"Meooow," Neko-Ranma happily meowed while chasing after Carbuncle. "Neko wanna play!"
Carbuncle, who was out of breath by now, managed to stutter: "That is.. quite enough playing... for today... Now be a good kitty... and stop that! Stop! Sit! Bad kitty!"
Neko was ready to pounce, when Fenrir tackled him from the side. "Got you," the blue- and white-furred wolf grinned, while pinning Ranma's feline side to the ground.
"Aaawww, nyyoooo fair," Neko whined. "Lemme up, Neko wanna try again."
"The lil' green rat is right, y'know?" Fenrir said amused. "It's really enough for one day."
"Hey... who's... a green rat?" Carbuncle said while trying to catch his breath. Fenrir looked at him with pity.
"You definitely need to work on your stamina," Fenrir growled. "When you're fighting actively for Ranma, a fiend is gonna ram you into the ground, sooner or later."
"Hey, I never fought like this before," Carbuncle defended himself. "It was always: Use one Ruby Light, then disappear! I have to work on my other magic as well, you know?"
"Magic training can wait! You have to work on your body first!"
Carbuncle glared at the earth wolf angrily. "But that's no reason to use me as a cat's scratching post. Why don't you let Neko chase yourself for once?"
Fenrir grinned. "Because he's a cat... and I don't look like a green rat."
Carbuncle fumed.
Neko happily bounced in-between them. "Meeeoooow! Neko hungry! Feed Neko!"
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It was slowly getting dark, and so they decided to spend the night in one of the travel agencies owned by the Al Bhed Rin. According to Yuna, these little shop/inn combinations were spread all over Spira.
At first, Wakka didn't want to spend his night there... because the owner was Al Bhed. But Auron managed to 'convince' him to stay.
It was still too early for sleeping, so most of the party members looked for something to kill some time.
Auron was leaning against a pole outside the shop, when Shampoo came outside.
"Aiyah," she said while scratching behind her ears. "Fur warm, but not always so good. Shampoo thinks she has fleas..."
Auron chuckled silently at that. After his journey with his two friends, he believed his emotions to be buried under a thick coat of sorrow, but every time he saw the lavender-haired Amazon, she managed to lift his spirits - even if involuntarily.
He stepped up to her. "You need to train your powers more," he told her. "If you manage to use the right attacks against the fiends, battles will be much more easier."
"Shampoo always ready to learn more," she excitedly said. "Teach me, yes?"
Auron hesitated, then nodded. "Okay... there aren't many people around you could scare away. Change into your standard battle form."
Shampoo closed her eyes and concentrated. The power of the compressed pyreflies inside her body made her change into a humanoid version of her flame-tailed battle form - without the evil, gleaming eyes.
"Shampoo ready! What next?"
Auron gestured towards a big bush behind the inn. "We fought some Basilisks today, right? And you saw their 'Stone Breath' attack, right?"
Shampoo nodded, that attack was very scary. "Turned boy with loud voice into statue. Shampoo almost thought he died. Lucky you have these 'softs'!"
"Well, can you remember every detail of how the Basilisk spit out the petrifying mist?" She nodded. "Try it yourself then. Aim for the bush over there!"
She nodded and turned around to face her target. She concentrated, inhaled deeply... and felt the pyreflies inside her create the stony mist the snake-like fiends used to petrify their enemies. She exhaled with a loud 'whooshing' sound, and the Stone Breath flew out of her muzzle.
When it hit the bush, it was instantly turned to stone.
"Shampoo did it," she yelled enthusiastically while bouncing up and down. "Want to try 'Self Destruct' next!"
Auron sweat-dropped. "Um, I think it's enough for today," he said. In his opinion, 'Self Destruct' wasn't exactly the wisest choice of a battle move. It does a lot of damage, true, but it just wasn't worth it if afterwards, the user was instantly incapacitated.
He really didn't know just WHY some Ronso were so desperate to learn that move.
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