Akane'd just been moving to give Nabiki her customary wake up call, her sister might not have slept as heavily as Ranma, but she took a lot longer to wake up than most anybody Akane had known.
Of course, when she opened the door, she didn't quite find what she expected.
To be precise, she found herself seeing two extra people.
Ranma, she wasn't all that surprised to see, but Azusa!?
She ignored the fact that Azusa's clinging was obviously not very appreciated, since there was something else that was more damning than that.
Ranma and Nabiki were cuddling, at least as well as they could with Azusa around. The familiarity with each other was so blatant and obvious that, for a moment, Akane simply slumped.
It was only after a released breath from the younger Tendo that brought the familiar growl that heralded the eruption of Mount Akane.
"What the HELL is going on in here?!!" Akane demanded.
****
Kasumi looked up and wondered what had just piqued Akane's temper.
"What the hell? Ahck!"
THWACK!
She'd been doing a lot better, especially after the wedding attempt. They'd been back to square one, but then, it seemed that some of the recent situations were getting to her.
"MASTER?! Akane, are you crazy?!"
"Azusa savior!"
"Isn't my sister enough for you?"
The fathers were start of it, but then the disappearances started, including one Akane's acquaintances. She'd already been worried and stressed when Nabiki and Ranma started seeing each other. So far, Ranma and Nabiki had been very circumspect about their relationship, but it was hard for them to cover up everything when they lived in the same house.
"I ain't cheating on Nabs!"
"You're just brainwashing her then?"
Especially with Nabiki once in a while slipping and calling Ranma "Master."
Who knew Nabiki was into those sort of games?
"Not the computer!"
Kasumi opened the refrigerator and opened the door marked with the kanji that read "Kasumi's Special Ingredients" in colorful and cheerful kanji.
SHATTER!
She'd put some carrots and milk in there last night, but that wasn't what was in the drawer now. She took the bamboo out of the drawer first and set aside in anticipation of Genma's inevitable change before breakfast. The next item confirmed something of Akane's accusation of vampirism.
"Put the damn weights down!"
The gallon of milk was now a very familiar seeming red and it only took a brief sniff to identify that it was blood, which meant that it was a dietary requirement for someone in the house.
"You are so getting the wedgie of a life-time, little sister."
Kasumi turned the label towards her and checked the information there to see if there was anything she could do to spice it up without ruining whatever it was about the blood that they needed. She found a selection of possibilities, but really didn't know what sort of flavoring Ranma and Nabiki would prefer.
"Nabiki stay back, I'llEeeeEeEeeEEEeeeee!"
It would take a little bit of experimenting, she supposed. Granted, Ranma was likely very accepting of any sort of food, and she could try to judge based on Nabiki's past likes, plus, of course there was always the fact that they still seemed to eat normally.
"That looks...painful..."
"eeeee?"
Kasumi hummed to herself as the sounds of raised voices and destroyed walls echoed through the background. She retrieved some of her normal ingredients and turned to the counter as she started to prepare breakfast.
"Kolkholz High School in Nerima was destroyed last night as a consequence of a failure to update unsafe design flaws that were exaggerated by an accident the previous year," the news said in the background. "Survivor stories are unclear, but it seems that some of the participants at a figure skating competition may have gotten into some sort of brawl that precipitated the problem..."
"I told you not the computer. Thank go...errr...goodness for back-ups."
Kasumi paused and looked at the TV in shock and a little gasp.
"Oh my."
****
"Well," the battle-commander of the Senshi said as she watched the news. "That explains why we didn't see much vamp activity last night."
"So much the better," Artemis said, yawning. "We don't really need to be messing with vampires, why go looking for other people's trouble."
"It came looking for us," Minako said, sighing.
"Not yet, it hasn't," Artemis said. "You should be getting ready for whatever the next big galactic threat is, or at least relaxing while you can. Go start being silly or something again."
"That really makes sense coming from someone that's supposed to be my mentor," Minako said.
"All work and no play..." Artemis said shrugging. "What's Usagi saying?"
"You know her," Minako said. "She's got that Serenity look going, so when she makes her decision it'll probably the best course of action overall, but..."
"But she thinks like a queen, not a general," Artemis agreed.
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