SMSTSS28: Enter the Sailor Senshi! – By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: SM, R1/2, ST, MK and other properties belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Special Note: The story will be based upon "Mortal Kombat 2011" and "Mortal Kombat v. DC Universe". Even though MKvDCU was released before MK2011, the storyline in MK2011 takes place before MKvDCU (albeit in a non-canon fashion). C&C are welcomed.
Part 1
In the near future, the evil, extra-dimensional warlord named Shao Khan succeeded in defeated the chosen defenders of the so-called "Earthrealm". However, in the last ditch effort to remedy the errors that were made that led to the event known as "Armageddon", Raiden, son of the Inzanagi and Izanami, and leader of the Earth Realm defenders, decided to take a chance at defeating Shao Khan, by changing the past, if ever so slightly.
"I wrong," Raiden said, as he picks up the pieces of his amulet, which had been smashed during his fight against Shao Khan. "I should have called upon the true defender of Earth, in spite of my misgivings of her eccentric behavior..."
Pause.
"And wherever she goes, Father is sure to follow," Raiden said, as he begins his last ditch efforts are correcting a horrible wrong...
As he uses his remaining power with the broken pieces of his amulet, Shao Khan forms his hammer, ready to deliver the finishing blow.
"You are finished, brother," Shao Khan said with a smirk. "The bastard son of the Inzanagi will finally dominate the Earth Realm."
"You chose to follow the path of the warlord, brother," Raiden said. "But you will be stopped, either in this life or the next."
"Regardless, you will see neither," Shao Khan said, as he slammed his hammer on top of Raiden's head.
"Sailor Moon, I need you-!"
Usagi Tsukino woke up with a start, as she sat up in bed. For days now, she has been plagued by visions of the future, where a terrible warlord would be too powerful to stop. She rubs her eyes, as she looks over towards her sleeping, yet snoring, husband…
"I wonder if I still have that invitation," Usagi said, as she rolls out of bed. She then tip toes over to her shared office in her home in Chiba Ward, Tokyo (Japan). She pulls out her stack of mail, which she rarely goes through, and frowns.
"Dang it, where is it?" Usagi said, as she goes through the stack.
"Looking for this?" said a familiar voice.
Usagi turns to see her husband standing there in the study's doorway. He was holding a black envelope with gold lettering on it. It was also stamped by a gold outline of dragon…
"Ranma, give me that," Usagi said, as she tried to snatch the envelope out of Ranma's hand, only to have Ranma be a bit faster.
"I will, but answer me this: when were you going to participate in the Mortal Kombat Tournament on Ying Yang Island?" Ranma asked.
"I hadn't planned on it, Ranma," Usagi said, as she snatched the invitation out of her husband's hand. "But I've been getting these weird visions of the future, concerning the fate of the Earth Realm."
"Usagi, there's always something happening, concerning the fate of the Earth Realm," Ranma retorted. "If it isn't some machination caused by some alien intelligence like Starro or Korvac, then it's something to do with the Overfiend or the Bull Host of Pax Dei. In fact, I'm surprised that we haven't gotten some trouble right about now."
"Well, we did have to deal with the machinations of the Serpent of the Norse and Zoom's 'Flashpoint Initiative' to deal with," Usagi said, as she holds up the invitation in Ranma's face. "And maybe, I have to deal with this latest misadventure."
"You mean, 'we', hippity-hop," Ranma said, as he folds his arms. "Usually, when you go off on your own, I end up with getting the blow back."
"Since when?"
"Oh, since for…ever? Look, if something is going on, it will be my role as your husband to protect you, as well as my role as the 'Sorcerer Supreme' to protect the Earth."
"Fine, you can come, but you'll have to take me seriously."
"Oh?"
"Yes, you might have to fight me in mortal combat."
"If you think I'm going to kill you, or use lethal measures against you, forget it."
"See? You're not taking me seriously."
"I didn't say I won't defeat you. I AM Ranma Saotome, you know."
"…"
"You know, I have the whole 'I can't lose' shtick going on, and all."
"Ah."
"Anyway, we better get to back to bed," Ranma said, as he heads back into the bedroom. "We leave for Yin Yang Island in the morning."
"You know, I do hope that Yin Yang Island has better accommodations than Hanging Neck Island, where we participated in the Demon World Tournament a few years ago," Usagi said with a smirk.
"Tell me about it," Ranma replied likewise…
The net day, the couple arrived on Yin Yang Island, with Ranma representing the "Anything Goes Martial Arts School", and Usagi representing the "Moon Crescent Martial Arts School". Usagi's style of martial arts was a real style, relying primarily on sharp kick attack vectors that relied upon fencing techniques for the sake of executing the attack. In fact, Usagi had been instinctively been using it early on when she first became Sailor Moon, such as when she uses the 'Sailor Kick' on her youma foes...
