AN: I asked at the Temple of Ranma's Senshi Seifuku for some ideas for attacks for Dark Usagi, AKA Dark Moon AKA Ranma. I got an excellent list from GenocideHeart. I thank him immensely, for I am not only using the list, it, along with a few other things, such as your reviews, changed the way I started this chapter. I got a great, if somewhat been done similar before I'm sure idea, that changed the whole way this chapter was going to go. And it's so much better for it to. So I thank GenocideHeart, not only for the attack list, but helping give me a better idea for how to do this chapter. I will list Dark Moon's attacks at the bottom of this chapter in my second Authors Note. Thank you GenocideHeart from me, and you that read this should thank him too.

RANMA DARK MOON

CHAPTER TWO

DEATH OF ONE AND REBIRTH OF TWO

Tendo house: The next day at 6:15 PM

Ranma looked at the vile Cologne had in her hands. The vile that signified the end of manhood. "Cologne," Ranma asked, actually calling her by proper name at this moment, it was that important to Ranma.

"Yes, Ranma?" Cologne asked.

"I gotta ask, even though I don't got no choice in taking it, is this permanent? Can it be undone if we find a cure?" Ranma asked in some fear of the answer.

"Ranma, this potion was developed by the Amazon tribe to lock warriors we had cursed ourselves. We never made an antidote. I don't even know if we can make one, and to be honest, no one in the tribe will want to try." Cologne told a Ranma whose final hope of keeping her manhood shattered.

"Fine, I understand. Give it to me." Ranma said. As she took it, she seized up, dropping the potion, spilling it all over the floor, as she collapsed into unconsciousness.

Cologne gasped in shock, and backed away from Ranma, feeling slightly unease. Kasumi and Ryoga came in, stopping at the doorway. Ryoga gritted his teeth and walked forward to Cologne.

"What happened to Ranma? And why does this room feel so, so terrible?" Ryoga asked, getting used to the feeling of the room. He no longer wanted to run out of there, and was now just, really annoyed.

"Ranma's male side must have died before she took the potion. And as to this feeling, it is coming from Ranma, her aura is changing, it's becoming something negative, something that induces this high level of fear around her." Cologne said in a whisper.

"What will happen to Ranma?" Will she be alright?" Ryoga asked, taking Cologne's cue to address Ranma in the female gender.

"I don't know. It could be Ranma will wake just fine, but I have a bad feeling Ranma will awake changed by the magic that finally finished infusing into her." Cologne said in the same whispering tone. "Lets get her into bed." She finished.

"Let's use my bed." Kasumi said coming in from the doorway, facing the feeling of dread that surrounded the living room. "His futon on the floor in his room must be uncomfortable." She said stopping a foot from Ranma's form. Gritting her teeth, she came up to Ranma and got her by her shoulders. Ryoga then ran up and took her legs, wincing as he touched her. Cologne led the way, and the tucked Ranma into Kasumi's bed. They then sat around the room, or in Cologne's case perched.

They then talked of what to do when Ranma awoke, making no real plans, because all things depended on how Ranma would react on waking.

In Ranma's mind

Ranma was in his girl form, in nothingness. Well not total nothingness, there WAS one thing here. A black crystal the size and mass of her body. Ranma was drawn to it, and as she instinctively reached out with her right hand, and touched it with her middle finger of that hand, she was racked with knowledge, knowledge and memories not her own. She screamed in pain as her mind was filled with things she never did, pain she never caused, pain she never felt. Ranma spent hours in her mind, fighting the memories, keeping herself, herself. In the end, Ranma was victorious over the memories that this crystal imparted, keeping the useful bit of knowledge readily accessible, and locking the things that had threatened her way in the deepest part of her subconscious she could. Ranma knew she was only mostly successful in keeping herself, herself, but it was as good as she was going to get.

Then Ranma went to sleep in her own mind, exhausted from the battle with the memories.

