SMSTSS 40: Of Gods and Hulks! – By Ocramed

Disclaimer: SM, R1/2, ST and other properties belong to their respective owners.

Note: This is now a three-part story.

Special Note: This story ties into the "Hulk" story arc called "Mayan Rule", in which the Mayan Gods return in preparation for the end of the world, and the start of a new one…THEIRS.

Author's Note: As always, C&C are welcomed.

Part 2

With the return of the Mayan Gods, Hulkusagi, with the mind of Usagi Tsukino, aka "Sailor Moon", explains to her companions that the Mayan Gods were originally sealed away by her and Ranma Saotome sometime during the 15th century, shortly before the arrival of the Spanish explorers…

"Why would you do that?" Mamoru asked.

"To be honest?" Hulkusagi said with a sigh. "I really don't know why I was attacked when I served as Empress of Japan at that time. The only thing that I do know was that Ranma and I had to respond to those attacks, which, we did…"

Pause.

"Quite frankly, I would be curious to know as well."

"So, you sealed these so-called gods away?" Miya asked. "How?"

"Yes, using a complex ritual spell that trapped them all between the moments of Time. True story."

"So, what should we do?" Tenchi asked.

"Admiral, the situation concerning the Mayan infrastructure has changed," the ship's computer replied.

"Report," Hulkusagi said.

"Entities consisting of undead, beast-men and enhanced warriors have begun to fan out into the surrounding area," the computer replied.

"They are trying to establish a foothold at a nexus point," Hulkusagi said.

"For us, that's the site where Crystal Tokyo will be built," Mamoru said. "But, if they do that, then-"

"The seat of power will have changed, the Axis Mundi, to be reshaped in their image. I know this. Question is, are the Mayan gods responsible for my changes?"

"That, they are," Dr. Bombay said, after performing some calculations on his magic-tech, which looked like a handheld device. "In fact, all major sources of power from around the world, are being spiked to produce an energy signature that could be locked unto."

"Of course!" Hulkusagi said. "Outside the United States, Japan boosts the largest metahuman population, ranging from extraterrestrials to mutants to super-powered martial arts to-"

"Magical girls," Miya said. She turned towards Hulkusagi.

"They'll be after the Sailor Scouts, Sekirei and others."

"And that's why the Mayan Gods are going to be sending out an army," Tenchi replied. "We have to do something."

"We will-"

Just then, the sound of an alarm rings out.

"Ami, what's up?" Hulkusagi asked.

"Um, what happened to you?" Ami ("Sailor Mercury") Mizuno asked, before changing the subject. "Nevermind. Did you-?"

"I did. Get Minako on the horn, and assemble the Sailor Scouts for combat. I'll get the local superhero community informed of the situation, as well as sound the alert to all effective metahumans in Japan…"

Pause.

"Meanwhile, me, Mamoru, Miya and Tenchi will get ready to infiltrate that pyramid."

"ME?" Tenchi said. "But-"

"Tenchi, I know that you're not prone to fighting in general, but the longer the Mayans stay here, the more powerful they will get. Ergo, time is of the essence."

"Um, okay."

"Mamoru, Miya…can I count on you?" Hulkusagi asked.

"Of course you can," Miya said with a smile. "You're my Ashhikabi."

"I'll do what I can to help, Usagi," Mamoru said. Inwardly, the Prince of Earth was glad that he, not Ranma Saotome, would be going on an adventure to save the world…

"Dr. Bombay, if Admiral Tsukino is able to deal with the source of her affliction, can I then restore her to normal?" asked EMH Doctor 1.0B.

"Certainly, my good man," Dr. Bombay replied. "The sooner the source has been dealt with the better the results."

"Then, I suppose it's time to change," Hulkusagi said. She then fists the air.

"Gamma Moon Prism…Make UP!"

BLOOOSH!

"You okay?" Mamoru asked Tenchi, who was tending to his bleeding nose.

"I know that I'm not supposed to have nose bleeds, but, well, you know," Tenchi said, as he wiped his nose of blood.

"Yes, I know," Mamoru said with annoyance. As the Hulkusagi, Usagi's body was enhanced in ways that leaves no doubt that Hulkusagi was female, much to Mamoru chagrin.

