Galactic Guardians
Author: AshK1980
Rating: Fiction Rated T
Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma 1/2, Sailor Moon, or Pokemon, they are owned by their respective creators. I am only writing this story to honor these three awesome Anime.
Episode 04: Solaris Princess Saga Part I: Explanations
Ashley, Ranma, Gary, Misty, and Akane were walking through the streets of Juban. All of a sudden Kodachi Kuno appeared out of nowhere and started going on about pure hearts. Ranma and Akane were wondering what she was doing here.
"Hey Kodachi, what are you doing here?" Akane asked.
"I already told you that I chose Akane! Or did you forget!" Ranma scolded.
"Ranma Saotome, I am not here to try and take you away from Akane. I know that you and the Pigtailed girl are one in the same! I also know that the blonde girl with Pikachu on her shoulder happens to have an alter ego known as Sailor Solaris." Kodachi said.
"Oh really! Who are we then? Huh Kodachi? Do you even know our names?" Ashley asked.
"I know both your names Ashley Ketchum. You also go by Ashlynn Ketchum. Your Twin Sister Ashlynn is inside your head. She was stillborn, just like Ranko was. I now know that you and Ashlynn were supposed to be twins. Ranma and Ranko were also supposed to be twins. I also know about Girl-Type Ranma's Alias as Ren Saotome. When Ranma fell into the Spring of Drowned Girl she awoke after sixteen years of dormancy." Kodachi said as she just disappeared.
"Um Ranma, she is one strange cookie! She used to be one of your Fiancees?" Ashley asked.
"She never was one of my Fiancees. She self-proclaimed that." Ranma said.
"At least she didn't know who we were." Misty said as she referred to her, Gary, and Akane.
"I also know about you Misty Waterflower and Gary Oak. Akane Tendo you are also involved. I don't know why, but I sense something inside you. A great power. It will be mine soon. As well as the rest of those Pure Hearts." Kodachi said as she reappeared with glowing eyes and disappeared again.
"What did she mean by pure hearts? What did she mean that they would soon be hers?" Ashley asked confused.
"I don't know." Misty asked just as equally confused.
"So how chaotic was your life in Nerima?" Gary asked of Ranma and Akane?
"Our life in Nerima was chaotic before all of this Sailor Guardian stuff." Akane said to the trio from Kanto. Pikachu also activated his Crescent Moon becoming Orion. Azumarril also activated her Crescent Moon Symbol shortly Pikachu did, in turn becoming Andromeda.
"I can answer that Ash. I'm sure Orion can too." Andromeda said, However, that's for a later time. There is something much more important to discuss now. Have you heard of the Solaris Princess?"
"The Solaris Princess?" Ashley, Gary, and Misty asked curiously as Ranma, Akane and the rest of the group had the same questions.
Ashley, Gary Misty, Ranma and Akane were now joined by the others. May and Drew holding hands just like Ashley and Gary as well as Ranma and Akane. May and Drew were followed by Casey, Duplica and Giselle. Ranma and Drew both shifted to female form. They then found an alley, transformed, Triton's Ditto Transformed into an Alakazam and teleported everyone to Mt. Silver in Johto. All eleven of them had chills run down their spine. Orion and Andromeda also had chills run down their spine. Luna, Artemis and Diana also appeared in Mt. Silver without the original Sailor Guardians and Tuxedo Mask.
Mt. Silver Johto...
"Okay start explaining now!" Terra said as she pulled out her Mega Necklace with her Key Stone on it.
"So what the heck is being talked about by Kodachi?" Silver Rose asked as he readied a Pokeball containing his Blastoise about ready to bring out his Key Stone in case he needs to Mega Evolve his Blastoise.
"We need the information!" Solaris said as her Mega Bracer materialized on her wrist.
"What did Kodachi mean when she said that she will soon have all the pure hearts in the world?" Phobos inquired as she took a fighting stance.
"What was with her glowing eyes? She seemed different somehow!" Deimos said as she manifested a Ki Mallet.
