Kasumi Tendo (AST)

**Kasumi Tendo** is the main protagonist of A Scary Thought. the oldest daughter of Soun Tendo and the older sister of Nabiki and Akane. Kasumi works as the guidance counselor of Furinkan High.

## Appearance

In female form, Kasumi's appearance differs from her other counter parts in attire and physic. Kasumi, being a trained martial artist, has a far more athletic build than usual, and keeps her hair in a more straight simple ponytail as compared to the more puffy one of her counter parts. In clothing as well she differs, early on favoring a yellow and red Chinese style outfit not dissimilar to Ranma's, and out of necessity kept to male undergarments. More lately she has come to use specially tailored outfits that are more pillowing in female form with a great deal of stretch, presumably with similar adjustments to her underwear.

Her male form is particularly tall, slightly taller than even Soun, and has the same general appearance although being even more noticeably athletic in build. After embracing and harnessing the Dark Hado, like Akuma her skin turned a reddish-brown skin while her hair turned a dark crimson. Evil Kasumi is described as looking less like a human and more like a demon.

## Personality

Kasumi is the same peaceful character as her canon counterpart. She has a gentle and warm personality and rarely shows any signs of panic or distress, and has a great sense of duty. The major difference is being raised by Genma and her time on the road Kasumi was basically on her own when it came to learning how a woman should act. This has given Kasumi a number of insecurities. She hold her mother up as the pinnacle of womanhood yet over the ten years she has spent on the road she has found herself diverging farther and farther from her mother's image. This has had a detrimental effect on Kasumi’s self image in fact the only reason she hasn’t embraced her curse and turn her back once and for all on her girlhood is because the image of her mother is still in her mind

It turns out that Kasumi suffers from dissociative identity disorder as a result of her nekoken training. After a traumatic event a stereotypical cowboy named Tex asserts itself. He’s only come out twice before the first was after the Nekoken training, and the second was after Haruka’s cruel dumping of her. In both instances he was around for maybe ten minutes. Her experience with the monster hunters fractured Kasumi’s mind even more. Not only did Tex assert himself for over two hours, a new personality formed, that of a mother looking for her lost child. After Rose dreamwalked everyone into Kasumi’s mind she seems to have been cured, due to overcoming the nekoken persona after it consumed the other facets of her mind.

## Biography

Nineteen-year-old Kasumi is the eldest daughter of the Tendo family. Kasumi was exchanged with the son of Genma Saotome as he and her father hoping that by raising him and Akane together would bring them closer together. During this time she watched Genma cheat a man in shogi. She was about to call him out only for to quickly cut her off. With that, Genma quickly headed out, with the young Kasumi in tow. On the way home when she called him out for cheating, Genma’s response was to explain one of the principles in the Anything Goes school of martial arts. You must be willing to make use of any advantage you can find. If a contest has rules, you must be willing to exploit those rules anyway you can, because sometimes it's the only option you have.

Taking her uncles words to heart Kasumi used the same distraction he had used earlier in order to take his winning and give it back to its rightful owner. It turns out he was fully aware of what happened since Genma was an awful cheater, he merely told Genma who had finally caught up to use it to by her ice cream. All of this showed Genma that Kasumi truly had a knack for the school and become an exceptional master of the style if she trained full time. Sadly Kasumi’s excitement at this compliment was short lived as she received news that her mother was back in the hospital.

As her mother's condition worsened, Kasumi had grown increasingly depressed. Each visit to the hospital her mother was that much weaker, and the eventual result became that much more obvious. This time Kasumi actually refused to go to the hospital again. In her mind, if she didn't see her mother get worse, she wouldn't get worse. Of course, real life didn't work like that. It took Genma and Nodoka forcing her to come to break through that mindset. However, it did serve to make her feel ashamed, that she was acting selfishly.

At their mothers funeral a tearful Akane asked Kasumi if there mother was ever coming back. She almost wished she had lied at seeing Akane's reaction to being told no, and tearing up herself, Kasumi took her younger sister into her own arms, and joined her in their mutual grief. However weeks later when she was back with the Saotomes you would never know that such tragedy had befallen the Tendo family by looking at Kasumi who was nothing but smiles.

It reached the point where a worried Nodoka asked Genma to talk to her. Kasumi assured both him and Nodoka that she was fine. She had accepted the fact that her mother had died, and there was nothing else to do but move on. Despite this however she was devastated upon returning home the next day only to find her mothers picture gone. She became furious when Genma informed her that he threw it out.

His response to her demand that he give it back was to remind her what she said about her mothers death. In a fit of rage Kasumi attacked him, and when that proved fruitless she began to cry. With this Genma returned Kamiko’s picture to Kasumi. He explained that while bad things do happen, acceptance is not the ultimate solution. Genma encouraged Kasumi to properly grieve, while yes there is nothing she could do about her mothers death that didn’t mean she had to like it. Kasumi didn't know how to respond to this. In truth she really didn't understand at the moment, still too deep in her emotions to truly grasp it. Taking Kasumi's silence as his cue, Genma left her alone.

Kasumi took Genma’s words to heart and days later she asked Nodoka to allow Genma to take her on a training trip. Nodoka was reluctant remember how long Soun and Genma would be on training trips with Happosai and tried to convince Kasumi that it wasn’t necessary. She realized what was going on when Kasumi told her that she wanted to be strong enough to stop bad things from happening. Kasumi had come to terms with the fact that she couldn’t stop all bad things from happening, but the stronger she got the more things she could change. Nodoka ultimately gave her permission.  Genma ended up taking her on a 10-year training trip to perfect her skills in the martial arts. It was during this time that she met Ukyo. Genma wasn’t the most responsible when it came to money so to help alleviate their economic trouble Kasumi agreed to work Ukyo's father’s yatai.

Kasumi was unaware of the growing resentment building up within Ukyo and considered them good friends. Before Kasumi and Genma left there was a contest held by one of the local restaurant owners. Everyone in the area who was a skilled cook and martial artist participated. One particular grouping matched all the children against each other. Since Ukyo was having some difficulty in her quarter-finals match her father asked Kasumi to take her place. They left the next day to continue her training.

Kasumi met Haruka Tenou when she was 16. While walking home lost in her own thoughts she was accosted by a group of delinquents. Naturally she quickly dealt with them. Haruka was there as well, but Kasumi had already knocked them all out before she had a chance to help. Impressed by her skill Haruka walked Kasumi the rest of the way home, and ended up asking her out.

The two met quite often after that, going out to dinner, the park, even some motor sports that Haruka seemed to like. Through it all Kasumi was never aware of Haruka’s true gender while she was happy for the company, it soon became more than that. The two shared their first kiss while walking home from the local fair, though the embarrassed Haruka quickly hurried off down the street after saying goodbye. The smile on Kasumi's face stayed there all night.

Sadly after that Haruka began avoiding her, it turned out that the kiss really freaked Haruka out. Unfortunately instead of just telling Kasumi the truth and revealing her true gender, she set things up so that Kasumi would catch her kissing another girl. Haruka then compounded that by being needlessly cruel when she was confronted, so that Kasumi would never want to see her again. Kasumi was left crushed and ran away hoping futilely that it was all some bad nightmare.

While it was hard to keep up while on the open road Kasumi managed to graduate. This allowed Genma to take her to a training ground in China named Jusenkyo. On the road near Jusenkyo Kasumi met Mousse. The two traveled for a few days during which Mousse gave his version of his relationship with Shampoo (though he never gave her name). They separated at the crossroads to Nyuchiehzu and the springs. Kasumi was knocked into Nannīchuan (Nánnìquán 男溺泉) or "Spring of 'Drowned' Man" after knocking Genma into the Shonmaoniichuan/"Spring of 'Drowned' Panda". Thus she turns into a male version of her original form when splashed with cold water, which is only (temporarily) reversible through contact with hot water. Mousse ended up rushing back to Jusenkyo to warn Kasumi about how dangerous it was only to fall into the spring of drowned cat. Unaware of her fear he jumped into Kasumi’s arms causing him to accidentally knocked Ukyo into the spring of drowned wolf while in a neko-ken induced panic.

After they left the springs they had reached a village that had turned out to be inhabited by a tribe of Amazons. Thanks to Genma he had ended up fighting the village champion Shampoo. Through a combination of skill and deception, Kasumi defeated Shampoo and as per Joketsuzoku law was to be wed to Shampoo, although Kasumi was not made aware of this, believing the festivities that resulted were simply for his victory

Over the course of these festivities, the villagers tested Kasumi in various ways, while at the same time getting him hopelessly drunk. Kasumi did manage to pass these tests and was formally married to Shampoo under the watch of So Pu. Over the course of this all, Shampoo came to accept and even deeply appreciate her new husband. Kasumi would pass out, however, before they could consummate their marriage.

The problems had started the next day when he had to reveal the truth to Shampoo. The girl had almost killed her before relenting and revealing the law of the village regarding outsider women who defeated an Amazon. It was barbaric, if an Amazon was defeated by an outsider female she had to give her the kiss of death and then kill without delay. Fortunately she had revealed her secret to Shampoo in private and after the girl got over her anger she had let Kasumi escape.

A few days later Kasumi and Genma were looking for a way to get back to Japan when Genma once again let his stomach get them in trouble. He ended up stealing the lunch of Lime and Mint while Kasumi was attempting to earn money to pay for transport. The two demanded that Kasumi given them the panda as compensation. Herb arrived shortly afterwards and informed Kasumi-kun that if he could defeat his two subordinates he can keep the panda. Kasumi transformed back into her true form and resorted to using a Saotome Ryu Urawaza Hiougi.

Furious at this insult Herb attacked Kasumi revealing himself to be female. Kasumi tried to calm Herb down, but when that didn’t work she tricked Herb in to destroying the support pillars of the building they were in causing it to come crashing down on her. Just as Kasumi was about to escape she noticed that Heb wasn’t moving and rescued her before she was crushed. Then after pressing the confused Herb’s sleeping point she and Genma left before any of the three could wake up.

Genma was wary of taking Kasumi back home after this but by this point she had grown tired of his antic and ignored his pleas to wait a little longer. Despite herself Kasumi couldn’t let Genma go down in flames as he endured the fury of Soun and Nodoka and came to his aid. Kasumi was moved into the guest room as Ranma was sleeping in her old room. When met her Akane and Ranma she immediately noticed a hidden tension between the two. she later found out that Soun and Genma’s plan backed fired. Akane and Ranma saw each other as brother and sister so were vehemently against the marriage. While they had stopped openly fighting it they still had no romantic interest in each other.

The next day with nothing else to do Kasumi decided to walk Ranma and her sister to school where she learned of the morning duels. By the time Kuno got involved Kasumi decided to put a stop to things. Taking Kuno’s bokken out of his hand she urged Akane and Ranma to get class so they wouldn’t be late. She then gave a confused Kuno back his weapon and went home.

After wandering Nerima for awhile taking in old sights Kasumi met Dr Tofu who explained the situation between Ranma and Akane to her. When she arrived home she was greeted by her father and Genma who informed her that they were switching the engagement from Akane to her. While she initially tried to argue against it ultimately she decided it was probably for the best and reluctantly agreed.

Like Kasumi Ranma and Akane were wrangled into the common room as soon as they arrived home from school and given the 'joyous' news. While shocked Ranma had long since grown tired of the engagement so didn’t put up a fight and just went to the dojo to train.

Things looked up when Nabiki informed Kasumi that the vice-principle had seen her dealing with Kuno and impressed offered her a job an assistant physical education director so that she could be the schools unofficial peace keeper. Kasumi’s first task was putting a stop to the morning fights. However the crowd refused to disperse luckily Kuno came to her aid and told everyone to leave. Kasumi was about to head back into the school when Kuno offered to escort her. Realizing he was interested in her Kasumi tried to diffuse the situation. Kuno ended up taking her acknowledgement of his feeling as her returning them and tried to hug him forcing her to knock him out.

She ate with Akane and Ranma during lunch which ended rather abruptly when Akane called Ranma out for his not so subtle attempt at talking Kuno up to Kasumi causing him the make up an excuse to leave. She was greeted by Kuno again as she was finishing her lunch to deliver her flowers. Again Kasumi tried to decline but was starting to become desperate at his refusal to take no for an answer so tried to use her engagement. When that didn’t work she mentioned more personal reasons. This seemed to get past his stubbornness so she handed him back his flowers and left.

She ended up being splashed by Nabiki and Kuno upon seeing Kasumi-kun believed he had done something with Kasumi-chan and attacked him. Seeing that Kuno wasn’t going to listen to reason and was putting up a much better showing then he did last time forcing Kasumi to get serious. She ended up faking a trip to lure Kuno in allowing her to knock him out. After returning to normal she met up with Ranma, Akane and Nabiki so that they could go home together. Ranma tried one more attempt at talking Kuno up but Akane quickly put a stop to it.

Ranma and Akane decided to join the morning training Ranma spared with Kasumi while Akane spared with Genma. Afterwards they all went to school together where they were greeted by Kuno who was worried about Kasumi after her disappearance the day before. Kasumi was about to explain her curse to Kuno only to be stopped by Ranma who told her it would be for the best to wait to tell him. Kasumi heeded his words and tried to once again brush off Kuno’s attempts at hitting on her only for Akane to grow tired and punted him away.

As the school day came to an end Kasumi made her way to the front of the school to wait for Akane and Ranma. They had just arrived when Kasumi sensed danger and leaped to the side to avoid a giant metal spatula. The assailant who threw the spatula telling Kasumi that she wouldn’t run away this time. Seeing that it was a girl Kasumi asked her why she attacked which cause the assailant to seethe in rage. The girl seemed familiar causing Kasumi to ask if she knew her, but this only made her even angrier. Kasumi finally remembered that the girl was her old friend Ukyo Kounji.

Kasumi was shocked when Ukyo told her she was there for revenge having no idea what she could have done not to mention her word seemed to make things worse. Kasumi tried once again but by this point Ukyo had had enough and attacked. not willing to fight such a senseless battle but seeing that Ukyo wasn’t going to give her that option. Kasumi knocked her to the ground then used that opportunity to grab the nearest source of water to activate her curse. This gave her time to think when Ukyo ran off to search for her.

Later at one of the local cafes Kasumi explained to Akane, Ranma, and Nabiki who she knew Ukyo. Neither could really figure out exactly why Ukyo was so angry at Kasumi. Akane suggested to possibility that Genma might have done something and while Kasumi didn’t put it past him she realized he didn’t have the time. Kasumi had no choice but to face Ukyo.

Meeting Ukyo at the Furinkan High soccer field Kasumi tried once again talk things out with Ukyo which proved fruitless as she was determined to have a fight. Kasumi quickly realizes that not going all out wasn’t an option. During the fight Ukyo revealed how just how much she resented Kasumi and it ended when they both fell off a bridge. Reaching the surface only to find Ukyo nowhere in sight.

Kasumi was awakened by Ukyo sneaking into her room and after a brief struggle she got her to tell her what she did to make her so angry. Ukyo then tells Kasumi that she followed her all the way to China. This causes Kasumi to ask Ukyo if she fell into a Jusenkyo spring and is now cursed as well, and was stunned when Ukyo accused her of having pushed her in the spring on purpose. Realizing this didn't leave many avenues for a peaceful ending to this problem Kasumi defended herself as Ukyo attacked. Ukyo managed to gain the upper hand only to be attacked by a cat before she could captivate it.

Upon realizing what it was Kasumi ran out of the room as fast as she could. The fact that Ukyo and a wall was in her way didn't matter. Once she calmed down and returned home she finds Ukyo’s clothes. As she was collecting them she looks behind and sees a rather vicious looking dog. Thinking it was Ukyo when in actuality it was the Yamane's dog, Bess Kasumi took her into the house, to once again convince her that she didn’t do this to her on purpose and promish that she wouldn’t tell anyone. Only to be distracted by Akane’s scream.

Kasumi rushed upstairs to Akane's room where she told her she knocked something out of the window that had gotten into her room. Kasumi realized it was the cat before going back to Ukyo only to find her gone. The encounter with the cat caused Kasumi to remember what had happened at Jusenkyo. Realizing that Ukyo was right she tried to figure out how to apologize and explain what happened when Ranma asked her to keep a secret for him. Unfortunately after he agreed it tuned out to be a dog he’d found that he wanted to keep. This dog really did turn out to be Ukyo and she was about to tell him only to remember her promise. Luckily Ranma asked Kasumi to watch her while he went to get her something to eat.

Ukyo had been listening so changed back and attacked Kasumi when she’d entered the room. Ukyo managed to pin her to the wall, but her advantage didn't last long and Kasumi sent tumbling to the floor. Realizing that a simple sorry wouldn’t cut it Kasumi tried to get Ukyo to leave so they could discuss it later, but she refused she had fallen in love with Ranma and refused to leave him unprotected under the same roof as Kasumi. Ranma returned as they were arguing and Ukyo dove under the bed.

Without thinking Kasumi kicked a bowl of water transforming Ukyo when Ranma realized she must be under the bed. That night Kasumi went into Ranma’s room to get Ukyo out and have a civil talk with her. In the ensuing struggle Kasumi had managed to lose her shirt. Naturally she ended up on top of Ranma, waking him up and giving him quite a view. And worst yet, Nodoka caught her like that.

The two spent much of the night talking over what had happened; or rather Nodoka had talked while Kasumi could just listen and nod in all the right places as those two honorable vows she had made bound her to not reveal the truth and therefore she lost her only defense. It didn’t help matters when Nodoka asked if she was a virgin. Not only did her affirming it do nothing to end Nodoka's doubts, but it opened old wounds in Kasumi's mind of what a woman was supposed to be. Needless to say it was a sleepless night for Kasumi.

During morning training Kasumi decided to spar with Akane who tired to pry what happened between her and Ukyo out of her. The match was interrupted when C-chan wondered into the dojo and collapsed forcing Genma to reveal the Nekoken training to Soun and Nodoka. Akane was told to take the cat to the animal shelter allowing Kasumi to calm down and finally confront Ranma. Luckily he brushed the whole thing off as a dream and thought Kasumi was talking about Ukyo attacking her. Not looking a gift horse in the mouth Kasumi tried to get Ukyo to stop pretending to be his pet as well as get a little revenge by suggesting he take her to the vet.

Later while buying groceries Kasumi saw Ryoga with Checkers though she didn’t recognized him at the time. She later came across Hitchi Hiro one of her fellow teachers from Furinkan who showed her the restaurant he had inherited from his uncle. Which sadly he was forced to sell it.

The vice-principle was very impressed by Kasumi who had gotten incident reports to drop by more than 80%, which is why he gave her additional duties and pay. It turns out that other schools had heard what she was doing and wanted to send their problem children to Furinkan. He wanted her to be their home room supervisor. After being informed that she was getting an assistant she learned that Ukyo was joining the class as well.

Ukyo was still out to get her revenge; so this was worrying. Luckily when she confronted her Ukyo assured her that she was just there to learn even promising to tell Ranma about her curse. When Akane asked Kasumi is she could keep C-chan not wanting to hate her if the cat was put to sleep Kasumi said yes despite her fear. After Akane went to the animal shelter Kasumi went to tell Ranma about it. Finding him with Ukyo he told her about note he had found telling him that she had been kidnapped. As the note had been sent by Sasuke Ranma adviced her to just ignore it, but Kasumi wanted to know what was going on. Having found out about Kasumi's ailurophobia Sasuke devices a plan to lead her to the basement of Furinkan High where he has placed a large number of domestic cats and even a Tiger.

This results in Kasumi's mentality to be reduced to that of a wild cat. With Kasumi now seemingly unstoppable, Ranma did his best to try and get her back to her normal self. When Kasumi jumped at Ranma she was stopped by Ukyo then ran off. Kasumi ended up finding her way back home and after mauling Genma made her way up to Nabiki’s room and cuddled up to next to her causing her to pass out in shock. A confused Kasumi and a panicked Nabiki were woken up by Nodoka. This led to another awkward conversation luckily Kasumi was rescued by the arrival of Ranma who confirmed Kasumi’s account of what happened.

Akane confronted her as she made her way to the bath to ask her if she could keep C-chan. Needless to say Nodoka wasn’t happy that she agreed. Kasumi tried to play her decision off as practical stating that immersion therapy would help her overcome her fear, but Nodoka didn’t buy it. So she admitted that she didn’t want her sister to resent her if the cat was put to sleep. Hearing this Nodoka also agreed to let the cat stay. This led to heartwarming and tearjerker conversation of Nodoka convincing Kasumi to stay when she mentioned she was thinking moving out. This naturally led her engagement to Ranma while neither really took it seriously; it brought back memories of Kasumi already being rejected for her curse. Kasumi didn’t tell Nodoka that it had been Shampoo just let her believe it was an old boyfriend. Nodoka assured Kasumi that she would find someone.

Kasumi was going over the list of the students she would soon be supervising and was surprised to see that Ryoga Hibiki causing her to realize that he was the boy she had seen earlier. She was interrupted from her musings by Hiro. Kasumi expressed her doubt that she was qualified for the job only for Hiro to answer that she was underestimating herself as she had a real talent for handling troublemakers. The conversation turned somber when Kasumi asked him about her restaurant. The only buyer Hiro could find wants to buy up the whole area to put up an industrial park. Not wanting to depressed Kasumi he changed the topic asking her about C-chan. Before Kasumi could answer they were interrupted by a riot in the gym.

