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5: Resha's Been Kidnap? Not Again!

'Ranma dear, it's such a pleasant surprise. How nice of you to come and check up on your sister. I assure you, they are getting along well.' Aunt Shiori said with a small chuckle.

Resha and Kurama glanced nervously at each other.

'Thanks, Mrs. Minamino. I'm quite surprised my sister is getting along well with a guy after a week!' Ranma smirked.

Resha glared at him but didn't say a word.

'Call me Aunt Shiori, dear. I'm so used to Resha calling me that.' she smiled. 'Would you stay for lunch?'

'Sure! If Resha's cooking!' Ranma stated.

His twin snorted. 'I don't cook here; just help occasionally. Shuichi does the cooking, you should try it, and it's really good!'

'Wow! He must be really good if you can eat other people's cooking above Kasumi and yours.' Ranma muttered.

'I'll prepare lunch then.' Kurama murmured.

'I'll help.' Resha volunteered.

Ranma had a little chat with his aunt.

'I never knew you could cook!' Kurama said when they were in the kitchen.

'Hey, I help you a lot!' she defended.

'Just the washing and the slicing part.'

'So, what's of it? I'm a girl, even if I don't look much of it!'

"You look very much of a girl, you just don't act much of it." Youko pointed ironically.

'Every girl should know how to cook. Besides, who would cook for Ranma and Pop if it wasn't me when we went training! It was why Pop brought me along in the first place!' Resha said shrugging.

'Maybe you should cook. He seems to look forward to it.' Kurama suggested.

Resha frowned and look at him in the eyes. Her mind was racing. She doesn't want to miss Kurama's cooking even for a day! Nevertheless, he was right one-way or the other. She knew very much, how Ranma adored her cooking.

She got an idea! Maybe...

'How about we both cook? Ranma eats as much as me can. It wouldn't be a problem to cook so much, ne?' she recommended.

'As much as I can.' Kurama corrected automatically. 'Your grammar is quite bad, you know. How many times have I corrected you?'

Youko snickered.

Resha pouted. 'I hate grammars. I always got 'em the worst in my lessons.'

Kurama sighed and shook his head. 'Alright, then. We do it your way.'

'What? My grammar or the suggestion? Or both?'

'Your suggestion, of course.' he pointed dryly. 'And let me check you writing homework after lunch.'

'Aww man!' she groaned, disappointed.

Kurama smiled and bent down to kiss her forehead.

She blinked in surprised. He never had done that before!

'Come on, we better start.' He said casually.

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Monday morning was just as usual. Resha-chan balanced herself on top of a fence as she walked to school with Kurama. She was also humming to herself in her childish voice.

'You seem very happy after Ranma's visit yesterday.' Kurama started.

'Em! Ranma had problems and had came to ask me 'bout it. I'm happy that he still came to Me when he needs advises.' She chirruped happily.

"She doesn't look like someone who can give advises." Youko commented.

"Maybe... it's her hidden talent." Kurama suggested.

Resha-chan started humming again. She then remembered her chitchat with Ranma the day before.

Flashback

'Wow, Shuichi's cooking is really good! Although I still prefer yours.' Ranma uttered as he sat on his sister's bed.

She smirked only.

'Resha, there's something I need to ask you about.' Ranma said.

'Let me guess... you lost to a challenge?' she quirked her eyebrow, smirking wider in amusement.

'Sheesh! Do you always have to guess right all the time?' he grunted.

She chuckled. 'Spill!'

'Well, his name is Ken the Copycat. He copied Ryoga's move by seeing it once, he also copied Musu's and Kuno's move, but worst of all... he copied MY MOVES…and use it against me!' he told desperately.

'Your moves?'

'Yeah! Like "Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken (Chestnuts Roasting Over an Open Fire Punch)" and others. You know how long I tried to master that move, and he did it perfectly! Just seeing it once! He defeated me with MY moves! He can even copy my appearance! He...'

'Calm down, Ranma. Don't make such a fuss! I hardly understand what in the world are you talking about!' Resha cut him, shaking his shoulders lightly.

Ranma looked at her in the eyes. He became calm when he noticed her expression. She wasn't smirking anymore. Instead, she was smiling compassionately even though her features looked serious, one of her rare expressions. He like it when she was in a serious mood, the real Resha he had known all his life.

