Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ The Blue Thunder and the Mercenary Girl ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )
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By: V. Zhao 
Basically chaps 1,2, &3 of the Wo De Ai Ren. All the Nabiki parts.
Anime/Manga: Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Hentai / Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 08.31.2001 | Pages: 2 | Words: 3.3K | Visits: 1.0K | Status: Completed
Basically chaps 1,2, &3 of the Wo De Ai Ren. All the Nabiki parts.
Anime/Manga: Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Hentai / Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 08.31.2001 | Pages: 2 | Words: 3.3K | Visits: 1.0K | Status: Completed
The Blue Thunder and the Mercenary Girl
A Ranma 1/2 Fanfic
by V. Zhao
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Author 's Notes: This story is a spinoff from my other story, Wo De Ai Ren. The first chapter is all the Nabiki parts from the previous story. The next few chapters may be different from this one. I may do third person or first person from Kuno's view also. This story is very OOC, so if you don't have an open mind, then I suggest you don't read. It's very obvious that this is a Nabiki/Kuno fic so I also suggest that you support this couple if you want to read.
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Chapt er 1:
My little sister was getting married. Married? I couldn't help feeling a slight twinge of bitterness. She had found love even if it was in a completely incapable idiot. I, on the other hand, would have found a man who had lots and lots of cash. This was her day though so I wasn't going to worry about money. Money can take a day off. Today, I was going to get drunk.
I watched as Mousse walked in holding a red dress and Shampoo in his arms. She have must be pretty upset since we broke the news to her. I smirked as Mousse opened the door to the furo a crack and threw the cat in with the dress. It was tempting to sell him access to a naked Shampoo but I remember my deal with Akane that wouldn't ruin her wedding. Just then, someone walking in through the door caught my eye. Of course. It had to be Ukyou who along with her dragged Konatsu and what looked like an empty bottle of sake.
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Well, at least I can say Oto-chan and Genma were happy to watch them finally get married. They were about as happy as they could get in the presence of Nodoka who was sitting and smiling while keeping a firm eye on her husband. I was responsible for seeing to that there was no funny business going on. Already that night, I had taken the bridal sake from Ukyou and a cleaver from Shampoo who was threatening to slit her wrists. The bottle I had to fight for but the cleaver was easy since Mousse had conveniently knocked Shampoo over when he meant to pluck the cleaver out of her hand. That I don't know how he could do.
After the ceremony was performed, I waltzed into the kitchen and retrieved a dazed Kuno who refused to believe that Akane was getting married and the reason he didn't see the pigtailed girl was because she was making dinner. I was surprised when I walked in and saw wok come in contact with his head and Kasumi on the other end. It was quite enjoyable a scene until she ordered me to take him out blubbering, "Akane cannot get married to that devil, Saotome. She loves me and only me. She loves me... Pigtailed girl! Where are you pigtailed girl? Come find your Kuno!" That was rather disturbing to half the guests (the other half was busy getting drunk) so I took him into a guestroom.
"Look, Kuno-chan. You just ruined my night of drinking and getting drunk. I'm stuck here babysitting you. Are you listening to m- Are you drunk?" He shook his head frantically and then nodded sheepishly with a goofy grin plastered across his face. "Oh great. Everyone gets to have fun except Nabiki." I was feeling slightly tiffed by now since I really could no longer stand this supportive crap. When would it be my turn to get a little attention around here? The cash I make is great, but hey, I'm a person, too. At least she should be able to relax with a drink. That was when the thought came to me. All eyes on me now. "Kuno-chan," I drawled. "Would you like to play a little drinking game?"
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"Ahh h...Kuno-chan. Why do you keep losing?" I giggled as he removed his pants revealing red polka dotted shorts. "Tsk tsk. I can't believe a girl can drink more than you. what kind of man are you?"
"Nabiki-san, please, no more. I can no longer uphold my honor if I keep losing." He set his cup on the floor and fell on the bed.
