They kiss, then Akane rises, helping Ranma stand as she goes. Sensing what they might want to do now, Ukyou also stands. "I'm gonna go down and clean up a bit before heading to school. You guys want to do it here?"
Ranma perks, then shakes her head. "Nah! It's your bedroom, U-chan! We'll go somewhere else," she then gazes on Akane. "The dojo?"
"Lucky thing our fathers were dragged off by Master Happousai on a training trip for the week," Akane chuckles, then leans over to kiss Ukyou's cheek. "I love you, Ukyou-chan. Tell Sensei what happened, okay?"
"Love you, too, Akane-chan," Ukyou returns her kiss. "Have fun!"
The chef heads downstairs. Ranma guides Akane to a door leading onto the roof of the building holding Okonomiyaki U-chan's, then boosting the raven-haired android into her arms, leaps for the nearest telephone pole. Akane squeals with delight as she holds Ranma tight as the latter bounds for the Tendou dojo. "Lucky you don't weigh any different than you were when you were still human!" Ranma smirks as she dodges over a street.
Within a minute, Ranma lands on the front lawn of the Tendou dojo, then lowers Akane to the ground. "I want the chance to do that for you!" the latter leans over to kiss the former's cheek. "That was fun!!"
"I do aim to please!" Ranma smirks, then waves as Kasumi walks onto the front porch. "Hey, Kasumi!" she blinks on seeing someone else standing beside the eldest Tendou daughter. "Nabiki, what're you doing home from school?!"
"I came as soon as I learned you hadn't come to school yet," Nabiki winks, then stares knowingly at Akane. "I take it Ranma-kun..."
Akane nods. "He knows. Someone from Tomobiki came by."
The older androids instantly relax. "Thank heavens!" Kasumi pats her chest, then stares sympathetically at Ranma. "Was it too much of a shock?"
"I..." a chill warps through Ranma, then nods. "Yeah, it was."
"It's to be expected, I guess," Nabiki notes as they head into the sitting room, then relax around the table. Taking a deep breath, she then gazes on Ranma. "Ranma-kun, I know...! Well, that we haven't..." she feels her vocal programs lock up as she tries to do something she normally would NEVER do! "What I'm trying to say is that...! W-well..."
"We would desire you to imprint yourself on both of us, Ranma-kun," Kasumi calmly cuts in, she also giving Ranma a pleading gaze.
Ranma gazes on them, then sighs. "I guess I should be flattered that you'd ask me something like that," she scratches the back of her head, then takes a deep breath. "So I hope you won't be hurt by me askin' you two this: are there others you can turn to? That you could trust to...?"
"Have such total sway over all our programming?" Nabiki's eyebrow arches, then she sighs. "No, Ranma-kun, not in this town, especially where it concerns me. I..." she closes her eyes. "I've done some really awful things to you since you came into our lives, Ranma-chan. I can't BEGIN to say how sorry I am now because of all that. I..." she gazes on her. "Please. I want to make it up to you. And I know THIS is the best way to do just that."
Ranma returns her look, then leans over the table. Seeing what she has in mind, Nabiki reciprocates. As they warmly kiss, Akane and Kasumi exchange a delighted smile, the former reaching over to gently squeeze Ranma's hand to show her support and approval. Ranma and Nabiki then part, the latter giving the former a questioning look. The former nods. "I'd be honoured."
Nabiki takes that in, then her jaw drops. "Ranma..."
A shrug twitches the redhead's shoulder. "Yeah, I've been mad at you at times 'cause of the pictures and all that, but..." she glaces around the building encompassing them, "...it sure don't take a rocket scientist long to figure out that all the money you make is used to keep this over our heads." A contemplative look crosses her face. "We'll talk about it later, okay?"
"Okay," Nabiki nods.
"So what about you, Kasumi?" Ranma gazes on the android matriarch of the Tendou family. "How come you want to be with me? What about...?"
"Toofuu-kun doesn't live here anymore, Ranma-kun," Kasumi notes.
"But still..."
"I know," Kasumi waves her down, then sighs. "I never really took the opportunity to notice it before I became an android, but I now realize that he was very infatuated with me. And there would lie a potential danger to not just you, Ranma-kun, but everyone else. You know how badly Toofuu-kun reacted whenever I was close to him. Could you just imagine what might happen if I was made to obey his commands when he is in that state?"
Ranma winces, remembering the painful times Toofuu Ono had subjected her to whenever Kasumi was close to the chiropractor. "Right..."
"And there's another thing you should concern yourself with."
"What's that?"
"Your father."
"Oyaji?! What about...?" Ranma's voice trails off, then a brief image flashes in her mind as Kasumi's point hits home. "Oh, shit!"
"You got it, Sherlock," Nabiki nods.
"Fortunately, neither Father or Uncle know the truth about what's happened to us," Kasumi cuts in. "Master Happousai DOES know, by the way. And, much that this might surprise you, Ranma-kun, but he doesn't want to see us hurt anymore. To him, what happened to us..." she shakes her head.
Ranma gazes at her, then nods. Despite his lecherous ways and a petty streak the size of all of Japan, Happousai did possess something of a sense of honour. Further, there was the survival factor: the grandmaster of Musabetsu Kakutou-ryuu was heavily dependent on absorbing chi energy from women. "Can he still absorb energy from you even if you're all androids?" she asks.
"Yes, he can, but not as much as he could were we still organic," Kasumi sighs. "On the plus side, all he has to do is ask any of us if he could touch us and we'll be quite ready to do it. We ARE programmed to ensure the survival and good health of those organics around us."
"And I take it you wouldn't want him to...?" Ranma's eyebrow arches.
"DEFINITELY NOT!!!!" the Tendou sisters chant as one.
Ranma winces. "Gotcha!" she chuckles, then leans over.
She and Kasumi share a warm kiss. As they part, Ranma takes a deep breath, then stares at Akane. "Your room or mine, Akane-chan?"
"Mine, please," Akane smiles.
"Hai, hai, Ojou-sama," Ranma rises, then kneels to lift Akane into her arms. Before she moves to carry the youngest Tendou upstairs, she gazes on Akane's sisters. "How soon would you want me to...?"
"Well, if you're in the mood for it, today," Kasumi smiles. "We can keep it simple if you want so as to not tire you out, Ranma-kun."
"Yeah, the sooner the better," Nabiki nods, winking. "Have fun!"
Ranma and Akane blush...
(Posted Sat, 11 Jan 2003 09:49)
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