Four Fiancees Final Fight

Written by: Son Pan


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    Ukyou sighs as she flips through the pages of her magazine. She wearily closes it and tosses it onto her desk. Rolling over onto her back she looks at the ceiling. She briefly shuts her eyes and sighs. After a few minutes her alarm clock sounds. She remains motionless while it blares an annoying buzz. Finally, sitting up, she hits the off switch and turns the clock off. Ukyou stands up off her bed and walks to her window. She pulls the curtains aside and looks out into the street. The pavement is wet from the nights rain fall. She flings her hair over one shoulder, and pulls it back with a red tie. She finally opens the door and slips out.
    It is a cool Sunday, and Ukyou has the Utchan closed for the day. She pulls her okonomiyaki sellers outfit on over her purple tight pants and walks around front. She picks up her giant spatula up from where it rests by the front door, clamps it to her back and goes outside. She sighs.
    It is decently early in the morning, and Ukyou is heading to the Tendo Dojo.
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    Same time, Nekohanten

    Shampoo is putting a bowl of ramen into a metal carrying case. Mousse is nearby, wiping at the counter. He pauses and looks up at Shampoo confused. Shampoo picks up an umbrella, indicating that she is going out. Mousse watches her and then ventures to speak.
    "Shampoo? Going out? But…it’s Sunday." He calls. Shampoo turns and looks over her shoulder at Mousse.
    "Aya!" She gleefully laughs, unusually happy. "Is Ranma and Shampoo one year anniversary! I bring ramen dinner to celebrate!" She answers, indicating the ramen she is carrying.
    "One year anniversary?" Mousse whispers. "One year of what?" He calls to Shampoo. She frowns at him.
    "You no know?! Shampoo be engaged to Ranma one year today!" She calls, getting happy again. She opens the door and she mutters. "Stupid Mousse no remember important day like that."
    Mousse watches Shampoo and then sets down the rag he is polishing the table with. He walks to the door. "Shampoo, wait…" Shampoo turns to look at Mousse. "Might I come?" He questions. Shampoo rolls her eyes.
    "You no try to hurt Ranma?" She asks, raising her eyebrows. Mousse crosses his arms inside his long robes. He narrows his eyes behind his thick glasses.
    "I won’t try to hurt Ranma." He answers. Shampoo looks at Mousse carefully. Then she turns away and begins walking, holding the now opened umbrella in one hand, and the delivery case in the other.
    "Then you come." She simply states. Mousse happily follows behind Shampoo. He is grateful that it is not raining yet. He trots behind Shampoo as she mounts her bicycle and happily pedals towards the Tendo Dojo.

    Same time, Kunou Mansion

    Tatewaki rolls over and softly mumbles what sounds to be: Tendo Akane. His face is buried in his pillow, and his legs dangle off the edge of his bed. His pajamas are silken with expensive designs hand sewn into them. His bare feet twitch a little as if he is running in his dream. A soft murmur escapes him and he almost laughs. He turns and curls tighter in a ball.
    A slight laugh does escape Kodachi as she shuts the large oak door to her brothers bedroom. She is merely checking up on him, making sure the sleeping potion she had given him was still working. She turns and makes her way through the Mansion she calls her home. She stops, as she hears a sound behind her. Deciding she is paranoid this morning she continues along. Finally she descends the large expensive staircase. She walks into the kitchen and stops in front of the cupboard. She opens the cabinet and removes a box. Inside the box, is hard rice. She takes a pan and fills it with water. Then she sets it on the stove to boil.
    She makes her way into her room, where she adorns herself in her leotards. Carefully she packs away quite a few hidden objects, and tucks her deadly ribbon at her waist. She moves back to the kitchen and pours the rice into the boiling water. Soon the rice is softer. She removes the rice and drains the water. She scoops the rice onto a plate and another sinister laugh escapes her.
    "Oh, Ranma-sama," she whispers to the rice. "today is the day. I am coming."
    With that said, Kodachi turns to the kitchen exit. Carrying the plate of rice, she walks to the front door and opens it. Soon she is walking down the still-damp streets, heading for the Tendo Dojo.

