Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ An Unlikely Couple. ❯ part IV ( Chapter 4 )

Disclaimer: I still don't own Ranma 1/2.

Summary: Mousse Snaps.

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Warning: Mousse will be OOC in this chapter.

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Unlikely Couple

Part IV

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It was the night before tomorrow and all throughout the Hibiki home, not a soul stirred. Except for the lunatic, wielding more weapons then a small nation, sneaking down the corridor looking for his intended victim.

Mousse smirked as he felt the presence of his trusted weapons. Tonight, he would win his Shampoo. The lost boy would never have her. Not as long as he lived. He had waited for her for so long, ever since the day he first saw her in the Amazon village. He had known that she was the one for him; no one else would ever come close to her, not as long as he lived.

Creeping up the stairwell, Mousse looked around the corner at the top. Stepping out into the hallway, he looked from one door to the next. Going over the plan in his mind, he had never wanted to kill the lost boy; he was so caught up with the Tendo girl that he didn't think of other girls. But now, he seemed to be growing closer to Shampoo, they didn't love one another, but he still didn't want to take the risk of them falling in love. It had been bad enough with Saotome.

He frowned as he lifted a hand and reached for the door on his left. Stopping, he turned and looked at the door behind him. It could also be that one… turning to it, he regarded it in the dark hallway. Shrugging lightly, Mousse smirked again; he could always try it later. If Hibiki weren't behind the first door, he could just try the next.

Smirking, Mousse slipped open the first door pulled back his hand to throw out his knives. Nothing but darkness greeted him from inside it. Then, a large shadow moved from inside. Looking closer, he came face to face with a floor mop as it and the rest of the stuff in the closet rushed out to meet with him.

A bucket landed on top of his head as a bottle of brown soap fell open and ran down the front of his white robe. Mousse could live with that, it was the floor mop that had slammed straight into his face that angered him. No doubt this was all some kind of trap put up by that lousy pig. No matter, he would have his revenge for this and for Hibiki trying to steal his Shampoo. Throwing the bucket, the empty bottle of brown soap and the shattered remains of the mop back into the closet, Mousse grumbled and resumed his hunt for Ryouga.

The second door led into the bathroom. Quickly looking around, Ryouga spotted Shampoo's clothes lying in the hamper next to the door. Picking up the dirty shirt, Mousse growled. He could see it all. That pig had found his beloved in a weak state, trying to bed her. She had resisted his advances and she had lost to him and was too scared to resist him. Conveniently, Mousse forgot the fact that Ryouga has passed out from simply holding Shampoo earlier and that Shampoo had brought him back.

Inside the third door, Mousse was rewarded with the sight of Ryouga sleeping calmly on a bed. A small basin of water was placed on a table next to the bed. A simple yellow blanket was laid over him, and rose with each breath he took. His face, normally locked in depression and anger, was clam and a faint smile crept over it. Mousse found it hard to match the Ryouga sleeping in the bed with the one he had met so often.

Next to the bed, Shampoo sat in a wooden chair, her chest raised gently and steadily as she breathed. Her face was set in state of tranquility as she slept. From the looks of it, she had been taking care of Ryouga. Simmering with anger, Mousse growled softly and pulled out a sword from his vast arsenal. Raising it above his head he aimed it at Ryouga's throat. It would be over in a second and then Shampoo would be his.

"You no hurt Ryouga!"

Mousse blinked as Shampoo's foot shot up from the floor and kicked his weapon away "Sham… Shampoo?" How, why did she defend the lost boy, didn't she see that he was trying to save her? That he was the only one for her?

Shampoo crossed her arms and glared at Mousse "What you do here?" Her voice had a sharp edge as she shifted to protect Ryouga from any attacks. Her code demanded it, he had helped her and now, she owed him a debt. Holding a hand to her nose, she looked closer at him "Why you smell like that?"

Mousse looked at her rather blankly then he ran a hand through the brown soap smeared over his clothes "Uh, a small accident" Kneeling, he picked up his sword and looked at her with a soft expression "I came to save you from Ryouga" Stepping closer to the bed, Mousse pleaded with her.

"Shampoo no need rescuing" Pointing at Mousse she pulled out a bonbori and stepped completely up to the front of the bed "Shampoo protect Ryouga, he help Shampoo. Shampoo in debt to him" Stepping forward, she pushed Mousse back "Why you here?" Her voice was cold and the tome told that he didn't answer her at once she would attack him.

"Amazon law" Mousse stated, "Marry me and you'll become a member of the Amazons again" Mousse smiled sweetly, as he pulled out some roses from his vast sleeves.

Shampoo blinked before she laughed dryly. <I would rather live without honor, or Amazon sisters then marry you, Muo Shu!> Her eyes told the truth of her words.

Mousse faulted and dropped the rose <Xian Pu, you hate me that much?> Slowly Mousse stepped back. <I would do anything for you, anything. Why won't you see that I'm better then Ranma and all the others?> Mousse had taken the look of a doomed man as he ranted.

