Farewell Spring! Another Beach Episode
Lum: Hello everyone! Lum here, and we're so happy to be back! Darling was away getting ready for his new remake and the first episode is out now! If you haven't yet, go check it out. Anyway, we're glad to be back and able to give you guys some more fun! Anyway, I've got to go get ready. Spring's over but we still have one beach trip left and I want Darling to stare at me all day long! Datcha!
Opening: Lum no Love Song
Ammari sowasowa shinaide.
Anata wa itsudemo kyorokyoro.
Yosomi o suru no wa yamete yo!
Watashi ga dare yori ichiban
Suki yo... suki yo... suki yo!
suki yo... suki yo... suki yo...
suki yo... suki yo... suki yo...
suki yo... suki yo... suki yo!
(Ranma is seen running from the Tendos and his other headaches with a giant version of Lum's face in the background. Lum winks and Ranma falls and lands between a smiling Lum and Kurama with Benten flying in on her bike right behind them. Ranma freaks and all three girls hug him.)
Hoshitachi ga kagayaku yofuke
Yumemiru no anata no subete.
Aishite mo anata wa shiramburi de.
Imagoro wa dare ka ni muchū.
(Ranma is seen dancing with Lum and the others as Genma and Soun try to sneek up behind them, only to be knocked out by Nodoka and Yukika. Ranma and the gang see Ataru trying to hit on Shinobu and other girls and Ranma kicks him into space, earning a laugh from the others.)
Aa otoko no hitotte
Ikutsu mo ai o motteiru no ne.
Aa achikochi ni baramaite
Watashi o nayamaseru wa.
(Ranma looks up and sees Lum's father and mother plus a lot of other aliens and people from around Nerima zooming across the sky.)
Ammari sowasowa shinaide.
Anata wa itsudemo kyorokyoro.
Yosomi o suru no wa yamete yo!
Watashi ga
dare yori ichiban.
Aa otoko no hitotte
nannin suki na hito ga hoshī no.
Aa watashi dake aishite yo
Itsudemo hitori dake o.
(Ranma is then seen dodging everyone that tries to bump into him as everyone in the sky flys at him. He turns and sees his rivals coming at him and is pulled away by Asuka and Ryuunosuke and he smiles at them as they blush.)
Ammari sowasowa shinaide.
Anata wa itsudemo kyorokyoro.
Yosomi o suru no wa yamete yo!
Watashi ga
dare yori ichiban.
Watashi ga itsudemo ichiban.
Anata no subete ga
Suki yo... suki yo... suki yo...
suki yo... suki yo... suki yo...
Ichiban suki yo!
(Ranma is then seen standing on a full moon disc as Lum tries to tilt it so that he falls towards her. Unfortunatly, Kurama, Benten, Ryuunosuke and Asuka have the same idea and try to tilt the disc so that he falls towards them. Ranma has enough and punches the disc, causing it to break and all of them to fall to the ground. They all land in a heap with Ranma under all the girls as they all laugh.)
The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the waves were crashing. All and all, it was a good day to head out to the beach! And that's exactly what Ranma, his mom, and his three alien girlfriends were doing at this very moment. Ranma took a deep breath as he took in the sunshine and the sound of the waves. Spring may be winding down to a close, but he was planning to enjoy this last beach day to the fullest. They would have gone sooner, but the waves caused the beach to be closed for a few days. But now...
"Hey DARLING!" Came the voice of Ranma's number 1 alien girlfriend. Our young pigtailed hero, who was dressed in just a pair of red and black swim trunks, turned and his eyes nearly popped out of his head at the sight.
Lum was wearing a one-piece swimsuit that hugged her curves in ALL the right places. It was pink with bright yellow stars and showed enough cleavage to draw the attention of any red-blooded man, and the back showed plenty of her curvaceous rear end. Ranma gulped as his Oni girlfriend leapt into his arms and nearly took him to the sandy ground.
"What do you think of my new swim suit?" She asked as she twirled around.
"Two words. (Wolf whistle)" Ranma said as he ogled at Lum.
"Hey! What about me!?" Came the voice of Kurama.
Ranma looked behind Lum and saw the Tengu princess rocking a black bikini with a gold ring in the center of the breast cups and while the bottom wasn't a thong, it showed even more booty than Lum's swim suit.
"Hot dang! You look great too, Kurama-chan!" He said, causing the Tengu girl to smile and blush.
"Hey, aren't you forgetting about me?" Came Benten's voice.
All three teens turned and Ranma nearly had a nosebleed for the third time that day. Benten was sporting a simple red bikini, but on her, it was enough to make a man lose his cool all over again. She smiled as she strutted towards Ranma like she was a runway model.
"Do I look hot or what?" She asked with a seductive batting of her eyes. Ranma smiled as he tried to hide his raging blush.
"A fire would look cool compared to you, Ben-chan." He said, causing Benten to giggle and blush slightly.
"Ok, that earned you a smooch." She said as she pulled her boyfriend into a quick kiss.
"HEY!" Lum said.
"Yeah! Save some for us too, biker girl!" Kurama said as she and Lum pulled Ranma into kisses of their own. Ranma smiled like an idiot as he blushed like a tomato.
"Awww! Aren't you all just the cutest things on this beach?" Came the voice of Ranma's mother. They all looked over and saw Nodoka, wearing a deep blue one-piece swimsuit with flower patterns all over it.
"Teehee! Yep! Me and Darling are the cutest couple on the beach!" Lum said as she wrapped her arms around Ranma's arm.
"Nuh-uh! No one's better than ME and my snookums!" Kurama said as she went to grab Ranma's other arm but was beaten to the punch by Benten.
"HEY!" She screamed. Benten just snickered at the Tengu girl.
"Heh heh! Sorry bird girl, first come first served." She said as she snuggled up to Ranma. Ranma just smiled sheepishly and shrugged.
"Don't look at me. I can't help it if I'm a babe magnet." He said.
Kurama pouted cutely but then smirked as an idea popped into her head.
"Ok then. In that case..." And with that, she ran up to Ranma and wrapped her arms around his neck and squished her ample bosom into his bare chest, causing the young boy to blush up a storm.
"Since you don't have any more arms, that just leaves your chest. Big boy." She said, giving Ranma the seductive bedroom eyed look.
Ranma started panicking as Lum and Benten gave the Tengu princess angry looks as they started yelling at her for pulling a stunt that they didn't even think of. Nodoka couldn't help but giggle at the mess her son got himself into with his growing harem.
"Oh, my manly son. Trouble in paradise, oh found memories of youth." She said to herself.
Meanwhile, not too far away, one beach goer was growling like a mad dog at the fact that Ranma was getting all the luck with women.
"Damn it all! Why the hell does that punk have to get all the luck with the space babes!?" Ataru said as he stomped his foot in the sand. Then he took a good look at Ranma's hot mom and forgot all about it.
"She may be his mom, but that doesn't mean I can't try my luck." He said.
But before he could even try, a foot found itself planted in his balls from behind. As Ataru screamed in pain and dropped to the ground, the person who kicked him was revealed to be Shinobu, who was sporting a simple orange bikini with a frilly skirt.
"I swear, it doesn't matter how much time passes, you still never learn your lesson. Why did I ever put up with you?" She said as she walked away from her ex-boyfriend.
"Yo! Shinobu! What up!?" Came the cheery voice of Ranma as he and his three lovers waved at the young girl. Shinobu smiled and waved at her friend.
"Hey guys." She said. "Fancy bumping into you here."
"Yeah. What brings you around?" Lum asked the human girl.
"Oh, just enjoying the last bit of spring before it ends. I guess you guys had the same idea too, huh?" She answered.
"Hey look." Kurama said as she kicked the prone form of Ataru. "It's our least favorite human."
"Oh yeah. The guy I knocked around when I tried to fight Ranma at his school." Benten said as she squatted down and poked at the still wincing boy. But then he tried to sit up and hug Benten, only for her to hold him back.
"Hey baby! How about ditching the boring Kung Fu guy and...AGH!" Ataru was cut off when Lum, Shinobu, Ranma and Kurama all bashed Ataru on the head, sending him into unconsciousness.
"Man, what a creep. Doesn't he get that women in a relationship don't want to be harassed by a wannabe womanizer like him?" Kurama asked no one in particular.
"Nope." Was all Ranma said. But then he smiled and looked to Shinobu.
"Hey, since we're all here, you wanna hang with us for a while?" He asked. Shinobu blushed at the offer.
"Huh? I mean, sure, that is, if it's okay with you girls." She said. Kurama looked skeptically at the young girl but Lum just smiled. She actually trusted Shinobu because she knew for a fact that she didn't have a crush on Ranma.
"It's okay with me. Let's go!" She said as she grabbed Ranma's arm and dragged him towards the ocean.
"Hey! Wait up Lum!" Benten said as she grabbed Shinobu and Kurama by the arm and ran after the pair.
Ranma was happy. Why wouldn't he be? Here he was with his three girlfriends, his one humane school friend, and he could actually enjoy the beach without his curse being an issue. He and the others splashed each other for a while but then Benten offered the idea of a swimming race. Ranma was all for it and so was Shinobu and before long, they were all off and swimming to a specified distance and then back to the mainland.
Out of all the swimmers, Ranma, Benten and Kurama were the ones in the lead. Kurama's own training helped her to keep up, but Ranma and Benten were not only in tip top shape, but their respective competitiveness kept them in the lead, neck and neck.
