I don't think this made it last time. I'll post it again....
CONTINUED FROM PART 5 PAGE 3....
A RESTAURANT IN NERIMA
11:00 P.M.
*SPLASH*
"Oh no you don't!"
*SPLASH*
"Shampoo fix Ranma!"
*SPLASH*
Ranma groaned as he once again became a man, still dressed
as a girl and receiving many unpleasant stares as he tried to eat his
meal in peace.
He had taken here to this normal looking restaurant, hoping
to have a nice meal and then conclude his date with Shampoo soon
after. However Shampoo was determined to keep him as a guy no
matter what.
At the start of the meal, Shampoo ordered a pot of hot tea
while Ranma had ordered a bottle of sweet sake. For the past ten
minutes Shampoo kept pouring the hot tea over his head while he
countered by pouring cold sake to change back. Most of the meal he
had hoped to enjoy was now all over his dress.
"Cut that out!" Ranma growled as he poured yet another glass
of sake over his head, turning him back into a girl. Then she grabbed
the teapot before Shampoo could use it again and placed it out of her
reach. "Let's just enjoy our dinner before someone throws us out!"
Shampoo folded her arms and sulked in her chair. She had
looking forward to be with her Ai Ren so much and now she couldn't
keep him as a guy. She wished she could overcome her reluctance to
kiss Ranma as a girl, but she just wasn't that way. Her entire night
was ruined.
Ranma-Chan sighed in relief. It looked like Shampoo had
finally agreed to let her have something to eat. She quickly drove into
her food, ignoring the stares of the restaurant patrons as they watched
this extremely strange phenomena take place. It wasn't every day
they saw someone who could change genders at the drop of a hat.
Ranma-Chan poured herself a glass of sake. intending to drink
this one as opposed to pouring it over herself when she heard a familiar
voice carry over the entire restaurant.
"MY LOVE!!!"
Everyone in the restaurant turned their heads as one except for
Ranma-Chan, who fearfully looked over her shoulder and saw
Tatewaki Kunou dressed in a full tuxedo and carrying a huge bouquet
of flowers. Ranma-Chan looked at him, then at the bottle and without
hesitation she took a long hard belt at the bottle and muttered a curse
under her breath.
She had hoped Kunou wouldn't recognize her without
her pigtail if she were unlucky enough to meet up with him but that
theory was now shot to hell as Kunou waited little time in making
his way over to her. He seemed to be limping slightly for some
reason. And Ranma-Chan could have sworn Kunou's voice sounded
an octave higher. She put it out of her mind as she reluctantly turned
to face him.
"Ah, my goddess formally in pigtails....How I long to
hold thee in mine arms and whisper the wisdom of my sweet
nothings into your lovely earlobes, How I long to gaze into your
eyes...." Kunou began.
"Then why are you staring at my chest?" Ranma-Chan
replied sarcastically.
"Uhhh....M....Merely admiring the construction of your sweet
and supple curves and how they strain against their prison, yearning to
be free! Come let us date!" Kunou replied.
Ranma-Chan groaned to herself and cracked her knuckles,
preparing to give Kunou a one way trip to LEO when Shampoo suddenly
stood up and shouted. "No! Ranma on date with Shampoo!"
"WHAT!!!"
Shampoo rose to her feet and glared at the shocked Kunou.
"Ranma is Shampoo husband. Stupid stickboy go away or Shampoo
get mad!"
Kunou recovered slightly. "Shampoo....Did you not engage
my sister in battle earlier today?"
"Shampoo defeat psycho girl!" Shampoo replied with pride.
Ranma-Chan tensed up and rose to her feet. If Kunou felt
he had to avenge his sister's loss, it could get ugly....
But Kunou seemed to be thinking along a different train of
thought. "I commend you....You are strong but I fear my sister will
now stop at nothing to see you dead. You task her and she must have
you, less her own honor be stained."
"Task her?" Ranma-Chan replied.
