Type: General (Humor most of the time, but it'll be serious when it comes
to the part concerning Inuyasha's future in Warring Japan).
Rating: General
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters from Ranma ½ and Inuyasha. They belong to Rumiko Takahashi-sensei.
Summary:
This fanfic is a sequel from my other fanfic, 'The Tetsusaiga race' (you may look through the list of fanfictions under my profile link on this page by clicking on my nickname).
Determined to know what has happened to Inuyasha 500 years in the past, Ranma brought Inuyasha to his school, hoping to make use of the resources in the library but Inuyasha ended up becoming a student in Fuurinkan High School, feigning as Ranma's long-lost brother. Kagome, Hinako, Gosunkugi, Saotome Nodoka (Ranma's mother), Hojo, Souta and Toufuu are added into this confusion. Humors involved.
SEQUEL TO THE TETSUSAIGA RACE
Chapter Four: Arrival of Ranma's Mother
The atmosphere was strange in the Cat Restaurant. Akane was watching Ranma. Ryouga was watching Akane and Ranma. Kagome was watching Inuyasha and Cologne was watching all of them.
"Oi, baa baa!" Ranma called Cologne: "Can you lend me your ancestor--Sango- sama's book?"
"Hey, you are thinking of asking Sango to translate her book for you, isn't it?" Inuyasha snorted.
"You've seen Sango-sama?" Cologne asked.
"Inuyasha is hiding something from me," Thought Kagome angrily cracking her knuckles: "He even brought someone else to my house without my permission!"
"Sort of," Ranma replied.
"I'll pass it to you some other days, I'm busy right now!" Cologne replied.
"Beef ramen is here!!" Mousse called as he balanced four bowls on a tray. He was wearing glasses, but Inuyasha immediately recognized him as the one who kept hugging him in school, calling him Shampoo. As Mousse placed a bowl before him, he automatically inched a bit further from the man in white.
"Don't worry, Mousse is wearing his glasses now, he won't mistaken you for Shampoo again." Akane reassured him.
"Is this what you called 'glasses'?" Inuyasha asked, pulling Mousse's spectacles from his ears. He had seen such thing when he met Toufuu at his clinic. Why are there so many people wearing that in this time? Was it a fashion to do so?
"Heyyyaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mousse screamed and the tray with the remaining one bowl of ramen slipped. The bowl flew into the sky and landed on Inuyasha's head with a thump. The noodles and soup flowed down his face. He struck a finger and tasted the soup. It smelt of beef and definitely different from the cup instant noodles Kagome had often brought for him in Warring Japan.
"Inuyasha, are you alright?" Ranma and Akane called and they handed him a handichief to clean his face.
Ryouga only stared for a second, then he quickly buried his face in his meal, trying hard not to look at Inuyasha to prevent himself from laughing out loud. Mousse started to look around the floor for his glasses. Feeling guilty, Inuyasha handed him his belonging.
Kagome stared wide-eyed and tried her very best not to laugh out loud. Still, her body shivered uncontrollably and she hid her face even more.
"Your ramen's here, customer!" Shampoo smiled as she placed a bowl on Kagome's table.
Shampoo turned to look at Inuyasha's side and frowned. Inuyasha looked so much like Ranma, but .
"At least, Ranma's still the best!" Shampoo concluded to herself.
"Teme... Saotome....." Mousse growled: "You embarrassed me in the public and especially before my Shampoo!!!!!!" Shampoo kicked Mousse at the back of his head: "Who is YOUR Shampoo, I belong to no one, but RANMA ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (Author sweated: I thought it should be Rumiko Takahashi-sensei.)
"Mousse!! I'm not the one pulling your glasses, it's him!" Ranma cried, pushing Inuyasha before him.
"Uh-oh, is Inuyasha in trouble?" Kagome thought, peeping from her book.
Mousse put on his glasses and took a closer look at Inuyasha: "Another Saotome Ranma?"
Blood veins popped on Ranma's head: "I told you how many times, Mousse, there is only ONE ME!!!!!" He kicked Mousse out of the roof. He fell back with many ropes with hooks attached at the ends and flew his weapons at both Ranma and Inuyasha.
Cologne rolled her eyes and shook her head: "Why are they always fighting whenever they enter my restaurant?"
Akane pulled Inuyasha by his arm to a safe spot and kicked the ropes away: "DON'T YOU DARE TO BULLY THE WEAKER ONES!!!!!"
"Oi, who's the weaker ones?" Inuyasha growled and pulled his arm away from her.
"Oh yes you ARE! You ARE the weakest link!!!" sang Genma with a microphone appearing from nowhere. Inuyasha kicked him out of the roof: "YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO APPEAR AT THIS MOMENT, PANDA!!!!"
"Ouch!" Genma's cry faded away.
Kagome 'sweat dropped'. 'What is this world?'
Genma flew across the sky and landed on the street.
"Sigh! How can I be defeated by a boy who's supposed to be defenseless in his human form??"
Kshash, kshash, kshash.
There was a sudden sound of feet walking along the road round the corner. Afar, Genma saw a familiar face in flowery kimono and a carefully wrapped sword walking towards him. She was very beautiful and elegant at her age and she did not see him. However, Genma's face turned ghostly pale.
"She, she is----." Genma blinked and widened his eyes in fear.
Back to the restaurant, Shampoo replaced another bowl of ramen for Inuyasha.
"How's the taste?" Akane asked.
"Definitely much better than Akane." Ranma began.
Akane held a mallet above Ranma's head, smiling evilly: "Huh-huh! You seem to have a lot of dissatisfaction, don't you? I've been tolerating you for a long, long time---"
"Ah-ha-ha, that's dangerous, Akane!" Ranma tried hard to let Akane cool down her temper: "I'll keep my mouth shut----."
Akane relaxed and kept her mallet. Quickly, Ranma stole her mallet using his yamasen-kan technique.
"--- But Akane's cooking is definitely worse than Shampoo's ramen!" continued Ranma, feeling that he would be safe from Akane's mallet.
~~~~ SLAM ~~~~~~~~~~~
Akane snatched Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga and hit Ranma's head into the ground using its scabbard.
"Hey! That's my sword!" Inuyasha growled and snatched his sword back.
"Ranma, how can you accuse Akane's cooking????" Ryouga growled.
"Cut it out you people, stop quarrelling over nothing, will you?" Mousse sulked.
"HUH!" Ryouga snorted: "I'm going to get justice done for Akane!" He held out his finger, preparing to perform his Bakusai-ten-ketsu. Ranma recognized the danger of the table and quickly kicked Ryouga out of the roof.
"How's our ramen?" Shampoo asked Inuyasha (since it was his first time to try the food in the restaurant), ignoring the chaos.
"Mmmm, taste better than those instant ones which I've ate in my time..." Inuyasha said.
~~~~ SNAPPP ~~~~~~~~
Kagome broke a set of chopsticks between her fingers. That baka! I've painstakeningly brought those instant ramen for you and you dare to say such irresponsible words??????????!!!!!!!!!
TAP! TAP! TAP! TAP! TAP!
Kunou Tatewaki ran with his sword into Neko Restaurant.
