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have any money whatsoever, so don't sue. And Ranma as the King of Storms,
Sailor Nemesis, once again, is from Gundraw's story. ^_^
'Thoughts'
Soul's Destiny, Blood's Inheritance Chapter 4
'At the springs, just after Ranma makes his call.'
Ranko and Tenchi waited as Ranma hung up his cell phone. "Everything squared away with your mom?" Tenchi asked.
Ranma nodded and grinned. "We should expect her this evening. Until then, we have time to do whatever we want. Except shopping, cause mom wants to do that with you."
Ranko smiled and nodded. "So what shall we do then? We've got a ton of springs to look into. We could also go exploring. I want to try out some of the martial arts moves I remember also."
"From my memory? Or your past life?" Ranma asked.
"I only remember little of my past life. I remember everything from yours though," teased Ranko. Ranma blushed, and ducked his head, "Maybe we should try out the springs this morning and go on a picnic for lunch. We could meet up with the people we met for that one."
Tenchi and Ranko nodded, smiling. "We need to talk to the front desk about another room also. For your mom and Ranko," Tenchi said.
"I'll go do that now. I'll find you two outside in a little bit," Ranma said heading out the door.
Quickly making his way to the lobby, Ranma went straight to the front desk to ask if there were any more rooms available. The man behind the desk quickly started typing, as Ranma explained his problem.
"You're in luck kid. We have one room left near yours. It's down near where the orphans are staying."
"Orphans?" Ranma asked.
"Yes, there was a girl who just recently came into a bit of money and gave the caretakers of the orphanage she lived in a break by taking all 7 children there on a vacation. She and her friend have been fantastic chaperones, keeping the children quiet and happy. They're staying till the end of the week as well. Course you'd think that seven children would be right much for two seventeen year old girls to handle," the man said chuckling.
"I'll have to check it out then, to make sure they don't bother my mom then. Thank you!" Ranma said, waving.
"I hope your mom and sister enjoy their stay here!"
Ranma grinned and quickly went back to the room, getting undressed and pulling out a fresh towel. Making his way out the back, Ranma quickly located Tenchi and Ranko, and was surprised to see Usagi, Ami, Rei, Motoki and Mamoru in the pool with them.
"Hi Ranma!" came Usagi's bubbly voice, "We were really surprised to find that you had already gotten rid of your curse! Congrats! We should have a party or something!"
Ranma chuckled, getting in the pool and sitting next to Ranko. "Actually we were gonna invite you on a picnic lunch. The guy at the front desk said he would get the cook to pack a couple of picnic baskets for us. We should get out of here by eleven."
"That's a great idea!" started Rei when Ami gasped.
"Oh Ranma! What happened to your wound?"
Ranma looked at his shoulder and grinned, not even seeing a scar. "I'm a rather fast healer. There's also a spring good for stimulating a healing response here. Guess it worked."
Ami looked thoughtful a second and nodded, sitting back down to listen to the conversation. An uncomfortable silence followed until Ranko broke it, "You don't think auntie will bring the katana do you?"
Ranma paled, putting his head in his hands. "I hope not," he said softly, "I can deal with the seppuku pledge, but if she decides I'm not what she wants in a son, I can't deal with her disappointment in me."
Mamoru raised an eyebrow, "They still do ritual suicide?"
Ranma looked at him, and then looked down at the clear water, "When I was around five or six, pops wanted to take me on a training trip. Apparently mom wouldn't go for it so he came up with a seppuku pledge that if I wasn't a man amongst men when she saw me next, we would both commit honorable suicide. Course stupid pops went and ruined my life because he feared for his own. He ended up engaging me to 127 different women to fill his stomach, tying me up with fish sausages and throwing me into a pit of starved cats to teach me a martial arts maneuver, and giving me all sorts of curses."
Ami's, Usagi's, and Motoki's eyes all widened at Ranma's emotionless speech. Rei looked skeptical as Mamoru kept up his emotionless mask. Tenchi heard this before but still looked a little sick at the end and Ranko shuddered at the mention of the neko-ken. She then looked up, a thoughtful look on her face.
