This is based on a work and its sequel by HistorianoftheKais titled "Prince of the Planets" with the sequel "Crest of the King." This was born out of reading those two and having what appears to be an over-active imagination. I do not own Ranma ½ or Sailor Moon. This is also my first crossover and there should be appearances by most of both casts. I do recommend reading the works this is based off of first, else you won't have too good of an idea of what is going on
In the Reborn Kingdom, Chapter 7, Reunions, Part 2
Darkness and oblivion were losing their hold on one of their captives. She had briefly escaped from their control, twice, but now, with the help of one other, she was making her way back to the land of the living. Hotaru Saotome, known in current medical company as Salior Saturn, was applying her skills to the injured civilian known right now as Yui. She was one of the many wounded that had lost all forms of identification and was currently in the care of the US Army Medical Corps and the JSDF.
It seemed that Hotaru's projected schedule could change at a moments notice, and her list for the day had changed throughout the day, usually every day. So in spite of the uncertainty, Hotaru chose to work on. Now that the Moon Kindom was reborn, she seemed to have a greater access to the manna, and therefore could heal more people, however she was closely watched by at least on of the other scouts. There was a couple of times she had to get carried back to the palace, where she woke up getting a bath from Makoto and Nodoka, sometimes Ami or Rei would help if one of the other two weren't available for some reason. However today she was with sailors Neptune and Uranus. Michiru had found a violin and was able to play comforting music to help soothe everyone's souls. However at the moment both of the scouts were focused on Hotaru, and the woman known as Yui.
Waking up was not painful, as a matter of fact she felt comfortable and warm. She took a nice deep breath and opened her eyes and looked around. She saw something that really threw her views of the world for a complete and total loop. Standing at her bedside was one of the scouts. The one in question was holding the palm of her hand over her heart, but as she looked around she saw the young lady draw her hand away and take a deep breath, "How are you doing ma'am?"
"I'm fine I think?" She regarded the women standing around her, "Are you who I think you are? I mean I heard the reports, but magical girls are an impossibility, well at least last I knew."
The three laughed and the blonde girl spoke, "We get that quite a bit. The young lady who healed you is Sailor Saturn, the scout with the green hair is Sailor Neptune, and I am Sailor Uranus."
The reality of the situation finally hit Yui, and panic set in, "Oh Kami my children, where are my children? Where is my husband?" She was becoming more and more frantic.
An authorative voice broke in, he expected this after having the pleasure of watching Sailor Saturn at work. "Ma'am it is ok, your children and husband may be alive. Calm down and talk to me." Kakashi Hatake was a veteran of 18 years on the Tokyo Police force. He was a veteran investigator and darn good at his job. Numerous detectives had been trained by the grey haired man, and he was well respected and admired. He had a command presence and brought it to bear on the situation at hand.
Yui shot him a glare, "Just who the hell are you?"
"Ma'am I am Detective Hatake. I've been working the hospital here to reunite families. We were able to get your name two days ago, but we were not able to get your family name. Now if we could just get your family name we can search for your children."
This seemed to do the trick, "My name is Ikari Yui. I am married to Gendo Ikari, I have a son and a daughter, twins, Rei and Shinji, they are five." She spoke very softly, fearing the worst.
As soon as he entered the name on his laptop that had been supplied immediately an image appeared that was taken just recently, he smiled and showed her the image on his screen, "Mrs. Ikari, are these your children?"
Yui's eyes began to water as her hand touched the screen, Rei and Shinji were smiling, and there was not a sign of a scratch on the kids. "Are they?"
"They are doing fine ma'am. They are currently living with a widower and his young daughters that were in Tokyo. I understand that his youngest was attending a school outside of Tokyo. A couple friends of the family have been staying with them to help, one of them happens to be a doctor and he gave the kids a thorough checkup. The kids are in perfect health from what I understand."
"When can I see my children?"
"If I can catch someone at home, probably just after lunch." Kakashi thought for a moment then added, "You should know Mr. Tendo has been insistent on finding you. Apparently his wife died when his daughters were much younger. Apparently your children have helped breathe some life back into that family. For the first time in many years he is actually teaching martial arts again and has started taking some students."
"Is he teaching my children?"
"Probably, but only the very basics. I had a chance to observe the children when they were out and about with his oldest daughter." He laughed to himself, "Probably trying to burn off some of their extra energy."
Yui rolled her eyes, "If you only knew detective." Her mood grew a bit somber, "Now about my husband."
"Ma'am they have had approximately 6 million people come through these medical facilities. So far treatment and identifications have been made of most individuals, but there is about ten thousand or so we can't identify at the moment due to the severity of their injuries. There is some hope, but the number of people missing, compared to who we haven't identified, well, let's just say as the week progresses I'm going to have to be delivering some bad news to quite a few people." He rose and bowed, "If you will excuse me now I have a call to make." He departed the room. With that Neptune are Uranus shared a look, and Neptune took a chair next to the bed, she had a good feeling on what was coming next.