Nevertheless, once she arrives on the island as Sailor Moon, and once she demonstrated her mastery of the 'Infinite Wail', Usagi was allowed to participate in the tournament.
That night, after a big feast, the Tournament Master Shang Tsung initiates the proceedings.
"Greetings!" said the wizened, older man, as he sat on his throne. "I am Shang Tsung. Welcome to 'Mortal Kombat'-!"
Usagi looks around the assembly area. She didn't need to take a guess at who's who with some of the people. She immediately recognized Johnny Cage, Hollywood Action Star, who was hitting on someone with an obvious military demeanor…
"So, babe, you want to hang out sometimes?" Johnny Cage asked, as he adjust his sunglasses.
"Get lost," the blond woman replied.
Usagi merely giggled upon hearing this, until she notices a mysterious man, wearing a traditional rice field hat, glancing towards her, before refocusing his attention back towards Shang Tsung.
"Ramna, isn't that Raiden?" Usagi asked.
Ranma turns towards the direction of whom Usagi was referring to…
"Hmmm?" Ranma replied. "Oh, yeah."
"What's your son doing here?"
"Not sure," Ranma said with a shrug. "I should ask him-"
"And now, we can begin the tournament!" Shang Tsung said. "We can begin with our first match…Johnny Cage versus Reptile!"
A green-clad, masked shinobi suddenly appears on a nearby roof. The shinobi then performs as somersault off the roof, and stands in the center of the ring in front of the audience.
"He looks like a 'Visitor'," Usagi said, as she sees through the shinobi's disguise. Well, the fact that anyone could see lizard skin and lizard eyes was an indication of Reptile's "origins"…
"You mean the guys who tried to invade the Earth in the 1980s while using 'fleshsuits'," Ranma said.
"Yeah. I prefer the 'Grays' posing as humans than the Visitors…"
"Y
"Awww-yeah!" said the action star, as he straightens his suit and sunglasses while facing the other combatants. "Watch, and learn…"
A short time later…
"Johnny Cage: WINS!" said the announcer.
"Yes!" Cage said in triumph. He then limps back the assembled fighters.
"See?" Johnny said to everyone, as he smiles confidently.
"You look like hell, man," Ranma said.
"Now, for our next fight…Ranma Saotome versus Baraka!" said Shang Tsung.
A creature of some kind snarls. He lacked lips, and his mouth was lined with jagged teeth. He steps forward, leaps from Shang Tsung's reviewing stand, and then lands in the ring.
"It appears that you will have to fight a Tarkatan, Ranma Saotome," Raiden said suddenly.
"Oh, so you decided to acknowledge my presence?" Ranma said with a smirk.
"Have more respect for Lord Raiden, guardian of Earthrealm," said a martial artist, who wore the standard of the Shaolin.
"And you are?"
"This is my champion, Liu Kang," Raiden said.
"Well, Liu Kang, mind your own business," Ranma said, as he turns to face Baraka.
"How dare he?" Liu Kang said.
"Do not worry about that one," Raiden said. "He will be a much needed ally."
"What could be special about HIM?"
"You will know only if Shang Tsung honors the edicts of Mortal Kombat," Raiden said.
"And if our host does not?"
"Then let us hope the Elder Gods will help us in our time of need…"
Ranma stretches a bit, even as Baraka extends his bone blades, from his forearms, in triumph.
"I shall taste your flesh, godling!" Baraka yelled.
"You can do it, Ranma!" Usagi said, as she ate her hot dog while sipping on a soda.
"Hey, you know me, I can't lose," Ranma said with a confidant smirk. And then, he thought of something.
"Wait, how did you get a hot dog anyway-?"
"Ready?" Shang Tsung said, just before he drops his left hand. "FIGHT!"
Baraka launches his attack, by tumbling forward.
Ranma dodges attack, avoiding the rotating bone blades in the process.
Baraka whirls around sent an energy bolt to Ranma by scrapping his blades together.
Ranma catches the energy bolt in his hands, allowing Baraka to charge forward. He was already trying to decapitate Ranma, by performing a Lariat Attack against Ranma's neck. At the last minute, Ranma ducks, and slams Baraka's own energy into the Trakatan's stomach in a Palm Attack. The added energy does aggravated damage to Baraka, sending him into a wall hard and fast like a bullet. Ranma and his audience waited for Baraka to step out of the building. When he did, the Tarkatan swoons a bit before collapsing from the damage done to his internal organs.
"Now, finish him!" Shang Tsung said.
"No," Ranma said, as he begins to walk back to the assembled group of fighters.
"Humph," Shang Tsung replied. "Very well, have it your way."
"Ranma Saotome: WINS!" said the announcer.