"Yeah explain or we will attack!" Io said as she grabbed Blaziken's Pokeball and willed the appearance of her Mega Bracelet.
"Yeah we have a right to know! We are Sailor Guardians too you know!" Triton got ready to unleash Ditto.
"If we are going to help, we must know what to expect!" Callisto said.
"You Moon Cats better start talking!" Ganymede said.
"Yes you must elaborate further!" Ashlynn said as she broke away from Solaris and assumed a solid form.
"Um Sis what are you doing. I need you inside of me in case I discover a new attack to use." Solaris said.
"Don't worry, Ashley, I will remain here and make sure all the equipment is working properly."(1) Ashlynn said.
"I will stay here too!" Ranko said as she broke away from Phobos and assumed a solid form.
"I won't say anything sis. I know how stubborn you are! After all you are my twin sister." Phobos said.
"Drew you can handle it! May will help you." Deanna said as she did the exact same thing as Ashlynn and Ranko.(2)
"Thanks sis! I will do my best." Rhea said.
"Okay, start talking!" Triton exclaimed as she glared at the cats..
"Yeah you do that!" Andromeda and Orion said in unison.
"Okay we will talk. About two years ago..." Luna started.
"Hotaru was possessed by a Death Buster called Mistress 9..." Artemis continued.
"This obviously happened before Hotaru became Sailor Saturn. She only wanted one thing. The Holy Grail. There was another one, but it was lost when you eleven and your advisors were sent forward. Solaris, Terra, Phobos, and Deimos all had Talismans. Since Mistress 9 couldn't find the second one, she settled for Moon's. " Diana said.
"Okay you mentioned us. What do we have to do with this Holy Grail?" Solaris asked sending her Mega Bracer back to subspace.
"Yes please explain. We have to know." Terra said as she relaxed disengaging her Mega Broach and sending it back to subspace.
"We all want to know!" Phobos said as she relaxed.
"We need to know." Deimos said as her Ki Mallet disappeared.
After this was done the rest of the Sailor Guardians relaxed. The ones that had weapons out, either sheathed them or put them back in subspace. The ones that were reaching for Pokeballs stop reaching for them and returned their Pokemon (those that sent them out.)
"Actually," Orion said realizing his and the cats' mistake, "you four aren't involved in the Holy grail thing at all. Three others that have yet to be reawakened are the ones that have the treasures. Queen Solaria planned on four people having treasures originally and it was you four, however, realizing that you four were needed for something else, she only created three treasures. They are within three of the four Galactic Enforcers who you have yet to find out who they are. Sailor Eris, Sailor Miranda, and Sailor Titania."
"Really? Phobos asked with a curious look on her face.
"What about Mistress 9?" Deimos asked, then continued, "if we aren't the four involved, why are we worrying about the treasures? "Who is this Mistress 9 you keep mentioning?"
"As for Mistress 9." Luna said.
"After she left Hotaru's body, she was totally destroyed." Artemis said.
"However, her soul lived on. Floating in endless nothingness. Kodachi Kuno was the perfect vessel. That is probably why she mentioned the second Holy Grail." Diana said.
"What does that have to do with us?" Solaris and Terra asked in unison.
"Yeah, if we don't have the holy grail within us do others have it?" Ranma and Akane asked.
"Our memories of the second holy grail are spotty at best. Andromeda and I do know that the four of you have nothing to do with it." Orion chimed in.
"I'm sorry we confused you. We should have thought more about it." Diana said.
"Oh I see. So those heart snatchers are looking for Pure Hearts to try and bring about the second holy grail." Io said to the cats, then continued, "Though all of us play a role in this crisis."
"You are correct. Well we have to get back to the other Sailor Guardians All of you take care of each other." Luna said.
"Oh and one more thing." Artemis said.
"What?" Io and the rest asked.(This does not include Solaris, Terra, Phobos, and Deimos.)
"Io, Triton, Callisto, Ganymede,, and Rhea?" Diana asked.
"Yes?" The above mentioned Sailor Guardians asked.
