Note: this follows the Rai version of Winx as the 4Kids version butchered it too much, like with every anime it dubs.
Chapter 40: Desist! This is a Misunderstanding!
Opening (Tokyo Mew Mew style, 'My Sweet Heart')
Music starts as several colored lights illuminate the darkness. The lights all converge at one point to display the 'Ranma Club' title.
RIBON wo musunde waratte mitara (I tied a ribbon in my hair and then I tried to smile)
Kawatta watashi ni nareta kigashita (I got the feeling that I had changed who I was)
Chiisana yuuki ga jishin ni naru (A little bit of courage becomes confidence)
Anata ni aumade wasureteta (I had forgotten that fact until I met you)
Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Layla float about one by one looking as if they were all asleep or in a trance on a backdrop of a night sky. It then pans down to see Ranma walking towards the foreground.
Onnanoko wa minna muteki ni nareru (Any girl can become fearless)
Tokubetsu na mahou shitteru no (By knowing a special kind of magic)
It's show time!
The camera zooms in passing Shampoo, Ukyou, Mousse, Kasumi, Sasuke, the Pixies, and finally reaches Nodoka. Back to ranma, he looks up and sees the Winx girls transform into their Enchantix modes. He runs after them, but then gets splashed by a car passing rain water. Ranma-chan growls in annoyance, but goes Faerie mode to follow the other Faeries.
Doki * Doki sasete ne (Make my heart beat faster and faster)
Itsudemo TOKIMEKI tai no (I always want those exciting feelings)
Iron na watashi misete ageru dakara (I will show you a different me, so please)
Bloom flies in and conjures up flame in her hands. Stella does a pirouette while creating shafts of light around herself. Flora ascends and blows a gust of flowers at the foreground. Musa dances on a lit floor as she creates music notes in the air. Tecna charges herself with green electricity then summons up numerous monitors she rapidly starts working on. Layla manipulates water in her hands, making it into spheres, elongating them, then finally has it orbit herself in a stream.
Motto * Motto sunao ni (I become more and more open)
Afureru kono kimochi wo (As I overflow with this feeling)
Anata ni todoketai yo (I'd like to send it all to you)
Uke totte ne (Please accept it)
My sweet heart
Ranma walks as scenes of the past play in the background. He stops and turns to see Platinum Sky, Diamond Brandon, Gold Helia, Onyx Riven, Silver Timmy, and Amethyst Nabu standing behind him. They smile and all point forward as if telling Ranma to look. He turns around and sees the Winx girls in their civilian modes waiting for him. Ranma rushes to join them.
End opening
Previously on Ranma Club, Ranma and company had left Manhattan for home, but instead of going to Nerima as planned, they somehow wound up in Juban instead. They arrived just in time to witness the Sailor Senshi fight off a monster, though barely. Nodoka believes that it would be wise to keep a vigil over Juban before going back home, as now the Senshi had encountered a threat they can't handle by themselves. Umbron, Garton, and Platti, the commanding officers of the mysterious Shardia, had attacked a local mall and soundly trounced the Inner and Outer Senshi. Before all was lost, Ranma, along with Bloom, Stella, and Flora, stepped in and defeated the monsters, forcing the three officers to retreat. As this was happening, Sailor Pluto gets held against her will by two cloaked beings. Just who are these two mysterious people? How do they know of Ranma and his friends? And what will Shardia do now with this new threat to his plans?
Since the incident at the mall, Shardia's officers became more relentless in their attacks to gather soul energy for their master. Whenever a Soul Breaker would appear, so would the Inner and Outer Senshi. Unfortunately, they would get trounced easily. Before they could get killed, one or more Faeries would pop in and destroy the Soul Breaker, then quickly retreat as they were not in the mood to answer tough questions.
Juban downtown…
"I can't believe this! We're ACTION FIGURES!" said Ranma as he and the Winx looked through the display window of a toy store. There stood the Sailor Moon toy line with its newest additions of the 'Magix Senshi', which also included Ranma's disguise.
"Whoa…" said Layla.
"Not a bad likeness, but you can't beat the original!" said Stella as she looked upon her doll. She had to admit the glitter on the wings was a nice touch.
"I never thought something like this would happen." Said Musa.
"Well, we have been making a name for ourselves without meaning to." Said Tecna.
Ranma sighs as he thinks back to two weeks ago.
Flashback…
"We got to keep fighting?" asked Ranma.
"It's inevitable, Son." Replied Nodoka. "You and the girls had just defeated a major group of villains. Said villains almost killed most of the real Senshi. Do you suppose those antagonists are going to let that pass? They'll be out for your blood now, I hate to admit."
"The feeling's nothing new to me."
"These encounters have also proven that these people are too much for the Senshi to handle by themselves. If left alone, they could possibly be killed, then this place would be taken over. Until this whole thing is resolved and that we're absolutely sure the Senshi will be all right once we go home, you'll have to watch out for them under your Faerie guises."
"Wow! So cool! It's like you guys are superheroes or something!" said Zing. "Hey! Maybe all of you should come up with some names!"
"Huh? Why would we do that, Zing?" asked Ranma.
"She's got a point, Ranma. We can't just call each other by our real names while we're transformed here." Said Tecna.
Zing nods and was suddenly dressed up as a Sailor Senshi, even her hair was styled like that of Sailor Moon's. "I am Sailor Pixie! In the name of Magix, I shall take you down!"
Kiko could only laugh at Zing's performance, making the cosplay Pixie frown with indignity. Everyone else just sweatdrops.
"I'll skip on the speech-making, thank you very much…" said Ranma.
End flashback…
Nodoka's assessment of the situation had been accurate. The minions of Shardia were not at all amused at having their creations of destruction being defeated by a masked guy and some very scantily-clad winged girls resembling big faeries. Since the incident at the mall, attacks on the innocent public as well as on the Sailor Senshi had increased in frequency and intensity. They kept a constant vigil over Juban, splitting up to cover more ground. Each of them would appear just in time to rescue one or some of the Inner or Outer Senshi before leaving the scene.
Ranma had to admit the skirmishes were pretty exhilarating, allowing him to cut loose as well as for training. This includes sometimes having to switch his forms to work out his Faerie mode. The fame was nice as well.
Still, he wondered how Zing came up with those names for them.
Hikawa Shrine…
"These Soul Breakers are getting really tough lately!" said Usagi.
"No kidding! It's only thanks to those winged people we're still alive!" said Minako.
"Speaking of which, just who are they exactly?" asked Ami.
From their recent encounters, they were able to at least get the names of their mysterious benefactors. The redhead was known as Sailor Domino, the blonde Sailor Solaria, the tanned one Sailor Linphea, the black-haired one Sailor Melody, the purple-haired one Sailor Zenith, and the dark skinned one Sailor Andros. The lone masked male with the light energy weapons had been called Soul Knight. They've also witnessed another redhead in silver called Sailor Gaia, but she was rarely seen.
Before, a crystal monster attacked a dance club. The Senshi arrived to fight it, but they had been trounced. Enchantix Musa, as Sailor Melody, appeared and destroyed the crystal Soul Breaker with her sound wave magic. She quickly made an exit before the Senshi could question her.
Another time, a Soul Breaker that looked like a mesh of live wires attacked Ami's cram school. Again, the Senshi showed up and got badly beaten, but then Enchantix Tecna, as Sailor Zenith, appeared and short-circuited the abomination. She also left in a hurry after doing the job.
After that, a water monster attacks a public pool. It easily beat the Senshi when they tried to fight it. Unfortunately for the Soul Breaker, Layla was nearby and went Enchantix, or went Sailor Andros, and bested its water powers with her own. The water monster had been reduced to a light drizzle once Layla was through with it. Like with her friends, she also beat a hasty retreat once all was done.
Other similar incidents occurred with the other mysterious Senshi. Each time they showed up, the media would have a field day.
"They have to be Sailor Senshi like us! After all, they referred to each other as Sailors." Said Usagi.
"I'm more interested in that Soul Knight guy… he reminds me of my old boyfriend…" said Makoto in a dreamy tone.
"Oh no, not this again…" groaned Rei. "How can he remind you of your old boyfriend? The guy's wearing a mask!"
"She's got a point, though. That guy's a hunk!" agreed Minako. She wondered how he looked underneath that hooded mask of his.
"He also has some killer martial arts moves as well! I would love to have him as my instructor…" said Makoto in a sly manner.
"Still, I don't recall any Senshi like them during the Silver Millenium." Said Luna.
"Same here. They probably aren't real Senshi." Added Artemis.
"Well, whoever they are, they're no ordinary Senshi." Said Rei. "My fire readings don't reveal anything on them."
"Maybe they're like the Kinmoku and Shadow Galactica Senshi we met." Surmised Ami.
Usagi felt a twinge of sadness as she thought about the Sailor Starlights and the near apocalypse caused by Sailor Galaxia that had been averted. Once Chaos had been defeated, Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki left Earth's Solar System with Princess Kakyuu.
Shaking those thoughts aside, Usagi added, "Still, it would be a good idea to watch out for them. They could be potential allies."
"Or they could be threats…" said Ami.
"No way! They can't possibly!" said Minako.