"That's what I'm hoping for, baby. Come on, take it off." It was easy to coax him since he was so damn drunk. I climbed on the bed and positioned myself over him. "Aww. Come on. Get up. Another drink. How about I do you a favor?" I took off my shirt and allowed him to stare a few moments at my breasts. When his boxers bulged, I smiled with satisfaction. "Would you like me to do you more favors?" He nodded dumbfoundedly. I took his hands and led them to the clasp on my bra. "Now, unhook," I instructed him.
"Ohhh... Nabiki-san..." He buried his face in my bare breasts and I shivered with pleasure. I reached over for his pants and took out his wallet. There were at least a hundred bills in there so I emptied the wallet over the sheets. "What are you doing?" His voice was muffled from my chest.
"Money turns me on." I smiled seductively and led his hands to my hips that were aching to be rubbed and carressed. "Now," I was whispering into his ear. "Now, you can take off my skirt if you take off your shorts." He eagerly squirmed out of his shorts and pulled my skirt off. I saw his mouth water when he realized I wasn't wearing underwear. Skillfully, I manuvered my hips over his head and waited for him to please me. I shivered again with pleasure and sighed when his tongue slid in pleasantly. "Mmmmm." I pulled him in deeper and deeper until I was nearly sitting on him. And then I snapped and pleasure filled my whole body as I grew still for a minute.
I crawled down to face him and grinned while he panted. "Now, Kuno-chan, I'll make you happy." Wrapping my hands around his whole seven inches, I squeezed it and felt it pulse in my hands. I let him probe in my secret spot before he found the right place and entered with a grunt. He moved against me and pulled me closer to him until I could feel his hot breath on my face. Above me, I could hear Akane scream with pleasure, "RANMA! OH RANMA! YES! YES! OH YES!", on the second floor. For some reason, I started crying there with Kuno inside me still working hard at his mission. I had given up a while ago.
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It occurred to me that day that I will never know love like my sisters do. I will never have pure innocent love like Kasumi or deep sincere love like Akane. I will have the dramatic shallow love that will only lead to self-destruction. Why? Well, I figured because I was too flightly and I never had any real pure or sincere feelings that were clean in my heart and pulsing through my veins. Instead, I throw myself at men hoping they will make me feel special for once in my life. There is a certain emptiness in sexuality and physical love. I lacked the deep warmth inside that would tell me that he was the one.
I suppose you could say what I feel for Kuno-chan is as close to love as I could get. He made me feel superior in a sense that he was quite a pompous idiot. I would go to such a guy for an ego boost or to make me feel better when I would be down. I guess you could say I felt for him because I felt that I owed him something for services. The idea of all that money also pretty much appealed to me. He made me want to pat myself on the back for ending up not like him.
However, I knew he was obsessed over Akane and the pigtailed girl. He would never return any meager portion of affection I had for him. Why bother spending so much energy on love when you will get none in return? Truthfully speaking, I couldn't help letting my heart strings twig a little whenever I thought of how he loves someone else. I knew how I would hide it forever in the deepest part of my soul until I could bury it forever under piles and piles of personal successes.
Although I promised myself I would never let any of them know, I wasn't surprised when I found myself at the steps of the Kuno Estate. I stood there for a few minutes as the morning fizzled away into noon thinking of how I would approach Kuno-chan. That was when I abondoned all my promises to myself. I could not stop myself from knocking on door. Luckily, it was not Kodachi who answered the door but Sasuke who asked politely, "Who are you looking for, miss?"
"I'm Tendo Nabiki here to see Tatewaki-san."
"Oh of course. I'll let him know you're here." He hurried off and returned a few minutes later ushering me into the Kuno estate. We walked down a hall and found Kuno practicing Kendo with his bokken. He smirked when he saw me there simply without any business proposal. He knew I wasn't there to make money as usual.
"Kuno-chan," I said casually as a way of greeting.
