Mousse's New Love
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Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma 1/2
Chapter 7: Battle at the Beach, Happosai Appears
-Monday morning, Mousse's house- (I know she should be at school today, but let's just say it's a holiday or something…Scratch that, I say it's summer vacation.)
"Good morning Mousse!!!" Karen yelled to wake him up.
"mmm…What are you doing up so soon? It's only 7:30, shouldn't you be sleeping?" He drowsily replied.
"Don't tell me you've forgotten already, we're going to the beach today? So hurry up and get ready, if we don't hurry we won't get a good spot!" She shouted happily.
"No, I haven't forgotten but…we live on an island…I think we'll be able to find a spot no matter what time we go." He replied, then got out of bed.
With Karen's persistent nagging, they were both ready to go by 8:00, though Mousse still wanted to go back to bed.
-The Beach-
"We're finally here!!" Karen happily shouted.
"Why are you so exited? You act like you've never been to the beach before." Mousse said to the extremely happy girl.
"Of course I've been to the beach before, it's just…I've never come with someone, I've always been…alone…" She said a bit sadly.
"No need to get sad! You're not alone now are you?" He said.
"No but…do you always wear that? You're not going to need any weapons today, and we're at the beach why didn't you wear something cooler?" She asked.
"You never know when you could be attacked, or when Ranma might appear, and if you think I'm going anywhere near the water…" He said.
"I guess it would be weird if you turned into a duck in front of all these people…but still, you look even weirder now, and on top of that, the only thing you're not wearing is your glasses…" She said.
"…Than maybe I'll leave…I'm sure Ukyo would be glad to come with you." Mousse said sadly.
"NO!! uh-I mean…you said that you would take me…and I uh…wanted to go with you…not Ukyo…" She said the last part quietly while starting to blush.
"What? Talk louder, I can't understand you." He said.
"I said I wanted to come with…you…" Karen said, then quickly tuned around and hid her face in her hands. 'Why do I keep blushing like this? Maybe I should have asked if Ukyo could come with us…' She thought.
"Is…something wrong?" He asked.
"It's nothing…come on let's find a spot that's not crowded." Karen said and then they both walked down the beach, it didn't take long before they ran into Ukyo…
"Ah-Ukyo? What are you doing here?" Karen asked, a bit glad that she'd run into her friend.
"What's it look like I'm doing? Selling my okonomiyaki of course, business is great on days like these. So do you want some? I'll make it free for you." Ukyo replied cheerfully.
"Yes, I'd love some…but, what about Mousse? Does he have to pay?" She asked.
"Oh, is he with you? Then no, he doesn't. Say…are you two on a date?" Ukyo asked slyly.
"A date!? N-no! It's not like that! He said he'd bring me here yesterday to cheer me up, that's all." Karen shouted awkwardly.
"I you say so." She said, "I'm serving a Summer Special today, would you lie to try it? I can make one for Mousse to, if you'd like…speaking of Mousse, where is he anyway?" Ukyo asked, looking around.
"Hm? That's strange…he was with me a minute ago, Ranma's not here, is he?" Karen asked.
"hmm…I don't think so, He said he was going to go somewhere with Akane…but, when I was setting up my okonomiyaki cart earlier, I thought I saw Cologne walk by. If Cologne is here then I'm guessing Shampoo is too. He was yelling something about a knife the other day, maybe he went to find them." Ukyo replied.
"What!? Shampoo is here? What a pain…" Karen said.
"Are you jealous of Shampoo? I don't think you have anything to worry about." Ukyo said.
"Why wouldn't I be worried? I thought he was in love with Shampoo?" Karen shouted.
"So you arejealous." Ukyo said, "I still don't think you should worry, I'm not so sure he still feels that way about her, he's been acting different since he met you, he's never yelled at her before, and he doesn't seem to care what she thinks anymore." Ukyo explained.
"If you say so, but…I'm going to go look for him anyway, can you have the okonomiyaki ready for when we get back?" Karen asked before leaving.
