Sailor Moon: The Rabbit, the Monkey, and the Dragon - By DS Wynne


Disclaimer: "Sailor Moon", "Star Trek", "Ranma 1/2", "Dragonball Z/GT" and other genres belong to their respective owners.

Note: This is a multi-genre story.

Special note: This story takes place after "Sailor Moon: A Trek to the Stars".


Part 4


Omega Shin Long wanted to test this new foe's capabilities. If she can pierce his defenses, then he REALLY had something to worry about.

"What is she going to do?" asked Mirai Trunks.

"I'm not sure," Son Goten replies. "But I'm sure that she'll think of something."

Hzzzz-SNAP!

Starfleet Captain Usagi Tsukino puts away her lightsaber, and then looks at Omega's energy sphere, which covered the avatar of the Black Dragon Ball.

"Hmmm," Usagi mused, as she began to press her hands together. As she did so, Omega's barrier began to strain under some unseen force.

"What?" Omega exclaimed.

"Look!" said Pan.

Omega was straining to keep the barrier intact. Finally, he could keep it up any longer...

POP!

Omega huffed, as he laid his gaze up Usagi. She was still "acting" as if she was trying to collapse his barrier.

"Oh, stop it!" Omega roared.

"Well...I'm just trying make you feel better," Usagi smirked.

Bulma was looking at all this with amusement, remember how Usagi's enemies tend to underestimate her...

FLASHBACK!

At "Kami-sama's Place"...

"You can do it, Usagi!" Goku said with encouragement. This is second time that he was in the Room of Spirit and Time in preparation for the so-called "Cell Games". The first time was when he and his son Gohan trained together, and were able to achieve the first Super-Sayajin level without bleeding energy.

"I…I'm trying, Go-chan!" Usagi cried, as she continued to push her spirit. She remembered the day her friend Ken and his brother Raul had tore up a city in a fight to see who would be the Grandmaster in their deadly Art. But even they didn't know that there were even more techniques out there that could shake the pillars of Heaven.

"Usagi, we've known each other for years. You've always encouraged me to better myself mentally as well as physically. Please, you can do this for me."

"I…"

"Besides, you don't want to prove BULMA right."

"What? What did she say about me THIS time?"

Even though the two were good friends, Bulma and Usagi were rivals of sorts. It started back when they and Goku first met each other, during the very first search of the legendary Dragonballs. Bulma never had forgotten how Yamcha went after Usagi instead of her, or the fact that Usagi was more stylish than her. And while things have calmed down of sorts over the course of their friendship, there was still an underlying rivalry between the two.

"Oh, she said that you couldn't be better than you are right now."

"Oh, really? Well, we'll see about THAT."

With her mind set to prove Bulma wrong, Usagi tapped deeper into her soul. As Goku would say, it was a matter of need (not desire) that mattered the most. In this case, Usagi had the need to prove Bulma wrong.

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Usagi yelled, as her eyes changed colors from blue to green.

Usagi's muscles and frame increased. Energy coalesced and danced around her.

"Yes, that's it!" Goku yelled. "You can do it!"

At that point, Usagi had achieved "Super-Saiyajin" status, even though she was not a true Saiyajin...a fact that Prince Vegeta always reminded her about.

Meanwhile, on the outside…

"You think Usagi will do it?" Yamcha asked, who was sore from the last minute training that Usagi made him do.

"Yeah, I think so," Krillan replied half-heartedly. He was still thinking about the beautiful Android 18.

"Don't worry, guys," said Mirai Trunks, who was still getting used to his long hair. "I KNOW she'll succeed."

"Feh, maybe," Bulma said, though, secretly, she wished her best friend well.

"I think so, too," said Gohan.

At the same time, the Namekan Piccolo was observing the sparring session between the Sayajin Prince Vegita and the Starfleet martial artist Ranma Saotome. The two were fighting in the air. Before, Vegita partnered with Ranma for a training session in the Room of Spirit and Time.

"Vacuum Blade Revised: WHIRLWIND BLADE!" Ranma yelled, as he released several dozen vacuum blades.

Vegita smirked. He knew that Ranma's attack would cut through his defenses, but he had one advantage.

He was a Sayajin.

Vegita moved fast enough to move out of the way, and end up behind Ranma. However, Ranma knew that Vegita would pull such a move. So, on pure instinct, Ranma back-fisted Vegita as he whipped himself backward.

BAM!

"Heh," Vegita replied, as he wiped the blood from his lip. "Not bad for a human. But you won't get a second chance."

"I don't expect it, either," Ranma said with a smirk.

And thus, the two continued to spar.

"Amazing set of friends, sir," Mr. Popo said. "Do you think we will be the monster Cell?"

"…"

"Piccolo?"

"Yeah, we might get out of this alive."

However, Piccolo wasn't really sure, even if they had their lucky "rabbit's foot".

The problem with Cell began a week ago.

It all started simple enough.

Both Usagi Tsukino and Ranma Saotome were on leave from Starfleet, so they decided to go on an adventure for a while. With the decommissioning of the Enterprise-A, which occurred after the fiasco of the Khitomer Accords (in which renegades from the Federation, Q'onos and Romulus sought to assassinate the Klingon Chancellor), the two were allowed to go places. Ultimately, they wanted to find a way home, but Usagi wanted to visit her adopted son Son Goku of Chikyuu, which is the name of Goku's version of "Earth", which was located in a spatial anomaly, within the Milky Way Galaxy, that was a universe all of its own. Equally strange was the fact that itexisted in its own temporal zone. As a result, one day in normal space is one year on Chikyuu.

Besides, she has an old promise to keep.

"You don't have to come, Ranma," Usagi said, as she rechecked her instruments. "You could wait for me on Phaseworld while I take care of a personal matter."

"Look, if you have to fight some would-be world destroyer, I'll stay by your side. After all, I am your Knight."

Usagi looked at Ranma and smiled.

"I'm glad, Ranchan," Usagi said, as she held Ranma's cheek.

Ranma blushed slightly.

"So anyway," Ranma began. "You and Goku are close?"

