Title: Ranma ½ : Until You
By - Resha Yukira
Disclaimer: Don't own this anime *sweat drop* so don't sue me.
A/u: By the way, this chap is a bit longer than before! It's Mousse and Shampoo centred chapter.
Chapter 12: Sanma's plan. Mousse and Shampoo.
Everyone was in the bus heading away from Tokyo. It was holiday and everyone had decided to go to the free ticket to hot bath at Octopus Hotel at a small town. But that's not their only reason. The Tendo and Saotome families were given the free tickets, won by guess who? Kasumi, obviously, together with Tofu. Since Kasumi wanted 'the more the merrier', she invited all the family that included who wanted to be invited too. Shampoo decided to come to be with Ranma, same reason for Kodachi and Ukyo. Mousse was just being Shampoo's tail. Kuno were trying to be with the 'pigtailed girl' and Tendo Akane. Ryoga wanted to come to have Akane attracted to him more, that include Sanma in his inner thought. Happosai, there's no need to explain why he wanted to follow.
"Kasumi nee-chan, why invite all of them?" Sanzo pouted childishly with irritated eyes and crossed arms. Kasumi grinned prettily beside Tofu, "The more the merrier!" "Yes, Sanma-kun, the more people invited, the more we have fun," Tofu agreed obviously.
"They are obviously right, my pig tailed girl," Kuno held on her hands on his chest crying proudly, "This is the one chance we have." Ranma had veins popping out and punched him away, "Don't touch my imouto little sister you hentai pervert!" Everyone shared the same huge sweat drop.
"Darn you Saotome Ranma," Kuno retorted back pointing his wooden stick to him, "You don't have the right to stop us!" He hugged Sanma, "Since she wanted to be with me too." Sanma fisted angrily and kicked him away, "Go away and never come back!" Another sweat drop formed.
"Is this the place, Kasumi?" Tendo asked curiously as they looked up at huge hotel yet looked cracked and old. "Hai, oto-san," Kasumi nodded and entered in the hotel with Tofu beside her. "Is this place haunted?" Akane asked worriedly behind Ranma, "It look so."
"Don't worry, Tendo Akane," Kuno held, "I, Kuno Takewaki, will protect you!" Ranma and Akane had irritated eyes. Akane punched him and he crashed down, "I think I am insecure if I was protected by you." Sanma laughed out loud and followed Kasumi from behind, "I agree with you, Akane-san!"
"Welcome to Octopus Hotel, my friends," A middle aged man greeted them bowing. "Thank you," Kasumi smiled back. "We'll be ordering two rooms," Tofu smiled and Happosai screamed. "I'll be in the Woman's room!!" Ranma and Ryoga pulled him, "No, you'll be in the Men's room!" "Iya da!!" He screamed childishly, "I want to be with Akane-chan and Sanma-chan."
"I want to be with Ran~ma," Shampoo jumped to Ranma and Kodachi and Akane had a crooked look. "Ranma-sama will be with me in the same room!" Kodachi pulled his arm, "Since I, Kodachi the Black Rose, can pay for a big special room." "Like Shampoo can't?" Shampoo corrected and this made a fuss in the hotel. Ranma looked tired.
"Wait a second!" Ukyo held Ranma's head from behind, "I should stay with Ran-chan for the night since I always sleep with him all night when we were younger!" The girls had irritated eyes and jumped backwards to fight, 'who wins, sleep with Ranma in the same room'.
"I bet this won't end until tomorrow," Nabiki overruled rolling her eyes. "Why don't you girls act like older woman? You all look childish!" Akane screamed to them. "We will do childish things just for 'my Ran-ma'," Shampoo corrected back, "Why don't you chipped in for a better result?" Kodachi laughed in a high pitch, "That's a good idea."
Akane blushed intensely and crossed her arms, "Who would sleep with this Hentai in the same room?" "Excuse me!" Ranma reacted back angrily, "Who would sleep with this uncute girl in the same room?"
Sanma had irritated eyes and shook her head. She mushroom breathed shrugging. "Oi Sanma, help me in this!" Ranma pleaded whispering.