"You know, I bet if you told her everything that's happened, she would divorce him, and you turned eighteen a while ago, so you have the choice of who's name you could take," she said.
"There's no guarantee there Ranko," Ranma said, "Besides she may want me to make a choice. She's the only one I know with strange ideas about being manly."
Ranko giggled, thinking about that, and then stared off into the woods. A comfortable silence followed, each person digesting the information they just heard. Ranma turned and looked off into the woods also, taking in the scenery. The mountains behind the trees looked like old men with hunched backs, discussing the sunny weather. The forest looked inviting, the emerald green leaves giving a royal look to it. The cool shade looked enticing, as if it held secrets that only those that dared to crack their puzzles would find. Ranma sighed, 'This all feels so right, yet something is missing. It's drifting just at the edge of my memory, though I can't quite figure out what it is.'
Ami's voice startled him out of his reverie and he turned around to see her talking to a boy of around twelve.
"Oh! Hello there. Would you like to join us also?" Ami asked trying to be polite.
The child nodded, his black hair falling around his face. "I hope you all don't mind, but I was told not to go into the pools without Hikari or Trista, or another adult. My name's Ikari. I'm on vacation with. my friends."
"Hi Ikari! I'm Usagi. This is Ami, Rei, Motoki, Ranko, Tenchi, Ranma, and Mamoru." Usagi grinned as she pointed out each person, saying their names.
Ikari nodded, and got in the pool, sitting between Ami and Ranko, as they seemed the most calm. Ranko smiled at the boy asking, "Where are your chaperones anyway?"
"I think they're getting the rest of the kids ready. Since I'm the oldest, I got ready first. But the twins are eight, and Sasha's 7. They could get ready on their own, but they like to hang around Hikari and Trista. Hikaru, Toya, and Shinji are all five, so they're harder to get ready. They aren't related though."
'He's apart of the orphanage group,' Ranma thought, 'I probably shouldn't say anything about that then. I'd probably stay outta trouble better that way.'
"Ikari!!?? Where are you?" came a high, lilting voice.
Ikari turned around and called back, "Over here Trista!"
Soon a girl of about 17 came over the hill, her long, gray brown hair up in a towel, a few strands peaking out the front. She had odd blue green eyes, and a slightly tan complexion. Seeing Ikari, she quickly viewed the group around him, and sniffed, as if testing the air slightly. Looking at Ikari, she spoke to him, "Do you want to come with us now? We're all ready."
Ikari looked at the group and with a sheepish smile asked, "Do ya mind if I stay here with you guys?"
Ranma chuckled and shook his head. The girls and other three guys also said they didn't mind if he stayed. Ikari grinned, "Thanks."
Trista sighed, "Alright, but when they leave, you be sure to come over to where we are. Don't stay in the pool by yourself." Turning to the rest of the group, she spoke to them, "Please make sure he leaves the pool with you. If one of you would escort him over there," she pointed to her left, "we would be grateful. Hikari's still recovering. Thank you for watching over him for us."
With that, Trista left, heading in the direction of young children's voices. Ikari watched her leave, and mumbled something that apparently Ami and Ranko heard. Ranko looked down at him and asked, "What do you mean it's not like you'll do that again?"
Ikari looked guilty for a second, turning a shy eye to Ranko, and then looked down. "I'm part of a group of orphans that are on vacation here. Hikari was one herself and had recently moved out. She came back to take the few orphans that were left on a vacation. I was new when she came over to suggest it. I had lost my parents to a car accident, and I lost my memories in the process." The boy started to shake before continuing, "I was upset, so I tried. tried to."
Ranma leaned over and put a hand on the boys shoulder, his look saying he understood what Ikari was trying to say. Ikari gulped and continued, "There's a cliff near the orphanage. Hikari jumped down after me, and managed to grab me and then find a purchase on the face of the cliff. The sudden stop nearly broke her arm, and we both got pretty banged up. She ended up getting a stress factor in her arm, which is still healing, so her arm stays in a sling most the time. But after that, she stayed with me. I still don't remember my parents, but Hikari's something of an older sister and my only family now. Her name's kinda wrong though. She's more a ray of hope than power. Her full name is Chikarano Hikari."
