hugged his arm tighter and looked up to him with big eyes. Kuno looked stunned. "Na-Nabiki," that was all he could say. Nabiki gave a kawaii smile. She let Kuno's arm go and ran away. "Come catch me if you can, Tachi!" she laughed. Kuno smiled. "Well… the heavens seems to be happy," he said to himself and ran after Nabiki. He turned the corner and bumped right into his love. "My lo-," Kuno was stopped by a shush from Nabiki. She grabbed his hand and winked at Kuno. "Love being playful… dontcha think?" Kuno nodded. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ryoga and Ukyo opened their eyes to stop their kissing. Ryoga leaned back to his sit and so did Ukyo. "Ryoga… never knew you were such an animal," Ukyo said. "So who are you to talk," Ryoga felt like he had been watched. Ukyo felt the same feeling and they both looked around. Everybody wee either whispering, not looking, or staring at them. "Ukyo," Ryoga said without moving. "Yeah?" "When I count to three…" "I think I know what you're trying to say sugar," "Okay… one…" Ryoga stood up. "Two…" Ukyo stood up. "THREE!" Ryoga and Ukyo said at the same time and ran out the ice-cream parlor. They ran and bumped to someone. Ryoga and Ukyo were on the ground. Ryoga sat up with his eyes still closed as he rubbed his head. "Hey! What'd ya do that for you jackass!" Ryoga and Ukyo said at the same time. They both opened their eyes and looked at each other. "Jackass?" they said in unison. Then they looked at the couple they crashed. "Well what'd ya know… it's Shampoo," Ukyo said. "And Mousse," Ryoga finished as he stood up. He then lend out a hand to help Ukyo up. "You see anything different about me?" Mousse said. Ryoga turned to face him and Shampoo as Ukyo looked forward. They thought for a bit. "I know! Your going out with Shampoo, ain't ya?" Ryoga thought. "Well… besides that," Mousse answered. Ukyo looked to his face. "Hey? Where's your glasses?" "That the different part," Shampoo said. "Huh?" Ryoga and Ukyo said in unison. Shampoo and Mousse nodded. "Behold," Mousse took out something out of his eyes. Ryoga and Ukyo gasped. "Mousse, you got contacts," Ryoga pointed out. "Yeah. You look good with no glasses," Ukyo said. "Yep. Now what's with this of saying jackass at the same time?" Mousse asked with a smirk. Ryoga and Ukyo blushed. "Well… you see…" Ryoga stuttered. "And then there's… um…" Ukyo stuttered with her date. "Shampoo would love this," Shampoo said to herself while watching the couple in front of her make a complete fool of themselves. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "All right Ranma … where to?" Akane asked as they were strolling around Nerima. Ranma was looking at a store window they passed by and then to Akane. "I don't know," "Oh c'mon Ranma, there has gotta be somewhere you want to go," "How about where you wanna go?" "Well… there is this one place I wanna go…" Akane grabbed Ranma's hand and ran. "Whoa! Akane! Where are you taking me?! Slow down!" Ranma cried but Akane didn't listen. "C'mon Ranma! It'll be fun!" Akane yelled back. She turned the corner and stopped in front of a store. Ranma looked at the sign. "Mall 'O Madness," he said out loud. "Yep. It has arcades, great clothing, and everything," Akane looked at the mall. "Does it have a make out store?" Ranma said still looking at the sign as Akane stared at him. "E-Excuse me?" Ranma laughed. "Just kidding," Akane stared at him with awe. "Fine," she muttered. Ranma looked at her. "So… shall we?" he lifted his arm to form a hook. Akane smile. "We shall," She then linked her arm to Ranma's and they walked in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "C'mon… shoot him one more time and you got it," Akane instructed Ranma as he was playing Sailor V: Times of Future (I made the name up k? Just so then no companies start chasing me with spatula, bomboris, tiaras, scepters, you name it.) Ranma was pressing the shoot button as fast as he can. All of a sudden, people started to form a group around Ranma and Akane. "Duck Ranma! Duck!" Akane ordered. Ranma did as he was told. "All right! I'm in the fifth level!" Ranma cheered as he watced Sailor V enter a door. "All right Ranma. Now all you have to do in this level is to collect all the tiaras and defeat the boss of this level," Ranma pressed the pause button and looked at Akane. "How do you know all this?" "I have the game. Didn't you knew?" "No. Do you play it everyday at night?" "Yeah… I play it with P-chan and beat the game," Ranma turned back to the game and resumed it. He gave out a big sigh. "You never tell me anything," he said as he avoided a fireball. "Oh? And who was the one that told you how to get here? Answer me that," Akane smiled. *I hate it when she's right. It gives me a reason to fight with her. I don't wanna argue with her. No not today. It's such a good day. Maybe tomorrow I'll argue about the game.