Ranma, Akane and Ukyo came bursting through the entrance door of the prison block. "All right, nobody move!" Akane shouted, raising her bow. "I'm here to get my sister out… and all the other prisoners, while we're at it."

"Huh?" Ranma looked around. There were no guards around… the only one waiting for them was the vampire prison warden. "Is that all?"

"I guess we already beat up all his pals," Ukyo said. "All right, fangy... Give us the keys and I'll consider not smashing in your face." To emphasize, she smashed the table in front of him with one blow.

The warden chuckled. "What a brutish display of force and savagery! Say, lycanthrope… did you know that those who rely on strength tend to be weak-minded?"

"I'm not a lycanthrope," Ukyo growled. "Why does everyone compare me with a werewolf? I'm a worgen! Also, what are you talking about?"

"Oh, I'll be happy to show you," the vampire smiled. Suddenly, a huge figure appeared right behind him and glared at the three intruders with red eyes. "Or rather, he will show you."

Ranma gasped. "Is that… Taro?" The minotaur snorted and flexed his arms. Nothing about him seemed to indicate that he recognized the pig-tailed martial artist. "What did you do to him?"

"Quite simple… vampires like me are able to control those with weak minds," the warden grinned as he stepped behind Taro. "One look into his eyes and even this hulking beast turns into a will-less servant. I honestly wonder why my mistress even pays some of her minions when she could easily use her magic to turn every single one of them into efficient mind slaves. But enough talk… minion! Take them down, but make sure the werewolf lives. She would make an excellent bodyguard…"

"I told you, I'm a worgen!" Ukyo snarled. She gritted her teeth when the towering minotaur approached her. "Oh no, this won't be pretty…"

"Make sure to keep him busy," Ranma said. "I'll handle the vampire. Akane, you hurry and find Nabiki."

"I'm on it," she nodded. Under normal circumstances, Akane would have been upset that Ranma didn't let her fight as well. But this was about finding her sister, so she was happy to leave this fight to them, at least for the moment. Ukyo and Ranma were the close combat specialists now anyway…

Ranma ducked when Taro swung one of his huge fists at him, rolled under it and quickly stood up to face the warden. Taro tried to stop Ranma from reaching the vampire, but before he could even turn around, Ukyo hit his head with a swing of her spatula. Roaring with pain, he faced the worgen girl.

"Come on, you big pile of roast beef!" she shouted. "Are you trying to hit me or are you swatting flies?" She didn't know if the minotaur could even understand her in this state. But maybe she could lower his accuracy by making him angry. Getting hit with these fists didn't look like it would be pretty. At least he didn't have a weapon.

Meanwhile, Ranma faced the warden. "This oughta be quick," Ranma smirked as he raised his fists. "You look pretty thin and wimpy. Do you even know how to fight?"

"Boastful mortal," the vampire laughed. "How do you actually plan on hurting me? Do you want to slay me with your bare fists? Me, a member of the undead?"

"Well, I could try it… but I've got some other tricks up my sleeve," Ranma said. "Moko Takabisha!"

The ki blast hit the vampire in the chest and threw him back against the wall. "Gyyyaaah!" he screeched with anger. "What… what kind of spell is this even? It doesn't matter… you're mine, fool!" He bared his fangs and moved towards Ranma, faster than the martial artist could have predicted. He grabbed his wrists and pushed him against the wall. Ranma actually started sweating as he fought against the vampire's iron grip. "Dangit… how can a wimpy-looking guy like you be so strong?"

"Fool!" the warden shouted. "You know nothing about fighting a vampire… it'll be my pleasure to drink your blood…" He opened his mouth wide and moved it towards Ranma's neck.

"Sorry, not today!" Ranma managed to free his right hand, punched the warden to make him stumble back and then quickly reached backwards to pull one of the torches from the wall. "I'm not very good with monsters and magic and all that stuff, true," he said. "But correct me if I'm wrong… aren't undead creatures weak to fire?" He swung the torch into the warden's direction.

"AH! No! Keep that thing away!" the vampire yelled as he ducked under the fire. "Why oh why did the mistress insist on putting torches everywhere?" He stumbled backwards into a cell which was currently open and empty. From the ground, he picked up a pail of water and threw it in Ranma's direction. He grinned triumphantly when he saw how the flames of the torch were doused. "There, that should take care of all my… problems…"

The warden looked up into the face of a wet, and enraged amazon. "Say your prayers to whatever dark god you worship, bloodsucker!" She drew her sword. "For now you face manifold problems!"

