Ranma 1/2 fanfic Spanish Inquisition -Part II- by Warp Zone =RRRRIIIIIIIIINNNNGGG!= =RRRRIIIIIIIIINNNNGGG!= =RRRRIIIIIIII... -click- "Rosa-chan?" "...wha?" Akane yawned. "Telephone." Rosalita quickly tied a robe around herself, left the dojo, and entered the Tendo residince. ....................... "Digame... I mean, moshi-moshi." No response. "Anyone there?" "WAAAAAAAAA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Now that sounded creapy. Rosalita shuddered at the laugh. "Hello?" "StAy aWaY FrOm My rAnMa!!!" The voice sounded even scarier than the laugh. Rosalita recognized it as feminine, though. "What?" "yOu hAvE BeEn wArNeD!!!" "Who is this?" -click- ....................... "It was probably Kodachi," Ranma-chan explained. "She's kinda crazy." The two of them were walking down the street to the Nekohanten. Ranma was hoping that by forcing a confrontation he could get Shampoo to explain to Rosa about the Kiss of Death. HE sure wasn't going to tell her. "Is she engaged to you too?" Rosalita asked. "Nope. She acts like she is, though. She can get pretty nuts, so I'd stear clear of her if I were you. Rosalita shuddered. "This is the kind of woman you like?" Ranma shuddered. "Of course not." Rosalita thought for a moment. "And Shampoo's the same way?" "Just about..." "Hmm... And you don't like Akane... Or maybe you do? Despite everything, maybe she's the one you want to marry?" Ranma stopped and looked at Rosa. "WHY would I want to marry such a..." "...uncute, sexless tomboy. Yeah, yeah. Sorry I asked... You seem to get along with Ukyou pretty well..." "Well, yeah..." Ranma admitted, "But she's really more of a friend." Rosalita thought for a moment. "My advice to you," she said, "is to wait until you really do fall in love with somebody, then 'accidently' get them engaged to you." Ranma blinked. "How would I do that?" he asked. Rosalita shrugged. "Ask Nabiki. There's got to be more ways in the world to arrange marriages." ....................... "There Rosa girl..." Shampoo whispered into Mousse's ear as they hid behind some bushes. "Girl beat Shampoo in fight, then... other bad things. Attack!" Mousse turned to Shampoo. "I don't want to kill her," he said. "If this is because of those stupid laws, I don't want to be any part of it." "But Mousse..." Shampoo closed her eyes and began working up the fake tears. "...New girl is... not know word..." Shampoo told him in Chineese what the new girl was. "She kiss Shampoo, on mouth! Say horrible, horrible things to Shampoo!" Shampoo broke down crying into his shoulder. "PLEASE, MOUSE!" Mousse's eyes narrowed. A small, seregated blade popped out of one of his sleaves. "She will die." "IIIYYYAAA! THANK YOU MOUSSE!" Shampoo kissed him on the cheek. Mousse suddenly felt invincible. ....................... "SAOTOME!!!" "Duck," Ranma said. Rosalita and Ranma ducked just in time, as Kuno went flying over their heads from behind. "What do you want, Kuno!?" Ranma glanced around feverantly, trying to locate the source of the water that he knew was probably going to hit him any minute now. Kuno blinked, seeing Rosalita's pretty face for the first time. "Seeing this poor flower defiled by the prescence of a vile, womanizing monster such as yourself tears at my heart, Ranma Saotome! Not only do you keep from me my beloved Akane and the Pig-Tailed Girl, now you must torment still others in your unfaithfulness!?" Kuno struck a dramatic pose, raising his wooden sword." I, KUNO TATEWAI, THE BLUE THUNDER OF FRUNKIAN HIGH, PLEDGE TO PROTECT THEE!" Blue lighting shot down in the backround, accenting his speach. Mousse tumbled to the ground, his skin blackened, his hair standing on end, thouroughly electrocuted. Shampoo sighed and put a hand to her forehead. The idiot couldn't go ten minutes without loosing a fight. She would hurt him for that. "Um, listen... Kuno..." Rosalita began. She knew the look in his eyes. "My darling specimine of womanhood, I