The boy sighed as he was kissed goodbye by his mother, and was left alone
standing before the Higurashi temple. Picking up his bags, he poked his head
into an open shine
door.
Kagome POV~
Higurashi Kagome stepped out of the Bone Eaters well with care, dusting her
self off as she stepped onto the wooden floor, adding a stretch in since
she had just come out of a battle. That Inu Yasha, always arguing, even though
he knows I'm going to come back here sometime or other.
Ummm . . . there was a boy standing in the shrine door, his confused look
giving him the impression that he had just stumbled upon her. She blinked.
Excuse me, but are you Higurashi Kagome? I'm looking for her, the boy said
carefully, as if not to say anything wrong.
He was . . . kind of cute, Kagome decided. He had black hair in a bouncy
bang in the front, which stopped above his eyebrows. His braded pigtail went
a little past his shoulders, rested over his shoulder comfortable. He hand
a red Chinese muscle shirt on, which she notated with a slight blush, showed
off his thick arms. His casual black drawstring pants had (small) bows on
the ankles, keeping the bagginess off of his black Chinese slippers. He was,
over all, a little skinny of frame, although he did look quite strong.
Um, uh, yea! I am she! You must be Saotome Ranma then! My cousin? she stuttered,
then she heard a slight growl coming up from behind her . . .
Ranma POV~
Ranma saw the thing rising up from the well, and decided quickly of what
he should do. Running forward, he placed the girl out of harms way and stood
in classic karate defense pose to get ready. He wouldn't attack until he knew
what it was.
Kagome POV~
the boy, Ranma, (even though he did look to be my age, maybe a year or two
older) ran towards me in the blink of an eye and shoved me (not roughly really)
out of the way. Standing in a fighting pose he waited for what ever it was
to come out of the well. As I heard the growling, I knew who it was. Sighing
in relief, I pushed Ranma aside a bit to make room for our uninvited gets'.
Ranma POV~
with an irritated sigh, the girl pushed me out of the way slightly and marched
her way over to the edge of the well. Inu Yasha, if you are come back to
argue with me, forget it! I told you my cousin was coming and that have to
stay here for a couple of days! At least! she yelled angrily into the well,
and with a spin she turned towards me.
I had heard that tone of voice before. One too many times.
Wench! I know that! yelled the red and white streak that seemed to fly out
of the well, but under my trained eyes, I saw that he had jumped. The new
comer was a guy with really long white hair. His hair went past his waist
by a foot at least. Two shorter places of hair went over his chest, like
Shampoo's. Again like Shampoo, he had two white dog-ears sticking out on the
sides of his head. They were real ears, because I could see them twitching.
He had amber colored eyes with slited purples, just like a c-c-cats, but
they now glowed in an anger that I recognized. He also had a samurai sword
and red kimono, like the 14th century ones did. He also had long nails .
. .
I've seen some really stuff in my life, so, to say the least, I wasn't partially
fazed.
So . . . um . . . who are you . . ? I asked, sounding a tad stupid, but what
do you expect from me?
I am Inu Yasha , he said with a voice that would have sent shivers down my
spine and have me begging for my life, if I hadn't seen this look before.
With it, he sent a glare that again, would have freaked me out, but didn't
because I have seen it so many times before.
Oh, are you her boyfriend then? Miss. Higurashi said that a dog boy' who is
Kagome's boyfriend, would be picking her up once an' a while, I said calmly,
dutifully repeating what my aunt had said in my own words.
The dog boy' turned pink in the face, like I do when someone inquires about
me an' Akane's engagement; so did Kagome.
H-he's n-n-not my boyf-f-friend, said the chick quietly.
Silence.
If there is one thing I hate, it's silence, because it can mean so many things.
Usually in my chaotic world, it means something bad.
And on that note, I decided to break the silence.
So um . . . what do you guys wanna do? I asked nervously, rubbing the back
of my neck.
I'll show you around! said Kagome brightly, cheering up and surprising me
and the in' dude.
Kagome's POV~
. . . and this is the kitchen! Any questions? I chirped, finishing off my
tour of the house.
The two teenage boy's stomachs grumbled in union.
When's dinner? they asked, at the same time again.
I sweatdroped.
Ranma chuckled nervously Well, I do know a ramen restaurant we could go to
. . . or an . . . .
Ranma didn't have time to finish, because Inu Yasha had cut him off and held
his arms in a death grip as he said, Where is that ramen restaurant?
I sweatdroped again.
This could be a loooooooong night!
Ranma POV~
Smiling slightly to myself, I walked with my two new companions to the Nekohatan.
Pushing the restaurant door open, I realized I had forgotten about Shampoo.
RANMA!!!!!!!! SHAMPOO SO GLAD TO SEE YOU!!!!!!!!!! she yelled and ran to
hug me, pulling me into one of her famous glomps'.
I could hear my spine cracking.
But that didn't matter, because Shampoo was wailing into my chest.
For some reason, unknown to me even now, I comforted her.
Shhhhhh . . . Shampoo, stop crying, it's all right, I cooed with a gentleness
that I didn't know I possessed.
Waaaaaaaah!!!! Shampoo was afraid that Ranma . . . *sniff sniff* HATED HER!!!!
waaaaaaah!!! *sob sob*.
I don't hate you Shampoo, I said, and realized it was true.
I'm just really pissed off an' stuff about what happened . . . .
Shampoo sniffled, looking up at me.
I replied firmly. I asked kindly.
Uh huh Ranma-kun? she said sweetly, trying not to purr in my arms.
Please let go of me. All I wanted was to come here and eat some food with
my friends, I said.
I guess it was all the depression that had been building up in me since my
wedding' that had made me act so strange. Luckily, Shampoo seemed to realize
this and released me from the glomp. Okay Ranma-kun. Shampoo serve you and
new people, order is on house, she said strangely quietly for the Chinese
Amazon.
Thank you, I said, and I meant it.
(AN:
Yaaaaaaaaayyy!! I finished another chapter; I finished another chapter!!!!!!!!!!
Whhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Thank you to all those nice people who reviewed!!!!
~warriorGL