    Same time, Tendo Dojo

    "Not again!" Ranma-chan cries. "How can we be out of hot water?!" Nabiki walks down the hall, brushing her teeth. She sees Ranma-chan pulling at her hair. Nabiki stops and looks at Ranma-chan. She removes the toothbrush.
    "You finished in there yet?" Nabiki asks. Ranma-chan looks up from the floor where she has sunken to her knees. Slowly she gets up and trudges out of the bathroom dripping water as she moves. Ranma-chan trudges down stairs into the kitchen. She looks up at Kasumi cooking breakfast.
    "Morning, Ranma-kun!" Kasumi happily says, mixing up some steamed vegetables. Ranma-chan looks up at her and then walks to the dinning room. There she sees her father in panda form, playing shogi with Soun. The panda looks over at Ranma-chan. He holds up a sigh:
    [Hot water out, eh?]- The sign reads. Ranma-chan looks at the sign and sighs.
    "Yeah." She kneels down at the table and sighs. She looks at her dad. "I don’t see how you can enjoy being a panda so much." She mutters, slumping her head on her hand. Soon, Nabiki descends the stairs, fresh looking for the morning.
    "Morning Otoosan, Oneechan, Mister Saotome, Ranma-kun…" She says walking into the kitchen. She peers back into the dinning room. "…I mean, Ranma-chan."
    Ranma-chan glares back at Nabiki as the girl slips back into the kitchen. Ranma-chan stands up and walks outside. The sky is slightly dark from the recent rain last night. She glances around, and hearing a scurry, looks down. In the bushes, not far from where she is standing, P-chan struggles to cross a huge mud puddle. The tiny black piglet steps into the slime and sinks into it. Ranma-chan smirks, leaning on the door frame.
    "Hey, P-chan!" She mockingly calls. "Having fun yet?" She adds, smirking.
    "P-chan? Where?" Comes Akane’s from behind. Ranma-chan jumps, startled. Akane runs out and scoops P-chan up out of the mud. "Oh, you’re all dirty." She muses. P-chan ‘bwees’ and smuggles against Akane. Ranma-chan turns and angrily glares a P-chan.
    "Hentai." She mutters. P-chan sticks his tongue out at Ranma-chan. Ranma-chan in return flips him off.
    Over her shoulder Akane calls. "Enjoy your morning shower, Ranma?"
    Ranma-chan glares at Akane. "Oh, be quiet."
    Just then, Kasumi enters, carrying breakfast. Soun clears the shogi board away, and everyone moves to seat themselves.