* Ranma thought. He stopped Mina Aino at a door. "Crap, the door's lock. How do I get the key?" Ranma asked. "Actually, you don't. You gotta transform her. Then you use the Venus pen to transform her to Sailor Venus. Last, you need her to do the 'Venus Love Me Chain'," "But I don't know how to do the 'Venus Love Me Chain'," "Then you go back to the last room and play the 'Venus Love Song' with your flute as Sailor V. Then…" "And then…" Ranma helped her out. Akane smiled. "Figure it out yourself," Akane said. Ranma transformed Mina to Sailor V and went to the last room and played the flute with the song. Then two cats and a girl with a pair of meatballs came. Ranma shuddered. "Sailor Moon comes with… TWO CATS?!" Ranma turned to Akane. "Don't worry, they are only video game cats," Ranma sighed with relief and turned back to the game to see the long dialogue between Sailor V, Sailor Moon, Luna, and Artemis. He then saw Artemis give a chain to Sailor V. Sailor V turned to Sailor Venus and was then playable. Ranma moved her to the room. "How do you do it again?" Ranma asked Akane. "Push the start button and equip the chain. Once you got that done, press the 'A' button." Ranma did that and was able to do the technique to open the door to the next stage. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Tachi… you're suppose to raise your arms. Observe the master, " Nabiki threw the ball into the hoop and made it. Nabiki and Kuno had decided to change clothing and to meet each other at the basketball court in the park. Ten minutes later, Nabiki is teaching Kuno how to shoot a basket. Nabiki is now wearing a black tank top with khakis as Kuno wore a blue T-shirt with very baggy black pants. Kuno observed Nabiki very closely. "So that is how it is done. I appreciate your help," "All right Tachi, you try it," Kuno shot the ball and made it into the hoop. Nabiki rebounded it. "Very good. Now let's see what you are made on. A one on one, twenty point game," She pass the ball to Kuno. "With pleasure," Kuno started to dribble the ball as Nabiki tried to take the ball. *He is good! He just doesn't know how to shoot that's all. * Kuno started doing some tricks with the ball without messing up. He threw the ball and made a basket. Nabiki looked at him. "Two to zero," Kuno rebounded his own ball while saying the score. "How do you do all those tricks with the ball?" Nabiki asked. "I may implore you of how you be able to barrage the sphere?" "I'll tell you later," Nabiki said innocently as Kuno passed the ball to Nabiki. Nabiki caught it. "Shall we carry on?" Kuno asked ready to pounce on Nabiki. Nabiki started to dribble. "Come and get it Tachi!" Nabiki started running around the court with Kuno chasing after her. *What skill… what technique… what body… what… did I just stated her body?* Kuno leaped over Nabiki and stole the ball. Nabiki smirked as she chased Kuno "The Tendo School of Anything Goes Basketball Technique! The Anything Goes Ball Take Back Zap!" Nabiki held out er left index finger pointing to Kuno. The ball that is… er, was with Kuno is now with Nabiki. Nabiki shot the ball and made a basket. Kuno looked at Nabiki rebounding her. "How…" Kuno stuttered. Nabiki winked. "You thought there was no such thing as the Tendo School of Anything Goes Basketball did you? If it is Anything Goes, the anything actually goes, not just martial arts," Kuno nodded. "I see…" "Well Tachi, let's continue," she passed the ball to Kuno. "Let's get it on," Kuno said. Nabiki was impressed to hear him actually sound like a regular teenager. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "So Mousse, how you like this?" Shampoo and Mousse were in a store looking for clothes. Mousse looked at Shampoo who held out a purple shirt. Mousse nodded. "Very nice Shampoo. It'll look wonderful on you. Especially with this," he held out a purple jeans with roses on the side. "Hiya! That look wonderful! Look this one," she held up a baggy blue jeans that has pyro written on the back pockets. "That looks great, Shampoo," "For you," Shampoo gave the clothing to him. Mousse thanked Shampoo and they continued looking for clothing. "Shampoo, check this out!" Shampoo turned around to see Mousse holding up a black T-shirt saying 'I Luv My Shampoo' written in red. Shampoo giggled. "That good," Shampoo smiled. Mousse set the shirt down and walked to Shampoo. Shampoo looked up. "What is it Mousse?" "Shampoo… there's something I gotta tell ya," "That you love me?" Mousse stared at Shampoo. "How did you know?" "Wo ai ni to you too," she giggled. They both looked at the clothes they held in their hands, then at each other. "I think we should buy them. Dontcha think?" Mousse asked as Shampoo nodded. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Shampoo… you look… you look," Mousse looked at Shampoo after she changed to the new clothes. He stared as Shampoo stepped out of the store wearing the purple belly shirt and baggy purple jeans with roses on the sides. Mousse stared some more trying find a good word besides… "Shampoo… you look so sexy!" Shampoo stared at Mousse as Mousse finally knew what he was saying. Shampoo giggled. "You look sexy too!" Shampoo said as she stared at Mousse wearing his baggy blue jeans with the black and red T-shirt saying 'I Luv My Shampoo' written on it. The couple linked their arms and started waking around. "You know… I thought this was suppose to be a Saturday to see a movie but instead, we are spending the day together. I wish this day would never end. "You know Mousse. We don't have to make it end," Shampoo faced Mousse. She unlinked the chain of arms, grabbed on to both his hands, and straight into his eyes. "Sh-Shampoo," Mousse stuttered trying to say something, trying to at least say another word out of his mouth. "Mousse, wo ai ni," Mousse stared at her some more. "But what about the Amazon-," Shampoo interrupted him. "Skrew it! You love Shampoo too, yes?" "With all my heart," "Then skrew Amazon Law too. We stay here," Mousse smiled. "Oh Shampoo," he wrapped an arm around her. The two started walking. Mousse looked at Shampoo. "Where are we going?" Shampoo shrugged. "Upandy," Mousse had a puzzled face. "Upandy?" Mousse was confused more than ever. "It mean Love in Swahili," Shampoo answered. "Where do you learn all this?" "Somewhere," "Where?" "Places," "Okay," Mousse lead Shampoo to a park and they sat down on a park bench. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "All right, I'll get it right this time," Ryoga guaranteed Ukyo. Ukyo handed him the spatula. "Go for it," Ryoga flipped the okonomiyaki up into the air, but it landed on the floor. They both looked down. The two were at Ucchan's making okonomiyakis for fun. Ryoga changed into a white T-shirt with khakis as for Ukyo… she changed into a yellow T-shirt with black shorts to match the piece of material around her hair that Ryoga gave her. (Take a wild guess what it is.) Back to the subject. The two stared at the okonomiyaki. Ukyo sighed. Ryoga looked at Ukyo. "Um… I guess I missed the direction of landing," Ukyo put a hand on Ryoga's shoulder. "Suga, you always miss direction," Ukyo took out a spatula out of nowhere and made an okonomiyaki ready to be flipped. "The flip. Note the wrist," She flipped it up and the food landed on the grill. Ryoga nodded. "Okay, I get it," he used the same okonomiyaki that Ukyo flipped. He implanted the spatula under the food. He took a deep breath and flipped it up. He took out one of his many bandannas and made the okonomiyaki flip in the air and landing on the grill. Ukyo nodded with wide eyes. "Good. Creative, but good. At least you got it on the grill, now let's see how good you are with…" Ukyo flipped the meal at Ryoga's mouth. Ryoga caught, of course, with his mouth. Ukyo giggled. "Oh… I see your good at catching," "And you goof at aining," Ryoga muffled. Ukyo looked at him with a puzzled face. "Excuse me?" Ryoga took the food out of his food. "I said you are good at aiming," He then took a bite. She then took Ryoga's hand and led him to the back. Ryoga looked at Ukyo. "Ukyo?" Ukyo looked at Ryoga with a smile. "At least you know how to flip and okonomiyaki now," "We did it for fun," "Yeah, and I sure was fun," They laughed as they remembered about what happened to Ryoga with the grill ****************************************Flashback************************************* "All right Ryoga, first I should teach of how you should make an okonomiyaki in least than five seconds," Ryoga stared at her. "Isn't that a little to… oh I don't know. What's the word I'm looking for? Maybe should that word be… complicated?" Ukyo laughed. "Not if you get the hang of it," she took out a spatula out of her pocket and Ryoga used his watch for a stopwatch. "Watch and learn," She took a deep breath. "All right… GO!" Ryoga started the stopwatch. With battle cries, Ukyo started. Her hands moved all over the place as she got ingredients out of nowhere. 