Disclaimer: I in no way own any of the rights to the works of Rumiko Takahashi, I am simply just writing this for my own enjoyment.

A/N: Hello! I'm back once again for a third installment of this silly little tale I've written. I'll get a bit more into depth on things later on, but I would just like to thank everyone who reviewed, especially those who took the time to give advice on how I could improve this thing.


It was a normal, relatively quiet day for one Hisao Shimomura, a somewhat elderly man who was the manager of the Shimomura unisex bathhouse ("Family owned and operated since 1971"). Sure, his business wasn't exactly the most financially successful spot in the district of Nerima, hell it wasn't even the most popular bathhouse! But still, he and his family had managed to eek out a decent living for almost four decades now, so he had no real reason to complain. Being the equal opportunist he was though, Hisao was currently finding himself doing the rather mundane activity of playing receptionist at the front desk while the rest of his employees meandered about doing their respective tasks, and tending to their current patrons.

'Yep, all things considered, it's been a pretty average day. Though I really wish Ms. Mori didn't have to call in sick. Doing grunt work like this is mind-numbing!' He let off a sigh. 'Just a few more years, then my son can take over this place.' Hisao was just about to begin to thumb through his third magazine of that afternoon when a loud eruption at the back end of the complex completely interrupted his train of thought. 'The boiler?'

Rushing to where he thought he heard the sound, which oddly enough turned out to be the male side of the bathing area, Mr. Shimomura was greeted by an extremely peculiar sight. A purple haired young girl, who looked to be wielding two hammer-like objects, was standing on the rubble of what appeared to be his recently destroyed wall. Noticing that many of his male customers (and a few of the more adventurous females, who had come on over to the other side to see what the hell was going on) were currently in quite a state of shock and surprise, he realized he needed to take control of the situation before it got out of control.

The bathhouse owner was just about to ask the girl just what she thought she was doing when, before he could start, he was interrupted by the following line from her. "Tiny pervert man! Where is you?" Shampoo said in a sing-song like voice, a searching look in her eyes. Her appearance completely contrasting the uncalled destruction she just caused.

Baffled by this question (as well as many of the patrons it seemed, who had snapped out of their individual reveries and realized there was a cute young girl standing right in front of their naked selves, leading to a few to make some rather lewd remarks) Hisao tried once more to speak up when he found himself completely lacking the ability again after he witnessed, to his great surprise, the hammer in the girl's right hand start to talk. "Damn it Shampoo! Ya did it again! You really gotta watch out, someone could'a gotten hurt!"

Shampoo, looking around at the damage she caused, (As well as the various naked men) started to blush a bit, and turned her head slightly away. "Aiyah! Shampoo sorry! She only want to make surprise attack, she didn't mean to make such big hole!" She attempted to backtack, a mild grimace on her face as she tried to get this done quickly. "Umm, Shampoo is looking for really tiny pervert person... any of you peoples seen him?"

A variety of various catcalls were elicited from the patrons after Shampoo made this question, most of which she didn't understand, but somehow knew they were of a sexual nature. Still, her ears did perk up a bit when one person in the crowed made a remark about giving her a tiny pervert.

Hisao, who on his part, had just now managed to get his thoughts in order, took a step forward and gained a rather indignant look upon his face. "Tiny pervert- A- anyone seen- What…WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING LADY? You just destroyed half my god damn building! Who's gonna pay for it?" The elderly owner shouted.

Before the lavender haired Amazon could reply, both Genma and Akane jumped in, deciding finally to make their appearances, each of them looking to be quite out of breath. The latter of the two starting up with a huff, "Shampoo! Just where do you get off running ahead like that?"

"Yeah!" The gasping head of the Saotome household replied. "*huff* The old woman said *huff* we're supposed *huff* to stick together!"

The red chúi was the first to come to the Amazon's defense. "Hey! It ain't her fault if ya two slowpoke's can't keep up! We've been lookin' around for hours now! We're burnin' daylight!"

As this statement finished, the owner of the bathhouse let off an exasperated cough… which was swiftly ignored by the bickering lot.

The black chúi added to their conversation. "Yeah, we've gone to three bathhouses so far, and the old freak ain't in any o' them! At least Shampoo's tryin' ta get this over quickly."

Hisao, his left eyebrow twitching, once again let off an attention getting cough. Only this time, much louder. "So, miss, I assume these are friends of yours? Are they going to be dealing with the damage to my wall?"

Still, he was ignored.

Akane 'hmphed' at the black hammer's remark, and replied back. "Oh really Ranma? I'd of thought you'd love to have that bimbo's hands all over you?"

At this time, many of the on-duty staff members were attempting to have the patron's dressed and evacuated out of the building while their boss handled the situation. Though one of the more nonchalant stragglers, who was just now was finishing putting his clothes on, attempted to give off the following snark filled remark; "Oh yeah, she's really workin' the shaf-."

Before the statement could be finished, he was quickly rushed outside.

Getting completely infuriated at the madness happening around him, Hisao's now utterly rage filled voice exclaimed the following, "DAMN IT! IF I DON'T GET SOME ANSWER'S HERE, I'M CALLING THE POLICE!"

Finally garnering their attention, the ensemble of five turned to him, looks ranging from annoyed, to inquisitive. Mr. Shimomura let off one final throat clearing cough and then started. "You!" He pointed to Genma. "You're an adult! You're obviously with them; that mean's you're responsible for their actions! Now, are you going to help pay to fix the damage done to my business, or will I have to get the authorities involved?"

Genma, for not the first time today, was cursing the Chinese Amazon woman (as well as his son, but to a slightly lesser extent). He didn't even want to be here in the first place! He was honestly only helping out of the goodness of his heart! '…Besides, having a hammer for a son wouldn't make for much of an heir. Still, I wasn't the one to destroy the wall! I really don't deserve this!' Spotting out of the corner of his eye an unused filled up bucket of water, right down near the slightly rubble filled bathing area, he quickly dashed and dumped it over his head, transforming himself into a rather large panda bear.

At this point, the bathhouse owner's mind partially shut itself down. He realized that all logic and reasoning, nay, his very understanding of how the universe worked, was wrong, as just in front of him, a black and white Chinese bear was chewing on a tire (that it somehow materialized) as well as holding a up a sign that read, ""Ignore me. I'm just a cute cuddly little panda bear.""

"That's it, you know what? Forget you people, I'm calling the cops! They'll get this all sorted out!" Was the owner's reply, as he swiftly marched off to call the authorities.

