Genma Saotome is pretty notorious for two things: getting Ranma engaged, and questionable finances. Promising Ranma to a Yakuza family as a means to escape his debt seemed like a good idea, but that little incident in China that leaves his son sometimes looking like a daughter might spoil his plans. Little does he know that Oozora already have an issue with their dear Hibari that will further complicate things.

Legality Blurb: I don't own Stop! Hibari-Kun! or Ranma ½. They both belong to their respective authors and anime studios. I will be lifting dialogue quotes now an again, to better keep folks in character, which in an academic setting should be cited, but . . . fanfics are a bit different no?

Author's notes: for compatability's sake some of the more surreal elements of Stop! Hibari-Kun! will be toned down to make it more compatible with Ranma ½. Only a little though, as it's not like Ranma ½ is founded in realism of course. Luckily both stories are set in Nerima, so it's easy to get all the best odd balls to still show up.

Warning, that with it being set in the mid-to-late 1980s things aren't exactly... PC for dialogue at times. (Though I'll not be including much in the ways of slurs... mostly for my own comfort as an author.)

A few characters who don't seem to have names will be given names (recurring background students specifically). Should I be incorrect at any point, and those characters prove to have canon names that I missed... editing is a wonderful thing. Just let me know.

Chapter 1: Hibari's Secret

The sign outside the large traditional Japanese residence read simply "Kanto Yakuza: Oozora Clan". Inside, the sturdily built and middle aged mustachioed yakuza boss, Ibari Oozora, relaxed in his teal kimono and sorted through the mail the gorilla-like Seiji had handed him, when a postcard mixed in caught his eye. 'Bringing Ranma from China, as per our agreement. Be in Nerima soon. -Saotome Genma' it read.

"So, the day is here at last," he muttered, stroking his large chin. "Well, I should gather the girls then and give them the good news."

With that he was on his feet to search for his daughters. Gentle humming from the kitchen confirmed Tsugumi was where he'd expected her. His eldest, with her long dark hair and calm face, was hard at work preparing dinner.

"Tsugumi, family meeting," he said with a smile.

"Oh?" the long haired 20 year old daughter of the Oozora family replied. "Just let me turn the stove off."

A few moments later the Oozara father found his second daughter, Tusbame, in her room, finishing up some homework. Since it was her last year of high school, she was very focused on her marks.

"Tsubame, family meeting," he told her.

"Huh? Oh, sure," the girl with brown hair just past her shoulders replied, setting her pencil down to head to the living room. "Wait, family business stuff or normal family stuff?"

"Um, a bit of both?" he replied with a shrug.

Her face held an apprehensive expression, but she headed towards the living room nonetheless. As she wandered down her father was counting on his fingers.

"Hm, Suzume is probably a bit too young, but I'm not certain of that Ranma boy's age," the man muttered to himself, "It was a twelve year training trip, so he can't be less than twelve. Thirteen or fourteen isn't too big a gap, and husbands are usually a little older."

With that he nodded confidently and began to search for his youngest daughter. After a few failed ideas he eventually found the little blue haired girl giving Seiji another lecture of some sort. The man might be the size of a gorilla, but he was a very soft and gentle soul (at least when it came to children) and constantly tried to please the rambunctious nine year old.

"Suzume, there's a family meeting," Oozora told the girl softly.

"Really?" she replied, her stern expression shifting to joy as she turned to her father. "And I'm invited? Yay!"

The little girl ran off, displaying some of her boundless energy. Ibari followed her more calmly and was happy to see the three girls waiting patiently for him as he entered the room. Sitting across from the three he smiled and cleared his throat.

"I have important news," the yakuza boss began. "I have received word from an old... associate regarding an agreement made some twelve years ago. The man, Saotome Genma, is set to return with-"

"Hey!" a beautiful 16 year old blonde shouted, storming into the room. "What's the big idea? Starting a family meeting without me? Am I, or am I not your child too?"

"I, er, well," Oozora stumbled, trying to provide an explanation, before managing to build a cohesive response, "I suppose this does affect you slightly Hibari... As I was saying, Saotome Genma, an exceptional martial artist I have had the pleasure of hiring on a few occasions, is set to return from his training expedition to China and should be arriving today."

"China? That's a long way to go," Tsubame noted.

Ibari nodded and continued. "Yes, indeed. He's bringing his son with him. As agreed twelve years ago, his son has gone through extensive training to be at the very least his father's equal. In exchange for my forgiving a significant debt, this son, Saotome Ranma, shall become a member of the Oozora family."

"Oh, you're adopting him?" Tsugumi asked.

"Oh hahahaha. No... He'll be marrying one of you, my lovely daughters," Ibari replied.

"What!?" Tsubame shouted. "Dad? You really promised to hand one of us over in marriage?!"

"Er, well," the father struggled. "It's more that he is being handed over than the reverse."

"He'd better be handsome at least," Tsubame fumed.

"How old is he?" Tsugumi asked.

"I agree with Tsubame, I hope he's cute," Hibari chimed in.

"Um, well, I… I've not actually met him, so I can't tell you," Oozora said.

