Gipsy Moon

A Pacific Rim and Sailor Moon crossover

Pacific Rim is copyright to Warner Bros. and Legandary

Sailor Moon is Copyright to Naoko Takeuchi and Toei Animation, licensed by Dic Entertainment, Cloverway, and Viz Media

Chapter 16

[cue score 'Category V']

A wide eyed Striker Venus now looks down towards the Breach and sees the Category V Kaiju, codenamed Slattern emerge from the ridge where the Breach laid below. Slattern is described as having a symmetrical head which resembles a Hammerhead Shark with two eyes on each front corner of its head, with a large human-like jaw underneath it. It also seems to take the stance of a quadruped, or four-legged animal, similar to Leatherback, with two large, muscular front arms with three large sharp claws, and two shorter hind legs with feet resembling those of meat-eating Dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus and Deinonychus. Its upper body is clustered with long spikes protruding in various lengths and directions, while having three long tails with triple-crown spikes at the ends. As Slattern rises above the ridge, Striker Venus stands motionless while looking on at the massive Kaiju. It comes down onto the ocean floor a short distance in front of Striker Venus and roars loudly at her. Striker Venus responds by crossing her forearms out in front of her face briefly before swinging them down and off to the sides. As she does this, a pair of retractable daggers extends from the top of each forearm.

Striker Venus: Hwah!

SHINK! SHINK! Striker Venus then takes a fighting stance with her forearms at chest level with the daggers pointed at Slattern, donning a very serious expression on her face as she does so. Gipsy Moon and Gipsy Mini Moon are still a fair distance behind Striker Venus.

Gipsy Moon: Venus, we see it. We're right behind you, about 100 meters. We're going to come around your 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock to try and flank it. Standard 3-team formation, just keep it busy for a few—

Gipsy Mini Moon looks off to her left and sees one of the other Kaiju, Scunner coming towards them.

Gipsy Mini Moon: Gipsy, look out!

Gipsy Moon: Huh? Whoa!

Gipsy Moon looks off to her left and see Scunner as well. Scunner is described as being based on a bull, with large, broad shoulders and two curved horns protruding from each side of its face. Gipsy Moon is quick to intercept it and holds it back at half-arms range, responding by head-butting it a few times before wrestling it onto the ocean floor in a similar fashion to how a cowboy wrestles a cow, wrapping her left arm around Scunner's neck and throwing both of them down with Gipsy Moon on top and off to Scunner's right-hand side. Slattern meanwhile hovers above and in front of Striker Venus and rapidly spins its three tails in a corkscrew fashion. Amara anticipates that it's intending on attacking Striker Venus with its three tails in this manner.

Amara: (over the radio) Brace for impact!

Striker Venus does so by crossing her forearms in front of her and lowers her head behind them. Slattern then slams its three tails at Striker Venus, landing all three blows on her forearms and chest panel, which knocks her off her feet and sends her flying backwards.

Striker Venus: Ugh!

She slides on her butt along the ocean floor before slamming back first into an underwater geyser, which crumbles from the impact. As this happens, Gipsy Moon gets herself into position and deploys the chain sword out of her right forearm. Because Hotaru was in charge of restoring Gipsy Moon and building Gipsy Mini Moon, both of these Jaegers Suits had this feature incorporated into them.

Gipsy Moon AI: Chain sword, deployed.

With the sword extended, she now proceeds to kill Scunner with it. However as she was about to do so, the third Kaiju, Raiju, appears from behind her swimming at a high speed and chomps off her entire right arm. This causes Gipsy Moon's eyes to grow wide and her irises to shrink very briefly before she screams loudly in agony.

Gipsy Moon: Agh!

Gipsy Mini Moon, who was grabbing hold of Scunner by its horns, immediately expressed concern for Gipsy Moon, causing her to become distracted from her grasp on Scunner.

Gipsy Mini Moon: Gipsy Moon!

