Cologne

Time had not made a fool of her, her abilities as a martial artist had granted her immunity towards senility but it seemed that the newer generation of amazons were becoming senile at a young age, seeing as Shampoo hadn't been smart enough to remember the general surroundings of Jusenkyo springs, even though she had been told countless amounts of times before to avoid it, since it even seemed like something every new child was told to do. Though she figured it was only a matter of time before Shampoo had done this stupid and of course... being the kind great grandmother she was, she knew she'd have to speak in Shampoo's defense when confronted by the elder council.

"So, am I to get this straight... you were attempting to accomplish your 'kiss of death' and followed her to the springs, but in turn you ended up being thrown into the springs and cursed into an animal form?" she asked, noticing as Shampoo seemed to be sitting on top of a cage with a quacking Mousse.

"Is true..." Shampoo blushed, embarrassed by her mistake. It was one of those moments where she had allowed her confidence to cloud her judgment, therefore leading to her curse.

"This is quite the tragic turn of events... I have to ask though, why did you keep Mousse in duck form?" Cologne asked, narrowing her eyes as she noticed the ever quacking fowl.

Mousse appeared to be in a state of utter panic, since he had been gone from his home from his home, for an entire day. His mother would surely miss him, there was no doubt in his mind that she had probably done something irrational, that or she attempted to do something irrational but ended up losing her glasses and getting stuck at him. 'Damn it! Why can't you love me Shampoo, at least love me enough to let me go check on my mother!' he said, or rather tried to say, since all that came from his mouth were hurried quacks of distress.

Cologne sighed and shook her head, perhaps now was the time she reveal information about her 'kiss of death' target. "Look here child, I have some news that might come as a shock to you but I have decided that it is for the better that you stop chasing that red headed girl."

Shampoo instantly went on the defensive, stating her case, she had every right to anyways. This was her fight and tradition demanded that she continued to pursue her target until slain. "No! Shampoo is going to beat stupid red headed girl, she no lose to her, Shampoo no lose to lucky-"

"He's a boy!" Cologne exclaimed, slamming the bottom end of her cane to the floor, gaining Shampoo's attention the moment she did. The very second that those words were uttered from her mouth, she noticed a sudden silence in the room, even Mousse remained silent.

'H-How... th-that couldn't be a boy, she just, she just... can't be!' Mousse thought as he lowered his feathered head, his world became dark and his mind became clouded as he was faced with the reality of the situation.

Shampoo paused for a moment and stared at her great grandmother, then she paused even longer, seeing as she had to make she was using the proper Japanese words, once she did so she countered with a well thought out response or whatever a Shampoo response could be referred to as. "Boy no is girl, Shampoo no is stupid!" she shot back. "Shampoo see her!" she said, reaching her hands to her bossom and getting close enough to actually cup them, indicating the fact that Ranma's girl form had some unusually, well endowed... assets.

"That's where you're wrong, my dear arrogant great-granddaughter, it is true that when you see her... is is physically a girl but she can change, much like how you and," she paused to look at the duck, immediately recognizing those ridiculously oversized glasses. "Mousse here... are able to, but she fell in the spring of drowned girl, she is a man."

Shampoo became lost in a trance, had she, the strongest of her age division actually tried to kill the only man who was able to best her? All her thoughts centered around the idea of that red headed girl being attracted to that black haired boy and she instantly saw that as a challenge, since that means not only had she found a man worthy of her strength and talents but that had also given her a chance to prove how much better the female race was at taming the hearts of men. "Shampoo is too too happy!" she chirped, clapping her hands together and smiling brightly.

"I'm glad to hear so." Cologne said.

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Mousse on the other hand didn't take Shampoo's acceptance all too well, to him, the world was ending. Her goal of training constantly and eventually becoming strong enough to defeat Shampoo was shattered, to top it all off, Shampoo was delighted to hear the news. The feathered master of hidden weapons fell flat on his bottom, his head tilted downward.

"Shampoo go find husband!" she exclaimed, hoping to make her move on the moment of her learning the truth.

"I'm afraid I can't let you near him, not yet..." Cologne stated, her eyes closed as she nodded her head.

Shampoo blinked her eyes, how could she tell another amazonian woman not to chase their future husband? The very idea of her being stopped, simply because her great grandmother told her not to was simply absurd. "What is you talking about? Shampoo have to!"

