It was at that point that Cologne fell off her staff.
The Joketsuzoku had amassed quite a bit of lore from all over the world in their 3000 years of existence. Included in that lore was quite a bit on celestial beings and while Kasumi gave off an aura that most would assume was of an angel, Rei’s aura was the actual item. Cologne hadn’t been positive that Rei was an angel because the descriptions given varied quite a bit and had settles for warning Shampoo off attacking the girl directly until she could figure out if that was what she was.
Angels were usually backed by a Kami of significant power and going against one would be suicide. Even if you won… you lost.
Cologne had three hundred years under her belt and had read most, if not all, of the writings the tribe had collected. You tend to have a lot of time to read after the first hundred years of life. She had found a lot of similarities in the descriptions they had of certain demons as they did of certain angels they had run across. In two of the cases, spread 1200 years apart, the being was obviously the same one, despite the fact that in the one case it was described as an angel and in the other as a demon.
To anyone of intelligence, as far as she was concerned, the answer was obvious. Angels were not by their nature what humans would consider good. They were messengers of the Kami and would do what they were ordered to do regardless of who stood in their way. Angel’s would do whatever was required, good or evil, to accomplish their goals and Rei’s goal was apparently the claiming of one Ranma Satome.
However Rei was at least partially human. The weakness of her aura and her obvious human goals made that clear. Since Rei was willing to share, Shampoo would get what she wanted after all. So instead of Shampoo losing her honor by failing to claim her husband, which had seemed the ways things were heading, it looked like she would get to add some celestial blood into the tribe, which wasn’t a small feat by itself. ‘This may work out quite well.’
Cologne smiled to herself as she climbed back onto her staff and pogo’ed over to where Rei was quizzing a surprised and confused Shampoo on the best way to get Ranma into a threesome.
“Several of the magazines I have read stated that no man could resist two women. With your help I expect to be able to minimize Ranma’s resistance and perfect the techniques necessary for a happy marriage. The steps needed to reach that point however have eluded me thus far. Ranma is wary of affection and women in general. How would you approach this situation?”
*Blink*
“Child, you may want to give your Wife some time to recover from her defeat and marriage before asking her for complex battle plans.”
Rei paused and examined Shampoo, taking in the way her hair was toinged out and the pole axed expression on her face, she had no choice but to agree with the elder's assessment.
“Agreed. We will discuss it after class.” Rei grabbed Ranma’s hand. ”Come along Ranma. We do not wish to be late.”
As Rei led an unresisting Ranma towards school Cologne began to chuckle.
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