Chapter 5
Let’s go!
At the Kingdom of Rum, Akane and Iruka were being
led into the throne room by the ninjas. Akane was unsure of what the prince was
like or how he looked. All she hoped for was that Ranma would come and save
her. Iruka got a glimpse of Akane’s nervous face and decided to protect her
before himself. He felt something toward her that he never felt for anyone, but
he knew she wouldn’t feel the same.
“I see these two, but where is Shampoo? Where’s my
Shampoo!” Asked a man.
The man sat on the thrown as he looked at the group.
He was tall and rather handsome. He had long silver hair in a ponytail and blue
eyes. He looked to be around his early twenties. He wore long black suit and
cloak as he looked at Akane and Iruka. He came down from his throne and took a
ninja leader in his hand by the throat.
“Where is she?” Said the man with anger.
“Uh, she was killed, sir, by a man,” replied the
ninja leader.
“Liar! I can sense she’s still alive!” said the man.
All of a sudden, with the flick of his wrist, he
snapped the ninja’s throat. He released him and the body disappeared.
“Now, let’s see. You must be Akane Tendo and Ranma
Saotome,” said the man. “I am Prince Daiquiri of the rum kingdom.”
“Who do you think you are calling, Ranma Saotome!”
said Iruka angrily. “I’m not that jerk.”
“What? You’re not?” Asked Daiquiri growing a little
anger.
“Hell no. I’m Iruka Fuji, the traveling martial
artist and if you don’t let Akane and I go, I’ll….” Started the brown hair boy.
All of a sudden, Daiquiri ran swiftly toward Iruka
and gave a strong jab into Iruka’s stomach. Iruka fell to his knees leaving
Daiquiri with a smile.
“Iruka!” said Akane with concern.
The prince took his sight unto Akane. She looked
pretty, but not as gorgeous as Shampoo, the woman he wanted and somewhat loved,
was. He walked toward the girl and took her by the chin.
“Hmmm, I can’t see why that boy of yours is making a
big fuss over you. You are very cute, but how can he put down Shampoo, a lethal
beauty. Whatever his reason, he’ll be coming for you. It gives me enough time
to get to know you better,” said Daiquiri moving her closer to his lips.
“Oh, dear brother, I tell you. You are never picky
with women.” Said a voice.
They all turned around to see a woman in her late
teens. She had black hair in pigtails and green eyes. She wore a leather
halter-top and matching miniskirt with boots. She looked very sexy as she made
her way toward her brother.
“Princess Tequila…” the ninja whispered in unison.
“Sister, it’s good to see your still in your cocky
attitude,” said Daiquiri.
“Of course, my dear brother, I am who I am because
of you,” replied Tequila bowing to him.
As she looked back up, she noticed Iruka recovering
from his fall. He was very handsome as she grinned. She hasn’t seen too many
handsome men like that at the palace, so she decided to do something about him.
“Brother, what will you do with them?” Asked the
raven-haired princess.
“I don’t care what happens to this boy, but I want
to keep the girl for ransom and my pleasures,” said Daiquiri.
“You won’t touch her!” said Iruka stepping up.
“Will I? You have no authority to tell me that!”
said the silver-haired man as he was about to attack.
“Brother, stop!” said Tequila. “Do not hurt him. I
feel something between us. A sudden attraction, I suppose, but nevertheless,
let me have him.”
“If you wish, my dear sister. Iruka, as you say your
name is, do not harm my sister or you shall pay,” replied Daiquiri.
“I won’t. I don’t hit girls, but the same goes for
you with Akane,” said Iruka narrowing his eyes at him.
“Now, ninjas, please take this “Iruka” and place him
in my room and do not harm him,” said Tequila.
“Yes, princess,” replied ninja #3.
As the six ninjas left, Daiquiri was left holding
unto Akane.
“If Ranma was here, he snap your neck for touching
me!” said Akane buffing a little.
“But he isn’t. Don’t be so touchy, I’m not that bad
of a guy,” replied the prince.
“Don’t hold your breath,” muttered Akane.
He took a hold of her chains and lead her toward the
hallway. She was very nervous about what would happen to her.
“Oh, Ranma, please come quick,” thought Akane.
Meanwhile, at the Nerima dock, the group consisting
of Ranma, Shampoo, Perfume, Ryoga, Mousse, and Kumiko decided that next day
they would get a ship and travel to China. They waited patiently for the boat
to come. As it made its stop to pick up passengers, the group quickly brought
their things and got onto the ship.
“Excuse me, I want to know what time our we
leaving?” Asked Ranma.
“Well, we’ll be leaving in about 10 minutes. I’ll
show you to your rooms,” said the one of the shipmates.
Before they left, a herd of girls made their way to
the dock.
“Mousse! Oh, we were right! He is leaving!” said a
girl.
“Oh, just great,” said Kumiko with a big sigh.
“Mousse, are you leaving? Will you be coming back
soon?” Asked another one of the girls.
“He better or I’m coming!” replied yet another girl.
“Girls, girls, I’ll be back. I’m going to go help a
friend. Don’t worry,” replied Mousse.
As the group snickered and looked on, Kumiko crossed
her arms and gave a snort. Kumiko didn’t like how the girls were looking at
Mousse. She wanted to tell Mousse in front of the entire world, but that same
old group of girls comes and wrecks everything. Maybe on this mission, she’ll
be able to get the chance to tell him how she felt. As the girls left, the
shipmate showed them to their rooms.
“I have only two rooms available, so I guess the
girls in one and the boys in the other,” said the shipmate leaving.
“That is good plan,” said Shampoo.
“No is not. Perfume can’t be without Ryoga!” said
Perfume as she pouted.
“Oh, don’t worry, Perfume, we’ll see each other
everyday,” replied Ryoga with a smile.
“Okay, you guys, when we get to China, what will we
do then?” Asked the pigtailed boy.
“Well, we could go to amazon village to equip on
supplies, weapons, and even train a little, but…” said Mousse.
“But what? It sounds like a good idea,” said Kumiko.
“Yeah, Mousse, finish what you were saying,” replied
Ranma.
“Well, Ranma, amazons take a lot of pride in laws!”
said Perfume smiling. “If amazon law is broken, no one will be forgiven. Now to
what Mousse is talking about is that…”
“Perfume, be quiet! Don’t tell him,” said Shampoo
looking down as she interrupted.
Everyone looked at the amazon. Suddenly, Perfume
started to talk to Shampoo in Mandarin Chinese leaving the group (except
Mousse) in wonder. It looked like Shampoo was showing anger with her twin that
rarely ever occurred. With that, Perfume kept silent and stood by Ryoga. Everyone looked at the purple hair girl as
she gave a big sigh.
“Shampoo, tell me what I must do. It can’t be that
bad. We have to rescue Akane at any cost,” Ranma demanded.
“Well, Ranma, to keep me from breaking the law, when
we go, You must be pronounced my husband,” replied the amazon in a soft hair.
He couldn’t believe it. Not even a whole day pass
has Ranma been only Shampoo’s friend. Now, he had to become her lover. There
was no other way. Ranma gave a sigh and a decision at that.
“Okay, Shampoo, I won’t be your husband, but I will
be called your fiancé.” The pigtailed boy offered a compromise.
They all looked at him with a pleasant smile while
Shampoo gave him one of her usual, cute smiles.
All the sudden, the ship started to leave harbor as
the group just watched the sea progress them to their destination.
“Alright, amazon village, here we come!” said Ranma
getting rowdy.