"I don't know what came over me, sis..." Nabiki said after coming into the kitchen. "I mean, I know I always have been after money, but that was ridiculous... I know myself, I can control myself better than that."
"Perhaps you slowly mutate..." Kasumi grinned. "Turning into a magpie... You know, going after everything that glitters..."
"Very funny," Nabiki grumbled and clipped another whisker. "But with those hairs coming out of my face, I'd rather say a cat."
That got Kasumi thinking... A money-loving cat? That sounded awfully familiar to her...
"Oh, I still have to get some hot water ready for Mr. Saotome," she suddenly realized. "Okay, here's the kettle, all I need is some waabbbblllrr..."
"Kasumi?" Nabiki stared in shock as she saw her older sister spit out liters of water into the kettle and, after it was flowing out of the top, into the kitchen sink.
Kasumi's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when she realized what she was doing.
Nabiki peered down into the sink. "Um... sis, I think that's enough..."
Kasumi closed her mouth... and the flow of water stopped. Together, they watched how the excess of water went down the drain.
"Just how did you do that just now?" Nabiki asked.
Kasumi shook her head. "I'm not too sure... but... I have a hunch."
Nabiki looked closely at her face. "Are your cheeks turning blue?"
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"I really wonder what got into Nabiki," Akane said after Ranma came back from his bath. "I've never seen her act like this before."
"Perhaps her shares have fallen in value..." Ranma grinned. "And now she's after every little coin she can get."
"I don't think that's it," Akane said. She re-opened the book she had been reading just now. "It's too dark in here..." she mumbled. "Ranma can you switch on the lamp, please?"
Ranma went over to the floor lamp standing behind Akane's chair and pulled the cord. Nothing.
"I guess the bulb is all burnt through," he speculated. "Lemme see..." he screwed the bulb out of the socket. "Yup, needs a new one."
Akane sighed. "I'll get one..." She went over to the cupboard and pulled out a new light bulb, still in the package.
"All right, let's..." But when she pulled out the bulb of the package, it instantly began glowing brightly.
Ranma blinked. "Well... this one is working, all right..."
"But... but... how can this be?" Akane stuttered. "The bulb needs electricity to light up."
"Lemme take it..." Ranma said and reached for the bulb.
ZAP!
"OW!" Ranma clutched his hand and dropped the bulb. In the moment Akane let go of it, it went dark again.
"Be careful," Akane scowled. "You'll break it."
"I just got an electrical shock when I touched your hand," Ranma said while rubbing his wrist.
"How could there be electricity flowing through the bulb? I touched it, remember?"
"No, you don't understand: I didn't touch the bulb, I touched YOU. As in: Touched your skin."
Akane touched her own hand. "I don't feel anything... but..."
Ranma took another look at Akane and gasped. "Akane! Your hair!"
"What?" Akane reached for her head. "What's that?"
She hurried to the mirror. On top of her head, her hair was looking much spikier than it had been previously. And was that a tinge of yellow at the tips?
"Something very strange is going on here..." Ranma murmured.
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