Ranma, Akane, and Nabiki all stare in shock when they see their fathers actually training students. Chibi-Usa smirks at their stunned expressions, " I had a chat with them, the students are so we can get some practice glaives at the dojo, as that's Hotaru's weapon of choice. "
" Care to spar with me, Chibi-Usa? " Ranma asks her.
" Sure, I have nothing better to do at the moment, sensei. " Chibi-Usa says with a shrug.
They head out by the koi pond and bow to each other before starting the spar. Ranma made the first move, testing out his future student's response time, she grins as she dodges at the very last moment possible, " That was something mama taught me. I incorporated it into the style so I always dodge at the last moment, I've discovered it throws off a lot of potential opponents. "
" Yeah, I can see that. I'll figure that out soon enough. " Ranma says.
Chibi-Usa was able to keep pace with him and Akane stares at her in shock, Akane was forced to face the truth, that she was a mediocre martial artist at the most. Nabiki gulps as she watches Chibi-Usa match Ranma's pace in her civilian form. She could only imagine how fast she would be in her senshi form against Ranma, and Ranma would probably enjoy the challenge of facing down a senshi in a friendly spar. As the pair trade blows Soun and Genma are going over the basics of the Anything Goes style with their students, once it was decided which school would suit them better they'd divide them between the ground based Tendo style and the air based Saotome style.
Hotaru is sleeping soundly though she was now allowing Kasumi to come near her to change her bandages and to feed her. She could see that Chibi-Usa was right, that Kasumi was a genuinely nice person inside and out. As she slept she dreamt of her past in the Silver Millennium and remembered something astonishing. The fact that she had, had an older brother whom looked exactly like Ranma and was one of the few knights to have a power level comparable to the hime. Queen Serenity had tread lightly with the Silence Knight as he could kill with a single look if he so willed it.
No wonder Hotaru had felt safe with Ranma the instant she had calmed down, plus he'd had the same curse back then as he'd told Beryl to go screw herself when she wanted him to be hers. Not many had, had the guts to do that. In fact only he and Earth had done so on a regular basis. Yes, Hotaru also remembered Sailor Earth. However, she also remembered Sailors Turquoise, Topaz, Emerald, and Sapphire, the four most powerful, next to the hime Sol system senshi. There were other Sailor gems as well, but those four were the leaders. Sailor Emerald had been in charge of them all and handled the day to day decisions. Sailor Sapphire had been in charge of intelligence. Sailor Turquoise did most of the training for the new gems, as there were several of certain semi-precious gems out there. Sailor Topaz had been in charge of the etiquette and decorum lessons.
Sailor Gems didn't answer to Queen Serenity per se, they protected the Silver Millennium as they saw fit. The Sailor Enforcers acted as Internal Affairs for all of the Silver Millennium, including the gems. Hotaru only knew as much as she did because she had spent a lot of summers guarding the Time Gates so Setsuna-mama could have a break from it all. If the gems had been around then maybe things could have been different. No one really knew why the gems had been created to begin with. The Enforcers, well, that was well known and Queen Serenity hadn't liked them as they kept her honest. They'd threatened to remove her from the throne once. She'd sent them all on scouting missions and the Silver Millennium had fallen to Beryl, as she'd refused to allow the gems to help out.
The hime had made a wish on the crystal before her death allowing all senshi to be reincarnated once again. The gems were the only group of senshi to have male and female members, as the gem chose who suited it best. Now, if only the other Sol system senshi could be found.
Alana Jo Jinn looks around Nerima in feigned disinterest. She'd decided to come here and see why so much chaos seemed to inhabit this particular area of Japan. She'd heard through the senshi grapevine that Sailor Saturn had sought refuge here from the two senshi that had turned from the path of love and justice. She would have never thought that Uranus and Neptune would stray, but then again heaven was in an uproar. She'd heard through the divine grapevine, being the daughter of Ares and Xena in her previous life, that some immortal was messing with the very fabric of time itself for some purpose. If that particular rumor was true then something major was going to go down soon.
Her short brown hair moved gently in the breeze as her silvery gray eyes reflected her inner worry, she'd have to send Tala in, as intelligence gathering was more of her department. Every instinct she had was screaming at her that something big was about to happen. She flips open her communicator, " This is Alana, I think Tala needs to dig into this situation more thoroughly, just by my feelings alone some seriously bad shit is going to go down and we need to be prepared. "
" I hear you, koi, I'll be sending her into Nerima. Emerald is already stationed in Juuban, watching over that situation. "
" I'll be back soon, Lexi, my glittering topaz. "
" I'll be waiting. " Alexandrite " Lexi" Leigh Thompson says.
