"Great-grandmother! How could you give water-proof soap to Lost Boy? Ranma has to win!"
Cologne listened to the ranting of her great-granddaughter and calmly said: "Listen, Shampoo... If I hadn't given Ryoga the possibility to enter the contest, he would have never challenged son-in-law to do the same. So I practically made sure that you will be able to date him. Correct?"
Shampoo stopped her ranting in confusion. "Oh! Make sense! Okay, but what we do that Airen wins and not pig-boy? More important: What are we do that Shampoo wins bikini contest, not violent girl?"
"I have prepared something for this occasion," Cologne smirked and pogo'ed over to the cupboard. She pulled out a small carton. "In here is everything we need..." She snickered.
Just then Mousse stormed into the room. "What did I hear? My beloved Shampoo is going to enter the swimsuit contest? Arrrgh, and Saotome entered the diving contest just so he could have a date with my beloved. But no, I say! I will take part as well and make sure Saotome meets his maker!"
"Sit down, boy!" Cologne rapped the master of hidden weapons on the head with her cane. "If you join, son-in-law will have an even lower chance of winning."
Mousse angrily rubbed his head. "You won't stop me this time, old woman! I WILL conquer Shampoo's heart today!"
SPLASH! "Quack?"
Shampoo put down the empty bucket and glared down at the confused duck. "Stupid Mousse! Shampoo doesn't want you to interfere this time! Great-grandmother, make sure he stays in cage, yes? Shampoo needs to change into super-sexy bikini..." She giggled.
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"Hah!" Ranma smirked, now back in his male form and wearing some swimming trunks. 'So, it really did pay off to keep a pair,'he thought. "This time, I'll make sure Ryoga sees that I'm not only the best in martial arts. Ranma Saotome never loses!"
Genma smiled at his son. "That's my boy! You're right! Win the contest and make sure you have a date with Akane, so the houses will finally be joined!"
"Indeed, Saotome," Soun said excited. "This will be a glorious day for the schools of Anything Goes..."
"Shut up you two," Ranma grumbled. "I'm only doing this to teach Ryoga a lesson, not because of Akane."
Nodoka smiled. "Are you sure, son? After all, she is your fiancee... And weren't there times you actually cared for her?"
Ranma turned around, not wanting to show the parents his blush. "W-why would I? She's nuthin' but an uncute tomboy that can't cook..."
Someone tapped on his shoulder. Ranma turned around. "Huh?"
Akane raised her new 'Pervert Buster Simba'.
"RANMA NO BAKA!"
WHAM!
Huffing, Akane put her tool back again. "Now if you excuse me... I have a contest to win." She turned around and left. "I really hope that baka won't win..." she mumbled to herself.
Nabiki smirked. "Now that he had coming..." Sting shook his head. "Smooth move, Ranma..."
"Ouch..." was all Ranma could reply.
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Minako grinned as she posed in her red swimsuit. "What do you think? Befitting a beauty like myself, huh?"
Makoto nodded. "Suits you, Mina-chan... but don't forget you're not the only one competing."
"That's right," Rei's voice shouted from the top of the stairs. "Because here comes the REAL queen of the shore..." In a dramatic gesture, she dropped the bathrobe and showed off her new orange two-piece. "Ta-daaa! Well?"
"Looks good, Rei," Makoto smirked. Minako grinned. "Well, yeah... but not as good as mine!"
Rei smirked back. "Oh, really? Well, we'll see about that at the contest, won't we?"
"Oh, that we will!" Minako replied.
"You sure you two won't compete as well?" she then asked Makoto and Ami hopefully. Makoto shook her head. "Sorry, not today... I still have some preparations for our big dinner to make... and I want to try out the recipes Kasumi gave me... what about you, Ami?"
"Uh, sorry?" The blue-haired girl looked up from her science book. "Did you say something?"
Makoto groaned. "Never mind..."
Rei looked around. "Well, we should leave... but where is Usagi? That meatball head is always late..."
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Usagi knocked at Naru's door. "Naru, hurry up! We're going to be late!"
"I know, I know," Naru replied while putting on her swimsuit. "I'm almost ready. Just a minute..."
"Oh... okay! See you downstairs!"
Naru looked at herself... A very nice swimsuit, mixing a light green with pink... "How do you like it, Luna?" she asked the black cat that was lying on the bed.
Luna meowed. Naru giggled. "Yes, I know... What are you supposed to say? You're just a cat..."
Naru looked around the room. Now where was her mirror again...? Ah, there!
She posed in front of herself and nodded. "Yes, very nice! Now, I should hurry up... Usagi and the others are waiting." She grabbed her bag and rushed outside, never thinking of the fact that there had never been a mirror before in this room...
The mirror image of Naru smiled a last time, before it dissolved into empty air.
Luna stared. "What just happened?" she murmured. "Was that a Zodiac sign I saw on her forehead?"
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Setsuna grinned. Finally, a clue! She held up her cell phone and entered the number.
After a moment, someone answered. "Hello, are you Miss Noriko Sato? My name is Setsuna Meioh, and I'm looking for someone... I heard you once knew an American sailor named Davey Jones?"
"That bastard?" the woman screeched. Setsuna winced. "Of course I know him! He promised me he would love me, and only me, and that we would marry and have children... And when I told my best friend, she told me the same about herself. Finally we found out that he promised every woman and girl in town he would marry her... that Casanova! He was lucky his ship had already left when we found out, or we would have lynched him!"
"Oh... I see," Setsuna responded. "Um, sorry to hear about that..."
The woman sighed. "And he seemed to be such a nice boy... He even gave me the golden pendant with the two fishes he once found on Hawaii..."
Hope springs eternal. "R-really? Um, I mean... Do you still have it?"
"Bah! The day after he left I threw it into the ocean!"
Hope falls into the abyss of desperation. "I see... thanks for your help, anyway..."
After putting away the cell phone, Setsuna sighed deeply. Now how were they supposed to get the Pisces Amulet?
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