Ranma-Papa, Shampoo-Mama

"I didn't know your clinic had a bomb shelter. I didn't think the building was that old?" Ranma-chan commented, entering the cinder block room under the clinic its self. In her arm the neko-ken-trapped girl looked around why happily nuzzling the red head.

"Its not, but Nerima building codes require them for some reason." Soun answered for the Doctor. "Our home has one under the Dojo, but I think Ka... My older daughter uses it for a meditation room now."

"Oh."

Ryoga and Cologne ignored the conversation, both looking over the construction with trained eyes. "Its a well built room, I'll give it that. I'd have to use two Buksai Tenketsu's to blow through the walls." The fanged boy commented. He missed the surprised look thrown his way by the Matriarch.

Thoughtfully she re-estimated Ryoga's abilities since she her self had thought three at the least would be needed. "Either way, it should keep her from injuring innocent by standers. Close the door Ryoga."

As the Vault like door sealed, Cologne approached Ranma, who had sat down on the lone bunk in the small room. "Shall I then?"

Ranma considered the kitten like girl in his lap. "Where is the point? Do I need to shift her around?"

"No need." Cologne said softly relived by the girl's calm acceptance of a scratch behind the ears from an old woman. "The point is right here, at the back of the head." Cologne gestured, indicating the exact point.

Ranma considered the location for a moment, nervously. "Um... Naw..."

He didn't remember getting really powerful when he thought he was a girl, and no one mentioned Ki blasts, so he shrugged it off. It had to be a coincidence.

"Very well, if everyone's ready, lets get started." Cologne rolled her shoulder. Her memory of the only time she had ever done this was a little fuzzy so she was preparing for anything. "Everyone back as far away as you can. Ranma, can you get her to slide onto the bed, and let you step away as well?"

Ranma tried, and luckily the girl was happy to sit on the bed and meow. Ranma managed not to flinch too often.

"Okay then...NOW!" Cologne firmly tapped the girl...and was tossed across the room by the physical force of the girl's aura as it exploded around her. Ryoga's fast reflexes in catching the old woman were all that saved the surprised matriarch from hitting the wall. "Thank you Ryoga. I had forgotten about that!"

The girl whimpered, her aura shifting colors as she flowed through several emotions before realizing she was safe. She sat up, a bit dizzily, and peered around like the human she truly was. She nervously eyed all the strangers until her eyes landed on Ranma herself. She gasped in shocked, and dove at her yelling "MOMMY!"

The room filled with an explosion of lavender colored power.

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Shampoo sat by Shi, the kitten turned girl, and watched her sleep. She had been relieved to find the others absent when she had moved from her room to the kittens own. The curiosity she felt towards why they were absent was easily over shadowed by the fact they weren't telling her to rest.

Shampoo caressed the kitten-girls cheek lightly as she slept and absently wondered how big a fit her great grandmother was going to throw when she decided her grand daughter was well enough to survive it.

"Oh..." A groan came from the door, causing Shampoo to turn her head towards it. "What happened?" Genma asked, crawling into the room on the floor. "Shampoo? What happened?"

"Ranma's Pop get punched by lost boy. Get punched for good reason too."

"What reason could Ryoga have to hit me?"

"Genma get comfortable. Shampoo have a very long story for you."

Genma did as suggested, as much as he could with his massive migraine and waited. Shampoo made sure the cat-girl was still sleeping soundly before speaking. "Shampoo was on her way home from trip to visit family. I got hit by water and grabbed by a bad man, and thrown into a pit of half starved cats. Sound familiar?"

Genma nodded a feeling of dread filling his soul. "Yes...Yes I do."

"Well Shampoo trapped in hole for many hours, save a kitten from being food for hungry toms, when a little girl is thrown in by bad man. Shampoo tried to help the girl, but couldn't keep up and the third time she was thrown in, she discover Neko-ken and kill all the cats but Shampoo and Shi." She gestured at the girl.

"You said you were with a kitten..."

"Jusenkyo water. All but the last Drowned girl water on planet."

"Right." Genma nodded, wondering why she hadn't used it on her self before.

"Shampoo finally get out of pit and Ryoga help get her here... Must find Ryoga good Amazon wife as thank you, Weak pig girl not strong enough I think."

"Any way, Ranma found the poor neko-ken girl and bring her here, like Ryoga did for Shampoo. I ask Ranma to go get Jusenkyo water, and he ask Ryoga to hit 'Anyone who looked stupid enough to train Neko-ken.'"

"Oh... Heh..."

"So Ryoga have very good reason."

Genma opened his mouth to ask a question when the clinic started shuddering as though caught in a small earthquake. Both Shampoo and Genma stood when the light shaking didn't stop right away.

Both also felt the massive amounts of Ki pouring from underneath the clinic. "What is that?" Genma yelled.

"It come from down stairs." Shampoo said, staggering to her feet and out the exam room door, Genma following somewhat reluctantly.

Soon both martial artists found themselves in the small basement beneath the clinic staring at the sealed door of the bomb shelter and the lavender light pouring underneath it, almost physical and water like in it's movements.

"That where Ranma is!" Shampoo said. She hadn't been told, but she knew Ranma would be anywhere something that strange was happening.

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Ranma struggled against the waves of energy, slowly moving her arm against the power and towards the girl's neck. The roar of the girl's power drowned out whatever she was saying, but Ranma saw the tears rolling down her eyes. The tears pierced Ranma's heart even through the pain.

The ki blast wasn't, on the surface, that powerful. Compared to his Mouko Takibasha or Ryoga's Shi Shi Hokodan it was a light slap, but that slap had been continuing for over thirty seconds and was still going strong! Finally she got her hand where she wanted it, and forced a finger to touch a specific point firmly, channeling her own ki into the tip to give it the strength it needed.

The girl fainted with the application of the Shiatsu attack, falling instantly asleep. "Is everyone all right?" Ranma asked, blinking her eyes trying to clear the light shadows clouding her sight.

"No!" Ryoga yelled back. "But I'll live."

"I'm fine." Cologne replied.

"Ouch." Was Tofu's response while Soun just groaned.

The door, which they hadn't locked, swung open with the groan of strained metal. Genma looked in carefully. "What happened?"

"We cured the girl, removed her from the trap of the Neko-ken." Cologne replied, momentarily forgetting Genma had been out cold for the planning of this little adventure. "That was the unplanned side effect."

Shampoo peeked in around Genma, having used him as a shield. "Very pretty side effect."

The survivors groaned.

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Across town, Hiokai Makashi limped out of the hospital, all his wounds bandaged. He had refused to allow himself to be hospitalized, in favor of finding his daughter. The black Gi he had been wearing was in shreds so he was wearing a cheap surgical scrub that the nurse had given him.

"That girl is going to pay when I find her. But she will be everything he wants!" He chuckled darkly. He stumbled off, heading for the pit he had started this all out at.

He was a good hunter, so tracking a crazy girl should be easy.