"Nabiki," he simply said before sending Sasuke away. I could see an arrogant speech was coming. "I see you have come back to the arms of Kuno Tatewaki. One night was not satisfactory, ne? Of course not. No woman should be able to resist the maginificent Kuno. Hahahahahahaha." His throaty laughter filled the room.
I made myself comfortable leaning against the wall and sighed. Under my calm exterior, my mind was searching frantically for a reason for me to be there and a reason for making him love me. "I'm pregnant!" I spoke the first statement that popped into my mind but immediately regretted that decision. Pregnant? What was I, crazy? How was that even realistic? I wouldn't know that soon anyway.
Fortunately for me, his vanity blinded him so. "The seed of Tatewaki Kuno never fails. I guarentee it will be a son and the heir to Kuno family fortune. I must make plans for the wedding. After all, no acknowledged child of Tatewaki Kuno will be illegitimate." He was laughing hysterically again.
Now, I had gotten myself in quite a pickle. How was I going to get pregnant, tell Oto-chan, and marry that lunatic? Like I said, my love with only lead to self-destruction.
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After my little visit with Kuno, I decided to go see Dr. Tofu and see what he could do about my mess. Maybe he'd have some ideas about how to get me pregnant. When I presented my dilemna to him, he thought for a moment before he answered me. And the answer he gave was the perfect solution. I could not have dreamed up a better one.
The clinic was gratefully calm when I arrived that afternoon. "Dr. Tofu? Hello?"
He came waltzing out with his skeleton, Betty, and humming a tune. I was absolutely positive that Kasumi and visited him earlier. "Hello, Nabiki Tendou. My, your sister is enchanting... " A hazy look spread across his face and his glasses started to fog up again.
"Dr. Tofu?"
"Hmmm?" He glanced in my direction as if he has seen me for the first time. "What can I do for you?"
"Doctor... What would you do if I said I need to get impregnated by Tatewaki Kuno?" I waited patiently for his reply.
To my disappointment, he laughed loudly and jested, "Why don't you ask him to help you out with that one."
I strode up to him and poked his chest with my index finger. "Look, Doc. I'm serious here. Don't you have some medical methods of making that possible?"
He pushed the bridge to his glasses up his nose and thought for a second. "You know... maybe... I do have a deposit of his sperm somewhere around here."
I was almost afraid to ask. Why would Dr. Tofu have Kuno's sperm? "Urrmmm.... Why do have his uhhh... sperm?"
"Oh," He snapped on some rubber gloves casually. "As soon as Kuno hit puberty, the family kept a store of his seeds so in case of an emergency, they would always have an heir to the Kuno estate. Aren't you lucky?" The rubber gloves roved over to a small freezer where they pulled out a steel cylinder. "I can do the procedure right now. Are you ready?"
I gulped when he pulled out a big cylindrical block of ice from the steel tube. "R-ready?" I was stammering. I NEVER stammer. "Uhhhhhh... uh... uh, sure. Sure I'm ready. Are you sure you know how to do this?"
"Gynecology? Oh, it's a snap. Let me just get my book..." He skimmed through the shelves as a agitated look flashed on and off his face. "Hmmm... where is that darn book? Oh well! I'll just have to do it from memory, won't I?" He smiled at me and snapped his gloves again to make sure they were on tight.
The rest of the details, I won't go into. Let's just say, by the time I got home, the pregnancy test read positive and I was on my way to becoming Mrs. Tatewaki Kuno.
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(This is Kasumi's point of view now.)
I was serving breakfast that morning when I heard someone quite sick upstairs. Soon, Nabiki came downstairs dabbing at her mouth with a napkin. Following behind her was Ranma with his arm around Akane's waist looking rather content with his new living arrangement I presume. I was mored concerned for Nabiki since she sounded like she was vomitting up there. "Nabiki", I said gently as I placed a bowl of rice in front of her, "are you feeling all right?"
"I'm glad you asked, Onei-chan." She stood up before the family, Uncle Saotome and all, and said, "Everyone, I have an announcement to make." I was looking at her curiously. What in the world did she mean? "I'm pregnant."