Ranma was the first to turn and head back to shore with Benten close on his heels. Ranma couldn't help but laugh a little as he and Benten swam at top speed towards the shore. Benten grinned as she poured on as much speed as she could, wanting to score one win against her lover and rival. But sadly, for her, Ranma won by a few feet.
"And the pigtailed boy wins by a landslide!" Ranma said as he bumped his fists into the air. Benten pulled herself out of the water and chuckled at her boyfriend.
"Heh ha ha. Ok, you win, you win." She said. Ranma turned to the alien red head and chuckled.
"So, do I win anything?" He asked. Benten chuckled.
"Oh, you win something alright..." She said, and then tackled Ranma to the ground and started making out with him very forcefully.
Ranma was taken aback and was unable to defend himself from his alien biker girlfriend. He was at her mercy for once. But as he started to sink into the kiss, Benten was pulled off him by a very angry Lum.
"What the crap Benten! You already had your turn to make out with Darling!" Lum said as she tried to strangle her old friend.
"Ch-chill out Lum! I was just giving him his reward for winning the race is all!" Benten said as she fought to keep her old friend from strangling her. But just as she was getting some breathing room, Kurama jumped up behind her and tried to strangle her too.
"You bitch! You planned to lose this whole time!" Kurama said as she helped Lum to attack their friend and fellow harem member.
"Guys! Chill!" Shinobu said as she tried to break up the three of them.
Ranma shook his head to get himself back to his senses as he sighed and got up to stop the fight between three girlfriends and his friend.
"So, THIS is how you spend your time when you're not training?" Came a very familiar voice. Ranma turned around and saw none other than Asuka Kazama, wearing a blue bikini that made our young hero blush all over again.
"Uh..A-Asuka! Hey!" Ranma said as he got up and tried to brush the sand off of himself. "What brings you around?"
Asuka couldn't help but giggle at the expression on Ranma's face.
"Oh, just taking some time to myself. And I see you've been doing the same, Romeo." She said with a teasing smile.
As Ranma and Asuka where caching up, Benten was tilting her head in confusion. Especially when she saw how Lum and Kurama were glaring at the...'bouncy' and cute woman in front of them. Benten looked down at her own bosom and then back at Asuka.
"Dang," was all she could think to say. Then she looked at the growling two girls at her sides.
"Sooo...what's the story with the busty lady talking to our boyfriend over there?" She asked. Lum growled and pouted slightly but got ahold of herself.
"Her name's Asuka Kazama. She trains with Darling at her dad's dojo." Lum said.
"And she and Ranma-kun had an accidental kiss not too long ago and it pisses us off a little bit." Kurama finished.
"Ah." Benten said as understanding started to sink in.
"But it was just an accident, right?" Shinobu asked.
"Yeah. But it still burns us up. And I'm pretty sure SHE LIKED IT." Lum said, trying her hardest to hold back sparks of electricity.
"Yeah. Her and Ranma-kun's look-a-like." Kurama added. Benten tilted her head at that last line.
"Look-a-like?" She asked.
"EAT MY FIST OLD MAN!" Came a loud voice that caused all our young heroes to turn their heads.
"Screw you, you ungrateful little PUNK!" Shouted the voice of none other than Mr. Fujinami as he clashed with Ryuunosuke.
"I'll teach you not to be such a snot nosed brat! What kind of a son are you!?" Fujinami shouted as he threw a punch at Ryuunosuke.
Ryuunosuke growled as she parried her father's punch and retaliated with an uppercut to the chin and a front kick to the chest.
"ASSHOLE! I'M A WOMAN!" She shouted as she attacked her father with a barrage of spinning kicks that sent her father flying straight to the ground.
"And don't you forget it!" She said as she planted both feet into her father's stomach in a powerful double heel stomp.
"Asshat." She mumbled as she got up to hear the sounds of applauses.
"Nice to see you remembered what I taught ya." Said a voice that made Ryuunosuke's heart skip a beat. She turned around and saw none other than the man who was her first kiss.
"R-RANMA!?" She gasped in shock as she fought hard to keep her blush from showing on her face.
"HI! Hey. Wh-what are you doing here?" She said with a similar sheepish smile as the one Ranma himself sometimes wore.
Benten herself had to do a double take. Kurama wasn't kidding when she was talking about a look-a-like. This woman could pass as Ranma's twin sister for all she knew. But the more she looked at the woman, the more she could tell two things. One, this girl was a fighter like herself and Ranma. Two, this girl was actually really attractive. About as attractive in a female way as Ranma was in a male way.
"Just chilling and enjoying spring before it ends. I see you're still dealing with your own asshole dad." Ranma said as he kicked the downed form of Mr. Fujinami.
"Heh heh. Yeah." She said. Then she saw Lum and Kurama glaring at her and gulped.
"Um...hey guys." She said with a wave.
"Hi." Lum said, a look of cautious annoyance on her face.
"Uhhh...did she kiss Ranma too?" Benten asked.
"YES!" Both Lum and Kurama said as Ranma and Ryunosuke scratched the back of their heads.
"Uh huh. I bet it was like kissing a mirror but better, huh hot lips?" Benten said teasingly as she rested her arm on Ranma's shoulder.
"HUH!?" Ranma exclaimed. "N-NO! I mean...it was an accident! That's all! Honest!"
"Oh, so are you saying you didn't like it?" Benten asked again.
"No. I mean yes! I mean...STOP PUTTING WORDS IN MY MOUTH!" He screamed, his face now resembling a tomato.
Benten couldn't help but laugh at her boyfriend's expression. Ryuunosuke on the other hand was trying hard to hide her blushing face from everyone when her father suddenly shot back up.
"WHAT!?" He said as he shot to his feet and ran over to his daughter.
"What's this about MY SON KISSING A FREAKING BOY!? RYUUNOSUKE! What kind of shame is this!?"
"I! AM! A WOMAN!" She shouted as she kicked her father in the balls and slugged him in the cheek as hard as she could.
"And I am DAMN PROUD to have had Ranma as my first kiss! It's a woman's God given right to have a man be her first kiss if that's what she wants!" She shouted at her father.
"Yeah! You tell him sister!" Benten said as she slapped Ryuunosuke on the back, catching her off guard.
"Um thanks...who are you?" The Ranma look-a-like asked.
"Oh right, sorry. I'm Benten, I'm an old friend of Lum's from when we were kids and I'm this stud's third girlfriend." She said as she grabbed Ranma and pulled him into a hug.
"NANI!?" Ryuunosuke said in shock. "THIRD GIRLFRIEND!? Ranma, just what kind of playboy are you!?"
"Uh...well...it's kind of complicated." He said.
Benten chuckled as she wrapped her arms around Ranma.
"Long story short: we fought, he beat me, and I always wanted a man that could beat me in a fight, I chased him to Earth, I chased him around town, he beat me again, and after a little convincing, I joined his little harem." She said with a smile. Ranma could only shrug.
"There ya go." Was all he said. Ryuunosuke combed her hair out of her eyes with her hands and shook it in an attempt to wrap her head around what she was just told.
"Boy, you have got to have the STRANGEST life of anyone on Earth." She said.
"Yeah, I know." He answered as he wrapped an arm around Benten's waist. "But I've gotten used to it. Hey, if you don't want to hang with that idiot of an old man of yours, you want to come hang with us?"
Ryuunosuke looked at her unconscious father and sighed with a small smile.
"Sure, why not. It'll be fun to get away from the cafe for a little while."
And with that, Ranma found himself surrounded by pretty girls. But to be fair, he was only really ogling the ones he was dating. Meanwhile, while every man who saw the group was seething with jealousy at the fact that Ranma had an entourage of cute and curvy girls with him, there were two pairs of eyes that where seething with a vendetta.
"That should be Shampoo playing with Ranma on beach, not bunch of homewrecking weakling girls." Said Shampoo as she fumed at being robbed of what she thought was supposed to be hers. Her great-grandmother was also narrowing her eyes at the group of happy teens.
"Don't worry Shampoo, by the time this day is over, you'll have son-in-law all to yourself." She said as she hobbled off to put her plans into action.
Meanwhile, Ranma was having the time of his life. He and the girls were playing a game of volleyball: Ranma, Lum and Asuka were on one team while Benten, Kurama, Shinobu and Ryuunosuke were on the other team. Kurama was a little disappointed at not being on Ranma's team, but she did her best to win the game and also try to show off to Ranma as much as possible. Ryuunosuke managed to spike the ball but Asuka dived and hit it up and Lum return spiked it over the net. Unfortunately, Benten blocked her, causing the ball to fall on Lum's side.
"Point!" Shinobu cheered.
"Darn it!" Lum exclaimed. Benten chuckled.
"Looks like it's a tie game!" She said. Ranma flicked his nose as he cracked his neck.
"There's still enough time for a tie breaker." He said as he took up the ball. But before he could start the tie breaker round, Benten put up her hands in a T shape.
"Time out!" She called. Ranma looked at her in confusion.
"Why?" He asked.
"I don't know about you guys but I could use a drink. Isn't there a soda or water shop somewhere?" She asked.
"Well, I could always swing back around the cafe and grab us something. But with that deadbeat dad of mine guarding the place, it might take me a while to get back." Ryuunosuke said.