The Furinkan team Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics were fighting the swim team after dealing with it a tired Kasumi arrived home only for Akane to be attacked. She and Nodoka who she was explain why she was late to rushed to Akane’s room to find her wrestling on the ground with Kodachi. Kasumi was about to jump in only to notice that the two were laughing. By this point Nodoka had caught up and after telling thee two to go to the dojo explained that Kodachi was Tatewaki’s sister and that she was Akane’s friend. as she was going to bed Nodoka had surprised her by furnishing her room. As she was examining her room she overheard Ranma being rebuffed by Kodachi. Not really sure why this upset her she tried to get some sleep.

The next morning Kasumi in her cursed form caught Kodachi as she tripped. Having been told about her drug addiction by Nodoka Kasumi mistook her love struck shock as a consequence of it. Akane however realized what was going on and took Kodachi into the house.

On her way to met up with Ranma Kasumi nearly tripped over a bucket of water. However she wasn’t that Ukyo was there when she disposed of it and almost splashed her. Naturally she thought she did it on purpose and ended up running off in a rage when she remembered Ranma was still there. Kasumi could only give a nervous smile when Ranma asked her what that was about.

Later the vice principle introduced Kasumi to her new assistant Ms. Hinako Hinomiya. Kasumi was shocked when Hinako turned out to be a hyper active little girl. Hinako confirmed she was older then she looked so Kasumi, thinking this was some elaborate joke decided to take her to a restaurant where they could talk

As they were leaving Kasumi was attacked by Ukyo who ended up being drained by Hinako for attacking a teacher revealing her true form. Leaving Ukyo there Hinako explained her condition. On her way home Kasumi was attacked by an old woman. Kasumi asked the women who she was but she declined to answer and attacked again. The women complemented Kasumi on her skill before striking her on the chest and jumping away telling Kasumi they'll met again.

Realizing this was bad Kasumi went to Dr. Tofu to learn what had been done to her. After examining her Tofu determined that the women was struck by the Cat-Tongue point. Just then the old woman from earlier appears and tells Kasumi she is the great grandmother of Shampoo. She was there force Kasumi to marry Shampoo. When Kasumi told her that she hadn’t seen Shampoo since China she left to find her leaving Kasumi to explain what was going to Tofu. Sadly there was nothing Tofu could do to fix Kasumi’s condition.

The first thing Kasumi did was inform the vice principal about her curse. While initially shocked his experience with Hinako allowed him to quickly get over it. His only concern was that she could do her job and that he didn’t have to give a lecture about student/teacher relationships after realizing he was the mystery man there were rumors about. Kasumi headed off for home, a great sense of burden lifted from his shoulders, and another potential burden taking its place.

On the way home she was surprised by Kodachi who wanted to properly thank him for catching her. A nervous Kasumi tried to thinking of a way out of this situation and after realizing she couldn’t just reveal her true gender just flat out told Kodachi he wasn’t interested before leaving. Alone in his room Kasumi realized she couldn’t put off telling the others what was going on any longer. Since Ranma and Akane were off rescuing Ryoko Kasumi had Genma gather her father, Nodoka, and Nabiki and was about to inform them when they were interrupted by Cologne and Shampoo arriving.

Nodoka and Soun were furious at Cologne for trying to force Kasumi to marry her granddaughter. Kasumi however was confused as she was sure nothing happened, yet Shampoo wouldn’t confirm it. It turns out that the celebration they had after Kasumi defeated Shampoo was a marriage ceremony and Genma had signed the marriage license without Kasumi’s knowledge. When the implications fully hit Kasumi he fainted.

Kasumi awoke to find her father strangling Genma and Nodoka arguing with Cologne. When they noticed that he was awake Kasumi was saved from having to explain things by helping Ranma rescue Ryouko from Azusa. He, Ranma, Akane, and Shampoo met up with Akira who only agreed to help if they had as much help as possible.

Akira and Kasumi didn’t really hit it off as when Kasumi explained to Akane about her marriage to Shampoo he was the Kiss of Life as a way to take advantage of women. He calmed down once Kasumi explained he had no knowledge of the law when he went to the village. Once they made it to Azusa’s mansion Shampoo didn’t even bother with the girl just knocked her out and took Ryouko back.

When they returned to find Genma recounting the early part of their arrival at the Amazon village, Kasumi convinced Ranma that it would be best to wait to bathe Ryouko. Ranma and Akane then showed Shampoo around allowing her to confront Ukyo. She found her laughing and crying as she stroked her fingers through the nightmare her long beautiful hair had become. Seeing Kasumi seemed to bring her out of her depression becoming more determined not to let her win. For the first time since she had appeared Kasumi was glad of Ukyo's unreasoning hatred. It gave her something to hold on to in the face of adversity.

After being called into the common room Kasumi explained what he remembered happed after Jusenkyo with Cologne explaining the missing bits of info. After they were finished with the situation not easily resolvable, it was decided Shampoo would stay with the Tendos in Akane's room. With everything that had happened Kasumi decided to take a walk.

A short while later she was confronted by Ukyo and though she didn’t want to be bothered Ukyo ignored her and called her a drunken pervert. However her mirth quickly ended upon seeing barely Kasumi was controlling her emotions. Though she apologized she still stressed that she had to go back to china since accident or not she is married to Shampoo. She didn’t get much sleep that night thinking about how to deal with Shampoo.

Kasumi was forced to make the rounds at school to explain her curse to her fellow teachers. For the most part everyone accepted it with Hinako even calling him her big brother. As the school day ended she was confronted by Cologne one again trying to convince her to give up and marry Shampoo. Kasumi was heart broken when inform that she couldn’t give birth because of her curse.

She arrived home just in time to intervene in fight between Ranma and Shampoo before it could get serious. Ranma noticed that how upset Kasumi was, but she decided not tell him her latest problem, believing he wouldn’t understand. That night, Kodachi would sneak into the Tendo home and into Kasumi's bedroom. Luckily Nodoka was well aware of Kodachi’s antics so quickly realized what was going on.

Unfortunately Ukyo had placed a bunch of panties under her bed and when Nodoka asked her about them Kasumi assured her that she had no idea how they got there. Believing her Nodoka decided to leave that mystery for later. With that out of the way Nodoka informed Kasumi of the Amazon law that two women can share a husband as a way out of her predicament. The two talked for a bit more before Kasumi went to bed feeling a little better.

Her mood quickly turned sour when she was confronted by Ukyo, tired of her antics Kasumi called her out for the panties and had to hold himself back from attacking when Ukyo dismissed him and vowed to keep doing it.

Kasumi met with her new student Makoto Kino and spent the day getting to know her, unaware of Makoto’s growing feelings. For some reason he was able to see through the Senshi’s disguise magic so ended up thinking that Makoto was a cuunibyou when she mistook Hinako for a youma.

She ended up rescuing Ryoga from Kotori and took him to the nurses office. Kasumi was happy to be able to talk her old friend, though as he was giving an explanation for why her true form wasn’t there Ryoga mistook his actions as him trying to come on to him and ran off.

After talking with Makoto she decided to take up Mr. Hiro’s offer to watch over his restaurant. Nodoka tried to convince her that it wasn’t necessary, but Kasumi felt the need to get her own space for awhile. This brought the conversation to Shampoo who was going with her and Nodoka didn’t think it was wise for the two to be living alone together. Makoto had come over on the pretense of joining the school and having heard the conversation offered to help with the restaurant.

Kasumi went to Nabiki to ask her for help with the restaurant. However this was right after she had developed some racy photos for Yotogi making Nabiki very nervous around the confused Kasumi’s presence. To get out of there as quickly as possible Nabiki refused claiming she had a date with Tsubasa who happened to walk by and grabbed the folder of photos causing her to scream his name.

Nabiki decided to go to the restaurant as a way to get the date over with quickly. Makoto arrived shortly afterwards, surprising Shampoo as Kasumi had forgotten to tell her that she would be living there to. Nabiki in another attempt to end the date early claimed that she and Tsubasa had plans. When asked what they were she said skating after spotting Akane's gym bag by the door.

Hearing that those at the restaurant would decide to take a break at a skating rink as well. Shampoo began sulking at the rink despite Kasumi's attempts to reason with her. Kasumi would ultimate leave her to the side to go skate at Akane's insistence. However, Kasumi was continually distracted by seeing Shampoo in a fowl mood so Akane convinced Shampoo to try skating as well to break the tension of the situation.

Shortly after going onto the ice, Shampoo showed a complete lack of skill at skating and was soon picked up by Mikado who was also at the rink. However, before he could do much, Azusa showed up and confronted Shampoo over their previous encounter. 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.

Ranma was left confused why Ukyo agreed to give away his dog, but the topic of conversation was sharply changed when Kodachi wrapped her arms around Kaneda neck from behind. Ranma was so upset about this he almost revealed Kasumi’s curse before remembering that that she was trapped. Sighing in frustration he skated off. Kaneda ignored Kodachi’s advances as she realized that Shampoo, meanwhile, had stormed off.

After being told by Akane that Shampoo had attacked Kodachi they would get into a conflict with her who argued it was her right to defend her honor as she and Makoto were attempt to get close to her husband. Kasumi disagreed, however, and insisted Shampoo stop. Shampoo reluctantly agreed.

Some days later, with Shampoo keeping to her word, Kasumi took her along as she went to practice for the skating match, convincing her to skate with her, with the promise that Kasumi would stay with her. After some basic lessons, Shampoo was proficient enough to skate on her own. After some time, Ranma would join Kasumi and take over, as Kasumi went to practice with Ukyo. Before she left Ranma warned her about Mikado’s lecherous ways so she could tell Ukyo. Reminded of the time she herself fell prey to such a person Kasumi left with renewed determination.

By the time she reached Ukyo Kasumi forced herself to stop that train of thought. Ukyo was in no mood to train with and just attacked her. Knowing that further negotiation was pointless Kasumi decided to just play along.

Mikado is already in the Dressing Room when Kasumi arrives. He ended up face faulting when Kasumi expressed her confusion for why he putting on makeup. When Kasumi wished him luck in their match he ignored it and tells him that at some point in today's match he'll steal Ukyo's lips. He quickly saw how much this angered Kasumi, but realizing it wasn’t on Ukyo’s behalf. Mikado pushed the issue by saying he would do the same thing to Shampoo.

While Kasumi wasn’t so far gone to wager on either Ukyo or Shampoo he did eventually agree that is Mikado failed to kiss Ukyo he would forever give up his playboy attitude. Mikado was too arrogant to refuse.

After the announcer names their accomplishments Kasumi tried to form a report with Ukyo by congratulating her on her accomplishment. Sadly all this does is remind Ukyo of how much her father ignores her so Kasumi backed off and just warned her to stay away from Mikado. As the match started Ukyo showed her disinterest in working together with Kasumi by punching him in the groin before attacking the Golden Pair herself.

Mikado intercepted Ukyo before she could get to Azusa leaving her alone with Kasumi. The inevidable happened when Azusa 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.

Making her way to Ukyo before Mikado finished her he convinced the reluctant Ukyo to work together. Deciding to take them out individually the two split up with Ukyo going after Azusa while Kasumi dealt with Mikado. Unfortunately he was simply too far outclassed on the ice. Mikado was literally skating rings around him. This prompted Shampoo to go to ring side and shout a command to jump at an opportune moment. This 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. Before Mikado could finish Kasumi off Mousse's appeared, distracting Mikado long enough to Kasumi the chance to heal himself.

After incapacitating Mousse Mikado moved on to Kaneda who concentrated up to the last second on mending his wounds. In the end Kasumi proved victorious knocking Mikado out as he attacked him with the Dance of Death. By this point Azusa had figured out that Ukyo was Charlotte and in her desperate effort to stop her from revealing this Ukyo accidently destroyed the ring. Luckily Kasumi was able to pick her up and clear the ring before she fell in.

Mousse took Kasumi aside and explained that the Phoenix pill would cure her. Shampoo arrived demanding to know what Mousse was doing there causing the three to explain how they knew each other. Shampoo quickly denied any relationship with the boy despite what he had told Kasumi. After Shampoo walked away in a huff Mousse informed Kasumi that Cologne had the pill.

As Kasumi was contemplating how to utilize the knowledge she gained she was confronted by Cologne arrived. She was there to challenge Kasumi on behalf of Ukyo who Cologne had given the pill to. While Mousse was ready to just gang up on Ukyo and take it Kasumi knew te match had to be one on one. Though she was worried about the technique Ukyo used to break the ring.

Akane would suggest Shampoo teach Kasumi the ki technique she was going to use on Ranma, the Dragon Fan Fist, but Shampoo refused. This led to an argument between the two, and soon revealed to Makoto, who was also present, that Shampoo and Kasumi were married, prompting the girl to run off, heart broken. When Kasumi caught up to Makoto while he didn’t go into full detail he explained he and Shampoo didn’t marry under the best of circumstances as they were both confused at the time. Realizing that Kaneda didn’t want to be married cheered Makoto up immensely.

She returned just after Akane had finished arguing with Shampoo about her refusal to help. Shampoo initially mistook him for Akane and continued to argument, but was quickly stopped and admonished by Kasumi for this. Kasumi let the matter go, and admitted he had been listen in on the argument and asked Shampoo to explain her side of things which Shampoo did.

Kasumi, after hearing the details, agreed that the situation was serious for Shampoo, but that he would not allow her to come to harm, even if it meant agreeing to the marriage ultimately. Reassured by this, Shampoo agreed to teach Kasumi the technique. Outside, Shampoo would demonstrate the technique and Kasumi would pick it up remarkably fast, surprising Shampoo, but Kasumi admitted that she was very familiar with ki techniques so it was fairly natural for her.

With grim determination Kasumi met Ukyo in battle. The fight started with traditional hand to hand combat and they only decided to use the techniques they learned when they proved to be evenly matched. Over a hundred blows met one single ki changed fist the result of which was rather devastating to both parties. Ultimately the two fought to a standstill, they'd get up, rush each other, fight for about 2 seconds, then BOOM, they were back where they started. The only thing that seemed to change was that it took a little longer for each to reach the other with every exchange.

Eventually Ranma stepped in to put a stop to things. He convinced Ukyo not to ruin Kasumi’s life over a vendetta getting her to stand stood down and give over the pill willingly. However, it was discovered to be a fake and that the real one was still in China. Kasumi was left in a state of depression for a week, every day that passed leaving a stronger sense that Kasumi Tendo was no more. It got so bad that she started dreaming about her mother disowning her. Shampoo tried to talk to Kasumi but there was little Shampoo could do so Kasumi told her that she was fine and went for a walk.

While on his walk Kasumi was attacked by Frost, but for some reason her magic didn’t work so he ended up thinking she was a child playing games and told her to go home. Mr Hiro eventually noticed her depression and suggested he let him take her and Hinako on a ski trip to clear her head. Shampoo, Makoto and Akane decided to join them as well. while Kaneda didn’t have much luck at skiing it did help him take his mind off of things. To their credit, Makoto, Akane, and Shampoo were being civil, and Kaneda could console himself in at least knowing that Shampoo was not any better and even Makoto was only an amateur.

She ended having another confrontation with Cologne and her thoughts of surrendering to her will on the chance that she might restore her ability to transform was interrupted by the arrival of a lost Ryoga. When Kaneda offered to lead him back Ryoga turned him down, telling him he wasn’t interested in men. Frost arrived as Kasumi was trying to figure out what he was talking about. This time her magic worked just fine and Kasumi was sent flying backwards, his mind horribly stunned from the electricity playing havoc in his neural pathways.

As Ryoga watched in confusion and Frost danced in triumph. Neither noticed arrival of Ms. Hinako and Akane. As Ryoga and Akane dragged Kasumi off Hinako stayed to fight off Frost. Shampoo arrived in time to explain matters to Frost properly. Frost would then use her magic to cancel out the effects of the cat tongue point, curing Kasumi. Later, Kasumi would celebrate the return to her natural form with a bath at a hotspring nearby, shared with the other girls, including Shampoo.

After weeks of being stuck as a man Kasumi was back to her female self and could not be happier. Even the fact that Frost was not through, only confused for the time being didn’t do much to lose her revelry. She also had not realized just how many people she could count as dear friends. When Shampoo and Makoto came downstairs Makoto mentioned that the training she was receiving in martial arts was too low level for her liking. This caused Kasumi to propose that Makoto join in on her and Genma's training sessions to which Makoto agree, quickly volunteering Shampoo as well when it came up.

When she arrived at school most of the day was dealing with the consequences of people finding out about her curse. From Kuno who wanted to apologize for his past transgressions, to her explaining her explaining the curse as well as her marriage to Shampoo to Ryoga. She was interrupted by Mousse who now that Kasumi was female again enacted his plan to win Shampoo’s hand. He explained that if she married him Shampoo would regain her status. To her surprise she was now considered a full Amazon so now had to follow their laws and that meant marrying a man who defeated her.

When she returned home she received another surprise in the form of Cologne buying the restaurant. Cologne confirmed what Mousse had told her, as head wife all the duties of Shampoo as Cologne’s successor now falls to Kasumi. When they returned they found the others discussing what to name the resturant. The name would be decided to be the San Cheng Huang. Kasumi would ask Shampoo if she wished to go with Mousse's option, but she flatly rejected such.

Shampoo would accompany Kasumi to the school where Kasumi was to talk with Mousse and watch as a brief duel resulted with Kasumi winning. Seeing that Kasumi had mastered the Dragon Fang Fist, Cologne offered to show her the Dragon Fang Strike.

Some days later, Shampoo and Kasumi were at the Tendos for dinner where the matter of Kasumi's engagement to Ranma came up. While Ranma tried to deny interest in marrying Kasumi he more consciously tried not to hurt her feeling. This allowed the fathers to back him into a corner where anything he said would hurt Kasumi unless he just conceded the point. Kasumi herself could just bow her head at the two’s actions. Shampoo meanwhile repeatedly interrupted the conversation by breaks cups.

Not that much later dinner had broken up, and everyone was returning to their regular activities. Ranma seeing Kasumi standing on the stone fence came over to apologize for allowing their fathers to move the engagement to her given how complicated things had become. Remembering numerous times Genma had somehow managed to get her to do the silliest things, Kasumi didn’t blame Ranma. This caused Ranma to wonder about Kasumi’s forgiving nature. Kasumi answer was that she isn’t special she just does the right thing. Seeing the look Shampoo was giving him Ranma decided it was best to leave.

When Kasumi and Shampoo were about to leave, Kasumi asked Shampoo to apologize, but she refused and left. Nodoka who had been there to send Kasumi off suggested that that she get Shampoo into school so that she could get more experience dealing with others. However when she brought this up to Shampoo she only became further angered and the two got into a heated argument that only ended when Cologne intervened.

Cologne explained to Kasumi that in Amazon culture anything beyond the basics are imparted by their chosen mentor. So by suggesting that Shampoo go to school Kasumi inadvertently treated her like a child. The next day, Kasumi, on Cologne's advice, would revise the request to have Shampoo attend her class which appeared to cheer Shampoo up, particularly once she explained why she had made the request originally.

That day Kasumi greeted two new transfers Saki Asamiya and Sampei Nowake. Kasumi wasn’t put off by Saki’s confrontational nature as she had already had a conversation with a police inspector who had recommended Saki personally. Her only concern was Saki not try to play vigilante, telling her if she saw something to bring it to her first. Happosai ended up returning to Nerima this day and after stopping the students from beating him to a pulp he introduced himself as the master of Anything Goes. A short time later, Kasumi, her sisters, Ranma, Shampoo and the now infamous Happosai arrived at the Tendo home. The reaction of their parents confirmed that Happosai was telling the truth about who he was.

Nodoka ended up showing them a photo that was taken right after Soun finished building the dojo. Kasumi was shocked to see how tomboyish her mother was even initially mistaking her for a man. Nodoka informed them that there mother was martial artist as well. While Akane and Nabiki were surprised at this knowledge Kasumi was utterly devastated at this new. She looked like one of the fundamental pillars of her life had suddenly been removed. However, her expression went unnoticed by most save Shampoo who watched her in puzzlement and concern.

She was brought out of it by Genma and Soun running in and presenting Ranma to Happosai to be his new heir. Ranma did impress Happosai with his durability after he slammed Ranma into the stone fence when he attacked him for his initial dismissal. Ranma managed to push through the pain, and went on the offensive again Kasumi seeing this offered herself as heir. Happosai refused, while impressed by her skill he believed that pretty girls should be cherished and not subjected to his training.

When Happosai learned of the engagement and Kasumi’s marriage to Shampoo he started questioning Ranma’s manliness. This caused Nodoka to insist on a date between Kasumi and Ranma, much to Shampoo's displeasure. With the time of the date approaching, Shampoo would be at the restaurant, breaking dishes due to her anger. Kasumi asked to take a rest. Kasumi was working on relocating her center when Ranma arrived.

