Hey everyone! I'm back! So sorry for the super loooong update. Almost two years? GOMEN! I'm already in college and things just get so hectic nowadays. I mean, studying in a music college can be really busy. With all the practicing, performances and all. It doesn't also help that this upcoming school year is my recital year and also the year where I'm part of the Student Council. It's just busy, busy and more busy. But I promise to update whenever I can. I actually have a plan already on what to do in the succeeding chapters, so don't worry. I won't let you guys down.

Anyway, I'll stop explaining and start already with what all of you are waiting for. This chapter is a bit unexpected but I hope you like it. Enjoy! :)

We never really knew what happened to Shampoo and Moose after Ranma told her off for giving Akane the kiss death and almost killing her. All we know is that they were "going home". Let us see what happens next with that decision.

"Hey, Moussey," Shampoo called out to her bestfriend as he was packing up his stuff into his bag.

"What is it, Shampoo?" he eagerly asked with a smile.

Shampoo still seemed sad. She may have given way to Ranma, for she knew she wasn't good enough for him anymore, but she still loved him. "What Mousse think going to happen to Shampoo when Shampoo go back to China? Shampoo failed to kill Akane, and Ranma broke up with Shampoo. Shampoo broke two Amazon traditions and surely they kill Shampoo."

"Don't say that, Shampoo! You will live! I assure you," Mousse said and let go of what he was doing. He faced Shampoo and looked at her straight at the eye. "You will live, Shampoo. I'll make sure of it."

Shampoo looked away. "What makes you so sure, Moussey? Amazon law dictates if an Amazon gives Kiss of Death, Amazon must kill person or else we kill ourselves. Amazon law also dictates that if an Amazon is beaten in battle and gives kiss, Amazon be wed to person who beats Amazon!"

Mousse placed his hands on her shoulders and shook her intensely. "We'll find away to get around the rules, Shampoo! We'll make them believe that Akane Tendo is dead! And...and..."

"And what, Moussey?"

An idea suddenly spurred into his head. "We'll find another man to be your fiance."

Shampoo gasped. "But... someone has to beat Shampoo to have new fiance. That hard. Besides..." her face lost her strong emotion once more.

"Besides what?"

"Who would try and beat Shampoo? Aside from hard... no one else from Ranma likes Shampoo."

Mousse couldn't take it anymore. Shampoo had no clue about his feelings. She was too blinded with her feelings for Ranma. But even so, she had the right to know. At least, that was what Mousse thought.

"What are you saying, Shampoo! I LIKE YOU!"

Shampoo was astonished. "Mousse...Moussey likes Shampoo?"

He nodded. "I've liked you ever since we've met. I know I'm not as strong as you, or as Ranma... but I'll train hard to be a worthy fiance for you. I'll do my best to beat you."

Shampoo hugged him. "Thank you, Moussey. Shampoo sorry if I never noticed Moussey's feelings. But... I guess Shampoo likes Moussey too."

Mousse broke the hug. He made an egotistical smile. "Shampoo likes Mousse? I guess things are looking up just fine. Then it's settled!" he gloated.

"But Moousey! You still have to beat Shampoo. And how are you going to get so strong before we go back to China?"

He lost his confidence and made a thinking pose. He knew he mustn't lose hope. Things were finally falling into place. Shampoo was showing feelings for him. He couldn't give up.

Finally he thought of an idea. "Aha! I know! I'll ask help from Ranma, and maybe even Ryoga! Maybe even their masters can help me. Plus you and Cologne. With the help of everyone, I can do it, right?"

Shampoo smiled and hugged him. "That excellent idea!"

But it wasn't time to rejoice just yet. "But wait... how about Akane Tendo? How do we make Amazons believe she dead?"

Mousse scratched his head. "Too much thinking isn't really doing well for me. I think we three must visit the Tendo Dojo and ask for help. I'm sure they'll be willing to help us after everything that has happened."

Tendo Dojo

Someone knocked at the door and Kasumi let them in. "Akane, Ranma, Ryoga, Ukyo, you appear to have guests," she said with a smile.

As the four saw Shampoo, Mousse and Cologne inside the house, they were also surprised and prepared themselves to battle stances.

"What are you three doing here?" Ukyo asked fiercely.

"Yeah? After what Shampoo did to Akane, I thought you'd all be going back to China?" Ryoga said.

"Now, now, let's not get all violent. We come in peace," Cologne started. "We came to seek for your help."

