[Episode 236357] [Episode 236357]Ranma had been practicing katas in the Dojo for almost an hour, and was debating whether to call it quits for the evening or to go outside where he could practice his aerial maneuvers and flashier moves, when Akane barged in.
"There you are!" Akane said in an accusatory voice. Ranma couldn't help but stop his kata and stare at her - her hair was a tangled mess, her school uniform was torn and dirty, and several bruises seemed to be forming on her arms, legs, and face.
"What are you looking at?!" Akane demanded.
If one looked closely and knew the signs, one might have seen a trace of concern on Ranma's face. "Ya look like a rat that a c-cat played with but decided not to eat. Don't ya think ya should let Kasumi or maybe Dr. Tofu have a look at ya?"
Akane scowled. "It was bad enough when you said I was uncute - now I look like a rat?! And I'll have you know I'm feeling perfectly fine!"
"Oh, okay. That's good," Ranma said in an almost off-hand manner. He started back into his kata, where he'd left off.
"Hey, stop that! I wasn't done talking to you!"
Ranma stopped his kata again, and asked, "So, what do ya want?"
Akane put her hands on her hips. "I want an explanation. What were you thinking leaving me to fight Shampo, Ukyou, and Kodachi alone?!"
"What, did they gang up on ya?" Ranma asked, once more with a trace of concern that Akane completely missed.
"What? No! But that's not the point!"
Ranma shrugged. "Oh, it was a fair fight then. So what's the problem? Besides, I thought ya didn't like it when I butted into your fights."
"It shouldn't have been my fight, it should have been yours!"
Ranma scratched his head. "Huh? What are ya talking about?"
Akane said not-so-patiently, "They were fighting each other over you, and fighting me because despite how many times I've said I'm not interested in you they still think I want you. If you'd just stop stringing them along, they wouldn't have any reason to fight. It's your fault we were fighting, thus it was your fight!"
Ranma blinked. He was sure there was a problem with Akane's reasoning, but he couldn't put it into words. Instead, he said, "Hey, I've told them before plenty of times I'm not interested. Well, at least I've told Kodachi a bunch of times, and Shampoo once or twice back when she first met my guy side... Anyway, it never did any good."
Akane grit her teeth. "Kodachi is insane, and the times you tried to get rid of Shampoo were before she knew more than a few words of Japanese! It might work better if you broke the bad news to a fiancee who is actually capable of understanding you!"
"I didn't know I had any fiancees like that. Come to think of it, I've told ya plenty of times I'm not interested in ya, and ya still keep fighting over me."
Akane's eyebrow twitched.
Nabiki rolled her eyes as she heard the sounds of violence coming from Dojo, and went back to sorting through the items Mihoshi had deposited in her room during the granting of the wish. She had divided them into three piles - S&M related gear, more "conventional" sex-related items, and objects she wasn't entirely sure of the purpose of.
The first pile was by far the largest. It contained a dozen long lengths of rope (Nabiki didn't know much about ropes but she could tell that six of the ropes were made of soft fibers, while the other six were made of a less soft but smoother material), several chains of varying length and thickness, two ball gags (one with a perforated white golf-ball sized ball, and the other with a soft red rubber ball almost two-inches in diameter), some clips and clamps, a paddle, a whip, eight locks, and a key-chain with two keys. The keys both worked for all the locks; presumably they all were the same to keep things simple, and the second key was a spare.
The second pile contained three new dildos (one small enough that she suspected it was for anal play, one strap-on, and one so long and thick she wasn't sure she could fit it inside her), two new vibrators (one of them with a strange two-shafted shape), three bottles of scented massage oil (each with a different scent), a bottle of lubricant, a foot-long purple feather (Nabiki had no idea what sort of bird it could have came from), a package of male condoms (on the larger side), and a bottle of birth-control pills along with instructions on taking them. Nabiki suspected the condoms were in Ranma's size; while they were probably in her room for convenience's sake (in case Ranma wanted to have sex with her in her room) she reflected that it was also a safer hiding place than in the room Ranma shared with his father.
The third pile only had a handful of objects, among them several balls on a string (she had seen something like it at the store she'd gotten her own dildo and vibrator from, but had never asked what it was or how you used it), a ring a little over an inch-and-a-half wide with a set of attached straps similar to that of the ball-gags, an inch-tall jade figurine of a woman in a harem-girl outfit, and a coin with the image of a penis on one side and a naked butt on the other. She suspected that the ring was supposed to be used like a gag, and that the figurine and coin were just novelty items, but she couldn't be sure (particularly since given their origin, they might be magical).
