obi: -.-;; yes, yes. That's right. I'm a lazy-bone, a good-for-nothing. However, that still didn't deter me from getting an update for this fanfic in such a long period of time. Anyway, just enjoy this chapter and I'll see you again, er, ...next year. ^^;; (haha. jk)
"Express Mail!"
Slowly, a gigantic panda waddled out from within the Tendo Dojo. As the mailman stood in shock, the panda scribbled a signature before taking the letter. Once in the family living room, the panda tore open the letter. Scanning the contents quickly, the panda's expression turned to one of delight, yet troubled at the same time. Hot water splashed, and the panda transformed into a man in his middle age. The man took a deep breath-
"RANMA!!" -and a shout was heard throughout the whole neighborhood.
Life Forever Changed, Or Is It?
By sunflowerobi
Ch.2: Missed
Ranma came in and leapt onto his father's head. "Yo! Oyaji! What's up?"
Genma Saotome's temper flared, but he managed to keep it at bay. "Get down from there!" he patiently commanded.
Interest sparked in Ranma as he obeyed his father's command, as it's rarely that his oyaji would wanted to waste his time talking.
"Remember that letter I made you write last week? The letter to that girl, Kagome Higurashi?" Genma started straight off.
"Yeah? What about it?"
"Then I must ask you: Do you remember the content?" Genma leaned in, as if suddenly excited.
"Something about....me inviting her to stay here with me...at Tendo Dojo in Nerima, where we are right at this moment...?"
Genma nodded with his eyes closed. "Exactly."
Ranma's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. "What do mean exactly, 'Exactly'?!"
Peering at Ranma with an eye open, Genma said, "That means, you're going to pick her up at the bus station tomorrow, at noon."
Dumping at a glass of cold water on the man, Ranma clenched his hands in fist at the other. "I can't believe you!" With that, he stomped out of the room, sulking.
//Although it will be a nice change. IF the girl's sane, that is.//
***The Next Day, At Noon***
"Kagome!! Do you have your clothes?"
Kagome sighed. "Yes, mama."
Silence, then-
"Kagome!! Do you have your toothbrush?"
*sigh* "Hai, kaa-san."
"Kagome-!!"
"YES, MOM!!! I HAVE EVERYTHING!!!" Kagome shouted at the top of her lungs, tired of this...this 'conversation' they had ever since she woke up that morning.
"Geez. It's not like I'm going to live there. Just a weekend!" Kagome muttered under her breath as she stomped downstair.
"Geez, you think?" Souta mumbled from behind.
The girl turned around. "What do you know that I don't?" she demanded with a glare.
"Hmm? I don't." Souta looked at his sister with an innocent smile.
Sighing, Kagome continued walking downstairs with a duffel bag in hand. "Well, I must be off."
"Have fun!" Souta called.
"Like fun I will." Kagome muttered as she walked towards the nearest bus stop.
***Tendo Dojo, Sometime Later...***
"RANMA!!" Genma yelled in his son's ears.
"YES, YES!! I'M OFF!!!" Startled, Ranma ran down the hall and into the streets, heading towards the nearest bus stop.
"Saotome-san? Where is Ranma going?" Kasumi looked at the man with questioning eyes.
"Ahhh... He's on an errand." The man looked at the place where he had last saw his son.
Kasumi also looked in the same direction. "Hopefully he'll return soon, because lunch is almost ready."
"Yes, hopefully." Genma sighed.
"ANYONE HOME?" A girl's voice yelled at the top of her lungs from the direction of the main door.
Immediately, Kasumi and Nabiki, who had rushed down from upstairs in the speed of light, ran to the front door to answer whoever it was. Deciding not to followed, Genma sipped at his cup of hot tea.
"Yes?" Kasumi questioned, staring not-so-obviously at the raven-haired girl, studying the other's appearance.
"Um...I'm Kagome Higurashi, and..." the girl looked down at a slip of paper in her hand. She looked up at them, "According to my mother, I'm supposed to find a guy named...Ranma Saotome."
Nabiki whistled. "Another one, eh?"
Slightly panicking, yet not so obvious, Kasumi looked at Nabiki. "Please, Nabiki, she's just a guest!"
Nabiki scoffed, her arms crossed behind her head. "Yeah, right. Just another 'guest', eh?"
Frowning slightly at her younger sister, Kasumi turned to the guest. "Please pardon my younger sister's behaviour, Kagome. And, I'm sorry to say, but Ranma just ran off on an errand."
"Oh," the girl just whispered, before her face broke into a smile. "It's all right. I can wait, I suppose, if it's not much problem?" she asked, cocking her head on the side.
Kasumi just had to smile at this girl. //She's just so different from the others. She looks so...innocent, and polite.// "Of course it's not a problem!" she exclaimed. "This way, if you please."
Still smiling, Kagome followed at a slow pace. "Thank you."
