Disclaimer: The Ranmaverse and all of it's characters are property of the brilliant Takahashi-sama and Sailor Moon characters belong to Takeuchi-sama and I claim no ownership of them. Only the story belongs to me.AN: There is a bit of a dark under tone toward the end of this chapter. This isn't a dark fic so it's not too bad just giving a heads up.
Edited 02/11/08
"What are you doing up this early?" Akane asked with a smile as she turned toward him surprised that he was up at this hour.
"Couldn't sleep." Ranma said with a shrug. "Mind if I join you?" Ranma wondered as he followed her out and toward the mud room.
"Sure Ranma, but you've never joined me on my jogs before, why now?" Akane asked as she put on her jogging shoes.
"Well we don't know the lay of the land yet and besides I want you to try something." Ranma said with a grin as he slipped on his normal shoes and held the door open for her. Akane raised her eye brows at him as she walked out wondering what he was up to.
As they headed away of the temple Ranma quickly found a fence and jumped up onto it, but instead of starting to run along it, he reached down his hand to help Akane up. Confused, Akane looked from him to his hand and back to him as she raised her eye brows at him.
"Come on you need to work on your balance." Ranma said with a grin as he grabbed her arm and pulled her up onto the fence.
"What if I fall?" Akane asked holding on to Ranma as if he were a life line as she looked at the ground below them.
"I'll catch you." Ranma said with a smirk as he righted her and let go. "Now just forget you're on the fence and walk like you would on the ground." Ranma instructed as he started slowly walking backwards away from her.
Akane jerked a bit as she tried to keep her balance and as she took her first shaky step toward him, she began to fall off of the fence. Ranma quickly caught her arm and pulled her back up.
"Try again 'Kane." Ranma said with a smile as he started backing away again. Shaking her head, Akane sighed as she started taking steps toward him. "You're thinking too much 'Kane, just forget 'bout the fence." Ranma instructed when he saw she was still having problems.
"I'm trying." Akane growled as she continued to wobble along on the fence. After about a half an hour they were back at the temple and by now Akane had managed to walk slowly along the fence without losing her balance, but she wasn't moving very fast.
"Not bad 'Kane." Ranma said with a smirk as he jumped down and went to help her, but she dropped to the ground on her own with a smile.
Like always Ranma followed his stomach and nodded following her into the room. Akane shook her head and went to say something but noticed Ranma had gone rigged the moment he stepped into the room.
"Ranma what's..." Akane started when she saw him pointing to where Serena and Mina were sitting. Looking over she noticed his problem and without even thinking pulled her mallet out of hammer space and quickly knocked Ranma out with a well placed hit to the head.
"What did you do that for?" Serena demanded in disbelief as she looked over at Akane.
"Ranma has a problem with cats." Akane explained nodding toward the two cats that were in their owners laps.
"So you knocked him out?" Mina asked as Akane leaned over and picked Ranma up before laying him down on some cushions on the other side of the room.
"Trust me it's for the best." Akane assured her with a smile as she turned back to the girls who were still staring at her in shock.
"What do you mean?" Rei asked confused as she set the tray down on the table.
"I'm sorry but it's not my story to tell, but would you mind if the cats leave? If you really want them to stay I'll take Ranma back to his room but I assure you it would be in their best interest to not be around Ranma when he wakes up." Akane said as she bowed to the girls.
"No it's okay, the cats can head home." Serena said after a moment as she looked down at Luna and Artemis. The cats, who were a little annoyed at being told to leave, inwardly shook their heads and headed out of the room. Soon as they had cleared the door a soft grown was heard from Ranma's direction.
"Ranma are you okay?" Akane asked worried as she turned back and sat down next to him.
"They still here?" Ranma asked without opening his eyes.
"No they're gone Ranma. Sorry I had to knock you out but well you know." Akane said as she helped him to sit up.
"No thank you 'Kane." Ranma said as he looked up at her with a smile, earning him one of his own.
"Mind explaining Ranma?" Rei asked turning the two's attention back to the group.
"Short version, thanks to my pops I have a problem with c-c-cats..." Ranma started as he tried to suppress a shutter. "If I'm around 'em too long I pretty much start actin' like one. And I am very dangerous when I'm like that." Ranma explained hoping he wouldn't have to go into much detail about the cat-fu or how he learned it.
