The other girls around the table agreed loudly. They had come to the restaurant so that they could discuss the contents of Nabiki's pamphlet. Their corner-booth should give them the privacy from annoying male classmates or noisy family members that other places might lack.
"It is Kouji's fault," Yoshiko defended herself. "He kept needling me about all this stuff that Akane is letting Ranma do to her, just because I mentioned being interested in such things once. I had to tell him outright that he was far to immature and childish for me to trust him like that. I mean he always hangs out with those idiots Daisuke and Hiroshi."
"Hey!" interrupted Yuka who was widely know to have a secret crush on one of these idiots.
"Well they are idiots," Yoshiko affirmed before continuing. "I said that he would never manage to pass that test mentioned in the book and he was all 'I can be serious and mature if I want to!' and I was telling him no way. And we kept arguing and he just infuriated me so much that I finally told him to attempt to take the test. And then he was trying to back out saying things like: 'Why should I go through all this trouble, when I know I am right? What is in it for me?' He accused me of being unsure that I was right and we ended up daring each other and kept raising the stakes."
"And now you promised that you are going to become Kouji's slave if he manages to pass that test," Sayuri concluded.
"Only temporary for as long as the trial period lasts," Yoshiko clarified. "And besides he is not going to win this anyway. I just need to play along so that he can't back out saying I am not prepared to fulfill my part of the bargain if I loose."
"Which of course you aren't?" Masami asked.
"It won't ever become an issue," Yoshiko dismissed that possibility. "I just need to go to this counseling session to show that I am serious."
"But Mrs. Saotome is a professional counselor, she is trained to recognize if girls aren't entirely sure about this and talk them out of it," Sayuri objected.
"Right," Masami agreed, "She will see through you in a minute."
"Well it is not like you would need the counselor's permission or anything like that," Yuka told them. "You just have to go to a certain numbers of sessions and she will have to give you the proof of attendance whether she agrees with your final decision or not. Of course most counselors will use the chance to try to talk you out of it. But they can't refuse to certify you."
Everyone at the table was suddenly staring at her.
"So I informed myself a bit," she admitted defensively, "is that a crime? I was just curious, all right?"
"Anyway, I don't want to go there alone." Yoshiko explained that is why one of you will have to come with me."
"For moral support while you lie to Ranma's mother about how much you want to be a slave-girl?" Masami asked. "I mean it would be a lie, wouldn't it?"
"I will go with you if Yuka also comes," Sayuri offered.
"Sayuri!" Masami exclaimed loud enough so that the other restaurant patrons turned around.
"I mean it is just a counseling session and the first one is free," Sayuri defended her suggestion. "It is nothing binding or anything. Just because I want to talk about it doesn't mean I am going to do anything drastic."
"Part of the counselling can be done in group sessions," Yuka revealed. "We could all take those together."
"Fine," Masami finally agreed when the other girls kept looking at her. "I am going along with this, but only to make sure that none of you gets herself into trouble about this silliness."
"Thanks!" Yoshiko told her gratefully. "I really appreciate this."
"But what are you going to after the counseling sessions?" Sayuri wanted to know. "The booklet said that Ranma might offer courses in how to be a proper master. If Kouji is serious about this he will enroll in that before trying to take that test."
"And all the time he is studying to become a master you would be doing nothing to further your enslavement," Masami saw the problem. "He will accuse you of not being serious."
"You could enroll in the other course that Nabiki has hinted on setting up — slave-girl training," Yuka suggested. "It wouldn't be required or anything, but it would show that you are willing to go through with it."
"Just as long as you don't expect us to join you in that, too," Masmai said. "In addition to everything else those courses are bound to be expensive if Nabiki is involved."
"I don't know we could always auction of Yuka at the end to recoup our losses," Sayuri joked.
"Hey!" Yuka objected blushing deeply
They descended into a gaggle of joking and mutual teasing.
Later when the schoolgirls had left the lavender-haired waitress came to clean up the table.
Those silly schoolgirls had been loud and annoying and they had not been great tippers either. The waitress preferred male customers who were usually far more generous and attentive.
Angrily she cleaned up where the ponytailed girl had spilled her drink. At least the girls hadn't descended into an outright food-fight over whatever silly schoolgirl thing they had been talking about.
When she picked up the chair she noticed that one of them had left something on her seat — a small booklet.
She was about to throw it away when she noticed that there was someone familiar on the cover. Curious she sat down and thumbed through the small brochure until an illustration caught her eye.
Under the caption 'The Master disciplines his slave-girl' Ranma Saotome could be seen spanking Akane Tendou's bare ass.
"Aiyah! What Shampoo's husband doing with pervert girl?" she wondered out loud in Japanese.
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