They all lowered their guards.

"What do you mean seek our help?" Akane asked.

"Yes, we're here to ask help from you guys. You see, we're about to go back to China soon, but we have to get some things straightened up before we leave," Mousse started to explain.

"Are you guys actually apologizing to us? Wow, never thought I'd see the day that real Amazons asked for forgiveness. I thought you guys were the type who valued their pride and honor?" Ranma cut off.

Mousse gave him a glare. "I wasn't done yet, Ranma!" he said in a mad tone then diverted back to a calm state and coughed. "Anyway, as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted..." he then eyed at Ranma again and went on. "We need help in regards with going around Amazon law traditions. You see, Shampoo has basically broken two important Amazon laws that if broken are punishable by death. She gave the Kiss of Death to Akane but hasn't killed her yet. She was beaten by Ranma in battle and kissed him so that means they must be wed, but the way things are, it is unlikely."

The four took awhile to process all that Mousse had explained. After a while, there was one thing that totally got everyone's attention.

"PUNISHABLE BY DEATH?" they all said in chorus.

"I thought Shampoo would just quit being an Amazon," Ranma said, still surprised.

"We could try to bargain if she broke one Amazon rule, but she broke two. There is no way that the Amazons would let her off easily," Cologne explained.

"I'm so sorry to hear that, Shampoo," Ranma said and approached her ex-girlfriend. "I didn't know how serious this is for you. I was only thinking of myself."

Shampoo still remained silent up to now. She was still getting over Ranma and she didn't know what to say.

"Don't worry, Shampoo. All of us are willing to help. As long as you don't kill me that is," Akane said with a sweatdrop.

"So do you have a plan, Mousse?" Ryoga asked.

"Well, I told Shampoo, that all she needed was someone else to beat her so that they could be her fiance. With that logic in mind, I thought that I could be the perfect person to do so," he continued to explain.

"So you came here to ask for help to train you, is that correct?" Ukyo asked.

"Correct. Mousse may be sweet and all, but he not as strong as Shampoo," she finally spoke.

This made everyone smile and be happy for Mousse. Shampoo just called him sweet. Mousse could just blush like a tomato.

"Then don't worry, we'll all be willing to help," Genma said and appeared from the door with the rest of the household.

"Yes, you don't need to worry. With the help of everyone, we can whip up Mousse into shape!" Soun said.

"But wait, it's not time to rejoice just yet," Cologne interfered. "We also need to think of a way to show to the Amazons that Akane Tendo is dead. We also came here for an idea regarding that issue."

Everyone started to think. How would the Amazons think that Akane has been killed? That was a bit harder to think of a solution for.

Suddenly, Ranma finally thought of an idea. It wasn't an easy one, but it was worth trying. "Hey Shampoo... the Amazons don't really know what Akane looks like, right?"

"No... but Shampoo don't get where you're getting to."

"This is a bit hard to pull... but the Amazons don't know about the Jusenkyo incident either. That means, they don't know about the girl Ranma. If they think that girl Ranma is actually Akane and we stage for Shampoo to beat me, then things would fall into place. Of course, that would only be a temporary solution because we'll all be dead if they find out about the dual personalities. The ultimate solution is for us all to finally go back to Jusenkyo and cure ourselves of our curses."

Shampoo, Mousse, Cologne and Genma seemed to understand the plan although everyone else found a bit hard to get it. After all, they all weren't fully oriented with Ranma and the other's transformations.

With that said, the story of Jusenkyo was said from the very beginning once more.

(A/N: To refresh everyone's memory, I'll be rewriting what happened to Ranma, Genma, Shampoo and Mousse all those years ago in Jusenkyo)

The scenery showed China, specifically, the cursed springs of Jusenkyo. Ranma and his father, who were still on their escapade, were with the tour guide, reminiscing the beauty of the cursed springs. As they walked closer to the said springs, from the other side came two Chinese Amazons, Shampoo and Mousse.

Shampoo had won the battle against the Amazon women earlier than expected. That was because Mousse, her best friend decided to help her.

And as they were off to their way home, using the shortcut Mousse had just discovered, they saw the springs. Their first instinct was to jump by the bamboo sticks that were in the springs, which they did.

Ranma and Genma, in the other hand, decided to practice training in the springs, totally ignoring what the tour guide had distinctively told them.

They didn't know his words were of such importance. They didn't know that their carelessness would change their lives.

