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Ch 4 Inconvenient Solutions

Dream Sequence

"No!" a thirteen year old Kyle screamed. In front of him stood a boy the same age as him. Kyle and the boy were almost identical except that the boy had light blue hair and black highlights. Also, the boy's eyes were blood red. They stood in the middle of a burning village. Terrified screams of people surrounded them.

"Stop it! You didn't have to do this!" Kyle screamed.

The boy looked at Kyle angerly. "They betrayed us and our parents! Yet you protect them! You still protect her kind!" he screamed as he pointed his sword at a girl that hide behind Kyle.

"If you would just listen for a se..."

"NO! They will pay for what they did!"

"Run!" Kyle told the girl. He then turned to the boy and they lunged at each other with their swords.

End Dream Sequence

Kyle awoke dripping in sweat. He got out of his bed and looked out his window. The sun was just rising from over the mountains. Knowing he wasn't going to go back to sleep, he headed for the bathroom. After a quick bath, he dressed and headed to the kitchen. There Genkai was already eating breakfast. He took a seat and began to eat as well.

"Today we have to go to Nerima." Genkai said.

'Damn.' "Yeah, I know."

Just then a young girl with aqua green hair walked in. "Oh, good morning. I wasn't expecting you to be up."

"Good morning Yukina. I know, but today Genkai and I have to go back to Nerima."

"Oh that's right. You got married to that girl while you were there last time."

"Yes, that was the last thing I expected from you." Genkai added.

"It's not like I did it on purpose."

"Whatever the case, today I'm going to talk to Cologne and find out what we're doing next."

"Well have fun. I'll tell the others you'll be back later tonight."

Kyle and Genkai stood up and said good bye to Yukina. The bus ride to Nerima was relatively quite. Kyle looked out the window. His mind kept drifting back to that dream.

'Why did it have to be that way?'

"Kyle?" Genkai asked.

"Yes?"

"Is everything alright?"

"...It's fine."

Genkai said no more to him. They finally arrived and walked to the Nekohaten. Cologne was standing outside. She hopped over to Genkai.

"It has been a long time." Cologne said.

"So it has."

"Well we can catch up later. Right now we have some business to take care of."

"Indeed." Genkai stated.

They walked in. Inside sat Shampoo, Mousse, Ukyo, Ranma, Ryoga and the Tendo Family. Kyle wondered what the heck they were all doing. Cologne sensed that Kyle was curious about the people there.

"I thought it would be appropriate for Ranma to be here since he was going to be Shampoo's husband. The others just happened to follow him here."

Kyle shrugged it off and took a seat with Genkai.

"So, what's this I hear about my student marrying your great grand daughter?"

"Ah, yes. He defeated her in battle and you already know what that means."

Genkai nodded. "Of course. However, I can only imagine these two are not happy."

The occupants of the room looked at Kyle and Shampoo. They were currently trying to ignore each other.

"Yes, but Shampoo already knows that she must follow Amazon tradition or she will loose her honor."

Shampoo flinched at that statement. It was either marry Fang-boy or loose her honor. She couldn't let that happen! It was already bad enough that people talked about her in her village because she couldn't get Ranma to marry her. It got worse when Pink and Link returned to the village spreading gossip about how Ranma didn't love Shampoo.

"Has she kissed him?" Genkai asked.

Cologne shook her head. "No, I'm afraid not. We only got Kyle to accept the fact that he had defeated Shampoo and that meant marrying her."

"So what are you two going to do?" Akane asked the new couple.

None were sure. They finally acknowledged each other by making eye contact. Kyle knew what he had to do, but he didn't want to. He wasn't ready to marry anyone. Shampoo wanted to marry Ranma. She had absolutely no desire to marry him. He didn't want to be in that kind of relationship with someone.

Shampoo loved Ranma. It may have started out so she could keep her honor, but over time she fell for him. He was the one she wanted to marry. However, it looked like the chase was over for her.

"I suppose I will go with this." Kyle said defeated.

"A-are you sure about this?" Ukyo asked.

"I have no choice. It would be cowardly of me to run out on this. That's not what I was taught." Genkai smiled at his response. She had taught him well indeed.

Shampoo was surprised that Fang-boy agreed to the marriage. However, she still was not happy with that.

"Shampoo agree too, but Shampoo never love Fang-boy like Shampoo love Ranma."

Kyle growled in annoyance. "Yeah, well who would love you anyway."

Shampoo growled and slapped Kyle across the room. Kyle sat up and rubbed the red spot on his cheek. Mousse stood up and charged at Kyle.

"How dare you say that to Shampoo! You'll pay for that!"

Kyle stood up and got into a defensive stance. His eyes widened and then he turned his attention away from Mousse and to the door. His eyes narrowed. Mousse was about to punch Kyle when his fist made contact with a wall. Cologne looked angrily at Mousse.

"I hope you know your working that off." she then looked at Kyle who was standing in front of the door. "What is it Son-in-Law?"

Kyle ignored his new name and answered her. "We have a visitor." Kyle walked outside. The others followed him. Kyle looked at a figure that was standing on top of a light pole. The stranger wore a black cloak that covered his face except for it's mouth and nose. It smiled as the rest of the gang joined Kyle.

