A Ranma ½ and Inu-Yasha Crossover
Ranma's New Curse
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters. This is a work of fanfiction, which means I get to play god and change the characters around as I see fit. HA HA HA!
Notes: In the Ranma Universe this story starts out at the end of the battle with Saffron. I have decided to change the view for the Inu Yasha universe from this point on. After doing some research on the characters I decided to put Rin, Sesshomaru and Sango into the story line. I was going to put Sesshomaru in the story anyway but the way I'm putting him into it now is better than before. I hope you enjoy! Also this story will have a slight crossover with the TV show Angel. Hope you don't mind.
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Ranma yawned and rubbed his eyes as he blearily wiped the sleep out of his face. His eyes shot up in surprise as he looked around and found himself in what he thought was an office of some kind. In front of him was a mahogany desk with a computer and phone on it's top. A leather chair was on the other side of the desk and a file cabinet was next to it with a dead plant on top of it.
He looked down and found himself sitting in a big leather chair. He stood up and patted himself down looking for any cuts and bruises that he was sure he had, and found none. He looked down at himself and found himself dressed in his trademark red Chinese shirt and black sweat pants. He looked for traces of dried blood or rips but again could find none. 'Somebody must have cleaned me and changed me.' he thought to himself as he walked around the office. He stopped walking around as something had caught his eye.
What caught his eye was an open folder on the desk that had his name written in English on the tab. He looked through the papers in the folder and found that it contained information about him and everything in his life. Info on his curse, fiancées and school records were there. He even saw a thirty-four page printout which listed how many times Akane had malleted him since he had met her. On top of the papers was an unfilled application of some sort. He looked at the heading on the top.
"Application for enhancement from mortal to youkai status. What the hell does that mean?" he muttered to himself. His further reading was interrupted by the door to the office being opened from the outside. In the doorway stood a human looking gargoyle that was a foot taller than Ranma and had no wings. His shoulder angled upwards almost like a spike and he had gray skin and sharp claws. Ranma stood there staring as he heard the creature speak.
"Oh good you're awake. My name's Phil."
Chapter 10: Red Tape
-------------------------Tendo House, Kasumi's Room----------------------
Inutaisho sat on Kasumi's bed Indian style as he watched the girl run around the room packing. Kasumi had gotten out of her demon hunting uniform, mush to Inutaisho's misery, and had put back on a small housedress with her apron over it. At first look one would think that she was packing clothes or even make up, but not Kasumi.
"Let's see Crossbow, katana, dagger, mace..." Inutaisho sweat dropped as Kasumi took a list of all the weapons she had packed in a small trunk. What shocked him was her usual look of oblivious bliss was adorning her face as she did this.
"It's always the quiet ones..." he muttered to himself as he continued to watch Kasumi run around the room and pull weapons of destruction from under floorboards and out of her closet.
Hearing Inutaisho's comment Kasumi turned her attention to the demon sitting on her bed. Her eyes narrowed as the demon gave her a smile and a wave. "Isn't there something else you should be doing demon?" She spit out.
Inutaisho put his hand over his heart and put a pained look on his face. "Alas there is nothing left for this poor soul to do."
Kasumi picked up a fuzzy slipper and hit him in the face. "Then get out you pervert!"
"I'm afraid I can't do that," said Inutaisho with a little smile. "Ranma's ki left this body about 20 minutes ago."
Kasumi's eyes raised in surprise as she jumped clear of Inutaisho's reach. She raised her crossbow to his face and watched him through the crosshairs. "So that means he's failed. You tricked me!"
"HE HAS NOT FAILED!" Inutaisho screamed at her, effectively knocking her down. "In fact he passed. The reason I can't leave is because I can't move." He said with a frown on his face. "It's taking all of my remaining power just to keep speaking."
Kasumi warily walked over to where the demon was sitting and nudged him with her finger. She backed away in surprise as he teetered off the bed, landing on his head but still sitting in the same position.
"See."
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He rubbed his eyes as he looked at the creature in front of him. It had sat down after introducing itself and it was the first time ever that someone had not flipped out when they met him. Phil was speechless.
