The day was Sunday.
Shampoo was serving lunch to what appeared to be a couple. The boy was telling a funny story and making his girlfriend laugh.
Shampoo sighed. She eyed the clock on the wall and the hands showed that it was just past one thirty.
She did not know why she was expecting Ranma to come by. He was probably with Akane.
Suddenly, she heard a loud crash coming from the kitchen.
Walking in, she found Mousse underneath a pile of broken bowls.
"What happen?" asked Shampoo.
Mousse groaned, "I was carrying a tray to be washed and I slipped."
"We better clean up before great grandmother come."
As Mousse and Shampoo cleaned the mess, Shampoo came to a realization. She wasn't feeling as indifferent to Mousse as she used to. A year ago had she seen Mousse in this same situation, she would have laughed at him and made him clean up the plates by himself.
Yet here she was, helping him clean up. And she didn't want to smash Mousse's face in. Of course, to be fair, Mousse had also changed a lot since coming to Japan. A year ago has Shampoo offered him anything, he would have clung to her, professing his love. Granted he still did that every now and then but it wasn't as often.
The two continued to clean up until Cologne told them they could go on break.
"Master what is that?" asked Masara.
The dark warrior held up a crystal vial that was filled with a clear blue liquid.
Kage handed the vial to Saffron and proceeded to explain, "As you know, thanks to the jade figures, the power rangers are immune to my mind control powers. However, I can still enslave and manipulate them by other means. That vial contains a potion that the amazons call liquid hate. One sip and you will be a slave to your anger, lashing out at everyone who has ever given you the slightest reason to hate you.
"Truly a most ingenious plan my lord," said Kiema.
"Which ranger are you going to give the potion to?" asked Saffron as he handed the vial back to Kage.
"The red one. Three fiancés, many rivals, his stress and anger must already be at a boiling point already," said Kage.
"How are you going to get the potion to him," asked Taro.
"I'll be the one to handle that,"
They looked over to see Carmilla walking into the room. As she passed Kiema, she heard Kiema mutter, "Witch".
"Hag," retorted Carmilla.
Kage tossed the vial to Carmilla, "You know what to do," he said.
"Your wish is my command lord Kage," said Carmilla.
As Carmilla leapt through the magic mirror, back to Japan, Kiema was the first to say, "I really don't like her."
"Well, that's your problem," said Kage. "In the meantime, How about I summon a demon to help out?"
Everyone stood back as Kage held up his dark talisman, "Darkness, I command you to give your strength."
A dark portal opened and two large scaly figures stepped out of the darkness. They walked upright and both had the head of a crocodile. One had a long croc tail for its left hand while the other had a second crocodile head for its right. The one with the tale had dark green scales and the one with the head had yellow scales.
Both demons bowed before the dark warrior, "The Crocovile brothers are at your command," they said.
Ranma was relaxing on the roof when a familiar shadow appeared next to him. Ranma quickly leapt to a fighting stance.
"What do you want?" he said.
"Why do you assume that I want something, hero?" said Carmilla.
Carmilla then disappeared from Ranma's vision. Ranma turned around a few times looking for her. Then he felt something poking his shoulder.
"Your open," giggled Carmilla.
Ranma turned to kick her away only to find no one there. Just then, Carmilla appeared in front of him. She was in the air and playfully floating upside down.
"Why don't you show me who's behind the mask," asked Ranma.
"Now where's the fun in that?" laughed Carmilla.
"You never did tell me why you were here."
"I just wanted to give you this."
Carmilla then handed Ranma the vial of liquid hate.
"The dark warrior uses this potion to make himself stronger. How do you think he keeps the phoenix king under his control?"
"Why are you giving me this? Why do you even bother helping us?"
"Sorry hero, a girl has to have her secrets."
They soon heard a voice, "Ranma who are you talking to?" It was Akane's dad, probably wondering why Ranma wasn't with Akane.
Ranma looked over the edge of the roof. Akane's dad was standing their waiting for an explanation.
"It's no one. I'm just practicing…..martial arts ventriloquism."
