Azusa Shiratori (AST)

## History

Azusa is introduced being dragged out of the Animal Shelter by Mikado and the nurse. She stopped struggling upon spotting Ukyo staring as Ranma took her into the shelter she commented on how uncute her fur was, before laughing stating that it was easily fixed. After finding one of the lost pet posters Ranma put up Azusa when to the Tendo home and claimed that Ryouko or Charolette as she called her was hers. Luckily the only one there at the time was Genma who didn’t bother to make sure she was telling the truth.

Azusa dyed Ukyo’s fur pink and was happily tying red bow ties onto her when Ranma came crashing into her window. Stepping between him and Ukyo she demanded he go way refusing to give him Charolette. Before Ranma could do anything Shampoo just knocked her out and took the dog. When she saw Shampoo about to be another one of Mikado’s conquests she interrupted him before he could do anything and demanded that she give Charolette back.

Kasumi interposed himself between the two, giving Mikado the opportunity to snatch up Shampoo once again. However, once more Azusa cut in. This gave Shampoo the opportunity to knock Mikado out and confront Azusa, but she was quickly interrupted with the unexpected arrival of Ukyo who attacked Azusa first.

Azusa, panicked by Ukyo's particularly forceful assault, hid behind a recovered Mikado, prompting a negotiation between the parties. Mikado proposed a formal paired skating duel. In her rush to get to Azusa, Ukyo agreed, inadvertently selecting Kasumi as her partner, believing Ranma was still behind her at the time. Shampoo, meanwhile, had stormed off.

The day of the fight arrives and Azusa and Mikado make a flawless entrance, much to the delight of their respective fans. When Kasumi and Ukyo's entrance is less-than flattering, Azusa is left shocked at Ukyo punching Kasumi in the groin and charge them.

Ukyo proves to be no match for Azusa’s superior skating skills. When Mikado intercepted Ukyo Azusa was left alone with Kasumi. The inevitable happened when she got her first good look at Kasumi’s cursed form forcing a desperate Kasumi to stop her from trying to kiss her injury to make it better. After she got him into a bone crushing hug Kasumi was forced to send her flying to escape.

Ukyo caught up to her just as she was getting back to her feat, but still proved to be no match. Azusa decided to go on the offensive when Ukyo called her a coward and her situation got worse once Mikado returned and the two worked together too slowly wear her down. She was rescued by Kasumi before Mikado could go in for the kill. Realizing that fighting the two by herself was pointless Ukyo agreed to work with Kasumi. She went after Azusa while Kasumi dealt with Mikado.

Shampoo decided to intercede at this moment. It worked, but quickly put Shampoo into Mikado's sights who would steal a kiss from her. This infuriated Kasumi, causing him to knock out Mikado front tooth. A furious Mikado attacked Kasumi in a blind rage while using a whimpering Azusa as little more then a weapon. Ukyo seeing Kaneda's predicament went in to rescue him allowing Mikado and Azusa to use the Couple Cleaver. Azusa couldn’t handle the spin and ended up loosing her grip on Kanada. Kasumi chooses to save Ukyo and so flips her under himself, so he takes the hit to the wall instead of Ukyo.

Ukyo again attempted to attack Azusa, but with her hat gone Azusa was somehow able to realize that she was Charlotte and began hugging her. When Ukyo denied it she realized that it was because of Ranma so she skated off to tell the crowed. In desperation Ukyo ended up destroying the rink, and then used the Kachuu Tenshin Amaguriken to knock Azusa out.

With the match won Ukyo took Azusa to te nearest salon strapped her down to a chair and dyed her hair a collage of green, purple, blue, and pink. She showed no sympathy to the distraught Azusa pointing out that unlike Ukyo, her hair would be fixed in a week. Making sure she promised not to tell anyone about her curse Ukyo let Azusa go.

Later as Mikado and Azusa were practicing at the local skating rink they started getting heckled by Rippa and Kitsui Buyou. Mikado would have let it slide but his girlfriend was there as well and some of the comments started to get rather embarrassing. Eventually he couldn’t take it any more and challenged them to an ice skating duel. The terms being that if he and Azusa won they would publicly apologize and never return to that arena, and if they lost they would go on a double date.

Needless to say Rippa and Kitsui as masters of Martial Arts Dance utterly outclassed the two. After only a few minutes Kitsui had Azusa so confused she couldn't tell up from down. Even though Kitsui never laid a hand on her it was almost as if she had completely lost control of what little faculties that she has to the point where she completely broke down right there on the ice. Learning that the two were brother and sister and that they were both gay Azusa gave in and went on her date, wanting it over with as soon as possible.

To this day Azusa refuses to talk about the match which is why she refused to talk to Shampoo when she came to ask her about how Kitsui fought. That and remembering her as the girl who punched her. Kogane Musashi a ghost Shampoo had recently awakened seeing that Azusa wouldn’t budge came up with the idea to possess her so that she could then transfer her memories of her fight to Shampoo. It turns out Azusa was greatly traumatized by what Ukyo did to her and Kitsui used a mental illusion to force her to relive that trauma.

## Appearance

Originally Azusa had styled brown locks that were a rival for Shampoo's own. As a consequence of her run in with Ukyo her hairdo is closer to Akane's length, maybe even shorter, and far more simple in style.