Red Alert
By: Megami*Silence
Chapter #2~ Finder's Keepers, Loser's Weepers.
disclaimer: Not mine!!
AN: Hey, coming back for round two. In this chapter we're going to introduce Ranma 1/2. I only received 7 reviews for my first chapter, which is ok but I know this fic is going to get really interesting, so I hope I get more reviews this time around. Please, if you did read this fic, please, please, please review!!! For the readers that are liking this story, don't worry, I'm not giving up!!!! Well, enjoy!
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It was early morning Saturday, and Akane woke up feeling great. She changed into her gi, and walked downstairs and straight to the dojo, not too far away from her home. Once she was inside she took a deep breath, and cleared all thoughts from her mind except that of martial arts. She stopped after a minute, knowing that she was going to have a great workout today. Feeling determined, and high spirited she placed some bricks in the center of the dojo, placed a mat on top of that, and kneeled in front of it.
After a few breaths, and positioning, she was ready. She pulled her hand back slightly, allowing her it to ball into a fist. 'One... two... three...GO' her mind counted down, she threw her hand upon the bricks as hard as she could, and the pressure from her strength cracked each brick to crumbles. She looked at the mess and then smiled at her accomplishment, 'Wow that was better than the last time.' she thought to herself.
"You suck, I could do much better than that you know." A new voice said. Akane's pretty smile turned into a demising eye-balling Look. She looked to her left, and saw exactly who she didn't want to see this early in the morning. Ranma Saotome, the biggest, strongest dummy in all of Japan!
"What did you say, you big retard?" She warned in that angry tone of hers. She kept her eyes on him like a hawk.
"I said-"He would've repeated it, if Akane hadn't of cut him off.
"Finish that sentence, and we'll be serving *you* for dinner!!" She screeched, and started to walk away.
"I dare you to try anything!" He challenged. Akane stopped, storm and rage flashing through her eyes. She turned around and ran after Ranma. He pushed himself away from the wall, and stood in a ready stance, waiting for her to try and fight him. At the last minute, as Akane was still charging at Ranma, a blur came in through the doorway, and landed atop of Ranma, which threw Ranma to the ground just as Akane dove at him. So instead of beating each other up, Akane and Ranma simply beat themselves up. Akane went sailing over Ranma's crushed body, and into the front yard, crashing into some things along the way.
Ranma groaned, and put his weight on his right elbow, while rubbing his sore face with the other. "RANMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" was screamed by Akane, and Ranma's hurt look turned into fear, as his life points decreased by 10. Ranma jumped to his feet, zipped down the lawn and onto the roof of the house. Akane picked up a broom, that happened to be laying on the ground next to her, and went flying after him.
In the kitchen, Kasumi watched the rumble of the morning, and shook her head in disapproval. Nabiki walked inside, and sniffed the fresh tea that had just been made. Nabiki reached for one of the pickles on the table, but Kasumi slapped her hand away. "Now Nabiki, not until breakfast is ready." Nabiki pouted. Kasumi turned around and walked back to the kitchen sink, looking out the window again, to call Akane and Ranma for breakfast. "Really, I wish those two would stop fighting. They have to start learning how to act as a couple, if their going to be married." Kasumi voiced her concern.
Nabiki looked at Kaumi like she was dense. "Get real Kasumi, the only way they'll act as a couple is if Akane learns to cook, and Ranma learns to not be a girl sometimes. And we both know, that's never going to happen!" Kasumi, still looking out the window sighed, while Nabiki snatched a pickle from the table, and tossed it into her mouth. Kasumi turned around, and saw Nabiki chewing.
"Nabiki!" Kasumi protested. Nabiki made her quick exit, and sat down at the family table. Kasumi soon followed, holding a tray full of bowls. She sat one down in front of everyone. Just then Akane bounced in, her smile reappearing on her face. Then Ranma walked in, a large, noticeable mark trailing down his face. He grudgingly sat down next to her, folding his arms across his chest, and ending with a 'humph' sound.
"Morning everyone, I went to retrieve the mail, and we all got something. Well, except for Ranma." she announced. She handed Nabiki, and Kasumi their letters. They all opened it at the same time, and quickly skimmed over it. A chorus of gasps were heard, "WHAT?!?!?! Run to the abandoned warehouse on 5th avenue?!?! That's practically on the other side of Nerima!!" Akane voiced, loudly.
"Mine says to go to the Ferinkin Highschool's swimming pool." Nabiki quickly stated after Akane's eruption.