'Ranma, let me tell you something. No matter how many moves he copies from Ryoga, Musu, Kuno, or anybody... remember that you had always defeated them, and you can do it again!' she said firmly but softly.

'But he also took my moves!' he protested.

'Ranma, he is NOT you! Even if he copies all your moves! He is just a copycat.' She said determinedly. 'Show him, Ranma. Show him the real you... the real Saotome Style, Anything-Goes Martial Arts!'

Ranma felt his confidents returned swiftly by her words. 'Thanks, Resha. I owe you big time!'

'Cheh! You always owe me!' her smirked returning as she placed her hands in her pocket pants. 'You better defeat this Copycat guy, or I ain't seeing your face again!'

'Arrogant girl!' he pulled her cheeks apart playfully, grinning.

'Oww, that hurts! And I ain't a girl!' she said rubbing her cheeks.

'Then what are you? A woman? Pfff, yeah right!' he rolled his eyes.

'Nah, a child!' she chuckled.

'Cheh, silly little brat!' he laughed along too, messing her hair.

End Of Flashback

Resha-chan smiled again. It had always been good to talk and play with Ranma, once in a while. She rarely shows her true side to other people. She could tell he wasn't leading much of a good life, and that he missed her company badly. Especially only she understands him, and would talk to him and listen to him. "Nothing Akane could give!" she thought grimly. She hates her! Akane never listens to his explanations and would just keep calling him a pervert. Ranma is definitely not a pervert! Resha knows that very well. He is shy to some extent and is extremely sensitive towards his own feeling. Nevertheless, his ego tallied most. That is why he kept doing stupid stuffs.

Resha-chan grumbled in her mind.

'Imoto?' Kurama uttered.

'Huh, what?' she looked at him surprised.

He smiled. 'Just wandering... when are you going to reveal yourself to the class? You don't want to be chibi forever, ne?'

She grinned mischievously. 'I wanna see how long it will take before my identity will expose itself!'

"Sounds fun!" Youko grinned.

Kurama only shook his head, though he agreed himself.

They were in school two minutes afterwards and bid goodbye to each other, going on separate ways.

In Class 1-A

'Ohayou gozaimasu, Resha.' Kazuki uttered smiling as she jumped onto her desk beside him.

'Good morning to you too, Kazuki-chan!' she said cheerfully. To her secret astonishment, he gave a faint blush and quickly looked away.

Shinichi Suzume, the haughty-pretty girl, came into class and intentionally hit at Resha's desk.

Resha-chan, off guard, fell from her desk but somebody caught her swiftly from behind. 'Watch out, Baka!' she hissed.

'Uh…oh! I am so sorry. I didn't see you! You are too tiny.' Suzume said, acting innocent, not that anyone was buying it.

'You did it on purpose, I saw you.' a voice said a little sternly.

Resha-chan knew that voice. It belongs to Kagami, also the person that had snatched her earlier. Kagami put her back on her desk. She was still glaring at Suzume.

'Are you alright, Resha? Kagami and Kazuki asked in unison.

She nodded casually, totally aware of the two boys concern state. "Oh boy, this cannot be true..." she thought uneasily then decided to test them. 'Thanks for your concern, Kazuki-chan, and thanks for helping me back there, Kagami-chan.' she said charmingly.

The two boys blushes made her realized that she was right. They essentially like her. "I never thought I could draw guys in this form!" she thought amused.

Suzume saw the two hottest boys in her class blushed when the diminutive Resha called their names with a "chan" in her cutest voice. She couldn't believe that kindergarten girl was actually attracting the two gorgeous boys! Very angry, she said without thinking, 'Don't play cute here, Saotome. Nobody's buying it.'

By this point, everyone in class was looking at the little brawl.

Resha-chan raised an eyebrow innocently, smirking in her head. 'I wasn't playing cute,' she denied and added, 'Plastic-face doll.' She jumped from her desk to the ground and turned her back to her.

She didn't knew how wrong that move was.

Suzume's mind was repeating Resha's words rapidly. "Plastic-face doll! Plastic-face doll! Plastic-face doll!"

'You... baka!' she screamed and took her hot bottle from her bag and hurled all its content on the little girl.

Splash!

The class became extremely silent as all eyes became large and some mouths hung open at the sight in front of them.

Resha stood there frozen, half-drenched from top to bottom, her silver eyes wide and irritated. Very slowly, she turned around to face Suzume, and the class, brushing some hair from her eyes to look straight at her. 'Why on earth did you do that!' she seethed.

