Chapter 20

"Sleeping Arrangements"

"I can't believe my mom said that." Said an extremely embarrassed 
Ranma. "And stop that giggling." Ranma glared at the two girls. Akane 
and Ukyo just started to giggle harder. 

"Your mother can be very surprising." Akane managed to gasp out. 

"Yeah. I like her too." Added Ukyo. That remark drove Akane to start 
laughing all over again. Ranma's face got redder. 

"If you two don't stop laughing, I'll...I'll" Stuttered Ranma. "I'll 
get some cold water." He said finally.

Akane and Ukyo immediately stopped laughing. "Meanie." Pouted Akane. 
She grinned. "Not that that would stop us."

Ranma blushed. He sat down on his futon in his boxers and T-shirt and 
twiddled his fingers. "Uh. Akane? Ukyo?" Said Ranma nervously. "About 
that night. Why?" Ranma pulled at his pigtail. "I mean, I really 
enjoyed it and everything." Ranma blushed even redder. "But..." he 
trailed off.

"Because we love you Ranma." Said Akane softly. "Boy or girl, you're 
Ranma."

"Yeah sugar." Added Ukyo. "And we wanted you to know that." Ukyo 
grinned wickedly. "Besides it was fun!"

"Really?" Asked Ranma. "You're not just saying that?"

"Really." Chorused Akane and Ukyo. "We wouldn't have done any of those 
things, if we didn't want to." Added Akane. She blushed. "I wouldn't 
mind doing it again." Ukyo blushed as she nodded in agreement. "But not 
tonight." Continued Akane smiling. 

"Tonight?" Squeaked Ranma. 

"Umm hmm." Purred Akane. Akane leaned over and kissed Ranma on the lips 
while Ukyo turned off the light in the room. 

The moonlight was enough for everyone to see by.  Ranma lay on his back 
with Akane nestled into his right side. Ukyo found her place on his 
left. While Akane was kissing Ranma's lips Ukyo explored his chest with 
her hands.  Ranma groaned in pleasure. 

"His nipples are almost as sensitive when he's a boy as when he's a 
girl." Ukyo heard Akane whisper. 

"Really?" purred Ukyo. She began to tug his t-shirt up. Akane broke off 
kissing Ranma and help Ukyo get the shirt off, a process that was 
greatly hindered by Ranma reaching up and tweaking the girls' nipples 
through their pajama tops. With Ranma's t-shirt finally removed, Ukyo 
began exploring his chest with her tongue. She giggled when Ranma began 
to squirm. 

"Like that don't you Ran-chan?"  Said Ukyo. Looking up from where she 
was she could see that Ranma's eyes were closed.  He nodded without 
opening his eyes. Ukyo realized from the way Ranma's hips were raising 
that Akane was busy pulling off Ranma's boxers. Ukyo shivered. Ranma 
had been pretty diligent in not exposing himself in Ukyo's presence. 
The glimpses she had made her anxious for a better look. She turned her 
head. "Ohhhh my." She gasped out. 

Akane curled her body around with her hips up and her head on Ranma's 
thigh. From her position she looked up at Ukyo who was looking down 
toward her. She grinned at Ukyo. "I know what you mean." Giggled Akane. 
"I was afraid he was going to be too big to fit in me." Seeing almost a 
look of fear on Ukyo's face Akane added. "But it was well worth the 
effort."

Ukyo gently closed her hand over Ranma's erection. At Ranma's gasp she 
pulled her hand back. She looked up at Ranma. "Did I hurt you Ran-
chan?" Ranma shook his head. "Felt good." He croaked. Ukyo turned her 
head around and again reached out to touch Ranma. 'It's harder than I 
thought it would be.' She thought. 'And so much softer as well.'

Akane reached over and closed her hand around Ukyo's and started to 
guide Ukyo's hand in a rhythmic up and down motion. When Akane was sure 
Ukyo had the motion right she let go and, while Ukyo continued pumping 
Ranma's cock, she leaned over and to Ukyo's amazement swallowed the 
head. Ranma groaned loudly. Ukyo watched as Akane sucked and licked the 
head of Ranma's cock. She felt her mouth involuntarily mimicking Akane.

