Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Ranma or Inu-Yasha characters; they all belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
Authors Note: This is my first fanfic, I hope you like it. Please R&R.
Chapter 1, Summers Over
Akane's Mind
Akane Tendo walked into her dining room, her sisters, Nabiki and Kasumi were already there. Her father was drinking a cup of Kasumi's tea. Putting the cup down, he looked at his three daughters. "I have good news girls," he said smiling, "You're all going to Four Souls Boarding School. The school train leaves the station Monday evening."
"But it's already Sunday morning, that gives us, like, two days to pack." Nabiki said, eyeing her father coolly over her cup of tea.
"But we won't know anyone there." Kasumi said sweetly in a singsong voice.
"Actually, Genma decided to send Ranma as well." Akane's father said.
Akane had been silently despairing about going to a new school and leaving all her friends behind, but now she ran up to her father and hugged him. Ranma Saotome was her boyfriend, they had been dating for almost a year now, at least she would know someone when she went to her new school. Akane ran upstairs; moments later they could hear her humming to herself, packing her clothes into her suitcases.
Ranma's Mind
Ranma stared at his father, "Your packing me off to boarding school?" He demanded, "Do you not like me enough to keep me here?"
Genma sighed and looked at his son. "Mr. Tendo and I thought it would be best if we sent you kids to a good boarding school." He exhaled morosely, "Obviously it wasn't a good idea."
Ranma perked up visibly;"Akane's going too, why didn't you tell me before?"
"Well, you never asked."
Ranma barely even heard his father's remark, he was thinking of beautiful Akane, her short, glossy black hair, and her big, dark eyes.
"Pack quickly, you leave tomorrow evening." Genma said.
"Yeah, sure, whatever." Ranma replied, still lost in thought.
Kagome's Mind
"Kagome, dear, it's a very good school and you'll get to meet lots of nice people." Mrs. Higurashi told her daughter.
"But mom, I was looking forward to going to school here." Kagome complained.
"But, darling, it's such a charming school, your brothers excited to go."
"Mom, Sota's weird." Kagome complained, pushing her long, dark hair out of her face.
"I heard that." An angry voice came from the next room.
"No more arguing darling, tomorrow you're leaving for Four Souls Boarding School, and that's final." Mrs. Higurashi sounded annoyed.
"Fine." Kagome huffed, turning her back on her mom. She logged onto her computer and signed into MSN. "Nobody's on." She complained out loud. She opened the internet and went to google search, out of curiosity she typed in 'Four Souls Boarding School' and clicked enter. To her surprise, tons of pages came up. She opened one that was information about the school. A picture of a huge, brick and stone building surrounded by several outbuildings came into view. Reading up about the school she discovered that you needed an extremely high grade average to get in, that or a lot of money.
"Kagome dear, go to bed." Mrs. Higurashi called from the hallway.
"'K mom, just a sec." Kagome logged off her computer and pulled on a blue tank top with a sleeping dog logo on the front. She crawled into her bed and turned off the light, almost immediately she was asleep.
Ranma's Mind
Ranma walked down the train, looking for Akane, suddenly a pair of arms grabbed him from behind.
"Nihao, Ai len." A girl's voice said.
"Shampoo?" Ranma cried, prying the girl's arms off him. Shampoo pouted, her big blue eyes sad, twirling one lock of her long, lavender hair around her finger. "What are you doing here?" Ranma demanded.
"Shampoo go to same school as Ai len, Ranma happy, no?" She smiled coyly and fluttered her eyelashes.
"Look, Shampoo," Ranma said; "You're really pretty but I already have a girlfriend, Akane."
A door slid open and a dark haired girl looked in. "Did I hear my name?" She asked, when Akane saw who was in the compartment, her brilliant grin changed to a frown. "Ranma, what are you doing here? And with her?" She shrieked at her boyfriend.
Shampoo wrapped her arms around Ranmas neck and stuck her tongue out at Akane.
"Akane, look, its not what it seems, I didn't even know she was here until she came up behind me and wrapped her arms around me." Ranma said, pulling Shampoo off him again.
Akanes fierce glare wavered slightly, and then she smiled again and slipped her arm through Ranmas. "Let's go to the dining car. I'm craving a piece of chocolate cheesecake." She said, tugging on his arm. Ranma left without bothering to look back.
