The Bargain

Nabiki was getting dressed after having sex with Kuno; she smiled to see that his sex tousled hair had revealed the cowlick that he was embarrassed about. She walked up behind him and smoothed it down for him. “I’m surprised that you don’t grow your hair long, if it bothers you so much” she teased him.

“My father always taught me that a man’s hair should be short” he said back to her. “Besides, do you really want me to look like Ranma?” he asked, giving her a ghost of a smile.

“Yes, your father likes people with short hair alright; he’s the terror of the high school” she commented.

“That Hawaiian shirt wearing oaf isn’t my father” he snapped, his eyes flashing with anger.

Nabiki recoiled in surprise at his vehemence; their earlier familiarity had flown out the window. “I should get going” she said coldly.

“Nabiki wait, I’m sorry I snapped at you. You never met my father, but he is really intelligent and kind and the only family we have left. I get upset when someone insists that the principal is him; I just can’t accept that. I’m sorry I took it out on you” he said in a soothing voice that she would have never thought him capable of. Yet, somehow it made her feel better.

“Its okay” she said, touching his arm and looking up at him. Was it her imagination or did his eyes look a little softer when he gazed at her?

“Would you like to play croquet” he asked. His friends were only schoolmates and had never been over to his house; therefore his having a visitor was a novelty. He knew that she had already gotten what she wanted from him and had no reason to stay, but he didn’t want to her leave just yet. ‘Perhaps, if she hung out with me and got to know me, she might want me for more than just a sex toy?’ he reasoned. Then he silently snorted to himself; lots of guys his age would pay to be his situation!

Nabiki started laughing “Sorry you want to play croquet? That sound really lam.......” she started to say, but couldn’t continue when she saw disappointment flash in his eyes. “That sounds really fun! I get to play black” she finished. She felt happy when his face lit up; she wasn’t sure why making him happy made her feel good about herself.

“You really suck at this game?” he commented, as yet another ball managed to avoid the hoop. “Perhaps we shouldn’t bother using the hoops and you might be able to win?” suggested Tatewaki.

Nabiki glared at him; he wore a happy smile and kept laughing at her when she bungled the ball. “Hey it’s not like I’ve played this before!” she said indignantly and bent over to take another shot; Tatewaki snuck up behind her and slapped her ass. “What the hell do you think you’re doing!” she cried.

“Well I’m already kicking your ass, so I thought I’d spank it instead” he said, his eyes sparkling with good humour.

She took a swing at him, which he dodged easily. “No fair, you’re using martial arts!” she said with a laugh. She swatted at him again and he tackled her.

“Got you!” he said triumphantly, easily pinning her to the ground while she struggled. She looked at the handsome face above her and suddenly felt something strange pass between the two of them. The amusement faded from his face and he looked at her with uncertainty. His neck bent forward of it own accord and he placed his lips against hers. Nabiki froze and blushed to be kissed by him in so public a place, and then melted into his kiss. She found herself sighing, as she received the gentlest kiss she had ever been given in her life. She wound an arm around his broad back, easing his shirt up to stroke his warm skin and slid her free hand into his thick, soft hair. Their kiss was soft and sensual, with just a hint of desire; his tongue just brushed hers until she teased his own. The day was warm; the only thing that broke the silence was the hum of bees as they flew unhurriedly passed the embracing couple. He sighed and eased one of his hands under her head to cradle it and stroked the downy hairs at the nape of her neck with other. It would have been the most perfect kiss, if it hadn’t been interrupted by Tatewaki pulling away sharply and emitting a series of dry, heaving coughs.

“Are you okay? You’ve been coughing a lot today” Nabiki commented, sitting up and placing her hands on his shoulders.

“Yeah, just have a bit of a headache. Probably coming down with a cold” he said rueful, he didn’t want to admit that he felt a lot worse then that. “Sorry I ruined our fun”

“Not a problem, I should get going. Perhaps you should rest?” she suggested.

“Yes mom” he said quirking his brow at her. She laughed.

From Inside the Mansion

Kodachi watched as her older brother made a fool of himself, by wrestling around their backyard with his mystery wench. She frowned in distaste as he tackled her to the ground and then started kissing her. ‘How disgraceful for my own brother to be carrying on like this in public! Where’s his dignity as a Kuno?’ she questioned with a grimace of disgust.

