"Ranma," Kuno cried at Ranma, "I must defeat you for win my loved Akane's heart!"
"Aww, come on, Kuno! Can you wait until I died on my time," Ranma joked?
"Then I will never get my revenge for my lover who slept with the guy I hate and that's you! The guy who slept with Akane in same house must be me! Now, be prepared," Kuno cried as he jumped up!
"I just visited in her house and that's all," Ranma cried and then he jumped back toward Kuno! They are attacking each other for no mercy! Kuno is using his wooden sword to strike at Ranma and Ranma is using his fist at Kuno. (Of course, what else Ranma have weapons for him?) Suddenly, the strike is hitting and Ranma won… Kuno already swung at Ranma but failed by Ranma's other hand to grab his sword. His right hand is still punching at Kuno's face. Now they are landing down on the ground.
"Ranma, we will battle for Akane next time…"
Kuno paused and knocked out by falling down on the ground. Now Kuno is out of the race and he is in the last place but Ranma is now the last place as the last person who is running in the race. He has to run back on the race again. But then he saw Ryoga stand but jogging same spot he was.
"What wrong, Ryoga," he asked?
"Umm… I forgot which way is North," Ryoga answered with nervous laugh.
"What," he cried? "You mean we are lost!"
"Well, yeah, I am sure about that."
"I must ask that man for a map sooner."
"Ranma!"
"Huh?"
Ranma is turning around and look at a girl called his name and it's Shampoo! She looks very serious and she is running toward Ranma. When she arrives, she asked why Ranma and Ryoga stopped. They answered her that they are lost the track. Shampoo got confused that they didn't notice something and then she pointed at the sign on the wall. The sign said 'This way' with left arrow.
"You blind," Shampoo asked?
"Ryoga! You didn't tell me that sign is on the wall," Ranma got mad at Ryoga for not notice that sign?
"I saw this before but I just thought it was for cars!"
"You idiot! If it is for cars, it must be black! This sign is green!"
"Oh, hey! You are right!"
Suddenly, Ryoga ambushed Ranma by a surprise punch and Ranma is falling back down. Ryoga broke the deal and running alone because he knows how to guide himself is to look at the signs. Shampoo is getting madder at Ryoga for hurt her husband, Ranma. Ranma is nervous by looking at her face. Suddenly, she starts to run but pulled her to stop by Ranma. She does not understand why he stopped her to get Ryoga.
"Don't worry, Shampoo. I have an idea. Just leave to me with him, okay? Bye!"
Ranma starts running again and Shampoo is looking at him. She gets jealous that he leaves her alone on the street. So, she starts to run with Ranma to find Shampoo.
Ryoga is running and crossing the streets by following the direction of the arrow signs but then Ryoga is stopping the next sign that look so different than any directions he saw on the sign. The arrow sign is pointing up and it has some Japanese characters.
This is not 'Forward,' it is above you! Go up!
"Strange," Ryoga got confused and look up above him, "All the people were running from start to here and then go up to the sky?" Then he is taking another look on the Japanese characters. "I think this writing reminds me someone but I don't know who…"
Ranma and Shampoo together are still running on the street. Ranma is focusing on the track but Shampoo is looking behind her like she saw someone behind her. She already small laughed.
"You smart," Shampoo cried! "Change direction wrong! Ryoga no brain."
"Yeah, thanks. Yeah, he does not have stronger brain either."
Back to Ryoga, he is still jumping high as he tried to reach the next sign but he failed and only he can jump high above the roof around him. Akane is walking and watching at Ryoga jump. He noticed at her stalk at him and he stopped jump.
"Akane!"
"Ryoga, what are you doing?"
"The sign told me to get up above us but I don't understand why or how they made go up," Ryoga answered confused.
"Oh? And where is Ranma? He must be ahead and you are the last person in the race."
"What," Ryoga cried?
"He tricked you by change this direction… The direction is that way!"
Akane take the sign off and she rubbed on the sign that Ryoga can't see where she rubbed. After that, she placed back to the right direction and it's the left-arrow sign! Ryoga noticed that writing is gone.
"Ranma was here before you and he wrote to trick you."
"Ranma…"
He is shaking with his greatest anger in the Japan. He can feel the veins burning inside.
"RANMA!"
"Then go this way if you want revenge Ranma!"
"Thank you so much, Akane!"
Now Ryoga is starting to run back on the race with the right directions. Ranma heard the scream and that's Ryoga's. Now Ranma knows Ryoga figured his trick, so he have to run faster or he will never get the finish in the first place in time.
"Ranma," Shampoo cried to stop!
"Now what," he stopped and asked her?
"This way! Shorter!"
"No, thanks. I like to stay on the right track for square and fair."
"No! No time this way! You no win this way! This way you win… you get cure fast," she tried to speak in Japanese and then she took the cure out of her Chinese dress.
"The cure," he surprised as he looked the cure was out from inside Shampoo's Chinese dress!
"Great-grandmother said me if me date you than race, me give you the cure."
"What," Ranma cried?
Will he accept the date with Shampoo to get the cure without win the race or will he choose to stay and have a hard time to reach the first place in the race? Let's figure on next chapter! Plus I have preview for you in next chapter below here!
Chapter 3
"What," Akane cried at Ranma for some reasons?
Ranma and Shampoo is walking together on the street and she is very happy to look at him but Ranma is just like jealous.
Ryoga's eyes are getting sharper with his greatest anger of his face.
"Die, Ranma," he cried in the air as he is trying to lock on with his powerful punch! But he missed Ranma instead he punched on the ground that he can wreck the road!
Ranma is afraid of Shampoo as a cat during the fight against Ryoga as new problem for him to handle with Ryoga.
"Time to face your fear, Ranma," Ryoga cried with an evil smile!
