Disclaimer: *Sigh* Like always Rumiko Takahashi owns Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha
and I don't.
A/N: HIYA!!! I got one of my results in from my Spanish Exam and I got a C on the final and a B in the class. YAY!!! Now have to get the rest of my resluts in. Hopefully there all good. The only one I'm worried about is U.S history. I had a D in the class so hopefully I got an A on the final (Not likely). If I don't then I won't be updating for a long while. So now on with the story.
Chapter 3-The Ring
*MANDARIN* 'THOUGHTS' ~SOUNDS~
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That night no one barely got any sleep, especially Ranma and Mousse. In fact they were the first ones to see the sunrise and wake everyone up. Once everyone was up they started to split up in groups. Ryouga was the one who was organizing the groups, "Me and Akane will be in one group, Ranma and Mousse in another group, Ukyou and Happousai in ano...." Ryouga was rudely cut off by Ukyou whacking him upside his head.
"WHAT THE HELL RYOUGA?!? YOU PUT ME IN A GROUP WITH HAPOUSSAI AND THEN YOU GET TO GO WITH AKANE! NO NO NO!!! THAT ISN'T FAIR LET ME MAKE THE GROUPS!!!" Said Ukyou yelling at Ryouga.
"Ok, but you didn't have to hit so hard." Said Ryouga holding his head in pain.
"Ok, well of course it'll be me and Ranchan, then the......" Ukyou was now cut off by Akane yelling at her.
"HEY!!! HOW DO WE KNOW WE CAN TRUST YOU WITH RANMA?!?" Yelled Akane.
"WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO...." Now Ukyou was cut off by a now very pissed off Ranma.
"WOULD YOU TWO SHUTUP!!!" Akane and Ukyou just looked at Ranma shocked and immediately silenced themselves."I'll make the damn groups. It'll be me and Ryouga in the first group, Akane, Ukyou, and Mousse in the second, and Genma, Soun, and Happousai in the third. GOT THAT!?!" Everyone just nodded, afraid to say something. "GOOD! We'll meet back in the town at 12:00. If anyone finds Shampoo before that time and she's hurt get her to the nearest hospital a.s.a.p. GOT IT?!" Everyone just nodded and walked off with there groups in different directions. Ranma would make sure no one was going to mess this up. They were going to find Shampoo and everything would be back to normal. Hopefully.
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Inuyasha was still on the ground yelling at Miroku for hitting him so hard for doing nothing. The only thing he did was tell Miroku that they should've just left her there to die because she was going to die sooner or later. But when Inuyasha looked up he found out that he was just yelling at the air because Miroku wasn't there anymore. Inuyasha looked around then he finally looked towards the shelter they built. He saw the girl they saved at the door with Shippo talking with Miroku who looked like he was trying to charm her. 'DAMNMIT!!! It hasn't even been one day, and that dumb girl is getting in the way. Well I be damned if I let that stupid girl get in 'my' way and prevent me from getting home and getting to find Kagome.'
Inuyasha started to stomp over there and break up there little conversation when Miroku held his hand up to Inuyasha mouth. His other hand held the girls hand in it. "Hello, my name is Miroku. What is your name? I'm sure it's as beautiful as your brea...face. As beautiful as your face."
Miroku took her hand kissed it politely which made her blush a bit. Shippo was just off to the side making gagging sounds. "My name is Shampoo." she answered.
"Well that is a beautiful name. And I seen you've met Shippo." Miroku looked back over to Shippo who was still making gagging sounds and just gave him a wary look. Then looked back at Inuyasha who looked like he would blow any second. "Oh yes, please do excuse my manners. This is Inuyasha. He's just a half-demon."
That was it, Inuyasha had enough. To be ignored, then to be called 'just' a half demon. He was sick of it. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN 'JUST' A HALF- DEMON. SHIT I'M MORE THAN A HALF-DEMON!! AND SINCE THIS GIRL 'SHAMPOO' HAS RECOVERED SO QUICKLY I SAY WE KICK HER OUT NOW!!!"
Miroku whacked Inuyasha upside his head really hard this time and apologized to Shampoo. "I'm sorry for his arrogance. He just doesn't know when to shut-up."
