Akane Tendo (MUOF)

**Akane Tendo** also known as **Kane** is the protagonist of Most Unlikely of Friends along with Shampoo Tendo.

## Appearance

When Shampoo’s hair was cut off during a fight between Ryoga Hibiki and Ranma, she cut hers off as well as a sign of camaraderie. She is described as a little less muscular, was far better conditioned then the original.

Her cat form is gray with black strips.

## Personality

Akane is idealistic and proud, but stubborn and emotional. She is the youngest so stubbornness and emotional outbursts are to be expected but thanks to Soon Li and Shampoo’s influence that stubbornness and emotion instead of becoming an intricate part of Akane's personality. Have changed into a strong will that serves her well. She is also driven to be martial artist and thus has a violent side her sisters’ lack.

## Biography

Shortly after the funeral for his departed wife, the Tendo family is visited by a mysterious man claiming his wife entered a Poetry contest and had won the 2nd prize, a free holiday trip to Hong Kong for a week. Soun decided to take the trip with his daughters (about 10, 8, and 7 respectively) to get away from things. However, rather than return at the end, they collectively decided to take a trip into China, in particular including the Cursed trained ground of Jusenkyo. Fortunately for them Nabiki managed to convince him to take them to the Amazon village first. Luckily the four arrived the day before the annual martial arts contest. Kasumi, Nabiki, and Akane looked around while Soun talked to the guide. The girls stopped several times to watch various competitors show off their skills (Nabiki taking the occasional picture) until they stopped to watch Soon Li practicing against another woman, Zhao Mi, clearly outclassing her.

Unlike Kasumi and Nabiki, Akane didn’t know the language so as Nabiki walks off to take bets Akane and Kasumi continued to watch the fight. They were soon joined by Shampoo. After Soon Li completed her sparing she came over to talk to the three. To Akane’s surprise Soon Li spoke Japanese she and Kasumi left to join Nabiki. Hearing that Soun trained Akane, and Akane heaping much praise on him, Soon Li expressed her hope of meeting him. As if on cue, Soun walks up behind Akane, and the two briefly conversed, both showing interest in the other.

Seeing the way the two hit it off later that night, at a campsite just outside the village Nabiki woke up Akane and Kasumi. Nabiki and Kasumi discussed ways to play matchmaker while Akane tried to figure out what they were talking about. Kasumi learned about the Kiss of Marriage from a book on Amazon laws all that was left was figuring out how to get the two to fight.

The next day they ended up tricking him into eating the first prize. While Soon Li took this as amusing, she played along and challenged Soun as if upset. While Soun was no match for Soon Li the fact she underestimated him allowed him to ultimately defeat her which ultimate lead to their marriage.

It was a little while after the wedding that Akane ran into Shampoo again, and the two fought. Akane was swiftly defeated. This became a regular occurrence. Soon Li, seeing how outclassed Akane was, decided to trained her in the basics of the Wind Style. Akane avoided Shampoo for the few weeks that Soon Li trained her, but eventually had to face her. Using what she had learned Akane was able to defeat Shampoo without making a single attack by Shampoo exhausting herself attempting to attack Akane.

Shampoo obviously wasn't too happy about her defeat so challenged her again the next day. The dynamic between the two had changed and every fight they had went the same way, now in Akane's favor. For weeks this went on with bystanders eventually beginning to laugh and Akane not understanding the language thought they were laughing at her. Then, one day Shampoo suddenly stopped challenging her. Akane didn’t see her for a full week and thought that she had finally given up, only for her to suddenly show up and try to kill her.

It turned out her constant defeats by Akane gradually destroyed Shampoo’s self confidence and as a result she started getting defeated by nearly everyone in the village, becoming a joke to the other children. When her family found out she was eventually disowned after becoming cursed at Jusenkyo. Akane was devastated upon finding this out, blaming herself. Soon Li invited Shampoo to live with them where they learned that she had been cursed at Jusenkyo to transform into a cat. This only increased Akane’s guilt.

One day, while a depressed Shampoo was accompanying Kasumi, Akane met up with them, talking with Kasumi prompting Kasumi to return to the market, leaving Shampoo with Akane. When they came across some kids bullying Shampoo, Akane came to her rescue and drove them off. Later at home, when Shampoo inquired as to Akane's reasoning from Kasumi, having assumed Akane hated her, Shampoo was instead informed of Akane's feelings of responsibility. Unable to deal with this due to her own self loathing, Shampoo ran away.

