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Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction
"The Money Pit - Part Three"
by Suds-kun (suds1964@tir.com)

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Ranma 1/2 characters are created by and copyright Rumiko Takahashi.
Published by Shogakukan Inc. and VIZ Comm.
Story copyright Shaun Schillinger.
Intended for the sole non-profit use of R.T. fans.
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Shampoo smiled as she wheeled along on her bicycle.  The emergency
call from the Tendo dojo was welcome news.  An opportunity to show
off amazon superiority should never be passed up.  "Akane lose Ranma
to Shampoo and then try to poison everyone."  Shampoo's triumphant
laugh trailed off as she remembered her successful capture of Ranma.

===

"Nihao, Ranma!"

Shampoo smiled at husband.  He always enjoy my surprise greeting with
bicycle.  But he not smile this time."

"What's wrong, Ranma?"

"That mean, ugly Akane tossed me out of her house and then that awful
spatula girl kicked me out of HER house.  Now I have no where to
live, so now I'm sleeping in the streets."


"Shampoo's heart breaks at how those mean, awful girls treat you. You
can live with Shampoo at the Neko Hanten.  O.K. Ranma?"

"Sure, if pop and I can have our own room."

"It's settled, let's go tell great-grandmother!"

===

"O-baba said that Ranma had to work as a waitress and his father had
to help with paying rent, but husband is living with me!  I was so
happy, I cleaned out the store room in back for husband.  He was
really impressed with my speed.  Although, last night he locked the
door when he went to bed. "

"Stupid Mousse is upset, but I don't care.  It's just another week
and I'll have husband returning to China with me, and Mousse will be
just a memory."

Shampoo glided up to the entrance of the Tendo dojo and walked up to
the door with the order of ramen.  She straightened her outfit and
knocked. Nabiki opened the door.

"Good, you're here!  We were about ready to have to eat Akane's
cooking." Nabiki quickly grabbed the carrier and set it on the table.

"Oh, konbanwa, Shampoo!" Kasumi greeted Shampoo and motioned for her
to enter. Tendo Soun smiled at Shampoo as she stepped inside.

"Nihao, Kasumi!  Why nice Kasumi not cook tonight?"

"Oh, Akane wanted to cook tonight to take her mind off of things, but
she seems to have had some problems in the kitchen tonight."  Kasumi
smiled as she turned to help Nabiki pass out the bowls of ramen.

"Akane is upset?" asked Shampoo in mock surprise, "is she mad over
Ranma living with Shampoo?"

"Oh, my."

Kasumi, Nabiki and Soun looked at Shampoo.

"They didn't know, good." thought Shampoo, "This will be fun!"

Shampoo hesitated, "Why do they have that funny look on their faces?"

Shampoo turned towards the source of their frightened stares.  Akane
was standing in the doorway, anger etched on her face.

"You have HER come with dinner after I cooked all afternoon?" The air
started to crackle around Akane.

"Shampoo got phone order to deliver emergency ramen to Tendo dojo.
Husband even help prepare order."  Shampoo smiled evilly.

"H-hus... Ranma?" stammered Akane.

"Yes, husband is living with Shampoo."

"But he's staying at Ukyo's."

Shampoo looked at Akane, "Now for the kill," she thought. "Spatula
girl told husband to leave and he came to Shampoo for help.  Spatula
girl and violent Akane don't want Ranma, but Shampoo does."

Akane started to glow blue and then stormed upstairs, yelling, "You
can have that unfaithful hentai!  I don't care!."

Shampoo smiled and then waved as she left.  "Enjoy your ramen!"

===

Shampoo arrived at the Neko Hanten, the smile still on her face.
Stepping in the back entrance, she watched onna-Ranma carrying eight
bowls of ramen to the different customers. Each customer smiled or
whistled as they received their bowl.  "The restaurant sure has more
customers now that husband works as waitress." she thought as she put
the take-out carrier away.

She watched Mousse trying to keep up with onna-Ranma, but not being
very successful.  "Stupid Mousse," she said as she approached O-baba.

"Ah, Shampoo, son-in-law is doing very well.  You sure you didn't use
any potions or spice on him?"

"No, great-grandmother, I just asked him to stay with us and he
accepted."

"Well, Mousse is not happy.  We'll have to convince son-in-law to
return to China with us soon, or we may have problems like the Kuonji
girl had."

"Problems?" Shampoo thought, "she doesn't love Ranma as much as I do.
She just couldn't deal with him living with her.  Ranma wants to
live with me, he wouldn't be here if he didn't."

"Can I go on a break now, old ghoul?" Onna-Ranma snarled.

"It's almost closing time, so yes.  Mousse can bus the tables."

"Wo ai ni!"  Shampoo shouted as she glomped onto onna-Ranma.

"Not now, Shampoo!" shouted the red haired girl as she tried to push
her attacker back.

"I have had enough!" shouted Mousse as he sent a spike towards
onna-Ranma's head.

Ranma ducked and tossed Shampoo to the side.  Rolling the other way,
Ranma jumped to her feet. "What are you doing, Mousse?" she yelled as
a spike and a hook flew by her.

Cologne shook her head, "We were so close."  She pogoed out of the
way of a flying Mousse.

"Why does everybody have to attack me?" Ranma shouted.

"Sweeto!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Onna-Ranma peeled the old letch from her front and punted him into
one of the beams in the ceiling of the Neko Hanten.  Happosai wiggled
his head out of the rafter and fell to the floor.  "Now I am mad.
Happo-dai-karin technique!" he shouted as he tossed the small bomb at
onna-Ranma.

Ranma quickly tossed the bomb back at Happosai, which exploded before
he could react.  When the smoke cleared, the old hentai staggered to
his feet.  His face contorted with anger.  "Now you will pay," and he
produced a very large fuse bomb.

Onna-Ranma, Shampoo and Mousse vainly tried to escape the restaurant
before the explosion.

===

Akane looked out her bedroom window, "What was that?  It sounded like
an explosion somewhere in the city."  She turned and sit back down on
her bed.  "It's probably Ranma's fault."

She scratched P-chan's chin and then hugged him. "How can I be
missing that unfaithful hentai, P-chan?  When we talk during lunch at
school, he doesn't say anything about Ukyo or Shampoo.  He just asks
me how I'm doing and Kasumi and Nabiki.  He _has_ been acting pretty
nice lately.  I think I'll ask Kasumi to make a second lunch so I can
give it to Ranma. What do you think, P-chan?"

The little black pig shook his head violently.

"I knew you'd understand P-chan!"  Akane hugged the kawaii pig and
didn't see the tears in his little eyes.

===

"Wake up, mukodono."  Cologne tapped onna-Ranma.  Slowly he began to
stir.

"What happened?" She slowly opened her eyes and looked around in
shock.  The Neko Hanten was unrecognizable.  She looked up at Cologne
and could tell that she was upset.

"You better leave before Shampoo wakes up.  I can't afford for you to
live with us anymore."

A panda looked through one of the larger holes in the wall.
Onna-Ranma waved at the panda to come in.  The two went to their
former room to get their things.  As they were leaving onna-Ranma
approached Cologne.

"Did you want me to help in the cleanup, Cologne?"

"No, mukodono, Happy will be helping Shampoo and Mousse in the
cleanup and repairs.  Just don't come around here for another week or
so."

Onna-Ranma bowed to Cologne and walked out with the panda.

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I tried to show what Shampoo's reaction and thoughts would be to
Ranma's homelessness.

The next part will show more of Ranma and Akane, not to mention my
first try at the Kuno siblings. :)

C&C are always welcome and needed.


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suds-kun (Shaun Schillinger)
suds1964@tir.com
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