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>From <711788@ican.net>
Adrian Wong presents:
Not Quite Star-Crossed : The Tale of Ukyou and Ranma
A Ranma 1 / 2 and Romeo and Juliet Crossover
All characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi and some others that I don't know of.
This story copyright by Adrian Wong, 1997.
All C&C (not flames) will be DESPERATELY NEEDED :)
C A S T:
Clan Saotome includes:
Nodoka and Genma - Nodoka is a little bit harsher yet more modern at the same time, and
Genma is a lecher as well as the scum that he is in the manga. They live in a much bigger house
with a luxurious dojo since they are rich.
Ranma - Have never been away from home since Genma couldn't con him (and the family
fortune) away from Nodoka. A lot more sensitive and less bullish than the original Ranma. A
student at some all-boys school in Nerima.
Kodachi - Ranma's cousin. A vicious girl who hates the Kuonjis with a passion. A student at
Furinkan High.
Tofu - A servant of the family who has practically watched Ranma grew up.
Clan Kuonji includes:
Mr. and Mrs. Kuonji - Concerned parents. Loves Ukyou very much. Indicated to be rich as
well.
Ukyou - Still quite boyish, but doesn't cross-dress since she hadn't been through what the
manga Ukyou had been through. Had recently been dumped by a handsome boy called Konatsu
and was feeling moody and depressed. A student at Furinkan High.
Kurumi - Ukyou's cousin, very much like the OVA Kurumi but not quite as strong. Also, she is
more interested in boys than food. A student at Furinkan High.
Others:
Shampoo - Ukyou's best friend, a flirtatious Amazon fighter as in the manga.
Sister Hinako - The one who Ukyou always turns to for advice.
Akane Tendo - Engaged to Ranma by their clans. Very much like the manga Akane. A student
at Furinkan High.
Soun Tendo - Akane's father who pushed her to marry Ranma.
Tatewaki - Narrator at the beginning and the end. A student at Furinkan High.
Principal - The principal of Furinkan High.
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P A R T 3
[The scene opens in the crowded "night market" of Plaza Street, at which various fast food-stands, game-stands, and many others which are set up in front of the regular stores light up this
beautiful, warm evening. People are everywhere, laughing and rejoicing together for the coming
of spring. Among the happy crowd stands Ukyou, now dressed as an ancient Greek warrior girl.
A pearl white, mini-skirt style Greek dress shows off her slender build and long legs. Around
her right upper leg is a bandoleer of gold-coloured spatulas, matching the gold bracelet circling
her left arm, and the large, gold-coloured spatula strapped to her back. Her face is, as usual,
devoid of makeup, showing a natural, casual beauty that few can rival. She has let her long hair
flows down her back, but with the hair at the sides under her wavy bangs braided into two long
pigtails, both of which she has pinned together into a bun at the back of her head. Her eyes are
wistful and sad as she stares at the happy young couples on the crowed street.]
KA-BOOM!
[Ukyou looks up to the sky and sees beautiful fountains of bright light spraying all over the dark
night in the direction of the Saotome Dojo.]
[Kurumi, looking cute with a pair of extra large sunglasses and a pink, a mini-skirted style
kimono, skips up to beside Ukyou with K-girl 1 and 2, both of which in dominatrix outfits.]
Kurumi [gushing with excitement]: Oh, I just can't wait to go and meet all those cute guys at the
party!
K-girl 2: Where is that Shampoo? We can't possibly get in without her giving us the invitations-
[Just then, a loud blast of music interrupted her as a black Porsche stops right in front of the
girls. Coming out of the open-roof car was a sensuous looking girl with her extremely long, dye-blond hair braided up in a high ponytail that's uncharacteristic of her. However, her trademark
twin buns, together with the two braided strands of hair beside her temples makes her
immediately recognizable at a second glance. Her body was clad in a black mini-skirt, with
golden cones fastened to her breast plate, further exaggerating her assets. The Kuonji girls are
all in awe as the girl dances her way toward them as she sing along together with the song that's
coming from the Porsche's radio. The bystanders around her are all clapping at her act.]
