Screw Eudora Pro 2.2.... it won't let me post Chapter 8 in one block, even
though it is smaller than some other chapter!!!!!!!!!!  Just minor technical
problems :)






    Akane looked helplessly at Ranma, who was lying in a makeshift bed.
Kasumi and Kodachi had not felt right allowing Ranma to face Cologne by
himself, so they had followed Ranma to the Nekohaten.  Fortunately, Kasumi
had found a hidden flight of stairs which allowed them to enter the room
with the giant pool.  When Ranma had fallen into the water and had started
to scream in pain, both Kasumi and Kodachi had dived in to save Ranma.
Since the Tendo dojo was so much closer to the Nekohaten than Ranma's home,
Kasumi had insisted on bringing Ranma to the dojo.

    Kasumi looked at Ranma's desolate face, she felt so sorry for him.
"Akane, do you think that Dr. Tofu could help him?"  

    "Kasumi that's a good idea!  If anyone can help Ranma, it's got to be
Dr. Tofu!"

* * *

     "Hi Dr. Tofu?"  Dr. Tofu's looked up and he saw Akane come in with the
cutest, most lovely girl he had ever seen.  Immediately his glasses fogged
up, and struggling to get up, the chair he was sitting in slipped, and he
found himself on his back.

     Jumping to his feet, Dr. Tofu started to laugh uncontrollably as he
walked into the wall.  Turning to his skeleton, he spoke.  "Hi Akane!  Are
you getting enough food, it seems that you're getting a bit too thin."  He
fingered one of Betty's ribs.  "In fact, you seem like a walking skeleton."

     Akane cleared her throat.  "Dr. Tofu, I'm Akane."  Akane looked as Dr.
Tofu completely slipped up in front of her.  'Oh no!  He must be attracted
to Ranma!"

     Ranma-chan laughed daintily as she watched Dr. Tofu's crazy antics
ranging from walking into walls, and hugging Betty.  She turned to Akane.
"The last time I saw him, he didn't act like this.  What's different?  He's
so funny now."

    Akane whispered into Ranma-chan's ear.  "He must like you.  But when
he's like this, he can't do anything right.  Come on, let's go before he
hurts someone."  

    Ranma-chan nodded, and as they left, she still felt obligated to say
goodbye.  "Bye Dr. Tofu!"  

    For a brief moment, Dr. Tofu regained his sanity.  "Wait what's your
name?"  The fog on his glasses cleared a little.

    "Ranma-chan."  Akane groaned inwardly, and she grabbed Ranma-chan, and
pulled her out.

    Tofu stood on the table, as his glasses fogged up again.

* * *

    Ranma groaned as he walked next to Akane.  "What's wrong with Dr. Tofu?
I mean why does he act like that when he saw me?"  

    Akane decided to fill Ranma in on the details.  "Well, Dr. Tofu used to
act like that around Kasumi, but after awhile, he learned how to control
himself, and he could act normally around her.  In fact, I haven't seen Dr.
Tofu act like this for at least four years!  He's basically in love with
you."  Ranma stifled the urge to vomit.

    "What do you mean he's in love with me?"  Ranma stopped walking, his
face barely showing his disgust.

    "Well, look at yourself.  You look pretty good for a girl.  And plus
your female half is pretty nice, almost like Kasumi, but still a little
rough."  Ranma gave Akane a hard look which evoked a laugh from Akane.

    "Ranma!  Shampoo coming!"  Ranma heard the familiar screech of Shampoo's
bike, as she skidded to a stop in front of Ranma and Akane.  "So Ranma, I
hear you learn technique!  So you cured?"  Ranma started grumbling, and
punched a hole in the fence.  Shampoo was surprised.  "Ranma, you not happy
cured?"  She started to play with her purple hair, nervously not wanted to
know which form Ranma prefered to be in.

     Akane decided to fill Shampoo in on the details.  "Um, Shampoo, Cologne
didn't give Ranma the Phoenix Pill."  Both Ranma and Shampoo watched in
amazement as Shampoo's jaw, literally dropped.  

     "What?  Great grandmother broke promise?"  Shampoo was shaking her head
as if she was trying to hard not to believe what Akane had said. 

     "That's a strong thing to say."  Everyone turned around, and found
Cologne standing in the middle of the road.  "I'd like to say that I took a
liberty, and helped Ranma by teaching him a new technique."  Ranma clenched
his teeth as he thought about giving Cologne a piece of his mind.

     "Give me that!"  Ranma grabbed the box that was in Shampoo's hand, and
he started to swing it at Cologne.  "Old ghoul!  Give me the Phoenix Pill!
I won it fair and square!"  Cologne annoyingly dodged Ranma, as he swung the
metal box in many directions.  Finally, Ranma felt stinging pain in his
hands, and the box flew off.  "Hey!"  Ranma decided to press on, but a blow
to his head, convinced him otherwise as he crashed into the fence behind him.

    Shaking his head, Ranma-chan struggled to her feet.  "Ow!"  she cried
out as she held her ringing head.  However no one paid attention.  Everyone,
including Ranma-chan, watched a hooded figure leap out of nowhere, grab the
box, which was still airborne, and land.  He quickly consumed the ramen that
had been in the box.  Shampoo leaped up, and hugged the newcomer.

