Part One: Enter Bubble, the Brainless Blonde from Beverly Hills

It was a crisp clear morning. Almost a picture of serenity in Nerima, had it not been for a certain little masked pervert hopping from rooftop to rooftop swiping women's underwear. Happosai landed on a balcony underneath where some bras and panties were hanging. "Ah, how sweet!" exclaimed Happosai as he reached for the lacy garments.

Suddenly he had the end of a double-barrel twenty-gauge shotgun stuck in his face. "A word of advice, Holmes, I'd skip this house from now on!"

"Oh, this is your house! I'm sorry, had I known this underwear was yours I would have..."

Ben cocked the shotgun. "It's my wife's underwear, perv! And unless you want to be chewing on twenty rounds of buckshot, I suggest we skip the small talk for now." He motioned with his head. "Be seein' ya perv."

Happosai knew better than to argue, Ben was quite the extremist at times. He leapt out of there faster than you could blink.

Later that day Ben was walking down the street to the Tendo Dojo. Ranma and Akane were off at school today, but Ben felt more like training than trying to pay back his debt. All of the sudden "Ben, baby, it's been, like, forever!"

Ben recognized the voice; he didn't even have to turn around. He did and saw a beautiful girl, with blonde hair dyed black at the tips. She was wearing a black leather jacket worn over a hot pink bikini-top, Jean shorts, designer boots, a kneepad on her left knee, and a black fingerless glove on her right hand. "Oh cripes," he groaned, "the ditz followed me to Japan." He took off down the street.

"Wait, Ben baby, you forgot about the hugs!" she ran after him. Ranma and Akane were walking out of the front door at school when they saw Ben round the corner and came tearing down the main walkway.

"Hey Ben, what's..." Ranma began as Ben ran past him, "up?"

"Ranma Saotome, prepare yourself!" Ranma looked over to see Kuno coming at him with his sword drawn.

"Ben Baby wait for me!" the blonde yelled running down the main walkway, and plowing into Kuno.

"Watch where you're going, woman!" Kuno yelled as he got up.

"Like, Bug off, you..." Began the blonde, then she looked at Kuno's face. "Oh my god!" She stammered, "You're, like, a total dream!"

"I don't know, and I don't wanna know." Ranma said as he continued down the main walkway. "How very true that someone as handsome as myself could fulfill your fantasies." Kuno remarked, very egotistically, "But you must forgive me, fair one, for I..."

"Ooh," the blonde squealed as Ranma walked by, "who's that!" she dashed off leaving Kuno in mid sentence, mouth wide open. "Hello Dreamboat!" she said as she flung herself on Ranma.

"Excuse Me!?! Who the hell are you?" Ranma asked, more than a little surprised.

"Oh, you can just call me Bubble, sweetums! How about you?" the blonde said, dangling from Ranma's neck.

Akane watched the whole scene, growing more infuriated each second it continued. "I'm... I'm... Ranma Sao..."

Ranma was cut off by a bash on the head by Akane's book bag. "Just what do the two of you think you're doing!" She steamed.

Bubble let go of Ranma's neck, She pulled out a pair of Tonfas and went into a fighting stance "Don't worry, Ranma baby, I wont let her get away with this!" She said to Ranma, then she turned to Akane "Nobody beats up on my boyfriend and gets away with it!"

"Uh, I only met you two seconds ago." Ranma said.

Suddenly, "Incoming!" they all looked up and saw several small spheres. As they hit the ground they burst releasing a cloud of gas. As everyone was coughing or fumbling around in the smoke Ben rushed in, grabbed Ranma and Akane, and dashed off.

As the cloud dissipated Bubble looked around and yelled "Ranma baby, where are you? You can't just leave me like this!"

Back at Ben's house, Ben sat down with Ranma and Akane. "Sorry about the abrupt exit," he said, "but Bubble is someone I don't think you'd be ready to fight."

"You know that bimbo?" Ranma asked.