While Gipsy Moon was vulnerable and Gipsy Mini Moon was distracted, Scunner takes advantage of this by biting down on Gipsy Moon's right knee, crippling her right leg in the process. This causes Gipsy Mini Moon to immediately draw her attention back to Scunner, but she struggles to regain a stronghold on it. We can now see Raiju swimming at high speed through the water, with Gipsy Moon's right arm in its mouth before biting down on it once and completely destroys it, and then letting out a roar afterwards. Raiju is described as being based on a crocodile with a long, slender and scaly body and a tapered head that housed a tripartite jaw, which hid a dog-shaped jaw with two eyes on each side of its "outer" and "inner" heads. Gipsy Moon does recover however and deploys the sword from her left forearm and uses it to stab Scunner in the neck while Gipsy Mini was able to regain her grasp on Scunner by its horns.

Gipsy Moon: Let's get this sucker!

Gipsy Moon and Gipsy Mini Moon now work together to drag Scunner over to another underwater geyser that was nearby and attempt to burn Scunner. As the geyser began to burn Scunner's face however, Scunner was able to struggle free of Gipsy Mini Moon's grasp and knocks Gipsy Moon off balance, causing the latter to fall onto one knee. Gipsy Mini Moon rushes to Gipsy Moon's left side, visibly concerned about Gipsy Moon's condition while Scunner suspends itself a fair distance from them and looks in their direction. Gipsy Moon breathes heavily from the physical stress that had been put on her and hisses from the pain she was feeling from her right shoulder and knee.

Gipsy Mini Moon: Gipsy Moon.

Gipsy Moon: Ehh. Ehh.

Darien: Gipsy! Raiju coming up at your 12 o'clock, full speed!

Scunner looks behind it and we can see Raiju swimming towards the crippled Gipsy Moon at its maximum speed. Scunner moves aside to clear the path for Raiju to attack Gipsy Moon and Gipsy Mini Moon.

Darien: Get out of the way!

Raiju opens its tripartite jaw and reveals its "inner" head and screeches loudly as it swims towards Gipsy Moon at full speed. But then at the last moment, Gipsy Mini Moon dons a determined expression on her face and quickly steps in front of Gipsy Moon, placing herself directly in Raiju's path. She then deploys the chain sword out of her left forearm. Gipsy Moon is visibly horrified by this, knowing that her future daughter was now putting her own life in jeopardy.

Gipsy Moon: Mini Moon, NO!

Gipsy Mini Moon then lunges forward on her left leg and holds the sword out in front of her.

Gipsy Mini Moon: Unh!

As she does this, her sword lodges itself into Raiju's mouth, effectively bisecting it lengthwise by using Raiju's own momentum against it. Gipsy Mini Moon snarls fiercely like an angry wolf as she strains under the force of her sword slicing through Raiju's body. About halfway through the length of Raiju's body, Gipsy Mini Moon raises her forearm straight up and holds her arm at a 90 degree angle and continues to bisect Raiju the rest of the way, killing it instantly. As the sword finishes slicing through Raiju's body, Gipsy Mini recoils from the sudden change in balance, but she quickly regains it. She breathes heavily for a few seconds afterwards. Gipsy Moon is visibly in awe at what how her future daughter was so willing to protect her eventual mother, even if it meant putting her own life at risk.

Gipsy Moon: Mini Moon. I. Wow.

Striker Venus's situation meanwhile was not looking to good. That one attack she took from Slattern had badly damaged her. Amara runs a remote diagnostic on the Jaeger Suit.

Amara: The release is jammed! You won't be able to deliver the payload, Mina! You're still armed, but your armor is compromised! About half of your systems are offline, Mina.

Striker Venus: We need to override the—

She is cut short when she sees Slattern now charging at her. It tackles her, knocking her off her feet once again. The two of them now square off, with Slattern swiping at Striker Venus twice with its large claws while Striker Venus manages to lacerate some of Slattern's leathery hide, including a large laceration around the front of its neck. Striker Venus then breaks free of Slattern's grasp and then thrusts her two daggers into Slattern's armpits, which cause it to screech in pain.

Striker Venus: ERR!

She manages to get her daggers about halfway into Slattern's armpits before it uses it two hind legs to push itself off of Striker Venus, before landing on all fours a fair distance in front of her. Now realizing what it was up against, Slattern calls out loudly for help. Its cries create sound waves that ripple through the water. Scunner hears the call for help and it disengages Gipsy Moon to swim over to where Slattern and Striker Venus were standing, much to Gipsy Moon and Gipsy Mini Moon's confusion. At the Shatterdome, Trista now sees the two Kaiju signatures closing on Striker Venus's position.

