+++++++++++++++++++++

	Three days later...

	Ranma Saotome was covered in dirt and grime. With a somewhat lazy
stroll he walked through the center of a small village. People gave him
a wide berth as he simply passed through silently. Not so much because
he was a stranger, or that his form was particularly scary. No, it was
the fact that he was on fire. 

	"This is starting to suck," said Ranma irritably. 

"At least they have enough sense to stay out of our way now," said
Sesshoumaru calmly.

	"If we keep wandering through villages like this we'll get attacked,"
said Amelia.

	"So?" replied Sesshoumaru.

	"She's right," agreed Faye. 

	"I just hope there's a way to turn it off," commented Ranma. "Any luck
with that by the way?"

	"It will probably take us a few months to fully understand this new
blood. Incidents like this will probably be well under control within a
week."

	A lone figure stood in front of them firmly. She was a young Chinese
girl with long straight black hair. A delicate looking tai chi sword was
gripped in her hand as she simply waited for them to stop in front of
her.

	The flaming boy merely shifted his step and continued walking around
the girl. She looked quite clean compared to her surroundings and was
wearing an expensive looking red silk jumpsuit. A large white bandanna
was tied around her forehead and she turned her head to watch them walk
by her. 

	"Why have you come here?" 

	"To challenge that mountain," he replied calmly as he continued
walking.

	"I think not, demon," she hissed coolly. She spun around and thrust the
sword towards them as she prepared herself for a fight.

	"This one is dangerous, she must be destroyed," warned the demon dog.

	"What?" cried Faye and Amelia.

	"Devil hunter," said Ranma as he watched the girl for a moment.

	"Yes boy. I imagine you've heard legends of such people. Magical
ability, and martial arts can be a dangerous combination in a human. As
we grow in power, they too will learn it is best not to meddle with us.
Like other demons, they must be trained not to bother us. Wiping out a
family or two usually does it." 

	"I'm sure we can explain things to her if..." started Faye.

	Gai wasn't touching this one with a pole if he could help it. He was
along for the ride and hoped they didn't get hit too much. "Can we just
get this over with?"

	"I ain't killin nobody anyway!"

	"That is unwise in this case. She will not be so merciful with us. We
are a demon as far as she is concerned, that is reason enough to see us
destroyed at any cost in her mind. We will not be able to persuade her
otherwise. If she is a real demon hunter, she has been trained not to
trust our kind. Wisely so, I might add."

	"You sure are talkative all of a sudden," said Faye. "We need to move
no matter what, she's still staring us down. I think she's gonna get
impatient real soon though."

	"You're the one who passed through Jokezuko aren't you?" asked the girl
as she lowered her blade again and relaxed her stance a bit.

	"A trap!" snarled the dog demon.

	The flaming boy jumped back as twin arrows planted themselves into the
ground on either side of him. The girl in front of him growled and
twirled her sword around her hand. "Damn!"

	"Come boy. I'll be needing you again," said the demon coolly.

	"I'll take care of this," replied Ranma calmly. Amazons began bouncing
down from the rooftops all around him. He didn't seem worried in the
slightest. He'd had the powers for three days now. The trip he'd taken
could have been done in about a day had he not taken so much time
adjusting himself to his newfound strength and speed. He'd also
accidentally picked up a trick or two. "There's some stuff I wanna try
out. These chicks are starting to piss me off anyway." He cracked his
knuckles and crouched low as seven amazon women came charging out of the
alleyways.

	The sword-carrying girl rushed forward as well. She screamed at the top
of her lungs as she thrust her sword forward at him. He bent over
backwards to dodge and she curved the blade's path down. The boy was too
fast for that though and he snaked his torso to the side around the
blade and locked up her arm across his knee forcing the point into the
ground. Her arm appeared unharmed by the flames surrounding him and the
girl cried out in pain as she was lifted into the air by her arm as the
boy jumped up to avoid two arrow strikes. He spun around in the air and
tossed her into three of the charging amazons. He landed in a crouched
stance and the other four warriors came to a complete halt. They circled
around him, all of them armed with long handled spears. 