Not long after, with the whole family searching for her, Akane found her, but Shampoo continued to flee. In the ensuring chase, Shampoo fell into a river. Akane attempted a rescue from shore, but ended up likewise falling in. Unable to swim, Akane instead shielded Shampoo, now in cat form, from the rocks in the rapids, being knocked unconscious. Shampoo then managed to pull Akane to shore before collapsing from exhaustion.

Having witnessed Shampoo's efforts, Soon Li began training Shampoo while having her teach Akane how to speak Mandarin. After sometime failing to see improvement from Shampoo, Akane and Shampoo began to be able to hold conversations. One particular conversation lead to an inquiry as to the reason for Shampoo's name. Shampoo, annoyed, decided to play a prank on Akane and convinced her to allow Shampoo to demonstrate her shampooing technique, which Shampoo used to dye Akane's hair green. Upset by this, Akane retaliated in kind, and the two got into a play fight with the various hair dyes. After seeing the aftermath, Soon Li concluded Shampoo could indeed match Akane in more relaxed surroundings, restoring a bit of Shampoo's confidence.

With this newfound confidence, Soon Li began training Shampoo in the basics of the Lightning Style allowing her to finally hit Akane. After several weeks the two became evenly matched. By this point the two had become accustomed to Soon Li’s sneaky ways of training them so instantly became suspicious when she asked them get her a few things in the village.

As the two were returning with their parcels they were accosted by the same bully, Perfume, who beat Shampoo several weeks ago. This time however she sent the girl running away in tears, confirming to both that Shampoo had truly overcome her confidence issue.

Akane was the one who informed Shampoo when Soun decided that it was time to return home and apologized for the trouble she caused. Shampoo told her to stop feeling guilty admitting that the mess started because she was jealous of the fact that Soon Li was taking such an interest in Akane. Learning that Soon Li had been adopted by Cologne Akane convinced Soun to adopt Shampoo and take her with them back to Japan. They decided to go to Jusenkyo first to see if their was a cure only to find out that there wasn’t. However, that lead to a series of other adventures that caused the Tendo family to remain abroad for several more years.

In the present day, the Saotome's arrived to find the Tendos returned home, but with Akane and Shampoo now advanced experts in their respective schools of the storm style. Events loosely followed the typical time line, but with the modification that at Soon Li's suggestion, Ranma be left with the choice between Akane and Shampoo for the engagement. All three were initially unhappy with this arrangement.

In the coming months, both girls would become closer with Ranma, but also come to realize the other was also showing interest as well. Several key differences in events to follow include Akane not taking Ryoga as a pet due to learning of his curse from Shampoo, and not participating in the martial arts gymnastics duel with Kodachi due to Shampoo taking up that roll. She and Shampoo both act as waitresses and delivery girls for the Nekohanten, their family owned restaurant.

Akane took Ranma choosing Shampoo over her far worse then when she got over her crush on Dr Tofu. Seeing this, the family decided to play matchmaker between her and Ryoga. Much to Akane’s shock who wasn’t even aware that Ryoga was interested in her. However due to his shyness they were forced to use Mix 612 to get him to actually ask her.

A combination of wanting to help Ukyo as well as feeling empathetic to Mousse Akane assisted in trying to set him up with Perfume. When Cologne came to Japan looking for Perfume Akane and Ranma were quick to comfort Shampoo when the reunion didn’t go well. Akane went so far as to confront Cologne herself while Ranma took Shampoo home. Unfortunately she was just left to fume due to how outclassed she was.

Her and Ryoga’s relationship was advancing nicely he was gaining more confidence (though Akane found his shyness funny) and she even offered to train him in the Wind Style. As they were discussing it the family were knocked out by Kodachi. She and Azusa were working the Bakeneko to trap Shampoo in her cursed form and force her to be his wife.

After she and Ranma were woken up by Ukyo, Mousse, and Dr Tofu they made their way to the temple. Thanks to the intervention of Azusa and Kodachi they weren’t able to get to Shampoo in time. By the time the rest of the family got their they had to hold Akane back from killing Kodachi.

Akane’s fury combined with the fact that Shampoo refused to let him near her finally got the Bakeneko to see that she wasn’t going to marry him. While he couldn’t free her from the curse he did allow Shampoo to leave the temple.