Oto-chan dropped the bowl he was holding. Uncle Saotome grunted a little. Akane gaped open mouthed. Ranma smothered a laugh in his palm. I blinked and smiled at her thinly. "Congradulations, Nabiki. Akane, we're going to be aunts."
Akane snorted. "I can't believe you, Nabiki. You went out and got knocked up?"
Oto-chan snapped the chopsticks in his hands. "WHO WAS IT? WHO DID THIS TO YOU?"
"Oh, relax, Dad. It's not his fault. I did it willingly. He's going to marry me anyway." Nabiki sat down coolly and picked up her chopsticks. "You should be happy, Daddy. I'm going to marry into a very good family."
"AND WHAT FAMILY WOULD THIS HAPPEN TO BE?" He was beginning to twitch.
"The Kuno family. I'm going to marry Tatewaki Kuno."
Ranma spat the mouthful of rice he was chewing. "YOU'RE GONNA DO WHAT?" He started laughing hysterically. I didn't think that was very nice.
"Ranma, please don't speak with your mouth full. Why, Nabiki, isn't this nice? It's so lovely to know that you'll be marrying into a well to do family." I sat at my place and started picking at my own bowl.
"NICE?" Oto-chan boomed. "I'M GOING TO KILL HIM!"
"Dad, if you don't accept these arrangements, then the child will be illegitimate. Do you want that for your grandchild?" Nabiki finished and gently set her chopsticks on her bowl. "You can think about that while I go out for today. Let me know about your consent when I get home."
I tried to catch her eye as she walked out just like the day before, but she was avoiding me. Turning around, I gave my father a comforting pat on his hand. He looked like he was going to have a heart attack. "Dad, I'm sure Nabiki knows what she's doing. Besides, we'll know she'll never have financial problems."
Ranma interrupted with, "Yeah, but I'm sure she'll have plenty of problems keeping the stallion in the barn. Mr. Blue Thunder there couldn't possible be able to commit to one wo-" Akane elbowed him in the ribs. She looked down at the table and commented, "She'll be fine. Kuno isn't a horribly bad choice."
After the family finished their first meal of the day, I set off to return the book to Dr. Tofu.
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Kuno was home like I expected. It was simple really. He had to marry me now that I bore his seed. I could feel the child inside me like a living, fullness that wasn't there before. My motives were still unclear to me. My rash thinking, I knew, would lead me to my downfall. I didn't care. It felt right somehow. I had known Kuno since forever though the thought had never really occurred to me until the day before that I would possibly love him. Love was funny.
I sat casually on a desk in his study for a moment as he sent his servants away. Closing the door silently behind him, he grinned at me wickedly. Before I knew it, my body was pressed up against his, in other words, GLOMP. He was nuzzling my neck and nibbling on my ear with his hands on my hips pulling me even closer. I was starting to melt in his arms when I snapped out of it. "KUNO!" I pushed him away from me hard. I rearranged myself on the desk so I was sitting comfortably. "Are you ready to own up to what you did? Kuno-chan, I'm very much pregnant. What are you going to do about that?"
I could see the gears in his head slowly turning and clicking. He narrowed his eyes and thought hard. "Nabiki," he said without his usual formality, "I will do the honorable thing like I have promised thee. A man of my stature shall not take back his word." He started making his way towards me again with a lusty gleam in his eye. "Ever since that night, I haven't stopped thinking about you. I can't eat, I can't sleep. I could only think about you and your-"
I stopped him on his tracks. "Do you love me?"
The question struck him by surprise. "Love?" He repeated the word slowly as if it were foreign to him. "Do I love you?"
"Kiss me."
"But haven't I kissed you many ti-"
"Not a real kiss! You never really kissed me! That was all just sex. I want you to kiss me. Kiss me." I hopped off the desk and stood dangerously close to him as my eyes roamed over his broad chest. My finger gently traced the folds of his clothes. "Kiss me."
