The Brothers Saotome -- A Self-Insert Anime Fanfiction Multi-Crossover {Ranma 1/2, Sailor Moon, Gold Digger, etc.} Disclaimer: Aside from the characters that my friends and I portray, all characters, references to other anime series, etc. are property of their respective owners. Don't bother trying to sue me, I'm broke.... What happened last time: Chapter 3: Of Rivals and Roses ()- other languages, FYI's ~~- thoughts <>- Sound effects **- Written Dialogue *********** Ryu looked the scene in the gymnasium of St. Hebereke's over. The bleachers of the large arena were packed with students from both St. Hebereke and Furinkan, as well as other faces that were familiar to him. Kasumi, Soun, and Genma sat together with 'ringside' seats along the floor, along with his brothers Duo, Ranma and Ken. Kuno was located a little ways off in the bleachers behind them. There would be plenty of people to witness the fight on hand. And with what was on the line, he wasn't surprised. He drifted down toward the ring and awaited Shampoo's arrival. Thinking back to when the principal heard about Akane's accident and trying to renig on the deal, Ryu couldn't help but smile as he glanced on the results of the student body's success at 'convincing' him to keep the deal in place. Results which included the principal currently being a body cast and wheelchair. Akane examined Shampoo closely and stifled her thoughts of jealousy. So she looked better in a leotard than Akane. Fine. It's not like that was the sort of outfit Akane ran around in anyway. She had to admit, the dark purple bodice and light purple arms and legs of the outfit seemed to mix well with the color of her hair. She was going to look fine in her upcoming match. Akane still had some reservations. "Are you sure you want to do this? I mean, no one will fault you if you give up and let someone else-" "No one else here." Shampoo said, cutting her off. "Besides, no other person can do. Unless want to fight in Shampoo's place again." Akane deftly shook her head at that idea, and the two of them headed to the ring. They moved cautiously, watching out for any more of Kodachi's sneak attacks, like the bouquet full of sleeping gas she had sent to the house, which Genma had mistakenly set off, or the attack in the schoolyard which Sakura helped to stop. Their caution was unwarranted as both managed to make it to the ring without any problems. Shampoo went to her corner as the others joined her. Akane was acting as her coach. Ryu was acting as her trainer, even if he had only helped her a little bit. "Here she comes," Akane said, looking toward the ceiling. Everyone watched as Kodachi was lowered from the roof on what appeared to be a swing. She was already dressed in a leotard. A black rose was held in her mouth. She delicately removed the flower and spoke. "It is time. Are you prepared for your downfall-" She stopped abruptly, realizing that she never found out the name of her opponent. "Just what is your name?" "Am Shampoo." One among the murmuring crowd paid very special attention. "Interesting," Kuno said. "She bears a very unique name, and yet, it only adds to her exotic demeanor... He pulled out a bouquet of flowers and rushed over to Shampoo, the bouquet thrust forward in his hands. He called out 'Shampoo!' once, gaining the amazon's attention. Kuno shoved the flowers towards Shampoo. "Ahh, my lavender-tressed maiden...after the the match, wilt thou date with me?" Ryu frowned slightly before he 'accidentaly' blew up Kuno's gift with a small energy blast. "Hey Kuno...a word of advice...Get your own Amazon, cause this one's already taken!" Shampoo squealed happily before glomping onto her SO. "Oh Ryu, Shampoo so HAPPY!" "Sham-chan...choking...not breathing.." he garbled out, turning blue. She blushed slightly. "Sorry, Airen..." Kuno quickly repeated the same gesture to Akane, who rolled her eyes before smacking him with one of her crutches. Just then, Kodachi walked up. "Brother dear. Why are you in the enemy's camp?" "I apologize, my sister," Kuno shouted out. "However, I am quite taken with your opponent..." All three of the people in Shampoo's corner looked at Kuno in shock. "She's your sister?" Kuno bowed his head shamefully. "She is indeed my twisted sister. The depraved Black Rose, Kodachi Kuno." Ryu blanched. This whole family was crazy! During the lull in revealations, Kodachi laid eyes on Ryu, and was instantly smitten with him. Just like her brother had with Shampoo, Kodachi attempted to woo the eldest Saotome and was stopped, this time by Shampoo. "What Stupid Rose Girl doing?!" the amazon shouted. "Isn't it obvious? I'm showing Ryu-sama the depths of my love for him!" Kodachi sighed. "won't you give us your blessings, Brother dear?" The firstborn of Genma stepped back slightly, only to be halted by the True Blunder. "Though I