AN: And now we get back to the bad gals! Happy reading all!
RANMA DARK MOON
CHAPTER NINE
THE DARK MOON KINGDOM ATTACKS
In another reality: on the moon: in the castle throne room
Queen Serenity had gathered not only all her generals for this planning meeting, but all her remaining Senshi as well. "Saturn and Pluto will not be joining us today, having decided to, defect, to my amnesic Daughter's side for some reason." Queen Serenity told the room, laying all rumors to rest.
All the Senshi got extremely upset in hearing that any Senshi would defect. At least the Inners did. The remaining Outers on the other had taken the news with the detached cool of a pair of professional soldiers.
"Now today," Queen Serenity started "Mercury has finished the new transporter. I want twelve of the best Youma we have and four of the best soldiers we have sent under Uranus and Neptune's command. Uranus, Neptune," Queen Serenity said, focusing her attention on them "I do not want you to participate in any battles with them. I do not expect the Youma and Soldiers to survive. This attack is to see what my Daughter remembers and how combat capable she is now. You" she said pointing at Uranus and Neptune "Are to only watch, and report back to me on my Daughters capabilities, as well as her actions. Like if she is starting to remember anything. If," she said harshly "for some reason you are spotted and attacked, retreat. I have not yet decided what to do about my daughter's rebellion, and until I know the extent of her amnesia, if she really has such a thing, I can not decide. Until I do decide, these attacks will be focusing on testing my Daughters and her allies' capabilities, not killing them, got that? Though I don't mind if any of them other then my daughter die, especially the traitors. Understood?" Serenity asked the room.
"Yes your Majesty!" Everyone present cried.
"Good. Now Uranus, Neptune, meet your squad at Mercury's lab in one hour. All of you are dismissed except Mars. She and I have some planning to do." Serenity ordered.
"As you will your Majesty!" All cried out, then standing and then bowing, they left.
Outside the law offices of Akira, Aria, and Kounsia: The soldiers hiding place
'This is insane!' One of the soldiers thought. 'They really expect us to go against all of this reality's Senshi, plus three from ours? And Saturn's one of the three! She's insane!' The soldier continued to think, and started to sweat because of it. "We're throwaways. That must be it. We're just here to gage the opposition. That must be why the Senshi accompanying us have orders to only observe. Why was I picked for this mission? We were sent to die, and the other don't even seem to get it. They seem to buy that 'Your mission is to kill the traitors and bring back the Princess.' Bullshit. But I know better. If they wanted that done, then the Senshi themselves would do it! Why am I the only one to see we were sent to die to see the prowess of the enemy! Well if I'm going to die, I'll take as many as the enemy as I can with me! And I think I'll target the Princess.' The soldier thought darkly. 'They send us, me, to die just because they don't want her dead? Then I'll take her with me.' He thought chuckling. Sobering up, he thought 'Might as well, I'm dead either way.' And then their targets came out.
Inside the law offices of Akira, Aria, and Kounsia: in an elevator on the way down
Ranma was still absorbing all the outcomes of her meeting with her team of lawyers. First, they go over all they have and what they can prove. Then Kasumi of all people suggests a lawsuit against the Kuno's as well. The siblings for sexual harassment and the father for failure to do his job. The lawyers were hesitant at first to sue the Kunos as well, but at Ranma's instance, they investigated the odds of winning, and found them actually quite good. 'I think you're the first person to ever have a solid case against a Kuno.' Ranma remembered Hikaru Akira said to her.
So they planed the attack, for lack of a better word, on all their targets. Ranma still wasn't sure she should be doing this to everyone, but everyone else thought it was necessary, so she was doing so. In any case it felt strange to be going around a law office as a Senshi with the rest of the Senshi in their Senshi guises. The media still wouldn't leave them alone. The only had a restraining order against station 36, not the rest of the news stations. So the others had to keep their identity hidden by being in Senshi form, while Ranma, they thought should be one as to not stand out of the group.
As they walked through the lobby, everyone was staring at them. And the news personal kept a respectful distance. 'Although if they truly wished to be respectful, they wouldn't even be here.' Were most of the Senshi's thoughts. Ok, every one's but Ranma's. She was just angry with them for even existing at this point.
As they stepped outside, Ranma stopped cold. "Something's wrong." She said.
"I feel it too." Both Pluto's said at the same time. They then looked at each other.
At that moment an energy shield hiding the twelve Youma and four soldiers from sight dropped, and they rushed to attack.
As Ranma looked around at all the innocent bystanders, she cried out "Why now?" And rushed to meet them. The other Senshi got over their shock and then helped.
