Subject: [FanFic] OMPG III
From: Jack Ji
Date: 5/8/1996, 1:50 PM
To: Fan Fic

Ok, here's the third part. I doubt anyone is actually reading this now 
since I haven't goten any reply or feedback from my second part. Please 
read this!

			Oh My Pigtailed Goddess
			          By Jack Ji
			 Part III: Kitten Surprise
	I woke up from my strange dream. I was in a cold sweat and 
breathing hard. It seemed so real, yet so unreal. A little like virtual 
reality. Thousands of questions where fluttering in my mind. Why was I 
in the air? Who were those two women? Why were Mike and Hanny 
attacking me? What was with those markings on their head? And why 
were there pigs and kittens flying with me? Most puzzling question of 
all, how could I have done all those things I did? Well, I just assumed 
that dreams are dreams and are meant for our sub-consciousness to 
take over.
	I sat up and looked at the alarm clock. It was 6:40 AM; twenty 
minutes before it was set to go off. I hate it when I wake up less than 
half an hour before the alarm goes off. Mike and Hanny were still asleep 
so I decided to get up quietly, get dressed, go to the kitchen to get 
something to eat and think about my dream. But first, the bathroom!
	I was slightly surprised to see my nanny in the kitchen already 
making breakfast. Then, I remembered, I was in Japan and this is how 
the women act in Japan. It looked like she was making bacon, eggs and 
some toast.
	"Ohaio gozaimasu," I greeted her. "Smells good. It's been a 
while since I've had bacon and eggs."
	"Good morning to you too," she smiled. "Sleep well?" She 
continued her cooking. I sat down to read the newspaper but then 
remember that I can't read too much Japanese yet.
	"Yes," I replied. "I slept well but I had a dream that wasn't too 
comforting. It's probably because of anxiety of training at Tendo 
Dojo." I told her the details of my dream.
	"That's probably it then," she smiled again. "Speaking of 
which, I'll pick you up after school and drop you off at Tendo Dojo. I'll 
take you home after you guys are done training AND had a shower."
	"Shower?" I winced at the statement. "But I always showered 
after I got home after a practice in America."
	"Well, this is Japan," she started. "You should get used to 
taking baths with other people because there are public baths here. 
Some are even coed so you need to start practicing to be less modest."
	"Modesty is the first tenet of a martial artist," I argued. She 
just gave me a "just do it" look. 
	I sighed. I really did not feel OK getting naked and taking 
baths with other men in a public bath house. It was somewhat OK with 
friends but not with strangers. Still, it's a little embarrassing even with 
friends.
	I heard a slight buzzing noise coming from our room. It 
stopped after about 3 buzzes. Mike walked out of our room soon after. 
He looked slightly awake and still had that constant frown on his face. 
He didn't even greet us or just didn't see us and went straight to the 
bathroom.
	I went to wake Hanny up since he isn't much of a morning 
person. I practically had to drag him into the kitchen in his pajamas 
while he was still asleep. I wanted to wake him up with a splash of cold 
water but that would have been rude. Besides that, Mike wasn't out of 
the bathroom yet. I hoped he didn't fall asleep in there.
	Mike walked out much more awake now. He actually had a 
smile on his face. I told Hanny to wake up and go freshen up in the 
bathroom. He bumped into a wall before he got to the bathroom.
	"Smells good," Mike said. "I usually don't have bacon and 
eggs at home so this is going to be a special treat for me." Mike was 
practically drooling when his food got on his plate. Surprisingly, he 
really looked hungry.
	Hanny got out of the bathroom and looked awake and alive 
now. He went to change out of his pajamas. I started eating when Ken 
came out and went to the bathroom. Hanny came back about the same 
time Ken came out of the bathroom. I was surprised to see that Mike 
not only ate all his food, but finished before me! I was just half way 
done when Ken and Hanny sat down to eat.
	"Where's Gan-san?" Hanny asked my nanny. "And aren't 
you going to sit down and eat." My nanny smiled at him.
	"He already left to his office around 5 this morning," my 
nanny answered. "I already ate something before you guys woke up."
	What a woman, I thought. Mike got up after finishing his 
orange juice and took my empty plate to help do the dishes. Ken and 
Hanny soon finished and we were out of the door and in the car by 
7:30. It will be our second day in school but this time we planned to 
look around instead of going to class. It will also be our first day 
training in martial arts. We were all very excited.
			******
	Surprisingly, there was no traffic jam this morning, unlike the 
entire day yesterday. Once again, I saw Akane fighting off a band of 
guys but this time Ranco was helping her. There was also a tall guy 
carrying a wooden sword and wearing a gray gi chasing Ranco.
	"Pig tailed goddess!" he screamed. "My love for both you and 
sweet Akane is indescribable!" He went to hug Ranco from the back 
but got thrown into the mob chasing them. Ranco and Ranma seemed 
to have the same style of techniques.
