A/N: I know it's been awhile since I've updated, but my laptop went kaput last spring, and I was in finals by the time I got a new machine. Then I didn't have internet all summer, and now I'm in school again! Bleh! Anyway, I'm planning a complete overhaul of my site during winter break right after christmas. I should have a couple of weeks then before Spring Semester starts up, to do a nice redo of my site. When I lost my laptop, I was literally mid-upload on my site, so all kinds of files are gone, missing links, etc. It will get better! Around new years '04, be sure to check out www.pleeai.cjb.net!!
As to the story, please review! And feel free to email me at pleeai@excite.com. And thanks to Joe Fenton for his reminder about the girls' abilities!
Chapter 3:
Buttercup stretched and sat up in bed with a loud yawn that ended in a wince as she glanced down at the bed. She smirked when she realized she was alone, only then remembering that they were in Japan now, and each of the sisters had their own room. Deciding she had woken up because she was thirsty, she got out of bed and made her way downstairs to the kitchen.
"Bwee!"
She turned in surprise at the frightened squeel,stooping to snatch up the dark blur mostly by reflex. Flicking the light on with her free hand, she smiled in pleasant surprise at the adorable piglet that she held by a bandana tied around its neck.
"Huh, what are you doing here?"
The familiar sound of three identical alarms going off in three differnt rooms of the house sent Bubbles flying up the stairs to Blossom's room. The piglet's surprised squeal sending the blonde into another round of giggles.
"Blossom! Look what I found! He was in the kitchen, by the sink."
"Bubbles! Not another animal, we just moved in ourselves!"
Blossum sat up in bed, only then pulling her hand from the alarm button, to study the tiny piglet. "Hmm, it looks familiar. Hey! I know. Doesn't that look like the one Ranma's friend wore?"
The little animal suddenly glared at Blossum, pulling away with a small snarl. Buttercup laughed, "I don't think he likes you! But I think you're right. I bet he does belong to Ryoga."
The piglet suddenly flared a bright crimson.
"I'll have to ask Akane how I can get ahold of him"
A loud crash from the neighbor's yard caused a bright smile on Blossum's face as she announced, "It sounds like they're already awake!"
Blossum watched her sister leave in a green blur before shrugging and getting up to get dressed.
After literally flying through getting dressed and ready for school, Buttercup paused by the front door only long enough to land. Making her way next door by foot (if slightly faster than a normal teenaged girl) she announced herself as she ran into the house. the piglet was wide-eyed in shock as she finally came to a stop on the back porch.
Buttercup froze as Ranma erupted from the pond in his female form, thowing a kick at the panda's mid-section.
Panda?
After a frenzied torrent of blows, the panda lay in an unconcious heap in the pond.
"Uh, Ranma?"
She looked up in surprise, "Buttercup! I . . . didn't know you were here."
She smiled, "I just got here! That was amazing! I didn't think many people could do that kind of stuff!"
She blinked, "Uh, no, most people can't." Her eyes fell on Buttercup's burden and he groaned, "Got yourself into more trouble, didn't you P-chan?"
"Ranma! ARe you picking on P-chan again?" All eyes fell on a rather riled Akane as she stepped outside. When she noticed the piglet, she squealed happily and snatched it from Bubble's arms. "Oh thank you Buttercup! I've been looking all over for him!"
"Oh, he's yours? We thought he might belong to Ryoga, since their bandannas match."
Akane blinked then looked down at the sheepish pig, "You know, I never noticed it, but you're right."
Bubbles sighed, "Alright, I should probably be heading home."
Akane beamed, "Of course! And thank you for returning P-chan!"
"No problem! I'll see you guys at school."
"A piglet? I've never talked to a pig before."
"Only you Bubbles, only you."
Bubbles gave Buttercup her patented pout, "I could have told you who he belonged to, if you'd let me talk to him."
"It doesn't matter now, Bubbles, The pig's with his rightful owner and we have to get to school or we'll be late."
Buttercup sighed, "I wish we could get there the fast way! Walking down the streets takes too long."
"You guys do roofhopping too?"
The three girls turned to see Ranma and Akane walking up to them, and the teens quickly exchanged greetings before Blossum asked, "What exactly do you mean by 'roofhopping', Ranma?"
He shrugged and jumped lightly onto the roof of the house that the girls shared with the Professor.
"Like that. Just jumping from one house to the other. It's a lot faster, but some people get annoyed, and some of the neighbors have specifically asked us not to."
He jumped down beside them, looking at their disappointed faces. "What's wrong?"
