Digimon 1/2: Adventures Through Time and Space
Part 9
By Keiko
    In the peaceful city of Nerima...
     "Stop him!!" A little old man ran past with a large bag of lingerie and a lecherous grin plastered on his face.  Behind him, a mob of angry women were hot on his tail.
     Okay... maybe not so peaceful...
     The people of Nerima didn't even bother to stop at the sight of Happosai running past with yet another stash of stolen panties, but they did stop in their tracks to stare at the strange group of people and... creatures walking down the street.
     "So, where does this Ranma person live?" Jyou asked.
     "Shampoo said that we should just stop and ask any person on the street.  She says that Ranma's pretty well known around here." Koushiro replied.
     "Alright then, what are we waiting for?" Taichi rubbed his hands. "Let's stop someone and ask!"  He turned and grabbed a young man with a bandanna and an umbrella strapped to the huge traveling bag he was carrying.
     Just then, a storm appeared in the sky out of nowhere, as storms are wont to do in Nerima.  Everyone was drenched and turned into their alternate forms, with the exception of Yamato and the digimon.
     "Takeru, are you alright?" Yamato asked, picking up the piglet and cuddling it to his chest.  To his great surprise, the little piglet snarled (can pigs snarl?) and attacked him.  Yelping, he dropped the little beast and stared at it in horror.  The piglet in turn glared back at him, fangs bared.  "Takeru?" Yamato whispered.
     "Yo, Yamato, Takeru's over here." Taichi piped up, holding the blonde piglet in her hands.
     Yamato stared incredulously at Takeru and then the mysterious black piglet, and then back at Takeru again.  "If this is Takeru, then who's that?"
     "I don't know," Taichi picked up the unknown piglet and brought it close to her face to inspect it.  A moment later, she dropped it with a yelp, and cover her face with her hands.  Yamato quickly came over to see what was wrong.
     "It scratched me!" Taichi cried.  Yamato glared at the little piglet, better known as P-chan, who bared its teeth.  "I'm not going to stay like this any longer." Taichi fumed and produced a flask of hot water out of her travel pack.  The sudden shower was over by now and the sun glistened off the drops of water on the Digidestined's forms.  Pouring the hot water over her head, Taichi grew a few inches.  The black piglet's eyes widened as it realized what the content of the flask was.  Quick as a flash, it jumped onto Taichi's head, making him drop the water, and snatched the flask as it fell, landing back on the ground with a thump.  "Hey!  What do you think you're-" Taichi began.  The black piglet dumped the water over its head.
     "-doing..." Taichi finished.

     Ryoga pull on his clothes with record speed, considering the amount of practice he's had.  By the time the group of strangers had recovered from their surprise, he'd already picked up his backpack and was heading for the Tendo Dojo.
     "Wait!" an urgent voice from behind halted him.  Ryoga turned around to see the girl-turned-boy stare at him.  Behind him, the blonde boy who'd mistaken him for someone else had his arms crossed and was scowling heavily.  He raised an eyebrow.  "Yes?"
     "You fell into Jusenkyo, didn't you?" the first boy asked, excitement evident in his eyes.
     "How do you know about..." Ryoga realized belatedly that they'd just seen each other transform, "uh... nevermind.  So what?"
     "My friends and I have all fallen into Jusenkyo, and we were wondering if you knew where Saotome Ranma lived?  A girl named Shampoo said that we could find him here."
     "Ranma..." Ryoga spat out, bitter at the thought of his rival.
     Surprised by the venom in Ryoga's voice, Taichi unconsciously took a step back, only to run into Yamato, who had been standing right behind him.  "Er... is there something wrong?"
     "Nothing," Ryoga replied.  "If you want to see Ranma, I can take you to him."  He turned around and began walking.  The Digidestineds hurried to follow.

Disclaimers, blah blah.  I wish I owned Digimon, so I could twist the ending around, but I don't.  It belongs to Toei and who knows who else.
Keiko's rants: I hope this is making sense so far.  After all, this is only the first universe the Digidestineds travel through.

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