"Take care of your four leaders. If they fall, you all fall. That is why you were chosen to have the mantles of Sailor Guardians. United you stand, divided you fall. You must do all you can to protect Terra, Solaris, Phobos and Deimos. Also you must protect our Princess and her other Guardians." Diana finished.
"You can count on us! We won't let you down!" Io said.
"We trust you. Come Artemis, Diana. We have told them all we can." Luna said as the three original Moon cats disappeared.
"Phobos and Deimos, also disappeared back to Nerima. The Sailor Guardians from Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn remained and De-Transformed. Darcy reverted back to her male form and went up to his sister along with Ashley. Ranko went back with Phobos and Deimos.
"Deanna are you sure you can survive without me. I mean you are part of me." Drew said.
"Don't worry Drew, you just take care of May. I will be fine." Deanna said as she took her seat at the Supercomputer.
"Ashlynn, are you sure you want to do this. I mean we did merge minds?" Ashley said.
"Actually, no we did not. I just said that so you would know that I existed. I have my own mind and body. I look exactly like you. If you ever need help with anything, just give me a call on the Communicator. I will transform and be right there. Of course you won't be able to use your Sailor Guardian form because I will have it. Just be careful." Ashlynn said.
"That's good to know. Somehow I always knew you existed. Glad to see that you're solid Twin Sis Ha ha ha!" Ashley said as she hugged Ashlynn.
"Drew shift to female form please. The same goes for you Bro." Deanna said.
"Um okay. That's cool." Darcy said as she did so. As Darcy and Deanna looked at each other, it was like they were looking in a mirror. The only difference was they were both real.
"This is so cool!" Darcy said as she clenched her stomach and stumbled because of the pain.
"Ashley, Misty, May; we need to get Darcy to the restroom." Ashlynn said.
"Thanks for the help sis." Darcy said as she fainted in the arms of her sister.
"Right! Don't worry Dar-Chan we will help you." May said as she grabbed one arm and Deanna grabbed the other.
The rest of the Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn Sailor Guardians started chatting on the computer with Ami. They told them about what Luna, Artemis, and Diana told them about the 2nd Holy Grail.
Everything was better now. The group went to work to upgrade the command center.
Darcy found out she was stuck in his female form for at least a week. The currently female Drew hated the thought, but she knew that it couldn't be helped.
"I am unsure about this staying as a girl for a week. What if I turn into a girl again like I did so last time this happened?" Darcy asked.
"Um Sis are you sure you want to stay here? You should show Mom that you are alive and well. I mean you still are one of her children and all. Unless of course you are comfortable living in secret here until the time is right." Ashley asked of Ashlynn.
"Sis are you sure you want to stay here in the command center? I mean I am sure that our parents back in LaRousse City would love to see their daughter who they thought was dead after you were stillborn."
"Yes Bro I mean Sis. What am I supposed to call you! Sis or Bro. This is so totally confusing me!" Deanna exclaimed.
"Calm down Deanna it's confusin' just call me the appropriate word for my current gender. Right now I am your Big Sister. I will remain so for at least a week." Darcy said.
"So what do we do now?" Casey asked of her leader, then continued, "I mean we don't go to school because we learned everything we need to from traveling and some of us are a bit too far away from home to just walk there."
"We could have a sleepover," Ashley suggested happily with a giggle, "Besides that, we have to do some investigation into this second holy grail stuff."
"Setsuna, what have you done. Oh wait a minute you needed to do that didn't ya." Orion said.
At the time gates, a certain time and space guardian sneezed.
"Well everybody, let's get to sleep." Misty suggested.
Gary then set up his sleeping bag next to Ashley so she would have someone to cuddle up to when she was cold.
Ashley then realized something she turned to Orion, Um Orion, you said that the Holy Grail wasn't important right now, but finding the Solaris Princess was. We can't sleep now until we find out more of this so-called Solaris Princess."