"Shampoo beat up psycho girl again if she want!" Shampoo
replied firmly. "If she try something with Ranma, Shampoo kill!"
Kunou seemed to pale slightly. "Y....You truly love my
pig-tailed goddess? Even though she is a woman?
Shampoo's face flushed. "No! Shampoo love boy...."
Ranma-Chan decided this was the best time to intervene.
"Yes! That's right! Shampoo loves me and I love her!"
Kunou stared at Ranma-Chan in disbelief while
Shampoo's eyes went all sparkly.
"Ranma....You really love Shampoo?"
"Yeah. Big time." Ranma-Chan replied. Then she forced
her eyes to go as girly as she could stand and looked up at Kunou.
"Oh Sempai...." Ranma-Chan began in a sad voice. "I'm
sorry you had to find out this way. The truth is....I've been in love
with a girl all along."
Kunou felt his sense of reality beginning to slip as he
swallowed hard and repeated. "T....This cannot be!" Then his face
darkened and he surged to his feet. "That wretch Saotome has done
this to you, didn't he!
"W....What?" A confused Ranma-Chan replied.
"That gutless swine! That cowardly jackal! It's not enough
he enslaves your mind and body, now he's living out his sick fantasies
by forcing you to date this woman!"
"Shampoo no forced! Shampoo love Ranma with all her
heart!" Shampoo replied angrily.
"So do I! You want proof Kunou? Here's some proof!!!"
Before Shampoo could react, Ranma-Chan grabbed her,
roughly pulled Shampoo toward her and then kissed Shampoo
deeply on the lips. Shampoo's eyes grew to gigantic size as she
waves her arms violently in displeasure. The spectators all gasped in
shock while all of the male patrons are now either in tears or
drooling at the lesbian kiss. After a few moments, Ranma-Chan
released the kiss and turned around to give Kunou a smirk of
satisfaction when she noticed Kunou wasn't there anymore. Then
she looked down on the floor and noticed he had passed out from
the shock.
"Guess it was too much for him to handle all at once...."
Ranma-Chan thought to herself as she knelt down beside him to make
sure he was still breathing. She saw his chest rise and fall steadily
and satisfied, she rose to her feet and turned around to face Shampoo.
"Uh.....Sorry about that Shampoo. I was kinda hoping Kunou
would leave me alone once and for all if he thought I was a lesbian."
Ranma-Chan grinned sheepishly but that quickly vanished when he
noticed Shampoo's expression. "Shampoo?" she cautiously asked.
Shampoo stood there, a look of shock on her face. She gently
brought her fingers to her lips and touched them briefly. Then she
began to walk towards Ranma-Chan, a red aura gathering around her.
"Uhh....I'm sorry Shampoo.....I didn't....I mean...."
Ranma-Chan nervous stuttered as Shampoo continued to advance on
her, Shampoo's expression unreadable....
"Ai Ren...."
Ranma-Chan was paralyzed with fear as Shampoo came nose
to nose with her, Shampoo's aura burning bright and hot....
* * *
MEANWHILE....
*CRASH*
"Damn raccoons!"
Gosunkugi cursed under his breath as he continued to pick
up all the trash that had spilt when the raccoons tore open the bags.
At this rate, he would be up all night!
"GOSUNKUGI! GO TO BED!!!"
I'm still picking up garbage, Mother!" Gosunkugi shouted back
as the wind began to pick up a bit, scattering the trash all over the
place.
"DAMN IT!!!" Gosunkugi swore again, knowing he wasn't
going to be getting any sleep soon....
* * *
BACK TO THE RESTAURANT.....
"Girl-Type Ranma...." Shampoo whispered.
Ranma-Chan prayed for a quick death.
"YOU I LOVE!!!"
"W....What....Mpph?!"
