"Switching Places" Chapter 1 Duo opened his eyes to see a beautiful girl with short dark hair staring down at him. She looked like she had been up for days. "Kasumi, come quick! He's awake! ...Try not to move, Duo, you've been unconscious for several days. I told you not to make fun of Ryoga." Duo looked up at her confusedly. "That's right. Doctor Tofu said you might have some amnesia. Do you remember me, Duo?" Duo shook his head ‘no.' "My name is Akane. Do you remember your name?" "Duo... Duo Maxwell. I run..." "Close." "It's Duo Satome." The memories of his deal with Ranma came crashing back into his head. "Oh yeah. Are you my fiance?" *grins* "D-Duo?" Kasume walks in. "How is our patient?" "He only seems to have part of his memories." Duo looks up at Kasumi? "Are *you* my fiancé?" "I see what you mean. Akane is your fiancé." "Oh." *glomps onto Akane* Akane pulls a mallet out of nowhere and hits Duo with it. "You pervert!" *~*~* Ranma opens his eyes to see a tired looking boy with dark brown hair and cobalt blue eyes. "Baka." "Nani?" "Baka, that was really a stupid stunt you pulled. ...Oh... that's right. The doctors said you might have a touch of amnesia. We don't have time for this. We have a mission." The strange boy grabs Ranma's arm and precedes to lead him out of the room and into a strange room with giant robots in it. A blonde boy walks in. "Ranma! You're awake! We were so worried." *glomps onto Ranma* "Um... I'm a guy." "We don't have time for this. We have a mission." "He can't go out like this. He just woke up. How are his memories?" "Hazy." "Then, how can he fly?" "It will come to him." "Heero!" Quatre looks at Ranma. "...Do you remember me? Do you remember your name?" "My name is Ranma... Ranma Satome, but I'm not sure who you are? Have we met?" "I'm Quatre. We have known each other for quite some time. And... your name is Ranma, but your last name is Maxwell." The memories of his and Duo's deal came crashing back into Ranma's mind. Ranma smiled. "*Now*, I remember." "Good. Get in Shingami" "Shinigami?" *~*~* "Did I do something wrong?" *grins nervously while rubbing the knew knot on his head* "You really *don't* remember, do you?" "Remember what?" A strange girl with short brown hair walks in. "You and Akane don't exactly *like* being engaged. At least, that's what you keep telling us." "Who..." "I'm Nabiki, Akane's sister." Duo looks down to see that he is wearing a brightly-colored Chinese outfit. #Good thing the guys can't see me. They would never let me live this outfit down.# Duo couldn't help but giggle a little. "What's so funny?" "You would have to be there." Suddenly the wall crumbled to reveal a beautiful Chinese girl with violet hair. "Airen! Your awake!" "Nani..." Before Duo could finish, the girl jumped in Duo's lap and glomped onto him. Duo, being a 15 year old boy, grinned widely. Akane grabbed a nearby vase and emptied it's contents onto the unsuspecting couple. Duo suddenly got the distinct impression that ‘something' was now missing, but before he could check, his mind filled with the most incredible... fear? He realized that the beautiful girl had now turned into a cat. Normally, this would not have fazed Duo. Sure, he might have thought he was hallucinating or something, but never would he feel fear. Before he could stop it, all of his principles left his mind, and he ran down the hall, screaming, with tears running down his face. *~*~* "Shingami is your gundam." "What's a gundam?" "That's a gundam." *points to Shingami* Ranma's eyes become very large. "See Heero, he can't fly like this." Ranma, never refusing a challenge, walked over to Shinigami and attempted to open it. To his surprise, he seemed to know how. Heero hopped in Wing. "Let's go."