have but known him a short time, I am sure he will be good to you, Dear Sister...you have my blessings." The Black Rose jumped up and down happily a few times. "You hear that, Ryu-sama? Now you and I are offically a couple!" "You're nuts if you think that lady...I am Shampoo's and no other!" Ryu shouted back, unaware at the time of just how badly that sounded. But that made it all fall into place for Kodachi. "You wicked, wicked girl! You have somehow cast a spell on my beloved. How dare you try to force apart two lovers!" She poised dramatically before Shampoo and made her declaration. "I will make a deal with you. If I defeat you, you will release your hold over my darling Ryu so that we may be together and you will relinquish any claim you may have on him." Shampoo's answer was all to obvious. "No way Shampoo giving up Airen to Stupid Rose Girl!" Kodachi saw Shampoo tense up. It didn't matter to her, She would win Ryu one way or the other. "Prepare for your downfall then." She bragged to Shampoo before turning once again to the handsome visage of her beloved. "Ryu-sama, we shall be together soon. OHHOHOHOHOHOHO!" The Black Rose's last 'HO' had barely left her mouth before she attacked. She elected to employ her ribbon, hoping for an early victory. Shampoo dodged the whip-like attack and retaliated with one of her own. Kodachi avoided the attack so gracefully, it appeared she had not even been trying to dodge. "You call that an attack?" Kodachi sniffed. "This is an attack." She switched from ribbon to pins, hurling the first one at Shampoo, which she dodged. A second pin was batted out of the air by Shampoo's ribbon. For the third one, Kodachi chose a somewhat bent pin that, instead of heading towards Shampoo, sailed wide. "Stupid Rose Girl no can throw straight." Shampoo said, failing to see the club arc like a boomerang towards her back. Akane tried to shout out a warning, but it was too late; Shampoo was struck in the back of the head, momentarily stunned. Kodachi pressed her advantage and switched back to her ribbon, wrapping it around Shampoo's ankles. With a tug Shampoo ended up on her back, and was then spun around in the air. "So long, harridan," Kodachi said as she released her hold on Shampoo sending her flying through the air and narrowly over the top rope. She turned her attention to Ryu, whipping out a make-up kit and started to apply it to her face. Shampoo knew she only had seconds to react before being hurled out of the ring. Almost by reflex she managed to grab the top rope with her hands and hung on, twisting in midair in order to use the momentum of the swing to spin between the top and second ropes. Momentum reversed, she released her hold on the rope and went shooting back into the ring, her feet pointed to Kodachi like some kind of human ICBM. Kodachi hurled the make-up kit to the floor and went into a defensive posture, silently cursing Shampoo for avoiding certain defeat. "You must use a weapon to attack. Bare handed attacks are prohibited." "Shampoo know. Ball!" she shouted. Akane was ready as she hurled a medicine ball at Kodachi's stomach. It arrived a split second before Shampoo, allowing the Amazon to kick it into Kodachi's stomach, rather than her feet. The effect was still the same as Kodachi found herself gasping for air after the attack. "A good..." Kodachi gasped for breath. "Attack. Let us see how you deal with this. Hoop!" One of Kodachi's seconds threw a hoop to her, which she snagged by placing her arm through the middle of the circle. She then hurled the hoop like a Frisbee. Shampoo sensed something wrong with the seemingly innocent weapon and jumped over it. She watched as the hoop went past her and sailed into the crowd, heading directly for Genma. He barely had enough time to get his legs up when the hoop sliced through the legs of the chair he was sitting on, causing him to fall on his rump. Shampoo was impressed at how that hoop could have easily sliced her in twain, and redoubled her efforts to beat her. As the fight progressed, Shampoo slowly gained the upper hand on Kodachi until she managed to trap the Black Rose in her ribbon and fling her out of the ring. Kodachi quickly brought out a whistle and blew it once, and suddenly the whole ring moved in the direction she had been falling and stopped directly under her, allowing her to land safely inbounds. "How the heck did that happen?!" Akane exclaimed, stunned at what just occured. "I'm not sure...but I think I have a good idea what." Ryu smirked. "Ken! Get down here!" Ken came down from the stands as asked, and Ryu whispered something into his ear. Grinning, Ken then dashed off for the bathroom. In the stands, the rest of the brothers pondered Ken's odd behavior. "What do ya think Bro asked Ken to do?" Ranma asked. Duo shrugged. "Knowing Ryu, it probably was something that