A rather peaceful soul surrounded by frantic if not aggravating people, Kasumi would show nothing but a cheerful and pleasant side, ever so rarely allowing herself to be fazed by the chaotic events that revolved around her life. She found her zen through cleaning up any destruction after the chaos would calm and was generally content with her place in the world, working hard to take care of her family, the household and make any guests feel at home despite their ill-tempered and sometimes outright rude ways. While this would make Kasumi seem oblivious at times, the truth was that she was highly perceptive person. It was here that was able to see through Nabiki’s schemes, immediately notice when something was amiss with Akane or simply try to console Ranma with advice when he knew his perception of ‘manliness’ wouldn’t allow him to ask.
Yet, even with how the eldest of the Tendo sisters would keep a calm and cheerful attitude to help maintain the tranquility of the household and hold her family together, Kasumi found herself in a quandary with what was happening to her now. She’d seen her sister Akane try to fight off a group of ruffians, only to end up captured in a red and white sphere. Then she had Nabiki tugging her by the wrist hard as they ran until she’d felt something strike her and had her world go black, the sensation of her body breaking up into millions of particles and kept in a swirling mixture of darkness and warm pulsating red light. And it was in the expansiveness of colors and sensations beyond her normal perception that she felt herself being... transformed.
Kasumi always believed herself to quite intelligent in an academic respect. She had graduated valedictorian in her graduating class of Furinkan High and afterwards when she dedicated herself to her household, was always the reading in her spare time; she especially loved a Dr. Tofu’s books on shiatsu. She also managed to translate an excerpt from a French book of Picolet Charadin’s, even though her knowledge of the language was quite limited. And while it was child’s play to accomplish, she always felt like she was the most mature person around Nerima.
Yet now, the eldest of the Tendo sisters felt she had an exceptional capacity of intellect. Her mind was working at speeds she never thought possible. She could feel and understand concepts that were beyond her before; beyond anyone. The vastness of time and space, the furthest depths of the mind, the smell and taste of colors and what the secret ingredient of Hotdogs were, just to name a few.
Boy, who would’ve guessed that yellow was sour by default?
Shaking her head, Kasumi realized she couldn’t dwell on such. Despite all these sudden advantages, she was worried about so many things; the fate of the others and where she was being at the top of her mind. Although as an afterthought she had to wonder what that ‘itch’ between her legs was. Throughout the whole experience, she felt it was intensifying. It was literally mind-numbing and often distracted her.
“I just wish...” Kasumi thought. “I just wish I could find the others. I can deal with what’s happening to me! I just need to know if the others are all right!” She mentally screamed, finding it impossible to speak. It was also impossible to breathe yet oddly enough, that part didn’t bother her. She was able to live without air in wherever this place was but on a somewhat instinctive level knew this was somehow ‘normal’ with the situation.
Still didn’t change the fact she missed the others and worried about the others though...
It was then Kasumi heard a ‘noise’. Albeit it seemed clouded and in the distance, the eldest Tendo could swear she heard... voices? Clenching her eyes shut, the woman tried to focus in on it. “Was the writer of this program a perverted old man?” she heard the distinctive voice of her sister Nabiki.
“NABIKI!” Kasumi mentally screamed, her eyes opening wide. She turned around in the space she floated within, yet saw nothing. “Nabiki?” She mentally whispered as she could see she was all alone. Oddly enough, the space around here was no longer so much black as it was the red light, which had started to become the more dominant color of this swirling space.
It was then Kasumi felt one of the antennae on her head twitch. So shocked was she by the realization that she had a new set of appendages on her body that she almost missed the voice they perceived. “Well, yes, Professor Stroak.” A voice replied, seemingly answering the question of her sister.
Blinking her eyes in realization, Kasumi was surprised to realize she was hearing the voices inside of her head. “I’m... I’m picking this up?” Curious as it was, she had to contemplate the words of the other female voice. Who was this Professor Stroak and why was he a perverted old man?
“Thought so,” Kasumi once again ‘heard’ her sister Nabiki say. Oh dear, oh dear! Now that poor girl was jumping to conclusions about people and probably because she only heard his name! Really now, that was something more along the lines of what her dear, sweet, psychotic sister Akane would do.
It was then that the eldest Tendo sister-turned pokégirl could hear another voice, her antennae twitching as it had before, picking up the voices like a radio transmitter. “There are inaccuracies involved in the PokéDex listings, just so you know.”