Uranus looked at Saturn, "Come on squirt, we got more work to do." With that the two departed leaving the Senshi and Yui alone.
Yui sat back, thinking about the whole situation. Her mind struggled with what had happened, visiting friends in Neremia, the attack, being separated from the children, those awful beasts, then, nothing. She pulled her chest to her knees as she sat, not really focusing on anything. "So how bad is it?" asked Yui.
"What do you mean?"
"I remember parts of the attack, the explosions, the screaming, the running, so how bad are things really?"
Michiru sighed, she knew this would be asked, and all the scouts agreed that if someone asked, the truth needed to be told, "Out of a population of nearly 20 million, the princess was able to save 13,495,301 total."
"So many, so many." Yui repeated this line a few times, before the full gravity of the situation came crashing down on her, the tears started anew. Within moments the mother of two was crying outright. Michiru discarded the notion that Senshi would not be emotional, she sat on the bed, and hugged the older woman, giving her a shoulder to cry on for a bit.
After a short while she regained her composure and thanked the Scout, then Yui asked another question. "So what about those, things?"
"When the Princess transported all of us, the Emperor and the American President authorized a nuclear strike on Tokyo. That obliterated the youma to the last." Seeing the look of absolute horror in Yui's eyes she added, "Don't worry ma'am, the princess cast a spell yesterday evening Tokyo time that stripped the fallout and radiation completely. Right now a damage assessment is being made, it will be some time before Tokyo will be inhabited by civilians again."
Yui digested what she was told, till something registered in her mind, "What a minute, transported?"
Sailor Neptune smiled, "Yeah, we are on the moon. I've even been able to check out the Apollo 11 landing site."
Yui's eyes went wide. "The moon!" she exclaimed. There was so much incredulity in her voice that it surprised Michiru.
"Yes ma'am the moon." She thought for a second, "Think about it, we have the Moon Princess who is also know as Sailor Moon. Then all other planets have a Sailor, excepting Earth at the moment. You were healed by a magical girl, and are having a rational discussion with another."
Yui lay back in the bed, dazed by the revelations made to her. "We are really on the moon." She paused, "I never thought in my lifetime that we would ever go back to the moon, yet here we are." She fixed the scout with a look, "So can we see the Earth?"
"Sure can, it hangs like a jewel in the sky. It is something to see." She smiled at the reaction of Yui, hope was beginning to appear. "I'm afraid I'll have to keep up with the others. If we aren't careful Sailor Saturn will exhaust herself." She rose from her chair to leave
"Thank you very much," stated Yui, with the heartfelt emotion behind those words.
Sailor Neptune bowed in appreciation, "It was my pleasure ma'am." She smiled at the older woman and left the curtained off area to catch up with the others. Yui laid back in her hospital bed, thinking and digesting all she had been told.
It was just after lunch when Soun Tendo, Kasumi Tendo, and the twins arrived at one of the myriad of medical facilities that was dotting the rebuilt city. It was obvious that some of the tents that originally had been set up were able to be taken down and Saturn went about her work. However to the twins it was an adventure. Seeing so many soldiers in one place bustling from place to place, all in the pursuit of their tasks was a wonder to behold. The kids were still a bit shy, but the myriad of friendly smiles and waves worked to put the kids at ease. Arriving at a central location Soun gave his name and was met by a young female PFC (Private First Class). She introduced herself and even got the little ones to open up just a bit more.
Soon they were walking among the rows of medical tents that had been set up. They arrived at one to find Nodoka waiting outside, the children, who took quite a liking to Nodoka (great cookies helped) released Kasumi's hands and ran to greet her with cries of "Auntie!"
She reached down and gathered the two high-speed children into her arms and accepted the hugs that they offered. "Well fancy meeting you two here! So what brings you here today?"
"Sumi-nee said she had a surprise for us," stated Rei.
"Are you that surprise Auntie?" asked Shinji.
Nodoka couldn't help but laugh, "No children, but I know what your surprise is!"
"What? What is it?"
"Well it wouldn't be a surprise if I told you now."
"No," was the simultaneous reply.
Smiling she set the children on their feet and took one of their hands in her own. "Why don't we go see your surprise now?" She led the children into the well lit tent and walked past 3 occupied beds, each occupant that was awake knew what was about to happen, and smiles began to appear on faces as they had been witnesses to a reunion, or experienced on themselves. She led them into one of the curtained off areas and announced "I have some guests for you!"