	He simply stood and watched them surround him. The girl he had thrown
was jerking violently as the flames started to build around her body.
She was unharmed by the fire physically, but it was very obvious
whatever was happening to her was very painful. Even her clothes
remained unscathed inside the inferno. Slowly, they started to die down
as the amazon women watched the events carefully.

	She groaned painfully and sat upright. "Hellfire! Don't let him touch
you!" She was nursing a dislocated shoulder and picked her sword up from
the dust. She hadn't dropped it until she landed. She gritted her teeth
firmly and slipped it back into place as she staggered to her feet. Her
face scrunched up painfully and a bit of drool slipped out from behind
her teeth as she did it. "He's mine," she said as she relaxed her body
and took up another stance. The sword was in her other hand now, with
her injured shoulder behind her.

	The burning boy simply watched her calmly and noticed that the women
surrounding him backed off slightly. 

	"She's challenging us directly," said Ranma calmly.

	"Fool. She doesn't stand a chance without their numbers to help her,"
commented Sesshoumaru.

	The girl rushed forward and screamed as she charged him. She raised her
sword over her head to slash down just as he tipped back and shot his
arm at her chest.

	"Strike now!" cried Sesshoumaru.

	"No!" gasped the boy as his eyes went wide. He had already started
punching. 

	The girl's eyes went wide and she spit blood into his face as his arm
went through her abdomen. She jerked forward and grabbed his shoulders
as her sword fell into the dust.

	"Holy shit! Our arm went through her!" cried Gai.

	"Yes," snarled Sesshoumaru coldly.

	"She ain't dead!" cried Ranma as he struggled with her arms as he
removed his arm along with parts of her entrails.

	"She will be shortly. I'm surprised she hasn't bled to death yet.
Perhaps the flames are keeping her blood in? She'll die once they
extinguish."

	"Ranma! Help me!" cried Amelia. 

	"Huh?" he said dumbly.

	"Shut up and do it. I've got a hunch," she said firmly.

	The amazon women were still standing around in shock as the boy thrust
both his hands down while kneeling next to her body. A soft blue glow
formed in his palms as he focused on what he was doing.

	One of the amazon women pulled her bow back as she aimed for the
creature's head. She gasped as a withered looking hand appeared in front
of her face. She turned her head and saw the elder Cologne holding her
back.

	"Why do you stop me?" she asked calmly as she lowered the weapon. The
woman appeared quite interested in what was happening.

	"Wait. If only for a moment," said the elder calmly. "I am feeling
something that should not be." She shook her head at the absurdity of it
all. "Impossible."

	The boy slowly stood up and started walking away from the burning form
of the girl behind him. She was obviously in incredible pain, but alive
none the less, and the wound was nothing but a light scar on her belly
and back.

	"Unless you'd like to end up like her, I suggest you move. She'll
survive, but it was a very painful experience I assure you," he said to
the women in front of him calmly.

	They all stepped back away from him fearfully.

	However there was now a new obstacle in their path. A tiny withered old
crone, balanced precariously on the end of a long staff. 

	"Don't tell me, we should destroy her right?" muttered Faye.

	"That should be obvious," snorted the demon calmly.

	"What the heck does she want?" snorted Ranma.

	"Hey. Wadda ya want?" said the boy as he simply looked at the old woman
in front of him.

	"The question is, what do you want here?"

	"To pass," he replied in his cool tone again. "If you don't move, I
will go through you."

	"Tell me boy. What do you want with this mountain? You're no demon, at
least not completely."

	The boy's grin became cocky suddenly. "Ta climb it. I gotta take the
hardest road."

	The old woman arched her eyebrows at this. "I see. Tell me boy, what if
I offered you another path?"

