Before you read please keep in mind that there will be other pairings. Mousse isn't pairing with Shampoo. Ukyo isn't going to pair up with Ryoga. I'm a fan of the manga and the show...i really dont care about the pairings. There's other stories out there that have famous pairs, not this one. So before you start flaming me...I WARNED YOU! Plus, if you're squeamish about lemons or sexual content...dont read! I just want everyone to not waste their time on a story that you wouldn't like...I'm trying to make it easier on everyone. Not all stories are going to be your cup of tea. I want comments that could help me be a better writer...I dont much care for other reviews that tell me what a horrible idea this was because you didn't like the pairing. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.

I do not own Ranma 1/2.

A lazy blanket lay over Nerima of untouched snow; the sky bleed red as the sun slowly rose to another December day and a low hum of snow trucks plowing away the snow from the streets was heard from the not-so-busy freeway. The temperature outside was cold and sure but no wind was heard rustling the leaves of the many cherry trees trying to hang on to dear life of the unforgivable winter. The neighborhoods were lonely as all the citizens of Nerima were cozy inside their homes still dreaming.

Shampoo slowly made her way from the market; her great-grandmother had ordered her to get some groceries from the nearby neighborhood. She wrapped her coat around her tightly and dug her face into her scarf that wrapped around her neck trying to keep herself warm from the brutal cold. She tightened her hold on the paper bag that she cradled in her arms and kept peering into it.
She sighed and thought of the pigtailed boy.

"Ranma" She barely whispered.

She hadn't seen him in over a month and she missed him desperately. She thought of the last time that she saw him and frowned because it never brought her good memories. One of the many times that she had tried to force him to eat some love poisoned dumplings resulted in her attacking him with her caresses and Akane walked in at the wrong moment. A few exchanges of nasty words resulted in her stomping out of the room in tears and he finally had it. Before pushing her off and running after Akane he had told her to stay the heck away from him because she only made everything worse.

She sighed again and kept walking as she hummed a song that had been plaguing her for a week.

"Hey Miss, do I have a deal for you!"

She jumped as some really strange looking man approached her. He was a large man that wore an oversized black coat and carried with him a dark cherry briefcase. She eyed him as he got closer to her while stretching out his briefcase to her.

She raised an eyebrow, "What kind of deal?" She said to him with her sugar coated voice that would put angels to cry.

He quickly lay his briefcase down on the snow covered floor and quickly popped the hinges open. He lay the briefcase open to her and waved his arms.

"I have many curiosities that I'm sure you would be of interest to you. Things ranging from tarot cards, divination books, and these paper dolls of love." He pulled out 2 small neat stacks of 12 paper dolls. He handed them to her.

Shampoo examined them thoroughly and they had nothing special about them. She flung the dolls at the strange salesman and continued on her way.

He quickly followed her; he wasn't so easy to refuse.

"Please Miss, I promise they work." He shoved them back in Shampoo's hands and panted as he tried to keep up with her as she walked on to the Nekkohaten.

"Shampoo very busy. No time to be playing with stupid paper dolls." She stuck her nose in the air.

"They're magic paper dolls of love." He stated firmly.

Then Shampoo stopped in her tracks and turned to look at the strange man.

"What you mean magic?" She eyed him.

"Write a command on the doll and stick it in the back of the person that you want to obey you and they do as you commanded. But make sure that they are unaware."

She looked down at the stacks of paper dolls in her hands of thought of Ranma. It would be a perfect plan. "But how long do it last?" She asked as she still fingered the paper dolls.

"It depends. If you place the paper doll on their literal flesh then it could last a while but place it over their clothing and until the paper doll is removed they will obey that command."

A smile stretched from ear to ear as Shampoo imagined Ranma finally loving her.

"Would you like to purchase them?" The salesman looked at her nervously.

"I take them but if no work Shampoo come looking for you." She dug her hand in her pocket and took out her small coin purse. "How much?"

"A thousand yen!" The man smiled.

Shampoo handed him the money and left running to the Cat Café. As she arrived she dropped the bag of groceries in the kitchen of the restaurant where Cologne and Mousse were busy getting the fridge stocked. With hardly a Ni Hao, Shampoo ran up to her room and closed the door behind her.

She removed her coat and threw it on her bed then she took out the stacks of paper dolls and examined them. She slowly undid the draw-string that held them together and took one and held it in front of her.

This isn't going to work.

She sighed and looked around to her room to find a pen. She popped the top of the pen and placed the tip of the pen on the paper thinking of how she could test it out. She scratched her head then snapped her fingers as she remembered that she had a living guinea pig. She quickly scribbled down on the small paper doll.

Run around the neighborhood and back to the Nekkohaten.

She looked down at the paper doll and grunted.

"I hope this works." She whispered softly to herself in her native Mandarin.

She slowly crept down the stairs making sure that she didn't make a sound. Her heart thumped loudly as she heard the clear voices of Cologne and Mousse talking in the kitchen. She was relieved when she heard her great-grandmother say that she was going to shovel the snow out of the entrance of the Café. Shampoo hid in the shadows as she waited for the elder Amazon walk out of the restaurant.

She held the paper doll close to her as she stepped into the kitchen softly as to not startle Mousse as he rearranged the refrigerator. She walked slowly to him and held the paper doll out in front of her; her ears went silent with the ever increasing thumping heart. Then without warning she slammed the paper doll on Mousse's back.

He jumped on the spot and quickly turned to her. Just as he was about to open his mouth he bolted out of the kitchen and through the front door of the café leaving a dust of cloud behind him.

Shampoo quickly ran up the stairs and into her room and slammed the door behind her. She gathered the rest of the paper dolls and shoved them inside one of the drawers in her dressing room. Then she sat in front of her vanity and looked in the mirror.

She smiled.

"So paper dolls actually work." She twirled her hair in her fingers, "Now Ranma love Shampoo finally. All need to do is write on doll for Ranma to love Shampoo forever and he be airen to me and no stupid Akane."

The Amazon quickly took the paper dolls and put them in her pocket, spearing one. Quickly she scribbled on the doll and held it out for her to see.

Love me forever.

She smiled once more and ran out of the café with one thing in her mind.

Ranma.