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Just Normal Girls
Chapter 06: Tough Love

By: adakun13

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Just Normal Girls

A/N: I'm still considering adding SM to the crossover list. I think it'll fit into the Kampfer story nicely. But, for now, I'll just let my fans decide. And by fans, I mean tuatara.

Chapter 6: Tough Love

Herb shot a gigantic beam of ki at Ranma and Shampoo. The two girls jumped out of the way just in time for it to completely disintegrate the front door. Shampoo landed behind Herb and started striking at her with her bladed fan. Herb managed to duck around the attacks and summoned her ki blade (no, not keyblade, a ki blade). The two then started clashing with their weapons while Ranma ran inside to grab the family katana.

Running back outside, she quickly removed it from the sheath and jumped into the air. She tried doing a downward stab onto Herb, but the Princess saw this coming. She quickly slid around Shampoo, making the Amazon Ranma's primary target. Without thinking, Ranma did a forward flip, landed on Shampoo's head, and kicked off at Herb. Their swords clashed with a giant spark.

"Why are you fighting us Herb? Don't you think we've both suffered enough?" Ranma asked.

"Do you have any idea THE DEPTHS OF MY SHAME!"

The enormous release of angry ki forced Ranma back and she stumbled over like a ragdoll. Shampoo opened her fan all the way and threw it like a frisbee at Herb. The Dragon Girl saw this coming and just tried zapping it with her ki. I say 'try' because Shampoo had infused all her ki into the disk. The fan sliced threw her armor and left her with a gash on her side.

Before she could start healing the wound with her ki, Ranma rushed in and sliced through Herb with the sword. The Musk Dynasty ruler fell over unconscious. Ranma got on her knee, panting and using the katana to prevent herself from falling over. Shampoo ran over and grabbed her beloved by the shoulders.

"Airen hurt?"

"No Shampoo. But we should get Herb to a doctor."

"Why we do that? Crazy Dragon Bitch try kill us."

"For two reasons, she might be able to tell us where she got those powers, and I take pity on her. Plus she got blood all over my new dress, and I wanna repay her some more. You grab her legs, and I got her arms."

The two girls dropped her off at the Tokyo Hospital before going back home.

When they got home, Nodoka swept her daughter up in a motherly embrace, "I'm so sorry Ranma. I thought moving here would help you get away from all this trouble. And you almost get killed. I'm a horrible mother!"

Ranma hugged her mother back, "It's okay Mom, it's okay. You're a great mother, and I knew something like this would happen. If Shampoo weren't there, I might be off a lot worse though."

"Really? In that case," Nodoka let go of her daughter and wrapped her arms around the purple haired girl, "Shampoo, I approve of you being with my daughter. The Saotomes owe you a debt of honor."

"All Shampoo want is to be recognized as Saotome daughter. Shampoo want to call Saotome Matriarch 'Mother'."

"I would be honored."

Change of Scene

Hikaru ran through the streets, completely oblivious to anything around him, or the fact that he could just have his limo take him home.

'None of my business! None of my business! None of my business! None of my business!'

Finally, Hikaru stopped and took a breather in an alleyway. He sat down against the wall. He just put his headphones on and tried phoning out the sounds of his own thoughts.

'She's happy with Natsuru, and that's all that matters. She's happy, so I'm happy. She's happy so I'm happy. I'm not happy! I want to die!'

"Hikaru. What are you doing here?" came Haruhi's voice.

"I'm fine Haruhi, I'm perfectly fine with you dating another girl."

"Hikaru, it's not because Natsuru's a girl that I want to be with her, it's because I enjoy being with her."

"But don't you enjoy being with me?" Hikaru immediately slapped himself for letting that statement slip out.

Haruhi sighed and sat down next to him, "Hikaru, I loved the date we had. But you and I are friends, nothing more. There's plenty of girls in the Host Club, or even the whole world that would love to be with you."

"But they like me because I have money, or because they're yaoi fangirls. You didn't care about that. You like me for me."

"I like everyone for them. Just like I like Natsuru for her. But there are plenty of other girls, or guys, who are just like me. I'll even help you find someone like that. Is that okay?"

Hikaru sighed, "I guess. Damn it, I can't stay mad at you. And for that I'm mad at you. I hate not hating you."

"It's what I do."

"You need a ride back to your place? I'm sure Natsuru is waiting. Plus you probably don't want that great suit to be ruined on the sidewalk."

"Yeah, I'd like that."

Change of Scene

Natsuru sat on Haruhi's doorstep when she saw the limo pull up. The boyish girl stepped out and waved goodbye to the boy sitting in the back.

"What happened Haru-chan?"

"It's just one of my flames getting jealous. I'm sorry I kept you waiting. Is there anything I can do?"

"You can kiss me again."

The two girls shared another kiss when the door opened, "Haruhi, did you enjoy your date?" came a falsetto voice. Standing in the doorway was a 'woman' with red hair tied in a ponytail, but 'she' also had five o'clock shadow.

"Hey dad, it was fun. I'll see you tomorrow Natsuru."

The door closed by the time Natsuru caught up with what Haruhi said. "DAD!"

Change of Scene

Natsuru got home and kicked her heels off. She quickly undid her hair and started to strip. She wanted to make sure her mother's dress wasn't messed up in any way.

"How'd it go kid?" Tiger asked.

"First Base, twice."

"Alright man, that's good progress for the first date. At this pace you'll be doing the dirty dancing in about a week."

"You just sucked the happiness out of this night."

"Yeah, I tend to do that."

Change of Scene

After the bout with Herb, Shampoo was allowed to spend the night resting. The two girls got into the furo and started rinsing.

"Hey Shampoo, can you wash my back?"

"Hai, Airen okay with Shampoo?"