	"You insane idiot, Kuno!" Ranco screamed to the air born 
Kuno. "You're going to make me late!" Ranco and Akane ran in 
through the gate right past us. I grabbed Ranco by her red pig tail and 
pulled her behind the gate. The mob ran past us as the gate closed.
	"Ow!" she screamed, rubbing the back of her head. "Why'd 
you do that? Oh, it's you guys!" Ken walked away to his first class 
since Hanny, Mike and I didn't need to go to any classes today.
	"Sorry," I started. "I was just wondering where Ranma is. Is 
he sick or something?"
	"Where Ranma is?" she gave me this strange look for a 
moment. "Oh, um, he's, ah, not feeling well. He'll be here, just a little 
later. Yeah, that's it."
	"Not feeling well?" Hanny repeated. "Maybe he should see the 
local doctor or maybe the school nurse when he gets here." 
	"Well, he's not feeling THAT bad," Ranco said. "I got to go to 
class now. You guys are making me late!" Ranco started going off but I 
stopped her. "What now?!"
	"Hey, we'll be training at the dojo today," I started. "Are 
Ranma, Akane and you going to be training with us? Maybe we could 
have a little three on three sparring."
	"Uh... I don't know," she said. "I'll ask them and think about 
it." She ran off into the building, leaving us outside by the gate still.
	"A little strange, isn't she?" Mike said. "She sure does look 
like Ranma though. Maybe they're related."
	"They can't be," Hanny said. "Ranma is engaged to Akane 
and Ranco is Akane's cousin! There are laws against things like that, 
you know!"
	"Still," I said. "She has a very nice figure and is pretty cute. 
Even is she acts like a guy." Hanny and Mike hit me on the head for 
that remark. We then went to look around the school for the next 3 
hours all by ourselves.
			******
	Ranma-chan ran into the boys' bathroom to get some hot 
water. He had to stop meeting up with those three somehow or his 
curse would go international! Especially that Jack. He could sense 
something strange about that one's aura. Now they're going to be 
training all summer at where he lives. How is he going to hide his secret, 
or can he trust them with his curse?
	He looked at the clock. He had two minutes to get to class 
before he'll be late. Damn those three nosy gai-jin! He ran out of the 
bathroom, down the hall and into his first class. He sat down next to 
Akane about 10 seconds before class started.
	"Psst, Ranma," Akane whispered to get Ranma's attention. 
Ranma leaned a little closer to her. "Why were you so late?"
	"Those three guys that visited us last night asked me some 
questions," he whispered, trying not to move his lips too much. The 
teacher started the lecture. "They wanted to know where the male form 
of me was."
	"Why don't you just tell them you're the same person instead 
of using this `Ranco' lie?" Akane asked. "What do you got to be afraid 
of?"
	"They're gai-jin!" he said. "I don't want my curse to go 
international! Besides, it's embarrassing because they're guys my age."
	"You have a point," Akane said. "But what if your dad, 
Mousse or Shampoo tells one of them? Especially Shampoo, 
considering how Jack and Shampoo talked yesterday during lunch. 
They're both Chinese and they can both speak Chinese." Akane had a 
point. Ranma might be able to keep up this Ranco thing, but his dad, 
Mousse, Shampoo or even Ryoga might accidentally change in front of 
them.
	Ranma thought no more about it because the teacher caught 
them talking in class. They now were in trouble.
			******
	The morning had been really quiet. We looked around the 
school. It somewhat resembled my high school except that it wasn't as 
long and had many more floors. My high school is 1/4 mile long, 1/8 
mile wide with a hall upstairs. This school was very neat with very little 
litter, much nicer than my high school looks.
	We met up with the principal of the school. He was wearing a 
Hawaiian shirt and sun glasses. Rather odd, but we just thought he 
wanted to dress up because of the heat. It also turns out that he is 
Kuno's dad but he and Kuno don't get along too well. For some 
reason, he wanted to shave our heads. Other than meeting the strange 
principal of the school, the morning was uneventful until an hour before 
lunch started.
	A small, bald, old man ran carrying a bag full of clothes was 
running away from a mob of girls. As he ran past us we could see that 
there were underwear and bra's hanging out of the bag. It also appeared 
that the group of girls chasing him were on the volleyball team.
	Out a window above us jumped a little girl around 12 years old 
wearing a yellow uniform in front of the old man. I thought she might 
have been just really smart being so young and in high school. Turns 
out, I was wrong.
	"Delinquent!" she said. She grabbed a 5 yen coin from her 
pocket. She put it between her index and middle finger and made a 
circular motion in the air with it. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. 
She drew a yellow circle with the coin. The old man stopped in front of 
the girl.
	The next thing that happened really surprised me. The little girl 
started to drain a greenish aura from the old man. At the same time, the 
old man started to flatten out and she started getting older. Now the old 
man was floating like a piece of paper in the air and the little girl was a 
grown woman. She had much longer hair and a MUCH nicer figure. 
Her attire barely fit and covered her.
	The volleyball team came up, totally wasted the old man and 
got their under garments back. They started walking back to their locker 
room and the old man was unconscious and floating away.
