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Called to Serve
Topic Started: Mar 24 2013, 09:46 PM (9,869 Views)
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This story was influenced by a thread on Anime Addventure called Restart Deluge! That Law. While it uses some of the same background elements, it goes in a different direction from that thread.



Japan was in the middle of a national crisis.

For whatever reason, be it radiation exposure from damaged nuclear reactors,a genetically modified virus,a curse from the Kamis or whatever there were more people dying everyday in Japan than there were being born.

This was causing a rapid decline in the national population and would slip into dangerous levels in a few years.

To stop this slide, the Diet with the blessings of the Emperor, inacted the Selective Insemination Service act (SIS) which requires all girls age 16 to 40 to register for a draft like program in which randomly selected girls would be impregnated at government facilties to help bolster and hopefully stop the decline in population.


Furinken High School

"Alright girls, form a line!" Ms. Hinako's shrill voice called out over the din of the mob of girls filling the gym. The child sized school teacher was trying to herd groups of girls into some semblance of a line heading towards a table behind which four other tables had been set up.

"After you give your name and class room to the nice lady checking you in," Hinako continued "You will be sent to one of the other tables to register."

"After you register,report back to your class right away." Hinako gave a shake of her head as she noticed several small groups had formed around the edge of the gym. In typical fashion, Princepal Kuno, instead of sending each class down one at a time to register, had sent all the classes down at one time adding to the chaos.

Hinako watched with a slight smile as her class enforcer, Ranma Saotome, sent another group of boys out of the gym for standing around and making rude comments to the girls. As the boys left, one of them turned to Ranma and said something that the little teacher could not hear but that caused Ranma to exploded into a bright aura of blue light and chase the boys from the gym.

"Why are we doing this again?" a girl near the back of the dwindling line complained.

"You mean besides the fact that it's mandatory?" another girl,with glasses asked sarcastically.

"Look on the bright side," Nabiki Tendo told the girls with her, "There are several million girls within the required age bracket, your chances of getting chosen are pretty slim."

That's true," the first girl replied with a slight smile "And look what you get if you are chosen, education grants,free health care for you and the baby,a monthly cash stipend,subsidized daycare while you're at school or work."

"While you wont get rich from the stipend,it'll let you live reasonably comfortable while you're in school." Nabiki added as she took a few more steps towards the sign in table.

Soon the three girls stood before the table and gave thier names and classes.

"Kazama Etsuko, Class 3-C" the first girl said and was directed to the second table.

"Izuda Miki, Class 3-C." the glasses wearing girl was then sent to the third table.

"Tendo Nabiki, Class 3-C." Nabiki's name was checked off the roster sheet and she was sent to the fourth table.

It took a few minutes to fill out a form with such basic information as name, home address, parents names, general health information and such. When the three girls had registered, they gathered back together and headed out of the gym when Nabiki noticed Ranma walking towards them on his way to speak to Ms.Hinako.

"Hey Saotome!" she called out causing the pig tailed martial artist to stop and look at her "With your curse you might have to register too!" This caused several people in the gym to laugh while Ranma scowled.

"Hold the poi Kekki!" called out a hawiian accented voiced as Princepal Kuno made a sudden appearance behind Ranma "The Wahine has a good point brudda,you'se a girl too so you gotta sign up."

"I'm a guy!!" Ranma yelled back at the flowery shirted educator.

The yelling between the two attracted the attention of everyone in the gym including the SIS recruiters,one of whom walked over to see what the yelling was about.

The yelling was interrupted by the crazed headmaster suddenly whipping out a cold drink,complete with pineapple chunk and paper umbrella, and tossing it in Ranma's face activating his curse for all to see.

While the sight of Ranma turning into a short,busty redhead was common enough at the school that few took notice, however the SIS recruiters did.

"I assume that my eyes are not playing tricks on me and you really are a girl now?" the recruiter inquired.

"Yeah," Ranma nodded as he wiped cold drink off her face" Chinese curse, Cold Girl, Hot Boy. I am a guy you know."

"Is that body fully functional?" was asked by another recruiter who had wandered over to join the first.

Ranma shrugged "I guess, at least the old ghoul said it was."

"I see." the first recruiter nodded, then he took Ranma by the arm and led her towards a table "Well, i guess we'll have you register just in case."

Ranma stammered and ground his teeth while proclaiming his manhood the whole time as he filled out the paperwork.
"Thanks Nabs." he growled as he walked past the smirking Tendo sister.

"Hey, i was just joking." She replied as she held her hands in front of her as if warding him off.

The registering of the girls went fairly smoothly with the exception of Akane Tendo refusing to register and loudly proclaiming that she wasn't letting some pervert knock her up. Even after being told that she could face fines or even jail time for refusing to register Akane still refused and stormed home after school in a seething cloud of anger.

That night the mood at the dinner table was subdued due to the fact that Akane was still upset and had gone on a long rant about her sister being a slut for agreeing to let herself get pregnant and that Ranma had just proven what a big pervert he was by registering as well.

As expected the news had not gone over well, Soun Tendo fell into a crying fit as he wailed about his middle daughter becoming a woman of loose morals that would allow any man to get her pregnant and Ranma's father, Genma, went into a rant about how his weak and worthless son was going all girly and was such a disgrace to his poor suffering father.

Kasumi sat quietly as the parents went into thier fits, not wanting to aggravate her father further by telling him that she had been stopped by an SIS recruiter at the market earlier that day and had filled out her paperwork.

It was Ranma's mother Nodoka who seemed the most disturbed by the news of Ranma's registering. On one hand, signing up to become pregnant was not manly and yet stepping up to help in your country's time of need certainly was. But if she became prenant, than her manly son would have to be her daughter for the term of the pregnancy, however then Nodoka would get the grandbaby she always wanted. But would her son still be manly? And what of his marriage commitment to Akane? It certainly looked like the Tendo girl did not approve of Ranma being pregnant.

All in all, Nodoka was very confused. However, When Ranma began to yell back at his father and bringing up all his shortcomings as both a father and as a man,Nodoka began to wonder if perhaps Ranma had a point after all. Genma certainly wasn't the manly man she had married,in fact, given how much time Genma spent as a panda bear each day, he barely counted as a man. Could such a man as Genma really teach someone to be what he could not, a manly man?

Perhaps,Nodoka thought, she would have to rethink her ideals and dreams for her child. A daughter wouldn't be such a terrible thing to have and she would get her grandbaby and Ranma would become a man again after the baby was born.

A long glance at the still seething Akane had Nodoka rethinking if the girl would be the best choice for her son. The girl's temper was certainly nasty and not something she really wanted around any future grandchildren.

