Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Evil Kasumi Returns ❯ Are we moving too fast? ( Chapter 3 )

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, “Are we Moving too Fast?”

It was somewhere between midday and evening on Saturday when Akane returned home. Although she felt bad about leaving Kasumi like she had, she was scared of what might happen. As it was, she did enjoy herself nonetheless. When Akane slipped the door to the kitchen open, she could see Kasumi, sans horns. To say the least she was pleasantly happy to see that Kasumi was back to her normal self and making dinner, but the best part was that her elder sister no longer appeared to be possessed. But before she decided to say that all was well, she went to the Dojo to check up on Ranma. “If that pervert did anything to my sister I’m gonna kill him,” she mumbled even though she was glad Kasumi was ok.

Kasumi smiled as she saw her little sister peek in on her. ‘If only you knew…’ the elder Tendo thought as she recalled her morning with Ranma. Though she still felt a little bad about deceiving him, he had talked her into putting away the finger blades and the small horns. But this time she put them in the box, and put the box on the top shelf in her closet. A place where she knew no one would look for anything.

Hearing noises in the dojo Akane peeked in on Ranma and was pleased to see that he was practicing one of his kata’s. Even though he was practicing without his shirt. ‘That pervert,’ she thought as she watched him, though she did find that a part of her did somewhat like the view. Before her anger, or anything else, could overcome her and force her to pound him, she went back to talk to her sister.

Stepping back into the kitchen, Akane watched her sister for a moment. The fact that Kasumi seemed to have an extra spring to her step, or the fact that Kasumi almost glowed was lost on her watcher. All Akane saw was that her sister was back to normal and that she could go out with her friends tonight without worrying. “Hay Kasumi?”

“Yes little sister?” Kasumi replied with a brilliant smile.

Not sure how to bring up the subject of that ogredemon, she decided for once to try subtlety, “I’m glad you’re feeling better.”

“Oh my, was I feeling ill earlier?” She replied though she knew what her sister meant. She just did not want to have to explain yesterday, or how Ranma made love to her last night, and this morning in the bath… and during lunch in the kitchen… Just thinking about those times threatened to bring a blush to her face, but thankfully, she was facing away from her sister so Akane didn’t see.

“So you don’t remember?”

“Remember?” Kasumi asked feigning innocence though she was trying to force the memory out of her mind of when Ranma came to check on lunch. Though his intent was to check on lunch, when he held her, and then kissed her, she lost the control over herself and the two ended up having a very late lunch while trying to get dressed again.

Akane was more than slightly confused, “But… but I thought you were, well possessed?”

“I was; I do not remember being possessed?” She gave her sister an innocent smile and while it was a true statement, albeit because she was not possessed to begin with, she did feel a little guilty for lying to her. But she wanted at least one more night alone with Ranma before things started going crazy all over again.

“Oh…” Akane said and realized that Kasumi must not have remembered being possessed or not in control of herself. And though she was curious as to how they got rid of the thing, she just brushed that thought aside and was glad her sister was fine. “Well, then I guess I need to grab a few things. I’m going to be with Sayuri sleeping over at Yuka’s tonight, I’ll be back tomorrow!”

“Ok, be careful,” Kasumi said cheerfully and waved to her sisters retreating back. As Akane ran upstairs Kasumi let out a sad sigh, ‘Oh little sister, I hope you can forgive me someday for this. But if something doesn’t change, then you may end up being miserable for the rest of your life, as will my Ranma-kun.’

To those that know Ranma… that really know him. They would be able to look at him as he practiced and tell that he is making mistakes. However to those that barely know him or those that just look at him and make quick observations or judgments usually will never know if he is out of step or has made a mistake. For Ranma, the kata he is working on was one he was taught while on the road with his father. It is a favorite of his; it allows him to move and practice, while freeing his mind to think. However, this time the thinking was overloading his mind and he has already made numerous mistakes, but only those that really know him or this kata, would be able to point out his mistakes. The reason for his mistakes just happened to be the very one that was making dinner as he practiced.

