Dealing with Arrangements
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* Disclaimers: I solemnly swear, that I, Evelyn Alitariel Zaftra P. (in case you're wondering that whole thing is not my real name. Just the "Evelyn" and the "P" are true), do not own InuYasha, Ranma, Ryoga, Sesshomaru, Kouga, Kuno, Mousse, Hojo, Miroku, or anyone else from the shows "InuYasha" and "Ranma ½".
I just started writing fanfiction and I already hate writing disclaimers! They really do leave you with nothing to hope for!!
AN: Just so everyone knows, I do not normally type this grammatically incorrect, my computer sucks as bad as it is and on top of it all FF.net likes to screw with your writing before they post it. All the unexplained "."s and the new sentences with lower case letters. like probably that just was are meant to be a series of 3 dots to form one of those little moments of silence, like the one's where people don't know what to say or when an sentence is after a moment continued. FF.net also does not allow italicizing, bolding, underlining or too many tabbed spaces (hence, the squished appearance; no worries, now I'm using stars to space things better) or at least not from Microsoft word. (P.S. I don't own anything I'm talking about, I DO NOT wished to be sued thank you very much). I actually DO have a 90 average in English (Hard to believe isn't it?). I CAN read and write! I AM LITERATE!
To everyone who reviewed, THANK YOU so very much! I'm glad someone wants to read my first real story (the only other story I've written was a one shot video thing).
Oh and Natala? You could be kinda right of right on that guess of yours. But, who knows I may change my mind; I do love to keep people guessing.
I just came from a concert and I'm so tired. Stage lights are ridiculously bright! I'm still seeing stars! Ah, but it was all worth it, just to see that one girl fall before she got on the stage. I shouldn't laugh, but, MAN that was HYSTERICAL!! (Sorry Sally at least you remembered the Gershwin - she'll probably never read this) *
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Chapter 2
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* "Wow, I'm surprised you remembered my name, seeing as you so obviously tried to forget about me and your past obligations," sneered InuYasha.
The half demon was definitely not happy.
Here he was worried sick about this stupid little girl, thinking some kind of demon attacked her, and here she is: sitting pretty in the arms of some little boy with a big smile on her face.
However, the smile on Kagome's face disappeared and was soon replaced with complete surprise and a hint of fear.
The girl had too many thoughts running through her mind.
'What is he doing here? How'd he get here? How'd he know where to find me if I don't even know where I am?!'
Ranma saw the obvious fear in Kagome's eyes. He became worried about the girl he'd just met, the girl who immediately rearranged his future. Then it hit him, she'd said...
"InuYasha?"
The said boy with golden eyes turned his glare on the black haired boy sitting in front of him with Kagome in his arms as he heard his name uttered by the masculine voice.
InuYasha hesitated for about two seconds.
"Forget this, Kagome we're leaving," he said keeping his eyes on the other boy while grabbing Kagome's arm to lift her to her feet.
Before Kagome could protest, if she'd even dared, Ranma spoke.
"You aren't going anywhere, not with Kagome anyway," he said dangerously.
"Why not? Does she belong to you? I don't see your name anywhere on her," stated InuYasha cockily.
"Maybe it is on her, but you just don't see it because it's in an area that only I am permitted to now," the boy with amused dark eyes remarked.
InuYasha snorted.
Kagome thought she would drop dead from embarrassment. She hardly even knew this boy, and here he was talking bout her like they've been together for months.
"And actually, she does belong to me, she's my fiancée," Ranma continued ignoring the odd sound the silver haired boy was emitting from the back of his throat.
InuYasha let Kagome's arm drop to her side, allowing her to fall back where she sat previously.
His face held disbelief and something akin to sorrow or pain.
The wind blew against the windows in the night, and rain started to fall.
Soft pattering of water on ground could be heard as well as quiet whispers of the wind.
The darkness of the sky hid the rain from sight unless you caught a glimpse of sparkle in the dim light of the crescent moon; but you could still hear where it landed and you could still feel the water on your skin if you were to stand outside and bathe under the dark sky lit only slightly by sliver of a planet reflecting the sun.
InuYasha lifted his head slightly to look at the girl from a different time. The one girl who he trusted with heart, mind, body and soul.
"Is this true?" he asked weakly, but when the girl lowered her head in shame, his voice rose.
