Ch 7: Cats and Engagements
A/N: Ok, tonight is a double whammy to celebrate the last day of high school (at least for seniors like myself). Actually, it's more like tonight I finally stopped dragging my ass and finished editing the chapters. Also, I need to pay homage to those that helped drag me out of my rut with their nice reviews.
A thousand cookies to Scourgeofthegalaxy, and a big hug. Hehe, if such a thing existed, I'm sure Ranma would be the best at martial arts writing, scourge. After all, there is martial arts caligraphy.
Many thanks to AMWOOD co who pointed out that the tip of a towel also breaks the sound barrier when it makes that cracking noise. I'd like to also thank you AMWOOD for the kind things you said. I know that people just reading it means they enjoy it, but it's nice to "hear" it every once in a while.
Special thanks to deangelos girl for favoriting my story, and to Sunbath for the alert.
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As Akari was sitting in her Father's room doing her homework, she heard a crash from downstairs followed by a call of "Nihao!"
Oh great, here we go, thought Akari, rolling her eyes, hmmm… how did mother and father get rid of Shampoo again? NO NO NO! I promised I would not interfere with the time line. This affirmation was followed by a series of loud and extremely distracting crashes. Then again, thought Akari, with a sly smile on her face, No one said I couldn't 'ease' my stay.
Her mind made up, she put on the blank mask she had learned from her aunty Nabiki, went through the calming exercises that her mother had come up with. As she stepped down off the stair case, she heard a meow. Remember, it's just Shampoo, not a real c-c-cat, just Sampoo. When her mantra had eased her into the proper mind set, she stepped off the bottom stair. She spied Shampoo-neko chasing Mother all over the house. Perfect! She thought to herself with an evil grin. She quietly waited in the hall way, and, when Shampoo came bounding through the halls after her mother, she deftly caught the feline in mid-air. She held the cat in an iron grip and walked leisurely to the kitchen.
"Hey Kasumi!" she called out. She was answered with a heavenly smile that had entranced more than one youth back when she was in grade school. Akari shook off the effects and continued her ploy.
"Do we have any eggplant?" She hated eggplant, but it was the first thing that came to mind. "I was in Korea during my travels and I learned this wonderful recipe for c-cat meat, but it requires eggplant."
"Well I'm afraid we don't but we do have… Oh my. Isn't that Shampoo?"
"Akari gave the cat her best fake speculative look, trying to really not see it, least it unleash the involuntarily gained neko-ken she was supressing, then gave Kasumi the "why haven't you taken your pills yet" look.
"This c-cat has been making way too much noise playing with … Ranma, and I can't get any studying done. "
"Oh just put her outside Akari!" Kasumi frowned at her in disapproval (this was the equivalent of yelling on the Kasumi Scale™), but turned around and continued preparing that night's dinner. Akari carried her burden out to the yard, where she dropped all pretenses. She lifted Shampoo up by the nape of her neck and held her in front of her face.
"Listen you cheap bimbo, "Akari added some ki to her voice you make it extra menacing, " the next time I catch you tormenting Mother," Akari, not noting her slip up, added some ki to her eyes as well, to make them glow for extra effect, and continued, "I will personally see to it that you will never be fertile again! In either form!" So saying, she turned the cat around and booted her towards the Cat Café. As Shampoo was flying through the air, she thought Mother? Must talk to great grand mother about this.
Meanwhile, another person at the Tendo household just "happened" to hear the conversation. Mother huh? Hmmm… this warrants further investigation.
Akari came storming back in and 'accidentally' raised her voice just a little too loud to be heard only by Kasumi.
"Really ,Kasumi, my cat recipe is great, I learned it from the head cook of a village in Korea. It's even better," at this she grinned menacingly to herself, "with pork."
A/N: Next chapter, secrets revealed. Yes, Akari has learned the Cat Fist by experienceing Ranma's memories. It will play a large part in her future interaction with Shampoo. I'm even considering doing a double Neko-ken episode. Message me or leave a review with ideas.