Ranma watched as the gargoyle/man looking thing that had introduced itself as Phil stood there looking at him. "Hey man you okay?" Ranma asked as he got out of the chair he had sat back down in and shook the man.
Phil snapped out of his gaze and looked at the boy, than back at the door, than back to the boy, than back to the door. "Why aren't you running away?" Phil asked curiously as he sat down at his desk. Well it wasn't really his desk, but he felt his client would be more comfortable in an office setting than in an eternal darkness that stretched for miles with the occasional moans of suffering being heard all around you.
"Do you want me to run away?" Ranma asked honestly as he sat back down.
"No, no of course not." Phil said as he gave the boy a smile. "You have no idea how odd it is that one of my assignments with a human ever goes smoothly." he commented as he sat at the desk. "It's kind of nice."
"Um, I am kind of wondering tho', why am I here?" Ranma asked as he looked around the room. "The last thing I remember was fighting my inner demons."
"Ah yes the cat-girl and the huge black dog." Phil commented as he took two photos of the demons out of Ranma's file. "This them?" he asked as he handed the photos to the boy.
Ranma looked at each and was astonished by how clear they were. "Yeah that's them. How'd ya get these photos?"
"That's not important right now." Phil said dismissively as he waved the matter aside. "What is important is that you have bonded with your inner fear and conquered the test of humanity."
"Test of Humanity?"
"Oh, yes of course you don't know what that is." Phil cleared his throat as he began to explain. All the lights in the office went dim and a slide projector appeared from nowhere and shone it's light on one of the walls. The first slide was that of an ugly looking creature that Ranma couldn't even recognize. Phil whipped out a pointer and struck the picture. "This is your common demon, youkai, monster, well you get the idea. Now must people think that demons are bad and this is somewhat true. Many are, but others are not, they're just misunderstood and basically have a bad rap due to these demons. Demons who are not evil serve the Powers That Be. Which is basically a council made up a very powerful demons and gods from around the world. It's the people that work for the Powers That Be's job to make sure these evil demons are contained." He said as a big slash was stamped on the picture.
The next slide was that of a normal looking man. "Since the beginning of time man has been able to move up in the evolutionary chain. Allowing them to promote to the status of god or demon. Originally this was a huge fluke and the powers didn't know that humans could gain this status. When it was discovered that they could the Powers decided to legalize the ascension. Thus was born the test of humanity." Phil took his eyes off the wall and looked at Ranma. "You getting this?"
Ranma had swirls in his eyes as he tried to understand everything that Phil was saying. "Uh...maybe?"
Phil rubbed the bony ridge that was his eyebrows in irritation. "I know it's a little much but here's a rundown of the test in simple terms. The human who has been offered ascension, that's you, needs to overcome their innermost fear. After doing so the candidate, that's you, has to pass the second part of the test. Temptation. The black dog in your mind," Phil said as he held up the picture "represented the temptation of power. When you said no, you passed. Get it?"
Ranma smiled and nodded his head but then looked down at the floor. "But what happened to Neko-chan and the angry mini-me? Are they still in my head?" he asked as he tapped his skull.
"Both Neko-chan and your inner guardian are still with you. They are you so you can never be separated. They are simply pieces of your soul given form. Unfortunately you'll probably never see them again."
Ranma let out a sigh. "I just wanted to make sure she was okay." he said softly to himself.
"Ah don't sweat it you big softie." Phil said as he lightly swatted him on the arm. "As long as you're okay she is too."
"That's good to know." Ranma said as he let out a sigh of relief.
"Now how about we get you out of here and back to your own body." Phil said with a smile as he held out the document Ranma had spotted earlier.
"So all I gotta do is sign this and I can go home?"
Phil nodded with a small smile. "Yep." His eyes narrowed and the office went dark as he said. "IN YOUR BLOOD!"
Ranma backed up quickly as his eyes grew wide in fright. "What!" he exclaimed, his voice cracking.
The lights in the office came back on and Phil had a smile on his face. "Sorry about that but I felt wierd when I didn't scare you. Don't worry about the blood thing, that's so last millennium. Just use this." he said as he handed Ranma a ballpoint pen.