"Her real name is Beatrice Taylor, she's someone I worked with in one of my films. Everyone on the set called her 'Bubble' because of her Bubble-headed personality. She's one of the few people I can't defeat one-on-one. She grew up in Beverly Hills with a rich family. They sent her off to learn martial arts at an early age so she'd learn patience and self discipline... it didn't work. But she did become a damn good fighter. When she fights she loses herself in the moment, and never really lets up 'till she's won."

"So why is she here?" Akane asked.

"She had a crush on me during the shoot. I tried telling her off, told her I was married, told her I was about ten years older than she was, nothing stopped her. I was glad when the shoot was over, I'd thought I'd seen the last of her. But apparently she followed me here."

"So why was she hitting on me?" Ranma asked.

"Because you're a guy."

Ranma waited a little bit for the rest of the answer then finally said "And?"

"That's it. You're a guy so you're her type. She is the most fickle twit I've ever met, pretty much if you're a guy you fit her requirements."

"So what do we do about her?" Akane asked.

"Simple, wait till she falls in love with someone else." Ben smiled "Hell, it's probably happened already!"

Meanwhile, Bubble was wandering down the street, calling "Ranma baby! Ranma where are you?" she turned a corner and bumped into Ryoga. "Watch where you're going you..." she trailed off as she looked into Ryoga's face "Gorgeous hunk of man you!"

"Excuse me?" Ryoga said, rather surprised. "C'mon stud, let's go for a night on the town!" she said helping Ryoga up.

"I...I don't even know who you are!" Ryoga stammered.

"Oh you can just call me Bubble. So, like, What's your name?"

"I'm... I'm... I'm Ryoga Hibiki..." "Well come on, Ryoga baby, let Bubble show you a good time!" Bubble said pulling on Ryoga's arm.

"Well, I'm sorry, but there's already someone I, kinda, sorta, like, y'know?" Ryoga stumbled.

"Oh come on, she can't be better than Bubble Taylor!" She outstretched her arms. "How about a hug baby!"

Ryoga started running down the street "Lady, your nuts! I don't even know you!"

Later that night, Ranma was returning to the Tendo Dojo when he saw Ryoga running down the street. "Will you please leave me alone! I told you I'm involved with someone else!"

"Since when, P-Chan?" Ranma asked as Ryoga approached.

"Ranma? You've got to hide me she's..." Ryoga began.

"Ryoga baby, come back! You forgot about the hugs!"

"Aaaaah!" Ryoga screamed rushing through the front gate, knocking Ranma down.

Bubble rushed up to the gate and looked around. "Oh darn," she looked down at Ranma "Excuse me have you seen..." she froze when she realized who she was talking to. "Ranma baby, where've you been?!" she threw herself around his neck.

Kasumi peeked around the corner "Ranma, you'd better come in, your dinner's getting cold!" She looked at this strange girl hanging playfully around his neck, "Oh, Ranma, who's your little friend?"

Suddenly Soun and Genma appeared before him. "You'd better have a good explanation for this, son!" Soun said, enraged.

"You'd better start talking, boy!" Genma said sternly.

"Dad, Mr. Tendo, this ain't what it looks like!" Ranma stammered.

"Dad?" Bubble muttered. She leapt up and looked at Soun. "You must be Ranma baby's father!"

"Actually I'm Ranma's father," Genma said, "this gentleman here is the father of Ranma's fian..."

"Oh, guy, I should've known!" Bubble said turning to Genma "I can see where he gets his good looks from. Do you mind if I call you Dad?"

"What... I..." Genma stuttered.

"Tell you what, Dad, here the keys to the Porsche. You can cruise around while me and Ranma baby go out tonight!" Genma smiled as she handed him the keys.

"Saotome! You wouldn't dare let Ranma run off with this girl and leave my daughter to become a lonely old maid, would you?"

"The Porsche is over there," said Bubble pointing to a shiny new sports car.

"I'll get back to you on that, Tendo!" Genma said as he dashed for the car.

"C'mon, Ranma Baby, let Bubble show you a good time!" Bubble said pulling Ranma up.

"If it's all the same to you I do want to get to bed early tonight." Ranma said trying to get through the gate.

"Like, I totally understand, I have day's where I get totally worn out too!" she started to dash off, "Later, Ranma Baby!"

Ryoga poked his head around the gate. "Is she gone?" he asked.

