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PART XVI
School days are the best days of your life
Like the school day before the holidays.
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"Yukinojo, can you give me all the information on Ryoga and Keiko
Hibiki?" Mihoshi settled back for a moment to listen.
"Keiko Hibiki, aged seven earth years. Ryoga Hibiki, aged sixteen
earth years. Keiko and Ryoga share a terrible sense of direction and
consequently, a lot of information is missing. This hasn't been helped
by the recent attack on the Galaxy Police HQ - all of their other
files are among the ones lost. So if they are, as suspected, dangerous
space aliens, all the information we have is from Earth databases, and
probably faked."
Mihoshi had tuned out sometime ago though, and was gazing at the
photographs. "They are a cute pair, that's for sure. What's their case
history?"
If robots could facefault, Yukinojo would've done so. "Mihoshi, I just
told you! All their files have been destroyed!"
Mihoshi giggled. "Oh. Sorry. So ... what do HQ want me to do?
Apprehend the suspects and take them for trial?"
"No!" Yukinojo groaned softly, beginning to get an electronic
equivalent of a major headache. "The Hyperdolls don't know why they're
getting such peculiar readings from a girl who claims to be Ryoga
Hibiki. Also, If he has only one sister, why were there four
siblings?"
"Clones?" Mihoshi fidgeted. *Why don't you just get to the point?!*
"Correct. Now, apparently, the real Ryoga will start school on Monday.
As a male. Because it would be suspicious for Maika and Miyu to leave
their school now, HQ want you to attend Furinkan high school as a
student, and investigate this boy. Find out all about him and where
he's from, what he's planning and such like. Mihoshi, are you
listening to me?"
Mihoshi nodded, not listening at all. *I wanna watch TV.*
Yukinojo glared at her - well, as close as he could get to glaring.
"Mihoshi, I'm going to jump off Mount Everest and knit a pair of socks
on the way down."
"That's nice," she said absently, still looking at the photographs.
*Wow, he's cute! I wish I could meet him.*
"MIHOSHI!!!!"
The blond detective fell off her chair with a squeal. "What?! What?!" 
"You get to play undercover detective and pretend to be a student at
Furinkan high school! Won't that be fun?!" Yukinojo said with false
cheeriness. It hurt his logic control unit to wonder how she'd ever
become a detective first class.
Mihoshi sat up slowly. "Huh? Why?"
Yukinojo wished he could bang his head against a wall. "So you can
investigate this boy!!!"
Mihoshi jumped to her feet. "Me?!" *How lucky is that!* "They want me
to investigate him?!" She paused for a second. "Who's going to
investigate his little sister?"
"Well she may be living with him, in which case it will be your
responsibility. But the Hyperdolls are looking around to ensure that
she is actually real."
"What makes them think she isn't?"
"The records have all been destroyed! He could've made her up to make
himself fit in on Earth." If he'd had hands, they'd be covering his
head. "Now go!"

"Tell me again why I'm going to school," Ryoga growled, glaring at the
hated school uniform R-C was holding in front of him.
"Because if you're going to stick around, you need an education."
"So I'm going to live then?"
"For a while, yes." R-C handed him a shirt.
"For how long?"
"Can't say."
"Why the heck are you lot still here?" he muttered. 
In response, she pointed to a burn mark on his chest. "Because you're
not quite healed yet, that's why. Not put on the uniform and get
going!"
Ryoga looked at the burn. It was so ... insignificant! "Why am I the
only one going to school then?"
"Because you're the only one who exists!" R-C sighed. "Look, if we all
vanish when you're all healed, it'll only be about a week or two.
Won't it be a bit suspicious?"
Ryoga sighed. "You're right."
"Now put on the uniform!!"
Ukyo tapped her foot against the floor impatiently, then looked at the
clock again. "Ryoga, get a move on!!"
"I'll be right there!" he called, entering the room grumpily. 
Ukyo grabbed him by the hand and dragged him out of the restaurant.
