"Give him some room, children," said K'thi, watching carefully. She was Tribal, and had senses somewhat more sensitive than was typically human. What she was observing, she wanted confirmed. "So this 'Nekomimiken' training had some... side effects?"
"Ya could say that," said Ranma, twitching and fidgeting.
K'thi watched the way the boy was getting paler and beginning to sweat yet shiver as if cold. "May this one guess that perhaps this training left you... a bit uncomfortable with those of Tribal heritage?"
"Ya could say that," repeated Ranma. Fangs and claws, tugging on him, pulling him. Unsteady and inexperienced, slicing at his ropes and ripping into tender flesh underneath.
K'thi considered the boy. Warrior perhaps, though with some foolish pride that many young showed. Any moment now she expected him to lose nerve and bolt. "I see. It appears you have been exercising a lot recently. We have a furo if you would care to bathe before dinner."
"That's a great idea!" said Ranma, pouncing on the idea of getting away from these girls.
"Oh, well, perrrhaps it would be good to scrrrub yourrr back," purred Kasumi.
"No, I think we should have a meeting, things to schedule," said K'thi, her eyes slits.
Ranma left, trying not to look as if he was retreating. After all, he wasn't scared. Nope not him. Not scared of nothing. Not him.
"That sounds like a good idea, perhaps I should -" began Genma.
"Hsssssssssssssssssssssss," hissed K'thi, snarling in a way that displayed the warrior origin of their race.
"Dearest?" asked Soun, a little surprised at this display.
"YOU!" said K'thi, slitted eyes seeming to glow. "You engaged your son to my daughters and then you gave him a pathological fear of catgirls?!"
"WHAT?!" squeaked three younger girls.
"I saw him, more - I smelled his fear! He was TERRIFIED of my little girls," said K'thi, stalking towards the overweight man. "He covered it as best he could, put up a brave front, but he was frightened nearly to death of my kits!"
"So that's what that was," said Akane, tail and ears drooping. Nobody had ever been scared of her before. Even the idiots at school and that rampaging lunatic Kuno whom she pummelled with her fists of justice had never displayed FEAR to that extent. Though come to think of it, when she'd threatened to break Hiroshi and Daisuke's fingers if they ever tried to grab her like that again - there had been a similar scent. Well, they had cause to be afraid of her - being perverts. Now someone was frightened of her because of something someone else had done? Different kettle of fish altogether.
Three additional sets of glowing slitted eyes looked to Genma.
"Come now, I'm sure my old friend Saotome had a perfectly good reason," said Soun.
"To make his son too afraid of my little kits to ever join the Houses?" asked K'thi, tail lashing.
"SAOTOME! HOW COULD YOU?!" wailed Soun as he realized his wife was perfectly serious.
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