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- SIGNS
" " - Japanese
* * = Thoughts

++++ = Flashback
-------- = Change in Time
***** = Another place

************ Ranma no more : Lonely Quest *************

Sitting in the living room, Ranma shifted himself on the sofa before glancing around. It looked like a normal house, there wasn't much to talk about, but there was something there that was sending his danger sense in a frenzy. Shrugging it off, and figuring that whatever it would either jump out at him, or leave him be. As much as he loves a good fight, he wants to be left alone for a small amount of time. Ranma sighed to himself as the tingling in his head got stronger, and he was getting ready to dodge an incoming strike. Setsuna walks down the stairs and looks at Ranma on the couch, a blush forming on her cheeks. She quickly banishes it and narrows her eyes at him "How are you this morning, Ranma-Kun?"

Ranma smiled at her hesitantly, before letting out a breath that she didn't seem to notice "I-I'm not too bad,.... it's a bit quiet for my own tastes. I'm used to having to defend myself from my enemies around this time."

Pretending like she didn't know what he was talking about, Setsuna frowned "Enemies? Are you having problems?"

Ranma looked away from her and sighed, which surprised Setsuna "It's not like I want this...... It's just like, they go out of their way to annoy the hell out of me. It's been that way since I arrived back in Japan." He sighed again and got up, offering Setsuna a sad smile "Thanks for hearing me whine about my life.... I'm going to go out for a bit" Setsuna watched him leave and blinked slightly before letting out a low 'huh'.

Setsuna watched as Ranma walked out the front door, the words playing through her head *I never knew that Ranma had felt that way about his life,.... this could prove more interesting than I thought* she then allowed a small secretive smile onto her lips. She never noticed that Hotaru was watching from the stairs, with a frown on her face. Setsuna turned and walked out the same door that Ranma had made his exit through, the smile never leaving her lips.

Hotaru watched as Setsuna left before she too made her way down the stairs and walked out *I'm gonna make sure that Ranma doesn't get into trouble again,... and besides, Setsuna-mama isn't acting like herself....* she closed the door and looked around, half expecting to see one of the two people who had just left. To her surprise, she couldn't spot either of them, almost as if they had just disappeared.

Setsuna watched from the Gates of Time as Hotaru looked around the deserted street *Sorry Hotaru,... but I can't let you find out what I have planned* The image in the gates then changed as it showed Ranma, jumping from rooftop to rooftop, never really touching the ground before being launched back into the air. She gave another smile before running a finger along the treads of power that the gate let off. She looked away from the image, as it sizzled out of view, and then she let out a longing sigh. She turned her back to the gates and was fixing to walk away when they burst open with power once again. Setsuna turned around and stared with wide eyes as Sailor Pluto stepped out from the gates "W-What are you doing here?"

Sailor Pluto smiled at her younger form with a lecherous grin, before chuckling slightly "You know the future,... you tell me" seeing Setsuna's confused face was a bit much, as Pluto started to laugh "Oh come now Setsuna, surely you can't be this dense. After all this time, I thought you made yourself out to be an all knowing person. Now,.... tell me, what am I here for"

Looking away from her Senshi half, Setsuna sighed "Your here to tell me, that I shouldn't get involved with Ranma. That it's an irreversible event that could very well end with the destruction of earth"

Shaking her head, Pluto let out a frustrated sigh "You can't know, just how far you are from the truth. The very EXISTENCE of this galaxy, relies on you and Ranma. Whether it be a romantic relationship, or a friendship. It doesn't matter, but you need to be in his life. For both of your own goods."

Before Setsuna could open her mouth, her double disappeared in the same fashion that she entered, leaving Setsuna to herself *What does she mean,... I'm beginning to see why the others hate the cryptic answers* She then let out a sigh and looked at the gates once again, as an image of Ranma facing a youma glared into view. She casually opened up the extensions of the future, and gasped at what she saw. Bringing out her staff, Sailor Pluto flashed into existence, and disappeared from the gates.

Meanwhile, in the middle of a market, Ranma was facing off against one of the youma's that were described by Hotaru *Great,... left one weird place, for another* He casually dodged a claw, and then jumped over a kick that would've swept him off his feet. He sighed as the monster didn't even seem to be giving him a good workout *Hell,... even Ryoga's stronger than this thing... faster too* He then burst into action, when the youma's punch went too far, giving Ranma an opening in it's stomach area. Pulling his fist back, Ranma let energy collect as he called out the name "Kachuu Tenshin Amaguriken!!" the fist he had readied, blurred in motion as it slammed into the monster and doubled it over in agony, before launching it into the side of a nearby building "Feh, that was easy" He turned around and started to walk away from it, when the youma jumped out of the rubble and glowed an eerie silver.

