Akane headed for the Cat Café. She didn't know why, but Shampoo told her to come, and she sounded pretty urgent. Ranma volunteered to come with, but that got Akane angry so she left without him.

Stupid Ranma…he only wanted to come because Shampoo needed help…jerk…stupid…I hate him…(A/N as we all know, that's not true)

Finally she arrived at the Café, and opened the door. She searched the place, but she didn't see Shampoo anywhere.

"Shampoo? Shampoo, it's Akane! Where are you?" Akane shouted over the roar of customers enjoying a bowl of noodles. "I'm in here!" Shampoo's annoyingly high voice rang out from the kitchen. Akane raced to her, only to find her mixing up some ink.

"Uh, so what did you need?" Akane asked.

"Hold out your arm!" Shampoo requested innocently. Suspiciously, Akane gave Shampoo her arm. Almost instantly, Shampoo took an ink filled brush and wrote on Akane's arm.

"What the heck?" Akane cried. She looked at what Shampoo wrote. " 'Zap' ? Why'd you write 'Zap'?" Akane asked.

"Is special ink. When someone says your name, you say 'I love you'. Is secret, yes?" Shampoo said.

"Oh please! Like I'll fall for that. I don't do zaps," Akane snapped.

"Akane!" Shampoo sang.

"I love you!" Akane replied. She immediately covered her hands with her mouth once she realized what she said.

"As long as ink is on your arm, you'll be saying 'I love you' every time your name is said. Have a nice day!" Shampoo waved.

As Akane walked back home, she planned her revenge on Shampoo. But she also had to make a plan to avoid people saying her name.

I'll just spend the day in my room, scrubbing this mark off of me, and once it's off I can safely come out. But what about school? Oh well, I'll deal with that later.