Disclaimer: The characters of Ranma 1/2 and Sailormoon are not mine in any shape or form.
As you can tell I revised chapter 2+3 I hoped you like them.
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A New Life
By: John Sanchez(StrykerJ)
E-mail me at my new address: StrykerJRan@hotmail.com for any suggestions or comments on this story.
Chapter 5
A New Power: let's test it out!
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"Mercury Knight Power!" Ranma yelled.
A cold wet fog formed around Ranma obscuring him from everyone's view only allowing Ami total sight of Ranma giving her a healthy blush at what she saw. The fog pulled inwards while forming a tuxedo. The suit was like their body suit molding perfectly to the body. The pants were black with blue trim going down the side of the legs. The silk shirt was white forming to the body, but was a style like his chinese shirts. A black leather jacket formed over his shirt it had a blue dragon desigh on the back making it look like it was made of ice. The buttons on the shirt were Ice blue gems, and in the innner pocket of the jacket was a blue handkercheif, a lighter, and a pen.
Ranma looked at himself and sighed in frustration. 'How am I supposed to fight in this, but whoa what power!' He starts to test the movement noticing that their was no restrictions it was like he was wearing his usual clothing. Ranma stopped and looked at himself again and sighed a heavy sigh. 'The clothes are ok I guess and the power I feel is unbelievable, but why did I have to be a..'
Ranma was cut out of his thoughts by the detransformed Prince Edemyion. "Why are you a girl!?!"
'This is just not fair.' Ranma thought.
Elsewhwere
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Kaoline looks from behind a mirror into a darkened room. Several lights turn on shining into the middle of the room. Sitting in the middle of the lighted room was the diamond from earlier the flames on it started pulsing slowly than faster when its prey was within reach. Above the diamond was a cage being lowered, and inside the cage was a giant panda. The diamond liquified increasing it's size, and shot straight up to the panda all that was heard was the panda in pain.
Kaoline watched with fasicination as the diamond melded and took over the mind of the panda. "Tommorrow little one. Tommorrow when your fully matured enough we will attack."
Hikawa Shrine
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"Why is this happening to me!?!" Ranma-chan yelled in frustration.
Ami spoke up. "I know why Ranma, it was the cold fog during the transformation it triggered the curse."
"You are correct Ami, Ranma will always be in his cursed form in his first transformation, and he can only reach his second transformation while Ami is in her Mercury Princess form, and in that form he will always be male. Before I go we are only half way done I need Ami and Ranma to find the replacement Sailor Mercury within thirty days. Ranma you should be able to control your curse now with your mind, but you have to be a girl at least 6 hours a day to stay a man the rest of the day." Setsuna informed them.
"Great thanks!" Ranma said with a little joy.
"Another Sailor Mercury?" Ami inquired.
"Yes, she will be your temporary replacement when needed. I can not tell you anymore than that for now, but this situation will be quite interesting."
And like that Setsuna dissappeared leaving behind many bewildred scouts.
"So we have to find someone to replace Ami. Should be easy."
"It's not as easy as you might think Ranma." A female voice said hidden in the bushes.
"Yep it's a lot harder than you think." A male voice spoke this time.
"Who are you two?" Ranma asked looking around for the people he didn't know.
"Luna and Artemis are right Ranma. Would you two please explain the situation?" Ami asked.
"Ranma don't be startled by our appearance, but we decided to help you conquer your fear of cat's within a couple month's time. Due to the union you shouldn't be afraid of Artemis or myself, but before I come out the reason it will be hard to find a replacement senshi is because you need to find a girl that has been born during the moon kingdom. Now that I said what I wanted to say we will come out one at a time, but we will keep our distance from you just incase it didn't work."
Slowly Luna moved out from behind the bushes into Ranma-chan's view at first Ranma was startled, but then he noticed he wasn't afraid of Luna at all and became confused. Artemis than walked out, but had something covering his forehead.
At this point Ranma-chan sreamed and stuttered. "C-c-ccccaaattt!" He quickly moved behind Ami to get away from the white cat in front of him.
Luna made her way over to Artemis and removed the obstacle from Artemis's forehead and almost instantly Ranma-chan was calm again.
"It looks like I was correct Ranma. You will not be afraid of us no more, but you will be afraid of regular cats."
"At least that is a start." Ami said to Ranma, but couldn't help but giggle at the way Ranma-chan was still hiding behind her.
Ranma-chan came out from behind Ami blushing of embarrassment. "I think it was time we left Ami. I have a photo shoot plus I would like to stop at our new home to see what we need there afterwards,"
"Oh, I almost forgot about that. Everyone we are going to our new house later. It was a wedding present from Ranma's mother to us. We would love for you to come and visit us there, so here is the address." Ami told everyone their address.
"You two are going to a photo shoot!?! Please Can we come too?!" Minako asked very excited.
"That sounds like fun!" Usagi said with joy in her voice.
"Is it alright if we come along Ami? We wouldn't want to crowd you two?" Rei asked with a little hope.
Ami looked at her freinds then turned to Ranma-chan showing him her most beautiful smile she asked him. "Ranma it's up to you is it alright if we bring the others along with us?"
Ranma-chan turned to look at Ami and saw her smile and crumbled. "S-s-ssure, it's fine with me."
"YES!" Minako and Usagi squealed out as they high fived each other."
"Michiru-mama, Haruka-papa can I go with Ami and Ranma?" Hotaru asked in a quiet voice to her adoptive parents.
Michiru in turn asked Ami and Ranma-chan. "Ami would you and Ranma take care of Hotaru for the night? Haruka and I have something planned. We were going to leave her with Setsuna, but she would have more fun with you two."
"I don't mind as long as Ami-chan dosent. Mom's..I mean our home still has a lot of the old furniture that I know of she can use my old room. What do you think Ami-chan?" Ranma-chan said smiling at Ami.
Ami responded with a captivating smile. "I don't mind I would love for Hotaru to spend the night over with us."
"It sounds like everyone's going to have fun, but I have somethings to do tonight as well. Bye everyone! Bye Usako!"
Usagi quickly jumped into Mamoru's arms and gave him a quick peck on his lips then let go him. "Bye Mamo-chan!"
Michiru and Haruka also started to get up to leave and de-transformed. Everyone else got ready to leave, and de-transformed while Ranma-chan watched. He stops them after their done and asks them an important question.
"Um guys, it's not that I don't like this outfit are anything. I just want to know."
"Yes, Ranma." Ami replied back.
"How do I turn this off?" He asked as he waved at his uniform he was still wearing in his cursed form.
Ami looked at Ranma-chan in her uniform again and couldn't help but giggle.
Ranma-chan responded with mock hurt in her voice. "What's so funny?"
"You *giggle* have to *giggle* look at yourself." *giggle*
Ranma-chan couldn't help but notice how beautiful Ami looked, but he wasn't going to let her get away with it. He saw his opening and attacked. "Oh really!" Ranma-chan striked his hands out and proceeded to tickle Ami all over.
Ami tried desperately to get away, but was quickly pulled closer causing Ami to lose her balance and fall against Ranma-chan. Ami stopped giggling and blushed deeply at the intimate position she is in with Ranma-chan. Ranma-chan also stops her actions after noticing their position they are in.
Ami moved her head from the resting spot on Ranma-chan's left breast to look up into his eyes. She saw the emotions run through his or her face at the time. 'I don't want to hurt him, but it's going to take some time to get used to his female form. I will try though for both our sakes.' Ami came out of her thought's to see Ranma-chan backing away with some hurt in his/her eyes. Ami made up her mind and lunged at Ranma-chan.
Just a bit ago.
