Ranma 1/2 is the creation of Rumiko Takahashi, 3x3 eyes (Sazan Eyes) is the creation of Yuzo Takada, Sailor Moon is the creation of Naoko Takeuchi. All are used without permission. This fan-fiction isn't intended for commercial use but is rather a tribute to Ranma 1/2, 3X3 Eyes, and Sailor Moon.

Chapter 8 Dispositions

Hotaru opened her eyes and saw the clear blue sky above her with clouds gently moving through it. "Oh, what happened?"

"Nothing much, you only blew up that horror that had been trying to take you over. Did a good number on yourself as well." said Ranko standing over her.

"I blew myself up?" wondered Hotaru.

"Yep. Took you a good couple of minutes to reform too. With all the hormonal idiots here its a good thing your magical girl outfit also reformed. Otherwise you would have been surrounded by ogling boys."

Getting up Hotaru noticed that there were bits of demon scattered all over the school yard. Her eyes settled on a women in a suit covered in gore kneeling on the grass crying. "Who is she?"

"Says her name is Meiou Setsuna and keeps asking her mother to forgive her. I think she is in emotional shock." frowned Ranko. "The other magical girls are in little better shape. I was able to find out they are indeed the Sailor Scouts but they are in much the same state as Meiou-sama there."

Akane walked over nervously, "How do you feel, Hotaru?"

"Fine, Akane. So this is what it is like to be Wu." Hotaru said looking down at herself.

"Well not exactly." said Ranko scratching the back of her head nervously "Oh the indestructibility is part of being Wu as is the lack of major pain when injured. But the change in age definitely is not. That I suspect that is the power of Wu interacting with your Magical Girl powers."

"I did gain the knowledge of a whole host of attacks and defensive spells. Things like Cha-Lieh-Chong and Shi-Tao-Chon for attack and Chin-Kuuus for defense." said Hotaru.

"Strange those are all Sanjiyan Unkara spirit spells most commonly used by a Wu." Ranko's eyes narrowed and then widened "What in the world? Your magical girl aura is very close to that of Sanjiyan Unkara magic."

"You mean her power of transformation is a type of Sanjiyan Unkara magic?" asked Akane.

"No, there are several differences but it most definitely based on Sanjiyan Unkara magic."

"How come you didn't notice that before?"

"To tell the truth I didn't look to see what her magical aura was before." shrugged Ranko, "My knowledge in magic auras is quite limited. Right now all I can identify is Sanjiyan Unkara magic. I can tell this magic is close but as to what it actually IS?" Ranko sighed "I haven't got clue one."

"What what are you people?" yelled the Sailor Scout in the long ponytails.

"The magic I am detecting from them is very close to that of the Silver Millennium, Sailor Moon." said the girl with the blue hair her eyes on the visor she was wearing.

"They're from the Silver Millennium?!" asked the tall brunette in surprise.

"Mercury that's nuts!" said the girl in the red outfit who resembled Akane.

"I didn't say that. I just said their magic is very close to the same we use." said Sailor Mercury in a tone devoid of emotion. The other Sailor Scouts were discussing or rather arguing about Mercury's findings.

Ranko noticed that Pai was walking up to the Sailor Scouts with the strangest expression on her face. Looking at Sailor Moon she cocked her head to one side. "Queen Serenity?" she asked in awe.

All the Sailor Scouts suddenly stopped talking and looked at the girl in front of them. The question snapped Meiou Setsuna out of the past and into the present. Looking up she got up and slowly walked toward the group.

Ranko looked at her sister "Pai, who is Queen Serenity?"

"Queen Serenity is name of woman in portrait Pai has." said Pai as she removed her backpack and pulled out the picture.

"Kami-Sama" said Mercury "That picture..."

"Mercury what about the picture?" said Sailor Mars angrily.

"Mars, that picture is over 12,000 years old."

All three of Nabiki's eyes opened to the size of dinner plates again, "Twe. twel, Twelve, 12,000 years old?!" she finally got out. Akane's, Hotaru's, and even Ranko's mouths hung open in stunned amazement.

Ukyo moved towards Pai puzzled 'I don't understand. I heard of cave paintings that are older.' She took a look at the painting and was stunned by what she saw.