"Let me try." She begged. Akane looked up at Ukyo and nodded. Ranma 
groaned louder.

Akane's hand replaced Ukyo's as Ukyo moved her head closer to Ranma's 
erect penis. Ukyo hesitated slightly as she wrapped her lips around the 
swollen head. 'If Akane can do it, I can do it.' She told herself. She 
slowly lowered her mouth until she couldn't swallow anymore. She gagged 
slightly and pulled back up and again slowly lowered her mouth. Ukyo 
could feel Ranma squirm under her. Ukyo explored Ranma's cock with her 
mouth and tongue as she had seen Akane do. So engrossed was she that 
she didn't notice someone unbuttoning her pajama top. It was Akane. Her 
first indication that something was going on was when she felt a mouth 
lightly sucking on her nipples.

Ukyo didn't care. It felt too good. Encouraged, Akane began to kiss and 
fondle Ukyo's breasts. Ukyo arched her back in pleasure. Akane stopped 
what she was doing and quickly pulled off her pajamas. Ukyo pushed off 
her bottoms without letting go with her mouth. Akane meanwhile 
straddled Ranma's head facing Ukyo.

"Oh Ranma." Cooed Akane. "Momma's got something good for you."

Ranma opened his eyes to find himself staring directly at Akane's sex. 
He could see faint beads of moisture clinging to the hairs closest to 
her opening.  Akane lowered her dripping pussy on to Ranma's mouth. 
"Ummm." She moaned as she felt his tongue begin to search her inner 
folds. "Oh yeah baby. That's the spot." She moaned as she felt Ranma's 
tongue flick lightly over her engorged clit. Akane leaned forward 
across Ranma until she was even with Ukyo's bobbing head. "Share." She 
commanded in a voice husky with emotion.

Ukyo surrendered Ranma's cock to Akane's hungry mouth. Ranma's 
squirming became even more frantic as he felt Ukyo's tongue bathing his 
balls. "Oh no." Whimpered Akane as she removed her mouth from Ranma's 
cock. "Not yet."  She attempted to lift her pussy away from Ranma's 
probing tongue but he grabbed her ass with his strong hands and held 
her to him. "Ahhh!" She cried as her orgasm overtook her. Ranma's 
answering orgasm came a second later spraying all over Akane's face.

"Wow!" Exclaimed Ukyo from her place between Ranma's legs. "That was 
amazing." She reached up with one finger to touch the semen that had 
pooled in Ranma's naval.  She brought her finger to her mouth. To her 
surprise the taste was not unpleasant. "Can you do that again?" She 
asked.

Ranma groaned. "Gimme a couple minutes."

"Don't wait too long, Ranma." Cooed Akane. "You still have Ukyo to take 
care of." Akane reached over and grabbed some tissues from a box next 
to her and cleaned up Ranma and her self. "In the meantime..." She 
fixed Ukyo with a wicked stare. "I'll keep her motor running for you."

"You're in trouble now Uk-chan." Chuckled Ranma. "The Tomboy looks 
hungry."

Ukyo gulped audibly as Akane advanced toward her on her hands and 
knees. She tried to back away but suddenly found herself wrapped in 
Ranma's arms. "Uh uh." Ranma whispered into Ukyo's ear. "You're not 
going anywhere." Ranma caressed Ukyo's breasts eliciting a moan. Akane 
had by this time reached Ukyo and began to kiss her breasts. Ukyo's 
moaning got louder. Her moaning got louder still as Akane began to run 
her tongue over and down Ukyo's flat stomach.

"Ahh!" moaned Ukyo as Akane's tongue reached her moist cleft. Ukyo 
couldn't believe what Akane was doing and, for a second, was tempted to 
make her stop. Just for a second and then Ukyo surrendered herself to 
Akane. 

"Oh, she's really wet." Came Akane's somewhat muffled voice. Ukyo 
shivered as Akane began to lick her pussy. "And she tastes really 
good."

