Sailor moon

Court of Stars

Chapter 5: Encounters of the planet kind.

At the moon princesses almost timid question Terra began to back into Sun who had slipped in her relaxed defensive stance, her eyes flickering around the circle, memorizing the faces of each of the Senshi as well as their auras. Moon looked on hopefully as Terra began to look for an escape.

"I...I..." she couldn't bring herself to say anything, her momentary confidence from before gone with the danger of the Heartsnatcher. Luckily Sun had no shortage of the aforementioned emotion.

"So what's it to you meatball head?" She spat out at the blonde, her eyes narrowing as she scanned her, seeing the power that surrounded her. Sailor Moon looked affronted at the use of the nickname afforded by her unusual hair style.

"Don't call me meatball head!" she shrilled loudly. Sun smirked in an arrogant manner that she hadn't truly felt in a long time.

"Why?" She started, her voice mocking. "Afraid someone will add the sauce to the meatballs and spaghetti one day?" Moon fumed while the rest of the Senshi began to power up threateningly. Klutz or not, no one taunted their future Queen. Sun just smirked, a quick glance at her companion confirmed that Terra was desperately trying to hide her smile at the look on Sailor Moon's face. She made eye contact and the green clad blonde sobered up considerably. They shared a thought as they caught sight of a tuxedo clad man emerging from the shadows.

'We have to get out of here.' The still fuming Senshi that surrounded them finished powering up and as the Tuxedo clad man yelled out to them, all but Sailor Moon attacked. Terra 'eeeped' as they hurtled toward them but Sun grabbed her around the waist and seconds latter they where hurtling through the air above the circle as the ground below them exploded. Luckily the girl who'd had her heart taken had been left outside the circle of Senshi so she'd escaped any harm. But it still made Terra see red at the mere possibility that the girl could have been hurt. She struggled out of Sun's grasp and dropped to the ground behind the Senshi with the red skirt whose flames had been closest to the innocent. Mars turned around and looked at her in shock only to find her self, doubling over in pain as she received a punch to the stomach. She crumpled to the ground like a wet paper doll and Terra looked up to the other Senshi, her eyes burning bright blue with power.

"Your stupidity nearly harmed one of my people!" She hissed angrily as the short-skirted girls looked at her with expressions akin to fear. Terra glowered at them until from off to the side Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Pluto stepped forward.

"A single life isn't a high price to pay if it means Crystal Tokyo will come to pass." Pluto intoned, glaring at Terra. The earthen Senshi felt her blood boiling in her veins but before she could lash out at the green haired woman a voice stopped her.

"And what will you do when you have to sacrifice millions of lives to bring about your world?" Dante' landed softly on the ground beside Terra, once again in human form as Sun flanked him cautiously from the other side. The red head couldn't believe what she was hearing, and by the looks of it, neither could Sailor Moon. The blonde looked like she was ready to hurl. Pluto however was growling as the Senshi gathered around her, moon excluded of course.

"Sacrifices must be made for the good of Crystal Tokyo!" She declared loudly. Dante' narrowed his eyes.

"It seems that my mother's court was more corrupt than I guessed it would be." His voice was like ice as it flowed over them, momentarily freezing their blood in their veins. At a loss for words after the accusation Pluto just turned red in the face and shrieked one last declaration.

"A PRINCESS OR NOT! THE TRUE QUEEN WILL TAKE THE THRONE OF EARTH!" And with that the Senshi dispersed, leaping off into the night. Terra looked around and finally let herself sag in relief when she discovered that the young girl was okay. She didn't realize she was swaying on her feet until Dante' stopped her from falling over.

"I think it would be prudent that we return home." He murmured to both Terra and Sun. "The jewel in your tiara will allow you to power down from your transformed state." He nodded to Sun. "Your star pendant can be used to transform back to this form by using the same words you did initially." Sun returned his nod and looked at Terra.

"I'll see you tomorrow Terra." She smiled brightly before she looked at the sky and realized the time. "Oh CRAP!" she wailed. "RYOGA IS GOING TO KILL ME!" She leapt to the rooftops and within seconds she was out of sight. Terra giggled before she bid Dante' goodbye and made her own way home.

Ranma was halfway through her bedroom window when the light flicked on, nearly blinding the red head after the darkness of the rooftops.

"Where have you been?" Ryoga asked softly, sounding hurt. Ranma's expression softened considerably at the lost look on his face.

"I went back to the school." Hopping down off the ledge she crossed the room and entered the bathroom to splash some hot water in her face, instantly becoming a male. "I felt something coming from that area and went to look, Kotori was in the gardens with that boy Dante', you know the one that sits off to the side during gym class?" Ryoga nodded, recognizing the name. "Well, they showed me what the crystal star was for."

"What?" Ryoga gave Ranma a quizzical look as he turned off the light and pulled him back to bed. Ranma pulled his legs up to his chest, put his chin on his knees and let out a sigh.

"You've heard of the Sailor Senshi, right?"

Well this is it from this chapter; it's just the right spot to leave off for now. Besides I doubt I'd be able to concentrate on it while I'm hunting down all the Alien Verses Predator crossover fics. So far my favorite one is "Harry Potter and the Alien Hive", the only downside is that it's not finished. Heh oh well.

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Cya