DISCLAIMER: see chapter 1
AN: Sorry it took so long, but it's finally posted! Uh.....thanks for the reviews......
Chapter2:
Kasumi reached the corner of the dojo and collapsed into a crumpled ball of tears. *why me?* she thinks to herself. *Why did it HAVE to be me that was raped? Why didn't I TELL anyone?*
She cries for a long time, then she feels warm arms wrapped around her and looks up to see Ranma holding her, while the rest of the family stands behind him looking on.
"What--?" she asks, but there are no signs of movement or speech from the family.
After a few moments of crying on Ranma's shoulder, Akane walked up to Kasumi and lifted her head gently.
"Kasumi, Ranma told us that you ran away crying after you saw that picture and said you were dirty....what's up? Did you remember something?" she asks politely.
Kasumi replied, through broken gasps and sobs, "Yes.....I....remember...an old...man.....tying me to....the bed......and.....and..." she couldn't continue anymore because she was sobbing too hard.
Genma waved for Soun and the two girls to follow him out, and he spoke in a voice that Ranma couldn't make out.
"Kasumi," he whispered, trying to be soothing, "Kasumi-Chan don't worry, nothing like this will ever happen again.....I promise....and If I ever find the person who caused you to cry....I'm gonna kill 'em."
Kasumi looked up, her eyes were red and puffy, and her cheeks were blood red and streaked with tears. She looked into his eyes and knew he was telling the truth...she just couldn't stop crying. She buried her head into his chest and cried on, managing to insert a "thank you" between gasps and sobs.
Genma waved for Soun, Nabiki, and Akane to follow him out of the dojo. *At this distance,* he thought to himself, *Ranma won't hear a word of this....and that's good.*
When the four were out of the dojo, Genma said to the girls, "Girls, there're two things I want to discuss with you at the moment, and I believe your father would agree." Akane and Nabiki looked thoroughly confused, so he continued. "Don't mention any of this to anybody at school......we all know what they'd say, and it's not a pretty picture for Kasumi......just keep things quiet for the time being."
Akane nodded, and Nabiki just looked away. *Damn, I could have turned quite the penny off of that.*
"Nabiki." Genma said, forcing her to nod in compliance to his request. "My second request is simple, I'd like to break the engagement between Akane and Ranma....I think that me and Soun made a grave mistake."
Akane smiled and nodded, obviously the cocky bitch, but Nabiki got suspicious, "Why break it now? What would you have to GAIN? And why tell ME about it?" she asked.
"YOU BETTER HAVE A REASONABLE EXPLANATION FOR THIS, SAOTOME!" Soun yelled.
Genma actually smiled, and pointed over to Kasumi and Ranma, she was crying into his chest now, and he simply held her rocking back and forth.
"When you look over there, Soun, what do you see?" Genma said simply.
Soun looked over there, then looked back at Genma, dumfounded. "You intend to set your son up with my eldest! Brilliant!"
Genma smiled, "Exactly, I wished to discuss that....most people wouldn't accept this change.....but I'd like to hear YOUR thoughts on this, girls."
Nabiki looked up to the sky, it was cloudy, but it wouldn't rain. "Uh, hell, I don't care, do what you want."
Akane just looked towards the two and said "Well, ask THEM first, they may not want to, you know....but either way, and it's not my problem. Go for it."
Genma and Soun nodded in unison at the replies. Genma then thought back. "Hey, Soun, what do you think happened in that picture that got Kasumi so broken up?"
"We'd have to ask her." Was his reply.
Ranma held Kasumi and rocked her back and forth, saying "It's ok" and "I'll fix it" every now and again. He had no idea what was wrong with her, or why she's crying so hard, all he knew was that her sobs were becoming farther apart, and weren't as turbulent anymore, and that he was going to continue doing this until she stopped.
Kasumi allowed him to do this, because she felt strange in his arms like this....like it all felt so familiar to her....
Ranma slowed the rocking as she stopped crying and was totally motionless in his arms. For a moment he thought she collapsed from dehydration, until he felt her chest rise and fall with the hypnotic pace of sleep.
Ranma stood, still having her wrapped at the shoulders in his arms. He bent down and wrapped his left arm around her legs behind the knee and lifted her up altogether.
He walked towards the exit to the dojo, and for a moment everyone looked worried.
"Don't worry, she's just asleep....she'll be fine for now....it's just when she wakes up that worries me." Ranma announced.
Soun walked to his daughter and looked at the picture. "What happened that day that made her cry this hard?" he asked.
Nabiki, having never seen the picture, politely grabbed it from her father. At once, she covered her mouth with her hand and dropped the picture to the ground.
Everyone turned to face Nabiki except Ranma, who proceeded in carrying Kasumi to her room.
"She was raped," Nabiki whispered.
AN: Sorry if this chapter sucks, but I'm trying to squeeze like 7 chapters out of this......I bet you guys already know what's going to happen, huh? I'm a shitty writer, I know, but I'd like some reviews anyway.