‘What am I doing? Am I insane!? I mean this is Kasumi!’ He frowned as he missed another step. ‘Last night was amazing… it’s the best thing I ever felt… well aside from this morning in the bathroom with her… and then in the kitchen before lunch….’ He lost all of his concentration and almost fell over at thinking of seeing the elder Tendo daughter nude and in the kitchen; her body moving back and forth as she mixes something causing her hips to sway and... ‘I’m loosing it… I can’t stop thinking about her… her lips… her arms, the way she holds me, the way I feel when I’m near her…’ He finally lost his footing and fell over, but he recovered himself quickly and tumbled fast enough to keep from landing on his back.

‘I’m in trouble…’ he thought though he was not entirely upset about it. ‘I can’t believe how hard it is anymore. It’s not like I planned on this to happen… or to… to… um… with her… in the kitchen… it just happened. I just walked up behind her… and… and I kissed her on the cheek… why’d I do that?’ he asked himself, though the grin he got just thinking about it pretty much answered it for him. ‘And then she kissed me back… and I kissed her neck… Why was I drawn to that? Though it was nice, and she smelled so good… and…’ At just replaying the series of events that led to the two of them becoming naked in the kitchen caused him to both smile, and to become worried.

‘Are we moving too fast? I mean, we just told each other we… we… l-l-lo-loved… each other last night. And now we can’t keep our clothes on, or our hands off each other.’ His face got a funny grin at that thought. And this time, it was Kasumi who pretty much stripped him and herself this afternoon. ‘She wanted... me… So why do I feel so strange about it?’

He was brought out of his thoughts abruptly as the object of his minds obsession had not only walked into the dojo, but also got his attention. “Excuse me Ranma-kun.”

“Huh? Oh Hi Kasumi-chan,” He turned and walked towards her with a silly grin on his face not really caring anymore that he cannot think about anything else but her.

Hearing him call her that caused her to blush but she quickly tried to get herself under control. “I-I wanted to tell you that dinner is ready. And Akane has already left for her sleepover.”

At the mention of that name, Ranma’s mood changed, but it was not a complete reversal. Instead, he looked pensive and worried. “Yeah, Akane.”

Kasumi sighed; her overly cheery mood dampened some, “Ranma-kun, you know that no matter what happens. Some will get their feelings hurt,” she told him sadly.

Ranma’s shoulders slumped. “I know. I just wish I could spare them that…”

She gave him a slight smile. “That is just one of the reasons I have fallen in love with you.” By simply admitting it, she blushed and averted her gaze from him.

Not being used to someone actually loving him, and in doing so not trying to kill him with overly powerful glomps, Ranma was, needless to say, stunned. “Um… ah well…”

His eyes tracked her as she walked towards him. Instincts told him to run, but his feet and body would not move. Not only was his body not observing the warning that his instincts were giving him, but his mind was telling him to stay as well. ‘This is Kasumi; she’s not going to hurt me. But how can she love me, she deserves better than me… but she still loves me.’ When she placed her arms around his neck in a loose hug, his heart started pounding. ‘Oh man… this is the same feeling when we… when we um… well in the kitchen…’

As if sensing his panicked state Kasumi just placed her head against him and hugged him close, yet her arms hung loosely around him. Though she loved him, and loved her sister, she could not help but feel sorry for him and wonder, ‘Why Akane… why have you done this to him? He’s so afraid of everything… even me. Oh little sister, why?’

Feeling her leaning against him Ranma took a shaky breath and slowly put his arms around her. So far, every time that the two of them have got close to the other he has always been waiting for the mallet to suddenly appear and hit him. ‘This is Kasumi, she’s not going to hurt me,’ he said to himself yet again and willed his body to relax.

When she felt him relax, Kasumi smiled though she did not let go. Or at least she did not let go right away. The two continued to stand there holding each other loosely, though anyone that might have seen them would have thought the two did not want to ever let go.

However, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end, so did their caring hug. Slowly the two released the other, and stepped back slightly. For a moment, the two just faced each other, with Ranma holding both of her hands in his. A look of love, and longing passed between them that spoke loudly about how they were feeling towards the other. While Ranma was nervous about loving someone and doing it openly, she did not seem to mind or care.

It was neither another person nor even a word spoken that broke up their hug. Instead, it was the sound of his stomach grumbling quite loudly that seemed to echo loudly in the dojo that caused the two new lovers to break their embrace. “Oh Um, I… guess…”

“D-Dinner must be getting cold…” She said softly though she did not want to move. Kasumi just giggled though when his stomach grumbled again. “I guess you are hungry this time,” she told him with a slight smile that caused him to blush with a reminder of their earlier lunchtime interlude.

“Y-yeah…” he said softly. “I… um what’s to eat?”

Kasumi gave him a coy smile, which caused him to blush. “One of your favorites, and this time I made it without the extra spices.”

“Really, ah thanks!”

“But…” she said and let that sink in.

“But?”

“But you have to promise me that…” she prodded him to finish the thought.

Ranma gave a show of sighing, “That I have to eat slowly.” Even though he sounded put out, he could not help but smile at the joy that was on her face.

Still smiling, Kasumi walked with him out of the dojo and into the house proper. Already arranged on the table were their places, on one side of the low table beside each other, which caused him to smile again as he let a fantasy play in his mind. Coming home, to eat dinner with his wife, with just placements for two at the table. For a long time he thought that he would eventually marry Akane; unfortunately, he was always worried about her ability to cook or rather, his ability to survive her cooking. But with Kasumi, everything seemed to ‘fit’ right. He could not really put his thoughts into words about how things just seemed to ‘fit.’ But whatever the reason, he was happy about it.

As they ate dinner, not a word was spoken, but they were quite content and happy with the evening. There were no fights, yelling, screaming, and especially no rivals or other fiancée’s showing up. In short, it just seemed perfect.

Ranma was blissfully unaware that information had been passed along to Ukyo, Ryoga, Shampoo and others that he supposedly had gone to another city with Genma to avoid Nodoka again, who also conveniently, was following them to said city. Shampoo and Cologne had quickly left in hopes of talking to the Saotome woman, as Cologne had no doubt that she could convince his mother that Shampoo was the best match for Ranma and therefore get rid of that silly agreement that the panda and crying-man had. Ukyo went to, as she thought, ‘protect’ Ranma’s mother from the Amazons.

For Ryoga and Mousse, they both rushed after Ranma to avenge whatever wrongs they thought he had committed. Kasumi just sighed mentally and shook her head at how silly and childish all the others seemed to get with just a little misinformation. Kodachi was the worst, Kasumi thought. ‘She basically went off running to the south when I mentioned Ranma might have gone that way.’ With another mental headshake, Kasumi cleared those thoughts out of her mind and just enjoyed the evening she had with Ranma.

Despite her wishes, she knew that sooner or later - which would unfortunately be a lot sooner than the much later that she wanted - her uninterrupted and intimate time with Ranma was going to come to an end.

That night, though the two of them slept in the same bed again, it was without a number of their previous nights activities. However, it was not without the previous nights love. Even though Ranma and Kasumi were physically quiet; their hearts spoke louder than their voices as they just held each other close. For Ranma, even though he actively chose to go to sleep in her room, with her in his arms. It still took his mind a bit of time convincing itself the next morning when he woke up that he as not in some strange but living dream.

Both of them held reservations about what the next day was going to be like. They had to not only learn to control themselves better, but deal with how their families were going to handle this sudden change in their relationship. Thankfully, Kasumi had set things up so that they’d first deal with her sisters, and then their fathers, as opposed to all of them at once.

Yet while Kasumi had an idea that might work to get Shampoo to stop chasing Ranma, she had no clue how to convince Ukyo to give up her claim. While it may have been a vain hope, she hoped that she’d get an idea while she slept. 'Maybe after things have settled with my family, Auntie Nodoka might have an idea about the others,’ she thought to herself.

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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, a fight where Kasumi drops a big surprise right before the first hit.)