[Episode 142098] [Episode 142098]No, it was due to the way that they were sitting now.
Okay, so all that other stuff did fit in, but it none of it had been 'normal' situations prior to his 'change', or so he told himself as he sat at the table. Sure, he'd sat with the Tendo sisters before, and they were dressed now, but they weren't acting the same. Nabiki was in a shorts and short sleeved shirt, with her upper body leaning against his arm, and her smooth legs rubbing against his. Akane sat near by in a simple skirt and blouse, but she looked torn between going over to copy what Nabiki was doing, and wondering if she should be feeling guilty for wanting to do so.
As for Kasumi, she was currently placing a cup of tea in front of him, and bowing her head submissively. "Here you go, Master."
"Ya know, ya don't have ta serve me like this," he grumbled.
"But I do. You are our Master, and that means that you are to be served with everything we have."
"I can eat with the rest of ya."
"But we wanted to make certain of your comfort."
"You're jokin'."
"No, she's not," Nabiki purred as she ran a finger over his chest. "You see, first off, she's not the type to joke or lie about something like this. But second, we seem to have this sort of... dependence on you. Pleasing you pleases us."
"Oh."
"So, you just have to say so, and we'll do it."
"Ya know that's..."
"'Cool'?" Akane muttered.
"No. Wierd."
"Ah..."
"Are ya okay?"
"Just fine! I, uh..."
Seeing her conflicted expression, he sighed. "C'mere."
For a moment, she looked like she was going to fight it by habit, but she gave in, and slipped over to him.
At first, he smiled at her ease in acting, but when she cuddled up to his side, he gave off a little whimper. It didn't help when he put his hand down and found himself touching her bare thigh. However, she reflexively pushed herself into his touch, and that at least allowed him to recognize that beatings from her would not be in his near future. Still, that didn't stop him from realizing that he had a sudden urge to stroke her toned limbs, and from there onto the rest of her lithe body. "Are ya really okay?"
"I'm... better," she admitted in a small voice, and pressed her cheek to his shoulder.
"Good..."
"I'm sure that we'll get used to this, and find some way of dealing with it," Nabiki commented.
"Ya seem ta be handlin' it okay."
"Well, I figure that it's worthless to worry over stuff we can't change. And it's not like I can stop it, so I might as well enjoy it. Besides, you seem to be willing to help me in that endeavor."
"I... I..."
"Nabiki," Kasumi admonished, "you're making Master uncomfortable."
"I wasn't trying to aim for that. It was more of a... lead."
"'A lead'?"
"Well, I can't exactly tell him what to do. But I can tell him what I like."
"Nabiki..."
"What about you sis? What would you like to think he might do with you..."
"Well... That is..." the eldest girl mumbled with as a blush rose on her cheeks. "I can't be... That is..."
"I see. I really see. So, if you can't answer, maybe we could think of how we should serve him."
"Hmm... I would think that it we should really be having a proper set up, where we have the house set up for his residence and use, perhaps with even some sort of outfits, or uniforms for ourselves. But then that's not going to be workable, is it?"
"Not all the time. Dad and Mister Saotome might ask questions about why you're dressed up in a miniskirt and serving our Master hand and foot. Maybe even with a top cut so that he can ogle your chest all he wants."
Both Ranma and Kasumi turned a bright red, and neither of them could stop from looking at the other.
"Still, that opens up a whole big set of questions."
"On what? Whether Dad and Mister Saotome'll try to use this if they find out?" Akane asked.
"That too. No, what I was wondering is just what our Master's powers are."
"I think that we've seen what he can do."
Nabiki chuckled at the sarcasm in her sister's voice. "At least in part. But he used just one power on us. Who's to say that he doesn't have more?"
"What? Isn't this enough?"
"He could be able to read minds, move stuff with his thoughts, or have an enhanced body. He could contact us through our minds, or confuse a person's thoughts without actually having to suck up any of their will."
"That might be better than just one thing..."
"I do think that he should seek what his 'vampirisim' entails."
Ranma frowned at Nabiki. "Why'd ya say that?"
"Because you just might need to know certain things. Like whether we'll be enough to feed your hunger. Or do you have to always suck up a mind, or can you just settle for bits from different people. Maybe just sucking up pieces of us will delay it, but I doubt that you want to go wild turning girls into your servants, pets or whatever we now are to you."
"Ya got that right."
"But don't you worry Master," Nabiki told him, "We'll be right here for you."
With Kasumi hugging him from behind, and her sisters snuggling up to him on each side, he found himself rather... comforted, and aware that the situation wasn't all that bad, while:
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