I seem to have
forgotten to put in how old everyone is. The inner scouts and the Gundam pilots
are all 16. Hotaru is 13, Haruka and Michiru are 18, Sestuna is 20 and Ranma is
19.Darien is 20 and Zechs and Treize are 20 and 21, respectively. At least they
will be when they get there, since I'm sure most of you have realized who they
will be in my story. Also, I will be referring to the Knights as with their
name and a K after it like Pluto Knight would be, Pluto K. this way I don't
confuse everyone when both Sailor and Knight from a planet are fighting
together. Anyway, here is the next chapter in Gundam Moon 1/2
Ranma ½: Old and New
Friends
Chibi Moon Brings
Friends from the Future
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Chapter 7
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Sailor Pluto and
Pluto Knight appeared at the time gate and Trowa lost his transformation as he
collapsed at the ground, almost taking Sestuna with him.
"Trowa, are you all
right?" she asked as she knelt next to him, but he didn't hear her as he was
already unconscious. "I guess I'll just have to wait for you to wake up before
I thank you for saving my life." She murmured as she picked him up and brought
him to the small house near the Time Gate to rest.
Ukyo woke up to
bright sunlight streaming in through her open window and a bird sing just
outside in a near by tree. 'Today I will go after my Ran-chan.' She though
happily as she got dressed and stuffed some things in her travel packs.
Ten minutes later,
she was locking the front door to her restaurant, which had a sign on the door
saying that if would be closed for a few weeks. After double-checking the
locks, she hurried towards the Tendo dojo, happy thoughts circling her mind.
'By now, he should be
almost be as good as new again and then we can get married and run the Ucchan
together and have a ton of kids. After all, I'm the cute fiancée and he loves
me.' She thought happily to herself.
Arriving at the dojo,
she knocked on the door and waited as someone hurried to open it. She took a
step back when Akane opened the door.
"What do you want?"
Akane snapped as she saw who was waiting at the door.
"I came by to talk to
Kasumi." Ukyo said stiffly. She had never liked Akane and after what she and
her family had done to Ranma, Akane had dropped off the very bottom of Ukyo's
list of people she liked and on to the very top of her list of people she
hated.
"What do you want
with my sister?" Akane growled at the chef.
"That is between me
and her so get out of my face and tell her that I'm here to talk." Ukyo snapped
angrily. Before Akane could say anything else, Kasumi stepped up behind her and
gently pushed her back into the house.
"Akane, would you go
get me the mop from the hall closet? I spilled some soup on the floor of the
kitchen." She said and Akane nodded reluctantly before casting on last glare at
Ukyo then turned and went into the house.
"Kasumi, I just came
by to ask for Ranma's new address." Ukyo said as the older girl turned back to
her.
"Wait just a moment
and I'll write it down for you." Kasumi said as she went back into the house
for a minute. She was back a moment later with a small piece of paper. "Here
you go, Ukyo. God luck and tell Ranma hello for me, ok?"
"Ok Kasumi. Thank
you." Ukyo said as she turned and left. 'Soon my darling Ranchan will be
together and no one is going to get between us ever again.'
At noon, Ranma,
Ryoga, Hotaru, Serena, and Lita, with Duo and the other pilots, except Trowa
who was still gone, tagging along, met at the lake. "Ok, first we are going to
start with a gentle jog around the lake. Later, Ryoga and I will show you guys,
um and girls some katas that will be easier for some of you to learn. Since
Lita and Wufei have already had some training, Ryoga will show them harder ones
will the re4st of us continue the others. I would do it because I know more
advanced ones from my family's…er ex-family's style, but I can't really perform
them right now." Ranma said and turned towards Ryoga's pack on the ground
nearby and started pulling out weights to put on everyone's ankles.
Everyone except
Hotaru, who got one pound weights, got two pounds weights. Ryoga and Ranma also
didn't get weights. They carried heavy packs instead. As they started on their
jog, Ryoga lead with Lita, Heero and Wufei right behind him and Quatre and
Serena right behind them. Ranma and Duo ran on either of Hotaru at the back of
the group to make sure she would be able to do it and to make sure she knew
that she was welcome there.
"So Hotaru, how old
are you? In my memories, you were as old as I was, but now, you seem a little
younger." Duo said quietly.
"I would have been
16, but about a year ago, I has taken over by Mistress 9. Later, when I became
Sailor Saturn, I defeated her master Pharaoh 90, but I used up most of my
energy and was transformed into a baby. When I was needed again, I started to
age, but I stopped aging when I hit 13." Hotaru said, and then got a horrified
look on her face. "My age isn't going to be a problem. Is it?!"