The purple haired girl was the first to start up after the man's rant. "Umm, Shampoo not sure, but she think we should go now. Airen agree, yes?"

The black chúi answered back; "Yeah, the old freak ain't here anyway, and I think that guy's really pissed."

The red hammer continued; "Uh-huh, we got enough things ta deal with. No need to make this any more complicated an' stuff."

Akane let off a nod. "For once Shampoo, I think we can agree. You've caused enough trouble here as is."

The obsidian hammer interjected before thing could fall apart, "Umm, maybe we should check the school? All we've been to is bathhouses and junk…"

The female Ranma finished, "…And it's not like that's gotten us anywhere."

Shampoo nodded. "Okays Ranma's! That's too too good idea. We go now!"

Just as she was about to run off, Shampoo found herself grabbed by the furry paw of Genma, who lifted her on to his shoulder's, much like someone would to a small child. Once done, he scribbled out the following on several signs; ""Oh no you don't! No more running off! I'm tired as is! You stay up there till we reach the school!""

Shampoo grew mildly annoyed and was just about to complain, when the red Ranma butted in, "Fine! Whatever Pops! Just get goin' already. If that guy ain't bluffin', the cops'll show up soon! And do you want a one way trip to the zoo?" She paused before an idea grew in her head. "Or worse, actually havin' ta pay for the damage here?"

Eyes widening, Genma burst forth, right into the general direction of the school and, more importantly, away from where he currently was! Amazingly, in a show of the Saotome School's ultimate secret technique, Genma was going at almost twice the pace Shampoo had been before she stopped at her current destination.

For the red Ranma, if she could smirk, she would. Instead, she simply decided to enjoy the ride with the following thought passing through her mind a few times. "It's all about motivatin' 'em. I bet'cha if I told him there was a buffet goin' on down there we'd be at the school already!"

Still standing back near the rubble of the building, Akane blinked a few times before mouthing the following, "Oh you've got be… I don't... Just..." Finally coming to the realization that she had been left behind, the blue haired girl started to growl before exclaiming the following, "WAIT UP YOU IDIOTS!" and ran off after the quartet.

Off hidden away in his manager's office, Hisao sighed, having just heard everything. He had called the police, and they were supposed to be on the way, but he doubted they would get there in time to catch up with the raving lot. Grumbling a bit, he pondered this internally; 'I wonder if my insurance covers insane lavender haired martial artists?'


Inside the Cat Café's storage room, away from where any passersby could glance in, Cologne was making preparations for the reversal procedure, should the search party come back triumphant. Though she didn't know the process by heart, the instructions given on one of her manuals proved that, as a whole, it was rather simple. Merely just a basic transmogrifying circle, some herbal incenses, (Used mostly to keep the transmitted calm and relaxed) and an easy to memorize chant. 'Thankfully the person who designed this knew that they wouldn't get many people volunteering to be transformed if the way to change back was some long convoluted mess,' She pondered. Sadly though, from what she could tell, the one catch was that the orb itself was needed to cap the whole thing off.

The matriarch let off a 'hmph.' 'Quite a bit of a fatal design flaw if you ask me. This couldn't be the only way? Could it?' Letting off a low grumble, the old woman clapped her hands together. Everything was set up and ready to go for when the group got back; with only the incenses needing to be lit. Smiling slightly, she could finally get to the real reason she didn't join the rest of them on their hunt. She knew it was a bit of a risk, but actually having the opportunity to partake in a conversation with Son-in-Law's mother was not a chance she would give up so easily. Cologne was greatly shocked at the woman's admission of not knowing that, by Amazon law, Shampoo was technically married to Ranma. If she could explain to the woman, somehow get an in, then maybe things could possibly work out. Though she knew it would be a bit of an uphill battle.

Before her thoughts could continue, she was interrupted by Nodoka calling to her from the other room. "Ms. Cologne, our tea is ready!"

The elder replied back, "Alright dear. I'm just about finished here. You can feel free to take a seat wherever you want to." Double checking the set-up and making sure that everything was copasetic, Cologne nodded her head once and hopped on over to the main dining area where Nodoka had sat down two cups of tea on one of the tables. Eying the woman who had just taken her seat, she focused more on the blade that lay next to her. It was strange to see such a prim and proper housewife carry a weapon like that around, but she didn't get to contemplate it too much when Ranma and the others were still in the restaurant. But without the zaniness of the situation to cloud her judgment, watching the clearly untrained woman wave it so freely was just odd.

Nodoka, for her part, tried not to stare as this peculiar woman pogo-hopped over to her, on what appeared to be a sort of cane. 'I suppose walking would be a bit difficult at her age.' Not wanting to draw attention to where she was looking, the housewife started on a different subject. "Oh Miss Cologne, you have such a lovely kitchen. You must have so much pride in taking care of it."

Cologne nodded. "Yes, I make sure to have one of my workers clean it once a day." Taking a moment to look around the slightly disarray restaurant, she started again. "I do apologize for the mess. As you can understand a lot has happened today," she said, taking hold of her tea cup.

Taking a small sip of her tea, Nodoka responded, "Mmm-hmm, this whole situation is quite confusing. What happened to my son just seems so… ridiculous. I apologize if that sounds rude."

"Not at all. Though you'd be surprised, things like this happen far more often than you would think." Cologne added, taking a slight drink from her cup.

"From what I've heard, and the little bit I've seen, I actually do believe you. It's just, well, there's so much to think about. For instance, even though she was a hammer, that was Ranma's female side talking along with my son. I don't even know where to begin or what to think about with that…" Nodoka said, her brow now slightly furrowed.

Cologne let off a cough and tried to change the tide of where the conversation was going. "Yes well, we have to take things one at a time. I believe our best action, and the one both Ranma's seem to want, would be to simply use the transmutation orb and see how things pan out from there."

"But what if she-"

"Wondering like this will only cause an unneeded amount of stress and worry on you," Cologne interjected, taking a second sip from her cup. "Trust me; I've dealt with situations like that all my life, a lot of them much stranger than this one."

"Oh? You have stories of things stranger than this?" Nodoka inquisitively asked. "I'd love to hear them."

"Maybe some other time. Miss Saotome, there is something that I would like to talk about with you today in particular. If you don't mind, that is." Cologne stated in an attempt to change the subject, hoping that she wasn't being to out and out forceful. She had an inkling that Nodoka was the type that could go on for hours and never actually say anything of meaning.

Blinking a few times, Nodoka put on a slight smile. "Oh, that's right. You said something to that effect earlier! And here I am rambling off like that. I'm sorry… Though what exactly is the issue?"