***At a Certain Bus Stop, 15 minutes Later...***
Ranma's stomach growled. Glaring at his stomach, Ranma internally dared his stomach to growl and further embarrass him again. //...What the heck?! It's been FIFTEEN DAMN MINUTES!!//
*grrr*
Giving another growl, Ranma's stomach protested for food. Blushing, Ranma threatened his stomach to growl again, because if it did, he's going to kill it.
*grrr*
Or, maybe not. If he DID kill his stomach, he's going to die. Glancing around for any signs of the girl he's supposed to be looking for, Ranma debated the chances of going back to Tendo Dojo to grab a bite.
Another 5 minutes passed...
Growling like a ferocious beast (or more like a certain hanyou), Ranma stood up from his perch at the bus stop and bouced readily home.
FOOD!! FOOD!! His mind whirled with the wonderous taste of food in his mouth.
Sadly, as he had yet to learn, Ranma's twenty minutes of patient waiting was wasted.
***Meanwhile...***
"So, you said your name was Kagome Higurashi?" Soun Tendo asked, barking with laughter. Genma, his life-long buddy, laughed along at some unseeing joke.
Nodding silently, Kagome stared at the food displayed before her.
"And your business here?" Soun pressed on.
Kagome hesitated. Should she tell them? But then again, why not? "...To find a guy...named Ranma Saotome," she mumbled.
Soun and Genma stopped laughing, and the household suddenly seemed chilly. Everyone stared at Kagome. It was so quiet that you can hear a pin drop. The girl who had remained silent during the whole dinner, Akane or whatever her name is, had her chopsticks broke into four pieces.
//Did I...did I said anything wrong?//
As if on cue, a male voice called out from the front door. "Tadaima!"
Pit-patting, footsteps can be heard walking to their direction. A guy appeared. Everyone, in unison, turned to stare at him.
Kagome's eyes widened. //I-Inuyasha?!//
***
Ranma could feel the pressure of everyone's staring; especially Akane's, since she seems really mad at him for some unknown reasons. Turning to observe the others, he raised his eyebrows when he spotted a new face.
"Who are you?" he asked, and turning to the others, "Can I have something to eat? I'm starved."
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TRANSLATIONS:
-oyaji: a crude/masculine way of saying father. viz translated it as "pop". Ranma and Inuyasha said this quite a lot when referring to their respected fathers.
-hai: yes.
-kaa-san: mom, mother.
-tadaima: I'm home!
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A/N: YES!! AN EVIL CLIFFHANGER!!!!! ...So how will Soun react? Bawling? Transforming into the evil snake? Yelling at Ranma? ....hmmm...How will AKANE react? And Inuyasha? And Sesshoumaru? -wait, he's not in this fic. *scratch Sesshoumaru* JUST REVIEW AND YOU'LL GET YOUR DESPERATE ANSWERS!!! ^^v (PEACE~!)
"Express Mail!"
Slowly, a gigantic panda waddled out from within the Tendo Dojo. As the mailman stood in shock, the panda scribbled a signature before taking the letter. Once in the family living room, the panda tore open the letter. Scanning the contents quickly, the panda's expression turned to one of delight, yet troubled at the same time. Hot water splashed, and the panda transformed into a man in his middle age. The man took a deep breath-
"RANMA!!" -and a shout was heard throughout the whole neighborhood.
Life Forever Changed, Or Is It?
By sunflowerobi
Ch.2: Missed
Ranma came in and leapt onto his father's head. "Yo! Oyaji! What's up?"
Genma Saotome's temper flared, but he managed to keep it at bay. "Get down from there!" he patiently commanded.
Interest sparked in Ranma as he obeyed his father's command, as it's rarely that his oyaji would wanted to waste his time talking.
"Remember that letter I made you write last week? The letter to that girl, Kagome Higurashi?" Genma started straight off.
"Yeah? What about it?"
"Then I must ask you: Do you remember the content?" Genma leaned in, as if suddenly excited.
"Something about....me inviting her to stay here with me...at Tendo Dojo in Nerima, where we are right at this moment...?"
Genma nodded with his eyes closed. "Exactly."
Ranma's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. "What do mean exactly, 'Exactly'?!"
Peering at Ranma with an eye open, Genma said, "That means, you're going to pick her up at the bus station tomorrow, at noon."
Dumping at a glass of cold water on the man, Ranma clenched his hands in fist at the other. "I can't believe you!" With that, he stomped out of the room, sulking.
//Although it will be a nice change. IF the girl's sane, that is.//
***The Next Day, At Noon***
"Kagome!! Do you have your clothes?"
Kagome sighed. "Yes, mama."
Silence, then-
"Kagome!! Do you have your toothbrush?"
*sigh* "Hai, kaa-san."
"Kagome-!!"
"YES, MOM!!! I HAVE EVERYTHING!!!" Kagome shouted at the top of her lungs, tired of this...this 'conversation' they had ever since she woke up that morning.
"Geez. It's not like I'm going to live there. Just a weekend!" Kagome muttered under her breath as she stomped downstair.
"Geez, you think?" Souta mumbled from behind.
The girl turned around. "What do you know that I don't?" she demanded with a glare.
"Hmm? I don't." Souta looked at his sister with an innocent smile.