required Ken to be in his cursed form." A couple of minutes later, the two of them noticed something small, fast and furry zip under the ring followed later by about a dozen members of St. Hebereke's team scrambling out from under it screaming. "Why, whatever were they doing in there?" Kodachi said. Remarkably she actually managed to sound as though she was surprised. Ringside, Ken in his rodent form scampered out from underneath the ring and climbed up onto Ryu's shoulder. "Good job, Hoss." Ryu then pulled out shampoo's bonbori and tossed it to her. "Finish this chick off so we can go home, Sham-chan!" Shampoo nodded as she caught her favorite weapons and fell into a battle stance facing Kodachi. Not to be outdone, Kodachi turned to one of her own seconds. "Boom ball!" She easily caught the gunpowder-filled medicine ball, then turned and threw it at Shampoo. Instead of dodging, Shampoo batted it back, just like a baseball, with her bonbori. The ball sailed back to its original pitcher, forcing Kodachi to duck as the ball narrowly missed her and exploded just outside of the ring. Kodachi was relentless as she elected to try her clubs again, utilizing 'the attack of a thousand clubs.' She hurled dozens of them at Shampoo, who spun one of her bonbori so quickly that it acted as a shield, deflecting the pins away before any of them could reach her. Even as her makeshift shield protected her, Shampoo worked her way closer to Kodachi until she was within striking distance. The Black Rose stopped hurling her clubs, giving Shampoo the opening she needed. She swung at the gymnast, only to stare in surprise as Kodachi leaped over the bonbori swung at her and used the other one, which had been upraised to strike a second blow, as a springboard into the air. While she was airborne and aiming for the top of one of the corner posts, she called for another razor hoop. The moment she touched it, she redirected its direction towards Shampoo. The Amazon didn't have time to react as the hoop severed one of the bonbori at the handle. In order to make up for the loss, Shampoo pulled out her ribbon, keeping the other bonbori in hand. In the time it took Shampoo to draw the ribbon, Kodachi already had hers in hand and attacked. She was on target once again as the ribbon wrapped up Shampoo's arms. Kodachi watched in amusement as Shampoo dropped her remaining bonbori to the ground. "This match is over!" Kodachi tried whipping Shampoo around, like last time, but the Amazon braced herself, her superior strength holding out and allowing her to remain upright. Kodachi was off-balance for a moment, which was all the opportunity Shampoo needed. She lashed out with her foot, kicking the bonbori like a soccer ball. Her aim was true as the unexpected attack took the Black Rose on the head, stunning her for a second. A flick of the wrist and Shampoo's ribbon wrapped itself around Kodachi's ankles. From there all it took was a single swing and the stunned gymnast went flying out to the floor. "AND THE WINNER OF THE MATCH IS....SHAMPOO!!!" ************ After that things settled into a normal school routine for a good while. We would show up at school, Kuno would go after one or all of us, and we would beat the snot out of him and rub it in his face. Once in a while Principal Kuno would try something new to make us 'good lil' keiki', but every time would be a failure. Finally, taking on the True Blunder of Furinkan High was the highlight of our days there. Each of our individual taunts were pretty good, but it was on the day that we insulted him as a group that we managed to crack up the entire student body. Kuno had just found out that Duo, because of his impressive(and overall better) swordsmanship, had been offered Kuno's position in Furinkan's Kendo Club. Duo had accepted, and the now EX-captain of the Kendo Club was so mad he couldn't see straight. A pity too, since if he could he might have avoided the rock he tripped over in his attempt to skewer Duo. Momentum carried him just far enough that he landed face-first in a heap only a few scant inches away from us. "Gentlemen," I said to my brothers, "this situation set before us demands immediate response." "In what way?" Bro asked of me, to which I replied, "Number Eight." Duo, Ranma and Ken all smiled and took up flanking positions beside me while the whole student body watched on in suspense. As one the four of us turned towards the still unconcious Kuno, gave him a mockery of the traditional Western military salute, and said in unison: "ALL HAIL! KING OF THE LOSERS!!" The next few minutes were filled with the sounds of every student there laughing themselves senseless. But Duo wasn't through yet. After taking a moment to bundle up the unconcious kendoist into a ball, Duo took out another bokken and proceeded to do a fairly decent impersonation of a pro