Ranma-chan started to tickle Ami, but she tried to squirm away so he pulled her closer. Ami than lost her balance and started to fall, but Ranma-chan quickly caught her. Ami's arms went around her as her head laid upon his left breast. 'Oh no! Ami's head is on my left breast. I'm so dead.' He was brought out of his thought's quickly when Ami started to move. She looked into his eyes and he could see the conflicting emotions play through her eyes. Things ran through his mind like the fear of not being accepted in his cursed form, and the hurt of not being accepted by the one he loved just as much as Akane. Some time passed and he decided to move away slowly not to insure her wraith. Then Ami made her move and he closed his eyes or hers at the moment waiting for the impact, but instead found something very familiar on his lips. He hesitated for a second, but gave into the warmth of her lips.
Ami found the kiss was a little different, but just as great as when she had kissed him as a guy. At first when Ranma didn't respond she was going to pull away, but Ranma-chan than kissed her back with eager adding her tongue into Ami's mouth. Ami responded with as much eagerness, until they were interrupted.
"Oh how cute! Their just like Haruka and Michiru."
Ami and Ranma froze.
"Your right meatball head they are like Haruka and Michiru."
"Don't call me that Rei!"
"Sure meatball head as soon as you learn to keep quiet."
"I said to stop calling me that! Huh, what do you mean keep quiet."
"Well you interrupted Ami and Ranma." Rei said pointing towards the mentioned couple that were still frozen in place only now breaking away from each other to breathe.
Ami the first one to recover with a heavy blush still on her face. "Ithinkweshouldleavearewe'llbelate." Ami said quickly.
An equally red Ranma-chan responded hesitantly trying to decipher what Ami said. "Um...yeah let's go."
The people moved slowly away from the shrine while the others followed behind giggling at the embarrassed couple. When Ranma-chan suddenly stopped again remembering his earlier question, so he asked again when everyone stopped. "How do you turn this off?"
Ami started to giggle with the others, but stopped and proceeded to tell him how to turn it off. Ranma-chan did what he was told, and he instantly turned back into male form. Once Ranma checked he was okay and male they proceeded to the studio.
Photo Studio (Outside)
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Everyone arrived at a tall building and before they stepped into the building Ranma gathered them together.
"Alright everyone we're here. I want you to know something before we head inside. One , I need everyone to keep quiet until the photo shoot is over. I'm only scheduled for two to three hours, but i'm sure it will be longer than that. Two, the reason I need for this to go quickly is so that I can ask Thomas to take some pictures of us for the wedding invitations we will be sending out later. Three, maybe just maybe I can get him to take pictures of the rest of you."
"Don't worry Ranma-kun I will keep them quiet right Usagi-chan, Rei-chan." Ami said with a stern voice.
"I'll be quiet Ami, but I don't know about meatball head here."
"Rei!" Usagi growled.
"Rei." Ami said in a stern voice which quickly silenced the others real quick.
"Alright let's head in." Ranma said as he walked into the building and up to the reception desk. "Hello Yuriko, how are you doing today?"
"Oh! Ranma-kun hello, you sure look sexy today." Yuriko said as she leaned forward a bit to show Ranma some of her cleavage. Ranma didn't notice her flirting with him every time he came in, but Ami and the others definetly noticed.
Ami started to become self concious about her looks compared to the girl in front of her. Yuriko was a very beautiful and attractive brunette with a great figure.
Makoto, Minako, and Rei noticed what was going on and nodded to each other and prepared to help Ami out.
"So Ranma this is where you work?" Minako asked.
"What do you think of your husband's job Ami?" Makoto asked a little loudly and directly towrds the receptionist instead of Ami, so the receptionist would get the hint.
Yuriko caught the hint real quickly and stopped flirting with Ranma. When Ami started to say something she was cut off when Yuriko asked a question. "So Ranma-kun your married?"
"Yeah me and Ami-chan got married yesterday. Which studio is Thomas having me work in today?"
"Thomas is preparing for the photo shoot in studio in 3A."
"Well alright girls let's head on up." Ranma started to walk to the elevator with the rest following. Ami was then stopped by Yuriko.
"Ami take care of him. He's a great catch." With that said Yuriko went back to work after hearing Ami's reply.
"I will."
Ami then hurried to catch up with the others at the elevator.
Studio 3A
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Ranma entered with everyone else into 3A. He motioned for the girls to sit in a certain area while he went to Thomas.
Thomas had seen Ranma enter with the other girls. He slowly gave the once over a couple of the girls as Ranma came up to him. And four of them he looked over more thourghly, while he planned to ask Ranma about them later.
"Thomas are we ready yet?"
"Sure thing Ranma! What's with the girls?"
"That's my wife and her friends."
"Wow! You got married. Who's the lucky girl?"
"Her name is Ami. I'll introduce you to everyone. I was just wondering if you would take some pictures of me and Ami for our wedding invitations."
"Sure no problem. I'll even save some film for the others. Well what are you waiting for introduce me to your wife."
Ranma and Thomas walked up to the girls. The girls stood up and Ranma stepped up to Ami.
"Ami this is my friend Thomas. Thomas this is my wife Ami."
"Hello Thomas, it's nice to meet you."
"Wow gorgeous and a beautiful voice too. You sure picked a good one." Ami blushed a deep red. "Hi Ami, i'm glad someone saddled this wild horse here. You couldn't of picked a better man or woman depending what he is at the time."
"Ahem!" Came from three others.
Ranma quickly introduced them. "This is my cousin Rei Hino, Minako Aino, Makoto Kino, Usagi Tsukino, and last but not least this cute girl is Hotaru Tomoe." Hotaru blushed deeply.
"Hello everyone please sit and watch for a little while, and once were done we might be able to take pictures of each of you."
"That would be great. Thank you." They said happily.
"Now Ranma we need you to switch to your girl form. There are several outfits in the dressing room for you to try out were not doing any male shot's today so don't worry."
Ranma headed into the dressing room and changed. He came back out in girl form. She was prepped by the make-up artists and hair stylists. She than posed in front of the camera and then went back into the dressing room changed clothing came back out put on and took off make-up, re-styled the hair and did the same thing several more times. When Ranma only had one more outfit to go. Thomas had the make-up and hairstylist pull Ami over to the side to get her ready for pictures. Ranma finished with his last outfit and changed back into a guy and dressed back into his clothes and had his make-up removed and hair styled again. He then joined Ami in front of the camera for some shots. After several poses Ami started to get into it having fun with just being with Ranma.
During this time Thomas had the rest of the girls go to the dressing room with a fashion expert who picked an outfit for each to wear. Once dressed they had make-up put on and their hair styled. First one to be done was Makoto she was dressed in a green dress the straps were off the shoulders. A rose was pinned on the left breast of the dress, she was also wearing a pair of red rose earrings, light make-up accented her face. The dress went down to just pass mid-thigh showing off her long legs and last but not least she had on green high heels.
Thomas finished up with Ranma and Ami and had Ami take some pictures by herself. Once Ami's turn was done Makoto took her turn, while this was happening Minako, Rei and Usagi stepped away from the make-up and hair stylists.
Minako was wearing an yellow evening gown with no straps that reach down to her ankles. A white rose was pinned on the left breast also. She was wearing a pair of diamond earrings, make-up, and matching high heels.
Rei was wearing a simple red silk dress which showed off her back, but not low cut as Ami's it only went half way, a white rose was also pinned to her dress and she also was wearing make-up and matching high heels.
Usagi came out in a white dress that went to her ankles, long white gloves were on her hands with a coursage on her wrist. Make-up was put on lightly on her face a tiara was on her head, diamond earrings on her ears, and a diamond heart necklace around her neck.
