Intro: Oh, Lookie! A plotline! Seriously, I am SOOOOO sorry I took so long. After finishing Chapter Three, I started on this one, but I ran into problems and stopped writing for a while. But now I'm back and hopefully will be on a semi-regular basis. Oh, and if it seems a little "patched together", that's because it is.
Disclaimer: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! (This is the sound of a man who has just found out he DOESN'T own Ranma 1/2)
------------{ Chaos 1/2 }------------
------{ Episode 04: Ranma Meets the Sailor Senshi! A Nightmare Come True! }------
He wandered aimlessly and leisurely through the streets of Tokyo. Suddenly, he heard a cry for help. Startled, he looked around for the source of the cry. Seeing nothing in the immediate area, he leapt up to the top of a nearby building. He waited for another plea for help, then began roof-hopping rapidly toward where he had heard it.
Reaching his destination, he dropped to the ground and his eyes narrowed. A strange ebony being was fighting with a group of Magical Girls. Actually, it was more like a massacre. The entity simply shrugged off any attack they threw at it, magical or physical. Wincing in sympathy, he continued to watch the girls try to put up a fight.
"Why don't you help them?" Said an unknown voice from his side.
"GYAAAH!!" He turned and jumped back into a ready stance, then took in the voice's owner. A deep tan and long green hair were the details that implanted themselves in his head immediately. He relaxed as she made no move to attack, then finally made his reply, "Why don't YOU?"
The woman simply gazed at him emotionlessly, "You know as well as I do." Inwardly she allowed herself to smile bitterly, [He's perceptive, at least.]
He nodded, "So what are YOU doing here?"
"What do you mean?" [He can TELL??]
"You know what I mean. You aren't a part of this dream, either."
Nodding to herself, she allowed a slight smile to grace her features. "I am the Senshi of Time. My name is Sailor Pluto, and THIS..." she indicated the fight, "...is a glimpse of the future.
"The future?? Okay."
"Believe me, this is what will come to pass... Unless you help those girls..."
"No, no. I believe you. It's just that... Well, why me?"
"In every dark and bleak situation, there appears a ray of hope. So far you're the only one who's shown up." A wry smile flitted across her face.
"Okay, so why is it I'm having this dream in the first place?"
"There are some things that even the Senshi of Time does not know."
"Okay, whatever. So, why aren't you doing anything about this in the real world?"
"I would if I could... but I've been sealed away along with the other Outers."
A hint of anger slipped into his voice, "Sealed??? By who??" In answer, she merely pointed at the ebony being. "The Outer Senshi have failed to protect the galaxy from invaders for the first time."
He turned back to the fightand watched the entity take out the last of the Magical Girls. Straightening from its fighting stance, it laughed , then began to speak in a gutteral voice,"Finally, the last obstacle is out of my way. I don't sense anyone else on this puny little planet that could possibly give me any challenge now!!!"
A wave of fear crashed over him, followed by a wave of fury. Forgetting that he was in a dream, he jumped into the entity's field of vision, "Hey, you!!! Try taking ME on!!!"
Without waiting for a reply, he leapt straight at it, charging a lightning bolt. The entity ducked back into fighting stance again as he closed the distance between them and threw his lightning bolt at it. Unfortunately, he was forced to twist away from his own bolt's path as the entity simply swatted it back at him. [Of course. He wasn't reacting to those girls' attacks either.]
Ducking in close he started an attack, but was cut short as the entity countered him before he had even started. [It's fast!!]
He started an even faster attack, but was swatted into the air before he could react. Wobbly landing on his feet, he grasped his ribs. [Strong, too!!! Maybe...]
Rushing forward, he began charging lightning again. This time, he jumped into the air and was immediately slammed into the ground. Black spots floated before his eyes, but he managed to grin anyway.
"Eat THIS, Monster!!!" This time a large lightning bolt struck from the sky, hitting the Monster directly on the top of it's head. It twitched. As did the red-haired boy's eye as he realised the amount of damage taken by the entity. Next to nil.
The ebony being looked down at him and laughed, placing a foot on his chest, "Congratulations, gnat! You've managed to give me an itch! Unfortunately for you, I don't like to take chances. Good bye!" With that, it raised it's foot and stomped on his chest, crushing his body underfoot...
------{ Nega-Space, Pluto's Prison }------
Setsuna woke with a start, then looked around at... nothing. Absolutely nothing. Pitch blackness surrounded her, nothingness as far as she could "see". If not for the many, MANY years spent at the darkness of the Time Gate, she probably would have gone insane by now. It was one of the reasons she slept so much. At least in the dreamscape, there was color. Although she really wasn't sure which was worse, nothing or watching the Inner Senshi get slaughtered over and over.
Which brought her this dream's strange occurence. That boy had appeared this time. He had quickly figured out the situation, but had been distracted by that Monster. Which reminded her; What HAD the thing said to get that boy to react so violently?? And how did he create those lightning bolts without magic?? She could only hope that they would somehow meet again.
------{ Tendo Compound, Bedroom }------
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" Ranma bolted upright, grasping his chest. Slowly realising where he was, he slumped back omto his futon and wiped his suddenly sweaty palms on the blanket. [Damn!!! That thing took me out without breaking a sweat!! Definitely gotta step up the training. Wait... That Pluto woman said something about helping those girls... Oh, damn! I got some more questions for her... Oh well. Maybe I'll see her again.] Beside him, Genma-panda whipped out a sign and moved to clobber the red-haired boy. Deep in thought, Ranma absentmindedly held out a fist and broke the sign in half.
------{The Next Morning }------
"Morning, people!" Ranma hopped down the stairs and sat himself down at the table with the rest of the family. The Tendos stared at him. "What?"
Kasumi was the first to regain her mental capacity, "Ara? You should get some more rest Ranma-kun."
He smirked and waved her off, "Nah. I'm fine, Kasumi. I heal fast. An' besides, I got some more training to do."
Genma stopped stuffing himself long enough to say, "Training AGAIN?? What's gotten into you, boy? You might even be worse than the Master when it comes to that!"
"Would you believe me if I said there was an alien threatening the planet?"
"Of course not, boy! There's no such thing as aliens!"
Ranma snorted, "Oh, and I suppose there's no such thing as magic, either?" He turned toward Akane, "Say, I don't suppose you'd be interested in training with me would you?"
She looked up at him, startled, "What? You mean seriously??"