would date with you..." Kuno began. "But, I don't like boys..." Kuno laughed out loud. "You are mearly shy. You sound just like my beloved Akane..." "No, you don't understand!" Rosalita practically yelled. "I love other girls!" Kuno nodded. "I understand. But I am speaking of a love greater than friendship..." "For goodness sake!" Rosalita beat Kuno into uncosciousness. "He really is stupid," Rosalita said to Ranma as they entered the Nekohanten. "No wonder he doesn't know about your curse yet!" Ranma nodded. "Don't feel too bad if you have to knock him out on a fairly regular basis," he said. "Believe me, it's just easier that way. There is no reasoning with him." "I believe it," Rosalita said. The two of them sat down at the counter. "May I help you?" Cologne asked politely. She couldn't help but notice that Rosalita was not currently being attacked by Mousse. The plan must have failed. She would hurt him for that. Ranma and Rosalita ordered ramen and soft drinks, just as Shampoo walked into the Nekohanten. "Hi, Shampoo!" Rosalita waved from her seat. Shampoo suddenly went pale and leapt behind Cologne. "H-Hello... Rosalita..." Shampoo retreated to the kitchen. "What do you suppose is wrong with her?" Rosalita asked. The ramen was good today, but the minute Rosalita sipped her drink... "-Ack! I thought I ordered this without caffine!" "Oh, I'm *terribly* sorry," Cologne hissed. "I must have gotten the orders mixed up." Cologne brought Rosalita a new drink and then made her way towards the kitchen as well. "You wait on the customers, Mousse." Cologne called. Mousse tumbled in the doorway, still half-dazed. ....................... "Shampoo not like giving up," Shampoo complained. "It's only temporary," Cologne said. Who would have thought that the kiss of death could be invalidated simply by returning the kiss? But, the law had been designed that way in case other Amazons got the kiss of death accidently. "Once you find a way to make the kiss of death stick," Cologne said, "You can just kill her quickly and be done with it." Shampoo made a face. The last thing she wanted to do now was encourge Rosalita some more by kissing her back again. She decided that revenge could wait until after she was married to Ranma. "In the meantime," Cologne was saying, "I have developed a new plan for you to get Ranma..." Sasuke listened from his hiding place in the ceiling. ....................... Kodachi snarled, gazing in through the Nekohanten's window. "Look at them! Eating together like that! Doesn't she know that Ranma's engaged!?" Kodachi realized that Kuno couldn't hear her, as he was still unconsious. "AND she will pay for beating you like this!" Kodachi twirled her gymnastic ribbon... "Mistress!" Sasuke landed behind her. "GAAAAAAAH!" Kodachi screamed. "DON'T SNEAK UP ON ME LIKE THAT!!!" She spun around and wrapped Sasuke in her ribbon. "Progress Report?" "The Amazon has a plan to capture Ranma, mistress..." Briefly, he outlined Shampoo's plan to Kodachi. But of course, I'm not going to tell you what he was saying, because that would spoil the surprise, wouldn't it? "That's a pretty good plan," Kodachi admitted, creating even more suspense. "Okay... Here's what we'll do..." Kodachi whispered the details of her plan to Sasuke. "Brilliant strategy, mistress." Sasuke grovelled. "Especially the part about..." Saksue told Kodachi what he thought was the best part of her plan. "I don't know," Kuno said, getting up and rubbing his head. "You might hurt the new girl. Why don't you..." Kuno suggested a new plan which wouldn't hurt Rosalita. Okay, now we are out of the realm of suspense, into actual tension. "You stay out of this, brother!" Kodachi complained, and bashed Kuno, knocking him out again. "On second thought, maybe his plan is better. It lessens the chances that we'll hurt my darling Ranma..." Kodachi pulled her ribbon, sending Sasuke spinning off to initiate the first step of the plan. "I'll