"I don't want to think so either, Minako, but we have to consider the possibility." Said Rei. "Why would they run off after beating a Soul Breaker? That's pretty suspicious."
"Maybe they're shy?"
Rei could only groan.
Usagi also didn't want to think it was possible that the new mysterious Senshi could be enemies. With the new threat going on, it had been proven that they couldn't handle it by themselves, yet these newcomers can. She thought it was a real bad time for Chibi-Usa to return from the future to gain further training in her Senshi form. Usagi also began to wonder why she and the others hadn't seen Setsuna in a while now.
Shardia's hideout…
The leader of the Soul Breakers was very angry. He glared at the viewing portal as he watched the unknown Senshi defeating another of his Soul Breakers.
"GRAAAAAAAAHHH! CURSE THOSE NEW SENSHI!"
Shardia glared at his three leading officers, Umbron, Garton, and Platti, who cowered before their angry master. For the past two weeks, the Magix Senshi had annihilated twenty of his strongest Soul Breakers as well as eighty Harvesters. The situation was getting desperate as Shardia grew impatient at the lack of soul energy collected. The amount currently possessed was barely enough to keep Shardia's hunger sated, but at the rate they were going, they'd run out of resources in less than a month.
"JUST WHO ARE THESE SENSHI WHO DARE DEFY ME?"
"I'm afraid we don't know yet, my lord…" replied Umbron in a shaky tone of voice. "As you know, we've done an extensive study on this world's defenders, the Sailor Senshi, before we came here. This world's rich in soul energy and would've been ours for the taking if not for those protectors. That is why we had our Soul Breakers modified to defeat them."
"SO THEN WHY ARE THEY UNABLE TO DEFEAT THESE OTHER SENSHI?"
"My lord, we've very little data concerning these particular Senshi and we cannot determine the full extent of their abilities. Even with all of the information collected at each battle, they'd still win against a Soul Breaker after modification. Without even a general idea of their full capabilities, we cannot create a Soul Breaker with enough power to defeat them! Furthermore, we still have those other Senshi to deal with."
"OF ALL THE INCOMPETENT… WAIT A MINUTE!"
"What is it, Lord Shardia?" asked Platti.
"WE'VE BEEN GOING ABOUT THIS ALL WRONG! SENDING ONLY ONE OR TWO SOUL BREAKERS AFTER THESE BLASTED SENSHI IS FAR TOO SLOW AND INEFFICIENT! WHAT WE NEED IS A GROUP EFFORT! WE SHALL EVEN THE ODDS WITH THEIR OWN TACTICS! BUT FIRST, TO MAKE CERTAIN THINGS GO WELL… WE SHALL CAUSE A LITTLE DISENTION!"
Shardia began to laugh darkly, which made his officers' blood run cold just from hearing it, as he began to formulate a plan.
Time Gates…
The two cloaked figures continued to observe the events unfolding. Sailor Pluto was still contained in her crystal prison, which somehow kept her alive and well without food, water, or need to get rid of wastes. With her powers sealed off, she was forced to watch with her captors the events thus far.
"Just what is the meaning of all this!" demanded Sailor Pluto. "The timestream is becoming chaotic because of those people you're letting wander loose and the future of Crystal Tokyo-"
"Oh will you just zip it about your precious Crystal Tokyo?" the first cloaked figure said in an annoyed tone.
"Yeah, those people are there to make sure that Crystal Tokyo will be saved!" said the second cloaked figure with equal irritation.
"W-w-what?" This got Sailor Pluto's attention.
The first figure sighed. "The chaos that threatens to wipe out your Crystal Tokyo is from Shardia, not from those foreigners. He represents the greatest threat to the Senshi. That first encounter alone should've been enough proof that the Inner and Outer Senshi won't be able to handle his servants let alone Shardia himself!"
The second figure nodded. "Shardia and his minions originate from a chaotic realm which feeds on the life forces of others. They had made an extensive study of the Sailor Senshi's exploits as of late and created Soul Breakers that can counter every one of the Senshi. The only way to respond to this threat was to introduce outside factors he was unfamiliar with. Those Faeries possess not only the power to defeat Shardia, but also the ability to save another universe."
"Knowing you have this bad habit of eliminating any element that could possibly threaten your precious future of Crystal Tokyo, we knew you'd try and eliminate them as soon as they appeared. That's why we stopped you."
"So until Shardia is defeated, you'll have to stay there and do nothing. Consider yourself lucky that the sphere you are in is magically sustaining you, so you won't require food, water, or having to go to the bathroom!"
"Trust us on this. This is not just for your own good, but for the good of all reality."
"In fact, we had to stop another Sailor Pluto from doing something similar not long ago."(1)
Sailor Pluto looked shocked at that last bit of news. 'Another me? They met with an alternate version?'
Before she knew it, she was then put back into soundproof mode.
"This is seriously like déjà vu all over again, bro."
"I know. Still, this Pluto seems less bossy than the one we saw, so maybe there's hope for them yet."
"I didn't like having to have brought this Ranma and his friends into this mess, but there was no other choice."
"True. Our Chosen Five(2) are already busy with some other matters in another dimension. Even they can't be everywhere at once."
"Also, it is not yet time for them to meet Ranma here. I sense they will meet sometime in the future when the Realm of Magix encounters another crisis."
"In a sense, we're helping this Ranma and his friends prepare for the trials ahead of them against Valtor. No matter what, they need to survive that since others worse than Valtor are prepared to emerge upon his downfall."(3)
"Yes, and one of them will have the power to take over reality. In order for our Chosen Five to reach their final destination, this reality must survive as well."
"What affects one affects another, eh? Let us hope they will pull through. I have to say again, this Ranma having six souls in him is quite interesting to say the least."
"No kidding. He also amassed quite a harem, too."
The two figures laughed at that before continuing to watch the events through the portal.
Streets of Juban…
Makoto and Minako were walking down the streets discussing about the past events concerning the elusive Senshi. It was then that their danger sense went off. Makoto, being a martial artist, and Minako from her days as Sailor V allowed them to be attuned to their surroundings. They noticed about seven unsavory looking men tailing them. They gave each other a silent nod and quickly tried to elude them in a discreet manner. The two girls ducked into a nearby alleyway, but silently cursed to themselves when they found out that it not only was a dead end, but there were three more thugs waiting for them.
"Well well well, we've got ourselves a pair of cuties here!" said one of the thugs.
"Looks like we'll be having some fun tonight, boys! A two for one deal!" said another.
Makoto and Minako turned to see the exit being blocked off by the same guys who had been following them.
"Listen, guys, we were just passing through. You don't want to have anything to do with us." Said Makoto.
"That's right. We're just minding our own business here." Said Minako.
"And you just wandered on our turf, so now it's our business." Said one of the thugs.
"Now you must pay the toll."
One by one, the thugs brandished a weapon, which consisted of switchblade knives, pipes, and chains. Minako and Makoto soon stood back to back and got into defensive stances.
"Looks like we're in a tight spot, Makoto." Said Minako.
"Seems that way." Said Makoto. "Looks like we'll have to fight our way out of here."
The two girls suddenly found themselves surrounded by the ten thugs. Just as they were about to close in on them, several small spheres rolled at their feet. The thugs looked in confusion at the spheres until they suddenly spewed out smoke, obscuring their vision.
"WHAT THE HELL?"
"AAHHH!"
"I CAN'T SEE!"
Makoto and Minako were also confused as to what was going on. They had considered using the distraction to transform into their Senshi forms, but they were suddenly whisked away from within the circle of thugs to a safe distance away from them. When they were dropped off, they could see their mysterious benefactor leap back into the fray and proceeded to clobber the gang members.
"HUH?"
WHAP!
"WHO THE-?"
CRACK!
"WHAT'S GOING ON?"
WHAM!
"WHO'S THERE?"
SMASH!
"WHA-"
KLONG!
In less than five seconds, half of the gang members had been knocked out cold, the remains of their weapons sprawled around them. Minako and Makoto were wondering what was going on. The smoke finally cleared out to show the remaining gang members who weren't knocked out yet as well as an additional person. The two girls then got a clear view of their rescuer. He looked to be a young man of Chinese descent with a white wide-sleeved robe and waist-length black hair.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?"
"TRASH HIM!"
The five remaining thugs then rushed at the young man, intent on beating him to a pulp for daring to interfere with their business. Unfortunately for them, he was more than they could handle. The firs thug raised his pipe and brought it down towards the young man, but he suddenly lashed out with his sleeve, which sliced the pipe short. Before the thug realized what happened, he gets slammed in the face with a frying pan, knocking him out cold. The next one charged with a switchblade knife, but it was hit out of his hand by another knife thrown by the robed one. He was then knocked out by a yo-yo to the forehead. The third and fourth thugs tried to rush him with their chains. However, the robed one smirked and jumped out of the way, landing behind them. As soon as they turned around, they were both introduced to their faces by two lucky cat statues on chains. They were soon out cold.
"Whoa… look at that guy go!" said Minako in awe.
"How is he hiding that stuff?" asked Makoto.
The robed person turns to glare at the leader thug who remained.
"YOU PIECE OF TRASH! I'LL TEACH YOU TO MESS WITH US!" shouted the leader thug as he brandished a pipe in each hand.
