Episode 2: Getting used to Secrets
Well…here she was, Kenya reasoned as she stared at the into the bathroom mirror. 4,7ft with milk chocolate skin, caramel colored eyes and waist length dark hair weaved into many small braids that proudly was all hers.
"I wonder who's going to help me brush my hair…."
She stopped in mid-thought, knowing if she pondered further it would lead to more unpleasant and painful thoughts. Her mother used to help her with her hair….
She couldn't help but stare at the brush in her hand with contempt.
Used to was the key word that she did NOT want to think of…
"Sumimasen Ken-chan" a voice on the other side of the door called
"Come in" she replied but mentally winced at the nick-name.
Kasumi opened the door and smiled kindly at the young girl.
"I just wanted to know if you were finding your way around the ofuro alright. I've heard that many foreigners don't understand Japanese bathtubs that much"
"I was just…messing with my hair right now, that's all"
"It's very lovely" she mused "I've never seen that style in real life before, only on TV" she moved her hand to touch it but stopped when she saw Kenya inching away.
She bit her lip, a bit hurt, then sighed "Do you want me to draw you a bath? And while your doing that I'll get out your pajamas for you"
"No thank you"
"But..don't you want to take a hot bath before you go to bed?"
"I'm not sleepy….besides I'm not used to taking a bath at night"
"Oh" Kasumi whispered feeling a twang of stupidity.
The fact that she didn't know anything about Americans kept ringing inside her head. It was painful…almost as painful as the event at dinner earlier that night.
Kenya hadn't eaten anything Kasumi had cooked for her. The sight of the curry and takoyaki seemed to have made Kenya's stomach turn. It was even worse when she opened up the little bread balls of takoyaki and discover the little octopus tentacle inside. She tasted a small sip of green tea and almost spit it back into the cup and seemed extremely uncomfortable sitting on the floor at the table.
Her sisters and Ranma didn't look very comfortable either. They seemed to concerned over something. And her father and Uncle Genma were….silent.
But as for Ryoga he was the only at the table Kenya voluntarily talked to, yet when she did it was only in English.
"Well…would you like some help with your hair?"
"No"
"Uh…later would you like me to help you unpack your things?"
"No"
"Well then…" Kasumi felt a sharp pain run through her "..would like me to make you a small snack?"
The disgusted grimace on the young girls face was answer enough for Kasumi. What was she doing wrong?? Kasumi couldn't figure it out. Was she not…..motherly enough??
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"Hmm…" Soun mused "This is a problem"
"So what are we going to do?" Akane inquired
"We could just hide it from her" Genma suggested
"Yeah right! For how long?" Nabiki scoffed
"I guess then…..we'll just have to tell her the truth" Ranma sighed
The group sat in silence for a few moments and looked at each other from around the dining room table. Kenya had left a few minutes earlier and they were now discussing the "Satome
Problem" aka "Ranma and Genma's Transformation Problem".
"That settles it then. Tomorrow at dinner we'll have to explain it all to her"
Others nodded in agreement to Soun's plan. Suddenly Kasumi entered the dinner-room.
"So how's the kid?" Ranma asked
"She…fine" she answered in a low voice
"Oneechan?" Akane said, worried by her sister's attitude "Are you ok?"
"Oh..I'm fine…I'm just going to go and washing the dishes"
And with that she went into the kitchen without another word.
"What's up with her?"
"I don't know, Ranma…"
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Mama…..why did you have to leave..?
Mama…where are you Mama????? *sob* Where are you, Mama??
*Kenya run!!!*
Mama!! Don't leave me!!!
*Run Kenya!! Run away! Don't turn back!!! Keep running!!!!!!*
MAMA!!!!!!
"Kenya??" the voice called, banging on the door "Ken-chan? Are you ok in there??"
Kenya looked around, startle out of her sleep. She saw that she was still in the bathtub…still in Japan and not in that dark jungle…
"I fine.." she responded, her voice a little shaky " I..I just fell asleep"
"Oh ok" Akane said as she came into the room with some clothes in her hand.