"Yeah, sure. I know you've got a lot of potential, but that ain't goin' nowhere if you don't use it. I gotta warn ya though, my training is tough, and sometimes it don't even seem like training, but it'll get you into shape faster than anything else."
"I'd lo-" She stopped. A small part of her prodded her brain into action. {Oh, what I wouldn't give for more training! But... I don't trust him yet... What to do, what to do???} Finally she decided on an answer, "Um, let me think about it for a while."
The red-haired boy smirked, "Good answer, but don't take too long. You'll start second guessing yourself, then you'll never get anywhere." Finishing his dinner, he stood up, "Well, I got some stuff to do today, so..."
Genma jumped up from his seat, "Not so fast, boy! You still haven't explained what happened last night!!"
Ranma smacked his forehead, "Ah! I KNEW I was forgetting something. Oh, well. Basically, it all started when I got into a fight with an Upperclassman and decided to use HIS weapon, which happened to be the bokken. I got in a couple hits before I lost, but I think I have his stlye down by now, so it wasn't a big loss."
"WHAT?! How dare you, Boy? HOW couldyou lose to a -weapon user-??"
"Aw, shaddup, Pops. If you can do better, I'd like to see it."
The pudgy man drew himself up indignantly, "Hmph! Such a man is beneath my notice."
"Ahem! You were saying, Son?"
"Right. Well anyway, I got a little worn out from the beating I took so I was taking a nap to replenish my energy. Then some strong dark energy woke me up, so I headed over to Juuban to check it out. When I got to where I'd sensed the energy, the source was long gone, so I attemted to figure out what happened using my Ki. My probing activated a transformer above me which electrocuted me AND threw my Ki out of wack. I was about dead when I suddenly remembered something from Randy's life...."
"..." His short pause stretched out into a loooong pause.
"......" Followed by...
"...AND???"
Smirking, Ranma continued, "I remembered how to master the Element of Lightning!"
"Stop joking with us, Boy! There's no way to 'master' lightning! Many have tried to master the Elements and all have failed. You can emulate them , but no more."
Still smirking, Ranma held up a single finger. A small ball of crackling blue energy coalesced directly above his fingertip, humming with the distinctive sound of electricity. "Nah, I don't need ta joke." [I find the situation funny enough as it is!]
Scoffing, Genma reached out to touch the small sphere above Ranma's finger, "Hah! You've just learned to emulate it, that's all! See? the real thing would-d-d-d- I-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi." He suddenly stuttered as he lost control over his vocal chords. Twitching violently, he managed to withdraw his own finger from the sphere.
"H-h how d-d-did you d-d-d-d-do it b-boy?" he asked, still twitching spasmodicly.
Now wearing an outright grin, Ranma replied, "I told ya, Pops. I remembered something from Randy's life" He let the ball of lightning dissipate. "Anyways, after that, I started home and got lost."
Nabiki, who had been quiet until now, spoke up, "Lost? How did you manage that?"
"Um, I was following the dark energy signature so close, I didn't pay attention to where I was going. And what with it bein' a new area an' all, well..." He shrugged, "After that, I ran into a gang of punks, but I was too tired to fight 'em off, so I got beat up again. It took me a while , but I finally managed to drag myself home, but I got lost again on the way. And that's what happened last night. Anyways, since there's no school today, I'm gonna head over to Juuban again. I'm gonna try an' look up the Sailor Scouts."
"What?!?!" Everyone except Kasumi face-faulted.
Ranma ignored them and got up again, "Later!" With that, he was out the door and over the rooftops before they could recover.
-----{ Juuban, Bedroom }-----
Minako Aino lay back on her bed and sighed depressedly. Yet another potential boyfriend disrupted by a youma. She was beginning to hate those things with a passion.Thankfully she was able to vent her frustration on the youma instead of her friends. Although they were probably wondering why she had just yelled "DIE!!!" without making a speech. Her musings were interupted by Artemis, who limped in the door looking like something the- uh... dog dragged in.
"Artemis!!!" She leapt off of the bed and cuddled him carefully in her arms,"What happened to YOU?!"
The small white cat coughed once and tried to explain, "I was... going to check out the site of the youma ... attack for more clues, but there was someone already there... I think he threw a live wire at me or something, then ran off."
"There was someone already there?? What was he doing at the site of a youma attack? Most people run away and don't come back for at least a day."
"I dunno. I just want some sleep right now."
Just then, her communicator began beeping urgently. Carefully laying Artemis on the bed, she opened her end of the channel, "What is it??"
Ami's embarressed voice filtered through, "Minako!! We need back-up! As in right now! Something is attacking us!!"
"Something?! What is it??"
"No time to explain! Just come quickly!" With a blip, Ami closed the connection.
------{ Eyecatch }------
Genma-panda juggles some pieces of fruit, then snatches them out of the air with his mouth. A lightning bolt zaps the last piece before ha can eat it, and he glares off-screen.
------{ End Eyecatch }------
------{ Juuban, Fight Scene }------
"Sailor Moon! Sailor Venus is on her way!"
Sailor Jupiter dodged another swipe of the things claws and attempted to pummel it again, "Good! This thing's tough!!" She grunted as the creature snapped a kick into her solar plexus. Struggling to regain her breath, she almost didn't avoid the next swipe in time.
As it was, Sailor Mars was forced to stop attempting to fry the thing and pull her out of the way, "Come ON, Jupiter! That approach obviously isn't working!"
"Oh, like yours is any better?" She shot back sarcasticly.
"Well at least it's reacting to my magic attacks! Whatever it is, it just ignores physical attacks!" Mars snapped back.
Jupiter sniffed, "Hmph. Fine. I'll do it your way. Sparkling Wide Pressure!!!" Her magical lightning attack slammed into the monster's open palm and fizzled out. The monster continued to hold up it's hand for a moment, then cradled it close and started shaking it, as if trying to get rid of a sting. "... You're right. Let's just blast it. After all, it works SOOOOO much better than making it do that by HITTING it!!"
"Waaaah!! Why do they have to get STRONGER every time we fight them?!"
Tuxedo Kamen threw a rose at the monster, which bounced off, and leapt from the shadows, landing next to the wailing girl, "Fear not, Sailor Moon! For you shall vanquish this monster with the power of your love!"
