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A Valentines Day to remember
Chapter 3
The hunt is on
[February 13: Kuno's mansion]
Nabiki looked at the mansions large doors. She was about to knock, but the doors opened automatically. From the entrance exited Ranma and Akane, hand in hand. Nabiki grinned at this, and started filming. They both noticed her, and smiled.
"Oh, hi Nabiki." Said Ranma. "What brings you here?"
"I noticed you two finally professed your love." She said, ignoring the rhetorical question.
"We certainly did, and to be honest, we couldn't be happier."
Nabiki was a bit confused, but then just assumed that the Kuno's somehow messed things up for themselves. "Well, if that's the case, you won't mind me filming then."
"Go right ahead." Said Akane. "But you might want to save some film for our wedding."
"(Oh this is just too good)!" Thought Nabiki. "(Father would love to see this)." Then she spoke aloud. "Well, let's go home and tell the good news to our parents."
They both nodded in agreement, and went home together. Several minutes later, the Kuno's arrived. When they noticed the entrance to their home was open, they rushed inside. They looked all around for Ranma and Akane, but they were nowhere to be found.
"Damn! They hath departed!" exclaimed Kuno. "Let us make haste! They can't be too far from here!"
So they rushed back outside, and looked around.
"I'll look for them in this direction." Said Kodachi. "You look for them in that direction."
"Agreed."
So they both hurried in opposite directions. Some time later, in the direction that Kuno was headed, an arrow almost hit him in the head, and pierced into the wall that was next to him. Kuno examined the arrow.
"These arrows. They are not like the ones on my back, which are intended for love. No! They are meant for death!"
Suddenly, Mousse jumped out of the bushes, and right in front of him.
"You're the slow one, aren't you?" Then he readied another arrow. "Now, give me those arrows, or I'll give you mine, airmail!"
Kuno unsheathed his bokken. "I will never give these up to the likes of you! Prepare to do battle!"
"If you insist." Grinned Mousse.
Then he shot an arrow, in which Kuno quickly deflected it with his bokken. Mousse jumped up into the air, and let out a barrage of arrows, all of them deflected. Growing impatient, he landed, dodged a few of the bokken swings, and then unleashed two large scythe like blades from his sleeves. Then he rushed at Kuno, and broke the bokken into pieces.
"What type of foul sorcery is this?!" exclaimed Kuno. "You practice the black arts, just like Saotome!"
"Ranma doesn't know the first thing about black arts!" Mousse shouted back. Then he grinned evilly. "However, I know a great deal in the black arts. Care to see some of it?"
Without giving an answer, Kuno rushed at him with his bare hands. Mousse just laughed, and then withdrew a dart from his sleeve, and stabbed Kuno with it. Within seconds, he lost consciousness. Mousse walked over to him, picked up the quiver of arrows, put the quiver of regular arrows back in his sleeves, and equipped the quiver of Cupids arrows on his back.
"You never stood a chance. Now, I will find Shampoo, and she will love me!"
However, both Ukyo and Azusa caught up with him, and tackled him. Next, they were literally pulling him from side to side.
"Let go of him!" shouted Ukyo.
"No! You let go!" shouted Azusa.
"Both of you let me go!" shouted Mousse. However, it fell on deaf ears. "(How am I going to get out of this)?"
Then, as if by coincidence, a car stopped right by them, and out of the car, came Mikado and Shampoo. Mousse quickly pushed the two girls away from him, and backed up.
"Shampoo! You're finally here!" Then he noticed the figure next to him. "Ranma! Stay away from her!"
"What? What makes you think that I'm Ranma?" asked Mikado.
"He just idiot." Answered Shampoo.
"Don't try to fool me, Saotome!" Then he jumped on the wall, and readied two arrows. "Handle this if you can!" Then he shot one arrow at Azusa, and the other at Mikado.
