Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Evil Kasumi Returns ❯ Truth be Told ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma ½ nor any of the characters. If I did, things would be a lot different. But alas, all I can do is dream and think… what if…

And speaking of ‘What if’, after reading “Evil Kasumi II” by Targhan on The Church of Ranma and Kasumi; http://cork.anifics.com I got this idea.

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And now, “Truth Be told,” or in other words, the Confessions.

Ranma’s mind was spiraling out of control, as the more he looked at the cone, the more he felt a sense of dread. But when his ears alerted him to something falling… and the sound of crying almost like a wail, Ranma was on his feet and moving faster than he’d ever moved. Without thinking about the consequences, he opened the door to the bathroom and saw Kasumi sitting there and crying. Again, his body reacted before his mind could tell him that they were both still naked. Moving over to her, he kneeled behind her and wrapped her arms around her. “Kasumi… I…” he started to say and was cut off as she twisted in his arms, grabbed him in a tight embrace and started crying harder on his now damp shoulder.

Never having been good with crying females, Ranma did what ever he thought would help… he just held her and let her cry. True, it was not much, but it was all he could think to do without making things worse. His silence seemed to finally pay off as her crying began to slow down and then finally it stopped, though she did not let go of him. However, her continuing to hold him had a rather unexpected side effect for him as his body began telling him, that he was naked, she was naked, and they were holding each other very, very close.

Before he could move or say anything, he heard her say something. “What was that?”

“You know... don’t you.”

“About you not being possessed?” he asked and she nodded her head. “Yea, I… I saw the horn on the floor. But I didn’t know what it was… At first.”

“I’m sorry…”

Ranma was about to open his mouth when he stopped and asked a different question. “Why?”

“Why?” she asked back, not really wanting an answer.

“Yeah, why’d you pretend to be… you know… possessed? You know, using the horns and the weird fingernails and stuff.”

“I had to…” she answered quickly almost biting off each word.

“But why?” He still couldn't see it, even as she was right in front of him.

She smiled at him as she released him from her iron grip and sat back to look at him in the face. Ranma for his part just sat down in front of her, both of them not even paying attention to the other’s nakedness.

“I had to keep you here… with me. And this was the only way.”

Ranma couldn’t believe it. The calm and silent Kasumi, the one that was always smiling, was actually scheming, but he had yet to learn the full extent of her scheme. “You’re really serious, aren’t ya?”

“Yes, I knew that Akane would not stay once she saw the box, and since everyone else is out of town I knew you’d stay with me.”

“Ya know, all ya had to do was ask and I’d of stayed. I mean it’s not like I really have anywhere else to go.”

Again, she smiled at him. “But Ranma-kun, would you have stayed with me… in my bed, if I would have asked.”

“Well… um… you see… I…” he hung his head. “Kasumi, its wrong… what we did was wrong.”

“Why!” She almost shouted the tears ready to flow from her again. “You and Akane can’t stand each other!” She regretted yelling at him the moment the words left her mouth. But she knew that now she had his undivided attention, she looked at him with emotion-filled eyes and continued, "I tried to help both of you, to encourage you to care for one another, and to tell you and her that things would work out. But after everything, you two are still no closer than you were a year ago." He tried to say something but she put her hand up which stifled what he was about to say as she said, "Our fathers are so set on making you two get married that they are making you both miserable. It hurts to see this. I’ve tried to pretend that nothing was wrong and that it’d all work out… but it’s not!”

She smiled. "Then I began to have… feelings for you. And why and how you may ask?" He simply nodded. “When you kept helping us, and even those who would have killed you, you help. It can only make me care for you more."

To say the least, Ranma was taken back by her outburst. “But… I… Akane… we…” he sighed and hung his head. He knew things had been going downhill, even worse than before. What Kasumi said… made sense now.

“Akane will be upset,” Kasumi said sadly, to which Ranma only nodded his head. “Ranma, do you think it would have really worked out between you and my sister?” Kasumi already knew the answer; she had been watching them for a long time now. She just hoped that he would start to see it as well.