"So it is true that you once again live."

"What?" Kyle asked.

"You know exactly what I mean boy." the stranger waved his hands and demonic looking humans popped out of the ground. "Have fun." he said as he disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

Kyle drew his sword from under his trench coat and launched into battle. Genkai followed close behind. Ranma wasn't one to just watch so he too attacked. Ryoga and Mousse also decided to help. The girls were going to jump in as well, but Cologne held them back and signaled for them to watch. Genkai and Kyle were chopping through their opponents. Meanwhile, Ranma, Ryoga, and Mousse were struggling to do one thing. Kill their opponents. Once Kyle was done with his opponents he directed his attention to Ryoga and Mousse. He sheathed his sword and pointed his finger towards a demonic human that Ryoga had just knocked out. The tip began to glow red.

"Spirit Gun!"

A beam of red energy flew towards the fallen demon-human and was engulfed into the light. All that was left was a burn mark were it once laid. Ryoga looked surprised at Kyle's actions. Genkai and Kyle destroyed the remaining ones with their spirit guns. Kyle noticed there was one left. The one Ranma was fighting. He made his way over to Ranma.

"Stand aside."

"No! This is my fight!"

Kyle ignored Ranma's protest and used his spirit gun to eliminate the demon-human. He then looked Ranma in the eye. "If you can't kill them then don't fight. You'll only get in the way."

Ranma growled. "It's not always necessary to kill! A martial artist is suppose to protect the weak!"

"Yeah!" Ryoga, for once, jumped to Ranma's defense. "They were still human! Weren't they?"

Kyle grunted. "The leader clearly knew you would never kill another person so he made those demons resemble humans. Demons are not to be taken lightly. There are few who do have a conscious, but the ones we just fought were just minions of a stronger one. If you would have let them live they would have come back later and killed you in your sleep. Not everyone is an honorable fighter. Killing sometimes is necessary Ranma. The reasons behind killing are what define whether it's good or bad. The ones who kill for fun are the true monsters."

Kyle and Genkai walked back towards the others. "So, what's next?" Kyle asked Cologne.

"Since you will be Shampoo's new husband, I will need to teach you the secret techniques of our village."

"When do you want me to start?"

"As soon as possible. Now Shampoo must give you the kiss of marriage and..."

"Hold on a second. There is no way I'm letting her kiss me!"

"But it is part of the law. The female must give the kiss of marriage." Cologne insisted.

"No way!"

"I not kiss Fang-boy!" Shampoo protested.

"Fang-boy? Who are you calling Fang-boy!"

"Shampoo call you what Shampoo want!" The two stared each other down. Kyle then directed his gaze over to Cologne. "I'll agree to being her husband/fiancé, but there is no way she is kissing me." he said stubbornly.

"So your really going to marry her?" Ukyo asked curiously.

Kyle crossed his arms over his chest. "There's really no choice. Even if I don't grow to love her at least I can get to like her a little. It will make living with her more tolerable."

"Does that mean you'll be moving in to town?" Nabiki asked.

"Of course. He needs to get to know his wife better." Genkai answered for him. Kyle's eye twitched a little. Ukyo smiled at him.

"If that's the case then we'll probably be going to the same school. It will be great."

Kyle smiled. "I suppose it will."

Shampoo glared at him. Why he smiling at Spatula-girl.?

"Kyle!" Everyone's attention was directed to the sky. The Nerima wrecking crew has seen their fair share of strange things, but this was a one was new to them. Floating down towards Kyle was a girl in a pink kimono riding an oar. She hopped down in front of Kyle and her oar vanished.

"What is it Botan?"

The pink kimono girl reached into one of her long sleeves and pulled out a folder. "I was sent here to deliver this to you and to tell you that Koenma is waiting for you at Genkai's temple."

"Why?"

"He want to talk to you about your new mission and he said he had the solution to your problem."

Kyle opened up the folder and looked "Hmm, it looks like I won't be moving here immediately. Give me two weeks to get everything worked out." he told Cologne.

"What's the matter?" Ranma asked.

"Well I have this job and it looks like I got some work to do." He then walked towards a bus stop with Genkai and the pink kimono girl. "Well, I have to get going. If what Botan said was true then my curse will be gone soon."

"You will return here so Shampoo can give you the kiss of marriage." Cologne said firmly.

"I'll come back but she is not kissing me."

"Fang-boy right. I not kiss him." Kyle's eye twitched slightly at his other new nickname. Botan was giggling as she watched them. "Whatever, lets just go."

"See you soon." Genkai told Cologne.

"Of course. I'm sure we'll be seeing each other more often as we plan Kyle and Shampoo's wedding." In the background Kyle was telling Botan to stop making fun of him.

"Have fun and send us a post card." Akane and the others waved. As the bus was leaving realization struck the cursed ones. His curse will be gone? They looked at each other. Mousse and Shampoo had told the others about Kyle curse. They took off after the bus.

"Stop! Take me with you!" Ranma and the other cursed ones yelled.