Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma ½ or any of the characters. This is simply a what-if situation. What if this had happened? Also, I would like to apologize to those that are waiting on me to work on "Evil Kasumi Returns" and "Ranma and the Outers." Although I have not had many ideas for them lately, I will not let them die as I have some of my Previous Tenchi Muyo stories. I'm just taking a slight break from them to work on some other ideas that won't get outta my head until I write them down.

I would like to say I'm sorry to everyone as I have been way too long between updates. I had originally thought that short chapters would allow me to update faster, but that has not been the case. In the future I will be making the chapters longer, I hope…

Primal Ranma Wants to Play

Even though Nabiki had mud on her arms, legs, back and chest, she felt good which wasn't something that she was used to. 'I guess this is why Kasumi always likes to help, makes you feel good and stuff… kind of annoying though,' she thought with a slight sigh. Beside her, Ranma-chan was doing her best to stay up on two legs instead of walking on all fours. 'I just hope Cologne will have some better ideas than yesterday considering what's just happened.'

That idea for hope died when she noticed that the Cat Café was not open for business. However, the door was unlocked. "Come on Ranma, let's go in. I think we're expected."

While Ranma didn't say anything, the girl did nod her head and allow Nabiki to enter. Once inside Ranma was instantly on alert, but nothing happened other than Mousse coming out and glaring at them followed by Cologne.

"Ah son-in… I mean Ranma… I'm glad you stopped in." Cologne told them and while Ranma missed her correction, Nabiki didn't.

"Calling him Ranma now?"

"Yes Miss Tendo. And you, Mousse… show Ranma to Shampoo's room. She wanted to talk to him. And Nabiki, I need to have a word with you as well."

She didn't like this. After what's happened already today, she didn't want any more problems. "I'm not sure that's a good idea."

Cologne just smiled, "And why's that Miss Tendo?"

"Let's just say that after what happened at school as well as under the bridge… it's not best to push him too far." Nabiki hoped that she could just hint at a few things… and leave it at that.

"Are you referring to how Ranma fought that Kunö boy this morning?"

Nabiki was trying to play it cool while wondering, 'Why did I think that this would be a good place to go?' "So you've heard."

"Indeed, I had Mousse go to your school earlier to locate Ranma or yourself and he found the boy being pried off the wall."

"Whatever happened, they had to ruin a good sword," Mousse groused.

"What do you mean?" Nabiki asked with a raised eyebrow. "When I saw it, the sword was only covered in a little blood."

"A little? Only!" Mousse wanted to yell but he was trying his hardest to prevent setting off Ranma. "The healers that arrived couldn't pull him off the wall, so they had to break the blade and then pull him off the wall."

This caused Nabiki to blink a few times. "They had to break the sword?"

"Yes, and I know my swords; that was a very old one, I would guess a family heirloom or something…"

"It was the Kunö family blade… the idiot brought it and thought that using it he could finally kill Ranma." Nabiki was shocked, 'The Kunö family blade… and they had to break it to pull him off the wall?' Nabiki turned her eyes only towards Ranma-chan and noticed that she was just sitting there on her hind legs as though she didn't have a care in the world. But Nabiki knew better, she could see the tightness in her leg muscles as well as the slight cup to her fingers. At any moment Ranma could spring into action and either seriously hurt someone or kill.

"I believe that you said that something else happened as well?" Cologne asked.

"Ah… yea…" Nabiki said in a daze before shaking her head. "I'd like to talk to you about that…"

"Very well. Mousse, get moving. Come along Miss Tendo."

While Ranma followed Mousse up the stairs, Nabiki took a seat at one of the tables where she began telling Cologne about what had happened. She told the old matriarch everything; starting from Kunö's attack to seeing Ranma cry, and finally how he saved her from Ukyo and especially about the attack on Kodachi.

"I see. This is a grave matter indeed. I'm glad that I had a talk with my great-granddaughter this morning."

"If I may, what was that talk about?"

Cologne sighed, "It really won't be much of a secret before long. But because of yesterday and how he's acted today as well as the nightmares that Shampoo had last night…"

"Nightmares… Her?"

"Shampoo is just a teenage girl as you are. She was taught to fight and to preserve Amazon honor as opposed to other things."

"Ah right."

"That is why we are closed today… Ranma is causing her nightmares. And that does not make for a very happy marriage." Nabiki decided not to comment on that for now though Cologne just cackled a moment. "I doubt that Shampoo got even an hours rest last night, and Mousse and I got less than that."

"Pardon me for saying elder, but it hardly shows on you."

"Quite. I have grown used to lack of sleep. However, since Ranma killed Saffron the Amazon village has been wary of him. And now that he no longer has full control of himself he's a danger to us." Nabiki eyes opened wide at this. "You're surprised at this?"

"Yes, though I guess I shouldn't be."

Cologne just gave her a knowing smile. "With Ranma now as a danger to us I have been given a task that I am not willing to do."

"What's that?"

"In order to keep Ranma from becoming a danger to the Amazons, then…"

"WHAT!" Ranma-chan screamed from upstairs.

Just the force of the scream was almost enough to make Nabiki and Cologne rush up the stairs. "Sounds like Shampoo told him."