Ranma woke up the next morning rather early, which was unusual. He heard noises downstairs, and headed down thinking Kasumi was making breakfast. When he got there Bubble was fussing with some pans.

"Oh you're up! I thought I'd make breakfast for you! Hold on let me get your eggs." She pulled out a chisel and a hammer and proceeded to scrape an unrecognizable charred mass off of one of the pans.

"What the?" Ranma started.

"Oh, and here's your orange juice." She said setting a glass full of a bright green liquid down in front of Ranma.

"Oh man, and I thought Akane was a bad cook." Ranma thought.

Soun, Kasumi, Nabiki, and Akane walked into the kitchen. "Aaugh! What are you doing here?" Soun screamed.

"Well duh, I'm making Breakfast!" Bubble said cheerfully "Here, want a piece of toast?" she said holding out a plate of something that more resembled charcoal briquettes.

"Out, out, out, OUT, OUT, OUT!" Soun screamed as he pushed Bubble out the door. "Well, guy, he has some nerve!" Bubble said to herself as she stood outside the gate.

"What the heck was going on here, Ranma?!" Akane steamed.

"Akane," Ranma said looking at her with a look of compassion in his eyes. He took a hold of her hand and stared into her eyes and said softly "I think I finally met someone who is a worse cook than you." With that she smacked him hard across the face.

Part Two: Bubble and Shampoo; the Best of Friends or the Worst of Enemies?

"Ranma baby, c'mon skip school for once and we'll, like, have the hottest time around town!" Bubble pleaded, skipping behind him with a stereo. She was following Ranma and Akane to school, much to their annoyance (especially Akane's). Ben seemed to be steering away from this whole scene, for obvious reasons. "C'mon, Ranma baby, do it for Bubble!"

"Would you bug off!" Ranma screamed as he turned around.

Suddenly, from up above they heard "Nihao!!" and Shampoo landed on Ranma with her bicycle. "Ranma want to go on exciting date with Shampoo?" she asked as Ranma crawled out from underneath the bike.

"Like, get real, Ranma baby's goin' out with me!"

"Who you think you are?!" steamed Shampoo. "Ranma belong Shampoo!"

"Why would he want someone like you when he's got me?" Bubble said in her most stuck up tone.

"That it!" screamed Shampoo as she got off her bike and pulled out her Bonbori. "You insult woman of Amazon tribe, now you die!" she charged at Bubble.

Bubble back flipped effortlessly away from the attack and set her stereo down. "Like, if it's a fight you want," She pulled out her Tonfas, "You asked the right person!" She swung at Shampoo several times; Shampoo blocked all the blows.

"Shampoo's good," Ben said. Ranma and Akane looked over at him. They hadn't even heard him walk up. "But I don't think she'll win this one, Bubble isn't fighting at her peak yet."

"Oh come on, how good can a ditz like Bubble be?"

Bubble blocked Shampoo's incoming attack with both Tonfas, then she kneed Shampoo in the stomach. Shampoo doubled over. Bubble grabbed her by the collar, and slapped her face rapidly.

"'The Bitch Slap from Hell' Bubble wanted to try that one out on a certain talk show back in the states." Shampoo grabbed Bubble's hand and flipped her over her head. Bubble flew through the air and landed in a kneeled position over by her stereo. "Oh crud, watch out." Ben said as he backed up. Bubble pressed the play button on the stereo and loud techno music began playing. She picked up her Tonfas and rushed at Shampoo in a berserker furry. Shampoo blocked most of the blows with her Bonbori, until one was shattered by the force of the blows. Shampoo was knocked to the ground, and Bubble raised her Tonfas for the final blow.

Suddenly "Shampoo!" and like a white streak Mousse tackled the blonde. "Shampoo, please, marry me!" Mousse said starring into Bubble's eyes with his glasses resting on top of his head. "Stupid Mousse," muttered Shampoo.

"Hello, stud," Bubble said, "Ooh, marriage, I don't know, um, yes!"

"Do you mean it Shampoo?!"

Ben walked up behind Mousse pushed his glasses down and twisted Mousse's head toward Shampoo. "Uh,...Shampoo?" he turned his head back to Bubble. "Then who are you?"

