I do not own Ranma 1/2.
You know it still annoys me that the girls in the group don't really get any developement in the story fighting wise which is weird because the main character turns into a girl.
10 years ago
Standing in a clearing were two individuals the first was man in his twenties wearing a sleeveless shirt, black pants with a cigarette in his hand? Opposite of him was a boy not older than six standing before him.
"So you wish to be my apprentice?"
"Yes sir."
"Why?"
"I have nothing else and nothing to lose sir!"
"What about your parents?" the asked only to raise an eyebrow in realization as he saw the look the boy gave him. "So what's you name?"
"Well sir it's..." the boy then gesture for the man to lean down as he whispered in his ear.
"That's your name? This is not the name for a fighter a martial artist no less, from now on your name will be Kazuma."
"Yes sir."
"And stop calling me sir." The said as he began walking into the forest. "From now on call me Master."
Present
"So after about three hours and a promise to take her to the next festival and get her all the cute things she wanted Azusa finally agreed to go home if I walked her there." an annoyed Kazuma said retelling the event that happened about a week ago.
"Oh my." giggled Kasumi as she listened to the story rapt attention.
"I know sis it was hilarious. I've never seen anyone actually negotiate while being glomped on."
"It to to funny seeing Kazi." Shampoo said with a laugh of her own.
"It was the only I could think of, the girl had the strength of like five men... and maybe a bear." Kazuma replied in his own defense. With a sigh Kazuma looked to the elder Tendo. "So what brings you here Kasumi finally tired of the humdrum and wanted a change of pace?"
"Well you could say that, everyone was out of the house today so Nabiki invited me to come with her. I hope its okay."
"Kasumi I will tell you this once I never have a problem with a pretty girl wanting to see me. And you can quote me on this!" Kazuma shouted with glee not noticing the light blush that dusted Kasumi's cheeks.
"Order up Shampoo, Mousse clean off the table and Kazuma mop up!" Cologne shouted from the kitchen.
"Fuck making me mop the floor." Kazuma said leaning on the counter ignoring the look on Kasumi's face.
"Oh my Kazuma language."
Hearing this Kazuma standings up straight while place two fingers in his mouth releasing a low whistle getting the attention of the several tables containing customers.
"Uh yeah sorry for bothering you all but I gotta ask do any of you care if I curse."
"Oh no man."
"If fine if there are no children around."
"No kids no problem."
Was the response of the few of the customer just to return to there earlier coversations.
"Oh my." was the only response that came from Kasumi's mouth before looking to see the smug smirks on both her friends and sisters faces. Despite herself Kasumi actually smiled, it was nice not being in the house for once, just sitting around doing nothing. After her mother died she had to step up and take care of her family so that greatly cut into her social life.
"KASUMI!" "NABIKI!" shouted a voice from outside.
"Oh I wonder who that could be." Nabiki sarcastically asked.
The conversation was cut short as the ring from the door drew their attention to some of the strangest, scratch that the strangest group of people that Kazuma had seen since setting in Nerima. It was a group of four starting with a rather tall barefoot man wearing a brown gi, with a moustache strangest thing was that he was crying. The other two were around Kazuma's age the girl wearing the local school uniform who was currently glaring daggers and the young man wearing a silk red Chinese shirt. The one that made Kazuma raise an eyebrow was the panda, that's right a panda they had a panda in a restaurant and he had no idea what to do about this.
"Oh hello father what are you all doing here." Kasumi said.
"Hi Daddy, sis." Nabiki responded with a lazy wave.
"Uh hey Kasumi, hey Nabiki I tried to stop him but you know dad." Akane apologized while bowing her head in shame.
"Kasumi why did you leave me, your family?" Soun cried tears falling from his face making a mess.
Kazuma could only sigh in annoyance as he looked at the now wet floor. "I'll get the mop. Nabiki can you deal with your dad, and Kasumi do that thing you do were people are simply just happy to be alive." He ordered as he walked away receiving a double mock salute from the duo.
"Hey Old Ghoul who's that guy like a new busboy or something." Ranma said with a chuckle.
