Ranma Saotome Doesn't Miyah!

Disclaimer: To Whom it May Concern: I, the Great and Powerful Tigee, am unable to make it to the declaiming of the following intellectual properties; Ranma ½, Tenchi Muyo, Sailor Moon, as well as any various other main-stream or counter culture references that may be made(Especially a certain children's cartoon). I WOULD be here, but I have been imprisoned for not respecting Kytranis's story, Zero's Cabbit. To secure my release, I must shamelessly pug this story…plus serve some hard time. I look forward to harassing you all in chapter 8. Good bye for now.

Intro: Yee-ha! 7 is loose and free-ranging! No cliffhangers, but close. Still, this one is even longer then the last! If I can keep this up you guys will be getting chapters of some real substance soon. Of course, I've probably just jinxed myself, but it's all cool. Ranma Saotome Doesn't Miyah is going strong as long as life still beats in the heart of Public Interest. If it dies, then you all get to meet his cousin, Public Nuisance. Just joking, but not really. I'm writing this last second before shipping it out for cleaning by my awesome beta, the good Doc Flareon, so I'm pumped. Here's hoping I win that Academy Award, eh?

"Normal Speech"

'Inner Thoughts'

^Telepathy^

#Foreign Languages#

"Speech by Empowered Beings" a.k.a. Speaking spirits, kami, demons, and humans emitting power at high levels.


Earth - 531, 796,710.95 R.5/TenMu-AU/C

Tendo Dojo, Nerima, Tokyo, Japan

Mere hours after Nabiki and Neko encounter Sasuke…

The evening was still young when Ranma made a decision. What was it he decided you ask? Quite simply, Ranma realized that he was being reactive instead of proactive. Every other time Nerima and it's inhabitants had dumped on him, he'd charged headfirst into the problem and beaten a solution out of it, one way or another. His bold plan this time? Wait for Pig Boy to show up and then demand/pummel information out of him. Shaking his furry head, Ranma crept down the second story hallway of the house, eyes and ears peeled for the father's or Happosai. At dinner, the much put-upon martial artist had noted that the Old Freak wasn't there. He hadn't been at the table in days, actually. That simple observation had turned over in his brain a few times before it dawned on him that if the Freak wasn't here, then he wasn't guarding his stash. His sizeable stash of old manuals, ancient scrolls, and exotic magical items. Normally, everyone avoided the room like the plague(1), but Ranma was 'just a rabbit' right now. He could slip in, look for information on his newest curse, maybe even a cure, and no one would raise a stink about it! Stopping in front of the guest room that Happosai inhabited, Ranma couldn't help giving himself a mental pat on the back over the simplistic cunning of his plan. 'Now all I have to do open the door and…and…'

Slowly, the cabbit looked up at the sliding door's handle. The ordinary, plain wooden handle…three feet off the floor. 'Oh Kami damnit! I actually come up with a working plan of my own and I'm freaking stopped by a lack of hands! This is just great, wonderful even!' Lost in his sarcasm, Ranma didn't hear the footsteps approaching him until the owner's feet were on either side of him. 'Crap, now what. Wait, is that the hem of a dress?'

"Neko-kun, how did you know I was going to clean grandfather's room next?" The gentle young woman's question was forgotten as her little Neko-kun looked up at her shiny eyes and mewed cutely. Giggling, Kasumi scooped up her pet and slid Happosai's door open. "We shouldn't be too long Neko-kun. Grandfather told me last week that he was going to the beach for his health. A bit of dusting, a little vacuuming and we're done."

"Miyah, mi-yah!" 'Shoot, I need more time then that.'

Trying not to catch Kasumi's eye, Ranma began hopping through the room, looking for Happosai's hiding places. Happily, the aged grandmaster hadn't put much effort into hiding his belongings. With his reputation, nobody but the desperate was even going to try to steal him. Carefully, Ranma nudged the top off of the cardboard box in Happosai's closet. Putting his forelegs on the rim of the box, he looked in. A heaped mess of random items greeted him, lacking any sort of organization. Sighing, Ranma pondered on how to best go about this. The biggest problems stemmed from two facts. One, that damnable lack of hands, and two, he had no real clue what he was looking for. Magic wasn't his forte, and even if he found what he was looking for, he probably wouldn't recognize it. Frowning, Ranma reached in the box with a paw shuffle things about a bit, hoping for inspiration. He was still moving things around when he was lifted off the ground.

"What are you doing, Neko-kun? Did you find something interesting?" Spotting the box with 'Happy's Treasure' emblazoned on the side, Kasumi frowned a bit. Although she treated grandfather Happosai as well as any one else in the house, she found many of his habits and actions to be…not nice. Sometimes he could even be downright naughty. Shaking her head, Kasumi put the lid back on and cuddled her rabbit closer. "You shouldn't play with grandfather's things Neko. You might get hurt." As Kasumi stepped out of the room with Neko in hand, the transformed martial artist wished that he could come back later on his own. 'Stupid wooden door, stupid lack of thumbs, stupid crazy space-women with cabbit radar.'

That had been a hour or two ago. With everyone else in the house asleep, Ranma ended up in the TV room, watching movies. He'd already gotten some katas in, but if he tried anything fancy, he'd wake someone up, which would be bad. Huffing, the cabbit's attention wandered away from the zombie movie to how to best work his way through the Old Freak's collection. His best bet right now was getting somebody to help him, but he couldn't figure out how to get them to do it without revealing his status. Ranma was toying with idea of bribing the creepy old man who ran the curio shop in town for help when something pinged on his senses. Twitching his whiskers, the former gender-changer swiveled his head around, trying to pin down what exactly had sent him off. It had definitely gotten to his cabbit senses more, but he had the feeling that he would have felt it very distantly as a human too. The feeling was weird…but kind of nice too. It felt, it felt like someone was calling him. Hopping off the table, Ranma headed outside. This required a look see.