"It's only three
years difference. Darien is four years older than Serena and from what she's
told me, they get married and rule some place called Crystal Tokyo together."
Ranma said reassuringly.
"Really?"
"Yeah! You're my
little Firefly and nothing is going to change that." Duo said as he grabbed her
hand and kissed it quickly. They continued jogging in silence the rest of the
way, but by the end, Hotaru and Ranma were gasping for breath.
As they caught their
breath, Ryoga took off his pack and said, "Everyone can take off their weights
now. As soon as everyone catches their breath, we'll start on a basic kata. For
everyone who already knows some katas, you can come with me. We'll be going
over there to do some more complicated ones."
Within ten minutes,
Ranma was leading Duo, Hotaru, Serena, Quatre, and Heero through the moves,
stopping every once in a while to correct one or another who were following
him. Twenty feet away, Ryoga was leading Wufei and Lita through the moves of an intermediate kata that both
of them took to with little difficulties.
Meanwhile, at the
Time Gates, Sestuna was watching Trowa as he slept. "I wish you would wake up."
She whispered as she sipped her tea. As she sat there, she called up a viewing
screen and started to watch her life during the Silver Millennium. The first
thing she saw was her first meeting with the Pluto Knight….
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Flashback
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"Your Majesties, the
Pluto Knight and a young man are here to see you." A butler announced as he
lead a tall man and a boy into the throne room in the Royal Palace on Pluto.
The tall man was
dressed in a gray uniform with a black cape with the inside maroon tossed over
his shoulders and a maroon mask over his eyes. His brown hair was cut short in
pack and his bangs were long. They stuck straight out in front of him, covering
one eye.
The boy was about
fourteen, the same age as the Princess and looked similar to the older man with
his emerald eyes and the brown hair that covered one brilliant orb. He was
wearing tight black pants with a blue turtleneck.
"My dear Knight. It
is wonderful to see you again. Is it time already?" the Queen said as she
dismissed her servants and guards then approached and hugged the older man.
"It is good to see
you too, your Majesty and yes it is time." Pluto knight said with a twinkle in
his eyes. "Where is your husband?"
"He's in a meeting
with his advisers. So, is this him?" she asked as she looked over at the boy.
"Yes, his name is
Triton." Pluto K. said as he too turned to the boy.
"It is an honor to
meet you." Triton said as he bowed to the Queen, then turned to the Princess,
who was standing behind her mother. It is also an honor to meet you, Princess."
"Triton, this is
Princess Sestuna. You will be in charge of protecting her as Pluto Knight." The
Queen said as Pluto K. took out a maroon disk with a key in the center. As he
handed it to his son, his uniform flickered and disappeared, leaving in its
place a pair of black pants with a dark blue t-shirt.
"Do you accept this
honor?"
"Yes."
The Queen turned too
her daughter at the same time and handed her a transformation pen. "Sestuna,
this is your wand to transform into Sailor Pluto. Just say Pluto Planet Power
and you will transform into Sailor Pluto. You will be trained later to take
over the Time Gates when I have more time." The queen said and Sestuna nodded
as she held up the wand. Within moments, both Triton and Sestuna were
transformed. Triton looked just like his father had only a few minutes before
with the uniform and maroon mask and cape.
Sestuna was now
wearing a white body suit with a black sailor collar, skirt, and choker with
black material at the top of her elbow length gloves. She had two maroon bows
with the one on her chest having a red disk in the center. On her feet was a
pair of black boots that reached to her knees with a small white stripe along
the top edge.
"Congratulations, you
two. Now, you need to train in your basic powers and to do that you will need
your weapons. For Sailor Pluto it is the Time Staff." The queen said as she
transformed into Eternal Sailor Pluto. Her outfit was the same as her
daughter's except the skirt had three layers, black, maroon, and a white layer
between them. Her poof sleeves were maroon and her bows were more angular and
had a heart shaped center. Her back bow also had two long streamers coming from
it that reached to her ankles. Her boots were also different in the aspect that
they had spiked heels, where Sestuna's had only half-inch heels. In her hands
appeared a tall key shaped staff that had a grant orb at the top.
Handing the staff to
her daughter, she smiled and said, "This Time key will allow you to do your
attack Dead Scream, and it will allow you to control the Time Gates. With it,
you can also make small key's so that a chosen person can use it to travel in
time with out you."
Turning to Pluto
Knight, she picked up a sword from beside the throne, and presented it to him.
"Pluto Knight. This is the Time Sword. With this, you too can control the time
gates and do magical attacks. Your father will have to instruct you in those,
though, as I have no clue about them." She said and he nodded.
