Nabiki shuddered. She knew how poisonous scorpions were, but... she never heard of a talking scorpion before. Had it already stung her and she was hallucinating from the poison?
The scorpion looked at her closer. "Ah, so you must be Sailor Scorpio. Yes, it must have been destiny that brought this package to your home... Oh, excuse me: I am one the Zodiac Senshi's advisors, call me Sting!"
"Sailor...? Zodiac...? Sting...? What are you talking about?" muttered Nabiki.
The scorpion sighed. "Oh, right... you must regain your memories of the Silver Millennium first. Well, it's not so bad, trust me."
Nabiki stood up. Okay, maybe that scorpion wasn't a hallucination... "Okay, stop! Tell me: Who are you, how can you talk and what is this talk about a 'Sailor Scorpio'? The last time I heard, the Sailor Senshi were named after the solar system's planets."
"Yes, but not the Zodiac Senshi," explained Sting. "I came here all the way from where the Scorpio amulet was hidden, so you would come and get it. I really had a hard time doing all these business transactions with you, you know? I mean, using a computer's keyboard is not easy for a scorpion."
"You want to tell me that all I bought was a tiny little SCORPION? Oh, come on... And what did you do with my money I transferred to that bank account?"
"Oh, I donated it to a children's home. It's for a good deed, after all."
"I don't believe this..." Nabiki mumbled. "And how can you be sure that I am your 'Sailor Scorpio'? After all, there are many other girls living in Nerima that could be her."
"I recognize your energy signature," the scorpion said, waving his tail around. "In fact..." he closed his eyes. "I can feel that there are at least four other Zodiac Senshi around that have to learn about their destinies."
----
Ranma lay on the couch, dozing off. Akane walked past him. "I'll be right back, I just have to get something from the market for Kasumi."
"Okay," Ranma mumbled with closed eyes. "But don't mistake the salt for the sugar again."
Akane frowned. "Ranma no baka," she grumbled before leaving.
Ranma relaxed, until a shadow was cast upon his body.
"Boy, how can you just lie there and do nothing? Don't you have anything better to do? Use your free time to practice. Didn't I teach you to devote yourself to the arts?"
'Oh boy,' Ranma thought with a sigh. 'Pops is ranting again. I wish he would turn into a panda so he would shut up.'
And he imagined how the koi pond's water would splash his father, just so it would be quiet.
"Ranma, are you listening? You have to..." SPLASH!
The panda looked back at the koi pond in confusion. He held up a sign: 'Now how did that happen?'
----
"MEEEOOOOOW!"
Luna screeched in panic as she fled from the mob of cat bullies. She was only quietly prowling through Nerima, to see if she could find the Zodiac amulet, but then this big pack of cats had to attack her... AGAIN! What did she do to deserve this...?
When Akane passed around the corner, she just saw a black cat being chased by a large mob of angry cats. She got angry. "Hey!" She shouted. "All against one? That's not fair! Stop it, right now!"
Surprisingly, the cats obeyed.
Akane blinked, but then glared at the cats. "Good! Now, I want you to turn around and walk back where you came from, got it?"
The cat bullies nodded, turned around and left.
Akane blinked again. "Wow," she said. "I must have really intimidated them..."
She picked up the confused cat and held her. "Don't worry, kitty! The bad cats are gone. Oooh, you have some nasty wounds there. I'll better take you home, so Kasumi can take a look at you."
Luna just stared at the girl's forehead.
'Sailor Leo?' she wondered.
----
While walking home, Akane was passing Ucchan's.
Ukyo came out when she saw her sometimes-rival, sometimes-friend. "Akane? What's up?"
Akane showed her the injured Luna. "Here, this little kitty was all beaten up by a pack of other cats. I'm taking her home so Kasumi can take a look at her wounds."
"Oh, poor thing," Ukyo said. She took a look herself. "Dang, a wound at her right foreleg AND her right hind leg? That must have been some fight..."
'Poor cat,' Ukyo thought. 'I wish I could help her somehow...'
"Ouch," Ukyo shouted. Akane looked up. "What's wrong?" Then she saw the nasty cut on Ukyo's arm. "Oh, you're injured as well? Perhaps Kasumi should take a look at you, too."
Ukyo looked at her arm. "Yeah, perhaps..."
'That's strange', she thought. 'I can't remember cutting me there.'
Luna looked at her own wounds. Her hind leg was still cut, but the wound on her foreleg had vanished.
She looked at the seconds girl's forehead. 'Sailor Libra?'
----
When they came home, Akane shooed Ranma out of the room, so he wouldn't panic when he saw Luna. Then she called for Kasumi. When she came out of the kitchen, Akane showed her the cat. "Kasumi, you know how to treat wounds, right? Here, this little cat got beaten up and received some cuts. Oh, and Ukyo has a cut as well, on her arm."
"Oh, Ukyo, you must be more careful. Oh, poor kitty! Let Kasumi take a look at you..."
'What a nice girl,' Luna thought as Kasumi took care of her wound.
When a giant panda entered the room, Luna began to panic.
'Whaaah! A wild animal! Run!' her brain was telling her.
"Now, calm down there, kitty! Uncle Saotome won't hurt you, okay? So hold still so I can take a good look at you."
An aura of calm and peace surrounded the girl, and Luna felt herself relax. What a nice feeling...
She looked up as the girl bent down to look at her wound. 'Sailor Virgo...?'
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