"I should hope so," Usagi replied, as she steered Thumper the Cabbit within the eddy of time and space. "I raised the mansince childhood, Ranma. Here, we're almost there…"

Once Thumper entered normal space, the cabbit glided into Chikyuu's atmosphere.

"Where we going exactly?"

"Well, we're going to Master Roshi's place first. I want to see how that pervert is doing, and then we're going to see Goku and his family."

Meanwhile, down at the Kamehouse, Krillan the Monk was practicing his Art. Specifically, he wanted to increase the potency of his Kamehameha Wave for when the Androids come.

"Ka-me-ha-me-HA!"

As Krillan released his energy blast, an unidentified object went down to intercept it…

FZZZZ!

"Wha-?" said Krillan.

As the object headed towards Master Roshi's island, Krillan could make out something…

"Oh, ho!" smirked Master Roshi, as he got up from his lawn chair. "It looks like she actually came."

"Hey, it's Usagi!" Krillan exclaimed.

"I believe you dropped something, K-chan," Usagi said, as she landed on the beach, holding a ball of energy in her hand. She was wearing a pair of blue jeans, boots and a pink baby-tee that said "Queen Bee".

"Uh…you can keep it."

"Thanks," Usagi said, as she dissipated the ball of energy.

"Well, well, well," said Roshi, as he grinned lecherously. "You seem to, um, fill out that shirt of yours nicely. Heh."

"Well, well, well," Usagi replied. "You're just as perverted as ever."

Just then, Thumper streaks down to Roshi's island and hovers for a moment. Then, it disappears…and Thumper and Ranma appear.

"Geez, you could have warn me of crazy stunt, ya tomboy," Ranma said with annoyance.

"Hey, if you can be spontaneous, I can be as well," Usagi said, as she stuck out her tongue.

"Hey, who's this, Usagi?" asked Krillan.

"This is…a friend of mine," Usagi said hesitantly. She was still sorting out her feelings on how she feels about Ranma.

"Oh. My name is Krillan," Krillan said, as he stuck out his hand.

"Ranma. Ranma Saotome," Ranma replied, as he shook Krillan's hand. "Usagi tells me you are having trouble-?"

"Yeah, you see…"

Krillan tells Ranma about two Androids who would one day destroy the world. He explains that a visitor from the future had come to their time to warn he and his friends about the coming danger. Now, having been warned, everyone is training hard, so that they can have a fighting chance at victory.

"And we still have a year left to go," Krillan concluded.

"Well, I'm glad we came then," Usagi said. "Look, Ranma, you stay here. I got to make the rounds."

"You got to teach me about that 'Instant Transmission' thing," Ranma said. He knew that Usagi tends to keep things to herself. For example, she had just used the Instant Transmission to intercept Krillan's attack in front of him.

"If you want. Oh, here's something to keep you busy," Usagi said, as she made a hand gesture towards the ocean. Suddenly, a wave of water crashed on top of Ranma, activating his curse. "Ocean magic. Gotta love it. Ta!" Usagi said with a wink, as she disappeared.

"USAGI!" yelled Ranma-chan. Now what?

"HOOTCHA!" yelled Roshi, as he tried to "cop" a feel of Ranma-chan's chest.

"Get away from me, ya pervert!"

And so Usagi and Ranma begin their one-year stay on Chikyuu. Both Ranma and Usagi trained hard, particularly Ranma. After hear tales of the Z Warriors adventures, and seeing them trained, Ranma was more than determined to make a place for himself on this world of fighters.

"Ready, Go-chan?" Usagi said, as she adjusted her "Sailor Moon" costume.

"Sure," Goku replied, as he finished tying his boots. "Ready, squirt?"

"Yeah, Dad," Gohan replied, as he finished his breakfast.

"I got the equipment, Usagi," Ranma said, as he strapped on his pack. If they were to go after "Androids", then it may be possible to neutralize them without any difficulty.

"Goku, just come back safely," Chi-Chi said tearfully.

"Ah, don't worry," interjected the Ox King. "Goku and Gohan will be okay."

Usagi turned to Thumper the Cabbit, who was sad that he couldn't fight by his mistress' side.

"Now, you be a good cabbit and protect Chi-Chi, okay?" asked Usagi.

"Mew," Thumper replied sadly.

The assembled group left the Son residence, and was greeted by a determined Piccolo.

"Well, this is it," said Goku.

"Yeah," Piccolo replied.

All together, the assembled group rose into the air…and blinked out. They appeared miles later, flying overhead.

"Man, it's sure neat to fly," Ranma said to himself.

"It certainly is," Usagi said, as she performed barrel rolls. "Weeeeeee-"

"Knock it off, meatball head," Piccolo growled. "We have a serious matter to deal with."

"Beeee!" Usagi said, as she stuck out her tongue.

Soon the flyers caught up to Krillan, who had just left Roshi's place. Soon after that, they made it to their destination: Pinball Island. There, waiting for them, was Tien, Yamcha, Bulma, and…Bulma's baby boy Trunks.

"Why hello, little one," Usagi said, as she tickled little Trunks' chin.

"Goo, goo, hee!" Trunks replied.

"Hey, whose the kid's father?" asked Krillan. "Yamcha?"

"Feh!" Yamcha replied. "Why don't you ask Bulma?"

"Oh, knock it off, Yamcha!" Bulma fumed.

"Yeah, you don't want to tick off Vegeta for messin' with his woman."

"VEGETA IS TRUNK'S FATHER?" Krillan yelled.

"Yeah, didn't you get the memo?" Usagi interjected.

"Hey! That's for your ears only, Usagi!" Bulma fumed.

"You KNOW I like to gossip…"

Girls! Ranma smirked, as he set up his equipment.

Using a Federation technology, Ranma hopes to pick up the presence of any advanced artificial intelligence in the vicinity.

"Hey, someone's coming!" yelled Gohan, as he pointed at the sky.

Sure enough, a craft came to the group.

"Well, well, well," said Yajirobee. "Usagi."

"Well, well, well," said Usagi. "Yajirobee."