"Hey, I'll go with ya. With the two of us it'll take less time to knock the old man out and bring all the drinks." Ranma offered. Ryuunosuke blushed at that.
"Um...s-sure. Tha-That'd be ok." She said, nervous at being alone with Ranma. Lum, noticing more than her beloved boyfriend, pouted but then decided to chime in.
"Me too! The more the merrier right?" She said.
After telling the three of them what they wanted, Ranma, Lum and Ryuunosuke went off to get the drinks while Shinobu, Asuka, Benten and Kurama all sat in the sand under an umbrella to wait for them.
"Boy, that was fun." Asuka said.
"I'll say!" Benten said as she laid back on a towel. "So, do you like Ranma too or something bouncy girl?" Benten asked, causing Asuka to jump up in surprise.
"WH-WHAT!? Wh-what are you talking about!?" Asuka shouted in shock. Her face now so beat red you'd think she was sunburned.
"Oh, you can tell me the truth. But depending on your answer I might or might not beat you up." She said as she relaxed.
"That makes two of us." Kurama said as she eyed both Asuka and Shinobu.
"HEY! I told you, Ranma's just a friend to me! I don't like him like that." Shinobu protested.
"A-and that goes double for me too!" Asuka said, trying to hide the blush on her face.
"I don't know. You did seem to be checking him out while we were playing. I know because I was looking at him too." Benten said with a smile.
"And I know for a fact that little miss look-a-like was checking him out too. And call me crazy, but I think she was checking you out too. I know I was." The alien red head said nonchalantly. This last line caused Kurama, Shinobu and Asuka to look at her weirdly.
"Eh?" Kurama said.
"What do you mean you were checking me out?" Asuka asked the alien biker.
"Hey, I don't think anyone could help checking you out the way your chest bounces every time you move. Plus, that Ryuunosuke girl was pretty hot too. Heh, I wouldn't kick her out of a bed, that's for sure." She replied, causing the three other girls to blush as they inched away slightly from Benten, an idea of what she was implying forming in their heads.
"Um...(Gulp) Benten..." Kurama started to say. "Why are you talking like you'd actually ask those girls out?"
"Oh." Benten said as she sat up on her hands and chuckled a little sheepishly. "I guess I forgot to mention this earlier, but I'm kinda bisexual."
"SAY WHAT!?" They all exclaimed.
"NANI!?" Came the voices of Ranma and Ryuunosuke who just came back with Lum and the drinks.
"D-d-did you just say..." Ranma started to say.
"You're...b-b-bisexual...?" Ryuunosuke finished, a look of shock and slight horror on both her and Ranma's faces. Benten scratched the back of her head.
"Ahh heh heh heh. Well...yeah. I kind of am." She said. Ranma shook his head in disbelief.
"Wow...one of my girlfriends is a bisexual..." He trailed off as his eyes went wide.
"Wait..." Kurama said as she leapt up and tried to cover herself. "Does that mean that all this time you've been checking ME OUT TOO!?"
"Umm...yeah. Kind of." Benten answered.
"Wow Benten, I didn't know you were bi...wait. HAVE YOU BEEN CHECKING ME AND OYUKI AND RAN OUT ALL THIS TIME TOO!?" Lum exclaimed in shock. Benten shrugged.
"Only on occasion." She said. "I mean, come on. It's not like I ever TRIED anything on any of you guys. I'm still me."
"We know." Ranma said, blinking in an attempt get himself back under control. "It's just that...ya kind of caught us off guard is all."
"And now I'm going to keep an eye on you when we're all changing together." Kurama said, her face slightly red.
"Wow. I've never met a bisexual woman before. I almost thought those were a myth created by horny boys." Said Ryuunosuke. Benten smirked as she shuffled in close to Ryuunosuke.
"Well, we're real. And don't worry, I won't try hitting on ya. At least, unless Ranma over there thinks of asking you out first." She said, causing Ranma to jump and blush again.
"C-Come on Benten! I'm not out to snag EVERY girl on Earth you know!?" He exclaimed, causing Benten to laugh out loud.
"HA AH HA HA! I know, silly. I just wanted to see your expression! HA HAA!"
Ranma glared at his biker girlfriend and turned to Lum.
"Lum. Fry her." He said. Lum grinned like a devil as her hair started changing colors and lightning arced off her body.
"With pleasure!" She said as Benten started to panic.
"N-N-Now hold on Lum! I-it was just a joke!" She said as she got up and tried to back away.
"Yeah? Well, HERE'S ME LAUGHING! DACHA!" Lum shouted as she fired her lightning.
Ranma and the others all burst out laughing as they watched Lum chase after Benten. After some time, Bente and Lum walked back to the group with Lum still glaring at her friend.
"I swear, if you even insinuate that this harem get any bigger..." Lum threatened.
"Ok, ok. Jeez. I said I was sorry." Benten said as she rubbed butt where one of Lum's lightning bolts struck her.
"Hey Ranma, is everyday this exciting for you?" Shinobu asked the reclining pigtailed martial artist.
"Well...pretty much. Ha ha!" Ranma laughed as he watched Lum usher Benten back to the group's spot.
"I hope you learned something Benten." Ranma said.
"Yeah. Watch out when you mention hitting on girls around Lum. It's likely to get a gal killed." Benten growled, causing the others to laugh.
"ATTENTION! ATTENTION!" Came a voice over some speakers set up along the beach.
"MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE? WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUCE THAT OUR BEACH WIDE MARTIAL ARTS WATERMELON SMASHING CONTEST WILL BEGIN SHORTLY! WE ENCOURAGE ALL BEACH GOERS TO PARTICIPATE FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A FABULOUS PRIZE!"
"A Martial Arts Watermelon Smashing contest?" Ranma said curiously. "That's a first."
"Still, it sounds like fun. Why don't we all try out?" Asuka suggested.
"Yeah, it might be fun." Shinobu agreed.
"I'm game. Heck, I'll even win it!" Ranma boasted.
"Darling, what's a watermelon smashing contest?" Lum asked.
"Well, it's a competition where people take either a wooden sword or a long stick and have blind folds put over their eyes, get spun around, and try to smash as many watermelons as they can while blindfolded." Ranma explained.
"Oh." Lum said in understanding.
"Yeah, but if it's got martial arts mixed in, I'm not sure if they'll blindfold us. But then again, who knows what they'll change." Ryuunosuke chimed in.
"Well count me in! I bet this'll be fun!" Benten exclaimed.
"Well, if you're going in Ranma-kun, I guess I'll give it a try." Kurama said.
"I guess it's unanimous! Let's go!" Lum cried out. Ryuunosuke smiled at her friends.
"Oh, why not!? Let's bust some watermelons!" She cried as she jumped to her feet.
All the teens cheered as they headed off to sign up for the competition. However...
"Sorry, only men are allowed." Said the person at the desk.
"NANI!?" All the teens cried out in shock.
"B-but I thought the announcement said that said that all beach goers were encouraged to sign up." Lum protested.
"I'm sorry, but we just had a last-minute change by the new people in charge of the contest." The desk official said.
"New people?" Asuka asked with skepticism.
"Yep. Some new people took over the contest right after we made the announcement. And for some reason they changed it so that only men were allowed." The desk official answered.
"That's so sexist." Shinobu mumbled. Ranma huffed in agreement.
"Well, I'll win for all of us. And when I do, we'll all share whatever the prize is." Ranma said. Kurama pulled Ranma close and gave him a good luck kiss.
"Knock'em dead for us baby." She said huskily. Ranma blushed before being pulled into another kiss by Benten.
"And make sure you smash some of those melons for me, handsome." She said after the kiss. Lum pulled Ranma into one more kiss before giving him her own encouraging words.
"Good luck Darling. And show them why you're the best."
Ranma smiled at the three of them and cracked his neck before heading off to get ready. The official looked over toward Ryuunosuke.
"You know, you could join your brother son." He said. Ryuunosuke growled like a caged animal.
"I'M A WOMAN DUMBASS!" She screamed as got right in the man's face and looked like she was about to pound him until the others pulled her back.
"A little over the top but I like your spunk girl." Benten said. That was when she noticed that Asuka was walking towards where the contest officials were set up.
"Hey, where ya heading Asuka?" She asked.
"Something seems awfully fishy to me. I mean, why make a change in the contest last second like that? And to top it off, who takes over as new heads of a contest at the very last second to make such a crazy decision?" She asked. Her words actually made the others all think for a second. It truly was strange.
"Now that you mention it..." Shinobu trailed off. Lum hummed to herself as she thought over what Asuka said.
"Asuka, lead the way. If something really is screwy around here, then we'll find out what it is." She said as she followed the bouncy Jiujitsu woman.
"Lum, wait for me. Call me paranoid, but I've got a bad feeling." Kurama added in.
Back with Ranma, he was stretching out and feeling the weight of his bokken that he was given. He was told that the goal of this contest would be to use his bokken to smash the watermelons of the other contestants without letting them smash his. Simple enough, but he was bummed that the girls wouldn't be joining him. It still felt odd that they'd switch it to men only at the last second.
"Saotome!? By the grace of God, why are you of all people in this contest of swordsmanship?" Came a horrible voice that made Ranma turn his head. He sighed and face palmed as he saw the ugly mug of Tatewaki Kuno.
"It's a free country, ya know? I just opted to try it out for fun." Ranma said as he twirled his wooden sword.
