Mousse (Odd Outcome)

## History

After being told by Tsubasa about Shampoo and Akane’s relationship Mousse confronted her during her morning job. Akane got angry with him and revealed everything. A fight ensued and Akane ended up unconscious. Taking her to out in the countryside he set the Jusenkyo destroyer had kept them with explosions. This allowed him to chain Shampoo up when she came looking for Akane. Solemn, consigned to what he was doing Mousse asked Shampoo why she was with Akane when she demanded to know where she was. Her only answer was to ask him again where she was. Ignoring her question Mousse told Shampoo that he loved her, that he’d always been there for her and demanded to know why she wouldn’t return his feeling.

She told him that he was a menace. Despite his claims of love and care about her all he cared about was himself. Shampoo continued telling him to shut up before he could say anything. He never cared about what she wanted. Something even her enemies did. Being married to Mousse would be the end of her. Mousse who had always ignored Shampoo’s rejection finally took her words to heart broken and in tears he began mumbling to himself. As revenge he told Shampoo that Akane was dead hoping to hurt her as she hurt him.

Filled with grief and anger she teared desperately at her chains in an attempt to get at Mousse, promising him that she’d hunt him to the ends of the Earth and she meant it more than any kiss of death. Finally after a minute or so of failed attempts to break free she gave up, and let her grief consume me. Suddenly a key landed in her lap. Shampoo came back to the world long enough to look up at Mousse and hear his last words to me. He told her that Akane was alive in the other room. With that he left after one final goodbye. Heading back to the Nekohanten he picked up his stuff and left for a hotel. He told Cologne that he would be heading back to China the next chance he gets.

After Ukyo learned About Akane’s kidnapping and that Mousse was leaving she decided to catch him to get some answers, but not before thoroughly laying into him for what he did. Fortunately Mousse took his berating well, and after she calmed down enough to get something productive done. The two moved the conversation to her restaurant. The first thing Ukyo asked him was if he was serious about leaving, when he told her that he was she asked him Amazonian law.

Mousse was suspicious he didn’t like the idea of Ukyo messing with Shampoo’s love life, and told her to leave her and Akane alone. Ukyo countered that she was trying to work things out so everyone’s happy. She wasn’t even planning on trying to force the issue just give the two some encouragement. Mousse was still skeptical so she pressed harder telling him to stop thinking out of jealousy. Mousse caved after that so she asked him about Shampoo’s situation and options as she wasn’t being very forthcoming.

Mousse told Ukyo that Shampoo was on probation. Even though Ranma was really a boy she still failed to follow through with her perceived duty. Ukyo was shocked to learn that Shampoo would have been executed if not for Cologne’s intervention. She would have thought he was joking if it wasn’t for the dead serious look on his face. It took her almost a minute to fully absorb that before letting Mousse continue. Shampoo had to marry Ranma or a superior male or she’s looking at getting full punishment, probably worse. Luckily the Amazons didn’t really care about same sex relationships other then having some dislike the fact that Shampoo is involved with an untested outsider woman. Akane could prove herself by defeating a warrior of her age. A number of plans were already in the works in Ukyo’s mind as she asked about staying outside the village.

Mousse told her that amazons wouldn’t go after Shampoo the disgrace would just end up falling on her family. That wasn’t an option however as Mousse knew that Shampoo would rather take her punishment rather than have her family take it for her. If she obeys the law she could do what she pleases and would only need to come back to take over her family’s position on the council. Before he left Ukyo asked Mousse how he found out about Akane and Shampoo causing her no small measure of surprise when he told her that Tsubasa told him. He talked to Nabiki shortly after that and told her the same thing.