Ranma 1/2: Enter Perfume
Chapter 4: The Plan
Shampoo entered the kitchen after a nice restful sleep. She had
beautiful dreams of her home in China, and what it will be like after she
and Ranma get married. Have their daughters who will follow in her foot
steps and become mighty Amazon warriors.
She stopped where she stood and stared her great-grandmother was
preparing some breakfast. Perfume was slumped across the kitchen table,
sleeping.
"Great-grandmother...did you...?" she started.
"Yes, Shampoo. Perfume and I were up all night last night, going
over the plan. She knows it and she's willing to do it," Cologne finished.
"Aiya!" Shampoo said, happily.
Cologne set four plates of the breakfast down on the table.
Perfume's nose twitched and slowly opened her eyes. She looked at the
food in front of her and smiled. "Meow!"
"Perfume. You're human now. Watch that," Cologne warned.
"Perfume sorry..." she replied with honest sincerity.
"That's okay. Here," Cologne said, handing her a pair of
chopsticks.
"Shampoo, where's that idiot, Mousse?"
Shampoo thought for a moment. She honestly didn't know. Cologne
wondered where he was. Not like him to leave and not let at least Shampoo
know where he was going. She shrugged and began to eat.
"By the way, you two. We start tomorrow." Shampoo and Perfume
looked to Cologne and nodded.
* * *
The next day...
Ranma walked down stairs, early morning. Genma walking behind him.
They walked out into the yard and took their positions on both sides of the
pond.
"Get ready, Ranma! I've gone easy on you for long enough," Genma
threatened.
"C'mon, pop! You know I'm just gettin' better," Ranma boasted.
"That does it, boy! Nobody likes a smart-ass Martial Artist!"
With that, Genma launched himself across the pond at Ranma. Ranma took the
initiative and leapt at his father. Their legs met, Genma pushed back,
knocking Ranma's attack for a loop. Ranma tossed himself back and landed
back onto his rock. Genma landed on his and repeated his attack. Ranma
jumped over his father and gave him a quick boot to the head.
"Ack!" Genma yelled as he landed on a rock, almost losing his
balance. Ranma landed on his and gave his father a snide smirk. Genma's
blood began to boil. Ranma launched himself at Genma. Genma leapt under
Ranma.
"An opening!" Ranma yelled. As he tried to kick his father again,
Genma grabbed Ranma by the leg and threw him hard, down into the pond.
With
a loud splash, Ranma emerged his female self.
"HEY!!" she yelled at Genma.
"I told you I wasn't going to go easy on you, boy," he chided.
Genma turned from his son and began to walk back into the Tendo house, with
the smells of Kasumi's cooking starting to fill the air.
Ranma sat in the pond for a short bit longer, just staring after
her father. _Maybe you're not a joke after all..._ she thought. She shook
her head as if to make things seem a little more clearer to her. She
pulled
herself out of the pond and began to walk into the house.
"Ack! What the hell happened? Did I lose my touch? This has
been such a weird freakin' week for me," she said to herself as she entered
the bathroom, drawing a hot bath. "First that weird dream, then Akane says
she sees me nude and in the cat-fist, and now pop damn near breaks my leg."
Ranma sighed as he let herself ease into the tub, turning back into
himself. He washed up and returned to the kitchen, where the normal
morning
activities took place. Akane and Ranma left for school where the normal
day activities took place. Until after school.
Later that day, after school...
"YOU ARE JUST SO UNCUTE!" Ranma yelled to Akane. Once again they
had gotten into their typical arguments. And once again, Ranma found
himself being hurled through the sky courtesy of Akane's fist.
"RANMA, YOU JERK!" she screamed as her fist connected with him,
sending him into the sky.
Akane walked a ways down when she heard a bike bell. She turned to
see who it was only to see Shampoo sitting in Ranma-chan's arms. Shampoo
had
her arms wrapped around Ranma and they both looked like they were having
the
time of their lives.
"Ranma take Shampoo to date?" she asked, sounding giddy.
"Okay!" Ranma-chan answered as the bike went around the corner.
Akane stood there, just staring after the bike. Her mouth gaped open, her
eyes wide. She suddenly began to shake with anger, her eyes narrowed.
Within a second, she stopped, her battle aura faded, her eyes began to tear
up and she dashed home, crying.