"Aiya Ranma you come here to see Shampoo!" the amazon girl squealed out while glomping him.
"What's up with people saying that?" Kasumi mumbled out loud. Looking in his peripheral he couldn't help but notice that Ranma guy trying to shake Shampoo off him.
"Well to be fair that is what you do." Nabiki said moving out of the way as Soun tried to hug her. "So daddy what brings you here?"
"When I came home today I expected to see Kasumi like always but what I found was this." a weeping Soun cried while holding up a letter. Walking up to heim Genma patted his friend on the back while holding up a sign. "It's a shame what the youth are like these days."
Dear Father
I have gone with Nabiki to see Kazuma I will be back before lunch.
Kasumi
"HOLY CRAP did that panda actually write that sign?!" Kazuma asked walking back into the room.
"So what's the problem?" Nabiki asked not sure what's got their father so upset.
"IT'S PAST LUNCH NABIKI, WHEN KASUMI OF ALL PEOPLE SAYS THEIR GOING TO BE HOME BEFORE LUNCH I EXCEPT HER BACK BEFORE LUNCH!" Soun shouted as he cried even harder.
"Oh my I'm so sorry father I must have lost track of time." Kasumi apologized as she watched Kazuma rumble to himself about more tears as he continued to mop.
"You should be cause of that we almost had to eat Akane's cooking." Ranma said while pointing at the youngest Tendo.
"Ranma you jerk!" Akane growled as she pulled out her mallet already arched downward ready to unleash hammer justice. Only the attack never came as the busboy caught the mallet. The thing that surprised everyone was that he caught it with his finger.
"Please don't take a mallet to this place cause either me or Mousse got to fix anything that brakes." he calmly said with an edge behind it.
"FAST!" another sign the panda held up.
"Seriously is that panda making the signs?" Kazuma continued to stare at the animal.
"Wait so you do work here?" Akane asked in surprise.
"Yeah but let's not brush past the fact that the panda is making signs."
"Kazuma nobody cares." Everyone who knew him said together.
"I do, I mean no panda should have that kind of dexterity."
"Excuse me can I get a another plate of chicken wontons?" a customer asked just to jump in fright as Kazuma appeared next to him with another plate of deliciousness.
"Oh my."
"Wow."
"Really fast."
"Ha he's not that fast."
"Hehehe what's wrong Saotome scared you're not top dog anymore."
"Come on Nabiki you and I both know "Ranma Saotome doesn't lose.""
"Wait your Ranma Saotome?" Kazuma asked walking back to the group after putting away the mop.
"Ah so my skills have reach were ever you're from to." Ranma said smugly
"No not really." Kazuma responded before holding up his hand stopping anyone from talking. "I actually heard about you after talking to Kasumi so I looked you up by looking through the last three issues of Martial Arts monthly." he explained while walking behind the counter and pulling out said magazine.
Flipping through the pages he stops half way through the mag before stopping. "Okay here we go Top 200 Martial Artists... Ranma...Saotome. Ah here we go you placed 86 congrats that's actually real..."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" multiple voices shouted while one shout was actually a growl.
"Wow outrage in stereo." Kazuma said while rubbing his ears.
"How that is possible I beat Ryu, Herb and Safforn my rank should be one, heck it should be so high that they need a whole another magazine just to talk about it!" Ranma shout in outrage not believing that the lies shown before him.
"First off take it down a notch nobody came here to watch someone make an ass of themselves. And second there are a number of reasons behind each rank."
"There is no reason, I've taken on hundreds of strong fighters and I've always come out on top." Ranma said proudly.
"Okay so these people you beat was it one on one or did you have help? Did you win the first fight or did you lose and come back for a rematch?" Kazuma asked but seeing the look on Ranma's face told him all he needed to know.
"Well those were..." Ranma started only for Kazuma to interrupt him.
"Can you openly say you have at least a 70% win/lose ratio on any rematches you've had? As in you've won a least 2 out of 3 of those matches at least."
"Wait a minute those were..."
"Last question did you win your fights without the aid of any outside influences?" Kazuma finally finished while looking at the shocked looks on everyone's face not expecting that to come from his mouth. "Oh fun fact I'm ranked 22." he said grinning at the last part mostly the shocked looks on everyone's faces.