"Hmph. As fate would have it, the time has finally come for me..."
Ranma just walked away and shook his head as he tuned out the moron of Furikan High. As he walked away, he bumped into someone that he actually found to be a less moronic version of the Kendo idiot.
"Shutaro? You're here too?" Ranma asked the pretty boy billionaire.
"Saotome? Huh, what a coincidence." Shutaro Mendo replied to his classmate and frenemy.
"Well, I was just out for a nice day at the beach when I heard about this contest. So, I thought I'd try my luck and get some exercise. I guess you had the same idea."
Ranma smiled as he cracked his neck.
"This might actually be fun." He said as the two grinned at each other.
"Ah Hell! I thought there would be girls at this thing! I didn't sign up for a stupid sausage fest." Came the voice of Ataru Moroboshi. Both boys sighed as they saw one of the biggest pains in their necks.
"What the heck are you even doing here, ya waste of space and screen time?" Ranma said to the perverted idiot.
"I just told you! I came here to hit on some hot chicks during this stupid contest, not hang with you two woman stealers!" Ataru said as he stomped on the sand. Ranma shook his head.
"Dude, NO WOMAN alive would want to be hit on by the likes of you." Ranma said.
"Agreed. They'd as soon hit with a can of pepper spray." Shutaro added.
"ATTENTION ALL PARTICIPANTS!" Came the announcer's voice. "REMEMBER, THE LAST CONTESTANT STANDING WITH THEIR WATERMELON WILL BE THE WINNER AND RECIEVE A GRAND PRIZE! ON YOUR MARKS! GET SET! FIGHT!"
And with that, an all out brawl began for the mysterious prize. Kuno was actually doing fairly well, Shutaro as well. They each, using their own sword skills, made quick work of the competition. Ataru was holding his own, but his lack of training and general disinterest was showing as he was constantly on the defense.
Ranma on the other hand was swatting away every person who came at him. In his training as a marital artist, Ranma wasn't only good with his hands but had trained with several weapons. The sword was one of his favorites. With the skill of a surgeon, Ranma made quick work of his own adversaries before turning to see his three remaining foes.
Ranma grinned as Kuno pointed his sword at Ranma.
"Ah HA! Now Saotome, we shall face each other on MY turf. Prepare thy self for a duel to the finish! Once I finish you, I shall claim the heart of the fair pigtailed girl and any other poor sou you have in your snare." Kuno said as he took up his stance. Ranma snorted at the delusional idiot.
"Dude, you need to grow up. But if you really want me to kick your sorry butt in your own style..." Ranma trailed off as he brought his own weapon to bare. "Then en guard."
"I STRIKE!" Kuno shouted as he charged at Ranma...only to be struck about 20 time in the blink of an eye and his watermelon smashed to pieces.
"Too bad. So sad." Ranma said as he rested the blade of his bokken on his shoulder and looked over to see Shutaro wailing on Ataru.
"Come on naive! Stand your ground and fight!" Shutaro shouted as he continued to strike at Ataru. But despite the fact that the boy couldn't really fight, he was really good at blocking and evading attacks.
Ranma shook his head and smiled at the sight. He wanted to help but he also wanted to see Shutaro pound the crap out of Ataru.
"Hey Shutaro! Hurry up and finish that jackass off so we can have our own duel!" He shouted to his frenemy.
Meanwhile, while all this was going on, Lum and the others had snuck around the back of the stage where the announcer was and started looking for whoever it was that was in charge of the contest. Shinobu looked around and sighed as they neared a tent with the words, 'Head Of Staff' on the front of it.
"Guys, I know this whole thing seems fishy and all, but don't you think that this is a little over the top?" She asked. Ryuunosuke sighed.
"Yeah. Look guys, maybe Shinobu's right. I mean, what if this is just a wild goose chase and this contest is just some stupid game for stupid guys?" She said. Lum sighed.
"Maybe you're right." She said as she stopped in front of the tent and...
"Great-grandmother, are you sure this plan work?" Came a familiar accented voice that made Lum, Kurama, Benten, Asuka and Ryuunosuke all go wide eyed and pale slightly
"No..." Said Asuka.
"Trust me child. We have the element of surprise." Came the voice of Cologne, the Chinese Amazon elder. The girls all peaked inside and saw Shampoo and Cologne talking at a table.
"From what I've seen, son-in-law has a real competitive streak and hates to lose. So, tricking him into this was the best way to lore him into a trap." The older Amazon said.
"And this is the best part, YOU my dear great-granddaughter are the big prize. The winner, which will be son-in-law, will win a date with you."
Those words made all the girls mouth drop and forced them to cover each other's mouths to keep from gasping. Lum was fuming, but had to call upon all the discipline that Ranma had trained into her while he was training her to hold back until she was ready to strike.
"But what about home wrecking aliens? Shampoo see them and other home wreckers with Arien around beach. They get in way all the time." Shampoo said to her great-grandmother. Cologne just chuckled.
"That's why I've brought these along." Cologne said as she brought out two large jugs of water.
"These are waters that I ordered from Jusenkyo. Each is from a different spring. One we'll use on son-in-law if he tries to resist and the other will make sure that those other girls will never be able to get near him ever again." She said.
"Great-grandmother, you sure are smart." Shampoo said.
It was at this moment that Lum decided that it was time to act. Before anyone else could react, Lum fired a powerful blast of lightning at Shampoo and Cologne, zapping the both of the surprised Amazons. After the blast died down, Kurama quickly flew in and swiped the two jugs of water.
"Quick! Scram!" She cried as she flew out of the tent with the others close behind her.
"Would someone tell me what the heck is going on!?" Asuka asked as they ran and flew for their lives.
"Long story short: Jusenkyo is a cursed place in China that turns anyone who falls into it, into whatever drowned their last. If they have water from that place and it splashes us, who knows what we'll turn into." Lum said as she flew next to Kurama in the air.
"Wait! Is that the place that cursed Ranma to turn into a girl!?" Benten asked. Ryuunosuke nodded.
"At least that's what they told me." She said.
"Then let's make sure this water never gets used." Asuka said. Sadly, no sooner had she said this, a blast of wind knocked them all down. Then, Cologne flipped in and snatched the two water jugs.
"Nice try girls." Cologne said as she starts to uncap one of the jugs. "But in the end, we Amazons always win. And this time..."
Before she could finish, Ryuunosuke shoots a kick out and knocks the jugs out of the old woman's hand. Cologne snarls at the girl who looks like Ranma but is then tackled by Asuka, who tries to put the old Amazon into a lock to hold her down.
"Get the jugs! And warn Ranma!" She shouts, only for Cologne to slip out and throw Asuka away.
"ASUKA!" The other girls scream as their friend went flying. Benten glared at the old woman.
"You are pushing it lady!" She said as she got up, only to have to drop and dodge a flying kick from Shampoo.
"You homewreckers piss Shampoo off!" She said as she struck out with a few punches, only for Benten to counter her strikes and then strike with an uppercut.
"You and your old ass grandma are the homewreckers not us lady!" Benten said as she threw the younger Amazon over her shoulder.
"Kurama, get out of here and don't let that water hit anyone." Lum said as she went to attack Cologne.
"Roger that!" Kurama said as she took to the skies once again. "Shinobu, come on! We've got to get to Ranma-kun!"
"Right behind you." Shinobu said as she followed the Tengu princess.
As for Asuka, she went flying straight to the back of the stage. She shook her head and looked around, and once she noticed where she was, she got a crazy idea. She got up, brushed the sand off of her and ran to get to the front of the stage, hoping that she could find a mic and warn Ranma. As soon as she got onto the stage, she found the announcer and took the mic from him.
"Hey!" He said, but Asuka pushed him aside.
"RANMA!" She called, catching the attention of the pigtailed boy who had just finished talking to Shutaro.
"Don't win the contest! It's a trap! A set up!" She screamed. "Those Amazon women from before are the ones pulling the strings of this contest! They set this thing up so that you'd win and the prize is a date with that purple haired woman, Shampoo!"
"Say WHAT!?" Ranma cried out in shock.
"Who?" Ataru asked.
No sooner had she said this, Shampoo came flying onto the stage from the other end of the stage curtain. Lum flew out right behind the purple haired man stealer and tried to stomp kick her in the back.
"STAY AWAY FROM MY DARLING!" Lum screamed as Shampoo rolled away from the angry alien. Ranma saw Shampoo and freaked.
"YIPE!" He said as he threw his watermelon up and slashed it to pieces with his bokken. "That's it, I quit."
"Woah...who is that..." Shutaro started to say.
"HOT DAMN SHE'S SEXY!" Ataru screamed as he started swinging his bokken wildly at the shocked rich boy.
"What the HELL MOROBOSHI!?" Shutaro exclaimed in shock as he did his best to block Ataru's wild assault. The pervy boy had ZERO training whatsoever, but his pervy hormones gave him a huge boost in stamina and speed that he tried to use to overpower the rich kid.
"ALL I HAVE TO DO IS WIN AND I GET TO DATE THE HOT CHICK! DWAH HA HA HA HA HA!" Ataru said in a mad frenzy.
"Like I'd let you beat me you nave!" Shutaro shouted back as he tried to counter the horny teen.
"I don't care which one of you guys wins, I quit!" Ranma said as he dropped his bokken, only to see both Shutaro and Ataru's watermelons get destroyed by objects flicked with intense power.