Bowing her head slightly and sighing, Cologne tried to think things through; this needed to be handled delicately. "Well, you see, roughly a year or so back, your son and husband traveled to the village I originated from and caused a bit of a ruckus, so to speak." She started, placing her cup back on the table.

"Ooh? Did my son cause some trouble…? I hope it wasn't anything unmanly…" Nodoka both pondered and stated, all the while her hand absentmindedly moved to the katana that always lay by her side.

The Amazon matriarch waved her off. "No, it was more of a… surprise. You see, on the day of his arrival there was tournament going on. My Great-Granddaughter was poised to win the whole thing when your son, at the time, daughter, swooped in and defeated my Shampoo."

"Oh! Umm, is that a bad thing?" Nodoka asked in a surprised tone, nevertheless taking a drink from her cup.

"Well, there was some confusion regarding your son's curse, but once that was all settled out, then no." Cologne stated, dancing around the whole part about Shampoo spending weeks on end hunting Ranma in an attempt to kill his female form. "You see, by our laws, when a man defeats a woman in combat, she is legally bound to him."

"Bound to him? So… I'm sorry, but, what exactly are you saying?" Nodoka asked, mildly befuddled.

Cologne did not like the tone in the woman's voice. "Ah, well, what I am saying is, legally, by Amazon decree, your son Ranma, and my Great-Granddaughter Shampoo, are married."


Elsewhere in the district of Nerima, a rather peculiar sight could be seen rushing along the streets. A black, white, and oddly enough, purple blur was making its way towards Furinkan High while doing its very best to avoid contact with any buildings, stands, or civilians. For those with a keen enough ear, they could vaguely make out the purple part of the blur exclaiming the following, "Faster, Panda-man! Go! Go!"

A smaller, less noticeable red blur added on to the purple ones comment, "Yeah pops, hurry up! This is the only lead we got left to find the old freak!"

As the moving blast of color and shades shot off into the horizon, various onlookers and passerby stopped and attempted to contemplate just what they saw. Comments such as "What the hell was that?", "Were those people?" and "These streets just aren't safe any more," resonated throughout the confused, small crowd.

This would have continued on for moments longer had not an elderly fellow of indeterminate age tapped his walking cane loudly on the sidewalk, before waving it towards the group of people and, with a wrinkle filled smile, spoke up, "That which you have just witnessed, was a purple haired young girl who appeared to be of Chinese descent, riding on the back of a giant panda while waving around a pair of bludgeoning tools, one of which appeared to be able to talk."

He stopped for a moment to watch as another young woman sped off right by the crowd, quickly yelling, "Come back here you stupid idiots!" before running in the same direction the panda went.

"And that right there looked to be a rather irate acquaintance of the Chinese girl." He finished off with a 'matter-of-fact' nod. "Any other questions?"

An awkward silence filled the air as a mixture of different individuals starting gossiping amongst themselves.

"Poor guy's gone senile…"

"Eww, I hope I don't end up like that!"

"Mommy? Why did that old man say those things?"

With a twitching eye the elderly fellow exclaimed the following, "I'm not crazyya ignorant morons!"


"I-I'm sorry, but, what did you say?" asked Nodoka, mildly shocked, to the point of placing her tea back on the table. "Married? To-, to your Granddaughter?"

Cologne straightened her visage to a neutral look. She needed to show that she was completely serious, but at the same time she didn't want to scare off the woman. "…Yes, it is part of our Amazonian law. You see, when a strong outsider male defeats one of our own, they are legally wed together after the kiss of marriage is administrated." Looking across at the other woman, and only seeing confusion, she attempted to mediate. "I know it can be hard to understand for someone not from our tribe, but it has been this way with us for ages..."

Nodoka's smile waned slightly and spoke up, "I-I'm sorry. This is just quite a lot to take in. Regardless of the particulars of the situation though, I wish I could have been informed of this at some earlier point. I will have to discuss why my son hasn't brought it up." Cologne looked at the other woman slight hopefully. "…But given the goings on right now, I really do not believe this would be the best time to talk about the matter. Don't you think? I mean, as you are fully aware, my son is a pair of hammers."

"I… understand Miss Saotome, but I would really appreciate it if we could possibly go over things regardless. You see, there is another issue at hand here that I haven't gotten to." Taking a brief moment to take a breath, she continued, "Until my Great-Granddaughter can take her husband back to the Amazon village, and show that he agrees to the arrangement, Shampoo can never return to her home." Cologne hoped she could possibly play the sympathy card to slightly ease the tension.

Nodoka's face grew completely serious. "I do hope you understand that my son is already engaged to Mr. Tendo's daughter, Akane. I can't have him commit the act of polygamy… That would be honor less," she said, finding herself tightly gripping her blade. "It does seem like you have quite an issue here on your hands, but I'm afraid Ranma is already tak-"

Before the female head of the Saotome household could finish, Cologne interrupted, "Hold on! I'm sorry Miss Saotome, I do not wish to make you out to sound ignorant, but have you seen the way Ranma and Ms. Akane act around each other? I can not really understand how a satisfying relationship could work out if they are always at each other's throats. Do you really think something like that is best for Ranma?"

Nodoka, at this point, was growing annoyed. While yes this woman was trying to help her son, she obviously had ulterior motives. Though she did not want to make her too angry, she needed to make sure her son was safe, and more importantly, human by the end of this. Still, with a wave of her hand she tried to counter Cologne's comeback. "Oh, they're just experiencing a few lovers' quarrels, something everyone goes through. I'm sure it's nothing that won't work itself out."

"Really? Can you be so sure of that? They've been together for almost a year already, and you yourself have seen how they act together first hand by living with them, so you would probably know better than me. Have you seen any improvements between the two at all?" Cologne asked, hoping to place the seeds of doubt in the other woman's mind.

"Oh course! While they do have their issues, it's nothing that simple maturation and age won't fix. I don't mean to be rude, but don't you think you're blowing their squabbles a bit out of proportion?" Nodoka asked. 'Honestly, who does this woman think she is? I put my trust in her to help my child out, and she's trying to use me? The nerve!' "Besides, do your laws even have any sort of authority outside, or even in your country? It would seem rather pretentious to force us to live by such arbitrary system. And do my son and this 'Shampoo' girl even have any form of a relationship?"

"…They've been through several ordeals together and certainly have gone on a few dates!" 'So to speak…' "It's just that they haven't had much time alone together. I'm sure if they actually got to know each other, they would be the perfect match." Cologne was playing dirty here. "Besides, from what Shampoo has told me, I do not believe Ranma has had any say with his arrangement with the Tendo's either, yet you seem quite adamant about that."