Time went by as it often does and things slowly went back to mostly normal at the Tendo home. When Nabiki hadn't rushed off and gotten pregnant Soun began to calm down. Akane still refused to register despite a warning letter from the SIS. Ranma and Genma still argued and fought and it was clear that Ranma had had enough of his father and was willing to stand his ground against him.Kasumi still continued on as usual and Nodoka began to slowly piece together just what had happened during her son's training trip. She learned things from listening in on the fights between her husband and son and from several long talks with Kasumi and Nabiki.

Needless to say, Nodoka was not amused with her husband and his way of thinking.

Three months after the whole mess started peace had finally settled apon the house, even Genma and Ranma had stopped fighting, although they rarely spoke much to each other. It was a peace that was soon to be broken as a white faced Kasumi entered the dining room with the evening mail just as the families were finishing up with thier meal.

"Kasumi,is something wrong?" Nabiki asked as she noticed her sister's paler than normal face.

Kasumi gave a weak smile as she held out two letters. "There's a letter for you Nabiki, from the SIS."

Nabiki's eyes widened as she took the official looking letter from her sister, who turned to face someone else.

"And a letter for you too Ranma." silence covered the table as Ranma looked up with a shocked look on his face and a noodle hanging out of his mouth.

The family watched pensively as the two opened thier letters and slowly read what was written within.

Nabiki and Ranma looked at each others letters to confirm that they said the same thing. Ranma sat back down with a thud and a faraway look on his face while Nabiki sighed and faced the families.

"Well, it seems as if Ranma and I were selected by the SIS." Nabiki gave a mirthless smile "There will be an interviewer coming to see us in a few days to see if we qualify to be impregnated."

Chaos erupted once more in the Tendo home.

Just the start to a story that's been running around in my head, so is it worth continueing? Helpful comments always appreciated. Thanks.


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I like it, and would enjoy seeing more.
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Funny, but I seriously doubt Ranma would go along with this. And no threats would ever have him change his mind.
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At the first sign of this, I could see Ranma picking a Fight with Ryouga, then getting lost on a Training Trip.
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I have to say as odd as this fic is I want more, but I have been on a preg ranma fic spree for about the last week. :unsure:
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The one question that was never resolved on the Anime Addventure, and for which you've yet to provide any hint (so it's still open in your story so far), is whether or not pregnancy would lock a Jusenkyo curse.

My personal opinion is that it will not, as such would render the need for the Musk Dynasty's Locking Ladle fairly pointless. However, there are others who do not share this viewpoint, of course (mainly those who favor locking Ranma permanently as a girl via getting him pregnant at the slightest excuse).

Still, the Ranma you've portrayed so far...just might go through with it. Out of a sense of duty to his country, and possibly honor (he did sign up for it, despite his protests, so he could look at it as having given his word to do it if selected), if for no other reasons. (There's also the odd chance that he just might go through with it out of pure spite towards his father and Akane, depending on their continued behavior towards himself and Nabiki, as well as how Nodoka feels about the whole thing.)

If you avoid the "crack-fic" tendencies of the original concept on the Anime Addventure, and treated the story seriously...it just may prove to be a very interesting read.
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PART TWO



The day after the letters arrived was not a pleasent one. Akane, still upset with Nabiki and Ranma even registering in the first place,had shot her mouth off and by the start of classes the whole school had heard about the two of them being selected.

This led to the school rumormill going into high gear and soon various rumors,stories,half truths and outright lies were being passed around. Stories like Nabiki and Ranma were going to be shipped off to some breeding farm where they would be chained to beds while a conga line of nameless men would file in to have thier way with them until they became pregnant.

There was even a rumor that Nabiki would be impregnated by Ranma leading to the creation of a skilled soldier with Ranma's fighting skills and Nabiki's cunning intellect.

Finally,by lunch time, the two had reached thier breaking point. Ranma had beaten the stuffing out of several guys who had made rude comments to him including one unlucky fellow who had the gall to offer to impregnate Ranma personally. Nabiki took a somewhat less violent approach to the rumors and inuendos. She had called a meeting of her henchwomen to set things straight.

"Look," she growled at the assembled girls,"Despite what my baka sister is proclaiming, no one is getting pregnant. It's just an interview, they just want to see if we would be acceptable for the program,that's all."

"So,like,you're not going to have sex with Ranma?" asked a long haired brunette as she scuffed a toe along the floor.

Nabiki sighed "Not that i am aware of."

"Well, too bad for you Chief." another girl piped up with a grin "I bet that the Wild Horse would be one helluva ride."

That comment led to a round of chuckles from the group and even Nabiki gave a slight smile.

"Yeah, well i'm sure he would be.He certainly has the equipment for it." Nabiki laughed while the girls around her blushed as various dirty thoughts passed through thier minds.

After that,the day went slightly better although there were still the occasional rumor that made the rounds. One guy even offered Nabiki a rather nice sum of money if she could get him some photos of a pregnant naked Ranma.

If things at school had been bad, they were worse at home.

Akane still ranted and called them names. Soun had gone back into his crying fits while wailing about how his daughter was going to be prostituting herself to strange men. Kasumi remained quiet almost as if she were trying not to draw her father and youngest sister's attention to her and Nodoka had gotten very quiet lately as if she had something weighing down on her mind.

But worse of all, the fights between Ranma and Genma had started again with Genma being even more verbally harsh than before. It seemed as if Genma took every chance he could to unleash some stinging barb that attacked his son and his manhood,or in Genma's words, the lack thereof.

Genma Saotome sat at the shogi board spliting his attention between Soun and his attempts at cheating and watching his son. Genma scowled, he had raised the boy to be the best of the best, he wanted a manly son and he made him one. There was no way that he was going to just sit by and watch his boy get pregnant,he hadn't raised him to be some sissy weak girl and if he had to shame the boy into refusing to go along with this SIS idiocy,then so be it. The boy would thank him for it later.

Finally,the day before the interviewer was supposed to arrive,things came to a head.

Those assembled at the dinning room table sat frozen by Genma's latest attack on his son. It was a cruel,stinging barb and was quiet probably the worse thing they could recall the man ever having said before. It was mean and spiteful and carried the full weight of Genma's misogynistic attitudes.

Kasumi,Soun,Nabiki and even Akane stared at the man with mouths open and eyes wide. Nodoka glared holes into her husband with her mouth pulled into a narrow lipped grimace of distaste with a hint of disgust. But it was Ranma's reaction that made her blink. The boy had stood up and faced his father,his fists clentched so tightly that it was a wonder he wasn't bleeding from them.A blue aura shot with streaks of angry red had begun to flicker around the pigtailed martial artist and his breath began to flow slowly out as clouds of frost as the temperature began to lower around him.