The thug then charged at the robed young man, swinging his pipes wildly. His opponent dodged the strikes rather effortlessly, though. Finally, the Chinese boy stopped the two pipes with a pair of sai daggers he pulled out of his sleeves. With a twist of the wrist, the thug was immediately disarmed, then was met in the temple by a sai handle, knocking him to the ground.
With the lead thug knocked out, Mousse turned towards the two girls he saved. "Are you two all right?"
Minako and Makoto were in awe at what their rescuer had done and were instantly enamored. These feelings were cut short as they noticed the thug leader wasn't quite out yet and he suddenly pointed a gun towards Mousse's back.
"LOOK OUT!" shouted Minako.
Before the thug leader could pull the trigger, Mousse whipped around and threw a spike right into the gun barrel, jamming it. The gun misfired and knocked the thug leader out from the slight explosion.
"Oh wow…" said Makoto.
"Thanks for the warning." Said Mousse. "You two all right?"
"Uh… yes… thank you…" stuttered Minako.
"Guess it was a good thing I was passing by then." It was then that Mousse heard police sirens. Someone had apparently heard the scuffle and called the cops. "Well, since you girls aren't hurt, I'll be going now. Later!"
"Wait! Who are you?" asked Makoto as Mousse turned to leave.
"My name is Mousse." Replied Mousse has he looked over his shoulder at them before jumping up the fire escape and making off on the rooftops.
Makoto and Minako were left standing in awe as a police car rounded the corner and came to a stop in the alley. Despite this, only one thing ran through Makoto's mind.
'Wow… he's just like my old boyfriend!'
Juban Hotel, sometime later…
Mousse had recounted his story to the others.
"Not bad, Mousse." Said Ranma.
"It was a good thing you were around that time." Said Flora. "Who knows what would've happened if they had pulled the gun earlier?"
"It certainly wouldn't do if something happened to the Senshi before the real battle's begun." Said Bloom.
"So what do we do now?" asked Musa.
"You'll have to remain ever vigilant. I have a feeling something bad will happen soon…" said Nodoka.
Hikawa Shrine…
"You two were nearly mugged?" asked Usagi in shock.
"In an alleyway, no less." Replied Minako.
"What happened? You two weren't hurt or anything, were you?" asked Rei.
"Nope! As you can plainly see, Makoto and I are fine. What happened was really amazing!"
"Yeah! This really cute guy jumped in and sent those thugs packing!" said Makoto. "I've never seen him fight the way he does! He literally had a lot of tricks up his sleeves."
"Huh?" questioned Ami.
"What she means is that this guy fought with numerous weapons hidden up his sleeves! I still can't believe he was actually carrying all that up there!" replied Minako.
"Did you get a name?" asked Rei.
"Yeah. He calls himself Mousse." Replied Makoto.
"Mousse? What a strange name…" said Usagi.
"Strange or not, he's no slouch when it comes to fighting!"
Ami then had a thought. "Hey… you said he had a lot of weapons? You don't suppose…?"
"Suppose what, Ami?" asked Rei.
"… that this Mousse person could possibly be the Soul Knight?"
The others paused to consider this.
"I'm just saying it's a possibility, though."
From Ami's words, the other girls started to ponder on that thought.
Next day…
"SILVER MOON CRYSTAL POWER KISS!"
Eternal Sailor Moon fires her ultimate attack on a Soul Breaker, which resembled a small humanoid that looked to be made of gray clay. It goes into death throes and explodes into a gooey mess.
"Great job, Sailor Moon!" said Tuxedo Kamen.
"And that makes the eighth one!" said Sailor Mercury.
"Strange, though… this seemed a little too easy…" commented a suspicious Sailor Mars.
"You bring up a good point…" said Sailor Venus. In the past few hours, the Inner Senshi had caught wind of these clay-like monsters lurking about town. They had cornered these monsters in secluded areas in order to keep the collateral damage minimal as well as to prevent these things from getting a chance to attack the public. It had been odd considering that the first few monsters they've faced had soundly defeated them with almost no effort. Usually the next ones would be tougher than the last, right? This latest one they had managed to finish off on the outskirts of town.
Little did they know that these clay monsters' goal wasn't to beat them…
"In any case, that's one more down!" said Sailor Neptune.
Suddenly, a small ball of fire fell and rolled to a stop before the Senshi.
"Huh? What is that?" asked Sailor Jupiter.
Before they had any time to react, the small ball of fire exploded, sending them all flying and crashing to the ground.
"What the hell!" said Sailor Uranus.
"What hit me…?" said Sailor Chibimoon.
"LOOK OUT!" shouted Eternal Sailor Moon.
Everyone quickly dove out of the way just as the place they were before was suddenly riddled by blasts of light. They looked up to see who was their mysterious attackers and were shocked. Flying up before them were…
"The Magix Senshi?" said Sailor Venus in confusion.
"Hey! What are you doing!" demanded Sailor Mars.
Sailor Domino said nothing as she raised a hand and shot a fireball at the stunned Senshi. The resulting explosion caused the Inner Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen to crash into some trees. Sailor Linphea caused some thick vines to emerge from the ground and ensnare Sailor Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn. Sailor Zenith followed up by zapping the incapacitated Outer Senshi with green electricity, causing them to howl in pain.
"URANUS! NEPTUNE! SATURN!"
Eternal Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Kamen, and the Inner Senshi rushed over to assist their friends, but Sailor Melody dropped down in front of them and clapped her hands together, firing off a wide sound wave at them. They soon covered their ears in pain from the shattering noise. Before they could recover, Sailor Andros punches the ground before her, causing a geyser to erupt underneath the Inner Senshi, sending them up into the air and crashing unceremoniously to the ground in pain. After the Outer Senshi got enough electrocution, the vines threw them towards their fallen comrades. Eternal Sailor Moon looked up weakly as the Magix Senshi grouped together and looked down at them.
"Stop! Why are you attacking us!"
Eternal Sailor Moon slowly got up and walked over in a non-threatening manner, only to stop as a beam of light shot the ground before her, courtesy of Sailor Solaria.
"You…. You're with the enemy all along, weren't you!" accused Sailor Uranus angrily as she and Sailor Neptune got up.
The six Magix Senshi stayed silent at the accusation with expressionless faces.
"Eternal Sailor Moon, it seems apparent that they are our enemies." Said Sailor Mercury.
"But… but… it can't be…" said Eternal Sailor Moon. "It just doesn't make any sense…"
"They just attacked us unprovoked! I think the answer is pretty obvious!" said Sailor Mars as she gets ready to attack. Sailor Uranus and Neptune followed suit.
"BURNING MANDALA!"
"WORLD SHAKING!"
"DEEP SUBMERGE!"
The three attacks raced towards the foreign Senshi who stood unmoving as if they didn't care for the projectiles. Suddenly, Sailor Gaia and Soul Knight dropped down and deflected the attacks away from the group, causing them to harmlessly dissipate into the air.
"What!"
Sailor Gaia then casts a spell upon the Soul Knight, causing him to emit a dark aura. He then takes out a black light sword and swung it in a wide horizontal arc, which fired a strong gust of wind that blew the Senshi away deeper into the forest outskirts.
The Senshi groggily look up to see the Magix Senshi advancing slowly towards them, powering up for another attack. However, they stopped when a voice called out.
"That is enough! Lord Shardia has a more important task for you! Return at once!"
Eternal Sailor Moon and her comrades looked up to see Umbron, Garton, and Platti floating in the air above them. The Magix Senshi wordlessly floated up towards the three commanding officers of Shardia where they all teleported away.
"W… we're saved…" gasped Sailor Chibimoon.
"It was those three guys again…" said Sailor Venus.
"Then… those Magix Senshi are really their subordinates…?" asked Sailor Jupiter in shock and despair. That Soul Knight was so cute, too, such a waste…
"No… it isn't possible…" said Eternal Sailor Moon. "They saved us before in the past…"
"I think it's pretty obvious what's going on, here! They were leading us into a false sense of security to catch us off guard and they did!" concluded Sailor Neptune.
"I'm afraid you have to face facts, Eternal Sailor Moon. They are the enemy. The fact those three actually called them away should be proof enough." Said Sailor Mercury.
"That's right! They attacked us out of the blue! Next time we'll be ready!" said Sailor Mars.
"That wasn't very nice of them…" commented Sailor Saturn.
Eternal Sailor Moon could only shake her head sadly in disbelief. She couldn't deny what she had seen or Sailor Mercury's logic.
Unknown to them, Shardia's three commanding officers had regrouped in a secluded part of the forest with the "Magix Senshi".
"Hah! Those idiots fell for it!" said Umbron.
"Lord's Shardia's plan is working!" said Platti.
The three looked over to the "Magix Senshi", whose eyes all flashed red briefly.
"We now have our own Magix Senshi under us, and now they will think the real ones are against them!" said Garton.
"These mimic molds have done quite a convincing job. Heheh…" said Umbron.
The truth was, the Inner and Outer Senshi didn't really defeat the clay monsters, the mimic molds, from before. All those gooey messes they left behind when being "killed" was simply feigning death. Those gooey messes had converged where the Senshi were at after having caught up to them. Once there, the mimic molds shape-shifted into the Magix Senshi, copying their every likeness and a bit of their abilities from the battle data they had acquired from the previous fights.