"What am I supposed to do?" She whispered back, "I am just your little sister!" Suddenly a bulb lightened dragged out from his head and hid behind Sanma, "I'll be with my sister in the same room." All the girls' jaw widely dropped down except Akane, who just harrumphed. "Onii-chan!" Sanma turned to her brother, "Don't drag me into this!" "Hey, don't you love your brother?" He asked his little sister with his arms on his hip. She looked down and blushed, "Okay, fine!"
Kodachi bit into her blanket angrily, "Why? Why? Why? Ranma-sama should sleep with me tonight." The girls sulked in the corner and their face looked crooked.
"Girls, aren't you ready for baths?" Kasumi turned to them showing the hotel blue kimonos. "Baths!" Shampoo jumped to get one, "Shampoo will be with Ran~ma bathing!!" She dashed out the room. Ukyo and Kodachi looked surprised and took the kimono. They quickly dashed out following Shampoo from behind.
"You not coming, Sanma?" Ranma asked from behind, "You know, the hot bath is good for you." She turned to him, "Not interested." Her father, panda form, produced out a wooden sign, 'Unfeminine'. Her eyes changed into irritated and threw him out of the window. She was puffing with veins popping out from her temple while a sweat drop formed behind his head. "You are getting good at throwing people, aren't you?"
"Ran~ma~~" Shampoo jumped into the hot bath but there wasn't Ranma in sight, "Where's Ran~ma?" She looked left and right and saw Nabiki pointing to a big boulder. "At the other side," She replied irritated and saw her trying to up there but was stopped by Akane. "What do you think you are doing?" She asked her, "That part are for boys!" "Shampoo don't care! Shampoo wants Ran~ma~" She screamed and all of a sudden she punched the boulder into the two that the boys had a stupid expressions. Shampoo saw Ranma and jumped to him, and of course, naked.
"Shampoo, wh... what... what are you ... doing?" Ranma stuttered blushing pushing her away from his chest. Akane was fisting in the corner angrily with veins popping out and threw a big rock to him. It hit to his head; a bump was produced as his eyes filled with tears.
"Shampoo's good," Sanma wasn't in the hot water yet. She looked irritated looking at the half boulder that supposed to block women. Kasumi and Nabiki looked casual. She turned as she felt something bad. She turned and saw Happosai running towards her. "Sanma-chan!" He screamed and she had vertical lines on her face. She shut her eyes trying to punch him but a few seconds, he didn't jumped to her. She opened her eyes slowly and saw Ryoga dragging him from behind.
"Let go of me," Happosai demanded angrily, "I want to hold Sanma's –" He got a whack from Sanma. "If you say that, I whack you till you die, old man!" She fisted angrily. She snapped as she saw something inside the hot water that was going to Akane. "Akane-san, behind you!" She pointed and Akane turned but it had vanished. "What's wrong, Sanma?" Kasumi asked worried and she had squinting eyes. "I did saw something..." She corrected.
Sanma was on the roof trying to scare the girls for fun before going to sleep but suddenly she changed her direction as she saw Mousse sitting alone on the roof. He looked frustrated. He sighed. "What's the matter, Mousse?" She asked curiously. He turned away, "Leave me alone." Sanma sat down beside him, "Depressed because of Shampoo!?" He fisted, "It's all because of that darn Saotome Ranma!" She whacked his head with a wooden hammer, "Watch your mouth. His sister is beside you." He apologized. "You can't blame my brother for that. He doesn't like Shampoo," She corrected. He sighed, "I have devoured my love to her since we were younger but she never knew that I was around. She only thinks about that –" She was ready with the wooden hammer and a sweat drop formed behind his head, "Ranma..."
"Is it because my brother defeated Shampoo? Why don't you try to defeat her?" She questioned and had irritated look, "Don't tell me you don't dare?" He nodded, "Who would if he loves her? I think Shampoo never did liked me." "Child hood? Being together for such a long time?" An eyebrow shot up, "I think she maybe does like you Mousse." "You think so?" He turned. "Hrmm..." She thought, "Since you loved Shampoo that much and for a long time, I'll help you." "You will?" He questioned, "Gee... I didn't know my enemy's sister wanted to help me!"
