"Should we make some more changes?" Nabiki asked.
Ranma shook his head. "Naah, he's strong enough as he is. Maybe just tone his strength down just a little bit when he's a girl... And increase his... um, HER agility."
Nabiki did so. "Tell me, Saotome... was there a certain reason why you chose to make the color of his cursed form light blue?"
Ranma shrugged. "Well, when you changed his hair color, it kinda reminded me of my own curse. So I decided to give him something similar. He often complained how I would have an easier time with my curse than him..."
"Well, I guess he asked for it, then... What next? You want to try the other options of the program?"
"Later," Ranma decided. "I think I'll make another character first... let's see... we have the powerhouse Ryoga, the cunning thief-like Nabiki..."
"Hey!" the girl in question snapped. "Who's a thief?"
"Well, we still need some characters that can cast magic... shall I use Cologne? Should make an excellent gnome... But no, perhaps her visage will make the game freeze."
"Why not use Akane?" Nabiki suggested. "Make her the healer of the group, what do you say?"
"Akane?" Ranma was baffled. "A healer? Uuuh, I dunno... she's more like the powerful barbarian brute like the passive healer..."
"Well, it serves as a nice contrast to her usual behavior, don't you agree? And, besides..." She chuckled. "If someone eats anything of her cooked food, she can just nurse them back to health with her powers."
"True," Ranma agreed. "All right, cut physical power down to half... increase magic abilities... and add White Mage spells and a need to help injured people."
"Let's change her clothes to white, so it fits, okay?"
"Good idea!" A mouse-click later, the new White Mage Akane was ready. "Her main weapon is still a mallet... shouldn't we change it into a staff or sumthin'?"
Nabiki shook her head. "No, let it be. We should keep some of her trademarks. Besides, I've seen priests or clerics in other games that were armed with maces instead of staves... and her mallet is something similar, correct?"
"I guess so." Ranma finished Akane's character and clicked on 'Save Changes'.
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Akane was fuming. "Gosunkugi, how many times do I have to tell you? Stop taking photos of me!"
Hikaru Gosunkugi was crouching next to the fence and held onto his camera. "Please, Akane..." he whined. "Let me keep them. They're the next thing I have to a girlfriend..."
Akane snarled and clenched her fist. "PERVERT!"
And her fist slammed down on Gos' head.
But nothing happened.
"Huh?" Akane wondered. "What's up? Normally, that should have sent him down into the ground..."
"She... she touched me..." Gosunkugi murmured in bliss. Akane had touched him - and it didn't even hurt this time! What a wonderful day!
"Shut up," Akane growled and prepared to pound him with a big boulder lying next to the fence... but she realized she couldn't even lift it.
(pant, wheeze) "What the..." (pant) "What's wrong with me? Why can't I lift such a small rock like this? This isn't fair..."
"Akane... you finally stop hitting me! This is the most glorious day in my life! Please, let me hug you..."
"No way, you creep!" CLONG!
Gosunkugi let out a small 'gack' of pain as the massive spatula descended upon his fragile little head.
Ukyo put her tool away after the voodoo freak had collapsed on the ground. "Hey, Akane, you okay? Why didn't you just pound that creep into the floor?"
"I... I couldn't," Akane stuttered. "I couldn't even lift this boulder. It was as if... as if something had sapped my strength."
Ukyo raised an eyebrow. If that was true, maybe she should use this as a chance to get closer to Ranchan...
She shook her head. Nah... she wouldn't go that far. Taking advantage over a weakened enemy was dishonorable... and honor was one thing that was almost as important to her as it was to Ranma.
"Should I go home with you, Akane?" she asked. "Maybe you're just a little sick."
"Maybe..." Akane grumbled. "Although I felt perfectly fine this morning..."
Then her gaze fell upon the bruise upon Gosunkugi's head and gasped.
"Oh, that poor boy... how could you hit him so hard, Ukyo? I must do something for him, quickly!"
Ukyo blinked in surprise as her friend/rival rushed past her all of a sudden and knelt down next to the unconscious Gosunkugi.
Akane touched his forehead with her right palm. "CURE!" she commanded, and a green glow seemed to surround her hand and the boy's prone form.
Several seconds later, the bump on his head was gone.
Akane pulled back her hand and smiled. She didn't know that helping people felt so... nice.
Gosunkugi blinked and groggily lifted his upper body. He felt his forehead... and then stared up at the smiling form of Akane.
"So cute..." he murmured. "So considerate... Akane, my love..."
Ukyo just stared. How did Akane just do this?
And, by the way, since when did she wear white clothes?
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