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	Shampoo nearly fell off a roof in surprise as a small ball of 
perversion latched itself onto her chest. She looked down and boiled 
with anger when she saw the familiar little demon, whose name, in 
Joketsuzoku, was a reminder that bad little girls would get snatched up 
if they didn't behave themselves.
	Her first reaction was to pull out her bombori and smack the little 
freak into the top of the roof on which they stood. Her second was to 
follow up in a punt, but that did not happen. Instead, an idea came to 
her.
	"Shampoo no want fight you now! Shampoo need your help!" Happosai 
looked up at her with his eyes never leaving the girl's chest. She 
pondered on pounding him again, but if she was to get his cooperation he 
would have to be conscious.
	"Hmm," Happosai considered. "How can I help such a beautiful young 
woman as yourself?" He went from his perverted state to his wise and 
most knowledgeable one. He looked up at her curiously.
	"Ranma in trouble! Pig-boy want take Violent Girl so he go to..." her 
words were cut short when she realized what the ancient master held in 
his hands. Her eyes narrowed and she reconsidered her choice and 
attempted to knock the little man unconscious, which didn't work out 
quite well.
	The next thing she realized was that she was flying backwards and into 
an alleyway, pain flooding her. She refused to be knocked out for 
Ranma's life could be at stake.
	"That was very unwise of you Shampoo. If someone is in danger then you 
should spit out what you have to say." Happosai sounded very serious for 
once in his life.
	The ancient one helped her up and what she noticed next was that he now 
held TWO of her undergarments. She checked both under her top and bottom 
to find what was missing under her clothes. "AHH!! Hentai!!!" She then 
punted the gleeful master into the stratosphere.
	"When I come down tell me what you were going to say!" he yelled before 
he winked out of existence.
	Now back to getting to Ranma! She leaped back up onto the roof towards 
Nerima.

		*		*		*

	All of Ranma's friends had gathered at the Tendo residence and were 
about to leave when Ranma spoke, "Anyone see Ryouga?" Everyone either 
responded in the negative or shook their heads, besides his friend from 
Furinkan, Hitoshi. "Yeah, I saw him walk by my house an hour ago. I 
called out to him but he didn't hear me and kept going."
	Ranma scowled. They finally got to be somewhat of good friends and he 
gets himself lost. Typical. "Oh well, if he shows, great. If he doesn't, 
we really can't blame'em." The small group then left to the nightclub, 
where they were going to have the bachelor party.

	"Where am I now?" Ryouga asked himself for nearly the thousandth time 
this month. He had to get to Ranma's bachelor party, but like usual when 
he went looking for the bathroom he got lost and found himself quite far 
away from the Tendo residence. "Stupid, stupid, stupid! Oh this is your 
fault Ranma! I hate you!" He started pounding holes into the ground with 
his fist.
	After a few moments of bashing inanimate objects, he felt a slight 
change in the temperature making him shiver from the sudden cold. 
'That's odd.' Ryouga then looked at his surroundings. He stood in a 
forested area that was quite disturbed since most of the trees near him 
had fallen from his random smashing. 'Hmm, that seems like the way to 
go.' He then walked along the path that his destruction uncovered and 
followed it.


	Ranma and his friends shivered as they made their way towards the club. 
They then looked up at the sky in dread as they heard the rumbling of 
thunder in the distance, causing them to hurry towards their 
destination.
	Just as they were about to enter, they were caught in a sudden 
downpour, not pleasing the now very wet and very female Ranma. "God damn 
it! We almost made it!" His friends who were all well aware of his curse 
chuckled and ushered her into the building seeming to thump from the 
music played inside.
	Ranma grinned and shouted to her friends over the loud noise from the 
night club, "Well, I guess this can be considered a bachelorette party 
too!" They all laughed some more and walked into the main part of the 
club.


	Ryouga tried to figure out the language that the road signs on the 
street were in, but it was quite difficult through the heavy rain. He 
then gave up and walked down one of the streets. He continued walking 
until he heard a loud thumping noise from a building that was on his 
right... or was it left? He looked around and seemingly right when his 
confusion would take him somewhere else, something about the building 
that was now in front of him told him that it was the one he had been 
looking for earlier.
	He approached it and was stopped short of entering by a large bouncer. 
"You have reservations here, boy?' Ryouga looked up at the very large 
man who held him back from his goal. Ryouga was about to show him the 
bright light that near death experiences always but he decided to keep 
all his anger for the one who made all of this a sad reality. "I'm 
Ryouga Hibiki... I'm expected."
	The bouncer looked at him suspiciously for a second and then moved out 
of the young man's way. "Ahh, your with the Ranma party," Ryouga sighed 
relief at this. "Right this way... no this way!" He pushed Ryouga in the 
right way and was greeted warmly by Daisuke, one of Ranma's high school 
buddies, who led him to where the rest were.
	"Yo Ryouga! Glad you could make it buddy!" Ranma said in his sweet 
female voice. Ryouga took a deep breath. This had to look good.
	"Hey Ranma." That was the best 'nice' greeting that he could pull off 
in his current mood. He looked around and saw everyone talking over a 
few drinks. "Is this a party? I don't see you all drinking... waitress! 
Next round's on me!" Ryouga could only hope he had enough cash on him to 
pay for it.
	One of Ranma's friends that Ryouga had never met before, named Kenji, 
engaged him in an interesting conversation. Before long, they were all 
quite drunk excluding Ryouga.
	Ranma sat down next to Ryouga. "I'm sooo glad you're here man... 
wouldn't be the same without ya." Ranma weakly put her arm around Ryouga 
neck and flashed one of the grins that would usually set Ryouga off. Not 
this time.
	"Come on, you think I'd miss your wedding? We may have not been 
friendly to each other before, but I've seen how Akane loves you. I 
won't get in the way of her happiness." Ryouga said that matter-a-factly 
and sipped his beer. He wouldn't stand in the way of Akane's 
happiness... but Ranma was going to ruin her. He couldn't allow that.
	Ranma suddenly pulled herself off of Ryouga, much to his relief, and 
said, "Eek, the men's... er lady's room calls." Ryouga glared daggers at 
the young woman's departure and glanced at Ranma's unattended glass. 
'This is for Akane. You can't stand back now!' He pulled a capsule from 
his the pocket of his jacket and opened it over the drink and stirred 
the contents in. 'Phew, that's done.'