He leaned forward put his lips gently on mine. I could feel his hand cupping my chin and the other run through my hair. His tongue parted my lips and probed the inside of my mouth. This sensation sent sparks through my whole body and made my knees buckles. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back. A few minutes later I came back up for air and breathed, "Wow..." I stepped back and brushed off invisible specks of dust from my skirt. "So, when should we get married?"
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E nd of Chapter 1
A Ranma 1/2 Fanfic
by V. Zhao
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Author 's Notes: This story is a spinoff from my other story, Wo De Ai Ren. The first chapter is all the Nabiki parts from the previous story. The next few chapters may be different from this one. I may do third person or first person from Kuno's view also. This story is very OOC, so if you don't have an open mind, then I suggest you don't read. It's very obvious that this is a Nabiki/Kuno fic so I also suggest that you support this couple if you want to read.
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Chapt er 1:
My little sister was getting married. Married? I couldn't help feeling a slight twinge of bitterness. She had found love even if it was in a completely incapable idiot. I, on the other hand, would have found a man who had lots and lots of cash. This was her day though so I wasn't going to worry about money. Money can take a day off. Today, I was going to get drunk.
I watched as Mousse walked in holding a red dress and Shampoo in his arms. She have must be pretty upset since we broke the news to her. I smirked as Mousse opened the door to the furo a crack and threw the cat in with the dress. It was tempting to sell him access to a naked Shampoo but I remember my deal with Akane that wouldn't ruin her wedding. Just then, someone walking in through the door caught my eye. Of course. It had to be Ukyou who along with her dragged Konatsu and what looked like an empty bottle of sake.
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Well, at least I can say Oto-chan and Genma were happy to watch them finally get married. They were about as happy as they could get in the presence of Nodoka who was sitting and smiling while keeping a firm eye on her husband. I was responsible for seeing to that there was no funny business going on. Already that night, I had taken the bridal sake from Ukyou and a cleaver from Shampoo who was threatening to slit her wrists. The bottle I had to fight for but the cleaver was easy since Mousse had conveniently knocked Shampoo over when he meant to pluck the cleaver out of her hand. That I don't know how he could do.
After the ceremony was performed, I waltzed into the kitchen and retrieved a dazed Kuno who refused to believe that Akane was getting married and the reason he didn't see the pigtailed girl was because she was making dinner. I was surprised when I walked in and saw wok come in contact with his head and Kasumi on the other end. It was quite enjoyable a scene until she ordered me to take him out blubbering, "Akane cannot get married to that devil, Saotome. She loves me and only me. She loves me... Pigtailed girl! Where are you pigtailed girl? Come find your Kuno!" That was rather disturbing to half the guests (the other half was busy getting drunk) so I took him into a guestroom.
"Look, Kuno-chan. You just ruined my night of drinking and getting drunk. I'm stuck here babysitting you. Are you listening to m- Are you drunk?" He shook his head frantically and then nodded sheepishly with a goofy grin plastered across his face. "Oh great. Everyone gets to have fun except Nabiki." I was feeling slightly tiffed by now since I really could no longer stand this supportive crap. When would it be my turn to get a little attention around here? The cash I make is great, but hey, I'm a person, too. At least she should be able to relax with a drink. That was when the thought came to me. All eyes on me now. "Kuno-chan," I drawled. "Would you like to play a little drinking game?"
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"Ahh h...Kuno-chan. Why do you keep losing?" I giggled as he removed his pants revealing red polka dotted shorts. "Tsk tsk. I can't believe a girl can drink more than you. what kind of man are you?"
"Nabiki-san, please, no more. I can no longer uphold my honor if I keep losing." He set his cup on the floor and fell on the bed.
"That's what I'm hoping for, baby. Come on, take it off." It was easy to coax him since he was so damn drunk. I climbed on the bed and positioned myself over him. "Aww. Come on. Get up. Another drink. How about I do you a favor?" I took off my shirt and allowed him to stare a few moments at my breasts. When his boxers bulged, I smiled with satisfaction. "Would you like me to do you more favors?" He nodded dumbfoundedly. I took his hands and led them to the clasp on my bra. "Now, unhook," I instructed him.