"What are you doing?!" Kenya hissed as the other girl closed the sliding door
"Well since you are taking so long, I might at well take my bath too"
"Not with me in here!!" the younger girl almost shrieked
"Listen I have to take my bath too you know. And we're both girls so I don't see the problem"
"The problem IS that I'm a very NAKED girl right now! And I haven't taken a bath with someone since I was 4!!!"
"Jeez don't have a cow! You're so up tight!"
"I'm not up tight! We just don't do that in America!"
"Well you're not in America"
Kenya shut her mouth, not able to think up a comeback.
"Listen, if you're so uncomfortable, how about this : I'll just clean myself up and get in the tub and turn around and get out. You can get out while my back is turn if you like. Deal? Cause I gotta get cleaned up and my legs are killing me. Besides, we have school in the morning, so I won't be in here too long anyway"
Kenya nodded her head warily in agreement.
"Good" the other smiled as she started to undress
"Why do you have to wash first? I mean..before you get into the tub?" Kenya inquired, looking down at the water so she wouldn't see the other girl's nudity.
"Because an ofuro is for soaking--not for washing."
"Oh.."
"Besides, everyone uses the same hot water in the tub, so it's best not to make it dirty for anyone else"
"Hmm.."
"Didn't Kasumi tell you that?"
"No. But Ryoga just told me that it was impolite to go into the bath dirty and to wash on the stool with the shower-head first. But I was too embarrassed to ask why"
"How come?" she started washing her short hair next
"Because he's a boy. And I wanted to ask a girl about that kinda stuff"
"Then why didn't you ask Kasumi?"
"I…I don't know. I just didn't want to that's all"
"You know if have a problem, Kasumi is the person to go to"
"Why?"
"Because…well, she's like the mother of the house"
"Well I already have a mother, thank you very much!" Kenya said sternly, stomping out of the tub. She didn't care that she or the other girl was naked anymore--she just wanted to get out of there.
"And I don't need anyone to be her either!"
"Ken-chan wait! I didn't mean it like---"
*SLAM*
"…that.."
Kenya once again winced at the sound of the nickname as she wrapped her robe tightly around her. She knew that she shouldn't have gotten so mad..but she couldn't help it.. She just felt so much rage…and regret..
"Hey!! Quit it, old man!!!"
"You better start showing me some respect around here lad or I'll---"
"You're gonna what?!"
Kenya poked her head around the corner to see what all the ruckus was all about. There she saw her Uncle Genma and his son Ranma arguing with each other fiercely.
"I could run circles around you, pops! There's nothing you can do to me!" the young man taunted
"Oh yeah?!"
"Yeah!!"
And with that Genma grabbed a hold on to his son and through him through the open paper sliding doors and into the back yard! He then promptly leaped out the door after him!
"Whoa!!!" Kenya gasped and then ran over to the see the display.
The two were fight like crazy! A kick here! A punch there!! It was like watching a martial arts movie!!"
"Did I just get dropped into the World of Bruce Lee??!!"
Suddenly, in the weirdest way, the two fighters kicked each other at the same time, knocking them into a pool!!
"Oh my god!! Are you guys alright?!" Kenya called running towards the pool.
But then unexpectedly, a dark form exploded from the water!!! Kenya jumped back, surprised out her wits! It was gigantic! And when it landed soundly on the ground, Kenya saw it for what it truly was!!
"Oh GOD!! A PANDA!!!!!!!"
Then it moved and swerved towards her!
"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed, franticly running back to the house, but unfortunately tripped on rock
"Are you ok, Ken-chan??" Ranma cried, running to her from the pool
"There's a….there's a…." she stuttered franticly as Ranma took her by the shoulders.
"Calm down. Every thing's ok, kid"
"But there's a---" she looked into the other's face and stopped.
There was something strange about the other's face--something not right. Like it changed a little or something. But she couldn't put her finger on it! That is, until she looked a little lower…..
She saw breasts…big ones.
* "What the fuck---"* was the last words she sputtered out before fainting into the teen's arms
"Uh..pops? I think we have a problem here.."
