Ranma ½
Chapter 2
Tsukimaonichuan:Spring of Drowned Moon Cat
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Ranma sighed as he sat in the office chair in the study of the Aino home. The parents were away at work, Minako was in school, and Ranma was human. He was wearing some of Minako's Father's clothes.
Currently, he was checking out this "Internet' that Minako seemed to know so much about.
Curiously, he did have to wonder how Jusenkyo had a website, since it was in remote China.
The Jusenkyo Guide smiled. Soon, he would have enough revenue from his website to get that Mail Order Bride.
Normally, he would dunk an animal like the Musk.
But, he preferred it his wife didn't pee on the furniture.
Deciding it was best not to dwell on it, he resumed his looking around on the Net. The links on the Jusenkyo website really went into a lot of stuff.
Of course, what he really enjoyed was the posting from a few years ago by someone named Happosai. It was a web-book on Amazon Fighting Techniques.
Wiping the drool from his mouth at the depth and abilities that such techniques offered, he began to try and print them. Minako would need a lot of training, and was in relative good shape with her time in Volleyball, but she was apparently chosen by some Powers that Be, so he needed to train her. "It would just be so much damn easier if these Powers just made me their chosen. Ain't right to send a cute girl like her to fight them. I mean—
"Hey, I can order some clothes on this thing! Cool!" Lifting up the keyboard, he found the credit cards of Mr. Aino. "After all, I can't train Minako while nude, despite what she says."
Well, time passes as it always does. Ranma had taken to training Minako in the park near her home. She was forced to give up volleyball, but when she compared that to training with her boyfriend—that's what she called him to her friends—she made the simple choice.
Of course, her reputation wasn't hurt by the fact that Ranma was always waiting for her after school in his birth form.
Well, he was when his clothes arrived and Minako was able to buy his silk boxers.
Granted, she hated trying to pick chestnuts out of a fire. Being slammed against rocks did not meet her high points.
Of course, the massages from Ranma afterwards were more then enough reward.
Of course, he seemed much more nervous when Minako got him to agree that if she mastered a move, she got to make out with him for five minutes, no exceptions.
Who knew that with the proper motivation, anyone could match Ranma's learning curve?
Depending on whose side you are on, Ranma not knowing what "make out" means was either a good or bad thing.
This did however earn them many whistles and displeased looks from other people in the park.
But what mattered to Minako the most was the jealous looks from her friends. They had to date regular boys still in junior high, who were more controlled by their hormones than a politician was corrupt. While she had a hunk that was a great martial artist, had a body to die for, looked about three to four years older than her, and an air of mystery about him.
Of course, there were some...other...things that helped.
"So, Minako," her friend, Sandy, began, "I bet you've got him wrapped around your finger."
"Yep, he's all mine, and I've never been happier." She was currently snuggled up against her boy toy/advisor/sensei/pet.
"So, Ranma," asked Mindy, "what's she like in bed?"
Minako blushed, about to state they hadn't gone that far, when Ranma answered. "Well, I wish she could keep her hands to herself, I barely get any sleep."
Ranma was of course, referring to the fact that she kept grabbing him while he was a cat and squeezing him during her dreams.
Everyone else assumed something far more perverted.
Now while the guys knew better than proposition Minako since Ranma was her boyfriend, that did not stop the girls from asking questions of their one friend who was apparently sleeping with her boyfriend, and apparently enjoying him way too much.
Of course, that is not to say Minako was happy with her time with Ranma as it was. She did find...other ways...to enjoy him.
My charge is a hormone crazed girl.
Now he was willing to admit Minako was cute. He was even willing to admit she would do well as Sailor V.
What he wasn't willing to admit was whenever her parents left; she would grab a glass of hot water and try to pour it over him. "Minako, you know I haven't learned to shift my clothes yet. Stop trying to return me to my normal form."
"But you deserve to go around human for a while."
"Then why are you naked…again?"
Minako blushed. "Well, so we can train."
"Right. You just want to jump me again."
She was quick and got him with the hot water. She was even quicker latching onto him.
"GAH!"
"Hmm, warm and cuddly."
Soon though, Ranma became determined to help her in her fight against crime and the Dark Syndicate.
Of course, this meant Minako decided to play a guy's worst fear: dress up!
"I am not wearing this!"
Ranma stared in the mirror. He looked like a messed up version of Superman. The only difference was that the phrase "Sailor V's Boy Toy" was stitched on the cape, his tights were green instead of blue, and the underwear on the outside left very little to the imagination.