She trained her binoculars on the pair and was rewarded by him pulling away from her abruptly, so that Kodachi could see the girl’s face. She realized that she looked familiar and tried to place her. Then it struck her, she’d seen this female in the household of her rival, Akane Tendo. She opened the folder that the detective she had hired, to find out who her Ranma Darling was living with, had given her and looked at the list of Tendo names. ‘The oldest one is Kasumi, the middle one Nabiki and the youngest one Akane’ she read. ‘That wasn’t Kasumi and that sure wasn’t Akane; that leaves only Nabiki. So my brother’s mysterious girl is Nabiki Tendo? Gotcha!’ she thought in triumph, in the dim light her eyes took on a sinister gleam.

On Monday, Tatewaki went to put on his uniform, to find that his hands were shaking. He felt awful, he felt sore all over his body and extremely tired. “Master Kuno are you okay?” asked Sasuke, concerned about how pale he appeared.

“I’m fine, just a bit of a cold” Tatewaki replied, wondering why he felt so warm in their climate controlled house. He got a coughing fit, which had been going on for a few days. He held a handkerchief to his mouth, to try and stop the germs from spreading; then he wondered why he seemed to cough up something wet at the end of his fit. He pulled the handkerchief away from his mouth; his eyes grew alarmed to see blood there.

“Master Kuno is that blood? Get back in bed; I’m calling your doctor!” Sasuke demanded, as if Tatewaki was a little kid again. Feeling sicker by the second, he allowed himself to be put back into bed.

“Viral Pneumonia” explained his doctor. “You can probably just stay home, but if your chest pains become worst or you cough up more blood; you should go to the hospital. However, I’m going to put you on antibiotics, have lots of fluids and lots of bed rest. You need to rest as much as you can no martial arts and no girls. You’re most likely not going to school for at least three weeks. So ask someone to pick up your homework for you. But remember that you’re highly contagious, so try and make sure that people stay away from you”

Tatewaki sat miserably in bed, letting what his doctor was saying sink in. Sasuke stood in the doorway of his room with Kodachi. ‘Contagious?’ he questioned, remembering his make out session with Nabiki. “Sasuke call....” he started, and then he noticed Kodachi was there and stopped.

“Who you do want him to call, brother dear?” she questioned.

“No one in particular” he replied.

“I’ll call your school myself, I’m sure that there’s someone who would be willing to bring you your homework. Sasuke, remove my brother’s landline phone and cell phone, he’s ill and needs his rest” she commanded with mock concern.

Nabiki noticed that Tatewaki was absent. The teacher took attendance and then turned to the class and said “It appears that Kuno-san has pneumonia, so I need a volunteer to bring him his homework assignments. Anyone?” she asked when no one did. “Very well, I’ll ask someone from his kendo club. Class dismissed”

Nabiki was bright red while she waited until everyone had left, then approached the teacher. “Mrs. Hurigashi, I’d like to volunteer. After all, his house is on my way home” she lied, thinking of the fifteen blocks it was out of her way.

“That’s most generous of you Nabiki and quite unlike you” she said shrewdly. “That’d be wonderful; I’ll collect his assignments from his teachers, if you could pick them up at the end of the day. Nothing picks up a man’s spirits more when he’s sick then a visit from his girlfriend” she said, grinning when Nabiki blushed.

Nabiki was surprised when the door was answered by Kodachi; she was used to Sasuke always meeting her or Tatewaki himself. “May I help you?” Kodachi inquired politely.

“Yes, I’m here to bring your brother his homework” Nabiki said.

“Well that’s so sweet of you. I’ll make he receives it” said Kodachi, reaching out to take the books from Nabiki. She smiled with satisfaction when this caused Nabiki to blush.

“I was hoping to see him” she said awkwardly.

“He’s highly contagious and really ill, he shouldn’t be disturbed” cautioned Kodachi. She was enjoying watching her brother’s wench squirm.

“I’m willing to take that chance” she said stubbornly.

“Say please” she taunted.

“Please” said Nabiki, she was starting to loath the girl in front of her. She reminded Nabiki of how Kuno used to be, only sneakier.

“Very well” she said, triumphantly leading the way.

Tatewaki woke up when his sister opened his door. “You have a visitor brother dear” she said and moved out the way to reveal Nabiki.

