Ami had been the one to find the little boy's hospital room, and she'd been the one who'd been embarrassed by intruding on his privacy. But it had also been her who had brought out a caring side from Ranma, who had been guarded all the time with the adults, even when he was joking with them. The two of them had become rather close, and it was clear that their bond was a strong one.
Just how strong was demonstrated when a middle management type, there because of a minor accident, had shoved Ami out of his way, sending her head to crack against the edge of a counter. Fortunately for her, the injury was more bloody than anything else, and there was no sign that there would be any significant effects from the encounter.
The same couldn't be said for the man who'd caused it in his need to hurry. Most little boys couldn't take a middle aged man out on their own, but Ranma sent that man crashing to the floor with a single kick to the chest. Then he'd proceeded to climb onto the fallen man and began punch him so hard and so fast that he was more like a violent force of nature, rather than a five year old boy.
That fit with what she knew of him though, as she'd seen some strange stuff involving the young boy. His personality changed with his eye color, for instance, becoming more... animalistic, but not in a 'blind rage' sort of way. Instead, he became like a predator that had focused on its prey.
And the strangest thing was that it seemed that the fog itself was afraid of him. On the one hand, it was good to have the fog seeming to try avoiding him, because he made that space relatively safe, given the circumstances. However, she did have to wonder just what was it about this boy that even 'frightened' the fog that brought bloodthirsty monsters out on to the streets.
Doctor Mizuno knew that this was never going to be simply a 'case' for her at all, while:
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