Soun looked at him with a raised eyebrow but then shrugged his shoulders, "Keep up the good work."
Ranma breathed a sigh of relief, "I can't believe he bought that."
Ranma turned around to Carmilla, "Anyway, how do I know that this stuff will work? Why should I trust you?"
Carmilla shrugged, "You can't."
Then Carmilla took to the sky and flew off, "See you later hero."
As Ranma watched her go, he wondered, "How do these strange people find me?"
In the end, Ranma didn't want to trust Carmilla. He instead grabbed Akane and headed towards the Cat Café, hoping Cologne could give him some information on what was realy inside the vial. On the way, he called Ryoga asking him to meet them there.
As soon as Ranma walked in the door, Shampoo was latched onto him, "You come see Shampoo today Ranma?"
Ranma noticed Akane clench her fist but was too late to react.
"I thought you were here to talk to Cologne," yelled Akane as she punched Ranma away from Shampoo.
"Aiya, what you do?" said Shampoo as she rushed to help Ranma get himself loose from the wall.
"What's going on here," asked Ryoga.
Mousse walked from the kitchen, "Nothing much, just the usual."
Cologne then hoped down the stairs, "I do wish you would keep the fighting outside. Repairs to the cafe are not cheap. By the way, Mousse, Shampoo, the shower is broken and we'll have to use the public baths until it's fixed."
"What's wrong with it?" asked Mousse.
"The cold water won't turn off."
"Oh no," muttered Ranma.
They all looked up to see a wet spot begin to form on the ceiling. Then without warning, the ceiling opened up and cold water flowed, soaking Shampoo and Ranma.
"Get it away," screamed the now female Ranma as a small pink cat clung to her.
Akane and the other's tried to restrain Ranma but she kept dodging them, screaming her head off the whole time.
Ranma eventually ran into the kitchen and in her state of panic, started looking for things to get the pink cat away from her. She reached into her pocket and grabbed something that felt hard. Ranma pulled out the object ready to smash it into the cat but then the cat did something truly terrifying.
"Meow."
At the sound of the noise, Ranma started flailing her hands around, tossing away the item she held. No one even saw the vial open and drop into the large pot of noodle broth on the stove. Ranma then took off out the back door with Shampoo still clinging to him.
"This day just keeps getting better," said Akane as she took off after her fiancé.
"Wait for me Akane," yelled Ryoga as he followed her.
Cologne sighed, "Mousse, you go see everything is okay in the kitchen, I'll go shut off the water to the building."
Mousse did as he was told. Everything in the kitchen seemed okay. But still, he had to check the broth to make sure there was nothing like cat hair in it.
Mousse looked into dark broth of the pot, no hair. However, the smell did make him hungry. Mousse quickly grabbed a small cup and poured himself some of the broth. Cologne usually didn't like him to eat when he was supposed to be working so he drank the broth fast hoping to toss the cup in the sink before she came back.
Cologne came back seconds later, "We'll it looks as if Ranma left the kitchen in one piece. I just shut off the water to the building so we will have to close the restaurant until the bathroom is fixed. Could you clean up in the dining area so I can call the repair man?"
"I'm not your slave," muttered Mousse.
"What was that?" asked Cologne.
"You heard me you old mummy."
Mousse didn't have a chance to get out another word for Cologne had wacked him over the head with her stick.
"You know better than to speak to me like that," said Cologne.
"I'll speak however I want to. I'm sick of you using me for cheap labor. I'm sick of sitting back while Ranma gets all the glory. But most of all I'm sick of the fact that no matter what I do, Shampoo will always pick Ranma over," said Mousse.
Cologne noticed that his aura had become noticeably darker. She looked into Mousse's eyes and saw they they had a certain blue shine to them.
"Something's wrong," she said to herself.
Mousse suddenly lunged forward, uppercutting with a blade that sprang from his sleeves.
Cologne easily dodged only to find that Mousse had tossed down several of his egg bombs across the floor.
Cologne was barely able to get away from the blast as it went off.
When the dust settled, Mousse was gone and the restaurant was even more damaged than it was before.