He gave her a blank stare and contemplated it. Even during the times they acted civil to each other it was as if they were having a silent war. A war where neither side wanted to be the first to attack, but they both knew that it was impossible to stop for long. In his mind, he could see what their married life would be if things kept going as they were. At first, they would be married but sleeping in different rooms at least until their fathers put a stop to that. Then they would be sleeping in the same room, on different sides of the room. Somewhere along the line they would be forced to sleep in the same bed, but he know how Akane would react to that, and being mallet-ed every morning was not his idea of an good marriage.

“What would you have me to do?” he asked her miserably. “It’s not like she’s going to just up and accept this… or any other girl ‘winning’ me.”

“I know,” she said softly. “But I had to get you alone, to see… to see if it was possible… to see if you could love me. I've been lonely Ranma; even since Dr. Tofu left, no one has really given me much notice. I don’t want a life limited to just to cooking and keeping a house clean, even though that’s all I seem to do. I wanted, needed more. I… I’ve been watching you since you got here. At first, I thought you would be boring and immature. But the more I watched you, the more I became certain that you are anything but boring.” She kissed him once on his nose and went on when she saw a slight smirk appear on his face. "When you saved Akane and even Nabiki all those times, my love grew. And finally when the demon took my body, you were there trying to help me even though… well you know." He nodded a bit numbly. "Can you now see why I feel the way I do for you, you are my shining knight. I can't have anyone else, especially my sister or your finance’s continually abuse you, or allow my father or yours control you anymore!” She rubbed his cheek with her hand as he nodded again. "I just wanted to be the one point of calm in your chaotic life, the one safe place to come home to."

chuckled at her words, “Yep, life with me is one big ball of fun.” Just after saying that he noticed a strange look on her face. “Kasumi... how… long have you been planning this?”

girl let out a sigh, “For a long time. Ever since that first night, I’ve often wondered if I made the wrong choice. You see at first I… I wanted Dr. Tofu to love me… But he never could stop dancing with that...that silly skeleton of his. I saw that he was actually more immature than you were.” He grumbled at her choice of words, but she kept on talking, she had to get this out into the open. “I also saw how strong you were inside, surviving all those challenges and helping us and your friends all the time. I admired that in you. And I… I…” She blushed a bright red as she tried to say that she has been in love with him for some time, but has been hiding it. “But when I heard those words… of love, it made everything I’ve gone though worth it. And the best part is that I know you meant every word!” As she spoke the last she smiled wistfully, “I was so happy when you told me last night. And… and then we kissed…”

As she sighed happily, he blushed again, “So um… you planned for us to… um... you know…”

“Oh my no… that was as much of a surprise to me, as I’m sure to you as well!”

Ever the one for eloquence, Ranma said, “Huh?”

“All I had planned was to just get you to a position that you could tell me if you could love me or not. And at the most, I was hoping for a kiss. Maybe we could fall asleep together.” She blushed like a schoolgirl, though it looked more beautiful to Ranma with her mature looks.

“So um… it all changed when... um…”

“Oh yes, when we kissed, and then you unfastened my dress. I couldn’t believe it, and I didn’t want it to stop.”

“Urk!” Ranma’s brain wanted to seize up on that fact and then suddenly images began running though his mind, replaying things last night. ‘It’s true…’ he thought as he recalled telling her that he loved her… that he’s always cared for her, but was too scared for Kasumi to do anything, if the others knew what he really felt for her, then he knew that she wouldn’t be safe anymore. But after he kissed her, he then had started to undress her as he kissed her more. “So… so I…”

She nodded her head and continued to smile radiantly, “Yes, we made love last night.”

Unfortunately, his mind did not believe it, “So it wasn’t a dream?”

“Oh my, it felt much better than a dream… especially after the first three of four times last night…” she suddenly blushed again and averted her eyes from him as she did not want to say that she thought she’d died and gone to heaven.

“Three… or four times…” he replied softly, to which she just nodded her head. In his mind, he now could remember them stopping a few times, allowing her to take a short rest or change positions. “Oh man…”

For a time the two just sat there not looking at each other as Ranma came to a very real conclusion that even though she had kissed him first… he was the one that made the first move and undressed her. “I’m a dead man.”

“Oh my,” she said softly trying to stifle a giggle. “You’re not going to die; I have everything taken care of.”

“Huh?” he looked at her confused. “What do you mean?”