The two went to the Petite Amour on the way in Kasumi caught a glimpse of Haruka as she was exiting. Seeing the Kasumi's strangely tense expression Ranma asked if she was okay, but she brushed it off. This led to a rather awkward date as Kasumi glared at menu Ranma tried to once again ask her what was wrong. Realizing she was taking her anger out on him, Kasumi took a second to calm down and explain that she saw someone who she parted on unfavorable terms with.

They each ordered shortly after, and sat in uncomfortable silence for several minutes. It became even more uncomfortable when Ranma grabbed a brochure looking for something to talk about that turned out to be for a love hotel. He tried again by asking about her training. Kasumi told Ranma about her training with Dhalsim. The two slowly grew more comfortable with each other. As the waiter delivered their main course Kasumi noticed Ukyo standing by the door to the kitchen, a large smile on her face. This caused Kasumi to wonder if she had poisoned the food.

When they noticed that Akane and Tofu were there as well Kasumi used the opportunity to ask Ranma what he felt about her, as she had noticed how uncomfortable he seemed to be around her. Kasumi though it was about her curse and wanted to know if he thought it was is possible to overcome. Having been confronted with something he was unprepared to face Ranma swallowed nervously and preceded built up his confidence to tell Kasumi the truth. Before he could he was attacked by Mousse. Watching the growing confrontation anxiously, Kasumi decided to intervene only to be attacked by Ukyo.

Akane and Shampoo decided to enter the fray, Akane on Ranma's side, and Shampoo on Kasumi's. Unfortunately, this served only as a distraction for both fighters, and Kasumi toppled over a table and onto the floor, while Mousse managed to ensnare Ranma with several sets of bolas. In an effort to stop the fighting, Frost cast a fear spell, but inadvertently hit only Shampoo. Shampoo would panic and run off, which did end up having the result of ending the fight, although not in the intended way.

Those at the restaurant would split up to find Shampoo, and while searching for her, Frost would speak to Kasumi, admonishing her for keeping Shampoo in limbo on their relationship. They would ultimately find Shampoo but Kasumi was forced to take Shampoo home as Frost did not possess a proper counter-spell, forcing Kasumi to stay with Shampoo to keep her calm.

Some hours later, Shampoo would awaken, free of the fear spell, confused as to why she was sleeping with Kasumi. Kasumi would also awaken, and on confirming Shampoo was recovered, would transform back to normal, assuming Shampoo would return to her room, but Shampoo remained. On further questioning her, Shampoo quickly latched onto Kasumi, confessing her love for Kasumi and asking to be allowed to stay. Kasumi, remember a conversation she had with Frost conceded and allowed Shampoo to stay.

Many days later Kasumi was contemplating what to do with her life no that she learned that the image of her mother she built up in her mind turned out to not be true. She was brought out of her musing by Genma who had been worried by how out of it she seemed. Genma called her out for letting her mind wander as it could lead to her being defeated.

This led to discussion of the engagement and finally his callousness in raising her when he waved off her question and how they led to her current problems. After employing one of his Moko rakuchi-sei technique much to her disgust he built up his courage and convinced her to look on the bright side. They were once again splashed by the Old Washer Woman when they recognized Lime and Mint. Unfortunately they recognized Genma and were hungry Kasumi used the weights Genma put on her to distract them allowing the two to escape.

As she made her way back to the San Cheng-Huang Kasumi tried to figure out why the Musk were there, when she was attacked by a frantic Ukyo in her cursed form. Kasumi tried to calm her down but she just kept attack forcing her to use a paralysis point. Kasumi tried to change her back to her true form only for it not to work. Not knowing what happened, Kasumi took Ukyo to Frost in hopes the magus could figure it out. Frost did indeed discern the nature of the lock and after recovering the Chiisuiton, used it to track the Kaisuifu necessary to unlock Ukyo's curse.

The group traveled in relative silence, but as they neared their goal Frost finally asked how Kasumi knew the Musk. Despite having to recall something less than stellar in her past to the two she got along with the least, Kasumi relented. Frost was shocked to learn that Prince Herb was female. She quickly realized that he had a curse and fell victim to the Chiisuiton.

They arrived at near the same time as Herb’s group and ultimately get into a conflict over the artifact, due to Frost’s antagonism. During the conflict, Ukyo would manage to unlock her curse, but Frost would destroy the Kaisuifu before Herb could do likewise. Infuriated by this, Herb attempted to kill Frost, but Kasumi managed to shock him out of this using a powerful Ha-Do-Ken. With Herb calmed enough to negotiate, Kasumi got Frost to agree to repair the artifact, giving Herb new hope. She then tended to the injured Ukyo who reluctantly thanked her for her help.

Though she tried to hide it as long as she could the lack of sleep combined with the extremely high expunger of energy quickly caught up with Frost. So while Ukyo looked after her Kasumi called Hiro to ask him to pick them up. It also turned out that Herb, Mint, and Lime had used up all of their funds searching for the Kaisuifu offered to allow Lime and Mint to stay at the dorms while Herb would stay at the dojo.

When she and Herb returned to the restaurant Shampoo would greet Kasumi happily, questioning her, along with Makoto and Cologne, as to where she went, but Kasumi largely dodged answering. Kasumi would introduce Herb to Shampoo before going for a bath. While in the furo alone Kasumi finally allowed herself to show just how exhausted she was. Shampoo would join her, unexpectedly, finally convincing Kasumi to divulge the secret of Ukyo's curse. While this improved Shampoo's mood, Nodoka would discover the pair together, and Kasumi's evasiveness about their relationship once more angered Shampoo.

Finding the two together seemed to be the last straw for Nodoka. After agreeing to let Herb stay at the dojo she took Kasumi aside to talk. Before Kasumi could explain Nodoka told her that had already accepted that that she was gay, and she would leave it up to her to tell Soun. However Nodoka did want to stress that she hoped that Kasumi wasn’t just accepting Shampoo love merely on a basis that you believe she will get nothing more because of her curse. Kasumi was left stunned but knowing that nothing she would say would be believed after all her previous embarrassing situations, decided to just concede the point, and focus on what Nodoka wished to know.

Later, after Herb departed with Nodoka, Kasumi would speak with Shampoo in their shared bedroom, Shampoo trying to further things along, but Kasumi dodged out when a call came about trouble at the Tendos. It turns out that Kuno, Ranma, Herb, and Mousse were all arguing over Kasumi. She was about to break up the melee when Cologne convinced her to led it play out. She finally stepped in after Herb was revealed to be a girl where her feelings for Kasumi were finally revealed. After another round of arguments Mousse attempted to force Kasumi to choose.

She deflected the question by stating it was Shampoo’s choice Mousse attempted to convince her to choose him, but she once more refused. Herb would dismiss Shampoo as meaningless, which served to only anger the Amazon. The next morning unaware that Happosai had been repeatedly showing him naked pictures of her and Shampoo, Kasumi was concerned by how distracted Ranma was during their sparring session. Luckily Happosai arrived gave Ranma an out from having to explain what was going on. Kasumi watched with a small amount of confusion as Ranma proceed to chase Happosai around the yard.

Cologne showed up and asked what her assessment of Makoto and Shampoo were. Agreeing with it she revealed that Shampoo hadn’t been training up to her potential for years now due to a fight she had years ago. She also advised her to up her training since if Herb might try and take advantage of the kiss of marriage. The next day while walking home from school Kasumi came across Ryoga and after walking for a little while he built up the courage to tell Kasumi that she’d marry him. However Kasumi mistook it for him just being nice and told him not to put himself out for her.

When she arrived home she was surprised that Shampoo had set up a private dinner for the two, but entertained it nonetheless, conversing with Shampoo, learning of her reasons for ceasing serious training due to a troubled friendship with Par Phume. Their privacy was ended when Herb appeared and asked Kasumi for suggestions for a job. Herb's skill set being of little use for most high level positions, Shampoo would suggest Herb become a waitress, teasing the prince as being too lazy when Herb initially rebuffed this. This ultimately got Herb to agree.

The San Cheng Huang was busy, causing everyone to scramble to keep up. It didn’t help that Makoto was late due to the fact that Usagi, Minako and Ami were transferred to Kasumi’s class. Kasumi wasn’t upset and even agreed to let Makoto cook for them when they came to visit. Kasumi was about to chastise for losing her temper when she spotted Haruka and Michiru. Befitting Kasumi’s personality she opted to warn Michiru about how awful Haruka was. Since the rush met Kasumi never had a chance to chance back to her original form making Michiru initially believe that he was flirting with her.

Haruka believed this as well and came over to confront Kasumi-kun, and in a fit of rage Kasumi injected her from the premises. Afterward, she would explain to those remaining, that Haruka and her had history, although given that Kasumi had no knowledge of Haruka's true gender, everyone choose to not correct her. To change subjects, Cologne told everyone about a beach location that she had just acquired which the girls quickly wished to visit for access to said beach.

The next day, at the beach, Kasumi-kun was embarrassed by Shampoo fawning over her until Happosai interrupted things. In an attempt to get rid of him, Ranma suggested he meet with a girl he knew, and Shampoo ended up accompanying them back to the beach restaurant while Kasumi stayed behind to talk with Michiru. By this point Michiru had learned from Makoto about Kasumi’s curse so came to learn what had happened between her and Haruka. Having a hard time believing what she was told, but unable to say that Kasumi was lying Michiru decided to find out for herself.

They were interrupted by Shampoo and Ranma returning to fill Kasumi in on the fact that Happosai had discovered what the Love Pills did. Michiru was surprised that Shampoo and Kasumi knew each other. Everyone tried to restrain Happosai but failed. In the fighting, Nabiki ended up swallowing the daytime pill and fell in love with Kasumi's male half. Happosai then ran off, and everyone split up in an attempt to find him while Kasumi and Michiru headed back to the restaurant with Nabiki.

Frost confirmed that Nabiki swallowed the day pill, leaving her with Nabiki they returned to deal with Happosai. Michiru wanting to inform Kasumi the truth about Haruka, but decided against it given everything that happened. When they arrived on the beach Kasumi instantly noticed Haruka and noticing her with Shampoo decided to throw any idea of tact out the window, and marched over, ready to lead Shampoo away from that horrible 'man'.

By this point Happosai had realized that Haruka was female and fed her a pill, but was quickly disabled before it too effect. The effect took hold when Kasumi-kun walked up prompting Haruka to kiss him. Embarrassed by this, and still frustrated by the previous evening's encounter, Haruka got into a fight with Kasumi. Angry, and more than a little confused, he retaliated in kind and sent Haruka sprawling. The others could only watch in shock. Haruka kept fighting through sheer determination, despite being completely outclassed. Throughout the fight Kasumi realized Haruka’s true gender.

Given her own experience in life, Kasumi was nearly ready to attribute this to a curse, or some similar phenomenon. Such an explanation was dispelled though when Michiru dumped hot water on them both. Haruka’s mind sort of went blank, while Kasumi simply turned and marched away. Shampoo would return home with Kasumi who was confused.

Though exhausted both physically, and mentally from the exceedingly long day Kasumi was still forced to fight off Nabiki’s advances that night. Naturally Shampoo was very angry about so as an apology Kasumi agreed to bath with her in the furo. Kasumi proposed a training trip to the mountains which Shampoo agreed to. Unexpectedly, they would hear Herb scream out and rush to her only to find that she had been shocked by the fact she was having her period. Shampoo, Makoto and Cologne quickly ran leaving Kasumi to explain things. Naturally this didn’t go over well with Herb. While sympathetic Kasumi stressed that it was necessary. Eventually Herb agreed only if the undergarments her less feminine.

Kasumi and Herb had visited over a dozen shops over the course of the afternoon, and the prince had reason to reject every suggestion Kasumi had made. While leaving Herb alone for a moment Kasumi came across Michiru. After talking for a little while in which Michiru learned about Kasumi’s marriage to Shampoo she came right out and said that Kasumi should talk to Haruka. Kasumi however wasn’t ready for that.

Ranma showed up in a last ditch effort to win Kodachi over, but couldn’t go through it and ended up just asking Kasumi what Kodachi thought of him, much to her confusion. Thankfully for her state of mind, Kasumi's silence seemed to be all the answer Ranma needed. Comforting Ranma was something she was more comfortable with, but Ranma had accepted Reality. This led to her finally asking Ranma what he ever saw in Kodachi. There attention shifted to Herb who was with Ami and finally made her pick.

Ami asked Kasumi what they were doing to cure Herb and she told her about Frost.
A few days later, while sleeping together with Shampoo, Kasumi began to think of her various suitors, when she was interrupted by the vice principle calling to tell her that she had to go to work early. As she was trying to figure out what could be so important to call everyone in so early, she noticed Hinako waiting at the entrance of the school. Hinako who was currently in her adult form happily showed her the Siamese fighting fish she had obtained.

Kasumi and Hinako did not have to wait long for the others to arrive. However, none of the new arrivals had any more idea what the meeting was about than Kasumi or Hinako did. Hiro took a seat next to the two women, as they waited for the vice-principal to arrive. As they tried to figure out what was going on Hiro began to panic upon remembering that the vice-principal didn’t like getting up early, and the last time the did having a meeting this early was when the new principle went on vacation.

His fear was well founded when the sounds of a ukulele out in the hall caught their attention. Kasumi and Hinako both scanned their fellow instructors, noticing looks ranging from mere disappointment, on the part of Hiro, to downright panic on most of the others.

The principle honed in on Kasumi and congratulated her on the good work she had been doing even giving her a basket of fruit as a thank you. After thanking Hinako as well he started the meeting. The meeting continued for about an hour, the principal talking with each teacher individual. However, he strangely skipped over Kasumi and Hinako. Simply congratulating them again on the good job they were doing. The meeting ended without incident, and that astounded even the pessimists among the instructors. So, after finishing with the last of the talks, the principal dismissed the group.

Kasumi went off to the showers to wash up before class. By the time she made it to class the other students had learned of the principles arrival and were horrified. She noticed that Hinako and Shampoo weren’t there when everyone was called to the main gymnasium. After getting her students to calm down Kasumi went to the principles office to see what was going on.

Principle Kuno ordered her to aid him in restoring order in the school, and in order to make sure she did he revealed that he had kidnapped Shampoo and had her unconscious in a cage, rigged with a giant pair of clipper threatening to cut her hair. He would use this to black mail Kasumi into helping him with his scheme. She found Ranma and the others just as they had found a pile of coconuts. Stating that she needed them Kasumi blinded the group before taking them and jumping out of the window. She found Ranma and the others just as they had found a pile of coconuts. Stating that she needed them Kasumi blinded the group before taking them and jumping out of the window.

Kasumi smashed through all of the coconuts, but didn’t find the letter. Realizing that it would be impossible to find a single coconut by herself especially with several hundred students looking as well, she destroyed the schools power relay to buy her some time. Figuring that the principal's offices was the best place to start Kasumi made her way there only to find the other teachers dressed in animal costumes. Though the Principle had told her that he had sent them home like her he had blackmailed them into helping him. After stopping the discussion from deteriorating into arguments of mutual recrimination, Kasumi convinced them to keep everyone busy while she searched for Shampoo.

She went to the shower to clean up where she was confronted by Lemon. She attempted to berate Kasumi for stealing Herb away from her, but she was too absorbed in her beauty to listen. Kasumi was eventually able to come to her senses and through sheer force of will ran away. Kasumi stopped running at the side of school to try to figure out who that girl was when she was confronted by Ukyo. Coming to her senses she remembered Shampoo and tried to get Ukyo to leave her alone. When she refused to back down Kasumi was easily able to defeat her and leave.

She was searching through the bushes still trying to figure out why she reacted to Lemon that way when she was found by Ranma, Kuno, and Ryoga. They had figured out that the principle had kidnapped Shampoo and had come to tell her she was in the gym. Kasumi-kun did not even slow enough to open the gymnasium doors, instead opting to simply kick them in.

They found their path blocked by a crazed Hinako. Kasumi would successfully outmaneuver Ms. Hinako and take away the Fighting Fish tank she was using to maintain her power, and once she used up the remaining energy she switched sides and joined Kasumi. With everyone now working together, they confronted Kocho, but he continued to hold Shampoo hostage with a remote. However, Kasumi managed to trick him, and knock the remote from his hands, leaving him to be dealt with by the others while he rescued Shampoo. On rescuing her, Kasumi was overcome by the impulse to kiss her, he blushed upon remembering the other students there.

In order to prevent the students from beating him to a bloody pulp Principle Kuno agreed to recall all his new rules, have Kasumi clear all new school rules, as well as no more blackmailing the teachers. When upset they wouldn’t get their revenge the students conceded. Shampoo would later joke that if she was going to get kissed like this every time she would be sure to get kidnapped lots.

Kasumi had never had soda pop before, water, tea, and various fruit juices, those Kasumi was very familiar with, but she had never had this before. She was not too sure why, she had just never tried it. Which is why she was so perplexed by it when she came across one during a walk, this is how Michiru found her. Seeing how perplexed she looked Michiru though Kasumi was contemplating a metaphor between her and Shampoo’s relationship, but she had just never had soda pop before. Though she did see the connection even if the comparison was an over simplification.

Still unaware of Michiru’s relationship with Haruka and just seeing her as an impartial listener Kasumi expressed how confused she was about her growing feelings for Shampoo as well as wondering if it was just a byproduct of her curse. While seeing nothing wrong with this That was not even getting into what would happen if she was ever able to find a cure. Michiru understood not completely, but in concept how she felt and hearing all of Kasumi’s worries and fears about her identity she informed her that her initial belief about her and Haruka was correct.

She told Kasumi that she believed Haruka’s was feeling the same uncertainty she is currently feeling and it was that that triggered her poor decision. When Kasumi agreed to at least consider that option she took her to a tailor she knew named Pierre, believing that he could tailor some clothing that would help with her curse. After Michiru introducing the two and explaining Kasumi’s curse Pierre went to work seeing it as his duty to provide the best attire to anyone who is in need. Kasumi and Michiru left Pierre's shop an hour or so later after he had finished his measurements, both looking quite pleased. Feeling better she thanked Michiru for her help. She also asked for dinner recommendations.

The week off was the perfect opportunity to go on that short training trip Genma had been planning for sometime. With Makoto gone back to her home district for the week, and Kasumi and Shampoo heading up to the mountains with Genma, Cologne had decided to go back to China for a short visit. Having learned that Ranma was going as well Herb demanded that she be allowed to join, claiming that it was giving Ranma an unfair advantage. Shampoo who was taking a bath would tease Kasumi some, asking her to join Shampoo, Kasumi's casual response surprised Shampoo and she quickly rushed out to see what Kasumi wanted. Kasumi presented her with tickets to a dinner theater, and a bundle of flowers, greatly exciting Shampoo. The pair planned a date that evening. Kasumi also showed off some new attire she had acquired.

After the dinner and theater that night, on their way home, Shampoo and Kasumi would talk about potentially having a Japanese or Western style wedding ceremony to more formally cement their marriage. The topic would turn to more private matter which Kasumi quickly diverted by bringing up the potential for children which Shampoo admitted she really didn't want at this time, thus forcing her to seek out some kind of birth control, giving Kasumi a reprieve.

The training trip was interrupted by Hidenori Kounji, Ukyo’s father who had come to warn Kasumi that Ukyo was attempting to learn their family's forbidden techniques. Gathering everyone together quickly annoying them with his attempts at being dramatic he explained the Kounji family history. Needless to say they were both amazed and horrified when he explained what those techniques could do. After Hidenori ended his tale Kasumi thanked him and began her training only for him to interrupt her again scared that she didn’t understand the danger she was in.

Kasumi explained she had little sway in Ukyo’s mind, and attempting to negotiate would simply infuriate her more. So all she could do is continue her training. Nodoka wasn’t swayed however and planned on confronting Ukyo herself , however Hidenori didn’t know where she was as she had taken the map to the shrine where the techniques were held. Everyone hung their heads at hearing this save Kasumi who felt that this fight was a long time coming, there was also the matter of her being an Amazon which meant that her losing would complicate matters even more.