Minako was staring at that, in fact, drooling. "Um, we'll save this for later, when we need to spice things up."
"Spice what up?"
"Never mind."
Finally, an outfit was agreed upon. Well, Ranma agreed upon it, Minako kept trying to remove more clothing from it.
He wore a simple grey outfit that looked more in place with a sci-fi show than in normal life. His face was hidden behind a mask like those used by desert bandits. The only exposed part of him was his eyes, so as to not allow any chance of his father finding out that he was in Britain, assuming he left Jusenkyo. To complete it, he carried a Japanese katana. Since touching youma resulted in them draining his ambient life force, he decided to use the sword as a focusing tool, which enabled him to slice and dice them.
Of course, to his displeasure, Sailor V's Crescent Beam still outdid the sort of damage he could do.
That made him second best, which spurned him to be better, which in turn made Minako struggle to stay better, as Ranma had more passion in his kisses when he was trying to outdo her.
Together, as Omega Knight and Sailor V, they dispensed justice in Britain.
Of course, Minako would always add...incentives...to her reasons to fight.
After all, justice didn't get you a boy toy or increase your make-out time with him.
"Ranma." Minako was using a sing-song voice.
Ranma was tempted to run under the bed or out the window into the newest storm to hit Great Britain. When Minako sounded like that, it usually followed her splashing him with hot water to glomp onto him again. "Uh...Minako...um...yes?" He looked around nervously, noting with new horror that she wasn't holding any water, was fully dressed, and smiling the smile that meant he was in serious trouble of the kissing kind.
"I have a dare for you, Ranma. Are you man enough to take it?" Wait for it...
"I AM A MAN! I'LL TAKE THAT DARE!"
"Um, wouldn't you like to know what it is first?"
A huge sweatdrop had formed on his head. "Um...y-y-yeah. That might help."
"If in a fight I beat more baddies than you, I want you to take me to a movie, where we make out until it is over."
"I don't know. I don't exactly have any cash, and your dad is hiding his credit cards again after I ordered my clothes."
"Well, I can always pay for it. Unless of course, you're chicken and scared of loosing." Wait for it...
"I NEVER LOSE! YOU'RE ON!"
She smirked as she shook his paw. That was as easy as taking candy from a priest.
After a few seconds, Ranma's mind finally caught up to his ego and mouth. "Um...Minako, what do I get if I win?"
"Why, we get to make out at school during lunch."
"Hey, that doesn't sound right. Shouldn't I get something I want?"
"Are you saying that you don't want to make out with me?"
Ranma eeped and slammed backwards into the wall. Minako was currently glowing red; her eyes became a deep yellow as she stared him down. Ranma immediately began shaking his head. "No-no-no-no! I love making out with you!"
And self preservation takes the lead!
"Good, then it's a bet! See you after school, Ranma!"
The moon cat sighed. He had just been played, with no way of winning.
Pluto was upset.
Well, that was putting it mildly. It had been six months since she found Artemis and sent him to find and train the Senshi in England.
But she had yet to find another moon cat to train the others. I may have to alter things and have Artemis return with that Senshi to awaken and train the others.
"Moon cats detected."
Pluto blinked, staring at the Gates of Time. "You mean I left those search parameters on?" She walked up to the Gates. "What is the current location of these new moon cats?"
"Planet of location is Pluto."
"Huh?"
"Narrowing... Location is confirmed as under the bed of Queen Pluto."
She looked even more confused as she went to her room, pulling things from under her bed.
Finally, after removing a tie-dyed shirt from her time at Woodstock; signed by Jimmy Hendrix—and mentioning that she was a wild ride in the sack, she discovered two cryo-capsules.
"Wait, you mean they were here all this time!" She started banging her head against the wall for a few minutes at her own stupidity, before remembering that there was no one around to call her on this mistake. "It never happened. I meant to do this. Yeah...not a mistake."
She then looked at the names listed on them. "Luna...she'll be the best one to go after the Princess. And the other is...ARTEMIS!"
Pluto was stunned. Had she not left Artemis with the Senshi in England? Was that actually a youma in disguise?
First, she confirmed it was Artemis by cleaning off the viewing window, seeing a white moon cat that she thought she had sent to England. After starting the wakeup sequence, she teleported back to the Gates, using their power to check on the Senshi.
Shocked did not cover what she saw.
Not only was Sailor Venus awake, but she was a year ahead of schedule in destroying the Dark Syndicate. She was looking more like a trained fighter rather than a bumbling teenager.
