Dedicated to: Noah. ^^
Author's notes: Didja like the last chapter? I
had this one written the day after I put that up. =D Just remember...Caldina's
wearing what she usually wears. o.O
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"So this is a romance fanfic? Okay,
sounds good so far, just make it original..well,
original for a fanfic. I like it, and you BETTER finish this
or this frying pan will meet you're face, personally." -Friend of
author. ^^;
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On the way to the Tendo household, someone stopped Hikaru. Hikaru's ruby red eyes met purple ones.
"Shampoo's great grandmother had things for Shampoo to do, but now Shampoo has come to kill." Shampoo formed a fighting stance, weilding bon bons as her weapon. Hikaru smiled at her.
"I'm sorry to say, but I will not fight you. You're one of Ranma's fiancees."
"Shampoo not care, Shampoo kill enemy. You enemy, so Shampoo will kill!" Shampoo blinked and seemed to look through Hikaru. Hikaru blinked as well, and turned around to see a smiling Eagle.
"I am sorry, but I simply can't let you kill Hikaru-chan." Hikaru blinked once again, and Eagle looked down at her, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Don't face things all alone." Shampoo was shaking angrily, and a second person joined the scene.
"If you try to harm Hikaru or Eagle, I promise that you will not live to see the light of day much longer after that." The deep, almost haunting voice of Lantis declared calmly as he stood beside Eagle and Hikaru. Hikaru avoided looking at Lantis, and lowered her eyes to her feet.
Shampoo sniffed. "Shampoo fight strange man in black anytime, Shampoo will win. Even if man in black bring white-haired friend." Hikaru took a step towards Shampoo, and turned her back to her, facing Lantis and Eagle while stretching her arms out wide.
"Don't hurt Shampoo, she hasn't done anything bad that I know of!"
"She was threatening you."
Hikaru smiled sadly. "It's okay to think, it's okay to feel, it's okay to speak. It doesn't mean they're a bad person...she hasn't killed anyone, at least I think she hasn't." Hikaru's eyes went wide for a moment, then looked upwards as she fell backwards into Shampoo's arms.
Shampoo smiled at the two men. "Pressure points are very sensitive. Enemy underestimate Shampoo. Shampoo take hostage! No follow Shampoo or hostage will hurt!" She ran off carrying an unconscious Hikaru, dissappearing into the distance.
"..."
"Couldn't you have done something, Lantis?"
"No."
"But you can use magic, couldn't you have frozen that woman 'Shampoo''s feet so that she couldn't run off?"
"...."
"Lantis?"
"...I did not think of that."
"Oh." Eagle was frowning. "We have to wait...but we have to inform the others, as well." Lantis nodded and the two began to run in the opposite direction of Shampoo.
. . .
Meanwhile, Ranma sat in class staring at the seat usually occupied by Hikaru. Where was she? Was she alright? Umi had told the teacher she had gone home sick, but was that the real reason? He looked around the room. Clef and Umi were also looking at the empty desk. That 'Eagle' person hadn't come back either, Umi had said he had decided to take Hikaru home and would come back later.
Akane glanced in Ranma's direction, and sighed. Why couldn't he ever see her? She realized where he was gazing and her pencil snapped in her hand. That bitch! How dare she reach her dirty, sneaking claws towards Ranma! Sure, she was a little pretty, but that girl had no right to go after her Ranma!
Her trail of thought ended as a tall, dark-skinned woman with soft pink hair walked into the room, interrupting the teacher. "Excuse me, but this is important." She ran over to Umi and Clef. The pink-haired woman was dressed rather skantily.
"Clef, Umi, let's go! I'll explain later!"
"Is this about Cephiro?" Umi jumped out of her seat. Caldina shook her head. "No, it's about Hikaru. Now let's go!" Ranma stood up at the mention of her name.
"Wait! If this is about Hikaru, we should bring Ranma!" Umi said before Ranma could say something. Caldina looked at Ranma.
"Doesn't look like much, but...sure. Now let's go!" Caldina turned and ran out of the room, the teacher and students still speechless. Clef, Umi, and Ranma followed quickly. Akane growled and followed as well, but farther behind them.
. . .
"WHAT?! Why haven't you all already gone after her?!" Ranma slammed his fists down on the table in the home Mokona had made for the ones from another world. Lantis was saying nothing, polishing his sword. Eagle sighed and put a hand on his forehead.
"It's not that easy. That 'Shampoo' woman that took her...what would her objective in doing that? What does she want to achieve...? She would easily hurt Hikaru if she knew we had followed until a desired time. We received a note almost as quickly as we came back here, telling us that the only way to get her back would be for 'Ranma Saotome' to marry Shampoo."
Ranma growled and forced himself to sit down.
"It also says Shampoo is fighting Hikaru right now."
Furious was an understatement. Ranma snatched the note from Eagle and looked over it. His eyes narrowed and he tore the note in half. "Damnit!"
Lafarga looked from Ranma, to Eagle, and then to Lantis. All were angry. He looked down at Caldina, who nodded. "We're going to find Hikaru, I take it you wish to come?" Ranma nodded at Lafarga.
Ascot scratched the back of his head. "But we don't know where she is!" He stopped as a loud scream filled Nerima.
"Hikaru!" They all shouted and ran out of the house, towards where the sound had come from.
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This chapter was short, but for a reason. ^_~
What's happened to Hikaru?
Don't worry...my story'll have a happy ending, remember that!