Chapter 4: Palace Life
Warning: This chapter is a mostly lime chapter. How could the Senshi meet Ranma without lime?
Note* In the Silver Millennium, Hotaru looks the same age as the rest of the scouts, but only Setsuna is older. Think Mistress Nine.
*Flashback*
"This is amazing!"
"I noticed. The material is light, but seems to absorb damage like a sponge does water. It has magic repelling properties as well. It is much more useful than our current uniforms." Ami was scanning the material with the Mercury computer, and getting some interesting results back.
The material in question belonged to a set of black jumpsuits that Ranma had given them. As all the Senshi came out of the baths, they each received a suit, and after much speculation, tried it on. (Think black Evangelion plugsuits, only cooler looking.)
"It feels sssoooo ggoooodd." Michiru draped herself on Haruka's back. Her lover shuddered as she felt two hard points press into her back, then realized something. She turned around, and looked down at the peaks poking into the material.
"Holy crap! I can make out your tits, Michiru!"
All the girls stopped, and looked down.
Michiru looked down. "It is supposed to be skintight." She looked at Haruka, who couldn't stop staring at her.
"Hey, Haruka."
"Guess what else I can see." Haruka was almost drooling.
Everyone looked at Haruka, and followed her gaze down to Michiru's crotch, and blushed.
Michiru looked down, and blushed. "It is supposed to be skintight." She lamely repeated.
Rei noticed the pile of pants left on the ground. She picked up a pair, and threw it to Michiru. "Here try these on."
Back Outside
The pile of oiled and reassembled weapons was now taller than their reverse, and Ranma was reassembling the three meter long energy cannon. He sighed, his hands still working on automatic, wondering how much longer it was going to take for the girls to finish. As he snapped the last piece in place, he heard the bathroom door open. Setting the gun aside, he turned to face the entrance to the anteroom as the girls filed back in.
'Something's not right.' He felt something off about the situation. He then noticed that each one of the girls had their arms across their chest.
"Um, sir? Other than the pants, is their something we can have for the...um...upper body?" Usagi was almost literally glowing in the face.
"Oh?" Ranma leaned back and smirked. "What's wrong, too tight for ya?"
The girls blushed even more.
Ranma laughed. "Here, I think I got the controls around somewhere. He sorted through the piles of equipment laying around him as the girls looked on. As he turned his back, Minako whistled quietly, and elbowed Usagi, who was next to her. The words "Buns of Steel" ran though the group's head for some reason. The lesbian outers were wondering why they couldn't stop staring.
Ranma stood up, holding what seemed to be silver rings in his hand.
He set them down in three stacks of ten, then took most of one stack, and leaving one on the table, and began to pass them out.
Each silver ring had a black band on it. Walking over, he presented them to the girls. As the last girl, who just so happened to be Setsuna, held out her hand, he motioned for her to come closer. She tilted her head, slightly confused. That's when Ranma struck, grabbing her ear.
"EEAAAHH!" Startled, she gave a shriek, until Ranma covered her mouth with a hand. She calmed down, and glared at him, as he was still holding her ear.
"I'm only going to show you this once, so pay attention." He held up the ring in his hand. "This is a Control Ring. It allows you to control your suit, much like your stick-things."
"They're called henshin sticks." Usagi helpfully supplied.
*tap tap*
"Argh! They're called henshin sticks, SIR!"
"Oh, ok. That's nice, anyways-" "ARGH!" "the suits ya'll wearing are modular suits, and can be adjusted to suit your current needs, for instance, you notice that your suits do not have gloves or footwear, by modifying your suits through these control rings, they will appear. Also, you can change the appearance of your suit, which is why it is called a modular suit.."
He then casually slid the ring through Setsuna's right earlobe.
"AHHhhhhh.....That didn't hurt. I didn't feel a thing." She blinked, then felt her ear, with the ring, now earring in it as he released her ear. (Remember, this is during the Silver Millennium, Setsuna's less cynical and a lot younger now, so forgive the different behavior)
"It isn't supposed ta hurt. Some people take advantage of that function by putting the rings other places. All it has to do is touch your electrical field, which extends to about two centimeters away from skin, so most just stick with piercings. Spies for instance, need to hide their rings. Sometimes I debrief spies, and they modify their suits in front of me, without the ring in their ear, or anywhere else I can see, and I can't for the life of me figure out where they put the things."
Haruka and Michiru, who were whispering excitedly in the back blushed slightly. The other girls thought about it, and for those that figured it out, blushed.
Haruka then asked "Are most of your spies women. Sir?"
Ranma scratched his head. "Yeah, actually, all of them are. Women seem to make better spies than men. How'd you know?"
"Um, about tha-" Makoto clamped her hand over Haruka's mouth.
"It's not important. Go on. Sir"
"Alrighty. Lemme show you how these work." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a similar ring, only black, and attached it to his ear. "Yes? Ami."
Ami, who had raised her hand, spoke. "Sir? Why is your control ring black?"
"Huh? Waddaya mean?"
"Your ring is black, sir."
"OH! Gotcha.....Man.... this is going to take a while to explain. Back where I come from, everyone knows this."
"Will you explain for us, sir?"
"Uh...Well, the color of the rings state your rank, like a hierarchy, and there are only a certain number of the higher ones. On most rings, there is a serial number. Mine doesn't have one, but yours do. Certain positions also indicate status, like wearing it on the right ear indicates a military officer, left ear indicates civilian, and around the neck means in the service of or the property of. It is not required for someone to have a control ring, however, as not everyone has a mod suit." He paused for a moment, thinking.
"Actually, only about one out of five people have mod suits, and most of them are soldiers. Those that don't have control rings have normal metal ones, called Position Rings."
"Service? Property? How can a person be property? Do you allow slavery, sir?"
"It's one of our more interesting loophole laws. It allows a person to give themselves to someone else, as a symbol of their loyalty. Slavery is not allowed where I come from. Willing property is. Many people do it to make themselves property of the government as soldiers, like basic infantry. Officers rank General and above wear the rings on their right ear. Lower ranks have rings with green bands, worn around their neck. Recruits receive the rings with their mod suit when they enter military school or a recruiting camp. The rings may be removed when they choose to resign unless they have explicit orders or it is during a war. The binding is magically enforced for a period of a year, however, so that a person can't just give himself or herself away, then decide to take it back. The soldiers just refix the ring when it binding period is over though, binding themselves again. Sometimes, bindings also have special properties and protection, like those in the service of the green have enhanced strength, speed, and such, or those of the black have problems dying. Don't ask about that, I'm not quite sure how it works, I just know how to use it."
"Interesting." Setsuna, who always had an interest in politics, had been listening to Ranma's lecture closely.
"It's actually a pretty good system. There are no such things as disobeyed orders in my armies, although crap orders can be ignored, due to special exception programs. Like an officer can't order people to shoot themselves, for instance."
