Shampoo Tendo (MUOF)

Shampoo Tendo also known as Shan is the adopted daughter of Soun Tendo and Soon Li and practices the Lightning School of the Storm Style. Her cursed form goes by the name of Scratch.

## Appearance

Shampoo has waist-length purple hair with a fringe and two strands hanging in front that are secured with ties, it ended up being cut off during a fight between Ryoga Hibiki and Ranma.

## History

Shampoo was excited to show off her skill to Soon Li so became upset when she started talking to Akane. Jealous that the village champion would show such interest in an outsider. She got a chance to take her anger out on Akane when the two accidentally ran into each other. After that Akane began avoiding Shampoo as best she could. However during this time Soon Li had been training Akane in the basics of the Wind Style so when the two finally fought again Akane was able to defeat Shampoo without laying a single hand on her.

Stunned and livid by her humiliating defeat Shampoo challenged Akane, but every fight no matter what she did ended the same way. Her constant defeats began to gradually ware away at Shampoo’s self-confidence causing her to question every move she made. As a result not only was she unable to defeat Akane, but became unable to defeat the other village children eventually becoming little more than a laughing stock. When Cologne found out about this she was not happy and sent Shampoo off to Jusenkyo to train. Unfortunately there was an accident and Mousse caused her to fall into the Maonīchuan. This proved to be that last straw Shampoo’s parents disowned her.

In a last ditch effort to win her honor back Shampoo attempted to kill Akane and when she was defeated yet again she just broke down sobbing. When Soon Li and the Tendo’s learned what happened they allowed her to stay with them. Kasumi agreed to keep a depressed Shampoo company for a while. However with no friends, no family all Shampoo really wanted to do was be left alone. Despite this Kasumi tried her best to cheer her up. Akane followed them one day and a reluctant Shampoo agreed to go home with her. The two walked in silence until they came across more kids laughing at Shampoo. Shampoo cringed as they began taunting which became worse when she tried to fight back. Akane ended up driving them off.

Later that night Shampoo asked Kasumi why she did it. When told that Akane felt responsible at first Shampoo was glad that Akane felt guilty but that quickly turned to shame as she admitted to herself that none of this would have happened if she had left her alone. Before Kasumi could stop her Shampoo ran out of the house. She ended up next to a stream in the woods only to run again when Akane found her. The two ended up falling into the river. Akane grabs and shields a struggling Shampoo-cat. The two are swept into rapids and soon Akane is unconscious from several impacts with the rocks. Shampoo-cat manages to keep both herself and Akane afloat until the river finally calms. Shampoo-cat then drags the unconscious Akane to shore and promptly passes out from exhaustion.

When she woke up she apologized to Soon Li for what happened. Soon Li assured Shampoo that she wasn’t a bother to them. The next day while shopping with Nabiki they came across the same girls who were taunting her. Hearing them talking bad about Akane Shampoo attacked them to get them to stop. When Soon Li learned what happened she decided to train Shampoo. She first had her help Akane learn Chinese so the two could train together. This turned out to be a trick to not only help the two get closer but also help Shampoo get over her little confidence problem..

Once that was accomplished Soon Li began training Shampoo in the basics of the Lightning Style allowing her to finally hit Akane. After several weeks the two became evenly matched. By this point the two had become accustomed to Soon Li’s sneaky ways of training them so instantly became suspicious when she asked them get her a few things in the village. As the two were returning with their parcels they were accosted by the same bully who beat Shampoo several weeks ago. This time however she sent the girl running away in tears. Akane was the one who informed Shampoo when Soun decided that it was time to return home and the two apologized to each other. Learning that Soon Li had been adopted by Cologne Akane convinced Soun to adopt Shampoo and take her with them back to Japan.

Ranma-chan freaked out upon seeing Shampoo-cat forcing her to leave the room. She was forced to leave again when Akane took her to the bath only to see Ranma’s clothing. However when Akane ran out screaming upon seeing Ranma-kun come out shortly afterwards Shampoo quickly changed back and attacked him. Ranma couldn’t fend off Shampoo and Akane at the same time and ended up being knocked into the pond. Ranma shrieked back at Akane’s glare while looking at Shampoo with a mixture of shock and fear when told that she was the cat. Much to Shampoo’s surprise after Kasumi declined the engagement on account of Ranma being too young, and Nabiki on account that he had no money, Soun left it up to her and Akane to decide. However the heartwarming moment quickly ended upon remembering what they were deciding.

She and Akane were upset that Ranma didn’t tell them about his curse, to which he argued that he wasn’t aware that they knew about Jusenkyo. Things quickly escalated from there. In retaliation for them calling him a pervert Ranma called Akane a tomboy and Shampoo a dirty old alley-cat. Luckily Soon Li arrived before it could lead to violence. After finding out what was going on and calming everyone down she convinced them to hold off on choosing so that the three could get to know each other. Later after calming down Shampoo pointed out to Akane that she did walk in on him. After Ranma walked in on them Akane conceded that he wasn’t a pervert, but was really stupid.

Akane and Shampoo had their usual race to determine who gets to work at the Nekohanten and who has to deal with the Hentai Hoard, with Akane the winner. They arrived back in time to see Genma and Ranma sparing with each other showing off their air-to-air combat skills while jumping over the pond. After catching their breath they reluctantly admitted that the two were good. Though Shampoo added that they were better causing Soon Li to scold her.

Ranma learns he'll be attending Furinkan High School, so Akane and Shampoo ends up escorting Ranma there. When they arrived Shampoo dealt with the hoard while Akane tried to take a confused Ranma to class. Once the other male students have been defeated, Tatewaki Kuno arrives Shampoo tried to get him to leave her alone to no avail after Kuno got in a few hits Ranma suddenly appeared and pulled him off of her not realizing she was trying to lure him into a trap. The evitable happened and Ranma ends up fighting him as Shampoo watches. Ranma and Shampoo mostly ignored him as they argued with each other. When she realized it was about to rain she knocked Kuno out and dragged Ranma away. They didn’t make it inside in time and Ranma-chan ran off upon seeing Shampoo-neko.

