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Akane looked around as now that she had managed to stop her sister. What comes next as they no longer had a home, their father was dead, and Nerima was pretty much in chaos. She could only hope that Ranma and his father were already as well. If she had thought about this before or even if she had already, Akane just hoped the two of them were okay everywhere they were. She could not check what was left of their home for them as it was probably dangerous to stay around here. Their house did have a downed plane inside of it.

The youngest Tendo then noticed that something had struck her in the neck and that looked to be tranquilizer dart. On that was now lodged in there and apparently it was rather fast acting as well. For moments after Akane looked at the dart as she then slumped to the ground.

As her consciousness began to fade, Akane attempted to get to where Nabiki was lying. Her older sister was the one that was actually the most hurt amongst the three of them….at least when came to bodily harm. Reaching out her arm as she tried to pull her body towards her sister. Another sharp pain was felt as Akane had been shot by another tranquilizer dart. This causing her arm to drop instantly as the amount of tranquilizer now in her system was too much for her to fight against as laid there out cold.

The three Tendo sister now at the mercy of whoever shot those tranquilizer darts at Akane.

Akane, Kasumi, and Nabiki.

The only remaining Tendos of the Tendo family from Nerima were all unconscious on the ground for different reasons. Kasumi and Nabiki were knocked out because Akane found her older sister fighting each other for some reason in rage. While Akane was knocked out from getting shot with two tranquilizer darts.

The three sisters were unable to do anything to stop the gargoyles that were approaching them seeming wanting to carry the three of them away for their own purposes. Those that got closer and closer to the Tendo sisters until one of them was struck in the head and force to the ground themselves by something coming from the sky. They crashing into the person that hit rolled into Akane and over her outstretched arm that was reaching for her sisters.

"Seriously this was your idea but you made that kind of entrance," a voice said noticed a ponytailed brown hair gargoyle that was seemingly gliding down managing to land through they trip a bit as they touch the ground.

"At least we made here in time as your way would have gotten us here far too late to do anything" the light brown hair gargoyle stated standing up.

The two that appeared before those that were attempting to abduct the Tendo sisters were close friends to two the youngest resident of the now destroyed Tendo Dojo. The first gargoyle was Hiroshi who is a friend of Ranma's and the second was Sayuri who is a friend of Akane's.

The two met up by chance as they both had plans with Ranma and Akane that required them getting up before sunrise on the everyone just turned into gargoyles. The two of them were amongst the lucky ones like Akane that barely avoided getting smashed during their time as statues before nighttime fell.

Though they did wonder how they managed to get from being on the street to being on top of a building for whatever reason. Rather than getting down Hiroshi who seem to have a lot of knowledge on gargoyles. Claiming they were similar to the creature in foreign series he got interested in recently. That cause him to look up various information on gargoyles.

The two then rushed over the Tendo Dojo worried about their friend not really aware they running over rooftops as they went. That was until they get close enough to their goal that noticed what they were doing and that when Hiroshi got the idea to use their wings to glide the rest of the way there in order to save Akane and her sisters from those that were looking to abduct them.

Of course, that was easy said than done as they were just two gargoyles amongst a group of them that seem to be more skilled them they were. However similar to how Kasumi and Nabiki were able to fight Akane at a decent level. The two managed to fight off the would-be abductors from getting anywhere near the Tendo sisters.

Meanwhile with two cursed girls...

One was stuck standing there as a statue as they learned too late that their curse had somehow been altered to the point where upon splashing them with hot water. What normally would revert them to normal had indeed done so however at the same time they had become a statue version of their original human self. A complete shock to them as then again their curse

While the other girl, however, they were constantly splashing themselves with hot and cold water freaking out that the only change to themselves being hair color. Their hair reverts to its original color but that all that happens. Their clothing soaked from the constant contact it has with the water. Dripping down their body as it now sticking them like it's a second skin almost. In some place the rips from them having suddenly sprouted wings and tail were becoming large. From the bodily reaction to cold and hot water getting splashed onto their body was causing them to jerk and react as they were now part of the girl as well thus react in kind to knee jerk reactions.

"Why is not this working" Ranma yelled wanting to pull at her once again black hair.

