Title: Love For All Time Part 16 Author: Jade Hunter A.N: Ha ha! Nothing can keep me down for long....except for this blasted cold! Disclaimer: So, it's been another four chapters. Or three, whichever way you want to count. Here I go. The Senshi, Tuxedo Mask, the kitties didn't come from my mind. Neither did the Nermian gang. However, Ryuujin, his powers, his past, everyone else's past, Love, Fire, Fog, Light, Earth, Thunder, Wind, Water, Death, Time and Shadow _do_. Take them without asking, and I will be VERY mad!!!! "talking" <> **thoughts** _emphasis_ ////memories//// ############################################################################# Ryuujin was ready to force the Senshi's memories on them, if only to stop them from asking him the same confounded question over and over and over and over and over and over and - - well, you get the idea. They had been in a sort of pattern now, one he had noticed immediatly, and could not help but feel disappointed. He had taught them long ago that patterns were dangerous, that each had it's weaknesses, and that the only use of them was to go into one so you could fool your opponent and change tactics when they went for your 'weak point' in the pattern. He had discovered this weak point immediatly, and had thought of several ways to break the pattern of attack. However, most of the ways delt with him leaving, and that really wasn't possible, not with Hotaru oh-so-innocently holding onto him. There was no way he could get up, not without dumping the poor girl on the floor. He desperately searched for anyone to come save him, even as he counted the seconds that was left before the same question was asked again. He was disappointed. Sorely disappointed. All he saw was an equally curious Hotaru, and two eager Mau, and a prince who was not about to risk his neck by going up against his girl........no sign of the mighty Sailor Pluto, who would surely rescue him if she ever got back from her walk! He cringed. Here it came...............again. It was Ami this time, as he predicted, "What is your name? All we know is that Setsuna calls you Ryuu-chan, we call you Sensei, and Hotaru calls you her big brother. Now, the Ryuu-chan is the most revealing nickname as to your real name." He sweatdropped, and looked around one final time for a savior, was disappointed - sorely - again. He started to speak, when he saw it. His savior. The one person he knew could deflect this barrage of questions. The only one who would save him. He immediatly deposited Hotaru into Haruka's lap, much to the surprise of both parties, and stood. He dodged Rei's desperate dive, twisted around Makoto's tackle, sidestepped Hotaru and Haruka's attempt to grap his legs, and ducked under Minako as she jumped for his head using her gymnastic skills. He felt relief as he made past all the obstacles, and nearly tackled his savior, almost crying in thankfulness. "Help me," he murmmered desperatly. "Please, in the name of all that was, is, and will be, HELP ME!" ***** "Help me," his voice sounded tired. "Please, in the name of all that was, is, and will be, HELP ME!" Setsuna was almost in a state of shock as she glanced down at the man who was cowering behind her, holding onto her with a death grip, making it hard for her to breathe. Never, in all her moments with him, had Ryuu-chan ever, _ever_, acted like this. She had went for a walk about twenty minutes ago, and had been trying to predict the Senshi's reaction to their past dealings. She had come back after reaching a conclusion that the Inners would be hurt, the Outers would be sort-of sympatheic and a little horrified. The moment she had stepped into the room, though, she had been attacked by this man. He was bordering in hysteria now, begging for help. She had never seen him like this. Never. ..................well, now that she thought about it, there was that one time, in the Silver Millenium, a day after they recieved their powers............... That look on his face was nothing compared to the one he had on now, but she supposed that being Ranma changed his personality a bit. In any case, she had better stop them before he blew. "Ahem," she cleared her throat, getting the attention of the Senshi who were all trying to pull Ryuujin back into the room. She raised and eyebrow and stated, "You were asking him his name, weren't you?" "How did you know?" Mamoru asked from his corner, a large sweatdrop running down his head. "They've been at it for twenty mintues." "We did it before," Setsuna admitted. She shuddered and added, "It was _not_ one of our better ideas." "Why not?" Usagi asked, curious. Setsuna sweatdropped, to the amazement of the others, and replied with a haunted look on her face, "We were punished for it afterward." The look on her face terrified them more than any description of their punishment could. If the unflappable Senshi of Time was, to this day, horrfied by the punishment, how could they ever hope to be any less terrified? Rei suddenly went pale, "I remember." A moment later, Haruka gagged a bit and muttered fearfully, "So do I." "Oh. My," Ami breathed out, looking faint. Makoto was less reserved, "Shimatta! That must have been illegal. Tell me it was illegal and he was punished in some way!" The Jupiterian sent a pleading look to Setsuna and Hotaru, stopping only to send a terrifed look to her Sensei. "No, it was legal; he was our teacher, and could have done worse," Hotaru whimpered. "I forgot all about that." "Worse?" Minako's voice reached a shrill tone, making everyone wince. "How, in the name of the Kami, could it have been any worse than that?" "He could have holo-recorded it and shown it to the public," Michieru suggested. Shudders traveled up and down ever spine, minus the Earth Prince, two feline ones, and, of course, the cause of the shudders, who was now fully composed, with a fond smile on his face. "Yeah," Ryuujin smiled. "That was the best day of my life. Revenge is sweet." The Senshi shot him incredulous and fearful looks, which increased as he added, "Don't forget. For what you did today, I could make you go through that again and again." "He's right," murmered Setsuna, drawing in a deep breath. "I don't know if I have to, since I didn't this time, but if I had joined in, I would've had to." "He'd make _you_ take a punishment if you joined us?" Minako asked. Setsuna nodded, "In our lessons, we were simply Sensei and student. It was only outside of the class that we were Suna-chan and Ryuu-chan." Horrified silence reigned. "I don't get it," Mamoru shrugged. "What could be so bad?" Luna pursed her cat-lips and gasped, "Was that the time when you all couldn't get up for two weeks?" Artemis' eyes widened, "I remember that! You guys could barely lift a finger afterwards, and even after a month, you were more limping that walking. It took you, even with your Senshi healing powers, like two more months to get better fully." Mamoru gaped, "How come I don't remember this?" "You first came to the moon a year after the coronation when the Senshi were publically announced," Usagi recalled. "That was about a year and a half before the coronation." Mamoru thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Was it really that bad?" "YES!" everyone shouted. "How did it all start?" Mamoru questioned. Setsuna volunteered to tell the tale. Everyone agreed, for she had the best memory out of all of them, except, of course, the punisher, who was curently smiling gleefully and rubbing his hands together. Fearful of another punishment, they all huddled together, away from him, and asked Setsuna to start. "I remember it as if it was yesterday," the Time Senshi began. "It had been only a scant 24 hours after you had recieved you powers. He had us wake up at the crack of dawn - " She was interupted by Ryuujin, who had his head thrown back and was laughing deviously. She sweatdropped, and went on with her tale. "Anyways, we were all sleeping in our quarters, even me, and we didn't have alarm clocks then. He had told us the day before to come at the break of dawn to start training, but I guess we all thought that he had to be kidding." Setsuna paused and frowned. "He wasn't." ############################################################################# To be continued in Part 17. ~~~~~Jade Hunter~~~~~