"HEY WHATS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!?" yelled Inuyasha fully recovered from the hard blow Miroku gave him.
"That means your an idiot and you need to watch what you say. Geez I even knew that and I'm just a kid." said Shippo sheepishly.
"WHY YOU..." Inuyasha ran up and started hitting Shippo over and over again upside his head.
"Shouldn't we stop him?" asked Shampoo with a worried look on her face.
"No, this always happens. He'll stop after awhile. Would you like to come inside for some tea?" Shampoo nodded and they both walked in and sat on the pillows on the floor. While Miroku was making the tea and started a conversation with her. "So after this are 'we' going to bathe, I mean are you going to go bathe in the lake?"
Shampoo looked at him confused at first but then snapped out of it and answered his question. "Well....I can't because I would change into my curse form."
Miroku looked at her confused. By this time Inuyasha had already stopped fighting and came in. "You have a curse? What is it and how did you get it?" asked Miroku concerned.
"Well...." Shampoo told the whole story about how she's an Amazon, and about how Ranma deafeted her. Then she explained how he turns into a girl when splashed with cold water and how she turns into a cat when splashed with cold water.
They all stared at Shampoo in awe. After she had gotten done with her story everyone was speechless. After a moment of silence Inuyasha started to laugh so much he fell to the floor practically in tears. This made Shampoo very angry. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LAUGHING ABOUT!?!"
"HAHAHA! He..he...he turns in..into a girl. And..and you turn in to a c...ca..cat. HAHAHAHAHA!!!" Inuyasha could barely get out what he was saying because he was laughing so much.
"Hey, I don't think thats funny Inuyasha!!!" yelled Shippo.
"Yes, that really isn't funny. I'm really sorry...." Miroku stopped right in the middle of his sentence as he saw Shampoo get out a bonbori and raise it higher and higher and higher and then.....
~BOOM~
Inuyasha was laying on the floor with a huge bump on his head unconsicous and twitching a bit. Miroku and Shippo just stared at Shampoo shocked. It sounded like she was mumbling something under her breath but they couldn't make it out. Then they saw her walk over to the cot she was at and get her stuff and put on her shirt. Shippo was the first to run over to her. "Where are you going to your still hurt? said Shippo concearned.
"I'm leaving. I have to go look for my friends and see if their alright." Even though the only person she really cared about seeing was Ranma.
"You can't go. You're not fully healed. And if this is because of Inuyasha being a jack-ass then just forget about him. He just misses someone back home." said Miroku.
"No, its not what he said, I just really need to go find my friends." said Shampoo sadly.
"Please don't leave. We'll help you look for your friends. Just please don't go it's fun having you around. You even knocked out Inuyasha and made him shut-up. We need you around. You remind me of Kagome." said Shippo with pleading eyes.
Shampoo didn't know who this Kagome was but whoever she was she must of been nice to be around with. Shampoo looked up to look at Miroku. He also had pleading eyes. Shampoo couldn't say no to those eyes. Well at least not to Shippo's eyes. "Well ok. But I want to go to that town to make sure that their not there, just in case."
"YAY!!! We can go now. If your up to it." said Shippo happily.
"Sure I am feeling a bit better now." said Shampoo smiling.
"YAY!!! Ok lets go." said Shippo running out the door.
"Miroku did you want to come?" asked Shampoo.
"Sorry but no. Its tempting but I have to keep a close eye over Inuyasha." said Miroku looking sad.
"Oh ok, we'll be back." said Shampoo as Shippo dragged her out the door.
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Ranma and Ryouga were getting no where. Ranma had already lost Ryouga twice, and they hadn't found one clue to find Shampoo. Ryouga wasn't getting into any arguments with Ranma yet because Ranma seemed a little pissed off ever since yesterday. "What time is it?" asked Ryouga.
"Its 10:57." said Ranma aggitated because that was the 7th time Ryouga asked that hour.
"Ranma why don't we take a break and start to head back. If we leave now, we can get back there on time." said Ryouga.
Ryouga took a few steps back when he saw Ranmas aura start to grow brightly. "We ain't leaving now. Not until we found Shampoo." Ranma growled.
Ryouga was now asking himself what he had got himself into when he noticed a weird smell. "Whats that smell?" asked Ryouga.