"Oh my Kazuma I had no idea you were so accomplished."
"It wasn't hard I just travel around, win a tournament or ten. And then beat anyone that gets in the way of my travels." Kazuma said casually.
"Wow almost in the top twenty that's much better than some people we know." Nabiki smirked at her jab, the smirk got even smugger when she saw the frustrated look on Ranma's face.
"This can't be right I've beaten princes, oni and even a god!" Ranma shouted trying to defend his claim as number one martial artist.
"They took that into account as a lot of martial artists including myself have done similar feats and rule states if you get help it doesn't count, maybe learn to fight one on one." Kazuma said starting to get annoyed.
Hearing the last comment Soun glared at the young employee. "Now see here young man the School of Anything Goes Martial Arts is a proud..." he started to lecture only to be interrupted by a laugh.
"HAhahaha proud hahahahhahaha what is there to be proud of your schools main rule is and quote "Anything goes in a fight" it kinda makes it sound like as long as you win then you can do whatever you want and claim the W." Kazuma deadpanned.
The entire shop was stunned with silence each with their own opinion on the matter for the general customer this meant very little to them just another thing that happens in Nerima. Those that knew about the Anything Goes Style or at least Ranma knew exactly how he would react.
"Alright then let's see if you're really as tough as you think how about a match me vs you." Ranma challenged with a smirk ready to show this new guy who the best really was.
"..."
"...No thanks." was all Kazuma said.
That was not the response people were expecting as evidenced by every martial artist hitting the ground.
"What do you mean no thanks?!" Ranma shout in surprise.
"Just no thanks I'm good."
"But you said you're a martial artist, you just can't ignore a challenge!" Akane shouted herself actually surprised that someone actually denied a challenge.
"I am and I can, I have too much on my plate and I can't miss a whole day of work just too waste twenty minutes of my time kicking your boyfriend's ass." Kazuma said very bluntly.
"Yeah right me losing to you is as likely as me being with an uncute tomboy like her." Ranma rudely said.
"Xian Pu you sure this is the guy you like cause I can say with you looks alone you could do much better." Kazuma with a shake of his head.
"Actually Kazuma I think it would be good for you to fight my future son-in-law." Cologne said hoping out of the kitchen.
"Yeah listen to the old ghoul." Ranma said.
"Yeah it'll be nice to see someone else get beat by Ranma." Mousse agreed only for two to get bopped on the head by Cologne.
"Do I really have to waste my time with these clowns? I mean I could be working to make some more rent money. Two bedroom and full bath, thanks Nabs!" Kazuma said giving the middle Tendo a glare who only smirked back.
"Tell me son shouldn't you be at school, there hasn't been any talk of a new student in the neighborhood?" an annoyed Soun asked.
"Shouldn't you be at work, not sure why a grown man has time to visit a resturant in the middle of the afternoon?" Kazuma challenged causing those that heard covered their mouths trying to hold in laughs.
"Oh and for your info I already graduated I am an explorer/rescuer, it's a real thing look it up." he pouted at the last part.
To say Soun was angry was an understatement not only was this man no boy before him spending time with not one but two of his daughters but he had the nerve to disrespect him in public. To make matters worse he was denying a formal challenge mocking both his future heir but there school in general.
With that in mind Soun did the only thing he always did when things didn't go his way throw a tantrum? "Listen here young man you will apologies and accept the challenge!" Soun ordered in demon head mode terrifying mostly the other occupants and Ranma.
"... You see exactly my point the Anything Goes style is full of petty, crybabies." Kazuma said to Cologne not noticing everyone else not in said style nod in agreement.
"Then how about a little incentive?" Cologne questioned.
"What kind of incentive?" Kazuma asked suspiciously grabbing Cologne pulling her into the corner.
"It's simple you fight and whether you win or lose I will pay your first month's rent."
"Six months."
"Really were doing this two months."
"Yeah we are, didn't see you finding me anywhere livable. That last place was haunted that cat was like eight feet tall and kept talking about a bride. Four months."