	"Are you three delinquents also?" she asked us in a deeper 
voice. "You shouldn't be skipping class. Are you three new here? I've 
never seen you guys before."
	"No, ma'am." Mike answered for us. I was too shocked at 
what I just witnessed to say anything. "We're visiting from America. 
We're with Ken Gan."
	"Good," she said. "I'm Miss Hinako, the discipline enforcer 
here. I hope your stay here is not interrupted anymore." She left to go 
inside the school.
	"Did you see how she did that?" I asked Hanny and Mike. 
"She just drained the very life out of him!"
	"Must be some sort of a martial art," Hanny said. "There are 
hundreds you know. Some are more known and some aren't. Still, I'd 
much rather go to Wanda Johnson's office than get punished by her." 
He said that as if he wasn't surprised at all. I was a little more curious 
how she does that draining technique more than shocked now.
	"We'd better start heading towards the cafeteria if we want 
something to eat," Mike said. "I'm starting to get hungry."
	"You sure have an appetite today," Hanny said as we started 
walking to the cafeteria.
	We were half way to the cafeteria when we heard what 
sounded like fighting. It was coming from the courtyard. We ran 
immediately to see what was going on. Fortunately, there wasn't a 
crowd to block our view since lunch didn't start yet.
	It turned out that Shampoo was fighting a girl with long hair in 
a pony-tail wearing boy's clothes. Shampoo was wielding her bonboris 
and the other girl was wielding what looked like a huge spatula.
	"I'm going to give Ranchan his lunch today," the girl with the 
spatula said. She threw out 5 small spatulas. Shampoo jumped out of 
the way and they went into a tree just like darts.
	"Shampoo no letting foolish girl give Ranma food," Shampoo 
shot back at her in the while still in the air. She attempted to strike the 
other girl with from above but missed and knocked down a tree instead.
	I saw Shampoo's two boxes for food on a bench, probably for 
Ranma. Next to them was something that resmebled a lot like a pizza 
box. I couldn't believe what they were fighting over! The winner would 
get to give Ranma lunch!
	I couldn't stand all this fighting anymore. Nor could I see 
anymore trees hurt. Mike and Hanny were being entertained from all 
the fighting, jumping and maneuvers. I went over and pulled out three 
of the dart spatulas.
	I threw two of them at Shampoo and another one at the other 
girl. I knocked out Shampoo's two bonboris and the big spatula from 
the other girl. I was surprised that I didn't miss.
	"Hey!" exclaimed the other girl. "What do you think you're 
doing?"
	"What do you think YOU'RE doing!?" I retorted. "You are 
fighting over who gets to feed Ranma. That is so ridiculous! Who are 
you anyway?"
	"I'm Ukyou," she said. "I own Ucchan's downtown. Now, 
who are you?"
	"This Jack," Shampoo answered for me. "This his friends from 
America. They come visit us for summer." She smiled at me.
	"Oh, so you're Ukyou!" Hanny said. "Ken has told us about 
you. You're engaged to Ranma because of some pizza stand or 
something like that."
	"Listen," she started. "I don't have time to deal with you three. 
I have to go back and see to the restaurant now because of you." She 
picked up her spatulas. She went to get Ranma's food also but Mike 
was already there and eating it.
	"You idiot!" she exclaimed. "That was for Ranchan! I don't 
have time to go back, make another and return! You're going to pay for 
that." She wrote something on a piece of paper, handed Mike a 
business card with the paper attatched to it, and left.
	"Shampoo so happy to see Jack!" Shampoo said as she 
hugged me. I was a little surprised and started blushing. Hanny started 
laughing at me but Mike was still eating and didn't notice. Shampoo 
went over to get her two boxes.
	"Here," she said. "Is for Jack." She handed me one of the 
boxes. It was filled with noodles, dumplings and Chinese bread. Just 
like mom used to make!
	"Wow!" I exclaimed astonished. "Thank you so much. I 
didn't think I'd eat this in Japan."
	"You're welcome," she said and gave me a small kiss on the 
cheek. I blushed again. This time Mike joined Hanny at laughing at me. 
Shampoo started going towards and cafeteria.
	"Shut up," I said to them, still a little embarrassed. "You guys 
are just jealous!" I started eating my lunch. It was better than how my 
parents make it. I finished my lunch just went lunch began.
	"Come on," Hanny said. "You two might be full but I haven't 
eaten yet!" We followed Hanny into the cafeteria. Once again, 
Shampoo had made a big hole in a wall.
	"This sucks," Mike said looking at the piece of paper. "I have 
to pay 1200 yen for what I ate."
			******
	"Ranma!" Shampoo called out. "Shampoo give groom lunch!"
	"That's OK, Shampoo," he said, backing away. "I'm not too 
hungry." Shampoo didn't listen and went up to mouth feed him. Just 
like yesterday, Akane yelled at Ranma but this time she threw him 
through the hole in the wall.
