Chapter 8
 
Ranma-neko: MWEORR!! (Hits Shampoo-neko with her hand,
 drawing blood)
 
Shampoo-neko: YEWOR! 
 
(Shampoo-neko tries to jump over her, but Ranma-neko is too
 tall. Shampoo-neko pulls her paws up to her face, shaking, and
 waiting for another blow. A close up  on Shampoo-neko's face,
 as she utters her last prayers in meows. A bonk is heard)
 
Voice: Granddaughter! (Shampoo-neko blinks, and sees Cologne.
 Ranma-chan is sprawled out on the cement, passed out.) Didn't I
 tell you to stay away from son-in-law?
 
Shampoo-neko: (Trying t explain) Mroerw, mea- (Cologne pours
 some hot water over her, and hands the now human and naked
 Shampoo some clothes) Grandmother, what wrong with Ranma?
 He try to kill me! (Shivers and the memory of Ranma-neko's
 glowing eyes)
 
Cologne: He's still angry at  you for killing Akane. You have
 to give him time to get over his grief.
 
Shampoo: (Surprised) That why Ranma so mad? I knew he
 upset, but not angry! And here Shampoo almost think he mad
 because she no come see him for so long. (Wonders) Maybe I
 should have not killed Akane?
 
Cologne: (Shaking her head) You had to, child, since you gave
 her the kiss of death. But you should have waited until you two
 were formally married.
 
Shampoo: Shampoo see. (Looks at Ranma-chan) We take Ranma
 back home, or to Tendo house?
 
Cologne: Aren't you listening? You saw him, he's still out for
 revenge! I'll be working to calm him, but until then, you can't see
 him!
 
Shampoo: (Sadly) Shampoo understand.
 
Cologne: Go back home, I'll take care of son-in-law. (Shampoo
 quickly walks out, and for a second, just before she turns her
 back, we see her face all scrunched up. Cologne takes out a
 bottle from her pocket and is about to pour it over Ranma-chan's
 head when...)
 
Ranma-chan: (Knocking the bottle away) Whaddya doing?
 
Cologne: I see you're up, son-in-law.
 
Ranma-chan: Don't you EVER call me son-in-law! Nothing
 will make me marry Shampoo now, and I mean nothing!
 
Cologne: (Holds up a bottle. We see the digits 991 on it) How 
about this, then. I won't erase your memory completly of Akane,
 she will just have not meant anything to you. Of course, you'll
 have to marry Shampoo if you want it.
 
Ranma-chan: What, are you nuts?! For one thing,  don't want to
 forget anything about Akane, and another, I wouldn't marry a
 cold-blood murderer even if you granted me life-long happiness!
 Especially not the one that killed Akane!
 
Cologne:-
 
Ranma-chan: I'm sick of you amazons. You're all just a
 heart-less, evil and brutal women! I refuse to have
 anything to do with you, Shampoo, or any other hair product! 
 
Cologne: So that's what you, think sonny-boy?
 
Ranma-chan: You know what? You're right. I'm not going to
 drop you out of my life just like that. I'm going to kill Shampoo
 first! (Stands up and points to Cologne) Remember this, old
 ghoul. The next time I see Shampoo, she's not going to live.
 If she escapes, I'll still come after her. And if you ever TRY
 to convince me to use some mind-altering drug on me, I'll see to it
that you don't live to your next hundredth birthday.
 
Cologne: I understand how you feel, son-in-law. But that
 doesn't mean I think you're right. I'll be back again! (Using her
 staff, she jumps away)
 
Ranma-chan: *Mark my words, Shampoo. No matter when,
 where and why I next see you, I'm going to attack you. You're
 not going to get away with what you did to Akane.*
 
(Meanwhile, at the Tendo kitchen...)
 
Ryoga: (Holding a letter, and we see a big heart on the envelope)
 Today, Akane-chan. Today will be the day I tell you my feelings!
 (Kasumi walks in not two seconds later. She isn't smiling, and
 there are dark lines under her eyes. She looks at Ryoga wearily,
 and Ryoga starts blushing) Ka-Kasumi! You didn't hear what I
 just said, did you?
 
Kasumi: No.
 
Ryoga: (Wiping the sweat off his brow) Whew. Say, Kasumi,
 could you tell me where Akane is?
 
Kasumi: (Worried) Oh, my. I don't know how to break this
 to you, Ryoga....
 
Ryoga: (Leaning forward, eyes wide) What?



	Aren't you happy? I didn't leave too much of a
cliffhanger here, if one at all.
	Sorry to all of those out there that wanted to
see Shampoo go on to the next world, but don't worry,
this isn't the only time Shampoo will be attacked. 
	Please, nobody tell me that I got the wrong number
for the Shampoo, it's it right manga-wise.
	* Now shows the beginning/ending of somebody's
thinking, if you haven't noticed yet.

	Isabel Arantes