Mewtwo watched as Gordon, Zelgadis, that girl, Corona, and her cat departed.
/Blasted Akuma!/ he thought. /Where the hell are you Scimitar?/ he mentally 
yelled out to his friend.

Elsewhere....
*You don't want to know.* Scimitar thought.
/So, what should I do?/
*Follow them, keep them out of trouble.*
/What about you?/
*I'm staying. There's something here, something powerful.*
/You're the boss./

As soon as he felt Mewtwo's presence disappear, Scimitar tuned Kodachi back 
in.
"So, your brother is obsessed with two different women, and you already have 
a thing for his rival, and yet you're holding on to me?" he asked.
"Why yes. If my brother can handle two loves, I believe that I can."
*I'm cursed. Cursed beyond anything that Ranma-sensei ever experienced.*
That power was what kept him in this mad house. Now, to find it...
"You wouldn't happen to have something, of, 'mysterious' origins here, would 
you?" 
"Of course," she replied, "the Black Rose has all kinds of valuables. 
OHOHOHOHOHHOHOHOHOHO!"
Scimitar cringed. If Goku were here, he'd say "Think of it as training."
Technically, it was. It was an execise in keeping your sanity.
"Um, could you let me see it?" he asked/begged, since she seemed to like it.
She opened a small box, and presented it to him.
He lost his breath for a few seconds.
*HOLY SHIT!! Where the hell did she get a Dragonball?!*
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.
"Yes Sasuke?" she asked.
"Mistress Kodachi," came the voice from the other side, "there seem to be 
some ladies here to see us."
Scimitar sneezed.
*I got a reeeeeaaaaaallllyyy bad feeling.*