AN: Sorry it took so long, but it's finally posted! Uh.....thanks for the reviews......
Chapter2:
Kasumi reached the corner of the dojo and collapsed into a crumpled ball of tears. *why me?* she thinks to herself. *Why did it HAVE to be me that was raped? Why didn't I TELL anyone?*
She cries for a long time, then she feels warm arms wrapped around her and looks up to see Ranma holding her, while the rest of the family stands behind him looking on.
"What--?" she asks, but there are no signs of movement or speech from the family.
After a few moments of crying on Ranma's shoulder, Akane walked up to Kasumi and lifted her head gently.
"Kasumi, Ranma told us that you ran away crying after you saw that picture and said you were dirty....what's up? Did you remember something?" she asks politely.
Kasumi replied, through broken gasps and sobs, "Yes.....I....remember...an old...man.....tying me to....the bed......and.....and..." she couldn't continue anymore because she was sobbing too hard.
Genma waved for Soun and the two girls to follow him out, and he spoke in a voice that Ranma couldn't make out.
"Kasumi," he whispered, trying to be soothing, "Kasumi-Chan don't worry, nothing like this will ever happen again.....I promise....and If I ever find the person who caused you to cry....I'm gonna kill 'em."
Kasumi looked up, her eyes were red and puffy, and her cheeks were blood red and streaked with tears. She looked into his eyes and knew he was telling the truth...she just couldn't stop crying. She buried her head into his chest and cried on, managing to insert a "thank you" between gasps and sobs.
Genma waved for Soun, Nabiki, and Akane to follow him out of the dojo. *At this distance,* he thought to himself, *Ranma won't hear a word of this....and that's good.*
When the four were out of the dojo, Genma said to the girls, "Girls, there're two things I want to discuss with you at the moment, and I believe your father would agree." Akane and Nabiki looked thoroughly confused, so he continued. "Don't mention any of this to anybody at school......we all know what they'd say, and it's not a pretty picture for Kasumi......just keep things quiet for the time being."
Akane nodded, and Nabiki just looked away. *Damn, I could have turned quite the penny off of that.*
"Nabiki." Genma said, forcing her to nod in compliance to his request. "My second request is simple, I'd like to break the engagement between Akane and Ranma....I think that me and Soun made a grave mistake."
Akane smiled and nodded, obviously the cocky bitch, but Nabiki got suspicious, "Why break it now? What would you have to GAIN? And why tell ME about it?" she asked.
"YOU BETTER HAVE A REASONABLE EXPLANATION FOR THIS, SAOTOME!" Soun yelled.
Genma actually smiled, and pointed over to Kasumi and Ranma, she was crying into his chest now, and he simply held her rocking back and forth.
"When you look over there, Soun, what do you see?" Genma said simply.
Soun looked over there, then looked back at Genma, dumfounded. "You intend to set your son up with my eldest! Brilliant!"
Genma smiled, "Exactly, I wished to discuss that....most people wouldn't accept this change.....but I'd like to hear YOUR thoughts on this, girls."
Nabiki looked up to the sky, it was cloudy, but it wouldn't rain. "Uh, hell, I don't care, do what you want."
Akane just looked towards the two and said "Well, ask THEM first, they may not want to, you know....but either way, and it's not my problem. Go for it."
Genma and Soun nodded in unison at the replies. Genma then thought back. "Hey, Soun, what do you think happened in that picture that got Kasumi so broken up?"
"We'd have to ask her." Was his reply.
Ranma held Kasumi and rocked her back and forth, saying "It's ok" and "I'll fix it" every now and again. He had no idea what was wrong with her, or why she's crying so hard, all he knew was that her sobs were becoming farther apart, and weren't as turbulent anymore, and that he was going to continue doing this until she stopped.
Kasumi allowed him to do this, because she felt strange in his arms like this....like it all felt so familiar to her....
Ranma slowed the rocking as she stopped crying and was totally motionless in his arms. For a moment he thought she collapsed from dehydration, until he felt her chest rise and fall with the hypnotic pace of sleep.
Ranma stood, still having her wrapped at the shoulders in his arms. He bent down and wrapped his left arm around her legs behind the knee and lifted her up altogether.
He walked towards the exit to the dojo, and for a moment everyone looked worried.
"Don't worry, she's just asleep....she'll be fine for now....it's just when she wakes up that worries me." Ranma announced.
Soun walked to his daughter and looked at the picture. "What happened that day that made her cry this hard?" he asked.
Nabiki, having never seen the picture, politely grabbed it from her father. At once, she covered her mouth with her hand and dropped the picture to the ground.
Everyone turned to face Nabiki except Ranma, who proceeded in carrying Kasumi to her room.
"She was raped," Nabiki whispered.
AN: Sorry if this chapter sucks, but I'm trying to squeeze like 7 chapters out of this......I bet you guys already know what's going to happen, huh? I'm a shitty writer, I know, but I'd like some reviews anyway.