This fight caused both of them to be late, so are forced to stand outside holding water buckets. Ranma apologized for butting in and promised not to do it again. Later after Kuno found out about the engagement and attacked Ranma Shampoo was changing him back when Akane accidentally threw Kuno at her causing her to drop the thermos. Furious she slugs Kuno knocking him face first into Ranma-chan's lap. Who immediately knocks him flying backward with a kick. Seeing Ranma-chan Kuno called Ranma-kun a coward and ended up getting jump kicked in the face. Ranma goes back to the dojo. Akane decides to go with him while Shampoo stays at school. Later after learning how Shampoo had been adopted by the Tendo’s Ranma went to her to apologize for the way they got off the way they got off the wrong foot. Shampoo told him the rest of the story since Akane didn’t have time to.

When Kuno ended up confessing to Ranma-chan seeing how uncomfortable this made him Shampoo attempted to put a stop to it. First by agreeing to go on a date with Kuno if he leaved Ranma-chan alone, then by just showing Kuno Ranma’s curse. However this just made things worse as Kuno ended up believing that Ranma was pretending to be a man. it is obvious that Shampoo is starting to develop feelings for Ranma she even admitted to Akane that she would have no problem marrying him if he ended up choosing her.

It was Shampoo’s hair that ended up getting cut. This devastated Shampoo since long hair was symbol of power to the Joketsuzoku her represented her last connection to her village. Shampoo was asked by the members of the Furinkan High Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics team to take their place in the upcoming match and avenge the defeat they were handed at the hands of Kodachi Kuno. Since she didn’t know anything about the style Akane convinced Ryoga to train her. Kodachi managed to poison Shampoo before the match but she managed to fight off the effects long enough to win using the Lightning Style.

Shampoo trained Ranma in the Grand Lightning Punch in order to allow him to overcome Perfume when she finally tracked him down. Though Nabiki noticed that she was a lot harder on him then Soon Li ever was on her. After Ranma defeated Perfume and the two finally met she accused Shampoo of trying to deliberately sabotage her. Unlike Perfume Shampoo had gotten over their past even apologizing for how her victory affected her. This just infuriated Perfume but Shampoo didn’t take the bait of her goading.

Perfume did up accepting and apologizing herself later. Shampoo ended up being kidnapped by Azusa and given the name of "Charlotte". While she was able to get away Azusa managed to put a collar on her forcing Akane and Ranma to accept her challenge to get the key for it. The experience caused Shampoo to have nightmares of Azusa becoming aware of her curse and locking her up, which Ranma helped her through. During the match she is able to break out of her cage and find hot water ultimately partnered with Ranma. Shampoo ultimately defeated the Golden Pair with a Thunderclap Shock Wave. Ranma ultimately chose to marry Shampoo over Akane.

After mastering the Thunderclap Punch Ranma began training to learn the Thunderclap Shock Wave, but seeing how depressed Akane had become he and Shampoo decided to play matchmaker between her and Ryoga. With a little help from Nabiki they were able to convince Ryoga to ask her out. However Ranma was managed to get a whiff of Mix 612 himself though much to Shampoo’s frustration they only made out because he wanted to wait until they were married.

Mousse tracked Shampoo down in Nerima, having found a cure to allow her to transfer her curse to him, but Shampoo refused. Initially Mousse was ecstatic thinking that Shampoo was worried about him only to become furious upon learning about her engagement to Ranma. Shampoo got Mousse to see that she saw him as nothing more then a friend, but assured him that she forgave him along time ago.

When Cologne came to Japan in search of Perfume Akane and Ranma helped Shampo build up the courage to talk to her. Sadly the reunion did not go well as Cologne still remained antagonistic and showed no signs of accepting her. While initially devastated Shampoo quickly grew tired of her antics.

Before a confrontation could take place she was lured to an abandoned temple to cats by Maomolin a 3,000 year old bakeneko whom became obsessed with Shampoo after she accidentally freed him in China. He placed a curse on her; if she could not get a kiss with Ranma before the temple bell rang the 108th chime of the new year, she would become a cat forever and spend the rest of eternity as his wife.

Akane, Ranma, Mousse and Ukyo came to free her but weren’t able to make it in time due to the interference of Kodachi and Azusa. Shampoo still had no intention of marrying Maomolin and seeing this he allowed her to leave, but he couldn’t free her from her curse.

When it was discovered that Cologne had the second Friendship Bracelet Akane fought her for it and used the bracelets to split the curse between the two. This caused Shampoo and Akane to start dreaming of the original universe.

Ranma and Shampoo were busy dealing with Happosai so weren’t able to help Ukyo train for her battle against Cologne. Feeling self-conscious about how quickly Ranma was able to master the Lightning Style Shampoo went to Soon Li who began training her in the Art of Focus. Ranma started training shortly afterwards. While this required both of them to sleep in the Dojo much to her frustration he wanted to wait until after they were married for them to have sex.

During this time Shampoo was attacked by Bu Xien who had tracked her down seeking revenge even though she had never met him before. In an attempt to break the two up he ended up kidnapping Shampoo forcing Ranma to fight him, if he lost he would drink a potion that would cause him to stop loving Shampoo. Ranma managed to defeat Bu revealing that he was actually a woman who fell in the spring of drowned boy.

Despite his defeat Bu refused to give up his revenge or even tell Shampoo why he was angry at her stating that he only agreed to let her go. She and Ranma went back to training to master the Art of Focus. Which was marred by Bu and Kodachi attempting to break them up. For several days they repeatedly activated Shampoo’s curse and stole her clothing. She also had to take over Akane and Perfume’s duties at the restaurant.

She reached her breaking point when Kodachi mentioned a conversation she and Ranma had during one of the times she was incapacitated. She made a breakthrough in the Art of Focus allowing her to barely dodge Kodachi’s attempt to poison her. After making sure she was alright Ranma called her out for losing control like that and she went home to calm down. Luckily Ranma just wanted to chide Kodachi for provoking her.

Much to her confusion Bu informed her that he was now dating Kodachi and no longer wanted revenge still refusing to tell them what Shampoo did to him. Shampoo finally completed her training after learning that Akane and Ryoga finally took steps in advancing their relationship.

When Soon Li took Akane and Ryoga up to the mountains to learn their final technique. She invited Ranma and Shampoo along as well. While there she the two that their skill had increase to the point where they were now considered masters, and thus could now start training each other in their respective styles. Shampoo also finally told him about the dreams she’d been having of the other world. Seeing how troubled she was by them he was quick to comfort her.

