Sorry for being gone, and starting another one, though hopefully Ill be able to get this idea out of my head and get back to my other ones. See, im the type who's writer's block comes in the form of other ideas in my head, and then I cant focus on old projects.
So, pure Ranma here, yep, no Miraculous at all GASP!
A few things to open with:
AU Fic There will be some OOC, due to differing experiences. If you dont like that, dont read AU fics My OC Aki will make an appearence, my current plan is just before Ryoga shows up.
Again, as part of the AU, I changed Ryoga's curse. see above.
Also, Ranma(Chan)XAkane will happen, I dont really do Ranma X Ryoga/Shampoo/Ukyo, and like the ship, either form.

Also, obvious is obvious: I don't own rights to Ranma 1/2 and mainly write to practice and for fun Aki IS my character, though he/she doesn't show up for a bit.
Scenarios as it continues will shift and stray from canon for obvious reasons.

It was a dreary day in Nerima, as a Panda and Girl walked down the street, getting quite a few glares. The girl kept trying to stop to look at what the shops had, but the panda kept yanking her, eventually resorting to a sign. 'Hurry up, boy.' it read, and the red-head just rolled her eyes.

"Really, pops, ya better put on ya glasses, I don't see no boy 'round here." she grumbled. "Now, let's just get to your friend's place so we can sort things out, and then I'm gonna come back and look around." she grumbled.

'No boy of mine is gonna do something so girly!' the sign reads, as the panda then quickly swings it at her, missing as she hops away.

"Well, good thing I ain't no boy, huh?" she plucks the sign from his hand. "Now, let's get going, pops." she yanks him along, as she heads to the Tendo house.

At the Tendo Dojo, the Tendo girls stared at their father incredulously. "what do you mean you've never met him?!" the youngest, Akane, exclaimed at her father's anouncement. "How could you try to marry one of us off to this... Ranma... without even having met him?!" she was quite angry, and stormed out of the house, heading towards the dojo.

Kasumi watched her sister storm off. "You know how excitable Akane is, father. You should've known she'd do this." she looked at the man who had burst into tears.

"Waaah! My daughter hates me!"

"You know that's not true, father. She's just upset."

Nabiki said nothing, thinking to herself about how she could possibly manipulate the situation. However, her thoughts were interupted by an "Oh, my!" from Kasumi as a Red-haired girl dragged a panda in, Akane following them.

"These two were up front walking in. These your friends?" She looked at her father who was struck speachless, and shook his head.

"Suuure, Daddy, and this panda just decided to drop by." Nabiki rolled her eyes, the last to join the group, eyeing the redhead, who looked a bit sheepish.

"Hello, I'm Rika Saotome. Sorry 'bout this" she said, and was quickly hugged by Soun, sobbing, as he heard 'Saotome' and was snapped from his daze, having missed the rest.

"Oh, my boy! It's so great you're finally here!" he gushed, the redhead very uncomferable and trying to escape his grasp. She finally manages to push away, and Soun looks to her, frezing.

"What's with everyone calling me boy?! I'm a girl, and happy 'bout it!" she growled at the man. hearing this, Akane taps her shoulder. "Huh?"

"Hello, I'm Akane Tendo, want to be friends?" she smile at the red-head who smiles back after what was said registers.

"I'd love to. You practice Martial Arts?" she asks, gesturing at Akane's Gi, who nods. "How 'bout we go to the dojo and I can see where you are, maybe I can help 'ya."

"Help me?"

"Well, I've been on an intense training trip for 'bout a decade now, odds are I know a few things you don't, now come on!" she practically drags Akane into the Dojo.

Genma walks into the main room, once again a man, as Soun quickly stands. "Saotome! It's great to see you, I was afraid when that girl showed up claiming to be a Saotome with that panda, but now you're here! Where's Ranma?" He looked behind his friend for the boy.

"Uh... about that, Tendo..." Genma chuckles lightly, tightening his bandana.

"Akane?" The redhead says, a bit nervously as they close the dojo's entrance.

