Silver: hiya everyone! this is silverdragon87 and welcome to the second chappie of Shaman King ½! ( .) Wooh! (. ) well anyway I hope this is a good chappie although im not good at writing sweatdrops like hell I wonder why the title cant have slashes, commas or any other thing that aren't letters. ;; ok next up is a lil summary:

Most people of the shaman king gang was invited to the hot springs in China by Ren's mother, Ran. So far everyone is packing and getting ready so that they would leave the next day on Ren's personal plane (though Ren almost object, Ran insisted) Horo Horo was left hanging in a net which belonged to Pirika (poor guy TT)

For this chappie, the story will now uh overlook the ranma gang's…uh progress ;; anyway enjoy!

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As she walked by, bags full of groceries, Kasumi spotted a flyer attached onto the wooden pole besides her. This flyer read:

MARTIAL ARTS COMPETITION

Place: Held in Lotus Festival (in the middle, near the lake)

Ages: At least 15 years of age

Date: July 24

Time: Noon

Winner of the competition shall receive a packet which includes: tickets of six for an all-expense paid trip to any hot springs resort of their choice, a year supply of ramen, and an air-conditioner. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact the director by email: (or review is fine XD)

Important Notice: NO WEAPONS OF ANY SORTS! If so, you will be immediately eliminated from the competition. You have been warned.

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Kasumi: (smiling) six tickets to any hot springs resort….maybe Akane and Ranma might be interested in this. Being in a resort could help them relax and enjoy themselves. Lately, all they've been doing is training and doing that everyday can stress them.

She simply tore off the flyer from the pole and continued towards the Tendo Dojo.

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Ranma: No, Akane! I am not doing this!

Akane: Aw, come on, Ranma! All you need to do is-

Ranma: Akane, there's absolutely no way I'm going to do this!

Akane: Ramna,-

Kasumi had just returned and after telling the news to Nabiki, she saw Ranma and Akane bickering in the training hall; many types of weapons were lying on the floor.

Kasumi: Oh my! What has happened here?

They stopped and looked over to Akane's older sister, who was surprised by what they're doing.

Akane: Oh Kasumi! I'm sorry. I wanted Ranma to practice with me.

Ranma: (bluntly) You mean using me as a human guinea pig. You know, getting hit by wood and stuff.

Akane: (glances over to Ranma and puts her hands on her waist) Was not!

Ranma: (crosses his arms and looks her way) Was too!

They continued to argue some more.

Nabiki, Akane's second older sister, stood besides Kasumi, watching with interest and slight boredom.

Nabiki: Lovers' quarrel, right? I should have brought a camera, then I could digitize it and give it to their rivals. I could be rich off of that.(grins mischievously) You know, about the prizes, we could use the air conditioner but if one of them wins, you think they could give it to me?

Kasumi: I don't know. It's for them to choose.

Nabiki: Do you want me to grab their attention?

Kasumi: Sure, why not.

Nabiki: So, are you going to tell them about the martial arts competition?

She spoke loud enough for them to hear. This definitely caught their attention.

Ranma and Akane: (immediately stares at Nabiki) What competition!

Kasumi: Well, there's a competition coming up in the Lotus Festival. They're going to give many prizes and you can have a chance to win a trip to any hot springs resort you choose. So maybe you want to enter?

She handed them the flyer and smiled. Ranma and Akane glanced at it for a moment. There was a long pause of silence.

Ranma: (slowly) A trip….to ANY hot springs resort?...

Ranma: ………..OoO

Akane: (waves her hand in front of him) I think he fainted.

Ranma's response made them all jump in surprise.

Ranma: YEAH! Jusenkyou, here I come! WOOH!

He began to jump with excitement. In fact, he's literally off the floor and practically bouncing off the ceiling if you know what I mean.

Everyone sweatdropped. That's when Saotome Genma and Tendo Soun show up.

Genma: (came out of nowhere and asks in a somewhat demanding way) Did I hear Jusenkyou? Are you going there?

Ranma freaked. So did Akane.

Ranma: W-What are you doing here!

(Genma. Ranma's father, managed to sneak at him from behind while he wasn't looking.)

Genma: Oh a certain someone started to scream so loud that the entire world could hear, about a certain event that deals with a certain hot springs resort and that certain someone hadn't thought of inviting a certain father of his because that certain someone was too careless to think!

