As promised, here's chapter 16. Got your…2 reviews so far. I liked last chapter because is the entering of a chaos-induced character. She's smart, mind you, and it WILL be proven in this chapter. How some determination and being smart combined with a bit of evilness (good natured evilness) can make great things.

Ss4-link: YES MAN! And…what the hell is a stife? You mention it several times but I just don't know what you are talking about. About their curse…thanks for the reminding, I'm going to think about something to that. And finally, about the Neko-ken, I intend to delete it or make it civil and more powerful, you choose. When you said that Ranma would insult Shampoo about fighting as a girl, remember one detail you have to update, there's now TWO powerful and menacing Amazons after Ranma's hide if he says that. AND THANKS FOR THE COOKIE:P Eats it slowly, savoring the flavor of it.

I didn't clarified whit before but I changed the style of writing in Chinese because had obvious problems with the one before. Something with deleting the characters.

As I mentioned before, today's chapter is going to be somewhat an advance or a hop. I won't say to what or where because you'll have to guess it for yourselves. I really felt evil writing this chapter and I liked it much. So, you know the drill, Review, comment or even flame with a little bit of advice or comment.

() Means Chinese.

This is Thinking.

Chapter 16: Bambou's Idea

Three days had passed since the Nekohanten has its new occupier. Shampoo and Ranma accepted the idea of Bambou going with them immediately after it was put in the table.

Shampoo was still the same, but happier now that she had her friend back close to her. Ranma still was battling to get used to having an extra girl running around the place and often confused himself with that. Even so, the two of them helped Bambou to get updated in everything in school.

Bambou, being as smart as she was, caught the hang of it at the second day of her arrival to the Furinkan High. Also, she had started to socialize with everyone she could, but she hadn't much progress, thing that downed her. Another thing that made her go livid was her two friend's attitude towards each other.

"(It makes me furious now!)" She almost shouted to Cologne when they were inside the room alone. It was Thursday night. "(Both look like idiots fawning over each other but they are so idiot that they don't realize the other is doing EXACTLY the same!)" She was almost trembling.

"(Calm down, young one.)" Cologne almost smiled to the girl's concern. "(It's been like this for some time now.)" She added trying to make her wind up some of her attitude. "(I think they should this by themselves…)" From her tone, it was difficult to believe.

"(I'm planning to do something.)" She admitted after some deep breaths "(I'm going to try to get them notice each other.)"

"(How are you going to do that?)" Cologne replied, really interested this time.

"(What was that they should do it by themselves?)" Bambou smiled deeply.

"(I don't consider it a "Join them" campaign. I simply point that this may be just a "Push" in the right direction.)" Cologne replied smiling mischievously in symphony to Bambou's smile.

"(Well, it's like this-)"

"(Wait. Don't tell me. Just tell me what you need.)" Cologne interrupted her with a hand up.

"(That.)" Bambou replied immediately after pointing to a chart that was hanging from the wall at the back of Cologne.

"(A Pressure Point chart? How are you…No, just take it. Or maybe just study it; after all, this is your room too, now.)" Cologne smiled and hopped out of the room.

Bambou kept staring for a second at the door after her elder had left and didn't waste a second. She unhooked the chart and after sitting in the only bed of the room, she started looking for a certain point she had heard about. One point that would be pillar to her plan. Fifteen minutes later, she had found it after looking at over 130 different pressure points, each having a different effect.

"(This is it. Now, how do you activate it?)" She asked to herself as a request to read the explanation below the two human figures adorning the top of it. One of the front side of a human and the other of the back side.

Half an hour later, she was asleep in her sleeping bag. The chart was re-posted on its place on the wall and she had the knowledge she would need inside her mind. Tomorrow. Friday, is perfect. We have no school on Saturday so that is perfect for my plan. Be aware, Shampoo and Ranma, this hunter doesn't like failures… She thought before the dream-world claimed her soul as many others.

"Hurry up, Shampoo." Ranma called her. "We still have to make that shopping!" He added before going outside to wait for her. School was already over and they had to start working in less than two hours. Also they had to go to pick up the laundry, deliver a parcel to Dr. Tofu and shop some stuff for the restaurant.

"Phew. This is going to be a strange day. I simply feel it. Something in the air tells me." Ranma whispered to himself.

Up, in their room, Shampoo was finishing to dry her hair after the bath she just had. Bambou acted weird all day, wonder what she's up to. Probably some surprise. We should make a little party to celebrate something. After all, things are a bit too serious lately. Not too many laughs. We would need something like that. She thought smiling. Five minutes later, she walked down the stairs and placed a hand on the door to go outside.

She felt a tap on the back of her neck and another one at the middle of her spine. Immediately after she felt her arms stick to the sides of her body and she fell as stiff as a log to the floor on her back.

Plonk!

This sound wasn't far away from where Ranma was standing. "What was that?" He asked opening the door to peek inside. Not two feet away, Shampoo was lying on the floor staring at him with all her extensions extended and as close as possible.

"Shampoo! What happened?" Ranma said making a step forward. He felt a twitch in his alert-sense but passed it over as a mere warning of something to come. Indeed, it came. A poke to the back of his neck and the middle of her spine, and he was falling to the floor. But instead of being on the back, he was falling to the front.

"Too bad. Bambou was aiming to her chest." Bambou said appearing at the back of Ranma while he was still falling. "Maybe this is better." She added as she saw Ranma's face fall right into Shampoo's face. After making some steps around to check HOW they were joined, she smiled happy with her achievement and closed the main door before sitting at one of the tables.

"Don't even try to fight it out. That is the "Total Petrification" Pressure Point. You can't move a single muscle of your body except from your eyes. Also, it makes your arms and legs remain fully stretched joined." Bambou explained slowly and wickedly. The two "kissing" couple looked at her as they could. Obvious anger in their eyes. "Right. Be angry at Bambou for helping you two idiots." She said and left to the kitchen.