On the way home Akane brought up to Shampoo the thought of setting Nabiki up with someone. However this was quickly forgotten when they met Natsume and Kurumi who claimed to be Soun’s illegitimate daughters. It turns out Soon Li had also found Nodoka and invited her to the dojo as a surprise. Seeing

As the frantic explanations flew Shampoo stood to the side, tense and unsure how to act. Seeing Ranma dropped his head to the table, resigned to his fate, while Nodoka just angrily glared at her husband. She finally could stand no more and went to Ranma's side, pleading his case. Nodoka was willing to let Ranma off the hook, but Genma was still on probation.

Once she was no longer distracted by Ranma’s mother her thought went to Natsume and Kurumi. Though Soun denied their accusation they were allowed to stay. She didn't like them suddenly coming in and calling the character of her `father' into question. So when Akane challenged Natsume to a fight she wasn't ready to jump into a fight herself but she could certainly understand Akane's anger. Which is why she stepped in before things could get out of hand.

Though it was eased somewhat by Ranma agreing to get married and Akane agreeing to be her protector. The stress of everything was getting Shampoo and she was still wary of the dreams of the other world.

When Akane wanted to set Nabiki with someone, her first choice was Mousse. Shampoo was against this and knowing that Akane didn’t understand why she didn’t like Mousse. Shampoo told her how similar to Kuno he felt entitled to have her and refused to take no for an answer. Akane was able to convince her to at least give him a chance. Though she had already did it by asking him to be Ranma’s protector for the wedding.

While sparing Shampoo brought up the question of having kids to Ranma, shocking him as he had never thought about it. Using the same questions that Soon Li had once given to her and Akane she was able to convince him.

Kurumi who had overheard the conversation asked Shampoo what it was like to have a boyfriend. This caused her to call Ranma out on the fact that he never told her he loved her. While he did he was so nervous that he ended up screaming it at her. Kurumi politely left as Shampoo tackled Ranma to the dojo floor.

She ended up being the one who had to convince Nabiki to go on a date with Mousse. She ended up having to give her two months worth a favors before she agreed. She had to add another month so that Nabiki didn’t take advantage of Mousse.

It was obvious that neither of the two were into it causing Shampoo to bet Akane that they wouldn’t have a good time. Which she won when Nabiki returned and just went to bed yelling at Akane to leave her alone when she bombarded her with questions. Akane began to worry when Nabiki started panicking when she mentioned going to ask Mousse, but when she said she would release Shampoo from her agreement, Shampoo immediately agreed to let things go.

It was here that they learned that Cologne had been training Natsume and Kurumi. Furious Akane had to be pulled away before she could attack the two, but she was still seething and the fact they were trying to the dojo and vowed they wouldn’t get away with it.

Cologne had specifically trained Natsume to fight against the wind style so unlike their previous duel, this time Akane proved to be no match for Natsume. Once again forcing Shampoo to step in to put a stop to things.

Devastated Akane decided to start training seriously so that two girls who came from no where couldn’t take her dojo away. Shampoo didn’t really care as she never expected to take over the dojo, but seeing Akane’s determination agreed to help her.

The two went two confront Cologne, but after learning that she was training Natsume and Kurumi they went to spy on it. They quickly realized that there was nothing they could do at this time that would allow them to compete against Cologne’s training.

It was Nabiki who gave them the idea of going to Happosai, which they reluctantly did. Akane went to go ask Happosai for training while Shampoo told Ranma that they had to post pone the wedding. Though upset he understood.

While Happosai agreed it was clear that he wasn’t taking it seriously, just getting his jollies out of having two girls chase after him. Cologne, Natsume and Kurumi watched there training as well. Seeing Cologne and Happosai fight made Shampoo suspicious that she let Akane beat her.

One day Happosai suddenly started taking it seriously with no explanation. Naturally facing an ancient master with more tricks than either could count was humbling to say the least.

Ranma attempted to challenge Kurumi to test her skill. His defeat prompted Shampoo and Akane to camp out in the mountains to get the most time to train. Ranma and Ryoga were forced to track them down to remind them of Kasumi’s wedding.

The sisters took Kasumi on a bachelorette party. Perfume and Ukyo were invited and Soon Li convinced them to invite Natsume and Kurumi as well. Nabiki surprised Kasumi by also inviting Yuuka and Hazumi. It was an exciting evening. They first went to a strip club which ended awkwardly. They then went to a karaoke bar which ended in a brawl when an American soldiers on shore leave hit on Natsume refused to take no for an answer. Akane came to Natsume’s defense and while the two weren’t ready just yet to give up their rivalry it did bring them a lot closer.

They had the match the day after Kasumi’s wedding. After a devastating battle Shampoo was the only one left standing making her and Akane the victors. As the two were recovering Perfume put the friendship bracelet on them. The two woke up in a void where though they tried to fight it they were fused their counterparts from the original universe and transported to that world.

Shampoo woke up in the Nekohanten initially thinking everything was a dream only to be confronted by Soon Li. She just sat there stunned speechless as Soon Li explained what was going on. She finally calmed enough to ask why she had been brought to this universe. Soon Li explained that they were looking for their version of Akane and Shampoo and that they had hidden the bracelets. Lying to Soon Li that she had no memory of the other Shampoo ran out after Cologne informed her that Akane was at the Tendos.

She didn’t run to the dojo instead went to the riverside and when Akane arrived the two girls embraced one another, each feeling the great need for something familiar and secure. The two compared notes and were coming up with a plan of action when Ranma finally caught up to Akane. Switching to Chinese the decided to not to tell anyone they had memories of this world. The two then called Ranma out for keeping them there against their will.

It was agreed that they’d both stay at the Tendo’s Ranma tried to argue that Soun wouldn’t allow that but there was no argument. As much as they didn’t have a choice to be there they weren’t going to be nice about it.

Once they got situation however Shampoo started to have second thoughts, however Akane was adamant that they couldn’t let these counterparts think they were accepting this place. Though she did agree that being totally antisocial wasn't feasible. Realizing that Akane had been unconscious at the time Shampoo informed her how they won their match. They were thinking what to do next when Shampoo realized that Nabiki was trying to listen in on them.