"Saotome Ranma!!! Come on out and have a duel with me and if I win, Akane is m." Akane thumped her new mallet on his head and Ranma stepped on his face.
"Kunou, don't you have anything better to do on a Saturday morning?" Ranma asked.
"Huh!" Tatewaki said: "It's time for us to have a final settle..."
"RANMAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kodaichi shrieked. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and sulked. He could not forget the scene that he and Kodaichi were kicked up into the sky by Ranma. He ended up carrying her on his back to the resting room. Luckily, she did not wake up when he rushed out of the room. He did not like to stay too close to her. She reminded him too much of Kagura, although the latter was not as crazy as Kodaichi.
Kodaichi spread her arms and embraced Ranma. Akane conveniently poured a pail of cold water over the boy. Ranma turned into a girl.
"Oops-- I've slipped my hand." Akane rolled her eyes and said expressionlessly.
"You did it PURPOSELY, TOMBOY!!!" Ranma screamed.
~~ SLAMMED ~~~~
Akane gave Ranma another blow using her new mallet from nowhere.
Cologne observed Kagome's reaction. She was not responding to Ranma's change.
"AHHHH??????" Kodaichi screeched at her Ranma's sudden disappearance and reached for Inuyasha instead, thinking he was Saotome Ranma and hugged him.
~Snap~
Kagome broke the same chopsticks angrily at different point between her fingers the second time. That bastard Inuyasha! How dare he accept a hug from other girl like that? Cologne sweated. She felt Kagome's angry aura streaming close to her.
"OI!!!!" Inuyasha shrieked and pushed Kodaichi away: "Look closer! I'm not Ranma!!! I do not have a pig-tail and he is standing right here!!!" He pulled Ranma before him.
Kagome immediately broke into relief. Cologne thought: 'Seems that I'm wrong.' She looked at Inuyasha: 'I wonder how an ancient person in other time make a girlfriend in modern time?'
"It's you again, pig-tailed girl!" Kodaichi rolled her eyes.
"Eh hee!!" Ranma giggled to the dark-faced (with anger) girl.
"MY PIG-TAILED GODNESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tatewaki screamed and leaped towards her, but got a kick in the face instead and flew into the sky.
"Ranma, do you hate me so much?" Kodaichi screamed at Inuyasha: "Why did you kick me away the other time?? TELL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Inuyasha used a finger to scratch his forehead and turned to Ranma: "Shall I reject her for you?"
"You'll regret it if you do," Ranma replied.
"Help me explain this situation, Ranma," Inuyasha growled.
"It'll be hopeless, Inuyasha. She will not believe me." Ranma whispered: "I've explained to her MILLION times and she wouldn't believe that I can change into a girl. And she'll definitely not believe I can disappear without flying through the roof, so she'll rather believe you to be me!"
Inuyasha growled: "Oi, Kodaichi, Ranma's out of the restaurant now! Got it?"
"Yeah, Ranma should be home." Akane began.
"Ai-ren!!" Shampoo hugged the female Ranma.
"....Through the roof!!!!" Akane roared and tossed Ranma by his pigtail out of the restaurant, banged through the roof and flew towards Tendou Martial Arts School.
"Stupid Ranma! Ranma no baka! Dim-wit Ranma!!" Akane scolded under her breath and she stormed out of the restaurant angrily.
"Ranma ai-ren!! I'm gonna find you now!" Shampoo called and ran out.
"Shampoo!! WAIT FOR ME!!!" Mousse screamed and ran after her.
"Oi! Mousse, wait for me!!" Inuyasha panicked and tried to run after him. Kodaichi pulled him back.
"Come, let's go to my house!" She chipped happily.
A swirl of black rose petals flew around the restaurant.
"Wind of reunion!!! Oh ho ho ho ho ho!!!!!!" She threw roses with sleeping powder at Inuyasha, grabbed him and leaped out of the restaurant.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome grasped, tossed out her notes, passed it to Cologne and ran out.
~~~~~ BONKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kodaichi landed flat before Kagome's feet. Inuyasha leaped and dropped on one knee in his hanyou form.
"Keh! Stupid woman! Told you how many times I'm Inuyasha, not." He noticed Kagome's presence.
"Heh?"
"Ohaiyo, Inuyasha."
"So you're Inuyashaaaaaaaa...." Kodaichi screeched and leaped into the air, throwing a present on his hand: "I'll never ever FORGET YOU!!!!"
"What's that for?" Inuyasha opened it.
~~~ BOOMMMMM~~~~
A big hammer popped from the box and banged hard on his head.
A letter fluttered down.
It wrote: This is just a little, little dessert; I'll make sure you'll get the full meal in the long run!
"What a childish and stupid trick." Inuyasha scowled.
The hammer broke and many chains flew out, trapping him onto the ground. A shot of black ink bomb exploded, turning him black.
"Daijoubu, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.
"Keh! Childish!" Came his gruffly reply.
"Inuyasha, I've something to ask you..."
~~~ **** ~~~~
"I'm home!" Ranma called as she fell headfirst into the pond. She pulled herself out. Suddenly, Genma rushed out of the house. Akane reached home a few seconds later.
"Ranma! We have to go on the trip again!!!!" Genma cried and pulled Ranma out of the house with his haversack.
"Saotome-san, where are you going again?" Souun pulled him by his collar.
"Letttme go!!!" Saotome Genma screamed out in fear: "It concerns our LIVES!!!!"
Ranma raised an eyebrow as she poured hot water over her head, turning back to a boy: "Oh? Have you owe someone money? Or you've agitated Happousai that filthy old man?"
"Are the Saotome father and son back from their trip?" A gentle voice called at the doorstep. Ranma and Genma froze.
"Ah! It's Ranma's mother!" Kasumi said.
"Ranma!" Nabiki called: "Aren't you greeting your mother?"
Saotome Nodoka entered the house.
~~~ SPLASH! ~~~
"Good morning, Madam!!" the female Ranma yelled from the pond with a panda, which held a wooden sign: Ohaiyo, Madam!
"Ah! It's Ranko and Panda!" Nodoka laughed. She turned to Akane and Souun.
"Uh... Ano, they have gone out for another trip again." Akane lied.
"This is unfortunate, Madam Saotome. But Saotome san was too determined to make Ranma an expert in martial arts." Souun explained.
Nodoka nodded disappointedly: "Sorry for troubling you all so much.."
"I DIDN'T BRING HIM INTO YOUR HOUSE!!" A boy's voice disrupted her sentence.
"A boy's voice, is that Ranma?" Nodoka beamed hopefully and ran out of the house.
"That's Inuyasha. with a girl?" Ranma and Akane sweated: "Waitt.. Chotto!!" The Tendous and Saotomes followed out.
"Oh, there's going to be an interesting show to watch!" Nabiki squeaked in excitement to the worried looking Kasumi.
Outside the Tendou Martial Arts School, Inuyasha was arguing with Kagome.
"Oh really? Then HOW did he go THROUGH THE WELL and meet Sango-chan???" Kagome scowled angrily.
"STUPID WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAN'T YOU USE YOUR BRAIN AND THINK??? HOW WOULD I KNOW??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Inuyasha shouted.