Juban mall…
SNAP!
Ranma looks down in surprise as his chopsticks broke while he was eating his sushi platter.
"Huh?"
"Oh my, how did that happen?" asked Flora.
"Too bad, Ranma. Your chopsticks must've been old." Said Layla.
"But Layla, the chopsticks in this restaurant are solid plastic." Said Nodoka.
Layla looked down at her own chopsticks, reminded of that fact. "Oh…"
If the chopsticks were wood, Ranma could understand that they could easily break, but for solid plastic…
He started to have a bad feeling, as if the chopsticks were some kind of omen.
Time Gates…
"Oh no. This can't be good…" said the first cloaked figure.
"Let's hope they can get out of this." Said the second.
"They will. I have faith in them."
Next evening…
Shampoo and Ukyou were out scouting for any potential Soul Breakers that may turn up.
"It's been quiet since yesterday." Said Ukyou.
"Shampoo no like it." Said Shampoo. "It feel like calm before storm."
Their martial artist sense suddenly picked up as they felt a negative energy source nearby. They turned to see a suspicious figure disappear around the corner of a building.
"Did you see that?" asked Ukyou.
"Shampoo saw…" replied Shampoo.
The two female martial artists silently tailed the figure. It hurried down through a few deserted alleyways towards a more derelict part of town where it finally stopped at an empty construction site. Ukyou and Shampoo stopped to hide behind the fence to see what was going on. They lightly gasped when the figure in question was in clear view. It was a clay humanoid monster, and it wasn't alone. There were seven additional ones waiting there as well.
"Wh-what is this…?"
They tried to peek in closer. That was when a slight gust of wind caused some thin wooden beams leaning haphazardly next to where they were to fall. The two girls cringed when they saw the beams fall, but were too late to stop them.
CLACK!
The mimic molds turned towards the noise and immediately spotted the two intruders. Shampoo cursed in her native tongue.
"Crap…" cursed Ukyou.
The mimic molds' red eyes flashed as they stared down Shampoo and Ukyou. They started to advance menacingly at the two girls.
"Look like fight on hands…"
"Seems that way… they're not going to let us leave that easily."
With that in mind, they brought out their respective weapons from subspace and got into fighting stances. The mimic molds then lunged at them with killer intent. However, they soon learned the hard way of dealing with members of the NWC.
Ukyou swung her battle spatula in a wide arc, hitting back three of the mimic molds, then slammed it onto a fourth. Shampoo punched out with her bonboris, hitting two mimic molds at once, then spin-smashed into two more. The mimic molds quickly got up and surrounded the two girls to attack again. No matter what they did, the girls would put them back down for the count with their crushing attacks.
The mimic molds backed off and decided to up their game a bit sensing that these two girls were no ordinary humans. They suddenly morphed into hulking eight-foot purple-skinned monstrosities resembling humanoid lizards that easily towered over Shampoo and Ukyou.
"And I thought they were ugly before…" said Ukyou.
The first now lizard mimic mold lifted a huge fist and punched down at the two girls, who quickly jumped out of the way before the ground they were standing on a moment ago got destroyed from the impact. Another swings its tail, hitting Shampoo and Ukyou out of the air before they could land. Recovering after hitting the ground, they looked up in time to see another lizard mimic breathe a stream of flame at them. The girls quickly rolled out of the way before they could get barbequed.
"They certainly tougher than before…" said Shampoo.
"Then there's no other choice…"
"That right… HENSHIN!"
Both leapt up into the air, and in an instant, Shampoo and Ukyou were no more. In their place was Shampoo the Werecat and Ukyou the Werefox. Landing, the two lycanthropes got into fighting stances with claws bared. Were-Shampoo and Were-Ukyou lunged forth towards the lizard mimics with their enhanced speed.
Were-Shampoo slashed out at a lizard mimic with a horizontal swipe of her claw, causing it to howl in pain, then attacks another with an upperslash of her other claw. She then kicks out at one behind her and follows up with spin kick to another that tried to rush her. When a mimic lizard tried to punch at Were-Shampoo, she parried it and countered by scratching at it at a rapid speed.
Were-Ukyou rushed a lizard mimic with her own claw slashes and hits another with a flying kick. Leaping off, she lands on the head of another lizard in a diving claw attack before jumping off to deliver a flipping axe kick to the next. Before another mimic lizard tried to blindside Were-Ukyou, she lashes out at its face with her tail, which emitted blue ethereal flames.
The tables seemed to have turned in the weregirls' favor as their lycanthrope forms had provided them with increased power and speed. The mimic lizards couldn't get a hit on them. When Were-Shampoo and Were-Ukyou had them grouped together, the mimic lizards' heads popped up. Suddenly, they reverted to mimic molds again. Their next action greatly confused the two girls. For some odd reason, the mimic molds dropped to the ground as if they fainted, but then they shape-shifted into unconscious little kids that looked no older than ten.
"Huh? Of all the things to turn into, why little kids?" asked Were-Ukyou.
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!"
"Who is…" said Were-Shampoo.
Were-Ukyou and Were-Shampoo turned around towards the sound of the voice to see Eternal Sailor Moon as well as the Inner and Outer Senshi.
"How dare you monsters turn this construction site into a destruction site! Construction is the foundation of growth and life! I am the sailor-suited warrior of justice and love! ETERNAL SAILOR MOON! In the name of the Moon, I'LL PUNISH YOU!"
She finished after striking a pose along with the others, causing Were-Shampoo and Were-Ukyou to sweatdrop.
'Pasta-hair girl for real?' thought Were-Shampoo.
'How can she say that with a straight face?' wondered Were-Ukyou.
"Gasp! Eternal Sailor Moon! Look behind them!" said Sailor Mercury.
The other Senshi gasped in horror when they saw what Sailor Mercury was referring to. Were-Ukyou and Were-Shampoo looked confused at this, then remembered what the mimic molds did before. Turning, the weregirls were shocked when they saw that the mimic molds had also formed fake wounds on themselves in the form of bloody slash marks. They silently cursed realizing how this must look like to the Senshi right now.
"You monsters! You assaulted those children!" said Sailor Mars.
"No wait! This isn't what it looks like! They're not-" Were-Ukyou said, trying to explain the situation.
"No excuses! SUPREME THUNDER!" shouted Sailor Jupiter.
Were-Ukyou and Were-Shampoo winced when the lightning attack shot out at them, forcing them to split to dodge. The other Senshi joined in on the attack.
"CRESCENT BEAM!"
"FIRE SOUL!"
"SHABON SPRAY!"
"PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK!"
The two weregirls nimbly dodged the attacks with their lycanthrope agility, then paused at seeing the pathetic last attack by Sailor Chibimoon, which fell WAY short of their feet.
"BURNING MANDALA!"
"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!"
"SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"
"VENUS LOVE ME CHAIN!"
"MOON TIARA ACTION!"
"WORLD SHAKING!"
"DEEP SUBMERGE!"
Both martial artists were hard-pressed in dodging the second barrage of attacks by the Senshi that they zipped around the construction site, leaving a trail of explosions from the misses.
"Stop attacking us, stupid fuku girls! We trying tell you we innocent!" shouted Were-Shampoo angrily.
"Shut up! There's no use trying to talk your way out of this!" said Sailor Uranus.
"Those who attack children will not be forgiven…" said Sailor Saturn as she held the Silence Glaive at the ready.
"But they're not actually children! They're really Soul Breakers!" said Were-Ukyou.
"YOU'RE the Soul Breakers here!" said Sailor Neptune.
"Stupid! We not Soul Breakers!" said Were-Shampoo.
Their arguments fell on deaf ears as the Senshi attacked them again with another barrage of attacks. The two lycanthropes were just too nimble for the Senshi to get a bead on as they swerved in and out of the magical shots. Were-Ukyou and Were-Shampoo finally got pushed into a corner as the Sailor Senshi converged on them. The nine magical girls unleashed another barrage of combined attacks upon the two NWC girls, obscuring them in a cloud of dust. Once it cleared, the Sailor Senshi were surprised to see their intended targets surrounded by a magical defensive barrier that had stopped their shots.
"What the-?" said Sailor Venus.
"Up there!" said Sailor Mercury as she pointed upwards.
Slowly descending from the sky was the Winx Club in their Enchantix forms. Stella had managed to erect a protective barrier around Were-Shampoo and Were-Ukyou in time before the Senshi attacks could hit them. Ranma, in his guise as Soul Knight, was with the two female martial artists.
"You two okay?" asked Ranma.
"We are now, thanks for the save, you guys." Replied Were-Ukyou.
"Stop! These two girls aren't the enemy!" said Bloom.
"You… so you've all finally shown your true colors…" said Sailor Neptune in a low voice.
"Huh?"
"The fact you came to defend those two Soul Breakers proves that you're in league with this Shardia person after all!" said Sailor Uranus.
"Wait! They're not Soul Breakers!" said Flora.
"And where do you get the idea we're with that guy anyway?" demanded Musa.
"BURNING MANDALA!"