	"What?" said the boy as he frowned at her a little.

	"I'm offering to train you boy. I can assure you that you'll be much
stronger than you will if you take this road. Anything to keep you away
from that cursed place. If what you tell me is true, I assure you that
you do not want what lies in wait for you."

	"I knew it. Dog boy was trying to trick us into going somewhere again!"
snapped Faye angrily.

	"Actually, I was being quite honest. This is a very difficult and
dangerous path. Just taking it would probably make us stronger. Even I
can't lie all the time."

	"I'll bet there's something you're not telling us about," commented Gai
lazily. "I say we go with the old woman. Some of those tricks are pretty
neat."

	"We cannot trust her. It is doubtful she trusts us at all. Human or
not, we do have a demons power," commented Sesshoumaru.

	"I hate to say it, but he is right," agreed Faye.

	"Maybe we should trust her?" commented Amelia.

	Cologne coughed into her hand. "Oh yes. There is the other matter of
the one hundred and twenty seven wives you've managed to collect."

	"What?" said the boy as he glared at her. 

	"As you are human, I am certain of that much at least now, you are
subject to our laws," replied the old woman calmly. "You are quite
strong, and though you seemed to have acquired some very interesting
demonic traits. Would you mind at least hinting at how you have done
this?" She seemed to be quite cheerful.

	The boy was still guarded, and kept his eyes on everyone at once. The
old woman's guards had yet to move once they positioned themselves
between him and her on either side of him. None of them dared to try and
sneak behind him at the moment. 

	"My dear boy. You have a demon sealed away inside of you, don't you?"
she asked after several moments of silence.

	"Yeah. How did ya know?" he asked her dumbly. "He got into my head
somehow."

	The old woman simply stared at the boy for a long moment. "Well boy?"

	"Think I'm better off on my own, thanks," he said simply. "You're not
strong enough to make me marry someone anyway." He simply continued his
forward path and ignored her.

	"Ranma! What the hell are you doing?" cried Faye angrily. "We can't go
in there!"

	"Why are we still going to the mountain!?" cried Amelia in confusion.

	"Because he's right. We need a weapon," replied the boy honestly. "That
last demon thing was too close a call. I'm not so sure I want to let him
out too much after what just happened."

	Gai spoke up quietly. "Ranma is right. The blowhard was saying that his
little brother..."

	"Half brother," replied the demon in an even tone.

	"Whatever. Anyway, his half brother got along fine right? He just got
strong enough to fight back."

	"His enchanted blade had something to do with it as well," replied the
demon coolly. "Even if you do manage to stop me, how are you going to
defend yourselves against demons without me? The boy is right. You
weaklings need a weapon."

	"We could have gone with Cologne. She might not have killed us if we
listened to her," said Amelia. "She could probably teach us some neat
things too. Like that super fast punching thing, or the tornado thingy."

	"No. I still don't trust her," said Faye. "I think it was something in
her voice when she was talking too us. I think she was trying to lead us
into a trap. We should have gone another way, and not with her."

	"I don't know," muttered the girl with a small sigh. "I'm not so sure
about this place. I'm getting a bad feeling. Trees were starting to
become black and twisted, and a sort of haze floated in the air around
them. "Maybe we should go back?"

	"I won't allow that," snorted the demon calmly.

	"Watch us," snarled Faye.

	"That's right!" agreed Amelia firmly.

	"Is this gonna hurt much? This trip has sucked so far," grumbled Gai.

	"We do not tire easily now," replied Sesshoumaru. "We should be able to
climb the mountain to the peak by evening without putting out much
effort."

	"We should be there by this afternoon then," replied Ranma calmly.

	Everyone went strangely silent as he said this.

	The demon didn't respond as they started up the path unhindered for the
moment.

	"What should we do elder?" asked one of the women. The devil hunter
glanced around at the women.