Nodoka was not a ki master nor was she even that skilled a martial artist but even she could feel the killing intent rising in her son and could sense his struggles to keep it under his control. Genma had just stepped way past the line and was undoubtably about to pay for it in a very painful manner.

Nodoka sat her chopsticks down beside her bowl,she placed the family honor sword against the wall and slowly stood.

"Ranma,"she said in a calm yet firm voice "Come walk with me."

Ranma blinked for a moment at his mother's words than with a withering glare at his father which promised that all was not forgotten and would be dealt with later turned and began to follow his mother.

At the entrance to the dinning room Nodoka turned to face those still seated at the table "My conversation with my son is private and i would be very upset if someone were to try to listen in." She then shot Genma a glare almost as frosty as the one Ranma had sent him. "And Husband,we will be having words when i return."

With that mother and son left the room and soon the sound of the front door opening and closing was heard. At the sound those at the table released the breaths they had been holding while Genma felt a slight shiver course through his body,he knew he had gone too far this time.

Nodoka and her son walked quietly along the narrow street. Nodoka gathered her thoughts and Ranma just went quietly along unsure what was going to happen next.

The two soon entered a small park and Nodoka led them to a wooden bench where she gestured for her child to sit as she too sat down adjusting her kimono as she did so.Nodoka took a deep breath and then she spoke.

"Ranma,you are not a manly man."

Ranma's head snapped around at the declaration to stare at his mother with wide eyes. Had he failed? Was she going to make him commit seppuku now? He did notice with some relief that she had not brought the family sword with her on this walk.

Nodoka held up a hand to forstall any response from her son. "No, with your curse you cannot be a manly man like your father promised."

Ranma barely noticed the scorn that came with the word father.

"However my son, you are a good man." Nodoka gave her son a soft smile as he looked at her with a confused look on her face. "Since those letters came from the SIS i have been thinking about a lot of things and talking to a lot of people."

Nodoka looked at her hands as she continued "At first, the thought of you becoming pregnant upset me. It did not fit in with the image of a manly man that i had held for you for so many years. Then i realised that that was not what i had wanted you to be. It was your father who keep going on and on about you being a manly heir to carry on the Saotome school. It was always him that would insist that you be manly in all things."

"I just wanted for you to be a good man,a man i could be proud of." Nodoka gave a slight smile as memories of her small son came floating in her mind. He was always doing helpful things around the house for her. He never gave her any trouble, at least no more than a small boy usually got into and he was very kind and polite to everyone he met.

"After the letters, i wanted to know just what sort of man you truly were,so i had several long conversations with Kasumi and even Nabiki.Then i asked around town about you." Nodoka beamed at her bewildered son "And the stories they had to tell me,all about the people you helped and the bad guys you chased away and how honorable you are."

She reached over and took hold of Ranma's hand "And i knew,even with your curse,you were indeed a man i could be proud of,despite all that your father taught you."

Ranma snorted at the mention of his father teaching him. "The old fool didn't really teach me much more than the basics besides how bad and worthless women are. i mean, any of the good stuff i know i learned mostly from the sensei and monks we met on the trip, anything else, Pops only taught me when he needed me to pull his panda butt outta the fire."

Mother and son sat quietly for a moment before Ranma looked at his mother and asked "Why'd you even marry Oyaji, i mean you just seem much to good for the likes of him."

Nodoka gave a small sad smile as she answered "I was very young when i met Genma, i was just sixteen and still in school. He was twenty and he was a much different man back then. He was fit and muscular because he praticed the Art everyday and had long black hair that he wore in a long pony tail that i thought was just darling to look at and play with."

"Pops had hair?" Ranma was boggled at the thought.

"Oh yes," Nodoka giggled at her son's reaction "Genma was brave and dashing and kind and everybit the romantic hero that a love struck young girl could ask for. He was also very charming and a rather smooth talker. He seemed to know just the right thing to get me to do whatever he wanted. It wasn't too long after we met that we became lovers."

Ranma blushed at the thought of his parents being lovers.

"It seemed like the best times of my life,he made me feel special." Nodoka sighed "Then we found out i was pregnant. I was barely seventeen and you were on your way. Genma was eccstatic, at least at first, he kept going on about his manly son the great martial artist. When my parents found out they cut me off and told Genma that i was now his responsibilty. After that, Genma wasn't so charming anymore since i didn't have my parents money and he had to get a real job to support us after my family made us get married."

"Your parents cut you off?" Ranma asked,puzzled.

Nodoka nodded "Oh yes, you see while my parents are not rich like that Kuno boy you know, they are rather well off and i am thier only child.I willing to bet now that Genma thought that by marrying me he could get access to thier money. But after we married, my parents arranged it so that i and Genma had no way to get to any of it."

Nodoka leaned back against the bench "I think it was only because he was so sure that you were going to be a boy that he stayed with me. If you had been born a girl,i think he would have left us a long time ago."

"I turn into a girl now." Ranma grumbled "And you've been hearing how Pops reacts to that. He keeps screaming about this SIS stuff likes it's my choice to be chosen. I bet that after they finally figure out that i'm really a guy afterall,they'll diqualify me from the program and leave me alone. Then i can show Oyaji just what a jerk he's been."

"About the SIS program," Nodoka started slowly carefully thinking of her choice of words "If they chose you for it, i'd like for you to consider going through with it."

Ranma jumped to his feet "What??" he yelled.

Nodoka help up her hands to placate her upset child "Now hear me out Ranma." she implored.

"But i'm a guy Momma!" Ranma groused "And guys don't get pregnant."

"Yes,you are a man,"Nodoka agreed "But you can be a woman too."

Nodoka quickly went on before Ranma could start another rant "I'm not telling you to stop being a man,at least not permanetly. Japan is in a national crisis you have the ability to help alleviate that crisis. I'm not going to say anything about it being the manly thing to do or challenge you by claiming you are not man enough to go through with it. It's not even about honor Ranma. It's about duty."

Ranma stopped in midrant and look at his mother "Duty?" he mumbled.

"Yes duty," his mother nodded in return "Japan needs your help,the Emperor asks for your help and you have the ability to give that help. You would not become a girl forever Ranma although from talking to Elder Cologne, your curse would lock for the duration of a pregnancy to protect the baby. She did say that soon after the birth you would regain your male form. You would be able to help your country, bring forth a new life and still be able to be a man."

Ranma gave a slight chuckle "You just want grandchildren."

Nodoka gave a smile "That is just an added bonus. But seriously, you would still be my son,i would still love you and hopefully you'll give me a chance to help you in raising your child."

"Yeah, maybe," Ranma replied "But Pops would have to stay far away,i wouldn't want him to do to my kid what he's done to me."