Nodoka rather forcefully placed her left hand on the table and lifted her still sheathed katana upward with the right. "That's different! That is a matter of honor that both my husband and Soun agreed to long ago; far before your predicament. I will have you know that Ranma, and one of Soun's daughter's, in this case, Akane, will be wed, and that's final!"

Eyes darkening slightly, Cologne started, "I would just like to inform you, Miss Saotome, that the kiss of marriage is a matter of honor as well. To be so adamantly against things puts me and Shampoo in a rather awkward position. Are you certain you will not budge on the matter?"

Eyes firming, Nodoka started. "Honor has been a part of my life since I was a child; it has guided me through the harshest points of my existence. I'm sorry if Ranma's, and in this case my duty, somehow prevents you from living about a normal life, but honor has never been known to be fair." Nodoka stopped in her musings to stare over at the woman across from her, seeing the elder's face a mask of true neutrality. In an attempt to break it, she added this. "There is also the matter that your Granddaughter was also partially responsible for destroying my house."

"What?" Cologne asked, clearly surprised.

"Oh, don't worry about it. That's something that can be discussed for another time," Nodoka stated.

Cologne easily picked up the mild amount of venom in the woman's voice, but was unsure how to act. This whole conversation had gone completely in the opposite direction she had intended it. The Amazon matriarch understood fully now that under the woman's demure mask laid a person who was just as stubborn as her husband. Not wanting to instigate things further, she only added the following, "…I see. I'll have to talk to Shampoo about this. I apologize if we have caused you any form of grief," she stated, slightly gritting her teeth.

An awkward silence filled the air for several moments as the two woman returned to drinking their tea with the odd compliment or two coming from Cologne about it. It was a good few minutes before Nodoka broke the tension with the following, "…It seems they are not back yet."

"It appears they aren't," Cologne agreed.

"…So, how bout' that weather we're having?" the wizened elder asked.


"Well, that was a bust," stated a clearly annoyed black chúi.

"I'm well aware," Akane sneered back, left eye twitching while, with a bit of effort, holding up the individual onyx and crimson hammers. "If you all hadn't run off like that, things wouldn't have to gotten so rough," she said, indicating to the two bodies of a panda bear and Chinese girl, lying face down on the ground, both with cartoonish lumps on their head.

The reunited group of five was standing (well for most part, lying) in one of the more adjacent parts of the currently moderately packed and in disarray Furinkan High. Which, due to a spur of the moment decision by Principal Kuno to declare this date "Super Hawaii luau day," was holding a festival celebrating Pacific Islander heritage.

"Who the hell hold's a school doohickey like this on a Sunday? What, he couldn't a waited till tomorrow?" asked an annoyed red Ranma.

This whole thing started when the racing blur finally came to a halt as they made their way to the school. After Genma reached the front gates, and witnessed the various students and luau like equipment set up, he took a moment to pause. Which gave Shampoo (who wanted to keep on moving in search of her target) a chance to jump ahead. This caused a series of events and misunderstandings that led to a weapon clad girl and giant panda bear to run amuck across and in the school.

All in all it was a standard affair.

"Ah who cares?" The black hammer stated. "But seriously though, why'ja go and hit Shampoo like that, Akane? She was actually real good about not hurtin' no one. Heck, it was Pops who caused all the real damage… Though I guess ya got him," he commented further, turning his ki eyes over to the battered and bruised endangered mammal.

A semi-conscious Genma held up this sign. "Shut up, boy."

Akane let off a bit of a growl. "Oh yeah, defend her right away. Because it's not like I just had to run around half the district like a crazy person to keep up with you idiots!" She then let off a mumble. "I swear, if you could feel pain right now…"

"Now hold on guys, this ain't gettin' us anywhere!" The red chúi butted in. "Shampoo en' me checked out the whole damn school, top to bottom! And that old freak ain't anywhere in there! Where are we supposed to look now?" she finished, trying to get everyone's heads on straight.

"Red Ranma is right… We no know where old pervert person could be anymore," Shampoo said, shakily standing up and nursing the bump on her head, all the while giving Akane a bit of a glare before the other woman quickly handed her the two Ranmas.

"I'm… actually fresh out of ideas," Akane stated. Internally she was relieved to no longer be holding the two items; for some reason they seemed to be a lot heavier than they looked.

"Well, well, just what have you all gotten yourselves into this time?" One Nabiki Tendo said, entering the scene with a lei around her neck and a fake, half cracked open plastic coconut in her hand. It had a colorful bendy-straw in it as well as one of those tiny umbrellas that don't seem to serve any real purpose. All the while she wore a pair of cool shades. Overall, she had a very nonchalant look about her.

"It's not my fault!' Akane said defensively. But then became slightly worried. "Was the damage really that bad?"

Taking a sip from her drink, the middle Tendo replied, "Well, I don't think we'll be using the gym any time soon, and the number you and him," she pointed at Shampoo and Genma, " did on the water pipes is probably gonna become a school legend. But other than that, no, everything's fine."

"It was Panda-man's fault!" Shampoo indignantly answered back, and received a quick "Yeah" from the black chúi.

Blinking for a moment, she walked up to the two hammers and stared. "…Ranma?"

"Oh, hi Nabiki, it's, uhh, well, sort of hard to explain," answered the black hammer.

"You're tellin' me…" The red weapon blinked for a moment before finishing. "Oh, I'm here too."

A silence filled the area for a few seconds before Nabiki spoke up. "Well, par for the course I suppose."

Akane nearly choked. "Wait, wait, Ranma's a hammer, how can you just act like it's no big deal at all?"

"Sis, I would, if things like this didn't happen on a seemingly weekly basis. Besides, I'm having too good of a day to have you put me down. I won't go into it, but let's just say I made a big score." Nabiki said, smilingly. Changing the subject, she indicated towards the Panda. "Is he going to be okay?"

"I think he's just asleep now. I didn't hit him that hard."

"Uh-huh. So just what brings you all here anyway? I'm only at this place because crazy Principal Kuno came down in person to gather everyone up. But you all weren't there when he came by." Nabiki stated, taking a long sip from the punch in her coconut, savoring its sweet taste.

"Mister Old pervert man Happosai use orb thing to turn Ranma into Ranma-chúi's!" Shampoo explained. "We need orb back to make Ranma human."

The black hammer piped up. "But we don't know where he is. We've checked everywhere!"

