Thanks for those who took the time to review my prologue. I realise that there isn't much to go on, but that will soon change. So without further ado, here is the next chapter. Also, sorry for the long delay, Christmas break has been murder, and finals haven't been much better.

(Since it is something that is needed) Disclaimer: The characters and general story (except what are mine) all belong to Ranma ½.

Chinese

[Panda sign]

Steam in Nerima

Chapter 1

Restrained and Imprisoned

Shampoo walked back towards the portable café she was sharing with her great grandmother and Mousse. She hurried along her way. Akane was cooking for Ranma tonight and she needed to make sure that she had something delicious made for him when he ran to the café for 'edible' food. On the way there, she spotted Mousse bent over the ground. She ran over to him and asked him.

"What you doing Mousse?" Mousse was surprised and startled by the sudden appearance of Shampoo and appeared to be fumbling with something.

"Shampoo…" Mousse said startled, "Nothing." He suddenly blurted out. Shampoo tried to look around at what Mousse was doing, but he kept 'accidentally' getting in her way. Shampoo knew that she wasn't getting her point across so she switched to Chinese.

Mousse! Show me what you're doing now!

Mousse sighed dejectedly and turned around. In his hands was a large silver disk with a red light on the top.

Mousse! Shampoo said getting angrier. What were you going to do with that!?

Nothing…. Mousse replied dejectedly. Shampoo's reply was to smack Mousse. This sent Mousse flying onto the ground. A remote fell out of his pocket. Shampoo wandered over and picked it up. She pressed the large red button and the light on the mine in Mousse's hand started flashing yellow. Mousses eyes opened wide in panic. He quickly dropped the mine. Unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you saw the situation. The light flashed green right before it hit the ground. The mine exploded causing a chain reaction which to Shampoo's surprise and, although she would never admit it, glee sent Mousse flying into the sky. Shampoo continued on her way to the café. She met Cologne at the door.

Mousse is gone I see. The old woman stated. It was a fact not a question.

Yes elder.

Good Cologne said with a slight smile on her face.

Mousse crawled his way out of the water. The duck was very annoyed. Why did Shampoo always seem to want to hurt him? It wasn't like he was doing anything wrong. The duck walked into a cave that was in front of him. He wandered inside and was plunged into darkness. Slowly a small, dim orange light made its way towards him. Under the dim light Mousse could just make out the outline of Ryoga's face. Ryoga smiled. Then turned to the back of the cave and said.

"Can you bring that water over here please Kuno?" Kuno walked over to Ryoga and handed him the usual yellow kettle. Ryoga then dumped it on Mousse and reverted him back into human form. The first thing Mousse did was curse.

"Damn it Ranma!" he yelled. "Why can't you just leave me and my darling Shampoo alone!"

"So you don't really feel all that inclined to Ranma right now either." Ryoga said looking at Mousse.

"Of course not! He is always getting in the way of my attempts to try and get Shampoo."

"Join the club." Kuno said angrily. "I would have had my pig-tailed goddess and Akane Tendo if not for that scoundrel Soatome."

"Gentlemen." Ryoga said calmly. "It seems we have a common enemy and a common cause. Now if you are willing to help, I think I know a way that we can pay him back."

Ranma groaned and tried to get to sleep for the fifth time tonight. It wasn't the fact that he couldn't sleep. No, anyone who knew him would say that he could go to sleep quite quickly. The problem was the fiancés. Every time he got to sleep one of his fiancés would crawl in beside him. It seemed to him that Akane had a fifth sense when it came to him. For it seemed that every time someone crawled in beside him, Akane was there, pounding him with that large mallet. In fact, after this last time she had taken to sleeping in front of his door. To prevent the wanderings in and out of the room she said. Ranma groaned. Pain and fear was keeping him awake. Fear that when he woke up again he would be pounded senseless. Ranma slowly slipped off to sleep among dreams of flying mallets chasing him.

Mousse and Kuno quickly slipped into the room via the window. They bent down and grabbed Ranma's sleeping body. Mousse slung Ranma over his shoulder fireman style and jumped out of the window. Kuno quickly arranged the sheets on the futon to make it look like Ranma had got up on his own and wandered out. Then he followed Mousse out the window. Then stealthily they crept through the grassy meadow surrounding the large cabin they were staying at. The night camouflaged Kuno extremely well but did little to hide Mousse's white robe. So they moved slowly. Creeping from rock, to tree, to another rock, and then behind yet another tree, till they got out of the clearing. Then they were shielded from view by the large rocky cliffs. They picked up their speed, following the river that cut between the cliffs and flowed right to the cave. The journey was mostly uneventful, and the only person who spotted them was a panda that was out for a nice midnight stroll. Even then, it only saw their silhouettes not them. Then things began to go wrong. In the middle of a bad dream Ranma absent-mindedly struck out a leg. This caught Kuno in the stomach knocking him into the stream. It also threw Mousse off balance, causing him to lose grip of Ranma, and drop him into the stream. He quickly became she, and Mousse reached out and pulled her out before the current could take her away. Kuno wasn't as lucky, he was washed away with the tide. Mousse quickly resumed the journey, ignoring Kuno's plight. He met Ryoga outside the cavern and they quickly brought Ranma-chan into the cave. Mousse quickly pinned Ranma-chan's arms behind her back as Ryoga hit a pressure point that essentially mimicked the effects of the strength sapping moxibustion. However this one would wear off after time. Then Ryoga gagged her and splashed cold water in her face. She woke up with a start, surprise becoming more and more evident on her face. Then her expression changed to anger. She tried to shout, but the cloth over her mouth prevented it. Ryoga smiled at the girl's obvious plight.

"Evening Ranma," Ryoga said with the same expression that a shark would have looking at prey. "Enjoying your stay?" Ranma-chan quickly shook her head.

"Well to bad, because we are!" Ranma-chan tried to break Mousse's grip, but found that she was unable to. When had Mousse gotten so strong? Ryoga motioned to Mousse to bring Ranma-chan deeper into the cave. Ranma-chan's eyes went wide when she saw the stuff in the bowels of the cave.

The stretched and yawned as he went for his morning walk. A figure walked across the meadow towards him.

[Morning Ryoga]

"Morning" Ryoga replied walking in a purposeful manner passed the panda. The panda couldn't help but notice that something seemed to be troubling the young martial artist.

"We are sick of your antics Ranma." Ryoga stated to the excited girl. "Now it's time to do something about it."

Ryoga walked into the dining room where everyone was eating breakfast. He sat down and put a bloody mass of clothes on the table.

Ranma-chan screamed into the fabric as Mousse brought a knife up to her throat. Then the knife was brought down shredding her clothes in half. The torn fabric fell to the floor, small drops of blood landing on them. She then watched as the clothes were dipped in a barrel of fermented cows' blood, till they were soaked. Mousse then led Ranma-chan over to the wall.

Ryoga explained himself.

"I found the clothes outside next to a large claw print. Looks like he was caught by surprise."

Akane and the other fiancés broke into tears.

Deep in a cave a lone girl sat. She had her arms chained in a V above her head. She was sitting down head hung low. Small water droplets fell from the ceiling onto her head. She raised her head and the bloodlust in her eyes was unmistakable.

"I'LL GET YOU RYOGA!" the girl screamed. "DON'T THINK YOU'RE GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!"

NEXT TIME

She noticed that the sign looked recently nailed. She quickly reached up and using her superior strength peeled off the sign.

TENDO DOJO

OF ANYTHING GOES MARTIAL ARTS

It said.