"Oh my!" Kasumi gasped at her letter. Nabiki and Akane crowded behind her to read her letter for themselves. All together they hollered, "Go to Kuno's place!?!?!"
While the girls were speaking of their notorious letters, Ranma, Soun, Genma, and Hopposai quirked an eyebrow, not understanding what it was that the girls were doing. All four of them just shrugged and went back to eating their breakfast. When they were finished they looked back up, and saw the girls had disappeared.
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Akane ran as fast as she could. She didn't believe she was doing this. What if it was a trap? Or one of Kuno's sick snares for her to step in. 'Oh well,' she contradicted, 'I guess I'm going to have to find out.'
Akane ran past the Cat Café, and down the street, and took a sharp left. Now she was on the main street, she ran past a ton of people, apologizing for hitting some, and yelling at others to move out of her way. She kept going. The warehouse must've been another 10 minutes away, how was she supposed to get there without tiring first?
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Nabiki zipped up and down little streets, trying to take a short cut to her school. She had guessed that someone was watching her, or at least testing her. Even though the thought thrilled her, she still wasn't sure of what to think. She kept on running though, maybe she would take a less obvious way of getting inside and see if there was someone there waiting for her, or at least if it was a trap.
As she ran down the park street, she thought she saw something in the trees. Than she told herself, that's what she wanted to believe. But when she looked up again it appeared there was something going from one tree to another. It must've been a person, because it was much too large for an animal, like a cat, or squirrel.
Nabiki stopped for a minute to investigate. She walked up to a tree, and looked into it. But it was hard to see, from all the blossoms that covered it. Nabiki wrinkled her nose, and looked away. Suddenly something hung upside down from a tree branch and hung right in her face. It frightened Nabiki so much she screamed, and booted it down the street. Losing breath all the way.
She had to stop for a couple of breaths, and noticed that her school wasn't too far away. She kept running, still trying to figure out what the heck it was that scared her half to death.
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Kasumi walked along the street, watching the children play, and the puppies roaming around. She adored puppies, they were so cute and cuddly. The sight of the trees swaying in the cool breeze warmed her heart. The sunshine poured onto her face, it really did make her happy to get outside and watch a community grow with love.
Though one thought was still lingering in her head. Who would want her to go to the Kuno residence? It's not like any of the Kuno children knew her that well. She was only known as another neighbor... and the sister of the two most beautiful and enviable girls in Nerima (which is what Tatewaki and Kodachi thought).
Kasumi just wanted to find out what she had to do with all this silly running around. It was alright for Nabiki and Akane to explore the infamous letter/ scavenger hunt, but for Kasumi to be apart of anything was almost completely ridiculous.
Kasumi continued to walk down the street, when from afar, she saw the Kuno residence fence, and something draped over it. Kasumi walked a little quicker, feeling a rush of excitement fill her senses. She started to smile over excited of the knowledge that she now understood, someone must have noticed her and thought she would be a great person to ask to play a little game with.
Once she was at the fence, she looked up at the height of the wall, and realized that it was far too tall for her to get to the object draped over it. She tried jumping up to it, but it didn't work either. So she looked around for any sources that would help get it back to the ground, wondering how anyone could have got that there.
She saw that on the ground was a rather long stick. Although it was just lying there, she could tell it was used for fighting because of the way it was created, and shaped. She shrugged that thought off though, and started to drag the object off of the fence. It worked rather easily for her to do that. She was sort of happy to know that she did something that could seem a little difficult for others to do.
The object turned out to be paper, and it floated to the ground. Kasumi bent down to pick it up, and she thought she saw something moving at a fast speed in the corner of her eye. But it couldn't have been a car, because there was no evidence that a car was anywhere around there. 'That's strange.' she thought. 'Maybe my eyes are just playing tricks on me.' But there it was again. She stood up, and picked up the paper on her way. She looked around, not knowing what to expect. When she couldn't see anything anymore, she looked down at the paper that she was holding in her hand. "Oh my." she breathed. Not another letter!
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Akane was still running, it had been 5 minutes, and she was losing breath and strength quick. All she wanted was to get there, but her senses were telling her to get water. She gave in to her senses, and walked into a café. She looked around, panting from the immense running she had done. She saw not many people. But what caught her eye was a pair of girls. She couldn't see their faces, since their backs were towards her, but she just got this weird sensation when she looked at them.
