Rayne, Ranko, Rebecca (now in a sky blue blouse and matching skirt), and Nabiki were going through the shopping district. Rayne and Ranko were depressed while Rebecca and Nabiki were looking for shops to get

"So, how did ya get roped into this?" Ranko asked.

"Well, Nabiki is making me pay rent for all the food and water and such for Sarah, Rebecca, and myself and I don't have time to get a job so..."

"So she scheduled a photo shoot." Ranko finished for the wolf-girl. "Figures, she's been selling pictures of me an' Akane to Kuno for a while now."

"It's not so bad. I'm going to get some new clothes out of this." Rayne said, trying to stay optimistic.

"But you're a guy! Why would you ever wear anything that they'd pick out for you?" Ranko asked, baffled at Rayne's positive attitude.

"Yeah, but they're just clothes, I'm still me no matter what I wear. I'd look a little funny wearing a tux or a guy's swimsuit as a girl and woman's undergarments just fit better than guy's when you're a girl." Rayne explained.

"But isn't that cross dressing?" Ranko asked.

"I don't see how, when I'm a guy I wear guy clothes, when I'm a girl I wear girl clothes. If anyone's cross dressing it's you." Rayne pointed out.

"Hey, I ain't no perv!" Ranko yelled.

"I didn't say you were, I just said you were cross dressing." Rayne said.

"Well boys," Nabiki said "let's get started, Rayne you come with me and Saotome, you can go with Rebecca."

"Wait," Ranko asked "why are we splitting up?"

"I need Rayne because I don't know her measurements so she needs to try on everything I pick out, Rebecca wanted to go to the costume shop to get some ideas."

"Ideas?" Ranko asked.

"I told you, she sews." the wolf-girl reminded.

"Wait, Rebecca supposed to be watching over your purchases." Rayne protested.

"I told her she can get whatever she wants" Rebecca answered.

"Wonderful." Rayne said as she rolled her eyes.

"Shall we get going?" Nabiki asked.

"Yeah, let's go!" Rebecca shouted. She grabbed Ranko's hand and took off down the street.

"Meet in front of the ice cream parlor!" Ranko shouted as she was dragged around a corner.


Rebecca was switching clothes while Ranko was leaning against a wall.

"What do you think of this one?" the mage asked, wearing a maid outfit.

"I guess it's nice." Ranko replied while staring at the ceiling.

"You're not even looking." Rebecca whined.

"I'm a guy, I don't wear that kind of stuff."

"You're a girl right now." Rebecca said as she went back and changed again.

"I don't wear girl's clothes."

"How about a little challenge?" Rebecca asked, now wearing a nurses outfit.

"Ranma Saotome doesn't back down from a challenge."

Rebecca walks over to a rack, grabbing items from off of it. "I challenge you to wear these," she holds up some lace bras and panties "for a week."

"I'll look silly in those as a guy." Ranko pointed out.

"Sarah did say to stay female for your training so it won't be a problem."

"Alright, what do I get if I win?"

"I'll teach you a technique."

"You're not a fighter, what can you teach me?"

"Augmentation, how to power up your attacks with mana."

Ranko thought about it, then grabbed the garments out of Rebecca's hand"Alright, you're on!"

"Good."


Rayne and Nabiki were in a woman's clothing shop, Nabiki had several dresses and Rayne kept changing into them, tossing out the ones that were too small and too big.

"How many dresses did you get?" Rayne asked as she tossed out another one."

"30" Nabiki said as she picked up the latest rejection and put it back on the rack.

"30! why so many?"

"I wanted to see what fit you, then we can go from there."

Rayne stepped out wearing a form fitting black dress, it shimmered in the light. "How's this one?"

Nabiki looked at the price tag. "Yeah, we can get this one, now to get you a swimsuit."

"I have a swimsuit." the wolf-girl replied.

"Not the one I'm thinking of." Nabiki said with a grin, Rayne groaned as she went back into the changing room to change out.


Ranko and Rebecca met up with Nabiki and Rayne at the ice cream parlor as planned, Nabiki, Rayne, and Rebecca took a seat while Ranko walked up to the counter.

"Hello there miss, what can I get for you?" the clerk asked.

"I don't know, they alllllll look sooooooo good." Ranko said, talking like a ditz. Rayne was trying to figure out what she was doing while Nabiki began looking through Rebecca's purchases.