"Thank you."
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End Flashback
***************
"My real name is
Triton?" Trowa asked from behind Pluto. Spinning around, she saw him sitting up
in the bed, watching over her shoulder. With a wave of her hand, she made the
viewer disappear before answering his question.
"Yes. Didn't you know
that?"
"No. I was raised by
a group of mercenaries that called me Nanashi my entire life." He said quietly.
Catching the question in her eyes, he said, "Nanashi means No Name. I later
took the code name Trowa Barton I was
sent to earth as a Gundam pilot."
"Would you prefer to
be called Trowa or Triton?" she asked and he was quiet a moment before saying,
"You can call me either of them. It doesn't really matter."
Before she could say
anything about that, two things happened. The first was she heard the sound of
the time gates as they let some one through. The second one was Trowa started
to glow again and suddenly, he was the same age as she was.
As she was starring
at him, someone knocked on the door to the little house and opened it before
Sestuna could gather her wits. "Puu, I hope you don't mind, but mama sent us
back to train and she said to…oh my god! I'm so sorry!" Rini exclaimed as she
ducked out of the door and slammed it behind her.
The sound of the door
slamming was enough to knock her out of her shock. Quickly, she stood up and
hurried to the door with Trowa a step behind. Outside, they found Rini and five
boys waiting for them with the boys surrounding Rini in an attempt to protect
her. Rini herself was still blushing as she stared at the ground.
"Small Lady, what is
this about?" Sailor Pluto said as she grasped her key tightly.
"Um, mom sent us back
to train with the scouts and the knights. I'm so sorry Puu! I didn't men to
interrupt you and Trowa."
"How did you know my
name?" Trowa said as he slid into a defensive stance.
"You married Puu
before I was born and…" Rini started but one of the boys spoke up before she
could finish.
"She knows your name
because you are my father." He said and Trowa turned to him in shock. The boy
was a 12 years old kid with forest green hair that was cut short in back and
long in front so that it hung over one light brown eye. He was wearing tight
blue jeans and a black turtleneck with brown boots. Trowa didn't have any
pictures of when her was that age, but he knew that if the kid had brown hair
and green eyes instead of the other way around and if the turtleneck were a
dark blue instead of black, they would have looked identical. So Trowa did the
only think his over taxed mind could think of. He fainted.
"Trowa!" Pluto and
Rini yelled as they rushed to catch him.
"What's wrong with
him?" one of the other boys asked as the younger Trowa look alike moved forward
to help. He, too, looked like he was twelve and he had long black hair that was
pulled back into a braid and purple eyes. He was wearing tight back jeans with
a baggy black t-shirt and black boots.
"He just met a son he
hasn't had yet. What do you think is the problem?" another boy snapped. Like
all the other boys, he was twelve also with short messy brown hair and deep
blue eyes. He had black jeans, blue sneakers, and a blue tank top that showed
off his well-defined muscles. The expression on his face, though made the other
boy gulp and back away nervously.
"Both of you be
quiet. Trowa is starting to wake-up." another boy, this one blond with light
blue eyes said and the others nodded. This short boy wearing black jeans with a
yellow t-shirt and brown boots was the leader of the group and the others
looked to him for direction.
The five boys watched
in silence as Trowa opened his eyes and climbed to his feet warily. He opened
his mouth to say something, but before he could, a viewing portal popped into
existence in front of the group.
Sailor Pluto
immediately turned to it and studied the images being showed. It was a view of
the park near the lake and it showed Sailors Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn dodging
pieces of fruit that exploded as soon as it touched something. Ryoga, Jupiter,
Mars, Saturn, Mercury, and Venus Knights were dodging and attacking Ebonite,
keeping him busy so that he could not disappear.
Suddenly, Jupiter K.
went down hard as he was blasted in the stomach by a black ball of energy.
Normally he could have taken it and kept on fighting, but because of his
weakened state, it knocked him out of the fight. Ryoga charged at Ebonite and
was taken out of the fight with a point black energy blast to his face. Pluto
winced as he lay on the ground screaming in pain, his eyes reduced to empty
sockets.
Quickly, she looked
at the possible future if someone didn't help them soon and blanched as she saw
all the scouts and Knights killed in bloody, violent ways, after which, the
world was completely destroyed as Ebonite and a shadowed figure behind him,
took over and wiped everything out, leaving the earth as a dead and lifeless,
ball floating in space.
"I can not allow this
to happen!" she said in a deadly voice. Waving her key, the view portal disappeared.
Slamming the but of her staff on the floor, a gate opened and she headed
towards it.
"I'm coming too."