be seeing you soon, Ranma darling! WAA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" ....................... "Ranma, Ranma friend, wait for Shampoo!" Ranma and Rosalita turned to see Shampoo rushing towards them. Ranma didn't like the looks of this. Rosalita did. "What is it, Shampoo?" Shampoo looked at Ranma, then at Rosalita. "Shampoo have very important thing to tell both of you." Shampoo bit her lip in mock indecision. Ranma thought. Rosalita was thinking. Shampoo thought evilly, As they were walking down a street, Shampoo made sure to lead them past many bathrooms. Finally, Rosalita stopped. "Excuse me," she said, "I have to use the restroom..." Shampoo smiled. Rosalita had tasted the chemical and sent back the soda, but one sip had been enough. "Of course Shampoo wait," she said. As Ranma looked after her departure, Shampoo snuggled up to him. "Airen want go to shopping with Shampoo?" "Huh?" Ranma glanced back at the restroom. "What about Rosa-chan?" Shampoo grinned. "Shampoo no like Rosa, like Ranma! Ranma not wait for Rosa girl! Rosa girl bad!" "Shampoo! That's a very mean thing to say! Besides, we can't just ditch her like this..." "Okay, Airen." Shampoo grinned. "Ranma win. We stay here." Shampoo suddenly embraced Ranma and kissed him. "Rosa girl see for self who Shampoo love!" "Mmmphmphmmhmmphummpfff!" Ranma protested. Suddenly, a maniacal giggle rang out from overhead. "Kodachi!?" Ranma broke the kiss and looked up to see the crazed gymnist on the roof of a nearby shop. Kodachi laughed, and turned the wheel attached to the giant firehose she was holding. "Let's cool Shampoo off, shall we, Ranma?" Ranma's eyes bulged. "WAIT! Let's talk about this!" =SPLOOOOOOOOSH!= "WAAH!" Kodachi went flying as the hose's water pressure threw her off her feet. Ranma-chan and Shampoo-cat dropped to the ground, looking at each other. "AAAAAAGHHHHH!!!!" Ranma-chan ran as fast as she could. "WHAT!?" Kodachi turned off the hose and recovered in time to see Ran-chan dashing off. "The redhead! She must have taken Ranma somewhere! I swear to the heavens that I will save you, Ranma!" Kodachi bounded from building to building, chasing Ranma-chan. Rosalita came out of the bathroom and looked around at the water dripping everywhere. The only one in sight was Shampoo-cat. "Hello, Shampoo!" Rosalita grinned, petting shampoo on the head. "What happened here?" "RRREEEEOOOOWW!" Shampoo took a swing at Rosalita, but missed. "Oh, of course... You can't talk. That reminds me..." Rosalita reached into her blouse. "I have a present for you..." Shampoo-cat blanched. "Ta-da!" Rosalita pulled out a sprig of green leaves. "Just for you!" Shampoo hissed, and leapt at Rosalita, set to "kill" mode. Rosalita jumped out of the way, tossing the leaves expertly as she did so. Shampoo caught the bundle of leaves in the face and deliberately tore the gift to shreads with her claws. Rosalita smiled, and waited. Shampoo almost fell over as a heavenly smell assaulted her nose. Shampoo suddenly began to feel giggly, and she rolled over onto her back, pawing at the air. She tried to laugh out loud. "Reeeeeooooowwwwrrrlll!" Shampoo grinned widely, showing her fangs. "Good girl, Shampoo..." Rosalita scratched Shampoo's chin. "You don't feel like fighting anymore, do you?" "Reeeoooooooorrrllll!" Shampoo nipped Rosalita's finger, but her heart wasn't in it. She felt better than she ever had before. Everything smelled so nice, and the sun was so warm... How could she not be happy? "Here's one that you missed," Rosalita said, teasingly brushing one of the leaves across Shampoo's nose. Shampoo snapped at the leaf and chewed it to pieces! "Reeeoooowllllllll!" Shampoo rolled around and squirmed as Rosalita tickled her. After a while, Shampoo was batting at inanimate objects, and Rosalita knew that Shampoo was firmly in the catnip's grasp. She wiggled a small twig at Shampoo, and Shampoo swiped at it and started chewing on