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me if it happens so we can solve it. 

Note: If you are notice changes in the time line and personality of the 
characters, that's the idea of my fanfiction. I always write alternate 
realities, so don't bother insulting me because the history has changes in it. 
Well, with that out of the way, enjoy! 


 
 
Hotaru motioned for Usagi and Mamoru to take a seat. "This conversation won't be 
easy to hear." The three of them sat under the shade of a tree. The Senshi of 
Silence decided to be direct to the point. She knew her princess could take the 
news now that she had recovered her real self. "My princess, the reason why I'm 
changing is because of my return to my real age." 

Usagi's reaction was to simply lift an eyebrow. "Your real age? You mean you're 
my age as well, right?" 

Hotaru nodded. "Yes. We were born only a couple of days apart. From the day I 
was born it was my sworn duty to protect 'you' and follow your commands." 

"Don't you mean defend the Serenity family?" Asked the blonde. 

Mamoru answered that one. "Actually, the Senshis of Saturn were pledged to 
protect a Serenity in particular. Hotaru's mother was the protector of the 
Queen, while Hotaru was supposed to protect you." He turned to their growing 
friend. "Isn't that right?" 

Hotaru nodded. "And that seems to be the reason why I was reborn so weak." At 
the confused looks she became a target of, she continued. "Hinako detected and 
removed a spell placed on me to lower my power. It had the side effect of making 
me so physically weak that my aging stopped and I had a really bad health." 

Usagi had a sinking feeling in her heart as she said. "And the person to put 
such a spell on you was my mother." It wasn't a question. She knew few beings 
were stronger than the Senshi of Saturn. 

Hotaru nodded. "Why? I don't know. Hinako said she recognized the Queen's 
handiwork." A few minutes of silence followed that statement. 

Mamoru finally turned all around to make sure they were out of earshot from 
anyone and whispered. "I think the Queen feared for her position in power." 

Usagi and Hotaru leaned forward. The first asked. "Fear? From whom?" 

The prince of Earth looked at her sternly. "From you." He silenced any protest 
by placing his hand over her mouth. He gulped knowing Usagi would get back at 
him somehow, and she was very imaginative. "Think about it. The historians said 
you had the most potential for full use of the Serenity power. Saturn could beat 
her mother in combat from the time she was twelve and was pledged to support any 
path you took. Our marriage would ensure the union of the Moon and Earth, two 
planets with the most powerful warriors of the galaxy. Add to that Saturn and 
you've got enough resources to overthrow the present Queen." He removed his hand 
from Usagi's face as he finished. 

Usagi nodded. "But that doesn't mean I would do it. I love my mother and would 
never betray her." She realized what Mamoru was getting at and her gaze fell to 
the ground. "She didn't trust me, did she?" 

Hotaru came to the rescue of her friend placing a reassuring hand on her 
shoulder. "We don't know that, Princess. What Mamoru says is only a supposition, 
nothing more." 

Usagi smiled faintly with the reassurance and reached up to touch Hotaru's hand. 
"Call me Usagi, Hotaru. I need a friend more than I need a servant." She looked 
up at the features of the most powerful Senshi. "I need my old friend back." 
Both girls smiled widely as they knew, deep inside, that things would turn out 
fine. 

Mamoru cleared his throat to get their attention. "Either way. What do we do? 
Artemis, Luna and most of the Senshi might still be loyal to the dead Queen." 

Saturn's features sobered instantly. "I wouldn't worry about that. The inners 
have their loyalty well placed on Usagi." She noticed as the princess smiled at 
the way she referred to her. "Pluto has her own agenda, even if she swore to 
protect the Serenitys. I can bet her agenda doesn't include going against Usagi 
right now." She added with a smirk. 

Mamoru nodded and Usagi blushed a little at the implications. The Nova Family 
supported Usagi, and Pluto wouldn't go against Ranma since they were lovers. The 
thought of the way Ranma and Setsuna were around each other made the blonde 
blush harder. It was obvious they didn't spend all their time together talking. 
"What about Uranus and Neptune?" Asked Mamoru. 

Saturn shrugged. "I really don't know. If they don't recover their past selves 
they are wild cards. If they do, however..." She let it at that, letting her 
companions know to whom those two were really loyal to. 

The three of them turned their attention back to the building. A heated argument 
was taking place right now. "Let's hope for the best." Usagi said with a smile 
that Hotaru and Mamoru found strange. It seemed like some of the characteristics 
of Usagi's reincarnation were still in her. Princess Serenity never smiled so 
carefree. Turning to Hotaru, she said. "Would you mind if I took a look at you? 
I may be able to do something to accelerate your aging." 