A voice snapped her out her reverie, and asked, "What'll you have?" Akane whirled around in a daze, and looked at the waitress dumbfounded.
"Uh... water?" she barely squeezed out. The waitress noticed the heavy panting, no voice and wild perspiration, and smiled at her. Akane slowly sat down at the counter, awaiting her glorious water. But she still stared at the pair, an eerie feeling giving her chills down her spine. She was tempted to walk over there and ask if she knew them, but that would be kind of weird, especially since she only saw the backs of their heads. Once again the same voice broke her concentration.
"Here ya go. No charge." the waitress said, playing with some hair, twirling it around her fingers, and chewing some gum. Akane smiled and gave her appreciation. She gulped down the water, remembering how heavenly it tasted. When she was finished, she set the cup down, and gave her thanks once again. Before she left, she stopped to look at the girls again, but realized time was being loss, and every second counted.
She once again continued to run, along the way she felt some dizziness and fatigue hit her, but she strived to go on. She kept herself on track, and from here on she knew a short cut, and ran into a field. It wasn't that big so she cut through the center of it, and on the other side was a bridge. She ran across it, and onto a little trail. It was green and lucius. The smell of flowers heightened her senses, and she wiped the sweat off of her forehead and inhaled and exhaled the pretty scents.
Finally she got to the end of the trail, and saw the warehouse down the street. It was all abandoned, the houses and factories. It was a terrible fire that caught onto the whole street, and it was a big tragedy. She ran down the street, and stopped at the crooked door. She bent over, with her hands on her knees and breathed in and out, until her breath was regulated.
She looked up at the warehouse, something telling to go home, but she was too tired to just give up now that she got here. She slowly walked right up to the door, and slipped through the broken wooden door. Akane started coughing she sniffed inside, a moldy scent and very smoky. But hey? It was abandoned, so it really didn't matter. She looked around for a few seconds observing her surroundings. What she saw she couldn't really describe, but there was something that seemed out of place. There, hanging off of a snapped ladder, was a pair of nanchuks. She walked up to them, and picked them up, looking them over. They were definitely new, and just recently placed there. She liked them already. She thought they were beautiful. Akane had a twinkle in her eyes.
She started to use them, swinging them around herself, under and over her arms, and above her head. She laughed at the sight, and started to do a helicopter move, when she hit the already broken ladder. The ladder immediately broke off of the second level it was attached to, and smashed to the ground. Akane eye-balled it carefully, making an innocent look at it. A paper fell out of the sky, from the commotion and landed on Akane's head. She took it off of her head and looked at it. "Oh, give me a break! Not another letter!" she whined.
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Nabiki made it to the school no problem, but she had to climb a fence, and hop into a tree to get there. Still in puzzle from the object that hung out of the tree, which she now excused as a Sasquatch. Now in the tree, she looked around at the surroundings of the school. She saw nothing, but grass. Skepticism still lingered in her mind, but her curiosity was a lot stronger than her skepticism . She hopped out of the tree, and walked down through the schoolyard, still watching her back. Once she came to the pool, she looked all around it. Still, she saw nothing. She had no clue as to why she was to be at the pool if anything, but there must be an answer. And then she got a better idea.
Nabiki started climbing up the ladder to the diving board. It was a long climb, because the diving board happen to be three stories high. She wasn't afraid of heights though, so it alright with her. Once she got to the top, she looked around trying to see if there was anything there. It was a much better view than from the tree. She pouted loudly when she realized nothing was there. She sat down at the end of the diving board, and looked down into the pool. Staring at the water, she realized that there was something _in_ the pool, not around it. She stood up again, and dived into the pool. The adrenalin rush was enough, but the feeling of cold water touching her body, felt great.
She swam to the bottom of the pool, and started to retrieve the object, when she realized that it was attached to something, she used it as a rope to pull herself to where it was attached to. It ended up being attached to a filter. She reached in and grabbed something, and pulled it out. She reached the surface and gulped for air. It was a bottle that she had grabbed. Nabiki pulled herself out of the pool, and onto the ledge, and sat down. She pulled out the loose cork, and inside was a piece of paper. Nabiki carefully pulled that out, so she wouldn't get it too wet.
"Oh lord, another one? Is this going to end or what? I should be getting paid for this!!" She voiced and opened the letter to read.
