Disclaimer: Ranma ½ belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Viz Video and Winx Club belongs to Iginio Straffi and Rai S.p.A (NOT 4Kids!). Song 'Breeze' belongs to Slayers Try and 'Sayonara Bye-Bye' belongs to Yu Yu Hakusho.
Note: this follows the Rai version of Winx as the 4Kids version butchered it too much, like with every anime it dubs.
Chapter 44: Round-Trip! A City and a Kingdom?
Saotome Complex…
It had been a week since the play everyone did. Despite the numerous rude interruptions, it went pretty well. The girls got even more popular with the school and most of the town as a result. Shampoo and Ukyou even got their own individual fan-clubs, much to the two's flattery and embarrassment. Currently, the house tenants were in the family room.
"Well today was interesting…" said Musa.
"If one could call it that…" said Layla.
Flashback…
Ranma was leaving the school grounds with the Winx Club behind him. Kuno immediately pursued the girls from behind.
"My gaijin flowers! Allow me to shower you with the passion you desire!"
Stella snapped her fingers, causing Kuno's pants to fall around his ankles and making him trip. Musa followed up by sound-bouncing up where his pants get caught on the school flagpole and hung upside-down.
"Keep your pants on, dork." Said Musa as she and the others left.
End flashback…
Ranma could only sigh. The insane kendoist just couldn't take the hint that the girls thought less of him than dirt. He just hoped things will remain peaceful for the moment.
"Hey! What's that! ?" said Mousse as he pointed at a light that just appeared in the middle of the room.
Nodoka came into the room and saw the light, which then elongated into a light blue-colored bolt, resembling a tear in space. "A dimensional rift…?"
Before anyone could think, the tear in space swallowed up the house's tenants.
A minute later, Kiko hops in with the Pixies behind him.
"Odd, I could have sworn everyone was in the room…" said Lockette.
Unknown place…
Ranma and company had dropped down in some unfamiliar territory. They found themselves in some wide open plain with a few trees, rocks, and streams in the dead of night.
"Just where are we?" asked Flora.
"This feels almost like the time we wound up in Juban…" mused Tecna.
"Gyah! What is that!?" screamed Sasuke as he points where he was looking.
Everyone else turned to see what got Sasuke riled up, and blanched at seeing what looked like a horde of monsters coming at them.
"Oh crap…" cursed Ranma.
Opening (Slayers Try style, 'Breeze')
Music starts as it zooms in on Earth followed by a flash of light. Ranma looks up towards the dark sky followed by Ranma-chan. Both of them stand back to back as the 'Ranma Club' title appears.
Takai sora wo tori ni natte tobitai (I want to become a bird and soar away high into the sky)
Haruka tooi kibou wo mezashite (With hope my goal as it lies so far away)
Bloom is seen standing on the rooftop of the Saotome complex looking out as her hair blows in the wind. Behind her were Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Layla. A feather passes by and they're suddenly in Enchantix.
Konna fuu ni ima wo mitsumeru koto dekiru nara (If I am able to face what I see before me right now)
Kizutsuku koto mo naku, asu mo kowakunai... (I won't have to fear being hurt or what tomorrow will bring)
Shampoo and Ukyou jump up transforming to their lycanthrope forms. Mousse jumps in by is splashed and turned to a duck and stood sullenly between the girls as they look at him. Zooms in on Nodoka as she holds her wrapped katana. The entire cast became startled when a dimensional rip opened and swallowed them up. They find themselves in another world.
Kaze ni notte Yume no kanata e Tonde yukitai (I want to fly away high atop this breeze towards the oceans of my dreams)
Yuuki to yuu tsubasa wo tsukete (On these wings called courage)
The Specialist souls flash by as Ranma stands with his battle aura blazing. The Winx take flight and all fire a spell into a crowd of rampaging monsters, blowing them away while the Nerima martial artist pound the daylights out of other monsters on the ground.
Tori ni natte Miorosu kokoro mochitsudzuketai (Become a bird and hang onto what I feel as I look down)
RIARU na hibi ni makenai you... (Let's not be beaten by the reality of passing days)
Ranma floats in space then sees his Ranma-chan reflection and they both touch hands. Scene changes to a shaded figure of a hunched over clawed monster looking over a sea of dead monster bodies
A portrait of each cast member passes by then focuses on a butterfly landing on a flower by a pond. The butterfly is perched on Bloom's finger as the other Winx and Ranma are on either side of her. As they look up, the camera zooms out to show portraits of Shampoo, Ukyou, Mousse, Nodoka, Kasumi, and Sasuke in the background.
