HAHA! I told you I'd get the second chap up some time soon, not soon enough I'm sure! But here it is anyway and I'm still working on ideas of what to do, like how Ryoga's gonna handle little Azumi! So yeah, just read on n I'll try not to go totally OOC, kay?!
So just chill, sit back and read please, n remember, NO FLAMES!! Also this chap might be a lil longer than most!
Disclaimer: Ranma does not belong to me, but little Azumi-chan is so totally mine!
"Uh…Ryoga?" Akane questioned concerned as the little girl got up and sat beside him.
She notched her head to the side in confusion, but turned to stare at Ranma who was looking at her intently; mere inches from her own face.
"How do we know she's…that she is…I don't see it" Ranma said pulling back, letting Akane take his place; Shampoo right beside her.
"No, no I see it!" Akane yelled out with a wide smile.
"Yes, Shampoo too see stupid boy in little girl!" Shampoo yelled as both smiled to the little girl who remained confused.
"Where? I don't see it" Ranma argued as he looked over the heads of the two girls and at the younger girl as well.
"Well look at her eyes, they're a different shape, but that pale brown is exactly like Ryoga's!"
"And hair different color and style, but bangs similar to stupid boy!"
"Yeah, and except for the nose, her face looks like his!"
"Bandana she use as hair ribbon same as his, yes?"
"Right! That is one of Ryoga's!" Akane cheered as her and Shampoo looked over the little girl with eyes sparkling in excitement.
"Good point, but let me just check one thing" Ranma said before strolling over to the little girl who was taking everything so calmly.
Once again, he got in the little girl's face and both stared each other down. Ranma reached up quickly and pulled her cheeks out a bit, exposing the teeth she had. Some were missing, but he found what he was looking for.
"Yeah, she's Ryoga's alright" Ranma said as he turned towards Akane and Shampoo, not bothering to let go of the girl's cheeks even as she squirmed in annoyance.
"How does that tell us anything?" Akane questioned, crossing her arms angrily.
"Only Ryoga's kid's could have these babies," he said before moving to show the two girls' the small set of fangs in the little girl's mouth.
"Oh your right!" Akane giggled out as she took a closer look, Ranma having finally let go and walked over to Ryoga.
"Yeah I'm definitely right! They match Ryoga's exactly!" Ranma yelled out triumphantly with a grin.
"Le' go ob ma mouf!" Ryoga tried to yell as Ranma stretched his cheeks; having finally decided to awaken.
"What'd ya say?" Ranma said finally letting go.
"I said, let go of my mouth!" Ryoga yelled before giving Ranma one good punch to the chin.
"Why don't we take this discussion inside, over a cup of tea maybe?" the old woman behind Shampoo and Akane suggested.
"Okay, sure. Kasumi, can you make us some tea!" Akane agreed and then yelled to her oldest sister.
"Ranma! Ryoga! Let's go, you can fight later, after we figure this out!" Akane yelled to the two fighting boys as Shampoo and her great grandmother entered the Tendo Household.
"So…why don't you tell us your name?" Akane questioned as she poured the tea Kasumi had placed on the table.
"My name? Azumi Hibiki" the girl, Azumi, said cheerfully before plopping down on the floor; right next to Ryoga.
"Hibiki? Say, Ryoga, isn't that your last name?" Soun questioned from the opposite side of the table.
"Why, I think your right, Tendo!" Genma yelled from beside him.
"Care to explain, Ryoga?" Soun asked curiously.
"W-well…I uh…Um…y-you see-"
"Ryoga used a mirror that allows you to bring something from the future to the present and he brought back his daughter" Akane explained to her father.
"I see, but are you sure this is Ryoga's daughter?" Soun questioned as he took a sip of tea.
"You don't believe any of this do you, dad?" Akane questioned angrily.
"Not really, no. I mean, how could a child come out of a mirror, I mean, honestly" Soun scoffed as he sipped his tea.
"Dad, you got to admit that, compared to some of the stuff we've done before, this isn't quite the icing on the cake" Nabiki said simply as she lay on the floor; flipping through a teen magazine.
