Slap!
"Ow..." Ranma said. The slap didn't hurt him, but the emotion in the slap caused him to back away. He never expected such hostility from her ever since they parted on... good terms.
"You bastard!" Hotaru exclaimed. "You cheating bastard! How dare you do this to me?!"
"Hotaru..." Ranma was at loss of words. Cheat? "I didn't cheat on you, Hotaru..."
"Liar!" Hotaru gritted her teeth angrily. "All this years, all this time, waiting unconsciously for you! And then, when you do come along, I find out you were cheating on me with Setsuna-mama!"
Ranma began to sweat. "Uh... she told you?"
"Damn right she did!" Hotaru exclaimed, her voice raising a level on every word. "Do you have anything to say to yourself?"
"Uh... Sorry?" Ranma asked. Hotaru stomped her feet, and Ranma flinched. Hotaru turned around and started to walk away. "Hotaru..." Ranma called. "Let me explain!"
-| Omega X Present |-
-| Project III: Legend of the Wild Horse |-
-| Chapter 03: Old Lovers, New Discoveries |-
An old lover's quarrel is usually about three things: a) Sex b) Cheating c) Who holds the remote control.
Ranma tried to catch up with Hotaru, but every time he grabs hold of her arm, she shakes him off. "Hotaru, let me explain..."
"Explain what?" Hotaru asked smoothly. "That you were bored with a young Senshi in the past, and wanted a more mature woman like Setsuna-mama?"
"No!" Ranma was on the verge of desperation. It was not going as he planned. "Please, Hotaru..." Ranma grabbed Hotaru's arms strongly, and forced her to look at him. "Look. I need to explain it to you."
"HELP! RAPE!" Hotaru shouted. Ranma sighed in expiration.
"Hotaru... please..." Ranma begged.
"LET HOTARU GO YOU BASTARD!" said a voice behind them. Ranma looked behind him and groaned.
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Haruka exited the Temple and took out some car keys. They used Michiru's sports car going to the temple bringing the things. Right now, though, she needed to find Hotaru.
(She can't be very far,) Haruka thought, turning the ignition. She silently promised not to put a dent on her lover's car. Michiru had the tendency to ask kindly [e.g. demand] payment anything happens to her things. So, for once in Haruka's lifetime, she drove slowly.
Haruka turned around the corners, circling the streets twice. She wasn't that much worried. Hotaru can practically take care of herself if there was a youma attack, and if she cant find Hotaru, Michiru would use her mirror to find her easily.
"HELP! RAPE!" a voice shouted on Haruka's side. Haruka's eyes went wide open, and looked at her left, and saw Hotaru. She stopped the car, and took on foot towards Hotaru. Suddenly, she saw him. Him and Hotaru. That bastard who took her car, and now forcing herself on Hotaru.
"LET HOTARU GO YOU BASTARD!" Haruka shouted.
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Ranma cursed silently as Haruka came to view, running towards them. (Explanation will come later...) Ranma thought, and moved his hand towards Hotaru's breast.
"EEK! HENTAI!" Hotaru slapped Ranma, and then suddenly went unconscious as Ranma pressed her pressure point taught to him by Happosai. She slumped in his shoulders.
Haruka was running towards him, her transformation pen in her hand. She couldn't transform yet, not in public, anyway. But when she would reach the bastard, she was going to pull a Loreno Bobbit.
Ranma waved his hand and his car appeared right beside him in the street. Haruka's eyes widened, and watched in horror as Ranma took Hotaru inside the car, and he jumped towards the other side, over the roof, and went in. The car started and quickly accelerated away.
"Oh no!" Haruka exclaimed. She ran towards the car, and started it at once. She took her foot and stepped on the gas and accelerated at once, trying to catch up with him.
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Ranma fastened his seatbelt and also took the time to fasten Hotaru's as well. If anyone is asking who is driving, it seems Washu installed an auto-pilot for the car. When Ranma finally secured his and Hotaru's belt, he looked at his side. He saw Haruka's face, and boy did she look mad.
Ranma smiled. "Disengage auto-pilot," Ranma said.
"Auto-pilot, disengage," the computer said, and the steering wheel became enlarged to its normal size. Ranma made a peace sign to Haruka and switched gears, and sped away.
Haruka growled. No way she's going to lose him.
Ranma whistled as he changed to the fourth gear, and speeding up. Haruka was still behind him, also speeding up. Switching to the fifth gear, Ranma accelerated, taking gain away from Haruka.
Haruka was not the type to give up though. She switched her gear to five as well, putting so much pressure in the gas, trying to catch up with him. She knew that even if she could never overtake him, she could follow him and if she was patient enough, they would lose gas and one of them would have to stop.
