The change happened incredibly quickly. Breasts shrank and disappeared into a well chiseled chest. The entire body lengthened and filled out. Hair shrank from its waist length until it was nothing more than a spiky bit on top of the head. When it was completed, the change left one Kuno Tatewaki blinking owlishly about his surroundings.
“Zounds.” He muttered, looking around as more than one person shot him a disturbed look. The last thing he could clearly remember was being in the halls of Furinkan and feeling a change come about. What that change was, he couldn’t clearly remember, but it left a feeling of distinct dread that balled up in the pit of his stomach.
Only after he had taken in his surroundings did he turn his attention to himself. What he saw filled him with horror. “What foul magic’s was used upon my person?” He screamed as his fingers plucked at his pale blue blouse and black mini-skirt. His feet felt cramped within the two-inch heels that adorned his feet. Pulling the blouse away from his chest, he could clearly see the blue, lacy bra biting into his chest. Also, for some strange reason, he felt a little… cramped… down there.
For some reason, he could remember telling people that his name was Kimi, but there was some sort of… distance… between the memories and his thoughts. After a moment of thought, he came to the reluctant conclusion that he had been possessed, but by what he didn’t know.
“Saotome, I know that this spell is your fault!” He muttered angrily, spinning on his heel and stalking back towards his ancestral home. Visions of the foul sorcerer lying broken and bleeding at his feet danced within his mind.
“Kuno?” A voice called from the side catching his attention. Turning his noble gaze upon the peasant in question, Tatewaki saw that it was one of the boys from the Kendo club.
“How may the noble Blue Thunder assist you?” Kuno paused his stride and faced the other boy.
“Why are you dressed like that?” The boy asked, a look that combined revulsion and curiosity adorning his face.
“I fought free of some foul enchantment just recently.” Tatewaki admitted with a noble nod of his noble head even while furrowing his noble brow at the peasant before his noble person.
“Where have you been, anyway?” The boy asked, looking around to make sure that none of the girls were paying too much attention to them. “The girls became militant and crazy.”
The noble Tatewaki listened for twenty minutes while the peasant informed him of the happenings during his noble absence. Needless to say, his noble personage was not pleased.
“Enough!” The noble Kuno angrily snapped. “I forbid this… this… this heresy from continuing! The noble Blue Thunder declares this Council null and void!” He shouted, raising his ever-present bokken towards the sky. Twin flashes of lightning flashed across the heavens to accent his point.
The other boy, however, could only groan in dismay. A quick glance around only helped to confirm his suspicions. Sure enough, more than a few girls were frowning as they heard Kuno’s impassioned cries. In fact, he saw at least two with cell phones making use of the technology to relay the information to others.
“From this point forward, I, the noble Blue Thunder of Furinkan High, the Great Kuno Tatewaki, with the blood of Samurai flowing through my veins, hereby declare that maidens will behave maidenly! No more will they defy the mandate of Heaven and try to take the place of men! No, they shall await our love with patience as they have in the past!”
The boy could only groan in agony. It would figure that the idiot would spout out such nonsense within hearing of several members of the Council. Taking small steps backwards, he slowly but surely put more distance between himself and the noble Tatewaki. Not lifting his eyes from the street, he could only feel his heart lighten as he saw female legs walk past him towards their intended prey. A quick glance revealed that Kuno was still spouting his nonsense while he was being slowly surrounded.
The last sight he had before he backed around a corner was of several girls cracking their knuckles while others drew out wooden weapons of some sort. Shaking his head, he could only mutter a quick prayer and hoped that everything turned out for the best.
Besides, he told himself, the Resistance had to be informed that Kuno was back. If they couldn’t locate Ranma, then Kuno would have to be the hope of the group.
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