Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma, though I'd figure that that's a given. I also don't own Sailor moon, though if you thought I did you have mental problems.
Author's Notes: I've always been one to respond to reviewer comments, so I'll take this time to do so. Skip ahead if you don't care.
Glazedlookineyes101: Ranma accepted Luna because he firmly believes that she's not a cat. He isn't exactly in a stable mindset because of the neko-ken, so when he found a loophole he clung to it as well as he could. He refuses to listen to reason about Luna, even if it's from himself. Also, he doesn't actually look at Luna all that much. She spends most of her time sitting on top of his head. As for the Fuku, I thought I made his disgust for it clear, but I guess I should have been a little more extreme about it. I'm not sure what you refer to by moon magic, but no. Ranma will not be permentantly a girl.
The Nameless Author: I know what Bishonen means, and it was intentional. Sailor Moon's full title is Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon. I have named this fic Bishonen Senshi Sailor Moon because the Sailor Senshi are not pretty girls, they are in fact pretty boys. Every Senshi is going to be a man. I had tried to keep this semi secret, but since Athenais figured it out moments after the story was released, there is little point to keep it up.
And now, on with the fic.
Fire raged within the court yard as Ransuke leapt about, trying to avoid the flames. He leapt away from a cart full of hey just as a fire ball struck it, causing it to explode rather violently below him. Ransuke was already airborne and was on a one way trip towards the other side of the courtyard, thus he was completely helpless to the dragon tail that was coming at him with great speed. All he could do was raise his sword to block the bladed tip of the deadly weapon, but this did nothing to stop his body from slamming into the ground. Seconds after he struck the dragon's mighty foot slammed on top of him, pinning him to the ground.
"Ha ha ha! What will you do now, Ransuke of the Emotoas clan? Do you really think you can defeat me?" The dragon laughed at him from where he stood, reveling in his victory. It was a rare treat to be able to kill a member of the Emotoas clan. He would become a hero amongst dragons for his victory over the foolish human. Ransuke grunted in pain from his position under the dragon, trying and failing to reach his sword from beneath the heavy claw that pinned him. He couldn't perform the Mystic Fury Strike without his sword...
"But I still have one more option. Prepare to die, Dragon. Moon prism power, make up!" In an instant Ransuke was a female in a fuku, still pinned under the claw, but not for long. She grabbed her tiara off her head and flung it skyward, striking the dragon in the neck and carving its head clean off.
"AAAHHHH!" Ranma awoke in a cold sweat, sitting up quickly and flinging Luna across the room from the quick movement.
"Damn it. My dreams have forever been ruined..." He muttered, a groan escaping his throat as he lay back down to return to sleep.
"I was trying to sleep you know. Don't move around so much." Luna grumbled. She was too tired to argue though, so instead she just returned to her position on Ranma's stomach and went to sleep.
Bishonen Senshi Sailor Moon
Chapter 1
The Power of Mercury
"Jadeite, where is the human energy you promised me?" Queen Beryl asked in her usual monotonous voice, sounding both bored and annoying at the same time. She sat upo her throne, waving her hands in front of a blank crystal ball as she was wont to do. No one was sure why she did it, but no one dared to ask her.
"My collection attempts hit a slight snag, my queen. But not to worry, I have come up with a new plan." Jadeite bowed deeply and waited for his queen's reaction. Of course, it was hard to tell whether she was happy, sad, or angry. She didn't show much emotion.
"Alright then. Go, Jadeite. Our leader waits for human energy."
"Yes, my lady."
A week passed with very few problems arising. Mostly Luna just had Ranma running out to fight petty criminals who she got a bad feeling from. Ranma, of course, protested every step of the way. It was bad enough that his new pet forced him to wear his idiotic uniform when fighting monsters, but he downright refused to wear it around humans. Thus Ranma had taken to caring a change of clothes with him whenever he left the house. That way when he transformed, he'd just put on his normal clothes over the god forsaken fuku. Luna wasn't very happy about this.
