SMST: Deep Space Moon! – By Ocramed

Disclaimer: SM, R1/2, ST and other genres belong to their respective owners.

Note: This is a multi-genre story.

Special Note: This story takes place during Seasons 1 through 3 of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". "The Ranma Trek Chronicles" takes place during Seasons 4 through 7.

Author's Note: This story is designed to be short, and will focus mostly on Sailor Moon, though Ranma Saotome (of "Ranma ½") will make a cameo from time-to-time. As always, C&C are welcomed.

Part 20

Meanwhile, Mullibok and his fellow villagers continue their chores, even as the hostages—a Bajoran commando team that had been easily put down by Usagi—mulled about in a holding area. One of them steps forward, only to be stopped by a barrier.

BZZZT!

Mulibok straightens is back, and turns to face one of the hostages.

"Careful there, son," said the old man. "Too many of those can be unpleasant."

"You know, you're a traitor, Mulibok," said the soldier.

"Oh?"

"You are using an alien to disobey the law. That makes you a traitor."

"I see," said the Bajoran farmer. "Then, I suppose we all are traitors then, since we need the Federation's help to protect us from the Cardassians…."

Pause.

"Am I right?" Mulibok said with a sly grin.

"…"

"Maybe, but you are still putting your needs over the peoples," said Major Kira, as she and Minister Toran appeared, as they and a contingent of Militia Troopers walked into the quad.

"Nerys," Mulibok said in surprise. "You're…here…"

Mulibok then sees the Energy Minister.

"And you're with HIM," the old man sneered.

"Yes, I am, Mr. Mulibok," Toran said, as he straightens his jacket. "Now, we can get onto the business at hand."

"I'm not leaving," Mulibok said defiantly.

"Hear him out, first," Kira said.

"Fine. Go ahead, Minister Toran."

"Anyway," Toran began. "Thanks to…recent developments, the Bajoran Provisional Government will utilize an alternative method of energy extraction, one that will not harm the environment."

"Meaning?" Mulibok asked.

"This refugee settlement here on the moon of Jeraddo can remain as is."

"Really?" Mulibok asked, as he turned towards Kira.

"You won your fight," Kira said somberly.

"You don't look too happy for my success, Nerys," Mulibok said. "Wait, this is a trick or something."

"No trick."

"Then why…?"

"In order to get this deal, someone has to take the fall," Kira said. "The Ministry of Justice has agreed to not prosecute all those involved in this fiasco, save for two actors."

"And I am one of those actors," Mulibok said. "Humph."

"Mulibok, ultimately, we have to believe that the Bajoran Provisional Government is a government that can be depended upon to protect the interest of the Bajoran people. That means, we have to let the process work while electing representatives to speak for the people within the government. Otherwise, our fragile society, especially in light of Kai Opaka's disappearance, will collapse into infighting..."

Pause.

"And I don't want to be forced to take up arms against a fellow Bajoran."

Mulibok mulled over Kira's words.

"Alright, I get it," Mulibok replied. "So, what will happen to me next?"

"I will be sure that your property is taken care of, while your case is adjudicated," Kira said. "And, in light of special circumstance, and due to the fact that no one has been harmed, I will personally see to it that you get leniency."

"Feh," said Toran.

"And Minister Toran will help in that endeavor."

"What?" Toran exclaimed. "But-"

"I'm sure the minister wouldn't want certain information surrounding his energy extraction plans come to the forefront," Kira said, as she gave Minister of Energy a warning look.

"Um, right," Toran said, as he swallowed hard.

"And everyone else can stay here?" Mulibok asked.

"Yes," Kira replied. "In fact, Minster Toran will be able to provide employment for those who are interested in working in the revised energy project."

"That's…great to hear," Molibok said with a nod. He may hate the fact that he would be given up his livelihood and freedom, but at least what he and the others had built will remain…

"Okay, I will accept your terms- wait. You said that the exception to this deal involve two people. Obviously, I am one of those people, but who is the other person?"

Suddenly, there was a thunderous boom in the background, followed by a low rumbling that reverberated through the ground like a tremor…

"That would be your 'pretty guardian' having to deal with a 'specialist' who was called in to take her down," Kira said.

"Huh, I see…"

Meanwhile, in a field a few miles away, there was a titanic battle between Sailor Moon and a fully-evolved Cell, Jr.

BLAM!

Sailor Moon was punched in the face, but rolled with the blow. The blow was the equivalent of a megaton bomb being detonated.

"Ha!" Cell, Jr. said triumphantly, as he followed through on the blow, only to receive a knee to the gut.

WHOOMP!

"Oof!"

Sailor Moon quickly recovered, and leaped backwards to gain some distance.

"I don't know how you managed to escape the Dead Zone," Sailor Moon said, as she prepared her next attack. "But know this: I've evolved since the last time we fought…"

Sailor Moon then slides into a horse stance, stoops over slightly, and then began to draw in energy from the surrounding area. This caused her battle aura to glow.

