[Episode 20057] [Episode 20057]
"Oh my," she said. "Is this Ranma?"
Ranma looked over the other girl. She was tall and somewhat motherly looking girl, but there was something about the housedress that was...different from other such dresses Ranma had seen. It showed the body a lot more for one thing. And there was an odd tattoo on her forehead, it looked like a lovely circlet of woven vines, disappearing into the hairline.
"Yeah," Ranma said. "I'm Ranma. My pop said I'm supposed to come here to fill some debt?"
"Yes," Kasumi said. "Come right in. Is the panda your family's messenger?"
"Yeah, I guess," Ranma said, his irritation clear. "Real stupid he is."
"Well," Kasumi said, letting Ranma inside with a mildly predatorial smile. "You can tell her family they can have her back in a year and a day, if she wants to go back that is." ~As if any child will want to go back to you after this.~
The panda seemed about to protest when Kasumi closed the door on him.
"So, what kind of debt am I paying here?" Ranma asked. ~And why do I have to be a girl for it.~
Ranma was very nervous, her girl form's bones were so light that she couldn't hit anything directly (yet) at the speeds she was used to without breaking the part of her body she used.
"Well, your mother once worked with my mother. They had a contract to aid each other in their...business," Kasumi explained, smiling and laying a possessive hand on Ranma's shoulder as she surveyed the wings. "But she fell in a love and sought out of the contract. My mother agreed, provided she turn over her first-born daughter to serve a year and a day to complete the contract."
"Oh," Ranma said, uncomprehending. "So, umm what's the business."
At that moment, a tall young-man came out, escorted by a second girl wearing almost nothing. She was tall and slender with a distinctive short hair cut, and had tattoos on her cheeks running down alongside her neck and across her shoulders in various interweaving designs. There was a lovely diamond mark in the center of her forehead.
"I'll see you later Kuno-baby," the girl said. "Thanks for the tip."
"As you say, Nabiki Tendo, and perhaps next time you're lovely sister shall be free to attend to me?" he asked.
"Maybe," Nabiki said smirking, both turned and noticed Kasumi and the raven-girl in the hall. "Oh, the new girl is here."
"What dark and radiant beauty is this that lies before me," Kuno asked striding forward. "Perhaps I would taste of her before I leave."
"I'm sorry, Kuno-san," Kasumi said. "Ranma is not available yet, you see no marks, do you?"
"Indeed," Kuno said. "But you will call me when she is ready."
"Indeed," Kasumi said, allowing Kuno to pass by and out the door. "Where is Akane?"
"She's entertaining those two girls from school again," Nabiki said, regarding Kasumi with an expression of resentful obediance.
"Marks," Ranma said, feeling increasingly nervous. "Ready? Wh...what's going on?"
"Oh, the tattoos provide the girls extra protection," Kasumi said. "It's a form of magic, martial-arts calligraphy. Makes one stronger, tougher, faster, and more desirable." ~Not to mention enforce your service for the year and a day and lock jusenkyo curses.~
"Really?" Ranma said, she wouldn't break her arm every time she tried to hit something. She was apparently going to have to spend a lot of time as a girl for some reason, and she wanted to defend herself. "When can I get some?"
"Oh, come with me," Kasumi said, smiling. "I'll apply them right now in my room."
"Okay," Ranma said. She suddenly felt VERY nervous now.
****
Soon she was sitting in Kasumi's room on the bed, all her clothes piled neatly in a corner. Her wings were crossed across her body demurely as Kasumi sat down in front of her with her calligraphy tools, smiling still.
"Please move your wings, Ranma," Kasumi said. Ranma did so hesitantly, and Kasumi licked her lips at the expanse of flesh this revealed. "And your wings, thank you. Let's see, first, we start with this mark."
She raised the brush and painted a diamond upon Ranma's forehead, and suddenly Ranma felt an intense desire to do anything this woman said. Kasumi was suddenly the mistress of her world.
"My mother discovered these arts after your mother left her," Kasumi said, dipping her brush again and bringing forward to paint another design around Ranma's navel. "And so ends your life as a male."
"Okay," Ranma said in a daze.
"In a year and a day, as per the contract," Kasumi said as she dipped her ink again. "The mark on your forehead will leave and you'll be able to choose your own path, but I am afraid I have no way to remove the mark locking your curse."
"That's fine, mistress," Ranma said as the brushed painted more ink over her skin, painting a web-like pattern over her breasts. Suddenly she felt everything around her more clearly, and each touch of the brought her a wealth of pleasures as Kasumi finally proceeded to paint the marks of strength and toughness she had promised.
She noted the dazed look in Ranma's eyes and smiled. The first placement of the geas always did that, but her personality would return quickly. Then perhaps she'd be fighting as surely as her sisters did every day. And that would be just wonderful.
It was more fun that way.
"Now," Kasumi said. "I believe it is time to give you the house rules. And a training session"
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