Sister School Disclaimer: You are a disclaimer, but I AM A MAN! (punch) Chapter 9: Aloha! Mr. Stereotype! Everyone was relieved to be back home in Japan. Most of the group just continued their lives like nothing happened, except for one. Eve noticed that as soon as Ranma got back, she fell into a deep depression. She wouldn't eat, talk, or even train. She just sat in her room sulking. Eve was sitting at the dining room table with her mom when they heard, or didn't hear, the silence coming from the girls' room. "I'm worried." Nodoka said. "You noticed it too, huh?" Eve asked. Nodoka nodded, "I don't know when she'll come out of this state." "I don't know why she's acting like this, I already said I forgive her." "I'm afraid it goes a little deeper than that, dear." "How so?" "Well, you forgave her for destroying the cure, and I commend you for it. But I'm afraid Ranma has trouble forgiving herself." "You mean...?" "Yes, she feels guilty that she let herself and you down. To our knowledge, that was the only chance of you two becoming men again, and she feels she let the two of you down." "Oh man. I didn't think it would be that bad. Should I go talk to her?" "I think we both should. We need to remind her that it's still not the end of the world." They opened the door to the bedroom and found Ranma crouching in a corner. Her hair was matted down and messy and Eve could see that she had a dark aura around her. A shadowy, lonely feel f hopelessness. She approached her sister carefully, "R...Ranma?" there was no answer, not even a flinch in acknowledgment that she heard them. Nodoka tried it this time, "Ranma, honey? It's me, your mother." There was no response. Eve finally snapped, "Sis! Please talk to us!" They heard a faint whisper say, "Don't call me that." Eve gasped, "Ranma? Sis, can you here me?" the voice was now growing much louder, "I said, don't CALL ME THAT!" A burst of energy shot Eve out of the room. "Ranma! What did you do!" Nodoka asked. Ranma just hit the ground with her fists. "I can't take it! I lost my only chance to be a guy again! I want out! I wanna be dead!" Nodoka took Ranma in her arms. "Ranma, please don't say that. You don't mean it. I told you before, there's much worse things in life than being a girl." "But I'm not a girl. And I'll never be one." Ranma cried into her mom's shoulder. "Ranma, did I tell you why I didn't sign that seppuku agreement?" "Because you feared for my life." "No, because I knew that you would be a man among men by your father's standards. What did he teach you about women growing up?" "That they were weak, pathetic, and stupid." "And that's why you're feeling this way now Ranma. Your father was completely wrong in raising you, and by taking you to Jusenkyo, he made your worst nightmare become a reality." "You're right. I can't do this." At this point, Eve recovered and walked in. "Ranma, how do you think I'm handling all this?" she asked. "I don't know how. You're so much stronger than I am." "No Ranma, no. I just wasn't roped in by father's teachings about genders. I was rebellious and I believe that we're all equal. You were raised by him from birth, and he force fed you every sexist belief he could, and now you have to confront them. I'm not the strong one here Ranma, you are." "I'm not strong. I can't be. Look at me!" Ranma ripped open her shirt with tears in her eyes, "I trained to be the greatest male martial artist on earth, and now I'm wearing a BRA!" "Ranma, please!" Nodoka cried out. "Ranma, stop." Eve said firm but calmly. Eve stood in front of Ranma, breathed deeply, and punched her square in the face. "Eve!" Nodoka yelled. "Whatcha do that for!" "Did that hurt?" Eve asked calmly. "Of course it hurt!" "Well, I'm a girl, and I just hurt you." Ranma's face immediately had a look of revelation. "Ranma, like it or not, we're female now, and we can't do anything about it. We may not be able to be the best men in the world, but we can still be the best people in the world." Ranma started to tear up again, "You're right. I'm sorry...for everything. Can you forgive me?" "It's what a good sister does." the three women hugged each other. The next day everyone returned to school. All the students asked where they were, but the NWC agreed to keep it secret. They also got some interesting news from Akane's friend Sayuri, "They made an announcement about three days ago. The principal is coming back to Furinkan." "School has principal?" Shampoo asked. "Yeah, he was away at Hawaii for a long time. He should be here today actually." Just then everyone heard a helicopter descend onto school grounds. The thing that jumped out of it was weird even to the people who were just on an island of half man half animals. It was a giant snowman with a little plastic palm tree on his head. It was bouncing around looking at different, and terrified, students. The snowman made a big mistake by approaching the six martial artists from behind. Ranma kicked the things and the snow body shattered. A man popped out of the pile of snow. He still had a small palm tree on his head but he was also wearing sunglasses, a Hawaiian shirt, khaki shorts, flip flops, a lei and holding a ukeleili. "Who the hell are you?" Ranma asked. "Aw, now that be no way for a little waihini to be talkin' to da principal." "You're the new principal?" Akane asked. When school started everyone was called to an assembly. There the principal had a major topic to discuss. "I be learnin' how to teach you little keikis on da big islands. We gonna have a new dress code startin' today mon!" a huge banner unraveled behind him and all the students gasped in horror. "There be mandatory haircuts from now on! Da boys get da buzz cuts and dem girls get da bowl cuts." The crowd of students was suddenly in an uproar. "Now I know some of ya be wantin to not get dat haircut. Here I have dis coconut. Inside it be one 'Get out of rules free' ticket stub inside. The student who gets dis coconut-" the principal was cut off by a foot to the face. The coconut flew into the air and Ranma caught it. "Doesn't have to get the haircut, right?" Ranma finished. This would result in celebration if the coconut hadn't