"Hey Cologne, what happened in here. It looks worse than when we left," said Ryoga as he walked back into the café.
Ranma was right behind him, her hair was standing on end and she looked as though she would freak out at any minute.
Before Cologne could ask, Ranma said, "I apparently ran all the way to Dr. Tofu's when they finally caught me and got Shampoo off. Akane stayed there so she could get some hot water for Shampoo."
Cologne sighed, "Well, to answer your question Ryoga, there is something wrong with Mousse."
"What's wrong with Mousse," said Akane as she walked in with Shampoo.
Cologne shrugged, "I'm not sure. But he had never looked at me with so much hate in his eyes before."
Shampoo looked around the restaurant and noticed something weird, "Great grandmother, when we start making blue ramen?"
Cologne raised an eyebrow. Then she took a second look into the kitchen. Sure enough, the ramen pot was beginning to glow blue.
Shampoo was about to experimentally touch the broth when Cologne swatted her hand away with her stick.
"This must have something to do with what happened to Mousse," said Cologne.
Akane then grabbed a cup from the dishwasher and carefully filled it up with the liquid. She handed the cup to Cologne who looked at the liquid carefully, and then she smelled the broth. Aside from smelling like chicken, the broth also had a strong sulfur aroma to it.
"Someone has defiantly spiked the broth," said Cologne.
Ranma stepped forward with her head down, "I think that might have been me. I uh...bought a vial of blue liquid from from a salesman today. He told me it would make me stronger. I was going to bring it here to see if Cologne could tell me if it was real or not. I must have accidently tossed it in the broth when I was running from Shampoo."
"Why would you by something like that, you don't need it," said Akane.
"It was on sale," said Ranma.
"I guess frugality is one of the things your dad beat into you," said Ryoga.
"Is too tragic," said Shampoo.
While Ranma was being questioned, Cologne had already gone upstairs and returned with one of her magic books.
She flipped through the pages, cross-referencing the color of the liquid with the effects it had on Mousse.
"Here it is," said Cologne. Ranma and the others gathered around her as she read, "What you actually bought son-in-law is a vial of liquid hate. It's a potion that can cause someone to express all the anger and hatred one has inside."
"I thought the jade figures were supposed to protect us against things like that," said Ryoga.
"They protect against the evil of the dark warrior. Things like Amazon potions or the phoenix peoples' hypnosis eggs could potentially affect you," said Cologne.
"Good to know," said Ranma.
"So what we do about Mousse?" asked Shampoo.
"I'll begin making an antidote. You four go look for him and make sure he doesn't get himself into any trouble," said Cologne.
"We're on it," said Akane as she and the others ran out of the door.
"Does anyone have any idea of where to start looking for Mousse?" asked Ryoga.
"Shampoo have idea," said Shampoo.
They were running along the bridge when something jumped out of nowhere and tackled Ryoga.
"Get off me," yelled Ryoga as he kicked off something large and scaly.
"I thought you rangers were able to sense danger," laughed the yellow Crocovile.
"Shampoo go find Mousse, we'll handle him," said Ranma.
Shampoo nodded and ran off. All she had to do was find Mousse and then she could get back and help the others.
Ranma and Akane quickly charged the the yellow Crocovile when suddenly, a large tale wrapped around them both and pulled them back.
"Another one," stated Ranma.
"And it's even uglier," said Akane.
The green Crocovile quickly tossed Ranma and Akane into Ryoga as he was about to jump kick the yellow one.
As they got up, they each grabbed their morphers, calling out, "We need Sheng Xiao power NOW."
Meanwhile, Shampoo was running to a spot where she was hoping Mousse was.
Luckily, that is where she found him. She was right back at the world's most tasteless wax figure show.
Shampoo quickly found Mousse wrecking the place with his egg bombs.
"I spent all my money tickets and I didn't even get a refund when the tastelessness of this place messed up my date with Shampoo."
"Mousse, you stop now," said Shampoo.
"What do you want?" said Mousse.
"Shampoo here to make sure you stay out of trouble."