Before the flame rings could hit them, Layla erects a shield of water and douses out the attack.
"SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"
"NATURE DEFENSE!" Flora slams her palms to the ground, causing a wall of soil to rise up before her and absorb the lightning attack before going back under.
"Hey! What are you doing? Why are you attacking us?" asked Stella.
"Have you forgotten? You all attacked us yesterday!" accused Sailor Mars.
"What? What are you talking about?"asked Layla.
"There's no use playing dumb! SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!"
"PYRO SHIELD!" Bloom quickly raises her hands and forms a shield of flame that melted Sailor Mercury's freezing projectile before it could meet its mark.
"CRESCENT BEAM!"
Stella suddenly jumps forth and takes Sailor Venus's attack, actually ABSORBING the beam into herself, much to the blonde Senshi's shock.
"WORLD SHAKING!"
"DEEP SUBMERGE!"
"SOUND BOUNCE!" Musa stomps her foot, sending a sound wave through the ground and upwards under Sailor Uranus's attack, causing it to fly upwards to dissipate harmlessly.
"VIRTUAL NET!" Tecna forms a green energy net that caught Sailor Neptune's attack, then crushed it into droplets.
The Senshi were quite perturbed that their attacks were stopped so easily.
"Please! Can't we talk about this? We haven't even seen you all day yesterday!" pleaded Flora.
"You still insist on playing dumb? It's not gonna do you any good!" said Sailor Uranus as she pulled out the Space Sword and charged. She was stopped by Ranma, who blocked the sword with Riven's scimitar.
"Look, we didn't start this fight, but if you girls don't calm down and listen to reason, then we'll be the ones who'll FINISH it!" said Ranma as he pushed Sailor Uranus back.
"We'll see who finishes who here!" retorted Sailor Uranus.
Ranma could only inwardly sigh. 'Typical… I can never seem to avoid a fight, can I?'
"Everyone, those Senshi are just being misled somehow. We mustn't hurt them!" said Bloom.
"Easier said than done! They don't have that problem!" said Stella.
Soon, a fight erupted between the Sailor Senshi and the Winx and NWC.
The Sailor Senshi continued their barrage of attacks on the ones they believed had attacked them unprovoked the day before, but no matter what they tried, the residents of Alfea would stop their attacks cold. The Winx were forced to refrain from having to use their offensive magic on the misguided Senshi in favor of just defending against the predictable maneuvers. As far as they were concerned, the Senshi's attacks had poor startup time.
Bloom absorbed the flaming rings of Sailor Mars's Burning Mandala attack, and to the fire Senshi's shock, she even caught the arrow of her Mars Flame Sniper attack before crushing it into embers. Musa encased Sailor Mercury's Mercury Aqua Rhapsody attack into a soundproof sphere which caused it to melt into water, splashing harmlessly to the ground. When Sailor Jupiter unleashed her Jupiter Oak Evolution, Tecna creates a magical lightning rod and draws the lightning orbs into it, absorbing the electric energy into herself. Sailor Venus fires off her Venus Love And Beauty Shock, but Stella catches it in her hand and blows it into the air as if blowing a kiss. When Eternal Sailor Moon fired off her Moon Tiara Action, Were-Shampoo and Were-Ukyou simply used a ki-powered claw to slice it apart, causing the Senshi leader to sweatdrop nervously. Sailor Neptune arms herself with the Deep Aqua Mirror and uses the Submarine Reflector attack on Layla, who counters by hitting it head-on with a huge fist of water, cancelling the attacks out. Armed with the Space Sword, Sailor Uranus uses her Space Sword Blaster attack, firing off a barrage of yellow crescent-shaped projectiles. To her shock, Ranma calls out Platinum Sky, Diamond Brandon, and Onyx Riven, armed with their respective swords, who then proceeded to bat away all the projectiles that came hurling towards them and their host. As they merged back, into him, Ranma whips out Nabu's staff and Riven's sword and fused them together to create a glaive, just in time to parry Sailor Saturn's Silence Glaive when she tried to blindside him.
This had been going on for a bit as the Senshi just wouldn't give up. It had been getting quite irritating to Ranma and his friends, not to mention tiring. They had to put an end to this.
"This is getting us nowhere! We've got to subdue them somehow!" said Bloom.
Ranma couldn't help but agree as he fought off both Sailor Uranus and Sailor Saturn with his glaive weapon.
"Group them all in!" said Tecna as she started to focus her techno magic.
Everyone did as such to group all the Sailor Senshi together in one place. Once they forced the Sailor Senshi to regroup, Tecna calls out her spell.
"FORCE FIELD!"
Suddenly, to the Sailor Senshi's surprise, they were all levitated off the ground, then encased in a transparent green energy sphere. They tried to break out of it, but it was all in vain as the force field buffered all impacts inside. The NWC and Winx girls stood before the imprisoned Senshi.
"Nice work." said Layla.
"Was kind of a problem, though." Said Tecna.
"Forgive us, but you left us with no other choice." Said Flora apologetically.
"Now will you please calm down and listen to us?" asked Ranma in as patient a tone as he could manage.
A rose was suddenly stabbed into the ground before his feet. Ranma sighed knowing who it was as he and the others looked up. Standing on a construction crane was Tuxedo Kamen.
"Delicate flowers should be handled with care, be it in a forest or on a construction site. To protect them, I shall be your opponent!"
"Tuxedo Kamen-sama!" said Eternal Sailor Moon.
Ranma's group sweatdropped.
"Is cape boy for real?" said Were-Shampoo.
Tuxendo Kamen jumped off the crane and dove towards Ranma with his extendable cane brandished. The pigtailed boy sighed.
"Gold Helia…"
Gold Helia emerged above Ranma with his cable gauntlets equipped and ensnared a surprised Tuxedo Kamen in the light cables, incapacitating him. He then tossed the masked man towards the force field through an opening Tecna formed, causing him to fall in with the rest of its occupants before sealing it again. Eternal Sailor Moon immediately went to check on his condition.
"NOW are you guys ready to listen?"
"Hold on! I think one is missing…" said Stella.
The others were alarmed at what Stella said and looked through the levitating force field.
"You right! Where is pink girl?" wondered Were-Shampoo.
The other Sailor Senshi started to wonder this, too, as they had momentarily forgotten about Sailor Chibimoon. They then saw her a distance behind the Magix Senshi, tending to the 'victimized children'.
'These wounds are so bad! They have to be treated right away!' though Sailor Chibimoon as she looked at the 'victims'.
It was then that Were-Ukyou and Were-Shampoo turned around and saw Sailor Chibimoon with the masquerading bodies.
"NO! STAY AWAY FROM THEM!" shouted Were-Ukyou.
"Huh?" Sailor Chibimoon turned towards the shout, and before she could react, she was taken by surprise when one of the 'children' suddenly got up and grabbed her roughly by the wrist. Sailor Chibimoon was sent flying from a punch to the face.
"SAILOR CHIBIMOON!" shouted the Senshi from within their prison.
Everyone was shocked at what they had witnessed. One of the supposed victims just got up and punched Sailor Chibimoon away. The small Senshi was nursing a bruise forming on her face as she looked on in shock.
"Wh-what…?"
The other seven 'children' then get up and stared at the two groups with their red eyes flashing. The one that attacked Sailor Chibimoon before lunged at her with the intent to kill. Before that could happen, Ranma jumps in and punches the 'child' away before jumping back with Chibimoon in tow.
"What… just happened?" asked Sailor Mars.
The punched 'child' gets back up and is joined by the other 'wounded children', standing on either side. The center one suddenly shape-shifted into Ranma's Soul Knight guise while the other transformed into the Winx girls in their Enchantix modes as well as Ranma-chan in her Faerie mode.
"TWO of them?" said Sailor Venus in shock.
"What's going on?" asked Sailor Jupiter.
"Well, it seems like the mystery behind who attacked those girls yesterday is solved." Said Musa.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Everyone looked upwards towards the chorus of laughter. Materializing in the air were Umbron, Garton, and Platti, the commanding officers of Shardia.
"You!" said Ranma.
"Oh, what a fine show that was!" said Platti.
"No kidding! You people really are stupid!" taunted Garton.
"Still, it was a disappointing ending." Said Umbron.
"What do you mean?" demanded Bloom.
"We were hoping you two would finish each other off, that's what!" replied Umbron. "The Sailor Senshi were determined to beat you, but apparently they lacked the necessary power to take you on or at least weaken you. Such a disappointment, but what can you expect from mouthy weaklings like them?" The imprisoned Sailor Senshi frowned at that criticism. "And you Magix Senshi, you obviously have the power to take them out, but you're too concerned for their well-being to do anything drastic and only relied on defensive maneuvers. Since it is apparent you cannot finish each other off, they'll do it for you! Go forth, Mimic Molds! Kill them all!"
The false Magix Senshi took battle stances as the originals glared at their doppelgangers.
"This could get messy…" said Flora.
Tecna quickly puts Sailor Chibimoon into the force field with the other Sailor Senshi before sealing it again.
"Wait! What are you doing?" asked Eternal Sailor Moon.
"You guys are much safer in there! Trust us on this!" said Tecna as she rejoined the others.
