Sailor ½
Chapter 3: Ranma gets a new Kitty friend

Authors notes: Thanks everybody for the replies.I'm gonna try to do as you recommended. On the Akane thing.That was done for a reason.which shall be revealed later on in the Fic. Same with a few of the other plotholes you may have picked up.But I hope you enjoy it. And don't feel afraid to criticize me, I won't be mentally hurt, and it's a lot more useful than the usual responces I get from message board where they praise me even if it's a load of crap. Thanks! On the Ranma-too-powerful thing.It was just getting back at a fic I read somewhere where they made him a total weakling compared to the sailor dudettes.

Anyway, On with the fic!

Well, this was a first.Artemis had hidden in some weird things in the past..but this took the biscuit. Him and Luna were now squished into a small drawer in one of the back rooms at the Arcade. It was tight, and unusual. Among other things, he had Luna's butt inches from his face. Whack! "Luna, could you please refrain from hitting me over the head with your tail?" He mumbled as her tail hit him over the head. Again. "Oh hush up, he might be here soon!" Luna replied as her tail nervously twitched into Artemis's face.again.

As if on some sort of pre-recorded drama show, Ranma, Ryoga, and Akane arrived exactly on time, followed closely by the senshi. Ranma looked uncomfortable, being flanked from both sides by so many cute girls. Any minute akane would accuse him of flirting, and smash him through a wall or five. Wait.only 4 walls in this room to be smashed through.something good to think about!

"So, uhhh..where's this Artemis?" Ryoga asked, trying to keep his eyes off the pink haired girl. She looked familiar.

"I am Artemis.what is your business with me?" a small filing cabinet spoke up. Ranma and Ryoga instantly freaked out, thinking it was some sort of paperwork-demon, come to attack them with tons of boring paperwork to fill out. Akane, on the other hand, knew there was a more reasonable explination. She walked over to the cabinet and opened the top drawer.

"Awww..cute little Kitties." she said as both Artemis and Luna popped their heads up. Ranma backed into the corner of the room, as did Ryoga.

"THE DEMON CAT!" Ryoga yelled, remembering his talk with it in the alleyway. Ranma was already halfway to heaven with fear.

"C-C-C-C-Caa-aaa-aaaat!" was all Ranma could mutter. Akane promptly rammed the drawer shut, causing simultaneous sighs of relief to come from both the cursed boys. It also caused a voice to call out "How Rude." and start both boys off again.

"Geez, I can understand Ranma being scared." Akane stared at Ryoga "But you?"

"They're evil Demons!" Ryoga yelled

"Actually" Sailor Moon cut in "They help us fight the demons..they're good kitties!"

Akane merely shook her head, before turning around to face the cabinet. "Excuse me, little kitties in a drawer, but we were sent to find Artemis.By Cologne. She said you'd understand" Akane hoped they had it right this time. So far, every Artemis they'd come across made Happosai seem tame by comparison.

"Cologne?" a voice asked "She's still alive? After all these years?"

"Well.not anymore..Ryoga was forced to kill her after she turned into a demon." Akane answered "But you know her?"

"Why yes, young one.I believe I do! She's one of the people who I helped train.along time ago." Artemis spoke up "That is, if my memory serves me right. She was very powerful, already knowing how to cause tornado's by methods which were beyond me.What she lacked was patients. THAT is what I helped her with. That and teaching her about the demon which had ravaged her village.I think she killed it eventually.."

"You must be one old kitty!" Akane blurted out

"Yes.I am." He replied "Of course, that was way back in the Silver Millennium.

"This Cologne must be very old." Luna replied to this

"OOH!" Akane stumbled through her pockets, before slipping a piece of paper through a slot in the cabinet "I found this in one of her pockets after she died. It's in some Language I can't understand..maybe you can?"

There was a pause.followed by a lot of whispering from the cabinet.

"We have decided." Artemis spoke, before opening the drawer they were hiding in "That if Earth is to survive, we must begin training imidiately."

"Come Again?" Ranma asked "Was the letter important?"

"Errr..no" Artemis replied "It's Just a shopping list in Chinese. I just wanted to sound dramatic"

Everyone present facefaulted.

*** Abandoned Lot, Somewhere in Tokyo

There were several people present. One one side of the lot were three normally dressed teenagers. 2 boys and a girl. On the other side were 9 girls, all dressed up in similarly ridiculously short skirts. Between them, sitting on a pile of bricks were two cats. To passers by, it would seem like they were about to start a huge brawl, the way they stood off from each other. But that was just to passers by. The Truth was slightly different.

Wind blew through Ranma's hair as he stepped forward, choking down the gut wrenching feeling he was getting from merely being in the same lot as a cat, let alone TWO cats. Opposite him, Sailor Moon stepped forward. Ranma snorted. Him, one of the worlds best Martial Artists.against a lone girl?

At the other end of the field, Sailor Moon snorted aswell. Her, one of the beautiful sailor suited fighters for love and justice, against a lone boy? How could she lose?

