[Episode 105428] [Episode 105428]During the brawl the three had lost just about everything they were wearing. Shampoo was the worse, being fully naked. Ukyou had managed to keep the leg sections of her tights, though she was bare from the thighs up, and Akane had her socks on.
All three of them were covered in scratch and bite marks. Shampoo’s breasts had several nasty impressions of Akane’s teeth decorating it. Not that Akane had gotten off unscathed. If she’d turned around it would have been seen that her firm ass had been chewed on by not just Shampoo but by Ukyou.
When it they had stopped fighting like martial artists and started acting like brawling un-trained, schoolgirls was lost in a blur. Not that they were spending much time trying to remember. All three girls were exerting every iota of energy the still possessed in the pursuit of not moving.
The reason for this was the thin, nearly invisible, acupuncture needles projecting from certain places on their bodies. As long as they stayed perfectly still they couldn’t feel them. If they moved. . . the agony of hell had nothing on it.
Cologne stared upward at the three pined girls, a scowl on her face. “I’ve tried to give you space, Shampoo,” she said. “Even when I knew you were making a fool of yourself I stood back. When you ruined whatever chance you had to acquire Ranma as a husband I let you go on. Every Amazon needs the opportunity to make a colossal fool of themselves when they are young. To help prevent them from doing it when they are old.” She looked around the room.
“but, now I say, Enough! You’ve made your mistakes. Now you pay the consequences.”
A bead of sweat ran down Shampoo’s face and into her eye, but she didn’t dare blink.
“and you two!” Cologne said addressing Akane and Ukyou. “To think I actually approved when Shampoo formed a wolf pack with you. Nothing like a little rape and pillage to polish the old battle skills I thought. I should have remembered that all too often the intelligence of wolf-packs is usually equal to about a quarter of the individual intelligence of the girls involved, and you three weren’t all that bright to start with.
Akane’s body shuddered as she tried to protest, thereby proving Cologne’s point.
Cologne hopped up onto her staff, and then removed several needles from around the throats of the three girls. “You can talk now.”
“It was all Shampoo’s fault, She robbed us,” Akane blurted out.
At the same time Shampoo shouted. “Shampoo only protecting her honor. They say Shampoo lie, cheat, steal.”
“Honor!” Cologne snorted. Is that what you call what you’ve been doing. Letting any man who wanted grab your ass so you could earn the money for your toys.”
“Was not just toys. Was cure,” Shampoo protested.
“You know better girl. There is no cure, not that way. You don’t buy a cure. Maybe, if you’re really lucky, you learn to control it, make it your servant instead of your master. But you don’t order a cure from a fly by night magazine.”
Up till know Ukyou had been quite. She now spoke, not defensively or belligerently, but in a regulated voice. “I screwed up. I shouldn’t have started a brawl in your restaurant. I know how I’d feel if someone wrecked mine. I used up all my spare cash on the missing order. But, if it will make it right, I’ll . . .” Ukyou broke off, her eyes closed and tears were pressed out from under her lashes. “If you wish, I’ll sell my place and use the money to fix your’s”
Cologne stared at Ukyou for a long moment. “Accepted.”
Ukyou nodded, her throat working. Tears ran in a clear stream down her cheeks. “I’ll start as soon as I can.”
Akane and Shampoo stared in shock at Ukyou. Both girls had very wide selfish streaks. They vary rarely felt any empathy for anyone but themselves, but even they were moved by the sacrifice Ukyou was making, and in each of them a rare sensation of guilt rose. “You don’t have to do that, Ukyou. I’ll help. We can get the money somehow.”
“Akane right. Shampoo not let you lose home. Even if must let men’s feel ass for months, or even touch Shampoo’s titties when she bend over to give check, or . . .” Shampoo’s eyes glazed a bit a hint of drool showed on her lip.
“that’s about enough of that,” Cologne said, sticking some pins back in Shampoo and then Akane’s neck, silencing them. The other two girls sweat dropped. “What will you do then?” Cologne asked Ukyou.
“Go back on the road. I still have my portable back-pack grill. I’ll raise the money for another restaurant.”
“Would you consider working for someone else. For room and board, and a small amount of pay. With hours off to go to school. You wouldn’t have to sell your home, and could move back once your dept is paid”
Ukyou blinked. “I suppose,” she said hesitantly, a touch of hope in her voice.
“Fine, your hired. I need a manager to look after this place. Shampoo and Akane will work for you, for free, till they’ve paid off the damages.” She sent a jaundiced look Shampoo’s way. “They can keep their tips, or use them to pay of the dept quicker, whatever they wish.”
Cologne removed the pins from all the girls, causing them to collapse onto the floor with groans of relief. Directing her attention toward Shampoo and Akane, she asked. “I take it you have no problem with this plan?” While it was worded as a question, neither girl had any doubt as to the fact that ‘no’ was not an option. They both nodded their heads.
“Good. Miss. Manager, Please clean this mess up with your staff. I’m going to watch my show.” With that Cologne poggoed up the stairs, pausing only to turn and say. “Tendo Akane. You will be staying her as well. You will want to phone your sister and make the arrangements.” She then addressed all three girls. “I want you girls to remember the last fifteen minutes. I want you to imagine standing in the middle of the restaurant, dressed just as you are now, with those pins in you for the whole day, while we do business as usual.” she directed a cold glare at the girls. “That’s what will happen if any of you hit anyone while on duty. Customer or each other. Don’t call me on this.” A second later the door to Cologne’s room could be heard shutting.
Inside, Cologne turned on her computer, not her TV. Her fingers flew over the keyboard too fast to see as she checked out various chatrooms. Finally, she found the people she was looking for. Typing quickly, she entered, Spry Old Dog: *Hello, Harem Master, Sexy Priest.
Harem Master“Hey there, Old dog, how’s it hanging?”
Sexy Priest: “Hey, Dog. Any news on that Temple maiden wanabe?”
Sexy Old Dog: “Sorry SP. Gone up in flame and wreckage I’m afraid.”
Sexy Priest: “darn shame. Not enough young girls interested in keeping a hold man nice and warm on those cold winter nights.”
Harem Master: I have one nice Temple Maiden in my Harem, but I ain’t sharin.”
“sexy priest: “We’ve heard that before. Is there any type of girl you don’t have in your harem?
Sexy Old Dog: “If I might interrupt. I have news. The Cat Café has rescinded it’s look but don’t touch rule. The new rule is touch all you want, if you can. Do pass the word around would you.”
Sexy old Dog: signed off.
Cologne grinned as she leaned back, cracking her fingers. Stealing Happosai’s online identity had offered much fun, but she’d never thought it would be this useful. The Cat Café was about to become a major cash cow, and Shampoo, and her two friends were about to undergo the most intense training of their lives. If they survived it, they might actually be well on their way to being real humans.”
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