Of course, her helper was another surprise.
"Who the hell is Omega Knight? Don't tell me Endymion is in England as well. He's supposed to be with the Princess."
She began searching for where this new warrior had come from, as she recalled no such person during the Silver Millennium.
This was too much for the Senshi of Time as she watched Omega Knight unmask to reveal Ranma Saotome, and change into the white moon cat she had thought was Artemis.
Of course, what she discovered only shocked her more. "SHE IS MAKING OUT WITH HER ADVISOR!"
Lucky time passed as she willed it there. She was going to be out cold for a long time.
Omake by Typhonis:
She looked even more confused as she went to her room, pulling things from under her bed.
Finally, after removing a tie-dyed shirt from her time at Woodstock; signed by Jimmy Hendrix-and mentioning that she was a wild ride in the sack, she discovered two cryo-capsules.
"Wait, you mean they were here all this time!" She started banging her head against the wall for a few minutes at her own stupidity, before remembering that there was no one around to call her on this mistake. "It never happened. I meant to do this. Yeah...not a mistake."
"Wow, lady, what's in those weird stasis capsules?"
Setsuna turned to face one Raiden Saotome as he smiled mischievously at her. She looked at the capsules then at him. She noted his dimensional vehicle outside her door.
"What would it cost me to keep you quiet about this?"
Raiden smiled at her "Well..."
Nine months later...
"Setsuna ...why does your child have monkey's tail?" Michiru asked. Hotaru was happy that she got to play big sister finally though she did wonder why Chibi-Usa kept looking at the green haired baby and giggling.
Omake #1 by Shadowbakasama:
"Scan completed. 58 moon cats detected."
Pluto blinked, staring at the Gates of Time. "You mean I left those search parameters on?" She walked up to the Gates. "Give me a list of these moon cats."
The Gates of Time displayed a chart of Moon Cats sorted by location with some information on each one.
"Moon Palace, deceased, cause of death: depressurization. 15 of those. Venus Citadel, dome breach, methane poisoning. 5 desiccated remains. Phobos, depressurization."
"Damn vacuum mummies. Gate, eliminate all deceased moon cats from the list."
"Four non-deceased moon cats listed."
"OK, one on Earth, check. One on Triton Station orbiting Uranus? ... Oh, I remember now, that's Ferris. I stuck him in that meat locker after he used my underwear drawer as a litter box when I visited. Damn territorial tomcat. Heh-heh, I told Queen Uranus that her cat probably stowed away on a shuttle to get to the Moon and try and score with Luna. Strange that he's still viable, that's one tough 'cat. And two located in Pluto Palace? ... Gate, give me a map of Pluto Palace centered on their location."
"Hmm, that's my bedroom."
Sailor Pluto teleports to her room and looks under the bad. "Luna! Artemis! Get out from under my bed you scaredy cats! The war's been over for 10,000 years!"
Omake by GaelicDragon:
Ranma had known that he was in trouble from the moment Minako had walked into the door. For one thing, she was carrying a bag from the Pet Store. The other thing was that grin of hers that spelled nothing but trouble.
"Um...what's in the bag Minako," nervously asked Ranma. There was a faint smell that seemed familiar. For some reason, the usual alarm bells had turned to klaxons. Ah well, how bad could it get...
"I got you a toy Ranma," stated Minako as she waves the catnip mouse right in Ranma's face.
"HEY WAIT A MINTTUUUUT...WWWWohhh," replied Ranma, as he proceeded to get stoned out of his mind.
"Well, that wasn't supposed to happen," remarked Minako as she watched her cat develop a dazed expression. She expected Ranma to get more playful, hopefully frisky. Not stoned out of his mind like Ranma was getting. Maybe catnip was bad for talking cats.
Omake #2 by Shadowbakasama:
After Setsuna wakes from her unscheduled nap, she gets a bottle of Vodka from her emergency supplies and goes back to the Time Gate.
'I've got to check to see how this impacts the future.' Sailor Pluto thinks. "Gate, scan forward 6 months along the most probable future timeline and show me Aino Minako."
The Gates fog and scan forward rapidly, too fast too see the action, and then came to rest on a picture of Minako, she was crying as her stern looking mother forced her into a white maternity wedding dress. It looked like Minako was about 5 months pregnant and well on her way to being a mother before she even got into high school.
"Oh my! I'll have to give Ranma a talking to and see if I can't find some magical contraceptives for them."