ranma slid down the wall completely and wrapped his arms around his legs. No matter what the cause, no matter what anyone had done to him, Dr. Tofu could fix it. >Scimitar: I could call in a favor from Urd, since only she could fix this problem. >Ksa: Is it just me, or are our comments not so funny? >Rei: This is a touching fic. >Ryoga: Unlikely, but touching. He could fix anything. He’d have to go see Dr. Tofu. He stared at the wall opposite himself for a moment, trying to pull himself together. He inhaled deeply and rose from the floor. With a final glance into the mirror to reassert reality, he ran from the bathroom and headed for his room. Once there he jumped from his window and hopped with all due haste straight to Tofu’s office. He found Kasumi just walking into it. >All: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! >Ksa: DON'T GO IN!!!!! >Ryoga: NOT AT THAT MOMENT!!! He skid to a halt right outside the office door, looking at it like someone standing before the very gates to Hell. He knew what was beyond the door, and he knew the pain he would be promised if he crossed the threshold. >Rei: Asuka once said when she saw Tofu after a Kasumi visit,"that woman must be a sex bomb like >an N2 to do that to him" Ranma may have received injury every day since his arrival in Nerima, but it didn’t mean he liked pain. He backed away from the clinic turned nut barn with a wary look in his eyes. Nothing exploded in his face by the time he got to the street, so he figured everything was okay. Of course, this is the moment a car dove by and splashed him with water from the roadside. For the briefest of seconds he entertained the thought of seeing what the Mokou Takabisha could do to a vehicle. >Ryoga:(to Scimitar) Hey, your blast is just a copy of his! >Scimitar: same kind of wording, but I use hope instead of confidence. >Ksa: Thank you for that piece of info. Now, what does that have to do with the fic? >Scimitar: oops, sorry. Unfortunately, or fortunately according to who you were, he didn’t have much confidence at that moment. Wet and dejected, he headed down the street in a random direction. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- >All: ARGH! >Rei: thats the scarest part of this fic so far. Tenchi noticed he had gotten himself lost. >Ksa: does this seem familiar, Ryoga? >Ryoga: SHUT UP! His musings had taken his mind from the unfamiliar path to his apartment, and he soon found himself wandering the back alleys of an entirely unknown part of town. He cursed softly as he turned a corner only to find a solid wall. "You lost, buddy?" Tenchi turned to find five guys standing behind him. They were dressed in typical gang uniform consisting of blue jeans and black leather jackets. He figured they meant him harm, but he would give them the benefit of the doubt for now. "Yeah, could you help me get to Tokashi Street?" he asked in his most innocent tone, which made him sound almost as bad as a tourist. Of course, that was not the actual road he lived on, but one nearby. "Sure we can, but how much is it worth to ya?" One of the punks replied, seemingly the leader. Tenchi could have guessed he would say that. "Aren’t you going to do it out of the generosity of your heart?" >Ryoga: Yes! A fight! I need to watch this after so much crying. The gang almost instantly burst into laughter. After a minute they all finally regained control of themselves. Tenchi simply stood, watching them with a bored expression. The leader grinned after he calmed down. "You don’t get out much do you?" His face darkened slightly, "Okay, we’ll get right down to it. We just want your money, and then we’ll even tell you how to get where you’re going, and you can go safely. Refuse, and you may not make it home at all." Tenchi raised an eyebrow. "Threatening me with death? That seems a bit harsh, doesn’t it?" >Ksa: Tenchi with guts? >Scimitar: well he is facing normal humans now, not KAIN or Yuzuha. >Ksa: Oh I bet he feels so big now. The shorter guy to the right of the leader spoke up, "Don’t give us any bullshit! You are going to give us what we want." >Ryoga: So what do you think he'll say? >Ksa: who knows? The last line was said so matter-of-fact that Tenchi couldn’t help but smile and say, "You want an ass whoopin’? Because that is what I’m going to give you." >All: ... >Scimitar: Is it OK to go back to how OOC he is? >Ksa: not now, the fight's starting! >Ryoga: LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE!!! >(Mortal Kombat theme starts to play with the fic) With that, he lashed out and punched the leader right in the gut. The thug’s stomached caved under the force with little resistance. His eyes widened and he fell to the ground clutching his wounded abdomen while gasping for air. He pulled back his fist and looked around nonchalantly at the rest of the group. They all looked down at their leader for a moment, as if unsure what had just happened. Then, they all looked up at Tenchi in disbelief. After another second, as Tenchi was just about to walk off, they all reached into various pockets and procured a multitude of weapons. Everything from a butterfly knife to numchucks. Tenchi sighed and moved into a defensive position. "So," he said, "you’re going to continue to be a nuisance are you?" >Ryoga: Are you sure Ranma and Tenchi aren't slightly related? >Rei: Other than being human, not at all. They all answered with a battle cry that echoed throughout the alley and charged him simultaneously. He found himself in a flurry of blades and blunt objects. He deflected blow after blow, keeping a step ahead of his attackers. If