[Episode 117501] [Episode 117501]That was not as easy a task as it might have seemed. The Tendo homestead was an old style family dwelling, which had been built to potentially house five or six generations, each with their own life styles. It sprawled over two acres of land, and contained many rooms. It was uncharacteristically empty at the moment. Most of the family were on extended trips, many exploring the mostly untapped Westlands.
With a world population of around five-hundred million, there was a lot of empty space even in crowded Japan, and the massive female raids three hundred years previously had left the Westlands nearly depopulated. The vast expanse of virgin forests and untapped resources were an irresistible lure to the adventure minded. And currently that numbered a large proportion of her family. Which left a great deal of the house empty and unused, and supplied many rooms for a slave eager to stay out of sight.
Kimiko frowned. She sympathized greatly with No-chan desire to stay out of Genma’s way. Soun was not aware No-chan was Ranma’s mother, or that Genma had been one of her former owners, and Kimiko was content to keep it that way. On the other hand, she was responsible for making sure that the house slaves did their duties, and for disciplining them if they didn’t. Of course, she didn’t ‘know’ that No-chan was avoiding Genma. She gave a nod. She’d continue to pretend not to know why No-chan had decided to clean up some of the farther flung rooms.
A gleam of light from a doorway down the hall attracted Kimiko’s attention. Pulling up a mental map of the house, she identified it as being the quarters used by No-chan’s great-grandfather, and her own Great,great-grandfather, when he was in town.
She paused outside the open door and looked inside. No-chan was standing in the middle of the room, which was a small sword dojo. She was nude,her right leg a stride ahead of her left. A scabbarded sword was held in her left hand, while her right hand hovered just over the hilt. She was as still as a statue. Her body glistened in the light due to a fine sheen of sweat coating her bare body.
Kimiko held her breath. She didn’t get to see No-chan’s martial side often. The red-head did not consider it proper for a house-slave to have such skill. Still, Kimiko had always known No-chan kept her practice up. It might not have been proper, but it would have been dishonorable to let the family style lapse.
A fly that had been resting on one wall suddenly buzzed to life and flew in a winding path toward No-chan’s sweat slicked body. There was a blurring motion and the shing of a perfect sword being drawn from it’s home, and an instant later the same sound as it was returned. No-chan was once more in the same position. If Kimiko had blinked at the wrong moment, she might have not even known the girl had moved. A moment later, the fly’s two bisected halves fell to the floor. No-chan let out a long controlled breath and stood up straight.
I wonder what Grandfather would say if he knew you were using his prized sword as a flyswatter?” Kimiko asked as she stepped into the room.
No-chan startled and turned quickly to face Kimiko, her face red with embarrassment. “I’m sorry, Mistress. I didn’t hear you,” she said. She quickly carried the sword over to its display stand and laid in gently in place. Turning she dropped to her knees and pressed her forehead to the floor.
Kimiko’s eyes widened, oh no, you silly bitch! Don’t do it, she said to herself.
“Mistress, I have been disobedient,” No-chan said.
Kimiko rolled her eyes. And there she goes, Kimiko silently cursed. Speaking out loud, she said. “I’m not aware of you disobeying any orders, No-chan.”
“Because I hid from Master so he could not give them to me.”
Shut up, shut up, shut up, Kimiko chanted internally. “Your Master was very tired. He went to bed right after correcting my behavior of the day before,” and before he could finish the job, darn it. “I’m sure he would not have had times to give you any orders.”
“I grieve to disagree, but we have a male guest. One without companionship. Master would have offered me as a matter of course. I knew this and hid myself, causing a loss of honor to Master’s house.”
“I’m sure you’re wrong,” Kimiko said, even though she knew it was a losing battle. “Your Master’s guest was too tired to have need of company.” Inspiration struck. “Besides, by taking his guest with him when he visited Yumi, he supplied the company you feel you denied him the chance to offer.”
No-chan looked thoughtful for a minute, but then to Kimiko’s dismay, her face firmed. “That may be true, Mistress, but in my mind I denied my duty, and in my body I took myself away from my duty. I deserve to be chastised.”
And there it was. Kimiko groaned. At the same time she felt a small spark of anger at her slave, and best friend. No-chan knew that Kimiko had just been soundly thrashed, and had not been given the relief she needed after such an event. It wasn’t fair of No-chan to rub Kimiko’s own denied urges in her face like this.
Her mingled lust and annoyance caused her to make up her mind to . . .
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