Part 4, yay or something. Feel free to pick me apart if you wish.
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[Ucchans. Ryoga slowly awakens and realizes where he is. He looks around
and sees Ukyou beside him. He places a hand on her shoulder and shakes her
gently.]
Ryoga: Ukyou, wake up.
Ukyou: Ugh.. what happened?
Ryoga: I was going to ask the same thing.
Ukyou: Weird.
[Ukyou and Ryoga stand up. Ukyou walks to the window.]
Ukyou: How long have we been asleep? Its dark out. Damn, there goes
today's profit. I better open so I can at least get the dinner crowd in.
Ryoga: Umm want some help?
Ukyou: Sure sugar. That would be nice since Konatsu is off visiting
relatives. I could use the help.
[Ukyou opens her door and sets out her curtain. She turns to enter when
she notices a duck sitting on her sign.]
Ukyou: Mousse?
Mousse-duck: Quack.
Ukyou: Come on in, we'll get you some hot water.
[Mousse flies through the door and Ukyou turns to follow. Before she can
enter, Hiroshi and Daisuke come running up.]
Daisuke: Ukyou!
Ukyou: Yes?
Hiroshi: We have to talk to you.. it's important.
Ukyou: Sure thing sugar, how about you guys come in and eat then we can
talk.
Hiroshi: Okay.
[The three enter Ucchans and sit down at Ukyou mixes up some batter. Ryoga
stands by with Mousse-duck, heating up a kettle.]
Ukyou: So what's up?
Daisuke: It's Shampoo, we seen her kill some one.
Ukyou: What?
Hiroshi: It's true!
Ukyou: Are you sure.. I mean she is pretty tricky, but with Cologne out of
town, I can't imagine her killing someone.
[Ryoga takes the kettle from the stove and dumps it over Mousse. Mousse
turns to a plant and starts talking.]
Mousse: They are not lying Ukyou. I seen it as well. However I seen a
little more then they did.
Ukyou: I'm over here, jackass.
[Mousse puts on his glasses then turns to Ukyou.]
Mousse: Shampoo did kill some one. This boy came into the Nekohanten
today, asking about the Tendos. He talked Shampoo into siding with her,
then the boy dropped to the floor and smoke came from him. Then it swirled
around Shampoo and entered her body.
Hiroshi and Daisuke: Cool!
Mousse: Then Shampoo took the boy out side and beat him to death.
Ryoga: What of the body?
Mousse: As far as I know it is still there.
Ukyou: We have to tell Ranma.
Daisuke: We were going to, but when we got there, Shampoo was there.
Ukyou: Oh Kami-sami. We have to do something.
Ryoga: Let's go to the Tendo's.. maybe she hasn't done anything yet.
Ukyou: Good idea, I need to go upstairs and get my spatula.
Hiroshi: Don't you usually just strap it to your back?
Ukyou: Yeah, but some thing weird happened today. I woke up down here with
out it. I'll be back in a second.
[Ukyou runs up stairs to her room. She franticly searches for her spatula
behind the door, near her desk, and various other places.]
Ukyou: Ukyou, you jackass, where did you put it.
[Ukyou throws the covers off her bed, finding a small folded up sheet of
paper. She picks it up and unfolds it.]
Ukyou: Odd.
[She reads the note out loud.]
Ukyou: Ukyou, there is a woman who wants to kill the Tendos, she has
tricked you into siding with her. You wont remember anything. You have to
trust me. Signed, Ukyou. Weird.. it's my hand writing..
[Ukyou folds the note and turns to leave, when she trips over something.
She bends over and picks up her spatula. She shakes her head.]
Ukyou: (Whispering) Jackass.
[Ukyou runs down stairs and rejoins the group.]
Ukyou: Umm guys, this got a little more complicated.
[Ukyou hands Mousse the note.]
Mousse: I see.
[Mousse hands it to Ryoga.]
Ryoga: That would explain why you woke up down here.. But what about me?
[Ryoga hands the note to Hiroshi.]
Ukyou: Where is the last place you remember being?
Ryoga: Ryugenzawa.
Daisuke: I don't mean to be rude, but we need to go.. now.
[Everyone nods and heads towards the Tendo's. It's now quite late in the
evening and the streets are empty. Ukyou takes Ryoga's hand to keep him
from straying. He decides not to tell her he can find his way on his own.]
(-\*/-)
[Tendo's. Everyone is sleeping save for Ranma and Akane, who are on the
roof talking.]
Ranma: What makes you think something is weird with her?
Akane: Well I shrugged off Hiroshi and Daisuke's comments..But then I
remembered something that happened when Shampoo first got here.
Ranma: Which would be?
Akane: She spoke perfect Japanese. A whole sentence.. with proper grammer.
Ranma: You sure?
Akane: Yeah.. I asked her about it, then she went back to the way she
normally talks.
Ranma: That is pretty weird. Maybe she thinks her accent is cute or
somethin' and she just forgot to use it since I wasn't around for her to
try to impress with it.
Akane: Maybe your right.. but that is pretty pathetic.
Ranma: So is your jealousy.
Akane: What did you say? Care to repeat that Ranma?
Ranma: Nope, sure dont't. See ya!
[Ranma jumps off the roof and runs out of the gate. Akane follows behind
him. While the two are running, a cloud of purple smoke floats over the
Tendo roof, and seeps into the window of Soun's room. It solidifys beside
his bed. He starts to wake, but the Devil blows dust into his eyes.]
Devil: Cant have you screaming now can we?
[The devil grabs a sword from Soun's wall and unsheaths it. She smiles
slightly as she raises the katana over her head.]