Trista: Both Kaiju converging on Striker, fast.

Gipsy Moon and Gipsy Mini Moon then try to rush to help Striker Venus, but Gipsy Moon's mobility was very limited due to her right leg being crippled.

Gipsy Moon: Hang on, Venus! We're coming for you!

Striker Venus: No! Gipsy! Do not come to my aid! Do you copy

Gipsy Moon: Hang on!

Striker Venus: Stay as far back as you can!

Gipsy Moon: We can still reach you. We're coming for you.

Striker Venus: No, Serena, listen to me. You know exactly what to do! Yours and Rini's suits can self-destruct! Use them to destroy the Breach!

Gipsy Moon: I hear you, Venus. Heading to the Breach, now.

Gipsy Moon AI: Structural damage 80 percent.

Striker Venus: Rini. Listen. You and Hotaru can finish this. We'll always be there for you. You can always find us in the Sync.

Hotaru is somewhat confused by this, but also saddened at the same time.

Hotaru: Mina? W-what are you trying to say?

Gipsy Mini Moon is also in great dismay at what Striker Venus just told her.

Gipsy Moon: Our Jaeger Suits have a self-destruct feature. We can use them to destroy the Breach.

Gipsy Mini Moon understands this and gives a nod of acknowledgement, but is still visibly saddened by this turn of events. Striker Venus now turns to face Slattern once again. Slattern looks off behind and to its left and sees Scunner swimming over to its side.

Amara: What do you plan on doing, Mina?

Striker Venus: I'm going to clear a path, for the guardians of the Moon of the present and in the Moon of the future.

Trista: (to Darien) She's going to detonate the payload.

Hotaru: What?!

Amara: Well, as my dad always told me: He said if you have a shot, you take it! So let's do this!

Hotaru: No! Mina, don't leave me!

Amara: It was a pleasure, Mina.

Striker Venus: Hotaru. I just want you to know that I love you, like no other adoptive mother could ever love her adoptive child. I need you to be strong for me when I'm gone. You'll always have friends, who will be there beside you, just remember that.

Hotaru is deeply saddened by this and some tears trickle from her purple eyes. Amy and Michelle stand beside her and comfort her to the best of their abilities. Scunner now repositions itself an equal distance behind Striker Venus as Slattern was in front of her. Striker Venus turns to a wristwatch type remote detonator on her left wrist and she lightly pulls on the ring on the outside of the face of the remote and turns it a quarter turn clockwise. As she does so, the lettering on the face of the remote detonator changes from a green "SAFE" to a red "ARMED". An alarm flashes a display inside her helmet and the warhead that was strapped to her back opens up and the internal components inside it glow blueish white. Shortly after, Slattern and Scunner proceed to charge at Striker Venus from both the front and the back. Striker Venus glances up at Slattern as it charges at her and she raises her right hand up just above her head and off to the side.

Hotaru: Goodbye, Mina. I will never forget you.

As the two Kaiju get close to Striker Venus, she forcibly brings her right hand down onto the face of the remote detonator and presses down on it with the palm of her hand. Immediately upon doing so, the warhead detonates, creating an intense flash of light which engulfs both the Kaiju and Striker Venus herself. A fraction of a second later, a powerful hemispherical shockwave created by the blast creates an air bubble that grows rapidly as the shockwave spreads out in all directions. Gipsy Moon and Gipsy Mini Moon see the shockwave coming towards them and Gipsy Moon has Gipsy Mini Moon take shelter underneath her.

Gipsy Moon: Mini Moon, get under me!

As Gipsy Mini Moon crouches underneath her, Gipsy Moon then drives the sword from her left forearm into the ground to anchor them in place as the shockwave passes by them. The flash from the detonation diminishes, but we can still see all the silt being blasted outward from the epicenter of the blast, as well as several Magikarp, red fish with yellow fins flopping onto the ocean floor beside the two remaining Jaeger Suited Giantesses.

Magikarp: Karp. Karp. Karp.

Gipsy Moon now looks up and sees what just happened, and is amazed that an underwater nuclear detonation could do something such as this.

Gipsy Moon: Wow. So that's what an underwater test looks like.

However, all the water that had been displaced by the blast was now all rushing back to fill this newly formed pocket of air. Something that Gipsy Moon did not realize until she looked behind her and saw what looked like a wall of water rushing towards them from behind.