Alana jumps up onto a roof and wait for Tala Mitchells, in this life to show up, " That bad huh? " Tala asks.
" My battle instincts are screaming at me, Tala. With Saturn in this area we need to be prepared. Though she is in the protection of the Silence Knight once again. " Alana says.
Tala's hair turned brown, indicating that she was nervous or worried. Tala's hair changed color with her moods. Anyone who knew her knew to steer clear when her hair was red, a clear indicator that she was fully pissed off. Most people assumed her hair was orange because she was normally in a constant state of irritation. Tala was the gemstone of Illusion, Sailor Sapphire, partner both as a senshi and in life to Sailor Emerald. The gems weren't like most military forces out there, they didn't care about sexual orientation in the least.
Belldandy smiles as the gems start to get involved, hopefully they could turn the situation around before things got completely out of hand. Of course she still had to track down the Enforcers and the rest of the Knights as well. Someone was working very hard to try and take down everything that the senshi had accomplished. Usagi herself had saved the entire universe recently. Sailor Earth helped the Ronins out with their battles, and fought some of her own as well. A lot of the serious threats she stopped from ever setting foot on Earth.
The senshi were very instrumental to humanity's continued survival. Without the senshi the Earth would fall and life would pretty be extinct in the Sol system. This just couldn't happen, so here she was working long and hard to find and influence the Sol senshi into taking action.
Usagi sighs as she looks at her senshi, " Setsuna, do you have any ideas for whom can become Sailors Uranus and Neptune? "
" Hai, I do hime. Kasumi Tendo will be Sailor Neptune and Ukyo Kounji will be Sailor Uranus. Ukyo has some training and Kasumi can be trained properly, she is a master in the kitchen, and more importantly she just goes with the flow of life. She doesn't try to control it she just goes with it, though she will try to redirect a dangerous current in the wa of her life and her household. She can always tell when something is seriously amiss in her home. Hotaru is in good hands in the Tendo home, not to mention Chibi-Usa is not going to allow any harm to come to Hotaru. " Setsuna answers.
" Can you tell us anything else about Sailor Earth? " Rei asks the time/space senshi.
Setsuna sighs, " Sailor Earth was never a part of the hime's court officially, she acted as an ambassador, but she mostly fought alongside the bearers of Talpa's armor as the Ancient One, as the Ronins know of him, divided the demon lord Talpa's Mystic Armor into nine separate armors, each drawing strength from a certain aspect of the human spirit. The elemental armors had stronger traits and therefore were not as easily swayed, the four seasonal armors however were easily swayed and were in Talpa's hands until recently when the Ronins and Sailor Earth finally defeated him for good. This would have happened at around the same time as you five defeated Doom Phantom. "
" I get it she helps them because we have Tuxedo Mask to help us. " Minako says firmly.
" Hai, you are correct, plus she and Mars just never got along and no one really knows why that is. " Setsuna says.
" Are there other senshi we need to know about? " Ami asks.
" There's the Sailor Gems whom were independent contractors who defended the Silver Millennium as Queen Serenity was too much of a pacifist, sorry, hime. Then there were also the Sailor Enforcers, Silver Millennium Internal Affairs. They too draw their powers from the Sol System planets, and were made incorruptible by the power of the Crystal, they were to stamp out problems within the Silver Millennium, and if that meant killing the current Lunar royal then they would and install the next in line to the throne. There was also the Planetary Knights, this is the category Mamoru falls into. They were generally not as powerful as the senshi with a few exceptions, such as the Silence and Death Knights. " Setsuna says in response to Ami's question.
" So, is there a Terran Enforcer? " Makoto asks Setsuna.
" No, as Earth was not part of the Silver Millennium, no matter what Endymion says, as his cousin was the true ruler, and he knows it. " Setsuna answers Makoto.
Mamoru sighs, " I know, my cousin wanted to be a part a Usa-ko's court but Queen Serenity wouldn't allow it, so my cousin swore Earth would never join the Silver Millennium, Serenity thought Usa-ko falling for me would get around that but it doesn't. "
" So you mean we have to get her permission to build Crystal Tokyo here on Earth? " Usagi asks.