Akane ran down the hall, past several cells that held all kinds of different inmates. She took quick looks left and right to see if any of the creatures looked at least similar to a unicorn. "Nabiki?" she asked. "Sis? Where are you? Hey, does anyone of you know if there's a small unicorn pony in here?"

"Over here!" Akane followed the voice and was surprised to find a different pony sitting in one of the cells, right next to a… unicorn statue?

But then she recognized the statue's face. "No!" she gasped. "Nabiki! How did this happen?"

"Sh-she looked into my eyes…" Miyo sobbed from her cell. "I didn't mean to turn her to stone… I'm sorry…"

"Don't worry," Derpy said. "She's alive, she just can't move."

"Oh, r-really?" Akane was very relieved. She patted Nabiki's stone head. "You hear that, Nabiki? You're fine."

'I wouldn't exactly call my situation 'fine', Akane…' Nabiki thought to herself.

"I'm gonna get you out of here, sis," Akane reassured her petrified pony sibling. "As soon as I know how… I don't think I can carry you. You're way too heavy."

'Wait, is she calling me fat?' Nabiki thought.

"You're Nabiki's sister?" Derpy asked. "You don't look like a unicorn to me. But I'm not one to judge." She smiled. "After all, my little daughter is a unicorn, too. And the Cakes are earth ponies and have a unicorn and a pegasus foal. So, having a human as a sister is perfectly normal, right?"

"Can we talk about pony inheritance later?" Akane sighed. "I need some way to turn her back to normal so we can get out of here."

"Th… there's a potion that cures petrification," Miyo spoke up. She pulled her hood back over her head so Akane or Derpy wouldn't accidentally be turned into stone as well. "I know how to make it."

"Really? That's great!" Akane smiled. "What do you need?"

"Um, I… I'm sorry, but I can't really make it here," the gorgon apologized. "I need a cauldron and a fireplace… also, one of the ingredients is pulverized unicorn horn."

Akane groaned.

'And right after I gave my horn filings to Cologne…' Nabiki thought. 'Fate really wants to be mean to me today.'

"Don't worry," Miyo said. "The warden has a samples of several healing potions in his office. Including a petrification cure, in case a basilisk or cockatrice is imprisoned down here. Just go down the hall and through the door. The keys to the cell are there, too."

"Thanks," Akane said. "I'll be right back." She ran over to the door Miyo mentioned.

"See, Nabiki?" Derpy smiled. "Everything's fine. We're getting out of here and you're back to normal soon. We didn't even need he help of Princess Twilight. Everything turned out to be okay. Aren't you glad?"

Nabiki didn't respond.

"Oops, I forgot again, you still can't talk."

It didn't take Akane very long to find the warden's office. Next to his desk, there was a small shelf with several flasks filled with potions, just like Miyo said. Also, there was a big key ring hanging on the wall.

"Let's see," Akane muttered. "Cure Petrification, Cure Petrification… ah, over there. Good thing these are all labeled. I may be a good tracker and archer now, but I know nothing about potion making." She grabbed the flask as well as the key ring and ran back.

But when she came past a certain cell door near the end of the hall, she heard a familiar voice. "Akane… Akane Tendo, you need to let me out of here."

Akane stopped and looked into the cell. "What the… Akiko, is that you?"

The young princess nodded. "My demented sister has imprisoned me to lure Ranma into her clutches. Please, I see you're holding the keys… you need to help me escape from this dungeon. It's been DAYS ever since I've had a proper bath!"

Akane frowned. "You know what, your royal highness? In all the years we've been at the same school, you've been nothing but a royal pain. You insulted and attacked me just because all the male idiots at Furinkan wanted to date me instead of you. You went after Ranma almost as much as Kodachi, Ukyo and Shampoo combined and you blamed ME when he said he wasn't interested. Seeing you in this predicament, begging me for help… to be perfectly honest, I'm really enjoying this more than I probably should.

"B-b-but…" Akiko whimpered. "Come oooon, that's all in the past, isn't it? I reeeeeaally wanna leave this place… so pleeeeeaase… you can help me, right, Akane? Akane-chan? Friend? Senpai?" Akiko looked up at Akane with a big pair of adorable puppy dog eyes.

Akane sighed and said through gritted teeth: "It's a martial artist's duty… to help those in need. Oh, fine. I know I'm going to regret this, but let's get you out of here." She unlocked the younger Kuno's cell with one of the keys.