Shampoo [dancing playfully]: Don't go for second-best, babie,
Put your love to the test!
You know you know you got to,
Make him expresses how he feels,
And maybe then you'll know your love is real!
[She hands out the invitations to the laughing girls as she continues to dance. Even Ukyou can't
keep herself from blowing up at the sight of Shampoo.]
K-Girl1 [roaring with laughter as she takes the invitations]: Holy, MADONNA!
Shampoo [looking seductive at Ukyou as she reaches a hand between her legs into her mini-skirt] : Express yourself!
[abruptly whips out an invitation from under her skirt, which she shoves into Ukyou's laughing face, and continues to dance and sing flirtatiously to her best friend.]
So you can RESPECT yourself!
Hey! Hey!
So if you want it right now,
Make him show you how!
Express what he's got,
[Glomps onto Ukyou and sings in her face.]
Be he ready or not!
Ukyou [laughing as she takes the invitation and pushes the giggling Shampoo off her]: You're
IMPOSSIBLE!!
Shampoo [stops singing and speaks with a playful smile]: Aiya! Shampoo actually gets Ukyou
laughing! That good sign! Now we go party and meet cute boys!
Ukyou [immediately hesitant]: No, no, believe me, not I. You girls have flashy costumes and
flirtatious hearts. I have a heart of lead.
Shampoo [blinking with mock innocence]: Why Ukyou have heavy heart over past love when
can find new love at party tonight?
Ukyou [looks exasperated]: Don't you understand, Shampoo? Love is not something that can be
pick up so lightly. It is too rough, too boisterous, and it picks like thorns!
Shampoo [matter of factly] : If love be rough to Ukyou, Ukyou be rough to love! Smack picky
love with big spatula and Ukyou beat love down without getting picked! Now we go
RUMBLE!!
[ With that, the giggling Shampoo and the other girls starts dragging Ukyou into the Porsche, but
Ukyou stops them.]
Ukyou: HOLD IT! I can't!
Shampoo: Now what the matter?
Ukyou: I had a dream last night.
Shampoo: So? Shampoo has dream every night! What point?
Ukyou: It was an . . . unlucky dream.
Shampoo [waving her hand dismissively]: Dream is just dream.
Ukyou [looking serious]: It is in dreams like the one I had that true omens can be revealed.
Shampoo [looking bored]: Ukyou just superstitious. Hiba-chan knows many real magic, can cast
powerful spells, but even she said dreams no more than idle thoughts.
Ukyou : But this dream looked too real! It's almost . . . creepy.
Shampoo [sighing]: Tell Shampoo about it then if Ukyou so troubled.
Ukyou: Well, alright, . . . it went like this-
Kurumi [cutting her off with impatience and barely concealed anxiety]: C'mon! If you two keep
on wasting time here, the cute guys will all be taken and we shall be too late!
Ukyou [as she stares up into the stars, remembering about the dream]: I fear too early, for my
mind has caught . . . glimpses of some . . .
[The dream scene shows a close-up of Shampoo collapsing onto the ground, then a dramatic shot
of Kodachi falling off a tall building, then the scene changes to a dark room illuminated by
candles and lanterns, with a shadowy figure lying on a bed that is placed in the middle of the
room.]
Ukyou: . . . vague misfortunes yet known, which might disastrously begin . . . with this night's
events.
KA-BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Just then, a particularly strong shot of firework is shot out from the Saotome Dojo, and scarlet
sparks showers down the dark sky, staining it with an eerie redness. A mysterious, sensual
music can be heard as the scene changes to show the girls making their way through the traffic
on the open-hooded Porsche. The Kuonji girls [minus Ukyou, who is driving] are all raising
their fists up and down in excitement. Standing up from her seat, Shampoo is swaying her arms
around in fluid, dance-like motions as she twists her tiny waist in time with the flow of the
music: an alluring apparition that has caused at least 7 collisions as they drive through the busy
flow of traffic.]