Shampoo wasn’t surprised when told that hiding the bracelets were mostly Soon Li and Cologne’s idea surprising Nabiki by how harsh she was. She also realized that Ryoga had been sleeping in the room forcing Nabiki to reveal that Ryoga was P-Chan as well as tell them who P-Chan was. It was pretty clear at this time that Nabiki was trying to get arise out of them. It took a great deal of control for Akane not to show how angry she was. Shampoo was quick to try and calm her down once Nabiki left. In desperation she offered to go practice with her.

While sparring Shampoo and Akane were surprised by how good they felt wondering if it was due either to their transfer to this universe or Happosai’s training. They were interrupted by the arrival of Ranma who Akane greeted by calling him a kidnapper. This started an argument between the two with Shampoo taking Shampoo’s side. However even Shampoo thought Akane went to far when she started insulting Ranma’s skill. However when Ranma challenged them in retaliation Shampoo convinced her to let her fight as she wanted revenge for the original Shampoo’s defeat at the village.

Shampoo was initially shocked by how painfully slow this version of Ranma was before realizing that unlike her version this one hadn’t been trained in the Lightning School. The match ended when Shampoo blocked his Moko Takabisha. However the blast took more out of Shampoo then she was willing to admit and Akane helped her back to her room so no one would notice.

She and Akane were reviewing their fight when they were interrupted by Cologne. Unlike Ranma Cologne didn’t believe that the two were the originals and promised to give them the bracelets and allow them to go home in a week. What Cologne really came there for was to apologize for her counterparts actions. Both girls were caught off guard by this, particularly Shampoo. She then took it a step further by telling Shampoo how proud she was of her.

They were shocked to find out that Cologne wasn’t aware of the bracelets until this incident so there was no reason for her counterpart to have one. She couldn’t theorize what her counterparts goal was but was sure she had one. Promising to look into it she took her leave.

At dinner Shampoo was showered with praise when the family learned that she taught Akane how to cook. Seeing Akane giving P-chan an intermittent evil eye when she thought no one would notice Shampoo was quick to get her to outside before she did something she would regret.

Akane went to the dojo to work off her tension Shampoo told her she was tired but in actuality wanted to confront Ryoga herself. She quickly laid into him for P-Chan and he didn’t even try to defend himself he just fell to his knees and began to cry in self-loathing.

Shampoo didn’t let him off the hook however and told him to go beg for Akane's forgiveness. As Ryoga left with a threat not to run away she saw that Ranma had been listening in and confronted him. She explained that even though the Ryoga of her world hadn’t done anything this Ryoga’s actions would always taint Akane’s opinion of him.

Dropping the matter Ranma sat on the roof with Shampoo quickly sitting next to him after a while of sitting in silence Ranma asked Shampoo how she and Akane met. After hearing the story of her banishment and adoption Ranma was sympathetic to Shampoo’s story. However this only started another argument as it only reminded Shampoo that his heart was with Akane not her, not matter how much he denied it.

This caused her to ask him how he met his Shampoo, unlike Ranma Shampoo didn’t really show Ranma any sympathy to his aversion to her. She explained that the original Shampoo never intended to kill him as otherwise hhe wouldn’t have made it back to Japan, as well as comparing her using magic to coerce him into loving her to him trying to stop Akane from looking at anyone when she swallowed the Love Pearl.

However this was all an effort to get Ranma see things from Shampoo’s point of view after she accomplished this she apologized for her counterparts behalf. Stating that while her actions weren’t malicious, just a matter of different upbringings she still didn’t have the right to force herself onto Ranma.

The moment was interrupted by the arrival of Kodachi who had finally realized that Ranma and Ranma-chan were the same person and wanted to confirm it. Shampoo managed to scare her off. Though after she calmed down she thought about Natsumi and Kurumi’s sudden appearance. Realizing that four original counterparts were coming to Nerima in short order she followed Kodachi to confirm her suspicions.

Knowing how dangerous Bu was she and Ranma found Akane as she was laying into Ryoga in order to take them to. Sure enough Bu was staying at the Kuno’s. Naturally he was confused at Akane and Shampoo’s familiarity with him. It took them a half-hour to explain everything to Bu and Kodachi. Bu had experience with interdimensional travel so was surprised but was worried that the Jewelry Store Owner didn’t have to follow the usual rules.

He felt it was for the best to let the two go back to their home. Ranma tried to protest but Bu immediately cut him off telling him that the entire thing was his fault for messing with the space-time continuum and he might well just have to accept the fact that the original Akane and Shampoo were gone.

Ranma tried to remain defiant, but the logic of the argument pierced his stance, and uncertainty resulted. When Bu finally asked Akane and Shampoo if they were the originals Akane made sure she was the one to affirm the negative. Unfortunately she let her guard down when Ryoga asked causing Bu to realize she was lying.

The jig was up the two admitted that they had memories of this universe luckily by this point Derek had grown tired of things and made his presence known. He’d been hoping that Ranma would realize Akane and Shampoo didn’t belong in this world, but since he remained defiant he told the two where the bracelets were Shampoo immediately ran for the door. Akane stayed behind for a while to say she was sorry before following her.

They rushed into Nabiki’s room right before she was about to start making out with Perfume. Perfume realizing that they were about to go back asked if she could go with them and even asked Nabiki to go with her. Akane and Shampoo watched as Nabiki tried to process what was going on small measure of confusion. Realizing the others were on their way thy told the two to work things out and put on the bracelets and once again ended in the void between worlds.

Shampoo was the first to regain consciousness and while trying to regain her bearings she saw Akane, Perfume and Nabiki there as well all unconscious. Right before she passed out herself she noticed that there were two Ranma’s.

Shampoo woke up to a splitting headache which se promptly forgot about upon realizing that she was home. Seeing Ranma sitting in a chair beside her bed she hugged him in joy, though she became confused when he didn’t respond like usually did. She became even more confused when another Ranma entered the room. It turned out that the Original Ranma had ended up in this world along with her. Shampoo was lift to figure out what was going on as the two Ranma’s leapt out of the window. Realizing them she ran after them.