End opening
The group found themselves in the path of rampaging monsters.
"Oh my! What are they! ?" said Kasumi.
"Trouble! That's what it is!" said Stella.
The martial artists of Nerima got into fighting stances and the Winx were about to transform to fight back against these things. That was when some new voices were heard.
"Hey! Those people are in trouble!"
"We gotta help them!"
The misplaced group looked up to see a group of girls flying over them. They were dressed in pink and dark green outfits and had what looked like small fluttering wings on their backs.
"Who are-" said Ranma.
"Are they… Faeries?" asked Flora.
The flying girls quickly repelled the monsters using elemental powers. The Asian-looking girl with the twin tails used wind to blast away a group. The blonde swallowed up another group with a fault line while slamming others with rocks. The dark-skinned one with the glasses shot a blast of flame to toast more. The brown wave-haired girl washed away more monsters with a stream of water. The redhead electrocuted the rest of the monsters with lightning.
"Whoa." Said Ukyou.
"Magic?" said Bloom in shock. "Everyone, I don't think this is Earth…"
The five flying girls dropped down before them.
"Hey, you people all right?" asked the twin-tailed one.
"Um, yes… thank you for that." Kasumi replied politely.
"Wait girls, they don't look to be from around here…" said the bespectacled one.
"You're right. I've never seen anyone on Meridian dress like that. Stylish, though." The blonde commented.
"Meridian? What?" said Musa in confusion.
"Yep. Definitely tourists." The wave-haired one deadpanned.
"Earthlings? Can it be possible…? How could they have come here?" the redhead wondered. She looked towards the Nerima crew. "Are you Japanese, by any chance…?"
"We are." Replied Nodoka.
"We is Chinese over here." Added Shampoo, referring to herself and Mousse.
The winged girls looked at the Winx, figuring they must be some other nationalities. They definitely know they couldn't be from Meridian. They couldn't have come from Heatherfield either.
"Could someone tell us what's going on? One minute we were at home in Japan, the next we're here in this place!" said Ranma.
"Explain later. It's not safe here. We've got to fold to the castle." Said the redhead. She took out a pink spherical crystal pendant and swiped the air, causing a tear in space similar to the one the Nerima group saw to appear. "Come on!"
She and her friends disappeared into the tear. Ranma and company had no choice but to follow suite as they were in unfamiliar territory.
Meridian Castle…
The large group appeared in a spacious castle throne room.
"You're back! Who's with you?"
The group turned to see a young blonde girl of about thirteen to fourteen years old sitting on a throne. She was dressed in light green regal robes and her hair was in two braids hanging down her front with ring weights. Standing next to her was a brown-haired young man in a light brown trench coat and a sword strapped to his back.
"Elyon, we've repelled more of those monsters." Said the redhead.
"We've also picked up some first timers in Meridian who were smack-dab in the middle of the fight. Maybe you could give them the full tour, you know, the gardens, local eateries, cheap hotels…" said the wave-haired girl.
"Irma, I think she gets the idea." Said the bespectacled girl.
"Oh come on, Taranee, I was on a roll here!"
"Anyway, we don't think they're from Meridian. Seems they come from Japan." Said the blonde.
"Japan, Cornelia? But how did they get here? Will?"
"Don't look at me, I never made a fold to there. I can barely fold within my own continent let alone the other side of the world." Said the redhead known as Will.
"Well you can count Blunk out, too, as he's never even been to this Japan place." Said the young man.
"Too true, Caleb." Said the one called Elyon. "Oh, where are my manners? I am Elyon, Queen of Meridian. This is Caleb." She gestured to Caleb who gives a polite nod. "And these girls are the Guardians of the Veil. Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin."
The girls in question nod.
"Hmmm… strange. If you go by their initials in that order, that spells witch." Said Tecna.
The Guardians stared at her in shock at how fast she picked that up.
"Ooooh, she's perceptive!" said Hay Lin.
Brief introductions were made from Ranma's group, but they all purposely left out the fact they're also from another dimension and their magical abilities. Their names and their coming from Nerima was enough. No need to scare them just yet.
"A queen? Wow, at such a young age, I'm impressed!" said Stella.
"Actually, it's just a recent thing for me. I've still got a lot to learn." Said Elyon.
"So this Meridian is another world?" asked Ukyou.
"Separate from Earth. It was quite a shock to us initially." Said Taranee.
"We've been chosen to become the Guardians of this place." Said Will.
"Yeah, full-time gig, this business is, but you get used to it." Said Irma.
"Hmmm… that so…?" said Musa.