Hotaru considered it for a moment and nodded. *I don't want to be receiving 
weird looks forever. If Usagi can make this happen faster then it will be all 
over.* They both stood up and Usagi lifted her hand in front of herself and 
closed her eyes in concentration. Mamoru watched entranced as the pair started 
to emanate a silver light, and Hotaru's form grew even more. 

Usagi was sweating already with the exertion. She knew the kind of power needed 
to accelerate this process, and knew she would be completely drained when she 
was done, but either way she continued pumping energy into her friend. She owed 
it to her after what her mother did. 

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"What do you mean she's Usagi's age?" Asked a perplexed Michiru. She cared for 
Hotaru as if she was her daughter. Now to know that her little girl was really 
only a couple of years younger than her was a real shock. 

Artemis nodded. "She was attacked by the Nova Family and the Queen herself had 
to intervene and drive the dark ones out of the system. Hotaru was badly wounded 
and it took nearly all of the Queen's energy to save her life." 

Luna continued for the other cat. "I believe the Queen's magic hasn't stopped 
working and Hotaru has finally recovered from the ordeal." 

Ami heard the whole thing and asked with a confused expression. "What kind of an 
attack can last through a reincarnation?" 

Luna and Artemis looked at each other and turned to the Senshi of Mercury. "Nova 
herself attacked Sailor Saturn. Queen Serenity protected the Moon from her evil 
purposes and saved everyone." Artemis said in a reverent voice. 

All the present Senshi looked at each other. Hearing Artemis' version of things 
they immediately noticed the contradiction with Mercury's memories. Something 
was terribly wrong here. 

A beeping started to come from Ami's purse and everyone turned to it with a look 
of shock. They were supposed to be done fighting till the foundation of Crystal 
Tokyo. "Great." Haruka said as she took out her henshin pen. The others followed 
suit. 

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Usagi collapsed back into Mamoru's embrace as the process was finished. She was 
incredibly tired, but a huge smile adorned her features. "Welcome back, Saturn." 

'Saturn' stood before the couple. She looked at herself and then covered her 
exposed body from sight, a furious blush on her cheeks. She should have known 
that the clothes of a little girl wouldn't fit her when she was fully-grown. 

Mamoru did his best not to stare, mainly because the object of his love was in 
his arms, but either way failed. He was rewarded with a slap, though it wasn't 
really hard. "Mamo-chan!" Scolded a tired Usagi. She didn't really mind, because 
it was an accident. But she could see Hotaru was very embarrassed by the 
situation. 

"Stop playing around and come with us! There's a dark force attacking the people 
downtown!" Yelled Mars as she exited the shrine after the others. 

Before Usagi could protest, Saturn shook her head. "You're too weak to go." She 
had transformed into her Senshi form, and was now glad to be clothed. 

Usagi stood straight and gave her friend a look that said 'don't mess with me.' 
Both Saturn and Mamoru groaned but either way helped Usagi go downtown. 

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The 'dark force' consisted of four figures that did what all the other Youma 
should have done from the start. The best energy you could obtain for evil 
purposes was that of fear and life. Fear when the victim knew it was doomed, 
life when it's life was taken. Which was precisely what was happening. 

The Senshi arrived to a horrible scene. Dozens of corpses were scattered 
everywhere. Horrible testament to the cruelty of the four killers. Three 
actually, for one of them hadn't even lifted a finger during the whole time. The 
three actually attacking people were clad in blue armors of an alien design. 
They seemed human but something simply wasn't right about them. Maybe it was the 
fact that they were completely identical to each other, maybe because they 
didn't seem to touch the ground as they walked. The fact was they were all 
laughing as the pile of corpses continued to grow. People ran screaming in fear 
just before the threesome moved impossibly fast to intercept them. Things didn't 
look good in general. 

The fourth person was wearing a gray armor of the same kind. He was a little 
taller than the others and looked a lot heavier. He had a cold smile on his 
features as he eyed the arriving Senshi. 

"Mercury?" Asked Mars as she looked in shock at the massacre. Never before had 
they faced against such a foe. 

Mercury read the numbers on her computer and paled. "They aren't Youma. We are 
facing the sources of the dark energy." The others considered this, not liking 
the implications. This went entirely against the modus operandi of their usual 
foes. 