it. Shampoo had never felt so warm and content. She happily demolished the stick as Rosalita carried her home... .......................... Exhausted, but still with a dim feeling of happiness, Shampoo opened her eyes. She thought. Slowly, she recognized the walls of the Tendo Dojo, except it was much larger than usual. "Reeeowl!" was all she could say. "Be patient," Rosalita giggled. "Soon I'll have you back to normal!" In her hand she brandished a teakettle. "REEEOOOWWLL!" Shampoo tried to spring for the door, but she soon collapsed under her own weight. Even though she felt so weak, it was still weak with pleasure. Her tired muscles tingled from the catnip's effects. Her mind was clearing up rapidly, though. "Oh, calm down," Rosalita said, "I wouldn't do anything like THAT to you. Besides..." a small smile appeared on her face. "You're probably too tired to have any more... fun... right now..." Rosalita wrapped Shampoo-cat in the damp Chineese dress she had been originally dressed in. "I hope this works..." she said, buttoning up the dress. Rosalita poured the hot water over the dress and soon Shampoo grew to fill it. "Ugh!" Shampoo blearily sat up. Her arms were stuck inside the torso of the dress, but otherwise it was a perfect fit. Shampoo moved her arms around and finally got them into the dress's sleaves. "Why stupid girl use catnip on Shampoo!?" she demanded. Rosalita shrugged. "You tried to drug me enough times. Now we're even." "But..." Shampoo gave up arguing and tried to stretch the sleepiness out of her muscles. Rosalita just watched her stretch. "What!?" Shampoo slapped Rosalita. "STOP LOOKING AT SHAMPOO!" "Okay, okay! Sorry! Geez, at least I put some clothes on you first before I changed you back! That's more than most boys would have done!" Shampoo sighed. "It okay. But Shampoo have to finish something now! Shampoo not like Rosa girl! Kiss was only mistake. Understand?" Rosalita nodded sadly. "I... I guess so. I understand if you were just... experimenting." "What!?" Shampoo wrinkled her nose. "That not it! Shampoo was... Oh, never mind!" Shampoo got up to leave. "As long as it over, Shampoo not care what Rosa think! Where Shampoo shoes?" Rosalita held up a pair of soggy slippers. Shampoo slipped them on and began walking towards the door. She tried to maintain at least a little dignity, but it was impossible with the ridiculous squishing noises her shoes made. Just as she was about to walk out the door... "Umm... Shampoo..." Shampoo whirled around. "I... uh... couldn't figure out a way to get these on you..." Blushing, she held up a pair of pink Chineese print panties. That was it. the last shred of dignity Shampoo had dissolved. Shampoo grabbed the panties, stuffed them in her pocket, kissed Rosalita on the cheek, and ran out the door of the dojo at top speed, eyes glowing. Now she was ready to kill at their next confrontation. .......................... Rosalita shrugged as she entered the kitchen. "That was odd," she said to herself as she opened a cookie jar. Suddenly, the phone rang. =RRRRIIIIIIIIINNNNGGG!= "Hello?" "I KnOw WhAt yOu'Re uP To!" "Kodachi? I'm not trying..." "StAy aWaY FrOm rAnMa! "I'm a lesbian, Kodachi." "ThIs iS YoUr lAsT wArNiNg!" "I don't like boys. I like girls." "LeAvE mY RaNmA aLoNe!" "This is a tape recording, isn't it?" "i'M GiViNg yOu OnE LaSt cHaNcE!" "I have sex with Ranma twice daily, Kodachi." "If YoU dO NoT aBaNdOn HiM, i WiLl kIlL yOu!" "I thought so. Goodbye, recording." =click!