"PLUS! Does my ramen really suck for you? What are you doing in my time????!! Why are you KEEPING these from ME?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kagome screamed with fiery aura around her.
"You, you've heard EVERYTHING in the restaurant? When did you enter?" Inuyasha grasped.
"From the time when you all start ordering beef ramen!" Kagome shouted.
"When did you become so NOSY????? Who do you think you are? Metanitei Kagome??? I'm NOT your HUSBAND, OK??!!!!! So, STOP FOLLOWING ME!!!!!" Inuyasha shouted.
"Ranma! Is that you??" Nodoka called happily, running out of Tendou Martial Arts School.
"OSUWARIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!" screamed the agitated Kagome.
Inuyasha slammed flat onto the ground.
~~~~ SLAMMMMMMMMMM ~~~~~~~~
Saotome Ranma slammed flat onto the ground.
"Ranma, what are you doing?" Akane stared in surprise. Luckily, she and Ranma were standing behind Nodoka's back and she could not see whom Akane was asking.
"So he's Ranma?" Nodoka asked excitedly, pointing to Inuyasha.
"Chotto Matte-----!" Inuyasha screamed, waving his hands: "It's a misunderstanding!!!"
"Oh, you MUST be Ranma!! How tall you have grown!!!" Nodoka cried out in delight to touch Inuyasha's cheek. Immediately, he inched away and hid behind Kagome's back in fear.
"Eh, it's really a misunderstanding, Madam." Kagome tried to get Inuyasha out of the embarrassed situation: "My friend is Inuyasha, look, (pointing at Inuyasha's hair and ears) he has white hair and dog-ears. Your son is just (pointing at Saotome Ranma's direction).."
"AH~! My name is Ranko, NOT RANMA!!!! How do you do? Oh ho ho ho!!!" Ranma laughed exaggeratedly. She jumped up and pulled Inuyasha and Kagome to a quiet area. The panda and Akane followed. Souun, Kasumi and Nabiki stayed with Nodoka to prevent her from eavesdropping their conversation.
"Hey Inuyasha, don't let my mother know I am her son!" Ranma whispered.
"What do you mean by that?" Inuyasha growled.
Kagome added: "I'm not aware what's going on, but if you (pointing at Ranma) don't admit that you're her son, you'll be dragging Inuyasha into hot soup!"
Akane whispered: "Ranma has his own difficulties. Uncle Saotome has vowed to bring up Ranma as a manly man, if she found that half of him is a female, both Ranma and Uncle Saotome have to commit seppuku!"
The panda nodded quickly and held up a signboard: Yeah, yeah!!
Ranma hit the panda on his head: "YEAH WHAT???!!! IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, OLD MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"What are you all talking about?" A feminine voice suddenly called. For some reason, Nodoka managed to break from Souun's pestering and overheard Ranma's shouting.
"AHHHHHH!!! NOTHING, NOTHING!!" The panda, Ranma, Akane and Kagome smiled innocently. Inuyasha growled in protest.
Ranma tapped Inuyasha on his shoulder and whispered: "Don't give me away, remember?"
Inuyasha glared and rolled his eyes: "FEH! Alright!"
"Tendou-san has explained everything to me. Gomen ne, Inuyasha-kun! You really look like my son." Nodoka said disappointedly. She had missed her son's trace again.
Inuyasha's eyes softened and turned his face to the ground. His mother had passed away long time ago and he missed her terribly. But here, Ranma's mother was still alive and he envied Ranma's fortune to have a mother missing and caring for him.
Kagome knew what he was thinking and held out her hand to his to comfort the hanyou. Inuyasha looked at her gratefully.
"It's ok, Madam Saotome," Inuyasha tried awkwardly to be polite: "He does look like me, except he has black pig-tail and has no dog-ears."
"----And he is very manly!" Akane added.
"You'll definitely see him very soon!" Kagome consoled.
"Really!" Nodoka broke into relief and turned to Souun: "Sorry for troubling you again. Can I stay here overnight?"
"Sure, no problem!" Souun replied.
"Uhh, I think I better get going now, sorry for the interruption," Kagome said and hissed to Inuyasha under her breath: "I'll get your explanations later next time!"
"Wait, what's your name?" Nodoka asked.
"Kagome."
"Are you Inuyasha's girlfriend?"
"Hai."
"Are you both very close?"
"Hai." Kagome replied, feeling awkward, thinking: 'Isn't it the same question?'
"Do you like Inuyasha?"
"Hai." Kagome started to feel bored.
"Do you enjoy talking with Inuyasha?"
"Hai------."
"Do you like chatting with Inuyasha?"
"Hai------.." Kagome started to give the same replies all the way.
"Is Inuyasha= Ranma?"
"Hai.."
"No! No! No!" Inuyasha screamed.
"Oh! So Inuyasha equals to Ranma?" Nodoka chipped.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Inuyasha and Kagome screamed on top of their voices.
"Ha, ha, just kidding," Nodoka laughed. Ranma, Akane, Souun and Genma panda sweated.
Both Inuyasha and Kagome sweated: 'This aunt is terrible.'
"Inuyasha, are you sure you want to stay with Tendou and Saotome tonight?" Kagome whispered.
"I believe your house is safer," Inuyasha whispered back, aloud: "I'm going back to Kagome's home.." He moved to pack his belongings.
Ranma pulled Inuyasha's arm back: "NO! I need you to stay HERE tonight!!!"
"You want me to die in your place?" Inuyasha growled under his breath.
"Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!"
"OK, OK!!" Inuyasha scowled.
"Oh, for celebration (All others thought: What to celebrate?), shall I cook for everyone?" Everyone gleamed in his or her face. Turning to Kagome: "Do please stay here for dinner, Kagome."
Kagome nodded.
"----And Akane, can you help me in the kitchen?" Nodoka continued.
Immediately, the atmosphere became very dull and tense.
"What's wrong with everyone?" Kagome asked Inuyasha.
"Dunno, but I heard Ranma mentions about Akane's cooking is terrible. I'm not sure how TERRIBLE it is."
"I'm having an appointment with my friends today." Nabiki quickly said and sped out of the house.
"Me too!" Ranma/Ranko said, but Akane slammed and locked the door quickly.
"Uh-huh! You're NOT getting away this TIME!"
"What's that you are holding in your arms, Madam?" Kagome asked curiously at the long thing wrapped by her side.
"Oh yes, I forgot to introduce. This is my swor.. Oops!" The sword flew out of her hold and stabbed on the ground between Inuyasha and Ranma.
"Oops! Gomen ne!" Nodoka apologized and pulled the sword out. Inuyasha and Ranma stood stunned. Inuyasha got up silently and went to the bedroom to pack up.
"NOOOOOOOO, INUYASHA, DON'T GO!!!!!!!!!!" Ranma/Ranko screeched and pulled Inuyasha's leg, dragging along the ground. Everyone else stared.
"DON'T STOP ME! I'M GOING TO KAGOME'S HOME NOW!!!" Inuyasha roared.
"Ranko, isn't that you and panda's bedroom? Is Inuyasha sharing the same bedroom as you?" Nodoka asked: "Are you both------."
"----Engaged already?"
A vein popped up on Kagome's forehead.
