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.
Edited on 02/11/08
((Everything okay Rei?)) Serena's voice came through with a hint of worry.
((I've had a premonition and it doesn't look good.)) Rei explained as she made her way into the dinner room and sat down with Ranma and Akane following.
((We'll be right over.)) Ami said a moment later as they turned off their communicators and began heading toward the temple. With in a few minutes they had all arrived and looked over at Ranma and Akane with raised eye brows.
"Don't worry they know." Rei said turning toward the others when she noticed their confused expressions.
"They know? Know what?" Lita asked turning from them to look at Rei.
"Everything. I kind of slipped up today when I was fighting two Youma." Rei said shaking her head at her own blunder.
"You what?" Lita asked in shock.
"That is not important for now, what about your premonition Rei?" Ami asked as she silenced the others and they turned their attention back to the problem at hand.
"I couldn't get a clear image of it, it's more what I felt then saw. I felt an overwhelming force of evil and lust. And something told me out of all of us only Ranma would be safe." Rei explained as she turned to look at him.
"Wait in other words the evil is only after girls?" Akane asked catching everyone's attention.
"It seemed that way to me." Rei said with a nod of her head. Ranma and Akane exchanged looks with each other before groaning.
"Happosai." Ranma and Akane said in unison shaking their heads.
"Who?" Serena asked confused.
"He's the grand master of our school. World's biggest pervert, in fact he can recharge himself just by touching women or their undergarments." Akane explained as Ranma began beating his head on the table.
"I was hoping we were done dealing with him." Ranma said with a groan.
"You and me both." Akane agreed with a sigh.
"How do we stop him?" Lita asked after a moment breaking the silence.
"You don't. I'll deal with him when he shows up. I mean no offense to any of you, trust me you wouldn't want to deal with him." Ranma assured them when he saw Lita was starting to get annoyed.
"So what now?" Serena asked after a moment.
"Now we start workin' on your chi attacks." Ranma said as he turned toward Rei.
"Anywhere we can work without anyone seeing you?"
"Yeah we can work in our dojo, it's not much, about the size of this room, but it should work." Rei said after thinking for a moment.
"Good cause you'll will need to be scouts at the time." Ranma said as he stood up and started following Rei out of the room.
"At least grandpa and Chad are out at a meeting, we won't have to worry about that." Rei called over her shoulders as the girls stood up and followed after them.
"It's okay girls." Rei assured them as she pulled out her wand. After looking around at each other and shrugging they pulled out theirs as well.
"MERCURY!"
"MARS!"
"JUPITER!"
"VENUS!"
"SOLAR POWER MAKE-UP!"
"MOON ETURNAL MAKE-UP!" The scouts called out and began transforming in front of Ranma and Akane.
"Interesting." Ranma said when they had finished.
"Oh cute you get wings." Akane said with a smile as she ran over to Sailor Moon to get a better look.
"I know aren't they just adorable?" Moon asked with a smile.
"Nows not the time to be turnin' into a girl on me tomboy." Ranma said laughing at her before turning his attention back to the scouts. Akane just blew him a raspberry before heading back off to the corner of the room.
"Now what was interesting?" Mercury asked getting everyone's attention.
"When you transform, you use a small amount of chi, which means there's probably already some in your attacks and that it should be easy to add more." Ranma explained as he walked around examining the girls.
"What's he doing?" Moon asked looking over at Akane.
"He's looking at your auras." Akane explained laughing when she saw the girls' expressions. "This." Akane said as she concentrated and flared her aura around her so even the untrained eye could see it.
"We have that?" Venus asked confused.
"Not as powerful as hers, but yeah you have one." Ranma said as he finished what he was doing and went back in front of the girls. "Okay have you guys ever tried to call your attacks without letting 'em go?" Ranma asked after thinking for a moment.
"Normally there would be no point, but I have once, but I think I was the only one." Mercury answered.
"Oh yeah when you tried to use your Shine Aqua Illusion on us." Venus said nodding her head when she realized what Mercury was talking about.
"Hmm okay, what's your lowest attack?" Ranma asked after scratching his head.
"Those would be Mercury Bubbles, Mars Fire, Jupiter Thunder, Venus Crescent Beam, and Moon Tiara." Mercury answered for everyone.
"But mine no longer works." Moon explained gaining nods from the others.
"And each of those have a sort of command at the end to finish them." Mars informed him.
"Command?" Ranma asked raising his eye brows at her.