"Are you two still at it?" asked Bulma.

"What happened?" asked Ranma. He wondered why Usagi couldn't stand the guy. Sure, he's arrogant…obnoxious…boring…but he's basically a nice guy.

"We don't want to talk about it!" Yajirobee and Usagi said in unison.

Ranma just rolls his eyes.

"Hey, what brings you here?" asked Goku.

"A gift from Corrin," Yajirobee said, as he tossed a bag into Goku's hands.

"Alright! Sinzu beans!"

"Hey, Goku," Usagi said. "Let me have one of those beans, so that I can catalog them for later."

"Sure!"

"Yeah, he figured that you guys might need it," Yajirobee says. "So…good luck."

And with that, Yajirobee turns to leave.

"Hey, where you are going?" asked Krillan.

"I'm getting the heck out here. So there!"

"Well, go on and get out of here!" yelled Bulma.

"Fine, I will."

And with that, Yajirobee leaves in his vehicle.

"Putz," Usagi said. She still couldn't believe what a jerk the wannabe samurai was…

BOOM!

"Dad, look!" yelled Gohan.

"Oh, no!" yelled Yamcha.

"Look!" yelled Krillan, as he pointed at the sky.

Everyone turned to see two specks flying down towards the ground.

"Where did they go?" Tien asked.

"I…I can't sense anything!" yelled Piccolo.

"Hmmm," Goku mused.

"Usagi!" yelled Ranma.

"I'm on it!" Usagi replied, as she began using her Tricorder that she took from Ranma's pack. "I'm getting some weird readings. There's some static, but I can compensate. Just give ten minutes."

"You do that, while the rest of us search on foot," said Piccolo.

"Gohan, see if Yajirobee is okay," said Goku. "The rest of you, come on!"

So, for the next ten minutes, the Z warriors scoured the City of Pinball Island, looking for androids. Meanwhile, Usagi fine-tuned her instruments, by focusing on the background rather than the target. She pinpointed where these "holes" were, and contacted Ranma.

Ranma, Usagi thought telepathically. The targets are at coordinates G09.

That's where Yamcha was heading! Ranma replied likewise. I'm on it!

"What happened?" asked Bulma, as she cradled Trunks.

"I think we found the androids…"

"Really?" Gohan interjected, who was tending to Yojirobee. "I better warn Dad!"

With that, Gohan took off.

"Uhh…"

"Just hold on, Yojirobee," said Usagi. "Just breathe steadily."

Even though Usagi couldn't stand the samurai, she wouldn't want him to get hurt. Besides, whom can she brag to after completing a significant accomplishment?

Meanwhile, Ranma flew to where Yamcha was supposed to be.

"Where is that guy?" he mused to himself.

Then, he saw something that stopped him cold. There, below him, were two men, one of which was holding Yamcha by the neck.

Picking up speed, Ranma turned, flipped over and kicked the man holding Yamcha. It was enough force to knock the man over. His fat companion turned to the fallen man, not sure of what to do next.

"Yamcha, you okay?" Ranma asked, as he checked on his friend.

"Uhhhh…I think so…"

"That was quite a display, young man," said the fallen man. "But that will not help you the next time."

The man now stood. He wore a very ethnic outfit, had long hair and a bushy mustache, and a long, tall hat with the letters "RR" stenciled in white on a red background. His fat companion was dressed in a similar outfit, but wore a cap instead.

"Who…who are you people?" asked Ranma.

"Yes, I would like to know as well," said Goku, as the rest of the Z Warriors landed. Then, he noticed the symbol on the man's hat. "You're…you're…"

"That is right, Son Goku. I am Android 20 and my companion is Android 19, and we represent the late Red Ribbon Army."

For the next 48 hours, it was a tough battle for the Z Warriors. As predicted, Goku became ill, in spite Usagi best efforts to keep the virus at bay before the Androids showed up. From her analysis, Usagi deduced that Goku picked up the virus while in space. Unfortunately, the virus' insidious nature depended on her son going into "Super Sayajin" mode. Also, Goku being ill took Usagi out of the battle, so that she could speed up Goku's healing. Meanwhile, Vegeta, having recently become a Super Sayajin himself, took on Android 19, while the rest of the team, went after Android 20. Ranma correctly pointed out that it was stupid to not engage the Androids by overly relying upon either Goku or Vegeta simply because they could become Super Sayajins.

"Well, if you don't do something, then I will!" Ranma said, as he went after Android 20.

"We got to help him!" yelled Krillan.

"We will…after we see what this guy can do," Piccolo said with a smirk. Ever since Ranma arrived, he's been rubbed the wrong way.

"So, boy, you want to engage me?" asked Android 20. "I do owe you a beating, after all."

"Let's get something straight. My name is Ranma Saotome, heir to the Saotome School of 'Anything Goes' martial arts…and I'm gonna kick yer arse!"

"Bring it on…BOY!"

Ranma went into 20's defenses, trying to gage his vulnerabilities. Being Sailor Moon's Knight, he's been slightly enhanced. Though, if the truth is to be known, the differences of his old self and his new self was slight. And at this point in his development, Ranma no longer needed to say the name of whatever technique his was applying, especially since it warned his opponents what he was up to. Besides, Ranma has long since revised his existing techniques, and made a few new ones.

Android 20 quickly blocked some of attacks, noting that Ranma was throwing 300+ punches a second. This had the effect of keeping Android 20 off-balance, but it was not enough to knock him out.

"You are good. However, I am better."

Android 20 managed to turned the tide, first by using his "laser vision", and then using a combination of kicks and punches. Ranma, though he felt them all, rolled with the attacks, thereby cutting their effects considerably.

"Had enough, fool

"Huff. Well," began Ranma. "Thanks for showing me yer weakness."

"What!"

"What's going on?" asked Krillan.

"At first," began Ranma, "I thought you might have been some sort of robot or something. But then, I read your aura. You're not just sucking up life energy, but, in a tiny way, you're giving off energy. You're a cyborg, right?"

