Tachiko kneeled semi-peacefully in the middle of her family estate's dojo pondering the subject she had long pondered in the past.
Namely, Akane and the Pig-tailed girl.
Tachiko was an admitted and well-known admirer of the form of her fellow females, and she had long felt that Akane must certainly be likewise. Which was why she had done the girl the favor of setting that challenge for the males of their school.
Then, of course, that cursed Ranma and his black sorcery had come and upset everything. He already had another girl in thrall, whom Tachiko was trying to free still, and he now had his sights set on Akane.
Obviously, he was one of those foolish men that thought they could "cure" a lesbian. Only he used trickey and enchanting spells of some kind.
At least, that was her usual perception on matters.
Today, however, she was hitting a quandry.
As usual, she had sat down to ponder her various defeats at the hands of Saotome and his continued hold over the girls of her heart.
As usual, she had so far failed to pinpoint just where he'd managed to cast these so-called spells.
What wasn't usual is that she was beginning to grudgingly admit that he was a very skilled warrior. Likewise, her memories seemed to be forcing her to a consideration that her advances and favors on the other two women were not entirely welcome.
"From a certain perspective," she considered. "It could be said that Saotome was protecting the others from me. Hmmm."
She grimaced and reluctantly conceived of the idea that an apology or two might possibly be in order.
Perhaps she had been judging Ranma, maybe all men, a bit too harshly.
****
Ryouga was lost, not unusual at all. She was also depressed, another common situation for the poor girl. She'd always had a hard time getting through things. First she was always getting lost, then her father forgot her gender and enrolled her in the wrong school. Then some jerk new kid blows her cover and gets her kicked out of school. After which said jerk misses their fight date.
"If I was a guy," Ryouga said. "I bet he would have waited for that fourth day to come before passing out and getting dragged to China!"
Then of course there was the whole problem with all his fiancees, just further proof that he was a jerk. If he wasn't a jerk he'd choose one...or all of them...or something. He'd do something other than string all those girls around.
Ryouga paused in her meanderings as she took a close look at her hand for a moment.
"That looks kinda blue," she muttered to herself. "Maybe I need more wood on the fire."
****
Konatsu hadn't changed much aside from the fact that she really was a girl...well, in a manner of speaking. In truth, Konatsu was something of a changeling that had just been a human girl for so long that she couldn't really remember that she was anything else.
She had vague memories of having a male body, however, and water of differing temperatures didn't have anything to do with it. The questions that made her ask were leading to knowledge of what she truly was, but that probably wouldn't change much.
As far as she was concerned, she was a she and that was it. Anything else was just a disguise to serve her rescuers.
A sigh swept momentarily through Konatsu. If only Ukyou-sama and Ranma-sama would finally unite so that she could be with them both.
****
Mousse soaked her aching body in the hot water at the public baths. After that free-for-all, she really needed it. Her wings especially, sometimes she got the impression that the others were more hostile to her just because she happened to be a Phoenix-Mountain exile.
As if she had any liking for Saffron or Kiima or those other power-mad cretins.
No, she only had interest in Shampoo.
Well, Shampoo and killing Saotome.
Officially, there was some debate over the issue of whether Shampoo or Mousse were actually affianceed to the Japanese martial artist. Mousse favored neither theory.
Some of the elders didn't not think that either Ranma's defeat of Shampoo as a girl, nor his accidental defeat of her later should count. Which, of course, left Mousse as the first Amazon defeated by the boy...by that theory.
If Shampoo and Mousse were ever to agree to share, the question would be moot. However, much as Mousse wouldn't mind sharing Shampoo with an Amazon male who knew his place, this...outsider was too much to consider.
Great warrior.
Kinda cute.
And he had that girl form too...
Mousse blushed firmly and forced herself to think about the male side of her rival.
"Hmph, he should know his place," she said firmly, nodding and trying to pretend that her blush was receding.
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