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Ranma 1/2 / AMG Crossover : Kasumi's Wish Chapter 3
created by Long Ngo
started March 15, 1998
finished March 25, 1998
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Chapter 3
It was a rainy day in Nerima Ward, Tokyo. The sound of rain drops
beating against the roof was almost mesmerizing. Looking down from Asgard,
Skuld could finally complete her contract.
"Kasumi, Nabiki, Akane come here," a very joyous Soun shouted out to
his daughters. Soun had received a postcard from a long time friend. On one
side of the card was a panda bear and on the other side was a single sentence.
"Bringing Ranma in two weeks." The postcard was signed Saotome.
Moments later, all three of Tendou's daughters were sitting opposite
him on the dinner table. Unknown to the three occupants, Kasumi had started
to glow after sitting down. Kasumi was in a simply dress, Nabiki was in a
kimono while Akane was wearing a white gi. " A long time friend of mine will
soon be arriving. He is bring his son. If one of you to marry him and carry
on the school, the Tendou legacy would be secured." Soun announced to his
three daughters.
"A fiancee? What don't we have a say in who we marry?" Akane
shouted with rage.
"What's he like? Is he cute Tousan ? " Nabiki asked.
Kasumi was suddenly covered in a blinding light as the glowed
intensified.
"Is something wrong Kasumi?" Soun asked his eldest daughter. Over
the years, Soun had become overly protective of Kasumi. This did not mean he
cared any less for his other two daughters. It is just that Kasumi gave up
her childhood for the family. She sacrificed more than any person should have
to. To this end, he was more protective of Kasumi than Akane or Nabiki.
It was strange that Kasumi had not uttered a word after his
announcement. She would usually tell him politely if one of his ideas were
unacceptable and he would understand and give in for fear of offending his
eldest. Yet today he had told each of his daughters something that would
forever change their lives and Kasumi had not spoken a single word. He was
also a little worried that Kasumi's cheeks were a bit red as well.
Nabiki was not really surprised. She knew something like this
would happen for some time now. The Tendou family was a traditional family in
a modern world. Arranged marriages were common back then, especially among
the middle and upper classes. She was amazed that it had not happened sooner.
Kasumi was already 19, she was 17 and her little sister was 16, all were well
within the acceptable age for marriage. Nabiki was just wondering what kind
of man her father had engaged one of them to. Her thoughts were suddenly
broken by her father's question. Looking up, Nabiki noticed the light reddish
tone to Kasumi's cheeks. To some, Nabiki was not an emotional person. She
always had this look of a predator stalking her prey on her face that earned
her a reputation for being cold hearted. To those that truly understood her,
knew that this was not true. She had learned to hide her emotions really well
after her mother died. There were only few times when Nabiki wasn't wearing
her facial mask of uncaring. This was one of those times. One of the people
Nabiki worried about the most was Kasumi. Kasumi was her older sister, but
she was also her mother and friend at times. She was what kept the family
together when the outside world threaten to tear the family apart. To see the
sister-mother of the Tendou Clan unhealthy worried her.
Akane could not believe what her father was saying. She hated boys,
they were so immature. She did not know which was worse, Tatewaki Kunou
thinking he could become her boyfriend by trying to beat her up or the boys
that followed him. Now her Tousan wants one of his daughters to marry a boy
he hardly knew. Why couldn't the boys at her school be more like Tofu-sensei?
He was so mature but was in love with her older sister. Looking up at Kasumi,
Akane finally noticed the reddish hue to Kasumi's cheeks having missed her
Tousan's comment before because she was busy being angry at him. Akane was
instantly worried about Kasumi. Kasumi was more like a mother than a sister
to Akane.
Kasumi could not believe how much she had enjoyed that kissed. Part
of her, the part that was the mother and sister, told her she was betraying
Akane, but the other part, the part that was the suppressed female, rejoiced
at the experience. It had been far too long since she had genuinely laughed
and enjoyed herself this much. She had given up all hopes of ever
experiencing these kinds of feelings since Okaasan died. This New Year was
one in which she would cherish for a long time. She knew she was blushing and
hoped that Ranma did not see it. It would embarrass both of them. After
Ranma had whispered that he felt the same made her even blush some more.
Lifting her head to see if Ranma was blushing as well she final noticed that
she was not on the roof anymore. She also felt three pairs of eyes focused on
her. Looking toward the sources, she noticed that she was at the table and
was the attention of both her sisters and Tousan. Numerous questions started
to come to mind : Why wasn't she on the rooftop with Ranma? How did she get
to be where she was? Why was everyone staring at her with worried expression?