= .......................... The next day, Rosalita was cooking lunch for Ranma. "You'll just love this," Rosalita said, reaching for the safron. "You haven't lived until you've tasted paella." "Oh, my!" Kasumi said, "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?" The rice was a sticky yellow color that rice didn't normally turn unless it was in an alien environment such as a nuclear reactor or a dish prepared by Akane. "Relax," Rosalita said, winking. "It always looks like this." She then spent three minutes dumping in the rest of the prepared seafood and annother twelve minutes adding the spices. Ranma looked sullenly down at his plate. It was an oddly colored rice dish with fully cooked seafood. "Uh... Why don't you try some, Akane?" Akane looked at Ranma's plate and blinked. "Um... what about you, Nabiki?" Nabiki turned back to her manga. "You couldn't pay me enough," she said. "Hey, come on!" Rosalita complained. "I spent upwards of... half an hour on this." It sounded painfully inadequate compared to the figures Akane usually named when no one would eat her food. "Come on, try it Ranma! Be brave!" "But... it's all..." Rosalita's eyes grew big and sparkley. "Pleeease?" "GROWF." Genma scooped a pawfull of paella into his mouth and swallowed it. His eyes bulged for a moment, but then he cleaned the rest of his plate and gave a thumbs-up. I'm not quite sure how he managed it, as pandas don't have thumbs, but the others seemed to take Genma's word for it. Rosalita smiled as she watched the expression on Ranma's face as he took his first bite. "What's in this stuff?" Ranma asked. Rosalita winked. "An old family secret. Maybe I'll share it with you someday. Rosalita curtsied and spooned up annother serving for Genma-panda. .......................... =KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!= Rosalita answered it. "Can I help you?" "WAAA HA HA HA HA HAAAAA!" Kodachi stood framed in the doorway before Rosalita in her red gymnastics outfit, one hand behind her back. Rosalita just stared... and stared! "I... um... I assume you're Kodachi?" Rosalita didn't need an answer. She recognized Ranma's descriptions as well as the voice from over the phone. She had known it was only a matter of time before the crazy girl attacked her, and she had secretly been preparing herself for a rough fight. She hadn't expected the girl to show up in her leotard, though. "HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! I am Kodachi Kuno, the Black Rose of St. Habeneke High school, the rising young star of Martial-Arts-Rythmic-Gymnastics and future bride of Ranma Saotome. I also play Mah Jongg. So you're the little harlot who's been bothering my precious Ranma? AH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You'll never forget what I have in store for you, dearie!" Rosalita blinked. Dearie? "I've been watching you, Hernandez Rosalita. I know all about your kind! I know what you are and I know how to deal with you!" Kodachi's hand suddenly lashed out from behind her back... Rosalita cought the weapon single-handedly. A black-headed, long-stemed rose. Rosalita didn't notice the lit fuse burning at the base of the stem. Rosalita looked at the rose in surprise. "Oh, how nice!" Rosalita quickly reached inside the hall and grabbed a vase of water from a nearby table. Rosalita dropped the flower's stem into the water, extinguishing the fuse with an audible hiss. "Hey!" Kodachi stamped her foot. "How'd you do that!?" Girls were always surprised when she gave them flowers. It froze them long enough that by they figured out that the rose was a weapon, it was too late. It was her trademark. Yet this girl had taken it in stride, and had immediately put the rose in water, without even pausing to reflect upon her actions. Kodachi came to the obvious conclusion. Kodachi thought. "Very well then, you have forced me to invoke my ultimate attack of... HEY, COME BACK HERE!" "Just a second," Rosalita called dreamily, and ran through the Tendos' house to the dojo. "HOW DARE YOU RUN FROM ME!?" Kodachi dashed through the Tendo residince, bounding off walls as she followed her prey. Rosalita darted into the dojo, leapt over her bed, and found a nice place to put the vase on her improvised night stand. Kodachi flew in the door and saw Rosalita arranging the flower. Her jaw dropped. "How DARE you mock me with such a trivial attitude towards my