Ranmas aura went down slowly. "I don't know, but it smells like an animal di....." Ranma was cut off when he saw a huge rotting corpse that was split in two. Ranma recognized it. It was the demon from before. Except it looked mutilated. "She was here I know it. But whe...."
Ranma looked down at his feet. There was some dry blood with pieces of clothing in it. Shampoo's clothing. Ranma stood there frozen solid. Ryouga walked up behind him to see what he was looking. Ryouga knew that it was Shampoo's blood. When Ryouga looked at Ranma it looked like he was going to be sick. "Ranma are...are you ok?" Ryouga said concerned.
Ranma was holding a piece of Shampoo's clothing in his that was covered in blood. He was shaking slightly, and Ryouga noticed. Ryouga couldn't see Ranma's face to see if he was shaking from crying or anger. But then he heard him mumble something then it got louder. "She's not dead." said Ranma in whisper that Ryouga could barely hear.
Ryouga was now thinking that Ranma was in denial. He placed a hand on Ranma's shoulder. "Ranma, she's......she's gone. I'm sorry." said Ryouga his eyes starting to fill up with tears.
Ranma turned around. Ryouga saw that he was smiling which really was creeping him out. "Someone saved her. Don't you see. They must of took her somewhere to treat her wounds. We have to go back to tell the others."
Before Ryouga could even speak up and tell Ranma that he was just in denial, Ranma was already dragging him off. Ranma knew she was alive. There was still a glimmer of hope and it was getting brighter and brighter.
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Shippo and Shampoo were walking back. They had asked everybody who lived near the forest did they see her friends. Everyone said no. They checked in every bar, tavern, hotel, and motel that was near the forest but still no luck. Shampoo was beginning to think that they had left her. Shampoo was began to cry and Shippo noticed this and tried to cheer her up by making funny faces and tranforming into a lttle puffy ball that floats in the air. She began to laugh a little. "Thats it cheer up. We'll find your friends. I bet there looking for you right now." said Shippo cheerfully.
Shampoo had never thought of that. They could've been back in the forest looking for her. How stupid of her. She automatically cheered up, grabbed Shippo, and gave him a big hug or more like a squeeze. "Thank you Shippo, your probably right. Thank you, thank you, thank you."
Shippo was now turning blue and barely breathing. Shampoo thought she heard him say something so she looked down and saw him suffucating. She quickly put him back down. "Oops, hehe, sorry Shippo." said Shampoo embarassed.
"Thats ok, I know you didn't mean to. Well we shou....." Shippo was cut off when an old creepy lady walked up to them.
She had a hunched back, a patch over one eye and the other eye looked all white, and had long gray hair. She started speaking to Shampoo since Shippo went to hide behind her leg. "You young girl, would you like your fortune told over here in my tent?" said the old woman.
"Don't do it Shampoo. She looks really scary." said Shippo still hiding behind Shampoo's leg.
Shampoo got a strange vibe off of her. She felt as if her one eye wasn't looking at her but looking into her soul. And that eye, it seemed like it was telling her to 'follow her'. She was so memorized by it that she didn't realize she was following the old women into the tent. Shippo ran after her trying to hold her back but failed miserablly. So he just followed them both in the tent.
"Come sit down and I will tell your fortune." Said the old woman. Shampoo and Shippo were relunctant at first but finally sat down.
Shippo whispered to Shampoo, "What happened back there, and why are we here?
Before Shampoo could answer the old woman started to speak up again, "I will not need your palm or any cards for this. All I need for you to do is stare into my eye." Shampoo did that and it look like she was in a trance. The old woman continued, "Good. Your eyes show me that there is more to you than others see. I see that you are cursed to become a cat with cold water. Now listen carefully child. Your the one who can restore the times. You can restore the past and help the future. You may not understand me now but you soon will. Do not go back home. Do not follow your friends or the one you love. Stay where your at and be prepared for the battle. More demons will come and they will get more dangerous. You will have to restore the rip in time and you will have to send them back. Here take this." The old woman handed her a ring that was silver and had gold symbols engraved in it. It looked a bit tarnished but it seemed like it had a strange power emmiting from it. Shampoo had put it on her right hand and felt a surge of energy pass through her. "This will help you in the battle. You will see later what this ring does for you. Thank you and good luck."