"I have to say, you people are taking this rather well. Most other people would be in shock right now." Said Hay Lin.
"Actually, it's not the first time this happened…" muttered Ranma.
"Huh?"
"Nothing, just talking to myself."
"So what now?" asked Cornelia.
"They're just misplaced people from Earth. They should be taken back there." Said Elyon.
"Hold on, we're not actually-" Ranma started, but was stopped by Nodoka placing a hand on his shoulder.
"We understand, Your Highness." Said Nodoka.
"Alright then. You all say you came from Nerima in Japan? I can open a fold there…" Elyon stood up and made a backhand gesture with her hand. However, as soon as she opened the fold, it immediately sealed itself up again. "Huh?" She tries again, but met with the same results. A third time, the fold once again sealed itself shut. "What's going on?"
"Elyon?" said Cornelia.
"Something's wrong. I can't open a fold there."
"But how can that be?" wondered Caleb.
Elyon tried to open a fold somewhere else just to test it, but no matter what destination she picked, the fold would seal itself. She finally opened a fold to somewhere in Heatherfield, and oddly enough, the fold didn't seal up like before.
"This is very strange. I can't open a fold to anywhere except for Heatherfield." Said Elyon.
"It's almost like something or someone is buffering your powers…" said Taranee.
"Oooh, a dampener. Someone seems to be raining on your parade, El." Said Irma.
"I'm sorry I'm unable to bring you back home." Elyon apologized. "I must find out what happened. In the meantime, you can stick around in Heatherfield."
"In North America?" asked Bloom.
"Yep! Good ol' USA!" said Irma.
"Don't worry, we can get you all situated." Said Will.
"I'm sure Elyon will eventually have the power to send you all back home." Said Cornelia.
"We thank you for the help." Said Nodoka.
The Guardians lead the group through the fold.
Silver Dragon Rooftop…
Ranma's group found themselves on the rooftop of a restaurant in the middle of a city.
"We is in America?" asked Shampoo as she and the other looked about.
"Yep! We happen to be on top of my family's restaurant." Replied Hay Lin.
"I own and live in my own restaurant, too." Said Ukyou.
"Shampoo and Mousse, too." Added Shampoo.
"Oooh! It's like we're kindred spirits or something!" said Hay Lin.
"Great. Hay Lin's got a posse, and two of them are hair care products." Irma deadpanned, earning her an elbow from Taranee.
"Irma, don't be rude!" whispered Taranee.
Will holds up the Heart of Candracar and reverts herself and the Guardians to their normal states, reducing their heights a bit as well as their figures (much to Will's annoyance) and in Irma and Taranee's cases, their hairstyles. In their normal modes, the girls looked to be between fourteen and fifteen compared to their Guardian forms' older appearances.
"Hmmm… impressive." Said Stella.
"Yeah, you wouldn't believe looking at us now, we'd be magical beings, huh?" said Will.
"Actually, I can." Ranma said quietly, speaking from his own experience. Bloom also had similar thoughts.
It was then the door to the roof opened, revealing an old woman in a dark-green kimono-like robe. "Hay Lin? I thought I heard-" She stopped to see the group of reverted Guardians with a much larger entourage. "Oh, seems, we got guests. Well, come on down. We talk after we eat, yes?"
"Oh that sounds good!" said Musa.
Silver Dragon Restaurant…
The Saotome complex tenants were seated at joined tables eating some Chinese cooking. Wasn't on par with the Neko Haten, but was still good regardless. Sasuke definitely enjoyed it. Nodoka offered to pay for the meals, but Yan Lin waved her off, saying it was on the house considering their unexpected drop in Meridian. They filled her in on what happened. Hay Lin also told the group that while her grandmother was in on the know about Meridian and their powers, her parents weren't so she asked to keep that hush-hush around them.
Currently, Yan Lin was with the Guardians in the basement. Also there was Mira, Yan Lin's altermere.
"Really? Elyon was unable to transport them back?" asked Yan Lin.
"Yeah, Grandma. She doesn't understand either." Replied Hay Lin.
"That really is odd. Elyon tapped into her power, so tele-tranporting anywhere on Earth shouldn't be a problem."
"You don't suppose SHE'S behind this, do you?" asked Will.
Yan Lin and Mira thought about it. Their former comrade of the previous Guardians of the Veil was a prime suspect. Everyone thought Nerissa would be imprisoned forever in the Heart of Meridian as an unknowing prisoner of her own dreams of grandeur. Somehow some time ago, she managed to find out the ruse and fought to escape. When the heart got slightly cracked, she did manage to escape again and tried once more to regain the power she believed she deserves. Meridian had been a battleground as Nerissa once again tried to attack the Guardians with forces she's created. So far, she had been laying low as her power wasn't up to snuff as her previous self.