"Heh. So, the boy knows something, eh? So what are you going to do about it?"

Ranma took out a Fifty-Yen piece from his shirt pocket

"Oh, just gonna make a withdrawal…so to speak."

One of the techniques that he was working on, before being kicked out of his home temporal nexus, was a way to drain energy for his opponents. Happosai, the Grandmaster of Anything Goes Martial Arts, was either lying or was mistaken when he indicated that Ranma could not master the Happo-Yen Shiatsu technique. After hanging out with Usagi for a number of years, either as a member of Starfleet or as an adventurer in some far-off dimension, he finally perfected a way to utilize this energy-draining technique without becoming a leech. Simply put, he used the 50-Yen piece as a focus to draw in energy directly. So…

Android 20 looked at Ranma, as Ranma began to glow. Suddenly, he began to feel weaker…

"What is…happening to me?" Android 20 demanded.

"You should know, you know," Ranma smirked. "After all, you do it all the time!"

"Impossible!" Piccolo said. "He's…draining the android!"

"Alright!"

"Yeah!"

"We CAN win this thing!"

"Go Ranma!"

"I will not be beaten yet!" said Android 20, as he suddenly took off.

"Hey!" yelled Vegeta, as he dusted himself from his fight between himself and Android 19. "I'm the one who's a Super Sayajin!"

"Well, you still have a chance to prove yourself, eh wot?" Ranma smirked, as he put away his coin.

"You'll get yours after I deal with Android 20!" Vegeta yelled, as he took off after the android.

"Yeah, right!"

"We got to go after them!" yelled Piccolo.

And thus, the Z Warriors gave in to the chase.

Meanwhile, Usagi tended to her son's welfare. If her healing techniques work, the antidote should work within a day's time.

A short time later, the Z Warriors ran into Trunks, Bulma, Yajirobee…and Mirai Trunks. Somehow, Mirai Trunks had arrived just in time to prevent Android 20, who turned out to be the late Dr. Gero, the creator of the Androids, from causing his family harm.

"Looks like this is the end of the line!" smirked Yamcha.

"Really? After I release Android 17 and 18, you won't feel so cocky!"

"WHAT?"

Mirai Trunks confirmed Dr. Gero's words. Android 19 and 20 were "red herrings" to the REAL threat to the world.

"We got to stop Gero from activating them!" yelled Trunks.

And so the Z Warriors tracked Gero down to his lab. Unfortunately, because of some missteps by Trunks, who accidentally blew up Dr. Gero's lab, the explosion released Android 17 and Android 18. What was not mentioned was a THIRD android…Android 16.

"Well, look what we have here?" said the male Android 17.

"It looks like we have company," the female Android 18 replied. "UNWANTED company."

Android 16, a rather large, Western-looking male (who wore a red Mohawk hairstyle) said nothing.

"You are nothing! I am a Sayajin Prince! If I can defeat that demented Gero, I can defeat you bucket of bolts!"

Ranma took stock of the situation.

These guys are different, Ranma thought to himself. Definitely cyborgs…well except for the big guy.

Vegeta took the initiative, and fought the female, blond Android 18. Vegeta, in spite of being a Super Sayajin, was having no advantage.

"Tell me, little man," 18 began, as she pummeled into the Sayajin Prince. "Is this good for you as it is for me?"

Before Vegeta could respond, 18 slammed Vegeta into the ground.

"Father, no!" Mirai Trunks roared, as he flew into 18, with sword raised in the air.

18 casually turned around and blasted the Trunks out of the sky.

"How-?" Trunks wondered, as he began to loose consciousness.

Ranma frowned. He quickly used his sensor to examine 18 more closely.

Oh, no! Ranma thought to himself. I got to warn-

"Get them!" Piccolo said, as the Z Warriors charged the Androids.

Oh, hell!

Usagi, taking a break from tending to Goku, when she received a mental picture of Ranma is a world of pain.

"RANMA!"

"What is it, Usagi?" Yamcha asked, who had accompanied Usagi to Master Roshi's place to attend to Goku's illness.

"Ranma and the others are in trouble. We got to help them!"

"But-"

"COME ON! Roshi, we'll be right back!"

Usagi grabbed Yamcha and Instant Teleported to Ranma's location…

When they got there, they saw a scene of destruction. Bodies were strewn all over the place.

"Oh, no! They're dead!" yelled Yamcha.

"Relax, they're okay," Usagi said, as she calmed down. Her friends were alive and functioning, and that's all that matter. She came across the prone body of the female Ranma-chan, who was slowly coming to.

"Aw, man…"

"Ranma, you okay?"

"Yeah, ow…"

Ranma-chan told Usagi what had happened after Goku had gotten sick. Worse, both Android 17 and 18 used the same energy frequency, as did Usagi.

"Crap," Usagi said. "Gero must have programmed these Androids based upon my own bio-statistics."

"Which is why my sword couldn't make a dent into her hide," Trunks said, as he got up.

"That's right," Usagi said, as she remembered Trunks telling her that her "Silver Millennium crystal was imbedded into the hilt of his sword. Unfortunately, it meant that something had happened to Usagi for such a jewel to be used in such a manner.

Mirai Trunks came from a possible future where Goku died, and the Z Fighters, including Ranma Saotome, had died fighting Gero's androids. Usagi, on the other hand, received a much devastating fate. Android 18, in an act of cruelty, removed Usagi's eyes, rendering permanently blind. In the years following that event, Usagi worked the forge, based upon the teachings she received the Asgardian dwarves. If neither she nor Gohan could stop the Androids, then an alternative had to be made. So while Gohan trained Trunks in secret, Usagi created a holy weapon that would be effective against Gero's creation. Being blind hindered her somewhat, but the weapon she created was unbreakable, and could cut anything except those with a good heart. Bulma found her best friend dead at her workbench, having successfully transferred a fragment of her essence into "The Sword of Serenity". Usagi would be buried where her adopted son Goku was also buried. Unfortunately, as it was discovered both Android 18 and 17 possessed ambient Silver Millennium energy, which enhanced their aura against the sword.