Still and silent, Cologne waited patiently to see if her latest theory about the beast was correct. Situated in the center of one of Nerima's parks was a small shrine. Constructed in the local Japanese manner, complete with lit incense, the shrine was an attempt to draw out 'Neko'. If she was correct, then the offering would lure him out. The only complication would be if another forest spirit arrived. Such beings were not to be trifled with lightly. Still…

With a soft rustle, her target leapt out of the surrounding foliage. Eyes glinting, the Amazon matriarch watched as the black-furred creature investigated the shrine. He was very cautious, never getting closer then a few inches to it. Watching him sniff here and there, the Elder considered his actions, comparing them to the records of Amazon lore. The fact that he showed up suggested that he was in fact a forest spirit, but it wasn't conclusive proof. A grandmaster like herself or Happosai would have sensed the spiritual aspect of the ceremony she performed. Suppressing the urge to reach for her pipe, Cologne briefly considered attacking him right here. She'd seen him fighting this afternoon and she suspected that she could take him. She held back though. If he was a forest spirit, even if she won, she would lose. Such creatures tended to be spiteful in death, and would likely curse her with his dying breath. Cologne was dragged from her thoughts by the sound of a loud crash. Looking up from where her head had dropped in thought, the elderly Amazon was shocked to see Neko destroying the shrine, one of the Spirit Wards she had attached to the shrine clinging to his back. Letting out a yowl, the rabbit-like animal flexed backwards and ripped the Ward off of himself. That done, he quickly disappeared into the bushes without another sound.

#What in the infinite Hells was that about!#


Hidden in the strictly maintained shrubs of the park, Ranma snickered, watching Cologne freak out. As a martial artist, she was no doubt one of the best in the world, but he suspected that it had been many years since she last went hunting. Following that odd ping, Ranma had made his way across several streets before arriving at the park. Once there, he had quickly zeroed in on the source. Curious about what a shrine was doing here and why it was setting him off, Ranma had given it as close as an inspection as he dared. While circling around it, the wind had shifted, and the scent of an older female that smelled of musty scrolls and pleasant spices had drifted to him on the wind. He soon matched it with a faint scent coming off the shrine. Feeling amused, he destroyed the shrine to mock Cologne and faked a bit of pain with one the Spirit Wards. To him, they were as effective as ordinary paper, but if that was what she relied on when and if she decided to attack him, that was just a little bit of the Saotome cunning at work! Cackling silently, Ranma slipped off into the night. Now, if he could just do something similar with the Old Freak…


In the early morning light, Nerima looked quite peaceful. Nothing at all like the chaos strewn, martial arts torn district it normally did. That's not to say that all signs of the infamous district's madness were hidden. Down on one of the backstreets Kodachi Kuno, heiress of the notorious Kuno clan, skipped along her merry way. Humming softly and twirling a gymnastic ribbon, if you didn't know her personally or by reputation you would have thought her to be a normal, innocent girl with a strong love of gymnastics. Still, appearances can be very deceiving, as Ranma himself could attest right now. Still skipping along, Kodachi glanced down at the slip of paper held in her left hand. Before setting out this morning, she had gotten directions from Sasuke. While she had never met the person she was currently heading out to see, Kodachi had seen her brother utilize his services several times. He was also the only one she knew of that was knowledgeable about what she wished to discuss. Making a final turn, Kodachi strode up to an unremarkable 2-story house. Ignoring the door, Kodachi headed around to the back, making a lazy leap into the lone decorative tree in the backyard. From her new perch Kodachi peered into the windows. Quickly identifying the correct room by the black curtains, the Black Rose opened the window and slid inside. Allowing her gaze to sweep over the cluttered room, packed with mystical paraphernalia, Kodachi sniffed derisively.

"Such low-born foolishness. How I wish I did not require the services of this twit." Sighing, the mad heiress moved to the bed, where the individual she'd come to speak with slept. Her hand paused inches away though, the wastebasket at the bedside catching her attention. Turning green, Kodachi backed away.

"How disgusting! How utterly, completely disgusting!" Shivering, Kodachi reconsidered touching the slumbering person. After a moment of consideration, she grabbed a book from the nearby desk and threw it at the bed. When it landed with a loud smacking of hard leather and flesh, Kodachi smirked. The muffled cursing was amusing, even more so when the occupants flailing led to him falling out of the bed with a loud crash.

"What's going on? Who's there!" Blearily, a pale-skinned young man managed to poke his head out the tangle of blankets and look around. "Who threw that book, I'll…I'll curse you!" Kodachi covered her mouth with one of her deceptively delicate hands.

"Oh-ho Ho ho! Curse me? I doubt you have the power to, as they say, curse your way out of a paper bag!" The young man Kodachi was insulting somehow managed to pale even further then he already was.

"K-k-Kodachi Kuno! What are you doing here! I haven't done anything to you!" Kodachi's eyes narrowed dangerously, her ribbon twitching slightly.

"Of course you haven't, fool. If you had, I would not have bothered to rouse you from your slumber. I would have simply dealt with you." He shivered at the tone of her comment. "No. I have need of your, ugh, expertise. You'll be happy to assist me in anyway I need, won't you Gosunkugi?" Shaking, Hikaru Gosunkugi nodded very rapidly. He simply didn't have the spine to say no to someone as crazy-scary as Kodachi the Black Rose.

Kodachi smiled cruelly. "Very good servant. For your first task, I wish to know all that you know of something called a 'familiar'. Prepare yourself for a busy day, for we have much to do!"


Despite his late night fun, Ranma managed to awake early enough in the morning to avoid Kasumi carrying him into the bath again. It took hiding under a couch but he really didn't want to give Akane more excuses to pummel him if everyone found out about his 'furry little adventure'. Not that Akane really needed any excuse to mallet him but he was starting to feel that he shouldn't tolerate her pervert smashing anymore. Oh sure, he'd earn more then a few of those beatings, but just as many of them he hadn't. Frowning, Ranma considered just what exactly he was going to do about that. Eventually, he just shrugged it away for now. It was one of those things that he could work on later. Waiting in the kitchen was boring, but much safer, so he stayed there until Kasumi showed up. After quick but lavish petting session, the domestic young woman got to work on breakfast while Ranma decided to pass the time with some ki exercises. He'd been getting some fun ideas lately in this form, things that he would have never thought of as his normal self. He needed to be sure he could pull it off though.

"Breakfast!"

Shaking himself out of his light trance Ranma hopped off the counter and after Kasumi. Jumping on the table, Ranma was greeted by the sight of his so-called business partner looking contemplative. He was curious, but it could be dealt with later. After a glance to make sure that Genma wasn't feeling froggy enough to try anything, Ranma dug in to his vegetable platter. It wasn't till towards the end of the meal that Nabiki joined the conversation. "Kasumi, I'd like to take Neko to school with me again. I hope you don't mind." Everyone looked up at her with various, and shocked, expressions. Ranma was the least surprised.

'I guess she was so out of it because she was working on another excuse for today. Wonder what she came up with.'