"See you three later, don't get lost, don't trash the place, come on
Ryoga, we're gonna be late!"
"All right! R-C, can you feed Aiko please?"
"You can't keep her! How many times do I have to tell you that?!"
"That doesn't mean she has to starve!"
R-C snickered as she watched them disappear. "Those two are dreadful!"

Mihoshi looked around her homeroom for anyone who looked like a male
or female Ryoga Hibiki. Although she didn't see him or her, there was
enough going on to keep her entertained. 
"Ranma, you JERK!"
Mihoshi watched the short-haired brunette, chasing a guy she assumed
was Ranma, around the homeroom with a plate of cookies. *He sure is
fast! But where's Ryoga?* She remembered Yukinojo babbling something
about him and his sister having a bad sense of direction, so stood up
to take a look down the corridor.
"Not now, Akane!" Ranma charged past her and out of the door too.
"G'morning new girl!"
"You flirt!" Akane screamed, chasing him out of the door.
Mihoshi shook her head in amazement as she watched them fighting in
the corridor. Her look of amazement was replaced with one of shock as
Akane threw a bucket of water at Ranma, turning him into a her. "Wha
.. what?!!"
Akane clapped her hands in satisfaction as Kuno ran over to Ranma-chan
and glomped her. "That'll teach him!" She smiled at Mihoshi. "Hello,
are you new too? My name's Akane. The crazy red-head is Ranma."
Mihoshi looked dazed. "How did he turn into a girl?!!"
Akane grinned. "Everyone else knows so I don't see why you should be
left in the dark. Ever heard of Jusenkyo?"
Mihoshi shook her head. "No, never."
Ranma-chan staggered over to them. "Whatcha do that for, you crazy,
macho chick?!!"
*WHAM*
"RANMA, YOU JERK!!!"
Mihoshi winced and shook her head. It didn't look like Akane would be
continuing the discussion yet. She walked down the corridor a little
way more. *He'll be late!* 
She heard the sound of more splashing water and a wail of dismay.
Ranma-chan reappeared, running down the corridor, closely followed by
Akane, who was wielding a huge mallet. "You jerk! Is there some reason
you like picking on poor Ryoga?!!" She pricked up her ears. 
"I just thought, if I have to start school as a girl, he can too!"
*This place is insane!* Mihoshi began to wish she'd never accepted
this mission when two more girls appeared. One had long hair tied back
with a white bow, wearing a traditional okonomiyaki chef's outfit,
complete with spatulas. The other girl was tiny. * Gee! She's nearly
as short as Washu!* She had short black hair, tied back with a yellow
and black bandanna, and was wearing a boy's school uniform, which was
ridiculously big for her. *She must be ...*
"Ranma! You'll pay for this ..." shouted the small one, desperately
trying to stop her trousers from falling down.
*CLANG*
"Ryoga, would you shut up!"
*Ryoga!* Mihoshi ran forward.
Ryoga-chan tripped over her trouser legs.
*WHAM*
Ukyo shook her head. "Idiot. I'll go get some hot water."
Ryoga-chan slowly opened her eyes to find herself lying on top of
Mihoshi. "Eep!!!" She quickly rolled over and jumped to her feet, a
dark red blush covering her face. "Sorry! I didn't mean it! It was an
accident!"
Mihoshi sat up slowly. "That's OK. My name's Mihoshi. Nice to meet
you! I'm new, this is my first day."
Ryoga-chan nodded slowly. "Yes ... um ... I'm ... I mean my name's
Ryoga Hibiki ..."
"Aren't you a boy?" Mihoshi blurted, dying of curiosity. Then she
clapped a hand over her mouth. *Oh no! Why did I say that!* She
quickly produced a cover story. "I mean, I saw that Ranma boy turn
into a girl, and your uniform is totally the wrong size and I wondered
if you were a boy too ..."
