-AN-
Not going to lie, it's been a long while and I'm thinking about watching sailor moon crystal just to see how it is. Of course, It probably won't hit the same since I'm not longer a preteen boy excited about teenage girls in short skirts fighting lewd monsters but eh. Who knows. Anyway, some of ya'll in my PMs, so lewd. Keep it up.
-Story Start-
All through the day Ranma was thinking and planning. His morning class was easy enough to coast through, yoga and light calisthenics not taking much mental effort. But as the afternoon wore on and the martial arts classes settled in, it became apparent to many that Ranma was in fact distracted. Thankfully Shampoo and Genma were around to help out, each in their own way worried about what Ranma might be so focused on. Genma trusted the boy knew what he was doing however while Shampoo was herself determined to help out.
As the day turned to evening and they all set about closing up the dojo for the night, Ranma turned to finally focus on the Senshi all waiting for him. No study materials present, Usa held protectively by Usagi while Shampoo stood next to her. Everyone was present and waiting, and Ranma sighed and scratched his neck.
"Guess I've been pretty out of it today huh?"
Usagi nodded, "We could all tell you've been thinking. So what's the plan?"
Ranma however shook his head, "Something tells me if I say it out loud it might not work, so instead, I'm gonna give out orders, that alright?" Seeing most of them nod, Setsuna was fretting.
Setsuna had spent most of this week trying to figure out just what was happening. No matter what she tried she couldn't make heads or tails of it. The gates wouldn't show her anything. Not like when Usagi decided to ascend the throne. No, it was just, nothing. What did that mean? Was their universe going to end? Did they do something wrong? Did they fail this trial? It was beginning to drive her crazy. She nearly missed Ranma coming up to her and putting a hand on her shoulder making her jump, "Uh, oh. Ranma. I'm sorry I was-"
"You're patrolling with me tonight. That alright?" Seeing the older woman clam up and nod slowly, Ranma turned to the others who all look like they want to ask just what he thought was going on. Ranma however puts a finger to his lips, "Just a hunch. Everyone else, yes that includes you Usa, needs to stay here and wait for our signal. If things go like I think, you'll all need to teleport to us right away."
Usagi is frowning now, more on edge than ever about this threat that keeps alluding to their collective children. "You know I trust you Ranma…but you won't be putting yourself in danger will you?"
Ranma shook his head, "No more than normal."
Shampoo sighed, "That mean it's bad."
"Could be, but I don't think so." Ranma waved them off while opening the skylight for himself and Setsuna to leave. "Get comfortable everyone. This could take a while." Extending his senses to the max, he and Setsuna leapt and were soon away across the rooftops.
"Setsuna?" Ranma was already leading them towards the Shiba Park near the Tokyo Tower. He had the idea that a wide open space would be best.
"Yes Ranma?" Moving and following the young man was helping her focus at least. Even with her mind so distracted.
"Can I borrow the time staff?"
"You want to practice with my power now? Do you think that's wise?"
"Humor me." Ranma smiled calmly as Setsuna seemed to wonder over it before nodding. Mid flight between rooftops she summoned her weapon, handing it over to Ranma who took it from her hands gently. "Thanks." He wasn't sure what to expect with her powers and wanted to try it out before a potential confrontation. Linking his magic with hers through the weapon much as he had with the others over this week, it was like dropping head first into a cold lake. The power held here was immense and nearly overwhelming. He held on however, letting the change overcome him. Sigil for Pluto bright on his forehead, eyes rimmed with red, he began experimenting with her magic. "You literally are a time mage huh?"
"Yes, though I have many restrictions placed on me by the previous Queen."
Ranma nodded, "Sure sure." He however began to grin as the magic whispered to him, "I don't, however. I think with your magic and mine connected we might have the best chance of locking down Wiseman and getting some answers." Hopping along and sighting the park ahead of them, both his own magical connection with the earth and Setsuna's own were whispering to him. "Here we go." Leading the way and dropping down to ground level, Ranm began walking as Setsuna took up position on his right.
"Can you tell me what your idea might be?"