"Alright we'll try to keep them away from you." Rei said after a few moments of silence as she looked over at Serena and Mina, who just nodded in agreement, still a bit confused by what had happened.
"Ya ready?" Ranma asked as he got into his normal 'can't tell it's a stance' stance and waited for her to take her own.
"Always." Akane said with a smile as she settled into her own. Knowing Ranma would wait for her to start, Akane jumped into the air and as she came down in front of him, started throwing punches which he easily blocked. Seeing he wasn't just dodging, the smile on Akane's face got even bigger distracting Ranma for a moment allowing her to get a couple of punches in.
"Something distracting you Ranma?" Akane asked with a laugh as she turned for a round house. Just as her leg was about to connect, Ranma lifted up on her leg causing her to flip over backwards. Akane growled as she picked herself up off her butt but still smiling, she jumped back up and sent another wave of punches aimed at his chest and head.
Ranma blocked all of these and turned in a kick to her stomach, that while it was pulled, still sent her flying across the yard to land in a heap. "Umm why are you smiling? That had to hurt." Serena wondered staring at Akane in disbelief.
"Cause he's finally taking me serious." Akane answered never taking her eyes off of Ranma as she stood back up and rushed at him once again. Feinting a punch to his face, Akane dropped down and tried to knock his feet out from under him as she turned around on the ground. Ranma jumped over her leg and flipped over her head, coming back in a round house as he landed, sending her flying the other way before she could turn back around.
"Leaving yourself wide open 'Kane." Ranma said shaking his head as Akane got back up and turned back to him.
"You're going to hurt her." Lita said in disbelief as she looked over at Ranma.
"Nah he's still pulling his hits. If he wasn't I would probably be out in one shot. Besides I've been waiting two years for this." Akane said with a smirk as she dusted herself off and got back into her stance.
"Ready for some aerial?" Ranma asked with a smirk. Akane thought about this for a moment before nodding her head and jumping into the air, quickly followed by Ranma. As they caught up with each other they began trading punches in kicks in the air above the girls. Noticing she was about to drop back to the ground, Akane quickly caught him in a round house and flipped over as she dropped back to the ground.
"Nice shot 'Kane." Ranma said with a grin as he landed and jumped right back in the air followed by Akane. "Gotta learn to stay up here longer though." Ranma informed her as they started back up the battle of punches. Breathing hard, Akane landed on the ground again.
"Let's work on your speed now." Ranma said with a smirk as he charged at her and yelled, "Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken!" As he began to throw punches at her faster then the eyes could follow. Sweat began to form at Akane's brow as she tried to concentrate and block as many of the punches as she could, but more were getting through then weren't.
After a few minutes one of the punches connected with her stomach and sent her flying backwards again. "Nice 'Kane, you blocked more then I thought you would." Ranma said with a smile full of pride as he walked over and helped her up off of the ground.
"You should go soak though and I'll give you some of the salve from Dr. Tofu."
"Thank you thank you thank you." Akane said grinning from ear to ear as she jumped into Ranma's arms and knocked him backwards.
"Can't breath 'Kane." Ranma mockingly complained as she loosened up.
"Thank you Ranma." Akane said as she kissed him on the cheek before getting up and heading back inside.
"Better than Shampoo's on her best day." Ranma said quietly to himself as he watched Akane.
"What was that?" Rei asked with a smile as she helped Ranma to his feet.
"Oh nothing." Ranma said with a slight blush as he put his hand behind his head and laughed nervously.
"Doesn't your grandfather normally do it?" Akane asked confused as she turned to look at her.
"Yeah but he had a town meeting to go tonight and Chad's with him." Rei explained as she sat down next to them.
"I'll do it." Akane said brightly as she jumped up and headed toward the kitchen.
"Ahhh..." Ranma said trying to decide if Akane cooking or being mad at him was worse.
"I'll watch her." Rei said with a smile as she remembered what had happened when they were making cookies and followed after her. Before long they were sitting down at the table to eat.
"Not bad 'Kane." Ranma said after slowly taking a bite and realizing it wasn't going to kill him.
"Thanks Ranma." Akane said smiling at him. Ranma quickly finished off his food and turned toward Akane.
