Missing Persons: Words of Communication [Episode 149548]

by Kender

A lot of people tended to wonder why Ranma attracted girls since he was seeming to be totally unaware of what sort of things could go aware of what went on between guys and girls, but they'd be wrong. Despite his father's best attempts, Ranma had not grown up in a total vacuum where the Art was his only passion. Having gone to school, he'd interacted with other kids, and learned some of what was expected and believed by those children. However, what he'd been exposed had been fragmentary at best, and he'd never really been exposed to peer pressure for long to go out with anyone. In other words, he'd known some of the basics, but not any of the details, and he'd never really felt enough of a connection to want to learn more.

So, as he was looking over the girls, he could see that there was some sort of stress going on. There was tension in the air, and he knew that at least a couple of rough spots there. But the only one who they'd listen to would be him, and that was a problem because he knew that he'd never gotten the right words out in that sort of situation before. He was going to try hard though, as he had enough trouble already.

"Can ya put any bad stuff down until we take down this Ataru guy?" he asked, trying to put down any fights before they broke out.

"The one who brings down Ataru gets to do bed stuff with Master?!" exclaimed Sakura, who's imagination supplied visions of herself and her Master together.

"Huh?"

Minako's eyes lit up like a pair of glittering sapphires, and her smile became lecherous. "Really? That would be so great!"

"Ah...."

"Hmmm...." Morrigan murmured, with a smirk that showed more experience than the teenager. "Now that is a reward that I could... enjoy."

"Eh?"

"I want to be the one to play with him," Lilith commented.

"Don't worry about a thing, Master," Makoto told him with a confident look. "I'll make sure that we get him."

Setsuna seemed to nod thoughtfully. "A rather good motivator, I should think."

"And one that even an officer like me could get into it," Chun Li agreed.

"As Master wishes," Kasumi said.

Ayame snorted. "I'll be the one to finish the one, and get the other."

"As Master orders, it is our duty," Cammy stated resolutely.

"But you have to admit that it is something that we could definitely want," Haruka drawled. "Right, Michiru."

"True. One merely has to look to see that," the violinist replied, gazing at where Hotaru and Ami were blushing and staring at things that they could see, fidgeting every so often.

"Will someone tell me what are ya talkin' 'bout?" Ranma asked, totally confused by the track of the conversation.

"Don't you know? You offered it."

"'Offered' what?"

"'Bed' things."

"Uhhh...."

"You do know what those are, right?"

"I'd think so."

Tina frowned thoughtfully at him. "Are you telling us that you have no idea of what we mean?"

"Well... not none, but...."

"You do know what a guy can do for a girl, right?" Rei asked him. "I mean, didn't your parents teach you about that sort of thing."

"Hey, I didn't see my Mom for years, since my Pop took me away on a trainin' trip when I was little."

"And what about your dad?"

"Too busy pushin' me ta learn ta fight. I mean, he didn't want me distracted by anythin'. 'Course, he didn't have the best ideas. Like gettin' me engaged, and that sorta stuff."

"Then why didn't you learn from your fiancee?"

"Which one? The one who I didn't know 'bout until we got ta her house? Or the one who I thought was a guy since we were kids, and didn't know was another fiancee 'til she showed up later? Then there's this Chinese Amazon who thinks that we're married 'cause I beat her in a fight. And the crazy rich girl who won't leave me alone. If they ain't tryin' ta get ahead of each other, they're gettin' inta fights among themselves."

"Poor Master...." Usagi soothed, giving him a small hug. "That sounds bad."

The pigtailed boy shrugged, and felt oddly comforted by the blonde's presence. "I've gone through worse." He glanced over at Felicia. "Like... well.... That trainin'.... with the pit and the sausages...."

"Ah, the 'Neko-ken'," the Time Senshi put in with a sigh.

"You know 'bout it?"

"Take one possible 'future practioner', cover them in fish oil and sausages, then throw them into a pit of starved cats. When he climbs out, toss him back in. Repeat as many time as necessary, until the practioner's mind snaps, and he turns mentally into a powerful cat. Or dies. Whichever comes first. Of course, if one does survive, there's an irrational fear of cats, where exposure to even a single one makes the person snap into the 'cat mind'."

"That's it. How'd ya know?"

"Came across an old sensei who'd heard of it. He'd never trained anyone in it, but...."

"Hold on," Felicia interrupted. "Do you mean that he's afraid of me because...."

"He was trained in that so called 'style'."

"By who?!" Haruka demanded.

"My Pop," Ranma replied.

There wasn't even a need for reinforced loyalty for most of the girls to feel offended on his behalf, and gain an intense dislike for the elder Saotome male.

Sakura nodded resolutely. "Then the one who gets the 'Ataru' creep can use her time to comfort Master!"

"Sounds good," Ami commented. "We can stop this enemy, comfort Master, and get to enjoy getting naked and sweaty with him."

"EH?!" went said Master.

"Did I say that out loud?"

"You did," the elder succubus confirmed, looking rather amused by the observation, while:

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(Posted Fri, 23 Sep 2005 01:46)


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