Ranma switched to sixth gear, and let the whole thing rip, speeding up so fast that Haruka almost was at shock as he accelerated at almost impossible speeds. It was fortunate for Ranma that there was a clear road ahead. It meant he could test his baby to the limits.
Haruka switched to her own sixth gear, but she could not hope to catch up with Ranma. She was already doing a hundred km/h yet Ranma was still going strong. He must have been going for at least 230 km/h. It didn't matter. She would stay on to him until the end of the world that she can promise.
Ranma smirked as he flipped a red button near the steering gear. HE always wondered why the button was always red, but he didn't care. Red was his favorite, and pressed it, igniting Nitrous oxide in his engine, doubling the power of the car. Ranma was suddenly pushed back as the speed began to increase rapidly from 230 km/h to something off the chart of the car's speedometer.
"YEEHAAA!" Ranma shouted with glee as he sped away, leaving Haruka biting the dust.
Haruka watched in horror as the car accelerated and disappeared from view, still gaining speed. Michiru's car was already in the limit of 210 km/h, and wouldn't accelerate anymore.
"Damn bastard," Haruka swore as she slowed down. "I'll kill him and get that car..." And she turned around and accelerated towards the temple. Hotaru was kidnapped, and it's time for the Senshis to go forth and... (KILL THAT BASTARD!) Haruka thought.
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Hotaru groaned as she woke up, and held her head. What happened? She looked in front of her. There was nothing but air. She was overlooking the city, and it was quiet. No people around.
"Oh, you're awake... good," said a male voice beside her. Hotaru looked at the left and saw Ranma, smiling down at him.
"Xander!" Hotaru exclaimed. "So I wasn't dreaming..."
"I go by the name of Ranma now," Ranma shrugged his shoulders. "Now, would you please let me explain?"
"SATURN PLANET POWER, MAKE UP!"
Ranma pinched the base of his nose as he watched in awe, his mouth hanging a bit open and visibly drool was coming out of his mouth as Hotaru suddenly became naked, transforming her clothes into her magical fuku. As the transformation ended, Sailor Saturn emerged, in her all bare fuku glory.
"Damn... I need to get used to that," Ranma smiled weakly as released his nose. "Damn Hotaru, I don't know why boys pick on you, but you're damn hot."
Hotaru didn't smile. She didn't even seem to listen as she took her glaive out and slashed it towards Ranma.
Ranma ducked in surprise, tripped to the ground. "Hey! I understand you're mad... I mean, who wouldn't be... but could you please let me explain?"
"Explain to the blade end of my Silence Glaive!" Saturn said heatedly and tried to stab Ranma's crotch.
"Hey! Watch where you are aiming that!" Ranma exclaimed as he moved his butt back. Hotaru stabbed his crotch again but missed. "What the hell? Where are you trying to aim Hotaru?"
"My Silence Glaive is going somewhere dark and tender..." and she stabbed his crotch again and missed.
"Hotaru, let me explain!" Ranma backed away from Hotaru as she stabbed towards him. "Hey! I understand okay... but what happened with Pluto..." Ranma barely dodged the strike. "It was an accident! I swear! Man to his real love, between us..."
Hotaru paused, but still glaring at him.
"Between the two of us, Hotaru... I really love you..." Ranma said calmly. He looked at Hotaru, and Hotaru looked at him. (It seems she finally believes me...) Ranma sighed.
"WAY WRONG ANSWER!" Hotaru took her glaive and stabbed it towards Ranma's face. Ranma took out both of his hands and blocked the incoming blade by trapping it between his two palms. He began to sweat as Hotaru pinned him down, and trying her best to try and push it, the blade an inch from his face.
Ranma sighed. If she won't listen with words, maybe action would suffice. With a simple twist maneuver, he repositioned the trajectory of the blade, and he lunged towards Hotaru, taking her by surprise.
"Get off ME!" Hotaru shouted as Ranma pinned her to the ground. She squirmed as she tried to push him off, but stopped as she felt something warm in her neck. Her breathing pace quickened as Ranma gently and slowly kissed her neck, sometimes using his tongue.
"I love only one girl," Ranma said, gently moving his hands on her back, stomach and shoulders, slowly massaging them. His lips went towards Hotaru's ears as he sucked up her earlobes gently, making her squirm even more. "And she is someone I'm kissing right now."
