Akane coughed and spit out water. She certainly didn't expect to land in the middle of the ocean. She panicked and lashed about, when she hit something solid, and she quickly took a hold of it.
"Akane? Is that you? Oh, my! Are you all right?"
Akane turned her head. Next to her, in the freezing water, clinging to the same wooden plank, Kasumi was floating, her beautiful hair a wet mop decorated with algae.
Akane nervously looked around. "Kasumi... how...? How did you end up here? And where are the others?"
Kasumi made a sad smile. "I think something went wrong with the teleportation spell of that nice spirit. But I think he meant well... But I don't know where the others are. We were lucky enough to have appeared here together, at least."
"You're right... but I hope Nabiki is all right... and P-chan! My god! What if he landed in the ocean too? I don't know if he can swim!"
Kasumi reassured her younger sister. "I once read that pigs are good swimmers, even when they are still piglets. Don't worry! I'm sure he's all right!"
"But everyone else! Nabiki... Ukyo... And I'm even concerned a bit about Shampoo..."
Kasumi smiled. "And of course, you're worried about your fiance too, right?"
"W-what?" Akane stuttered. Then, she 'hmphed'. "Me, concerned about that jerk? No way! I guess he's somewhere around here, flirting with Ukyo or that bimbo Shampoo... Hmph, I don't even know why I was concerned about these two right now..."
Kasumi smiled again, but said nothing. She knew how her sister felt about Ranma. She would hide it, sure, she would deny it... But that didn't change the fact that Ranma and Akane really, really cared for each other.
Of course, Kasumi was worried about the others, as well!
"Akane, we need to find a shore! We'll freeze if we stay here!"
"Yes, I guess you're right," Akane sighed. "But it looks like the next shore is very far away. I'm in a pretty good shape. I mean..." Her face went red. "I know I can't swim and all, but... with this plank, I think it won't be a big deal... But I mean, you're not as strong as me and, um... you know..."
"I know what you mean, Akane," Kasumi replied. "I'll be fine! And if we get tired, we'll take a break, okay?"
Suddenly, they heard a familiar voice: "Kasumi! Akane! Over here!"
Swimming towards them, holding onto another plank, was Ukyo, as wet as the Tendo sisters themselves.
"Ukyo," Kasumi said. "What a nice surprise! Did you appear near here as well?"
"Yeah, just a few swimming strokes in that direction." Ukyo pointed to where she came from. "And before you ask, I was all by myself. But then I heard your voices, and quickly came swimming."
"We just thought that we should search for some land," Akane pointed out.
Ukyo nodded. "That would be the best idea, I agree! Let's just hope Godzilla doesn't rise out of the sea to get us, eh?" She winked.
She probably wouldn't have said that when she knew what happened next. The ocean water around them began to undulate, and then very big waves shook the three girls around, so they had to hold on tightly to their planks. And then something BIG rose from under them, out of the sea!
"GAH!" Ukyo cried out. "I didn't mean it! I didn't mean it!"
Then IT broke through the surface! An enormous behemoth that big, that they really couldn't make out its real shape. But when its fin broke through the surface, seawater erupted from below and splashed down on them. A deep, but deafening bellow came from the colossal beast, and the waves got bigger and bigger!
"Akane!" Ukyo cried out as her plank was being swept in a complete different direction than the one the Tendos were clinging on. "Kasumi!" And then her voice was gone.
"Oh no," Akane cried. "Ukyo!!"
"Be careful, Akane," Kasumi shouted. "Keep a good hold of the plank!" Strange, Akane thought. This was the first time in her life she heard Kasumi panicking!
And then the monster dove under again, sending another enormous wave towards the two girls.
Akane only felt the world going up, then down again, then once again up... And then she didn't feel anything!
----
Sin quietly swam through the ocean. He could have sworn he heard something while he surfaced briefly.
Hmm! Maybe just some ocean animals! He had something else to do! He already could feel the familiar feeling of doom, a feeling that his helpless victims projected, whenever he attacked one of their towns.
And while Sin continued his journey though the sea, a tiny voice at the back of his brain cried out in anguish and pleaded to be released from this nightmare... to be stuck inside this shell of a monster, forced to do things that were as inhuman as he was himself, at the moment...
----
Akane opened her eyes. She could see the blue sky, and a lonely seagull circling above her head.
Then she felt solid ground under her. Akane quickly turned around and scuttled further towards the beach, which she could now see before her.
As she turned her head around, she could see Kasumi floating next to her, her older sister just beginning to wake up herself.
Then, she heard a voice coming from the beach: "Hey, you okay? You look pretty beat up! I'll be coming for you, just a moment, ya?"
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