Oh! Hey out there! *coughcoughcough* Eh heh heh. Well. It certainly has been a while since I've updated. Gomenaisai! Gomenaisai!!!!!!! I didn't mean to forget about it!!! But, now that I've remembered, it's time to continue with one of the only Ranma/Shampoo fics out there!!!! And, no matter which couple the fic seems to be favouring, it's gonna turn out to be Shampoo/Ranma!!!!! Sorry if my chapters aren't too long. I really wanted to get at least one chpater done today, but I am quite ill, and my attention span wanes quickly. Plus, post-nasal drip and pressure in you ears makes you unable even sit up from too long of a time without you first wanting to rip your head off.
OKAYYYYYYY!!!!! I'VE CHANGED THE STORY LAYOUT!!!!! THE PROLOUGE (which was really short and probably shouldn't have even been a prologue) IS NOW ADDED ONTO THIS CHAPTER!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Ranma characters, nor am I from Finland. However, I am of Scandinavian descent, and am quite proud of it.
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Saotome Ranma cursed his ill luck as he sped across the fence, towards school. "Kuso-" he began, before being run over by a large, metallic object.
"Nihao Ranma!" an over-enthusiastic Shampoo exclaimed, prying her bike of the squashed martial artist.
"Wha?" muttered Ranma. But before he could continue, the indigo- haired amazon was hugging him tightly.
"Aiyaa! Airen! Shampoo missed Ranma!" Little swirls replaced Ranma's eyes as a jealous Akane heaved a leather book bag straight towards the bridge of his nose.
*WHAM* A large vein popped out of Akane's head as Ranma went tumbling into the 'conviently' located drain system just on the other side of the fence. Shampoo cast a frosty glare at the jealous fiance as she nimbly hopped over the fence in order to help Ranma up.
"Is Airen all-" began Shampoo, but she was cut off as she slipped in the water. Ranma gingerly rubbed her nose as she picked up Akane's sodden book bag. At that precise moment, the neko-Shampoo attached herself to Ranma's head and began to mew loudly.
"AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" screamed female Ranma, running round like a crazed lunatic. "GET IT OFFA ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Akane, feeling somewhat chastised, attempted to pry the cat off Ranma's head, but was only rewarded with a fresh set of scratches.
"Mreow!" exlclaimed Neko-Shampoo loudly, sneering at Akane Her retractable claws slid back into their sheaths with an ominous 'shik' as she leapt down from her perch. Akane aimed a kick at the cat but missed by a hair as Shampoo scrambled away, smugly sticking out her tongue at the youngest of the Tendou girls.
"Baka cat...." mumbled Akane darkly as she yanked the unconscious form of female Ranma, by way of her pigtail, towards school. "Will she never leave him alone?"
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Cologne was perched happily on her walking stick in the kitchen of the Cat Cafe, reminiscing about life before she was a shriveled crone, when she felt the reoccuring nudge of a blunt object on her ankle.
"Ah, Shampoo! Welcome back!" she said, nochalantly pouring the contents of a kettle onto the head of the cat.
"Great-Grandmother," Shampoo, now in human form, began. "Why is Ranma near Tendou girl all of time?" She said, referring to Akane. Cologne turned to Shampoo.
"It is because they go to the same school. It also doesn't help that they live under the same roof."
"That not mean Ranma has to be with her all of time!!!" Shampoo exclaimed angrily. Cologned sighed,and patted her great granddaughter on the hand.
"Shampoo, I know you that you know this, and maybe you just don't want to admit it, but both Ranma and Akane share feelings for each other. I do not know how deep these feelings are. They might be tiny attractions, or it could be love. But, either way, they are both in denial. They both try hard to cover up any feeling they might hold for one another."
Upon hearing this, Shampoo lowered her gaze and bit her lower lip as the tears threatened to spill out.
"But Shampoo love Ranma!!!" She yelled. "If Akane not even tell Ranma she love him, then why he like her?!?!? Shampoo do anything for Ranma! But he just ignore Shampoo!!! Shampoo pour out heart to Ranma, and he not even notice!" Now the tears were coming out, torrents streaming down her pale face. Shampoo turned away from her great-grandmother, and ran out of the kitchen, and out of the restaruant, heedless of the customers she had just knocked down.
"Owww....." said Ryouga, watching Shampoo's figure recede into the distance. "What's her deal?" he asked.
Cologne too, watched the girl disappear from view.
"I am sorry, great-grand daughter."