Ranma-Chan's sentence was cut off as Shampoo eagerly
attacked her lips. Ranma-Chan tried to pull back but Shampoo
wrapped her arms tightly around Ranma-Chan's waist, pinning her
arms to her sides as Shampoo continued to give her a very long and
passionate kiss, much longer than the one she gave him when he first
defeated her by accident. Ranma-Chan frantically tried to get
Shampoo's attention, but Shampoo failed to take the hint. Then
Shampoo, sensing Ranma's panicked state, finally released him.
"AIR!!!" Ranma-Chan gasped as she took in huge amounts
of lifegiving oxygen and fell to her knees, trying to regain her
breath. Shampoo knelt down in front of him and purred causing
Ranma-Chan to back away in fear, stammering.
"S....Shampoo! Y....You're not supposed to like me as a
g....girl! You're s....s....supposed to like me as a g....guy!"
"Shampoo love both now!" Shampoo happily proclaimed
as she crushed Ranma-Chan in a hug.
"She's....She's as bad as Kunou!" Ranma-Chan nervously
thought to herself as she struggled to get out of Shampoo loving
embrace. As Ranma-Chan tried to get up. bracing herself on a nearby
table, she accidentally pulls off the tablecloth, taking four glasses of
cold water with it. They splash all over her and Shampoo.
Ranma-Chan yelped in surprise and then a look of horror suddenly
appeared on her face.
"Wait a minute....Shampoo + Cold Water equals...."
Ranma-Chan didn't have to finish his thought before she completely
panicked.
AAAAAAGHH!!!!!! Ranma-Chan screamed in horror as
Shampoo-Neko now rested on her chest. She instantly began running
away, plowing through several tables and spreading food all over the
place as she desperately tried to gain distance between her and the cat.
Unfortunately, Shampoo-Neko began to follow her, causing
Ranma-Chan to resume her speed, and overturn a few more tables,
some hot coffee spilling on her and turning her back into a guy.
"OUTTAWAYOUTTAWAYITSACATOUTTAWAY!!!"
Ranma screamed hysterically as he smashed right through the
restaurant wall and kept going, Shampoo-Neko close behind him....
The restaurant was silent as a tomb, shocked by the events that
had just transpired. Then there was a single groan and the restaurant
turned to see Kunou regain consciousness. As he got to his feet, a tall
man with glasses, wearing a business suit walked towards him and
presented him with a piece of paper.
"W....What is this...." Kunou was still groggy.
"Your bill sir. You'll understand if I insist on cash only, the
damage to my restaurant being quite extensive...."
"D....Damage?" Kunou wearily looked around him and was
shocked to see the carnage around him. "W...Which of you has done
this?" A bewildered Kunou asked the manager.
"Your friend the red-haired girl, did this."
"B....But she....But they...."
"You identified yourself as a associate of some sort to the
entire restaurant and since the other two girls are now gone, the
gentleman, being you, must pay for their meals as well as the damage
to my eating establishment!!!" The manager's face began to grow red
with barely contained anger.
Kunou glanced down at the bill. "WHAT?!?! THIS IS AN
OUTRAGE!!! I REFUSE TO PAY THIS!!!"
"Fine! Then I'll call the police and have you hauled away for
destruction of property and disturbing the peace!" He made a gesture
to a man standing by the phone and the man picked up the cradle and
began dialing.
"HOLD!" Kunou quickly shouted out to the man. The man
glanced at the Manager and the Manager nodded as the man hung up
the phone.
"Although it makes me weep to pay such a high price for
endeavors I was not responsible for, I will meet your unfair price, to
keep my love out of jail."
"Is that the purpled haired girl or her girlfriend?"
"N....Never mind!" Kunou snapped as he threw a wad of
bills at him and stormed out of the restaurant, planning horrible
terrible ways to punish Saotome for this....this....atrocity!
The manager picks up the bills, counts them carefully and
then speaks in a loud clear voice.
"Ladies and Gentlemen. I apologize for this unfortunate
incident and will be closing the restaurant down while we repair the
damage."
"What about our clothes!?" screamed one patron.
"My brand new dress is covered in miso soup! Who's going
to pay for the cleaning bill!"