Akane vowed to do whatever it took to cure Shampoo so when she learned that Cologne had the second bracelet she immediately challenged the elder for it when she refused to part with it, knowing full well that defeat met death. After a devastating battle Akane came out victorious. Everyone (except Genma) offered themselves up to sacrifice themselves, but since the bracelets could only be used for their curse splitting function by true friends, Akane was the only real candidate. Thus Shampoo was freed and Akane gained a Jusenkyo curse.

She and Shampoo began dreaming of the original universe. While on a date with Ryoga as he fought off Kuno Akane comes across a group of girls chasing after an old lecherous man. She learns that the old lecher is called Happosai and is the master of Anything Goes Martial Arts and taught Soun and Genma several years ago. Ranma and Shampoo who had been drawn by the commotion took him back to the dojo while she continued her date.

As the two were dealing with him Akane helped Ukyo train to get the phoenix pill from Cologne. Preventing her from giving up hope as well as encouraging her to think up an alternate form of training to overcome the cat tongue pressure point.

When Shampoo was kidnapped by Bu Xien Akane and Ryoga were quickly incapacitated. Later when Ukyo informed every one of his ultimatum for releasing her, Akane was against it as not only was he able to defeat Happosai Ranma was still recovering from his last defeat. Much to her frustration she gave him the idea to go to Kodachi to inoculate himself against Bu’s poisons. Luckily her suspicions proved to be unfounded as with Kodachi’s help Ranma was able to defeat Bu and she also noticed that the explosives placed around Shampoo were all fake.

Akane was poisoned by Bu making everyone think she was sick so that Shampoo would have to take over her workload keeping her away from Ranma. He stopped after and Kodachi started dating and thus no longer wanted to break Ranma and Shampoo up.

Akane and Ryoga’s relationship took a huge step forward after Ryoga asked her out on a date. Despite various distractions Ryoga was able to make his feeling known though Akane was able to beat him to the punch. After Ranma and Shampoo learned the Art of Focus Soon Li decided to take them to the mountains so that they could master it. She took Ryoga and Akane as well so that they could learn the Art of Chaos so that they could keep up with the twos dramatic increase in skill.

Akane and Ryoga engaged in a mass of completely wild activities, during which time she admitted to Soon Li her frustrations at how slow things were going between her and Ryoga. In response she changed their training to help with that. Soon Li also informed Akane and Shampoo that their skill had increase to the point where they were now considered masters, and thus could now start training each other in their respective styles.

On the way home Akane brought up to Shampoo the thought of setting Nabiki up with someone. However this was quickly forgotten when they met Natsume and Kurumi who claimed to be Soun’s illegitimate daughters.

It was decided that the two would stay until everything was worked out. Though she hid it well Akane was furious and was quick to challenge Natsume to a fight. Natsume was perfectly willing to along with what Akane wanted, but proved to be no match forcing Shampoo to step in before things went too far.

That night unable to sleep due both to this revelation and still having their dreams of the original universe the Akane and Shampoo discussed wedding arrangements. Akane agreed to be Shampoo’s protector. Akane was the first of the daughters to find out that Soon Li was pregnant.

When she and Shampoo started discussing setting up Nabiki with someone, her first choice was Mousse. Though he agreed to go on a date it was obvious that neither was really into it, something Shampoo was quick to point out and even bet that the two wouldn’t have a good time.

Which she won when Nabiki returned and just went to bed yelling at Akane to leave her alone when she bombarded her with questions. She began to worry when Nabiki started panicking when she mentioned going to ask Mousse, but was convinced to let things go.

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

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

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

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

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

While Happosai agreed it was clear that he wasn’t taking it seriously, just getting his jollies out of having two girls chase after him. Which is why they were shocked when he suddenly started taking it seriously with no explanation. Naturally facing an ancient master with more tricks than either could count was humbling to say the least.

Ranma and Ryoga had to track them down to remind them of Kasumi’s wedding as they deciding to camp out in the mountains to get the most time to train. Akane, Shampoo, and Nabiki took Kasumi on a bachelorette party.

Perfume and Ukyo were invited and Soon Li convinced them to invite Natsume and Kurumi as well. Nabiki surprised Kasumi by also inviting Yuuka and Hazumi. It was an exciting evening. They first went to a strip club which ended awkwardly. They then went to a karaoke bar which ended in a brawl when anAmerican soldiers on shore leave hit on Natsume refused to take no for an answer.

