Sister School Disclaimer: I love these disclaimers. You can say anything you want in them. I LOVE PUDDING! Chapter 2: What Mom Would've Wanted It took two weeks for the three teenagers to get back to Japan. When they finally got to shore, Eve immediately ran to the nearest phone booth. He used the book in it to find their mom. 'Saotome. Saotome. Found it! Nodoka Saotome.' Eve thought. She tore the page out of the phone book so they wouldn't forget it. She ran back to her sister, "It's all set. I mailed a letter to mom while we were back in China. She should have it by now and be ready for when we get there." "That's great!" Ranma said. Nodoka's house was in Nerima. Believe it or not, this AU Nerima is normal, since most of the craziness is from Ranma. They first dropped Ryoga off at his old house, with his sense of direction they were lucky if they'd see him again. They then went to their mom's house. It was a simple, old Japanese style house. It was a pretty sharp contrast to the other houses on the street. They walked up to the front door. Ranma put her hand up, but she hesitated for a moment. This was it, this was their chance to finally meet their mother. Eve figured it was harder for Ranma since she was her biological mother. "Nervous?" Eve asked. Ranma nodded. "I'll do it." Eve reached her hand up and knocked on the door with the handle. They waited for a few seconds when someone opened the door. It was her, they were sure of it. She was a woman with Ranma's blue eyes, her red hair, though a slightly darker shade than Ranma's, and a cheerful face. She was wearing a white kimono that made her look very appropriate for any occasion. She looked at the two girls on her doorstep, "Can I help you?" Eve had the stomach to say something, "Are you Nodoka Saotome?" she asked nervously. "Why yes I am. Who might you be?" "Well, I'm Eve, and this is my sister, Ranma." Nodoka gasped. She just remembered the letter she got about three days ago. She reached out and touched the redhead's cheek, "Ranma...is that you?" the girl nodded with tears in her eyes. Eve couldn't tell if they were tears of sadness, shame, joy, or worry, but probably a combination of all of them. Nodoka started tearing up as well, "Could you come in?" Once inside, Nodoka made some tea and the two sisters explained in more detail what happened. When they finished, Ranma just hung her head in shame, "I'm sorry you had to see us like this." Nodoka proceeded to take her daughter in her arms. She embraced her lovingly, whispering apologies about not being there for them. "It's been so long, I'm just happy to have my children back. I don't care if you two are girls." "You're not mad Mrs. Saotome?" Eve asked. Nodoka shook her head, "No, and call me mom dear, this wasn't your fault. I understand it was my foolish husband's fault. Where is he anyway?" "Probably in the Kunlun Mountains scarfing down bamboo." Ranma said. After that, Eve and Ranma had their first dinner with their mother. All three of them were crying tears of joy. Eve and Ranma both ate at their usual hyper fast pace. "Girls, it's not ladylike to eat that fast." said Nodoka. Both of the girls stopped when they heard this. "Ladylike?" Ranma asked. "Yes, you two are girls. I thought it would be best that you two would learn how to behave like proper young women. I assume your father didn't teach you etiquette on the road." "No mom, he said a martial artist eats when he can, cause he might not get to later." Eve said. "Well, while you're living here, I'm going to teach you proper behavior for young ladies." "But mom, we're boys." Ranma said. Nodoka chuckled and pinched Ranma's cheek lightly, "You don't really look like a boy Ranma. I understand you two were raised as boys, and thus will act as boys. But right now, you two are girls and I don't know if there's a cure to the curse. So, for the time being, you two are my daughters and I will treat you as my daughters. Understand?" the two girls sighed, "Yes mother." they said simultaneously. That night, the two sisters shared a room. Tomorrow was Sunday, but Monday meant that they had to go to school. Ranma was upset by this, but Eve wasn't that bothered. Since Genma pretty much banned anything that didn't have to do with martial arts, Adam found academics rebellious and therefore interesting. When they went to school with Ryoga, Adam would sneak books off home to study for when they would inevitably leave. Now Eve had a chance to have a real education, she was with her mom, her sister, a house. Besides the fact that she got a magical sex change, she couldn't be happier. The next day, Nodoka took them shopping to get some girls' clothes. They felt especially ridiculous when Nodoka picked out some dresses for them. They also got some...unmentionables that girls often wear. After shopping, the three women went to the other side of Nerima. They walked up to a huge compound. The sign on the entrance said 'Tendo School of Anything Goes Martial Arts'. "This is the home of dad's friend?" Ranma asked. "Yes dear. The Tendos are an old family friend. They might know what's going on with your conditions." Nodoka knocked on the door. A young women, a little older than Ranma and Eve, opened the door. She had long brown hair in a pony tail that draped over her shoulder. She was wearing a dress under an apron, she had the stereotypical look of housewife. "Hello, you must be Mrs. Saotome. Welcome to the Tendo Dojo. I'm Kasumi." she bowed. Nodoka and her daughters bowed after. "Nice to meet you Kasumi, is Soun here at this moment?" "Why yes, father is in the dining room, please follow me." Kasumi led them to a dining room with a large table. Sitting at the table was a middle aged man. He had long black hair and a mustache, and wearing a brown gi. "Nodoka, how nice to see you again after all this time." "It's good to see you too Soun. These are my daughters, Ranma and Eve." "Daughters? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Genma said he had a son named Ranma. I assumed his son would be a boy." "Well, yes, that's kind of why we're here. Ranma, Eve, why don't you two go practice in the dojo. If that's alright with you Soun." Soun nodded, and Nodoka gestured them out, "Thank you mother." they both said. In the dojo was a teenage girl. She was about the same age as Ranma and Eve. She had long dark hair in a ponytail and she wore a yellow gi. They walked in as she smashed a large stack of bricks with a karate chop. She looked up at the two girls, "Oh, hello. I didn't see you come in. I'm Akane." "Nice to meet you Akane. I'm Eve, and this is my sister, Ranma." "Hi." "Do you two study martial arts?" both of them shrugged, "A little." "Okay, then let's have a little match. Don't worry I won't hurt you." she said to Ranma who stepped forward. Akane got into a ready stance while Ranma just stood there with he arms behind her back. Akane punched at Ranma, but she just dodged it without a thought. Ranma just smiled like nothing happened. Akane threw some more punches at her, who just dodged them all. 'How is she doing that? Is she reading my moves?' she thought. She tried to deliver one last punch. Ranma jumped up and Akane's hand smashed the wall. Ranma kicked off the wall, did a flip and landed behind Akane. She poked Akane in the back of the head, toying with her. Akane turned around and all three girls laughed. "You're really good. Are you as good as her?" she asked Eve. "Well, I prefer weapons. But I can hold my own in a fist fight." "Well, I'm just glad you're both girls. I'd hate to lose to a boy." Back in the house, Nodoka explained the situation to Soun. He reacted to this by crying in a fit of agony, "How are my girls going to get married now?" "Soun, I think you're children are more than capable of finding husbands, as mine are." "Now the schools will never be joined!" "I see you're taking it well." Eve, Ranma, and Akane went into the kitchen in the hopes of getting something to eat. Kasumi was busy making dinner for them. "Oh, Eve, Ranma, you two have been working out haven't you? Why don't you go take a bath." "Oh, we really couldn't Kasumi. We're only here for dinner, we wouldn't want to impose." Eve said. "Nonsense, you go upstairs and get yourself washed." Eve could say no to some of the most intimidating giants of men in existence, but she couldn't say no to the kindness that was Kasumi. In the bathroom, Eve and Ranma were taking a bath together. They just sat there relaxing, nothing really on their minds. That is until Akane showed up. She noticed the girls' clothes lying out before she walked into the bathroom. "I guess we can all take our baths together." she said as she undid her ponytail. Eve and Ranma froze when a nude Akane came in and climbed into the furo with them. Akane noticed how nervous they looked, "Are you two used to bathing with other people." Ranma shook her head, "No, we're not used to bathing with girls, I mean with other girls." Ranma didn't admit she was a girl, but it was pretty close. "What my sister is trying to say, is that we grew up on the road with our dad. He raised us as boys." "Oh, wow. That must've sucked big time." "Yeah, pretty much." After dinner they all discussed what the situation was. Soun told his daughters, "Girls. I have told you about my friend, Genma Saotome. We made a promise before Kasumi was born that our children would marry to join schools." "Dad!" Akane yelled. "Yes, I know Akane. Well, as you can see, Ranma, and Genma's adopted child, Eve, are both girls." Ranma winced when she was acknowledged as a girl. "So, what's the plan Mr. Tendo?" Eve asked. "Well, we agreed that if either of you two girls marry a man, I would adopt him into the Tendo clan. If one of my girls marries a man, Nodoka will consider him for adoption into the Saotome clan." "That's a good idea father." Kasumi said. "For now, my daughters will be attending school at Furinkan High." "That's where me and my sister Nabiki go to school." Akane said. "Cool, maybe we'll be in the same class." Ranma said. "I hope so. You two are good friends." Ranma felt a sudden warmth flow through her. She never had any real friends as a guy. After they got back home, Nodoka registered her two 'daughters' into school and had them try on their new uniforms. They both felt weird, to actually be wearing dresses, but they had to get used to it, they were going to wear them most of the time. Before they went to bed, Eve undid her ponytail, "I don't know why I got so much hair when I turned into a girl." "Maybe it's how your hair would look if you were born a girl. I think it looks good on you." "Thanks. So, tomorrow we go back to school." "Yeah, you think Ryoga goes to school?" "I doubt Ryoga can even find the school." Ranma chuckled. "Well, good night sis." "Night." The next morning Nodoka made them breakfast and bentos for lunch. After they ate, they got up and started to leave, "Bye mom." Ranma called. "Bye, and dears." "Yes?" they both said. "Remember, you're both girls now. You both need to act like proper young ladies. You're my daughters now and I want you to act like it." "Yes mother." they both said. They then walked out the door and started off toward school. 'I hope they're alright' Nodoka thought. On the way to school, they talked to each other about what school would be like. "How are we gonna practice while we're at school?" Ranma asked. "Well, I guess whenever we have free time we'll have to do our katas." "Sure, do it the boring way." "We promised mom we'd act like proper young women. We can't go around starting fights on our first day." "Yeah, who goes to school and gets in a fight with a whole crowd of people?" They rounded a corner and found Akane fighting a whole crowd of male students. Their first day at Furinkan High had begun. End of Chapter 2
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Sister School
Chapter 02: Chapter 2
By: boomwarrior13