"Saotome-kun!" Soun replied. Both men stood and stared into the middle distance.
"Your daughter has sought my son's heart even before the engagement was upon them!"
"Your son traveled from the Chinese wilderness just to court my darling!"
"Such dutiful children!"
"They must be rewarded!"
"The schools will be joined!"
"It's Soun's!"
"And Genma's!"
"Operation Wedding Bells!" the men chorused.
"Ranma!" Genma cried, turning to his son.
"Nabiki!" Soun cried, turning to his second daughter at the same moment.
The two men blinked at the empty air around them and searched the now empty room in confusion.
"Forcing you two to marry," Akane added with a shake of her head.
"You really are too young," Kasumi agreed.
Nabiki only hummed, thinking how long it would take for their situation to advance to where she could 'properly' screw Ranma-kun's brains out without resorting to a dream party.
The quartet had retreated to Nabiki's room while their fathers performed their idiocy. "So," Akane asked, looking between Ranma and Nabiki. "I take it between your studies you've learned what kind of spirit 'Ranko' is." Akane's frown deepened as Kasumi's expression made it clear she was the only one who didn't know. "Or maybe I should join our fathers?" she asked bitterly.
Kasumi put a hand on Akane. "Akane, dear, it's kind of shocking. Just remember, Ranma hasn't forced anyone to do anything."
Nabiki grinned wryly, though her expression was tainted by the explosion she saw in the near future. "In fact, I had to force her...him...whatever into doing what she needed to feed."
Akane's expression fell flat. "You never did answer that question. I'm not going to like what 'Ranko' feeds on, am I?"
"At your age you should," Nabiki muttered under her breath.
"Not a chance," Ranma said more loudly. "They tell me I'm a succubus."
Akane blinked. "A what?"
Nabiki winced. "Nature spirit, European descent. Specifically, a sex spirit."
There was silence. And stillness.
Akane twitched once.
Nabiki sighed. This was going to be a bad one.
Ranma thought it went well. True, the cup on his chin would hurt for a day and Akane would be paying for the CD for the better part of a month, but it didn't look like anyone would have new scars to talk about. He doubted he'd be teaching Akane anything for another week or two, though.
They were back around the table with the fathers looking rather stern. "What happened?" Soun asked.
"Akane wondered what kinda spirit I turn inta," Ranma answered. "She didn't like the answer."
"You let a girl beat you like this!?" Genma raged, gesturing to the superficial wounds Ranma had suffered like he was in a full body cast. "We will have to start your training over from the beginning!"
Ranma was going to deck his beloved father when an evil thought occurred. It was a deviousness worthy of Nerima's own dreaded Ice Queen. "Don't you want to know what kind of spirit I turn into, father?" he asked with enough sarcastic politeness to stun a yak.
Genma was far more oblivious than any dumb beast of burden and waved off the question. "A martial arts spirit, obviously. Your powers are clearly a crutch to bring your skill up to mine." He laughed inanely at the convoluted insult.
Nabiki looked at Ranma in confusion. She sensed his malicious joy clearly, but had no idea where he was going with it. "A succubus," he said calmly. "A female spirit considered the height of feminine desirability and passion."
Nabiki nearly faceplanted. The contract! That stupid seppuku contract! she realized. "Right," she said, finding her voice. "A female creature practically designed to lure men and let herself be ravished by them."
Kasumi and Akane looked at eachother in utter confusion and stayed out of it.
Genma was pale. The boy turned into a female spirit, but Nodoka couldn't see that, and he could argue that it wasn't like Ranma was a real girl. But this type of spirit...if Nodoka caught a whiff of Ranma being this unmanly that would be the end of them both!
Ranma was trying his best not to burst out laughing at Genma's expression. Beside him, Nabiki was thanking the various kami for her Ice Queen facade and accidentally tipped a glass of water onto Ranma to keep him from giving the game away.
Ranma was happy for the reprieve and let her amusement fill her expression. "Nabiki," she chided, keeping her voice soft and sultry as she could. Genma fainted at the tone.
"Sorry, Ranma." Nabiki reached over and drew the nude redhead into her lap. "Better?"
Soun stared at his daughter cuddling a sex spirit he couldn't see and joined Genma with a crash.
"Oh my," Kasumi said. "I do hope this fainting isn't a symptom of something."
The three younger teens gave her a bemused look.
"What?"
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