Title: Ranma 1/2-Different life, Different love
Author:
Part: 2/?
Warnings: Strong R, m/f Masturbation
Disclaimer: All the characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi, and heaven forbid she find out what I've been doing with them.
Summary: It's basically yet another AU rewriting the Ranma story from the beginning. Ranma has a stronger moral sense in this universe, meaning, all the questionable things he did in the original, i.e. stealing food, tricking Ryouga, he didn't do in this universe. In this part Ranma finds out why he shouldn't share a bed w/ Ryouga in girl form.
Pairing:Ryouga/Ranma-chan

C&C craved and much appreciated.

//-indicates flashback
** Indicates thoughts

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Ryouga's Dad had put a nintendo into his room while he was gone, so he and Ranma were playing SuperMario (neither Ryouga or his Dad had been home in quite a while) as the lost boy listened to the other martial artist's life story.

"...so this guide was taking us to this amazon village, cuz there was this martial arts tournament there."

"Amazon?"

"Yeah, warrior women. Most of them were pretty scary looking. Anyway, by the time we got there, Pops and I were absolutely starving. First thing we see is this table completely covered with food. Without even so much as an 'excuse me', the old panda just sits down and starts scarfing it down. So I go, 'Hey old man, don'tcha think we should ask before eating their food? They might get upset.' He didn't listen of course, and sure enough, this Amazon chick comes up all pissed off cuz my panda is eating her prize."

"Ugly as sin?"

"Come to think of it, she was actually very pretty."

It should be pointed out that both Ranma-chan and Ryoga were sitting on his bed while all this was going on. And since the bed was too narrow for them to sit side by side, Ranma had opted to sit between the lost boy's legs and use him for a backrest. Both of them had been quite comfortable, but Ranma chose this moment to shift around and snuggle closer to his buddy. (Which was what he considered Ryouga to be) Never mind they were both in pajamas, and Ranma was only wearing the top to one of the lost boy's.

Then he continued. "My first thought was to offer the old man to be chopped up into dog food, but I decided that wouldn't be right, no matter how tempting, so I told her I'd fight her for the championship. I won of course, but then she comes up and kisses me on the cheek, which was really weird, since I was in girl form."

Ryouga's hand slipped, and he nearly sent Luigi flying off a cliff. "What?!"

"Yeah, and the guide freaked out and told me it was the kiss of death, and dragged us out of there. And ever since she's been chasing me. I guess it's really dishonorable for an Amazon to get her ass kicked by an outside female."

"She doesn't know you're a guy?"

"She's never given me the chance to explain the curse to her. 'Sides, I don't know if it would even make a difference."

"Did she follow you here to Japan?"

"I dunno. I haven't seen her since I left China. Actually, I think that's why the old man dragged me back here to meet my fiancee all of a sudden. Personally, I would've stayed in China until I found a cure. Pops- I don't think he minds his curse. In fact, I think he would just loaf around in panda form for the rest of his life if he could get away with it."

"What about your training?"

"Oh, he just stays in panda form when we spar. He's pretty much only human now when he plays 'go' with Mr. Tendo, but I saw him playing as a panda the other day, so I'm thinking eventually he'll only be human when he takes a bath."

"I don't know how he can do that. When I turn into a wolf, I have the instincts of a wolf, and it scares me. I try to spend as little time in cursed form as possible. I mean, it's useful, when I'm out in the wilderness, but I don't like it."

"Well, what do you think a panda's instincts would be? All they do is sit around and eat bamboo all day. I think that fits my father's personality perfectly!"

Ryouga chuckled. "You really think he's that shiftless?"

"In everything but martial arts, and I think he's winding down on that, too. Pretty soon I'll be able to beat him every time."

"Hmm. I suppose I'll just have to keep you on your toes, then."

"Think your mom will let us spar out in the yard tomorrow?"

"Probably. If she hasn't gotten herself lost. We'd need to ask her where she put all the traps. Unless you want to dodge them as part of the challenge," Ryouga said with a grin.

Ranma yawned. It was well after midnight. "Either way. I don't care. I'm about ready for bed, how 'bout you?"

The lost boy nodded and turned off the system. Both boys, er, boy and girl scooted under the covers, and shifted around a bit, finally settling together spoon-fashion. Ryouga reached over and turned off the lamp, then casually draped his arm across Ranma-chan's shoulder.

For a moment, Ranma had the nagging feeling that maybe he shouldn't be in bed being held by another guy, expecially in female form. It passed quickly though, as he reminded himself that they were both really guys, so it was okay, and if Ryouga had had any funny ideas, he would've booted him across town already, like every other guy who tried to touch him in girl form.

Both martial artists fell asleep very quickly, feeling warm and content.

