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Disclaimer: "Sailor Moon", "Captain America" and others belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a "fusion" story.
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"Aw, man," mused Ranma Saotome, the teenaged, aqua-transsexual martial artist, as he sat on a large boulder in the vacant lot. "What a day." First, he got into an argument with his fiancée Akane Tendo over Ranma's idea of taking his student, Usagi Tsukino, on a short training journey. Then, he got into even more trouble when his other fiancées found out about his plan. And then, his rivals found out about his plans, thanks to a certain mercenary girl. So, after a quick scuffle and a boot into the near-stratosphere, Ranma finds himself in the vacant lot, where he is to have his next session with Usagi. He is hoping that he could get through that session without any interference. Finally, fifteen minutes into his scheduled session, Ranma saw Usagi entering the lot. However, instead of seeing a usual jubilant Usagi, Ranma could an aura of depression surrounding the girl."Usagi, you're late," Ranma began evenly. "You know what that means."
As part of the training regiment, Ranma includes punishment exercises. Some of which involve running with meat tied to the runner…while dogs are giving chase. However, Ranma rarely have to initiate such a thing, since Usagi has been a consistent attendee of their sessions.
"Um," Usagi began nervously. "I've come to tell you that I won't be training anymore."
"What's going on?" Ranma asked. Has he been too hard on her?
"It's just that…I don't want to be a martial artist anymore…or Sailor Moon.
"I see," Ranma said, as he remembered an incident that involved him and Usagi going against the team-up of Kumon Ryu and Panyhose Toru. Ryu wanted to unseal the "Saotome Secret Techniques" by issuing a new challenge to Ranma, this time with the help of Taru. Taru decided to help Ryu in exchange for his help with the hentai martial arts master Happosai. So when Ryu and Toru faced Ranma, it was during one of his sessions with Usagi. The fight between the duos was pretty normal, until Taru went "monster". After being thrown out of the area, Usagi changed into her Sailor Moon guise and went back into the fray. Long story short, Ranma and Usagi won the fight, trouncing Ryu and Taru in the process. Later, Ranma revealed that he knew that Usagi was Sailor Moon, in spite of her aura distortion field. After all, one's fighting style was like a fingerprint to the trained eye. Since then, Ranma took his role as Usagi's teacher much more seriously, feeling that Usagi as a superhero would be reflected on the amount of training Ranma initiated. "If you want that, I can't stop you. At least tell me why."
Ranma, who was still trying to learn emotional maturity, took the chance to become more involved with his student.
Usagi looked up to her teacher, as tears began to stream down her cheeks.
"It's my fault, Ranma…"
"What happened?" Ranma asked.
Sitting down on Ranma's rock, Usagi began her story…
"Sacrifice, Part 1""…And in today's news, the latest Justice League of America and Justice Society of America have netted the capture of the villains Despero and Johnny Sorrow. Thanks to them, and other superhero teams like the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and many others, peace has returned to the United States. Long-term damage is not known at this time, but the cost will be great indeed.
"And in other news, the search for Captain America continues. Rumor has it that representatives of the Avengers and the U.S. government have been sent to the home islands to continue their search for this legendary hero.
"This is Trish Takahara, reporting for Channel 7 news."
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"I hope uncle's okay," Usagi said sadly, as she shuts off her television.
"I'm sure that the Americans know what they are doing, Usa-chan," Ami commented, she continued her homework.
"Why are you worried about some American superhero?" Rei says, as she reads her manga comic. "Honestly, you ought to emulate that hunky Sunfire instead."
Usagi rolls her eyes.
"Besides, your primary responsibility is to find the Moon Princess," Luna says, as she hops onto Rei's coffee table. "I want you to focus on that."
"You guys don't understand," Usagi said, as she plopped down on the couch. "Uncle Steve saved my life. He helped me to focus on hard work and a belief in the being the best I can be. I can't forget THAT."
"Be as it may, finding the Moon Princess is key in stopping the machinations of the Negaverse. Plus, they have human allies trying to find the owner of your shield. I can't risk you jeopardizing our mission."
"Whatever. Look, I'm going out on patrol. You three have fun."
"Usagi, wait-!" Luna began.
"Let her go, Luna," Ami said, as she closed her notebook.
"Yeah," interjected Rei, as she picked up another manga comic. "She's under enough stress as it is."
"I agree," said Ami. "Have some faith in her. You'd be surprise by the results."
"Sigh. I'll try."
Thirty minutes later, Sailor Moon finds herself sitting on a plank at Tokyo Tower, while over looking the city of Tokyo. Her vision and hearing was sharper than most people, so she's more than ready to act if necessary.
"Sigh. They don't understand."
Then, Sailor Moon felt a presence. Slowly, she slung her shield on her forearm. Then, she leaped from her seating position…
…And landed in front of the two people who were spying on her.
"What do you want?" Sailor Moon demanded.
"Whoa! We don't mean any harm," Justice said as he hovered above the gangplank.
"Yes," his female partner Firestar said, as her flame aura allowed her to hover likewise. "We just want to talk."
Sailor Moon, who was still upset about her discussion with Luna earlier, was not in the mood to talk.
"Sorry, but I'm not in the mood to play 'Twenty Questions'," Sailor Moon said, as she turned to walk away from the Avengers.
"We have to know what happened to Captain America," Justice says. "And, how is it that you have his Shield?"
Sailor Moon slowly turns. She didn't know who these people were, but she did recognize them from the various news feeds. Still…
"If you want your answers, let's play a game."
"What game is that?" asked Firestar nervously.
"All you have to do is catch me."
And with that, Sailor Moon leaped off the plank.
"Justice!" Firestar cried.
"I'm on it!" Justice said, as the two went after the mysterious girl.
While the two Avengers went down, Sailor Moon had performed a reversal and went towards the top of the tower. Thanks to Ranma's training, she moved fast enough to literally slip through the air quietly as she climbed to greater heights. Once she got to a higher elevation, Moon found her niche.
"Idiots," Moon said to herself.
"Indeed," said a voice from behind.
Moon turned around to see a ninja-clad female and her band of ninjas. For a few weeks now, The Hand, a ninja syndicate, has been tailing her. Moon has tried to avoid this group as much as possible, but, now, she was in the mood to work out her frustrations.
"We want to talk to you about that Shield of yours. Or…"
"Or what? You want a fight, you got it!" Moon said, before charging at the assembled group.
On a nearby building, a man can be seen smoking his favorite cigar.
"Hmmm," the man said, as he used his binoculars to observe what was going on at Tokyo Tower. "I'm impressed, kid, but you got a lot to learn…if you want to fill those big shoes of yours."
Tossing aside his equipment, the man took off his eye patch and adjusted his uniform. Then he flexed his wrists.
SNIKT
"Better make sure that the girl doesn't make a mistake,"
Tbc.