What no one knew at the time was that by traveling back into time, Trunks would cause a ripple effect across the space/time continuum. If successful, Trunks would insure that a future Usagi Tsukino would intervene in Mirai Trunks temporal loci by preventing HIS Gohan's untimely death at the hands of HIS Android 18 and 17. For now, though, Mirai Trunks must stop the "present" Android 17 and 18 (and now Android 16) from wreaking havoc on an unsuspecting world.

"So, what are we going to do, Usagi?" asked Trunks.

Usagi looked at Ranma, and Ranma simply nodded.

"We train."

Sometime later…

Usagi Tsukino, Ranma Saotome and the rest of the Z Fighters of the planet "Chikyuu" gathered together at "Kami's Place". Being something of a "ki" expert, Ranma was impressed with what he felt. He wished that he could have met Kami, before Piccolo had merged with the Earth guardian. Right now, it was decided groups of two would take turn in using the Hyperbolic Time chamber, a place where one day outside can equal one year within. As to who gets to use it first, Vegeta and Trunks would be the first to use it.

"Have fun you two!" said Goku.

"Shut up, Kakarot!" Vegeta replied, as he and Trunks entered the chamber.

"Alright, listen up," Piccolo began. "While the chamber is being used, we have two problems."

"Well, we know about the Androids," Usagi said, as she stared up into the sky, before turning towards the Namek. "So, what's the other problem?"

"There is…something out there draining the life out of people."

"Oh?"

Piccolo told the assembled group that Kami had sensed and perceived a menace that was terrorizing the countryside. Plus, there was still the problems concerning Gero's androids. So, instead of waiting around, Ranma, Sailor Moon, Piccolo, Krillan, Tien, Yamcha and Chaozu split into two teams. Unfortunately, Piccolo's group, which also consisted of Ranma, Yamcha and Chaozu, ran into...

BOOM!

"Bwah-hahahahahaha!" yelled this lizard, humanoid-like creature, as he lowered his outstretched hands.

"CELL!" yelled Piccolo, as he recovered from the blast. "You won't get away with your reign of terror!"

"I beg to differ, Namek," the android responded. "All you and your little friends can do is stave off the inevitable."

Then, Cell felt cuts all over its body.

"WHAT-!" Cell exclaimed as it saw its tail fall limp to the ground. "Who-?"

"Me," Ranma replied, as he became visible again. Even though he had promised to seal away the Saotome Forbidden Techniques, Ranma rather face this slight to his honor rather than let more people die. "Was that good enough for you?"

"Why you little brat!" Cell roared, as he went right after the martial artist.

"What are we going to do?" Chaozu asked Piccolo.

"Yeah!" said Yamcha.

"You two make sure that the civilians are out of harm's way," Piccolo replied. "Get going!"

And with that, Piccolo delivered a flying kick to intercept the menace.

POW!

Meanwhile, Sailor Moon, Tien and Krillan had tracked down the androids 16, 17 and 18, as they made their way first to Goku's house and then to Roshi's.

"We should go after them!" Tien said impatiently.

"Actually, I kinda like being back here," Krillan replied.

Moon had cast the "Eye of the Eagle" spell on herself, so that she could have telescopic-like vision.

"Patients, gentlemen," Moon replied, as she pressed a few buttons on her mini-computer. "We are here to observe, not to fight."

"I hate this waiting," Tien replied. "Besides, don't you have magic abilities or something?"

"I have many abilities, Tien-chan, but I need to know EXACTLY what we are dealing with. According to Trunks, I was defeated by the Androids because Dr. Gero was able to incorporate MY energy patterns into his designs. That's how they were able to withstand 'The Sword of Serenity'. We got to think smarter than that."

"I guess you're right," Krillan said.

"Besides, with this readings that I am relaying to Bulma, we might be able to find a weakness-"

BOOM!

"Damn!" Moon shouted, as she dropped her equipment. "Come on!"

"What's happening?" yelled Krillan, as he took off after Moon.

"The Androids are threatening civilians!"

"Wait for me!" yelled Tien.

For the next 24 hours, a two-front war took place. While one group was fighting Cell, the other group was fighting the Androids. Moon would learn that the Androids were equipped with an "anti-magic aura", hindering even her potent Sailor Senshi powers. Moon faired better than expected, being a more experienced fighter than the rest of the Z Warriors.

"Why won't you go down!" yelled Android 18, as she hovered over the fallen Sailor Moon. As blood trickled from her lips, Moon rose. She could see the prone bodies of her allies from afar.

"Because…because…because you are trying to kill my son Goku…YOU WITCH!"

She needed to teach this woman a lesson for attacking her friends and family. She needed to do so NOW…

Moon's rage grew, as she drew in the ambient energy around her. From space, the ambient energies from where the Moon once orbited began to coalesce and pour into Moon's very being. Her magic may be useless, but what she was about to do did not rely on "mana".

"Ka…me…ha…me…HA!" Moon roared, as she released her biggest "Kamehameha Wave" yet.

"YAAAAAAAAAH-!" Android 18 yelled, as she shielded her self.

"18!" 17 yelled, as he went to move 18 out of harms way.

"No-!" Moon yelled, as she collapsed with exhaustion.

Meanwhile, Android 16 was busy playing with a pet bird to really care about the fight.

"YOU!" 18 yelled. "You will pay for that!"

"I don't THINK so," said a voice.

"Piccolo…?" Krillan struggled to say.

"So, you want to interfere, Namek?" 17 sneered. "Fine. I'm itching for a second round.

"Usagi? USAGI!"

Moon turned towards the source of the one who called her name.

"Ranma?"

"Yeah. We lost track of Cell, so we wanted to check up on you guys."

"I'm sorry for failing you guys."

"Hey, the war is far from over. Come. Let's go back to Kami's place. The rest of the crew can take over from here."

And with that, Ranma Saotome took Sailor Moon into his arms, and flew away. He knew that Chaozu had senzu beans on him, so the Krillan and Tien will be fine.

