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Ranma 1/2
Changes: Chapter XIII. Cologne's Greatest Fear.
"What's that? You know this plan of yours will work?"
Shampoo shook her head. "No, but is only way she stand chance."
"Alright then, tell me what you think you have to do."
"No think, Shampoo know, Shampoo is going to do." She paused and looked around the room, not wanting to meet her great-grandmother's gaze. "Shampoo is leaving tribe, she no more be amazon."
Cologne gasped. "And just what makes you think this foolish plan of yours will work? Why can't you just win him over like we planned?"
"Our plans no work. You know, well as Shampoo, airen no want to go back to China, and no can force him, he too strong for that."
Cologne was grim, she did know that. After Jusendo, trying to force Ranma into doing anything was dangerous. "You know what this means, don't you?"
"Yes, it mean Shampoo no more have support of tribe, she be alone."
"Are you sure you want to do this. I don't like this plan. You're my heir Shampoo, I don't want to lose you."
Shampoo starting crying. "Shampoo hated making choice. Ranma and leave tribe, or no Ranma and home. Shampoo love both, but can no have. If shampoo fail, she come home and take her punishment."
Cologne still couldn't believe this. She cursed Drakus, it was he who changed Shampoo, this was his fault, that stupid male! She sighed. "I'll leave you as much as I can, child. And I won't return to China until you've found somewhere to stay. Oh, and don't worry, I'll deal with Mousse."
"Thank you great-grandmother." She hugged the old woman tightly.
"Do write to me Shampoo." Shampoo nodded. "Alright then, Shampoo, as of this moment you are no longer an amazon."
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The next morning. Drake was working through his usual katas when Akane came into the dojo. "Are you going to let your hair get long, Akane?" he asked out of the blue.
"Um, yeah, thanks for noticing. Hey, Drake?"
"What?"
"Have you seen Ranma?"
"Not since your innapropriate outburst yesterday."
"I said I was sorry, you know."
"Not to the one it matters to."
"Well, that's why I'm trying to find him, okay!"
"Stop getting angry, Akane."
"I would if you'd stop being a jerk." Akane yelled and then stormed off.
"That girl is going to give me grey hair within a year."
He heard Kasumi call out that breakfast was ready. 'Ah well.' Drake thought. 'I'm sure he's fine.'
XD
Ranma woke up on his mother's couch. Everything seemed calm. Ranma liked calm. Calm meant no pain, and Ranma liked the idea of not being in pain. Calmness fled form his life when he felt something, more accuratly, someone shift in his arms and mumble his name. 'Oh boy, oh shit, who's?' He gulped and looked down to see. 'Nabiki, oh yeah, she brought me those asprin yesterday, then we watched movies, I guess we fell asleep.' He thought. A chill ran down his spine as he once again felt that old feeling of inpending doom. His eyes bugged out when Akane slid the door open and spoted them. Akane made her usual muffled gasp sound at seeing Ranma dosomething she didn't like and she pulled out her mallet.
"Wait a minute Akane, it's not what it looks like!"
"I'm worried sick about you all day yesterday, I come all this way to apologize for hitting you, and I find you here sleeping with my sister, YOU PERVERT!" She screamed as she raised the mallet to strike.
"Mmm, Ranma." Nabiki mumbled.
Akane hearing this, dropped her mallet and ran away crying.
"Akane, wait!" Ranma called after her. He tried to get up and chase her, but Nabiki held him in place.
"Let her go, Ranma." She said.
"What, how long have you been awake?"
"You try sleeping through those screams. Anyways, we need to get her past this obsession of hitting you whenever she feels like it. She needs to understand that you don't belong to her anymore, you're mine now Saotome."
"Hey, I ain't nobody's."
Nabiki kissed him on the cheek. "I was just teasing you. You know I won't try and stop you if you go after Shampoo or Ukyo, or even me for that matter. You can try and marry who ever you want to."
"That's right."
"But, if we're not engaged, you can expect your debts to re-surface with interest." Nabiki smiled evily.
XD
Drake was helping Kasumi with the laundry, after all, it was sunday, and there he didn't teach class on sundays. They were having a nice cha until Akane came running into the house crying her eyes out swearing she hated Ranma, and muttering something about how much of a pervert he was. Drake and Kasumi looked at each other with looks that said, it's your turn.
"Not my job." Drake said.
"Oh, but aren't you her teacher?" Kasumi asked sweetly.
Drake glared at her. 'Aha! I knew she could be devious.' He thought. "Damnit, fine I'll go." Drake went up to Akane's room and knocked on the door. He heard some shuffling sounds and then Akane opened the door. She was still crying and she tried to use Drake for comfort by hugging him, but she found herself pushed back roughly.
