/NEKO HANTEN/
Ukyo and Shampoo were continuing the workday regardless of the challenge they gave each other in the kitchen. Unfortunately for Shampoo, most of the costumers still were showing up for Ukyo's okonomiyaki.
While cleaning parts of the restaurant, Moose was keeping an eye on Shampoo and Ukyo, but mostly Shampoo. Because he wanted to make sure Shampoo or Ukyo didn't get into it until the restaurant closed. He was also looking because he thought Shampoo was gorgeous.
Ukyo and Shampoo would give each other dirty looks every now and then,
mainly because Shampoo couldn't stand Ukyo's food being more successful than hers. She couldn't wait to get her hands on her and show Ranma once and for all who the best fiancé was.
As for Ukyo, every okonomiyaki she sold, the Chef would give Shampoo a cocky look followed by a smirk and wink. She knew: she was making Shampoo crazy, but Ukyo didn't care. This was part of her plan. To get Shampoo so mad, she wouldn't be able to think straight during the fight.
And so far, it was working. She looked at Ranma. He was sitting at one of the tables in the far end of the restaurant, so he wouldn't get in the costumers way. She smiled at Ranma and blew him a kiss. Ranma seeing her caught the kiss and smiled back. Ukyo then looked back at Shampoo.
Shampoo eyes were boiling. This made Ukyo laugh a little.
Time went by until finally, the last hour of the workday came to an end.
Shampoo had to watch Ukyo flirt with Ranma every chance she got. Shampoo was now shaking with hate. Mousse tried to console her, but Shampoo just smacked him knocking off his glasses. A sad Mousse then went into the back of the restaurant and stayed there for an hour before coming back out to clean.
Ranma looked at Mousse and shock his head. This was one of the reasons he could never be with Shampoo. Sure she was pretty, and had a body to die for. However, Ranma didn't like Shampoo's personality. She was too forward, and dominating.
Soon the last costumer of the day walked out of the restaurant. He was carrying three okonomiyaki dinners much to Shampoo's displeasure. When he left Shampoo closed and locked the door. She then looked at Ukyo.
"We get half hour to clean, then we meet at Nerima Park." Shampoo said hissing at Ukyo.
"Fine." was all Ukyo said, as she walked into the kitchen.
Shampoo followed Ukyo into the kitchen and began to wash the dishes at her station. She then looked over at Ukyo and her station. Ukyo was taking her time cleaning, as if she wasn't worried about fighting Shampoo one little bit. Shampoo not liking this decided to taunt Ukyo a little.
"What wrong spatula girl? Why take so slow cleaning?" Shampoo asked smirking.
Ukyo, however, just ignored her.
Shampoo decided to pour it on. "It okay. Shampoo understand if Ukyo scared. Shampoo would be scared too, if had to face Shampoo HA HA HA!"
Shampoo laughed in a prideful voice.
"No one is scared of you!" Ukyo suddenly snapped out. "All you are is a sex-crazed bimbo!" Ukyo finished now looking at her.
"We see how sex crazed Shampoo is when Shampoo beat you into ground."
Shampoo countered smiling.
"Just wash your dishes so we can get this over with, or are you the one that's scared?" Ukyo asked smirking.
"How dare you!" Shampoo shouted now walking towards Ukyo. "Shampoo strongest of village. Shampoo grand daughter of mighty Cologne. Shampoo feared by all in village." Shampoo was now in Ukyo's face. "And you dare call Shampoo scared?"
Ukyo, showing no sign of backing down, answered. "Did you hear me stutter?"
Shampoo suddenly reached up to grabbed Ukyo by the face. Ukyo, sensing what Shampoo was trying to do, quickly stepped back.
Ukyo then looked at an angry Shampoo and laughed. "Trying to give me the kiss of death are you? Well you can forget it."
Shampoo looked at Ukyo then smiled. "It only matter of time" Shampoo said, as she threatened back to her station and continued cleaning.
Ukyo returned to her station and finished cleaning as well.
Soon the half-an-hour passed. Ukyo, Shampoo, Ranma, and Mousse were heading to the park. Shampoo and Mousse were ahead of Ranma and Ukyo.