[Cuts to the party at the Saotome Dojo. Exotic music echoes in the large, dimly lid hall, where
everybody was dancing SO close together with everybody else that it resembles a group orgy.
Shampoo and the Kunojis (now wearing party masks) stride into the scene as the music speeds
up. Feeling slightly disoriented under the suffocating atmosphere and intense heat, Ukyou looks
around, and sees K-Girl 1 and 2 whipping some shirtless, muscular boys in dark-leather pants.
Kurumi was gleefully hanging all over a rugged looking teen as the later looks slightly
embarrassed.]
Kurumi [while hugging his arm]: Oh, Ryuu. I'm so happy to see you here!
Ryuu: Well, the feeling is-
Kurumi [cutting him off]: You BET it's mutual! You're always so busy teaching in the Kumon
Dojo that I thought I could never get the chance to catch you while you're free. [She leans even
closer toward him] And now that I do catch you here . . . we're going to have some REAL fun!
Kumon Ryuu [sweats]: Oh, boy . . .
[Kodachi, now in a peculiar night gown that resembles a blossoming black rose, was laughing
with abandonment as she tangos with a very lifelike giant panda. It's face is buried between her
breasts, with a paw groping her rear as the other paw holds up a sigh that says "OI~!!!" Ukyou
looks disgusted at seeing that.]
Ukyou: What a slu-
[She is immediately cut off by several loud blasts of music that brings a shock to almost
everyone in the dojo. Spotlights are cast onto a large bed on the front stage of the dojo, on
which Shampoo is kneeling with her legs spread as she caresses the sides of her thighs in time
with the rhythm of the music.]
Shampoo: Like a virgin,
Touched for the very first time.
Like a vir~gin,
When your heart beats,
Next to mi~ne~
Woa~wo~wo~
Woa~wo~wo~
Woa~wo~wo~
[The crowd cheers loudly at the act whereas Ukyou looks slightly scandalized. She turns around,
and almost jumps of out her skin at seeing Nodoka, who is dressed up as a traditional female
Japanese entertainer (Gisha). She is accompanied by a handsome, if arrogant looking teen.]
Nodoka [smiling close-eyed with a flush that shows through layers of dead-white makeup]: Oh!
It has been too long since I've told a whispering tale in a gallant youth's ears such as with
Mikado-chan!
Shampoo: Like a virgin,
Ou~ou,
[Biting the boy's earlobe slightly, Nodoka leads him off to a darker corner of the dojo as Ukyou
stares after them in awe.]
Shampoo: Like a virgin,
Feels so good inside,
[Cuts to the K-Girls whipping their "boy-toys".]
Shampoo: When you hold me,
[Cuts to Kurumi kissing Kumon Ryuu with the vigour of a hungry child devouring a particularly
huge ball of ice-cream as the latter struggles vainly for breath.]
Shampoo: When you hug me,
[Cuts to Kodachi and Genma-Panda embracing in a French kiss.]
Shampoo: When you love me!
[With that, she begins to twist like a serpent on the bed as the crowd cheers her on with r-rated
comments. Cuts to Ukyou looking sick as she breathes out a tortured sigh. She quickly pushes
her way through the crowd and exits the dojo into the backyard. Outside, she flings off her
mask and wipes the sweat off her brows with the back of her arm.]
Ukyou [panting a bit]: God, that was awful . . .
[A gentle night breeze blows by, washing away the heat and refreshing her mind. Looking
around, Ukyou is startled by the elegance of the backyard. It is a traditional looking yard,
delicately illuminated by a series of lanterns hanging down from the trees that are planted
everywhere. Sakura trees in their full bloom gives a sweet scent as well as a gentle shower of
pink petals to the yard, making it look a hint illusory. But the real focus of the yard is the large
koi-pond, which is flanked by a series of shrubs around a corner. A waterfall is pouring down
into it from another smaller pond at a corner of the yard. There are spotlights under the water,
which gives a glow to the kois, as well as some other freshwater fish swimming in the crystal-clear water. Enchanted by the beautiful sight, Ukyou walks up to the pond. As she knee down
beside a shrub to study the various types of fish, a particularly large koi swims up to her.