Ryoga-chan nodded, turning an even darker shade of red than she
already was. "Yeah. I'm a guy. S-sorry, I didn't mean to ..." she
trailed off. 
"What vision of loveliness is this that I see before me? Never before
have I seen such a flower of such beauty! Truly this is the face that
appears in Venus' looking glass!"
Mihoshi giggled at the look of pure horror that appeared on
Ryoga-chans face as she was glomped by Kuno. With a shriek of rage,
she reached behind her, grabbed him by the collar and threw him across
the hall. "Kuno!" 
Mihoshi stopped giggling. "Wow! You sure are strong!"
Kuno climbed slowly to his feet and glanced at Mihoshi too. "Good
morning. I see you are refering to the strengh of this divine goddess.
Ah, but she is soft at heart. Pray, Venus and Aphrodite did not share
the beauty sheACK!" 
The ACK was brought on by Ryoga-chan giving Kuno a swift kick in the
stomach, sending him flying back down the hallway.
"Oh, what did you do that for? He was nice," Mihoshi protested.
"You obviously haven't been in Nerima very long," Ryoga-chan observed.
She perked up noticeably at the arrival of Ukyo with a kettle. 
She poured a little over her head. "Hurry! Teacher's on his way!" Ukyo
panted before running into her classroom. "Ranchan! Hot water!"
Mihoshi gasped at Ryoga. *He's even cuter in real life! This must be
how he confused the Hyperdolls ... but I'll tell them later!* "That
was so incredible! How did you _do_ that?!!"
"HIBIKI, YOU PEASANT!" Kuno charged down the corridor,  waving his
bokken. "What have you done to the beautiful bandannaed girl?! How dare
you attempt to enslave her untamed passion?!" Lazily, Ryoga reached
up, grabbed hold of the bokken with one hand and flung Kuno down the
corridor again. "What a pain. And now we're late."

"Well, Ryoga Hibiki and Mihoshi Jurai. You may both be new, but that
doesn't change the fact that you were both ..."
LATE!
Mihoshi looked at the two buckets. "So the cold water activates the
curse?"
"And hot water deactivates it," Ryoga confirmed. 
"Can I try it?" she asked hopefully.
"NO!" He shook his head firmly. "The last thing I want is for Kuno to
come racing up to me, screaming 'beautiful bandannaed girl I love
you!'. That's the last thing I need!"
Mihoshi nodded in understanding. "So he's pretty fickle, huh."
"You could say that. He's madly in love with Akane, Ranma's girl side,
and now it seems me too." Ryoga leaned against the wall slightly.
"That's definitely something that'll make school even more annoying.
Apart from homework, that is." He smiled a little. He was rather
surprised at how easy it was to talk to Mihoshi ... then again, her
continual chatter meant that he wasn't doing much of the talking.
Mihoshi smiled back. There were definitely worse assignments than this
..

"Aiko! Aiko, where are you?" R-D slammed his fist against the floor in
frustration. "Damn!"
R-C buried her head in her hands. "Ryoga's gonna kill us!"
R-A shrugged. "Unless she's gone to try and find him ..."
The three of them looked at each other. "That makes sense. We'd better
not wander off," R-D said at last.
Aiko gave a feline grin and began to follow the scent of her adopted
owner. 
A little way away, Happosai snatched a tiger-striped bikini top from a
washing line. "Yow baby!" he chuckled to himself.
"Give that back!" cried a voice behind him. "It's my only one!"
Happosai turned to see a green haired girl behind him, hands covering
her breasts. "Well, let me put it back on you!" he yelled, glomping
onto her.
With a snarl, she grabbed hold of him and zakked several thousand
volts of electricity through his body, snatching back her top at the
same time and putting it on. "Daaaaaaaaarling! Where are you?" She
flew away, leaving a small, charbroiled Happosai lying on the floor.
Happosai began to check himself. *90% third degree burns .... guess
its time for the girlee water.* Luckily he always carried a small vial
of water from the spring of drowned girl. Now for something to
sprinkle it on ...