Devil: My revenge begins now. Die Tendo.
[The devil swings the sword down, slicing a deep gash in Soun's neck. She
laughs and drops the sword beside his body then snaps her fingers. The
smoke flies out the window and into the night sky.]
Meanwhile:
[Ranma stops running and turns around. He pulls down an eyelid and sticks
out his tongue. Akane speeds up and leaps at him. Ranma, too startled to
dodge, catches her, and the two topple over onto the grass.]
Ranma: Klutz.
Akane: Jerk.
[Akane notices Ranma procrastinating in letting her go. She smiles and
leans in and kisses him softly on the lips. Ranma jumps up, knocking Akane
onto her butt.]
Ranma: Urk, sorry.
[He extends his hand and helps her up.]
Ranma: What didja do that for?
Akane: Well we *are* engaged. I figured it was about time.
Ranma: Yeah, I guess so.
[Ranma grabs Akane and pulls her too him, and kisses her softly.]
Ranma: There, now we're even.
[Akane laughs then runs off.]
Ranma: Hey, where are you goin'?
Akane: Home, if they wake up and we aren't there, I don't feel like having
to explain what we were doing.
Ranma: Oh..
[Ranma runs and catches up to her. He takes her hand and the two run
towards home, when Ukyou and Ryoga (still hand in hand) round the corner.
Both couples stop in their tracks and stare at the others hands. Daisuke,
Hiroshi, and Mousse round the corner in time to see both couples release
hands.]
Hiroshi: Uh oh, this could get ugly.
Daisuke: Umm, before you guys spill blood, we should talk.
Hiroshi: Yeah, Shampoo killed someone Ranma, we seen it.
Ranma: Akane already told me you guys said that..
Daisuke: Well we *weren't* making it up, and we *didn't* watch those
horror movies again.
Hiroshi: Yeah, besides, Mousse seen it too.
Ranma and Akane: What??
Mousse: It's true.
Ranma: Who was it?
Mousse: I don't know.
Ranma: Take me there.
[The group runs off towards the Nekohanten.]
(-\*/-)
[Nekohanten. Ranma and Co. are standing out side where the murder had
occured.]
Hiroshi: This is where it happened.
Akane: There isn't anyone here..
Mousse: I doubt she would just leave it here..
[Ranma kneels down and inspects the ground.]
Ranma: There is blood.. and a trail, like some one was dragged through the
dirt.
[Ranma follows it around to the back. The group follows.]
Ranma: Looks like it ends at the dumpster.
[Ranma lifts the lid then drops it in surprise. He motions for Ryoga to
come over.]
Ranma: (Whispering) I think it's that Shinnosuke guy.. look and see.
[Ryoga lifts the lid and nods.]
Akane: What is it?
[Akane starts to walk up to the dumpster when Ranma leaps in front of
her.]
Akane: Ranma, I want to see.
Ranma: No Akane.. It's Shinnosuke.
Akane: No..
[Akane tries to go around Ranma, but he grabs her and holds her
tightly. She stops struggling and cries onto his shoulder.]
Ukyou: Who is it?
Ryoga: Its a guy Akane saved when we were in Ryugenzawa about a year ago.
Hiroshi: Hey, Ryoga, isn't that the last place you remember being?
Ryoga: Yeah.. Kami-sami, it might have me too..
Ranma: It? Too? Shampoo didn't do this?
Mousse: Yes and no. Something is inside Shampoo. It is after the Tendo's,
why it killed this boy I don't know. Perhaps it no longer has a use for
him. It appearantly can be inside Ukyou too, she left a note for herself to
remember.
Ranma: What about Ryoga?
Ryoga: Last place I remember being was Ryugenzawa, then I woke up at
Ucchans.
Ranma: What the hell are we gonna do?
Mousse: Cologne returns tomorrow, maybe we can ask her for help.
[Akane breaks from Ranma's grasp and speaks through her sobs.]
Akane: Where is this thing now?
[Everyone shrugs.]
[Inside the Nekohanten. Shampoo wakens and rubs her eyes. She hears voices
and goes outside to see the group standing around.]
Shampoo: What you all doing here. Is late.
[Everyone jumps and backs away slowly. Ranma grabs Akane and puts her
behind him.]
Ranma: Who are you?
Shampoo: Am Shampoo, is airen feeling well?
Mousse: Shampoo, what is the last thing you remember?
Shampoo: Shampoo remembers opening store. Then just wake up in floor.
Ukyou: That sounds familiar.
Ranma: I still don't think we should trust her.
Daisuke: Yeah but there are seven of us, and one of her. If she is
possessed, I think we can take her.
Mousse: I won't allow you to hurt her.
Hiroshi: Fine, six on two. We can still win.
Ranma: Like you two could do anything.
Hiroshi: Hey, you'd be surprised, we don't watch karate-flicks for
nothing.
[Ranma rolls his eyes.]
Ranma: All right, Mousse you guard Shampoo tonight. Ryoga and Ukyou can
guard each other, I doubt the thing can take two people at once. We'll
all meet back here tomorrow to speak with the old ghoul.
Daisuke: And us?
Ranma: Don't speak to weird looking ladies. I don't care how pretty there
are, got it?
Daisuke: Yeah.. okay.
[Everyone heads back to their respective homes. Ranma picks up Akane
piggy-back style and carries her home.]
Akane: Why Ranma? Shinnosuke never hurt anyone. And what do they want to
kill Tendo's for.
Ranma: It's okay Akane-chan. We'll find who did this, and they'll pay.