New Tomboy

Part Three

By Philip Weigel

The Disclaimer is in the first two parts.

_______________________________________________________________________

After a moment, Ranma and Sheila broke the kiss and stared at Romeo.

Then everyone spoke at once,

"Is that a Wererat?" Sheila asked.
"Did that come from Akane's Room?" Ranma asked.
"Does my Hair look good like this?" Kasumi asked.
"Does anyone else feel like running?" Nabiki asked.

After finishing their questions they all stopped and tried working out what the others said.

"Your hair looks great." Sheila remarked.
"Looks like a Wererat to me." Ranma answered.
"Yes it did seem to come from Akane's room." Kasumi calmly replied.
"I think I'm going to see how fast Jagweres can run." said Nabiki as she headed away from the stairway, trying to keep silent.

As everybody stopped again to work out what the others said, Sheila stood and said "No-one talk, its easier to take turns."

"Sure."
"That’s Fine."
"Whatever."

"...." Sheila stood there with her mouth open, just staring at them. As she was about to separate their thought patterns 'Sheila-style', Nabiki's eyes widened, as they filled with tears.

"Akane is coming," she whispered, "And she sounds like she's pissed, and not drunk.... Though if we grab father's stash, we might be by the time she works out what's happened."

It could be noted that everyone had tuned Nabiki out by this stage, her panic at actually being PART of the chaos that happens around here, seemed to have affected her judgment. For instance, everyone knows that an angry tomboy moves far quicker through a house than booze through the blood stream.

It was at this point that Akane burst into the room. Not even noticing the other occupants of the room, or the changes done to them, she simply went to Kasumi and grabbed onto her skirt, despite the feeling of wariness coursing through her. 'After all,' she thought, 'Its Kasumi, she will help.'

After babbling out her story of woe, without ever looking up from Kasumi's skirt, she started to realize that her new senses were telling her something. After a moment of contemplation she realized she was very afraid of something, something VERY close.

Slowly pulling her head back, she looked up at her sister, who's nose seemed to be... TWITCHING? And her tail seemed to be swishing, oh, was that a purr?

"Kasumi" Akane trembled out "What’s wrong, what happened, why am I a rat? Why do you look... like.. a.. C.a.t.?"

It was when Kasumi's eye's started to glaze over that Akane realized there was a problem.

Sheila watched this with great interest, "A Wererat that is friends with a Weretiger?" she mused, "You see something new every day."

"Ummm, that's Akane, Kasumi's sister." Ranma pointed out helpfully.

"Really?" A very surprised Sheila asked, she then blinked, "Wow, I've never seen someone eat his or her own sister before."

Kasumi shook her head clear as she heard the conversation playing out. Instantly a distraught and embarrassed expression crossed her face.

"Oh dear," Kasumi said. "I don't know what came over me, she just smells so yummy."

"Kasumi!!!" Akane yelled.

"Okay," Nabiki, who was getting a little hungry around Akane herself, said. "So it's not unbearable then?" Then covered her mouth in realizing that she really shouldn't be attracting Akane's attention.

"Well I never said it was an overpowering urge," Sheila said to Kasumi. "The only reason you probably had any trouble was you weren't expecting it."

It was true, though she wasn't there, Britanny could have easily testified to the fact that she had never at any point had a desire to eat the Wererats, smash, maim, and deliver righteous punishment for the stuff they'd pulled on her, but never eat. In fact, since she was of the opinion that the three of them were just a bunch of kids, irritating punks but still kids, and had been rather lenient in her handling of their repeated, and somewhat laughable, attempts on her life.

"But what did that PERVERT do that made me look like this?!!" Akane demanded.

"We, um, don't know." Sheila admitted, embarrassedly. Ranma shrugged and went to go and get some hot water.

Akane sighed; she had been hoping that someone knew what was going on. It should be noted that she hadn't fully taken stock in what had fully happened just yet.

(----)

Tirga stretched out like a contented...well...a contented tiger...or at least Weretiger. He made a note to himself to try to get a hold of another of whatever it was that those two humans had set off in that bar. He sat up, got dressed and started to try and locate the smell of cooking food.

That girl last night she'd almost been too much for him (the "almost" is why he was unconscious a good three or four hours longer than her, was waking up contented, but a little sore, while she woke up quite easily and cheerfully and went about on her normal routine as if nothing had happened...but let's not shatter his pride) she was really great. And with all the chaos last night there was no way that Sheila could possibly...