Aiko looked at him disdainfully before continuing her search for
Ryoga. With a small lecherous grin, Happosai snuck up behind her and
poured the water on her head. "Girlee ..." His eyes widened in
surprise. "Nooooo!!!!!!!!!!" He collapsed on the floor.
After all, Aiko was only a kitten.

"Where's the best place to eat around here?" Mihoshi asked.
"I dunno. I don't eat out much. But Ukyo would kill me if I didn't say
her restaurant," Ryoga replied. "She's an okonomiyaki chef ..." 
*GLOMP*
He looked down at his leg in surprise. "Uh ... Mihoshi ... is it just
me, or do I have a small, naked child clinging to my leg?"
"Awww!!! She's so cute!" Mihoshi scooped the little girl into her
arms. After a moment, she wriggled away and reattached herself to
Ryoga's leg. "I think she likes you!"
Ryoga knelt down in front of the little girl. "What's your name?"
"Pwa!" She hugged him tight. "Prrrrr ..."
*There's something familiar about this kid ...* He looked at her.
Amber eyes, very short cut brown hair, with tinges of black, ginger
and red ... and little fangs when she smiled. "Aiko?!!"
"Prrt."
"Who?" Mihoshi asked curiously.
Ryoga pulled his shirt off and put it on the little girl. It was much
too large, of course, but at least it covered her. *If I get turned
into a girl now, it's going to be _very_ embarrassing!* He picked up
Aiko, who snuggled against him, purring. "It's Aiko! It has to be
her!"
Mihoshi looked confused. "Who's Aiko?"
"My kitten."
"But this is a girl!"
Ryoga nodded. "I know. So am I, sometimes." He looked at the little
girl. *Did Happosai do this to you too?*
The bell rang, signalling the end of class. Ranma was first out of the
room. He skidded to a halt in front of them. "Gee, you two sure didn't
waste any time!" he quipped, seeing Aiko. "Can I be her Godfather?"
Ryoga ignored the comment. "Ranma, could you get me some hot water?"
"What for?"
He upended a bucket of water over Ranma's head. "Ranma, could you get
me some hot water?!"
"There was no need for that, you jerk!" Ranma-chan snarled, heaving a
bucket of water back at him.
"Hey!" Ryoga-chan glared at her. "You got Aiko all wet!"
Mihoshi glared at Ranma-chan too. She'd been enjoying ogling Ryoga out
of the corner of her eye.
Ukyo strolled out of the room. She stopped. "Ryoga ... why are you
female, topless and carrying a little kid in your arms?" Akane peered
over her friend's shoulder.
Ryoga-chan sighed. "I'm pretty sure this is Aiko."
"Aiko? As in the kitten Aiko? That small furry animal I told you not
to keep Aiko?"
"The one and only," Ryoga-chan confirmed. "Could somebody _please_ get
some hot water before..."
"Akane! Pigtailed girl and bandannaed girl! My three beloved's!"
"Hot water! That's a good idea!" Ranma-chan decided, throwing Kuno
through the roof. She dragged Ryoga-chan to the Home Ec rooms.
A few minutes later, Ranma-chan picked up the boiled kettle and poured
it over her head. "Here y'are."
Ryoga-chan poured it over herself, then over Aiko. He picked up the
kitten and tossed his shirt over his arm. "I ..."
"C-c-c-c-CAT!!!!!!!!" Ranma screamed. He ran out of the room.
"Ranma!!" Akane ran after him.
Ukyo sighed. "I think it's time to put the cat out."
Ryoga gaped at her. "Are you _insane_?!! I can't let her go now! The
moment it rains she'll turn into a little girl! Do you know what
people do to little girls wandering the streets with no clothes on?!!"
Mihoshi nodded. "He's right. You can't get rid of the poor little
thing now ... it'd be so cruel and mean and unkind and inhumane and
she's so cute and sweet and innocent ... where are you all going? Hey,
wait up!" She charged after Ukyo and Ryoga. "I'm starving! Is it lunch
time yet?"