	"Ungrateful Akane rude to Ranma!" Shampoo said to Akane. 
"Akane not deserving Ranma." She ran off through the hole to catch 
Ranma. Mike and I sat down at the same table as Akane since no one 
else was sitting there now. Hanny went to get something to eat.
	"Hi, Akane," I greeted her. She didn't seem too happy but 
converted her frown to a smile when we sat down.
	"Oh, hi," she greeted back. "If I remember correctly, you're 
Jack and Mike. You'll be training at my dad's dojo, right?"
	"Yeah," I nodded. "I talked to Ranco this morning to see if 
you, she and Ranma would like to have a little three on three sparring 
against Hanny, Mike and me." Hanny came back with his hands full of 
food and sat down with us.
	"I don't think Ranco would like to do that," she said. "She 
doesn't like to lose to guys but I'm glad to spar with one of you and 
I'm sure Ranma won't let the challenge pass."
	"OK, it's set then," Hanny said after he drank a big gulp of 
water. "It'll be two of use versus you and Ranma. Speaking of Ranma, 
Ranco said he wasn't feeling too well. What did he have?"
	"Oh, nothing at all really," Akane said. "He just, ah, didn't feel 
like getting up early this morning."
	"I know the feeling," Hanny said. The bell rang, warning that 
there was only 5 minutes till lunch ended. "Guess you have to go to 
class now. See you after school."
	"Jaa," she said and waved at us. Ranma half walked, half 
limped through the hole in the wall to his next class. He also had a few 
bandages on his face.
	"I think we're having a much more interesting day today than 
yesterday," Mike said. "I can't wait to see what the rest of the day is 
going to be like compared to this morning! Hey, Hanny, are you going 
to eat that?"
	"Here," Hanny said, smiling. "I thought you might get hungry 
again so I got something extra for you."
	We were the only ones left in the cafeteria so we decided to go 
out the hole in the wall and go to the quiet courtyard for a while to let 
Mike and Hanny finish their food.
			******
	The rest of the afternoon was peaceful and relaxing. It was a 
beautiful day and the three of us really enjoyed the nice weather. Time 
passed very quickly and school was finished for the day before we 
knew it.
	Mike and I left our gi's in the car earlier that morning so my 
nanny wouldn't have to remember. I had left my sparring equipment 
there also. Ken met us outside the gate and we walked to the car.
	"Did you have a nice day at school today?" my nanny asked 
us. We got into the car. She started the car and drove into the street.
	"You could say that we had an interesting day," Hanny said, 
smiling. "We met the principal, saw his son and met many other people 
at the school."
	"That's nice," she smiled. "I hope you three are ready for 
some martial arts training, Japanese style. Are you going to buy a gi at 
Tendo Dojo, Hanny?"
	"Yes, I am," Hanny replied. "I Mike and I are also going to 
buy sparring equipment."
	"How are you going to pay for all that?" Ken asked. He had a 
point there. It would be rude to make my nanny to pay for our 
equipment and training. "Maybe you three should get a job."
	"Good idea!" Mike said. "Maybe we'll ask Ranma or someone 
if they know a good place for us to work."
	"Of course you would want to," Hanny said. "You owe a 
certain someone some money." Hanny and I had a little chuckle. Mike 
went back to his frown.
	"We're here," my nanny said as she pulled into driveway. I 
saw Tendo-San playing go with Mr. Panda again. "I'll pick you up 
around 5:45. Don't forget to shower after your practice. I can't stand 
you guys being so sweaty!"
	We walked out of the car with our stuff and walked into the 
dojo. My nanny drove off. I felt so nervous. Mike and Hanny looked 
more nervous than I felt.
	"Welcome, welcome," greeted Kasumi. "Come on in. We've 
been expecting you." Her voice and smile relaxed me, just a little. She 
showed us the changing room.
	"I need to get a gi," Hanny said. Kasumi smiled, went to 
another room and came out with a gi and a red belt.
	"You're a red belt, right?" she asked. "I hope this fits."
	We thanked her for her hospitality and went to change. The 
changing room was about as big as the one in my dojo. It was about 10 
feet by 15 feet with cubbies on a wall, a bench on another, coat hangers 
and a mirror. We changed in about 5 minutes and went outside to the 
training area.
	Mr. Tendo was already there waiting for us. He told us to 
warm up on our own. Mike and I did our usual track and field stretches 
consisting of calf, hamstring, quad and triceps stretches. We tried to 
teach to Hanny these, which he did pretty well. After stretching, I did 
my warm up of rising kicks and push ups. Mike did aikido rolls and 
Hanny copied me by doing rising kicks also.
	We then lined up on the call of Mr. Tendo. Akane came in 
wearing a gi with a black belt and sat in seiza behind Mr. Tendo quietly. 
She also had some sparring protection on. She must be assisting Mr. 
Tendo. 