"Another thought comes to mind," Nodoka spoke "I doubt that Nabiki will have any problem being accepted into the program.I bet it would ease Soun's worries if he knew you had been accepted as well and were going to be with her. Just to keep an eye on her."

"Probably." Ranma agreed "Look,i ain't saying yes to this whole havin a baby thing,but i'll think about it ok?"

"That's all i ask,son." Nodoka answered with a slight sound of relief "You know Ranma, i'm only thirty five,well within the age range. I have to register with the SIS as well and so did Kasumi."

"You do?" Ranma asked in surprise.

"Yes i do." she replied with a nod "And if chosen, i would do my duty and bear a child."

"I bet Pop's would love that." Ranma snorted.

"About your father," Nodoka began "He is far from the man i married. In my inquiries into your manliness i found out a lot of things about Genma that i find disturbing and his behavour lately has not improved my feelings. I fear that the noble,honorable man Genma once was has been replaced by a lazy liar,conman,swindler and thief. I'm beginning to feel that my life has no place for him anymore. I want to divorce your father."

Ranma said nothing at first, than slowly nodded his head in agreement "I can see that and i don't blame you for it. I know for a fact that he wasn't that faithful to you when we were on our trip. I used to be surprised by the number of 'aunts' i had in various towns and by how many of them worked in creepy bars and houses. If you want to get rid of him i'm all for it."

"Thank you son,i always suspected that Genma saw other women, even when we were first dating." Nodoka slowly replied "I believe i shall divorce him, i should have no trouble getting parental custody of you and my parents have agreed to welcome us back into the family after i get rid of him. I think it will be for the best, for both of us."

With that Ranma and his mother made thier way back towards the Tendo dojo talking about the upcoming interview and of other things to come.
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PART THREE


The twilight of the evening was filled with the sounds of two people sharing a conversation as well as the occasional laugh. Nodoka and Ranma slowly made thier way back to the Tendo dojo relishing the time they were able to share and the talk that they were having.

As they passed through the dojo gate Ranma noticed Nabiki sitting on the front porch,a bag of chips sitting beside her as she mechanically ate away at its contents.

Ranma sat quietly down beside the middle Tendo daughter as his mother continued into the house muttering something about having a few words with Genma and for her son not to be outside too long.

Ranma and Nabiki sat on the porch the silence between them disturbed only by the sound of Nabiki chewing a chip every now and then. After a few moments Nabiki broke the quiet.

"You have a good talk with your mother,Saotome?" she inquired as she fished out another chip.

"It was alright i guess." the pigtailed martial artist replied as he stared at the moonlight glowing apon the koi pond.

"How is she taking the whole SIS thing?" Nabiki asked knowing that if Nodoka was upset about it there could be a katana with Ranma's name on it in his near future.

Ranma shrugged "She thinks i should do it. Have a baby i mean."

Nabiki arched an eyebrow as she turned to look at Ranma,the chip in her hand forgotten "Really? I find that hard to believe."

"Well,she did mention something about duty to our country and such,"Ranma continued "But there was something in her voice,i think she really wants me to have a kid."

"She probably just wants grandbabies." Nabiki laughed softly.

"That's what i said." Ranma replied with a chuckle of his own.

The silence returned for a few moments before Ranma continued speaking "Still, the thought of having a kid, i mean, not even thinking about getting pregnant, just having a child of my own." Ranma slowly shook his head "I knew that it was expected for me to have an heir to pass the school on to but i always figured it would be a while down the road."

Nabiki slowly chewed her chip "I know what you mean,i have plans for my future. Plans to make it big in the business world maybe make a few million yen. Maybe in the future,once i got my life how i wanted it i'd pop out a rugrat or two."

Nabiki closed the chip bag and stood up "Children never really played apart in my plans but i'm not a fool,i know how this interview is going to go. No matter what my plans were,there is going to be a baby in my life and it'll be here a lot sooner than i thought it would be."

Nabiki turned and walked into the house leaving Ranma on the porch alone with his thoughts.

The next morning brought a tense quietness to the house as it's occupants thought about the interviews to come. Soun went through the morning with an air of subdued sadness about him. Akane had left early saying that she was going to spend the day with friends. Ranma and Nabiki both were a bit nervous as to what was going to happen and both would look at the clock often as if to will it to speed up so that the interviewer would arrive and get the whole ordeal over with.

The most noticable change was with Genma. Whatever words he had had with his wife last night seemed to have left quite the impression on him. He walked through the house as if on eggshells,keeping his voice soft instead of his usual loud boisterous voice he often used and he said as little as possible to Ranma.

In fact,it appeared to the others that he was making an effort to avoid him whenever he could. Which suited Ranma just fine as he was still a bit annoyed at his father after last night.

It was midafternoon when the quietness was disturbed by the ringing of the front doorbell. Kusumi answered the door to find two people standing there. A woman in her early thirties with black hair worn in a bun and wearing a nice skirt and blazer combo. And a tall stocky built man in sunglasses,a business suit and Kasumi noticed a bulge under his jacket.

"Kanzaki Mitsuo." the woman announced as she flashed Kasumi an SIS identification card then nodded towards the man "My partner Mr.Ito. I'm here to interview a Tendo Nabiki and a Saotome Ranma."

Kasumi gave a quick nod as she gestured the two inside "Oh yes,we have been expecting you. Nabiki and Ranma are inside."

She led the two into the living room where just about everyone except for Akane had gathered.Mitsuo could feel the thickness of emotions in the air and the sense of hostility from Genma.

"Father, Mr and Mrs Saotome,these are the people from the SIS here to see Nabiki and Ranma."

After being welcomed, Ms.Kanzaki to a seat while Mr Ito stood nearby. Pulling up a leather case she opened it and pulled out a stack of papers."

"What this meeting is for" Ms.Kanzaki began "Is to simply meet with Nabiki and Ranma,ask them a few questions and get to know them a bit. Then i will determine if either of them are eligable candidates to be moved further along the process into the program."

Gazing at her notes Ms.Kanzaki looked over at Ranma "It says here that you have a gender changing ability."

"Yes Maam,it's a chinese curse," Ranma replied "I change into a girl with cold water and back into a boy with hot water."

"May i see this change?" Ms.Kanzaki inquired.

Ranma nodded and Kasumi was sent to the kitchen for a cup of hot water and a cup of cold water. A dousing in cold water activated the curse turning Ranma into a busty redhead, however Ms.Kanzaki stopped him before he could use the hot water.

"Fascinating."she whispered as she looked the redhead over "And you say it is fully functional?"

"Well,that is what Cologne said but i don't know." Ranma shrugged.

"Let me ask you this Ranma," Ms.Kanzaki said "Do you have a period?"

Soun.Nabiki and Kasumi all gaped at the question. Nodoka looked like she was very interested in the answer and Genma was pounding on his chest after choking on a drink of tea he had just taken.