    "Mousse!  So happy to see you!"  Shampoo shouted as she hugged fiercely,
making the person she called Mousse turn red.  Cologne grumbled, and turned
away.  'Mousse!  That fool!  I shouldn't allow Shampoo to see him at all.'

    "Shampoo!  My love!  How long have I waited!"  Mousse hoarsely spoke as
he gripped Akane in a tight embrace.  Akane gave a cry of rage, and kneed
Mousse in the stomach, causing him to double over.

    Shampoo sighed as she pulled out a pair of glasses out of Mousse's
pocket, and put them on his face.  "Silly Mousse, wear glasses!"  Mousse
blinked his eyes for a bit, allowing them to refocus, and he immediately
grabbed Shampoo.  Shampoo cheerfully accepted Mousse's hug, and she
introduced him to Ranma-chan.  "See Mousse, Ranma!  My boyfriend!"

    Akane shouted out at Shampoo  "He's whose boyfriend?  It seems that you
already have a boyfriend!", pointing at Mousse.

    Mousse looked closely at Ranma-chan and she blushed.  Mousse looked
incredulously at Shampoo.  "Shampoo, you're telling me that you love this
girl?"  Shampoo stopped smiling and looked at Ranma-chan.

    "Oh no!  Ranma has body of girl and boy!  He is man!"  Ranma-chan turned
indignant as she heard herself being disparagingly called a man.

    "Wait a minute Shampoo!  I'm a girl!"  Ranma-chan pointed at herself.
"It's only some of the time I think I'm a boy!"  Mousse looked back at
Ranma-chan for a moment, and turned his head back to Shampoo.

    Shampoo pulled out her bonbori.  "But Ranma is man!  I make Ranma think
he is man!"  She swung her mace at Ranma-chan's head, but she ducked, and
leaped backwards out of range.  Mousse started to massage his forehead, as
he got a headache thinking about Shampoo's friend Ranma.  'Well, I have to
agree with Ranma.  It's hard to think that "he" is a guy, since "he's" got
that body.'

    Ranma-chan was getting frustrated, but she controlled it rather then
strike back.  "Sorry Shampoo, I can't stay and play.  I have to cook
dinner!"  She ran off leaving a panting Shampoo, a lost Mousse, and Akane.

   Mousse turned to Akane.  "Does she act like this all the time?"

   Akane shook her head.  "He only acts like this some of the time.  It's
usually spontaneous."  'Although hitting him on the head sometimes seems to
sometimes cause him to change.'

* * *

    Genma patted his stomach as he relived the gigantic banquet he had just
finished.  With a cup of tea in his hands, he sighed contently.  "Ranma!
I've got to hand it to you, you certainly know how to put a meal together.
And I say a lot better than Nodoka's cooking!"  Ranma sat silently, not
trying to remember what he had just done.  Nodoka stood behind Genma, and
rested her hands around Genma's neck, allowing him to feel her nails.

    Genma coughed for a bit.  "On second thought, I always liked Nodoka's
cooking first."

    "Much better."  Nodoka walked off.

* * *

    "Mousse once you finished polishing the floor, you can start on the
dishes."  Mousse was kneeling on the floor, using a tiny rag to clean the
floor to a shine.  Despite his profitless slaving, he didn't care.  He was
happy that he lived under the same roof as Shampoo, and that Shampoo
periodically showered him with hugs or kisses.  What slightly disappointed
him was that Shampoo was also in love with Ranma, but he tried to ignore it.

    Mousse ventured to ask Cologne a question.  "I was wondering, is Ranma
really a man?  I mean, he acts like a girl sometimes, and plus he looks like
a girl too."  He felt a stick whack him on the back of his head.

    Cologne stared at him.  "Of course he's a man.  He just has a curse.
Jusenkyo."  Mousse stopped his work for a moment as he thought.  'Jusenkyo!
He must also be an accomplished martial artist!  I must see for myself.'  He
felt a blow to the top of his head.  "Hey!  No dawdling!"  Mousse grumbled
as he continued working.

* * *

     "Hey Ranma!" Ranma barely ducked a hail of shuriken.

     "What's the meaning of this?"  Ranma shouted at Mousse, who landed a
few feet from him.  He watched Mousse warily expecting the worse to happen.

    Mousse nodded.  It seemed that Ranma had a modicum of training.  "Shall
we spar?"  Mousse immediately adapted a fighting stance.  But before he
could continue, he heard a voice bellow.

    "Pig tailed girl!  How I laid in bed alone thinking about your company!"
Kuno came running up, and rammed into Ranma, hugging him in a tight embrace.

    "Let go! Please!"  Ranma-chan struggled against Kuno as she felt his
hands approaching...   'Hmph!  He's not listenning.  I always hate having to
resort to violence, but you know, a woman's honor is always first.'  She
cocked her hand back, and let it smash into Kuno's face throwing him into a
wall.  "I'm sorry Kuno!  But you really shouldn't harrass a woman!"  She
turned her head, grabbed a surprised Mousse, and walked off.