3.56 seconds later, Ukyo was then teaching Ryoga the technique. Ryoga was staring at Ukyo not noticing what Ukyo was saying. "Ryoga-honey…" Ryoga snapped out of his dazed. "Yes?" "Your-your hand," she pointed down to the grill. Ryoga looked down. ****************************************Flashback ends********************************* "That was so bizarre!" Ukyo laughed. Ryoga laughed with her, but not for long. He was now staring at her again. *This girl is hot when she laughs.* Ryoga then saw Ukyo staring at him. "What?" Ryoga asked. "Do you even know what time it is?" Ryoga looked at his watch. "It's… 6:45…" He then looked at Ukyo. "It's almost seven. What movie do you wanna see?" "I don't know, what do you wanna watch?" "How 'bout 'Babe, Lost in the city'," Ryoga looked at the smiling teenager. "Ha ha," Ryoga laughed with sarcasm. "I heard it's about a pig who gets lost in a city and his name is Babe," Ukyo laughed as she pronounced all the keywords. "Ryoga, who does that remind you of?" Ryoga looked back at the keywords. *A pig… I turn into one. Gets lost… Hey! And the last one, Babe… Oh my God…* He looked at Ukyo, who was giggling. "Get it now?" "Yeah," "Change the Babe part to Hunk or Hottie Cute Babe," Ryoga blushed. "Don't worry Suga, we can watch a different movie. I just felt like playing with ya. Catch me if ya can Ryoga-Suga!" Ukyo ran off. Ryoga stared at Ukyo. *Ryoga-Suga?* He smiled. "Ukyo! You may as well come back here! I could get lost!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "1000… 2000…3000…4000…5000 yens," Nabiki paid Kuno his money for the basketball game. During half-time they decided to bet. (Take a lucky guess who won.) Kuno gave Nabiki 1000 yens. Nabiki looked up to Kuno's face. "Tachi… what's this for?" "Come now, I have to give you a lot of credit. For weren't for you, I would not be able to fire the ball," Nabiki gladly accepted the yen… and his smile. They stood in front of the movie theartre and staring at the movie posters suggesting what to watch. "How 'bout we watch… A Rugrats Movie?" Nabiki asked as Kuno stared at her with awe. "The Rugrats Movie? How 'bout… Antz?" "Too… childish. Maybe… here's a good one! The Waterboy!" Kuno nodded. "Very well," They held hands and walked in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The Waterboy… I heard it is pretty good," Ranma told Akane as they were walking to the movie theartre. Akane stopped Ranma by holding on to his pigtail. "How 'bout we don't go to a movie," she twirled Ranma's hair with her fingers. "But I thought-," "Ranma… I got an even greater idea," Ranma blushed. "Like what?" He probably didn't want to know and asked the most stupidest question ever known to man. Akane continued to twirl his hair. Ranma became even more nervous. "Like…" That's it. Ranma can not bare to here the rest. He turned around, even though it did let his hair out of Akane's grip. (Ow!) He stared at Akane. "No way Akane! We are too young! Can't you just wait 'til after our wedding which will probably be two years from now? I'm sorry but it won't work! Unless you wanna get married right now!" Akane stared at him and blushed. "No Ranma. I was just wondering if you wanna go to the ice rink?" Ranma blushed and nodded. "K," "Honestly, you do jump to conclusions," Akane grabbed Ranma's hand. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Great… where the HELL are we now?!" Ryoga yelled. Ukyo looked at him. "I told you… up two blocks, turn left, go up three blocks, turn left again and then straight ahead," The couple around at their surroundings. "This is wonderful… So wonderful. We are lost somewhere," Ukyo said in sarcasm. Ryoga looked at the big tower. "Is that the Tokyo Tower?" Ukyo glanced up. She nodded. *I guess this boy does know some landmarks.* Ryoga looked at her. "You think we could check out the place?" Ukyo nodded. "Sure, but this time, you follow me," Ryoga nodded. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Shampoo, I was pretty sure that there was a movie at seven," Mousse and Shampoo were sitting down at a park bench with Shampoo laying her head on his chest. "No… this is good," she whispered. Mousse smiled. "Sure… we can stay here," he gently stroke Shampoo's hair. "That feels good," Shampoo snuggled up some more. "So this is Upandy, huh?" Shampoo nodded her head a little. "Yes. Welcome to Love," "Wo ai ni," Mousse looked up at the stars. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End of Chapter 1, A Faithful Saturday. Akane: Last night was a blast for all of us. Nabiki and Kuno weren't actually watching the movie but watching each other. Ryoga and Ukyo are still checking out the place they stumbled upon. Me and Ranma had fun at the ice rink and we are planning to go today. Mousse and Shampoo had a romantic time. But it's Sunday morning and two new faces come. So next time on Ranma ½, Chapter 2, Two New Faces In Nerima! See ya there.