Everyone thought they were gonna die when Yojinbo's katana descended onto them like a gleaming executioner's axe...
...when suddenly a giant sword, held by a petite little girl, stopped it dead in its tracks.
"Aura?" Tidus gasped. "How did you do that? I thought he was gonna cut you in two!"
Aura turned around her head and smirked. "Remember that moogle we met on the Red Horse? He sold me this: Angel Earrings! They give me the ability to resist instant death."
"What? You mean you're immortal while wearing them?"
Yojimbo pulled back his katana and stepped back. Aura slowly stepped back as well. "No. I said INSTANT death. Attacks like Yojimbo's Zanmato are used to instantly kill an opponent... and these earrings protect me from it. So, as long as you stay behind me, you will be safe from Zanmato."
"Well, you're lucky you're female now," muttered Wakka. "As a man, these would have looked silly on you..."
"Do you think you can fight him all by yourself?" Tidus asked. Aura shook her head. "Not really. As Yuna said, he's one of the best swordsmen that ever existed, even before his spirit became a fayth..."
"Great," Ukyo sighed. "Now it's either certain death by his Zanmato, or almost certain death after he defeats Aura."
"I have an idea," Ranma suddenly said. "Give me some time, okay?"
Aura nodded. "Sure. Just don't make it too long, yes?"
"Got it!" And Ranma watched Yojimbo's next move very carefully.
Yojimbo had put away his katana and was staring through his mask. His dog, Daigoro, growled at the intruders. The spirit of Lady Gennim just stood in the background and watched.
Suddenly, the samurai Aeon pulled out for weapons that looked like Kunais. He spread them like a fan and threw them at Aura. She deflected one of them, but the other three hit her robe and the soft flesh underneath. She gasped. "Poison... not good..."
But when Yojimbo threw his weapons, he didn't pay attention to Ranma, who used this moment to jump over his head. Without looking back, Ranma ran into the Chamber of the Fayth.
----
In the chamber, the stone fayth wasn't under a massive layer of glass, but under several straps of paper that were fastened over the statue. On them, several kanji symbols were painted, as if the straps were spirit wards.
Ranma looked around. The fayth was nowhere to be seen. Then he groaned ... of course not. Yojimbo was under the spirit's control, that means the fayth must be sealed by her. Now what was he gonna do?
Suddenly, he heard a very VERY familiar voice calling his name:
"Ranma... Ranma... my manly son!"
Ranma stuttered when he saw the image of his mother appearing over the statue of the fayth. "M-M-MOM? W-what are YOU doing here in Spira? I thought you were home... wait a minute..." He suddenly realized the translucence of his mother. "You aren't dead, are you?"
Nodoka smiled and shook her head. "No, of course not, Ranma! I'm an Esper now!"
"You're WHAT? How did THAT happen?"
"Well, you know this nice Hibiki boy, do you? Well, he appeared at the Tendo Dojo when I was visiting, and he had this cute bird with him... anyways, we were talking, when he suddenly summoned this thunderbolt and..."
Ranma held up his hand. "You know what, Mom? Tell me later, okay? I'm a little bit in a hurry - out there is a possessed Aeon that wants to kill my friends. If you're an Esper, can you help us defeat it?"
'WHAT AM I SAYING?' thought Ranma. 'I'm asking my mother for help to defeat a powerful Aeon that's about to turn my friends into shish kebab.'
'Have trust in your mother, Ranma,' Carbuncle told him. 'She certainly got stronger while getting her Esper powers. Odin was her sparring partner, and he was really impressed with her abilities.'
Ranma sighed. 'Oh well...'
Nodoka frowned when she heard the sound of steel hitting steel from the corridor. "Is Akane-chan out there, too?"
Ranma nodded. "Yeah! Her, and Nabiki and Kasumi, and Shampoo and Ukyo are there as well. I hated to leave them behind, but I'm the only one that can use Espers, you know?"
SHING!
Nodoka gripped the handle of her drawn katana. "No one hurts the fiancees of my manly son without getting hurt himself," Nodoka said in a determined voice. "Let me help you, son!"
'I know I'll regret this later, but...' "Okay, Mom! Let's show this guy what messing around with the Saotome family means!"
----
By now Aura was cured many, many times with Potions and Antidots, but they slowly went out of medicine, and Yuna still hadn't regenerated her magic.
"We're done for if Ranma doesn't hurry," Nabiki screeched.
Suddenly, someone else appeared between the cherry blossom trees... it was an elegant woman dressed in a beautiful kimono, carrying a strange bundle... Yojimbo turned around in irritation.
The woman looked up with a smile... then the smile turned into a smirk of determination. She unwrapped the bundle and threw away the cloth in a dramatic gesture. The uncovered katana gleamed as bright as Yojimbo's own weapon, as she raised it above her head.
"For my son, his fiancees and many, many grandchildren... I'll make you pay!"
Yojimbo sweat-dropped.
Akane blinked. "Auntie Nodoka?"
Behind his mother, Ranma stepped into the corridor. "All right! Go get him, Mom!"
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