She quickly put a stop to things and demanded that some explain what was going on. The commotion had also drawn Soon Li’s attention who explained what was going on. The Original rushed off again when she informed him that the others were waking up. Ranma quickly remembered why he was angry at his counterpart and rushed over to Shampoo who gratefully embraced him. Ranma eased her fears by assuring her that not even inter-dimensional barriers could stop true love.

She later listened in on Akane’s conversation with the original Ranma though neither one noticed her. Shampoo mistook Ranma being upset at Akane seemingly choosing her over him as a sign that he hated her. While it wasn’t her Ranma the thought that any version of Ranma viewed her so negatively hurt. It was all Shampoo could do to take a walk and try and work out her thoughts.

She was so focused on her thoughts that she didn’t even notice that she had reentered the original universe. That was until she found herself on a roof with Soon Li. Shampoo immediately realized something was wrong, not only did she have the bracelets with her, but she had conjured up a storm. It was confirmed when Soon Li turned to look at her.

The original Soon Li had lost control of the sprit with in her, though she was able to keep enough control to keep it from fully awakening. Knowing that the world was dying and that transporting to the other world and fusing with her counterpart ran the risk of her4 awakening as well. Soon Li attempted to use the bracelet to bring Shampoo and Akane back to this universe though she was only able to get Shampoo.

The spirit couldn’t really put into words the danger the universe was in so instead created a link between the two so that she could transfer her knowledge of the true nature of the Elemental Fury Styles to Shampoo. Soon Li could no longer hold back the spirit and it would soon awaken fully thus this world would have come to a violent end. The irony being the same thing that put this world in danger could be the same thing to fix it which is why she needed to teach Akane and Shampoo the final lesson of the Storm Style so that they could solve the problem.

Shampoo wondered if Ranma would be the better choice, but his nature as the universe’s Nexus made that impossible. What they needed was stability not chaos. Just as Soon Li was convincing her she sensed her brother losing control of the spirit within him. While Soon Li had trained to restrain the spirit, there was no guarantee that Tae-il had as well and given that he had already nearly killed Ranma. Hearing this Shampo rushed off to fight him before Soon Li could stop her.

Luckily Tae-il had sensed her presence and was content to wait for her. Learning that she was Soon Li’s student Tae-il wanted to test her. Ranma and Cologne attempted to calm him down and convince him that there was no reason to fight only to be blasted away. Realizing there was no other choice Shampoo fought him off to allow the others to get away. However she proved to be no match for him doing little more then draining her energy in an attempt to even bruise his skin. Then he decided to start attacking and effortlessly defeated her.

Ranma patched up Shampoo, who upon awakening and learning that Cologne was fighting Tae-il tried to continue fighting, but proved to be to hurt. With nothing else to do she explained to Ranma what was going on about the nature of Soon Li and her brother as well as the Elemental Fury Style.

Learning that there was really nothing they could do to stop Tae-il Ranma started to vent her displeasure. In a moment of vulnerability Shampoo asked Ranma if she hated her having heard her conversation with Akane. Ranma was quick to tell Shampoo that as much as her counterpart frustrated her sometimes she never hated her.

She then expressed her belief that this was the end for her. The fact that she was the only person who was actually sent to the other universe and not fused with her double has led her to believe that she could go. Shampoo harshly told her to put that though out of her mind reminding her that Ranma Saotome doesn’t give up.

Recovered they went to go help Cologne, and in figuring out how Shampoo asked Ranma how she survived Tae-il’s attack. Ranma explained how she was distracted by remembering something Derek had said so was far enough away from him when he awoke. This caused the two to wonder if all of Derek seemingly incoherent ramblings were actually relevant. So they went over the conversation to try and figure out what he was trying to tell Ranma.

Realizing that they weren’t going to figure anything out until they needed it. They decided to just put it on the back burner. Returning to Cologne they ignored her attempts at chastising them for returning and attacked him together only for him to reveal that energy attacks were useless against him. Luckily Akane and Ranma-kun showed up having been sent there by Ukyo and Mousse.

Since Ranma-kun had no idea what was going on Shampoo explained it to his as Soon Li convinced her brother to allow Shampoo and Akane to heal them. At this point he calmed enough to explain while he understood Soon Li's motives, he had doubts that Akane and Shampoo were up to the task as something was hunting all of them, which he dubbed the executioners. He was, however, convinced to allow Soon Li to impart the 2nd part of the unification technique to Akane, intending to test the pair in combat in their new unified form.

As she did Soon Li transferred the knowledge of the technique to Akane. Both Ranmas, without thinking, moved to help, only to be stopped by Shampoo who knew what was going on. Though Ranma-chan was quickly by her side when she collapsed from mental exhaustion. As Akane collected herself Soon Li explained what they unification was. Needless to say Ranma-chan, Cologne, and Ranma-kun were horrified at the thought of Akane and Ranma fusing together.

They calmed down somewhat when told it wasn’t permanent. Ranma-chan however still wasn’t convinced as there were too many unknown factors. This is in contrast to Ranma-kun who knew there was nothing else they could do. Akane and Shampoo’s spirits fused together to form Shamne leaving their bodies for the others to watch over as she fought Tae-il.

After Shamne defeated Tae-il she defused and returned to Shampoo and Akane and the group ashed through the portal and into the world beyond. Finding themselves once again in the void between worlds, they were led to MUOF’s universe as the portal to that world was glowing. Ranma-kun stuck close to Shampoo while Ranma-chan lagged behind with Akane to make sure she was okay.

ologne ended up refusing to go, as she did not want to fuse with her counterpart. Ranma-chan had also come to the same decision so when Akane caught up she, Shampoo and Ranma-kun tried to convince her otherwise, but given that there was no proof that it would change the other Cologne in any way. Cologne informed Shampoo that she believed that her counterpart was trying to force her into a final confrontation. Though she didn’t know if it was to force her to take over the position of matriarch, or just to give her a convenient excuse to kill Shampoo, either way she told Shampoo not to let her control the time and place of this battle.

After Cologne bid them farewell, the three returned to their own world without incident, apparently mere moments after their departure. Their arrival marked another moment, as the bracelets of friendship's color faded and they quickly crumbled to dust. After several explanations the day ended as like any other, and for most it would be largely forgotten in the chaos that normally runs through Nerima.

