Once she was alone in her room she hastened to peel of her last remaining item of clothing and fearfully inspected her behind with a mirror.
Thankfully the tattoo was unchanged and still proclaimed her to be the property of [blank]. She had half expected to find Ranma's name there upon her return. If that had been the case then Ranma would have found her kneeling on the floor and clad in nothing but her newly acquired collar waiting to be taken possession of, but it looked like she had been spared that fate.
Apparently the tattoo was generous in its interpretation of the not in public exception to Kasumi's requirement to be improperly dressed. She had wondered if being alone in a public place would still count as public when nobody was actually there to see her. She would have felt far more comfortable if she had dressed a bit more improperly just in case. There had been a few occasions when she had been forced to put an extra bounce into her step to ensure that people would keep looking at her. Despite what must have been some close calls it seemed to have worked out okay this time.
Still it would not do to get too complacent. The next time she went out she would have to see how she could dress a bit more improperly than a sun-dress and a pair of bloomers. Maybe she should wear one of her normal skirts and borrowed t-shirt with nothing at all underneath to better show of her best attributes as the helpful sales-girl had called them. It would be improper but not improper enough for anyone to call the police.
Not that the police would actually come even if she went out topless, the police in Nerima were reluctant to get involved in the private affairs of the citizens, especially those of martial artists and their families.
Between Ranma's and Akane's reputation and with everyone believing in Akane's legal status as Ranma's slave, Kasumi's sister probably would have been able to get away with walking down the streets entirely naked without getting in trouble. Of course Akane's jealous owner appeared to be unwilling to show her off to strangers.
Putting aside for the moment thoughts on freedom of expression, walking around naked and other potential benefits that came with being Ranma's slave, Kasumi began to dress.
"This is hardly as improper as walking around topless," Akane observed when she found her older sister in the kitchen after school.
Kasumi appeared to be wearing a sort of black and white french maid uniform which was a bit naughty and definitely unusual for the oldest Tendou girl, but clearly a step back from the way she had dressed the other day. The skirt that covered her white stocking encased legs went below her knees and a large decorative red bow reminiscent of a magical girl costume held the skirt down and looked like it would prevent it from accidentally being blown up and revealing more of Kasumi's legs and rear. On her upper body she wore a black uniform top that from Akane's vantage point appeared to be neither skin-tight nor midriff-baring. With her arms covered in black uniform sleeves bunched up at the shoulders and white gloves matching her stockings, it would appear that Kasumi was not showing off any skin above the smaller red bow around her neck today. At least she was wearing high heals.
Taking another step forward Akane exclaimed in triumph, "I guess you could not take it any longer and without a strong hand forcing you to expose yourself you tried to weasel out with this costume."
"Do you really think this outfit is not improper enough," Kasumi asked turning around from where she was working at the kitchen sink to face Akane.
Seeing Kasumi from the front Akane had to revise her opinion. The costume that covered her so completely from the back was a lot more open in the front. In fact the black top only appeared to consist of a small portion connecting the neck and soldier that stopped short above her bare breasts and a small strip of cloth running parallel to it between the bottom of her breasts and her naval. The conservative skirt turned out to be slit open in the front, not just revealing Kasumi's stocking clad knees, but also the top of her stockings and even her naked sex.
"No, you look very improper," Akane had to admit grudgingly and then because she disliked being thwarted like that she added, "I see that you have shaved too. It seems that somebody got inspired it looks just like a slave-girl's."
"And I see," Kasumi returned cooly, "that you are standing in my kitchen. It seems that someone disobeyed her rules."
Akane looked down. Kasumi was right with her last step Akane had indeed crossed the threshold and entered the kitchen.
"Yeah it looks that way to me, too," Ranma agreed as she entered the kitchen behind her.
"It was just one step," Akane tried to defend herself, "and it wasn't like I came here to cook or anything. I was just seeing if Kasumi was holding up her end of the deal."
"Silence!" Ranma commanded slapping her on her butt once as she walked past. "I told you to stop pressuring your sisters."
Ranma stepped past her and then came to a stop in front of Kasumi. The height of Ranma's current female form and Kasumi's high-heals combined to put Kasumi's exposed breasts exactly on Ranma's eye level. As close as they were standing in front of each other Akane feared that her mistress might put an eye out.
"Nice dress," Ranma complimented finally looking up at Kasumi's face.
"Thank you," Kasumi answered politely, "The sales-girl said that it would help me display my charms."
Ranma took a step back again and looked her up and down.
"You look very charming indeed," she assured her, "I came here to ask if you wanted to rehearse your part in my upcoming lesson with me so that there won't be any nasty surprises later."
"Yes, a dress rehearsal sound like a good idea," Kasumi agreed somewhat reluctantly to Akane's ears.
"Yes, dress rehearsal. It might be a good idea if you changed first. You look nice like this, but it would only serve to distract the students." Ranma said.
"Well I could dress in something proper for the actual lesson, that would be public in a way after all. My swimsuit would probably do fine for that, but I can't really dress properly when it is just you and me," Kasumi objected.
"Geez, you are taking this seriously," Ranma observed, "You know that nobody is going to hold you to it if you truly loose the bet, right Akane?"
"Yes, nobody is going to force Kasumi to keep her word and stand by that agreement." Akane obediently concurred.
"Akane!" Ranma warned, "we talked about that. Really Kasumi nobody is going to enslave you against your will."
Kasumi smiled somewhat surely at that.
"Still," Ranma added, "it would be a pity to ruin your beautiful new outfit with chafing ropes and all, perhaps you could go completely naked for the rehearsal?"
"I really could not do that," Kasumi said blushing.
Akane wondered what that was all about. Certainly there was not much that Kasumi wasn't already showing off now. Going completely naked was only a small step from here. What was she afraid off?
"You could wear the bloomers that you did this morning if that would make you feel more comfortable," Ranma suggested and Kasumi nodded. "Okay, I will see you then in the dojo. Take your time finishing up here and getting changed, I will spend my time going over my lesson plan and punishing Akane for entering the kitchen."
With that Ranma excused himself and started dragging Akane into the direction of the dojo. Hopefully Kasumi would hurry up, Akane really did not like the look on Ranma's face."
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