For those of you were wondering, I was dropping a few clues. The end
result of those clues is this story.
Kasumi's Interesting Week... Day One
Kasumi woke up in bed. She was a bit curious as to how she got there.
The last thing she rememebered was falling asleep while sitting at the
table waiting for everyone to come down. *Maybe they put me in my room
to let me sleep more comfortably,* she thought. She got up and
decided that now would be a good time for a nice long soak. Kasumi
changed into her robe and went off to the bathroom.
Kasumi sat down on the stool and got ready to start her bath. She
upended the bucket of cold water over her head. She felt that same
funny feeling that she noticed when she spilled coffee on herself in
Limbo. Ignoring the feeling since it went away quickly, she began
scrubbing herself. Some of her hair fell into her face as she washed
vigorously. *Oh my, I didn't realize that my hair gets a reddish color
to it when it gets wet. I wonder why I didn't notice it before*
Kasumi started washing her hair since it was a bit dusty when her hands
brushed over her ears. Normally this wouldn't be something to bother
Kasumi, but her ears had a distinct point to them. *Nani?* She doused
herself with more cold water, wrapped a towel around herself and went
over to the mirror to inspect her ears more closely. Her fingers ran
over the points of her ears and continued into her hair which looked
red-brown in the bathroom lights. Kasumi stood in front of the mirror
puzzling over her pointed ears. In fact she stood there until
something startled her out of her pensive mood.
* * *
"POP! We're home!" Ranma yelled as he came in the door.
They heard a thump followed by whump and then a feminine shriek from
the bathroom.
"That sounded like Kasumi!" Akane said worriedly. "Let's go see what's
wrong."
* * *
When Kasumi heard Ranma come home, it startled her into jumping up.
However, due to her building up her reflexes again, she managed to jump
up and hit the ceiling. As she was falling she heard something snap
open and she stopped falling. She had closed her eyes when her head
hit the ceiling, but now tentatively opened them. She shrieked at what
she saw in the mirror. *I've spent way too much time in Limbo! I'm
starting to see things* She eyed her reflection. It looked like her,
but she didn't have wings. Wings that looked like they belonged on a
dragon, no less.... Kasumi was surprised to feel them working on thier
own. She tried to manipulate them, but she ended up on a collision
course with the door.
* * *
Ranma opened the door and was surprised to see Kasumi hurtling at him.
He quickly caught her and then noticed something was different about
Kasumi. For one thing, her hair was down. For another...she had wings.
Kasumi was shaking in his arms and he carried her back down to the
living room. *I don't ever remember seeing Kasumi this badly shaken
up. I wonder what's happened.*
Akane simply stared at her sister. "Onne-chan? What happened?" Akane
tried to absorb every detail, and noticed a few things that were wrong.
"Onne-chan, when did you dye your hair?"
* * *
Kasumi was greatful that Ranma was there to catch her. She knew that
Ranma had dealt with strange things like this before, and if he didn't
know what was goin on, he'd find out. Ranma would help her.
"Imoto-chan, I don't think I dyed my hair."
"What did you do today, before you grew the-" Ranma looked at the wings
in wonder. "Anything unusual happen?"
Kasumi seemed to think on this for a while. "I was gettting ready for
my bath. I upended the bucket over my head, and I felt kinda funny."
Ranma knew that thinking things through wasn't his strong point, but
for Kasumi's sake, they had to figure out what happened. If it was bad
enough that Kasumi screamed... his mind raced to find a solution.
"Have you felt the same kind of funny before?"
Kasumi nodded. "It happened once in Limbo when I spilled tea on
myself. Other than that, I think I felt it again while I was following
Ryoga."
"When you were following Ryoga?" *Oh great that just adds onto the
possibilities.* Something was nagging Ranma. He couldn't quite place
it, but the answer was on the tip of his tongue.
"Before I went off to Limbo, I felt funny when I slipped and fell into
a pool." Kasumi said easily. There was something in the back of her
mind that was bothering her.
Akane had been listening to the conversation and then her face went
white. "Onne-chan, were there other pools nearby?"
Kasumi nodded. "Hai, Imoto. There must have been at least 100 pools,
and there were signs infront of most of them, and there were some
people taking a tour..." Kasumi tried hard to remember everything that
had happened while she was following Ryoga.
"Onne-chan..." Akane's pallor remained. "I'm going to check
something." Akane went into the kitchen, and Ranma wanted to follow,
but before he even got up, Akane came back with a kettle.
"Onne-chan..." Akane didn't even want to say anything as she poured the
water over her sister's head. Akane and Ranma watched as the wings
dissappeared and Kasumi's hair turned back to it's normal brown.
Ranma's eyes went wide. "Kasumi, you have a curse, like mine..."
Kasumi blinked. "That would explain things, Ranma. I will be more
careful around water from now on." Kasumi stood up and walked towards
the kitchen. She heard Akane and Ranma having another spat, paused and
looked back to see that her towel was still on the couch. "Oh my..."
Kasumi rushed back into the bathroom to finish her bath, leaving Akane
and Ranma in the living room.
* * *
Kasumi hummed as she soaked in the furo. Her mind rolled over the days
events and it finally sunk in. "Oh my..." She promtly fainted in the
furo, slipped down below the water line, which woke her up. "Oh,
my..." She got out of the furo and managed to get her robe on before
she fainted again.