"None the less, it just doesn't seem believable. Right Saotome?"
"You said it, Tendo" Genma agreed from beside his long time friend.
Ranma sighed before standing from beside Akane, walking across the room, and, once again, grabbing Azumi's cheeks; pulling them far enough back so that her teeth, fangs included, showed. Keeping a straight face, Genma spoke for Soun this time.
"I see…apparently they were telling the truth, Tendo"
"Indeed, Saotome" Soun said just as bluntly.
Azumi started to squirm in discomfort as she pulled at Ranma's hands with her much smaller ones. Ryoga's brow twitched in annoyance then, before turning to glare at Ranma.
"Leave her alone, Ranma!" Ryoga growled to the pigtailed boy.
"Ah! There's the over protective fatherly instincts!" Ranma said jokingly as Ryoga flushed at remembering just how embarrassing this situation was.
"I'm gonna pound your face in, Ranma!" Ryoga yelled before going to hit said boy, only to miss.
"Gotta catch me first!" Ranma yelled before running onto the porch and into the yard; Ryoga yelling angrily as he gave chase.
"Child, do you understand what has happened by any chance?" the old woman questioned as she went to stand before Azumi who was soon squished between Akane and Shampoo.
"Sorta. I mean I know that that's daddy, but it's not daddy. Not yet, at least" Azumi explained as she stared at the ceiling thoughtfully.
"Hmm, the child is very bright" the old woman then stated.
"Then why do we think she's Ryoga's, again?" Ranma questioned sarcastically.
"Enough with the stupid jokes, Ranma!" Akane yelled angrily as she grabbed the nearby teapot and tossed it out the back door; having it connect with Ranma's head and shatter into multiple pieces.
"Oh my. I'll have to remember to buy another teapot when I go shopping later" Kasumi mused as she walked back into the room.
Akane breathed in deeply before turning back towards Azumi with a smile; like nothing had happened.
"So, Azumi, do you recognize anyone else in here besides Ryoga?" Akane questioned curiously.
Azumi smiled again and nodded vigorously.
"I recognize you, Auntie Akane" Azumi said as everyone looked up at her curiously.
"Auntie…Akane?" Akane said slowly as she stared at Azumi; mildly confused and very much shocked.
"Auntie Akane?" Ryoga questioned loudly as he realized his hopes of the girl being his and Akane's child were shattered.
"Mm-hm! And Uncle Ranma, too! Well…you're not really my Auntie and Uncle, but mommy says that we visit so much that you might as well be" Azumi said as Ranma and Ryoga rejoined everyone; Ryoga crushed and Ranma as shocked as Akane.
"See, Tendo, Akane and Ranma do get married eventually! This proves it!" Genma shouted as he hugged his friend in tears.
"You're right, Saotome!" Soun said; crying and hugging back.
"It doesn't prove anything!" Ranma and Akane yelled in unison.
"What about Shampoo?" Shampoo questioned from alongside the girl.
"I remember you, too, Miss Shampoo! We go to your restaurant all the time when we go out to eat! Plus, Jiao takes me to school!" Azumi answered.
"Jiao?" Shampoo questioned as her eyebrows furrowed and she notched her head to the side like a curious child would.
"Yeah! You're Jiao and Shien's mommy! Jiao is really nice and she takes me to school every morning. She's older than me, but she's my friend!" Azumi explained.
"So Shampoo marry Ranma, right?" Shampoo questioned with a big smile.
"No" Azumi answered simply.
"Hiya! This child say terrible lie!" Shampoo yelled angrily before huffing and turning away.
"Before we go into the details of who she remembers maybe we should discuss the big picture here" Nabiki stated as she sat up from the floor and joined everyone at the table.
"And what might that be, Nabiki?" Kasumi questioned as she, too, became engrossed on the subject.
"How will we get little Azumi back home, back in her time" asked Nabiki like it was nothing important.
"She's right. How will we get her back?" Ryoga questioned mostly to himself.