Kasumi was actually a little bit hurt at the suggestion. She'd let Nabiki take Neko for the day yesterday as a sign of her trust for her little sister and to keep him from hearing the harsh talking to that she'd given her father. But taking her baby away from her again? That seemed so cruel. Nabiki never started a fight or argument that she thought she couldn't win though, and immediately forged ahead. "I know you might be a bit worried about Separation Anxiety big Sis, but think about it. Isn't it best for Neko to get out of the house and into new and simulating environments? How is he going to grow as a rabbit if he doesn't go out into the world?"

Nabiki was quite proud of herself at the moment. She had managed to get through that entire statement with a straight face. Grow as a rabbit, as if something like that made any sense. Happily, Kasumi was naïve enough for her spiel to work. It took a little repetition and focus to ignore the rest of the family's incredulous faces but Kasumi reluctantly agreed. Feeling a bit sorry for Kasumi, who was obviously unhappy with her own decision, Ranma nuzzled against her hand to cheer her up a bit. Smiling, and feeling a little better, Kasumi pulled him into a cuddle session where he spent the rest of the meal.


"Halt, Nabiki Tendo! I cannot allow you to pass with that demon upon your shoulder."

"And it started out as such a nice day…" Nabiki muttered, coming to a stop just outside the grounds of Furinkan. Lined up just inside the school grounds was the Kendo club, lead by the head moron himself. Kuno was garbed in one of his finest uniforms and worryingly, a live katana in his hands. Sighing, Nabiki wondered how or why he'd gone to real steel. The only other time Tatewaki had done that was at The Wedding. 'Whatever Kuno-baby's problem, I don't have time for it. Class starts soon and I still have to get all of Hinako's materials ready.' Wasn't it lucky that she had options to deal with idiots? "Neko, be a dear and take care of this for me."

^For me? You shouldn't have.^ Quirking an eyebrow at the comment, the former Ice Queen of Furinkan watched as Neko leapt off of her shoulder and towards the Kendo club. Out of habit, Ranma almost charged straight at them.

Almost.

Recalling his new stature/form at the last moment, the man-turned-cabbit slid to a halt on the ground just a few feet from Kuno who was puffing himself and declaring that he would soon smite the foul demon beast that would defile the holy grounds of Furinkan high. If you were to believe the sword-waving blowhard, this was all somehow a plot of the Sorcerer Saotome…even though Ranma hadn't been seen in weeks(so far as anyone knew). Watching one of his more persistent annoyances loudly proclaim him the enemy of all things good and pure, Ranma decided it was too early in the morning for that much Stupid.

Kuno had really hit his stride with pontification this morning, and had his eyes cast to the heavens in the fervor of his speech. He was so caught up in his own words that he failed to note his slightly wiser fellow club members flee from his side. "…truly, the vengeance of the Heavens is slow, but sure! No matter the fiends he calls forth and the damsels he snares, the foul Sorcerer shall one day be struck down by…!"

ZzAAPPP!

Looking entirely too smug and relaxed, Nabiki walked right in, not even pausing for Neko. The cabbit didn't care much, easily making the leap to her shoulder and anchoring there with ki. Even if she didn't stop, Nabiki did give Kuno an amused look as she moved past him. "Don't worry Kuno-baby, I'm sure the twitching will stop eventually. You might want to change your clothes before you come to class though. You smell suspiciously like you had an accident in your underwear." Biting back a giggle fit, because Nabiki Tendo did not giggle, she continued to her first class. Hinako got a little bouncy without someone to keep an eye on her, and Nabiki didn't want to have to resort yesterday's work.


Earth - 531, 796,710.95 R.5/TenMu-AU/C

Cherry Hill Shrine, Juuban, Tokyo, Japan

Mid-morning that day…

When Rei woke up that morning, it was with a mild nervous energy. As Sailor Mars these past months, she had encountered many different foes, battled mind-bogglingly powerful enemies, but what was to take place this afternoon put butterflies in her stomach. From what her grandfather had told her, the demon they were going to exorcise wasn't even that powerful, but the fact was that she wasn't going to do this as the mighty and mysterious Sailor Mars, the Pretty Soldier of Juuban, but as Rei Hino, shrine priestess of the Hino family. She was nervous and giddy all at the same time. The fact that she was worked up did not go unnoticed. With a fond smile her grandfather had her spend a few hours that morning meditating in preparation of the exorcism that afternoon. He, meanwhile, took the time to gather the appropriate tools as well as make a quick run to Rei's school to have her excused for the day. Unbeknownst to him, several other teenaged girls were securing their own departure from school that day. Once everything was prepared, the elder shrine keeper collected his tools and his granddaughter and together they set out for Nerima via the train. After arriving, the two spiritualists got directions to the Tendo dojo. While getting directions, they were asked several times why they were going to the dojo. It was a little shocking that no one seemed surprised that they were to do an exorcism at the dojo. Deciding this was an omen of sorts, grandfather and granddaughter sped to the dojo.

"Welcome to the Tendo dojo. Is there something I can do for you?" Bring greeted at the door by a cheerful young woman with a strong and pure aura put the two guests just a little at ease. Perhaps the old woman who came to the shrine was exaggerating a little bit about the strength and terror of the demon? Offering his most charming smile for this radiant young woman, the old priest held out his hand.

"My dear, I'm the caretaker of the Cherry Hill Shrine in Juuban, father Hino. This little lady is my granddaughter Rei. I'm sorry to intrude, but may we come in to speak with you about something important?" The young woman tilted her head, considering the request before stepping back and to one side.

"I'm Kasumi Tendo, and please, come in." Following miss Tendo inside, the two spiritualists were shown to a table and served tea. Once everyone was settled, Kasumi primly folded her hands and waited for the shrine keeper to speak up. Clearing his throat, Rei's grandfather plunged right into the thick of things.

"Just yesterday, an elderly woman approached me and informed me that a demon had taken up residence in your home." Their host blinked.

"She didn't happen to have white hair and a staff longer then herself and called the demon Happosai?"

The priest blinked. "Err, no. She was tiny, but with her hair in a bun. She didn't name the demon, but she gave me this picture." Reaching into his shirt, the elderly priest produced a creased piece of paper which he unfolded and show to the women. There was a moment of silence, and then…

"Grandfather! Couldn't you get a better drawing then that!" That in question was a very poorly drawn black blob with white streaks that vaguely resembled fangs and red splotches in the main body. It looked like nothing so much a round splatter of two colors.

"Oh my…It's nice?" The compliment was offered very hesitantly, and the priest had enough sense to put the drawing away sheepishly.

"Well, it seemed clearer back at the shrine. I don't suppose you now anything about this demon, young lady?" Rei sighed in frustration when Kasumi shook her head. Rei loved her grandfather but the man could be so irritating some times. No stranger to tense situations, Kasumi continued to think, quickly coming up with the simplest solution.