"Yes in that order they would be Blast, Ignite, Crash, Smash and Magic." Mercury explained as she pointed to each of the scouts for their attacks.
"Okay so this is what we are gonna do. Starting with you Mercury, call up your attack but don't use the command word." Ranma instructed after thinking it over a moment.
"Okay." Mercury said with a nod of her head. "MERCURY BUBBLES!" Mercury called out as she started spinning around and ended with her arms crossed over her chest.
"Okay hold that for a minute." Ranma instructed as he began reading her aura again. "Yeah there is a bit of chi in that, not even as much as 'Kane-chan uses when she breaks bricks, but it's there none the less." Ranma said nodding his head.
"You break bricks?" Moon asked looking over at Akane.
"Yep when ever I'm angry." Akane said nodding her head.
"Remind me to never be a brick." Moon said causing everyone to laugh.
"Okay Mercury can you feel the pull?" Ranma asked turning everyone's attention back to Mercury and him.
"The pull?" Mercury asked confused looking up at him.
"Yes when you pull out your powers, you should feel them coming from some where inside you." Ranma explained as he continued to read her aura and the chi present in the attack.
"I think I know what you mean." Mercury said after concentrating for a minute.
"Okay try to draw from that." Ranma instructed as he stepped back to watch her. For a moment nothing happened then the bubbles around her started to merge and ended up being one large bubble that covered her entire body.
"Nice, that didn't take too long." Ranma said with a smile. "Now finish it off." Ranma commanded after a minute.
"You sure?" Mercury asked looking over at him with raised eye brows.
"Yeah go ahead. Just aim it away from everyone." Ranma said nodding.
"Won't do much good." Moon said laughing.
"Okay." Mercury said shaking her head. "BLAST!" Mercury called out as she spread her arms apart and sent her attack away from her. Within moments the entire room was covered in a dense fog.
"Fog? Interesting." Ranma said with a laugh.
"Wow worse than it normally is, I can't even see my hands any more." Moon called out from some where behind Mercury.
"Umm how long does this normally last?" Akane asked after a minute and they still couldn't see.
"Normally just a few minutes." Mercury informed her and they began waiting for it to clear up.
"Okay now that that's cleared, the rest of you guys' lowest attacks, are they defensive like Mercury's or offensive?" Ranma asked about five minutes later when they could see each other again.
"Offensive." Mars answered for everyone.
"Okay with as powerful as hers was I don't think offensive would be good in here. So you guys are gonna call them up but we won't be letting them go. If we can we'll get away from a weekend and work on your most powerful attacks away from people.
"Now everyone call yours up but don't say the command word. Moon you just sit out for this since yours doesn't work anymore." Ranma said as he stepped back.
"Alright." Moon said as she walked over to stand next to Akane.
"MARS FIRE!"
"JUPITER THUNDER!"
"VENUS CRESENT!" The scouts called out in unison as their attacks started to appear around them.
"Okay now try to find that pull I was tellin' Mercury about." Ranma commanded and after a few minutes their attacks had grown to twice if not three times their original size. "Not bad." Ranma said nodding his head as he looked at each of them in turn.
"Go ahead and power 'em down. Now we'll work on a pressure point to help with the flow of chi. 'Kane-chan can you come here a minute?" Ranma asked turning toward her as the scouts got rid of their attacks.
"Okay stand here." Ranma said putting her in front of the scouts and turning her away from them. "'Kane-chan flare up your aura and keep it up okay?" Ranma requested. Akane nodded her head and then flared up her aura.
"You see the darker red strands in her aura?" Ranma asked pointing to where the aura was darker in some places.
"Okay those darker parts are her chi flowin' into her aura. Now everyone has both an aura and chi, those your everyday person doesn't know about it or even use it most of the time. But none the less they are there.
"Now I'm gonna hit the pressure point and I want you to watch how the colors change." Ranma informed the scouts as he moved his fingers up to the base of Akane's neck and hit a few choice spots. The darker spots of red now took up most of the aura and the lighter was seen a little bit here and there.
"You see the difference?" Ranma asked turning to look at the scouts and after a nod from them, continued with his demonstration "Okay the reason her aura changed color like that is cause I opened up her chi flow so now all of her reserves are being used." Ranma explained as he turned back and hit the pressure points again and Akane collapsed in his arms as he caught her.
"You okay 'Kane-chan?" Ranma asked as he lifted her up and set her down against the wall.