"Sure! Careful you don't get lost!" Ukyo yelled as Karen was running off.
-A bit farther down the beach-
"Mousse! Why you no leave alone?" Shampoo yelled.
"Because you won't give back my knife." Mousse said angrily.
"You have many knife! How one make different?" Shampoo yelled.
"Umm…what's going on?" Karen asked Cologne when she found them.
"Well, it seems that Mousse left one of his knives in the Cat Café when they had that argument…and my stubborn granddaughter refuses to give it back." Cologne replied. "I think it's best we let them settle this on their own."
"I see…so what are you here for?" Karen asked.
"Business of course, we open a snack stand and hand out flyers on sunny days like today. What brings you to the beach Karen dear?" Cologne asked.
"I'm here with Mousse. How long do you think they'll be arguing?" Karen asked.
"Who knows…if Shampoo would just give him the knife that would be the end of it, but we all know how stubborn she is. Why do you ask?" Cologne said.
"Ukyo said she'd make us each one of her Summer Specials, and I don't want to make her wait." She said.
"So Ukyo's here too? I thought I saw her earlier, I suppose I can't have her taking all the customers, wait here I'll go put an end to this." Cologne said as she walked towards Shampoo. "Shampoo, that's enough. Give back his knife and get back to work, you're scaring off our customers." She said strictly.
"But great Grandmother." Shampoo started.
"No buts! Get back to work! Do you want Ukyo to get all the customers?" She stated.
"Okay…I go work now. Here stupid knife!" She yelled at Mousse then threw the knife at him.
"Got it!" Mousse yelled as he caught the knife.
"Come on, if you don't hurry then Ukyo might sell the okonomiyaki she made for us." Karen said.
"Karen? When did you get here?" He said running over to Cologne. "When did you get so short?"
Whack-Cologne hit him with her cane. "You idiot! Do I look like Karen to you!? Try over there." She said pointing to Karen.
"Huh? (puts glasses on) You're not Karen." He said.
"um…I'm over here…" Karen said.
"Karen, did you need me for something?" He asked.
"Ukyo was going to make us lunch…if we don't hurry it'll get cold." She said. "Come on."
"Okay." Mousse said and then followed her.
-Back at Ukyo's Okonomiyaki cart-
"There you two are, I was starting to think you'd got lost. Here's your okonomiyaki, get it while it's still hot." Ukyo said.
"Thank you Ukyo! You're the best chef in the world." Karen happily said.
"Oh, well thank you very much." Ukyo said delightedly.
"Are you sure we can have this free?" Mousse asked.
"Of course." Ukyo said.
While Mousse and Karen were eating, a bit farther down the beach…
"EEEEK! Get away you pervert!"Happosai was up to no good…
"So many pretty girls! Come to papa!" Happosai shouted happily.
"It's a creepy old man!!"
"Hey!! Give that back!!"
"Don't let him get away!"
"Yeah, let's teach him a lesson!!
"Ow!Stop, you don't have to hit me so hard!" Happosai yelled as the girls pummeled him.
-Back at Ukyo's cart-
"Hey Mousse, do you hear something?" Karen asked.
"hm? It sounds like someone is screaming." He replied.
"Maybe we should go check it out…" Karen said, "Come on, it could be interesting."
"I guess it couldn't hurt, all right." He reluctantly agreed.
"Hey, there's an old guy running this way!" Karen yelled.
"Oh-no! Not him!" Mousse yelled.
"What luck! Another cute girl!" He said as he jumped on her.
"EEEK!! Get off me ya creep!!" Karen screamed then hit him as hard as she could.
"Oww…no need to get so violent…" Happosai said rubbing his head.
"How dare you do that to her! I'll make you pay for that!!" Mousse yelled then threw several knives at him.
"Ha! Is that all you've got? That pretty girl can fight better than you." Happosai shouted.
"Mousse!! You can't use knives here! You might hit someone!!" Karen yelled at Mousse.
