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 10 The Strongest Weapon
Setsuna felt herself being shaken awake "Come on, Setsuna, wake up." said Ranko's voice.
"I can heal her." said Sailor Moon.
"No don't." hissed Ranko "We have no idea on how your powers will work on her like this. This is exactly why I was so concerned when Hotaru used her power to transform into a Magical Girl after she became Wu. Parvati said mixing magic without knowing what you are doing was a bad idea and this proves it."
Setsuna opened her eyes and turned to stand up noticing the looks of fear in her fellow Scouts, "Come on despite what I look like I'm the same person."
"The Mercury computer now identifies you as Sailor Pluto's long lost twin sister, Satan," said Mercury calmly.
"Twin sister? I don't--wait a minute. I vaguely remember someone I often played with when I was younger who looked like this."
"The Mercury computer says shortly after becoming the new Sailor Pluto your sister was lost when you were doing something with the Time Gates. You were so torn up that the then Queen healed you."
"Made me forget she even existed you mean," said Setsuna angrily.
"You can look for your sister later. Pai, make some hot water and let's continue this." snapped Ranko.
"Continue what?" asked Venus.
"Setsuna said she had some information about the possible foes we may face. I for one would like to have some idea of what we are going to face rather than stumbling around like you girls have obviously done in the past." Ranko commented.
"What do you mean 'stumbling around'? We have done fine up to now." scowled Mars.
"You were lucky. I can tell that the only one of you that has any reasonable skill in Martial Arts fighting is Sailor Jupiter." Ranko turned to Jupiter, "You just need some more training to realize the potential I saw." Ranko frowned looking at the other Senshi, "As for the rest of you. From what I saw it is only by an insane amount luck you haven't gotten killed."
"Actually they did get killed in the final fight with Queen Beryl." said Setsuna glumly as Pai poured the warm water she had gotten over her.
"Say WHAT?!" stammered Ranko who then started studying the Senshi more closely.
"After Sailor Moon finally defeated Queen Beryl she wished for a normal life. No magical power, no life draining demons, no destiny. The Ginzuishou granted her wish by restoring her friends to life and wiping their memories." Setsuna looked down at the ground, "until now they didn't know that the way they helped Sailor Moon defeat Beryl was as spirits because they had been previously killed."
"That's impossible." stammered Mars.
"No I'm sorry to say that is pretty much the way it happened." said Luna from her place outside the Dojo. The Senshi just looked at Sailor Moon who looked at the ground. "I didn't know." she whispered.
Ranko frowned, "Well hate to burst this to you but with the exception of Sailor Moon your Ki is 'off'. Almost like Ranma and I are looking through some sort of filter. I think what ever brought you back didn't quite get it right but got very close. But let's table that for later as well. How does what's coming compare to this 'Queen Beryl'?"
"Far more powerful and dangerous." admitted Setsuna.
"Wonderful, ok Setsuna tell us just what we are fighting?"
Setsuna sat down and sighed, "First the good news. Pai/Parvati doesn't have that many enemies that show up in the next year or so. In fact the only major enemies I could find that could be a problem won't appear until four years in the future. By contrast while Ranma if he had fallen into Pool of Drowned Girl would have had a lot of foes show up they are for the most part martial artist challenges in strange and exotic schools. So despite being challenging for Ranma most of them are not a major threat to the Senshi."
Pulling out her notebook, Setsuna continued "That said there are five foes of Ranma who in my opinion could be major problems even for the Senshi.
The least of these is called Pantyhose Taro who could show up in about six months. The main threat he poses is that not only is he a skilled martial artist but he has a cold water form which he believes is the result of him being baptized in the Pool of Drowned Yeti-riding-a-Bull-holding-a-Crane-and-Eel. In reality he was baptized in a pool made from four different pools but the result is the same. Fighting an over ten foot tall Minotaur like being with a long tail who can fly and is a skilled martial artist is not high on my list of things to do. Fortunately his main goal is to defeat the baka who baptized him so he can get his name changed.
Next comes Ha Bu of the Jakou or Musk Dynasty who could show up eight months from now. The Jakou make themselves strong by taking animals and throwing them into the Pool of Drowned Girl, locking them in that form with a magic item known as the Chiisuiton and marrying them."
"That's disgusting." exclaimed Akane looking a little ill.
"Perhaps, but it does make them unusually strong. Now in the case of Ha Bu the process goes all wrong; he gets locked in female form and goes looking for the long lost Kaisui-fu to unlock him. Ranma and several others get locked and everybody goes looking for this pot. Ha Bu states that he locked Ranma because his female form looks like the monkey that locked him. I checked and the monkey does not look like Ranko so why Ha Bu really locks Ranma I have no idea. At the end of the whole thing everybody get unlocked and Ha Bu is indebted to Ranma. Handled better in this timeline Ha Bu will likely start out as a staunch ally so he not that much of a threat."