But what really got everybody was Hotaru when she stepped out of the dressing room behind the stylists. She was wearing a black gown that fit just right showing off her back a little. Her hair was trimmed and washed it glistened in the light an iris was clipped to her hair. Make-up was put on her just right. The jewelry she was wearing were a pair of amthyst and diamond hearts and butterfly. The outfit just looked perfect for Hotaru so Ranma and Thomas told her to keep it once it was over and the others were changing. Hotaru changed and was giving a bag to put her new clothes and jewelry in.
Once Thomas was done with all the girls he pulled Ranma off to the side for a little bit and then said his goodbyes to everyone and told them he would give Ranma the pictures.
Ranma and the girls said their own goodbyes and left for the Saotome home.
Saotome Home
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Once they arrived at the house Nodoka showed them around. She led them outside to the backyard which had two buildings in it plus it was very spacious. Nodoka first showed them the building on the right. It was a dojo just a little bigger than the Tendo's dojo. The building on the left was then showed next it had two bedrooms, a bathroom, a livingroom, and a small kitchen.
"I thought you and Ami could use the guest house son. It has everything you would possibly need plus peace and quiet." Nodoka winked at Ami causing her to blush rosily as well as the others.
Nodoka still didn't know her and Ranma did not have that kind of relationship yet. They still were trying to get used to sleeping near each other with their clothes on.
Time passed on and the girls went home while Ami, Hotaru, and Ranma went to the park. They stayed at the park until the sun went down and returned to the house.
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The sunlight broke through the window lighting the faces of two young girls. Slowly they woke up and got out of bed. They found clean clothes at the foot of the bed. They bathed and dressed into their now clean clothes.
"Hotaru-chan?"
"Yes, Ami."
"Do you want to see what Ranma does in the morning."
"That sounds like fun."
Ami led Hotaru to the dojo where they heard noises coming from the inside.
"Keep quiet Hotaru when we go in I don't want to distract him." 'This will be my first time to actually watch him practice his martial arts. I didn't get a good look at what he did to the youma the other day.'
"All right ." 'I wonder what Ranma is doing.' Hotaru thought.
Ami and Hotaru quietly enter the dojo trying not to disturb him, but what they saw made them gasp. Ranma was sitting in the corner where it was slightly darker, but that wasn't what made them gasp. What made them gasp was the fact that half his body that was in the shadow was missing. They were so concerned about Ranma in the far right corner they didn't notice the rest of his body in the near left corner.
When Ranma heard a gasp and he almost lost his concentration on what he was doing, but recovered and finished the new technique he was working on and trying to perfect. He stretched his arms then stood up and stretched his legs.
"Good morning Ami-chan, Hotaru-chan."
"Good morning Ranma."
"Good morning Ranma-kun. What were you doing?"
"I was practicing and trying to perfect a martial arts technique I developed. You and Ami are the first ones to see me use it."
"What does it do?"
"Well the technique is called 'Yurei Aruku' it's similiar to one of my fathers technique somewhat and I improved on it. It allows you to hide in the shadows without being seen or heard. The technique also allows teleportation to another shadow, but only at a short distance. I've been trying to get used to the tleportation it's a little draining, but I'm hoping once I perfect it , it won't be."
"Can you show it to me again Ranma-kun?"
"Sure Hotaru-chan watch carefully i'm going to walk into this shadow on the far right corner and come out the left near corner by the door."
Ami and Hotaru watched Ranma go into the shadow and slowly dissappear like he was apart of the shadow. Hotaru turned to see half of Ranma's body come out the other shadow than his full body.
"Wow that is amazing do you think you could teleport another person through the shadow Ranma."
Ranma scratched the back of his head a second.
"Maybe I can but I don't want to try that just yet."
"So Ranma-kun what other techniques do you know."
"Well some Amazon techniques, my families style including my fathers special techniques, and I made up two seperate schools of fighting; The Akurei-Ken and the Ryu-Kami-Ken. The last technique I showed you was from the Akurei-Ken."
"Ranma-kun, can you show us a technique from each school so we can see what they look like."
"Um.. sure I guess. Ami...please stand in front of me for a second."
"Alright, where do you want me to stand exactly."
"Just about arms length away. The technique i'm going to use is called the Kachuu Tenshin Amaguriken it allows the user to move your hands extremly fast."
"Your not really going to attack me are you."
"No Ami-chan I was just going to tap you many times up and down your arms and belly within three seconds. Hotaru-chan when I say go, count to three. I will stop at that point and tell you how many times I tapped Ami. Are you ready?"
"Sure i'm ready Ranma-kun."
"Ready..Set..Go!"
"One..Two..Three!"
"Kachuu Tenshin Amaguriken."
As soon as Ranma said 'Go' Ami watched Ranma's hands blur and felt taps all over her arms and belly and as soon as they started they stopped.
"Wow!!" Ami and Hotaru said stunned.
"You two ready for the count on how many times I tapped Ami with my finger."
"Sure." Hotaru said weekly.
"Well I tapped Ami 112 times on her left arm, 117 times on her right arm, and 234 times on her belly."
"What!?!" Hotaru asked dazed. She looked over to Ami.
"It's true Hotaru I felt every single tap. I almost broke downlaughing."
Ami brushed some tears away from her eyes as Ranma stored that information again for later.
"The next technique i'm going to show you was made by my father. Give me a second to prepare."
Ranma walked outside to get a dummy.
"Ami?"
"Yes, Hotaru-chan."
"Do you like Ranma-kun, Ami. He seems really nice, strong, and quite handsome."
"Hotaru-chan, do you have a crush on my husband?"
"Well..I..um..I.I guess I do like Ranma a little." Hotaru admitted with red blush of embarassment.
"A little? That's okay, but i'll let you know. I'm glad I met Ranma and I do like him a lot. I love him, but this relationship is new to us so were taking it one step at a time."
After her statement Ranma walked in carrying in a dummy. He set the dummy to the rear of thr dojo. While Ranma was doing that Nodoka walked in and said hello to everyone and told them breakfast would be ready in fifteen minutes and then left to finish breakfast.
"Alright you two stand behind me and watch closely." Ranma exclaimed.
The girls did what he asked and watched with amazement in their eyes.
"Kaijin Rashuu Dan!"
Ranma swung his arms forward in an arc. The girls watched as two projectiles flew forward and cut straight through the dummy. One through the neck, and the other through the stomach.
The girls gasped at how easily the attack had cut through the dummy. They turned away from looking at the dummy to Ranma. When Ranma finally recieved their full attention he started to talk.
"That technique was called the 'Kaijin Raishuu Dan'. Now I just have one more to show you, it's from the Ryu-Kami-Ken."
Ranma stepped a little more away from the girls.
"Tengoku Ryu Tate!"
A white dragon made of ki shot out from Ranma's hand wrapping around him forming a sheild or protective barrier. Ranma then dropped the sheild. The girls were in more awe.
"What?" The girls asked curiously.
"That was called 'Tengoku Ryu Tate' it was made to be defensive, but I found it could also be used as an offensive technique too."
"Wow! That was, Ranma-kun. I don't know if I could ever get that strong without transforming." Hotaru said blushing with her head bowed down.
"Sure you can you just need to train. It took me over ten years, but with me helping we can get you into shape in about that amount of time."
"I don't know i've been pretty weak most of my life." Hotaru stated in a low hurt voice.
"The way I hear it you have gotten a lot better since Ami first met you. And that's a good improvement from the way you were. I believe in you Hotaru-chan." Ranma said thia as he lifted Hotaru's head to make eye contact. Hotaru blushed deeply and Ami giggled at Hotaru's Embarassment. While Ranma tried to figure what was going on with the two.
*grumble* That sound caused both girls to giggle and Ranma to be embarrassed.
"It sounds like Ranma's internal alarm is going off again." Ami said between giggles.
"Alarm?" Hotaru asked curiously.
"Yes, this isn't the first time his stomach done that."