Having dumped hot water on herself for the umpteenth time. This being the only change that she saw to herself as she did not even become human again like Shampoo had any of those times. No longer care that if she had then there would be two statues in this forest instead of just one. Her mind was focused on just becoming her male self again not caring what happened afterward. That problem could be dealt with later but first was this one

"Now to try cold water again" she thought to herself aloud as she went to reach for some.

Only to discover that she had run out of the water to do so.

Ranma then started sneezing as the constant switch between hot and cold water and the fact that she still was fully used to or adjust to this new gargoyle body of hers. It was causing a reaction to her body but not exactly the one that she desired at all.

'Great...Just great I hope I did not manage to end up getting myself sick rather than getting back my at least male version of my current self' Ranma thought

Though Ranma did have to think about what she was going to next as what she was doing was one of her top priority however she had been doing while keeping an eye on Shampoo this entire time. For all Ranma knew they were the only two out here and Shampoo could not look out for herself at the moment.

As the black hair gargoyle was thinking over how she should go about getting some more water, jus staying here to watch over Shampoo, or somehow figure how to do both things at once. Though as she was thinking this over she notices some rustling from the behind the side of what Ranma's and Shampoo's makeshift camp was at the moment. Getting ready for anything as the last time something like this happen it happened that came out in her new gargoyle beast form. So Ranma was curious who or what it would be this time around since after all neither one of them seem to have know where they were exactly. Not aware how or why they were here in this forest just that they were here and had this new forms without any knowledge of how they got them.

One thing that past through her mind is that where were all the wild animals as this place did not seem to have any despite being a forest and it was night time. That should have been something they should have had to deal with but she had not seen or heard any since arriving at this forest wherever it was

Rushing out in the area was a young gargoyle girl with her hair in two pigtails with two flowers on both sides of her head. She was seemingly only had her wings around as cloak for any form of clothing. That at least from what Ranma could see her from where she was standing at the moment. For it was completely possible to have one's clothes fully ruined by the sheer act of having grown wings and tail all of sudden. After all not all not everyone would be as lucky to have their clothes not ripped to shreds. Ranma and many others were lucky that did not happen to them. However, this girl seems to be among the unlikely ones where that was the case, though.

Realizing they had come across someone else while they were running and looking at who it was. It was at this moment that they recognized who the other was even in their current gargoyle forms. Ranma knew this girl was Plum, the Jusenkyo Guide's young daughter.

"Ran…" Plum said to say however before she could even finish her name something happened to them both.

That being that the sun rose and the two of them were turned to stone by the coming day. Plum rendered a statue with her mouth open in mid-speech not able to finish her thoughts. While Ranma did not have much time to react beyond her acknowledge that now Plum was here along with herself and Shampoo. Did that mean she was in China or had they all been transported to wherever this forest was?

While Ranma and Plum were stone cold silence the same thing was happening back in Nerima as well. All the chaos that had been interrupting around Nerima because of everyone being suddenly turned into gargoyles. That was once again silenced as there was no one moving as they had all been turned to stone by the rising sun. Some were expecting, others were caught off guard, and there were even though that foolish thought they could out run the rise of the sun itself.

Ukyo and Cologne were still at U-Chan as they had to stop their talk to as there were rioters and others that appear in front of her business. Apparently, the rioters just wanted to loot the place while neither were aware of what the others were doing here. Although they had run them off nevertheless which took longer than either one of them would have thought it would.

"Are you okay?" Ukyo asked Cologne.

"That might actually be the problem for me at the moment" she responded.

The Chinese Amazon Elder then went on to explain that have become a gargoyle somewhat made so that she had to control her strength even more so that she did not accidentally kill anyone. She was well aware her limit before yet now she was not any more or what others were capable of either. So killing someone was very likely if she did not carefully watch herself. Cologne had attacked a few people with enough force and power that would have most definitely killed a human but that did not seem to be the case for the gargoyle that stuck.

"Why has not Konastu show up yet. Did he disappear while out on an errand as well or did something else happened" she asked.

"I have not heard from him at all since this happened. He was tired from before so I just let him sleep in but he should have woken up by now. You think becoming a gargoyle would get him to check on me" Ukyo said realize this just now.