"Among civilians, a husband, or husbands, and his wife, or wives for that matter, as polygamy is legal back home, would give themselves to each other to prove their love, and binding prevents cheating. Soldiers are not allowed to give themselves away to their spouses, so they are only property of the government, even if they are married. Their marriages show up on position rings attached to their left ear, stating their civilian position. So they have two rings, one control ring and one position ring."
"How do you tell the difference between marriage and property, and just property?" Ami was slightly confused, but managed to stick with it anyway.
"A pair of white stripes surrounding a color band and it's respective serial is property, where no white stripes is marriage, and one white stripe is marriage and property. A different colored stripe can be worn for specific reasons. A soldier will have a white stripe, a green band, and another white stripe, but if in the service of a high ranking officer, his of her ring may have a single white stripe, and a single stripe of his commanding officers color, surrounding a the green band of the military."
"Your armies? So what's your rank, Sir." Hotaru was getting curious, and spoke up.
"Ah, there is only one black ring. and it stands for commander, kinda, and 'cause there is only one, I don't have no serial."
"You're a officer, sir? But I thought you would wear your ring on your neck?" Makoto was astounded.
"Yep. But I rank higher than the generals cutoff."
" Sir? Commanders are lower in rank than generals though. At least here."
"Same thing back home, but I didn't say what kind of commander. I'm a special kind of commander."
"What do you command.?"
"Hellava lot."
It seemed to her that Ranma was more than he seemed. A lot more. And that's understating.
"So what rank are we?" Minako wanted to know.
"Uh.....well, Black is pretty high, followed by gold. Silver is directly under command of the black, although they may take orders from the gold at their choosing, kinda like equal rank, but silver cannot give orders to gold. The black band mean that the bearer is, uh... my fiancee or my wife."
"WHAT!"
"HEY! Their the only ones I had with me! It's not like I wanted you girls anyway."
The said girls fumed.
"Besides, for it to be official, I need a silver band with your serials on them."
"How does that work." Haruka didn't seem quite happy with her ring.
"Spouses have their significant other's color and serial number on his, her or its, if it doesn't have a gender, own ring. For instance, if I was your husband, I would have a silver band with nine different serials on my black ring. The nine of you would have your own serial on a ring of any color, as well as a black band, like those you are holding there."
Ami voiced a question. "Wouldn't we have one black band, and a silver band with nine silver serials?"
"Ah...no. A man can be married to multiple women, but not to another man, and women married to a man can be married to another man. I've seen families with three husbands and three wives, and one of the men has a complicated ring. He was a red, so a red ring, plus a blue band with two serials, indicating his two blue wives, two serials on the red. One was his own, and the other was his red wife's. That's not all that common though, 'cause even though polygamy is legal, not everyone uses it. Nine out of ten marriages only have two participants, nine of ten of all the rest only have three, and so on and so forth. I think the largest amount around is six or seven."
He glanced around an cringed almost imperceptibly. "Actually, I think if this were legal, we'd set the record for largest amount of people in a marriage. I'd also hold the record for largest amount of women screwed at one time by a human male because of our wedding night. I think I'd only be beaten by a Shikima."
Everyone snorted. Although it was embarrassing to them, it was funny, to a crude degree.
"Now, everybody attach their rings It only has to touch your skin, or be close enough at least." He looked around, took a look at Minako, and started laughing.
"BWAHAHAHAHA!!!"
The Senshi of Venus apparently thought the painless function was cool, and as a joke, decided to slid the ring between her nostrils, and now, she couldn't get it off. She fumed at the snickering girls, and glared at Ranma, who was howling.
Two minutes later
A sheepish Minako had the ring attached to her right ear, and watching Ranma demonstrated the uses of the suits.
"These suits also have a pair of subspace pockets just like mine, and each can store up to 50 cubic meters." He walked over to Setsuna, who had become his assistant, albeit reluctantly.
"Also, they can generate clothing of various types, as well as change the status of the bands on the ring, like adding stripes, but it cannot change the color of the ring. The ring will add bands and serials if it detects the presence of a valid marriage." He tapped the ring on her ear. "Also, the ring can be removed once the form you want is present, unless it is around the neck. That's why I have so many suits, and only a few rings, and only these rings. I did have some others but I used them for promotions a while back."
"How come your carrying so many of these rings? Planning on finding yourself two dozen wives somewhere." Setsuna teased him. The other Senshi perked up their ears.
"Well, it's my mom's fault. She is kinda obsessed with grandchildren, and wants me to start makin some, so she had about forty of these made, hoping I would go out and marry a couple of girls and start makin grandkids for her. 'Course I took the rings, or else she might have started handin 'em out herself, God knows how many girls would accept them. She still managed to hand out about ten of them, but I was able to get these thirty."
The girls glared at him. "Pig."
"Hey! I'm telling the truth! How many unattached girls do you think could turn down a silver ring with a BLACK band on it. She kept ten and handed them out already. I didn't find out until a bunch of girls with black banded rings showed up in my bed one night. Freaked the crap outta me. Been sleeping outside on the roof ever since, but four of them managed to find me anyway."
"What's so great about you!" Rei about had it with Ranma's lack of modesty.
"I don't know, but everywhere I go, I see girls, and sometimes guys *shudder*, sighing over my picture in magazines and stuff, and in the Palace, all the girls keep blushin' an' scrapin' their feet whenever I talk ta them, and then sigh when I leave the room. The girls I was talkin' about earlier, they said it was something about living up to my name or something. They also said the someone else would get it, even if I don't."
*blink blink*growl* glare of death*
He promptly swiveled around and stepped behind Setsuna, placing her hands on her shoulders.
"Now. The suit is weaker when not in it's natural state, but the natural state itself has a few features." Waving a finger towards the Senshi, Ranma looked like a teacher and the Senshi inattentive children. "Watch carefully." Setsuna, his assistant, began to develop the beginnings of battle aura. 'Must not kill Ranma. Must not kill Ranma. Must not kill-" She was broken out of her mantra when Ranma whispered huskily into her ear, startling her, and making her eyes close and causing her to moan slightly.
"Setsuna..."
"....Uhh...."
"....................Hey......."
"......mmmmm.......?"
Ranma blinked, and turned to the rest of the Senshi, who were staring at him bogglyeyed. "Ya see what I mean?" He turned her around to face him and waved his hand in front of her. "What's wrong with her? She broke?"
Setsuna broke out of her daydreams. "Nothing, Master!" The Senshi turned their astonished gaze to her. "I mean, sir!"
Said sir blinked again. "Okaaayy. That was weird. Lets try that again." He glanced down a second when he felt something touch his chest, then looked back up quickly and coughed. "Uh, I was going to start with gloves first, but I think you'll need the body armor first." "Huh?" Everybody looked down at her chest, where two peaks were noticeably standing out on the material.
