"Father, I think we should allow Slen. Stay with us." Kasumi said.
"It's Selene." Ranma corrected.
"Oh." Kasumi looked a bit embarrassed. "Well, I still think Selene should stay with us." Kasumi was looking at Soun with pleading eyes. "You do owe her father."
"Yeah. I mean if Selene were your daughter and you had asked a friend, who did have a lot of debts, to take her in wouldn't you expect the person to do it?" Akane asked.
"Well, I would but..." Soun said looking off into space.
"BUT WHAT!?!?!" Akane screamed. Soun had magically transported himself to the other side of the room and into a corner...he was crying. Muttering how Akane had just yelled at him. "Oh, quit blubbering you cry baby."
"Well, dad." Nabiki said holding up her hands in defeat. Kasumi was with her father, soothing him. "I think you have only one choice. And that's to allow Selene to live with us."
"Ok, fine." Soun said he had apparently calmed down. "Why don't someone go and find her." A silence fell, and no one moved an inch.
"Oh, I'll go find her." Ranma immediately stood and was walking out of the door. "She couldn't have gone far." He was walking along the outside of the main living area. Before he walked down and jumped into the air. He saw her back; she was sitting directly over the bedrooms. Her head was looking at the moon, and he thought he heard her muttering something. "Hey, Selene." He said softly, as he sat down next to her. "They've got their decision." His hand was on her shoulder, in a kind and reassuring way. "Come on." Slowly Selene got up. She followed Ranma across the roof, and when they reached the living room area they jumped down.
"Hello." Soun said slowly. "We have made our decision." Selene began to laugh, mostly to herself, but Soun heard her. "What's so funny?"
"All of this. You make it sound as if I was awaiting a death sentence." Selene said she was still half laughing.
"Ya know...she is kind of right." Ranma said over laughs.
"Well," Soun cleared his throat. "You are more than welcome to stay with us, Selene." Selene was smiling, and saying thanks to them.
"I never meant to be such a hassle for you guys, it was my father." Selene confessed. "He told me that you guys were to only the Tendos and the Saotomes were the only people that I could go to. Though I don't know why, that's what he said." Selene tried to smile, but it turned out to be one of great sorrow.
Kasumi seemed to have noticed and said, "Why don't I go show you to your room?" The girl sitting next to Soun stood up. Selene saw an apron tied around her, a yellow shirt, a pink skirt, and her brown hair was in a ponytail that she styled so it went over her shoulder. "Do you have an luggage that you need tonight?" She asked kindly.
"No, I'm fine." Selene followed the girl down the hall. She pasted a door with a sign saying Akane, before the girl in front of her stopped.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know anyone was coming so the room might be a little dusty, but it's the only room right now." The girl said. "I'm Kasumi by the way." She held out her hand and Selene took it and shook. "The girl with the short brown hair is Nabiki, and the one with short blue hair is Akane, my youngest sister." Kasumi explained. "You'll be going to school with those two and Ranma. You already know him so I won't have to explain."
"Can you tell me where I can shower?" Selene asked as Kasumi began walking down the hall. Kasumi kindly told Selene and Selene walked into her room. It was completely furnished and was spotless; Selene thought that it was their guest room. 'I'll have to ask them if I can install a bunch of electronics.' She thought examining the room. She threw her bag on the bed and pulled out some clothes from inside. A pair of black, baggy, silk pants and a black shirt that went to the elbow and flared out, along with some undergarments. She walked to where Kasumi had told her the bathroom would be, she walked through the first door and saw that someone was in there. She walked back out and waited until the person got out.
She sat down by the door outside and leaned her head against the wall. She breathed deeply and lifted her right hand. She examined it, and then started making hand gestures. Pretty soon a ball of sparkling energy formed and Selene began to play with it. She placed it in the air between her hands and made it grow in size when she expanded the distance between her hands. It changed designs when her hands changed positions and shrank when she reduced the distance of her hands.
Ranma was standing next to her, he hand just come out of the shower and stood mesmerized by what Selene was doing. Then he saw her throw her hands in the air, and it sent the ball of energy into the air. A few seconds later it exploded into a glittering curtain of energy. Ranma's hands began to clap and made Selene jump. She stood there staring at Ranma; she didn't know that he was there when she played with the energy ball. "How did you do that?"
"Do what?" Selene asked looking everywhere but at Ranma.
"The thing with the ball of glitter." Ranma told her.
"It was a ball of energy or ki however you call it." Selene said. "How long where you standing there?" She asked trying to change the subject.
"Long enough to know you're not a normal person." Ranma said.
"Look can you not tell anyone?" Selene asked. "And can you move? I kinda want to take a shower." Ranma stepped aside, allowing Selene to go bathe.
