It was all because of a simple powder that he had managed to get that would make Shampoo want to be with him totally and utterly (Even if only for twenty-four hours.) She just had to breathe in a dash of the dust, and she'd focus in on the first male that she saw. Following that, she wouldn't care about anything save being with him at that moment.
The only problem was that he'd been waiting three days, and the chance to get her alone had never appeared! He had the stuff sitting in a flour bag left behind by Ukyo once, and he couldn't even use it! If the old bat wasn't with her, then there was some customer waiting to be served! Frustration built, but he had no choice but to wait.
That was until the lunch rush. They were especially busy for some reason, and he had no chance to even breathe, never mind moving his plan along. It seemed that a great many people were hungry, and that all of them were coming to the Nekohaten...
"Nihao! Welcome to... Ranma!"
"Heya Shampoo," replied the martial artist.
At that, Mousse tenuous hold on his patience slipped. He had been waiting three whole DAYS to get Shampoo alone, and all that Saotome had to do was walk in the front door! It was intolerable!
The nearly-blind fighter pulled the bag out of his pocket out of his robes and went to where his beloved and his rival were talking. He would have what he deserved no matter what. The bag flew from his hand towards the female form with the odangoes in her hair. It would have been certain that it would leave the lavender haired Amazon in a cloud of the powder, except for one thing.
His glasses were on his forehead, and not his eyes, so he'd only thrown it at the girl he'd thought was Shampoo. And if she was, it didn't matter since a cloud of the stuff was sent up, sending everyone who'd breathed it in into a search for a quiet place to make a whole lot of noise, including him.
Which meant that he was so out of it that he couldn't even pay attention to anyone else, never mind seeing the reaction of:
(Posted Fri, 14 Feb 2003 03:24)
Questions? Problems? Suggestions?
Send a mail to addventure@bast-enterprises.de
or use the contact form.
らんま1/2 © Rumiko Takahashi
All other series and their characters are © by their respective creators or owners. No claims of ownership of these characters are implied by the authors of this Addventure, or should be inferred.
The Anime Addventure is a non-profit site.