"EEK! PERVERT!" Suddenly, a light plate armor materialized and covered Setsuna's torso. It was black, with silver highlights and black stripes on those highlights. (think Legend of the Dragoon. Go online and search of Legend of Dragoon images.)
Everyone blinked, then stared at the armor.
Ami, who was scanning, spoke up. "That thing is over fifty times stronger than anything we have. Even if we were wearing battleship plating."
Ranma was staring at Setsuna, and scratched his head.
"Wow, ya catch on really fast. Ya forgot the gloves 'n boots though. And I'm not a pervert."
"Yes you are! You looked at me!"
Open mouth, insert foot.
"There was nothin ta see! Even if I was a pervert, I wouldn't look at an Uncute Tomboy like you."
Silence reigned.
"So I'm an Uncute Tomboy, am I?" Setsuna's voice was sweet enough to keep a large city sugar high for a week. She knew she was a beautiful woman, as many men who have gather the courage to speak to her attested to, but for the first time in her life, she felt anger, and a challenge. She would not normally become so angered, but Something about Him ticked her off.
He looked her up and down. As usual, he's unaware of the dire straits he's in.
"Yep. Uncute Tomboy to the core."
The suit swirled around her, changing into a tight black silk dress with a plunging neckline reaching down to her belly and a slit reaching almost all the way up to her hips. A black choker adorned her neck, and pumps supported her feet. Ranma quickly turned around and faced the other Senshi, sweating bullets. Haruka whistled. "Wow. That is ho-uff!" Michiru, elbowed her errant lover, her own eyes still on the form of the Senshi turned seductress in front of her.
Setsuna then turned on her sexiest voice. It wasn't all that good considering it was her first usage of it, but it was good enough. "Am I an Uncute Tomboy now, Master?"
Back still turned, Ranma, closed his eyes, swallowed audibly, and turned his head quickly towards her, and flipped it back around, eyes closed all the while. "Yep, still an Uncute Tomboy. And don't call me that."
Setsuna smiled, knowing that she had won, and not only emerged victorious, but had discovered one of Ranma's few weaknesses.
His eyes almost popped out of his sockets as Setsuna draped herself over his back, her arms going over his shoulders.
"Really? But Master, you said that we could address you as such." She then purred into his ear, while rubbing his chest.
Ranma couldn't take much more. He whimpered as he felt something, no somethings, move around on his back. Soft somethings, With hard points.
The Senshi in front of him snickered slightly, and Setsuna, behind him, smiled wider, until she noticed something.
'Wow, he has great muscles, and he's so warm.' Unconsciously, she squeezed him tighter and closed her eyes, pressing against him more.
"Urk-Um, I'mgonnagobrushmyteeth." Ranma unleashed the Stallion School Final Attack and ran off at breakneck speeds, leaving Setsuna clutching air as he escaped her glomp.
The rest of the girls broke into laughter, even the quiet Saturn.
"That was hot." Haruka.
"That was hilarious." Usagi.
"That was unusual behavior from a Pluto." Hotaru.
Michiru calmed down. "It seems that Ranma becomes nervous in the presence of sexy women."
Minako couldn't help but to wonder, "Maybe he's gay."
"I doubt that, did you see his face? I think he's just represses his sex drive." Rei thought out loud
Everyone laughed again, but one of them took Rei's words into her heart.
Setsuna smiled secretively, already planning something in her head.
Later
The various Senshi were asleep on their futons, and Ranma was tossing on the bed.
Ranma was trying to sleep, and was in the process of turning over when he felt someone climb onto the bed. He bolted up, and saw a figure moving under the covers towards him. Ranma gulped and scooted back until he hit the headboard. The figure finally reached him, and slid out next to him, revealing itself to be Setsuna, dressed in a even more revealing blue nightgown. He now wished that he had never given them the suits.
"Uh..Setsuna? What are you doing here?"
She gave a casual toss of her head, and looked at him under a hooded gaze. She still used her sultry voice.
"Why, Master, didn't you say that we could sleep on the bed with you? My futon was too hard for me, so I decided to join you." She laid her head down on his hand, grasping his arm with her own hands, and closed her eyes.
"O-okay. B-but no fu-nny business." Ranma stuttered, and laid back, with his arms at his side. Setsuna moved upwards, laying her head against his shoulder, still hugging his arm against her body. "Of course Master."
Ranma was trembling. He was trying to keep his mind off certain manly things, and was mostly succeeding.
"Please s-stop calling me t-that."
"Calling you what, Master?"
".......Never m-mind.........."
"Master?"
"Y-yes?"
"You know, your the first man I ever got into bed with."
"R-really? Th-hat's nice. I-I was sur-re there would be ot-thers." Ranma was still twitching slightly.
"No. Your the first, Master."
There was a pause, as Ranma stopped shaking.
"......I'm honored......" He sounded sincere, not stuttering at all.
Setsuna thought to herself, with her eyes closed.
'He so warm, this isn't as bad as I thought. It's very nice, in fact.' She snuggled closer to him. 'I could get to like this.'
She fell asleep quickly.
Ranma gulped at the woman next to him, and turned his head to the side. It was going to be a long night for him.
*It was ironic that I was the first Senshi to fall. One would think that Minako or Makoto would be first, and Myself or Haruka to be last. But in the end, it was inevitable, as we all fell, in ones and twos, until we were all part of Ranma's attention deprived harem.*
*End Flashback*
Haruka smack her fist in her palm. "So that's why you kept calling him master last night."
EVERYONE turned their gaze on the blushing woman. "...Correct..."
Minako wrinkled her nose. "Kinky...."
Rei would have said something, but instead she was trying to get the sight of the skin tight suits out of her mind. 'I'm not a lesbo. I am not a lesbo. Iam not a lesbo...'
Michiru then thought of something very odd.
"Setsuna? If Ranma knows about all this, how come he just doesn't reveal the truth instead of acting so...clueless?"
"He knows that none of you have your full memories, and none of you have your rings. I also believe that he is looking for something, and until he finds it, he probably won't come back to us willingly."
"What's he looking for?" Usagi wanted to know.
"I do not know, but it must be important. He has been searching for it the last three thousand years."
*Flashback*
The next morning
Setsuna awoke to a warm sensation, and snuggled closer to the source. When it moved away slightly, her eyes snapped open, and she took in the back of Ranma's head. She commanded her arm to pull back and swing, but it was unresponsive, as if unwilling to hurt him. Recalling the events of the night, she smiled to herself and at the man still sleeping in front of him. It seemed that during the night, Ranma had turned to his side, and Setsuna followed him, with her hands on his shoulders, and body pressing against his. She closed her eyes and decided to enjoy her bedmate's warmth a little more, scooting, or attempting to, closer to him...
"Ahem."
Her eyes shot open a second time, and she turned her head to see Minako, Makoto, and Haruka staring at her. Setsuna smiled. "Good Morning."
