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Chaos in the Moon by Lioconvoy
Pre-Chapter Note: This chapter is a continuation of the same day in chapter Five. Ranma is still stuck female till his male clothes are brought from the Tendo's.

Chapter Seven: Not Shampoo?

After his defeat at the hands of Ranma Saotome, Mousse went to visit his older sister who was one of the two Amazons dispatched to Tokyo to serve the members of the Ancient Kingdom should they be reborn. Why the ancestors of the Amazon's would be reborn in Japan and not China was beyond him, but he wouldn't question tradition. Well he wouldn't question that tradition; he questioned why a worthless outsider had claimed his Shampoo. Today, though, was different. Surprisingly, he found his Shampoo here in Juban and now they were enjoying a movie together. Fortunately it was dark so she couldn't see him sneak his glasses on. With his glasses off he'd accidentally had grabbed a number of girls that weren't his Shampoo and they tried to hurt him. He was sure this time it was Shampoo because she didn't fight him when rescuing her. She had been oddly quiet, but it was she who dragged him into the theater and no Japanese woman was that strong willed.

Minako cuddled the strong arm of her kidnapper. She didn't mind if he kept calling her a hair care product; he was cute and kind of silly. Since he seemed to be willing to follow her lead she was determined to turn this kidnapping it a great date.

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Ranma sighed. Twenty minutes ago Luna came in to grab Ami, and she and the Aliens were still with Ryoga. What was it they were doing in there? In the living room of Rei's home he was bored. After Ami left to do what ever it was they were doing in the Shrine, his sister and Makoto started questioning Rei about her date. Nothing they were saying was of any interest to him.

"Sorry about that, we're finished." Luna said as she led Artemis, Ami, and Ryoga back into the living room. "Unfortunately we still don't have a clue how Ryoga is able to use the powers of Sailor Mercury. We're sure the binding spell has something to do with it, but it shouldn't allow him to become a girl."

"I think it has something to do with the chaos magic of Jusenkyo. I'm not sure why I can still transform now that I'm cured, but maybe some bit of Jusenkyo magic still lingers?" Ryoga sighed. He was new to all this magic mumbo jumbo, but he seemed to understand it very easily. Or rather he started talking as if he understood it, but he hadn't the slightest clue what he was saying.

Artemis leaped up to the table and sat next to the prince. Then he looked up at Gairyo, who may or may not have actually known what he was talking about. "I had always assumed the magic of Jusenkyo was rather stable. I mean the way the curses affected people were rather uniform. Are you sure Jusenkyo's magic is chaotic?"

"Normal magic may be able to change forms, but not gender, or at least not as easily as Jusenkyo does it. If done by normal magic a gender change would be one way, a person couldn't survive a second transformation to that degree. Besides where's the logic of Ranma's hair that was dyed black as a guy turning red when he became a girl. I can't believe I didn't notice only the hair on her head was red…" He shouldn't have said that last part out loud, Ryoga expected any minute to be pounded as Ranma did when ever he said anything remotely perverted, instead, every one but Ami fell flat on their backs. "Um, are they okay?"

"Yes this is normal." Ami as took a seat next to Ranma. Usagi was now sitting where she had been earlier. "Um, Ryoga what does logic have to do with magic. I mean most of it defies logic anyway."

"No it doesn't actually, normal magic always follows a logical path. Anything that can be done by normal magic can be duplicated by science. Chaos magic on the other hand cannot be duplicated by science. Hair dyed one color wouldn't mysteriously be dyed another color upon transformation." This was one of the times when he had no idea what he was saying but he was pretty certain he was right. The former pig boy sat down in his previous seat grateful that someone was still between himself and Makoto, although he did wonder what happen to Setsuna.

Ranma was the first to sit up right, he was more then a little surprised Ryoga was actually sounding smart. "Okay what's up with Ryoga being a know-it-all?"

"His past life is somewhat actively influencing his present one. I believe whether we've noticed it or not Ami is suffering the same. Have you been having any thoughts out of the norm Ami?"

Ami looked down at the white Mau, she was going to bring this herself anyway. "Well I've been thinking a lot of playing match-maker for Ryoga."