The occupant looked up from the video display she had been looking and turned to the voice that shared a lunch with her earlier. Nodoka was standing there, with the mother of all mother's grins adorning her face, but the best thing she saw were the two small forms, each holding one of her new friend's hands. "Babies? My babies!" Her hands now covered her mouth and nose, tears began to leak from Yui's eyes. She let out a sob.
The children were entranced at all the new sights that they had seen, and here they were inside one of the tents. There were quite a few grown-ups around and some seemed to be stuck in beds for the time being. Soon they entered a curtained off area and heard, but didn't fully hear Nodoka. Both children froze for a minute, the person in the bed was really familiar and naturally it took a second, but when she spoke, and she began to cry there was no doubt to who was sitting in the bed, "Mommy!" The children bolted for the bed.
Her two children were alive and back in her arms. She cried with relief, she cried with joy, she cried with some sadness, not knowing if her husband was alive. However for now all the world was contained with her in the bed she was in. Her children were alive and healthy, she drank in the scents of the children, hugging them tightly, not wanting to let them go. She cried and the children cried. The pain, the agony, the despair that the attack brought on was being lanced from their souls. True joy and happiness spread through the trio, and the young family began to heal, even more so than the previous days.
It took a while for Yui to regain her composure, but Soun, Kasumi, Nodoka, and a somewhat tardy Genma watched, each having tears in their own eyes. A reunion of this type was once in a lifetime, and none wanted to ruin it. So they just watched, and dabbed their eyes thanks to a helpful medic who grabbed a tissue box. He had seen quite a few reunions over the past few days, and it did not get old.
Soon Yui had her emotions under control, she rocked the children, comforting the two of them as only a mother could. "Oh thank the Kami." She kissed their heads.
"We're sorry Mommy," said Shinji.
"For what sweetie?" asked a now puzzled Yui.
"We got lost when the monsters came," replied Rei.
"It's ok, you're here with me now. That is all that matters at the moment." She rocked the children some more as they continued to relax. She looked to the gentleman and what appeared to be his daughter, "Thank you so much."
Soun shook his head and smiled, "You are most welcome."
"The children are a joy," added Kasumi.
Now for anyone who has dealt with five year olds know that children and joy can on occasion be mutually exclusive. As a matter of fact, a pair of twins can turn out to be quite a handful, with more than the occasional moment of pure exasperation.
"We haven't had to do much over the past few days. My sister and I have been playing and working with them. We've been teaching them some kanji and they are excellent students," remarked Kasumi.
"Really now?"
"Yep!" exclaimed Rei. "Sumi-nee and Biki-nee have been teaching us our kanji and our numbers too."
"And Paul-san reads us stories too. He even flew out of the sky too!" added Shinji. Yui looked up with a bit of puzzlement, Soun mouthed "Parachute," she understood.
"Oh and Grandma Cologne tells us stories too and made us home made Ramen too!" continued Rei.
Then Shinji capped it off with, "Uncle Soun and Uncle Genma have been teaching us how to do a kata. We even made some new friends too, Hotaru-nee, Ranma-nii, and Usagi-nee. They are really good too."
"Oh my, you two have been busy haven't you?" Both children just nodded.
"So do you have an idea on when you will be released?" asked Kasumi.
"The earliest he is willing to release me it day after tomorrow. I'm still feeling the after effects of a nice concussion. Right now the doctor is more worried about me being on my own with the kids." There was a bit of grumpiness in her voice when she finished.
Kasumi and Soun shared a look. "Well, Elder Cologne is staying with Mousse," remarked Soun.
"And Tofu has moved into his practice again," added Kasumi, with a slight hint of disappointment.
Soun looked to his friend, "I take it you are staying with Nodoka and Ranma."
"Yes I am, I've been helping the girls with their training and making sure Ranma keeps his skills up," answered Genma.
"Well then we have more than enough room," stated Soun.
"You are more than welcome to stay with us, we really do have more than enough room," added Kasumi as a reinforcement.
"Are you sure? I don't want to burden you any more."
"You and the children will not be a burden, besides, I kind of like having the little ones around," remarked Soun as he reached over to tickle Rei. That action brought a little squeal.
Yui sighed, realizing that she lost the argument, "Very well then I accept."
"Well that is good to know," remarked a new voice. They all turned to see one of the resident US Army doctors standing there, clipboard in hand, and wide smile on his face. "Now that I know that I can say for sure it will be day after tomorrow then. You won't be alone and we can be contacted in case of an emergency." He received looks to thanks from everyone in the immediate area. The doctor took down contact information for Soun and went to arrange transport for Yui to her new abode.