he had Tenchi-ken the fight would have been over by then, but he had left it at home in his room. There was no way these simple hooligans could activate the Light Hawk Wings, so Tenchi had little fear of killing the men. Two of the gang dropped to join their leader. The remaining two backed away for a moment to assess their situation. By the looks on their faces they didn’t like it one bit. >All:(singing) THATS THE WAY, UH HUH UH HUH, I LIKE IT!!! Tenchi pressed his advantage and stepped menacingly toward the rest of the gang. They flinched backward, seemingly unable to help themselves. Then, Tenchi felt a presence to his left and he flipped around with his arms in a defensive posture. He almost fell over when he came almost face to face with Ranma... Ranma, as a girl. >Rei:(Ranma) Oh hi Tenchi you all right? >Ryoga:(Tenchi) just kicking ass and taking names. You? >Rei:(Ranma) still trying to figure out whats wrong with me. Of course, the rest of the gang had to comment. Tenchi closed his eyes and breathed a sigh as shouts of, "Whoo-hoo!" and, "Hey, babe!" came from behind him. His eyes opened and he spun around in a vicious roundhouse. It connected with both remaining attackers, laying them out cold. He came to a stop at his original starting point, looking at Ranma. >All: ... >Scimitar:(crying mother) and he used to be such a good boy. >Ksa: This is a good thing, remember? >Scimitar: Oh yeah. "Hey, Ranma." he greeted as though they were meeting under everyday circumstances. Ranma’s gaze told volumes, and was very serious. "Tenchi, we need to talk." Tenchi nodded affirmation and followed Ranma around a few more corners, to get away from the recently recycled street trash. They finally came to a halt in a darker alley deep within the backstreets of Nerima. They had a more likely chance of running into more of the darker element of the town, but they both knew they could handle whatever came up. Even if someone had a gun, Ranma may not have been bulletproof, but Tenchi was effectively so. They sat down on some old boxes, facing one another. Ranma took in a few short breaths, as if preparing himself. Tenchi was simply rather curious as to what Ranma was going to say. >Ksa: If Ranma says he's pregnant, I'm leaving. "Tenchi," he sighed, "ever since that time in the bar earlier today I have not been able to get you out of my head." Tenchi was instantly elated. He would have bet everything he had that there was no chance of him being able to win Ranma. He was a guy after all... "But, Ranma... aren’t you a man?" >Ryoga: Should that be an issue in the relationship? Ranma winced, then he looked into Tenchi’s eyes. He right, Ranma thought, I am a man... but... >Scimitar: He right? Bet he didn't proof read it. >Ksa: thats impressive how he made the rest seem good without proof reading. >Rei: A lost art. He closed his own eyes and sighed. "I was born a man, that’s true. I came upon this curse, and that’s exactly what it was, a curse. I hated it with all my being. It effected me in more ways than I care to admit. I’ve never told anyone this before, but when I am in my female form, I have more... female thoughts. >Ryoga: you'd have thought he would have fallen for one of us guys in Nerima that he knows by now >Ksa: there is a lemon with you and Ranma by the way. >Ryoga: Oh god. (runs out, barfs and comes back) Dr. Tofu said I may experience problems due to the feminine hormones I would be producing, but I never thought it would be this serious. I never thought it would actually jeopardize my manhood entirely." His lids parted and he stared at Tenchi again, "I like you, as a friend. However, my body is telling me something different. I can’t help but feel... something more for you." >Rei: shouldn't he be able to control what his body is telling him. >Ksa: Ignore details, just nod your head and smile. Tenchi just sort of sat there for a moment, digesting what had just been said. "This makes you uncomfortable, doesn’t it?" Ranma nodded, "Hell, I never used to be able to open up like this before." He took on a frightened look for a moment, "I’m changing... inside. I can feel it." >Ryoga:(singing) I CAN FEEL IT!! FEELINGS BELIEVING!!! >Others: *groan* "It worries you?" Ranma smirked, "It scares the shit out of me!" His face became a little more somber and whispered, "I’m not used to being this helpless." Tenchi felt such a need to hug Ranma that he almost burst. However, he knew even touching him at that moment could have caused him to leave. Tenchi found he really didn’t want Ranma to leave, ever. "Ranma, you are still who you are, even if your gender changes. >Ksa: Actually, if you're raised as a man all your life, you should psychologically believe you >are a man. The line between man and woman is purely physical. Any other differences can be chalked up to chemical and hormonal differences. You will still be Ranma, and you will still be a fighter, you will just consider yourself female." Ranma laughed, "For the past seventeen years I’ve been told that being a man is a unique honor. That it should be all that is important to me... that if I didn’t become that rarest of specimens I would be killed. Was it all a lie? Truly?" >Ryoga: he doesn't even remember his mom and the promise? >Rei: what promise? >Ksa: If Ranma is unmanly, his mom chops his head off. >Rei: yikes. Tenchi nodded slowly, "I’m afraid so, Ranma. I can understand the feelings of your family, and can see where they are coming from. However, it is an age long past now, and we can’t get stuck in it. In the civilized world there are no borders or boundaries. Do what