Dr. Tofu Ono (AST)

## History

After walking Ranma and her sisters to school Kasumi decided to take in the sights and ended up in front of Dr. Tofu's clinic. As Kasumi remembered the old doctor that worked there contemplating all that had changed since she’d been gone, the doctor manages to sneak up on her touch her shoulder. Once the two exchange greetings, Tofu informed her about how bad the engagement between Ranma and Akane was going.

Kasumi went to Tofu after she was attacked by Cologne and he confirmed she was put under the "Full-Body Cat's Tongue". Sadly only aware of a temporary solution to cure it that could only be used one. Cologne arrived shortly afterwards to tell Kasumi she was going to marry Shampoo though she left when Kasumi told her that she hadn’t seen Shampoo since China.

Dr. Tofu stayed silent and listened attentively to what Kasumi could remember of the events surrounding her encounter with Shampoo. Kasumi was vehemently sure nothing happened with Shampoo so Tofu encouraged her to find and talk to her. Tofu hires Frost as a nurse and though she only initially took the job to get shelter from a storm she slowly warmed up to the doctor. Unaware of Frost's intent to kill Kasumi Tofu, offered to drive Frost to a ski lodge, only to be surprised to find Akane there as well. Shampoo and Cologne both recognized the name, although Dr. Tofu was surprised they had not known she was in Nerima. They quickly explained that Frost was likely a danger to Kasumi and everyone split up to find Kasumi before Frost could.

They would ultimately fail, although did managed to keep Kasumi away from Frost long enough for Shampoo to arrive and explain matters to Frost properly. Frost would then use her magic to cancel out the effects of the cat tongue point, curing Kasumi. Frost departed alone, assuming she would not be appreciated, but Dr. Tofu soon collected her and she decided to stay in Nerima for now.

Tofu's mother, Kin Ono, arrives, intent on wedding her son so that he can give her grandchildren. She initially discounted Frost as a bridal candidate because her hips were too small. When he tried to protest she threatened to commit suicide and as Tofu was struggling to grab the pill bottle Frost rushed in to demand what was going on.

Now that she was calmed down Kin explained her view that big hips are the key to child bearing, before pulling out a photo of the all Japan pelvic champion. Frost began arguing that intelligence was more important then physical strength. Kin agreed with her argument and named her bridal candidate #2. Frost was so pleased with her victory that it took her awhile to realize what just happened. Tofu gave her a sheepish look as his mother easily manipulated her into agreeing with it.

Tofu was quite surprised when he received a letter from Akane asking him to meet her at the Petite Amour restaurant. This sparked another argument between Frost and his mother this time on weather dating a 16 year old girl was too young. Wanting to find out what was going on Tofu decided to go.

When he met her at the restaurant Akane thought that he had asked her out, and quickly realized that Kodachi had orchestrated this. When actuality it had been Mousse’s doing. Akane explained things to Tofu luckily she was saved from having to explain why Kodachi would do such thing by the arrival of his mother. Impressed by her hips Kin Ono named Akane bridal candidate number three. Horrified at his mothers embarrassing antics he pulled her aside to speak in private.

There argument was interrupted by a fight breaking out between Ranma and Mousse and Kasumi and Ukyo who had also gone to that restaurant for a date. This caused a general panic among the other patrons, and most decided it best to rush for the nearest exit. Besides the ones indulging in morbid curiosity, Frost, Shampoo, Akane, and Doctor Tofu remained, all wondering just what to do.

When Shampoo attempted to help Kasumi only to be thrown across the room by Ukyo. Tofu rushed to her aid, but she waved off the help and ran back into the fight. 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, Ukyo eventually discovering her in an alley, hiding. Kasumi, in male form, managed to coax her out and Frost cast a sleeping spell on her meant to remove nightmares, calming her. Kasumi would take Shampoo back to the San Cheng Huang, but soon found the sleeping spell alone was not sufficient to keep Shampoo calm and was forced to stay with Shampoo.

Akane and Dr. Tofu walked in silence, until he finally spoke. The two made awkward small talk before he told her he was glad she hadn’t sent him the letter. For a moment an empty space forming in Akane’s heart, before Tofu continued stating that given what a nice girl she was a restaurant that gave out brochures to love hotels didn’t seem like her. Akane latched on to him calling her a nice girl. She was just about to build up the courage to confess when they arrived at the gate in front of her home. Saying good night tofu bid his farewell.

The first time Tofu saw Frost without her cloak was after she returned fighting with the Musk with sun stroke. She was forced to take it off so that he could check on her burns. Tofu inexplicably found his glasses to be fogged up. Quickly restoring his professionalism he began applying the burn lotion to her. He also massaged her head when she complained about her migraine. However just as she started to relax Tofu’s mother came in. Frost and Tofu watched Mrs. Ono leave after she apologized for interrupting them, and seconds after both hung their heads in embarrassment.

After this Lemon manipulated Frost into killing Kasumi, though she survived Frost, assumed the worst, panicked and attempted to leave but was convinced once more to stay by Dr. Tofu. He later informed Cologne about what had happened when she had come to confirm Frost’s story. Tofu diagnosed the damaged to Ukyo’s energy circulatory system from her overuse of the Burning Soul technique. However not being knowledgeable enough to fix all he could do was recommend that she not use her ki for at least a month, and prescribe medicine for her tremors.