Minako held a finger up to her lips, and gestured for Setsuna for follow her. Slipping out of bed, she stood up in her flimsy nightgown, and stretched happily, which left Haruka oggling, and changed her nightgown into the black bodysuit again.
She walked over to join the rest of the Senshi, who were arranged in a circle in the corner.
Rei smiled at her in a evilly friendly way. "How was last night?"
Setsuna smiled back. "It was wonderful. I don't remember the last time I had such a great night's sleep."
Minako spoke up. "I thought of a way to get back at our dearest Master." She nodded her head towards the still asleep Ranma.
"I'm listening."
"Well, since we are now officially Ranma's maids, why shouldn't we dress the part? After all, it's not our fault if we like to lavish attention on our master, and it's defiantly not our fault Master Ranma has trouble with beautiful women." She stood up and her suit changed to a French maid uniform(even before there was a France. Maybe some other planet came up with it, and the idea was sent to Earth. Must think about this.), complete with cap, apron, plunging neckline, stockings, and impossibly short skirt. A black collar appeared around her neck. Her ever present red ribbon changed to a black one. "Of course, we don't have to join him in bed, but I'm sure that we are able to charm him with our womanly assets. It was sure nice of him for giving us the means to do so though." She examined her apron, and tugged at her ribbon. "Hmm...it does headwear too."
"Now that is a great idea!" Haruka stood up and changed as well.
The other Senshi voiced their agreement, and changed.
Setsuna looked around at the transformed Senshi, and changed too. She removed her ring, which now sported a pair of white stripes surrounding the black band, from her ear, and affixed it to her collar in the loop provided, and shuddered as the binding coursed through her. The other's stared at her.
"That felt wonderful." She gasped, and straightened up. "What's the matter, it is a control ring after all."
"So your giving yourself to him?" Usagi spoke in a awed tone of voice.
Setsuna glanced towards the bed, and paused as if thinking. She smiled, then turned back around. "Why not?"
The other Senshi were astounded. They never dreamed that the coldhearted Guardian of Time would give herself up to a man so easily.
Minako summed it up with one word.
"...Kinky..."
They blinked as she walked pass them into the quarters' kitchen. "Makoto, Michiru, help me prepare breakfast for the Master."
*blink blink*
"Come on! He'll wake up soon, and he'll want breakfast."
"Uh....Coming!" Michiru and Makoto looked at each other, shrugged, and followed Setsuna into the kitchen.
"Hey, Minako, where did you get the costume anyway."
"I'm was browsing though the Mercury Computer and I found this game. It had other costumes to! There was a nurse,and a soldier, an-mrup" Ami clamp her hand over Minako's mouth. Usagi, Rei, and the lesbian pair stared at Ami.
"Hmm. Well that explains the collar."
The girls turned to stare at Hotaru, who was examining her collar in the vanity.
"Master, wake up!" *shake shake*
"Hurh?" Ranma raised his head sleepily when his covers were pulled off him, opened his eyes.....and got an eyeful of fan service courtesy of Minako.
"ERk!" He leapt back startled.
"Is there something wrong? Master?" The blond was smiling at him, while she held the blankets in her hand, doing nothing to cover up the broad expanse of cleavage that was showing from the top of her uniform.
"Why are you calling me that! And what's with the outfit!"
"But you are my master, and I am your maid, am I not?"
"NO! Imean ye-n!ARG-"
"Master? Breakfast will be ready in five minutes." He was interrupted from his confused morning ranting when Setsuna approached him, in the same uniform. His eyes widened as he realized that she was in the same uniform, and they widened even more when he spotted the control ring around her neck.
*End Flashback*
"I can see it now. Setsuna in a French maid outfit." Haruka was practically drooling at the image which was floating around in front of her. The inners whispered and blushed among themselves. Blushing seemed to be all the rage recently.
"So the nine of us all ended up with Ranma? No one else?" Usagi was worried that she might have to share Ranma with even more people.
" I do not know if he had other girls prior to this, or after, but I do believe so. But during the Millennium, the Senshi were not the only ones who fell into the pit of Ranma. There was one other, who walked into the pit quite willingly. She was also the first to pin Ranma to the bed. Quite literally."
"What!" "Who!"
"Is it somebody I know?" The meatballs on her head quivered as Usagi wiped away some of sweat that had gathered on her forehead.
"Yes, in fact, you knew her quite well. However, it was the last person you would expect."
"So tell me! Who was it!"
Setsuna sighed.
An image of a two people appeared onscreen. One was a woman with silver hair tied back in two odangos. She may have looked a lot more familiar if wearing other clothes and had donned a different expression, but instead, she was dressed in a white two piece string bikini and had a rather sultry expression on her face. The other was a nervous black haired teen sitting on a large throne with the Crescent Moon embossed on it. The woman was laying on her side across the man's lap.
Gasps of recognition sounded throughout the room.
Setsuna sounded truly saddened.
"It was your mother."
*Flashback*
Later
Palace hallways.
Serenity had a plan. One that she had prepared three days ago, but was unable to execute it as she had other duties to attend to, leaving her no time to carry it out. As she had a mostly free day, she decided it was now or never.
She was walking down the hallway, and was approaching Ranma's door. That's when she noticed something waving around on one of the ceiling beams. It was fuzzy and black. It was cats tail. It was Endymion's tail. And someone else was up there with him.
'Now, how to get him to notice me.'
She thrust out her chest slightly.
"Ranma? What are you doing on the roof?"
Said Ranma looked down to see Serenity gazing up at him. He could also see down her dress, and there seemed to be something wedged between her..... His gaze shot back up.
"Nothing! I just needed some fresh air." Those girls were bothering a part of him he had been desperately trying to keep suppressed. He had fled the room and escaped before the girls knew what was happening. By that time, he was gone. 'What's with them, anyways. I thought they hated me, and now they want to be my maids, and Setsuna just gives herself to me?"
"Shouldn't you be outdoors then?"
".........yep......" He refused to look at her.
'How curious. Maybe he's gay. That would be a shame.'
"Is there something wrong? Where are your maids?"
Serenity could see Ranma visibly shudder at that word.
"Well, I'm going to visit my daughter." She turned towards Ranma's door, and jumped in shock as he landed in front of her with his back up against the door, preventing her from entering.
She cocked an eyebrow, then stepped up to look into his eyes, purposely pressing up against him. He tried to step back, but was pinned to the door. "What's the matter? You aren't abusing her are you?"
His shook his head so fast that his head blurred. "NONONONONONWOAAHH." The door opened inward, and Ranma fell into the arms of Michiru and Haruka, both dressed in skimpy maid uniforms. "Master! Where did you go in such a rush." "You left before eating breakfast, you must be starving." They dragged him inside without noticing their shocked queen.
Serenity sweatdropped. 'What in heaven.....Where did they get those clothes.' She followed them in, closing the door behind her.
