Sonic

Emeral sat back down by Joe, "I can feel your guilt Kalshion, but it isn't good to bottle it up inside." she thought looking where Kalshion was, "and I'm worried, that attack sounds too out-of-this-world," she thought. Joe looked at her for a moment, wondering what was bothering her, Emeral just smiled, and Joe returned to talking with Katarina.

*A little later...*

Emeral picked up the trash, "I'll go throw this away," she said getting up. She walked over to a near by trashcan, which was by an entrance to the school. Tatewaki Kunou was standing near by, looking around for the 'Pig Tail Girl' when he noticed Emeral. "Wh..What beauty," he thought to himself. He smiled and ran up to Emeral.

Emeral had just finished dropping the trash into the garbage to turn around and see Kuno standing in front of her with a bouquet of Roses. "Ah, what beauty radiates from such a woman such as yourself," said Kuno handing Emeral the Roses. "Um, thank you, I guess," said Emeral a bit shocked, "I appreciate your affection but..." Kuno interrupted, "There is no need to ask me, my fair one, I will allow you to date with me!" he said. "Date? I'm sorry, but I'm just not interested," said Emeral. Kuno grabbed her hands and held them, "Let us go observe the sunset together, and observe the beauty of nature together," he said. Emeral caught on to what perverted ideas Kunou was getting at, "Could you please let go of me," she asked. Kuno pulled her closer, "Come my love, lets go and..." he said before feeling a tap on his shoulder.

Kunou turned around and saw Joe standing behind him, "Yes, and you are?" said Kuno. Joe looked at him, "I believe my fiancé asked you to let her go, would you please be a gentleman and let her go," he asked. The nearby crowed gasped at the sound of the word fiancé, while Kuno just stared. "I believe you are mistaken, I am Upper Classman Tatewaki Kunou, the star of this here school's Kendo club, also known as the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High School. I would never be rude to a young lady, especially someone's fiancé." he said smiling. "Then what do you call what you are doing to my fiancé?" asked Joe. Kunou just smiled, "But she isn't your fiancé, you are merely jealous." he said grinning. Joe got a little agitated, and step forward, "Please let go of my Fiance, or I will have to force you too," he said. Kunuo just laugh, "You, defeat the likes of me? I think not," he said pulling out his wooden sword.

Ranma who had just walked into sight saw what was going on, and was getting ready to intervene when he noticed Joe smile. Kunou took a swing at Joe, but before the sword even hit, Joe pulled out his hand and blocked the swords, without even getting hurt. Kunou eye's widen, "Nice move, but that won't help you," he said grinning. He began to swing the sword around extremely fast, making it seem like he was holding 3 or 4 swords at once. Joe maneuvered around the blows with such ease, just smiling. Kunou became more angry and tried for a massive blow. He slammed his sword down, smashing dirt and dust into the air. He smiled, "That will teach you," he said. But when the dust cleared, Joe wasn't there, His eyes became big and began to turn around, but it was too late. Joe quickly placed his hand on Kunou's shoulder, and with a quick pinch, Kunou lost consciousness and fell to the ground.

Joe then walked up to Emeral, "You all right," he asked. Emeral smiled, "Yes, I am," she replied. The two walked off, and Ranma walked up to Kunou. His eyes were spiral, and he looked like someone just smashed a boulder into his head. "What kind of technique was that?" he asked himself.

Chapter 3
The old man's Pranks

*At the end of the school day*

Emeral and Joe walked over to their lockers, and took their school shoes off. "This is a very strange place, don't you think?" said Joe to Emeral. Emeral nodded, "Yes, but I'm concerned about that Pen and Paper, it was definitely caused by a very powerful being, possibly as powerful as us," she said picking up her normal shoes, unaware of the curse. "But it was funny what happen to Hopposia," replied Joe with a smile, "thought it seemed to be caused by the same thing that was on that Pen and Paper." Emeral started to put on her shoes while Joe picked up his shoes, and put them on as well. The two closed their lockers and began to walk off when Emeral faded away. Joe looked over, "Emeral? Emeral?" he said. As soon as he took a step toward where she disappeared, he felt heavy and slammed to the ground. "What in the hell?" he said to himself.

Emeral stood by the lockers, watching everyone take out their shoes and getting ready to leave. "What? Didn't this just happened?" she thought to herself. She walked over away from the lockers and checked the clock; it was five minutes behind. "Could I be five minutes in the past?" she wondered.

Joe continued to struggle walking around, sometimes he would slam into the ground like he was carrying a piano, and sometimes he felt as light as a feather. "This is really getting annoying," he thought. Joe sat down by the wall, and closed his eyes.

Emeral went into the girl's bathroom, and stood by a wall, "What is causing this?" she asked. She closed her eyes, and began to search for a cause. In her mind, everything turned black, and objects began to emit a glow, from their Aura's. She searched around the school, looking for an unusual aura, but wasn't able to find any. She then turned her attention to herself, when something caught her attention. Her Immune system was beginning to attack the shoes she had just put on, as their atomic structure was begging to break down, a usual occurrence when something invaded her body or aura.

Joe opened his eyes and looked at his shoes. "So that's it," he thought to himself. Both Emeral and Joe at the same time pulled off their shoes, and returned to Normal. Both stared at the shoes for a moment, then looked around to see if anyone was insight. When the coast was clear, both looked back at the shoes, and said "Quantum Burn". A light blue sphere surrounded the shoes, and dark blue particles began to swarm around them, just as they were vaporized, and sucked into the center of the sphere like a black hole. The sphere vanished, and the two sighed.

Emeral came out of the restroom and came to Joe, who looked at her. "I think I now see what you meant," said Joe. Emeral nodded, "But this can't be DS, these types of problems aren't evil," she said, "They might be dirty, but they have a humoristic pattern to them." Joe nodded, as he reached into his bag, and pulled out two new pair of shoes, and handed one to Emeral. The two began to walk off, unaware that they were being watched.