you want, as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else." >Scimitar: the list of people who would be hurt, emoionally, is too long to mention. >Ryoga: the list of people who will be hurt, physically, however, consist of him and Ranma. Ranma looked thoughtful, "If I became a full woman, plenty of people would be, and could be hurt." "It’s possible, but I’m sure they would get over it. >Ryoga: if Ukyo couldn't get over her old crush on him, I doubt anyone else will. >Rei:(Shampoo) Tenchi, I KILL!! They should be able to understand, and if not, they are not worthy of being your friends. You’ve got to think about yourself for a change, Ranma!" Ranma looked up at Tenchi, "Do you love me?" >All:(singing) DO YA LOVE ME!? DO YA LOVE ME!? NYAA NYAAA NYAAA! Tenchi was taken aback. He tried to figure out what possessed Ranma to ask that question at a time like this. He couldn’t work it out, so he just replied, "Huh?" Ranma brow furrowed and he leaned forward, almost to the point of entering Tenchi’s lap. He articulated his words very carefully, "Do You Love Me?" >Ksa: Give me the mike! >Scimitar: God, he's a kaeroke addict! >Ryoga: Calm down Ksa! Tenchi looked at the serious blue eyes before him, deep inside them he could see a need. Unfortunately, he couldn’t place what the need was for. He figured he couldn’t lie to her though, "Yes, yes I do." "How? How can you love me after only meeting me once?" He shrugged, "Who knows? I’ve spent the last two years trying to figure out what love is, and I’ve come no closer to a definitive answer. All I know is, in my heart I care for you, I’ve never met anyone like you and most likely never will again. Let it be known that I will not give up on you. You may be a man, but I still love you." >Ksa: Once again I ask... >Others:(pull out various weapons) >Ksa: Never mind. Ranma blinked, then he frowned, "Could you love me as a man? I mean, if I stayed a man?" Tenchi’s brow furrowed in thought. He grinned, "Wanna find out?" >All: HUH?? >Ksa: Guess that answers my question. Ranma smacked Tenchi in the head, "Ecchi!" He threw his hands up in defense, "Hey! You suggested it!" >Scimitar: They're an anime couple already. >Rei: How touching. >Ksa and Ryoga: I think I'm gonna be sick. Its _too_ touching! They both laughed together, two friends who had more in common than either cared to admit. Two friends who had more feeling for one another than Ranma cared to admit. He stopped laughing suddenly and watched Tenchi. He was still snickering, his eyes closed and his face turning a light shade of red. Then, Ranma looked out into the alley, and unusual place for a date. He shook his head trying to remove that thought from it, but failed. He couldn’t fool himself anymore, after turning into a girl for over a year he just could not deny the fact that it effected him. His mind was being altered, changed by the chemical imbalances between his girl side and his boy side. It was an internal struggle for power that would most likely make a man of lesser will go insane. He sighed, getting Tenchi’s attention once more. "Ranma," Tenchi said seriously, "I am not going to force myself upon you. I would never do anything to hurt you. I want you to be happy, that’s all. No matter what it takes. Take all the time you need to think about what’s happened today. If you do decide you can love me in return, come to me. If not, then I won’t search you out." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper, then handed it to Ranma. "My address," he stated simply, then rose to leave. >Ksa: Thats the nicest thing he's said to anyone. Ranma felt like saying something, felt he should. He figured he had an obligation to tell Tenchi what he felt as soon as possible. He couldn’t decide in his own mind whether he loved the kind young man or not, but he knew he didn’t want him to be hurt at all. His mouth opened to say something, then shut almost as fast. He couldn’t think of anything to say, or wouldn’t. It still scared him the way he was changing, opening up where he never would have before, having feelings in a way he never could have thought possible before. >Rei: Lately, nothing is impossible anymore. He was raised to be a ‘man-among-men,’ and it seemed he was going to fail after all. >Scimitar: I guess Ranko will be around for a while. Regardless of his feelings for Tenchi, he would never be the same. Perhaps his mother would slay him, make him take his own life with the blade. >Ksa: He acts like a man when he's a girl enough for it to count. The cold steel would free him of his dishonor, wouldn’t it? He shook his head. No, killing oneself is never an answer, it was a barbaric ritual from long ago. It’s too akin to running away. He would never run away, because then he would become his father. >Ksa: Who knows, maybe he'll have a kid who'll go through the same stuff. The last thing he wanted to become was his father, the cause of his troubles. The reason for his curse. As he watched Tenchi turn the corner at the end of the alley he wondered if that was such a crime. END PART TWO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The MSTers' thoughts: Ksa: the first part was good to MST, but this one was seriously touching. Scimitar: I'm almost convinced that the relationship will work out. Ryoga: If I didn't watch that last scene, I'd probably go laugh at Ranma right now. Rei: This is a really nice fic. All it needs is something to put the lovers to the test. Ryoga: So whats the next part? Ksa: It says 'Ranma and Tenchi tell their individual friends of what happens' Scimitar: that aint going to be pretty.