"Yeah just not used to that much chi at once." Akane said softly as she nodded her head.
"Why did that happen? That's the same thing you did when Akane was attacked before, why did it happen differently this time?" Mars asked a bit confused.
"Last time some of her chi had been drained so there wasn't as much. Plus with her chi level being where it was supposed to be to start with, it was pretty much an over load. She's not used to that much chi, so it wore her out. Don't worry she'll be okay." Ranma assured them with a smile as he turned back to them.
"Now I will show you the pressure point, and next time you come across people who had their chi stolen you will have a better chance to save 'em. Though nothing is a guaranty." Ranma informed them as he started showing them the pressure point to use.
"Guess you have a point there." Lita said with a shrug as she laid down on hers.
"Good night guys." Ranma called over his shoulder as they started making their way to their own room. Within a few minutes the entire house was fast asleep and would have stayed that way had a loud feminine scream not woken them all up. As they rushed into Ranma and Akane's room they found Akane's aura flaring and sitting next to her was a red headed girl.
"Happosai ya freak!" The girl cried out as she rushed toward the small man carrying a large black sack.
"Now Ranma-chan is that any way to greet your master?" Happosai asked as he bounced around the room out of Ranma-chan's reach.
"You ain't my master ya old pervert!" Ranma-chan screeched as she chased after him.
"Akane what's going on? And who are they?" Rei asked pointing to the two running around the room.
"The pervert is Happosai the guy from your premonition and the other one is Ran-kun, umm kind of a long story to get into right now." Akane explained as she got out of bed pulling her mallet out as she did.
"I have had enough if you Happosai! Now get out and stay out!" Akane screamed as she rushed toward him and slammed her mallet into his small withered body. As he went flying into LEO Akane started to get control of her temper and turned to Ranma-chan.
"Ran-kun you okay?" Akane asked concerned as she put her mallet back into hammer space and walked over to her.
"Yeah just hate that old leach." Ranma-chan complained as she started ringing out her shirt.
"You and me both." Akane agreed as she started out of the room and headed to the bathroom. When she walked back in she had a glass of hot water and after dumping it over Ranma-chan's head, he turned back into his male self.
"Thanks 'Kane-chan." Ranma said with a smile.
"So you have a water based curse too?" Ami asked reminding them that the girls were still in the doorway.
"Umm yeah sorry about this." Ranma said placing his hand behind his head and laughing nervously
"No problem, I can understand why you wouldn't go around telling people this." Rei said with a laugh.
"That reminds me Ran-kun, I've been wondering why you haven't transformed in front of them yet. Normally you're a water magnet." Akane said turning to him.
"Well I think when I accepted my curse as a part of me the whole water magnet thing went away. And I was using some water proof soap I picked up while in China, but I ran out yesterday." Ranma said with a smirk.
"Well we should get back to bed." Rei said as she ushered the girls out of the room.
"Good plan." Ranma said with a nod as he headed back over to the bed.
"Okay 'Kane-chan." Ranma replied as he headed inside. A few minutes later Akane had finished warming up and went to start her kata but noticed a movement in the yard and when she looked over she saw a small white duck.
"Mousse?" Akane questioned with raised eye brows and when the duck nodded his head she quickly picked him up and walked inside with him. "Ran-kun Mousse is here!" Akane called out as she took off her shoes.
"Mousse?" Ranma asked confused as he walked back out while drying his hair. Seeing the duck in Akane's arms, he just shook his head and grabbing Mousse headed back toward the bath room.
"Why did you call that a Mousse? That was a duck." Serena said looking over at Akane confused.
"That was Mousse." Akane said as she headed into the kitchen to start making up the bento boxes.
"No that was a duck." Mina insisted as the girls joined her.
"No I mean his name is Mousse." Akane said shaking her head as she turned back to look at them.
"Why would you name a duck Mousse?" Serena asked with a giggle.
"No I didn't...oh never mind you'll find out soon enough." Akane said nodding behind the girls. When they turned around they found Ranma standing next to a young man with long black hair and white robes.
"Girls meet Mousse, Mousse meet Ami, Rei, Mina, Lita and Serena." Ranma said as she pointed at each of them.
"Nice to see you again Mousse." Akane said looking over at him with a smile.
"If that were only true Akane-san." Mu tsu said with a bow.
"Ah Mousse you know I never had a problem with you. Heck you even tried to help us with the wedding, even if it only was so you could have Shampoo." Akane said with a smile.