"Are you stepping two boats at the same time, Inuyasha?" Nodoka asked gravely.
"NO! NO! NO!" Inuyasha and Ranma yelled, waving their hands desperately.
"OH! So, (ignoring Inuyasha and Ranma's protest) I'm right after all? THAT'S WHAT A MANLY MAN SHOULD DO!" Nodoka cried out in joy. Inuyasha and Ranma collapsed onto the ground in shock.
Nodoka continued: "A real man should be very INTERESTED in the opposite gender and take all opportunity to meet more girls!!!"
"Ranma, is this woman really your mother?" Inuyasha whispered exhaustedly to the red-haired girl: "I suspect she's having a screw loose in her mind." Turning to Genma, Inuyasha held a signboard: You better get a second wife now.
Behind Nodoka's back, Ranma hit Inuyasha with a signboard: Don't you dare to insult my mum!
Inuyasha hit back in return with a signboard: Shut up! You and your parents are all weirdoes!
Nodoka turned to them: "What are you both doing?"
"Osuwari!" Kagome said before she could see the wordings on the signboards.
~~SLAM! ~~~~
Both Inuyasha and Ranma's faces slammed flat onto the ground.
The time passed like hell as Nodoka and Akane prepared the dinner in the kitchen.
~~~ BOOM! ~~~
Something exploded and smokes drifted out from the kitchen door. Everyone sweated.
"ALRIGHT! DINNER'S READY!" Akane announced.
Souun and Genma's faces turned pale with death. Ranma hid under the dinner table.
Akane happily held several dishes out to serve. When everyone's sited, she held a piece of beef with her chopstick to Ranma's mouth.
"Here! Try this, Ranko!"
Ranma grabbed the meat and tossed it into Inuyasha's mouth while he was bickering with Kagome. Inuyasha's eyes immediately widened with glistering tears and collapsed to the ground with white foam flowing out of his widely open mouth. All others stared in shock and started to inch away from the dishes.
Kagome shook the unconscious Inuyasha: "Daijoubu, Inuyasha? Wake up!"
Akane whispered: "Sigh! It seems that my cooking is not good enough."
Nodoka petted her shoulder: "Don't worry, Akane, you'll still improve and Ranma will definitely like your cooking."
"Ah ha ha ha," Ranma laughed wearily and thought: 'I think not. I'll be poisoned to death before I does.'
Kasumi touched her own cheek: "Oh my, I think I should cook dinner for everyone."
In the end, Kasumi, Nodoka and Kagome re-prepared the dinner.
That evening, Inuyasha bided farewell reluctantly as Kagome returned home. He was to share the same bedroom with Genma, Ranma and Nodoka.
"What is Saotome Ranma connected to me?" Inuyasha thought as he entered the house, recalling how he had reacted when Kagome shouted the 'sit' word and how he could go after him through the bone-eating well. Everything seemed too weird.
"Is he---------- my reincarnation?" Inuyasha's eyes narrowed deep in his thought as he entered the door into the living room.
"AH! Really, Aunt, you'll be bringing us for shopping tomorrow?!" Ranma squeaked and hugged onto Nodoka girlishly. Akane was grinning awkwardly besides them.
"I guess it was just a coincidence," Inuyasha watched dully: "He doesn't act like me AT ALL."
The bedroom was dark when everyone turned to sleep.
Ranma tossed about in bed, but could not sleep. Unlike normal nights, Inuyasha had disappeared without her notice. Feeling strange, Ranma tiptoed past Nodoka.
"Ranma, where are you?" Nodoka whispered in her sleep with tears glittering between her shuteyes.
"Oka-san." Ranma murmured: "Are you dreaming of me again?"
"Ranma, why, why didn't you act like a man?" Nodoka suddenly shouted and swung her sword around in her sleep. Frightened, Ranma rushed out to sleep in the kitchen.
Nodoka woke up in cold sweat. She looked out of the window. It was a new moon night. Only the stars shone and glittered like shattered jewels in the borderless black sky. She went out to the compound to take some cool air.
An image appeared before her eyes. A slender boy in red with long flowing black hair was sitting on a rock beside the pond, looking up into the moonless sky and was engrossed in his thoughts. He was very young around fifteen or sixteen years old and was of average height. A sword was attached to his waist.
"Ranma, is that you?" Nodoka shuttered hopefully. She remembered it could not be Inuyasha this time as the latter had white hair and furry dog-ears.
The boy's eyes suddenly snapped wide opened as if startled by her sudden voice. He stood up, whirled round and stared at her shocked with his large violet grey eyes. His features reminded her of Ranma when he was young. She did not notice the beaded necklace commonly wore by Inuyasha round his neck.
"Ranma!" Nodoka shouted and ran towards him.
The figure quickly broke into a run and disappeared.
"RANMA!!! Why didn't you want to see me? RANMA!!!!!" Nodoka screamed and ran to the spot where she last saw him. Her shouting awakened the entire household.
Genma (in panda-form) moved into the kitchen and hit Ranma with a signboard: Don't run about the house in your boy-form, stupid! Do you want us both dead?
Ranma returned the hit with other signboard: It's not me, stupid old man!
"Ranma, was that you?" Akane yawned: "Stop playing around, we have to accompany your mother to shop tomorrow." Giving more yawns, she returned back to her bedroom.
Ranma and Genma quietly went out to look for Nodoka.
Nodoka was still standing in the compound, looking at the rock where the boy in red had sat and whispered to herself, determined: 'Ranma must be hiding nearby, he must be thinking of playing hide-and-seek with me. Good, I'll come here more often and get him out of his hiding place!' and she happily returned to sleep.
Behind her, Genma and Ranma hid behind the bushes.
"So how? Mum has suspected we're just around this area." Ranma said.
Genma (in his panda-form) held up a signboard: We might as well give Inuyasha to her as her adopted son to keep her from pestering us.
Genma got a smack on his head by the angry Ranma.
"Yeah, right, and I might as well give YOU to her as her PET panda too!" Ranma growled.
On the rooftop, Inuyasha (in his full human form) squatted in cold sweat, panting in short breath. Nodoka had almost caught up with him.
"I must NEVER, NEVER let anyone, especially Happousai know my weakness on every new moon night!" He thought in fear. Luckily for him, Happousai was out looking for his usual collection the entire day and did not have the opportunity to see him in his weak human form.
TO BE CONTINUE.....
Author's notes:
I've read the two manga to make sure that my fanfic's as accurate as possible; besides, my favourite characters are Ranma and Inuyasha. I also enjoy the funny scenes in Rumiko Takahashi-sensei's works and feel it a waste not to include in crossovers for the two manga. Thank you very much to all who review!!! (
Kyra Windwood: tee hee, don't worry, nothing will happen to Kagome.
notaningen: I've been thinking of the stalking part and make it comical to make it funnier, thankz for ur support!
Lipana: Thanks for correcting me, actually 'cutting wind' is read from somewhere and I just adopt it without much thoughts. I'll try to make sure this won't repeat again.
Lord Cirenmas : Thank you so much for ur support!!
Fang-girl: Thank you so much! P.s. I'll try to be as funny as possible.hee hee
Chibi Ucchan: Thank you so much too!