Smiling at how cute it looks, Ukyou reaches out a hand to touch it . . . only to touch another
hand instead.]
Ukyou [standing up as her hand jerks back from the shock of the contact]: What-
[Her sentence is immediately cut off as she takes in the features of Ranma, now standing up
from the shrub that had previously hidden him. Wearing a white Greek warrior's wardrobe,
the young man's costume is startling matching with Ukyou's. With his hair braided up into a
pigtail, his already outstanding profile is further enhanced, making his face more handsome and
less boyish. He looks a little startled at first, but then relaxes himself and smiles.]
Ranma [smiling bashfully]: Sorry, I really didn't know that anybody else was here.
Ukyou [still in a trance as she stares at him]: It's quite alright . . .
[An awkward moment of silence soon follows as neither of them knows what to say.]
Ukyou [thinking]: <How can any boy look SO handsome yet beautiful at the same time? His
looks can even outmatch Konatsu's! Oh, God! Please have him talk to me first!>
Ranma [thinking]: <How can any girl dresses so weirdly and yet manages to be SO attractive at
the same time? Even that utensil on her back fails to make her look stupid! I've GOT to know
her better, maybe talk to her a bit . . . Oh, God! Please let me say the right things . . .>
Ranma [finally speaking up]: I err . . . I don't mean to be rude, but shouldn't you be having fun
at the party? <Damn! What kinda come-on line is that?! What if I embarrasses her?!>
Ukyou [with a mild blush as she rubs the back of her head like a boy]: The party was a bit too . .
. liberating for my taste. What about you? Why aren't you at the party?
Ranma [almost without thinking]: Well, I would have been there if not for my mo- [he stops
abruptly as he realizes what he is about to reveal] <Am I insane? I can't tell her that Mom
wouldn't let me join the party cause she thinks it will be a bad influence on me! If she ever finds
out how watchful an eye Mom has over me regarding girls, it will ruin ANY chances that I
might have with her!> err . . . I mean . . .
Ukyou [smiles a slightly playful smile after staring at him for a while]: Ah, I see . . .
Ranma [almost fearfully]: You do?
Ukyou: You're repulsed by the vulgarity of it, aren't you?
Ranma [thinking]: <It's vulgar? Actually I thought it might be cool . . .> [Speaks up after a sigh
of relief] Yep, that's it. It is so vulgar that it's sickening!
Ukyou: Well, in my case, not only that I'm sickened by it, but I also feel . . . somewhat left out . .
.
Ranma [blinks]: Left out?
Ukyou [looking down]: Yeah . . . I mean, everybody there is getting paired off with someone,
and [starts walking around nervously as she continues] . . . it is hard for me to even BE there in
the first place. I mean, I've just split up with my boyfriend . . . if he could really be called my
boyfriend, and . . . [laughs a bit] I don't know what I'm saying anymore. I guess I'm some kinda
wallflower type.
Ranma [looking incredulous as he speaks out what's on his mind]: How can any girl as cute as
you be even remotely near to a wallflower?!
[Ukyou stops walking and turns slowly to face Ranma.]
Ukyou: What . . . what did you say?
Ranma [slightly taken back as he realizes what he just said]: I . . . I err . . .
Ukyou: You . . . you really think that I am cute?
Ranma: Yeah . . . was I being rude?
Ukyou [shaking her head slowly]: Uh-uh . . . it's just that nobody has ever said that to me before.
Ranma [disbelievingly]: Really? What about your. ex-boyfriend?
Ukyou [blushing a bit]: Well, he . . . err <Actually, Konatsu did say that I might look good as a
boy, not that I'm going to tell him . . .> he has never said anything of the kind, no.
Ranma [shaking his head]: The guy has GOT to be visually impaired. You're about the cutiest
girl I've ever seen! Not that I've seen many . . . [laughs nervously] Wasn't supposed to tell you
that, heh.
Ukyou [with a blush as she turns her head away]: Well, actually, you . . . err . . . you don't look
bad yourself.