By now, Ranma's hands were on Hotaru's breasts, not groping or grabbing, but massaging softly. Hotaru moaned and Ranma used his other hand and gently caressed her legs. She moaned even louder. Suddenly, she took initiative and turned the tables. She pinned Ranma to the ground and started kissing him like mad. She moved her body closer to his as they both hugged and kissed deeply. It was a kiss they never shared to anyone, even after thousands of years.
"You cheating bastard," Hotaru said softly kissing him. "What power do you have over me?"
"Love?" Ranma replied softly, and they continued to kiss. "I may have gone to others, but I still loved one girl. She had beautiful purple eyes which gives me butterflies in the head every time I see her face. She also had exquisite short purple hair, and she has a fuku which hugs her body and shows her... womanly aspects..."
"Oh Xander..." Hotaru admonished, smiling.
"Ranma..." Ranma said. "I'm called Ranma now."
"Wild Horse..." Hotaru laughed. "I wonder if in bed you carry that title."
Ranma blushed a bit. "How much do you remember?"
"A lot," Hotaru sighed. They stopped kissing, but Hotaru was still on top of him. "I remember the time when I was still a kid before. Only you would make the effort to talk to me. Others were scared because of my... powers."
"Oh, you were so cute then, Hotaru," Ranma said, smiling at the memory. "Remember our first time to date? Your mother was so worried about you she brought her first armada of soldiers to follow as chaperones. They hid in the most unusual places like the asteroid, garbage cans, trees, bushes, and other things."
"Well, you did take me out to Venus, the love planet of the Solar System," Hotaru replied, laughing. "It was boasted to have the largest collections of Love Motels. No wonder she didn't trust you. Remember our first time?"
Ranma blushed. "Hey..."
"I joked with you about doing things in the library," Hotaru said, seductively actually. "And I held a book about human sexuality."
Ranma groaned at the memory. It wasn't a bright moment in his life. His ex-sister Sailor Mercury was there, skimming through the books. At the end of the day, she asked him if he heard weird noises. "We almost got caught..."
"That's what made it exciting," Hotaru laughed, but blushed as well. There was a pause between them. "You were everything I waited for unconsciously in my whole life. I never tried to seek out anyone else, not because they are scared of me, but because I knew you were still alive. I don't know why you only came now, but thank you..." and she kissed Ranma again.
"HOLD!" shouted a voice above them. "For taking the innocence of our fellow Senshi, you shall be punished, in the name of the moon!"
Ranma looked up and groaned. "Why couldn't you come up in a better time? And what do you mean taking her innocence?" Ranma asked at the group of Sailor Senshis standing above them. "Me and Hotaru were just getting..." Ranma suddenly paled, and then turned red, and then, looked away.
Hotaru looked confused. What happened? She looked up and saw why Ranma acted like that. The Sailor Senshis were indeed above them, which meant... "You ASSHOLE!" Hotaru shouted, standing up and whapping Ranma in the head multiple of times. "Sneaking peaks at their panties?!"
"I didn't mean to look!" Ranma said, covering his head. Hotaru became stronger when she transformed. "I looked away! Honest!"
"PERVERT!" shouted the seven girls above them, covering their panties with their skirts.
Ranma stood up suddenly and looked at them in the eyes, avoiding their legs to avoid hurting Hotaru [or more like avoiding Hotaru from hurting him ^-^]. "Well, you guys watched the tape?"
Uranus shook her fist. "I'm going to kill you..."
Ranma shrugged indifferently. Then, he smiled that cocky smile that he uses on his enemies. It's the dreaded I-am-going-to-kick-your-ass-like-Tellytubby smile. Haruka growled angrily as she understood the smile.
Mercury, Neptune, Mars, Jupiter and Venus suddenly clutched their heads as new memories began to tingle to their brains. Ranma began to frown as Ami, Rei and Michiru suddenly looked at Ranma with fiery eyes, Venus suddenly seemed to look at Ranma longingly and Jupiter seems to be assessing him.
"XANDER!" Mercury, Neptune and Mars shouted.
"Oh-oh..." Ranma said, finally realizing that three more Senshis remember him.
Uranus, Neptune, Mars and Mercury charged towards him.
=China=
"WHERE THE HELL AM I NOW?" Ryouga shouted. A moment ago, he was going towards the bathroom, the next he was standing in the wilderness of China. "DAMN YOU RANMA! I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS! THIS IS YOUR FAULT!"
Walking towards the wilderness, Ryouga felt something odd. It was dark energy, a very powerful dark energy, and it was emitting at the forests. Ryouga decided to investigate and went towards the source...
=Juuban=
"MARS FLAME SNIPER!" "WORLD SHAKING!" "DEEP SUBMERGE!" "SHABON SPRAY!"