"Huh?" Both boys said as they noticed what happened. Ranma looked and saw a smiling Shampoo holding out a watermelon to Ranma.
"Here Ranma. Shampoo give you new watermelon so you can win date with Shampoo!" She said happily.
"Nope." Was all Ranma said as he turned his back on the Amazon.
"But Ranma..." Shampoo said as she kept trying to give the watermelon to Ranma, only for him to keep turning his back on the woman.
"Leave him alone!" Lum said a she flew in and kicked Shampoo aside.
"Thanks, Lum-chan." Ranma said. Lum smiled at him.
"Lum! Ranma-kun!" Came Kurama's voice, causing both teens to look in the direction that the Tengu and Shinobu were coming from.
"Ranma-kun, that bitch and her great-grandma have Jusenkyo water! We..." She was cut off when Benten crashed into her after being thrown by Cologne.
"Kurama! Benten!" Shinobu cried as the two alien girls fell to the ground.
"You girls are certainly more trouble than you look." She said as she leapt at the gathered teens with a water gun filled with Jusenkyo water. "But this all ends now!"
"Ranma! Don't let that water hit you!" Ryuunosuke said as she tried to tackle Cologne from behind.
"Everybody scatter!" Ranma said as they all split up.
"NO! You belong to Sham..." Shampoo started to say, only to be glompped onto by Ataru.
"Hey hot stuff! What do you say we go on a date?" Ataru said, only to receive repeated blows on the head from Shampoo's elbow.
"Let go ugly boy! Shampoo no want you!" She said.
"That's right. Why go out with this fool when you could have me!?" Shutaro said, getting down on one knee. Shampoo growled and struck at the rich boy.
"Shampoo no want you either! Shampoo want Ranma! Ranma is Shampoo's Airen!"
Back with Ranma and the girls, Ranma was jumping, flipping, ducking and dodging every attempt that Cologne made to try and blast him with water Jusenkyo water she had on her. But Ranma had to be careful, if that water hit anyone on the beach, then they'd be stuck with a curse of their own. And Ranma, having suffered enough under Jusenkyo's influence, wouldn't want that fate on anyone.
Ranma did a butterfly twist that turned into a kick and tried to strike Cologne, but the older Amazon was quick enough to avoid it. Ranma growled as he flipped to his feet and tried to attack Cologne. The two clashed in a flurry of fists and feet, but Ranma was finding that while he cared for the safety of the bystanders on the beach, Cologne didn't.
"Oh ho! So, you have a soft spot for onlookers, do you son-in-law?" Cologne said as she got an evil glint in her eyes. Ranma panicked.
"No! Leave them out of this! They have nothing to do with this!" He said as he lashed out with a round house kick and spinning hook kick, only for Cologne to avoid them.
"Sorry son-in-law. But all's fair in love and war!" She said as she fired water at some on lookers.
"NO!" Ranma shouted. But his silent prayers were answered when a strong wind came out of nowhere and blew the water harmlessly to the sand below.
"Huh?" They both said and then looked up to see a smirking Kurama.
"Uh, uh, uhhh. No getting civilians involved." She said in a sing-song tone of voice with a wag of her finger. Ranma couldn't help but burst into a broad smile.
"Ha ha! Kurama-chan, you rock!" He said as he took this chance to punch Cologne hard in the face.
"Shinobu! Try and get these people out of here! I'll deal with this old bitch!" Ranma said to his friend.
"Ok, but be careful!" Shinobu said as she ran off to try and keep the civilians from getting in Ranma's way.
Back with the others, Shampoo had just shaken Ataru and Shutaro off her and was about to go help her great-grandmother when she was cut off by the arrival of Ryuunosuke, Asuka and Benten standing in front of her. She growled at the three girls that stood between her and the man she thought belonged to her.
"You..." She started.
"Save it." Ryuunosuke said as she cracked her knuckles. "We're going to take you down you bitch."
"And when we're done with you, your old bat of a grandma is next." Benten said as she cracked her knuckles and neck.
"Enough yapping, let's waste this bitch and then help Ranma." Asuka said. They all took up fighting stances and so did Shampoo.
"Shampoo take care of you, then original homewreckers. You no get in way of Amazon traditions." She said as they all circled each other.
"Just for the record, I've already beaten you plenty of times before." Ryuunosuke said. "This won't be any different."
"Oh yes it will." Benten said. "This time you have back up and it'll go a lot faster!"
And with that, the red headed alien biker charged at Shampoo. Thanks to Ranma and her training with her new sensei, Benten's fighting skills had improved somewhat, but not by much as Shampoo was still able to fend off the strikes of the alien brawler. But even then, it took almost all of Shampoo's concentration to deal with Benten, leaving her open to a surprise low sweep kick from Asuka, who then twisted Shampoo's leg into a joint lock.
"Had enough, shampoo girl?" Asuka said as she twisted the Amazon's leg. Shampoo screamed as she tried to fight out of the leg lock.
"You...AW!...Bitches!" And with that, Shampoo managed to throw some sand into Asuka's eyes and slip out, only to meet Ryuunosuke's fist.
"Forgot about me!" Ryuunosuke said as she rained blows down on the Chinese Amazon.
Shampoo back pedaled as she realized just how screwed she was. One on one, she could handle them, but with all of them ganging up on her, she was starting to wish she had some back up. That's when she saw Kurama in the sky and grinned. She still had the water that her great-grandmother brought from China. If she could get her hands on it, she could turn the tides in a heartbeat.
Kurama was doing her best to keep damage control as Ranma and Lum took on the aged Amazon matriarch. She was grateful for her ability to use wind, otherwise a lot of people would have been cursed by now. She prepared to let loose another gust of wind to send the old Amazon flying right into Lum's lightning attack, but as soon as she was ready to fire, she felt a pair of hands grab her ankles and then felt two feet smash into her stomach.
"OOOPPPHHH!" She cried as she saw Shampoo smiling evilly at her.
"Nihoa." She said as she flipped and wrapped her legs around Kurama's neck and twisted her into a throw straight to the ground.
"Now give back water!" Shampoo said as she did a sky dive kick that would have done more damage if Benten hadn't had pulled Kurama out of harm's way.
"Are you ok?" Benten asked. Kurama coughed.
"I'm...cough...ok..wait...THE WATER!" Kurama exclaimed as Shampoo held up the jug of water and grinned.
"Now Shampoo take care of you four then get original alien home wrecker." She said as she took off the cap.
"Look lady!" Ryuunosuke called out. "I don't know what that water's supposed to turn us into, but it won't help you with Ranma."
"She's right." Asuka added in. "If he liked you at all, he would have said so. And all this crazy crap you're doing will only drive him to hate you more than he already does."
"Can't you just..." Benten was about to say but the purple haired Amazon cut her off.
"SHUT UP! Shampoo no listen to stupid alien and crossdresser and bouncy tomboy! You get in way of Amazon tradition. Ranma is to marry Shampoo and no one else, and once Shampoo douse you with this, Shampoo make sure you all stay cursed and never get in way again!"
Shampoo charged at the girls and swung some of the water at them, forcing them to scatter and run. Asuka and Benten tried to charge her, but one swing of that jug of water made them back up. Ryuunosuke and Kurama tried but Shampoo turned too fast for them to be able to get close to her and they were forced back by the threat of the cursed water getting splashed on them. They had to think of something fast, otherwise this day would end with the Amazons winning.
Back with Ranma and Lum, the OG couple were fighting tooth and nail to take down Cologne. But even with Lum's combination of her alien abilities and budding martial arts skills and Ranma's own abilities, the old ghoul was giving them a real hard time. Cologne was starting to run low on the cursed water in her water gun so she decided to save it for when she was sure that she had a clean shot at either Ranma or Lum.
Lum flew in with her body covered in lightning and struck with fast whip hand strikes at the aged matriarch, but Cologne used her wooden stick to block and counter Lum's attacks. Ranma came in with a flipping axe kick, but when that missed, Ranma charged in with fast punches and spinning kicks. Cologne managed to dodge and parry Ranma's barrage of attacks and was about to get him with the water, but Lum came in from behind and forced her to use both hands to ward off the two teens.
Cologne hated to admit this, but the two of them were actually a good tag team. In fact, if the alien girl had more training, they may have beaten her by now. But, Lum's lack of experience was as much of a hinderance to Ranma as her interference was a hinderance to her. Cologne leapt into the air and spun like a top, creating a vortex of wind that blasted the two teens backwards.
Ranma rolled with the blast and got to his feet with a growl as he channeled ki into his hands, planning to use a trick Bang had taught him. He only hoped he was skilled enough with the technique to deal with Cologne's own move.
"Ryusui Gansai-ken, Roku no kata: Nejire Uzu!" Ranma cried out as he spun in place, creating his own cyclone of wind that battled with Cologne's.
The aged Amazon was caught off guard by Ranma's surprise move and was startled when their two wind cyclones cancelled each other out. Lum grinned as she saw and opening and flew straight at the Amazon's blind side.
"Take this!" She cried as her flying kick connected with the mini Amazon and she was sent flying into the ocean.
"Nice one Lum-chan!" Ranma said, causing Lum to smile and blush.
"Thanks!" She said. But Cologne wasn't out of the fight just yet.
