[Episode 172082] [Episode 172082]The PokéGirl nodded her head. “All right. Well, Ranma. It’s nice to meet a Tigress like you. I’m Britanny Elin Diggers. A Cheetit.”
“...A ‘Cheetit’?” Ranma asked slowly, making sure she was hearing right. From experience she was already physically bracing herself for impact upon saying something that sounded rather perverted.
Grinning, Britanny smiled and responded, “Yep!” She bounced on the heels of her feet, causing her breasts to bounce within the confines of the tight green one-piece she wore. “I’m a cat-type, I got spots, I got speed, and of course, I got TITS!” She said proudly, placing her hands below her feminine orbs and lifting her massive mammaries.
A sweat-drop rolling down the side of her head, Ranma-chan slowly said, “Rriiiiight...” yep, it was official. This was definitely the screwiest thing Ranma had ever been through in her entire life. She couldn’t want to get to town and some hot water.
Taking a moment to adjust her shoes, Britanny asked Ranma, “So what brings you to Viridick Forest?”
Ranma blinked her eyes. “Viridick Forest?” Again, there was that feeling that she should be hit for saying something that sounded rather perverted... Damn, maybe Nabiki was right when she told him about that Pavlov guy’s dogs.
Stopping for a moment, Britanny looked up at the Ranma. “You don’t know of Viridick Forest?”
Shaking her head, Ranma answered, “No. I’m completely lost.” And she was, just not in the way she was pretty sure that the Cheetit was thinking.
“Well, damn...” Britanny said slowly. “No wonder you’d be stupid enough to take a nap out here. Dangerous enough having to deal with Feral PokéGirls, but you’re in one of the most dangerous areas in the entire Johto Region...”
At the look of confusion on the Tigress’ face, it was now Britanny’s turn to sweat drop. “C’mon, Ranma. I’ll lead you back to town. It’s not safe to stand around here in the open for long. You might end up as lunch for a Bug-type.”
Again, with more new vocabulary being brought to the fore, Ranma was finding herself really confused by this taller woman. “Bug-type?”
Giving Ranma a long hard look that practically asked, ‘are you stupid?’ Britanny settled with asking, “You don’t know anything about where the heck you ended up in your travels, do you?”
Ranma shook her head. Not that she did any traveling to get here, wherever here was, but she really had no freaking clue as to what was with where she ended up. The cursed-girl-turned- PokéGirls had assumed it was just a forest, but this woman was acting like it was the worst place in the world.
Nodding her head, Britanny adjusted the strap of her storage box and told Ranma, “Keep up with me, I’ll explain on the way.”
“Sure,” Ranma said as she started to walk after the Cheetit. She made sure to keep pace with the taller PokéGirls, walking right next to her as they made a steady pace through the tall grass. “So what’s up with this place.”
Looking down to the shorter Tigress, the Cheetit explained, “This is Viridick Forest, or as it’s better known as, ‘Buggy Woods’.”
“Buggy Woods?” Ranma asked as the two PokéGirls stepped over a large log and kept on moving.
“Yep,” Britanny said. “It’s called Buggy Woods because this is the area you’ll find the largest gathering of any sort of Bug-type PokéGirls you can think of. And unfortunately, as we all know, the vast majority of Bug-type PokéGirls aren’t all that intelligent.”
Wincing as she stepped in something which she hoped was a patch of mud, Ranma took a moment to shake her foot. “So what’s so bad about Bug-types being stupid?”
“Ranma,” Britanny said the Tigress’ name as they continued walking. “Many Bug-type PokéGirls are a deviation of Poison-types, meaning they could kill you easily enough. And worse, they are often mindless drones who conform to a queen or are merely Feral no matter what. They often have stinger or spore attacks, as well as bug-like wings. They often have other bug-like appendages, such as pincers, multiple arms, insectoid eyes, or claws on their arms for climbing.”
“Ah...” Ranma said slowly. “Basically, unlike you and me?” She was pretty sure she was still pretty human, minus the fur, claws, tail... and these Bug-types sounded anything but!
