Hi, all. I thought I'd go ahead and post this. I
haven't posted anything in a while. My writing's kinda
at a stand still now. I'm still working on Ch. 14 of A
Legend Reborn and Ep. 7 of Bishoujo Senshi Sailor
Juraihelm. The holidays have kinda got in the way.
Actually, the gifts I've recieved have gotten in the
way. ^^; I got a Play Station for Christmas and now
all I've been able to do is play Final Fantasy VIII (I
get too adicted to games like that too easily!)(I
actually got that for my birthday which is today, Dec.
30, BTW. I'm 17 now! ^_^ I can get into R rated
movies! ^_^) I also got Pocket Fighter and that's an
awesome game! If I can ever pull myself away from my
new toys maybe I can sit my butt down at the computer
and write. ^^; Ah, well. Enjoy! ^_^
Sakuya-sama ^_^ no Jurai
Two Halves Make a Whole
Part 5
"Mr. Saotome�s sister, eh?" the teacher says studying
the little girl, "Well, I don�t know about this...."
"Well, you see she�s new in town and she�s not
comfortable being on her own quite yet...," Akane
tries to explain, "...I promise that she won�t be any
trouble."
The teacher thinks hard about this, not sure whether
or not this is such a good idea. Then, with a deep
sigh, he decides, "Just for today, Miss Tendo, but
remember: I�m holding you and Mr. Saotome responsible
for her!"
"Thank you, sir," she politely thanks him.
"Class, we have a visitor," the teacher announces,
"This is Suiren Saotome, Ranma Saotome�s younger
sister. She�ll be joining us today so make her feel
welcome."
"Ranma�s younger sister?!" "Yeah, didn�t you see her
beat up on Kuno this morning? It was so funny!" "I had
no idea he had a sister!" "His father really gets
around, doesn�t he?" "Yeah, first that thing with Ukyo
and now this." the class mutters and mumbles.
"This is just great," Ranma groans.
Suiren takes a seat between Ranma and Akane.
"Ranma-honey, why didn�t you ever tell me about your
sister?" a stranger with a rather large spatula
strapped to their back addresses Ranma. Suiren assumes
the person to be a male. A rather feminine looking
guy, but the person is wearing a guy�s school uniform.
He quickly whips out two spatulas and a grill from
nowhere and begins preparing an okonomiyaki at an
incredible speed. Within seconds, he flips it to
Suiren who snatches it from the air as it flies
towards her face. "Suiren" it reads.
"I�m Ukyo Kuonji," he introduces himself with a wink,
"but, I�m sure Ranma must have told you all about me.
After all, he is my fianc�!"
"That�s not possible.... My brother isn�t engaged to a
guy!" Suiren says.
"What?! Ranma...," Ukyo says impatiently, "You
jackass! You mean you didn�t tell her anything at all
about me, your fianc�e?!"
"Why do you keep saying that? He�s not your fianc�!"
Suiren yells, "He�s engaged to Akane!"
"OH! So she knows all about Akane, but you don�t
bother to mention me at all?" Ukyo crosses her arms.
"Of course she knows Akane!" Ranma snaps, "We are all
living in the same house, ya know!"
"Listen, Ukyo!" Akane gets into the conversation, "She
just got here a couple of days ago! We just haven�t
gotten around to explaining things to her yet."
"Would somebody please tell me what�s going on??!?!"
Suiren demands, "Why does this guy keep saying that
he�s my brother�s fianc�?"
"Ranma, you jackass!" Ukyo says whipping out her huge
spatula to give Ranma a whop on the head.
"All four of you, out in the hall, NOW!" the teacher
bellows from his desk, stopping Ukyo�s spatula in
mid-whop.
***
"Even when we get to school on time this is how we
end up...," Akane says.
"One way or another...," Ranma adds.
Akane, Ranma, Suiren, and Ukyo are standing side by
side in the hall holding a pail of water in each hand.
"This is all your fault, ya know," Akane says to
Ranma.
"My fault?" Ranma says, "What do you mean it�s my
fault?"
"I agree with Akane!" Ukyo says, "If you had explained
all this to your sister before-hand none of this
would�ve happened, you jackass!"
"Someone explain this to me right now!" Suiren says
through a frustrated sigh, "I�m extremely confused
here, people...."
"Well, to start off, Ukyo is a girl," Akane says.
"You are?"
"Yep...."
"Then why do you wear a boys uniform?" Suiren asks
curiously.
"Because I want to," Ukyo shrugs.
"Well... I guess that makes some sense... I�m sorry I
called you a guy,... you don�t really look like a guy.
Honestly. It�s just I assumed you were because of the
uniform,... but I still don�t understand why you say
that you�re my brother�s fianc�e when he�s engaged to
Akane."
"It�s kind of a long story, Suiren... you see...,"
Akane begins.
"Let me handle this, sugar," Ukyo steps in and quickly
explains the arrangement made between the two fathers
and the stolen okonomiyaki cart.
"That sounds like dad...," Suiren sighs after hearing
the story.
"So, Suiren, why hasn�t Ranma ever mentioned you
before?" Ukyo asks.
"Probably because he didn�t even know I existed until
a few days ago," Suiren says sadly.
"What? How could he not know about his own sister?"
Ukyo asks.
"That�s another long story.....," Akane says.
"Well," Ranma begins, "it seems that when pop took me
out on that training expedition when I was six my mom
was pregnant with this little twirp."
"Didn�t your dad know that his wife was pregnant?"
Ukyo asks.
"Mommy didn�t find out herself until a couple of weeks
after Daddy had already left with Brother Ranma that
she was about two months pregnant," Suiren replies.
"You mean you�ve never known your father?" Ukyo asks.
Suiren shakes her head.
"Well, it�s not as if knowing him would�ve made your
life any better," Ranma says.
"Oh, come on, Ranma! How can you be so insensitive?
She�s never known her father and she just lost her
mother!" Akane says, "It�s a very tragic experience,
especially for such a young girl. Don�t you ever miss
your mother, Ranma?"
Ranma chooses not to answer the question.
"Well, whether you care or not, Ranma, she missed you
and Daddy a lot," Suiren says, "She would always tell
me stories about you... and show me pictures... she
loved you two very much.... She wanted me to know you
even though you weren�t there...." Suiren heaves a
sigh. "I�m sorry I�ve caused everyone trouble being
here.... I guess it�s kinda my fault... maybe I
shouldn�t have come here at all...."
"No, Suiren, you have every right to be here. It�s not
you�re fault," Akane says, "It�s your stupid brother�s
fault... right, Ranma?"
Ranma looks at her surprised.
"It�s not Suiren�s fault is it?" Akane glares at
Ranma.
"Sure, everything�s my fault....," Ranma says
sarcastically, "Just blame it all on the guy with the
pigtail..."
"Do you really mean that? You�re not mad at me?"
Suiren�s face lights up, "Oh, thank you, Big Brother!"
Suiren throws her buckets in the air and hugs her
brother. "Ooops... Sorry about that...," she says as
soon as she realizes what has happened.
"Great! Now what am I supposed to do?!"
"So I see we have another one...," Ukyo says looking
at the boy that is now Suiren, "At least I only dress
like a boy, sugar."
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