Ukyo didn't mind however. Shampoo was a sneaky person. This way she was sure to keep an eye on her.
"Are you sure about this?" Ukyo heard Ranma ask.
"Yes sugar. I'm sick and tired of running away. No one will take you away from me." Ukyo said looking at Ranma with affection.
"You never have to worry about that Ukyo." Ranma said, putting his arms around her. "I chose to be with you forever, and I intend to keep that promise."
"I know you will dear."
"Just be careful. Shampoo is no push over. She's a very strong fighter."
"I know, but I'm quite strong myself." Ukyo replied in a cocky voice.
"Yes you are." Ranma agreed with her. "Just be careful."
"Don't worry, of course I'll be careful. If I lose, I will lose you forever to that bimbo, and there's no way in hell I will let that happen." Ukyo said in an angry voice.
"You won't lose dear. I believe in you one hundred percent."
"Thanks sugar. Just promise me one thing?"
"Sure, anything for you."
"No matter what happens don't interfere." Ukyo said in a serious voice.
"But-"
"No Ranma, I must do this myself. Only by taking care of my own fiancé competition will I be able to earn the respect I deserve."
Ranma looked at her and saw that she's dead serious. "Okay dare, I won't interfere… no matter what."
"Thank you" Ukyo said smiling. She reacheed up and kissed Ranma on the cheek.
Ahead of the romantic couple, Mousse and Shampoo were having a conversation of their own.
"Shampoo, why don't you just let Ukyo and Ranma be happy?" Mousse asked the angry Amazon.
"Mousse should know place and shut up." Shampoo answered simply.
"No Shampoo! This is not right." Mousse said speaking up. "You took both Ranma and Ukyo in as guest. You said you understood and accepted Ukyo and Ranma's relationship. Now you want to kill Ukyo for Ranma." Mousse finished.
"Shampoo lied, stupid Mousse. Did blind boy really think Shampoo would give airen up that easy? Shampoo will get Ranma one way or other."
"If you kill Ukyo, Ranma will hate you forever." Mousse said knowing he was right.
Shampoo stopped in her tracks and looked at Mousse. "Shampoo not care.
Shampoo will do whatever it take to win." Shampoo then ran ahead of Mousse into the park.
/NERIMA PARK/
After walking around the park for a couple of minutes, the gang finally spotted an open area without any people around to get in their way. Ukyo and Ranma then walked to the center of the yard where Shampoo and Mousse were waiting for them.
"Okay here are the rules. You both will fight in unarmed combat until one of you can no longer stand. The person left standing in the end will be declared the winner. Is that okay with you two?" Ranma asked the Amazons.
"Sounds fair to me." Mousse said. "Shampoo?"
"Fine. Whatever. Let just get it on." An eager Shampoo replied.
"Okay, both women go face each other." Ranma commanded, looking at both the ladies.
Ukyo and Shampoo walked up to each other until they are a couple of feet apart. They stare into each other's eyes with pure hatred. Shampoo then does a throat cut hand sign at Ukyo. Ukyo just smiled at Shampoo; her smile doesn't reach her eyes, however. Mousse looked at both women and nodded at Ranma. Ranma, seeing both girls were ready, steps in between them.
"Are you ready?" Ranma asked both women. The women didn't answer. "GO!"
Ranma, shouted, before he jumped back giving both women room to fight.
Shampoo and Ukyo got into fighting stances. Shampoo's kind of resembled that of a cat, while Ukyo's was in a ninja like stance.
Shampoo made the first move.
She jumped at Ukyo with a flying kick. It was so fast Ukyo almost didn't dodge it, but she did.
Shampoo then turned around and charged at Ukyo. She threw a punch combination that Ukyo was able to block.
Ukyo tried to counter with a sidekick, but Shampoo was able to duck out of the way.
Shampoo then threw a right-hook that connected, knocking Ukyo back a bit.
Ukyo helf her face, then looked at Shampoo with hatred. "YOU BITCH!"