"YAY!" Akiko cheered. "You're the BEST, Akane-chan… I will never forget this. I will be your bestest friend forever and I will certainly not kick you out of the picture when Ranma-darling and I marry…"

Akane frowned. "What was that?"

Akiko smiled innocently. "Nothing."

"For Hera!" Ranma smashed her shield into the warden's face.

"Owwwww!" the vampire yowled. "Not the face, not the FACE! Okay, I yield, I yield!"

Ranma raised her blade. "Tell me one reason why I shouldn't reduce you to a pile of dust on the spot, bloodsucker!"

"Oh, I know a couple of reasons," the warden said nervously. "You need me to remove your friend's hypnosis… honorable warriors don't kill their opponents until they absolutely have to… I don't want to die… those are all very good reasons, don't you agree?"

Hesitantly, the amazon lowered her weapon. "Your words are as slippery as the Lernean Hydra, villain," she said with disgust. "You would say anything to save your skin… but I admit that they carry a grain of truth. Amazons are not merciless killers… so I will not destroy you if you remove the curse from the minotaur's mind."

"Oh, of course, I shall, right away," the warden nodded and made a quick gesture with his hands.

Taro, who was just about to smack Ukyo with both of his fists at once, suddenly blinked in confusion as the bloodlust left his eyes. "Wh… what? What happened? What did I do?"

"Um… you almost grinded me into dog kibble, big guy," Ukyo said. "Feeling better now?"

"Y-yeah, I guess so," the minotaur said, rubbing his head. "Um, sorry about that, by the way."

"Hey, it wasn't your fault," the worgen smirked. "Besides, it was a good workout."

The warden grinned at Ranma. "There, see? I did what you asked me to do. Now, you can let me go and we can put all of this behind… URK!" His eyes rolled up into his skull when he was hit with the blunt side of Ranma's sword hilt. Unconscious, he fell to the ground.

"An amazon might not kill senselessly," Ranma muttered. "But she still makes sure no evil deed goes unpunished."

"Saotome? Is that you?" Taro asked in his gruff voice as he approached him. "That's, uh… a great new look you have there."

"Save the pleasantries for later, minotaur," Ranma said. "There are more prisoners to be rescued. Let us find Akane and Nabiki."

"The little unicorn's in that cell over there," Taro said.

They reached Nabiki's and Derpy's cell at the same time as Akane, as she returned with Akiko.

"Hey guys, I found the keys, and a petrification cure for Nabiki," Akane smiled.

"Petrification?" Ukyo gasped as she looked at Nabiki's stone form. "How did THAT happen?"

Miyo sniffled a bit in her cell. Before she could say anything, Derpy said: "Well, I… don't really know what went wrong."

"And that doesn't matter anymore," Akane added. "I have the cure right here."

"Wait a minute!" Akiko intervened, glaring at Ranma's muscular amazon body. "Is that… the pig-tailed girl? What's SHE doing here? And… why is she so big?"

Ranma frowned. "While I'm not too happy to see you, princess, I suppose I am here to save you as well."

"Hmph!" Akiko crossed her arms in a huff. "And here I was hoping to be saved by my darling Ranma, not some… brute!"

"But that IS Ran…" Akane rolled her eyes. "Never mind… we have more important things to take care of." She opened the cell, knelt down next to Nabiki and poured the potion over her head.

As soon as the liquid touched the stone, cracks appeared in it. Then, the rocky hull surrounding Nabiki's body shattered like glass. The unicorn took a deep breath of air.

"Thank GOODNESS!" she gasped. "You guys have NO idea what it's like to be confined like that. You feel like you should suffocate any moment, but you won't. And my nose was itching the whole time."

"Allow me," Derpy said. With her hoof, she scratched her fellow pony's snout.

"Who are you anyways?" Ukyo asked the pegasus.

"I'm Derpy Hooves," she smiled. "I came here through a big portal."

"Probably the summoning portal to Equestria," Akiko said. "My sister doesn't really like the cute inhabitants of that land, but she's interested in its magic."

"What, so there IS a whole land of ponies?" Taro asked in surprise.

"I hate to interrupt, but can this wait?" Akane sighed. "We need to get out of here, and there are still dozens of prisoners waiting to be rescued."

"You are right," Ranma nodded. "We shall talk later. Can you walk, little equines?"

"Yup!" Derpy nodded. "They cut my feathers, but my legs are fine."

"They only hurt my pride, Saotome," Nabiki said. "And I have a name, you know?"