"What's your problem, Luna?" Ranma was in mid jump, going from roof top to roof top on his way back to the Dojo. He had already changed out of his extra clothes and sailor fuku and had found some hot water to change back into a man before he went on his way. Luna had been complaining about something or other from on top his head for at least a half an hour now. He hadn't been paying attention to what it was, but he figured now was a good time to find out.
"You can't just transform and put on different clothes, Ranma! That defeats the purpose of transforming at all. You don't even use your magic attacks on those crooks." The cat complained. She had gotten used to sitting on top of the boy's head regardless of what position he happened to be in. Whether he was walking down the street or running by at break neck speeds. She personally liked her perch. Not only was it fairly comfortable, but it was one place where Ranma couldn't see her, just in case he regressed into his fears.
"That's cause I don't need that fancy magic attack against those guys. Hell, I wouldn't even need them against the monsters if they didn't grow back when I punched them. And I don't care what you say about wearing clothes over the costume. If you wanted me to run around in that thing you should have made it less horrifying. It's bad enough I have to wear it underneath other clothes." Ranma was downright disgusted by the fuku. Sure he had worn leotards before. He had to wear one to fight Kodachi. But the short skirt and the ribbons just crossed the line in his book.
"It's not like I designed the thing." Luna muttered indignantly. She stopped her train of thought when she noticed something was off. She could feel a very unusual energy in the air.
"Ranma, I'm sensing some strange energy nearby." Ranma knew better than to ignore Luna when she started sensing stuff. For two reasons, actually. For one, she tended to be right. Hell, after Ranma fed her the PB&J of Torment™ she was able to sense Akane's cooking coming from a mile away. Thanks to her, Ranma had been able to avoid the toxic death ever since. The other reason Ranma knew better was because Luna would threaten to eat him if he didn't. And for some reason Ranma couldn't quite understand, he was terrified of Luna.
"Where on earth am I now?" Those were words that Ranma knew well. He also knew that at any second the person who shouted those words would be damning his name.
"Ranma, this is all your fault!" Right on cue. That train is never late, it seems. Ryoga Hibiki was not very happy at the moment. Sure, he had a bad tendency to never be happy, but right now he was especially unhappy. The reason being rather simple: He had no idea where he was supposed to meet Akari for their date. He had a vague idea that it was supposed to be near his mailbox, but that damn thing tended to move around a lot.
"Yo, Ryoga. What's the problem? Lost again?" Ranma landed directly in front of Ryoga as he said this, a smirk on his face as he tried to goad Ryoga into a fight. Ryoga just growled at him before his eyes trailed up a bit, spotting Luna on Ranma's head with a bit of confusion.
"Nice pet. Didn't think you'd be the type to get one." Ryoga said simply. Luna was staring at him in a rather creepy fashion, so he didn't exactly what to stick around her that much.
"Oh, her? She's Luna. So seriously, what's the problem?" Ryoga sighed at Ranma's question, scratching the back of his head as he tried to think of a way to make this sound less embarrassing than it was.
"I don't know where Akari wanted to meet me..." He grumbled under his breath. Ranma leaned in and smirked at Ryoga, causing the lost boy to growl again.
"So you are lost, then? Why don't you just buy a compass for once, Ryoga?" Ranma said this while looking passed the lost boy. His eyes fell on a strange building that stood directly behind Ryoga. Ranma was fairly certain that the shop had not been there before. After all, who's ever heard of a shop specializing in selling compasses?
"Where the hell am I supposed to get a compass?" Ryoga growled. All Ranma did in response was point behind him, causing Ryoga to turn his head towards the building with the big "Compasses R Us" sign.
"Oh."
Bam was not happy. Nope, not happy at all. Lord Jadeite had put all his faith in her to collect human energy with her life stealing compasses and yet she had not managed to sell a single one. Apparently humans were very uninterested in finding out which direction was north.
'Maybe I should have sold watches instead. Humans seem to think that digital watches are pretty cool.' She thought idly to herself, tapping her fingers against the glass case in front of her in utter boredom. Just as she was about to give up hope and return to Lord Jadeite with her tail between her legs, the first human she had seen all week strolled into the store.
