"Come on, Ranma. Why are you so stubborn?" Akane shouted at the black haired boy standing in front of her. "Because," he yelled back, "I don't want to see your cousin Kahgomy." Akane growled in frustration. "Her name is Kagome!" Ranma rolled his eyes. "You do know you didn't have to come along?" the girl asked. "Well your dad asked me to come. That doesn't mean I want to be here," The boy replied. "You are so... frustrating, you know that?" Akane yelled. Ranma just smiled. The two teens scowled all the way there and continued to do so as they reached their destination, neither of them looking at each other. They cross a giant tree close by the house and get the surprise of their lives. Two more teens climb out of the well atop a hill.
One of them was a girl in a school uniform with long black hair. The other was a guy dressed in all red with a sword at his side and long flowing silver hair, which was longer than the girl's. What was the most surprising was that both of them had dog-like ears on top of their heads, hers, black and his silver. "Kagome?" Akane shouted, running up the hill to greet her cousin. "Akane!" answered the other girl, dropping her bag and met her halfway. Both girls embraced in a happy hug. "What are you doing here, Akane?" wondered the black haired girl. "We came to visit you!" Akane answered. "We?" Kagome asked, looking behind her relative. "Oh, Kagome this is Ranma. He's sorta my..." replied the girl, stopping herself short. "Your what?" wondered Kagome. Akane looked down, and then answered, "My fiancée." Kagome stared at her for a second. "You have a fiancée?" Kagome asked, not believing what she was hearing.
The girl with blue-black hair nodded ashamed of herself. Then she looked up at her cousin's companion. "Who's that?" she asked referring to him. "This is Inuyasha," Kagome replied. Ranma walked right up to Inuyasha and offered his hand. When the hanyou reached out his claws, both Akane and Ranma saw them and were startled. Ranma looked up into the other boy's face and reeled back, seeing that his eyes were amber. "What are you?" asked Ranma, who was rather afraid. "Inuyasha is a half-demon. And so am I," Kagome responded, speaking the last part softly. "A what? But you weren't like that last time I came to see you," said a very surprised Akane. "I became one for Inuyasha... because I love him," Kagome explained, and at the same time averting her eyes.
Then, she showed her cousin the changes she had undergone. "Man, now that's what I call a serious devotion," commented Ranma with a chuckle. "Ranma. That's my cousin you're talking about!" Akane snapped. Then she turned her attention back to the female hanyou. "So you're both half-demons?" she asked, still not completely aware of the whole situation. "Yeah," Kagome replied. "I see Ranma isn't the only one half something now," Akane said smiling at her fiancée. When her comment was met with two confused looks, she explained, "Ranma has a curse on him. He changes into a girl when he gets splashed with cold water. He changes back with hot water." Inuyasha laughed, "Ha! Better to be a half demon than half girl."
"Inuyasha, Osuwari!" Kagome yelled, sending him crashing to the ground. "Kagome, why did you do that?" he yelled. "Don't make fun of his problem,." answered Kagome crossly. Both Ranma and Akane blinked, their eyes wide, having watched Inuyasha fall face first into the ground without so much as a push. This wasn't the first time they came to visit Akane's cousin, but it was their first time meeting Inuyasha. Kagome has mentioned having a boyfriend who kinda lived 'far away', but she wouldn't say much else on the matter. "How did you do that, Kagome?" asked the short-haired girl. As the male half-demon sat on his knees, Kagome bent down and snaked a clawed finger around the beaded necklace he was wearing. "This is how I did it," she explained, "This enchanted set of beads allow me to command him." "Like a dog," added Ranma smugly. "Yes, like a dog, because that's what we are: dog hanyous. Its convenient when he's stubborn like just now or when I get bored and need to have a little fun," agreed the female hanyou, giving them a smile. "Yeah, but it hurts like hell," commented Inuyasha, brushing himself off before he got to his feet. "Do you know where I could get a set?" asked Akane, laughing. "Oh, does someone have a discipline problem?" wondered Kagome, jokingly, looking at Ranma. "Hey!" yelled the boy, but he had gotten the joke anyway.
