“I accept, but we don't use them for the battle!” Usagi glared back at him, her arms crossed about her chest, “Got it?”
“Heh, sure Usako,” He grinned cockily at her as he would lightly hold up his four cards, “But, I think they should watch from the sidelines, don't you? After all, they've got quite the stake in this meatball head.”
She glared at him before six crystal shards appeared in her hand, “Fine, they can watch me get our friends back!”
“Nah, just watch you lose the rest of them to me,” he grinned back before he flicked his wrist slightly and all four of his cards were sent flying towards a patch of empty grass.
In an instant, there was a sudden, cascading glow as four figures took shape, three quite obviously female, in short abbreviated skirts while the third stood tall over them. A dashing figure of a man, dressed in a stylish black tuxedo, marred only by a rumpled disarray, as if he'd been in the middle of dressing when he'd been summoned. A flustered look on his face, he worked to pull his pants up about his hips as he fidgeted nervously when he saw Usagi staring at him.
“Usako!” The man quickly buckled his pants as he flushed enormously, his face almost completely crimson as he quickly worked at buttoning his shirt back up.
“Mamo-chan!” the blond girl's eyes began to sparkle, ignoring the obviously distressing state of undress the man was quickly working on remedying, “I'm here to rescue you! Along with Uranus, Neptune and Mars!”
Ranma watched the display idly before looking towards the tall blond he'd just summoned with her short cropped hair, struggling to keep a look of disgust from her face, “Mmm, who was it this time Ruka?”
The senshi of Uranus twitched slightly as the elegant, green haired woman at her side hunger her head, and the raven haired woman next to them blushed heavily, “Brianna, though, if this had been about two hours earlier...” a scowl on her face, the woman nodded towards Sailor Mars, “This would have been REALLY awkward.”
“H-hey!” blushing almost as red as her skirt, the raven haired senshi squirmed even more where she stood, her eyes refusing to leave the ground beneath her, “Why are you telling him that?!”
“Because she knows I'll find out anyway?” Ranma grinned casually as he smirked at the girl, “Really Rei, you'd think a girl like you would have learned that by now.”
Any other words the girl might have spat back were cut off, as a streak of blond ponytails raced over, and grabbed all four figures in a fierce hug, “I was so worried I'd never see any of you guys again!”
“Urk, princess,” Uranus managed, struggling slightly against the sudden death grip Usagi seemed to have her locked in, “Its nice to see you again, but.. Could you please try to not crack my ribs?”
“Indeed,” the senshi of Neptune murmured in agreement as she twitched lightly in struggle, “Its good to see you Usagi, but, I would like to breath...”
“Let go dumpling head!” Mars growled lightly as she managed to get a hand free and bopped against the girl's head.
“Its... good to see you too Usako,” the tuxedoed man managed as he struggled to breath as he was mashed against the others.
Ranma himself merely smirked as he watched the display, his eyes glittering a bit before he coughed pointedly, “Well, as amusing as this is, we DO have a duel my dear.”
His head canted lightly to the side, he smirked back at her, “Unless you'd prefer to forfeit?”
The pony tailed girl immediately released her friends as she then turned and glared at Ranma, tears glistening in her eyes, “Why do you have to be so mean?!”
“Do you still think this is some kind of game little rabbit?” He glared at her harshly, and suddenly the friends she'd been embracing so closely had grabbed a hold of her, pinning her back in their hands as she could feel their fingers digging painfully into her skin, “It isn't. This goes beyond even simple life and death. We're sparks Usagi, and it doesn't matter how you cry and whine about it, whether we want to or not, we have to fight to survive.”
“M-mamo-chan, Rei, Haruka, Michiru,” the blond girl whimpered softly as she looked back at her friends with wide eyes, “S-stop it, you're hurting me!”
There was only a slight look of sympathy in their eyes as they tightened their fingers on her skin, locking her body in place as Ranma continued, “If you don't protect your friends, they'll be used against you. If you can't protect yourself, you'll lose them. If you keep acting like a child, someone will beat you, and rip your spark out of your body, and take everything you cherish from you.”
Her friends released her then, roughly pushing her to the ground as they stood morosely over her, looking down with sad, unsympathetic eyes as Ranma spoke in a soft whisper that carried to her ears, “Now summon the rest of them and prepare yourself, its time to begin.”
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