[Episode 28752] [Episode 28752]While Ranma had found and donned a bathrobe in preparation for their bath, Nabiki had fished the lamp out of her safe and held it in front of her. Ranma looked on as she announced with careful wording but without delay, "I wish that I was back in my original body and that none of the constraints of this body followed me."
Switching bodies the first time had been disorienting. Somehow this was worse. Nabiki came close to falling over forwards. Her balance, stance and posture weren't right somehow. She looked down at herself, and was greeted by a sight that was both familiar and alien. Somehow, it seemed she was looking at someone else's body. At the same time, however, she recognized that it was her body alright, but it was swollen in pregnancy. Her belly looked huge.
Rattled, she looked back up and saw her new husband's surprise and concern. He in turn reacted to her expression, pausing in uncertainty and some distress for a second as he searched for a course of action. Uncertainty was then dispelled from his face as he over-carefully but whole-heartedly took her into his arms, gently rubbing her back and murmuring an attempt at comforting words.
Ranma was hardly silver-tongued and he made at least one poor choice in his attempt at comforting words. But his comforting hug and acceptance had been enough to restore some fraction of Nabiki's mental balance. After what an objective observer would have called just shy of two minutes, Nabiki gently broke the hug, murmuring her thanks.
Seeking a mirror, Nabiki hesitantly took a step and a half with some care, the movement feeling very odd. This might have been her real body, but it felt very different now. Ranma hovered in her wake, overprotective instincts engaged. Nabiki turned and gazed at the mirror on her bedroom door. Her belly looked just as large from that angle as from above. A renewed feeling of disassociation as if she was looking at someone else surfaced. At the same time, she judged that she might be around seven months pregnant.
For the first time, it registered on her that Happosai had dressed her in another skimpy lingerie combination. 'The pervert.', she thought, 'As if seven months pregnant could be sexy.'
The tears suddenly streamed in a torrent as she buried her face and body into her new husband's warm and accepting embrace. This time, he didn't try to say anything, uncertainly relying on his actions to convey his desire to comfort his new wife.
It took longer for Nabiki to pull herself back together this time, and Ranma was growing increasingly concerned that he was doing something wrong. But Nabiki's sobs finally eased, and she murmured her appreciation for him as she slowly withdrew from his comforting embrace.
Nabiki repeated her thanks as she donned her short bathrobe. She didn't pay attention, but she might not have bothered. It really didn't fit. She had taken Ranma's hand and was about to open the door and lead the way to the bathroom, when she remembered the lamp. She didn't dare leave it unsecured. It wouldn't hurt to summon Happosai for some answers either. With an apology, she released Ranma's hand and bent over to recover the lamp. It was another revelation. Walking felt different alright, but leaning over to pick something up was a whole new world.
Ranma had reacted with expert martial-artist speed to Nabiki's loss of balance and caught her before she injured herself. Nabiki expressed her thanks with a full kiss.
As she kissed Ranma, the thought passed through her mind that if she'd done this some minutes before, she'd have found herself following all the way through and taking him to the mat. She almost longed for the return of that body. This kiss was indeed stirring and felt very nice. The kiss spawned nowhere near the same dizzying physical response and compulsion it would have before. But now she felt as if she looked very unsexy and misshapen. Ranma wouldn't still want to do that with her when she was in this body, she felt sure.
As the kiss ended, Nabiki smiled at Ranma and moved to pick up the lamp. Ranma tried to do if for her instead. But Nabiki insisted on picking up the lamp herself. It had become a matter of pride. She was cautious though. With some adjustments in technique, she made it this time.
Nabiki rubbed the lamp, summoning Happosai who was in the sexy body she'd worn minutes ago. She wasn't quite to the point of wishing that constricting body back, but seeing it did raise a considerable longing to have an attractive figure once again.
Nabiki shortly extracted the story. While it was about what she had guessed, it somehow felt better to hear what had happened. After Happosai's first few weeks in the land of the Djinn wearing the sexy, completely submissive body Nabiki had crafted for her, sex as a female was hardly an unfamiliar experience. When Happosai had returned in Nabiki's body, after being on her own for some time she had become bored. Eventually, even though some of the Djinn had taken advantage of her earlier, she'd become bored enough to look for entertainment among the Djinn. And gotten pregnant. Happosai had been a little worried she was going to have to give birth, but Nabiki had saved her from that little problem.
Happosai had to tease Nabiki with the fact that while sex in Nabiki's body was enjoyable enough, it was nowhere near as pleasurable as in Happosai's current body.
Nabiki responded with the only partially satisfying comeback that at least she could say 'no', and then dismissed the genie in annoyance.
Nabiki secured the lamp, and forcefully grabbed Ranma's hand, leading the way to the furo so they could get cleaned up. She felt dirty all of a sudden.
Ranma was able to cheer her up a bit as they cleaned each other. They talked and horsed around. She took more entertainment than ever in changing his sex at her whim. He humored her and went along with her game. It didn't hurt him, not really, and if it cheered her up, it was well worth it. Eventually, her spirits improved enough that she was able to ask him the question that was really bothering her.
"Ranma, even though I'm pregnant, do you still think I'm sexy?", she finally asked.
Ranma unhesitatingly answered, "Yes, Nabiki. I think you're sexy. Being pregnant doesn't make you any less sexy. I love you and I'm glad I married you."
And he meant it. Nabiki could easily tell if he was holding anything back. He wasn't any good at disguising the truth.
"Then prove it, Ranma.", she challenged, instinctively needing more confirmation than just words. "Prove it to me."
******
They were late setting off to meet those gathered downstairs. Nabiki wore a long, loose sleep t-shirt over Happosai's last parting gifts. She had discovered that they were the only things she owned that would fit decently. She wasn't far from outgrowing the shirt as well. When they arrived downstairs, Nabiki felt somewhat overdressed, but was hardly about to pull her shirt off.
Nabiki's appearance, so familiar and yet so different, distracted everyone from the reason they had gathered.
Things worked out anyway. The whole story came out. The story was really so unbelievable, Nabiki was glad for Ranma's support and affirmation.
Everyone insisted Nabiki bring the lamp down so they could see it. Initially, Nabiki refused to bring the lamp out until plans were made about what each person would wish for. Eventually, Nabiki gave up on that. At least some important things to use the lamp on had been discussed. Against her better judgement, Nabiki finally brought the lamp out.
(Posted Sun, 16 Feb 2003 06:59)
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