	"Nothing," she replied quietly. "We can do nothing to stop this. I dare
not send such inexperienced warriors onto that cursed mountain. All of
you are strong, but do not have enough knowledge to face what awaits
him.

	"He'll die anyway then," said the same woman with a smirk forming on
her face.

	"No. He will not," replied the devil hunter calmly as she started after
him. "I'm going after him."

	"If you feel it is your duty," said Cologne as she nodded her head
towards the girl. "I cannot place my people in such danger. I am sorry.
We will move to the other side of the mountain, and await his return."

	"You won't catch him that way," replied the girl calmly.

	"If he escapes you, we will find his trail again. I'm afraid he'll
never be rid of us now. It is obvious which path he has chosen, and he
must be destroyed, for all of our sakes."

	The girl merely nodded and rushed after the demon boy. 

	"Shu ho, be cautious. This one is more than he seems I think."

++++++++++++++++++++++

	"Why? Why do you continue forward?" growled Shu as she rushed through
the mist and brush after the boy. "Why did Cologne give so much damn
exposition anyway? I'm all rattled now." It wasn't a good thing to hear
right after the boy put his hand through her body. Her wound still hurt,
but it was little more than a bad bruise now. "Why? Why did he save me?"

	"I thought it might send the message more clearly. If I just kill you,
you'll just pop back up in a few centuries or so. It becomes a rather
annoying cycle."

	She gasped and whirled around.

	"Why are you following me? You should know by now that I can kill you
easily."

	"Why? Tell me why you healed me!" she screamed at him angrily. "Who are
you?"

	"Ranma Saotome. Sorry about him, he's kinda evil," the boy's face was
rather flush as he looked towards the ground.

	Her jaw dropped quite suddenly. Her grip faltered on her weapon and she
stared at him. It was true. She had seen it in his eyes when he nearly
killed her. He hadn't been expecting it either. "What?"

	"I ain't crazy or nuthin. I got this guy in my head somehow. He's
attracting all sorts of trouble too. A demon tried to kill me earlier. I
have to use his power to fight them off now."

	"No one knows the legend surrounding this mountain. All we know is that
it is an evil place. You should not continue forward. This place could
be waiting for someone like you to come along."

	"I guess I shouldn't disappoint then. I need a weapon to fight them
with, and my demon is telling me I'll find one up there. He's very
interested in keeping us alive. He dies if I do."

	"Then I shall see that you have a quick death," she replied coldly as
her blade was drawn once again.

	"Damn it. Cut that out!" snapped the boy as he dodged around her
strikes. "If I hit you again he might kill you."

	"I know," she replied as she tore her shirt off and tossed it aside.
Some of the fire surrounding his body had caught onto her clothing. 

	"What the?" muttered the boy as he found himself facing the combined
might of a healthy twenty year old pair of breasts. He froze for a
moment and she slashed down at him with her sword at his neck.

	His grin turned cocky as he glanced up at her halfway through her
strike. "I've seen better." Her blade hit nothing but the ground and a
hand slapped across her rear as she fell forward face down in the dirt.
"See you around." He started walking as she squeaked in pain as she
realized some of his flame had gotten onto her rear. She quickly rolled
over and smothered it in the dirt. She was very thankful that magic or
not, fire was fire.

	He had already vanished into the mist. Not an easy thing to do when you
glow like a moving campfire. "That little bastard!" she snarled angrily
as she stood up and picked up her sword. "Get back here you little
pervert!" She picked up her shirt again and put it back on as it had
also gone out. After a moment of silent huffing she glared into the
woods. 

	"Ranma Saotome! Prepare to die!"

++++++++++++++++++++

	Ranma was looking at his hand with a kind of bewildered look on his
face. "You jerks almost got us killed. You're lucky Amelia and I were
here!"

	"I believe I assisted as well," commented Sesshoumaru calmly.

	"Whatever, you're up to something," snapped Faye.