Cologne flipped in the air and to everyone's surprise, she landed ON TOP of the water! Ranma and all of the other beach goers gasped in surprise.
"What the!?" Ranma shouted in shock.
"How did she do that!?" Lum exclaimed. Cologne just chuckled.
"Foolish children. I've been alive for over 300 years; I know tricks you'd never even suspect existed. Like this! Shark Fist!" The ancient Amazon called out as she slammed her cupped hands onto the water and fired the same shark shaped attack that she used on Bang in their fight. The only difference was that this time, the attack was bigger since she had a larger supply of water!
"YEOW!" Ranam said as he and Lum scattered from the oncoming attack.
Ranma gritted his teeth as he ran to avoid the attack. He hated how this woman seemed to have a counter for every one of his tricks. Not only that, but he HATED that she had long range attacks like this one. As much as he loved Master Bang and Master Kazama's teachings, he REALLY wished that they had taught him some sort of long range attack.
Lum growled and fired another blast of lightning. Cologne flipped to avoid the blast and fired another Shark Fist attack. Lum flew through the air to avoid the attack, but her heart clenched in her chest when she heard the sound of people behind her. She turned her head and gasped as she saw people running for their lives trying not to get hit by Cologne's attack.
"Oh no!" She cried.
"You're wide open!" Cologne shouted as she flew through the air and struck Lum hard on the back.
"Lum-chan!" Ranma screamed as he ran for his falling girlfriend. Cologne smirked and was about to pull the water pistol, only for Ranma to dash out of the way and grabbed an umbrella that was stuck in the sand.
"Sorry I'll bring this right back. Thank you!" Ranma said quickly as he used the umbrella to block the blast of water that the old hag shot at him.
"You'll really stop at nothing to get your way, won't you!" Said as he closed the umbrella and leapt for the old ghoul to take a few swipes at her head. Cologne retaliated by blocking with her walking stick as she tried to attack with her water gun.
"I've heard tale that you and your father have done plenty of things to get your way boy! How am I any different?" Cologne said as she and Ranma exchanged blows.
"I'VE never tried to hurt anyone!" Ranma said as he parried Cologne's attempt to strike at his side and twisted his weapon in a disarming move that left Cologne open for a thrusting attack that caught her in the stomach.
"And I NEVER HURT CIVILIANS!" Ranma shouted as he let loose a barrage of ki enhanced strikes at Cologne. The old Amazon panicked as she was forced onto the defensive and backpedaled away from and blocked and parried his assault.
"All's fair sonny boy! And you shouldn't let your emotions get the better of you." She said as she prepared her counterattack.
"IT LEAVES YOU OPEN!" And with that, Cologne attacked Ranma with her own barrage of rapid attacks to his solar plexus.
Ranma doubled over in pain as Cologne did a back flip kick that sent the young man flying backwards, thus giving Cologne enough time to take out her water pistol. But before she could fire, Lum came in from behind and choked the aged Amazon before throwing her over her hip.
"Oh no you don't!" She said as she kicked the water gun and struck at the old woman with whip hand strikes, punches and a surprisingly strong round house kick.
Cologne winced from the pain of the kick and leapt back, only to feel Ranma's own jump spinning back kick strike her and send her flying back the ocean.
"Nice work Lum-chan. You did that move just like I showed ya." Ranma said with a flash of pride in his girlfriend/student. Lum blushed at the praise her boyfriend was giving her.
"Don't drop your guard!" Came the voice of Cologne as she came at them again. "Shark Fist!"
"Scatter!" Ranma said as he and Lum avoided the Amazon woman's attack.
"You know, I'm really sick and tired of you using that move!" Ranma said as she rushed at the Amazon, only to have to jump and flip over yet another Shark Fist blast.
"Take this you bitch!" Lum said as she prepared another lightning blast.
"LUM-CHAN! STOP! THEIR'S STILL PEOPLE IN THE WATER!" Ranma shouted, catching Lum's attention.
"Ah! Oh, crap I forgot!" She said, dropping her guard long enough for Cologne to finally hit her with a Shark Fist attack.
"LUM-CHAN!" Ranma shouted, only to have his danger sense go off as he was forced to dive roll away from Cologne's next attack, which caused a small explosion of sand to blast everywhere.
"AGH!" Ranma cried as he was forced to close his eyes to keep sand from getting in them.
"Got you!" Cologne said as she tried to attack Ranma again, only for the young pigtailed boy to parry her attack and try his best to attack her.
Meanwhile, back with the others, Kurama, Asuka, Benten and Ryuunosuke were trying their hardest to keep the purple haired Amazon from splashing them with whatever water form Jusenkyo she was carrying in that water jug. Benten wished she had brought her chain, but Ranma's mom had convinced her to leave it.
'Last time I listen to an Earth woman about not bringing a weapon to the dang beach!' She thought to herself.
As for Kurama, she had had enough of the purple haired man stealer. She pulled out her fan and with a mighty swing, sent out a strong blast of wind that caught Shampoo off guard. She screamed in surprise as she was knocked off her feet and dropped the jug. Shampoo mentally kicked herself for dropping her guard, but was thankful that she put the cap back on the jug.
"Quick! Someone get that jug!" Kurama said as she and the others made a break for the jug.
"NO!" Shampoo shouted as she pulled out her signature weapons, two maces, and charged at the others.
"Shampoo curse you all! Shampoo curse you then take Airen back home!" She said as she swung at the girls. Ryuunosuke ducked and slid on the sand to avoid the crazy Amazon's attack and Asuka caught one of the purple haired assassin's arms and threw her before twisting her into a lock. Sadly, Shampoo managed to kick out and free herself, but she didn't notice Benten and Kurama come up behind her and do a double whammy! Both girls did a round kick straight to the sides of her head.
Shampoo felt pain and wooziness as she dropped to the ground. Benten and Kurama laughed and high fived at having taken down their mutual enemy. Shampoo shook her head as she came back to her senses. She did a spinning sweep kick that knocked them both down and spun back to her feet...and saw the jug of cursed water. She grinned and was about to take it, when she heard she was grabbed by the ankles.
"Guess who!" Shinobu said as she started to spin the Amazon girl around and around and around.
"AAAAAAIIIIIIIIIYYYYYYAAAAAA!" Shampoo screamed as Shinobu let her go and sent her flying.
"See ya!" Shinobu said as she dusted off her hands.
"Nice assist Shinobu!" Ryuunosuke said. Shinobu beamed at the praise.
"No sweat." She said. But it wasn't over yet.
"I got ya babe!" Came the voice of Ataru as he leapt into the air and caught the flying Amazon. All the girls gasped as Ataru caught the Amazon and landed not too far from them.
"Ataru! What are you doing!? She's the bad guy here!" Shinobu said.
"Like I care! A hot babe is a hot babe." Ataru said, once again letting his hormones do all his thinking. Shampoo however...
"Thank you for saving Shampoo." She said, acting cutely. But then she punched the horny boy right in the cheek.
"Now do something useful and be human torpedo!" She said as she slipped out of Ataru's hands and threw him at the group of her enemies.
"Look out!" Asuka shouted as they all dived apart as to avoid the horny human torpedo, who at first was screaming but upon seeing who he was flying towards, started grinning like the pervy moron he was. Oh, how sad he was when he missed the girls.
Seeing her chance, Shampoo charged forward at top speed to retrieve the jug of water. No sooner had she grabbed it, she saw Ranma and Lum get swatted away by her great-grandmother. Grinning like a devil, Shampoo made a bee line for where Lum had landed. If she couldn't get all of these tramps that stood in the way of her and her husband to be, then she'd at least get the original homewrecker.
"Hey! Get back here!" Kurama said as she charged at the Amazon, only for the purple haired girl to leap out of the way and kick the Tengu girl aside.
"Hey you bitch!" Benten shouted as she tried to tackle the Amazon, only to have to fall back as she faked to throw the water at her. When Benten panicked and tried to fall back, Shampoo tossed the jug into the air and struck Benten rapidly in the chest then giving her a powerful thrusting front kick that knocked her into Ryuunosuke. She caught the jug as it fell and smiled.
"Sorry, you lose this time!" She said as she charged off. But as she did, she passed right by Nodoka, who was wondering what was going on.
"What the!? Wasn't that...?" She started but then saw Asuka running up to her.
"Are you Ranma's mom!? That woman's trying to curse him and Lum with Jusenkyo water!" Asuka said as she ran past Nodoka and after Shampoo.
"NANI!?" Nodoka cried as she gave chase to the two girls.
Sadly, they both saw that they wouldn't be able to reach the Amazon girl before she splashed Lum. Asuka looked back and saw the almost ever-present katana that Nodoka had drawn from the bundle she still had with her. Seeing this, Asuka got an idea. She just hoped it would work.
"Mrs. Saotome! Toss me your sword! Hurry!" Asuka shouted back to her. Nodoka nodded.
"Ok!" She said as she tossed the younger girl her blade.
Meanwhile, as this was going on, Ranma and Lum continued their battle with the elder Amazon. Ranma struck out with fast kicks and strong punches and even used some of the moves Bang had taught him. But Cologne was able to keep up with him, avoiding his attacks and fending off Lum's attempts to attack from her blind side.