" Is It True?" he asked again with more command.
The girl just nodded and tried to speak but InuYasha stopped her with a hand signaling for her silence and he left, shaking his head as he went, as though to dispel his confusion and annoyance.
"InuYasha would you just - - matte - - Inu - - OSUWARI!"
And InuYasha fell to the ground.
"You moron, can't you see I don't wanna be near you right now! I was trying to leave a mysterious trace and make you worry, but you had to ruin it, didn't you!" asked the boy from his position on the ground, his head slightly lifted and displaying a comical anger.
"What ever happen to 'I want you by my side', whatever, that's not the point, the point is I have something to say! I'm sorry but you're just gonna have to hold off telling the good news to Kikyo until I explain how this thing came to be! We didn't have a choice!" Kagome huffed.
"An arranged marriage?" asked InuYasha, with disbelief, shaking off the Kikyo comment.
"Yes," the other two answered in unison.
"But, why? I thought it was different in your time Kagome," InuYasha pressed.
"It is, but with traditional families, things like this happen, our parents decided what they thought was best for us," Kagome explained.
"And this is what's best for you? What about love?" asked InuYasha with a slight blush. He turned around so the two couldn't see the glow in his face.
'Why the hell did I say such a stupid thing?'
"I remember my mother once told me: 'love is nice but it's not necessary, it just distracts you from life and responsibility'" InuYasha turned around, "So here I am, being a good daughter and not doubting my mother's words, even if I was brought here by force, I still have to obey her," she said ignoring his narrowed eyes.
But the eyes remained glued to her.
She shifted in the uncomfortable silence with his heavy stare.
"What?" she asked finally.
"What do you mean 'What?', you're the one still sitting in that guy's lap!" InuYasha's temper flared.
Kagome's cheeks turned bright pink and she slipped away from Ranma.
"Well, it's only normal, she is my WIFE!" Ranma said with mild concern.
"She's not you're wife! You aren't even married," InuYasha yelled.
"YET! She will be my wife in less than a year, possibly a couple of months. Then what will you do? Chaperone us on our honeymoon?" asked Ranma sarcastically, with a mocking eyebrow raised.
InuYasha was getting angrier by the second.
Ranma looked positively furious.
Kagome seemed as red as a tomato.
Why did they insist on talking about her as if she weren't there? And Ranma did not have to go there!
"I do NOT care what you or who you do on this side of the well, but you still have to collect the shards and you ARE coming back with me, NOW," InuYasha stated threateningly.
Kagome nodded in understanding, hiding a bit of hurt from his words.
She got up, explaining she was heading towards the bathroom to get ready to leave.
"She may be going with you now, but I hope you understand she will be coming back here tome and untouched, understand?" Ranma spoke low.
InuYasha just rolled his eyes.
"We'll just go by what she says and wants, I don't answer to conceded idiots like you," he explained.
"I'll come for her if she takes too long, wouldn't want her tainted by your presence," said Ranma.
"I doubt you'll be able to find her where we're going, hell, I doubt you'll even be able to get through if you do find the well!" InuYasha muttered.
"The well?"
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Kagome looked in the mirror.
She looked awful.
Well, should she have expected to see a goddess after being through the ordeal she's gone through?
"This is ridiculous," she commented aloud, sinking to her knees with her elbows remaining on the sink. She slumped in defeat.
Until this point, she had no idea what the future held for her, and now that she knew, she wish she didn't.
This was just getting too confusing! She'd come to terms with her strong feelings for InuYasha a while ago. Now she was to marry a complete stranger!
She should have known it was impossible for her to be together with him. He was from the past; she was from the future. It could never happen.
Oh well, he didn't look like he was getting over Kikyo anytime soon anyway.
"Yeah, I should have known," she said quietly, berating herself inside.
"I don't quite understand you," a voice spoke from behind.
Akane stood just in front of the closed-door way, looking somewhat confused.
She was puzzled about Kagome's sudden appearance into all of their lives. She was just curious about the girl who was Kagome, almost intrigued.
"That's not so surprising, I don't understand myself either," the girl with long hair answered.
"You don't seem too happy with this arrangement, but I assure you, Ranma is a pretty nice guy once you get past his snobbish ways, his pig-headedness, his annoying personality and his half female problem," said Akane obliviously.