attack!?" "Attack?" Rosalita looked into the vase and noticed the fuse. "You mean you weren't..." "A THOUSAND CLUBS!" With lightning speed, Kodachi rapidly attacked with about ten or twenty gymnastics clubs. Rosalita got hit and was knocked backwards. She landed on the floor with a heavy thud. "HAHAHAHAHAAA..." Kodachi laughed as Rosalita got up, nursing her shoulder. She saw Rosalita's eyes glance towards the door. "Oh no you don't..." Kodachi quickly slid the door shut and locked it. "You won't escape that easily!" Kodachi drew her gymnastics ribbon. "Now the real fun begins!" "THIS is what you call fun!?" Rosalita gasped. "Don't think..." Rosalita said angrily, "...THAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SOME FUN, TOO!" Rosalita stretched out one arm, and with the other hand, she rapidly whipped off three of her bead bracelets and snapped them at Kodachi. Kodachi ducked, and the three elastic-strung bracelets were imbedded into the wooden wall behind her. "Nice try, imputent parasite!" Kodachi lashed out with her ribbon, wrapping it around Rosalita's waist. She flung the spanish girl up to the ceiling, ready to smash her head with a spiked club when she fell back down. Rosalita saw where she was going to land, and spread the many folds of her skirt like a paracute. (Hey, I can think of at least three anime special attacks that are less relaistic than this one!) She drifted over Kodachi's head and whipped a bead necklace around kodachi's neck, choking her with it. Gasping for breath, Kodachi swung her steel bar ribbon around, clubbing Rosalita's side and making her let go. Kodachi jumped away as Rosalita grabbed annother bracelet from her wrist. Rosalita snapped it like a whip, and a stream of small glass beads flew from the string and pelted Kodachi's chest in mid-air. "Was that supposed to hurt?" she asked smugly. Then she landed on the round glass beads on the floor and her feet flew out from under her. "ANDALE!" Rosalita lapt into the air. Two bracelets splintered into the floor, pinning both her wrists to the ground. Rosalita landed on Kodachi's legs, effectively pinning her the rest of the way. "NOW LEAVE ME ALONE, KODACHI!" Rosalita screamed. "NEVER!" Kodachi struggled to move. "I will never give up my precious Ranma!" Rosalita suddenly looked down, determiniation in her eyes. "I can't believe how stupid you are! Don't you realize that you've been leading me on!?" Kodachi blinked. "Wha...What!? What do you mean?" "I'm a LESBIAN, you idiot! That's why I'm not in love with Ranma! And here you come to my house, dressed in a leotard, give me flowers, follow me to my bedroom, lock the door, and say things like 'we're going to have some fun,' and you don't even realize who you're saying it to!" "WHAT!? Impossible! Do you really expect to fool me with such an obvious trick!? I? The great Kuno Kodachi!?" "IT'S NOT A TRICK!" Rosalita began banging Kodachi's head aginst the floor. "I REALLY AM A LESBIAN, AND I CAN PROVE IT IF YOU WANT!" Kodachi's eyes widened. "You wouldn't DARE! Besides, my brother said you came onto him at the Nekohanten the other day!" "YOUR BROTHER HAS A VIVID IMAGINATION!" Rosalita said. And with that, she laid down on Kodachi and kissed her. "AAAAAAAGH! STOP IT! HOW COULD YOU!? HOW DARE YOU!? YOU DIDN'T JUST DO THAT!" Kodachi struggled like a woman possessed, but it did no good. Rosalita looked down at Kodachi threateningly, and began to make caressing motions in the air with her hands. "Do you need more proof?" she asked evilly. "NO! NO! I'MSORRYIBELIEVEYOUI'LLTELLKUNOJUSTLETMEOUTOFHERENOW!!!" Kodachi's straining finally broke the floorboard the bracelets were imbedded in, and she wildly feld the Tendo Anything-Goes Martial Arts Training Hall. Her hands were still held behing her back by the board she was attached to and, as luck would have it, the first living thing she encountered in this condition was Happosai. (I'm mean to Kodachi, aren't I? ^_^) .......................... Rosalita sighed. She had refused to let it show in front of Kodachi, but it had really hurt her that Kodachi didn't like her. But she tried not to think about it on the way to Ucchan's. It wouldn't do to be seen crying in front of Ran... in public. she wondered. Maybe she shouldn't try to come on so strong... =CRASH!