The painting resembled one done by any one of a number of now forgotten Renaissance painters to honor some member of a royal household. The woman in it sat on chair and was clad in a fine gown with a tiara on her head. However Ukyo did notice two interesting aspects about the painting. First was the smile the woman wore. It was the smile a woman would show to great her favorite son or daughter when they came home the type of smile that reflected the soul of a caring and loving person. Then there were the eyes. In addition to the warmth and caringness shown in the smile there was a hint of firmness in them. This was not a woman who would sit back if her children was in danger; this was a woman who would fight and even die for the welfare of her children. But to this woman her children were her subjects.

"Excuse me." said a voice as gloved hands moved the picture so the one wearing them could better see the picture. Ukyo was broken out of her fascination with the painting and looked at the owner of the gloves. And saw a younger version of the woman in the painting with a sad expression on her face. "No, I'm not Queen Serenity; I'm Sailor Moon. From what Luna has told me she was my mother in a past life. The ruler of the Moon Kingdom which is now long gone. The Queen of the Silver Millennium."

"That mean you like Pai's sister." said Pai with tears in her eyes.

"I don't understand" said Sailor Moon.

"Pai's father said it, 'The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen.' Parvati's mother was queen of Sanjiyan Unkara. Parvati III now, with the rest of her people, dead. Princess Parvati IV now Queen of Sanjiyan Unkara, a kingdom that died 300 years ago. You're the daughter of Moon Kingdom Queen, she now dead. You now also Queen of a kingdom that no longer exists." said Pai as she gently took the picture and put it back in her backpack.

"Where did you get that picture?" asked Sailor Venus.

"Pai not sure but Pai think it done by Pai and Parvati's mother, Parvati III to be gift by Aunt."

The same thought echoed though six minds 'She thinks her mother painted that picture?!'

Ukyo looked at the girl in front of her. "But how?"

Pai looked at Ukyo in puzzlement, "Sanjiyan Unkara are immortal and eternally young. When we feel we are becoming too cold and distant we go and become human. Pai achieved this just recently and is now sister's Wu."

"Wu? That is what Akane turned Hotaru into isn't it." said Ukyo trying to push the memories of what she had just seen out of her head.

"Yes a Sanjiyan Unkara normally creates a Wu by pulling part of the subject's soul out and merging it with their own." Pai then frowned "Jusenkyo made it clear entire soul not pulled out; something Pai and Parvati did not know."

Ke Lun stiffened as she remembered the only covered pool in Jusenkyo, the pool of Drowned Female Sanjiyan Unkara. In the ancient books of her people Ku Lun had learned that the tournament had been created so her tribe could determine who would have the honor of diving into that pool once a real Sanjiyan Unkara had given his or her blessing. But no real Sanjiyan Unkara ever been found to give the blessing and the original purpose of the tournament had eventually faded from memory and even from the Book of Law the Nujiezu (or as the Japanese called them Joketsuzoku) carried with them. It was only in researching the Sanjiyan Unkara that Ke Lun had discovered the truth.

"Speaking of Jusenkyo. We have got to find a better place to store that water than where it is right now." said Nabiki still shaken by how long she could really live.

Ranko tapped her finger to her chin in thought "I think it as safe where it is as it could be anywhere."

"I agree." said Akane, "Remember that we know that Genma's actions turned a friend of Ranma's into an enemy because he thought Ranma had walked out of a duel when in fact Genma knocked him out? Who knows how many more of those there are out there. At least by keeping the water where it is now there is less chance on one of these little problems of Genma getting their hands on it than if we put it somewhere else."

"Ah what fair maidens does the Blue Thunder see before him." exclaimed Kuno who had gone out in his words 'to fight the servants of the foul sorcerer Saotome.' Of course he then leaped out the window (forgetting he was on the third floor) and knocked himself out and missed the fight. Sadly for everybody at school he was only out for a few minutes.

"Who is this?" asked Sailor Moon.

"'What is this?' would be a better question." said Ranko angrily. "Look Kuno. You had the boys of this school fighting Akane for a date, then you come on to my sister Parvati while telling Akane you would go on to challenging her for a date. Then you come on to me and now you are coming on the Sailor Scouts. Do you do all what you call thinking below the waistline?!"

"Ah noble one cannot you see the great manliness before you?"