"Ready for another spar?" Ranma asked as he stood up and headed out of the room.
"But I wasn't finished..." Akane complained shaking her head as she quickly finished what was in her dish and started clearing the table.
"Talk about fast food." Rei said shaking her head as she finished eating and began helping Akane clean up. Once the dishes were washed, Akane headed outside with Rei following behind her.
“Once you get a bit faster I'll teach you the Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken, but for now, just try to block or dodge mine." Ranma said with a grin as he jumped toward her yelling, "Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken!" as he landed and began once again punching faster then the eyes could see.
Akane weaved in and out as she tried to either block or dodge his fists while trying to ignore the ones that did get through her defenses. "Come on tomboy you can do better than that." Ranma gloated as he began moving around in a spiral. Akane growled at his tomboy comment but tried to ignore him as she continued to defend herself from his attack.
"Too slow, but what else would I expect from an uncute tomboy?" Ranma wondered out loud to himself as he saw the beginning signs of her temper starting to flare as her aura grew around her. Just about there. Ranma said inwardly shaking his head sadly.
"Baka." Akane mumbled under her breath as she was hit in the stomach from one of his punches that got through.
"Why am I wasting my time on you again?" Ranma asked as he watched the last control over her temper slip and her aura flare up.
"Ranma no baka!" Akane yelled as she reached out and grabbed her mallet and began swinging it toward his head.
"Hiryu Shoten..." Ranma started causing Akane to stop in her tracks with her mallet still raised above her head.
"You wouldn't." Akane said staring at him in shock.
"I wouldn't but anyone else who knows it would. You gotta keep that temper in check 'Kane." Ranma said shaking his head at her as she dropped her mallet and it disappeared. Akane looked down at the ground in shame and just nodded her head. Rei seeing this decided it was a good time to change the subject.
"Have you guys ever seen an attack with wards?" Rei asked as she walked up to them with a smile.
"Wards?" Akane asked turning toward her confused but grateful for the break from discussing her imperfections.
"Yeah watch." Rei said with a smile as she started moving her hands in different poses as she began to chant,"Rin, pyou, tou, sha, kai, jin, retsu, sai, zen." As she finished a ward appeared in her hand and jumping into the air she spun around as she yelled out, "Akuryo taisan!" and let go of the ward, which turned into many as they flew off in a spiral toward a target dummy.
"That was cool." Akane said with a smile as Rei landed back on the ground.
"You know you would have come in handy when we had to deal with that panda drawing." Ranma said with a grin as he turned back toward Rei and Akane. Akane just snickered as Rei raised her eye brows at him.
"I thought you enjoyed you date with her." Akane said sticking her tongue out at Ranma.
"How did you know it was me? Oh never mind. Rei's acting a bit weird." Akane said shaking her head as she walked over and sat down on the bed next to him as Ranma sat up.
"How so?" Ranma asked as he pulled his legs up so Akane would have enough room to sit.
"She just left. She did it last night too. Kind of a bit late to be heading out don't you think?" Akane asked nodding toward his alarm clock that read 2am.
"I wouldn't worry about it 'Kane. She isn't trying to attack us or anything so let her do what she wants." Ranma replied with a shrug.
"Guess you're right. Good night Ranma." Akane said with a smile as she headed back out of the room.
"Night 'Kane." Ranma called after her as he stretched back out and closed his eyes.
"The better question is what else did they drain besides energy." Sailor Mercury insisted as she typed away at her computer after noticing something different about the victims.
"What do you mean?" Sailor Mars asked turning to look at Mercury.
"I'm not sure what it is, but the Youma seemed to have taken more then just energy from them. It's interrupting their bodies from trying to restore the energy." Mercury explained as she closed her computer and pushed a button on the side of her visor that closed it back down.
"What I want to know is where is the Youma?" Sailor Moon asked after a moment and the scouts looked around and sure enough no Youma was in sight.
"Think we missed it?" Sailor Venus asked looking at the other scouts.
"No they're still here I can feel their presence." Mars replied after concentrating for a moment. "And if you're ready for more bad news, there's more then one." Mars warned as she tried to pin point where they were.
"Oh lovely." Moon said sarcastically as she sighed.
"There's too much negative energy around I can find their location. Can you Mercury?" Mars asked turning toward her as she ignored Moon's grumbling.