Ukyo shouted as she run at Shampoo. Ukyo threw a combination of sidekicks at Shampoo. Shampoo was able to dodge most of them. But the last one caught her right in the chin - knocking her down.
From the sideline, Moose looked at Shampoo with concern, while Ranma had a smile on his face.
Ukyo tried to capitalize on knocking Shampoo down by stomping her.
Shampoo, however, caught Ukyo by the leg and dragged her to the ground.
Shampoo then put Ukyo into a leg lock.
Ukyo, feeling the pain on her leg, tried to break the hold. Shampoo,
however, had the hold locked on tight.
"Summit!" Ukyo hearf Shampoo say.
"Never!" Was Ukyo's answer as she trief to struggle out of the hold.
Ukyo had to think fast. Her leg was starting to go to sleep.
"Come on honey!" Ukyo heard Ranma shout.
Ukyo, now remembering what she was fighting for, took one of Shampoo's legs and bit her ankle.
"OWWWW!" Shampoo screamed breaking the hold. She then stood up and limped back a little.
Ukyo got up slowly from the leg hold Shampoo had her in. She then looked at Shampoo while getting back into her fighting stance.
"You dirty fighter Ukyo" Shampoo said as she shook the pain out of her leg.
"Shut up and fight." Ukyo said staring a hole through Shampoo. "The rules say no weapons, not no biting." Ukyo finished smirking.
"ARIWE!" Shampoo gave her Amazon battle call as she charged at Ukyo.
/Meanwhile/
Akane was jogging around the street area of the park. She was admiring the view of the trees, the kids playing at the park sections, the fight between Ukyo and Shampoo. …'THE FIGHT BETWEEN UKYO AND SHAMPOO!' Akane's mind screamed. She stopped in her tracks and stepped back a little. Her eyes weren't lying to her. There was Shampoo and Ukyo trading blows back and forth right in front of her eyes. Akane decided to find out what was going on, so she sneaked her way into the park area where the girls were fighting and hid behind a tree. She then saw Ranma and smiled.
"Finally I found you." Akane whispered to herself, as she admired Ranma's handsome form. She then looked towards the fight. See saw Ukyo with a busted lip - swinging punch combinations at Shampoo. Shampoo, even though she was able to block Ukyo's punches, had a dark red mark on the side of her face. Akane then noticed Mousse watching the fight as well; he had a concerned look on his face.
Shampoo kicked Ukyo in the gut, causing Ukyo to grab her stomach and breath for air.
Seeing Shampoo coming at her, Ukyo did a couple of back flips to get out of her way. She was still holding her stomach however.
Shampoo ran after Ukyo and tried to foot-sweep her.
Ukyo blocked it and punched Shampoo right in the face. Knocking her back,
Ukyo got a chance to breath.
Shampoo held her face where Ukyo punched her. When she pulled her hand from her face she saw blood. Shampoo realized her nose was busted.
Shampoo's eyes were now boiling with hate. Shampoo knew she was beautiful and took special care of her looks. Now her looks might be damaged forever. "DAMN YOU!" Shampoo screamed, pulling out her bonbori's seemly out of nowhere.
"SHAMPOO NO WEAPONS!" Mousse screamed at her from across the yard, but Shampoo ignored him and charged at Ukyo.
Ukyo seeing Shampoo's bonbori's, made a run for it. Shampoo, however,
was right on her tail.
"DIE BITCH!" Shampoo shouted, swinging her bonbori wildly at a retreating Ukyo.
Ukyo desperately tried to get away from Shampoo's onslaught and ran behind a short tree, hoping to create space between her and the crazed Shampoo.
"What's wrong sweetie? Can't fight without those oversized sticks?" Ukyo taunted. "The rules said no weapons. You just forfeited this fight."
"Shampoo not care. Shampoo kill!" Shampoo responded in pure hatred.
Shampoo then quickly ran where Ukyo was and swung with all of her might. When the bonbori hit the tree, the entire tree was knocked down.
Fortunately there was no Ukyo.
Ukyo able to dodge out of the way of Shampoo's monster swing, ran very far from her. Ukyo then saw Mousse go up to an angry Shampoo just before Shampoo charged at her again. Ukyo didn't know what Mousse said,
but whatever it was it made Shampoo very mad. Before Mousse knew it,
Shampoo hit him in the gut with her bonbori, then kick him hard to the side.