As they trained, Genma tried to push Ranma a couple of times. He once succeeded and Ranma was pushed to Mousse who passed by them, causing Mousse to fall in one of the springs. Fortunately for Ranma, he ricocheted back to his father, since he didn't actually see who or what he bumped into. He just thought it was an inanimate object and decided to go on with their fighting.

Making another attempt to injure his father, Ranma charged Genma. Although, it was the same as before. Genma pushed Ranma, but this time to Shampoo. Shampoo tried to defend herself and hit Ranma, but he blocked her blows in an instant. Shampoo began to fall and couldn't do anything else. In a split second, Ranma reached out his hand to her, which she got.

"Don't let go!" he said to her, as he tried to push her up with all the force he had.

Shampoo looked at Ranma in total trust and did her best not to let go. He defeated her, yet he was saving her. Shampoo obviously became happy of him doing this.

He pulled her up as said, and she was saved.

"You beat me, yet saved me," she said calmly and with a smile.

Ranma scratched his head. "I don't know about beating you, but actually it was just a-"

But then he was cut off by Shampoo who went to kiss him on the lips. The kiss that told him that she was forever devoted to him, being the only guy and the first guy to beat her.

Ranma fell down in surprise, yet still was kissed. He fell down to one of the cursed springs afterwards.

Shampoo got worried and crouched down to see how her 'fiancé' was. To her dismay, his father came from nowhere, who started to charge Ranma with a kick already. But since he fell, Genma hit Shampoo instead.

She fell from the bamboo she was on, and off to a different cursed spring.

Nonetheless, she brought Genma who kicked her with him. He resisted, and succeeded, but slipped anyway in recklessness, to another cursed spring.

After a while, the four got out of their springs, though in different forms. Ranma was a girl, Genma was a panda, Shampoo was a cat and Mousse was a duck.

As soon as they got out, Shampoo went to chase Ranma, obviously in love with him already. Genma also began to chase Ranma, to finish their duel. Mousse in the other hand just ran towards them, following Shampoo.

Ranma ran in fear because of her fright in cats. To her luck, the tour guide had a kettle of tepid water, which he poured on all of them. As soon as you knew, they were all back to their normal forms.

They all became happy on seeing their normal body again. But as soon as Shampoo was contented, she fled to Ranma's arms, showering him with kisses.

Ranma wanted to get Shampoo away, and Mousse felt the same. But when Mousse was about to hit Ranma, who was defenseless having Shampoo hold her down, Shampoo finally defended him with a faced palm to his face. "Don't harm him, Moussey! He defeated me. Shampoo gave him the kiss!"

Mousse fell down in sorrow. He really liked Shampoo, and couldn't believe she had done that. He couldn't move, couldn't speak, couldn't do anything. Shampoo gave him the kiss, and there was nothing he could do about it. He knew their traditions, and things did not look good for Mousse.

"Wo ai ni!" Shampoo said after, hugging Ranma even more.

And it pained Ranma too. Shampoo was crushing him with her hug. "Help me out, pops!" he said, reaching out a hand to his father.

Genma didn't accept it and just made a smile. "No, no. I think you have a very beautiful girlfriend. Give her a chance."

And that was the start of their relationship. 'Twas a very memorable day for all of them.

So the plans were made and they worked hard for it. For a month, everyone contributed on helping Mousse on training to beat Shampoo. Ryoga taught him the Breaking Point Technique, Ranma taught the Chestnuts Roasting on an Fire Attack, Ukyo taught her ultimate move with her spatula, Happosai taught him how to make the biggest Happo Fire Ball he could, Genma and Soun taught him the ultimate technique of the Anything Goes Martial Arts and Cologne taught him all the possible Ancient Chinese techniques that was possible in a month.

With that happening, Akane trained Shampoo in the other hand for her battle with girl Ranma. She could actually beat Ranma, but she still had feelings for him. Akane knew that. So to help her build her anger on Ranma and pulverize him to show the Amazons what she's got, she figured that she was the best person to train with Shampoo. Sure she got bruised a lot since Shampoo was definitely stronger than her, but it helped. Shampoo even learned to see the kindness in Akane. She wouldn't be getting hurt on her own if she wasn't sincere with what she was doing. With her actions, Shampoo's hatred for her was diminishing and she knew she could count on her.

After a month, Shampoo's Amazon relatives came to Japan. They invited them to finally see how their efforts have finally fell into place.