"Give me a second." Mercury answered as she reopened her computer and starting typing away.
"Scratch that Mercury, here they come." Jupiter cried out as three Youma rushed into the room and charged after the scouts.
"MARS FIRE WHIP!" Sailor Mars cried out as a whip of fire appeared in her hands and she whipped it at the first Youma and as she pulled back, send it flying.
"We're going to need to split up for this one. Mars you take care of that one. Jupiter get the one in the middle. Venus and I will deal with the one of the left." Mercury called out as she turned to face the Youma.
"Right!" The scouts called in unison as they headed toward their targets.
"MERCURY WATERFALL!" Sailor Mercury called out as water appeared above the Youma's head and cascaded down onto it.
"VENUS ROMANCE BLOOMS!" Sailor Venus cried out as dozens of red roses connected by thorny vines appeared around her and shot toward the Youma, wrapping itself around it.
"JUPITER LIGHTINING BOLT!" Sailor Jupiter cried out as she started to shoot lightning bolts from her hands sending them at her Youma.
"Sailor Moon think you can hit them all at once?" Mars called over her shoulder as she whipped the Youma she was attacking to keep it at bay.
"If you can get them closer I should be able to." Moon answered after thinking for a moment.
"Roger. Stack them up and I will throw this one into the pile." Mars told the others as she started herding it closer to the other two Youma.
"VENUS LOVE ME CHAIN!" Venus called out grabbing a hold of the Youma her and Mercury had been attacking and tossed it over to where Jupiter's was. Using her whip, Mars picked up her Youma again and unceremoniously dropped it on top of the other two.
"You're up Sailor Moon." Mars called out as the scouts circled around and made sure the Youma stayed grouped up.
"MOON BEAM ROTATION!" Moon cried as she used her wand sending a beam of light toward the Youma and as it came near them it circled around until they were surrounded by it. As it continued to rotate it started shrinking in size until it passed through the Youma, cutting them in half and they exploded.
"What's up with three Youma at the same time?" Venus asked as she turned toward Sailor Moon.
"No idea. Can you do anything for them?" Mercury asked nodding toward the people that still littered the floor.
"No with more then just energy drained my healing power won't work on them. I hear the sirens in the distance so we should be heading out. We can't do anything for them." Moon explained as she turned and started toward the exit.
"Waiting for you." Akane said with a smile as she poured Rei a cup of tea.
"Why? You didn't need to do that." Rei assured her with a smile as she took a sip.
"To tell you the truth I was worried about you. I mean leaving the house at 2am really isn't a good idea." Akane said shaking her head. "What were you doing if you don't mind me asking?" Akane asked as she finished off her cup of tea.
"I just had some stuff to take care of and don't worry I was out with the girls. Thank you for worrying but you really don't need to." Rei assured her with a smile as she finished off her tea as well.
"Alright. I should be heading to bed." Akane said with a smile as she stood up and after washing out the glasses headed back to her room.
She really is a sweet girl. Rei thought to herself with a smile as she headed back to her room.
"This extra training is really taking its toll on me." Akane mumbled shaking her head. "But I wouldn't change it for anything." Akane insisted as a bright smile formed on her lips. Closing her eyes, she leaned back in the tub allowing her head to go under water and so she didn't hear when the door to the changing room opened.
"Akane?" Rei said as she leaned over the bathtub and peered down at Akane. Hearing a slight noise, Akane opened her eyes and jumped back out of the water when she saw someone standing over her.
"Akane are you okay? Sorry I didn't mean to scare you." Rei apologized as Akane stared at her shaking.
"It's okay." Akane said as she tried to bring her breathing back under control.
"Are you sure you're okay? You still look like you're scared of me." Rei insisted as she sat down on the edge of the tub.
"Yeah sorry. Still used to anyone who sneaks up on me is more then likely going to try and kill me." Akane said with a sigh as she lowered back into the tub. "Haven't had much luck with the girls that are in my life." Akane said shaking her head sadly.
"Ah okay. Well I just came to tell you breakfast was ready." Rei said with a forced smile as she stood back up and headed out of the room.
I'm going to have to let the girls know to be careful around her, she's awfully jumpy. Rei thought to herself as she closed the door and headed out to breakfast.