Ranma blushed a deep red and looked away as he shuffled his feet "Sometimes." he softly mumbled as most of those in the room looked stunned.

"You do?"Soun stuttered out.

"Why do you think i take those training trips every so often for about a week?" Ranma growled "I mean i'm stuck as a girl the whole time and i don't need to be givin Akane any more reason to call me a pervert or for Pops to be callin me some weak useless girl."

"So,you have a female body and it is biologically functional."Ms.Kanzaki stated before nodding her head "Alright Ranma,we will start the interview with you. Because of your age you are permitted to have an adult with you during the interview.Do you wish for one to be present?"

"Yeah,my Mom." Ranma pointed towards his mother "That ok, Momma?"

"Of course it is son." Nodoka smiled as she stood up.

Kasumi spoke up, "You can use the kitchen for the interview, there is a small table there and it is far enough away from this room that you should have some privacy as well."

Ms.Kanzaki nodded "Very good. And as for privacy, Mr.Ito is authorized by the Japanese government to use lethal force should anyone try to interrupt this interview."

Mr.Ito smiled grimly and pulled his jacket open enough to show everyone the gun in a holster at his side. He closed his jacket and took his place in front of the kitchen door as Kasumi led Ms.Kanzaki and the Saotomes into the kitchen.

After thanking Kasumi and watching her leave the room,Ms.Kanzaki motioned for Ranma and Nodoka to take a seat as she too sat down. Sitting her papers down on the table she looked up and gave Ranma a smile.

"Now Ranma,just relax, we are only going to talk about things."She began "This meeting does not mean that you will be impregnated. I just want to get to know you as a person and learn a few things about you. We can't trust the future children of Japan with just anyone you know."

She picked up a pen and gave another smile "Now,tell me all about yourself."

Time passed by as Ranma talked about himself,telling about the training trip and all the things he saw and did while on the trip. He talked about his hobbies and his martial arts,about his likes and dislikes and even his plans for his future. The whole time Ms.Kanzaki took lots of notes and asked several questions that Ranma had to think hard about before answering.

After an hour and a half Ms.Kanzaki put down her pen. She stretched her back and flexed her stiff hand and looked at the stack of notes she had taken.

"Thank you Ranma,it's been most enlightning.You may go,i'll let you know of my descion after i talk with Nabiki."
Ranma stood and bowed before he left the kitched with a sigh of relief.Ms,Kanzaki stopped Nodoka as she turned to leave.

"Is there a problem Ms.Kanzaki?" Nodoka asked as she sat back down.

"Mrs.Saotome,how do you feel about Ranma being involved in the SIS program?"

"Well, i understand it is his duty to participate and i would have a daughter instead of a son for the term of the pregnancy.But it is his choice to participate and if he is chosen and goes through with it i shall give him my full support and love."

"I'm glad to hear that Mrs.Saotome. Could you please send Nabiki in on your way out?"

Nabiki's interview went just about as Ranma's had gone but only lasted about an hour as she had less weird stuff to talk about although she too had to answer some thought provoking questions. Kasumi acted as the adult sitting in with Nabiki during the interview as her father was in no condition to do so.

The interviews were over and the familes had regathered in the living room to hear what Ms.Kanzaki had to say.

"Well, it certainly has been very educational to talk with you all." Ms.Kanzaki started "While i have some concerns that will need to be addressed i see no reason why Nabiki and Ranma can not advance to phase two of the SIS program."

This caused both fathers to break out in rants which were soon stopped by glares from Nodoka and Mr.Ito.

"What exactly is phase two?" Nabiki asked.

"You and Ranma will go by train to an SIS campus.There you will undergo a series of tests and exams,physical,medical,scholastic and genetic. If all goes well you will advance to phase three which is the insemination part of the program. The testing will take about a month to complete and get the results back and if you get to phase three it will take at least two more months before the insemination procedure. If that is successful you will be required to remain under SIS care for your first trimester to ensure the child's healthy developement."

"But that's at least six months."Nabiki exclaimed "What will we do about school?"

"The campus has a fully accredited teaching staff and you will continue your education during your stay on campus."

"So,you want to take my daughter away for half a year and let some random stranger get her pregnant?" Soun Tendo roared.

"First of all Mr.Tendo,"Ms.Kanzaki frostily replied "how long she will begone depends on if she enters into phase three and i'll have you know that only the finest seed has been gathered for this program. It comes from the best athletes,scholars,muscians,artists and business leaders that the country of Japan can produce. We are not going to let just anyone supply seed for the program. All potential donors have been heavily screened."

"And as for you,"Ms.Kanzaki snarled as she turned on the red faced Genma "You have quite a lot to answer for. I assure you that a full and indepth investigation is going to occur because of your actions."

The SIS agent turned back to face Ranma and Nabiki with a smile on her face "Ranma,Nabiki you need to be at the train station by 11:30am on monday,that's two days from now.Pack light as the SIS will provide for your needs during your stay."

She glared at the fathers "I would like to remind a couple of people that this is a request made with full Imperial authority and to interfer in anyway is a felony and will result in considerable jail time. I bid you good day and will see you two on monday morning."

With that the SIS agents left the Tendo house leaving behind a swirling sea of emotions and two stunned teenagers left facing an unsure and somewhat scary future.
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I found, and still find, the premise wonky as hell. That said, I'm also in favor of a good yarn, so I hope you can keep this story interesting.

...I wonder if they'll take a sperm sample from Ranma while they're at it. He is, after all, a martial arts prodigy.
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I found, and still find, the premise wonky as hell. That said, I'm also in favor of a good yarn, so I hope you can keep this story interesting.

...I wonder if they'll take a sperm sample from Ranma while they're at it. He is, after all, a martial arts prodigy.
good lord I can see it now ranma's male side get his female side pregnant, after all this is ranma we are talking about, can anyone else see a sperm sample mixup?
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Definitely keeping my interest. Keep it up!

And, unlike many other fics with somewhat similar situations...it doesn't shatter the "Suspension Of Disbelief" (SOD). Bend it quite a bit, yes; but it doesn't outright shatter it, which is good.

As GotGass mentioned, once the physical exams have been conducted (which Ranma would have to endure in both forms, or SOD would be shattered), it's literally a given that Ranma-kun would be asked to contribute as a sperm donor as well. Ranma-chan being impregnated with her male form's seed, however, even by accident (which would be highly unlikely considering how carefully and seriously the government is being portrayed as taking this)...would seriously undermine the story in my opinion. I'm not implying that the story should not have some humor or even comedy, (heck, Nabiki could end up being the one to carry Ranma's child ;) ...although, I wouldn't have them make that discovery until later and something they were not supposed to learn (donors were supposed to be anonymous, after all)) but it should not be the main, or even a large, focus of the story (Ranma comedies, slapstick or otherwise, are near infinite and atrociously common...and have grown boring as hell). A good drama, with a little light-hearted humor now and then (and romance), would be extremely refreshing.

