Hey, here's the next chap guys! Firstly, before I start this, I would like to thank you all for the review. Secondly, I would like to great you all a belated Happy Valentines Day!

ellf, zmajz, I'll try to read the authors/works you told me about as soon as I have the time. My schedule's kinda hectic and all I could do is write my fics. I can't even read other fics I want to read. Don't worry, I'll try my best and I hope I won't let you and the other reviewers down.

BTW, this chap is of normal POV, just so you know. Well, anyway, I'll start it already. Enjoy.

Also, I edited this to some typos and the wrong spelling of Mousse's name. I don't know when I'll be able to update soon because things at school at home and at other places are so hectic. Hope you guys understand.

Ryoga, the guy everybody wanted to see again, Akane, the Tendo's, Ukyo, and even Kuno, so that he could beat him. But he was also the guy that one person wanted to meet and not meet both at the same time. Whom you may ask? Well, that person is no other than Ranma Saotome. He wanted to meet Ryoga for he wanted to know what kind of person Akane's boyfriend was, but he didn't want to meet him because he knew they absolutely won't get along. After everything that had happened between Akane and him, he would be very mad. But eventually, whether he really liked it or not, he would meet him. Ryoga may have had a bad sense of direction, but he always found his way back to Akane. And that faithful day, my friends, was today.

Ranma was just up to nothing, bored at home and just on the roof, looking at the setting sun. But suddenly, after the sun had set, he saw some figures, two actually. It wasn't really clear since the sun was gone already and only a dim light was present. These figures were of a teenage boy with another teenage guy headed towards the house or better known as Cat Café.

"Shampoo!" one of them called.

"Wait, isn't that Mousse's voice?" Ranma realized upon hearing it. He then decided to leap down from the roof so he could see if it really was Shampoo's so called bestfriend, Mousse.

"Mousse, it is you! What's up? You've been gone since forever," Ranma said, recognizing that he was whom he expected.

"This guy looks like me. Hmmm…" the guy Mousse was with thought to himself as he saw Ranma.

"Ranma, yes, it is me. Where is Shampoo?" Mousse asked, determined to see Shampoo and kinda irritated to see Ranma.

"Yes? You look for Shampoo?" Shampoo said as she went to Mousse, Ranma and the other person. "Oh, it's you bestfriend, Mousse! Come on in! You too," she said, talking to the guy beside Mousse.

Afterwards, Shampoo pushed them all inside the café.

Cat Café

When they were all inside, Shampoo decided to prepare them some tea. She then gave them all. Afterwards, she asked her bestfriend, "So Mousse, where have you been? You've been gone for a while."

"Uh… yes, I have been gone for quite some time. You see Shampoo… I was… just… training, you see," he explained with sweatdrops. Obviously, he was lying.

"Training for what?" Ranma asked, suspicious about his answer.

"Shut up Ranma! Of course I was training to beat yo-"

Ryoga then armed him so Mousse wouldn't reveal that he was really training to beat Ranma.

"Yoda!" Mousse said nervously, from almost slipping.

"Yoda?" they all asked, excluding Ryoga who knew who he really wanted to pulverize.

"He's a very good martial artist. I met him at… India, where I trained for a while," he lied and sweated even more.

"I see," Shampoo said. "But who is guy you're with? Another friend you met when you were training?"

"Oh, me? My name is Ryoga Hibiki. And yes, Mousse and I met when he was training," he introduced.

"He's Ryoga!? He's Akane's boyfriend!? This is bad. He's returned, and he had to come here! But… come to think of it… he does look like me. We only look different from the bandana he's wearing," Ranma thought with uneasiness.

"This friend of yours, Mousse and I met when he suddenly attacked me, thinking that I was Ran-" Ryoga continued until Mousse covered his mouth.

Mousse then whispered to him. "Please don't tell them, or you'll pay. I know what I did then… and I'm sorry! And why tell them? You prevented me from revealing that before, so please, don't tell them!"

Flashback

"You! Ranma, prepare to die!" Mousse said as he charged Ryoga while he was at China.

