Ranma paused at the top of the stairs, then slowly looked around the area.
This was the shrine he knew, but all of the buildings looked like they had been abandoned for decades.
It didn't make any sense though.
Walking to the shrine office where he clearly remembered Yosho living. Ignoring the creaking boards under his feet, that had been warped by rain coming from the large gaping holes in the roof, he walked into the offce. The tatami mats were gone as well as the furniture, across the room the single closet gaped open with its doors laying haphazardly on the floor and like the room it was empty.
Ranma took this all in at first glance though something in his mind refused to except this as reality. These buildings looked like they'd been abandoned for some time, atleast longer then the seven years since he'd been here last. With some of the stuff that had happened to him in Nerima he'd developed a good way of guessing how old an object was, not that it ever helped him much but it usually went that the older a cursed artifact was the more trouble it would be to get rid of.
A sudden noise brought Ranma's attention back to the present, looking around he could see nothing that could've caused that sound. Suddenly these deserted shrine grounds became more ominous. Perhaps it was the shrines unnatural state of decay or lack of people that had him worried.
Or perhaps it could be the sudden lack of bird song outside.
Pivoting on his foot Ranma leapt out of the office to the center of the shrine grounds, yelling out. "SHOW YOURSELF!"
Suddenly from the trees around the shrine what appeared to be hundreds of birds took flight, rising into the air with scared chirps and from there flying deeper into the surrounding forest.
Crouching there on the dirty stone walkway Ranma slowly panted, though it was from a feeling other then exertion, as he watched the birds fly away. After some minutes listening for something else he gradually relaxed and stood up only then did he notice....
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