They stepped into the dinner hall, only for Ryoga to get hit by a
stream on icy water from a dysfunctional water fountain. "Sorry!" the
girl who'd done it called. 
Ryoga-chan sighed and pulled the shirt onto a human Aiko. "This is so
irritating ..."
"You're like a water magnet," Mihoshi observed. "It amazing how the
water missed me and Ukyo and only hit you two."
"Yes Mihoshi," Ryoga-chan said gloomily. "And any second now, Kuno
will glomp me."
*GLOMP*
"Bandannaed girl!!!"
"Wow, that is so clever of you to be able to predict that!"
Ryoga-chan grabbed Kuno by the collar. "Kuno, don't you get it?!! I
hate you!"
"My beloved, you must be under a spell, brought on by the evil
sorcerer Hibiki. Why else would you say such a thing?"
Ukyo laughed. "I'll go find you a shirt. Coming, Mihoshi?"
Mihoshi shook her head. "No, I'll make sure he doesn't wander off."
"My darling, let us be alone, free from this common rabble..."
Ryoga-chan almost screamed in frustration. She opened her mouth, then
shut it again. And grinned. "Upperclassman, in my honest opinion, my
mindframe is completely unaltered by sorcery when I say that the vast
and empty caverns of thy brain are so that it would take an eternity
and beyond to cross from one side to another..."
"How DARE you call me stupid?!!" Kuno stared at her in shock, then in
one swift movement, slapped her across the face.
The loud crack echoed through the dinner hall. Total silence fell.
Mihoshi backed away. Some may say she has a brain full of Bubblicious,
but even Kuno instantly realised that he'd done something very wrong,
so it wasn't very much of a big decision of Mihoshi's, to grab Aiko
and hide.
For a few seconds, Ryoga-chan didn't move. Her head had snapped to one
side with the force of the blow, and one side of her face was turning
red from the slap, the other side white with rage. Slowly she
swivelled her head to look at Kuno. "You hit me." She began to glow an
icy blue colour.
Kuno swallowed hard. "M-my bandannaed blossom, please ..."
"You. Hit. Me."
"I-I'm sorry - I n-never m-meant .."
Ryoga-chan grabbed him by the throat. Even though she was small, she
still managed to lift him off the ground. "You _hit_ me. Who's to say
you won't hit your precious pig-tailed girl? Or Akane?" She slammed
him into the ground with a fraction of her full strength, and poked
him with her toe. Kuno groaned. *Good. Still alive. I'd hate for that
little lesson to go to waste.*
"Mwa!" Aiko wriggled out of Mihoshi's grip and ran over to Ryoga-chan.
"Mroww ..."
The aura vanished immediately. Chatter started up again and someone
even had the presence of mind to drag Kuno to the nurses station. Ukyo
reappeared with a shirt that would (hopefully) fit Ryoga-chan in
either form. She looked at the crater in the floor. "Did I miss
something here?"

End Part XVI
Final song - What's New Pussycat

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PART XVII
Intermission
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Four days later , late evening, in apartment 613 Fujimi Heights ...
"So Ryoga Hibiki really is male," Maika double checked. "He's cursed
to turn female whenever splashed with cold water. What about his
brothers and sister? Where do they fit into all this?"
"I don't know. They don't go to school, that's for sure." Mihoshi
grinned. "And he's got a cute little kitty who turns into a cute
little girl too."
Miyu watched them both, doing her own thinking.
"We haven't yet established whether this younger sister of his exists,
but his phenomenal strength and peculiar energy levels alone indicate
that he is definitely not human. Continual defeats against this Ranma
person have to be an act, if he could free himself from Miyu's grip."
Mihoshi nodded again. "He's really strong."
Maika continued. "But because he has continued to do nothing, maybe
he's a nice alien after all."