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Akane read over the letter to make sure she understood it right. The letter told her to keep the nanchuks, Akane gaped at the letter. Keep them? Who in their right mind would give something so beautiful to someone they don't even know? Then again maybe this person did know her. She picked the nanchuks up and swung them around once again. A smile lifted upon her face from the gracefulness that took place using this weapon. She sat down again, and continued to read. " In the West of your ground, a shrine you have found. A shield is best fit, watch out or you will get hit."
"That's strange." Akane commented. "West.... shrine... Oh right! There's a temple not too far away from here. I guess that's my next destination." Then she rolled up the letter, shoved it in her gi and ran out the door, not forgetting the nanchuks.
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Nabiki stared at the protruding letter. It had told her to keep the whip, which she had forgot to pick up out of the pool on her way to the bottle. And then she read the rest of the instructions. It had said: " I'm waiting at the shopping mall, at a place where you could fall. I'm like a snake, I can strike, brass knuckles is what I like." Nabiki thought about this for a while. Someone's waiting at the shopping mall for her but where can you fall?
"Well if you fall, you have to be somewhere up high..... ooh, this person is waiting for me on the roof of the shopping mall, must be a good view." So, she got on her feet, and put the letter down. Then she dove into the pool, to retrieve the whip. When she got it, she swam back to the surface and pulled herself out. She picked up the letter and ran towards the mall.
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Kasumi read the letter carefully. "* The bo that you found is yours, please keep it with you* Where the fountain is, is where I'll be, use the bo, that's the key. Forget kindness and replace it with spurn, and always remember to return." Kasumi didn't quite understand the last phrase. But she knew she had to go to the fountain, which wasn't very far at all. She used to always go there to study when she was still in school.
She picked up her bo and turned around. She was startled by a person who was standing right in front of her. The person was actually Kodachi Kuno. A girl that Kasumi knew her sisters didn't particularly like. Kodachi was kind of... crazy. She was absolutely in love with Ranma and despised Ranma's other half, not knowing that they are the same person. Kasumi smiled at Kodachi, and bowed in respect.
"Konnichiwa Kodachi, it's nice to meet you again." She said being polite.
Kodachi smiled mockingly, "That bo, where did you get it?" she asked eye balling it with a raised eyebrow.
Kasumi took a quick look at her bo, and it was the first time she noticed the initials K. T. on it. IT was most definitely hers. "Well, I found it lying here but-"
"Well if it was lying here, then it rightfully belongs to me!" Kodachi cut in hastily.
Kasumi realized that was probably true, but the fact of the matter was someone gave it to her, and she wasn't about to just hand it over to someone else. She looked up at Kodachi, the smile leaving her face, "Gomen Kodachi, but I know that this bo is mine. It was given to me as a gift," she tried to explain.
Kodachi took a sharp breath, "You said that you found it lying here on this very ground," she stomped a foot, " So that is mine! Give it to me!!" Kodachi grabbed hold of the weapon, and tried to pry it from Kasumi's hands but Kasumi was going to keep the bo no matter what.
'Forget all kindness.... forgive me Kodachi' she thought silently. Kasumi threw all her weight into her arms, and pulled the bo towards herself like a lever. The bo swung up on Kodachi's side, and slammed her in the stomach. The force was so hard, Kodachi immediately dropped the bo and kneeled in pain, her eyes widened in complete shock. Kasumi bit her lip, 'Better go now!' She picked up the bo and letter, and ran down the street as fast as she could, "Gomen nasai Kodachi!!!!" She shouted while running.
She turned a corner of the street and continued to run. The farther away from Kodachi the better. And then for a second Kasumi thought about what she did. She abruptly stopped. She just hurt Kodachi? How could she have done that? What kind of person was she now? She looked towards the sky, worry etched on her face.
A group of girls rushed by as loud music filled the air. Kasumi looked at the girls as they hurried, and saw that there was a concert playing at a café. Everybody seemed to be there. Kasumi forgot about what had happened for a few minutes to see what was going on. But when she got closer, she realized that the fountain was right across the street.
So Kasumi went to the fountain. She bent over the edge to splash some cold water on her face. When the refreshing feeling finally set in, she looked down into the water. When she noticed a reflection of a person standing behind her, about to hit her with a staff.
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CLIFFHANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! So how's that for a Ranma mixer eh? There wasn't much editing, so sorry for that, but I'm glad I got this out sooner, cause I really like this one, and it's fun to write. Review, to tell me how evil I am or how much you hate this fic, I don't care I just want feedback!! Arigato!!