"Sure if your definition of manliness is the same as that chauvinistic drivel my father kept shoving in Ranma's head. If there is any woman in Tokyo who thinks Genma's idiocy or your behavior is truly manly they should go out and get their head examined."

Somewhere in Tokyo a woman named Saotome Nodoka sneezed. 'Oh I know my son Ranma is so manly.' she thought. As the same time Ranko felt Ranma mentally shudder.

'What's wrong?' Ranko thought

'Just a bad feeling.'

'Probably just too much of the school baka.'

'Yeh a little of him goes a LONG way.'

"Ucchan can Pai borrow this?"

"Sure" said Ukyo not really paying attention.

"Kuno-sama? Pai have something for you."

"Ah divine one you have a gift for the great Blue Thunder. What is it a kiss? A date?"

"No it's called KUNO NO BAKA." at which point Kuno got a face full of battle spatula.

"What a fierce tigress. The Blue Thunder is greatly blessed to be loved by so many women. The Blue Thunder will take a nap now." Kuno said passing out.

"Thank you Ucchan." said Pai as she handed back the battle spatula.

"It appears that even the gentle Pai has her limits in stupidity." smirked Ranko.

"'Loved by so many women?' That guy can't be serious." said Mars.

"Kuno is in his own little world." explained Nabiki.

"Fine but why can't he be in it in a jacket with nice long sleeves while in a room with nice padded walls?" grumbled Sailor Jupiter running her hand though her brunette hair to stave off a headache.

"He's rich. Need I say more?" asked Akane.

"Speaking of saying more," smirked Nabiki, "is someone going to ask the old woman in the tree to come down and explain why she been spying on us nearly this whole time?"

"I was wondering when someone was going to notice her." laughed Ranko.

"I should have known better then to try on spy on Sanjiyan Unkara." said Ke Lun jumping down from the tree and using her staff like a pogo stick to hop over.

"You shouldn't feel bad. Even without martial arts training Sanjiyan Unkara can manipulate Ki and Chakra at a level rivaling a martial artist with decades of training. Throw in some training in martial arts and you tend to get abilities beyond that of any normal human martial artist could achieve."

"Mind telling us who you are?" asked Nabiki.

"Not at all. I am Elder Ke Lun of the Joketsuzoku. I am here regarding the situation my great grand daughter created with the Kiss of Death."

"Joketsuzoku?" asked Mars.

"Japanese for Nujiezu. They are a tribe of woman warriors who live in the Qinghai provence of China which is where the Kunlun Mountains also are. Those mountains are where the main gate to the Sanjiyan Holy Land can be found." said Ranko all three of her eyes opening up. "The Joketsuzoku also have some pretty STUPID ways of dealing with outsiders." she finished glaring at Ke Lun.

"Honored One, you must understand..." started Ke Lun.

"Oh I UNDERSTAND all right. Saying that there is a Law that if an outsider female defeats a female Joketsuzoku has to be hunted down and killed is crazy enough but that it in reality a test is utter stupidity of the highest order. Didn't it occur to the full fledged baka that came up with this idea that it could wind up ticking off the wrong being? Or did they just have some kind of tribal death wish?"

Ke Lun found looking at the ground better than trying to meet Ranko's gaze "I know that the Kiss of Death test was a bad idea but the other Elders were too hidebound to accept my arguments. Even now they want to blame this mess on my great grand daughter rather than admit that the test is flawed and when you get right down to it dangerous."

"Dangerous is an understatement." said Ranko getting a tired look in her eyes, "You said that the other Elders want to blame Sham Pu. I take that means you're not hopping around Japan just to find me but Sham Pu as well."

"Yes. I am supposed to bring back Sham Pu back for punishment."

"Punish her for trying to enforce an admittedly flawed Law of your people?!" exclaimed Akane her three eyes wide open and filled with anger. "Well listen to me granny. You can go and tell the other Elders of your backwater little tribe that Shampoo is forever out of their reach. If she does come back it will long after their own great grand daughters have died OF OLD AGE!"

Ke Lun stepped back in stunned silence. The bad feeling she had this morning returned with a vengeance. Looking at Ranko she stammered "Honored One, you didn't make her Wu?"

Ranko was puzzled by the look of fear in Ke Lun's eyes. "Before I answer that why does the idea frighten you so? It isn't due to that old falsehood that we consume the soul of our Wu is it?"