"Your bride, silly. Bubble Taylor soon to be Mrs.... uh... what's your name?"

"No... I mean... but... Shampoo and I..."

"Go ahead!" Shampoo smiled "He yours, have fun honeymoon!"

"Shampoo, how could you...?" Mousse started, walking over to Shampoo.

"C'mon, baby, you forgot the hugs!" Bubble said rushing up to him. Mousse screamed and started running down the street.

"You weren't kidding when you said she was fickle." Akane stated.

Later that day at the Cat Café, Shampoo was finishing up on her shift when Mousse dashed in. he rushed past Shampoo, into a wall, then put his glasses back into position and ran into the back room. Shampoo watched him, puzzled. All of the sudden Bubble burst in, "Mousse baby, where are you?" She turned to Shampoo.

"You!" "You come for rematch?" Shampoo said defensively.

"Rematch? Oh yeah, we were fighting over that Ranma guy." She thought for a second, "Ah, you keep him. Where'd Mousse baby go?" Suddenly a duck wearing glasses waddled out of the back room, past the two of them, and out the door.

"You mean you no want Ranma no more?" Shampoo questioned.

"Ranma? Get real! He is so last Tuesday." Bubble said scanning the restaurant.

Shampoo smiled. "You seem like nice girl" she said, taking off her apron, "Shampoo help you find Mousse, Okay?"

"You are, like, so different from before." smiled Bubble, "Thanks, girlfriend!" They walked out of the restaurant together.

A few days later, Ranma was sitting on the front porch, relieved that the whole thing with Bubble had seemed to finally be over.

Suddenly a familiar looking blonde ran past the front gate calling "Mousse baby, where are you?"

Ranma jumped up and was about to run inside when Bubble ran back and poked her head through the front gate. "Ranma Baby! There you are!"

"Weren't you looking for Mousse?" Ranma asked trying to sneak back inside the front door.

"Mousse? Oh him. Like, he is so last Thursday."

"Oh, I see," said Ranma, about ready to dash inside and lock the door.

Suddenly Ben dropped down into the front yard. "Yo, Bubble, ain't seen you in a while!" he waited for a response, "So, uh, how bout a date?"

"As if!" Bubble sniffed.

Ben looked at her with a dumbfounded look on his face. Then he turned to Ranma. "Hey, I tried, Holmes." and he started to walk off.

"Hey, Wait a minute! You can't leave me alone with her! I thought you said you owed me?" Ranma yelled at Ben.

"What do ya want from me? I made an effort, didn't I?"

"Oh yeah, some effort." Ranma said sarcastically.

"Besides if I do anything more, how's it going to look, me being married and every... Oh my god is that Leonardo Dicaprio?" Ben said pointing down the street.

"Where?" Bubble shouted, rushing out the front gate.

Ben slammed the door and bolted it. "Is that more like it?" Ben said to Ranma with a smirk. Ranma woke up the next morning and saw a box at the foot of his futon. He groaned when he saw the label; 'To: Ranma baby, From: Bubble.' He opened the lid and looked inside. A brown Tabby stared back at him. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaugh!!!!!!!" Ranma screamed running down the hall with the cat playfully chasing after him. He ran down the stairs and into the dinning room where Bubble was waiting for him. He crashed into the table and the cat leapt up on his head.

"What's the matter?" Bubble said picking up the cat. "Don't you like the pwecious widdle puddy?"

"I think I'm going to be sick," said Nabiki who had come downstairs with the rest of the family when she heard the commotion.

"K-Keep it away from me!" Ranma said backing into a wall.

"See, he wikes you!" Bubble said pushing the cat into his face.

"Stop right now!" came a voice from outside the Dojo. The door slid open and Benasato was standing there. "You best keep away from Ranma, or you'll regret it!"

"You too!" stammered Bubble, then she turned to Ranma who was still trying to get away from the cat,

"How many women have you been seeing behind my back!" she let the cat go and walked up to Benasato. "All right you little bimbo, I'll fight you, just name the time and place!"

"Friday night, here in the Dojo!" Benasato snapped back.