    In front of the Tendo’s

    Shampoo arrives at the Tendo’s and she smiles as she looks at the building. Parking her bike off on the side, she holds her ramen in on hand, and since is isn’t raining, she closes the umbrella with her other hand. She gives her umbrella to Mousse, who conveniently hides the umbrella in the folds of his kimono. The two of them look at the Tendo’s a moment and then Shampoo walks up and prepares to knock on the door.
    "What do you think you’re doing, you hussy?!" comes a voice from behind. Shampoo turns, and in time, ducks, avoiding several razor sharp mini-spats thrown at her.
    "Aya!," she calls, looking at her assailant. "why Spatula Girl come to Ranma on Anniversary Date?" Shampoo cries. Ukyou frowns, as she glares at Shampoo.
    "Anniversary Date? Anniversary of what?" she calls, as she approaches Shampoo and Mousse. Shampoo puts her nose in the air.
    "It Shampoo and Ranma one year Anniversary! I be engaged to Ranma one year today." Shampoo answers, she doesn’t look at Ukyou.
    "Big whoop." Ukyou comments. "I’ve been engaged to him for eleven years." she snidely comments. Shampoo ignores her.
    "Today I make Ranma date Shampoo. He forget stupid Akane girl and dumb Spatula Girl. I make him want only Shampoo." The blue headed Amazon woman declares.
    "Oh-hohohohoho! You’ll not do that when I’M here!" A sinister and near insane voice cries. "Ranma-sama is all mine!" Kodachi cries, as she pulls her ribbon from her side. In one hand, both Ukyou and Shampoo are surprised to see that, Kodachi carries a plate of boiled rice. Shampoo wrinkles her nose at Kodachi’s plate.
    "You bad cook. You no boil rice! Ranma only like steam rice, way Shampoo make it." Shampoo scolds. Kodachi turns her nose up at Shampoo.
    Ukyou ignores the two as they continuously argue. She steps up to the front door and knocks on it. Both Shampoo and Kodachi freeze in mid-sentence, turning they’re gazes to Ukyou. Shortly the door opens, revealing Kasumi, Akane’s oldest sister.
    "Well, hello, Ukyou-san." Kasumi politely says. Ukyou smiles, and Kasumi notices Kodachi and Shampoo as the stand a small bit away from Ukyou. "Oh my, I suppose you are all here for Ranma-kun." Kasumi states. Ukyou nods.
    "Shampoo come see Ranma, not Spatula Girl and Insane Kunou!" Shampoo cries. Mousse appears, trying to comfort her, but she shoves him away. Kasumi disappears from the doorway.
    "Oh, Ranma-sama, ignore these petty women, and chose me!" Kodachi muses to herself. Neither Ukyou or Shampoo pay any attention to the babbling Kunou. Moments later the door opens, and Ranma-chan blinks as she registers her three fiancees waiting on her doorstep.
    "Uh…yo." she says, rubbing a bit of sleep from her eyes. Shampoo ‘aya’s again and runs up, crushing Ranma-chan with a hug.
    "Shampoo come to see Ranma! Ranma happy, yes?" Shampoo cries. Ranma-chan gasps as the breath is squeezed from her. Kodachi looks up, her eyes flicker with inner fire. Ukyou pries Shampoo off of Ranma-chan. The red headed girl takes a deep breath of welcomed air.
    "Arigatou, Ucchan." Ranma-chan breathes. Ukyou nods. Ranma-chan casts her gaze to Kodachi.
    Kodachi releases a shriek. "What have you done with my beautiful Ranma-sama, you Pig-Tailed Girl!?" she cries. Ranma-chan bites her lower lip. "Uh…Kodachi…"
    "Kunou Girl is stupid as Kunou Boy." she looks over to Ranma-chan. "She no know you Boy-type Ranma too?"
    Kodachi hisses, misinterpreting. "She is Ranma-sama’s cousin! How ashamed am I for him to know you bear his your name as your own!" Kodachi mutters. "I shall defeat you! There can only be one Saotome Ranma!" she screams as she leaps towards Ranma-chan, her foot extended. Ranma-chan easily hops upwards, as Kodachi plows herself into the deck. Ranma-chan turns around, and looks at the fallen Kodachi.
    "Oops. You spilled your rice." she remarks. Kodachi gets to her feet, looking at the small bit of rice she has spilled.
    "This is for Ranma-sama! I shall deliver it to him safely!" Kodachi insists. Ranma-chan quickly lifts her leg as Kodachi rushes forward, into it. Saotome-chan looks at Ukyou, Shampoo and Mousse.
    "What can I do for you three…" she notes Kodachi, stuck on her still extended foot. "er…four?"
    "Shampoo come to give Ranma special ramen breakfast!" Shampoo answers, becoming very happy again. "Is Ranma and Shampoo Anniversary! We engaged one year today!" Shampoo adds. Ranma-chan rolls her eyes.
    "What’s all this, Ranma?" A voice behind Ranma-chan issues. Turning around, Ranma-chan sees Akane, hands on her hips.
    Shampoo frowns. "Violent girl Akane comes. She try take Ranma no?" Shampoo grumbles. Ranma-chan swallows, looking at her other fiancee.
    "They just showed up, I swear it, Akane!" Ranma-chan protests. Akane sighs, and steps outside. She avoids Kodachi, still stuck to Ranma-chan’s sole, and looks at Shampoo and Ukyou.
    "Why are YOU here?" Akane asks, jabbing an accusing finger at Ukyou.
    Ranma-chan, and Shampoo both turn and look at Ukyou. She swallows.
    "I’m glad we all arrived here the way we did. I didn’t expect it, but it is almost nice. I’m tired of Ranma having four fiancees." Ukyou begins.
    "THREE!" Ranma-chan interjects. "I’m NOT engaged to Kodachi!" she adds. Ukyou ignores her, and continues.
    "I want him to chose a fiancee, and to stick with only her! No more trying to poison each other. Or kill each other during the night. I suggest a fight between us all, and the winner wins Ranma." Ukyou finished. Ranma-chan pulls her foot back from Kodachi’s face.
    "A fight for Ranma-sama?" Kodachi cries, clutching her chest. "I will do it! I will win for my darling Ranma-sama!"
    Shampoo rolls her eyes. "Aya! Shampoo agree with Spatula Girl! Ranma no more have four fiancees-"
    "THREE!" Ranma-chan butts it.
    Shampoo continues. "I accept challenge! We fight for Ranma! Aya! I win Ranma for self!" She grins. "Then I give you all Kiss of Death and kill you later." She thinks to herself.
    "What?" Akane mutters. "Fight for Ranma?" She frowns, and glances at Ranma.
    "You no back out, Akane!" Shampoo scolds. "You fight for Ranma too! You fiancee also!" she adds. Ukyou nods.
    "Then its decided, Ran-chan. We fight for you, winner takes all." Ukyou states. Kodachi nods, Akane crosses her arms, and Shampoo hops up and down. "Anything-Goes Style Martial Arts." Ukyou adds, as she slowly walks off the steps.
    Shampoo looks up at the sky and realizes what the dark clouds mean. "We fight in Dojo!" she demands. Akane’s eyes widen.
    "We’ll destroy the place!" Akane cries.
    "Shampoo no fight as cat!" Shampoo says angrily.
    "I’ll keep kettles of hot water waiting in case something happens." Nabiki states, appearing as if from nowhere. "Of course there maybe a charge." she adds with a grin.
    Shampoo frowns. "I not pay dumb Money girl for hot water!" Shampoo yells. Nabiki merely smirks.
    "We’ll see what happens if it starts to rain." Is Nabiki’s only comment. She turns and heads back to the house. "I’ll be back, I’ve got to call several customers. I know quiet a few people who will want to see this." she mutters, fading into the house.
    Shampoo angrily crosses her arms. "Shampoo not want fight in rain." she softly pouts. Ranma-chan grins.
    "Doesn’t look like you have much of a choice." she states, smiling. "I suggest you four get ready. I have a feeling this battle will begin soon." she adds. Then she turns and walks back into the house, leaving the four rivals outside.
    Each person exchanges glances and soon the front porch is aglow in the soft blue of the four women’s battle auras.
    "My my." Mousse states looking at the stone faced girls. "I am glad I will not be fighting in this battle."
    Shampoo breaks her eyes from the other girls glares. She looks at Mousse. "Why you still here? You want Shampoo to lose?" she walks off the porch, and the other three women look at her. "I go practice away from other fiancees!" Shampoo exclaims.
    Akane growls and turns, walking into the house. Both Kodachi and Ukyou glare at each other some more, and then Ukyou turns and stalks off, in the opposite direction of Shampoo. Standing by herself now, Kodachi looks around mischievously. She gallantly opens the Tendo’s door and steps inside. She calls out:
    "Ranma-sama! here I come!"