"Then how am I supposed to fight him? The only things I have that can't be thrown are chains." Mousse said.
"Can't you hit him or something?" Karen asked.
"I'm a master of hidden weapons…not a master of close range combat…" Mousse replied.
"You can't do anything without weapons?" Karen asked.
"Not really…" He replied.
"You can't even fight? How pathetic!" Happosai laughed at him.
"Why don't we take it somewhere else old man! Then we'll see who can fight." Mousse angrily yelled.
"Fine, have it your way, I can beat you anywhere." Happosai yelled.
-Empty lot (Where Ryoga and Ranma fought)-
"Are you sure about this? You don't have to fight if you don't want to" Karen said worriedly.
"I'm fighting, now go over there where it's safe" Mousse said pointing to a large wall, "I'm going to beat you!! You're going to regret ever touching Karen!" Mousse shouted at Happosai.
"That's what you think! Feel the wrath of my Happo Fire Burst! Hiyaa!" Happosai yelled then threw five of his bombs (fireworks) at Mousse, who narrowly managed to dodge
"Is that all? You call throwing fireworks at people a technique? Take this!" Mousse then pulled a chicken out of his sleeve and started throwing its eggs.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! You think eggs can hurt me?" Happosai said, completely clueless.
BOOM "Ahhh!" Happosai yelled as the eggs exploded.
"Of course I don't thing eggs could hurt you, but these aren't normal eggs. Now to finish you off!! Hiyaa!!" Mousse pulled long chains out of his sleeve then threw at Happosai, but he managed to get away. It was starting to look like Mousse would win, but then…
"That's enough fooling around! Time for my Battle Aura!! Yaahh!!!" Happosai suddenly started growing, until he was the size of a small house. "You think you can beat me now? Take this! Giant Happo Fire Burst!!" Happosai threw a huge bomb at Mousse.
"Aaahh!" Mousse yelled as he was blown away and into a wall.
"Mousse!! Are you okay!?" Karen asked worriedly.
"I-I'll live..." He said before falling unconscious.
"Mousse..."
-One hour later-
"Huh? W-what happened?" Mousse said when he woke up.
"Wow, exactly an hour. Are you okay? You were hit pretty hard." Karen asked.
"Ow...my head hurts a little, but other than that, yes...sigh...I can't beat Happosai, I can't beat Ranma, I can't even beat Shampoo...I'm a failure..." He said gloomily.
"No you're not! Don't be stupid!" Karen shouted.
"But I've never really beaten anyone..." Mousse said.
"Maybe you should learn a new technique, like Ranma did, then you'll be unstoppable." She said trying to cheer him up.
"That's it! I'll learn a new move!" He said then quickly got up. "I bet Cologne could teach me something, I'll go see her tomorrow. Thanks Karen." He said.
"Oh...No problem, anything for yo-I mean, a friend." She said happily and then they both walked home.
End of Chapter
Author's Notes:Oh man, that took me all day...but on the bright side I completed my first successful fighting scene. I had some trouble making Happosai fit his personality...I did the best I could, but I know it could still be better (I invented the Giant fire bust move, I don't know if he can really do such a thing). Have you noticed the way Mousse is acting around her? Kinda like he usually does around Shampoo, I couldn't help but put in the part where he mistakes Cologne for Karen. . Next time Mousse goes to Cologne to ask for help, will he be able to learn a new move, or will he fail? You'll have to wait and find out. How is this title? But the real battle isn't actually on the beach...It's an improvement but I still think I can do better. I can't say exactly when, but I should have the next chapter finished by Wednesday. (Though I'm usually done a day early) I appreciate those of you who've reviewed me, and someone put my story in their favorites (Yay!). So if you have the time please leave a review. Okay, I have a question...why does the spell check on this site say that everything that ends in a 'ut' or 've' is misspelled? it puts a red line under that part of the words and when I click on them it doesn't seem to recognize them as whole words...Is something wrong with it? or is it just my computer?
