Title Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
Author landofthekwt
Rating K
Prompt Wander (Inuyasha fanfic)
Word Count 500
Crossover Inuyasha/Ranma 1/2
Warning none
Summary Inuyasha gets lost in the rain and runs into Ranma and Ryouga
Splash Splash was the only sound Inuyasha as he forged on headlong through the pouring rain. The rain was a blanket of fog which completed obscured his vision. He had been forced to bounce from building to building and ride the trains in order to avoid collision with cars and low flying planes.
Finally, even he could not continue. The rain was falling in sheets creating a waterfall blocking everything from his view. He would have to stop somewhere and wait out the downpour. All this would not be necessary if Kagome had come back when she promised. Three days. Three days she had promised.
He should have waited at the Shrine. Kagome's mother always had ramen for him to eat while he waited for Kagome. Today, she had handed him money and told him to pick up Kagome at school since they were out of ramen. He could not refuse Mrs. Higurashi anything least of all when the prize at the end of the quest was ramen.
That had been hours ago. He had to admit that he was lost. Maybe when the rain stopped he could find his bearings again. As he landed, the sun came out. He found himself in open field. When the clouds parted, he saw a little red-haired girl dressed in a red top holding a small black pig with a bow around its neck. The girl was choking the pig to try to force it to release her fingers.
He approached gingerly not sure whether these persons were friend or foe. Kagome must have made it made it home already. So much for his ramen. The sooner he made it back to the Sunset Shrine the better before Kagome had a cow. .
"Keh, Do you know where the Sunset Shrine is?
The girl shook her head and with an evil grin pointed to the pig. " Maybe Pchan can find it for you. Pigs are supposed to have good noses. You can follow us to the Tendo dojo in the Nenma District of Tokyo."
Inuyasha looked doubtful but offered the girl his back. They were certainly no heavier than Kagome and Shippou. The Tendos fed him, gave him directions and sent him on his way promising to let Mrs. Higurashi know that he was on the way. When he arrived, Kagome was angry having walked home in the rain after waiting for him for hours. Osuwaris were the least of his problems after she finished with him.
Ranma wondered what spring the dog boy had crawled out of. Probably, the Spring of the Drowned Boy and his Dog. No matter he would probably never see him again. Unlike, Ryouga who would get lost and show at the same vacant lot again. If they had only fought that day so many years ago, he would not be a girl and Ryouga would not be a pig, but unless they could find the Spring of the Drowned Man, that was all water under the bridge.