With the Cats, both had placed bets on who would win. Artemis was routing for Ranma, he figured anybody who had once trained under Cologne knew how to handle him or herself. Luna was routing for Moon. She figured the Senshi powers could overwhelm any mere human. The prize: The loser would buy the winner a tin of Tuna.

Sailor moon started the fighting, grabbing her Tiara and yelling something, before throwing it at Ranma. This would be easy he thought..just backhand the thing out the way and "YEOUCH!" He yelled as he knocked it away, leaving a small burn mark on his hand "THAT HURT!"

The Senshi, as well as Luna, were rolling with laughter. That small attack, not even a fully powered Moon Tiara Action, had caused him to yelp like that?

Ranma glared at the girls. So they wanted to play hard, eh? He could do that!

Moon struck again, this time pulling out a small rod and sending some sort of magic attack at Ranma. He dodged, just about. But his shirt now had a fist sized hole in it. He glared again, but didn't strike back. She attacked, but every time, he would fall back, leading her in circles around the lot. Wait, not circles, but a spiral.

Artemis grinned, he knew what was about to come.

Sailor moon was getting angry. Everything she tried, he just dodged! D4MN HIM! TIME TO GO ALL OUT! She struck again, with all her anger forced into the attack, and suddenly she was on a vertical course, being bashed from every side by wind. It hurt so much! And she couldn't do a thing to escape, she just kept spinning and spinning, growing further into unconsciousness as she was battered from every side.

Luna and the other Senshi watched in awe as Moon struck with all her anger, before Ranma grinned, glowing bright blue, and punched her square in the gut. Almost instantly, the two were engulfed in a huge tornado, causing debris to be ripped from the ground and flung into a dizzying display of Ranma's power. They could do nothing but gape as the tornado drowned out any other sound.

Ryoga smirked as he watched Ranma perform the move. So many times had he been caught in this it was uncountable.and he knew the usual results for the victim. Pain, and lots of it.

Ranma grinned as Sailor moon put all of her anger into her attack. This was it! Finally he'd show her up! He kept cool, before slipping under her attack and giving her a soft tap to the mid section. As he felt the two opposing forces hit each other, he let off a blood curdling "HIRYU.SHOTEN.HAAA!"

Artemis let off a short laugh as Sailor Moon hit the deck several seconds later, eyes swirled up, and unable to stand, let alone continue the fight. Looks like Luna would be buying the food tonight!

Next up to fight was Akane. It didn't take long, however, for her to get knocked out. While stepping forward, she tripped over a rock, fell flat on her face, and was knocked out. The Senshi fell into fits of laughter. It seemed Usagi wasn't the only klutz around here.

"Hey Pork Chop.you're up next!" Ranma grinned as he sat down next to an unconscious Akane. Ryoga glared, and stepped forward. One of these days, he'd get his revenge on Ranma.

Artemis nodded to Sailor Murcury, he had a feeling that her attacks may be super-effective against Ryoga. She stepped forward, starting to worry. This guy often locked horns with Ranma, who had just wiped out one of the most powerful Senshi!

Ryoga faced off against her. This would be simple.one Bakusai Tenketsu should shred this poor girl.He dropped his pack, causing a loud thud as it hit the ground, and causing the majority of the senshi's eyes to bug out. The pack had crushed a Television-sized boulder.

"Ryoga! Go easy on her!" Ranma called out. Ryoga nodded, and charged at his opponent, pulling his finger back and screaming a warcry. Next thing he knew, his Warcry had become a high-pitched "BWEEEE!" and he was less than a foot tall. And he still couldn't figure out why, considering there wasn't any water around.

From Ranma's point of view, it seemed as if Sailor Mercury had shot a beam of energy at Ryoga. This theory was cut short when the beam hit, and splashed around him as if water. Then Ranma noticed the general direction of the water..HIS direction. Ranma was quick to act, grabbing Akane and leaping behind a fence just as the water splashed into him. He was thoroughly soaked, but nobody saw it happen. Or so Ranma hoped.

Artemis watched as Mercury's Shine Aqua Illusion hit Ryoga head on. His Eyes then bugged out, as Ryoga was reduced to a pile of clothes, with a small moving lump in the middle. He looked over to Ranma's position, in time to see a short redhead girl jumping a wall carrying an unconscious Akane, both completely soaked.

This was a new one! Mercury had seen many, many strange things in her life, but a guy who disappears when hit with water? Could be a neat party trick..

It was to this scene, which a certain Okonomiyaki chef entered, with a smile on her face. Finally she had found Ranchan! Ooh, and lotsa girls..which means people to sell food to! Customers mean money! "Hey Ranchan!" She yelled, before running over to the two soaked girls.

"UCHAN!" Ranma replied "Got any Okonomiyaki? I'm starved!"

"Of course, Ranchan!" Ukyo proceeded to whip out a largish gas powered cooking table, and started cooking. Sailor Jupiter Glared at the newcomer. She had just barged in, got all friendly with that girl who she had a fight with before, and was now cooking! The first two she could live with, but COOKING? That was HER domain!

Ryoga, meanwhile, was now lost inside his own shirt. Where's the damned exit?