"But that really doesn't make any sense, Will. Why would Nerissa care about a bunch of people from the other side of our world?" asked Taranee.
"Her sick and twisted nature?" said Irma.
"Besides the obvious." Said Cornelia.
"It is possible, but I don't think it is likely." Said Mira.
"Have to agree with sister here." Said Yan Lin. "It would take an even higher power to seriously limit the choices of tele-transporting like that. Something more powerful than Nerissa and Elyon."
"But who?" asked Will.
"That would be million dollar question, wouldn't it?" said Mira.
"I also don't think them being dropped in Meridian was an accident." Said Yan Lin. "When I was near them, I could sense a power within most of them. One holds a power that could dwarf the power of the Hearts combined." (1)
"Seriously? More powerful than the Hearts of Candracar and Meridian?" asked Will in shock.
"Indeed. I don't think they are just tourists, but I don't think they're enemies either."
"But you can bet should Nerissa find out about this, she will hunt them down to sate her hunger for power." Said Mira.
"Nerissa with power stronger than Hearts combined. That's a scary thought…" said Irma.
"Stop! I don't even want to think about that!" said Cornelia.
"Then it's important that we get them home as soon as possible. In the meantime, we have to keep them hidden here in Heatherfield. They're not safe on Meridian." Said Will.
"Yeah, but where will they stay? None of us can house them." Said Hay Lin.
"That would be a problem…" said Taranee.
In the dining area, the people in question were eating while talking about what to do next.
"I can't believe there are faeries here as well!" said Layla.
"But they seem a lot different from you." Said Kasumi. "Their wings are much smaller than yours."
"True enough." Said Stella. "No offense to them, but we've got more style."
"Not now, Stella." Said Bloom. "I'm still wondering about that tear in space that brought us to that world in the first place."
"That concerns me as well." Added Tecna. "Just how did that happen?"
"Probably the same reason why we got transported to Juban all those weeks ago." Said Nodoka.
"What do you mean, Auntie?" asked Ukyou.
"Remember when we were in Manhattan, I was going to transport us back home, but something interfered with my transport spell and we wound up in Juban, where we witnessed the Sailor Senshi fight."
"Yes, I remember that time. We also helped them destroy an evil they couldn't handle by themselves." Said Flora.
"I thought it was an accident we were transported there, but I'm beginning to think that's not the case. It's as if some force dropped us there specifically to help the Senshi neutralize that evil."
"So what you're saying, Mom, is that same something purposely dropped us here because there's also a threat going on?" asked Ranma.
"Yes, that's my conclusion."
"It does sound logical. We witnessed those Guardians' fight against those monsters in that other world, much like how we saw the Senshi." Said Tecna.
"Looks like we're in for more excitement in the near future." Said Layla.
"Man, just when I thought we could kick back…" said Stella. "Still, as a Faerie of Solaria, I can't ignore this."
"Nor can I." said Bloom.
"I feel the same way." Said Flora.
"Count me in as well." Said Musa.
"Knowing this, as a martial artist, I can't back off now." Said Ranma.
"Don't forget about us, Ranma!" said Mousse as he, Shampoo, and Ukyou nodded.
"Then it is settled. We can't leave until we find out why we were brought here." Said Nodoka. "You can think of this as another extracurricular assignment."
"We'll hold you to that!" joked Stella.
"What have we gotten into this time, Mistress Kasumi?" asked Sasuke.
"Cheer up, Sasuke. The last time wasn't so bad." Said Kasumi.
"I suppose…"
The Guardians then come up.
"Oh my, you've got a twin, Ms. Yan Lin?" asked Kasumi.
"She's my long lost sister, Mira." Said Yan Lin as she gestured to the altermere.
"Hello, everyone!" greeted Mira.
"Wow, they're so identical!" said Ukyou.
"You've no idea." Said Hay Lin.
"Everyone enjoyed their meal?" asked Yan Lin.
"It was very delicious, thank you very much." Replied Nodoka. "I was wondering if any of you know of a good hotel around here?"
The Guardians were a bit surprised at that.
"Well that solves the problem of where they will stay at." Whispered Cornelia.
"Yeah. None of us will have to knock down walls and build rooms." Whispered Irma.