"That's fine by me! Friday it is then!" She stormed out the door with the cat following her.

"B-Ben?," Ranma stammered, still in shock from the cat, "Wh-what the h-hell do you think your doing?"

"Saving your ass."

"I th-thought you said you c-could never b-beat her?"

"Geez, holmes, you've known me long enough to know I always got a plan." She started to walk off, as she thought to herself. "This plan just happens to be a little costly."

Part Three: The Eyes of the Blind

"Well, well, well, look who's come crawling back!" Matsusake laughed. "So you want me to further your training, huh?" Ben was back at his house, trying to bargain with Matsusake. Matsusake was sitting in his room puffing on his pipe, and Jennifer was just outside the door.

"Dude, I've seen you fight, I know you rely on more than sound to find your opponent."

"True, at my age you've learned some of the better ways to fight blind. Of course sharing those secrets won't come cheap!"

Ben groaned "How much?"

"Half a mill' up front, plus a few thousand more considering unforeseen expenses." Matsusake said puffing on his pipe.

Ben shook his head "You do realize you're getting free room and board here, not to mention free food, and probably a dozen other commodities for free that I can't think of right now."

"Of course I realize it! Why do you think this is coming so cheap?"

"Jen?" Ben said as his wife walked through the door. "Could you see if you could get the IRS on the phone?" Jennifer picked up her cellular phone and began to dial.

"Ha, nice try! But I call your bluff!"

Jennifer looked at Ben. Ben sighed, "Okay, I didn't want to do this to you, but I see I have no other choice." He grabbed the cell phone and began to dial. Matsusake sat puffing away, unconvinced that there was anything Ben could do to change his mind. "Hello, is Vinnie there?" Ben said into the phone. "Yeah, just tell him it concerns a certain old, blind man." Ben waited "Yes, Vinnie? Vinnie 'the shark'? Yeah, I'm sorry, I understand I'm interrupting you vacation. Yes, I know that the slopes in the Japanese mountains are nice this time of year. No it's just that I have someone here who you might be looking for. Yeah, that guy. Oh really? Sure!" he handed the phone to Matsusake, "He wants to talk to you."

"My boy, that has to be the worst performance I've ever seen! If you think this little ruse is going to convince me..." Matsusake said Taking the Phone "Hello?" a look of shock came over Matsusake's face as he heard the voice on the other end. "Vinnie? Oh yeah Vinnie I'm working on it! You got who with you? Oh no, I'm... uh... I'm at the Airport, oh dang there's my flight, gotta go!" he quickly hung up. "Ben, are you nuts!" Matsusake stammered.

"Shall I call him back?"

"NO!! No! How much are you willing to offer?"

"At the most," Ben shrugged, "I'll be nice and say a hundred."

"ARE YOU KIDDING?!!!" Matsusake screamed.

"You know, I've got Vinnie on speed dial." Ben said turning the phone on.

"A hundred sounds good." Matsusake said sheepishly.

Ben and Matsusake were in the Tendo practice hall, Ben had his Blindfold on. The entire Tendo household was there as well. Nabiki was sitting next to a large stereo. "Okay, now you do remember the basics?" Matsusake asked, knowing full well the answer, Ben nodded. "So you know exactly where I am now, try to picture my exact position."

"Got it." Ben said.

"Okay now here comes the tricky part, keeping that picture in your mind don't listen for me, but try to feel me."

"Excuse me?" Matsusake sighed,

"Okay you probably know that everyone gives of an aura, with some people you can see it at its strongest point. But everyone's Aura gives off a certain... vibration, if you concentrate really hard you can feel it."

Ben started to concentrate; he began to feel a force radiating from where Matsusake was standing. "I got it!" he cried, "I think I got it!" Suddenly he was hit by a splash of cold water from behind. She fell to the floor and pulled off her blindfold. Happosai had his face buried in her chest. "Damn it, perv!" Benasato said swinging at Happosai, "When I get my hands on you, you're toast pal!"

"Oh come on, with all this training you're going to get all tense, how about I give you a full body massage!"

Benasato turned to Matsusake "How come I couldn't sense him?!"