	After doing some riding stance middle punches and more 
kicks to get our muscles really warm, Mr. Tendo told me to get my 
sparring equipment on. He gave Mike and Hanny some protective 
equipment also. He told Mike to spar with Hanny since Mike takes 
aikido and Hanny hasn't been training for a long time. I had to have 
Akane as my partner. We bowed and started sparring. Mr. Tendo 
looked after Mike and Hanny and let Akane and I do our stuff.
			******
	"I'll go easy on you," I said to Akane. She didn't seem too 
happy at my remark.
	"You better give me all you got," she said. "I'm tougher than 
you think."
	"Sure you are," I laughed. "I've never lost to any female in 
sparring before." It's true, I haven't. However, I haven't sparred with a 
female before either so it was only half true.
	"There's a first time for everything," she said. "Especially 
losing!" She started charging towards me.
	I predicted what she was going to do from carefully watching 
the green belts in my dojo. I quickly ducked and rolled to the side. Her 
flying side kick went harmlessly above and to the side of me. She 
landed on her feet with her back to me.
	I quickly took the chance to thrust kick her from behind, 
hoping to knock her over on her stomach. She was quicker than I 
thought and turned around. My kick hit her in the side instead of her 
back. She flew a few feet back, holding her ribs but was still in her feet.
	I attempted my roundhouse-turning back thrust-step behind 
side thrust kick maneuver. This covered about twenty feet. I missed my 
roundhouse but I connected with my turning back thrust. I barely 
skimmed her chin with my step behind side thrust kick.
	"You're not too bad," she said and wiped the blood from her 
lips. "For a boy!" She went for a series of punches at my face that I 
blocked and dodged perfectly but she hit me with a few strikes to my 
stomach.
	I hopped back about 10 feet to get a little distance from her 
and catch my breath. I decided that psychological attacks would start 
helping me from what she was saying to me. 
	She started running at me with another flying side kick since I 
was at the perfect distance. This time, however, I chose not to get out of 
the way. Instead, I jumped right into her kick. It hit me right in the 
stomach. She had a very shocked look on her face as she fell on her 
butt. I fell back but rolled back on to one knee.
	"Are you crazy?!" she screamed at me. The psychological 
attack worked. I had her distracted now. "Do you LIKE to get hurt or 
something?"
	"Yes, I'm a little masochistic," I said. I got up to my feet. "But 
you'll find out very quickly that I'm much more sadistic. You sure can 
move pretty well for a girl with thighs as big as China!" I laughed at her. 
I knew this was going to get her mad and she'll start making mistakes.
	"You jerk!" she yelled at me. She ran at me again and did a 
turning step and tried to hit me with a hammer fist. I blocked it with a 
side block, grabbed her wrist  and struck her neck on her right side with 
a knife hand side strike. I actually used something I learned in Three 
Step Kihon! It might have been her sweat, but it looked like she was 
crying. I didn't let that distract me, she might have been using 
psychological tactics like me. Then again, maybe I hurt her feelings.
	I followed up my strike with two knee kicks to her stomach, 
then I swept her legs out from under her. I quickly moved to grab her 
legs. I put my right leg down between her legs and my foot beside the 
right side of her ribs.
	"What are you doing?!" she screamed. I crossed her legs 
across my thigh and flipped her on her stomach. I then leaned back 
with her ankles between my arm pits. I had just put her in the 
Sharpshooter.
	"You sure talk a lot when you fight," I said. I leaned back a 
little more and heard her scream a little louder. "Maybe if you didn't 
talk so much you'd actually win."
	"Let go of me now!" she screamed. "That hurts! I give up! 
Now let me go!" I let her go and immediately went to pick her up.
	"Hey, I did tell you I was a little sadistic," I smiled at her. I 
looked at her eyes and she was really crying. "Hey, don't cry. I'm 
sorry, I didn't mean to lean back so much and I didn't mean what I said 
about your thighs. I just like to use psychological tactics when fighting. 
I'm surprised you didn't use them."
	"It's not that," she said. "It's because I lost to you. You're 
only a yellow belt and a boy! I hate losing to lower ranking students, 
but I really hate losing to boys!" She ran off crying.
	"I said I was sorry!" I screamed at her. "Maybe I should have 
practiced the Sharpshooter on someone else before using it on her," I 
mumbled to myself. I then sat down in a corner to stretch out. I was 
lucky that Mr. Tendo didn't stop us or get mad at me. He must believe 
in finishing a fight after beginning it. 
	I sat down to watch the end of Mike and Hanny's sparring 
match. It was quite boring and they looked like they were working up a 
sweat just looking at each other. It looked like Hanny got Mike in a 
good hold but Mike slipped out. Not much action left here so I got up. 
	I dropped back down with a pain in my stomach. I looked 
down in my gi and saw a bruise the size of Akane's foot on my 
stomach. I got up slowly and went to get some ice.
	I went to the kitchen, knowing that Kasumi will probably be 
there to help me. I was right because I heard humming from the kitchen 
as well as the smell of many spices.
	"Hey, Kasumi," I said to get her attention. She was busying 
cooking, as usual. "Do you happen to- Oh, you already have some ice 
made out. You're such a thoughtful young lady." There was 4 packs of 
ice and some bandages on the table.
