"No! This cannot be!" Kuno turned from his current tormentor to his
usual tormentor. "This must be another of your vile sorceries,
Saotome!"
Ranma merely had a bored look on his face. "It's true, Kuno."
Nabiki spoke once more. "Though this is of course very hard to believe,
isn't it, Kuno-chan?"
"Indeed it is so, Nabiki Tendo. Do you have anything more to this
ridiculous claim than your mere words? Why should I believe this
outlandish story of yours?"
Without warning Nabiki had produced a bucket of water from... somewhere,
Kuno had no idea where, and had splashed it over his sworn enemy
Saotome. And then before his disbelieving eyes, Saotome was replaced by
the lovely pig-tailed goddess.
"And with hot water, he changes back!" Nabiki produced a kettle from an
equally mysterious source and poured it over the pig-tailed girl, and
where she had been standing not one second ago now stood Saotome.
"Heheheh... this is merely another trick of yours, Saotome!"
"Airen! You take Shampoo on dat - "
Splash.
"Meow?"
And another splash, this one accompanied by much steam.
"AIYAAA! Hot!"
Kunou stared. "Merely... another trick..." he stated feebly.
"SAOTOME! HOW DARE YOU MOLEST DEAR SHAMPOO!?"
Splash.
"QUACK! QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK QUAAAAAAAAAACCK!" And with that an
enraged duck was attacking a rubbish bin nearby Saotome for all it was
worth.
Another splash, more steam, same old thing.
"AAAAAAAAACK!"
Kuno stared. "I... see."
"That's SO good of you, Kuno," said Saotome. "Now, if you don't mind,
I'll just be go - "
Kuno's natural defences kicked in, and to him the obvious truth of the
whole matter was revealed. "You go nowhere! To have ensorceled so many
innocents, including two such lovely young maidens, to such a horrible
fate! Prepare yourself for the wrath of heaven, foul sorceror!"
"Oh man, I do NOT believe this."
* * * * *
Ranma was still disbelieving. "Man, I do NOT believe how stupid he is.
He still hasn't got it."
"Though you must admit, nobody ever tried TELLING him about the curse."
"Didn't work though."
"True." Ranma kicked at the ground. "Stupid Kuno."
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Author's quick note:
I wanted this to be Kuno being told about Ranma's Jusenkyo curse, with
it being demonstrated. And he would get a clue, and the next morning
attack Ranma while he was in his girl-form.
Kuno: SAOTOME! You have tricked me long enough! Prepare yourself!
Female-Ranma: Uh oh. Didn't think about this.
But as I kept writing, I thought "Kuno isn't going to believe it, and
he'll just explain it away as part of Ranma being an evil sorceror."
People's thoughts? Is Kuno doomed to never know the truth?