Unbeknownst to both Half-Demons Nabiki was watching the two of them from the class window, 'strange why would Kasumi tell and show Ranma that she's half demon, she didn't even tell Dr. Tofu, her old friend, yet she tells a boy she's only known for a day' Nabiki thought to herself, before pushing her hair behind her left ear and increasing her hearing so that she could hear what they were saying, just in time for to hear Ranma admit he was also half demon and that his biological mother was Bai Tsa.
Nabiki then smirked, darkly, 'so we have another player in town huh, well things just got a lot more interesting' Nabiki thought to herself before making a mental not to watch Ranma closely, after all she had no idea what Ranma could do.
After School…
Ranma headed back to the Tendo dojo, walking with Akane and Nabiki. Ranma could sense Nabiki's gaze on him and unlike before it felt more like Kasumi's gaze. Ranma then stopped in his tracks, Akane, however, just continued on her way, ignoring Ranma completely, still pissed at Ranma for interrupting her fight. Nabiki, however, stopped a few paces behind Ranma.
"What do you want Nabiki?" Ranma then asked, not looking round.
"What makes you think I want anything?" Nabiki asked with false innocence.
"Don't insult me Nabiki, you want something, what is it?" Ranma snapped before spinning round to face Nabiki.
"Ooh temper, temper" Nabiki taunted "So you heard about Kasumi's little secret huh?" Nabiki asked.
"So you know she's Half-Demon, I thought she didn't tell anyone?" Ranma enquired.
"She didn't but when you bug all the house with cameras for black mail you do find out some things besides I could always sense something, even she can't hide what she is for seventeen years now can you?" Nabiki replied with a sly smirk.
"Huh, Guess you're right, who else know?" Ranma then asked.
"Just me and now you Ranma Tsa" Nabiki replied, Ranma then felt his heart skip a beat, "Yeah, Kasumi's not the only one with demonic powers, I have good hearing as well as many other things" Nabiki replied before leaning against the fence Ranma had been walking atop of that morning.
"So you know who and what I am" Ranma replied, his irises turning demonic red, Nabiki smirked at Ranma's reaction.
"Yeah I know, I know many things, like you and I aren't really cousins, but something else" Nabiki replied before walking to the opposing side of the street and into a shadow of a tree, Ranma was about to ask more but Nabiki vanished and he was only left him with more questions.
Tendo Residence…
Once Ranma walked through the doors he headed up to get a bath, needing time to think and he knew that this was the only way he could get some peace, once he got into the bath he once again contacted his mother like he had the night before.
"Son, I found out why Kasumi Tendo sounded so familiar she is…" Bai Tsa started before Ranma cut her off.
"Daughter of uncle Tchang the thunder demon, my cousin" Ranma replied.
"No Ranma…you see her mother was used as a host for the recovering biological one…and she was…'sigh' Kasumi's biological mother is the Goddess Of Jusenkyo…she's your half sister" Bai Tsa replied, Ranma's world then shattered at that moment as he repeated what his mother had just told him. Bai Tsa then severed the connection, seeing that her son needed time to think, leaving a portion of the bath water floating in the air, Ranma then let it drop back into the bath before finishing off bathing himself before getting out and changed.
Ranma then headed down stairs to be surprised for nth time that day when he saw a certain purple haired girl sitting at the dining table in the seat next to his.
"So Ranma who's your friend" Kasumi asked, a slight hint of fear in her voice.
"This is Shampoo she's a Chinese Amazon and a good friend of mine" Ranma replied before taking the seat beside Shampoo.
"So when'd you get here?" Ranma asked.
"Shampoo get here two hours ago why you leave Shampoo behind?" Shampoo asked, tears beginning to fill her eyes.
'pop knocked me out (not with a bottle) I'm sorry he left you behind Xian Pu' Ranma replied, Akane, Soun and Genma just stared at him not understanding a word he'd said.
'Oh, that stupid panda, I thought you'd left me…I was banished from the village after you left…the only way I can return is either to kill you…or…marry you' Shampoo replied, blushing heavily as she said the last part, Nabiki smirked at this, knowing things were going to get a lot more interesting.
'It's your choice Xian Pu I'm not going o force you to marry me if you don't want to and I'm sure I can find a loop hole in your laws…I don't think you'd want the blood of a friend on your hands' Ranma replied, Shampoo's eyes then dropped in disappointment as her heart filled with sadness.
'You know want to be with me?' Shampoo asked with a sigh.
'What?! Xian Pu being with you would…well…I don't think I'd hate it but I don't want to force you into marrying me' Ranma replied, blushing heavily, Shampoo's face then lit up as a smile formed.
'Aren't you forgetting something Ranma?' Nabiki asked in Chinese. Ranma then glanced at Nabiki questioningly. 'The Tendo engagement, you're engaged to my sister' Nabiki stated.
Shampoo was crushed at hearing this 'Nabiki you know that me and Kasumi can't marry and you know why' Ranma roared, only further confusing Genma, Soun and Akane.
"Will you guys just speak Japanese" Akane roared.
"Akane I'm only speaking Chinese because Shampoo's Japanese isn't very good, so be considerate, besides this conversation has nothing to do with you so you don't need to know what we're saying" Ranma snapped, Akane was about to retaliate but stopped when she received a glare from Kasumi.
'Ranma what did you mean about Nabiki knowing why we can't wed?' Kasumi asked.
Ranma glanced at Shampoo and knew that he couldn't let her know who their parents were especially when he considered how much her tribe knew about them and what they did back in their day. 'Nabiki knows you've keeping secrets and knows what our relation actually is…sister' Ranma replied, Kasumi went wide eyed at what Ranma had said, she knew that they were brother and sister but she thought Ranma thought they were only cousins, she had thought that the fact that they were distant siblings was a bit much to take in.
'How did…?' Kasumi asked shocked.
'Nabiki' Ranma replied, Kasumi the looked towards Nabiki only to see her acting innocent, at this point Akane had finished dinner and having enough of listening to Chinese conversations just went to bed, Genma and Soun left to play shogi as they too had grown tired of the Chinese conversation. Shampoo just stared at Ranma and the Tendos, Ranma noticed this.
'It's complicated Xian Pu I still don't know the whole story' Ranma stated, Kasumi then turned back to Shampoo remembering that she was there.
"Shampoo why don't you stay here while you're in Japan?" Kasumi asked, slipping back into her native tongue, Shampoo understood just enough though to reply.
"Yes please thank you, Shampoo stay here until great-grandmother come here" Shampoo replied.
'So the elder is going to get involved, well one things for sure it's certainly not going to be boring' Ranma laughed. Kasumi then arranged for a futon to be set up in the other spare room, much to Shampoo's disappointment.
A/N Sorry this isn't as long as the previous chapter, but I'm trying to make it so each of my chapters are two thousand words long, but I have writers block which is why it took a little longer than normal to get this chapter up.