They were about ready to make one of their presentations when something caught 
everyone's attention. Even the three destructive people had stopped as a single 
female figure walked to them. "What is the meaning of this?" Asked Princess 
Serenity as she stood fearlessly in front of the four aliens. Her expression was 
hard, mostly because of the slaughter taking place. 

One of them took the time to wipe the blood off his face and sneered. "Hey, 
pretty girl! You don't seem to be afraid of us." 

Serenity frowned. "Answer my question." The Moon mark on her forehead seemed to 
glow a little more as she said those words. 

This fact didn't go unnoticed by the fourth figure, who suddenly remembered what 
it meant. "Get her!" He ordered. He wanted to take advantage of the fact that 
the foolish princess was alone. Her guard seemed to still be in a state of shock 
and they hadn't moved to protect their ruler. *Too bad for them.* He thought 
with a smile. The energy the Princess of the Moon would let out when she died 
was enough for their purpose. 

The three guys in the blue armors looked at each other and shrugged. They all 
charged at the still unmoving blonde girl. As they neared her, they could see as 
she closed her eyes and started to turn around. They leered in glee at the 
prospect of killing her. 

"LOOK OUT!" Yelled each and every of the present Senshi at the same time. They 
couldn't believe they hadn't moved to protect the Princess, and now it was too 
late. They saw as one of them gained the advantage and ever so slowly cocked an 
arm back. His fingers suddenly grew into knives and he delivered the final 
strike. 

To touch nothing but air. The man's eyes bulged out as he saw his claw go 
through an illusion of a retreating blond girl. "What the...?" He didn't finish 
that thought as the ground beneath him exploded. Out of the resulting hole came 
a blur that stopped in front of the attacker. Pain filled his senses as he felt 
a sharp object pierce through his chest. He was lifted off the ground with ease. 

The others watched in fascination as this happened. One moment the trio was 
about to kill the Princess. The next the attacker was impaled by the weapon of a 
mysterious woman wearing the uniform of a Sailor Senshi. She was a huge woman of 
nearly 6'5" with black hair. Her frame was very feminine yet powerful. Any other 
feature was blocked by the blood tainting her. It was as if she was bathing in 
the blood of her impaled victim, who she held firmly over her head as she held 
her weapon with one hand. "You bitch!" Yelled the impaled one with much more 
force than anyone in that position should be able to muster. 

"Silence." Said the woman in a cold voice. 

The other two got ready to attack her as the impaled one continued with his 
angry ranting. "I'll see you dead, bitch." This was much calmer as he reached 
for the shaft of the weapon. 

"Glaive." The woman continued. Everyone's eyes widened at this. Particularly the 
impaled one, who was seeing his life pass before his eyes. It wasn't everyday 
that you were in the receiving end of an attack by the Senshi of Death. Suddenly 
the trio realized who their enemy was. "Surprise." A huge blast of energy left 
the tip of the Silence Glaive, which was imbedded in the unfortunate alien. 
Needless to say there wasn't much of him when the immense ray of energy finally 
relented. 

Silence was the only thing that followed the complete elimination of the 
murderer. The aliens had their jaws on the floor. Sure, they had heard of the 
power of Saturn, but never had they witnessed one of her attacks. That Silence 
Glaive Surprise was strong enough to obliterate a small planet. 

The Senshi were shocked to see the real Sailor Saturn for the first time in this 
life. She was power made flesh both in appearance and in the strength of her 
attacks. Their shock only increased when one of the remaining two in blue armors 
simply fell forward, completely motionless. His expression was calm while his 
eyes were completely empty of life. 

The third and last surviving member of the trio turned to his superior. "What's 
happening?" He asked more than a little distressed. The man in the gray armor, 
for his part, had his eyes fixated on a roof across from the place of the fight. 
A look of pure and uncontrolled fear was directed towards four figures standing 
there. It should be impossible, for they were supposed to be dead, but there 
they were. They emanated that same frightening dark power that scared so many 
all those millennia ago. He knew now that it had been a mistake to come to this 
planet, even if the reports said the Silver Millennium was over and the House of 
Nova perished during its fall. "Master?" Asked again his subject, but he didn't 
hear him. His attention was fully concentrated on the two figures dressed in 
black. 

He surprised everyone by falling on his knees and lowering his head until it 
touched the ground. "Please, forgive me!" He pleaded of his enemies. He knew his 
life was over from the moment he came here, but maybe Razt would be merciful 
enough to kill him fast. 

Up on the roof, Serenity and Endymion in their royal appearances looked down in 
surprise. "Someone you know?" Asked the princess of her two companions. 