Ranma sweat dropped as he took the pen from the demons hand and signed his name. As soon as his name was written he backed away from Phil.
Phil placed the document and the pictures back in the folder. "It was a pleasure doing business with you Ranma Saotome. The powers expect great things from you." he said with a grin as he disappeared from the office.
Ranma did a double take as he looked around the office and found that he could not find Phil. "Where did he go?" he asked no one as he started for the door. He was about to the turn the knob when he heard a voice from behind him.
"Where do you think you're going?"
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"There you go." Kasumi said as she put the demon down on the dojo floor. Actually thrown on the floor would make more sense.
"What the hell was that for?!" Inutaisho asked angrily as he rolled around the dojo floor trying to get himself into a sitting position.
"That's for making me have to carry you, you lecherous piece of shit." Kasumi growled as she straightened out her housedress. "I'm probably going to have to take another shower now." She said disgustedly as she pulled black and white hairs out of her dress. "Well it looks like your shedding little doggie. Hope you don't go bald." She said with a smirk.
"I bet you would just love that." Inutaisho snorted as he finally righted himself.
"Hmph if I had it my way you'd be neutered." she said with a smile as she left the dojo to continue packing.
Inutaisho grimaced as she walked out of the room. "Why is it always the quiet ones?" he muttered. A pink fuzzy slipper answered his question.
[I heard that.] he heard Kasumi say in his head. [Just concentrate on getting Ranma back and you'll never fear a sharp object again.]
Inutaisho sighed and closed his eyes as he eavesdropped on Ranma and Phil's conversation. 'Time to get to work.'
He waited until Phil had left the 'office' to make his appearance. When he saw Ranma about to leave he spoke up. "Where do you think you're going?"
Ranma turned around when he heard the voice and his eyes narrowed as he recognized the speaker. "Inutaisho."
"Hey kid, happy to see me?" The demon asked as he slapped Ranma on the back. "I told you you would pass the test. Welcome to the level of Tai Youkai." He then looked down at Ranma and saw the boy frowning. "Hey why the long face?"
"Has it ever occurred to you I never wanted to be a youkai? Has it ever occurred to anyone that I didn't want most of the stuff that happened in my life?" He said angrily as he walked around. "I mean my life was screwed up enough already. First I turn into a girl and now I turn into a demon. I mean how did my life go so wrong." He said with a sigh as he sat down.
Inutaisho sighed and rubbed his head as he walked over to where Ranma sat. "Life's not always easy kid, I'm sorry to say that but it's true. You ever think I wanted to be Youkai. Fate sometimes has a weird destiny in store for all of us. Like I told you before you are destined for great things in life. Don't let something like this bring you down. You should be proud, you've been given a great power." He said with a small smile.
"Yeah I guess, but what if my life gets even more screwed up?"
"Oh there are no ifs about it. You're in for an awfully big surprise when you go home." Inutaisho said with a chuckle.
Ranma groaned as he held his head in his hands. "Argh what now!"
"Kasumi will be joining you on your training trip."
"Kasumi? But what can she do?" Ranma asked confused as he raised his head.
"Oh she can do a lot, don't underestimate her." He said as he absently rubbed the spot where her arrow had pierced his neck. "Turns out she's been training to be a demon exterminator her whole life."
Ranma shot up from the chair and had a look of disbelief on his face. "Kasumi? Fighting? Uh, I don't think so. Have you ever talked to Kasumi? It's impossible to lift a finger just in her presence and I don't think that there is anyone on this world who can bring themselves to actually attack her."
"Believe it kid. And she's a pretty good fighter too. Not bad looking in her outfit either." he said wearing a perverted grin. "Ow what was that for!" he shouted as he rubbed the spot that Ranma just hit him in.
"That's for thinking perverted thoughts about Kasumi." he said as he retracted his fist. "And, hey, won't she try to kill me?"
"Actually no. She has faith that you will be able to control your youki, which you now are able to control, and she wants to help you. She says that she sees you as a little brother and wants to help you after you've done so much for her family."
"Kasumi would say something like that." Ranma said with a small smile. "I've been meaning to ask you what type of trip am I going on?"