Ranma was embarrassed even more, but then joined along laughing with the others." They soon headed in to the house to have breakfast.
At a nearby park
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A woman is seen directing men where a circus tent is finished being setup along with a fenced in area. Once the men were done she had the men move animals into the fenced in area. She led the men back to her van. Once the men reached the van for their payment she opened the back of the van releasing a panda. As soon as the panda was loose it started to drain the workers of their life. Once the bodies were drained the panda picked up the bodies and tossed them into the van and locked them up.
"Not a bad start panda-chan."
(Thank you, Mistress Kaoline.) The panda signed.
"Panda-chan you can communicate that's marvelous." Kaoline said happily.
(Yes, Mistress plus I seem to have a wide range of knowledge in martial arts as well as other stuff.)
"Really? Well forget about that for now. We have a show to prepare for."
"Yes, Mistress."
The pair walked into the tent to prepare for their show.
Saotome Home
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*Bbbrrriinnggg* *Bbbrriinnggg*
"Hello Saotome Residence, Nodoka speaking."
"Yes, Ranma is here I'll go get him."
Nodoka walked back to the diningroom.
"Son you have a phone call."
Nodoka sat down at the table and started a conversation up with her new daughter-in-law and Hotaru, while Ranma went to answer the phone.
"Hello."
"Well hello Saotome."
"Nabiki..so um..you have heard.."
"Yeah I heard, and I have some things to say. First I would like to wish you and Ami well. Second Ranma you take care of Ami she's the only cousin we have,"
"Don't worry Nabiki i'll take really great care of Ami. Did you invest my money like I asked you."
"Yes, I did plus some others you might like. So I heard you had some pictures taking of Ami and yourself. I would like to have a couple, and I'm sure Kasumi would like some too."
"I'll make sure to send some with the wedding invitations."
"I arranged for you to host a teenage modeling show at Juuban park. It's strictly for the modeling company to find new blood. They were hoping your new freinds would join in. Actually they specifically want two of them and Ami."
"Ami!? Who are the other two they want?"
"The first one was a Minako Aino, and the second one was a Hotaru Tomoe. They really want Hotaru. Ami they want her to do poses with you and by herself dressed in the new fashions for a mother to be,"
"Alright i'll tell them, and i'll get back to Thomas as soon as possible."
"Now that everything is out of the way Ranma,let me speak to my cousin."
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Ami, Hotaru, and Ranma are walking to Juuban park and they could see a circus tent in the park.
"I wonder what's happening in the park today."
"I haven't heard anything about it Ami."
"Well. Why don't we go check it out."
"That sounds great Ranma would you like to check it out too Hotaru-chan."
"Yep that sounds like fun Ami."
The small group headed into the park. The circus tent was large with red and white stripes. A booth was set-up outside with a man selling tickets. Their was a least twelve people standing in line to buy tickets quickly the line shortened.
"Ami-chan, Hotaru-chan Would you two like to see the show?" Ranma asked as he turned to them.
"If it's not a bother Ranma." Ami replied.
"I would love to see the show." Hotaru responded the same time as Ami.
"Than a show it is. I'll be right back." Ranma than headed off into line quickly and purchased tickets. Once he was done he came back to the girls.
"Well I got us the tickets, but the show won't start til noon, so what should we do to pass the time."
"How about we go to the arcade we could get Ranma something to eat, so I can catch up on my reading, and i'm sure Ranma has enough money for you to play some games are something. What do you say Hotaru?"
"That sounds like fun Ami."
"Alright let's go then, lead the way Ami-chan."
They made their way to the arcade. Upon arriving they stumbled across Usagi and Luna. Hotaru and Usagi went off to play some arcade games, while Luna sat on their side of the booth. Ranma ordered some food while Ami pulled a book out of her purse and started to study. Ranma finished eating and started to get bored. He watched Ami read, but she was in her book to deep and he started to fall asleep. As soon as he was asleep he slumped over onto Ami his head resting on her shoulder breaking Ami out of her reading. Ami set her book down then lowered Ranma's head down onto her lap. She brushed a few strands of his hair off his face and started to stroke his hair with her fingers gently hoping not to disturb him. Ami thought it was cute how Ranma would lean into the strokes. A half hour went by before Ami knew it and was jolted out of her concentration by Usagi and Hotaru.
"Wow Ranma sure is lucky."
"Yep he sure is." Hotaru agreed.
Ami blushed at being caught, but otherwise didn't really show it. "Hi."
"Hi Ami, so how long has Ranma been asleep." Usagi asked with a slight smirk.
"About thirty minutes just about as long as Ami has been taking special care of him." Luna resonded with her own smirk.
Ami blushed deeply. "Thirty minutes!?"
"Oh really.."
"Ami we need need to go it's almost time." Hotaru said cutting off Usagi from embarrassing Ami anymore than she already was.
Ami looked up to the clock and noticed it was almost time. "Well it does look like it is time. Let's wake up Ranma."
As Ami started to wake Ranma up he opened his eyes and rose up to speak. "It's already time damn, and I was comfortable. Well let's get going then."
"Where are you three going?"
"Ranma's taking us to see a circus act in the park Usagi. Ranma would it be alright if we brought Usagi with us too."
"Sure Hotaru-chan, Usagi can come along too, is that okay Ami?" Ranma asked while turning to Ami to see her trying to say something, but having nothing come out. "Ami?" Ranma asked again trying to get her attention.
Ami calmed herself and asked the qurstion she wanted to ask. "How long were you awake Ranma?"
"The whole time actually." Ranma said sheepishly as a blush formed on her cheeks.
"Oh really!" Usagi replied with a smirk on her lips.
Ami just blushed deeper, but tried to steer the conversation away from them. "Well if we don't leave right now. It will be harder to get good seats."
Usagi was about to say something, but Ranma had took of with his bill to pay for his meal. Ami packed away her things and the girls moved to the door to wait for Ranma. Ranma joined back up with the girls, and they made their way back to the park. Once they were there the girls waited in line to enter, while Ranma went to get another ticket6 for Usagi. Ranma got the ticket and joined the girls in line. The tent flaps opened up to reveal a ticket collector. He proceeded to take the tickets allowing people to enter. Once they entered the tent they picked some seats in the front row near the ring. Eventually all the seats started to fill up. Some men were walking around selling food and drinks, so Ranma bought some for the girls and himself. Once all the seats were filled up little shows started up. Some jugglers came out and juggled miscellaneous small items. Next were some knive throwers and small magic acts. The magicians started to up the ante by showing more spectacular magic tricks.
The crowd of people in the tent were amazed by the acts and cheered when an act was done. The girls were having a good time, and since they were havibng a good time, Ranma was having a great time enjoying their fun.
The lights dimmed and the magicians exited the tent. A spotlight turned on and shined on an entrance where some clowns entered. The clowns seperated into groups where they could entertain different sections of the audience. Many laughed at their antics. After a while the clowns left and spotlight went to the middle of the ring where the ring master stood.
"Ladies, gentlemen, and children of all ages I'm proud to present are final act the..."
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To be continued
Well here it is the fifth chapter finally I know i'm slow, but at least I got it out finally. I need attacks for Ranma in his knight form ones that are associated with mercury's attacks. It would also be helpful for a small description of the attack or defense power. I'll probably stick with three different attacks or defense powers.
I have to find another scout for Mercury looking for suggestions. I have two on my mind that could fill the role with a possible third. It can be a Ranma character or a SM character or another character from another series. It could even be another sailor scout and if you do choose a Sailor scout tell me why and who will replace that scout. Plus also tell me why for your selection.
Next Chapter:
Ranma gets to try out his new powers. Amazons. Moving. Where did he go?
P.S.
If anyone is interested in a Hotaru/Ranma Matchup heres one of the few thats out there Awkward Consequences. Here is the address:
http://www.fanfic.net/~psyckosama/
It's a good read so enjoy.
