But seeing as she wasn't clear on what the deal was, she made her decision based on her programming.
Since she was in a room full of martial artists, and Kasumi was definately not a fighter, then the only choice was to position herself accordingly. Which didn't help her understanding any.
"Listen, I'm sure that I can explain everything!" declared Nabiki.
"That's good," commented Ranma, "'Cause I'm kinda lost here."
"Those pictures had nothing to do with getting him interested in Akane. I swear it!"
"Pictures? Kinda like the ones that you sold of my girl-side?"
"Well yeah, but..."
"Or the napkins and other stuff?"
"Those were for business reasons only!"
"Napkins with my picture on 'em were only for business?"
"Yes. And they sold really well too."
"But isn't that pornography?" asked Genma.
"What?!"
"You are selling pictures of naked girls, aren't you?"
"Don't worry," put in Hotaru, "I'm sure that you are still a nice girl, even if you've chosen a nasty profession."
"But I didn't! That was only an opportunity and Kuno took it!" blurted the middle Tendo.
"You're always talkin' ta him, and offerin' him stuff," observed Ranma.
"That's because he's a special case!"
Soun frowned. "Daughter, is there something that we should talk about?"
"What do you mean?"
"Exactly how is this Kuno boy special?"
"What?! Him?!"
"Well, you seem to have a particular relationship with him..."
"Because he's a patsy! A fool! I'd rather go out with... RANMA then him!"
"You wanna... go out with me?" asked a puzzled pigtailed boy, remembering a time when Nabiki had tricked her way into being his fiancee.
"Oh my," went Kasumi, "Do you like both boys and girls then?"
Which set off another case of bawling from Akane, and a confused look from Ranma.
"ARGH!" growled Nabiki.
A certain little black pig trotted up to find out what all the commotion was. When he got there (after trips to the dojo and Bozeman, Montana), he saw Akane getting (sort of) comforted by Ranma, among a whole lot of people around Kasumi's door.
"Okay everyone listen very closely," inisisted Nabiki, "I have an explination for all this."
"Tell us then..," complained Ranma.
"I'm getting to it. The pictures I gave Kuno were only a business transaction..."
Sobs came from Akane.
"And he was going to go after her anyway..."
Then came the tears...
"Then he gave me a ready made fan base..."
Which was followed by her shoulders shaking.
"How could my own sister do this to me?!"
P-chan took one look at what was going on and realized that whatever was going on, it was making Akane cry. That meant that Ranma had something to do with it. But he was the one that she had turned to for comfort, and she wouldn't have done it if he was the one who had hurt her. (Though the little piglet thought that it should have been him that she turned to.) However, her words started the cogs working in his head.
"It was just business Akane," protested the mercenary Tendo, "It didn't mean anything to me."
'She hurt Akane?' thought P-chan.
"How could you say that?" sobbed the youngest Tendo.
'She did! She did!'
And while they all stood there,:
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