"His half female, what are you talking about?" asked Kagome.
"Oh, he hasn't told you yet? That's really not so surprising; he isn't very proud of it," the short-haired girl continued.
"Told me what? He's not fully a boy?" asked Kagome curiously.
"Oh no, don't get me wrong, he is fully male right now, but if you were to pour some cold water on him he wouldn't be quite the same person, that's one of the reasons he doesn't like rainy nights like this," she continued with a softer tone.
"He doesn't like the rain then? I knew it, it's too impossible, how am I ever going to get to know him if we're getting married in a matter of months!" Kagome sighed and slumped to the ground totally, to sit with her back against the wall.
"I'm sorry I can't answer that, but if it helps, I know you two will make a beautiful couple," Akane stated sadly.
"Thank you, I guess," said Kagome, just as sadly.
"I know! I can tell you what I know about him, that should help!" Akane said brightly.
"Okay, I guess that'd be nice and, um, I just want to say I'm sorry for taking him away from you," Kagome said with a blush.
"It's alright, I'm sure everything will work out fine; Anyway, hmm, Ranma, let's see, where to start? His full name is Ranma Saotome, he's a martial artist,"
"Really? A martial artist! That's interesting" Kagome said with a smile.
"Ranma is an interesting person, anyway, hmm, he gets jealous very easily,"
"I'm sure I can deal with that, after having InuYasha to struggle with,"
"InuYasha?"
"Yeah, a guy who also gets jealous very easily,"
"And who has been waiting for you for over thirty minutes, with no company other than this retard," said a voice outside the door.
"Hey, I resent that remark!" yelled another.
The two girls inside the room looked at each other. They really did sound so similar. It was almost difficult to tell them apart.
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Well, there's chapter 2. Hope you liked it. I'm really tired now, but I'm in luck, my mom says there's a snow storm and she doesn't want me heading to Manhattan in that weather. Yay, now I can go to sleep and do my HW tomorrow!
And, as for the story I'm trying not to make it too serious, just so you know. Because I thought, the beginning was too much so, now I'm trying to lighten the mood.
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* Disclaimers: I solemnly swear, that I, Evelyn Alitariel Zaftra P. (in case you're wondering that whole thing is not my real name. Just the "Evelyn" and the "P" are true), do not own InuYasha, Ranma, Ryoga, Sesshomaru, Kouga, Kuno, Mousse, Hojo, Miroku, or anyone else from the shows "InuYasha" and "Ranma ½".
I just started writing fanfiction and I already hate writing disclaimers! They really do leave you with nothing to hope for!!
AN: Just so everyone knows, I do not normally type this grammatically incorrect, my computer sucks as bad as it is and on top of it all FF.net likes to screw with your writing before they post it. All the unexplained "."s and the new sentences with lower case letters. like probably that just was are meant to be a series of 3 dots to form one of those little moments of silence, like the one's where people don't know what to say or when an sentence is after a moment continued. FF.net also does not allow italicizing, bolding, underlining or too many tabbed spaces (hence, the squished appearance; no worries, now I'm using stars to space things better) or at least not from Microsoft word. (P.S. I don't own anything I'm talking about, I DO NOT wished to be sued thank you very much). I actually DO have a 90 average in English (Hard to believe isn't it?). I CAN read and write! I AM LITERATE!
To everyone who reviewed, THANK YOU so very much! I'm glad someone wants to read my first real story (the only other story I've written was a one shot video thing).
Oh and Natala? You could be kinda right of right on that guess of yours. But, who knows I may change my mind; I do love to keep people guessing.
I just came from a concert and I'm so tired. Stage lights are ridiculously bright! I'm still seeing stars! Ah, but it was all worth it, just to see that one girl fall before she got on the stage. I shouldn't laugh, but, MAN that was HYSTERICAL!! (Sorry Sally at least you remembered the Gershwin - she'll probably never read this) *
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Chapter 2
This is real, isn't it? *
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* "Wow, I'm surprised you remembered my name, seeing as you so obviously tried to forget about me and your past obligations," sneered InuYasha.
The half demon was definitely not happy.
Here he was worried sick about this stupid little girl, thinking some kind of demon attacked her, and here she is: sitting pretty in the arms of some little boy with a big smile on her face.