Ranko reached over and pulled the boy into a hug. Ikari was startled a second, but quickly fell into it, hugging her back and crying. Usagi looked around. Rei and Ami looked startled and upset. Motoki looked troubled and Mamoru's face was a blank mask, yet a tear rolled down his face, as if the story had meant something to him. Ranma just sat studying the boy, his face portraying no emotion.
"Ne." Ranma began, "Why don't you and your group come on our picnic with us? I'm sure the cooks would fix another basket."
Ikari looked up, face wet with tears and surprised. "You wouldn't mind?"
Ranma shook his head, "Na. The more the merrier. Besides," Ranma said over the sudden sounds of laughter and splashing from over the bend, "it sounds like your chaperones are having trouble with the rest."
Ikari looked over, listening and gave a watery chuckle. "I'll go ask them now."
Getting out of the pool, Ikari made his way over to his chaperones. Ranma watched Ikari leave and then looked around the group. "Anyone got a watch?" he asked.
Tenchi chuckled and Ami looked down at her water proof watch. "It's around 10:45 now. We should get out of the pool soon so we can pick up the food and request more."
Ranma nodded and looked up as Trista came into view with Ikari. "Should we be getting ready now?" she asked, "by the time we get the kids ready, pick up the food, and find a spot to eat, it would be around lunch time."
Ranma grinned and nodded, "Yeah, in fact we were just getting ready to head in and change also. Meet us in the lobby, and we'll head out from there."
Trista smiled and nodded, "Thank you," she said softly, "We could definitely use the help."
Ranma nodded and Trista left with Ikari. Ranma got out of the pool, Ranko and Tenchi following. "We're gonna go ahead and get to the kitchens. Meet us in the lobby, k?"
The rest of the group nodded, smiling. Ranma nodded and headed back to his room.
"So much for a quiet day huh?" Tenchi said, "First your mom is coming in around six, and now we're spending lunch babysitting."
"I'm sure it won't be that bad Tenchi," Ranko said, "We can still relax. Besides, it might be fun to work with children instead of people our on age this time."
Ranma laughed. "With as much trouble as we have with people our own age, you'd think we'd already be working with a younger crowd."
Tenchi laughed at that, and they all got in the room. Ranma handed Ranko a clean change of clothes that was rather small for him but would fit her perfectly. She left for the bathroom, and Ranma and Tenchi quickly got dressed. As soon as Ranko was out of the bathroom, they left for the kitchens. Requesting a few more baskets of food, Ranko and Tenchi went to the front hall with the three already prepared. After ten minutes of waiting, Ranma left for the lobby, one basket in each hand, and one balanced on his head.
When Ranma got there, seven children including Ikari, Trista, and who could only be Hikari were there with Tenchi and Ranko. Ranma took his time to study Hikari and his breath was taken away. She was beautiful. Her shoulder length red blond hair framed a slightly flushed face set with dazzling blue eyes. She was wearing a tight shirt, accentuating her perfect figure and other assets. She also wore blue jeans and brown hiking boots. Walking up to them, Ranma saw that her arm was indeed in a sling, yet wasn't tightly bound so she could move it if need be.
"Hello," Ranma said as he walked up to them, still staring at Hikari.
Ranko turned around and her face lit, "Hi nii-san! This is Chikarano Hikari. Hikari, this is Ranma."
"Nice to meet you," she said softly, her eyes showing her amusement at his appearance, "Here, lets get that basket off your head."
Surprised a second, Ranma grinned and kept his body as straight as possible as he knelt. Hikari grabbed the basket and set it down on the ground. Ranma let go of his other two baskets and grinned. "So I guess we're just waiting for the rest of the group."