Inuyasha was about to make a rude remark, when Souta came out to greet his cousin. "Akane, it's great to see you," he said. Akane smiled. "Hi squirt," Ranma said. He always called Souta that, and it drove Akane crazy, and he knew it. "Don't call him that," Akane warned. Ranma mimicked Inuyasha and crossed his arms. There was silence until Buyo, Kagome's cat, rubbed against Akane's leg and purred. "C-CAT!!!" Ranma screamed, scrambling to get into one of the branches of the sacred tree. Everyone burst out laughing. Especially Akane.
It was extremely humorous for her to watch her fiancée climb up a tree in an attempt to escape her cousin's cat. Akane chuckled and picked up Buyo, "Ugh, Kagome, Buyo is so heavy!" Kagome laughed, "He's spoiled, what can I say?" Kagome scratched Buyo behind his ear, causing him to purr, "Isn't that right?" Buyo meowed and jumped out of Akane's arms and went to lie down by the sacred tree, on the little fence surrounding it. "Get that beast away from me!!" Ranma yelled. He was now sitting on one of the lower branches of the sacred tree. "Just climb down!" Kagome called. Ranma shook his head. "That beast is down there!" he yelled.
Kagome rolled her eyes. Then she jumped onto the branch Ranma was sitting on, picked him up, then landed on the ground and dropped him next to Akane. "Let's go inside," Kagome said. As the five of them, plus one fat cat, walked towards the house, Akane explained to Inuyasha why Ranma climbed the tree in the first place, but left out some vital info, so not to embarrass her fiancée more than he already was. It caused even more laughter from the male hanyou. "You mean to tell me your pops was actually stupid enough to drop you into a pit of cats?" he asked. Ranma scowled at the memory of falling into the darkness as he said, "Yeah, he was and now because of him I can't even look at a cat without freaking out." "Don't worry, Buyo won't hurt you," remarked Kagome, with a reassuring tone. Buyo meowed at the sound of his name, making Ranma shiver but not turn around. And Inuyasha chuckled some more as they reached the house and were greeted by two smiling adults.
As the group came near, Kagome's mother greeted her guests happily. "Akane and Ranma, how nice to see you. I got a call from your father a few hours ago." "Hi Auntie Asako." Said the girl, hugging her aunt. "Hi boy," said Kagome's grandfather to Ranma. "Hey old man," replied Ranma. "I see Kagome came home just in time," commented the woman, smiling at her daughter, "And you brought Inuyasha with you. That's nice. I need him to unscrew a jar for me that neither Souta or Grandpa can open." Kagome shook her head. "Not now, mom. We only came back for some supplies, but I think Ranma can help you, " Kagome said. "Sure," Ranma said, trying his best to be polite. Asako led Ranma inside. "So, Akane, what brings you here?" asked the old man.
"Well we wanted to see you guys. It's been a while since we were here last," answered the shorthaired girl. Ranma and Asako came out, Asako came out holding the jar. "Sorry, Akane, but Inuyasha and I won't be here," said the female hanyou. Akane turned her head, "Why not?" Kagome looked to Inuyasha. I guess it's ok to tell them. Thought the femal half-demon. Kagome opened her mouth to tell them, but her mother spoke, "Kagome, would you mind telling me something?" Kagome looked at her mother. "What is it?" she asked. "How did you get those ears, and your eyes are a different color now, too," asked the woman. Kagome knew she was going to ask that,"Uh, I became a hanyou like Inuyasha."
"Oh Why did you do that?" wondered Asako. Kagome turned and looked at Inuyasha. "Because I love him," she said quickly. Kagome's mother smiled, "That's ok, then." Kagome smiled back. Mama doesn't know yet. I'll tell her soon. Kagome thought. "Would you like to come in for something to eat?" asked Asako. The group of teenagers, little boy, old man and cat agreed and they all went inside to eat.