As you can tell I revised chapter 2+3 I hoped you like them.
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A New Life
By: John Sanchez(StrykerJ)
E-mail me at my new address: StrykerJRan@hotmail.com for any suggestions or comments on this story.
Chapter 5
A New Power: let's test it out!
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"Mercury Knight Power!" Ranma yelled.
A cold wet fog formed around Ranma obscuring him from everyone's view only allowing Ami total sight of Ranma giving her a healthy blush at what she saw. The fog pulled inwards while forming a tuxedo. The suit was like their body suit molding perfectly to the body. The pants were black with blue trim going down the side of the legs. The silk shirt was white forming to the body, but was a style like his chinese shirts. A black leather jacket formed over his shirt it had a blue dragon desigh on the back making it look like it was made of ice. The buttons on the shirt were Ice blue gems, and in the innner pocket of the jacket was a blue handkercheif, a lighter, and a pen.
Ranma looked at himself and sighed in frustration. 'How am I supposed to fight in this, but whoa what power!' He starts to test the movement noticing that their was no restrictions it was like he was wearing his usual clothing. Ranma stopped and looked at himself again and sighed a heavy sigh. 'The clothes are ok I guess and the power I feel is unbelievable, but why did I have to be a..'
Ranma was cut out of his thoughts by the detransformed Prince Edemyion. "Why are you a girl!?!"
'This is just not fair.' Ranma thought.
Elsewhwere
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Kaoline looks from behind a mirror into a darkened room. Several lights turn on shining into the middle of the room. Sitting in the middle of the lighted room was the diamond from earlier the flames on it started pulsing slowly than faster when its prey was within reach. Above the diamond was a cage being lowered, and inside the cage was a giant panda. The diamond liquified increasing it's size, and shot straight up to the panda all that was heard was the panda in pain.
Kaoline watched with fasicination as the diamond melded and took over the mind of the panda. "Tommorrow little one. Tommorrow when your fully matured enough we will attack."
Hikawa Shrine
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"Why is this happening to me!?!" Ranma-chan yelled in frustration.
Ami spoke up. "I know why Ranma, it was the cold fog during the transformation it triggered the curse."
"You are correct Ami, Ranma will always be in his cursed form in his first transformation, and he can only reach his second transformation while Ami is in her Mercury Princess form, and in that form he will always be male. Before I go we are only half way done I need Ami and Ranma to find the replacement Sailor Mercury within thirty days. Ranma you should be able to control your curse now with your mind, but you have to be a girl at least 6 hours a day to stay a man the rest of the day." Setsuna informed them.
"Great thanks!" Ranma said with a little joy.
"Another Sailor Mercury?" Ami inquired.
"Yes, she will be your temporary replacement when needed. I can not tell you anymore than that for now, but this situation will be quite interesting."
And like that Setsuna dissappeared leaving behind many bewildred scouts.
"So we have to find someone to replace Ami. Should be easy."
"It's not as easy as you might think Ranma." A female voice said hidden in the bushes.
"Yep it's a lot harder than you think." A male voice spoke this time.
"Who are you two?" Ranma asked looking around for the people he didn't know.
"Luna and Artemis are right Ranma. Would you two please explain the situation?" Ami asked.
"Ranma don't be startled by our appearance, but we decided to help you conquer your fear of cat's within a couple month's time. Due to the union you shouldn't be afraid of Artemis or myself, but before I come out the reason it will be hard to find a replacement senshi is because you need to find a girl that has been born during the moon kingdom. Now that I said what I wanted to say we will come out one at a time, but we will keep our distance from you just incase it didn't work."
Slowly Luna moved out from behind the bushes into Ranma-chan's view at first Ranma was startled, but then he noticed he wasn't afraid of Luna at all and became confused. Artemis than walked out, but had something covering his forehead.
At this point Ranma-chan sreamed and stuttered. "C-c-ccccaaattt!" He quickly moved behind Ami to get away from the white cat in front of him.
Luna made her way over to Artemis and removed the obstacle from Artemis's forehead and almost instantly Ranma-chan was calm again.
"It looks like I was correct Ranma. You will not be afraid of us no more, but you will be afraid of regular cats."
"At least that is a start." Ami said to Ranma, but couldn't help but giggle at the way Ranma-chan was still hiding behind her.
Ranma-chan came out from behind Ami blushing of embarrassment. "I think it was time we left Ami. I have a photo shoot plus I would like to stop at our new home to see what we need there afterwards,"
"Oh, I almost forgot about that. Everyone we are going to our new house later. It was a wedding present from Ranma's mother to us. We would love for you to come and visit us there, so here is the address." Ami told everyone their address.
"You two are going to a photo shoot!?! Please Can we come too?!" Minako asked very excited.
"That sounds like fun!" Usagi said with joy in her voice.
"Is it alright if we come along Ami? We wouldn't want to crowd you two?" Rei asked with a little hope.
Ami looked at her freinds then turned to Ranma-chan showing him her most beautiful smile she asked him. "Ranma it's up to you is it alright if we bring the others along with us?"
Ranma-chan turned to look at Ami and saw her smile and crumbled. "S-s-ssure, it's fine with me."
"YES!" Minako and Usagi squealed out as they high fived each other."
"Michiru-mama, Haruka-papa can I go with Ami and Ranma?" Hotaru asked in a quiet voice to her adoptive parents.
Michiru in turn asked Ami and Ranma-chan. "Ami would you and Ranma take care of Hotaru for the night? Haruka and I have something planned. We were going to leave her with Setsuna, but she would have more fun with you two."
"I don't mind as long as Ami-chan dosent. Mom's..I mean our home still has a lot of the old furniture that I know of she can use my old room. What do you think Ami-chan?" Ranma-chan said smiling at Ami.
Ami responded with a captivating smile. "I don't mind I would love for Hotaru to spend the night over with us."
"It sounds like everyone's going to have fun, but I have somethings to do tonight as well. Bye everyone! Bye Usako!"
Usagi quickly jumped into Mamoru's arms and gave him a quick peck on his lips then let go him. "Bye Mamo-chan!"
Michiru and Haruka also started to get up to leave and de-transformed. Everyone else got ready to leave, and de-transformed while Ranma-chan watched. He stops them after their done and asks them an important question.
"Um guys, it's not that I don't like this outfit are anything. I just want to know."
"Yes, Ranma." Ami replied back.
"How do I turn this off?" He asked as he waved at his uniform he was still wearing in his cursed form.
Ami looked at Ranma-chan in her uniform again and couldn't help but giggle.
Ranma-chan responded with mock hurt in her voice. "What's so funny?"
"You *giggle* have to *giggle* look at yourself." *giggle*
Ranma-chan couldn't help but notice how beautiful Ami looked, but he wasn't going to let her get away with it. He saw his opening and attacked. "Oh really!" Ranma-chan striked his hands out and proceeded to tickle Ami all over.
Ami tried desperately to get away, but was quickly pulled closer causing Ami to lose her balance and fall against Ranma-chan. Ami stopped giggling and blushed deeply at the intimate position she is in with Ranma-chan. Ranma-chan also stops her actions after noticing their position they are in.
Ami moved her head from the resting spot on Ranma-chan's left breast to look up into his eyes. She saw the emotions run through his or her face at the time. 'I don't want to hurt him, but it's going to take some time to get used to his female form. I will try though for both our sakes.' Ami came out of her thought's to see Ranma-chan backing away with some hurt in his/her eyes. Ami made up her mind and lunged at Ranma-chan.
Just a bit ago.
