Sailor Mercury was running through the streets, following the signal of the Zodiac Amulet.
When suddenly, someone screamed: "HELP! A monster!"
'Not again', Mercury sighed. With all these monsters running around in Juuban, she was somehow not surprised that this was the same in Nerima.
She followed the screams, while quickly scanning for evil energy.
"There IS some form of energy up ahead, and it's clearly magical," she murmured. "Let's see if it's also evil..."
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The young woman was running away in fear as the giant, humanoid, winged bull (with an eel as a tail) came towards her.
"Help me! It's gonna eat me!"
'Stupid woman,' Taro wanted to say. 'I only want to know if you know something about Happosai!'
But, in this form, he could only let out unintelligible growls.
Mercury came past the corner when the woman fled, and she spotted the colossal form of the cursed martial artist.
"A Youma," she gasped.
Taro sweat-dropped when he realized one of the Senshi. 'Why, oh just why do they have to confuse me with a Youma EVERY time they see me?'
Ami quickly pulled out her communication device, but Taro quickly rushed at her and snatched it out of her hand.
Ami gasped as the monster threw her communicator up to the roof of the next building.
'There! Now the others won't come and bug me as well.'
He was going to leave, but Ami stepped into his way. "Stop right there, Youma! I may not be as strong as Mars or Jupiter... but I won't let you go and threaten peaceful citizens again."
'Damn those gals and their speeches... Well, if she wants a fight, she gets one!'
He growled and threw a mighty punch at Mercury. The Senshi of ice and water yelped and jumped aside. The mighty fist of the beast left a deep impact crater in the street's asphalt.
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Ranma had just stepped outside, when he heard someone scream something about a monster. He sighed. Did this have to happen before he was eating?
Well, if he hurried, it would probably be over before Kasumi served dinner.
He jumped over the fence and started running.
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Nabiki looked out of the window and saw Ranma jumping over the fence.
Sting jumped next to her. For a scorpion, he surely had powerful hind legs. "What a pity that you still haven't your amulet," he said. "Or you would be able to help Sailor Aquarius!"
Nabiki stared at him. "Say WHAT?"
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Mercury wanted to use her Shabon Spray, so the Youma would lose track of her.
Sadly, she had to dodge all the time to avoid his powerful punches, so she had no time to use it.
Suddenly, a loud yell could be heard: "Hey Taro! Leave the girl alone, ya hear me?"
Taro turned around. Great! Fem-boy... As if his day wasn't screwed up enough... He growled menacingly at Ranma.
"Dunno what you meant with that, but I won't let you pound helpless girls around, got it?"
Mercury fumed. Helpless girl?
'Stay out of this, fem-boy,' Taro wanted to say, but it came out as a deafening "Moooo".
"Don't say I didn't warn ya," Ranma smirked and jumped at the bull-creature.
Taro blocked Ranma's kick and reacted with a flurry of punches. 'Don't underestimate me, fem-boy,' he thought. 'I've gotten better since our last fight...'
'Dammit,' Ranma thought. 'How did he get that quick? Perhaps I should change into my girl form, I'm much faster that way...'
Ranma jumped back and looked around. 'Great, once you need water, there's none around... If I could just call it to me...'
A startled housewife yelped as the water she was just using to wash her dishes flew out of the window of her apartment.
Ranma grinned as he felt some water splash on his, now her head. 'Hey, that's better...' She cracked her knuckles. "Okay, Taro! Bring it on!"
Taro let out a mighty 'Mooo' and charged the trans-gendered martial artist.
"Let's see if you're quick enough to counter this... KACHU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN!"
Taro groaned as he got pummeled by the chestnut fist. 'Time to get out of here,'he thought and looked upwards. On the building on the other side of the street, he could see a big billboard. 'Perfect!' He flew up, towards the billboard. When he was in front of the building, he hit it with a powerful punch.
Mercury was startled by Ranma's transformation, but now she had something else to worry about. "Oh no," she gasped. "The billboard is about to crash!"
That's right, by punching the wall, Taro had caused the billboard to tilt and slowly fall over. Several passengers who were in front of the building didn't realize the danger.
"Damn you, Taro," Ranma snarled and started running. But she had the feeling she wouldn't make it in time...
Taro used the distraction to fly away safely.
And while Ranma saw how the billboard was tilting even more, a voice behind her shouted: "Shine Aqua Illusion!"
A jet of cold water shot over her head, hit the billboard and coated it with thick ice.
Ranma let out a sigh of relief. The billboard was frozen in place, the people were safe... for now.
"Hey, you better get out of here," she shouted. "Take a look upwards." As the people realized the danger they had been in, they quickly left.
Ranma turned around and grinned at Sailor Mercury. "Hey, good work!"
Mercury nodded... but then she gasped and screamed: "LOOK OUT!"
Ranma looked up. The ice coating had begun melting in the sun, and the billboard once again was tilting... and then it cracked off its hinges and fell down... towards Ranma!
"Shine Aqua Illusion," Mercury shouted again, but she had the feeling that her attack wouldn't be enough to stop the falling billboard.
And Ranma acted solely on instinct. A voice deep inside her told her what to do... So she grasped the amulet around her neck and shouted:
"AQUARIUS ZODIAC POWER, MAKE UP!"
A bright light and a cascade of water surrounded her as the Senshi magic turned her clothes into a Sailor Fuku with a light blue skirt.
Sailor Aquarius acted on instinct again: "Liquid Control!" The freezing water attack of Mercury was still flying through the air at that time, so Aquarius used her powers to redirect it... towards her own body.
Coating her body with a thick armor of ice, Sailor Aquarius became a living pillar of ice that smashed right through the descending billboard.
CRASH!
The billboard broke apart in a shower of debris and ice shards.
Mercury gasped. That girl... boy... whatever... was one of the Zodiac Senshi? And she controlled her own water attack?
Ranma looked around. Her ice armor got cracked, but she didn't even get a scratch.
"Wow..." she murmured as she looked down at her fuku.
"I really look stupid in that thing."
Mercury sweat-dropped.
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