Don’t own em. None of em. Rumiko Takahashi does. Not me. Oh well. If only. This story is a thing I woke up with in my head. Really at 4:30 in the morning I woke up and said thought to myself "What if..." and this story followed. Now Ryanko Inc. presents to you. Waiting for you. In the distant future a group of teenagers stand around within a lone compound, "I’m scared." Akami says. "Ah don’t be a scaredy cat." Says her fiancé and sometimes friend sometimes enemy Karma. "You guy’s gonna hurry up?" Karma calls back to the others. Tikyou whom wants very much to impress Karma steps forward as the group enters the main building itself only to be fighting with Lotion to try and be brave to impress Karma. Gel enters the fry with Karma and Garoga following suite. The whole group is punching, kicking, and dodging, as they are slowly moving into the building. The group keeps on fighting until "Ranma..." a chilling voice says. Everyone stopped fighting and looked around instantly for a source to the voice. Karma was the first to see her, a woman, dressed in a blue and white sundress, only thing was you could also see right threw her. She sat there, in a chair as if waiting for something, or someone. "A ghaa... A ghaa... A ghaa.." Managed Garoga as he watched on. Everyone was terrified as Ghosts were not common to him or her. Realizing the people here were not her sought the Ghost stood "Get out..." she said everyone was to petrified to move. Karma was the first to be hit the punch had sent him flying across the room, Akami saw this and struck back with all her might at this spectre and as her fist closed in on the creature it vanished and reappeared behind her "What the..." was all she could manage before the it struck her, she to was sent flying across the room. Gel, Garoga, and Lotion surrounded the thing as they had time in order to witness its speed and strength and they figured as a group they could take this spectre. The three launched themselves at the spectre from different sides hoping to catch it off guard the Ghost seemed to smirk as it dodged all their shots, weaving in and out of their blows like they weren’t even there. Gel was hit first the ghost had given him a run over striking various parts of her including arms and legs at first then simply batting him away but as Gel was sent flying he showed what he was trained for as weapons flew forth from his long robes, the ghost however spun away from the projectile weapons. This slight loss in concentration aloud Tikyou an opening, her family weapon came down and passed right through the ghost hefting her battle spatula she jumped back to avoid the ghosts counter attacks. Garoga, Tikyou and Lotion received the same treatment and joined the others in the next room were the Ghost repeated her message. "Get out..." This time however the group was quick to comply and they made tracks. "Wow who would have thought that the old Tendou compound was really haunted." Karma said as soon as they left the area. Garoga, Lotion, Gel, and Akami all looked at the pigtailed youth. "You were the one who said ‘No way is it haunted’ and ‘I don’t believe in that junk’" Added Akami. Garoga spoke up, "And you were the one who also said ‘let’s go there tonight, what’s the worst that could happen?’" He began rubbing his shoulder, as the Ghost hadn’t gone easy on him, even with his Baksai Tenketsu training he was hurting. "heh heh yeah..." was all Karma said before he quickly changed the subject. "Hey guys that Ghost was damn skilled though, I’ve never seen anyone move that fast and boy could she hit." "Yeah." Agreed Tiyou. "The way she dodged our hit its like we weren’t even there... Dodged? Couldn’t she have like stood there and let our hits go right through her?" Soon after the groups conversation came to an end and they had decided to go and visit Lotion’s great grandmother Shampoo before heading back there. The following day the Karma, Tikyou, and amazingly enough Garoga met up at the oldest ramen shop in Nerima, The Nekohanten. The group entered and found Lotion sitting in a booth while Gel slaved in the kitchen. Lotion smiled and stood "We go see great grandmother now yes?" said Lotion upon their arrival. The group nodded in unison and Lotion, Tikyou, Garoga, Karma and Akami all found Lotions great grandmother Shampoo cooking food for customers. Shampoo, stood there, in her tight short dress, guys still drooled over the Amazon even after 300 years her long purple hair nearly touched the floor though the throwing star tied into the end of her hair made light taps against the floor. The beautiful Amazon looked down to her great grand daughter and smiled "What you need Lotion?" "Great grandmother, we see ghost." Shampoo smiled "How wild the imagination of the youth" she thought to herself then remembered "this is Nerima if it can’t happen, it will here." "Aiyah tell Shampoo about Ghost. O.k?" "We go into old place we told haunted, when we go in Ghost mutter something and attack us. It move really fast and hit us." "Were is haunted place, Shampoo might be able to help?" Shampoo smiled to herself, Ghosts were ghosts and a ward or two could easily deal with the situation, maybe after this Karma would realize that Lotion was better for him than Akami. "The place that’s haunted is the old Tendou compound." Shampoos face became as had as stone. "What ghost look like?" Karma gulped he had never seen Shampoo this cold and she wasn’t usually angry at all, a bit extreme maybe but never once was she this cold. The ghost was a girl, she had short dark hair, she was about your height and she was wearing a white and blue sundress." Shampoo got up and left the Nekohanten as fast as she could, if her friends were suffering she would help them. Lotion, Karma, Tikyou, Garoga, and Akami all ran after her. Gel blinked and wondered who help him with the orders, at least it wasn’t busy, he spoke to soon as a busload of foreign tourist stopped outside the café and all passengers entered. Gel just groaned. The group arrived at the Tendou compound and saw a flash off purple going through the door. Karma put his finger over his lips in the shush motion and the group entered the compound moving around to the side they found a door for the sunroom. Breaking in the snuck around until they heard to voices. "Ranma..." "No Akane it’s me Shampoo." "What the..." was the collective thought among the group as they had had never heard Shampoo talk normally before and Shampoo knew this Ghost. "Shampoo..." The ghost said. Then attacked. The two became a fury of motion as they struck at each other with all they had. Finally though Akane fell to the ground. Helping the spectre up Shampoo smiled "Your still as good as ever Akane." Akane smiled to her friend "You to, I haven’t had a fight like that in decades." Shampoo nodded in agreement. "But Akane what are you doing here?" Akane somewhat frowned "I’m waiting for him, that baka is late as usual, late to the wedding, late for the delivery, and now late again." Shampoo couldn’t believe it, Akane sat here waiting and suffering all these years because he wasn’t here, "Akane come with me, I know where he is." Akane looked up, "Really?" Shampoo nodded and Akane stood Shampoo held out her hand and only now did the children notice the tightly focused ki flowing into it. Was that how Shampoo was able to touch this Ghost? The two left the Tendou compound with the children shadowing them. Shampoo and Akane walked for a while chatting it seemed about a time when Nerima was young and random acts of violence seemed common. They two finally stopped at an old cemetery covered in a light mist. They entered and climbed a small hill, the group followed hiding as much as possible, up at the top of the hill they saw shrine lined with seven graves six off them currently in use. Sitting upon the shrine though was what had they’re attention it was another Ghost. He sat there waiting for something. But the moment he saw Akane he stood on the ground and waited Akane ran up to him while Shampoo merely waited on the side smiling. The ghosts embraced each other in a hug and then parted. Akane hit the other ghost lightly in the chest and said, "Ranma no baka. Where have you been?" Ranma smiled, "Waiting for you." The two ghost kissed and slowly vanished into nothingness as the fog lifted.