The blond gave a sigh of relief. "That's good. He's nice to me. I
would hate to have to fight him." She smiled. "Do you know how cute he
looks without his shirt on? He takes it off to give to the kitten
whenever she turns into a girl. You two don't know what you're
missing, going to your school."
Miyu narrowed her eyes. Maika looked at Mihoshi in puzzlement. "We
have to stay there to keep a watch on Akai. And do you know, you sound
just like a lovesick human."
Mihoshi giggled, blushing slightly. "I'm supposed to be inconspicuous.
I wouldn't fit in if I didn't babble on endlessly about some guy."
Maika looked confused "But you don't have to do it now."
Miyu sighed softly. She sat up. "Let's go to that okonomiyaki place
where he works. We can get some more readings from his brothers and
sister."

"Ryoga, get this damn kitten out from under my feet!" Ukyo shouted,
trying not to step on Aiko, who was laying in wait for any bits that
might fall to the floor. 
Ryoga-chan scooped up her kitten and hugged her. "Would you prefer I
turned her human?"
"Yes!" After all, it was almost closing time, so not many people would
be bothered by the sudden appearance of a small child running around
the restaurant.
Ryoga-chan poured a little cold water over the kitten then pulled a
large tee-shirt over the small girl she'd changed into. "Prt."
Translation - for god's sake, teach me how to talk Japanese!! 
Aiko was an intelligent cat - she'd taught herself how to walk on two
legs immediately. Words, however, were a source of immense annoyance.
For starters, she couldn't figure out how talking was done. That made
communication by voice very hard.
"Hi!" Mihoshi bounced into the restaurant and immediately fell flat on
her face. 
Akane jumped out of her chair and helped her to her feet. "Really,
Mihoshi! How can you trip over absolutely nothing?!"
Mihoshi grinned. "Have you met Maika and Miyu? Is it OK if we sit with
you? Is Ryoga here? Hi Ranma!"
Maika groaned softly. *Mihoshi, sometimes I swear that pretty head of
yours is filled with soap suds!*
Ranma grinned. "There's plenty of room, right Akane? And I don't
believe we've met your friends."
Ukyo waved at them. "Grab a twin when you want to order! If you're
lucky, you may even get your food today!" she called.
Mihoshi giggled. "Ranma, Akane, I'd like you to meet Maika and Miyu,"
she began, turning to introduce them. She blinked. "Where'd Miyu go?"
Maika shrugged. "Probably gone to read the specials on the board."
Miyu grinned to herself. *It's time we got some real work done. Ryoga
should be around here somewhere ..." She glanced around until her gaze
settled on Ryoga-chan, who was feeding Aiko a bit of okonomiyaki
scrounged from somebody, a rare smile on her face. She walked over to
them. 
"Hello."
Ryoga-chan looked up. "Miyu! Hi!" 
Miyu smiled. "Is that Aiko? Mihoshi told us she was cursed..." She
lowered her voice. "Like you."
Ryoga-chan blushed. "So you know."
Miyu sat down next to her. "What is it like? Why do you have a job as
a girl?"
Ryoga-chan sighed. "It's not as fun as people think. For starters,
there's the little matter of people falling for my girl side ..."
"Like Akai?"
"Like Akai. And like Kuno! Ick!" Ryoga-chan shuddered.
Aiko looked up at her owner. "Prrrrrrrr." Translation - Are you all
right?
Ryoga-chan smiled again. "Isn't she the cutest little thing ..." Aiko
smiled and purred contentedly.
Miyu nodded in agreement. She looked curiously at Ryoga-chan again.
"So why a girl job? You could make more money doing lifting and stuff
for removal companies."
Ryoga-chan shrugged. "I like the company here. And as for being a girl
here, the two sets of twins is better for business than triplet guys
and one girl would be. I don't try and stay like this much other than
during work." She looked at Miyu. "So Mihoshi told you, huh?"
She nodded. "Yes. Because we were curious when she said Ryoga Hibiki
was this new guy at her school and we said you were a girl waitress at
Ucchans."