"That's something Anathena used to do during the Silver Millennium as well. She was constantly trying to find the perfect girl for Gairyo. Often she'd boast of having the perfect guy so she wouldn't settle for her older brother seeing anyone but the perfect girl." Luna frowned she never did find out who Anathena was referring to back then but she always hated the fact the Mercury Princess would try to fix Gairyo with anything that was remotely female except for herself. "Artemis, why are Ami and Ryoga being actively influence by their past lives?"

"It probably has something to do with a spell of Gairyo's. I can't really guess how else it would be happening."

Ranma looked down at the alien next to him. "So going back to the question Ami asked before you guys left to watch Ryoga strip, can there be two Sailor Moons?"

"No. There can only be one Senshi for a planet at a time. So either you or Usagi could be Sailor Moon but you can't both be Sailor Moon at the same time. The same goes for Ami and Ryoga. It's quite amazing that two people can even access the same powers, but to activate the powers twice would draw more power then a planet can spare." Artemis sighed. Until they found the other Senshi it would have been useful to have two Moons and Mercuri.

"Hey how come there isn't a Sailor Earth? I mean each planet can support one Senshi right?" Although in the back of his mind Ryoga already knew the answer to this question he wanted to understand what it was he knew from the past.

"Doesn't Mamo-chan get his powers from the Earth?"

Luna decided Artemis got to explain enough already and spoke up. "Yes Mamoru holds the powers that belong to Sailor Terra. He shouldn't because he's male, but a Chaos Mage of earth's court transferred his Mother's powers to him. However Mamoru cannot use the full powers he possesses because they should not belong to him. Queen Serenity warned his father of this before the Chaos Mage performed the transfer, but the Earth's King would not listen."

"So if we got some Nyannichuan we could power up Tux Boy?" As Ranma said this he could feel Usagi staring daggers at him.

"There is no Nyannichuan at the moment or I would have gotten Ami cured. The Guide said some lady with three stone on her head drained the spring. I guess another touch of chaos magic would be enough though. I could probably use water from the Nannichuan to unlock the potential. That way he wouldn't gain a cursed form." Ryoga consciously didn't have a clue what he was saying. His mind was wondering how to get his past self to stop turning him into a magical nerd. There was one place he could go after the meeting, they might be able to help him there. Of course the head priest had said if he left he'd never be able to return, but he did say that every time Ryoga left there.

"No more talking about turning Mamo-chan into a girl!"

"Usagi, if what Ryoga is saying is true then Mamoru would only be a girl when in his Senshi form." Ami pulled her eyes away from the Mercury computer to look at Ryoga. He seemed to be in deep thought.

"Wouldn't Mamoru need a Henshin Stick?" Makoto tried imagining Mamoru as a girl, and it didn't really fit. Then again she couldn't imagine Ryoga as a girl either; unfortunately Rei wouldn't let her sneak out to see earlier.

Artemis thought about what Ryoga and Ranma were suggesting. Mamoru would be stronger as Sailor Terra than Tuxedo Mask, but would he be willing to fight as a female? "He already has it. The true form of his cane is the Terra Henshin Stick."

Ryoga stood up; he was going to get his answers. "Okay. If it's decided then I'll go get some Nannichuan water."

"Wait! I said no turning Mamo-chan into a girl!" The Moon Princess frowned as Ryoga was already gone. She really hoped he got lost somewhere as Ranma remembered him always doing.

Rei pictured Mamoru as a Senshi and started to giggle. Maybe she should have pictured him as a girl in the Senshi fuku. This was definitely different from the Anime and Manga though. She was under the impression that the fictional Tuxedo Mask drew his powers from the sun despite being of earth. These last two days were definitely proving what the white moon cat was always repeating; real life and Naoko Takeuchi's creation were not the same things.

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Setsuna sighed. It was bad enough when her brother picked on her, but his friend who had stayed at their place last night eventually chimed in. It got so bad she had to leave. She could go back to the Senshi meeting, but she was still embarrassed about the thoughts she was having of Ryoga.

"Setsuna!"

Setsuna turned to see Minako dragging a Chinese boy dressed in robes. He was rather cute, too. As she thought about it, the boy must be Mousse. That was just like Mina, getting her kidnapper to take her out on a date. "On a date Mina?"

