Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma 1/2. If ya thought I did though, I must be better at this writing stuff then I thought.

Ranma-Papa, Shampoo-Mama

Chapter Ten

Four days after starting school the girls were already settled in. Amara had been a great help to them, and as it turned out was somewhat new herself after being tossed out of St. Herebeke's junior high school. While unclear as to why she had been dismissed, Shi had heard her mutter something about the Gym looking better that way.

The three girls ate lunch together, sometimes joined by Kaji when he wasn't busy rooting around for information about something or other. That day Shi was running a little late, having been caught by the teacher who needed help hanging a few notes. Still she was only a couple of minutes late, and had her lunch in hand.

She grunted when someone suddenly shoved her as she exited the building.

Turning in annoyance, she found a large boy she recognized from her class smirking at her. Two smaller, though still big, boys stood with him. "Do you need something?" She asked, exasperated.

"Yeah, genius girl, we do! Give us your lunch!" The bigger boy, Shiro she recalled, demanded.

Shi blinked up at him, twice, and asked "Why in the world would I give you my lunch after you shoved me?"

Shiro frowned, confused both by her lack of fear and the fact that that sounded like a serious question and not sarcasm. He growled and stepped forward, looming over her. "Because if you don't I'll pound you into the..."

His voice, which had turned suddenly to a higher pitch, had been cut off by Shi's punch. The punch that, as every male in the area couldn't help but notice, had been delivered below the belt. Shi shrugged as he slumped to the ground on his knees and turned to walk away.

Shiro, gasping for breath, yelled "Get her!" Through his pain, and his two cronies moved to attack the smallest girl in their class.

_________________________________________________________________________________

"Oh no!" Amara exclaimed, startling Himeko, when she looked up from her lunch with wide eyes.

"What!"

"Shiro Hoto is threatening Shi!" Amara pointed and Himeko turned to look, just in time to witness him try to threaten her by looming over her, and Shi's... Enthusiastic enforcement of her personal space.

"She doesn't seem to be feeling real threatened." Himeko giggled, but stopped when two other boys attacked her from behind. "No!" Himeko was up and running in an instant, unaware of Amara behind her.

Shi, across the schoolyard, grunted when she got kicked from behind. Rolling as she fell, she was on her feet and ready to fight before the second thug could take a shot. Even though Shi knew she was better then either boy individually, together they quickly had her on the defensive. Privately the kitten had to admit they were at least competent martial artists.

Then Himeko joined the fray, a flying back fist dropping her target. Shi yelled "Thanks!" And turned to the other boy only to find him cowering at the feet of a staff wielding Amara. "Where the heck did you get that?" She asked, Himeko nodding and wondering the same thing.

"Oh, well the Kuno family fortune DOES have its uses." Amara grinned, depressing a button and letting the extendible metal rod clink down to a foot from its five-foot length. "Like providing it's 'scions' with toys." She slipped it into a sheath under her long hair which slid down her back, and showed them how it was concealed by her blouse.

"Neat." Shi muttered, then considered the boys, and the three unattended school bags near the fight area. "Those yours?" She asked the coward, ignoring the other two, groaning boys.

"Yeah, why?"

The cat-girl calmly walked to the bags, opened them, and removed the lunch bentos inside. "There. Consider this a lesson about attacking your betters. Stupid males." She stalked off, the other two girls looking at each other and shrugging before following her.

Shiro just continued to groan.

When they were back at they're usual lunch spot Shi looked at the other two girls. "I could have taken the, but thanks anyway. This way I get to eat lunch." Leaning towards Amara she grabbed both her shoulders and kissed her on both cheeks, and spoke in Chinese. "*I name you my Shield Sister and as see you as an Amazon in my eyes.*"

"Did I join the French Foreign legion and no one tell me?" Amara asked, stunned.

"Kinda." Shi grinned. "I named you my shield sister. Now you're kind of like an Amazon without actually being one. It also means that if we have a challenge fight for some reason, and you win, I won't have to kill you."

"Hey! Why haven't you done that to me?"

"Himeko, you're entire family are considered Amazon through marriage. The outsider laws don't apply to you."

'Who's married to an Amazon?" Himeko asked, then blinked when Shi stared at her.

_______________________________________________________________________________

"What do you mean Married!" Ranma demanded, staring at Himeko, Shi, and the girl with them. Absently he thought she looked familiar, but shrugged it off.

Shi looked at Ranma, as well as Nodoka and Genma. "You really don't know?" At the shaking of their heads, Shi scratched her head. "I wonder why Great Grandma didn't explain it to you yet. Oh well." She shrugged. "When an outsider male defeats an Amazon, outside of war or similar conditions, the woman must catch him within a year and marry him."

"It's been more then a year."

"But you stated an intent to have a relationship with mother with in that year, which meant she had technically 'caught' you."

"I never did!"
"The Reversal Jewel." Genma muttered. As much as this situation bothered him, he had to admit it was funny to watch. It wasn't even really his fault either!

"Oh hell." The pig tailed boy moaned.

Shi nodded. "The laws also say that the male and female in question are considered legally married if he saves her life."

"Oh hell." Ranma muttered again.

Nodoka spoke up. "What about Akane-Chan?"

"From what great grandma explained Akane and Ukyo are confusing and frustrating the heck out of the Elders in China. They were apparently going to insist the engagements were nullified in spite of provisions in the law that allows previous wives/fiancees, but only one per male. Then you beat Saffron."

"Yeah? So?"

"Well, the Elders didn't want to piss off someone who kills gods."

"Shi!" Nodoka said. "Watch your language."

"Yes Grandmother." Shi replied the continued. "The Elders have ordered that since you've defeated and saved all of them that... Why are you hitting the table with your head?"

"You're about to say 'You're married to all of them' right?" Ranma asked, pausing in his self-abuse.

"Um... Yeah. Great Grandma just hasn't told you yet for some reason... I... Guess."

"Man, he's not half as happy as my brother would be." Amara said, while Himeko tried to slip a pillow under Ranma's head. Genma was patting his son on the back, actually feeling guilty. Three fiancee's was fine, but three wives!

He was irresponsible sure, but not sadistic!

Nodoka, for her part, was busy with her happily fulfilled dream of being called "Grandmother"

____________________________________________________________________________

In the Nekohatten Cologne felt a cold shiver run up her spine. "That reminds me. I was going to by more insurance for the restaurant today."

Authors Notes!

Take That! Muwahahahahhahaha

Seriously though, it occurred to me that if the Amazons kept laws on the books for thousands of years, they were probably still okay with the Polygamy common in ancient china. It settles the fiancee issue, by making it WORSE!