"Unfortunately…"

After forming a brief "war council", consisting of representatives from the Sailor Scouts, Team Kakashi of Konohagakure, local heroes "Big Science Action Team", Big Science Action Team's teenaged counterparts "Super Young Team", the Powerpuff Girls Z, Gatchaman, the Super Cyborg Nine and others, Gamma Sailor Moon and her companions prepare to go deal directly with the Mayan Gods…

"Mom, don't go!" said Renata Uzumaki, as she cried in anguish.

"Stop being SO dramatic," Neo-Sailor Moon" Chiba replied to her half-sister. "Geez."

"Mom, Ren's right," Naruto said. "I should be the one dealing with these guys."

"Son, I have to do this myself," Gamma Sailor Moon said. "Besides, who's going to protect Tokyo during my absence?"

"Me, of course," Sasuke Uchiha said with a smirk. "Just stay out of my way."

"Ha! You ain't going to goad ME into an argument…"

Tuxedo Mask sees this bickering amongst the teenagers. He still can't wrap his head around the fact that Naruto and Renata were Usagi's kids by another man…

"Lady Usashinko, I have a question," Sakura Haruno asked. "If all people like you are being affected by these gods, how come Rini, Naruto and Ren aren't becoming Hulks?"

"Yes, why is that?" Tuxedo Mask asked.

"They have the potential, sure, but because they have never been Hulks, they don't have the catalyst to change," Gamma Sailor Moon said. "My children would have to be directly exposed to gamma radiation first before becoming Hulks on a regular basis."

"Ah."

"It's time," Sailor Mercury said, as she finished her calculations using her Mercury Computer. "When you and your team are beamed into the epicenter of the construct, you will end up in the Yucatan."

"I figured as much," Gamma Sailor Moon said. "Okay, let's do this…"

Thus, while everyone else is fighting off the Mayan gods' minions, the gamma-powered Moon Princess and her companions enter the nexus of the disturbance, and find themselves in the middle of the action…

"RRRARGH!" roared a red-skin version of the Hulk, as his eyes blaze, as he broke through the thicket of the jungle's foliage.

"Ahhhhh!" Tenchi yelled in fright, as he raised his lightsword in defense.

"Tenchi, calm down!" Gamma Sailor Moon said. "He's a friend."

"He…is?"

"What?" the Red Hulk said, as he realized that the new arrivals were not his opponents. "Tsukino?"

"You know this…monster?" Miya asked, as she re-sheaths her powerful sword, called the Totsuga no Tsurugi ("Ten Hands Sword"); the Land Lady even wore her old Disciplinary Squad uniform for this mission to help end the threat of the Mayan gods….

"This 'monster' is General Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross, aka 'The Red Hulk'," Gamma Sailor Moon said. "He's the head of the 'Gamma Corps' program, as well as the 'Hulkbusters'."

"You mean, he deals with people with your affliction," Tuxedo Mask said, as he lowered his weapon: a fancy cane.

"Correct."

Just them a blue, armored gamma creature comes up to the group.

"AHHHH!" Tenchi yelled. "A monster!"

"Where?" A-Bomb said, as he looked around.

"You! That's who!"

"I see…"

Just then, a woman and a certain machine man entered the clearing from the jungle.

"We heard a commotion," said Annie, who was a 'life-model-decoy' (aka human-looking android). "Machine Man detected an energy signature."

"My mistake," Machine Man replied. "With the energy levels high within the area, my sensors are being confounded."

"No problem," Gamma Sailor Moon replied, as she thumbs towards the Mayan pyramid behind her. "That pyramid is co-locating all over the place, including Tokyo."

"So, that's why you're here," Red Hulk said with a nod. "Good. We can use your help, although, I am surprised Saotome is here with you."

"He's off-world doing Green Lantern Corps stuff," Gamma Sailor Moon said. "So, you got us."

"I see," Red Hulk said, as he examines the new arrivals. "I'm not impressed."

"You do not think I am capable of fighting?" Tuxedo Mask said. Thankfully, both he and the others knew English.

"No offense, but you're wearing a Tuxedo."

Tuxedo Mask nods his head, magically pulls a red rose out of thin air, and then throws it into a nearby tree, which fell over.

THICK!

