The first clue Rama had that his life was about to change forever was when Nabiki took him to a decent hotel, booked a room for the night, and paid for it herself.
The second clue was when she came out of the bathroom naked. Shock kept him from jumping out the window.
Then Nabiki told her story, and Ranma was certain his life was never going to be the same.
Partly, Ranma wished he was more surprised by Nabiki's story. But the fact was, the idea that his fiancee's were conspiring to prolong the fiancee wars made too much sense, answered far too many questions that had been drifting around Ranma's brain.
For one thing, he HAD tried to make a real relationship with Akane after Jusendo. She'd allowed him a little closer, and then the shouting and malletings got worse than ever. Then one day after a particularly vicious pounding from Akane, he'd wound up at Ucchan's. While indulging in a good rant at the youngest Tendo's expense, he'd halfway offered to run off with Ukyo then and there. Instead of jumping on it, Ukyo calmed him down, sent him back to the dojo, and Akane was oddly nicer to him for a few days.
No, Ranma knew damned well something was going on. He just couldn't figure out what. Until now, that is.
And lately Ranma was getting so damned tired of it all. Giving up, renouncing his name and honor and just leaving was an idea that was hovering in his mind, becoming more and more tempting all the time. At times, the only thing keeping him going was his stubborn pride and reluctance to give in. But he'd been keeping his eyes open, searching for SOME way to escape the bind he was in with honor intact.
And now he had it, with the least likely of people. Part of him thought it was sad that she'd had a bad experience. Another part thought it was just desserts for some of the suffering she'd dished out. Another part felt a touch of shame at the ease that he could believe Akane and Shampoo violating another girl.
And a large part of Ranma felt shame at the fact that he didn't really care about Nabiki's pain or what led to the two of them being in a hotel room a ward away from Nerima, being instead consumed with relief that the fiancee wars were finally over and Ranma might actually be free.
And that's not counting the sizable and growing piece of him that was incredibly horny and increasingly excited that he was about to put one of his favorite muscles to regular use. Ranma hadn't been a virgin when he came to Nerima, but he'd quickly discovered that feigning cluelessness was the perfect defense to foil accusations of "PERVERT!" and to keep over-amorous girls from trapping him between their legs to get him to the alter. The downside was that for two years Ranma had been living like a monk, surrounded by gorgeous girls doing everything they could to entice him, all without having time or privacy to relieve his own frustrations, however unsatisfying that might ultimately have been.
And then there had been the battle against the martial-arts Shibari master. If Akane ever found out about that one, she'd never stop screaming pervert at him.
Still, it didn't stop him from using everything he knew to make sure Nabiki had an amazing night, including pressure points. Partly to make up for Akane and Shampoo, partly to disincline her from betraying him. Mostly he did it to show off.
Not that Nabiki minded.
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