    Inside the Tendo’s

    Ranma-chan stands in the kitchen, eyeing a kettle of water she set to boil. Akane enters the kitchen behind her red-headed fiancee. Ranma-chan, so absorbed in wanted the water to heat, doesn’t mind Akane much, not even glancing up from the kettle. Akane frowned.
    "Ranma no baka!" she cried, swinging down, mallet in hand. Ranma-chan nimbly hopped aside, somehow avoiding the mallet altogether. However, she is still engrossed in watching the kettle. Akane swings again, and Ranma-chan defiantly hops to safety. Two more attempts end fruitlessly. Finally the kettle whistles, and Ranma-chan snatches the pot from the stove. Akane glared at the pot. She quickly snatched it from Ranma-chan’s hands. Ranma looked up blinking confused.
    "Hey! Akane! Give that back!" she demanded. Akane held the pot over he head, and out of Ranma-chan’s reach.
    "Are you out of your mind?!" Akane cried. Ranma blinked.
    "What?" she asked. Akane looked down at Ranma.
    "You’re actually gonna go with this fight?!" Akane yelled. Ranma-chan shrugged and reached for the water.
    "Sure, why not? It’ll solve all my problems for me. Whoever wins, I’ll eventually marry, and you’ll all have to agree." She smiled. Akane blinked, thinking about that.
    "And if KODACHI wins?" Akane mused. Ranma-chan shrugged.
    "I’m counting on you winning." She answered. Akane faltered, and lowered the kettle. She looked at Ranma-chan carefully.
    "Now…can I have the kettle back?" she asked. Akane looked at the pot, and started to hand it to Ranma. She snatched it away and grinned.
    "Ranma!" Akane cried, as some of the water sloshed onto Akane. Suddenly Ranma-chan screeched. Akane whipped around.
    "Ranma-sama!" Kodachi cried, bursting though the kitchen. Ranma-chan involuntarily tossed the kettle at Kodachi. Kodachi grabbed it, and paused. She looked at Akane, and then to Ranma-chan.
    "Where is my beloved Ranma-sama?!" she cried. Ranma-chan lifted one leg, scrunched her arms up, with 2nd and 5th fingers extended. Her eyes remained wide on Kodachi. "He’s not here!" Kodachi stated. With that she turned and left. Ranma-chan remained frozen in fear. Akane walked over to Ranma-chan.
    She sighed and shook Ranma. Finally the Saotome came to her senses. "Oh man…Ko-ko-kodachi…" she shivered. Then she turned to Akane. "You’ve GOT to beat her! PLEASE!" she cried. Akane laughed.
    "Alright, just for you…’Ranma-sama’!" she turned and laughed. Then she stopped at the door, and looked back at Ranma. "Shampoo and Ukyou will be hard to beat together." Akane said. "I hope I can do it." she thought to herself.
    Ranma-chan wasn’t paying any attention to Akane now. She looked past Akane out the door. "She took the kettle!" Ranma-chan cried. Akane growled and watched Ranma run out of the kitchen after Kodachi. She sighed and put her hand to her head.
    "Baka."

