Akane's eyes widened slightly before she caught herself. She hadn't been associating with Ranma of late, and so didn't see gradual changes. She just saw Ranma as he was now, and how he had been when he'd fought her.
He'd only grown by about the width of two fingers. He'd also put on a few kg. Add to that there was a sort of solid presence that he'd had a bit of before, but was pretty noticeable now.
The girl who was Ranma's sister was apparently sulking nearby, her nose in a book.
Akane noticed that. Also noticed how the tall brunette threaded her arm along Ranma's when they noticed Ami there. She even noticed how Ami's fingers tightened on the book.
"Oh dear," said Kasumi, apparently noticing all this herself.
"Well, the ninjas are gone, the onmyoji is gone, and I think Nightshade is gonna have a time getting out of that ninja trap... oh hiya Akane. Training?" said Ranma.
"Invited," said Akane. "The timing was great. Sewer break near the house. It'll take a couple of days for them to fix it."
"Uhm, Kasumi right?" asked Ranma. "You know my sister, Ami..."
"YES!" yelled Ami, standing up. "And now our secrets are being spread about because of you, Ranma! Akane and Kasumi know about us being Senshi and you being Thor! Why don't you run an ad in the paper getting everyone involved in our business!"
There was silence following that outburst.
"You're Thor?" asked Akane.
"You're the Sailor Senshi?" asked Kasumi.
"You're supposed to be the quiet one, Ami-chan," said Usagi, wincing and rubbing the back of her head.
"Ami?" asked Ranma.
"brother complex?" whispered Kasumi to Akane.
Akane frowned, considered, and nodded. Yeah, that was how she was reading the situation too.
Akane had been briefed. She knew what to expect.
The presence of Kasumi now - THAT she hadn't expected.
"Uhm, right," said Ranma as the spectral battle raged around them. "How...?"
"I have no idea," said Sailor Pluto, tapping her Garnet Orb as if wondering about a short in the system.
"So that's Asgard, I expected it to be less of a floating island somehow," said Kasumi as she waved at the spectral warriors charging down the rainbow into the packs of monsters.
"So how does this work?" asked Akane.
"Well, that part we're still not sure about," admitted Sailor Pluto.
"And NOW you bring this up?" asked Akane.
"It looks like we're finding out," said Sailor Pluto.
"Wha AAAAAAAAAAA!" said Akane, suddenly glowing and throwing her head back as she twirled around in what looked like a fairly typical magical girl transformation sequence.
When she came back down, she staggered but looked perfectly normal. She frantically checked herself over, looking for anything out of the ordinary.
"What occurred Miss Tendo?" asked Sailor Pluto, her staff held ready just in case. Knocking her out and then having Sailor Moon purify her ought to work if something nasty had gotten in.
Akane stopped and thought for a moment. "Like calls to like. Do you know why I took this chance?"
"I think so," said Sailor Pluto. "You encountered monsters preying on the human race. You want to help."
"Exactly," said Akane, straightening up and noticing that everyone seemed just a little bit shorter. "A need for heroes begets heroics. I am channelling Fandral The Dashing. An expert swordsman and warrior of reknown. Rider of the mystic horse Firehooves. One of the Warriors Three. He died here defending the realms. His desires call to my own, like attracts like here."
"I thought she was gonna transform like I did," said Ranma.
"Apparently not," said Sailor Pluto, still concentrating on her Garnet Orb.
Nobody was paying much attention to Kasumi who:
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