Hotaru ran down an alley trying to get rid of her pursuers. The boys at school always chased, bullied, and called her names. All because she had the power to heal. Because she was smart. Because she was different.

"Come back here, you freak!"

"Teacher's pet!"

"Nerd!"

Hotaru kept running as tears stung her eyes as their words echoed in her ears. Hotaru stopped to see a black car blocking the path. She leaned to the side of the car as the boys closed in.

"You got nowhere to run freak!" the first boy shouted.

"Leave me alone!" Hotaru curled herself into a ball as she began to cry.

"Yeah right" a second boy said sarcastically.

The first boy picked up a three by four and raised it intending to hurt her. Hotaru closed her eyes as the chunk of wood came on her, but the pain never arrived. She slowly opened her eyes to see the three by four held back by an arm from the window of the black car.

Ranma on the other hand was angry. He watched the whole scene while he was planning on training the senshi only to see a bunch of boys going to beat on a defenseless girl. Ranma gave the boys a chilling stare. Silver stuck his head out the other window and growled at the now panicking boys.

"You should be nice" Ranma spoke without showing any emotion.

The boys only nodded in response and ran off in terror. Ranma's expression softened when he changed his gaze toward Hotaru.

"You alright?''

"Yes, thank you" Hotaru bowed and quickly wiped her eyes.

"Why were they chasing you?"

"You wouldn't understand"

"Try me" Ranma smiled kindly.

"I can heal people"

"I see why they would chase you for that"

Hotaru sighed. Then she saw the injuries on Ranma's arm that he had gotten from the battle with Morrigan Aesland. She touched the arm and it immediately began to heal. Ranma looked surprised then smiled at Hotaru.

"Let me guess... Sailor Saturn?"

"H...h...how?" Hotaru backed away eyes widened.

"Setsuna told me about you"

"You know Setsuna!?"

"I'm her fiancée" Ranma kicked himself for what he said, but what he learned from Shadow's information, Jupiter and Venus tend to chase good looking boys and he doesn't want two more girls to chase him. He hoped being Setsuna's fiancée would hold them back for awhile.

"Fiancée!?"

"Of course" Setsuna suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Aaacckk!" Both Ranma and Hotaru shouted. "Don't do that!"

"So you finally came"

"Yeah" Ranma said reluctantly.

Hotaru and Setsuna rode in the car as Ranma drove them to the Hino shrine. Hotaru was asking different questions that Setsuna answered quite easily and played around with Silver. Hotaru was very interested in what Ryo was. As they walked up the stairs of the Hino shrine Hotaru asked a very important question.

"When's the wedding?"

Ranma suddenly missed a step and came crashing down on his face. Setsuna and Hotaru winced when his head impacted the pavement.

"Are you alright?" Both of them said at the same time.

"Yeah, just fine" Ranma picked himself up and ran ahead. "I just have to see Hino-san"

Setsuna and Hotaru just stared at his retreating back then shrugged. Hotaru picked up Ryo and cuddled her with affection as they walk to Rei's room with the rest of the Senshi waiting.

Ranma walked into the shrine to only have a white blur head toward him. Ranma dodged the attacker and took a stance. Ranma was surprised to see an elderly man smiling at him. "Hino-san I presume?"

"Please, please, call me grandfather Hino:"

"Oookay" Ranma was starting wonder about his grandfather's friends.

"What can I do for you young man?"

"My grandfather said that you would let me stay here"

"Ahh yes, I knew you would come, how Katsuhiko these days?"

"My grandfather is doing fine thank you"

"So your the legendary Dark Messiah"

Ranma nodded.

"Katsuhiko tells me your going to train the Sailor Senshi"

"Yes"

"Well, don't give my granddaughter any problems"

Ranma blinked. He knows?

Rei Room...

"A new enemy?"

Setsuna nodded to her princess, Usagi Tsukino aka Sailor Moon. Setsuna already told them that they have a new enemy and as usual everyone was getting depressed.

"What do they want on Earth?"

"Even the Time Gates can't determine"

"Then what do you know?" asked an angry Haruka aka Sailor Uranus.

"They have magic attacks like the ones you faced before, but also skilled in close range battle. By their skill level they would defeat us in a matter of minutes"

"WHAT?!"



Shrine Yard...

"How did you know?"