Akane took the keys. "All right! Ukyo, help me free everyone. And Nabiki? Can you conjure up some hot water for Ranma?"

"So I guess I'm the water mare now," Nabiki muttered. "All right, I guess I owe you one, Saotome. Let's call us even after this favor. But every time after that, I'm expecting some yen."

Ukyo shook her head as she looked at Nabiki with pity. "You still don't get it…" Then she followed Akane.

The first one Akane freed was Miyo. She unlocked her prison door and said: "Hey, come on! You're free to go."

"Don't look at me!" Miyo cried as she scooted even further into the dark corner of her cell. "I don't want to hurt you, too…"

"Oh, for the love of…" Akane groaned and ripped a piece of cloth from her ranger outfit. She walked up to Miyo from behind and quickly tied the cloth around her eyes. "There, now you don't have to be worried about cursing anyone again. Take my hand and I'll lead the way."

"Oh…" Miyo said in surprise, raising her hands to feel the blindfold on her face. "Th… thank you… that will do the job, I suppose." Akane helped her stand up. "But… I really don't want to leave Gosunkugi behind… he was always so good to me… and with that demon around, I fear what will happen to him…"

"I'm… sure we'll figure something out," Akane said. "For now, let's at least get out of this prison block."

Nabiki was pretty exhausted from the whole ordeal, but casting a simple water conjuration spell was pretty easy and not too tiring. She levitated the small bubble of hot water towards Ranma and splashed it in the amazon's face.

Ranma winced as he turned back into a man. "Still hot, but you're getting better at it, Nabiki. At least this time it wasn't scalding hot."

Akiko's eyes lit up with joy. "RANMA-DARLING!"

"Oh no…"

GLOMP!

"My beloved Ranma!" Akiko squealed as she clung to Ranma like a little girl on Christmas. "You came to save me, I knew you would… but wait." She let go of him and looked around in confusion. "Where is the barbaric pig-tailed one?"

"I've told you before, Akiko, it's a curse," Ranma sighed. "I turn into the pig-tailed girl whenever I get wet."

"Wh-what?" Akiko gasped. "What foul sorcerer would put such an abominable curse on the man I love?"

"He managed to do that on his own," Nabiki rolled her eyes. "His father had the bright idea to spar over several cursed springs and Ranma was clumsy enough to fall in."

"Hey, it's not like I wanted to be cursed," Ranma frowned.

"Oh, that is terrible," Akiko sighed. "My poor, poor Ranma… to be forced into a form as brutish and uncivilized as that… let me show you my pity with a kiss…" She once again wrapped her arms around Ranma's neck and pulled herself up so the two of them were face to face.

Ranma was feeling very uncomfortable at the moment. "Um… Akiko? I don't really think…"

"Ssshhhh…" she whispered. "It's all right… let me kiss all your worries away… when I do this, you won't even have to worry about the pig-tailed brute anymore… you'll have a new, better body… and we'll fly through the night together, for all eternity…"

She opened her mouth to reveal her elongated fangs and aimed at Ranma's neck…

…only to be smashed on the head by Akane's mallet. "I knew I should have left you in that cell!" she growled. "Ranma, you idiot! Kodachi's a vampire, why do you believe Akiko would be any different?"

"Um…" Ranma looked down at Akiko's knocked out, pale body. "Honestly… the possibility never crossed my mind. But I guess that's why she always carries that parasol with her when she's at school on sunny days." He then looked at the mallet, with a bit of worry. "Okay… so that thing still works, even if you aren't a martial artist anymore. Good to know."

"That's probably because it's not a martial arts technique, but the manifestation of a woman's wrath," Derpy smiled. Everyone looked at her. "What?"

"Let's just put Akiko and the warden into a cell," Ukyo said. "After all, there's more than enough room for them now." She gestured behind herself, where a sizeable crowd of former inmates were waiting to escape, a colorful group made of dwarves, elves, khajiit, Zoras, snake men and more.

Just a moment later, Taro threw the still unconscious forms of Akiko and the warden into one of the empty cells. Akane quickly closed the door and locked it tight. "The cells are magic-proof," the minotaur said with an amused snort. "That means even vampires have a hard time getting out, too."

"I know Kodachi is going to get Akiko out eventually, but let's hope she waits for a while before she does that. A week or so would be nice…" Akane said.

"Okay, everyone ready to go?" Ranma asked. "Let's get out of here!"