Buttercup shrugged, "Oh, nothing. I'm surprised you can do that though. Can everyone around here jump that high?"
"Nah, just a few of us. Ryoga, Ucchan, Shampoo, the old ghoul, Happy, Mousse." He paused to think and Blossum smiled.
"And you Akane?"
"Uh," the girl blushed, "Not as well as Ranma, but I can handle my own."
"Oh. But it's just jumping really high, right?" Blossum asked, "No special abilities or anything?"
"Nope, not really."
"Oh. Uh, maybe we should be getting to school?"
Akane yelped, "Oh my gosh, you're right! We're gonna be late!"
And so the five teenagers arrived at the gates of Furinkan in a blur. Ranma screeching to a stop at the sight of a bandaged Kuno directly between Ranma and the door. With a long sigh, Ranma brought up his fists and dropped into a stance.
"Alright Kuno, go ahead, I want to beat you and get to class."
The older boy smirked, "I don't know what you mean, knave. You won't beat me."
Ranma snorted, but hesitated as Kuno brought up his blade. It looked like a very sharp, very real, black katana with a dark red gem in the hilt. Just as the girls stepped into the gates behind him, Ranma yelled at them.
"Akane! Hold up, Kuno's really lost it!"
Kuno charged, slashing smoothly at Ranma with all his usual grace, but without the usual rage fueling him. Ranma did manage to move out of the way without any real effort, but was soon dancing around the dark arcs of the blade.
"What are you thinkin, Kuno? Honestly, a real sword?"
"Silence, fool, and taste the Night's Fang!"
Akane rolled her eyes and pulled out her hammer, walking up behind Kuno with a frustrated frown. She raised the mallet, ready to bring it down on Kuno's skull as she often did. All eyes widened as Kuno spun away from Ranma, his katana embedding itself through the girl's heart. Kuno's eyes narrowed with a triumphant smirk on his lips, his eyes flashing like the gem in his sword, before rolling back in his head as he fainted on the sidewalk.
Ranma shoved the boy's form away, reaching for the sword in Akane's chest with a horrified expression as Blossum and her sisters huddled over him and Akane.
His hand closed over the hilt as a feminine voice cried out, "Wait!"
Ranma's hand remained on the hilt as he glared up at the voice's owner. Four girls ran up to him, and he couldn't help but blink. They wore very revealing outfits resembling sailor suits. One had short blue hair much like Akane's. The second had long ebony hair hanging loose down her back. The next wore her brown hair pulled back in a ponytail. The final girl wore hers in peculiar pigtails with buns at their bases.
It was the girl with the blue hair that gently placed her hand over Ranma's on the sword as she whispered, "If you remove the sword, you'll kill her!"
He glanced down at Akane, but the girl continued, "Don't worry, we've been looking everywhere for this blade! There's an evil sorcerer that's been using it to steal energy from innocent people. The moment you take the blade out of her, all of her energy will drain into the sword and she'll be lost."
Blossum took a small step forward, "Then what can we do?"
Now the girl looked sheepish, "I'm not quite sure. But we're working on that, and I believe we can save her if we leave the sword in her for the moment!"
"Wow," Buttercup muttered, "That news report wasn't kidding! Strange stuff does happen in Japan."
"I'll take her somewhere safe, and as soon as I know something--"
"No!" Ranma snapped, "Akane's gonna stay where I can protect her."
The girl with the weird pigtails huffed angrily, "Don't you know who we are? I'm Sailor Moon, the champion of love and justice! If the Sailor Scouts and I can't take care of her and protect her, what makes you think you can!"
The brunette hissed, "Sailor Moon!"
"I don't care who you are," Ranma snarled as he jumped to his feet, "I'm Ranma Soatome, heir to the Soatome school of Anything Goes! I haven't lost a fight yet, and I know I can protect Akane! I've done it before, and I'll do it this time!"
The girls in the strange uniforms, the so called 'Sailor Scouts', glanced between each other before Sailor Moon sighed.
"Fine. I guess her parents should at least know what's going on. Can you take us to her place?"
Ranma nodded and gingerly knelt to pick Akane up. He was carefully cradling her while warily watching the sword. Bubbles stepped up and reached a hand up to support it.
"I'll keep it from moving much, but walk slowly, 'kay?"
He nodded and gave her a very weak smile before starting forward. It was Bubbles who pointed down at a snoring Kuno.
"Uh, what about him."
Ranma snapped his head around to glare down at him, "I don't care what happens to him! What was he thinking?"
