Chapter 3
"Yer name's Miroku, right?" Ranma asked, when Miroku wearily made his way back to the village from who-knows-where.
"Yeah..."
"Sorry about Akane, but she has a low tolerance for perverts."
"Oh, it's fine. I've dealt with worse. -Cough- Sango -cough-."
"What are you, a monk?"
"Yes."
"Oh, I guess I should warn you. I advise you think twice about groping any of the girls from Nerima. They're all like Akane."
"Meaning?"
"Well, they're all trained in martial arts."
"Well, Sango's a demon exterminator. I'll live."
"Demon exterminator?"
"From what I hear, there are less demons in Kagome-sama's world, but here they aren't too uncommon."
"I can see that." Ranma looked at Inu-Yasha for a second.
"Oh, Inu-Yasha's harmless. He'd never kill a human. He's only half demon."
"So he's half human too?"
"Yeah."
"Is he strong?"
"Yeah, he does a good job protecting us."
"Us?"
"Kagome-sama, Sango, Shippo, and I."
"So, what, are you on a quest or something? Kagome's brother said something about looking for some 'Shikon no Tama'."
"Yeah, we all have a bone to pick with this demon named Naraku. The Shikon no Tama is a jewel that we're all looking for. It's supposed to grant wishes. The worst part of looking for the jewel is that it was broken into tiny pieces. Naraku has most of it."
"What's your problem with this Naraku guy?"
"He created this air void in my grandfather's hand. Eventually, it consumed him, and it will consume me too, unless I kill him. All the descendants of my grandfather will have this kazaana until Naraku dies. Inu-Yasha, on the other hand, wants to get his hands on Naraku, because he killed his first love. And Naraku destroyed Sango's village of demon exterminators."
"Oh, that's sad. Wait- why is Shippo tagging along?"
"Well... Kagome kind of took him in."
~~
"You Sango, right?" the purple-haired Amazon girl asked.
"Yeah. You?"
"I Shampoo."
"Oh. Isn't that the name on the bottle Kagome uses to wash her hair?"
"Hai."
~~
"So, what's the deal with you and Inu-Yasha?" Akane asked.
"Well, he's a jerk, but he can be nice sometimes... and overprotective." Kagome blushed.
"I mean is there anything going on, Kagome? Are you guys secretly in love or something?"
"Akane! No!" Kagome sighed. "He's still in love with Kikyo. He probably only keeps me around because I look so much like her. I'm just her reincarnation."
"Doesn't that mean she's dead?"
"Yeah, but she was revived by this old hag, and now, Inu-Yasha gets all 'romantic' with his 'I'll protect you forever' lines, but it turns out that she hates him now. She thinks he was the one who killed her, but it was actually a shape shifter guy that took his form."
"Oh, poor Inu-Yasha."
"Well, what's up with you and Ranma-kun?" Kagome quickly changed the subject.
"Kagome! There's nothing between us. He's an insensitive, perverted jerk who can't make a decision when it comes to choosing a wife!"
"Then why are you blushing?"
"Kagome!"
"You're another one of his fiancées, right?"
"The only one his father supports."
"So, you're in with the parents already!"
"Didn't Ukyo tell you? It's an ARRANGED marriage!"
"I'm kidding!"
At the end of the day, all the girls took a nice bath in the hot spring.
"Are you sure none of them'll peek? Because Miroku seems _pretty_ perverted."
"He wouldn't dare if I'm on guard." Sango replied (she was going to take her bath after them.) She heard a faint rustling in the leaves, and Ranma whisper so quietly, no one else could hear. "Miroku, why am I doing this? Akane'll kill me!"
"Just create a distraction so I can get a good peek." Miroku whispered.
"I'm getting outta here!" Ranma whispered back as he ran away: far, far away.
Sango quickly threw her boomerang to where she last heard Miroku's voice. A loud _thud_ was heard. "Bull's-eye!"
"What a lecher!" Ukyo cried.
~~
"Kagome-chan?"
"Yeah, Sango-chan?"
"I don't know if I should tell Akane, but when you were taking a bath, I heard Miroku _and_ Ranma-kun."
"Really?! What did he say?"
"Well, that's the thing. It sounded like he was forced to do something. He said, "Why am I doing this; Akane'll kill me." Then Miroku said something about being a diversion while he gets a good peek, but then Ranma-kun left."
"Doesn't sound like he did anything wrong. Just don't tell her; she might take it the wrong way."
~~
The next morning, Inu-Yasha, Ryouga, and all the other guys were practically starving, so Inu-Yasha quietly sneaked into Kagome's bag while she was sleeping to find some ramen. He finally found the ramen and was almost home free when Kagome suddenly woke up, found her bag open, and saw Inu-Yasha with a ton of ramen.
