Taking another look at the two, Sheila then realized it might not be a total loss. The two hadn't seperated, even after Asrial got an explanation on Ranma's curse, (Something he had shown his Harem earlier that day.) If anything the two were trying to stick together, as if protecting each other. That could work.
Asrial was looking slightly nervous, but she remaind stoic. She held her arms around Ranma protecively. The poor boy was shaking from his fear. For some reason, instead of thinking of the guy as a wimp, Asrial actually felt sorry. It was bad enough to learn he could turn into a girl with a splash of cold water, but to know that he could be turned into a Pokegirl BECAUSE of a stupid little red and white metal ball... Asrial came to a slight decision. She would try to protect Ranma as best she could. Hey, she was going to pretend to be his 'Alpha', so she might as well act like it.
Ranma was still shaking. He was more afraid of this than he was of the Neko-Ken. Hell, at this point Ranma would GLADY jump into a pit of starving cats while nude and covered in fish oil if it meant he didn't have to be in this world! He didn't want to face the possibility he could be turned into a Pokegirl like the girls that were part of his 'harem'! He didn't want to be a man that would be changed and trapped in a horny sex-pet's body. "I want to go home..."
"Me too, Ranma..." Asrial said, as she rocked Ranma's upper body slightly. It somehow made her feel a new sense of being as she held Ranma. This poor guy needed her. Not to mention that it didn't hurt that he was cuter than Jeremy, but Asrial ignored that for the moment. The poor guy would be in so much trouble if the perverted jerks of this world found out about his female form. "I promise you, I will do my best to protect you." Managing a smile, Asrial said, "I mean, I am your 'Alpha', right?"
Ranma also brought himself to give Asrial a small smile. "Yeah, I guess. I didn't think you wanted any part of this mess..."
Sighing, Asrial said, "I guess I changed my mind."
Sheila smiled as she saw how the two acted. Looks like she was wrong. This might actually have been a good thing. Asrial was showing some definite Alpha characteristics. She was being protective of the Master and comofrting him. That was definitely a good thing.
Suddenly, a thought hit Sheila. She walked up to Ranma and Asrial. "Master, may I please see your PokeBelt?"
"Uh, sure." Ranma said. He managed to stop shaking and he undid the belt's latch. He handed it to Sheila. Sheila looked through the PokeBalls for a moment and stopped at one. She took it out and tossed it. And with a burst of red light came the form of Britanny.
The Cheetits yawned for a moment. "Hey." Britanny said as she reubbed at her eyes, her tail swishing back and forth behind her. "Is it time for a Taming, Master?"
Ranma blushed at that.
"Hey, Britanny." Sheila said. "Master and Asrial have been worried about illeglly modified PokeBalls..."
Britanny frowned. "I know of those."
"You do!?" Ranma and Asrial asked at the same time.
Britanny looked down at the ground. She then sat down and sighed, focusing on her hands as she fidgeted. "Yeah. You see, I wasn't always a Pokegirl. Ranma's analoug of this world, Ranma Sextome forced my Threshold."
"Threshold?" Asrial asked.
"Yeah," Britanny said. "I was born a human girl, just like my sister Gina. But Ranma Sextome, the evilest bastard of a Tamer to ever walk the face of the planet thought sorely of that. Here were two girls who were in their 'prime' and hadn't gone through Threshold... So he used illegally modified PokeBalls and 'captured' us, kidnapping us from our home and parents."
Ranma began to growl in anger, his fear about himself possibly being changed forgotten. "He FORCED you to become a Pokegirl!?"
Britanny nodded her head. "Yeah. Sextome and his mother were friends of the Tendo Clan, who were one of the richest, slimiest, most corrupt ranch of PokeGirl Breeders. Of course, they always needed to add new stock..."
"And that meant Sextome helped the Tendos by kidnapping human women from their homes and using illegally modified PokeBalls to change them into Pokegirls..." Ranma finished. He was barely holding in his anger. Asrial was still holding him, and he did not want to hurt her with his aura.
Britanny sighed. "Pretty much. For payment, Sextome got to keep a few of the women he changed into Pokegirls for himself."
Asrial gulped. "That would be Ranma's entire Harem, wouldn't it?"
Britanny nodded her head.
Ranma looked over at Sheila. "That means that you too were..."
"Yep." Sheila said. "I was human too. But then while I was out trying to meet with my 'boyfriend' Tirga, Sextome 'captured' me." Sith a sigh, Sheila said, "And when I was released from the PokeBall, I was a Shaguar."
Ranma growled. "You know, now I am one hundred percent poitive that when I killed Sextome I did the right thing. That bastard! He wasn't a man! He was the real monster here!"
Britanny nodded her head. "True. But unfortunately, it's not seen that way. A lot people like Sextome are high-ranking Tamers or Gym Leaders. The only relief we have is that some of them, like Sextome, get caught doing something illegal, and are labeled as criminals."
Ranma sighed, his anger was starting to flow out of him and replaced with sorrow. He sat down on the ground. "Still, that was me, in a way. That analoug of me screwd you all over, literally. And there's no way I can change that."
Sheila and Britanny moved over to Ranma and hugged him. "It's okay, Master." Sheila said.
"Yeah." Britanny agreed. "This may be odd hearing this from us, but we love you."
Ranma couldn't help but smile. He hugged the two PokeGirls tightly, even managing to include a surprised Salusian into the hug.
"What do you mean?" Que Ranma's explanation of his life in his world.
Read the comments on this episode
See other episodes by Red Priest of the 17th Order
(Posted Mon, 03 Feb 2003 04:31)
Questions? Problems? Suggestions?
Send a mail to addventure@bast-enterprises.de
or use the contact form.
らんま1/2 © Rumiko Takahashi
All other series and their characters are © by their respective creators or owners. No claims of ownership of these characters are implied by the authors of this Addventure, or should be inferred.
The Anime Addventure is a non-profit site.