AN: You ever notice that after you get better after being real sick for a while, that you now have a hell of a lot of things to do now that you're better? Well that's what happened to me. I was just way to busy to even think of writing anything until now.
On to other, more story oriented things, this chapter they go out shopping. Oh, and to all that thought that I was being an utter bastard by keeping Skuld's new beau a secret, I didn't mean to, at first at least. You see, I had a scene in mind I WAS going to write that had Mara leave the photo of the individual in Urd's room, and then I would say who it was in the photo, but in my utterly not feeling well mind fogged haze, I forgot to type the scene. Sorry. Then when I realized my mistake, I then decided to just go with it, and not release his name until he shows up. But I HAVE left a hell of a lot of clues, and some of you have guessed right, and some wrong. Sorry about the Boo-boo, and sorry if my going with the mistake upset some of you. I got some, upset mail, on this subject.
And I apologize in advance if I upset anyone with the few stereotypes I put in the fetish shop.
Now on with the fic already in progress!
HELL'S ONE TRUE LOVE
CHAPTER SEVEN
PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE LEATHER!
WE'VE GOTTEN THE PERFECT CUSTOMER FOR OUR WARES IN THE SHOP!
UH, HILD, URD, MARA? THEY'RE SCARING ME!
DEAL WITH IT!
Out side Fantasies, the fetish shop Urd had mentioned earlier
Ranma look on in silent shock at the display window of the shop Urd had brought them to. A Full leather body suit was the tamest thing in the window. She didn't even want to think about how you could even put on some of the other things in the window, let alone the purpose for some of the really exotic stuff that was being displayed in the window here.
As Ranma cautiously followed Urd, Mara and Hild into the shop, they were immediately greeted by the one person in the front of the store, a teenage woman in a black leather tank top and pants with pink and green neon hair, that was stocking boxes of things that Ranma decided she really didn't want to know the purpose for using them on people, on the shelves.
"Oh, hey Urd! Who's your friends?" The woman asked.
"Hey Dia! This is my Sister Mara and my Mother Hild, and my Mom's, signifigent other Ranma." Urd told the woman.
Dia looked at Hild and raised an eyebrow. "You're Urd's Mother?"
"Yes." Hild said not quite getting the meaning behind the look of disbelief.
"But you look younger then both your daughters!" Dia exclaimed in her shock! "And I know the signs of surgery and you ain't had it!" She then continued to exclaim.
Hild, Urd, and Mara all looked at each other and then laughed. They turned to Dia as one and said at the exact same time "Genetics. We're all way older then we look."
Dia muttered "Lucky bitches." So softly that a normal human would have never heard her. But since we were dealing with a Goddess, two Demonesses and Ranma, they all heard her soft jealous exclamation. They just chuckled and Urd said
"Trust me, you wouldn't want our genetic make up." While Mara and Hild looked at Urd with a look that said 'Shut up!'
Dia looked surprised that they heard her, she thought she spoke softly enough for them not to hear her, and if she had been dealing with ordinary humans, she would have been, so to change the subject quickly, Dia asked "So what did you come here for Urd?"
"Well, can you get Aki and Sou out of the back for me? I think they're going to just love the challenge Ranma will give them." Urd asked Dia.
Dia, looking at the unusually timid Ranma asked "She's got a good challenge for them? She doesn't really seem the type to."
"Ah, give her a break, it's her first time in a store like this, so of course she's a little wary. But she WILL give Aki and Sou the challenge of their lives, I guarantee it. Oh yeah, and bring out a lot of hot and cold water, they're going to need it." Urd told Dia.
"Ah damn. I'm going to be doing a lot of changing back and forth, aren't I?" Ranma asked while pouting.
"Afraid so Ranma, but believe me, it WILL be worth it in the end." Urd told Ranma.
"I hope so." Was Ranma's reply.
Dia, now intrigued, went to get Aki and Sou. A few moments later a man and a woman dressed primarily in black and green and red leather came out.
"So Urd," The woman began "Dai tells us that some newbie has the challenge of our lives out here by your words." While she put two buckets of water on the counter.
"She sure does Aki. Ranma, want to show them?" Urd said with a gleam in her eyes.
Sighing, Ranma went over to the buckets of water. Quickly deducing the hot from the cold by the steam rising from one, she sighed again and said "Urd I really hope for your sake that these two can do what you said. I hate doing things like this you know."
"Trust me Ranma, these will be the best fitting clothes you've had in years." Urd told Ranma seriously, ignoring Ranma's veiled threat made in her nervous frustration.
"Yeah, yeah, so you keep telling me." Ranma said, them she put her hand in to the slightly too hot water, changing immediately back into his male self.
The three shop keepers blinked at Ranma with their mouths hanging open, wincing just a tad, Ranma then put his had in to the slight too cold water, to take the sting out of his hand. She then said in irritation, as she pulled her hand out of the freezing water, shaking her now numb hand, "You know, they needn't be THAT hot or cold."
"HOW!!!" The three shop keepers yelled at once.
"A cursed place called Jusenkyo." Ranma said bitterly.
"Where is it?" Sou asked.
Ranma looked at him like he was nuts and said "A small valley in China. But you'd be wasting your time if you went there. I destroyed the place in one of my fights. Good riddance to the place anyway." Ranma said venomously.
The three shop keepers blinked and then Aki said "Ok. So what did you want us to make you anyways?"
Urd then spoke up after she had stuffed her giggles back down her throat. "We need you to make a lot of different outfits for Ranma. The only common thing between them should be, that when Ranma's a female, it looks like it has a feminine cut to it, but when Ranma's male, it has a masculine cut to it."
"Hmm, you're right Urd, that will be very challenging. I mean a set of clothes that change cut instantly when the wearers body type changes, very changing in deed. Just two questions before we start the measuring process." Sou said in thought.
"Which are?" Urd asked.
"One, which is your original form Ranma." Sou asked.
"Male." Ranma said quickly.
"Ok and two, which form do you spend the most time in?" Sou then asked.
Before Ranma could answer, Hild spoke up. "Part of Ranma's condition makes him a real water magnet. So he changes forms a lot and quickly. He used to try to spend all the time he could as a male, but now is going to try to be as even as possible in his two forms, right Ranma?" Hild then asked.
"Yeah, that's right, after I utterly destroyed the one place I might have found a cure, I decided to try to get used to being half and half, so I guess I will be about equal in time spent in both forms. Thanks for reminding me of that Hild." Ranma said.
"Ok, now that I know those to things we can get started. Well Ranma strip down to your undies, and we'll start taking measurements." Sou told Ranma.
Ranma blushed, and Hild then guessed why. "Ranma, you're not wearing a bra at the moment are you?" Hild asked with bright shiny eyes, trying to contain her laughter.
"No." Ranma said softly.
"Why not?" Dia asked in confusion.
"Because I would look ridiculous as a guy wearing one." Was Ranma answer.
Sou nodded and then said "That's true. Well it looks like we'll have to make all your clothes have built in support." Then nodding again he said "Well Ranma, we really do need you out of your outer clothes to measure you properly."
Ranma sighed and as she started to undress, she said "There are times when I hate my life."
And then Ranma spent the next three hours being measured and asked all sorts of embarrassing questions, intermixed with questions on preferences for the outfits.
It took a while, but then Ranma started to have a little enjoyment from this, and by the end of the three hours, she left the shop with a smile and a promise of a whole new wardrobe in a weeks time.
AN: Well next time I go into more on Ranma's day out. Thanks for reading this. I'll hopefully have the next chapter out soon. Bye for now.