"Wha-hahahahaha!!!" The round of laughter from a nearby rooftop drew everyone's attention to a red-haired boy standing on the edge. Still chuckling, he dropped down to ground level and began walking toward the goup, "Wow! You guys are great!" The whole group (including the monster) stared, slack-jawed at the "incredible" feat.
Still dazed at his somewhat dramatic entrance, Sailor Moon managed to reply, "Uh, thanks."
Stopping, he stared at her, "Have you ever heard of sarcasm?" A low growl from behind him drew his attention to the monster, which had narrowed its eyes as it recognised him, "Gyaah! It's you!!"
Sailor Mercury finally recovered and set her computer to scan everything about the encounter, "Have you met this thing before??"
He stared at it intently, talking half to himself and half to her, "No, it's not the same. The one last night was more ebony colored, this one's more of a black rainbow, an' it's got claws."
"Last night?"
"It's a lot smaller, too, but that might have just been the dream.... What?? Oh, I had a dream about something like this last night. That one beat me up, let's see if this one's any good!" Leaving a gaping Sailor Mercury by the wall, he charged toward the creature, only to be intercepted by an irate Sailor Mars.
"Where do you think -you're- going?!"
Ranma's smirk vanished as he realised her intentions, "Where does it -look- like I'm going?? I'm gonna beat that thing up, seein' as how you don't seem to be able to do it yourselves."
"Oh yeah?! And what can you do?! You're just a normal human!!"
A scowl made it's way onto his face, "And just WHERE do you get off saying you're better than me??! Maybe you've got something I don't, but did you ever stop to consider that -I- might have something -you- don't??! Now get outta my way, before I get mad and hurt something!"
"I am NOT going to let you rush to your doom like this!!!" She held out her hands blocking his way. Behind her, the monster raised a clawed hand, preparing to slice her to ribbons.
His eye twitched, "I warned you..." Drifting off, he ignited his aura, leapt forward and planted his knee under her chin before she could react. She was out before she hit the ground. Not pausing, he headed straight for the monster, still going full speed. Upon reaching it, he flipped forward and axe-kicked the thing's right shoulder as hard as he could. There was a sickening *crack*, and the monster's arm fell limp.
Launched back into the air with the force of his kick, Ranma spun in mid-air and round-housed the things head. There was another *crack*, and it's head was suddenly tilted at an odd angle. Belatedly, it raised it's hand to ward off the incoming strike- and fell over, dead. Several seconds later, it melted into a black ooze and evaporated.
The Sailor Senshi were once again slack-jawed.
Ranma stared at where the monster had been, "Well... That... was -pathetic-." Slack jaws decided that they weren't low enough and hit the ground. Ranma looked up, apolgetic, "Well it WAS!! I can't -believe- you people had a hard time with that thing!" He shook his head in disgust, " 'Help those girls', indeed! You guys need serious help."
About that time Sailor Mars woke up from her unintentional nap, "Wha- The monster!! Where is it?!"
Ranma looked over at her, "I killed it."
"What?! You?! I don't believe you!!"
Sighing, he turned to face her directly, "Alright, look at it this way. Have anyone else moved besides you and me?"
Suspiscously, she looked around and saw the other Senshi still staring at the red-haired boy dumbfoundedly."All right, what did you do to them?!"
Incredulousness made it's way onto his face, "NOTHING!!!" His expression turned thoughtful, "Hmmmm... Maybe they're just speechless at my fighting prowess."
It was her turn to stare incredulously, "What?! Why you egotistical jerk!! I have half a mind to-" She was interrupted by Ranma's laughter as he cracked up.
"Ha ha ha ha!! As if anyone would be that egotistical. Heh, heh... I can't believe you believed me." (Author's Note: ;D )
"I don't! About the monster, anyway."
"Well, since this seems to be the only way you'll believe me..." He slid into a fighting stance, "Let's fight!"
"Fine! I guess I'll just have to show you why WE should be the ones to take care of the monsters around here!"She readied herself for a fight.
Ranma simply scoffed, "Oh yeah? Then why were YOU the ones getting your collective asses kicked while I took it out with two hits. Granted, it was a lot weaker than I thought it'd be, but it was gettin' ready to kill you and I couldn't take any chances. Anyways, enough talk. Let's go!!"
With that, he launched himself at the red-skirted Senshi, who held up a hand, intending to stop his punch (and him) before he hurt humself. Much to her surprise, he snapped a kick at her leg instead of a punch like his stance indicated. Pain lanced through her leg as the kick connected.
[What the- ?! I'm in Senshi form! I shouldn't be taking THIS much damage!!!] Her train of thought was interruputed by another kick, a roundhouse this time. Recovering from her surprise, she barely managed to avoid the kick, but the wind nearly knocked her over. [This guy CAN"T be human!! He's WAY too strong!]
Taking advantage of her lack of balance, Ranma pressed the attack and kicked up with his other leg while the first was still in the air, planting a foot solidly in her mid-section. Flipping backward, he landed a fair distance away from Sailor Mars as she staggered back, deprived of air. {CAN'T be human! Too fast! It feels just like I'm not transformed!!] Regaining her breath, she straightened and glared at the red-haired boy, "Okay, I don't know what you are, but you are going DOWN!!"
Straightening only a little, he scowled at her, "Why does everyone keep questioning my humanity?! -I- am as -human- as the -next- guy!! Just because I can kick your ass doesn't mean I'm not human! Speaking of which, you're doing pretty good for someone with almost no training. Must be that 'magic' stuff I keep hearing about..."
"Oh yeah?! Well, here's something ELSE magic can do for us!! Burning Mandala!!!" The ring of fire headed straight toward the startled Ranma, who dropped to the ground at the very last second.
After the attack had passed, he slowly sat up and pinched out a burning hair, "Oooookay. Threat level just jumped up a few notches..." [Why didn't I sense that coming??!]
A wordless yell was all the warning he had as Sailor Jupiter leapt high and came down, foot aimed straight for him. Desperately, he scooted backward, barely avoiding the strike. Nervously, he looked down at her boot, which was sunk into the concrete between his legs, mere inches away from his future children. He squeeked and scrambled backward even further until he was a safe distance away, "Hey!! Isn't that getting a little personal??!"
Jupiter slid into a stance, "Well I am gonna dust -something-!! No youma attacks for WEEKS, and then something like this happens! I need to work off some stress!" She cracked her knuckles for emphasis.
Ranma rose to his feet and moved into his favorite stance, up on his toes, fingers tucked in, and palms level with the ground, "Alright! Now the fun really starts!" He smirked. "Come on!"
