Characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi
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4"Now that it's just us boys, maybe you'll be more cooperative. This is quite the mess you've gotten yourself into, but I pride myself on being a professional. Even you can be helped with my methods.
"Where is Shampoo? If you hurt her, I will-"
"How many times must I say it. I am here to help you make a decision. I have no desire to bring harm to you or the young lady. Man, you are a stubborn one. Now let us begin."
White light surrounded Ranma. The effect was blinding and he shut his eyes. When he opened them again he was surrounded by darkness; he couldn't see a thing. "What's going on?"
"Not to worry, the setting is changing to suit our needs."
"Ran-chan!" Ukyo's voice called out to him.
"Ukyo, get out of here!" Ranma called out, though he couldn't see her.
Then, as if by magic, she appeared before him dressed in the blue uniform she wore at her shop.
"Ukyo!" He ran toward her, and went through her. "What?!"
"She's not actually here, Ranma. This is a projection. I want to get a reading on your physiological reaction to her."
"My what?"
"I'm monitoring you. We are going to go through a lot of different things, and I want to be able to track the changes. Sometimes there are small clues in our reactions that people are unaware of. Like when I show you something like this."
The image of Ukyo changed. She now stood before him in a chemise the same color as her uniform. Ranma cried out and turned away from her.
"Ran-chan. Don't you want to see?"
"No!" Ranma cried out. "Ukyo is my friend!"
"YES! Very good Ranma. Your reaction matches the physiological changes. To you this is the same as seeing a family member dressed provocatively. So this already rules out one of your fiancees. Down to just two and we only just started! This may be easier than I thought."
"Why are you doing this? Please stop."
"I'm helping you. Now, onto the next."
The projection of Ukyo vanished and in her place stood Akane. "Ranma." Akane's voice was gentle and soothing.
"Akane, doesn't sound like that."
"Maybe you're more used to this kind of tone."
The Akane projection frowned and cried out, "Ranma, you jerk!"
Ranma instinctually flinched, as physical pain usually follows an outburst like that.
"Oh, that's very telling information. What if we change to something like this?"
The Akane projection changed again, this time she was in a dark blue bikini underwear set. Ranma's cheeks reddened and he quickly averted his eyes, taking only small glances at first. Why am I nervous? This isn't really Akane. Ranma realized.
"Ranma!" The projection ran toward him in her bikini.
His eyes followed the bouncing movement of her chest and his whole face turned a dark shade of crimson.
"Got some good data with that one. Now, onto the next"
The projection changed forms once again. Now Shampoo stood before him. "Airen." her voice was full of love.
Ranma's heart skipped a beat, as he remembered every instance she used that loving tone, it was when she tried to seduce him.
"You are getting ahead of me there, but since you are on that topic."
The projection changed. Shampoo was wearing a lavender corset that was tight on her chest, almost to the point where it seemed she would fall out of it.
Ranma gulped loudly, he could really feel his body reacting now.
"Wo ai ni, Airen." the Shampoo projection said and leaned forward, giving him more to look at.
Ranma sat down and covered his lap.
"This has been very revealing stuff. I can safely say you are attracted to both girls, though not equally. Now, we will break for the night and carry on in the morning."