The good news was that he wasn't that powerful yet, merely experienced in using power well. It, a mere scout, could take him out. In fact, that was exactly what it planned to do, after sending a brief warning message to its master - it might be a mere minion, but that didn't mean it was stupid.
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Ranma sighed, tuning out Diana once more - she was babbling once again. He was trying to remember. He knew there was something important he was forgetting. But whenever he tried to remember the memory disappeared. It wouldn't be so bad it this was something like schoolwork he was forgetting, but some gut instinct was telling him these memories included important stuff, like martial arts techniques.
His danger sense flared. He jumped backward causing Diana to squeak in protest.
There before him, with a fist driven into the ground where Ranma had been standing only a moment ago, stood a monster. It was a good two meters tall, and at least that wide, covered in bronze-colored leathery skin. While its legs were short and thick, almost like an elephants, its arms were huge and ended in powerful claws. Its scorpion-like tail thrashed behind it and dripped with some sort of liquid. Its head was wolf-like, its thick ill-kept black hair falling behind it but stopping at the shoulders. Sharp, sickly yellow teeth lined its maw, a thick green and foul-smelling vapor leaking out of its mouth. Its eyes, insect-like and red as blood looked at him, trying to pin him to the spot.
Fortunately, Ranma was made of sterner stuff, so when the demon moved to strike him with its other arm, he hopped back further still and got into a ready stance.
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Michiru headed to the door, hoping Minako was here. She disliked the idea of having to call the inner senshi for help, but for Hotaru's sake, she and Haruka were willing to swallow their pride.
The woman beyond the door wasn't Minako. She was a teenager, roughly Hotaru's age if she had to guess. She had on a set of ripped and worn blue-jeans and a black leather jacket over her pink blouse. A few metal bracelets decorated each arm and some simple, yet tasteful, earrings did the same for her ears.
It was only her blue eyes and pink hair tied in the two ponytails that identified her to Michiru. "Usa?!"
"Hi, auntie Michiru," chirped the future princess happily. "Can Hotaru come out to play?"
"Um... Hotaru's not in the best of moods right now...," the senshi of Neptune responded, unsure how to take Chibi-Usa's new appearance.
Chibi-Usa sighed, "Oh, that's too bad. Cause if Saturn doesn't get off her backside and over to the park, she won't have to worry about her prince any more."
"What?!" Michiru blinked, noticing Hotaru was now right beside her. She wondered how in the world Hotaru had managed to move that fast without loosing her breath in the process.
Chibi-Usa grinned mischievously at her friend. "You're prince is currently getting his butt kicked by something and he needs Saturn to bail him out."
Hotaru didn't waste any more time. She out the door almost as soon as the transformation to Sailor Saturn was complete.
Haruka had arrived just in time to see Hotaru take off like a bat outta hell. "What's going on?"
Chibi-Usa took a moment to transform herself into Sailor Chibi-Moon. "We're planning to go rescue Saturn's prince. Coming?"
Michiru and Haruka just blinked as they took in Chibi-Moon's new look. "Uh..." Haruka began, "What's that?"
The 'that' she was referring to was the large rifle-like object Chibi-Moon held in her hands. Where the rifle's barrel would be, however, was a long box, with a six-centimeter square cross-section. The entire thing was silver and pink in color, making it fit in with Chibi-Moon's outfit surprisingly well.
Chibi-Moon smirked. "Well, all my magic power is completely worthless without mom, and she's currently out on a date with daddy. So..." she patted the rifle with her free hand, "this is my backup. Like it?"
Michiru and Haruka glanced at each other before deciding it was more important to go help their daughter. A heartbeat later, all three were off to the park behind Saturn.
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