When Ranma became king, Ukyo was lucky enough to get a job inside the castle walls, while Akane simply declined to live in there. But Shampoo was never asked if she would like to live there (to be honest, Ranma was glad that she wasn't able to glomp him all the time).
Therefore, she continued the pursuit of her beloved Airen, often using her cat form to sneak into the castle. As she had fallen into the spring of drowned talking cat, she was still able to speak while being in her feline form (unlike Genma, who could only growl as a panda).
One day, when she was following Ranma as a cat, he was on his way into the treasure room. Shampoo decided to follow him, and so she walked through the labyrinth as well.
When they reached the treasure room, she hid behind the pile of diamonds while her Airen was looking at his mementos. She had planned to greet him afterwards. But after a while, she fell asleep, and when she woke up, Ranma was gone... and the thirteen doors were locked.
At first, Shampoo was panicking and desperately tried to find a way out of there. But it was to no avail, so she was stuck here. And because there was no hot water inside the treasure room, she was also stuck as a cat.
After some time, she got really hungry and feared she would starve. In her desperation, she began nibbling on the paper money... It was all she could do to avoid dying from hunger. To satisfy her thirst, she drank water that was dripping from the ceiling when it had rained.
It was already mentioned that it had been a long time since Ranma had visited the treasure room the last time, so Shampoo was stuck in there for weeks. Over that time, she had consumed nearly three million Nerimian Yen (Nerima's currency, almost the same value as the normal Yen). The consumption of the green bank notes slowly turned her fur and eyes into a deep green. Meanwhile, she couldn't even stand the thought of eating something else... she had become addicted to paper money.
And now, after all those weeks, she was finally free again.
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Screaming like a Banshee, Ranma ran through the labyrinth. He hurried through the secret door without closing it and ran up the stairs. He came out of the blue door and reached the backyard.
"WHAAAAAAAHHH!" he screeched. "CAT! CAT! CAAAAAT!"
Genma and Soun were just beginning their third round of Shogi when they heard Ranma's cries. They jumped on their feet and ran downstairs. Under the archway between the backyard and the inner ward, they met the king.
"What's up, Ranma?" his father asked. "What happened, boy?"
"A c-c-c... a c-c-c... a horrible monster in the treasure room!"
Genma sweatdropped. Of course it had to be a cat... It was the only thing that made Ranma react like this. "Don't worry, son," he smirked. "We will take care of that! Right, Tendo?"
"Of course," his friend nodded. "Where is it, Ranma?"
"There! There!" the young king panted and gestured towards the blue door.
"Don't worry," Genma grinned. "We'll take care of that problem. Come along, Tendo!"
"Wait!" Ranma stopped them in time. "If you go down there, you'll get lost."
Sou chuckled. "Ranma, we're not like that Hibiki boy, you know?"
"I know, but there's a maze down there... you need to know the way."
"Well, then come along and show us," his father said.
Ranma thought about it. He really was a good martial artist... the best, in his own eyes.
But going down there again and face that feline horror? He shuddered.
"Um... no, that's okay... I'll just tell you the way..." He coughed nervously. "Go down the stairs and move on until you reach the first cave. Go into the middle corridor, always take the middle way, go straight ahead and never turn left or right, then you'll reach some more stairs and the treasure room."
"All right, my boy," Genma nodded. "Leave it to us! Come on, my friend! It's time for Genma's..."
"And Soun's..."
Together, they shouted: "Operation Feline Pest-Control!"
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