~~After being warned about how powerful and dangerous the Nanban Mirror was Kasumi snuck into Nabiki’s room to get it away from as she felt it held monetary value. Only to end up being switched with her counterpart from **A Very Scary Thought**. A confused Kasumi found finding herself in a graveyard of all places surrounded by her family and friends (plus a few she did not recognize), fighting against Demitri Maximoff. Looking down upon a prone Nabiki Tendo, and seeing the red mark around her younger sister's neck, she accused Demitri of being responsible. Her suspicions were confirmed by Cologne causing Kasumi to attack him.~~

~~His happiness at this outraged Kasumi, causing her to push herself further to defeat him. Seeing this Nabiki Tendo who was from a universe similar to Ranko’s original timeline told Dimetri that she could bring back her counterpart. However seeing how sad she was at this that universe’s version of Ranma put his hand on her shoulder to comfort her causing him and surprisingly Akane to be switched with their counterparts. Nabiki Saotome as well as the displaced Ranma and Kasumi quickly attacked Dimitri. In retaliation Lord Raptor r trapped Ranma in a bone cage and began soul-draining him. Luckily Nabiki quickly freed him. When the displaced Akane attempted to fight him she did little more them make him notice her forcing Kodachi to use her ribbon to pull Akane to safety.~~

~~This left Kasumi to fight him on her own. Intercepting her fist Dimitri manifested his power burning the displaced Tendo with hellfire. In desperation Kasumi summoned all her power and punched him in the groin forcing him to let her go. He was then blasted away by an enraged Nabiki. Fortunately reinforcements had arrived; unfortunately one of them happened to be Falicia which caused Nabiki, Ranma, and Kasumi to run away in fear.~~

~~With Dimitri was dealt with all that was left was to figure out a way to return Ranma, Akane, and Kasumi to their original universes as well as cure the original Kasumi of her vampirism.  However since they didn’t have the mirror all that they could do was wait until the original Kasumi activated it. Kasumi finally realized that Nabiki had a crush on her when she explained what she was doing before her transfer. This version had been going through the same ting with Kasumi’s counterpart so explained that her sister wasn’t ashamed of Kasumi’s cursed form, but attracted to it. Kasumi was contemplating this revelation when she was returned home.~~

~~Kasumi found her self in the Tendo garden knowing that she would have to talk with Nabiki Kasumi made her way back to the San Chens Huang Restaurant putting that conversation off until the morning.~~

Shampoo assisted Kasumi in training for the Hiryuu Shouten Ha, being present when Kasumi unexpectedly activated the technique with no accompanying hot ki. When Herb arrived with the others to check out what happened, Kasumi requested he train her in his hover technique which Shampoo and Ranma likewise asked to learn. While training in it, Cologne arrived and they informed the elder of Ukyo's apparent attempt to learn her family's forbidden techniques. She in turn informed them that Ukyo was already on the hunt for Kasumi and would likely soon appear.

Sure enough, not long after, Ukyo would arrive and challenge Kasumi. Kasumi and Ukyo didn’t bother with any small talk. The two started off on relatively even footing. However Kasumi soon found herself unable to take any offensive measure, while at the same time her defenses were being consistently overwhelmed. Seeing just how much Ukyo has improved, causing her to resort to using illusions. Seeing that Ukyo had been using chopsticks Kasumi was finally able to get through to her defense. Ukyo used an area wide attack to draw her out forcing Kasumi to start resorting ki attacks only for Ukyo to negate using the heat resistance technique she had learned while mastering the Burning Soul.

With her physical and ki based attacks negated Kasumi began utilizing more creative illusion and in response Ukyo finally used Burning Soul for the first time. Though completely overwhelmed Kasumi managed to unleash a Hiryuu Shouten Ha. Even that proved to be little more then a distraction forcing Kasumi to flee, where she came across a cat.

The two once again entered a stalemate as the possessed Kasumi-neko ignored Ukyo’s attacks as she spammed the Burning Soul. This time Ukyo was the one forced to flee, but when that option became unavailable she made one last desperate attack knocking kasumi-neko out. sadly as she was celebrating her victory Kasumi-neko rose and much to everyone’s surprise began powering up a Ha Do Ken.

When Kasumi-neko unleashed her attack Ukyo attempted to extinguish it resulting in an explosion that left her lying on the ground, bruised and burned but still breathing. As Kasumi-neko approached the barely conscious Ukyo Hidenori, Ranma, Tatewaki, Herb and Genma jumped in to stop her. Ukyo could only weakly prop her head up allowing her to see Kasumi attack the closest intruder which happened to be Ranma. Ukyo managed to gather the last of her strength and knock Kasumi out before she could leap on Ranma.

When she came to she got into a heated discussion with Shampoo, Nodoka and Cologne which would ultimately conclude with Shampoo stomping off, before Kasumi was forced to declare Ukyo her new wife. The following day, back in Nerima, Kasumi would awaken finding Shampoo showing some displeasure in the situation by sleeping on her own side of the bed for a change. Hoping that she’d be in a better mood when she woke up Kasumi quietly got dressed and headed downstairs where she was greeted by Cologne. She had been waiting for Kasumi so that she could ask her where she learned the Ha Do Ken. Kasumi explained that during her training with Dhalsim she went into a cave near his village called the cave of ancients, a mystical place, said to reflect the darkness in one's heart.

As she was meditating in it she was able to watch Ryu perform the Ha Do Ken due to the residual ki he had left in the cave when he had trained there. She found the technique troubling especially after Kasumi told her of her fight with Herb having thought that he had been the one to destroy the mountain. Telling Kasumi told to get on with her morning exercises Cologne was left alone to think.

Later, Kasumi and Shampoo would be at Pierre's business shopping for more clothing. He designed her a gi made of pure spider silk, a gift from another customer that he had been looking for the perfect application for. Realizing how expensive such an item was Kasumi was about to refuse but Pierre wouldn’t hear of it. it was a gift so naturally he was giving it to her. Though the fabric might be free, she would still have to pay for the labor.

As Kasumi was examining herself in the mirror she unexpectedly felt a prick on her neck and after nearly being overwhelmed from a strange effect, fell unconscious. Kasumi would quickly recover, but the episode worried Shampoo. However, due to this, the pair would meet Ranko for the first time, Kasumi feeling some familiarity to her but not able to place it. Then would soon after return home.

Kasumi was awoken from a disturbing nightmare by the sound of the phone ringing. With everyone else seeming to be gone Kasumi went to answer however before she could she was attacked by an enraged Frost. Frost refused to explain exactly why she was so angry, going so far as to cast a spell preventing Kasumi from talking when she tried to ask. Realizing she had no other choice Kasumi attempted to subdue Frost. The resulting battle destroyed the San Cheng Huang, and nearly took Kasumi's life but Ranko managed to intervene and when told that Shampoo had approached Frost, accusing Kasumi of raping her convinced Frost to confirm Shampoo's story.

With that Ranko went to check on Kasumi making sure to negate Frost’s voiceless spell, so that she could ask her if there was any truth to what Frost said. Kasumi immediately claim her innocent and Ranko helped her walk towards Tofu’s clinic. Frost led them to the room she had left the crying Shampoo only to find it empty. Frost ran off to ask Mousse what happened leaving Ranko and Kasumi alone. Ranko assured Kasumi that Shampoo was fine, never having really believed Frost.

Now that she was calmed down Kasumi started to notice how familiar Ranko looked, and asked if they had met before given that she seemed to know so much about her. a nervous Ranko told her that they’d explain later as Tofu came into the room. Tofu confirmed Ranko’s suspicions that Shampoo was never there. On Kasumi’s behalf Ranko went back to the restaurant to see if Shampoo was okay. As Kasumi lay resting in the examination room a worried Shampoo burst in demanding to know what was going on. Ranko left the two alone so that Kasumi could explain promising that they’d talk later. Shampoo would confirm that she didn’t accuse Kasumi of raping her.

With the restaurant effectively destroyed, its Kasumi, Shampoo and Cologne were forced to stay at the Tendos for a time, while Makoto stayed at the dorms. Sadly while they had insurance Kasumi wasn’t sure they would cover it given what happened. When the fathers gathered everyone together to inform them that they had come to a decision Ranma immediately realized that they now wanted him to marry Ukyo as well, causing him to storm out. Kasumi managed to find him a half hour later, Ranma complimented her on her spider silk gi which was the only thing that survived the fire. As they walked the two discussed their relationship Ranma asked what Kasumi wanted. She answered that all she wanted was for her and Shampoo to be happy. She became stumped when asked if that was possible with given the mess they were in.

The two were interrupted by Hinako informing Kasumi about Sakura fighting with Karin Kanzuki. However by the time Kasumi arrive at the lot where the two were fighting, she discovered them being kidnapped and immediately stepped in to rescue them. Kasumi polished off the kidnappers with little effort. After making sure that Sakura and Karin were okay she was about to go after them but was stopped by Karin who was sure that they’d be in more trouble with who hired them then the law. Thanking Kasumi Karin went on her way. As for Sakura her relationship with Ukyo made her sympathetic to her rivalry she just advised her to fight after school.

Later that day, Tatewaki would offer for them to stay at his home, to which they accepted as the Tendos was too full with Herb and Cologne also staying there. Shortly after, Kasumi would part ways with Shampoo to speak with Ranko alone. Ranko explained how she was a counterpart of Ranma from a dimension where the trade between her and her Ranma had never happened, who had migrated to this universe when her’s had been destroyed. Kasumi initially thought that she had been born a girl, causing Ranko to explain how she can negate magic, thus trapping her in her curse form.

After Kasumi promised to not tell anyone but Kasumi the two made small talk about the differences between their perspective dimensions. Kasumi encouraged Ranko to continue on with her life even offering to set her up at the dorm so she’d no longer have to camp out. Ranko agreed and as thanks offered to give Kasumi advice on things that might end up happening.

Kasumi was confronted by Mr. Sato who had heard about the fire, however he wasn’t there to low ball her on the property. Karin had hired him to rebuilt San Cheng Huang as thanks for her rescue. For weeks Kasumi had been trying to relocate her center. Cologne who had been planning on leaving soon suggested she give her few lessons, though that was more to build up her fundamentals. This led to a conversation on Kasumi’s suitors. Kasumi’s main concern was Shampoo who was completely uninterested in all of them. When Cologne asked her about Ukyo she replied that even if it meant living as a man she wouldn’t let anyone force the issue using her.

At the water way, Shampoo would fawn over Kasumi until Cologne arrived and asked her to attack her as means of a demonstration. Shampoo obliged and Cologne demonstrated the particulate control technique, using sand under her control to block Shampoo's attacks, eventually disarming her ending the demonstration. On seeing Kasumi attempt the technique herself, Shampoo got excited as Kasumi appeared to be doing well, but ultimately Kasumi's control was insufficient. Cologne would leave Kasumi to practice while instructing Shampoo to continue practicing the hover technique.

Kasumi was just starting to find her center when they were interrupted by the arrival of Ranko who had come to warn them about Copycat Ken. Shampoo would quickly conclude he must have been the one to trick Frost, but Kasumi cautioned against this. Realizing Ukyo would be a target, they split up to find and warn her. Kasumi’s first stop was the dorm rooms where she discovered that Ukyo had already had a run in with Copycat Ken. If it wasn’t for Sakura being there to back her up she wouldn’t have believed Kasumi about what happened.  Kasumi tried to get her to realize how serious the situation was, but Ukyo dismissed her as she had already defeated Ken, and didn’t believe he could copy her techniques. However there was also Shampoo to think about, but as they argued Kasumi noticed that Ukyo was shaking.

It turns out that overuse of the Burning Soul was having a detrimental effect on Ukyo’s energy circulator system. This caused Ranma and Kasumi to work together to get Ukyo to lay low at her family shrine. Ranma assured her that he would bring her everything she needed. Kasumi and Ranko began sparring together not long after Ranko enrolled into Furinkan High School. Still seeing both her and Ukyo as little different then their counterparts Ranko initially didn’t expect much only to quickly learn the fault in her reasoning. Fortunately, their next match proved not as unbalanced as Ranko had not taken Kasumi for granted that time. Since that day, they had steadily begun testing the limits of each others abilities, before ultimately ending up in a stalemate.

It reached the point where they began exchanging techniques as while they were both trained by Genma, Kasumi was born female and older so was trained differently. They then began discussing the difference between their two universes, however when she got to Ken Ranko found that there were suddenly gaps in her memory. She figured that Derek didn’t want her having to much knowledge of the future. Kasumi felt that this was for the best as this was something she needed to do for herself. From there they moved on to more intimate issues, while Ranko really had no experience in the matter she was a sympathetic ear for Kasumi to voice her concerns to. She also encouraged Ranko to make a move on Akane.

Shampoo would join them and Kasumi would demonstrate how far she had gotten with her particle control technique by creating a sand replica of her. At that time, Ranma appeared, although Kasumi found it odd he was not with Kuno. However, when he stole a kiss from Kasumi, everyone quickly realized this was in fact Ken in Ranma's guise.

Shampoo would quickly accuse him of deceiving Frost, but he denied it, and instead he would challenge Kasumi to a fight, which she accepted. Despite Ken's ability to copy both various people's techniques, including Kasumi and Ukyo, Kasumi proved too much for the boy, having too great a mastery of her own techniques for him to match, and exploiting the water to prevent him from engaging her properly when in Ukyo's form. This allowed her to discover the weakness of his technique.

As she fired spheres of water at him, Kasumi began to sense the wrongness she felt at Pierre's. However, unexpectly, Ken would become enraged and in his frustration attack Shampoo in an attempt to force Kasumi to engage him directly, twisting Shampoo's wrist in the process. Kasumi too would become enraged unnaturally by this and, utilizing the dark ha do, attacked Ken brutally to the point those gathered had to physically intervene to stop her.

On getting her off, Kasumi would collapse unconscious as she had done at Pierre's. The others were about to take both to the clinic when they were attacked by invisible foes. They would reveal themselves, being oddly dark skinned figures who's skin coloring did not match their apparent ancestry. One would attempt to take Shampoo, while the other successfully grabbed Kasumi and escaped. Kasumi woke up in Hotel La Bac and after being greeted by the Doctor she was locked in her room.

For three days straight Kasumi had attempt to escape Hotel La Bac. However the entire building was set up with trap after trap, deception after deception. It was a nearly unending series of near death moments, dispersed between moments of bizarreness, even madness. One of the last floors she had been on was little more than holograms, forcing her to double check everything she saw around her, for anything could disguise the next danger.

In addition to being at the edge of her physical, and mental endurance. The doctor rarely afforded her time to think, and gave her even less rest. By the third day Kasumi wasn't overly sure she was truly awake and much of the time she was acting on simple survival instinct. However, she still didn’t break even when the doctor showed her a video of Saki and Kitsune just outside of the building, but not going in. When he finally asked why she was fighting so hard against the inevitable she replied that after being raised by Genma this was more annoying then frustrating.

She then told him of the time she learned that she had a knack for the Anything Goes System. Her response when he asked what the point of her story was she went to sleep, having realizing that they had no plans on physically hurting her. So there was no point in keep trying to force her way out. After three days of near zero sleep, even the hard uninviting floor of the hotel was good enough of a mattress for her, not that she was unused to sleeping on hard floors during her training. Kasumi's sleep was not pleasant though. It was fitful and sporadic. Dreams haunted her. Old memories: her cursing at Jusenkyo, her first meeting Shampoo, nekoken training, and even memories of Haruka. She was awakened when the dream turned to memories of her mother back in the hospital.

The Doctor revealed to her that Shampoo was also now at the hotel in a separate location. He would ask Kasumi to reveal to him the Dark Ha Do, as while they may not be able to hurt Kasumi seriously the same could not be said for her wife. For the first time in her life, Kasumi suddenly felt very frustrated that she wasn't more easily angered.

With the knowledge that he couldn’t hurt her Kasumi made her way to Shampoo’s room as fast as she could. Her fear for Shampoo’s safety caused her to once again remember how she felt at the time of her mother’s death. She quickly squashed that line of thinking knowing that old memories weren’t going to help her current situation. Luckily Shampoo managed to survive until Kasumi nearly reached her. However, this appeared to be the doctor's intent all along as he separated the two, trapping Shampoo within a room slowly filling with poison gas while all Kasumi could do was watch helpless from the other side of a glass wall. Shampoo seemingly succumb to the poison prompting Kasumi to finally submit to the Dark Ha Do.

With the enormous power surging through her, Kasumi suddenly felt reinvigorated. She looked back at the glass wall and with a single blow it buckled and shattered inwards. Though Shampoo was free Kasumi just looked at her with in difference. It was here that Rose introduced herself and revealed that she not the Doctor was the progenitor of everything that had happened. With this Kasumi vowed to kill Rose and attacked. Rose however merely smiled in anticipation.

Kasumi suddenly found herself in front of her mother’s tombstone with no idea how she got there. She realized that she back at her mothers funeral upon seeing that her body had reverted back to 10 years old. Left with a vague feeling that something was wrong Kasumi lost herself in her memories of the past. From her mother’s funeral, her registration of her mother’s death, the start of the training starting the training trip, Cat-fist training, near starvation, and many a close encounter with a displeased opponent or two. All up until the time she trained with Dhalsim and went to the Cave of Ancients.

It was here that Kasumi finally realized that everything she was seeing was nothing but an illusion. Which was confirmed when she found herself back in the hospital watching over her sick mother. Despite knowing that she was just a reflection in her mind the two talked, or more accurately Kasumi tried to properly remember what she and her mother talked about the first time having avoided it for so long. History repeated itself just like her talk with her mother allowed Kasumi find her center as she realized she had knowledge that she should have, such as Ranma and Shampoo, Kimiko helped Kasumi realize that while she knew this was an illusion, it still wasn’t the one she thought it was.

With that she remembered Hotel La Bac and her fight with Rose. Unfortunately despite figuring out her situation, Kasumi didn’t know how to escape. No matter which route she took in this mental mindscape, her path would eventually be blocked by darkness. Every time she tried to push through it, the feel of it was so utterly revolting and consuming that she’d have to retreat. Only after the sudden outburst of energy in the building, caused by Usagi shattering her crystal to escape the nanobots control, did the darkness give way giving Kasumi a path to freedom.

Kasumi found herself in an unfamiliar setting, which she soon realized was Rose’s memories. Though as she watched Rose’s defeat by Bison the scenery faded away until only Rose herself was left. While angry that Kasumi was able to escape the mental illusion she wasn’t worried as she still had the advantage in a battle of the mind. However she had already given Kasumi the key to her defeat. With that Kasumi looked the confused Rose in the eye and asked her to leave.

Rose was furious to find herself back in her own body, going so far as to threaten the still prone Shampoo’s life. Kasumi forced herself to her feet causing to Rose to taunt her in to using the Dark Ha Do again knowing she couldn’t possible have enough strength to continue fighting. Kasumi seemed to be fully recovered and faced off with Rose, allowing the others to escape.

Kasumi proved to be a very persistent opponent. Causing Rose to become increasingly annoyed as she matched her move for move, dodging her every attempt at attack, and thwarting her every attempt to outmaneuver her. With two minutes left until self destruct Rose tried a different approach and transported them both to the sub-dimensional plain. It was the perfect battlefield. As a path by which the world's energy passes the two were closer to that energy than anywhere else. So not only would there not be any interruption, their powers would be at their fullest here.

Energizing her aura Rose formed a new Psycho blast and fired it at Kasumi, who used Soul Reflect to deflect it back at her. Rose was so shocked at this that she barely managed to avoid it. It seemed that brief period after Kasumi escaped her mental prison some of Rose’s memories merged with her. There was for Kasumi to learn most of her Soul techniques. While she knows Psycho Power as well its vile nature made it incompatible with her. Unfortunately this wasn’t enough to gain the upper hand as Rose could still just over power it, and Kasumi was left in the same predicament, her exhaustion was once again beginning to take hold.

Luckily that was not the only thing that Kasumi had learned. The first was that the Dark Ha Do wasn’t the natural progression of the Ha Do, it was just the one that was easier to embrace. For there to be darkness, there must be light as well. Rose could only watch in shock as Kasumi used her centering to gather energies more in tune with herself. The second thing that Kasumi had learned was that Rose was not actually Bison. Rose attacked Kasumi in a blind rage as she explained this, but it did little to stop her. Bison’s soul didn’t return to Rose’s body after ne was killed by Akuma, but having been in her body for months, he made her the very thing she had been trying to stop. Rose wasn’t Bison, she had merely been corrupted by his dark influence and had deluded herself as a way to cope with it.

Attempting to prove her wrong Rose unleashed her Psycho Crusher and did have and affect. The impact was tremendous, and Kasumi was sent flying, the psycho energy coursing over her, attempting to overwhelm her senses. But with a force of will, Kasumi rebalanced her energies and purged herself of it before once more turning to Rose who was once more confident.

Rose began taunting Kasumi that even with her new power the only way she will win is by killing her. Kasumi however was fully aware that Rose was so overwhelmed by what she has been forced to do and the Psycho power that now possesses her that she would be happy for Kasumi to kill her. It would give her an escape. Weathering the enraged Rose’s attack ignoring the pain it caused Kasumi gathered her energies, and at the right moment unleashed the Heaven's Ascension. The light counterpart to the Satsui no Hado. Rose could only look on in shock as all the energies of the Light Ha Do poured into her.

When it was all over Kasumi was left completely spent. Though she was aware of the building crumbling down around her, she was too tired to do anything about it. Kasumi’s last thought before passing out was to hope she’d meet Shampoo again in the afterlife. If it wasn’t for Sorora leading Sailor Uranus, because she was fascinated by her mercy she and Rose would have died.

Kasumi awoke being hugged by her father and was informed by Dr. Tofu that Shampoo was alive and apparently stable. Smiling through the tears she noticed Chun Li and Saki standing together over Rose, and after confirming she was alive as well asked the two to let her go, much to their surprise. She explained that Bison’s spirit had died, and the psycho power had been completely purged. A reluctant Chun Li, Kasumi revealed that she still had control over them from when Rose possessed her, only realize she had no idea what to do with them. Herb suggested that she free them from the nanobots control. With that exhaustion came back over her and she went back to sleep.

After being taken to the hospital and given a full bill of health, it was determined that Kasumi was suffering from healing sickness as a result of the excessive use of the Ha Do. Luckily it was only temporary, but it would still take at least a week before she was fully recovered. When Kasumi did finally awake, she was nearly helpless, her strength completely gone due to the after effects of the Light Ha Do she used the previous night to combat Rose. She was more worried about Shampoo’s condition and Shampoo who had been watching over her assured her she was fine. However, when Kasumi apologized for getting Shampoo involved, Shampoo suddenly grew distant. Shampoo quickly excused herself to Kasumi's puzzlement.