"…Have you checked back at the house?" Nabiki stated in a deadpan, fingers fiddling with her cup's teeny umbrella. "I mean, I'm pretty sure that's where the old guy lives."

There was once again another pause, as the group looked around at each other, several mouths hanging agape. "Ain't no one say a damn thing," The female Ranma said with an authoritarian like attitude. "We just go- we go back to the dojo, and we kick the old guys ass, just no one say anything."

A general consensus of nodding was reached but before the four could speed off into the distance, Akane started up. "Umm, Sis? I don't mean to be rude, or anything, but did someone spike the punch you're drinking or something? Normally I don't think you'd be this, well, helpful." The blue haired girl stated rather sheepishly, hoping she would incur a great wrath from her elder sister.

"Funny you should say that," Nabiki said. "I can guarantee you that someone did spike something. If I had to guess I'd put my money on Hiroshi, or maybe Daisuke." She stopped to take another sip. "But I'm sorry to say that what I have here is clean." She smirked a bit. "But that doesn't mean I didn't get to scam all those halfwits who couldn't handle their liquor. You'd be amazed at what some of these people will bet on!" She gave what could only be considered a Nabiki equivalent of a chuckle. "So I suppose that's why I'm in a good mood."

"Ooh, that's why, ya just got done scamming half the school, so you're taking charity by helping me out!" The black Ranma- chúi added, taken complete aback by the girl so freely giving out information. "I guess you ain't so bad after all!"

"Charity?" Nabiki stated with a small smirk on her face. "Oh! I'm telling you these things because I'm charging you. I thought you all would understand at this point? Don't worry though; I know you're all busy. I'll put it on your tabs."

"WHAT?" Both Ranma's exclaimed, with Shampoo becoming mildly surprised at their outburst, and almost dropped them. "You can't do that! That's, that's, entrapmentation, or somethin'! The obsidian hammer exclaimed.

"Do you have the money to pay the lawyers to back you up on that claim?" Nabiki asked.

"…No." The red Ranma replied. 'Only because you take all of it!'

"Well then you can't really do anything, can you? Anyway, that'll be 6000 yen individually. You can all pay me back once things have settled down, but I'm going to start charging interest next Friday regardless." The ice queen replied, clearly letting her true nature shine through.

While the two Ranma's were growling and mumbling, Shampoo interjected, not entirely sure what the 'sneaky coconut-girl' was talking about. "Airen's, we waste time! We need to find old pervert and get you fixed!"

"…You're right Shampoo," The black hammer said. "Let's just cut our losses an' head out."

"About time!" Akane said, annoyed at the two hammer's hardheaded antics. "Honestly, you should expect something like that from my sister at this point. Why you're getting mad is beyond me." She then quickly turned to her sister, doing her best to sound sympathetic "You're not charging me, are you big sis?" All she received was a sly look from her.

"Whatever, let's just go!" The red chúi said. Begrudgingly, the now group of four headed off to their new destination. Hoping that was where Happosai had actually ended up at.

Nabiki, meanwhile, was still at the scene with a particular individual snoring at her side. "Now what am I gonna do with you?" She said, pointing towards the sleeping panda.


Off hidden away in his lair in the attic of the Tendo household, Happosai was recounting the newly added items to his collection. 'Okay, so the pink polka dot panties go in pile 4A, while the translucent bra should go in B7, or maybe H9, since it's silk… Nah, B7, stick to filing order.' As the old pervert was doing various calculations in his head, his mind drifted slightly away. 'Hehe, even if my plans for Ranma didn't work out because of that damn bauble, I still picked up a choice haul today. No use crying over spilt milk as they say!'

Just as he was contemplating his new silky treasures, Shampoo, after quickly opening the hatch to enter, shot forth from the floor below. "Old pervert man! Shampoo finally find you!" she exclaimed, slightly out of breath. All this running was actually starting to tire her out. It didn't help that she got annoyed at having to have Akane vouch for her before Soun let her into the building. (They really didn't want to take the time to explain to him the whole ordeal.) Regardless, with both Ranma's in hand, she armed herself, ready to fight.

"Oh ho! Shampoo! Darling! It's rare that I see you. What pleasure do I owe this visit?" Happosai asked, before quickly jutting his head around for the moment. "Wait, Cologne isn't here, right?" His attention to the matter dwindled though when he saw Akane hop up to the room as well. "Ah! And little Akane, my day just keeps getting better and better!" he said, his voice pitch rising by the word due to his excitement.

"Shut up you pervert! I'm not in the mood." Akane said, having finally joined the scene after dealing with a few inconsequential family matters she had to handle before joining Shampoo.

"Is no pleasure to be here!" Shampoo spat. "Shampoo here to help Ranma and get Orb of… of… Transmutation! Back to Great-Grandmother!" She finished, mildly proud of herself that she just overcame a small hurdle in her language skills.

"Now don't play any games ya old freak!" The black chúi exclaimed. "If you give us back the orb right now I'll only put ten cracks in yer skull instead of twenty!"

With a mildly surprised look in his eye, Happosai quickly hopped on over to the apparently talking hammer. "Ranma?" He asked.

"Damn right it's me!" The red chúi exclaimed. "It's cause of you I'm like this! Now give me the freakin' orb!"

Turning his back slightly, Happosai went into deep thought before beginning, "O- Ooh! The perfect tool! I get it! Aw, those clever Amazons!" 'I should have burned their village down when I had the chance,' He thought darkly. "Still though, I wasn't expecting this! And is that my favorite little girl-Ranma I heard as well?" he pondered

"Yeah, whatever ya freak! We ain't tellin' you nothin' else! Now what about the orb, where'd ya put it?" The onyx chúi prodded.

"Fine then, if you want to play it that way. But let me ask you this first; just why Ranma my boy, would I give you the orb after you've been so rude to me?" Happosai stopped to give off a small 'Ha!' "Hmm, I think I'll let you stew like this for a bit! It should teach you to give proper respect for your master from now on!" he exclaimed, sounding much like an adult talking down to a child. "…Though I might change my mind if you two girls over there give ole' Happy here a hug! Sweeto~!" he yelled, with a bit of drool forming at his mouth as he made a leap for the two human martial artists.

Akane and Shampoo quickly leapt out of the way, with the former of the two the first to rebuke. "As if we'd steep that low!"

Shampoo had had enough. Hardening her eyes and forming an offensive stance, she readied herself for battle. "Old pervert man Happosai! You hurt my Airen, stole from tribe, and make mockery of Amazon warrior! She no forgive you! Prepare to fight!"

