Ranma SI

A Ranma 1/2-Sailor Moon X-over

Chapter 4

Warning: You must have some knowledge of the fifth series of Sailor 
Moon, Sailor Stars, to understand and enjoy this fanfic.
	Disclaimer: None of the characters in this story belong to me. All of 
the Ranma 1/2 characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi, and Shogokukan. 
All of the Sailor Moon characters belong to Naoko
Takeuchi, Toei Animation, and Kodansha. The only ones that I own are 
the youma that I make up. Please do not sue, for all I have is a slow 
laptop, a lamp, my pet armadillo, five dollars, and a big screen TV and 
VCR to watch my huge Anime collection on.
	Ranma-chan was walking towards the temple, slightly embarrassed that 
she had let all of those girls see that he had been so scared of a 
stupid cat.
	*I just hope that they don't rub it in or something...* Ranma thought 
to herself as her shoulders involuntarily sagged. *Man, I've gotta get 
some hot water, too. Don't want all of them knowing that I turn into a 
girl...*
	Ranma walked around the corner, spotting a small sake stand. Ranma 
walked up to the person running the stand. "Ummm, excuse me, do you think 
that I could get some hot water?"
	The guy running the stand looked up at her, then smiled. "Well, sure!" 
He went in the back and came back with a steaming kettle, and a cup. 
"And don't worry, it's free of charge!" He added, leering at the smaller 
girl.
	Ranma frowned at how the man was leering at her chest, and walked into 
a nearby alley, pouring the kettle of water on her head, turning the 
her to a he. He walked out and gave the kettle back to the man, "Thanks 
for the free water, by the way!" Ranma called back to the stunned guy, 
who began mumbling about how bad he needed a vacation.
	Ranma looked at the crowded street ahead and sighed. He really didn’t 
feel like wading through this horde of people.
	"Oh, to hell with it." He thought as he jumped up to one of the lower 
rooftops and began running again, once again ignoring all of the 
people's stares as he ran, casually jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
	Ranma was once again reveling in the feeling of the wind billowing 
through his hair, and smiled to himself. *And this time that weird woman 
isn't here to... gah!" Ranma thought as he bounded to the next rooftop, 
only to see Sailor Pluto staring at him.
	"Hey, it's you again!" Ranma said thoughtfully, then got an annoyed 
look on his face. "So, here to give me those empty threats again, Sailor 
Fruto?"
	"It's Pluto! Sailor Pluto!" She said, gripping her garnet rod a bit 
tighter.
	“Don’t know. With that outfit you’re wearing, I could be right.” He 
replied, smirking.
	Sailor Pluto smashed her garnet rod against his head.
"Yes, I have come to talk with you again. It seems that by some 
coincidence that you have run into Sailor Moon twice in a row." She said as 
Ranma rubbed his head.
	"Yeah, so?" He asked, going into a defensive stance, not liking the 
direction this little talk was heading in. "Like you said, it was just a 
coincidence.”
	"Maybe it was, and maybe it wasn't. I'm just warning you…”
“Wait a second. Who’s Sailor Moon?” Ranma asked, puzzled. “Is she the 
one in the blue, the one in the yellow, or the one with the wings?”
Sailor Pluto facefaulted, then answered, “She’s the one with the 
wings.”
Ranma stood there, thinking for a moment, then nodded in agreement. 
“All right. I follow. Keep going.”
“Now like I was saying…” She continued, annoyed. “If you're planning to 
do something with her, we aren't going to be lenient on you." She 
replied, moving her rod in a more offensive position to make her point.
	Ranma smiled. "Ya didn't get very far when ya did that last time." He 
said, shifting one foot back, reminding Sailor Pluto of a tiger ready 
to strike.
	"You just managed to catch me off guard last time, that's all." She 
countered, not wanting him to know that if she fought him now, the only 
way that she could probably win was by stopping time, which was a big 
no-no in the timekeeping business.
	"Is that so?" He asked, calling her bluff.
	She then lowered her staff and turned her back to him. "But anyway, 
that is what I came to warn you about. Make one wrong move..." She turned 
back, but he wasn't there at the moment.
	"And?" Ranma asked from behind her, making her jump forward in 
suprise. Ranma grinned. The Umusei-Ken's technique of hiding one's aura to the 
point of being invisible could be very useful at times like this.
	She straightened herself up and glared at him. "And you'll wish that 
you had never messed with the Senshi, Ranma Saotome."
	"Now look here. I told you last time that I was not going to do 
anything to harm any of you." Ranma said, his voice sounding very serious all 
of a sudden.
	"So far your words have held true, but I just came to tell you this as 
a warning." She said, her voice losing a bit of the coldness that it 
had moments ago. "Some of the others may not be as lenient with you as I 
am being right now. Just remember that." She finished, then began to 
walk away.
	Ranma sat there a moment, unsure of what to say. She hadn't agreed 
with him once since the first time he met her, mostly looking like she was 