Suzume wasn't listening. 'Who... who are you?'

Resha sweatdropped and almost made a face-fault. 'I'm Resha, of course!' she snapped then turned to face the class. 'Okay, okay, I explain. Sit down everyone and relax.' She sighed.

Everyone sat down immediately, very still and with ears wide open.

Resha gave a major sweatdrop before she continued, 'I explain this briefly. I am still Resha, and this is my real form. The chibi-form you always see is a misfortune curse I obtained when I was in China a few months ago. End of story.'

'Then why did you lie to us?' Kazuki said a little offended.

To everybody's surprise, she gave a smirk. 'I didn't mean to hurt anybody's feelings. It was just for fun! I'm very playful and annoying most of the time, so don't take me seriously.' she winked sexily.

It made all the boys blush.

Just then, Miss. Miyuki came into class. 'Oh my, who are you?' she said, looking at the pretty girl in boy's outfit in front of her.

'Saotome Resha,' she said bored stiff.

This is going to be a long day...

Kringgggg...!

"Home, finally!" Resha thought as she made her way to the window as usual. The class ignored her, used by this scene. She jumped from the first floor and landed neatly on the ground without a strain.

'Neat!' Kagami said from behind.

Resha turned around to find him with Kazuki, Midori and Kurama.

Kurama raised an eyebrow at her, smiling.

She went to them grinning. After a short chat, they bid farewell and separated.

'I didn't think you would reveal yourself today, imoto. What exactly happen?' Kurama asked, looking up at her.

Resha grunted, looking at the fence as she walks on it. 'A fight.' She answered plainly.

"Simple but full of elaboration!" Youko said sarcastically.

'Care to tell the details, imoto?'

She told him the whole story. When she finished, she became quiet again.

'What's wrong?' Kurama frowned.

She shrugged, looking uncertain. 'I'm not so sure, myself. It's just that I felt like somebody is stalking me, this past two days.' But she shook her head in disbelief.

'Maybe it's just some fans of yours.' Kurama smiled. 'I have them all the time.'

She grinned. 'Probably. I heard there was one fan club dedicated for me was made just after recess. Seriously!' she rolled her eyes.

"She's going to be in the top ten most hottest girl in school by tomorrow." Youko suggested matter-of-factly.

"I agree." Kurama said back.

The both of them were right of course!

The next few days, Resha wasn't surprise to find herself being the center of attention. It's not that it never happen before. Still, she felt like someone was stalking her, now and then. She shrugged it off though, not actually believing it.

Saturday came by. It was afternoon. Resha walked on the fence towards Minamino's residence, happy she just had an ice cream.

Just as she walked beside a small forest, she heard a rustle.

Turning sharply at a bush, she said, 'Who is that?'

No answers.

Resha casually walked towards the sound, going deeper into the woods. Then...

Slash!

Resha dodged a katana right on time as it went by where her stomach would have been. She was almost slit to half! Her black strap that she wears around her waist split in two and fall.

'Argh! That's my favorite strap! Ranma gave that to me!' she said angrily, forgetting the person who tried to kill her just now. She bent down and picked back her strap then glared at the person in front of her.

It was a youkai. He was really tall and broad, with pointy ears and sharp claws. His eyes were grayish green and cat-like. He held a katana in his right hand and suddenly strikes her again.

Resha dodged his attack easily with her speed but didn't counter-attack. She calculated the perfect time to strike at him. She finally found it and gave a sudden back kick at his jaw.

The youkai fell down and growled angrily, getting up.

Resha raised an eyebrow but still alert. 'What do you want from me?'

'Huh, you are better than I thought.' he answered in a deep tone.

'And you are not answering my question.' She pointed dryly.

'Hngh. You are a friend of Reikai Tantei. I am here to capture you; my king wants to meet you.'

Resha was now in a fighting stance. "I think I could manage him, however... I'm curious."

'Who is your king?' she asked interested.

'Yomi. One of three of the most powerful youkais in the Makai World. No more questions, I'm gonna take you there and you can meet him yourself!' he smirked, showing his unevenly sharp teeth.

Maybe she should save her energy for now.

'What if I come with you peacefully?'

'Hah! That would be even better. Come here!' the youkai ordered.

Resha hesitated for a while, and then dropping the black band carelessly before going to him.

'I thought you said it was precious.' He muttered.