With that said both her and Shippo left. They both had confused looks on their faces. They started to walk back to the shelter when Shippo spoke up. "What was that all about?"
Shampoo still looked a little dazed but she answered. "I don't know but I guess we'll find out soon enough."
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Inuyasha was starting to stir now. 'What the hell happened. Man I have a splitting headache. The last thing I remember was that I was laughing because of that stupid story Shampoo told and she was getting all offended and....' Inuyasha stood straight up which got Miroku's attention and started yelling. "THAT BITCH KNOCKED ME OUT!!! HOW DARE SHE!!! WHERE IS SHE, WHERE THE HELL IS SHE?!?!"
Miroku just looked at Inuyasha warily. 'Why can't he just calm down for once and just enjoy the company of that beautiful women. Hmmmm....now I'm going to have to figure out a way to bed her and get her to bear my child. I don't hav.....'
Miroku's thoughts were cut off by Inuyasha yelling at him and getting in his face, "MIROKU WHERE THE HELL IS SHE?!? TELL ME AND DON'T PROTECT HER!!!"
Miroku just looked at Inuyasha annoyed. "She went out with Shippo to look for her friends. Anyways you got what you deserved."
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!?! Look all I did was laugh at that stupid story and she gets all emotional and starts hitting people. It ain't my fault that she got cursed. By the sounds of it, it sounded like her 'airen' is the one to blame." said Inuyasha
"You just don't get it do you. You were never good with women." said Miroku.
"Are you talking about Kagome. I told you not to talk about her." hissed Inuyasha.
"I didn't say anything about her, I was just saying you can't communicate with women like I do." said Miroku innocently.
"WHAT?!? Thats a bunch of bull......" Inuyasha cut himself off when he heard two familiar voices coming from the outside. Inuyasha smiled evily and said "That must be them now. Well I'm 'bout to settle this here and now."
He ran off outside and saw Shampoo and Shippo walking back. He then ran towards them and scared the living crap out of them. "Hey, have a good time. Did you find your friends?" said Inuyasha sweetly.
Shampoo and Shippo knew something was wrong. Miroku was signaling for Shippo to get away from them. So Shippo walked away with a worried look on his face. Shampoo looked as he went away, then she finally answered Inuyasha. "You deserved what you got and I'm not sorry." said Shampoo firmly.
"Yea, I know and I'm sorry." said Inuyasha sweetly again.
"LOOK I SAID......your sorry?" said Shampoo confused.
"Yep in fact I'm so sorry that I think you should leave now." said Inuyasha smirking at her.
This took awhile for Shampoo to absorb. "WHAT THE HELL?!? THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SINCE. AND FORGET IT I'M STAYING!!!"
"LIKE HELL YOU ARE!!! AFTER WHAT YOU JUST DID, YOUR LUCKY I'M NOT KNOCKING YOU OUT!!" Yelled Inuyasha.
"WANT ME TO DO IT AGAIN!?!" asked Shampoo as she got out her bonbori's.
"JUST TRY ME BIT..." Just as Inuyasha was getting out his sword they saw a rain drop fall in between them. Inuyasha started to snicker, "HA!!! Looks like your going to be changing into a cat soon enough."
Right after he said that it started to pour. Luckily they were under a tree but they were still getting wet. As Inuyasha looked at her his smirk faded away to a shocked expression. And Shippo and Miroku just stood there wide eyed. Shampoo realized that she hadn't transformed even though she was soaked. She looked down at her hands and saw that instead of her regular nails there were claws and the same went for her feet because when she looked down she saw her shoes torn apart.
Inuyasha couldn't believe what he saw in front of his face. Shampoo said that she was suppose to turn into a cat but instead in front of Inuyasha stood a purple haired girl with purple haired cat ears, eyes that looked like Inuyasha's, and claws. She didn't have fur all over body or anything but she turned into a....HALF-DEMON.
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YAY!!! The end of chapter 3. Big thanks to Jupiterlover for the Half-demon idea. Oh and I know Inuyasha probably wouldn't be knocked or knocked out for that long so sorry about that. But I'm happy I just hope you all are happy. R&R. THANK YOU!!!
