Disclaimer: Rumiko Takahashi owns Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha, but I own this plot.

Chapter 9- Inuyasha's Little Cat Encounter

MANDARIN 'THOUGHTS' SOUNDS

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Inuyasha looked at Shampoo frustrated, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WITH SESSHOMARU AND KOUGA!?!"

"I was trying to get away from you, and I wasn't with Kouga he just showed up here. And how do you know Sesshomaru?" Shampoo asked as calmly as she could.

"We're brothers." Answered Sesshomaru.

"WASN'T IT OBVIOUS!" Yelled Inuyasha.

"LOOK, HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW?!? AND WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO YELL AT ME!?!" Shampoo said getting up in Inuyasha's face.

"You don't have to whine about it." Said Inuyasha.

"I'M NOT WHINING!" Shampoo yelled at Inuyasha in a slighly whiney voice.

"DO NOT CALL MY WOMAN WHINEY!" Kouga yelled now getting in Inuyasha's face.

"HEY, SHE'S NOT YOUR WOMAN!" Yelled Inuyasha.

"I would rather be his woman than yours." Mumbled Shampoo.

Inuyasha's ears perked up when he heard this and looked at her shocked, "Y- you would rather be with him? FINE THEN! GO BE WITH YOUR WOLF DEMON!" Yelled Inuyasha.

"I DIDN'T MEAN I WANTED TO BE WITH HIM!" Shampoo yelled.

"HA! SHE WANTS TO BE WITH ME RATHER THAN YOU!" Kouga yelled triumphantly.

Inuyasha payed no attention to Kouga, "Well who would you choose?" asked Inuyasha.

"W-what? Neither of you." Shampoo said disgusted.

"WELL IF YOU HAD A CHOICE WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE!" Yelled Inuyasha frustrated.

"WHY DO YOU CARE SO MUCH?!?" Asked Shampoo annoyed.

"Well, she would choose me of course." Kouga said confidently.

"And, why would she?" Asked Inuyasha giving Kouga an annoyed stare.

"Because I'm........" Kouga started but Shampoo just tuned it all out as she looked back at Sesshomaru, Rin, and Jaken.

Shampoo saw Sesshomaru shake his head in disgust and give her a small smile as he walked back into the foliage of the forest closely followed by Jaken who stuck his tongue out at her. Of course, Rin was behind them both and was about to start her skipping but turned around towards Shampoo. "Bye, Shampoo! Rin will see you later." Rin then went running off to catch up with Sesshomaru.

Shampoo smiled as she waved good-bye to her. She then turned her attention back to the arguing demons and saw Inuyasha's red face full of rage and Kouga still continuing his list. "......I'm more experienced than you. And last but most important of all I'm much more stronger than you, Mutt-boy." Kouga said with a smile on his face.

Inuyasha finally lost it at the last part. Shampoo backed up as she saw Inuyasha take out his sword. "YOUR MORE STRONGER THAN ME?!? WE'LL JUST SEE ABOUT THAT!!!" Inuyasha said swinging his sword while Kouga dodged it.

Shampoo sighed as she saw they had began to fight. She started to walk away the same way Inuyasha came. 'Maybe I should've went with Sesshomaru, he's more mature than Inuyasha and Miroku put together. But if I did go with them, it would seem like I would be running away from my problems and showing Inuyasha that I'm weak. And I'm not going to let that happen now or anytime soon.'

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Ranma was outside practicing his kata's. He was not in a good mood and his aura was flared up. 'Dammit, when that Mutt comes back here with Shampoo were gonna finish our fight. There's no way he's stronger or as strong as me.' Ranma then stopped in the middle of his kata's when he felt two familiar aura's. Ranma stood there a while trying to figure out who they were and after a few seconds his eyes went wide and he ran inside.

Miroku and Shippo looked at Ranma confused when he ran in, "Whats wrong with you? Did you see a demon?" Asked Shippo.

