Both Neptune and Uranus had felt it. There was something that had happened in their previous lives regarding Prince Ran. Something involving Uranus. Something...
Uranus slowly pulled her car to the side of the road, staring at nothing in particular. She remembered. Not all the details but she remembered.
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"We have more than enough power to guard the system and the Princess," Uranus coldly informed the Royal. Ran didn't even use the ginzuishou or the magical powers that were his birthright, so how could she take him seriously? Besides - he was a guy. All talk, no action. Not that she wanted action.
"What will it take to prove to you that you need more than a short skirt and a mana-ball attack to make a credible defense?" Ran asked the Senshi.
Uranus scowled. Originally the Sailor fuku had had a longer skirt and hadn't bared the arms so much. She had complained to Serenity about the skirt and how trousers would be so much more practical. Or maybe spiked armor.
Serenity had responded to the complaint about the skirts and skimpy armor plating but shortening the skirts dramatically and removing the armor entirely. Serenity had been in a less-than-serene mood that day.
Reminding Uranus that she was the reason all the Senshi costumes were skating outfits was one way to irritate the heck out of her.
"Maybe if I defeat you?" Ran speculated.
Uranus barked a short cruel laugh. "Beat me? While I'm in Senshi mode and you aren't drawing on any magic? If you beat me, I'll be your handmaiden!"
Ran looked speculative for a moment. "Not what I would have chosen. Duration of two months? Done."
Uranus' eyes widened as she found herself picked up and thrown around like a wad of pizza dough getting ready for the oven.
Oh, that was right. Basalt and some of the other soldiers had been training Ran, hadn't they?
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Uranus twitched as she remembered. She had lost. She demanded a rematch. She lost again. She'd shown up, hating the whole thing, wearing a typical handmaiden outfit, and prepared to serve her two months and hope that Neptune never heard about this.
Neptune had been there! In fact, Neptune had heard about the challenge, had asked Ran out, and had Uranus playing waiter during the evening.
Then Ran had told her to get to bed early.
The following days had been filled with physical hardship as he worked her harshly. She'd tried to get even with him on occasion, wager or no wager, but it quickly became a game of one-upsmanship where Ran had continually outdone her.
Then there was that one evening...
Sailor Uranus shifted to a furiously blushing Haruka Ten'ou.
"The handcuffs, the hot baby oil, and naked on the palace roof?" Neptune hazarded a guess.
"...you forgot the ice cream..." groaned Uranus. "I don't remember any details though. Thank the stars."
Neptune smirked but quickly wiped it. She remembered filching the key. That had been the most fun she'd had in quite awhile. They'd tried to slide the handcuffs off with the baby oil of course. She didn't remember details either, but was fairly sure that sex had not occurred. Though that had been the gossip for some time and part of the reason that Serenity had come up with the "engage all the Senshi to Ran" idea.
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