Akane came to Natsume’s defense and while the two weren’t ready just yet to give up their rivalry it did bring them a lot closer. Akane ended up drunkenly getting a tattoo and there is still an hour she can’t account for.

The next day was perfect, sunny, with not even a hint of a cloud to be seen. The perfect day for Kasumi and Tofu to start their new life together. The perfect day to decide who would carry on the training hall once and for all. Everyone relevant to the proceedings was there. After a devastating battle in which Akane and Kurumi knocked each other out. Shampoo was the only one left standing making her and Akane the victors.

As the two were recovering Perfume put the friendship bracelet on them. the two woke up in a void where though they tried to fight it they were fused their counterparts from the original universe and transported to that world.

Akane awakened to a feeling of relief that only faded away when she discovered Shampoo's bed gone. She realized that she was in Nabiki’s room, although Nabiki claimed it was indeed Akane's.

Freaking out she demanded to know where the bracelets were who told her it wasn’t her idea to idea them. By this point the fathers had arrived and seeing Akane’s anger immediately pushed Ranma to the front. She demanded to know where the bracelets were again and when Ranma refused she flew off.

What she needed more than anything else at the moment was time to think, and if possible, discuss the situation with someone she could trust. That left one option, namely Shampoo, who was no doubt in a similar state of mind. Fortunately Akane knew where her adoptive sister would go.

Relieved to see that she was her Shampoo the two compared notes and came up with a plan of action. They decided not to let anyone know they had memories of this universe when Ranma finally caught up to Akane. Switching to Chinese the decided to not to tell anyone they had memories of this world. The two then called Ranma out for keeping them there against their will.

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

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

Naturally Akane was angry, but it quickly drained upon seeing Nabiki panic and she apologized for her earlier outburst. When Shampoo realized that Ryoga had been sleeping in the room Nabiki was forced to reveal that Ryoga was P-Chan as well as tell them who P-Chan was. It was pretty clear at this time that Nabiki was trying to get arise out of them. It took a great deal of control for Akane not to show how angry she was. Shampoo was quick to try and calm her down once Nabiki left. In desperation she offered to go practice with her.

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

Naturally Ranma proved to be no match for Shampoo and the match ended when Shampoo blocked his Moko Takabisha. However the blast took more out of Shampoo then she was willing to admit and Akane helped her back to her room so no one would notice.

When Mousse should up to kill Ranma for sleeping in the same home as Shampoo Akane came to his rescue telling Mousse he had no say in what he does and forced him to leave. Ranma called Akane out for getting involved in his fight, causing her to reply that she wouldn’t do it again.

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

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

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

Wanting to work off her tension Akane asked Shampoo to spar with her, but she was tired so Akane went to the dojo herself. When Ryoga suddenly came in to apologize she was quick to lay into him especially since his only answer for his actions was he didn’t know. He was kneeling on the floor, bowing before Akane by the time Ranma and Shampoo to tell her that Bu Xiang might be in Nerima.

Sure enough Bu was staying at the Kuno’s. Naturally he was confused at Akane and Shampoo’s familiarity with him. It took them a half-hour to explain everything to Bu and Kodachi. Bu had experience with interdimensional travel so was surprised but was worried that the Jewelry Store Owner didn’t have to follow the usual rules.

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

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

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

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

Akane woke up ears ringing, head swimming, and having trouble remembering the answer to 2 + 2. As the trauma of her inter-dimensional trip faded she was assured upon seeing Shampoo and recognizing her room. Sadly that relief was short lived when the Original Ranma came in to check up on him.

In a panic Akane ignored him and attempted to check on Ryoga which was harder then thought as she was still recovering from her ordeal. Brushing Ranma off, she forced her self to Ryoga. Though he himself had only revived a few seconds before she entered his room he immediately passed out when she hugged him. Laughing to herself at her fiancés antics she turned to deal with Ranma.

Now that she was back in her own dimension Akane no longer felt the need to be nice to Ranma when he asked her why, and unlike Shampoo this wasn’t some attempt to get him to see things from her perspective. She laid into him exactly why a relationship between them could not work, how much she hated the original universe as she did nothing more then go through the motions and had no real agency in her life. There was no apologizing for her actions, no sympathizing with him, no letting him argue his case, no attacking him when tried, she just let him know without a shadow of a doubt that it was over.