"SIT!" Kagome yelled. The weird thing was that there were two thumps at the same time. "That's funny, I only said it once..."
~~(At the same time)
"Ranma!" Akane screeched at the all-to-familiar scene. There was Ranma, with Shampoo's arms around his neck. Akane's aura flared and she pounded Ranma with her mallet until there was a Ranma-shaped whole in the ground.
"So, who's hungry? Whoa, what happened here?" she asked as she saw the large hole in front of her.
"He was being a jerk." She answered simply.
"Well, who's up for some ramen?" she asked as she got the teakettle out of her bag.
"Kagome? Can I make it?"
"Sure." She replied politely, clueless to how foul it would end up tasting.
"NO~!!!!!!" Ranma yelled, managing to make feebly his way out of the hole.
"What's wrong?"
"She'll KILL us!!!!!!!"
"What are you talking about, Ranma no Baka!"
"I'd rather starve than eat your food of death, kawaiikune!"
"Shut up!" She yelled, creating another Ranma-shaped hole. She turned and asked Kagome, "Do you see? Do you see what I deal with everyday?"
Kagome chuckled. "I feel bad for you."
"I feel bad for myself, and that's pretty sad."
"Well, it seems like everyone's pretty hungry, so you can start on the ramen, while I change my clothes." Kagome said, just noticing she was in her pajamas.
"Wait, Kagome! Um, can you stay here for a sec, and make sure I don't, like, burn anything?"
"Sure."
"Ok, time for breakfast!" Akane said happily. 'How hard can it be to boil water?' she thought.
"Akane, be sure not to spill any water when you're getting the kettle off the stove."
"Ok." She answered, not even noticing that she was grabbing every bottle in Kagome's bag and dumping the contents into the kettle. Soon, it was full water, vinegar, rubbing alcohol, etc.
"Eh, Akane, I don't think you should be putting rubbing alcohol in there!" Kagome said, sweat-dropping in that way anime characters do. After 3 attempts at boiling the water, Akane gave up, and let Kagome do it.
A/N: Sorry if this story is really stupid so far, (or if I'm excluding any characters, but it's really hard keep them in the story equally!) but please review! (But no flames!) The next chapter is almost done, so expect it today or tomorrow! *Sarah*
"Yer name's Miroku, right?" Ranma asked, when Miroku wearily made his way back to the village from who-knows-where.
"Yeah..."
"Sorry about Akane, but she has a low tolerance for perverts."
"Oh, it's fine. I've dealt with worse. -Cough- Sango -cough-."
"What are you, a monk?"
"Yes."
"Oh, I guess I should warn you. I advise you think twice about groping any of the girls from Nerima. They're all like Akane."
"Meaning?"
"Well, they're all trained in martial arts."
"Well, Sango's a demon exterminator. I'll live."
"Demon exterminator?"
"From what I hear, there are less demons in Kagome-sama's world, but here they aren't too uncommon."
"I can see that." Ranma looked at Inu-Yasha for a second.
"Oh, Inu-Yasha's harmless. He'd never kill a human. He's only half demon."
"So he's half human too?"
"Yeah."
"Is he strong?"
"Yeah, he does a good job protecting us."
"Us?"
"Kagome-sama, Sango, Shippo, and I."
"So, what, are you on a quest or something? Kagome's brother said something about looking for some 'Shikon no Tama'."
"Yeah, we all have a bone to pick with this demon named Naraku. The Shikon no Tama is a jewel that we're all looking for. It's supposed to grant wishes. The worst part of looking for the jewel is that it was broken into tiny pieces. Naraku has most of it."
"What's your problem with this Naraku guy?"
"He created this air void in my grandfather's hand. Eventually, it consumed him, and it will consume me too, unless I kill him. All the descendants of my grandfather will have this kazaana until Naraku dies. Inu-Yasha, on the other hand, wants to get his hands on Naraku, because he killed his first love. And Naraku destroyed Sango's village of demon exterminators."
"Oh, that's sad. Wait- why is Shippo tagging along?"
"Well... Kagome kind of took him in."
~~
"You Sango, right?" the purple-haired Amazon girl asked.
"Yeah. You?"
"I Shampoo."
"Oh. Isn't that the name on the bottle Kagome uses to wash her hair?"
"Hai."
~~
"So, what's the deal with you and Inu-Yasha?" Akane asked.
"Well, he's a jerk, but he can be nice sometimes... and overprotective." Kagome blushed.
"I mean is there anything going on, Kagome? Are you guys secretly in love or something?"