Ukyo and Cologne then went to where Konatsu was supposedly left to sleep and opened the door check on him. However what they left them petrified in both literal and figurative sense as the sun rose to catch in them in this very moment of discovering what was going on.
There standing in front of a rather large mirror was Konatsu at first glance the two were confused by why he was so caught up in his own reflection. However, there was something clearly different about him this time. They then took notice that Konatsu was not normal as nor was he even a guy anymore.

Somehow Konatsu who was already mentally more of a woman than a guy( since he was raised as a woman instead of man) had actually become one fully. There was Konatsu marvel at HER body as she could no longer be mistaken for a woman anymore because she had truly become one.

So absorbed in admiring her new female body even if it was not human Konatsu had even realized that she turned to stone as she shown no aware that it had happened to her. Apparently the shock of having a female body to match how she thought and saw herself seemingly overrode the fact that she was no longer human.

Though not every person on this side of the globe had become immobile because they were gargoyle that had turned to stone with the rising of the sun. The purple hair Chinese Amazon that had her cursed form changed from cat to gargoyle beast. Then when splashed with hot water did change back into her human self but as a statue, she was now looking at herself.

"Ranma it worked Shampoo is….." she stated

She looked over to where she thought Ranma would be only to see there was no one there. The container they were heating up water in was empty along with all the water they had brought with them. Looking around their makeshift camp she did notice where Ranma had moved to, however, it was clear that she had turned to stone along with Plum, the Jusenkyo Guide's young daughter.

Walking over to her, Shampoo saw that she was about to say something, however, she apparently turned to stone before she was able to do so. Along with Ranma who she noticed was still in her female form which was confusing as she was sure that Ranma would have used the remainder of the hot water to change back herself.

Examining both Ranma and Plum as they stood there unmoving as an immobile pair of statues. Shampoo noticed they were still gargoyle while she was human again. She double checks to ensure that she did not have a tail, wings, or that her hand and feet were not claws and talons.

Once she was sure that she did not have any of these in any manner. After all, Shampoo was from a village where things beyond what most people would consider normal happened. That did not even cover the fact that her people lived near the Musk, The Phoenix People, Curse Springs of Jusenkyo.

Though she had already looked over both Ranma and Plum once already she decided to go back take another look as she did not get a chance to look at Ranma like this often. Even if they were currently in their female form they were still Ranma after all. Normally she could not just get a chance to look at Ranma like this.

She noticed even with the two of them in the state they were currently in that Ranma was drenched from head to toe from constant exposure to water. Looking at how not only that her clothes were seemingly sticking to her body but the how they showed clear sights of being wet. Along with her hair having to show signs of that as well with how parts of were showing similar signs. Looking over to the container that they had their water in, Shampoo could see cracks in the place Ranma had clearly been grabbing it too hard. Shampoo wonder for a second how others that were not ready as trained in controlling their strength were dealing with the sudden increase it in.

Moving her attention over to Plum, the Jusenkyo Guide's young daughter. She overall looked the same as when she had last seen her. Possibly a little taller since time had and she were a growing girl. However, if that was because of she naturally taller or the sudden transformation into a gargoyle was a result of this. The look on her face as if she was both overjoyed and relieved that she had come across Ranma when she had. The look of her clothing had various rips and tears along and there clear signs that she had really worked hard with her hands seemingly digging or something with them. The young girl no longer had any fingernails so Shampoo was able to tell via the small scars that present on her hands. That Shampoo knew from experience that whatever cause them to turn to stone during the day was also healing their injuries from the previous night. She did not know the full extent but knew it was possible.

Shampoo pick the container that held their water and shook to ensure that Ranma had used it all. Seeing that this was the case she then when into a pocket that she had in her clothes and pulled out some water that she had stored there. After spending as much time as she had with Mousse, she had picked up a few tricks from him. Regardless of how she feel about him as a person he still was a pretty decent fighter with good techniques….when he would wear his glasses. Managing to heat up the water the plan that she was forming was to see what would happen if she had splashed Ranma with hot water while she was currently a statue.

Assuming that Ranma had tried this with her and that it had not worked while she was a statue. Shampoo took the water and splash at Ranma. Although all that happened when the Ranma statue was struck with the water was that Shampoo had merely made a statue of wet gargoyle become actually wet. There was no other change to Ranma other than this as she remained in place equally as unmoving from the moment the sun rose turning her to stone.