Cracking her knuckles with enthusiasm, Akane grew a small grin. "No offense Ranma, but I've been wanting a chance to pummel this pervert without you getting in the way for a long time." She hardened her fiery gaze at the ancient master. "Happosai! For all the groping, stealing, and tormenting you've done, you're going to pay!"

Gazing at the two battle ready women, Happosai gave off a small clap. "Ooh, very nice girls. Did you have those speeches pre-written?"

"Can it ya old freak!" The male Ranma yelled, but before any rebuttal could be had, Shampoo rushed on, quickly swinging the black chúi at Happosai, only for him to quickly dodge the attacked. What Shampoo did manage to hit though, was pile 7Q-B of Happosai's lingerie collection.

The pervert's eyes grew wide. "M-my filing…" Gaze hardening, Happosai's ki flared. "Fine! If you all want a fight, you've got it! I'll show you to respect a martial arts master such as myself!" Giving the surrounding area a once over though, he started again. "But not here!" He said, as he jumped upward, smashing through the ceiling and landing on the roof.

"Hurry Shampoo!" the red chúi exclaimed. "Don't let him get away!"

Giving a quick nod, Shampoo, as well as Akane, jumped and climbed through the man sized hole that Happosai made, and found the old freak waiting for them. "If you two want to hurt yourselves pointlessly that's fine by me!" Happosai said, jumping towards the unarmed blue haired girl. "But don't worry, once this whole thing is done with, I'll make sure to cuddle with both of you!"

While Akane was preparing herself to punch the old guy's light outs, the male Ranma, ki eyes widening, exclaimed the following, "Watch out Akane! That old perv can do freaky things with pressure points!"

Realization striking her, Akane leapt out of the way just in time to miss Happy's outstretched index finger. 'What the hell would that of done?' she thought, shivering a bit.

"Oh come here Akane!" Happosai told her. "I just want to touch you!" 'Just need to get her out of the way, after that I can deal with the other three, then the real fun can begin. Hehe…'

"Pervert man leave himself open!" Shampoo said, revving up the red chúi to smack the minuscule martial master. Happosai would have dodged too, if it wasn't for the fact that just as Shampoo was preparing her strike, her breasts jutted themselves in such a way that left the old man gawking. Meaning he got hit with the full brunt force of a ki empowered red Ranma-chúi.

"Oof!" Was his only reply, as his body painfully skid almost all the way across the roof, damaging the tiling severely.

"Good work Shampoo!" the jet black chúi said to the purple haired martial artist, eyes moving away from the old man to look at her.

Smiling brightly at Ranma, she spoke back. "Thank you Airen! But it not over yet, we still need orb."

Grumbling lowly, Happosai sat himself up. "You're damn right it's not over yet. Not by a long shot." Shooting forward with incredible speed, unmatched by either Shampoo or Akane, he easily slipped past Shampoo's inadequate defense and jabbed his index finger into her left hand.

"Ah!" She gasped, as she felt her left hand go numb, causing her to drop a particular red chúi. "Girl-Ranma!" She said, attempting flex her hand as she swung several strikes at Happosai with the black hammer.

Almost effortlessly, Happosai dodged Shampoo's frenzied assault, attention drawn more towards a certain female chúi. Lifting her up, and staring into her false eyes, Happosai began to speak. "My my Ranma! You certainly do pack quite a punch! Probably has to do with ki, or something, right?" he drolly said, moving with almost choreographed efficiency as he danced around Shampoo's blows. "You know, maybe this could work out, since, from what I can tell, you're all girl right now, so if I can figure out a way to change you back to human, as well as a weapon, I could not only keep you as my personal plaything, but as my personal plaything! Hehehe… How does that sound? Oh! Just look at you, you're travel size!"

The red chúi wanted to shiver, but instead of showing any sort of fear, she spat out the following, "Go screw yourself ya old freak! I knew you were bad, but what you just said was down right low!" 'If I could move right now…' As she thought this, her ki started to flair up.

As he continually dealt with a currently one-handed Shampoo, delivering a surprisingly sharp kick to her face, he stared down at the chúi in annoyance. "Big words from someone whose bottom half looks like an abnormally large dil-"

His last word was cut off by a hard smack to the face from Akane, sending him spinning back several feet away from the two girls. "You forget about me you pervert?" Looking across to the lavender haired Amazon, she spoke up, "Are you okay Shampoo? Your hand hurt?"

Finally starting to gain feeling in her digits, she clasped her fist one last time to make sure and gave a nod at the girl. "Shampoo okay. Pervert-man just make it numb or somethings. We need get girl-Ranma back though!"

The black chúi wanted to nod. "Yeah, I did not like what that old freak was talking about back there, gotta get her back quick before he runs off with the other me!"

Smiling, chúi still in hand, Happosai lifted himself up again. "Now Akane, that was not nice. You don't want me to get too violent with you all, do you? Because, let me tell ya, I'm no stranger to playin' rough… Hehe." Taking on a sage like stance, he spoke down to them. "I mean how would you feel if I were to go and smack people around with ole' Ranma here?"

"W-w-wait!" The red chúi exclaimed. "Don't you dare!"

"Ah, don't worry." He said, spinning the hammer around in his hand. "I'm only gonna leave a few love taps." 'Once they're nice and unconscious I can snag a few new silky darlings for my collection!' With that, he charged, rushing straight for the blue haired tomboy.

'Ah geez! No! No! Gotta think, gotta think… You know, considering all the times Akane's smacked me around, this could be pretty ironic, but I ain't gonna let im' use me to hurt either of them! Wait, maybe…"

As she thought this, Happosai managed to get in range of Akane, and although she had her defenses up, she was no match for a martial arts master who had been training for centuries. Easily pushing past her guard, he quickly thrust the chúi down on the girls head!... Causing her to feel a mild itch. "Wahh?..." Happosai intelligently stated.

Confusion filling her eyes, Akane never-the-less saw that the old pervert was now open. "You were right about one thing. That was a love tap." She stated mockingly, before reaching her fist back. "Now here's mine!" she exclaimed as she slammed the old man downwards to the tile below, causing even more extensive damage to the roof.


Underneath all the madness, Soun Tendo lay sitting at the relatively empty dining room table, newspaper in hand. Lifting his head upward, he turned to his eldest daughter, who was currently in the process of preparing dinner, and asked her the following, "Kasumi dear, are we having an Earthquake?"

Turning, Kasumi addressed the Tendo patriarch, "No father, I think Akane and her little friend are sparring up on the roof."