"Sailor Pluto told all the Senshi's parents before they were born"

"Setsuna" Ranma rubbed his temples. Well at least this would be easier

"WHAT?!" Both of them looked over to the source of the noise.

They walked over to Rei's room.

Rei's Room...

Setsuna was bombarded with hundreds of questions. Suddenly Ami's computer beeped.

"Guys, I'm detecting a dark source of energy in the park"

"I'm afraid we cannot go against it"

"Setsuna! Innocent people will get hurt!" Usagi yelled.

"We are not strong enough to fight it" Setsuna said seriously and quickly spoke before everyone else could. "But I know who is"

Setsuna looked over to Hotaru holding Ryo. Setsuna gently picked up Ryo and whispered a few words to her ear. To rest of the Senshi's surprise Ryo meowed loudly and went though the wall. The Senshi thought that Ryo was a doll that Hotaru brought with her.

Outside Ranma caught the message that was delivered by Ryo. He quickly said goodbye to the elderly man. Ranma wings bursted from his back and flew toward the area Ryo told him. Grandfather Hino caught the flash of colors in the corner of his eye. I hope Katsuhiko, was right about this boy Grandfather Hino smiled as he watched his granddaughter in her Sailor uniform bounding toward the area Ranma flew to with the rest of her friends. Rei, you made me so proud

Juuban Park....

A dark swirling portal floated over a playground as a curious crowd began to gather. Soon the air was full of screams as two black armored monstrosities walked through the portal. The first was a multi-armed monster waving around spiked clubs. I turned its scaly blue snake head and smiled at the sound of the screams. The other looked like an ordinary man, if you don't include the horns, red eyes, claws, big black wings, and the long lizard like tail. The first demon looked over to the other.

"It was very kind of them to greet us"

The second nodded as he eyed the crowd.

"The master would be pleased to have new slaves"

"Indeed"

Without another word raised his arm and black chains erupted catching every person trying to escape the twin horrors. The demon grinned.

"Now hear this, you're now the slaves of our master!"

Hiding in the shadows Ranma eyes narrowed as he listened. Slaves huh... We'll see about that Ranma eyes widened as he heard familiar voices from the shrine.

"Hold it right there! We're here to ahhh..!"

The Sailor Senshi was unprepared as hundreds of black chains suddenly held them. Demons laughed at the Senshi's struggles, and then the first stopped when he just noticed something.

"I thought there were nine of them, I only see seven!"

"Grrr... Alright where are Saturn and Pluto?"

"Like we would tell you" Uranus growled at him.

The first demon turned his snake like head to his partner. "It doesn't matter, the master would be happier and we would be well rewarded"

Ranma almost jumped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around in fighting stance then stopped when he saw who it was.

"Setsuna, don't do that I almost attacked you"

"Sorry"

"Setsuna you mean that Ranma is powerful enough to fight them?" Ranma looked behind Setsuna to see Hotaru. Ranma head fell in his hands and groaned. Might as well, their going to find out anyway

Ranma hair turn snow white, his crystal blue eyes swirled and became golden. His fangs extended and everyone in the ally could hear his bones crack as his hands formed claws. Hotaru eeped and hid behind Setsuna. The black coat he was wearing became massive black wings. Ranma stretched his entire body since had not many activities in his vampire form.

Ranma looked down toward Hotaru and smiled kindly. If it was possible with those fangs of his. The Jurian Wings of Darkness suddenly enveloped his body. Ranma twirled his scythe, testing its weight and balance.

"You should transform yourselves" Ranma spoke dressed in his battle garb.

As Setsuna and Hotaru raised their henshin pens two voices rang out to the demons.

"You demons have no right to enslave humans for your dark master, I am Tuxedo Kamen and I shall stop you!"

"And I am Chibi-Moon and I will right the wrongs you have caused!"

Ranma didn't even blink as he stared a man wearing a tux and a cute pink haired girl in a sailor suit. The demons just stared at them with huge sweat drops running down their heads. Both demons and Ranma had the same thought. You got to be kidding me

Tuxedo Kamen began to do his usual rose throwing, but his attacks were blocked by the snake head demon's multiple arms. Chibi-Moon was franticly dodging the attacks of the second demon's close range attacks.



The Alley....

"Hurry and transform!" Ranma shouted. "Their losing"

Both Setsuna and Hotaru nodded and resumed their transformation. By the end of the magical display both of them were wondering why Ranma had a nose bleed.