"What the? What are you talking about, I'm not Ranma! I don't even know anybody by the name of Ranma! My name is Ryoga Hibiki!" Ryoga said to him and dodged his attacks.

"Don't deny it! You stole Shampoo from me, the woman I love. Now, you shall pay!" he said as he continued charging.

"Will you stop it?! Fine, if you don't want to, then I guess I have to fight you or just… run away! I don't have time for you. I'll fight you some other time. But for now, I have to get on going," Ryoga said as he left Mousse. "What a weirdo, I'm not Ranma. Who is he anyway? And who's this Shampoo he was talking about? I don't have time to fight him, I have to get back to my dear Akane."

"Coward! You won't escape me, Ranma! I'll follow you even to the ends of the earth! I swear! I'll get revenge! Shampoo will be mine!" Mousse said and followed Ryoga.

"She can be yours, I don't care! Just stop following me!" Ryoga exclaimed.

"You're bluffing! I do not believe you! You just have to die!"

End of Flashback

"Fine!" Ryoga said while he removed Mousse's hand from his mouth. "It's actually not that important. I'm just a friend of his. Anyway, I have to go now. I have to go somewhere. Mousse, buddy, could you bring me there? You know I'm poor in directions, don't you? Besides, this could be a pretty good favor for what I've done for you," he asked him.

"Wh…at? Uh…"

"Sure he will, right Mousse? Ranma and I would even come with you. It's better to come with you guys than be bored here. Besides, the café's closed anyway. So what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Shampoo said and pulled them all out.

Somewhere Along the Way

"So, Ryoga… where exactly are you going?" Mousse asked.

"I need to find my home. I need to go to my girlfriend. I've been gone for months. I'm sure she's worried about me," Ryoga said.

"What?! He's going to Akane's?! This is bad! I can't come with them! I have to leave!" Ranma thought. "Shampoo, Moose, Ryoga… I'm sorry, I have to go, I have to-"

"Ranma, come on, it's just near. Besides, I would like all of you to meet my girlfriend. She just lives at the Tendo dojo. Do you know where that is? I'm kinda not a good kind of guy with navigations."

"You bet."

"Uh… I know! It's just over here," Shampoo said and directed them all.

In front of the Tendo House

"This is it! Thank you Shampoo for bringing me here. Thank you too Moose, Ranma, for coming with me here," Ryoga said then knocked on the Tendo's front door.

"Who is it?" Akane's voice asked then opened the door. "R…Ryoga! You're back!" she continued and hugged then kissed her. "You've been gone by months, I missed you! Don't ever leave me like that ever again."

"Don't worry Akane, I won't. Oh, Akane, by the way. Meet the ones who helped me get here, these are-"

"I'm Mousse," Mousse said as he introduced himself. "And this is my bestfriend, Shampoo-"

"You… you're the girl in Cat Café," Akane told her.

"Yes, in fact I am. And you're Ukyo's bestfriend, am I right?" Shampoo said with a small hint of anger. She didn't know why, but she always felt angry whenever she sees Akane.

"Oh, good. You know each other. And Akane, this is-" Ryoga said as Akane cut him off.

"Ranma," Akane said. "Yeah, I know him too. He's my classmate," she continued, all serious.

"Ranma, is what she just said true?" Shampoo asked.

"Yeah… But you see Shampoo, Akane and I-" he said agitatedly

"Well… in that case. Ranma here is my boyfriend, you see. Don't you dare steal him from Shampoo. Besides, you have Ryoga anyway," Shampoo explained.

"You're boyfriend? Is that so? Oh, don't worry. I'm not a boy stealer, besides, we don't get along that much," Akane said, lying to her. For the past few days, since they became partners, they became very close. Yes, they still fought, but not that much anymore.

"I see. Well… Ryoga, it's late already. We have to go. See you at school. You too Akane," Ranma said and pulled Mousse and Shampoo away.

"So… Ranma's taken. I should have known. But why do I feel sad? At least this is better, I think…" Akane thought to herself as she watched the three leaving.

"So… Akane, you're not going to let me in?" Ryoga asked her.