Ryoga smiled as Hinako answered the question. "Just some of Alpha Centauri's 
foot soldiers. They would be completely useless if they weren't able to 
regenerate." She turned to her brother and said in an emotionless tone. "Do it 
quickly. Mother said dinner would be ready shortly." 

Ryoga nodded as he walked forward with a spring in his step. He seemed like a 
happy little kid on his way to buy candy. He jumped off the roof of the three-
story building as if it was the most natural thing in the whole world. Now most 
of the present people didn't find that unusual, being able to do it themselves, 
but when Ryoga landed and a ten feet in diameter crater appeared under him they 
did a double take. Without losing his stride, Ryoga walked towards the guy in 
the blue armor. 

"He's going to kill them, isn't he?" Asked Mamoru as calmly as he could. He had 
heard from Ranma the tales of how Ryoga fought, and he was expectant to see if 
all he said about his brother was the truth. He didn't really like the prospect 
of killing them in cold blood, but as he looked around at all the corpses of 
innocent people he felt the desire to finish them off himself. The only thing 
that held him back was that the princess was still weak and he had to protect 
her. 

Hinako nodded without turning from what she knew would be a bloody scene. She 
always found Ryoga's fights to be interesting in a sick way. "Yes, he is. I 
suggest that if you don't like blood you leave now. Ryoga can get very... 
creative." 

But even with her warning they both stared at the scene. Ryoga was to be one of 
their allies, and they wanted to know what he was capable of. This was their 
chance. 

Down on the street, Saturn watched as Ryoga closed in on the remaining invaders. 
She nodded to him as their gazes met and she started walking away from the soon 
to be massacre. She walked in the direction of the rest of the Senshi completely 
dropping her guard. Ryoga would take care of them and there was nothing that 
could be done about it. 

Each of the Senshi had different reactions to the way things were happening. 
Mercury was busily working on her computer to try and scan Ryoga, which only 
frustrated her. She was receiving nothing but an 'UNKNOWN ENERGY' message. Venus 
and Jupiter were looking at the boy in fascination as he walked forward 
purposely. They both had found him to be first class boyfriend material. The 
fact that he was also from the 'past' helped too. Mars was watching things with 
an increasing sense of dread. Her senses got nothing but a dark power that made 
Metallia's seem like the one of an innocent child. Neptune had her sight fixated 
on Saturn as she walked towards them. She was still out of it as she stared at 
her 'little' girl. Uranus was intently watching Ryoga, waiting to see what he 
was capable of and study his weaknesses so she could take him out. 

Ryoga smirked as he got within fighting range. The blue armored man matched his 
opponent's smirk as he launched an attack with his right claw. He was glad the 
Senshi of Silence wouldn't be his opponent. He would become stronger killing 
more people and then he might have a chance at escaping. 

The attack was slower than anything Ranma had ever thrown at him. The strength 
behind the blow was something to sneeze at. And even then, the claw penetrated 
Ryoga's midsection and impaled him from side to side. Blood flowed freely from 
the wound and dripped ever so slowly from the points of the enemy's claw. "I got 
you." He said with an evil smile. 

The Senshi watched in shock as Ryoga was defeated with a simple attack any of 
them would have evaded or blocked. "That's the best the Novas have to offer?" 
Haruka asked no one in particular. She simply felt the need to mock the jerk out 
loud. 

A female voice from up on the roof caught their attention. "Dammit, Ryoga! I 
told you not to play with them. Mother said to be back for dinner within the 
hour." 

To everyone's amazement, particularly the guy in the blue armor, Ryoga turned to 
her with an annoyed expression. "I heard you already. I just want to work off 
some pent up frustrations." He turned to his attacked with a sweet smile. "Now 
where were we?" He asked teasingly as he reached forward with both his hands. He 
was moving as if the fact that he was bleeding from a mortal wound was nothing. 

The blue armored man felt strong hands take hold of his right arm and neck. The 
next was simply too painful to register as he screamed in agony and wished it 
all to end. 

Ryoga smiled evilly and with little effort ripped the arm off the body with a 
spectacular explosion of blood that completely soaked him. The scream of pain 
was music to his ears as he released his hold on the neck and got the arm out of 
himself. 

The others could see as Ryoga ripped off the arm with a casual movement. He then 
proceeded to get the arm out of him and the wound closed instantly, as if he had 
never been hurt in the first place. At the sight of this Venus bent over and 
threw up, not used at all to seeing cruelty in its purest level. 

