Akane Tendo had a morning routine. She would jog on a set route, come back home, throw on her gi and then run through a little morning training before breakfast. Short. Simple. Sweet. It was the perfect opportunity for her to think a little about what she would be doing that day. Rather than flying by the seat of her pants, she'd be able to come up with a more effective strategy in advance to seduce that big lunk. Speaking of whom -
"Good morning!" she cheerily called. "I hope you're well rested, because today we're going to get it right. By the time I'm done, you'll be a bad boy before you know it!"
He looked down at his feet, so Akane bent over to peer up at him. How adorable! He doesn't want to look at her in case he gets turned on again. Well, well, well. Maybe yesterday had gone even better than she'd suspected. Although, some instinct inside her was saying...
"Then again, maybe it's a waste of time. You're a decent martial artist, but you're sure no actor. Maybe I should have a word with that Moroboshi boy about casting you in a smaller role..."
"Hey, I can do it!" he insisted. There we go! Broke the awkward silence from him by appealing to something he did know how to respond to. "I'll be a perfect villain, just you watch me!"
"If you say so," Akane sang back at him. She strutted off down the corridor, sensing that even if he didn't want to admit it Ranma was enjoying the sight of her in her shorts and a t-shirt just marginally too small for her. Deliberately picked out to provoke that response. "I'll deal with you when I get back from jogging. Wait for me in the training hall if you have that much patience."
"Uncute!" Ranma exclaimed, though it was her intention to ensure it would be among the last times he would say it with that much passion. That said, there was a slightly different emotional edge to it that she could just barely detect. She playfully stuck her tongue out at him and smacked her own rear, which sent him back into that adorable awkward bumbling reaction, staring at his feet wordlessly.
Ah, that was a refreshing change of pace. It was the weirdest thing. She'd been getting sort of this sense of the best approach to take when dealing with Ranma ever since she decided that she had to, had to have his head between her legs. A vague sort of impression about what he'd find a turn on. She couldn't put it into words exactly, it was more like some great instinct. An idea. A strategy that she was unknowingly following that would lead to her getting laid.
Was it an inerrant talent she'd always repressed because of her prudish attitude? Possibly. Or maybe it was the same something that made her realise what she really wanted deep within her heart? She really should find a way to thank Gosunkugi for awakening her like this. In no time at all she'd be getting laid by Ranma and nothing would stand in her -
"Nihao!"
"Hello, Shampoo," Akane sighed. stopping in her tracks in the middle of the street to greet probably her fiercest rival for Ranma's dick. Except, funny thing. When she turned around to look at the annoying Chinese chick, she was seeing things she hadn't really noticed before.
Shampoo was hot. Okay, she'd noticed that. But not like this. Hoo boy, this chick knew how to work it! Everything about her was sexually aggressive, but felt like it could change tactics in a moment. Either that she would pounce on you, pin you down and take you there and then, or play the cutesy innocent and make you do the same to her.
The fact that Ranma had never taken her up on that offer was astounding, and the weird thing is that she was pretty damn certain he hadn't because that boy was definitely a virgin. She didn't know how exactly she knew it, but she was absolutely one hundred percent confident in that assessment.
"Did you want something?" Akane asked. Now, here her senses were failing her a little bit. What she knew was the following: Shampoo's behaviour and body language was intended to intimidate Akane by appearing to be the better mate for Ranma. She wanted the boy/girl almost as much as Akane herself did, if not more. Beyond that? Nothing particularly useful. She could make a really solid estimate at Shampoo's sizes and how to leave her a whimpering mess on the pavement... Not that she would give the bitch the pleasure to begin with.
"Shampoo hear about film. Hear Ranma play villain! Want help out."
"Is... That... So?" Akane said through gritted teeth. Now, she didn't need any special senses to notice that Shampoo was taking great pleasure in her discomfort with that proclamation. "Too bad, it's supposed to be a play for students of those two schools. Since you're not a student, you can't help out. Too bad, really!"
"Is alright," Shampoo said. "Shampoo talk to director, he make special exception. Besides, Shampoo can help rehearse role. Much more than violent kitchen wrecker."
She balled her fists a little, feeling some of that old rage coming back. That was one thing she'd learned. Keeping Shampoo out of something she wanted involved in was like herding cats. She was slippery. She was fast. And she would interfere in Akane's plans of seducing Ranma through the rehearsal by being all sexy and all over him and -
And Akane suddenly remembered the guiding principle of Anything Goes. In particular Ranma's style of fighting. Turn your opponent's benefits and advantages towards your own end. If they're strong, make them overextend themselves. If they're fast, make them trip over their own speed. If they're sexy, turn that to your advantage as well. A plan began to form at the front of her mind...