They reached the entrance of the prison block without any problems. However, just when Ranma reached for the exit door, it opened up from the other side. Ranma went into his battle stance to prepare for whatever creature Kodachi had sent to stop them from leaving, but… it was just Gosunkugi.

"What? Gos? What are you doing here?" Ranma wondered.

"I… I couldn't take it anymore," the young warlock groaned. "Mistress Kodachi is making one bad decision after another… so I… I wanted to save at least Miyo. So I snuck out of the library, past the beholders… down into the dungeon… and I thought, maybe you guys already took care of the guards. And if not, I could always bribe them… either way, I am not letting Miyo suffer any longer."

"Hikaru…" Miyo gasped. "You're risking so much by coming down here… just for me?" She blindly felt around until her hands found those of Hikaru. "I didn't know anybody cared for me… but you should have just let me here… I'm just a monster, only good for hurting people…"

"You're not!" Gosunkugi protested. "You're a kind person, and your predictions always come true. The mistress is just too stubborn to realize that."

"Can you two lovebirds save it for later?" Taro grumbled. "The longer we stay, the bigger the chance we'll get caught. And I really don't want to run into that Horned Reaper…"

"Speaking of which, where is that guy right now?" Nabiki asked.

"Sasuke is leading him to the dungeon heart," Gosunkugi explained. "He said he wants to help her improve the dungeon, but I have the feeling he's got something really awful in mind. If the mistress is not careful, the Reaper will have control over everything."

"Do we even care about what happens to Kodachi?" Ukyo asked. "Aren't we doing the town a favor by stopping all those raids she's sending to Nerima week after week? To be more clear, she brought this up on herself."

"Don't think for a moment that the attacks would stop," Miyo whispered. "On the contrary, everything would be much more horrible than before. A Horned Reaper doesn't take prisoners… he revels in slaughtering innocents. A Horned Reaper doesn't attack once or twice a week… he attacks every day, even multiple times, to satisfy his bloodlust. A Horned Reaper wouldn't be satisfied with his dungeon being basically a tourist attraction… he would strike so much fear into his opponents that nobody would ever consider assaulting his keep again." She shivered. "Allowing the Reaper to have his way would be a much, much worse alternative than Mistress Kodachi."

"Oooookaaaayyy…" Ukyo grimaced. "Never mind. We should definitely stop him."

"How do you plan on doing that?" Taro grunted. "We're talking about a Horned Reaper here! Not even I would stand a chance in a one-on-one battle. And to be honest… I doubt we'd be able to take him on even if all of us attacked at once."

"So… what CAN we do?" Ranma wondered.

Everyone stayed silent for a while. The prisoners were getting uneasy and restless. Suddenly, Derpy of all people let out a gasp and said:

"I've got an idea!"

The Horned Reaper put his hand on the shimmering crystal surface of the dungeon heart. Even as a demon as old and powerful as he was, he still felt awed at the sheer magnitude of power that flowed through an artifact like this. He could feel the activities and thoughts of all the creatures in the dungeon, was able to look into every room and corridor and mentally command any monster bound to this heart.

If he were the Dungeon Keeper, that is.

But the mistress of this place had given him permission to reorganize the dungeon's structure, which was basically free access to the dungeon heart and all of its functions.

"What's this? She's creating an art gallery in the west wing? What an utter waste of gold and resources." He snorted. "And there isn't even a single Dark Mistress in her employment… how is she planning on running a torture chamber without at least one of those? But all of this is going to change… Soon enough, she'll be dancing on my strings." He chuckled to himself. "And then I'll turn this ridiculous idea of a dungeon into a proper stronghold of evil. Nerima will burn… I will make sure of it."

"You will do… what?"

Annoyed, the Horned Reaper turned his head to look at the ninja imp standing behind him. "Oh, you're still here," he said with the tone of someone who discovered a rat in his house. "Why don't you vermin go dig a tunnel or something? I'm busy…"

"It is not Mistress Kodachi's intention to destroy Nerima," Sasuke shouted. "I have reasons to believe you are not acting in the mistress' best interests." He drew his blade.

"You really need to be put in your place, imp," the Reaper growled as he slowly turned around. "Do you honestly believe a lower demon like you can stop ME? This place is going to change, like it or not. And if you decide to stay loyal to that lunatic vampire, then you can die! I can always summon more imps."

"I don't care how powerful you are," Sasuke said through gritted teeth. "If you conspire against the noble house of Kuno, then you are my enemy." With a swift strike, he attacked the taller demon.