"Ben, you do seem to be taking this rather seriously. This isn't something you can master in a week, y'know."

"I'm gonna damn well try!" Benasato said turning away from Happosai.

"Oh come on," Happosai pleaded "I won't try anything I..." Benasato grabbed Happosai by the collar.

"Two words, perv, 'Drive by' Okay, think you can defend yourself against that? Think you'll see it comin?" She let Happosai go. "I'm at the end of my rope, so don't think I won't try it!"

Happosai walked back off to the sidelines. "Stingy" he muttered.

"That's it!" Benasato said, "You are toast!"

"Ben." Matsusake said calmly. Benasato looked at her old sensei. "I know you think I'm a silly old man who cares more about my cash flow than your well being, but listen to me... you'll have to be a little more calm if you're going to learn this technique."

"Sensei?" Benasato was very surprised, she couldn't believe it, her sensei was giving advice for free.

"So I'll help you to work this one out, for a small donation."

"Did you forget about Vinnie?"

"I said a small donation, I may need to buy some things for your training, I'm not going back on the deal!" Matsusake then relaxed again, "Now, calm down and try to concentrate." Benasato pulled down her blindfold, and concentrated. "You have to become one with your surroundings." Matsusake went on, "You have to feel everything around you, not just your opponent."

Benasato could picture the practice hall in her mind's eye. She could see Matsusake, Ranma, Akane, and a certain little pervert trying to grab at her from behind. She jumped just in time to avoid Happosai, at the same time she grabbed the letch by the head and shot him out the practice hall door like a basketball.

"Very good, you're getting the hang of it!" Matsusake said, then he pointed to Nabiki. "But the hardest part is yet to come." Nabiki pressed the play button on the stereo. Loud music began to blast from the speakers. "Now, defend yourself!" Matsusake yelled. Benasato didn't hear him, but she saw him in her mind's eye, and she felt the old man's aura coming closer. She went into a crane Kung Fu stance and met Matsusake in mid air with a flying kick. Matsusake landed on his feet and reached into his jacket. He threw some throwing stars at Benasato, who not only dodged them, but caught one as it whizzed by. "Very good!" Matsusake yelled. Then he leapt at Benasato with his cane. Benasato went into a boxing stance and grabbed the old man's hand that held the cane. Then she threw a right hook. Matsusake flew back to the other side of the Dojo. As he got up he pointed at Nabiki. She shut off the stereo. "Well done, Ben. Well done. But this technique alone may not be enough for you to win. So therefore I'm offering, for a small fee, to let you learn a secret technique of the Matsusake school of Ninjitsu, the Lightning Burst." Matsusake raised his hand as Benasato took off her blindfold. "Observe!" Matsusake concentrated and his raised hand began to glow, until a brilliant flash burst from his hand. Everyone in the Dojo was momentarily blinded.

"Hey wait a minute, I remember that move." Benasato said, "You'd use that move to blind people while you swiped their money and ran off!"

"Do you want to learn it or not?" Matsusake said impatiently.

"How much?"

"If you take Vinnie off your speed dial, only two hundred."

Benasato thought for a moment. "Okay, deal!" "Naturally you'll need a sighted opponent to practice on." Matsusake said "and we'll have to further your training with the aura locating until it's flawless. But as long as we work at it for the rest of this week, you should do just fine!"

"All right, Ranma, I'm gonna need your help," Benasato said "But when the fight comes I'll finally get to pay you back!"

Part Four: Can't Keep a Good Ditz Down It had been a rigorous week of training for Ben, But he now had the improved technique of blind fighting down to perfection. His Lightning burst maneuver was working well too. It came to the day of the fight. About an hour before the fight, several people began to show up with tickets in their hands. "I knew the old goat would start advertisin'." Ben grumbled to himself. Nabiki had a booth set up outside the front gate and collected everyone's tickets, sold programs, and took bets. As the crowd began to gather, Bubble walked through the front gate. "Okay, she's here," Ben thought, "I guess I'd better change." "Where is she?" Bubble asked Akane.

