six hours or so later, Ranma had been given an entire rundown on his new 'improvements' by Desty Nova. He hadn't had the chance to test any of those abilities just yet, but they sounded kind of cool. At least Ranma thought he could live with what Washu had done to him, but he'd need some time to be certain though.
Right now though Ranma was attempting to use the bath to get some alone time to think about everything that had happened to him so far. Prying himself way from Elf and Zwolf had been a chore all by itself, those two were at least as clingy as Shampoo had ever been. At least now Ranma knew which girl was which, apparently their names were their numbers in German.
After a quick check to make sure the largish bathroom was empty, Ranma locked the door behind him and prepared to bathe himself. Ranma didn't really need a bath, but since he was here he might as well go through the motions, right. Locating all of the essentials first, Ranma stripped down and found a stool to sit on. He then dumped a bucket of cold water over himself to soap up with, activating Ranma's curse in the process.
Ranma hadn't even set the bucket down to reach for her soap when she heard giggling from behind her. "Oh wow! It's true, Ranma really can turn into a girl with cold water!" giggled either Elf or Zwolf, Ranma couldn’t tell wich.
"And just look at that red hair! Ooh! She's adorable!" added the other android girl, whom Ranma managed to identify as Zwolf, making the first one Elf. The pair of them were also just as naked as Ranma was, making two things painfully obvious about themselves. The first was that they really were androids, and the other was that they were anatomically correct as far as Ranma was willing to look.
"So Ranma, would you like some help washing up?" asked Zwolf in here best cutesy voice with a bar of soap in one hand. Her offer reminding Ranma of Shampoo more than ever.
"We'll scrub your back if you scrub ours!" Elf offered as well, attempting to bribe Ranma into agreeing. The pair clasped hands and leaned forward a bit as if to display themselves, never mind that everything they had was already on display for Ranma.
Ranma clasped her hand to her head and wished she could disappear, and accidentally teleported without meaning to. But without a specific destination in mind Ranma didn't go far, five feet, and fell on her posterior a short distance away from her stool. Since she wasn't expecting it, Ranma also wound up laying on her back for a moment on the floor as well.
"Tee hee! Looks like Ranma's not too good with her powers yet either! Come on, Zwolf, let's help her up!" Elf laughed as Ranma lay there looking stunned by her unexpected shift in location.
"Hee, hee! Let's!" agreed Zwolf with a laugh of her own. Before Ranma could decline the unwanted help, the androids had grabbed an elbow each and were hefting Ranma between them. The next thing she knew the android girls were giggling up a storm as they lathered Ranma and each other down with soap.
At first Ranma froze up in shock at the girls' flirtatious antics. She'd just worked up the nerve to protest that she could wash her body without their help. Only to find that the two were mostly done with Ranma and were now tickle fighting each other at this point more than anything else. "Um, I think I'm ready to rinse off now and go for soak now," Ranma told them hesitantly, afraid that the girls would get upset if she left without them.
Instead of complaining about her intended departure as Ranma had feared, Elf simply reached out and turned on the showerhead they'd sat under. Only the water was ice cold, causing Ranma and Zwolf both to squeal in surprise at the sudden torrent of icy water. "Brr-, c-cold!" Ranma complained as the water drenched her, washing away the soap lather.
"No fair Elf! You should have warned me first!" whined Zwolf as she too shivered under the icy flow of water. She was pouting too, but Ranma was too busy trying to glare at Elf to really notice.
"Tee hee, hee! But it was so~o funny, you two should have seen yourselves jump!" laughed the prankster, who'd been the only one expecting what had just happened. Elf was also too busy laughing at her victims to really notice the looks they were giving her.
"Get her!" cried Zwolf, and Ranma leapt to help before she even registered what she was doing. They didn't actually hurt Elf any, but the tickling match that Zwolf started did seem to get their point across. However, the bathroom itself was noticeably worse for wear; apparently these android girls were pretty sturdy despite their appearances.
Twenty minutes later, a panting Ranma-chan managed to crawl into a large furo and became male again. Right behind her, an equally tired Elf and Zwolf toppled in behind him with a splash each. Whatever the pair were made out of, it floated easily enough as the girls just lay on the water's surface with their eyes half closed. "Hmm, that was fun! I think we should have Ranma stick around," cooed Zwolf as she floated face up in the bath.
"Mm hmm!" agreed Elf, clasping her partner's hand. The two just floated there for a while, giggling about this or that as they lay in the water.
Ranma just laid back and tried the floating thing too, the furo was easily large enough for it. Then something occurred to Ranma and prompted him to ask, "so how is it that you guys already knew about my curse, anyway?"