Jupiter rushed forward, ready to punch his lights out. Closing in, she punched staight at the pony-tailed boy, who didn't seem to react. At the very last moment, at the very point at which she thought it would be impossible to dodge, he did. He swayed back by several inches, his nose millimeters away from her gloved knuckles.
[Now!] She thought, [While he's off balance!] Bringing up her leg, she snapped out a kick at close range. To her surpreise, she found her attempt blocked by a raised knee, then she suddenly felt pain in her nid-section as he snapped out a counter-kick. Staggering back, she stared at his position. He was -still- bent over backward, and his leg was still extended in a kick, but his hands were now in his pockets.
He straightened, hands still in his pocktets, "Well, you've got more training than that other girl, at least."
"Sorry I'm late, guys! What'd I miss?"As one they all turned and stared at Sailor Venus, who looked around, cheerfully oblivious to the incredulous expressions on their faces.
"What? Another one?!" Ranma's exclamation drew her attention to the red-haired boy, and she promptly got hearts in her eyes as she stared at the bee-yuu-ti-ful HUNK standing opposite her friends. He noticed the lovestruck expression on her face and promtly got a nervous one on his own face.
"Who's the HUNK???" These words sent him into a cold sweat until her frieands intervened.
"Now's not the time Venus! This thing took out the other thing we were fighting, then attacked us!"
"Well if he took out whatever you were fighting, why is he the bad guy??" Sailor Venus was genuinely confused.
An irate Sailor Mars answered her question, "Didn't you hear me?? I said it ATTACKED us!!"
The long-haired blonde pouted, "Aw, why do the good ones always have to be the bad ones?" Ranma sweat-dropped, along with the rest of the Senshi.
"Wait a second, guys." A timid voice spoke up, drawing their attention to a confused Sailor Mercury, who had been silent since the beginning of the fight. "I scanned him with the computer, and aside from a few traces of things I can't identify right now, it seems as if he's completely human, although considerably more powerful than usual."
"That's what I've been trying to TELL you!!! Jeeze, some people just don't listen!"
Confused, Sailor Moon spoke up, "If you're a human... why did you attack us??"
Ranma sighed, then began explaining, "Okay, first thing. Fire-girl here was-"
"Hey!! We have names, you know!!"
"... You do?" A mass face-fault ensued.
After she recovered, Mars looked at him disgustedly, "YES!!"
"Oh." He paused for a second, then asked, "What are they??" Those that had recovered fell over again.
The girl with the blue skirt and red bow on her chest cheerfully popped up, "I'm Sailor Moon! And this..." She gestured at the girl with a blue skirt and light blue bow, "is Sailor Mercury! And this..." She gestured at the one in a red skirt and purple bow, "is Sailor Mars! This here... "She gestured at the one in a green skirt and pink bow, "is Sailor Jupiter! And this is the last of the Inner Senshi... " She gestured at the newcomer, dressed in a yellow skirt and blue bow, "Sailor Venus!" She finished with a flourish.
Ranma nodded to each in turn, then blinked as he realised something. [Didn't that chick in my dream last night have a Sailor name?? And she wants me to HELP these idiots?!] He shook his head, "Anyways, as I was saying, Sailor Mars trying to stop me from helping you guys instead of working together like you should have..."
"Well how was -I- to know you were that strong??!"
Ignoring her outburst, he contuinued, "The monster was going to try an' make Sushi outta her, so I knocked her out to keep her from getting in the way while I took it out. "She came to afterward, and wouldn't believe me when I told her I killed it, so I had to show her how strong I was. Sailor Jupiter here managed to stop drooling over me and come help Mars. By the way, that was a little too close for comfort, okay??"
Jupiter blushed embarressedly, "Sorry..."
"Anyway, we were testing the other's defense (or at least -I- was) when Sailor Venus arrived for back-up and started drooling over me herself. You all know what happened from there."
Mercury spoke up, "What was that remark about you said about having a dream about that thing??"
"Well, it's like I said. I had a dream last night about you girls gettin' beat up by something similar, only the one I'm talking about was pure ebony, instead of that rainbow-black this one was, and it was more human-looking. This Pluto woman showed up and-"
"You met -Pluto-??!" was the collective response.
"Well YEAH. Now if you'd let me -finish-...... Thank you. She told me I was seeing a vision of the future an' asked me to help you guys."
"She WHAT?!!"
He rolled his eyes, "Thank you SO much for letting me finish my sentences. Now, she said she'd been sealed away by that ebony monster that was beating you guys up, (along with the 'other Outers', whatever that meant) and asked me to help you, although how the hell I'm supposed to do THAT is beyond me. 'Bout that time the monster finished slaughtering you and started to gloat over how there weren't any obstacles left, so I got mad an' challenged it."
"And what happened??"
"It slaughtered -me-, too. Good thing it was a dream or I'd be dead right now." He suddenly glanced at the sky, "Whoop, I'd better be headin' home. See ya tomorrow!" With that he jumped back up to the roof-top and left the dumbstruck girls to wonder at the abruptness of his exit.
------{ End episode 04 }------
Author's Notes: Whew! Finally done! As I said above: I had written the first part of this Chapter almost immediately after finishing the Third Chapter, but I was havng a hard time with the first scene. So, after loooong haitus, I gave up and rewrote the whole thing, and now the story's basically writing itself again! Lucky you!
Someone mentioned in a reveiw that I was making an Uber-Ranma a little too quick, so in reply I make this statement: "You haven't SEEN Uber-Ranma yet!!!" Seriously, though. He may seem extra strong, but my intention is to put his skill level (right now) at around the Hiryu-Shoten-Ha stage. He has learned how to manipulate ki, but hasn't figured out how to throw it around yet. His natural speed is around Amaguri-ken speed, so he has no need for that move this time around. (Even if it IS one of his trademarks.) His strength is pretty much normal Ranma. The lightning is only the first of many steps to becoming the TRUE "Uber-Ranma". (Of course, that depends entirely on what your definition of "Uber-Ranma" IS.)
The Sailor Moon series is supposed to be around the R Season, but it's been a LOOONG time sinse I've seen any Sailor Moon at all, so all of this is based off of three things: My memory, a SNES Game, and sparse fanfics (usually other cross-overs with Ranma). In other words, If you don't like the way I portray the Sailor Moon world, TOUGH! I'm gonne screw it up however I want! Same goes for anything ELSE I happen to cross-over with, too!