Lum was NOT happy. This was supposed to be a nice day at the beach, but these Amazons just HAD to mess everything up again. What was worse, this old buzzard was skillfully using any onlookers who were still around to keep her from using her lightning. If she could just get a clear shot, she was sure she could stun this old hag long enough for Ranma to deal the final blow and end this fight.
But sadly, the old Amazon was as wise as she was old. She parried another one of Ranma's aerial kicks and sent him crashing into Lum before hoping towards them and throwing the pigtailed warrior away before striking Lum with a fast barrage of strikes before doing a double mule kick that sent the poor alien girl flying.
"Lum-chan!" Ranma cried in fright before his face contorted with pure rage. "Ok, that's it! NOW I'M PISSED!"
He cried out as he dashed forward at speeds that matched Cologne's. They old Amazon turned at barely had enough time to roll out of the way as Ranma tried to smash her face in with a punch so strong it let out a small shockwave as it crashed into the sand. Ranma turned to face his aged foe and chopped down with an axe kick and several chopping and whipping hand strikes.
Lum rolled on the ground form the impact of the small woman's kick and groaned in pain. She shook her head as she got back up...and panicked as she saw Shampoo about to be right on top of her, grinning like a mad woman!
"Now Shampoo finish you! Original Homewrecker!" She shouted. But as she was about to splash the downed Oni...
"Oh no you don't!" Shouted Asuka. "Lum! ROLL!"
And with that, Asuka did a quick Iaido style drawing slash that sliced the water jug that Shampoo had lifted over her head, clean in half! Just as Lum rolled out of the way!
"NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOooooo...!" Shampoo cried out as the water cascaded down on her and she vanished into her one-piece swimsuit.
"Huff...huff...huff...Thanks Asuka." Lum said as she panted for breath. The young Kazama girl sighed in relief seeing that her friend wasn't cursed by the pesky Amazon.
"No sweat. I'm just glad that part's over." She said as she sheathed the katana.
"Lum-chan! Are you alright dear!?" Nodoka asked as she caught up to the two girls. Lum smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm okay. A little bruised, but it could have been worse if Asuka hadn't had come in time." She said as she smiled at her friend. Asuka blushed at the praise.
"Thanks, Lum. Oh, and here's your sword back ma'am." She said as she gave Nodoka back her sword.
"Thank you dear. But, if that water really was from the same cursed spring that cursed my son in the first place, what did it turn that girl into?" Nodoka asked. Lum, Asuka and the others, who had just managed to catch up to them and heard the tail end of their conversation, all looked puzzled for a moment.
"You know, come to think of it..." Ryuunosuke said as she took up a thinking pose.
"We...never really figured that part out." Benten finished.
"All we heard was that it was supposed to make it so that no one splashed with it could get close to Ranma." Shinobu added in. Kurama bent down to look at the bulge that was wiggling around in Shampoo's swimsuit.
"Well, let's find out." She said, and found...a cat?
"A cat?" She said, and then she, Lum and Nodoka all went wide eyed and gasped.
"A CAT!" They all screamed as Neko Shampoo growled at them, hating the fact that half of her great-grandmother's scheme had backfired. And on HER of all people.
"I...Don't get it." Benten said.
"Darling's deathly afraid of cats!" Lum said to the others.
"Afraid of cats?" Asuka said, but then it all came back to Shinobu.
"Wait! Does this have anything to do with that time Ranma was acting like a cat and destroyed the school!?" She asked. Lum and Kurama nodded.
"When he was six, his father put him through a harsh training called the Cat's Fist..." Nodoka started.
"Cat's Fist!?" Asuka gasped. "What moron would put their kid through that!?"
"Wait, you've heard of it?" Kurama asked. Asuka nodded.
"Father told me about it once. He said it's a forbidden technique from a dead school of martial arts that forces children to go through trauma in order to mimic an animal's fighting ability down to the last bit. But I thought it was all just an old story."
"Well, unfortunately it's not." Nodoka said gravely. "And anytime my son is near a cat, he freaks out in fear. But if he's around a cat for too long, the only way to cope is for him to become a cat in personality."
"Damn..." Benten said.
"And I thought my old man was a jackass." Ryuunosuke said.
Just then, Neko Shampoo tried to charge at the girls. Biting and clawing at them, doing anything she could to try and get revenge for herself, only for Shinobu to kick right in the direction of Ranma!
"Crap!" She said.
"RANMA/DARLING!" All the girls cried out as they tried to warn the angry pigtailed boy of what was heading his way.
"Ryuryu Mai!" Ranma cried out, striking like a raging river in a fierce storm.
Every blow came at Cologne from a different angle, and some even changed their angle mid strike. Cologne almost felt like she was fighting a younger, rougher version of Bang again. Ranma came at her with an aerial spin kick and then followed up with a fierce back fist and spinning kick combo.
"Master Bang should have killed you back when he had the chance!" Ranma shouted as he came down for a double chop to the sides of Cologne's neck, only for the Amazon to block them at the last second.
"Such a bloodthirsty threat. Not what I'd expect form you boy." She said as she flip kicked him but missed as he leaned back and did a crouching Capoeira spin kick at her.
"For you, I make an EXCEPTION!" He said as his kick landed and sent her back. "You old BITCH!"
But as he was getting ready to charge at her again, something landed on his face.
"What the?" He said as he pulled off whatever it was...and saw a lavender cat.
"Meow!" It said with a happy look on its face. But...
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
And with that, Ranma ran like the devil was on his tail. Unfortunately for him, Neko Shampoo was holding onto him by the pigtail. Every time he looked back to see if the furry little devil was gone, she was still holding on.
"AAAHHHH! Get it off! Get it off! Get it OFFFFF!" He screamed as he ran. Cologne looked at the cat and gasped as she realized that the cat had features that reminded her of...
"Oh no! Don't tell me..."
"Bingo, sister." Came Benten's voice.
Cologne looked behind her and saw the alien girls, the human girls and a woman she could safely assume was Ranma's mother all glaring at her with intent to kill.
"Ah, look what the cat dragged in." She said.
"You should save that for your daughter." Said Nodoka, fingering her sword.
"Looks like your little scheme didn't work." Benten said as she cracked her knuckles.
"And this time you're outnumbered." Asuka said as she and the others started towards the aged Amazon. But Cologne only chuckled.
"Oh, you think you've got the advantage. Sorry youngin's, but this old gal still has a few tricks left." She said as she pulled out her water gun, only to have it blasted out of her hand by a well-aimed lightning shot from Lum.
"Oh no you don't." She said. But Cologne only chuckled.
"Not bad. But I've still got THIS! Bakusai Tenketsu!" She shouted as she struck the ground and caused a small explosion.
All the girls cried out in shock as they covered their eyes. Cologne took this chance to jump up into the air and from nowhere, pulled out the other jug of Jusenkyo water!
"I was going to use this on son-in-law, but this'll be even better!" She said as she sliced off the top of the jug with a chop of her hand and threw the water at Nodoka and the girls.
But the explosion caught Ranma's attention, causing him to look to the source and saw Cologne leap into the air and pull out a familiar looking jug.
"No. NO!" Ranma cried as he ignored the cat on his braid and dashed towards his mother, lovers and friends. Neko Shampoo screeched but Ranma knocked her off and poured all his ki into his legs, propelling him at inhuman speeds to try and intercept the water.
Time seemed to move in slow motion for Ranma as he looked up to see the water that would curse either him or the people he desperately was trying to save. He sped through his arsenal of techniques, desperately looking for SOMETHING that could save his family and friends as well as himself. He panicked, not knowing what to do...then it hit him. He would only have ONE shot. And if he blew it...
'I won't.' He thought, forgetting that if Lum cured him once, she could do it again. But he was so focused on the moment that that thought wouldn't come to him. All he cared about was giving this bitch of an old ghoul a taste of her own medicine.
Taking a calming breath, letting himself sink deep into the total concentration state that Bang had taught him. He channeled his ki into his hands, feet, and his whole body as he snapped his eyes open just as the water was about to hit him...
"Ryusui Gansai-ken, Roku no kata: Nejire UZU!" He cried out as he spun rapidly, turning himself into miniature twister. And as the water came near him, instead of splashing him like Cologne had planned, it twisted and swirled AROUND HIM!
"What the!?" The old ghoul cried in shock. And that momentary distraction was all that Ranma needed. He ended his spin and fixed burning eyes on the old Amazon.
"Back at cha, BITCH!" He shouted and redirected the water right back at her!
Cologne gasped and screamed in shock, not expecting Ranma to be able to pull off a move like this! So shocked was she, that she didn't even have enough time to dodge the water as it struck her dead on!
"Quick, scatter!" Ranma shouted to the others as they dove out of the way of the left over falling water droplets.
"Is everyone alright!?" Ranma asked in a panic, hoping that he didn't fail to save anybody from the cursed water.
"I'm ok." Lum said as she rubbed the last of the sand out of her eyes.
"Ditto." Said Ryuunosuke.
"I think we're all ok." Said Shinobu as she helped Nodoka back to her feet. To everyone's surprise, Ranma dashed over to them and engulfed all of them in a big group hug.
"Good. I was so scared I...I...I don't..." He said, trying hard not to sob at fearing he almost failed to save his loved ones. Lum and the others smiled at the pigtailed boy who couldn't help but the most emotion they've ever seen from him.
"There there, son. It's ok. We're all ok." Nodoka said as she embraced her son.
"I'm glad." He said.