"Okay." Rei said shaking her head. "Well this is where I leave you two. Just follow this road and you will be at the school in no time." Rei said with a smile as she turned and headed for her own school.
"Well are you ready 'Kane?" Ranma asked looking back at her as the school appeared before them.
"Yep." Akane said nodding her head as they jumped off of the fence and walked into the school yard.
"Hey you two." Serena said with a smile as they walked up to the girls.
"Hello." Ranma and Akane said in unison.
"Ranma, Akane this is Melvin and Molly." Serena said pointing to the boy with large glasses and the girl that was holding his hand.
"Nice to meet you." Molly said with a smile.
"Ya too." Ranma said with a smile.
"So are you guys ready for the pop quiz?" Melvin asked turning toward the girls with a smile.
"Yeah right Melvin like I would ever be ready for that." Serena said rolling her eyes at him.
"Well if you studied more it wouldn't be a problem Serena." Ami assured her.
"But studying is so boring." Serena complained as the bell rung and they started toward the school.
"I agree with you on that one." Ranma said with a smirk as they walked inside.
"The office is down that way." Ami said pointing down the hall before they took off for their class. After a quick trip there, they had their class schedules and headed off to their homeroom, which happened to be not only the same one but also the one the girls where in.
"Class we have some new students. Saotome Ranma and Tendo Akane. Why don't you tell the class a little bit about yourselves." The teacher said with a smile after they had walked in and shut the door behind them.
"Well we're martial artists, we're engaged to each other, and we moved here to get away from problems." Ranma said giving the guys, who were starting to drool over Akane, a stern look. Most of the students groaned in disappointment when they heard they were both taken.
"Alright go ahead and take those two seats in the back." The teacher instructed as he pointed to them.
"Thank you Ranma. Rei kept watch over me to make sure I didn't add anything wrong." Akane admitted looking a bit downcast at the fact she couldn't even make a simple lunch on her own.
"No worries 'Kane, you will do just fine by yourself in no time." Ranma assured her.
"Hey you two." Lita said with a smile as she walked over to them with the girls not far behind.
"Hello." Ranma said with a nod as he continued to shovel his lunch into his mouth.
"You'd think that boy was starving with the way he eats." Lita said laughing as they sat down.
"Oh don't mind him, he wasn't raised with manors." Akane said with a laughing earning her a slight growl from Ranma. "That looks good." Akane said ignoring him as she nodded to Lita's bento.
"Would you like to try some? I made it myself." Lita said beaming proudly.
"You sure you don't mind?" Akane asked looking up at her, doing her best to hide the fact that she was jealous of Lita's cooking skills.
"Nah I'm used to it. Serena's always asking for some of my lunch." Lita said with a grin as she held the bento box up to Akane.
"Okay." Akane said with a shrug as she picked up a piece of food with her chopsticks. "Wow that tastes like Kasumi's cooking." Akane said with a smile as she finished chewing.
"Really?" Ranma asked raising his head now that she had his attention.
"Go ahead." Lita said with a smile as she put the bento box in front of him. With a smile Ranma grabbed a piece and quickly ate it.
"You're right 'Kane, that does taste like Kasumi's cooking." Ranma said with a grin.
"Who's Kasumi?" Serena asked as she opened her bento box and started eating as well.
"My oldest sister." Akane explained with a slight frown.
"Yeah and one of the only two people we miss from back home." Ranma said with a snort as he thought about the others.
"Ah okies." Serena said as she for once thought wisely and decided to drop it.
((Go ahead Rei.)) Lita said into her communicator after making sure none of the students were still around.
((Just wanted to warn you to be careful around Akane. She was really jumpy this morning when I went into the bath to tell her breakfast was ready.)) Rei explained as she thought back on that morning.
((Okay we'll be careful.)) Mina assured her as she looked up at the other girls who nodded in agreement. Before Rei could say anything else there was a loud crash behind her.
((Rei you okay?)) Serena asked worried when Rei hadn't said anything for a few moments.
((Damn we got a Youma attack, you guys should get down here asap.)) Rei said annoyed into her communicator.
((Be right there.)) Mina assured her as the girls made sure no one was watching and then took off in a run away from the school.