"If you'd like, I could give you directions to my sister's high school. Nabiki-chan is a very clever girl. If anyone would know about this demon you're looking for, she would." Kasumi's nose crinkled a little. "Although you may have to convince her a bit. She likes to play little games with money. It's very silly." Relieved to have some kind of lead on the demon, Rei accepted the offered directions and quickly bullied her grandfather into leaving with her rather then stay and moon over the polite and beautiful girl.

'I mean really, at his age he ought to have some self-control but Noooo! It's just not right watching a dirty old priest flirt with girls his granddaughter could have gone to high school with.'


'Even as a cabbit, I can't get away from water, can I?'

Shaking himself like a dog Ranma attempted to dry himself off. His day up until a little bit ago had been utterly dull and boring. Even with copious amounts of petting by Nabiki, who was equally bored, the only thing that got him through the day was more ki exercises. When the bell finally rang for lunch Ranma had gotten a little too excited and raced to the door. In his haste he'd gotten too close to the punishment buckets(2) and gotten splashed. It must have been from his dormant curse. Frustrated by the splashing and hungry, Ranma didn't notice his color change, growing extra red highlights. He was joined just a few minutes into lunch by an amused Nabiki, just in time to hear his complaints trail off. Chuckling, Nabiki leaned down and picked up Neko, deciding to let him ride on her shoulder despite still being damp. The middle Tendo daughter made sure to remember the rabbit creature's color change. It could be an important hint when she found something to look him up in.

Momentarily drifting off into thoughts of where to find such material, Nabiki only noticed her business partner's tenseness when he growled. Surprised, she flinched before turning to face him. "What? What is it?"

^There's something out there. It feels weird, and oppressive. It's like something is lurking out there, waiting to smother me. I REALLY don't like it. I don't like it at all…^


"How much longer is this going to take? We've been following Rei around all day!" Ami sighed heavily as Usagi asked the same question…for the 47th time today. 'Somehow, being the loyal handmaiden of a teenaged princess is far less glamorous then all the fairy tales make it seem.'

"Come on Usagi, we're helping Rei, remember?"

Minako chipped in to support her fellow boy-hungry Senshi. "Come on Usagi, if nothing else, we are out of school for the day, right?" The shorter blonde's face brightened up. Then Minako giggled gleefully. "Besides, think of all the hunks we saw today! There are some really good looking guys here!" Ami silently pleaded for the strength to endure as her three friends began chatting inanely. Treating their voices as white noise, Ami focused on the Mercury Computer, setting up some scanning algorithms. It took just a few minutes for her to spot the fact the air here in Nerima was highly charged with life energy. Remarkably so, in fact. Pleased to find an interesting puzzle to work on while they waited for Rei to locate the demon, Ami entered the scan results into the Mercury Computer's archives and began personally examining this phenomena.

"Oohh…"

Blinking, Ami lifted her head from the Computer. Had Usagi just…?

"Oooh!"

"Usagi, what's wrong?" Concerned now, Ami turned to face her princess like Makoto and Minako. Recalling some of her mother's work stories from the hospital, Usagi was showing signs of nausea; pale complexion, hitched breathe, and a slightly glassy look in her eyes.

"I…I don't feel so good. I'm all dizzy and I feel like I'm going to throw up." Looks were exchanged. Ami held out the Mercury Computer and had it scan Usagi. Moments later, it beeped to announce the results. Frowning, the bookish young woman looked over the results and did not like what she found.

"Usagi, there's an energy field here in Nerima. For the most part, this energy field is made of life energy. I'm not sure where it comes from, but it doesn't hurt you. Instead, it strengthens your own energy."

Makoto frowned. "That should be good right? So why is Usagi feeling sick?"

"Because, the energy field is only mostly made of life energy. There's other forms of energy in its make up. Unfortunately, one of those energies is diametrically opposed to the energy that empowers the Serenity family. We use the same energy, but it's more focused in Usagi, which is why she's sick. It seems localized, so once we are out of it, she'll be fine. You hear that Usagi?" The Moon princess smiled and nodded, not trusting herself to talk right now. Turning back around, Ami lead the rest of the girls to where Rei had gone to while they talked, tracking the Fire Senshi with the Computer. Noting that they had come to a school, Ami was distracted by the sound of the Mercury Computer pinging. The Ice Senshi eyes widened. "It's there, the energy that's making Usagi sick is coming from that school."

"All right!" Minako cheered. "Let's get rid of that energy thing so Usagi isn't sick anymore!"

Following Ami's lead again, the Inner Senshi leapt over the privacy wall around the school, which had prevented Rei and her grandfather from entering. Setting up a radar program on her Computer's attached visor, Ami and the others snuck across the grounds, hiding from the students. Peeking around a wall of wash stations, the Senshi looked over the student population. Surprisingly, it was Usagi who spotted their target first. Coming down the main path was a short-haired brunette with a black and red rabbit sitting on her shoulder. Nudging her friends, the blonde pointed her out and mouthed 'what about her?' A quick scan confirmed the princess's intuition. "It's coming from her." Ami whispered.

"From her? How can she be giving off something that makes Sailor Moon sick?"

Ami's lips pursed. "I can only think of one thing that would do that…" There were some gasps as the other girls caught on. Usagi was the future Queen of the world, bringer of Order and Peace. If it was making her sick…

Then it was evil, and they would get rid of it, and her.


"In the name of Peace, Love, and Justice, we the Soldier Senshi shall punish you!"

Every Furinkan student in the yard gawked as one of Tokyo's urban legends came to life in front of them. Posing and making a rambling speech about Love and Justice, the Sailor Senshi began to resemble a certain individual that they were all unhappily familiar with. Chills swept the onlookers as the magical girls reminded them more and more of Kuno as they continued to speak. Then, they cinched it with a solid spread-legged stance, magical foci/wands/hands held up high.

"Prepare to be purified, evil witch!"

Nabiki's eyes nearly popped out of her head as the wands came down and were aimed at her, and nobody else.

"Oh, SHIT!"

Instantly there was a mad scramble as everyone cleared out of the way. The local martial artists tended to go a little overboard but with them the danger zone was just a short distance around the fight. With magical girls, who knew where the attack was going to land? Sweating nervously, Nabiki backed away hands held up defensively. "Come on! Me, a witch? That's ridiculous! I don't even know any magic!"