"Consume your Wu's soul?!" stammered Hotaru backing away from Akane in horror.

"A misconception." said Ranko raising her hand to clam the girl. "While we do pull part of our future's Wu's soul out of its body the soul fragment is NOT consumed but rather merges with that of the Sanjiyan Unkara creator." Ranko paused and turned to Hotaru, "Only someone very skilled in spirit magic or martial arts could tell the difference. Parvati said that misconception created no end of headaches for her people with demons hunters and other well meaning but misinformed heroes."

Ke Lun shook her head "No the old text I found said as much. It is my people view on the role of Wu that I fear. The Joketsuzoku believe that the Wu is little more than undying soulless warrior slave whose only function was to protect its Sanjiyan Unkara master." Ke Lun shifted her staff a bit "Regardless of my feelings on the matter Sham Pu would be regard with pity if she returned to the Joketsuzoku as Wu. To be an object of pity is worst than death for a Joketsuzoku warrior."

"And what are your people's feelings on the pool Drowned Female Sanjiyan Unkara." asked a still angry Akane.

"Ironically the old text revealed that the tournament Ranko got involved in was originally created so with a blessing from a Sanjiyan Unkara that our best warrior would dive into the pool and become an Honored One." Ke Lun frowned "but no Sanjiyan Unkara was ever found to give a blessing and eventually the true purpose of the tournament was lost to living memory."

Pai smiled "Then Ke Lun should be happy, Pai's Sanjiyan Unkara sister Parvati agree with Pai's plan to make Sham Pu and friends Sanjiyan Unkara."

Ke Lun fell off her staff, "You made my great grand daughter Sanjiyan Unkara?" she asked in utter bewilderment.

"Only half. Warm water turns her back to human. Since our human selves are each other Wu Parvati and I am not sure how the whole Sanjiyan Unkara/Wu/Jusenkyo thing really works." Ranko then paused for a moment "The one thing we DO know is the transformation has no effect on being Wu. So even in our Sanjiyan Unkara forms we have all the advantages of Wu." Ranko smiled "Parvati was stunned when I cut myself real bad training Pai and healed immediately just like a Wu." Running her hand along the edge of the Silence Glaive Ranko then cut her hand down to the bone.

"What are you doing?" exclaimed Sailor Moon.

"Watch and learn." for a few seconds nothing happened and then smoke came from Ranko's hand and the wounds closed and soon it was as if the hand had suffered no injury at all.

"If your people are immortal then I imagine you're going to have quite interesting things to tell us in my history class." said Meiou Setsuna shakily staring at Ranko's hand.

"Ah Meiou-sama you're back with us." smiled Ranko.

"I wasn't aware I had left and please call me Setsuna." said Setsuna smiling.

"You were babbling there for a while. Something about asking your mother forgiving you." said Ranko in a concerned voice.

Setsuna thought for a while and decided that given the state the Time Gates were in she was largely useless as Sailor Pluto. If she was going to have any hope of getting Time Gate working right again she was going to need the help of the people who helped founded the Silver Millennium. That meant being more open than usual with some personal secrets.

"I encountered the Sanjiyan Unkara long ago and prejudged them as evil simply because were friends with the demons they summoned. I also didn't understand what a Wu really was. Only after I did something really stupid did I find out the truth and that my own mother had been a Sanjiyan Unkara who had become human after I was born." Setsuna weakly smiled "I remember growing up with Queen Serenity. That should give you a rough idea of how old I am."

"You're a Sanjiyan Unkara?" asked Akane stunned.

"No. My father was human. At best I am half Sanjiyan Unkara. Long ago in the past of this world there was something called the Moon Kingdom also known as the Silver Millennium. Turns out my mother's people the Sanjiyan Unkara created every spell and magic item used in the Silver Millennium. Without the Sanjiyan Unkara there would have been no Moon Kingdom or Sailor Senshi."

"So how do you fit into all this?" asked Hotaru.

"I too am a Sailor Scout. The last living one of the Silver Millennium."

"Seven." said Hotaru softly as a wondrous realization occurred to her. "Do each of you have an item that has a strange symbol on it?" she asked.

"Why do you want to know?" asked Mars suspiciously.

