Sonic

Chapter 17
Oh My, You're so Cute!
Waiter, Check Please...

*During this fun little RPG game in the Old Man's Game Boy Advance...*

"I bet you the old man has placed at least one disc in someone's house," said Joe talking to Kalshion. "I see, that might be a problem," said Kalshion, looking at Tommy. "You any good at sneaking around a house in broad day light?" he asked. Tommy shook his head, "No, but there is one of us that might be able to," he said. Katarina was a bit puzzled, "Who?" she asked. Tommy laughed, "Why your cat of course, no one would suspect a thing from a cat, unless they hate cats," he said. "Say, that might work," said Emeral looking at Katarina. "I guess its worth a shot," she replied looking at the cat.

The old man had taken a break from his game, seeing as Ranma and his gang needed to get to the next point. He turned his attention to Emeral's group, and seeing as they were using the cat to look through houses, he decided to stir things up. Soon he was in the skating rink in a disguise near the ice ring, and spotted who he was looking for. Azuza was busy trying to take a Rice Ball from a skater, since it was so cute, but became extremely angry when the skater wouldn't give it to her, and ate it instead.

Azuza was just about to whack the skater over the head with a table when the old man interrupted her, "Say, you are Azusa Shiratori, am I correct?" he asked. "Go away, I'm busy right now," replied Azuza. "Oh, didn't mean to interrupt, but I thought you might want to know I saw a very cute cat near your house," he said. Azuza placed the table down and looked at him, "Really?" she asked. "I'm positive," said the old man, smiling at her. Azuza screamed for joy and took off immediately. The old man just watched her make ice dust and smiled.

Back at his mirrors, he pulled out his Game Boy Advance while setting one of his mirrors on Auto-Record. He grinned evilly at the thought of the trouble that was about to happen at Azuza's house.

Katarina's cat had searched several houses already, moving at quick speed. "That cat sure is amazing," said Emeral. The cat then entered Azuza's house, and began to search, while the rest waited outside. While they waited, they watched Azuza rush to her house in a very big hurry, "I wonder what's gotten into her?" asked Joe. Emeral tilted her head, "It might be trouble, from what I learned about her," she said.

Inside the house, the cat was going through Azuza's collection making sure not to disturb a single item, when it found what it was looking for, the disc with the intertwine 'MM' which sitting by Azuza's bed. The cat pondered for a moment on how to move the disc out of the house. It studied the disc closly to find a nice area where it could grab it by its tail. Just as it picked it up, the door slammed open and Azuza was there looking at the cat. "WOW, he was right, you're SO CUTE!" he yelled going after the cat.

The cat gave a screech then ran out the window with the disc, making a run for the gang. Azuza grabbed a collar and a fishing line and went for the catch of the day by throwing the collar out at the cat, which caught him. The cat gave a loud 'MEOW' as it struggled to resist Azuza's pull back to the house.

Hearing the 'MEOW', the group ran over to the house to find the cat being pulled in by a fishing line. "What are you doing to my cat?" yelled Katarina running for the cat. Azuza looked at the girl running towards her cat, and made a leap out of the window, landing in front of Katarina and tripping her. "This is Azuza's little Carlene!" she cried. Emeral smacked her head with her hand, "We're heading for a tide of trouble after all," she said.

"Hey!" yelled Tommy, "This cat belongs to Katarina, you can't just take someone's pet!" "You LIE, this is Azuza's Carlene!" she said pulling out a hammer and slamming Tommy to the ground. "That had to hurt," said Joe leaning on the wall with Emeral. Kalshion was now a bit annoyed, and stepped up, "Look miss, that cat DOES belong to my sister," he said. "NO NO NO!" yelled Azuza making a swing at Kalshion, but missing. Azuza began to chase Kalshion around, while Katarina got back up to see what was going on. Finding Azuza pre-occupied, she ran over to the cat and began to 'unhook' him.

Azuza, seeing this out of the corner of her eye made a run at Katarina, who didn't see Azuza coming at her, till she was almost onto of her. "Let Go of my CARLENE!" she yelled making for a super slam, but suddenly stopped and collapsed to the ground. Katarina looked up to see Emeral with her hand out, "What did you do?" asked Katarina. Emeral smiled, "The same thing Joe did to Kunou the other day, it doesn't require any magic," she said smiling, "I just waited for an opening to get through her defenses."

Katarina picked up the cat and handed the disc to Emeral as they began to walk out. "HOW DARE YOU!" yelled a voice from behind. They turned around to find Mikado Sanzenin standing by Azuza, "How dare you harm my Partner!" he yelled charging at the group. Tommy smiled, "I'll take care of this," he said. He stepped up in front of Mikado, and attempted a few swings at him, which he dodged. "This Mikado isn't that bad," Tommy thought making a few dodges, "Might be worth doing a special attack on him." Mikado continued with his barrage of punches and kicks, as Tommy made a few more punches. But just at the last punch Tommy made, Mikado was distracting noticing Emeral for the first time, which ended up with a blow to the face, and a 3.0 Knock Out.

Tommy sighed, "Damn, I wanted to use a special technique on him too," he said. Joe laughed, "I guess luck wasn't in your favor then," he said, "But cheer up, there are 4 more discs to find, assuming Ranma and the other's haven't found any." Tommy smiled, "I guess your right, but I get the next fight," he said. "What ever floats your boat," said Emeral as they turned around to walk off.