Outside, Endymion yawned, stretched, turned around and settled down to sleep again. After all, cats do sleep twenty hours a day. Suddenly, he leapt up. He could feel it, a hunter in the area. Like a jungle cat, he crawled into the shadow of the roof beam, blending in, like his uncle Bagera taught him. Unlike is panther uncle, however, the settled down to sleep there again. Soon after, small, cat like snores emitted from the shadows of the roof.
Back inside
Serenity stepped into the kitchen, where she saw something that stopped her in her tracks, and amused her to no end.
Michiru and Haruka had pinned Ranma to the chair at the breakfast table, and were holding him down by leaning down against his shoulders, inadvertently, or maybe it was advertently pressing their bodies against him at the same time. Her daughter was sitting in his lap, trying to spoon food in his mouth, while Hotaru stood at his side, ready to serve him drinks, apparently, as shown by the drink cart next to her. The remaining girls were either cooking, or bringing food to the table, or serving food to the plate in front of Ranma, with the exception of Setsuna, who was kneeling by his side, and was holding his hand against her face. while looking up at him. All were wearing the same outfit that Neptune and Uranus were. 'Maybe I should rename them the Maid Senshi?'
She then got an inspiring idea.
As the girls were occupied and have yet to notice her, she summoned the Ginzuishou, and changed her own clothes to the outfit that she noticed all the girls were wearing. She noticed Setsuna had a ring in her collar, and duplicated that as well. None of the Senshi noticed the slight magical discharge, but Ranma did, and was looking around to see what it was.
Serenity calmly walked down to where Makoto had just finished a dish, and picked it up. She carried it towards the breakfast table, where Ranma was looking around franticly, as well as avoiding Usagi, who was trying to spoon food in his mouth. Makoto called out from behind her.
"Usagi! The next dish is up!" Usagi sighed, set the spoon down, and wriggled in Ranma's lap, eliciting a "Erk," and hopped off him, towards the counter, and bounced happily past her own mother, who had glided past her. She screeched to a stop, and turned around to stare.
Ranma had caught sight of her, and his eyes bulged out. He looked like he was having a hemorrhage as she slid into his lap gracefully, and picked up the spoon to continue where her daughter left off.
The others froze as they saw who was now in Ranma's lap.
"Now Ranma, you must eat to keep up your health, and besides, how can you refuse such wonderful food?"
She then spooned the scrambled eggs into his gaping mouth, which he chewed and swallowed by reflex, a bit hanging out from the side.
Serenity noticed his gaze was locked onto something under her face, and yet, above her chest.
'That's odd. He's not staring at anything that I can think of.'
She glanced around at the Senshi who were also staring at her. She reached up and felt her neck, where the collar rested. She despelled it, and it disappeared, causing Ranma to sigh in relief. Until Serenity decided to emulate the her daughter, grinned, and wriggle in his lap. He yelped, and blurred. Serenity found herself seated on the now empty chair, with Ranma no where to be found. Everyone looked around, unable to locate their errant "master."
That is, until a piece of scrambled egg dropped down onto Serenity's head, causing them to look up.
Ranma, who had been using the "Cling-to-the-ceiling-and-hope-they-don't-look-up" technique, whimpered.
"Well Ranma, I'm very pleased in how far you have come in the training. I do not believe that they can be more servile than this. My daughter will make a fine Servant of the People when the time comes."
"IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!" Panicked, Ranma tried to scramble across the ceiling, but only made it about two meters before gravity decided she had enough, and dropped him.
*Smash* The girls winced at the Ranma shaped hole in the floor, as Setsuna rushed towards the hold. "Master! Are you alright?"
She pulled him out of the hole. When she saw that he was unhurt, she hugged his head to her chest, where he passed out from fan service overdose.
A few minutes later.
The girls had tucked Ranma away in bed and were sitting around the breakfast table, eating *drumroll* ..........breakfast.
"So you are all telling me that this control ring," Serenity waved the ring that one of the Senshi had brought her from the anteroom, "controls that suit," She pointed at the suit draped over a nearby chair, "and is also a symbol of status. It is also the reason you have those suits."
The Senshi all nodded.
"Then your telling me that Setsuna is wearing the ring in around her neck effectively making herself Ranma's property through a magical binding, and she did so willingly."
The Senshi nodded again, and Setsuna blushed.
"And finally, your telling me that Ranma gets nervous around beautiful women."
The final nods.
"Excuse me a moment." Serenity walked into the bathroom, grabbing the suit as she did so. They saw her shut the door, and heard her start laughing and pounding against the door from the other side. The maids outside glanced at each other, and sweatdropped. The laughing stopped five minutes later, and a minute after that, the Queen opened the door, and stepped out again, wearing the black jumpsuit and a pair of trousers, which she picked up from the pile within the bathroom. She was clutching the ring in her hand.
"How does this suit work?"
"The user is to imagine the chosen apparel in her head, Your Majesty." Ami instructed
The suit around her morphed into an identical outfit as the other girls in her room, complete with accessories. Haruka drooled again, and Michiru elbowed Haruka again.
"So if I position the ring in my left ear, I am a civilian. If I position the ring in my right ear, I am a soldier. If I hang the ring around my neck, I am property of, in this case, Ranma."
"That is correct, Your Majesty, but stripes are required."
The ring in her hand glowed.
"NO! YOUR MAJESTY!"
Ranma woke up in the next room. 'That was the weirdest dream I had in my life.' He flipped the covers over, and got up. He went out to the anteroom, and was about to go into the kitchen when he noticed the stacks of rings. 'Better put these away.' He took the two stacks and hid them in subspace. Suddenly, he froze.
'Wasn't there one more?'
He then heard voices in the kitchen. "-ng the ring around my neck, I am property of, in this case, Ranma."
"That is correct, Your Majesty."
'SHIT!'
"NO! YOUR MAJESTY!"
He ran into the kitchen, just in time to see Serenity create the two white stripes on the ring, and affix it to her own collar, and gasp as the binding began.
*Thump*
All of the females in the room turned to see Ranma, unconscious on the floor.
"MASTER!"
Much later
'now THAT was a weird dream'
For the third time that day, Ranma woke up laying on his side, only this time, with the feeling of something warm behind him, and in front of him. He opened his eyes, to see two silver balls of hair. He turned his head to the side, and saw green hair behind him. Turning his head back around, he pondered the significance of the colors and the warmth around him, when something broke through to his sleep muddled mind. Whatever was in front of him just moved.
The equation? Moving=Person
Person=Hair+Warmth
Hair + Warmth= Girl
Silver Hair + Green Hair= Serenity + Setsuna/Michiru
Cancel out Michiru
Conclusion
Serenity+Setsuna+Ranma= Ranma Sandwich
He never was any good at math.