Setsuna paused considering her notes and continued, "The third, Rouge worries me. While in the other timeline she didn't show up for over 10 months she did fall into in the Pool of Drowned Ashura. For those who don't know Ashura is a 6-armed, 3-headed Hindu Goddess. Since the Sanjiyan Unkara effectively were the Hindu pantheon this means we have another Sanjiyan Unkara out there. Only this one has no idea what she really is and so doesn't have access to the spirit spells Parvati and Ranko do."
"This not good. Pai remember mother talking about auntie Ashura who disappeared around the time of wise mortal known as King Solomon. She was unusually powerful even by Sanjiyan Unkara standards. If Rouge figure out how to handle even faction of that power that would make her very dangerous."
"Not as dangerous as the fourth on my list, Sa Fulang, the self proclaimed god of Phoenix Mountain. In terms of raw power and the ability to use it he is most likely the most dangerous of the five. However pushed to the limits even without abilities of a Sanjiyan Unkara, Ranma was able to kill him to save someone he loved deeply. The thing is Sa Fulang reformed into an egg and would be reborn so like a Wu he's unkillable. However his regeneration requires that he grow up all over again. Given that the people of Phoenix Mountain practically worship the Sanjiyan Unkara I don't think Sa Fulang will be a problem in this timeline."
"Even as a normal human Ranma killed Sa Fulang?" asked a stunned Ke Lun.
"Yes but he is not the most dangerous of Ranma's foe. That distinction belongs to the founder and Grandmaster of the Ganso Musabetsu Kakuto Ryu himself, Happosai."
Genma rushed over and put his hand over Setsuna's mouth, "Shhhh he might hear you."
Pulling Genma's hand from her mouth and smiling Setsuna went on, "Don't worry he's still in the cave you and Soun put him years ago and at best won't be out of it for nearly two more months. That said Genma is right to be afraid of him. He is the Grandmaster of a martial arts school that can kill something considered a kami and the only way Ranma could beat him in the other timeline was to trick him. He glomps women and steals their underwear not just because he is a little pervert but because he can drain the Ki from them and their clothes."
Ranko nodded in understanding "In other words the longer a woman fights him the stronger the freak gets."
Setsuna nodded her mouth a thin line, "Not only that but he is the one who gave Pantyhose Taro his form and name. And yet no matter how he tried Pantyhose Taro never got him to formally change his name. In addition to his martial artist skills he has various magical items such as the Gouriki soba which increase one's strength to a level rivaling Hercules."
"Oooo. Pai impressed. Great uncle Hercules was said to be physically strongest person in both Sanjiyan and this world history." smiled Pai as the others looked on in stunned amazement.
Setsuna smirked "Not that I would want use the Gouriki soba. I would look horrible with a beard. Annoying side effect that. Anyways Happosai's tricky and sometimes petty. That makes him very dangerous."
"He founder of School Pai learning; he make perfect teacher for Pai." Pai said clapping her hands.
Ranko put her head in her arms and shook it from side to side. "Now there is a scary thought. Total pervert Happosai teaching Pai the over enthusiastic Wu Ganso Musabetsu Kakuto Ryu. If we get desperate we could always keep the little freak busy by giving him Pai as a pupil; then next we could watch Parvati try and barbeque the pervert." she said while the rest of the group looked at Pai as if she had lost her mind.
"Well we have nearly two months before the freakshow hits town so we have some time to plan for him. However there are foes of the Sailor Senshi running around in the here and now. What of them?" asked Nabiki in an effort to get everybody off Pai's fascination with Happosai.
"Uh yes." said Setsuna as she nervously looked over at the happy Pai "Well there are three main enemies."
"Hold it. Pai not understand. Pai only see evidence of two different summoners not three in the Minato ward."
"That is because the group from the future Black Lady belongs to does not drain life energy. Instead they imbue people with energy from the Jakokusuishou to create problems that will draw out the Sailor Scouts so they can attack them. The group the Sailor Scouts first faced after Queen Beryl in the history leading to the Black Moon Family were servants of a tree known as Makaiju. They are trying to keep it alive by feeding the Makaiju the life energy they are stealing. Ironically that is actually helping to kill the tree as it lives off of love, an emotion its servants have no concept of. Eventually the Sailor Scouts will show them this and they will leave peacefully.
After that there was to be about a six to seven month lull after which Pharaoh 90 via his servants the Witches 5 strove to have Mistress 9 possess Hotaru and bring the Silence to this world. To help in this crisis two more Sailor Scouts Uranus and Neptune were awakened and I took somewhat an active role. In addition I had set up events so a possessor of something called the Millennium Puzzle would weaken Pharaoh 90 perhaps even destroy him if we could not find three items of incredible power - a mirror, a sword, and the Garnet Rod. When put together they form an even more powerful item, the Holy Grail.