Mikado dodged just in time, but Azusa got hit. Then Mousse threw a smoke bomb, and vanished once again. He thought it was best to try to shoot Shampoo with the arrow later. Azusa looked around, and the first (and only) male around was Mikado. Hearts now formed in her eyes.
"Mikado! Azusa loves you!" Then she glomped on him.
Mikado was very surprised at this. "What's going on? Weren't you infatuated with someone else just a minute ago?"
Shampoo ignored Mikado. She just jumped from building to building, searching for Mousse. Ukyo followed her as well. Mikado managed to pry Azusa off of him, and tried to think of a logical explanation for this. While he was thinking, he noticed the arrow, and picked it up. He examined it, but then it turned into a puff of pink smoke, and surrounded him.
"What is going on here? Nothing today is making sense!"
Then Azusa clung back onto him. "Don't worry. Azusa make it feel all better."
Mikado frowned at her. "What do you mean 'all better?!' I can only see you making things..." Then the arrows took affect. "....Even better." Then he embraced her. "Azusa."
"Mikado."
Then they kissed.
[Later: At Nerima Park]
Happosai just woke up, and so did the other ladies, who greeted him with a smile. He smiled back.
"(Wow! These arrows are great)!" Then he noticed that they were gone. "(Oh no! My arrows! Somebody stole them! Who would do such a terrible thing)?!"
That was when Genma and Soun ran towards him.
"Master!" shouted Soun. "We cannot let you do this lechery any longer! Please stop now!"
Happosai glared at them. "So, 'you're' the scoundrels that stole what is rightfully mine! Give them back, now!"
Both of them just stared at him, a little confused.
"Won't talk, will you! Then I'll have to force it out of you!" Then he charged at him.
Wasting no time, the two martial arts students/parents did what they did best when confronting their master....run! And that's what they did, as fast as their legs could carry them. Happosai chased after them, and the girls chased after Happosai.
[Later: Tendo dojo]
When Ranma and Akane had told Nodoka and Kasumi the news, their hearts were filled with joy.
"That is so wonderful!" said Nodoka in delight. "My son has finally become a man! This is a time for celebration!"
"I agree." Said Nabiki, who was still filming. "Father and Mr. Saotome will pay a lot of money to see this."
"I'm sure they will." Said Kasumi. "But where is father? Why hasn't he come back yet? It's been several hours."
[Meanwhile: Somewhere in Nerima]
Soun and Genma were still being chased by the perverted, pissed old man, who was still being followed by energetic, yet love arrow induced young women.
[Later that evening: Ukyo's restaurant]
As if by coincidence, this was where Ryoga found himself, even though he was looking for the Kuno mansion to rescue Akane. He noticed where he was, and then cursed to himself for getting lost yet again. After a while of destroying the nearby street light, he decided to go inside to get something to eat.
When he entered, he noticed that nobody was inside. He looked around for a bit, calling Ukyo. Finally, he found Mousse, who was hiding behind the counter.
"What are you doing here?" Ryoga asked.
"Hiding from Ukyo. She apparently is still affected by the arrows." Then he noticed a quiver of the same arrows on his back. "Wait a minute....Kuno! I thought I already took the arrows from you!"
"I'm not Kuno. I'm Ryoga." Then he remembered that Mousse hadn't yet seen him knock him out, so he decided to keep quiet about that part. "I just found these on one of my getting lost trips...yeah, that's it! I got lost again!"
"Oh. Well, now that you're here, perhaps you can help me?"
"With what?"
"With helping me get Ukyo off my back."
"And have someone other than Akane get in my way? I don't think so!"
Before Mousse could argue, Ukyo and Shampoo enter the restaurant. They notice Mousse and Ryoga.
"Mousse!" exclaimed Shampoo. "What you doing?! You supposed to be helping cure great grandmother!"
Then Ukyo jumped into Mousses arms.
"Mousse! I'm glad you're here! Let us never be apart again!"
"Ryoga!" exclaimed Mousse. "Help me out of this!"
"What's in it for me?"