"Not yet. Like you said, the future is ever changing, nebulous. Could change something if I speak up." Ranma had taken a step back mentally and really thought about this Wiseman situation. The pictures with their children, the vague threats. But the Wiseman was broken somehow, never giving the same information or the same feeling each time they showed up. It made Ranma think about an adventure he had had once before.
There was possibly more than one Wiseman, or at least, Wiseman kept changing.
He was banking on more than one, but the why was still bugging him. Had their timeline changed so much that multiple versions of the same evil guy kept coming back in order to change the future? Could things have been that bad? Connected now as he was to the time magic of Pluto, he did his best not to peer into the future possibilities. The trick it seemed was to focus on the here and now.
Ahead of them, a portal opens. This was new, especially as more than a dozen opened up all at once, grey and black skinned youma all pouring forth and rushing towards them. Thankfully the park was mostly empty as Ranma began slaughtering them, weaving in and out of their ranks in order to keep them busy and give Setsuna time. "Call the others!"
"This wasn't part of your plan was it?" She was beyond worried by this point. None of her investigations of the time gates saw this coming. No youma attacks, no invasions. Was this happening just here? Was the rest of the world under attack?
Ranma however looked back at her and winked, "We got this, don't worry!"
Jumping away and launching a weaker distortion blast with her hand, Setsuna did however pull free her communicator and called the rest of the senshi. "Youma! More than ever before!"
Usagi's face greeted her with a determined look on her face, "We'll be there in just a moment!" She meant it as well as before Setsuna had a chance to really put her communicator away the rest of the scouts were with her. All transformed and ready, they began wading their way through the literal legion of youma that were attacking them.
Ami however was frowning as data began to flow across her visor, "I don't understand. With the power Ranma is currently putting out, he could probably eliminate every youma here…why call us?"
Rei let loose several flame snipers in quick succession and shrugged, "He said he has a plan."
Makoto pointed a hand out a larger group of youma, lightning arcing out and blasting them away. The thunder that followed echoed through the area as their dust scattered in the wind, "I wish we could know what this plan is!"
Out of everyone Usagi however was quiet as she unleashed several powerful magical blasts, eradicating youma while also keeping an eye on Usa. Anytime Usa started to get a bit away from her she made sure to close the distance between them. She didn't like this. Wiseman kept threatening their children and it was setting her on edge. Yes they all had received some type of picture or message about the future, but Usagi was worried.
Because none of the warnings included Usa.
She would not allow something to happen to the little girl. Idly backhanding a youma that got to close before flipping over another and blaster her entire area with purifying magic, she paused as she realized everyone was together again in a circle. The youma numbers were dropping off quickly, portals closing while Ranma had finally joined back up with them. Hotaru was next to him, expelling a blast of raw magical power and destroying most of the youma remaining ahead of them.
Above them as the remaining portals close, Wiseman materializes. Spreading his arms wide, hundreds of portals begin to open. "This is it! I will defend the one true future! Listen to my words or suffer under the weight of the-"
Usagi however no longer cares what he has to say, fed up with this cryptic monster of a being, "I'M SO OVER THIS!" Magic spewing forth, Usagi raises her scepter above her head to generate a massive magical circle that covers the sky above the entire park. Visible for miles, Usagi is still welling up magic as she glares at Wiseman. "NO MORE THREATS, NO MORE ENDANGERING OUR CHILDREN. I WILL END YOU!" Light beginning to spill from the construct she was holding in place high above their heads, she ignored everyone else telling her to calm herself.
"You're going to destroy the city at this rate Usagi!" Rei is next to her, hand on her shoulder and worried at this sudden influx of rage from the usually happy girl. She continues to try to get through to her though Usagi refuses to look at her.
On Usagi's other side Minako is much the same, trying to break her out of this, "Ranma said he has a plan! C'mon let him deal with this!"
Usagi shakes her head, "I have all this power and I finally have some control over it thanks to Ranma! I won't let anyone else precious to me die! Nor will I let some random asshole from the future take away our own!" Focusing fully on Wiseman, a rare sneer grows on her face, "I'm going to end this, myself."
"W-w-wait! My main goal was to bring the senshi to heel! You were safe Queen Serenity! H-h-h-h-hhold on!"
