Setsuna considered her options in regard to Ranma, while she watched what was going on with him. She eventually up with five options.
Option one: Leave him where he is. Unfortunately, while this option was tempting, it wouldn’t work. Leaving him in Nerima would leave the inner senshi down two, and there would be no Saturn when she is needed.
Option two: Take the senshi away from Ranma. She rejected this quickly, because Ami’s star seed rendered any writing already on her unchangeable. Hotaru found a friendly soul after ten thousand years of isolation, and would most likely refuse to give up being close to him. Makoto, she is an unknown, and with the gates in their current condition Setsuna can’t check the future. Current estimates for return of future scanning capabilities is after the war with Beryl
Option three: Since saffron has been defeated kill Ranma. This was rejected outright. The current situation proves that attempting to kill him causes more problems than it’s worth. That is not even considering that he is technically her son.
Option four: Was rejected due, to the impossibility of having them performing their senshi duties without telling Ranma. Ami would need a direct command from Ranma.
Final option: Use the contract to adopt him, and bring all four to her house. This option seemed to be the only viable one. It would allow the two of the three or if she’s lucky all three monster senshi to be in Juuban, allow her to try and keep Ranma under control, and allow the senshi to get training to replace or supplement the experience gained from the death busters. She has no idea yet, if the death busters will still attack without Hotaru being the host of Mistress 9. Unfortunately, she needs to buy a bigger house. The one she lives in now was meant for four people. If the outers need to live with her again she would have seven people living under one roof.
She sighed at the inevitability of her decision, and turned to the gates to watch Makoto’s reaction to her loss.
Makoto opened her green reptilian eyes as she regained consciousness. Putting a hand to her head she said, “Ow, my head. What happened?”
“Are you okay? I used the Hiryuu Shoutan Ha,” Ranma asked in a concerned voice.
“I’m fine. You beat me?” she responded.
“Yup, told you I was the best,” he said proudly.
She smiled, and asked, “You’re strong will you marry me?”
Ranma froze as his mind took stock of the situation. ok, I have one stone girl who says I’m her master, one bone girl that wants me to keep her (whatever that/ means,) and one violent girl that wants to marry me because I beat her in a fight. Wait; marry me because I beat her? ANOTHER SHAMPOO?! That’s it, if I bring even one of these three girls home, I’ll get bashed by Akane so…)
Ranma shook his head, and said, “Saotome secret technique!”
Makoto tensed, and thought, Why is he attacking me? I only asked him to marry me.
“Run Away!” the pigtailed boy finished, as he dashed off leaving a dust cloud trail.
All three girls left behind, face fault with a sweat drop on their head. This was a good trick, considering that two of them don’t sweat.
The three of them look at the dust cloud, then at each other, and then the dust cloud again. The three of them then started running after the rapidly fading figure, each of them with a different yell. “Ranma!” the golem cried out, as she took off. “Ranma-sama!” the skeleton called out, as she was quick to follow. “Come back here!” the lizardgirl yelled, as she over took the other two.
Just as the air cleared the three monster girls ran up to him. Makoto asked for the group, “Did you see a pigtailed boy come by here?” the confused doctor pointed in the direction Ranma ran off in, and the girls took off again.
“Last time I ever hire from THAT ward,” the doctor mumbled as he sat down to read the paper Ranma gave him.
The three girls came to a stop. Each of them had a different thought running through their head.
She looks familiar. I think, Makoto thought.
I think I know her, but that’s impossible. It’s been so long since I have seen anybody that anyone I knew would be dead, ran through Hotaru’s head.
Pluto, Ami thought upon recognizing her.
“I think it best if the three of you come with me for right now,” Pluto said tiredly.
“Why is that guardian Pluto?” Ami asked.
“Because, if you go to him now you will be causing him pain. I promise that I will bring him to you three tomorrow.” the time guardian said. She then thought, only because the city office buildings are closed on sundays.
Ami nodded, and said, “I remember you were trustworthy, I will come.”
The two other girls quickly agreed as well, since they had lost his trail anyway.
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