	"Why did you do that Mr. Yammada? It was mean!" scolded the little
girl.

	"I couldn't help myself," muttered the man pathetically, "and it's
Gai."

	"Yeah. Why did we do that?" asked Ranma dumbly.

	Gai was astounded. "Y...you're kidding?!"

	The boy shook his head negative. He was honestly curious about the
answer.

	"He is still a pup after all."

	"No! This is abnormal!" snapped Gai. "There could be something wrong!
We need to find a doctor!" 

	"It is rather odd," admitted Faye.

	"What are you talking about?" asked Amelia. "Ranma? You don't know why
Mr. Yammada slapped that woman on the rear?"

	The boy growled in annoyance as he felt his cheeks flush. "Why would I?
She was already out of the way, and the strike didn't do anything."

	"That sounds like my little half brother," growled the demon irritably.

	"What?" snapped Ranma angrily. "What the hell is the damn problem?"

	"We gotta get you laid kid," replied Gai calmly.

	"What?" said the boy as he halted suddenly. 

	"I could use a little release myself," commented Faye.

	"You shouldn't say things like that out loud!" gasped Amelia. "I don't
know if I'm ready for that!"

	"What's the big deal? It'll be another girl, so it's not all that bad."

	The little girl passed out at that. 

	"Hey. I think we lost her," said Gai.

	Ranma started walking quickly, but he could not escape this
conversation. It was a horrible realization on his part. 

	"What about our demon friend?" asked Gai.

	"I have no need of such things. Do as you will to satisfy your human
desires. It does not matter to me."

	"It's settled then," said Gai cheerfully. 

	"Where are we gonna find a woman?" grumbled Faye. "Listen buddy. I'm
doing you a favor here, a big one. I expect some return on this
investment, if you catch my drift?"

	"Oh man. You're kidding!" cried Gai in horror.

	Ranma had no idea what was going on. He noticed that the fire
surrounding his body died down a bit after Amelia left them.

	"I'm gonna have to think about this," grumbled the man.

	"We might be stuck with each other for the rest of our lives. Besides,
when was the last time you got laid anyway?"

	"Three years ago," grumbled the man sourly. "That's not the point."

	"Well. I suppose you're in great need of release then," replied the
woman smoothly.

	Ranma was forced to pull his hand out of the front of his pants. "Hey!
What the hell are you doin?!"

	"Wait a minute. There's no one out here. Let's go with this," said Gai.

	"Hell no!" cried Ranma out loud. "Don't touch that! It's mine!"

	"All right. How about a deal then? We can change bodies right? I mean,
we can be a girl sometimes."

	Ranma paused for a moment. "What?"

	"If I leave that alone, you give me control of that other body. Girls
get the girl side, boys get the boy side. How about it? It's only fair."

	The boy growled under his breath as he walked in silence for a long
time. 

	"Well?"

	"I'm thinkin about it," he replied coolly.

	"Ouch," said Gai.

	"I could get to really like a kid like you," she replied sweetly as his
hand slid down the front of his pants again.

	"All right! All right! Fine! Just cut that out!" he screamed at the top
of his lungs angrily.

	"You would have made a good pet," commented Sesshoumaru.

	Faye growled at him, but didn't respond.

	"Good idea kid. Let them deal with that feminine stuff," said Gai. 

"You do realize I basically just gave them an excuse to sit back and do
nothing while we're like this," said Ranma flatly.

"Don't worry! We'll leave all the rough stuff to you boys!" said Faye
cheerfully. 

"She'd better not get fat," growled Ranma irritably.

"Don't worry. I've always had a good figure," replied Faye cheerfully.

	"That was obvious," commented the demon. "You wouldn't have tried to
manipulate him that way if you weren't attractive. It's a common trait
among attractive human females. A pity it gets them killed so often."

	By this point in the conversation they were bouncing across jagged and
narrow edges up the side of the mountain. He grabbed the wall and
started climbing. 

