Sonic

Chapter 20
Happosai and the Vanishing Roller Coaster
Tickets are at the Front Gate

Emeral and Joe looked around at all the attractions that had taken place of what used to be houses. It was now a sunny summer day, with birds chirping and flying overhead. "Looks like a circus," said Joe. The two ran around trying to navigate the fractures, when they finally found a Roller Coaster moving around. It would appear to the left, go up a hill, down, around a loop, then disapear again. After watching it pass by a few times, Emeral noticed Happosai on it, "That's Happosai!", she said. Joe looked, "Your right. Woa, check out the Roller Coaster Wheels!" he yelled. Emeral looked and saw the disc on the front wheel just as the Roller Coaster vanished again. "Great, now how we going to get the disc?" she said irritated.

*Meanwhile...*

The old man was having fun taking pictures of couples coming by, and his shop was becoming popular since it didn't cost any money, then again, the true cost was switching bodies and given him a laugh. "You two make a wonderful couple, here's your photo," said the old man handing a picture to a couple, when he caught Ranma and Akane coming around the corner out of the side of his eye.

"Say, you two make a cute couple, how about a letting me take a photo of you two?" said the old man. Akane and Ranma blushed at the words 'cute couple', "Me? A Couple with this Tom Boy?" said Ranma, "I would never be a couple with a Pervert Like you!" replied Akane. The old man laughed, "I would be very appreciated if you let me take your photo," he said. Ranma and Akane thought about it, this man seemed nice and was offering something free, so Ranma and Akane accepted.

"Say Cheese," said the old man as Ranma and Akane held each other's hand and smiled. The Camera flashed, then a picture printed out. "There you go, and what did I tell you; you two make a wonderful couple," said the old man smiling, holding back his laughter. Akane took the photo, "Thank you," she said followed by Ranma. The two continued down the path and crossed another fracture point, which brought them by the rails to the Coaster. "What do you suppose this is?" asked Akane, just as Happosai screamed as he flew by in the Coaster. "I say that's one freak and a disc," said Ranma.

The two where just about to chase after him, when both suddenly fell to their knees with a terrible headache, which temporally blinded them, After a few seconds, the pain went away and the two stood back up and looked at each other, followed by a huge scream. "That's ME!" they both said at once pointing at each other. The two looked at each other, becoming more freaked to find they had changed bodies. Ranma began to feel his side, yanking on his clothes with a calm expression while Akane stared at her crouch in a horrified look. "Well this is odd, I knew you weren't as thin as I am in my female form, but this is bigger than I thought," said Ranma looking at Akane, who had the most angry look on her face, smashing her fist into Ranma, knocking him into the wall. "Hey Stupid! This is your body here!" yelled Ranma getting back on his feet. "HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM! I'M A GUY!" she yelled.

Ranma quickly ran into a janitor house, got a bucket of water, and returned throwing it on Akane, turning her into a female. "Did you forget that my body can change?" he said. Akane calmed down feeling her chest, making sure she was female, "Thank God," she said. She then looked at her clothes and tugged on the sides, "I can't believe it! Here Ranma is only half a girl, and he has better thighs than me!" she thought to her self. "What are you doing?" asked Ranma. Akane quickly blushed then placed her hand at her front in an innocent act, "Oh nothing," she replied. Ranma eyed Akane, not believing her, "Well remember to watch out for warm water," he said. Akane nodded, and the two went off in search for Happosai.

* Elsewhere...*

Kalshion, Katarina, and their cat walked through a fracture and popped up near the photo booth, just as Nabiki and Kunou walked out with a photo in their hand. "Hey Kalshion, you think we could get a picture taken while we look around?" asked Katarina. Kalshion eyed the stand, "I don't think we should, something just doesn't seem right," he said turning to Nabiki and Kunou who stopped a few meters away from Kalshion. "So where should we go next Kunou-chan?" asked Nabiki, doing her best to con him out of money. "Well, lets see," said Kunou looking around.