No sooner had he said that when Mamoru and Motoki walked up. They said hello and asked where the girls were. Ranma and Tenchi shrugged. Soon, Usagi, Rei and Ami came running into the room.
"Oh good! We made it," Usagi panted. She was wearing a short gray skirt and soft pink blouse. Rei also changed into something nice, a red blouse and black skirt. Ami was the only one who thought picnic, apparently, and dressed accordingly. She was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a blue t- shirt.
Giving them a grin, Ranma picked up the picnic baskets, saying, "I found a nice spot on the map, we're in for a short hike, but it should be wide enough for games."
Tenchi, Ranko, and Trista picked up the rest of the picnic baskets and everyone followed Ranma. After about half an hour of hiking in the woods, they came to a large clearing. The young children squealed, running out in it with the blankets they'd brought to picnic on. Usagi and Rei, looked extremely tired though, while Ami only looked slightly winded. Tenchi, Ranma, Mamoru, Motoki, Ranko and Trista weren't having any trouble. Hikari was breathing easy but looked a little pale.
Noticing that, Ranma made his way to where the blankets were set out. All the kids sat down looking at the baskets with hungry eyes. The rest of the group sat down and lunch was served. After lunch, Hikari sat down, resting against a tree, while the kids started a game of tag. Ikari soon tagged Ranko as it, and all the kids soon learned the dangers of tagging her or Ranma it, as they ran fast and would throw the kids over their shoulders, yelling at the older teenagers to see what they had caught. There were suggestions to throw the kids back, and to bring them over to be hugged. Soon everyone got involved in the games, and the afternoon passed quickly.
Ami looked down at her watch and gasped, "We had better head back, or the dining room will stop serving supper."
Usagi gasped as if scandalized and quickly went back to the blankets to start packing things. Looking at the sunset, Ranma nodded, "I need to get back soon to greet my mother anyway. Let's get moving."
The kids groaned, but soon, they were all on their way back to the resort's main building.
OK Folks!! Whatcha think? I stayed up late writing this so I'm sorry if it's a little short. ^_^ Review please ^^ kokatsu na tenshi 0 ;)
'Thoughts'
Soul's Destiny, Blood's Inheritance Chapter 4
'At the springs, just after Ranma makes his call.'
Ranko and Tenchi waited as Ranma hung up his cell phone. "Everything squared away with your mom?" Tenchi asked.
Ranma nodded and grinned. "We should expect her this evening. Until then, we have time to do whatever we want. Except shopping, cause mom wants to do that with you."
Ranko smiled and nodded. "So what shall we do then? We've got a ton of springs to look into. We could also go exploring. I want to try out some of the martial arts moves I remember also."
"From my memory? Or your past life?" Ranma asked.
"I only remember little of my past life. I remember everything from yours though," teased Ranko. Ranma blushed, and ducked his head, "Maybe we should try out the springs this morning and go on a picnic for lunch. We could meet up with the people we met for that one."
Tenchi and Ranko nodded, smiling. "We need to talk to the front desk about another room also. For your mom and Ranko," Tenchi said.
"I'll go do that now. I'll find you two outside in a little bit," Ranma said heading out the door.
Quickly making his way to the lobby, Ranma went straight to the front desk to ask if there were any more rooms available. The man behind the desk quickly started typing, as Ranma explained his problem.
"You're in luck kid. We have one room left near yours. It's down near where the orphans are staying."
"Orphans?" Ranma asked.
"Yes, there was a girl who just recently came into a bit of money and gave the caretakers of the orphanage she lived in a break by taking all 7 children there on a vacation. She and her friend have been fantastic chaperones, keeping the children quiet and happy. They're staying till the end of the week as well. Course you'd think that seven children would be right much for two seventeen year old girls to handle," the man said chuckling.
"I'll have to check it out then, to make sure they don't bother my mom then. Thank you!" Ranma said, waving.
"I hope your mom and sister enjoy their stay here!"