"TIRGA!!! ULTIMA KAPOWIE!!!!!!!" Sheila called out as she slammed a fist into the top of Tirga's head and slammed him through the floor, knocking him back unconscious.

"Oh my," Kasumi said. "Could you have spared the floors?"

"Oh...sorry," Sheila said, pulled out of her angry fuming.

"Wow," Ranma said, impressed as she poured the hot water over herself, turning her back to normal. "She's almost as much of tomboy as Akane."

"Ranma!" Akane turned around and glared at Ranma...then stopped and looked from Ranma, to Sheila, and back, and back again, eyes narrowing angrily more and more each time. Then her eyes latched on another Jaguar tail sticking out from behind the laundry room door.

"Uhh...Akane?" Ranma asked.

"This isn't good...is it?" Sheila asked.

"So who's that?" Akane asked in cold voice stomping forward and ripping open the laundry room. There was dead silence for a long time.

********

Raphiel felt his eyes twitch as he started to awaken. He could feel the sunlight pouring in through a window and pouring down upon his face. He opened one eye and saw a roof he didn't recognize. "This isn't the hotel..." He muttered quietly.

Trying to move his body, as to get up from the futon he was on, Raphiel found his movement slightly inhibited, as if there were weights on him. He looking down, he could see that there were three women lying on top of him. Not only that, all three women and himself were naked! "Um... Am I in that Amazon Breeders' place?"

As if to answer Raphiel, there was a thud outside of the room. Gently moving the women so that he didn't wake them up, Raphiel got up from the bed. He found his boxers on top of a small 'Nya Cat' statue. Putting them on, he then opened the door to the room and looked outside. "Hello?"

Blinking, Raphiel couldn't understand why he didn't see anyone. Then he heard a voice say, "Down here stupid!"

Looking down, Raphiel saw a very short, aged woman whom was carrying a large walking stick. "Um... Hello. Do you know where I am little Dwarf?"

Her left eye twitched. The woman then said. "I am not a Dwarf. I am Cologne, one of the elder Amazons of the Joketsuzoku tribe."

"Oh! Then I'm back on Jade then? And you're the head breeder, right? I must admit, I didn't think you guys were going to draft me so early." Raphiel said.

Cologne rolled her eyes. This Werecheetah seemed pretty dense. "I am beginning to believe you have me confused with another set of Amazons. This is Neko-hanten, 'the Cat Cafe'. A restaurant in Nerima."

"Oh..." Raphiel said, scratching the back of his head. "Do you think those girls are going to be upset with me? I mean, all I remember is something exploding, and then I'm being dragged off by three girls..." Raphiel said, coming to a realization. "Those were the girls that dragged me off last night, weren't they?"

Cologne nodded her head. "I think we should have a talk..."

(----)

Back in her room, Shampoo started to awaken. She felt... Odd... Not knowing why she felt like that, she remembered back last night how she found out from the mercenary girl that her Aireen was being taken to a bar so that the obstacle could take away her Aireen. Naturally, Shampoo had to go save Ranma. Then before she knew it, there was a commotion and the place was covered in dust. Naturally, she went towards Aireen, grabbed him, and took him off to consummate their relationship. But then she remembered something...

"Shampoo no remember Aireen being so... Furry..." Shampoo stated. She could feel her tail swishing back and forth in contemplation... "TAIL!?"

Her eyes snapping open, Shampoo looked at herself. She was nude, and covered in a coat of white and golden spotted fur. She had a tail, and putting her hand to the side of her head, could feel her ears were pointed. Looking at a mirror on her wall, she could see she looked like some sort of Cheetah-woman. "NO! SHAMPOO WAS SAVING HERSELF FOR AIREN! AIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Downstairs, Shampoo's scream was quite evident. Raphiel looked at Cologne and asked, "I'm in trouble, aren't I?"

Sighing, Cologne nodded her head. "I suggest you start running."

"But what about the rest of my clothes?" Raphiel asked.

"You can always replace clothing, you can't replace your head." Cologne then sagely advised.

"... Good point." Raphiel finally said. He then started running out of the Neko-hanten like a bat out of hell.