= Rosalita looked behind her. A bruised, battered girl in cracked Mecha-armor was laying in a crater behind her. Rosalita walked over to her, surprised. "Are you okay?" she asked. Then she gasped. The Mecha-suit had been ripped practically to shreads, leaving most of her skin bare. It took Rosalita a moment to realize that it was not actually damaged that badly; it had been designed that way! The girl had very long, very healthy blue hair and an incredible body. Slowly, the dented vision of loveliness opened her eyes. "She's going to pay for that," the strange girl said, sitiing up and dusting herself off. "You there, what city is this?" Rosalita blinked. "Tokyo," she said. "Hmm..." the blue-haired girl mused, "She's hit me further before. Well, thank you for..." her voice trailed off as their eyes met for a single instant. "Are... do you... by any chance..." The blue-haired girl stopped and closed her eyes. "Never mind..." Rosalita looked at her feet. Should she say something? No. What was the point? She was probably wrong about the blue-haired girl. The last thing she needed now was annother enemy. "Well... Goodbye," Rosalita said. "... Goodbye," B-ko said. She flew off into the sky, heading back home. "There probably aren't even any other lesbians in this stupid town," she said to herself. .......................... Shampoo crept through the darkness and into the Tendo dojo. There. Asleep on the bed. Shampoo raised her bonbori and silently stalked forward, preparing to srtike. One swift blow, and it would be finished. She was four feet away, then three... =CLUNK= Shampoo tripped on Rosalita's laundry basket and tumbled forward, her mace flying out of her hands. "Ooomph!" Rosalita snapped awake as Shampoo landed on her. It took her a moment to realize what was happening. "Oh. Hi, Shampoo. Isn't this a little sudden?" "AAAAAAAAAIIIII!" Shampoo screamed as she ran right through a wall, fleeing the Tendo Dojo. Rosalita pouted. she thought. TO BE CONTINUED... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Well, that's it for part 2. I realize this one may seem a little disjointed compared to the first, but I can't help it. There are a lot of conflicting ideas fighting for territorial rights in my brain. I just write what I think of. That should tell you something about the general nature of my mind. Anyway, I'm not sure what I'm going to write about in part 3. I was going to have Rosalita leave for Spain again, but I wanted to keep her in the cast just in case someone else wants to put her in a story. The lamest thing in the world would be for them to have to figure out a reason for Rosalita to come all the way back to Japan again. We'll see what happens. I suppose I have a little room here to comment about the nature of my webpage in general. I have finally learned a little bit of HTML code (it's surprisingly simmilar to ZZT-OOP, actually...) and so HunterX no longer handles my page. This means I can update with just one new file at any time, whereas before I had to send them to HunterX on disk, so I would have to wait and send them in groups to avoid wasting disks. My only complaint is that, although my hit count is up to 300+, I've only gotten 5 E-mails and 3 guestbook signatures. (And one of those was me! Okay, view my guestbook if you don't believe me!) Anywho, I really appreciate feedback about these things. It provides the much-needed illusion that people take me seriously. Thanks a bunch... WarpZone! http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/1923 warpzone32@hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------