"You hold on asshole! They aren't dogs or toys! They're my friends, and this is what happens when you try to take that away!" Scepter beginning to fall, the light beginning to break free from the magical circle was intensifying. "LUNAR'S FALLEN-"
Ranma had his magic spread to the max, ignoring everything except for what his senses were telling him. And several other signatures were finally completely clear to him. Shaking his head with a sigh, he looks over to a panicking Hotaru and gives her a calm grin, "Hey short stuff, I need your weapon as well."
Hotaru's eyebrows rose into her hair but she handed over the silence glaive without a question. "Two at once?"
Ranma nodded, linking his magic with hers and in a moment a flash of light changed him just a bit more. One eye red while the other purple while his clothes changed to completely black, he jumped ahead of everyone else, coming directly under the suddenly pleading Wiseman. "This will take only a moment."
Seeing everything go wrong so quickly, Wiseman was realizing he might have pushed the 'scare the parents' button a bit to much. "WAIT WAIT WAIT, TIME OUT! SAOTOME TIME OUT!"
Ranma however just shook his head and smirked, idly watching as Usagi's attack began to unfold while everyone else tried to stop her. Combining the silence of Saturn with the Time effects of Pluto with his control given to him by his Phoenix magic, he amplified his most recent addition to his attacks. Time staff and Silence Glaive striking the ground at the same instant on either side of him.
"Absolute Zero: Stop"
Voice barely a whisper, everything within that moment froze in place short of everyone connected to the senshi, they air taking on a crystalline quality. He couldn't hold this area frozen for long, maybe a hour max, but that was enough. Idly he utilized Hotaru's magic to negate Usagi's magical attack, returning it to the ether where it belonged. Next were the magical portals, each shattered and destroyed with but a thought. Turning back to the others who were looking around in wonder at what he was doing, he walked until he was standing before Usagi who had fallen to her knees, Usa hugging her tightly. Driving both weapons into the ground, he leaned down and kissed her on the forehead, "Let me handle this one." Turning back to the Wiseman who himself was on the ground on his ass, Ranma frowns.
Setsuna however is confused, "What have you done?"
Ranma was still staring at the boy before him, "I froze everything within range in a time bubble. The only one's who can move right now are us and anyone connected to us. That's why Shampoo isn't frozen in place."
Everyone's eyes locked onto Wiseman, Ami however started to catch on, "That would mean…"
Ranma nodded, hands on his hips and adopting a fairly accurate disappointed parental frown. His mother would probably approve given the matter at hand. Raising his voice, he amplified it with a bit of chi, "You can all come out, it'll be better than me coming and dragging you out." Before anyone can question who he's talking to, 4 more Wisemen show up to sit before him. Each on their knees with their bodies hidden in their robes. "Lose the robes, and let's talk." Currently dubbed Saotome Disappointed look 1.0 on his face, Ranma is staring down at all of them with glowing mismatched eyes.
Robes fading away and leaving the revealed children behind, all of the senshi gasp as they all can recognize something about all of them. With the robes gone they all could sense the people before them, that included their magic and who they were connected to. Refusing to meet anyone's eyes, five of their future children were sitting before them.
Ranma however was still frowning, "Well, anything to say for yourselves? Was this fun? Did stressing out your parents get you what you wanted?" Eyes glowing he raised his voice further, "You nearly died! What could be so important that you would travel back in time and do this!?" Motioning with a hand to the outside of the bubble and towards the city he continues, "There are normal people present, you could have killed someone! You have to know the kind of power Usagi has, what made you think stressing her out was a good idea? What if I hadn't figured it out fast enough and let Usagi blast you to atoms? Someone wanna speak up?" Ah fatherly rage. Ranma hadn't felt like this ever before and somehow he just knew his older self would appreciate this.
The oldest present, his and Makoto's son by the look of it with his bright red hair and heterochromic eyes finally looked up at the past version of his father. "We um…well, it wasn't supposed to go this far." All of the senshi had walked forward now, listening quietly. "We, we were just going to help push our mothers together with you first instead of the others…only…"
The next oldest present, a girl with long green hair and ruby eyes which had to be the daughter of Setsuna nodded, "We realized we all couldn't agree on the order. I was blocking mom from being able to see us. And uh…"
Ranma shrugged, "And the youma?"