Trowa said as he grabbed his transformation disk out of thin air. In the space
of a few seconds, Pluto Knight stood next to Sailor Pluto.
"Don't forget about
us." Rini said as she pulled out her compact. The boys nodded as they also
pulled out small disks. "Moon Prism Power!" she yelled and immediately she was
transformed into Sailor Chibi-Moon. Without saying anything, the boys also
transformed into chibi versions of Mars, Pluto, Saturn, Mercury, and Venus
Knights.
"…" Wordlessly, Pluto
and Pluto K. turned and disappeared through the doorway with the others
following right behind them.
Sailor Moon was
getting really worried. The attack had come just after they had finished
working out. A banana had fallen just in front of them and they had watched,
stunned as it exploded. Everyone who could, had transformed as fast as they
could, only to be attacked by a monster that looked like a banana it's self.
Ebonite had arrived at the same time and the guys had gone to fight him,
leaving the girls to fight the creature after sailor Jupiter had yelled at them
to just get out of her way.
Now, with Ranma and
Ryoga injured and out of the fight, and Hotaru feeling tired from the endless
jumping about as she dodged the attacks, and Lita not being about to land a
decent hit, things were looking grim. Hearing another scream of pain, she
risked a glance over her shoulder just in time to see Quatre collapse, blood
dripping down the side of his face from a large cut at his hairline from where
Ebonite had slammed him with his fist. The cut must have come from the ring on
his finger and it was not as bad as it seemed with all the blood.
'Please, someone help
us.' Serena thought desperately to herself. As is in answer to her thoughts,
Pluto arrived with a whole bunch of people that she hadn't expected. Chibi-moon
was there, surrounded by what appeared to be smaller versions of the knights
fighting Ebonite at the moments. And next to Sestuna was another Knight, who
she was guessing to be Pluto Knight.
"Dead Scream." "Dead
Shout!" Pluto and Pluto K. said together. As the two balls of maroon energy hit
the monster, it exploded, destroying everything in a ten-foot radius. All
activities sensed as everyone turned to stare at the two responsible as they
slowly advanced side by side.
"We will not allow
you to destroy this world. You and your leader will never succeed." Pluto and
Pluto K. said together, as if they had practiced what they were going to say
before hand.
"My Queen sends her
regards. Now things are getting to boring. Good-bye." Ebonite said and
disappeared.
There was a complete
silence for a moment before Chibi-Moon turned to Sailor Moon and rushed to give
her a hug. "Sailor Moon! Mommy sent us back to train again. Isn't it great?!"
she said as she let her go to look up at the shocked face above her.
"What?! US?!" Serena
exclaimed as she stared down at the pink haired girl. She was older now, about
twelve and her hair was starting to lose the big poofs that usually puffed out.
Now they were starting to get longer and thinner as they hung down to her
elbows..
"Yeah. Mom sent back
with me half of my guard. The others will be coming later. They're younger then
the others, so mom and the other scouts wanted to train them a little bit
more." Rini said as she turned and motioned for the Chibi-Knights to come
forward.
"Sailor Moon, these
are Chibi- Venus Knight, Chibi-Mercury Knight, Chibi- Mars Knight, Chibi-
Saturn Knight, and Chibi-Pluto Knight. Or Tai, Odin, Matt, Duo Jr., and Triton,
in that order." She said and they bowed as their names were called.
The one named Duo
Jr., however, started grumbling to himself as he glared at the little girl.
Catching his glare, Chibi-Moon grinned and said, "Don't call Duo Jr. that. He
hates that name and prefers to be called Shin."
"Shin? As in
Shinigami?" Duo said from behind the group of boys. He and the other Knights
had already detransformed as the two Moons had been talking and Ranma had woken
up as well, but he was sitting next to Ryoga as the lost boy put one of his
many bandanas over his bloody sockets.
"That's right. Who's
asking?" Shin demanded as he turned around.
"Shinigami." Duo
snapped angry that some one had stole his name and his Knight position. Then he
got a good look at the boy and almost had a heart attack. "Wha...what…what the
HELL?!" he screamed as he turned white as a sheet. If it wasn't for the black
hair, the kid would look identical to him when he was that age, if just a
little bet better fed.
"Shinigami? Pop!"
Shin said as he lost all his hostility and a huge grin spread across his face,
a grin that the other Gundam Pilots knew very well, as they saw it every day on
the face of the manically cheerful Duo Maxwell.
"Pop?!" they gasped
as they stared at the two of them. Duo didn't say anything, but he suddenly sat
down hard on the ground.