"Uh, do you have a compass I can have?" Ryoga had barely managed to get the words out of his mouth when the woman behind the counter was suddenly standing directly in front of him. She started unloading compasses on him far faster than he could see.
"Yes of course I do I have more compasses than you'll ever need here take them all their free!" Bam shouted at high speed, throwing more and more compasses at Ryoga. If she was only getting one customer, she was going to suck him dry.
"Damn it, I only need one!" Ryoga shouted, holding the giant pile of compasses in his arms. For some reason his muscles failed him, something that had never happened to Ryoga in his entire life. In an instant he was on the ground, buried under a pile of compasses as he struggled to move.
"What's...going on?" He grunted, struggling to get up. His muscles felt like putty and his limbs completely failed to obey his commands. He felt like all his energy was being stripped from him.
"Ha ha ha! Foolish human, my compasses will soon strip all your energy away. Then you'll just be my loyal puppet." Bam said in her demonic voice, her appearance changing to that of her true Youma form. Ryoga saw the change and grunted in pain as he tried to raise his hands, cupping them in front of his face.
"Loyal puppet? I don't think so. Shishi Hokodan!" Bam flinched back as she saw the energy blast rocket towards her. However, her look of fear turned into a smirk as the Shishi Hokodan was stripped away, being sucked into the compasses before it even had a chance to reach her.
"D...Damn it." Ryoga muttered, and then promptly passed out.
The next day soon came as it tended to do and Ranma and Akane found themselves walking to school. For once they had both gotten up and a decent hour, thus they were not running at full speed to reach campus on time.
"Do you really have to bring your cat everywhere you go, Ranma?" Akane really didn't like Luna. Ranma and cats just didn't mix, and the last things she wanted was Ranma running around in neko-ken mode kissing people. Besides, it was embarrassing to walk around with someone who wore a cat like it was a hat.
"How many times do I have to tell ya that Luna ain't a cat? Jeez, you sure can be dense sometimes Akane. Besides, it ain't my fault she likes to sleep on my head." Ranma was a little interested in that fact himself though. Why did she always sleep on his head? He'd have to ask her later.
"Dense! Who are you calling dense? Alright Ranma, if Luna isn't a cat then what is she?" Ranma stopped moving as his brain struggled with this logical question. Over and over again it pounded at his loophole, struggling to break what his unstable mind created. However, Ranma wasn't nearly intelligent enough to make the logical conclusion that Luna must be a cat, so instead he simply named the first animal that came to mind.
"She's a squirrel." Akane and Luna both face faulted. Luna even went so far as to fall off Ranma's head to do so. Within Ranma's head another addition was added to Ranma's brain. This being the simple equation of 'Luna minus cat equals squirrel.'
"A squirrel! You've got to be kidding me!" Akane couldn't believe how stupid her fiancé was being. She was fairly certain he was just making fun of her with all this squirrel business. In fact, the only reason she hadn't hit him with her hammer yet was because she didn't want to squish Luna to Ranma's skull. Akane looked up through barely controlled rage, hoping to hold back her desire to brain Ranma for the cat's sake when she saw his attention was currently elsewhere. Specifically, it was drawn to Ryoga, who appeared to be shoving a compass down someone's throat.
"Hey Ryoga, Knock it off!" Ranma shouted, running towards Ryoga. Luna jumped off his head the second he started running, having no intention to get caught in the middle of a fight.
"Hey Ranma. Want a compass?" Ryoga said with an evil smirk on his face. He was wearing compasses in a bandoleer across his chest and had a slight green tint to his skin. Ranma was fairly certain that something was horribly wrong with Ryoga at the moment, but he wasn't entirely sure what.
"What the hell do I need a compass for, Ryoga?" Ranma shot back. He looked to his side and noticed that the boy Ryoga had forced a compass on was lying unconscious on his back. He also noticed that the compass was tearing the chi right out of his body.
'It's like some kinda Happo Fifty Yen Satsu. What would Ryoga be doing with compasses like that?' Ranma thought to himself, turning towards Ryoga just in time to dodge a compass that was hurled at him.
