Ranma 1/2:  Enter Perfume 
                         Chapter 7:  Uhh...Oops? 
 
        Ranma slumped against the bathroom wall.  He had locked the door
and 
finally, he was alone.  He sat in the tun and let the warm water relax his 
body.  There was no way he was going to be able to sleep now.  In fact, he 
wasn't even hungry for dinner.  He was too tired to sleep or eat.  Perfume 
had been as persistant as Shampoo and Cologne had been.  If not, more. 
Hell, she *was* more persistant.  He couldn't believe some of the things 
she was doing. 
 
        Standing her ground against, Akane, Ukyo, Shampoo and even Kuno. 
Ranma didn't particularly care for the fact that someone who looked like 
he did in his girl form was hanging around him, chasing him all day.  Kuno 
didn't like it either, he thought she was him...or something like that. 
 
        He pulled himself out of the tub, slipped into his shorts and tank 
top and walked into his room.  He lay down on his bed roll and watched as 
the sun began to set.  He sighed and lightly closed his eyes. 
 
        He felt comfortable.  The long day of running had worn him out. 
He was too tired to do anything...almost too tired to even move.  He  
suddenly felt a weight on his chest.  But for some reason, he didn't mind. 
Probably becuase the weight had hands and was massaging his chest. 
 
        Ranma became slightly unnerved.  He opened his eyes slowly and saw 
Perfume naked, smiling and running her hands across Ranma's chest.  He  
tried to move, but found that he was too weak and pinned down to do
anything. 
 
        "G-get off me!" he cried.  Perfume smiled, leaned forward and
kissed 
him passionately.  "Erk!" he muttered.  She then grinned and quickly yanked
 
Ranma's shorts down.  Ranma's eyes enlarged a tenfold. 
 
Meanwhile downstairs... 
 
        "Check!" Soun laughed.  Genma began to sweat. 
 
        "Uhh..." he started.  There was a moment of silence, then a fish 
leapt out of the pond and dove back in.  Soun and Genma stared at it.  Soun

reached forward and grabbed a snack off the plate.  The stick snapped in  
half.  Soun held up the stick and looked at it. 
 
        "I-it's an omen..." he said.  Genma only nodded. 
 
In the kitchen... 
 
        Kasumi tested her cooking and smiled.  It was coming along rather 
nicely.  She turned and knocked a spatula onto the floor, making a small 
mess. 
 
        "Oh my!" she muttered to herself, as she proceeded to clean it up. 
 
Over at Okonomikyaki Utchan's... 
 
        Ukyo smiled as she served another customer.  She stepped behind the

counter, but bumped into it on her way, knocking a spatula onto the floor. 
 
        "Dammit..." she muttered to herself, as she prodceeded to clean it 
up. 
 
Over at Neko-hanten... 
 
        Cologne sat, smoking her pipe.  She caught wind of something odd in

the air.  She sat up and smiled.  Shampoo looked up from her book at her 
Great-Grandmother. 
 
        "What is it, Great-Grandmother?" 
 
        "It has begun," Cologne replied.  "Something has happened to the 
groom, that will ensure the plan's success." 
 
Back at the Tendo Dojo... 
 
        Akane sat in her room doing her homework.  For some reason, she  
couldn't help but think about Ranma.  He had been going through torture of 
all types this week.  She wasn't helping any.  She thought to herself that 

she should go to him and talk to him about what is really bothering him. 
He was only three doors down after all.  She turned in her chair and looked

at her bedroom door. 
 
        She heard something.  Something she had never heard before.  It 
was faint, but she could hear it.  Then suddenly, louder, more clearly, but

not loud enough for anyone else to hear... 
 
        "UNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGH!!!!!!!!!!" 
 
        The sound was done by two people.  One male, one female.  Akane 
face faulted.  She looked down at the book she had in her hands, only to
see 
that she had turned it into confetti.  It couldn't have been what she 
thought it was.  He wouldn't have.  Would he?  If he did, how could he? 
No...she was thinking it all wrong.  She knew Ranma.  He'd never do some- 
thing like that.  He's too childish. 
 
Back in Ranma's room... 
 
        Ranma stared up at the ceiling.  He didn't know how to feel. 
Happy? 
Oh, he was certainly happy.  But he didn't love Perfume.  Well, he had to  
feel something.  Ranma almost didn't even put up a fight.  _I was too
tired, 
dammit!  That's why!_ he thought, trying to justify his actions. 
 
        Perfume looked up into Ranma's eyes, smiling.  She rested her head 
on his shoulder.  "Wo ai ne..." she muttered, drifting off to sleep.  Ranma

looked down at her and placed his hand to her back.  She purred. 
 
        _Oh dear Lord...What have I done?  I just slept with a...a..._ 
Ranma thought before passing out. 
 
Back at Neko-hanten... 
 
        Cologne was sitting at the table with Shampoo.  She was explaining 
to her the possiblities of what may or may not have happened.  But one
thing 
was known to Cologne, was that something *had* happened and that it would 
be found out by the necessary people at the right time.  When it was found 
out, no one, except Shampoo and Cologne would respect Ranma.  And this was 
because they knew something the others didn't. 
 
        "However," Cologne started.  "The may be one side effect..." 
Shampoo 
looked to her great-grandmother.  "The side-effect may be that when the
love 
potion wears off tomorrow morning, she will still love the groom.  If that 

happens, then she will continue to be persistant after Ranma...in both  
forms." 
 
        When Cologne looked up, she saw Shampoo with her head down, her
blue 
battle aura aflame.  "W-Why you not say something earlier, great- 
grandmother?" she managed, politely. 
 
        "Shampoo, the chances of that happening are one in a million." 
 
Then next morning... 
 
        Ranma woke up.  _What a weird freakin' dream,_ he thought.  He
began 
to sit up, but realized there was a slight weight holding him down.  _Aw...

no...I-I didn't..._  He looked down to see what was lying on top of him. 
Sure enough, he *hadn't* dreamt it like he had hoped. 
 
        Perfume opened her eyes lazily and wiped the fatigue from her eyes.

She looked up to Ranma.  Then her eyes snapped up oddly...almost confused, 

yet... 
 
Downstairs... 
 
        "I guess I'll go get the boy for his morning training," Genma  
muttered to himself.  He started up the stairs but then was knocked back by

Ranma and then trampled by Perfume, who was chasing after Ranma on all
fours 
purring. 
 
        "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ranma  
screamed, as he ran from room to room, trying to get away from the
cat-girl. 
Ranma ran outside of the dining area and tripped into the pond.  As Ranma- 
chan emerged, Perfume glomped her. 
 
        Cologne stood on a rooftop with Shampoo outside of the Dojo.  She  
looked to Shampoo and shrugged.  "Who knew..." she muttered. 
 
        Shampoo stood white-knuckle fisted, trembling, trying her best not
to 
lash out her anger.  She watched longer as Akane came out of the house,  
walked over to the identical twins and clubbed them both.  She then stormed
 
back into the dining area and sat down. 
 
End Chapter 7... 
 
 
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