Cold Water Mischief


Title: Cold Water Mischief
Author: kijarel/silrayn silverwolf
Warning: PG13 just to be sure, doing Ranma 1/2 after all.
Spoilers: Oniisan(Assassin and the Fox Universe 1)
Disclaimer: I don't own Weiß Kreuz or Yu Yu Hakusho or Ranma 1/2, their respective companies and creators own them.
Teaser: Ran and Kurama go visit a cousin in Nerima. Kurama gets a crazy idea. Ran rolls his eyes…

Cold Water Mischief
WEIß KREUZ-YU YU HAKUSHO - RANMA 1/2 FANFICTION

III. Hide, fox and tale after

The kitsune treaded water delicately then began to shake his silver fur dry when he got out of the pond sending water drops flying everywhere. Then seemingly oblivious to everyone's incredulous stares, he began to groom himself fastidiously. Well mostly incredulous stares, Ranma was giving him a suspicious almost frightened stare. The latter didn't see the kitsune's front end from where he had been thrown and thought that his opponent had turned into some kind of cat.

: Play along, aniki. :

: What? :

: Just let them jump to conclusions. :

: But how are you going to explain to our okaasan if word gets to her, hmmm? :

: Our cousins think these neighbors are crazy remember? :

: Okay, on your head be it. But at the first sign of trouble, we're out of here. :

: Yes, 'niichan. : The Little Fox was projecting so much innocence into the statement that Ran almost had second thoughts about allowing this charade. Between the two of them could make the Tendo household forget that this ever happened. Ran doubted that the Little Fox would care too much of the game if he refused to participate. Kurama-chan was like that, obedient in some ways but annoyingly rebellious in some. Though the Little Fox seemed to be extremely well behaved when their okaasan was concerned, Ran sighed.

Maybe I'm spoiling him too much.

: Hmm… : Before Ran could ask what he was up to, the Little Fox turned around to face Ranma and did his best cat imitation. Tails fluffing out, walking in stiff-legged gait and a hissing he came near the water. Ranma started from his preoccupation and began to back away. Kurama loped after the Saotome kid doing more cat-noises as he did so, on his foxy face was an expression that could only be called as evil glee.

"I take it that he also fell into a Juusenkyo spring." Saotome-panda "said".

"Spring of Drowned Fox-Spirit." Ran said on cue from his little brother.

"Why is he hissing like a cat at Ranma then?" Akane asked, surprised.

"Hn."

"Huh?"

"Mischief." Ran said irritated that they didn't get it on their own since it was so obvious.

"Oh."

The Tendo household as good hosts decided to leave their guests to play without interference.

***

Kurama tired of the game about an hour later. Hardly panting he decided to find his older brother. He found Ran sitting with the Tendos over tea and rice cakes. He plopped onto the latter's lap with a decidedly foxy grin.

: So where's the Saotome boy? :

"Where's Ranma?" Tendo-san echoed as he noted the smug fox sitting on Ran's lap.

: Still in the yard, he'll come in soon. :

True enough the topic of their mental came trooping in a few moments later.

"Is that freaky cat gone?" Said Ranma, coming in to grab the hot water in the teakettle probably left for that purpose, glaring at the grinning kitsune who just snuggled closer to Ran.

Ran personally liked the furry critter. The few times the Little Fox had taken to this form had been happy times. Soft fox fur, tails and ears were fun to stroke. Besides Kurama-chan snuggled more in kitsune form than when he was human.

"Really Ranma, got problems with your eyesight? That is not cat." Akane said as he poured tea to a rather wet and bedraggled male Ranma.

"Well it acted like a cat." Ranma said keeping an eye out for sudden movements from his current nemesis.

"Aren't you going to get some hot water too?" Ranma asked the Kurama-chan who just fox grinned all the wider.

Ran snorted silently. As if the Little Fox play a trick like that twice, Ran knew the Fox would find more tricks to play now that that one wouldn't be so effective.

"It's a fox see." Akane said fed up by Ranma's wary attitude. She looked at Ran and Kurama as if to ask permission. Ran nodded at that, knowing what she must be asking. Then she scooped up the fox and shoved it up into Ranma's face.

Kurama-chan gamely bared his fangs and twitched his ears with his eyes, twinkling, amber stars. When he was close enough he gave Ranma a huge lick of apology.

"Ick! I think I liked you better as a cat." Ranma said but he was smiling and held the Little Fox who squirmed. It gratified Ran to note that Kurama still objected to being held by anyone but him and Hiei when being kitsune. With a gigantic twist, Kurama-chan wrenched himself free and jumped back onto Ran's lap.

"Hey! I wasn't going to hurt you, Shuuichi-kun."

"The Little Fox doesn't like being with anyone but me and his best friend when in this form." Ran said trying his best not to sound too self-satisfied as he ran fingers through the soft fox fur ending at one bushy tail.

"He looks like he's nice to hold." Nabiki said.

"Hn." Refusal was clear in Ran's voice though he knew that it wasn't going to be the end of it. He saw the speculative looks of the young mercenary girl.

"I am not one to be trifled with when the safety of the Little Fox is concerned." Ran warned Nabiki, giving her one of his patented death glares. If she was going to do anything that endangered Kurama-chan, she'll have it coming…

Akane also gave Nabiki a glare. She knew that money often tempted her sister and suspected that the latter had a plan to turn this into some kind of moneymaking venture. Their father didn't take a strong enough hand to Nabiki. The Fujimiyas were guests and not suppose to be taken advantage of.

Their combined glares cowed Nabiki at least for the duration of the visit. But they were to learn later that it didn't cow her enough...

~TBC~