The Elementals: Youkai Guardians

Chapter 9

Loyalty makes a good relationship

/-/ A/N Well, I hope you like this odd turn of events!/-/

{Last time}

"Hey, Kagome, this letter just came in the mail." Jean said, walking into room and handed Kagome the letter.

"It has no return address... I wonder who it could be from?" Kagome asked, opening the letter and then read it, eyes growing wide and a smile raced across her lips.

{Present time}

"Well, who's it from?" Jean asked, looking Kagome get out of bed in hurry wincing as she went.

"I can't believe it! I haven't seen him in over a year! And he's coming to visit me!" Kagome said, running to her closet.

"Who, Kagome?" Xavier asked as Kagome pulled out some good clothes to wear.

"My cousin!" Kagome said, running out the room and into the bathroom.

"Well, that's not exactly what a ment..." Xavier said to himself, rubbing the bridge of his nose with his thumb and index finger.

{10 minutes later just outside the front gates}

"(whistle) So this it, huh? This person Kagome is staying with has some money." A good-looking male teen said, walking up to the gate.

The teen had big brown eyes, a hansom face, black hair in a low pigtail, he was well built, a very good martial artist, and was dressed in Chinese clothing. The pants he wore were green in color and the shirt was red with long sleeves rolled up just below his elbows showing the white lining of the shirt. He walked over to the intercom and pressed the button.

"Um... Hello, I'm looking for Higurashi Kagome." The teen said.

("Oh, uh, like one moment!") A girl's voice said over the intercom.

"Okay." The teen said as he waited by the gate.

{Inside}

"Who was that, Kitty?" Evan asked, looking at Kitty.

"Who do you think?" Kitty deadpanned, looking Even with an annoyed face.

"What does Pietro want now?" Evan asked, looking a Kitty.

"Don't know. Let's keep him waiting. Besides Kagome is in no condition to move with that hole in her side." Kitty said, walking away from the intercom with Evan.

{Outside 15 minutes later}

"'One moment' my butt. Hey! Hello! Isn't anyone there?!" the teen asked, pressing the button on the intercom.

(SSSSSSSHHHHHH)

"Static. Great. RRRRRR!!! HELLO!! SOMEONE PLEASE ANSWER ME!! I'VE BEEN OUT HERE FOR 15 MINUTES NOW!! HELLO!!" the teen yelled into the mic of intercom, this time not going unnoticed.

("Will, you go away already!") The same girl who talked to him earlier.

"No! I'm here to see Kagome! I know she's here! Now will you please let me see her!" the teen asked, trying to sound calm.

("Who is that, Kitty?") another female voice said, over the inter calm

("Wh-what are you doing out of bed? You shouldn't be moving.")

("I'm alright as long as I don't move around too much.")

"K-Kagome! Tell her the to open the gate before I break it in." the teen said in an exhausted and annoyed voice.

("Pietro?!") Kagome's voice seemed really happy.

"Wha... I'm not Pietro I'm Saotome Ranma! Your cousin, remember? Didn't you get my letter?!" Ranma asked, looking at the intercom quite annoyed.

("Oh, Kami! Ranma! Sumimasen/1/! Kitty, why didn't you tell me he was out there?!)

("I didn't know your cousin was coming by! I thought he was...")

("You thought he was Pietro, didn't you?!")

("You did too! Your cousin's voice could, like, pass for his!")

Ranma stood outside, looking at the intercom dumbly, listening to the intercom with a couple big sweat drops hanging on the top of his head.

"Uh, girls..."

("I did not! I just happened to have Pietro on my mind at the time.")

("Oh, like, sure you did. That's why your face light up and you said his name.")

"Girls!!"

("I, uh... WELL! I had him on my mind!")

("I knew it! You do love him more than you're letting on!")

"Hello! Girls! I'm getting really tiered of standing out here!"

("C'mon break it up! Sorry about that, kid!") a deep male voice said over the intercom as the gate opened.

"It's fine. I got use to girls fighting. [Boy ain't that the under statement of the year.]" Ranma said and then walked through the gate and up towards the house.

{10 Minutes later}

"I'm like really sorry about the whole mess!" Kitty said, looking at Ranma with a look that scared Ranma to now end knowing that look from his Fiancées sweet and goo-goo eyed.

"Sure, sure. You said it enough. C-could you stop l-looking all goo- goo at me I-I have e-enough g-girls hanging over m-me as is. Also, could y- you back off a b-bit." Ranma said, leaning his back so far back on the arm rest he was 2 cm from falling off as Kitty lean in so close to him.

"Huh?! Oh, my bad!" Kitty said, giving Ranma some room to sit up and breathe.

"Yeah." Ranma sighed, leaning his head back.

"So, Ranma, Uncle Genma said you were engaged to a girl living at a dojo in Nerima district. What she like?" Kagome asked, moving Kitty over so she could sit down beside Ranma.

"Her name's Akane. She short tempered, uncute, stubborn, a real tomboy, and has no sex appeal." Ranma said, crossing his arms.

"What about the other two?" Kagome asked with a sly look.