"I'll use these arrows on Akane!"
"Couldn't I just use the ones I have on her instead?"
Shampoo quickly took the arrows away from the quiver that was equipped to Mousse.
"Not now he can't!" she quickly said. "Shampoo very surprised at Mousse! It wouldn't surprise Shampoo if stupid Mousse try arrows on her!"
However, due to her holding all of the arrows by the tips, they quickly turned into pink puffs of smoke, and surrounded the Amazon. Ryoga noticed this, and quickly hid behind the counter. Mousse, also noticing this, quickly pushed Ukyo away and embraced Shampoo, who was now looking directly at him.
"Mousse....Shampoo love you!"
Nearly crying for joy, Mousse hugged her tighter.
"Oh Shampoo! I've waited so long to hear you say that!"
"Shampoo want to be with you forever!"
"Me too!"
Their wonderful moment was interrupted by Ukyo, who quickly pushed the Amazon away.
"Not so fast! Mousse honey is mine!"
"Shampoo know him longer! He mine!"
"I'm not giving him up without a fight!"
"If spatula girl insist, we fight!"
"I insist!"
So they did, using the martial arts moves they know on each other. Mousse had a somewhat distressed look on his face. He didn't want Ukyo to get hurt, but he also didn't want to lose Shampoo to someone he has no interest in. Then, as if by sense, he turned to Ryoga.
"Hey, you! I want you to use an arrow on Ukyo!"
"I don't think so! These are for Akane, and for separating Ranma, and every other person who's interested in Akane, from her!"
"Fool! If you don't, one of them will be killed!"
"Huh? What do you mean, killed?"
"In the Amazon tradition, two fighters fight to the death. Should Ukyo lose, Shampoo will show no mercy in ending her life, and should Ukyo win, another tradition will be made."
"What tradition?"
"It is customary for an Amazon warrior to regain her lost pride by finding, and killing the one that defeated her."
"What?! She can't do that!"
"She can and will! Now, use your arrows!"
Ryoga nodded, and readied an arrow. Mousse grabbed Shampoo, and hid behind the counter as Ryoga shot an arrow at Ukyo, hitting her. Ukyo looked at Ryoga, and then a profuse blush went across her face.
"Ryoga....I think...can it be that I....love you?"
Without hesitation, she quietly approached him. Ryoga backed up until the counter stopped him. She looked at him directly in the eyes, and held his hands.
"Let us be together, forever."
While Ryoga was stammering for an excuse to leave, an evil thought occurred in Shampoo's mind. She crept up behind Ryoga, pulled out an arrow (by the end this time), poked him with it, pushed him on Ukyo, and hid behind the counter. The first thing Ryoga saw, of course, was Ukyo. He got up, and then helped 'her' up. After a few seconds of staring, they embraced.
"Ukyo." Ryoga started. "I think...I'm starting to feel the same way."
Meanwhile, Mousse looked at Shampoo in a very surprised manner.
"Shampoo..that was brilliant!"
"Thank you."
Then Mousse helped her up. "Shampoo. I've waited for this moment to come." Then he pulled a ring out of his sleeve. "Shampoo, will you marry me?"
Tears welled up in the Amazons eyes. "Mousse...Shampoo accept!"
Now it was Mousse whose eyes were welled up in tears. He hugged her tightly.
"Thank you, Shampoo! You've made me so happy!"
"Let's tell great grandmother the news. She should still be at the restaurant."
"Yes, lets!"
So the two headed to the Cat café, leaving Ukyo and Ryoga to their business.
[That same night: Nerima streets]
Kodachi was still searching the streets, hoping to find the two. After a long time of searching, she just gave up, and went home.
"Oh well. It's not like I can't order anymore arrows."
End of chapter 3
Well, that's it for chapter 3. I'll have the final one posted today....I hope. I already have an ending for it, so that should help me speed things up. Well, see you in the last chapter.