Phase Two offers loads of opportunities for crossovers, and cameo appearances, too. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with in that regard.

Heh, just had an idea for some humorous content for the story....

It would be reasonable to assume that there are going to be hundreds, if not thousands, of girls (or reasonable facsimilies :P ) selected to attend Phase Two of the program, correct? How are they going to be housed? Individual rooms? I seriously doubt that would be workable. Shared quarters or barracks would be more likely, and, naturally, Ranma is going to be required to share the same living space and facilities as all of the other "candidates". Might even have Ranma end up sharing quarters with other gender-benders (I only know of one other, Futaba Shimeru, but you may know others), and they could have some really silly, or serious, conversations about their shared experiences.

In any case, so far, I've liked the way you're doing the story.

Heh, I'd love to see Akane get thrown in jail for a while... :D
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PART FOUR


Sunday had arrived,the day before Ranma and Nabiki were suppose to leave for the SIS campus and it started slightly better than the day before had ended.

Soun had stopped crying and wailing about his daughter being a loose woman and had settled into an almost coma like state,sitting by the shogi board with a thousand yard stare to his eyes as he chain smoked one cigarette after another.

Akane had quieted down as well and instead of launching into fits of anger and name calling had settled into just shooting the two candidates hard glares that showed well her displeasure.

Genma was not a happy man at all, his manly heir was about to be turned into a sissy girl and his wife would not let him do anything to prevent it. That didn't mean that he wasn't making plans without her knowledge though.

Kasumi was doing her best to be helpful while not seeming to be openly so infront of her father or youngest sister. She did tell Nabiki of a backpack stored in the attic that would be better for her to use than trying to haul around a piece of luggage and she made the two some packs of snacks that they could take on thier trip.

Nodoka, when not keeping her husband in line with frosty glares, was trying her best to be a supportive and helpful mother for her child. They had had several quiet conversations during the day and she offered tidbits of advice and encouragement.

Ranma was mostly enjoying the time spent with his mother but sometimes it just creeped him out seeing her act in a way he wasn't used to.

Nabiki had spent most of the day out of the house claiming that she had a few things to take care of before she left but was home by dinner.

Evening had come as Nabiki was placing the last of the items she wanted to take with her when there was a knock on her door.

"Come in." she called out as she reached for a small stack of paperbacks.

A black haired head poked into her room and watched as she slipped the books into her pack.

"Heya Nabs,you all packed?" Ranma asked in a friendly voice.

"Just about Saotome," Nabiki replied putting a few rolled up t shirts into the pack than closing it up "You?"

"Yeah, doesn't take me very long you know. Don't have much to pack, just cloths mostly."

"We really doing this?" Ranma asked softly.

"It seems so." Nabiki secured the straps of her pack and lifted it up. It wasn't really too heavy.

As she set the pack on the floor beside her door she looked up at Ranma "Look, i think your dad is going to try something tonight to keep you from going tomorrow. You need to be on guard."

Ranma nodded "Yeah, he's been acting strange all day,especially went momma ain't around. He's up to something i'm sure."

"Well,just be ready."

"I will, i guess i'll go do a few kata before heading to bed." Ranma headed out the door "See you in the morning."

As Nabiki predicted Genma snuck up on his sleeping son in the early hours of the morning and tried to throw a burlap sack over his head only to have Ranma roll out of the way. After several unsuccessful tries to bag up his sleeping son Genma reached down intent on grabbing the boy when Ranma suddenly grabbed his father's arm and launched him out of the window where he crashed into the lawn below.

Genma barely had enough time to shake the cobwebs out of his head when Ranma's foot impacted to the side of his head sending the elder Saotome crashing back to the ground.

"Dammit old man what do you think you're doing?" Ranma snarled.

"Saving you from become a sissy girl you ungrateful whelp!" Genma growled in return as he prepared to attack.

"I don't need any savin from you." Ranma dodged a wild roundhouse and answered with an ax kick that connected with the top of Genma's head.

"I didn't raise you to just spread your legs and let any man knock you up," Genma screamed as he regained his footing and launched a kick of his own at Ranma's stomach "I raised you to be a manly martial artist,one i could be proud of. Oh how you shame me!"

"Shame you?" Ranma bit back "Let's talk about what a disgrace you are you drunken hasbeen."

Back and forth the two fought, insults and accusations flying just as fast and freely as the kicks and punches. Years of pent up frustrations flowed from Ranma as Genma struggled to regain mastery and control over his defiant son.

Genma Saotome was a master of Anything Goes. At one time he was respected and even feared for his fighting skills. He was one of the top fighters in Japan. Unfortunately,that was years ago before overeating and drinking to excess had replaced katas and dedicated practice. A once rock hard body had turned flabby and soft and skills and techniques long since forgotten in a haze of gluttony.

Genma Saotome had wanted to create the ultimate martial artist,the greatest fighter the world had ever seen, an unbeatable force of nature. This is what he had groomed his only child for, all the pain all the suffering all the abuse it was all to create Genma's monument of martial arts greatness.

He had succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. Ranma Saotome, called the Godslayer in certain martial arts circles, was everything his father had hoped for but sadly for Genma Saotome, his son had evolved beyond Genma's ability to control and influence.

Genma Saotome was a master of Anything Goes,that night, he was merely a minor pest,one easily batted aside and left bleeding and gasping for breath, lying at the feet of a son who no longer feared or even respected him.

The fight had attracted the attention of everyone in the house who had watched in shocked awe as Ranma demolished his father and as Ranma turned to head back into the house leaving Genma to lie beaten on the lawn only Soun and Nodoka truly understood that the dynamics between father and son had drastically changed forever.

In the early dawn of the monday morning Kasumi hummed a pleasent song as she began to make breakfast for her family,planning a special one for Ranma and Nabiki to send them on thier way. She seemed totally unmindful that Genma had been taken away a few hours earlier in an ambulance to a nearby hospital where doctors were amazed that someone with the injuries he had, the broken bones,the serious concussion, the internal damage was even alive. They said it would be several weeks before Genma could be released.

Akane made her way to the table the sights and sounds of the fight earlier still ringing in her head. She had seen a side of Ranma she had never seen before and it scared her. When Ranma fought he was always smiling it seemed as if he was enjoying himself,last night, Ranma's face was stone cold still. Not a single sign of emotion to be seen. He was calm and quiet and instead of laughing and playing around he had methodically tore his father apart and didn't seem to care.

