“Feh. You say that about EVERY invention” Britanny Diggers, AKA Cheetah replied, seeming unimpressed. She stuffed furred her hand back into the bag of junk food she was carrying, and popped a few more (you guessed it) Cheetos into her mouth.
“Yes, and it’s always true!” Gina replied with a smirk. “And now, I am proud to unveil…” She paused to make trumpet noises and a little drum roll as she gestures at a large machine set in the wall, all shiny steel and plastic, with a big glass viewing port in the middle.
“Ugh, you are SUCH a nerd Gina…” Cheetah muttered, rolling her eyes at the sound effects. Her sibling ignored the comment and continued.
“My latest, greatest invention… The Hyd...”
Something unexpected interrupted the mad.. ahem.. brilliant scientist.
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Inter-Reality travel is chaotic and dangerous under the best of circumstances. There are all sorts of variables and physical laws to be taken into account. Like the Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle, and the Johan Kinda Certain Principle, not to mention Reality Doppler Shift, Conservation of Plot Devices, and how much Pastrami is being carried (Don’t ask.) Suffice to say that all of these factors explain why one Ranma Saotome, who departed the Ranmaverse at the leisurely fence walking pace of somewhere around one mile per hour, entered the Diggerverse at a substantially greater speed.
Something around 55 miles per hour to be exact.
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“Jinkies!” Gina exclaimed, glancing down at the young man in a red Chinese outfit laying dazedly on his back on the floor in front of her. Then she glanced at the young-man-shaped depressed in the opposite wall (reinforced polymer composite, of course,) and then back down at the human. She had to look a bit farther down than usual, since she was currently being held in the air by her sister, who had used her werecheetah speed to grab her by the hips and hold her up over the glowing portal which had suddenly appeared, spit out said young man, and just as quickly vanished.
“Gina! What did your weird inventions do this time?” Cheetah demanded, putting her sister back down, and mourning the crushing of her bag of Cheetos.
“But, this can’t be my fault! I haven’t even turned the thing on! Besides, it’s just a…”
“Yeah, yeah, whatever.” Britanny waved a hand negligently, not wanting to listen to another spew of incomprehensible techno babble. Magic portals opening up and spitting out young men were weird, but not THAT weird. Not for the Digger family anyway.
Besides, it had been a boring day so far. Stripe was off doing boring Kryn prince type things of some sort. Julia and Theo Digger were visiting Jade for some “quality time” and made it clear they didn’t want to be disturbed, so sparring sessions with Mom were out. And to top it all off, her credit cards were off limits till she managed to help her sister snag some more treasure… Ah.. Uncover some new archeological discoveries that, coincidentally, might be valuable enough to cover some of her credit card debt. So she was more than a bit bored. At least things were starting to look up though.
“Well, at least he’s kinda cute, whoever he is…” Cheetah said as she and her sister stood over the unconscious martial artists.
“Cheetah! This is hardly the time for that!” Gina glanced down at the young man again as well, noting his lithe, muscular physique. “Though you’re right, he IS pretty cute…” She grinned. “Anyway, we better get him down to the infirmary. Smashing into a wall like that can’t be healthy.”
They both blinked in surprise as the figure let out a low groan and began to sit up.
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Ranma shook his head, trying to clear it. What on earth had he said to get that violent, uncute tomboy mad at him THIS time?
Then memories began to return. Something about minding his own business and being sucked into some weird portal. He was still a bit dazed from his trip, not to mention his ‘arrival.’ So when he opened his eyes, it took a moment for what he was seeing to register.
“Hi!” Waved the furry creature above him, showing a few speckles of cheese powder on him as she removed her hand from a bag of cheetos and gave him a big, toothy grin.
Cheetah’s Hybrid form, of course, had the expected effect on poor Ranma.
“C.. C.. C.. C.. C.. CAAAATTT!!!”