'Hmm, a couple costumes, there's a few bras... wait. These are Ranko's size...' Nabiki thought while going through the bag.

"The flavor of the day is always a good choice." The clerk pointed out to Ranko.

"OK, could I three scoops of that pleeeeeease?" Ranko began to bat her eyes at the boy.

A trickle of blood began to leak from the clerk's nostril. "A-alright, one flavor of the day."

Ranko then began to dig into her pockets for change, bending over slightly, showing a bit more cleavage, "How much do I owe you?"

"I-it's on the house." The clerk handed Ranko her ice cream and she went over to Nabiki and sat down next to her. Rayne began to smile.

After paying for their ice cream, Ranko sat down opposite of Rayne and Rebecca, next to Nabiki.

"That was sneaky." Rayne said.

"What was?" Ranko asked.

"You know what you did." Rayne replied. Rebecca had no idea what was going on.

"He got what he wanted and I got what I wanted, no harm done." Ranko said as she took a bite of her ice cream

"She does this all the time, don't bother." Nabiki added.

"Does what, what's going on?" Rebecca asked, trying to figure out what the others were talking about.

"She flirted with the clerk to get free food." Rayne said, Rebecca was astonished.

"You're just jealous that you couldn't do it." Ranko said as she stuck out her tongue and began eating very quickly.

"I'd slow down on that if I were you Saotome" Nabiki said as she watched the girl destroy the treat.

"I'll show you!" Rayne stood up, unbuttoned the top few buttons on her shirt and adjusted herself. She then walked over to the counter, there was a different clerk standing there.

"Hi there cutie, could I get a bowl of ice cream?"

"Yeah, what flavor would you like?"

Rayne stretched her back as she looked at the flavor list above the clerk, sticking her breasts out. "How... about... vanilla."

The clerk's nose began to bleed slightly. "O-OK, how many scoops?"

Rayne bent over and looked at the size of the scoops, showing cleavage. "Three sounds good, with chocolate sauce and a cherry on top."

The clerk makes the bowl and hands it to Rayne who grabs the cherry and licks the ice cream off of it.

"It's on the house miss." the boy smiled as Rayne walked back to her seat.

"You're pretty good at that." Nabiki pointed out. "you even got an extra scoop."

"I feel so dirty." Rayne said as she began eating her treat, Rebecca and Ranko began to laugh.

"So that's what you meant, I can do that." Rebecca said as she stood up.

"Great, now look what you started." Rayne said to Ranko who was massaging her brain freeze.

Rebecca skipped over to the clerk and bowed quickly, chest shaking while she bowed. The clerk's nose had just been cleaned up from Rayne and it started bleeding again as soon has he saw Rebecca.

"W-what can I get you."

Rebecca jumped up to get a better look at the flavors and the clerk had to pinch his nose. "Could I get a bowl of chocolate ice cream?"

"H-how many scoops?"

"I'd like three."

The clerk began scooping the ice cream and Rebecca jumped up to watch.

"Here you go little lady, on the house."

Rebecca turned around quickly, sides of her skirt flying up and then quickly turned back. "I almost forgot to get my friend something."

"How about a bowl of vanilla?"

"That sounds good."

The clerk scooped up three scoops into a bowl and gave it to Rebecca "No charge, have a great day."

Rebecca sat down and handed her extra bowl to Nabiki who whistled at her "Impressive, now let me show you girls how it's done."

Nabiki walked up to the clerk who recognized her. "N-Nabiki, what can I do for you?"

"Could I get four bowls of ice cream? One vanilla, one chocolate, one rocky-road, and one cherry?"

"Sure, that will be..."

"Free, or your girlfriend will see the pictures I have of you."

The clerk gulped and handed over the bowls "Thank you, come again."

Nabiki sat down and passed an extra bowl to everyone. "Blackmail beats seduction, every time."

Ranko shakes her head. "The Ice Queen strikes again."


The group finished their ice cream and began heading back to the dojo. They were passing the vacant lot when Nabiki pulled Ranko over to the side. "I see you bought a bra."

"What! No I..." Ranko protested.

"It's your size, anything you care to share?"

Ranko sighed in defeat "Rebecca challenged me ta wear that for the next week."

"I see, I should set odds for how long you'll last."

"Whatever, just leave me alone."