A/N: HIYA!!! I got one of my results in from my Spanish Exam and I got a C on the final and a B in the class. YAY!!! Now have to get the rest of my resluts in. Hopefully there all good. The only one I'm worried about is U.S history. I had a D in the class so hopefully I got an A on the final (Not likely). If I don't then I won't be updating for a long while. So now on with the story.
Chapter 3-The Ring
*MANDARIN* 'THOUGHTS' ~SOUNDS~
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That night no one barely got any sleep, especially Ranma and Mousse. In fact they were the first ones to see the sunrise and wake everyone up. Once everyone was up they started to split up in groups. Ryouga was the one who was organizing the groups, "Me and Akane will be in one group, Ranma and Mousse in another group, Ukyou and Happousai in ano...." Ryouga was rudely cut off by Ukyou whacking him upside his head.
"WHAT THE HELL RYOUGA?!? YOU PUT ME IN A GROUP WITH HAPOUSSAI AND THEN YOU GET TO GO WITH AKANE! NO NO NO!!! THAT ISN'T FAIR LET ME MAKE THE GROUPS!!!" Said Ukyou yelling at Ryouga.
"Ok, but you didn't have to hit so hard." Said Ryouga holding his head in pain.
"Ok, well of course it'll be me and Ranchan, then the......" Ukyou was now cut off by Akane yelling at her.
"HEY!!! HOW DO WE KNOW WE CAN TRUST YOU WITH RANMA?!?" Yelled Akane.
"WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO...." Now Ukyou was cut off by a now very pissed off Ranma.
"WOULD YOU TWO SHUTUP!!!" Akane and Ukyou just looked at Ranma shocked and immediately silenced themselves."I'll make the damn groups. It'll be me and Ryouga in the first group, Akane, Ukyou, and Mousse in the second, and Genma, Soun, and Happousai in the third. GOT THAT!?!" Everyone just nodded, afraid to say something. "GOOD! We'll meet back in the town at 12:00. If anyone finds Shampoo before that time and she's hurt get her to the nearest hospital a.s.a.p. GOT IT?!" Everyone just nodded and walked off with there groups in different directions. Ranma would make sure no one was going to mess this up. They were going to find Shampoo and everything would be back to normal. Hopefully.
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Inuyasha was still on the ground yelling at Miroku for hitting him so hard for doing nothing. The only thing he did was tell Miroku that they should've just left her there to die because she was going to die sooner or later. But when Inuyasha looked up he found out that he was just yelling at the air because Miroku wasn't there anymore. Inuyasha looked around then he finally looked towards the shelter they built. He saw the girl they saved at the door with Shippo talking with Miroku who looked like he was trying to charm her. 'DAMNMIT!!! It hasn't even been one day, and that dumb girl is getting in the way. Well I be damned if I let that stupid girl get in 'my' way and prevent me from getting home and getting to find Kagome.'
Inuyasha started to stomp over there and break up there little conversation when Miroku held his hand up to Inuyasha mouth. His other hand held the girls hand in it. "Hello, my name is Miroku. What is your name? I'm sure it's as beautiful as your brea...face. As beautiful as your face."
Miroku took her hand kissed it politely which made her blush a bit. Shippo was just off to the side making gagging sounds. "My name is Shampoo." she answered.
"Well that is a beautiful name. And I seen you've met Shippo." Miroku looked back over to Shippo who was still making gagging sounds and just gave him a wary look. Then looked back at Inuyasha who looked like he would blow any second. "Oh yes, please do excuse my manners. This is Inuyasha. He's just a half-demon."
That was it, Inuyasha had enough. To be ignored, then to be called 'just' a half demon. He was sick of it. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN 'JUST' A HALF- DEMON. SHIT I'M MORE THAN A HALF-DEMON!! AND SINCE THIS GIRL 'SHAMPOO' HAS RECOVERED SO QUICKLY I SAY WE KICK HER OUT NOW!!!"
Miroku whacked Inuyasha upside his head really hard this time and apologized to Shampoo. "I'm sorry for his arrogance. He just doesn't know when to shut-up."
"HEY WHATS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!?" yelled Inuyasha fully recovered from the hard blow Miroku gave him.