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Britanny and Gina just stared at the martial artists reaction as he shot to his feet and took off down the hall screaming in some foreign language. This day was definitely starting to edge into the weird. Or rather, weirder than usual.
“What the heck did he say?” Cheetah asked, searching the bag for one last intact chunk of cheesy goodness.
“Neko I think? Cat in Japanese?” Gina puzzled, watching the figure disappear into the distance. “Wow. He’s pretty fast. Um.. Maybe you should go catch him before he gets in trouble?” Gina asked, eyeing her sister critically.
Cheetah just snorts. “You call that fast? HA!” She smirks and glances at her watch, clearly giving her ‘prey’ a nice head start to keep things interesting. Gina just rolls her eyes.
“Okay, that should be good enough. Here, hold these.” She says, handing her sister the empty bag. “And fix whatever that thing is before we get any more guests would ya??”
“I TOLD you! This can’t be my machine’s fault! It’s just the Hydro…” She blinks as Cheetah takes off at full speed, creating a vortex of wind in the hallway. “Hydrocleaner 2000 Automated Dishwasher.” She finished with a grumble. “Damned showoff.”
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Britanny and Genn were walking down a corridor, heading for Brianna’s room after a brief excursion topside. The nature of the excursion is pretty obvious, since Brianna is humming happily while Genn is groaning under the weight of a golf bag filled with various weapons of mass destruction.
“Really Brianna, was all that necessary just for one little gopher? I mean…” Genn’s statement was interrupted as the lythrocopoid and rakshasa both looked up just in time to see a blurring red form pass by the hall, whipping up a small windstorm as is squealed something sounding a lot like “Neekkkooo!!!”. A moment later an even faster yellow and black spotted blur shot past, leaving a call of “Heeere comes Cheetah!” in her wake.
Brianna, with her half werecheetah reflexes and eyesight, manages to catch a decent look at Ranma as he blew by. Decent enough to notice his toned both, hardened pecks, and cute rear.
Genn on the other hand, while not getting a very good physical look, clearly felt the young martial artists presence as he passed. And he was giving off the most incredible aura. Not quite like that off, say a mage, but a bit similar. And very attractive to a hungry Rakasha.
“Yum!” Brianna giggles, head swiveling after Ranma’s fleeing form.
“Yum!” Genn exclaimed, doing the same.
The two blinked and stared at each other for a moment. Then Brianna broke into a run.
“Hey Cheetah, leave some for ME! You’ve already got a guy!” She called out, following.
“Wait up Brianna!” Genn cried, plopping down the golf bag and trying to keep up.
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Meanwhile, in Ranma’s mind, something akin to a playback of the cat-fist training was going through his mind. Sitting in the darkness. Smell of fish sausages. Mewling and scratching and hundreds of hungry little eyes staring at him. Only now some of them were people sized and stood on two legs.
~~Cat’s gonna eat me! Cat’s gone eat me! Cat’s gonna eat me! Cat! Cat! Cat!~~ pretty much summed up Ranma’s mental state.
A small, rational part of his mind tried to point out that the thing chasing him wasn’t EXACTLY a cat, and was definitely more person shaped than cat shaped. Of course, either way it WAS chasing him, so the distinction didn’t get much attention.
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“Ooohh, fast little bugger aren’t you!” Cheetah muttered to herself as the wind blew past her. Of course, even the illustrious Ranma Saotome was no match for a werecheetah in the speed department. But while where cheetahs are certainly quick, they aren’t that maneuverable at high speed. Cheetah had no problems keeping up, but this guy was practically bouncing off the walls! Catching him was proving easier said than done. Especially since every time she got close enough for a grab, he seemed to push himself a bit faster for some reason.
Plus that incessant screaming of “Nekkkkkkooo!” was getting annoying. Of course she was a cat! Talk about stating the obvious!
Finally Britanny saw her opening, and pounced. “GOTCHA!”
She leapt at Ranma, and…
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