Now Ranma wasn't available to help out during the Dark Kingdom or the Black Moon Clan battles. This was in part because of the time it took him to find his patron gods, the time he took to train in his powers so he didn’t go into battle without knowing what he could do, and just the general craziness of Nerima. Explaining why he had a wolf/dog hybrid named Orpheus without giving away that he was now the servant of two death deities had been tricky enough. Besides, the Fates thought that it wouldn't be right for the Outers' Kamen to appear to the Inners before the Outers were introduced.
Apparently the Fates also had a sense of humor because the first senshi that Ranma helped out were Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. Ranma had been passing by when he saw the two senshi fighting a daemonic Black Widow. The Black Widow was an experiment of one of the Witches's 5 to see what a daemon egg would do if it was grafted into an animal. When Ranma saw the state that Uranus and Neptune were in he immediately transformed and prepared for battle.
While Ranma was transforming, Michiru and Haruka were starting to think that maybe they shouldn't have been so hasty to dismiss the Inners. Being bound up in ultra strong daemonic silk while a ten foot spider is standing over you muttering to itself about whether it should eat you or your lover first makes a very strong argument in favor of having more teammates. Not that Michiru or Haruka was about to start hanging out with the Inners, but they'd really give working with the Inners a serious consideration. Of course, this was provided that they could figure out a way to get out of this predicament.
Sadly for the Outers it seemed like time was up and the spider had decided who was the first course. Haruka looked on in terror as the spider lunged at Michiru to eat the senshi of Neptune. The senshi of Uranus struggled as hard as she could trying beyond hope to break free of the silk cocoon that was imprisoning her. But no matter how hard Haruka tried, she was unable to free herself. As despair found a home in Haruka's heart she looked away unable to watch her lover be devowered.
This B movie horror scene came to an abrupt halt when the spider smacked into an invisible barrier. Michiru looked up and saw the spider's face about a foot and a half away from her with its face looking like a Loony Tunes' character that had been hit by an anvil. Not that Michiru had ever watched Loony Tunes, really. Both senshi then watched a man suddenly appeared out of thin air with a cape loosely hung over his shoulder and left arm.
At first Haruka and Michiru thought that maybe Tuxedo Kamen had appeared to help them. However, both of them quickly discounted this idea. Not only did Tuxedo Kamen only appear to save Sailor Moon's bacon, but Tuxedo Kamen had a different outfit. While this unknown man was wearing a Tuxedo it had gold trim and the man's mask was a black Phantom of the Opera style mask instead of Tuxedo Kamen's costume party mask.
Ranma looked at the bound Sailor Senshi and then glanced over at the daemon. Hades hadn't been joking at all that the cape could be used as a shield. He hadn't felt the daemon's impact at all! Ranma quickly squashed his elation and summoned two coins which he used to cut the girls' free of their imprisonment. Then in a very serious tone Ranma said, "Get to your feet and finish this creature. My attacks can damage and distract this daemon, but you’re the ones with the power to finish ugly off. I'll keep this loser busy, but don’t spend all day powdering your noses."
It aggravated Ranma that he couldn't finish the daemon off himself. However, in order to do that he'd have to be a girl and there was no way that he'd fight a daemon in that dress. Sure Ranma had trained in his female form as well, but there was no way that he would go willingly into battle in that form.
Michiru and Haruka quickly jumped up and prepared to use their attacks. Sure they were a little annoyed with how their mysterious helper had talked to them, but they weren't too annoyed. At least their kamen wasn't a one shot wonder that spouted bad poetry like the Inners. Both of them noticed how the unknown kamen was leading the spider daemon into a perfect shot for them and how the man's attacks appeared to be weakening the daemon. Maybe it wouldn't cramp their style too much if they let the guy hang out with them once all of this was over.
Such considerations were pushed to the side as the duo unleashed a 'World Shaking' and a 'Deep Submerge' at the daemon. Ranma immediately sensed the incoming attacks and jumped clear of the blast area. As a parting gift Ranma sent a swarm of coins at the spider’s legs to insure that the monster didn’t just doge the attacks. He landed on the ground in front of the duo just after the daemon was disintegrated by the combined attack.
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