"Told him what?" Nabiki was not sure she wanted to know this, as there were only a few things to prevent Ranma from becoming a danger. Kill him… or make him into a slave. And she knew that he would fight both of them.

"It's quite simple really."

"Really?"

"Either Shampoo and I kill Ranma or we make sure he never becomes a threat to the Amazons."

"You know he'll never let you kill him."

"Yes, and I have no desire to test myself against the Cat-Fist."

"So what will you do?"

"Shampoo and I have nullified both the Kiss of Death and the Kiss of Marriage."

Nabiki blinked and looked at the Elder.

Upstairs Ranma-chan was thoroughly confused. "Ok, so let me get this straight…" She said trying to sound calm. "Because I'm a danger to the Amazons… they want me dead?"

"Is true…" Shampoo said sadly, "but Shampoo and great-grandmother no want to kill Ranma."

"Yeah, you said that… but to stop being an Amazon?"

"Think about it Saotome," Mousse said from behind him. "Despite how I feel about it, Shampoo and the old mummy don't want you dead. I should kill you though… do you have any idea how many times Shampoo…"

"MOUSSE!" Shampoo yelled.

"Sorry…"

"Shampoo wish that Ranma love Shampoo… but Shampoo know better now… and Shampoo no think that Ranma be happy with Shampoo…" even as she said this, she began to get depressed. "Talk to great-grandmother much… see now that if Shampoo take Ranma back to village… then whole village in danger."

"But I still don't see why you have to renounce being an Amazon! It's always meant so much to you," Ranma told her exasperated.

"Is only way to… to..."

"Cancel…" Mousse said stiffly.

"Yes, only way to cancel kisses. If Shampoo no Amazon… then…"

"I get that part… but why're ya just giving up being an Amazon?"

"Because!" The young Amazon girl yelled at her now ex-airen.

"Because why?"

Tears started falling down Shampoo's eyes. "Because Shampoo no want Ranma to kill Shampoo's village. Aire… Ranma already kill Phoenix… what if Amazon's make Ranma mad… Ranma kill them too?"

"NO! I don't want to kill them… yea they make me mad but…"

"Saotome…" Mousse said getting their attention. "Please… this is an Amazon thing… Well it used to be. We've made up our minds. Elder Cologne is going back to China in a few days to make it official."

Ranma looked back at the mostly-blind boy and he could not understand what had happened. It seemed that just by him loosing control Shampoo was no longer going to be an Amazon… and neither was Mousse. But the strange part was that they both seemed ok with it. "I… I don't like you giving up… but if it's what you want ta do then ok."

Both Shampoo and Mousse nodded at him. "Saotome, here are some clothes for you…" Mousse said as he pulled a complete set of Ranma's usual of a red Chinese shirt and Black pants out of his robes.

"I'll never understand how ya do that…"

"Good. Though you should take your bath now, before Nabiki gets in."

Ranma nodded his head and taking the clothes, he left the room. Not even a second after he had left the room there was a purple blur that ran into Mousse crying. The male Amazon wrapped his arms around the crying Shampoo; he wasn't sure if he should try to kill Ranma or not because of this.

'If it hadn't been for her waking up every little bit screaming and crying, then last night would've been perfect,' Mousse thought. Even now, it was a bittersweet memory.

Shampoo had gone to sleep shortly after returning to their home away from home after leaving the Tendo's. But what she'd seen earlier haunted her dreams. However, instead of seeing Happosai get his arm cut off, she would have nightmare of Ranma killing Lin-Lin or Ran-Ran… or any of her other Amazon sisters. The worst one was when Shampoo found herself walking though the remains of a village that had been devastated by some sort of fire or demon.

Everywhere she looked; there was a dead body. "Lin-Lin…" she called only to find her lying bent over backwards on the fence surrounding the village. "Ran-Ran!" she had tried again… and just as before, she found the young girl lying in a pool of blood. One by one Shampoo checked over the village and every one of her friends, sisters, and extended family were dead. Earnestly she looked for another living being and quickly she found Mousse… fighting the demon that slayed her village. She found Mousse, fighting Ranma. Back and fourth they went, as Ranma tried to slice open Mousse, and Mousse just trying to stay alive a little longer. "MOUSSE!" Shampoo had called which proved to be the distraction that Ranma needed to slice the duck boy in half.

She had awoken from that nightmare screaming which brought both Cologne and Mousse into her room. And for once, she didn't mind him being there. Instead, she held onto her life-long friend and cried as she tried to tell them what she'd seen. Once she was calmed down and back asleep the two had left… only to be brought back running in less than thirty minutes.

Finally, the both of them had stayed in Shampoo's room. Cologne beside her great-granddaughter and Mousse holding her in his lap as she slept. It seemed that then was the only time that Shampoo had not had nightmares. A long as she was held, and protected by them both. Unfortunately for the other two, they were unable to get even half as much sleep as Shampoo and she only got an hours rest at most. Thankfully, for the elder she knew of a strong blend of tea that kept fatigue away from her and the boy so they could keep their constant vigil over Shampoo.