Ranma jumped over all attacks, and landed behind the four attacking Senshis. "Oh man, what perfect timing for the four bakas remembering their memories..."
"Damn you Xander!" Neptune said. "Because of you, my lover stopped having sex with me for six months, trying to plot against you!"
"XANDER! You'll pay for selling those pictures of me!" Mercury said coldly.
"XANDER! You're going down in flames for burning my panty collection in an open bon-fire during my mother's public speech!" Mars shouted.
"BASTARD! I'll get you for my car!" Uranus said.
Ranma looked at Hotaru. "Could you help me?"
Hotaru smirked. "Nah. Consider it a punishment in cheating."
Ranma sighed. "You can't be serious..."
"Oh, come of it Xand... Ranma," Saturn said calmly. "You like this types of battles. You keep on saying these types of stories to me before."
Ranma looked blank for a moment, and smiled. "You're right. This time, you'll witness it instead of hearing about it, okay, Hot-chan?" Ranma smirked as Hotaru blushed.
"Alright you bakas. Let's see how you improved in these thousands of years!" Ranma said, touching the small sign in his shirt. "Sinos!"
Ranma's vest suddenly moved like it was liquid, extending around him. His arms became fully covered, and his hands had black-red gloves. His shirt also extended downwards and went around his pants and shoes, and made an X design. Boots were in place of the shoes, and the kung-fu pants became leather looking. His neck was also covered and shades appeared in his face. His battle suit was activated! Ranma looked at his clothes. He realized Washu watched X-Men the movie and was a Wolverine fan.
Uranus and the others didn't care thought. They charged towards him, intent to kill.
Ranma dodged the first wave by simply sidestepping. His foot lashed out and kicked Uranus in the face, hard. She was sent flying back towards at the wall and Ranma quickly used his momentum to punch Mercury as she tried to do her Shabon Spray at once. Neptune came up behind Ranma and was going to smash her mirror in his head. Ranma disappeared and appeared behind Neptune, his hands on her back, grabbing the string of the bra she wore. Pulling the elastic and releasing it at once, Neptune shouted in pain as the elastic band came painfully towards her skin, hard.
"MARS FLAME SNIPER!" Mars shouted, throwing her magical projectile towards Ranma.
"MOKO TAKABISHA!" Ranma unleashed his own ki attack to retaliate Mars' attack. Her eyes widened as the ball of confidence passed through her magical attack and went towards her. She screamed as the ki ball washed over her and she slumped in the ground with one knee. She grit her teeth.
"DAMN YOU XANDER! I'LL HAVE MY REVENGE!" she shouted.
"How...?" Saturn was speechless. Xand... Ranma was not using his magical attacks, yet he sent out his own projectile. She didn't feel any magic in it. "What was that?"
"Ki," Ranma stated calmly. "It's my own energy, projected through the port using my emotions as a medium..." Ranma stopped. What the hell did he say? "Well, it just means that attack was based on my emotions."
"Really?" Saturn asked. "Cool."
Meanwhile, Uranus, Neptune, Mercury, and Mars were starting to recover. They grit their teeth as their target was casually ignoring them. They took it as an insult. After all this years, Xander didn't change. He was still cocky and still beating their asses, but this time, it's much worse than before.
"Sailor Moon, help us!" Mars said. "You, Venus and Jupiter, why don't you help us?"
"Are you kidding?" Venus said sarcastically. "This is Xander! Do you want me to blow my chance to get him in my bed?"
"Whatever Venus," Jupiter said. "You couldn't seduce Xander-sempai even with your clothes off. What makes you think you have a chance now?"
Sailor Moon looked confused. What were her friends talking about? Why was Minako seemed... brazen? Why did Jupiter seem to look at Ranma like a student does to a teacher? And why were the others so keen on attacking the boy?
"He was going to rape our dear Hotaru!" Uranus said.
"I was not! Have you seen a rape where the girl was on top?" Ranma asked sarcastically.
Sailor Moon liked she was in a conflict. When she spoke, she said, "I wont forgive you for forcing yourself into one of our Senshis!"
"I'm don't believe this!" Ranma said disbelievingly.
"MOON SPIRAL HEART ATTACK!" Sailor Moon said, throwing her strong attack towards Ranma. Ranma's eyes widened as the giant heart suddenly appeared. He did something he never did something ever since Jusendo. He delved into his ki reserves and powered up. "SHIN MOKO TAKABISHA!" Ranma shouted, and launched a very large ki ball towards the giant heart. The two attacks collided and exploded, sending dust and blinding some Senshis for a moment.
"Cough..." Ranma coughed twice as the dust cleared. He also sneezed as some went towards his nose. "Damn, they got even more powerful over the years, but they still don't have the skills to beat me yet!"
