The door leading to the Tomoe's living room opened.
"Hi, we're back!" Usagi shouted cheerily as she entered, followed by her Inner Senshi and most of the daimon-girls.
"You found them!" Hotaru said with excitement as she saw Leodachi and Ranko (who was accompanied by some unfamiliar persons). "Good job!"
Usagi smirked. "It was easy." Her gaze then fell upon Setsuna.
She tried very hard not to giggle when she saw the Guardian of Time's face. "P-pluto, you (giggle)... what happened to you?"
Setsuna groaned, while the others stared at the floppy ears, the curly tail and the pig-snout in the middle of her face.
"Just forgot about Pikari's little... condition," she mumbled.
"But..." Jupiter was confused. "She has been touching us all the way back here after we found her. And all Mars and I got were a pair of tiny tails..."
Pluto's eyebrow twitched. "Hotaru suggested to play a little game to kill some time..."
"So?"
"It was 'Twister'."
"Ah!"
Ranko giggled along with the others, then she introduced her new friends and 'family'. "Everyone, this is my big brother Ranma and his friends."
"Oh! How very nice to meet you!" Kasumoo exclaimed from above.
Everyone looked up. Because of her powers, Kasumoo was once again sticking to the ceiling. Luckily, all windows were shut.
"A flying, bovine Kasumi..." Akane muttered. "Now I've seen everything..."
Her tiny counterpart hopped over from Nabatty's head to her shoulder. "Hey, you weren't that amazed when you saw me for the first time."
"I was..." Akane replied. "I was just too stunned to show it..."
In the meantime, Nabiki had noticed the shaking trash can that was wrapped with a metal chain.
"Hello? Do we still have to play? I want to be the one who's seeking for once..."
Nabiki frowned and faced her bat-double. "Azusa?"
Nabatty grinned. "Azusa."
Just then, the doctor entered the room. "Hello everyone," he greeted them. "Good to see you all made it back safely."
Nabatty smiled back at him. "Hey, doctor! Got some drink for me?"
Amused, he shook his head. "Sorry, you floored the last bottle during your last visit..." Then, he sighed. "I'm afraid I have bad news for you girls." He meant the daimons. "From what I realized, there is no cure for the special... condition you're in."
"Doesn't matter," Nabatty explained. "We all decided we want to stay like this anyway."
"Well, that's good to hear... but there's more. I just got a call from the zoo... and they said they're not willing to take you in any more... not like this."
"WHAT??" Apane shrieked and angrily punched against Akane's head. "What's the big idea?"
"Stupid humans..." Leodachi growled. "I knew it... they can't be trusted. Let's chase them out of the zoo and claim it as our kingdom."
No one listened to her.
Ranko sobbed. (sniff) "I was hoping I could return... I liked living there... (sniff, sniff) WHAAAAAAAAAH!" She buried her face in her new brother's chest. "RANMAAAAA! I WANNA GO HOME!"
Ranma snarled. "I'd really like to go over there and pound some sense into their heads," he growled.
"That wouldn't help them either, Ranchan..." Ukyo sighed. Her double nodded.
Kasumi seemed to think about something. "Well, if that's the problem... why don't you all come and live in Nerima? The people there are used to strange things happening, and a few new residents with animal traits isn't really the weirdest thing they've seen."
"That's rrright!" Ranko immediately perked up. "I can live with Oniichan, and Nabatty, Apane and Kasumoo as well..."
Akane didn't look too happy, but she sighed in defeat. "Fine," she growled. "Just don't try on my clothes," she warned her double. "I don't want them to be ripped to shreds..."
Ukymel smiled and hugged Ukyo and Konatsu. "Great! And I'll live at your place!"
"H-hey, you could at least ask," the okonomiyaki chef protested. But she had to smile. As an only child, the thought of having something like a sister was certainly nice...
Pikari nervously raised her hoof-like hand. "Um... excuse me, but where would I stay?"
"Aw, we could always ask Akari," Ranma suggested. "I believe she would like it very much to have an almost-twin-sister."
"And I think I can produce some charm that contains Sailor Moon's powers, so your powers wouldn't affect other people," Luna offered.
"I believe I could always stay at that big mansion of that lunatic gymnast..." Leodachi smirked. "Let's see her do anything about it... It will certainly be fun. OH-HO-HO-HO-HO-HO!"
Ranma wasn't the only one to grimace at the mental image of a second Kodachi in the neighborhood... Well, at least she didn't seem to be as demented as her original was.
"I guess we can always send Muttzusa to Miss Hinako..." Ukyo grinned. "She really has a way to deal with delinquents."
"Purrr-fect!" Ranko cheered. "I'm so happy! Now everyone has her own home and family!"
She then realized something. Walking up to Sailor Moon, she bowed and said: "I'm sorry that we caused all that trouble... I won't happen again."
"I understand," Usagi smiled. "You just wanted to be free, that's all. And I hope you will have nice lives with your new families."
Ranko nodded and smiled.
Just then, Sailor Mars realized something. "Wait a minute..." She scratched her head. "Don't you have the feeling we forgot someone?"
"Something else, has anyone seen Tuxedo Kamen and Chibimoon?" Luna asked.
----
Captain Todo was shaking with rage. "MCNICHOLS!! What is the meaning of this??"
Leon nervously backed off. "B-but, sir... These are the culprits of all those crimes... aren't you happy that I finally caught them?"
"All I see is that you captured two of the city's most renowned heroes and allies of the Sailor Senshi... and besides, who has ever heard of a police officer arresting a young child? Set them free at once!"
Chibimoon grinned while the scolded policeman had to remove their handcuffs. "See, I told you it would be fun to let us get caught."
"I have to admit you're right," Mamoru sighed. "But let's not do that again, okay?"
----
In the Nekohanten...
"QUACK, QUACK!"
"QUACK, QUACK!"
"QUACK, QUACK!"
Cologne buried her face in her hands. "Shampoo... you did it AGAIN, did you? I clearly told you NOT to use Shamchan's eggs anymore."
"Is not Shampoo's fault!" the lavender-haired amazon pouted. "Shamchan should not leave her eggs lying around all the time."
"Hey, is it Shamchan's fault if Shampoo always swings around her bonbori? Scares me out of my feathers every time."
The elder of the Chinese Amazon tribe was starting to believe that it hadn't been a very good decision to make the duck-girl a honorary member of the tribe... even if she DID defeat Shampoo and Mousse in combat.
"Now, how to deal with this mess...?" she mumbled while watching the customers that were wildly flapping around the restaurant.
Shamchan grinned while clutching her new 'pet' duck Mousse. Those amazons might be crazy people, but... finally, she felt at home.
As for Mousse... he didn't quite know if he should feel glad to be hugged by an almost exact duplicate of his love... or if he should worry about being suffocated.
"Q-quack..."
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