Chapter 3: Saotome
A/N: Yes, yes, I know it's a chapter about MY character, but I wasn't sure how to segue into another character without having Sora's first, it would just seem too crowded. I'm also planning on a later 2nd Saotome chapter, but this one would be Ranma, not Sora(I was inspired by my wonderful reviewers...ARIGATO!^_^) anyway, I had to do Sora first. If SI's make you angry, then just skip to the next one, you might miss a few events, but I'll try to limit it for those who don't like SI's. Now...Chapter 3:
Shin quickly jumped out of the car to open the door for Seiji. Seiji picked unconscious Sora up with ease, but that just got him to thinking again. *Hnn, she's awfully light, but I suppose that's natural when you hang out with Shin a lot...*he carried her in and Shin made a spot on the floor, quickly covering it with a black blanket. Seiji set her down, and checked out her accessible wounds. They weren't too bad, (at least not as bad as they were sometimes...) but they would still need to watch her. The adrenaline gone, the boys both slouched and sighed. Seiji laid back on the hard wood floor and closed his eyes, but Shin calmly sat and waited.
He wasn't sure what he was waiting for, but he waited none the less. Seiji looked up in a few minutes time, to see Shin staring into space, his eyes glazed, but not with sorrow. They seemed too enveloped in confusion to be sad. Seiji glanced at a digital clock in a table nearby, and almost smiled. 2 AM. He had been right about the non-sleeping thing. After about ten minutes, he decided to wake Shin from his unresponsive personality.
"Shin-san," Shin shook his head and look at Seiji, still laying on the floor. "I could heal her... if you want me to," Shin's eyes opened wide and he looked at Seiji. After a little silence, he smiled and shook his head again.
"No, it's alright. She's not that bad this time, I was just...thinking," Seiji gave Shin a questioning look, but Shin didn't see it. He had already looked back into space, but he kept talking. "I mean... why would someone do this? I couldn't ever think of Ojii-san laying a finger on me to harm me. Me or Oni-chan. I just... can't figure it out,"Shin became silent, as Seiji looked on, suddenly, another voice broke the silence, yet again surprising them with her voice.
"Well, it might be Otou-chan, or possibly the whole marriage altogether. It could be having to raise a hyper youngster from age six to 15 with no experience. It could be a lot of things. Whatever it was though, I'm sure he wasn't *always* like this. I can sense it sometimes, when he throws us against a wall or something. He doesn't want to, but some anger lays within him, that will most likely never escape."The boys looked down at Sora as she continued to speak, her sparkling eyes justifying she wasn't talking in her sleep.
"Oh well, I guess it's not my place to judge his tics. I guess it must be harder for you two than it is for me!"Shin looked down at her, eyes sparkling with the same window moonlight that had illuminated her's.
"Sora-chan, trust me. It's much worse for you. We just have to worry about you; you have to live it," she smiled up at him and closed her eyes gently.
"Really? I would have begged to differ, but I don't feel like it right now. Too tired," she paused, and then continued. "I supposed you'll be wanting *my* story now. My 'tragic' tale of two young children and their angst-ridden past, ne?" The boys look at each other, but she continued without persuasion. "It was a *long* time ago. To long ago to count if you ask me but you didn't. We were a perfect little family. Loving father, loving mother, two cute and well behaved children, only about a year apart. We went on family trips and our father often took as much time as possible out for us. He worked for the government, but he was good at 'service' bribing, as he called it. Making up for missing meetings by promising to do a long report or file for them. It usually worked. The end," silence met the house once again as Sora opened her eyes slightly. Shin noticed a small tear forming in the corner of her eye, but she quickly blinked it away. The silence rang through their ears, almost painfully, not knowing the full story. After a while, Seiji shifted slightly, and spoke,
"Which, of course, explains next to nothing." It was a very unorthodox comment for Seiji, but he had to say something. Sora's subconscious was tugging at him from within. Her chest heaved a small sigh and she spoke, softer this time.
"Well, I guess the only thing I *really* left out was the whole 'assassination' thing. I was four, Oni was five. We came home to a sobbing mother and a family friend pushed us gently into our rooms. We sat on the small mats for seven hours, not speaking or even moving much. We were listening to the talk outside. After that time, the friend came in and told us our father was dead. We were already aware, but neither of us really knew what it meant. That he would never be with us again, take us on trips, or bring us presents. We went to sleep listening to our Hahoya's painful sobs. The next morning, Ranma was gone. All that was left was the sign of a small struggle and a note from Ojii-sama saying he was going to train Ranma. Hahoya was heartbroken, and supposedly attempted suicide twenty some times within the next year. My other Ojii thought I was in a bad environment, and took me with him on his cruse liner for a year. Once Hahoya had calmed down I went back, but I probably didn't help her depression much. I tended to run away at least once a month, trying to find Oni...actually made it to China once too. Once we found out he was moving permanently to Nerima, Hohoya sent me to live with him. The end." Sora smiled gently as several tears ran down her cheeks, then closed her eyes and fell asleep. Relieved of her pain, if only briefly.