"Ah now that's a question I've been waiting to answer. I'm going to have Happousai take you back to the Sengoku Jidai era of Japan's history." He said with a smile as he crossed his arms.
"The warring states period?" Ranma asked confusedly. "Why there, and how?"
"Well the why is easy. You need to be able to train in a place where you won't seem so out of the ordinary. While you will probably be looked upon badly by the humans of that time, they won't give you as much trouble as they will here."
"But how are we gonna get there?"
"Originally I was going to use the Nanban mirror that I created, but someone broke it." Inutaisho glared at Ranma as he crossed his arms across his chest.
"Hey that was Nabiki's fault don't blame me!"
"Riiight. Anyway Baba has become aware of portal that should be able to send you there. It's located at an old shrine in Tokyo. I'm not sure how to get there but the Nanban mirror is still able to transport people to different places, just no through time."
"Who else will go with me?"
"Just Happousai and Kasumi."
"What about the old woman?"
"Baba will not be joining you. She is needed at her hut."
"What's she needed there for?"
"If she stays away from her cottage for too long she will eventually die. The cottage is a haven away from time. It exists on a place where time cannot touch. She is actually older than I am, though she says she's not."
"So I just go and train for a while?"
"Yes, and make sure you don't do anything political."
"Political?"
"Yeah, try not to change history. It's important. Don't fight in any wars and don't kill anyone. Got it." Inutaisho said seriously as he pointed his finger at Ranma's face.
Ranma nodded his head feverishly. "Right, don't alter history, got it."
"And there's something else I needed to tell you. I left two scrolls with Baba that I want you to open when you get to Sengoku Jidai. One of them is my own school of martial arts that I want you to have."
"Really?" Ranma said, his eyes wide with wonder at the thought of learning a whole new scroll of techniques.
Inutaisho nodded his head as he continued. "The other scroll is a letter I want you to deliver to my two sons, Sesshomaru and Inu Yasha. They will be able to help you in your training."
"How will I find them?"
"The scroll will point them out to you. I know I shouldn't be asking you this but I still have things I need to say to them. It's important that you deliver that scroll." Inutaisho said, as he looked Ranma straight in the eye.
"I promise I will deliver the scroll." Ranma said as he looked in the demons eyes. His eyes scrolled down Inutaisho's body and he sighed.
Inutaisho backed away nervously as he watched Ranma's eyes. "Hey you gay or something? Why you checking me out?"
Ranma sputtered as he waved his arms indignantly. "That's not it! I was just wondering, that's going to be my new body right."
"Yes that's right." he said as he puffed out his chest in a show of bravado. "Like it?"
"Guess I can never look like a human again." He said as he looked down at his own body.
"Well look at it this way. Your female youkai form is way hotter than your original female form. I'm talking hubba hubba!"
Ranma held his head in his hands as he sighed. "Is that all you think about?"
Inutaisho chuckled a bit and put his hands on Ranma's shoulders. "Look kid, don't worry about the way you look. There are spells that can cover what you really look like or you can just cover your head with a hat and chop off your tail. The important thing is that you show the world what Ranma Saotome is really made of. It's been a pleasure working with you kid and I expect great things from you." he said as he hugged Ranma. He then held him at arms length and stood back.
"See ya around kid." was the last thing Ranma heard as he was covered by a bright light.
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Saffron lunged at the white knight, his intent clearly seen through his glowing hate-filled eyes. "I will not make the same mistake twice mortal! This time I will kill you!" Saffron swiped his talons in the knight's direction and grunted in anger as the knight ducked to the side. Saffron held back a wince as he felt the Knights sword cut through his left wing.
"Looks like first blood goes to me you abomination!" Ranma said as he smirked at Saffron.
Saffron smiled as he pulled off of his wing and let a new one regrow. "You tried that last time as well, and like last time it will not work!" "KOUTEI KAEN YOTI!"He threw the limp wing towards Ranma like a boomerang and smirked when Ranma dodged it and charged at Saffron. "I Am The Immortal Phoenix, King and God of Phoenix Mountain, You Should Feel Honored That I Am Personally Ending Your Life!" he shouted in mad glee as he built up his energy for his final attack. "TENKA SHUNMETSU KOUKYUU DAN!!"