Oops.
Hey, where'd you all go?
Anybody out there?
*sigh*
Disclaimer: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! (This is the sound of a man who has just found out he DOESN'T own Ranma 1/2)
------------{ Chaos 1/2 }------------
------{ Episode 04: Ranma Meets the Sailor Senshi! A Nightmare Come True! }------
He wandered aimlessly and leisurely through the streets of Tokyo. Suddenly, he heard a cry for help. Startled, he looked around for the source of the cry. Seeing nothing in the immediate area, he leapt up to the top of a nearby building. He waited for another plea for help, then began roof-hopping rapidly toward where he had heard it.
Reaching his destination, he dropped to the ground and his eyes narrowed. A strange ebony being was fighting with a group of Magical Girls. Actually, it was more like a massacre. The entity simply shrugged off any attack they threw at it, magical or physical. Wincing in sympathy, he continued to watch the girls try to put up a fight.
"Why don't you help them?" Said an unknown voice from his side.
"GYAAAH!!" He turned and jumped back into a ready stance, then took in the voice's owner. A deep tan and long green hair were the details that implanted themselves in his head immediately. He relaxed as she made no move to attack, then finally made his reply, "Why don't YOU?"
The woman simply gazed at him emotionlessly, "You know as well as I do." Inwardly she allowed herself to smile bitterly, [He's perceptive, at least.]
He nodded, "So what are YOU doing here?"
"What do you mean?" [He can TELL??]
"You know what I mean. You aren't a part of this dream, either."
Nodding to herself, she allowed a slight smile to grace her features. "I am the Senshi of Time. My name is Sailor Pluto, and THIS..." she indicated the fight, "...is a glimpse of the future.
"The future?? Okay."
"Believe me, this is what will come to pass... Unless you help those girls..."
"No, no. I believe you. It's just that... Well, why me?"
"In every dark and bleak situation, there appears a ray of hope. So far you're the only one who's shown up." A wry smile flitted across her face.
"Okay, so why is it I'm having this dream in the first place?"
"There are some things that even the Senshi of Time does not know."
"Okay, whatever. So, why aren't you doing anything about this in the real world?"
"I would if I could... but I've been sealed away along with the other Outers."
A hint of anger slipped into his voice, "Sealed??? By who??" In answer, she merely pointed at the ebony being. "The Outer Senshi have failed to protect the galaxy from invaders for the first time."
He turned back to the fightand watched the entity take out the last of the Magical Girls. Straightening from its fighting stance, it laughed , then began to speak in a gutteral voice,"Finally, the last obstacle is out of my way. I don't sense anyone else on this puny little planet that could possibly give me any challenge now!!!"
A wave of fear crashed over him, followed by a wave of fury. Forgetting that he was in a dream, he jumped into the entity's field of vision, "Hey, you!!! Try taking ME on!!!"
Without waiting for a reply, he leapt straight at it, charging a lightning bolt. The entity ducked back into fighting stance again as he closed the distance between them and threw his lightning bolt at it. Unfortunately, he was forced to twist away from his own bolt's path as the entity simply swatted it back at him. [Of course. He wasn't reacting to those girls' attacks either.]
Ducking in close he started an attack, but was cut short as the entity countered him before he had even started. [It's fast!!]
He started an even faster attack, but was swatted into the air before he could react. Wobbly landing on his feet, he grasped his ribs. [Strong, too!!! Maybe...]
Rushing forward, he began charging lightning again. This time, he jumped into the air and was immediately slammed into the ground. Black spots floated before his eyes, but he managed to grin anyway.
"Eat THIS, Monster!!!" This time a large lightning bolt struck from the sky, hitting the Monster directly on the top of it's head. It twitched. As did the red-haired boy's eye as he realised the amount of damage taken by the entity. Next to nil.
The ebony being looked down at him and laughed, placing a foot on his chest, "Congratulations, gnat! You've managed to give me an itch! Unfortunately for you, I don't like to take chances. Good bye!" With that, it raised it's foot and stomped on his chest, crushing his body underfoot...
------{ Nega-Space, Pluto's Prison }------
Setsuna woke with a start, then looked around at... nothing. Absolutely nothing. Pitch blackness surrounded her, nothingness as far as she could "see". If not for the many, MANY years spent at the darkness of the Time Gate, she probably would have gone insane by now. It was one of the reasons she slept so much. At least in the dreamscape, there was color. Although she really wasn't sure which was worse, nothing or watching the Inner Senshi get slaughtered over and over.
Which brought her this dream's strange occurence. That boy had appeared this time. He had quickly figured out the situation, but had been distracted by that Monster. Which reminded her; What HAD the thing said to get that boy to react so violently?? And how did he create those lightning bolts without magic?? She could only hope that they would somehow meet again.
------{ Tendo Compound, Bedroom }------
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" Ranma bolted upright, grasping his chest. Slowly realising where he was, he slumped back omto his futon and wiped his suddenly sweaty palms on the blanket. [Damn!!! That thing took me out without breaking a sweat!! Definitely gotta step up the training. Wait... That Pluto woman said something about helping those girls... Oh, damn! I got some more questions for her... Oh well. Maybe I'll see her again.] Beside him, Genma-panda whipped out a sign and moved to clobber the red-haired boy. Deep in thought, Ranma absentmindedly held out a fist and broke the sign in half.
------{The Next Morning }------
"Morning, people!" Ranma hopped down the stairs and sat himself down at the table with the rest of the family. The Tendos stared at him. "What?"
Kasumi was the first to regain her mental capacity, "Ara? You should get some more rest Ranma-kun."
He smirked and waved her off, "Nah. I'm fine, Kasumi. I heal fast. An' besides, I got some more training to do."
Genma stopped stuffing himself long enough to say, "Training AGAIN?? What's gotten into you, boy? You might even be worse than the Master when it comes to that!"
"Would you believe me if I said there was an alien threatening the planet?"
"Of course not, boy! There's no such thing as aliens!"
Ranma snorted, "Oh, and I suppose there's no such thing as magic, either?" He turned toward Akane, "Say, I don't suppose you'd be interested in training with me would you?"
She looked up at him, startled, "What? You mean seriously??"
"Yeah, sure. I know you've got a lot of potential, but that ain't goin' nowhere if you don't use it. I gotta warn ya though, my training is tough, and sometimes it don't even seem like training, but it'll get you into shape faster than anything else."