"Come on, Ranma! You know you want one!" Ryoga grinned as he said this, throwing another compass that Ranma bent over backwards to dodge. The pigtailed boy went into a handspring and landed a few meters back, looking at Ryoga with an intense gaze.
'It's just like the ice cream parlor, that monster stole everyone's chi too. He must be possessed by something.' Ranma thought, eyeing the compasses on Ryoga's chest. That meant a Mouku Takabisha was out of the question. The compasses would just drain it all without touching Ryoga.
'But if I try to hit him, those compasses will drain my fighting aura dry when I get up to him. Mouku Takabisha won't work; fighting him head on won't work either.' Ranma hadn't moved from his position as Ryoga stood in a ready stance. It seemed the lost boy's patience reached its limit as he growled and cupped his hands.
"You don't want to start this fight, then I will. Shishi Hokudan!" Ryoga fired his chi blast at Ranma with full intent to blow him away. Unfortunately, it didn't even travel a full foot before it was sucked into the compasses on his chest.
'And that means a Hiryuu Shoten Ha won't work either, those compasses will steal his hot aura before I can do squat. Looks like I only got one option left...' Ranma stood and took on a stance.
"Face the opponent and...Fast Break!" With that, Ranma bolted off in the opposite direction. He didn't want to run from a fight with Ryoga, but getting his aura drained by evil compasses didn't seem like a pleasant idea. Besides, he was fairly certain he knew where those compasses came from. He was going to attack the problem at the source. Luna and Akane just stared at Ranma's retreating form dumbly while Ryoga just growled and gave chase. Shortly after, Luna followed as well.
'What's going on here!' Akane thought to herself. She was pretty confused about the whole thing, and she was positive Ranma wouldn't run from a fight with Ryoga without good cause. So with nothing else to do, Akane decided to follow Ranma's cat. At the very least Akane wasn't going to let the thing get lost.
Ranma arrived at the Compasses R Us fairly quickly and looked through the windows. He couldn't see anything inside, and for some reason the doors were locked.
"Screw the locks." He muttered to himself and promptly kicked the door in, sending glass and metal flying about inside the building. Ranma took two complete steps before he was hit from behind and hurled into a display case, shattering it and its contents in the process.
"Did you think I'd let you run away, Ranma?" Ryoga growled out and cracked his knuckles. He didn't even wait for Ranma to get out of the display case before leaping into a jump kick aimed for the boy's face. Ranma got up and leapt away from Ryoga's attack, hitting the wall and jumping again to dodge the follow up punch that turned the wall to rubble.
"Bakusai Tenketsu!" Ranma had barely landed when Ryoga rushed forward with his finger aimed at the ground. Another leap put Ranma directly behind Ryoga's back, intent on removing the bandoleer of compasses from Ryoga. However he was expecting to find stable ground beneath his feet, not a hole in the floor created by the Bakusai Tenketsu. Thus, both Ranma and Ryoga plummeted into the basement below, exchanging blows on the way down. Shortly after their fall, Luna rushed into the building with Akane a few steps behind her. Both managed to take three steps into the building before a trap door opened beneath them, sending both down into the basement as well.
A quick kick to the chest sent Ryoga stumbling backwards as Ranma moved back to gain some breathing room. Of course, the kick also caused Ranma to favor that leg, since his chi had been forcefully ripped through it when he kicked Ryoga.
'Just as I thought, those compasses will drain me if I get too close to him. I've got to get that bandoleer off of him before I can kick his ass.' Ranma thought, glad that feeling was returning to his leg as he stood normally. He glanced around at the so-called 'basement' they were now in, noticing that it looked more like something out of a cheesy sci-fi movie. The walls, floor and roof were all made out of a weird blue energy and there were compass needles floating around all over the place. There were also a giant N, S, W and E floating around with doors underneath the letters in question. It looked exceptionally stupid.
'I could probably cut the bandoleer with the Tiara, but that would mean I'd have to transform. And I really don't want to have to transform.' Ranma thought, glancing at Ryoga and then glancing at the doors.