Somewhere in Meridian…
Nerissa, the former Guardian of Quintessence, was currently hiding out in a cave. Once, she was the penultimate Guardian. She had control of all five elements and then some. She had possessed great power. Now she's been reduced to a lone witch whose power had been greatly diminished. Nerissa had been absorbed into the Heart of Meridian along with her former Guardians and Elyon when Phobos took her seal from her. Once the Cedric battle ended, they had a chance to escape. Of course, Nerissa betrayed them to escape on her own and claim all the power for herself and put the elemental-bodied Guardians under her control, then used them to take over numerous worlds. However, to her shock, it was all a dream world, none of it was real. Nothing more than a fake. SHE was the one who was locked inside of the jewel. Nerissa had been enraged that she had been tricked and sealed away. Sure, she was the one who tried to do it on them, but doing that to her would not be tolerated. She managed to escape due to the crack that had formed on the Heart of Meridian from the Cedric battle. Now, Nerissa wanted vengeance. However, her previous tactics won't cut it. Since she had left her former forces hung up to dry, they won't likely follow her. She wouldn't be able to trick Elyon into giving up the Heart of Meridian to her since she now knew the truth about her upbringing. Her only option is to kill Elyon in order to take the Heart of Meridian. She can handle Phobos at any time since he's still locked up.
"Soon… vengeance will be mine…"
Heatherfield next day…
Nodoka had managed to book rooms at a local plaza hotel. Their stay in Heatherfield will be undetermined like back at Juban. They made note of where the Silver Dragon restaurant was at just in case they needed to speak with the Guardians about something. They also managed to catch sight of the girls attending school at Sheffield Institute.
The crew was in Nodoka's room, shared by Ranma, Kasumi, and Sasuke.
"It seems a nice place." Said Kasumi.
"I'm already getting some magic vibes in this town." Said Stella.
"I could almost swear I heard a light post talk to Will." Said Tecna. She heard it nag Will to return home before curfew or her mother will give her flak again.
"Even so, we won't find out anything staying here." Said Nodoka. "Even if we wanted to go home, we can't anyway. I can't open a portal to Nerima or anywhere for that matter. Although, I am able to open a portal into that Meridian place since we've all been there."
"So you're saying we should go back to that place soon, huh?" asked Layla.
"Indeed. I couldn't help but sense a great evil brewing there…"
Silver Dragon basement…
The Guardians of the Veil were visited by Caleb who had news about what was going on in Meridian. Also there was Will's boyfriend Matt and his dormouse Mr. Huggles.
"What? Annihilators?" said Will in shock.
"Yeah, they're back." Said Caleb cryptically. "However, unlike the ones we've faced before, these don't go away when Elyon is around."
The girls cringed. They remembered the Annihilators all too well. Those living statues were practically immortal. No matter what they did, those monsters would simply regenerate whenever they get destroyed. Back then, Will discovered her ability to generate lightning as part of her element of quintessence which was what destroyed those things for good.
"Well what are we waiting for? We've got to get back to Meridian!" said Taranee.
"Hopefully before Nerissa's demolition crew finishes cleaning up." Said Irma.
"Will!" said Cornelia.
"I know." Said Will as she took out the Heart of Candracar. "Guardians unite!"
The crystal pendant flashed and engulfed each of the girls in spheres of light.
"Water!"
"Fire!"
"Earth!"
"Air!"
"Quintessence!"
The five girls were now in their Guardian forms, also known as W.I.T.C.H. Will then takes the Heart and swipes the air with it, opening a fold in space. Everybody jumped through to Meridian.
Meridian…
Once everyone had passed through, they wound up in a battlefield. There were at least forty of the Annihilators marching through the town below the castle destroying everything in their path with their oversized fists or the light beams shot from their hollow singular eyes. The guards were helpless against the group of eight-foot juggernauts.
"No! They're already in the town!" said Cornelia.
"Hurry! We've got to take them out!" said Will.
Caleb took out his sword while Matt quickly transformed into his Shagon form and took flight. Mr. Huggles turned into his beast form.
The Guardians used the same strategy as the last time. Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin used their powers to force the Annihilators together so Will could finish them with her quintessence lightning.
"Take this! Quintessence!" Will charged up and fired a bolt of lightning at the group of Annihilators, causing them to crumble to dust.
"Alright Will! You got them!" said Hay Lin.
"Don't celebrate yet, Hay Lin! Look!" said Taranee.
To the girls' horror, the Annihilators regenerated.
"This can't be right! Shouldn't Will's lightning show have kept those things pebbles! ?" said Irma in shock.
Matt blasted an Annihilator with his eye beams, but it soon regenerated. Caleb had no more luck than they did as his sword wasn't able to penetrate the stone monsters.
