Disclaimer: See Chapter 1
R-Kives: Hello everyone! and welcome back to another chapter of Mighty Morphin' Sailor Senshi!
Arcee: Ohayo mina! Nice to meet all of you!
R-Kives: Oh yes, everyone, allow me to introduce Arcee, my new assistant. She'll be helping me with the notes and various other things from now on.
Arcee: I'll try my best R-kun!
R-Kives: Stop calling me that! Anyway, why don't you start up the chapter while I go back to working on the next one? (sinks into their own shadow)
Arcee: Ok! When last we left our totally gorgeous hunky hero with a too too kawai pigtail. (a pillow is thrown at her from off screen)
R-Kives: (From off screen) Will you just get on with it? I don't pay you to worship him you know!
Arcee: You don't pay me at all! humph Well anyway, Ranma-sama had just figured out a way to beat that nasty nasty youma and our chapter begins... (does a pointless sailor moon-esque pose) NOW!
Command Center
Everyone continued to watch with varying degrees of amazement and awe as the two warriors began fighting once more. Ranma wielded the street sign like a hammer. His makeshift weapon wasn't strong enough to be used to block a swipe of the battle axe but it could be used to deflect the force of the blow. Boreal found her strikes and swings being harmlessly redirected away from Ranma time and time again. Ranma was still feeling the effects of Boreal's energy drain and his quick strikes with the sign lacked the power to do any serious damage. They all noticed that now that Boreal wasn't absorbing his energy, her injuries no longer healed as quickly as they did. An overextended thrust of Boreal's battleaxe gave Ranma the chance to slam the top half of his weapon into Boreal's stomach. Ranma followed up his attack by lifting Boreal up into the air. She was hung up on the sign for a second before Ranma quickly threw her into a nearby wall.
Serenity watched as Ranma now took to using his surroundings to batter his opponent. Walls, street lights and even parked cars were used with no hesitation. Ranma seemed intent on turning Boreal into bacon okonomiyaki. She was quite impressed with the young mans skills. A normal human who could stand up to a youma single handed was a rare sight indeed. She had always thought that only her Senshi or the Rangers would have ever been able to defeat a youma in head to head combat. 'Such a skilled young man, this Ranma', she thought to herself, 'and so handsome too! He would make an excellent ranger...ah, if only he had been around during the Silver Millennium, what a fine king he would have made...oh my, what am I thinking?!'
Serenity blushed deeply at her errant thought as she watched Boreal launch another barrage of attacks at Ranma who skillfully dodged and deflected them. She sighed to herself, somewhat sadly. Serenity had ruled the Silver Moon Kingdom as Queen and she had done so alone. (1) Usagi's father had been a mysterious warrior that she had met during her youth. She had defied her mother, the current queen at the time and had run off to Earth to escape from the endless suitors that had lined up to try and woo her. She had found herself at a loss on how to live life outside a palace. She would have wound up a slave and perhaps worse if she hadn't been rescued.
Serenity fondly remembered how she first met him. A group of slavers had cornered her at the time. They had intended to have their way with her before selling her off to the highest bidder. They hadn't realizing who it was they were about to capture. She had closed her eyes in despair only to open them again to a far more welcome sight. The slavers were unconscious around her and a young stranger stood in front of her. The man was an inch or two taller then her. He had black hair that hung loosely behind him. He was dressed like a minor noble of Earth. He wore a well fitting black tuxedo and held a wooden sword in his hand. They had spent but a week together before he died in battle to save a village of farmers from a small force of bandits.
He had professed his love to her the night before he died, and from that night Usagi had been born. After his death, all she had to remember him by was his wooden sword, his bokken (2) he had called it. She had then returned to her mother and began to take up her duties as crown princess. Her mother naturally, had been somewhat shocked to learn that her daughter was with child not long after her return. The tale of her rescuer, her slain love, had calmed her and her mother doted on Usagi even more then Serenity did. Serenity eventually ascended the throne as a mother of a four year old child. She never chose a king to sit beside her and ruled alone. She had been pleased to learn of Usagi's involvement with Prince Mamoru although officially she was displeased with Usagi's nightly disappearances.
'Fablu, I miss you so...' Serenity thought before she came out of her reminiscing and returned her attention to the viewing screen.
Luna, Artemis, Alpha-5 and Setsuna had been commenting on Ranma's fight while Serenity had been lost in her thoughts. They each supplied their own comments on how he dealt with the youma he faced.
"Ouch! Now that's gotta hurt!" (Artemis)
"Being slammed into a wall and then having it collapse on you? I should think so!" (Luna)
"I didn't think Ranma-kun was that limber! Are humans supposed to be able to do that?" (Setsuna)
"Setsuna! He's one of your patients! You really shouldn't be thinking of him like that." (Luna)
"Hey, he's a major hunk! (3) Anyway, a girl can dream can't she? Besides, what are you doing in human form Luna? And looking so flushed too!" (Setsuna) (4)
"Ay yi yi, Artemis, why are you clawing the cushions like that?" (Alpha-5)
A small sweat drop appeared behind Serenity's head as she alternated between watching the viewing screen and watching her friends. 'Perhaps now is not the best time to suggest that Ranma be offered the chance to be made a Ranger. Of course, that's if we can ever find the missing power coins. The ones we have were all modified to be used by the Senshi.'
Alpha-5 was the first to notice a warning come up on Artemis' console. Since Artemis was too preoccupied to notice it, Alpha-5 took it upon himself (5) to check it out. "Oh no! Something is coming through the portal and it seems to be quite powerful!"
(1) Since I'm not really a fan of the canon, was Usagi's father ever mentioned? I don't remember any mention of a king at the time. Did Queen Serenity have a hubby or not?
(2) Is that right? There seem to be many names for practice swords used by kendo-ists that I have heard of, so I just picked the first one to come to mind since I don't really know for sure. Can anyone enlighten me?
(3) Definitely different from canon, ne?
Arcee: Can you really blame her? He is sooooo handsome!
R-Kives: Oh brother, well it was either her or some guy with a crush on one of the other fiancees. sigh
(4) He does seem to have that affect on females doesn't he?
Image of Ranma fighting shirtless covered with sweat>
(Arcee drools at the sight) Arcee: Oh my! Ranma-sama!
R-Kives: Not again... (readies a bucket of cold (non-jusenkyo) water)
(5) I've decided to just refer to Alpha-5 as male simply for convience.
R-Kives: Well this chapter was more centered on Serenity than Ranma so you'll have to wait until the next chapter to see what happens to him now that Goldar finally makes his appearance! I'm sure, reasonably sure anyway, that some people might wonder why I took a detour through Serenity's past instead of focusing more on Ranma's current fight. The reason was because Ranma's scene refused to come out of my mind and a filler with Serenity popped out instead. Will we ever learn more about Usagi's first father? (shrugs) only time will tell...
Arcee: Until next time, take care!