As Kasumi stared up at the ceiling trying to figure out what she said to make Shampoo so upset. She was interrupted by the arrival of Haruka. Haruka had come to talk to Kasumi about her finding out that she was Sailor Uranus, however just like Makoto, she merely mistook her for an otaku cosplayer. After recovering from her face fault Haruka just went with it. Haruka began to beg Kasumi for forgiveness, but she quickly put a stop to her groveling. Now that she knew the real reason why Haruka did what she did, while she wasn’t so furious that didn’t means she didn’t consider Haruka a coward for not telling her.

Haruka admitted that the only reason she did it was fear of rejection and after nearly a minute of silence between them, Kasumi asked Haruka if she loved Michiru. Caught off guard by the sudden switch of topic, Haruka hesitated, but quickly affirming that she was.  Remembering how Genma once told her that 'we are all entitled to one monumentally stupid mistake in our lives' Kasumi decided to look beyond that incident. Concluding that all that could be said had been said Haruka turned to leave. She made it as far as the door when Kasumi finally spoke and thanked her for saving her life.

Kasumi was finally allowed to leave two days later and even then she wasar from one hundred percent, and nearly collapsed several times. When she woke up to see Shampoo gone she went out to find her attempting to improve her handling of the Dragon Fang Fist. However, despite her efforts she was making no progress. Kasumi would suggest an alternate approach. She analyzed that Shampoo was having a fundamental issue with her chi control and suggested a different training technique to help hone such. She placed some of her own ki in Shampoo's hand, instructing Shampoo to keep that ki there as long as she could, further explaining that properly ki control needs generation, isolation and redirection, and this taught isolation, and could later be adapted to teach redirection as well.

After this Kasumi would invite Shampoo along to something she had been putting off to which Shampoo agreed. After breakfast they would set out to a graveyard where Kasumi would guide them to her mother's grave to pay her respects. Kasumi would introduce Shampoo as her wife, pleasing Shampoo, although also puzzling her some. Afterward, they would discuss their particular understanding of the significance of talking to the headstone. As they were departing, however, Shampoo sensed something, and saw a wisp of a figure. Thinking it another invisible attacker, she attacked, but hit nothing, much to Kasumi puzzlement as she saw nothing. Shampoo would dismiss the matter as being her nerves, but could not seem to banish the sensation.

When they returned home to the rebuilt San Cheng Huang. Kasumi and Shampoo could just marvel at the change in the building. While the basic structure had been completed, the interior was still having some work done for appliances. Makoto, who had already arrived, showed them around, eventually taking them to the third floor where Karin was waiting for them. Karin thanked them for intervening in regards to Shadowloo and said the furniture was her extra gift for such as the group had been a thorn in her company's side for some time. As Kasumi led her to the door Karin asked if they could spar when she recovers, which Kasumi happily obliged.

After Karin departed, Shampoo would note how large it was and wondered if they had enough to run it, and Cologne conceded they would have to hire additional staff. After settling that the place was good to move back into, Kasumi would suggest getting Sasuke to bring over their luggage, and that later she and Shampoo could go to a movie which Shampoo happily agreed to.

When Sasuke showed Kasumi where to put the luggage and as they were carrying it in she caught sight of Kuno leaving. Thinking that he had come to see her she asked Shampoo what it was about only to be told  that she had agreed to a date, unknowingly done while under the influence of Lemon’s magic. Kasumi would remind her they planned to go to the movies, causing the confused Shampoo to become defensive say that they could go to the movies another time, to which Kasumi agreed, but was clearly disappointed by. Kasumi would weakly offer that they should have a good time.

Kasumi ended up following the two and spying on them as they went to the dance hall. As she watched them dancing from the shadows she almost crushed the wall she was holding due to her jealousy at how intimate it looked. This is where she was found by Cologne. Though she initially tried to deny the obvious she quickly realized how pointless that was. Cologne was surprised that Kasumi would give into feelings of jealousy so easily, to the point of wondering if she was completely free of the after effects of this dark and light ha do.

Kasumi tried to explain her self, but could only hang her head in shame. She had always assumed that with a husband in the mix that she would step out of the relationship. Now that she’s decided to embrace the relationship, she didn’t know how to handle this new feeling.  Amused at Kasumi showing such a human emotion Cologne assured her that she had nothing to worry about.

Kasumi was lying on her bed contemplating everything Cologne had said when Shampoo returned. The two remained in silence with Kasumi trying to figure out what that meant. Shampoo would be the first to break the silence demanding to know why Kasumi was so upset with her. Kasumi would admit she was feeling jealous. She would attempt to apologize, but Shampoo quickly rebuffed this, Shampoo explaining she didn't want to hear that from Kasumi anymore, but couldn't really explain why. Kasumi would change topics to the date, but Shampoo said it was a mess. Kasumi would then ask her to talk it out and finally Shampoo would admit she felt like she should be sorry instead, which Kasumi thought meant about the movie, but Shampoo did not elaborate so Kasumi dropped the matter.

When Mikado came to the San Cheng Haung looking for Kasumi. Since he was still, only familiar with Kasumi's male side, she chose to meet him as such with Shampoo, Makoto and Ranma were likewise present. Mikado would unexpectedly ask for Kasumi aid with Rippa Buyou, revealing he had supposedly kept to a promise he made to Kasumi to stop his womanizing way, but after losing to Rippa in an ice dance battle, now was honorably required to date the boy. Fearing that his reputation would be lost dating another man, he wished for Kasumi to challenge Rippa and have him drop the date. Kasumi, however, still recovering, had no choice but to refuse, but Shampoo would unexpectedly vow to do so in Kasumi's place, and quickly head off to deliver the challenge.

Kasumi would pursue her and ask her to explain, and after initially being evasive Shampoo explained she believed herself to be a burden to Kasumi and wished to challenge herself to help herself improve. Kasumi would reluctantly accept this and let her continue on. Shampoo called Kasumi to tell her that the only way she could get Rippa to accept her challenge was if she fought in a duel match with Ranma so  she would be staying at the Tendo Dojo to train for a week to train.

Kasumi was unpacking a case of herbal shampoo (the last had been lost when the building was destroyed) when Ranko showed up having heard via the grapevine about Mikado's visit and came to check up on her. Noticing Ranko's suddenly swing in mood when she told her what happened and how Shampoo and Ranma accepted the challenge in her stead, she asked her about it. Ranko reluctantly told her about an earlier conversation she had with Ranma. She was horrified upon being told that they agreed to join Rippa's school if they lost. While she didn’t like it Kasumi resigned herself to the fact that this was there decision to make.

Kasumi decided to keep her distance not wanting to interfere with Shampoo’s training. On the day of the challenge, Kasumi would come to the Dojo and present Shampoo and Ranma with matching costumes for the contest fashioned by Pierre. Shampoo would dispute her reasoning as unnecessary, but accepted regardless.

Everyone would head to the dance hall where after Ranma and Shampoo left to get ready Kasumi asked Herb and Ranko about their chances. While they had little measure of Rippa and Kitsui they were confident in Ranma and Shampoo’s ability. She also finally met Kogane.

When Ukyo finally showed up Kasumi noticed how upset she was, but was more focused on Shampoo who was choosing the judge who would represent her team. Kasumi watched as the battle became more and more intense while Cologne and Herb provided commentary of what was going on. When Kitsui started using her ultimate defense Cologne quickly stopped Kasumi from doing anything telling her that Shampoo had to solve the problem on her own.

The match ended in a tie though to everyone’s surprise Shampoo caused Rippa to lose his last point by lifting him into the air using telekinesis. Ranma and Rippa declared they would continue the match outside, but Akane quickly stopped them, proving neither was in any shape to continue. They would call off the battle for another day, and Kitsui likewise declared she was done.

Shortly after, Shampoo would try to repeat her telekinesis feat unsuccessfully, to which Kitsui would suggest that it was a matter of feeling, and Cologne would concur saying it was a matter of desire. Ranma would return to them, recovered thanks to a empowered dumpling provided by Ukyo. Kitsui and Shampoo would exchange praise before Kitsui asked about Shampoo's relationship with Kasumi and on finding out she was her wife would become upset. Rippa would note that Kitsui preferred 'newbies' and being married implied Shampoo was not. This made Kasumi nervous.

That night, back in their shared bedroom at the rebuilt San Cheng Huang, Shampoo would note her disappointment as ultimately she could not land a single blow on Kitsui. Kasumi would remind her it was a team battle and she did very well considering the short time she had to adapt. Still, Shampoo continued her disappointment. While in the bathroom, Kasumi would note to herself that the one month reprieve had passed, and that she had been expecting a more interesting night. However, with Shampoo distracted she could get more time. However, Kasumi found herself conflicted, contemplating the cold water knob.

Some days later Shampoo headed off with Ranko to train with Kitsui, while Kasumi went to the dojo to spar with Genma. Ranma was amused as seeing appearance hardened slightly when he asked how Shampoo’s training was going, embarrassing her by how obvious her jealousy was. She wondered if Cologne was right about lasting side effects but Ranma assured her that it was natural. On Rippa’s advice he had come there to ask her out on a date, he also Shampoo and Ukyo to come as well so that they could hash things out. Kasumi agreed that it was a good idea much to his surprise.

Later Nodoka advised Kasumi that she should tell her father about how much her and Shampoo’s relationship had advanced. While Kasumi thought about trying to hide it she immediately knew any such deception would be painfully transparent with her attempting it. Luckily Ranma had overheard the conversation and convinced his father to take the bullet.

Picking up Ranko and Shampoo from the dance hall, they returned to the restaurant only to find it crowded with many Amazons. Siren soon approached them explaining that it was a gathering and Cologne was currently meeting with the other elders. The Amazons so gathered were in fact Amazons sent to observe Kasumi but this had now been deemed unnecessary, so they were to be recalled. She also informed them that Frost was now in the final process of fixing the Kaisuifu. She also asked Kasumi if it was okay for the magi who would be gathering to observe such use the restaurant as a hub to which she agreed.

The enchantment placed on Shampoo had been discovered after an incident at the school. It had been temporarily dealt with by Ranko, but after examining it Siren decided not to remove it as it was cast by a natural magic user and without knowing the culprit removing such would be pointless as it could just be reapplied again. Since she didn't recognize the pattern they had no real clues to go on, but Siren assured her that since so many magi would be appearing, one would undoubtedly know the pattern and give them an idea as to the culprit. After telling her this, Shampoo noticed the approach of two new spirits and Siren said Shampoo parents had come to Nerima as well.

Shampoo introduced her parents, Comb and Brush, to Kasumi and almost immediately Comb became very critical of Kasumi to Shampoo's annoyance. When she started asking Kasumi how many times the two had sex, Shampoo quickly pulled her mother aside and got into a private argument leaving Kasumi to speak with Brush. Luckily Brush was far less confrontational. Kasumi apologized for what happened but Brush having gone through the same thing understood and was just happy that the situation was now resolved. By this point the argument between Shampoo and her mother came to an end. After they rejoined, the parents were taken on a tour, but this mother and daughter continued to butt heads repeatedly. Brush and Kasumi could do little more than try to stay out of the matter.

Kasumi was given a chance to escape the chaos when Siren pulled her aside to introduce her to the Grand Magus Jasmine, as well as her apprentices Devlin and Grenda. Jasmine wanted to make sure that Kasumi was okay with everything, but she wasn’t worried since Siren assured her everything would be civil. She still cast a charm on the building to be safe. With that out of the way Jasmine asked Ranko to leave as her anti magical properties made the others nervous. Kasumi called Ranko in, and was surprised by shocked she became at seeing Grenda and Devlin. Ranko came to her senses when Kasumi relayed what Jasmine said and went back to the dorms.

Kasumi showed Jasmine to a private room where she could set up shop. Kasumi watched in awe as created a portal to a pocket dimension, which she gave her control over as well as the protective charm. It also gave her true sight which she became aware of when Devlin and Grenda returned allowing her to see their true forms for the first time. The two properly introduced themselves causing Grenda to jab Devlin in the shoulder after a bad joke. Kasumi got over her shock as the three were about to leave and asked Jasmine to look over Shampoo.

Jasmine quickly concluded it was kitsune in original. She would conclude the kitsune was young, likely not even one tail, and that tail was an enchantment one. Herb who had arrived with her father while she and Jasmine were upstairs realized it was Lemon and left, while Shampoo concluded the kitsune was likely responsible for tricking Frost, although Kasumi would advise caution against once again jumping to conclusions.

Kasumi felt that it was best not to delay talking to her father. She led him into a backroom, out of view of the others. Before she could say anything he revealed that he already knew though he didn’t explain how. He just wanted to know that she wasn’t being coerced, that it was something she truly wanted. When she affirmed the later he knew he just had to learn to live with it. Forcing a smile on his face, Soun asked her to continue with her tour.

Kasumi was interrupted from greeting the various mages by Kitsune, Saki, Sampai, and Gosunkugi trying to sneak in. Though only Kitsune was actually trying to sneak in. Saki was there to keep her out of trouble, Sampai came with Saki, and Gosunkugi was asked to take photos. Kasumi told them that they could have just asked as everyone was welcome. She just told Gosunkugi he couldn’t use a flash.

Shampoo having completed the tour returned to complain to Kasumi about her mother, noting her mother was currently talking with Kasumi's father. This made Kasumi nervous remembering her earlier conversation with her father. Ranma would arrive at this point and confirm Kasumi and Shampoo were available for a shared outing with Ukyo and him and they confirmed they were. After he departed, Shampoo asked Siren what was Cologne discussing with the other elders as it had been going on a long time by this point and Siren could not say. After being told about the nature of the enchantment, Siren would get to work removing it. Afterwards she would provide Shampoo a ward against further enchantment.

At this point Cologne would finally show up and would introduce her fellow elders, Cao Yun, Be Dea, Guan Li and So Pu. Kasumi was embarrassed to learn that So Pu was the one who married her, which she didn’t remember due to being drunk. So Pu would speak to Shampoo about her new abilities, but this was quickly interrupted as Herb returned with an incapacitated Lemon who had drained all her energy attempting to escape him and was now unconscious in her fox form.

Herb would explain Lemon was his fiancee and Jasmine would reappear to inspect the fox, quickly directing her to be taken elsewhere for treatment. With further explanation of the events around Lemon most everyone concluded she was indeed the culprit in tricking Frost, causing Kasumi to wonder why she was so angry with her. Cologne pointed out that as Herb's fiancée she saw Kasumi as an obstacle. Though she wondered she was using such indirect methods. Siren examined Kasumi and determined that she did indeed have an incomplete enchantment placed on her. She asked Kasumi if she was ever inexplicably overwhelmed with desire causing her to remember that time Lemon confronted her in the shower.

Guan Li saw all of this as unimportant given how dangerous Lemon was. Kasumi didn’t want to any conclusions causing the elder to call her out for trying to protect Lemon. She pointed out the irrevocable damage she could have caused. If Frost had succeeded in killing Kasumi Shampoo would have sought vengeance against Frost. The confusion over the whole thing could just as easily turned against Shampoo too. Kasumi didn’t really have an answer for this, so Cologne stepped in and reminded Guan Li that is didn’t happen.

The conversation then moved to Herb and what he planned on doing. Herb had no excuse for Lemon’s actions, but the fact she was a member of the Musk led to many more question. He realized that the fox clan has many mysteries about them, many consistent with a clan of kitsunes. Cologne realized that Garnet must be aware of this as he is to experienced to be fooled by their magic. Something Herb had not considered until now.

Jasmine would soon return saying the Lemon was in serious condition but stable and should recover, and confirmed that the Dragon Lord of the Musk did indeed know. Ignoring Guan Li’s question of how she knew Garnet Jasmine informed the group that Lemon was now under her protection. Shampoo would angry at Herb for not mentioning Lemon sooner, but Herb countered she was not officially his fiancee. Kasumi would suggest Ukyo would know more about her as Lemon had helped her train. Shampoo would ask Kasumi why she was defending Lemon, but Kasumi had no real answer, and Shampoo in annoyance headed off to check on her mother.

Herb apologized to Kasumi for Lemon’s actions assuring her that she won’t let it happen again. While he wouldn’t hurt her he agreed with Shampoo that her actions can’t just be brushed aside so easily. Again Kasumi had no real answer to this and Herb left to check in with Sissithississ. Leaving Kasumi to wonder why she was the only one on Lemon’s side. Her depressed look attracted the attention of Grenda who wanted to see if she was okay.

Kasumi asked her if she knew anything about kitsune, but she only had general knowledge. She suspected that a god was the one to curse them and when Kasumi asked why. She told her about the origins of the Gorgon species. Hearing how Medusa and her sisters were wronged by the gods gave Kasumi some insight on things. Thanking Grenda she offered her help in finding a cure for the gorgon curse. The species contentious relationship with humans made it unlikely anyone would take it, even if it was possible, but Grenda thanked Kasumi for the offer just the same.

Heading off to rejoin Shampoo she found her trying to control her mother who had begun to insinuate to Soun that he was having an affair with Nodoka. Noticing Kasumi Comb let the matter drop saying that it was time they consider finding a place to stay. Under Comb's gaze, Kasumi clued in and offered a room. With that Comb and Brush who offered a smile in apology headed downstairs. Shampoo would tell Soun not to mind her mother as she was crazy. After Soun dismissed the matter and praised the restaurant Kasumi and Shampoo would resume their discussion about Lemon, Shampoo saying she would give Lemon a chance.

The next day Kasumi checked up on Lemon, and was informed by Jasmine that she was placed under her protection due to how valuable kitsune were. After school, Shampoo Ukyo, Kasumi and Ranma to watch Frost world briefly in the field. Siren spoke to them, telling them she had put a barrier in place so people wouldn't interfere or notice. She also advised them not to mention the consequence of Frost completing the spell, namely being raised to the rank of Archmage. Siren also removed the magic from Ukyo allowing her to remember an encounter with Lemon the kitsune had told her to forget. They would then set out on their date.

On their way, Ukyo would explain what she knew of Lemon's situation, seeing Kasumi's determination to see the bright side in everybody; Ranma decided to give her a hand and asked why she was so determined to marry Herb. Ukyo explained that she ran the risk of being cursed to be a male and married off and that kitsune were cursed to never love other women. Kasumi would also mention that other may be hunting Lemon as well as kitsunes were considered valuable. After this they would decide to head to Pierre's to get some clothes for Ukyo.

During their travel, Shampoo would ponder the similarity between her own situation and Lemon's. Ukyo also said that she believed Lemon did not likely intend to hurt Shampoo or Frost, although the same could not be said of Kasumi. It was here that Ranma noticed they were going the wrong way. They were about to turn around when Shampoo noticed they were suddenly very alone in a park. After noticing this, four red haired women started approaching them from various directions, Kasumi noting this was likely a 'situation'.

Shampoo quickly advised the others that if they thought they should prevent their opponents from speaking any spells. Ukyo even suggested they may already be under a spell as they may have been lead to this location. Kasumi attempted to negotiate with the women, but there was little to negotiate as they simply demanded the group surrender and come along. Ukyo refused flatly and their opponents soon started a fight to subdue them.

Each member of the group was quickly isolated and engaged one on one, and was unable to gain any real advantage despite using some of their most advanced skills. Kasumi tried to negotiate with her opponent as she was forced back onto a bridge spanning a pond, only to be told that any hope of this ending peacefully was long gone. At the moment, Ranma would pursue his opponent into the water and was dragged under. He would soon reappear, only to be once more dragged under prompting Kasumi to go to his aid and be likewise dragged under unexpectedly.

The pair had found themselves in one of those crazy optical illusion paintings, this one complete with stairs, doors, ramps, and numerous other things. However, this was no optical illusion as the pair found out while wondering around trying to find their way out. Kasumi and Ranma found themselves standing perpendicular to each other, both standing inverted over the open room that seemed to mark the center of this place. In mutual agreement the two jumped towards the room which had a table and four chairs, with cups and plates, a covered platter and a jug within it.

After testing to see if the food was safe and with nothing else to do they sat down and waited for the others. They began talking about their relationship, Ranma informed Kasumi about how Shampoo said she would choice Herb, while Kasumi would choice him. Kasumi assured Ranma that Shampoo has been a lot more positive to him of late. The discussion of their various relationships were interrupted by the arrival of Eyebright.

After forcing the two to sit down, Eyebright explained to the confused Ranma and Kasumi that he was indeed male making him over two thousand years old. He advised the two that his children that they had been facing up till now were half-breed not even a tenth of his experience or power. He then began to interrogate the two after placing a truth spell on them. The first question was where was Lemon and what was her condition. Kasumi informed him that she had been drained of energy trying to escape Herb and Sissithississ. She then informed him about everything they had suspected Lemon of being up to.

Kasumi was quick to ask Eyebright if it was true that Lemon would be forced to be trapped as a male and take a wife. After confirming that she would he cut her off before she could call him out for this. Explaining that not only was he one of a handful of true male kitsunes left, their lifespan is significant making a relationship with a human inconvenient at best, not to mention the fact they were still different species, as well as endangered. Kasumi could only bow her head to this and he went back to interrogating. In the end Eyebright couldn’t deny Lemon was guilty, apologizing for his daughters actions blaming it on the paranoia inflicted on her by her mother he was about to talk to negotiate her release.