Suddenly the two fell to the ground, holding their heads, which got Katarina and Kalshion to run up to see what was wrong. When they got to them, the two had gotten back on their feet and looked at each other screaming. "What's wrong?" asked Katarina, but already noticing something different. "That's ME!" they both yelled. Kalshion eyed the two, "Looks like a body switch," he said. Nabiki looked at her body, "This is so DISQUSTING!" she said turning her attention at Kunou. "So this is a female body?" he said feeling his breasts, followed by a KO hit on his head by Nabiki. "For the sake of my body, I'm going to keep you out until this is fixed!" she said, slipping Kunou's wallet in her body's pocket, then picking him up and walking away. Kalshion and Katarina just stared blankly, unsure what to do.

*And going on over here...*

Tommy wondered around trying to find his way, "Curse this twisted space thing-a-magig," he said pushing through a few bushes to a pole holding up the Roller Coaster Track. He stopped and noticed a young man, about 16, sitting in an old Indian American style with his hands folded in his lap, and his eyes closed. Tommy walked over to him, "Say Mister, you ok?" he asked. The man didn't even make a sound, and just remained in his position. "Yo! Dude! YOU ALIVE?" he said rapping the guy on the head. The guy flinched a bit, but quickly returned to his posture. "Who is this?" he asked himself, but soon being distracted by a scream.

Tommy looked up to see the Roller Coaster go by with Happosai stuck on it, "There's that letch!" said Tommy chasing after him. As he left, the guy opened one eye and looked at Tommy. "I'll see you later," said the man closing his eyes.

*To the left, if this world wasn't fractured...*

Emeral and Joe made it to the photo booth, catching Kalshion and Katarina nearby. "Hey you two!" yelled Emeral as they ran up to them, bumping into Ranma and Akane who came around the corner. "Oh, I'm sorry," said Emeral taking who she thought was Akane's hand, and helping her up. "Thanks Mrs. Bellosom," said Ranma, in Akane's body. "Uh? We on last name basis again Akane?" she asked look over at who she thought was Ranma, who was blushing. Joe noticed this odd change in their behavior, "What’s up with you two?" he asked. Emeral came over to what appeared to be Ranma-chan, and placed her face almost onto of his face staring eye to eye. Akane in Ranma's body blushed totally red before backing up, "Woa! Emeral, what are you doing?" yelled Akane in Ranma's body. Emeral grinned, "You called me 'Emeral', could that mean you are really Akane?"

Kalshion and Katarina came up behind them, "Looks like they switched body's aswell," said Katarina. Joe turned to them, "Switched Bodies?" he asked. "Yea, we've noticed a few people who seemed to have switched bodies," said Kalshion. "So, if this fine young lady is Akane, who is in Akane's body?" asked Joe, pretending not to know who Ranma-chan really was. Ranma in Akane's body blushed, "I'm Ranma," he said. "Wow, never knew of girl named Ranma before," said Emeral smiling. Ranma relaxed, as it seemed the two didn't notice the connection between his boy and girl type. Kalshion and Katarina however were a bit confused why they sensed Ranma-kun from Akane's body.

"Still, what on earth happen to the town?" asked Katarina. "Don't know, but this happened after Akane destroyed one of those odd statues," replied Ranma. Joe and Emeral chocked on those words, "This is what happens when you destroy a statue!?!" they said. "What do you mean?" asked Kalshion. Emeral looked at them, "There was a warning about destroying the statues that Joe and I noticed, so I think we better not destroy anymore!" said Emeral. "Oy! There you guys are!" yelled a voice from behind. The group turned to see Tommy running towards them.

After a bit of collaborating, the group decided they needed to get on the Roller Coaster, and somehow stop it. They began to run around the fractures till they found an area with a good long stretch of coaster tracks. After the Roller Coaster went buy, the gang quickly climbed up onto the tracks, ready to jump on it. When the coaster came around again, the jumped on it, to find Shampoo, Ukyo and Colonge on it.

