In terms of appearance, there were generally two physical variations that recognizably female demons tended to come in – prepubescent, and voluptuous. Very occasionally, there were individuals, sometimes entire classes, which belonged in neither mold, but by and large demon girls were either very androgynous or very stacked.
Nekomata were generally considered to belong in the latter category, something that Ranma Saotome was well aware of. Many noted that, much like Succubi, they were curvaceous and energetic, bouncy, if you would. These facts were generally considered self-evident, for the demonic cat-girls tended to wear ribbons to tie their hair with, and nothing else. While any demon could change their appearance within the broad limitations of their class, reincarnations always put one in the most basic template thereof.
Of course, Ranma had figured out that something funny had happened with her class long before she looked down; for one thing it had never before taken her battle scanner this long to process a class. For another, her hands were, well, actually hands and not say, big, clumsy kitty paws. So Ranma was not surprised to find that, while she should have been naked, she wasn't. Instead she was wearing a drab, stylized military vest inlaid with interlocking black metal bands, over a bandeau style blouse with a camouflage pattern that split into semi-circular coat tails just above her navel. Continuing the circular motif, each coat-tail also had a black metal ring, holding a gear. Covering the junction between her legs and body was a practical belt and a not at all practical olive drab mini-skirt.
Oh, and she was also wearing what looked to be armored leg-warmers. Go fig.
Her feet were normal, at least for your average Nekomata. Big, goofy looking white-toed paws leading to a thick layer of short fur running up her legs to mid-thigh. Perfectly normal, except for the fur alternating between a pinkish-purple and just plain pink. Ranma twitched at the color and peered over her shoulder to find the pattern continued with her fluffy, white tipped tail. 'I really, really hope this hasn't carried over to my hair.'
Then, the scanner pinged, and Ranma turned her attention away from her thoughts. Knowing the combination of factors could mean only one thing, she sighed in resignation, and brought the scanner up...
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"... and that's it for Team Gato, it looks like..." the stuffed rabbit/news commentator paused suddenly, his voice trailing in to silence. "This just in! Ranma Saotome's request to reincarnate as a Ninja has been high-jacked by the Dark Senate, and his soul has apparently migrated into the form of a rare or possibly even a unique class! Live from the Item World is the Black Angel, Ayane!"
Between the bunny and his co host, a cute, if silent, blue-haired demon-waif in white, the display blinked to life. The attractive, dark-haired priestess who appeared thereon nodded to the Camera, and began to speak.
"Thank you, Usagi. Behind me is the reincarnated Ranma Saotome whose new form is a... could you repeat that?" Someone mumbled at the reporter from off-screen. Ayane smiled, and nodded. "Right, a Cheshire Cat-girl." The screen blinked, then replaced the reporter with the statistics Ranma had inherited.
Ranma Saotome/Cheshire Cat-girl
HP: 4716/5994
SP: 3729/3729
ATK: 36108, DEF: 2017
INT: 1641, RES: 2351
HIT: 4977, SPD: 17621
LVL: 1, Counter: 5, MV: 7, JM: 35, Fire: 0%, Ice: 0%, Wind: 0%
"This has got to be making for one angry Dark Hero... ine. We'll have more coverage of the situation as it develops. For now, courtesy of Talking Heads Co., is Doctor Aamairiteus, Professor of Classonometry at the Netherworld Technical Institute and a specialist in Spontaneous Class Rarification. Doctor, what can you tell us about this little understood phenomenon?"
The monitor blinked, then came up with "AUDIO ONLY," in red, over the picture of a chibi-zombie attacking a chibi-camera demon and the text, "We are Experiencing Technical Difficulties" in white.
"Zhank you, Mizter Uzagi. Zpontaeneous Class Rarifeecation eez ze process by vhich a member of a normal class zuddenly and unexpectedly svitches to being part of a class vhich eez in ze severe minority. Ze Theory of General Classonometry, though adequate for Common classes and Deerected Class Rarifeecation, zadly eez inadequate for explaining ze processes by vhich thees occurs."
"..." Said the girl, glancing towards the screen.
"I wasn't aware you were into this sort of thing, Plenair." Usagi murmured in surprise.
"..." Plenair answered, raising an eyebrow ever so slightly as she glanced towards the still video-less monitor.
"Quite right. Sorry about the interruption Doctor, but I'm getting reports that the situation has started to heat up. Let's head back to the scene. Ayane, how're things going there?"
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