"Stupid Mousse. Shampoo said know place and SHUT UP!" Shampoo finished screaming. Shampoo turned and looked at Ukyo. She then charged at her violently.
Ukyo picked up a big tree branch trying to block Shampoo. 'This is no longer a fight for Ranma; Shampoo's trying to kill me.' Ukyo thought to herself while waiting for Shampoo's attack.
Shampoo, now in striking distance, swung her right bonbori at Ukyo.
Ukyo blocked Shampoo's attack and thrust her giant log weapon at her.
Shampoo blocked the thrust and tried to knock Ukyo off her feet again by swinging her bonbori at her kneecap.
Ukyo saw the attack coming and blocked it with her log. She then swung the giant log upward at Shampoo's face. Ukyo would've hit her if Shampoo didn't back-flip out of the way.
Getting frustrated, Shampoo decided to charge at Ukyo with everything she had. She swung both bonbori at Ukyo in a rapid-fire motion.
Ukyo blocks all of the fast and powerful swings from Shampoo, but her giant log was wearing out.
Shampoo confirmed Ukyo's fear when she jumped up and came down with a very powerful swing at Ukyo.
Ukyo tried to block it by holding her giant log in both hands out in front of her. But when Shampoo's bonbori came down on her log, the log shattered in Ukyo's hand.
Seeing the opening from this attack, Shampoo took advantage. She hits Ukyo right in the face with one bonbori, then knocked her off her feet with the other one. Shampoo then held up both bonbori in the air and looked down at Ukyo. "DIE!" Shampoo screamed, bringing her bonbori down fast at Ukyo intending to smash her cute, but damaged face. Before Shampoo connected with her swing, she heard a voice that stopped her in her tracks.
"SHAMPOO STOP!" Ranma screamed running towards her. Ranma was standing back trying his best to honor Ukyo's wish not to interfere. But when he saw Shampoo bring out her bonbori, Ranma should have stepped in right then and there. Still hoping that Ukyo would win, Ranma still didn't do or say anything. Now, realizing Shampoo was actually trying to kill Ukyo, Ranma decided enough was enough. Ranma finally reached both girls and stared hard at Shampoo. "That's enough Shampoo. The fight is over."
Shampoo's rage turned into joy when she heard Ranma say this. Because she was still standing and Ukyo was down and almost out, Shampoo thought she won.
"Aiya! Shampoo victorious! Shampoo win Ranma heart!" Shampoo said dropping her bonbori and running at Ranma to grope him. Ranma, however,
stopped her in her tracks and looked right in her eyes.
"You won nothing Shampoo. The rules were no weapons. The moment you brought those bombori's out was the moment you lost." Ranma hissed at Shampoo.
"NO!" Shampoo said in denial.
"He's right Shampoo." Mousse said now recovering from Shampoo's early attack. "It's over. You lost. Let it go."
"But Ukyo weak." Shampoo said shaking her head.
"If that's true, you should have been able to beat her without cheating." Mousse said looking sad at Shampoo. Mousse then looked at Ranma and saw him helping Ukyo up.
"Are you okay?" Ranma asked Ukyo with concern.
"Yes sugar, I'll live." Ukyo said smiling up at Ranma.
"Ranma, Ukyo, go back to the Neko Hanten and get cleaned up. I'll stay here and look after Shampoo." Mousse said smiling at Ukyo. Mousse was glad Ukyo won.
"Thanks Mousse." Ranma said as he picked Ukyo up and ran towards their temporarily home.
Seeing both lovers leave together, Shampoo began to cry. "No he mine,
he mine, he mine. It not fair… It not fairrrrrr!"
Mousse just looked at Shampoo and let her cry.
"DAMN! Shampoo was so close to killing Ukyo and she freezes. Oh well,
guess it's still up to me and my sister to take her out." Akane said as she left from her hiding space at the park and ran home eager to tell Nabiki she discovered Ranma and Ukyo's whereabouts.
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