"I'm right here!" Benasato said stepping out of the front door. "You got a few minutes to set up, then we go at it." Bubble picked up her stereo and walked into the practice hall. Benasato walked in and scanned the area. People were seated all around the Dojo floor; Soun and Genma were seated at one end with their Shogi board. A teapot and some teacups were sitting right next to the board. Happosai and Matsusake were sitting at the other end talking to each other. Ranma sat midway down the floor on the side of the Dojo opposite Benasato; He quickly gave her the thumbs up sign. Benasato moved aside as Shampoo walked in with an angry look on her face. Benasato sighed and began to walk into the ring. Suddenly "Pig-Tailed Girl!" and Kuno grabbed Benasato from behind. "Oh, pig-tailed girl, my love, why must you fight over Ranma like this? Why not leave him to this 'Bubble' girl and then you and me..." Benasato backhanded Kuno and proceeded into the ring. Nabiki ran in carrying a cash box, she sat down halfway down the ring as moderator. "Okay," She said, "Nothing short of a complete knock out. Ready, Begin!" Bubble turned on her stereo and the Techno music began to blast. She rushed at Benasato wailing away with her Tonfas, Benasato pulled down her blindfold and flew at Bubble with a front flip kick. Bubble blocked with her Tonfas. Benasato bounced off and went into a Muay Thai stance. She than leapt at Bubble with a barrage of kicks. Bubble attempted to block the blows but was hit by several of them. Bubble crouched down and launched herself into a flying kick using her Tonfas to get some extra momentum. Benasato blocked but she was thrown back by the force. "I can't believe it!" Benasato thought "Normally I'd be down by now but I'm actually holding up pretty well!" "Okay, now, Bubble. I've gone easy on you but now I'm gonna have to finish this!" Benasato raised her hand and Matsusake jumped to attention. Benasato concentrated all her energy on her raised hand, until a bright burst of light filled the room. Benasato used this moment to attack Bubble with some quick boxing jabs.

Ranma rubbed his eyes, trying to get rid of the spots. As his sight returned to him he saw a green blur shoot out the Dojo entrance. He looked over to where Happosai and Matsusake were sitting. Happosai was still there trying to regain his sight but Matsusake was gone. "I should've known." Ranma said to himself as he got up and went for the door. He got outside and looked around. Matsusake was in a corner going through a bunch of wallets. "I knew you weren't teaching Ben all that for what he was payin' you." Ranma said as he walked up to Matsusake "You were hopin' he'd use the lightning burst move so you could grab everybody's cash, weren't you?"

"Yeah, so, what of it?"

"So people are going to blame us, the Dojo's owners, when they find their wallets missing."

"Oh, stop, you're breaking my heart." Matsusake said sarcastically. Ranma shot his hand out and grabbed the old man by the collar. "Look here you..."

"No, you look here...or rather in there." Matsusake said pointing into the Dojo with his cane Bubble had just hit Benasato with a brutal surprise uppercut. Benasato sailed through the air and crashed into the Shogi board Soun and Genma were using. Ben pushed the board off of him, knocked a now empty teakettle off of his head, and rushed at Bubble. "If you don't want everyone to discover Ben's secret," Matsusake smiled, "and ultimately yours, you'll have to intervene, now, won't you?"

"I'll get back to you about this." Ranma growled, motioning to the stolen wallets. Then he dashed off.

Ben was attacking furiously at Bubble, while she, and several others were trying to figure out what was going on. "Ben baby, is that you?" Bubble said.

"Of course it's me who else... wait a minute." Ben stopped and pulled off his blindfold. "How did you...?" He looked down at himself. "Oh."

"What happened to the red headed bimbo?" Bubble questioned, turning off the stereo, "She was right there when I hit her... then you..." Suddenly Bubbles face lit up. "Oh, I get it now! You're plugging your new movie... You're showing off the special effects technology. Wow! Totally cool! And before post production even..." then she gasped "And having me join in was your way of asking me to co-star with you! You do love me after all!"

"Wait a minute, I..." Ben started. Bubble jumped into his arms. "Ooh, I love you too, sweetums! But I do have one request, ditch the red head, she'll ruin the flick."

"Now wait a minute...!" Ben started, again.