"Though I don't think all the 'Saotome prepare to die!'s helped much." Ranma said with a laugh.
"No I suppose not." Mu tsu agreed with a smile after a moment.
"He looks like my ex boyfriend." Lita said dreamily shocking the room.
"Hey are you single?" Mina asked with a smile as she moved toward him.
"Sorry but my heart already belongs to someone." Mu tsu said with a small bow.
"Darn." Mina said snapping her fingers.
"Yeah and Shampoo doesn't deserve you Mousse you really should find someone better then her." Akane said as she turned back to the group.
"Ah but we do not choose who we love Akane-san." Mu tsu said with a shrug.
"Got that right." Akane said with a laugh as she stuck her tongue out at Ranma.
"Wait hold up. Some one named Mousse is in love with some one named Shampoo? What's up with that?" Serena asked after a moment.
"Huh? Oh the Amazon trio all have names that sound like hair products when pronounced in Japanese. The other one is Cologne, Shampoo's great grand mother." Ranma explained missing the shocked looks on the girls' faces.
"The correct way to pronounce them how ever is Mu tsu, Shan Pu and Khu Lon." Mu tsu informed them.
"Wait did you say Amazon trio?" Ami asked after the girls got over their shock.
"Yeah that's what we called the Chinese Amazons that were living in Nerima why?" Akane asked confused.
"Ah sorry we dealt with an Amazon trio before, but wasn't the same people. Just threw us off for a second." Ami said with a laugh.
"You'll have to tell us about that some time. But for now why are you here Mousse?" Ranma asked turning everyone's attention back to the Chinese Amazon in the room.
"I have come to warn you Saotome." Mu tsu informed him as he turned to look at him.
"They're on the way aren't they?" Ranma asked with a groan.
"Yes. Shan Pu and Khu Lon should be here any time now and they are very pissed at you for leaving. So pissed in fact that they have bought some help from the village. Khu Lon intends to bring you back to China at all costs." Mu tsu warned as he shook his head.
"Thanks for the warning Mousse, I figured she would try something at some point." Ranma admitted with a sigh.
"You should be going Mousse, I wouldn't want Cologne or Shampoo to find out you've been here to warn us." Akane said with a smile as she poured a glass of water.
"Thank you Akane-san." Mu tsu said as he bowed again before she dumped the water over his head. After putting his robes back where ever he hides them, Mu tsu flew out the window back toward Nerima.
"That was interesting." Serena said with a smile.
"Is he going to be okay?" Rei asked looking over at Ranma and Akane.
"As long as he stays with Shampoo he will never be okay." Akane said shaking her head sadly. "We should be getting to school." Akane said after a moment as she handed out the bento boxes.
"So what is a Chinese Amazon anyways?" Mina asked as they started out of the temple.
"A pain in the ass." Akane said with a groan as Ranma laughed.
"I want you guys to do me a favor." Ranma said after a few minutes breaking the silence that had settled over the group.
"Sure what do you need?" Lita asked looking over at him.
"If Cologne and Shampoo show up, I want you to get 'Kane and get away from there." Ranma informed them.
"Ran-kun don't start that, I'm not going to just take off. I am.." Akane started before she was interrupted by Ranma.
"Don't go starting that 'I can take care of myself' crap 'Kane-chan. I don't care how good you are or how much better you have gotten. This is Cologne we are talking 'bout. Even I can't beat her. And I won't be able to concentrate on the fight if I gotta worry 'bout 'em using you against me." Ranma said as he held onto her shoulders. After sighing Akane nodded her head.
"Alright Ran-kun, if that's what you want." Akane said as they started toward school again.
"Thank you." Akane said with a smile before turning to Ranma. "Do you like it Ran-kun? Ran-kun what's wrong?" Akane asked when she noticed he wasn't eating and staring off into space.
"Get 'Kane-chan out of here." Ranma demanded as he put his bento box on the ground and stood up.
"What's going on Ranma?" Ami asked as she looked around but didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
"They're coming I can feel their auras. Get out of here 'Kane-chan." Ranma pleaded turning toward her.
"I'm going. Be careful Ran-kun." Akane whispered as she and the girls started away from him. "Where are we going?" Akane asked as she followed the girls into the school.
"The roof. Figured it would be the best place to watch and still be out of danger." Lita called over her shoulder as they started up the stairs.
"Good plan." Akane agreed nodding her head.