"Perfect timing," said Ranma in Akane's body, "We need to stop this roller coaster!" "How exactly we going to do that?" yelled Ukyo as her hair blew in the wind. Joe began to search around, "I was hopping this was a modern coaster, and had a fail switch brake attached by the tracks somewhere," he said getting up to the front. Tommy joined him at the front, looking ahead for a switch or lever to push. "Is that it to our right?" asked Tommy seeing a stick like object pointing out near the track up ahead. "Looks like it, you think you can reach it with your sword?" asked Joe. Tommy nodded, "No Problem," he said.

As they went by, Tommy smashed his sword into the lever, but it didn't budge, knocking his sword out of his hand and onto the ground. "Damnit!" said Tommy. "Looks like we are going to need a somewhat explosive force to knock that lever to the other position," he said looking at Happosai who was still screaming. Joe pointed at Happosai, "We might be able to use one of his Hoppo Fire Bursts," he said. Colonge jumped into the front, "I'll get him out, thought we will probably regret it later," she said taping her fingernail on the plastic part that covered Happosai. Soon after words, the plastic cracked, and a hole busted open allowing Happosai out of the cart.

"Happosai, if you ever want that disc again, you'll need to knock that lever on the next pass," said Joe. Happosai moaned at the thought of helping them, but agreed. On the next pass, he threw a cherry bomb at the lever, which brought the coaster to a complete stop. Tommy jumped out and retrieved his sword, then came back, slicing the disc out of the cart. The disc fell off the tracks and into the ground, followed by Happosai grabbing it and starting to take off.

"Wait Happosai!" yelled Emeral, "I'll make you a deal!" Happosai stopped, and turned his head, "What kind of deal?" he asked. Emeral stepped up with an embarrassed look on her face, "If..If you help us, I'll...I'll...I'll bring you 100 panties and bras that are more 'sweet' then your current collection!" she yelled. Everyone simply was shocked hearing Emeral saying something so perverted. Even Happosai's eyes were wide open. "You're lying" said Happosai as he became focused again. Emeral stared at him and pointed to her green eyes, "These eyes don't lie!" she said. Happosai could never really say no to a girl, like that one time when he split Ranma's yin and yang, "OK, I'll do it." he said handing over the disc to Emeral.

With that settled, the group did a daisy chain with their hands, allowing them to go through the fractures, while Happosai rode on Emeral's Shoulders. After an hour or so, they finally found the statue that had two discs left. Emeral ran up to the barrier but found a new barrier in place with a puzzle on it with Happosai's face. Emeral looked over at Happosai, "Happosai, will you please solve this puzzle?" she asked.

Happosai looked at the puzzle, then thought about it followed by a grin, "I'll do it on one condition," he said. Emeral was a bit nervous at the sound of it, "What?" she asked. "Only if you model a few of my new panties for me!" he said giving a perverted look. "Don't do it Emeral, I don't know why on earth you even offer women's underwear, but this is most definitely not worth your modesty," yelled Akane in Ranma-chan's body. Joe was upset at Happosai's request, and he also knew what Emeral's response would be before she even answered. Emeral held her head down with her fist shacking, "I'm sorry Akane, but in times like these, the needs of the many, out weight the needs of the few," she said, "I'll do it Happosai." Happosai jumped around in joy for a moment, and went to work on the puzzle, while the rest looked at Emeral. "Say Emeral, why did you call Ran-chan 'Akane'?" asked Ukyo. Emeral blushed and looked at Ranma-chan who was blushing too. Ranma in Akane's body blushed for a moment, then let it out, "Somehow Akane, I, and a few other couples have switched bodies," he said. All of a sudden everyone went silent, taking in the information.

Suddenly Ukyo and Shampoo both screamed at the same time. "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!" But before they could say another word, they heard Kunou talking. They turned around and saw Konou carrying Nabiki over his shoulder talking to himself. "Jeeze, I never thought I would trade bodies with Konou," she said, "But then, I could start to transfer allot of his money over to my account," he said walking by. Everyone blinked blankly, just as Happosai yelled "Finished!"

