Disclaimer: I wish I didn't have to say this every chapter but since I don't own Ranma 1/2 and Rumiko Takahashi does I have to. There I said it.

Another Chapter up. Sorry if I took too long but compared to other stories who keep you waiting for months or even years for their updates I think I'm doing pretty good.

Chapter 3-One hell of a day

*MANDARIN* 'THOUGHTS' ~SOUNDS~

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Shampoo and Ranma just stared at each other. For the both of them it seemed like years were passing. Ranma stood there and completely forgot what he was going to say once he saw her walk in. And when Shampoo walked in she just froze not knowing what to say or do. So they just stood there looking at each other in a awkward silence until.....

"So Great-Granddaughter where have you been all day?" Cologne was very curious on why her and Son-in-Law were acting very strange and not talking or why Great-Granddaughter wasn't glomping on to him.

Well that question didn't get answered because right after Cologne asked her question Shampoo just turned around and walked out. Cologne looked back at Ranma who looked clueless just looking at the spot where Shampoo had just stood. It wasn't until about 30 seconds later when Ranma noticed that Shampoo had left and ran off to see where she went to.

"Well.....that was interesting" Cologne said now looking at the door where Ranma just ran out of.

Ranma looked up and down the street looking for some clue to where Shampoo had gone to. Ranma didn't see nothing until he saw some purple hair turn the corner. He ran towards that corner as fast he could and when he got there he saw Shampoo walking. 'Good she didn't go that far. Now hopefully I can't mess things up more than they are now.'

Shampoo was too deep in thought to know that Ranma was coming up right behind her. 'I didn't expect that I was going to see him so soon. Why was he even there? He said all he had to say didn't he? And why did he just stare at me? Aiya!!! Why can't he just...' the rest was cut off by someone yelling her name right in her ear and shaking her.

Shampoo turned around about to punch the person who dared to bother her in her emotional state. But instead she froze up again just like when she froze up back in the Nekohatten. She was staring right into the blue eyes of the boy she was trying not to love but it was so hard not to love him when she always got lost in those eyes of his.

Ranma did the same thing, he forgot what to say once he started to stare into her eyes, he didn't know why he just did. He couldn't just stand here and not say nothing. So finally after a few seconds he thought of something to say. "Um........hey Shampoo hows it going?" Ranma said nervously. 'Man, that was horrible. I've only said one sentence and I've already messed up. I should of just wrote her a letter.'

Shampoo just stood there stunned. 'Is he trying to rub it in or is he trying to be nice.Either way he's bad at it. Wait I shouldn't even care. Let me just leave before it gets any worse.'

Ranma saw that Shampoo started to leave and jumped right in front of her and put his hands on her shoulders so she wouldn't move with out him stopping her. "Look Shampoo I'm sorry about what I did and what I said. I've shouldn't have took it out on you when you were just trying to help. So you shouldn't be mad or depressed or however your feeling thats bad right know" Ranma was smiling in the inside 'WOW! that went better than I thought'

Ranma didn't notice that his hands were still holding Shampoo by the shoulders. Also Ranma didn't notice that she was starting to cry. So as softly as she could Shampoo just quietly removed Ranma's hands and instead of walking she ran. 'How the hell can he tell me how I feel?'

Ranma just stared at her until he realized that he should go run after her. 'Geez what did I say. All I did was apoligize and she goes running off. DAMMIT!!! I thought I got it right. Man, Akane is not gonna be happy with me. Oh well shes never happy with me.

Shampoo ran and she knew that Ranma was following her. She knew that he wouldn't leave her alone unless she told him that she didn't want him anymore. But just thinking about what she was about to say was breaking her heart.

Finally Shampoo stopped and so did Ranma who wasn't that far behind. Shampoo led him to a small cliff that was about a 6 foot drop into a river that led to some rapids that led to a waterfall (I'm not sure if thats possible but oh well).

Shampoo turned around towards Ranma. Ranma could tell that she had been crying because her cheeks were still wet. They were both about a foot apart and Ranma could see it very clearly. He was about to say something but Shampoo was the first to speak. "Shampoo an idiot."

"Huh???" this took Ranma by surprise.

"Shampoo an idiot because I think that you love me. But Shampoo only in denial......I know you love someone else"Shampoo began to cry. "Shampoo don't know what love is yet because when I thought I loved you all I felt was pain, but now Shampoo know thats not what love is supposed to be."

Ranma was speechless. How could she say that he loved someone else. If she had meant Akane then she was completely wrong. She was just an uncute tomboy. Ranma had to explain this to Shampoo. "Look, I don't know why you think I love someone else but I don't.....but I mean its not like I love you.....I mean I like you....well ummm....I don't love you but I like you as friend I guess." Ranma started to sweat and was scratching the back of his head 'Why can't I ever find the right words to say?'

"Ranma, Shampoo know you mean well but I need to be alone.Shampoo know you meant what you said, but I also know you didn't mean to hurt Shampoo. But for now I just can't be around you anymore. Shampoo don't know when I'll be able to be around you, maybe never, maybe Shampoo will go back to China. But Ranma you really hurted me and Shampoo think it would be good for the both of us if we just don't see each other for awhile."

When Shampoo said that it broke her heart because she realized that she might just have to go back to China, but she hadn't realized that when she said that, that Ranma was hurt just as much maybe worse. He didn't want Shampoo to go for some reason. And he wasn't going to let her go without a fight. "Shampoo I don't know what the hell your thinking but...." the rest was cut off as thunder and lightining was heard and seen through out the dark clouds.

Ranma didn't know why he didn't notice before, maybe because he was to caught up in the conversation to realize the clouds were getting darker. But it was too late for the both of them to take cover because as soon as they noticed the dark clouds it started raining.

Ranma-chan looked down at where Shampoo had been standing. There was just a lump of clothes and out came Shampoo-neko from out the pile. Ranma just screamed "Ca..ca...ca...CAT CAT CAT!!!!" and as Ranma-chan started to run she screamed out really fast "I'LLTALKTOYOULATERBYE!!!"

Shampoo-neko just shook her head and sighed. As Shampoo began to walk off she noticed she was just a little to close by the edge because while she was walking away she realized that it was slippery and slipped down the cliff. Shampoo-neko rolled into the river and noticed that she couldn't swim that good as a cat and that she was coming up to the water fall pretty fast. She went under the water once more and realized the waterfall looked much bigger as cat, MUCH BIGGER. The last thought that went through her head before she blacked out was 'This has been one hell of a day'.

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YAY!!! I finally updated. I've been so busy getting gifts and getting caught up in the holiday that I forgot to update. I hope you like it. Oh and there will be people I made in the next chapter. YAY!!! (I like saying YAY!!!)