golfer on the driving range. TTTTT H H W W W OOO CCCC K K !! T H H W W W O O C K K !! T HHHHH W W W O O C K K K !! T H H W W W O O C K K T H H W W OOO CCCC K K !! "CURSE YOU SAOOOTOOOMEEEE!!!!" That was all he managed to make audible before flying out of earshot. Like I said, normal, for us at least. However, for Nabiki it was a different story... It was a humid day on the streets of downtown Nerima. Nabiki, Shampoo and Akane were strolling the street, window shopping and having a pleasant conversation. The three had hit it off pretty well since the Rhythimic Gymnastics match and Shampoo agreeing to let Nabiki take pictures of her(as long as she got a cut of the take as well as free copies to tempt Ryu with), and had all been spending a great deal of time together, though Nabiki was mostly looking for clothes that left little of Shampoo's figure to the imagination. As the two of them browsed for swimsuits the youngest Tendo sister finally got around to what she had wanted to ask the Joketsu Warrior. "So, what do you think of school?" Shampoo looked her in the eye and smiled. "Shampoo like hanging around normal people own age okay. Now if only could get rid of school work. Then would have more time to be with Airen!" Akane was about to comment on how much she sounded like Ranma when a chain whipped out from above and snared the Tendo girl, pinning her arms to her sides, and pulled her up to the top of a nearby building. Shampoo stared upward and spotted a young man on the top of the building, balancing himself atop a unicycle. The Chinese warrior tucked the entangled entreprenur under his arm. "I've finally found you Nabiki Tendo!" Minami wasn't especially happy about the mix up and allowed her abductor to know it, "I am not Nabiki!" The mercenary Tendo shook her head, "She's right. That isn't me." The young man adjusted his glasses and took a much closer look at his captive. He then looked back down at the street towards Nabiki. "I see. Sorry." He dropped Akane and whipped out another chain from his sleeve, encircling it around the large statue owned by the "Cursed Antique Shoppe" which sat in the center of Nerima. He pulled it up as well, and placed it under his arm. Judging by his discomfort, Akane figured he was about one minute away from blowing out a disc in his spinal column. "When did *huff* you put on so much weight Miss Tendo?" Nabiki started to glow with anger at this person who was mistaking her for so many things. "Yo Myopic One! I'm Nabiki!!" She shouted, pointing to herself. "*huff* Oh...I see, sorry," Mousse gasped again. He somehow managed to drop his second attempt at capture without losing his balance and settled for dropping to the ground, picking up Nabiki, and cycling away while laughing hysterically. Shampoo sighed quietly to herself. If Mousse was in town it meant trouble for her Airen and the others. She decided to locate the Brothers Saotome and inform them about the blind fool's arrival while Akane took off after her sister. ********* After Akane had called to inform the others of where Nabiki had been taken, they soon found themelves at the place where the new circus had set up and was currently giving its evening show. Ranma looked around. "So just HOW are we supposed to find Nabiki in the middle of all this?" Ryu glanced at a circus poster offhandedly, but jerked his eyes back to it when something about it registered in his brain. "GUYS! Over here!" Everyone dashed back to where Ryu was as he showed off his discovery to them. What Ken saw made his blood run cold. The poster was detailing a new type of magic act involving a girl changing into a duck just by getting hit with water. Figuring out what kind of water it obviously was, they all made a mad dash for the bigtop and were inside just in time to see Mousse pull the lever that would curse Ken's iinakuze with the Jusenkyo water. As if everything was happening in slow motion, Ken watched the water flow towards Nabiki. Mousse’s laughter echoed in his head, in time with the pumping of his heart. “NOOOOOOOOO!!!” He was running. His legs were pumping faster with every passing moment. He had to move faster. Had to reach her first. Had to stop it. Somehow. He put all his effort into speed. He had about twenty feet left when he realized he couldn’t make it in time. There was no way he could arrive before the water did. But he refused to give up. He reached deep within himself and focused his ki, channeling it into his legs, making them move faster than ever before. He leaped… And felt himself grab Nabiki and carry her out of the path of danger just as the water passed by behind them, just barely missing splashing his feet. Quickly he curled into as much of a ball as he could around her, cushioning her with his own body as they slowly rolled to a stop. “Are you okay, Nabs?” he asked. She nodded. “Yeah. I’m