"First of all," She pointed and pulled his glasses, "Your glasses!" "My glasses?" He whined childishly, "But I can't see!" "That's one thing Shampoo dislike about you!" She pointed again, "Whenever you say 'Shampoo', you looked and hugged somebody else. What girl won't be mad?" "True! I didn't figured that out!" He stood and suddenly fell down. She sweat dropped, "Sometimes I think my brother and Akane has brains here."
It was early in the morning and everyone was having their breakfast. "Ranma, where's Sanma?" Akane pointed and he shrugged. "She went out early this morning!" He replied eating. "Mousse went out early too," Tendo added, "I even saw them walking together." Everyone stopped eating, "Could it be?" "Not my pigtailed girl!!" Kuno screamed and put out his wooden stick. "Shampoo, aren't you worried?" Akane looked at her. "Worried? Worried about what? Sanma can have Mousse, for all I care," She replied and stopped chewing. She looked different.
"Game one!" Sanma pointed, "New glasses!" "New glasses?" He questioned back stupidly, "But I have my own glasses." "That always goes off..." She pouted childishly, "Mousse, you need a Contact Lens." An eyebrow shot up, "Contact Lens!? What's that?" She sweat dropped and entered in the Glasses shop.
A few hours later, they walked out and Mousse looked different. "Can you see now?" Sanma asked curiously. He nodded, "Yes, more clearly." He looked at Sanma, "Very clear." "Open them before you go to sleep or it will bring trouble to you, mind that" She pointed up, "Now you can know where's Shampoo is!" She turned, "Game two! A present for her!" "Present? But it's not her birthday or Christmas day," He corrected and she crashed down. "Giving present doesn't matter when or what special day it is!" She screamed with her head bigger than her body. He sweat dropped, "Haaa... i..."
"Sanma's not back yet," Ranma pointed after a sigh, "This is no fun! I wanted to play and kick her!" "Even Mousse isn't back yet," Ukyo added back playing indoor game with Kodachi. "It's right then!" Nabiki pointed and everyone looked at her, "Mousse is going out with Sanma!" Some of them squeaked. "Sanma? I don't think so, nee-chan!" Akane corrected, "Sanma won't do such thing beside, Mousse will never change his love to Sanma." Nabiki neared her, "Help me with this, Akane. I think Sanma has some kind of idea." "Oh!" Akane replied and coughed, "I think you're right, nee-chan. Mousse may be going out with Sanma. Shampoo, what are you going to do?" "I told you, what ever Mousse does, I don't care," Shampoo replied and walked out. "Not my pigtailed girl!! Not her!!" Kuno screamed and Ranma kicked him out. "It's not your concern who she choose," He screamed.
"Will... will she like this?" Mousse stuttered shyly, "Sometimes Shampoo refuses my presents you know." "Common Mousse, trust yourself," Sanma said, "You said Shampoo like that kind of stuff. I am sure she'll like it." "Well okay, you said it," He looked down at the wrapped present.
Meanwhile, Shampoo was in the hot water looking frustrated like Mousse before. "Why Shampoo feeling this way? If Mousse finds Sanma interesting, then she can have him," She said looking down at her reflection, "I can't be jealous. Shampoo likes Ran~ma!" There was something inside the water behind her.
"I am back!" Sanma waved casually and quickly Ranma jumped to kick her. She dodged, "What are you doing, nii-chan?" "Where have you been?" He asked and she paid no attention to him, "I was bored all day." He started whining from behind and her veins became bigger. "Hey, I got something important to do!" She corrected and her brother had a strange expression. "Then it's true?" Everyone looked at them both. "True about what?" Mousse's eyebrow raised up. "That you guys are going out!" Nabiki pointed. Sanma crashed down while Mousse had dotted eyes. "Why would we do that for!!!!!?" Sanma screamed angrily, "Mousse's love to Shampoo won't end, forever!" He blushed and looked left and right, "Where's Shampoo?"