The Horned Reaper didn't even need to raise his scythe. A single backhanded slap with his left hand was all he needed to fling the small ninja retainer into the wall of the dungeon heart's chamber. Sasuke groaned and tried to get back up to his feet.

"Insolent fool…" the Reaper chuckled as he slowly approached the determined, but out of his league imp. "You have chosen death."

"N-n-n… not so fast!" a small, quivering voice squeaked.

With a frown, the Reaper looked to his left… and saw two of Kodachi's warlocks standing there. "Aren't you the one who summoned me?" he asked. "Don't tell me you are defending this pathetic imp."

"I am… I am defending Mistress Kodachi!" Gosunkugi said. His legs were like putty and his whole body was shaking like a leaf, but he was not running away. "Insane or not, at least she gave all of her minions a place to stay… a job to do… and a reason to exist. We all gained something from being able to go to Nerima at all times, no matter if it was for a small raid or a drink at the local inn." He raised his shaking finger. "YOU are planning to do everything yourself… why would you still need servants if you want to fight all the fights on your own? And how can we still have a town to raid if you decide to destroy it? We NEED Nerima… as much as it needs us."

"You keep saying 'we'," the Reaper chuckled. "As if you're even part of the Dungeon Keepers plan. You are a minion… a tool to be used. You can be discarded at any moment. What delusions did that vampire put in your brains that you consider yourself as something that's even remotely important?"

"Because… " Sasuke said as he slowly got back to his feet. "Every good Dungeon Keeper NEEDS the help of his minions. And only loyal minions are good minions." He raised his sword again. "That's something you obviously don't understand!"

The Horned Reaper let out a dangerous growl. "I'm just going to kill you now… this blathering is starting to get on my nerves." He raised his scythe.

"Oh, s-sure… go ahead and do that. It won't change a thing," Gosunkugi said. "Oh, and by the way… before you decide to decapitate us… could you look over here for a moment?"

The Reaper turned his head… and Gosunkugi removed the hood of the other warlock standing right next to him.

The demon's eyes widened as he stared directly into a writhing mass of snakes and into the slitted eyes of Miyo.

"Oh, devil dammit."

One day later, Akiko was sitting in Kuno Castle's rose garden on a bench, an adorable pout on her face.

A few steps away, her big sister stood and talked with Sasuke.

"Very well, Sasuke. Tell the warlocks to prepare a couple of summoning rituals. I want my prison cells filled again, either with new creatures or with incompetent minions. Warlock Miyo is in charge of making the important choices. She can consider this her payment for her good services."

Sasuke bowed his head. "It shall be as you wish, mistress." And he vanished.

Kodachi sat down next to Akiko. "Are you upset, sister dearest?"

"I was sooo close to turning Ranma-darling into a vampire," Akiko sulked. "And then that stupid… nincompoop Akane Tendo interfered!"

"Don't cuss, Akiko-chan. It is unbecoming of a lady, especially a member of the noble house of Kuno," Kodachi admonished her. "So our plan ended in a failure. Does it really matter in the end? The dungeon is still under our control and our servants are more loyal than ever. That last raid also proved that Nerima has more than enough reasons to fear us. As for Ranma-darling… he shall be ours sooner or later. If a vampire is good at one thing, it is waiting."

Akiko sighed. "I guess. I'm just surprised that demon you summoned actually wanted to deceive you."

"Good help is hard to find these days," Kodachi explained. "I've realized from the start that he was nothing but a ruffian. Unfit to serve a noble, especially one with a mind as astute and cunning as mine."

"But wasn't it you who decided to let him access the dungeon heart?" Akiko asked with a frown.

Kodachi smiled. "There was no danger in the first place. Sasuke would have informed me, even without the intervention of our two little warlocks. Still, I think they deserve some recognition. After all… without their help, our lovely garden wouldn't have its newest piece of decoration.

Akiko giggled. "That is true."

As they enjoyed the quiet night together, the tall demon statue behind them could just gape ahead and silently curse the day it had been summoned to Nerima. Either way, the Horned Reaper would not be a threat to anyone for a very long time…

Ranma ½ belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.

The Dryad (NPC) and everything Terraria belongs to Re-Logic.

Derpy Hooves and My little Pony belongs to Hasbro.

Wonder Woman belongs to DC Comics.

World of Warcraft belongs to Blizzard.

The Legend of Zelda belongs to Nintendo.

The Horned Reaper and Dungeon Keeper belong to Bullfrog Productions.