Ranma grinned and quickly went back to the room, getting undressed and pulling out a fresh towel. Making his way out the back, Ranma quickly located Tenchi and Ranko, and was surprised to see Usagi, Ami, Rei, Motoki and Mamoru in the pool with them.
"Hi Ranma!" came Usagi's bubbly voice, "We were really surprised to find that you had already gotten rid of your curse! Congrats! We should have a party or something!"
Ranma chuckled, getting in the pool and sitting next to Ranko. "Actually we were gonna invite you on a picnic lunch. The guy at the front desk said he would get the cook to pack a couple of picnic baskets for us. We should get out of here by eleven."
"That's a great idea!" started Rei when Ami gasped.
"Oh Ranma! What happened to your wound?"
Ranma looked at his shoulder and grinned, not even seeing a scar. "I'm a rather fast healer. There's also a spring good for stimulating a healing response here. Guess it worked."
Ami looked thoughtful a second and nodded, sitting back down to listen to the conversation. An uncomfortable silence followed until Ranko broke it, "You don't think auntie will bring the katana do you?"
Ranma paled, putting his head in his hands. "I hope not," he said softly, "I can deal with the seppuku pledge, but if she decides I'm not what she wants in a son, I can't deal with her disappointment in me."
Mamoru raised an eyebrow, "They still do ritual suicide?"
Ranma looked at him, and then looked down at the clear water, "When I was around five or six, pops wanted to take me on a training trip. Apparently mom wouldn't go for it so he came up with a seppuku pledge that if I wasn't a man amongst men when she saw me next, we would both commit honorable suicide. Course stupid pops went and ruined my life because he feared for his own. He ended up engaging me to 127 different women to fill his stomach, tying me up with fish sausages and throwing me into a pit of starved cats to teach me a martial arts maneuver, and giving me all sorts of curses."
Ami's, Usagi's, and Motoki's eyes all widened at Ranma's emotionless speech. Rei looked skeptical as Mamoru kept up his emotionless mask. Tenchi heard this before but still looked a little sick at the end and Ranko shuddered at the mention of the neko-ken. She then looked up, a thoughtful look on her face.
"You know, I bet if you told her everything that's happened, she would divorce him, and you turned eighteen a while ago, so you have the choice of who's name you could take," she said.
"There's no guarantee there Ranko," Ranma said, "Besides she may want me to make a choice. She's the only one I know with strange ideas about being manly."
Ranko giggled, thinking about that, and then stared off into the woods. A comfortable silence followed, each person digesting the information they just heard. Ranma turned and looked off into the woods also, taking in the scenery. The mountains behind the trees looked like old men with hunched backs, discussing the sunny weather. The forest looked inviting, the emerald green leaves giving a royal look to it. The cool shade looked enticing, as if it held secrets that only those that dared to crack their puzzles would find. Ranma sighed, 'This all feels so right, yet something is missing. It's drifting just at the edge of my memory, though I can't quite figure out what it is.'
Ami's voice startled him out of his reverie and he turned around to see her talking to a boy of around twelve.
"Oh! Hello there. Would you like to join us also?" Ami asked trying to be polite.
The child nodded, his black hair falling around his face. "I hope you all don't mind, but I was told not to go into the pools without Hikari or Trista, or another adult. My name's Ikari. I'm on vacation with. my friends."
"Hi Ikari! I'm Usagi. This is Ami, Rei, Motoki, Ranko, Tenchi, Ranma, and Mamoru." Usagi grinned as she pointed out each person, saying their names.
Ikari nodded, and got in the pool, sitting between Ami and Ranko, as they seemed the most calm. Ranko smiled at the boy asking, "Where are your chaperones anyway?"
"I think they're getting the rest of the kids ready. Since I'm the oldest, I got ready first. But the twins are eight, and Sasha's 7. They could get ready on their own, but they like to hang around Hikari and Trista. Hikaru, Toya, and Shinji are all five, so they're harder to get ready. They aren't related though."
'He's apart of the orphanage group,' Ranma thought, 'I probably shouldn't say anything about that then. I'd probably stay outta trouble better that way.'
