Yet, as he watched her, he could tell that this wasn't some sort of little joke. Unlike his yoma, this Moon Knight actually had skill on her side, and could recognize the need to remove stupidity from her path with all expedience. And that actually intrigued him. He'd expected someone who would be totally focused on showing off her power against the Dark Kingdom. Instead, he got a young woman who was more intelligent and focused then the garden variety versions in the ways that really mattered to a Dark General.
The fact that she was attractive didn't hurt. Her curves weren't spectacular, but they were very feminine, and gave her a certain natural dignity. With a lovely face, long golden hair, and eyes that glinted at the chance for conflict, she was clearly the sort of 'window dressing' that they could use around the base. Plus, if he got her to switch, it'd please that hag Beryl, and give them an insider view of their new rivals.
His plan was solidified when she saw how astonished she was by the sight of Bambar turning around, getting on her knees, and begging for mercy. There were a lot of things that he could tolerate, but even worse than failure or being pathetic was wimping out. That settled it. He would get rid of the utterly useless yoma, try to convert the blonde, and hopefully gain himself a bed mate for the future.
Amd she wasn't some silly twit trying to ruin his plans with some silly speech about how bad he was.
Life was looking up for him.
When Luna had considered her quest to find the Senshi, she had thought that she would find fine examples of young women. They'd be girls who's spirit exemplified the true reasons for their empowerment. Each girl would be a shining example of some group of girls that others could follow, like the 'loving protector', or the 'stalwart warrior'.
What she got was a teenaged oddity who was possibly more out there than her enemies.
She just had to wonder who thought that this would be funny to do her.
There were moments in either of her lives that Usagi had to wonder just what went into the insanity that made up the world. Such a case was like when it was one thing to come across some sort of power up, but it was quite another to discover that it came at the price of one's dignity. It was always up to her to come up with something to fix the problems that she saw with the situation. Usually that tended to work.
However, the sight of what looked like a girl in bondage gear kneeling, crying and begging for mercy was another thing. She'd seen things like this before, but she hadn't like it back then either. This was just as sad as some of what her father had pulled.
"Please, please, please don't kill me!" the yoma sobbed. "I give up! You win! Honest!"
"You... 'give up'?" the 'Moon Knight' parroted.
"Sure do! I'll do whatever you say! I can even do your bidding!"
"You'd work for me?"
"I would! Whatever you want! I can fetch things! Look menacing? Fine by me. Just don't hurt me!"
"Aw, man..."
"I know what you mean," murmured a male voice, and both 'combatants' turned to look at the speaker as he faded in.
"Jadite!" the yoma squeaked.
"Bambar. You, I will deal with later."
"Oh no...."
"Right now, I've come to speak with your attacker."
"You mean me," the blonde girl muttered. "Don't you?"
"Exactly. You have caused us a great deal of trouble."
"I try."
"You try well."
"So? You come to try and get revenge against me?"
"Far from it," Jadite replied. "I want to offer you a proposition."
"Like what?"
"Come work for us. You seem to have talents that we can use."
"Is that so?"
"It is. I can say that you will be very useful for our plans for this miserable rock. Whatever little group you've been working for can't give you what we can. What I can."
Sailor Moon's eyes narrowed. "You want me to work for you?"
"Exactly. You'd be working closely with me, and it would not be a problem from my end. Joining up with someone who is both competent and attractive would be a welcome change from having to deal with all the rabble like this failure you had to chase."
"And if I say no?"
"That would be bad. I'd hate to hurt this pretty little face," he commented as he nudged the human girl's dainty chin up with one finger.
It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that he was hitting on her, nor did she have any trouble figuring out what to do about it. Her Ranma side was disgusted by the idea of a guy trying something perverted with her, and connected it to other stupidly dressed pretty boy behaviors. The 'Usagi' part of her recognized that this was a nasty man trying to weasel his way close to her. Both parts saw only one way to deal with such an individual.
"Not on your life!" she snapped, and went to kick him away.
Unfortunately for the formerly self assured General, his positioning was bad, and with a kick fueled both by male disgust, and feminine self protection, he could not dodge it, so he got the full brunt of what the hit did do... as it connected her knee with his crotch.
"As if I'd just roll over and let some guy sweet talk me into going with him!"
Bambar blinked for a moment, and then watched as the guy who'd sent her out, someone who she'd thought was very powerful only moments before, rolled on the floor, whimpering and holding his groin with both hands, while:
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