Sailor Moon's mouth opened to say something, but it came out as a nonsensical gurgle. The blue-skirted Sailor Mercury stepped in as Nabiki blinked. "Your lies won't save you witch! My Mercury Computer tracked your sickening energy from blocks away. Even now, it points straight at you!"

Nabiki stuttered for what was probably the first time in her life. "T-that's not possible! I don't have any martial arts or mystical training! I'm just a normal girl! The closest thing I have to something like that is…is…" Ever so slowly, Nabiki's head swiveled to face Neko on her shoulder. The black-and-red beast was looking very nervous. "Oh, you son of a bitch!" The TA whispered.

^Don't blame this on me, how was I supposed to know they followed me to Nerima!^ The moment he 'spoke' it, Ranma knew he had screwed himself. 'Man, I couldn't have picked a worse time to put my foot in my mouth.'

"Followed you? FOLLOWED YOU!" Nabiki screeched, "You ran into magical girls and then came to our house! What kind of-!" Nabiki's rant was cut short as the Senshi decided to start the fight.

"Jupiter Thunder Crash!" On her own, that single attack would have been the end of Nabiki. Ranma, however, easily sensed the power build-up and reacted to keep the (relatively) innocent young woman safe. Reaching out with a paw, Ranma hit a pressure point on Nabiki's back that created a momentary weakness in her legs and dropped her on the ground in time let the lightning bolt fly safely overhead. Recalling that the magical girls that he'd meet in Juuban could hear his telepathy, Ranma decided to give diplomacy a shot.

^Hey, watch where you're throwing those! You're going to hurt someone.^ Sadly, Ranma was not known for his diplomatic skills.

"That's the point!" Quipped the taller of the two blondes. "Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"

'This is going to hurt.' Pumping his body full of ki, Ranma turned to put his back paws against Nabiki's hip and kicked. Screaming, the woman flailed helplessly as she flew through the air. Nabiki landed behind a fountain as the magical attack slammed into Ranma.

BOOM!

Tumbling along the ground, Ranma was stricken with a strong feeling of sickness. It felt like he was going to vomit up a lung! Coming to jarring stop at the base of a trash can, the cabbit tried to make the world hold still.

"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"

"Jupiter Thunder Crash!"

Ranma's danger senses screamed at him to move now. Jumping blindly, the cabbit narrowly missed a tree but crashed to the ground safe and out of sight. Forcing himself to move through the twisting in his stomach, Ranma crawled into the bushes while calling up the necessary ki for the Thieves Cloak. He did not want to get hit by another one of those.

A little distance away Ami rubbed her leader's back, trying to soothe her upset stomach. It had gotten worse since they'd jumped out in the open, and so far seemed to be preventing Moon princess joining the fight. The Ice Senshi had stayed back with her in case the witch or her pet rabbit tried to ambush Usagi. Watching Makoto and Minako stalk it, Ami couldn't wonder what self-respecting evil witch used a rabbit as a minion. What could a rabbit monster even do? Eat the world's supply of carrots? As soon as she thought it though, Ami shook it away. 'Never underestimate the enemy.'

Back behind the fountain, and mostly forgotten for the moment, Nabiki stared in shock as the quartet of magical girls began searching for Neko , avoiding stepping into the bushes themselves. Her usually sharp mind didn't quite grasp the full situation, as her thoughts had focused on a simple fact; these girls had just tried to kill her. A life-time in Nerima had made her quite used to fights of all degrees from simple spars to the sort of endless die-hard grudge matches that Ryoga and Ranma fought all the time. Yet all of that exposure to controlled violence had done nothing to prepare her for a direct and serious attempt on her life. Heck, the only reason she was alive now was because the Neko had forced her to drop at the last moment. The girl's brain jump-started as her some-what vindictive nature latched onto that thought. Magical girls had followed him to Nerima. Said magical girls tried to kill her because she was close enough to Neko that they assumed she was the source of whatever energy they were angry about was coming from her. That meant that these girls didn't know what they doing, if they made that kind of mistake. Neko had saved her from their stupidity and his own mistake. Considering that he was out there risking own hide to keep the obviously simple-minded wanna-be murders away from her, Nabiki decided to mark him as paid up for this little fiasco. That, however, meant that someone else owed her, and owed her big.

'Those magic-slinging sluts are going to pay for this until they bleed!' Caught up in the single greatest moment of rage to ever break through her preference for cold logic, Nabiki failed to note the loose debris around her being pushed away by some unseen force.


Invisible and crawling through the bushes on his belly, Ranma moved to an advantageous position, half listening to the two girls pursuing him chatter. They seemed to be a bit dubious about his strength, but they were utterly convinced that he was in fact sort of demon minion under Nabiki's control. Wondering briefly why these girls weren't attacking Nabiki if she was 'the mistress', the martial artist began sending ki to the jewel on his forehead. He was making a great deal of progress on his new, TV inspired techniques, but working through the jewel made them easier for now. Lining up the first shot, he wondered why that was.

When Makoto and Minako had started the earlier attack, the two sailor-suited defenders of Love and Justice had expected the encounter to go the way they always did. One side attacks, the other side counter-attacks. The Senshi rain magic on the enemy, the enemy reveals some sort of strange or bizarre power that they use to fight, forcing them to come up some way of dealing this magical oddity. Watching their witch opponent get tossed screaming and terrified across the school quad while her minion disappeared into the foliage the other way was new and rather unsettling for the girls, whose collective combat experience did not equal just one of their ages. So here they were, poking at bushes looking for a small demon while…

Makoto paled, "Uh, Venus, if we're here, and Moon and Mercury over there," She waved in the direction of their friends, "then who's looking for the witch?" Minako opened her mouth to answer, then closed it recalling that Rei wasn't with them right now.

"Oh."

"Miyah!" The two Senshi turned in time for Makoto to catch a red beam of energy in the face. With a loud boom Sailor Jupiter was sent flying.

"Jupiter!" Minako cried out. Hoping that her friend would be all right Venus launched a Love and Beauty Shock attack in the direction that the red light had come from. Off to her right the bushes rustled rapidly as something ran through them. Squeaking in fright Minako leapt away from the bushes as the witch's minion jumped out and attacked her with it's feet. Taking a glancing blow to the hip, Venus decided to go with a closer range attack to defend herself and Jupiter, who she'd landed next to.

"Venus Love-Me Chain!" About to attack the blonde again, the rabbit-creature swerved unexpectedly to dodge the chain.

"Jupiter Thunder Crash!" Leaping to avoiding the lightning bolt, the rabbit-thing bounced off a tree branch and jumped back into open over Jupiter and Venus.