"I'd lo-" She stopped. A small part of her prodded her brain into action. {Oh, what I wouldn't give for more training! But... I don't trust him yet... What to do, what to do???} Finally she decided on an answer, "Um, let me think about it for a while."
The red-haired boy smirked, "Good answer, but don't take too long. You'll start second guessing yourself, then you'll never get anywhere." Finishing his dinner, he stood up, "Well, I got some stuff to do today, so..."
Genma jumped up from his seat, "Not so fast, boy! You still haven't explained what happened last night!!"
Ranma smacked his forehead, "Ah! I KNEW I was forgetting something. Oh, well. Basically, it all started when I got into a fight with an Upperclassman and decided to use HIS weapon, which happened to be the bokken. I got in a couple hits before I lost, but I think I have his stlye down by now, so it wasn't a big loss."
"WHAT?! How dare you, Boy? HOW couldyou lose to a -weapon user-??"
"Aw, shaddup, Pops. If you can do better, I'd like to see it."
The pudgy man drew himself up indignantly, "Hmph! Such a man is beneath my notice."
"Ahem! You were saying, Son?"
"Right. Well anyway, I got a little worn out from the beating I took so I was taking a nap to replenish my energy. Then some strong dark energy woke me up, so I headed over to Juuban to check it out. When I got to where I'd sensed the energy, the source was long gone, so I attemted to figure out what happened using my Ki. My probing activated a transformer above me which electrocuted me AND threw my Ki out of wack. I was about dead when I suddenly remembered something from Randy's life...."
"..." His short pause stretched out into a loooong pause.
"......" Followed by...
"...AND???"
Smirking, Ranma continued, "I remembered how to master the Element of Lightning!"
"Stop joking with us, Boy! There's no way to 'master' lightning! Many have tried to master the Elements and all have failed. You can emulate them , but no more."
Still smirking, Ranma held up a single finger. A small ball of crackling blue energy coalesced directly above his fingertip, humming with the distinctive sound of electricity. "Nah, I don't need ta joke." [I find the situation funny enough as it is!]
Scoffing, Genma reached out to touch the small sphere above Ranma's finger, "Hah! You've just learned to emulate it, that's all! See? the real thing would-d-d-d- I-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi." He suddenly stuttered as he lost control over his vocal chords. Twitching violently, he managed to withdraw his own finger from the sphere.
"H-h how d-d-did you d-d-d-d-do it b-boy?" he asked, still twitching spasmodicly.
Now wearing an outright grin, Ranma replied, "I told ya, Pops. I remembered something from Randy's life" He let the ball of lightning dissipate. "Anyways, after that, I started home and got lost."
Nabiki, who had been quiet until now, spoke up, "Lost? How did you manage that?"
"Um, I was following the dark energy signature so close, I didn't pay attention to where I was going. And what with it bein' a new area an' all, well..." He shrugged, "After that, I ran into a gang of punks, but I was too tired to fight 'em off, so I got beat up again. It took me a while , but I finally managed to drag myself home, but I got lost again on the way. And that's what happened last night. Anyways, since there's no school today, I'm gonna head over to Juuban again. I'm gonna try an' look up the Sailor Scouts."
"What?!?!" Everyone except Kasumi face-faulted.
Ranma ignored them and got up again, "Later!" With that, he was out the door and over the rooftops before they could recover.
-----{ Juuban, Bedroom }-----
Minako Aino lay back on her bed and sighed depressedly. Yet another potential boyfriend disrupted by a youma. She was beginning to hate those things with a passion.Thankfully she was able to vent her frustration on the youma instead of her friends. Although they were probably wondering why she had just yelled "DIE!!!" without making a speech. Her musings were interupted by Artemis, who limped in the door looking like something the- uh... dog dragged in.
"Artemis!!!" She leapt off of the bed and cuddled him carefully in her arms,"What happened to YOU?!"
The small white cat coughed once and tried to explain, "I was... going to check out the site of the youma ... attack for more clues, but there was someone already there... I think he threw a live wire at me or something, then ran off."
"There was someone already there?? What was he doing at the site of a youma attack? Most people run away and don't come back for at least a day."
"I dunno. I just want some sleep right now."
Just then, her communicator began beeping urgently. Carefully laying Artemis on the bed, she opened her end of the channel, "What is it??"
Ami's embarressed voice filtered through, "Minako!! We need back-up! As in right now! Something is attacking us!!"
"Something?! What is it??"
"No time to explain! Just come quickly!" With a blip, Ami closed the connection.
------{ Eyecatch }------
Genma-panda juggles some pieces of fruit, then snatches them out of the air with his mouth. A lightning bolt zaps the last piece before ha can eat it, and he glares off-screen.
------{ End Eyecatch }------
------{ Juuban, Fight Scene }------
"Sailor Moon! Sailor Venus is on her way!"
Sailor Jupiter dodged another swipe of the things claws and attempted to pummel it again, "Good! This thing's tough!!" She grunted as the creature snapped a kick into her solar plexus. Struggling to regain her breath, she almost didn't avoid the next swipe in time.
As it was, Sailor Mars was forced to stop attempting to fry the thing and pull her out of the way, "Come ON, Jupiter! That approach obviously isn't working!"
"Oh, like yours is any better?" She shot back sarcasticly.
"Well at least it's reacting to my magic attacks! Whatever it is, it just ignores physical attacks!" Mars snapped back.
Jupiter sniffed, "Hmph. Fine. I'll do it your way. Sparkling Wide Pressure!!!" Her magical lightning attack slammed into the monster's open palm and fizzled out. The monster continued to hold up it's hand for a moment, then cradled it close and started shaking it, as if trying to get rid of a sting. "... You're right. Let's just blast it. After all, it works SOOOOO much better than making it do that by HITTING it!!"
"Waaaah!! Why do they have to get STRONGER every time we fight them?!"
Tuxedo Kamen threw a rose at the monster, which bounced off, and leapt from the shadows, landing next to the wailing girl, "Fear not, Sailor Moon! For you shall vanquish this monster with the power of your love!"
"Wha-hahahahaha!!!" The round of laughter from a nearby rooftop drew everyone's attention to a red-haired boy standing on the edge. Still chuckling, he dropped down to ground level and began walking toward the goup, "Wow! You guys are great!" The whole group (including the monster) stared, slack-jawed at the "incredible" feat.