"You know I can't do that Saotome, you still owe me a bit of money. Why not do another photo shoot? I might be able to pay off your debt with photo's of you in a bra, Kuno would pay big bucks for those, not to mention Happosai."

"If it gets ya off my back, fine."

"Good, I'll see you and Rayne bright and early."

'Wait, what did I just get myself into?' Ranko shook her head and then ran to catch up to Rebecca. "What were ya saying before about using Mana ta strengthen my attacks?"

"About that," Rebecca thought about it for a second before continuing "Rayne's rival somehow mixes Ki and Mana to create elemental attacks. He channels both of them into his sword but aside from that I don't know how he actually combines them. He also uses an equal amount of Mana and Ki but you can't channel nearly that much."

"Oh, so I won't be able ta do that?" Ranko was disheartened at the thought being crushed.

"I didn't say that!" Rebecca smacked the depressed girl in the head "You won't be able to do much other than strengthen or alter the attacks you already know. I doubt you'll be able to create new ones like he does. You just need a bit of practice and I'd be happy to help."

"How can you help? Ya said it yourself, ya don't know how ta combine Ki with Mana."

"No, but I can help you learn how to channel Mana, you'll have to do the rest yourself."

"Great!" Ranko yelled "I'm going ta love training!"

"That reminds me, I need to make a battle dress for you." Rebecca said.

"Battle dress?" Ranko and Nabiki asked.

"I'll show you," Rayne said "Rebecca, would you do the honors?"

Rayne's shirt quickly became a silver leather halter top that left her midriff showing, a wolf howling at the moon was embroidered onto the back. The sleeves were made of chain mail and came to her elbows. Her pants shifted into a ruffled black skirt that came to her knees with slits up the sides to allow more freedom of movement. The skirt was lined with chain mail as well for further protection. A brown leather glove appeared on her left hand, the fingers removed. Her shoes were removed leaving her transformed feet bare along with her clawed arm. Rayne glared at Rebecca as Ranko and Nabiki examined her outfit.

"How do ya get that off?" Ranko asked when she noticed that there were no zippers or buttons anywhere on the outfit.

"I can't," Rayne frowned "Rebecca has to return it with her magic."

"So that's what ya meant when ya said she can sew." Ranko said, continuing to examine the outfit. "I don't want anything that I can't take off."

"I could just make one with a zipper or buttons."

"Kuno would pay big bucks to see you in that outfit." Nabiki added. "Could you wear that for part of the photo shoot?"

Just then a bicycle bell was heard in the distance and Nabiki took a step away from Ranko. Soon after a bike landed on the previously mentioned martial artist. Riding that bike was Shampoo.

"Nihao Airen! Who you?" The amazon asked Rebecca as she dismounted her bike.

"I'm Rebecca and I'm..." Rayne quickly put her hand over the mage's mouth.

"She's a friend of mine." Rayne finished. As she lowered her hand she whispered Rebecca. "Don't let her know you're a mage. At least not yet."

"Why?" She whispered back.

"I'm training under her great-grandmother and Sarah doesn't have the best relationship with them. She thinks that they might try and pull something." Rayne explained.

"Wolf-girl, why you whisper?" Shampoo asked, trying to listen in. Ranko had finally gotten out from under the bike and was beginning to stand up when Shampoo grabbed a kettle out of the basket on her bike and poured the hot water on Ranko.

"I was... um... telling her who you are!" Rayne lied.

"I Shampoo, amazon warrior, what more to tell?" Shampoo replied.

"That's just what I told her." Rayne continued to lie... badly.

Nabiki, watching from a safe distance thought 'She is so bad a lying, I should teach her a thing or two, good thing Shampoo isn't the brightest person around.'

"Where Wolf-girl get clothes?" Shampoo asked when she noticed Rayne's battle dress.

"It's my battle dress, Rebecca made it for me. I was just showing Ranma and Nabiki it when you showed up."

"Battle dress? You fighting someone?" Shampoo asked, looking around for another figher.

"No, just showing them what it looks like." Rayne replied, glad to finally be off the topic of her whispering.

"How about Wolf-girl fight Shampoo. Show dress off better. Great-grandmother say you need more training." Shampoo smiled as she pulled her scimitar out from the basket in the bike.

'That shouldn't even fit in there!' Rebecca thought as she saw the weapon.

