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A/N: People reviewed! Thank you so much!
Kiyoko: I am very busy and not that good at typing so it is hard for me to make the chapters much longer than they are. But as a reward for reviewing my story, this chapter will be extra long!
Kagomewannabe: I shall try to put in more dialect between Inuyasha and Akane. I know that many people hate the idea of Kagome and Inuyasha not being together, but ten gazillion fics have been written with that pairing, and I'm sick of it. Besides, I think Inuyasha and Akane make a cute coupleJ. Don't worry, Kagome won't be lonely.
Chapter 4: Interesting discoveries
"Dinner is ready!" Kasumi shouted.
Kagome walked with Ranma to the dining room.
'There's something wrong with this girl, but I just can't put my finger on it' Kagome thought as she watched Ranma out of the corner of her eye.
Meanwhile, Inuyasha and Akane where still talking, the subject of their discussion now shifted to the people they had to put up with.
"I tell you she never stops whining, it's her only talent I swear!" Inuyasha told Akane.
"I know, Ranma's exactly the same, I mean, he's a good fighter and all, but he's so lazy!"
"Wait a minute Akane, isn't Ranma a girl?"
"Oh!... um, yes….I mean, he is.. SHE is!" Akane stuttered.
"Well, I guess it's pretty easy to mistake her for a guy with the way she acts!" Inuyasha joked.
"Y-yes, exactly!" Akane replied, laughing at the joke and hastily changing the subject. "So Inuyasha, tell me about your sword!" She said, spotting the enchanted blade Inuyasha was holding, having refused to pack it in with the luggage.
"Oh, this….my father gave it to me."
"What style do you train in, Kendo?"
"Nothing in particular, I just sort of swing it around…"
"Oh..."
"I do know some attacks though, but I don't think I should demonstrate, there wouldn't be a dojo left if I did."
"Can I see it?" Akane asked, curious of how a sword could have so much power.
"Sure, but be careful." Inuyasha did not know why, but for some reason he trusted this girl, even enough to let her hold the tetsuaiga. Akane took the sword from Inuyasha, unsheathed it, and looked in wonder at the ancient blade.
"Can this thing even cut paper? I thought this sword was supposed to be dangerous."
"It is!" said Inuyasha, annoyed that the sword looked so useless in its normal state. "Here, let me hold it."
Inuyasha reached out to grab tetsuaiga but was interrupted by Kasumi.
"Hey you two, aren't you going to eat?"
"Oh, yeah! We're coming" said Akane, putting tetsuaiga back in its sheath.
"Come on Inuyasha" she said, handing him the sword, "I'll bet the food's getting cold."
~*~*~*
After dinner, everyone went upstairs to sleep after a long day, that is, everyone except Ranma. He went up to take a bath, being quite tired of being a girl. While soaking in the warm water which he loved so much, Ranma pondered the new guests.
'That one girl…Kagome I think her name was….she was so cute…'
He thought for a while more, then went to bed, trying not to think of how he would have to explain his sudden change of gender.
~*~*~*
The next morning, Ranma woke up early, poured cold water on himself, and went to Kagome's room.
"Oi…. Kagome" he whispered, careful not to wake her mother.
Kagome opened her eyes just a little bit to see Ranma kneeling over her.
"What is it Ranma" she said, a little annoyed that Ranma had woken her up so early.
"Shhhhhh…..come on, I want to show you something"
Kagome sat up groggily, then got to her feet and started to follow Ranma outside, still confused and very tired.
As they walked, Ranma thought to himself, 'Well, she's probably gonna freak, but it's best to tell her now, rather than later when she'll be mad at me for not telling her.'
He quickly grabbed a kettle from the kitchen and gestured for Kagome to follow him to the small pond in the backyard.
"Now Kagome..." he said, sounding very serious "Whatever you do, don't scream…or run away." Having said that he poured the hot water on himself and reverted to his usual male form. Kagome would have screamed, but Ranma had said not to, so she just looked at him in absolute awe and confusion.
"What just happened?!"
~*~*~*
Akane got up and dressed in her jogging outfit.
"I wonder if Inuyasha would want to join me?" she thought to herself out loud. Deciding that he probably would, she went to go get him. She knocked on his door and, hearing no answer, decided to go inside and take a look. The room was fairly small and sunlight had begun to dapple the floor. Inuyasha had just thrown his clothes on the floor, and it was the one contrast to the otherwise clean room.
'Boys are so messy' she thought as she picked up his silver and white bandanna off the floor. Inuyasha had the covers pulled tightly over his head.
"Inuyasha….. Inuyasha….." she tried shaking him a little but he did not want to get up and just grumbled in his sleep. Akane let out a frustrated sigh and forcefully pulled the covers off of his head.
"Inuyasha if you don't wake up I'll-" Akane stopped abruptly at the sight of some thing completely unexpected.
~*~*~*
Kagome looked in complete shock at the girl turned boy standing in front of her.
"W-what...h-how did you…"
"Well…you see…
One explanation later…
"So you turn into a girl when cold water is splashed on you and hot water reverses the effect."
"Yes, that's why I was so mad at Akane yesterday; she splashed cold water on me when I was in the middle of fighting this guy named Kuno who happens to be in love with my female half."
To Ranma's utter disbelief, Kagome started laughing her head off.
"What's so funny?" he asked, slightly irritated at Kagome's reaction.
"The thought of a boy that turns into a girl" said Kagome, practically shaking with laughter.
"It's not funny!" shouted Ranma, although he was glad that she wasn't disgusted or angry at him.
'She really is nice…' Ranma thought as he watched her laugh, the morning breeze playing with her hair.
A/N: I know you're all probably wondering what's going on with Akane and Inuyasha, don't worry, that's all going to be explained in the next chapter. I hope this was long enough for all you greedy readers out there; it took me a whole hour to type. Now, press that cute little blue button at the bottom of the page and review……or else!