When she awoke in her mind, still unconscious to the real world, she stretched and said, "God she was a bitch." Standing up, and walking towards the light that she instinctively knew was reality, she said, "I hope I never meet those people. I can't remember everything, but all the people in her life were really bad. But I can't remember them, just feelings of them. Ha, I guess most of her is fading away now. Well if I'm lucky I'll never meet these people I can't remember. So of course I will." Ranma said darkly. She knew her luck. And with that said, she stepped through the portal in her mind that led to reality.

Tendo house: Kasumi's room: the next day: around 9:00 AM

Ranma awoke feeling strange, she knew she had just done something important, but for the life of her could remember what. As she saw the sleeping forms of Kasumi Ryoga and Cologne, she said, "Hey, what's going on?"

As they awoke they still felt the affects of the aura Ranma was putting out, though they were pretty much used to it. "Ranma, your male side died, and you lapsed into unconsciousness, and your aura started to change. It now, I can see has finished changing. Do you notice what you're doing with it?" Cologne asked Ranma, hopping she could shed some light on the subject.

Ranma closed her eyes and concentrated on her aura. It was now a dark and negative thing, almost evil, but not quite. But Ranma realized that she could now so easily do things she would never do before, because her very nature had changed over night. Ranma knew before she was a very good person, and it came easily to her to be that way. But now, it seemed she was still a good person wanting to do the right thing, but it would be easy for her to do things she would never do, like hurt somebody for fun, how could she even think of that? Ranma thought to herself, but she knew it was true. As she examined her self she knew, she was no longer a truly good person, for truly good people don't have to fight with themselves to do good. She knew she still wanted to do good things, and still could do good things, but it was in her nature now to, not do them as easily. Then as she opened her eyes she said "I'm no longer who I was. I was a good person, and now I want to do good, but it's like that is opposite my true nature now. It's like I have an evil aura and soul, with a good mind and heart. Cologne what the hell happened to me!" Ranma screamed.

"Ranma, obliviously this magical power that was infused into you is inherently evil in nature. It speaks well of you that you can control it so well, and not have it control you. I think in a lesser person, the powers evil nature would have totally corrupted them. But this does not totally explain the feeling of unease around you, Ranma." Cologne said to Ranma, and the rest of the room as well.

"Oh, that's the Fear Flare." Ranma said unthinkingly, as her mind was on what else Cologne had said. Realizing what she said, she exclaimed "Wait! How the hell did I know that? Oh shit!" Ranma exclaimed in exasperation. "I really am, aren't I?" Ranma asked herself.

"What Ranma? You really are a what? Cologne asked in worry.

"I remembered something, something I don't know how I remembered. A few magical attacks, one of which makes the Hiryü Shöten Ha seem utterly weak. I don't even want to think about the damage I can do with that one." Ranma said slightly shivering. "I'm a magical girl now aren't I?"

"Ok, Ranma if you say so." Cologne said, thinking of what an attack that could make the ultimate Amazon technique look weak is like. Deciding she really didn't want to know, and hoped it was never used around her she said, "Yes I think it is obvious Ranma, that you have, as you said, 'turned into a magical girl.' The Magic that killed your male side and the subsequent happenings are proof of this. Now can you explain this Fear Flare, and turn it off?" Cologne asked.

"No I can't turn it off. I wish I could. It's an aura attack that's always on, to one degree or another, which makes it so every one around me is scared." Ranma said looking down.

"That's tough Ranma. I know you don't like to scare people." Ryoga said supportively.

"Yeah, most of me hates it, but a small part, reviles in it." Ranma admitted.

"Oh, that's ok, just don't let that part get to big Ranma." Kasumi said kindly.

"I won't, believe me I won't." Ranma told Kasumi.

"Well it's time for breakfast. Won't the two of you join us?" Kasumi asked, totally changing the subject away from Ranma and her problems. As Ranma's stomach growled to the thought of food Cologne nodded her affirmative, While Ryoga said "Your food is always appreciated Kasumi. Thanks for the offer. Um can some one lead me to the table?" he asked embarrassed. Ranma sighed and held out her had saying, "Come on, if you can watch over me for over a day, I can get you to your meal." Ryoga took Ranma's hand, noticing that the unease was both greater and lesser when touching her compared to last time, but how that was possible he couldn't figure out.