"It's in that class room. I couldn't break the door in myself." Mars said nodding toward the door to a class not far from them.
"So the direct approach huh?" Jupiter said with a shrug as she readied herself before slamming her shoulder into the door and using her full strength was able to bust it open.
"Jupiter and I will take care of the Youma, check on the students." Mars called over her shoulder as she and Jupiter rushed toward the Youma.
"MARS FIRE WHIP!"
"JUPITER LIGHTINING BOLT!" Mars and Jupiter called out in unison as they attacks appeared and they charged a the Youma.
"What's wrong Mercury?" Moon asked concerned when she had turned to help Mercury and Venus with the students but found Mercury staring at the girl at her feet in shock.
"She's...she's..." Mercury muttered but was unable to form a complete thought let alone voice it.
"She's dead Sailor Moon." Venus finished for her as she looked up from the girl to Sailor Moon.
"Dead? What do you mean dead? The Youmas have never killed anyone before. They just drain their energy and they get better, they can't be dead." Moon started rambling as she shook her head in disbelief.
"This one too." Venus called over her shoulder after she checked on a boy.
"This makes three." Mercury called after she had managed to regain her composure and checked on another student.
"But I can't heal the dead." Moon insisted as she shook her head continuing to stare at the students in shock. Mercury looked over at Sailor Moon for a moment and went to move over to help her but realized the students that were still alive were in more danger and so instead started helping Venus to carry them out through the window to the grass outside.
By the time they had finished bringing out the last one, she turned back to Moon to help her, but Sailor Moon was walking toward the Youma. "You killed them!" Sailor Moon screamed as she pulled out her wand. Mars and Jupiter looked at her in shock before looking at each other and backing away.
"MOON BEAM ROTATION!" Sailor Moon screamed out as she sent the attack toward the Youma, had anyone paid attention they would have noticed it was far stronger then her attack had even been, but they had other things to worry about as so didn't notice it.
"He killed them." Moon said shaking her head in disbelief a moment before everything finally got to her and she fainted. Jupiter quickly caught her before she was able to hit her head, and picking her up, they headed out of the school as the sirens could be heard in the distance.
"'Kane wake up!" Ranma pleaded as he shook her shoulders trying to revive her. Sensing movement behind him, Ranma turned to see the 'monster' that had sent the attack. "Moko Takabisha!" Ranma cried out sending his confidence based ki attack at the 'monster' and sent it flying backwards. Bringing his attention back to Akane now that the danger was taken care of for a moment, he noticed something odd.
"That blast effect her chi flow." Ranma realized shaking his head confused. Without a second thought he quickly hit the pressure points Dr. Tofu had shown him to help the flow of chi and almost instantly he saw her start to regain some of her color and breath a little easier. Knowing she was out of danger for the moment, he turned back to the one that had attacked her as he began to growl.
"You hurt my fiancé! You're gonna pay for that!" Ranma yelled as he rushed toward 'him'. This of course was about the time the scouts were walking by with Moon still in Jupiter's arms.
"Akane!" Mars cried out as she rushed over to the girl. Ranma briefly wondered how the strange girl knew Akane's name but he didn't have time to think about it and so seeing they weren't a new threat, turned his attention back to the one that was.
"Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken!" Ranma yelled as he reached the 'monster' and began throwing punches at it's stomach faster then it could see let alone block.
I'm too upset to use Soul of Ice, but it seems to be emotionless, maybe I could use my hot aura and it's cold. Ranma wondered to himself even as he started push it into a spiral. The scouts watched in shock as he fought the Youma wondering to themselves if they should help or stay out of his way. When they saw the furious look on his face, they decided it would be best to stay out of his way unless their help was needed.
"How is she?" Venus asked turning her attention toward Mars who was cradling Akane in her arms.
"She seems to be okay. She seems to have the same problems as the others but whatever Ranma did to her seems to be helping her greatly." Mars said as she looked up with a relieved smile.
The scouts attention was pulled back to the battle when Ranma yelled out, "Hiryu Shoten Ha!" and a whirlwind appeared around them pulling them into the air.
"He's going to be caught in it too." Mercury said in disbelief as they lost sight of Ranma and the Youma. With in a few moments the whirlwind started to die down and they watched as the Youma slammed into the ground.