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Ranma woke up a few hours later to the sensation of hot lips smothering her own. Male lips, at that, and Ryouga's masculine scent filled her nostrils. In her mind she knew the proper response was to freak out and beat the utter crap outta him, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. For one thing, after the first few groggy moments, she realized it was just Ryouga, and she didn't want to hurt him. The other thing, which was by far the more disturbing, was her female body's response to him. The room had suddenly become much hotter, and a pleasurable ache had started between her legs. And the worst part was, she didn't want him to stop kissing her!

She whimpered as Ryouga released her mouth. She was about to say something, but then her bedmate started to snore lightly. *He's asleep...? I guess he didn't even know it was me, then.*

Ranma-chan thought she should be relieved, but there was that disappointed feeling in the bottom of her gut instead. With a sigh she willed herself to relax and settled back into the lost boy's embrace.

A few minutes later, just as she was slipping back into the world of dreams, she awoke once again, this time to having a breast fondled. Not that she really minded him touching her there, but there was no way she could sleep like that. *Okay, this is getting ridiculous,* she thought. *I'm going to go sleep on the floor.* Unfortunately, getting out of Ryouga's iron hold was not a possibility. The more she tried to squirm away, the tighter he wrapped himself around her. The small, rational part of Ranma's brain took note for future reference. *Never let him get a grip on me. Ever.* she thought glumly.

As soon as she stopped struggling, Ryouga loosened up, and his hands started to roam slowly and aimlessly over her torso. Ranma-chan seriously thought about waking the lost boy up, but she had just become friends with him again, and she didn't want to make things awkward between them by embarassing him. She tried to stay quiet as large hands worked their way under the shirt, their heat slowly setting her body on fire. Ryouga moaned softly in his sleep and she could feel his hot breath on the nape of her neck. Ranma-chan blushed furiously and gasped for breath. She couldn't believe she was letting him do this to her!

The lost boy's hands finally rested on her breast and inner thigh, pulling her down to his hips. The redhead could feel his hardness against her posterior, and blushed even harder, if that was possible. *What does he think he's doing?!* she thought, with a mixture of fear and anticipation. She found out quickly enough. Ryouga's hand moved from her thigh to her crotch, and he started to rub her between the legs. Ranma made a slight squeak, and prayed that Ryouga's mother was a sound sleeper.

Ryouga continued to stroke her through her boxers, thrusting against her gently. Ranma-chan tightly gripped the sheets and buried her face in the mattress to stifle the moans. It felt like what she had done with the lost boy as a guy, only different, somehow. She didn't have time to analyze, as waves of pleasure washed through her body, gently at first, but increasing with intensity, pounding harder and harder as the tide came in. Her vision nearly went black, as the last wave came crashing in for what seemed like forever, nearly drowning her before washing her back up on shore.

Ranma gasped for breath for a minute, then sat up, finally released. (in both senses of the word) Ryouga was still fast asleep next to her, but there was a wet spot on his boxers. Ranma could feel that hers were drenched, too. *Ick,* she thought. She looked at the peaceful expression on the sleeping Ryouga's face, and to her horror found herself thinking him handsome. Her hand seemed to reach out of its own volition to caress her friend's (boyfriend's?) cheek.

"mmm...Ranma..." Ryouga murmured sleepily, then went back to his soft snoring. That broke the spell, and the martial artist fled to the bathroom like a deer at a hunter's convention.

*gottagetridofthiscurseIgottagetridofthiscurse..* Ranma repeated to himself as he dashed through the bathroom door and turned himself back into a guy. Because of course, all his weird feelings for Ryouga were coming from his girl side, or so he thought. He felt a little better, being back in guy form, except for the wet, sticky shorts, of course.

He sat down against the bathroom wall to think. *He was dreaming about me the whole time...but he did admit he thinks I'm pretty in girl form. I guess I shoulda changed back before going to bed. Nah, that would've been worse. My first kiss...and it was with a guy...at least it wasn't Kunou or somethin'..." The next thing he knew he had fallen asleep.

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Someone was shaking him. He wished they would stop. "Huh? Wha-?" Ranma opened his eyes to look straight into Ryouga's.

"Why were you sleeping in here?" the lost boy asked. He was a little worried. He'd had this weird dream about Ranma...

"Uh, I got up to go to the bathroom. Looks like I didn't make it back." Ranma put his hand behind his head, and laughed nervously.

"Oh," Ryouga breathed a sigh of relief. It was surreal. The guy he'd forced himself to hate for so long, and now all he wanted to do was kiss Ranma. But Ranma would kill him if he tried; guys just weren't supposed to fall in love with other guys. It was just so depressing...

His dark funk was interrupted as Ranma got up and clasped his shoulder in a friendly fashion. "Hey, how about a little spar before breakfast..."

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End part two