"Listen you, I'm you're teacher, not your friend. I'll listen to you, but don't expect me to be nice." Drake said. Akane nodded. "Good, now, tell me what happened."
Akane explained everything, emphisizing on how much of pervert Ranma was being.
"So, what exactly was perverted about it? I don't see anything wrong with it." Drake said.
"He was sleeping with my sister!"
"No, he fell asleep next to your sister. If you'd bothered to pay attention yesterday, you would've heard Nabiki say that she was going to go over to Ranma's and watch some movies with him. obviously they fell asleep while having some nice quite time together. There is nothing perverted about that."
"But."
"No buts. Your 'buts' are what cost you Ranma in the first place!"
Akane fell to her knees, he was right, if she'd of just treated him better, she could've already been married to him. But, it was too late now. She'd already lost Ranma for good. "Help me Drake. I don't want to be angry anymore." She sobbed.
Drake sighed, he went over to her and hugged her. "I'll try, but you've got to cooperate with me, okay?"
"Okay."
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Ranma was working out while talking with Nabiki, she decided that she didn't really want to be around Akane right now and Ranma couldn't blame her. He was surprized he didn't get hit, but, he wasn't complaining either.
"Ranma?" Nodoka called out. "You have a guest!"
"Hmm, I wonder?" Nabiki said.
Nodoka led Shampoo out into the yard where Ranma and Nabiki were. "Ah, there he is dear." Nodoka said.
"Thank you." Shampoo said. "Ranma, Shampoo need talk. You listen yes?"
"Sure Shampoo, is it private? Does it matter if Nabiki stays?"
"She stay, she find out soon anyways." Shampoo walked over and put her arms around Ranma. "Ranma care for Shampoo, yes?"
"Course I do, Shampoo, you know that."
Shampoo clung tighter. "Shampoo just need to hear that. Shampoo realize something other day. She find that even if you love her, you never go back to China with Shampoo, she know you hate China."
"I don't exactly hate it, but you're right, I sure wouldn't want to live there. I don't like the idea of being treated bad cuz I'm a guy."
"Shampoo knows that now, she sorry it take her so long."
"Ah, it's okay Shampoo. Hey, does this mean that you're leaving Japan?"
"No, Ranma, it mean Shampoo never going home. She leave tribe, she no more be amazon."
"What?" Ranma and Nabiki said in unison.
"You more important to Shampoo than tribe, so she leave tribe."
"But that's your home Shampoo!" Ranma said.
She looked at him with tears in her eyes. "You want Shampoo leave?"
"No, that's not what I meant Shampoo! I just don't think you should give up your home for me."
"But you is worth it Ranma."
"She's right, Ranma, you are worth it."
Ranma Pulled Shampoo closer. "I'm sorry Shampoo. You shouldn't of had to make such a hurtful choice."
"Hey, Shampoo, I'm curious. What happens if you don't get Ranma?" Nabiki asked.
"Then she go back to tribe and start over." Shampoo said.
"What about the ghoul? What's she gonna do?"
"Great-grandmother go home. She leave as soon as Shampoo find somewhere to stay."
"Well, we've still got some room at the dojo." Nabiki said.
Shampoo shook her head. "Akane hate Shampoo, she no want her around."
"Well, that's tough, she'll just have to accept it." Ranma said.
"Shampoo think maybe she live with Ukyo, Maybe she give Shampoo job."
"Hey, that's a good idea, Shampoo. Lets go see her." Ranma said. But Shampoo wouldn't let go.
"Ranma, you hold Shampoo for awhile?" She asked.
"Yeah, sure thing Shampoo."
End Chapter 13
Innortal: Was Tsubasa even in the manga? Or was he replaced by Konatsu? Cuz, Tsubasa shows up in the third season of Ranma but Konatsu never does. And I havn't read much of the manga unfortuanatly.
ss4-link: Sweet, thanks!
goku: Lol, well now she's got a hold of him. Nodoka smiles and agrees with your plan. But I'm not so sure. Akane probably will get a chance though.
nonengel: Yeah, it's why Nabiki isn't as mercinary now, she's got the revenue from the women's self-defense class to work with, which allows her to be a nicer, calmer person. What do you think of Shampoo's solution?
Wonderbee31: I'm slowly working on a Nabiki/Ranma fic, but I'm also working on several others, so you'll probably have to read them all (once I post them) to find one of those. There will more than likely be a sequal to Changes. (I've had enough people say that they like Drake, so) Possibly a prequal, not quite sure yet. I'll keep you posted.
Anaxim: Thanks, it's not easy sometimes.