"He wasn't," answered the blue haired girl as the brunette struggled to pick up Kuno's long frame, "He was under the sword's control. that's why we've had a hard time catching the sorcerer. We'll explain when we've gotten the girl comfortable, okay? But we really should bring him too, just in case."
Ranma nodded warily, then silently set off for the dojo again.
As to the story, please review! And feel free to email me at pleeai@excite.com. And thanks to Joe Fenton for his reminder about the girls' abilities!
Chapter 3:
Buttercup stretched and sat up in bed with a loud yawn that ended in a wince as she glanced down at the bed. She smirked when she realized she was alone, only then remembering that they were in Japan now, and each of the sisters had their own room. Deciding she had woken up because she was thirsty, she got out of bed and made her way downstairs to the kitchen.
"Bwee!"
She turned in surprise at the frightened squeel,stooping to snatch up the dark blur mostly by reflex. Flicking the light on with her free hand, she smiled in pleasant surprise at the adorable piglet that she held by a bandana tied around its neck.
"Huh, what are you doing here?"
The familiar sound of three identical alarms going off in three differnt rooms of the house sent Bubbles flying up the stairs to Blossom's room. The piglet's surprised squeal sending the blonde into another round of giggles.
"Blossom! Look what I found! He was in the kitchen, by the sink."
"Bubbles! Not another animal, we just moved in ourselves!"
Blossum sat up in bed, only then pulling her hand from the alarm button, to study the tiny piglet. "Hmm, it looks familiar. Hey! I know. Doesn't that look like the one Ranma's friend wore?"
The little animal suddenly glared at Blossum, pulling away with a small snarl. Buttercup laughed, "I don't think he likes you! But I think you're right. I bet he does belong to Ryoga."
The piglet suddenly flared a bright crimson.
"I'll have to ask Akane how I can get ahold of him"
A loud crash from the neighbor's yard caused a bright smile on Blossum's face as she announced, "It sounds like they're already awake!"
Blossum watched her sister leave in a green blur before shrugging and getting up to get dressed.
After literally flying through getting dressed and ready for school, Buttercup paused by the front door only long enough to land. Making her way next door by foot (if slightly faster than a normal teenaged girl) she announced herself as she ran into the house. the piglet was wide-eyed in shock as she finally came to a stop on the back porch.
Buttercup froze as Ranma erupted from the pond in his female form, thowing a kick at the panda's mid-section.
Panda?
After a frenzied torrent of blows, the panda lay in an unconcious heap in the pond.
"Uh, Ranma?"
She looked up in surprise, "Buttercup! I . . . didn't know you were here."
She smiled, "I just got here! That was amazing! I didn't think many people could do that kind of stuff!"
She blinked, "Uh, no, most people can't." Her eyes fell on Buttercup's burden and he groaned, "Got yourself into more trouble, didn't you P-chan?"
"Ranma! ARe you picking on P-chan again?" All eyes fell on a rather riled Akane as she stepped outside. When she noticed the piglet, she squealed happily and snatched it from Bubble's arms. "Oh thank you Buttercup! I've been looking all over for him!"
"Oh, he's yours? We thought he might belong to Ryoga, since their bandannas match."
Akane blinked then looked down at the sheepish pig, "You know, I never noticed it, but you're right."
Bubbles sighed, "Alright, I should probably be heading home."
Akane beamed, "Of course! And thank you for returning P-chan!"
"No problem! I'll see you guys at school."
"A piglet? I've never talked to a pig before."
"Only you Bubbles, only you."
Bubbles gave Buttercup her patented pout, "I could have told you who he belonged to, if you'd let me talk to him."
"It doesn't matter now, Bubbles, The pig's with his rightful owner and we have to get to school or we'll be late."
Buttercup sighed, "I wish we could get there the fast way! Walking down the streets takes too long."
"You guys do roofhopping too?"
The three girls turned to see Ranma and Akane walking up to them, and the teens quickly exchanged greetings before Blossum asked, "What exactly do you mean by 'roofhopping', Ranma?"
He shrugged and jumped lightly onto the roof of the house that the girls shared with the Professor.
"Like that. Just jumping from one house to the other. It's a lot faster, but some people get annoyed, and some of the neighbors have specifically asked us not to."
He jumped down beside them, looking at their disappointed faces. "What's wrong?"
Buttercup shrugged, "Oh, nothing. I'm surprised you can do that though. Can everyone around here jump that high?"
"Nah, just a few of us. Ryoga, Ucchan, Shampoo, the old ghoul, Happy, Mousse." He paused to think and Blossum smiled.
