The Mystic Hot Spring Resort
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Chapter 5: Answers
"Ryouga, Mousse, just what the hell's going on around here?" Ranma demanded an explanation from the two.
"Sorry, Ranma, it's just bad luck on your part but we won't let you screw this up for us." Ryouga responded.
"Screw what up! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON AROUND HERE!" Ranma demanded to know.
The clerk slowly tried to back away when Shampoo grabbed him. "Want answers." She demanded.
"Costumer, I am terribly sorry." The clerk responded as he slipped out of Shampoo's grasp.
"You no get away." Shampoo said as she chased after the clerk.
"What is going on? Do I at least get an explanation?" Ranma asked.
"Ranma, this place is magical. It locked us in the forms we were in when we entered. It even played around with our memories so we wouldn't have to remember being cursed at Jusenkyou." Mousse explained.
"But I could remember!" Ranma protested.
"That's because you were in your cursed form when you entered. It was just bad luck that the bus accidentally splashed with you some water that was on the ground before we entered." Ryouga said.
"How do you know all this?" Ranma asked.
"The clerk explained it to us after you tried to attack him." Ryouga said.
"Dammit! I COULDA BEEN CURED!" Ranma shouted.
"It was just bad luck, really." Ryouga said.
"So, how do I take this dumb curse off so I can become a guy again?" Ranma asked.
"It's an all or nothing deal, Ranma. And we won't allow you to do anything like that." Ryouga said.
"To hell with that!" Ranma protested as she entered a fighting position.
"Ranma, you're so selfish. Think about Mousse, Shampoo and myself." Ryouga said.
"If you were stuck as P-Chan, you'd feel differently." Ranma responded.
Ryouga and Mousse charged at Ranma. Mousse threw a knife that he had hidden up one of his sleeves, Ranma ducked to avoid the knife and charged at Mousse. A quick kick sent Mousse flying back. Ryouga was already there and immediately tried to punch Ranma. Ranma swerved to her left and dodged Ryouga's punch as Ryouga punches the wall at the end of the corridor instead. Ryouga turned around and began to run toward Ranma when he was swiftly kicked in the face.
"Huh?" Ranma let out in confusion.
Shampoo quickly emerged from behind the corridor. "Me know what going on. Me help Ranma become normal again even if me have to be cat." Shampoo said.
"What do we have to do to undue this curse?" Ranma asked Shampoo.
"Destroy this place." Shampoo explained.
"Done and done." Ranma said as she grabbed Mousse and tossed him to Ryouga. "Now that those two idiots are out of the way, this'll be easy…"
Ranma runs to the entrance to let out one of her fancy moves to destroy the resort. Feeling extremely confident that she can finally become a "he" again, Ranma exits the resort. "This will take care of this place!" Ranma says excitedly as she puts her hands together.
"Costumer, you must stop this." Ranma heard a voice say.
Turning around, Ranma saw the clerk again. "Alright, what's goin' on? Who are you and why do you have a place like this?" Ranma asked.
"The owner's son was once cursed at Jusenkyou. It caused the son such pain. The owner wanted to take all that pain away and hired some special people to build this resort." The clerk explained.
"You know? You ain't his son, are you?" Ranma asked.
"No, I am just a faithful employee." The clerk explained.
"So why us?" Ranma asked.
"The owner wanted to make sure this place really worked before he would have his son enter. Thus you and your friends were invited." The clerk explained.
"How the hell did he know about us?" Ranma asked.
"You people aren't very discreet. A simple investigation and we knew." The clerk explained.
"Well you can tell your boss to try again because I'm gettin' rid of this place right now." Ranma said.
The clerk stood next to Ranma. "I'm afraid I can't allow that." He said as he struck a fighting position.
"Okay, seriously, what do you think you can do to me?" Ranma asked in a very cocky tone.
A quick punch to the face caused Ranma to reevaluate the situation. "Okay, you wanna fight? Let's go!" Ranma shouted.
As the clerk charged, Ranma found herself trying to read his moves. He was a much better fighter than she could have imagined. Ranma leapt into the air and got ready to kick. The clerk dodged, grabbed Ranma's legs and threw her against the wall of the entrance. "DAMN YOU!" Ranma shouted in anger and charged at the clerk. The clerk dodged Ranma's charge and kicked her in the back.
"What's the matter with me! I gotta fight smarter than this." Ranma said to herself. "I got it. I know how to win this one." Ranma charged the clerk again but quickly stepped back when the clerk moved to dodge. "Huh!" The clerk let out in surprise.
The clerk started charging at Ranma, but Ranma continued to avoid the clerk. "You can't win if all you do is dodge." The clerk told Ranma.
"Oh, I'm done dodging now! HIRYU SHOTEN HA!" Ranma shouted and unleashed her Hiryu Shoten Ha against the clerk. The tornado swept the clerk and some of the resort. Ranma was feeling particularly cocky at this point. "Moko Takabisha!" Ranma shouted as she blew up whatever she could. Ranma ran all across the resort blowing everything up along the way. "RANMA!" Akane's voice shouted.
Ranma was standing right outside the women's bath. "Akane! I can be cured now!" Ranma shouted. "DAMN YOU, RANMA!" The clerk shouted as he appeared in front of Ranma and knocked her into the women's hot spring.
Ranma emerged as a guy. "Yes! I'M A GUY AGAIN!" Ranma shouted in triumph. Looking around, Ranma noticed Akane, Kasumi, Nabiki and Ukyou were all naked in the hot spring. "Ah, I'll be going and celebrating over there." Ranma said extremely embarrassed.
"RANMA, YOU PERVERT!" Akane shouted at the top of her lungs. Ranma quickly ran out of the hot spring as quickly as he could, Akane quickly wrapped a towel around herself and quickly chased after him.
"Just tell your boss to build another of these things and to make sure everyone that comes in is uncursed before they enter." Ranma told the clerk as he ran past.
"The boss doesn't have the money to do such a thing." The clerk said as quickly as possible.
"DAMMIT!" Ranma shouted as he kept running.
"DAMN YOU, RANMA!" Mousse shouted as he and Ryouga began chasing him.
"Sure, they're mad now but at least I can be a guy again." Ranma said to himself as he kept running.
The End.