"As retribution for your soiled garments, your meal tonight is
on us."
"But I only ordered some soup! This dress costs....!!"
"Thank you and goodnight!" The Manager cut her off as he
quickly walked back into the manager's office. The patrons grumbled
as they all got up to left, some of them covered in food, while a single
teenage girl carefully places a handheld video camera back in it's
case underneath the table. She then takes the case with her as she
leaves with the rest of the restaurant crowd....
* * *
THE STREETS OF NERIMA
11:30 P.M.
The moon was high and bright in the sky as a tired and
stressed out Ranma walked down the moonlit streets. He shivered as
the flimsy material of his torn dress was drenched with sake and water,
making the air seem all the more colder as the wind began to pick up.
Ranma had finally managed to lose Shampoo-Neko by hiding
in a garbage bin. Then when he got out, he was less than thrilled that
the dress he had spent 35,600 yen on, was now covered in garbage and
ripped in a few embarrassing places, even more so now that he was a
guy. If that wasn't bad enough, a few girls from Furinkan High were
walking down the street and he ran into them. Ranma tried to explain
why he was walking around downtown in a torn dress and makeup,
only to have them beat him up, thinking he was a pervert.
After that, Ranma desperately searched for some cold water
so he would look less freaky but the stores had already closed for the
night, leaving him high and dry and looking like a transvestite.
Finally he decided to swallow his pride and walked over to the
Utchan. It was closed of course but Ranma banged loudly on the door
until a light came on. A few moments later, Ukyou's face came into
view, looking annoyed and angry at having her sleep interrupted. Her
face quickly changed to a look of disbelief as she saw who it was.
"R....Ranchan?!?"
"Yes! Can you please let me in before anyone else I know
sees me!" Ranma replied as Ukyou quickly unlocked her door and lead
him inside.
"What the hell happened to you!" Ukyou wondered aloud as
she started at her fiancee wearing a girl's outfit and make-up.
"I used your idea. I became a girl so Shampoo would want to
grab at me and stuff. She kept trying to change me back into a guy
though. Then Kunou showed up...."
"Uh oh...." Ukyou knew where this was going.
"....he was trying to grab at me too. So I thought maybe if he
thought his beloved goddess only liked girls he would leave me alone for
good. So I kissed Shampoo as a girl and....
"WHAT!!!" Ukyou's face was a mask of rage, "YOU MEAN
YOU VOLUNTARILY KISSED THAT BIMBO!!! HOW COULD
YOU RANCHAN!!!"
"N....No! Well....sort of....But it was only to get rid of Kunou! I
swear I didn't enjoy it or nothing!!" Ranma tried to reassure the
furious okonomiyaki chef.
"Are you sure?" she asked hesitantly.
"Positive!" Ranma replied firmly. "Anyway, Kunou fainted
from the shock and Shampoo was shocked too. I thought she was going
to kill me right then and there...."
"She must have been furious." Ukyou said while giggling a bit
to herself.
Ranma nervously replied. "Uh....well that's what I thought but
then she kissed me again...."
Ukyou immediately stopped giggling. "WHAT!!!" she
screamed, starting to pull out her spatula this time....
"But I didn't want it! I never thought kissing Shampoo as a
girl would turn her on like that! I thought it would gross her out!
Now she doesn't care what form I'm in anymore.
"Oh that's just great! It's not enough you let her glomp all
over you as a guy, now you're kissing her back as a girl!" Ukyou
muttered angrily.
"No! It's not like that! I only did it...."
"To get rid of Kunou. I know that." Ukyou sighed. "But
couldn't you have chosen a better way to express your fake love for
Shampoo. Maybe just hugged her or something. Did you have to
kiss her?"
"Uh....well...I....that is...." Ranma swallowed as he realized
he had no answer for that one.
"Never mind. At least you got through it and lived to tell the
tale." Ukyou replied "I'm sorry I yelled at you like that. I just
can't stand the thought of Shampoo getting her lips on you.