"Really?" Replied Ranma softly as he continued to knead Ukyo's breasts 
from behind.

"Um hmm." Purred Akane. "Want a taste?" Without waiting for Ranma's 
reply she ran a finger along the folds of Ukyo's pussy. Akane extended 
her now moistened finger to Ranma. Ukyo watched in fascination as Ranma 
suckled on Akane's finger. 

"More." Begged Ranma.

Akane's finger again returned to Ukyo's pussy this time slowly 
inserting her finger deep into her. Ukyo whimpered in ecstasy.  "Oh, 
you like that don't you?"  Akane said in a husky voice and thrust her 
finger deep into Ukyo. Ukyo's hips began to flex in time to Akane's 
probing finger. Akane again extended her finger to Ranma.

"Oh." Gasped Ukyo. "Oh!" Her hips began bucking uncontrollably nearly 
throwing Akane off of her. Akane held on tight and began to suck on 
Ukyo's clitoris. Ranma, at the same time, began to suck on Ukyo's 
earlobe while gently pulling on her nipples. "Ahhh." Screamed Ukyo as 
her orgasm hit her.

Akane held on to Ukyo until her shudders ceased, then she and Ranma 
gently laid a panting Ukyo down on the futon. Ranma positioned himself 
between Ukyo's thighs; his now restored manhood stood proudly between 
his legs. Akane reached over and guided Ranma's engorged organ to the 
entrance of Ukyo's hole.

Ukyo's entire consciousness seemed to become focused as Ranma slowly 
entered her. Tears began to roll down her face as she gasped. "Oh Kami-
sama, I can't believe we're actually going to do it." She looked up at 
Ranma's flushed, smiling face hovering above her. "I've wanted this for 
so long." Ukyo wrapped her arms and legs around Ranma and pulled him 
deep inside of her. The tiny amount of pain was overshadowed by the 
feelings of pleasure that coursed through her. "Ran-chan!" She screamed 
as another orgasm hit.

Ranma held his body steady for a moment and then began to push in and 
out of Ukyo's tight pussy in long even strokes. In less than a minute 
Ukyo had her third and most powerful orgasm. "Wait Ran-chan." Panted 
Ukyo. "Let me catch my breath."

Ranma grinned. "Sure Uk-chan." He whispered and slowly pulled himself 
out of her. Squatting on his heels he looked down at himself. "Now what 
do I do in the meantime?" 

"Not what, Ranma, who." Replied a giggling Akane and sat in Ranma's lap 
spitting herself on his erect member.  "Ahh." She moaned as she felt 
her body accept the wanted intrusion. "That's better." She looked into 
Ranma's eyes. "I've missed this."  Akane rode Ranma like a woman 
possessed, screaming out Ranma's name as orgasm after orgasm rolled 
over her. 

Akane collapsed backwards onto the futon, pulling Ranma with her. 
"Tomboy. I can't hold out much longer." He whispered. "Showoff." She 
whispered back. "Don't worry baby." She said out loud. "Ukyo and I will 
take care of you." Using her great strength, Akane rolled Ranma onto 
his back. Lifting herself off of Ranma she turned to Ukyo who was 
staring back at her with heavy lidded eyes. 

Akane giggled. "I think Ranma deserves a reward for being such a good 
boy." Akane cooed. "Don't you Uk-chan?" Akane looked at Ranma. "What 
should we do with him?"

Ukyo crawled over to Ranma's prone body in much the same way Akane had 
earlier. She stared at Ranma's swollen organ, mesmerized by it's size 
and power. Akane watched in awe as Ukyo determinedly swallowed Ranma's 
entire length. Ranma groaned.

"Wow." Murmured Akane. "I've never been able to do that." 

"Oh god." Gasped Ukyo when she released Ranma. "I almost choked."  She 
took a deep breath and recaptured Ranma's cock with her mouth.  