Time Gates…
"This ought to be interesting…"
"No doubt."
Construction site…
(Sailor Moon style, 'Ai no Senshi')
Music starts as Ranma's group faces off against their evil doubles. At the beats, it showed a split screen of each group at the sides followed by a cut of the Sailor Senshi in the middle. The NWC and the Winx charged forth at the same time as the mimic molds. A fight soon broke out.
Bloom and Sailor Domino shot forth a fireball at each other, the attacks colliding and causing a huge explosion. Bloom then flies forward with a flaming fist and punches towards Sailor Domino, who counters with the same attack.
Stella forms a shield of light as she blocks Sailor Solaria's light beam attack. She then fires off the shield at her double, who counters by slicing it in twain with a shaft of light.
Kami ga sora ni moeagaru (My hair flares up into the sky)
Karada ga honoo no you yo (My body feels like a burning flame)
Flora leaps back as Sailor Linphea tried to ensnare her with black thorny vines she grew out of the ground. Once dodging, the Faerie of Nature blew some dust off her hand at the vines, causing them to turn into a rain of flowers, which she then caused some of them to harden and get shot at towards her fake like make-shift shurikens. The fake blocks by making a log form before her to take the flower shurikens.
Ya da wa nande kou naru no (Oh no, why is this happening?)
HONTO ni mou okotchau kara (Now I'm really burning up inside!)
Musa and Sailor Melody took to the air for a sky battle. The fake shoots out a sound wave at the original, who defended with a sound-proof sphere. Dropping it, Musa charged fast at Sailor Melody with a punch, who quickly evades.
Koi wo shite setsunai mama (I just want to fall in love)
Amai yume wo mite itai no ni (And hold onto that sweet dream in my heart)
Yurusenai AITSUra no sei yo (I can't forgive them, it's all their fault!)
Sailor Zenith forms a green virtual arm cannon and fired repeatedly at a running Tecna, who defended herself with a firewall shield. Once she was close enough, Tecna throws a logic bomb code at her double, who managed to jump away before it exploded.
Layla fights against Sailor Andros in a melee match as both had produced purple shafts of water in their hands. Their water staffs clashed against each other as one tried to overpower the other. With her free hand, Sailor Andros fired a stream of water, causing Layla to spin-dodge to the side while going into a spinning head swipe at her double, who ducked in time then jumped away from the follow-up thrust.
Yappari watashi yarukkyanai ne (In the end, I guess I just have to do it)
Tatakitsubushite yaru wa kono te de aku wo (I'll crush the evil with my very hands)
Sou yo sore made ganbaranakutcha (That's right, until then I must persevere)
Mezame nasai aoi senshi yo (Awaken now, pale soldier!)
Sailor Gaia faced off against Were-Ukyou and Were-Shampoo. The fake Ranma-chan fired a ball of lightning at the catgirl and a ball of fire at the foxgirl, both leaping away before the attacks could connect. The two lycanthropes dashed in as Sailor Gaia fired upon them again. This time, Were-Shampoo slashed the lightning ball into quarters with her ki-powered claws, and Were-Ukyou dissipated the fireball by hitting it with her flaming foxtail. The false Faerie quickly took to the air, but the two weregirls simply jumped up after her to rain fast scratch attacks, causing her to protect herself with a barrier.
Ranma faced off against Soul Knight, who brandished his black light blade sword. He fenced with his double using Sky's sword, the light blades clashing against each other. After several swipes, swings, and misses, Ranma jumps back and whips out Helia's cable gauntlets. Fusing it with Sky's sword, the end result was the sword broken up in small sections held together by the light cables, effectively creating a sword in whip form(4). Ranma swings the sword-whip at his doppelganger at a rapid pace. Because of the added range and flexibility his combined weapon had, his strikes were fast and hard to read, which scored more than a few hits on the false Soul Knight. Ranma then thrusts the sword-whip into the ground, in which the other end shoots back up right under the Soul Knight, knocking him back.
Unknown to him nearby, one of Layla's errant water attacks splashes out from hitting Sailor Andros, the remainder heading right for Ranma. At the first set of beats, it goes into a slow-motion flash of Ranma turning and getting a shocked look on his face just before the water splashed on him, transforming him into his girl form. The now female Ranma-chan shook herself dry, and at the second set of beats, goes into a slow-motion flash of her transforming into her Faerie mode. The Senshi and the Officers of Shardia were surprised at this development.
Donna warui hito date (No matter how bad a person you are)
Suki nara shinjite miru no (If you love me, I will believe in you)
Were-Shampoo and Were-Ukyou, after having knocked down Sailor Gaia temporarily, rushed over to Faerie-Ranma-chan to check on her. Suddenly, both Soul Knight and Sailor Gaia lunged at them, causing the three to split away. Soul Knight went after the two lycanthropes while Sailor Gaia went for Ranma-chan.
Sore wo riyou suru nante (To take advantage of that)
Sonna no yatcha ikenai no yo (Is something you should never do)
Soul Knight slashed wildly at Were-Shampoo and Were-Ukyou. The two had either nimbly dodged the slashes or deflected them with their own ki-powered claws. At the same time, Ranma-chan had an aerial battle with Sailor Gaia, both martial arts Faeries going at it with rapid-fire punches, kicks, and parries before backing off to fire varying elemental spells at each other.
Itsudatte mamoritai no (I want to protect you at all times)
Anata no tame tonde yuku wa (For you, I'll come flying)
Ai dake ga kagirinai ENAJI- (Love alone provides boundless energy!)
From within Tecna's force field, the Sailor Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen could only observe the mirror match-up battle in shock and confusion.
"I can't believe what I'm seeing!" said Sailor Venus.
"And did you also see the Soul Knight turn into Sailor Gaia?" asked Sailor Jupiter to the others.
"Well that would explain why those two were never seen together…" surmised Sailor Mercury.
"Just what could this all mean?" asked Sailor Mars.
"I'll tell you what it means." Said Eternal Sailor Moon. "Once they're done with the evil ones, we owe the REAL Magix Senshi an apology…"
The others were surprised at the sagely way the de facto leader said that, but they had to agree with her.
Nee watashi-tachi yarukkyanai ne (Say, we just have to do it, you know?)
Onna no ko no junjou misete yaru no yo (We'll show them the pure hearts girls have)
Nani ga nan de mo ganbaranakutcha (We must persevere in everything we do)
Mune ni chikau ai no senshi yo (We vow in our hearts, soldiers of love!)
Bloom continued her tussle with Sailor Domino, who after missing with a fireball, charged in with a sword of fire. Bloom quickly countered with a lance of flame she created and pushed her off. Sailor Domino charged back in sword raised, forcing Bloom on the defensive with her lance. As the scuffle went on, Bloom parried the flame sword with her flame lance, then with her free hand, formed a baseball-sized ball of fire and plunged it into her double's unprotected stomach. Sailor Domino lets off an inhuman cry before reverting to mimic mold form. Soon after, a beam of fire exits out the mimic mold's back, causing it to get enveloped in flames before crumbling to dust.
Stella fought off Sailor Solaria who continued to fire rapidly at her with a barrage of light beams. As she dodges, Stella left behind numerous light spheres as she encircles her double. The blonde Faerie then gets Sailor Solaria to fire on her again, but before the beams could hit, Stella dodges and they wound up hitting the spheres she set up. As a result, the beams reflected rapidly off of each sphere, which also magnified the intensity. Unfortunately for the false Sailor Solaria, she was right in the middle of the circle of spheres in which the beams rapidly hit her on their every passing. Before she could recover, Stella flew below her fake and fired off a huge beam of light upward, engulfing her until she reverted back into a mimic mold and disintegrating.
Flora quickly avoided being side-swiped by a tree formed on Sailor Linphea's arm. The doppelganger then transforms the tree arm into a thorny vine whip and lashed at Flora. The Faerie of Nature flies back and blows out a wind of leaves and petals, distracting Sailor Linphea. Soon, the fake and Flora were enveloped in a whirlwind of leaves and petals, where Flora seemingly vanished into the blowing nature. Sailor Linphea attacked wildly trying to hit her hidden adversary with no success. She was suddenly hit all over within the whirlwind by sharpened leaves that seemed to be shot at her from all sides. After another minute of the botanical assault, the whirlwind died down, revealing Flora floating over double before slamming her into the ground by shooting her down with what seemed to be bowling ball-sized seeds. As Sailor Linphea gets slammed, she reverts to mimic mold form and breaks apart.
Musa Set up a sound barrier around herself to block the sound wave attacks of Sailor Melody. Stopping her barrage, the fake claps her hands to send off one really big sound wave attack that caused Musa to be blown back. Fortunately, since she was still in her soundproof sphere, she simply bounced off the ground and ricocheted off the fence towards Sailor Melody. Dropping the barrier, Muse spread her hands, causing musical notes to appear before her. One by one, Musa took the notes and hurled them at her double, which exploded with sound on impact. Because of the distraction, Sailor Melody lost sight of Musa, who surprised her by grabbing both sides of her head from above. Focusing her sound powers into her hands, Musa gave the fake the headache of her life. Forcing all the sound into her body caused Sailor Melody's body to vibrate rapidly until she reverted to her mimic mold form, then blows up into dust.