Thanks for all of the reviews!^_^ Well, on with the story.
A Valentines Day to remember
Chapter 3
The hunt is on
[February 13: Kuno's mansion]
Nabiki looked at the mansions large doors. She was about to knock, but the doors opened automatically. From the entrance exited Ranma and Akane, hand in hand. Nabiki grinned at this, and started filming. They both noticed her, and smiled.
"Oh, hi Nabiki." Said Ranma. "What brings you here?"
"I noticed you two finally professed your love." She said, ignoring the rhetorical question.
"We certainly did, and to be honest, we couldn't be happier."
Nabiki was a bit confused, but then just assumed that the Kuno's somehow messed things up for themselves. "Well, if that's the case, you won't mind me filming then."
"Go right ahead." Said Akane. "But you might want to save some film for our wedding."
"(Oh this is just too good)!" Thought Nabiki. "(Father would love to see this)." Then she spoke aloud. "Well, let's go home and tell the good news to our parents."
They both nodded in agreement, and went home together. Several minutes later, the Kuno's arrived. When they noticed the entrance to their home was open, they rushed inside. They looked all around for Ranma and Akane, but they were nowhere to be found.
"Damn! They hath departed!" exclaimed Kuno. "Let us make haste! They can't be too far from here!"
So they rushed back outside, and looked around.
"I'll look for them in this direction." Said Kodachi. "You look for them in that direction."
"Agreed."
So they both hurried in opposite directions. Some time later, in the direction that Kuno was headed, an arrow almost hit him in the head, and pierced into the wall that was next to him. Kuno examined the arrow.
"These arrows. They are not like the ones on my back, which are intended for love. No! They are meant for death!"
Suddenly, Mousse jumped out of the bushes, and right in front of him.
"You're the slow one, aren't you?" Then he readied another arrow. "Now, give me those arrows, or I'll give you mine, airmail!"
Kuno unsheathed his bokken. "I will never give these up to the likes of you! Prepare to do battle!"
"If you insist." Grinned Mousse.
Then he shot an arrow, in which Kuno quickly deflected it with his bokken. Mousse jumped up into the air, and let out a barrage of arrows, all of them deflected. Growing impatient, he landed, dodged a few of the bokken swings, and then unleashed two large scythe like blades from his sleeves. Then he rushed at Kuno, and broke the bokken into pieces.
"What type of foul sorcery is this?!" exclaimed Kuno. "You practice the black arts, just like Saotome!"
"Ranma doesn't know the first thing about black arts!" Mousse shouted back. Then he grinned evilly. "However, I know a great deal in the black arts. Care to see some of it?"
Without giving an answer, Kuno rushed at him with his bare hands. Mousse just laughed, and then withdrew a dart from his sleeve, and stabbed Kuno with it. Within seconds, he lost consciousness. Mousse walked over to him, picked up the quiver of arrows, put the quiver of regular arrows back in his sleeves, and equipped the quiver of Cupids arrows on his back.
"You never stood a chance. Now, I will find Shampoo, and she will love me!"
However, both Ukyo and Azusa caught up with him, and tackled him. Next, they were literally pulling him from side to side.
"Let go of him!" shouted Ukyo.
"No! You let go!" shouted Azusa.
"Both of you let me go!" shouted Mousse. However, it fell on deaf ears. "(How am I going to get out of this)?"
Then, as if by coincidence, a car stopped right by them, and out of the car, came Mikado and Shampoo. Mousse quickly pushed the two girls away from him, and backed up.
"Shampoo! You're finally here!" Then he noticed the figure next to him. "Ranma! Stay away from her!"
"What? What makes you think that I'm Ranma?" asked Mikado.
"He just idiot." Answered Shampoo.
"Don't try to fool me, Saotome!" Then he jumped on the wall, and readied two arrows. "Handle this if you can!" Then he shot one arrow at Azusa, and the other at Mikado.
