Doctor Mizuno was included in the conversation eventually, and much blushing occurred. Mainly among the younger set.
Ranma, it seemed, was incredibly clueless regarding such things as a hint or come-on. Most of which had come from Minako, an occasional bit from Makoto, and once from the doctor herself.
Well, she might not be a full-use slave but she found herself liking the guy and wanting to show some gratefulness as well as scratching certain itches that had been starting up again.
The Healers were a fairly earthy bunch. Some of their suggestions went beyond raunchy and into downright smutty.
The Amazons understood the situation in slightly different terms than those actually involved. The elder male was quickly dismissed as someone with no clue and less authority. The young boy was the Master, but clearly did the intelligent thing and deferred to the females in his life while maintaining a guise of maintaining the legal authority over them.
A Chinese manga had a similar plot, other than it dealt with a Taiwanese "spybuster" and his three lovely and capable female agents-posing-as-slavegirls. Clearly this was the same situation, and as with that story - the male was clueless about the female interest and also reluctant to do anything that would interfere with the team's effectiveness.
So it was in the manner of teenage girls everywhere, upon seeing other teenage girls with a guy problem - they immediately set those few of their number able to translate with a number of solutions to the problem.
Some, such as killing the boy and remaining in the village, didn't get much listen to. It didn't work that way in "Spybuster" and darn few saw any thing in real life.
In fact there were a few of the young Amazons who might confess (however much it might disgust or horrify their elders) who thought a masterful young male, particularly a handsome one, might actually be (gasp) an attractive possibility.
Seeing everything going on, and how the two male Saotome were getting increasingly uncomfortable, one of the old matriarchs named Cologne decided a distraction was a good idea.
"Special manuever?" asked Ranma in great curiosity.
"Why yes, since the Healers want to exchange special techniques with your Healer, it only seemed fair," said the elderly Amazon, hopping along on her stick. "There is a proviso though."
"A what?" asked Ranma.
"A condition," clarified Cologne.
"Oh," said Ranma, hanging his head. "Okay, what is it?"
Cologne grinned and it was a sufficiently evil grin that it needed no translation. "I'll teach you an Amazon special manuever if:"
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