"That's the way Ukyo." Cheered Akane quietly. "Suck him. Make him 
come." Akane started stroking Ranma's balls. "Come for us, baby." She 
said throatily. "Come in Ukyo's mouth."

"I love it when you talk dirty Tomboy." Ranma began thrusting with his 
hips as Ukyo continued to suck him. "Oh yeah." He groaned. "That's it. 
That's it. Oh Ukyo." Ranma screamed releasing his load into Ukyo's 
hungry mouth. 

Ukyo tried to swallow it all but it was too much and some of it began 
to dribble out of her mouth.  Akane licked off what escaped and then, 
to Ukyo' surprise, began to kiss her. For a second Ukyo froze and then, 
with a sigh, started to return Akane's kisses.  

Nabiki Tendo was trying to get some sleep. She was not succeeding. The 
sounds coming from her little sisters' room were driving her crazy. She 
tried drowning out the muffled cries coming from the next room with a 
pillow. It didn't help. "I can't believe it." She muttered angrily to 
herself. "It's been going on for over an hour. " 

There was a soft knock on her door. Well since she wasn't getting any 
sleep anyway she decided to answer the door. She opened the door to 
find Nodoka standing there. "Oh hi Auntie." She said tiredly. "What's 
up?"

"I was investigating some strange noises coming from upstairs." 
Nodoka's face broke into a grin so wide Nabiki was afraid she'd break 
something. 

"Strange isn't quite the word I'd use." Grumbled Nabiki. I think the 
word 'disturbing' about sums it up best." Nabiki paused to listen. A 
rhythmic thumping could be faintly heard through the wall. "Are they 
ever going to stop?"

If anything, Nodoka's grin got wider. "Wonderful, isn't it?" Nodoka 
giggled. "Why don't you come downstairs? I'll make us some tea." 

Nabiki was going to refuse when a muffled scream came through the wall. 
"Tea?" Said Nabiki. "Sounds great. I'll get my robe."

Soon Nabiki found herself sitting in the kitchen. Her hands wrapped 
around a steaming cup. She looked at the older woman sitting across 
from you. Nodoka sat quietly a dreamy look crossing her face. "Auntie?" 

Nodoka broke from her reverie. "Yes Nabiki-chan?"

"Just checking." Replied Nabiki. "You seemed far away."

"I was just thinking." Replied Nodoka. "I was imagining what this house 
would be like in a few years." Nodoka sighed happily. "It will be so 
alive with the sounds of children."

Nabiki grinned. "Who do you think will have the first baby? "

Nodoka giggled. "Have you already worked out the odds?"

Nabiki nodded. "Yep. Right now the odds favor Ukyo at 5 to 2 with an 8 
to 1 chance that she'll have the baby within a year." Nabiki smirked. 
"Its 6 to 2 for Akane with a 20 to 1 chance of having a baby within a 
year."

"And the odds on Ranma?"

Nabiki fought to keep her jaw from dropping open. Not so much for the 
question. She had all ready set the odds on Ranma having a baby. No 
what surprised her was who had asked the question. Nodoka? It had 
surprised her greatly when Nodoka had given Ranma the contract to 
destroy. This was almost beyond belief.

"500 to 1." She choked out. "To even get pregnant."

Nodoka reached into her kimono and pulled out a 100-yen coin and handed 
it to Nabiki. Nabiki quickly grabbed her pad and wrote out a receipt 
for Nodoka. As Nodoka tucked the paper into her kimono she leaned 
forward. "Word of advice Nabiki-chan. Lower the odds." She whispered.

Nabiki nodded slowly. "I'll do that." 

"You seem shocked, Nabiki-chan." Said Nodoka. 

"You could say that." Nabiki slowly got control of her emotions. 

"Don't be." Replied Nodoka. Her smile turned a little sad. "Though I 
must admit I deserve it."

"Auntie?"

"It's not important." Replied Nodoka. "What is important is that I am 
being given a second chance with Ranma. A chance to make amends." 
Nodoka dabbed at her suddenly moist eyes. "I want Ranma to be happy and 
I promise to do everything I can to help."