"Ikari!!?? Where are you?" came a high, lilting voice.
Ikari turned around and called back, "Over here Trista!"
Soon a girl of about 17 came over the hill, her long, gray brown hair up in a towel, a few strands peaking out the front. She had odd blue green eyes, and a slightly tan complexion. Seeing Ikari, she quickly viewed the group around him, and sniffed, as if testing the air slightly. Looking at Ikari, she spoke to him, "Do you want to come with us now? We're all ready."
Ikari looked at the group and with a sheepish smile asked, "Do ya mind if I stay here with you guys?"
Ranma chuckled and shook his head. The girls and other three guys also said they didn't mind if he stayed. Ikari grinned, "Thanks."
Trista sighed, "Alright, but when they leave, you be sure to come over to where we are. Don't stay in the pool by yourself." Turning to the rest of the group, she spoke to them, "Please make sure he leaves the pool with you. If one of you would escort him over there," she pointed to her left, "we would be grateful. Hikari's still recovering. Thank you for watching over him for us."
With that, Trista left, heading in the direction of young children's voices. Ikari watched her leave, and mumbled something that apparently Ami and Ranko heard. Ranko looked down at him and asked, "What do you mean it's not like you'll do that again?"
Ikari looked guilty for a second, turning a shy eye to Ranko, and then looked down. "I'm part of a group of orphans that are on vacation here. Hikari was one herself and had recently moved out. She came back to take the few orphans that were left on a vacation. I was new when she came over to suggest it. I had lost my parents to a car accident, and I lost my memories in the process." The boy started to shake before continuing, "I was upset, so I tried. tried to."
Ranma leaned over and put a hand on the boys shoulder, his look saying he understood what Ikari was trying to say. Ikari gulped and continued, "There's a cliff near the orphanage. Hikari jumped down after me, and managed to grab me and then find a purchase on the face of the cliff. The sudden stop nearly broke her arm, and we both got pretty banged up. She ended up getting a stress factor in her arm, which is still healing, so her arm stays in a sling most the time. But after that, she stayed with me. I still don't remember my parents, but Hikari's something of an older sister and my only family now. Her name's kinda wrong though. She's more a ray of hope than power. Her full name is Chikarano Hikari."
Ranko reached over and pulled the boy into a hug. Ikari was startled a second, but quickly fell into it, hugging her back and crying. Usagi looked around. Rei and Ami looked startled and upset. Motoki looked troubled and Mamoru's face was a blank mask, yet a tear rolled down his face, as if the story had meant something to him. Ranma just sat studying the boy, his face portraying no emotion.
"Ne." Ranma began, "Why don't you and your group come on our picnic with us? I'm sure the cooks would fix another basket."
Ikari looked up, face wet with tears and surprised. "You wouldn't mind?"
Ranma shook his head, "Na. The more the merrier. Besides," Ranma said over the sudden sounds of laughter and splashing from over the bend, "it sounds like your chaperones are having trouble with the rest."
Ikari looked over, listening and gave a watery chuckle. "I'll go ask them now."
Getting out of the pool, Ikari made his way over to his chaperones. Ranma watched Ikari leave and then looked around the group. "Anyone got a watch?" he asked.
Tenchi chuckled and Ami looked down at her water proof watch. "It's around 10:45 now. We should get out of the pool soon so we can pick up the food and request more."
Ranma nodded and looked up as Trista came into view with Ikari. "Should we be getting ready now?" she asked, "by the time we get the kids ready, pick up the food, and find a spot to eat, it would be around lunch time."
Ranma grinned and nodded, "Yeah, in fact we were just getting ready to head in and change also. Meet us in the lobby, and we'll head out from there."
Trista smiled and nodded, "Thank you," she said softly, "We could definitely use the help."
Ranma nodded and Trista left with Ikari. Ranma got out of the pool, Ranko and Tenchi following. "We're gonna go ahead and get to the kitchens. Meet us in the lobby, k?"
The rest of the group nodded, smiling. Ranma nodded and headed back to his room.