    Kuno shuddered as he saw the four-eyes geek in front of him, so close to
his girl.  Ignoring his wounds, he sprung up, and drew his sword.
"Stranger!  Prepare to die!  No one touches my girl!"  Mousse smirked, and
suddenly, a giant ball of iron flew out of his sleeves, crashing into Kuno.

    Kuno shrugged off the damage, and he continued charging.  This time
Ranma-chan ran up, and intercepted him.  Kuno's eyes gleamed.  "I accept
your challenge!  If I should win, your body and soul will belong to me!"
His sword flashed towards Ranma-chan, and as quick as lightning, her short
sword flew, and sliced his sword in half.  

    Kuno did not quit, he slammed his fists into Ranma-chan, sending her
flying backwards.  She tumbled backwards, but as she landed, she swung her
sword.  Despite being ten feet away, her short blade managed to cut a long
slit through Kuno's robes, and leave a scratch on Kuno's chest.  He stopped
paralysed.  Mousse watched in awe.  'Never have I seen someone skilled
enough to strike a person without touching him!'

    Breathing hard, her chest in a rhythm guaranteed to kill a man,
Ranma-chan sheathed her blade, and grabbed Mousse's hand and walked off.
Kuno stood in awe, his lust for this girl more than doubled.  He ran up to
Ranma-chan, and latched his arms around her in an iron grip.

    Ranma-chan started to scream.  "Let me go!  Let me go!"  She struggled
uselessly against Kuno's steel grasp, and she started crying when she found
herself dragged backwards.  Mousse shook his head in amazement.  'Is this
the same Ranma-chan?  Maybe he had an extra boost of yin.'  Cologne had
filled Mousse in on the rest of his condition.  'I guess I should help.'  

    "Kuno!  Let go of my friend!"  An umbrella smashed into Kuno's face,
sending him into the wall.  Ranma-chan latched herself to Ryoga, and cried
into his chest.  Ryoga controlling himself, grabbed his umbrella, and to
Mousse's surprise, knocked Ranma-chan's head.

    Ranma rubbed his head, and mumbled a "Thank you.  I really should stop
doing that."  And as if remembering Mousse's presence, "You said you wanted
to spar, didn't you?"  Mousse saw a glint in Ranma's eye, that he hadn't
seen before.  Mousse shook his head.  He didn't want to be on the receiving
end of Ranma's sword at all.  Besides, watching Ranma pummel Kuno, before
his yin went completely out of control, gave him a feeling that Ranma would
be formidable indeed.

    Kuno crawled slowly towards Ranma, and from some hidden reserve of
energy, he managed to latch himself onto Ranma.  "My goddess!"  Kuno groaned.

    Ranma frowned, and this time he was ticked.  'Why won't he leave me
alone!'  "Take this fool!"  Ranma punched Kuno 300 times using his chestnuts
technique, and he was satisfied when Kuno crashed into the wall.
"Seriously, you have to get your hormones checked!"

* * *

     Shampoo thought quietly to herself as she delivered an order of pork
ramen.  'Cologne has the Phoenix Pill, and she won't give it to Ranma.
Maybe I can convince her that she should give Ranma the pill.'  Shampoo
stopped, as she dropped off a bunch of dirty dishes.  And she muttered
silently, pretending that she was thinking to herself in Chinese.  "Too bad
Ranma is now a girl.  I can't marry him at all!  I guess I have to settle
for Mousse.  At least he's a man."  Shampoo smiled secretly as she watched
Cologne, who had obviously heard her, drop a dish onto the floor.

     Cologne feigned that she hadn't heard Shampoo at all.  "Shampoo, I need
to go out right now.  You can take care of the restaurant right now."
Cologne quickly hopped out.

* * *

      Ranma grumbled, as he tossed a small pebble into the pond.  'It's been
awhile since I've been a boy.  I'll be willing to kill anyone to be a boy
again!'  He felt someone sit next to him.  Turning his head, he saw Kodachi.

     Kodachi tried to be cheerful.   "So Ranma.  What's up?"  

     Ranma grumbled. "I hate being a girl!  I hate it when I think I'm a
girl!  I just hate what I am!"  Ranma laid back onto the porch.  "I mean, it
would be that bad if I could turn back into a boy, but I'm stuck in this
body!  And it seems that that old witch will never give me the Phoenix Pill."

    Kodachi hugged Ranma, and tried to make him feel better.  "I know you
will get the pill.  I just feel that way."

    Ranma was still grumpy.  "Well, it's not as if I could beat the pill out
of Cologne.  She's better than me."

     "Well, you're both right.  That's why I'm here to give you the pill."  

     Ranma snapped around, and he glared at Cologne.  "This isn't a joke.
Is that pill a poison?"  With Cologne, one could never be too cautious.

    Cologne grabbed Ranma.  "Eat the pill!"  She shoved the tiny pill into
Ranma's mouth, and instinctively Ranma swallowed.  Choking on the pill for a
moment, Ranma finally swallowed it.

    Cologne hopped off.  "I hope you're happy.  But remember I will think of
another way to force you to marry Shampoo!  Just you wait!"  Cologne laughed
as she leaped over the fence.  

* * *