Akane ½

Chapter 2: Nekoken

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Akane awoke to a low white ceiling. She yawned and made her way to the bathroom.

Once there she turned on the hot water and plugged the draining hole up. After she was good with the temperature she walked over to the tap and filled her water pail. She dumped it over her head and changed into a guy.

"Brr…cold." she said and started scrubbing.

After he was clean he settled into the steaming furo to re-transform and soak. After about ten minutes in the tub she heard a rustling in the changing room.

"I'll be right out," she called into the changing room.

Ranma's voice replied, "Sorry Akane, no rush."

"It's all right, I was almost done."

She rose from the tub and sheeted the water off with her hands and finished drying with the towel. Akane dressed in clean clothes and walked out of the bath.

"It's all yours," she said to Ranma and walked back to the guestroom.

Akane returned to her room and put away her bath stuff. She then went downstairs to practice.

"Hey pops, wanna spar?" she asked her father, currently panda.

[Sure thing] said the sign the panda held. He then walked out to the koi pond and took a ready stance. [Go]

They took turns, each either blocking or attacking. Hopping around on the rocks around the koi pond.

"Breakfast!" Shuri called to them from inside.

Akane turned to go but Genma landed a punch that threw her in the pond.

[Watch your back][Son] He held and walked to the table.

"Grr. I can't go to school like this." He said and started for the house.

He was half way between the pond and the house when a pink and purple cat stepped in his path looking around. Akane backpedaled away as fast as he could till he was against a tree.

"C-C-C-AT" he said and bolted straight up the tree.

The cat walked up to him and navigated through the tree up to him.

Akane's vision clouded over and he settled into a four hands on the ground form.

"Meow?" He looked around and hopped over the fence behind him.

[Uh oh] said a panda sign.

[Nekoken]

Looking around him at eh astonished crowd, he decided he better explain.        

[While we were in China I came across a training pamphlet. It said things about godlike strength and speed, like a cat. Well when she gets to close to a cat she kinda goes nuts and goes cat.]

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"Ranma, you go to school, she'll come back." said a confident Soun. "Now will someone take care of this cat, get it washed up?"

"I'll do it," said Shuri.

Shuri took the cat up to the bathroom. The cat struggled the whole way there. Shuri held it delicately so it could not reach him with its claws.

"Now, what's wrong with you, what's got you angry?" he asked the cat not actually expecting a response.

The cat just turned in his grip and stared at him.

"Now, I need the mildest soap we have, warm water..." Shuri continued talking to himself as he gathered the soap and filled a bucket with the hot water tap. He set it down and said, "Here you go. A nice rinse off."

{SPLASH}

Shuri stared open mouthed as the figure grew and took shape. A quite nice shape Shuri noticed and stopped that train of thought.

"Well... it appears we should get used to this in this house." he said after turning and facing the towel rack. Grabbing one of the large towels, he held it behind him without turning. The towel was snatched away, and he heard rustling.

"Thank you," said the purple haired character, "My name Shampoo, sorry."

Shampoo tailed Shuri around the house and to his room. "Here are some clothes you can borrow. Are you hungry?"

"Yes, very, thank you." she said and took the clothes.

Shuri walked out to the hallway and closed the door after himself, he then moved to the kitchen to prepare food for their guest.

"Here, eat all you want. So, Shampoo you said your name was, do you care to explain? I must admit, I am quite curious."

"Yes, my name Shampoo. Shampoo follow Akane and panda-father all the way from China. Akane beat Shampoo in fight. I must--" but Shampoo was cut short as a robe clad, black haired, boy charged into the house and flew straight at Shampoo.

Shuri was shocked; the girl showed no intention of avoiding the attack.

"Shampoo my lo—urk" the new appearance was not able to finish his sentence, due to his collision with Shampoo's fist. 

Mousse! How many times must I tell you! I don't love you! I will not marry you!

Due to his temporary unconscious state he could not answer.

Stupid Mousse

"Excuse me?" Shuri was confused about the whole thing. He had taken a few Chinese courses but he could not follow the conversation mixed with the events.

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{Later that night}

A now female but still cat Akane was prowling the streets of Nerima. She returned to the Dojo and scratched at the door. The door is ripped to ribbons and falls in.

[She must have been splashed and then come in contact with another cat. Don't touch her, only someone she likes can get her to normal.]

Akane-neko padded up the stairs along the hall. She got to Ranma's room and butted the door with her forehead and looked expectantly at the crowd that followed her up the stairs.

Soun reached over and opened the door a little, then backed off quickly.

"Meow," she said to Soun and butted the door all the way open with her forehead.

Akane gracefully walked on four feet in the room and padded over to the bed she jumped lightly and settled onto Ranma's chest and curled in a ball and settled to sleep.

Jarred away by something landing softly on his chest he opened his eyes. There was an Akane asleep in a ball on his chest, the rest of his family plus Genma was standing by the door.

"Just deal with it and go back to sleep, son." Soun said.

Too tired to argue he dropped to sleep.

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Ranma felt like waking was like dragging himself up through water, hard to breathe with a slight pressure on his chest. He tried to prop himself up on his elbows to greet the morning, but couldn't. His eyes flickered open, and he looked down with confusion at Akane, sleeping on his chest.