Guys. I´m back after some serious problems including my dad (Sorry about the next word) fucking up my pc. I had to write every single chapter from the beggining (The new ones, of course) And therefore, i´m incredibly pissed because now i can´t even listen to music! This is frustrating! But anyways, i´ll try to keep up with my word and when i can, i´ll update two chapters in one. Enjoy now!
Chapter 6: French Dessert
"Uh?" He looked shocked at her. She just laughed hardly.
"Is from American movie. One that person can talk to animals." Shampoo explained (YEAH! Dr.Dolittle! Please forgive me, it was irresistible as a cliffy) Ranma rolled his eyes "I mean, yeah. That was what I wanted but not now, much later." She corrected
"I know. But how did you think about that?" Ranma asked with a smile. Her laugh made him calm and smile. It was the way her eyes twinkled when she was doing that.
"Shampoo not know. Simply remembered that phrase from movie and couldn't resist making a moment of laugh." She just kept smiling when saying that.
"At least we changed the everyday attitude. As the saying says: 'better laugh than cry'" Ranma commented and she nodded in agreement. "Let's keep training." He added and she again agreed. They went back to the Anything Goes katas where they could be at unison.
"They really are connected." Nabiki commented as she and Kasumi looked at the pair. "Look the way they move through those katas, they look like a single being split in two." She added with her brows wrinkled
"Yes, they look cute together too. You saw when Ranma hugged her? She didn't have a good face and looked like she was going to cry." Kasumi replied and Nabiki nodded
"Akane lost. Let's face it. Ranma's Shampoo's." She finished and lowered her head a bit. "There's no way in hell that Akane's going to win him now." That phrase crushed all their dreams and Nabiki's money ambitions.
"If there's nothing we can do to break them, why don't we help them be happy?" Kasumi wondered with her smile
"That's a nice idea." Her sister applied "But how do we help them? I know that they don't care that much about money." That was it. If it didn't touched the 'money' topic, Nabiki was in trouble.
"We'll think of something, after all, he didn't declared, did he?" Kasumi smiled again her characteristic smile and Nabiki nodded
"Wonder what Akane will do when she faces the fact…"
"You're doing quite well, Shampoo. Keep this up and you'll be my level in a short time. Then we can begin sparing with this style as training. It's been a very long time since I had a sparing partner for my style." Ranma commented and she smiled
"Ranma, Shampoo try her best to be partner for you." Both smiled and he nodded in a thanking way.
"Dinner!" Kasumi exclaimed and further conversation was off as both almost warped next to the table. The expectant faces were all they had before Kasumi placed the food in the middle of the table. Sparks flew between Father and son with partner.
-Round 1-
On the blue side: Genma Saotome
On the red side: Ranma Saotome and Shampoo
The objective: Eat as much a one can without letting the other side eat all.
BEGIN!
"Charge!" Ranma exclaimed and both attacked the rice. The two versus one supremacy won against Genma's speed. Genma tried kicking his son but it was to no avail, even eating he still dodged everything. This round goes to: THE RED SIDE!
-Round 2-
Same objective, this round is the ramen.
BEGIN!
"Yah!" Genma exclaimed lunging to the bowl of ramen. Before he could even touch it, his face had two fists on it. Ranma and Shampoo removed them and Genma fell back unconscious. This Round and the battle goes to: THE RED SIDE!
Shampoo made a "V" of victory and slipped the tip of her tongue out with a smile. Ranma just tightened the fist in a victorious way with the same smile as his partner.
"Maybe that was too much for Mr.Saotome." Kasumi pointed looking concernedly at the old man
"Don't worry, Kasumi. He always is at tops when it comes to eating." Ranma replied and Kasumi nodded understanding. From this moment on, dinner went peacefully and quietly for a change. Akane had a frown in her face but did not say anything. It was clear that she was pissed at the girl next to Ranma.
Even so, the dinner finished even more quietly but the tension could be cut with a knife. The place was heavy in attitude. Akane was the first to leave, followed by Soun and Nabiki who said their goodnights before. Ranma and Shampoo crossed looks but no word spoke.
"Kasumi, we're going to turn in, you need something before?" Ranma asked
"No, but thanks for the offer." Kasumi smiled and the younger pair left. Again, Ranma was stuck waiting outside while Shampoo changed clothes. When he was allowed to enter, he just dropped on the futon and fell asleep immediately seconds later after her.
"Hey, Shampoo. Time to get up, sleepy head." Ranma called and she fluttered her eyes open. She looked at him for a second.
"Thanks." She replied and he left with a yawn. She grabbed a clean blue and black dress and went to the bath. While later she got out drying her long hair with a towel (It is very long!). She arrived the living with the same task including her hair.
"That's going to take a while." Ranma pointed and she frowned. She sat down and awaited the food to leave to school. Five minutes later she finally finished with her hair (Rhymes!) and started eating.
"Today is going to be long." Shampoo commented when she came back after placing the towel to dry. Ranma nodded with a sour face
"But look at the good side, today we have more training." Ranma added and she smiled to that. Those were neat moments. "Let's go, surely we'll have to face Kuno today." He said and they left. Surely, minutes later, they encountered Kuno. Ranma rolled his eyes at the sight of Kuno with his Bokken on his shoulder.