Ranma wiped away the blood and asked if they were ready. They nodded.

"And I thought my life wouldn't be weirder" Ranma sighed as he cracked his knuckles. Then he vanished into mist. Hotaru looked wide eyed at the spot where Ranma had been. She felt a hand on her shoulder. Hotaru looked at Setsuna and nodded with determined eyes.

At the Park...

Tuxedo Kamen was beaten badly as he dodged another club attack. He wasn't fast enough. He winced as he felt his shoulder dislocated and heard the awful crack in his leg. Chibi-Moon yelped as black chains wrapped around her like steel snakes. The other senshi struggled against the chain to escape and help their friends with no avail.

"Dead Scream" came a whisper as the attack hit the multi-armed demon on the back.

"Silence Wall" A barrier held back an attack from the winged demon from finishing off Chibi-Moon.

The winged demon smiled as he saw the new intruders on a near by roof. "The last two senshi!"

The multi-armed demon leapt away from the crippled Tuxedo Kamen and landed on the roof. The winged demon flew above them. The other senshi could only watch the scene before them.

A black blur smashed into the winged demons back, forcing to crash into multi-armed demon, in which caused them to land painfully on the concrete street.

"Who the hell are you!?" One of them glared at the intruder while trying to untangle himself from his partner.

"Someone that will send you back to where ever you came from" Ranma smiled annoyingly at the pile of tangled appendages. Ranma turned his attention to the people that had been held captive. He curled his fingers and made a quick slashing movement. The black chains on the senshi suddenly were cut apart and the senshi began to struggle out of the remains of the heavy chains.

Now the demons were watching the entire display and after seeing the chains cut they were pissed as hell. They quickly untangled themselves and readied their weapons for the upcoming battle.

Sailor Pluto and Saturn leaped down to the street with their comrades and helped the others to their feet.

"I don't know who you are, but you just ruined an easy assignment" The winged demon sneered at Ranma. Ranma remained silent in the air and carefully accessed his opponents. The winged one is a lot like Mousse, using mostly chain weapons and the multi-armed freak would be like fighting Pantyhose in one on one combat. This won't be easy. Suddenly the winged demon launched himself into the air and rapidly fired hundreds of dark chains at Ranma's direction.

"Crimson Wing!" The chains were knocked of their course and the attack continued until it hit the demon. The demon was caught with his guard down as he wasn't prepared for the barrage of ki blasts knocked him out of the sky.



Meanwhile on the streets....

"Dead Scream!"

"What is it with you and hitting me in the back?!"

The demon was pissed. Their master had given them an easy assignment and everything was being ruined. And being hit behind with the same attack twice was embarrassing. He directed his glare at Pluto.

"Venom!" Opening his mouth wide, violet liquid spewed from his mouth. The venom burned through everything in its path creating a ditch and was blocked by a silence wall.

"World Shaking!"

"Deep Submerge!"

"Flame Sniper!"

"Shine Aqua Illusion!"

"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"

The attacks sent the demon several yards down the street. The demon growled as he got up.

"Arrows of Poison!" The demon made a sweeping with the arm toward Sailor Moon. Dark green needles suddenly flew at her at high speeds. She stumbled and the attack narrowly struck her and fell on the ground on the concrete stunning her. But the attack devastated the wall near by and started to fall on her. Everyone screamed as they watched the pieces of stone fall. Ranma, to your left! Ranma heard Shadow's voice and saw the wall falling on Sailor Moon and instinctively dove toward her.

"No you don't!" The winged demon wrapped a chain around Ranma's legs. Ranma suddenly twisted around throwing his scythe at the demon. The demon was too busy with the chains around Ranma's legs didn't notice it until it cleaved though its head. Its body faded away. Ranma, not paying attention to the disintegrating body, flew to the person in danger in a black blur.

Sailor Moon screamed as huge chunks of concrete fell toward her. Suddenly she felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her. Then she had a strange feeling of some type of cloth wrapping around both her and her rescuer. Both were cover in several tons of concrete a second later. Everyone gasped as the leader of the Sailor senshi vanished under the debris.

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Author's Notes

How's that for a cliff hanger. I decided to split this chapter into two parts. I'm also currently working on some new stories. They'll be out later so just you wait.