fine.” She took several seconds to steady herself. “That was a close one.” He nodded. “Yeah.” Looking off to the side, he noticed Mousse now slugging it out with Ryu, and he felt his anger rise. "Nabiki, get out of here. Things are about to get ugly…" She nodded and quickly got up and began running towards the nearest exit. Ken got up and started walking towards Mousse. Ryu dodged a barrage of throwing knives from Mousse, then leaped to the side to avoid a group of chains launched at him. Mousse was getting angry at the way this person continually managed to avoid his attacks. He launched another barrage of throwing knives, then made a pair of blades appear out of his sleeves and charged at the man who was trying to steal his Shampoo. He leaped at Ryu… …And Ken came flying out of nowhere, knee extended, and slammed into Mousse's side, sending him flying into the nearest wall with a painful "Thud." Ken landed, letting his leg relax, and turned to look at Ryu, Duo, and Ranma. "Guys, stay back. This punk is mine." They nodded, and leapt back into the stands, giving Ken room to fight. Ken turned back to Mousse and slowly began advancing on the Hidden Weapons master, his aura flaring out around him. Mousse slowly stood up and shook his head, trying to clear it. He turned and saw Ken walking slowly towards him, with a powerful crimson red battle aura beginning to manifest around him. Mousse turned and saw his Shampoo once again trying to cuddle up to that bastard Ryu. "Ryu Saotome, how dare you send someone else to fight in your place!" he cried. He received a punch to the face for his trouble. "Shut up, asshole! Ryu and Shampoo have nothing to do with this!" Ken cried, his aura flaring brighter. "This is between you and me! You nearly cursed MY girl, and now you're gonna pay!" Ken grabbed hold of Mousse's throat and lifted him up into the air. "Were I an amazon, I would have given you the Kiss of Death by now, but since I'm not, I'll just have to make you wish you were never born!" Rearing his arm back, Ken slammed Mousse back into the wall, leaving a human-shaped indentation in it. Mousse sneered at him. "Nearly cursed your girl!? Don't you realize yet? Nothing matters to me except winning Shampoo! No price is too great for that." Mousse flexed his arms and a pair of katanas appeared in his hands. He sliced at Ken with them, forcing the martial artist to back away. He then charged at Ken, intent on separating his head from his body. However, he instead ended up with Ken's knee in his stomach, doubling him over and knocking the wind out of him. Ken reared back with both fists and slammed them onto Mousse's back, sending him flipping over Ken's knee and landing on the ground. Mousse recovered and launched a barrage of chains at Ken. Ken stood there and actually let the chains wrap around his fist. However, as soon as they had, Ken yanked hard on them, sending Mousse flying towards him. Ken pivoted, letting Mousse fly past him ever so slightly, then grabbed hold of Mousse's arms once Mousse's back was turned to him and put him into a grappling hold. "Oh...shit. This could be bad." Ryu remarked from the sidelines. "What you mean, Ryu?" Shampoo asked. Ryu looked at Shampoo nervously. "Ken's lost control…" After Ken had slammed Mousse into the ground repeatedly, he let go of the myopic Hidden Weapons master and backed off to let Mousse stand up again. "Get up, bitch. I'm not through with you..." Enraged, Mousse reached around and grabbed one of the katanas he'd dropped earlier. Gripping it in both hands, he charged at Ken and swung directly downward at Ken's skull. Ken sidestepped and, grabbing hold of Mousse's arm, pulled him forward and off balance. Ken then let out a battle cry as he brought an open palm up with all the force he could muster into Mousse's elbow. *CRACK!* Mousse screamed. He grabbed hold of his now broken right arm and fell to the ground, writhing in pain. Everyone cringed as they saw that the bone was protruding through the skin of the elbow joint in a rather sickening manner. Ken snarled and stomped on Mousse's ribcage, which caved slightly as another sickening *CRACK!* was heard. He started putting pressure on his foot, and Mousse started struggling for breath. "Duo, we gotta stop him before he kills Mousse!" Duo nodded and leapt down to the arena, where Ken was now lifting Mousse up by the neck and pounding on him repeatedly, causing more bones to crack and break at the force they were hit with. "DON'T!" *WHAM!* "YOU!" *SMACK!* "EVER!" *CRUNCH!* "TOUCH!" *SLAM!* "WHAT!" *CRACK!* "BELONGS!" *THUD!* "TO!" *WHAM!