	"Boy, you sure know how to kill the mood don't you," grumbled Faye
irritably. "How long is she going to be out?" 

	"What happened?" chimed Amelia as if given a cue. "Oh. Not a dream,
darn."

	"Sorry kid," commented Gai. "What's that?"

	"Our destination," replied Sesshoumaru.

	Looming over them was what appeared to be a black temple. Green flames
burned in the torches that surrounded the walls and a large heavy wooden
door appeared to be the only entrance. 

++++++++++++++++++++++

	Shu ho was perched on the rocks far below the boy. She looked up at him
and frowned. "Damn. This isn't going to be an easy fight."

	She had heard him scream his submission to the demon in the woods. It
was a pity that he was not strong enough to contain it. She had to
release him from his suffering, even if he was a pompous little shit."

	"I'm not going to make it in time to stop him. I hope I can manage
something. I don't wanna die!" She didn't seem very confident as she
sniffled and started climbing up the rocks with tears in her eyes.

++++++++++++++++++++

	Ranma looked around the room casually as he strolled in. "Where the
heck is this place?" Large chunks of lumber and pieces of wood littered
the ground at his feet.

	"It is the resting place of a powerful weapon. More Yokai magic to aid
us, of a different sort than that sword though."

	"What kind of 'sort'?" growled Faye.

	They simply continued walking forward moving out of the shattered
remains of the heavy wooden door.

	"Hey. Who's the babe?" asked Faye.

	Everyone's attention focused on the handsome man standing in the middle
of the room. He was simply watching them with what appeared to be a
black staff in his hand. He had short cut slicked back black hair and a
neatly trimmed mustache. "I've been waiting for you."

	"Damn!" growled Sesshoumaru.

	"I thought you said..." started Amelia.

	"I'm disappointed in you really. After all, it was an obvious trap.
Finding two such weapons so easily is a bit too fortuitous. Yet, here
you are, standing in front of me. Showing what a fool you truly are."
The man casually walked towards the middle of the room in front of them
and stopped to face him again once he'd reached it.

	"Boy. Listen carefully. I must fight this battle, but I will need your
help. This is a situation where my full Yokai power must be brought to
bare. The slightest mistake from you will destroy us."

	"Well. For once I trust him," commented Faye.

	"Oh no. This is going to be really bad isn't it?" cried Amelia. 

	"I'm afraid so kid," commented Gai as he braced himself. "Try to be
gentle would you?"

	"I do not indent to suffer a single blow from this fight. I could be
mistaken though," commented the demon coolly. "Come boy. It is time to
get this over with."

	"Still want to fight? Such a weak half blood like yourself destroy me?
I think not," snarled the man angrily.

	"It's too bad. He was cute too," commented Faye. 

	The creature before them jumped into the air and a pair of black wings
sprouted from his back as two long horns ripped through the flesh of his
forehead. His hands became clawed as well as his feet, but his torso
remained human, with the tattered remains of his suit and tie still
hanging from him.

	"I'm afraid you'll find I'm much more than a mere half blood."

	"Is that so?" snarled the creature as it stomped towards them.

	"Yes. I'm afraid it is," replied the boy as he jumped over the
creature's shoulder and landed on the ground on the other side of it.
Four gashes began to spray blood from its shoulder as pieces of the
leathery wings fell to the ground.

	The creature roared in pain and spun around. Its teeth had become
sharpened and its eyes had grown yellow. Flames began to erupt all
around them, giving the room a sickly green glow. They emitted no smoke,
and didn't harm the boy.

	"So. You are what happened to Gregorius," said the thing in a loud
hissing screech. 

	"This one is not weakened by another battle. We will be busy for quite
some time boy. Keep up as best you can, and I will instruct you when I
need you."