Just then, they all heard the sound of something falling to the ground behind them. Ranma and the others turned to see Neko Shampoo pawing at the fallen clothing of her great-grandmother. They all saw something moving within the downed garments and to their surprise, a small gerbil, old and gray, crawled its way out. At seeing the fate of the elder Amazon...
"AAAAAHHHH HA HA HA HAH HAH HAH HA HA HA!" Ranma and the others all burst out laughing, some of them even falling to the ground in fits of pure laughter.
"HA HA HAH! Well, what do ya know! Serves you right ya old ghoul!" Ranma burst out.
"Yeah! How the mighty have fallen! Hah hah!" Benten chuckled as she tried to get up from laughing on the sandy ground.
"Hah hah ha ha ha ha! Boy! Talk about getting a taste of your own medicine! Ha ha ha hah!" Lum cried in pure delight.
Shampoo growled at the group as she and her great-grandmother were about to go after them, only to be caught by Nodoka.
"You know, if you had just played nicely, I might have tried to convince my son to give you a chance. But after a stunt like this..." She said, a tone of pure venom and malice in her calm yet scarry voice.
"Please mother-in-law, allow me." Kurama said as she picked up the two transformed Amazons and pulled out her fan.
"THIS, is for trying to curse me, my friends AND my boyfriend you jackasses!" She said as she tossed them into the air, did a big wind up and swung her fan with all her might, creating a huge blast of wind that sent the two animals flying out over the ocean!
"And it's a home run, ladies and gentlemen!" Ranma shouted. Everyone started laughing as the two Amazons splashed far out into the ocean.
Neko Shampoo and Gerbil Cologne both popped out of the water and shook their heads. Cologne hopped onto her great-granddaughter's head.
"(Don't just float there. Mush!)" Gerbil Cologne squeaked as Neko Shampoo nodded and started paddling to who knows where.
But as our group of heroes were celebrating the end of yet another weird event in their lives, they noticed a huge wave heading for them. As they panicked, Ryuunosuke looked at the top of the wave and saw...
"Wait...DAD!?"
Sure enough, Mr. Fujinami was standing on top of the wave, acting like he didn't have a care in the world.
"I LOVE THE SEA!" He screamed as the wave actually seemed to carry him over to his daughter.
"RYUUNOSUKE! Don't get me wrong I'm happy you're finally hanging out with girls and showing some interest in actual men stuff! But why are you still hanging around with this asshole of a jerk who wants you to act like a girl! What are ya, a sissy!?" He shouted at his daughter. Ryuunosuke growled as once again her father was ignoring the fact that she was a girl and not a boy!
"I AM A GIRL YOU DUMBASS!" She screamed as she threw a punch at her father.
He blocked the punch and threw one of his own, Ryuunosuke parried and round kicked him and yet another one of their usual fights broke out. Nodoka and Shinobu looked on in confusion as Ranma and the others face palmed and shook their heads.
"So, this is the man you said was Ryuunosuke's father?" Nodoka asked. Ranma nodded.
"Yep." He said.
"Man, he really is in denial about his own kid's gender, isn't he?" Benten said.
"Yeah he...AAGGGHH!" Kurama was cut off when she was hugged from behind by Ataru.
"What the!? Where did you come from!?" Ranma screamed.
"Hey hot stuff! Ditch the jerk and lets...OOOPH!" He gasped as he was elbowed in the gut and thrown over Kurama's hip.
"What is the matter with you!? I'M SPOKEN FOR! GET OVER YOURSELF YOU WASTE OF SPERM!" Kurama shouted as she kicked the boy.
"How is this idiot still up and about?" Lum asked. Suddenly, Ataru dashed over to Lum, clutching his gut.
"Hey...baby...look." But the horny pervert was cut off by Ranma kicking him in the head.
"The guy's like a bad rash or a cockroach. He just keeps coming back." Ranma said. Benten looked down at the perverted creep her just grinned up at her.
"Hey cutie...AGH!" He was cut off by Benten stomping on him.
"This is ridiculous. Can't you just drop it. The three of us are taken, dipshit." She said as she kicked him over towards Asuka. But that was a bad move as he wrapped his arms around her leg.
"Hey cutie!"
"Get OFF JERK!" Asuka said as she put him into a painful lock. As she was about to break something, Shutaro Mendo showed up and kicked Ataru away.
"Exactly! Can't you see this lady has zero interest." He said before getting on one knee and gazing at Asuka.
"My dear lady, you're a samurai's wildest dream! Please say you'll go out with me!" He professed. Asuka was a little caught off guard.
"Um...well...I..." She tried to say. But as she was fumbling her words, Ataru charged in and punched Shutaro.
"Back off jackass! Can't you see I'M trying to ask the girl out!?" He said as he tried to ask out Asuka again, only for him and Shutaro to fight over her.
"What the freak is going on here!?" Ranma said to no one. "We JUST got done with a big fight, and now three other wack jobs are trying to start something!?"
"Ranma, shouldn't we do something?" Nodoka asked.
"Yeah, but what?" He answered.
Meanwhile, Asuka was starting to get mad and finally exploded.
"Ok, ENOUGH!" She screamed as she punched boy horn dogs HARD in the face.
"I. Don't. Want. Either of you two jerks because..."
"WHY!?" Ataru butted in. "Give me one good reason why you won't go out with me!?"
"Or me!?" Shutaro added in.
"Because..." Asuka had to think fast.
'OOOOHHHH! Lum is gonna HATE me for this...' She thought to herself, before she ran over to Ranma and wrapped her arms around him.
"BECAUSE I'M DATING RANMA-KUN!"
"What!?" Was all he could say
"WWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!?" Lum exploded like an electrical bomb.
"HUH!? THE HELL!? You've GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" Ataru screamed as if death had punched him in the balls.
"Seriously Saotome!? You just had to go and take another girl!?" Shutaro shouted.
"Wati! I..." Ranma tried to defend himself.
"Ranma, please." Asuka pleaded in a whisper. "Just go with it. Please, I don't want those two bugging me anymore." She begged with the puppy dog eyes.
"LIKE HELL!" Lum shouted.
"Ditto!" Kurama added.
"Huh. They chased her RIGHT into his arms." Was all Benten could say.
"AND I'M DATING HIM TOO!" Ryuunosuke shouted and ran to Ranma's other side as the two horny boys took a look at her.
"NNNNNAAAAAANNNNNNNIIIIII!?" The two boys and Mr. Fujinami all exclaimed as they comically exploded like volcanos.
"RYUUNOSUKE! YOU'RE A MAN! MEN DON'T DATE WOMEN YOU LOUSY EXCUSE FOR A SON!" Fujinami said. And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is what finally made Ranma snap at the man who in some ways reminded him of his own douche bag father.
"Ok. THAT'S ENOUGH! ALL OF YOU!" Ranma exploded as his aura exploded into a burning inferno of pure crimson energy. Lum and the other could SWEAR that his eyes, for a brief moment, also flashed crimson red.
"YOU ASSHOLES DON'T GET IT! THEY! DO! NOT! LIKE EITHER OF YOU!" He said as he punched both boys so hard that the strike could be heard across town.
"AND YOU! RYUUNOSUKE! IS! A! FREAKING! GIRL! GET OVER YOURSELFE!" He screamed at Fujinami in a way that scared the man so much that his life flashed before his eyes.
"Look you..."
"SHUT UP!" Ranma shouted as he struck Fujinami so fast sonic booms could be heard from every attack, sending the old idiot to the ground looking like he'd been in a war zone.
"And if I wanna ask out your DAUGHTER! I FREAKING WILL! Ryuunosuke! Would you go out with.."
"YES!" She cut him off without a second's hesitation. Blushing like mad from how this happened. She was scared, yet...
'Boy he looked so hot beating the old bastard up.' She thought.
"Huh. Ok, I'm game. I actually kind of like this chick." Benten said from behind Nodoka. But Lum...
"I'M TIRED OF FREAKING SHARINGGGGGGGG!"
Lum: Hey everyone, Lum here. And next episode, against my wishes, Darling gains two new lovers: Ryuunosuke and Asuka. And Ryuunosuke comes to me, begging to let her go on a real date with Darling. I eventually relent and allow it. But as the two look-a-likes are trying to enjoy themselves, a familiar black rose shows up to cause trouble. So don't miss the next episode of Urusei Ranma! Ryuunosuke's First Date! See ya there! Datcha!
(Ending Theme: Rain forecast. Regulos Version. Short Version)
Te ni shitatte mitasenakute
Tokedashita yume wo nagame nani wo dou sureba?
Ranma is seen looking out over a field at night, a look of contemplation on his face. As we get a transparent close up of his face he looks back on how his life started out.
Tsukihanashite toki ga tatte
Miete kuru mono kitai shita sore shikanakatta
Ranma is next seen getting up and walking back into Nerima as the sun starts to rise.
Aa boku ga koko ni iru imi wa aru no ka na?
Naita sora sakeru you ni kabau tsutanai omoi
Ranma takes a deep breath, his look a serious frown.
Aa furishikiru shikou wa ima wo madowasu kara
Mirai dake ishiki shite sugoshi
Sou douse aragatte warattetai
As he keeps walking, the sun illuminates the sky and he looks up to see Lum waving at him with all his loved ones right behind her. The camera returns to a close up of Ranma's face, as a smile slowly spreads across his face.