Meanwhile, this fanfic will still be updating as frequent as possible.
Rating: General
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters from Ranma ½ and Inuyasha. They belong to Rumiko Takahashi-sensei.
Summary:
This fanfic is a sequel from my other fanfic, 'The Tetsusaiga race' (you may look through the list of fanfictions under my profile link on this page by clicking on my nickname).
Determined to know what has happened to Inuyasha 500 years in the past, Ranma brought Inuyasha to his school, hoping to make use of the resources in the library but Inuyasha ended up becoming a student in Fuurinkan High School, feigning as Ranma's long-lost brother. Kagome, Hinako, Gosunkugi, Saotome Nodoka (Ranma's mother), Hojo, Souta and Toufuu are added into this confusion. Humors involved.
SEQUEL TO THE TETSUSAIGA RACE
Chapter Four: Arrival of Ranma's Mother
The atmosphere was strange in the Cat Restaurant. Akane was watching Ranma. Ryouga was watching Akane and Ranma. Kagome was watching Inuyasha and Cologne was watching all of them.
"Oi, baa baa!" Ranma called Cologne: "Can you lend me your ancestor--Sango- sama's book?"
"Hey, you are thinking of asking Sango to translate her book for you, isn't it?" Inuyasha snorted.
"You've seen Sango-sama?" Cologne asked.
"Inuyasha is hiding something from me," Thought Kagome angrily cracking her knuckles: "He even brought someone else to my house without my permission!"
"Sort of," Ranma replied.
"I'll pass it to you some other days, I'm busy right now!" Cologne replied.
"Beef ramen is here!!" Mousse called as he balanced four bowls on a tray. He was wearing glasses, but Inuyasha immediately recognized him as the one who kept hugging him in school, calling him Shampoo. As Mousse placed a bowl before him, he automatically inched a bit further from the man in white.
"Don't worry, Mousse is wearing his glasses now, he won't mistaken you for Shampoo again." Akane reassured him.
"Is this what you called 'glasses'?" Inuyasha asked, pulling Mousse's spectacles from his ears. He had seen such thing when he met Toufuu at his clinic. Why are there so many people wearing that in this time? Was it a fashion to do so?
"Heyyyaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mousse screamed and the tray with the remaining one bowl of ramen slipped. The bowl flew into the sky and landed on Inuyasha's head with a thump. The noodles and soup flowed down his face. He struck a finger and tasted the soup. It smelt of beef and definitely different from the cup instant noodles Kagome had often brought for him in Warring Japan.
"Inuyasha, are you alright?" Ranma and Akane called and they handed him a handichief to clean his face.
Ryouga only stared for a second, then he quickly buried his face in his meal, trying hard not to look at Inuyasha to prevent himself from laughing out loud. Mousse started to look around the floor for his glasses. Feeling guilty, Inuyasha handed him his belonging.
Kagome stared wide-eyed and tried her very best not to laugh out loud. Still, her body shivered uncontrollably and she hid her face even more.
"Your ramen's here, customer!" Shampoo smiled as she placed a bowl on Kagome's table.
Shampoo turned to look at Inuyasha's side and frowned. Inuyasha looked so much like Ranma, but .
"At least, Ranma's still the best!" Shampoo concluded to herself.
"Teme... Saotome....." Mousse growled: "You embarrassed me in the public and especially before my Shampoo!!!!!!" Shampoo kicked Mousse at the back of his head: "Who is YOUR Shampoo, I belong to no one, but RANMA ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (Author sweated: I thought it should be Rumiko Takahashi-sensei.)
"Mousse!! I'm not the one pulling your glasses, it's him!" Ranma cried, pushing Inuyasha before him.
"Uh-oh, is Inuyasha in trouble?" Kagome thought, peeping from her book.
Mousse put on his glasses and took a closer look at Inuyasha: "Another Saotome Ranma?"
Blood veins popped on Ranma's head: "I told you how many times, Mousse, there is only ONE ME!!!!!" He kicked Mousse out of the roof. He fell back with many ropes with hooks attached at the ends and flew his weapons at both Ranma and Inuyasha.
Cologne rolled her eyes and shook her head: "Why are they always fighting whenever they enter my restaurant?"
Akane pulled Inuyasha by his arm to a safe spot and kicked the ropes away: "DON'T YOU DARE TO BULLY THE WEAKER ONES!!!!!"
"Oi, who's the weaker ones?" Inuyasha growled and pulled his arm away from her.
"Oh yes you ARE! You ARE the weakest link!!!" sang Genma with a microphone appearing from nowhere. Inuyasha kicked him out of the roof: "YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO APPEAR AT THIS MOMENT, PANDA!!!!"
"Ouch!" Genma's cry faded away.
Kagome 'sweat dropped'. 'What is this world?'
Genma flew across the sky and landed on the street.
"Sigh! How can I be defeated by a boy who's supposed to be defenseless in his human form??"
Kshash, kshash, kshash.
There was a sudden sound of feet walking along the road round the corner. Afar, Genma saw a familiar face in flowery kimono and a carefully wrapped sword walking towards him. She was very beautiful and elegant at her age and she did not see him. However, Genma's face turned ghostly pale.
"She, she is----." Genma blinked and widened his eyes in fear.
Back to the restaurant, Shampoo replaced another bowl of ramen for Inuyasha.
"How's the taste?" Akane asked.
"Definitely much better than Akane." Ranma began.
Akane held a mallet above Ranma's head, smiling evilly: "Huh-huh! You seem to have a lot of dissatisfaction, don't you? I've been tolerating you for a long, long time---"
"Ah-ha-ha, that's dangerous, Akane!" Ranma tried hard to let Akane cool down her temper: "I'll keep my mouth shut----."
Akane relaxed and kept her mallet. Quickly, Ranma stole her mallet using his yamasen-kan technique.
"--- But Akane's cooking is definitely worse than Shampoo's ramen!" continued Ranma, feeling that he would be safe from Akane's mallet.
~~~~ SLAM ~~~~~~~~~~~
Akane snatched Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga and hit Ranma's head into the ground using its scabbard.
"Hey! That's my sword!" Inuyasha growled and snatched his sword back.
"Ranma, how can you accuse Akane's cooking????" Ryouga growled.
"Cut it out you people, stop quarrelling over nothing, will you?" Mousse sulked.
"HUH!" Ryouga snorted: "I'm going to get justice done for Akane!" He held out his finger, preparing to perform his Bakusai-ten-ketsu. Ranma recognized the danger of the table and quickly kicked Ryouga out of the roof.
"How's our ramen?" Shampoo asked Inuyasha (since it was his first time to try the food in the restaurant), ignoring the chaos.
"Mmmm, taste better than those instant ones which I've ate in my time..." Inuyasha said.
~~~~ SNAPPP ~~~~~~~~
Kagome broke a set of chopsticks between her fingers. That baka! I've painstakeningly brought those instant ramen for you and you dare to say such irresponsible words??????????!!!!!!!!!
TAP! TAP! TAP! TAP! TAP!
Kunou Tatewaki ran with his sword into Neko Restaurant.
"Saotome Ranma!!! Come on out and have a duel with me and if I win, Akane is m." Akane thumped her new mallet on his head and Ranma stepped on his face.