"And you Akane?"
"Uh," the girl blushed, "Not as well as Ranma, but I can handle my own."
"Oh. But it's just jumping really high, right?" Blossum asked, "No special abilities or anything?"
"Nope, not really."
"Oh. Uh, maybe we should be getting to school?"
Akane yelped, "Oh my gosh, you're right! We're gonna be late!"
And so the five teenagers arrived at the gates of Furinkan in a blur. Ranma screeching to a stop at the sight of a bandaged Kuno directly between Ranma and the door. With a long sigh, Ranma brought up his fists and dropped into a stance.
"Alright Kuno, go ahead, I want to beat you and get to class."
The older boy smirked, "I don't know what you mean, knave. You won't beat me."
Ranma snorted, but hesitated as Kuno brought up his blade. It looked like a very sharp, very real, black katana with a dark red gem in the hilt. Just as the girls stepped into the gates behind him, Ranma yelled at them.
"Akane! Hold up, Kuno's really lost it!"
Kuno charged, slashing smoothly at Ranma with all his usual grace, but without the usual rage fueling him. Ranma did manage to move out of the way without any real effort, but was soon dancing around the dark arcs of the blade.
"What are you thinkin, Kuno? Honestly, a real sword?"
"Silence, fool, and taste the Night's Fang!"
Akane rolled her eyes and pulled out her hammer, walking up behind Kuno with a frustrated frown. She raised the mallet, ready to bring it down on Kuno's skull as she often did. All eyes widened as Kuno spun away from Ranma, his katana embedding itself through the girl's heart. Kuno's eyes narrowed with a triumphant smirk on his lips, his eyes flashing like the gem in his sword, before rolling back in his head as he fainted on the sidewalk.
Ranma shoved the boy's form away, reaching for the sword in Akane's chest with a horrified expression as Blossum and her sisters huddled over him and Akane.
His hand closed over the hilt as a feminine voice cried out, "Wait!"
Ranma's hand remained on the hilt as he glared up at the voice's owner. Four girls ran up to him, and he couldn't help but blink. They wore very revealing outfits resembling sailor suits. One had short blue hair much like Akane's. The second had long ebony hair hanging loose down her back. The next wore her brown hair pulled back in a ponytail. The final girl wore hers in peculiar pigtails with buns at their bases.
It was the girl with the blue hair that gently placed her hand over Ranma's on the sword as she whispered, "If you remove the sword, you'll kill her!"
He glanced down at Akane, but the girl continued, "Don't worry, we've been looking everywhere for this blade! There's an evil sorcerer that's been using it to steal energy from innocent people. The moment you take the blade out of her, all of her energy will drain into the sword and she'll be lost."
Blossum took a small step forward, "Then what can we do?"
Now the girl looked sheepish, "I'm not quite sure. But we're working on that, and I believe we can save her if we leave the sword in her for the moment!"
"Wow," Buttercup muttered, "That news report wasn't kidding! Strange stuff does happen in Japan."
"I'll take her somewhere safe, and as soon as I know something--"
"No!" Ranma snapped, "Akane's gonna stay where I can protect her."
The girl with the weird pigtails huffed angrily, "Don't you know who we are? I'm Sailor Moon, the champion of love and justice! If the Sailor Scouts and I can't take care of her and protect her, what makes you think you can!"
The brunette hissed, "Sailor Moon!"
"I don't care who you are," Ranma snarled as he jumped to his feet, "I'm Ranma Soatome, heir to the Soatome school of Anything Goes! I haven't lost a fight yet, and I know I can protect Akane! I've done it before, and I'll do it this time!"
The girls in the strange uniforms, the so called 'Sailor Scouts', glanced between each other before Sailor Moon sighed.
"Fine. I guess her parents should at least know what's going on. Can you take us to her place?"
Ranma nodded and gingerly knelt to pick Akane up. He was carefully cradling her while warily watching the sword. Bubbles stepped up and reached a hand up to support it.
"I'll keep it from moving much, but walk slowly, 'kay?"
He nodded and gave her a very weak smile before starting forward. It was Bubbles who pointed down at a snoring Kuno.
"Uh, what about him."
Ranma snapped his head around to glare down at him, "I don't care what happens to him! What was he thinking?"
"He wasn't," answered the blue haired girl as the brunette struggled to pick up Kuno's long frame, "He was under the sword's control. that's why we've had a hard time catching the sorcerer. We'll explain when we've gotten the girl comfortable, okay? But we really should bring him too, just in case."
Ranma nodded warily, then silently set off for the dojo again.