Suddenly Mousse was right in front of her, "You know I'm actually glad you're here. There are things I've been wanting to tell you for a long time."
"Like what," said Shampoo.
"First of all, why can't you see that Ranma doesn't love you and never will? You're so self-centered, you can't even see that."
"Shut up, Ranma does want be with Shampoo.
"You're not as cute as you think you are. You are un-sexy. Your muscles make you look mannish. And you are as ugly on the outside as you are on the inside. I don't even know why I wanted to be with you to begin with."
Tears were starting to fall from Shampoo's eyes and Mousse was quick to notice.
"I can't believe the mighty Amazon Shampoo is crying. Did I strike a nerve," laughed Mousse.
Shampoo quickly leaped forward attempting to strike Mousse with a snap kick. Mousse easily dodged and counted with an open palm strike to her stomach.
Shampoo didn't care anymore that it may have been the potion making Mousse say what he was saying. No one insulted here like that.
"Let's make this interesting," said Mousse as he pulled out his morpher.
Shampoo did the same and within seconds, the pink and black rangers were locked in combat.
"Ranma, heads up," yelled Akane as she grabbed the yellow Crocovile and tossed him towards the green one.
Ranma easily dodged the flying croc as it collided with its twin.
"Good toss Akane," said Ryoga.
Ranma ran over to them, "It's not over yet."
Just then, the green Crocovile charged forward, knocking Akane and Ryoga away. Even Ranma wasn't physically strong enough to hold the demon at bay. The next thing she knew, the green Crocovile had its jaws clamped around Ranma's shoulder.
Akane ran forward trying to bat the croc away with her hammer but the demon managed to wrap its tail arm around her and toss her into the air.
As Ryoga ran to catch Akane, he was grabbed the yellow Crocovile's second mouth and thrown to the ground.
"I've had enough of you," shouted Ranma as she rammed her fist into the hard scales of the Crocovile. Ranma began to gather her chi and shouted, "Moko Takabisha".
The green Crocovile finally let go of Ranma as a strong blast of confidant chi hit him.
Ranma then dashed forward, using the head of the yellow Crocovile as an extra step to leap into the air and catch Akane.
They regrouped with Ryoga who said, "I sure hope Shampoo is making progress with Mousse."
Mousse and Shampoo had taken their fight to an open field and at that moment, Shampoo had Mousses' nunchucks wrapped around her. Mousse held onto his weapon as he swung the pink ranger across the field.
"Its good thing Mousse ranger helmet also let him see. Otherwise Mousse would stand no chance against Shampoo," she taunted.
"Like I need my sight to beat you," said Mousse.
Suddenly, Shampoo was gone from her bindings and Mousse sight. Mousse's suddenly felt a presence behind him and turned to see Shampoo.
The pink ranger then uppercutted Mousse into the air with her chui. She then jumped into the air and slammed him back to the ground with her weapons.
Mousse was on his feet again within seconds.
Neither one of them was willing to back down. And neither one of them knew that the dark warrior was watching them from his throne room and laughing with glee.
The two charged at each other once more, striking each other in the face with a hard punch.
"That will be enough you two," said a voice coming from behind Mousse.
Mousse turned around and to find a hand strike out and press a spot on his shoulder. Within five seconds, Mousse was passed out and his ranger powers had powered down.
Shampoo, still angry from Mousse's words quickly leaped forward to kick him while he was passed out. Luckily, she was stopped and subsequently knocked unconscious by the same person who knocked out Mousse.
"Never a dull moment with you kids is there," said Dr. Tofu as picked up Mousse and Shampoo. He then started walking back towards the Cat Café.
Akane slammed her hammer on the ground, causing a large fissure to travel towards the Crocoviles. The demons quickly jumped out of the way only to be kicked out of the air by Ranma and Ryoga.
"I think we're doing better," said Ranma.
"Hold that thought," said Akane.
The rangers looked up and saw two black feathers floating down.
The Crocoviles grinned as they leapt up into the air to catch the falling feathers.
"Still think we're doing better Ranma," said Ryoga as the demons grew.
