Ranma was dashing through the forest, all the time thinking only about one thing:
'Could I have prevented it? Could I have prevented it?'
Then he took a sidewards glance to the spiky-furred Jolteon that was running next to him.
"Yo, Akane," he said. "You know you don't have to come... I can deal with Tsubasa alone."
"I know that," Akane replied while running. "But who knows what traps he has set up... and by the way, Ukyo may be my rival, but she's also a friend... got it?"
Ranma nodded. For a while, the two of them just continued running.
'Should I tell her now?' Ranma wondered. 'Should I tell her that Ukyo and I are no longer fiancees?'
"Just how long do we have to keep running like this?" interrupted Akane his thoughts.
"Um... wait a minute..." The Charmeleon stopped and pulled out a piece of paper. Akane almost lost her balance when she stopped as well. "Damn, Ranma! Warn me the next time you decide just to stop like this!"
"Well, it's not my fault that you can't even break..."
"What did you say?"
Ranma grimaced. 'Remember, making Akane mad is bad...'
"Um, nothing..." He looked at the piece of paper.
----
(Backflash)
Konatsu handed Ranma a piece of paper. "Here, I found this letter after I gained consciousness and Tsubasa was already gone... he took me by surprise, even though I have sensed the danger all the time..."
"It's okay, we all aren't used to our powers yet," Ryuko said.
Ranma unfolded the paper and read:
'Ranma,
if you wanna have Ukyo back, try and follow us to the mountains... you'll never make it. I dare you! Ukyo will be mine!
By the way, you're a jerk.
Tsubasa'
Ranma blinked. "Now that doesn't sound like Tsubasa at all... What happened to the wimpy little guy in frilly dresses we know? His new powers must really have boosted his confidence..."
"So you'll go?" Akane asked. Ranma nodded. "Yeah... Ukyo is my childhood buddy... I can't let her down."
Akane stepped forward. "I'll come too!"
"But, Akane..."
"My decision is made... don't try to talk me out of it."
Ranma looked at his yellow-furred fiancee for a while, then he nodded. "Okay... but remember, I can't wait for you if you can't keep up."
"Okay, got it!"
Ranma blinked. Akane was acting strangely cooperative today...
"I... I'll come with you as well," Konatsu said.
Ranma shook his head. "No, Konatsu... it'll be the best that not too many people go after them... if he notices us, who knows if we'll be still able to catch up with them?"
Konatsu gulped. "O-okay... I'll leave it to you two, then... Ranma, Akane..." He bowed. "Please, save Mistress Ukyo!"
"You got it!"
----
Ranma shook his head. Perhaps they should have brought Konatsu as well... a ninja's abilities can be very useful...
But perhaps it was the right thing to do... If Tsubasa really has the powers of a Ditto now, he could easily disguise himself in a form they wouldn't recognize, and if he would see them come, they would have quite a hard time finding him.
He looked at the backside of Tsubasa's letter, where the master of disguise had scribbled a small map. It's supposed to show them the way to where he had escaped to.
"It's that way," he finally said and gestured up the mountain. "We'll have to be careful, I have the strong feeling that it's gonna be a trap..."
"No, duh..." Akane grumbled. "Of course it's a trap. Tsubasa would be an idiot if he would just tell us where to find him. I wouldn't be surprised if Ukyo is actually at a totally different place."
"Well, it's the only lead we have... so let's get a move on."
Akane was going to nod, when suddenly, she felt something. "Ranma... wait a minute..."
"What's wrong?"
Akane's spiky fur sharply jutted out of her body, sparks of electricity dancing over it. "I feel... some sort of electric field heading this way... I believe it's a Poké-person... no, two of them..."
She twirled around. "Here they come! Look out!"
They barely had the time to jump out of the way, when suddenly, two pole-like weapons hit the ground where they had been standing. A crackling blast of electricity surrounded the area.
Akane and Ranma landed some distance away from their attackers.
The two Poké-girls pulled their weapons out of the ground.
They had both yellow fur, long ears and wore Chinese clothing.
The first one had red markings on her fur and a tail that was shaped like a 'plus'. "Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo..." she said.
The second one had blue markings and a tail that was shaped like a 'minus'. "You're obstacles that need to be removed."
And together, they posed and said: "Prepare to die!"
Ranma stared. "Ling-Ling and Lung-Lung? When did they return from China?"
"I'd rather know why they're attacking us," Akane said. "Hey, you two... what's the big idea?"
The Plusle-girl and the Minun-girl raised their weapons. "Enemies of the Kada Brahma... prepare to be destroyed!"
And then Ranma took a look at their blank, empty eyes... and realized they too had to be under the control of a psychic cult member.
"Oh boy..." he grumbled. "This day jut keeps getting better and better..."
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