* "ME!" Ken reared back his fist one last time and punched Mousse straight in the face. Mousse's glasses shattered and parts of the glass embedded themselves in his face as he went flying back. Ken began advancing on him again. Duo was quick to act. Just as Ken was about to deliver the coup de grace, he turned Ken around by the shoulder. Suddenly, Ken found himself on his back, ten feet away from his previous position. As Ken got up and stormed over to his feline brother, Duo lowered his palm. Ken was downright furious. “What the FUCK do think you’re doing?” he demanded, hauling Duo closer by the front of his shirt. His reply was, “Keeping you from making the biggest mistake of your life. Take a look at your ‘handiwork.’” Ken blinked for a second as his aura slowly subsided. The haze of rage covering his eyes slowly dissipated, and he shook his head to clear it. Looking over at Mousse, he saw how badly beat-up the martial artist was, and looked down at his hands, which had drops of Mousse's blood on them from when he'd broken Mousse's arm. "Oh no… what have I done?" he whispered. "Oh Kami…" And then he was running. He ran out of the tent and leapt onto the nearest roof, then kept going. He was soon out of sight. Ryu walked up to Duo. "Do you think he'll be all right?" Duo shrugged. "I don't know. But either way, this is something neither of us can help him with. He has to deal with this on his own. Come on, let's get Mousse to a hospital." Ryu nodded. "Right...but first..." The first son of Genma charged up his Healer technique and ran it over the whole of Mousse's ribcage, watching the Hidden Weapons Master's chest reclaim it's original shape, before helping Duo get him to the nearest hospital. ********* When Mousse was restored to consciousness, he was greeted into the waking world by a wad of expectorate and the words, “It was less than you deserve, ratfucker.” Mousse’s eyes were very non-functional, but his ears worked fine, and he knew that voice. It belonged to the brother of his hated rival. "Where...where am I?" he asked, gasping for breath amist the pain coming from his face. "You're in the hospital Mousse..." That voice!! It was him! "Ryu Saotome! Show yourself at once!" The myopic one cried. "...I'm right in front of you...but you can't see me, can you?" Mousse was really getting angry now. "Don't be stupid, Saotome of course I-..." He stopped his ranting the moment he realized what his rival was talking about. He had gone through the process of opening his eyes and...still he was in darkness. "...what-What's happened To my eyes!?!?!" "Gone. Completely Gone." This came from another voice just entering the room. From Ryu and Ken's perspective, the guy *looked* like he was just a regular old doctor...but Ryu couldn't shake the feeling that he had seen this guy before somewhere. Something about how he was smiling all the time. Suddenly the 'doctor' piped up, "Excuse me...but I'm afraid visiting hours are over. You'll just have to check up on your friend tomorrow." Though they were a bit suspicious, the two brothers did as the doctor ordered. A few minutes after they had left the doc started talking to Mousse. "Well Mr...'Mousse', as I was saying before your eyes have taken far to much damage in your little scuffle with Mr. Saotome." Mousse seemed to deflate from his position on the bed with each passing word. "So doctor, I'll probably be like this for the rest of my life right?" The news didn't really hit him as bad as would have normally, seeing as how he knew this would happen for some time now. The doctors in China had said that very thing when he was little when the first signs of his failing vision began to show. The doctor's big grin seemed to get bigger. "Well, normally yes. However, I am not like most other doctors available. I CAN restore your eyesight, even better than it was before...however, I will need something from you first." The myopic martial artist was puzzled. ~How can he do what many thought impossible?~ "Now obviously such a claim needs proof to back it up, yes?" The doctor made some strange gestures with his left hand and the bandages around Mousse's eyes melted away after a slight glow was present underneath them. "There now...try it out..." The Hidden Weapons Master was skittish at first, but in the end decided to give it a try(I mean, what's he got to lose?). He slowly opened them up again and looked around the room...with perfect vision. Mousse was overjoyed beyond words as he turned to the doctor in front of him. "I...can...see...I CAN SEE!! How is this possible?" The doctor merely removed the surgical cap he was wearing letting his bowl-cut purple hair tumble out before answering. "Heeheheh...That, my dear boy...is a secret." ********* PREVIEW OF NEXT CHAPTER: Shampoo: Nihao! In next episode, Brother of Airen get real friendly with girl from America... Brianna(irritated): The name's Brianna... Shampoo: Not to mention old pervert that show ugly face... Happosai: Ahhh...how sweet it is... Shampoo: All in next Episode..."Perverts, Peebos, and Mousse, Oh My!" Shampoo see you there!