As the relatives have exchanged hugs and kisses, Shampoo finally introduced "Akane" to them.

Ranma in her girl form appeared and greeted them. "Hey Amazons!"

They instantly hated her for her cocky attitude. Who would just greet Amazon women with no hint of hesitation?

After a while, Shampoo and Ranma took their own place in the battlefield. Their fight was about to start.

"Shampoo versus Ran... err... Akane! A fight to the finish! Let's do this!" Ryoga said nervously almost having a slip of the tongue.

And the fight commenced.

It started off equal, as they pretty much were. Ranma may have been stronger than Shampoo in his male form, but they were at par if she was a female. She dodged her attacks quite well and vice versa. It was hard to see on who would win.

Everyone cheered for Shampoo as they all wanted her to win. Akane especially cheered for her the most.

"GO KICK AKANE'S BUTT, SHAMPOOOOOO!" she yelled. Everyone could just stare at her and wonder how she could utter such words being who she is.

But those words really did encourage Shampoo. She found a new friendship with Akane and she didn't want to let her down. She suffered pain because of Akane's appearance in her life. She lost Ranma because of her, even if they wouldn't admit it. Although, it was also because of her that helped her get over him. She knew that Ranma was happy with her now. And she was happy for him. She saw how much Ranma changed after they broke up. He was a better person. And this made it clear that she had to win this fight. Not for Ranma. Not for Akane. But for herself. She wanted to start a new life. A new life where she was free and did her best for her own. And it could be hers, if only she could beat Ranma.

So she did. She gave all she could and released all the strong emotions she had into one final blow. Ranma in the end couldn't take it. It might have been planned to be staged, but at that moment, Shampoo really did beat Ranma. She beat him because she had finally moved on.

Ranma fell on the ground and couldn't move anymore. It was clear that Shampoo was the victor. The others just ran to her side to make sure she wasn't dead. At least he wasn't. Despite a furious blow from Shampoo, she was still breathing.

"That's it! You've killed Akane!" Akane continued to act. "Leave now and let us bury our beloved Akane!" she said with drama.

Everyone still thought it was weird of her to utter such words.

Suddenly, Mousse appeared from nowhere. "Shampoo! I challenge you!" he said as he pointed to her in confidence.

The Amazons were surprised on his statement. They all knew Mousse. He was an Amazon as well, despite being a man. And knowing that, they knew that what his words must be carried out even if Shampoo and him were bestfriends. Only one would be the victor of the fight.

So a new fight commenced.

"Shampoo versus Mousse! Fight!" Ryoga said, trying to act like a referee once more. He really wanted to do better than his previous attempt.

The two started to fight and Mousse didn't take it lightly. Neither did Shampoo. The two might have been bestfriends since childhood but the fight was definitely a serious one. Shampoo gave it all she had, like her first fight with Ranma. Mousse gave it not even less. He actually gave it more. And it showed. Shampoo would even fall a couple of times from his attacks. Mousse definitely was doing well for once in his life.

After all, with a month of training with everyone and the determination he had of earning Shampoo's love, he learned everything that was taught to him, even to the point that he could combine everything he has learned to one ultimate move.

"Breaking Chestnut Spatula Martial Chinese Baaaaaaaaall!" he said then produced a blue ray of light from the palm of his hands and sent it off to Shampoo's direction.

Ultimately, this was the finishing blow. It hit Shampoo and beat her.

After that, he ran to her side to see if she was okay.

"Shampoo... are you okay? You fell pretty hard, that last time. I'm sorry. I just... had to beat you for your own sake."

Being the strong Amazon that she is, she tried to move her arms and legs but couldn't. All she could do was open her eyes and utter a few words.

"Moussey... good job. Thank you. Now come and kiss me."

And obeyed her he did.

Things were definitely falling into place. Mousse's efforts have finally given him results. And he was finally becoming a man for once in his life.

A/N: Tada! So did you guys expect the ShampooXMousse chapter? I think not! I was just thinking that since I made a KunoXNabiki chapter, that they should have a chapter of their own as well. They haven't been really noticed in the fanfic and I feel a bit bad.

Anyway, hopefully I can post the next chapter soon. It would probably be featuring Kuno and Kodachi and showing how Kuno and the Pigtailed Girl met. Plus Kodachi's fantasy and fangirling over Ranma.

Hope you guys continue to read even if the updates take so long. I'm already in college and things just get so busy lately. But I still stand by what I said. I will finish this fanfic!