Ranma looked over at Ryoga and Akane, "You two go see if you can help the old ghoul with her antidote. I'll hold them off and keep them from destroying everything in sight."
"We're not going to leave you Ranma," said Akane.
"Just go. I can handle them on my own. Besides, the faster you can cure Mousse, the faster you can get back. And I can also call Ukyo and Konatsu if things get really bad."
"He's right Akane, let's go," said Ryoga.
With great hesitation, Akane left with Ryoga, just as the horse zord came down from the sky.
"What's the situation with the antidote so far?" asked Akane as she entered the Cat Café with Ryoga, un-morphed.
To her surprise, Dr. Tofu was there, helping Cologne mix ingredients.
"What are you doing her doctor?" asked Akane.
"I was just passing by when I saw your friends fighting. I thought I'd step in before anyone got hurt," said Tofu.
"Where are they," asked Ryoga.
"Dr. Tofu put Mousse and Shampoo in their rooms while we finished the antidote," said Cologne.
Akane sat down, "Is there anything we can do to help?" She wanted to rush them along but didn't want Tofu finding out about her and the others' secret.
"No, the doctor and I have it handled," said Cologne.
"We really need those two awake right now. It's kind of important," said Ryoga.
"Mousse being awake right now could be dangerous. He already took advantage of his ranger powers to fight Shampoo," said Tofu.
Akane and Ryoga looked over at Tofu, "What did you say."
Tofu looked up at them, "Yes, I knew you were the power rangers. I saw you guys on the news and it didn't surprise me that you were the ones fighting demons."
"Of course Dr. Tofu knows," said Akane.
Shampoo came down the stairs shortly after. "We go help Ranma now," she said.
"We can't leave without Mousse," said Ryoga.
"Forget stupid Mousse. Ranma need help."
"What's with you?" asked Akane.
"None your business," yelled Shampoo.
A few minutes later, the antidote was done. Cologne took the bowl she was mixing it in and poured out a lime green liquid into a cup that Tofu handed her.
Meanwhile, Ranma was trying to keep her zord in one piece. The yellow Crocovile had its jaws around the horse's neck.
The horse zord kicked and thrashed around, trying to get the demon off.
"Let go," shouted Ranma.
Ranma then signaled the horse zord to charge towards the green Crocovile.
As the horse came towards him, the green Crocovile tried to sweep its tail arm underneath the horse in order to trip it.
Luckily, the horse jumped just in time and kicked the green Crocovile in the head as it jumped over it.
Upon landing, the yellow Crocovile let go of the horses' neck.
"Let's get him horsey," said Ranma.
The horse zord then began to stomp on the yellow Crocovile while it was on the ground.
Suddenly, the green Crocovile's tail wrapped around the horse zord and pulled it off the yellow Croc.
Ranma found herself being slammed to ground. The green Crocovile began to whip the horse zord while it was down.
The horse zord slowly got up and bolted forward, breaking free from the Crocs.
"Hopefully we just need to last a little longer horse," said Ranma.
The horse zord whinnied as it once again charged the Crocoviles.
Mousse was awake now and he was struggling against the doctors grip.
"Get away from me," he yelled.
Dr. Tofu motioned for Ryoga and Akane to come over, "Could you two help hold him down while I give him the antidote?"
Ryoga grabbed and held tightly onto Mousse's arms
Akane was quick to grab Mousse's legs and together with Ryoga, they held him down to the ground.
"You still can't make me drink it," laughed Mousse.
"Sure we can," said Cologne
Cologne then hopped over to Mousse's head and held his nose shut.
"Don't you think this is just a little cruel," said Akane.
"He deserve worse," said Shampoo who was leaning against the doorframe.
"What did he do to make you so mad," said Ryoga.
"He say too too mean things. Then he provoke Shampoo to fight," said Shampoo.
"It's not his fault, it was the potion," said Akane.
"Shampoo no care."
Eventually, Mousse opened his mouth for air. Then, before anyone could see him move, Dr. Tofu force-fed him the antidote.
"I forgot how quick you are doctor," said Akane.