The silver haired bundle in front of him moaned, shivered lightly, and pressed up against him, which, in turn, caused him to twitch slightly. That caused the said bundle to tilt her head up at him. "Master? Are you awake?"
"GAH! SERENITY!?" He jumped back somehow, even though he was laying on his side. However, it didn't do anything but wake up Setsuna, as the woman in front of him had the gripping power of a leech and followed his jump. Setsuna just groaned, and cuddled closer to him, and tried to go back to sleep.
"Yes, Master?"
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!"
"But it's the truth! See?" She pulled herself up, and showed him the collar around her neck, and revealed another important fact. She wasn't wearing much. Understatement of the hour. Her clothing totaled to the a thin white bathrobe the size of a scarf, and the headbands in her hair.
"Whydoyouhavethat! Whereareyerclothes! WHATAREYADOING!"
She wriggled against him, pulling closer to him, closing her eyes, and resting her head against his chest.
"In order: I picked up the ring from the stacks you had in the anteroom; I am wearing clothes; and I'm cuddling with my Master."
Ranma was beginning to calm down. "I knew I shoulda put those away when I could have." He looked down at the queen in his arms. "You know the contract is magically binding for a year, right?" When she nodded against his chest, he continued. "Why would you do such a thing?"
The woman sighed.
"Being queen doesn't necessarily mean that I am happy, you know."
"So you think that being my property will make you happy?"
"....I saw that you were a kind man, one that offered me a chance to escape from my duties for a time, and I took that chance. Besides, I never had a real relationship with a man before, and I want to find out what it's like."
"This isn't what a normal guy would call a real relationship. Besides, what about Usagi's pop."
"The man that gave me Usagi was my fiancee. We were to be married."
She sighed again "I loved him, and he abused that love. He slept with me once, then left me, like the playboy I found him out to be."
Serenity laughed quietly.
"I'm sorry to hear that."
"It's ironic that such a horrible experience would give me such a wonderful joy. Usagi was conceived that day."
"So who will run this Kingdom now that you've escaped from your duties? I doubt it would run itself."
"You will, with me in your lap."
"......your kidding......"
"No, the throne is already being resized to fit the both of us together. The others told me you were a prince, and a general besides. You should have some experience, right?" She looked up at him, and he looked down, then blushed, and looked back up.
"Of course I do, but...."
"But what?"
"It will cause a scandal. People are gonna try to kill me, thinkin that I took over your Kingdom."
"I thought of that already. I've written a letter explaining the situation, and I've no doubt my daughter and the other Senshi are spreading the word of what happened two hours ago.
"I see. Where are your clothes again."
"I'm a queen, or was a queen. I am supposed to be aggressive."
"Oh, alright then. As long as Setsuna's wearing something."
"Now lets go back to sleep."
She closed her eyes.
"Hey, what would you have done if the rings weren't there."
Without opening her eyes, she spoke.
"If I couldn't seduce you outright, I brought a deck of cards, as you may have noticed when you looked down at me in the hallway. My intention was to bet you myself in exchange for the Senshis' freedom. I would have lost purposely, and even if you tried to do the same, the cards are rigged so no matter what you do, you would win."
SWEATDROP.
She then tried to go to sleep.
"Uh....actually....."
"What is it, Master." She didn't sound quite happy with him. He wondered who was really in charge.
Her eyes opened as she heard a growl. Setsuna, who had been listening in, also opened her eyes.
"I haven't eaten lunch yet. or breakfast. And it's kinda early to take a nap." he smiled sheepishly.
*End flashback.*
"Wow, I guess being a queen isn't all that great." Minako hmmed to herself.
"Her Majesty was the happiest she had ever been sitting in Ranma's lap. Before he arrived, she was always...wistful... about something. After his appearance, and her subsequent...leaving of the throne, her face was cheerful and bright. The people that would have tried to depose Ranma soon halted their actions after seeing the Queen so happy. The Queen always seemed to brighten up whenever Ranma was close. If it wasn't for Ranma, I do believe with all my heart that Her Majesty would have died an unhappy woman." Setsuna stopped to drink her tea, her moment of inflection not lost on the Senshi, who also paused for a moment of silence for the dead queen.
Usagi then thought of something. "I wonder if I'm going to be ruling in Ranma's lap."
"Actually princess, at this point, I do not know if you'll be ruling at all." "Huh? Waddaya mean?"
"I cannot see things in the Gate with Black Moon invisibility fields active. Meaning if Aquilunarians (Black Lunarians) do something to alter time, the Gate will show things as if the actions never happened. One could kill you this instant, and the gate would still show you as Neo Queen Serenity. In fact, I had to seal the gate to stop the backlash from confusing me."
"That's terrible, Setsuna-mama what are we going to do?"
"Actually, we don't need to do anything. With Ranma around, everything will be alright, if to his terms."
"Really?"
"Yes. Ranma can handle almost anything that happens. Then again, his terms might be to try and run away us, and we may not be able to reach him."
"Like where?" Rei was worried about her Ranma running off.
"Space, for example, or a shielded area. Anywhere on earth, with the exceptions of shielded areas, we can find him, but if he's off planet, we may not be able to follow him."
"I see."
"Why would he run away from us anyway. Isn't this a man's greatest dream?" Minako was quite knowledgeable about these things, having talked to more than a few guys back in England.
Setsuna sighed. "Ranma has something called honor, which, in this case, is probably the main reason he avoids us. He doesn't wish to "ruin" our honor by sleeping with us, but I believe that after the first time, it no longer matters, and he won't run, unless he is too exhausted."
".....I see.....So your saying he can't quite keep up with us." Minako was lost in thought.
Rei couldn't believe it. She jumped up, waving her fists. "How can that be! There's only nine of...us....nevermind." she quietly sat down.
*Flashback*
A week after Serenity entered Ranma's rooms
Nighttime, Royal's Quarters, Lunar Royal Palace
The inners had their futons arranged in a circle, and were whispering quietly, trying to ignore the moaning and groaning from the bed.
After the incident, the Queen had Ranma moved into the Royal Chambers, and the Senshi with them.
Finally, Rei couldn't take it anymore.
She grabbed her pillow, and tried to muffle the sounds.
"ARGH! WHY CAN'T THEY JUST SHUT UP!"
Suddenly, she felt a warm body join her in her futon. She eeped and scooted off to the side to allow whoever it was to join the circle.
"I wish I could join them. It's already the third day I haven't been sleeping there, yet I've been washing the sheets everyday." The inners stopped whispering and turned to stare Setsuna, who was sporting dark rings under her eyes, and was sharing Rei's futon. She had been ordered off the bed by Serenity, as Ranma didn't want to sleep with the greenhead for some reason.
A few minutes ago
"It's not you! Well, actually, I guess it's you, but, uh, it's nothing bad. I just can't." Ranma couldn't decide what to say to Setsuna, who was tearing up in front of him.