"Kunou, don't you have anything better to do on a Saturday morning?" Ranma asked.
"Huh!" Tatewaki said: "It's time for us to have a final settle..."
"RANMAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kodaichi shrieked. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and sulked. He could not forget the scene that he and Kodaichi were kicked up into the sky by Ranma. He ended up carrying her on his back to the resting room. Luckily, she did not wake up when he rushed out of the room. He did not like to stay too close to her. She reminded him too much of Kagura, although the latter was not as crazy as Kodaichi.
Kodaichi spread her arms and embraced Ranma. Akane conveniently poured a pail of cold water over the boy. Ranma turned into a girl.
"Oops-- I've slipped my hand." Akane rolled her eyes and said expressionlessly.
"You did it PURPOSELY, TOMBOY!!!" Ranma screamed.
~~ SLAMMED ~~~~
Akane gave Ranma another blow using her new mallet from nowhere.
Cologne observed Kagome's reaction. She was not responding to Ranma's change.
"AHHHH??????" Kodaichi screeched at her Ranma's sudden disappearance and reached for Inuyasha instead, thinking he was Saotome Ranma and hugged him.
~Snap~
Kagome broke the same chopsticks angrily at different point between her fingers the second time. That bastard Inuyasha! How dare he accept a hug from other girl like that? Cologne sweated. She felt Kagome's angry aura streaming close to her.
"OI!!!!" Inuyasha shrieked and pushed Kodaichi away: "Look closer! I'm not Ranma!!! I do not have a pig-tail and he is standing right here!!!" He pulled Ranma before him.
Kagome immediately broke into relief. Cologne thought: 'Seems that I'm wrong.' She looked at Inuyasha: 'I wonder how an ancient person in other time make a girlfriend in modern time?'
"It's you again, pig-tailed girl!" Kodaichi rolled her eyes.
"Eh hee!!" Ranma giggled to the dark-faced (with anger) girl.
"MY PIG-TAILED GODNESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tatewaki screamed and leaped towards her, but got a kick in the face instead and flew into the sky.
"Ranma, do you hate me so much?" Kodaichi screamed at Inuyasha: "Why did you kick me away the other time?? TELL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Inuyasha used a finger to scratch his forehead and turned to Ranma: "Shall I reject her for you?"
"You'll regret it if you do," Ranma replied.
"Help me explain this situation, Ranma," Inuyasha growled.
"It'll be hopeless, Inuyasha. She will not believe me." Ranma whispered: "I've explained to her MILLION times and she wouldn't believe that I can change into a girl. And she'll definitely not believe I can disappear without flying through the roof, so she'll rather believe you to be me!"
Inuyasha growled: "Oi, Kodaichi, Ranma's out of the restaurant now! Got it?"
"Yeah, Ranma should be home." Akane began.
"Ai-ren!!" Shampoo hugged the female Ranma.
"....Through the roof!!!!" Akane roared and tossed Ranma by his pigtail out of the restaurant, banged through the roof and flew towards Tendou Martial Arts School.
"Stupid Ranma! Ranma no baka! Dim-wit Ranma!!" Akane scolded under her breath and she stormed out of the restaurant angrily.
"Ranma ai-ren!! I'm gonna find you now!" Shampoo called and ran out.
"Shampoo!! WAIT FOR ME!!!" Mousse screamed and ran after her.
"Oi! Mousse, wait for me!!" Inuyasha panicked and tried to run after him. Kodaichi pulled him back.
"Come, let's go to my house!" She chipped happily.
A swirl of black rose petals flew around the restaurant.
"Wind of reunion!!! Oh ho ho ho ho ho!!!!!!" She threw roses with sleeping powder at Inuyasha, grabbed him and leaped out of the restaurant.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome grasped, tossed out her notes, passed it to Cologne and ran out.
~~~~~ BONKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kodaichi landed flat before Kagome's feet. Inuyasha leaped and dropped on one knee in his hanyou form.
"Keh! Stupid woman! Told you how many times I'm Inuyasha, not." He noticed Kagome's presence.
"Heh?"
"Ohaiyo, Inuyasha."
"So you're Inuyashaaaaaaaa...." Kodaichi screeched and leaped into the air, throwing a present on his hand: "I'll never ever FORGET YOU!!!!"
"What's that for?" Inuyasha opened it.
~~~ BOOMMMMM~~~~
A big hammer popped from the box and banged hard on his head.
A letter fluttered down.
It wrote: This is just a little, little dessert; I'll make sure you'll get the full meal in the long run!
"What a childish and stupid trick." Inuyasha scowled.
The hammer broke and many chains flew out, trapping him onto the ground. A shot of black ink bomb exploded, turning him black.
"Daijoubu, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.
"Keh! Childish!" Came his gruffly reply.
"Inuyasha, I've something to ask you..."
~~~ **** ~~~~
"I'm home!" Ranma called as she fell headfirst into the pond. She pulled herself out. Suddenly, Genma rushed out of the house. Akane reached home a few seconds later.
"Ranma! We have to go on the trip again!!!!" Genma cried and pulled Ranma out of the house with his haversack.
"Saotome-san, where are you going again?" Souun pulled him by his collar.
"Letttme go!!!" Saotome Genma screamed out in fear: "It concerns our LIVES!!!!"
Ranma raised an eyebrow as she poured hot water over her head, turning back to a boy: "Oh? Have you owe someone money? Or you've agitated Happousai that filthy old man?"
"Are the Saotome father and son back from their trip?" A gentle voice called at the doorstep. Ranma and Genma froze.
"Ah! It's Ranma's mother!" Kasumi said.
"Ranma!" Nabiki called: "Aren't you greeting your mother?"
Saotome Nodoka entered the house.
~~~ SPLASH! ~~~
"Good morning, Madam!!" the female Ranma yelled from the pond with a panda, which held a wooden sign: Ohaiyo, Madam!
"Ah! It's Ranko and Panda!" Nodoka laughed. She turned to Akane and Souun.
"Uh... Ano, they have gone out for another trip again." Akane lied.
"This is unfortunate, Madam Saotome. But Saotome san was too determined to make Ranma an expert in martial arts." Souun explained.
Nodoka nodded disappointedly: "Sorry for troubling you all so much.."
"I DIDN'T BRING HIM INTO YOUR HOUSE!!" A boy's voice disrupted her sentence.
"A boy's voice, is that Ranma?" Nodoka beamed hopefully and ran out of the house.
"That's Inuyasha. with a girl?" Ranma and Akane sweated: "Waitt.. Chotto!!" The Tendous and Saotomes followed out.
"Oh, there's going to be an interesting show to watch!" Nabiki squeaked in excitement to the worried looking Kasumi.
Outside the Tendou Martial Arts School, Inuyasha was arguing with Kagome.
"Oh really? Then HOW did he go THROUGH THE WELL and meet Sango-chan???" Kagome scowled angrily.
"STUPID WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAN'T YOU USE YOUR BRAIN AND THINK??? HOW WOULD I KNOW??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Inuyasha shouted.
"PLUS! Does my ramen really suck for you? What are you doing in my time????!! Why are you KEEPING these from ME?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kagome screamed with fiery aura around her.
