Beautiful Disaster

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Disclaimer: See Default Chapter for such.

A/N: The thing about Ranma, along with every other Takahashi series, is that there are so many characters to remember to use. That creates endless possibilities in fan fiction. It's so hard trying to decide who you want to use and at what time. That's why if you read it and it seems wrong it probably is. I probably should read these chapters before posting them…

Any ideas will be appreciated. Same goes for flames.

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"No way!"

"Akane! I'm suppose'd to be back there!"

"Ranma, you can't be in the changing area."

"And why not?"

She looked around carefully. She calmed and brought her tone to a whisper, "You're a guy Ranma. If I let you go back there it'd be like putting the sheep clothing on the wolf."

Ranma stared at her. "What's this about sheep's clothing? Kasumi didn't mention that."

"It's a phrase stupid!" She nearly hit him. He was ready for it too. It just never came. "Look, just find somewhere else. There's bound to be something."

"Heh. Fine." Ranma put a pout on and stormed off. Just in time too, his other members of his growing harem just happened to show up.

"Violent girl compete too? May as well go home now. Shampoo all too too beautiful for you." Shampoo noted as she gave the ogling band of perverts that had noticed her on the way in.

"Yeah, whatever." Akane replied. She could not lose her focus now by getting angry with Shampoo. Still, how dare Shampoo be such a slut?

"Listen up Shampoo!" Ukyo appeared as well. "I will defeat you here today!"

"Spatula girl just give up yes?"

"Never!" Her spatula swiftly thrown just to the right of Shampoo. That was fair enough warning.

"Lucky me." Hinako showed up in her adult form. "Plenty of people to stay adult here."

"You won't be able to stay that way the whole show though." Akane noted to her as the two broke away from the arguing other girls. "And once you're a kid you'll have ADD again."

"ADD? That wasn't very nice Tendo, or, dare I say, daughter."

"Tendo or Akane will suffice." She gritted through her teeth.

"Anyway, Happosai has told me how to remain in this form for a long time."

"He did?"

"Just now."

Akane spotted Happosai who was scaring away a few of the girls with his perverted acts. "Oh, right."

"Don't worry dear. Your father and I will be married soon enough."

"Why doesn't that calm me?"

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"Ranma!" Mousse ran up to some shrub. "You seem spikey Ranma. Is this some strategy?"

Ranma launches his fist into the Chinese boy's head. "I'm right here!"

"Oh, right." He fixes his glasses. "Ranma I found out how to negate the potion Shampoo used."

"How?"

"Mayonnaise."

"Mayonnaise?"

"Mayonnaise."

Ranma stared at the boy. "One more time. I don't think I'm hearing straight."

"Mayonnaise."

"The condiment?"

"The very same."

"People use it on sandwiches. In tuna fish. Multiple salads."

"Yes, the very same Ranma!"

"Okay, so is there any special process to use it?"

"It's mayonnaise Ranma." Mousse replied with a hooded glare. "You just throw it on her."

"You have some?"

"Gallons of it. I even have a hose to shoot it at her."

"Can you really shoot it though?"

"What do you mean?"

"You love her right? Can you really go against her?"

"Listen! I love her. I don't want anyone else to like her. Especially because of some magic." He clenched his fist. "She's beautiful without it."

"Mousse, did the potion effect you?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, when, when I saw her I was a bit attracted to her." He receives a punch from Mousse. "Anyway, did you feel the same thing?"

"No, not at all. Is that weird?"

"I don't think it is. I think it just means your love for her is genuine. The thing about those Chinese things like this potion and all; there's always a catch." The presently girl admitted. "What if in this case, the more someone is attracted to her, the less they actually love her?"

"So, by admitting you were attracted to her you mean you don't love her?"

Ranma blinked. "I never did. Didn't you notice how I tried to get away from her?" Mousse shakes his head. "Well, I tried."

"Where's Ryoga?"

"Who knows?"

Just that moment Kuno had passed by them with the helpless P-chan in captivity. Poor, poor, pig-boy…

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"Camera rolling Saotome?" Soun questioned of the panda.

[Just fine] the panda sign replied.

"Heh. A panda wouldn't seem any bit perverted so we shouldn't be afraid of anything Saotome."

"Dad, what are you doing?" Nabiki waited patiently behind his frozen form. "Just be sure to make copies. Who knows how much this could go for."

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The pageant is being held in the park just nearby. It was a beautiful spring to summer day and not a cloud in sight. Perfect weather in Ranma's book. The crowds had assembled and all had entered the contest. On the main stage came the announcer who was from a very popular kung-fu movie (how sad that he ended up here). With his deep voice the pageant was announced to start and all the contestants were ready. Ranma had dealt with the ones he could via throwing Happosai around at them (promising good underwear and thongs of course). Now there was only seven, but how many would actually make it to the end. Nothing ever goes smoothly when Ranma and his bunch are in on it.