Tofu simply smiled at the compliment. Cologne meanwhile observed the change in Mousses' aura. The liquid hate had turned it dark but as her antidote began to work , his aura started to return to normal.
"What happened?" asked Mousse.
"You don't remember?" asked Cologne.
"Nope, not a thing."
"We can catch you up later, we have to go," said Ryoga.
Mousse slowly stood up, finding his morpher already strapped to his wrist. He then noticed a bruise on Shampoo's cheek.
"What happened to you Shampoo," said Mousse as he reached out towards her.
Shampoo quickly swatted Mousse's hand away yelling, "Don't touch me."
"But Shampoo…"
Then Ryoga yelled, "You two can talk later. We have to go."
Mousse reluctantly turned away from Shampoo and reached for button to morph.
"We need Sheng Xiao power NOW,"
"Ok, this isn't good," said Ranma.
The yellow Crocovile was holding down the horse zord while the green Crocovile used its tail hand as a whip.
After another lash from the green Crocovile's tail, Ranma suddenly saw a pink flash knock the yellow Crocovile off its feet.
The green Crocovile looked over to see what happened only to be rammed by the ox zord.
As the horse zord got up, Ranma noticed the tiger zord standing over the yellow Crocovile.
"I had them right where I wanted them," said Ranma.
"We could see that," said Akane.
The green Crocovile quickly got up, kicking the ox zord away.
The green Crocovile then leaped into the air, attempting to tackle the ox zord.
"He's coming at me to fast," said Akane.
"I got him," said Ryoga.
The pig zords tusk chains fired out, wrapping around the green Crocovile and bringing him to the ground.
Meanwhile, the yellow Crocovile wrap its second mouth around the tiger zords' tail and begain to swing it around.
"Let go you," yelled Shampoo.
"Gladly," said the yellow Crocovile.
The yellow Crocovile then proceeded to toss the tiger zord to the ground. As the tiger zord was getting up, the yellow Crocovile delivered a drop kick to its back, knocking it down again. The tiger zord roared in pain.
"You stay away from Shampoo," yelled Mousse.
The rooster zord charged at the yellow Crocovile. It somersaulted into the air, spinning rapidly until it became a saw blade.
The rooster then dive-bombed the yellow Crocovile, knocking it away from the tiger zord.
"Are you ok Shampoo?" asked Mousse.
"Shampoo fine," replied Shampoo.
"Look, I'm sorry for anything I did when I was under the influence of that potion. As soon as this battle is over, I will do anything you ask if only you'll forgive me."
Ranma's voice came in through the morphers, "Guys, let's bring out the megazord."
"What's going on," said the green Crocovile.
Almost as soon as the zords combined to form the megazord, the Crocoviles attacked. Both of them proceeded to bite into the megazords' shoulders.
"Akane, get them off us," said Ranma.
"Already on it," said Akane.
Akane typed in a few keys on her terminal and the Megazord leaped up into the air and began to spin around, causing the Crocoviles to let go and fall off.
"Shampoo activating power sword," said Shampoo.
"Good, we can take them both out at once. Get ready," said Ranma.
As Ranma typed in the keys for the final strike, the screen above his terminal read, "Final strike: Cross Slash."
The megazord gripped the power sword and slashed an "X" in the air, which flew towards the Crocoviles as they fell towards the ground.
The green Crocovile saw the attack coming and grabbed the yellow Crocovile, tossing him in front of him.
Once the green Crocovile landed, it quickly jumped out of the way as the cross slash tore through its twin. All that remaned of the yellow Crocovile was a cloud of black fog.
"How could he do that to his partner," said Ryoga.
"He's a demon, what do you expect," said Ranma.
As the megazord landed, the green Crocovile tackled it to the ground. The Crocovile wrapped its tail around the power sword and tossed it aside.
"I've got him," said Ryoga as he typed in some keys.
The megazord punched the Crocovile away and the pig's tusk chains fired and wrapped around the Crocovile.
"Diverting core energy to tusk chains," said Ranma
A blue electrical charge then flowed through the tusk chains, zapping the Crocovile.