"You have other Fiancées?! 2 of them?!" Kitty asked, looking a Ranma in surprise.

"Shampoo and Ukyo are their names... And to tell you the truth I stole money from Nabiki, Akane's sister to get here. I had to get away from them before I went nuts! Not to mention the amount enemies I have who are after my Fiancées' hearts and so on." Ranma said, scratching the back of his head.

"Are you in love with any of them?" Kagome asked, looking at Ranma.

"Can we lay off my love life? So who's this Pietro?" Ranma asked, raising a brow.

"Well, he's... Uh..." Kagome stammered, turning pink in the face as she looked away from him.

"Boyfriend! Isn't he your first one?!" Ranma asked, looking Kagome turn pinker.

"N-no... I've had one before! [And I miss him.]" Kagome said, looking back up at Ranma.

"Is he good to you, respect you?!" Ranma asked, looking at Kagome.

"Sure he is! He's nice, has a bit of an ego, does things with me, and takes me out to places." Kagome said, putting her hands on the back of her head.

"Is he loyal?" Ranma asked, noticing that Kagome didn't say anything about that.

"What?!" Kagome asked, standing up.

"You left out loyal. To have a good relationship one has to loyal to the other and vise versa." Ranma said, looking at Kagome with a smile.

"And this is coming from a guy with three fiancées!"

"Kagome, I never did tell you but, before Pietro was kicked out of school last time, he had girls hanging all over him. He had a new girlfriend at least every two weeks." Kitty said, stretching her arms up in the air.

"What?" Kagome deadpanned, staring blankly at Kitty.

"Yep! He was real popular for a while." Kitty said, nodding her head.

"Why that little..." Kagome and Ranma both hissed, making fists.

"So you see why we don't want you around him. He'll only break your heart." Kitty said, looking at Kagome.

"So what are you going to do about? I'm mean, how are you going to tell if he's loyal or not?" Ranma asked, standing up and stood in front of Kagome.

"It's not I who's going to see if he is or isn't loyal it's WE! Me and you, cousin!" Kagome said, grabbing a vase of flowers.

"'We?' Why do I have to--! (SPLASH) I hate you." a girl-type Ranma said, wringing out her shirt and knocked flowers over her head.

"...!!" Kitty was speechless.

"Kitty, I need some of your clothes!" Kagome said as Kitty slowly turned her head towards Kagome as if she was zombie.

"Right this way..." Kitty said zombie like, standing up slowly and started up the stairs followed by Ranma and Kagome.

{Kitty and Rogue's room}

"Ranma, have you ever worn girls' clothing before?" Kagome asked as she and Kitty went through the closet.

"Yes." Ranma said, looking down at her feet.

"OOOO! Look at this! Try it on!" Kitty said, holding out a pale purple tank top with a pair of short, tight shorts faded white at white at the bottom.

"Here the bra and the panties!" Kagome said, holding them in ball in her hands, turning a shad of pink.

"Give me clothes minus the panties and the bra." Ranma said, taking the clothes out of Kitty's hands.

"You're going to you boxers under that?" Kagome asked as Ranma started to take off her clothes.

"And are you two going to watch the whole time I undress?" Ranma asked, undoing her shirt.

"It's not like we haven't seen a naked girl before." Kitty said, looking at Ranma as Ranma sighed and took her shirt off and thin her under shirt with her back towards Kitty.

"Than I guess it's a good thing I don't have any feminine modesty." Ranma said, looking at the shorts.

"Here, Ranma, since you are going to wear you boxers try a skirt." Kagome said, handing Ranma a skirt that was white that came down to her knees.

"Thanks." Ranma said, taking the skirt and slipped it on then the tank top.

"Wow! That looks good on you. But let's take that pigtail out." Kitty said reaching for Ranma's hair.

"No one touch my pigt--!" Ranma was cut off when she felt Kagome undoing her pigtail and then brush it out her fingers.

"Now for some lipstick, eye shadow, and blush." Kitty said, holding up some make up.

"I don't want or need make up! I look fine as is!" Ranma said, glaring at Kitty angrily.

"Okay, no m-makeup then!" Kitty said, backing up a bit.

"All right! I need you to flirt with him and then tell me if he is the cheating kind!" Kagome said, pulling Ranma out of the bedroom and back to the stairs.

"I also got away from Japan so I wouldn't have to dress in girls clothing!" Ranma spat, walking down the steps.

"The best place to go is the arcade this time of day. He like to play video games." Kagome said, handing Ranma a picture of Pietro.

"And we'll be spying on you!" Kitty said, putting a baseball cap on her head.

"You have any idea how sick this sounds! I'm a guy not a girl! By the way who's going to take us to the arcade?" Ranma asked as they walked outside.

"I'm 16 now and I got my license!" Kitty said, holding out her license and the car keys as Kagome's eye nearly popped out of her head.

"JEAN!!" Kagome yelled, running back inside.

{15 minutes later}

"Why couldn't I drive?" Kitty asked as they walked into the arcade.

"So, Ranma, the way Kagome was talking about you I was expecting you to be a boy." Jean said, looking Ranma funny.

"That's funny. I wonder why." Ranma said, staring daggers at Kagome.