"Nothing's working!" shouted Matt just before he got knocked out of the air by an Annihilator's fist.
"Matt!"
Somewhere in Meridian…
Nerissa wore a devious grin as she observed the carnage from a viewing orb. Her upgraded Annihilators were wiping the floor with the Guardians and making short work of everyone else that stood before them. Not even Elyon herself would be able to stop them. Once they kill her, she'll do the same to Phobos, ending the family line once and for all, then the Heart of Meridian will be up for grabs.
"It's only a matter of time… soon, the power I so rightfully deserve will be mine again!" said Nerissa. "They cannot destroy my new Annihilators. No power on Earth, Candracar, or Meridian can stop them!"
Back at the one-sided battle…
W.I.T.C.H. and their allies were slowly being forced back by the Annihilators. Even when Elyon showed up to fight, her powers were just as useless against them.
"This is no good! We can't hold them back!" said Caleb.
"I may as well be hitting them with moss! There's got to be something we can do!" said Cornelia.
"I vote for panicking…" said Irma.
"NOT helping, Irma!"
"It's something, isn't it?"
Unknown to anyone else, a fold opened and closed in a nearby alleyway. While flying around to dodge light beams being shot at her, Hay Lin looked down to notice a certain group.
"Hey! What are they doing here?" asked Hay Lin.
"What? How did they get here?" wondered Taranee.
Ranma and his crew looked about to see the carnage going on in the town. Only Kasumi and Sasuke were absent as they stayed behind in Heatherfield.
"Seems you called it right, Mom." Said Ranma.
"It's a warzone here!" said Layla.
The group immediately jumped back before a light beam struck the ground they were standing on moments before.
"Oh, that close…" said Shampoo.
"What are you guys doing here? It's not safe!" said Elyon.
"You've got to get out of here! It's too dangerous!" said Cornelia.
"Trust us, this kind of situation is nothing new." Said Stella.
"And it looks to me you girls could use a hand." Said Ranma.
"We appreciate it, but you people can't possibly-" said Will.
"HEY LOOK OUT!" shouted Irma.
A beam of light was heading straight for Tecna and Flora. Having no time to dodge, Tecna reflexively brought up her arm, and to the shock of the Guardians, Caleb, Matt, and Elyon, she deflected it with a shield of green energy. The deflected beam hits another Annihilator, destroying it.
"H-how did you…?" said Hay Lin.
"We told you, this is nothing new to us." Said Stella.
The Winx Club took a pose.
"WINX ENCHANTIX!"
Before the astonished eyes of the Guardians and Meridians, the six Alfea students underwent a transformation sequence that definitely put theirs to shame. Once it was over, the six Faeries had transformed into their Enchantix modes. They couldn't help but marvel at their beautiful appearances as they hovered with their huge gossamer wings.
"Whoa." said Irma.
"ENCHANTIX!"
"HENSHIN!"
Nodoka transformed into her Enchantix mode while Shampoo and Ukyou transformed into their lycanthrope forms, shocking them even further.
"Double whoa!" said Hay Lin.
"Let's do it, girls!" said Bloom as she and the others took flight. "DRAGON HEART!" she launched a stream of mystic flame at an Annihilator.
"Wait! Fire doesn't work on-" Taranee's next words died in her throat when she saw Bloom's attack actually destroy the Annihilator and it didn't regenerate. Rather, the remains evaporated.
Stella gets in an Annihilator's face and shoots it through the head with a beam of Solarian light. Its headless body fell over and shattered to pieces. The remains also evaporated
Flora stood before three Annihilators and placed a hand on the ground. Giant thorny vines sprouted out beneath them and ensnared the three. The Annihilators were crushed to pebbles from the increased constriction before finally evaporating.
Musa surrounded two of the stone monster between two energy speakers she materialize before making a hard strumming gesture as if she were jamming on an electric guitar. The speakers let out a loud concentrated sonic wave that shattered the Annihilators.
Tecna shot a wave of digital 1's and 0's which attached themselves to the heads of some Annihilators, which caused them to just shut down before finally exploding to pebbles.
Layla flies down and grabs an Annihilator by its head and focused her powers. Seconds later, the Annihilator shook and exploded into pebbles and water after Layla had flooded its insides with Morphix water.
Nodoka brought out her katana and infused it with her Enchantix powers before slashing, firing off a sharp energy arc that plowed through a line of four Annihilators, slicing them at the torsos before breaking apart.
