Nabiki scooted back a bit. Despite the fact Ranma was in his female form she was still a bit jumpy after nearly being raped. Add that the fact Ranma looked completely different now with the added horns, tail and scaly trimmings. It was like something out of one of her hentai mangas back in her room, where ever that was at the moment.
“Um, yeah,” she said with a bit of hesitation, “You?”
Ranma’s concerned look turned to one of anger, “They got away,” she growled, “and I’m a girl in the middle of the woods without any way to heat any water.”
Nabiki was relieved that Ranma seemed to be back to his normal self, well, if you don’t consider the way she looks. Nabiki’s mind finally took stock that Ranma was as naked as she was. Ranma seemed to come to the same conclusion as she spun in place to face away from Nabiki.
“Um... w-where’s Akane and Kasumi?”
“Shit!” Nabiki got up and ran over to where she had stashed the balls her sisters had been sucked into. They were right where she had put them, for which she was thankful, but she had no idea on how to get them out. She turned them over and saw the hinge on which they should open and a button that made them grow and shrink in her hand, but they still refused to open. “Ranma, quit standing there and find me something to wear, for crying out loud.”
“Right.” Ranma ran quickly to do something other than stand stock still looking embarrassed. She located a discarded shirt one of the assailants had left behind. “Um, here,” she said draping it over Nabiki’s head and turning her back to Nabiki again. “It was the only thing I could find.”
It was a plaid, flannel long sleeve shirt, ugly as sin, but did wonders for Nabiki in cooling afternoon. She gave up looking at the balls and put them into one of the shirt pokets. Nabiki gazed over at Ranma, noting the mane and tail now sticking out of the girl’s shapely backside. “Ranma, have you even noticed, yet, that you are not quite yourself?”
“The fact that I’m a girl and I don’t remember why? Yeah, I kinda did.” She said with a sarcastic inflection.
“Uh-huh, and what about the horns? Or the tail?”
“What are you talking about? I don’t... Oh hell, I have horns!?! And a TAIL!!” Ranma started doing a frantic dance to try and pull the tail and horns out or run away from them.
Nabiki suppressed the urge to laugh at the red haired girl pulling herself in a backwards circle by her own tail, “I think those guys did that to you somehow when you got sucked into that ball. Do you remember anything about it?”
Ranma managed to get some grip on reality after bruising her own tail, “Ball? No, I don’t remember, just a red flash and then they had you pinned to the ground about to...”
“I KNOW!” Nabiki snapped, she really didn’t want to over-analyze that particular point. “I need to know if you remember anything because Akane and Kasumi got hit by the same types of balls, but they haven’t come out yet.”
“What?” Ranma sat on the ground where she was and closed her eyes, “Hmmm, no, I can’t remember a thing.”
“Figures,” Nabiki sniffed. “Well, we’ll just have to find someone who can help us. Any idea on how to find the nearest town?”
“Naturally. I did spend most of my life on the road, you know.”
“As a matter of fact, I’m count on it. Now which way?”
Ranma looked around and stepped up to the tallest tree she could see and jumped. A moment later she landed on the ground in a disgraceful and painful looking heap.
“Ranma, what happened?”
Ranma spit some dirt out of her mouth, “I over shot,” she said with some degree of disbelief, “This new body must be stronger than I’m used to.” She pulled herself up and jumped again, this time landing at the top of the tree, she looked around but didn’t see much. She looked over to the clearing where she first arrived and didn’t see any sign of the girl she had landed on. Just as well, if that girl was able to revive herself and get to safety, she should be all right.
Ranma let go and landed in front of Nabiki, “Nothing. But those guys did come from that direction, so maybe if we head that way.”
Nabiki wanted to argue that they may be heading directly towards where ever those guys had disappeared to but didn’t see much of an option to the contrary. “Lead on.”
They had been lucky to find several wild fruit tree groves where many fruit eaters came to take their share. Most seemed to be a cross between girls and animals, birds, or even insects; it took a moment for Nabiki to recognize the ones that looked like fairies were actually crossed with butterflies. All of them were cute, if you didn’t mind the feathers, wings or multifaceted eyes, and butt-naked. Some tried to challenge or scare off Nabiki, at least until Ranma showed up. The mere presence of this dragon-girl was enough to keep them all at bay so they could eat in peace.
“You notice there are no men around here?” Nabiki asked while they were resting.
“Ranma didn’t notice.”
“What?” Nabiki wasn’t sure she had heard correctly.
“I said I didn’t notice. But you’re right, it does look like a slice of paradise the old freak would be comfortable in.”
“And you? You haven’t complained too much about being naked.”
“Who’s here to see me? Besides you, of course, but Nabiki doesn’t have your camera with you, so there.”
Nabiki shook her head, “You feeling ok, Ranma?”
“Yeah, never better. Why?”
“No, no reason. Just worried if you get cold or something.” She lied of course.
“Nope, it doesn’t seem to bother me.”
It was becoming obvious, Ranma’s intelligence was slipping.
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