Folding his paper, Soun sighed. "Ah, youth. Still, they could have just used the dojo." Shaking his head once he turned back to his readings. "Though I understand wanting to vary ones environment, I remember Genma and I would train in the craziest of places!" he said with a laugh. "I still don't understand how we ended up in that volcano, but we sure had a good time while we were there!"

"I'm sure father." Kasumi said back pleasantly, though with a nonchalant aura about her. "Dinner should be ready in about thirty or so minutes, since not a lot of people seem to be coming. I cooked quite a bit less."

With a simple nod, he replied back, "Ah, very good."


The red chúi gave off an echoing laugh as it rolled several feet away from Happosai. "Hehe, ain't lookin' so smart now, are ya? Ya see, I figured, since the reason I seem ta be hittin' things real hard, is because of all my condensed ki, and cause my body isn't as complicated and stuff as it would be when I was human, I could suppress my power down and make it sort of like that time ya hit me with that ultimate weakness moxibustion! You ain't gonna be usin' me to hurt anyone I don't want you to!" As she finished this, she felt Shampoo quickly picking her up and placing her in her offhand.

"Female Ranma is so smart!" Shampoo stated with a smile. "You really trick Happosai-man."

"Yeah, you're pretty smart," The black chúi agreed. "The look on the old freak's face right there was priceless!" Turning his eyes toward Akane, he spoke up. "Oh, and, uhh, nice hit Akane… Ya really pounded his lights out!" Refusing to make anymore eye contact, he focused himself on the target before him. "But come on Shampoo; let's finish this whole thing up. I wanna get the orb and go back to being normal."

With a nod, she rushed forward, knowing to not let the old man have enough time to recover. Quickly, she smacked him with the male Ranma and jutted him straight upward into the air. Then, with one final thrust, she slammed the black chúi downward on him, causing Happosai to be rammed directly through the roof and crashing through the (now) broken table that Soun was reading his paper at.

Surprised by his master's impromptu appearance, as well as his favorite table being destroyed, Soun's eyes budged out in a way that really should not be anatomically feasible. Nevertheless, he was even more shocked when he saw his daughter and Shampoo jump through the (other) newly minted hole in the roof. "M-master?" He indicated towards Happosai. "Akane?" then to his daughter. "You?" and finally at Shampoo. "Just what is going on here?"

Akane looked over at her father rather sheepishly, finally realizing that this is the sort of thing Ranma has to put up with on a daily basis. Wanton destruction does tend to leave people aghast. "Umm, sorry Dad, it's, well, I'll explain it to you if you help us tie Master Happosai up. I don't think he's going to be too happy once he wakes up."

"Yeah Mr. Tendo, I think the old freak here is gonna pretty pissed with us." A certain black chúi said.

Letting his mouth gape open for only a few moments at the sight of a weapon that sounded like Ranma, Soun's mind started churning and realized that the talking object just put the words "Old freak" (i.e. Master Happosai) and "pissed" in the same sentence. Not needing to hear another word, Soun, with a bit of assistance from Kasumi, gathered up various supplies and quickly began to tie his Master up. By the end, Happosai was encased in a prison that would likely leave the most experienced escape artist scratching their head. A mix of chains, solid cement, rope, and what appeared to be supposed magic "wards", were placed around him. Leaving the ensemble, including Shampoo, quite impressed. Clapping his hands together, Soun stated the following, "Okay, that should keep him still for a few ten, maybe even fifteen minutes once he's awake. Now, can you explain to me how all of this happened?"

The four youths (well, the three who actually knew him) did their best to explain the events to the admittedly weak spirited Soun in hopes that their efforts wouldn't cause the Tendo elder to bawl his eyes out. They failed. The group managed to get up to the point of where Ranma was turned into a hammer before he started bemoaning himself. "Oh! Poor Ranma! Cursed by the master to be nothing more than a mere weapon! Now the schools will never be united! Unless…" He turned to his daughter. "I'm sorry Akane, but we're going to have to convert you as well! I'm sure you'll make a nice mallet or katana for Ranma, You'll be the perfect match!"

Soun received a relatively light smack on the head from his daughter for that. "Dad! I am not going to become a weapon!" And before Soun could break out into a rant about honor, she finished, "Besides! Happosai has the cure. We get it from him and then we'll fix this idiot over here," She indicated towards Ranma, "right up."

As this was all happening, Kasumi was simply wondering if she had cooked up enough food for her new guests, and just where exactly she would be serving it. With a bit of a sigh she left towards the kitchen, realizing she'd have to improvise something.

Just then, the remaining ensemble turned their eyes towards the chained up wrinkled old man as he started to finally wake to the conscious world. "Hmm? Akane? Shampoo? Ehh?" He said all this as he realized he was quite captured. "Oh-ho! So you caught me it seems! No matter, I'll be out of this confounded contraption of a trap in no time!" He began, struggling in his bonds.

"Not if I smash your face in first!" The female chúi angrily shouted. She further demanded, "I've had enough! Tell us where the orb is!"

"You keep asking that, but if I tell you, what's in it for me?" the perverted master defiantly asked.

"Like I said, only ten cracks in your skull," the black chúi stated.

A look of false contemplation filled Happosai's face as he turned to the chúi. "You drive a hard bargain, but I think I'll take those mosquito bites that you call hits and then bust out of here. If that's not too much trouble," he finished, already somehow worming his way out of the ropes, the first tier of defense in his locks.

"Shampoo?" The female Ranma asked. With a nod, the purple haired girl raised the red chúi up high, prepared to lay down the smack down.

Just as she was going to smash his face in for what would be the third time for the day, Happosai let off a disgruntled grunt. "Fine, fine, this is getting boring. Do you really want to know where the Orb of Transmutation is?" the old freak asked, a bit of a glint in his eyes.

Shampoo pulled her weapon back to hear just what Happosai was about to say. This gave time for Akane to answer back. "Yes! Just tell us where the damn thing is already!"

"I hocked it!" The old man exclaimed, a cat got the canary grin on his face.

"…You what?" The black chúi asked.

"I hocked it! I don't have it anymore! Why would I need something that if I thought it was broken?" Happosai said, with almost sickening enthusiasm.

Anger filling her, Shampoo furiously yelled back. "Stupid man! Orb only way to fix Ranma! Shampoo need fix Airen! Where? You? Put? Orb?" she said, punctuating the last few words.

"Well, I didn't exactly hock it. I sold it to this nice young lady. She gave me one of the most beautiful bra and panty sets imaginable! Pre-owned, if you know what I mean!" Happosai replied, not so adding emphasis to his not so subtle innuendo.