"Miyah, mya yah!" ^Cabbit-Fu; Red Rain!^ Surprised by the masculine voice suddenly booming inside their heads, neither girl managed to dodged as the demon, now identified as a cabbit, spun mid-air and fired dozens of short bursts of that red light.

"Ahhh!" "Ouch!" Smaller, this attack didn't hurt as much but the multiple stinging attacks was disorienting and bought time for Ranma to land safely.

"Neko! Beat those bitches asses red! Nobody screws with me and gets away with it!"

The present Senshi were reminded of the witch's presence when she stood up to yell.

"Moon Tiara!" Now aware of what was going on Nabiki successfully dived out of the boomerang like attack, though it pissed her off even more. Ami had intended to follow up her princess's attack but the single action nearly made the blonde lose control of her stomach. Frowning, Ami decided to try something for her leader.

"Moon, call up more of your magic." Usagi turned a miserable look on her genius friend.

"But I thought the magic was what was making me sick Mercury. Won't more of it make me sicker?"

"Maybe, but if we don't try something, you won't be able to fight at all." Nodding, Usagi reached deeper into her transformation, sending to the next stage. Almost instantly, she started feeling better as the increased Moon magic chased away the chaos produced by Ranma's presence.

A short distance away the man turned cabbit was playing a painful game of tag with the Venus and Jupiter when the crushing, smothering sensation he'd felt earlier suddenly got a lot stronger. Shaking his head, Ranma tried to clear his vision, but it was no good. The sudden increase in that unpleasant pressure was making him see spots and blurring his sight. 'This is bad, all these attacks are bathing the area in so much magic it's getting harder to sense them by it. If I completely lose my sight, I'm in real trouble.' Flaring his aura helped push the feeling away, but he couldn't get rid of it entirely.(3)

^Nabiki, they're doing something to make hard for me to see. I need help!^

"What am I supposed to do?" Nabiki shouted back, scrambling for new cover in case they tried to track her by her voice. "I can't compete in this kind of fight!" And oh, that was a bitter pill to swallow right now, making her feel helpless, increasing her aggression towards the magical girls.

Stumbling, Ranma barely dodged Jupiter's next lightning bolt. It passed so close that he could feel his fur spiking up from the ambient electricity. Snarling, Ranma made a decision. With his increasingly impaired vision, he wouldn't be able to keep this up for much longer before his attackers managed to put him down…permanently.

^THAT'S IT!^ Ranma mental voice boomed like thunder, making Nabiki and Senshi cringe. ^Girls or not, no more mister nice cabbit!^ With that, the cabbit martial artist let his aura loose into full battle mode.


In the Cat Café Cologne fell off of her staff as a bizarre battle aura slammed into her senses. Because of it's unexpected strength, it took the matriarch a few moments to recognize it, but she wasn't an Amazon grandmistress for nothing. 'By the Goddess, is that Neko's aura? It's far greater then I expected!' Grimly, she climbed back on her staff and stared in the direction that the aura was coming from. 'Figures. It's events like this that make me glad I didn't let Shampoo enroll with Son-in-law.'

Such was the seriousness of the situation that she didn't think of Ranma a second beyond that casual mention.


Earth - 531, 796,710.95 R.5/TenMu-AU/C

Sub-Dimension 1179 - 'Washu's Laboratory'

WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP!

Startled by the suddenness of the alarm, Washu nearly ruined the experiment she was currently working on. Steadying her hands, Washu put down the beaker in her grip and called up her personal computer. Upon pressing the alert icon, lines of information began scrolling down the screen. 'High energy disturbance in Nerima? Hmm, looks like another one of those crazy human fighters lost his temper.' Washu allowed herself a small smirk, thinking of how the Jurian courts would react to the knowledge that there were humans that could harness their own form of internal energy as skillfully as any Jurian knight. 'Still…this one is big. Really big.' Frowning, the scientist called up her past recordings from that district and compared them. 'Well well, it seems another foreigner has showed up.' Cackling Washu entered a command on her console. Since their failure in tracking down Ranma, Washu had done a full overhaul on her remote stealth scanners. This seemed like the perfect moment to put them through their paces.

"Go my robotic minions, go forth and record! Let the field test begin! Mwa-hahahahaha!"


The jaws of the Senshi and the far-away observing students dropped as Neko rose into the air, a dense sapphire blue aura burning around him like a bonfire. Snickering, Nabiki patted herself on the back for making a deal with the 'cabbit' as she heard him call himself. It was obviously one of her better investments. Glancing over at the shell-shocked Senshi, Nabiki decided to take the opportunity to scare them off. Raising up from behind her cover, the brunette strolled out into the open, walking straight up to Neko. Drawing up close she had expected the air to be unpleasantly hot the way his aura looked but she was surprised to find that it was actually a little bit cooler then the surrounding air, and very tingly. Smirking, Nabiki reached out gathered the floating cabbit in her arms, petting him like one of those villains in the old American spy movies. "Well girls, I don't know about you, but I think it would a marvelous time for you to leave." The Senshi might have been just high school girls, but they had more then enough grit to do their duty.

"As if we'd leave just because your pet starts floating and glowing like that movie The Exorcise, no matter how scary it was and how many nightmares I had that week!" The rest of the Senshi turned to look at their leader. Sailor Moon squirmed a bit under their stares. "What? It was really, really scary!"

"Yeaaah," Nabiki drawled "why don't you girls talk about that at home, far away from here?"

"No!" Venus shouted defiantly. "You're a witch, and as Soldiers of Justice we shall cleanse you!"

"Neko, if you would?"

^Ice Beam.^ The jewel on Neko's forehead flashed blue a half second before a whitish ray of light lashed out and struck Jupiter, creating a rapidly spreading coating of ice on her uniform.

"Venus, Moon, distract him while I help Jupiter!" Nodding, the two girls started raining attacks on the their opponents as Mercury knelt beside Jupiter and began bending her ice powers to help the thunder Senshi.

"Mercury, it's still spreading!"

"I know, I'm trying to stop it but the ice isn't responding to me! We need Mars to burn it away." Behind them, Nabiki ran in a zigzagged matter to stay away from the Senshi's attacks as the two Senshi bounced around trying to dodge Neko's attacks.

^Deep breath Nabiki.^ Neko 'whispered' to her before broadcasting the next sentence. ^Blinding Blizzard!^ Following his directions, Nabiki was amazed as the temperature around them dropped so fast it caused a wind storm thick with dust and frozen particles. ^Go left Nabiki, I can feel them move the other way through the blizzard.^ As she moved Ranma focused on the vision-blocking storm. With the area so filled with his aura, it wasn't hard for him to track their moves. 'He he, attack an untrained girl will you? Let this be a lesson to you…' ^Ice B…!^

"Mars Flame Sniper!"

