"Ugh... Feeling dizzy..." The pigtailed demon had definitely had better days. After the long fights in Nifelheim and the stunt in the women's prison he was left feeling like crap.
"Regular or Menthol?"
Ranma looked up to find Mara leaning down, a pack of cigarettes in each hand and a smirk on her face. Had he been in better shape he would've also noticed the rather generous amount of cleavage the demoness was showing him. Instead he could only settle for a flat question. "What?"
Mara stared. "You're running low on energy. You need to refuel. So, smoke up, Ranma!"
Ranma's eyebrow twitched at her jovial tone of voice. "You're getting a kick out of this, aren't you?"
Nodding her head, Mara continued to smirk. "Yep. Now, tell me, regular or menthol?"
"... Regular." Ranma started to grumble about the unfairness of it all.
Taking a cigarette out of the pack in her right hand, she placed the cancer-stick into Ranma's mouth. Pocketing her two cigarette packs, the demoness took out a Zippo lighter to light the cigarette in Ranma's mouth. "Enjoy."
Ranma tentatively started smoking and, surprisingly, started to feel better almost instantly. He expected to gag on the taste or, at the very least, cough a couple of times. Instead he found his strength returning almost as soon as he took the first drag.
Once back on his feet he stared at the cigarette incredulously. "Hmm... isn't this supposed to be bad for ya?"
Mara smirked. "So what? Just like any other nicotine-addicted fiend, you need your daily fix."
Ranma gave Mara a sour look. "At least I'm not a loose slut. You do know what they say about alcohol and chicks, right?" Ranma didn't know what he was talking about, he'd just heard his old man insult some chick in a bar once, and the lady took it hard.
Smiling, Mara slinked about Ranma. "But of course..." She smiled and slid a hand down his pants. Leaning over, she whispered into his ear. "But do you want to see if it's true?"
The pigtailed demon was instantly a dozen feet away from Mara, a nervous look on his face. Mara had to blink her eyes at the impossibly fast way he moved. Chuckling nervously Ranma tried to change the subject. "So... Where do we stay? You insisted on Nabiki staying here in Osaka, but we are going to Nerima, right?"
By Hild, he was so fun to tease. The demoness usually wasn't one for teasing like this, but seeing Ranma's reaction to it... "Depends. I can get us a room at a motel, or..." She smirked huskily. "We can hang out in my usual quarters in Nifelheim."
Sweat was now pouring down the new demon's face. "Heh heh. I think we should stay here, you know." There was no way Ranma was getting anywhere near Mara's place. The way she looked at him just now made him even more nervous than Shampoo's glomping ever could.
"Okay, a nice little motel then." Yeah, she was enjoying this. She was going to get the little sexist prick back for the hell he literally raised in... Well, HELL! "So..." Mara started innocently, keeping her smirk down. "How about... That one?" She asked as she pointed to the 'Love Motel' not even two blocks away from them.
Ranma looked at the motel and shrugged. He didn't see a difference from one to another. "Sure." Let it be known that Ranma had no idea about what to do in a love motel. For all he knew it was like all the others Genma had rented during the training trip, when it was either too cold or raining for days outside.
Staring at Ranma in absolute shock, Mara blinked her eyes a few times. "Seriously?" She asked disbelievingly. There was no way the kid could be taking it this well. Not after now he reacted with a little groping.
Ranma snorted and turned away, acting disinterested and aloof. "Didn't ya hear me the first time?"
Mara nodded. "Yeah..." She then shivered. "Damn. Let's stop at a bar first. I need a pick-me-up."
"Huh?"
Mara stared at Ranma. "You need cigarettes and other forms of nicotine for you power. I need alcohol."
Ranma snorted. "I know that. But why the pick-me-up part?"
Mara's eye twitched. Was this guy dense? "I'm running low on energy. That fight back there wiped out a good part of my reserves."
"So? What does a drink have to do with this pick-me-up you need?" Ranma asked irritably.
Mara's eye twitched more. Unholy be, this guy was dense! "Ranma, just shut the fuck up and follow me to a bar already."
"Yeah, yeah." Ranma said flippantly and started walking, his hands behind his head. "Stupid tomboy." He muttered.
Mara's other eye started twitching as well. She started walking towards the bar, intent on getting her energy refueled, and possibly getting tanked in another way.
Ranma walked next to the demoness, a bored look on his face. When they entered the first bar they saw they found it almost empty, what with it being morning and all that. In fact Ranma wondered why the hell a bar would be open at this hour.
But there was one other bar-patron in there...
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