"And I will show you that MY power dwarfs yours! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-!"

"Yes," Cell, Jr. said with a smirk. "Show me what you got!"

"Oh, yeah, I'm gonna!" Sailor Moon said between grunts. "Just you wait!"

Two hours later…

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-!"

Cell, Jr. sighed, as he continued to flip the pages of his magazine.

"Hmmmm," Cell, Jr. said to himself. "I didn't know there was a sale for the latest landspeeder on Rigel V…"

Suddenly, there was an explosive displacement of air, as Sailor Moon completes her transformation.

"HA!" Sailor Moon yelled in triumphant. She was now built like the typical Amazonian, a race of near-gigantic warrior women from the planet Amazonia, a world that was discovered by the legendary Captain Ranma Saotome of the USS Enterprise-B many years ago. The Amazonians, like their warrior sisters of New Praxis, also a race of over-large, humanoids, could procreate using pathogenesis. Pathogenesis was a form of asexual reproduction that was developed after the male population on Amazonian died off. But ever since first contact between Amazonia and the Federation, there have been several exchanges between the two groups, most of which involved the mysterious ritual called "Snu-Snu", whatever that was…

"Now, feel the wrath of Sailor Moon!" Sailor Moon said with a grunt.

Unfortunately, while there is a physical bonus to the process of becoming like an Amazonian, the process tends to dull Sailor Moon's mind, essentially reducing her to a primitive state.

'I better stop this,' Cell, Jr. said with a sigh, as he gets to his feet. 'If this keeps up, the amount of power Usagi is given off will split the moon in half.'

"Sailor Moon SMASH!" Sailor Moon yelled, as she steps forward. Each step creates a small tremor upon impact.

"Um, Usagi?"

"You no stop Sailor Moon, 'Blue Insect Man'!" Sailor Moon said. "Nothing you say can stop Sailor Moon!"

With one last sigh, "Cell, Jr." pulls off his costume, revealing his true guise…

"Ran-ma?" Sailor Moon said in surprise, as she stopped herself in her tracks. "Why Ran-ma here? Where Blue Insect Man go?"

'Great,' Ranma thought to himself. 'My own wife is now as dumb as a box of rocks. Then again, this might be a good thing, considering the amount of trouble Usagi is in…'

"Well?"

"Um, Blue…Insect Man ran away in fear of your power, honey," Ranma said, as he floated to Sailor Moon's height. "You…defeated him."

"HA!" Sailor Moon said in triumph. "Blue Insect Man is scared of Sailor Moon!"

"Um, right. Look, we have to go back home, hon."

"Huh?"

"Well, we, uh, have to celebrate you victory, yes?"

"RIGHT!" Sailor Moon said proudly, as she looked over the horizon in a heroic poise. "We party for much smashing…"

She then turned towards Ranma.

"But first, we 'snu-snu'!" Sailor Moon said, as she reached for Ranma, and slings him over one of her giant shoulders. "Hrrr, Hrrr, Hrrr!"

Ranma sighed, as Sailor Moon carried him off into a bush for snu-snu. Trying to get out of her snu-snu treatment would be a waste of energy, since all he would end up doing would be making his wife angry. And Ranma definitely wouldn't want to make her angry, after getting Sailor Moon to calm down in the first place…

Nevertheless, the crisis, such as it was, was finally resolved.

Station Log, Stardate: 46853.2. It's been a week since the altercation between Station Counselor Usagi Tsukino and the Provisional Bajoran Government, over the matter of the matter concerning the Bajor moon of Jeraddo. At the conclusion of the crisis, thanks to the input of the Bajoran clergy, it was decided that Counselor Tsukino would not be taken into the custody of the Bajorans, but would, instead, be confined to the brig aboard Station Deep Space 9 outside of her normal duties as counselor. Based upon the events of the "Jerrado Incident", replacement for Counselor Tsukino may be in order. However, thanks to input from both Lt. Commander Ranma Saotome, Chief Conn Officer of the USS Enterprise-D, and my own Science Officer Lt. Jadzia Dax, no move to do so will be made for now. Hopefully, the Jerrado Incident will blow over, allowing station operations to return to resume uninterrupted.

And if wishes were horses, beggars would ride, or something to that effect…

"…And that will be all for today," Usagi said, as she completed her therapy session with one of her patients, a Bajoran male, who had post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from the Cardassian Occupation period. Surprisingly, Usagi's Bajoran patients still sought her out for counseling. Then again, considering the sway of the Bajoran clergy, her patients saw the Jeraddo Incident as a test of faith from the Prophets of Bajor, and thus saw Usagi's participation in it as "closed".

However, not everyone felt the same way.

"Thank you, Counselor Tsukino," said the Bajoran technician, as he got up to shake Usagi's hands. "You're insights have truly revealed a side of me that I had not considered before."

"Well, it's my job to see to the health of everyone that sees me, Mr. Yon," Usagi said.