"Yes, Rika?" she turns to the girl in the chinese outfit.

"If we're going to be friends... I want to be completely honest with you... And I wanna say the truth, instead of the twisted mess pops is gonna do..." He scratches her arm, head angled down as she looks at the other girl.

"The truth?" she echos, a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach.

"Yeah... I don't want you to think I'm some... boy." she shudders.

"Why would I think that?"

"Because I'm... I'm... I guess the term is... 'Trans'." she burns red.

"Like... you're actually a guy... or?"

"I'm a girl!" she snapped back, then realized what she did. "F-force of habit. I was born a guy... and I'm still physicly male sometimes."

"Sometimes?" she was really confused.

"Well... pops was always insisting I be a man among men, whatever that means. He never would let me be, well... me. A few weeks ago, we went to this place, Jusyenko. If you fall in a spring, you take the form of whatever drowned there when splashed with cold water, and hot water reverses it. I was lucky enough to fall into the Spring of Drowned Girl and managed to get out of there before anything could happen that would reverse it. As far as I'm concerned, my curse is Hot Water makes my physicly male again. Pops turns into a panda."

"So that panda?"

"Was pops? Yeah, and he's probably gonna try to force an engagement between our families. He still seems to think I'm a guy."

"Well, that's no problem, if you're really a girl, then you just need to find the right guy." Akane smiles, but falters as Rika squirms at that.

"Uh... thats..." she buries her face in her hands.

"What's wrong?" Akane gets closer and Rika looks up.

"I..I couldnt imagine being with a... a... guy." she looks anywhere but at the cute tomboy looking at her.

"Oh..." is the only reply that came to Akane's lips.

"I'm so sorry... I just didn't want you to find out the wrong way. I really want to be your friend." Rika smiles a bit. "Well, you wanna spar?" she takes a casual pose.

That evening, Rika and her father sat across from the Tendos. "Girls, this is Genma Saotome, and his son Ranma." Soun announced, not even noticeing Rika's sad look and wince at calling her Genma's son.

"Daddy, I know you wanted this engagement, but she's clearly a girl." Nabiki looks at her father.

"That's true..." Rika speaks up. "But... I'm not always. Like how hot water turns pops into his birth form, it turns me into a guy, though I still hold that I am a girl up here." she taps her head. "And here." she gestures to her heart.

"Nonsense, boy!"

"I ain't no boy!" she tosses Genma into the Koi Pond, who emerges as a panda. "Ya better get that through your thick skull, pops!"

Once everyone settles back down, and Genma is returned to human form, Soun looks to Rika. "Choose any of my daughters to be your bride." Hearing this, Rika stuck her tounge out.

"I ain't gonna pick one. It's not right to decide a girl's love life for her, get with the times." However, this is quickly lost with the elder Tendo sisters interuption.

"It should be Akane!" Nabiki calls out even as Kasumi calmly states "I think Akane would be the best choice."

"What?! Why Me?!" The girl in question blurts.

"Because little sis..." Nabiki starts "...you hate boys, right? Well, Ranma's mostly girl, so that fixes things."

"Who ever said I don't like boys in general?!" Rika looks down a bit.

"Then it's decided, Ranma and Akane will get married!" Soun cries, tears of happiness.

"Did you hear what I just said?!" the redhead protested, ignored.

"Yes, Tendo, the schools will be joined soon!" Rika just rolls her eyes, and drags Akane off to the dojo.

"Look at them, Saotome! I'm so proud!"

"Why'd you drag me out here?" Akane complained. "You know what the others will think." She glared at the red-head.

"I just... Wanted to talk... Even after all of this. We still friends?" She gave a small, hopeful look, and Akane felt her anger dissipate and she nodded.

"Of course... Rika." She smiled

"Also, Akane... I have to tell the truth. If I had to choose... I'd prefer you. You're such a good person, even with that temper you showed in our match." she laughed lightly. "I'd even call you a cute tomboy, but get this." She made a mock angry face. "I'M the biggest tomboy 'round here, got it?" The two paused a moment, and burst out laughing.