"That means your an idiot and you need to watch what you say. Geez I even knew that and I'm just a kid." said Shippo sheepishly.
"WHY YOU..." Inuyasha ran up and started hitting Shippo over and over again upside his head.
"Shouldn't we stop him?" asked Shampoo with a worried look on her face.
"No, this always happens. He'll stop after awhile. Would you like to come inside for some tea?" Shampoo nodded and they both walked in and sat on the pillows on the floor. While Miroku was making the tea and started a conversation with her. "So after this are 'we' going to bathe, I mean are you going to go bathe in the lake?"
Shampoo looked at him confused at first but then snapped out of it and answered his question. "Well....I can't because I would change into my curse form."
Miroku looked at her confused. By this time Inuyasha had already stopped fighting and came in. "You have a curse? What is it and how did you get it?" asked Miroku concerned.
"Well...." Shampoo told the whole story about how she's an Amazon, and about how Ranma deafeted her. Then she explained how he turns into a girl when splashed with cold water and how she turns into a cat when splashed with cold water.
They all stared at Shampoo in awe. After she had gotten done with her story everyone was speechless. After a moment of silence Inuyasha started to laugh so much he fell to the floor practically in tears. This made Shampoo very angry. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LAUGHING ABOUT!?!"
"HAHAHA! He..he...he turns in..into a girl. And..and you turn in to a c...ca..cat. HAHAHAHAHA!!!" Inuyasha could barely get out what he was saying because he was laughing so much.
"Hey, I don't think thats funny Inuyasha!!!" yelled Shippo.
"Yes, that really isn't funny. I'm really sorry...." Miroku stopped right in the middle of his sentence as he saw Shampoo get out a bonbori and raise it higher and higher and higher and then.....
~BOOM~
Inuyasha was laying on the floor with a huge bump on his head unconsicous and twitching a bit. Miroku and Shippo just stared at Shampoo shocked. It sounded like she was mumbling something under her breath but they couldn't make it out. Then they saw her walk over to the cot she was at and get her stuff and put on her shirt. Shippo was the first to run over to her. "Where are you going to your still hurt? said Shippo concearned.
"I'm leaving. I have to go look for my friends and see if their alright." Even though the only person she really cared about seeing was Ranma.
"You can't go. You're not fully healed. And if this is because of Inuyasha being a jack-ass then just forget about him. He just misses someone back home." said Miroku.
"No, its not what he said, I just really need to go find my friends." said Shampoo sadly.
"Please don't leave. We'll help you look for your friends. Just please don't go it's fun having you around. You even knocked out Inuyasha and made him shut-up. We need you around. You remind me of Kagome." said Shippo with pleading eyes.
Shampoo didn't know who this Kagome was but whoever she was she must of been nice to be around with. Shampoo looked up to look at Miroku. He also had pleading eyes. Shampoo couldn't say no to those eyes. Well at least not to Shippo's eyes. "Well ok. But I want to go to that town to make sure that their not there, just in case."
"YAY!!! We can go now. If your up to it." said Shippo happily.
"Sure I am feeling a bit better now." said Shampoo smiling.
"YAY!!! Ok lets go." said Shippo running out the door.
"Miroku did you want to come?" asked Shampoo.
"Sorry but no. Its tempting but I have to keep a close eye over Inuyasha." said Miroku looking sad.
"Oh ok, we'll be back." said Shampoo as Shippo dragged her out the door.
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Ranma and Ryouga were getting no where. Ranma had already lost Ryouga twice, and they hadn't found one clue to find Shampoo. Ryouga wasn't getting into any arguments with Ranma yet because Ranma seemed a little pissed off ever since yesterday. "What time is it?" asked Ryouga.
"Its 10:57." said Ranma aggitated because that was the 7th time Ryouga asked that hour.
"Ranma why don't we take a break and start to head back. If we leave now, we can get back there on time." said Ryouga.
Ryouga took a few steps back when he saw Ranmas aura start to grow brightly. "We ain't leaving now. Not until we found Shampoo." Ranma growled.
Ryouga was now asking himself what he had got himself into when he noticed a weird smell. "Whats that smell?" asked Ryouga.