Unfortunately, Shampoo and Ranma decided to postpone their wedding for time, at least until the matters of Cologne and the four world spirits could somehow be dealt with. In the meantime, they trained and now knowing one brother's name, set about doing as Tae-il had bidden them, finding him before these hunters could. The story ends with Akane and Shampoo finding themselves on the bridge they so often ended up at, thoughts of the future on their mind.

### A Scary Thought

They managed to find the Tae-il just as the executioner was about to. Akane and Shampoo had expected a fight but still wasn’t prepared for how powerful the executioner was. It was only Shamne’s powerful regeneration ability that saved them. However they managed to stall him long enough for Soon Li to remove the trace that had been placed on him, and then for the others to make their getaway. Sadly this leaves them with little options if they run into another one of those things when retreat isn't an option. He ended up breaking the curse placed on them by Maomolin. Sadly this ended up transforming them into sorta half-human half-cat hybrids. Not your typical anime cat-girl, but more like freaky monster cats. Seeing this he put the put it back in place so they’d just transform into cats again.

Shampoo and Ranma were getting married soon and she and Akane planned on holding to Ranko to her promise to come to it. So using an amulet given to them by Tae-il to travel to the A Scary Thought universe. This wasn’t an easy tasked however and the two ended up having to travel to various different universes before finding the right one. Much to their surprise all the dimensions they visited hunting Ranko didn’t have a Hong Kong fire. They figured there was something particular to their dimensional branch that caused the issue.

They did manage to find the original Cologne, learning that she had fully merged with the counterpart of the dimension she lived in. She didn’t seem to recall them at all so they just left her there. While they were nervous when they entered the San Cheng Huang it proved to be unfounded when AST-Shampoo asked if they were ready to order and didn’t see through the illusion they were using to disguise themselves. However AST-Shampoo did sense that something was wrong and told Kasumi about them. Kasumi decided to talk to the two and was surprised to see another Akane and Shampoo. Walking over to their table and asked if they were looking for someone. When they told her yes seeing her smile clued them in that she could see through their illusion.

Kasumi led them to one of the karaoke rooms while called a frustrated Ranko who had already been told to stay away from the restaurant due to a kitsune staying there. It took awhile for her to process that these were the Akane and Shampoo from the other dimension. Kasumi gave them a few minutes to talk amongst themselves before bringing in a platter of various refreshments. Now that they had caught up Ranko asked if the two had just walked in the restaurant. Akane told her that they had an amulet to hide their forms, but she and Kasumi seemed to be able to see through it. Things were started to get difficult trying to keep track of who was who Shampoo decided to go by Shan while Akane went by Kane. Kasumi was about to leave the three to their own devices again, but before she did she asked what their plans were.

Kane reminded Ranko about her promise and seeing her reaction teased her about thinking it would just be an idle one. Kasumi asked if that meant that Ranko was leaving, but she assured her that she would be back. Since Kane and Shan needed a few days to recharge before making the trip back Kasumi allowed them to stay at the restaurant. If anyone asked they would just say the two were old friends of Ranko’s. With that she headed out once more. With her gone Ranko clued Kane and Shan in on just how different thus universe was from their own. Both Kane and Shan were shocked to learn that Kasumi and Shampoo were married. Shan had the most difficulty coming to terms with this fact and seeing this Ranko decided to change the topics and asked them to bring her up to terms of everything that had happened to them.

Kane asked if Ranko had heard about Soon Li, she hadn’t as there was never a cause to ask. They were interrupted by Kasumi checking up on them. Ranko asked her if she had heard of Soon Li. Shampoo had mention the name once or twice, but all she knew was that Soon Li left the village. Kasumi listened in as Kane and Shan explained what happened to others from Ranko’s original universe. When Kane felt that things were becoming to grim Kane asked Kasumi about her own troubles. Kasumi explained to them that Lemon’s mother Palm was stalking her and how Peach had come to protect her. Ranko remembered her as the kitsune she messed up causing her and Kasumi to explain how her anti-magic aura effects magical creatures. It turns out that Kane and Shan had a way to fix that.

The four went into the pocket dimension picking up Shampoo along the way, who Ranko and Kasumi explained the whole situation too. Shan advised her counterpart not to think about it after seeing the look she gave her. Shampoo wondered why her spirit sense didn’t allow her to realize that Ranko and Ranma were the same person. Kasumi had wondered the name thing herself, they figured that it revolved around how spirits work across dimensions. Ranko knowing what Shan and Kane were about to do after they asked if the restaurant was empty told Shampoo to give them some space. This was unnecessary as Kane and Shan had become better at using unification.

Much to the other's shock, practically the instant the two held hands and joined into Shamne who an impressed Ranko introduced Kasumi and Shampoo to. . Shamne could only last for fifteen minutes a day it was time to get things underway. It was Ranko’s turn to be shocked when she explained that she was going to perform aura surgery. Before Ranko could even protest Shamne flashed forward and seemed to dematerialize and surround Ranko. Ranko tensed but seemed otherwise fine as several seconds went by before Shamne withdrew and rematerialized. She then changed back into Shan and Kane. Shamne didn’t turn off Ranko’s immunity she just tweaked it so that Ranko could control it allowing her to suppress or expand it now. They tested it using the amulets Kane and Shan were wearing to disguise their appearance. The two believed they might even be able to cure Ranko one day, though it wasn’t a guarantee. They brought up Soon Li again explaining to Shampoo that she was actually an avatar of the spirit of the planet itself. They asked again about her but it was the same thing she told Kasumi she left the village ten years ago.

Changing the topic Ranko asked Shan if she could spot a kitsune. After considering it Shan thought it was possible, but she’s never actually encountered one. Luckily Kane could help as well, meaning there were two other people to help in finding Palm. They were advised by their Soon Li to keep the fact they could use each others styles a secret specifically from their Cologne. Not wanting Shampoo to know that she had been disowned Shan was deliberately vague as to why. With that done they started talking about sleep arrangements, and then Kane remembered that they had to report in to the others. Shan did that while Kasumi led Kane to their room. Shampoo lingered behind, curious as Shan took off the necklace, fully revealing her true form, pressed the jewel at its center and placed it on the ground.

