TRTSS17: Mirrored Tempus! – By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: R1/2, SM, ST and other genres belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Special Note: This mini-series takes place before the events depicted in "Blackest Reign and a Dark Night!". Also, slight lime scent alert. As always, C&C are welcomed.
Part 2
Meanwhile…
Ranma and Usagi eventually wake up from their 'afternoon delight'. Unfortunately, it was to the sound of an incoming hail.
CHIRP-CHIRP! CHIRP-CHIRP! CHIRP-CHIRP-!
"Ranma, go see who wants us," Usagi said lazily, as she pushed her husband out of bed. Unfortunately, due to the fact that her powers were still settling, she pushed Ranma a bit too much.
CLUMP!
Ranma rolls his eyes. Leave it to him to have a wife who had the stamina and strength to move a planet…
CHIRP-CHIRP! CHIRP-CHIRP! CHIRP-CHIRP-!
"Okay, okay," Ranma said, as he walks over to put a robe on. Once done, he prepares to receive the signal.
"Computer, on screen," Ranma said.
CHIRP!
"Ranma, thank goodness I've found you," Ami said on screen. "Where's Usagi?"
"She's with me."
"Oh. Well, we have a problem. Doppelgangers have been popping up, primarily the Sailor Scouts, and of those people closely associated with…us. I suspect the same thing has happened to your friends, but I wanted to at least get your and Usagi's attention on this, since, next to Setsuna, you and Usagi are experts in these…weird things."
"Are these doppelgangers biological or illusionary?"
"Temporal. They…are from our past."
"Huh. Sounds like a temporal fragment thing, since I don't recall being sent to the future…other than the trip that sent me and Usagi to the 22nd century."
"My theory as well," Ami said. "We've decided to get everyone together to discuss this situation over at the shrine. Usagi should be here especially."
"Got it," Ranma said. "We're on our way."
"See then."
CHIRP!
"Aww, man," Ranma said he rubbed the bridge of his nose. "I don't need any of this…"
Ranma looks over at his sleeping wife. He could "see" the multiple auras that were layered within Usagi's primary aura. This was not a "possession" thing he was dealing with; he was dealing with a wife that had multiple facets, like a cut diamond or crystal. Unfortunately, he can't blame Hercules for Usagi's behavior anymore…if his wife acts like she was the scion of Zeus.
"Usagi, wake up," Ranma said, as he gently woke up his wife.
Usagi's eyes fluttered open.
"Mine or yours?"
"Both, actually. Apparently, your younger selves popped up."
"But…I don't remember that ever happening," Usagi said, as she sits up.
"Precisely."
Usagi sighs, as she gets up.
"Well, let's get showered, check on my 'science project', and then we can see what's up…"
A short time later…
"What do you mean, Usagi and I are not together?" Mamoru Chiba yells.
"That's just it, Earth Prince," Sailor Pluto said, as she and her younger counterpart addressed the gathering group. "In this time period, you and the Moon Princess are not together."
"That's impossible!" Usagi said. "Mamoru and I would NEVER be apart. Only death can keep US apart."
The older Sailor Scouts look away uncomfortably.
"What, what happened-?"
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-BOP!
Everyone sees Usagi and Ranma land onto the grounds of the Cherry Hill Shrine. However, Usagi was a bit off, due to still getting used to her level of powers.
THOOM!
A small crater forms.
"Oops," Usagi said, as she sands up. "Sorry about that…"
"USAGI!" both Rei(s) yelled.
"Yeesh, getting it twice, now…"
Usagi ignores the handsome man who flew with her counterpart. Usagi herself was golden blonde, 4'11", and was extremely petite. The Usagi before her was a platinum blonde, 6'5" tall, athletic and was gifted with womanly body parts that were in proportion with her Amazonian frame.
However, something stuck in Usagi's mind that had been bothering her, ever since this strange experience began…
"Okay," Usagi said, as she looks around the courtyard, having already noticed the doppelganger situation from the skies. "So…what's going-?"
SLAP!
Everyone gasps, as the younger Usagi slaps the older Usagi.
"Owie!" the younger Usagi said, as she shook her fingers.
"Princess!" said the younger Luna, as she and the older Luna step forth. The younger Luna was upset that the older Luna had stopped being HER Usagi's guardian a while ago…
Meanwhile, the older Usagi blinked before responding to the attack.
"What was that for?" Usagi asked.
"Well, um, yeah!" the younger Usagi said, as she looked up at her counterpart with defiant eyes. "Why are you such an icky lady? And why are you not with Mamo-chan?"
"I've been asking THOSE questions for ages," the older Rei, as some of the other older Sailor Scouts nod their heads in unison.
"What do you mean by that?" Mamoru asked, visibly upset.
The older Usagi was about to respond, when she notices Mamoru standing there amongst the assembled group.
"Mamoru?" Usagi said. "Is that…you?"
"Eh?"
GLOMP!
"Oh, Mamo-kun…how I miss you so," Usagi said, as she held the shorter person in her arms. Unfortunately, she held Mamoru's head on her chest.
GLOOP!
"Mmmph!" Mamoru replied.
"Hey!" the younger Usagi said. "HE is MY boyfriend!"
The older Usagi releases Mamoru, who was blushing furiously. She then looks down on her younger counterpart.
