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 Two
Kasumi once again awoke in bed. "Oh my, I guess some one keeps putting me to bed. I wonder
why?" She got up and fixed breakfast for everybody. She still was in shock about her curse.
Kasumi was not thinking when she prepared everyone's meal. She set the meal out on the
table and looked in the refridgerator. "Oh my, I need to pick up a few things at market
today." Kasumi left a note on the table that she'd be back in an hour or two and then set
out for the market.
* * *
At the Table....
Ranma was stuffing his face when he noticed something was wrong with breakfast. He couldn't
quite place it until Nabiki fainted. Then the particular tastes hit him. "Akane... did you
help Kasumi in the kitchen?" He noticed that Akane hadn't touched her breakfast.
Akane looked up from her plate. "No, Ranma, I didn't why?" She looked slightly puzzled as
Genma fell back followed soon after by her father.
"It's just that it looks like everyone's been poisoned."
"RANMA NO BAKA!" Akane malleted Ranma into unconciousness. Akane went up into her room to
sulk for a while.
* * *
Kasumi decided to go to the mall to do some shopping. She glanced up at the sky to see
dark clouds collecting on the southern horizon, and they were visibly closing in on Nerima.
*Oh my, it looks like rain.* Kasumi opened her umbrella and continued on down the road.
She just missed hearing the storm warning on the news telling everyone to stay inside due
to dangerous wind speeds. The wind started to pick up as Kasumi walked towards the mall.
When she got to the market, the rain started. She was standing up against the wind until
her umbrella was torn away by the wind. Kasumi felt the change take effect, and suddenly
felt lighter. The wind picked her up and carried her along. Kasumi instinctivly opened
the wings on her back, and fought to gain some control over her flight. The updrafts took
her above the rain clouds, and she got under control. She tried to manipulte her wings
like she did in the bathroom, but she started falling again. *Eep!*
* * *
Ranma looked out the door. "I'm worried, Kasumi went out before the storm hit and she
hasn't come back yet..." Ranma couldn't see further than the front porch.
The rest of the Tendo Family was worried as well, and they showed it. Nabiki was tallying
her ledgers, and had to double check her figures a few times. Soun was crying his eyes out
while Genma tried to distract him with a game of Go. Akane was watching the news incase
there was any word about Kasumi. "I hope she's alright. I mean they're talking gale force
winds. If Kasumi's out there..." Akane flinched inwardly at the thought of Kasumi not
coming back home.
"The storm seems to be breaking, but We'll have more on the Weather after this comercial
break" the weatherman on the TV said.
* * *
*I think I'm finaly getting the hang of this!* Kasumi glided on the wind. *Gee, this is
fun, once you get used to it!* Kasumi sneezed mid glide, wich caused her to look down.
"Oh my, the storm is clearing! I guess I should go and see if I can land..." Kasumi dove
down to get her bearings. She crash-landed infront of a sign. "Nerima - 40km," she read
out loud. "Wow, I must have been blown quite some distance!" She dusted herself off and
decided to practice takeoffs and landings on her way to Nerima.
* * *
"KASUMI!!!" Akane bellowed.
"KASUMI!" Ranma called out. He reached down to make sure that he had the thermos in case
Kasumi wasn't quite normal. He and Akane hadn't gotten the chance to break it to everyone
that Kasumi was cursed.
"We'll never find her that way!" Akane said. "We need to split up and see if we can find
her, after all, it's not like she's going to drop from out of the sky and into our laps."
* * *
Kasumi sneezed. "Oh my, I think I might be coming down with a cold." I think I see Ranma
and Akane down below. Time for another landing!" Kasumi dove down and tried to land
gracefully, but the best she could do was to land on Ranma instead of next to him.
"Oh, I'm sorry Ranma!" Kasumi got up off of Ranma's back and offered a hand to help him
up.
"You were saying Akane?" Ranma said while pouring the contents of the thermos over Kasumi's
head.
Kasumi shivered slightly as the trio walked back towards the Market Square, where everyone
was supposed to meet every half hour to see if Kasumi had been found.
* * *
Nabiki looked down at her clipboard. She had sent everyone out in teams and she was
currently looking over the list of people who decided to help when they heard that Kasumi
was missing. Ryoga and Ukyo were searching to the west. Colone, Shampoo, and Mousse were
looking off to the south. Akane and Ranma had volunteered to head north. Her father and
Genma were searching east. Kuno and Happosai were posted at different points around the
city with Radios in case Kasumi missed the search parties and found her way home before
them. She nervously fingered the radios, and kept an eye out for everyone since it was
about time for another check in.
"The Blue Thunder Of Furikan High still awaits the return of Kasumi Tendo, sister of the
Fair Akane..." Nabiki ignored Kuno's rambling after that. She switched on Happosai's
radio.