"Hmph!" Akane huffed. "It's hard to see you being much more than a pretty face when you can barely speak the language. But alright. If you insist. Ranma has been having some trouble getting the idea of performing, so maybe an additional pair of hands might help out a little."
"Really?" Shampoo blinked, first in confusion then suspicion. "Not expect you agree so fast."
"What can I say?" Akane shrugged. "If you can't beat them, join them."
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It had been his every intention to spend the morning coming up with a gameplan. Really. It had. He was going to sit down and come up with a list of chicks, then narrow it down to the ones he really, really wanted in his harem. Then come up with the best way to seduce them all, one by one, with Lum maybe offering assistance while he worked. Then maybe work it into his plan for the movie...
Right now though he could barely keep his eyes open. Planning was absolutely not on his mind right now. Lum had attached some sort of soundproofing to their room and they had gone for each other like wild animals. He was lucky he could so much as stand and talk, never mind coming up with a complex long-term plan!
Not that he would have been able to come up with a plan anyway. Not when he was being given a visit from his ex-girlfriend Shinobu while Lum was still sleeping off the previous night. She'd earned it. Turns out flight offers a few more positions to try out, and she wanted to try them all!
"So do you have a script ready?" Shinobu asked, and he was having trouble determining whether she was being honest or irate with him. He was just too darn sleepy to concentrate right now. "I take it you were at the other school yesterday, so you must have met with some of the students. Right? Knowing you it's probably going to be a disaster..."
"We found a cameraman and a few locations," Ataru said, then forced himself to stifle a yawn. "A nice restaurant we could use. The Furinkan principal also has a ready-built beach set he likes to relax in, and he seems okay with us using it." Another yawn interrupted him and Shinobu leaned over to look him right in the face.
"You seem pretty tired," she observed, tapping her foot. "That's pretty unusual. You're normally quite energetic. What have you been up to?"
"Being a director is a lot of hard work, I'll have you know!" Ataru sniffed indignantly. Of course, it's also a lot of hard work satisfying an alien chick that's been wanting some affection for quite some time, but he was hardly going to say something like that for two reasons. Shinobu was in arm's reach of several pieces of heavy furniture, and Ataru was absolutely not the suicidal sort!
"If this ends up like your last project, someone's going to be working very hard. Cleaning up the mess that you leave! Just like always."
Yep. And he'd made a complete mess of Lum last night. Whatever was going on with him he knew exactly what she liked at every single turn, and, you know, by the end of the night he was pretty sure she was feeling it too.
"That's why we're going for a smaller-scale story this time," Ataru said. "I was thinking maybe something a little lower key? Standard brave hero beats evil villain, nothing too fancy." Which is when he was struck by an idea. A wonderful idea. A hideously twisted, glorious idea. "In fact," he said thoughtfully. "Why don't you be in charge of the writing? Maybe I'll pair you up with someone from Furinkan. The two of you can come up with a script that makes best use of everyone's talents. And it'll give you peace of mind about things getting out of control!"
Ah, and there was a slight shift to Shinobu's body language. "You're taking this seriously," she said. And all of a sudden Ataru's pervert sense went into overdrive. She's a little turned on by his sudden serious attitude. From merely that opening he could see right into it. Gaining a new appreciation for her personality that he never had before, and the best possible way to leave her a quivering mess on the floor. Sort of like Lum was right now in her closet.
"Of course!" Ataru firmly said, folding his arms in defiance. "Everyone just thinks I'm a goof up, but I'll show them! I'll make the best darn amateur movie they ever did see!"
"Alright then!" Shinobu declared. "Then I'll help write a script you can be proud of! If it's something not perverted that you're taking this seriously, then I'll do all I can to help!"
Oh, but Shinobu... It was perverted. Maybe it wouldn't wind up on screen, but now he had a new plan. He'd been thinking about twisting that Shampoo chick around his finger, but maybe instead he'd spend a little more time closer to home. He had a perverted camera man already, and a perverted chef. Maybe with a little push, he could have a perverted writing team as well.
"Tell you what," he said. "Once Lum's finished setting a few things up, I'll ask her to organise things on Tomobiki's side, and I'll introduce you to some of the Furinkan students we met with yesterday. How does that sound, Shi-no-bu?"
- Ataru and Shinobu head off to the Tendo dojo first.
- They meet with Ukyo first.
- Meanwhile, Gosunkugi finds a vulnerability in Ryoko.
- Ryoko finds a vulnerability in Gosunkugi.
- Something else
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