"Akane! No!" Kagome sighed. "He's still in love with Kikyo. He probably only keeps me around because I look so much like her. I'm just her reincarnation."
"Doesn't that mean she's dead?"
"Yeah, but she was revived by this old hag, and now, Inu-Yasha gets all 'romantic' with his 'I'll protect you forever' lines, but it turns out that she hates him now. She thinks he was the one who killed her, but it was actually a shape shifter guy that took his form."
"Oh, poor Inu-Yasha."
"Well, what's up with you and Ranma-kun?" Kagome quickly changed the subject.
"Kagome! There's nothing between us. He's an insensitive, perverted jerk who can't make a decision when it comes to choosing a wife!"
"Then why are you blushing?"
"Kagome!"
"You're another one of his fiancées, right?"
"The only one his father supports."
"So, you're in with the parents already!"
"Didn't Ukyo tell you? It's an ARRANGED marriage!"
"I'm kidding!"
At the end of the day, all the girls took a nice bath in the hot spring.
"Are you sure none of them'll peek? Because Miroku seems _pretty_ perverted."
"He wouldn't dare if I'm on guard." Sango replied (she was going to take her bath after them.) She heard a faint rustling in the leaves, and Ranma whisper so quietly, no one else could hear. "Miroku, why am I doing this? Akane'll kill me!"
"Just create a distraction so I can get a good peek." Miroku whispered.
"I'm getting outta here!" Ranma whispered back as he ran away: far, far away.
Sango quickly threw her boomerang to where she last heard Miroku's voice. A loud _thud_ was heard. "Bull's-eye!"
"What a lecher!" Ukyo cried.
~~
"Kagome-chan?"
"Yeah, Sango-chan?"
"I don't know if I should tell Akane, but when you were taking a bath, I heard Miroku _and_ Ranma-kun."
"Really?! What did he say?"
"Well, that's the thing. It sounded like he was forced to do something. He said, "Why am I doing this; Akane'll kill me." Then Miroku said something about being a diversion while he gets a good peek, but then Ranma-kun left."
"Doesn't sound like he did anything wrong. Just don't tell her; she might take it the wrong way."
~~
The next morning, Inu-Yasha, Ryouga, and all the other guys were practically starving, so Inu-Yasha quietly sneaked into Kagome's bag while she was sleeping to find some ramen. He finally found the ramen and was almost home free when Kagome suddenly woke up, found her bag open, and saw Inu-Yasha with a ton of ramen.
"SIT!" Kagome yelled. The weird thing was that there were two thumps at the same time. "That's funny, I only said it once..."
~~(At the same time)
"Ranma!" Akane screeched at the all-to-familiar scene. There was Ranma, with Shampoo's arms around his neck. Akane's aura flared and she pounded Ranma with her mallet until there was a Ranma-shaped whole in the ground.
"So, who's hungry? Whoa, what happened here?" she asked as she saw the large hole in front of her.
"He was being a jerk." She answered simply.
"Well, who's up for some ramen?" she asked as she got the teakettle out of her bag.
"Kagome? Can I make it?"
"Sure." She replied politely, clueless to how foul it would end up tasting.
"NO~!!!!!!" Ranma yelled, managing to make feebly his way out of the hole.
"What's wrong?"
"She'll KILL us!!!!!!!"
"What are you talking about, Ranma no Baka!"
"I'd rather starve than eat your food of death, kawaiikune!"
"Shut up!" She yelled, creating another Ranma-shaped hole. She turned and asked Kagome, "Do you see? Do you see what I deal with everyday?"
Kagome chuckled. "I feel bad for you."
"I feel bad for myself, and that's pretty sad."
"Well, it seems like everyone's pretty hungry, so you can start on the ramen, while I change my clothes." Kagome said, just noticing she was in her pajamas.
"Wait, Kagome! Um, can you stay here for a sec, and make sure I don't, like, burn anything?"
"Sure."
"Ok, time for breakfast!" Akane said happily. 'How hard can it be to boil water?' she thought.
"Akane, be sure not to spill any water when you're getting the kettle off the stove."
"Ok." She answered, not even noticing that she was grabbing every bottle in Kagome's bag and dumping the contents into the kettle. Soon, it was full water, vinegar, rubbing alcohol, etc.
"Eh, Akane, I don't think you should be putting rubbing alcohol in there!" Kagome said, sweat-dropping in that way anime characters do. After 3 attempts at boiling the water, Akane gave up, and let Kagome do it.
A/N: Sorry if this story is really stupid so far, (or if I'm excluding any characters, but it's really hard keep them in the story equally!) but please review! (But no flames!) The next chapter is almost done, so expect it today or tomorrow! *Sarah*