Elsewhere...
Ranma got up out of the alley that he had landed in. He shook
himself out and then looked around.
"Stupid, tom-boy...she didn't have to hit me so damn hard."
Meanwhile at Okonomiyaki Utchan's...
Shampoo and Perfume, in her human form, wearing the exact same
type of clothes that Ranma wears, pulled the bike outside of the
restaurant.
Shampoo let go of her grip around her and got off the bike. She then took
Perfume by the arm for the moment.
"Okay, we follow great-grandmother's plan exactly. We already got
seen by the tom-boy, now we have to show off to the spatula girl. You are
taking Shampoo to date, remember?"
"Perfume...errrRanma remember..." Perfume replied.
Shampoo took Perfume's hand in hers and entered the restaurant.
Ukyo was busy serving another customer, so they seated themselves down.
She finished what she was doing and turned.
"Ran-chan!" she said, excitedly until she realized "he" was with
Shampoo. "Uh, what're *you* doing here?" Shampoo and Perfume grinned as
Shampoo snuggled closer to Perfume.
"I'm dating with Shampoo," Perfume said. She smiled inwardly to
herself at having done a good job so far. _Perfume good kitty! Get
rewarded tonight!_
Ukyo blinked at "Ranma" in disbelief. "In your girl-form?" Ukyo
grinned evilly and turned to Shampoo. "Is there something your not telling
us, sugar?"
Shampoo glowered back at Ukyo. "This coming from stupid spatula
girl who dress like man!" Ukyo was taken aback by that.
"Why you..." she started, battle aura flaring.
"Ranma, why not take Shampoo to date somewhere else?"
"Okay, my love..." Perfume said. _Did I say that right?_ she
wondered. Shampoo smiled and glomped Perfume.
"Aiya!" she said. _Shampoo no like this, being she girl. But may
be only way to get Ranma, so Shampoo do as great-grandmother say._
Perfume and Shampoo walked out of the restaurant, hand in hand.
Ukyo stood there, fuming over what she had just seen. Ukyo slammed her
fist
into her counter, shocking a few of her customers as she did.
"Uh...Ukyo..." Tsubasa said, looking concerned. "Isn't that hot?"
Ukyo realized what she had just done and grabbed her hands.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"
Elsewhere, on the way back to Neko-hanten...
Shampoo rode the bike, with Perfume having her arms around her
waist
holding on. As they rode, Perfume spoke; "Perfume do good?"
Shampoo smiled. "Hai...Perfume good neko." Perfume smiled and
giggled slightly. Mousse stood in the distance, over looking the water.
He
turned slightly hearing them as they approached.
"Shampoo? Is that you, my love?" he asked. He lowered his glasses
and his jaw went through the cement as he saw Shampoo ride by with Ranma
sitting behind her, arms around her.
"SAOTOME! GET AWAY FROM SHAMPOO, YOU FILTH!" he shrieked, leaping
into the air, blades extended from both his sleeves. Shampoo suddenly
realized that they had just passed Mousse. She stopped the bike and
Perfume
jumped off, leaping back, with cat-like reflexes. She landed on the ground
on all fours.
"Hiya!" Mousse yelled, tossing one of his many blades at her.
"Mousse! Stop it! She not Ranma!" Shampoo protested.
Perfume hissed, completely unsure why someone who had saved her
life
suddenly was attacking her. She leapt forward, attaching herself to
Mousse.
Mousse cried out; "Get off me, Saotome!" Perfume didn't want to do what
she had to do, but did. She attacked Mousse back. With a fury of cat-
scratch attacks and with the "fur" a-flyin', Mousse fell to the ground.
Perfume stood over Mousse, hunched over on all fours. Shampoo
walked over to Perfume and placed a hand on her shoulder. Perfume stood up
and looked down at Mousse.
"Why he attack Perfume? He no like Perfume no more?" she asked.
"He just stupid Mousse!" Shampoo said, dumping a bucket of water on
him. She bent down and picked up Mu-Mu-chan. As Shampoo walked back to
the
bike, holding the unconscious duck in her arms, Perfume followed. Shampoo
and she got onto the bike and rode back home to Neko-hanten.
End Chapter 4...
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Craig Vincent a.k.a. Greg Thompson
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