Still dazed at his somewhat dramatic entrance, Sailor Moon managed to reply, "Uh, thanks."
Stopping, he stared at her, "Have you ever heard of sarcasm?" A low growl from behind him drew his attention to the monster, which had narrowed its eyes as it recognised him, "Gyaah! It's you!!"
Sailor Mercury finally recovered and set her computer to scan everything about the encounter, "Have you met this thing before??"
He stared at it intently, talking half to himself and half to her, "No, it's not the same. The one last night was more ebony colored, this one's more of a black rainbow, an' it's got claws."
"Last night?"
"It's a lot smaller, too, but that might have just been the dream.... What?? Oh, I had a dream about something like this last night. That one beat me up, let's see if this one's any good!" Leaving a gaping Sailor Mercury by the wall, he charged toward the creature, only to be intercepted by an irate Sailor Mars.
"Where do you think -you're- going?!"
Ranma's smirk vanished as he realised her intentions, "Where does it -look- like I'm going?? I'm gonna beat that thing up, seein' as how you don't seem to be able to do it yourselves."
"Oh yeah?! And what can you do?! You're just a normal human!!"
A scowl made it's way onto his face, "And just WHERE do you get off saying you're better than me??! Maybe you've got something I don't, but did you ever stop to consider that -I- might have something -you- don't??! Now get outta my way, before I get mad and hurt something!"
"I am NOT going to let you rush to your doom like this!!!" She held out her hands blocking his way. Behind her, the monster raised a clawed hand, preparing to slice her to ribbons.
His eye twitched, "I warned you..." Drifting off, he ignited his aura, leapt forward and planted his knee under her chin before she could react. She was out before she hit the ground. Not pausing, he headed straight for the monster, still going full speed. Upon reaching it, he flipped forward and axe-kicked the thing's right shoulder as hard as he could. There was a sickening *crack*, and the monster's arm fell limp.
Launched back into the air with the force of his kick, Ranma spun in mid-air and round-housed the things head. There was another *crack*, and it's head was suddenly tilted at an odd angle. Belatedly, it raised it's hand to ward off the incoming strike- and fell over, dead. Several seconds later, it melted into a black ooze and evaporated.
The Sailor Senshi were once again slack-jawed.
Ranma stared at where the monster had been, "Well... That... was -pathetic-." Slack jaws decided that they weren't low enough and hit the ground. Ranma looked up, apolgetic, "Well it WAS!! I can't -believe- you people had a hard time with that thing!" He shook his head in disgust, " 'Help those girls', indeed! You guys need serious help."
About that time Sailor Mars woke up from her unintentional nap, "Wha- The monster!! Where is it?!"
Ranma looked over at her, "I killed it."
"What?! You?! I don't believe you!!"
Sighing, he turned to face her directly, "Alright, look at it this way. Have anyone else moved besides you and me?"
Suspiscously, she looked around and saw the other Senshi still staring at the red-haired boy dumbfoundedly."All right, what did you do to them?!"
Incredulousness made it's way onto his face, "NOTHING!!!" His expression turned thoughtful, "Hmmmm... Maybe they're just speechless at my fighting prowess."
It was her turn to stare incredulously, "What?! Why you egotistical jerk!! I have half a mind to-" She was interrupted by Ranma's laughter as he cracked up.
"Ha ha ha ha!! As if anyone would be that egotistical. Heh, heh... I can't believe you believed me." (Author's Note: ;D )
"I don't! About the monster, anyway."
"Well, since this seems to be the only way you'll believe me..." He slid into a fighting stance, "Let's fight!"
"Fine! I guess I'll just have to show you why WE should be the ones to take care of the monsters around here!"She readied herself for a fight.
Ranma simply scoffed, "Oh yeah? Then why were YOU the ones getting your collective asses kicked while I took it out with two hits. Granted, it was a lot weaker than I thought it'd be, but it was gettin' ready to kill you and I couldn't take any chances. Anyways, enough talk. Let's go!!"
With that, he launched himself at the red-skirted Senshi, who held up a hand, intending to stop his punch (and him) before he hurt humself. Much to her surprise, he snapped a kick at her leg instead of a punch like his stance indicated. Pain lanced through her leg as the kick connected.
[What the- ?! I'm in Senshi form! I shouldn't be taking THIS much damage!!!] Her train of thought was interruputed by another kick, a roundhouse this time. Recovering from her surprise, she barely managed to avoid the kick, but the wind nearly knocked her over. [This guy CAN"T be human!! He's WAY too strong!]
Taking advantage of her lack of balance, Ranma pressed the attack and kicked up with his other leg while the first was still in the air, planting a foot solidly in her mid-section. Flipping backward, he landed a fair distance away from Sailor Mars as she staggered back, deprived of air. {CAN'T be human! Too fast! It feels just like I'm not transformed!!] Regaining her breath, she straightened and glared at the red-haired boy, "Okay, I don't know what you are, but you are going DOWN!!"
Straightening only a little, he scowled at her, "Why does everyone keep questioning my humanity?! -I- am as -human- as the -next- guy!! Just because I can kick your ass doesn't mean I'm not human! Speaking of which, you're doing pretty good for someone with almost no training. Must be that 'magic' stuff I keep hearing about..."
"Oh yeah?! Well, here's something ELSE magic can do for us!! Burning Mandala!!!" The ring of fire headed straight toward the startled Ranma, who dropped to the ground at the very last second.
After the attack had passed, he slowly sat up and pinched out a burning hair, "Oooookay. Threat level just jumped up a few notches..." [Why didn't I sense that coming??!]
A wordless yell was all the warning he had as Sailor Jupiter leapt high and came down, foot aimed straight for him. Desperately, he scooted backward, barely avoiding the strike. Nervously, he looked down at her boot, which was sunk into the concrete between his legs, mere inches away from his future children. He squeeked and scrambled backward even further until he was a safe distance away, "Hey!! Isn't that getting a little personal??!"
Jupiter slid into a stance, "Well I am gonna dust -something-!! No youma attacks for WEEKS, and then something like this happens! I need to work off some stress!" She cracked her knuckles for emphasis.
Ranma rose to his feet and moved into his favorite stance, up on his toes, fingers tucked in, and palms level with the ground, "Alright! Now the fun really starts!" He smirked. "Come on!"