Her manacles did not respond to either key, or to any of the mystery objects.
She idly stroked her crotch through her shorts and panties, and her breasts through her her shirt and bra as she considered the haul. The dildos and vibrators looked to be quite good quality - probably quite expensive if they weren't created out of thin air by magic. She was happy to have them, and fully intended to make use of a few of them tonight before bed. If she could learn to master her new sex-drive, and could get these manacles off somehow, the acquisition of these dildos and vibrators would more than make up for the indignities she'd suffered today.
The oils and lubricant might be useful once she convinced a guy to have sex with her (there was no doubt in her mind it was only a matter of time, now), and she definitely intended to start using the pills - being a teenage single mother was not in her plans by a long shot. Having her partner use a condom would also be a good idea, but she doubted she'd find many guys the size of these condoms.
The ropes, chains, and locks (as well as the eye bolts she had noticed attached to the floor, ceiling, and walls) were intriguing but unlikely to ever see their intended use. She wasn't interested in self bondage, and she couldn't think of any guy she knew she would trust to tie her up except Ranma - and as she had to keep reminding herself, he was off limits. Similarly, she didn't expect to make much use of the gags, clips, paddle, or whip (although she was tempted to try out the gags just to see what they felt like and if she could even fit the larger one in her mouth).
Oh well, she could at least use the ropes, chains, and locks for more mundane purposes. For instance, Kasumi was in need of a new clothes-line.
And as for the mystery objects, she'd have to figure out what they were before she could decide if they were of any use to her.
She was broken out of her thoughts when she heard Kasumi call out, "Dinner is ready!" Nabiki frowned to realize at some point she had undone her shorts and was now rubbing her clit through her panties. Quickly she redid her shorts, and began putting her new acquisitions away. If Akane hadn't knocked Ranma out or punted him half-way across town, he ought to be showing up soon to help her get these manacles off through brute force.
Sure enough, before she'd finished putting things away, there was a knock on her door. "Who is it?"
"It's me. You still want help with those... things?"
Nabiki smirked. She wasn't sure if he really couldn't think of what to call her manacles, or if he just didn't want to let the rest of the house know about them, but either way it served the latter purpose well. "Yes, I do. Please come in."
Ranma slid the door open, stepped inside, and closed the door behind him. He noticed the open boxes on the floor and glanced at their contents. She'd already put away everything but the ropes, chains, locks, and keys at this point - she had figured that if someone else had came in, these would be easiest to explain. Now that Ranma was here, though, she almost wished she'd left out some of the other things, just to see his reaction.
"What are those for?" Ranma wondered, looking at the ropes and chains.
"So I can't resist or run away while you have your wicked way with me," she said in a seductive tone.
"Huh?"
Nabiki rolled her eyes and said in a more conversational voice, "Mihoshi left them. She apparently thought you might want to tie me up at some point."
Ranma scratched his head. "Well, I suppose that would be one way to keep you out of trouble." His tone and expression suggested he had missed the fact that this equipment was meant for sexual bondage, but considering his ability to hide his arousal (when not wearing tight pants) Nabiki wasn't sure whether or not he was really that naive.
Dryly, Nabiki replied, "There is that. Now, about these manacles?"
"Oh, right!" Ranma stepped over to Nabiki and took her right wrist in his hands, examining the manacle once more as he planned his attack. Nodding, he dug in his fingers and thumb as far as they would fit between the manacle and her arm. He repeated this on the other side of her wrist with his other hand, then began to pull his hands apart with all his might.
This went on for several minutes, and by the end Ranma's face was red with the strain. However, the manacle had not even bent at all.
Ranma let go and stepped away, panting. "Sorry, it's too strong. Maybe Ryoga could do it, but otherwise I think you're stuck with them..."
Nabiki frowned. "Couldn't you, I don't know, punch it or something?"
Ranma raised an eyebrow. "Ya want me ta pound it into your wrist?"
"Oh, right. Bad idea."
Nabiki thought for a moment. "I guess my next step will be to find a metal smith that won't ask questions. Maybe there's a way to cut them off. But that won't help me tonight." Nabiki sighed and shook her head. "I'm really not looking forward to explaining these manacles to the rest of the family..."
Ranma was surprised Nabiki was being so open with him. He wondered if it was just another side-effect of their being allies for the moment, or if it had something to do with the wish. Putting aside that question for the moment, he instead asked, "So, what are you going to do?"
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