"I guess a short spar would be fine." Rayne said as she walked over to the lot and relaxed into her battle stance.

Nabiki quickly added "Without the kisses of death and marriage."

'Almost forgot those, I should remember to thank Nabiki later' Rayne thought.

"Shampoo agree, mercenary girl be judge." Shampoo said as she hopped over to her bike and picked it up, taking it with her to the lot. She slowly slid into a stance.

Nabiki walked between the fighters and raised her arm. "Ready?" Both fighters nodded. Nabiki quickly dropped her arm "Go!"

Rayne rushed Shampoo who just stood there with her blade held out in front of her.

'Last time she just kept attacking, swinging wildly. I wonder what she has planned.' Rayne thought as she broke off her rush and quickly jumped to the right, sensing danger just before she got to Shampoo.

"Why you stop? Scared?" Shampoo taunted.

'She's up to something, I know it. Guess there's only one way to find out.'

Rayne charged Shampoo again, when she got close Shampoo kicked at her legs trying to trip her, when Rayne jumped over it, the scimitar followed. Rayne couldn't move out of the way while in the air so she took the attack in her left shoulder where the chain mail would take most of the damage. Still in the air, Rayne countered the slashing attack with "Half Moon!" Her leg came down and the Amazon blocked it with her left arm, Rayne landing quickly recovered and shouted 'Full Moon!" kicking at Shampoo's midsection. The purple haired warrior blocked with the blade and slid back a few feet.

"You been practicing." Shampoo said as she examined her arm.

"So have you." Rayne rushed Shampoo again, this time with a Ki Charge. She ducked under a slash and shouted "K-9!" Kneeing the girl in the stomach. Shampoo quickly recovered and slashed at Rayne before she could follow up and finish the attack, scoring a small hit along Rayne's left thigh.

Ranma leaned over and asked Rebecca "Why doesn't she use that Alpha Wolf attack of her's? With her speed it would of ended the match by now."

"She can't, that's Ray's attack." Rebecca said while watching the fight.

"I thought that she was Ray, why can't she use that attack?" Nabiki added.

"There aren't any alpha wolves in the wild that are female." Rebecca explained. "She needs to be male to use that attack so she uses her other attacks, ones that support her female side's fighting style."

"I knew her style changed when she changed genders!" Ranma exclaimed. "I saw it when we fought."

"Yeah, because she's faster and more flexible but can't take a hit as a girl she decided to use her legs more. As a guy, he stands his ground using his speed to deal as much damage as he can."

"That explains it, it felt like I was fighting someone else entirely." Ranma smiled as he thought back to the spar.

"Now be quiet, I'm trying to watch this." Rebecca scolded as she cheered on Rayne.

Rayne was holding her leg where the scimitar had connected, there was also a small amount of blood dripping from her shoulder. 'Dang! I still haven't landed a solid hit on her and she's already got two! I'll have to rely on my instincts now.' Rayne closed her eyes, took a deep breath and then rushed Shampoo again.

"Why you no learn? It just be like last time." Shampoo chided as she prepared for Rayne's attack.

Rayne got close and when Shampoo started to move, she stepped to the right and landed a punch to Shampoo's midriff, knocking her back a few steps. Rayne followed up with a kick at her wrist knocking the scimitar flying and took another kick towards the amazon's head the purple haired girl barely avoided. Shampoo retreated to her bike and grabbed two more things out from the basket on her bike.

'How many things does she have in there!' Rebecca thought as Shampoo twirled her bonbori.

Rayne growled as she rushed Shampoo. She slashed at the amazon with her claw but was blocked by a bonbori and smacked in the head with another. Rayne was momentary stunned by the blow to the head when Shampoo smiled.

"Great-grandmother teach Shampoo this. Kachuu Tenshin Amaguriken!" Ranma and Nabiki were surprised at Shampoo's attack. Shampoo struck the wolf-girl with her Bonbori in rapid succession, not as fast as Ranma but stronger due to the extra weight behind each attack. Rayne was battered all over by the attack, too stunned from the blow to the head to do anything. The final blow knocked Rayne back, head over heels onto her back. The brown haired fighter stood up slowly, wiping the blood away from her mouth and smiled.

"That was fast, but I'm faster."

"You no faster, I hit you many times." Shampoo argued.

"Then hit me again!"