"Hold it right there!" came a voice from the door of the Dojo. "We're not finished yet!" everyone turned to see Ranma in his female form. "R-Ranma?" Ben stuttered. "We haven't finished the fight yet! And besides, Ben is mine!"

"Oh, you slut!" Bubble said as she tried to slap Ranma. Ben dropped her on the floor in mid-sentence.

"Why did you do that..." Bubble started, before Kuno leapt out in front of her.

"You enemy of women! To exploit not only this blonde goddess but my Pig-tailed Venus as well?!! I Tatewaki Kuno will make you pay for your two-timing treachery!"

"Well ain't that the pot callin' the kettle black." Ben remarked calmly.

"You insolent...!" Kuno began.

"Excuse me, one fight at a time here!" Nabiki said pushing Kuno and Ben out of the ring "If the people want to pay for an encore than we'll give them one."

"Now if I win you'll give up on Ranma and Ben?" Ranma questioned.

"Yeah, like, if you win." Bubble replied.

"All right then, bring it on." Ranma said going into her fighting stance.

Bubble turned on her stereo again and lunged at Ranma. Ranma deflected her blow and rushed at her with the Chestnut Fist. Bubble was knocked back by the punches. "Oh, trying something new on me, huh? Well try this!" Bubble jabbed her Tonfas rapidly at Ranma. Ranma dodged the blows quite easily.

"Is that the best you got?" Ranma remarked sarcastically.

"You little...!" Bubble growled, "Take this!" she cracked her Tonfas together and sent a blast shooting straight at Ranma. Ranma dodged, but the blast shot right past part of the crowd and right through a wall.

"My wall!" Soun said, staring at the gaping hole.

Bubble shot at Ranma again and again. "She's gone nuts!" Ranma thought to herself "She's going to tear the place down!" Bubble was firing at random now, but still in Ranma's general direction. Ranma dodged one of the incoming shots and then turned to see that Akane was sitting there in the line of fire. "Oh no," Ranma thought as she dodged the next few shots, "If she keeps this up she's going to fry Akane!" Ranma landed from her last dodge. "Moko Takabisha!" She shouted as she threw the fireball.

Bubble stopped long enough to realize what was happening "Oh pooh." She said as she got hit. Ranma looked up and saw Bubble unconscious on the floor. She knew she'd won but the victory felt hollow. Bubble wasn't a bad person, just a little on the dopey side, and on top of that he didn't enjoy fighting girls.

"Oh," Bubble muttered as she got up "What the heck?"

"Are you okay?" Ranma said to her.

"No! I lost!" Bubble sobbed.

"Yeah, that's right." Ben said "And you agreed that you'd leave me and Ranma alone if you lost, remember."

"Yeah, I..." Bubble stated "No I don't remember saying anything like that!"

Ben sighed, "Bubble."

"No, I never said that, you can't hold me to it!"

"Bubble, we all heard you, how do you explain that!" Ranma stammered

"Uh, Mass hypnotism?"

Ben shook his head.

"Oh, c'mon you can't, like, disprove it!"

"Bubble, face facts." Said Ben.

"No." Bubble said casually as she walked out the door "No, I don't remember saying so, so it ain't so. I ain't ever going to give up till Ranma Baby or you...Hey baby what's you name?" she said to one of the spectators who was just leaving.

"I...uh..."

"C'mon baby, give Bubble a hug!" The man started to run and Bubble chased after him.

Later that night after everyone had left, Ranma turned to Ben, "Do you think she'll be back?" he asked.

"She'll stick around till she gets bored or finds someone who doesn't think she's to much of a ditz to date." Ben replied as he opened a beer.

"It's too bad." Ranma sighed, "She was real cute too. A lot cuter than..."

"What was that Ranma?!" Akane yelled from behind him. "You weren't referring to me, were you?"

"Akane! I didn't even know you were there!"

"I did." Ben remarked casually.

"And you let me go on about her..."

"RANMA!" Akane shouted as she pulled out a huge mallet, Ranma darted off and she gave chase.

"One thing I'll give to this town," Ben said to himself "it's never boring."

The End _____________________________________________________________________________________

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