"But Master!" The Senshi of Pluto prepared to burst into tears.
"Now, now, Setsuna, we'll take care of your situation in the morning. Go find your futon." Serenity smiled at her.
"Your Majesty! Please!"
"OFF." No longer smiling
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Present time
"It's not like I can go up there and tell the queen to shut up." Makoto groaned. She was heating up inside from the audio input. Actually, they all were, although most would not admit it.
"OOHHHH! MASTER! PLEASE!" A moan sounded from the bed.
Everyone winced.
"You think it's bad, that's my mother up there."
Ami, who was next to her, patted Usagi on the back. "There there, it's her first actual relationship. Your father just left, and the Queen deserves to be loved." Another moan. Another wince. "At least Ranma's the one on top now. The first day was worse."
The blond shivered. "Don't remind me. Who thought she'd use the Ginzuishou on him."
Three days ago
Nighttime
The Maids were preparing for bed, and were arranging their futons when Serenity walked into the bedroom. She had been spending many hours at the Palace library the past four days, and today had been there since after dinner, telling Ranma she needed to study some things. She transformed her maid outfit into the thin revealing robe she like to sleep in, and helped the others prepare for bed. Recently, the others had come to accept the situation between Ranma and the Queen, and were no longer resistant to the idea of their Queen doing menial work.
Serenity pulled Setsuna aside as they were about to crawl into bed.
"Setsuna? Be a dear and sleep somewhere else tonight. Ranma and I have something to discuss."
Setsuna hesitated, then nodded, and moved away. Serenity might be doing housework, but she was still her Queen.
*click* the lights turned off, but soft earthlight (They're on the moon, so there's no moonlight) flowed through the curtains of the windows.
The Senshi were already in their futons and were about to close their eyes when-
"Uh Serenity, where's Setsuna? And why are you looking at me like that? It makes me feel kinda....like running...not that I would...." the Senshi heard something rustle slightly. "...I think." A piece of cloth was thrown off the bed to land near the Senshi on the ground, where it disappeared, presumably to the control ring where it belonged. It could be called back when needed.
"What are you..........uh, can you please, uh, putyourrobebackon!" A pause, then the sound of someone crawling on the bed echoed through the room, then stopped with the sound of someone raising themself on their knees.
"Iknowsilverisyournatrualhaircolor!"
"That's not the point, Master."
The eyes of the Senshi widen when they realized what was going on. They laid there, frozen, unable to bring themselves to move. However, Ranma seemed to move just fine.
*scoot scoot*
"Don't run away Ranma, I won't hurt you." Serenity's voice had a teasing lilt to it. "In fact, I'll make you feel good. Great, if the books I've been studying had anything to say about it."
*scootscootscoot*
The Senshi saw a golden glow emit from the direction of the bed.
"There, much better."
"Uh, Serenity? I can't seem to move." Ranma sounded panicked.
"Your so silly Master. Of course you can't move. I used the Ginzuishou on you."
"Can you let me go then? I'll order you if I have to."
"No you won't. Besides, you need this as much as I do."
"Need what?" Ranma's voice was weak.
"Now, don't worry. I just want to show you some items I bought on Venus."
*rustle*
"A whip?"
"That's for some other time. I couldn't possibly whip my own master now, can I?"
Present time
Michiru spoke up. "You know, I sometimes wonder what it would be like to sleep with a man." The remaining Senshi had joined the circle, squeezing in next to Setsuna and Rei.
The tryst was still going on above them. "My God, Serenity! You're a queen! Have you no shame."
"Urmph. Murmph." The Queen's voice seemed muffled.
"I can't quite-uh understand you. There's ah-a reason why-hsss people shouldn't talk with their-oh God- mouths full."
Everyone shuddered slightly. They never dreamed that this situation was possible.
"Serenity-sama seems to be enjoying herself." Hotaru had been listening carefully to the events going on above them.
Haruka shrugged. "If I was going to sleep with a guy, it might as well be Ranma. He seems pretty good for a man."
"He doesn't avoid me like other men do." Hotaru was happy about that fact. She raised herself up by her elbows, her control ring dangling on her collar. She reached up, and touched it, thinking back.
Three days ago, Royal Balcony
"Hotaru? What ya doin?"
Hotaru had been outside hanging the wash out to dry, but she had finished, quickly, due to the low amount of washing there was. (The suits can be retransformed clean.) Instead of returning inside, she stood at the balcony railing, looking down into the Palace Gardens.
Ranma had a few appointment free hours, and decided to relax for a while. Serenity was off shopping for some things on Venus. He suddenly got a chill running down his spine, but ignore it.
"Nothing Master."
He joined her at the railings. "Whatcha lookin at." He looked out and say the many couples walking around the Gardens.
"Hmm. That reminds me. It doesn't seem like any of the Senshi have many friends or nothin. Why's that? Dontcha get lonely?"
Hotaru sighed.
"The Senshi are elite soldiers, and respected throughout the Kingdom. While some of us do have friends, the more powerful ones don't." She gestured at herself.
"Myself, for instance. I am the Senshi of Saturn, the most powerful of the Senshi. I can, by myself, destroy an entire planet. People fear me, and distance themselves from me. My only friends are the other Senshi, and the Queen. Even my parents avoid me." She looked downcast.
Ranma snorted. Hotaru looked up, surprised.
"So you can destroy a planet. Big deal, so can I, and I got friends, lots of them. Serenity can do the same, and she got friends too. People must be stupid to avoid you. I mean, sure, you can destroy a planet, but it doesn't mean you'll do it. Right?"
She nodded, surprised at his response.
He turned towards her and smiled.
"It's alright, if you need a friend, I'll be your friend. Maybe someday, I'll take you to meet my friends, and they'll be your friends to."
Dyn bounded out.
"Ranma! Your needed in the Audience Room!"
He stopped in front of Ranma, who picked him up and rubbed his side.
"Alright. I'm goin, I'm goin." Ranma got an inspiration.
He bent his head down towards Dyn and whispered.
"Hey Dyn." The cat tilted his head up, curious.
"Hotaru here, needs a friend. Think you can handle it?"
"Sure!"
Dyn leaped down from Ranma's arms and jumped up onto Hotaru's apron, startling her slightly.
The cat proceeded to climb up onto her shoulders, tickling her neck with his fur, causing her to giggle,
"Hi there, Hotaru. I'm Dyn, want to be friends?"
She giggled again, happily.
"Of course, Dyn. I would love to be your friend." Hotaru reached a hand up and petted him as Dyn nuzzled her hand.
"Well, I gotta go, have fun! God knows I won't." Ranma patted her on the head, and turned to walk off.
Behind him, the black haired girl touched her head where Ranma patted her, smiling softly.
Dyn looked at her curiously, and watched as she raised her hand slowly and removed her earring, and studied it for a second. Dyn's eyes widened as the ring glowed, changing to add two white stripes around the black band.