Mikado dodged just in time, but Azusa got hit. Then Mousse threw a smoke bomb, and vanished once again. He thought it was best to try to shoot Shampoo with the arrow later. Azusa looked around, and the first (and only) male around was Mikado. Hearts now formed in her eyes.
"Mikado! Azusa loves you!" Then she glomped on him.
Mikado was very surprised at this. "What's going on? Weren't you infatuated with someone else just a minute ago?"
Shampoo ignored Mikado. She just jumped from building to building, searching for Mousse. Ukyo followed her as well. Mikado managed to pry Azusa off of him, and tried to think of a logical explanation for this. While he was thinking, he noticed the arrow, and picked it up. He examined it, but then it turned into a puff of pink smoke, and surrounded him.
"What is going on here? Nothing today is making sense!"
Then Azusa clung back onto him. "Don't worry. Azusa make it feel all better."
Mikado frowned at her. "What do you mean 'all better?!' I can only see you making things..." Then the arrows took affect. "....Even better." Then he embraced her. "Azusa."
"Mikado."
Then they kissed.
[Later: At Nerima Park]
Happosai just woke up, and so did the other ladies, who greeted him with a smile. He smiled back.
"(Wow! These arrows are great)!" Then he noticed that they were gone. "(Oh no! My arrows! Somebody stole them! Who would do such a terrible thing)?!"
That was when Genma and Soun ran towards him.
"Master!" shouted Soun. "We cannot let you do this lechery any longer! Please stop now!"
Happosai glared at them. "So, 'you're' the scoundrels that stole what is rightfully mine! Give them back, now!"
Both of them just stared at him, a little confused.
"Won't talk, will you! Then I'll have to force it out of you!" Then he charged at him.
Wasting no time, the two martial arts students/parents did what they did best when confronting their master....run! And that's what they did, as fast as their legs could carry them. Happosai chased after them, and the girls chased after Happosai.
[Later: Tendo dojo]
When Ranma and Akane had told Nodoka and Kasumi the news, their hearts were filled with joy.
"That is so wonderful!" said Nodoka in delight. "My son has finally become a man! This is a time for celebration!"
"I agree." Said Nabiki, who was still filming. "Father and Mr. Saotome will pay a lot of money to see this."
"I'm sure they will." Said Kasumi. "But where is father? Why hasn't he come back yet? It's been several hours."
[Meanwhile: Somewhere in Nerima]
Soun and Genma were still being chased by the perverted, pissed old man, who was still being followed by energetic, yet love arrow induced young women.
[Later that evening: Ukyo's restaurant]
As if by coincidence, this was where Ryoga found himself, even though he was looking for the Kuno mansion to rescue Akane. He noticed where he was, and then cursed to himself for getting lost yet again. After a while of destroying the nearby street light, he decided to go inside to get something to eat.
When he entered, he noticed that nobody was inside. He looked around for a bit, calling Ukyo. Finally, he found Mousse, who was hiding behind the counter.
"What are you doing here?" Ryoga asked.
"Hiding from Ukyo. She apparently is still affected by the arrows." Then he noticed a quiver of the same arrows on his back. "Wait a minute....Kuno! I thought I already took the arrows from you!"
"I'm not Kuno. I'm Ryoga." Then he remembered that Mousse hadn't yet seen him knock him out, so he decided to keep quiet about that part. "I just found these on one of my getting lost trips...yeah, that's it! I got lost again!"
"Oh. Well, now that you're here, perhaps you can help me?"
"With what?"
"With helping me get Ukyo off my back."
"And have someone other than Akane get in my way? I don't think so!"
Before Mousse could argue, Ukyo and Shampoo enter the restaurant. They notice Mousse and Ryoga.
"Mousse!" exclaimed Shampoo. "What you doing?! You supposed to be helping cure great grandmother!"
Then Ukyo jumped into Mousses arms.
"Mousse! I'm glad you're here! Let us never be apart again!"
"Ryoga!" exclaimed Mousse. "Help me out of this!"