Shampoo shook her head. <If you would just listen to me, you're my friend, nothing more!> Almost pleading, Shampoo looked at him. <You could never become more then a friend.> Shampoo regarded Mousse with a sad look on her face.

Somewhere deep inside Mousse something snapped, and the anger, hurt and despair at being spurned, beaten and verbally abused for years came rushing up and clouded his vision red. <You are mine Xian Pu. I have known this since I was six years old…> Eyes narrowed, Mousse spat out the words with a venom filled voice.

Shampoo backed away at the sight of a blood red aura forming around Mousse. <Muo Shu, what are you doing?> She had never seen him like that. Mousse was just Mousse. Someone who followed her everywhere, never hit back no matter what she did to him. But this, he had never looked at her like that, never raised his voice at her. She was scared of him, this dark side of Mousse.

Mousse clenched his hands inside his robe. <If I can't have you Xian Pu, then no one will. I'll take you to the grave with me!> His sleeves moved forward and all the knives he had rushed out from inside them, and towards Shampoo. <We'll be together forever in death!> The weapons glinted as they left his hands and moved towards the Amazon, her face locked in a mask of disbelief as her arm lifted to protect her.

"NOOOOOOOOO!"

Shampoo and Mousse froze as a blur jumped in between them. Right into the path of the knives, several sick sounds emerged as the knives hit the flesh of the body. Slowly it fell to the floor, blood running from cuts one the face and arms. Knives stuck out from body in odd places and glowed in the moonlight as they moved downwards along with the body they were stuck in.

Cologne looked up as she felt a chill run down her back. In all her 300 years she had never felt that kind of feeling, like something had just reached its breaking point. She slowly turned to look out the window of the Neko Haten. "Shampoo!" Her eyes traveled down to stare at the Amazon book of laws in her hands. "Mousse you have better not have done something stupid" jumping out the window, she grabbed the bag next to her on the way out.

Shampoo stared as Ryouga fell down onto the floor, knives sticking out of his chest, blood running from cuts and seeping into the shirt he wore and staining the carpet. Her arm dropped down and hung limply at her side. Slowly her eyes traveled to look at the one who was the cause of it.

Mousse stared down at the body and felt his blood run cold in his veins "He protected you." dropping the rest of his weapons, they dropped to the floor and settled around his feet. "He protected you." Looking up, he stared at Shampoo, the one he loved, and the one he had attacked. How could he have lost it like that?

Shampoo looked back down at Ryouga for a second, before she dropped to her knees and hugged him, trying to avoid the knives "You protect Shampoo, why?" A single tear welled up in her eye. Here was someone who had jumped in the way of an attack aimed at her and she didn't know why. She had tried to kill him, yelled at him and still he would risk his life for her, why?

Ryouga grinned as he turned to look at her from his position on the floor, "You're my friend, friends looks out for one another…" Slowly Ryouga closed his eyes.

Shampoo cradled his head in her lap. "Shampoo get help for you!" Closing her eyes, she wiped the tear from her face. Then she lifted her face to glare at Mousse, her face a mask of hate and anger.

Mousse dropped to his knees "Shampoo, you…" Somewhere inside of him, a voice screamed out at the idea that he had failed to kill his beloved. "I… I…" Words failing him, Mousse reached out his hands, wanting to hug his beloved and forget it all. Forget the pain. Forget what he had done.

"Mousse, get out!!" Shampoo screamed, as she glared at him "Shampoo no longer want anything to do with you!" Turning her face away from the half blind boy sitting in front of her, she looked back down at Ryouga.

Mousse reeled back as if he had been slapped "But we're destined…" Tears fell freely from his eyes and a feeling of loss overtook him. Crawling to his feet he took a step towards the two on the floor.

Shampoo growled as Mousse went closer to them, and flung one of the knives from the floor after him "Get out, before Shampoo kill you" Mousse scrambled back and with hurt eyes, dashed out off the door. Glaring at the empty doorway, seeing if Mousse would return, Shampoo felt whatever feelings she had for Mousse die.

A cough from the floor made her return her attention to the boy she was protecting. His face was turning a faint white, and he seemed to be breathing harder then before. "Why you keep helping Shampoo?" Her face half hidden in shadows still showed her confusion, then it became determined. <Stay here Ryouga. I'll get some help. I won't let you die until I have paid back my debt to you.>

"This is quite a mess" Colognes dry voice said from the doorway "Still, I should have expected something like this" Jumping over to Shampoo she looked down at Ryouga from her place on the table "Put him on the bed and put this stick in his mouth. Those knives have to be pulled out and the wounds cleaned."

TBC: Shampoo the Nurse

AN: Unlikely couple, fixed at last. All four chapters have been redone to make more sense. At last I can concentrate on Chapter five, until that time.

Dak.