Well…here she was, Kenya reasoned as she stared at the into the bathroom mirror. 4,7ft with milk chocolate skin, caramel colored eyes and waist length dark hair weaved into many small braids that proudly was all hers.
"I wonder who's going to help me brush my hair…."
She stopped in mid-thought, knowing if she pondered further it would lead to more unpleasant and painful thoughts. Her mother used to help her with her hair….
She couldn't help but stare at the brush in her hand with contempt.
Used to was the key word that she did NOT want to think of…
"Sumimasen Ken-chan" a voice on the other side of the door called
"Come in" she replied but mentally winced at the nick-name.
Kasumi opened the door and smiled kindly at the young girl.
"I just wanted to know if you were finding your way around the ofuro alright. I've heard that many foreigners don't understand Japanese bathtubs that much"
"I was just…messing with my hair right now, that's all"
"It's very lovely" she mused "I've never seen that style in real life before, only on TV" she moved her hand to touch it but stopped when she saw Kenya inching away.
She bit her lip, a bit hurt, then sighed "Do you want me to draw you a bath? And while your doing that I'll get out your pajamas for you"
"No thank you"
"But..don't you want to take a hot bath before you go to bed?"
"I'm not sleepy….besides I'm not used to taking a bath at night"
"Oh" Kasumi whispered feeling a twang of stupidity.
The fact that she didn't know anything about Americans kept ringing inside her head. It was painful…almost as painful as the event at dinner earlier that night.
Kenya hadn't eaten anything Kasumi had cooked for her. The sight of the curry and takoyaki seemed to have made Kenya's stomach turn. It was even worse when she opened up the little bread balls of takoyaki and discover the little octopus tentacle inside. She tasted a small sip of green tea and almost spit it back into the cup and seemed extremely uncomfortable sitting on the floor at the table.
Her sisters and Ranma didn't look very comfortable either. They seemed to concerned over something. And her father and Uncle Genma were….silent.
But as for Ryoga he was the only at the table Kenya voluntarily talked to, yet when she did it was only in English.
"Well…would you like some help with your hair?"
"No"
"Uh…later would you like me to help you unpack your things?"
"No"
"Well then…" Kasumi felt a sharp pain run through her "..would like me to make you a small snack?"
The disgusted grimace on the young girls face was answer enough for Kasumi. What was she doing wrong?? Kasumi couldn't figure it out. Was she not…..motherly enough??
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"Hmm…" Soun mused "This is a problem"
"So what are we going to do?" Akane inquired
"We could just hide it from her" Genma suggested
"Yeah right! For how long?" Nabiki scoffed
"I guess then…..we'll just have to tell her the truth" Ranma sighed
The group sat in silence for a few moments and looked at each other from around the dining room table. Kenya had left a few minutes earlier and they were now discussing the "Satome
Problem" aka "Ranma and Genma's Transformation Problem".
"That settles it then. Tomorrow at dinner we'll have to explain it all to her"
Others nodded in agreement to Soun's plan. Suddenly Kasumi entered the dinner-room.
"So how's the kid?" Ranma asked
"She…fine" she answered in a low voice
"Oneechan?" Akane said, worried by her sister's attitude "Are you ok?"
"Oh..I'm fine…I'm just going to go and washing the dishes"
And with that she went into the kitchen without another word.
"What's up with her?"
"I don't know, Ranma…"
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Mama…..why did you have to leave..?
Mama…where are you Mama????? *sob* Where are you, Mama??
*Kenya run!!!*
Mama!! Don't leave me!!!
*Run Kenya!! Run away! Don't turn back!!! Keep running!!!!!!*
MAMA!!!!!!
"Kenya??" the voice called, banging on the door "Ken-chan? Are you ok in there??"
Kenya looked around, startle out of her sleep. She saw that she was still in the bathtub…still in Japan and not in that dark jungle…
"I fine.." she responded, her voice a little shaky " I..I just fell asleep"
"Oh ok" Akane said as she came into the room with some clothes in her hand.