Ryoga-chan sighed. "Yeah ... I guess that'll teach me not to go around
telling all the customers my name in future." 
"..." Miyu began.
"Hey there you two! Three! Doesn't Aiko look sweet!" Mihoshi bubbled,
sliding in between them. 
Ukyo glanced over at them, scowling slightly. *He's such a flirt!* She
gave her ex-fiance an extra large grin when he came over to the
counter. "Hey Ranchan! Now the last customer's gone, how about
another? On the house?"
Ryoga-chan snapped to attention. "The last customer's gone? Can I turn
back?"
The chef looked around for a second. "OK. Now you can turn back."
Miyu stood up. "I'll help you find your way around, if you like," she
offered.
Ryoga-chan looked at her gratefully. "Would you? Please?"
Mihoshi stood up too. "I'll help!"
"I think I can managed to help him find his way around on my own,
thank you very much," Miyu protested.
"Yes, but you don't know how hard he is to keep track of!"
"Mihoshi, I _have_ been in this restaurant before. And I will be
fine."
"I'm just making sure ..."
The two girls dragged the much surprised Ryoga-chan from the room.
Ranma started to laugh. "I think some people have a small crush on our
Ryoga," he commented.
Maika looked at him. "Mihoshi? She does nothing but continually drone
on about him. It's most irritating."
"But rather amusing. He's so clueless, he wouldn't realise she liked
him unless she pinned him on his back and kissed him. Right, Ucchan?"
Ranma looked at Ukyo, who was ignoring the general chatter and talking
to R-D ... well, lecturing R-D about pounding his fist on tables when
he got annoyed. He sighed. "Well, nice to know people are hanging onto
my every word," he said sarcastically.
R-A and R-C sat down on a few stools and joined in the conversation.
"Go easy on Ukyo, you only dumped her a few days ago," R-A pointed
out.
"I didn't dump her!" Ranma protested.
Maika poked him gently. Hyperdoll gently, which is to say, quite hard.
"We were talking."
Ranma jumped back to attention. "Mihoshi. I just hope her and Shampoo
never meet in the near future."
R-C sniggered. "That would definitely be amusing!"
Maika was confused. "Who is Shampoo?"
The door swung open with a loud bang. Ukyo winced. *At least she's
actually using the door now!*
"That's Shampoo," Ranma whispered as the purple haired Amazon walked
into the restaurant. 
"Nihao Spatula girl, Gorilla girl, Ranma, Twins, other girls. Where
Ryoga?" she asked cheerfully.
"He's getting changed," R-D called.
Ukyo glared at her hired help as Shampoo bounced up the stairs,
closely followed by Aiko. "You can be such a spoon!"
"Huh?"
"Stirring things up," she translated.
Ranma stood up. "Much as I hate to leave this happy little party,
bye!" 
Akane chased after him back to the Dojo. "Ranma, wait! Why such a
hurry?"
Ranma jumped down next to her. "Shampoo is engaged to Ryoga and making
the best of it. Ucchan is engaged to Ryoga and trying her hardest to
get out of it. Mihoshi has a big crush on Ryoga. Then there is R-D,
who will be doing his best to stir it all up, R-A trying to separate
it all and R-C, Maika, Miyu, Ryoga and Aiko all caught in the middle."
He paused for emphasis. "Would _YOU_ like to be there when it all
erupts?"
Akane nodded slowly. "I get your point."
Above them, on the rooftops, Kodachi smiled. *Enjoy your time
together. For tomorrow, Ranma darling, you will be mine.*

End Part XVII
Final song - Let's See Action
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Just 11 more pages to go.. and not until after the weekend !! 
Heheheh...
Just a quick question...  does anyone know the lyrics to Cha La Head 
Cha La (or any other DB song, that's just my fave ^_^) in English ? 
And if so, can you send them to me via private e-mail ? Thanking you 
in advance, Kai-Chan.
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