This is…strange. Shampoo thought while her eyes were deep immersed in Ranma's own eyes. It isn't a real kiss of course, but still, it feels quite good.

I'm going to kill that blue-haired bimbo. Ranma pointed in his head. He mentally sighed. This may take a good while. Not that I'm complaining. Hope Shampoo never hears that. His mind was really out of his control now.

Bambou was back from the kitchen holding a glass of orange juice. She sat at the table again and kept watching the couple. "Bambou never thought this was going to happen so well. Main idea was to make Ranma fall into the middle of Shampoo's breasts, but well, one can't have everything, no?" She smiled and anyone could clearly see the crimson red faces the log-couple had.

Bambou sipped a bit of her juice and sighed clearly relaxing and showing no sign of letting the pair go back to their normal state soon. Cologne appeared shortly after at the main door.

"What's going on? Why isn't the place already open?" She asked looking at Bambou. She hadn't noticed Ranma and Shampoo yet. Bambou smiled profusely and pointed at the pair. "Whoa!" Cologne exclaimed suddenly and making a "step" back. "What's this?" She said obviously knowing what it was but just making a façade of un-knowing for the two on the floor.

"Let's just say it is a…push in the right direction." Bambou replied with the biggest smile ever seen. "This was something Bambou planned but didn't go as well as Bambou wanted, anyway, it happened quite well for my liking." She added and gulfed down half the glass.

"When do you plan on letting them go?" Cologne asked. Obviously she didn't care if it was five minutes later, an hour, or a week.

"Maybe tomorrow. If I feel like it." She replied and went to the kitchen again. "This is going to be a long day." She said to herself a moment later when she washed her glass. She got out of the kitchen and saw that Cologne was still staring at the couple. "Going to train outside." Bambou announced

"Sure." Cologne nodded at her. Bambou didn't waste another second and went outside. After warming up, she initiated with the basic moves of the Amazon style. So, when do I plan on letting those two go? She thought as she made multiple punches with one fist. Tomorrow? Yes…enough suffering for those two. But what about today, but later, much later? Could be. One thing is sure. I'm going to pay for it. Wonder what they are going to do to me… Her practice had stopped at that moment as she tried to visualize some punishment for what she did.

HOW I'm I going to reward Bambou for doing this? This was something I wanted long ago, but never found it. This is the answer to all my problems. Just a kiss? I don't think so. Maybe we are a bit obliged to do this and it isn't a full kiss, but is a kiss nonetheless. The longest kiss I ever had. And also is the best. We kissed the first time and it was a bit lacking of emotion. But this has something that adds spice to the stuff. Maybe we should kiss again, but next time more willingly…

Both were almost asleep and Shampoo was getting a bit tired of having him over her all the time. His eyes opened a bit and landed in the green of Shampoo's. Both blinked several times. Shampoo almost drilled into Ranma's own eyes. Then, the realisation that neither could move yet forged a vague glimpse of sadness in their eyes.

Their eyes started to close slowly. They tried to fight the tiredness but it was futile. The warmth of the closeness made them drowsy. The dream-world claimed their souls so easily it looked like they wanted to go.

Saturday. Time: 14:21

Bambou entered from the outside after several hours of intense training. She went to the room she shared with her elder and took a long, relaxing bath.

"Phew…" She sighed in a tranquil way. The water mixed around her blue hair and washed her worries down to the sewers. "Long day, indeed…" She finished her bath not long after and dressed up in a common black and blue Chinese dress. She walked down the stairs whistling and entered the kitchen to nibble something for lunch.

She placed down the bowl with ramen at a table and started eating slowly. When? She thought. After I finish eating. She answered to herself. Even so, she was in no hurry to finish her late lunch.

She went to the kitchen after eating and washed everything she used. After that, she sighed once again and went to the main door. After two quick taps on a pressure point near the shoulder of each of the couple she ran away as fast as her feet could get her. No one chased her but she didn't want to run any risks.

Back at the Nekohanten, the couple could feel that they were slowly regaining their motor movement and Ranma made a spin so he was lying next to Shampoo. The feeling of movement was still weak but slowly increasing.

"Going…to…" Shampoo whispered. After a full day of having her mouth breathing blocked, she needed a serious momentum of recovery.

"Don't…talk…" Ranma replied slowly and really weakly.

After maybe fifteen minutes, both felt like they could stand up and so they did. "How are you feeling?" He asked as both tried to climb the stairs to take a long bath separately.

"Still a bit tense. But good." She replied when they arrived to their room. "Shampoo first." She announced and he nodded. He went as he could and lied down on the bed. Not that Shampoo is that bad of a bed… He thought Where in monkey hell did that come from? He demanded to himself. Whatever. I'll wait for her to come out. He finished and waited.

Ten minutes later Shampoo got out of the bathroom completely dressed and with a towel covering her head as a turban over her head. "Free." She said and left the room.

"Let's go." He said to self and got up. After fetching some clothes he took the bath and went out five minutes later. "Now we'll have a little…chat with blue-locks." Ranma said half-menacingly, half-happily.

What do you think? WHO made that thinking about the kiss? Shoot your bets! Was it Shampoo? Or was it Ranma? Both have chances! But only one was the one who did it!

And, what do you think of Bambou's little plan? I considered making Bambou's plan fulfil perfectly but then I realized it would be too awkward and successful for her. AND I thought this would be much better. I think it was, though. Well, you know the drill, Review! And give ideas! This is a story as much as mine as it is yours! YOU have the privilege of giving ideas and maybe that ideas being in this very fanfic! JUST SHOOT IDEAS:P