"Smooth move Saotome."
Ranma growled a little before turning around to see who knew his name and was slowing him down from getting to Akane.
"Nabiki?" he asked incredulously before starting to grin confidently and ecstatically.
"So. It is her. I have to go Nabiki. I'll talk to you later." Ranma said. He turned around to continue towards the women bathroom, when he felt a determined hand grab his arm harshly.
"Nabiki!" Ranma growled.
"What do you think you're doing? Is there a REASON you're stopping me from seeing the only thing I've wanted for 8 years?" He asked angrily in a low voice.
"No, Ranma I'm just doing this because I'm an evil bitch who WANTS to see you suffer." She replied sarcastically without a bit of fear of what the martial artist she was restraining could do to her.
"Of COURSE there's a reason. But I can't tell you. I won't let you destroy her again Ranma. I know what happened and I won't let you destroy her again." She continued calmly with a sad undertone.
"Well, you're one up on me. I DON'T know. But I intend to find out. She is the only thing that means anything to me. If you don't let go of me RIGHT now, I'll force you to." Ranma said coldly.
Nabiki just narrowed her eyes and tightened her grip.
"Fine." Ranma took hold of her wrist and gently (for him) pried it off of his wrist, without hurting her. He'd been honest. He DIDN'T care about anything except his ex-fiancé, but that didn't mean he was willing to hurt his captor. She wasn't a martial artist, and besides, she was Akane's sister.
"I love her just as much as you do Nabiki. Don't deprive me of what I want as badly as you did. You got what you wanted. Now let me find what I need." He said, and then turned away to continue of the stairs.
"I'm sorry little sister. I tried, but he loves you, and he needs this as much as you do." Nabiki whispered to herself before turning around to go find Kasumi.
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"Shampoo." Akane hissed with venom in her voice.
"You think you've won. Don't you bitch. I saw you 2 dancing. You think you've won him. But you haven't. And you never will." Shampoo said in an icy voice as she pulled a violet sack from her matching violet skirt. She opened the small bag and poured a miniature mountain of glittering white powder onto her hand.
She blew onto the small pile almost violently and then flung her hand in Akane's direction to get as much of the powder near her as possible. Akane simply stood there, looking at Shampoo arrogantly.
"You cannot compete with 3000 years of Amazon culture!" Shampoo said imperiously, with her hands on her hips.
Akane rolled her eyes, and shook her head condescendingly.
"3000 years of your Amazon culture...is what created me! You think you're the only one who has access to that powder? I'm immune! I use it weekly, sometimes even daily, because of what you turned me into! I went to China, to Joketsuzoku. Didn't your sister tell you? Oh wait...you and Lo Xian (Lotion) aren't talking, are you. She's a lot different. She died her hair dark brown and wears contacts. I'll bet you didn't even know she changed her name. She's called Nodoka now. Ironic isn't it. I left Nerima and went to China because of what you did to me over a man, and I get a companion who decides to name herself after the mother of the source of our conflict. Kind of makes your head spin."
# You stupid lying bitch! You would never survive among the Joketsuzoku!# Shampoo screamed in Chinese as she attacked Akane with her chi Bonbori.
# If I didn't, how can I speak Chinese you stupid slut? I DID go there, and I met YOUR family. You've been disowned haven't you. They knew it was you, and they knew what you did to me, was dishonorable beyond absolution! You haven't been home in probably 7 years! So don't give me that Amazon crap! YOU'RE NOT an Amazon!# Akane said as she dodged Shampoo's bonbori. Suddenly Shampoo stopped, saving face at her lack of ability to hit her opponent.
"Psh. You deserved everything you got, it's not my fault those fools couldn't see it. You're a violent animal, you were LUCKY to be r-"
#If you finish that sentence sister, I personally will be the one to rip your throat out. You claim pride in being an Amazon, but you treat your fellow female worse than a lowly man, THIS is why the Amazons removed you as the heiress of the tribe. THIS lack of honor and companionship to your fellow warrioress is what caused you to lose your position as the future Queen of the Joketsuzoku. You disgust me.# Nodoka said coldly as she walked in from the gloom of the gardens.
She was wearing her typical Lioness attire, the skin-tight black outfit, the black mask, the swinging, black chain tail, and the retractable claws.
"Nodoka? When did you get here?" Akane asked in mild surprise.
"Nabiki called me on her cell phone. Apparently Kasumi saw Shampoo watching you. She recognized the hair." Nodoka replied without looking away from her sister.
#So the stupid cow's sisters are here too hmm?#
#The "stupid cow" could kill you easily! Don't tempt me to do it. We let you leave with your life! Don't forfeit that sister. Don't make me take it from you.# Nodoka responded angrily.
#HA! As if you could, you weak, worthless, little girl. Since you seem to think you are stronger and better equipped than me to lead those silly fools in China, who dared slighting me...I challenge you! After I send your bloody body back to that foolish great-grandmother of ours, the people will beg me to come back and lead them. After all, what will they do without their stupid little princess, to continue leading the tribe when mother finally dies?#
Nodoka shut her eyes and drew in a deep, angry breath to calm herself.
#I accept your challenge.#
#Good! And as soon as I kill you, I'll kill your stupid-cow slut over there....#
At this point they both noticed Akane was missing. Using Nodoka's momentary distraction Shampoo began her deceitful attack, and the fight was on.
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A couple of hundred feet away, a masked figure in black tuxedo, sprinted through another garden. In his arms lay a beautiful, unconscious woman wearing white, a sharp contrast to her dark captor. Her dress fluttered in the wind as her unwitting conquerer leapt over the wall separating the estate from the rest of the world.
"Sorry 'Kane. I have to do this." He whispered to her as he continued running into the night.