Sailor Pluto appeared a small distance from Ranma, as she started running toward him, fearing that she might be too late "Ranma! Don't Block that attack!" Her actions, having a worse affect on him, made Ranma turn his head toward the girl as the blast bared down on him. Before she could do anything for him, Ranma was enveloped in a silver-red cocoon of power, before it disappeared and left nothing, not even a crater. Setsuna fell to her knees, as tears poured from her eyes. The youma, not being a thing of intelligence, thought this to be the best time to attack the downed Senshi. It brought it's claw up and prepared to slash out at her, but was miffed when Pluto looked up at it. Her eyes were glowing a powerful red, as her garnet orb matched it's color and power. Then, in a whisper, Pluto let out with her most powerful attack "Dark Dome CLOSE" An black barrier appeared around the monster, as it gradually pulled itself tighter, until there was nothing left of the monster that would prove it's existence. Then Sailor Pluto fell to the ground, the emotions running rampant inside of her body. She brought her staff forward and used it to teleport herself to the Gates of Time, just as the other Senshi managed to appear. Staring with red eyes, she watched the future *No..... this can't be!* Tears started with renewed vigor as she stared at the gate *It's.... It's all gone! Nothing! There's no future for this planet!* Setsuna, for the third time this day, fell to the ground as tears racked her body for all it's worth *A-All I've worked for,... gone,... with one person* The emotions being to much for her body and mind, caused the more powerful of the Senshi, to collapse on the ground of the non-existence.

In a time, long forgotten, powers were stirring as a flux of energy burst through the night time sky. A boy's unconscious body came spiraling from the light and slammed directly in the middle of a group of soldiers. Worried about the youth, and his arrival, they quickly sent for one of the healers to come forth. With wary surprise, the group moved from the downed boy as a woman stepped through. She was wearing a white flowing gown, and sported a golden crescent on her forehead, that shimmered with light. The girl looked down at the boy and smiled a small smile "Yes,... this one will do perfectly.... bring him to the royal chambers, after Mistress Saturn tends to his wounds" Many of the guards shifted nervously when she mentioned the name of Saturn, but followed her orders none the less. Once they were out of range, the woman allowed a girlish giggle to escape "So this is the one,... the one to bring peace to the moon" she had heard of the legends. Those that spoke, that in the time of peril, a knight would be summoned from the sky and save them all with his combative powers. Turning around, the girl nearly stumbled when she came face to face with a woman with green flowing hair, and piercing red eyes, that seemed to bore into one's soul "P-Pluto,... what brings you out here?"

Shaking her head sadly, Pluto smiled "Princess,.... you know you shouldn't allow strange men to meet with Saturn,... she is,.... unstable"

The one called Princess, sighed and looked up at Pluto with sad eyes that spoke of her hardships "Do you realize the situation we're in? At this point and time,... we can't expect them to let up, just because my mother is sick. We need all the help we can get, even if it's from a little boy" She turned her head and watched as the group surrounded the boy's form as Saturn worked her 'magic', healing the body of all it's wounds. Looking down at the ground, then up to Pluto, the Princess was trying her hardest not to cry "Why,.... why can't we just have peace?"

Shaking her head sadly, Pluto took hold of the princess and kissed her forehead "Come Princess,... you mustn't despair so much. We will find a way through this"

Just then, the boy decided to wake up from his nightmarish dream "Ugh,... damn, I can't believe I looked away from the battle" He opened his eyes and looked up at the smiling face, one he thought he remembered, before jumping off and looking around him at all the weird people "W-Where,.... Where am I?" Getting rather paranoid, the boy stumbled about his own feet, and ended up tripping onto Saturn, his head in between her breasts and his body in between her legs. Flushing a bright red, the boy quickly pulled away and went on the defensive "I-It was an accident! I SWEAR!"

All of the men moved away from the two, as Saturn's face flushed a bright red, and her grip tightened on the Silence Glaive "Y-You PERVERT!" She brought the glaive up, and then down in a blurred motion. Most of the viewers turned their head, so that they wouldn't see the bloodshed. The rest of them, watched with interest as the boy twisted around the weapon, and jumped over three stories into the air. He landed a good distance from the group and dropped into a martial arts stance. Everyone in the courtyard watched with wide eyes as a boy, less than half their age, did something they deemed impossible. Saturn blinked as her weapon missed, before she once again got red in the face "Jeez,... what's wrong with you? Is it that time of the month?" Saturn, Pluto, and the Princess, all went red in the face as their blushes illuminated the dimly lit yard. Then with one swift motion, the boy was knocked back into a fountain as all the girls simultaneously slapped him across his face. When he failed to resurface, they became worried that they had over did it a bit. But that was quickly pushed aside when a busty red headed woman came bursting from the water and glared at them "what the hell was that for!?!?! Jeez, just when I thought that I had got away from all this." She started to ring out the water from her clothes, ignoring the lecherous stares from the men, and settled for the continual glare at her fish impression enemies "Care to explain why you did that?"

Pluto's mouth became a thin line as she narrowed her eyes at him, now her "Care to explain,... I think it's you who has the explaining to do... what are you?" Her level headedness became nothing but a hindrance in this talk, as she found herself gawking at the woman "And for that matter,.... WHO, are you?"

Grinning, and striking a pose with her chest pushed out "I'm Ranma Saotome of the school of Anything Goes Martial Arts! Now, it's your turn"

The Princess smiled as she took a step forward, her blush becoming a slight hue on her cheeks "My name is Serenity, this is Sailor Pluto, and the one you were groping, is Sailor Saturn. Now, Ranma, would you care to explain how you got here?"

