ut, you hardly talk that one language, Shakespearean," Nabiki said. Kuno smiled. "Well, that is because I have found my one true love," Kuno said. (Actually, the real reason is that I don't have a big vocabulary as Kuno. My vocabulary is like an average fifth grader. FOR GOD'S SAKES PEOPLE!) Nabiki smiled. "Tachi," Nabiki said. "Yeah?" Kuno looked at Nabiki. Nabiki giggled. "Nothing," Nabiki said. Kuno smiled. "Hey guys!" Ragi and Washi ran up to them. Nabiki and Kuno smile at them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I know they're around here somewhere," Tily said as she looked around her. She started running around, "Seiya! Yaten! Taiki! YUHU!" Tily looked around. "Hey you, the red hair girl," Tily turned around to see Yaten. Tily's eyes were turned into hearts in anime styles. Tily went up to Yaten. "Were you calling for me?" Tily asked. Yaten nodded. Tily stared at Yaten with a smile. Yaten put an arm around. "You…uh…wanna talk?" Yaten asked. Tily's heart beat? Well…let's just say se almost had a heart attack from all the excitement! Hell, I think it melted! Tily nodded uncontrollably. "Sure, sure, why not?" Tily said. She can't believe! She just totally can't believe it! (The wait is over. It's time for Sailor…whoops!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Everyone lined up to go into the ride of the carnival…The Tunnel of Love (Not lost love! Got that Ryoga and Ukyo? Ryoga: Sorta. Ukyo: Thinks so.) There was a line of boys and men and a line of girls and women. The line was divided by a tall divider so you never know who you go in with! Oh the suspense! The suspense is killing me! (Whoops! That part was suppose to be in parenthesis, wasn't it?) Shampoo and Ukyo arrived at the line. "Ya think that the rest got to the line by now?" Ukyo said. Shampoo shrugged. "Shampoo no know. Maybe. We looked everywhere," Shampoo said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At the other line, Ryoga was looking at a crack in the wall. Mousse was looking at him. "Ya see anything?" Mousse asked. Ryoga concentrated to see through the crack. "Uh…no," Ryoga said. Mousse crouched down to see through another crack. "I see…I see…I don't know what I see," Mousse said. Ryoga sighed. "Damn! Only the Kami-Sama above determines who we are destined to be," Ryoga said. Mousse looked down the line. "Hey! I see Ranma! And Washi! And I see…no, that's not him," Mousse said. Ryoga looked down the line. "Hey, where's Kuno? Ya think he's already in the cave or what?" Ryoga asked. Mousse shrugged. "I guess," Mousse said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "C'mon! Dammit!" Ranma yelled as he jumped as high as he can and he still can't see over it. (That's how tall the wall is. WOW! That rhymes! Spiffy!) Ranma sighed and took one more jump. After he landed, he gave out another sigh. "Ranma, can ya see anybody?" Washi asked. Ranma shook is head. "Can't jump high enough to see over the damn wall!" Ranma said. Washi looked up the line. "Hey, I see Ryoga! And Mousse!" Washi said. Ranma looked up the line. "Hey, you're right," Ranma said. He cupped his hands around his mouth, "Yo Ryoga! Mousse," Ranma yelled. "God, I think they just got here. We've been waiting for thirty minutes now," Washi said. "Ranma! Washi! Have ya seen Kuno?!" Ryoga yelled back. "Yeah! He just went in!" Ranma yelled back. "With who?" Washi said. "With…," Mousse looked at Ryoga, "With who?" Mousse asked Ryoga. Ryoga shrugged. "Ranma! We don't have a damn clue!" Ryoga yelled. Ranma gave out a sigh. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Tunnel of Love. Who's Kuno with? (That's for you to know and me to find out! No wait…that didn't come out right…()^_^ he he he) "All right, Nabiki. This is the Tunnel of Love?" Kuno said. Nabiki nodded. "Yeah, but it don't look like it," Nabiki said. They looked at their surroundings. How black and gray…as if there was a funeral. Nabiki and Kuno grasped each other's hand. "We came in together," Kuno said. "We come out together," Nabiki finished. "So, your name is Tily Gabe?" "Would it bother you if I change it to Tily Kou?" "Well…," Kuno and Nabiki looked ahead of them to see Tily and Yaten. "Well, they both are having fun," Nabiki said. "I heard that," Tily turned around. So did Yaten. "Hello Tily, Yaten," Kuno said. Yaten shook Kuno's hand. "Hi," Yaten greeted. Nabiki went to Yaten. "You know, you hugged my sister," Nabiki said. "I hug a lot of girls," "A blue hair girl," "Akane?" "Yeah! Her!" "Oh, the one that looks like Ami," "Don't know who Ami