"Our-our idea." Twins by the look of them, both blonde with hair braided like his, the boy and girl had his stormy grey/blue eyes. "We figured we could just reach back far enough of use some of the negaverse youma from a different time period." The boy spoke up first, eyes trailing between Ranma and Minako. Ah, Ranma figure they were his and Minako's then.
"It wasn't…supposed to get this bad." The other twin's voice was quiet, remorseful.
Ranma sighs, wanting to toss all of these kids into the ocean. "What…."
Setsuna is finally starting to get her own wits about her, striding forward and addressing the children, "Just what would posses you to travel through time and meddle with the time stream like this? This is….my own child. You should know better than this!" She would deal with the information that she eventually had a child later.
The last, the youngest by far looking no older than Usa, shook her head. "It's….logically it's stupid." Ranma knew this one was his and Ami's. "The older kids, we had a fight. It was over something dumb and they played the eldest card on us to make us do something. We thought that maybe if we could change things, then we could be the eldest and…well…."
Usagi finally lost what little control she had left, striding forward to stand on Ranma's other side, magic linking with his to hopefully gain some calm that she herself was not feeling at the moment. "All of this. The time travel, the meddling with the past, the vague cloak and dagger play. Was because your siblings teased you?" All of the children quietly nod, again back to refusing to make eye contact with any of them. Overwhelmed with emotion, Usagi began to laugh, a low chuckle that slowly turned to tears as Ranma slipped a hand around her waist. "I….I nearly killed one of our children….because of teasing?"
All of the kids uttered protests, Usagi, past or present, was their favorite out of the moms, excluding their own. The eldest raised a hand, "It's not your fault Moon Mama. We just…it was stupid and wrong and we're sorry and we'll never do it again and…" They were cut off as Usagi raised a hand, drying her tears with the other.
"You realize then…this was a horrible idea?" They all nod, "Then, I'm sure you'll all submit to being sent back to your time where your parents will be having words with you when you come clean yes?"
"Yesss." All of the children made eye contact with the past versions of their parents. Not wanting to own up but knowing they had to in the future.
Ranma however is looking up towards a rooftop just outside of their bubble, "Ya'll going to come down as well? You must have thought you were clever." Everyone looked at him funny until three more people jumped down to join them. Looking them over, Ranma rolls his eyes, "Checking in on our dates fun?"
The dark haired boy from the ice cream stand and the purple haired twins from his date with Shampoo all chuckled while shuffling in place. "We were originally sent back to retrieve Usa. Buuut." The boy motioned to the others who were currently being lectured by Setsuna about the sanctity of the time stream.
Ranma grins, "I knew my senses weren't going crazy. Well." He looks them all over and smiles, "Looks like you all grow up healthy and strong. No chance we can get your names huh?"
"No can do, might change it and I rather like my name." The boy was turning to his sisters, "Wanna gather up the others?"
The bubbly one bounced away, "I'll go save them from aunty!" The other just nodded and walked along behind her skipping sister.
Usagi had stars in her eyes, her magic teller her exactly who this boy was, "You're such a handsome boy." This was eventually her son? She and Ranma did make cute kids together.
Blushing the addressed future child scratches his neck, much as his father would, "Gee mom. Uh…thanks."
Usa has stepped forward, head low but addressing her big brother, "Sorry. I know I came back for stupid reasons too. I was selfish. Re-"
"Ah ah, I mean it, no names. You're already in a little trouble. But I'm sure mom and pop will ignore it as they deal with everyone else." Hard eyes turning to the others, he sighs, "You didn't nearly break the timeline after all." Reaching forward to ruffle her hair, the true eldest of all of the Saotome children walked over to begin lecturing the others as well.
The senshi plus Shampoo watch on as the older siblings read their younger counterparts the riot act. It doesn't last long however as a bright blue portal springs into life behind them. From it steps a young woman, more long green hair looped back up into a fairly intricate hairstyle that looked like it took decades to pull off. Bright blue eyes regarded everyone before they land on her younger sister, "You're in so much trouble."