'Screw it. I'll just find the stupid monster. I don't need to transform.' With these thoughts in mind, Ranma immediately ran for the east door. Before Ryoga even had a chance to stop him he was on the other side, in a room identical to the one he had just been in. The only difference was that he had just stepped out of the South door. Also, Luna was standing in the middle of the room looking very confused.
"Luna? What the heck are you doing here?" The small cat turned towards Ranma and then immediately ran at him, tackling the boy to the floor and standing on his chest.
"Ranma! I'm glad you're here. Quick, transform already! There is evil energy all over this place." Luna looked about as she said this, trying to pinpoint the source of all the energy. They needed to beat that Youma and get going.
"I don't need that stupid transformation! Besides, I don't even have my spare clothes with me. I can't cover up that fuku if I change." This response was met with three claws and a pair of fangs being shoved directly into Ranma's face. He was literally centimeters from Luna's sharp and pointy parts.
"Just...do it..." Luna growled the words out as threateningly as she could, happy to see that Ranma was nodding furiously in response. Thus he quickly stood up and coughed into his hand, preparing his transformation.
"Moon Prism power..." Just then, Akane walked into the room, causing Ranma to pause as the words simply failed to come out of his mouth.
"What the hell is Akane doing here!" Ranma whispered the words as loudly as he could to Luna before making a run for one of the doors. West, to be exact. Akane, who was standing at East, noticed the movement and recognized Ranma immediately.
"Ranma! Where are you going? Wait for me!" Akane's words fell on deaf ears as Ranma just kept running. Actually, they fell on ears that didn't care to listen, because Ranma needed to change and there was no way in hell he was doing it anywhere near Akane. However, Luna was in agreement with him when it came to transforming in private, thus she ran with Ranma as the two quickly went through the west door and slammed it closed behind them.
"Transform now, before she gets here!" Luna shouted, propping herself against the door to keep it closed.
"Moon prism power, Make up!" Ranma nodded and said the words, the brooch glowing from underneath his shirt as his transformation commenced. A full minute later he was a female in a fuku, both of which annoyed her immensely.
"Damn it Ranma, don't try to block the door!" Akane screamed from the other side of the door, forcing it open and slamming Luna into the wall. However, instead of Ranma she only found Sailor Moon, who was staring at her in utter horror.
"You're...Sailor moon!" Ranma couldn't move. Her legs refused to let her as she could only stare at Akane in shock.
'She figured it out? I'm screwed! She's gonna kill me!' Ranma thought, watching as Akane's face went from surprised to happy.
"Oh I'm you're biggest fan! Though I'm probably you're only fan. I don't think anyone knows who you are yet. Oh could you show me some of those cool moves? You're so skilled. Wait until Ranma hears about this!" Akane was blabbering on at a mile a minute, leaving Ranma horribly confused.
"Can I have your autograph?" Akane produced a pen and a piece of paper from her book bag and thrust them into Ranma's face. Ranma, not knowing what else to do, took the pen and wrote Sailor Moon on the piece of paper as best as she could.
"Uh, here you go. Now run along, it's very dangerous here you know. Shouldn't you be in school? Good bye." Ranma handed the paper back to Akane and then escorted her out the door she came in through, slamming the door shut behind her. Luna groaned in pain and slumped to the ground once the door was no longer holding her to the wall. She had a pretty good idea what a pancake must feel like.
"Hey, who are you?" Ranma turned when she heard Ryoga's voice, spotting the lost boy walking out of the South door and into the room they were in. He seemed a bit distracted by her presence, and thus didn't immediately attack.
"Sailor moon, strike the compasses! The compasses are controlling him!" Luna whispered. Ranma wasted no time taking her Tiara off and hurling it at the lost boy, glad that he was too distracted at the moment to do anything about it. The discus of light flew on a very tight arc and easily sliced through the straps that were holding the compasses to his body before turning around and heading back to Ranma. The second Ryoga saw this attack he was off, heading right for Ranma with intent to kill.