"She was here an hour ago," Akane replied and everyone turned. "I saw her going to the hot tub a few minutes ago." "Hot Tub!?" Sanma's eyebrow shot up. Suddenly they heard Shampoo's scream coming from the hot tub. "Shampoo!?" Mousse reacted and ran towards the hot tub. Everyone followed from behind.
"Shampoo?" Mousse called but they didn't saw anyone in the hot water. "The thing I saw last night wasn't my imagination," Sanma concluded. "You felt it too, Sanma?" Ranma turned to her. They snapped when they saw something coming out from the water. It pulled Akane in. "Akane!!" She screamed and it vanished in the water again. "What was that?" Ryoga pointed with sweat drop. "This doesn't look good," Ukyo thought and she was pulled next. "Uk-chan!" Ranma yelled. Since Kasumi, Nabiki and Kodachi weren't around, Ranma thought that her sister would be next and took a bucket of cold water. He poured it all over him and pushed her sister away. Out of the blue, he (she) was pulled next. "Onii-chan??" "Ranma!" Obviously, he changed back into a man and fought with something in the hot tub. Mousse, who was impatient and worried about Shampoo, jumped into the hot water. "Mousse?"
"Mousse, get the girls!" Ranma yelled to him, "I'll take care of this 'thing'." "It's a man..." Ryoga pointed with sweat drops. She tsked, "I think the manager has something to do with this!" She pulled Ryoga's arm, "Come on!" He dashed from behind.
They frightened the manager to death asking about the thing in the hot tub. The reason Kasumi won the ticket, because to let the 'anything goes martial arts' people to defeat a human in the water tub that mastered the breathing in it. "The man is actually the real manager of this hotel," He stuttered scared. Ryoga and Sanma looked each other and looked back at the man, "And you want us to kill him?" He looked down, "His work after the real manager died is to find a wife to live with and he will take any pretty woman." They nodded and gave him an unconscious faint punch gift. They quickly ran back to the water hot tub.
"Still?" Sanma questioned and saw her brother tired. He had been in the hot water for a long time. "He's going to doze off in a few seconds," Ryoga pointed and Sanma ordered him to pull him out while she distracts him. She jumped to the water and hanged on to the man's head, "You're going down." She was wrong, she was pulled in the water without getting a big breath. But luckily, Mousse swam to the surface and punched the man's stomach with Shampoo is his arms and the two girls behind him.
"What the-?" Nabiki looked at the man fainted on the rock, "He's handsome!" "Tell me about it," Sanma replied annoyed. "Shampoo, can you here me? It's me, Mousse," He nudged her again and again. "There's only one way to get her back, Mousse," Kasumi pointed from behind and they looked curious. Tofu nodded, "Mouth to mouth respiration!" Everyone blushed. "Oo...ookay!" He stuttered back, "I'll do anything to make my love come back!" He took a deep breath.
"By the way, how did Mousse find you? I thought he wears specs," Nabiki reminded. "Yeah," Ukyo agreed stupidly and Sanma just stuck her tongue out. Everyone looked at Mousse, who was trying to give Shampoo and mouth to mouth respiration, 'Mousse, you can do it... you can...' He leaned down to her and their lips finally meet. Everyone's eyes was widely opened looking at them.
A few seconds later, Shampoo gained some oxygen, coughing. "Where am I?" She pondered and saw Mousse front of her eyes, looking happy and relieved, "Mousse? What happened?" "He kissed you!" Sanma screamed and they blushed. "He what?" She questioned still blushing and looked down, "He stole my kiss..." She whispered and turned up at him, "But you can't see without your glasses." He smiled, "That I thank Sanma, for introducing Contact Lens!" "Contact Lens!?" They all repeated. "You don't know?" Nabiki questioned, "The small thing like glasses, that are made in the western countries, obviously." "How did you know that?" Akane asked Sanma. "Hey, I've wandered so many places," She shrugged and jumped behind Shampoo and whispered, "You were jealous that Mousse and I went out together, am I right?" She blushed, "I don't know what you talking about!" She smiled.
To be continued
Chapter 13: The Magic Mirror. Back to Sanma's past.
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