"Heh! I explain it later, Jean." Kagome said with a big goofy grin, scratching the back of her head.

"So, is that him?" Ranma asked, pointing that the white haired teen, playing a racing game.

"Hai!" Kagome nodded, closing her eyes.

"Well, here it goes." Ranma said, making her way to Pietro.

"You guys still didn't answer why I couldn't drive!" Kitty spat, looking at Jean and Kagome.

{Pietro and Ranma}

"What to do mean I lost! Damn machine! We'll see about that!" Pietro spat, about to put in another token when a hand stopped him.

"Hi. I was wondering if could borrow one of your tokens. See had some mean, old man take mine. [I think I'm going to hurl!]" Ranma said, flipping her red hair behind her shoulder with her hand.

"Uh... Sure! H-here take th-the whole bag! In fact here you can have this game!" Pietro said, giving Ranma the small bag of tokens and stood up so Ranma could play.

"[It doesn't seem to be going well for his loyalty.] Oh, golly! Thank you so much, Mister! But I don't know how to play this game." Ranma said, sliding into the seat and wink at Pietro.

"Well, it's easy. You just put your foot on this petal to give it some gas, this one is your break, and your steering wheel is like any other. It's not hard." Pietro said plainly, pointing to the petals and steering wheel.

"Wow. That does sound easy. Could you show though? So I see how a master does it" Ranma said, wrapping a piece of her hair around her finger, making big puppy dog eyes.

"Well, uh... I'm not that good at it! Besides I have to go anyways. I have to check on my girlfriend." Pietro said, looking down at the ground, turning a shade of pink, and he scratch the back of his neck.

"OOOO! What's her name? Is it pretty? I bet it is![Please say Kagome!]" Ranma said, batter her eyes at him.

"It is. It's K-Kagome. She from Japan." Pietro said, turning a shade pinker.

"OOOO! Is it the same type of Kagome that in the old nursery rhyme?" Ranma asked, looking at Pietro.

"Nursery rhyme?" Pietro asked, looking at Ranma funny.

"It goes like this!" Ranma said with a smile

{Jean, Kagome, and Kitty}

"Please don't say that stupid rhyme." Kagome said, rubbing her sides of her head.

"Your name is in a nursery rhyme?" Kitty and Jean asked, looking at Kagome.

{Pietro and Ranma}

"Kagome Kagome Kago no naka no tori wa, Itsu itsu deyaru. Yoake to ban ni. Tsuru to kame ga subetta, Ushiro no shoumen dare.

Kagome, Kagome, When does the bird inside the cage come out? At dawn and evenings. Who is in front of the back where a crane and turtle slipped and fell?" Ranma sang real cute like.

{Jean, Kagome, and Kitty}

Kagome did a face fault as Kitty and Jean looked surprised.

(Pietro and Ranma)

"Well, that was interesting. But I really got to get going. I also got to stop by my place to pick up few things." Pietro said, starting to walk off.

"Okay then... Goodbye!" Ranma waved and then turn back to game but unknown to Ranma another teen was watching and want to get close to her.

"Yo. Uh, hey... I saw what Pietro did a-a-and if you're looking for a new boyfriend I'm totally available. They call me Toad by the way." Toad said, getting right in Ranma's face.

"Why the sudden change of girls?" Lance asked, knocking Toad in the head.

"Well, seeing on how you all ready have girl I'll just be leaving." Ranma said, starting to get up.

"Why did you have to do that for?! Uh, wait! It's not like that! She won't even come near me anyway. So what do say?" Toad asked, jumping over Ranma's head.

"How 'bout no. Here's some reasons she won't come near you, you smell, your teeth are green, and you are weird. So buh bye." Ranma said, starting to leave again.

"Uh, wait I-I-I'm better then I look!" Toad said, getting in front of Ranma yet again.

"Toad, just leave the red head alone. She looks like she getting mad." Lance said, crossing his arms.

"Shuddup! So uh... What do you say? Will you go out with me?" Toad asked as looked him get mighty mad and mighty grossed out.

"RRRR!! Take a HIKE, SLIMY!!" Ranma yelled, kicking Toad out the front window of the arcade, which was about 25 feet away and then stomped back over to the girls.

"I'm glad someone finally did that to him. Too bad is wasn't me." Jean said as they started to walk out the door.

"We better get back to the mansion." Kitty said as they walked to the van.

"Oh, Ranma. There is one more loyalty test I would like to run on Pietro!" Kagome said, looking at Ranma.

"And that would be?" Ranma asked, raising a brow as the got into the van.

/-/ A/N Well, how was that? He'll appear in the next chapter and towards the end. If you don't like it tell me and he'll only appear in the next chapter and that's it. Also on why they thought Ranma was Pietro because Richard Cox also did the second voice, of Ranma and I decided to use him yet again. I also found out that David Kaye, does both Xavier's voice and fluffy-sama's!(Lord Sesshou-Maru's!) Buh Bye!!/-/

/1/ Sumimasen = sorry. (I looked it up on a Japanese-English online dictionary.)

Mirii M. Banshii/Millie M. Banshee