"Actually, there were originally two Solaris Princesses," Orion said to Ashley and Ashlynn as he looked at the twins, "you see, I think there is more to the whole illness thing that originally killed Princess Solina, Princess Ranko, and Princess Deanna. We will address that later. As for now we have to worry about the Solaris Princess being found. Or rather Solaris Princesses. Since there are two Solaris Princesses, that means there are more crystals to find. Nine crystals in total are required to bring forth the Solaris Princesses which will be revealed with the dual Bronze Crystals being found." Ashley, Ashlynn, Darcy, and Deanna listened closely as Orion told the tale.
"A long time ago, there were sixteen total Crystals, seven Rainbow Crystals and nine Prism Crystals. The seven Rainbow Crystals were sent to one dimension, while the nine Prism Crystals were sent to the other. 5,000 years ago, the wall between Earth and Pokearth was shattered." Orion said then continued, "not much is known as to how the wall between Earth and Pokearth was shattered. It's a mystery lost to time and space. The object is to find the nine crystals and reveal the dual Bronze Crystals. Four Prism Crystals are for one Solaris Princess, and the other four Prism Crystals are for the other Solaris Princess."
Orion does the same flip as he did when he sent out the transformation devices for Ashley and Gary six months ago as a wand with a Sun attached to it appeared in Ashley's hands, even though Ashlynn could also use it.
"What is this for?" The Ketchum Twins asked as they each took turns holding it.
"That's called the Prism Wand." Orion said, then continued, "Whenever a crystal holder is nearby, it will react. However Ashley will be the one to wield it since Ashlynn will stay here and keep an eye on things and update the group on where the most likely location will be for a Prism Crystal Holder to appear."
Ashlynn, looks toward Ashley and smiles, "don't worry big sister, I'll be fine. If you ever need my help I will be right there with you to help fight just give me a call telepathically." Ashlynn hugs her Twin Sister.
Deanna smiles and turns toward Darcy, "Onee-Chan, I will be there for you as well, if you ever need my help just call out telepathically and I will get there as fast as I can."
Now that their next quest was decided for them, it was time to hit the sack. Once everyone was settled in, everyone fell asleep.
In Nerima, Ren and Ranko were having the same conversation as the others, but Ren didn't faint or feel as much pain as Darcy did since she had been locked a number of times before. The cat's tongue by Cologne, when she thought she was a real girl, and when Herb had locked her with the locking ladle. She just went to the bathroom and cleaned up having experienced it before.
Ren knew that she would have to spend at least a week as a girl. She knew she had to do it though. Ren, Ranko, and Akane, talked Soun and Kasumi into moving Panda-Man into the Dojo. Since Ren and Akane were going to be staying with Nodoka, Ranko got the guest room. Ren, Ranko, and Akane told Nabiki and Kasumi about their new lives of Sailor Guardians.
"You three are what?" Kasumi asked.
"It sounds like I may be able to make a killing on your dual lives as Civilian and Sailor Guardians." Nabiki said with a Cheshire Cat Grin on her face.
"However, only one of us can be transformed at a time for right now. It's too much of a drain on our Planetary or, in this case, Lunar Powers. Once we get used to having powers again, we will both be able to transform into Sailor Phobos at the same time." Ranko said.
"We will be able to confuse our enemies. I mean I could be in one place, while Ranko can be in another. Drat! There I go again talking like a girl. I am so not used to this. Maybe I will be able to get used to it in the next week while I am stuck this way. " Ren said.
"Don't worry sister, I can totally relate. I mean if I was stuck for a week as a male, I probably would not like it very much. I'm not mad Big Sis or Big Bro I don't know what to call you. Do I call you big sister or big brother?" Ranko asked.
"Well when I am in female form, I no longer consider it a curse but a blessing, call me Big Sis. When I am in male form call me Big Bro. Does that work for you sis?" Ren asked.
"It so totally does brother, thank you. Ranko said as she hugged Ren. Instead of going inside of her she stayed out.
"Hey Ranko would you mind awfully if you stayed with Mr. Tendo and his family. Could ya also keep Pops out of here too? We will have to in order to keep Pops under control. I will bring Mom over to see you sometime or you can come over to see her. Is that okay with you sis?" Ren asked.