Ranmas aura went down slowly. "I don't know, but it smells like an animal di....." Ranma was cut off when he saw a huge rotting corpse that was split in two. Ranma recognized it. It was the demon from before. Except it looked mutilated. "She was here I know it. But whe...."
Ranma looked down at his feet. There was some dry blood with pieces of clothing in it. Shampoo's clothing. Ranma stood there frozen solid. Ryouga walked up behind him to see what he was looking. Ryouga knew that it was Shampoo's blood. When Ryouga looked at Ranma it looked like he was going to be sick. "Ranma are...are you ok?" Ryouga said concerned.
Ranma was holding a piece of Shampoo's clothing in his that was covered in blood. He was shaking slightly, and Ryouga noticed. Ryouga couldn't see Ranma's face to see if he was shaking from crying or anger. But then he heard him mumble something then it got louder. "She's not dead." said Ranma in whisper that Ryouga could barely hear.
Ryouga was now thinking that Ranma was in denial. He placed a hand on Ranma's shoulder. "Ranma, she's......she's gone. I'm sorry." said Ryouga his eyes starting to fill up with tears.
Ranma turned around. Ryouga saw that he was smiling which really was creeping him out. "Someone saved her. Don't you see. They must of took her somewhere to treat her wounds. We have to go back to tell the others."
Before Ryouga could even speak up and tell Ranma that he was just in denial, Ranma was already dragging him off. Ranma knew she was alive. There was still a glimmer of hope and it was getting brighter and brighter.
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Shippo and Shampoo were walking back. They had asked everybody who lived near the forest did they see her friends. Everyone said no. They checked in every bar, tavern, hotel, and motel that was near the forest but still no luck. Shampoo was beginning to think that they had left her. Shampoo was began to cry and Shippo noticed this and tried to cheer her up by making funny faces and tranforming into a lttle puffy ball that floats in the air. She began to laugh a little. "Thats it cheer up. We'll find your friends. I bet there looking for you right now." said Shippo cheerfully.
Shampoo had never thought of that. They could've been back in the forest looking for her. How stupid of her. She automatically cheered up, grabbed Shippo, and gave him a big hug or more like a squeeze. "Thank you Shippo, your probably right. Thank you, thank you, thank you."
Shippo was now turning blue and barely breathing. Shampoo thought she heard him say something so she looked down and saw him suffucating. She quickly put him back down. "Oops, hehe, sorry Shippo." said Shampoo embarassed.
"Thats ok, I know you didn't mean to. Well we shou....." Shippo was cut off when an old creepy lady walked up to them.
She had a hunched back, a patch over one eye and the other eye looked all white, and had long gray hair. She started speaking to Shampoo since Shippo went to hide behind her leg. "You young girl, would you like your fortune told over here in my tent?" said the old woman.
"Don't do it Shampoo. She looks really scary." said Shippo still hiding behind Shampoo's leg.
Shampoo got a strange vibe off of her. She felt as if her one eye wasn't looking at her but looking into her soul. And that eye, it seemed like it was telling her to 'follow her'. She was so memorized by it that she didn't realize she was following the old women into the tent. Shippo ran after her trying to hold her back but failed miserablly. So he just followed them both in the tent.
"Come sit down and I will tell your fortune." Said the old woman. Shampoo and Shippo were relunctant at first but finally sat down.
Shippo whispered to Shampoo, "What happened back there, and why are we here?
Before Shampoo could answer the old woman started to speak up again, "I will not need your palm or any cards for this. All I need for you to do is stare into my eye." Shampoo did that and it look like she was in a trance. The old woman continued, "Good. Your eyes show me that there is more to you than others see. I see that you are cursed to become a cat with cold water. Now listen carefully child. Your the one who can restore the times. You can restore the past and help the future. You may not understand me now but you soon will. Do not go back home. Do not follow your friends or the one you love. Stay where your at and be prepared for the battle. More demons will come and they will get more dangerous. You will have to restore the rip in time and you will have to send them back. Here take this." The old woman handed her a ring that was silver and had gold symbols engraved in it. It looked a bit tarnished but it seemed like it had a strange power emmiting from it. Shampoo had put it on her right hand and felt a surge of energy pass through her. "This will help you in the battle. You will see later what this ring does for you. Thank you and good luck."