Ranma-chan started to tickle Ami, but she tried to squirm away so he pulled her closer. Ami than lost her balance and started to fall, but Ranma-chan quickly caught her. Ami's arms went around her as her head laid upon his left breast. 'Oh no! Ami's head is on my left breast. I'm so dead.' He was brought out of his thought's quickly when Ami started to move. She looked into his eyes and he could see the conflicting emotions play through her eyes. Things ran through his mind like the fear of not being accepted in his cursed form, and the hurt of not being accepted by the one he loved just as much as Akane. Some time passed and he decided to move away slowly not to insure her wraith. Then Ami made her move and he closed his eyes or hers at the moment waiting for the impact, but instead found something very familiar on his lips. He hesitated for a second, but gave into the warmth of her lips.
Ami found the kiss was a little different, but just as great as when she had kissed him as a guy. At first when Ranma didn't respond she was going to pull away, but Ranma-chan than kissed her back with eager adding her tongue into Ami's mouth. Ami responded with as much eagerness, until they were interrupted.
"Oh how cute! Their just like Haruka and Michiru."
Ami and Ranma froze.
"Your right meatball head they are like Haruka and Michiru."
"Don't call me that Rei!"
"Sure meatball head as soon as you learn to keep quiet."
"I said to stop calling me that! Huh, what do you mean keep quiet."
"Well you interrupted Ami and Ranma." Rei said pointing towards the mentioned couple that were still frozen in place only now breaking away from each other to breathe.
Ami the first one to recover with a heavy blush still on her face. "Ithinkweshouldleavearewe'llbelate." Ami said quickly.
An equally red Ranma-chan responded hesitantly trying to decipher what Ami said. "Um...yeah let's go."
The people moved slowly away from the shrine while the others followed behind giggling at the embarrassed couple. When Ranma-chan suddenly stopped again remembering his earlier question, so he asked again when everyone stopped. "How do you turn this off?"
Ami started to giggle with the others, but stopped and proceeded to tell him how to turn it off. Ranma-chan did what he was told, and he instantly turned back into male form. Once Ranma checked he was okay and male they proceeded to the studio.
Photo Studio (Outside)
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Everyone arrived at a tall building and before they stepped into the building Ranma gathered them together.
"Alright everyone we're here. I want you to know something before we head inside. One , I need everyone to keep quiet until the photo shoot is over. I'm only scheduled for two to three hours, but i'm sure it will be longer than that. Two, the reason I need for this to go quickly is so that I can ask Thomas to take some pictures of us for the wedding invitations we will be sending out later. Three, maybe just maybe I can get him to take pictures of the rest of you."
"Don't worry Ranma-kun I will keep them quiet right Usagi-chan, Rei-chan." Ami said with a stern voice.
"I'll be quiet Ami, but I don't know about meatball head here."
"Rei!" Usagi growled.
"Rei." Ami said in a stern voice which quickly silenced the others real quick.
"Alright let's head in." Ranma said as he walked into the building and up to the reception desk. "Hello Yuriko, how are you doing today?"
"Oh! Ranma-kun hello, you sure look sexy today." Yuriko said as she leaned forward a bit to show Ranma some of her cleavage. Ranma didn't notice her flirting with him every time he came in, but Ami and the others definetly noticed.
Ami started to become self concious about her looks compared to the girl in front of her. Yuriko was a very beautiful and attractive brunette with a great figure.
Makoto, Minako, and Rei noticed what was going on and nodded to each other and prepared to help Ami out.
"So Ranma this is where you work?" Minako asked.
"What do you think of your husband's job Ami?" Makoto asked a little loudly and directly towrds the receptionist instead of Ami, so the receptionist would get the hint.
Yuriko caught the hint real quickly and stopped flirting with Ranma. When Ami started to say something she was cut off when Yuriko asked a question. "So Ranma-kun your married?"
"Yeah me and Ami-chan got married yesterday. Which studio is Thomas having me work in today?"
"Thomas is preparing for the photo shoot in studio in 3A."
"Well alright girls let's head on up." Ranma started to walk to the elevator with the rest following. Ami was then stopped by Yuriko.
"Ami take care of him. He's a great catch." With that said Yuriko went back to work after hearing Ami's reply.
"I will."
Ami then hurried to catch up with the others at the elevator.
Studio 3A
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Ranma entered with everyone else into 3A. He motioned for the girls to sit in a certain area while he went to Thomas.
Thomas had seen Ranma enter with the other girls. He slowly gave the once over a couple of the girls as Ranma came up to him. And four of them he looked over more thourghly, while he planned to ask Ranma about them later.
"Thomas are we ready yet?"
"Sure thing Ranma! What's with the girls?"
"That's my wife and her friends."
"Wow! You got married. Who's the lucky girl?"
"Her name is Ami. I'll introduce you to everyone. I was just wondering if you would take some pictures of me and Ami for our wedding invitations."
"Sure no problem. I'll even save some film for the others. Well what are you waiting for introduce me to your wife."
Ranma and Thomas walked up to the girls. The girls stood up and Ranma stepped up to Ami.
"Ami this is my friend Thomas. Thomas this is my wife Ami."
"Hello Thomas, it's nice to meet you."
"Wow gorgeous and a beautiful voice too. You sure picked a good one." Ami blushed a deep red. "Hi Ami, i'm glad someone saddled this wild horse here. You couldn't of picked a better man or woman depending what he is at the time."
"Ahem!" Came from three others.
Ranma quickly introduced them. "This is my cousin Rei Hino, Minako Aino, Makoto Kino, Usagi Tsukino, and last but not least this cute girl is Hotaru Tomoe." Hotaru blushed deeply.
"Hello everyone please sit and watch for a little while, and once were done we might be able to take pictures of each of you."
"That would be great. Thank you." They said happily.
"Now Ranma we need you to switch to your girl form. There are several outfits in the dressing room for you to try out were not doing any male shot's today so don't worry."
Ranma headed into the dressing room and changed. He came back out in girl form. She was prepped by the make-up artists and hair stylists. She than posed in front of the camera and then went back into the dressing room changed clothing came back out put on and took off make-up, re-styled the hair and did the same thing several more times. When Ranma only had one more outfit to go. Thomas had the make-up and hairstylist pull Ami over to the side to get her ready for pictures. Ranma finished with his last outfit and changed back into a guy and dressed back into his clothes and had his make-up removed and hair styled again. He then joined Ami in front of the camera for some shots. After several poses Ami started to get into it having fun with just being with Ranma.
During this time Thomas had the rest of the girls go to the dressing room with a fashion expert who picked an outfit for each to wear. Once dressed they had make-up put on and their hair styled. First one to be done was Makoto she was dressed in a green dress the straps were off the shoulders. A rose was pinned on the left breast of the dress, she was also wearing a pair of red rose earrings, light make-up accented her face. The dress went down to just pass mid-thigh showing off her long legs and last but not least she had on green high heels.
Thomas finished up with Ranma and Ami and had Ami take some pictures by herself. Once Ami's turn was done Makoto took her turn, while this was happening Minako, Rei and Usagi stepped away from the make-up and hair stylists.
Minako was wearing an yellow evening gown with no straps that reach down to her ankles. A white rose was pinned on the left breast also. She was wearing a pair of diamond earrings, make-up, and matching high heels.
Rei was wearing a simple red silk dress which showed off her back, but not low cut as Ami's it only went half way, a white rose was also pinned to her dress and she also was wearing make-up and matching high heels.
Usagi came out in a white dress that went to her ankles, long white gloves were on her hands with a coursage on her wrist. Make-up was put on lightly on her face a tiara was on her head, diamond earrings on her ears, and a diamond heart necklace around her neck.