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At the Tendou Dojo, Tendou Akane was sitting on her bed, fiddling with a pencil, and procrastinating on her homework. She flopped down, and now, lying eagle-spread, began to mutter absently.
"Why does Shampoo always have to follow Ranma around? It's so annoying. Can't she see Ranma doesn't want her attention?"
((A/N: This story would, I guess, take place sometime in the middle of the series, before Shampoo has tried on the Jewel of Reversal. Oh, I'm not going by the TV series, I'm saying the mid-point of the manga that is out and translated. There's 21 volumes so far, (in Englilish) the Jewel of Reversal is in book 20.))
"Jealous?"
"Augh!" said Akane, blushing profusely. "Why do you always have to eavesdrop, Ranma!?!?!?"
"Relax, relax. It's just me." said Nabiki, entering the room and casually tossing a wad of cash onto the desk. She turned to Akane, and adopted an impish grin. "So, why are you jealous?" Akane turned her back to the middle Tendou child, and folded her arms across her chest.
"I'm NOT saying that I'm jealous! Why would I be jealous? There's no reason for me to be jealous. I loathe Ranma. All I'm saying is I get peeved when a freakish girl from a Chinese amazon tribe, who happens to have horrible grammar, follows Ranma, with whom I am forced to walk to and from school with, around." ((A/N Whew. That's quite a mouthful. Speaking of bad grammar, forgive me if I used some bad grammar, or punctuation, back there!))
"You're really that jealous?"
"SHUT UP NABIKI!!!!" said Akane, throwing her schoolbooks at the bridge of Nabiki's nose.
"Touchy today, aren't we?" muttered Nabiki darkly. She clutched a handfull of rags to her nose, which was gushing blood.
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"I'm going out Pop!" Ranma called, and deftly leaped out the kitchen window of the Tendou dojo.
"Wait, Ranma! I forgot that I had a package for you!" Kasumi called, handing a twine-bound parcel to Ranma. The martial artist grabbed it, and ripped off the paper and bonds.
"Another challenge?" he said, somewhat annoyed. He took the letter, which was sloppily written and stained with sobi sauce, and studied it.
'Ranma,
Meet me at Cat Cafe tomorrow at 4. I have questions to ask you.'
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"No signature?" Ranma queried. "Oh well. I'm not doing much tomorrow. I hope it's worthwhile."
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That's the end of this chapter! Don't worry, it gets better!!! This chapter was boring, but necessary to move the fic along.Tune in next time to see who that mysterious, noodle marinade stained letter is from, and what they want to talk to Ranma about, as well as a good dose of action!!!
OKAYYYYYYY!!!!! I'VE CHANGED THE STORY LAYOUT!!!!! THE PROLOUGE (which was really short and probably shouldn't have even been a prologue) IS NOW ADDED ONTO THIS CHAPTER!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Ranma characters, nor am I from Finland. However, I am of Scandinavian descent, and am quite proud of it.
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Saotome Ranma cursed his ill luck as he sped across the fence, towards school. "Kuso-" he began, before being run over by a large, metallic object.
"Nihao Ranma!" an over-enthusiastic Shampoo exclaimed, prying her bike of the squashed martial artist.
"Wha?" muttered Ranma. But before he could continue, the indigo- haired amazon was hugging him tightly.
"Aiyaa! Airen! Shampoo missed Ranma!" Little swirls replaced Ranma's eyes as a jealous Akane heaved a leather book bag straight towards the bridge of his nose.
*WHAM* A large vein popped out of Akane's head as Ranma went tumbling into the 'conviently' located drain system just on the other side of the fence. Shampoo cast a frosty glare at the jealous fiance as she nimbly hopped over the fence in order to help Ranma up.
"Is Airen all-" began Shampoo, but she was cut off as she slipped in the water. Ranma gingerly rubbed her nose as she picked up Akane's sodden book bag. At that precise moment, the neko-Shampoo attached herself to Ranma's head and began to mew loudly.
"AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" screamed female Ranma, running round like a crazed lunatic. "GET IT OFFA ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Akane, feeling somewhat chastised, attempted to pry the cat off Ranma's head, but was only rewarded with a fresh set of scratches.
"Mreow!" exlclaimed Neko-Shampoo loudly, sneering at Akane Her retractable claws slid back into their sheaths with an ominous 'shik' as she leapt down from her perch. Akane aimed a kick at the cat but missed by a hair as Shampoo scrambled away, smugly sticking out her tongue at the youngest of the Tendou girls.