"Where's...?" Venus started but stopped when they saw Ranma land unharmed in front of Mars and Akane.
"Give her to me." Ranma demanded as he bent down holding out his arms. With a nod, Mars quickly place Akane into his arms and stood up.
"What did you do to her to stop what the Youma had done?" Mercury asked as she stepped forward and caught his attention.
"I opened her chi flow." Ranma called over his shoulder as he held Akane to him and jumped into the air, landing on a near by roof, before taking off roof hopping toward the temple.
"Chi flow?" Mercury wondered out loud to herself.
"Hey Moon wake up, you need to take care of a Youma." Mars informed her as she gently shook her shoulders when she noticed the Youma was starting to move again.
"Huh Youma?" Moon asked confused as she opened her eyes. The moment she spotted it, she jumped out of Jupiter's arms and started seething. "You bastards!" Moon screamed as she rushed toward the Youma as she pulled out her wand.
"MOON BEAM ROTATION!" Moon screamed out as she sent her attack toward the Youma.
"Let's go I need to get back to the temple and see how Akane is doing." Mars called over her shoulder as she started to walk away.
"Akane? What happened to Akane?" Moon asked confused as she turned and followed after.
So instead of malleting him, which is what he would have been expecting had he known she was awake, instead she jumped into his arms and began sobbing.
"'Kane?" Ranma whispered in her ear a little worried, both for his fiancé and the likelihood that she would realize he was now holding her and end up malleting him.
"It's not fair Ranma." Akane cried as she buried her head into his chest and tightened her hold around his waist.
"What isn't?" Ranma wondered although he thought he knew the answer he decided it was best to make sure.
"Why does trouble seem to follow us where ever we go?" Akane asked as she looked up at him with a tear stained face.
"I don't know 'Kane." Ranma replied shaking his head sadly as he kissed her forehead and pulled her back into his arms. "But I won't let anything happen to you." Ranma swore as he began rocking her back and forth trying to calm her down.
How'd she know 'Kane was hurt? Ranma wondered silently to himself. "She'll be okay. Which is more then I can say for that bastard that attacked her." Ranma seethed as he began seeing red again.
"Youma." Rei explained drawing his attention back to the present.
"Huh?" Ranma asked confused.
"They're called Youma. They've attacked this district for a few years now. But don't worry the Sailor Scouts always take care of them." Rei said with a half smile trying to reassure them.
"Okay." Ranma said absentmindedly as he started toward his room trying to figure out how Rei seemed to know so much. Rei waited until he had closed his bedroom door before heading toward her own.
"How's Akane?" Serena asked the moment Rei stepped through her doorway.
"She'll be okay. Ranma's still seething, not that I can blame him." Rei informed them as she sat down.
"Okay so Ranma said something about helping her chi flow, so unless I am mistaken that means the other thing the Youma have been stealing is the chi. And adding that to the fact that Starlite is trying to awaken Jedite, I had to say this would make the most sense.
“Problem would be that with the added chi, it's going to take them a lot less time to get the amount they need. Far as I can tell, chi acts like a more powerful energy. Only thing we can hope for is the Youma didn't get any of Akane's chi back to Starlite, that alone would give them a large boost." Ami explained after getting everyone's attention.
((I would have to agree with Ami on this one. Though I don't understand why they are starting with chi now since none of the enemies we have faced in the past have.)) Luna agreed via communicator.
((We need to get Ranma to tell us what he did to restore her chi flow. It might help save lives in the future.)) Artemis insisted gaining nods of agreement from everyone else in the room.
"But I don't think it would be a good idea to bring it up tonight, as it is Ranma may fly off the handle if we try to talk about what happened too early. So I will ask him about it at a better time." Rei informed them after thinking for a moment.
((That's fine Rei just try to not take too long.)) Artemis said before turning off the communicators.
"I was just thinking about that. The only way I can think of is if the girls some how managed to add chi into their attacks. If I'm correct those attacks that Ranma have been using, that the girls told us about, are either based off of chi or the very least have to do with chi. If he could teach them how to control their chi like that, it will very likely tip the scale in their favor." Artemis explained.
"But how to get him to train them without giving away their secret?" Luna wondered out loud more to herself then to Artemis.
"That I don't know." Artemis admitted as he shook his head.