But what really got everybody was Hotaru when she stepped out of the dressing room behind the stylists. She was wearing a black gown that fit just right showing off her back a little. Her hair was trimmed and washed it glistened in the light an iris was clipped to her hair. Make-up was put on her just right. The jewelry she was wearing were a pair of amthyst and diamond hearts and butterfly. The outfit just looked perfect for Hotaru so Ranma and Thomas told her to keep it once it was over and the others were changing. Hotaru changed and was giving a bag to put her new clothes and jewelry in.
Once Thomas was done with all the girls he pulled Ranma off to the side for a little bit and then said his goodbyes to everyone and told them he would give Ranma the pictures.
Ranma and the girls said their own goodbyes and left for the Saotome home.
Saotome Home
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Once they arrived at the house Nodoka showed them around. She led them outside to the backyard which had two buildings in it plus it was very spacious. Nodoka first showed them the building on the right. It was a dojo just a little bigger than the Tendo's dojo. The building on the left was then showed next it had two bedrooms, a bathroom, a livingroom, and a small kitchen.
"I thought you and Ami could use the guest house son. It has everything you would possibly need plus peace and quiet." Nodoka winked at Ami causing her to blush rosily as well as the others.
Nodoka still didn't know her and Ranma did not have that kind of relationship yet. They still were trying to get used to sleeping near each other with their clothes on.
Time passed on and the girls went home while Ami, Hotaru, and Ranma went to the park. They stayed at the park until the sun went down and returned to the house.
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The sunlight broke through the window lighting the faces of two young girls. Slowly they woke up and got out of bed. They found clean clothes at the foot of the bed. They bathed and dressed into their now clean clothes.
"Hotaru-chan?"
"Yes, Ami."
"Do you want to see what Ranma does in the morning."
"That sounds like fun."
Ami led Hotaru to the dojo where they heard noises coming from the inside.
"Keep quiet Hotaru when we go in I don't want to distract him." 'This will be my first time to actually watch him practice his martial arts. I didn't get a good look at what he did to the youma the other day.'
"All right ." 'I wonder what Ranma is doing.' Hotaru thought.
Ami and Hotaru quietly enter the dojo trying not to disturb him, but what they saw made them gasp. Ranma was sitting in the corner where it was slightly darker, but that wasn't what made them gasp. What made them gasp was the fact that half his body that was in the shadow was missing. They were so concerned about Ranma in the far right corner they didn't notice the rest of his body in the near left corner.
When Ranma heard a gasp and he almost lost his concentration on what he was doing, but recovered and finished the new technique he was working on and trying to perfect. He stretched his arms then stood up and stretched his legs.
"Good morning Ami-chan, Hotaru-chan."
"Good morning Ranma."
"Good morning Ranma-kun. What were you doing?"
"I was practicing and trying to perfect a martial arts technique I developed. You and Ami are the first ones to see me use it."
"What does it do?"
"Well the technique is called 'Yurei Aruku' it's similiar to one of my fathers technique somewhat and I improved on it. It allows you to hide in the shadows without being seen or heard. The technique also allows teleportation to another shadow, but only at a short distance. I've been trying to get used to the tleportation it's a little draining, but I'm hoping once I perfect it , it won't be."
"Can you show it to me again Ranma-kun?"
"Sure Hotaru-chan watch carefully i'm going to walk into this shadow on the far right corner and come out the left near corner by the door."
Ami and Hotaru watched Ranma go into the shadow and slowly dissappear like he was apart of the shadow. Hotaru turned to see half of Ranma's body come out the other shadow than his full body.
"Wow that is amazing do you think you could teleport another person through the shadow Ranma."
Ranma scratched the back of his head a second.
"Maybe I can but I don't want to try that just yet."
"So Ranma-kun what other techniques do you know."
"Well some Amazon techniques, my families style including my fathers special techniques, and I made up two seperate schools of fighting; The Akurei-Ken and the Ryu-Kami-Ken. The last technique I showed you was from the Akurei-Ken."
"Ranma-kun, can you show us a technique from each school so we can see what they look like."
"Um.. sure I guess. Ami...please stand in front of me for a second."
"Alright, where do you want me to stand exactly."
"Just about arms length away. The technique i'm going to use is called the Kachuu Tenshin Amaguriken it allows the user to move your hands extremly fast."
"Your not really going to attack me are you."
"No Ami-chan I was just going to tap you many times up and down your arms and belly within three seconds. Hotaru-chan when I say go, count to three. I will stop at that point and tell you how many times I tapped Ami. Are you ready?"
"Sure i'm ready Ranma-kun."
"Ready..Set..Go!"
"One..Two..Three!"
"Kachuu Tenshin Amaguriken."
As soon as Ranma said 'Go' Ami watched Ranma's hands blur and felt taps all over her arms and belly and as soon as they started they stopped.
"Wow!!" Ami and Hotaru said stunned.
"You two ready for the count on how many times I tapped Ami with my finger."
"Sure." Hotaru said weekly.
"Well I tapped Ami 112 times on her left arm, 117 times on her right arm, and 234 times on her belly."
"What!?!" Hotaru asked dazed. She looked over to Ami.
"It's true Hotaru I felt every single tap. I almost broke downlaughing."
Ami brushed some tears away from her eyes as Ranma stored that information again for later.
"The next technique i'm going to show you was made by my father. Give me a second to prepare."
Ranma walked outside to get a dummy.
"Ami?"
"Yes, Hotaru-chan."
"Do you like Ranma-kun, Ami. He seems really nice, strong, and quite handsome."
"Hotaru-chan, do you have a crush on my husband?"
"Well..I..um..I.I guess I do like Ranma a little." Hotaru admitted with red blush of embarassment.
"A little? That's okay, but i'll let you know. I'm glad I met Ranma and I do like him a lot. I love him, but this relationship is new to us so were taking it one step at a time."
After her statement Ranma walked in carrying in a dummy. He set the dummy to the rear of thr dojo. While Ranma was doing that Nodoka walked in and said hello to everyone and told them breakfast would be ready in fifteen minutes and then left to finish breakfast.
"Alright you two stand behind me and watch closely." Ranma exclaimed.
The girls did what he asked and watched with amazement in their eyes.
"Kaijin Rashuu Dan!"
Ranma swung his arms forward in an arc. The girls watched as two projectiles flew forward and cut straight through the dummy. One through the neck, and the other through the stomach.
The girls gasped at how easily the attack had cut through the dummy. They turned away from looking at the dummy to Ranma. When Ranma finally recieved their full attention he started to talk.
"That technique was called the 'Kaijin Raishuu Dan'. Now I just have one more to show you, it's from the Ryu-Kami-Ken."
Ranma stepped a little more away from the girls.
"Tengoku Ryu Tate!"
A white dragon made of ki shot out from Ranma's hand wrapping around him forming a sheild or protective barrier. Ranma then dropped the sheild. The girls were in more awe.
"What?" The girls asked curiously.
"That was called 'Tengoku Ryu Tate' it was made to be defensive, but I found it could also be used as an offensive technique too."
"Wow! That was, Ranma-kun. I don't know if I could ever get that strong without transforming." Hotaru said blushing with her head bowed down.
"Sure you can you just need to train. It took me over ten years, but with me helping we can get you into shape in about that amount of time."
"I don't know i've been pretty weak most of my life." Hotaru stated in a low hurt voice.
"The way I hear it you have gotten a lot better since Ami first met you. And that's a good improvement from the way you were. I believe in you Hotaru-chan." Ranma said thia as he lifted Hotaru's head to make eye contact. Hotaru blushed deeply and Ami giggled at Hotaru's Embarassment. While Ranma tried to figure what was going on with the two.
*grumble* That sound caused both girls to giggle and Ranma to be embarrassed.
"It sounds like Ranma's internal alarm is going off again." Ami said between giggles.
"Alarm?" Hotaru asked curiously.
"Yes, this isn't the first time his stomach done that."
Ranma was embarrassed even more, but then joined along laughing with the others." They soon headed in to the house to have breakfast.
