"Uhh... I don't think so..," Ranma replied as he tried to figure out what she was talking about.
"You don't?"
"Nope."
"That's wierd," she murmured, as she frowned at him in concern.
"Perhaps if we talk about it?" Kasumi suggested, "Then we might jog his memory."
"I wouldn't mind reminding him about it," Nabiki purred as she gazed at him.
"This is serious, you know," her younger sister commented.
"I am too..."
"I know. But we have to make sure that he's okay. Now Ranma, it all started with Happosai going after another of those stupid things he pops up with all the time."
"It's the old freak's fault?" he asked, knowing that his father's teacher would be a likely suspect.
"Not really sugar," Ukyo corrected, "He saw how bad it'd be, and he wanted to keep it under lock and key, at least until he could figure out a way to use it, but your old man got involved and took it from him."
"Pops caused it?!"
"No. Stupid panda man want get rid of thing. Only he do bad job and not make certain it no get found, which was when stupid stick boy get hold of it."
"Okay, so Kuno is the one..."
"Not really," Kodachi replied, "My dear brother does have his faults, but that wasn't one of them. He actually thought it was from you, and tried to get rid of what he thought was your latest 'diabolical plan'."
"Then whose fault was it?" he asked.
"Hikaru Gosunkugi's," Nabiki told him. "He thought that it was something that he could use to get Akane, and as usual botched the job. He got you with it, and created a lot of trouble. Luckily a lot of people saw him use it on you, or you'd have a whole lot of really annoyed girls after you."
"You cause too too much trouble. Great Grandmama and old men have to capture you," Shampoo informed him. "But no able to get rid of demon. It too powerful."
The middle Tendo daughter smirked. "Which was when my little sister got a clue when it was explained that it had been forced to use up all its power to make you do that much. Since it was supposed to be so powerful, it actually made you do something, and she finally realised that you were no pervert. At least, not then."
"Grr..," the youngest Tendo went under her breath, "How was I to know. Besides, I did help out."
"Well did. You see Ranma, there was only one way that Cologne could see to get it out of you, and that was to tire it out before exorcising it. And since there was only one way to do it, we had to use it."
"How's that?" he asked.
"Simple. You and a girl were locked in a room, and not let out so that... things could happen. And they really did, but it did take a while, so we took turns sharing a room with you."
"Hold on... Ya didn't have a spell ta use, did ya?"
"Didn't need one, other than our own special moves, as men and women fit together real nicely. And you were more than up to the task of sharing a bed."
"Sharin' a..." The pigtailed boy's eyes went as wide as they could. "Ya don't mean..."
"Exactly."
"So we... uh... did that..."
"Actually, we never stopped," Nabiki answered with a grin, "We did take a breather after a while, but things turned out so that we've been one happy little family ever since."
"Eeep."
"Trust me, you have nothing to worry about."
"I don't..?"
"Nope. You've proven up to the challenge, and we're not keeping it a secret amongst ourselves. Can't really when Akane's proven to be a screamer."
The named girl went crimson. "I can't help it. It's just... natural for me. Besides, what about you and all your... ideas?"
"I'm just adventureous. Anyway, we've gotten so that we basically get along. Oh, we might have disagreements, but we don't have what used to happen going on."
"But what about our parents?!" Ranma blurted, "And the guys?!"
"Well, Daddy wasn't too pleased with the idea of more than his daughters getting involved with you. Your father on the other hand decided to use this to prove how 'manly' you are. As for your mother... I think I'll have to hide if she comes around with those baby books again. And Shampoo's great grandmother isn't too pleased with the whole situation, but she at least understands that it can't be helped."
"In the mean time, that Mousse fellow has discovered that his... attention will be met with even more force," Kodachi commented, "And as for my brother... He attempted to disparage me, to put me down as it were, you leapt to my defense, and protected us. That did change his opinion of you slightly. He still does not like you, but he has little choice in accepting it."
"Not that he doesn't try to find ways of doing so," Ukyo drawled.
"Too true, but I would be concerned if he didn't."
"So, you see, we have pretty much settled things. You still have any questions Ranchan?"
Ranma stared at all the girls and wondered if they had all gone crazy. The idea that they could get along seemed foreign to him, and he was having a hard time swallowing it. And just thinking that he was actually doing... THAT with all of them, with the others knowing was not something that he could see as possible. But it seemed to be the way of things, no matter how strange they were. "Is there anythin' else?"
Akane tried to give him a reassuring smile. "Well, there is:
(Posted Tue, 25 May 2004 01:04)
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