Megami*Silence
By: Megami*Silence
Chapter #2~ Finder's Keepers, Loser's Weepers.
disclaimer: Not mine!!
AN: Hey, coming back for round two. In this chapter we're going to introduce Ranma 1/2. I only received 7 reviews for my first chapter, which is ok but I know this fic is going to get really interesting, so I hope I get more reviews this time around. Please, if you did read this fic, please, please, please review!!! For the readers that are liking this story, don't worry, I'm not giving up!!!! Well, enjoy!
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It was early morning Saturday, and Akane woke up feeling great. She changed into her gi, and walked downstairs and straight to the dojo, not too far away from her home. Once she was inside she took a deep breath, and cleared all thoughts from her mind except that of martial arts. She stopped after a minute, knowing that she was going to have a great workout today. Feeling determined, and high spirited she placed some bricks in the center of the dojo, placed a mat on top of that, and kneeled in front of it.
After a few breaths, and positioning, she was ready. She pulled her hand back slightly, allowing her it to ball into a fist. 'One... two... three...GO' her mind counted down, she threw her hand upon the bricks as hard as she could, and the pressure from her strength cracked each brick to crumbles. She looked at the mess and then smiled at her accomplishment, 'Wow that was better than the last time.' she thought to herself.
"You suck, I could do much better than that you know." A new voice said. Akane's pretty smile turned into a demising eye-balling Look. She looked to her left, and saw exactly who she didn't want to see this early in the morning. Ranma Saotome, the biggest, strongest dummy in all of Japan!
"What did you say, you big retard?" She warned in that angry tone of hers. She kept her eyes on him like a hawk.
"I said-"He would've repeated it, if Akane hadn't of cut him off.
"Finish that sentence, and we'll be serving *you* for dinner!!" She screeched, and started to walk away.
"I dare you to try anything!" He challenged. Akane stopped, storm and rage flashing through her eyes. She turned around and ran after Ranma. He pushed himself away from the wall, and stood in a ready stance, waiting for her to try and fight him. At the last minute, as Akane was still charging at Ranma, a blur came in through the doorway, and landed atop of Ranma, which threw Ranma to the ground just as Akane dove at him. So instead of beating each other up, Akane and Ranma simply beat themselves up. Akane went sailing over Ranma's crushed body, and into the front yard, crashing into some things along the way.
Ranma groaned, and put his weight on his right elbow, while rubbing his sore face with the other. "RANMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" was screamed by Akane, and Ranma's hurt look turned into fear, as his life points decreased by 10. Ranma jumped to his feet, zipped down the lawn and onto the roof of the house. Akane picked up a broom, that happened to be laying on the ground next to her, and went flying after him.
In the kitchen, Kasumi watched the rumble of the morning, and shook her head in disapproval. Nabiki walked inside, and sniffed the fresh tea that had just been made. Nabiki reached for one of the pickles on the table, but Kasumi slapped her hand away. "Now Nabiki, not until breakfast is ready." Nabiki pouted. Kasumi turned around and walked back to the kitchen sink, looking out the window again, to call Akane and Ranma for breakfast. "Really, I wish those two would stop fighting. They have to start learning how to act as a couple, if their going to be married." Kasumi voiced her concern.
Nabiki looked at Kaumi like she was dense. "Get real Kasumi, the only way they'll act as a couple is if Akane learns to cook, and Ranma learns to not be a girl sometimes. And we both know, that's never going to happen!" Kasumi, still looking out the window sighed, while Nabiki snatched a pickle from the table, and tossed it into her mouth. Kasumi turned around, and saw Nabiki chewing.
"Nabiki!" Kasumi protested. Nabiki made her quick exit, and sat down at the family table. Kasumi soon followed, holding a tray full of bowls. She sat one down in front of everyone. Just then Akane bounced in, her smile reappearing on her face. Then Ranma walked in, a large, noticeable mark trailing down his face. He grudgingly sat down next to her, folding his arms across his chest, and ending with a 'humph' sound.
"Morning everyone, I went to retrieve the mail, and we all got something. Well, except for Ranma." she announced. She handed Nabiki, and Kasumi their letters. They all opened it at the same time, and quickly skimmed over it. A chorus of gasps were heard, "WHAT?!?!?! Run to the abandoned warehouse on 5th avenue?!?! That's practically on the other side of Nerima!!" Akane voiced, loudly.
"Mine says to go to the Ferinkin Highschool's swimming pool." Nabiki quickly stated after Akane's eruption.