Emeral walked over to the statue and placed the final disc in its place. The statue became blue, and blinded everyone with a glow. Every other statue began to glow at the same time, turning everything inside the dome a bright blue glow. Within seconds, everything returned to normal, and any trace of the Carnival or bad weather had vanished. Once the glow disappeared, the gang noticed the statues were gone.

Emeral and Joe took a breath of relief as they felt their powers return, then looked over at everyone. "Good job, we finally broke this curse," said Emeral. Ranma and Akane looked at each other, "But we are still swapped," said Ranma. Joe pondered over it for a moment, then noticed an aura coming from a picture that was in Akane's pocket, then considered that everyone that had switched, all visited a photo shop. Joe eyed the picture for a moment, then smiled as the picture vaporized. Akane and Ranma fell to the ground momentarily, but before anyone could ask what was wrong, the two were smiling, "I guess it took longer for us to return to normal," said Akane. Emeral looked over at Joe and smiled, but soon felt Happosai looking at her.

Happosai walked up to her, "Now, how about your promise," he said. Emeral, being embarrassed, knelt down, "It will all be there tonight, Happosai," she said. Happosai accepted and ran off, while Akane came up to Emeral, "You really aren’t going to do what you said, are you?" she asked. Emeral looked over at Akane, and placed her hand on her shoulder, "I don't lie like that," said Emeral, "Don't worry, it will be alright." she said taking Joe's hand. "We'll all see you later then," said Joe as they walked off. "Good Bye," yelled everyone else, as Colonge eyed the two, "There is something odd about them," she said to herself.

*Else where...*

DS woke up when his powers were restored and looked around. He laughed softly then got up and walked to the fire, thinking. "Hmmm, I think I might have to accelerate the shard finding process a bit," he said to himself, knowing good and well that the old man could no longer hear his thoughts,. "Once I absorb the evil filled shards, I will be able to locate this goat's hiding spot, and squash him," he said to himself smiling.

*Later that night, around 8pm*

Happosai was in his room while the rest of the Tendo's sat outside looking at the full moon and discussing the recent events. Happosai kept looking around, "I'm giving up my nightly raids for you, so you better not be lying," he said. "I intend to keep my promise," s aid a voice out of nowhere, which got Happosai's attention. "Where are you?" he demanded, turning around into a pile of Panties and Bra's that suddenly appeared. "What?" he said picking up a bra and feeling it. "SWEET! She was right, these are the best underwear I have ever seen!" he said. "That's part of the deal, now I will only do this other part once," said Emeral who appeared by the wall behind Happosai. She was wearing a pink braw and panties while walking around like a modeler. "SWEETO!" yelled Happosai making a leap for her, but getting smashed into the ground.

Emeral smiled and waved her hand over him, which dropped a bright blue powder on him. Happosai was getting back up when the powder hit, and fell asleep. Emeral placed her hand on his head, "You can keep the underwear, but you won't keep the memory of my modeling or my powers," she said getting back up.

Emeral looked at the door, "They must have heard me slam Happosai to the ground," she thought vanishing in a blue glow. Ranma came into the room to see Happosai knocked out and a pile of new underwear that actually sparkled. "Woa gramps, when did Emeral come over?" he asked. Happosai got on his feet, "Emeral? Oh yea, she just dropped over these babies and took off," he said. Akane entering the room looked at him, "And she modeled for you?" she asked a bit concerned for Emeral. "Modeling? I don't recall any modeling," he said going for the underwear. Ranma and Akane just looked at each other at Happosai's respond.

*Back at the Emeral and Joe's new house...*

"That was a nice move you did," said Joe, sitting in his chair, when Emeral appeared behind him in normal clothes. "Thanks," she said smiling, walking past Joe and going outside.