“No!”
“Are we there yet?” another voice asked.
“No!”
“… How bout now?” the first voice asked.
“NO!”
“Then… now?” the second asked.
“WOULD YOU TWO JUST SHUT UP! I’M GETTING HIS STUPID BODY BACK, SO JUST SHUT UP AND LET ME DO IT!” Ranma yelled at the two apparitions floating over his head as he pointed at Marik and Ranko, the name Ranma had decided to start calling the female ghost since she had been a damn nuisance since the beginning and it seemed to annoy her a little. Besides, the name baku-bruka-baka- or whatever it was the girl originally called herself just didn’t fit the adorably cute redheaded ghost that was floating along side him with a scowl.
“… You’re sinking again,” Ranko said before the nose came up to Ranma’s nose and he immediately started flailing his arms to get his head above the water.
When they first started out on this little trip, Ranko had thought her host was going to drown from shock as soon as he jumped into the ocean. A little peek into his mind told her why. But despite the fact she knew what caused the unwanted addition to her possession, the spirit had no idea how to undo it, especially since it had been obviously altered by their joining; the fact that Ranma wasn’t currently female was proof of that.
Half an hour later slowly climbed the side of some kind of giant submarine, taking the time to shake his hair dry before climbing up on deck. As he did, another one of the spikes on the amulet started to glow and pointed to the right and down, while the one that led them here pointed towards a large pit in the middle of the ground. “Why’s it doing that?”
“I already explained the main purpose of my millennium item on the way over, so just use your brain fool,” Ranko said. “Since there are three people with items around here they’re obviously in different directions!”
“You know, I’m really getting tired of you just floating around there and doing nothing but bad mouthing me!” Ranma shouted. “What’re you gonna do if I just decided to toss this stupid ring of yours into the ocean.”
“As amusing as it would be to see you try that,” Ranko replied. “The less time I spend around you the better. Just… take us over to the hole in the middle of this ship, that’s where I’m detecting the Millennium Rod, and as far as I can tell it’s the only opening on this water fortress.”
“Okay, okay,” Ranma said as he raised his hands up in defeat and headed towards the large square opening in the… whatever the heck they were on. After reaching the top of the oversized opening for the elevator platform, Ranma looked down to see the blimp his unwanted passengers had mentioned earlier that ‘Ranko’s’ body was on. Not wasting any more time, Ranma just stepped forwards and dropped onto the top of the aircraft where another platform was, then headed over to the elevator Marik pointed out to him.
A short ride down later and Ranma found himself walking into an area the size of a ballroom, complete with ritzy buffet over on the side. The smells made his stomach grumble since he hadn’t had anything to eat since breakfast and had been swimming at top speed for over two hours. Well, at least I can get a meal out of this on my way back, Ranma told himself as he walked to the door on the other side of the room that led to the sleeping quarters since one of the pointers on the ring was leading him to it.
(Posted Mon, 19 Jul 2004 05:29)
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