The blizzard blew apart from the flash of heat giving the Senshi a chance to clear their eyes and lungs. Running up to her friends, Mars struck a pose.

"Not so fast, evil doer! I, Sailor Mars, have come to assist in your defeat!"


Shortly before hand…

"How frustrating. I wonder if this gate slipped her mind?"

Rei sighed, sweeping a few loose strands of her hair in place behind her ear. "Maybe, or maybe she just wanted us to leave."

"Now now Rei, I'm such a polite and graceful young woman wouldn't stoop to tricks like that. I'm sure it just didn't occur to her that the gate would closed during the day."

"Yes grandfather."

It was then that both of the shrine keepers felt a strong spiritual presence come to life inside the school ground. With the ease of practice, Rei managed to keep her reaction hidden. Knowing that her friends were following her and they would almost certainly attempt to fight the demon, Rei put a slightly strained expression on her face before facing her grandfather. "Grandpa, I need to pee." Distracted by the increasingly powerful aura on the other side of the fence, he just waved at her.

"Alright dear, I'm going to wait here and try to get someone's attention."

Moving fast, the shrine priestess darted for the nearest alley. Double-checking to make sure that no one was looking, Rei transformed. Jumping up on one of the nearby roofs, Rei made her way to the school, leaping over the fence. Following the aura, Rei came out of cover face-to-face with a swirling ice storm in the middle of the school ground. Knowing that this wasn't Ami's work, Rei brought her hands up and aimed just a short distance in the storm.

"Mars Flame Sniper!"

Watching the storm collapse from the sudden flash of heat, Rei spotted her friends and ran in front of them to let them reorient themselves.

"Not so fast, evil doer! I, Sailor Mars, have come to assist in your defeat!"

"Mars!" Ami shouted, feeling relieved. "Jupiter needs help! The cabbit's ice attack still spreading." Not sure what a cabbit was, Rei fell back and was shocked to see her brunette friend encased in inch-thick ice from shoulder to mid-thigh. "Use a low-powered Flame Sniper on the ice. I haven't been able to do anything to it." Meanwhile, Venus and Moon recovered with Mercury stepped up, magic ready.

"Let's get this witch right now!" Venus called out, "Everyone together!"

^Move it Nabiki!^

"Moon Tiara Action!"

"Shine Aqua Illusion!"

"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"

"Jupiter Thunder Crash!"

Nabiki's confidence vanished in a second as most of the Senshi launched attacks, even the still frozen Jupiter fired around her ally. In her arms she could feel Neko pumping out more of his aura, screaming at her mentally to run for cover. Facing four roaring attacks, Nabiki felt paralyzed, wondering what on earth could have possible made her step out in the open in the first place.

'Oh yeah,' she thought distractedly, 'I was mad because they had the gall to drag in their little spat. Their, pointless, stupid, useless, by-stander-killing…killing…Killing…KILLING!'

Strained beyond her limits, Nabiki's mind snapped and she found a place that Ranma's psyche knew well.

Ranma's efforts to save Nabiki stopped in shock as the short-haired Tendo began absorbing his battle aura.

"M-Miyah?"


Sighing, the Inner Senshi watched as an explosion of dust prevented them from seeing the witch's demise. As necessary as destroying evil before it hurt the innocent was, the girls still felt shaken when ever they were forced to kill a villain that looked human. As much as the guilt stung them though, they wouldn't wish that feeling away. That guilt made them different from their enemies, let them know they were still people, not monsters.

"Come on." Rei murmured. "I've got to get back before grandpa realizes that I'm still 'in the bathroom'." Forming up to depart before the curious mobbed them like they did in Juuban, the girls retreat was halted by a deep groaning from inside the shrinking dust cloud. Staring at it, all five girls starting moving when the cloud bulged out towards them. A moment later the ruined remains of a wash station cratered the ground where they had just been. Quickly falling into a defensive line, the Sailors stood ready, magic incantations on their lips.

"Part." Like a theater curtain, the remaining dust slid to either side, offering a clear view of the speaker. Standing untouched and unsoiled was Nabiki, a still glowing Neko affixed to her right shoulder. Strangely, the cabbit wasn't projecting any sense of violence. Instead, he seemed to be asleep, or concentrating absolutely on something. Ignoring everyone else, Nabiki walked slowly towards the Senshi, every step and movement radiating confidence. Rei's short temper and sacred training let her recover first, and she immediately attacked, understanding this fight had just changed in some immense manner.

"Mars Flame Sniper!"

"Barrier."/^Barrier.^

The fire attack splashed uselessly on some transparent shield, but it served to stir the other girls from their stupor.

"What was THAT! What's going on? Mercury, please?" Ami just shook her head, having no clue what had just occurred.

"It's a joining."/^It's a joining.^ The sailor-suited girls felt a chill crawl up their spines at the strange audio/mental echo.

"I'm not strong enough on my own."/^She's not strong enough on her own.^ "When my gift awoke, I knew instinctively I needed help to control it."/^When her gift awoke, she knew instinctively that she needed help to control it.^ "When Neko began talking to me, he told me that I had a mind gift because that was the only way I could hear him."/^When I began talking to her, I told her that she had a mind gift because that was the only way she could hear me.^ "So far, it's working great, which is a shame for you."/^So far, it's working great, which is a shame for you.^ Neko didn't move an inch as Nabiki raised her hand and pointed at the Senshi. "Last chance to leave under your own power."/^Last chance to leave in one piece.^ The glow surround Neko wavered during that last sentence, but held together.

Drawing a deep breath, Sailor Moon prepared to give an inspiring, heart-felt speech, to lift the spirits of her audience. "As the sworn defenders of Love, Happiness and Peace, we cannot, will not ev-errkk!"

The impassioned princess didn't make it past 'will not' before Nabiki shoved with her open hand.

"Bye."/^Bye.^ Seized by the unseen forces currently at the Tendo girl's command, the Senshi were lifted off the ground and hurled through the air. Screaming in terror, the sailor-suited magical girls soon disappeared from sight, to land on the far side of Nerima, bruised, humiliated, but alive.

Paying no attention to the dead silence that hung over Furinkan, Nabiki turned and started walking away from the school, the glow around the cabbit fading slowly. Despite her peaceful departure, nobody moved or made a sound until Nabiki was long gone. Finally, the quiet was broken by a single, unfamiliar, female voice.