"You guys ready to end this," said Ranma.
However, before he could complete that thought, the Crocovile grabbed the tusk chains with its tail, pulling the megazord forward. The Crocovile then delivered a hard punch to the megazords' chest. Then it kicked the megazord away.
"What now?" asked Akane.
Mousse then heard a rooster crow coming from his terminal.
"I got this one," he said. "Activating new final strike: Feather Assault."
As Mousse finished typing the keys, the Megazord got up and clapped its' hands together. The power sword then came flying back into megazords hands. Then the megazord tossed the power sword into the sky.
The Crocovile was about to charge the Megazord once more when it was stopped by hundreds of razor sharp feathers falling from the sky. Each feather struck the Crocovile until only a cloud of black fog remained.
"Can we go home now," said Ranma.
The rangers powered down and returned to the Cat Café to find Dr. Tofu quietly eating ramen and thumping through a large book with a lightning bolt on the cover.
"You guys have quiet the legacy," he said.
"What book is that?" asked Ryoga.
Cologne hopped into the room speaking, "It's a chronicler. A book automatically records the history of anything the original owner wants. I got it when I was searching for the jade figures. The man who gave it to me said that history is always important to know."
"So what's it recording?" asked Akane.
"It's recording you and the many that came before you," said Dr. Tofu.
Ranma looked over at the pages of the book and saw their latest battle being written into the pages.
"Interesting," said Ranma.
Ranma then felt Akane tugging at her shoulder.
"History aside, we have to go. They're probably waiting for us," said Akane.
"Could one of you also take me home," said Ryoga.
Ranma sighed, "Yeah, I'll do it. Akane, can you tell them to leave me some dinner in the microwave."
"Sure," said Akane.
When everyone was gone, Mousse found himself alone. As he swept up the mess that he partially caused, he heard someone coming from downstairs.
"Shampoo, I thought you had gone to bed," said Mousse.
"Shampoo thought about how you can make up for saying mean things," said Shampoo
"What did you think of?"
"Mousse must give Shampoo five different compliments each day for next two weeks."
"I think I can live with that."
"And if stupid Mousse ever say mean things to me again, Shampoo pluck each and every one of Mousses' feathers."
"That sounds fair," laughed Mousse nervously.
"Good night Mousse," said Shampoo in her usually bubbly voice.
Mousse breathed a sigh of relief now that Shampoo had forgiven him and happily continued his work. Then he heard Shampoo call from upstairs, "Also Mousse sleep outside tonight."
Mousse turned to look outside as he began to notice small drops of rain coming down.
"Stupid weather," said Ranma as she ran home through the rain. The the closest thing to a consolation she had was that she was already a girl.
"Where are you off to so fast," said an all too familiar voice.
"Stay away from me Carmilla," said Ranma.
"I'm so glad we're on a first name basis," laughed Carmilla.
"You tried to trick me into drinking liquid hate,"
"Well, the mask I where is called the deceivers' mask. Lying is kind of in my nature."
"So I shouldn't listen to anything you say."
"Correct, yet here we are. Having a nice conversation. You know, the dark warrior is really mad about you and your ranger friends for destroying his demons."
"Like I care. If he's so powerful, why doesn't he just come down and fight us himself."
"Do you really want to know?"
"Try me."
Carmilla motioned for Ranma to come closer. As she did, Carmilla bent over to whisper in Ranma's ear. Ranma anxiously awaited a response only for Carmilla to scream loudly in her ear.
"What did you do that for?" shouted Ranma.
Carmilla laughed, "Because I could."
Carmilla then took to the air saying, "You really fought bravely today. If only you were bad like me, we could fight together."
Then she flew off, leaving a very confused Ranma behind.
(Authors Note)
Sorry I'm a little late with the update. The chapter was longer than i planned. Anyway, I realized that havign the bad guys turn into black fog/dust/ash upon defeat is getting a little repetitive so I'm open to suggestion on how to make it less repetitive.
Other than that, I hope everyone is stil enjoying this series. I might take a week or two off to come up with some new ideas and plot lines for the series.