"I know. But-"
"No buts. We'll discuss this later." The woman sighs and steps out of the way of the portal and motions for everyone to come, "All because of school work, really?"
Embarrased, all of the children say their goodbyes with apologies and begin walking through the portal. The older purple haired twins each rush forward to envelop Shampoo in a hug before darting back through the portal, leaving the younger girl flustered but smiling all the same. Usa darts around to all of the senshi, getting hugs in and promising to try and visit again if time allows.
Setsuna frowns, "I think we'll need to have a conversation about the time keys later."
Usa nods, hugging first her mother, and then her father tightly. "Did we have fun?"
Usagi hugs the girl again and nods, "Tons." Still emotional, she squeezes the girl extra hard.
Ranma ruffles her hair, "Be good to your siblings okay?" With a nod and a promise, the girl is through the portal. Ranma and Usagi's son gives them a little wave before entering the portal, leaving behind Ranma and Setsuna's daughter.
"We will make sure this won't be happening again."
Ranma shrugs before Setsuna could, "Families are messy. All you can do is your best for each other."
The girl seems perplexed, before she smiles radiantly, "Just like the future you. Such a dad thing to say." Striding forward and bypassing everyone else, she hugs the boy and whispers into his ear.
Setsuna is curious about what she's saying, but considering his and Usagi's blushes and his eyes darting to herself, she has an idea. "Daughter?"
Letting go of Ranma with a grin, the eldest daughter of Setsuna and Ranma runs away with a smirk, "No can do mother! Can't change the past!" And with that she was gone, portal closing behind her.
Left in silence, Ranma begins to undo his technique, returning the space to normal while the senshi all begin to calm down. Minako gushes that at least her kids are cute, if impulsive while Rei mentions that of course they take completely after her. Makoto wonders if maybe she spoils her kids and maybe to look out for that while Ami considers the possibility as well.
Through it all Usagi has a peculiar look on her face. The boy was older than Usa, by a lot. And sure they never mention just when they came from in the future. However Usagi still had a nagging feeling she had been forgetting something all this time. Reaching within herself with her magic, she gets a rather rude awakening about just what she had been forgetting. She had reminded herself so many times as well…
Ranma however finally give's Hotaru and then a grateful Setsuna back their weapons. "Well, I don't know about everyone else, but I'm ready to sleep and forget any of this ever happened." He however was clued in that Usagi was worried about something, "Hey 'Sagi, you okay?"
"So uh...don't get mad."
Ranma and everyone else were looking at the young Queen oddly, though it was Ranma who responded, "Let's see. We've just had the culmination of a few weeks of nonsense with these kids playing at evil mastermind. I'm tired physically and mentally. I don't think I have it in me to be mad."
Usagi shakes her head, hair flying, "Why don't you dive deeper with your magic? I um, just want to confirm something." Idly she noted news crews trying to edge closer to the group. They really would need to leave soon.
Shrugging Ranma did as asked, feeling out between their link with his magic. Nothing out of the ordinary, his magic was present, her magic was present, her other magic was…wait. Usagi didn't have two sources of magic. At least, until a week ago she didn't. Did she? "Where does your magic come from again?"
"My star seed."
"Do you have two star seeds?"
Everyone paused at that, Setsuna looking at the two in panic while Shampoo already had an idea of what this was about. Usagi was the bunny of the group after all. Usagi however shook her head, "No. We can't have more than one."
"Huh. So…"
"Uh huh."
Minako and Makoto hugged each other out of excitement, "Usagi's…shes…shes…"
Rei just sighed, "Of course you couldn't wait."
Haruka hummed at that, "Guess they really did go at it like rabbits huh?" She knew the smack was coming, she was still smiling all the same.
Ranma paused a long time while thinking about that. They sure hadn't been real safe about their coupling. Though she had said she was going to try out something with her magic. Guess it didn't work. He smiled finally as Minako and Makoto grabbed the girl and began shaking her. "I've been waiting to be honest."
"Waiting? You knew I'd forget to work on that contraceptive magic?" Did he really think she was that much of an airhead?
"Oh no, not that. I've been waiting for my usual chaos magnet nature to catch up with me." It was slightly relieving actually. No great world ending event after all. Just a baby. He could deal with a baby.