"Well, judging by the sounds coming from my sisters room, he has every 
reason to be happy." Nabiki said with a grin. "Still I am surprised my 
sister is going for this. She can get so jealous."

Nodoka nodded in agreement. "It does seem...unusual."

Nabiki sat back in thought. Her mind began working through the puzzle 
of her sisters' behavior. As she thought about it she realized that 
several other people were acting somewhat out of character, including 
Nodoka. A sudden unpleasant thought struck her. "Be right back, Auntie, 
I need to talk to Dr. Epstein."

"Someone call my name?" Asked a quiet voice from the door.

"Eep." Shrieked Nodoka and Nabiki in unison. "Don't do that doc." 
Complained Nabiki. "How long have you been standing there?" She added.

"Not long." The doctor ran his hand through his thinning hair. "Long 
enough though." 

"Would you like some tea, Doctor?" Asked Nodoka politely. The doctor 
nodded.

Nabiki waited impatiently for Nodoka to serve the doctor some tea. She 
knew that nothing disturbed the Saotome Matriarch more than impolite 
behavior. Nabiki felt the doctors gaze and stared unflinchingly back. 
Finally when manners were satisfied she spoke. "Okay doc. Spill it." 
She demanded. "What did you do to my sister?"

Dr. Epstein laughed. If the laugh was a little sad no one noticed. "You 
give me way too much credit, Nabiki."

"You kept Daddy from crying." She pointed out. "How much more difficult 
would it be to keep my sister from getting jealous?"

"While I'm around, not hard at all." He admitted to Nabiki's surprise.

"What are you talking about?" Demanded Nodoka.

"The doctor here is an empath." Stated Nabiki flatly. "He can change 
the way people feel."

"Doctor, is this true?"  Demanded Nodoka.

Dr. Epstein nodded. He held up his hand to forestall further comment. 
"I want to make one thing clear. While I can influence peoples 
emotions, it is, by necessity, only temporary."

"Necessity?" Echoed Nabiki.

The doctor nodded again. "If I tried to permanently change someone's 
personality against their will, I could end up causing more harm than 
good." Dr. Epstein expression was one of pain. "Even if they were 
willing it would be dangerous." He rubbed his beard. "It would have to 
be a very compelling reason for me to do so."  The doctor shook his 
head. "Regardless I am not directly responsible for Akane's current 
behavior."

"Do you expect me to believe that Akane, my sister, invited Ukyo to 
share her bed with Ranma all on her own?" Nabiki snorted in derision. 
"I know my own sister, Doctor. She's probably the most stubborn and 
most jealous person I know."

"Believe me." Replied the doctor with feeling. "I know that all too 
well." Dr. Epstein stared at his hands. He looked up at Nabiki. "Your 
sister can shrug off my strongest coercions as if they were not there." 
He chuckled. "The few times I have been able to affect her have been 
when she was distracted." He chuckled again. " That girl has a mind of 
her own and no one, I mean no one, can tell Akane Tendo what to do or 
not to do."

Nabiki paused. The doctors' description of her baby sister was true. 
Nabiki grinned wryly. "Yeah, that's Akane." Nabiki frowned slightly. 
"But you have been able to affect her at least a couple times." It 
wasn't a question. "What did you do to her then?"

"Akane had been angry for a very long time." Said the doctor seriously. 
"She spent most of her time trying to control her anger." The doctor 
smiled. "I showed her what it was like to not be angry." His smile got 
wider. "She liked the feeling."

"Positive reinforcement?" Asked Nodoka.

"Something like that."  He replied. "Though not quite the way you'd 
expect." The doctor sighed. "The thing about Akane was that she felt 
trapped into acting the way she did."

"The Hentai Horde." Murmured Nabiki. "The engagement, the other 
fiancés, the kidnappings Kuno."  Suddenly Nabiki choked. Her hand flew 
to her mouth in shock. "The betting pools." She choked out. 

"Don't blame yourself." Said Dr. Epstein. "You were not solely 
responsible."

"But I am responsible for what I did, aren't I?" sobbed Nabiki.

