And that was when his face went red.
Ranma wasn't exactly clueless when it came to sexual matters any more, but he wasn't quite comfortable with drawing attention to them either. He had heard stories of fathers who'd guide their sons to 'know' what they could do, and would even pay for their sons' first times, even buying full use slaves to let the boys get used to such activities. But, for once, Ranma was thankful that his father was an idiot who'd dragged him off from town to town, never letting him get dragged off by others into one absurd attempt at sexual discovery or another.
Unfortunately, he was also finding that he hadn't exactly escaped the whole 'fantasy' thing either. This wasn't a terribly 'bad' thing, as it seemed to be more enjoyable to allow himself to go with what he liked, but it was also rather... embarrassing to think about such things. His mind did bring up interesting possibility in using the technique in a... different way, which was what had gotten him rather uncomfortable.
'Hmmm, this might work with what Usagi was talking about,' he'd thought to himself, and then realized just what direction his thoughts were taking him in.
That wasn't such a wrong thing, as they were his slaves, and had already demonstrated a willingness to be available for whenever he wanted to use them. However, the idea of thinking of them in terms of them being solely sexual partners that he could put into any position he wanted didn't exactly put his mind at ease. Guilt was a strong emotion, just like the hormones that drove them. He still knew that they wouldn't doing whatever he wanted, but this whole situation was a bit new.
But in any case, he did know that he could do a lot with the technique. It would allow him to pleasure two girls separately at the same time, which would be a bonus for the sort of activities that Usagi had been suggesting. Neither one would have to share, and he wouldn't have to worry so much about keeping them satisfied. Then again, he could always reverse her idea, and have a group of himself focus sexually upon one of the slaves. And he wouldn't have to be concerned about the possibility of bringing another guy into their... relationships, since he'd be the only one there.
A frown crossed his features as he considered that idea, and found a bit of a sour taste in his mouth. There was a part of him that didn't like the idea of sharing his slavegirls with anyone else, including his copies. They might have been duplicates of him, and not even individuals of their own at that, but he was discovering that he was fairly possessive of the girls, not out of any greed, but out of an emotional knee jerk reaction.
That puzzled him, but he pushed it aside, as it allowed him to recognize that he wasn't all too clear as to what form his ownership of the girls would take. Instead, he turned his attention back to the technique, and the fact that he didn't have all that long until he might be called upon to use it. Someone out there might be more of a threat than that guy with the wooden sword, and this technique wasn't exactly the simplest to learn. It took some focus, of both attention and energy, and some hand signs to make it work. He didn't particularly know why that was needed, but if it was going to make things work for him, he was going to go with what he was told.
After all, he could always improvise, if the need arose.
In the mean time, he had plenty of work to do if he was going to master this 'Shadow Clone' technique, while:
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