Over the next few days, the Z Warriors took turns training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Once Cell reached his "perfect" form, thanks to a tactical error on Vegeta's part, it really became imperative that those who could fight had to train hard. It was a good thing that Cell declared a temporary cease-fire, in order to allow to prepare for the so-called "Cell Games". Once Goku and Gohan had completed their training, Vegeta went back into the training chamber for more training. This time, however, he took Ranma with him.

"But Father-" began Trunks.

"But NOTHING!" Vegeta sneered. "We had our quality time, so there!"

"Vegeta, you have to share the space," Goku said. "Everyone here should get a shot."

"Fine, fine. I'll take the fem-boy!" Vegeta replied, as he pointed to Ranma.

"Fine by me," Ranma said, as he cracked his knuckles. "You've been riding me ever since I got here. Bring it on!"

"Heh. You'll regret saying that, fem-boy!"

At the start of the one-year training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Ranma donned the Sayajin armor.

"You're ready, fem-boy?" Vegeta said, as he folded his arms. "I need something to hit."

Ranma, who was still trying to get used to the heavier gravity, stood his ground.

"Ready…shorty," Ranma smirked, as he got into a fighting stance.

"We'll see, fem-boy. We'll see."

A day later, outside of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber…

"I hope Ranma's okay," Usagi said, as she paced back and forth. She and Goku had just gotten back from celebrating Gohan's birthday, so now Goku will assist in his adoptive mother's training.

"It's okay, Usagi," Goku replied. "I have faith that Vegeta won't push things TOO far."

"…"

"Trust on this."

"If you say so, Goku."

Then the doors of the training area opens…

"Look," Mr. Popo, the caretaker of Kami's Lookout, said.

Vegeta, ever the proud Sayajin prince, strolls out.

"Well?" asked Goku.

"The fem-boy was…adequate. What he lacks in power, he made up in skill."

"Hey, you KNOW it wasn't THAT easy for you, shorty."

Coming out from behind was Ranma.

"Hey, guys."

"RANMA!" Usagi cried, as she hugged her long time friend. "Hey…you feel great?"

"Never been better," Ranma replied. "Got to hand to Vegeta. He certainly knows how to push a guy beyond his limits."

"What do you mean, Ran-chan?"

"Look at that tree over there," Ranma said, as he made a casual swipe at one of Mr. Popo's palm trees.

SWISH!

With using small amounts of ki, Ranma sliced the tree into ribbons.

"My poor palm tree!" Mr. Popo cried.

"Ranma!" Usagi admonished, as she prepared a revival spell. "Shame on you! Don't worry, Mr. Popo. I heal your tree."

"Hey, I only wanted to demonstrate my potency, ya know!"

"Wait a minute. You could only do stuff like that when you're in the throes of the Cat Fist!"

"Yeah, so?"

Usagi took a look at her friend's aura. It seemed cat-like.

"You…you…"

"Yes, I finally mastered the Cat Fist."

"But…how?"

"Thank Vegeta for being rough during training. It took a lot of need and will to use every bit of my arsenal…and then some. You know that I have a knack of beating stronger opponents when necessary."

"You did not beat me, fem-boy!" Vegeta interjected. "That was a lucky shot!"

"It worked, didn't it?"

"Humph!"
"Well, I for one am glad you're okay," Usagi said, as she gave Ranma a peck on the cheek.

"I'm glad that you care, Usagi."

"Usagi, it's time to train," Goku said.

"Well, see you in a year," Usagi said, as she went inside the chamber with Goku.

"Good luck, Usagi!" Ranma said.

"I'm bored," Vegeta said. "Let's spar."

"Tomorrow," Ranma replied. "I'm going to Master Roshi's to relax. See ya!"

And with that, Ranma took to the sky proudly. He was a lot stronger, faster and tougher than he has ever been. Plus, he was able to come up with new techniques to boot. If he went back home now, he doubted that even his old rivals could keep up with him.

For now, he has one goal in mind: protect the Princess. Hopefully his training will pay off.

And now...

When the day of the Cell Games finally arrived, all were ready. All of the Z Fighters were ready, including Ranma and Usagi (who was in her Sailor Moon guise). Unfortunately, a professional showman named "Mr. Hercule" and his cronies showed up and made complete fools of them selves.

"I WILL POUND YOU TO THE GROUND!" yelled Hercule, as he delivered a series of blows.

POW!

SMACK!

"Heh," Ranma said, glad that the fake fighter was sent into a nearby cliff. "Maybe we can get serious for a change."

After Perfect Cell took care of Hercule, he invited Goku to the "mat".

"Come, let us begin."

"Let's," Goku replied, as he took a stance.

As the fight got underway, Gohan pointed out something.

"Why is Dad not taking the fight seriously?"

"You mean, he's not using all of his power?" asked Krillan.

"You don't think Goku spent two times in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for nothing, eh?"

"Eh, I guess not, Usagi."

Then, Goku and Perfect Cell stopped fighting.

"Let's get serious," Perfect Cell smirked.

"Sure, why not?" Goku replied.

Both fighters began to power up. Both of their auras grew bright, and shook the Earth itself.

"Wow!" Yamcha.

"Yep, Goku is an Ascended Sayajin," Krillan replied.

Perfect Cell began to trade blows with Goku at a level that was unbelievable. Each blow created a shock wave.

"What's going on?" Hercule cried. Even he began to believe that what he witnessed was very much real.

And then, Goku raised his hand.

"Cell, you win," Goku replied.

"What!"

Goku knew that he had reached an apex. It was time to go to Phase Two.

"You know, you win," Goku replied calmly. "I don't think I can beat you."

"Then I might as well destroy this planet now."

"However, I can offer to an alternative: my son Gohan."

"Really? Bring him forth."

Gohan nervously stepped forth.

"I'm not sure that I can, Dad."

"You can do it, Son."

And so the fight between Gohan and Perfect Cell begins. Unfortunately, Gohan's lack of confidence proved to be his undoing.

"Goku, you got to do something!" yelled Krillan.

"What?" asked Goku

"Goku, he lacks the confidence to get stronger," Piccolo exclaimed. "You should have known that!"