“No duh,” Britanny said as she continued walking. “And worse, they’d attack us without hesitation since we’re pretty weak against them.”
Stopping in her tracks, Ranma asked, “We are!?” Ranma Saotome was weak against no-one! She’d be damned if some little housefly, or mosquito, or any bug-like thing could have the advantage to kick her ass!
“We are,” Britanny affirmed as she continued moving. Turning around when she realized the other PokéGirl had stopped walking, she asked, “What? We are both Fighting-types... Well, you are, I’m Normal with a sub-type of Fighting... but anyway,” the Cheetit continued, getting herself back on track in her explanation. “Point is, Bug-types have a distinct Elemental advantage over us. We’d be in trouble if any of them attacked us while we were out here.”
“But...” Ranma tried to come up with any sort of comeback. Damn it! She did not like the idea of something being able to kick her ass. She was Ranma Saotome, heir of the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts! She’d be damned if she got her ass kicked by a ladybug! “Well, you’re out here...”
“I am,” Britanny admitted. “And only because this is the ONLY Route between Fewtits City and Phallus Town. And I needed to get something from Fewtits.”
Considering that for a moment, Ranma figured that made sense. But what did Britanny need from this ‘Fewtits’?
However, the Tigress wouldn’t have much time to continue along that train of thought as Britanny tackled her into the thick brush. “Britanny, what’re you-” and she was silenced as the Cheetit placed her hand over her mouth.
“Quiet, and head down,” Britanny whispered as she did herself did what she told Ranma.
Doing as told, Ranma wondered what the hell was with Britanny... until she heard the buzzing.
Looking up, she saw them. A group of two dozen naked, fearsome-looking insectile women. Each one was sporting a pair of transluscent wings. Large black eyes on similar, expressionless faces, their heads were adorned with antennae. Connected behind them, right above their posteriors, and looking to be connected along the spine as a continuation of the tail bone was a thorax of black and yellow, the armored insectile part ending with a visible stinger.
As the group finally started to finish passing over them, it was then that Ranma noticed the two bee-like PokéGirls bringing up the rear of the group were working together to carry some flaccid waif-like human with very bright green hair. The darkening red blood seeping from the open gash on the side of her neck contrasted with her skin that was s a pale green with darker spots. The pained look on its face was obvious even in death.
All in all, Ranma was in complete awe... and maybe a little fear, but she denied that and decided the chill she felt up her spine was just her being cold from little clothing.
Finally, when the group of insectile PokéGirls passed by, Britanny got up from the brush. “Damn, that was close. I was so busy talking to you, I almost didn’t realize they were coming until they were almost upon us.”
Getting to her feet, Ranma slowly looked at the Cheetit. “Britanny...?” She spoke the other woman’s name softly. “What the hell was that?”
“BuzzBreasts,” Britanny said seriously. “One of the most common and most dangerous Bug-types here or anywhere... and we’re lucky they were more preoccupied with their own meal...”
Blinking her eyes at that, Ranma asked, “Meal?” As it hit her, Ranma’s eyes widened considerably. “Wait, that girl...?”
“A Cutipie, another Bug-type,” Britanny said. “Just because they’re both Bug-types, don’t mean they get along. Cutiepies are usually docile, and make for all too-easy a target for hungry BuzzBreasts.”
Ranma-chan shivered. “They’re literally going to eat her?”
Nodding her head, Britanny said, “Just as they would us if they caught us here... now c’mon!” Britanny said as she started walking. “We gotta get out of the Buggy Woods before we come across something worse.”
“Right,” Ranma whole heartedly agreed as she got to her feet. “Let’s get out of here! Quickly!”
“Quickly, huh?” Britanny smiled. “I can run slower than normal, but please try to keep up.”
Nodding her head, Ranma was surprised with how the Cheetit grinned at her before she started to really take off. “HEY! WAIT UP!” The human-turned-PokéGirl cried out as she then ran after her.
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