As Dark Saturn went to Saturn Glaive Surprise the lot of them Ranma called out "NO! Not with all the bystanders!" Dark Saturn grumbled, but complied, and went to carving up Youma the old fashioned way with her glaive. "Dark Moon's right! With all the people around, we have no choice but to do this hand to hand!" Moon called out to the others. Nodding, not really liking it, but excepting it, they all joined Dark Moon and Dark Saturn in hand to hand combat with the enemy.
Three Youma had already fallen to Dark Saturn's glaive, and one soldier had already fallen to Dark Moon as well by the time the others joined in.
Now normally this force would have been a wee bit much for the Senshi, to put it nicely. But with the addition of the three Dark Senshi, it was a slaughter.
It was into this scene of slaughter that Ryoga walked into. Recognizing Ranma in her Senshi outfit, he wanted to help, but the fact was he wasn't needed, and could see it. Then, feeling something odd, he looked around. 'There! In that ally! Some one was watching this with bad intent!' he thought. Walking over unnoticed by everyone, he approached his targets. Seeing two woman in the same outfits as Ranma wears, he asked "And what are you two doing? Shouldn't you be at least helping your minions?"
Dark Uranus and Dark Neptune's surprise was complete at this boy just walking up to them and asking them that question. So Dark Uranus did what she always does when surprised on a battle field. She attacked. Calling out "World Shaking!" she attacked Ryoga.
This got everyone's attention. Ranma on seeing Ryoga being attacked by two Dark Senshi, did the first thing that came to her. Running towards them, she called out "Dead Moon Vortex! Dead Moon Vortex!" Knocking them both against the ally wall.
Shaken, they both got up. Dark Neptune, moving quicker then Ranma thought possible, got Ryoga in a body lock, while Dark Uranus hid behind her and started an attack, an attack she never finished.
Ranma knew she had to finish this fast. And only one attack she had could do that and save Ryoga, if you can call it that, at the same time. Since they were all touching each other, she'd get a three for one. Calling out "Dead Moon Damnation!" She pointed the attack at Ryoga himself. As he, and then they, started to turn to stone, Ryoga saw the look of sorrow on Ranma's face. She mouthed, 'I'm sorry.' He had the time to nod once in understanding, before they all became a statue.
The battle paused in shock over this turn of events. One soldier took this opportunity to activate the recall portal. He and the other remaining soldier dived through.
As the others got out of their shock, Mars screamed "I thought he was your friend! How could you just kill him!" Ranma turned around, quite ready to tear Mars a new one, when Dark Pluto just laughed.
"My mistress," Dark Pluto began, causing a wince from Ranma, "Did not kill any of them. They are merely stone right now. She can release them any time she wants. Unfortunately, to release that boy, she will have to release the other two as well, since they all turned to stone at the same time. How did you do that by the way mistress?" Dark Pluto asked.
Shrugging and wincing at the same time, Ranma said "If you notice, they were all touching."
Looking more closely at the statue they had become, Dark Pluto noticed that that was true. "Most clever." She said with respect.
"But what do we do with it?" Venus asked. "We can't move it by ourselves, not if we want to keep it whole!"
"Well I suggest we wait for the Police and ask for their help in moving it." Moon said, casing all to look at her in shock.
"What!" Most of them yelled in shock as the sirens drew ever closer.
In another reality: on the moon: in the castle throne room
"And then your Daughter turned them and their hostage to stone your Majesty!" The soldier said, finishing his report. He was glad he never had the chance to target the Princess like he had planed. He then never would have had the chance to escape.
"Damn them, I told them to stay out of site and retreat when spotted, you would think they would listen." Queen Serenity said to her self. This wasn't good. Half her Senshi have been lost to her. Either defected or captured.
"You are dismissed." She said to the two soldiers. They bowed and left.
Turning to Rei, she said "This ends now. I don't care if she is my Daughter, no one does this to me. Choose an eighth of my army, the weakest eighth as a group to keep them busy, while the remainder of my army prepares to invade. I will crush that pitiful world to dust before moving on to conquer that reality. I will show no mercy to my Daughter any more. She and all others shall learn what happens when you defy me!" Queen Serenity said. "I want my army ready to invade that reality in three months. And keep them so busy they can't even breathe in the meantime."
"Yes your Majesty!" The Senshi of Mars said, thinking "It's about damn time! In three months were off to war again!" Smiling, she left the room to deliver the Queens orders.
AN: I know, I know. A horrible fight scene. Well now that the fights are not going to be so one sided they'll hopefully get better when they happen. Other then that what do you all think?