Shampoo's Heart
Chapter 3: Through the Eyes of a Cat
Shampoo sat, still in cat form, sulking. The love of her life, the flame-haired Ranma Saotome, was afraid of her. For some reason, Ranma feared cats.
And of course, Shampoo was cursed to transform into a cat. Just typical.
This put a major monkey wrench in her plans to win the red-head's heart.
Hence the sulking.
Shampoo sighed, or at least the cat equivalent of one. How is she to get through this trial?
Ranma and the two other girls (Shampoo really needed to remember their names) had left for school. The mustached man had gone into his room to rest, leaving the older girl and Ranma's father alone.
Shampoo disliked the man. Not only had he aided Ranma in eating her prize all those months ago, but he also apprently had little regard for Ranma's well being, as long as it benifitted him.
He was her second least favourite person around. Her number one least favourite was that short-haired girl that Ranma seemed to like.
Shampoo was about to wander off to find something to do when she heard the girl (Kasumi, apparently) and Genma speak. He had revealed, in that moment, why Ranma feared cats. Why she feared Shampoo.
Shampoo scowled a cat scowl. How dare that IDIOT do such a thing to her beloved. When she found the time, she would give that panda such a SCRATCHING.
For now, though, she had to find Ranma. She felt that the poor girl was in danger.
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Shampoo had come too late. One of the more annoying students at the school had managed to expose Ranma to her weakness. And so, the young girl, who was currently a boy, was jumping around, acting like a cat.
Then, the girl's fatehr had come to help, dressing up like an old woman and trying to bait the neko-Ranma with catnip. Ranma soon sent the panda flying. This made Shampoo smile.
And then, something unexpected happened. Ranma had leapt at the short-haired girl (she heard someone say Akane, so that must've been her name) and then.....kissed her. Shampoo watched, stunned.
Those lips were HERS! How dare that.....PERVERT GIRL steal them!
At least they weren't the lips of the red-head, but of her male form. Otherwise, Shampoo might've gone....violent.
(Fortunately for Akane, Shampoo has forsaken her interest in Male-Ranma. She only wants the girl-form right now.)
The assembeled students just watched in stuned silence. Not that Shampoo could blame them, of course.
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Shampoo ran to the school pool, fuming. First the Pervert Girl stole the lips of her love, and then got angry and hit the poor girl. Didn't that girl realise that Ranma wasn't in control? Or maybe she was like Shampoo, and only wanted the lips of the girl-form?
Shampoo had a hard enough time last time. She wasn't sure how she'd handle having that girl as a rival.
Shampoo saw the poor girl floating in the pool. And girl she was. Shampoo was glad she was a cat, lest someone saw her blush. Good thing cats don't blush.
Shampoo jumped on the floating red-head's chest, and sighed wistfully. At this distance, the girl looked so beautiful.
The girl stirred awake, confused by her current location. Shampoo froze. She didn't want to cause the red-head anymore distress, but she couldn't move.
Ranma looked at the cat, and screamed, struggling to get away.
Shampoo held on for dear life.
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Ranma had returned home, and announced that she would use the bath. Shampoo had heard and ran for the furo.
Shampoo had gotten to the furo before the red-head, and found a good spot to hide. She was not going to miss ths golden opportunity for the world.
Then Ranma entered. Shampoo watched as the red-head undressed, adn then washed herself down with cold water. Shampoo was starting to get hot, and it was not from the steam of the bath.
Then Ranma got into the hot water, changing. Shampoo shuddered. She ahd slowly grown a dislike for the male form, especially considering how nice the female-form was. And to think she had wanted to marry that form, thinking it to be a seperate person.
She lost her footing. She scrambled to save herself, but it was too late.
Shampoo had fallen into the hot waters of the furo.
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Cologne packed her bags.
Shampoo had told the council everything. Including that her opponent was cursed, and had tricked her into giving the kiss of marriage.
Cologne, of course, knew the truth. She just didn't tell Shampoo. She failed to both kill and marr her opponent, and so was given a lenient punishment.
Now, Cologne had to make sure that Shampoo succeeded, and married the boy. He seemed to be a good specimen for a husband, no sense in wasting it.
And so, she pogoed away, to Japan. Where she would ensure the survival of the village as well as her great-grandaughter's happiness.
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I have another version of this chapter where Ranma gets over his fear and adopts Shampoo as a pet. I wasn't sure If I should have included that scen or not, seeing as it A) doesn't really make a lot of sense with the cat-fu and all and B) it goes against canon. And this IS supposed to be following canon, at least for a while.
Oh well, I'll change it if you want me to.
Hope ya enjoyed it, and please review!