Sighing, Kagome continued walking downstairs with a duffel bag in hand. "Well, I must be off."
"Have fun!" Souta called.
"Like fun I will." Kagome muttered as she walked towards the nearest bus stop.
***Tendo Dojo, Sometime Later...***
"RANMA!!" Genma yelled in his son's ears.
"YES, YES!! I'M OFF!!!" Startled, Ranma ran down the hall and into the streets, heading towards the nearest bus stop.
"Saotome-san? Where is Ranma going?" Kasumi looked at the man with questioning eyes.
"Ahhh... He's on an errand." The man looked at the place where he had last saw his son.
Kasumi also looked in the same direction. "Hopefully he'll return soon, because lunch is almost ready."
"Yes, hopefully." Genma sighed.
"ANYONE HOME?" A girl's voice yelled at the top of her lungs from the direction of the main door.
Immediately, Kasumi and Nabiki, who had rushed down from upstairs in the speed of light, ran to the front door to answer whoever it was. Deciding not to followed, Genma sipped at his cup of hot tea.
"Yes?" Kasumi questioned, staring not-so-obviously at the raven-haired girl, studying the other's appearance.
"Um...I'm Kagome Higurashi, and..." the girl looked down at a slip of paper in her hand. She looked up at them, "According to my mother, I'm supposed to find a guy named...Ranma Saotome."
Nabiki whistled. "Another one, eh?"
Slightly panicking, yet not so obvious, Kasumi looked at Nabiki. "Please, Nabiki, she's just a guest!"
Nabiki scoffed, her arms crossed behind her head. "Yeah, right. Just another 'guest', eh?"
Frowning slightly at her younger sister, Kasumi turned to the guest. "Please pardon my younger sister's behaviour, Kagome. And, I'm sorry to say, but Ranma just ran off on an errand."
"Oh," the girl just whispered, before her face broke into a smile. "It's all right. I can wait, I suppose, if it's not much problem?" she asked, cocking her head on the side.
Kasumi just had to smile at this girl. //She's just so different from the others. She looks so...innocent, and polite.// "Of course it's not a problem!" she exclaimed. "This way, if you please."
Still smiling, Kagome followed at a slow pace. "Thank you."
***At a Certain Bus Stop, 15 minutes Later...***
Ranma's stomach growled. Glaring at his stomach, Ranma internally dared his stomach to growl and further embarrass him again. //...What the heck?! It's been FIFTEEN DAMN MINUTES!!//
*grrr*
Giving another growl, Ranma's stomach protested for food. Blushing, Ranma threatened his stomach to growl again, because if it did, he's going to kill it.
*grrr*
Or, maybe not. If he DID kill his stomach, he's going to die. Glancing around for any signs of the girl he's supposed to be looking for, Ranma debated the chances of going back to Tendo Dojo to grab a bite.
Another 5 minutes passed...
Growling like a ferocious beast (or more like a certain hanyou), Ranma stood up from his perch at the bus stop and bouced readily home.
FOOD!! FOOD!! His mind whirled with the wonderous taste of food in his mouth.
Sadly, as he had yet to learn, Ranma's twenty minutes of patient waiting was wasted.
***Meanwhile...***
"So, you said your name was Kagome Higurashi?" Soun Tendo asked, barking with laughter. Genma, his life-long buddy, laughed along at some unseeing joke.
Nodding silently, Kagome stared at the food displayed before her.
"And your business here?" Soun pressed on.
Kagome hesitated. Should she tell them? But then again, why not? "...To find a guy...named Ranma Saotome," she mumbled.
Soun and Genma stopped laughing, and the household suddenly seemed chilly. Everyone stared at Kagome. It was so quiet that you can hear a pin drop. The girl who had remained silent during the whole dinner, Akane or whatever her name is, had her chopsticks broke into four pieces.
//Did I...did I said anything wrong?//
As if on cue, a male voice called out from the front door. "Tadaima!"
Pit-patting, footsteps can be heard walking to their direction. A guy appeared. Everyone, in unison, turned to stare at him.
Kagome's eyes widened. //I-Inuyasha?!//
***
Ranma could feel the pressure of everyone's staring; especially Akane's, since she seems really mad at him for some unknown reasons. Turning to observe the others, he raised his eyebrows when he spotted a new face.
"Who are you?" he asked, and turning to the others, "Can I have something to eat? I'm starved."
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TRANSLATIONS:
-oyaji: a crude/masculine way of saying father. viz translated it as "pop". Ranma and Inuyasha said this quite a lot when referring to their respected fathers.
-hai: yes.
-kaa-san: mom, mother.
-tadaima: I'm home!
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A/N: YES!! AN EVIL CLIFFHANGER!!!!! ...So how will Soun react? Bawling? Transforming into the evil snake? Yelling at Ranma? ....hmmm...How will AKANE react? And Inuyasha? And Sesshoumaru? -wait, he's not in this fic. *scratch Sesshoumaru* JUST REVIEW AND YOU'LL GET YOUR DESPERATE ANSWERS!!! ^^v (PEACE~!)