She smiled again and brought it up to her neck.
Dyn fell off, laughing.
In the hallway, Ranma shivered. Maybe he should check out the environmental controls. He had been shivering a lot lately.
Present time
She rubbed the ring with her hand, wondering at her decision. Then again, he was the only male he knew that didn't avoid her, so it was probably best to stay around him as much as possible. After all, he made her feel more secure than she ever was. Yes, staying close to him was best.
A long distantly female moan rung out, followed by a heavy repetitive snapping sound, with a louder groan coming right after the first slap.
"It wasn't a great idea to buy that whip after all, was it?" another groan, and a hiss, both female.
The Senshi, with the exception of Hotaru, shuddered. Some hating what was happening, like Usagi, others lost in dreams, like....Setsuna.
Hotaru just frowned.
Of course, the Queen just had to start her "discussions" with Ranma that night. Hotaru had yet to have a chance to climb into bed with him.
Finally, the sounds abated, and the girls prepared to go to sleep. Suddenly, Ranma's voice cut through the silence.
"Setsuna? If you want, you can sleep up here."
Like a bolt of lightning, Setsuna jumped up and onto the bed.
The remaining Senshi sweatdropped.
"Her speed is incredible." Ami was dumbstruck at the agility her comrade had shown.
"Kinda makes you wonder why she seems so eager. Maybe I should go read some of those books the Queen was reading." Makoto scratched her head.
"No, Setsuna, I meant sleep, not se-HEY! LEGGO!" The Senshi sweatdropped again.
"Please, Master?"
"No!"
"Why not? You did it with the Queen."
"She pinned me down."
"You whipped her!"
"Only after she slept with me the day before yesterday."
"So why don't you do me now!"
"NO!"
"Why not?"
"Don' wanna say. Let's sleep."
*sigh*
Back on the floor
Hotaru stood up. The other Senshi tilted their heads up to look at her.
"I'm going to join them."
She proceeded to do just that, climbing onto the bed, and crawling over to wear the three bodies were, and wriggled in between the arms of Ranma and Serenity, with her Queen's breasts rubbing against her back and her own breasts rubbing against Ranma's chest. It didn't bother her as much as it should have, although Hotaru was wearing a robe.
"Hotaru? Is that you?" Serenity raised her head.
"Hotaru!?"
"Yes, Master?"
Ranma set his head down with a sigh.
"Great, now I'm a pedophile. Kinda. How old are ya anyway? None of the Senshi, except for Setsuna, look a day older than seventeen lunar years."
"I'm over fifty years of age, Master. Senshi don't age, they only get killed."
"Oh...well. Your going to have a hard time dying if you keep wearing that ring there."
Ranma reached an arm up and tapped the Control Ring dangling off Hotaru's collar.
"That's good, I can stay with you longer." Super-Kawaii-Eyes-Attack. It said "Never leave me."
Sweatdrop. Ranma patted her head, as she nuzzled into his chest.
"Now, lets go to sleep."
Three "Yes, Master."s answered him.
Down on the ground
"I'll be damned if Hotaru goes up there alone. Who knows what kind of things he'll do to her." Haruka raged, albeit quietly.
"I must agree with Haruka." Michiru.
"You're just mad she went up their first." Minako yawned.
Usagi had her pillow over her head, wishing the nightmare would end.
"NO WE'RE NOT!"
"Actully, Haruka, I am." Michiru stood up, changing her ring as she did so.
"NO! MICHIRU!" Haruka could only stare wide eyed as her lover affixed her ring to her collar, which had appeared as she removed her ring.
Michiru gasped as the binding settled itself.
".....no...don't leave me here....."
The teal haired Senshi placed her hands on her hips.
"Just do it and stop complaining, Haruka. You've only been whining about him for the past week."
"FINE!"
The tomboy stood, and repeated Michiru's actions, also gasping at the bond. "That felt great!"
The two Outers turned towards the bed, where its occupants had heard the commotion and sat up to watch. Serenity and Setsuna were giggling behind Ranma's shoulders, while Hotaru, wedged between Serenity and Ranma, frowned at them.
Ranma, well, lets just say he was horrified, if the expression on his face was any indication.
"I'm gonna die. And my mother is going to be so proud of me. Then she's going to want grandchildren."
The Senshi of Uranus and Neptune climbed onto the bed, laying on top of Ranma broad chest, and pushing him down at the same time.
"Hey Ranma?"
"What is it, Haruka." He really didn't care for honorifics anymore. They could call him whatever they wanted.
"It looks like the Outers are yours to command."
He snorted. "They were always mine to command, but now they just made it more permanent. When my mother comes, and she will, it's only a matter of when, hide those rings, unless you want to be dragged off and have long talks about babies."
"I wouldn't mind having your children. Master." Ranma stared into Setsuna's eyes for a moment.
"I know that, but I'm willing to bet that Serenity here," He patted said woman on the head, "would do the same. But I'm not ready for kids yet. Maybe someday I will. I only have till the end of time. Kids can come some other time."
He sighed, and closed his eyes. The others followed his example. The sight was more heartwarming than it was erotic, surprising considering the circumstances. The five women with sweet smiles on their faces nuzzling into a weary looking man. The only thing off about the scene was that one of the women had red stripes on her back, as well as distinctive red hand-shaped prints on her rear.
Back on the ground
"All the Outers are gone." Usagi was going to cry.
"I thought that Michiru and Haruka were lesbians." Minako couldn't believe it.
"Maybe they were bisexual." Makoto tried to remember any past events where the two outers had shown interest in males. Nope. None. Zip.
"Maybe it's just Ranma. Wanting to experiment with a man, and having one available." Ami is a genius. Naturally, she's right. She also believes in having ones cake, and eating it.
"Let the Outers do whatever. The Inners will hold strong." Rei was confidant that the remaining two months would pass before anything could happen between her and Ranma.
*End Flashback*
End Chapter Four
Well, The first part of the Moon Kingdom section is finished. I bet ya didn't think that Serenity would be in it, huh? This was more of a limey insert than an actual plot progression, but, hey, it shows how Ranma got the Outers Senshi, right?
The next chapter will be about the Inners.
I'm also gathering ideas for a new fic on the game I finished yesterday. Suikoden III. It's a great game, and I recommend it to everyone. Favorite character is Chris, who is a girl despite the name. I think I'll be matching her up with Ranma. Then again, Jeane is pretty hot too. So are a bunch of the others. Decisions.
Chapter Five Teaser
She controlled her breathing, and looked up to see...someone...in the steam. The someone became Ranma as the some of the steam wafted away.
Ranma stared at Ami. *Blink Blink*
Ami stared at Ranma. *Blink Blink*
Her gaze traveled down south. *.......BLINK.....*
His gaze traveled down south. "Hey, shouldn't ya be wearin' somthin'?"