What if Kasumi discovered Ryoga's secret?

[Crescent Pulsar]

This is just an exercise in "what if."

Let's say that Kasumi is in the furo, one day. She's cleaning, or has some other reason for being there, when P-chan comes in, seemingly unmindful of her presence. Or, maybe, he just doesn't care. Whatever the reason, he jumps into the bath and returns to his human form in front of her. And then, without a word or gesture to acknowledge her presence, he leaves. (You know, similar to what happened when he changed while Soun was in the bath.)

What do you think Kasumi would do? Would she keep quiet about it, like her father did? Would she clandestinely try to expose him to Akane? Would she approach Ryoga and tell him to stop his behavior? Would she go bat-shit crazy and brutally whisk away his heart with a, well, whisk?

Stuff like that.

I thought I'd pose the question since I've yet to decide on anything, yet.

[AdmiralTigerclaw]

Nothing moves in Nerima without Kasumi's approval.

(Dark)KASUMI: Everything is going according to the scenario. ^_^

[Crescent Pulsar]

Gaspu! @_@

[Daniel Jess Gibson]

In the Takahashi world, 'whatever is funny works.'

Let's say that Kasumi is in the furo, one day . . . without a word or gesture to acknowledge her presence, he leaves.

Possible scenarios
1.) Assuming he's naked, and assuming he can't find his way out. Kasumi locks the door to the furo (even if it never had a lock before) and she drops the key in her bodice. Her smile makes the hardened (sorry, pun) martial artist very nervous. The muffled screams and cries for mercy don't sound like Kasumi's.

2.) She screams in terror, and . . .
a.) begins taking care of P-chan as Akane did.
b.) reveals his secret to Akane, and proclaims since he flashed her, Ryoga has to marry her to regain her honor.
c.) screams and alerts the entire house to the pervert. Somehow Ranma gets blamed.

3.) Begins dropping anvil-sized hints about the P-chan/Ryoga connection, which Akane doesn't get.
a.) Starts asking Ryoga how it feels to be 'so cute and little' compared to a real stallion.
b.) Always has a recipe for pork on hand.

4.) Runs to her room and dumps the bottle labeled 'Housewife's Helper' down the sink and vows 'Nevermore!'

5.) Drinks Soun's entire liquor cabinet dry.

6.) Goes back to Heaven, beats the crap out of Peorth and tells Peorth to keep her nose out of Kasumi's love-life.

7.) Goes back to Hell and beats the crap out of Mara or Hild for nearly messing up her biggest long-term project.

8.) Goes back to Coruscant and beats up Palpatine and Yoda for messing up her retirement.

9.) Calmly walks to the dojo, retrieves a nagatana, and marches out after Ryoga. She's smiling, and not in a good way.

10.) Falls into a coma, Akane starts cooking the meals, sending everyone to the hospital (because of eating or refusing). While they're gone, Nabiki sells Kasumi's body for medical experiments to Doctor Tomoe. This new Death Buster defeats all the Senshi, because the purity of Kasumi's trapped soul renders her monster form immune to all of Sailor Moon's normal purifying attacks. During the summoning of Pharaoh 90, Kasumi kills Mistress Nine, who is insufficiently evil, then consumes the power of both Pharaoh 90 and Chaos itself, to become the Demiurge, who will challenge the Saiyan and the Cthulhu Mythos for control of the entire universe. Naruto shows up, shouts 'Beleive it' (sic) a half-dozen times, punches her in the face and kills her.

[Crescent Pulsar]

10.) Falls into a coma, Akane starts cooking the meals, sending everyone to the hospital (because of eating or refusing). While they're gone, Nabiki sells Kasumi's body for medical experiments to Doctor Tomoe. This new Death Buster defeats all the Senshi, because the purity of Kasumi's trapped soul renders her monster form immune to all of Sailor Moon's normal purifying attacks. During the summoning of Pharaoh 90, Kasumi kills Mistress Nine, who is insufficiently evil, then consumes the power of both Pharaoh 90 and Chaos itself, to become the Demiurge, who will challenge the Saiyan and the Cthulhu Mythos for control of the entire universe. Naruto shows up, shouts 'Beleive it' (sic) a half-dozen times, punches her in the face and kills her.

Wait, there's no appearance by Chuck Norris or Batman? I'm disappointed.

Well... I suppose I could go with something a little more sane.

Perhaps she would discreetly treat him worse. You know, "accidentally" tripping and scalding him with hot water. Putting a laxative in his food. Or make comments that seem positive but could be read as condescending to someone with enough wits to spot it.

[SpaceKnight of Chaos]

I think I have actually seen something that more or less made use of DJG's Option #1... it was a set of interlinked oneshots that had all whacked-out Ranma couples hooking up after that started the snowball rolling (Nabiki/Gosunkugi, Akane/Mousse, Ranma/Shampoo, Ukyo/Tofu). Option #2B sounds pretty funny, too. I wonder if I could use that myself sometime... assuming neither of you mind, that is?

[Crescent Pulsar]

I don't mind. Not that it's my call to make.

[Daniel Jess Gibson]

Option #2B sounds pretty funny, too. I wonder if I could use that myself sometime... assuming neither of you mind, that is?

Use any or all of them, I would like an 'idea' credit though.

[AdmiralTigerclaw]

I have this desire to shop in Gendo's glasses, cuffs, and gloves, onto an image of Kasumi smiling.

[LadyRelena]

c.) screams and alerts the entire house to the pervert. Somehow Ranma gets blamed.
3.) Begins dropping anvil-sized hints about the P-chan/Ryoga connection, which Akane doesn't get.
Also, Not tell anyone and reprimand him about it.

These are the most likely.

[lwf58]

One scenario that didn't get mentioned: Kasumi starts treating Ryouga as persona non grata*. While she's much too polite to deny him anything required of a proper hostess, his food and tea is cold on such occasions that he attends a meal, there's a sudden lack of hot water available for anyone but Ranma, and when she washes his clothing, all that missing hot water comes back just long enough to shrink it. If she finds out that Soun knew all that time, then he'd be getting the same.



*Persona non grata
Function: adjective
: personally unacceptable or unwelcome

[Crescent Pulsar]

Actually, that's what I was meaning. By all appearances she'd seem the same, but Ryoga would become more "unfortunate" with anything that Kasumi has a hand in. Although, she does speak her mind, and not always in a polite way, so I'm guessing it wouldn't be "beneath" her to do such a thing.

[lwf58]

Of course, another way to make her displeasure known would be if she banned him from the table when in piglet form and made Akane feed him slops in a pig trough instead.

[Crescent Pulsar]

Ha! That'd be rich!

And that probably wouldn't be out of character, either, since she has given Genma bamboo to eat as a panda, on occasion.