Her eyes fanned open as she responded, "I have given him a set amount of time to consider being with you, you're not to do anything until that time dawns, do you understand?"

Shampoo scuffed and crossed her arms, "I no have to listen to you, is tradition and great grandmother no have right to stop me," she replied, knowing that their tribes laws and orders were on her side.

"I have taken that into account and I have spoken to the other members beforehand, you are not to see the boy until his decision time has been met..." Cologne stated, noticing the look on Shampoo's shocked face.

"H-how is you doing that?" Shampoo questioned. There had to be some reason that Cologne wouldn't allow her to see her future husband. "Why no let Shampoo get husband!" she demanded.

"Let me ask you this first!" Cologne shouted, pointing her cane out to the purple haired girl, getting her to lean back and stare at the top of her walking stick. "Do you even know what the girl looks like, when she's a man?"

There was a brief moment of pause as Shampoo stood there for a moment, suddenly the purple haired girl lowered her head and shook her head. An anime sweat drop appearing to the side of her head when she gave her response. Now that she thought about it, she had never really seen him change back into his male form, all she ever saw Ranma as, was a girl.

"How long Shampoo wait?" she asked, sighing in defeat.

"The boy you seek has roughly a month's time, should he hesitate further, I might have to take more drastic measures to ensure your marriage to him," Cologne stated, she noticed how downtrodden Shampoo seemed. "I suggest you began your wife training, you need to be able to do much more than simply cooking meals for him, am I correct?"

"Is correct..." Shampoo replied, smiling softly and scratching the back of her head.

Cologne smiled and shoved her hands into her sleeves and began her walk out of the room. "Oh, Shampoo..." she said, stopping.

"Yes, great-grandmother?" she blinked, not sure what she could possibly have to say at this point.

"Get that duck home, he's making a ruckus."

Shampoo's eyes widened before she turned back to the duck she had encaged. "Oh... Shampoo no is remembering you," she said, reaching down and picking up the cage, seeing an unmoving duck. "Is being too dramatic..." Shampoo commented, a flat line irritated face.

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Ryoga(The following morning)

As Ryoga returned to the waking world, he noticed that two shadowed figured were crowded around him, each conversing about what to do with him or what he assumed was talking about him, since he had most likely been dragged by them.

"H-hey, Matsu!" the first shrouded figure said as it called to Matsu with a wave of his hand. "He's coming too!"

"Wow, the boy looks like he can do some sturdy work!" the second figure stated, sounding strangely excited to meet him.

Ryoga groaned before he attempted to sit up and check his surroundings, placing his hand over his heart he noticed the tempered beating rate and must have realized that he was calm now. Though when he thought back to Ranma, a tightening in his chest started and he gritted his teeth. 'Ranma...' Ryoga thought as he stared at the ground beneath him, well, he was actually lying across a sleeping bag that had been laid out for him.

The first to be introduced was a man who appeared to have gray side burns and an almost child like appearance to him; including the fact that his upper lip seemed to protrude much further than his lower lip. He was obviously much older than Matsu, considering the fact that Matsu was clearly a middle aged man. "I was hoping a pretty girl, but I guess he seems like a good enough feller ta' teach."

"You think so, Master Happosai?" Matsu asked as he approached the two, scratching the back of his head as he was walking over to the black haired boy.

Ryoga seemed to only be passively listening to the conversation but when Matsu's voice rang through his ears the fang toothed boy turned his attention to him. "Master Matsu!" Ryoga asked, eyes widening as he was met with a familiar face.

"I didn't expect our paths to cross again, at least not this soon." Matsu commented as he sat down on the ground and handed the boy a water bottle.

Ryoga averted his eyes from the construction worker and looked to the side, a perplexed look on his face. 'He taught me that skill... can he teach me other things?'

"He doesn't seem like he's all too happy to see ya', does he?" The final figure said, standing about roughly the same height as Happosai. Though he seemed to be covered in a fuzzy patch of hair that covered most of his head, his eyebrows larger than should seem humanly possible.

"Well..." Matsu was about to respond until he saw that Ryoga had forced himself to stand, before dropping to his knees and placing his hands out in front of him.

"Please teach more, I need to become stronger!" Ryoga demanded.