However, the smile on Kagome's face disappeared and was soon replaced with complete surprise and a hint of fear.
The girl had too many thoughts running through her mind.
'What is he doing here? How'd he get here? How'd he know where to find me if I don't even know where I am?!'
Ranma saw the obvious fear in Kagome's eyes. He became worried about the girl he'd just met, the girl who immediately rearranged his future. Then it hit him, she'd said...
"InuYasha?"
The said boy with golden eyes turned his glare on the black haired boy sitting in front of him with Kagome in his arms as he heard his name uttered by the masculine voice.
InuYasha hesitated for about two seconds.
"Forget this, Kagome we're leaving," he said keeping his eyes on the other boy while grabbing Kagome's arm to lift her to her feet.
Before Kagome could protest, if she'd even dared, Ranma spoke.
"You aren't going anywhere, not with Kagome anyway," he said dangerously.
"Why not? Does she belong to you? I don't see your name anywhere on her," stated InuYasha cockily.
"Maybe it is on her, but you just don't see it because it's in an area that only I am permitted to now," the boy with amused dark eyes remarked.
InuYasha snorted.
Kagome thought she would drop dead from embarrassment. She hardly even knew this boy, and here he was talking bout her like they've been together for months.
"And actually, she does belong to me, she's my fiancée," Ranma continued ignoring the odd sound the silver haired boy was emitting from the back of his throat.
InuYasha let Kagome's arm drop to her side, allowing her to fall back where she sat previously.
His face held disbelief and something akin to sorrow or pain.
The wind blew against the windows in the night, and rain started to fall.
Soft pattering of water on ground could be heard as well as quiet whispers of the wind.
The darkness of the sky hid the rain from sight unless you caught a glimpse of sparkle in the dim light of the crescent moon; but you could still hear where it landed and you could still feel the water on your skin if you were to stand outside and bathe under the dark sky lit only slightly by sliver of a planet reflecting the sun.
InuYasha lifted his head slightly to look at the girl from a different time. The one girl who he trusted with heart, mind, body and soul.
"Is this true?" he asked weakly, but when the girl lowered her head in shame, his voice rose.
" Is It True?" he asked again with more command.
The girl just nodded and tried to speak but InuYasha stopped her with a hand signaling for her silence and he left, shaking his head as he went, as though to dispel his confusion and annoyance.
"InuYasha would you just - - matte - - Inu - - OSUWARI!"
And InuYasha fell to the ground.
"You moron, can't you see I don't wanna be near you right now! I was trying to leave a mysterious trace and make you worry, but you had to ruin it, didn't you!" asked the boy from his position on the ground, his head slightly lifted and displaying a comical anger.
"What ever happen to 'I want you by my side', whatever, that's not the point, the point is I have something to say! I'm sorry but you're just gonna have to hold off telling the good news to Kikyo until I explain how this thing came to be! We didn't have a choice!" Kagome huffed.
"An arranged marriage?" asked InuYasha, with disbelief, shaking off the Kikyo comment.
"Yes," the other two answered in unison.
"But, why? I thought it was different in your time Kagome," InuYasha pressed.
"It is, but with traditional families, things like this happen, our parents decided what they thought was best for us," Kagome explained.
"And this is what's best for you? What about love?" asked InuYasha with a slight blush. He turned around so the two couldn't see the glow in his face.
'Why the hell did I say such a stupid thing?'
"I remember my mother once told me: 'love is nice but it's not necessary, it just distracts you from life and responsibility'" InuYasha turned around, "So here I am, being a good daughter and not doubting my mother's words, even if I was brought here by force, I still have to obey her," she said ignoring his narrowed eyes.
But the eyes remained glued to her.
She shifted in the uncomfortable silence with his heavy stare.
"What?" she asked finally.
"What do you mean 'What?', you're the one still sitting in that guy's lap!" InuYasha's temper flared.
Kagome's cheeks turned bright pink and she slipped away from Ranma.
"Well, it's only normal, she is my WIFE!" Ranma said with mild concern.
"She's not you're wife! You aren't even married," InuYasha yelled.
"YET! She will be my wife in less than a year, possibly a couple of months. Then what will you do? Chaperone us on our honeymoon?" asked Ranma sarcastically, with a mocking eyebrow raised.