"Well, don't worry. Kissing Shampoo didn't mean nothing to
me." Ranma said.
"Really? You didn't find it a little exciting?"
"Not really. She's cute and all but she scares me. Not just
because she changes into a cat. She's just too....unpredictable."
"Like a certain tomboy?" Ukyou replied.
Ranma laughed. "Yeah I guess. Akane can be the biggest
pain in the butt to me sometimes but when she smiles....
Ranma cut his speech short as he noticed Ukyou looking
away from him. "Oh man! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to....
"It's....It's aright Ranchan. Akane does look cuter when she
smiles....but how often is that?
Ranma sighed. "Not very often I admit. In fact, if she knew I
was talking to you alone in here she would....
"Bash you through the wall?"
"Yeah........."
"Knock you into LEO?"
Ranma groaned "Yeah!"
"Pound you with her hammer until....."
"I get the point Ucchan!" Ranma snapped at her,
"Sorry."
"It's okay. You're right. Akane just doesn't understand me....
"Like I do?" Ukyou gave Ranma a warm smile.
"Yeah...." Ranma smiled back. "It's nice to have one person who
believes what I say.
They were both silent for a moment.
"Ranchan....?" Uykou spoke softly
"Yeah, Ucchan....?" Ranma replied.
She smiled. "Would you like some Okonomiyaki?"
Ranma brightened. "Sure! That'd be great!"
Ukyou began to pour the batter on the grill as Ranma's
mouth watered in expectation....
* * *
THE BRIDGE
12:05 A.M.
"He's late!" Ryouga fumed silently as he leaned against the
bridge, waiting impatiently for Ranma's arrival. Then it dawned on
him. "He probably thinks I'm lost somewhere and figures I won't
show up for a few days. Figures. Well I'm going to wait right here
until he shows up! Nothing is going to move me from this spot."
"Wait a minute! If I never leave this spot, I'll be late for
my date with Akane tomorrow night!" Ryouga shook his fist in the
air as he shouted. "Damn you, Ranma! You better show up soon
or I'm coming to get you!!!"
Ryouga fell silent again as he waited impatiently for Ranma's
arrival, occasionally glancing down at his backpack now and again.
"Maybe I should plan some strategy before he gets here. It
couldn't hurt I suppose...." He sat down and went over his past fights
with Ranma, trying to remember weak points and things he could use
against him. He already had one surprise he could use, a second one
that might work as a distraction at best and of course his secret
weapon....
But he didn't dare use that until Ranma was unconscious, the
risk of it being turned against him was far too great as long as Ranma
was able to defend himself. Besides, it wasn't honorable and would
provide him a cheap and easy victory. He wanted to beat Saotome in a
fair match.
Ryouga leaned against the wall and took a deep breath. All
of this thinking was making him tired. Normally he preferred to simply
fight his way out of situations but after all the things that had
happened to him lately, he had found thinking things through helped a
bit. He had carefully planned what he wanted to do with Ranma and what
he planned to tell Akane on their date. Everything was starting to fall
into place but he still had a long way to go before his dreams would
finally be realized completely and he would no longer be able to use the
Shishihoukoudan ever again, because his depression would be gone
forever....
Ryouga made his way underneath the bridge and sat down,
leaning against the smooth cool stone surface as he stared at the
gently flowing river, filling him with a sense of calm as he waited for
his rival to appear....
"Just you wait Ranma...."
CONTINUED IN PART 5 PAGE 4 COMING SOON....
Author's notes: Just wanted to take a few moments to acknowledge
everyone who's sent me feedback on this and my most rescent stories
"From Dawn till Dusk" and "Wild Stallion in the Mist" I appriciate
it! :)
I'd also like to thank Webdragon for his tireless efforts in C&C. If
you haven't read any fanfics by him yet, you're missing some great
fanfics....
Sincerely,
Megane 6.7
SHIMIYENU IS COMING.................