By: Winkipinki
Note: The real character is listed in , for instance, if Shampoo is in Akane's body, then it will be like: AkaneShampoo, represents the real person, or soul. Words in italics represent the character's thoughts.
AkaneShampoo walked towards Tendo residence. She knocked on the door automatically without hesitation, 'Shampoo should ask Akane for key…"
Kasumi opened the door, greeting her, "Akane, you're home!"
AkaneShampoo smiled at Kasumi and quickly went inside the house, she searched for Akane's room, since she hadn't be in this house for a while, "Which one Akane's room?" she wondered. Finally, she found the room with the sign 'Akane' hanging on the door. She went in and quickly changed her clothes.
"Akane, dinner's ready!" Kasumi said loudly and knocked on the door.
"Okay." AkaneShampoo said, trying to sound more like Akane.
AkaneShampoo sat with Ranma during dinner. She couldn't get her eyes off her fiancé, staring at him which made him very uncomfortable.
"What are you looking at?" Ranma asked, holding his bowl.
"Shamp…nothing." AkaneShampoo almost got revealed since she still got that 'Shampoo' accent.
The two didn't talk until after supper, AkaneShampoo looked everywhere for Ranma, attempting to get close to him. When she saw Ranma on the roof, she was so happy that she almost jumped to see him, "What you doing?"
"Why do you care?" Ranma lied on the roof and looked at the sky.
"Ranma, come down." AkaneShampoo pleaded.
"Why should I?" He replied with arrogance.
"Because Shamp.." AkaneShampoo hesitated for a while, then she said, "Akane want you come down."
"Huh?" Ranma wasn't clear of what she was saying, "What'd you say?"
"Akane want you come down." AkaneShampoo repeated.
'How come she sounds like Shampoo?' Ranma thought, only Shampoo would say something like that, "Is this a joke?"
"No, Ranma…" AkaneShampoo looked at him with watery eyes.
"All right already!" Ranma came down and faced directly to her, "What?"
AkaneShampoo embraced Ranma tightly immediately, she forgot that the real Akane would never do that.
"Akane…how…" Before Ranma could finish his sentence, AkaneShampoo tiptoed and quickly kissed Ranma on the cheek, which surprised Ranma.
"Akane?" Ranma was shock, 'I can't believe she did that…is she out of her minds?'
"Akane go bed," AkaneShampoo said, turned around and headed back to her room.
Ranma still was indistinct, he was amazed at AkaneShampoo's action. He knew that Akane wouldn't be so nice and spontaneously kissed him, 'I guess something must have gotten wrong in her', he walked back to his room and tended to disregard what happened tonight.
On the other hand, ShampooAkane just got to Cat Café, 'I hope this is just one day, if not…' she rang the bell, Cologne came to answer the door.
"Don't you have the keys?" Cologne wondered.
"I…I lost them." ShampooAkane lied, took off her shoes and walks inside.
Cologne looked at the back of her great-granddaughter, know it's odd that Shampoo would finish a sentence without grammar errors.
ShampooAkane closed the door in the room, 'That was close…' she searched in all the drawers to find the right clothing, accidentally, she found presents hiding under the bed which belonged to Shampoo, there was a little slip of paper on top of them, she began to read:
Shampoo buy present for Ranma, love forever.
She intended to tear the paper off, 'So what if she loves Ranma? Like I'd care…' she came up excuses and lied to herself.
ShampooAkane stayed in her room, reading Chinese magazines although she didn't understand Chinese, 'Her taste sure is bad,' looking at the photos, she found Shampoo was in one of them, 'What's so good about her?' jealousy had gone over her mind that she forgot about dinner.
Cologne opened the door without knocking and surprised ShampooAkane, "I brought you some tea and hot buns."
"Put it over there," ShampooAkane pointed to the small table located on the corner. She didn't notice that it caused Cologne's suspiciousness about her accent, but she wouldn't act like Shampoo, unlike Shampoo, who wished to be Akane, regardless of the obstacles blocking the way.
"Sure…" Cologne took a quick glance at ShampooAkane and left.
ShampooAkane stared at the teapot and cups that Cologne just brought in, 'Hope this is the last day that I stay here, I wonder what happened to Shampoo now…tomorrow I gotta find that guy and take care of this once and for all.'
AkaneShampoo was lying on the bed thinking about the switch, 'Since Shampoo become Akane, Ranma not afraid Shampoo anymore, Shampoo not a cat, not cursed. But Akane…' she didn't let herself think anymore, if she continued further, she might have sympathy on Akane. She fell asleep very soon without worrying about the future.
ShampooAkane went to sleep quickly that night since she was too tired from all the things that happened, what she was still unaware of might cause her nightmares…
To be continued…
Is this chapter too confusing? Hope not, while I'm proofreading it, I found it's quite confusing, but that's acceptable since the title is "Alteration Confusion", right?
-Winkipinki