Dance in Sin City

Disclaimer: I own nothing here, tis a shame, the only thing I own is the plot.

Chapter 17

Appearing in her office, Nabiki sighed as she looked around. "Well, it's not destroyed, so that's a plus." She rubbed her eyes and yawned. "I'm going to crash for a few hours." She walked out of her office and to her room where she found Ai sitting on the bed, wearing just black panties. "...I'm not already sleeping and having a naughty dream am I?" Not that she'd complain. It would be better than the messed up dreams she had been having of a giant centipede person, planets she had never seen and some sort of weird lights surrounding all of it, combined with creatures that caused her to wake up screaming just last night.

"I always sleep topless, you know that." Ai said. "Besides," she looked out the window, "it's starting to get late in the day."

"I haven't gotten much sleep in the past couple of days." Nabiki told her. "Setsuna's setting things up for Sailor Saturn and I talked to Gasper about early graduation. I spent some time with my dad and elder sister, but right now..." She wobbled and Ai grabbed her, pulling her onto the bed. "Thanks." She relaxed and started to fall asleep when she realized something. "Ai, you don't need to give me a breast pillow."

"But boob pillows are more comfortable." Ai countered and Nabiki didn't bother questioning it anymore as she fell asleep.

(-)

Meanwhile in Nerima, Tokyo...

It was just before noon when a knocking was heard in the Tendo compound. After a short while, the door opened to reveal a young Japanese woman of average height with brown hair. "Hello, sir..?" The woman tilted her head in confusion as she saw what looked like a fairly muscular young man on the other side of the door. "Can I help you?" The man was wearing long pants, a tank top and he had messy green hair.

"Yes," the man nodded, "I am Ichiro and I heard that this was a fighting dojo, miss..?"

"Tendo Kasumi," the woman said with a small bow, "yes, this is the Tendo Dojo, but it hasn't seen any real use in years, I'm afraid."

"Ah," Ichiro snapped his fingers, "I would have loved to face the master of the school, I just wanted to test myself."

"Who is it, Kasumi?" A male voice was heard and Kasumi stepped back from the door to look behind her.

"A young man who wishes to challenge you, father."

"One moment." The man said as he walked over to the door and opened it up. The man was taller than the woman and his long, black hair was starting to gray, as was his moustache. "My name is Tendo Soun and I'm afraid you're a few years too late, son. I haven't taught anyone in a long time." He saw the disappointment on the young man's face and thought about it for a moment. "Even if we were to spar, I'm afraid that I've gotten quite rusty. I would offer nothing to you."

"Ah, darn." The man nodded. "I don't suppose I could get a drink of water before I leave?"

"It is a bit warm." Soun nodded and looked at Kasumi, who bowed and left to go to the kitchen. "My eldest is a good woman, it's too bad she hasn't found someone yet."

"Indeed," Ichiro said and looked at Soun. "And it's too bad that you're out of shape."

"Huh?" Soun turned in seemingly slow motion as Ichiro pulled out a thin knife and slashed upwards, cutting the side of Soun's neck and drawing blood. Ichiro put a medical pad on the cut and pulled it off after a moment, the pad covered in blood before black feathered wings appeared behind him. "Then again, most humans don't have a chance against a Fallen Angel." He laughed and disappeared in a flash, leaving Soun clutching at the cut on his neck.

"What was that?" Soun asked as he realized that the cut was only slightly worse than a shaving cut. "Kasumi, I need some first aid." He wasn't too worried about the cut, but he still wanted to get it check out, just in case the blade cut something important. "Why would a Fallen Angel do this?" He asked no one in particular.

(-)

Appearing in a forest, Ichiro looked around before his form shifted, his green hair turning purple and his eyes changing color, and he nodded as a screen appeared in front of him. "I got the blood you wanted, Mr. D. But... Why did you ask me to go?"

"Do not ask questions that you are not ready to hear the truth about, Tatsuro. Or would you prefer that my associate left you to die in that creek after your girlfriend abandoned you to your death?"

Tatsuro flinched and shook his head as he held up the bloodied cloth. "No, sir." The cloth disappeared in a small flash.

"Excellent. Now, head back to Vegas. Things will start moving in a little bit." The screen disappeared and Tatsuro nodded before he disappeared as well.

(-)

Back in Las Vegas, Nabiki found her eyes opening as she stirred and sat up and licked her lips. "What..." She shook her head to clear it as she saw the time. "...Seven... I slept for over eleven hours?" Nabiki couldn't handle the surprise as she sat up, the sheets falling off of her to reveal her nude form. "...When did I get naked?"

"You needed it." Ai said as she stirred and sat up. "Just so you know, it's been mostly peaceful since you left, other than some houses exploding." Nabiki gave her a flat stare. "Also, I stripped you naked in your sleep."