Ranma [this time it is he who blushes as he shakes his head]: Heh . . . I would like to THINK
that I don't . . .
[The two peek bashfully at each other, then burst out laughing. The two then look at the other
with smiles on their faces as their laughter subsided. Just when Ukyou is about to speak up
again, Tofu rushes up to Ranma, effectively cutting her off.]
Tofu: Young Sir! They've arrived!
[With that, he starts dragging the boy away. Ranma flashes a smile to Ukyou before he is
dragged back into the dojo. Ukyou quickly follows him. Inside, a graceful looking girl with a
banquet of white lilies on her back is singing a love song on the stage as everybody behaves with
more modesty than before.]
Asuka: Oh, dream maker,
You heart breaker,
Wherever you're going,
I'm going your way~
[As the now unmasked Ukyou unknowingly rushes by her, Kodachi's eyes quadruples.]
Kodachi: That lowly Kuonji wretch . . . HOW DARE SHE COMES HERE TO SCORN AT US!
In the name of the Black Rose, I SHALL punish her!
[With that, she takes out her ribbon and goes after Ukyou. However, Nodoka immediately
intercepts her.]
Nodoka [blocking her]: Calm down, dear. What's the matter?
Kodachi: Auntie! That Kuonji wretch-
Nodoka: Now, now, it isn't appropriate for young ladies to talk like this. Besides, this Kuonji
Ukyou person appears to be a well behaved student at school. She won't cause us any trouble.
So why don't you leave her alone?
Kodachi: But she's our enemy-
[Kodachi stops at the hardening of Nodoka's expression, and sighed in resignation as she glares
daggers at Ukyou, who is in turn chasing after Ranma with glee. Ranma is playfully making
faces back at her, all the while being dragged away by an unstoppable Tofu. Finally, Tofu stops
in front of Soun and Akane, who is dressed in a traditional kimono that makes her look a lot
more delicate and feminine than usual.]
Soun [gathering the surprised Ranma in a bear-hug and starts crying]: Oh! What a spectacularly
stunning young man you are! For a moment I was actually worried that you might look like your
father . . . Akane, just look at him! Isn't he quite a specimen?
Akane [looking uninterested]: Yeah, sure . . .
Ranma [in a strangled voice]: Wha . . .what the heck?!
Soun [releases Ranma and shoves him in front of Akane]: Now, would you like to ask my
daughter to dance?
Ranma [turns to Ukyou, who is standing some distance away]: Well, I'm actually thinking about
asking-
[Genma-panda rushes up and pushes Ranma into the startled Akane.]
Genma-panda: Growf! [Stop being shy and go for it, boy!]
Ranma [looking pissed as he turns back to his father]: What has this got to do with being shy?! I
want to ask-
Akane [looking resigned as she takes Ranma's hand]: C'mon, you baka, let just get this over
with.
[With that, she drags Ranma onto the dance floor and dances with him, totally oblivious to his
reluctance. He turns to Ukyou with an apologizing look. She smiles back with a casual but
understanding expression.]
Asuka: To drifter
Off to see the world,
There's such a lot of world to see~
Akane [closing her eyes in disdain]: Now, don't get any funny ideas about this. I'm only doing
this to get my father off my back. I am absolutely not interested in you, and if you actually
thinks that there's a chance that I will be, you're wrong. Boys are last thing on earth that I can
possibly want right now . . .
[As Akane rants on, Ranma is smiling gratefully back at Ukyou. He points to Akane, then twirl
a finger around his temple and shakes his head with a mischievous expression. Ukyou
responded by clutching her stomach to keep herself from laughing out loud. The two of them
then proceed to "communicate" with such openness that had Akane not been closing her eyes
with disdain, she will most certainly notice them. Soun and Genma-panda, on the other hand, are
totally oblivious to anything but their children. ]
Soun [with tears in his eyes] : Oh, Saotome-kun! Can't you just . . . FEEL the chemistry between
our children?
Genma-Panda: Growf! [Beautiful, isn't it, Tendo-kun?]
