Nothing.
This is quite possibly the single most telling piece of evidence to the fact that no, Ranma is neither an idiot nor brain-damaged. Or at the very least, his sense for danger and survival work to a tee.
Because women=trouble. I’m not saying that women make trouble for men. I’m not saying that men make trouble for women. I’m simply saying that when you put two volatile chemicals together, it is not unreasonable to expect fireworks.
So even if the women in question weren’t all that...well, volatile, he had no idea how to deal with them. Girls upset with him he knew how to deal with. It was sort of confusing, as the Great Will from episode 21554 had retroed him without any of the fiancée mess occurring, but what were you going to do? It apparently hadn’t managed to completely erase all of his subconscious memories. Or maybe it had done that on purpose?
Anyway, to make a long story short, he subconsciously knew that if he did...well...you know, anything close to THAT, it would be trouble. He hadn’t quite wrapped his mind around the idea that it might be worth the trouble, so to speak.
Which brings us to his current situation; namely, panting and wheezing just outside the door of the Tendo compound. Where he would very soon be visited by an oh-so-convenient distraction.
“FOUL SORCERER, HAVE AT THEE!”
He snapped to attention, dodging the first wild swing of the bokken in question. Oddly enough, he was glad to the see the moron; he needed something to distract himself. Pivoting, he swept his back leg across the ground, and raked it upward into Kuno’s face and chest, using a tsume-kyaku to send him to an altitude somewhere around two thousand feet.
Heaving a sigh, he managed to get a grip on himself. Praying that things would be slightly more G-rated, he crept towards the house.
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“I just...I still can’t believe...”
“There, there, Akane. I didn’t mean to shock you.”
Akane turned to stare at her oldest sister, thankfully clothed in her regular maid outfit; the more utilitarian of her two, thankfully. “How can you be so...?”
“Naughty? Kinky? Servile? Subservient?” Nabiki offered.
“...calm, actually.”
Kasumi flushed a bit. It had been fun. It could have been a great deal more fun (her blush deepened as a part of her wandered into lemon territory), but still... “It’s my duty. I don’t mind.”
Akane wordlessly shook her head. The blushing and fidgeting gave her a wonderful idea of where this was all going. “My own sister is a pervert.”
“There’s nothing perverse about wanting to sleep with a sexy guy,” Nabiki pointed out. “Honestly, you’re taking this out of proportion.”
Akane glared at the other pervert. “How can you say that?!”
Nabiki sighed. She loved her sister, but she wished, not for the first time, that her head wasn’t quite so hard. “Akane, let me explain something to you. Go ahead and stop me if I find anything you disagree with. First, we three are the slaves of Ranma Saotome. Second, we are all permanent, full-use slaves. Third, our master in question is a tall, nice, kind, gentle, shy, sweet, mouth-watering hunk.” Akane eeped at that. Nabiki smirked, but continued. “Now then, our master seems to be extremely shy, not to mention...well, naïve. However, the fact of the matter is that he’s a sixteen-year-old male stuffed to the gills with repressed hormones. So honestly, the question isn’t ‘will’ we have sex with him, the question is, ‘when’ will we have sex with him.”
Akane let out an undignified squawk. Kasumi blushed. Nabiki shrugged unconcernedly. “Like I said, it’s just a matter of time. Though this way, we at least get a little bit of control regarding the ‘when.’ And if you’re not comfortable with this...well, Kasumi doesn’t seem to mind, and I certainly don’t.” She shrugged. “So just take your time, we’ll take care of things for now.”
“HEY! That is not the issue here!”
“Really? I thought it was.”
Akane stared. If that had come from Nabiki she might have been able to handle it, but... “Kasumi?!”
Her sister just smiled. “Akane, do you think master is handsome?” She took the silent blush as an affirmative. “I think he’s very handsome. And...well, I DO want him to take advantage of the full-use clause. Because as Nabiki says, he will someday. And when he does, I don’t want him to feel nervous, or awkward, or like he’s being cruel. If he knows I don’t mind, then he shouldn’t mind either.”
Akane blushed. “I...I still don’t like this. I mean, sure he’s nice, and he offered to train me, and he’s not a total pervert, but...”
Nabiki grinned. Her softer side wouldn’t have shown much in the canon, but here she was trying to act slightly nicer. “You’ve been spending the last six months beating off men’s advances. It’s perfectly normal for you to connect ‘sex’ with ‘bad.’ We just need to figure out how to break you of that habit.
Kasumi smiled, hands clasped before her. "Well, we'll just have to take care of that. After all, as slaves it is our duty to anticipate and see to our master's needs."
Akane stared. Nabiki stared. Followed by a thoughtful look crossing her face. "You know, that might not be all that bad an idea..."
Outside, Ranma shivered.
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