"Oh, no!" Goku exclaimed. "Krillan, get me the senzu beans!"

"Oh, no you don't!" said Perfect Cell, as he snatched the senzu beans after intercepting them. He was STILL at his physical peak.

"You can't beat us all, you know," Ranma said, ash he got into a loose stance.

"Oh, that can be remedied," replied P. Cell. Then, with a grunt, ten eggs began to shoot out of what's left of his tail.

"What the heck it that?" Yamcha asked.

Usagi performed a "See Aura" technique. Her eyes widened.

"Guys, hold on!" Usagi said, as she performed a series of hand gestures.

"Earth, hear my plea!"

"Grant thy allies renewed health, with the greatest source of fresh chi!"

All the Z Fighters felt a surge of energy coursing through their bodies. Very few of Usagi's friends knew of her magic abilities.

"WHAT?" P. Cell yelled. He never expected this.

"What's going on, Usagi?" Ranma asked.

"Those 'things' are little versions of Cell."

"I don't know how you managed to do what you did, girl, but it won't help you!"

"Gohan, I know you can do it," Usagi said. Then, she touched her godson's forehead. She then showed a dark vision, where P. Cell stood victorious.

"No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Gohan cried.

Suddenly, Usagi was knocked off her feet, as Gohan's rage fueled his power. He was not about to let P. Cell do what he saw in his mind.

And thus, Son Gohan achieved the second Super-Sayajin level.

"Ah, now we have something here!" P. Cell said with a smirk.

"Yes, he did it!" Goku. "Guys, let's concentrate on these mini-Cells, while Gohan takes care of Perfect Cell."

With that, all the Z-Fighters fought hard. In spite of their size, each mini-Cell was almost as powerful as Perfect Cell. However, Usagi's spell allowed the Z Fighters to have a measurable increase of energy to sustain them.

"Fool! I am a Sayajin Prince. GATLIN GUN!"

"You can't get me! DESTRUCTO DISK!"

"Heh. SCREW BEAM!"

"Ha! MOKO TAKABISHA: PERFERCT!"

"Gohan, keep it up! Moon Crescent BEAM!"

With a fueled spirit, the Z Fighters continued to fight.

"Why aren't my children crushing these fools?" P. Cell wondered, as he felt himself a weakening by Gohan's onslaught.

"A rather interesting spell, Cell-chan,"Moon said, as she ducked and weaved. "My side is drawing energy from the biggest sources of chi on this planet. Guess what, Cell? You and your crew are it."

"How is, ugh, Gohan managing?" Yamcha asked.

"He's bleeding chi, too. But he's source of chi outstrips Cell's levels."

The battle eventually ended, with each mini-Cell being destroyed by a Z Fighter, leaving Perfect Cell by himself. Knowing this, Usagi cancelled the spell with the snap of her fingers.

POW!

With a punch in the stomach, P. Cell began to convulse.

"BLAH!"

Out popped the female Android 18. When that happened, Cell reverted back to his second stage.

"Nooooo! I won't let you win!"

And so Cell began to expand.

Oh, no you don't! Moon thought. She rushed towards Cell, phased into him and came out with…

"Hey! It's that Android 17!" Krillan proclaimed.

"Ahhhhhhhh!"

Usagi had expected Cell to decrease in size, but his instability was accelerating his energy levels.

"Oh, no!" exclaimed Gohan. "I failed and the Earth is going to die!"

"Don't worry son, it's going to be alright."

Goku went over to Cell, and prepared to use his Instant Transmission.

"Good-bye."

But before Goku left, Usagi touched her old friend.

"Mind if I hitched a ride?" Usagi asked, as she touched her friends mind.

"Wha-?"

ZAP!

And all three combatants were gone.

"Usagi? Usagi!" cried Ranma.

"DAD!" Gohan cried.

"GOKU!" cried Krillan.

In the space where the old planet Namek once existed…

Goku,Moon and Cell were teleported among a throng of asteroids. Moon immediately switched to her Cosmic Forge-made armor, and fed her life force to Goku, who was rendered unconscious by the vacuum of space.

I got to get us out of here!Moon thought, as she began to accelerate out of the area quickly…

BOOM!

"What is that?" King Kai asked himself, as he looked on.

ZAP!

Usagi managed to use the Instant Transmission to get to King Kai's small planet, with Goku in tow, at the last minute.

"King…Kai…"

And so Moon, too, joined the land of unconsciousness.

Meanwhile…

ZAP!

BLAM!

"Trunks!" Krillan cried, as his new friend went down for the count.

"You honestly think that you could defeat me?"

Perfect Cell had returned. Apparently, a single cell had survived from the explosion, and had mimic Goku's Instant Transmission technique. And like any Saiyajin, Cell was stronger than ever!

"Thanks to your friend Goku, I now know the Instant Transmission. But first, I have a planet to destroy!"

"NOOOOOOOOO!" Vegita, Gohan and Ranma yelled, as they began to blast P. Cell. Piccolo, Tien, Yamcha and Krillan began to join the fray.

And thus the battle continued. Alone, none of the Z-Fighters stood a chance. However, the apparent deaths of the heart and soul of their crew fueled their need to rid the universe of a terrible.

"You cannot stop me!" yelled P. Cell, as he fired off a Kamehameha Wave.

"This is for Usagi!" yelled Ranma, as he performed his Perfect Moko Takabisha.

"This is for Father!" yelled Gohan blasted Cell with his own Super Kamehameha Wave.

"This is for my son!" yelled Vegita, as he fired off hid Gatlin Gun.

"This for a warrior," Piccolo interjected, as he blasted cell with his Screw Beam.

"And this is for a friend!" Yamcha, Tien and Krillan yelled, as they all delivered their attacks.

The combined blast was enough to tear through P. Cell defenses…

"YEAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGH-!"

…And it was just enough to destroy the monster known as Cell completely.

Gohan looked into the sky.

"Father…"

"You sure you can't doing anything about it, King Kai?" Goku asked.