"Yes it is Big Sister!" Ranko said as she again hugged Ren.
"Ren, Ranko we have to introduce Kasumi and Nabiki to the rest of the Sailor Guardians. If Kasumi and Nabiki are going to be honorary Sailor Guardians and help us behind the scenes as Ranko is going to do, they will need to know who everybody is." Akane said.
"That's a good idea!" Kasumi and Nabiki chimed together.
"Same here." Akane and Ranko said in unison.
"Agreed," Ranko said to the assembled group. "there has to be someway to track these whereabouts."
Right as she said that, Super Sailor Pluto appeared from the Time Gates with a wand similar to the one that Ashley and Ashlynn had, only this one was Violet Red and had the Phobos Symbol on it as she explained the purpose of it, "the wand that I have is a Prism Crystal Tracking Wand. There are nine Prism Crystals to find. Their locations are scattered throughout the Pokemon Regions. From Kanto- Alola they are scattered. They must be brought together to bring forth the dual Bronze Crystals. Once the first eight are found, the ninth one will reveal itself."
"So how do we go about finding these Prism Crystals?" Kasumi, Nabiki, and Ranko all asked together in unison.
"The wand that you see in my hand," Super Sailor Pluto said as she showed it to the group, then continued, "will help you find them. There aren't any of those Crystals here in Nerima or in Juban either. They need to be found in either Kanto, the Orange Islands, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, or Alola. As for the Galar Region, there are no Prism Crystals in the Galar Region at all. I doubt we will have to venture to Galar for anything to be honest. Although, anything is possible nowadays."
Super Sailor Pluto then began to explain about the wand, "Okay, this is the Phobos Prism Tracker, it's primary objective is to find the Prism Crystals that will be one part of the crystals we need to reveal the Solaris Princesses. However, once both Solaris Princesses are revealed, one of them will eventually get sick and vanish, the same thing applies to Ranko."
The group sighed as the reality of the situation was stated, the group was about to panic and become sad. Ranko just waved her hands dismissing it and smiled at everyone.
Ren was confused, why was Ranko Smiling? Also will the same thing happen to Drew's Twin Deanna as well? I guess the group will have to wait and see.
Ren looked toward Ranko and asked her a question, "Ranko, how can you be okay with this? You won't be around forever this time either."
Ranko hugged her sister and smiled, "It's my destiny for this to happen to me again. In case you're wondering about Deanna, yes the same thing will happen to her. We should just enjoy the time we have with each other while we have it."
Ren smiled in understanding, then hugged her twin. She then turned to Super Sailor Pluto, she had no clue what to think so she looked to Super Sailor Pluto for some answers.
Super Sailor Pluto obliged as she continued where she left off with her explanation, "However, with nine total Crystals to find, none of which are to be found here in Nerima or even in Juban, Ranko has plenty of time to enjoy the life she has left."
Ranko then remembered how in her past life the same thing happened to her, she vanished after being extremely sick for about a week. Inevitably, the same fate would befall her this time. So she had to take advantage of the time she has left.
Now that the Galactic Guardians have a new mission ahead of them that they must tackle before the Second Holy Grail is revealed, they had to be ready for anything. What will happen now? Stay Updated to find out.
To Be Continued...
Next Time: With their next mission revealed, the Galactic Guardians are going to have their hands full. Evergrande City is attacked by Jadeite while Nephrite just sits back and watch for Jadeite's inevitable failure. However Jadeite surprised him when one of his Youma isn't even phased by the Galactic Guardians basic Attacks. Queen Beryl discovers something interesting as she is reading up on the history of the Silver Millennium before she destroyed the Moon Kingdom.
Next Time on Galactic Guardians - Episode 05: Solaris Princess Saga Part II: Evergrande City Combat!
Author's Note:
(1) I decided to give Ashlynn, Ranko, and Deanna their own bodies and minds. Since they are the twin sisters of Ashley, Ranma/Ren, and Drew/Darcy they share their Senshi Powers.
Well what did you think? Please read and review!
Sincerely,
AshK1980
