Still, doing so was distasteful, and not for any desire to show off her curves. The fact of the matter was that although what she'd gone through was enjoyable, it still left sticky and slick remnants on her body, and putting cloth over that wasn't exactly comfortable. Besides, putting dirty laundry back on wasn't something that felt 'right', even if she didn't want to mess clean clothes instead.
Of course, she also wasn't exactly happy that her Master wasn't looking her in her direction as he tugged on his own pants.
"Is something the matter, Master?" she asked, her brow furrowing in concern.
He glanced over at her in reflex, before flushing just a bit. "Nah. Nothin' is wrong."
"Then why does it look like you want to avoid me?"
"Huh? Why'd ya think that?"
"You are facing the other way."
"Oh. Right." Ranma ducked his head and gave an embarrassed smile. "You're a pretty girl, and you're getting dressed. It doesn't feel right ta peep at ya like that."
For some reason his words made a warmth grow in her chest, and she impulsively hugged her owner. "Thank you, Master."
"What?"
"Don't you worry. You can look at me any time."
"Okay.... I am so never gonna understand girls," the pigtailed teen muttered as she led the way out of the tent.
What greeted them outside was actually pretty nice, as the sun shone over the campsite like some sort of bright beacon of joy. Birds flew and sang amongst the trees. The scents of flowers hung on the slight breeze. Warmth filled the area like a fluffy blanket.
And the other members of their group were looking towards the tent.
"Looks like you finally got up boy," Genma grumbled as he sent a sour expression in his son's direction.
"What are ya talkin' 'bout, Pop?" Ranma snapped as he sneered at his parent. "It's still early yet."
"It took you long enough to get finished in any case."
"Huh?"
The elder Saotome crossed his arms over his chest. "The technique, boy! You finally went through with it!"
"What are ya.... How d'ya know that?!"
"Why wouldn't I? Both of you just came out of there."
"Well.... That is.... We...." Tenten stammered.
"It doesn't matter how it just went, but at least he got the job done. Thank goodness that's one chore that's taken care of."
"WHAT?!"
"'Task'?"
"If anything, I'm just glad to see that they have accepted each other," Might Guy commented, closing his eyes and nodding in satisfaction. "It is important for young people to bond properly, and fully appreciate the passion of youth."
"Guy-sensei...."
"It just feels good to know that the boy has done right by you.... And it did work, didn't it?"
She held up her new weapon and smiled. "Sure did. We... well.... Did what we had to do, and this appeared."
"Good for you! That is certainly enough of an assurance for me. You two took it up to the next level, which means a lot. Of course, that doesn't mean that Rock won't be beating him when the time comes, right, Rock?"
"Certainly," Rock Lee firmly agreed... and then tried to suppress a yawn. "But hopefully there won't be as much noise on the night before."
"'Noise'?" Tenten parroted, color rising in her cheeks at the awareness of what he likely meant.
"Yeah. There was all this moaning and squealing going on. I couldn't get much rest because of it. Luckily, I was on guard duty, so I didn't mind the sounds so much, but it was a bit distracting. Groans and sighs just catch your attention for some reason."
"I'm going to take a bath right now!"
"What? Are you feeling dirty?"
"I would hope not. Kinda make me feel horrible if that was true," Ranma commented idly.
"Then why don't you go and wash her back, boy?" his father asked.
"Eh? Why would I wanna do that?"
"To make sure that she's okay. You do want to take good care of her, don't you?"
"I guess."
"Of course, she might mind. Girls tend to be sensitive about even the most honorable of intentions."
"Well, if it was Master...." the kunoichi trailed off.
"Would they be making a lot of yells and cries then?" Rock Lee asked.
The first instance of Tenten using her new magical weapon to cause harm to another was as she smacked the blunt end down on the bushy browed boy's head, while:
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