	His eyes glazed over and his thoughts all shifted to one thing: Akane.
	"Love! For you, I will do anything!"
	"Do you really mean it, Ryouga?"
	"Of course, dearest heart!"
	"Oh Ryouga! Why did I ever love that heartless beast, Ranma? He could 
never be you. Your my everything!" The two lovers melded together, 
becoming one. No one could destroy his fantasies this time. His heart of 
glass was reinforced with steel. His love was with him in his arms.


	"Uh, Ryouga? Could you let up? Your going to squeeze me to death!" His 
eyes opened in complete shock. Was Akane really with him? Ranma's 
sapphire eyes blinked at him in response. "Sorry, buddy... umm how much 
have you had too much to drink already?" Ryouga instantly release his 
hold on the red head, feeling very embarrassed. She patted him on the 
back and smiled. "It really is good to have you as a friend. Oh, 
shoot... I'll be right back!" Ryouga watched her bound over a few tables 
and rush back into the women's bathroom.
	'Fate is with me! I almost forgot to put the pill in Ranma's drink!' 
The fact that he did it already completely slipped his mind after his 
day dream of Akane. He looked over at Ranma's glass and back to the door 
to the ladies room. 'Okay Ryouga, don't chicken out now! You can't let 
Ranma get away with this! Its for Akane's own good!' He then pulled out 
another capsule and opened it over Ranma's drink once more, stirring it 
in. 'Phew, now I only have to wait for him to get sleepy and then I take 
him home like the good little friend that I am!' His mind shifted into a 
dream state as he imagined Akane and him living in a house of their own 
with children running all around the place.


	Ranma sat down next to him again and took a big swig of her glass. "So, 
bud. Tell me about you and Akari. How are you two doin'?" Ranma paused 
and took another sip of her beer.
	Ryouga seemed to snap out of whatever fantasy he was  to answer him, 
"We're doing just fine, Ranma. I guess you and Akane are good too?" 
Ranma took a few moments to answer, "We're getting along really well 
now." Ranma's eyes felt like dead weights, but she kept her gaze firmly 
on Ryouga. How many drinks did she have? Certainly not enough to be 
passing out this fast.
	"You okay, Ranma?" Ryouga asked with curiosity in his voice, to which 
Ranma nodded her head. "Seems everything�s turning out good for you." 
Ranma was too busy fighting to stay awake to notice the jealous 
hostility in Ryouga's voice. "Are you sure your okay, Ranma?"
	"I feel... odd." Ranma's vision blurred and he could hardly tell that 
the form in front of  her was the lost boy. 'I don't even remember 
drinking that much!' Ranma fell out of her chair as nausea suddenly 
consumed her. She felt like she was about to vomit but passed out cold 
too quickly.


	Ryouga's quick reaction saved Ranma from landing on the floor, but she 
passed out that same instant. His face beamed a sadistic smile as he 
looked at the unconscious girl. "Are you okay Ranma? Ranma?" He had to 
make it look good. He couldn't allow anyone to be able to point their 
finger at him later on.
	He felt Ranma's wrist for a pulse and didn't find one. His heart beat 
quickened. He felt her neck trying to find a pulse there. Nothing. He 
then placed his palm to her chest in a desperate attempt to feel a heart 
beat. He felt her heart beat few and far in between, but she was alive. 
She would be alive for a very long time, suffering in the misery as he 
had been for so many years.
	"Heh, your so drunk, Ryouga! That's Saotome! Hehe!" Daisuke promptly 
passed out. He wondered what the boy meant, when he saw his hand on a 
beautiful female's chest. It didn't cause the usual nose bleed. It was 
Ranma after all, but it did look bad. He removed his hand from her chest 
and propped her up in her chair and her head slumped over onto the bar.
	Ryouga stood up looking at all of the people he was drinking with, now 
all of them completely passed out besides Hitoshi who was obviously 
struggling for consciousness. He walked over to the young man and spoke 
to him, "I'm going to take Ranma home, you'll be okay here?" Hitoshi 
smiled at him and said he'd be fine and that his idea was good. Hitoshi 
wasn't in the right frame of mind to remember about Ryouga's little 
directional problem.
	Ryouga walked back to Ranma and picked her up easily carrying her up to 
the bar where he put some cash down covering his part. "I'm going to 
take her home before some stick gets ideas about taking her back 
with'em." The bartender nodded and told him to be safe as he walked out.
	The chill in the air caused adrenaline to fill Ryouga. His vengeance 
was almost complete. Nothing could go wrong now. He wouldn't allow it.

		*		*		*

	Shampoo arrived in Nerima and immediately headed to the Tendo dojo. 
There could be no excuse for her if Ryouga beat her. She decided to 
enter calmly and assess the situation just in case Ryouga did beat her 
to the mark. She shivered in the cold air, and could only hope that she 
wasn't too late.


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What is Ryouga going to do now? Will Shampoo save
Ranma before Ryouga can do anything else or is it
already to late? Find out in the next installment
of Vengeance.


Ryan Erik
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