********

Dropping to her knees, Nabiki pleaded with Akane. "Now, sis, don't be angry. This wasn't my fault, and I had no intention with sleeping with either Ranma or that girl, HONEST!" She cried out.

"Sheila. My name's Sheila!" Sheila replied. She then cringed as she realized the Wererat's focus was back on her... Then back on Ranma.

Deciding she could tend to her sister's need for punishment later, Akane stomped over to Ranma. Akane then grabbed the pigtailed martial artist by the collar of his shirt. "Ranma you idiot! What did you do THIS time!?" Akane demanded.

"Well Akane, this wasn't my fault, or anyone else's here." Ranma said, holding up his hands in a defensive manner. "If anything this is all Pops and Mr. Tendo's fault. They were the ones trying to get us together. And as usual, they screwed it up, and we all ended up sleeping with someone else!"

Kasumi then took that moment to look down at Tirga, who was embedded into the floor. She sighed.

"Oh, so this is MY DAD'S FAULT?" Akane asked, her tail starting to straighten out in anger. "HOW DARE YOU BLAME MY FATHER!?!?"

Closing his eyes, Ranma knew he was going to die. But, by some miracle, (or more likely joke) of existence, Ranma was spared by the most impressive of distractions.

"SOMEONE HELP ME!!!" A voice cried out. Looking to the side backyard, all in the living room could see a male Werecheetah in boxers go leaping over the wall and landing in the backyard.

"Another one?" Akane asked. She was so shocked; she dropped Ranma, who was then thanking the gods.

"Raphie?" Sheila asked surprised.

"SHEILA!" Raphiel called out. He couldn't say more as the back wall exploded. A trio of female Werecheetahs wearing skimpy clothing could be seen, one with a pair of bonbori, one with a spatula, and the last with a ribbon.

Staring with wide-eyed, Ranma asked, "Is that..."

Screaming his head off, Raphiel went running into the house, only to trip over Tirga, and land with a thud. He almost got to his feet, when the three Werecheetahs who had started running tripped on him, all landing in succession on top of the other.

Sheila walked over to Raphiel who was under a dog pile... Sorry... 'Cheetah pile' of Werecheetahs. "Are you okay Raphie? Who are all these girls?"

Raphiel was about to answer, when the one with the spatula wrenched her arm around his neck. "YOU JACKASS! I WAS SAVING MYSELF FOR RANCHAN! I AM SO GOING TO KILL YOU!"

"NO WAY SPATULA GIRL!" The Chinese-looking Werecheetah said, as she grabbed a hold of Raphiel's arms. "Shampoo kill Fake Ranma!"

"I'm not Ranma..." Raphiel choked out.

"Of course not peasant! There is no way that you could match the greatness of my dear Ranma-sama..." The Werecheetah with a ribbon said as she tightened her ribbon around Raphiel's ankles.

Turning to Ranma, Sheila asked, "Do you know all these Werecheetahs?"

Blinking in shock, Ranma nodded his head. "Ucchan? Shampoo? Kodachi? Is that really you guys?"

"RANMA!" Was the cry as three spotted forms tackled Ranma. The three girls spoke at once.

"Ranchan! This jerk took my... You know!"

"Ranma-sama, I have been tainted, my purity taken from me!"

"Aireen! Shampoo's efforts to save herself for you been ruined!"

Helping Raphiel to his feet, Sheila asked, "How did you end up with those three?"

"I don't know. I was trying to look for everyone else when that dust was going around, and those three grabbed me, saying something about, 'I'll save you Ranma, I won't let you end up with Akane'." Raphiel, 'eeped' as he saw the three Werecheetahs turn back to face him, they blinked. Looked at Sheila, then back at Ranma, then Sheila again, then back to Ranma, in a manner very similar to what Akane was doing earlier.

"Oh crud..." Ranma muttered.

"YOU HARLOT! HOW DARE YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MY RANMA-SAMA!?"

"You cheap slut! No one was supposed to take Ranchan but me!"

"Shampoo take vengeance for Aireen's honor!"

Sheila blinked. This was not brooding to be well.

While this was happening, Nabiki, taking the advantage of the confusion to get out of there, now sat outside on the roof. She had a camcorder in one hand. "This is how I prefer things. The sidelines are much safer than the battlefield, plus I can still make a profit."