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Soon it was lunch time and Ranma sat with Shampoo under a tree. He was attempting to relax while she was throwing some not so subtle warnings for the girls to keep away from Ranma with her body language.
It was going well until a section of the wall exploded.
Ranma leapt to his feet and scanned the dust cloud for threats.
“Ranma! I've found you at last!” a male voice declared.
“And you are?” Ranma replied, his eyes narrowing.
“Don't tell me you've forgotten me, Ranma!” the figure said as he strode into view.
“You!” Shampoo said recognising the figure as he approached them. “I know you! You walked into the women's changing area at the tournament.”
“That was an accident!”
“Accidents happen, but you do look a bit familiar...” the part-time bear trailed off as he tried to remember who it was that he was speaking to.
The young man shook his head. “Don't strain your brain, Ranma...”
Ranma finally realised who it was standing before him. “Ryoga Hibiki!”
“Yes. And I'm here to finish the duel you ran out from!” the fanged boy declared.
Shampoo looked aghast. In the time she'd known Ranma, he'd never backed down or shied away from a challenge.
His father, well, that was another matter.
“Ranma?” she asked hesitantly.
“Hey, I waited three days for you!”
“And when I got there on the fourth day, you'd gone!” Ryoga snarled angrily.
“It was behind your house,” Ranma protested. “How long was I supposed to wait?”
“You know about my problem!” the wanderer hissed angrily.
Shampoo looked a little confused at first, but was quickly getting an idea about why there had been incidents back at the village and what had caused this Ryoga to go on some kind of epic quest for revenge.
“Never mind that, Ryoga, three years late isn't the worst for a revenge attempt.”
“Attempt?” the lost boy glared at his nemesis. “I'll end you now!”
“No, not now,” Ranma said calmly, stopping Ryoga in his tracks.
“What do you mean not now!?!”
“Well, lunch time is nearly over and if I get detention, I might not be able to fulfil a promise I made,” the pigtailed martial artist explained. “We'll fight after school at the Tendo Dojo.”
Shampoo turned to glare at Ryoga as she realised what Ranma was referring to. “If you stop Ranma from taking me on our date, I'll break you in half myself.”
Ryoga was taken aback by the aggression the Amazon was exuding. “I... But how will I get to the Tendo Dojo in time?”
“Follow us, we'll get you there. You will have to sit through some boring lessons, though. But that's a small price to pay to quench your thirst for vengeance.”
Shampoo chuckled, but tried to make it clear that it was Ranma she was laughing at and not his directionally challenged friend.
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