In that other reality things got totally out of hand because my future self was being a closed mouthed bitch and we let the two Outers become as bad as those we fought and I am afraid Uranus and Neptune are going to have much the same Machiavellian mindset in this timeline. We knew that these items were in pure heart crystals and the daimons of our foes were looking for them.
In the end another enemy called Snow Princess Kaguya showed up causing the foretold Great Disaster by turning the planet into an ice cube. Crippled by the ShadowRealm Pharaoh 90 lost interest in this world and was defeated. Sailor Moon declared herself Queen and then the events that resulted in the banishment to Nemesis happened. About 1,000 years later the Black Moon Family came back to this present to prevent their future from happening."
"Hold it. If Black Lady came from a different future shouldn't she vanished when history was changed?" asked Akane.
"Originally I would have thought so too as I also thought of time as a line from the past to the future. It obvious that that line of thinking was wrong as since in her timeline there was no enemy from the future; history changed the moment the Black Moon family showed up. In reality it turns out that time is like a tree with each choice a branch."
"I'm not sure I understand." said Ranko.
"I think I do and if I'm right it explains a lot." said Nabiki. "Remember how you said you and Genma traveled for 10 years. I imagine there were a lot of places where you came to a road that branched to the left and right. Regardless of which path you took the other still existed. History is the same way. All Black Lady has done is come back down the left path and is now going up the right."
Genma eyes opened in realization, "In other words she backtracked but in time rather than an actual path."
"You know there are times when you actually surprise me, fathe,r by saying something that is totally brilliant." said Ranko.
"That is why you can't change history." Setsuna commented. "Scientists even formed a theory of it in 1964 called the Many Worlds Solution to Bell's Theorem."
Ranko thought for a moment. "We have a problem. The attacks are focused in Juubangia district. Despite our resources we are going to have a difficult time fighting foes there from here."
Setsuna nodded her head "True but I think Black Lady's appearance here shows that the attacks are not going to be limited to Juubangia district or even the Minato ward anymore. They along with the Makaiju will be interested in the Ningen No Zou. While Pharaoh 90 may have lost Mistress 9 as the means to bring the Silence to this world he has a backup group that uses something called the Seal of Oreichalkos but they need improvements in hologram technology before they can really get started. Thankfully this means that he will be less interested in the Ningen No Zou as an alternative method."
"So when Sham Pu comes back with it we are likely to be the target for two of these three groups." Ranko looked at the castes of water. "We cannot leave these here anymore. The last thing we need is any of these enemies gaining the ability to transform into a Sanjiyan Unkara especially as we will also soon have the Ningen No Zou here as well."
Setsuna thought for a moment. "If the Sanjiyan Holy Land is actually in a different dimension then it could be in reality as large as the Earth. I bet the access point in the Kunlun mountains was to the capital. If I could make an access port to it here in Japan that would be far enough away to prevent the Wu that's running around to get to it from the Kunlun mountain entrance."
"Why not simple store it at the Time Gates?" came Luna's voice from the other side of the dojo wall.
"Because from what I have seen I know there are versions of me that I won't want anywhere near this water. Beside if the other Wu intended to recreate the Sanjiyan Unkara he could have used the pool long ago." Setsuna then stiffened "Kuso. The Pool."
"Don't worry we can use some hot water and have Parvati send some friends to protect the pool from the Black Moon Family and anybody else who has some funny ideas."
Setsuna nodded "Not the best solution but given the situation right now its the best we have." Setsuna got up "Well its getting late I say we all go home and get some sleep. I hope that the weapons I have given you helps."
Genma looked at Setsuna puzzled, "You didn't give them any weapons."
"Yes I did. The same weapons you gave your son, the same ones Queen Serenity gave these girls. The weapons of knowledge and information. In a real way knowledge and information are the strongest weapons anyone can be given." Setsuna said as she teleported away.
Genma sat there in the dojo contemplating Setsuna's words until the meeting broke up. 'Knowledge and information as weapons. Now there is an interesting idea.'
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[Author's note; the time frame Setsuna give for many of Ranma's foes showing up is based on the idea that the 38 volume series covers only a year of actual time. I simply took the volume the character in question appeared in and multiplied it by 12 and then divided by 38.
On the timeline Setsuna lays out for Crystal Tokyo you will notice that it does not follow the sequence the series does. That is because events in the Sailor Moon S movie which happens somewhere between episodes 111-118 of the Sailor Moon S series. Everything points to the events in that movie being the 'big freeze' that lead to the Crystal Tokyo the scouts saw early on in the S series season.
This means that in the original timeline things went Queen Beryl, Doom Tree, 6 month lull, Pharaoh 90/Snow Princess Kaguya, exile, Crystal Tokyo. This means everything that happened after the Sailor Moon S season was the result of the Black Moon Family going back in time and changing things. I should mention that in Japanese mythology Amaterasu gave her mortal son Jummi a sword, mirror, and jewel which became the Sacred Regalia of the Emperor. These are very similar to the three items the Outer Sailor Scouts were looking for.