"It's Selene." Ranma corrected.
"Oh." Kasumi looked a bit embarrassed. "Well, I still think Selene should stay with us." Kasumi was looking at Soun with pleading eyes. "You do owe her father."
"Yeah. I mean if Selene were your daughter and you had asked a friend, who did have a lot of debts, to take her in wouldn't you expect the person to do it?" Akane asked.
"Well, I would but..." Soun said looking off into space.
"BUT WHAT!?!?!" Akane screamed. Soun had magically transported himself to the other side of the room and into a corner...he was crying. Muttering how Akane had just yelled at him. "Oh, quit blubbering you cry baby."
"Well, dad." Nabiki said holding up her hands in defeat. Kasumi was with her father, soothing him. "I think you have only one choice. And that's to allow Selene to live with us."
"Ok, fine." Soun said he had apparently calmed down. "Why don't someone go and find her." A silence fell, and no one moved an inch.
"Oh, I'll go find her." Ranma immediately stood and was walking out of the door. "She couldn't have gone far." He was walking along the outside of the main living area. Before he walked down and jumped into the air. He saw her back; she was sitting directly over the bedrooms. Her head was looking at the moon, and he thought he heard her muttering something. "Hey, Selene." He said softly, as he sat down next to her. "They've got their decision." His hand was on her shoulder, in a kind and reassuring way. "Come on." Slowly Selene got up. She followed Ranma across the roof, and when they reached the living room area they jumped down.
"Hello." Soun said slowly. "We have made our decision." Selene began to laugh, mostly to herself, but Soun heard her. "What's so funny?"
"All of this. You make it sound as if I was awaiting a death sentence." Selene said she was still half laughing.
"Ya know...she is kind of right." Ranma said over laughs.
"Well," Soun cleared his throat. "You are more than welcome to stay with us, Selene." Selene was smiling, and saying thanks to them.
"I never meant to be such a hassle for you guys, it was my father." Selene confessed. "He told me that you guys were to only the Tendos and the Saotomes were the only people that I could go to. Though I don't know why, that's what he said." Selene tried to smile, but it turned out to be one of great sorrow.
Kasumi seemed to have noticed and said, "Why don't I go show you to your room?" The girl sitting next to Soun stood up. Selene saw an apron tied around her, a yellow shirt, a pink skirt, and her brown hair was in a ponytail that she styled so it went over her shoulder. "Do you have an luggage that you need tonight?" She asked kindly.
"No, I'm fine." Selene followed the girl down the hall. She pasted a door with a sign saying Akane, before the girl in front of her stopped.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know anyone was coming so the room might be a little dusty, but it's the only room right now." The girl said. "I'm Kasumi by the way." She held out her hand and Selene took it and shook. "The girl with the short brown hair is Nabiki, and the one with short blue hair is Akane, my youngest sister." Kasumi explained. "You'll be going to school with those two and Ranma. You already know him so I won't have to explain."
"Can you tell me where I can shower?" Selene asked as Kasumi began walking down the hall. Kasumi kindly told Selene and Selene walked into her room. It was completely furnished and was spotless; Selene thought that it was their guest room. 'I'll have to ask them if I can install a bunch of electronics.' She thought examining the room. She threw her bag on the bed and pulled out some clothes from inside. A pair of black, baggy, silk pants and a black shirt that went to the elbow and flared out, along with some undergarments. She walked to where Kasumi had told her the bathroom would be, she walked through the first door and saw that someone was in there. She walked back out and waited until the person got out.
She sat down by the door outside and leaned her head against the wall. She breathed deeply and lifted her right hand. She examined it, and then started making hand gestures. Pretty soon a ball of sparkling energy formed and Selene began to play with it. She placed it in the air between her hands and made it grow in size when she expanded the distance between her hands. It changed designs when her hands changed positions and shrank when she reduced the distance of her hands.
Ranma was standing next to her, he hand just come out of the shower and stood mesmerized by what Selene was doing. Then he saw her throw her hands in the air, and it sent the ball of energy into the air. A few seconds later it exploded into a glittering curtain of energy. Ranma's hands began to clap and made Selene jump. She stood there staring at Ranma; she didn't know that he was there when she played with the energy ball. "How did you do that?"
"Do what?" Selene asked looking everywhere but at Ranma.
"The thing with the ball of glitter." Ranma told her.
"It was a ball of energy or ki however you call it." Selene said. "How long where you standing there?" She asked trying to change the subject.
"Long enough to know you're not a normal person." Ranma said.
"Look can you not tell anyone?" Selene asked. "And can you move? I kinda want to take a shower." Ranma stepped aside, allowing Selene to go bathe.