Soun Tendo walked to his seat at the table and sat down. He knew that Genma wanted to create the greatest fighter ever,but after last night, Soun was afraid that maybe what Genma had really created was a monster.

Nodoka was a woman torn, on one hand she had wanted to scream about how manly her son was,how skilled and powerful. On the other she was remember all that she had been told about what Ranma had to go through on the so called training trip and to her the price he had paid for his skills was too high. Funny that she really wasn't caring about what Genma was currently going through,after his behavior the last few months since the SIS letters arrived,he got what he deserved.

As for the whole manly thing. old habits die hard.

Ranma and Nabiki came down the stairs talking about the upcoming trip,they took thier seats and after thanking Kasumi for the food began to eat. Nothing was said at all about last night.

Nabiki and Ranma shouldered their packs as they walked the ten blocks to the train station,Nodoka and Kasumi walking with them. Soun and Akane had refused to come with them to see them off.

Arriving at the station they looked around and soon spotted Ms.Kanzaki and Ranma noticed Mr.Ito standing not far away.

"Ranma,Nabiki!"Ms.Kanzaki called out with a wave "You're just in time.We just need to wait for one more then we can board the train and go."

Nabiki went to talk quietly with Kasumi as Ranma and Nodoka looked over the train that Ms.Kanzaki had pointed to. It did not look like a standard rail train, at least it didn't have any markings from any of the most well known lines. In fact it had no markings at all.

Ms.Kanzaki noticed thier puzzled looks and smiled "Government train given to us for SIS use,it's unmarked so as not to advertise that it is carrying SIS candidates for safety reasons."

"Oh." both Saotomes replied thinking that a unmarked train might be just a bit noticable.

While the Saotomes were talking about trains Nabiki was talking to Kasumi and handing her a small bankbook.

"What's this imouto?" Kasumi inquired as she took the book and stored it in her pocket.

"Well, i'm going to be gone for at least a month maybe longer," Nabiki said "I figured i'd set you up with a household account so you can pay bills and buy food while i'm gone."

Kasumi smiled "That's good thinking."

Nabiki nodded "Yeah,just don't let daddy use it all for sake and cigarettes."

The two sisters laughed then Kasumi pulled Nabiki in for a hug surprising the middle sister but she did not resist it much.

"You take care little Sis." Kasumi whispered as she tried not to cry.

"I'll be fine," Nabiki fought her own sniffles "Besides, i'll have Ranma with me.What could go wrong?"

They shared a bemused smile than both laughed again then walked back over to the Saotomes.

"Ah,here comes our missing companion." Ms.Kanzaki said and everybody turned to see a woman in her late twenties or early thirties walking to the station holding a suitcase in one hand and holding onto the hand of a man of similiar age. The man was carrying a young boy of about two years of age.

The couple kissed tenderly and all could see the sunlight gleam off of thier matching wedding rings. The woman then kissed the young boy who began crying and reaching out to her then she turned with tears on her face and headed over towards Ms.Kanzaki.

"Nakashima Naoko,welcome." Ms.Kanzaki greeted her then introduced her to Ranma and Nabiki who bowed in greeting surprised that a married woman had been chosen for the program.

"Ok Everyone,"Ms.Kanzaki said to the gathered threesome "Time to board the train,we have several more stops to make to pick up more candidates before we head for the campus."

Ranma,Nabiki and Mrs Nakashima picked up thier bags and headed into the train.They all took seats where they could look out the windows and wave thier goodbyes. Which they did as the train pulled away and the station faded out of sight.

A little while longer and the train pulled into the station at Juuban.

Ranma and Nabiki had noticed a young couple standing on the platform,a dufflebag laying on the ground beside them. The girl had a slender yet elegant build and long wavy aquagreen hair.She was kissing a taller boy with blond hair cut short in a bishonen kind of style.

The couple kissed and whispered soft words to each other as other women gathered on the platform until there was five of them.

Soon Ms.Kanzaki called for them to board the train and to Nabiki and Ranma's surprise,with a final kiss, the blond boy picked up the dufflebag and entered the train. Finding a seat next to the surprised Nerimians, the blond sat down with a sigh and a last look out the window before facing them and saying.

"Hi,Tenoh Haruka,seems we're going to the same place."

And the train pulled away and continued down the track to the next destination.

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Well, it's easy to see now why they don't mind Ranma's aqua-transexual curse. Michuru is going to be upset, however, when she see's Haruka hitting on that red-haired trollop in the Deep Aqua Mirror ! :applause:
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The train continued on as Nabiki and Ranma made small talk with the blond haired Haruka. The two were surprised when they realized that Haruka was in fact a girl despite the masculine clothing that she wore. It was Nabiki who made the first connection.

"I'm sorry if this sounds rude,but you are a girl aren't you?" Nabiki hesitantly asked.

Haruka laughed "I get asked that a lot. But we are on the same train heading to the same place for probably the same reason.I doubt that they's let a guy on board anyway."

Ranma just nodded while being thankful that he had listenewd to Ms.Kanzaki at the train station and had switched to his redheaded female form.

"Yep,just us girls." Ranma muttered while Nabiki gave a small smirk.

"So if you don't mind me asking,why the men's cloths?" Nabiki inquired.

"Well,i'm a motocross racer and it's pretty much a man's world,"Haruka scratched her chin as she continued "Since i didn't want to race in the women's powderpuff division cause there's no real money to be had i started dressing as a guy to race in the men's division. I've been doing it for so long that i don't think anyone at the track really knows that i'm a girl"

Harkua paused for a moment as if thinking about something "And i've always been a tomboy and more into men's activities than anything girly. It drives my mother crazy that my dad treats me more like a son than a daughter. It doesn't help that she constantly tries to get me into womens clothing and she doesn't care for the fact that i'm a lesbian too."

"So that was your girlfriend you were kissing at the station?" Ranma wondered.

"Yep,her name is Michiru.I'm real lucky to have her i tell you." Haruka flashed a grin.

The small talked continued as the train made several more stops to pick up more candidates.

"Is it just me,"Nabiki suddenly asked as the last of the girls got on board and the train continued on "Or are we kind of low on candidates?"

"Well now that you mention it,there are only about twenty girls in this car." Haruka said looking around at the other occupants of the train car.

"Hey Ms.Kanzaki." Nabiki called out summoning the SIS agent over to thier seats "Surely we're not the only candidates who made it to phase two?"

Ms.Kanzaki laughed "No you're not. You are all just the only group from your district to be chosen at this time. The train will be stopping in other districts to pick up more girls but they will be assigned to other cars on the train. There are about a thousand girls at the campus we are going to and there are more than a few campuses scattered around Japan."

"So we are being seperated by districts?" Ranma asked.

