Chapter 4      Bedazzled

     Flying is really a comfortable experience.
     Sometimes.
     Make that, only when you can control the flight in some way. This
     wasn't a good flight. I only hoped that Ranma wouldn't get too
     mad at me for being late.  I
only had a few seconds of shut-eye before Dad woke me up and Ranma
called me.
     I don't get it.  It was only supposed to give a small tug when
     she
thought of me.
     Then I remembered.
     My name.
     Oh, shit.
     Another thing then occured to me.
     "Hey Ranma, I hope you know that you got me out of bed with your
little call there."  She probably noticed.  How can you NOT notice
pyjamas decorated with little purple cats.
     Ranma was bug-eyed.  I wondered why.  Then I looked on my chest.
     "Hi Tammy."  My cat seems to have come along for the ride. Ranma.
     Cat. Trouble. "Hey Ranma, think we can reschedule for another
     time? I'd like to get
my cat home before anything bad happens."  I was panicking, Ranma was
PANICKING.  I hoped I could get Tammy home soon.
     I concentrated.  Nothing happened.  I thought of a staff. 
     Nothing
happened.  Then I remembered.
     Ranma summoned me.  I can't go back till I do what she wants. She
     can't tell me what she wants until Tammy's out of her sight. Full
     circle. Good thing that Tammy's trained better than any dog I
     know. "Tammy?  Please go explore around for a while, Ranma and I
     need to
talk for a bit."  Tammy listens very well, but she takes her sweet
time doing what she is asked.  It took her five minuites to walk
around the corner of the school.
     It was only five meters away.
     "Ranma, could you please tell me what you want?"  I was getting
nervous, standing outside in only kitty pajamas.
     "Well, could you please get some good clothes on?  Those look
     king of
ridiculous on you."  Before I could even start to think of the staff,
I was dressed in my normal school outfit.  "Well, that'll do, for now.
 Could you do that thingy for me again? but make it last longer this
time, say, half an hour?"
     I shrugged, "I can try, just don't expect any miracles this
     time." I
was still astonished that I didn't even have to think about the
clothes. Then I remembered a question I was holding in for the past
minuite, "How long has it been since I last saw you?"
     Ranma shrugged, "Three days, why?"
     I sighed, "Because, as far as I'm concerned, I saw you last, five
minuites ago."  Ranma's eyes threatened to pop out of her head.  "It's
true! Oh, well.  Might as well get this over with."  I envisioned the
staff.  This time it appeared properly.  I held the staff out to
Ranma. "Hold it tightly this time.  I don't want any mistaked that
could endanger either of our lives."
     Ranma grabbed the staff.
     We felt a shock.
     Then IT happened.
     Everything went black, again.
     This time I knew why.
     It's not often that you change into a girl in front of your own
     eyes.
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