"What a Haul, What a haul!" Happosai's voice came over the radio. Nabiki sighed in
exasperation.
She looked up to spot Ukyo and Ryoga, tied together by a long piece of rope. Her eyes met
theirs as they shook thier heads. "No sign of Kasumi yet." They sat down in the market
square and waited for the other teams to return.
Soun and a panda bear were the next team to return. Nabiki knew from the way they were
walking that they hadn't found Kasumi yet, that and the fact that she could hear her father
wailing.
Colone, Shampoo, and Mousse also came back empty handed, well not completely. Colone had
gone back to the Nekohatten, and brought back food for everyone.
Everyone was looking north when the trio came in. "Ranma bring help?" Shampoo asked.
Everyone waited until they were sure that it was Kasumi and not just another volunteer to
help in the search.
"Oh my, all of your friends helped to look for me, Ranma?" Kasumi blinked.
"KASUMI!" Soun bawled. Ryoga opened his umbrella to keep from getting wet. Everyone
rushed Kasumi to make sure that she was okay.
"I'm alright, my shoulders are a little bit sore, but other than that, I'm fine...."
Kasumi said quietly. Kasumi had convinced Ranma and Akane that the family should know
about Kasumi's curse on the walk back, and Ranma had convinced Kasumi to wait until they
all got home. "Maybe I should go see Dr. Tofu about my shoulders." Kasumi said
innocently. After turning to head towards Dr. Tofu's office, the others fell over and
proceeded to try and convince Kasumi that maybe another doctor would be better. "But
Ranma, he takes care of you when you get hurt, Why shouldn't I see him?"
* * *
Outside the Tofu clinic, Chaos abounded. "Kasumi's coming!" People fled from the clinic
and watched with fear in their eyes as Kasumi entered into the clinic. She patiently sat
down in the waiting room and was curious to see everyone stare at her when she came into
the room. "Oh my, if Tofu-sensei is busy... " but no sooner were the words out of her
mouth than the rest of his patients scrambled out the door.
Dr. Tofu stuck his head outside the door. "Next?" He saw Kasumi and his glasses started
to fog up. "Why hello, Kasumi, what brings you by here?"
"I hurt my shoulders when I was trying not to get blown away in the storm," Kasumi said
with out blinking.
*Did Kasumi just...* Ranma looked at Kasumi in surprize. His gaze switched back to see
Tofu-sensei's reaction. Surprisingly, the fog cleared. "Let me see, Kasumi. Come this
way." Ranma just watched in amazement as Dr. Tofu acted normal for a change, and then
followed Kasumi into the examination room.
* * *
Kasumi sat still as Dr. Tofu went about checking her shoulders. "Actually Kasumi, I'd say
that the damage here was caused by an overextension of a winglike limb. You haven't been
flying now, have you?" Dr Tofu joked. Ranma blinked. *How does he do that?*
"You think so, Tofu-sensei?" Kasumi responded politely.
"Actually, Kasumi I was joking, but I want you to exercize your shoulders lightly, that
means no lifting anything heavy. Ranma I'd like it if you would help Kasumi. Now here is
a list of things she should be doing." Dr. Tofu handed Ranma a list and sent the two of
them back home.
* * *
Kuno sat on the front porch of the Tendo Dojo. "The fair Kasumi has returned. I now have
time to fight thee, foul sorceror!" Kuno stood up and got into a defensive position.
Ranma shrugged, jumped up and kicked Kuno in the head, and then walked into the dojo.
"Oh, my..."
* * *
Kasumi walked into the kitchen wearing her bathing suit and picked up the tea kettle.
*Now I'm going to show everyone my curse.* She walked back out into the yard where Ranma
and Akane had gathered everyone in order to "tell them something very important".
"Great, everyone's here. Kasumi..." Akane motioned to the koi pond.
Kasumi nodded and jumped into the koi pond and then jumped out again. She shook off some
of the water and then concentrated for a second. "No, I can't, Ranma could you help?"
Kasumi jumped up onto a post.
Nabiki looked at Ranma. "Help with what?" she was answered when Ranma kicked the post out
from under Kasumi. She started to fall, but two wings grew from her back and she slowly
landed. "Nani?" Everyone rushed over to Kasumi. "What's going on?"
Akane picked up the kettle and doused Kasumi with the hot water, returning her to normal.
"Kasumi has a Jujensukyo curse, We have no idea what it is that she turns into. The only
thing that we do know is that she can fly..." Kasumi stood there in her bathing suit and
waited for the questions to begin. She heard a thump and looked up. Her father had
collapsed and Nabiki was trying to drag him back into the house.
"Kasumi, It's been a long day for everybody, but maybe this can wait until another day?"
Nabiki said patiently.
"Okay, Nabiki..." Kasumi helped Nabiki drag her father back into the house and then went
to bed.
is this story.