Gipsy Moon: Huh?

The water now crashes over her and Gipsy Mini Moon, causing Gipsy Moon to recoil heavily from the force of the water. She does take some additional damage from this, but Gipsy Mini Moon was mostly intact thanks to the improvised shelter that Gipsy Moon provided for her.

Gipsy Moon: Oof!

Gipsy Moon AI: All systems critical. Fluid loss.

Gipsy Mini Moon: Your systems are critical! Your fuel's leaking, and your right leg's crippled.

Gipsy Moon AI: Code red.

Gipsy Moon: We might as well finish this.

Gipsy Moon AI: All systems critical.

Newton: What are they doing?

Hotaru: (broken) Finishing the mission.

Hotaru is visibly shaken up by her adoptive mother's death. Amy and Michelle once again stand beside her and comfort her.

Gipsy Moon: LOCCENT, we have the Kaiju carcass. We're heading for the Breach.

She limps towards the Breach while Gipsy Mini Moon walked off to her left, who supports her while carrying a bisected half of Raiju's remains.

Gipsy Moon: You guys had better be right, because one way or another, we're getting this thing done.

At this point it now seemed that things would only make a turn for the better from here on out as the two Jaeger Suited Giantesses close in on the edge of the ridge on their way to the Breach. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Slattern landed right in front of them. It appears that Slattern somehow survived the explosion, but was badly burned nearly all over its body. But Gipsy Moon and Gipsy Mini Moon decided that they have come too far to give up now as Gipsy Moon now dons that familiar expression of determination on her face once again. Gipsy Moon then turns back towards Gipsy Mini Moon.

Gipsy Moon: Grab on to my back, Mini Moon.

Gipsy Mini Moon drops the carcass and grabs hold of Gipsy Moon by her waist. Gipsy Moon now faces Slattern once more.

Gipsy Moon: Okay! On my count, rear jets! Three, two, one. Now!

Gipsy Mini Moon activates her rear jets and the thrust they generate propels the two of them forward and Gipsy Moon tackles Slattern, knocking it over the edge of the ridge and down towards the Breach. Gipsy Moon then deploys the sword out of her left forearm once again, driving the blade through the large shark fin shaped hump on Slattern's back, ensuring that it cannot break free from her grasp.

Gipsy Moon: Hold on.

As they fall however, Slattern uses its long tails and stabs Gipsy Mini Moon in the back several times, causing her to cringe in pain. Not only that, but it also ruptured Gipsy Mini Moon's air supply.

Gipsy Mini Moon: Errh!

Trista: Rini's oxygen's down, half capacity.

Darien: Can you reroute it?

Trista: I'm trying sir.

When Gipsy Moon looks behind her and realizes that Slattern had backstabbed Gipsy Mini Moon multiple times, she becomes greatly enraged. A holographic display inside her helmet now flahes "Anger level: OVER 9000!" She now turns her attention back to Slattern.

Gipsy Moon AI: Heat shaft purge.

Gipsy Moon: Don't worry, Mini Moon. I'm going to burn this son of a bitch!

A huge flame blasts from the turbine on her chest panel and burns the Category V Kaiju at point blank range. Slattern, knowing what was about to happen, struggles greatly to escape from Gipsy Moon's grasp, but it was no use. The flame that blasts from the turbine on Gipsy Moon's chest panel burns so intensely that it burns all the way through Slattern's chest and out its back in a matter of seconds, killing it almost instantly. Gipsy Moon had managed to kill the first, and thankfully the only Category V Kaiju to ever pass through the Breach and into our world. The two Jaeger Suited Giantesses then use Slattern's remains to successfully pass through the Breach.

Trista: They're in. They're in.

Newton: It worked.

(Now I realize Serena never cursed in the 90s anime. But remember, this crossover fic is set about 13 years after the Season 4 Finale, so Serena would naturally be about 13 years older than she was in the 90s anime. And even then, Serena most likely would only curse if her anger level was highly elevated like it was just now when she went "Mama Bear" on Slattern after it attacked her daughter from the future. I mean how many parents do you know of who wouldn't curse if their kid was attacked by some giant monster, especially if they were all giants themselves?

End of Chapter