Yume's Tongue-Twisting Tongue-fu.
Chapter 4.
Cheers for Mousse.
Author: Sylvan.
Disclaimer: Ranma ½ belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and not me. I'm only using it for fun and silliness. Thanks to The Typhon Serpent and Birds Eye View for their great ideas.
I'll try to make this chapter longer than the last one. Thank you so much for the reviews everybody! I really do appreciate them, and so does my muse!
As usual,
Have Fun!
It was another glorious day at Furinkan High and Mousse was fighting with Ranma for Shampoo's hand as usual.
Akane, Shampoo and Yume were all watching nearby.
Akane was telling Yume how obvious it was that Ranma would win, and Shampoo was agreeing
wholeheartedly.
Surprisingly Yume was behind Mousse all the way and appeared to be constantly cheering him on with cries of, "You can do it, Mousse!"-and- "You can out think Ranma easily!"
As the three girls watched the fight there was the ominous sound of an earthquake-like rumble from the ground near Shampoo's feet.
A moment later, a disembodied fist pushed its way out of the soil;
it was closely followed by the bandana'd head of Ryoga Hibiki.
The young martial artist scrambled out of the tunnel he had created and stood beside the other spectators.
"Where am I now?!" Ryoga asked the air.
When he glanced around, Ryoga saw that no one was looking at him.
Well, he thought, there goes my dramatic entrance. . .
Then he saw Yume cheering Mousse on.
No wonder they didn't notice me!
"Hey Shampoo!" Ryoga exclaimed aloud, "does that girl you're with know Mousse at all?!"
Yes Ryoga," Shampoo replied, "that Shampoo best friend Yume! She, Mousse, and Shampoo grow up together back in China."
"Really? she seems to expect too much from him."
"Shampoo know! Yume been like this since we little kids."
Shampoo and Ryoga began to walk towards the school, and as the first bell sounded they picked up their pace.
"Before we get to school, can you tell me WHY Yume's always been like this?!"
Ryoga entreated.
As they neared the school, Shampoo stopped and leaned against a handy wall to catch her breath.
Ryoga stopped beside her, supporting his hands with his knees before he too, laid back against the wall.
Shampoo struck a nostalgic sort of pose; leaning her paper-white arms back against the wall.
One of her small hands fiddled with a button on her deep crimson, Chinese-style blouse
as she settled down to tell Ryoga about her past.
Shampoo remember when Yume and I were small Yume always was following Mousse around everywhere. Yume was like puppy dog most of childhood and she follow Mousse like he was her owner!"
"Did she really, Shampoo?"Ryoga asked, his eyes wide with shock.
Hai! She did." She nodded, confirming the odd concept.
"Well..." Ryoga exclaimed incredulously. "That sure explains a lot!
It must be why she supports him!"
"Yes Ryoga, Shampoo think you are right!"
Shampoo continued the story, describing scenes from her childhood in detail.
-flashback-
An adorable, eight-year-old Mousse sat on the edge of a large, moss covered rock, concentrating intently on the small dog-ended scroll clutched in his hands.
"That has to be an 'E'!! My vision can't be so bad!"
He stared at the piece of paper, silently willing the offending letter to change itself in favor of his slowly weakening eyes.
"It just HAS to be an 'E'...Aaak!!"
He trailed off, yelling in surprise as two distinctly feminine hands clamped over his eyes.
"Guess who!"
"S-Shampoo?"
"Well see for yourself!" The girl took her hands off his face.
Mousse turned around and saw the vague outline of a young, black-haired, Chinese girl.
-End of flashback-
"What Mousse never learn,"
Said Shampoo, snapping Ryoga back to reality, "Was that Shampoo not there. It was always Yume, though she never would admit it. She believe that Mousse love me too much to ever notice her."
"Well, for your sake and hers, I sincerely hope that she is wrong."
Said Ryoga softly.
The young martial artist and Shampoo got up and ran into school just as that crazy Principal Kuno tried to slam the front door in their faces.
Coming up next: Ranma explores the boundaries of Tongue-fu...
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