"RRRAAAAGGGHHHH!!!!!!"
"DIE!"
The yell came from behind them; Ranma turned around and saw something that almost made him spill his guts. A fifteen foot pink TEDDY BEAR! Oops, looks like he couldn't control it after all.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA."
Come on, it was hilarious. A giant, PINKY, TEDDY BEAR was threatening to kill him. He, Ranma Saotome, who fought and beat a descendant of dragons. He, who beat a demigod Phoenix, He, the best martial artist of his and most other generations, and this THING wanted to kill him.
The fear demon, Pinky as he was called now, was not a happy. He came to this world to strike fear into the heart of mortals, but the person who summoned him made a mistake. Instead of his glorious form, large spines and claws, he got stuck in this hideous form. No one feared him, they just laughed. Sure, it was easy to kill these people, but they laughed. That was a sentence to death in itself. He swung his fist at the upstart mortal and into the ground.
Ranma had already jumped out of the way was resting with Hotaru onto tree limb. He was sick and tired of people attacking others that were close to him. This girl had healed him and done nothing but treat like a person and not some possession and this damn bear attacks them. He was going to make sure this demon paid for what it did. No more holding back. He jumped out of the tree and rushed the monster deliver a haymaker right into the things chin and send flying back a couple of dozen feet. The bear got and rushed back towards him with a roar. He was surprised to see the thing move that fast, but reacted in time to jump and attack the demon.
"KATCHUU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN," He released around three hundred punches in the space of a second, knocking the demon back again. This time he jumped up and with a cry of "Mouko Takabisha Double" he released two full strength spheres of ki at it. There was a loud explosion and a cloud of dust where the blast struck. Ranma got into a ready stance and waited for the thing. He didn't have to wait long as a cry of "NIGHTMARE SYNDROME," was heard from behind. He turned and cursed to himself as he figured the thing could teleport, and had done so behind him. The dark purple blast struck him sending him spiraling into his own fears. Before he was to far gone, he saw a flash of purple were he left Hotaru and turned to see the girl from his dreams. All of a sudden he was in a black nothingness. Everywhere he could see there was blackness, and then figures started walking out of the darkness. The fiancées, the Tendo's, his parents, rivals, the Kunos, and even the old ghoul and the pervert approached him. The worse part of this whole thing though was what they were saying.
Meanwhile…
Hotaru had been surprised to see the giant pink teddy bear show up, more surprised when Ranma burst out laughing at it, and even more surprised when she found herself sitting on a tree branch while the monsters paw in buried in the earth. Seeing Ranma jump forward knock the bear back a couple of dozen feet was definitely a shock, she didn't know it was possible for normal people to do that. That's when she remembered he wasn't normal and had a power similar to hers.
Yelling something about roasting chestnuts and throwing three slow punches was weird; she had just seen him move way faster than that. Launching spheres of gold energy clinched it. He had to be a magically powered being. There was no other way for him to be capable of doing that, oh, and the fact that he leaped a good twenty feet in the air. The monster seemed to teleport behind him and launches a sphere of purple energy at him. Forget secret identities she had to help him.
"Saturn Planet Power!" As flashes of purple grew around her as she transformed into her alter ego, Sailor Saturn. As, the senshi of death and rebirth she has the ability to destroy the entire planet. She would of course never do so, but that power would allow her to floor this lower demon easily. She jumped from the tree and used her pole arm, The Silence Glaive. The Silence Glaive was a deceptively simple looking weapon. It looked like your average metal Bo staff except for the wicked looking pole arm on one end. The blade was a focus which increase her powers the level to rival Sailor Moon's.
She began to slash at the bear trying to get him away from the softly glowing boy so she could use a Silence Glaive Surprise on the thing. The demon seemed to know this though and always stayed near Ranma.
Back in Ranma's psyche:
The constant verbal abuse was really bothering Ranma. Many people would believe his worst fear was cats; well it was true that that was a great fear of his but not his worse fear. His worse fear was losing all his friends and being hated. He had been lonely the entire training trip and he needed to have some sort of companionship he couldn't handle them leaving and being alone again. So he always went out of his way for his friends, even going as far as confronting the Ghost Cat, one of his worse fears, and tearing apart a demigod Phoenix.
They all were circling around him. Each one of them tearing at clawing at him. Each one yelling and screaming at him, some things he heard before, but others were completely new. Each one ripped apart his body. The last one came from Akane; with a voice filled with loathing and utter hatred she said the three words that shattered his heart every time he heard it.
"I Hate You."
As she said it her hand thrust forward to his heart. Just as it was about to connect with his skin, a weird shaped staff thrust forward and knocked the hand out of the way. He looked towards his savoir and saw a woman in an extremely short sailor's skirt. The top was white while the bottom was a deep green along with the bow on her chest along with the upper trim. Then he paid closer attention to the staff which looked more like a large key. She turned and stared him directly in the eyes.
"Ranma Saotome. Do not push away your hatred and fear. Do not let your fear of loneliness push you into errors that you know you shouldn't have made. You DO NOT have to take this harsh punishment. Get up and fight back!" After saying her piece she teleported away. He took one look at his attackers who were kept at bay by his mysterious helper and firmed his mind.
"LIKE I GIVE A DAMN ABOUT WHAT ANY OF YOU THINK!" If his own friends hated him then so be it. He was not about to let any of them ruin his life anymore. The next thing he knew he was lying on the ground and could see the demon dodging blows from a purple-skirted girl with a pole arm. The bear wasn't paying any attention to him, thinking he was still out.
Ranma was pissed, this bear was goin' around and messin' with his head, he wanted revenge. He wanted to unseal the Forbidden Techniques just to get even, but didn't want to damage his honor. Then he remembered, he promised not to use the original techniques, not revised copies.
With that Ranma jumped to his feet and jumped as high in the air as he could. With a cry of "FIERCE TIGER DEATH SLASH!" he used the Amaguriken along with the Mouko Takabisha and the principle behind the Kijin Rashu Dan. He released hundreds of ki charged blades at the bear ripping it to shreds.
He landed next to the girl and stared intently at her. Somethin' about her was naggin' at the back of his mind. Then the memories of his dreams hit, and with a hesitant voice he spoke out, "Sat-chan?"