" No, she'll allow us to build the Kingdom here, but we are not to force the people of Earth to do anything, those that are reborn of the planets and remember, that is one thing, and if we reestablish the planets then if they choose to emigrate then she won't stop them, as it will give her time to heal the Earth from what has been done to it. " Mamoru says.
" I get it, we'd essentially have to pay her rent for being here. " Minako states.
" Correct, as long as you senshi would continue to protect the Earth she'll allow it, we've talked every so often. " Mamoru says.
" Essentially what we've been led to believe was a mere glossing over of the facts. Apparently Queen Serenity did not want us knowing of all this. " Rei states.
" Which begs the question of what else has been hidden from us. " Ami says.
Setsuna blinks, Ami was right, what else had been hidden that they needed to know about and soon. The gates weren't showing her much right now due to the future being in constant motion.
Kami-sama looks at the data before him and curses. Whoever was doing this was making his immortal life hell. He'd even asked Hild if she could help him out and she was running into the same kind of dead ends he was, which meant they were dealing with someone very wily indeed. He'd almost swear this had the markings of… but no, she had been dealt with by the first group of Enforcers, she couldn't be back. Kami starts searching along these lines and curses up a storm at the results. " Urd! "
His daughter appears immediately, " Yes, Kami. "
" The Enforcers have to be found now. I know who is behind this fiasco, and they were the only ones capable of dealing with her. "
" Who is it, father? " Urd asks.
" Princess Tranquility of the Moon. Everyone had thought she'd been dealt with properly, but apparently not. " Kami replies.
" Great, a power hungry Lunar royal is screwing around with all of us. Mara may just join me in hunting her ass down. " Urd mutters.
Rina Aino, cousin to Minako looks around surreptitiously as a chill runs down her spine. Something evil was in the air and she was starting to get worried. Sure Ryo could handle himself, he'd proven it several times over the course of fighting Talpa, dealing with Shikaisen, and dealing with the Black Inferno Armor. Her blonde hair was held back by a blue ribbon and she was currently wearing an orange halter top with denim shorts and orange strap sandals. Ryo Sanada looks up as his girlfriend approaches, she seemed distracted. Suddenly an explosion rocks downtown Toyama, and Rina leaps straight up into the air, over the explosion and landing next to Ryo, " I do not appreciate assassination attempts. Whoever you are, show your cowardly ass now! " Rina snaps out angrily.
Ryo blinks, " Rina, what are you talking about, you can't fight, leave it to me. "
" How quaint, Lust, you haven't told your boyfriend about your job yet. Too bad he's going to die before you can. "
Rina's blue eyes snap with temper as she pulls out her transformation wand, similar in style to the Outer Norm wands, " Venus Planet Power! "
A ring of stars, similar to an outer transformation, appears around her, and her pose ends like Neptune's, " Like hell you'll kill him, bitch! "
" Saturn's already out of commission. "
Lust Venus' eyes narrow, " Explains why Earth's in a pissy mood lately. She doesn't like anyone messing with Saturn. Now, who the hell are you? "
Ryo just shrugs at seeing his girlfriend turn into a senshi and calls forth his subarmor, he would not be going down without a fight.
Ranma walks into his room, " So, how ya doing, Hotaru? "
" Better now that Chibi-Usa's here. I know she'll stay until I'm over this. " Hotaru says.
" I'm just glad I found ya when I did. " Ranma says.
" So am I. Do you think you can train me? My stamina sucks due to several different factors. "
" I'll train ya, and I might be able ta do something about that stamina problem of yours. " Ranma says.
" Really? " Hotaru asks him.
" Yes, really. In fact why don't you working on meditation while you're on bed rest. This way you can start to deal with your inner demons on your own terms. " Ranma says.
" I suppose you're right. " Hotaru says and starts to find her center. She knew she needed to heal mentally fast, trouble was coming or was already there.
Ranma observes her and realizes that she had ample experience with meditation, just probably not for this particular reason. She probably meditated more for keeping her powers in check, well, now she'd have to use it to regain her emotional stability. She'd spoken with the psychiatrist that had come and he'd agreed to come to the Tendo home once every week. Ranma decides to join her in meditating, needing some time to de-stress from all the craziness that was his life. He honestly didn't know how he had managed to survive this long.
