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Last chapter: Before they left Ranma said good-bye to Akane. And left to the grounds.

Ch 6: The arrival to the grounds

Kagome already bought plane tickets to Qinghai Province, China, close to where the Grounds of the Accursed Springs are located. And for some reason they were the only ones on the plane. Which creeped Kagome a bit.

Ranma and Kagome traveled for 4 weeks now, and had finally reached their destination, the 'Training ground of accursed springs'.

Kagome let out a sigh as she saw the hundreds of pounds. 'Finally! We're here!' she thought happily. She turned to face Ranma. "Finally! Let's get searching!" she said with a huge smile on her face.

"Hai!" Ranma said equally happy. "Where should we start, Kagome?" Ranma asked as he looked around for a spot.

"Hm..... I sense a shard somewhere in the center of the grounds. So I think we should start there." Kagome declared as she scanned the area.

"Alright!" Ranma said and speed off to the center. Kagome only shrugged and followed in his wake.

When Kagome reached the center she saw Ranma digging in the dirt. She peered over his shoulder to see his face. Ranma noticed and turned his head toward Kagome, and smiled.

"Arigatou, Kagome-chan." Ranma said with a very sincere smile on his face.

Kagome pointed to herself. "Who? Me? What for?" she said confused.

"For everything. Ever since I met you, everything seems different." Ranma said while looking at the sunset. He stopped his digging.

"How so?" Kagome asked politely, also watching the sunset.

"I dunno," he sat down and crossed his legs, "Ever since I met you things had been different. Like my relationship with all of my fiancés. It seemed like it doesn't really matter anymore. And I'm not having nightmares about it. All of the changes were for the best."

Kagome smiled and sat down next to Ranma. She pulled her legs up to her chin and wrapped her arms around them. "In that case, Arigatou, Ranma-kun" said Kagome and rested her chin on her knees.

Now it was turn for Ranma to be confused. "What for?" he asked, wide eyed and pointing to himself.

Kagome giggled a bit. "Like you said, ever since I met you every things been different. Like I don't mind Inu-yasha as much when he's with Kikyo. Or that Sesshoumaru is always around."

"Sesshoumaru?" asked Ranma. "I never hear you talking about him."

"Well, after he helped us get a shard, he's been sorta following the group. He's real nice once you get to know him. Though he may seem cold at first, he's really...." Kagome trailed of. She didn't really know what to say now. But she didn't really care. Ranma nodded getting the point.

They sat there in silence until the sun finally set. Now the sky was a mixture of purple, blue, and black. The moon shown full in the tri- colored sky, and everything seemed to stop. It was like time stopped itself. Nothing was moving nothing was heard. Nothing moved it was like everything standing still.

Kagome and Ranma could feel the air change. It felt like it was waiting for something major to happen. It seemed strange, down right abnormal!

Ranma let out a sigh. But that didn't change anything. Nothing moved, or heard. "Something's wrong." Ranma said to Kagome who was staring into the moon.

She nodded. "So you noticed too. What do you think about this?" She asked in a whisper.

"I dunno. But something big is going to happen now, or sometime soon." Ranma answered. His face paled. He sighed again. Then a thought came to him.

_*_*_*_*_*Ranma's inner conversation*_*_*_*_*_

'I told you! I told you!' his conscious shouted at him. It referred to bringing Kagome to the grounds.

'Yea? So? It doesn't mean that something HUGE is going to happen to Kagome.' Ranma retorted.

(- Ranma's conscious speaking- ; ' Ranma is speaking', this will only last until the end of Ranma's inner conversation.)

-Yea? But how bout it does happen to Kagome? What are you gonna do then?-

'.......'

- Figures!! My advise is to get the friggin hell outa here!-

'How about Kagome? She has to get the shard. That's the whole point bout this trip.'

- So? What do you care about more? Having Kagome as Kagome. Or having her cursed like you? When touching water would change her into whatever she becomes?-

'It isn't going to happen or anything'

- Yea? And how are you going to stop that?-

'....... I'll keep a close eye on her.'

- Yea, but she can still fall into one of the pounds. And if that happens, what the HELL are you going to do?-

'..............'

- Look here. If you care about Kagome at all then get you and her out of this place!-

'No I can't.'

- What the hell is your problem now?-

'You know. I promised...'

- So what of it? You promised you would take her to the grounds. And you did.-

'Kuso! –[ Bull shit]- She needs to find the friggin shard!! The sooner she finds all the shards, and kick Naraku's ass to hell, the sooner she can stay here. In this era.'

-...............-

~~ End of conversation ~~

Ranma had finally won the fight. He smiled at himself for his little victory against his conscious.

"Ranma...." Kagome whispered while tapping Ranma's shoulder.

"Wha? Oh." Ranma said looking into Kagome's face. "What's up, Kagome?"

"Ranma, it's night now."

"It is? When?"

"Hai. Since two minutes ago. You were staring at the sunset for awhile, and spaced out I guess."

"Really? Oh....Ok. Let's make camp!" Ranma said cheerfully.

Kagome nodded and went to the other side of the ground. She unpacked her stuff, mainly her sleeping bag, some junk food, and some ramen.

Ranma had been staring at her for a while with a little o formed in his lips. He shook his head and went over to her.

When he reached were Kagome was, he sat down, crossed his legs, put his palm under his chin and his fingers on his cheeks. After Kagome finished packing she looked at Ranma. He was spacing out again, and was staring at the dark sky. She shook her head and sighed.

"Ranma? Can you go and get some fire wood?" She asked the still spacing out Ranma. He nodded, got up, and went to find some firewood.

After a while Ranma came back with some firewood. He set them down and began to make a fire. Kagome was staring at him all the way. Finally the fire lit. Kagome put the pot over the fire and made some hot water. After it boiled she poured them on to the ramen cups. They ate in silence.

After they ate. Ranma got out his sleeping bag, crawled inside and shifted into a comfortable position. Kagome did the same.

"Night Ranma." Kagome said before she fell asleep.

End of ch: 6

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AN: Sorry for the delay. And sorry for the short and lame chapter. It's the best I can come up with for the moment. Well, it 7:46 and school starts in 15 minutes so I better hurry.

I'm still holding the contest. And Ses/Kag is in the lead.