"So let me see if I have this straight," said a young redhaired girl, rubbing her forehead as if she was getting a headache. A blonde one named Mihoshi. "When the experiment contacted a high-energy subdimension known as the Land Of The Djinn, you actually expressed a desire to be a genie like on that American TV program.""That's right," agreed the blonde disaster area.
"You went to the person in this manga," said the redhead, holding up a 'graphic novel' with a picture of both female Ranma and male Ranma on the cover.
"That's me," said dream-Ranma.
"Yes it certainly is," said the redhaired girl. "Then YOU went to Nabiki Tendo, whose wisdom in that series is not exactly reliable and her morality questionable, whom you counted on as being able to word such a wish correctly."
"Yeah," said Ranma. "Well, who ELSE around here would I go to?"
"If Doctor Tofu were available, that's who I'd suggest," said the redhead. "If you were from the anime, I'd suggest Kodachi if Tofu wasn't available. If manga - you're screwed, though your mother might have been able to manage something. Unlikely but better than your current situation."
"Can I ask something?" asked Ranma. "This ain't a normal dream is it? Who are you?"
"I am Washu," said the little girl proudly. "The greatest scientific genius in the universe! Well, in several universes!"
"Yay! Washu! You're the greatest!" said a little puppet.
"Yay! Washu! You're the smartest!" said another little puppet.
"okayyyyyyyy," drawled out Ranma.
"I'm Sasami," said a little pink-eyed blue-haired girl, bowing politely. "Pleased to meet you."
"Back to the synopsis," said Washu. "You were exchanged with Shinji Ikari of the series 'Evangelion' - anime version and the movies in particular. There was a reality adjustment, Class IV, that followed that - which was handled mainly by the djinn."
"If ya mean that 'Shinji 1/2' manga, I already seen it," said Ranma with a scowl. "Don't like yaoi. Never have. Ain't going there."
"I take it you read volume 15," said Sasami. "Actually I thought the 'Princess Shinji' arc was very funny."
"no," said Ranma, who'd skipped over that, but the name was sufficient to have this crawling tendril of horror work its way up his spine.
"I don't know why anyone's upset," said Mihoshi. "I granted his wish. He's bound to have fun with this setup. Giant robots. Alien invasions. Multiple girlfriends. Lighthawk Wings. Secret underground bases with menacing figures in the shadows. Super secret special manuevers. Psychics. Time travelers. All that stuff."
"She calls this 'fun'?" asked Ranma.
"Well, it's done, and Shinji has integrated into your old life and doesn't want to leave despite being a punching bag for everyone else in the series," said Washu.
"Waitaminute," said Ranma, "go back. 'Special Manuevers'?"
"AT Fields and Chi fields are related concepts," explained Washu. "Not quite the same, so you can't pull off a Dragon Ascension Spiral, but you can manage a few things."
Ranma smirked. "Like this?" Fshhhhhhhhhhhhht!
"See? See?" said Mihoshi. "He's got a lightsaber. That's got to be fun."
"Ranma? I know you're frustrated and in a bad situation," said Washu, "take some solace from the notion that her second wish-granting went even worse."
"I'm in NEON GENESIS EVANGELION," said Ranma. "I'm looking at a future as orange jello here. How could it be worse?"
"Because you've got a good chance of avoiding it, especially with everything Mihoshi threw into the situation," said Washu. "Besides, her next customer was Keitaro Urashima from 'Love Hina' who wished that he could make all the girls in his life happy when he found his promise girl."
"Uh oh," said Ranma, guessing that could have worked out very badly.
Mihoshi seemed to shrink in on herself. "Well, he's making them happy..."
"Or her THIRD customer," said Washu.
"It wasn't my fault," said Mihoshi.
"Yes it was," said Washu, rolling her eyes.
"I don't remember Shinji as having multiple girlfriends," mused Ranma with a scowl. "And alien invasions? You mean those kaiju right?"
"Looks like you're about to wake up," said Washu, checking something on a machine. "I'll check in on you later."
"Waitaminute, what about..." Ranma blinked as the picture suddenly went to a field of flowers with a "Please Stand By" logo.
Akane came strolling down a path. "Hast thou-est slain the Jabberwok? The jaws that catch, the claws that bite? O! framtuouis day, little guppsuppy!"
"Aw shaddup," said Ranma, finding a nice rock to sit on. This dream again. Shampoo, Akane, and Ukyo would all start quoting nonsensical poetry at each other. One of these days he'd have to figure out what that meant.
"Lighthawk Wings?" asked little Washu.
"Well, I checked ahead, and eventually he forms not only the sword but a shield, so it's kinda like Tenchi's Lighthawk Wings," said Mihoshi.
"So it's his chi, not real ones. Well, he's not a priority," said Washu.
"He's the only one going into battle regularly," pointed out Ryoko, fading into view.
"Compared to Keitaro, he's got it easy," said Washu. "In the meantime I think it's lunchtime."
Ranma got up before dawn and began his exercises, noting the presence of the flunkies and mainly ignoring them. They weren't a danger and he wasn't doing anything that would be giving away what he could really do anyway.
The problem was that school would be today, and he expected that something was gonna hit the fan later. He didn't even know how to use those computer-thingies and they did their schoolwork on those - that was gonna be a major pain.
Sure enough,-
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