Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma 1/2, Rumiko Takahashi does. But I do own Shampoo's brother and sister and Yukie, Yukie's grandmother, Kai, and so on so on. So if you want to use them get my permission.

A/N: HI!!! I've been trying to update more so I hope you all think I'm doing well on that. But there is something that has really been urking my nerves. I've been going around on ff.net and all over the web looking for Shampoo fanfics. Now I found SOME good ones but most of them were sad. Very very sad. Like they had Shampoo dying, going insane, murdering people, and thats not even the bad part. For the people who read this I'm just asking one favor, PLEASE write some good Shampoo fanfics. I'm not trying to flame the people who wrote those fanfics or insult them but I'm just asking the people who agree with me write some fanfics of your own. Thats what I'm doing and I think you all should too if your not already. Now on with the story.

Chapter 7-Ranma and Shampoo's Talk

*MANDARIN* 'THOUGHTS' ~SOUNDS~

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Ranma was on his way back to the Tendou home. He was getting a big headache from all this thinking he was doing. All those things Garland said made him think even more. 'I'm not even sure how I feel about Shampoo right now. I don't want to hurt Shampoo either and I am really worried about her. But that doesn't mean I love her. All because I wanna feel her touch again or feel her lips......Wait...WHAT THE HELL AM I THINKING!?! I think Happousai is starting to get to me.'

Ranma was now in the Tendou home and walking up the stairs to the guest room. Kasumi was just walking out the kitchen to catch up to Ranma. "Ranma, oh I have good news....but also some sort of bad news." Kasumi said happily.

"What we found Shampoo but she ran away again and she's somewhere in Nerima hiding out?" said Ranma with a small smile.

Kasumi looked at him confused. "Yes, how did you know."

Ranma stopped mid-way up the stairs and turned around to face Kasumi. "S..So your saying that Shampoo is here in Nerima hiding out?"

"Yes, Dr.Tofu said......" Kasumi was cut off when Ranma ran by her and quickly thanked her.

That was all the information Ranma needed. He was going to look over every square inch of Nerima to find her. He was going to figure what happened to her and talk about what happened the last time they talked. And this time nothing was going to stop him.

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Garland had taken Shampoo to a more secluded side of the park. They both were sitting under a tree for shade. Shampoo had finally calm down a bit. She had stopped crying but it look like that she wasn't all there. Like part of her was missing. Shampoo leaned on her sister shoulder for support. They sat there in silence for awhile until Garland wanted some answers. "Shampoo what happened to you?" asked Garland.

Shampoo sniffed. She was prepared for this. She knew her sister would want an explanation and she knew her sister would understand. "Well, I was talking to.....Ranma about something and we were by a cliff. It started to rain so we turned into our cursed forms. He ran away screaming while I just stood there. I didn't know I was so close to the cliff until I fell. The last thing I remember was going down a waterfall."

"Are you ok? Do you have any scars? Did someone save?" Interupted Garland worried.

Shampoo gave her sister a smile. She missed the way how her sister could be so mothering. "Yes, I'm ok and I don't have any scars. And I guess you could sort of say I was saved. When I woke up I was lying in a bed. This girl named Yukie found me floating down a river in my cat form, and saw that I was still alive. So she took me to her house and when they gave me a bath, well I changed back to my human form."

"When she found me awake they thought I lost my memory. So then I thought to myself is it worth coming back here to get my heart broken or stay there and make myself a new life." said Shampoo.

"And you decided to make a new life." said Garland sadly.

"Yes. I was then known as Kyoko Minami of the Anything goes Dance Martial Arts." Garland snickered a bit at the last part. Shampoo nudged her a bit and snickered with her. "Don't make fun of my name. Anyways life seemed good. I actually made friends and didn't have so much drama in my life. Until our school had a field trip to a town that only the teachers knew. So when....when we got here I passed out, and they took me to Dr.Tofu. Yukie then found out that I was faking about not remembering and ran out......" Shampoo looked like she was about to cry and was choking it back.

Garland then finished for her. "So you ran out yourselve because you didn't want to be here."

Garland saw that she had started crying again. "I...I don't want to see Ranma. He....he hates me. Whats the point of being here when I know he won't ever love me back." Shampoo started to cry even more. "I don't want to be Shampoo anymore, I wanna be Kyoko. But now I don't even have that life anymore."