"Only until you reach the campus and are given your dorm assignment,then you will be allowed,encouraged even, to mingle and meet each other."

Ms.Kanzaki turned to return to her seat "I'll explain everything more clearly as we near our destination so just try to relax until then."

Several hours went by passed in conversation,reading and in Ranma and a few others cases sleeping. Boxed meals were brought in for the girls to eat and the overall mood in the car was one of relaxed expectation.

Finally Ms.Kanzaki stood and walked to the front of the car where she called for everyones attention.

"Ok Everyone, we are about thirty minutes from our destination. I'm sorry to say that the train does not go directly to the campus so you will have to board a bus first to get there. At the train station you will be met by your dorm advisors who will get you set up with your dorm and room assignments. I'm sorry to say that i will be leaving you at the train station so you will go on to the campus without me and i will continue to go interview more potential program candidates. Now the dorm advisors are good people and will take excellent care of you while you're on campus. So i give you the deepest gratitude of the government and myself and thank you for coming this far with the SIS program."

With that Ms.Kanzaki bowed to the girls who bowed back and began to chatter with speculation of what was to come.

Soon the train pulled into a station and the girls could see several buses lined up off to the side of the station. As the trained stopped Ms.Kanzaki once again spoke up.

"Now,no one is to leave the train until someone comes for you,now if you will be patient i will go locate your dorm advisors." With that Ms.Kanzaki left the train and headed towards a group of people standing on the platform.

After about ten minutes the car door opened and a long haired brunette with glasses entered bearing a clip board "Ok ladies,"she called out "grab your bags and follow me." She then led the girls out of the car where they noticed several other groups of girls also disembarking from the train,the groups being led to different portions of the station platform.

The brunette led Ranma and the others over to where another girl,this one with shoulder length black hair,was waiting for you. This new girl then spoke up.

"Alright ladies,my name is Aya and my partner is Teako and we will be your dorm advisors. You will be in Dorm three,please try to remember that.As you board the bus you will be given your room numbers and since the rooms are for two people you will be paired up with a roommate. Now before we board the bus can i see Tendo Nabiki and Saotome Ranma please."

Ranma and Nabiki made thier way over to Aya as requested.

Aya greeted them "Now i am told that Ranma has a condition that you are aware of." she asked of Nabiki who nodded yes. "Since you know of this condition and seem to know how to handle it are you ok sharing a room with Ranma?"

Nabiki thought for a moment than shrugged "Sure why not,if she misbehaves i'll break her arms."

Ranma snorted "Like you could."

Nabiki poked Ranma in the chest "Look Saotome,Akane isn't the only Tendo who knows how to use a mallet."

"You're joking right?" Ranma stammered.

"Behave yourself and you'll never have to find out." Nabiki grinned back.

"Ok,"Aya shook her at the two's antics "Then you'll both be in room 301. Go ahead and board the bus,you can leave you bags over by the side,they'll be loaded before we leave and delivered to your room when we arrive on campus."

The two new roommates placed thier bags beside the bus and boarded making thier way to pick a seat. Soon all the girls had been paired up and on the bus and the bus pulled away from the station and headed off through town.

Aya stood at the front of the bus and spoke up "Alright everyone let's go over a few things.First off we are about fifty kilometers from the campus,it is kind of remote. When we get there you will sent through the processing office, there you will be issued a nice little bracelet like the ones me and Teako are wearing."

Both raised thier arms to show off the grey bracelets they were wearing.

"These serve several purposes,first they are your IDs while you are on campus.Second they allow us to monitor where you are on the campus,i know that sounds a bit big brotherish however, not everyone in Japan approves of the SIS program and there have been a few incedents where someone has tried to remove a candidate from a campus. These allow us to know where you are,even if you are taken from the campus. This is for your safety. It will also allow your fellow candidates to find you by going to terminals scattered across campus that way you can meet up and such. Next item, there is no alcohol,cigarettes or narcotics allowed on the campus,at the center your bags will be search to ensure that you are not trying to bring these things on the campus. For those of you who must have a cigarette, patches and gum are available to help get you through the cravings."

Teako then took over while Aya took a drink of water.

"Now let's get a few things cleared up. The campus is not a breeding farm,you will not be having sex with any men and no one will force you to get pregnant. Now there are twenty of you now but i'm willing to be that there won't be twenty of you going to phase three. Some of you will not be able to pass the exams and tests. Maybe you have a medical condition,maybe your psyche profile is not good maybe you just aren't ready to go to phase three. There is a secret about the program i want to share with you. Yes,Japan is facing a crisis. Yes you are being asked to help fight that crisis. The SIS program is not run by barbarians,if at anytime you feel that you can't go through with the program,you can leave. No questions asked,no shame or loss of honor. Like i said,some people just are not ready for phase three. Just tell me or Aya that you've had enough and we'll get you on a train back home. But do remember that just because you opt out doesn't remove you from the SIS registration rosters you may be chosen again at a later date,afterall you could change your mind. And as a warning,if you opt out three times you will be considered to be refusing to enter the program and will face whatever penalties apply."

Aya passed her water bottle to Teako and continued

"I know some of you are scared or nervous.You're unsure about this and what's going to happen.Maybe you even question whether this is really the thing for you to do. Just remember this, you are not alone. Look around you,all these others are going through exactly what you are and they feel what you feel. If you need to talk or vent or just have a shoulder to cry on come to me and Teako or talk with each other,we're all sisters now in this great fight against this national crisis and you should know that Teako,myself and every other woman on the campus within the age range,we have all registered for the program and someday it might be one of us sitting where you are now."

The bus broke out in loud cheers and even Nabiki managed a small smile as Aya raised her hands to calm the crowd and continue "Now that's enough sappy stuff for now. It'll be late when we get to the campus and even later before you get though processing and into bed so let's just try to get through this the best we can. There will be more time to talk tomorrow before the welcoming orientation meeting."

With that the bus quieted down as it made it's way to the campus,each girl thinking about what they had just heard and what was to come.

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Still looking good.

While it was implied, if never directly stated (I believe), in an earlier part of the story that artificial insemination would be the method of impregnation...the fact that this was not directly, repeatedly, and clearly made known throughout the process seems to be generating considerable and needless controversy about the program. Ranma, especially, would not have had anything to do with it if he thought for a second that the impregnation would be accomplished via normal coitus with another guy (which he gives no indication of believing would occur if he participates during his discussion with Nabiki about having a baby).

You might want to go back and insert a section where this is addressed (which Akane either ignored or believed to be an outright lie, and Soun and Genma never bothered to learn, to maintain the familial controversy and basis (if misguided) for their repeated accusations). The reiteration of the method of impregnation in the later portion of what you've posted would be a reasonable expectation and means of resolving any misunderstandings by the participants.
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