A/N: Thank you for reading chapter 3. I have a feeling many people will "conveniently" not read it, so I really thank you for reading through it(am I redundant at 4 AM? I don't think so...). Anyway, if you have a chance and it's not too much trouble please review. Me and my friend have parties when we get reviews, but she gets 20 a day 'cause she writes originals*sigh* so let's show her how much Anime people review!!!^_^ Anyway, that's all for Chapter 3. Chapter 4 will be about the Hashiba one... Ja na!^_^
A/N: Yes, yes, I know it's a chapter about MY character, but I wasn't sure how to segue into another character without having Sora's first, it would just seem too crowded. I'm also planning on a later 2nd Saotome chapter, but this one would be Ranma, not Sora(I was inspired by my wonderful reviewers...ARIGATO!^_^) anyway, I had to do Sora first. If SI's make you angry, then just skip to the next one, you might miss a few events, but I'll try to limit it for those who don't like SI's. Now...Chapter 3:
Shin quickly jumped out of the car to open the door for Seiji. Seiji picked unconscious Sora up with ease, but that just got him to thinking again. *Hnn, she's awfully light, but I suppose that's natural when you hang out with Shin a lot...*he carried her in and Shin made a spot on the floor, quickly covering it with a black blanket. Seiji set her down, and checked out her accessible wounds. They weren't too bad, (at least not as bad as they were sometimes...) but they would still need to watch her. The adrenaline gone, the boys both slouched and sighed. Seiji laid back on the hard wood floor and closed his eyes, but Shin calmly sat and waited.
He wasn't sure what he was waiting for, but he waited none the less. Seiji looked up in a few minutes time, to see Shin staring into space, his eyes glazed, but not with sorrow. They seemed too enveloped in confusion to be sad. Seiji glanced at a digital clock in a table nearby, and almost smiled. 2 AM. He had been right about the non-sleeping thing. After about ten minutes, he decided to wake Shin from his unresponsive personality.
"Shin-san," Shin shook his head and look at Seiji, still laying on the floor. "I could heal her... if you want me to," Shin's eyes opened wide and he looked at Seiji. After a little silence, he smiled and shook his head again.
"No, it's alright. She's not that bad this time, I was just...thinking," Seiji gave Shin a questioning look, but Shin didn't see it. He had already looked back into space, but he kept talking. "I mean... why would someone do this? I couldn't ever think of Ojii-san laying a finger on me to harm me. Me or Oni-chan. I just... can't figure it out,"Shin became silent, as Seiji looked on, suddenly, another voice broke the silence, yet again surprising them with her voice.
"Well, it might be Otou-chan, or possibly the whole marriage altogether. It could be having to raise a hyper youngster from age six to 15 with no experience. It could be a lot of things. Whatever it was though, I'm sure he wasn't *always* like this. I can sense it sometimes, when he throws us against a wall or something. He doesn't want to, but some anger lays within him, that will most likely never escape."The boys looked down at Sora as she continued to speak, her sparkling eyes justifying she wasn't talking in her sleep.
"Oh well, I guess it's not my place to judge his tics. I guess it must be harder for you two than it is for me!"Shin looked down at her, eyes sparkling with the same window moonlight that had illuminated her's.
"Sora-chan, trust me. It's much worse for you. We just have to worry about you; you have to live it," she smiled up at him and closed her eyes gently.
"Really? I would have begged to differ, but I don't feel like it right now. Too tired," she paused, and then continued. "I supposed you'll be wanting *my* story now. My 'tragic' tale of two young children and their angst-ridden past, ne?" The boys look at each other, but she continued without persuasion. "It was a *long* time ago. To long ago to count if you ask me but you didn't. We were a perfect little family. Loving father, loving mother, two cute and well behaved children, only about a year apart. We went on family trips and our father often took as much time as possible out for us. He worked for the government, but he was good at 'service' bribing, as he called it. Making up for missing meetings by promising to do a long report or file for them. It usually worked. The end," silence met the house once again as Sora opened her eyes slightly. Shin noticed a small tear forming in the corner of her eye, but she quickly blinked it away. The silence rang through their ears, almost painfully, not knowing the full story. After a while, Seiji shifted slightly, and spoke,
"Which, of course, explains next to nothing." It was a very unorthodox comment for Seiji, but he had to say something. Sora's subconscious was tugging at him from within. Her chest heaved a small sigh and she spoke, softer this time.
"Well, I guess the only thing I *really* left out was the whole 'assassination' thing. I was four, Oni was five. We came home to a sobbing mother and a family friend pushed us gently into our rooms. We sat on the small mats for seven hours, not speaking or even moving much. We were listening to the talk outside. After that time, the friend came in and told us our father was dead. We were already aware, but neither of us really knew what it meant. That he would never be with us again, take us on trips, or bring us presents. We went to sleep listening to our Hahoya's painful sobs. The next morning, Ranma was gone. All that was left was the sign of a small struggle and a note from Ojii-sama saying he was going to train Ranma. Hahoya was heartbroken, and supposedly attempted suicide twenty some times within the next year. My other Ojii thought I was in a bad environment, and took me with him on his cruse liner for a year. Once Hahoya had calmed down I went back, but I probably didn't help her depression much. I tended to run away at least once a month, trying to find Oni...actually made it to China once too. Once we found out he was moving permanently to Nerima, Hohoya sent me to live with him. The end." Sora smiled gently as several tears ran down her cheeks, then closed her eyes and fell asleep. Relieved of her pain, if only briefly.
A/N: Thank you for reading chapter 3. I have a feeling many people will "conveniently" not read it, so I really thank you for reading through it(am I redundant at 4 AM? I don't think so...). Anyway, if you have a chance and it's not too much trouble please review. Me and my friend have parties when we get reviews, but she gets 20 a day 'cause she writes originals*sigh* so let's show her how much Anime people review!!!^_^ Anyway, that's all for Chapter 3. Chapter 4 will be about the Hashiba one... Ja na!^_^