“Nabiki’s conference will keep her out until tomorrow afternoon. Akane will be with Sayuri and Yuka for most of the day. Though she may stop by to grab some clothes, since Yuka will continue the sleep over at her home for the three of them tonight. And our fathers will be out of town with Happosai until later this week.”

He blinked and then looked at her. “You… planned all this?”

Kasumi looked sheepish, wringing her hands. “Some of it.”

Ranma couldn’t believe it. “How much?”

“Nabiki’s conference wasn’t my idea, but she’s been talking about it for several weeks. So when I ran into Sayuri's mother at the market I quietly hinted that Akane was hoping to have a sleepover but with so many other people here it was not possible.”

Slowly his mind registered what she was saying, “So she was the one that setup the sleep over?”

“Yes, and her other sleepover for tonight was setup the same way.” Kasumi told him happily.

“And the trip?”

“Oh I was able to pull some money out of our savings, and then bought three tickets to the island resort and made it look like we won them.”

“I can’t believe it! You sent Happosai to an island full of women! Do you know what he’s going to do there?”

“Not much.”

Ranma had the good graces to look confused. “Huh?”

“Yes it’s an island resort, but the information never said what kind of resort.”

That got his interest, “What kind is it?”

“It’s a… well you see…” he just looked at her as she fumbled with the words and looked embarrassed. “Um, you know how you can be both a male and then female by being splashed with water?”

“Um yea, it’s been that way for years.”

“Well, there are… people that um... are born that way… but they don’t change with water.”

Ranma blinked, hard. “What?”

“It’s a… a resort for Transsexuals… everyone on the island is both male and female… so they may look like girls, but they’re actually male…”

“And Happosai only gets his strength from real girls… while guys sap his strength… so when he tries to grope a girl, and finds out it’s a guy he gets drained instead…” She meekly nodded her head and Ranma lost his control. He started laughing, chuckling, guffawing, giggling, and any other sort of vocal amusement he knew to the point his sides were starting to hurt.

Kasumi giggled at him and added, “And there’s not a permanent airport on the island, so the plane was to drop them off… by parachute, and then it continued its course to another larger island. According to the flight schedule, there will be no other flights into or away from the island for at least four days, but their tickets are for a week long stay.” At this point Ranma was rolling on the floor laughing harder than he had ever laughed in his life. He could imagine a fat furry panda being chased by women who could give King Kong a run for its money. The fact that he had never seen or knew what exactly a transsexual was had been overlooked by his mind and instead his imagination made up a lot. But even then, it was enough to almost make him pity the two fathers.

Though it took some time, Ranma finally got his laughing under control. For the time being Ranma paid no attention to the fact that he and Kasumi were both naked; as it just did not seem to be on his mind. Instead, Kasumi explained more of how she had set things up, including the sake that she served him that was flavored with a few tea leaves to make it smell and taste somewhat like tea.

“So you’re saying that I was drunk… and last night…”

“Oh no, you weren’t drunk at all,” she told him with such conviction it was plain to tell she was being serious.

Needless to say, he was confused. “But the sake?”

“For someone of your weight and abilities to be drunk you would have had to drink at least three bottles straight. And I only let you drink a few cups.”

Ranma just blinked at her. “So I wasn’t drunk?”

“Correct, and the dinner had some medicine in it that prevents you from getting drunk,” she explained looking rather nervous.

“Is that why it was so spicy?”

“No, the medicine had a strong taste, so I had to offset it somehow.” He blinked as she explained. “And I, well I wanted you to slow down too.”

“Slow down?”

“Well... You see… you eat… just a little to fast.”

At least Ranma had the good graces to look embarrassed. “Oh… well…”

“So… um… that’s why it was so spicy?”

“Well, yes... But it was also to hide the taste.”

“So, I really wasn’t drunk?”

Blushing she told him, “I wanted you to be relaxed, not drunk.”

“Oh, well… um…”

“I was a bit concerned when you couldn’t walk, but the effects wore off quickly.” He could not argue with that, as with the memories he had, they were hazy as though they were dreams, and not clouded by alcohol.

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To be continued… (Yes, there is still more to go. Like what happens when Akane and Nabiki get home as well as the rest of the family. As a teaser… I am currently planning the fight between Kasumi and Shampoo over Ranma.)