"You, you've heard EVERYTHING in the restaurant? When did you enter?" Inuyasha grasped.
"From the time when you all start ordering beef ramen!" Kagome shouted.
"When did you become so NOSY????? Who do you think you are? Metanitei Kagome??? I'm NOT your HUSBAND, OK??!!!!! So, STOP FOLLOWING ME!!!!!" Inuyasha shouted.
"Ranma! Is that you??" Nodoka called happily, running out of Tendou Martial Arts School.
"OSUWARIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!" screamed the agitated Kagome.
Inuyasha slammed flat onto the ground.
~~~~ SLAMMMMMMMMMM ~~~~~~~~
Saotome Ranma slammed flat onto the ground.
"Ranma, what are you doing?" Akane stared in surprise. Luckily, she and Ranma were standing behind Nodoka's back and she could not see whom Akane was asking.
"So he's Ranma?" Nodoka asked excitedly, pointing to Inuyasha.
"Chotto Matte-----!" Inuyasha screamed, waving his hands: "It's a misunderstanding!!!"
"Oh, you MUST be Ranma!! How tall you have grown!!!" Nodoka cried out in delight to touch Inuyasha's cheek. Immediately, he inched away and hid behind Kagome's back in fear.
"Eh, it's really a misunderstanding, Madam." Kagome tried to get Inuyasha out of the embarrassed situation: "My friend is Inuyasha, look, (pointing at Inuyasha's hair and ears) he has white hair and dog-ears. Your son is just (pointing at Saotome Ranma's direction).."
"AH~! My name is Ranko, NOT RANMA!!!! How do you do? Oh ho ho ho!!!" Ranma laughed exaggeratedly. She jumped up and pulled Inuyasha and Kagome to a quiet area. The panda and Akane followed. Souun, Kasumi and Nabiki stayed with Nodoka to prevent her from eavesdropping their conversation.
"Hey Inuyasha, don't let my mother know I am her son!" Ranma whispered.
"What do you mean by that?" Inuyasha growled.
Kagome added: "I'm not aware what's going on, but if you (pointing at Ranma) don't admit that you're her son, you'll be dragging Inuyasha into hot soup!"
Akane whispered: "Ranma has his own difficulties. Uncle Saotome has vowed to bring up Ranma as a manly man, if she found that half of him is a female, both Ranma and Uncle Saotome have to commit seppuku!"
The panda nodded quickly and held up a signboard: Yeah, yeah!!
Ranma hit the panda on his head: "YEAH WHAT???!!! IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, OLD MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"What are you all talking about?" A feminine voice suddenly called. For some reason, Nodoka managed to break from Souun's pestering and overheard Ranma's shouting.
"AHHHHHH!!! NOTHING, NOTHING!!" The panda, Ranma, Akane and Kagome smiled innocently. Inuyasha growled in protest.
Ranma tapped Inuyasha on his shoulder and whispered: "Don't give me away, remember?"
Inuyasha glared and rolled his eyes: "FEH! Alright!"
"Tendou-san has explained everything to me. Gomen ne, Inuyasha-kun! You really look like my son." Nodoka said disappointedly. She had missed her son's trace again.
Inuyasha's eyes softened and turned his face to the ground. His mother had passed away long time ago and he missed her terribly. But here, Ranma's mother was still alive and he envied Ranma's fortune to have a mother missing and caring for him.
Kagome knew what he was thinking and held out her hand to his to comfort the hanyou. Inuyasha looked at her gratefully.
"It's ok, Madam Saotome," Inuyasha tried awkwardly to be polite: "He does look like me, except he has black pig-tail and has no dog-ears."
"----And he is very manly!" Akane added.
"You'll definitely see him very soon!" Kagome consoled.
"Really!" Nodoka broke into relief and turned to Souun: "Sorry for troubling you again. Can I stay here overnight?"
"Sure, no problem!" Souun replied.
"Uhh, I think I better get going now, sorry for the interruption," Kagome said and hissed to Inuyasha under her breath: "I'll get your explanations later next time!"
"Wait, what's your name?" Nodoka asked.
"Kagome."
"Are you Inuyasha's girlfriend?"
"Hai."
"Are you both very close?"
"Hai." Kagome replied, feeling awkward, thinking: 'Isn't it the same question?'
"Do you like Inuyasha?"
"Hai." Kagome started to feel bored.
"Do you enjoy talking with Inuyasha?"
"Hai------."
"Do you like chatting with Inuyasha?"
"Hai------.." Kagome started to give the same replies all the way.
"Is Inuyasha= Ranma?"
"Hai.."
"No! No! No!" Inuyasha screamed.
"Oh! So Inuyasha equals to Ranma?" Nodoka chipped.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Inuyasha and Kagome screamed on top of their voices.
"Ha, ha, just kidding," Nodoka laughed. Ranma, Akane, Souun and Genma panda sweated.
Both Inuyasha and Kagome sweated: 'This aunt is terrible.'
"Inuyasha, are you sure you want to stay with Tendou and Saotome tonight?" Kagome whispered.
"I believe your house is safer," Inuyasha whispered back, aloud: "I'm going back to Kagome's home.." He moved to pack his belongings.
Ranma pulled Inuyasha's arm back: "NO! I need you to stay HERE tonight!!!"
"You want me to die in your place?" Inuyasha growled under his breath.
"Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!"
"OK, OK!!" Inuyasha scowled.
"Oh, for celebration (All others thought: What to celebrate?), shall I cook for everyone?" Everyone gleamed in his or her face. Turning to Kagome: "Do please stay here for dinner, Kagome."
Kagome nodded.
"----And Akane, can you help me in the kitchen?" Nodoka continued.
Immediately, the atmosphere became very dull and tense.
"What's wrong with everyone?" Kagome asked Inuyasha.
"Dunno, but I heard Ranma mentions about Akane's cooking is terrible. I'm not sure how TERRIBLE it is."
"I'm having an appointment with my friends today." Nabiki quickly said and sped out of the house.
"Me too!" Ranma/Ranko said, but Akane slammed and locked the door quickly.
"Uh-huh! You're NOT getting away this TIME!"
"What's that you are holding in your arms, Madam?" Kagome asked curiously at the long thing wrapped by her side.
"Oh yes, I forgot to introduce. This is my swor.. Oops!" The sword flew out of her hold and stabbed on the ground between Inuyasha and Ranma.
"Oops! Gomen ne!" Nodoka apologized and pulled the sword out. Inuyasha and Ranma stood stunned. Inuyasha got up silently and went to the bedroom to pack up.
"NOOOOOOOO, INUYASHA, DON'T GO!!!!!!!!!!" Ranma/Ranko screeched and pulled Inuyasha's leg, dragging along the ground. Everyone else stared.
"DON'T STOP ME! I'M GOING TO KAGOME'S HOME NOW!!!" Inuyasha roared.
"Ranko, isn't that you and panda's bedroom? Is Inuyasha sharing the same bedroom as you?" Nodoka asked: "Are you both------."
"----Engaged already?"
A vein popped up on Kagome's forehead.
"Are you stepping two boats at the same time, Inuyasha?" Nodoka asked gravely.