As he falls deeper into his mind he comes across a door he hadn't seen before and after looking at it curiously, opens it to find an opulent looking room filled with reds and silvers, and there was a training matt in one part of the room. Plus, there was a wall dedicated to weapons, katanas, glaives, no-datchi's, naginatas, shuriken, kunai, and sais were just some of the weapons he could name and he had trained with each of them if only to be able to dodge them. He walks in further and blinks at the portrait on the wall, it was a picture of him, Hotaru, another teenaged girl and two adults. " I was wondering when you would find your way here, Ranma Saotome. "
Ranma whips around and blinks, " Ittai nan! "
" I'm your previous incarnation, Prince Umbra of Saturn, the Silence Knight, and Sailor Saturn's older brother. How your life ended up so screwed up I don't know. "
" Who's the other girl? "
" Princess Dana of Saturn, Sailor Darkness Saturn, a Sailor Enforcer. The Enforcers were Silver Millennium Internal Affairs. " Umbra answers his current incarnation.
" So, there were more than just the senshi that have been on the news. " Ranma states.
" Correct. If you'd like, I can teach you how to use my powers. "
Ranma grins, " Sign me up, sensei. Hopefully yer nothin' like my pop. "
Umbra blinks, " I'm nowhere close to his level of depravity when it comes to training, there are ways to become a phenomenal martial artist without nearly killing the trainee. I'd like to introduce him to mother, Queen Hadia of Saturn. "
As Umbra begins Ranma's lessons Hotaru has come out of her meditation to find Ranma still deep in his. The royal sigil of Saturn was lit up upon his forehead and glowing gently. Nii-chan must be teaching his current incarnation how to use his powers. She'd heard from Chibi-Usa that his fighting prowess was just as strong as it had been during the Silver Millennium. She'd already reconnected with her past life. Hotaru slowly gets to her feet and makes her way to the bathroom, Saeko-san had said she could move to perform necessary functions. Using the facilities was a necessary function.
Sailor Lust Venus in the meantime has just been slammed into an office building and Ryo manages to hold off this latest threat until Lust Venus was back on her feet. She leaps into the air and shouts, " Crescent Beam Smash! " She was already setting up for her next attack when she landed and she launches it instantly. One Love and Beauty Shock later her opponent goes sailing. Lust Venus smirks at this and sets herself for the next salvo, " I will admit, you are much better than I thought, even your boyfriend is more of a threat than I thought he would be, but you can't beat me. "
Lust Venus, her colors the same but in different places glares at the bitch before her. Where Minako's fuku was orange Rina's was blue, where Minako's was yellow Rina's was orange, and where Minako's was blue Rina's was yellow, other than that they were pretty much the same, only Lust Venus had more kick ass power than Norm Venus did. " Love Tempest! "
Her opponent curses as this attack hits her hard, " Dammit, you weren't supposed to know that one. I'll be back, Lust Venus. "
Lust Venus sighs at this, " Why in the name of Aphrodite did she go after me? "
" I don't know, aijin, but we need to tell the others about this, and fast. " Ryo says.
" Hai, I know. This doesn't bode well, we need Blaze Mars and no one seems to know where she is, not even her own half-sister, though to be fair Rei doesn't know Rachel is the Martian Enforcer. " Lust Venus says as they both roof hop away. So much for their date.
Karly Starcher, Sailor Emerald, the Sailor Senshi of transmutation looks around her carefully, she hated being separated from Tala but it was for a good purpose. The red haired senshi was currently at the mall but she could feel that something was off and if necessary Sailor Emerald was going to make a comeback. Her fuku was silver and gold in color except for the gem in her bow. The bows were gold, the skirt and scarf were silver. She too wielded a time staff, only hers was made of emerald with sapphires where Pluto's had garnets. Her boots were like Saturn's and they were silver in color as well.
The head of operations for the gems grins when she reaches the lingerie department of the current store she was in and gets the barely there sapphire blue negligée. She wanted to be able to surprise Tala when she got home, and Tala loved surprises like this. She quickly stuffs her purchases in her subspace pocket when she hears the screams and races for the trouble site. She curses long and loud in Mauan, Tala's native language from Silver Millennium times. The current youma looked like a monster school dropout. She heads for the ladies room and quickly checks to make sure she's alone before grabbing her broach and holding it up high, shouting out, " Emerald Gem Crystal Power! "
Soon Super Sailor Emerald stood ready and she races for the youma, forgoing the speech she elects just to attack, " Emerald Ice Fan Blast! "
The youma roars as it is hit and attacks. " Emerald Icefire Freeze! "
The youma is blasted back and Sailor Emerald sets herself for a long battle. Where the hell were the norm senshi? Didn't Venus worship the mall and everything in it? Sailor Emerald grunts as she slams through a shop window, grimacing at the several lacerations her arms now sported. Damn youma was going to pay for the indignity. Normally she always had Tala by her side in battle and they could cover each other. In another part of the mall another female teen with long garnet red hair and mauve colored eyes( AN: Think Umi Ryuuzaki from Rayearth for how she looks, only with what I said for coloring) looks up startled.