End of Day One...
result of those clues is this story.
Kasumi's Interesting Week... Day One
Kasumi woke up in bed. She was a bit curious as to how she got there.
The last thing she rememebered was falling asleep while sitting at the
table waiting for everyone to come down. *Maybe they put me in my room
to let me sleep more comfortably,* she thought. She got up and
decided that now would be a good time for a nice long soak. Kasumi
changed into her robe and went off to the bathroom.
Kasumi sat down on the stool and got ready to start her bath. She
upended the bucket of cold water over her head. She felt that same
funny feeling that she noticed when she spilled coffee on herself in
Limbo. Ignoring the feeling since it went away quickly, she began
scrubbing herself. Some of her hair fell into her face as she washed
vigorously. *Oh my, I didn't realize that my hair gets a reddish color
to it when it gets wet. I wonder why I didn't notice it before*
Kasumi started washing her hair since it was a bit dusty when her hands
brushed over her ears. Normally this wouldn't be something to bother
Kasumi, but her ears had a distinct point to them. *Nani?* She doused
herself with more cold water, wrapped a towel around herself and went
over to the mirror to inspect her ears more closely. Her fingers ran
over the points of her ears and continued into her hair which looked
red-brown in the bathroom lights. Kasumi stood in front of the mirror
puzzling over her pointed ears. In fact she stood there until
something startled her out of her pensive mood.
* * *
"POP! We're home!" Ranma yelled as he came in the door.
They heard a thump followed by whump and then a feminine shriek from
the bathroom.
"That sounded like Kasumi!" Akane said worriedly. "Let's go see what's
wrong."
* * *
When Kasumi heard Ranma come home, it startled her into jumping up.
However, due to her building up her reflexes again, she managed to jump
up and hit the ceiling. As she was falling she heard something snap
open and she stopped falling. She had closed her eyes when her head
hit the ceiling, but now tentatively opened them. She shrieked at what
she saw in the mirror. *I've spent way too much time in Limbo! I'm
starting to see things* She eyed her reflection. It looked like her,
but she didn't have wings. Wings that looked like they belonged on a
dragon, no less.... Kasumi was surprised to feel them working on thier
own. She tried to manipulate them, but she ended up on a collision
course with the door.
* * *
Ranma opened the door and was surprised to see Kasumi hurtling at him.
He quickly caught her and then noticed something was different about
Kasumi. For one thing, her hair was down. For another...she had wings.
Kasumi was shaking in his arms and he carried her back down to the
living room. *I don't ever remember seeing Kasumi this badly shaken
up. I wonder what's happened.*
Akane simply stared at her sister. "Onne-chan? What happened?" Akane
tried to absorb every detail, and noticed a few things that were wrong.
"Onne-chan, when did you dye your hair?"
* * *
Kasumi was greatful that Ranma was there to catch her. She knew that
Ranma had dealt with strange things like this before, and if he didn't
know what was goin on, he'd find out. Ranma would help her.
"Imoto-chan, I don't think I dyed my hair."
"What did you do today, before you grew the-" Ranma looked at the wings
in wonder. "Anything unusual happen?"
Kasumi seemed to think on this for a while. "I was gettting ready for
my bath. I upended the bucket over my head, and I felt kinda funny."
Ranma knew that thinking things through wasn't his strong point, but
for Kasumi's sake, they had to figure out what happened. If it was bad
enough that Kasumi screamed... his mind raced to find a solution.
"Have you felt the same kind of funny before?"
Kasumi nodded. "It happened once in Limbo when I spilled tea on
myself. Other than that, I think I felt it again while I was following
Ryoga."
"When you were following Ryoga?" *Oh great that just adds onto the
possibilities.* Something was nagging Ranma. He couldn't quite place
it, but the answer was on the tip of his tongue.
"Before I went off to Limbo, I felt funny when I slipped and fell into
a pool." Kasumi said easily. There was something in the back of her
mind that was bothering her.
Akane had been listening to the conversation and then her face went
white. "Onne-chan, were there other pools nearby?"
Kasumi nodded. "Hai, Imoto. There must have been at least 100 pools,
and there were signs infront of most of them, and there were some
people taking a tour..." Kasumi tried hard to remember everything that
had happened while she was following Ryoga.
"Onne-chan..." Akane's pallor remained. "I'm going to check
something." Akane went into the kitchen, and Ranma wanted to follow,
but before he even got up, Akane came back with a kettle.
"Onne-chan..." Akane didn't even want to say anything as she poured the
water over her sister's head. Akane and Ranma watched as the wings
dissappeared and Kasumi's hair turned back to it's normal brown.
Ranma's eyes went wide. "Kasumi, you have a curse, like mine..."
Kasumi blinked. "That would explain things, Ranma. I will be more
careful around water from now on." Kasumi stood up and walked towards
the kitchen. She heard Akane and Ranma having another spat, paused and
looked back to see that her towel was still on the couch. "Oh my..."
Kasumi rushed back into the bathroom to finish her bath, leaving Akane
and Ranma in the living room.
* * *
Kasumi hummed as she soaked in the furo. Her mind rolled over the days
events and it finally sunk in. "Oh my..." She promtly fainted in the
furo, slipped down below the water line, which woke her up. "Oh,
my..." She got out of the furo and managed to get her robe on before
she fainted again.
End of Day One...