is," "Whoops, gomen," "Seiya shook my hand," Nabiki said. Kuno smiled. "Come Nabiki," Kuno said. Nabiki and Kuno started walking. Tily went up to Yaten. "Nabiki always freaks out around famous teenage idols," ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "All right! I'm next!" Ranma yelled. "Tell me who ya got when I get out of the cave, k?" Ryoga yelled. "Sure thing!" Ranma yelled back. Ranma faced forward and the cave door opened. He closed his eyes and went inside. As soon as the doors closed, he opened his eyes. He smiled. "Akane?" Ranma said. Akane looked at him. "Destined forever!" Akane yelled. They hugged each other. Then they started moving. Akane then thought of something. "Hold it," Akane said. "What?" Ranma asked. "How long is this cave?" "It's not as long as that one tunnel of lost love. I heard it's pretty short," Ranma said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Why did I have to be stuck with a jerk like you?" Ragi asked. "Funny, I was just about to ask you the same thing," Washi said as the twins entered the cave. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The cave. Within an hour, all the couples managed to get in the cave. Ryoga and Ukyo somehow caught up with everybody else. Shampoo looked back. "Shampoo wonder," Shampoo asked. Mousse looked at her. "Wonder what?" He asked. "How you kiss and walk at same time," Shampoo said. Mousse turned to see Ryoga and Ukyo kissing and walking at the same time. Ranma looked at Kuno. "Kuno, where's Tily?" Ranma asked. "Ran off with that Yaten guy. Probably out of the cave," Kuno said. Somehow, everybody was greeted by a huge heart that popped over nowhere when they entered a room. Everyone stared at it. Even Ryoga and Ukyo stopped what they were doing. "What the hell is that?" Kuno asked. "It's huge!" Ryoga said. "You interfere, you pay," The voice ranged into the room. The doors closed shut at the room. It's just them, and the huge heart. The heart had a face on it and it began to speak, "You interfere, you pay," It said. "Strong Sand?" Kuno asked. "In the heart," Strong Sand said. "Heart? You don't even have one!" Kuno said as he brought out his bokken. Ryoga put a hand on Kuno's shoulder. "Here Kuno," Ryoga had an evil smile and started cracking his knuckles, "Let me do the honors. After all, it's just a heart. What harm could it do?" Ryoga charged for his attack. "Ryoga! You died once! I ain't gonna loose ya again!" Ukyo yelled as she raced after him. Ryoga smiled as he was about to do his famous technique with only two words. "Bakusai- wait a minute!" Ryoga yelled as he started to float…and everybody else. "My God! There's no gravity in here!" Kuno said. Ukyo stared at Ryoga trying to swim to the heart and trying to touch it with his finger. "Tenketsu! Dammit! C'mon…c'mon," Ryoga said. "Suga, you're pathetic," Ukyo said. "Star Sensitive…Inferno!" The heart was destroyed by a star and everyone dropped down to the ground with the doors opened. Everyone looked up at the rescuer. She smiled. "You guys okay?" She asked. Everyone nodded. "Who are you?" Kuno asked. "I am Sailor Star Healer," She said, "And I must be off," She jumped away. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I didn't get a happy ending," Tily said when everyone got out of the cave. Nabiki and Kuno looked up at the sky. "Wow, the moon seems so beautiful tonight," Nabiki said. Kuno smiled. "Indeed," Kuno said. "Maybe tomorrow, we can help Shampoo with her restaurant," Nabiki said. Shampoo had a surprised face. "Hiya! I forgot all about building!" Shampoo said. Kuno gave out a chuckle. "We shall help," Kuno said. "Hope so," Mousse said. "I just hope I don't see anything like that again," Kuno said. "Like what?" Ryoga asked. "Like another person in disguise," Kuno said. A nearby tree started hopping to Ukyo. "Ukyo! My Love!" It said. Both Ryoga and Ukyo kicked it away. "Go away, Tsubasa!" They yelled. Kuno started breathing hard. "The gods must like to read my minds or some," Kuno said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End of Chapter 8: Bokkens, Bokkens everywhere! AHAHAHA! Akane: Ranma, how would life be if you weren't here on earth? Ranma: Hey! I'm not the only one to answer that question. School assignment. Ryoga: I think the world would be regular for me. Ukyo: Sure, and let me die. Ryoga: Just kidding! Shampoo: What world be like without Ranma? Mousse: Or Akane? Nabiki: Oh God! Kasumi: Oh My. Kuno: The world would come to its end. Akane: Next on Ranma ˝…Showdowns of Jobs! Part one! Everyone: Hope to see ya there