With that said both her and Shippo left. They both had confused looks on their faces. They started to walk back to the shelter when Shippo spoke up. "What was that all about?"
Shampoo still looked a little dazed but she answered. "I don't know but I guess we'll find out soon enough."
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Inuyasha was starting to stir now. 'What the hell happened. Man I have a splitting headache. The last thing I remember was that I was laughing because of that stupid story Shampoo told and she was getting all offended and....' Inuyasha stood straight up which got Miroku's attention and started yelling. "THAT BITCH KNOCKED ME OUT!!! HOW DARE SHE!!! WHERE IS SHE, WHERE THE HELL IS SHE?!?!"
Miroku just looked at Inuyasha warily. 'Why can't he just calm down for once and just enjoy the company of that beautiful women. Hmmmm....now I'm going to have to figure out a way to bed her and get her to bear my child. I don't hav.....'
Miroku's thoughts were cut off by Inuyasha yelling at him and getting in his face, "MIROKU WHERE THE HELL IS SHE?!? TELL ME AND DON'T PROTECT HER!!!"
Miroku just looked at Inuyasha annoyed. "She went out with Shippo to look for her friends. Anyways you got what you deserved."
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!?! Look all I did was laugh at that stupid story and she gets all emotional and starts hitting people. It ain't my fault that she got cursed. By the sounds of it, it sounded like her 'airen' is the one to blame." said Inuyasha
"You just don't get it do you. You were never good with women." said Miroku.
"Are you talking about Kagome. I told you not to talk about her." hissed Inuyasha.
"I didn't say anything about her, I was just saying you can't communicate with women like I do." said Miroku innocently.
"WHAT?!? Thats a bunch of bull......" Inuyasha cut himself off when he heard two familiar voices coming from the outside. Inuyasha smiled evily and said "That must be them now. Well I'm 'bout to settle this here and now."
He ran off outside and saw Shampoo and Shippo walking back. He then ran towards them and scared the living crap out of them. "Hey, have a good time. Did you find your friends?" said Inuyasha sweetly.
Shampoo and Shippo knew something was wrong. Miroku was signaling for Shippo to get away from them. So Shippo walked away with a worried look on his face. Shampoo looked as he went away, then she finally answered Inuyasha. "You deserved what you got and I'm not sorry." said Shampoo firmly.
"Yea, I know and I'm sorry." said Inuyasha sweetly again.
"LOOK I SAID......your sorry?" said Shampoo confused.
"Yep in fact I'm so sorry that I think you should leave now." said Inuyasha smirking at her.
This took awhile for Shampoo to absorb. "WHAT THE HELL?!? THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SINCE. AND FORGET IT I'M STAYING!!!"
"LIKE HELL YOU ARE!!! AFTER WHAT YOU JUST DID, YOUR LUCKY I'M NOT KNOCKING YOU OUT!!" Yelled Inuyasha.
"WANT ME TO DO IT AGAIN!?!" asked Shampoo as she got out her bonbori's.
"JUST TRY ME BIT..." Just as Inuyasha was getting out his sword they saw a rain drop fall in between them. Inuyasha started to snicker, "HA!!! Looks like your going to be changing into a cat soon enough."
Right after he said that it started to pour. Luckily they were under a tree but they were still getting wet. As Inuyasha looked at her his smirk faded away to a shocked expression. And Shippo and Miroku just stood there wide eyed. Shampoo realized that she hadn't transformed even though she was soaked. She looked down at her hands and saw that instead of her regular nails there were claws and the same went for her feet because when she looked down she saw her shoes torn apart.
Inuyasha couldn't believe what he saw in front of his face. Shampoo said that she was suppose to turn into a cat but instead in front of Inuyasha stood a purple haired girl with purple haired cat ears, eyes that looked like Inuyasha's, and claws. She didn't have fur all over body or anything but she turned into a....HALF-DEMON.
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YAY!!! The end of chapter 3. Big thanks to Jupiterlover for the Half-demon idea. Oh and I know Inuyasha probably wouldn't be knocked or knocked out for that long so sorry about that. But I'm happy I just hope you all are happy. R&R. THANK YOU!!!