“Nabiki, you shouldn’t be here” he chided, sitting up in surprise; this just made him dizzy. Nabiki eased him back onto his pillow, noticing how pale and feverish he looked.

“I never get sick, so I came for a visit” she said, tucking the blankets around him. Kodachi closed the door on them, not wishing to see her brother getting coddled.

Nabiki sat on his bed and said “you’re going to be sick for a while; the least I can do is visit you”

“We can’t do what we normally do when you visit; I’m not in any shape” he admitted.

“So we’ll watch movies or I’ll help you with your homework, stuff like that” she said with a flourish of her hands.

Tatewaki in his weakened state, felt pathetically grateful. “You’d still want to hang out with me?” he asked.

“Of course” she said, and then turned on the movie network. “Do you like I Robot?” she asked and without even asking, stripped down to her panties and bra and joined him under the covers.

Tatewaki blushed to be revealed in his Spiderman pajamas “they were a gift” he explained, then sighed as he was cocooned in silky female limbs. She stroked his body through his pajamas, each caress was chaste, just intended to soothe rather then excite. He submitted to her touches while they watched the movie in silence. He was soon asleep.

Nabiki watched the sleeping boy as she had many times before. His handsome features were relaxed in sleep and his hair messy. He lay on his side and she was hugging his back. Gently she kissed the nape of his neck, smiling slightly as his hair tickled her nose. She eased away from him and got out of bed to get dressed, not wanting to wake him.

“Nabiki?” he said groggily.

“I’m leaving now, but I’ll visit tomorrow” she promised as she kissed him goodbye on the forehead. Then smiled at how cute he looked when he hugged his pillow and went back to sleep.

Nabiki prepared to exit the mansion when Kodachi stopped her “leaving so soon? I thought we might have some tea” she said, indicating a small table already set. Nabiki was curious to know what the wacky girl wanted and decided to stay. Kodachi poured Nabiki a cup and waited until she took a sip. “So you’re the one banging my brother?” she said wickedly.

Nabiki almost choked on her tea, the other girl smirked as she thumped her on the back. “Pardon?” Nabiki asked, sure that she was hearing things.

“You know, you and my brother have sex, do the nasty, make the beast with two backs, do the old rumpy-pumpy. However you wish to describe it when you fuck my brother” said Kodachi and causally blew on her hot tea.

“That’s hardly any of your business” snapped Nabiki.

“Why is he a bad lover?” Kodachi asked, her eyes dancing with glee to see Nabiki looking uncomfortable.

“I refuse to answer your questions; especially the last one. I’m certainly not going to tell a sister how her brother performs in bed. I know that psychiatrists say that a sibling’s first sexual crush is a family member; but this is a bit much” Nabiki said coldly.

Kodachi almost choked on her tea this time. “Please, the only one who wants to do my, brother is you” she said, narrowing her eyes at Nabiki. “So what type of birth control are you using: condoms, diaphragm, birth control pills? Ah the pill” she said triumphantly when Nabiki glanced at Kodachi during her last suggestion; confirming her suspicions.

“Kodachi, none of this is your business and we aren’t friends” Nabiki snarled and left.

Kodachi sipped her tea and made a phone call. “Azuma, does your friend still make phony birth control pills? Great, I’ll find out the type and get back to you” she said then hung up.

Next she summoned Sasuke “Yes Miss Kuno?” he inquired.

“Sasuke, I need you to use your skills as a Ninja to break into the Tendo house and find out what type of birth control pills Nabiki is taking. Write down the brand and take a picture of it, but leave them there” she ordered.

Sasuke swallowed hard at the command “Master Kuno won’t like it” he said.

Kodachi laughed “Master Kuno going to be out of commission for a long while. This place is under new management, me. You will do, as I order you to do and never mention any of this to my brother. Or I’ll take away your new privileges and turn you out of the house”

Sasuke gulped, not at losing his room and salary. But losing his family; the Kuno children. “Yes Miss Kuno” he said in a resigned voice.

Kodachi laughed again, she remembered that according to Nabiki’s file, that she was a schemer and extortionist. Who would do anything to make a buck; such as feign an interest in the richest guy in school. ‘This way I can kill two birds with one stone; I can make the brotherfucker participate in her own downfall and expose to my brother and to the rest of the world what sort of a gold digging slut she is’ Kodachi thought and raised her glass in mock salute after her unsuspecting accomplice