"Damn it! Where's the chick now?" The female chúi demanded.

"Don't know. She sort of looked like a traveler. Didn't get a good look at her face though, I was paying too much attention to her, ahem, other assets. Hehe." Happosai replied.

Akane, a twitching budge on her forehead, turned to her three companions. "Can I have this one?" She asked politely.

"We do this together!" Shampoo said, with backing ups from the two chúi. Reaching a consensus, Shampoo lined her shot up so both chúi would hit Happosai at once, while Akane was revving up her fist.

A silence pervaded the area briefly before the black chúi started. "Five…" This was continued on by the red hammer. "Four…" Shrugging slightly, Akane joined in.. "Three…" a smile formed on Shampoo's face as she added; "two…"

"One!" They all exclaimed at the same time as they unleashed their fearsome blow on Happosai, blasting him straight up into the air, creating a third, and what would hopefully be for the that day, final hole in the Tendo household's roof.

Gasping, a bit out of breath, Shampoo started, "What we do now?..." She said a bit sullenly.

"You damn well know what we're gonna do!" the red chúi exclaimed. "We're gonna hunt this woman and get the orb back!"

"Hell yeah!" the black hammer replied. "Let's go find this chick!"

Sighing, Akane turned to the two weapons. "Ranma…s you idiots! You can't just go running off like that! Besides, we left Cologne and your mom waiting at the Cat Café. We should go to them first and tell them what's going on," she said, trying to reason.

Growling lowly, the black chúi started to rant, "Damn it! Damn it! I don't want to be a freakin hammer! That stupidold freak! I hope he snapped his neck! I swear, if he's still alive the next time I see him…" He let the last remark go unsaid.

Eyes softening a bit, Shampoo knew she needed to help him, at least somehow. Turning the weapon to her face, she started, "Ranma, Airen, Shampoo- I promise you! We- we will get you fixed, we will make you human! Sham- I won't let you down!"

Looking at the determination in her eyes, he couldn't help but be relieved, if only just slightly. "Shampoo…" He said softly, but then let off a grunt. "But first we should check in at the Cat Café, right?" He received a sheepish nod from her as a reply.

Meanwhile, the female chúi continued to seethe. "If we're gonna get goin', we should get goin'. It's just one more damn pit stop we need to make. I ain't gonna be stuck like this. Not as a girl, not as a weapon! So let's get this damn thing over with!"

The four between them nodded, only to be interrupted out of their reverie by one Soun Tendo who still, surprisingly, was in the room. "So, umm, I suppose this means none of you are staying for dinner?"

"Sorry Dad…" Akane replied.

"No can do Mr. Tendo, we need to get goin'. Besides, I'm pretty sure the old ghoul and my Mom can cook something up back at the restaurant. We gotta give em' the lowdown on what's happened," the black chúi explained. 'Also, we should really leave before he gets a good look at the roof.'

"Right…" Soun replied. 'Better go tell Kasumi to stop making extra, we don't want her getting mad," he thought with a shiver. "Well, if you're going to go, you better go; it's going to be dark soon. But when will you be back?"

"…It really depends," the red chúi stated, in an almost monotone.

"Well then, if that's the case, you better get moving! We can't have the heir to the Tendo dojo be a hammer, can we? Haha!" Soun said, putting up a good hearted smile. But inside he was weeping, 'No We can't! Ranma, you better make yourself human again, or- or…' At the moment, Soun spontaneously burst into tears.

"Umm, Crying-man?..." Shampoo indicated.

"Haha! You all get outta here!" Soun exclaimed, shifting emotionally, but filled with false enthusiasm

Shrugging for the most part, the group nodded in agreement and started making their way for the exit. Just as they were about to leave though, Kasumi popped in to see what was going on. "Ooh? Are you all leaving?" she asked.

Waving in a bit of a goodbye, Akane replied, "Yeah, sorry big sis, it's a long story. Dad can fill you in, but hopefully this won't take too long." She finished, as she walked over the threshold of the doorway, lagging only slightly behind Shampoo. "See you all later!" she said, giving off one final wave. Shampoo too, still with a weapon in hand.

Letting out a sagely sigh, Soun chuckled. "Ooh those crazy kids and their adventures! Always up to something," he said, taking a few steps outside to see them finally off. "Isn't that right Kasumi?"

"They sure are, father," she said, agreeing with him, simply glad to see the man in a surprisingly good mood.

"Ah, anyway, let's go eat, shall we?" Soun suggested, turning around. But before he could get an answer back, shock filled his eyes. What lay before him was the shattered remains of the Tendo household's roof, severely decimated in the battle with Happosai. "M-my… My roof!" He exclaimed, dramatic sorrow filling his voice as tears rolled down his face. "It's… ruined!"

Kasumi, confused at her Father's change in demeanor stepped out to assess the damage. Her emotions, thoughts and feelings could only be summed up with the following two words:

"Oh my!"


A/N: Jesus tap-dancing Christ! I did not intend for this chapter to be this long. Still, I think I've covered just about everything that I wanted to. I Got Cologne and Nodoka talking, and Happosai, for the time being, dealt with, now I can start to move on to the main plotline. From what it looks like, this story might actually end up being decently long, sort of strange considering the oddball premise.

Anyway, I had a few firsts in this chapter, namely: action. First time writing it, and I'm not sure how I did. Personally, I always find it to be the most boring part of the story, so that doesn't help right there on writing it.

Also, before anyone asks, Happy wasn't really taking his fight with the girls too seriously; he was more interested with fooling around, and checking out the newly altered Ranma than actually beating up the lot, so that's my explanation if you are wondering why he lost so easily.

Again, I'm not too sure about characterizations, there really isn't too much to go on with Nodoka, so I tried to add a bit of depth there. Hopefully what I did was agreeable. Some may complain that I'm not writing Cologne as the "sagely wise elder who demands respect", but the way I'm looking at it here is, that she feels slightly responsible for the actions done to Ranma, and is genuinely not trying to talk down to Nodoka, so she could possibly get on her good side. (It didn't really work.) Also, I hope I didn't write Nabiki too horribly, I have a bad feeling that she may seem a bit off.

Oh well, if any of you have advice and comments that you would add, feel free. If I like or agree with any of your ideas, I'll most likely edit them into a chapter, or add them to future ones. I would also like to thank all those reviewers who have already given me info on what works and what doesn't. You've been very helpful.

Until next time!

Also, I still haven't gotten around to finding an editor yet, so sorry if this looks a bit sloppy.