At a nearby park
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A woman is seen directing men where a circus tent is finished being setup along with a fenced in area. Once the men were done she had the men move animals into the fenced in area. She led the men back to her van. Once the men reached the van for their payment she opened the back of the van releasing a panda. As soon as the panda was loose it started to drain the workers of their life. Once the bodies were drained the panda picked up the bodies and tossed them into the van and locked them up.
"Not a bad start panda-chan."
(Thank you, Mistress Kaoline.) The panda signed.
"Panda-chan you can communicate that's marvelous." Kaoline said happily.
(Yes, Mistress plus I seem to have a wide range of knowledge in martial arts as well as other stuff.)
"Really? Well forget about that for now. We have a show to prepare for."
"Yes, Mistress."
The pair walked into the tent to prepare for their show.
Saotome Home
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"Hello Saotome Residence, Nodoka speaking."
"Yes, Ranma is here I'll go get him."
Nodoka walked back to the diningroom.
"Son you have a phone call."
Nodoka sat down at the table and started a conversation up with her new daughter-in-law and Hotaru, while Ranma went to answer the phone.
"Hello."
"Well hello Saotome."
"Nabiki..so um..you have heard.."
"Yeah I heard, and I have some things to say. First I would like to wish you and Ami well. Second Ranma you take care of Ami she's the only cousin we have,"
"Don't worry Nabiki i'll take really great care of Ami. Did you invest my money like I asked you."
"Yes, I did plus some others you might like. So I heard you had some pictures taking of Ami and yourself. I would like to have a couple, and I'm sure Kasumi would like some too."
"I'll make sure to send some with the wedding invitations."
"I arranged for you to host a teenage modeling show at Juuban park. It's strictly for the modeling company to find new blood. They were hoping your new freinds would join in. Actually they specifically want two of them and Ami."
"Ami!? Who are the other two they want?"
"The first one was a Minako Aino, and the second one was a Hotaru Tomoe. They really want Hotaru. Ami they want her to do poses with you and by herself dressed in the new fashions for a mother to be,"
"Alright i'll tell them, and i'll get back to Thomas as soon as possible."
"Now that everything is out of the way Ranma,let me speak to my cousin."
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Ami, Hotaru, and Ranma are walking to Juuban park and they could see a circus tent in the park.
"I wonder what's happening in the park today."
"I haven't heard anything about it Ami."
"Well. Why don't we go check it out."
"That sounds great Ranma would you like to check it out too Hotaru-chan."
"Yep that sounds like fun Ami."
The small group headed into the park. The circus tent was large with red and white stripes. A booth was set-up outside with a man selling tickets. Their was a least twelve people standing in line to buy tickets quickly the line shortened.
"Ami-chan, Hotaru-chan Would you two like to see the show?" Ranma asked as he turned to them.
"If it's not a bother Ranma." Ami replied.
"I would love to see the show." Hotaru responded the same time as Ami.
"Than a show it is. I'll be right back." Ranma than headed off into line quickly and purchased tickets. Once he was done he came back to the girls.
"Well I got us the tickets, but the show won't start til noon, so what should we do to pass the time."
"How about we go to the arcade we could get Ranma something to eat, so I can catch up on my reading, and i'm sure Ranma has enough money for you to play some games are something. What do you say Hotaru?"
"That sounds like fun Ami."
"Alright let's go then, lead the way Ami-chan."
They made their way to the arcade. Upon arriving they stumbled across Usagi and Luna. Hotaru and Usagi went off to play some arcade games, while Luna sat on their side of the booth. Ranma ordered some food while Ami pulled a book out of her purse and started to study. Ranma finished eating and started to get bored. He watched Ami read, but she was in her book to deep and he started to fall asleep. As soon as he was asleep he slumped over onto Ami his head resting on her shoulder breaking Ami out of her reading. Ami set her book down then lowered Ranma's head down onto her lap. She brushed a few strands of his hair off his face and started to stroke his hair with her fingers gently hoping not to disturb him. Ami thought it was cute how Ranma would lean into the strokes. A half hour went by before Ami knew it and was jolted out of her concentration by Usagi and Hotaru.
"Wow Ranma sure is lucky."
"Yep he sure is." Hotaru agreed.
Ami blushed at being caught, but otherwise didn't really show it. "Hi."
"Hi Ami, so how long has Ranma been asleep." Usagi asked with a slight smirk.
"About thirty minutes just about as long as Ami has been taking special care of him." Luna resonded with her own smirk.
Ami blushed deeply. "Thirty minutes!?"
"Oh really.."
"Ami we need need to go it's almost time." Hotaru said cutting off Usagi from embarrassing Ami anymore than she already was.
Ami looked up to the clock and noticed it was almost time. "Well it does look like it is time. Let's wake up Ranma."
As Ami started to wake Ranma up he opened his eyes and rose up to speak. "It's already time damn, and I was comfortable. Well let's get going then."
"Where are you three going?"
"Ranma's taking us to see a circus act in the park Usagi. Ranma would it be alright if we brought Usagi with us too."
"Sure Hotaru-chan, Usagi can come along too, is that okay Ami?" Ranma asked while turning to Ami to see her trying to say something, but having nothing come out. "Ami?" Ranma asked again trying to get her attention.
Ami calmed herself and asked the qurstion she wanted to ask. "How long were you awake Ranma?"
"The whole time actually." Ranma said sheepishly as a blush formed on her cheeks.
"Oh really!" Usagi replied with a smirk on her lips.
Ami just blushed deeper, but tried to steer the conversation away from them. "Well if we don't leave right now. It will be harder to get good seats."
Usagi was about to say something, but Ranma had took of with his bill to pay for his meal. Ami packed away her things and the girls moved to the door to wait for Ranma. Ranma joined back up with the girls, and they made their way back to the park. Once they were there the girls waited in line to enter, while Ranma went to get another ticket6 for Usagi. Ranma got the ticket and joined the girls in line. The tent flaps opened up to reveal a ticket collector. He proceeded to take the tickets allowing people to enter. Once they entered the tent they picked some seats in the front row near the ring. Eventually all the seats started to fill up. Some men were walking around selling food and drinks, so Ranma bought some for the girls and himself. Once all the seats were filled up little shows started up. Some jugglers came out and juggled miscellaneous small items. Next were some knive throwers and small magic acts. The magicians started to up the ante by showing more spectacular magic tricks.
The crowd of people in the tent were amazed by the acts and cheered when an act was done. The girls were having a good time, and since they were havibng a good time, Ranma was having a great time enjoying their fun.
The lights dimmed and the magicians exited the tent. A spotlight turned on and shined on an entrance where some clowns entered. The clowns seperated into groups where they could entertain different sections of the audience. Many laughed at their antics. After a while the clowns left and spotlight went to the middle of the ring where the ring master stood.
"Ladies, gentlemen, and children of all ages I'm proud to present are final act the..."
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To be continued
Well here it is the fifth chapter finally I know i'm slow, but at least I got it out finally. I need attacks for Ranma in his knight form ones that are associated with mercury's attacks. It would also be helpful for a small description of the attack or defense power. I'll probably stick with three different attacks or defense powers.
I have to find another scout for Mercury looking for suggestions. I have two on my mind that could fill the role with a possible third. It can be a Ranma character or a SM character or another character from another series. It could even be another sailor scout and if you do choose a Sailor scout tell me why and who will replace that scout. Plus also tell me why for your selection.
Next Chapter:
Ranma gets to try out his new powers. Amazons. Moving. Where did he go?
P.S.
If anyone is interested in a Hotaru/Ranma Matchup heres one of the few thats out there Awkward Consequences. Here is the address:
http://www.fanfic.net/~psyckosama/
It's a good read so enjoy.