"I'm afraid not, Goku," King Kai responded. "The dimensional walls between the Otherworld and your world are too solidified to travel through right now. With you guys throwing around all that energy, the natural laws of the physical and spiritual worlds is a bit scrambled. I can't even contact anyone through that barrier! Sigh, at any rate, in a year, you can try to return home."

"Drat."

At the moment, Usagi was just getting up. She had overheard King Kai's proclamation about their situation. So, for now, she was stuck in Otherworld.

"Yawn Good morning Goku," Usagi said.

"Hey, Usagi! King Kai just-"

"I heard. I'm just wondering what we should do in the mean time."

"Well," King Kai began, "You can always train."

"Oh, that's right! But where can we train? Here?"

"Actually, I was thinking of visiting an old friend on the planet of the Grand Kai. You'll find lots of new training there."

"Well, Usagi?" asked Goku.

Usagi looked at her long time friend.

"Sure, why not? We can't do anything about it now."

And thus a new adventure begins.

Ranma would return to Earth to inform Starfleet of what had happened. However, thanks to the time difference, he would end up seeing Usagi again a few days later...

"I'm sorry about what happened to Usagi, sir," Ranma said, as he visited the home of the retiring Captain James T. Kirk, which was a large sailing vessel that was docked on the San Francisco Bay.

"Um, Mr. Saotome, there's something that you need to know-"

"No, it's my fault to allow her to sacrifice her life the way she did."

"But Ranma-"

"So I'm going to offer you my resignation-"

"Well, then, we should throw you a retirement party," said a familiar voice.

Ranma turned around, and saw-

"USAGI!"

"Hey, Ranma," Usagi said, as she ate her bag of poki sticks. She was dressed in shorts and a bikini top. She had just come from the boat's guest room.

Ranma ran to Usagi, and hugged her tightly.

"Hey! I'm eating here!"

"Um, sorry. I'm just glad to see you again. So...what have you been doing?"

"Training. You want to see?"

"Yeah."

"Okay."

Usagi sat her bag, and flexed...

FWOOSH!

Now, Usagi was nearly 6'5, and fully muscled (without being too much). Her spikey, blond hair was slightly longer, and her eyes were green.

"Wow," Ranma said, as he read Usagi's aura.

FWOOP!

Now Usagi was her normal, 5'11 self.

"Tell me about. After Cell blew up, Goku and I were trapped in a parallel dimensioncalled'Other World'. So, I trained with Goku to kill time. Once it was safe to do so, I came back here."

"So, when did you...?"

"Last night. I stayed overthe Captain's placeafter I learned that SOMEONE had locked me out of my place."

"Well...Ithought you had died, you know."

"Well, I'm touch that you cared, Ranchan," Usagisaid with a kiss on Ranma'sright cheek.

And then, the twonoticed something.

"Captain!" Usagi and Ranma exclaimed, as they ran to the side of the boat. When they got there, they see a wet James Kirk climbing back on board.

"The things I put up with," Kirk says. Apparently, Usagi's display of power had knocked Kirkliterally off his feet.

Meanwhile...

As for the rest of the Z Fighters, with Shen Long's inability to either contact Goku and Usagi or resurrect them, they assumed the worst. Gohan took the lost hard, but, strangely enough, Mirai Trunks assured everyone involved that Goku and Usagi will return someday. With that, Mirai Trunks returned to his proper space and time in his time machine…

WHISH!

Mirai Trunks returned to the same place where he originally left. As he got out of his time machine, he noticed a familiar face.

"Masters! I was successful."

"Congratulations, kid," Gohan said, as he shook his student's hand.

"I'm glad, Trunks," Usagi replied, as she hugged her student. "Come, your mother cooked up a feast for your return…"

As Trunks went inside the Briefs compound, he was greeted by the love of his life Usama. Usama was the fusion of Ranma's female side and Usagi, who had been found on the inter-dimensional slave pen when an older Usagi had visited Rifts Earth's Atlantis. After a brief rescue, Usagi took her to an Earth where Goku had died from an alien virus, and the Androids 18 and 17 began to dominate the planet. When Trunks was thirteen years old, Usagi had visited that world just in time to save Gohan's life vis-à-vis his resurrection. Together, the two fought the Android pair after a series of battles, while the two trained Mirai Trunks for his true calling: time traveling into the past. A year before Trunks made his journey into the past the Androids attacked his masters…and lost! Rather than destroying the two, Usagi and Bulma reprogrammed them, allowing the two to have " a conscious". Now they are well-adjusted people. In fact…

"There you are," Android 18 said with a smirk. "What took you so long?"

"Sorry, hon," Gohan replied, as he hugged his wife. It's still hard to believe that she and her brother had killed him. "I just wanted to give Trunks a proper homecoming."

Before entering his mother's home, Trunks is greeted by the love of his life...

"So…" Usama Saotome began. Usama looks like Ranma's female form, but with pink hair. She was the result of a "fusion" mishap of Ranma and Usagi's personas, when Ranma and Usagi had merged to defeat a great foe. In the end, Usama was allowed to live as a unique person, and has been an adventurer ever since. It was only when she visited her "mother" on "alt-Chikyuu" that she met Mirai Trunks. The two hit it off, and, thus, the rest is history.

"So…" Trunks began likewise.

"Um, you want to talk after dinner, Trunks?"

"Um, sure. I would like that."

When everyone gathered in the dinning hall, Android 17 came out with a roast.

"Dinner's serve!" 17 said, as he brought the main course from the kitchen.

"Great, I'm starved!" Trunks said.

"Me, too!" said Gohan.

"Humph!" said their respective girls.

"Dear, will you do the honors?" Bulma asked.

"Sure," 17 replied, as he began to cut the roast, while Bulma portioned out the rest of the food on the table.

Usagi was still amazed that Bulma and 17's mutual loneliness would attract each other to the other.

"I would like to propose a toast," Gohan said.

Everyone raised their glasses into the air.

"May this household be symbolic to the recovery of the Earth."

And with that, everyone sat down to eat.

Tbc.

A/N: More to come. See you then!