After each of the four children gave him deadly stares, Tsugumi was the first to speak.

"Honestly… how irresponsible can you get?"

"You get carried away in your schemes too easily dad!" Tsubame added.

"You're… you're such an… an idiot!" Suzume shouted.

"I guess we just have to keep our fingers crossed," Hibari said with a sigh.

Elsewhere a panda was chasing a small rehaired teen through the rainy streets of Nerima. To readers of Ranma ½ fanfiction this scene should come as no surprise, though the specific neighbourhood of Nerima was not Furinkan-cho. For the one reader here due to their love of Stop! Hibari-kun! who lacks familiarity with the other half of this crossover, well… a panda was chasing a redheaded teen through the rainy streets of Nerima, not too far from Wakaba High. The panda lunged for the teen, just barely missing as the human combatant leapt in the air.

"Cut. That. Out!" the teen shouted in a high-pitched voice.

That response was punctuated by a kick to the panda's head. A small crowd began to form and one or two people made comments about animal cruelty. The panda and teen both adopted fighting stances and began to lash out at one another with remarkable skill.

"This whole arrangement sucks! Not only are you picking a fiancée for me, but you're tying me to yakuza!"

A few more blows were exchanged, the panda proving remarkably agile for such a large creature. Meanwhile, one or two crowd members in the know nodded sagely, realising the Oozora clan were somehow mixed up in all this. The Oozoras were always involved in something strange and a kung-fu panda seemed to fit their general madness.

A powerful flip slammed the panda into a stop sign, seemingly winding the creature.

"I don't care what you think, old man, I'm goin' back to China."

The small redhead turned around and walked away confidently, slinging their pack over a shoulder. The panda meanwhile rose to its feet, picked up the stop sign, and slammed its human foe over the head, knocking the teen unconscious. The crowd muttered apprehensively as the panda hauled the smaller figure onto its shoulder and wandered off.

A commotion in the greeting area distracted the Oozora children from yelling at their father.

"Hey, w'az all this?" the door guard was yelling.

"Leggo a me ya ol' fool," a higher pitched voice was shouting.

The Oozoras were hurrying towards the entrance when a massive panda pushed forward. Ibari and his children retreated a bit.

"You're scarin' 'em ya big oaf!" the redhead shouted.

"Is-is this your associate, dad?" Tsubame hissed to her father, pointing at the panda.

The yakuza boss was simply clutching at his chest nervously, trying to calm himself down. He didn't need to see the white crocodiles tonight on top of dealing with a panda. The panda meanwhile set the small teen down in front of them and seemed to calm itself. This helped Ibari regain his composure a bit.

"Are you, by chance, Saotome Ranma?" the curly haired father asked.

"Yeah," the teen said reluctantly, "Sorry 'bout this."

"Excellent," he said, leaning to give his future son-in-law a hug.

"Bit of a pretty boy," Tsubame remarked judgmentally.

Ibari, however, realised there was something softer than usual about the boy he was hugging. A second squeeze confirmed that wasn't quite right and he released the youth, staring down nervously. The Oozora children had their eyes drawn down to the same spot (well, in Suzume's case it was more just straight ahead). Tsubame leaned forward and poked Ranma in the chest.

" 'He'... is a girl," she replied flatly. "Amazing work dad."

Hibari reached forward to confirm and was swatted off by Ranma. "I don't need everyone checkin' that."

The yakuza boss was now completely overcome, collapsing and clutching his chest. The gorilla-like Seiji and the professionally slick Suba came rushing out with medication, while Ranma stood there in shock. After a quick injection of some unknown medication the Oozora father seemed stabilised. He was carried off to the living room and allowed to lie down with a cold towel on his forehead, while Tsugumi, Suba, and Seiji all tried to nurse him back to health.

"Good work on the engagement plan; seems like basic knowledge to know if your friend's kid is a boy or a girl," Tsubame grumbled.

Suzume was distracted by the large fluffy panda Though she was slightly nervous, she really wanted to play with the fuzzy creature. The panda seemed to at least humour her. That or rightly feared her wrath. For such a small girl she was surprisingly intimidating when she wanted to be.

"Well, as much as I was hoping for a cute boy, a new girl to befriend is fine too," Hibari said, "Let's be friends."

Ranma looked over at the stunning blonde with those bright blue eyes and blushed slightly, "Sure-sure, yeah, friends sounds good."

"So, you are still a really good martial artist, right?" Hibari asked.

"Oh yeah, the best!" the redhead replied, cold blue eyes suddenly filling with warmth.

"Cool; I'd like to see some of your moves. Maybe we could spar too. I do a bit of martial arts myself," Hibari smiled.

"Spar?" Ranma replied, following the blonde out a door. "I... I don't usually fight girls."

Tsubame let out a snicker, which confused Ranma. Deciding to ignore it, the redhead followed the blonde, slightly hypnotized by the swaying hips and feminine skipping of Hibari. They soon reached the dojo, and Ranma moved to the middle of the room while Hibari sat to watch. The pig-tailed redhead began moving through a number of complex kata's, glancing over at Hibari's rapt attention, and decided to try to show off even more than usual. Hibari was amazed by the moves, their combination of power and grace better than the blonde had ever seen.