"What's in it for me?"
"I'll use these arrows on Akane!"
"Couldn't I just use the ones I have on her instead?"
Shampoo quickly took the arrows away from the quiver that was equipped to Mousse.
"Not now he can't!" she quickly said. "Shampoo very surprised at Mousse! It wouldn't surprise Shampoo if stupid Mousse try arrows on her!"
However, due to her holding all of the arrows by the tips, they quickly turned into pink puffs of smoke, and surrounded the Amazon. Ryoga noticed this, and quickly hid behind the counter. Mousse, also noticing this, quickly pushed Ukyo away and embraced Shampoo, who was now looking directly at him.
"Mousse....Shampoo love you!"
Nearly crying for joy, Mousse hugged her tighter.
"Oh Shampoo! I've waited so long to hear you say that!"
"Shampoo want to be with you forever!"
"Me too!"
Their wonderful moment was interrupted by Ukyo, who quickly pushed the Amazon away.
"Not so fast! Mousse honey is mine!"
"Shampoo know him longer! He mine!"
"I'm not giving him up without a fight!"
"If spatula girl insist, we fight!"
"I insist!"
So they did, using the martial arts moves they know on each other. Mousse had a somewhat distressed look on his face. He didn't want Ukyo to get hurt, but he also didn't want to lose Shampoo to someone he has no interest in. Then, as if by sense, he turned to Ryoga.
"Hey, you! I want you to use an arrow on Ukyo!"
"I don't think so! These are for Akane, and for separating Ranma, and every other person who's interested in Akane, from her!"
"Fool! If you don't, one of them will be killed!"
"Huh? What do you mean, killed?"
"In the Amazon tradition, two fighters fight to the death. Should Ukyo lose, Shampoo will show no mercy in ending her life, and should Ukyo win, another tradition will be made."
"What tradition?"
"It is customary for an Amazon warrior to regain her lost pride by finding, and killing the one that defeated her."
"What?! She can't do that!"
"She can and will! Now, use your arrows!"
Ryoga nodded, and readied an arrow. Mousse grabbed Shampoo, and hid behind the counter as Ryoga shot an arrow at Ukyo, hitting her. Ukyo looked at Ryoga, and then a profuse blush went across her face.
"Ryoga....I think...can it be that I....love you?"
Without hesitation, she quietly approached him. Ryoga backed up until the counter stopped him. She looked at him directly in the eyes, and held his hands.
"Let us be together, forever."
While Ryoga was stammering for an excuse to leave, an evil thought occurred in Shampoo's mind. She crept up behind Ryoga, pulled out an arrow (by the end this time), poked him with it, pushed him on Ukyo, and hid behind the counter. The first thing Ryoga saw, of course, was Ukyo. He got up, and then helped 'her' up. After a few seconds of staring, they embraced.
"Ukyo." Ryoga started. "I think...I'm starting to feel the same way."
Meanwhile, Mousse looked at Shampoo in a very surprised manner.
"Shampoo..that was brilliant!"
"Thank you."
Then Mousse helped her up. "Shampoo. I've waited for this moment to come." Then he pulled a ring out of his sleeve. "Shampoo, will you marry me?"
Tears welled up in the Amazons eyes. "Mousse...Shampoo accept!"
Now it was Mousse whose eyes were welled up in tears. He hugged her tightly.
"Thank you, Shampoo! You've made me so happy!"
"Let's tell great grandmother the news. She should still be at the restaurant."
"Yes, lets!"
So the two headed to the Cat café, leaving Ukyo and Ryoga to their business.
[That same night: Nerima streets]
Kodachi was still searching the streets, hoping to find the two. After a long time of searching, she just gave up, and went home.
"Oh well. It's not like I can't order anymore arrows."
End of chapter 3
Well, that's it for chapter 3. I'll have the final one posted today....I hope. I already have an ending for it, so that should help me speed things up. Well, see you in the last chapter.