"Hey, I thought you said the compasses were controlling him!" Ranma muttered in surprised, dodging a punch aimed for her face. Ryoga followed through with a roundhouse kick to the head which in turn was followed by a turn back kick. Ranma managed to block the roundhouse but didn't see the third and final blow, instead getting nailed in the torso and being hurled back from it.
'Damn.' Ranma thought, kipping back to her feet in time to dodge a leaping ax kick that would have put a hole in the ground if it weren't made of energy. Ranma went into a quick dash forward, shoulder ramming Ryoga back a few feet and following that up with an uppercut and a mid air triple kick. Ryoga managed to grab Ranma's leg during the third kick and pulled her into a grappling maneuver, fully intent to put her beneath him as they returned to the ground.
"I don't think so..." She muttered, pulling a page from Ryoga's own book of tricks as she planted her hand to the ground and hurled them both skyward with it. Ryoga got himself a few kicks to the head in mid air which split the two up fairly well, each landing a few meters away from the wall.
"He must have another compass on him! Find it!" Luna shouted her words just as both Ryoga and Ranma leapt at one another again. Ryoga immediately went into a sidekick that Ranma twisted around, planting her hand on Ryoga's outstretched leg and using it to hold her weight as she leapt up with a kick aimed at Ryoga's face. Ryoga caught the kick with his hand before leaping off the ground and spinning about in mid air, bringing his other leg around to kick Ranma in the stomach and hurl her back. Ranma took the blow to the stomach and latched onto Ryoga's leg as she did so, pulling him around and slamming him into the floor for his troubles.
'I've got to find that stupid compass, but where could it be?' Ranma thought, looking as Ryoga got to his feet. She suddenly remembered what happened when Ryoga attempted to blast her with the Shishi Hokodan earlier, and smirked.
"I've got you now! Mouku Takabisha!" Ranma shouted, thrusting her hands forward and launching the blast of chi at Ryoga. The lost boy gasped in surprise and lifted his arms to block the blast, taking it head on as it hurled him back a few feet. Suddenly the blast vanished, getting pulled into Ryoga's back pocket.
"There's the compass!" Ranma announced as Ryoga dropped his smoking arms.
"What the heck are you doing dressed like that, Ranma?" Ryoga's words caused Ranma to pause for a few moments in surprise. Before she even knew what happened she was across the room and on the ground, grasping her stomach in pain. Ryoga had taken advantage of her hesitation and punched her with all the might he could manage.
"You're the only one who uses a Mouku Takabisha, Ranma. I know it's you." Ryoga was walking forward as he spoke these words, pulling his bandanas off as he did so. Ranma was still struggling to regain her breath as the blow she had been hit with had knocked all the wind out of her. She wasn't entirely sure if she'd be able to dodge a volley of Bandana Shurikens. It was at that moment that Ryoga ran out of bandanas, leaving his head bare as he began to spin the bandanas in his hand to gain momentum.
"What...That's..." Luna gasped. Now that Ryoga had removed his bandanas, Luna had a clear look at his forehead. More specifically, the symbol on his forehead.
"Ranma, does he turn into a girl too?" Luna questioned, seeing both Ranma and Ryoga turn towards her in confusion. Ranma took this time to get back to her feet and tackled Ryoga to the ground. His bandanas flew off randomly and slashed through the doors and into the floors and walls as Ranma struggled with the Hibiki boy on the ground. Finally she managed to snatch the compass out of his back pocket and promptly crushed it in her hands. Ryoga's skin color returned to normal and he promptly collapsed to the ground.
"So, why'd you ask if he turns into a girl?" Ranma questioned, turning towards Luna just to see her do a spiffy back flip and have a pen materialize in midair. Luna caught the pen in her mouth and brought it over to Ryoga, setting it down in his hand.
"What the heck is going on?" Ryoga groaned, sitting up and looking at the pen in his hand.
"What's this thing?" He asked. It looked pretty stupid, that was for sure.
"Just say 'Mercury Power Makeup' and you'll find out." Ryoga blinked at the talking cat and looked down at the pen in his hand before blinking again in confusion.