Ranma smirked as he evaded the projectile and continued rushing at Saffron. However his forward momentum was halted as he felt something squeeze around his neck.
"Fool!" Saffron sneered as his Talons closed around the knight's neck, squeezing the air from his lungs. "Do you have any last words before you die?" Saffron mocked as he lifted Ranma's body into the air.
Ranma looked over towards the unconscious figure on the floor and a tear fell from his eye. "I'm sorry, AkaERK.." his last words were cut off as Saffron's wing flew back and sliced through his neck.
Saffron watched as the knights head fell off its body and rolled along the floor. He let the body drop and walked over to where his wing lie on the ground. "You have done well." He said with a smile as the wing burned to ashes in his hand. He turned back to the unconscious figure of Akane still laying in the darkness. He walked up to the figure, kicking the corpse of Ranma the White Knight aside. "Back to my original problem." he sighed as he grabbed the girl by her hair and pulled her toward the light. The light had become even brighter than last time and when he reached his arm toward it, it seemed to disappear. With a smile he let go of the girl and prepared to jump into the light. "I am Free!"
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Ranma opened his eyes and found himself lying on the floor of the Tendo Dojo. He held up his hand to his face and saw the claws that now served as his fingers. He felt the long hair that now cascaded down his back freely without a pigtail. Not caring about his hair for a moment he leapt into the air and shouted loudly. "I'm back!"
He started to walk towards the door but then felt a blinding pain in his backside and fell on his face. "What the hell?" He stood up carefully and then looked down on the floor to find his long bushy white tail. 'This thing is like five feet long.' he thought to himself. 'How am I supposed to walk around with this?' he thought as he rolled the tail up in his hands. 'Inutaisho was walking fine when I saw him.' He then remembered how Inutaisho had wrapped the tail around his shoulder. Ranma tried to do the same thing but it never stayed on his shoulder and would always fall off. 'Damn it stay there!' He thought to himself angrily. He was surprised when the tail wrapped itself around his shoulder and stayed there. He looked at it in amazement and started to move his arm. Content that the tail wouldn't fall off he prepared to go face his family.
The first person he met was the first person he wanted to talk to. However he wasn't prepared for the way she made her entrance.
*Welcome back Ranma*
Ranma 'acked' as he twirled around and flung his tail at the ceiling. The tail moved like a whip and as fast as a striking viper. It hit the ceiling and something or someone fell down. The tail continued its course back to Ranma's shoulder. Ranma walked over to the person who fell from the ceiling and when he saw who it was began to blubber out apologies. "Oh God Kasumi I'm so sorry. I swear I didn't mean it!"
Kasumi smiled as Ranma helped her back on her feet. She looked up at the new youkai and smiled even more. She ran up to him and hugged him. "I'm so happy you stayed yourself." Kasumi said as she hugged him.
Ranma sweat dropped a little but hugged her back. When she let go of him he struck a stupidly macho pose. "Ranma Saotome never loses!" he came back down to Earth as he heard her giggling at his antics and then asked the question that was bothering him. "What would you have done if I didn't pass?"
Kasumi's eyes narrowed as she answered coldly. "I would have killed you." Her eyes then shot up in surprise when he hugged her. The hug didn't last long but she did hear him mutter two words before he let go.
"Thank you."
Kasumi looked up at Ranma with her eyes wide in surprise. "Ranma-kun.."
"Now then where is everybody I wanna say goodbye before we go?" Ranma asked as he turned away from Kasumi. "You are coming, aren't you?"
Kasumi nodded and pointed to the bags she had by her side. "Everyone's waiting for you in the dining room."
"Thanks." he said as he began to walk off only to realize she wasn't following him. "Hey, you coming?"
Kasumi grabbed her bags in a rush and ran up to Ranma's side. "Of course I am. Someone has to make sure you eat right." she said with her normal smile.
Ranma only smiled as he walked out of the dojo and into the dining room.
