TIME'S MISTRESS, TIME'S SLAVE
CHAPTER TWO
SAVING LIVES
Rei's Temple
"And that's why Ranma not getting locked or dieing leads to World War Three." I told a wide eyed group of Senshi.
Silence was prominent for a moment, till Ami sighed with obvious aggravation and asked "Why am I looking for the activations on Sailor's Sun and Earth again?"
"Because Ranma and Herb are to become them." I told the group.
"What!" they all yelled at me.
"I saw it in future time lines. That's time lines, as in more then one of them. If Chaos is to be defeated, we need Ranma's and for some reason Herb's help. And to do that, they must become Senshi." Sighing I said "Even though I hate to admit it, this confuses me too."
"So, we're not the only one stumped by this?" Haruka asked.
"No, even I'm stumped. And it seems we, god how do I explain this. My future self came back to explain things to me that I already knew. She wound up in the wrong past. We're not," I sighed as I thought how to explain this "I'm not sure we're part of the main time line any more." I said flatly.
Ami shot up at this. "What do you mean?" she asked nervously. She was the only one who got the implications of that statement.
"Is this a bad thing?" Usagi asked nervously.
"Maybe Princess. It could be a bad thing, or it could be a good thing." I said uncertainly.
"Please explain that now Setsuna." Usagi said to me coldly. She was slipping more and more into her Queen persona as this conversation went on.
"Your Majesty, it's like this," I started "When my future self came back in time and found that I had already found out some of the things she was supposed to tell me, it meant we were out of her time loop. For that's what it is like, a loop. I get the message, and then later on I give it. But my alternet future self came to a point in time when I already knew some of the things she was to say, which means she's from an alternet future. And if her future is the main time line, then our time line is an alternet reality of the main time line, and we can't count on what we knew about the future beforehand to be true. I now have to research everything I once knew about the future all over again." I stated. Sighing I continued with "When I have the time. That will probably have to wait till Chaos has been defeated." I sighed at the absolutely huge amount of work I had in front of me.
"How does this effect Crystal Tokyo?" Usagi asked me nervously.
"The results are all over the place at this point and time. From the worst I've ever seen, with Ranma's death, to the best I've ever seen. It will take some time to straiten it all out." I said laughing. The others looked at me like I was losing my mind. I might as well have been, with the way I felt.
"And making this Ranma and Herb into Senshi will make the more positive outcomes happen?" Ami asked me.
"Yes." Was all I said. Nodding she went back to work on her computer.
"When was this Ranma supposed to die?" Hotaru asked me, breaking the silence.
"In one week. We have a week." I told them.
One week later: in the Tendo courtyard
"Does everyone remember the plan?" I asked.
"When Ranma and his, er her fiancée and her Mother are about to die," Usagi started.
Hotaru picked up there "I through up a Silence Wall around them,"
And then Haruka picked it up from there, finishing the sentence. "And then we go into the fray."
As we watched, Ranma and Herb got splashed with the locking ladle, which led to a heated argument between the two, which lead to a nasty fight between the two, that soon everyone there was involved in.
We were all in such, I don't know, shock, awe? Whatever. Even me, who's seen scene this many, many times, that we almost missed our cue. The Silence Wall went up almost too late, and then we hesitated for a fraction of a second, which led to us being attacked, instead of us surprise attacking them.
I was next to Hotaru, near the Silence Wall that was still up, protecting her while she protected Ranma. "Stop it!" he, er she yelled. "Stop it!" She yelled louder. As I deflected more throwing weapons from Mousse, Ryoga was slammed through a wall by Herb, and a huge chunk of rock hit Hotaru in the head, causing her to be rendered unconscious which in turn shut off the Silence Wall.
"I SAID STOP IT!" Ranma cried as Hotaru slipped into unconsciousness. Watching her fall, Ranma started to glow bright Yellowish-Red. 'Oh shit!' I thought and hugged the ground, guessing what I thought she'd do. I was flat against the ground when Ranma's Ki exploded over the entire battle area, knocking everyone down on the ground.
"Are you all quite finished!" Ranma yelled at us. Getting up, most of us nodded. The girls seemed quite surprised by the power of that blast. To be honest, so was I.
"And," Ranma said, turning to me, as I was the closest Senshi she could address. I think that was her reasoning at least. "who are you girls?" She asked coldly. I cold see the ice vapor come off her. 'That must be the soul of ice technique.' I thought, continuing my line of thought was 'She must be extremely pissed if she's giving off that much cold.'
"We are the Sailor Senshi, and we came to save your life." I stated flatly.
"Huh, like I really needed saving." She said.
"Yes you did." I said back. "If not for us, the combined attack of Herb Ryoga and Mousse would have killed you, Akane, and your Mother." I told Ranma seriously.
"I would have killed Akane?" Ryoga asked, dazed. "How? Who do you know that?" He screamed at me.
"Because it happed. I saw it in the future. And it would have led to World War Three." I told Ryoga.
"Obviously there is much to be discussed, like how my son's death would lead to that, and how you know that. Might I suggest we take this inside?" Nodoka asked, gesturing to the remarkably intact Tendo home.
"Yes, lets." I said, and then I followed her into the home.
Tendo house, fifteen minutes later
Everyone was inside, except for Ranma and Herb. They insisted on looking for the Unlocking Kettle and the Locking Ladle. I wasn't too concerned, for I had planed for this, and hid my smile beneath sipping my tea as I listened to their screams as they found them. Everyone was up and running out the door, as I calmly set my tea down and walked out.
Yep, there they were, both broken and with their water mixed together, making it impossible for them to change back. 'It least some part of my plan went right.' I thought.
As Ranma and Herb started to yell at each other screaming "This is all your fault." And went to attack each other, Usagi screamed in her Queen voice
"STOP!" and they did so, turning to look at her. "We're not going to have to go through all of that again, are we?" she asked them. they nodded no. "Good, then let's go into the house and listen to Pluto explain everything." She said, turning around and walking into the house.
We all followed, me with a sense of dread. 'Why do I feel so screwed?" I asked my self.
AN: Next chapter Ranma learns the Senshi's plans. And Ranma's NOT happy. With any of this. Neither is Herb for that matter.