Garland looked at her sister sadly. "Poohpooh (Shampoo's Nickname), Ranma doesn't hate you."

"YES, HE DOES!!! You should of heard the things he said." said Shampoo who started to cry louder.

"Ranma told me himself what he said. And I see why your hurt, but all because he named off some of your flaws doesn't mean he hates you. He told me that he didn't mean to. But if Ranma hated you so much why would he be so worried about you, spending day and night looking for you?" Shampoo looked up at her surprised. "Ranma has been to caught up looking for you to even get any rest."

Shampoo seemed shocked, but one thing still had to be answered. "Wh..wh...what about Ranma and Akane. Aren't they a....."

Garland saw that Shampoo wasn't going to be able to finish her question but she had a pretty good idea what she was talking about. "Didn't you hear a word I said? Ranma had no time for Akane he was too busy worrying about you and looking for you. I doubt they even talk as much anymore."

Shampoo seemed to cheer up a bit. "But that still doesn't mean I'm going to talk to him. The only thing I'm going to tell him is that.....that the engangments off....and he doesn't have to be my Airen anymore. I'll just go back to the village and face my punishment." Shampoo said with a few tears running down her face.

Garland got up and brushed herself off. She then turned around and glared at Shampoo. Shampoo felt a chill go down her spine. "The sister I knew never gave up on nothing. She was determined and willing to do anything if she put her mind to it. I don't give a damn if your Kyoko or whoever, you will always be my little sister. Even when we both die we'll be sisters and that goes for Zane too, except he's a brother. Now you and I know Ranma has feelings for you. Even if there the smallest, he does have feelings for you. And you are going to talk to him. No if's, and's, or buts. You will talk to him, and you two will work this out. I don't care if it kills you at least you went down with a fight. Oh, and you can forget about breaking the engangment. You will not give up, not as long as I'm here. And I will be here for a very long time. So go look for Ranma now and don't even think of running away cause I WILL hunt you down like a dog."

Shampoo looked at her sister wide-eyed. Garland gave a tired stare at her sister and sighed. "GO AND LOOK FOR RANMA NOW!!!" Yelled Garland with her eyes and aura blazing.

Shampoo immediately got up and ran off to look for Ranma. Garland just smiled as she saw her sister run off. "After all these years and I still got it." said Garland to herself.

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Ranma was walking through the park. He had been running all over Nerima and still hadn't found Shampoo. He was begining to think they might of mistaken another girl as Shampoo. 'Why would Shampoo run away? Why did she run away in the first place? *sigh* I know why, It was because of me. After all this time she still doesn't want to see me. I might as well give...." Ranma's thoughts were cut off when someone bumped into him. "HEY WHY DON'T YOU WATCH WHERE...." Ranma immediately cut himself off when he saw who he bumped into.

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Shampoo had finally ran into a more public area in the park. After her sister yelled at her she just ran and didn't know where she was going. 'Why do I have to talk to Ranma? Garland has to be wrong. But I have to talk to him. But what am I going to say to him? And where am I going to find him at? *sigh* I might as well give....' Shampoo was cut off when someone bumped into her. "HEY WHY DON'T YOU WATCH WHERE..." Shampoo immediately cut herself off when she saw who bumped into her.

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Ranma looked at the girl he bumped into and stared at her wide-eyed. He first thought it was Garland but even though Shampoo and Garland had the same color eyes, Shampoo always seemed to have a gleam in her eyes that was different from everyone elses. And when Ranma looked into the eyes of the girl who bumped into him he knew it was Shampoo. "Sh...Shampoo???" asked Ranma staring at her curiously.

Shampoo looked at him nervously, "Umm.....Nihoa Ranma." It seemed like forvever since Shampoo said that.

Ranma desperately wanted to just grab Shampoo and embrace her but it seemed like everything in his body froze. "Umm....You..you look different." Ranma mentally kicked himself for not saying what was really on his mind.

"Yea....I know." said Shampoo trying to avoid his eyes.

"What happened to you? We looked for you everywhere." said Ranma nervously.

"Umm...well I don't know how to explain it. I just went away." said Shampoo.

Ranma's nerves were at a high. He hadn't had no sleep and nothing to eat for days it seemed. And all those emotions that he was trying to hide just flared up. "WHAT THE HELL YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN IT!!! I KNOW YOU WENT AWAY, I'VE SPENT ALL FUCKING NIGHT AND DAY LOOKING FOR!!! I HAVEN'T EATEN OR SLEPT IN DAYS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORRYING ABOUT YOU AND WORRYING ABOUT HOW IT WAS MY FAULT...."

