This night Ranma had some strange dream... about a girl wearing a strange fuku, inside a big palace. There were many other girls as well who were dressed similarly. But the strange thing was... Ranma was living through the whole dream as if he himself was the girl.
He wondered if that had to do with his Jusenkyo curse... Perhaps it was the girl that had drown in that spring so many years ago?
He was still thinking about that dream when he walked back to the Tendo Dojo, and therefore almost didn't notice the water that fell down from above.
He looked up, saw something falling down, freaked out and made a shooing motion with his hands, although he didn't expect the water would listen to him.
Surprisingly, it did. After he waved his hands, the splash of water made a curve and splashed down next to him, on the ground.
"Oh, I'm sorry," the woman that had been watering her plants said. "I didn't see you there. Did you get wet?"
Ranma, who had expected to be turned into his female form again, blinked. He really wasn't wet. He got lucky? How did that happen?
----
"I found something interesting within the Mercury Computer," Ami told her friends.
It was the next day. After doing some research, they met again at the Hikawa shrine.
"I found some data regarding the Zodiac Senshi," Ami said. "According to their powers, they are not as powerful in battle as we are, but they can also use their powers to a small degree when not transformed. Also, I was able to download a special tracking program into my Mercury Visor. If some of the amulets are nearby, I should be able to find them."
"Great job, Ami," Rei cheered. "And, did you find something?"
"Yes, but only one signal: I think one of the Zodiac amulets must be in the vicinity of Nerima."
"That close?" Usagi shouted with glee. "Lucky! I'm so glad! New Senshi must mean new friends and helpers, right?"
"Don't be too sure of that," Makoto said. "Remember Galaxia and her Senshi? They weren't exactly our friends. And when we met Neptune and Uranus for the first time, they didn't really plan to help us..."
"But they changed," Usagi insisted. "There's something good in everyone, and we must find a way to help them discover their abilities."
"Wow, that was pretty wise, coming from you," Rei mocked.
Usagi sniffled. "Rei's mean to me again..."
----
Ranma walked through the door. "I'm back," he called.
Kasumi looked out of the kitchen. "Welcome back, Ranma-kun. Dinner isn't quite finished yet, so why don't you sit down for a while?"
Ranma nodded. "Yeah, I'll do that... it has been a strange day..."
"Oh, did something happen?" Akane asked as she came down the stairs.
"Yeah, some water was falling on me... nothing unusual there... but before it hit me, it somehow moved to the side, and hit the ground. Strange, huh?"
Akane shrugged. "Must have been your imagination, I think."
Nabiki suddenly stuck her head in. "There you are, Ranma! Could you lend me a hand? I just received this package from South America, but it's pretty heavy. Could you carry it to my room?"
"Why did you receive a package from South America?" Akane wondered.
"My business transactions are of no concern to you, dear sister. I have people all over the world that like to do business with me. Let's just say I purchased some quality wares for a very good price. Ranma, if you would..."
Ranma looked at the heavy box and shrugged. "Sure, have nothing better to do..."
He carried the package up the stairs and into Nabiki's room. "There you are," he said.
"Thank you," Nabiki said. "Now if you would excuse me, I have to control the quality of my purchase."
After Ranma went down again, she took a big knife and cut open the cardboard box. "Well, my business partner assured me top quality... and with my supreme bargaining skills, I should be able to sell these wares for a much bigger price on the Japanese market."
She opened the box... and jumped back when suddenly, something dark and crawly appeared.
"GYAAAAAH," she screamed in shock.
The scorpion that was in the box looked at her and nodded. "Thank you for releasing me. I was afraid I would starve in there."
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