	"Thank you," she said. "I knew that one of you was going to 
spar with Akane so I decided it would be best if I had some ice and 
bandages ready." 
	From what she said, I found out that Akane didn't lose often 
in sparring. I got an ice pack and put it in my gi. At first, it was super 
cold, but then it soothed my swelling stomach's pain. I went out to look 
for Akane to apologize.
	I heard some yelling form outside that sounded like Akane's 
voice. It also sounded like she was beating up a bag. I went towards the 
yelling but met up with a white cat that looked exactly like the one in 
my dream. 
	I stopped immediately upon seeing the cat. We made eye 
contact. It smiled at me and started walking towards me. I never saw a 
cat smile before in my life. Maybe only cats in Japan smile. It brushed 
against my sweaty leg. It was so cute I had to pick it up.
	I continued walking towards the yelling while holding a cat. I 
stepped outside and saw Akane beating up a dummy on a piece of 
wood. It resembled Ranma.
	"You jerk!" she screamed as she kicked to dummy in the air. It 
landed before my feet. The cat started purring and nudging its head into 
my chest.
	"I said I was sorry already," I said to her. I put down the cat 
and picked up the dummy. I put it back on the piece of wood. The cat 
followed me and meowed, wanting to be picked up again. I picked it up 
and it started purring.
	"I see you've found Shampoo," Akane said. I looked at her 
puzzled.
	"Shampoo?" I asked. "This cat's name is Shampoo?" The cat 
meowed again.
	"Yeah, isn't it a coincidence?" Akane smiled. She looked 
down at her feet. "I'm sorry I called you a jerk. I'm just not used to 
people calling me names except Ranma."
	"Ranma calls you names to hurt your feelings?" I asked. 
"That's not nice. What a jerk he is. I ought to teach him a lesson." I 
shifted the ice pack in my gi.
	"I'm sorry," she said again. "Did I kick you too hard in your 
stomach?" She went to take a look at my stomach. Shampoo hissed at 
her. She gasped at the big bruise.
	"It's OK," I assured her. "I jumped right into it so you don't 
need to apologize. I should apologize for saying those things and 
putting you in the Sharpshooter. You were the first person I put that 
hold in. I hope we can be friends after all this." Shampoo hissed again. 
It went into my gi and tried to go down my pants but my belt prevented 
it..
	"Whoa, hey," I said to it. I grabbed it out and found out "it" 
was a "she." "Have you had Shampoo spayed yet? I'm sure you don't 
wanted a bunch of little Shampoo's around. You might also want to 
declaw her while you're at the vet." I smiled at Akane but Shampoo 
hissed at me.
	"I don't think spaying pets is nice," Akane said. We started 
walking back into the house. "Declawing animals is cruel. How would 
you like it if someone castrated you and pulled out your fingernails?"
	"You have a point there," I said. "I suppose if there isn't any 
male cats around here that aren't neutered it'll be fine. I'm going to take 
a shower now. My nanny says we have to take a shower before we 
leave. I think a warm bath might help my muscles. See you tomorrow?"
	"Sure," she said. "But let's play fair next time, OK?" She 
started walking to her room.
	"Sure," I said. "You still haven't answered my question yet." I 
smiled, hoping we were friends now.
	"I suppose we can be friends," she shrugged without looking 
back at me. I walked into the bathroom to take a bath.
			******
	Mike and Hanny bowed to each other. The first few minutes of 
their sparring match wasn't too much other than just moving closer, 
getting away and moving to the side of each other. Finally, Hanny 
decided to make the first strike. Mike got out of the way and added a 
little push to Hanny's punch. Hanny fell to the floor, face first.
	Mike went for an arm hold but he took too much time and 
Hanny flipped to his back. Mike grabbed Hanny's right wrist but got 
five toes to his teeth for trying.
	"Yuck!" he shouted. He let go of the wrist and started spitting. 
Hanny got up and went for another punch. If it weren't for the sweat on 
the floor, Hanny would have won right there. Unfortunately for him, 
Mike slipped on the sweat and fell to the floor, ducking the punch in the 
process.
	Mike took the chance to grab Hanny's ankle since he was 
already off balanced. Instead, he grabbed the big toe on the same foot 
that jammed into his teeth. He did manage to trip Hanny but onto 
himself. *SQUASH!*
	Soun Tendo was having a blast watching these two. So much 
fun that he didn't notice Jack and Akane's intense fight. He wished he 
had a video camera to video tape this and send it in to that funniest 
video's show and win some cash.
	Hanny got himself off of the semi-conscious Mike. Hanny 
shook the stars off, went behind Mike and tried to put a joint lock on 
Mike's arms. He put it on perfectly. He almost won except that he was 
sweating so much that his hands lost their grip. Mike fell free of his 
hold.
	At this time, Jack left the training area holding his stomach 
area. Soun waved to him but Jack didn't see him. He shrugged and 
went back to watch the very amusing sparring match.