"Yep, this is Mousse. He's a Chinese Amazon." The Senshi of Venus beamed. The other Senshi were probably still in the meeting so she couldn't brag to them, but her classmate's timing was perfect. Setsuna was even one of the girls without a boy friend so it made the bragging even sweeter.

"Mina? You're not Shampoo?" The blind boy tilted his head and looked at the girl he was with. She looked like Shampoo, but in truth she didn't sound like her. Shampoo's Japanese was terrible. Putting his glasses on, he saw that the girl in truth looked nothing like Shampoo. She was a blonde where Shampoo's hair was purple. How could he make a mistake like that?

"Of course I'm not a hair care product."

"Mina, Shampoo is the name of the girl Mousse likes." As the future Guardian of Time thought about it, the name was probably pronounced Xian- Pu. It's just that the Amazons in Japan seemed to accept how the Japanese butchered their names and never bothered to correct anyone.

"How ever she doesn't like him in return. Honestly Mousse, I think you'd be better off with this girl of the Ancient Kingdom."

"Ancient Kingdom? I'm not that old." The blonde looked at the newcomer. She was Chinese like Mousse with long pink hair worn down. Unlike Mousse though, her clothes weren't out of place; she was wearing a long sleeved blue blouse and tight black jeans.

The near blind Amazon was at a loss of how to respond. He had been unfaithful to Shampoo, and worse he enjoyed the time he spent with this other girl. The fact that he accidentally kidnapped a member of the Ancient Kingdom weighed heavily in his mind too. The punishment for such an action was terrible. "Pai Fuu, is Mina truly a member of the Ancient Kingdom?"

"Let's not discuss this in the open, the Neko Hanten is close by, let's go there to talk about what you've done."

Minako didn't have a clue what was going on but she followed Mousse and the older girl. Setsuna followed as well.

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Ryoga looked down the mountain. He had tried to go Jusenkyo, but since he had planned on coming here he might as well get what he wanted to accomplish done. Turning around he walked to village gates, there he was met by an old bald priest.

"Welcome to…oh, it's you…; you do know you are ruining our reputation."

Ignoring the priest, Ryoga walked past the gates and too the shrine at the center of the hidden village.

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"How many Neko Hantens are in Japan?" Setsuna couldn't help but wonder as Mousse and his sister closed the restaurant and Perfume sat with her and Minako.

"Just two, this one has been here since the Meji Era, and the one the Matriarch opened recently. When the council finds out why she opened it she's going to be in big trouble too."

"The old ghoul will be in trouble? Why?" With all the customers gone Mousse joined the girls at the table with Dai Er. He knew he was in trouble for kidnapping a member of the Ancient Kingdom, but what had Cologne done, was Shampoo in trouble too?

"Um, not that that's unimportant or anything, but why did you call me ancient?" Minako didn't like being called old, she was only sixteen after all, and she wouldn't be old till she was twenty-five or something.

"You and your friend are re-incarnations of Senshi from the Silver Millennium. We Amazon's are descended from the survivors of the Silver Millennium. Dryer and I were dispatched from out village to aid you."

"Any re-incarnation from the Silver Millennium is considered a member of the Ancient Kingdom. Although the ways of our tribe have changed over time the laws that involve the members of the Ancient Kingdom have never change, nor has the fact that all Amazons are your servants." Dryer looked at her brother. When he visited her she kept him from returning to the village to keep him from getting in trouble for leaving it unescorted. Now he had gotten himself in far deeper trouble. There was no way the council would forgive him for kidnapping a member of the Ancient Kingdom. "For kidnapping you my brother will be severely punished."

The blonde looked at the boy who had stopped her from attending the Senshi meeting. Even while wearing his glasses he was still cute. She'd hate to see him punished because of her, after all she could have left him at anytime, and she was the one who turned the kidnapping into a date. Then something else crossed her mind. "You can tell I'm a Senshi?"

"If only it were that easy neither my brother nor our Matriarch and her great Grand Daughter would be in any trouble."

"Mousse would still be in trouble because he never wears his glasses. We know that you are Sailor Venus because Artemis told us. We know that Setsuna is the re-incarnation of Sailor Pluto from her mother." The pink haired Amazon sighed. Dryer should have sent her brother home instead of keeping him with them and allowing him run around Juban. This was bound to happen.

