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The Man watched the proceedings with the reunion and Tommy finding the disc in the Kuno estate, and got pissed off. Joe and Emeral were supposed to have a HARD time getting that thing, not just have someone hand it to them. This called for some drastic action.

Of course, what kind of action that would be was a different story. There was only one disc left that wasn't in a devious location, and that was the disc at the school. Since the school hadn't quite thawed the man felt safe porting to where he had put the disc. He picked it up, looked around, and noticed a book lying on the floor. It was a textbook, but it gave him a great idea. Soon he was holding another book, placing a spell on it. Moments later the disc was inside a castle, protected by a dragon, at the end of a somewhat small quest. The book was placed on a small pedestal in the cafe, and had the intertwined MM on the cover. The spell that was placed on it caused anyone who didn't know about the discs and their importance to ignore the book.

Soon the man was back in his chair, having appeased his anger but not his boredom.

The Man started to think about what he had seen, in particular how Ranma had been clobbered by Akane for being scared of a cat. Looking at the replay of the event the man saw a way to change that scenario, for better or for worse depending on the perspective. Soon he was at his workbench with two pieces of candy, placing a curse on them.

After a few minutes the curse was completed, and the man had taken on one of his disguises from his little display in town that had freaked so many people out. Soon he was walking through town, on an intercept course with Ranma and Akane.

"Excuse me," started the old man when he had caught up with Ranma and Akane. "Can you two direct me to the Tendo Dojo? I am in need of a couple of Martial Artists."

"You're in luck," replied Ranma. "Me and," he continued, about to say something insulting about Akane, but paused as he got a nasty glare from Akane. "Ummm, Akane here are martial artists from the Tendo Dojo. How can we help you?"

"Ahhh, what luck," the man responded, continuing his facade of not knowing the two. "I have discovered a way to destroy that barrier surrounding the town, but am not a strong enough fighter to utilize it myself. I was hoping to find two strong fighters to get rid of it."

Ranma and Akane looked at each other, then at the man. "What will this take, old man?" asked Ranma.

"Oh, it is quite simple, really. I have these pills here," said the man, pulling out a handful of pills as he spoke. "They are created by a special magic that allows those that take them to see and fight the controlling force of something like the barrier."

"So if we each take one of those pills then we can see and fight the force controlling the barrier?" inquired Akane.

"Yes, if you can find it before the pills wear off," stated the man.

"I'm game, gimme one of those pills old man," said Ranma as he stepped towards the man.

"Me too," spurted Akane, not wanting to be outdone.

The man laughed inside as he handed each of them one of the cursed candy pieces. The rest of the candy was just that, candy, which he would be eating as Ranma and Akane found out about the true nature of the candy they were currently swallowing. Within moments the curse took effect, and for the next week, or until 3 days after the barrier fell, whichever came last, Akane would be the one deathly afraid of Cats, although without the ability to use the Cat Fist, while Ranma would most likely be the one catching her when she jumped.

"Good luck," the man yelled after Ranma and Akane as they rushed off, hoping to find the controlling force of the barrier before the pills wore off, unaware that they had just taken the pills from him.

Moments later the man was back in front of his mirror, eating the remaining candy as he watched Ranma and Akane run off directly towards that Cat of Kalshion's. "This should be very interesting" thought the man.