"Really, you think I wouldn't have other countermeasures among your tattoos," Kasumi asked. "I can't have somebody trying to kill me after their contract is finished, can I?"
Neko-Ranma whimpered weakly as it stumbled and fell to the ground unconscious, making one last hiss before finally leading out.
"How very interesting," Kasumi noted as he lifted the sleeping Ranma up and started to move her the room where the girls slept. "You might very useful with matters as well."
Kasumi went past the bedrooms, such things were for entertaining clients, not giving the girls a space to sleep. They did perfectly well sharing a common space. It also meant they were able to appease each other when their heightened sensations became to much for them.
The three other girls in the room looked up at him, obviously they had heard the screams, and so they watched as Kasumi came in, smiling, and set the latest of their number down on the ground before some new bedding.
"I shall have to finish with her tomorrow," Kasumi said. "Keep an eye on her girls."
"Yes, mistress," the three girls said, not bothering to hide their dislike for Kasumi. Kasumi didn't care, so long as never showed dislike of a client. in fact, she loved seeing the small show of defiance, knowing it was the only one open to them.
And she left to consider the strange attitude that had come over Ranma, and how it could be useful. There were reasons she gave her girls enhanced capabilities beyond them defending themselves or being more effective lovers. Sometimes, the clients that came to her wanted something other than sex...an irritant removed, a witness vanished, a cheating lover dealt with. Kasumi was thinking that Ranma might be very useful to that.
Of course, she did not understand the nature of the Neko-Ken. It was a spirit, bonded to the trainee...a fiercly protective spirit. A spirit that would certainly recognize Kasumi as a threat. Certainly the various bonds of power fettering Ranma had stopped it this time, but sooner or later, depending on how often she experimented with controlling the Neko-Ken, it would work out how to ignore them.
"What did she do?" Kodachi asked as she tucked the girl in as per Kasumi's command to watch over her.
"I don't know," Nabiki said. "But I hope I never provoke that."
"Kasumi probably just got a kick out of it," Akane muttered and rolled over to get some sleep.
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(Posted Wed, 01 Jan 2003 17:11)
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