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The Tendo family as well as Nodoka, Cologne, Baba, Happousai Shampoo and Ukyo sat around the small table. Nabiki continued to hold Akane's head in her lap as the girl continued to sweat. "Hey he's been in there for a while, you think this test is over yet?" She asked as she shifted the position of Akane's head on her lap so her legs wouldn't fall asleep.
"I'm sure the masters test is almost finished." Baba said as she sat next to the still blackened but unfortunately conscious form of Happousai.
Nodoka quickly got to her feet and drew her sword. "It's been to long, I cannot trust the life of my son to that demon any longer!" She rose up and started to charge towards the dojo her sword drawn in front of her. Before anyone could stop her the door to the room opened, revealing Ranma with Kasumi behind him. Nodoka fell backwards in surprise and the only thing saving her from a rough landing were her son's quick reflexes and strong arms.
Ranma put his mother upright and smiled at her and the rest of the people at the table. "I'm back."
All the people at the table save Nabiki, Baba, Happousai and Akane, rose to meet him. Soun clapped him on the back and gave a rather odd smile as he started to cry. "My son-in-laws a demon!"
Ranma sweat dropped as he waved his hands in an attempt to calm the man down. "It's not that bad Mr. Tendo." However nothing that Ranma said could get through Soun's blubbering and to his ears.
Baba limped over to him and smiled. "I knew you could do it Ranma-sama."
Happousai merely snorted. "Feh, the young punk got lucky."
Shampoo and Ukyo walked up to him and looked over his new body.
Ranma sweat dropped once again as he felt like a piece of meat at a butcher shop. "Something wrong?"
"Shampoo want Airen to know that she still love husband." Shampoo said as she glomped onto his taller and more muscular body and started purring.
Ukyo, not one to be outdone by her rival, glomped Ranma's other side. "That's right Ran-chan, as your cute fiancée you have no worries about me ever abandoning my love for you." she said sweetly as she glared at Shampoo.
Shampoo glared right back at the chef and tightened her hold upon Ranma. She eventually began rubbing her cheek on his tail. "Airen so soft." She purred as Ranma blushed and Ukyo fumed.
Ukyo was about to give Shampoo a piece of her mind when Nodoka pulled Ranma's face down to hers and looked into his eyes. His eyes had a slight golden tint to them but they still showed her the kind and caring person that he was when he was human. Nodoka sighed as she let go of his face. She kept her hand on his cheek as she looked up at him "That's still really you in there."
"Yeah mom it's still me." Ranma said with a small smile. "Just with some extras.
"Well your fiancées don't seem to mind, so I guess you can be a manly demon as well." She said as she sheathed her katana.
"Indeed Son-in-law. Your new status does not change your standings with Shampoo." Cologne cackled, as she looked him up and down. "But the mirror..."
"Does not belong to you. However I will be happy to return it when I don't need it anymore. It's broken anyway."
"What do you mean by broken?"
"It can no longer take you anywhere in time, it can only take you to different places now." Ranma explained as he gave her a hard look. "It's best that you forget about trying to take it from me. I need it to get somewhere."
"Where are you going?"
"Training."
"Yeah well before you leave Saotome there's one person who's still not aware of your new situation." Nabiki spoke up as she gestured to her lap.
"Akane!" Ranma walked over to Nabiki's side and looked down on Akane's unconscious form. "Is she going to be alright?"
"Inutaisho said she'd be fine. You just knocked her out."
Ranma breathed a sigh of relief as he let his fingers run through her hair. "That's good to know." he then looked up and addressed every person in the room. "I want her to know nothing of this, please. When I return I will tell her what happened."
"But she'll be worried about you. No matter how much she'll deny it." Nabiki pointed out to him.
"Just tell her I'm on a training trip. I need more time to figure out how to explain this."
Nabiki nodded and continued to watch over her younger sister.
"Son where are you going to train?" Nodoka asked as she walked up to him.
Ranma sweat dropped as he realized that he couldn't really tell them. "Um..at a spot that the old freak knows how to get to. It's a place where I won't stick out like a sore thumb." he said as he scratched the back of his head nervously. "I don't know exactly where tho, but I should be back in time for the start of the new school year." He said as he looked toward Happousai for agreement. Upon seeing the old man nod he smiled. "Yep I should be back by then."