"No, its something much, much worse. But whatever you do don't...." Right when Ranma was about to finish his sentence there was a couple of loud knocks at the door. Miroku went to go answer it, and Ranma tried to stop him but it was too late.

When Mirkou answered the door, Akane and Ukyou were behind the door looking pretty angry. While Ryouga and Mousse were off to the side. "Where's Ranma?" Asked Akane.

"Well, he's in here." Miroku said delighted to see the two girls.

When Akane and Ukyou entered, they saw Ranma looking frantically around for a back door but found none. They both quickly grabbed Ranma before he could try to runaway, "Ranchan what are you doing here?" Ukyou asked frustrated.

"Well, um.....I was just visiting." Ranma said nervously.

"Oh, so you were here to see Shampoo so you can get another hug. OH, YOU ARE SUCH A BAKA!" Akane yelled at him.

"HEY!! I AIN'T THE ONE WHO KICKED ME OUT, YOU STUPID TOMBOY!!" Ranma yelled as he jumped back from there grasps.

"SO NOW ITS OUR FAULTS THAT YOU WANTED TO SEE SHAMPOO!!" Yelled Ukyou.

"No, its just-" Ranma said but was cut off by Akane.

"AND ITS OUR FAULTS THAT YOU WANTED TO BE A PERVERT AND TRY TO GET FREE HUGS FROM SHAMPOO!!" Yelled Akane.

"WHY DON'T YOU STOP CALLING ME A PERVERT YOU STUPID MACHO TOMBOY AND LISTEN TO ME FOR ONCE!! I NEEDED A PLACE TO STAY FOR AWHILE SINCE YOU ALL WOULD BE LEAVING!!" Ranma Yelled.

"AND YOU WERE GONNA STAY WITH SHAMPOO!?!" Akane asked with her aura flared up from all the name calling.

"And we're not leaving without you Ranchan. So your still gonna be staying with us in the Inn until all of us are going back home." Ukyou said trying hard not to yell.

"HA! How are you and that Tomboy gonna make me stay in that Inn?" Asked Ranma.

As if on cue Ukyou took out her giant spatuala and Akane took out her giant mallet and they both took a swing at Ranma at the same time. And of course, Ranma went flying back to town. Akane and Ukyou then left with satisfied smiles on their faces, also apologizing to Miroku and Shippo for the scene they caused and the hole in their roof.

"Thanks, for showing us this place, Ryouga and Mousse." Akane thanked them as they left.

"No problem." Ryouga and Mousse said in unison with a smile on their faces.

Miroku and Shippo watched them as they walked off, "Wow, he's worse with women than you are." Said Shippo. Miroku gave him a glare as he walked back inside. "What? You do have to admit it's true." Shippo said as he walked back inside with him.

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Inuyasha walked back the way he came hardly tired. The fight with Kouga didn't last long, he was about to use the 'Wind Scar', but one of Kouga's tribe members came and told him that there was an emergency. So of course Kouga said that they'll finish their fight later and ran off. 'Stupid Kouga, I can never finish a fight with him, without him running away.'

Inuyasha then stopped in his tracks and looked up in the tree next to him. Sitting right on the tree branch above him was Shampoo still in her half- demon form smiling at him. "Nihao." She said waving at him.

"How long have you been waiting there?" Asked Inuyasha.

"Just about 10 minutes. So it didn't take too long?" Asked Shampoo jumping down from the tree.

"Nah, he ran away with his tail in between his legs like always."

"Are you ready to go yet, its getting dark?" Asked Shampoo.

"Oh no, I just wanna stand here all night like an idiot and wait for the demons to get me." Inuyasha said sarcasticly.

"I wasn't asking for your sarcasm." Shampoo said as she glared at him and walked off.

"Feh, whatever." Inuyasha said and followed Shampoo.

As they were walking a question popped up in her head. "How come it took so long for you to find?" Asked Shampoo.