However as she walked away she did apologize at least for how it ended, she didn’t want to hurt him, but she needed to live her own life. When Ranma didn’t reply Akane continued on her way. The group quickly started to get worried about Shampoo even more so when they couldn’t find her after an hour of searching. Returning to the dojo they received a call from Ukyo telling them that Shampoo was in the original universe. After confirming that the bracelets were gone, Akane and Ranma went to were Ukyo said Soon Li would be to find them. while Ryoga stayed behind to tell everyone else what was going on.

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

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

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

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

While Akane was fine she knew something was wrong with Ranma-chan. After a moment of silence Ranma told her that she knew she didn’t belong in the MUOF’s universe. When an irritated Akane asked her where she did belong Ranma really couldn’t answer. Like what she told Shampoo if she did she would have merged with Ranma-kun. Two Ranma’s would make things confusing not to mention her relationship with Ryoga.

Akane called her out for that being the real reason. Ranma didn’t deny but Akane couldn’t deny it either. When asked where she would go Ranma replied that Derek had already told her. This caused Akane to ask her how she knew she was the one who was supposed to help. Ranma figured out that since Tae-il was a planetary spirit he could hurt her without hurting himself. If Ranma had done it he could have been killed without a care in the world.

Ranma didn’t tell her about her about her curse being locked, just told her to ask Ranma-kun. Assuring Akane that this wasn’t goodbye she told her that she would be at Shampoo and Ranma-kun’s wedding and went on her way. Catching up to Ranma-kun and Shampoo she found her arguing with Cologne who also refused to go to their universe. She did not want to fuse with her counterpart, though Shampoo tried to convince her otherwise, but given that there was no proof that it would change the other Cologne in any way.

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

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

### A Scary Thought

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. Many hours later in the evening, Kane and Ranko were at a discrete corner of the Tendo compound. After confirming that the connection was solid Tae-il told them he’d talk to them in a couple of days.

Once they were alone Kane expressed her disappointment at not being able to meet her counterpart. Ranko told her about the morning training as they headed back. Ranko explained some more of the differences and similarities between their universes. While Akane told her of the various other changes that had happened. Once they made it back they said their goodbyes and Ranko headed off to the dorms. Just as she was heading in Kane was confronted by Peach. Peach was able to see through both her and Shan’s illusion and the only reason she hadn’t already attacked them was that Kasumi seemed to trust them, but still wanted to know what the deal with them was.

All Kane could really tell her that it was a long story. Luckily Peach accepted this just wanting to know if she’d help in locating Palm. Kane asked if Palm was really that dangerous. Peach told her that she was especially if she gets conditions advantageous to her. Peach however didn’t plan on letting her gain those conditions. Kane was impressed when Peach flash stepped away realizing she did it using a combination of speed and shapeshifting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

## Abilities

As one of the heirs of the Anything Goes Martial Arts School, Akane is in good fighting form, and has excellent physical strength and agility. Although she doesn't know enough to use her style as efficiently as Ranma, her mastery of the Wind Style more them makes up for it. Some examples of Akane’s skill is her ability to leap massive distances, create a feather fall like effect, generate blasts of wind, and shield herself with a bubble of air. There skilled dramatically after increased after receiving training from Happosai. Though he only taught them one technique each, the combination of Anything Goes and Storm style allowed them to modify their existing techniques in unique and interesting ways.

* **Divine Justice Tempest Blast**: A combination attack Akane and Shampoo join hands, letting their respective ki's intermingle between them. The energy builts up in a ball, lightning and winds coursing around like a storm in a bottle.
* **Flight**: Akane modified the Bean-jam Blow-out directing it at herself as a lift while using her skill in the Wind Style to keep herself stabilized.
* **Gust Wave Punch**: A direct pulse or jet of compressed air shot from the hand.
* **Razor Wind**: This involves a focused, slicing air current sent screaming at opponent.
* **Wind Geyser**: Akane can manipulate air pressure, which allows manipulation of updrafts and downdrafts.
* **Wind Wall**: Akane creates a wall made of wind to protect herself.

Every time Akane and Shampoo use Unification they gain bits and pieces of the other’s knowledge. Thanks to this they are pretty close to mastering each other's schools. While it is not as polished as Shampoo Akane knows the art of focus.

### Practical Skills

A life time of living with Shampoo and Soon Li has greatly improved Akane’s cooking skill which are generally now a match for at Shampoo's, although she has demonstrated a greater interest in such. Akane is also fluent in Mandarin, and Chinese writing forms.