'My dreams have come true…' Mousse thought. 'But not how I wanted them. I should kill him for doing this to her…' even though he wanted to seek revenge on Ranma, Mousse knew that not only would it be foolhardy but Shampoo had begged him… begged him not to fight Ranma saying that she didn't want him to get hurt. 'I guess I should be thankful that she was thinking of me like that,' he thought morosely as he continued to hold the crying girl in his arms.

"Ok, so let me get this straight…" Nabiki said to Cologne. "Last night Shampoo was having nightmares which she kept waking up from screaming and they finally went away as long as both you and Mousse were in the room with her?"

"Correct so far Miss Tendo."

"But why? How? She didn't seem that bad yesterday?"

"There are things that people can hide from others. One thing is how they are really feeling. Yesterday she did a decent job of hiding it. But you have to remember Tendo, that even when the rest of us were talking about it, she was covering her ears and holding her eyes shut. Now does that sound like someone that wouldn't have nightmares?" Nabiki nodded her head as Cologne was right about that. Even she's had some nightmares last night, but not to this extent. "You see child, Shampoo was there when it happened, she saw into his eyes, and even from what I saw… it unnerved me."

"You… it unnerved you?"

"Don't sound so surprised. I may have seen many things in my three-hundred years, but this is not one of them." Nabiki just let out a tired sigh as things seemed to be changing too quickly to keep up with. "Why don't you go upstairs and get cleaned up, I'll have Shampoo bring you some clothes. It may take Shampoo a while before she finishes her talk with Ranma."

Nodding, Nabiki did just that. On her way to the washroom, she stopped by Shampoo's room and listened in a little. However, she could only hear two muffled voices; one male and one female. 'They must still be talking,' she thought and entered the washroom. Had she been paying attention as she normally does she would have realized that what she heard was Mousse trying to calm Shampoo. Entering the bathing area, had she been paying attention she would have noticed Ranma's clothes on the floor. As it was, Nabiki was lost in her own thoughts as she contemplated these new changes.

'So Shampoo gave up on him… and she's no longer an Amazon. But what about Mousse? And what are we going to do if the government starts getting involved now that Kunö's been… been…' She sighed mentally. 'I really need to get that image out of my mind.' As she thought of the former Fiancée Brigade and their suitors in the pursuit of Ranma, she knew that things were going to be changing drastically. Shaking off the last of her dirty clothes Nabiki had to wonder how she got mud in some of those places… to get mud there could have only happened when Ranma pushed her backwards to save her from Ukyo and Kodachi.

'I need to thank Ranma for saving me from them… again,' she thought as she stepped into the wash area hoping that they had some sort of supplies in there.

In another part of Japan, a young man walked through the wild with a large backpack strapped to his back. On top of the backpack was a bamboo umbrella. He stopped in his trek to consider what happened just less than a day ago. "Ranma... what happened to you?" He said as he looked around. He could still remember what happened during their man-to-man fight. 'I was just beginning to win and then those two jerks suddenly jumped in and ruined everything. And then that old pervert just made things worse. And then... and then...' Ryoga sighed as he recalled Ranma entering the neko-ken and cutting off one of Happosai's arms. "Man that was..."

His musing were cut short by a loud scream that pierced through the air causing the birds to scatter. "That sounded like Ranma..." He paused as he thought of that. "I wonder if Akane walked in on him or did he walk in on her... wait... AKANE!" Ryoga began to growl. "RANMA! How dare you do that to Akane! Hang on Akane I'll save you!" Completely forgetting what he'd recently seen, Ryoga charged off into the night to find his rival and punish him for whatever it was that he did this time to Akane.

It is hard to tell if Ryoga experienced a bout of good luck, or bad luck, for when he turned to run towards the yell, he ended up running away from it, as well as going in the opposite direction of the Tendo Dojo. However, there was one that heard his yell, and shook his head. "Ryoga, you are a fool," Konatsu said softly as the lost boy ran past U-Chan's. The cross-dressing ninja just sighed and idly warmed up some sake. "If I thought I stood a chance… I'd kill Saotome for what he did to Ukyo-sama," he muttered quietly. With the sake warmed, he walked to her room and opened the door quietly.

For some time the cook had been in her room, both crying and yelling to the heavens. In a moment of anger, she had lashed out only to loose the one that was most precious to her. 'Oh Ranma! What have I done?' she lamented to herself. 'If I'd just kept my cool then this wouldn't have happened.' Yet for all of her pain she could not help but stay angry at Nabiki. 'She played me… that … that… ARGH! I can't believe it! She played on my fears and got me so angry that Ranma attacked me! Me his cute fiancée!' She glanced up at Konatsu and took a sip of the sake he handed her. 'I'll get my revenge Nabiki Tendo... you won't keep my Ranma away from me!' As she thought this, she crushed the saucer in her hands.

Konatsu sighed softly as he watched Ukyo become even more enraged. 'What am I going to do? She told me what he did to that Kunö girl… and how he attacked her… so why does she still want him?'

More will be added in the next chapter, but I wanted to get this out so that Rubberneck, glazedlookineyes101 and Wonderbee31 could take the edge off their thirst for violence. I would like to thank everyone for their encouragements.