"Ohhh... Nabiki-san..." He buried his face in my bare breasts and I shivered with pleasure. I reached over for his pants and took out his wallet. There were at least a hundred bills in there so I emptied the wallet over the sheets. "What are you doing?" His voice was muffled from my chest.
"Money turns me on." I smiled seductively and led his hands to my hips that were aching to be rubbed and carressed. "Now," I was whispering into his ear. "Now, you can take off my skirt if you take off your shorts." He eagerly squirmed out of his shorts and pulled my skirt off. I saw his mouth water when he realized I wasn't wearing underwear. Skillfully, I manuvered my hips over his head and waited for him to please me. I shivered again with pleasure and sighed when his tongue slid in pleasantly. "Mmmmm." I pulled him in deeper and deeper until I was nearly sitting on him. And then I snapped and pleasure filled my whole body as I grew still for a minute.
I crawled down to face him and grinned while he panted. "Now, Kuno-chan, I'll make you happy." Wrapping my hands around his whole seven inches, I squeezed it and felt it pulse in my hands. I let him probe in my secret spot before he found the right place and entered with a grunt. He moved against me and pulled me closer to him until I could feel his hot breath on my face. Above me, I could hear Akane scream with pleasure, "RANMA! OH RANMA! YES! YES! OH YES!", on the second floor. For some reason, I started crying there with Kuno inside me still working hard at his mission. I had given up a while ago.
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It occurred to me that day that I will never know love like my sisters do. I will never have pure innocent love like Kasumi or deep sincere love like Akane. I will have the dramatic shallow love that will only lead to self-destruction. Why? Well, I figured because I was too flightly and I never had any real pure or sincere feelings that were clean in my heart and pulsing through my veins. Instead, I throw myself at men hoping they will make me feel special for once in my life. There is a certain emptiness in sexuality and physical love. I lacked the deep warmth inside that would tell me that he was the one.
I suppose you could say what I feel for Kuno-chan is as close to love as I could get. He made me feel superior in a sense that he was quite a pompous idiot. I would go to such a guy for an ego boost or to make me feel better when I would be down. I guess you could say I felt for him because I felt that I owed him something for services. The idea of all that money also pretty much appealed to me. He made me want to pat myself on the back for ending up not like him.
However, I knew he was obsessed over Akane and the pigtailed girl. He would never return any meager portion of affection I had for him. Why bother spending so much energy on love when you will get none in return? Truthfully speaking, I couldn't help letting my heart strings twig a little whenever I thought of how he loves someone else. I knew how I would hide it forever in the deepest part of my soul until I could bury it forever under piles and piles of personal successes.
Although I promised myself I would never let any of them know, I wasn't surprised when I found myself at the steps of the Kuno Estate. I stood there for a few minutes as the morning fizzled away into noon thinking of how I would approach Kuno-chan. That was when I abondoned all my promises to myself. I could not stop myself from knocking on door. Luckily, it was not Kodachi who answered the door but Sasuke who asked politely, "Who are you looking for, miss?"
"I'm Tendo Nabiki here to see Tatewaki-san."
"Oh of course. I'll let him know you're here." He hurried off and returned a few minutes later ushering me into the Kuno estate. We walked down a hall and found Kuno practicing Kendo with his bokken. He smirked when he saw me there simply without any business proposal. He knew I wasn't there to make money as usual.
"Kuno-chan," I said casually as a way of greeting.
"Nabiki," he simply said before sending Sasuke away. I could see an arrogant speech was coming. "I see you have come back to the arms of Kuno Tatewaki. One night was not satisfactory, ne? Of course not. No woman should be able to resist the maginificent Kuno. Hahahahahahaha." His throaty laughter filled the room.