Nee watashi-tachi yarukkyanai ne (Say, we just have to do it, you know?)
Tatakitsubushite yaru wa kono te de aku wo (I'll crush the evil with my very hands)
Sou yo sore made ganbaranakutcha (That's right, until then we must persevere)
Mezame nasai ai no senshi yo (Awaken now, soldiers of love!)
Tecna faced off against Sailor Zenith, who was now trying to get a bead on her with a mounted shoulder cannon made from green electricity. In desperation, Tecna forms her green electricity over her hands, forming what looked like hi-tech gauntlets. Running about, she used the gauntlets to CATCH the shots fired off by Sailor Zenith before absorbing them. To the fake's surprise, Tecna took the stored energy and form a large electrical sphere with the gauntlets and threw it at her. It exploded, knocking the fake back. Before she could recover, Tecna flies in and plants her hand on her fake's unprotected stomach, then lets off a discharge of green electricity. Sailor Zenith's form lit up and spasmed as she was being electrocuted until she also reverted to mimic mold form and crumbled to ashes.
Layla fought against Sailor Andros, who was using a shaft of high water pressure. The dark-skinned Faerie countered by throwing a sphere of water at her fake, who sliced it in twain before closing the gap. Before she could slash at her, Layla quickly does an uppercut, forming a wall of water that stopped her fake cold. She followed up her defense with an attack by punching the water wall, causing it to launch forward, carrying Sailor Andros with it. Layla then punches the ground, causing a geyser to erupt under her fake, send her upward. The water from the geyser all shot up past Sailor Andros before stopping a good distance above her, just before slamming back down on her and onto the ground. When the water receded, Sailor Andros had reverted to mimic mold form and melted away.
Were-Ukyou and Were-Shampoo were keeping the Soul Knight hard-pressed with her speed. The false Ranma couldn't get a hit on either girl with his black-bladed light sword, but they managed to score more than a few hits on him with their passes. Once the Soul Knight was knocked back, each girl began to power herself up until their hair and fur stood on end. Lifting up both clawed hands, Were-Shampoo performed a cross-slash that shot forth a ki projectile resembling scratch marks in an X-formation. Were-Ukyou followed up when her tail spun around and shot a large ki ball resembling a will-o-wisp. Both attacks struck hard against the fake Soul Knight, causing him to revert to mimic mold form just before half falling apart and half disintegrating.
Finally, Ranma-chan fought against Sailor Gaia, who was coming at her with a blade form from ice. Ranma-chan blocked it with a shield of fire before lashing out with a flame kick, knocking the fake back. Sailor Gaia then swung her arm in a wide arc in a backhand chop, firing a wind vacuum, forcing Ranma-chan to duck just before the attack sliced through a steel beam laying nearby. Looking up, Ranma-chan sees Sailor Gaia come down at her with her hand engulfed in darkness. Quickly rolling out of the way, the dark hand had seemingly erased the part of the ground she was just at moments before. Ranma-chan then unleashes a flying kick into her double, knocking her onto her feet, then follows it up with a taste of the Anything-Goes fighting style. Launching Sailor Gaia with an upperkick, Ranma-chan flies up and performs the Katchutenshin Amaguriken from under her. In her Faerie mode, Ranma-chan's technique was enhanced as each hit was powered by a different element in her fists: fire, water, air, ice, lightning, earth, wind, light, darkness. Each time her fist hits, it would change to another element to add to the damage. On the final punch, it was of ki, and forces Sailor Gaia back to mimic mold form before shattering completely.
Ranma-chan and her friends stood together in triumph.
(End song)
Within the force field, the Sailor Senshi were agape at what they had seen.
Ranma-chan and the other looked up towards Umbron, Garton, and Platti.
"Your fakes are beaten!" said Ranma-chan. "They can never stand up to the originals!"
"Yeah! You couldn't capture our powers right, and you definitely couldn't capture our looks, too!" said Stella. "My fake looks nothing like me! I'm MUCH more beautiful than that!"
"Hahaha… you think you've won?" taunted Umbron. "This is only the beginning!"
"What? What are you talking about!" demanded Bloom.
"You must all be pretty tired from those two fights in a row, right?" asked Platti mockingly.
"As they say, third time's a charm!" said Garton.
As if on cue, dark portals opened up in the sky and dispensed no more than SIXTY Soul Breakers that towered over the teen foreigners.
"Lord Shardia had thought of everything! In case our Mimic Molds couldn't beat you, they've at least tired you out so that you can't possibly fight this army of Soul Breakers waiting in the wings!" said Umbron.
"And you can't possibly fight them while protecting those gullible losers as well!" said Platti as she gestured to the Sailor Senshi.
"As much as we want to see your demises, we've got other matter to attend to, so have a nice day!" taunted Garton.
The three commanding officers teleported away, leaving their minions to clean up.
Ranma-chan and her friends looked up at the numerous Soul Breakers that slowly converged on them. Seeing the odds stacked against them, the pigtailed Faerie could only say one word.
"Shit."
To be continued…
Ending (Sailor Moon S style, 'Tuxedo Mirage')
Music starts as it shows a castle balcony at night. Leaning against the railing were the Specialist weapons as well as Shampoo's bonboris, Ukyou's battle spatula, and a few of Mousse's weapons and chains. On the railing was a sleeping Kiko as well as the Pixies sitting down watching the night sky.
Mikadzuki no SHA-RE ni (I take off my star earrings)
Hoshi no PIASU hazushite (And place them in the crescent moon dish)
Doushiyou mune ga mune ga ippai (What should I do? My heart is, my heart is filled to the top)
Hanabi ga hoshi ni natte mo (Even if these fireworks turn into stars)
Koi ga yami e kiete mo (Even if our love disappears into darkness)
Onegai yo KISU wo yamenaide (I beg you, please don't stop your kisses)
In the night sky, images of the Ranma Club cast pass by. A panning shot of Ranma and his friends and family sitting on a hillside. A shot of Layla holding Tecna in a headlock, much to the latter's annoyance. A shot of Musa playing a flute that helped a plant Flora was holding to grow. A shot of Bloom and Stella standing back to back while looking really bishojou.
BIRO-DO no kaori de nusunde mo ii (You can steal me away with your scent of velvet)
Kono HA-TO ginga de deatta koi yo (This is the love my heart found in the galaxy)
A panning shot of the Phantom Specialists. A shot of Ranma-chan, Neko-Shampoo, Kitsune-Ukyou, and Kamo-Mousse.
Yofuke no MANTO hirogereba niji-iro (When the mantle of evening spreads out, it's in rainbow colors)
Motto motto aishite'ru (I love you more and more)
TAKISHI-DO MIRA-JU (Tuxedo mirage)
TAKISHI-DO MIRA-JU (Tuxedo mirage)
A panning shot of Ranma, Shampoo, Ukyou, Mousse, Kasumi, Sasuke, and Nodoka. A panning show of Ranma running from the Winx girls. The final shot is of a blushing Ranma with the Winx all around him. Kiko then wakes up.
End ending
Preview…
Ranma-chan: Those jerks left us a little going away present.
Musa: We really have no time for this!
Layla: Everyone, Shardia's plot is about to unfold…
Tecna: Not good, if this guy succeeds, all will suffer!
Bloom: I suppose a mutual cooperation is in order.
Stella: After this, we can go home now, right?
Ranma: Next time, on Ranma Club, 'United! The Fall of Shardia!'
Flora: You know, I always keep wondering how we were drawn here?
Author's notes:
FINALLY! It was a doozy trying to finish this chapter. I had so many paths to go with this and it was hard to choose. Oh, and BTW, it isn't summer for me. My summer was between March and May. The next part should be the last before Ranma and the Winx return back to Nerima. Their time on Earth is almost up!
(1)Fans of AA's work should know what this refers to.
(2)See above note.
(3)Winx fans should know who they're referring to.
(4)Think Ivy Valentine's snake sword from Soul Calibur
Today's…
RAI vs. 4Crap Rant!
Once again, a continuation of the previous chapter's rant in the same episode, season 1 ep 11, 'The Monster and the Willow' ('Junior League' in 4Crap terms)
Scene – landing on the island
4Crap:
Stella: "So where do we go to check in, Flora?"
Flora: "Very funny, Stella. Now let's get the Zillith."
Bloom: "This is weird. I don't see any of them around here."
Tecna: "It has to be somewhere! A systematic search is in order."
Stella: "Yawn… the Nymphs said something like it grows near a family?"
Tecna: "It grows near trees of the Everzile family." (Hold on, Flora's supposed to be the botanist here…)
Bloom: "Hey Flora! Do you know what kind of tree this is?"
Flora: "No, but I'm pretty sure it's not an Everzile… yawn…"
Stella: "They smell really nice, like designer perfume… hm…"
Bloom: "I am so seriously exhausted… I guess it must be from all that swimming…"
Stella: "I could go for a power nap myself…"
Tecna: "It's way too quiet here, don't you think?"
Stella: "There're no birds…"
Tecna: "Yes, that's right! There's no chirping at all!"
Stella: "I miss my duvei so much right now…"
Tecna: "This is strange… I'm going to analyze the air composition."
