Chaos Moon
By The Eternal Dragon
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Chapter 6
2/24/04
Thank you to all of you who reviewed. I'm glad that you are enjoying the story so far.
This takes place before Saffron and the failed wedding in Ranma and before the three lights in Sailor Moon.
I don't own Ranma or Sailor Moon.
Ranma lay in the western style bed that was in the guest room given to him, his room now he guessed. He still wasn't too sure what all was going on but apparently Genma wasn't even his real father, Usagi's father was. Ranma wasn't too sure what all was going on but everyone was exhausted, both emotionally and physically so decided that morning would bring full explanations.
At first Ranma didn't want to wait but seeing how late it was getting and how tired the others were as they kept falling asleep he relented and went to bed. Now he was lying awake with all kinds of thoughts running through his head making it difficult for sleep to come. He sighed and turned over on his side, closing his eyes hoping that sleep would find him soon to make morning and the answers he wanted to know come quicker.
Ranma yawned as she looked around the weird place as trying to figure out where she was. It looked like some kind of palace out of some kind of fantasy. She looked down at herself and almost feinted on the spot when she saw what she was wearing. A black form fitting dress that left her shoulders bare and trailed down to her ankles which spilt on both sides starting at her knees down. A dragon pattern was stitched in silver coiled around the dress.
"Rayne." A woman called wearing a white gown with hair like Usagi's only more like silver. The woman hurried up to Ranma and looked relieved to see the redhead.
"Yes mother?" Ranma asked then wondered where that came from then wondered why the woman seemed do familiar.
"Have you seen your sister?" the woman asked.
"No, mother." Rayne replied, her voice a little strained. Ranma was starting to get fed up as she tried to move or say something but she didn't seem to have control over her body. Memories flooded Ranma's mind as she looked at the woman who was her mother? Queen of the Silver Millennium?
"I bet she's with that prince, isn't she?" the woman demanded.
"I'm not sure mother," Ranma replied, "I doubt it."
"Great," the woman mumbled as she walked away, "First Pluto betrays me and now one of my daughters."
Ranma shook her head and closed her eyes and reopened them only to find herself in the middle of a beautiful park with strange looking trees and plants surrounding her. A bundle of energy slammed into her and when Ranma got a good look at the girl she realized it was Usagi's friend Hotaru. Ranma felt like she knew the girl though, like they were best friends.
"Rayne!" the girl cried, burying her face in Ranma's chest, "I was beginning to think that you weren't going to come."
"I promised you I'd be here." Rayne said as she hugged the smaller girl, "Are they still treating you like that?"
Ranma sighed as the girl nodded and more memories filled her head, memories of how badly everyone treated Hotaru, the Senshi of Saturn. It wasn't right to treat the young girl like many did just because what she might one day be forced to day, something that no one seemed to realize wouldn't happen if it wasn't for the way people sometimes acted like condemning and shunning a young girl for no reason at all in Ranma's book.
"I'm a freak." Hotaru sobbed.
"No you aren't." Ranma said rubbing the young girl's back," And I'll always be there for you."
Ranma closes her eyes again only to find that the scene had shifted again when she reopened her eyes. Everywhere she looked seemed to be full of mist with Hotaru holding Ranma's hand tightly as the walked next to the lovebirds Neptune and Uranus, Michuru and Haruka.
The four came to a clearing where the time gates stood and Ranma was surprised to see her male side in an embrace with Pluto as the two kissed passionately.
"Ahem." Haruka cleared her throat getting the attention of the two kissing who broke the kiss with a blush but stayed together in each others arms. After a few moments the two drew apart and took each others hands and the now group of six walked deeper into the mist until the came to a sunny clearing where a blanket was spread out with food scattered across it. Ranma quickly realized that it was a picnic.
Another burst of memories assaulted Ranma's mind as she remembered that the man was a knight of Nemesis who Pluto had fell in love with. After Pluto refused to renounce him the Queen banished her to the time gates to forever stand guard over them, never to leave. Everyone was supposedly banned from there but that didn't stop Ranma, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune from constantly spending as much time as they could with their frined who occasionally still saw the Knight.
Ranma smiled as everyone laughed and had a good time until Pluto stiffened then closed her eyes a few moments. She was new at guarding the time gates, her powers still weak but growing. Something told Ranma that if she could see beyond a few minutes in the future that she wouldn't of sent Ranma and the others back to the moon.
"The palace is going to be attacked!" Pluto gasped, "You have to go."
Accompanied by the knight, Ranma, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all hurried back to the moon but too late as they surveyed the carnage spread out across the landscape. So many dead, and for what?
A cold shiver ran up Ranma's mind as she and the others whipped around to see Luna and Artemis consoling the queen, trying to talk the regal woman out of using the crystal. "Luna, Artemis." The Queen said weakly, "All this is my fault. If I wasn't so stubborn, if I...please protect my daughters."
Ranma started rushing towards the Queen, her mother, as tears fell from her eyes freely. "Mother!" Ranma screamed.
"Mother!" Ranma gasped as he set up in the bed gasping for breath. The dream was so weird but something about it seemed so real that it was scary. Ranma lowered his face into his hands as tears fell down his cheeks. He felt that he was so close to those people, like they was family and the Queen, his dream mother, something tore at his heart as he remembered her final moments, the sacrifice the woman made for her two daughters and the rest of her people so that they could hopefully live a better and peaceful life.
"She called me Rayne." Ranma whispered in disbelief, "Hotaru called me Rayne!"