	Mike did a roll around Hanny to get to his feet. Hanny went 
for the first standing kick of the match. Mike did his best to get out of 
the way of Hanny's thrust kick. Somehow, Mike succeeded in grabbing 
Hanny's leg and pulled it up above his head. Hanny did a flip in the air 
and landed on his butt. Mike took the opportunity to put Hanny in joint 
lock. He put it on exactly like Hanny's did. He was standing directly 
behind Hanny with Hanny's arms in the air.
	Hanny wiggled and struggled but couldn't get out. He then 
hooked his legs around Mike's neck and pulled Mike over him. Mike hit 
his head on the floor and was out cold. Hanny didn't win, however, 
because at the same time Mike hit his head, his feet hit the back of 
Hanny's head. They were unconscious together!
			******
	I put Shampoo down and got undressed. I didn't mind too 
since it was a cat that was watching me, not some girl. I folded my gi 
while wearing my underwear. I put the ice pack next to the towels. I 
tried to push Shampoo out the door but failed so I let her stay. I then 
got into the tub, slid down and relaxed in the hot water. Shampoo 
hopped up on the edge of the bathtub. To my surprise, she jumped in 
with me.
	My parents told me that unlike in America, cats in China 
didn't mind getting wet. I just assumed it was the same in Japan. I soon 
realized I was wrong.
	Shampoo, the human, appeared out of the water. I was a little 
shocked, a little surprised but mostly embarrassed. Normally, I would 
have gone for a towel, but my nanny said I need to practice being less 
modest. Besides, this was Shampoo.
	"Why you want spay Shampoo?" she asked me. "Shampoo 
not that type of girl or cat." She crossed her arms and turned her back 
to me.	
	"What happened to the cat?" was all I could think of to say. I 
was naked in a bathtub with another girl that was my age. This doesn't 
happen to me very often.
	"You not know about curse?" Shampoo turned back to me. I 
tried not to stare at her but failed.
	"Could you sit down?" I asked her. She sat down next to me. 
"What's this curse about?" She told me about how she fell into a 
cursed spring, how she turns into a cat in cold water and back with hot 
water and why she went to the springs.
	"Wait," I said. "This is too much for me. So you went back to 
China because Ranma lied to you about something? That jerk! First 
calling Akane names, and then he caused you to turn into a cat." I 
started wondering who else might have this curse.
	"Jack so nice," she said and hugged me. Normally, I would 
have really enjoyed this and maybe gone farther. Also, blood would be 
rushing to a certain body part of mine but I was too tired for that to 
happen. Unfortunately, I had a bruised stomach so I pushed her away.
	"Do you not like me?" she asked me in Chinese with a tear in 
her eye. "Do you not like my curse? Do you prefer Akane?" She broke 
into tears and started to get out of the tub.  I pulled her back.
	"It's not that," I said in Chinese. "It's just that Akane bruised 
me. See?" I showed her my bruise. She smiled at me again.
	"You don't mind my curse?" she said in Chinese and sniffed. 
Then she looked at me again. "What about spaying and declawing 
animals?"
	"I swear I won't do it to you or any other pet," I said raising 
my right hand. She hugged me again, more carefully this time. "Nor 
will I tell anyone of your curse. So you heard and understood 
everything Akane and I said? Were you hissing because you were 
getting jealous?"
	"Yes," she said. I smiled at her.
	"Maybe you could take me to this cursed springs," I began. 
"So we can analyze it to see if there's a cure to your curse. Hey, aren't 
you engaged to Ranma?"
	"Yes, I am" Shampoo said. "But I'm not married to him yet so 
Great-Grandmother will not mind." I then remember something 
important to ask her.
	"I think you should know that I had a dream with you in it," I 
started. Shampoo looked very happy and smiled at me again, wanting 
me to continue. "No, not that type of dream. I dreamed I saw a white 
cat that looks just like your cat form. Strange, isn't it?"
	"Not very strange," she said. "Great-Grandmother sometimes 
taps into people's dreams and guides them." I nodded and smiled. I 
made a mental note to take a visit to Cologne. I looked Shampoo in her 
eyes. While I'm there, I could apply for a job to pay for my martial arts 
training.
	A knock came at the door.
	"Hey, Jack," came a voice from outside. It was Hanny. "Who 
are you talking to in there? You're better get out soon because Mike 
and I need to take a shower too."
	"Hold on!" I told him. "I'm just talking to this cat in Chinese."
	Shampoo got up and splashed some cold water on herself. She 
turned into a cat. I motioned for her to turn around, which she did. I got 
out and grabbed a towel. I dried myself off and put on my underwear. I 
wrapped a towel around myself, grabbed my gi, put the melted ice pack 
on my gi and went outside.
	"About time you got out," Hanny said, eager to get his bath 
over with. "Nasty bruise you got there." He walked past me.
	"How did your sparring go?" I asked Mike as I went to the 
changing room. "Looks like you got a big bump on your head."