Hotaru ran over to the tree where her school backpack lay and pulled out six sheets of paper from her notebook. "Put your symbol on this page large enough that we can see it" she said handing five out and keeping the sixth for herself.

Sailor Moon shrugged her shoulder. What harm could there be to granting the girl's or rather woman's request. Thought it did take a little prodding to get Mars and Jupiter to comply.

After everyone had turned over their pages Hotaru asked "Pai, do you recognize these symbols?"

"Yes Pai recognize all of them."
"Hotaru's symbol is that for lead."
Pointing to the symbol Sailor Moon held "That silver."
then to Mercury's symbol, "That quicksilver or mercury."
then to Venus's symbol, "that copper."
then to Mars's symbol, "that iron."
and finally Jupiter's symbol, "and that is tin."

"Seven scouts, seven alchemic metals, seven planets. Don't you see?"

Sailor Moon shook her head, "Sorry but the moon isn't a planet."

"Actually to alchemists of centuries past it WAS." commented Pai.

Hotaru looked at Setsuna, "There is only one alchemic metal left, you must be gold."

Setsuna smiled sadly 'This Sailor Saturn is so unlike the one of the Silver Millennium. That one was moody and at times down right callous. Nothing like the girl before me. How do I dash her dream? Nothing to be done; we need to trust each other and lasting trust is not built on lies.'

"I'm sorry my dear but I am Sailor Pluto, a planet unknown in the heydays of alchemy." Setsuna chuckled "In fact today modern astronomers are debating if it should even be called a planet." Setsuna smiled warmly and put her hand on Hotaru's shoulder "But don't let that trouble you. You are still a Sailor Scout. You're Sailor Saturn."

"Does explain the name SILVER Millennium though." said Ranko thoughtfully looking at Sailor Moon's symbol.

"We need to go and start some planning." said Setsuna.

"Right after school." said Ranko. "You can find us at the Tendo Dojo."

"Is that where Sham Pu is?" asked Ke Lun.

"No, but I do know she is on a mission to bring back the Ningen No Zou."

Ke Lun nearly dropped her staff at that. "The Statue of Humanity?"

"Statue of Humanity?" asked Mercury.

"The greatest and most prized treasure of the Sanjiyan Unkara." said Ke Lun the awe clear in her voice.

"That is may be, but right now considering we have the Wu of a totally deranged Sanjiyan Unkara known to the Hindu's as Siva running around loose, the last thing we need is for him to get his hands on something that could destroy the world." said Nabiki using her typical Ice Queen voice.

"Destroy the world? You're kidding, right?" asked Sailor Moon.

Hotaru looked down in the ground, "No she's not. One of my attacks is Death Reborn Revolution. It is so powerful as it is able to destroy the world. If this Ningen No Zou has anything like that kind of power..."

Setsuna now was worried. What if this Ningen No Zou had power surpassing the Ginzuishou. "Just how powerful is this Ningen No Zou?"

"Even Parvati is not sure. Anyone of the Sanjiyan Unkara Kingdom who did know was killed by sister's power mad fiancé about two years before Tokugawa Tsunayoshi became Shogun of Japan." said Pai glumly.

"The important thing is we get a hold of that statue before somebody else does. At least then we won't have to worry about what is being done with the thing."

"Well there is the lunch bell. See you all after school."

"Well girls I believe you have classes to go to and I have one to teach so lets get to it." said Setsuna running to class. Only after she was in the classroom behind her desk with the student getting seated and looking a little ill in the process did she realize that her suit was still covered in demon gore. 'Kuso, its going to be a long afternoon.' she thought.

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Akane noticed that nearly every eye in the class was on Hotaru. Akane then noticed that two of the few friends she had Sayuri and Yuka were nervously looking at her. Sighing Akane sat near her two friends, "You saw what happened with Hotaru?" she asked.

Yuka nodded her light brown hair framing her frightened expression. "She blew up some sort of monster along with herself and then she reformed." Yuka said in a shaky voice.

Pai giggled, "That because Hotaru now Akane's Wu."

Yuka shrunk back into her seat "Akane's Wu? But from what Ranma said last week only Sanjiyan Unkara can have Wu."

"That right. Thanks to Pool of Drown Sanjiyan Unkara whole Tendo family as well as Sham Pu is Sanjiyan Unkara." beamed Pai.