"Setsuna, how come you never told me you were Sailor Pluto, and how come you didn't help us fight the Dark Kingdom either?" Minako turned to stare at her classmate. She had known Setsuna since Junior High; she had thought the two didn't keep secrets from each other. Then again…she didn't tell Setsuna she was Sailor Venus, and she had been ignoring her a bit since she became a Senshi. Still if she knew Setsuna was a Senshi too, they would have been able to hang out just as much as they had before.

"I'm not Sailor Pluto yet. My mother is right now. Until she passes the power and responsibility to me I'm pretty much useless. Trust me, I wanted to fight along side you guys, but my mother kept saying it wasn't time."

"Why is your mother a Senshi, I thought only the members of the Ancient kingdom could be Senshi." Mousse knew as much about the Ancient Kingdom as his sister and that didn't quite make sense. If anyone could use the power of the Senshi why did they have to wait for them to reincarnate, why couldn't they choose new ones?

"Only direct descendants can use the Senshi's power. When the Silver Millennium fell, only Sailor Pluto had children so only her line continued. However because she died with the others her soul was sent forward and was re-incarnated as me."

"Does that mean Kenta could become Sailor Pluto?"

Setsuna looked at Mina and tilted her head; she couldn't help but laugh as she pictured her brother in the fuku she was destined to wear. Minako was giggling too, but seemed the Amazon's didn't get the joke.

"If your mother is a direct descendant then wouldn't your brother be as well, that means it is possible isn't it?" Perfume wondered just what was so funny.

"Only girls can be Senshi. Artemis has pounded that fact into my head endlessly cause of all the weird fanfics I've read." The Senshi of Venus started laughing again. Americans had such weird imaginations. It never ceased to amaze her how they twisted the story of Sailor Moon. Calming down she thought about Mousse, she had a fun date and she'd really hate to see him get punished over it. "What sort of punishment will Mousse get."

"That depends on what the council decides. Added to my brother's other offence things could be bad. Still though, Minako, since his offence is against you, you could override the council's decisions and punish him yourself." Dryer smiled inwardly, she had watched Minako and knew she had a kind heart. As a member of the Ancient Kingdom she could save Mousse from the council's wrath.

"I get to choose Mousse's punishment." An evil smile appeared on the Senshi of Love's face. Getting up she started dragging the Amazon boy out of the café. "I'm going to punish you now."

Dryer watched as her brother was dragged away. "What is going to happen to him?"

"I don't know, when we were younger whenever Kenta and his friend annoyed us, we forced them into some of my old clothes. However, I think because it's been a while since Minako's been on a date, she's going to make him continue the one we interrupted." Well Mousse was safe now, but what would happen to the other Amazons that Perfume mentioned. Setsuna wondered what had they done to the Senshi?

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The Senshi meeting was now over and Ranma walked with Usagi and Ami home. The meeting had been somewhat interesting. So he was a reincarnated prince, if Shampoo found this out she'd never let him go. Hopefully she wouldn't find him here. Looking over at Ami he noticed she wasn't typing away at the Mercury computer nor had her head in a book. "Something wrong Ami?"

"I'm worried about how my past life is affecting me. It's not too serious most of the time, but certain things kind of set it off and I just don't think like myself." The Senshi of Mercury was seriously thinking about how her mind was changing. Then she looked at the Moon twins. "Don't the two of you have problems with each other's memories?"

"Not really, I know what memories are mine and I know what ones are his. It was the dreams that were the problem, but now at least I know where they were coming form."

"Usagi's dreams were seriously freaking me out, but now that I know they're hers and not mine I really don't have a problem sharing her memories. Maybe I should be freaking out more learning that Genma was never my father and I had been taken from my real family, but Usagi's memories kind of make it feel like I've always been with them." The pigtailed girl sighed. "What bothers me at the moment is I'm wearing girl clothes. I hope when we get home Kasumi's arrived with my stuff."

Lio's Corner:

- Thanks again to .C. Partick for pointing out my grammar shortcomings and fixing the flow in some areas.

- I will not be changing any of the characters names. Yes I'm aware there three sets of characters with same names, please forgive me, that's why I write fanfics and not original stuff.

- pai's question has been answered this chapters. Chaos Magic is responsible for the dye changing color. Yes, that's probably a lame reason, but hey that's my story and I'm sticking to it.