Later, they were going back to the Tendo Dojo. Ryuko was carrying her cousin and promised him, he would get some hot water soon.
Ranma was carrying Ryoga's backpack and umbrella. "You know, I'm really curious how Ryoga had spend his changing day..."
Ryuko giggled. "Maybe he was just climbing trees when the change hit him... Although, you have to wonder, right? I mean, how all of this has started."
Ranma stayed silent. She hasn't told Ryuko of the lamp and the blonde genie up to now... She and the Tendo sisters had decided to keep quiet about that. The only ones that knew about it outside of the Tendo and Saotome families were Ukyo and the Amazons.
Suddenly, someone stepped into their way. Ranma blinked. It was a man, a half-Hypno, dressed in an expensive business suit. He wore a white collar around his neck and carried a strange pendulum.
Next to him, there was a stunningly beautiful Staryu-woman, the red gem between her breasts glittering in the sun.
"Greetings!" The Hypno raised a hand. "A wonderful day, isn't it?"
"Yes, a wonderful day," the woman echoed. Ranma frowned when she looked at her. Somehow, her expression seemed somewhat absent-minded.
"Um... sure is," Ryuko replied in confusion. "Do we know you?"
The Hypno smiled and shook his head. "No, no... but we could get to know each other. Say, what would you say if one day, you would wake up and realize that you are a special person? But you wouldn't know what to make of it? And then, someone would appear and lead yo on your way, to finally find a place where there are others like you... Who would accept you for what you are. And you would have a reason to live."
He smiled again. "Doesn't that sound wonderful?"
"Yes, doesn't it sound wonderful?" the Staryu-woman nodded.
"I really don't know what you're talking about..." Ranma muttered. "Who are you guys anyway?"
"We are simply disciples of someone who could show you the true way towards your own fulfillment."
Ryuko gasped. "Don't tell me... you're from that cult they talked about on TV... The Sons of Mewtwo?"
"Indeed, we are!" the Hypno nodded.
"Indeed, we are!" the woman echoed.
Ranma shook her head. "Sorry, not interested. Sounds pretty far-fetched to me... and I don't mean the Pokémon!" She grinned, snickering at her little joke.
"Think about it..." the Hypno said in a more insistent voice. "All your problems would come to an end!"
"It will be sooo beautiful..." the woman next to him gushed with half-closed eyes.
Ryuko then noticed something. The pendulum of the Hypno was swinging back and forth all the time, and every time the Staryu said something, he made a slight gesture with his left hand.
"Ranma," she shouted and gestured towards the pendulum.
Ranma looked darkly at the Hypno. "So, that's your way of handling things? Hypnotizing unwilling people to do as you wish?"
The Hypno frowned. "I don't know what you mean... This woman, as everyone under the leadership of our glorious master, does so on their own free will..."
"Yes, that's right..." But now, the woman sounded even more like a controlled puppet.
"Nice try..." Ranma snarled and took on a menacing pose. "Drop that pendulum now, or else..."
The Hypno grinned. "Well, you're quite the observant one... Very well... If you want to oppose us..."
His left hand pointed at the six-tailed martial artist. "Dispose of them!"
"Yes, sir!" the Staryu-woman replied and approached Ranma.
"Ranma, watch out," Ryuko shouted. "She's a water type!"
"I know..." Ranma grumbled. "Hmmm, how to do this..."
The Staryu thrusted her right arm forward and shot a powerful jet of water at Ranma.
Ranma reacted out of instinct, and used the Fire Spin, which she had learned by training with her father (when he didn't sleep, the half-Snorlax was actually still a powerful opponent).
But this time... she surrounded herself with the tornado of flames, effectively blocking the incoming water. It got reflected and hit Ryoga instead.
The instant the boiling water hit his fur, Ryoga turned back into his humanoid form. "YAAAAH!" he shouted. "HOT! HOT! HOT!"
Luckily, his fur covered his intimate parts, so he didn't feel too exposed in front of his cousin.
He glared at the Hypno angrily. "All right... now you asked for it!" He attacked the psychic-type with a low kick.
The man chuckled and reacted by pushing the Mankey back with his psychic powers. "Please... fighting types like you don't stand a chance against me... although I'm not as powerful as our leader."
But while Ryoga couldn't reach the man, the Hypno was forced to focus on him, which distracted him from the fight with Ranma. So his hypnotic powers over the woman were weakened.
Ranma managed to surprise her by pinning her down on the ground. "Now I got ya!"
But the Hypno already focussed his powers and mentally ordered the woman to do a special move...
Ranma suddenly found herself flying through the air, as the woman spun around like a flying disc.
"Turbo Spin..." the Hypno chuckled. "Always comes in handy..."
The Staryu shot another Water Gun at Ranma, and this time, she hit her. But when the Hypno saw Ranma suddenly changing species (and not to mention GENDER) he was so confused that he forgot to give his controlled servant instructions.
"Ranma, step aside!"
"Ryuko? What are you doing?"
"Trust me, I got an idea!"
"No," Ryoga protested. "It's too dangerous!"
Ryuko glared at him angrily. "Sit down, cousin, and let me do my work!"
Ryoga gulped. He knew her glare... it was that glare that made the Hibiki women so scary... and their men so afraid... so he obeyed.
Ryuko stepped forward and concentrated. While Dratinis could learn many different types of moves, as all dragons could, they learned one special attack by themselves...
"Thunder Wave!" Ryuko shouted. Being a fan of martial arts mangas, she liked to shout the name of her attack loudly.
Rippling waves of energy came flowing out of her horn and passed the Staryu-woman. When being hit by the waves, she got paralyzed and was unable to move.
Ryoga used that to quickly move her out of the way... and Ranma looked directly into the eyes of the cult member.
"CHAAAARRRRR!" he shouted and engulfed the Hypno with a spout of fire.
But when the flame was gone... his opponent had vanished.
"Dang... he must have teleported... or someone else did it for him!"
Ryuko knelt down next to the paralyzed woman. When the Hypno had vanished, his control over her mind was gone as well.
"Will she be okay?" Ryuko asked in a worried tone of voice. She felt guilty because she had to use an attack on an innocent person...
"She'll be fine, I'm sure," Ranma said. "But we should take her to Dr. Tofu... huh?" He raised his arms as he suddenly began shining in a white light. "What's happening?"
Ryoga and Ryuko just gaped as Ranma's whole body glowed that brightly that they couldn't even see the contours of his body.
But when the light dimmed down again... they could see that he had changed. The red color of his skin had turned into a much darker shade of red, his claws seemed to have grown longer, and on his head, a bony protrusion had appeared.
"Ranma, you evolved!" Ryuko said in awe. "You turned into a Chameleon!"
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