Ranma growled a little before turning around to see who knew his name and was slowing him down from getting to Akane.
"Nabiki?" he asked incredulously before starting to grin confidently and ecstatically.
"So. It is her. I have to go Nabiki. I'll talk to you later." Ranma said. He turned around to continue towards the women bathroom, when he felt a determined hand grab his arm harshly.
"Nabiki!" Ranma growled.
"What do you think you're doing? Is there a REASON you're stopping me from seeing the only thing I've wanted for 8 years?" He asked angrily in a low voice.
"No, Ranma I'm just doing this because I'm an evil bitch who WANTS to see you suffer." She replied sarcastically without a bit of fear of what the martial artist she was restraining could do to her.
"Of COURSE there's a reason. But I can't tell you. I won't let you destroy her again Ranma. I know what happened and I won't let you destroy her again." She continued calmly with a sad undertone.
"Well, you're one up on me. I DON'T know. But I intend to find out. She is the only thing that means anything to me. If you don't let go of me RIGHT now, I'll force you to." Ranma said coldly.
Nabiki just narrowed her eyes and tightened her grip.
"Fine." Ranma took hold of her wrist and gently (for him) pried it off of his wrist, without hurting her. He'd been honest. He DIDN'T care about anything except his ex-fiancé, but that didn't mean he was willing to hurt his captor. She wasn't a martial artist, and besides, she was Akane's sister.
"I love her just as much as you do Nabiki. Don't deprive me of what I want as badly as you did. You got what you wanted. Now let me find what I need." He said, and then turned away to continue of the stairs.
"I'm sorry little sister. I tried, but he loves you, and he needs this as much as you do." Nabiki whispered to herself before turning around to go find Kasumi.
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"Shampoo." Akane hissed with venom in her voice.
"You think you've won. Don't you bitch. I saw you 2 dancing. You think you've won him. But you haven't. And you never will." Shampoo said in an icy voice as she pulled a violet sack from her matching violet skirt. She opened the small bag and poured a miniature mountain of glittering white powder onto her hand.
She blew onto the small pile almost violently and then flung her hand in Akane's direction to get as much of the powder near her as possible. Akane simply stood there, looking at Shampoo arrogantly.
"You cannot compete with 3000 years of Amazon culture!" Shampoo said imperiously, with her hands on her hips.
Akane rolled her eyes, and shook her head condescendingly.
"3000 years of your Amazon culture...is what created me! You think you're the only one who has access to that powder? I'm immune! I use it weekly, sometimes even daily, because of what you turned me into! I went to China, to Joketsuzoku. Didn't your sister tell you? Oh wait...you and Lo Xian (Lotion) aren't talking, are you. She's a lot different. She died her hair dark brown and wears contacts. I'll bet you didn't even know she changed her name. She's called Nodoka now. Ironic isn't it. I left Nerima and went to China because of what you did to me over a man, and I get a companion who decides to name herself after the mother of the source of our conflict. Kind of makes your head spin."
# You stupid lying bitch! You would never survive among the Joketsuzoku!# Shampoo screamed in Chinese as she attacked Akane with her chi Bonbori.
# If I didn't, how can I speak Chinese you stupid slut? I DID go there, and I met YOUR family. You've been disowned haven't you. They knew it was you, and they knew what you did to me, was dishonorable beyond absolution! You haven't been home in probably 7 years! So don't give me that Amazon crap! YOU'RE NOT an Amazon!# Akane said as she dodged Shampoo's bonbori. Suddenly Shampoo stopped, saving face at her lack of ability to hit her opponent.
"Psh. You deserved everything you got, it's not my fault those fools couldn't see it. You're a violent animal, you were LUCKY to be r-"
#If you finish that sentence sister, I personally will be the one to rip your throat out. You claim pride in being an Amazon, but you treat your fellow female worse than a lowly man, THIS is why the Amazons removed you as the heiress of the tribe. THIS lack of honor and companionship to your fellow warrioress is what caused you to lose your position as the future Queen of the Joketsuzoku. You disgust me.# Nodoka said coldly as she walked in from the gloom of the gardens.
She was wearing her typical Lioness attire, the skin-tight black outfit, the black mask, the swinging, black chain tail, and the retractable claws.
"Nodoka? When did you get here?" Akane asked in mild surprise.
"Nabiki called me on her cell phone. Apparently Kasumi saw Shampoo watching you. She recognized the hair." Nodoka replied without looking away from her sister.
#So the stupid cow's sisters are here too hmm?#
#The "stupid cow" could kill you easily! Don't tempt me to do it. We let you leave with your life! Don't forfeit that sister. Don't make me take it from you.# Nodoka responded angrily.
#HA! As if you could, you weak, worthless, little girl. Since you seem to think you are stronger and better equipped than me to lead those silly fools in China, who dared slighting me...I challenge you! After I send your bloody body back to that foolish great-grandmother of ours, the people will beg me to come back and lead them. After all, what will they do without their stupid little princess, to continue leading the tribe when mother finally dies?#
Nodoka shut her eyes and drew in a deep, angry breath to calm herself.
#I accept your challenge.#
#Good! And as soon as I kill you, I'll kill your stupid-cow slut over there....#
At this point they both noticed Akane was missing. Using Nodoka's momentary distraction Shampoo began her deceitful attack, and the fight was on.
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A couple of hundred feet away, a masked figure in black tuxedo, sprinted through another garden. In his arms lay a beautiful, unconscious woman wearing white, a sharp contrast to her dark captor. Her dress fluttered in the wind as her unwitting conquerer leapt over the wall separating the estate from the rest of the world.
"Sorry 'Kane. I have to do this." He whispered to her as he continued running into the night.