"If it is not too much of a bother, could we wait for Miss Higurashi?" as Kasumi smiled at the old man, warmth flowing from her lightly furred face. "I've heard a lot about your shrine, but I'm afraid that I have not had the chance to see it." Her smile slipping in dissapointment.
The old man came back to his senses, smiling back as he rubbed the back of his head. "Well then, don't ever let it be said that I would ever turn away those interested in a tour and history lesson. Please, right this way." As he opened the gate wider, holding it for Kasumi to enter.
Kasumi's smile brightened once again as she stepped forward. Akane followed leading a fuming and muttering Ranma.
Colonge stopped briefly next to Nabiki. "It's amazing how a pleasant attitude and kind word can open the right doors for you." Smirking as she started pogoing forward. "And you best be aware of your actions, before you do something you might regret later Nabiki Tendo."
Nabiki frowned for a moment before Colonge's words seeped through. Concern and interest began to flow through her as she began to realize what she had done to that old man.
Her attention was snapped back to reality as Akane called out for her. "Come on Nabiki, you're holding everyone up."
Nabiki sighed, "Well then, let me not keep everyone then." Slithering up and over the door frame and into the shrine's grounds.
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The tour took them across the grounds of the estate, though their journey would have been a lot quicker if their guide had not decided to tell every story about the Sunset Shrine and every historical event that happed around it.
Kasumi had stood there, politely enraptured by the stories, her tails swishing contentedly behind her. Akane and Colonge had listened out of courteousy, Akane just waiting for this Kagome person to show up, and Colonge keeping track in her mind of every historical mistake that she could catch.
Ranma was bored to tears through all of this, his interest only peaking at any mention of battels.
Nabiki on the other hand, quickly loosing interest, began to find her attention being drawn to Ranma himself. Thoughs pass through her mind, would they be able to get Ranma to bypass that whole 'I don't hit girls' shtick to take out the miko that did this, and would she have enough time to set up some way to sell tickets to the fight.
While these thoughts were passing through, something else was going on deep within her mind. A small quiet part of Nabiki began to go over Ranma, running him over one of her mental spreadsheets, judging all of his flaws and pluses towards giving her strong children. Small allowences were given, that the way things stood now he would no longer able to help her that way within the year.
Suddenly a small alarm began to go off, pulling Nabiki back to reality. She looked around in alarm at the dark shed that they were all crowded in, while a dark forboding well sat squat in the middle of the building.
Akane sighed, "Nabiki, turn off your watch please. It's very rude."
Nabiki smirked at that though, Akane giving lessons in politeness, before her eyes went wide, her arm snapping up. She checked the time and then stared intently at Ranma and Akane.
Akane shuddered a bit, unnerved at the intensity in her sisters gaze. "Nabiki, is something wrong?"
"Yessss Akane, ssssomething is both good and bad right now." As Nabiki turned off the alarm, relaxing a bit. "After you two left, I sssset my watch to go off when the four hour time limit passed. The time hassss passssed, and neither of you have changed. Lookssss like you dodged the bullet this time Ssssatome." smirking as she looked at him.
Akane paled softly while Ranma yelped. "We've been here that long?" He complained. Ranma turned upon the old man, "You said this was the well that this Kagome chick went into to go back in time right?"
The old man nodded vigorisly as his hands came up warding in surprize.
Ranma smirked. "Fine, we tried waiting for her. Time for us to go find her." as he lept over the railing and landed on the edge of the well. "Are ya coming or not." looking up at the ladies and ghoul.
Nabiki glanced at her sisters before she shrugged. "At thissss point, in for a yen, in for a pound. But why don't you go firsssst." The tip of her tail whipping out to smack Ranma in the back dropping him into the well.
"Nabiki!" Akane cried before she too leapt the rail and over into the well. "I'm coming Ranma."
Kasumi only frowned at Nabiki as she shook her head. She sighed slightly as she walked down the stair, and hefting herself over the edge. "If I knew we would be taking a trip like this, I would have packed a picknic lunch." Before she dropped down.
A twinge of guilt ran through Nabiki before she sweatdropped. "Great, now sssshe'ssss upsssset with me." Following the rest of the group.
Colonge just shook her head before turning towards the old man. "Please forgive these youngsters. They tend not to think things through before commiting themselves. We should be back soon." As she to took her turn hopping down the well.
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