"Well, that clarifies that." Nabiki said as she rubbed her eyes clear of the sleep buildup. "So, what's this about houses exploding? I haven't looked back here since I was away and I thought things would be fine for a little bit."

Ai shifted and sat up as she stretched. "Apparently Rei and Murasaki were involved in a violent fight over in Lynbrook."

Nabiki frowned in confusion. "That's a gated community, there shouldn't have been anything unless someone..."

Ai shook her head. "Rei contacted us a few hours before you got back. Murasaki hasn't come back yet, but we'll know more later."

"I think I need to know now." Nabiki muttered as she snapped her fingers and a bunch of screens popped up in front of her. "Now, let's see what..." She frowned in confusion as some static appeared on the screen momentarily. "Weird, that's never happened before," a holographic keyboard appeared in front of her and she tapped on it. "What was that?"

"Interference from the nearby buildings and the anti-scrying properties that the materials are made out of. A vast majority of the buildings in the American Southwest that are designed to insulate against the extreme heat have these materials. In addition, the one known as Oboro has a parasitic virus in her body that renders her with a high level of magic resistance, to the point of being nearly immune to magic, which is also why the image is not as clear as it would normally be."

"Lovely." Nabiki muttered as she tried to remember if it had happened in any other times that she had been looking into a place to take over. "I just had to choose a desert city? Why didn't I try to take over, I dunno, Billings in Montana or Wichita in Kansas?"

As soon as she saw the fires erupting and saw Oboro walking out, she understood. "Oh, right, this bitch." Nabiki narrowed her eyes as the image was somewhat grainy and a line of static went through it. "What is going on?" She was tempted to slap the screen to see if she could clear up the image.

Still, she and Ai watched as Mars and Murasaki fought against Oboro, which ended with Murasaki getting stabbed and Mars got her finger into Oboro's mouth, causing the cyborg to fall backwards, seemingly defeated.

"Damn, Mars kicks ass." Ai said, her eyes sparkling in amazement. "That was so cool."

As the image got more grainy and it showed Mars going over to Murasaki and Oboro not moving, Nabiki turned the screen off. "Yeah." Nabiki said with a nod and flopped back onto the bed. "I'll give Murasaki some time off to recover."

"That reminds me, Murasaki didn't come back after that happened." Ai said as she tapped her chin. "Are you sure she's okay?"

Nabiki nodded. "Murasaki can heal from most injuries really fast. So long as her heart and brain aren't destroyed, she can recover from anything. Actually, did anyone go over to where the fire was at?"

"By the time I showed up, all of them were gone." Ai told her. "Rei came back and said Murasaki was fine, but I'm worried about her."

"Good point." Nabiki muttered as another screen appeared in front of her. "Let's see, where... Oh, there she is." The screen revealed Murasaki in the shower. "Well, I'll contact her. Murasaki, can you hear me?"

"EEEK!" Murasaki let out a yell and looked around before seeing the screen with Nabiki and Ai. "Don't scare me like that. I could have fallen and broken my neck!"

"You would have healed, but, sorry." Nabiki said with a small smile. "Are you okay? You got pretty injured in that fight."

"I'm fine." Murasaki said with a nod. "Those injuries hurt, but I recovered, as you can see. Now, can you go? I," she blushed softly, "gotta use the toilet."

"Ah, right. If you need to, take a day or two off." Nabiki said as she turned to Ai. "See? She's fine." The screen turned off, leaving Murasaki alone in the shower.

"Phew..." Murasaki sighed softly. "I don't know how Mr. D and lord Satanael knew about this, but it's a good thing they did."

After all, their entire plan hinged on Dr. Kiryuu getting results and modifying the bodies of Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury. "I wonder what they're going to do with Murasaki's body?" She mused to herself before shrugging and her large breasts bouncing. "...I kind of want to keep this body." She smiled as she groped her boobs. "My normal boobs aren't this big."

(-)

A couple of hours later...

Nabiki, now fully dressed in a female business suit, looked at the Senshi and Taimanin as they gathered in her office. "We're just..." She trailed off as Michiru and Haruka entered from the elevator. "Ladies, glad you could join us."

"It's my fault." Haruka said with a yawn. "I woke up less than five minutes ago."

"I know." Nabiki smirked at her. "So, Murasaki and Rei ran into Oboro."

Asagi's eyes widened and looked at Rei, who fidgeted a bit. "Are you okay?"

"Barely." Rei said with a grimace. "She was able shrug off most of my magic attacks with ease. After she was down, I got Murasaki out of there."

"Sadly by the time I got there, Oboro's body was nowhere to be seen." Ai said with a grimace.

"So, now that we've recapped what happened with the fire, did anything else happen?" Nabiki asked as she looked around.

