The Martial Arts Motherhood Challenge
by Juliet Carnell
based on Ranma ½ by Takahashi Rumiko
Preface
This story takes its inspiration from my short story ‘Spirit Walk’ which you can find elsewhere on this site. Rather than a continuation of that story, this one picks up many years later to explore some of the side issues it raised. For the detail oriented among you, it takes place about ten or eleven years after the end of the series and sometime in our own near future.
I’ve done a good deal of research into the science behind this, but I don’t claim it to be exhaustive. So if anyone can point me to better references, please do. This story contains some talk about human reproduction, so if you haven’t had ‘the talk’ with your parents yet maybe you should.
I make no apologies for the pairings mentioned in this story. Takahashi-sensei made it pretty clear throughout the series just who was going to wind up with whom and I have simply taken her lead. It’s a conservative approach, but I’m definitely more interested in telling a story here than satisfying fantasies.
This story was originally serialized on
[apx. 83,000 words total; est. reading time 5 hours 32 minutes]
Chapter 1 - You've Got to Be Kidding!
Chapter 3 - A Hard Day at the Office
Chapter 4 - Lunchtime in Little Tokyo
Chapter 5 - Toto, We're Not in Nerima Anymore
Chapter 6 - Just One Big Happy Family
Chapter 9 - Showdown at the Okasa Corral
Chapter 13 - Returning to Chaos as Usual
All characters in this story are a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any person, living or dead is purely coincidental.
This work is copyright © 2006 by Juliet Carnell, it is not public domain and all rights are reserved. This work is not for publication. This work may not be reproduced, distributed or sold in any format or media. This work may not be included in any collection without the express written permission of the author. The reader may make one printed or electronic copy of this work for personal use.
Characters and story elements that have appeared in ‘Ranma ½’ are copyright © 1987-1996 by Takahashi Rumiko and are used here without license.
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