Jupiter rushed forward, ready to punch his lights out. Closing in, she punched staight at the pony-tailed boy, who didn't seem to react. At the very last moment, at the very point at which she thought it would be impossible to dodge, he did. He swayed back by several inches, his nose millimeters away from her gloved knuckles.
[Now!] She thought, [While he's off balance!] Bringing up her leg, she snapped out a kick at close range. To her surpreise, she found her attempt blocked by a raised knee, then she suddenly felt pain in her nid-section as he snapped out a counter-kick. Staggering back, she stared at his position. He was -still- bent over backward, and his leg was still extended in a kick, but his hands were now in his pockets.
He straightened, hands still in his pocktets, "Well, you've got more training than that other girl, at least."
"Sorry I'm late, guys! What'd I miss?"As one they all turned and stared at Sailor Venus, who looked around, cheerfully oblivious to the incredulous expressions on their faces.
"What? Another one?!" Ranma's exclamation drew her attention to the red-haired boy, and she promptly got hearts in her eyes as she stared at the bee-yuu-ti-ful HUNK standing opposite her friends. He noticed the lovestruck expression on her face and promtly got a nervous one on his own face.
"Who's the HUNK???" These words sent him into a cold sweat until her frieands intervened.
"Now's not the time Venus! This thing took out the other thing we were fighting, then attacked us!"
"Well if he took out whatever you were fighting, why is he the bad guy??" Sailor Venus was genuinely confused.
An irate Sailor Mars answered her question, "Didn't you hear me?? I said it ATTACKED us!!"
The long-haired blonde pouted, "Aw, why do the good ones always have to be the bad ones?" Ranma sweat-dropped, along with the rest of the Senshi.
"Wait a second, guys." A timid voice spoke up, drawing their attention to a confused Sailor Mercury, who had been silent since the beginning of the fight. "I scanned him with the computer, and aside from a few traces of things I can't identify right now, it seems as if he's completely human, although considerably more powerful than usual."
"That's what I've been trying to TELL you!!! Jeeze, some people just don't listen!"
Confused, Sailor Moon spoke up, "If you're a human... why did you attack us??"
Ranma sighed, then began explaining, "Okay, first thing. Fire-girl here was-"
"Hey!! We have names, you know!!"
"... You do?" A mass face-fault ensued.
After she recovered, Mars looked at him disgustedly, "YES!!"
"Oh." He paused for a second, then asked, "What are they??" Those that had recovered fell over again.
The girl with the blue skirt and red bow on her chest cheerfully popped up, "I'm Sailor Moon! And this..." She gestured at the girl with a blue skirt and light blue bow, "is Sailor Mercury! And this..." She gestured at the one in a red skirt and purple bow, "is Sailor Mars! This here... "She gestured at the one in a green skirt and pink bow, "is Sailor Jupiter! And this is the last of the Inner Senshi... " She gestured at the newcomer, dressed in a yellow skirt and blue bow, "Sailor Venus!" She finished with a flourish.
Ranma nodded to each in turn, then blinked as he realised something. [Didn't that chick in my dream last night have a Sailor name?? And she wants me to HELP these idiots?!] He shook his head, "Anyways, as I was saying, Sailor Mars trying to stop me from helping you guys instead of working together like you should have..."
"Well how was -I- to know you were that strong??!"
Ignoring her outburst, he contuinued, "The monster was going to try an' make Sushi outta her, so I knocked her out to keep her from getting in the way while I took it out. "She came to afterward, and wouldn't believe me when I told her I killed it, so I had to show her how strong I was. Sailor Jupiter here managed to stop drooling over me and come help Mars. By the way, that was a little too close for comfort, okay??"
Jupiter blushed embarressedly, "Sorry..."
"Anyway, we were testing the other's defense (or at least -I- was) when Sailor Venus arrived for back-up and started drooling over me herself. You all know what happened from there."
Mercury spoke up, "What was that remark about you said about having a dream about that thing??"
"Well, it's like I said. I had a dream last night about you girls gettin' beat up by something similar, only the one I'm talking about was pure ebony, instead of that rainbow-black this one was, and it was more human-looking. This Pluto woman showed up and-"
"You met -Pluto-??!" was the collective response.
"Well YEAH. Now if you'd let me -finish-...... Thank you. She told me I was seeing a vision of the future an' asked me to help you guys."
"She WHAT?!!"
He rolled his eyes, "Thank you SO much for letting me finish my sentences. Now, she said she'd been sealed away by that ebony monster that was beating you guys up, (along with the 'other Outers', whatever that meant) and asked me to help you, although how the hell I'm supposed to do THAT is beyond me. 'Bout that time the monster finished slaughtering you and started to gloat over how there weren't any obstacles left, so I got mad an' challenged it."
"And what happened??"
"It slaughtered -me-, too. Good thing it was a dream or I'd be dead right now." He suddenly glanced at the sky, "Whoop, I'd better be headin' home. See ya tomorrow!" With that he jumped back up to the roof-top and left the dumbstruck girls to wonder at the abruptness of his exit.
------{ End episode 04 }------
Author's Notes: Whew! Finally done! As I said above: I had written the first part of this Chapter almost immediately after finishing the Third Chapter, but I was havng a hard time with the first scene. So, after loooong haitus, I gave up and rewrote the whole thing, and now the story's basically writing itself again! Lucky you!
Someone mentioned in a reveiw that I was making an Uber-Ranma a little too quick, so in reply I make this statement: "You haven't SEEN Uber-Ranma yet!!!" Seriously, though. He may seem extra strong, but my intention is to put his skill level (right now) at around the Hiryu-Shoten-Ha stage. He has learned how to manipulate ki, but hasn't figured out how to throw it around yet. His natural speed is around Amaguri-ken speed, so he has no need for that move this time around. (Even if it IS one of his trademarks.) His strength is pretty much normal Ranma. The lightning is only the first of many steps to becoming the TRUE "Uber-Ranma". (Of course, that depends entirely on what your definition of "Uber-Ranma" IS.)
The Sailor Moon series is supposed to be around the R Season, but it's been a LOOONG time sinse I've seen any Sailor Moon at all, so all of this is based off of three things: My memory, a SNES Game, and sparse fanfics (usually other cross-overs with Ranma). In other words, If you don't like the way I portray the Sailor Moon world, TOUGH! I'm gonne screw it up however I want! Same goes for anything ELSE I happen to cross-over with, too!
Oops.
Hey, where'd you all go?
Anybody out there?
*sigh*