I made myself comfortable leaning against the wall and sighed. Under my calm exterior, my mind was searching frantically for a reason for me to be there and a reason for making him love me. "I'm pregnant!" I spoke the first statement that popped into my mind but immediately regretted that decision. Pregnant? What was I, crazy? How was that even realistic? I wouldn't know that soon anyway.
Fortunately for me, his vanity blinded him so. "The seed of Tatewaki Kuno never fails. I guarentee it will be a son and the heir to Kuno family fortune. I must make plans for the wedding. After all, no acknowledged child of Tatewaki Kuno will be illegitimate." He was laughing hysterically again.
Now, I had gotten myself in quite a pickle. How was I going to get pregnant, tell Oto-chan, and marry that lunatic? Like I said, my love with only lead to self-destruction.
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After my little visit with Kuno, I decided to go see Dr. Tofu and see what he could do about my mess. Maybe he'd have some ideas about how to get me pregnant. When I presented my dilemna to him, he thought for a moment before he answered me. And the answer he gave was the perfect solution. I could not have dreamed up a better one.
The clinic was gratefully calm when I arrived that afternoon. "Dr. Tofu? Hello?"
He came waltzing out with his skeleton, Betty, and humming a tune. I was absolutely positive that Kasumi and visited him earlier. "Hello, Nabiki Tendou. My, your sister is enchanting... " A hazy look spread across his face and his glasses started to fog up again.
"Dr. Tofu?"
"Hmmm?" He glanced in my direction as if he has seen me for the first time. "What can I do for you?"
"Doctor... What would you do if I said I need to get impregnated by Tatewaki Kuno?" I waited patiently for his reply.
To my disappointment, he laughed loudly and jested, "Why don't you ask him to help you out with that one."
I strode up to him and poked his chest with my index finger. "Look, Doc. I'm serious here. Don't you have some medical methods of making that possible?"
He pushed the bridge to his glasses up his nose and thought for a second. "You know... maybe... I do have a deposit of his sperm somewhere around here."
I was almost afraid to ask. Why would Dr. Tofu have Kuno's sperm? "Urrmmm.... Why do have his uhhh... sperm?"
"Oh," He snapped on some rubber gloves casually. "As soon as Kuno hit puberty, the family kept a store of his seeds so in case of an emergency, they would always have an heir to the Kuno estate. Aren't you lucky?" The rubber gloves roved over to a small freezer where they pulled out a steel cylinder. "I can do the procedure right now. Are you ready?"
I gulped when he pulled out a big cylindrical block of ice from the steel tube. "R-ready?" I was stammering. I NEVER stammer. "Uhhhhhh... uh... uh, sure. Sure I'm ready. Are you sure you know how to do this?"
"Gynecology? Oh, it's a snap. Let me just get my book..." He skimmed through the shelves as a agitated look flashed on and off his face. "Hmmm... where is that darn book? Oh well! I'll just have to do it from memory, won't I?" He smiled at me and snapped his gloves again to make sure they were on tight.
The rest of the details, I won't go into. Let's just say, by the time I got home, the pregnancy test read positive and I was on my way to becoming Mrs. Tatewaki Kuno.
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(This is Kasumi's point of view now.)
I was serving breakfast that morning when I heard someone quite sick upstairs. Soon, Nabiki came downstairs dabbing at her mouth with a napkin. Following behind her was Ranma with his arm around Akane's waist looking rather content with his new living arrangement I presume. I was mored concerned for Nabiki since she sounded like she was vomitting up there. "Nabiki", I said gently as I placed a bowl of rice in front of her, "are you feeling all right?"
"I'm glad you asked, Onei-chan." She stood up before the family, Uncle Saotome and all, and said, "Everyone, I have an announcement to make." I was looking at her curiously. What in the world did she mean? "I'm pregnant."
Oto-chan dropped the bowl he was holding. Uncle Saotome grunted a little. Akane gaped open mouthed. Ranma smothered a laugh in his palm. I blinked and smiled at her thinly. "Congradulations, Nabiki. Akane, we're going to be aunts."
Akane snorted. "I can't believe you, Nabiki. You went out and got knocked up?"