"I'm a dad?! But I'm
to young to have a kid!" he said and Hotaru rushed up to him and dropped to her
knees next to him, wrapping her arms around his shoulders.
"Duo! Don't worry.
He's from the future. You haven't had any kids yet, unless you haven't told me
something?" she said as she drew back a little with a hurt look on her face.
"No! I never… I
haven't…" he stuttered with a blush on his face as he gathered her close again
and she smiled happily as she snuggled against his chest. Before they or Shin
or anyone else could say anything more, Ranma spoke up from his position next
to Ryoga, who was now leaning heavily against him.
"While this is
incredibly interesting, Ryoga needs some help here. That guy's attack destroyed
Ryoga's eyes and I don't know what to do."
"Oh my god, Ryoga!"
Hotaru said as she scrabbled out of Duo's arms to rush to Ryoga who turned
towards the sound of her voice. "Let me see." She demanded and Ryoga nodded as
he fumbled with the bandana. After a moment, she brushed his hands aside and
took it off herself. She gasped as she saw the ruin that used to be his face,
especially his eyes, before she gentle covered the empty sockets with her small
hands. Concentrating, her hands started to glow purple as she started to heal
the massive amounts of damage. When it appeared that she was starting to falter
as her energy started to wane, Duo put a hand on her shoulder and gave her some
of his energy as he had been taught to in the Silver Millennium. Casting him a
grateful smile, she went back to work. Just as Duo was starting to tire, she
removed her hands and stopped taking the energy she needed to work with from
Duo.
As they slumped
against each other tiredly, the others gathered around to see that Ryoga's eyes
were as good as new and the various cuts and scratches were also healed. The
only difference now, was Ryoga's green eyes now had purple flecks in the
irises.
During the time when
Hotaru had been healing Ryoga, the others had detransformed and the rest of the
Senshi and Darien had arrived. Now, Rini took off her backpack and started
rooting around inside. When Serena looked at her curiously, she said, "Mom sent
you a letter and some other stuff." She handed her the letter and kept looking
through the bag, pulling things out and putting them to the side.
Curious, Serena
opened the letter and started to read.
Dear Serena,
Thank you for all that you have done with Rini there in the past. I have noticed that she is a lot more mature and is a capable fighter. I want her to train some more with you so I sent her back. I also want her protectors to train some too, so I have sent back the chibi Knights of Mercury, Mars, Venus, Saturn and Pluto. The Chibi-knights from Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune will be along with the Chibi-scouts of some of the planets. There are currently chibi-scouts from Pluto, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Venus. They will be along later as the Chibi-scouts are only eight and the other scouts want them to train a little bit more before they are sent back and the chibi-knights are also twelve like the five we sent back. By the way, I loved the presents you sent back with Rini last time, especially the cookies from her grandmother. Please send more!
Love,
Neo-Queen
Serenity
P.S. I sent back more powerful transformation wands for all the scouts. You will need them, but there are none for the Knights or for Tuxedo Mask. Ja ne!
Serena sweat dropped
briefly then folded the letter and crammed it into the envelope before turning
to her future daughter. "She said you had new wands for us?" she said and Rini
nodded as she held out a heart shaped locket to her.
After Serena had
taken her new locket, Rini went to the other scouts and handed them their new
wands, too. Finally she said, "Mama said that the next time to need to
transform, Serena and I have to say Moon Crisis Power and the rest of you have
to say your planet Crystal Power. Like Puu would say, Pluto Crystal Power. She
said it was the next step in gaining your full powers. You only have one
transformation left after this new one."
"Thank you, Small
Lady." Sestuna said and handed her old wand to Rini who took it and went around
to the others to get theirs as well. When she got back to Serena, she stopped
her from handing the locket over. "Our lockets transfers our crystals to our
new ones when we say our transformation phrase, so don't worry about it." She
said importantly, then turned to Darien.
"Darien! Let's go get
some ice cream!" she exclaimed as she jumped into his arms and gave him a hug.
"Brat, get your hands
off my man!" Serena growled as she stalked towards the pair.
"Darien is mine,
Meatball head!" Rini shouted as she hugged him tighter.
"Flamingo head, let
go!" Rini jumped to the ground and the two of them got into a tug of war with
Darien being pulled in two directions by his arms while the others sweat
dropped and laughed, except for the Gundam pilots, Ranma and Ryoga, who didn't
know them well enough to be more than stunned.
While the girls were
still fighting over the embarrassed Darien, Duo turned to Trowa who was still
standing next to Sestuna. "Trowa, what happened to make you look older?" he
asked and all motion stopped as everyone blinked blinked at him and then turned
to the older Trowa, who blushed.
