Tonk! A soft sound as of wood striking on wood interrupted the kendoist's assault and he nervelessly slid down on Ranma's unmoving form.
Ranma opened her eyes to see an unconscious Kunou lying at her feet with a big wooden mallet besides him. It must have been quite a hit to finish off the usually so resilient idiot in one strike. But even instantly knocked out he had never stopped hugging Ranma. His arms were still clutched around her ankles.
Another thing that was around her ankles was her skirt that Kunou had dragged down with him. Her vest had also become undone and was now draped over the short chain connecting her handcuffed wrists behind her back.
Somehow the ease of undress feature of the slave-outfit had been a lot more fun when it had been Akane who would get stripped at the drop of a hat.
Gingerly Ranma stepped out of her skirt and Kunou's arms and turned to face her savior dressed in nothing but her slave-collar and the vest-adorned handcuffs that kept her arms tied behind her back. The aura changes were still in effect and she again felt herself becoming aroused at the thought of her situation.
"Thank you, Kodachi!" Ranma said gratefully only barely suppressing the urge to address her with an extreme honorific or call her mistress.
"It was my pleasure," the smiling gymnast replied approaching Ranma. "My deluded sibling is truly not cut out to be anyone's master. He should have known better than to attempt to force himself on an unwilling girl even if she appears to be a slave. Are you a slave-girl pig-tailed girl?"
Ranma felt herself transfixed by the other girl's inquiring stare. She would have liked to pick up the keys for her cuffs, to free herself and to get redressed, but somehow she felt that it would be impolite to move while Kodachi was still talking to her.
"I am nobody's slave!" Ranma tried to explain hoping she would be easier to convince than her brother. "It was really just as I said an experiment."
"I am glad to hear that," Kodachi declared. "Giving yourself to someone is not a step that should be taken likely."
"I know... I mean, I really don't plan to..." Ranma uttered blushing deeply.
Kodachi silenced her by putting her index finger over the other girl's lips.
"I know, you were just experimenting," Kodachi told her softly. "You don't have to justify yourself. There is nothing wrong with being curious and experimenting a bit, you know?"
Ranma did not know what to say to that. Somehow she had completely lost control over the situation again. Unmoving she watched as Kodachi bent down to retrieve the keys from the floor. The move showed of the flexibility of the lithe body underneath the leotard in ways that were further distracting Ranma from forming a coherent response to clear up the entire misunderstanding.
"You might not be ready yet," Kodachi said straightening up again, "but if you ever decide to take that step, I hope that you realize that you can do far better than this poor excuse for a samurai here. A real master or mistress would not be that self-centered and realize when a slave-girl really does not want to be pursued further. A real mistress pays attention to not just what a girl is saying but also to how she is acting. A real mistress only pushes when the slave-girl needs to be pushed."
Kodachi took a step forward further invading Ranma's personal space.
"Mistress?" Ranma squeaked out resisting the urge to step back.
"Yes, a mistress. You don't need to give yourself to a boy, you could also submit to a girl trained in the art of mastery like myself for example. I for one would feel honored to take such a beautiful girl as you as my property once I have my license." Kodachi revealed.
"I really was just experimenting," Ranma repeated. "Could you give me the keys, please?"
"It seems that your experiments has already resulted in some tangible results," Kodachi pointed out. "You stand before me naked and bound. You say you want your keys back, but you aren't really all that eager for them are you? Remember I know how good you really are. You could just take the keys from me if you really wanted to end this now. Instead you are just standing here passively and enjoying it. You are standing here flushed and breathing heavily with your stiff nipples and wet...."
"That is not me!" Ranma broke in. "I am not normally like this! It is the stupid collar that I was testing that keeps me locked in this submissive behavior. I am not really slave material."
"The collar?" Kodachi wondered. "Do you want me to take it off? Is this like the tale you told my brother about really being Ranma Saotome?"
"Yes! No!" Ranma cried out. "Kodachi you know me! You have to have realized the truth by now. You aren't nearly as deluded as your brother. You can't deny this."
Kodachi frowned. Her playful mood was gone and she was looking at Ranma with the strangest mixture of feelings. Hesitantly she reached out and undid the collar around Ranma's neck.
As soon as Kodachi had removed the collar Ranma felt the submissive slave-girl thought patterns fall of her as her natural aura form reasserted itself almost immediately.
With barely a thought she allowed the still closed cuffs fall to the floor behind her. You did not train most of your life under someone with Genma Saotome's view on property rights and relationship to law enforcement without learning how to free yourself from a simple pair of handcuffs. Who needed keys?
Resting her now free hands on her hips Ranma smiled at Kodachi. She was still standing naked in front of a very attractive girl, but she was no longer a embarrassed or intimidated by the situation. She stood there in the full knowledge that it was her who was in control.
Ranma could easily have defeated Kodachi with both arms tied behind her back at any time had she wanted to. With both her hands now free she had the girl standing before her as surely in her power as when Kodachi had been completely tied up.
And Ranma's nudity was no longer a weakness either. In fact it gave her another lever to control the other girl who was reacting with arousal and slight embarrassment to her nakedness.
To finish it of Ranma gave Kodachi a very penetrating look and let her feel with every nuance of her body-language that it was Ranma who was now in control and dominating the situation. She took a step towards the gymnast who shrank back a bit.
"Thank you Kodachi." Ranma told her approvingly. "I knew I had not mistaken myself about you. Do you want me to fetch some more hot water to demonstrate the transformation?"
Kodachi blushed and gulped repeatedly trying to talk before composing herself.
"That won't be necessary. I believe you Ranma. In fact I have to wonder how I could ever be so blind not to see it," Kodachi informed her dejectedly. "If you will excuse me, I think I better leave now!"
Ranma watched the other girl turn around and flee the doujou. Were those tears she had seen in the corners of her eyes?
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