The doctor's voice was gentle. "In the end, we are all responsible for 
our actions." He said. Neither Nabiki nor Nodoka noticed the quick 
flash of pain that ran across the doctors' face. "So Miss Tendo, you 
have a choice."

Nabiki nodded firmly despite the tears. "Yes I know. Thank you doctor." 
She said with feeling. 

"How do you feel?" Asked the doctor.

Nabiki shook herself. She started to chuckle as she wiped her eyes. 
"Pretty good, actually." Nabiki's hands froze. She turned to the doctor 
in shock, which turned to anger, which just as quickly turned into 
grudging admiration.

"I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes." 
Muttered Nodoka. 

"It's what I do, Miss Tendo." The doctor said answering the unsaid 
question. "Tell me, was anything you said or felt untrue?"

Nabiki shook her head.

"You've felt guilty about what you've done to your sister for a long 
time. All you did was admit it, didn't you?" He asked

Nabiki nodded. "You're right. I knew I was hurting Akane. But I 
couldn't stop."

"You were jealous."

"Yes!"

"Feels good to finally admit it doesn't it?" He asked gently.

A small smile appeared on Nabiki's face. "Yes." She said quietly.

"Is this what you did to them as well doctor?" Asked Nodoka. Her voice 
was devoid of expression. "And to me?"

"Yes Mrs. Saotome." Replied the doctor calmly. "When I could, that is 
exactly what I did." 

The silence that fell was suddenly pierced by Ranma's voice. "Again?" 
came his muffled plaintive cry.

Nodoka looked up toward the voice. Her mouth started working but no 
sound was coming out. Suddenly she let loose a great bellowing laugh. 
Nabiki's high-pitched giggling joined a second later. Nodoka struggled 
to control her laughter and finally, wiping her eyes, she sighed. She 
looked over to the doctor in embarrassment. "Excuse me doctor." The 
doctor smiled and nodded. Nodoka looked back up toward the back of the 
house. 

"I have to admit, it's a very effective form of therapy." Nodoka 
smirked still looking up toward the back of the house. Turning toward 
the doctor Nodoka bowed deeply. "On behalf of the Saotome clan. I thank 
you for all that you have done." 

Nabiki bowed as well. "And on behalf of the Tendo clan, as well."

The doctor returned a bow as deep. "Ladies, It has been my honor to 
offer what I could."  He held the bow a moment longer. 'And my shame 
for what I had to do.' He thought to himself.

Nodoka and Nabiki smiled as they sat back up. 

Nabiki started to giggle. "Oh my god." Laughed Nabiki. "I just figured 
out what's up with Akane." She forced down the laughter. "Oh that's too 
funny." Nabiki started to giggle again

"Nabiki-chan, stop speaking in riddles." Sniffed Nodoka. "What's too 
funny?"

"The other girls never had a chance." 

"Nabiki!"

"Sorry Auntie. It's just that all the other girls were trying to get 
the male Ranma." She giggled again. "Only Akane wanted the female Ranma 
too."

Nodoka was silent for a moment. "Oh my." She said. 

"Exactly." Confirmed the doctor. "Though I must admit, I never expected 
what happened with Ukyo. That was all Akane."

Nabiki smirked. "Nice to know you are still human doc." 

Dr. Epstein laughed quietly. "All too human, Nabiki, all too human."

The three sipped their tea in silence for a while, though the silence 
was frequently broken by either Nodoka or Nabiki, usually Nabiki, 
giggling. Dr. Epstein cocked his head as if listening for something. 
"Well now I think we can get some sleep." He said with a chuckle. 
"They're finished for tonight." 

"Thank the kami." Said Nabiki fervently. "The noise was driving me 
crazy."

"Just be grateful you only had the noise to contend with." The doctor 
said feelingly. With that he got up from his seat and left the kitchen.

Nabiki and Nodoka watched him leave. Suddenly the implications of the 
doctors parting statement registered. They looked at each other. "Oh 
my." They chorused.


End Chapter 20