exploded in Ranma's hands. The principal laughed in her face. "Stupid waihini! You really tink I be lettin you have da coconut just like dat?" The principal the disappeared in a puff of smoke. "You gotta be kidding me!" Ukyo yelled. Everyone immediately ran off looking for the coconut. The NWC stayed behind to discuss a plan. "What do we do Ranchan?" Ukyo asked. "I don't know. What do you think sis?" "Well, I say we split up. Me, Ranma and Ryoga go looking for the principal to teach him a lesson. Ukyo, Akane and Shampoo go look for the coconut." "That good plan. Hurry! Shampoo no want bad hair!" Team A: The boy and two (currently) girls were looking for the principal. The ran down the hallway looking for the principal's office. Ryoga stopped them suddenly, "I found it!" he pointed to the door next to them. The sign said principal's office above it. They opened it and found a janitor's closet. "Of course, another of his stupid tricks." Eve cursed. "Let's just keep looking, he couldn't have left the school property." Ranma said. Team B: The tomboy, the amazon, and the sexually confused girl were running around with the other students looking for the coconut. They checked all the rooms until they found one that was looked like a jungle. Instead it was a regular room with jungle patterns painted on the walls. They heard a buzzing sound and miniature planes were flying all around them and attacking the students. "What is wrong with this guy?" Akane yelled. Ukyo and Shampoo got out their weapons and beat down all the planes. There was still no coconut in sight. After those little escapades the two teams rejoined and both explained that they had no luck. "Okay, where haven't we looked?" Akane asked. "That's just it. We've searched every possible nook and cranny and we haven't found a single coconut or palm tree." Eve said. "Wait a minute. What about back at the gym?" Ranma asked. "We were already there sis." "Exactly, he doesn't want us to go there, it's where all this first started." "That actually makes some sort of sense." Ranma apparently was right...for once. The gym was transformed into a huge jungle. They walked through until they found a bamboo shack about seven feet off the ground. Ranma gestured everyone to be quiet. She silently scaled the latter that led to the cabin and they heard the principal laughing. Ranma made a gesture of 3,2,1 and the NWC all jumped in front of the principal. "It's time for payback!" Eve said as she unsheathed her swords. "Now hold on little waihini! I know you be wantin the coconut. Here it is." he held up an open coconut. Inside was a piece of paper that said 'Rules free' Ranma grabbed it. "We got it!" "Ranma, you did it!" Akane said. As her back was turned, she felt a snap on the back of her head. The principal had snuck up on her with some barber shears and sliced off her ponytail. Time seemed to slow down as Akane saw her missing lock of hair fall to the ground. "Ha! I be givin at least one little waihini a haircut today." The entire group burned with rage and five of them beat the living hell out of the principal. As they did this, they didn't notice Akane left without talking to them. "That'll show him." Ranma said. "Akane come with me. Great grandmother have special hair growth remedy." They turned but their friend wasn't there. "Akane?" Ryoga asked. "Let's go, she probably went home by now." Ukyo said. Kasumi was busy cleaning when she heard the door open. She walked to the doorway to see Akane standing there. "Akane? What happened?" "Oh, I got my hair cut by accident. I was wondering if you could help me even it out." "I'd be happy to." A while later the NWC knocked on the door of the Tendo Dojo. A girl with short dark hair answered it. "Hey guys." she said. "Akane?" was the majority of reactions. "Yeah, Kasumi helped me trim my hair down after the psycho principal cut it." "Why you do that? Shampoo give you medicine to make hair grow back." "Oh, no thanks Shampoo. I appreciate it, but I kinda like my hair like this." "I like it too, I suits you." Ukyo said. "So, what happened after you beat up the principal?" Akane asked. "Yeah, that's kinda why we're late." Eve said. "What do you mean?" "We were expelled." Akane spent the next hour crying. She had never done anything so bad that she would get expelled. She wasn't even involved in beating up the principal. Her friends were there to comfort her. "Akane, it's okay, really. I doubt my mom would want us in that school anyway." Eve said. "But where are we gonna go to school?" Akane asked. "We already got that covered." Ranma said. "How?" "Our mom is having us transferred to St. Hebereke." "What? But that school's so expensive. How's she gonna pay for our tuition?" "Simple, she's one of the school admins." Eve said. "She is?" "What do you think she does during the day? She's actually one of the Vice Principals." Side Note: To answer anyone's questions, yes, I did 'borrow' this idea from Miko2's story Girl School. Let me say that I have nothing but respect for the writer, and I just thought the idea was too good to pass up. I won't be 'borrowing' any more parts of that story, and I apologize. Back to the story. "Wait. What about Ryoga? St. Hebereke is a school for girls." Akane said. Ryoga sighed. "It's okay. I wasn't planning on going to school that long anyway. I'll still hang out with all of you. I promise." "Okay, I'll miss you though." "I'm not dying, Akane." "Besides, this is only temporary until mom can file a lawsuit against the principal. Something about bringing live explosives and assaulting students being a felony or something." Eve joked. The rest of the day was spent training. It was decided that Akane would stay with the Saotomes while attending school. Ukyo and the Amazons would open restaurants closer to the school. After that, Nodoka brought them their new school uniforms. Think Haruhi without the ribbon and a longer skirt. They didn't really expect to encounter anything that crazy while at that school, but if anyone tried to mess with the NWC, they would be ready. End of Chapter 9
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Sister School
Chapter 09: Chapter 9
By: boomwarrior13