With that out of the way, and the children now calmed down they got around to some delayed introductions. They got to know each other and Yui learned a bit more about the family that took her children in. Soon however she found she had to part from her children. Dinner time was approaching and Kasumi had gotten the children on a bit of a schedule, which Yui both appreciated and understood. She was looking forward to a visit with her children again tomorrow and finally being sprung from the field hospital. Hey food is food, but for some reason military field rations needs some serious help.
The next day flew by for both Yui and the children. It took forever to get Rei and Shinji to go to bed, and stay in bed. However all in the house understood. Kuh Lohn stopped in to help set up the recently vacated room that Dr. Tofu used into a room for Yui. It was decided that stairs would probably not be a good idea for the first day, but she would have full run of the house, yard, and dojo. Plus with either Nabiki or Kasumi at home there would always be someone there just in case.
So the day began early with Kasumi waking the household, and Nabiki riding herd on the kids to the dojo, where all three would do their simple katas under the watchful eyes of Soun. Oh it was obvious that Nabiki remembered and she did some of the more advanced katas as her father worked with the children. After which the trio of younger ones would head for the furo for a wash and soak. The kids were quick learners and even helped to wash Nabiki's back. A fast soak to warm up and soon the trio were dressed for the very special day.
So the children sat at the table, working on learning their numbers and kanji for the day with help from Kasumi and Nabiki. The next part of the day usually consisted of coloring, or if he was not undergoing a checkup from Tofu, story time with Paul. Playtime in the yard usually followed lunch, then a short power nap to recharge their batteries for the evening activities. However today was not a usual day, shortly after 10:30 in the morning a vehicle pulled up to the new Tendo home and dojo. It was an open air vehicle of a design that harkened back to the Silver Millennium days. It was driven by a soldier, who was accompanied by a medic and their civilian passenger.
The medic opened to door and aided Yui Ikari out of the transport and aided her to the front gate where she reached out and rang the bell. She was beside herself with anticipation, however the stampede of feet from the main house told her that there were eager individuals awaiting her arrival, an unfamiliar female voice calling out "Slow down you two," gave credence to her suspicion that the kids were more than eager for their mother to come home.
The door opened and two small blurs shot out of the door and promptly attached themselves to their mother, both crying out "Mommy!" in a loud and cheerful voice. It was apparent that the person who opened the door was not Kasumi or Soun. Yui looked up to see the young lady, with a simple pageboy haircut, leaning against the door frame, arms folded across her chest, wearing a wide smile.
Yui had an idea of who this was, but in the interest of being polite, "Hello I'm Yui Ikari." She bowed as much as she dared as she still didn't quite have her footing back fully.
"Pleased to meet you, I'm Nabiki," instead of bowing to the older woman she stepped over and gave her a hug. "I can't tell you how good it is to have you home with us." Nabiki released the older woman from her embrace. By now Kasumi was at the door and she walked up and embraced Yui as well.
The female medic and the driver watched everything with a smile, "Ma'am, I take it you'll be ok from here on in?"
"Yes Jessica, I'll be fine now. But please if we meet again, just call me Yui. Ma'am makes me feel old."
Jessica laughed, "Sorry Yui, force of habit and all." Before she could return to the vehicle two sets of little arms wrapped around her waist.
"Thank you for bringing Mommy home," came from two little voices.
Her heart melted at the heartfelt thanks from the two children, however, just as quickly as it began, the kids were back with their mother, flanking her and keeping close. "You are welcome." She looked at all the adults, "You know where we are for now. If you need anything give us a call and we'll be there." Turning she returned to the vehicle to leave them to their reunion. She looked back and saw them enter the house. She smiled and turned to her driver, "Thanks for the lift Gunnery Sergeant."
"Not a problem, Corporal. It was my pleasure. Besides it got me out of the compound for a while." He was silent for a few minutes, "You know in all my years I never thought I'd see a building get built that quickly."
"Well I think our CO's are determined to leave them with at least one Class 1 Trauma Center. After everything these people have been through it is the least we can do before we leave."
"Well for once, this Marine will not argue with an Army grunt."
Jessica let out a playful "Hey!" and gave the Gunnery Sergeant a playful punch in the arm. They were silent for the rest of the way back to their field hospital. They were too busy just looking around and taking in the sights.
I'm wrapping things up here, I'm finding that I'm getting a bit windy in this chapter. Next couple of chapters will be dealing with Ukyo and her father, then Fyutski meeting up with Yui and the rest. There is so much more I can say and I'll admit I have a rough outline and timeline established, but that is all subject to change. The last of the reunion series will be Akane with her family. I'll deal with Akane, the Scouts, and maybe Ranma in a later chapter. I want to get back to the main part of the story.
As always please let me know how I'm doing, and go easy on the prognostication, some of you folks think like I do and that is outright frightening. Till next time, and thanks for reading.