RRRRUUUMMMBLLLEEEE-!

As the tree fell towards Tuxedo Mask, the Prince of Earth knocks it out of the way in a single swipe.

THWAM!

"Okay, I'm convinced…for now," Red Hulk said. "Okay, here's the situation thus far. Annie?"

"Thanks," Annie said. "Here's what is happening…"

A short time later…

"Man, this is TOO easy," A-Bomb said, as he and the others, save for Annie and Miya, walk directly to the Mayan gods' central complex. Annie, with Miya's protection, will sneak into the complex from a different point, with the main group providing the distraction.

"That's because they know that we are HERE," Red Hulk said.

Suddenly, a giant tree humanoid appears.

"Of course we know, red devil," said Yum Kaxx, Mayan god of wild vegetation and beasts, as the god utilized his body to bring the surrounding jungle to life.

"Stand back!" Machine Man yelled, as he reconfigured his right arm into a chain saw, and used it to hack into Yum.

RZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

"Arrrgh!" Yum replied.

Suddenly, Machine Man was engulfed in flames.

FWOOSH!

"Arrrrgh!" Machine Man yelled.

A giant flaming humanoid appears.

"We were the gods of this land," Tohil, the Mayan god of fire. "We will reclaim what we have lost, by destroying the one who sealed us away in the first place, starting with the 'puppet man'."

"You're the one who attacked me and Ranma, for no reason," Gamma Sailor Moon said, as she ripped away the vines that were encircling us."

She then felt herself being grabbed from behind.

GLOMP!

"What-?"

"My, how much you have changed, Moon Princess," said Backlum Chaam, Mayan god of sexuality, as he felt up Gamma Sailor Moon. "Perhaps, with the help of Chaac, I can get you nice and fertile for mating."

Chaac was the Mayan god of rain and fertility.

"Ah!" Gamma Sailor Moon screeched.

Tuxedo Mask turned to see Backlum practically molesting the love of his life.

"Get away from her, you pervert!" Tuxedo Mask said, as he threw a volley of roses at Backlum.

THACK!

"Ow!" Backlum yelled in pain.

"Brother, we have no time for your frivolity," said Ixchel, the Mayan goddess of storms, as she unleashed a lightning strike at Tuxedo Mask, who narrowly dodged the attack.

ZAARRRRRK!

"Whoa!" Tuxedo Mask yelled.

Meanwhile, Tenchi was having his own problems.

"So, the little man wished to face Camazotz, the Lord of Darkness," said the Mayan god, as he assumed his vampiric man-bat form. "And I smell the stench of one who is not fully of this world."

Tenchi may have been scared throughout this conflict, but he was not about to allow the Earth to be ruled by the likes of these.

"I'll do what I can to stop you!" Tenchi yelled, as he raised his lightsword.

Meanwhile, Gamma Sailor Moon recovers from being touched by the Mayan lust god. She quickly looks around to see the shrouded, skeletal figure of Ah Puch, the Mayan god of death. She also sees that Red Hulk was about to feel his embrace.

"Ross, get back!" Gamma Sailor Moon yelled.

Too late.

"Arrrrrghhhhh!" Red Hulk yelled, as he nearly collapsed from feeling the touch of death and decay.

"I am inevitable, Moon Princess," Ah Puch said. "I am death itself."

"But I am life incarnate, death dealer," Gamma Sailor Moon said. She whips out her Moon Scepter, which adjusted its size for balance.

"Moon Scepter: Elimination!" Gamma Sailor Moon yelled, as she unleashed an enhanced form of her attack.

FWAM!

"Arrrrrghhhhh!" Ah Puch yelled, as he was nearly dusted from the devastating attack.

"One more ought to do it," Gamma Sailor Moon said.

But before she could launch her next attack, the ground begins the shake and break apart.

"You may have denied us the means to take over this world, when you sealed us away, Moon Princess, but our ascent is inevitable," Ixchel said, as a giant humanoid made from lava rock appears. "Behold: Jacawitz, Lord of Volcanoes and Brother of Tohil!"

Tuxedo Mask looks up to see this spectacle even as an open volcanic fissure erupts. It was at that point that the Prince of Earth wondered if he was really up to the job of being his beloved's true love…

Tbc.