Shampoo looked at the other girl and nodded. "He is good looking, isn't he?"
"Yes, he definately is. But he is not only that. I mean, he's strong and confident, but not a jerk than a lot of other guys. I could see a lot of good times with him at my side."
"You and a lot of others. After all, since when has a male come in and not been an ass?"
"Sometimes, being an ass isn't a bad thing..," the other Amazon commented.
"What does that mean?"
"It means that there are guys with tight rears that have only that noticable."
"You're such a lech, Cream."
"And proud of it. But don't pretend that you wouldn't like a hunk like that to ravish you all night long."
"He'd have to prove himself strong enough for anything like that to happen to me," the lavander haired girl pronounced.
That last comment was something that had the nearly blind boy who'd been approaching her stopping to blink. He frowned slightly as he tried to consider what he'd heard, and realised that it wasn't something that he liked, especially when he'd run it through his mind several times. And when he figured out what he thought it meant, he knew that there was only one option in this case.
Kumori was well aware of the fact that she'd been educated in the culture of this village. After all, she'd just come there, and hadn't been told that she'd be going to the place. So, it was understandable that she would possibly get into trouble there. That was what she'd thought would be the case as she had found herself dragged off by a group of excited women.
But once she'd found herself seated with a cup of tea in front of her, she'd been rather surprised as to the situation. And when a massed group of voices started asking her medical questions she started to realise that she wasn't interrogated, so much as questioned. It wasn't so bad, though she was surprised to find that she was in such demand.
"Let the woman breathe," murmured the old woman in charge. "If you wish to let her pass on her knowledge, then you must let her speak."
"Elder Lilac..," complained one of the younger women.
"I do hope that you aren't about to backtalk, are you..?"
"I'm glad," the Elder said, and turned to their guest. "They are young and excited, so... They want to get it all done now."
"Sounds like some of my... the interns I've known," Kumori admitted.
"Oh?"
"They're young, and they want to know it all now."
"Exactly."
"What I don't understand is what's going on. I mean, am I so interesting?"
"Yes, you are. You see, these ladies surrounding you are our Healers, and as such, what you know could be of great importance."
The doctor blinked slightly. "Do you mean to tell me that you want to know what I know?"
"That is basically it. Though we know that you might look down upon our natural way of healing, we would like to know how an outsider might wish to do what we do. This way, we can learn what new advances, imagined or real, that our counterparts have made."
"Well... I wouldn't say that I look down on your way of healing. In fact, there's been a growth in the interest in the ways native cultures work on ailments, and the various wild plants that might prove to be good medicines."
"Ahh..," Lilac murmured in approval, "This will be more interesting than I thought..."
"I think Makoto's off watchin' the trainin'," Ranma told his father, "And the doc's got a fan club or somethin'."
"Damn. I want to get something..," Genma complained.
"Guess ya'll have ta wait 'til later..."
"But we're here now boy."
"So? It ain't like it's goin' anywhere, is it?"
Cologne nodded, amused at the way that the son was able to stand up to his father. "It's become rather popular."
"See? I'm sure that nothin's gonna happen before we get back to it..," the pigtailed boy murmured... before something did happen.
A wildly screaming boy leapt at him, using chains as his weapon of choice.
"What the heck..?!"
"I'm not about to let you get Shampoo!" the boy yelled as he sent strikes at Ranma.
"But I don't wanna wash my hair!"
"Not shampoo! Shampoo! She's knows that you want to attack her so that you can ravish her at your mercy! And I'm not going to let you do it!"
"HUH?! I don't know what the heck you're talkin' 'bout!"
"The hell you don't! I'll protect her from youl, or my name isn't Mousse!"
"And I'll protect myself, thanks," the younger Saotome said as he yanked on a chain, and fell backwards. But it wasn't an accidental fall. The pull put his attacker off balance, and made him come fowards. Once he was in range, Ranma kicked the boy so that he flew over him, and off to the side.
That surprised Mousse, who found himself flung down the street and over the fence of a pig pen. He landed belly down in the mud, and slid across it until he wound up mouth to mouth with a pig.
"He deserved that..," Cologne murmured while:
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