Asuka: We're after that same rainbow and
Wait around the bank,
My Huckleberryfinn,
Moon River, and me~
Ukyou [smiling lovingly as her laughing subsided]: Never before has my heart loved till now, for
I have never seen a true bishonen till this night.
Akane [opening her eyes]: And don't even think that something like an arranged engagement can
actually bind me to you, cause it can't.
[As Akane's eyes snaps open, Ranma immediately stops his gesturing and smiles falsely to her.
Akane looks a bit suspicious, but then the music ends and the fathers rush up to them.]
Soun [sobbing]: Oh! My baby! To see you getting on so well together with your fiancee, if only
your mother could see this . . . WAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
[He brawls with abandon as the panda claps it's paw onto his shoulder in a gesture of comfort.
All the others are staring at them curiously.]
Akane [looking embarrassed as she hiss to her father]: Dad! People are watching!
[Ranma, not knowing what to do, simply stands there and watch curiously like the rest of the
party goers. Suddenly, a hand catches his wrist and drags him behind a thick pillar away from
the Tendos and Panda. Ranma sees that it is Ukyou and smiles.]
Ranma: Sorry about the interruption. Shall we pick up where we left off?
Ukyou: You bet we shall! [She leans forward and whispers in his ear with a faint blush on her
face.] Nobody can call me cute and just get away with it.
Ranma [thinking]: <She's doing the initiative, this is so wild!> [He turns slightly seductive as he
stares into her eyes]: Really, what do you do to one who calls you cute?
Ukyou [looking mischievous despite her blushing]: I'll chase him day after day . . .
Ranma [leaning closer to her]: And?
Ukyou: Night after night . . .
Ranma [leaning closer to her]: Go on . . .
Ukyou [her voice melting]:Till the day that he finally seals our love . . .
Ranma [blushing the tip of her delicate nose with his lips] : With a kiss?
Ukyou [blushes]: That too, but I want more.
Ranma: With flowers?
Ukyou: More than that.
Ranma: With presents?
Ukyou [purring] : More.
Ranma [his eyes melting as he inches forward]: Whoa, my greedy love, let's start from the kiss
first. You can't get them ALL at once . . .
[Before his lips makes contact, however, he sees Genma-panda dragging an annoyed looking
Akane as it wields a sigh that reads "Ranma, my boy! Where are you?!" Immediately, he drags
the startled Ukyou through the crowd to behind a huge bush of exotic plants placed decoratively
at a corner of the dojo. He peeks through the leaves to see if his father is coming this way.]
Genma-panda [still wielding the sigh as it slides a paw around Akane's waist]: Ranma!! Where
are you-ACKKKK!!!!!
Akane [as she flattens the panda man with an inter-dimensional mallet]: Keep your paws off me,
disgusting old lecher!
Soun: Wahhh!!!! How can my daughter be so disrespectful to her father-in law?!
[Seeing that his father is out of commission, Ranma immediately turns around and gives Ukyou
a passionate kiss before anymore interruptions can show up.]
Ranma [smiling with a flushed face as he breaks off the kiss]: Now by this kiss over love is
sealed.
Ukyou [smiling back with a flushed face as she recovers her breath]: And by a second kiss, know
that your fate will be sealed as well. Any second thoughts?
Ranma [his smile turns seductive as his lips touched hers again]: When sealing it together with
yours? Not really.
[The two kisses passionately once more as they glue their bodies together and put the world
behind them. Suddenly, a pair of hands push the bush aside, and Ranma becomes face to face
to a very pale Tofu.]
Tofu [breaths out in shock as he sees the girl in Ranma's arms]: Deity . . .
[Hearing Tofu's voice, Ukyou jerks away from Ranma and stares at him with an embarrassed
look. Ranma, on the other hand, looks back at Tofu with a mixture of annoyance and
quizzicality.]
Ranma [hissing]: Would you mind-
[Gathering his wits again, Tofu immediately cuts him off.]
Tofu [in a stiff voice]: Young sir, your mother wants a word with you!
[Flashing a quick look of apology at Ukyou, he immediately drags Ranma out of the bush and
away from her.]