Silence…..

More silence……

Ranma: …….So…..this certain someone doesn't care about his father? You think I care? That person wouldn't be happy about bringing his father. It would be too embarrassing. Tch, ya wanna me to cry and feel sad about it? How pathetic!

Genma: (whacks Ramna's head a couple thousand times) I was talking about YOU! You should know that inviting your father would bring us closer together!

Ranma: (ignores Genma and starts smiling at Akane) So Akane, wanna train now? On second thought, I'm hungry. Let's go eat.

Genma: (getting pissed) Hey! I'm talking to you!

Ranma: (yelling) No you're not!

And with that, Ranma sticks out his tongue and spanks his butt.

Uh oh. Bad move.

Genma began to chase him all over the house, throwing large (VERY LARGE) objects at him.

Genma: (face red) Come back here, pipsqueak!

Ranma: (snickering) Can't catch me now, old man!

This kept going for a few minutes. Everyone sat by on the porch, fanning themselves while watching Genma throwing rock, tree trunks, and anything he could find on the ground. Ranma, on the other hand, was busy taunting his father, sniggering and laughing like a lunatic.

But unfortunately for everyone, some people dropped by. Literally. Can you guess who? Yep, it's Shampoo, Mousse, and surprisingly RYOGA! OoO;;

As you can see, if you read the manga, Hibiki Ryoga is the one who ALWAYS gets lost and I mean ALWAYS. Not to mention that he's Akane's pet black piggy and Ranma's big big rival. (He challenges Ranma occasionally) Other than that, he's cool. -

Shampoo: Aiyah, Nihao Ranma! You not busy yes?

Ranma: Hey, Shampoo. (glances over to Mousse and Ryoga) I know Mousse follows you and all, but……Ryoga too?

Shampoo: Ah, yes! Ryoga told Shampoo he want to see Ranma since he come by Great-grandmother's shop. Shampoo never asked why Ryoga want to go so he come by.

Ranma: Ah, great.

Ryoga: (pulls Ranma's shirt) Listen, Ranma, I'm not going to fight you today.

Ranma: (looks away and starts to be sarcastic) Wow that's a first. Good for you.

Ryoga growled.

Ryoga: (glaring at Ranma) I also heard about the competition so I'm entering.

Shampoo: (suddenly very happy) Aiyah! Shampoo enter competition too!

Mousse: And don't forget about me! (gloating) I'm gonna win and get those tickets to Jusengkyou!

Ranma: (sweatdropping) You're…..all entering?

Mousse: Yep! I want to show Shampoo how dependable I am. Right, Shampoo?

He started to give her a big hug but received a kick instead.

Akane: (suddenly) I'm entering too.

Ranma and Ryoga: (shock) You're WHAT?

Akane: You heard me. I want to enter as well. Got a problem with that?

Ranma: Hell yes! If you're entering, that means we might fight each other.

Akane: I really don't care.

Ranma: (sighs) Okay…but if we're fighting, I might go easy on you.

Akane: Oh no you're not! Don't you dare!

Ranma: Try me!

Again with the arguing. Yep yep

Shampoo: Okay, Shampoo see Ranma in competition yes? No back down?

Ranma: Hah! You wish Shampoo!

Shampoo: Good! (looks at the time) Ah! Great-grandmother want Shampoo to come home mow! Bye bye, Ranma! (runs off with her bike)

Mousse: (running after her) H-Hey, Shampoo! Wait for me!

Ryoga: (fidgeting) Uh, d-do you mind if I stay?

Soun: Not at all. Kasumi, please show to his room.

Kasumi: (smiling) Okay.

They left to the stairs.

Ranma: (stretching) Well, time to eat.

Genma: Yeah, let's. I'm famished….By the way, Ranma, what were we talking about just a moment ago?

Ranma: (smiling nervously) uh, nothing. You must be imagining things.

Genma: (thinking) Really?

Ranma: (quickens his pace) Yep

Soun: (notices but doesn't do anything)

And so, they head off for dinner.

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What do you think? Well, it wasn't much of an improvement since I kinda forgot how the characters act and stuff, especially Shampoo's. (sweatdrops) Next up: Onto Ren's plane! What will happen during the trip? Reviews are greatly appreciated! Arigatou gozaimasu! Ja ne! (-)