Oto-chan snapped the chopsticks in his hands. "WHO WAS IT? WHO DID THIS TO YOU?"
"Oh, relax, Dad. It's not his fault. I did it willingly. He's going to marry me anyway." Nabiki sat down coolly and picked up her chopsticks. "You should be happy, Daddy. I'm going to marry into a very good family."
"AND WHAT FAMILY WOULD THIS HAPPEN TO BE?" He was beginning to twitch.
"The Kuno family. I'm going to marry Tatewaki Kuno."
Ranma spat the mouthful of rice he was chewing. "YOU'RE GONNA DO WHAT?" He started laughing hysterically. I didn't think that was very nice.
"Ranma, please don't speak with your mouth full. Why, Nabiki, isn't this nice? It's so lovely to know that you'll be marrying into a well to do family." I sat at my place and started picking at my own bowl.
"NICE?" Oto-chan boomed. "I'M GOING TO KILL HIM!"
"Dad, if you don't accept these arrangements, then the child will be illegitimate. Do you want that for your grandchild?" Nabiki finished and gently set her chopsticks on her bowl. "You can think about that while I go out for today. Let me know about your consent when I get home."
I tried to catch her eye as she walked out just like the day before, but she was avoiding me. Turning around, I gave my father a comforting pat on his hand. He looked like he was going to have a heart attack. "Dad, I'm sure Nabiki knows what she's doing. Besides, we'll know she'll never have financial problems."
Ranma interrupted with, "Yeah, but I'm sure she'll have plenty of problems keeping the stallion in the barn. Mr. Blue Thunder there couldn't possible be able to commit to one wo-" Akane elbowed him in the ribs. She looked down at the table and commented, "She'll be fine. Kuno isn't a horribly bad choice."
After the family finished their first meal of the day, I set off to return the book to Dr. Tofu.
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Kuno was home like I expected. It was simple really. He had to marry me now that I bore his seed. I could feel the child inside me like a living, fullness that wasn't there before. My motives were still unclear to me. My rash thinking, I knew, would lead me to my downfall. I didn't care. It felt right somehow. I had known Kuno since forever though the thought had never really occurred to me until the day before that I would possibly love him. Love was funny.
I sat casually on a desk in his study for a moment as he sent his servants away. Closing the door silently behind him, he grinned at me wickedly. Before I knew it, my body was pressed up against his, in other words, GLOMP. He was nuzzling my neck and nibbling on my ear with his hands on my hips pulling me even closer. I was starting to melt in his arms when I snapped out of it. "KUNO!" I pushed him away from me hard. I rearranged myself on the desk so I was sitting comfortably. "Are you ready to own up to what you did? Kuno-chan, I'm very much pregnant. What are you going to do about that?"
I could see the gears in his head slowly turning and clicking. He narrowed his eyes and thought hard. "Nabiki," he said without his usual formality, "I will do the honorable thing like I have promised thee. A man of my stature shall not take back his word." He started making his way towards me again with a lusty gleam in his eye. "Ever since that night, I haven't stopped thinking about you. I can't eat, I can't sleep. I could only think about you and your-"
I stopped him on his tracks. "Do you love me?"
The question struck him by surprise. "Love?" He repeated the word slowly as if it were foreign to him. "Do I love you?"
"Kiss me."
"But haven't I kissed you many ti-"
"Not a real kiss! You never really kissed me! That was all just sex. I want you to kiss me. Kiss me." I hopped off the desk and stood dangerously close to him as my eyes roamed over his broad chest. My finger gently traced the folds of his clothes. "Kiss me."
He leaned forward put his lips gently on mine. I could feel his hand cupping my chin and the other run through my hair. His tongue parted my lips and probed the inside of my mouth. This sensation sent sparks through my whole body and made my knees buckles. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back. A few minutes later I came back up for air and breathed, "Wow..." I stepped back and brushed off invisible specks of dust from my skirt. "So, when should we get married?"
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E nd of Chapter 1