'Does it look precious in that deform state?' she asked back sarcastically.

He grabbed her small hand tightly, grimacing. He dragged her deeper into the woods until they came to a portal.

Resha stopped and looked at it in distrust.

The youkai suddenly knocked her head out cold.

"Ranma!" it was her last thought before she blacked out.

Ranma jolted up from his afternoon nap and looked around him warily. Was it a dream? He was sure he heard Resha calling him, and he trusts his intuition. No, it wasn't a dream. Something bad is happening to her. There's only one thing to do.

Go to Sarayashiki and find out what.

Ranma leaped from roof to roof. If he continued to do that, he might be there by sunset. No need to wait for stupid trains when his sister is in danger.

Kurama paced up and down the living room. He should wait a bit longer before going out to find her. At least, his mother wasn't around. She had gone on a business trip to Europe, England if he wasn't mistaken. Said something about getting a surprise for him and Resha and wouldn't be back for a few weeks.

Ding-Dong!

Kurama opened the door, hoping to find a redhead at the doorstep.

It was almost dark outside. Still, he could make out the silhouette was a redhead alright. She was panting, head down, leaning on the doorstep. Behind her were Yuusuke, Kuwabara and Hiei.

He sighed in relief. 'Resha! Why didn't you tell me you went out with them? I was worried!' he said frowning.

'Actually, we found her running like crazy, so we followed her.' Yuusuke denied.

The redhead straightens up.

Kurama saw her eyes were deep blue, not silver. 'Ranma?' he uttered surprised.

'Resha? She's not here?' Ranma-chan asked in fear. Her instinct was right then.

'So she hadn't been back by this afternoon? Do you know where she had gone, Shuichi?' Ranma-chan asked as she sat down with Kurama and the rest of the boys.

'Ice cream parlor, definitely. She went there every afternoon.' Kurama uttered.

'Where could she be in the middle of the night?' Yuusuke thought scowling.

'Maybe she was kidnapped?' Kuwabara suggested.

Ranma-chan grimaced. 'By who? If she's been kidnapped by that stupid youkai again, I'm seriously gonna kill him!' she snarled angrily, then suddenly realized the surprise in the others eyes.

'You believe in youkais?' Yuusuke asked surprised.

'A few times! You never saw one?' Ranma-chan frowned. It wasn't such a big deal to see youkais. She had fought a handful in Nerima.

'She's been kidnapped by youkais before?' Kurama asked, a little taken aback.

She grunted. 'Literally. A stupid cat youkai once abducted her to make her his bride. Seriously!' she rolled her eyes.

'Hngh! And she didn't even try to fight back?' Hiei pointed unbelievingly. Knowing Resha, she wouldn't let herself been captured without a fight. The girl is a stubborn ass.

'Certainly not! She and I are both terrified of cats! Just seeing one sends shivers down our spine! A fat white tabby the size of an elephant was the worst. She fainted by just one glance!' she said and shivered, remembering the cat's feature.

'How did you know the cat was a youkai?' Kuwabara asked foolishly.

'Idiot! Have you ever seen a cat the size of an elephant? He even talks! He keeps mumbling something about not having a bride after a few hundred years of living. Quite harmless actually and is utterly spineless! Resha used her "Neko Ken (Cat Fist)" technique before I had time to go and save her.' she told them.

'Matte, "Cat Fist"? But I thought the technique was abandoned years ago! You don't mean...' Kurama's words trailed off as Ranma-chan nodded.

'Yes! Both Resha and I mastered it.' she muttered.

'What is this technique you are talking about?' Yuusuke demanded.

'The "Cat Fist" technique...' Kurama enlighten, 'is a method of martial arts based on cats' moves. A person employs this technique automatically when his/her fear of cats peaks. He/she suppresses his/her fear of cats by acting like one. In that state, the person is near invincible. However, it was abandoned years ago... because it made the person who tries to master it in deep fears, cat-phobia, if you like to call it.'

Ranma-chan shifted uneasily. 'Yes. The training was a nightmare. We were wrapped with fish sausages and thrown into a pit full of hungry feral cats repeatedly. Stupid Pop didn't read the book till the end or we wouldn't have this stupid fear, and we were only six!' she growled in frustration. She got up suddenly and headed for the door.

'Where are you going?' Kuwabara asked.

'To find her of course.' She answered.

The boys looked at each other for a second before following suit.