Usagi is smiling and releases the breath she felt like she was holding. "So you aren't mad?" She idly tossed Minako and Makoto away in a heap on top of Haruka and Michiru, she wanted to focus right now and not be shaken like a rag doll.
Ranma however felt himself getting light headed, "Nope. I'll be back." And then he blacked out, collapsing to the ground. Choatic adventure done with? Check. New chaos on the horizon? Check. Gonna be a father soon? Check. Yup. Life was back to normal.
-b-
Ranma was laying on the couch in his mother's home, idly staring up at the ceiling while wondering just what his life had come to. It had been a few days since what they had all dubbed the 'unruly child event' and today they were all together and relaxing. What did he mean by all together?
Watching tv with Akane was a grinning and joking Minako and Makoto, each talking about either fashion or some show or other. Minako was trying to weasel her way into Akane's good graces so maybe the girl would convince Usagi to drop her mandate, while Makoto was content with the picture she had that was left behind.
On one couch was Ami speaking quietly with Shampoo, something about the Venus project and a possible Amazon migration. Hotaru sat on Ami's other side, relaxed but playing some handheld game. Behind the two were Haruka and Michiru, both having just come out of the kitchen where Setsuna and Nodoka were currently chatting and or celebrating. Well, Nodoka was celebrating at least. Setsuna was humoring her new friend.
Usagi was laying on his chest while trying to nap, having everyone under one roof was her idea after all. Ranma was running a hand up and down her back while their link was holding strong, they both needed the calm at the moment.
Drawing everyone's attention, the door to the house banged open and rushed feet could be heard, Ukyo's voice called out, "Turn on the news!" She had rushed home from her restaurant early, knowing Konatsu could handle the last half of the day.
Akane looks back towards the excited girl while Makoto follows her request, switching to the first news station they could find. "What's the rush Ukyo?"
"Just wait."
Everyone turned their attention to the tv as Makoto landed on a news station which had a very large picture of Ranma front and center. This couldn't be good.
"-battle was finished within minutes of starting thanks to the combined efforts of the sailor senshi and this local martial artist Ranma Saotome. News has already spread world wide, and the powers that be are already asking questions. Want kind of power does this group hold? Who do they answer to? Is Mr. Saotome himself just a normal human or is he something extra like the senshi? For now the Diet has released a statement that they will be investigating and contacting the Saotome family and anyone connected to them. In this newscasters opinion that never means anything-" They all watched as the newscaster paused to listen in to her earpiece. A wide red banner beginning to scroll along the bottom of the screen. "This just in, breaking news, some local astronomers noted that at the same time the magical circle sprung into being last night, a never before seen palace was observed coming into existence on the moon. While today you would be hard pressed to see it, whatever magic hiding it back in place, does that mean there's a connection between whatever threat the senshi were fighting and this structure? Or is this the secret base the senshi have been using and why the authorities have never been able to find the senshi in all this time?" The broadcast showed a picture of said Moon Palace, grounds luminescent green and sparkling. "We're being told that the space community around the world is now making plans to scan not just the moon, but every planet in the system for mystery structures just like this one. Does this mean humanity isn't alone out here? Have we secretly been host to aliens all this time and hadn't known it? These questions and more as the day goes on, this is Trisha Takinawa, channel-" Makoto turned off the tv as all of the girls turned to each other slowly.
Usagi was sitting up slowly, eyes wide, "This is…bad, isn't it?"
Rei sighed, "Well it isn't good meatball head."
"Hey."
Akane shrugged, "So the world knows about you now. You aren't just an urban legend. You guys have planned for this right?" All of the senshi gave sheepish looks to each other, "Please don't tell me you never thought about if the rest of the world learned about you."
Minako giggled, "We uh…we figured people would just talk about us in tabloids like always. Not, you know, actually consider us a real thing."
Ranma chimed in now, "I mean, you have literally saved people, multiple times. How did you think that would work eventually?"
Ami raised a hand, "What's the word of a few dozen people versus the rest of the world?"
"Ah, okay makes a little more sense." Ranma froze as he thought further, "Wait. They know I'm connected to you all right?" Seeing nods he looks around, "How long do you think we have before someone shows up here? Or before they figure out your own civilian identities?"
