Some days later...
Setsuna was sitting in the living room, searching through several books, sometimes taking a look at her laptop, sighing deeply and shaking her head.
She didn't notice how something was sneaking close by... something vicious... and scary...
Something with strange pink appendages...
And as Setsuna was concentrated on her work, she didn't realize it until it was too late...
The pink little terror suddenly shot up in front of her, grinned widely and shouted: "HI, PUU!"
With a startled 'gack', Setsuna scuttled backwards with her chair.
"Chib... Chibiusa," she panted. "Don't startle me like that!"
The pink little terror of Crystal Tokyo grinned nervously. "Sorry, Puu!"
Setsuna sighed. "It's all right... So, what excuse did my past self have this time to send you here?"
The future princess of Crystal Tokyo grinned. "I wanna help you find the Zodiac Senshi... and I wanna meet Ranma-sensei!"
"Sensei?"
"Yup!" Chibiusa nodded. "He's my martial arts instructor!"
"You're doing martial arts?" Setsuna asked, nearly sweat-dropping. Chibiusa nodded. "Sure! I don't have a belt, as Ranma is training me in Anything Goes Style, but he said I'm already pretty good."
Setsuna, who heard about Genma's training methods, grew nervous all of a sudden. "Um, he didn't try to teach you the Neko-ken, did he?"
Chibiusa giggled. "Nooo, of course not! He may be dimwitted sometimes, but he's not stupid. So, what'cha doing?"
"Oh, I'm just searching for whoever may have the remaining Zodiac Amulets by now," Setsuna explained. "It's not easy to find them all, but this one is especially tough." She held up a piece of paper and frowned. "Davey Jones... an American sailor that once visited Japan. He was crewman aboard the 'Morning Star', a cargo ship that regularly delivers Japanese fishes to the USA..."
"Does he still have the amulet now?" Chibiusa asked.
"I don't know..." Setsuna replied. "I know he once had the Pisces Amulet, but... I don't really now what happened to him. I can follow his lead to a certain day where he once again was in Japan, at the same seaport where they always had anchored... And I know he fell in love with one of the locals, but... for some reason I can't find out what happened to him afterwards."
"You'll find out, I'm sure," Chibiusa encouraged her. "You're the Guardian of Time, you can do it!"
Setsuna smiled. "Thanks, Small Lady! I really needed that! So, you already were at Usagi's?"
Chibiusa nodded. "Yup, and she was nice to me for a change... She invited me to come with her at the beach! She was being invited by her friend Naru, who's going to stay at her parents' summer residence. It's a fairly big house... she was allowed to bring some friends along. So Usagi invited me and the Inner Senshi to come along!"
Setsuna thought about it. "Hmmm, it has been a time since we did something fun..." she pondered. "But I'm afraid I still have to work on the amulets..."
She shrugged. "Aw, what the heck! I need some vacation as well. I friend of mine has another summer residence near the house of Naru's parents... I think he'd let me, Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru stay there for a while."
Chibiusa beamed. "That's great!"
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In the Tendo Dojo, Ranma was lying on the couch. "Boooring..." he murmured.
It was a warm Friday afternoon. Soun and Genma were playing Shogi, Nodoka was polishing her katana, and Nabiki was reading a manga. Kasumi was out, going shopping.
Akane came down her stairs. "Hey, Ranma! I'm bored, you wanna spar?"
Ranma wheezed. "You gotta be kidding me, Akane! It's way too hot to spar!"
Akane frowned and sat down next to her sister. "You're right, but... isn't there something we can do?"
Sting, who was sitting on Nabiki's shoulder, snickered. "How about doing some 'mallet practice'?"
Akane glared at him. "Gladly! Do you volunteer?"
The scorpion sweated. "I think I'll pass..."
"It certainly is warm," Nabiki said, looking up from her manga. "Almost makes me wish our home was close to the sea..."
"Oh, I just remembered..." Nodoka put down her blade. "We still have the Saotome summer residence at the beach! Why don't we all go there for the weekend and have a little fun?"
Ranma sweat-dropped. "Mom, since when do we have a summer residence?"
Nodoka shrugged. "We always had! I think I just didn't mention it... Anyway, there's enough room for us all. Do you all feel like going there?"
Ranma and Akane smiled widely. "Anytime, Auntie!" "Sure, Mom!"
----
"Where the hell am I now?"
Ryoga looked around in confusion. All that sand, the ocean, the trees... Looks like he was once again at some kind of beach. But, what beach? He hoped it wasn't Hawaii again... He still had nightmares from all those Principal Kuno look-alikes.
----
Happosai jumped out of the crate. Man, that was a tough one, coming back here all from Germany in this crate... They should've never removed the men's underwear Ranma bound him with. But still, weeks without anything to eat and no female companionship left him a little weak...
Well, he just had to change that! He decided to go to the beach. Those bikini beauties certainly wouldn't mind an innocent hug from an old man, right? Or a quick fondle... or a little grope...
Happosai giggled. "Sweetooo..."
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(Posted Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:12)
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