Ukyou [coming after them]: Wait, good servant! I'm coming too. I would like to get to know
your family better!
Tofu [whispering under his breath as he purposely drags his young master through a particularly
thick crowd]: Oh no, you wouldn't!
Ranma [fuming as he is dragged through the crowd]: Tofu! You're embarrassing me in front of
my love!
Tofu [in an uncharacteristically harsh tone]: Just follow me, boy!
[Having no way to let of the servant's insistent grip without starting a fight in front of all the
guests, Ranma can only allow Tofu to drag him to his parents and the Tendos.]
Ranma [sulking as he looks around for Ukyou as he is being dragged through the crowd]: This is
majorly uncool . . .
[He then spots Ukyou pushing through the crowd toward him, smiling with that cute determined
smile of hers, and breaths out a sigh of relief.]
Ranma [smiling back at her gratefully as he speaks to himself]: Well, as long as she doesn't
mind . . .
[Then abruptly, Ukyou's smile freezes as she stares past him. Ranma looks quizzical as his
smile fades slowly as well. He turns to look beside him, but can see none other than his mother,
currently conversing with Soun. He turns back to Ukyou with a puzzled smile, which isn't
reciprocated. Just then, he hears a hushed whisper in his ear.]
Tofu: Her name is . . .* Kuonji* Ukyou, the only daughter of your enemy clan!
[Ranma's smile fades from his face as the horrifying implication sinks in. His expression now
mirrors that of Ukyou's. Meanwhile, Ukyou is still staring incredulously at him as Shampoo
grabs her from behind.]
Shampoo [pouting as she drags Ukyou alway]: Aiya! Stupid Shampoo waste all time showing
off on stage instead of courting boys! Now party over and Shampoo empty-handed! Ukyou have
more luck than Shampoo, yes?
Ukyou [staring at Ranma as she numbly allows herself to be dragged off]: A lot more . . . yet a
lot less . . .
[Meanwhile, Ranma attempts to go after her, but is stopped by Nodoka's hand on his wrist.]
Nodoka [smiling a close-eyed smile]: Come, my son. We have a lot to discuss with the
honorable Tendos.
[With that, Ranma reluctantly follows his parents out the dojo to the Saotome house. His eyes
widens as he catches a glimpse of the Kuonji girls heading out the front lawn onto their open-hooded Porsche. Seeing that his parents are still deep in conversation with Soun, he
immediately takes the opportunity to sneak away. ]
[Cuts to the giggling girls (minus the solemn Ukyou) in the car, with Shampoo starting up the
engine. As Ukyou looks back toward the Saotome mansion, she catches sight of her love
standing right on the edged of a roof, looking down at her with longing eyes. Ukyou stares back
at him wordlessly.]
Ranma: My only love . . . who just have to come from my only hate. [He shakes his head in a
sad, anguished smile as he clutched his fists together.] It was known too early . . . but found out
too late. For now my fate has already been sealed . . . together with this new love of whom I
have been always been taught to hate.
[With that, Ranma leaps away from the edge of the roof and disappears from her view. As the
Porsche begins moving, Ukyou abruptly leaps off the car, startling the other girls.]
Shampoo [calling after her as she stops the car]: Where Ukyou go to?!
Ukyou [calling back over her shoulder after landing on a tree branch]: To where I've GOT to go!
You guys just go along on your way!
[With that, Ukyou takes another leap and disappears over a higher rooftop.]
Shampoo: What gotten into Ukyou's head?!
Kurumi [sighing]: No idea. Think we should go after her?
K-Girl2 [looking impatient]: Why bother? Ukyou can take care of herself, especially against the
likes of the Saotomes. After all, she's the only one her who can rival Shampoo's skills.
[Shampoo glares at her but says nothing, since that's an obvious truth.]
Shampoo [to herself]: Weird spatula girl . . . hope she alright.
[With that, she starts up the Porsche and drive into the night with a roar.]
End Part 3
>From Adrian Wong <711788@ican.net>
July 28, 1997.