With a nod of the technician's head, he leaves Usagi's office. As he steps out, the technician takes a glance at the Bajoran security detail that stood by Usagi's doorway. He shakes his head, and leaves for the other end of the promenade. As he does so, he is passed by Station Constable Odo, Lt. Commander Ranma Saotome and new interim Starfleet Security Chief Tasha Yar. Yar was to be temporarily assigned to DS9 to help oversee the standardization of Starfleet security protocols, as well as to "shadow" Usagi during her probation period…

"I can't believe Usagi is always getting into trouble, Ranma," Yar said.

"Well, Usagi meant well, Tasha," Ranma replied. "She only wanted to help people."

"Counselor Tsukino's recklessness did not help matters at all," Odo said with a scoff, as he turned towards the Bajoran guard.

"We'll take it from here," Odo said.

"Yes, sir," the guard said, as he snapped to attention, before stepping aside with his partner.

"I still don't see why we have to embarrass Usagi like this," Yar said.

"Me neither," Ranma replied. "However, this is the only way to show the people of Bajor that the Federation respects their sovereignty. I mean, my contacts can only remedy things so far people said contacts lose any clout amongst the people…"

Pause.

"Besides, I'm sure Usagi doesn't mind the attention…"

A few minutes later, Usagi is escorted out of her office in handcuffs. As she and her escort passes by "Quark's", Usagi sees Garak the Tailor and Quark himself. While Garak was sipping his tea, and while Quark was cleaning the counter, the pair sees Usagi and nod in unison. Usagi nods her head in reply before leaving their line of sight.

"What a waste," Quark said. "A lovely creature such as Counselor Tsukino shouldn't be locked away in Odo's cell."

"I wouldn't be too concerned," Garak said.

"Why shouldn't I be? I can't open any new business opportunities with so much scrutiny going her way."

"Opportunities, yes, but there is the mind to consider."

"Oh?"

"I can only speak for myself, but thanks to Counselor Tsukino's involvement in the Jeraddo Incident, I have been receiving special requests from certain parties, parties that prefer to do business anonymously, and who wish to request either favors or reassurances from her."

"What kind?" Quark said out of curiosity.

"Now, now, Mr. Quark," Garak said, as he sets down his now-emptied teacup. "The kind of business that I am is not the kind of business that you are in, and it would be best if you didn't know."

"Ah. Still, I see your point. Just because the counselor is detained, that doesn't mean she is 'contained'."

"You are correct, my dear barkeeper. Even now, I am sure that there is some scheme that you will no doubt be able to profit from."

"Huh," Quark said. "You know, you are quite the fascinating sort. And here I thought that you were dangerous."

"Don't mistake congeniality with weakness, Mr. Quark," Garak said. "After all, even the most delicate of creatures have fangs…"

Garak sees Dr. Bashir walking into the bar, and move to sit down at his usual spot.

"Now, if you can excuse me, I have some business to attend to," Garak said, as he gets up from his seat. "Good day…"

As Garak leaves the bar, Quark was already thinking of ways to use Usagi's talents to make money.

"We definitely live in interesting times," Quark said, before deciding to move on to speak to Morn, who was sipping his own drink…

Meanwhile, in Odo's detention center, Usagi was escorted into her cell.

"There you go," Odo said, as he activates the confinement shield. He had to get Ranma's help to reconfigure Usagi's cell in order to hold the Starfleet counselor, which was why Ranma was still on board DS9.

"You know, this isn't necessary," Usagi said, as she turned towards Ranma. "And I can't believe that you are a party to all this."

"Sorry, but it was a requirement of the deal Starfleet made with the Bajoran Provisional Government, Usagi," Ranma said. "You really made a mess of things."

"Humph."

"I wouldn't worry about it," Yar interjects. "You'll be out of her at the end of the month."

"I still don't have to like it, you know," Usagi said.

"No, you do not."

"Grrrr!"

"Look, I got to go," Ranma said, as he moves off a bit. "I'll stop by before the end of the day to check up on you."

"Don't bother," Usagi said, as she sits down on her bed in her cell. "I'm not going anywhere, remember?"

"If you need anything, you know how to contact me or Ranma," Yar said.

"Whatever. Just go."

"Good night, Counselor Tsukino," Odo said with a nod, as he and the others move off and out of the holding room.

"You, too," Usagi said sarcastically.

And, with that, Usagi was left alone.

"Humph," Usagi said, as she decides to lie in her bed, not bothering the change her clothes. "Nobody around here seems to understand me at all. I only wanted to help other people to save their homes, you know…"

Pause.

"I wish I could see my old friends again," Usagi said, as she drifts off to sleep. "They would have understood where I was coming from…"

As Usagi slept, a man dressed in a tuxedo, cape, cowl and hat silently walks up to the sleeping Moon Princess. He kneels by Usagi's bed down to eye level, and begins to stroke her exposed cheeks.

"Oh, Usagi," Tuxedo Mask said gently. "You might just get your wish after all…"

Tbc.