By The Eternal Dragon
eternaldragonflame3hotmail.com
Chapter 6
2/24/04
Thank you to all of you who reviewed. I'm glad that you are enjoying the story so far.
This takes place before Saffron and the failed wedding in Ranma and before the three lights in Sailor Moon.
I don't own Ranma or Sailor Moon.
Ranma lay in the western style bed that was in the guest room given to him, his room now he guessed. He still wasn't too sure what all was going on but apparently Genma wasn't even his real father, Usagi's father was. Ranma wasn't too sure what all was going on but everyone was exhausted, both emotionally and physically so decided that morning would bring full explanations.
At first Ranma didn't want to wait but seeing how late it was getting and how tired the others were as they kept falling asleep he relented and went to bed. Now he was lying awake with all kinds of thoughts running through his head making it difficult for sleep to come. He sighed and turned over on his side, closing his eyes hoping that sleep would find him soon to make morning and the answers he wanted to know come quicker.
Ranma yawned as she looked around the weird place as trying to figure out where she was. It looked like some kind of palace out of some kind of fantasy. She looked down at herself and almost feinted on the spot when she saw what she was wearing. A black form fitting dress that left her shoulders bare and trailed down to her ankles which spilt on both sides starting at her knees down. A dragon pattern was stitched in silver coiled around the dress.
"Rayne." A woman called wearing a white gown with hair like Usagi's only more like silver. The woman hurried up to Ranma and looked relieved to see the redhead.
"Yes mother?" Ranma asked then wondered where that came from then wondered why the woman seemed do familiar.
"Have you seen your sister?" the woman asked.
"No, mother." Rayne replied, her voice a little strained. Ranma was starting to get fed up as she tried to move or say something but she didn't seem to have control over her body. Memories flooded Ranma's mind as she looked at the woman who was her mother? Queen of the Silver Millennium?
"I bet she's with that prince, isn't she?" the woman demanded.
"I'm not sure mother," Ranma replied, "I doubt it."
"Great," the woman mumbled as she walked away, "First Pluto betrays me and now one of my daughters."
Ranma shook her head and closed her eyes and reopened them only to find herself in the middle of a beautiful park with strange looking trees and plants surrounding her. A bundle of energy slammed into her and when Ranma got a good look at the girl she realized it was Usagi's friend Hotaru. Ranma felt like she knew the girl though, like they were best friends.
"Rayne!" the girl cried, burying her face in Ranma's chest, "I was beginning to think that you weren't going to come."
"I promised you I'd be here." Rayne said as she hugged the smaller girl, "Are they still treating you like that?"
Ranma sighed as the girl nodded and more memories filled her head, memories of how badly everyone treated Hotaru, the Senshi of Saturn. It wasn't right to treat the young girl like many did just because what she might one day be forced to day, something that no one seemed to realize wouldn't happen if it wasn't for the way people sometimes acted like condemning and shunning a young girl for no reason at all in Ranma's book.
"I'm a freak." Hotaru sobbed.
"No you aren't." Ranma said rubbing the young girl's back," And I'll always be there for you."
Ranma closes her eyes again only to find that the scene had shifted again when she reopened her eyes. Everywhere she looked seemed to be full of mist with Hotaru holding Ranma's hand tightly as the walked next to the lovebirds Neptune and Uranus, Michuru and Haruka.
The four came to a clearing where the time gates stood and Ranma was surprised to see her male side in an embrace with Pluto as the two kissed passionately.
"Ahem." Haruka cleared her throat getting the attention of the two kissing who broke the kiss with a blush but stayed together in each others arms. After a few moments the two drew apart and took each others hands and the now group of six walked deeper into the mist until the came to a sunny clearing where a blanket was spread out with food scattered across it. Ranma quickly realized that it was a picnic.
Another burst of memories assaulted Ranma's mind as she remembered that the man was a knight of Nemesis who Pluto had fell in love with. After Pluto refused to renounce him the Queen banished her to the time gates to forever stand guard over them, never to leave. Everyone was supposedly banned from there but that didn't stop Ranma, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune from constantly spending as much time as they could with their frined who occasionally still saw the Knight.
Ranma smiled as everyone laughed and had a good time until Pluto stiffened then closed her eyes a few moments. She was new at guarding the time gates, her powers still weak but growing. Something told Ranma that if she could see beyond a few minutes in the future that she wouldn't of sent Ranma and the others back to the moon.
"The palace is going to be attacked!" Pluto gasped, "You have to go."
Accompanied by the knight, Ranma, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all hurried back to the moon but too late as they surveyed the carnage spread out across the landscape. So many dead, and for what?
A cold shiver ran up Ranma's mind as she and the others whipped around to see Luna and Artemis consoling the queen, trying to talk the regal woman out of using the crystal. "Luna, Artemis." The Queen said weakly, "All this is my fault. If I wasn't so stubborn, if I...please protect my daughters."
Ranma started rushing towards the Queen, her mother, as tears fell from her eyes freely. "Mother!" Ranma screamed.
"Mother!" Ranma gasped as he set up in the bed gasping for breath. The dream was so weird but something about it seemed so real that it was scary. Ranma lowered his face into his hands as tears fell down his cheeks. He felt that he was so close to those people, like they was family and the Queen, his dream mother, something tore at his heart as he remembered her final moments, the sacrifice the woman made for her two daughters and the rest of her people so that they could hopefully live a better and peaceful life.
"She called me Rayne." Ranma whispered in disbelief, "Hotaru called me Rayne!"