Authors note: Hmm don't really have much to say here other then here's part two, at the moment I have up to five or six parts done...well five and I half I'm currently attempting to write part 6, it's just a matter of making time to do it. Anyhoo enjoy. Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2 is property of Rumiko Takahashi and is used without permission.

Letter from Nabiki 2.
A Ranma ½ Fanfic by Crikit.

From: n_tendo@new_world.com
Date: February 16, 1999
To: listener@new_world.com
Subject: Kasumi.

Do you not read my e-mails or something? I don't know how many times I've told you that I am not a kind and caring person. I'm far from it. I care about money that's it. I use my family every chance I get. I don't care how much it hurts them just as long as I get what I want. Part of me says that's wrong but the other much stronger part says that that is necessary. It says you have to extort you family in order to get what you want, once your rich they'll forgive you. By then it will probably be too late. All ready Akane and Ranma are distancing themselves from me, and soon I'm sure that Kasumi will start to do the same. Once that happens the only person in my family who will still trust me will be my father. My father, the man who is to stupid to see what is happening to his little girls.

Something in your last e-mail made me laugh. That was you suggesting that I tell Kuno what I feel about him. I meet Kuno the first day of school. Back then we were friends, I guess you could say it was a friendship of convenience. Neither of us were very out going people…I guess you would call us shy (What happened to us?). And the teacher taking pity on us in class one day decided to pair Kuno and I up for a project. I can't remember what the project was but it was something stupid. Aren't most school projects stupid? Anyway while we were working on the project Kuno and I became friends. Of course things were normal for both of us back then, Kuno was normal back then. We stayed friends up till junior high.

I've talked enough about Kuno. All this reminiscing is starting to get to me.

I found something out about Kasumi today. I thought that you would like to know. While Kasumi was out shopping I snuck in to her room to search for clues about her desires. It was while I searching that I discovered something about my sister I never knew before. That something being that she once loved and that she lost that person. I'm not talking about my mother either…I don't know who it was but …I better include what makes me think that.

This is a poem that my sister wrote. At least I think she wrote it, it's in her writing.

I remember the way we used to laugh together
you holding me, and me not wanting to let you go.
I remember the way you use to make me smile
when all I wanted to do was cry.

I remember how much I loved you and
how much you loved me.

And I remember how hard I cried
when I found out that you had died.
It happened all of the sudden
Or say that's what they say.

A plane crash was how it happened,
and an angel took you away.
They say you didn't suffer,
my dear you felt no pain.
But I deep inside me know
that your heart broke before you died.
You cried at the thought of leaving me with
no-one left to hold.

And you were angry at the fact that you
couldn't say goodbye.
The angel tried to comfort you,
and help you be at ease.
Only to heighten the fear
that was haunting your soul.

I felt your spirit leave me,
and I knew that you were gone.
My love will live forever,
and the pain I feel will die.
But knowing that you loved me,
will strengthen all my weakness,
and settle al my fears,

But Darlin' it will
never dry my tears.

That's it, that's the end of the poem. Do you see know what has me so confused? Who was this person that Kasumi wrote about? I would ask her but then she would know that I had searched her room. That I had invaded her privacy. So this question goes to you, who do you suppose that she was writing about? I know it wasn't my mother…she was already dead when Kasumi wrote this. If you can think of anything that would help me figure it out tell me.

I'd better go; I have some thinking to do.

Ciao,
Nabiki

P.S. Ranma and Akane have agreed to help me in the search for Kasumi's desire. Thanks for the suggestion.


Letters to Nabiki 2

From: listener@new_world.com
Date: February 17, 1999
To: n_tendo@new_world.com
Subject: RE: Kasumi

I do read your e-mails, and what you say about yourself. But you see Nabiki, I choose to look beyond the words that you write about yourself, and in to the ones that you write about others. You may say that you are a callous shrew who's only goal is to make money, but Nabiki, I see differently. When I read the words that you write I picture a girl. A girl who has built a wall of falseness around herself in order to protect herself from the emotions of others. I admit, I am having a hard time in guessing what could have caused such pain that you felt the need to wear such a mask, but I am sure that you have your reasons for hiding your true lovely self. If only you would share those reasons with me.

What can your father not see? You said that your father is to stupid to see what is happening to his little girls. What is happening to them? You must feel that this something that I should know, other wise you would not have mentioned it, please Nabiki. I beg of you do not bottle this inside yourself. For if you do that, it will only eat at you, weakening your already fragile soul.

In your last e-mail you described part of your friendship with Kuno, it's funny as I read, a friendship of mine came to mind. It was a lot like yours and Kunos. We had been friends for a long time and for some reason we started to drift apart. I still see that friend on an almost daily basis but we don't talk at least not how we used to. Instead of our friendly conversations and questions we now insult or avoid each other. Sometimes I wish that we could return to our friendship of old, but that is highly unlikely, we have both changed too much. You said that Kuno was normal back then, is he not normal now?

I read your sister's poem, and I suspect you are right. It is quite possible that your sister was in love with someone that you did not know or can not remember, and it is also possible that that person was killed, or died of some mysterious cause. But, it is also possible that that person left and that Kasumi wrote that poem to deal with the pain of that loss. Or, the poem might be something that she wrote on a day when the loss of your mother was resting heavy on her heart and mind; the only person who knows is Kasumi herself. If it were not for the fact that you took the poem without her permission I would say talk to her, ask her what it is about. But alas, you can not do that. For if you do, it would alert your sister to what you are trying to do. I suggest that you try to remember all those that your sister loves or has loved. Unfortunately that is all I can suggest, if I knew more about the situation or if I knew your family better I might be able to suggest something better, but all I know about both is from what you have told me.

Have faith Nabiki, for I am sure that you will overcome this obstacle, and find the answers to your questions. Alas I must depart, for it is the time of repast. I look forward to hearing from you again.

Yours faithfully…
Listener.