++++++++++++++++++

	Shu ho was losing her nerve. Green flames erupted from the windows of
the temple periodically, along with chunks of stone and wood that sailed
past her occasionally. She was watching a particularly large section of
wall that had come within three inches of her head crash on the ground
below with a horrified expression on her face. Tears continued to flow
from her cheeks as she slowly crawled onto the flat surface of the
summit and got a good look at the remains of the heavy wooden doors.
"Grama will kill me if I run." She hung her head and dragged her feet as
she walked towards the door with the point of her sword held low, along
with her head.

	"This sucks. I hate honor and duty."

+++++++++++++++++++

	The two combatants landed across from each other and immediately went
to their knees. Neither one looked particularly winded, but there were a
few new gashes on the demonic creature. 

	"You are stronger than I expected."

	"You face the power of a full demon, not a halfling," replied the boy
calmly. "I do not wish to be bothered with such triviality as assassins.
Especially ones as weak as you."

	The thing screamed in rage as it rushed forward.

	"This could end it boy. Be ready," said Sesshoumaru coolly.

	The boy's head nodded slowly as the creature charged.

	"Ranma! Help me!" said Amelia.

	"Now boy! Now!"

	Both of the boy's hands shot out as he blinked in confusion. "What?
Hey! One at a time!" He had almost instinctively tried to follow both
commands.

	"Ra-Tilt!"

	"What?" gasped Sesshoumaru as he completed his own attack.

	A ball of white energy formed directly in front of them.

	"Wait! It's still not right?" muttered the girl in horror.

	"No! You fool!" snarled the demon dog angrily as he started to shift in
a dodge. "What have you..."

	The ball erupted and blasted forward in a huge beam of power from their
outstretched hands. The monster in front of them was engulfed in a white
light that vaporized him. 

	"Holy shit!" gasped Gai. "That was cool!"

	Ranma clutched at his chest as he fell to the ground. He felt tight and
tired, but in a way he'd never felt before. "What was that?"

	"The combined might of a demons power coupled with a sorceress. So, we
are to become demon hunters are we? So be it." Sesshoumaru glanced down
at the discarded staff. It was the only thing that survived the blast.
He picked it up and a green light burned around it like flames. "This
should do for now. Mixing magic that way is dangerous. We should look
into it a bit more, but not with so much power behind it. This could
become a useful tool."

	"I feel like I just ran a hundred mile sprint," grumbled Ranma. 

	"Your fragile human frame cannot handle too much magic at once. It
could have destroyed us all, and it was a very stupid thing to do," said
the demon calmly. They turned and saw a familiar face staring at them
from the doorway.

	"What do you want?" he asked her calmly.

	"..." said the girl.

	"She won't bother us again," said the demon dog as he started them
towards her.

	She didn't move and simply stared at him. "Who are you?"

	"Ranma Saotome," he replied simply. "I told you already."

	She punched him dead in the face. "What the hell is a punk like you
doing running around grabbing women that way?!"

	He glanced down at her with a genuinely surprised frown. "Huh?"

	"You heard me!" she snapped. "Why didn't you just say you were a devil
hunter anyway? No demon can produce that kind of magic, especially not
so much of it."

	He narrowed his eyes at her and his frown deepened. "Get out of my
way." He paused as he realized she had punched him. The flames that
surrounded him were gone now. "Hey. Neat! It went away!" He smiled to
himself cheerfully and walked out the broken remains of the door.

	"Hey! I'm not through chewing you out!" she snapped as she chased after
him.

	He was looking down the opposite side of the mountain he'd come from.
"Yeah you are." He simply stepped off the side and bounced his way down
the side of the mountain skillfully.

	The girl growled down at him angrily with rage in her eyes. "I'd better
not see you again jerk!"

	The boy was long gone by then though, and the Amazons were waiting for
him. "Let him sweat it out for a few days. I was going to tell him about
them when I was finished chewing him out." She rolled over onto her back
and put her hands behind her head so she could look at the clouds.

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	Next Time: Grand Theft Auto: Hong Kong.

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