Sighing Shampoo was really wondering what was going on here as things had been crazy recently even crazier than she was used too. After all, she did live in Nerima, a place that kind of always was a hotbed for crazy even before Ranma and the rest of them had moved in. There were many people that lived there already and things that existed from the start.

However, Shampoo had gone out to get something her great grandmother wanted one moment and the next she found herself here in what she at first assume was her cursed form. However, that still seems to be the case since she was able to change back from it. Though becoming a gargoyle beast was not what she expected to happen as somehow her curse was activated by whatever or whoever brought her here.

Then there were the rises of the sun that day and Shampoo experiencing what it was like turning to stone. The sudden numbing of her body as the stone quickly creep up herself until she has left nothing more than a statue. One that was not aware of what was going on around them until the sun set that day. Shampoo then wonder around in this gargoyle beast form until she had come across Ranma and was not only shocked that she was changed as well but rather than being gargoyle beast like herself. Ranma was merely a normal gargoyle instead.

Things then happened as they did and now Shampoo was here human again but what was the deal about her turning to stone the moment she reverted back to her human self. The moment she fell the hot water splashing her body that when everything went black until just recently. Looking back at where she was until the recent sunrise, where there was nothing around that spot. Unlike when she was a gargoyle beast and awoken at night. That time there were no stone fragments all around her as she awoke from her stone sleep and broke out what was at that point merely thin stone shell covering her entire body.

Shaking her head as she clears her thoughts to focus on the present before her right now. Again she noticed Plum's expression and saw that her head while looking mostly in Ranma's direction was also glancing from back slightly at where she can from. For Shampoo, this was merely a guess because Plum's eyes were currently stone orbs so she could not see for sure where their attention laid.

Though even with this she noticed something off as one that grew up in an area near a forest such as the one they were currently in. The purple haired Amazon could tell they were apparently not as alone as they thought. At first thinking of Plum's state as merely her being transported her similar to themselves. Though upon thinking about some more that probably was not the case as if they were here then it was very likely that other were here as well. Raise her guard as she does not know who or what she is dealing with and she also had to look for the two statues that could not defend themselves at the moment.

Shampoo slowly move towards where she Plum had seemingly appeared from as she could not be caught off guard in this situation.
"What this" Shampoo said shocked

For there was seemingly a small pack of gargoyle beast frozen in mid-stride as some had even tipped over because they could no longer balance themselves at the moment. Clearly, this what Plum had been running from as there were bits of clothing that strangely enough were not stone along with the beast. Also some them that had some claws marks that made Shampoo wondered in Plum had managed to cause them. For they were smaller than what one would expect marks to be coming from someone of Ranma's size or larger.

Destroying them was a thought but was out of the question as she was not sure what or who this gargoyle beast could be. After all, with cold water, she would turn into one as well. So she would not want someone smashing her while she was just a statue and then there was when she was helpless as a statue during the night after getting splash with hot water.

So she merely decided to tie the down so that they would not be able to move when the sun set thus keeping them in place and preventing them from continuing going after Plum.

After securing those gargoyle beast to the ground she returned to where Ranma and Plum were and decided they needed to get out this forest. They did not know where or how they all got here but staying here probably would be that good of an idea anymore. Though that, of course, lead to the problem of how she was going to get the three of them out of here in the first place.

"Sunny with no clouds," Shampoo said as she looked up at the sky.

She did not want it to rain otherwise she ended up in her new cursed form and then all three of them would be statues. Possibly if they were unlucky at the mercy of anyone that just so happened to be here in this forest with some condition as Shampoo.

Working something together Chinese Amazon managed to create a makeshift flat that she could lift both Ranma and Plum onto.

'Why is Ranma so heavy when compared to Plum' she thought

She knew both of them were a solid stone statue at the moment but the age difference between should not have off shot their weight as statues that much. Grabbing the makeshift rope she created that tied to the flat she then gives a few good tugs to test the strength so that it would not break on her while she was pulling it.

Thus with this, all set she then began pulling the two of them behind as she headed in the direction where she hoped the exit to this forest was located…hopefully