"About 30 minutes!" Setsuna's voice called out from the kitchen, a certain slurred quality to it. She was happy she was able to use the time gates properly again, not that it helped at all. Things progressing and doing enough damage that she couldn't fix or shift any of it in their favor. They'd be riding this wave for the long haul.
Shampoo raised a hand, "Maybe we run? We can pack and make it to the Phoenix mountain with teleport?"
Usagi decided to wing it and lay back down, "Moon palace is my vote. Let's get off Earth completely. We'll have to grab my folks first." It was already happening, nothing she could do now.
Minako wiggled her eyebrows at Ranma, "We could always go to Venus instead, you and I need a magical test run anyway." She waited for Usagi to lash out, but it never came. "Nothing, really?"
Not opening her eyes Usagi just snuggled deeper into Ranma's chest, "Bring him back in one piece and fed, I'm not fighting anything anymore for a while."
Minako's eyes started to shine, "Yes! Makoto, Rei, we're going on a space trip!"
Ami sighed, "It's road tri…no actually I guess space trip is more accurate."
Haruka raised a hand, "We're all just casually accepting that the world is fully going to hunt us down at this point?"
"Pretty much, once the government is involved it's all downhill from there." Akane pointed out as she considered if she could move her father and sisters away as well. Should she even worry? Probably yes.
Ranma however sat up, Usagi whining the whole way, "We can't avoid the world's governments forever. We're going to have to face this."
Setsuna was strolling back into the room from the kitchen, a bright smile on her face, "Exactly, well said Ranma!" Pulling the boy up, she hugged him tightly, "That however is a problem for the troublemaker who caused this!" Looking at Usagi pointedly, Setsuna pointed a finger, "You overusing your magic is what led to this."
"It's not my fault! I was stressed. Hormonal." It was odd seeing Setsuna so grabby. "You shouldn't be mean to pregnant women!"
Grinning and linking her own magic with Ranma's, face flushing, she made her move, "First, you're only a few days along, you're find. Next, well that's for you to worry about! After all this I need my cookies damnit!" And then they were gone, slipped away to where ever Setsuna went when not around the group.
Minako was outraged the most, "No FUCKING WAY! I finally get the okay from Usagi and Setsuna bags him first! I'll hunt that old bimbo down and string her up and make her WATCH!" Nearly foaming at the mouth, Makoto and Akane dog pile her.
Usagi sits there, blinking as she just can't believe she was outdone by Setsuna. She should have known the older senshi had something else to pull on her. "Crafty woman." The older girl did look around the same age as her own future son. Huh.
Nodoka was leaning out from the kitchen, "Why did I have the sudden urge to do the grandbaby dance?"
"Setsuna mom!" Ukyo was now leaning over the couch Usagi was sitting on.
"Oh dear, well I hope Ranma is well rested." Going back into the kitchen, Nodoka hummed away as she finished making drinks for everyone, the house was always so lively thanks to her son. Such a good boy.
Michiru looked around at everyone, "Well. If Ranma isn't here, maybe that buys us some time, you don't think the government will figure out our own identities just because they know about Ranma right?" Everyone turned to her before thinking about that themselves. Usagi was the first to start panicking.
"I need to call my parents!"
Rei sighed, "My father is going to milk this, I just know it."
Ami sighed, "I should call my mother at the least."
Akane is much the same, "My sisters won't mind I don't think, my dad though…"
Well, whether they were ready or not, it looked like the world was coming to find the Sailor Senshi one way or another. Which was however a point of worry for everyone in the room, on top of other worries as well. They would handle it however. They had taken down ancient magical gods and eldritch horrors beyond human comprehension. How difficult would dealing with a gov't be?
Somewhere, deep in the mountains of Japan in a family shrine, a old man sneezes while watching his grandson fend off the advances of his various love interests.
"Hope I'm not coming down with something."
-AN-
In an upset, I can't decide to finish this off in the next few chapters, or move on to a part 2. Hmmm, I have a few plot threads to finish off I think before I get into a part two, but all the romance and fluff is pretty much worked through. Mostly. Wonder how Mamochan is doing.