"Mercury Power Makeup? What the hell is...?" Ryoga was cut off as the symbol at the end of the pen began to glow and rotate. Before he was entirely sure what was happening he was bathed in a rainbow light as his clothing vanished and water poured forth from the tip of the pen. The water wrapped around his body, causing his body to shrink down and shift until he was female. Suddenly the water collected around his legs, arms and torso before rippling, becoming a fuku similar to Ranma's. The only real difference was that it had a blue color theme going, while Ranma's was more a red and blue. Ryoga's transformation ended after about twenty seconds, causing her feet to touch the ground and the light to vanish.
"Hey, how come his transformation is so much faster than mine?" Ranma asked, pointing at the now female Ryoga. To say that Ryoga was horrified would be the understatement of the year. There are honestly no words for the level of mortification Ryoga was feeling at that very moment.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed at the top of her lungs in absolute horror. Hearing the highly feminine scream escape her throat did nothing to calm Ryoga down as she just kept screaming, her body glowing an intense green as she kept up the theatrics.
"WOAH! CALM THE HELL DOWN RYOGA!" Ranma was shouting as loud as she could, simply because she had to shout as loud as she could. Ryoga was putting off such an intense aura that it was actually forcing her backwards and creating a rather powerful wind within the room. From the looks of it, Ryoga was preparing a Shishi Hokodan of cataclysmic proportions. This was not going to end well.
"RYOGA! CUT IT OUT!" Ranma was clawing at the ground in an attempt to get closer to the newly made girl. She had to stop Ryoga before she leveled the whole building. After all, Akane was probably still in here.
"Ryoga! Akane is in here! If you Shishi Hokodan this place you'll hit her too!" Surprisingly enough, this managed to get through to her. Ryoga stopped screaming and collapsed to the ground, her depressed aura still burning brightly around her body. The wind seemed to die down and Ranma quickly ran over to the blue haired girl, figuring she needed reassurance as soon as possible.
"It's temporary, Ryoga! Temporary. You can change back into a man, don't worry." Ryoga looked up at Ranma as she said this with a brief look of hope. They both got to their feet and Ryoga started to calm down, though his aura was still hanging around.
"If it's temporary than change me back already! It's bad enough that you stripped my manhood away, but then you put me in this ridiculous outfit! Must you torment me anymore?" Ryoga shouted. She went from horribly depressed to really angry in about 10 seconds. At least she was back to normal.
"Hey, I can't change you back yet. We have to kill the stupid monster in here first. Besides, you ain't the only one stuck in a ridiculous get up." Ryoga took this moment to notice the clothing Ranma was wearing. Sure, they were dressed the same. But Ranma was used to running around like a woman. It was completely different for her.
"You're Sailor Mercury now, Ryoga. You're a chosen warrior who will help us defeat evil and find our princess." Luna's words did little to reassure Ryoga. In fact, she found herself staring at the small cat like it was insane.
"Holy hell we're magical girls. Change me back, Ranma! I have absolutely no desire to be a magical girl!" Ryoga was now holding Ranma by the front of her fuku and shaking her fiercely, much to the redhead's annoyance.
"Cut it out, 'Mercury!' I don't like this anymore than you do. Just deal with it until we kill this stupid Youma." Ranma released herself from Ryoga's grip and walked towards one of the four doors in the room. She figured that the sooner they found that stupid youma, the sooner they could kill it and get out of here.
Hours seemed to pass and much aimless wandering ensued. Finally, much later, the two Sailor Senshi managed to stumble upon the Youma that had caused all this mess.
"It's about time you two got here. I've been waiting for you for quite some time." The Youma's words were utterly ignored by both Ranma and Ryoga, both of which were far too annoyed for chit chat.
"Go my minions! Attack them!" The Youma shouted. Suddenly every person Ryoga had forced a compass on appeared before them, groaning like the living dead.
"Mercury, use the move Luna told you about." Ranma shouted this at Ryoga, who sighed in annoyance and nodded before crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"Bubble..." She started, an orb appearing in front of her arms. It grew larger and Ryoga uncrossed her arms, grabbing the orb with her cupped hands and thrusting it forward.