"There's a succubus by the name of Alma Elma that ate a wanted criminal." Haruka said, drawing everyone's attention. "She said it was because of her father and that she doesn't want to."

A screen appeared in the middle of the air as a portrait of Alma's face appeared on the screen. "When did she have horns?" Haruka asked as she saw the ram-like horns on Alma's head.

"She always had them." Nabiki told Haruka, "but she uses disguise magic to hide her horns when around humans. Anyway, looks like... Oh ho?" She chuckled in amusement. "Looks like her mother was a pretty powerful succubus who wanted to take over Makai before Lilith and Ranma came into the picture. Her father..?" She tilted her head as the image changed to a red-skinned, muscular demon that looked more like a savage dog than a human. "Oh, yeah, that's a maneater demon alright. They only want to kill, eat, breed and sleep."

"Uh..." More than one person said as the screen turned off.

"Did..." Usagi looked troubled, "did her father force himself on her mother?" She was taken aback by Nabiki laughing. "What?! I'm serious!"

"I know," Nabiki nodded as she calmed down, "and I'm sure that she'd be flattered about your concern, but to a Succubus, rape is often just another form of greeting. Her mother wouldn't have cared about being raped if it meant that her off-spring would have been stronger. And if Alma said something about having a maneater father, she wasn't kidding." Nabiki told Haruka. "If anything, she's probably starving and only eats when she's about to die from hunger."

"A demon that eats people that doesn't want to?" Rei asked, an incredulous look on her face. "Since when?"

"Vampires need human blood to survive." Nabiki pointed out to Rei. "Succubi need sex. While maneater demons are ruled by their instincts, not all Demons are. Alma happens to be a succubus who needs to eat a specific type of food to survive."

"Like a panda?" Makoto asked and suddenly the screen showed Alma Elma as a panda with succubus wings, big breasts, horns and pink hair. "...Kind of cute."

Nabiki coughed and smirked softly. "Not a bad comparison, but yeah. That said, keep an eye on her. Make sure she doesn't go out of control and for the Abyss's sake, do NOT be in the same room as her with no one else around." Haruka winced and nodded. "...You were, weren't you?" She sighed as Haruka nodded. "Fine, just be careful."

"Actually, I need to ask about Youmas." Yukikaze piped in, getting Usagi, Rei, Ami and Makoto to look at her sharply. "Minako said that they were the Senshi's first enemies and were wiped out, but my mother fought against Youma when I was a little kid and then disappeared. Are they the same?"

"No." Setsuna shook her head. "The Youma that Beryl used to attack Earth were, for the most part, just magical constructs. The Youma that you're talking about are naturally occuring creatures. They form when blood is spilled and extreme negative emotions saturate an area."

"Oh, so the Middle East has been keeping them alive for the past two thousand years then." Nabiki snarked as another screen appeared in the room. "So, what exactly..?"

"The Youma that are created on Earth today is because of the Youma King." A large creature cloaked in shadow appeared on the screen and even though it wasn't there, all of them felt an oppressive feeling in the air. "The Youma King exists in a pocket dimension that has more than ten forbidden seals on it."

Nabiki's pupils shrank to pinpricks. "The same things holding back Trihexa!?"

"Correct." The screen confirmed for Nabiki. "The Youma King cannot escape, however, the seal does not stop him from saturating the planet with his power and condensing blood and negative feelings into new Youma."

"So they're not related to Beryl?" Ami asked.

"Yes and no. The original Youma that attacked the Moon Kingdom were Youma created by the Youma King. The Youma, other than the ones that managed to kill the Senshi, and the seven that were sealed into humans, that Beryl had in the modern day were magical constructs."

"That..." Usagi gulped softly, remembering when she was starting out and had seen her friends get killed by the D&D girls, one after the other. "That's terrifying. How did such a thing get made?"

"The Youma King was caused by an dual experiment from the Great Devil King Lucifer and the Great Devil King Beelzebub. It was considered a failure as they could not control what they had created and it took the entirety of Hell's forces to seal away the Youma King."

Nabiki sighed softly and looked at Yukikaze. "Was that all you wanted to know?"

"...For now, sure." The petite girl said with a nod. "Thank you."

Suddenly Nabiki's cell rang and she pulled it out of her pocket and looked at it in confusion. "Why's Kasumi calling me?" She stood up and flipped it open to answer the call, walking out of the room. "Kasumi, what is it? I was in the... Father was attacked? Is he..? Oh, that's good. A Fallen Angel? Alright, I'll contact Shemhazai to see if he knows anything."

As much as Nabiki respected and liked Azazel, he tended to slack off on his duties when it wasn't needed.

Flipping the phone closed, Nabiki pursed her lips in thought. "It looks like everything is going just as I foresaw, huh?"

She could only hope that it didn't end up as bad as the worst possible outcome showed.

End Chapter 17