"That's easy. We just send her back through the mirror" the old woman explained simply.
"Yeah, but I don't see how we're going to get her through something this small" Akane said as she stared at the mirror placed in the middle of the table.
"Well we got her out of it, we can get her back in, can't we?" Ranma said as he stared at the mirror as well.
The old woman laughed a short crackly laugh before looking at them again.
"No, no. She can't go through that mirror. You see, this mirror is actually a smaller piece of the much larger version. In order for Azumi to go back to her own time, she'd have to go through the original mirror" the old woman explained.
"So we just gotta get her through that mirror, right?" Ryoga questioned as the old woman nodded.
"So where is this supposed mirror?" Ranma then asked as he placed his head in his palm.
"Well, son-in-law, I own it of course. It's somewhere in the attic back at the café, I just don't know where" the old woman said.
"Well then, let's go look for it" Ryoga said as everyone, including him, stood from the table.
As everyone, except Kasumi, Nabiki, Soun and Genma who preferred to stay out of the confusing mess, went to leave the Tendo household, Ryoga was quickly held back as someone grabbed his shirt.
"Hey Ryoga, how are ya gonna be a good dad, if you forget your own kid" Ranma teased as he placed Azumi on Ryoga's shoulders and ran ahead to walk with Akane.
"That's not funny, Ranma!" Ryoga growled as he ran to catch up with everyone; Azumi yelling from atop his shoulders as if she were on an amusement park ride.
"How do you find anything in here!? There's so much junk!" Akane yelled as she moved yet another nameless item that she couldn't even tell the top from the bottom.
"I'll have you know, young lady, that none of these things are 'junk'. In fact, at least half of the things up here are priceless" the old woman said; offended.
"Well, I don't care what any'a this stuff is, but I don't see no mirror!" Ranma yelled angrily from across the room.
"Shampoo no find mirror either, Great Grandmother" Shampoo sighed as she gave up the search.
"Same here!" Ryoga yelled irritably as he lifted a sofa in the corner up from the ground; shocking Akane as well as making her nervous when Azumi crawled under it to take a closer look.
"Nope. Nothing under here, daddy!" Azumi called from underneath it before crawling back out; letting Ryoga drop the couch back onto the floor and rumble the entire café.
"Can't you remember where you last saw it at least?" Ranma questioned as they all gathered around the old woman in the center of the old attic.
"Oh wait! I know where I last saw it!" she suddenly yelled out.
"You do?!" they all yelled happily.
"It was when I first arrived here. I remember I was checking to make sure I had all my things, and a young man approached me and asked about the mirror"
"Yeah and?" Akane urged curiously.
"I sold it to him!" the old woman yelled out as everyone, except Azumi, nearly lost their footing and tumbled to the floor.
"You sold it!?" Ryoga yelled; down right outraged.
"Yes, I'm afraid so" the old woman said seriously.
"Then what do we do?" Akane asked worriedly.
"I don't see with the big fuss is about. Why go hunting down some mystery guy when Azumi can just grow up and live in this time," Ranma said as he stuck his arms behind his head.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple son-in-law," the old woman said solemnly.
"Why not, Great Grandmother?' Shampoo asked.
"I'm afraid Azumi only has three days in this time period. If she doesn't go through the mirror by the time those three days are up, then she'll just disappear completely. In our time, she'll just whither away, while in her time, she disappears without a trace"
Everyone fell silent as they realized just how horrible things were without any knowledge as to where the mirror was. Ryoga looked down as he felt a small tug at the end of his shirt. Azumi clung to his shirt, staring up at him with wide, curious eyes that mirrored his. He smiled down at her before picking her up.
"Then we'll just have to look for the mirror, won't we?" he said in a serious tone as everyone agreed silently with him.
There! Was that okay? I'm really nervous about writing this story, but I'm still working at it! Poor Azumi! She's too cute to disappear!! Anyway I'll try and get the next chapter up, but I've also still gotta keep in mind that I got a twilight story I've been working on for a while now!
Update soon! Love u guys!!
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