"NO! NO! NO!" Inuyasha and Ranma yelled, waving their hands desperately.
"OH! So, (ignoring Inuyasha and Ranma's protest) I'm right after all? THAT'S WHAT A MANLY MAN SHOULD DO!" Nodoka cried out in joy. Inuyasha and Ranma collapsed onto the ground in shock.
Nodoka continued: "A real man should be very INTERESTED in the opposite gender and take all opportunity to meet more girls!!!"
"Ranma, is this woman really your mother?" Inuyasha whispered exhaustedly to the red-haired girl: "I suspect she's having a screw loose in her mind." Turning to Genma, Inuyasha held a signboard: You better get a second wife now.
Behind Nodoka's back, Ranma hit Inuyasha with a signboard: Don't you dare to insult my mum!
Inuyasha hit back in return with a signboard: Shut up! You and your parents are all weirdoes!
Nodoka turned to them: "What are you both doing?"
"Osuwari!" Kagome said before she could see the wordings on the signboards.
~~SLAM! ~~~~
Both Inuyasha and Ranma's faces slammed flat onto the ground.
The time passed like hell as Nodoka and Akane prepared the dinner in the kitchen.
~~~ BOOM! ~~~
Something exploded and smokes drifted out from the kitchen door. Everyone sweated.
"ALRIGHT! DINNER'S READY!" Akane announced.
Souun and Genma's faces turned pale with death. Ranma hid under the dinner table.
Akane happily held several dishes out to serve. When everyone's sited, she held a piece of beef with her chopstick to Ranma's mouth.
"Here! Try this, Ranko!"
Ranma grabbed the meat and tossed it into Inuyasha's mouth while he was bickering with Kagome. Inuyasha's eyes immediately widened with glistering tears and collapsed to the ground with white foam flowing out of his widely open mouth. All others stared in shock and started to inch away from the dishes.
Kagome shook the unconscious Inuyasha: "Daijoubu, Inuyasha? Wake up!"
Akane whispered: "Sigh! It seems that my cooking is not good enough."
Nodoka petted her shoulder: "Don't worry, Akane, you'll still improve and Ranma will definitely like your cooking."
"Ah ha ha ha," Ranma laughed wearily and thought: 'I think not. I'll be poisoned to death before I does.'
Kasumi touched her own cheek: "Oh my, I think I should cook dinner for everyone."
In the end, Kasumi, Nodoka and Kagome re-prepared the dinner.
That evening, Inuyasha bided farewell reluctantly as Kagome returned home. He was to share the same bedroom with Genma, Ranma and Nodoka.
"What is Saotome Ranma connected to me?" Inuyasha thought as he entered the house, recalling how he had reacted when Kagome shouted the 'sit' word and how he could go after him through the bone-eating well. Everything seemed too weird.
"Is he---------- my reincarnation?" Inuyasha's eyes narrowed deep in his thought as he entered the door into the living room.
"AH! Really, Aunt, you'll be bringing us for shopping tomorrow?!" Ranma squeaked and hugged onto Nodoka girlishly. Akane was grinning awkwardly besides them.
"I guess it was just a coincidence," Inuyasha watched dully: "He doesn't act like me AT ALL."
The bedroom was dark when everyone turned to sleep.
Ranma tossed about in bed, but could not sleep. Unlike normal nights, Inuyasha had disappeared without her notice. Feeling strange, Ranma tiptoed past Nodoka.
"Ranma, where are you?" Nodoka whispered in her sleep with tears glittering between her shuteyes.
"Oka-san." Ranma murmured: "Are you dreaming of me again?"
"Ranma, why, why didn't you act like a man?" Nodoka suddenly shouted and swung her sword around in her sleep. Frightened, Ranma rushed out to sleep in the kitchen.
Nodoka woke up in cold sweat. She looked out of the window. It was a new moon night. Only the stars shone and glittered like shattered jewels in the borderless black sky. She went out to the compound to take some cool air.
An image appeared before her eyes. A slender boy in red with long flowing black hair was sitting on a rock beside the pond, looking up into the moonless sky and was engrossed in his thoughts. He was very young around fifteen or sixteen years old and was of average height. A sword was attached to his waist.
"Ranma, is that you?" Nodoka shuttered hopefully. She remembered it could not be Inuyasha this time as the latter had white hair and furry dog-ears.
The boy's eyes suddenly snapped wide opened as if startled by her sudden voice. He stood up, whirled round and stared at her shocked with his large violet grey eyes. His features reminded her of Ranma when he was young. She did not notice the beaded necklace commonly wore by Inuyasha round his neck.
"Ranma!" Nodoka shouted and ran towards him.
The figure quickly broke into a run and disappeared.
"RANMA!!! Why didn't you want to see me? RANMA!!!!!" Nodoka screamed and ran to the spot where she last saw him. Her shouting awakened the entire household.
Genma (in panda-form) moved into the kitchen and hit Ranma with a signboard: Don't run about the house in your boy-form, stupid! Do you want us both dead?
Ranma returned the hit with other signboard: It's not me, stupid old man!
"Ranma, was that you?" Akane yawned: "Stop playing around, we have to accompany your mother to shop tomorrow." Giving more yawns, she returned back to her bedroom.
Ranma and Genma quietly went out to look for Nodoka.
Nodoka was still standing in the compound, looking at the rock where the boy in red had sat and whispered to herself, determined: 'Ranma must be hiding nearby, he must be thinking of playing hide-and-seek with me. Good, I'll come here more often and get him out of his hiding place!' and she happily returned to sleep.
Behind her, Genma and Ranma hid behind the bushes.
"So how? Mum has suspected we're just around this area." Ranma said.
Genma (in his panda-form) held up a signboard: We might as well give Inuyasha to her as her adopted son to keep her from pestering us.
Genma got a smack on his head by the angry Ranma.
"Yeah, right, and I might as well give YOU to her as her PET panda too!" Ranma growled.
On the rooftop, Inuyasha (in his full human form) squatted in cold sweat, panting in short breath. Nodoka had almost caught up with him.
"I must NEVER, NEVER let anyone, especially Happousai know my weakness on every new moon night!" He thought in fear. Luckily for him, Happousai was out looking for his usual collection the entire day and did not have the opportunity to see him in his weak human form.
TO BE CONTINUE.....
Author's notes:
I've read the two manga to make sure that my fanfic's as accurate as possible; besides, my favourite characters are Ranma and Inuyasha. I also enjoy the funny scenes in Rumiko Takahashi-sensei's works and feel it a waste not to include in crossovers for the two manga. Thank you very much to all who review!!! (
Kyra Windwood: tee hee, don't worry, nothing will happen to Kagome.
notaningen: I've been thinking of the stalking part and make it comical to make it funnier, thankz for ur support!
Lipana: Thanks for correcting me, actually 'cutting wind' is read from somewhere and I just adopt it without much thoughts. I'll try to make sure this won't repeat again.
Lord Cirenmas : Thank you so much for ur support!!
Fang-girl: Thank you so much! P.s. I'll try to be as funny as possible.hee hee
Chibi Ucchan: Thank you so much too!
Meanwhile, this fanfic will still be updating as frequent as possible.