"...Spray!" The orb exploded into hundreds of tiny bubbles that quickly filled the room, covering it in a thick mist. All the zombified people collapsed to the ground and regained their normal color as Ryoga just stared around at the mist.
"That's it? Mist? My attack is mist? I'm a magical girl who can throw mist?" Ryoga was none too happy that she had such a useless attack. It simply wasn't fair.
"Quick complaining. Moon Tiara, Action!" Ranma's tiara changed into a discus of light and tore through the youma with great ease, reducing it to a pile of ashes. Ranma caught the metal accessory when it returned and put it back on her head, looking around as the energy and floating crap vanished and the basement became a normal basement again.
"Oh, you get the spiffy frisbee of death, but all I get is mist. That sure is fair." Ryoga, Ranma and Luna quickly left the scene, all three heading towards the Tendo Dojo.
"Jeez, Ryoga. What are you complaining about? You actually enjoying this magical girl stuff?" Ranma asked.
"Of course not! But if I have to be a magical girl, I'd at least want a decent attack. But no, all I get is mist." Ryoga answered.
"Hey, at least you transform quicker. It takes a full minute for me." Ranma said.
"Big whoop. I get to put on the girly outfit and throw mist around even quicker. Yay. Let's hurry up and change back already." Ryoga stopped in the middle of a roof as Ranma landed next to her.
"Alright, just concentrate on changing back and you should de-transform." With this said, Ranma closed her eyes and concentrated. She opened her eyes to find that her clothing was in fact back to normal, but she also had a feminine hand wrapped around her throat. Ryoga was in fact back in her regular clothing, but she was still very much so female.
"Ranma..." Ryoga growled, barring her fangs as she glared at the redhead she was holding off the ground.
"Hot water! Hot water stupid! I have to use hot water to change back. It'll probably work for you too!" Ryoga released Ranma, causing the red head to fall to the floor and cough to regain her breath.
"It better."
Ranma and Ryoga sat in the Furo, both once again male. They simply sat where they were and didn't speak much, trying to enjoy the hot water and ignore each other's presence.
"We're magical girls, huh?" Ryoga finally broke the silence as he uttered these words. Ranma opened one of his eyes to glance at the lost boy for a moment before closing it again.
"Yup." He answered.
"So how many more magical girls are there?" Ryoga asked. If he had to suffer, he wanted to ensure that he wasn't suffering alone. The only reason he was even tolerating the whole magical girl thing was because Ranma had to deal with it too. He wouldn't let Ranma show him up this way. Anything Ranma could do, Ryoga would be damned if he couldn't do it too. He didn't care how humiliating it was.
"There should be three more Senshi." This answer came from Luna, who just happened to be sitting on Ranma's head. Again. Like she always was.
"So, who do you think they will be?" Ryoga directed this question at Ranma, since he did know more people than Ryoga did, after all.
"Probably 3 guys we know. Mousse, Pantyhose, Kuno, Hiroshi, Daisuke, Shinnosuke, Pops, Happosai...could be anyone." Ranma answered. Ryoga snickered at the thought of a few of them, but otherwise made no response.
"Now...they might not all be men..." Luna was hoping that at least one of the Senshi was a woman. It was weird enough having Ryoga being a Senshi, what with him being entirely male.
"Trust me, Luna. They'll be men. I can tell." Luna just groaned as Ranma told her this. She had a feeling that the next few weeks were gonna be annoying ones.
To Be Continued...
(Author's Notes)
Holy crap, I updated this a lot sooner than I expected. And yes, Ranma's theory is indeed correct. Every Senshi is going to be a man. With Ryoga and Ranma filling the shoes of Mercury and Moon respectively, who's going to become Venus, Mars and Jupiter? Will I even bother to make a Tuxedo Kamen? And if I do, following the current pattern, what female will get stuck with the role? I guess we'll have to find out next time on Bishonen Senshi Sailor Moon.
Ryo-Wolf