Shan noticed the close examination her counterpart was giving her as they waited for Tae-il to pick up causing her to rub her neck self-consciously. An image of Tae-il finally appeared before any version could say anything. Shan told that they had found Ranko, but before he could really say anything Soun rushed into view demanding to know if she and Kane were okay. Shan assured Soun that they were fine telling him that they were staying with that world’s Kasumi. Soun started talking about telling everyone what they’d been up to when they got back, and asking how long they’d be when an irritated Tae-il pulled him off screen. It turns out that the pocket dimension was interfering with the signal and Tae-il asked if they could set up at the dojo. Ranko didn’t see why not but suggested it was best to do so after dark.

Shampoo returned to her examination of Shan after the image disappeared, once more making her counterpart nervous. She commented about how concerned that version of Soun seemed to be of her. Much to her surprise when Shan told her that he was her adopted father. Ranko intervened saying that it was a long story and Shampoo shrugged it off just as Kasumi and Kane returned. Kasumi asked if everything was fine and Shan explained how they needed to set up an anchor at the dojo. Kane volunteered to do that wanting to meet her own counterpart. Reminding her that that they were trying to avoid that Ranko decided to go as well in order to run interference. After a brief run down of who was staying at the restaurant Ranko warned Kane not to treat this Ukyo the same as the one she knew.

After a morning sparing session with Kane Shan found Ranma tracing symbols on his arm in a corner of the field outside the castle. When he asked him what he was doing he told her that he was trying to merge some magical technique into his own. Shan was reminded of Tae-il’s Inferno style though it reminded Ranma of Toma’s technique when she explained it to him. Shan’s mastery of the Art of Logic allowed her to see what Ranma was doing wrong allowing him to finally get it to work. This allowed Shan to bring up the topic she had come over for, Ranma’s engagement to Kasumi, Shampoo and the others. Ranma really couldn’t put his feeling into words he like Kasumi, Shampoo and Ukyo, but the situation was complicated.

When Shan asked if he loved Shampoo Ranma got the feeling there was far more to the question, and considered calling it out but decided against it. Instead he just told Shan that he wasn’t sure about his feeling with any of his fiancé’s. Suspicious Ranma asked Shan if Ranko put her up to this. Shan apologized for getting so personal admitting that Ranko and Ranma reminded her of her boyfriend. Seeing no sign of deception in the girl Ranma told her that the resemblance between him and Ranko didn’t mean anything. Ranma asked Shampoo about her feelings and was amused when she didn’t hesitate to answer that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with her boyfriend. He was going to ask Shan more about herself, but decided no to push things. Their conversation ended when Ranma had to go check up on Ukyo. He headed off with a departing wave. Behind him, Shan hung her head in thought.

After school Kodachi upon learning that Shan was getting married demanded to know what her fiancée was like she even asked if they had had sex yet much to Aakane’s embarrassment. Despite Akane’s efforts Kodachi pressed on when Shano told her no. Though put on guard by Kodachi’s bluntness Shan and Kane eventually relaxed as the group talked. Kodachi noted the on guard air of the two girls had relaxed some when the ceremony, and when told it was in two days surprised everyone by offering to take them shopping. Shan tried to decline but Kodachi wouldn’t here of it and marched off to the shopping district.

Akane freaked out when Kodachi tried to take them to Kenzo’s not wanting to risk being caught in such a place. Through it all Ranko, Shan and Kane tried to hold back their laughter at the nature of the argument. Shan didn’t mind getting some underwear or her wedding night when asked, but Kodachi relented to taking them to a less riskay place. After a bit of a chuckle that even Akane let herself indulge in, Akane slowed to join the others and asked Shan about her fiancée noting that she hadn’t said much about him. She and Kane went into what details they could, though Shan did reveal how frustrated she was that the wedding had already been delayed three times. It was still enough for Akane to note the similarities between him and Ranma.

This allowed Kane to ask Akane about her engagement. Akane explained that while she and Ranma were supposed to be married it couldn’t have worked out due to seeing each other as siblings. Much to Shan, Kane and even Ranko's surprise Kodachi blurted out how Ranma tried to cheat on Akane with her with a flat look. Akane shrugged this off while it was technically true she wanted out of the engagement as much as Ranma so didn’t really care. While Kodachi still sees his affection for her as little more then a nuisance she acknowledges that he seems to have come around some.

The group talked some more when Kodachi realized they were lost. Everyone was immediately put on guard. In answer to their suspicions, a bird flew down from above and landed in the street ahead of them, transforming into the figure of an unfamiliar red headed woman, but they all guessed her identity. Immediately, Ranko jumped in front of their group to take up a defensive posture. Palm told them that all she wanted was satisfaction and to send a bit of a message. She presented her hand in front of her, palm up, seemingly empty save a single pink flower petal. With a gentle blow, Palm sent the petal flying into the air and it rapidly began replicating itself.

Initially Ranko felt unthreatened, dismissing the attack as a distraction or magic, but quickly realized her folly as her lungs started to go on fire. Fortunately, Shan and Kane were quick to generate wind in order to blow the petals away. Before Ranko could further consider the situation she felt herself being grabbed up and pulled back before being rocketed into the air. She quickly realized Kane had grabbed her and along with Shan they were rapidly retreating from the scene. She started to panic wondering where Akane and Kodachi were but her answer came when she looked at Shan who had both girls, one under each arm, and remarkably smaller than they should have been with whiskers on their faces as well as animal-like ears now sticking out from their heads.

They headed back to the restaurant and met up with everyone in the pocket dimension. Peach told them they were lucky as she neared the completion of her treatment of Akane. Kodachi was sitting nearby, recovered but looking unamused while Kane was doing her own treatment of Ranko who was still struggling to breath without coughing. This is far more troubling than Peach was expecting. Granted this was not directly that serious, they all would have recovered in time, but it was dangerous regardless, and Palm may have been intending to kidnap the three.

Ranma was the first to ask what they do next. It’s obvious that Palm wasn’t just going after Kasumi, Peach can't protect everyone all at once, and they can't all hold up in here indefinitely. Herb pointed out that this was most likely Palm’s goal when she attacked. Ranma suggested that they call the Fox clan, but was disgusted when told that since one of their own isn’t at threat they wouldn’t be here instantly like last time. For now all they could do was continue to wait. There was also the fact that they needed to bring the others to the pocket dimension so that they wouldn’t be in any danger. Ranma went off to call the dojo with Herb telling him to wait for Peach she could escort them. Akane left to go get some cloths. Kodachi decided to take her chances at home. If Palm chooses to attack her again at least they would know the extent to which she would stoop, the others nodded and started to break up into smaller groups to talk.