"Because I didn't start looking for you until awhile ago."

"WHAT!?! I could've been dead all because you didn't look for me."

"Yea right. You said you could take care of yourself, unless you can't?" Inuyasha said smirking.

"You know damn well I can take care of myself." Shampoo said annoyed.

"See then thats why I didn't come looking for you right away." Inuyasha said with that same smirk on his face.

Shampoo growled in frustrastion, "Ok, then why did you come looking for me then?"

"WHATS WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS?!?" Inuyasha yelled.

"STOP TRYING TO AVOID THE QUESTION AND ANSWER IT!" Shampoo yelled back.

Inuyasha shrunk back when she yelled, "Ok, ok jeez. I wasn't even avoiding it. Well I went looking for you because......" Inuyasha took some time to think about, and more time, and more time, and more time until Shampoo became impatient.

"ANSWER IT ALREADY!!!" Shampoo yelled.

"Umm.....well.....Miroku and Shippo wouldn't stop bugging me until I went looking for you. There happy now." Inuyasha said scowling.

Shampoo looked at him suspiciously and then smiled mischieveously so that her fangs showed. "You were worried about me, weren't you?" Shampoo smirked.

This caught Inuyasha offgaurd, "W-WHAT?!? WHO ME?! OF COURSE NOT!!" Inuyasha said sweating bullents now.

"Yes, you were. You were worried that I was hurt." Shampoo said pointing an accusing finger.

"HOW COULD I EVER BE WORRIED ABOUT A STUPID DROWNED CAT LIKE YOU!?!" Inuyasha then put his hands over his mouth after he realized what he just said.

Shampoo's aura started to flare up but instead of getting her bonbori's out, her claws came out. "So I'm a stupid drowned cat, then I'll show you what this stupid drowned cat can do." Shampoo then raised her claws and.....

SLASH!

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Miroku and Shippo were around the fire waiting for Shampoo and Inuyasha to get back, when there was a rustle in the bushes. They immediately got in their fighting stances and out came a pair of glowing eyes. And with those glowing eyes came Shampoo. Miroku and Shippo inwardly sighed. Shippo was the first one to greet her not caring if she was still in her cursed form, "Shampoo, I'm so glad your back. Are you ok?" Shippo said giving Shampoo a hug.

"Yes, I'm ok. Thanks for asking." Shampoo said hugging back.

"Are you sure you don't want me to give you a personal checkup to make sure your ok?" Miroku asked coming up from behind Shampoo groping her butt.

This time Shampoo got out her bonbori and hit him upside his head, "UGH! YOU PERVERT!" Yelled Shampoo digusted.

Shippo then looked around and noticed Inuyasha wasn't there. "Hey Shampoo, did Inuyasha ever find you?" Shippo asked.

"Oh yea, he was behind me. But I guess he's a little tired from the attack he had." Shampoo said smirking.

"What attack?" Shippo asked worried.

Then there was another rustle from the bushes. Miroku and Shippo looked shocked as Inuyasha came crawling out with a whole lot of scratches all over his body. His clothes were ripped up and shredded. And the scratches weren't deep or bad they just looked painful. Shampoo didn't want to hurt him that bad.

"Do you know what attacked him?" Miroku asked Shampoo.

"Oh, he just had a little cat encounter." Shampoo said smiling as she went inside to get some hot water.

Miroku and Shippo looked at each other, knowing good and well what she meant by that. Then they looked back down as they saw Inuyasha getting up slowly mumbling, "I....Hate....Her."

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A/N: Hey! I know its been a long time since I updated, but I've been really busy. But the good news is I'm on summer vacation now. I've been on vacation since last Thursday, but I've been too busy to update. And I wanted to update this fanfic before I went out of town to go see my friends graduation. So I will be gone for a week. Oh and about the Kikyo thing, I'll try to find a place for her in the story. I just hope you liked this chapter. THANKS!! PLEASE R&R!