Unfortunately before he left him curiously asked about the magic Frost was weaving. Kasumi remembering that he was Musk forced herself to stay quite causing him to become suspicious. Seeing that compulsion to speak was becoming painful Ranma answered that she was repairing the Kaisuifu. Confused he asked why they would be so worried about him learning this. This time Ranma stayed quite upon seeing Kasumi shake her head no. Fortunately and unfortunately Ranma wasn’t aware why the Musk clan learning about Herb being trapped was so dangerous for him. So while he honestly didn’t know what Kasumi was trying to hide, Eyebright was easily able to figure out what was going on by asking the right questions.

This changed everything so after finding out where Herb might be the amused Eyebright left. Ranma and Kasumi became able to move once he was gone, and she explained to the confused Ranma what was going on. Ranma assured the frustrated Kasumi that they would get out of there.

A very confused Kasumi and Ranma were let of at the restaurant by Peach. Ukyo unexpectedly outdid Shampoo in enthusiasm for their return, rushing to Ranma's side, sending Shampoo into a spin, but Kasumi did quickly join her. Peach then asked to see Lemon who Devlin escorted her to. With the kitsune gone, Kasumi warned them that this was no longer about Lemon, and that Eyebright, Lemon's father, had forced them to reveal Herb's curse and that he was now the target. Cologne explained to the others that being trapped in female form, Musk law did allow Herb to be forced into a marriage which would give the husband Herb's position as heir to the throne.

Peach returned and unexpectedly confirmed for everyone that it was indeed Lemon who had tricked Frost. Peach further apologized, disavowed any participation in Lemon's actions, and gave the life of Lemon to Kasumi as way of compensation. This confused Kasumi, thinking she meant for Kasumi to kill Lemon, but she clarified that Lemon's fate was for Kasumi to decide now, and Cologne further clarified that effectively Lemon was now Kasumi's slave. Peach confirmed this resolved the conflict between them and the Amazons and Cologne was forced to confirm it was. Then as earlier warned the topic turned to Herb and Peach requested they had over the princess. Naturally this was refused by Herb herself who finally appeared. Peach put on a false sense of disappointment and said they would be taking Herb, and departed to rejoin the other kitsunes.

Devlin quickly started making directions, confirming Jasmine was engaged with Eyebright at that moment, and the barrier would not hold indefinitely so they had only about an hour. As he went off to seek reinforcements for the coming battle, the others discussed what to do. The Amazon elders had little choice but to remain out of it. Herb also confirmed his father, while he could intervene, likely wouldn't, and would instead find it amusing. Kasumi vowed to help Herb, and Ranma, Shampoo and Ukyo all did likewise. Ranma would also suggest Ranko was an ace in the hole, to which Shampoo agreed as kitsunes are magical.

Later, Kasumi discussed an option with Shampoo which did not please her but she consented to. She changed into her cursed form figuring it would be for the best since it was stronger. Rippa who was called by Ranma for help seeing form for the first time, was greatly impressed much to Ranma’s embarrassment. This gave him a chance to tease his friend for still being so uncomfortable. Changing the subject Ranma asked what she was talking with Shampoo about. She told him that it was another potential option, understanding the implications Ranma told her that it wouldn’t come to that before she could continue.

Shampoo, Kasumi, Ukyo, Ranma, Rippa, and Herb convened in the pocket dimension to do the last bit of strategy. They would make a break for Siren's barrier by Frost, and with the repair of the kettle could restore Herb's male form preventing any forced marriage. Since Siren was an Amazon, the kitsune's could not attack Siren's barrier without provoking a response from the Amazons. Devlin gave each a magic potion to drink which would allow them some added protection from the kitsunes as well as allow them to at least hurt them in physical combat for the duration of the effect.

Teesha, another mage present who was helping, used her power to create numerous homunculi duplicates of each to act as distractions, and the group divided into pairs to accompany some of the duplicates to make the deception more convincing. Kasumi ended up being paired with Ranma with the two acting as a distraction. Three kitsunes overtook them and the homunculi they were with quite quickly. As the duplicates ran off Kasumi and Ranma engaged in a rear guard action hoping to keep them from discovering the truth for as long as possible.

While the fact that unlike their previous conflict, the kitsunes did not wish to escalate the conflict so were seriously pulling their punches. It wasn’t long before both Ranma and Kasumi had been incapacitated. After Kasumi helped unpin Ranma from the ground they decided that it would be best meet up with Ranko. Kasumi couldn’t help but feeling that something was wrong. They met up with Herb and Ukyo a few short blocks from Ranko's meeting spot. Greeting each other they were about to move on when Herb sensed a strong presence that appeared out of nowhere. Peach made her presence know shapeshifting from a tiny mosquito.

The foursome of Ukyo, Herb, Kasumi and Ranma stood in shock before perhaps their worst case scenario: face to face with Peach, in all likelihood, the most powerful kitsune in the bunch save only Eyebright himself. Kasumi told Herb to run while they hold her off, but much to her surprise Peach made no effort to stop him.  They realized why when after Herb disappeared around a corner behind them, he came running up the opposite direction. Ranma was the first to realize that they had been placed back into a looped space.

Peach taunted the group telling them that they only way out was knocking her unconscious. Ukyo was the first to attack angered at being underestimated, only for Peach to promptly shatter the moment her fist made contact. As Ukyo went into shock thinking she had killed someone. The shattered remains then rapidly grew into copies of Peach. With that Ranma, Kasumi, and Herb joined the fight as well.

It was quickly apparent that that they were completely outmatched and that Peach was merely playing with them. Breaking off from the conflict Kasumi tried to reassess what Peach’s game was. Seeing the dozens of Peach duplicates waiting for him to do something, Kasumi took advantage of this and called forth the Light Ha Do. In Peach’s arrogance she let Kasumi strike, who did so with such force that the she as well as all the other duplicates dematerialized instantly.

This gave the others a chance to regroup; Ukyo wondered when Kasumi had gotten so strong. This surprised Ranma who had told her what happened at Hotel La Bac, but apparently he hadn’t gone into full detail. By this point Peach had rematerialized, so Kasumi asked them to give her an opening. Even Ukyo and Herb working together to fill the air with their attack proved useless. However this spray of attacks and debris gave Kasumi the opportunity to attack only to realize that she was an illusion. The real Peach shapeshifted back to human form on a nearby rooftop.

Impressed that Kasumi was able to figure it out Peach was about to change her strategy only to be suddenly attacked Rippa. Peach had little opportunity to assess the new threat as Shampoo dropped on her from above with an energized fist. Peach was easily able to overpower her. They explained that she had used her spirit senses to find her way into the looped space area, and thus could sense the true path out.

Despite their best efforts, Peach proved impossible to get past, and in order to demoralize them even more she humiliated them by immobilizing them in the air and destroying their clothing. Shampoo, along with Herb remained defiant despite this. Kasumi by contrast remained unmoved by the act. His lack of response gave Peach pause, it turned out that was just a duplicate created using soul illusion. With the kitsune fooled Kasumi managed to unleash her heaven’s ascension. Sadly this to proved to be in effective.

As Peach asked if that was all she had, Kasumi use a flash of ki to blind her long enough for Ranko to make her final approach and grab her. The effect of contact with the kitsune was dramatic, quickly defeating her. Kasumi decided to take her with them as she appeared injured by the contact and they raced off the remaining distance to Siren's barrier. Along the way, they managed to cobble together some clothing. Just short of the barrier, Eyebright suddenly appeared and confronted them, becoming infuriated upon seeing the state of his wife.

Kasumi was left frozen from a wake of killing intent, preventing her from doing anything as he effortlessly defeated Ranko. However, before he could move on the rest, Jasmine appeared as well and blocked him. This gave the others the chance to enter the barrier. Kasumi moved to help Ranko, laying the incapacitated Peach down. Eyebright, frustrated with the situation, declared he was committed and that although he would not attack further, there was only two ways this would be allowed to end, Herb surrendering or dying. He explained that he could not let Herb return to the Musk alive given all that had happened, and sooner or later they would kill him before he could return. Kasumi, currently in male form, realizing the situation was otherwise intractable, confirmed with a look to Shampoo and then declared his intent to take Herb as his wife by Amazon law.

Eyebright was confused by this, no knowing the law, but So Pu arrived and explained it to him, that while Kasumi was in fact a woman, by Amazon law her legal gender was still undecided so Kasumi could exercise the male marriage right. With Herb a provisional Amazon until declared otherwise, the kitsunes could not attack him without provoking an Amazon response. Eyebright was angry with this, but So Pu quickly diverted his anger by making a proposal that caught Kasumi of guard. So Pu correctly analyzed that Eyebright was intending a coup against Herb's father, and offered Amazon assistance in such, declaring herself to be the soon to be Matriarch of the Amazons. This was even more a shock to the others, but Cologne confirmed it. Eyebright stood down and agreed to talk, calling off further hostilities for the day. Shampoo attempted to speak with Cologne, but she said they would have to discuss such later, directing them to stay within the barrier, and telling Siren to get them some clothes before departing to be part of the talk with Eyebright. Realizing that they had been used they went to see to Ranko.

An hour later Cologne returned and explained that they had come. First she explained that she had been voted out of the Matriarch position due, in part, to the situation with Kasumi and Shampoo. The council members believed Kasumi was trying to seize power in the village by exploiting the marriage law, despite evidence to the contrary. Since Cologne ended up taking a rather passive response to Kasumi, instead of continuing with her original aggressive one, she had lost support.

In regards to Herb, they had reached a provisional agreement. The Amazons would aid in the coup, and in exchange Kasumi would take the official title of Dragon Lord, although the true power would remain with Eyebright. This all angered Shampoo who felt she had been tricked, although Cologne said she had asked So Pu not to mention the situation. The final approval for the agreement remained with Kasumi and Herb, but with the alternative being Herb's likely death, there was little alternative.

Later, with hostilities at an end, Kasumi and Ranma visited Ranko who was suffering from healing sickness. Comb who was impressed with Kasumi’s technique asked her to show it to her. Ranko apologized for how complicated things had gotten for Kasumi getting some rest. Ranma himself proved to be very supportive. Even if he couldn’t offer any advice on what to do, he let her know they they’ve be there for her.

The conversation was interrupted when Ranma caught sight of approaching them. Freaking them both out since he was still technically in danger, but Herb refused to be intimidated. Herb tried to convince Kasumi to call things off as it wasn’t the way he wanted things to turn out. Yet he couldn’t argue with the fact that there was no other viable alternative. With no further argument on the matter, Kasumi headed down the hall to the waiting room where Shampoo was.

However, So Pu arrived at that moment too, in spirit form, and Shampoo demanded to know why So Pu did it. So Pu noted that Shampoo seemed to have little interest in the Matriarchy, but when this was insufficient for Shampoo, So Pu suddenly swung a spirit blade at her, prompting Shampoo to retreat. Kasumi watched the seeming attack in puzzlement, her own hostility sense untrigger so thus unsure what to make of it. So Pu did not press on, simply introducing the weapon then asking what Shampoo's initial thoughts were, but answered for her, saying Shampoo's thoughts were likely of a passive form, rather than aggressive, and saying that is why. She also said this was likely due to Kasumi's influence, not only on her but Cologne as well.

Shampoo tried to deny it by pointing out she could not defeat So Pu, but So Pu countered it was about initial thought, not ultimate reasoning, reinforcing that Shampoo now likely filtered all her actions through how she believed Kasumi would react and it was having a fundamental affect on her thinking. So Pu would add, though, that she wasn't against this in general, but that it was a trait that was inappropriate for their leader. Kasumi added that her being the leader of the Musk would expose them to the same thing, and So Pu said this was a side benefit. She would then leave Kasumi with one last consideration, that as leader of the Musk, even only as a figurehead, she would be far better placed to make a big difference in the world, then departed. Shampoo was frustrated, which Kasumi sympathized with, and Shampoo suggested just running away, but ultimately Kasumi concluded it just wasn't that easy. Herb would join them at that moment and they would head off together.

They reconvened at Siren's barrier to witness Frost's enchantment. Kasumi agreed with her that it was almost like watching a dance. The next morning she was confronted by Comb who again asked her to demonstrate her healing technique, by slicing her forearm. As Comb went off to experiment Kasumi notice Cologne was waiting at the corner patiently. Comb mumbled something as she walked by, and Cologne informed her that while she hadn’t yet gained her approval she will tolerate her. She told her not to let it get her down as Comb was just stubborn.

Cologne gave Kasumi a small marked stone she said was to be used as if things go particularly wrong. She didn’t go into details not wanting it to be overhear, but just said that Frost would know more about it. when Kasumi mentioned how unusual it was for Shampoo to still be sleeping Cologne explained that she was likely suffering from spiritual exhaustion due to all that happened.

As Cologne was talking to her about her current situation Kasumi mentioned what So Pu had said earlier and was afraid that she was right about her negative influence on Shampoo. Cologne admonished Kasumi for her arrogance in thinking she controlled Shampoo's thoughts. Cologne pointed out Kasumi had only offered her an option and that So Pu's conclusions shouldn't be so easily accepted in that while taking the harsh approach may be easier, to train oneself you must often take the hard path. At this point Shampoo who Cologne knew had been listening in decided to join them.

Cologne noted that Shampoo was likely to find herself with some new power as her dormant genes had been awakened. Shampoo said she felt no different, but Cologne she probably would notice and simply to be on the lookout for something and not let it get to her, making her over confident. Cologne asked what their decision was and both said they had agreed to the arrangement, reluctantly. With that, they decided to head off to meet with the others.

At the meeting, Herb would unexpectedly make several demands to get his agreement. First he demanded that Shampoo and the others in the marriage have full honors restored. Second that Kasumi could marry a male of her choosing and was not limited to him. Third that neither So Pu nor Eyebright would use Kasumi to support their actions while she ruled. And finally that should any fallout come their way due to the coup, both parties would make every effort to protect Kasumi and those around her. Eyebright and So Pu agreed to the conditions and Jasmine guided them into a magical pact to seal the agreement. Afterwards, Kasumi and Shampoo would thank Herb, but he dismissed this.

Jasmine decided to leave the pocket dimension up giving ownership of it to Kasumi. She also left her fountain that could be used as a means of communication between her, Jasmine, Eyebright and Soap. Before he left Eyebright also informed Kasumi that Lemon was hers to do with as she pleased. After learning that she would be made to man if she returned home, Kasumi decided to let her stay. It was obvious she was being played, but Kasumi couldn’t just leave her to suffer. Jasmine was against the idea, but still advised Kasumi to get the amulet of protection from Sissithississ as well as her cloak. Last but not least she warned her that Frost would be leaving with her so no more magical advice.

Later Cologne introduced Kasumi to Crystal the woman who had been managing their beach and mountain locations and would be taking on the role of San Cheng Huang’s general manager in Cologne’s absence. Siren intentionally let is slip that Crystal was a demon causing her and Cologne to quickly explain that she was harmless. Crystal and Kasumi talked for a little while about staff training, to which she would introduce them to Kasumi the next day. She believed they should be able to open to the public in a week or so.

With that the elders were ready to depart. Cologne asked Shampoo to keep up her training which Shampoo said she would. With a few more last words, they collectively departed, leaving both Kasumi and Shampoo feeling the building very empty suddenly. Herb would reappear, suggesting he move in to keep an eye on Lemon. Shampoo admitted she still didn't like Lemon, but would leave her be so long as she behaved.

Kasumi was more up beat the next day happy that while there was still much of her proverbial plate that was weighing on her, the immediate threats were dealt with. She was greeted by Crystal when she woke up who introduced her to the San Cheng Huang’s new employees. She also asked for an extra room to do bookkeeping in. Kasumi showed her one on the 2nd floor. Seeing that she was still thinking about her being a demon Crystal went into more detail.  She also offered to give her bit of insider knowledge of the local supernatural activities when she needed it. Finally Crystal advised her that the restaurant would need a more recognizable chef and Kasumi suggested Ukyo.

Everyone got it into their head that since Herb was staying at the restaurant Ranma should to. Neither Ranma nor Kasumi really had any say in the matter, and while initially annoyed Ranma quickly decided to look on the bright side. This also gave Kasumi the opportunity to invite Ukyo to stay as well. Makoto invited Kasumi and Shampoo to a talk with her and her friends which they agreed to. Shampoo also agreed to notify Ranko, Frost and Selene, although she did not initially know who Selene was. Kasumi also talked to Shampoo about ending things with Ryoga and Tatewaki, and Shampoo agreed to speak with Tatewaki.

That night, Shampoo joined Herb, Kasumi, Ranko, Frost and Selene with the Senshi where the Senshi finally revealed their true identities to them. For Kasumi the whole thing was a bit on the overwhelming side. She had not known what to expect when arriving for this meeting. In fact her guess was this was some kind of surprise party for some happening that she had forgotten about, but such was of course not the case. Finding out that Makoto was in fact really Sailor Jupiter, and her friends were the other Sailor Senshi all along was the last thing she had been expecting. She apologized to Makoto for how awkward it must have been when she thought she was a cosplayer.

Makoto brushed it off and asked her how she was able to see through their disguise field. Kasumi theorized that it was a her mental training combined with Jusenkyo. She also asked her to talk to Usagi to give her a fresh perspective. Shampoo would approach Usagi, pledging herself to her in thanks for saving them at the La Bac. Usagi said this was unneeded, as she partly blamed herself for the incident, and Kasumi intervened to say they would simply be available should Usagi ever need help. Afterwards, she would note to Kasumi that she believed Cologne knew of their identities, and was told by Kasumi about a stone Cologne left behind for them. She would also request from Makoto a proper demonstration of her full power which she agreed to.

The next day, after school, once at the restaurant, Shampoo, Ami, Usagi and Makoto, would gather in the pocket dimension. Once Kasumi arrived she and Usagi found a nice secluded room while the others did their thing. Things at first had started slow, but after just a few back and forth exchanges, Usagi found herself just talking almost nonstop. She finally took a mental break several hours later. While Kasumi couldn’t help with the whole Cosmos matter she could with Usagi’s love life which was obviously troubling her more. Though Usagi had a lot of thinking to do, Kasumi found the experience pleasant as dealing with problems other than her own gave her perspective.

They returned to the others and found Makoto as Sailor Jupiter currently having her durability tested by Herb. An exhausted Shampoo noted how she was unable to do any real damage despite her best efforts, although physical attacks were at least somewhat effective. Herb noting how much more durable the senshi armor was compared to their own, caused to realize that she was bullet proof. Something she had never really thought about.

Later as they were getting ready for work Herb confronted Makoto about the Senshi’s belief that Frost was the reincarnation of Sedna. he wanted to caution her about making any rash decisions as he had his doubts as Frost simply wasn’t strong enough for that to be the case. Makoto pointed out how much the two looked alike, Herb theorized that they were most likely related. Makoto decided to talk to the others and Herb, Shampoo and Kasumi agree not to say anything.

As they left the pocket dimension they were greeted by Crystal who informed them that Lemon had gone missing. Herb was dismissive of this thinking that she had just left, but Kasumi wanted to go search for her. Crystal agreed as recent events are likely to have attracted the attention of undesirables, so it was dangerous for Lemon to be alone. They would eventually find signs that Lemon had been kidnapped, and with no way to trace her, Frost would suggest a broad spell to find any kitsune in the area. Led by Grenda, they would follow this spell to a apartment that turned out to be the residence of Copycat Ken, who turned out to be in fact a kitsune to some degree. Ken called Kasumi out for being so brutal with him, causing Herb to come to her defense when she started to agree. After the initial confusion and disappointment, Ken learned of their search, and showed them to a building he knew of.

They found the building in question to be very suspicious due to both Ken's history with it, and the many magics around it. Grenda put Shampoo to sleep for her to use her spirit walk ability to scout the place. Shampoo returned quickly, finding Lemon was indeed within along with about fifty people, including someone very spiritually powerful. After Herb brought up the potential to ask the Senshi for assistance, they headed back to the restaurant to plan and prepare for an attack to recover Lemon.

After Devlin determined that the senshi were strong enough to participate the group went over there battle plan. Shampoo gave a few details of the layout within and disbursement of the people within. During said meeting Grenda emphasized how they wanted to be quick and non-lethal as their enemy could hold a grudge. Devlin also provided everyone a potion that was essentially the magical equivalent of a ski mask. However, as they group headed out, Shampoo along with Herb attempted to warn Kasumi that perhaps this was a battle they should stay out of. Kasumi, slightly misunderstanding their warnings, decided to proceed, and both continued to accompany her.

Once the fight began, Kasumi, Shampoo, Herb and Jupiter pushed through fairly quickly to the 2nd floor, with Shampoo and Kasumi in the lead. Shampoo's particularly brutal attack on two men, however, initially drew Kasumi's concerned attention, until Kasumi's own opponent unexpected recovered and attacked them from behind with a gun. Fortunately, Jupiter and Herb, not far behind, caught up at this point and disabled the man. The group would then discover another man who begged for mercy, but would soon be drained of all life. Kasumi tried to save him only to be stopped by Shampoo and Herb as it was already to late.