Lemon wanted to confront her mother and asked Ranma and Herb to escort her. Together with Kasumi, Shan, Kane, and Ranko, he explained the plan to Peach. He was easily able to tell by her expression that she didn’t approve. Peach admitted that that engaging Palm in discussion may be the best option; she just wished that there was a better way. Unfortunately there was none. Conceding this Peach still advised Ranma to run if Palm becomes hostile even telling to abandon Lemon if he had to. Kasumi reluctantly agreed believing that Palm wouldn’t hurt her daughter. After assuring Kasumi that he would be fine Ranma headed off. Peach lingered a moment before turning to Kasumi to tell her that she had called in some old favors and had some assistance on the way. The first should arrive later that day. Since it was such short notice she could only get a troublesome local pair, who neither get along with each other, nor are particularly trustworthy. After reminding Kasumi to stay in the barrier the kitsune departed.

Shan was the first to express her worry one Peach left earshot. Given Herb and Ranma’s abilities and her trust of Peach, Kasumi was confident that they would be okay at least for a minor engagement. Kane wondered if they should go after them, even offered to use the unification technique, but this was quickly squashed by Shan because of how dangerous it was. Ranko agreed with Kasumi that Palm wouldn’t hurt her daughter and Lemon had been pretty good so if something did happen she would tell them. The others accepted this logic. Noticing that Makoto and Akane were taking a break from sparring Kane asked if Akane had been acting weird lately. Nobody had so she brushed it off as just her imagination.

Kane again brought up weather or not they should follow Herb, Ranma and Lemon as the group broke from breakfast. Kasumi pointed out that since they wanted to encourage contact their presence might be counter intuitive to that. Shan also pointed that they had no idea how to even fight a kitsune. Kasumi and Shampoo explained a little about the nature of kitsune. After everyone agreed about how bored they were Kane and Shan offered to spar with Kasumi, but her heart wasn’t in it. Much to her surprise Shampoo was quick to agree. Shampoo had always dreamed of fighting Soon Li and saw sparing with her students as the next best thing. She asked Kasumi to watch, and while she was curious how she might fare against the pair, she was simply too distracted with worry to focus properly so decided to just go outside and relax for a while. With that the trio headed off back to the pocket dimension while Kasumi headed upstairs and out onto the deck.

The matches went as well as can be expected with Shampoo being outmatched every time. Still, each match had shown her something new and knowing that Shan was another version of her made Shampoo particularly excited. Shan complemented Shampoo on her skill stating that she was far stronger then her other self. Shampoo was confused at first before realizing that she was talking about the Shampoo from Ranko’s world. When Shampoo asked Shan why she didn’t use any of Cologne’s techniques she did not miss the nervousness on the pair as the subject came up. Realizing their was a something dealing with her Great grandmother that they were dodging she decided that it was not worth prying.

Changing the subject she expressed her curiosity about the elemental fury styles only to be warned about how dangerous the knowledge was. As Shampoo considered this she noticed the door to the dimension open and Kasumi enter. Kasumi quickly noticed them and walked over. When she asked how it went Shampoo balled her fist in front of her excitedly and told her that the two were very strong. She perked up even more Shan complemented her on her strength. The group was interrupted from discussing their martial knowledge by the arrival of Peach having finished escorting everyone back. No one noticed Kasumi tensing upon seeing her. Peach noticed something was wrong when she asked if there was anything to report, but shrugged it off. Kasumi finally overcame her reluctance and asked Peach about their earlier conversation when she was about to go check up on Lemon and the others.

The kitsune had no idea what Kasumi was talking about and quickly realized that it was Palm who Kasumi was talking to. The initial panic led to confusion as Peach wondered why Palm didn’t attack Kasumi when she had the chance. Kasumi confirmed that she didn’t sense any hostility from Palm when they talked. After asking Kasumi to about what the two talked about and Palm’s response, Peach came to the conclusion that she was trying to provoke her. However Kasumi pointed out that Palm didn’t seem mad at her response in fact Kasumi was more upset at Palm for what she was insinuating. After going over it some more Palm concluded that Kasumi wasn’t the target. Kasumi tried to get Peach to elaborate but she just told everyone to stay there and rushed off out of the dimension. Shampoo wondered if Ranma was in trouble but Kasumi realized that the only one Palm could be after was Herb.

## Ability

Shampoo practices the Tendo School of Anything Goes though she is more adapt at the Amazon style having trained in it since birth. She has also been studying the Lightning Style for ten years, taught to her by Soon Li. she is shown to be fast enough to run on water. There skilled dramatically after increased after receiving training from Happosai. Though he only taught them one technique each, the combination of Anything Goes and Storm style allowed them to modify their existing techniques in unique and interesting ways. Every time Akane and Shampoo use Unification they gain bits and pieces of the other’s knowledge. Thanks to this they are pretty close to mastering each other's schools. Although they're still rather clumsy with each other's style.

* **Divine Justice Tempest Blast**: A combination attack Akane and Shampoo join hands, letting their respective ki's intermingle between them. The energy builds up in a ball, lightning and winds coursing around like a storm in a bottle.
* **Electro Sphere**: This technique requires a lot of prep time. Shampoo manipulates her aura into the shape of a multi headed dragon. This serves as a distraction, designed to cloud the mind with anxiety so that Shampoo can set up a feedback process, paralyzing the opponent by using the very energy they employ to escape back against them. This gives Shampoo the time to gather her ki and then compress it into a sphere of electrical energy.
* **Lightning Armor**: Shampoo is able to form armor around her body from electricity to protect her from attacks.
* **Teleport**: Shampoo is able to instantly transport matter across space. It works similar to the Hidden Weapon style in that she manipulates her chi to create pockets of space just below the fabric of our reality. Only instead of placing an object into it she turns the power onto herself, allowing her to teleport herself and anything in her possession a certain distance in the blink of an eye. She has to see where she is going and the drain and disorientation can get nasty in combat.