As they waited for the food, they had the T.V. on in the background, turned to the local news station, because Kasumi wanted to hear the news as she worked. Then a story on the latest Youma attack in Juban got her out of the kitchen faster then Ranma can eat. As she perched on the couch, enthralled by her heroines fighting, the announcer spoke "And it seems the Sailor Senshi again managed to beat the Youma threat, but this reporter wonders if it was too close a thing this time. See what I mean." As Kasumi watched, Cologne then Ranma leading Ryoga came to watch as well.

As Ranma saw the fight, she knew something was wrong with the picture. "What are THEY doing here?" Ranma cried. It was not the Senshi, though they looked so familiar, like a half forgotten memory, no it was the Youma and the Soldiers. She recognized them, or what they were, on a subconscious level. She knew they held the answers to her problems, and she would get those answers out of them if she had to kill them to do it! As she turned and headed to the door, Kasumi asked "Ranma what's wrong? Where are you going?"

"To Juban! Those things have the answer as to what happened to me! I don't know how I know that, I just do! And there going to tell me what's going on, or I'll massacre them!"

"Ranma, can't it wait till after breakfast?" Kasumi said, shocked at Ranma's attitude, but willing to let it slide for now.

"Yes Ranma, eat. Then I'll go with you, after getting Duck-boy to clean the restaurant to day while I keep it closed, and bring Shampoo with us. I need to examine this with you. I'm still not sure all of what is going on, but if demons are involved, I think you'll need some help Ranma." Cologne told Ranma in an 'I'm not taking no for an answer." tone.

"You're not leaving me out of this one Saotome!" Ryoga exclaimed, then lightning the mood he said, "You can't go any where with out your bodyguard can you?" he said smiling all the while.

Ranma moaned, and knew she had lost. "Fine, after breakfast." She said "And my bodyguard can't get anywhere with out me to hold his hand, now can he." She said laughing.

So Kasumi went back to making the breakfast, while Cologne borrowed the phone to tell Shampoo they were going to Juban today, and ordered Mousse to clean the restaurant while she was gone.

And then they sat down to breakfast, with Ranma thinking "I'm finally going to get some answers, even if I have to beat it out of something."

AN: Ok, next chapter we go to Juban and Ranma and the Senshi meet! I wonder how that will turn out? And will Ranma get the answers she's looking for? And what will she even do with them if she can get them? Find out in the next chapter.

And as promised, here is Dark Moon's attacks, as made by GenocideHeart. Thank you again for this list.

Fear Flare - This is a passive skill: a terror field surrounding Dark Moon will cause lesser beings to either flee her presence or drop to their knees in fear. Only strong-willed characters can shrug it off. It's semipermanently active, in that even when not fighting, Dark Moon emits a repressed aura of malice that instinctively scares whoever's nearby. It's kind of a Turn Undead spell from D&D, only in reverse.

Dead Moon Damnation - The counterpart to Moon Healing Escalation. The target will start turning to stone if struck. Knocking Dark Moon unconscious can stop the stoning process, but a fully stoned character can only be released by Dark Moon herself - or possibly by Usagi's Moon Healing Escalation itself.

Dead Moon Vortex - The counterpart to Moon Tiara Action, and Dark Moon's most commonly used attack. Unlike Sailor Moon, Dark Moon attacks by focusing negative energy through the palm of her right hand, sending a destructive vortex on concentrated negative energy at the enemy. Most enemies are outright incinerated by this attack.

Negagenesis - By far the strongest attack Dark Moon uses, it will engulf the entire area around her in a dome of destructive energy capable of pretty much annihilating any material it touches. This attack does not discriminate between friend or foe, and is only slightly less powerful than Saturn's Death Reborn Revolution, so it should be used with caution. . I forgot to mention one thing about the last one makes it very dangerous. It doesn't simply destroy or kill the target - it outright negates its existence, hence the name Negagenesis.

Essentially, whatever gets caught in its blast radius other than Dark Moon herself, is instantly obliterated - there's no way to revive them, because there's nothing LEFT to revive - no soul, no body, not even molecules.