Enedred Showna being the name of the girl ducks into a changing room, checks to make sure there are no security cameras and then holds up her broach, shouting out, " Garnet Gem Star Power! "
Sailor Garnet, whose fuku colors were a deep garnet red for the skirt and scarf, and silver for the bows races off, as she was on the second level, " Hey, ugly, up here! "
" Who the hell are you? " the youma asks the new senshi on the scene.
" I am gem of dimensions, Sailor Garnet! For dimensional tranquility everywhere, I will obliterate evil! "
Sailor Emerald rolls her eyes at this but takes advantage of the opening offered to her, " Emerald Icefire Engulf! "
" Garnet Dimensional Slash! "
The youma howls in pain as these two attacks hit it and sends a shockwave of power out. Sailor Garnet is knocked off of the railing she had been perched on, on the upper level, and Sailor Emerald slams into a cement post, hard, and a sickening crack is heard. " Garnet Dimensional Rift! "
With the youma trapped in its own personal pocket dimension Sailor Garnet races over to check on Sailor Emerald. " Oh, fuck, this isn't good. "
Blood was beginning to pool under Sailor Emerald's head and Sailor Garnet knew if she wasn't healed soon then all was lost. She grabs her communicator and hits the symbol for Earth, " Yeah, what's up, Garnet. "
" Emerald, she's hurt, bad, and needs to be healed immediately. " Garnet says.
She can see Sailor Earth's eyes open up wide, " Kuso, I never thought anything could take her down. I'm sending Halo to you now, he should be able to get her out of critical danger. Tell Sapphire she'll be with me, we'll keep her here until she recovers. You now have to keep an eye on things in Juuban, okay. "
A guy in green subarmor appears just as Garnet ends the transmission. He winces, " Ah, hell, Tals will kill me if I let her die. "
" Prince Sage of Mau, it's been awhile. " Sailor Garnet says.
Sage sighs as he sets to work on healing Sailor Emerald, " I know, but the normal senshi weren't permitted to know of the gems or enforcers. Earth and we guys knew because we weren't under Queen Serenity's control, we fought for the Ancient One. She should be fine. Her own healing factor should be able to handle the rest of the damage without a problem. "
" Can't you tell Tala her lover has been hurt? " Sailor Garnet asks him.
" Tell Topaz and have Topaz tell Sapphire. " Sage suggests and teleports out with the injured senshi. Sailor Garnet races off and on a roof six blocks away hits Topaz's symbol, which was similar to Venus'.
" Garnet, you're active? " Topaz asks.
" Hai, Emerald's been injured and is with Earth and the Ronins, she'll recover, I just don't want to tell Sapphire. Prince Sage suggested I have you tell her. "
Topaz grimaces at this, leave it to Sage to put her in the way of Tala's wrath, and she knew she had to do it, as Sage had ways of getting the gems to do things. Didn't hurt that his girlfriend was also the heir to the throne of all goodness, which very few even knew of, for good reason. That would make Earth and even bigger target than Moon was. " I'll do it, give me the full report. "
Skuld is currently cursing in every language she knows at what the future is showing her. No way in hell would she allow some trippy, should already be dead, lunar royal screw with the future. Princess Tranquility was going to pay for her manipulations of the time stream. The only good thing was the gems and enforcers, they were throwing several monkey wrenches into Tranquility's plan. Earth would be a major hindrance, especially if she and Sage were able to combine their respective royal powers.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, Ranma, Oh! My Goddess, or Ronin Warriors. I do own Earth, Garnet, Emerald, and Sapphire. Turquoise, Alana, is the product of BritishPixie's mind, and Topaz, Lexi, is the brain child of another friend, that I use with full permission.
Author's Note: I know this story is getting a little complicated, but this has Ranma in it, so something chaotic is to be expected. Please vote in my poll for The Secret of Mars, I can't continue that story until one girl is a definite winner, and she will be decided with ten votes. Reviews are always appreciated. Thanks to everyone who has faved or alerted my stories or me.