"Three and I'm sorry for that it was the only one bedroom place in the area."
"Fine. And I'll taking the rest of the day off." Kazuma said with a sigh before getting up and walking back to the group. "So I hear you want a fight." he said looking to Ranma.
"Of course but don't worry about winning cause Ranma Saotome doesn't lose." Ranma said smugly. "So how about..."
"I gonna stop you right there cause I'm only gonna say this once. I didn't get this far in life getting intimidated by some cross dressing, effeminate, overcompensating little loud mouth." Kazuma growled out as a black and blue aura surrounded him freezing most of the people in the room.
"But if you're looking to throw-down you got it but don't be crying like bitch when don't turn out the way you plan. You don't even know my real name so you better get ready to kiss the pavement." Kazuma said before walking to the door. "Nabiki know any good spot to fight were people won't get hurt?" he asking breaking said person stun state.
"Why ask me?"
"You know exactly why."
"Sigh there's an abandoned construction sight martial artist use to fight I'll show you later." Nabiki answered with a sigh.
"Great so Saotome three days from now and bring you A-game I don't like wasting my time." Kazuma said ending the discussion as he walked out the door.
"Well I don't know about you guys but I have some phone calls to make." Nabiki said as she got up. "Finally I get to see what you can really do Kazuma. Wait what real name!"
Outside
"Damn never in my life did I think I would ever get annoyed dealing with a whole style. Now I need a plan to beat him." Kazuma said to himself as he hopped from one roof top to the next before coming to a stop.
"Surprised you actually like that guy, I mean sure he seems strong but that can't be the only reason."
"Aiya Ranma make to to good husband once married to Shampoo." the amazon proudly said while sitting on the ledge. "Right when Ranma realize Shampoo perfect for him." She continued as her smile faded being replaced with a look of uncertainty.
"So any idea what I'm up against?" Kazuma asked opting to change the topic.
Immediately Shampoo perked up before rising to her feet with a bounce causing Kazuma's eyes to briefly lock onto her bountiful chest. "Ranma to to good martial artist, strong, fast and know to to many techniques most learned from Great Grandmother." Shampoo squealed in excitement.
"Okay so he knows amazon techniques that good to know." Kazuma thought to himself. "Anything else I should know?"
"Yes he..." Shampoo started only to stop when realization hit her. "You think Shampoo stupid?" the amazon asked with a glare.
"I was hoping you were." he said mostly to himself only to flinch once he saw the even more intense glare the purplette was giving him. "Nope I was just hoping for a slip of the tongue."
"So how do you feel about the whole engagement thing, is Ranma really that great."
"Aiya Ranma to to perfect so strong, powerful and manly he just to to amazing." Shampoo squealed in excitement. However seconds later that excitement died down and was replaced a look of longing. "If.. If only Akane wasn't around."
Kazuma could only raise an eyebrow prompting Shampoo to continue.
"Ranma engaged to to many women but Akane only one he seem care about. Every time they have argument or something bad happens only Akane matters."
"That unexpected with your looks, charm and personality you could have any man or woman you want."
"Duh has Kazuma seen Shampoo? Has Kazuma seen this, these or this!" the amazon shouted while first pointing at her face, then placing her arms under her breasts emphasizing their size and finally turning around showing off her plump round behind.
"I am not and have never been happier to have my sight." said a wide eyed Kazuma.
"At least someone's happy." the amazon thought in annoyance more at herself then Kazuma as she turned back to face her friend.
"Sorry you're not exactly easy to ignore." Kazuma apologized sheepishly while scratching the back of his head.
"Tell Ranma that." the amazon bitterly responded. "I just don't get it, I'm a great martial artist I mean I was a champion in my village. You can testify that I'm beautiful I mean I've seen guys literally checking me out in front of their girlfriends the moment they see me walk pass them and I can cook you haven't had Akane's cooking and I pray you never do. So tell me with all those things going for me is Ranma only interested in the girl that treats him like less of a man! Shampoo began to rant while switching to Chinese.
"Look Xian-Pu I've only been here for a few months and I'm not going to pretend like I have all the answers but I do know is your trying too hard. You said it self you better than that other girl so if he can see it and give you a chance than that's his own fault." Kazuma explained as he walked to the edge of the building taking a seat.