"Oh that's easy! Professor Nova told us all about you!" explained one of the two androids, Ranma didn't look to see which. "Yeah! And we've been dying to see what you looked like as a girl ever since too! Or even awake for that matter!" added the other girl, not that Ranma could tell their voices apart with his eyes closed.
"Although . . . it is kind of hard to believe you're as strong as the professor says without you being a cyborg. That kind of genetic manipulation just doesn't seem possible if you ask me." "But strong or not, you're definitely cute! In both forms even!" commented one of the girls again, although Ranma wasn't entirely certain if it was just one or both of the girls this time.
". . . um, thanks. I think," Ranma hazarded, blushing a little at the compliment. 'They already knew about my curse, and they like it? I'm doomed!" he thought to himself as the girls went back to giggling about random stuff, Ranma did his best to tune it out.
Partially succeeding at his attempt to tune out the giggling, mono-voiced chatter, Ranma tried to think about his new powers. More specifically, he was trying to figure out how he was supposed to teach himself how to use them. Knowing what his new powers were would help, but only a little bit. It was like knowing that you had arms, but not how to use them; he'd be able to tell when he used them, but that wasn't going to speed up the process any.
'Well, I accidentally teleported a little while ago. I suppose I may as well start with that, after I get done in here of course," he thought to himself. Then Ranma heard one of the androids wonder aloud if his clothes would go with him or not when Ranma phased through stuff. 'Hmm, why not?" Ranma asked himself, and tried seeing if he could phase through something.
Deciding to use the nearby rim of the oversized tub, Ranma attempted to phase just his arm through it. At first all he succeeded in doing was gently pushing himself away from the rim. After about three more tries, Ranma finally succeeded in putting his arm through the furo's rim. His success spooked him a little though, as putting his arm through the solid obstacle felt oddly like sticking it inside a thick cloud of fog or smoke. In short, if felt as if the furo rim itself had become insubstantial instead of Ranma's arm.
Developing a sneaky grin, Ranma snuck up to Elf and phased his right hand through her back and waved it in her face as it came out of her chest. As soon she noticed, Elf shrieked and sank into the hot water, thrashing the whole way down. Zwolf looked over at her partner in shock and then saw Ranma with a grin on his face. "I just paid her back for surprising us with that cold shower earlier," Ranma explained as Zwolf joined him in laughing at her partner.
When Elf sputtered to the surface in a panic they laughed even harder. "That's what you get for surprising us with a cold shower, Elf!" Ranma teased the android girl as her partner laughed with him.
"No fair! You almost scared me to death, you meanie!" Elf accused Ranma as she started beating on his chest. Ranma tolerated it at first, but Elf was hitting him pretty hard. So after several seconds of getting pounded on, Ranma tried making his whole body phase out and let her fists go through him instead.
Then started laughing again as Elf freaked out, snatching her fists back and falling to her knees in the water. "Wa~agh! Don't do that! I thought I'd hurt you for a second!" accused Elf in an openly frightened and tearful voice.
"Aw, c'mon Elf, don't cry. He was only joking; right, Ranma?" Zwolf comforted her friend, pulling her into a comforting embrace from behind.
"Of course I was only kidding. I didn't mean to scare her that badly. It's just that she hits pretty hard you know, being an android and all. It was starting to hurt a little bit, that's all," Ranma apologized, looking sheepish as he said the last part.
The apology didn't get him off the hook though as both girls stared at him expectantly. "What? I just apologized, what more do you want?" he asked in confusion as their stares continued. Ranma was beginning to think that he'd messed up worse than he'd though he had.
Zwolf's expression became disapproving at Ranma's question. "You mean you aren't going to give Elf a proper apology and hug her?" She asked as her partner continued to sob quietly in her arms.
Now Ranma was really confused, they wanted him to hug her to apologize? 'But we're all naked!' Ranma thought to himself in a panic. "But, but, but!" Ranma stuttered as he tried to think up an excuse, and quick.
Unfortunately Ranma's mind came up with a total blank as the girls shifted from expectant stares to accusing glares. Ranma's resolve crumbled in seconds under the dual assault and he gave in to the embarrassing demand. "Alright, alright already! Just stop glaring at me like that okay!" he conceded, dropping down to give Elf as chaste a hug as he could manage while they were both naked.
However, Ranma had barely even touched her when both girl's tackled him in twin bearhugs. "Too easy!" Cried Elf in triumph as she and Zwolf latched onto Ranma's body. The hugs weren't sensual, but they were embarrassing enough for Ranma's sake. "Score 2 to1, home team!" agreed her partner.
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