Were-Shampoo and Were-Ukyou darted about with their enhanced speed while slashing at three Annihilators with their Lunar Gem-powered claw attacks. Their slashes were too fast for the eye to see (except to Ranma) as they slashed at the living statues before ending it in an X-slash from each lycanthrope. The three Annihilators fell to pieces a moment later.
Like with the Soul Breakers back in Juban, Mousse had been powered up by Nodoka's magic so that his attacks are infused with Enchantix magic and thus effective on the Annihilators. An assortment of weapons flashed out of his sleeves as he fought against the statues.
Ranma armed himself with Sky and Brandon's swords and started swinging. He cross-slashed an Annihilator into quarters before kicking the parts at others, shattering them on impact. An Annihilator that tried to blindside Ranma was countered by Onyx Riven who emerged and slashed it with his scimitar before being replaced by Silver Timmy who finishes it with a shot from his gun. Ranma then used Helia's cable gauntlet to grab an Annihilator by the neck and pulled it towards him where Platinum Sky emerged and slashed it to pieces with his sword. Six Annihilators suddenly surrounded Ranma from all sides and charged in en masse, but they all get blown back and shattered as Ranma stood with all six of his souls emerged around him.
The inhabitants of Heatherfield and Meridian stood in shock as they witnessed the group of strangers systematically cut down the Annihilators like nothing, the same monsters that had wiped the floor with them. Even more shocking was that none of the Annihilators were regenerating.
"No way…" said Elyon.
"How are they doing that? Just who are they?" Taranee asked no one in particular.
"I'm actually speechless…" said Irma.
After another minute of carnage, the final Annihilator was annihilated. All forty of the sand rock juggernauts were gone like a bad memory.
The Nerima martial artists and the Alfea students regrouped once the threat was gone.
"That should be all of them." Said Musa.
"The town is safe at last." Said Flora.
Soon, they were met with the cheers of the people who have come out of hiding.
"They're so powerful…" said Will.
"I have to admit, I'm a bit jealous…" said Cornelia.
"Who does their outfits?" asked Hay Lin. She had never seen such designs. Those girls could kick ass and look good doing it. Two certain people agreed wholeheartedly.
"Whoa… hot…" said Caleb and Matt in a hypnotic manner as they gazed at the Winx Faeries and the two were-girls. They each earned an elbow from their respective girlfriends.
"Oh, that guy's way better than Andrew Barnaby!" said Irma as she gazed at Ranma. The ghosts coming out of him was bizarre, but she can overlook that.
Elyon stepped forth as Ranma's group soaked in the praise and admiration.
"On behalf of the Kingdom of Meridian, I thank you all for coming to our aid. I don't even want to think about what would have happened if you all weren't here."
"It is no problem. It's what we were trained for." Said Nodoka.
"You're no ordinary tourists. Who are you?" asked Will.
"Us? We're Faeries!" replied Stella.
"But we're better known as the Winx Club!" added Bloom.
"We're martial artists with lycanthropy." Said Were-Ukyou referring to herself and Were-Shampoo.
"I'm a Hidden Weapons Master." Said Mousse.
"And I'm a half-Faerie with phantoms." Said Ranma.
Nerissa's hideout…
"WHAT! ? How can this be possible! ?" shouted Nerissa.
She had observed everything that had happened. Her Annihilators were just on the verge of destroying Meridian and killing the Guardians, but these new interlopers ruined that plan. How could these trespassers destroy her forces like that? No one from Earth, Candracar, or Meridian could possibly destroy them since she made them immune to those places' magical energies aside from her own. So how? (2)
"These newcomers will pay for their interference…" said Nerissa in a low tone. She observed the Faeries through the viewing orb and sensed incredible power within them. "That power… such a thing should be in my possession… I must have it!"
In another plane of existence…
"I know we did this before, but we had no choice."
"Sending this Ranma and his friends to Meridian was a good call."
"A power-hungry witch like Nerissa must not be allowed to run rampant. We've seen what would happen should she succeed."
"I don't even want to remember that. Fortunately, Ranma and the girls are well-versed in this sort of situation."
"For all our power, we are unable to do a thing to help them."
"It sucks, I know. All we can do is observe and guide Ranma to his destiny." (3)
To be continued…
Ending (Yu Yu Hakusho style, 'Sayonara Bye-Bye')
The music starts as the scene shows Gardenia as it scrolls by.
Fukkiru hazu no kokoro ni sotto yokogiru kaze wa yasashiku (The gently crossing wind is kind to this would-be cut up heart)
Mukaiatte nigitta te to te wo itsumo tasogare ga tsutsumi tokashite yuku (The twilight always covers and melts our grasping hands.)