Shampoo glared at their receding backs. "Ranma, you will be mine." She said, grounding her fist into her hand.
Sota's Mind
Sota followed his sister onto the train, heaving on his duffel bag full of stuff. Kagome walked into a compartment and closed the door in his face when he tried to follow her;
"Find your own, twerp." She called through the door.
Sota grimaced and lugged his bag down the hallway. He opened the door to a compartment and sat down.
There were two girls already in the compartment. One had dark hair tied up in a ponytail; she was reading a romance novel and barely even glanced up when Sota walked in.
The other girl had middle length black hair and dark eyes. She glanced up from a letter she was writing and smiled at Sota. "Hi I'm Rin Parker, who are you?" She asked, pushing the paper into her shoulder bag.
"I'm Sota Higurashi. Umm, can I sit here?" He asked, pointing to the bench across from Rin.
"Sure." She said, moving a sweater off the seat. "Where so you live?" She asked.
"Uh, I'm from Tokyo, what about you?" Sota answered.
"I'm from Kawagoe." Rin said, naming a town a couple miles away from Tokyo.
"Cool." Sota said.
Kagome's Mind
Kagome shut the door in her brother's face and turned around. Her train compartment was empty except for a willowy girl with long lavender locks. Kagome noticed that the other girl hadn't even looked at her when the door slammed shut. She was just standing in the middle of the compartment, staring at the door at the other end. "Umm, am I interrupting something?" Kagome asked, slinging her bag off her shoulder.
The other girl turned around, her face lit up when she saw Kagome. "Nihao, I'm Shampoo Amazai, who are you?" She asked, holding out her hand.
Kagome grabbed the other girls hand and shook it; "Kagome Higurashi." She said.
"Can I sit here?" Kagome asked at the same moment Shampoo said: "Do you wanna sit here?" Both girls laughed and sat down.
"Umm, how old are you?" Kagome asked after an uncomfortable pause in the conversation.
"Shampoo's 16, you?" The other girl asked.
"Me too! Cool, I hope we're in some of the same classes." Kagome said.
"I'm kind of scared, its big school." Shampoo said a dark shadow across her face.
Kagome was just about to reply when the door opened and another girl stuck her head in. "Hey, can I sit with you guys?" She asked. She opened the door all the way and walked in, "I'm Sango Corail, I've been going to Four Souls for two years, and you guys must be new, because I've never seen you before." The other girl said in a fast, breathless sentence.
Shampoo and Kagome just sat for a minute, staring at the other girl. Then Shampoo beamed brilliantly. "I'm Shampoo Amazai, and that's Kagome Higurashi." She said.
"Hi, umm, Sango, since you've been going to the school for a couple of years, could you show us around?" Kagome said, smiling at the other girl.
"Sure," Sango said, plopping onto an empty seat. "Who wants candy?" She asked, pulling a bag of chocolate bars out of her backpack.
"Me!" Both of the other girls shouted.
Kohaku's Mind
Kohaku Corail walked down the hallway, looking for his friends Rin and Shippo. He opened a door and saw Shippo bending over at one of the fountains, his bulging backpack lying at his feet. Kohaku snuck up behind him and poked him hard in the back, pushing Shippos face into the stream of water from the fountain.
"What the... Oh, hey Kohaku, how was your summer." Shippo said.
"Good, hey, let's go find Rin and a place to sit." Kohaku said. Both boys grabbed their bags and set off down the long hallway. Passing a compartment they heard a familiar voice.
Shippo pushed open the door. "Hey Rin, how was your summer?" He asked. Kohaku followed him inside.
"Good, hey guys, meet Sota Higurashi." Rin said, pointing to the dark haired boy sitting across from her. "Sota, Kohaku Corail and Shippo Foxfire." Rin said.
Sota smiled at the other boys. "Do you guys wanna play cards?" Kohaku asked, pulling a deck out of his pockets. "Sure." They were just dealing out a game of crazy eights when they heard a sigh and a high pitched giggle behind them, Shippo and Kohaku jumped and turned around.
The girl with the dark hair was holding her book against her chest. Seeing everyone looking at her she giggled again. She held out the book, A thousand Roses. "It's a Harlequin romance, and you can never have enough romance." She said. Seeing that they were all still staring at her, she introduced herself. "Oh, by the way, I'm Maiou Piper."
End of Chapter 1
Authors note: So, do you like it? Please please please review.