After Kasumi was kidnapped both Shampoo and Ken were both taken to his clinic. After patching them up he spent the rest of the time preventing the others from attempting to interrogate him. He found a foreign chemical that the lab couldn't identify, and by the time he ran another one it was gone so he brushed it off as a lab error. Luckily Cologne was there when Ranma came to check on Shampoo so he had help in keeping him calm. As he was explaining their injuries they were interrupted by the arrival of Chun Li who had come to interrogate Copycat Ken herself. She was nearly attacked by Ranma who mistook her for Shadow Lady. Cologne was quick to point out that despite their similar appearance Chun Li didn’t match the description of the woman who kidnapped Kasumi.

Chun Li introduced herself and asked Tofu for Ken’s blood work. She recognized the drug in his system confirming that Shadowloo was involved. Tofu confirmed that Ken did have an injection mark causing Cologne to recall that Kasumi had one as well the day Frost went on her rampage. Unfortunately that meant that Ken was just as much of a victim as Kasumi and thus had no information on the location of Shadowloo’s hideout. He later looked after Makoto and Ranko when they were brought in by Ami and Minako.

When Kasumi and Shampoo were kidnapped and taken to the La Bac, Tofu lent his aid staying behind to watch over Cologne and Hinako when the buildings anti magic field disrupted their auras leaving them greatly weakened. Tofu was just getting to treating his newest batch of patients that had just been carried out, when Hotel La Bac suddenly burst forth with light. Everyone seeing this was briefly consumed by a sense of awe. However, just as it came, it faded back into the night's darkness. Kodachi asked him what that was, but he didn’t know, and had no time to think about it as all his new patients simultaneously regaining consciousness.

The light was actually from the outburst of energy caused by Usagi shattering her crystal to escape the nanobots control. Much to Tofu’s surprise everyone who it washed over started to recover remarkably fast. The next day, Shampoo had apparently already recovered enough to go to Kasumi's room at the hospital and wait for her to awaken. Cologne and Tofu were discussing her amazing recovery when he was confronted by Soun demanding to know if his daughter was okay, going so far as to volunteer his various organs in case she needed a transplant. After calming him down Tofu assured Soun that Kasumi was in no danger. However after some prompting from Cologne he admitted that she was suffering from healing sickness. Luckily it wasn’t a serious case. Satisfied, and greatly relieved, Soun finally noticed Shampoo and suggested her recovery was due to the strange light they witnessed, that caused by Usagi's crystal shattering.

After returning from dinner Frost, Tofu and his mother were greeted by Siren who had come to inform Frost that she had the go ahead to fix the Kaisuifu. Having not seen a good enchantment in ages asked if they could attend. When Frost went to go get ready Siren asked them to keep hush hush on the fact that she would have an audience.

Comb and Tofu were called in to treat Ranko who was injured in the battle against the kitsune. Since her magic immunity meant none of the mages could heal her.

After Frost left 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. Ukyo opted out and instead went back to train at the temple. They have done there best to keep her from finding out what had happened. Eventually search and rescue returned having found the ship on a small island, and some signs they were there since the storm, but they were no longer present.

After escorting his latest patient through the front door a lonely Tofu wondered how long Frost had been gone while making tea. He was interrupted by the sound of the door chime which he hadn’t heard since Frost had accidentally turned the door into a castle door. He arrived to find her turning it back. After he agreed to let her stay under the old terms, she asked how long she had been gone and was surprised that it had only been a few months. The two made small talk with Frost showing off some of the things she could do like create pocket dimensions. She eventually asked how everyone else was doing. This caused Tofu to awkwardly pause, before telling her what happened.

While screaming at Tofu for not telling her sooner Frost conjured up a metal dragon to transport them as they searched for the others. During which she made him breakdown everything that had happened. Not realizing how fast they were going Tofu was surprised by how quickly Frost was able to find Shampoo. She tracked them down to an island and after braking through the illusion that hid it she and Tofu were quickly ambushed. Though Frost just put them to sleep and went on her way, Tofu following, although looking back at the sleeping guards.

They found Kasumi resting against a tree in its shade. Beside her, Shampoo was asleep, her head leaning on Kasumi's shoulder. 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, while Shampoo was trying to speak with the Great Tree. Soon the amazon 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.

Unlike everyone else who seemed to greatly enjoy their meals, Ranko, Herb, and Shampoo ate minimally. Seeing this Tofu quickly figured out that everything was an illusion causing him to wonder what he had been eating. He decided it was best not to think about it and asked Toma about Togenkyo Island as a distraction. 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 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 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.

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. After Ranko who went along with Akane’s claim confirmed they were dating he challenged her to a fight to determine her worthiness. Despite everyones caution Ranko was confident in her victory given that Toma exclusively used magic. 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.

There concerns proved well founded when Toma unleashed the Kankaho technique. Luckily he hadn’t fully mastered it and being far less skilled in hand to hand combat then he was with a sword allowed Ranko to find his timing and ultimately defeat him. 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.