Dedicated to: Noah! ^_^
Author's notes: Anybody like my fic now? Hope you do...remember 'Happy Ending'! Oh, by the way...they aren't going to Cephiro anytime soon, but....^_^ Who knows. Sorry this took so long to come out! Writer's block! Got stuck on how to write this..
Someone asked asked me a question: Why do I all
of the fics of mine be based around love? Simple...Love's a complicated
thing, but yet some people find it easy to understand. A heart and
another heart joining together, mending all pains, turning frowns into
smiles, and tears of pain into tears of joy. But love can also cause
pain. In short: Love is a rose. It's beauty is tantalizing,
it's petals are soft, it's scent is wonderful...but it has thorns.
The other reason, is because I know too many sad people...they're all in
pain. I want people to be reminded of good things in life too, so
I write these fics. ^^; I only write sad fics when Im sad.
I won't put many of them up on fanfiction.net. Not unless a friend
of mine sees it and asks me to.
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"...Heaven holds a sense of wonder...
That I wanted to believe in..." -Silence, song. ^^;
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After the forced cry came out of Hikaru's throat she glared at Shampoo with unrestrained fury. She had already been beaten. A stream of blood trickled down her cheek.. "Don't you dare! How can you even think of using me to get Ranma like that?"
"Shampoo do whatever Shampoo can to get Ranma!"
Hikaru's eyes narrowed and she looked away, tied to a tree. "I see. You really are a selfish one, aren't you?"
Shampoo shrugged. "Shampoo no care what Enemy say. Enemy not know true Shampoo. True Shampoo defeat anyone, anywhere! Now, Shampoo tire of this!" She hit Hikaru over the head with one of her bon bons, knocking her out.
Shampoo held her bon bon's and stood proudly. The others would be coming soon...with Ranma.
"Water Dragon!" Water errupted around her and rose up higher than her hand, taking the form of a dragon. Umi thrust her arm foreward, pointing to Shampoo. The dragon followed her arm's movement. Ranma's eyes were wide as Shampoo was hit by water. Shampoo was turned into a cat by the cold water, and fell unconscious.
Caldina surveyed the area until her eyes fell upon the magic knight of fire. "Hikaru!" She ran over to the girl and began untying the knots. "Hikaru, Hikaru, Hikaru..." She repeated the friends name as the others ran over and Umi began to help Caldina undo the knots. Ranma stood with fists clenched, and Ukyou picked the unconscious cat up.
"Well, what do we do with Shampoo? I say we pack up the bitch and send her back to China." Ukyou growled out. Clef put a hand on her arm.
"Rash thinking will do no good in these types of situations," Clef shook his head.
Mousse shrugged. "...Please have mercy on Shampoo. She is cruel, but..." He walked over to the bloody Hikaru and picked her up.. "I'll be taking...Hikaru...to Dr. Tofu's." Ranma nodded and Mousse ran off, carrying an unconscious Hikaru.
Ranma watched the half-blind duck-boy trot off with Hikaru, who seemed like a fragile doll when her eyes were closed. Umi's eyes darted onto Ranma. Boiling blue sapphire gems glared at him. "What are you doing? Go with Mousse and Hikaru!" After being pushed in the direction Mousse had taken, Ranma did so.
The people remaining stood there, staring down at the unconscious Shampoo in Ukyou's hands. "What do we do with her?"
"I suggest, from what I've seen that one must assume that she cannot remain untied and free. I say the most wise action to take would be to send her back to China, or to defeat her when she awakes." A familiar voice to the people of Cephiro and Umi spoke up. They turned to the girl in green, who was pushing her glasses up with a finger, then pulled her blond hair back from her face.
"Fuu!" They chorused and ran to her, the evil in Ukyou's hands temporarily forgotten.
"I am sorry I did not get here sooner, Ms. Umi. When I finally got to Nerima, I saw you all running and it took me quite awhile to catch up." Umi ran to her friend and smiled.
"Thanks, Fuu."
Fuu looked to the others. "I was hoping, for whatever reason it is, we could perhaps try to talk this woman out of it first, even be it not the wisest action to take."
. . .
Meanwhile, Hikaru was smiling up at Mousse who was carrying her gently to avoid hurting her as they headed for Dr. Tofu's. "Mousse...let me go. Please."
Mousse stopped, startled. "What?"
"Ranma and the others are going to fight Shampoo aren't they? It's me she doesn't like, not them. I have to find out why. I know she wants Ranma, but why hate me because of that? I'm not standing in her way."
"You're exhausted, bleeding heavily from dagger marks and fingernail marks, coughing up blood, barely have the energy to tilt your head in my direction, bleeding internally, and you still want to go back and talk to Shampoo when she'll kill you? Do you want to die?"
"No, but I can't let her...I can't let her harm Ranma...and the others." She added. Mousse smiled. He was more perceptive than others assumed.
"You love him, don't you."
A very rosy blush appeared on the wounded girls cheeks. She turned her head away from him. Mousse smiled as he once again began walking to Dr. Tofu's.
"Wh-what? Please, Mousse...take me back to Ranma and the others!"
"Now listen here, you aren't well enough to go back there."
Ranma finally caught up with them and pat Mousse on the back. "You're pretty fast. Not as fast as me, though." He said, smiling, then frowned down at Hikaru. "Hikaru, close you eyes and rest already. You're bleeding and rest'll be the best thing."
A stubborn look came upon the wounded girl. "I'll rest when I want to," She said, but leaned her head on Mousse's shoulder and did so.
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Ah-hah! *cackles triumphantly* I got to postpone fighting scenes again! Yes! *dances, then grabs Ranma, Mousse, and Hikaru and dances with them too.*
Ranma: Ara!
Mousse: Oro!
Hikaru: Whee! ^-^!