Kasumi had to blink her eyes. “PokéDex? What is a PokéDex?” She thought curiously.
Surprisingly, the Tendo girl got an answer as she caught onto another voice. “A PokéDex is an item used by Pokégirl Tamers. It’s a multi-purpose hand-held computer. It is capable of giving tips to Tamers, scanning a targeted pokégirl for information, displaying what the Tamer currently has in storage or with them be it their pokégirls, credits or equipment, and several other things depending on how the Tamers customizes their PokéDex; such as a digital watch, calendar, calculator, diary and global positioning system, just to name a few. A PokéDex is registered to one person via DNA programming and scanning and after that can only be changed with proper League-certified computer programming.”
Blinking her eyes once, twice, Kasumi had to admit, “That’s pretty useful.”
“You’re welcome,” came the direct reply.
Eyes widening, Kasumi turned around in place once more. “Hello!” She mentally sent forth a call. “Who’s there? I know you can here me! Do you know where I am?” She was now frantic, anxious to get a hold of someone. “Who’s there?”
The voice calm rather calmly. “Please, relax Miss Kasumi Tendo. No need to be fretful with what’s going on. You’ve passed the worst.”
“Passed the worst?” Kasumi asked mentally. Her antennae twitched as a realization came to her. “And how do you know my name?”
The mental reply somehow conveyed a sensation that seemed to calm the Tendo girl. This pleasant sensation was followed by the female voice communicating with her once more. “My name is Katie and I am an Espea that works at the Viridick City PokéCenter. Just as you have been turned into, I am a Psychic-type pokégirl. However, unlike myself, you are now a Ka-D-Bra.”
Kasumi blinked her eyes. “Pokégirl? Like those men had been calling me before?” And Ka-D-Bra? That sounded a whole lot like...
Looking down at her chest, Kasumi blushed slightly as she realized, yes, she was definitely within the D-Cup range now. Oh dear. No wonder her clothing felt so tight as her time within this place passed.
“Correct,” came the response. “Unfortunately, because of their doing you are now a pokégirl yourself.”
Pondering upon that for a moment, all Kasumi could think was, “Oh bother...”
“It is,” the voice of Katie admitted. “Listen, do you wish to leave the PokéBall you’re stuck in?”
“PokéBall?” The eldest Tendo sister asked. She opened her eyes as she looked around at the swirling vastness of red light with entwined wisps of black that surrounded her on all sides. “Is that where I am?”
“That you are,” was the calm telepathic reply of the Espea. “Do you wish to leave your confinement and join the rest of us?”
Not realizing she was only nodding her head in reply for a moment, the eldest Tendo sent out a mental reply of, “YES! PLEASE!”
“All right then,” the voice of the other Pyschic-type sent back to her. “All you need to do is calm down and accept what’s happened and allow the PokéBall to integrate with you completely. I’ll explain more to you, once you’re out of that PokéBall. We’ll have a ‘dream time’ session where I can take all the time I need to help you integrate into this world and as such, allow you to help your family and friend adapt as well.”
“That... seems fair...” Kasumi replied for a moment. She did want to help the others and she did want to finally leave this place. Closing her eyes, the eldest of the Tendo daughters took a slow, deep breath to calm herself. Finally, she quickly released it trying to mentally project her worry out with her breath.
And just like that, the swirling patterns of lights stabilized. The black parts were suddenly gone completely as the movement completely stopped. Kasumi felt an odd sort of peace as the area became a complete, calming, all-encompassing red light.
Opening her shimmering black eyes, the Espea suddenly spoke out, interrupting the conversation that Nabiki was having with Sam as the Nerdette taught her and Ranma the aspects of the PokéDexes they were being given. “Your Ka-D-Bra Kasumi is ready.”
Turning to the table and seeing the two trembling red and white spheres with a red light flashing in their lenses, it was the OfficerJenny that turned back to the Psychic-type first. “Katie, what are you talking about?” Officer Amanda asked curiously. “Both those balls are still-”
*BING*!
Turning back to look at the table, the PokéBall on the left had calmed and the lens gave off a clear light showing it was occupied. Slowly, the police pokégirl turned back to look at the smug-looking Espea. “One of these days, I’m going to figure out how you do that.”
“That’s easy,” Selena explained as she gently lifted the PokéBall off the table with her right hand. She looked he PokéBall over as she explained, “Psychics have lots of powers that even I can’t begin to comprehend.” She slowly turned to Ranma and tossed the small dual-colored metallic sphere at him. “Catch!”