As they were getting over the shock of what happened the corpse explode. While they were recovering from evading this, the previous men were likewise drained, and exploded, but Jupiter managed to shield them from much of this blast. As they once more started to recover, and Grenda joined them, Shampoo called out a warning and another individual attacked them using an automatic weapon. Grenda quickly ended this threat, and the group was informed all who had been subdued were similarly being drained and exploding. Shampoo would also confirm the 2nd floor was now empty, and only a few were left on the first, much to Kasumi's shock. They would proceed ahead, Shampoo having to prompt Kasumi to continue.

Once in the pocket dimension within, they found a woman finishing off Ken, who was battered and broken. The sight was enough to nearly send Kasumi once more into a state of shock. After the woman tossed aside Ken to confront their group, particularly Jupiter, Kasumi and Shampoo circled around to tend to Ken. The woman turned out to be a Dark Kingdom Youma and quickly proved more than a match for Jupiter, Grenda and Herb. Grenda and Herb in particular were bound in her jelly like appendages and being drained, so Kasumi and Shampoo went in to free them. They managed to separate the two from the Youma, stopping the drain. As Kasumi spoke to Grenda, Shampoo attempted to press the attack to free Jupiter who was likewise snared, but the Youma quickly retaliated and violently smashed Shampoo into the ceiling, knocking her unconscious.

Kasumi tried to rescue her only t be attacked herself. After smashing through a wall Kasumi forced herself to remain conscious. Healing herself she struggled back to her feet only to become horrified at what she saw. This turned out to be the room the hunters threw their dead in, and in her horry and fury Kasumi activated the dark hado Kasumi. The ferocity of the attack caught the youma by surprise, but it took only a moment for her to collect herself. Like with Shampoo as Kasumi pressed her attack she was slammed into yet another wall. She was left unconscious and bleeding on the floor as te youma left to del with the others.

After the battle had come to an end, she found by the others and was healed by Grenda. However much to their surprise when Kasumi regained consciousness she demonstrated a new personality, that of 'Tex'. The group would humor Tex for a few hours, apparently informing Ranma of the situation as well, who fetched Genma. Genma informed them that he has seen Tex briefly before, but he only ever came out for a few minutes. As they pondered what to do, Rose arrived at the restaurant and after some initial distrust, they allowed her to speak with Kasumi-Tex. As Rose considered the situation, a new personality displayed itself, and Rose put Kasumi asleep, directing them to take her to her room.

Kasumi woke up in a seemingly endless field of perfectly green grass with scattered wildflowers. As she was trying to figure out what was going on she was greeted by her mother. No longer weather or not this was a dream, an illusion, or even if she was dead she hugged Kimiko with tears in her eyes.  After calming down revealed she blamed herself for what happened. She didn’t listen to Herb and Shampoo’s warning and may have lead everyone to their deaths. Not to mention all of the other senseless death all for a person who tried to kill her.

Through it all Kimko listen patiently, and after Kasumi was done she told her that she did what she thought was right. There is no way to know the consequence of our actions, and yes she could have heeded the dangers a little more, but ultimately she went to rescue someone whose life was in danger. She also pointed out she wasn’t the one who killed the hunters it was the youma and even then she tried to save them. The others had entered Kasumi’s mind to find her true personality, and for some reason when Shampoo found her she was cut off from the others and found herself in possession of a body, and surrounded by a real, not dream like, environment.

Kimiko was the one who pointed her out and alarmed by her presence Shampoo urged Kasumi to leave with her. Seeing Kasumi’s reluctance Kimiko told her to do assuring her that she wasn’t going anywhere. Kasumi departed first, but before Shampoo followed, Kimiko urged Shampoo to take care of Kasumi. Kasumi tried to figure out what was going on, but now that they were in the dreamscape the two needed set off to take control of main body once again. The situation within quickly went out of control. Genma ran into a second cat persona, and it quickly went on a rampage, consuming the other personalities as it did, growing monstrously huge. Kasumi, on seeing the creature, panicked and ran off, forcing Shampoo to follow. Shampoo caught up to Kasumi, but despite her every attempt to convince Kasumi to go with her, Kasumi was too scared to act. With the cat persona having consumed all the others, Shampoo, in a desperate gambit, rushed to confront it. This had the desired effect as Kasumi, now likewise gigantic, rescued her and held the cat persona at bay.

Unfortunately, this was little more than a stalemate, as Kasumi was still too frightened to attack. Herb, however, noticed a peculiarity to the cat's actions and after conferring with Ranma for confirmation, spoke with Shampoo about a new plan. Shampoo would then abandon Kasumi to once more confront the cat herself, swatting it across the nose and declaring she loved Kasumi, not it. This had the desired effect as the cat quickly demoralized and shrunk. Kasumi, on seeing this, realized the true nature of the beast, and approached it to talk, finally merging with it and awakening.

Later Kasumi offered to stay the night but she declined having other obligations. Before she left she warned Kasumi that Bison was still alive advising her to stay out of it as she was still vulnerable to the influence of the Dark Ha Do. They would also discuss the matter of the mysterious door in Kasumi. The next morning, with the arrival of Grenda, Shampoo along with Makoto, Herb and Ranma would attempt to take out their frustrations on Genma for how Kasumi acquired the Nekoken and her other personalities, but after Kasumi spoke up in his defense, and he groveled, they lost their appetite for such.

After Grenda briefed them on the fallout from their attack, Shampoo would then discuss with Grenda the doorway, puzzling the magus. Devlin and Frost would arrive during the discussion and likewise find the whole thing puzzling, until Frost suggested she found the image of the door familiar. Realizing it was likely linked to the Moon Kingdom, Frost was tasking with looking into that while Grenda promised to decode documentation on the site that might mention it. They would also discuss what to do with this version of Kimiko Tendo, Devlin and Grenda agreeing she couldn't be the real version, and most likely some kind of copy although unknowing what type. They would suggest Shampoo attempt to visit her again and learn more, but only after getting some questions to ask her to prove her identity. Since Kasumi wasn’t ready to tell her father about this yet they decided to ask Nodoka for questions to ask.

Kasumi finally had time to herself so decided to simply relax. She was interrupted by the arrival of Hinako. She apologized for her absence initially thinking that was why she was there, but Hinako told her to take all the time she needed having come to visit for a more personal reason. It seemed that Hinako had taken a liking to Kasumi’s father and had come to ask Kasumi’s permission to pursue him, as it was rare to find someone accepting of her condition that she didn’t have to call the police on. Kasumi was left stunned but despite her reluctance after reminding herself that the woman in her dream wasn’t her mother she gave it. However she did caution her friend that she didn’t speak for her sisters.

Not long after, Kasumi said her goodbyes to Ms. Hinako she was greeted by Crystal who suggested she take a couple of days off too unwound. She also gave her a pair of tickets to Disneyland which her family works at saying she could take Shampoo on a date. Much to Kasumi’s surprise Shampoo was ecstatic when she presented the tickets to her having always wanted to go. She quickly headed off with Crystal to plan out their visit the next day.

Kasumi and Shampoo had a gratefully uneventful day at the park, which Kasumi was glad was end. Since as surprisingly enjoyable as it was it was exhausting. As they walked home Shampoo told her how Hairbrush had taken her to see all of the Disney movies. Kasumi had only ever seen Sleeping Beauty which caused the briefest odd convergence of memories.

The pair walked on in silence for a moment as Kasumi considered this before Shampoo suddenly switched topics, by asking to take care of Lemon. Stating that she both needed a break and was to soft, which Kasumi conceded. Kasumi and Shampoo returned to find Ranma, Herb and Makoto in the TV room. Shampoo placed a pair mouse ears on a thoroughly unamused Herb's head while Kasumi asked if they’d missed anything. After glancing at each other they told her no.

Ranma, Kasumi, Shampoo, and Makoto were surprised the next day when they were greeted by Sororo who told them that she was a relative who has been advising Herb. Everyone’s attention was attention was shifted to Herb when he arrived who was shocked to see Sororo there as it had only been a day since he saw her. She explained that something unexpected had come up so her opportunities for an introduction anytime soon narrowed considerably. Saying her goodbyes she left Herb explain who she was.

Ranma was the first to speak causing Herb to frown upon being asked where he was hiding her. He told them nowhere and demanded to know what she told them when Ranma then asked if there were any others. When Kasumi answered Herb explained Sorora’s nature as a Celestial Dragon as well as went into the history and nature of the Dragon Clan and the Musk. Throughout it all Shampoo and Ranma asked various questions. Herb was shocked when Kasumi asked him about how the Dragon clan maintains their... purity as he never thought about her becoming the Dragon Lord.

Kasumi suddenly switched demeanor and brightened with a smile and showed everyone a strange stone given to her by Cologne. While Herb realized it was a magical he didn’t recognize the symbol on it. Shampoo told then that it was the mark of the Matriarch. They decided to ask Frost about it who explained that it was a speaking stone which is kinda like a mental photograph. Frost activated it using some of her blood.

While the holographic version of Cologne was annoyed to see the others there she had expected it so explained that the original Cologne may have discovered the location of the spirit of Queen Tranquility. Reaction to this was varied. Many were simply puzzled, the name lost on them, but Frost, Shampoo and even Makoto all went wide eyed in shock at the name. Kasumi recognized it as the last queen of the village. Holo-Cologne went on explain the true nature of Queen Tranquility. She told then that the reason she hasn’t awoken was because she resurrected as a non-amazon. Ranma was the first to realize the significant of that. It seemed that Cologne’s plan was to find this woman and adopt her into the tribe as a loophole. Though she wasn’t sure if this would work as there were a lot of variable from the council to the woman herself not agreeing. Halo-Cologne warned Kasumi that the magic in the stone was limited so she should only use it again if she is ready to proceed.

Genma expressed his excitement of trying out the new menu only for Ranma to call him out for looking for handouts, before taking him home. With their exit, the others broke up, Makoto lingering behind the group with Kasumi. While they didn’t say it they knew Usagi’s mother was the resurrected Queen Tranquility. With all that she was dealing with Kasumi felt that it was best not to tell her yet. Makoto agreed and went off to tell the other senshi.

Meeting Ken at a karaoke bar they found her talking to Grenda and a woman introduced as Yui from the Japanese Kitsune clan. She was there for Ken as they had been looking for her unaware that she was in Tokyo. Yui admitted that she wasn’t hopeful of fixing Ken’s condition. She did encourage Ken to apply herself to adapt her ki abilities to her normal form. Kasumi asked if they had the same policy against breeding as the Musk Clan. Knowing what she was implying Yui cut her off stating that Lemon accompanying them was impossible since she was dishonored. None of the other clans would touch her.

She told Kasumi that she could always send her back to the musk but she was against it. She couldn’t help but cringe slightly when Yui elaborated more on Lemon’s situation. Since they wanted to wait until Ken was better to leave Kasumi said she’d ask Ukyo for help as she had experience in this. When Kasumi offered Yui a place to stay Shampoo opted not to follow her when she left and instead went to talk with the hiding Lemon.

Makoto ended up getting hurt after asking Shampoo to get more serious with her. Kasumi was quick to chastise her as healed Makoto’s ribs causing her to come to her aid. Ami and Usagi who likewise hovered, observing still praised Makoto for her improvement. This caused Makoto to once again bring up how they should start training. While Ami saw the benefits, she was worried about Usagi.

From there the group began discussing the senshi’s power why it couldn’t be sensed how they control it, and thus tried to theorize ways that Usagi could control her new powers. Ami’s research only found vague mention of meditation though this got Usagi to start thinking of the time she talked to Queen Serenity. Kasumi suggested that it might not be limited to speaking to your direct predecessor. Much to everyone’s surprised Usagi felt she was on to something and believed she might have talked to Cosmos. She told them the dream she had when was being controlled by Shadaloo.

She was reluctant to try again, but Ami stressed that she might not have a choice. Kasumi offered to teach her some meditation techniques. With that the conversation ended and the girls headed off. Ranma’s training ended as well. Kasumi asked him and Shampoo if they would like to learn some healing techniques. Shampoo was enthusiastic, surprising Ranma who thought her mom would have taught her. Shampoo reminded him that the two don’t get along. While interested given everything that was happening Ranma gave Kasumi a rain check. He reminded Kasumi about her talk with Kuno and Ryoga. She had been putting it off but felt it was time especially with this new arrangement. She would speak with Ryoga today, while Shampoo would speak with Kuno. Much to her confusion Ranma told her he would be late as he had something to attend to after school.

Later that day, during the school lunch period, that very topic was heavy on Kasumi's mind. She had caught sight of Shampoo approaching Kuno and the pair heading off out of view for what was most certainly her portion of the talk. So, that left Kasumi. Finding him out in the school yard she asked if they could talk after school. Only for Ryoga to tell her that he had something to say. Kasumi stared with a strange mix of surprise and relief when Ryoga told her that he couldn’t marry her.

The complexity of the situation was too much for him. Kasumi assured Ryoga that she understood. Ryoga once more hung his head and nodded slowly telling her that he’d always be there if she needed him. With that out of the way the two talked like the old friends they were, Kasumi asked about how things with Kodachi were doing. He asked her what she wanted to talk about, but she told him it was no longer important.

After Ryoga left Mousse suddenly rushed over out of nowhere. Brushing off her questions about his whereabouts and glasses, he asked what Shampoo’s favorite food was. Blinking at both the oddity of the question and because she never really thought about it, Kasumi told him about how much she like cream puffs. Frowning he then asked her what her favorite movie was. Again she didn’t know specifics but was aware that she liked Disney movies as she use to watch them with her father. While Mousse’s mood lifted as he knew Shampoo liked Disney movies, it went down again upon hearing the reason as he never even thought to ask. Thanking Kasumi Mousse left just as suddenly as he arrived.

Shampoo returned thinking she had felt C-chan and was shocked to learn that she’d just missed Mousse. Telling her everything was find they told the other that they had finished talking with Ryoga and Kuno, agreeing that it was for the best.

Back at the restaurant, Kasumi was pondering the mutual absence of Herb and Ranma. She paused, however, on seeing Ukyo hovering in the kitchen. Crystal told her that she had been there for hours. Since the barrier had been drawing some attention, Crystal wondered if Kasumi would be willing to open a hotel for the various supernatural parties in Tokyo. Nabiki had suggested the same thing but Kasumi wasn’t sure they were up to it. Crystal felt that it was worth considering just gauging things and seeing how they go before considering any expansion of services. She also informed her that everything was on track for the opening. This made Kasumi happy as she was kind of missing the old restaurant duties.

When the main door opened only for it to be merely a member of the staff coming in, Kasumi asked Crystal if she knew where Ranma and Herb went. Herb told her he would be out most of the day, but did not elaborate, and she didn't hear anything from Ranma. It was then the obvious struck Kasumi and she began to panic at the realization that the two had gone off to fight each other. Crystal by contrast told her that there was nothing to be done about it but wait as they didn’t know where they were. She didn’t think there was anything serious to worry about. While they may have issues with each other, they were both smart enough to not take it too far. None the less Kasumi went to ask the others if they knew where the two went. Crystal offered the same thing but doubted the two said anything.

Sure enough, it was several hours later when the pair arrived home by taxi. They barely made it through the front door before being confronted by Kasumi who immediately went from slightly disappointed to deeply concerned. Ranma assured her that they were both fine, but she didn’t buy it. Herb concurred that they hadn’t sustained serious injury. She asked what they had been doing and they told her they were having a friendly discussion. Kasumi frowned, but when both refused to reveal more, she was forced to simply sigh in defeat. She took it as a good time to teach Shampoo the basics. As they both started healing some of the wounds, Kasumi asked about their talk. They told her that they came to an understanding. Kasumi looked between the two skeptically, but finally let herself smile just a little.

Kasumi and Shampoo told Nodoka about the Kimiko they met in Kasumi’s mind hoping that she could give them some questions to ask her that only the real Kimiko would know. Since Shampoo would be the one to ask her Kasumi left the two alone. As the day came to a close, Kasumi was preparing for the evening with very mixed feelings. She even suggested that she should stay awake, but Shampoo assured her that everything would be fine. Shampoo pulled Kasumi from the bathroom seductively telling her that they were going to try something different. Sometime later, Shampoo, now spirit walking, overlooked Kasumi sleeping peacefully next to herself

Nodoka confirmed that all of the answers Kimiko gave were correct. Later when Grenda Shampoo and Frost were gathered in a room within the castle for one last briefing Grenda was left even more confused after Shampoo recounted the events of her encounter. They also gave up on her being a homunculi as given the work it takes the create one there would be no point with her openly admitting that she was a fake. As for the door Frost was only able to confirm that it was Moon Kingdom in origin. However this only made things more complicated since they did not know why it reacted to Kasumi. The only advice Grenda could give was to just be careful. With that Frost finished packing for her trip.

The trio headed to the ground floor, arriving at the front door where Frost's other bags were currently stored. There they found Ranma and Herb, the two having apparently been in a conversation of their own. They greeted them and at that moment, a thought hit Grenda. It turns out that Happosai had been trying to steal her underwear while she was in the shower and she wasn’t wearing her glasses she ended up turning him to stone when she caught him. After a few seconds of silence, Ranma was the first to ask if he was alive. It turns out that he was just in a sort of suspended animation and reading the room gave them a vial that would turn him back when they were ready. Stating that he could use a vacation Kasumi picked up the statue, while Shampoo grabbing up the vial and the two headed off together.

It was pretty quiet while Frost was gone with nothing much of interest happening. What excitement there was was dealt with easily enough. Tatewaki took Kasumi, Shampoo, Ranma, Herb, Kodachi, Ryoga, Akane, Ranko, Mousse, Lemon, Nabiki and Tsubasa on a boat trip and were lost at sea when a storm hit. They ended up shipwrecked on a remote island, and after making shelter they started to make repairs only to discover that the ships radio equipment got knocked out in the storm. As they were trying to figure out what to do the girls started disappearing.

First Kodachi, then Lemon and Nabiki, and then Akane getting the sense that something else was on the island, but unable to trace what it was, they ended up setting a trap. Kasumi volunteered to be bait, and it wasn't long before the kidnappers made themselves known. Prince Toma and his chief retainers Sarutoru, Torristan, and Wonton, using various illusionary magics to hide themselves. Seeing that they already had several of their number, Kasumi suggested simply letting them take them and follow. The plan nearly went awry as they proved capable of flight, but fortunately the next morning Togenkyo Island had appeared and they made their way over.

It seems the former ruler of their island, Toma's father, recently passed away in an untimely fashion. He requires a bride to ascend fully to the throne so they were rushing a bridal ceremony. It is an old tradition where they were kidnapping a bunch of girls from all the neighboring islands to be candidates for his bride. Much to their surprised however when they tracked the girls down they found them treated as queens. Which is why the other islands usually willingly have their younger maids cooperate as it is a very pampered atmosphere.

They were actually enjoying themselves Toma had them compete to be his bride in strange contests which are designed to amuse him. Kasumi and Shampoo were exempt since they were already married. He ends up choosing Akane Tendo, because she reprimands him about his treatment of the girls. After this his men take their own picks of the other women. After dealing with the retainers and checking to ensure all the other girls were safe they began looking for Akane who was taken by Prince Toma. Herb got to her and Toma first, and they had it out.

While Toma believed that they were fighting for Akane’s affection Herb simply wanted his gourd of mystic water as he wished to test if it would cure his curse. Ranko and Mousse both arrived shortly after Herb and Toma was forced to stand down as his illusions were useless on two of them and while he was a formidable fighter, he was no match for all 3 of them at once. Akane stepped in to cool things off, and after that they all came to a bit of an understanding. They were allowed to stay on the island until they ventured close enough to Japan to be taken ashore.

Kasumi was resting against the Great Tree watching over Shampoo who was attempting to talk to it, when she sensed Frost’s presence. Herb who had sensed the same thing approached and sure enough Frost showed up a short while later along with Tofu. Frost paused when Kasumi kindly greeted her, calling the girl out for being so casual since she had been missing without a trace. Kasumi admitted that after everything that had happened she hadn’t had the time to consider that. Herb informed them that everyone was fine they were just down that way enjoying the sun, Soon Shampoo opened her eyes, stretched quickly and jumped to her feet with a smile hugging her fellow amazon. Kasumi asked how Frost was able to find them, Herb gave her a slight frown when she admitted that that she had traced her but everyone else seemed to let the matter go by without question.

After only a moment they arrived at another clearing where the rest of Kasumi's group were situated. On seeing the newcomers, everyone took notice and moved to greet them. With everyone together they explained what had happened since they were gone. Learning about Toma Frost called him a degenerate, coincidentally Toma and his men showed up just as she said it. Herb told her to hold her tongue and let them handle it. Kasumi managed to calm him down and since she vouch for Frost and Tofu he decided to let the matter of his men drop. Though seeing as they had away to leave he told Akane she could give him her answer before promptly turning to leave, his men bowing slightly and quickly following.

Akane hung her head and explained to Frost that Toma wanted to marry her and how she had been stalling for time. She initially took Ranma’s sawing how weird Toma was for liking assertive woman, but really couldn’t argue when he reminded her that it was only after she slapped him that he chose her. Kasumi remembered Ranko’s anti magic ability, but after some experimentation Frost determined that she could be flown back, though she wouldn’t be affected by the momentum canceling magic.

