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Still a bit surprised at how fast and problem free her marriage
ceremony was, Akane walked with a blank look on her face. She recalled
that right after the wedding, Ranma had changed back into a genie and
returned to the ring. Akane's mind was so pre-occupied by the recent
event that she almost walked right by the cafe where she was supposed to
meet Kasumi. Shaking her heed to clear it, Akane Saotome entered the
building.
Upon entering, she saw that Kasumi was seated near a window. Kasumi
looked in Akane's direction and smiled.
"Hi, Akane," Kasumi said, as she waved at her sister.
"Hi, Kasumi. I hope I haven't kept you waiting."
The oldest Tendo sister shook her head and replied, "Not really. I was
just going over some of our works, when you came in."
"Well..."
Akane's words were cut off as an explosion took out the front of the
cafe. Ducking underneath a table, Akane quickly rubbed the ring to
release Ranma. As the smoke came pouring out, she started
concentrating. With beads of sweat forming on her brow, she watched in
satisfaction as Ranma materialized in a kneeling position under the
table.
"What is your wish, master?"
Akane didn't say anything as she peered out from beneath the table.
The figure that was in her view made her stare. He was wearing a
combination of colors that would even give a color-blind person
headaches. He was also wearing a hat made out of a single bandage, a
turban as Akane recalled. She made a quick glance around to see where
Kasumi went, but didn't see her. But, she did notice that other
familiar faces were watching. Seeing those people, Akane groaned
"Akane, what's going on?" Ranma asked quietly.
"I don't know. This guy just appeared and took out the front wall,"
Akane whispered back and stared at the gaping hole. "No...those
people."
Looking pleased at the destruction, the man stepped into the room.
In a booming voice, he said. "Ranma Saotome, I know you're here. I am
Hazid; your true master. For that ring is mine and you are my genie."
Ranma seethed as she heard those words and muttered just loud enough
for Akane to hear. "This is the person who caused this. I'm taking him
down."
"I hope you've adjusted to having your female form turned into a genie,
for soon that's all you have," Hazid said, while holding up a bucket and
ladle. "These will insure it."
Hazid held out his hand and a blazing beam of red light came forth and
vaporized the table above Akane and Ranma. Akane mentally winced,
because the others could now see Ranma-chan's outfit.
*I should have wished for Ranma to change clothes.*
Before Akane or Ranma could make a move, Hazid splashed some water on
Ranma from the ladle. Looking satisfied, he put put the ladle back in
the bucket and smiled.
"Now I... I... will," Hazid began and grabbed his head.
"ARRRRRRGGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma and Akane watched as the man grabbed his head with both hands
and kept screaming.
*No point hiding it," Akane thought with a grimace on her face.
"Ranma, I wish the two of us were home."
The genie's eyes flashed red as she teleported herself and her master
away.
As soon as they disappeared, Hazid stopped screaming. He fired some
bolts of energy and destroyed some more furniture. He soon stopped and
teleported away, with a wicked grin on his face. And he took his items
with him.
The group of fiancees, rivals, and would-be fiancees wore stunned looks
on their faces. All of them muttered to themselves and headed in
different directions. Each of the leaving beings had their thoughts on
Ranma's new status.
*So the pig-tailed girl is a genie? My beloved Ranma must have caught
her a while back.*
*Ranma, how dare you change your curse to get closer to Akane. I have
been through hell because of you. I still can't sit down."
*Oh my pig-tailed goddess. I shall free you from the foul sorcerer
Saotome. You will have freedom beyond imagining as my genie.*
*Aiyah! Why husband not tell me of this problem? Great-grandmother
could have helped. I think violent girl needs persuading.*
*Now that Ranma is trapped, Shampoo shall be mine.*
*That ring. So that's it. Akane, Ranma is my fiancee and I will claim
that ring from you. You have no right to him.*
*How could my son keep this from me? And after all I have done for
him, this is how he repays me? What a disrespectful child.*
*Wahhh! Now our houses will never be joined.*
Looking on was a tall woman in a short skirt with blonde hair.
*Sorry, Akane I had to hide from you. But, I think you're going to
need a guardian angel now.*
Kasumi watched as Genma and Ryoga in their cursed forms took off. The
android bit her lower lip in thought.
*Ranma's father will be one of the bigger problems. Not to mention
that kook. I hope I'm up to this.*
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Back at their house, Ranma and Akane appeared in a flash of red light.
"Akane, why did you do that?!" Ranma yelled. "I could have taken him."
Akane shook her head. "I don't think you could have, Ranma. I have
the feeling that the only thing that saved us was that fit he had.
Plus, there were some other problems."
Seething a bit, Ranma asked, "Such as?"
"Shampoo, Ukyo, Ryoga, Mousse, Kuno, Kodachi, your dad and mine. They
saw you in that costume."
Ranma buried her head in her hands. "This is just great.
That-that-that JERK changed me into this and now he has to ruin my life
even more."
Akane looked at her husband in sympathy and asked, "Do you want me to
wish for some hot water?"
Ranma simply nodded.
"I wish for some hot water to splash you in the face, Ranma."
A stream of hot hit Ranma square in the face, but the genie did not
change forms. The genie and her master looked at each other for a
second before Ranma charged into the kitchen.
"This can't be happening," the genie kept repeating, sounding more
hysterical after each repetition.
She turned the hot water tap on and kept splashing herself with hotter
and hotter water. After a few seconds of doing that, she froze in
place. Woodenly, Ranma turned off the tap and turned around.
"Sorry, Ranma that I had to take control like that, but I was afraid
that you were going to hurt yourself," Akane told her, while holding up
the ring. "Ranma, I wish for you to tell me why you can't change."
Ranma's eyes glowed and she recited, "I was splashed by water from that
ladle he was carrying. It has the power to lock Jusenkyo curses."
"I see," Akane muttered. Looking up, she commanded, "I wish for you to
use your magic to teleport those items here."
The genie's eyes pulsed several times before settling back to blue.
"I can't grant that wish. They are protected against genie magic."
With anger in her voice, Akane yelled, "I wish that a one ton block of
lead would fall on Hazid's head."
As Ranma called up her magic, Akane muttered, "I made a rhyme. Heh."
The genie shook her head in defeat. "I can't grant that wish either,
Akane. He is also protected from my magic."
Exasperatd, Akane said, "I wish for your curse to be unlocked."
Shaking her head, Ranma replied, "That falls under using my magic on
myself. I can't undo it that way."
"There goes wishing you back to human form."
Snapping her fingers, Ranma said, "I know, we could wish something
above that jerk and let nature take over."
"Something like this: I wish for a fifty kilo, spiked iton ball would
appear a meter above Hazid's head."
The genie's eyes flashed for a second.
Looking at her master, Ranma said, "It worked. But, I don't know."
"I wish for you to tell me is Hazid alive?"
"Yes," Ranma stated in a monotone.
Nostrils flaring, Akane ground out, "I wish to know how he did sruvived
that."
"The ball lodged materialized inside the roof of his locale. It merged
with the materials and did not drop."
Akane opened her mouth to say something and then closed it, while
thinking aloud. "This nut has taken to many precautions for us to deal
with him right now. We have to be ready."
A thought passed through the mind of Akane and her eyes grew wider and
her skin paler.
"Ranma," Akane whispered in horror. "If we can't get those items from
him, you'll....."
"I'll remain a genie forever and have no freedom ever again," Ranma
finished, angrily. "We just got married. WHY?!?!"