"What are you doing?!" Kenya hissed as the other girl closed the sliding door
"Well since you are taking so long, I might at well take my bath too"
"Not with me in here!!" the younger girl almost shrieked
"Listen I have to take my bath too you know. And we're both girls so I don't see the problem"
"The problem IS that I'm a very NAKED girl right now! And I haven't taken a bath with someone since I was 4!!!"
"Jeez don't have a cow! You're so up tight!"
"I'm not up tight! We just don't do that in America!"
"Well you're not in America"
Kenya shut her mouth, not able to think up a comeback.
"Listen, if you're so uncomfortable, how about this : I'll just clean myself up and get in the tub and turn around and get out. You can get out while my back is turn if you like. Deal? Cause I gotta get cleaned up and my legs are killing me. Besides, we have school in the morning, so I won't be in here too long anyway"
Kenya nodded her head warily in agreement.
"Good" the other smiled as she started to undress
"Why do you have to wash first? I mean..before you get into the tub?" Kenya inquired, looking down at the water so she wouldn't see the other girl's nudity.
"Because an ofuro is for soaking--not for washing."
"Oh.."
"Besides, everyone uses the same hot water in the tub, so it's best not to make it dirty for anyone else"
"Hmm.."
"Didn't Kasumi tell you that?"
"No. But Ryoga just told me that it was impolite to go into the bath dirty and to wash on the stool with the shower-head first. But I was too embarrassed to ask why"
"How come?" she started washing her short hair next
"Because he's a boy. And I wanted to ask a girl about that kinda stuff"
"Then why didn't you ask Kasumi?"
"I…I don't know. I just didn't want to that's all"
"You know if have a problem, Kasumi is the person to go to"
"Why?"
"Because…well, she's like the mother of the house"
"Well I already have a mother, thank you very much!" Kenya said sternly, stomping out of the tub. She didn't care that she or the other girl was naked anymore--she just wanted to get out of there.
"And I don't need anyone to be her either!"
"Ken-chan wait! I didn't mean it like---"
*SLAM*
"…that.."
Kenya once again winced at the sound of the nickname as she wrapped her robe tightly around her. She knew that she shouldn't have gotten so mad..but she couldn't help it.. She just felt so much rage…and regret..
"Hey!! Quit it, old man!!!"
"You better start showing me some respect around here lad or I'll---"
"You're gonna what?!"
Kenya poked her head around the corner to see what all the ruckus was all about. There she saw her Uncle Genma and his son Ranma arguing with each other fiercely.
"I could run circles around you, pops! There's nothing you can do to me!" the young man taunted
"Oh yeah?!"
"Yeah!!"
And with that Genma grabbed a hold on to his son and through him through the open paper sliding doors and into the back yard! He then promptly leaped out the door after him!
"Whoa!!!" Kenya gasped and then ran over to the see the display.
The two were fight like crazy! A kick here! A punch there!! It was like watching a martial arts movie!!"
"Did I just get dropped into the World of Bruce Lee??!!"
Suddenly, in the weirdest way, the two fighters kicked each other at the same time, knocking them into a pool!!
"Oh my god!! Are you guys alright?!" Kenya called running towards the pool.
But then unexpectedly, a dark form exploded from the water!!! Kenya jumped back, surprised out her wits! It was gigantic! And when it landed soundly on the ground, Kenya saw it for what it truly was!!
"Oh GOD!! A PANDA!!!!!!!"
Then it moved and swerved towards her!
"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed, franticly running back to the house, but unfortunately tripped on rock
"Are you ok, Ken-chan??" Ranma cried, running to her from the pool
"There's a….there's a…." she stuttered franticly as Ranma took her by the shoulders.
"Calm down. Every thing's ok, kid"
"But there's a---" she looked into the other's face and stopped.
There was something strange about the other's face--something not right. Like it changed a little or something. But she couldn't put her finger on it! That is, until she looked a little lower…..
She saw breasts…big ones.
* "What the fuck---"* was the last words she sputtered out before fainting into the teen's arms
"Uh..pops? I think we have a problem here.."