"HEY GET BACK HERE!"
"NOT A CHANCE LOSER!"
"COME ON LETS!"
Any more talk was ended as a number of shouts down below drew the duos attention. Looking down they saw six young men running away from a store while its owner shout vague threats.
"So how about a stress reliever?" Kazuma asked as we jumped to the next building.
A smile formed on the busty amazon as she swiftly followed.
Alley Below
Within moments the two stood before the six thief's who in turn pulled out whatever they had with from knives to pipes.
"Wow you'd think with all the martial artist around crime would go down out of fear of getting beat down."
"Most people no learn lessons here." Shampoo said eyeing the thugs.
"Well well what do we have here a couple of kids playing hero." one of the thugs arrogantly said causing the rest of the gang to laugh. "Although for a kid I can definitely see some potential." he said darkly eyeing the amazon.
"So I guess I take those three in the back and you get the three in the front." was all Kazuma said as he jumped over the thugs heads landing at the alleys entrance much to the gangs surprise.
"Woah how'd he do thaaaaahhhh..." one of the thugs asked only to crash into a wall thanks to a roundhouse by Kazuma.
Kazuma then caught a wild stab and tossed the offender overhead deeper into the alley. "And then there was one."
At the same Shampoo was currently dancing around the thugs. "Oh so slow." she said with a chuckle as she ducked under a kick just to deliver a leg sweep. "Maybe Shampoo close eyes make it more fair."
"It's just one bimbo lets show what happens when you mess with the big dogs!" the biggest one yelled. He then charged in swinging his pipe just for the purplette to jump just out of range grab the pipe and with strength that surprised him pulled him into her awaiting fist.
"Aiya slow and weak so sad."
"Laugh all you want but we'll see who's laugh when this is over YOU SMUG C**T!" one of the guy clearly the leader shouted putting the amazon in a frozen state who's hair could be seen covering her eyes.
Thinking he struck a nerve the leader raised his pipe above his head before bringing down with a maddening grin.
That grin was turned into a frighten gasp as he stared in shock that the pipe never connect instead the hand of the still frozen Shampoo grasped the pipe mid-air. As she slowly raised her head the leader looked as if he had seen the devil if the death glare Shampoo gave him was any indication.
"You die now!" she roared as a blood red aura surrounded her. She then processed to squeeze the pipe, making the leader drop the pipe in fear.
"Screw this I'm out of here, later guys!" but he didn't get far as a dainty hand firmly grasped his shoulder keeping him stationary.
"No run, no hide, no one save now." the amazon whispered before throwing the leader into the wall. He began to groan which quickly turn into a squeal as Shampoo shot her foot between his legs. She then processed to start stomping on the "man's" genitals much to the horror of everyone in the alley.
"Okay we surrender we'll apologize and give back the money!" one of the thugs shouted in fear.
"I don't blame you. Shit I'm glad that's not me." Kazuma agree only to wince at the violence. "No not the pipe Xian Pu he isn't that bad! Well at least we don't have to worry about his kids coming after you."
After a few minutes the purplette finally finished her vendetta against the male population before turning to the rest of thugs only to see them all on their knees bowing in submission.
"We're sorry miss we have learned our lesson and have decided to seek the path of redemption!" the remaining thugs shouted in unison.
"No ever call Shampoo that again." Shampoo ordered not dropping her glare she began to walk away. "See you do, come Kazuma."
"Okay please don't hurt me." Kazuma said keeping a safe distance away. "Ah are you busy for the next few days I want to try something?"
Chapter End
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There you go another chapter down. I think the interaction between Kazuma and Shampoo actually makes sense since she and Cologne were the first people Kazuma met since coming to Nerima. And they actually are friends and not frienemies or friends rivals so I think she would be closer to him then others.
Shampoo is the most tragic character in the series if you think about. Her whole life was ruined by Ranma directly. She went from champion to borderline banished and the only person who can fix it avoids the responsibility in order to be with (lets admit it) a less attractive and borderline useless verison of her.