The Amazon Village was different. Rules regarding outsiders had gotten a little more complicated due to interaction with the outside. While fools might have tried to take Amazons as slaves, the opposite was also true - and the legal framework of contracts and durations recognized outside the village had penetrated to some extent. The Village might still hold martial arts in high esteem and as a way of life, but it was not the only way of life and there were other focuses for those within the society.
Shampoo was more than a little surprised at the contracts worked up, both the one for if she won and the one if she lost. "(Great Grandmother, are you sure about this?)"
"(This makes it a formal wager legal in the Outside World, Shampoo. If the boy loses - he becomes a full conditional all-use slave of your own. His slaves become free women of the village within that timeframe. I've already mentioned it to his father, and made it perfectly clear he'd be worked hard and long in the fields and clearing rocks.)"
"(And he agreed to this?)" Shampoo asked. Sure, the boy hadn't exactly struck her as the brightest candle in the temple - but he'd also seemed at least marginally responsible.
"(His father did, over lunch.)" Cologne shrugged. "(I had expected negotiations over the salient points. We would have haggled over the various lines and met a compromise. Instead he signed it off and asked for a second helping.)"
"(Idiot,)" summed up Shampoo.
"(Well, yes,)" agreed Cologne. "(Sometimes an Outsider will surprise you with their insight or brilliant mind, and this is a case of the opposite also holding true.)"
"(I'd look over this contract,)" said Shampoo, "(but there's no way I can lose against someone who uses his slaves to fight for him.)"
Cologne sighed at this evidence of idiocy not being confined to outside the village. "(I'll sum up then. The duration is one full year. I made the terms close to matching, again because I expected negotiations to take place. He can't sexually take you, of course, unless you're willing. If you are willing, then you might have to do the caveman routine. From the sounds of things he's been frustrating his slaves in not responding to their advances.)"
"('Caveman'? Oh, you mean bonk him over the head and drag him off by his pigtail. Not a problem. There's absolutely no way I can lose.)" Shampoo waved off the concern. "(I will uphold the honor of the village and free his slaves.)"
Cologne let out another deep sigh. It appeared the boy wasn't the only one with pride and overconfidence issues.
Most of the village had turned out.
Ranma was unclear as to why Minako, Makoto, and Doctor Mizuno were upset with him. Still, this was a fight so he cleared such concerns from his mind.
Shampoo waved and played the crowd. She was going to win this no problem!
The two got onto their ends of the Challenge Log and:
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