"Perhaps, I should CHALLENGE that assertion, eh?" said the older Usagi.
DOOM!
"Eeeek!" the younger Usagi said, as the presence of the older Usagi loomed over her. It reminded the younger Usagi of facing Beryl.
"Usagi, stop it," Ranma said, as he pulls back Usagi. "Don't do it."
The older Usagi sighs, and steps back, as Mamoru comforts HIS Usagi.
"Are you okay?" Mamoru asked, as he keeps an eye on the other Usagi.
"She's…she's so SCARY," Usagi sniffed. "Am I going to become a monster?"
The older Usagi turns away, while Ranma comforts her.
"You okay, Usagi?" Ranma asked.
Usagi looks up into Ranma's steel-blue eyes.
"I'm sorry, Ranma," Usagi replied. "It's just that I'm so used to doing the 'stare down' thing with my rivals, that I had forgotten how a novice would feel when facing it."
"Er, Princess, what had…happened to you?" younger Luna asked.
"You seem…different," younger Artemis said.
"You noticed, huh?" Artemis said.
"Long story short, Ranma and I were sent 150 years into the future, thanks to a rival of Ranma's," Usagi said, as she motioned Ranma. "We…lived our lives in that future, where we had gotten married and had children."
"WHAT?" the younger Sailor Scouts yelled.
"Why would you betray Mamo-chan like that?" younger Usagi yelled.
"I didn't betray anyone, 'mini-me'," Usagi said. "I waited TEN YEARS before I even began to date, another ten years before I decided to move on to my life. I had my first child when I was forty years old. I waited as long as I could, hoping that I would have a chance to return home, so that I can be with MY 'Mamo-chan'. So, PLEASE remember THAT when you yell at ME. Okay?"
Younger Usagi winced a bit.
"But you came home, right?" Mamoru said nervously.
"I did, and you accused me of being unfaithful to you."
"Oh."
"'Oh', is right. I tried to be friends with you at least, while my husband had to deal with HIS particular obligations. Still, in spite of my overtures, you HATED me, Mamoru, to the point of setting me up for a take down by one of my enemies. If it hadn't been for Ranma, I would have been DONE for."
"Mamoru, you wouldn't…betray me, would you?" Usagi said tearfully.
Mamoru was silent because of older Usagi's words.
"…"
"Don't get on Mamoru's case, Usagi," older Usagi said. "In hindsight, it was a situation that no one could have foreseen as a problem. And maybe, you and Mamoru being here now will help prevent the situation that you two will face in YOUR future."
"I will do everything I can, so that I will NEVER be you!" younger Usagi said with determination.
"I don't know how to deal with THAT," Usagi said. "But why call me 'icky lady'?"
"I went into one of your dresser drawers, and found stuff that Mom said that they were 'ladies toys', and looked embarrassed when taking them away. I don't know what those things were, but I doubt toys look like THAT!"
"Oh, dear," Usagi said, as she blushed furiously, as the older Sailor Scouts laughed.
"I thought you said I was enough for ya?" Ranma asked.
"It's not like we see each other all the time, you know!"
"Er, can we get to the matter at hand?" older Sailor Pluto said, as she blushed a bit, while thinking about her own…collection. It was difficult for her to get dates, in light of her duties at the Time Gate.
"Yes, we SHOULD," Ranma said, upset while thinking that he should be able to satisfy his own wife's personal needs. Worse, he was also thinking about the possible damage his side might be going through, thanks to the presence of these temporal doppelgangers…
Meanwhile…
"So, you're saying that Soun and I…disappeared into the future?" Genma asked, though he was still wary of his wife.
"Indeed," Nodoka replied. "At least that's what…the other Ranma had told me."
"Auntie, can you tell us when this happened?" Kasumi asked.
"I believe it was before Ranma and Akane graduated from Furinken High School," Nodoka replied.
"Mom, when was that?" Ranma asked.
"I'm surprised that Ranma could graduate from anything," Nabiki said with a smirk.
"Ha, ha," Ranma replied.
"Last year, as a part of the class of 2008."
"Wait, what year is this?" Nabiki asked.
"It's…the year 2009."
Everyone turn to look after each other in shocked belief. For them, they lost two years…
CHUNK!
"Auntie?" said a familiar voice. "Are you home?"
"Wait," Soun said. "That sounded like-"
"Auntie, I'm here with lunch-" Kasumi said, as she stops upon entering the living room. She looked and saw her younger self.
"Oh-"
"-My," said the younger Kasumi. She noticed that her older self had short hair…
"KASUMI?" Soun said. "Is that…you?"
The older Kasumi blinks, as she points her right fist at everyone in the room. A light from her Indigo-colored ring was expelled.
FLASH!
"Ulp!" Genma said, as he and everyone was suddenly encased in a glass case made from a light project that was Indigo in color.
"What is this-?" Ranma said, as he tried to move.
"I can't move!" Akane said.
"Kasumi, what is the meaning of this?" Soun said.
"I wonder as well," Kasumi said, as she took out her Indigo Tribe staff from pocket space. "You look like my father, but I have not seen him, Uncle Genma or Grandfather Happosai in two years. I do hope you are not the enemy, for I will relieve you of your life."
"Oh, my!" younger Kasumi said. She has never thought she would be able to commit a violent act…
Tbc.