"Saotome! I shall strike you down for your creepy sorcery on my beloved Akane Tendo!" He started. The pair just kept walking until they passed him "How dare you ignore the great Tatewaki Kuno! The Blue Thunder of Furinkan!" He exclaimed and lunged to Ranma. Shampoo was faster and grabbing him of his Bokken, she passed him over her shoulder and made him fly away. She kept the Bokken in her hands
"Here, Ranma. Now you can practice Amazon style with me at the same time." She smiled handing it over to Ranma
"Hey! Thank you! Now this is useful." He smiled and the two walked in with the new acquaintance in Ranma's hand. The classroom was as chaotic as ever, but when the sensei stepped in, silence ruled.
"Class, today we are going to study…" He kept going and going about maths. (Yep, I deeply hate, despise and detest high school) Ranma placed his head over his crossed arms that he had over his desk. He looked at his side were Shampoo sat and she had the same bored face. Why do I have to stand this? He asked to self. Shampoo was asking herself the same lines.
At lunchtime. Chaos, chaos and guess what? More chaos. Luckily for the pair, they were outside again. The food was gone minutes ago but they stood there talking and laughing at jokes or reliving memories of the past. The past when Shampoo was tracking down Ranma when she did not know who she really was.
The funniest moment was when Ranma and his father were eating in a restaurant and Shampoo barged in through the wall. Both started running outside with Shampoo in tow. When they got out, they ran as fast as they could to some direction away form her. And as they did that, the restaurant owner shouted obscenities to them in a furious manner. They laughed of that a while.
Those times under the shadow of the tree, they really liked them. Those were the moments were they opened to each other and knew each more of the other. Even so, they found common ground were they least expected it. Apart of the Art, of course.
At Class-finish-bell. The pair got out jumping down the window, the corridors were overflow with people. Even so, it was a bit risky when you jump down three floors. The pair started walking back. When they reached two blocks from the school, Ranma's alert sense kicked in. He jumped back grabbing Shampoo.
"What's going on?" Ranma asked to no one. In that moment, a robed figure jumped in front of them. A figure that was supposed to wear glasses but didn't have them on.
"Saotome! Get your dirty hands off my beautiful Shampoo!" He exclaimed to the letterbox, earning a kick from Ranma.
"Get your glasses on, idiot." He said with his brows wrinkled. Those were two attacks in two following days and it was starting to upset him.
"Ah, you tried to take advantage of me because of my weakness! How low, Saotome! Even for you!" Mouse exclaimed with those huge glasses altering his face dramatically.
"What do you want, duck-boy?" Ranma asked with a bored face.
"I want you to leave Shampoo! She's mine!" That didn't had the result he expected. Shampoo approached him with an innocent smile. When she was in range, she pummelled him into oblivion. No defence could save Mousse from that blurry of strikes, mostly because they weren't from Shampoo's original style, they were from Ranma.
When she finished beating him up, she was panting and Mousse lying there broken.
"Now, Mousse listen to Shampoo! Shampoo not care what to Mousse! This beating, Mousse asked for it! Now, leave to China and ever, and I mean ever come back. And if Mousse come back, Shampoo no have mercy." She lectured and he nodded as he could. Shampoo approached Ranma who had a fearful face
"Remember me to never upset you." Ranma pointed and she smiled mischievously. She grabbed Ranma's arm and they re-continued walking. I simply don't understand why she beat him up to that point. He thought looking at Mousse for a second.
"Ranma ask why Shampoo beat up Mousse?" She asked placing her face in front of him with a knowing smile.
"Yes, exactly." He replied with a surprised look. She sighed and started explaining.
"Mousse like pest. Never leave Shampoo alone even after telling that Shampoo not care for Mousse. Always trying for something else than friend, always trying to make Shampoo love him, but Shampoo didn't love him. Did what Mousse did, Shampoo not love him either. But today was brink of the line, he attacked you and said nonsense things." Ranma snorted
"He always says nonsense, like Kuno. They could be far brothers, you know?" He smiled and she laughed of that.
"Yes, could be. Imagine Mousse brother of Kuno…no wonder why family so crazy." They laughed again. They turned the entrance of the house and entered right away.
Minutes later, the two were going through the Amazon katas as one. Kuno's Bokken was lighter than a real sword but it was helpful to correct the slightest mistakes.
"Hey, Ranma." Nabiki said going out with a brow up. "Isn't that from Kuno?" she asked and both smiled to that.
"Yep. Prize from battle." Shampoo replied and they re-continued the moves with Nabiki as the new spectator. She sat down and a minute later Kasumi appeared with two cups of tea and two cushions for them to sit and enjoy. Half and hour later, they changed styles but remained in unison.
Three hours of intense training later. They bowed to each other marking the end of today's routine. The pair noticed Nabiki and Kasumi for the first time since they started the moves.
"Hey, how long have you been here?" Ranma asked
"Since I stopped you to ask about Kuno's Bokken." Nabiki replied and both stood up. They went in with a cushion and cup each.
"Well, let's bath then." Ranma commented and she nodded in agreement.
"Shampoo first." She exclaimed and ran to the room to fetch her clothes.
"Sure." He replied to no one in particular as he walked inside the house with the same idea as his partner.
Hope you somehow liked this. Again, i´m truly sorry for not updating, i´m feeling guilty because i falied you guys. But this happens. Like in the movie "Forrest Gump", In a part they say "Shit happens", well, that can be asociated with what happened to me. See you later, guys...and girls obviously!