"Oh my!" Kasumi gasped at her letter. Nabiki and Akane crowded behind her to read her letter for themselves. All together they hollered, "Go to Kuno's place!?!?!"
While the girls were speaking of their notorious letters, Ranma, Soun, Genma, and Hopposai quirked an eyebrow, not understanding what it was that the girls were doing. All four of them just shrugged and went back to eating their breakfast. When they were finished they looked back up, and saw the girls had disappeared.
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Akane ran as fast as she could. She didn't believe she was doing this. What if it was a trap? Or one of Kuno's sick snares for her to step in. 'Oh well,' she contradicted, 'I guess I'm going to have to find out.'
Akane ran past the Cat Café, and down the street, and took a sharp left. Now she was on the main street, she ran past a ton of people, apologizing for hitting some, and yelling at others to move out of her way. She kept going. The warehouse must've been another 10 minutes away, how was she supposed to get there without tiring first?
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Nabiki zipped up and down little streets, trying to take a short cut to her school. She had guessed that someone was watching her, or at least testing her. Even though the thought thrilled her, she still wasn't sure of what to think. She kept on running though, maybe she would take a less obvious way of getting inside and see if there was someone there waiting for her, or at least if it was a trap.
As she ran down the park street, she thought she saw something in the trees. Than she told herself, that's what she wanted to believe. But when she looked up again it appeared there was something going from one tree to another. It must've been a person, because it was much too large for an animal, like a cat, or squirrel.
Nabiki stopped for a minute to investigate. She walked up to a tree, and looked into it. But it was hard to see, from all the blossoms that covered it. Nabiki wrinkled her nose, and looked away. Suddenly something hung upside down from a tree branch and hung right in her face. It frightened Nabiki so much she screamed, and booted it down the street. Losing breath all the way.
She had to stop for a couple of breaths, and noticed that her school wasn't too far away. She kept running, still trying to figure out what the heck it was that scared her half to death.
*****
Kasumi walked along the street, watching the children play, and the puppies roaming around. She adored puppies, they were so cute and cuddly. The sight of the trees swaying in the cool breeze warmed her heart. The sunshine poured onto her face, it really did make her happy to get outside and watch a community grow with love.
Though one thought was still lingering in her head. Who would want her to go to the Kuno residence? It's not like any of the Kuno children knew her that well. She was only known as another neighbor... and the sister of the two most beautiful and enviable girls in Nerima (which is what Tatewaki and Kodachi thought).
Kasumi just wanted to find out what she had to do with all this silly running around. It was alright for Nabiki and Akane to explore the infamous letter/ scavenger hunt, but for Kasumi to be apart of anything was almost completely ridiculous.
Kasumi continued to walk down the street, when from afar, she saw the Kuno residence fence, and something draped over it. Kasumi walked a little quicker, feeling a rush of excitement fill her senses. She started to smile over excited of the knowledge that she now understood, someone must have noticed her and thought she would be a great person to ask to play a little game with.
Once she was at the fence, she looked up at the height of the wall, and realized that it was far too tall for her to get to the object draped over it. She tried jumping up to it, but it didn't work either. So she looked around for any sources that would help get it back to the ground, wondering how anyone could have got that there.
She saw that on the ground was a rather long stick. Although it was just lying there, she could tell it was used for fighting because of the way it was created, and shaped. She shrugged that thought off though, and started to drag the object off of the fence. It worked rather easily for her to do that. She was sort of happy to know that she did something that could seem a little difficult for others to do.
The object turned out to be paper, and it floated to the ground. Kasumi bent down to pick it up, and she thought she saw something moving at a fast speed in the corner of her eye. But it couldn't have been a car, because there was no evidence that a car was anywhere around there. 'That's strange.' she thought. 'Maybe my eyes are just playing tricks on me.' But there it was again. She stood up, and picked up the paper on her way. She looked around, not knowing what to expect. When she couldn't see anything anymore, she looked down at the paper that she was holding in her hand. "Oh my." she breathed. Not another letter!
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Akane was still running, it had been 5 minutes, and she was losing breath and strength quick. All she wanted was to get there, but her senses were telling her to get water. She gave in to her senses, and walked into a café. She looked around, panting from the immense running she had done. She saw not many people. But what caught her eye was a pair of girls. She couldn't see their faces, since their backs were towards her, but she just got this weird sensation when she looked at them.