Kasumi's Interesting Week... Day Two
Kasumi once again awoke in bed. "Oh my, I guess some one keeps putting me to bed. I wonder
why?" She got up and fixed breakfast for everybody. She still was in shock about her curse.
Kasumi was not thinking when she prepared everyone's meal. She set the meal out on the
table and looked in the refridgerator. "Oh my, I need to pick up a few things at market
today." Kasumi left a note on the table that she'd be back in an hour or two and then set
out for the market.
* * *
At the Table....
Ranma was stuffing his face when he noticed something was wrong with breakfast. He couldn't
quite place it until Nabiki fainted. Then the particular tastes hit him. "Akane... did you
help Kasumi in the kitchen?" He noticed that Akane hadn't touched her breakfast.
Akane looked up from her plate. "No, Ranma, I didn't why?" She looked slightly puzzled as
Genma fell back followed soon after by her father.
"It's just that it looks like everyone's been poisoned."
"RANMA NO BAKA!" Akane malleted Ranma into unconciousness. Akane went up into her room to
sulk for a while.
* * *
Kasumi decided to go to the mall to do some shopping. She glanced up at the sky to see
dark clouds collecting on the southern horizon, and they were visibly closing in on Nerima.
*Oh my, it looks like rain.* Kasumi opened her umbrella and continued on down the road.
She just missed hearing the storm warning on the news telling everyone to stay inside due
to dangerous wind speeds. The wind started to pick up as Kasumi walked towards the mall.
When she got to the market, the rain started. She was standing up against the wind until
her umbrella was torn away by the wind. Kasumi felt the change take effect, and suddenly
felt lighter. The wind picked her up and carried her along. Kasumi instinctivly opened
the wings on her back, and fought to gain some control over her flight. The updrafts took
her above the rain clouds, and she got under control. She tried to manipulte her wings
like she did in the bathroom, but she started falling again. *Eep!*
* * *
Ranma looked out the door. "I'm worried, Kasumi went out before the storm hit and she
hasn't come back yet..." Ranma couldn't see further than the front porch.
The rest of the Tendo Family was worried as well, and they showed it. Nabiki was tallying
her ledgers, and had to double check her figures a few times. Soun was crying his eyes out
while Genma tried to distract him with a game of Go. Akane was watching the news incase
there was any word about Kasumi. "I hope she's alright. I mean they're talking gale force
winds. If Kasumi's out there..." Akane flinched inwardly at the thought of Kasumi not
coming back home.
"The storm seems to be breaking, but We'll have more on the Weather after this comercial
break" the weatherman on the TV said.
* * *
*I think I'm finaly getting the hang of this!* Kasumi glided on the wind. *Gee, this is
fun, once you get used to it!* Kasumi sneezed mid glide, wich caused her to look down.
"Oh my, the storm is clearing! I guess I should go and see if I can land..." Kasumi dove
down to get her bearings. She crash-landed infront of a sign. "Nerima - 40km," she read
out loud. "Wow, I must have been blown quite some distance!" She dusted herself off and
decided to practice takeoffs and landings on her way to Nerima.
* * *
"KASUMI!!!" Akane bellowed.
"KASUMI!" Ranma called out. He reached down to make sure that he had the thermos in case
Kasumi wasn't quite normal. He and Akane hadn't gotten the chance to break it to everyone
that Kasumi was cursed.
"We'll never find her that way!" Akane said. "We need to split up and see if we can find
her, after all, it's not like she's going to drop from out of the sky and into our laps."
* * *
Kasumi sneezed. "Oh my, I think I might be coming down with a cold." I think I see Ranma
and Akane down below. Time for another landing!" Kasumi dove down and tried to land
gracefully, but the best she could do was to land on Ranma instead of next to him.
"Oh, I'm sorry Ranma!" Kasumi got up off of Ranma's back and offered a hand to help him
up.
"You were saying Akane?" Ranma said while pouring the contents of the thermos over Kasumi's
head.
Kasumi shivered slightly as the trio walked back towards the Market Square, where everyone
was supposed to meet every half hour to see if Kasumi had been found.
* * *
Nabiki looked down at her clipboard. She had sent everyone out in teams and she was
currently looking over the list of people who decided to help when they heard that Kasumi
was missing. Ryoga and Ukyo were searching to the west. Colone, Shampoo, and Mousse were
looking off to the south. Akane and Ranma had volunteered to head north. Her father and
Genma were searching east. Kuno and Happosai were posted at different points around the
city with Radios in case Kasumi missed the search parties and found her way home before
them. She nervously fingered the radios, and kept an eye out for everyone since it was
about time for another check in.
"The Blue Thunder Of Furikan High still awaits the return of Kasumi Tendo, sister of the
Fair Akane..." Nabiki ignored Kuno's rambling after that. She switched on Happosai's
radio.