Stella: "You know, once you get used to this island, it's pretty comfortable!"
Tecna: "EVERYONE! STOP BREATHING!" (her screen shows a lie detector graph) "There appears to be narcolepse spray in the air! Girls! GIRLS!"
Stella: "Yawn… bring an extra pillow and some of those mints, won't you?"
Tecna: "Stella! Don't breathe! STAY AWAKE! Come on, Stella! Don't close your eyes!"
Stella: "It's okay… I asked for a wake-up call… hmmmm…."
Tecna: "Flora! Musa! Oh no! WAKE UP! Don't let yourselves fall asleep! Don't!"
Musa: "… can you tell us a bedtime story…?" (Uh… what?)
Flora: "… yeah… can you tuck me in…?" (Again… what?)
Bloom: "Tecna…?"
Tecna: "Bloom?"
Bloom: "I've never ever been so tired… uh… (Tecna catches Bloom) Look over there, Tecna… look at that ugly tree… that must be where the narcolepse spray's coming from…"
Tecna: "Stay awake, Bloom!"
Bloom: "Look at all the sleeping birdies… and look at the little Nymph… she's taking a nap… what a good idea…"
Tecna: "Bloom!"
Bloom: "See you in the morning… (collapses)"
Tecna: "Oxygenus Layerus! (creates barrier) Fumeus Removeus! (purifies air)" (AGAIN with the lame "-us" incantations…)
Bloom: (wakes) "Uhh… what happened?"
Tecna: "Come on, Bloom! You have to help me!"
Bloom: "Uh… what did you have in mind?"
Tecna: "We're going to need all the Winx we can muster! Oxygenus Layerus!" (It's MAGIC!)
(enlarges barrier)
Tecna: "We need more!"
Bloom and Tecna: "Oxygenus Layerus!"
Tecna: "And Fumeus Removeus!" (Freakin' lame…)
Musa: (wakes) "Yawn… good morning! I could so go for some pancakes!"
Stella: "Hmmm… let's get room service! I think I want the continental breakfast!" (you're on an ISLAND, not a hotel…) "(ladybug crawls on Stella, waking her up) Hmmm…. WAAAAAAAAAAAH! IT'S A ZIT BUG! HELP! THIS THING'S GONNA GIVE ME BLEMISHES!"
Musa: "Ah, don't be drama-trippin'! It's just a little ladybug!"
Stella: "NO! IT'S A ZIT BUG! AAAAH! (runs around like a beheaded chicken)"
Tecna: "Oh it can't be, those live in cold climates."
Bloom: "We'll tell her that later. Now, we need a bubble big enough to cover the whole island."
Musa: "Let's power converge!"
Tecna: "Everybody ready? One, two, and three!" (encloses island in dome. Luzis wakes up)
Bloom: "Hey, are you okay?"
Luzis: "Yes, please excuse my appearance. I just woke up and I cannot find my hairbrush." (… you knowingly went to that island and you thought you woke up in your room or something! Freakin' 4CRAP!)
Bloom: "Your friends are worried about you!"
Luzis: "I went to look for food. I searched high and low, but all I could find was one Zillith leaf! Then I fell asleep…"
RAI:
Stella: "Uh! That was too close for comfort!"
Flora: "Where in the world are we? I've never been here before."
Bloom: "I don't know, but we're probably on the island."
Tecna: "If that's the case, then we should definitely keep our eyes open."
Stella: "Yawn… why? The monster's gone, right? There's nothing to be afraid of…"
Tecna: "The monster isn't gone. He's just retreated back into his cave."
Bloom: "Flora, do you know what sort of trees these are?"
Flora: "Um… they… they look like Red Willows… yawn…"
Stella: "Funny… how my yawning is contagious…"
(4crap cut)
Tecna: "Looks like they're planted in a specific manner."
Flora: "That's typical of these trees. They grow in a spiral shape around their leader."
Stella: "These trees have a leader? That's funny…"
(End 4Crap cut)
Bloom: "Yawn… it's as if they're positioned in such a way as to take us to their leader…"
Stella: "What a beautiful place, isn't it…?"
Tecna: "It's very quiet… hear the birds?"
Stella: "Actually, I don't…"
Tecna: "Exactly! And don't you think that's strange?"
Stella: "No, that doesn't seem very strange to me…"
(4Crap cut)
Flora: "Oh my… what a wonderful smell…"
(End 4Crap cut)
Tecna: "I detect it… I'd better analyze this composition."
(Notice Stella DOESN'T say anything here. Tecna's screen shows a rising bar graph and line wave. Why did 4Crap change this?)
Tecna: "No… it can't be… This substance is SLEEPING GAS! Girls! GIRLS!"
Stella: "Yeeeeessss… and these moss-covered rocks are just like… mmmm… comfy pillows… so soft…"
Tecna: "Stella! Don't breathe! Don't breathe! No! Wake up! Stella! Don't close your eyes!"
Stella: "Mmmmm… yeah… alright… just set the alarm for seven… mmm…"
Tecna: "Flora! Musa! Oh no! Wake up! Don't let yourselves fall asleep! PLEASE!"
Musa: "… oh come on, Tecna, we're so tired…"
Flora: "… yeah… leave us alone…"
Bloom: "Tecna…"
Tecna: "Bloom!"
Bloom: "I've got to… must… stay… awake… oooh… (Tecna catches Bloom) Look over there, Tecna… I… I think it's the leader tree… the one Flora was talking about… look at the meadow… animals are all sleeping… and over there under the willow… that must be little Luzis… oooohh…"
Tecna: "Bloom!"
Bloom: "Sorry, Tecna… I… (collapses)"
Tecna: "I'll create an oxygen bubble! (creates barrier) I'll make a little opening… and let the bad air out. (purifies air)"
Bloom: (wakes) "Mmmm… uuuh… thanks, Tecna…"
Tecna: "Welcome back from the dreamland!"
Bloom: "Mmm… it's the willow! That deadly odor! It comes from the willow!"
Tecna: "Well then, let's get to work!"
(enlarges barrier. Note that Bloom and Tecna DO NOT say anything.)
Musa: (wakes) "Yawn… well, I… uh… where am I? What happened?"
Stella: "Mmmm… turn off the light… the alarm hasn't gone off yet… (ladybug crawls on her) UUAHH! Get this thing off of me, quick! Somebody do something!"
Musa: "Stella relax, it's just an innocent little insect."
Stella: "AH! How disgusting! (runs around like a beheaded chicken)"
Tecna: "Well it worked. Sounds like everyone's wide awake."
Bloom: "Yes, and not just them! Look! All the animals are waking up!"
Musa: "We're back with you, girls!"
Tecna: "Great! Help us make this oxygen bubble a bit bigger!" (encloses island in dome. Luzis wakes up)
Bloom: "You're Luzis, right?"
Luzis: "Yes, and I know who you are. I could never thank you enough for waking me up."
Bloom: "But… how come you know who we are?"
Luzis: "All the while I was sleeping, I remained in constant telepathic contact with the world around me, so I knew you were coming."
PLEASE just keep it simple!
To the readers
Cast49: I've something else in mind for Mousse…
Cookiegirl28: Glad you like it. I sometimes have to reread to see what I've done and what I can do with it later
RHatch89: No problem!
Tailsmo4ever: If I ever get the time to read it.
God of all: I try, but it's hard to write something and make it believable plotwise. Don't want to create writing paradox for myself
AndrewK9000: Sorry for the long wait.
Jimbobob5536: I'm sure there were others before this one. I'm just improving on it. Lol
Hanzo the Salamander: I'm still thinking about it.
7 Winds: Oh, so you recognized them? Don't spoil it for the rest of the readers now, you've already said too much…
Wolvenstrom: You guessed wrong, but close enough
Chm01: He still prefers his male form.
Rictor Yagami: You got it, as a fellow fan of AA's works! His stuff got me started on this, after all.
El Irreaspondible: Yeah, I heard, but appearance is nothing without substance. I saw the Nick dub of it, and it's just as bad as the 4Shit version if not worse. A LOT of things got cut, I mean, scrunching up episodes 1, 2, 6, and 7 into ONE hour!
Jerry Unipeg: Ah, so you recognized them too? Glad to know some fans of AA.
RyoTheSaiyan: AA is AnimeAddiction. Go look him up on google or something if you want to see some epic Ranma fics that DON'T pair Ranma with the stupid tomboy.
OBSERVER01: Heh, you really live up to your name, don't you?
Masterart: Actually, I have no summer over here. In fact, a semester started.
Firelordeg: Well, had to make sure it was good enough. Can't rush like Sega did when they made the Game Gear.
Unknown1124: Damn… why didn't I think of that…?
Ranmakim74: I appreciate it. I've never heard of that show you speak of…
The Lord of Pages: Yeah, that was a long wait.
PEJP Bengtzone V2: That would be my plan.
Phantom: Welcome, new reader!
Outcast: …. Not funny…
Magnus: Oh, that, and I've some other things I've yet to show with the Specialists' weapons… hehehe…
MissKenniGurl672: Thank you, I'm flattered. Heh…
Shinzochi: I know, right?
Snow299: Glad you like it, new reader!