His eyes going wide, Ranma dove for the PokéBall. “HEY!” He shouted as he caught it easily enough. “Be careful what you’re doing with that! You don’t want to shake Kasumi!”
Rolling her eyes, Selena snorted. “Oh, calm yourself, ‘cat-boy’. It doesn’t work like that...” she then eyed the OfficerJenny for a moment, bringing her hand up to scratch her chin. “Although sometimes I do wish it did...” she smirked as she had visions of playing soccer with a PokéBall containing the officer, the police pokégirl looking green in the face as she was spun and shook around rather violently.
Glaring at the Magic-type pokégirl, Officer Amanda asked in a low, commanding tone, “What’s that supposed to mean?”
Giving the policewoman an innocent expression, the Sorceress politely said in a sugary voice, “Now, now Amanda... your eyes aren’t cute when they bulge like that. Mind your blood pressure.”
The Nerdette Sam couldn’t help but snicker at that.
Shaking her head left and right for a moment at the antics of her fellow civil servant pokégirls, the Espea daintily walked over to the pigtailed individual. “Tamer Saotome? Do you wish to see your new pokégirl?”
Ranma winced at the thought of knowing he now owned Kasumi. That was going to take awhile to get used to. Still, he did want to free her of that sphere which changed her, stole her humanity from her. “Yeah,” he answered as he nodded his head once at the Squirrel-like pokégirl whom had some nervousness-inducing feline aspects. “What do I gotta do?”
Gently taking a hold of his wrist, the pokégirl moved his arm to hold his hand out in front of him. “You can either point the PokéBall or you can toss it. To get them to release the girl inside, you must give the activation code, such as, ‘I screw you’. In the case here it would be, ‘Kasumi! I Screw You!’ When you want to send her back into her PokéBall, you must say her name and ‘return’. In other words, you’d aim the PokéBall at her and shout, ‘Kasumi! Return!’ A red capture beam will fire from the lens and when it hits the pokégirl, will break her down into data and retract her.”
Staring at the Espea, Ranma just stared at her, trying to comprehend what he’d been told. “Are you serious?”
Nodding her head, the Eva evolution replied, “Serious.”
Wincing at that, the pigtailed martial artists softly asked, “Can’t I say anything else?”
“There is a generic code to say that will active a PokéBall, causing it to open and release the pokégirl inside.” The Espea frowned. “However, saying that phrase aloud can often release more than the intended PokéBall, causing others to open as well. It’s common sense and simple courtesy to use the vocal activation code that is keyed in to the pokégirl which release is intended for.”
Looking back to the red and white sphere in his hand, Ranma sighed. If Akane heard him say such, she was going to murder him, no ifs, ands or buts about it. Still, he could take some solace in knowing Kasumi would be thankful to be finally freed. So taking careful aim, the pigtailed man shouted, “Kasumi! I Screw You!”
The lens in the center of the PokéBall lit up with a red light before a beam of red shot out. More and more continued to fire out, creating a ball of red light which only grew in size. Once a certain size, the mass of red digital haze shifted into distinct shapes before solidifying and taking definition along the surface. Within mere seconds, the red light took form of Kasumi, the newly ‘Thresholded’ Ka-D-Bra quite different from her previous form. While Ranma could see her face still had the same features, her hair in the same style as before, and wearing her clothing; those three things were the only indicators of showing whom the pokégirl had been. Her bust-size had increased dramatically, becoming a high-end D-Cup. Standing out above her now light-blue colored hair were a pair of what looked like yellow antennae, each about a half foot in length. Her skin, once a pale almond was darkened to the color of burnt orange. Behind her, lifting her dress up in the back was a thick and firm tail which sprouted from the small of her back and was length enough that the tip touched the floor.
Staring at Kasumi with wide eyes, Ranma’s jaw moved up and down for a few moments, unable to convey words. She was REALLY changed!
Whistling, Selena couldn’t help speak in awe. “Now THAT is what I call one fine example of Ka-D-Bra.”
Looking herself over for a moment, Kasumi moved around a bit, getting sensations from the new extensions of her body that hadn’t existed before. Raising her hands, she saw the dark orange coloration and raised an eyebrow. “Oh my...”
“Oh my indeed...” Nabiki couldn’t help but agree. She felt rather fearful at the rather complete transformation of her sister and gulped nervously. She wasn’t that far from becoming a pokégirl herself. They NEEDED to find a Megami!
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