"What a Haul, What a haul!" Happosai's voice came over the radio. Nabiki sighed in
exasperation.
She looked up to spot Ukyo and Ryoga, tied together by a long piece of rope. Her eyes met
theirs as they shook thier heads. "No sign of Kasumi yet." They sat down in the market
square and waited for the other teams to return.
Soun and a panda bear were the next team to return. Nabiki knew from the way they were
walking that they hadn't found Kasumi yet, that and the fact that she could hear her father
wailing.
Colone, Shampoo, and Mousse also came back empty handed, well not completely. Colone had
gone back to the Nekohatten, and brought back food for everyone.
Everyone was looking north when the trio came in. "Ranma bring help?" Shampoo asked.
Everyone waited until they were sure that it was Kasumi and not just another volunteer to
help in the search.
"Oh my, all of your friends helped to look for me, Ranma?" Kasumi blinked.
"KASUMI!" Soun bawled. Ryoga opened his umbrella to keep from getting wet. Everyone
rushed Kasumi to make sure that she was okay.
"I'm alright, my shoulders are a little bit sore, but other than that, I'm fine...."
Kasumi said quietly. Kasumi had convinced Ranma and Akane that the family should know
about Kasumi's curse on the walk back, and Ranma had convinced Kasumi to wait until they
all got home. "Maybe I should go see Dr. Tofu about my shoulders." Kasumi said
innocently. After turning to head towards Dr. Tofu's office, the others fell over and
proceeded to try and convince Kasumi that maybe another doctor would be better. "But
Ranma, he takes care of you when you get hurt, Why shouldn't I see him?"
* * *
Outside the Tofu clinic, Chaos abounded. "Kasumi's coming!" People fled from the clinic
and watched with fear in their eyes as Kasumi entered into the clinic. She patiently sat
down in the waiting room and was curious to see everyone stare at her when she came into
the room. "Oh my, if Tofu-sensei is busy... " but no sooner were the words out of her
mouth than the rest of his patients scrambled out the door.
Dr. Tofu stuck his head outside the door. "Next?" He saw Kasumi and his glasses started
to fog up. "Why hello, Kasumi, what brings you by here?"
"I hurt my shoulders when I was trying not to get blown away in the storm," Kasumi said
with out blinking.
*Did Kasumi just...* Ranma looked at Kasumi in surprize. His gaze switched back to see
Tofu-sensei's reaction. Surprisingly, the fog cleared. "Let me see, Kasumi. Come this
way." Ranma just watched in amazement as Dr. Tofu acted normal for a change, and then
followed Kasumi into the examination room.
* * *
Kasumi sat still as Dr. Tofu went about checking her shoulders. "Actually Kasumi, I'd say
that the damage here was caused by an overextension of a winglike limb. You haven't been
flying now, have you?" Dr Tofu joked. Ranma blinked. *How does he do that?*
"You think so, Tofu-sensei?" Kasumi responded politely.
"Actually, Kasumi I was joking, but I want you to exercize your shoulders lightly, that
means no lifting anything heavy. Ranma I'd like it if you would help Kasumi. Now here is
a list of things she should be doing." Dr. Tofu handed Ranma a list and sent the two of
them back home.
* * *
Kuno sat on the front porch of the Tendo Dojo. "The fair Kasumi has returned. I now have
time to fight thee, foul sorceror!" Kuno stood up and got into a defensive position.
Ranma shrugged, jumped up and kicked Kuno in the head, and then walked into the dojo.
"Oh, my..."
* * *
Kasumi walked into the kitchen wearing her bathing suit and picked up the tea kettle.
*Now I'm going to show everyone my curse.* She walked back out into the yard where Ranma
and Akane had gathered everyone in order to "tell them something very important".
"Great, everyone's here. Kasumi..." Akane motioned to the koi pond.
Kasumi nodded and jumped into the koi pond and then jumped out again. She shook off some
of the water and then concentrated for a second. "No, I can't, Ranma could you help?"
Kasumi jumped up onto a post.
Nabiki looked at Ranma. "Help with what?" she was answered when Ranma kicked the post out
from under Kasumi. She started to fall, but two wings grew from her back and she slowly
landed. "Nani?" Everyone rushed over to Kasumi. "What's going on?"
Akane picked up the kettle and doused Kasumi with the hot water, returning her to normal.
"Kasumi has a Jujensukyo curse, We have no idea what it is that she turns into. The only
thing that we do know is that she can fly..." Kasumi stood there in her bathing suit and
waited for the questions to begin. She heard a thump and looked up. Her father had
collapsed and Nabiki was trying to drag him back into the house.
"Kasumi, It's been a long day for everybody, but maybe this can wait until another day?"
Nabiki said patiently.
"Okay, Nabiki..." Kasumi helped Nabiki drag her father back into the house and then went
to bed.