Disclaimer: I do not own Inu-yasha or Ranma. Rumiko's the owner. But for this fic I'm barrowing.

Last chapter: Right at that moment Akane entered the room.

Ch 5: Meet Shampoo and Mousse

They turned around to see Akane standing in the doorway, she was still dressed in yesterday's clothes. She looked around; the room was quite empty of people. Only Ranma and Kagome were there.

"Where's everyone?" Akane asked the two.

"Uh..........um... They're still asleep." Ranma answered.

"What? It's like 7 now!" said Akane. "I'm starved!"

"I'll go make some ramen then," Kagome declared. Just then Akane and Ranma's stomachs growled. All three sweat dropped.

"I'll hurry." Kagome said and went into the kitchen to make the noodles.

Akane and Ranma were the only people in the room now. Both were uneasy. They kept glancing up, when their eyes meet; they blushed, and looked down quickly.

After half an hour, Kagome re-entered the room with 14 cups of ramen. She set then on the table.

"Breakfast is served!" She said with a smile on her face.

Ranma grinned and took 1 of the cups and began to devour the contents.

Akane sighed and took 1 of the cups herself before Ranma ate everything. Kagome followed suit.

Ranma placed the now empty cups on the table and grinned at the girls.

Both girls were watching Ranma when he at the 12 cups of ramen that were left. They were just holding their cups and didn't eat at all.

"You gonna eat those?" Ranma asked.

"Huh? ... Oh!" Both girls said and began to eat their ramen.

After 15 minutes they finished. The cups were empty and lying on the table. They sat silently as they were digesting their food when, Ryoga popped into the room. He was looking confused about something, because you can see it in his eyes.

"RANMA!!!!" Ryoga yelled. "Come with me!" He said in a much calmer voice. Ranma just shrugged and went with him.

"What was that all about?" Kagome asked Akane.

"Nothing really." she replied and began to clean up the table. Kagome shrugged off the feeling and helped.

_*_*_*_*_* In the backyard with Ryoga and Ranma*_*_*_*_*_

"What's up?" Ranma asked.

"Ranma, if you get a chance to change this reality would you?" Ryoga said uncertainty as he walked to the side of the pond.

"I dunno. There would be some things. But the others I want to keep the way it is." Ranma said while looking up to the bright blue sky.

"Hn...." Ryoga kept looking into the pond.

"What is it?" Ranma asked.

"What? Nothing!"

"It isn't nothing, what is it?"

"Well, as you know I went back to the grounds."

"Yup."

"And when I got there, (in this fic, every time Ryoga has to go somewhere very far away it takes him bout 3 months... And there would be an explanation on y Ryoga and Ranma are so nice to each other after this chapter) I met this fortuneteller. She said I could change reality. And that I only have a month to decide if I wanted to change anything."

"Oh... So do you wanna change?"

" That's the problem I don't know what I should change. Or shouldn't"

" You should change the things you don't like and keep the things you do like. I think that's some good advice."

" But........." Ryoga trailed off.

"Hold it," Ranma said, raising his hand in a gesture to stop Ryoga. "It's like wishing isn't it?" Ryoga nodded.

Just then Shampoo, Mousse popped into the picture. Shampoo went away for a while to learn proper Japanese. And as always Mousse tags along.

"Ohayo Ranma," Shampoo said with brightness in her voice. Ranma nodded his greetings. Ryoga did the same. Mousse only stood there looking at the pond.

"Shampoo, Ryoga... Would............you guys.........look after...................Akane while I'm gone?" Ranma asked blushing. Since he was going to leave for a while and bizarre things always happens in Nermia, he would feel quite releaved if he didn't need to worry about Akane's safety. The blushing was due to the fact he's asking help not because he liked Akane. Though Ranma had developed a good relationship with his best friend, it was still odd asking favors from him.

"What? Why?" Ryoga and Shampoo asked.

"Cause I'm going somewhere today. And it's gonna take me a while to get back. That's all," said Ranma, looking at one of the walls that surrounded the garden.

"Where are you going?" Shampoo asked as she saw Ranma get up.

"Somewhere. So would you?"

"Fine." Ryoga and Shampoo answered.

"Ranma? It's bout time. We should get ready now." Kagome said entering the scene. She looked curiously around and saw the people staring at her.

"Oh! Everybody this is Kagome. Kagome this is Shampoo, Mousse, and Ryoga." Ranma introduced them.

"We've met." Ryoga said in Sesshoumaru's famous monotone.

Kagome nodded while smiling. "So Ranma are we going yet? I want to be finished with this quick!" Ranma nodded and start walking to his room. Kagome followed. She stop when she walked onto the porch, turned around, gave everyone one of her best smiles, and left.

"Wonder what that's all bout." Ryoga said to no one in particular. Shampoo nodded her head.

_*_*_*_*_* In Ranma's room *_*_*_*_*_

Kagome packed up her stuff, and Ranma did the same. Both didn't talk to each other, because each was immersed in their thoughts.

Ranma was uncomfortable about Akane's actions lately to really notice Kagome was in the room.

'What's up with her? I never saw her act like that! Something's wrong but she won't tell me.' Ranma frowned and continued his packing.

Kagome was thinking of what would happen when they reached the grounds. She was hopping they won't need to face a demon to get the shard.

'But then,' she thought to herself, 'we always face a youkai when we get a shard. It's like they know where they are and when we find them we have to fight them.' she sighed. 'My life is sad.' she thought miserably. Finally she was done.

"Finished! You?" Kagome asked Ranma who was still thinking about Akane.

"Huh.... Oh! Yea!" Ranma said without looking at Kagome. He had finished his packing for a while now.

"Then let's go." Kagome said and walked over to Ranma and smiled wearily. He nodded, got up, and went down stairs. Kagome followed.

Ranma had left a note for his pop on his bed explaining to him about his disappearance.

Before the left Ranma said good-bye to Akane. And left to the grounds.

End of ch: 5

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Well, that was a short chapter. I'm so sorry for posting so late! I'm studying to get into a college prep school. And I got sick over the weekend so I couldn't finish this chapter. I couldn't stay on the computer for more than 20 min, before my head starts to pound like there's no tomorrow!!!!!! Gomen Nasai!!!!!!!!!!!

In this fic Ryoga and Ranma are friends. So the bread-feud never happened.

I'm still holding the pairing contest! Ranma/Kagome or Sesshoumaru/Kagome? And to give u guys the head up Ses/Kag is in the lead with only 1 vote.

Sorry for any grammar and Spelling mistakes! And sorry if Shampoo and Mousse are kinda ooc. I don't really know their characters. And I didn't give Mousse any speaking parts cause I don't know what to put in em.