"But what about the rest of the school year?" Nabiki asked from her place on the floor.
Ranma shrugged his shoulders as he answered. "I've missed too many days already. With all that's happened at Jusendo I think I deserve some off time."
Happousai put out his pipe and started walking toward Ranma. "Well boy it's time to go. We want to get as much time as possible."
Ranma nodded and turned toward Kasumi. "Are you still coming?"
Kasumi nodded causing many shouts of surprise to go through the collected people.
"Not My Little Girl!"
"Airen no cheat with Nice nice girl?"
"Ran-chan what the hell?!"
"Two girls from the same family my son is so manly."
Nabiki and Cologne just watched with their eyebrows raised in slight curiosity at the situation. Both Ranma and Kasumi blushed as they tried to control all of the rumors and comments around them.
"I'm only going because I want to make sure Ranma-kun and Grandfather stay in good health." Kasumi turned towards Shampoo and Ukyo and whispered to them. "I also want to make sure Grandfather doesn't instill any bad habits upon Ranma-kun."
Both girls nodded at this and agreed. A perverted Ranma was not a good thing. Plus this is Kasumi, she wouldn't do anything underhanded, would she? Both fiancees looked at the smiling face of Kasumi and found that they just couldn't say no. "Fine." They both muttered as they crossed their arms across their chests and turned away from each other.
"Kasumi are you sure this is a wise idea?" Nabiki asked as she gestured toward her father who was wailing about uncontrollably and then to the comatose form of Akane. "What if she tries to cook." Soun stopped hopping around as all of the color seemed to drain from his face.
"NNNOOOOOOO!!! Please Kasumi don't go!" Soun shouted as he grabbed his daughter's leg and hung on for dear life.
"I would be happy to cook for the Tendo family while Kasumi's away." Nodoka spoke up.
"You see father you'll be fine." Kasumi said with a smile as she removed her father from her leg. Soun continued to sniffle but it was useless against the full onslaught of Kasumi's smile.
"Okay. I guess me and Nabiki can live without you for 4 months."
"Hey you're by yourself there father."
Soun turned toward Nabiki as he jaw hit the ground "Whaa..."
"Did you forget, the internship in America? I leave in a month! Don't you remember?" She said as her mask slipped from her face and anger could be seen in her features as Soun dumbly shook his head. "Ugh, after a month it'll be you and Akane."
"Well now that all your affairs are in order, we have to get going." Happousai said as he punched Ranma in the leg. "We want to get this trip over with as quickly as possible." Ranma nodded his head as Happousai used all of his hands to look through his gi. "Where the hell is it?"
"You looking for this?" Baba asked as she limped toward the group holding the Nanban mirror and both of Inutaisho's scrolls.
"Eh-heh, yeah." Happousai said as he held out his hand to grab the mirror. Baba kept it out of his reach and turned to face Ranma's family. "It has been a pleasure meeting you all but we have to go now. Do not worry about Ranma, he will be fine as will the girl."
"Bye mom." Ranma said as he waved to his mother and he watched Kasumi wave to her father as Baba cried on the mirror and said.
"Take me to the bone-eaters well."
Nabiki shielded her eyes as a large flash of light engulfed the room. Since she had her hand over her face she never noticed Akane wake up, smile, feel her breasts and then faint.
------------------------Sunset Shrine Well----------------------------
Ranma, Kasumi, Baba and Happousai materialized in front of an old wooden shed. When Ranma looked around to take in their surroundings he made a startling discovery. "Hey we're still in Tokyo!"
"Of course we are whelp! To get to where we wanna go, we gotta go through there." Happousai said while pointing at a run down looking shack. It had a sign that seemed to be off of it's hinges that said Bone-eaters well.
"Why can't I ever have a quest that brings me to fancy hotels or nice buildings, why is it always rusty old shacks or small villages." Ranma said as he snorted. "I could probably blow this thing down."
Happousai shrugged his shoulders. "The life of a martial artist is fraught with peril."
