Ranma hoped that today would be a better day than yesterday. It had started out great with Akane managing to keep her temper for an astonishing long time in the sparing match with the prince, but then Kodachi had made an appearance and before Ranma could send the crazy gymnast away she had been seen by Akane.
Somehow Akane had convinced herself that Kodachi was now a fellow prisoner. She seemed genuinely happy to have a familiar face around her even if it meant that another girl had lost her liberty and faced the prospect of getting married to a total pervert.
Kodachi had made it seem like staying a prisoner had been her idea and like she had any choice in that matter. She considered herself a guest who would keep Akane company.
Ranma considered Kodachi a nuisance and was going to encourage her to try to escape.
One of the things Ranma had done was giving her the worst cell in Akane's corner of the dungeon. Small and damp with only a hard cot for furniture and lots of chains and shackles bolted to the walls for decoration.
Kodachi had accepted it without protest. Finally Ranma had been forced to chain her to the wall, but 'accidentally' drop the key for her chain within her reach. She also had not locked the cell door.
As Ranma, in her disguise as Ashes, brought Kodachi her breakfast consisting of bread and water she really hoped that the gymnast had taken the chance to escaped.
What Ranma saw upon entering the cell was quite unexpected. Not only was Kodachi still there, but she was chained upside down on the wall. When Ranma had left her only her wrist had been connected to the wall with a long chain.
While Ranma was standing there staring at the display. Kodachi quickly worked to undo her shackles. She must have chained herself up and kept the key in her hand for reasons Ranma could not fathom.
After the last lock was opened Kodachi landed in a handstand and gracefully righted herself with a flip towards Ranma.
"Finally!" she exclaimed as she took her meal out of Ranma's hands.
"I have been expecting breakfast since sunrise," she told Ranma pointing at the tiny window through which only little daylight filtered to illuminate the cell.
"The room service here really leaves a lot to be desired. I hope for you that this is at least low-carb and spring water," she added gesturing at her meal.
Ranma was still too confused to give a meaningful answer. Kodachi had chained herself up in her cell out of boredom and now she accepted having to eat bread and water as natural, but somehow still managed to find fault with the quality of her meal.
Kodachi finished her breakfast before Ranma could finish digesting this strange information. She handed Ranma back the empty glass and plate and imperiously told the maid that she was dismissed.
Ranma fled the cell and threw the door closed behind her making sure not to lock it. At this point Ranma did not care if Kodachi told the whole world about Ranma's hideout if only she would go away.
And if she did stay Ranma would have to find a way to minimize contact with her. Making Kodachi uncomfortable enough to get her to run away was obviously not going to be as easy as Ranma had thought on account of insane unpredictability.
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