"Baka cat...." mumbled Akane darkly as she yanked the unconscious form of female Ranma, by way of her pigtail, towards school. "Will she never leave him alone?"
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Cologne was perched happily on her walking stick in the kitchen of the Cat Cafe, reminiscing about life before she was a shriveled crone, when she felt the reoccuring nudge of a blunt object on her ankle.
"Ah, Shampoo! Welcome back!" she said, nochalantly pouring the contents of a kettle onto the head of the cat.
"Great-Grandmother," Shampoo, now in human form, began. "Why is Ranma near Tendou girl all of time?" She said, referring to Akane. Cologne turned to Shampoo.
"It is because they go to the same school. It also doesn't help that they live under the same roof."
"That not mean Ranma has to be with her all of time!!!" Shampoo exclaimed angrily. Cologned sighed,and patted her great granddaughter on the hand.
"Shampoo, I know you that you know this, and maybe you just don't want to admit it, but both Ranma and Akane share feelings for each other. I do not know how deep these feelings are. They might be tiny attractions, or it could be love. But, either way, they are both in denial. They both try hard to cover up any feeling they might hold for one another."
Upon hearing this, Shampoo lowered her gaze and bit her lower lip as the tears threatened to spill out.
"But Shampoo love Ranma!!!" She yelled. "If Akane not even tell Ranma she love him, then why he like her?!?!? Shampoo do anything for Ranma! But he just ignore Shampoo!!! Shampoo pour out heart to Ranma, and he not even notice!" Now the tears were coming out, torrents streaming down her pale face. Shampoo turned away from her great-grandmother, and ran out of the kitchen, and out of the restaruant, heedless of the customers she had just knocked down.
"Owww....." said Ryouga, watching Shampoo's figure recede into the distance. "What's her deal?" he asked.
Cologne too, watched the girl disappear from view.
"I am sorry, great-grand daughter."
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At the Tendou Dojo, Tendou Akane was sitting on her bed, fiddling with a pencil, and procrastinating on her homework. She flopped down, and now, lying eagle-spread, began to mutter absently.
"Why does Shampoo always have to follow Ranma around? It's so annoying. Can't she see Ranma doesn't want her attention?"
((A/N: This story would, I guess, take place sometime in the middle of the series, before Shampoo has tried on the Jewel of Reversal. Oh, I'm not going by the TV series, I'm saying the mid-point of the manga that is out and translated. There's 21 volumes so far, (in Englilish) the Jewel of Reversal is in book 20.))
"Jealous?"
"Augh!" said Akane, blushing profusely. "Why do you always have to eavesdrop, Ranma!?!?!?"
"Relax, relax. It's just me." said Nabiki, entering the room and casually tossing a wad of cash onto the desk. She turned to Akane, and adopted an impish grin. "So, why are you jealous?" Akane turned her back to the middle Tendou child, and folded her arms across her chest.
"I'm NOT saying that I'm jealous! Why would I be jealous? There's no reason for me to be jealous. I loathe Ranma. All I'm saying is I get peeved when a freakish girl from a Chinese amazon tribe, who happens to have horrible grammar, follows Ranma, with whom I am forced to walk to and from school with, around." ((A/N Whew. That's quite a mouthful. Speaking of bad grammar, forgive me if I used some bad grammar, or punctuation, back there!))
"You're really that jealous?"
"SHUT UP NABIKI!!!!" said Akane, throwing her schoolbooks at the bridge of Nabiki's nose.
"Touchy today, aren't we?" muttered Nabiki darkly. She clutched a handfull of rags to her nose, which was gushing blood.
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"I'm going out Pop!" Ranma called, and deftly leaped out the kitchen window of the Tendou dojo.
"Wait, Ranma! I forgot that I had a package for you!" Kasumi called, handing a twine-bound parcel to Ranma. The martial artist grabbed it, and ripped off the paper and bonds.
"Another challenge?" he said, somewhat annoyed. He took the letter, which was sloppily written and stained with sobi sauce, and studied it.
'Ranma,
Meet me at Cat Cafe tomorrow at 4. I have questions to ask you.'
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"No signature?" Ranma queried. "Oh well. I'm not doing much tomorrow. I hope it's worthwhile."
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That's the end of this chapter! Don't worry, it gets better!!! This chapter was boring, but necessary to move the fic along.Tune in next time to see who that mysterious, noodle marinade stained letter is from, and what they want to talk to Ranma about, as well as a good dose of action!!!