"Of course I am, we're going out aren't we?"

The two girls finished scrubbing each other and both jumped into the furo. Shampoo sat back and relaxed, but then noticed Ranma was clutching herself and shaking slightly.

"Ranma feel okay?"

"I'm fine Shampoo. It's just...ever since I got locked, it's been weird sitting in hot water and not changing back. Ever since Jusenkyo, I always associated cold water with girl and hot water with boy. But now...now none of that matters." Ranma started crying, something she did a lot lately.

She expected Shampoo to leave, not wanting a weak and pathetic female as a husband. She was ready for the girl to say something like 'You no Airen! Airen strong man!'. Instead, she felt a pair of arms envelope around her. Shampoo put her face into Ranma's beautiful red locks.

"Airen make Shampoo happy, so Shampoo do her best to make Airen happy."

Ranma returned the embrace and started crying into her shoulder, "Shampoo...thank you so much."

"Let it all out. Is okay. Shampoo have you."

The two girls got out of the bath and got dressed. Nodoka was waiting outside Ranma's room.

"Shampoo, are you going home now?" "Hai, honorable mother, Shampoo go home now. But see Airen tomorrow."

"Shampoo, you're more than welcome to spend the night here. I'm sure Ranma wouldn't mind sharing her bed with you."

"You're not getting grandchildren tonight Mom."

"I can dream, can't I?"

Change of Scene

Natsuru woke up feeling especially groggy. She spent the whole night contemplating what was going on with Haruhi's 'dad'.

She then heard the phone ring and picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Hey Natsuru. It's Ranma."

"Hey buddy. You and Shampoo do the dirty deed last night?"

"You've been hanging around that tiger too much. Listen, we were attacked."

"What? When?"

"As soon as we got back to my house. It was Herb, the Dragon Prince that locked me in my form in the first place. There was something else going on about her though. We need to talk, now."

"Alright, I'm on my way. Should I get Haruhi?"

"Yeah, she knows about us now anyway."

Change of Scene

The blue haired girl picked up Haruhi, hoping to god that she would avoid another meeting with the parent, and went to the Saotome house. Ranma and Shampoo were sitting next to each other on Ranma's bed, snuggled up to one another.

"Thanks for coming guys. We got some serious business." Ranma said.

"This Herb character, is she tough?" Natsuru asked.

"I lost the first time I fought her, but that was a lucky shot that caused a mountain to fall on me. This time, I won, but I had a weapon and a beautiful Amazon to watch my back."

"So, is there any reason that you asked us to come here?"

"Well, this time was different. She was wearing a strange bracelet. It looked exactly like yours, but it was glowing white."

Natsuru gasped at this and started whispering, "No, it couldn't be. We stopped her."

"Natsuru, calm down, what's going on?" Haruhi asked.

"The White Kampfer. They're sent by the Moderators themselves to make sure that the reds and blues are always fighting in the proxy wars. Their job is to make sure that we don't have any life outside of fighting."

"So who's 'her'?" Ranma asked.

"Sakura, an old...friend. She gave me Harakiri Tiger to begin with, and now it looks like she found me again. I'm not sure if she's just the main Kampfer here, or if she's one of the Moderators herself. But, whatever the reason, she messed with my life for the last time. I'm gonna stop her. Are you with me Ranma?"

"Absolutely."

"Shampoo help Airen too."

"Ranma, can I ask you something?" Haruhi asked.

"What's up Haru-chan?"

"I was wondering if you guys could teach me some martial arts. If it's not too much trouble."

"Really? Why do you wanna do that?"

"Cause I'm sick of you two getting into trouble while I just sit on the sidelines. I want to fight him too."

"Haru-chan no." Natsuru said, "If you get hurt by Sakura because of me, I'd never forgive myself."

"I know Natsuru. That's exactly why I want to help you get rid of this Sakura girl. The same way Shampoo wants to help Ranma. Please, help me help you."

"Alright, I'll teach you what I know." "Me too." Ranma said.

"Thank you Natsu-chan." Haruhi said, kissing Natsuru on the cheek.

Change of Scene

Herb was still unconscious after her bout with Ranma and Shampoo. The doctors had removed her armor and hooked her up to an IV line and an EKG meter. The doctors confirmed that she was barely alive when they got her into the ER.

A young woman walked into the hospital and up to the receptionist.

"Can I help you miss?"

"Yes, I'm here to see my cousin. I came as soon as I heard she was hospitalized. Her name is Herb, and she has blue, pink, and white hair. I don't know what I would do if she died." The young girl started crying emotionally.

"There there honey. It's okay. Visiting hours are over, but I'll let you see her if you're family. She's in room six sixty six. Do you need me to lead the way?"

"Sniff...no ma'am, I'll be just fine...sniff."

Sakura looked down at the sleeping form of Herb and shook her head.

"Tsk tsk tsk Herb. You really need to up your game if you wanna beat Ranma and Natsuru. But it looks like you won't get another chance." Sakura said as she pulled the IV out of Herb's arm.

As she left the hospital, she noticed several nurses running in the direction she just came from. 'You got lucky Herb-chan. Don't fail me, or I'll make sure Ranma kills you in the next fight. I could just go back and finish the job, but then again, I should remain subtle. For a little while at least.'

Change of Scene

Ukyo finished packing up all her belongings onto the moving truck and took a look back at the empty restaurant.

"Miss Ukyo, are you sure Ranma-san will be okay with us visiting her?" Konatsu asked.

"I'm not sure, but I just want to let her know I'm sorry. I want her, but I know it's pretty obvious that she doesn't want me."

"You never know Miss Ukyo." With a puff of smoke, the male kunoichi ended up inside the moving truck as it was being closed.

End of Chapter 6

 
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