"Says you!" Uranus shouted as she jumped towards Ranma, her Space Sword high above her head. Ranma called forth his weapon, and to Uranus' horrified eyes, he blocked her slash towards him, and he kicked her hard on the gut.
The other four Senshis stopped in their tracks as Ranma twirled his weapon. It was a long metallic bo which was long as a fishing rod. It extended and stretched quite nicely as Ranma made a ready stance. Uranus charged towards Ranma with her sword brandished, and Ranma twirled his bo, and hit her dead in the head. Knocking her out. Mercury was about to send her attack, but Ranma tripped her and twirled his bo at his back, hitting both Mars and Neptune who were going to surprise him. The four Senshis were down, and all accounted for as Ranma twirled his bo again and again, and made a victory pose with his weapon at his back.
"I'm the best!" Ranma stated calmly.
WHACK!
"Ow!" Ranma rubbed his head and turned towards Hotaru. "What was that for?"
"You keep that pride of yours still high, huh?" Saturn asked, smiling. "You never changed."
"Why change?" Ranma asked. "I like the way I am..."
"I'm sure you are," Saturn said, rolling his eyes.
A portal opened and Pluto came out calmly. She looked around and saw the four Senshis rubbing their bottoms and other parts of their anatomy. She rolled her eyes. "You guys never learn huh?" she said calmly. But then, her demeanor changed when she saw Ranma. She smiled warmly and ran towards him.
"Hey Setsu..." and he was cut off as Setsuna suddenly latched to him and rivaled Shampoo's own Amazon Glomp (Patent Pending) as she hung on to him.
"Oh, Xander," Pluto said, hugging him tight. "I missed you."
"I missed you too," Ranma said nervously. He took a look at Saturn. She was staring at him coldly. He swallowed.
"That's nice..." Pluto said, letting go of him. "Hey, how long has it been..."
Saturn moved in front of Pluto and glared at her. Pluto looked confused. What did she do to Hotaru?
"Thank you, Setsuna-MAMA, for being very hospitable to my boyfriend..." Hotaru said heatedly.
Pluto blinked. She looked at Xander/Ranma who just nodded sadly. "Oh... OH!" Pluto suddenly realized what happened. She sighed. So much for getting a more romantic relationship.
"XANDER!" Venus shouted and grabbed Ranma's hands and put it in her breasts. "I missed you so much..."
"Hey! Let go Venus!" Ranma said, trying to pry his hands away. Saturn glared at Venus and stomped her feet at Venus' foot.
"Ow!" Venus said. "Hey!"
Pluto looked at Venus with raised eyebrows. "Did she become more...?"
"Horny?" Ranma asked. "What's wrong with that? She was like that from before," he said, thinking about Silver Millennium.
"She never acted like this before..." Pluto said. "Did you just wake up their personalities?"
"Huh... Now that you mention it... Yeah, I think they remember me now. That's why you see Mars, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus down on the floor. Uranus was the only one who didn't change."
"Hello, Xander sempai," Jupiter said, bowing. Ranma bowed back.
"How is your practice going?" Ranma asked calmly.
"Sorry, sempai," Jupiter said sadly. "I just begin remembering things. I'll practice all you taught me as the time comes."
Sailor Moon looked confused. Why was Minako acting like that [she reminds herself to keep Mamurou away from her]? Why was Makoto acting so indifferent to the hunk in front her? Sure, she said he was his sempai, but she was not acting like he was her old boyfriend. It was more like a student respecting her upperclassman, or even a teacher. Has she really changed?
"Wow... I never realized you were cute..." Jupiter said, smiling. Usagi face faulted. Maybe she didn't change that much.
Hotaru was just still glaring at all the Senshis. "How many girls are there in your harem?" she said angrily.
Ranma just smiled weakly. He spotted Usagi still gaping at them. "Hey princess! How is the brat today?"
"EXCUSE ME?" Usagi shouted.
"She still doesn't seem to remember you," Pluto said thoughtfully. Ranma shrugged. It was no loss.
"No loss," he said. "I am here because of an emergency."
Pluto looked up. Ranma was sounding dead serious. "What is it?"
"Ursula is back..."
Pluto paled visibly.
To Be Continued...
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NEXT: Ranma begins to explain Ursula again to everyone who doesn't remember, but constantly being glared by Rei, Haruka, Michiru, and Ami. And not to mention avoiding Venus' love chain, and Makoto's personality over cute boys overcomes her emotion over Xander just being a teacher. And with Ursula emerging, not everything seems what it seems to be.
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