Ranma just gave the old man a look as he picked up Happousai and booted him into the mini shrine. "Insects first!"
"You little whelp!"
As Ranma and Happousai were fighting Baba took the time to talk to Kasumi. "Excuse me dear, I don't mean to pry but why are you going with Ranma-sama, I know it's not for the reasons you gave to your father."
Kasumi smiled nervously as she played with her necklace. *Mistress what do I tell her?*
*You might as well tell her the truth. She can be trusted.*
"I am a youkai exterminator trained by one of the greatest youkai exterminators ever." she stated proudly.
*Flattery will get you no where. You're training will still be hard.*
Kasumi's smile fell a bit as she continued. "My mistress has told me to look after Ranma and make sure he doesn't stray down the wrong path. He is like family to me and I would not like to kill him."
Baba nodded at the explanation and smiled a bit. "It's good to know Ranma-sama has someone like you in his life."
Kasumi blushed as she waved her hand at the small woman. "It's not like that. He's like a little brother to me, maybe even a child. he needs a lot of guidance in his life but he is a good person at heart. How he turned out that way with his father I'll never know, but I want to see him stay that way."
Baba smile grew wider as she handed Kasumi the two scrolls. "Give these to Ranma-sama. He will need them."
"Aren't you coming with us?" Kasumi asked as she took the scrolls.
"Sadly I cannot. I'm to old to be going off on adventures. But I wish you the best of luck, but I know you'll all be fine. Stay away from Happousai though." She added with a wink as she vanished in a puff of smoke.
Startled Kasumi almost dropped the scrolls but managed to hold onto them.
"Kasumi, you coming!" Ranma called from inside the well's shrine.
"Yes!" she called back as she grabbed her bag and the two scrolls and jumped in the well, Ranma following right behind her.
Kagome watched from the steps of the shrine as an old woman and a girl that was older than her were talking by the bone-eaters well. She was about to go jump in the well with her new pack of supplies when she spotted them. 'I wonder if they want to see grandpa.' She was about to go up and talk to them when she watched the old woman vanish in a puff of gray smoke. She quickly hid herself from view and watched as the girl and another shape disappear into the well. 'Oh no someone knows about the well!' Kagome got out of her hiding spot and ran towards the well only to find no one there. "Oh no!"
------------------------Sengoku Jidai, Bone-Eaters Well----------------------------
Inu Yasha stared hard at the spell book in his hands. No matter how hard he tried he couldn't make this 'math' work. Thanks to Kagome's teaching the symbols made sense to him but he still didn't know what the hell he was doing. In his frustration he inadvertently ripped the book in half. "FUCK!"
Miroku glanced up from the spell book he was reading titled 'English for Beginners' in anger as he watched Inu Yasha tear apart another perfectly good book. "Kagome-sama's going to be angry with you when she returns."
"Shut up you lecherous monk!" Inu Yasha snorted as he hid the remains of the book in a tree and covered them with dirt. He then grabbed another book out of the pile that Kagome had left him and tried once more to understand 'math' all the while cursing a certain time-traveling girl.
Inu Yasha looked up from his book and stared at the well. "Someone's coming through." he said as he stood up.
Miroku stood up as well and shook the grass off his clothes. "Is it Kagome-sama?"
"No, it's a youkai!" Inu Yasha withdrew Tetsusaiga as Miroku prepared to open the air rip as they watched the well.
"What a trip!"
Inu Yasha heard the voice from within the well and shouted to it. "Who are you! Show yourself"
"Hey, someone's up there." the voice said. "Relax I'm coming up.
Inu Yasha watched as a taller version of Sesshomaru and himself put together jumped out of the well. He dropped Tetsusaiga to the floor as he recognized the tai-youkai of the western lands. "Father?"
END Chapter 10
A/N: WOW That took a really long time. I'm sorry for taking so long but I had a lot going on. Namely adjusting to my new semester at school. I told you the crossover was going to start in this chapter and goddamn it I keep my promises! Anyway please R&R or C&C or whatever, just tell me what you think. And I got the names of Saffron's attacks from the New Ranma Project's translation of Graphic Novel 38. -Later