[Episode 28719] [Episode 28719]Nabiki led the compliant and still somewhat dazed Ranma downstairs by the hand. She mused to herself that Ranma could get clobbered by Ryouga and recover in seconds, but she had put him in daze for nearly half an hour now by convincing him to accept her marriage proposal. Nabiki only paused long enough to knock on her father’s door and summon him through the door to come downstairs immediately.
There was a precisely punctual knock on the front door just before the pair reached it. When Nabiki answered it, the minister she'd called and given a final briefing about half an hour ago was there. The minister had been retained, prepared and on-call for some months.
"Are you Ranma Saotome?", he asked the somewhat dazed buxom redhead in ill-fitting clothes.
"Hai.", the redhead agreed, visibly returning to the world around her.
"And you are Nabiki Tendo?" he asked the sexy 'goddess' wearing only a skimpy turquoise lingerie combination.
"Hai.", Nabiki admitted, with a bit of a cute blush.
The minister then popped open the thermos he'd been carrying and splashed the redhead, who was promptly male and wearing better fitting, albeit damp, clothes.
Perhaps an hour at most ago, Akane, Kasumi, Nodoka, Shampoo, Genma, and Sasuke had mysteriously found themselves in voluptuous female bodies that could wear at most scanty clothing. None of them knew why yet, but it was due to Happosai's wish. They had heard Ranma and the goddess who had just affirmed that she was Nabiki summon Soun (who was still his male self). Then the pair had come downstairs and opened the door for the gaijin in unfamiliar robes. They were all curious exactly what was going on. Each of them had taken an observation post in the entry hall behind the pair.
They were then presented with a verbal gale. It wasn't in Japanese, but none of the observers could conclude anything more. In fact, the minister was reciting a marriage ceremony in carefully practiced, precise English at about five times faster than English is normally spoken. (Some years ago, there was an overnight delivery service that aired commercials with this kind of language.)
The minister paused and gave a meaningful look. Nabiki nudged Ranma, "Say it!", she stage-whispered.
"Yes, I do.", Ranma got out.
In turn, after another verbal storm, Nabiki responded to a pause accompanying a meaningful look from the robed visitor with, "Yes, I do." Several of the observers standing behind the pair had just developed suspicions about what was going on when the restarted verbal hurricane reached a climax, and the robed gentleman again paused with a meaningful look at the pair in front of him.
Nabiki responded quickly with a smooch to Ranma's lips. The stimulation caused Nabiki an involuntary gasp and shudder, and she immediately forced herself to pull back again with a giddy, jittery reluctance. She would loose herself with her new husband in a very few more minutes, but not just yet. The letter of the ceremony had been completed, but it was important that it be repeated so that everyone could understand. Besides, she'd promised that to the minister in order to get him to agree to this crazy scheme in the first place. Waiting was harder than ever.
The minister continued, now in ordinary Japanese. He raised his voice demanding the attention of everyone watching. "Nabiki and Ranma are now married. It's a done deal. Interfering now won't accomplish anything. But I ask your respectful attention just a few more moments, as I repeat the ceremony in Japanese to fully impress its meaning on you." The ceremony was then repeated in sedate Japanese.
(Posted Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:52)
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