[Episode 1713] [Episode 1713]It was a bit of a shock when Shampoo arrived having been changed into a Gazelle-Girl. It was more of a shock when Ukyo agreed to help calm Shampoo down. Ranma wasn't about to complain if two of his fiancees' decided to get along. Akane was suspicious, but didn't follow them into Ranma's room.
Then there was a knock on the door, and Kasumi went to answer it. Akane followed, and was surprised to recognize the person at the door. It took a moment to remember her name. "Miyo! What are you doing here?"
The young psychic and mystic seemed to be very frightened. "I have come to warn you. You must all get out of the house, now."
Akane blinked as Ranma and Konatsu joined them at the front door. "Why, is there a bomb in the house?"
"No. Something worse. Much, much worse." Miyo replied. "Your sister and your friend, the ones that have changed? They are no longer the people you think. They are monsters given flesh, and if you do not leave, you all will become their next victims."
Kasumi smiled indulgently. "Oh, I sure it's not as bad as all that. Why, Ukyo just helped Shampoo? Would a monster do that?"
"Then Shampoo is dead. Ukyo has been for hours. We need to leave!!"
"Come now, I'll show you." An exasperated Kasumi said. She dragged Miyo to Ranma's room, the others following after. She opened the door with a flourish, and said, "See, nothing is... wrong?"
However, something was decidedly wrong. They witnessed as a bloody Hyena-Girl ripped another bite out of the corpse of a Gazelle-Girl. Shampoo's glassy eyes told than that she had been dead for a while now.
Then Charnal realized she had been interrupted. In a single blur of motion, she rushed to the door, and tore out Kasumi's throat.
Konatsu leapt into action, kicking Charnal away. It was far too late for Kasumi, though. "Wh-what did you do?! What did you do to Ukyo?!" the effeminate ninja screamed.
Charnal grinned and chuckled, a low, guttural sound. "She was... delicious."
Enraged beyond reason, Konatsu struck out at the monster wearing his beloved's face.
Meanwhile, the other's had their own problems. Ranma and Akane were still in shock, their world having taken a turn they had never considered before. Miyo continued to plead for them to run, but then, Serpentine struck!
Coming out of nowhere, the Snake-Girl wrapped her coils around Miyo. "Tut, tut," she hissed, "Ttthhhat wasssn't very niccce, ssspoiling our sssurprissse like ttthhhat." She licked Miyo's cheek. "I'll have to make sssure you don't do ttthhhat again, won't I?"
Then Miyo managed to get an arm free, and slapped an ofuda over Serpentine's face. She screamed as if on fire, and reflexively unwrapped the psychic.
This finally snapped Ranma from his shock, who proceeded to grab Akane and Miyo and run from the house, knocking down a few walls in the process.
They were long gone by the time Serpentine managed to rip the ward off.
Disgusted at herself for underestimating some prey, Serpentine turned to where Charnal and Konatsu fought. It was a pretty even match, but they didn't have time to play around any more. Springing into action, Serpentine wrapped up the ninja, and this time made sure to paralyze him right away.
Charnal looked around and noticed who was missing. "Damn, guess this will make things more difficult, won't it?"
Serpentine rolled her eyes. "Asss alwaysss, a massster at ssstating ttthhhe obviousss. We'd bessst finissshhh off what'sss here and get going."
Charnal nodded, and then dragged Kasumi's corpse over to where she had been feeding on Shampoo. Serpentine turned to Konatsu...
Fifteen minutes later, the two monsters left the Dojo as well. Of Shampoo, Kasumi, or Konatsu, there was nothing left.
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A.N. - Well, this is pretty much as far as I've developed this idea so far. If I come up with more, I'll add it later.
(Posted Thu, 21 Nov 2002 11:21)
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