"Oh… I'm sorry, come on, let's go in."

Ranma, Shampoo and Mousse

"That was close," Ranma thought to himself.

"Ranma, Shampoo no like that girl, Akane. I tried to give her another chance, but I still can't seem to like her. Ranma, you stay away from her," Shampoo said.

"Shampoo… I… can't."

"Why? You in love with her??"

"No, no! Of course not! I could never like a tomboy like her. It's just because…well… she's my assigned partner. I do all my school works with her. Besides, she's not as bad as you think," he said while blushing which apparently Mousse noticed.

"Fine, you can be with her, but only as a partner. Nothing more."

"Yes, of course Shampoo, you're the only one I love," Ranma said then kissed his girlfriend, not that much sincere though.

Mousse then became jealous. He loved Shampoo since they were friends at about three years old, but Shampoo picked Ranma, someone he met and knew less. Yes, he never told his real feelings towards her but… he loved her very much. And it pains him to see Shampoo with Ranma. That's why he almost killed Ryoga, by thinking that he was Ranma.

"Ranma's not the one for you Shampoo. I promise, I'll prove to you that he isn't. I know he loves that girl Akane, and if I'm wrong that he doesn't, I'll make him fall in love with her. If that's not even possible, I could kill him, maybe even with the help of Ryoga. I swear, I'll get her away from Shampoo. Shampoo belongs to me," Mousse thought.

Tendo House

"So, Ryoga, how are you? Where have you gone? This is the longest time you've been gone. I was so worried. The whole family was too! Even Ukyo, for me, because I was so sad, and for you, because you two are friends, aren't you?" Akane explained.

"I'm sorry. I really wanted to come back, but I kept getting lost. At first, I got to Alaska, to Czechoslovakia and some other places I didn't even know existed. But… when I got to China and met Mousse, that's when directions made sense. It was as if he brought me to Japan, except that he was chasing me the whole time," Ryoga told her.

"Why would that Mousse guy chase you? I thought you guys were friends? They all did come with you here."

"Well… Don't tell anyone okay? Especially, Ranma or Shampoo? If you do, Moose would kill me. He's a pretty good martial artist, even though it's not that obvious," Ryoga said seriously to his girlfriend.

"I promise."

"Okay. Well… by the looks of things, I think he likes his bestfriend, Shampoo. And seeing that Shampoo's boyfriend, Ranma, looks like me, Mousse must have thought I was Ranma when we first met. He must be pretty mad at Ranma for stealing her from him and really wanted him dead. We fought the entire time we were traveling back to Japan."

"This makes things more complicated. Why is this happening to me? First I got to kiss Ranma, and then he's my partner. Now, Ryoga's here and with this Mousse character, who apparently likes Shampoo, who is Ranma's girlfriend! Can things just be back to normal?"

Next Day

On the next day, Ukyo eventually heard the news about Ryoga's return and she became totally happy. Ryoga was her partner and since he was now here, they would be spending more time together.

"Ryoga, you're back. Nice to have you back," Ukyo said calmly to him, trying to hide her real feelings

"Yeah, I'm happy that I'm back. Thanks for looking out for Akane while I was away. Anyway… so… it seems that you're my partner. Well… I'm sorry I was gone for so long. You must have been doing all the projects all by yourself. Don't worry, I'll come over to your house later. We can do everything that is needed to be done," Ryoga said to her.

"Sure, that would be great! I would love you to come over! I mean… uh… I'll see you," Ukyo said, almost being obviously happy for Ryoga coming over to her place.

"Well, I gotta run. Akane's looking for me. See you later partner!" Ryoga said then ran away.

"See you," she said then waved goodbye. "This is great! Ryoga's back! But… he still is Akane's boyfriend. Would it be wrong to make a move on him? But… I really love him… But… it seems so wrong to betray Akane. She is my bestfriend and everything."

A/N: Yeah! This is the next chap. Sorry, it's not that long. I guess I had to end it there. Well… R&R! Yeah, Ryoga's back! And with Mousse! Any suggestions for the next chap?