Shampoo charged Rayne shouting "Amaguriken!" Rayne kept backpedaling from the attack, then she decided enough was enough.

"Wolf Claw!" Rayne pulled her claw forward, catching a bonbori and pulling it out of Shampoo's hand, the amazon was caught off guard and stopped her attack. Rayne followed up with "K-9" connecting with her knee. She did two back flip kicks knocking Shampoo higher into the air. Rayne's flips became a spin when she kept kicking three more times sending Shampoo for a spin. Rayne then stopped spinning and brought her right leg up, kicking the amazon with the upswing and the brought it back down in an axe kick sending the purple haired girl to the ground. Rayne followed her to the ground and landed on Shampoo's back a split second after Shampoo did. Rayne hopped back off Shampoo as she slowly stood up. Rayne dropped to one knee holding her left leg.

"I remember that." Ranma said as he rubbed his ribs.

Shampoo slowly stood and made her way over to Rayne, both fighters bowed. "Was fun. Fight again sometime?"

"Um yeah, sure." Rayne replied as she rubbed her leg. 'I hope I didn't overdo it again, Sarah would kill me if I hurt myself again.'

Shampoo smiled as she picked up her scimitar and bonbori, she placed them in her bike's basket. "Good, Shampoo have deliveries to make, look forward to next fight."

"So will I, you're a very strong fighter." Rayne said as she slowly stood up and put weight on her leg 'Good, it's just a little sore from the fight'

Shampoo hopped on her bike and rode off as Rebecca, Ranma, and Nabiki walked up to Rayne.

"How did she learn your attack?" Rayne asked Ranma.

"It's not my attack, Cologne taught it ta me so it's an amazon technique." Ranma explained. "I guess she thought Shampoo could handle it. With the way she uses weapons it could become a lot stronger than mine." Ranma thought aloud.

"Not if you start using mana with it." Rebecca replied "We'll work on that when we get back."


Meanwhile back at the dojo, Sarah was working with Ryoga on the Stone Gauntlet technique next to the koi pond.

"I don't get it!" Ryoga shouted.

"It requires Ki control." Sarah explained. "First you concentrate your Ki into your arm." the master began to demonstrate the steps slowly. "Then you plunge your arm into the ground and let the Ki in your arm seep out into the ground around it." Sarah punched into the ground. "Next you pull your Ki back into your arm." Sarah pulled her arm out, large chunks of dirt and rock were attached making a gauntlet. "The earth should try to follow your Ki and will cling to your arm. Now you try."

Ryoga brought his arm back, closed his eyes and punched into the ground. He tried to let his Ki seep out but used force and just made the hole his arm was in bigger. "I can't do it!"

"You're thinking too much about it. Don't think just do!" Sarah yelled at the lost boy.

Ryoga tried again, he punched into the ground and brought his arm up, the rocks and dirt didn't follow. "It doesn't work."

'Even when I tell him not to think about it he still thinks about it!' Sarah thought as the bandanna wearing boy punched three more holes into the ground.

Just then Ranma, Rayne, Rebecca, and Nabiki walked through the gate. "We're back!"

"That's it!" Sarah shouted while rushing over to meet them. Sarah noticed two things when she saw them, the first was that Rayne was in a fight, figuring that it wasn't a big deal because they were joking around she moved on the the second thing. Ranma was a boy.

"Ranma, go find some cold water. You're supposed to be getting used to you're girl form, not avoiding it." The master explained with a hint of annoyance.

"It's not my fault, Shampoo dumped the hot water on me." Ranma tried to explain. Rayne walked inside to go get a start on dinner.

"I didn't see you avoiding it." Nabiki added as she took the bags up to her room.

"Just go change and spar with Ryoga. He's been punching holes in the dirt all day and needs a break from that." The blond fighter said "I need a rest."

Ranma smiled "I wonder if pork butt learned that technique yet?"

"Aren't you forgetting something?" Rebecca asked as she formed a ball of water behind her back.

"What?"

"This!" Rebecca hurled the water at Ranma, soaking him/her.

"Hey! What's the big idea!" Ranko yelled.

"Sarah said to go change so I helped." She said, smiling from ear to ear. "Besides, I want to see you fight someone other than me."

"Then you're in for a treat." Ranko said as she cracked her knuckles and walked towards the lost boy who was sitting next to the koi pond.