[Sea Route 21: Isolated Beach in the Outskirts of Pallet Town]
Ranma leapt upwards and back, putting some distance between herself and the Rattata. As she hung upside-down during the lazy back-flip, she saw the Ponyta galloping towards her as she fell back to the ground, a quick attack before she could land and defend herself properly.
She smirked. The Saotome school specialized in mid-air combat. She just needed to do a couple of kicks to extend her hang-time.
The Ponyta charged toward where the imposter was going to land. She was going to ram into that fake and trample it with her hooves as she galloped over its body. As soon as it landed, she'd teach it to know better than to steal away her Trainer! Yes, that's what she would do!
Well, that was what Ukyou was expecting to happen. Which explained why she was very surprised when the fake Ranma stayed in the air longer than she thought it should and then proceeded to plummet right on her face. A hand, that is. The imposted planted its palm on her forehead briefly, before rolling right across her back to land on its feet behind her.
The audacity of the fake so surprised her that she tripped right over the stupid Rattata. The tangled heap that resulted was very painful.
Ranma was grinning uncontrollably. The look on the Ponyta's face right before she used her as a landing pad! Ukyou was going to be so pissed at her. Well, she can fume all she wants; that's what she gets for attacking her Trainer. Ranma laughed silently. She couldn't help it, not at the sight of a face-down Ponyta slumped over a bitching Rattata.
Besides, if her nagging (Snicker. Snort. Ahem.) got too much, she'd just go back to her Pokeball. Those things were damned useful. She should have wished for them back in Nerima, one for each of her- Nope, not gonna think about that place. Not gonna think about her- Nope, not gonna think about it at all.
Ranma slowly walked towards the squabbling pile of Pokemon. The Ponyta's front legs had tripped over the Rattata, landing her face-first into the sand. Nabiki was pinned beneath the chest of the larger Pokemon, causing her to swear vociferously at Ukyou while she tried squirm free of the dead weight. The Ponyta's rear legs were kicking in mid-air; Ukyou's hooves couldn't quite reach the ground because the Rattata's body had wedged her rear into an upright position, more or less.
"Bwah haha hah ha!"
Ranma couldn't help herself anymore. It was just too funny to not laugh out loud. The way the Ponyta was kicking her legs, it kinda reminded her of those funny positions girls would get into when doing aerobics. When the image of a Ponyta dressed in exercise clothes, complete with sweatband across her brow and around her ears, flashed in her mind, the Trainer of the Pokemon completely lost it.
"BWAH HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAH HA!"
"[You are going to die for this indignity, Ditto,]" hissed the Rattata. "[As soon as I get out from under this lard-ass nag, you are going-]"
"[Lard-ass! Listen here, you scavenger! If you hadn't got in my way-]"
"[Get in YOUR way?! Why, you rube! If it wasn't for your-]"
"-Ha ha hah ha," Ranma kept on laughing. She had fallen to her knees and started pounding the ground with her fist. How could she take them seriously as opponents when they kept doing stuff like this? "Hah. Haa. Oh, you two. Hah ha. Stop it. Stop fighting. It hurts too much to laugh. Hah haha."
"[Well, I never!]"
"[And you probably never will, lard-ass.]"
"[Worm-tail!]"
"Ha. Hah ha. Hoo-boy," Ranma was starting to get a hold of herself. Getting up, she made her way towards her wayward charges. Her students, if you could call them that, in the newest branch of the Saotome School of Indiscriminate Grappling needed all the help they could get. She'd figure out what was going on with her curse later. It was acting normal last night, so this mess was just the latest curveball life threw her way.
"Here, let me help you two," the would-be Trainer said, but neither one of the Pokemon listened to her. They were too busy squabbling with each other. So when Ranma grabbed one of the Ponyta's fetlock, she was surprised by the sudden flaring of the flame surrounding the hock.
"Yowch!"
The sounds of pain and cursing drew the attention of the two Pokemon. And they stared.
"Ow, ow, ow," groused Ranma. Some embers had landed on the Trainer's shirt and bare arms. "That was stupid. The horse is on fire; of course it needs to be handled carefully!"
Then Ranma noticed the quiet.
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