Ryoga:The Shampoo Variation Part 2 [FanFic]
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All characters copyrighted by Rumiko Takahashi, or Kitty Films, or whoever
Ryoga : The Shampoo Variation by Mark Latus
A fanfic in 4 parts
Part 2
Ryoga began drifting back to consciousness. Half awake he dreamed of
floating towards the girl who waited for him. Except something was very wrong.
It wasn't Akane and she had sword. She charged him screaming something and he
snapped awake.
He gasped and looked around, he was still in the Tendo's living room with
a blanket thrown over him.
"Oh Ryoga you're awake. You should drink something, you need fluids."
Kasumi handed him a cup of tea which he gratefully gulped down.
"What happened? I remember there was this girl ... "
"Shampoo. She kissed you and you blacked out", Nabiki put down the
stockmarket report and continued, "We called Dr. Tofu. You lost a lot of blood
with that nosebleed, a new world record. He wanted to give you a transfusion".
Ryoga caught a glimpse of the garden. Dr Tofu appeared to be dancing with
a skeleton while babbling nonsense.
"Uh, actually I'd prefer that he didn't try to stick any needles in me
right now."
Nabiki nodded, "Good choice, you're not as stupid as Ranma says".
"Dr. Tofu certainly is eccentric isn't he?", Kasumi leaned over to check
his pulse. "But while I could still understand him he said you'd do fine with
plenty of rest and fluids".
Ryoga suddenly recalled his situation, "I can't rest. Shampoo is going to
try and kill me!"
Nabiki snorted, "that's right, you were still unconscious during the big
revalation. Killing you is the last thing she wants to do".
"What are you talking about?"
"It seems Ranma was only half right about amazon tribal law. Big
surprise".
"Meaning?"
"If an amazon loses to an outsider woman she has to kill her. However if
the outsider's a man she has to marry him".
"What?", Ryoga couldn't believe she'd said that.
"If the outsider's a man ..."
"I heard you, but you're joking right?"
"Read for yourself".
Nabiki handed him a book marked 'Amazon Tribal Law'. section 3, paragraph
4 was very clear.
Ryoga felt a panic attack beginning, "Where is she?"
Nabiki shrugged
"Akane and Ranma are showing her around the house so she'll see there's no
trace of Ranma-chan". Kasumi returned to tidying up.
In the garden Dr Tofu and Betty jumped over the wall heading away. Other
voices were becoming audible.
"Her panda here. She around somewhere".
Akane was fed up, "You've looked everywhere, will you give it a rest".
Ranma decided to butt in, " Hey Shampoo, Ryoga's awake".
The next thing Ryoga knew Shampoo was hanging all over him murmuring
"Nihao". It was getting hard to think, hard to focus on anything but how cute
she was. He struggled to speak.
"Umm Shampoo, what if I already have a girlfriend?"
Shampoo's cute look was instantly overridden by her crazed berserker look.
"Any girl get in way of our love, Shampoo eviscerate!"
Rationality returned, "Uh purely hypothetical question, I don't have a
girlfriend"
Shampoo snapped back to cute mode, he had seconds before his brain melted
down. "Isn't that the female Ranma heading over the wall?"
Shampoo pulled a concealed sword from somewhere and jumped the garden wall
screaming, "KILL!".
Ranma chuckled, "Well that's bought you a few minutes but she'll be back".
Ryoga felt his anger building, "You shut up, this whole thing's your
fault. She wouldn't even be in Japan except for you".
"Hey no one told you to fight her. Is it my fault her tribe's got stupid
laws?"
"It's never your fault is it? Like skipping our duel wasn't your fault".
"We've been over that, you're the one with no sense of direction".
Lightheadedness had reduced Ryoga's caution, "Who's fault is it that my
life was ruined? Who caused the biggest problem I've got?"
"It was an accident you jerk".
Akane could tell a fight was about to start, "Ranma stop picking on poor
Ryoga. What are you two talking about anyway?"
Ryoga managed to calm down slightly, "Nothing important".
"Yeah it's a guy thing, even a chick as macho as you wouldn't get it"
Akane bounced the table off Ranma's head and stalked off. Ryoga picked up
the tribal law book and began leafing through it. Maybe there was a loophole
he could use.
End of part 2