"You did it!" Usagi said, as she hugged her husband.
"Eh, it's nothing," Ranma said. "The guy was holding back."
"Really?"
"Really. He was trying to gauge my fighting style, up until he tried to take my head."
"I see…"
"You were holding back as well," Raiden said.
"I know," Ranma said, as he shows his arm bracers. "These things help in this regard."
"But why?" Liu Kang said.
"I want to perfect my skill, not my power," Ranma replied. "Ergo, I am only as powerful as my opponent, thanks to my 'bracers'. Same with my wife-"
"Next up: Sailor Moon versus Jade!" said Shang Tsung.
"Yippie!" Usagi said, as she jumps for joy.
"How can you fight…in that?" said the other blond woman in the assembly of fighters. She wore a commando style outfit, and was obviously military in her demeanor.
"What do you mean?" Usagi said.
"You're dressed up as some otaku fantasy."
"So says the one in stiletto heels and no BRA," Usagi said, as she stuck out her tongue.
"Humph."
"Oh, and I didn't know the government had already adapted Goa'uld technology."
"Huh?" Sonya said with a questionable expression.
"Your wrist blasters are a modification of the 'kara kesh', a hand-held device wraps around the palm of the user, and draws its power from a person's bio-energy," Usagi said, as she steps unto the mat. "Ta."
"How the hell does she know that?" Sonya asked aloud, as she looks at her wrist blasters on her forearms…
Meanwhile, a female warrior dressed in a sexy, shinobi outfit jumps into the arena. She wore some sort of mask that covered her lower face.
"I am called 'Jade'," the woman said. "It will be an honor to face you in mortal combat."
"Likewise, I guess," Usagi replied, as she bowed.
"And now…BEGIN!" Shang Tsung said, as he lowers his hand.
Jade was the first to strike, as she threw a spiral shuriken at Usagi. Usagi immediately takes out her "Moon Scepter" to block. Jade immediately extends her rod into a staff, leans forward, and jams it into Usagi's stomach.
"Oof!" Usagi replied.
Jade then moves forward to pole-vault into a "Flying Kick". However, Usagi crouches down just enough to execute a "Side High-Kick", contacting her foot to Jade's hip. This throws Jade off balance just enough to cause her to land on her bum.
"Oof!" Jade said.
Instead of going after Jade, Usagi backs up, allowing Jade to recover.
"It looks like Sailor Moon has not changed," Raiden comments.
"In way?" Liu Kang asked.
"She is holding back."
"I noticed that both Sailor Moon and Ranma Saotome tend to do that."
"That's because she isn't a psycho," Ranma replied, as he glances towards Raiden and Liu Kang. "As for me: I don't believe in needless brutality."
"You might want to reconsider that in the future," Raiden replied, before he focuses his attention towards Usagi's fight with Jade. "The future of us all might be dependent upon her willingness to use lethal means save Earthrealm from the Outerworld."
"Humph."
Jade gets back unto her feet. She then rushes at Usagi in the form of a Sliding Kick while throwing her spiral shuriken at Usagi.
Usagi knew that she was caught in the middle, so she leaps forward to rotate in the form of a corkscrew, avoid both the shuriken and the kick. Unfortunately, she didn't avoid Jade's extendable staff.
"Oof!" Usagi said, as she felt her stomach being rammed into. Seeing that her opponent was sufficiently tossed into the air, Jade stops her slide, spins around, gets into hand-stand position, and launches herself at Usagi, with the help of her extendable staff, and takes aim in the form of a Vertical Flying Kick.
Usagi, seeing this, shifts her body at the last minute, avoiding the intended kick. She then grabs Jade's body, holds her close to her own body, and then begins to rotates until she drills Jade's head and body into the mat with an audible pound.
"Ouch," Johnny Cage said.
While Usagi flips over to stand on her feet, Jade slumps over.
"Jade!" said a sexy, blue-clad, masked beauty, as she goes up to her unconscious friend.
"She isn't dead, you know," Usagi said. "I absorbed the impact using my battle aura."
"She's unconscious…?"
"I used a nerve pinch."
"I see…"
"Ohhhh," Jade said, as she shakes out of her stupor.
"Sailor Moon: WINS!" the announcer said.
"I did it, Ranma," Usagi said happily, as she hugs her husband.
"That, you did, Bunny," Ranma said. "I was surprised that you used the Hidden Lotus technique."
"No one said that I couldn't right?" Usagi said. "Besides, if people are going to use weapons and stuff in a fight, we might need to tap into our bag of tricks."
"True, true…"
Tbc.
Next Time: Sailor Moon and Ranma attempt to save the life of an assassin who might be deserving of death! It's Ranma versus Scorpion and Sailor Moon versus Quan Chi…and that's for starters! See you then…