Except that this different thing had happened and she was now in her own body, which was a fairly adult version of Hotaru. Now she wasn't looking to spread the Silence, or to bring Pharoah 90 to the world so he could destroy it.
Of course, now her Master was Ranma Saotome and her goal was the conquering of Earth in such a way that would minimize the destruction and loss of life. Almost one hundred and eighty degrees.
Mistress Nine looked at her former host. The little girl in the maid outfit was entirely too cute.
"You are Mistress Nine?" asked Eudial.
"Yes," said Mistress Nine, wishing that she could have gotten a better outfit. Preferably something in leather. High heels. A whip would be nice.
"I've been taking stock, and all our powers have been altered by the Master," said Eudial. "Probably when he severed our connection to the Pharoah 90 entity and 'reinvented' us."
"Oh?" asked Mistress Nine. "It took you this long?"
"It's been eleven minutes," pointed out Eudial. "I seem to have the ability to control and reshape nonliving materials - mostly metal. We're trying to keep track of who can do what, in order to make the best use of abilities."
"So you're finally being useful," said Nine, thinking for a moment, then smiling. "Midnight Bliss."
"Excuse me?" asked Eudial, wondering if that meant she could only use her power at midnight.
"I have several attacks," said Mistress Nine. "Mainly based on various videogame fighting characters if I catch the references. Apparently the Spring Of Drowned Young Girl lives on in me. One of those attacks is Midnight Bliss, which can transform the target into a young shapely girl."
"That seems odd for the Chief, he doesn't seem that interested," said Eudial.
"He's not," said Nine, a touch of frustration showing there. "I'm not sure why these are part of my repertoire."
Ranma smiled as he did another Rising Dragon Uppercut and then chained to a Hadoken. He'd asked the Great Will for information on martial arts moves he didn't have, and he'd gotten all sorts of neat ones. He'd given a bunch to that Mistress Nine gal - especially ones he didn't want. That Sofia gal for example - all her moves fit someone whose NAME was kinda ecchi.
He couldn't spend a lot of time doing that though. He didn't have much time at all.
He also couldn't create someone from nothing. He COULD alter someone already existing. If only he had a -
"D00D!" said a penguin.
"Oh man, as soon as the Great Will runs out, I have to get some sleep," complained Ranma.
"You're strange, D00D, but Master Etna sent a bunch of us prinnies here to do the vassal minion thing," said the strange penguin creature.
"Okay," said Ranma. "What can you do?"
"We're great at cleaning, cooking, general housework, maintenance," said the Prinny. "As long as we get paid!"
"Okay," said Ranma, shrugging and grabbing a cup of cold water. Splashing himself, he watched the Prinny for any reaction. None. Kinda disappointing.
"Oh and you might want to do something about the attacking army," said the Prinny.
L-Ranma smiled cruelly. He didn't want to KILL anyone, but he still had to get his troops from SOMEWHERE.
Going to a teleport stone, he ported to the top of his tower. "Hmmm. Let's see."
"Can I help, Master?" asked Mistress Nine, appearing out of nowhere.
"Huh? Yeah, I guess," said Ranma. Overlords delegated didn't they? A flicker of Great Will and he had little telescopes installed around the outer wall of the floor.
Mistress Nine shrugged and reached inside her outfit, pulling out the required coins to fit into the slot. "Chinese Air Force. Some winged people. Some others attacking on the ground. They're even fighting each other in some places."
"Heck, place is big enough - you'd think they wouldn't need to do that." Ranma thought about it. "Okay, here. I'm boosting yer power. Try not to kill 'em, some of 'em might be willing to become minions and stuff later."
Mistress Nine felt the thrum of Power through her. This might not be what her Master wanted exactly, but she might as well take advantage of it.
"Midnight Bliss!" called out Mistress Nine, throwing out what seemed to be a sphere entirely composed of roses.
Ranma saw that and was glad he hadn't kept that. Throwing roses was entirely too silly an attack.
achooo! achooo!
"Ah, Mamo-chan's getting a cold!"
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