	"Yeah," Mike said rubbing the bump. "I hit my head." He 
walked into the bathroom to shower also. I went into the changing 
room. I turned around and saw Shampoo in the room with me.
	"Well, I suppose it's OK if you stay," I said to her. "Since you 
are in cat form and you can't do anything. Just don't say anything to 
anyone." I took off the towel and sat down on the bench in my 
underwear. I put on my shorts and my socks. I took a good look in the 
mirror on the wall and saw that my bruise was much bigger than it 
looked from my perspective. I finished dressing and  walked out to find 
Hanny and Mike just about to open the door.
	"Cute cat," Mike said. "What's his name?" Mike bent down to 
pet her but Shampoo ran away and hid behind me.
	"HER name is Shampoo," I replied. "I don't think she likes 
you too much." I picked up Shampoo and walked to the living room 
with her in one hand and my sweaty gi in the other. She purred and 
nudged her head into my chest again. I met up with Akane on the way 
to the living room.
	"Hey again, Akane," I said to her. She was still wearing her gi 
and had a band aid on her chin. "Sorry about your chin. Have you 
taken a shower after our practice yet?"
	"No, but I'm going to after you three leave," she said. "I don't 
like to take a bath when other boys are in the house." 
	"I understand how you feel," I said back to her, looking at 
Shampoo. "I'm going to sit in the living room to wait for Mike and 
Hanny. Care to join me for a little chat?"
	She nodded and walked with me to the living room. We talked 
a little bit about our training. I told her about my life in America and 
how we train in my dojo. Kasumi came out of the kitchen to give me 
some water to drink.
	"I thought you'd want something to drink after a hard 
workout," she said. "Also, I think you should see Doctor Tofu about 
your bruise. As for now, you should rub some of these herbs he gave 
me on your bruise. Here's another ice pack."
	"Thanks, Kasumi," I said. "You are so thoughtful. You guys 
have a doctor named Tofu? I hope he isn't like what his name sounds 
like."
	"Oh, don't worry," Akane assured me. "He's a great doctor as 
long as you don't go see him while Kasumi is there."
	 Akane and I continued to talk. Shampoo fell asleep in my lap. 
Mike and Hanny came in about 10 minutes after and we got ready to 
leave.
	"I'm going to take Shampoo home with me, if it's OK with 
you," I said to Akane. "Where were Ranma, Ranco, Mr. Saotome and 
Nabiki today? Remember, we were suppose to have a two on two 
sparring match."
	"Nabiki is at a fund raiser tonight," Akane answered. "Ranma, 
Ranco and Mr. Saotome are, um, helping her. It's fine with me if you 
take her home. She's not a pet around here, she just likes to hang 
around Ranma."
	We waved good bye and thanked Tendo-San. We told him 
we'd be back tomorrow around 4 for more training. My nanny drove 
up just in time.We walked to the car. I had the ice pack in my shirt. The 
three of us had our hands full carrying our gi's and sparring equipment. 
I left Shampoo to walk beside me.
	"Why do you have a cat with you?" my nanny asked me as 
we put our gi's and sparring equipment in the back of the car. I picked 
up Shampoo.
	"Akane said it'll be OK if we took care of her for a little 
while," I said. "Don't worry, I'll take full responsibility for her. Just 
don't take her to the vet to spay her or get her claws taken off."
	She just sighed and drove on. Our first day at training was fun. 
I had a lot to think about for the night. We agreed not to go to school 
tomorrow so we could look for jobs for the summer. I couldn't wait to 
get home and get some sleep.
	                                    End Part III
	                            Finished on 4/19/96

Author's notes: Geez, I didn't think this would be this long. It probably 
took you an hour just to get to the end. I hope I didn't bore you. It is 
true that I have never loss to a female in sparring because I have never 
sparred with a female. Heck, I haven't sparred at all yet. Wanda 
Johnson is the person whos handles discipline in my school.
	There is a proper way to fold up gi's in my dojo. You fold it in 
thirds and then fold it up and wrap the belt around it. Those moves I 
mentioned like roundhouse kicks, really are kicks I learned in karate 
class. Sorry, but no hentai in my fanfict. I do speak Chinese. Mike and 
Hanny don't fight like that but they're not all that better than what I 
described. I don't fight that like but much worse. The Sharpshooter is a 
finishing move that WWF wrestler Bret "Hitman" Hart uses.
Terms I used in Japanese:
Ohaio Gozaimasu: Good Morning
Gai-jin: non-Japanese
Jaa: "See ya later"
Gi: uniform
Bonbori: If you don't know, it's like a big baby rattle that Shampoo 
uses.
Preview of Part IV: Summer job hunting, another training session and 
more!


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Good, noble, resourceful, ingenious, nimble-witted, stalwart, patient, 
wise, subtile, shrewd, illustrious, long suffering, great hearted, much 
enduring Jack Ji, son of his father, sacker of cities, Purple Axeman of 
South Eugene High School, anime and manga otaku, favorite of all.

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