Okashii ne Kore-botchi mo nite inai anata to watashi no egao ima dewa (So strange...they don't match...our smiling faces now.)
Kagami wo mite 'ru you na kibun (It's more like looking into a mirror.)
As the city scrolls past a tree, it turns into the city of Magix. It passes by Bloom with her back turned as she holds a photo before it flies out of hand from the wind. The scene passes through Alfea, then Red Fountain, and finally Cloud Tower.
Kanashimanai Heiki da kara ne (This isn't sad...it's alright.)
Nanige nai aisatsu ni kakurete 'ru "arigatou" (Hidden in this nonchalant greeting is a thank you.)
Sayonara byebye Genki de ite ne (Sayonara bye bye, please stay well)
Watashi kara kiridashita kejime da kara kyatchi shite yo (Catch this cut-off distinction from me.)
It then pans through Manhattan, then Juban, Meridian, Heatherfield, and finally Nerima. It stop at Ranma standing on a grassy meadow. He looks up and notices the photo from before flying towards him. He catches it and it shows it's of him, Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, Layla, Shampoo, Ukyou, and Mousse in a group shot with the ghostly images of Sky, Brandon, Helia, Riven, Timmy, and Nabu in the back.
End ending
Preview…
Stella: The threat to Meridian was over, but it was just one battle.
Tecna: I can tell more fights will occur in the near future. These ones we got into were just the openers.
Musa: We soon encounter the witch responsible for all these attacks. She's a psycho!
Flora: Perhaps this was why we were sent here. This world is in danger and we're the only ones who can help.
Bloom: Nerissa must be stopped at all costs. Get away! Like you can just take our powers like groceries!
Ranma: I hate that old bitch already… Next time on Ranma Club, "Faeries and Guardians? Winx and W.I.T.C.H.!" Don't you dare touch them, you bitch!
Author's notes:
Another chapter come and gone! Some people had been asking me to do a crossover with W.I.T.C.H. and here it is. This follows the animated series since that's all I'm familiar with. I'm a karma Houdini hunter, and Nerissa is definitely a karma Houdini. I plan to rectify that since I believe the wrinkled bitch got off way too easy. Read and review!
(1)Seriously, the Hearts only contain the power of the planets they originate from. Dragon's Flame is a source from a Godly creature that created an entire magical UNIVERSE. You do the math. If Bloom ever learned to tap into that power and unleashed its potential, she'd be a game-breaker.
(2)Magix is from a separate dimensional universe than that of Meridian or Candracar, so the Winx's powers were effective. Shampoo and Ukyou got their lycanthrope abilities from Lyco, which is part of the Magix universe. Ranma's half-faerie heritage from Nodoka is from somewhere in Magix since Nodoka originally came from there before settling down in Japan, not to mention the Specialists' souls in him are inhabitants of Magix as well as their weapons forged in Magix.
(3)Guess who's back?
Miss Angel 17: Tofu will appear later on…
Cyclon One: Glad to know you love it so much. To think I wrote this on a whim…
Firelordeg: Of course. RL, the bane of our recreational existence
Rictor Yagami: They are pathetic, aren't they? They're what we call buttmonkeys. Kasumi in the play was unexpected, no?
Snow299: And how was this?
Erick-Genryusai: Close. More like Hector vs. Dracula in Castlevania Curse of Darkness. As for the other question, AFTER Magix…
RyanL. Spradling: Oh… THOSE kinds of scenes…
RyoTheSaiyan: No they don't, that's why they're idiots.
Jin Shirinue and Chm01: Once I re-enact Season 4 with the fic's settings.
OBSERVER01: And getting better!
Jerry Unipeg: Yeah, I know that's you as the first guest of last chap.
El Irrespondible: Not sure I want to know…
Kamen Rider Chrome: The death of Soun's wife was indeed the catalyst to the Tendo family downfall. And Soun just became a wuss after that. Play would've been better without their interrupting idiocy.
PEJP BengtzoneV2: More intense.
Oraman Asturi: I simply followed how AnimeAddiction did his stories.
Cabrera1234: You guessed right!
God of all: What you think?
RHatch89: Thanks!
Pyromania101: Well what you expect in Ranma ½? And you got valid point about the panda…
AndrewK9000: It was why it took me 3 months to think of.
MissKenniGurl672: They are REALLY pathetic. I just wish the rest of the fanbase realize this…
Kyuubi16: Didin't have the time to, and I'm busy with season 5. I still await your Basketful of Lemons…