Akane closed her eyes in part so that she couldn't see the frightened nearly terrified expressions now on her two best friends faces but also to keep herself from crying. "You're frightened of me." she said gently opening all three of her eyes. "This doesn't change anything I am still Akane." she said gesturing to her three eyes.

Ranko shook her head, "While it is true that the Pool of Sanjiyan Unkara did not change your personality it did change the way you and your family interact with this world."

"Perhaps Akane's friends afraid she make them Wu." suggested Shampoo.

Akane looked at her friend's faces and then took Sayuri's hand "Is that what you are afraid of?" Akane asked nervously. When Sayuri nodded Akane suppressed a giggle and smiled, "Ranko explained that to Hotaru. A Sanjiyan Unkara can only have one Wu and that process is next to impossible to reverse."

Yuka's expression changed from fear to that of concern, "If the process is that hard to reverse then why did you select Hotaru as your Wu?"

"Because I begged to be made one." said Hotaru timidly looking at the floor, "With the limited knowledge they had it was the only way to drive out that thing that was making me weak all the time. From what Ranko said it was literally consuming my soul. If Akane had not made me a Wu my body would have eventually become nothing but an empty husk hiding that monstrosity." Hotaru than looked up with tears in her eyes. "Before becoming a Wu I had this healing power. The other kids thought I was some sort of freak because of it. Is that what you now see Akane as? All she wanted to do was help me just like I wanted to help others even before I became a Magical Girl." Hotaru looked at her hands. "What good are these powers if they prevent me from getting what I really want, friends?" Hotaru said as she started to cry.

Akane got up from her chair and comforted the still adult Hotaru while the rest of the class started to get sheepish expressions on their faces. While Akane was comforting Hotaru she felt a pair of arms hug both of them. Looking up she saw the face of Sayuri, "I'm sorry Akane about how I behaved. You are right you are still our friend."

"Glad to hear that somebody else in this school has finally gotten some sense in their head." said Nabiki from the doorway.

"Nabiki, why aren't you in class?" asked Akane.

"Because our English teacher saw what happened with Hotaru and finally decided today was a good day to have a nervous breakdown and as a result our class is sans a teacher."

Yuka licked her lips, "Pai said something about all of you becoming Sanjiyan Unkara."

Nabiki smiled and opened her third eye, "You heard correctly." she said continuing to stand in the door frame, "Given our English teacher's reaction I thought I might come in and see how you were doing sis."

"Well it is going to take a little while given what happened today but I think we are fine." said Akane as Hotaru nodded.

"Well as your teacher is not giggling like crazy I better get back before the Blue Thunder recovers enough to get any dumb ideas."

"Given that he is only at best a half-wit you better hurry as he doesn't have that much to recover." said Ranko giggling.

"That is really bad, Ranko, but to some degree true." said Nabiki as she left the open door.

Further speculation about the Tendo Family's transformation had to wait as the bell signaling the start of class rung.

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[Author's note: Interestingly I started this without knowing that the Joketsuzoku and the main entrance to the Sanjiyan Holy Land (the Kunlun Mountains) were in set in the same province in China. This opens all kind of interesting things for the Musk Dynasty and especially Phoenix Mountain.

Some people may think Setsuna is being out of character here but you must realize that everything she has ever believed in and planned for has been thrown out the window. She no longer has any ideas on the future and so has grabbed the only help see can see.

On the 'proper' names I am using for the Chinese characters - these are based on the Pinyin Romanization system of their actual names which are given when they first appear in the manga. Parvati, Pai, and Ranko use these versions of the names as a sign of respect. Parvati and Pai can (and in the manga do) use a form of speech noted as 'bilingual' ie understandable to both Japanese and Chinese. Parvati and Pai are both reasonably fluent in both Chinese and Japanese. I am using ages of Ke Lun and later Happosai from the manga - they are only just over a century old there; this allows me to have Ke Lun more in awe of Pai/Parvati than if I used the over 300 years ages of the anime.

The Tokugawa Tsunayoshi reference Pai gives is also manga based. I did it this way to show that Pai/Parvati are trying to relate events in their isolated kingdom to the rest of the world. For those of you not up on your Japanese history this works out to the year 1678.