Narrowing her eyes, Ranma growled slightly as he stared at Pluto "It's mainly her fault! If she hadn't had interrupted in my fight, I wouldn't have been hit with that attack!" Ranma's words fell on deaf ears as they all stared around them, the mist from the evening raising up around the silhouettes.

Sailor Pluto turned her head slightly, so that she was looking at her 'Princess', and raised an eyebrow "I don't think we should trust this one, my lady. She could by a spy from another planet"

Serenity brought a finger to her lip as she pondered the idea, before sighing "I guess your right,.... Guards, take her away"

The guards looked at one another before starting toward Ranma, slightly unnerved at his grin "If you think I'm going to make this easy for you, think again!" Ranma became a blur of motion as he punched the guard closest to him, sending him flying backward and into the fountain he just emerged from. Ranma then jumped into the air and landed behind another one, his hand lashing out and pressing a few pressure points, knocking the guy unconscious. Two of the guards caught the menacing glare that Ranma was sending them, and decided it was time to run away. That didn't sit well with Pluto, who then decided to take the fight into her own hands. With speed that Ranma hasn't seen since her first fight with Cologne, Pluto dashed forward and slammed the butt of the staff into her gut. Ranma stumbled back and looked at the green haired Senshi in surprise, before it quickly became anger. She then charged toward Pluto with the same speed, and threw a punch, which was unfortunately pushed aside by the time staff. Her eyes widened when the staff twirled around and came down against her shoulder, knocking her down and dislocating it with a painful pop. Saturn watched from the sidelines, experiencing a variety of emotions at the site before her. Ranma grudgingly got back up, favoring her left shoulder and glaring at the girl before grinning "So,.... it seems my thoughts of women being weak, were wrong. Your pretty good, almost to the level of the Old ghoul"

Raising an eyebrow, and quirking her lips into a half smile "It's an honor for you to praise my skills. However, this isn't a sport, and I must not keep this fight going. So,... my apologies,... but this will hurt" she leveled her staff toward Ranma as it glowed and eerie purple "DEAD SCREAM!" circular rings blasted from the staff and toward Ranma. Her eyes widened in shock from the sheer volume of power that it put off. She was so mesmerized by the feeling of terror that went through her body, that she didn't have time to move, taking the blast directly in her chest. The area around her body seemed to explode from the power of the attack, almost like the planet made an exception for that one power, and opened up. Pluto gave a satisfied smirk as the dust started to settle, and allowed herself to relax.

A slight chuckling was heard from inside the crater, and then something akin to full blown laughter rang through the darkness "It seems that you were more powerful than I first gave you credit for,... however" He then dissolved from behind Pluto and grabbed the staff from her hand, and giving a good pull. She ripped the staff from Pluto's hands, and gave her a primal smirk. At this point and time, Saturn had stood up and started for the battle ground. All the guards who noticed, had easily fled the courtyard, afraid of what she might do.

Nearing the two, Saturn tapped her glaive on the concrete ground, getting the attention of the combatants "Well,... I see that you are, indeed, a worthy guard. If you wish, I could accommodate you,.. that is,... if your not afraid of the Senshi of silence"

Ranma looked her up and down with an appraising eye, before cocking her head to the side and smiling "Sure,... I don't see why not. Why would you ask if I was afraid of you?"

Saturn gave a hurt look before sighing sadly "Because,... Ever since my 'awakening' I've had the power to destroy the planet and heal people. Since then, people go out of their way to avoid me"

Ranma gave a wave of her hand and smiled warmly at the Senshi of silence "That's old news. I have an attack that can destroy a planet as well, I've just never had the need to use it. It's quite easy to draw energy from the planet, and add that to your own."

Both Pluto and Saturn stared at Ranma in disbelief, before Saturn spoke up "Y-You mean,.... you won't be afraid of me, or what I might become?"

Tilting his head in confusion, Ranma could only come up with one, true, saying "Huh?"

Saturn seemed to become heavily overjoyed at the prospect of being able to be close to someone, as she grabbed onto his arm and smiled cutely "Thank you, Sir Saotome. You have no idea what this means to me"

Pluto looked at the two before becoming red in the face with anger "Saturn! Do you not realize that this man, could possibly destroy the moon!"

Saturn leveled a glare at the Time Senshi before smiling at her Ranma "Don't you realize, that I could too. It's never stopped the court from letting me in, has it? Sure, there's a lot of people who are afraid of me,.... but it's part of being a Senshi that can only cause death. I'm imperfect compared to your little selections"

Ranma looked between the two, as they tried to burn holes in each other's bodies "Ummm,... I don't mind if you don't. Besides, what do those other 'selections' have, that you don't? From what I see, you are plenty cute."

Saturn blushed like a school girl, as she traced her finger along Ranma's firm muscles and giving an almost seductive purr "My, my, you are a nice boy, aren't you?" Ranma shuddered for a second as he realized the tone, then smiled nervously as Saturn dragged away from a currently laughing Pluto.

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