The last question was why Nabiki wearing a kimono? She had not worn one ever
since Ranma first arrived. Knowing the easiest way to get an answer was to
ask, Kasumi did just that. " Is something wrong?" Kasumi asked also missing
Soun's question.
Finally getting a reaction from his eldest daughter. Soun nodded,
"Are you feeling well Kasumi?"
"I'm feeling fine. Why do you ask?" replied Kasumi.
"Tousan is just worried about you Kasumi. Your face is a bit red
and you been staring out into space for the past few minutes." A worried
Nabiki answered. Akane only noticing Kasumi's condition a few moments ago
nodded as well.
"Thank you Tousan, Nabiki, Akane, but I feel fine. Was there
anything else you needed Tousan?" Kasumi asked.
"I was just saying that a long time friend of mine would be arriving
soon and he was bringing his son. If one of you were to marry him and take
over the dojo, the Tendou Legacy would be secured."
Looking at Nabiki in her kimono and then outside at the weather,
everything finally made sense to Kasumi. This was the day that the three
Tendou daughters first meet Saotome Ranma and his father Saotome Genma. She
did not know how she got here but living with Ranma for the past year had help
her adjust to the hectic events surrounding the young martial artist.
Remembering that Ranma might need some hot water, Kasumi stood up. "Please
excuse me father, I need to prepare something." Walking into the kitchen,
Kasumi started preparing some hot water for her two newly arriving guest,
unaware of the stares she was getting from her family.
Up in Asgard, two sisters were bickering. "It's not fair," a woman
with white hair complained. "I'm the goddess of love. I should have gotten
this job." Urd looking over at Skuld. "I bet you don't know the first thing
about love, seeing you never had a boyfriend." In Urd's mind, a game was
being played and to Urd, it was game, set and match. She could not believe
Skuld's luck. Here was the biggest love web she had ever seen in all her
existance. A boy by the name of Ranma was picking up fiancees left and right.
Asside from the fact that most of them were being forced upon him by his Oyaji
and honor, the fact still remains that the girls didn't mind having a fiancee
like Ranma. He was handsome, strong, and had a sense of honor unparallel to
maybe Thor. It did not help the situation any when Ranma did not possess the
knowledge or ability to hand the opposite gender. Now here was Skuld, who had
been lucky enough to not only find a useful bug, but was on her way to making
a big impression on her first assignment. Because of the bug, Kasumi now knew
that beneath the curse, Ranma was indeed everything she had wished for. He
was kind-hearted, who else would put up with all this fiancee business, other
than a hentai, which Ranma was not due to his social stills, because he did
not want to hurt one of their feelings. Calling Ranma's life exciting was an
understatement. Ranma's life could be considered the penticle of adventure
and excitment. Last, if someone even considered Ranma not being handsome
would be attacked by numerous raged filled women. Now due to the bug, Kasumi
found that she could in fact love and respect him and her father was giving
her a chance at marriage. All this was due to a computer glitch which made
Akane, Ranma's fiancee, instead of Kasumi in the first place. With the
Yggdrasil system back online, it transferred Kasumi back in time so that now
she could become Ranma's fiancee instead of Akane.
Skuld was fuming. This was her first real assignment and here was
Urd telling her how unfair it was. On top of that, her older sister made fun
of her by saying how she didn't know a thing about love because she never went
out with a guy. Urd was the last person to be lecturing about this. Urd made
Ranma's problems look like child's play. Then again, looking back at Ranma's
file, if a person just went by Ranma's and Urd's problems with the opposite
gender, they might consider the two related by blood or something. After
living with Keiichi and Belldandy for the past two years, though she still
thought Belldandy was too good for Keiichi, Skuld finally understood something
about love. What was startling was that if she was successful, the similarity
between the two couples were astronomical. Maybe in a way, her father, Kami-
sama, was giving her a chance to redeem herself after the way she had acted
when she first heard about Keiichi's wish. Looking back at Urd, who was still
raving, she finally understood why Urd was mad. First, Skuld had stumbled
upon the worse web of love the Fates had ever known. Second, Urd was mad that
she had nothing to do with the relationship between Belldandy's and Keiichi
that she saw this as a second chance due to the staggering similarity between
the two or actually the female half.
Urd stopped raving as a look of understanding appeared upon Skuld's
face. Maybe her younger sister had finally seen the light was going to give
her the chance at this contract. Her hopes died as Skuld stuck her tongue out
at her. "Arggggggggg," was the only thing Urd could think of at the moment.
Seeing Urd made, Skuld skipped happily away looking for some warm
water so that she could visit Belldandy then Kasumi. She had to tell
Belldandy about Kasumi.