Ranma was now cut off by a furious Shampoo. "IT IS YOUR FAULT!!! I TRIED TO SHOW YOU THAT I LOVED YOU BUT I GOT SHUT DOWN EVERYTIME!!! SO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I DID!?! WELL HERE'S WHAT I DID!! I WENT TO GO MAKE A NEW LIFE FOR MYSELF! AND YOU KNOW WHAT!?! I ENJOYED THE NEW LIFE I MADE FOR MYSELF! I HAD FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO ALL CARED ABOUT ME, AND YOU AND THIS DAMN TOWN RUINED IT, LIKE YOU ALL ALWAYS DO!!!" Shampoo yelled with tears running down her face.

Ranma looked at her like he didn't know her, and scowled as he turned and left. Shampoo went up to a tree they were next to and slid down it and she put her hands to her face and started crying full force. "Are you ok?" said a comforting voice from in front of her.

Shampoo looked up to find a concerned Yukie with a tear stained face. Shampoo wanted to speak but she felt as if her voice was gone. Yukie just sat down next to her and but her arm around her shoulder. "You don't have to speak. I know your not alright it was a stupid question to ask......I saw the whole thing. So he's the reason why you ran away?" Shampoo nodded her head trying to calm down. "He must've hurt you pretty bad. But it looked to me like he was hurt too."

"He....he...hates me." Shampoo whispered.

"If someone looked for you this long, and never gave up looking for you, thats not hate. That sounds like something completely different to me." said Yukie.

Shampoo looked up at Yukie confused. "How can you be helping me? I hurt you, I pretended to be someone I wasn't, knowing full well that I might hurt you." Shampoo said.

Yukie gave her a sad smile. "Were you or were you not being yourself?" asked Yukie.

"I was being myself." said Shampoo confused.

"If you were being youself then you wasn't pretending to be someone your not. You were being you. Yea, so something in my mind is saying that I shouldn't help you because you lied and I feel like I don't know you completely. But the only thing I don't know about you is your past. The only thing that changed when you came to Ohgami was your name, other than that I know you pretty well. But do the people in this town know you? Does that boy know you like I know you?" Yukie said in a concerned sort of way.

"No, I guess not." said Shampoo looking down sadly.

"Well, I think they should. How can a boy love you back when he doesn't know that much about you? Whats that boys name anyways?" asked Yukie curiously.

"Ranma Saotome. Why?" asked Shampoo confused.

"Oh, no reason." said Yukie getting up.

"Where are you going to?" asked Shampoo concerned.

"I have to go. I bet the class is worried now. Just talk to that doctor and he knows the phone number and where we're staying at. You'll see me before we leave. I promise." Yukie gave Shampoo a hug and went on her way.

Shampoo waved to her sadly as she jogged away. "*sigh* I better get to the Nekohatten and tell Garland about what happened with Ranma." Shampoo gave one look back and walked the opposite way to the Nekohatten.

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Ranma walked angrily back to the Tendou's. 'Why the hell did I have to find her? If she enjoyed her new life so much she might as well go back and never return. But dammit I shouldn't have yelled at her like that. I don't want her to go back, but dammit I looked for her all this time and she just tells me she went away. ARGHH!!! I was so happy when I saw her. But know it looks like she changed. Even though she did look good with her hair down. *Growl* DAMN HER!!!'

Ranma was now out of the park and was walking down the street when someone tapped his shoulder from behind. He thought it was Shampoo coming to apologize but when he turned around he saw a girl with black hair instead of Shampoo. "Yea, who are you and what do you want?" asked Ranma tiredly thinking it was some new fiance.

"My name is Yukie Minami, and are you Ranma Saotome?" asked Yukie making sure she had the right boy.

"It depends, are you one of his fiances?" asked Ranma annoyed.

"HELL NO!!! Now are you him or not?" Yukie asked irritated.

"What do you want then?" asked Ranma suspiciously.

"I want to talk to you about Kyo...Shampoo."

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YAY!!! I hope you liked the chapter. Sorry for the long A/N I just thought that had to be said. And I know the story Shampoo summerized about where she had been at isn't all there but I got lazy. But I hope you all still enjoyed it. Anyways please R&R. THANKS!!!