Ryoga laughed as he used the arm as a baseball bat and slashed off the guy's 
left leg. "You know what I love about you guys?" He asked conversationally. "You 
can take a lot of punishment before you die." He stomped on his left knee, 
making it as thin as a sheet of paper with a sickening noise. 

By now the guy's screams of pain had turned into pure uncontrolled fear and 
anguish. He had never faced such a monster before, and all he wanted was for the 
torture to end. He even exposed his neck for a killing blow, so excruciating was 
the pain he was suffering. Ryoga smiled as he took the hint and dropped his new 
arm toy. He bent down and picked the guy by the top of the head. "You want me to 
finish it?" The guy's eyes pleaded him to end his suffering. "Very well. Though 
it is more than you deserve after you killed those little kids." He ripped the 
head off and squashed it between his hands. He dropped something completely 
unrecognizable to the floor next to the now headless body. Snorting in disgust 
at the remains, he palm striked the chest of the corpse. An explosion was the 
result, and a red stain was the only thing left of the once proud soldier of 
Alpha Centauri. 

By now Venus had fainted, Mercury had dropped her computer at the readings she 
got. "No one is that strong. It's impossible." She muttered over and over again. 
Jupiter watched in shocked horror and wondered how long she would stand against 
someone that strong. Not that she ever intended to fight that monster, she 
wasn't that crazy. Mars' state of mind was completely indescribable. Uranus was 
livid. She had come very close to being the one fighting Ryoga, and most 
probably be squashed like an insect. 

Ryoga walked to the kneeling soldier and asked. "What are you collecting energy 
for?" 

The guy answered without a second thought. "We're preparing an invasion to 
expand our dominion." 

Ryoga snorted and turned away from him. "Coward. Tell your people not to come 
here again if they don't want their little weak empire to turn into a black 
hole. I'll see to it myself if they come even half the distance to this galaxy 
ever again." He said as he started walking towards his sister. 

The guy in the black armor didn't question his orders or his good luck. He 
vanished in thin air, intent on getting the hell away from this sector of the 
Universe. 

As Saturn reached the outers, she lowered her head and said in a hesitant voice. 
"I'll understand it if you don't want me around anymore." 

Neptune shook her head vehemently. "What are you talking about? You're still 
Hotaru no matter what you look like." She said as she reached out to embrace the 
now taller Senshi. She was quite surprised to be giving support to someone that 
was so much taller than she was. Hotaru let a small smile light up her features 
as tears threatened to come out of her eyes. She had expected the kind of 
rejection she always found during the Silver Millennium. She might be the 
strongest of the Senshi, but no one can live alone forever. She didn't know how 
Haruka would take things, but Michiru accepting her was more than she dared 
hope. 

Ryoga smiled as he stopped a few feet from the Senshi. "Hey squirt! Wanna go out 
for dinner on Friday?" Seeing Hotaru smile and nod he continued walking. "Pick 
you up at eight." He said casually as he jumped to the roof. "Let's go. I'm 
starving." He said to Hinako as he continued walking in the direction of the 
house. 

Hinako smiled teasingly at the unmoving forms of princess Serenity and Endymion. 
"He was merciful today. I guess he must be hungry." And with that she gave chase 
to her brother. Both brother and sister didn't seem to notice the stares they 
got from every witness of the fight as they hurried home. 

Back down, the Senshi surrounded the only corpse left complete. "What happened 
to this guy?" Asked Haruka as she knelt down and looked for any signs of injury. 
She found absolutely none. 

Mercury had recovered herself enough to start typing on her computer. She did a 
complete scan of the body. "It seems like all the internal organs failed at the 
same time, preventing any kind of regenerative abilities from happening. He died 
without even knowing what happened." 

"Ranma." Whispered Saturn. The others look up at her with questioning glances. 
It seemed like for the moment they had forgotten about her sudden change. She 
took the hint and continued for everyone to hear. "I think it was Ranma's work. 
When we lived in the Silver Millennium he was always looking for the way to kill 
without pain. His experience told him how bad torture could be." She made an 
effort not to turn to Haruka at that comment, but all the others did. Uranus 
felt betrayed by her companions. They knew her from a long time and yet they 
doubted her. She would never torture for the sheer pleasure of it. She wasn't 
sure if she could torture someone in any case. 

Mercury reminded everyone that they should leave the scene and they all started 
roof hoping. Mamoru and Usagi joined then quickly. As they went, the 
conversation continued. "But how did Ranma attack that man? We didn't see him 
anywhere." 

