The dazed woman followed the helpful teenagers to Dr. Tofu's practice. She introduced herself as Midori Suzuki.
"Do you remember anything of what happened to you, Suzuki-san?" Ryuko asked.
The Staryu-woman shook her head. "I only remember that someone from that... cult... offered me a way to be accepted by society. But I wasn't interested, so I declined. He then pulled out some strange object, I think it was a pendulum... and afterwards... I remember nothing!"
"Well, perhaps the doctor has a cure for the paralysis..." Ranma murmured.
"I'm really, really sorry for doing that to you, Suzuki-san," Ryuko whined.
The woman smiled. "It's okay... if that creep really was controlling me, you had to do it."
"There it is," Ranma said and pointed at the building where Dr. Tofu had his practice.
Then he blinked. "What the heck?"
Because over the building, but nowhere else, a dark cloud was hanging, showering the house with rain.
Ryoga looked into the sky. "Now that's strange... The sun is shining... but how could that single rain cloud appear over there?"
"I hope nothing is wrong with the doctor," Ranma said in a worried tone and ran faster.
He stormed towards the front door. "Dr. Tofu!"
But just then, the door opened, and the doctor looked outside. He smiled when he saw the pig-tailed Charmeleon. "Ah, Ranma! How have you been? Everything fine with you and the Tendos?"
Ranma stared. Tofu looked really strange. His skin was a light grey, and his body was surrounded by a dark cloud. And his head... was surrounded by a big drop of water. Thus, the doctor's face looked really blurry.
Tofu noticed Ranma's puzzled expression and chuckled. "Looks weird, doesn't it? I'm just trying to refine my new powers of controlling the weather."
"Controlling... the weather?" Ranma murmured. He looked up, at the big rain cloud hanging over the house. "You did this?"
"Of course! I did some investigations about my new form... The Pokémon I'm sharing traits with is called 'Castform'. It not only can control the weather, but his body changes according to the current weather, too. See?"
He spread his hands, and it stopped raining. The dark cloud dissolved, and warm rays of sunlight came shining down on them.
At the same time, the small cloud surrounding the doctor's body changed it's color to a nice white, and his head got surrounded by a sphere of glowing, orange light.
Tofu grinned. "Comes in handy when I want to sunbathe!"
Ranma sighed. The warm sunrays really felt good... but then he remembered that now wasn't the time.
"Doctor," he shouted. "We have a patient for you. She was being controlled by hypnosis... and we were forced to paralyze her."
"Oh dear..." Tofu murmured, and the shining orb around his head, as well as the white cloud, just vanished. The weather over the building now was perfectly normal again. It didn't rain, but it also wasn't quite as sunny as it had been after he had changed into his 'sunny' form. "I tell you, Ranma, those new powers can be very dangerous if the people aren't more careful when using them. Please, come in, Miss..."
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Some minutes later, Tofu assured Midori that she was fine, he treated her with some Paralyze Heal, a special medicine he had created shortly after the big 'changing day'. Curiously, it worked just like the Paralyze Heal item from the games.
"That should do it," he nodded after the Staryu sat up again. "Now be careful and watch out for those cult members... I already had the feeling they were up to no good..."
"Thank you, doctor," she smiled. And turning to the three teenagers, she said: "And thank you, too! Who knows what that Hypno had done to me if you hadn't saved me from his control. Thank you so much!"
"Aw, it was nuthin'," Ranma replied. He almost blushed, but his pride as a martial artist didn't allow it.
Or it may have something to do with the fact that blushing was hard to do if your skin was a flaming red already...
"Ranma, Ryoga!"
The two boys turned around to face the doctor. "Um, yes?"
Tofu sighed. "Please, you two are strong martial artists. If you ever see people misusing their new powers, stop them from making a mistake! There's one thing that most people still have to learn: With great power comes great responsibility!"
"Isn't that quote from Spider-Man?" Ryuko asked.
The doctor smiled. "I have always been a fan of those comics... and who said we can't learn from them?"
"Don't worry, doctor," Ryoga said. "When seeing someone bullying a weaker person, I would never hesitate."
"Yeah, me too!" Ranma nodded. "Like my father taught me: It's a martial artist's duty to protect the weak!"
Just then, the front door opened and a female voice called: "Hello? Doctor Tofu? Are you there?"
The doctor's glasses instantly fogged up. "Ka-Ka-Kasumi?"
The eldest Tendo sister came in, her tail swishing behind her. "Ah, I just wondered if Ranma and Ryuko were with you. Hello, Ryoga-kun! I just wanted to tell you that dinner will be served soon."
"Okay, we'll come in a few minutes," Ranma nodded.
Kasumi nodded. "Goodbye, Dr. Tofu!"
And just as she was walking out of the door, the doctor extended his hands as if he wanted to shake her hand. "Fa-fa-fancy meeting you here..." he mumbled. "Can I offer some tea?" He filled a cup with water and handed it to Ryoga, not even noticing that Kasumi was long gone.
"YEOUCH!" The Mankey-boy yelled and almost dropped the cup. "That's HOT!"
"Oh, is it too hot? We have to cool it, then..." And the doctor's form changed yet again... His head turned purple, and his body got surrounded by a greenish cloud.
And then, out of nowhere, a full-blown snowstorm came rippling through the room, blowing various objects through the air and coating the floor, the doctor's tools, the skeleton Betty and the three teenagers with snow.
Ranma sneezed. Now THAT was cold.
"I t-t-think Dr. Tofu should d-d-do something against his... reactions t-t-to Kasumi..." Ryuko jittered.
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