"Hold on a sec. Ya just wanna... give one of your daughters ta me?" Ranma asked, staring wide eyed at the mustached man.
"It's a figure of speech son."
"Oh?"
"Why, yes. After all, there isn't a much better way of saying that a father would decide to engage his daughter, or to make her be someone else's slave."
"Shampoo think that 'give' is exact word for what he do," the purple haired girl muttered to herself.
Her Owner let a smile flit across his face before he turned to his father. "I thought that ya said that I couldn't follow through on that promise, old man."
"Ah, but I told you that you couldn't marry the daughters of the Tendo that I trained with. When we came to this world, it became impossible for us to even contact where we came from, never mind any attempt to actually get to that meeting. But I made a promise here, and now you are here to follow through with it."
"So ya said before. But how is it that I get ta go through this when the two of ya didn't train together?"
"Oh, that's really easy to answer. You see, you're the son of Genma Saotome," Soun told the teenaged boy.
"Why's that important?"
"Simple. I know that the son of Genma Saotome had to be someone worthy of having one of my daughters be with him."
"Really."
"'Really'. After all, not only are you going to be from good stock, but you have to have been raised in the right way."
"Says a lot about me, doesn't it, Tendo," Genma commented, puffing out his chest.
"Of course, Saotome. It is only the truth, and I'm glad to have this sort of opportunity."
"It is a stroke of luck, isn't it?"
"Certainly. I mean, now I will have two daughters who will have their futures secured, and I can be sure of the worthiness of the young man getting them."
"Trust me. You're getting a prime deal."
"Don't I know it, Saotome," the man in the dark gi answered, and started laughing with joy.
Watching his father join in, Ranma sighed heavily. "I don't know what ta make of this...."
"Shampoo think that you need to worry," his slave told him. "Signs... not so good."
"Thanks for the info."
"Better to be ready, than get hurt."
The pigtailed boy nodded just in time for Soun to herd them inside, and the trio was quickly led into the family room. Seated on one side of the table were three girls. One had a house dress on, the second had a measuring look in her eye, and the third was frowning over something. On the other side of the table was a rather familiar pair, as it was Genma and Ranma Saotome seated there. All of those in the room turned their heads to face the new arrivals, and it was clear that everyone was remeasuring their position in the situation.
Knowing that the situation was rather odd, the dimensionally misplaced Ranma realized that his slave was on the money, while:
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