A voice snapped her out her reverie, and asked, "What'll you have?" Akane whirled around in a daze, and looked at the waitress dumbfounded.
"Uh... water?" she barely squeezed out. The waitress noticed the heavy panting, no voice and wild perspiration, and smiled at her. Akane slowly sat down at the counter, awaiting her glorious water. But she still stared at the pair, an eerie feeling giving her chills down her spine. She was tempted to walk over there and ask if she knew them, but that would be kind of weird, especially since she only saw the backs of their heads. Once again the same voice broke her concentration.
"Here ya go. No charge." the waitress said, playing with some hair, twirling it around her fingers, and chewing some gum. Akane smiled and gave her appreciation. She gulped down the water, remembering how heavenly it tasted. When she was finished, she set the cup down, and gave her thanks once again. Before she left, she stopped to look at the girls again, but realized time was being loss, and every second counted.
She once again continued to run, along the way she felt some dizziness and fatigue hit her, but she strived to go on. She kept herself on track, and from here on she knew a short cut, and ran into a field. It wasn't that big so she cut through the center of it, and on the other side was a bridge. She ran across it, and onto a little trail. It was green and lucius. The smell of flowers heightened her senses, and she wiped the sweat off of her forehead and inhaled and exhaled the pretty scents.
Finally she got to the end of the trail, and saw the warehouse down the street. It was all abandoned, the houses and factories. It was a terrible fire that caught onto the whole street, and it was a big tragedy. She ran down the street, and stopped at the crooked door. She bent over, with her hands on her knees and breathed in and out, until her breath was regulated.
She looked up at the warehouse, something telling to go home, but she was too tired to just give up now that she got here. She slowly walked right up to the door, and slipped through the broken wooden door. Akane started coughing she sniffed inside, a moldy scent and very smoky. But hey? It was abandoned, so it really didn't matter. She looked around for a few seconds observing her surroundings. What she saw she couldn't really describe, but there was something that seemed out of place. There, hanging off of a snapped ladder, was a pair of nanchuks. She walked up to them, and picked them up, looking them over. They were definitely new, and just recently placed there. She liked them already. She thought they were beautiful. Akane had a twinkle in her eyes.
She started to use them, swinging them around herself, under and over her arms, and above her head. She laughed at the sight, and started to do a helicopter move, when she hit the already broken ladder. The ladder immediately broke off of the second level it was attached to, and smashed to the ground. Akane eye-balled it carefully, making an innocent look at it. A paper fell out of the sky, from the commotion and landed on Akane's head. She took it off of her head and looked at it. "Oh, give me a break! Not another letter!" she whined.
*****
Nabiki made it to the school no problem, but she had to climb a fence, and hop into a tree to get there. Still in puzzle from the object that hung out of the tree, which she now excused as a Sasquatch. Now in the tree, she looked around at the surroundings of the school. She saw nothing, but grass. Skepticism still lingered in her mind, but her curiosity was a lot stronger than her skepticism . She hopped out of the tree, and walked down through the schoolyard, still watching her back. Once she came to the pool, she looked all around it. Still, she saw nothing. She had no clue as to why she was to be at the pool if anything, but there must be an answer. And then she got a better idea.
Nabiki started climbing up the ladder to the diving board. It was a long climb, because the diving board happen to be three stories high. She wasn't afraid of heights though, so it alright with her. Once she got to the top, she looked around trying to see if there was anything there. It was a much better view than from the tree. She pouted loudly when she realized nothing was there. She sat down at the end of the diving board, and looked down into the pool. Staring at the water, she realized that there was something _in_ the pool, not around it. She stood up again, and dived into the pool. The adrenalin rush was enough, but the feeling of cold water touching her body, felt great.
She swam to the bottom of the pool, and started to retrieve the object, when she realized that it was attached to something, she used it as a rope to pull herself to where it was attached to. It ended up being attached to a filter. She reached in and grabbed something, and pulled it out. She reached the surface and gulped for air. It was a bottle that she had grabbed. Nabiki pulled herself out of the pool, and onto the ledge, and sat down. She pulled out the loose cork, and inside was a piece of paper. Nabiki carefully pulled that out, so she wouldn't get it too wet.
"Oh lord, another one? Is this going to end or what? I should be getting paid for this!!" She voiced and opened the letter to read.