"If Akane's a martial artist, and Nabiki is a demon-binding witch…what's Kasumi?"

Nearly the entirety of the Furinkan student body and faculty would have nightmares for a week because of this single question.


Earth - 531, 796,710.95 R.5/TenMu-AU/C

Sub-Dimension 1179 - 'Washu's Laboratory'

Eyes glued to a monitor, Washu giggled manically as her fingers flew over her keyboard. This was to her, bar nothing, the greatest find to come from earth. A real live TK! In her time researching the galaxy Washu had found and studied many odd things. Things new, things old, things no other being in existence knew about. One of the most fascinating but poorly understood fields was psychics. Races like the Masu, who could manipulate their own molecular structure at will were far and by the exception in universe, rather then the rule. Most advance species could achieve a pale imitation through tech, but that's all it was; an imitation. Here was a girl who could things with her mind like nothing Washu had ever recorded. Granted, the scientist thought to herself, that naughty cabbit seemed to be aiding her is some way, but this Nabiki girl had clearly admitted to it being her gift. This, the tiny genius grinned, begged for a personal visit.

"Too bad Kiyone on a patrol with Mihoshi. She would have loved to have a chance to talk to Ranma. Or Neko, whatever. Probably for the best though. Somehow, I don't think little miss 'Get Lost' feels like sharing any time soon…"


1.) Kasumi being the sole exception. Someone has to keep the place clean right?

2.) Those buckets you see people holding in the hallways when they're in trouble.

3.) Ranma is a much better fighter the Senshi but in terms of raw power Usagi has him beat hands down. He can't just bull his way through that kind of presence.

4.) TK is short for Telekinetic.


Author's Note: Ta-da! Behold chapter 7, for it is good! (I hope.)

Some of you might have noted that this took longer then expected. In response to that, all I can say is that I've never done a fight scene before. If any of you have advice on how I could improve my fight choreography, please please please give it to me! Even I'm not completely happy with how it came out so silted and ridged rather then flowing and breathe-taking but I wasn't getting any better no matter how many times I rewrote it. It's only thanks to Doc Flareon, my beta, that it came out as well as it did, so thank you. As a heads up, will be very tightly knit with this, as it wraps a few things before the plot takes off near the end of it. Now, for the preemptive A part of Q and A.

I didn't reference Pokémon as much as I thought I would. Mostly because the first time I roughed it out, I couldn't really see Nabiki acting in that kind of manner. Ranma, sure, he does a lot of odd things when he gets motivated. But Nabiki, standing there shouting, 'Go Neko, use Scratch attack!'? …No, couldn't see it.

You probably won't be seeing a lot of Nabiki or Ranma in the next chapter, and they almost certainly won't be taking much actions but that's ok.

Everyone else in town is s!^#ing bricks, though.

I'm almost certain I've screwed the pooch on the Sailor Senshi's attacks, but Wiki isn't great for details it seems. If someone could send me the address to a comprehensive site for Sailor Moon/allies abilities, that would be very nice. There will be a round two and the Inner girls will not be playing nice this time. Look forward to it.

Nabiki and Ranma are NOT bonded. What happened was a 'fluke' I wrote because I wanted to start her ability to not get crushed like a bug in the coming chapters. Plus, it will have some effect on the plot later. Before anyone flames me, that was most certainly not all Nabiki. What happened will be explained, but you'll have to wait to 8. The explanation causes trouble in the story, and I don't want to give away all the fun.

And finally, after his three chapter service, 'Manically Yours' is going on to a well deserved retirement. His apprentice, Theoretically Somebody's, will be taking over his duties. Goodbye Manically, see hello to the nice gentlemen in white coats for me(They miss me sometimes).

Theoretically Yours,

Tigee86.


And now, some Omake…

Concept by Norlan4u, written by Tigee86.

Mood low, the Inner Senshi stumbled back home, Rei barely remembering to go back to her grandfather. The shrine maiden barely escaped trouble with the older man, and only because she got attacked on the street, right where he could see. Later that very day a meeting was called, assembling the entire group. Haruka wasted no time in poking fun at the younger girls.

"What happened to you girls? Get a little too close to Usagi while she was eating?"

To the tomboyish blonde's surprise the princess actually glared at her for that comment.

"I'll have you know we lost a fight with an evil witch and her minion!"

The Outer's expressions turned serious. "A witch?" Setsuna murmured. "I didn't see anything like that coming up in the Time Gates."

"Whatever." Makoto huffed, "The point is we got our butts kicked by a rabbit."

The Outers turned to Ami expecting a absent minded correction but the blue-hair girl simply pressed her lips into a tight line, refusing to say anything.

Michiru spoke slowly, as if she couldn't believe the words coming from her own mouth. "A rabbit…you girls got beaten by a rabbit."

Minako responded in a mutter, clutching Artemis for comfort. "The witch helped too. At the end anyways."

Luna sniffed in clear disbelief. "I can't believe this. You girls are the mystical guardians of the Serenity line and the Moon Kingdom. How could you possibly lose to a rabbit of all things! They're weak and easily frightened; I could win a fight with a rabbit!"

Rei twitched, turning burning eyes on the black cat. "I don't want to hear a word out your mouth, you overgrown, mouthy flea-bag. On my way home I nearly got killed by a duck that's was 100 x times the fighter you'd ever be!"

Grumbling, Luna laid down on the couch beside Usagi. 'I am so coughing up a hairball in her shoes before we leave!'


Another generous donation by Kytranis…

An eight year old Naruto Uzumaki was walking alone having no one to play with and sighed. Out of no where a bolt of red energy slammed into him and he vanished. A few hours later"Hinata you should let that rabbit go. It's most likely someones pet." Lyria, Hinata's mother reprimanded and her daughter reluctantly put it down. Naruto for his part was confused but figured this was his best chance to make a friend and followed her."Momma please? He's so sweet and he's been following us ever since I put him down." Hinata asked and Lyria relented."Alright Hinata you can keep him. But I want you to take good care of him, and we take him to the vet to get checked out tomorrow." Lyria said and Hinata nodded being unable to identify it's species Hinata's pet was verified as totally healthy and suitable for a nin companion. She called it Sapphire for his eye colour and chakra colour as well as that beautiful gem dead center in his forehead. Five years had passed since she found him and he gave her the surprise of her life when he transformed into a near human shape and still stuck close. Although he caused a huge stir with the Hokage after speaking to him, and was quickly registered as a Nin and Hinata's partner. Saphirre Hyuuga, formally Naruto Uzumaki. Dattebayo!