"Ummm…" Akane squirmed under Nabiki's sharp gaze. "I can't quite remember. I think that there were mushrooms, and a cup of sugar, and umm…."
"And knowing you, you probably put a cup of salt in instead."
"Hey, I'm not that bad…" She trailed off, ashamed under her sister's gaze. "Okay maybe I am."
"Oh dear," Kasumi said looking worried, "Maybe I shouldn't have left Akane in the kitchen with those unusual mushrooms."
They all gulped. Akane had been left without supervision in the same kitchen with weird mushrooms?!
Genma began to cry. "Oh Ranma," he sobbed pulling a skull out of nowhere, "I knew him well."
Ranma attempted to smack him, but Genma was able to nimbly dodge the blow. Unfortunately for him, he dodged into the area where a familiar cane was descending.
"Old… Ghoul," Ranma groaned, "What are you doing here?"
"Well I just got here since Kasumi called me about those questionable mushrooms." She hopped over to where Ranma was trying to stand. "From the looks of you, I'd say you got hit by extra ordinary mushrooms."
"Extraordinary mushrooms?" they cried.
"No, Cologne replied, "extra ordinary mushrooms. They make you completely average. Luckily for him, he threw them up right away. The effect should only last for about a day. Don't worry; it could be a lot worse."
"How could it be worse?" Genma cried. "My son is a weakling!"
"Gee thanks for the votes of confidence, Pops. The old ghoul just said it'd only but a day." He said ignoring the by-now-expected thwack of wood on his head for the ghoul comment.
"That's right son-in-law, tomorrow on the 15th of February, your abilities will be restored."
"Wait a minute," Ranma said, turning white as a sheet, "You mean that today's… Valentines Day!"
"Baka," Akane said, no longer able to hold her tongue, "Of course today's Valentine's Day. Wait a minute, how do you even know that Valentines Day is the 14th of February?"
"You'd remember too if it was a day of suffering and glomping! Gotta run, gotta hide. Okay Ranma calm down. You've survived before, you'll survive again." They watched Ranma pace as he talked to himself.
"You know Soun," Genma commented, "I think the boy's finally lost it."