Akane asked if they could just leave, Kodachi called her out for trying to ghost the prince and Herb mentioned that there was no telling what trouble that may be caused down the line if she just disappeared on him. Unable to argue Akane realized it was best to get it over with and headed off, the others soon following suit.

Dinner was an interesting yet uneventful affair. The whole group gathered around a huge dining table with abundant food served of various varieties. Only Toma from the island's people sat at the table, at its head naturally, as his retainers served and observed everything. The topic of the proposal had been avoided as the rest of the group did what they could to keep small talk going so Akane had time to strategize.

When Tofu asked Toma about the island he told him that no one knew why only males were born on the island, not even Shampoo could get anything from the Great Tree. Hearing about the water Tofu asked Herb if he tried it. Frost flipped out when Herb answered yes calling him out for mixing curses. He just rolled his eyes and told her he just analyzed the twos potential interactions without actual experimentation. The result was fairly obvious.

Kasumi commented on her regret that Genma would receive a cure; Ranma commented that he most likely would have just turned into a pandaman. No one saw Kasumi amused smile at this thought. As the table went quiet for a moment, Toma finally took this as the opportunity to speak on the main topic on his mind. Akane told him that she couldn’t marry as she had other plans. When he asked her what they were she impulsively told him that she was in love with Ranko. Akane slightly cringed as everyone else at the table, save the person named, all looked surprised. Ranko, by contrast, who had only been half paying attention, suddenly became aware.

Toma, to no one's surprise, was quite confused by this revelation and stared at Ranko for several seconds as he tried to process what he had just heard. Akane whispered to her begging her to go along so she confirmed to Toma that they were dating. Toma responded by challenging Ranko to a fight to determine her worthiness. Akane tried to interject, but Toma already sharply rose to his feet telling his men to prepare the main hall.

In a panic Akane asked Ranko why she did that, however she wasn’t worried since Toma almost exclusively used magic. Herb cautioned her about being so over confident, pointing out that Toma wasn’t stupid and while he could say what it was obvious that the prince had an angle. Ranko however still dismissed it. It was only a short while before the main hall within the tree was prepared with a simple open circle where Ranko and Toma could have their duel. Kasumi's group sat themselves at the perimeter on one side, while Toma's retainers and some other guards and islanders took a similar position opposite them. Ranko jumped down onto the battle floor confidently as Toma floated down onto his side.

The duel soon began and the two exchanged various attacks to test the other's defenses and abilities. Kicks and punches were exchanged and likewise deflected. In the early going, neither was pushing themselves, but neither was making significant progress either. Ranma wondered why Toma wasn’t using his sword; Herb told him that he uses it as a focus of his magic, so it would largely be useless. However from what he’s seen of his skills, Ranko should still have an edge. This made him worried as Toma might simply be underestimating Ranko, but he seemed too confident even now for that. As Herb gave his analysis, Ranko started to amp things up, and although she was fending off all of Toma's attacks, she was slowly pushing him back. Yet, despite this, Toma seemed unshaken. Just as the fight started to seem as if it would be a slow but inevitable victory for Ranko there was a flash and Ranko flew back, tumbling across the floor as she hit it.

The others could just watch in shock having no idea what happened. Ranko got up painfully as Toma slowly advanced on her. Again she went on the attack and just as before their exchange was close, but Ranko seemed just that bit better and was pushing the prince onto the defense. However, just as before there was a flash and Ranko was sent flying. Herb was the able to figure it out, he explained that Toma was using raw mana and since that should do basically nothing he realized the prince was using a technique called Kankaho.

Ranko's latest knock back had taken its toll and she was struggling to get up. Figuring it was time to change strategy so pondered the situation as Toma approached. Toma asked her if she gave up, but she just brushed him off and more rushed onto the attack, in what seemed to be a repeat of the last round. Everyone was puzzled as that is indeed exactly what happened, as Ranko was once more blasted away by the flash. This time Ranko struggled up, wiping away a bit of blood from her lips but smiled and once more went on the attack. Those observing were tense, but many were also sitting back slightly to study the exchange. Akane took note of this, turning away just a moment before another flash came, and she sharply looked back. However, to her surprise while Ranko had been knocked back, she landed easily on her feet.

This time it was Kasumi who figured it out Ranko had figured out the timing of Toma’s attack. Hearing this Akane watched intently as Ranko and Toma's exchange started and then there was another flash. However, this time Akane saw it, Ranko pre-emptively moving to shield herself from the attack, blunting its force with her ki shield. Still, she was forced back, and Toma now looked a bit worried. Toma also appeared not to have fully mastered Kankaho and Ranko was trying to find his lower limit.

Two more blunted exchanges passed with Ranko becoming more aggressive each time and recovering that much faster. Finally though, Ranko seemed to have her answer as she slipped through several punches before Toma could blast her away, but even this was blunted and Ranko was quickly back on the attack. Now the exchanges shifted, Ranko pressing hard initially but as soon as Toma's window of opportunity to use the blast arrived, she gave herself more room while still keeping up the pressure. While Toma could delay his attack, he could not speed it up any more, so steadily he was now taking blows, and his trump card was doing little but giving him a small gap that Ranko quickly closed to only dial up the offense once again.

It wasn't long before Toma finally abandoned the technique and simply tried to fight conventionally, but this was too little too late, as Ranko had him figured out thoroughly by that point and was consistently bypassing his guard until it was his turn to be dropped to the floor, much to his retainer's shock and dismay. There positions reversed Ranko asked Toma if he gave up and angered Toma was able to calm himself down and admit his defeat.

Ranko smiled triumphantly and likewise returned to his own group. However as she reached them, Kasumi asked about her broken ribs which Ranko thought she had hid. Though freaked Akane managed to keep herself from screaming, causing Ranko to assure her that she was fine. They still needed to be healed so they group helped her into the seating area. Shortly later, the group was gathered at the dragon and already boarding as Frost was modifying the interior. Toma and his retainers were seeing them off and Kasumi took the initiative to thank him and wish him well for their group. She rejoined them just as Frost was assuring Ranko that it was safe.

Kasumi, Shampoo, Genma, Makoto, and Akane were finishing up their morning spar when Frost arrived looking for Usagi. She confirmed to Makoto that she had not only fixed Usagi’s armor but Seiya’s as well. After some small talk Frost learned that Usagi was in the castle and headed off there promising to fix their bath which no longer had hot water. She also asked Kasumi if she could add a couple of new doors. Now that she knew how Ranko’s powers worked she devised away to allow her to enter the dimension. Frost was surprised to be greeted by Spring. She had been staying their since Frost left to deal with a problem of Shampoo, though she and Kasumi felt that it would be best if Shampoo told Frost what it was.

Siren had to be called in to help finish Ranko’s entrance to the pocket dimension as Frost had exhausted herself. While Siren was quick to tease Frost, she chastised her former student for overworking herself by trying to do everything in one day. Despite this drawback the door worked perfectly and Ranko was able to enter the pocket dimension for the first time. Siren explained the mechanics, but Ranko didn’t really understand forcing her to simplify it. With that Siren motioned for Guan Li and Spring who were sitting a ways away to join her. Saki who was with them joined them as they walked over. Much to Spring’s enthusiasm Siren told her that they’ll make up for lost time when they get back and her time there had put her a bit behind in her instruction. Siren said her goodbyes with a parting wave and headed out. Spring likewise waved and headed out, while Guan Li turned to Saki. She told her to keep up her training even suggesting she joined the morning training. Kasumi was happy to allow her, but Saki felt that it was bit out of her pay grade.

Guan Li shrugged this off telling Saki to not to let a bit of wounded pride in being shown up, hold her back. With that, Guan Li waved as well and headed through, Siren closing the portal after she was safely through. Saki told Kasumi that she’d at least give it a try and headed off herself with a wave. With them gone Ranko asked if the exhausted Frost would be okay. Kasumi turned to the magus who still looked exhausted and told her that she should head home and get some rest. Frost agreed that she overexerted herself and forced herself to stand so she could leave. Kasumi was about to offer Ranko a tour only to winch and look at her hand. When Ranko asked her what was wrong she told her she just received an urgent message.

Peach returned to Japan gathering Kasumi, Herb, Shampoo, Makoto, Ranma, Genma, Lemon and Akane at the San Cheng Huang pocket dimension to warn them that Lemon’s mother had slipped away from the Fox Clan and was likely looking for trouble. They were interrupted by Frost exiting her pocket dimension. Kasumi was forced to assure Peach that the door didn’t bypass the barrier before they could get things on track. Herb asked if Palm planned on taking Lemon, however Peach honestly didn’t know. While it was a possibility it wasn’t likely as no clan would take them if Palm just forcibly took Lemon back. Kasumi suggested that Palm would just take Lemon and live on her own. Though she didn’t explain why Peach knew that was just as unlikely. Her theory was that Palm was coming after Kasumi which is why she was there. Peach would act as Kasumi’s bodyguard while Kasumi stayed in the barrier until they get things sorted out.

After telling explaining Palm’s ability to them Peach called them out for not confirming she was who she said she was before letting her in. Shampoo would be the key to detecting Palm. Sadly, all they could really do now was wait for Palm to do something, either give up and go home or gets fed up and confronts Peach. Peach’s final instruction was to make sure that Ranko came nowhere near her. With that she left to prowl the neighborhood. Frost asked why they didn’t just let hand Lemon over, but they had asked that before she arrived. Given the circumstances the Fox clan wouldn’t respect the choice and consider it coerced.

A short time later Shampoo came to Kasumi to tell her about two suspicious girls in the restaurant. While they weren’t kitsune one just felt strange to her. Kasumi decided to talk to the two and was surprised to see another Akane and Shampoo. Kasumi mind rapidly tried to consider the possible explanations. After coming to the most likely of explanation Kasumi told Shampoo that there wasn’t a problem and to leave everything to her. Kasumi walked over to the girls' 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. It turns out that the two were from Ranko’s universe. Kasumi called a frustrated Ranko who had already been told to stay away from the restaurant because of Peach.

After a few minutes, Kasumi decided enough time had passed and headed over to the room she left the three in with a platter of various refreshments. She found the trio of Ranko, the alternate Akane and alternate Shampoo within, all now seated and apparently had been conversing. 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 whle 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 and Shan were planning to hold Ranko to her promise of attending Shan’s wedding. 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. Not long after, her rounds of the restaurant complete, and nothing else to do, Kasumi went to tell Peach about Kane and Shan. After making sure the two were on the up and up Peach put it out of her mind. What Kasumi really came there for was a better understanding of Palm.

Peach explained that Palm has a deep hatred of humans due to being kidnapped by some group of humans when she was quite young. Kasumi initially thought they it was the Organization but as this was centuries ago they didn’t exist yet. Kasumi sympathized with Palm’s hatred but Peach did not pointing out that it was irrational to blame every human for the actions of a tiny minority. When Kasumi pointed out how much Peach seemed to hate Palm wondering if it was because of her hatred of humanity. Peach explained the nature of kitsune and how they fact they were both mates of Eyebright made their hatred of each other inevitable. With that Peach went for another patrol causing Kasumi to decide to check up on Ranko again.

She found Ranko getting Shan and Kane up on the differences between their two universes. So when Kasumi arrived she 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 Lemon’s mother Palm and how Peach had come to protect her. Ranko remembered her as they 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 a being of pure electricity and turbulent wind sprouted into being above them and within just a few seconds the storm within was contained within a bluish human like vessel resembling a combination of Shan's and Kane's looks, although sporting much longer hair flowing unnaturally in the air. An impressed Ranko introduced a shocked Shampoo and Akane to Shamne. 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 they had two that she could test with. It turns out that Unification allowed them to master each others styles so Kane could help as well, meaning there was two other people to help in finding Palm. They were advised by their Soon Li to keep it 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, then Kane remembered that they had to report in to the others. Shan did that while Kasumi led Kane to their room.

When they returned Kasumi asked if everything was fine. Shan stated that no one said anything but they seed 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.

During the lull of morning training Kasumi waved Frost over upon seeing her come into the San Cheng Huang. It seemed she had spent most of the night deploying sentry spells, Kasumi tried to console her that they might find something, but Frost wasn’t counting on it given the nature of Palm’s abilities. She asked Shampoo to talk in private so that she could analyze her body. Kasumi and rushed over to the others for a quick talk as Shampoo and Frost started walking off telling them she’d join in a minute. Frost began when Kasumi rejoined them.

Shampoo stood within a small magic circle within one of the rooms of the castle, sighing with boredom as a ring slowly cycled, rising and falling around her. She herself was naked, although she showed no signs of this bothering her. In fact, Frost, who was standing nearby taking notes was probably more disturbed by the situation than her fellow Amazon, her eyes occasionally stealing a glance at Kasumi who was simply sitting nearby patiently, apparently unconcerned. The scan continued for a moment longer before Shampoo decided to make small talk by asked Frost what it was like to be a twin. The scan showed that Shampoo’s regenerative abilities made contraception impossible. Though Frost had some ideas of how to get around that, however they were all either complicated or very expensive. They ended up going with the least difficult one.

With that out of the way Frost asked Kasumi about the situation with the artifact. When Kasumi casually called Mindscape Kimiko mother an annoyed Frost called her out for getting too attached. She also made Kasumi confirm that she makes Shampoo check up on MK once or twice a week. While she understood what Kasumi was going through Frost still stressed that it had to stop. She suggested that they think up a new name for Mindscape Kimiko to better distinguish her from the original. Kasumi considered it but couldn’t bring herself to just give Mindscape Kimiko a name so the sent Shampoo to ask her for one. While Frost meant the next time they check up on MK she was surprised that Shampoo could do it then and there using spirit walk. So as they waited Kasumi gave Frost access to the pocket dimension to check on the hot water situation.

Shampoo said that MK wanted to be referred to as Guardian much to both Kasumi and Frost’s surprise. While an odd name it worked as Kasumi wasn’t going to confuse that. Frost was surprised to find out that Kasumi hadn’t actually talked to Guardian since that first time. She suggested that now that they had a name Kasumi could ask to enter the artifact. In an instant, Kasumi found herself once more on the grass field with single lone tree as was quickly greeted by Guardian. Kasumi almost called her mother but the woman quickly caught her off with a raised finger.

Shampoo joined them shortly afterwards. She assured Kasumi that everything was fine and that she was in a trance. Not wanting to keep them, Guardian told Kasumi to stop checking up on her every week, saying that she didn’t want to see either her or Shampoo unless it is important. Reluctantly Kasumi returned to the artifact door and touched it, finding herself instantaneously back in the room within the castle, Frost examining her. When Kasumi came to Frost was reasonably confident the artifact is not harmful, but playing with it was still risky. With that Kasumi and Shampoo rejoined the other while Frost went back to work.

Palm ended up attacking Akane, Kodachi and Ranko luckily they were rescued by Kane and Shan. The whole group was now at the restaurant within the pocket dimension, along with Kasumi, Shampoo, Herb, Ranma, Frost and even Lemon. 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.

As the rest of the Tendos and Saotomes made themselves at home Nodoka assured Kasumi for the hundredth time that it wasn’t. Soun did so as well when he came out of his assigned room. He thought of it as a mini vacation away from home. Nodoka did wonder if it was safe to keep the restaurant open. Peach who had been listening in from the other room told her that while it probably wasn’t they should on principle. At the very least it would frustrate Palm. She did warn Kasumi to secure her employees’ safety. All nodded in acceptance of this. After some final words, Kasumi headed up to her own room, sighing as she came in. At the moment, the room was empty, Shampoo apparently off elsewhere, so Kasumi simply walked to the coach situated by the television and sat down dejectedly. She did not have long to wallow in her feelings though before Lemon showed up.

She had come to apologize to Kasumi for her mother. While she was hesitant at first she unexpectedly snapped when Kasumi told her she didn’t deed to. She demanded to know why Kasumi never gets angry, her life is being messed up and she’s just taking it. Kasumi told Lemon that she just always feels like there is more she can do, causing Lemon to groan in frustration. Kasumi asked Lemon what this was really about. Lemon asked Kasumi why she’s sticking her neck out for her given what she’s done. Kasumi told her she made a mistake, many mistakes, bad mistakes, but were just that, mistakes. Kasumi didn’t believe that Lemon was evil just desperate. Lemon huffed and turned away to the door. She told Kasumi to stop thinking she was always right about people. She also told her that she would do deal with her and then rushed from the room before Kasumi could question her further.

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. 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.

Now that she was by herself Kasumi allowed herself to express her frustration at being unable to do anything but wait. Her pondering was interrupted by the arrival of Peach, who left an illusion at the school so that she could go on patrol. After making sure Kasumi was still inside the barrier she asked for the whereabouts of Shampoo and Ranma. Kasumi hoped that Palm would at least be receptive to talking, but Peach told her not to get hopes up. The two had a bit of small talk where Kasumi asked Peach about the fox clan.

Peach ended up asked Kasumi why she was helping Lemon since she tried to have her killed. Kasumi gave the kitsune a decidedly rare scowl of displeasure at the suggestion that she simply dispose of Lemon. She told Peach that Lemon just made a mistake. Unimpressed by this answer Peach huffed at this. She pointed out that that Lemon was nothing but a burden, Peach even went so far as to ask if Kasumi was getting some other use out of her, something sharply denied. Calming down Kasumi asked Peach if this was about Lemon’s mother knowing they had issues with each other, when she didn’t answer Kasumi continued on saying that Palm being so... hurt could explain much of Lemon's outlook as she was no doubt taught by her mother. The kitsune studied Kasumi for a moment, and then told her that she sounded like Eyebright.

Peach asked Kasumi one last question if she would risk her life for Lemon if it came to it. Kasumi didn’t even let Peach finish before affirming that she would. Kasumi betrayed some shock when Peach said that the rumors about her were true, but said nothing. With that Peach left to continue her rounds. Kasumi hung her head slightly, wondering if Peach was trying to provoke her into admitting about the incident. She frowned when she realized that Peach should have already known about it but shrugged off the thought and dismissed the matter.

Kasumi returned just as Shampoo and Shan finished. 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 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

Kasumi has shown and expert level of knowledge of the Anything Goes Style, able to easily best Akane and match even Ranko in sparring matches. She has been noted to favor a more Aikido like approach, countering and redirecting attacks, although is not limited to such. She is particularly able in understanding ki techniques, able to quickly grasp them with little instruction. However, she has shown the limit that her own limit emotions make use of the Shishihokodan or equivalents unlikely as she lacks the emotional backing to power them properly. That said, at the opposite end she was able to use the Hiryu Shouten Ha using just ambient heat energies in the environment rather than having to rely on heat produced by an opponent. Since beginning their training sessions together the group has been exchanging a great deal of knowledge. Kasumi has found herself struggling with the Martial Arts Dance techniques Ranma showed her.

Known techniques that Kasumi has used:

* **Dragon Fang Fist/Strike:** taught to her by Shampoo, and later improved by Cologne, the fist is a power ki based energy discharge on impact, while the strike is a simple ki projectile that can be controlled to some degree in flight.
* **Dragon Flash:** Kasumi thrust her hand forward unleashing a large, blinding flash of light that momentarily blinds the enemy, allowing either for a distraction or to surprise an opponent.
* **Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken:** The common Amazon speed technique. Kasumi's mastery of it is not quite at the level of Ranko's but close enough to keep the fights matched.
* **Illusions:** Kasumi has shown the ability to project simple illusions of herself. The exact nature of these is unclear but they lack any substance.
* **Soul Illusion:** A far more advanced illusion Kasumi acquired from being joined with Rose. This version allows Kasumi to project an image of herself fully capable of combat, although only for a limited time and presumably with reduced effectiveness from herself.
* **Soul Reflect:** Another technique acquired from Rose allowing Kasumi to reflecting lower level ki attacks.
* **Ha Do Ken:** An incredibly powerful ki technique where the user draws in ambient energies from the environment then directs them out in a concentrated beam. At high levels the attack was able to destroy much of a small mountain.
* **Dark Ha Do:** An advancement on the Ha Do Ken which takes the drawn in energies and contains them within so they can be used in any number of ways by the user. This version concentrates on negative energies strongly fueling negative emotions like hate and anger. Prolonged use can inhibit the energy system of the user leaving them greatly weakened, or entirely dependent on the technique to continue functioning.
* **Light Ha Do:** Like the dark version but this time using positive energies. While not nearly as emotionally overwhelming as the Dark version, it still takes its toll on the body in the same way.
* **Healing Spirit Discipline:** A self healing technique requiring a meditative stance.
* **Healing Touch:** Similar in power to the Healing Spirit discipline, but used on another. However, has the draw back to large amounts of healing invoking healing sickness in the receiver for similar reasons to the draw back to the Light and Dark Ha Do.
* **Particulate Matter Control:** A technique allowing the user to shape of control fine particles or liquids, such as sand, dust, or water.
* **Particulate Invisibility:** A technique uses a large body of dust or other obscuring element to bend light and conceal the user within, very similar to camoflage.
* **Emotion Sensing**: Kasumi has trained her battle sense to the point where she can pick out a person's hostility very easily.