Saturn shook her head. "I don't know. Even back then Ranma would always surprise 
us with his creativity for fighting. Who knows what he has been able to develop 
over thousands of years." 

Neptune turned to Saturn with a knowing expression. "You admire him." It wasn't 
in any way a question. 

Saturn nodded. "We were all born with magic powers that give us an advantage 
over other humans. Our abilities come to us naturally." 

Mamoru finished for her. "But Ranma doesn't have any magic. What he's achieved 
has been gained with effort." He smiled faintly as he jumped down to the yard of 
the shrine. "It has been that way since I met him in the Academy." 

Makoto, after they all detransformed, said hopefully. "I'm really looking 
forward to him teaching me." And for the first time she meant it without 
interest in a guy. Pure martial arts in her mind. 

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Ryoga and Hinako entered the house to find Nodoka waiting for them at the dining 
room. "Sorry we're late, mother. Pig-boy didn't finish those idiots fast 
enough." Hinako said dismissively. 

Ryoga smiled triumphantly. "You're just jealous because it was my turn to fight. 
You always take longer trying to show off." Hinako's returning smile didn't 
contradict his words. In fact, all it did was confirm the statement. 

Nodoka coughed lightly on her hand to get their attention. When she was sure the 
two were done teasing each other, for the moment, she said. "You let one of them 
leave." It wasn't an accusation. 

Ryoga nodded seriously. "News about our survival will travel fast. Things are 
happening according to schedule." He sat down and prepared to start eating when 
he noticed the look his mother was giving him. "What?" 

Nodoka pointed towards his bloodstained clothes. "Go clean yourself before we 
start eating. Sometimes you're just so careless." Ryoga made a face, but either 
way complied and left the room grumbling. 

Hinako giggled at the scene and turned to her mother. "Where's Ranma and 
Setsuna?" 

Nodoka allowed a faint smile to show. "They said they would be going out to 
dinner and then out on some business. We should expect them back by the end of 
the week." 

Hinako looked at her mother with an amused smile. "You do realize it's Tuesday, 
right?" Nodoka nodded as her expression remained unchanged. It had taken a long 
time for her, but she had finally accepted Ranma and Setsuna were meant for each 
other. Ranma had returned to the world of the living outside of his martial 
arts. That was something they had all lost hope of. She was taken out of her 
contemplation as Hinako continued. "Ryoga asked Saturn out on a date." 

Nodoka's lifted an eyebrow at that. "I take it she's her real age then?" 

Hinako nodded. "And as impressive as we remember her. I'm not surprised Ryoga is 
interested." 

"Shut up! She's just a friend!" Snapped Ryoga as he entered the room now on 
clean clothing. He had a frown on his face and menacingly stared at Hinako. 

Nodoka didn't react as Hinako smirked and answered back. "Yeah, right! That's 
what Ranma used to say. Give it up, brother. You know you really like her." 

Ryoga's eyes started to glow with energy. "Hinako." He said very slowly as he 
clenched his fists. 

Nodoka calmly stood up and headed to the kitchen. "Take it to the kitchen, you 
two. I'll keep dinner warm till you're done." 

Before Hinako could protest Ryoga had already taken hold of her arm and slung 
her over his shoulder. She found herself being carried towards the dojo by a 
very ticked off Ryoga. She laughed as she said. "Did I hit a nerve?" She knew 
very well the following fight would be quite serious and would hurt like hell. 
To both of them, she was no slouch herself. But she either way loved having the 
advantage over her brother, and right now she had the advantage. 

"Shut up! You're one to talk. How many boyfriends have you had in the last two 
thousand years?" Ryoga asked trying to spite her as well. He wanted to get back 
at her, and he knew the right buttons to push. 

"RYOGA!" Bellowed Hinako as she levitated to her feet and glared at him. It was 
a sensitive spot for her. 

Ryoga smirked evilly as he leaned forward and asked. "Did I hit a nerve?" 

Needless to say Nodoka had to keep dinner warm for a long time that evening. 


END PART 5 


Author's notes: Well thats part 5 for you. Sorry to my prereaders, but I've 
decided to post whatever I have as soon as I finish it and then correct any 
mistakes the readers find. Patience is a virtue, but not a virtue I possess in 
great amounts. Again, I'm sorry. 

How did you like this chapter? I'm covering what happens to some of the NWC in 
Part 6, as well as explaining more about the history behind the Novas and the 
Senshi. 

See you in part 6!