"So much for a quiet day huh?" Tenchi said, "First your mom is coming in around six, and now we're spending lunch babysitting."
"I'm sure it won't be that bad Tenchi," Ranko said, "We can still relax. Besides, it might be fun to work with children instead of people our on age this time."
Ranma laughed. "With as much trouble as we have with people our own age, you'd think we'd already be working with a younger crowd."
Tenchi laughed at that, and they all got in the room. Ranma handed Ranko a clean change of clothes that was rather small for him but would fit her perfectly. She left for the bathroom, and Ranma and Tenchi quickly got dressed. As soon as Ranko was out of the bathroom, they left for the kitchens. Requesting a few more baskets of food, Ranko and Tenchi went to the front hall with the three already prepared. After ten minutes of waiting, Ranma left for the lobby, one basket in each hand, and one balanced on his head.
When Ranma got there, seven children including Ikari, Trista, and who could only be Hikari were there with Tenchi and Ranko. Ranma took his time to study Hikari and his breath was taken away. She was beautiful. Her shoulder length red blond hair framed a slightly flushed face set with dazzling blue eyes. She was wearing a tight shirt, accentuating her perfect figure and other assets. She also wore blue jeans and brown hiking boots. Walking up to them, Ranma saw that her arm was indeed in a sling, yet wasn't tightly bound so she could move it if need be.
"Hello," Ranma said as he walked up to them, still staring at Hikari.
Ranko turned around and her face lit, "Hi nii-san! This is Chikarano Hikari. Hikari, this is Ranma."
"Nice to meet you," she said softly, her eyes showing her amusement at his appearance, "Here, lets get that basket off your head."
Surprised a second, Ranma grinned and kept his body as straight as possible as he knelt. Hikari grabbed the basket and set it down on the ground. Ranma let go of his other two baskets and grinned. "So I guess we're just waiting for the rest of the group."
No sooner had he said that when Mamoru and Motoki walked up. They said hello and asked where the girls were. Ranma and Tenchi shrugged. Soon, Usagi, Rei and Ami came running into the room.
"Oh good! We made it," Usagi panted. She was wearing a short gray skirt and soft pink blouse. Rei also changed into something nice, a red blouse and black skirt. Ami was the only one who thought picnic, apparently, and dressed accordingly. She was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a blue t- shirt.
Giving them a grin, Ranma picked up the picnic baskets, saying, "I found a nice spot on the map, we're in for a short hike, but it should be wide enough for games."
Tenchi, Ranko, and Trista picked up the rest of the picnic baskets and everyone followed Ranma. After about half an hour of hiking in the woods, they came to a large clearing. The young children squealed, running out in it with the blankets they'd brought to picnic on. Usagi and Rei, looked extremely tired though, while Ami only looked slightly winded. Tenchi, Ranma, Mamoru, Motoki, Ranko and Trista weren't having any trouble. Hikari was breathing easy but looked a little pale.
Noticing that, Ranma made his way to where the blankets were set out. All the kids sat down looking at the baskets with hungry eyes. The rest of the group sat down and lunch was served. After lunch, Hikari sat down, resting against a tree, while the kids started a game of tag. Ikari soon tagged Ranko as it, and all the kids soon learned the dangers of tagging her or Ranma it, as they ran fast and would throw the kids over their shoulders, yelling at the older teenagers to see what they had caught. There were suggestions to throw the kids back, and to bring them over to be hugged. Soon everyone got involved in the games, and the afternoon passed quickly.
Ami looked down at her watch and gasped, "We had better head back, or the dining room will stop serving supper."
Usagi gasped as if scandalized and quickly went back to the blankets to start packing things. Looking at the sunset, Ranma nodded, "I need to get back soon to greet my mother anyway. Let's get moving."
The kids groaned, but soon, they were all on their way back to the resort's main building.
OK Folks!! Whatcha think? I stayed up late writing this so I'm sorry if it's a little short. ^_^ Review please ^^ kokatsu na tenshi 0 ;)