*****
Akane read over the letter to make sure she understood it right. The letter told her to keep the nanchuks, Akane gaped at the letter. Keep them? Who in their right mind would give something so beautiful to someone they don't even know? Then again maybe this person did know her. She picked the nanchuks up and swung them around once again. A smile lifted upon her face from the gracefulness that took place using this weapon. She sat down again, and continued to read. " In the West of your ground, a shrine you have found. A shield is best fit, watch out or you will get hit."
"That's strange." Akane commented. "West.... shrine... Oh right! There's a temple not too far away from here. I guess that's my next destination." Then she rolled up the letter, shoved it in her gi and ran out the door, not forgetting the nanchuks.
*****
Nabiki stared at the protruding letter. It had told her to keep the whip, which she had forgot to pick up out of the pool on her way to the bottle. And then she read the rest of the instructions. It had said: " I'm waiting at the shopping mall, at a place where you could fall. I'm like a snake, I can strike, brass knuckles is what I like." Nabiki thought about this for a while. Someone's waiting at the shopping mall for her but where can you fall?
"Well if you fall, you have to be somewhere up high..... ooh, this person is waiting for me on the roof of the shopping mall, must be a good view." So, she got on her feet, and put the letter down. Then she dove into the pool, to retrieve the whip. When she got it, she swam back to the surface and pulled herself out. She picked up the letter and ran towards the mall.
*****
Kasumi read the letter carefully. "* The bo that you found is yours, please keep it with you* Where the fountain is, is where I'll be, use the bo, that's the key. Forget kindness and replace it with spurn, and always remember to return." Kasumi didn't quite understand the last phrase. But she knew she had to go to the fountain, which wasn't very far at all. She used to always go there to study when she was still in school.
She picked up her bo and turned around. She was startled by a person who was standing right in front of her. The person was actually Kodachi Kuno. A girl that Kasumi knew her sisters didn't particularly like. Kodachi was kind of... crazy. She was absolutely in love with Ranma and despised Ranma's other half, not knowing that they are the same person. Kasumi smiled at Kodachi, and bowed in respect.
"Konnichiwa Kodachi, it's nice to meet you again." She said being polite.
Kodachi smiled mockingly, "That bo, where did you get it?" she asked eye balling it with a raised eyebrow.
Kasumi took a quick look at her bo, and it was the first time she noticed the initials K. T. on it. IT was most definitely hers. "Well, I found it lying here but-"
"Well if it was lying here, then it rightfully belongs to me!" Kodachi cut in hastily.
Kasumi realized that was probably true, but the fact of the matter was someone gave it to her, and she wasn't about to just hand it over to someone else. She looked up at Kodachi, the smile leaving her face, "Gomen Kodachi, but I know that this bo is mine. It was given to me as a gift," she tried to explain.
Kodachi took a sharp breath, "You said that you found it lying here on this very ground," she stomped a foot, " So that is mine! Give it to me!!" Kodachi grabbed hold of the weapon, and tried to pry it from Kasumi's hands but Kasumi was going to keep the bo no matter what.
'Forget all kindness.... forgive me Kodachi' she thought silently. Kasumi threw all her weight into her arms, and pulled the bo towards herself like a lever. The bo swung up on Kodachi's side, and slammed her in the stomach. The force was so hard, Kodachi immediately dropped the bo and kneeled in pain, her eyes widened in complete shock. Kasumi bit her lip, 'Better go now!' She picked up the bo and letter, and ran down the street as fast as she could, "Gomen nasai Kodachi!!!!" She shouted while running.
She turned a corner of the street and continued to run. The farther away from Kodachi the better. And then for a second Kasumi thought about what she did. She abruptly stopped. She just hurt Kodachi? How could she have done that? What kind of person was she now? She looked towards the sky, worry etched on her face.
A group of girls rushed by as loud music filled the air. Kasumi looked at the girls as they hurried, and saw that there was a concert playing at a café. Everybody seemed to be there. Kasumi forgot about what had happened for a few minutes to see what was going on. But when she got closer, she realized that the fountain was right across the street.
So Kasumi went to the fountain. She bent over the edge to splash some cold water on her face. When the refreshing feeling finally set in, she looked down into the water. When she noticed a reflection of a person standing behind her, about to hit her with a staff.
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CLIFFHANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! So how's that for a Ranma mixer eh? There wasn't much editing, so sorry for that, but I'm glad I got this out sooner, cause I really like this one, and it's fun to write. Review, to tell me how evil I am or how much you hate this fic, I don't care I just want feedback!! Arigato!!
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