Meanwhile, the father of the house had regained his senses, and had Suba fetch the contract he'd had the Saotomes sign many years earlier. Lifting it up he reread it and breathed a sigh of relief. It read simply 'I, Saotome Genma, promise my child, Saotome Ranma, to marry into the Oozora clan, after training Ranma to become my equal in the martial arts,' followed by a second paragraph of 'I, Oozora Ibari, promise to accept the marriage of Ranma into my clan as repayment for the debts accrued by the Saotome family'. A second document was prepared and attached with blank spaced to insert which child Ranma would be engaged to.

"Phew, no mention that it has to be a daughter who marries Ranma," Ibari stated and picked up a pen. "Neither of them will be happy with the outcome, but a strong wife might just push the lad into acting more like a man... The kami know I've tried pretty well everything else."

With that Ibari filled out the second contract, so it now showed that the lone 'son' of the Oozora family was Ranma's fiancé. Ibari then stamped it with the official clan seal.

"They'll be in for quite the surprise, and it'll probably be a long while until I hear the end of it, but the boy will learn it's for his own good," Ibari told himself confidently.

Ibari spent some time thinking over how he'd break the news and was just coming to a firm idea when a sweaty Ranma and cheerful Hibari walked by the door. He raised an eyebrow when he saw how the redhead seemed to be blushing while looking at Hibari.

"Ranma, I've got some good news for you," he said, not usually one to support such behaviour, but in this case... it just might be for the best.

"Huh?" the redhead asked.

"While I was expecting a boy to marry one of my daughters, you're in luck that I have a son, allowing the contract to still be fulfilled," the Oozora father told them happily.

"Whu-whu-what?" Ranma managed to stutter.

"WHAT?" Hibari suddenly shouted, "You can't! I refuse!"

The strong response from the beautiful blonde caused Ranma to jump a bit, not understanding why Hibari would care so much about someone else's engagement.

"Hibari, you will fulfill your duty. As. My. SON!" Ibari shouted as he marched forward.

Ranma meanwhile blinked in shock, trying to piece together what was being said. Ibari placed a calming hand on the redhead's shoulder.

"I realise this comes as a surprise. It is a shame the boy is such a pervert, but even he won't be able to resist a girl with a figure like yours, I am certain," the mustachioed man replied with a confident laugh.

"For the ten thousandth time: I am not a pervert," the blonde said sadly, large doe eyes staring up at Ibari. "And I wish you'd consider me your daughter."

Just then a bespectacled middle aged man in a gi burst around the corner of the hall with a kettle.

"I'm sorry it took me so long to get some hot water; that little girl had a grip of iron..." Genma said nervously. "But-but I can explain Ranma's condition!"

The small redhead was still frozen in shock when the hot water poured down. The sudden shift into a handsome black haired boy seemed to not even be enough to shake him from the stuper, resulting only in quiet indiscernible muttering. Hibari and Ibari slid into a similar state of shock at the transformation, the elder Oozora clutching at his chest and thankful the medication was still in full effect.

"You see, we picked up a bit of a curse in China," Genma began to explain. "I now transform into a panda when splashed with cold water, while my boy here... sadly turns into a girl. It's so humiliating."

"So, he... So he's actually a boy?" Ibari asked Genma.

"Yeah, I'm a guy!" Ranma shouted, trying not to look at the blonde who was leaving him very confused right now. Especially as the Oozoras seemed so shocked by a Jusenkyo curse, which had been Ranma's one explanation for Hibari's beauty.

Genma just nodded.

"I... I just. I finished the contract though. It's official... Ranma is engaged to Hibari here," the Oozora father stated, sweating.

"I don't see the problem?" Genma asked, "I'm surprised you chose to engage the prettiest of your four daughters to someone you thought was a girl, but surely this is an improvement, eh?"

"I don't have four daughters," Ibari said flatly, "I have three. Hibari here... is... is my disappointing crossdressing son."

"What? Er... is there any way out of that engagement?" a sweating Genma asked.

"If you can convince him to be man enough to fall in love with a worthy woman then I can get out of it, if not... Oozora clan marriage traditions are very strict, especially as contracts like these are what so much of the family business is built upon. I can give you some time, at least," Ibari muttered.

Genma turned to Ranma, eyes filled with a cold determination, "Boy, I have always pushed you to be a true man amongst men. You must now act as a role model for this... youth. The cost of failure is... too much to contemplate."

Ranma nodded, terrified, though when he turned to the bright blue eyes of Hibari he couldn't shake a feeling of, well, something? It was a strong feeling, but that's as far as he could get. Ranma was never the best at that emotions stuff. Making eye contact with Hibari though, there was a different interest to be seen in the other teen's eyes than before.

"I suppose he is pretty cute in his true form, so it's not all bad," Hibari replied with a giggle, though if Ibari had been paying attention he'd have noticed his child's usual playful tone wasn't quite there.