InuYasha was getting angrier by the second.
Ranma looked positively furious.
Kagome seemed as red as a tomato.
Why did they insist on talking about her as if she weren't there? And Ranma did not have to go there!
"I do NOT care what you or who you do on this side of the well, but you still have to collect the shards and you ARE coming back with me, NOW," InuYasha stated threateningly.
Kagome nodded in understanding, hiding a bit of hurt from his words.
She got up, explaining she was heading towards the bathroom to get ready to leave.
"She may be going with you now, but I hope you understand she will be coming back here tome and untouched, understand?" Ranma spoke low.
InuYasha just rolled his eyes.
"We'll just go by what she says and wants, I don't answer to conceded idiots like you," he explained.
"I'll come for her if she takes too long, wouldn't want her tainted by your presence," said Ranma.
"I doubt you'll be able to find her where we're going, hell, I doubt you'll even be able to get through if you do find the well!" InuYasha muttered.
"The well?"
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Kagome looked in the mirror.
She looked awful.
Well, should she have expected to see a goddess after being through the ordeal she's gone through?
"This is ridiculous," she commented aloud, sinking to her knees with her elbows remaining on the sink. She slumped in defeat.
Until this point, she had no idea what the future held for her, and now that she knew, she wish she didn't.
This was just getting too confusing! She'd come to terms with her strong feelings for InuYasha a while ago. Now she was to marry a complete stranger!
She should have known it was impossible for her to be together with him. He was from the past; she was from the future. It could never happen.
Oh well, he didn't look like he was getting over Kikyo anytime soon anyway.
"Yeah, I should have known," she said quietly, berating herself inside.
"I don't quite understand you," a voice spoke from behind.
Akane stood just in front of the closed-door way, looking somewhat confused.
She was puzzled about Kagome's sudden appearance into all of their lives. She was just curious about the girl who was Kagome, almost intrigued.
"That's not so surprising, I don't understand myself either," the girl with long hair answered.
"You don't seem too happy with this arrangement, but I assure you, Ranma is a pretty nice guy once you get past his snobbish ways, his pig-headedness, his annoying personality and his half female problem," said Akane obliviously.
"His half female, what are you talking about?" asked Kagome.
"Oh, he hasn't told you yet? That's really not so surprising; he isn't very proud of it," the short-haired girl continued.
"Told me what? He's not fully a boy?" asked Kagome curiously.
"Oh no, don't get me wrong, he is fully male right now, but if you were to pour some cold water on him he wouldn't be quite the same person, that's one of the reasons he doesn't like rainy nights like this," she continued with a softer tone.
"He doesn't like the rain then? I knew it, it's too impossible, how am I ever going to get to know him if we're getting married in a matter of months!" Kagome sighed and slumped to the ground totally, to sit with her back against the wall.
"I'm sorry I can't answer that, but if it helps, I know you two will make a beautiful couple," Akane stated sadly.
"Thank you, I guess," said Kagome, just as sadly.
"I know! I can tell you what I know about him, that should help!" Akane said brightly.
"Okay, I guess that'd be nice and, um, I just want to say I'm sorry for taking him away from you," Kagome said with a blush.
"It's alright, I'm sure everything will work out fine; Anyway, hmm, Ranma, let's see, where to start? His full name is Ranma Saotome, he's a martial artist,"
"Really? A martial artist! That's interesting" Kagome said with a smile.
"Ranma is an interesting person, anyway, hmm, he gets jealous very easily,"
"I'm sure I can deal with that, after having InuYasha to struggle with,"
"InuYasha?"
"Yeah, a guy who also gets jealous very easily,"
"And who has been waiting for you for over thirty minutes, with no company other than this retard," said a voice outside the door.
"Hey, I resent that remark!" yelled another.
The two girls inside the room looked at each other. They really did sound so similar. It was almost difficult to tell them apart.
It was unnerving, to say the least! *
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Well, there's chapter 2. Hope you liked it. I'm really tired now, but I'm in luck, my mom says there's a snow storm and she doesn't want me heading to Manhattan in that weather. Yay, now I can go to sleep and do my HW tomorrow!
And, as for the story I'm trying not to make it too serious, just so you know. Because I thought, the beginning was too much so, now I'm trying to lighten the mood.