    Nabiki looks up from the phone as she spies Kodachi heading up the stairs. She puts a hand on Kodachi’s arm, and the Kunou turns to look at the Tendo. Nabiki holds her other hand over the receiver.
    "Lost something?" Nabiki asks, dully.
    "I MUST find Ranma-sama." Kodachi answers. Nabiki nods, and almost releases Kodachi’s arm. Then she pulls her back.
    "Say," Nabiki starts. "you’re Kunou-chan’s sister aren’t you?" Kodachi looks at Nabiki and then up at the stairs, towards Ranma’s room.
    "Yes. Unfortunately." She answers, then she pulls, trying to head upstairs. Nabiki yanks her back.
    "Where IS Kuno? I’ve been calling…" Nabiki trails off. Kodachi sighs, and looks at Nabiki.
    "He is sleeping." Kodachi states wanting to get away.
    "Ah." Nabiki says. "I see. And did you put him to sleep?" she asks. Kodachi pulls away. "Did you?" Nabiki presses.
    "Yes, alright, I did." Kodachi mutters. "Now release me!" she demands. Nabiki drops her sleeve and Kodachi heads up the stairs. Nabiki uncovers the phone and speaks into it.
    "Mika-chan? Yeah, can you run over to the Kunou Mansion for me? I got an errand for you…" she begins.

    Soun chokes on his rice as Akane finishes telling him her situation. Genma-panda pats his back and Soun wipes his mouth and turns to face his youngest daughter. Akane stands with her hands folded. Soun frowns.
    "He WHAT?!" Soun cries.
    "He agreed to let us four fight for the place as his ‘true fiancee’." Akane recites. Soun puts his hands on the table.
    "And you agreed?!" he bawls.
    "Well, I couldn’t very well back up could I?" she says. Genma-panda looks to Soun and holds up a sign, so only Soun can see it.
    [If she wins…that means she and Ranma will have to…]- The sign trails off. Soun’s eyes widen.
    "Ah, ha ha! Akane!" Soun says, laughing, suddenly. "Good, good!! You’re a good girl!" he adds. "You fight these other fiancees!" he laughs. Akane dumbly stands there. Genma-panda holds up his sign.
    [Training time!]- It reads. Akane moans. Genma-panda flips the sign, and written on the back is: [If you want to win, you gotta train.]-. Akane nods.
    "When is the fight?" Soun asks, almost cheerfully. Akane shrugs.
    "Tonight sometime, I guess." She replies.
    Both Genma-panda and Soun freeze. Twin drops slide down there heads. "T-tonight?" Soun whimpers. Genma-panda holds a sign to us.
    [It’s hopeless]- It reads.
    Akane understands the lull in conversation and says. "Go ahead, don’t believe in me! I’ll show you! I will win this match! No one is getting Ranma but me!" she states.
    Both Soun and Genma exchange glances. In the corner P-chan appears, and his ears shoot up at this last statement. He ‘bwee’s’ madly. Something crashes and Akane turns around. Ranma-chan falls from the kitchen doorway where she was apparently ease-dropping. She twitches on the floor, after Akane’s speech.. Akane frowns.
    "You jerk!" she cries. "I’m doing this FOR you!"
    Suddenly Ranma-chan is standing. She leans in close to Akane. "Did ya have ta say that so loud?!" she whispers, glancing at P-chan. Akane’s battle aura increases. She looks where Ranma is looking.
    "I don’t believe it! I just don’t believe it! I try to do something good for once, and you get all embarrassed!" Akane cries. "Well you know what?! I’m NOT fighting this for YOU! I’m doing it for myself! To prove I CAN fight! Who’d want you anyway?!" she yells. Then she turns and runs past Soun and Genma-panda. A few seconds later her bedroom door slams shut. Both Soun and Genma-panda glare at Ranma-chan. She swallows hard, a water droplet sliding down her head. Both Soun and Genma-panda have anger marks on their brows.

    To be continued…