ready to attack him if need be. And she did mention that she had been 
lenient..."Ummm, thanks I guess." He said, rather lamely as he hopped to 
the edge of the roof, and then looked back. "You know, maybe your not 
so bad after all. I'll probably see you around, Pluto!" he said as he 
bounded off from rooftop to rooftop again, thinking to himself that she 
did look pretty cute when she wasn't threatening him, with that long 
dark green hair and those scarlet eyes.
	Sailor Pluto sat there a minute longer, unsure of what to do. Why had 
she all of a sudden said all of that at the end? Why had she let him 
just bounce away like that? And why was her heart beating just a bit 
faster after those last comments that he had made? All of these questions 
and more went through her head as she summoned the portal to go back to 
the gates of time with her thoughts again.
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	Ranma awoke the next day, after coming home to Makoto and Minako both 
asking if he was all right, Ami asking silently if he needed any help 
with her homework, Rei being silent, and Usagi finishing off the food 
and waving a hello to him while everyone was distracted.
	He stood up and yawned, putting on some clothes and stretching as he 
did so. *At least I can use the backyard to practice a little bit.* He 
thought to himself as he headed downstairs.
	Ranma noted with some satisfaction that no one was out in the backyard 
yet, so he began to do some katas as he waited for breakfast.
	Ranma was in the middle of a kata when Rei opened the sliding door, 
calling out to Ranma that it was time for breakfast.
	Ranma went in and sat down to a relatively quiet breakfast with the 
Hinos, and soon after he left, quite uneasy with the glances Rei was 
giving him out of the corner of her eye.
	He finally got to school, and noticed that Minako and Makoto were 
standing out in the front of the school, both smiling at him. He slowed 
down in front of them. "Oh, hi." He said, his voice obviously lacking any 
enthusiasm.
	"Hello!" Both said at once, oblivious to the non-enthusiastic 
attitude.
	"Ranma, we were just wondering if..." Makoto began.
	"You would like to come with us to a concert after school!" Minako 
finished, smiling.
	Ranma considered for a moment, then responded. "No, I just don't do 
concerts." Ranma said as he walked past them, heading for school.
	"Wait!" Both yelled, running to catch up to him.
	"You don't understand! It's a small interview with the three lights, 
and after their going to perform a song!" Minako explained, her eyes 
shimmering as she thought about it. "They're going to sing their 
best-selling song, 'Search for Your Love!'"
	"The who?" Ranma asked.
	"The Three lights! They're really good! Don't tell me that you haven't 
heard of them? Everyone’s heard of the Three Lights!" Makoto 
questioned, looking at him.
	"Yeah, well, when you're on a training trip in the rural valleys of 
China, you usually don't pay attention to that kind of stuff." He 
explained, then began to walk off again.
	Both of them seemed to appear before him, eyes brimming with tears. 
"Oh, won't you please come with us?" Minako asked.
	"We were looking forward to you coming with us..." Makoto added, 
sniffling a bit.
	*Oh, man! Are they gonna cry?* "Ummm... I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. 
I'll come to that concert with you'll." Ranma said, feeling as if he had 
somehow been duped.
	His suspicions were proven when both of their eyes clear up instantly, 
and they both smiled. "All right then! We'll meet you at the front 
gates of the school right after school's over!" Minako said, and they both 
skipped off.
	Ranma's head bowed, and he trudged the rest of the way to the school. 
*And I was supposed to help with some chores after school, too.* Ranma 
thought. *I just hope that Hino-san won't be too angry with me.* He 
thought drearily as he walked the short distance to the classroom.
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	On a small, floating, flat structure that seems to be floating in 
nowhere, a figure sits upon a throne, with a smaller figure in a sailor 
fuku kneeling down in front of the figure. The figure in the fuku is 
short, and also has very pale purple hair done up in what seems to be mouse 
ears. Both also seem to be wearing a pair of golden bracers each. The 
one on the throne is shrouded in shadows, but she looks to be wearing an 
outfit made of gold.
	"So, do you understand your mission?" The one on the throne asked.
	"Yes. My mission is to go and to collect the pure star seeds." The 
smaller figure responded, head still bowed.
	"Good. Now, go and do what you were assigned." The figure finished.
	The smaller one nodded, turned, and walked off, seemingly disappearing 
into the background.
	The figure on the throne just smiled.
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	At Galaxy TV, a new reporter (Who was short, had very pale purple 
hair, a trenchcoat, a matching hat, and sunglasses on,) walked up to her 
desk, pulling a magazine out of one of the drawers and flipping through 
the pages as she munched on a cookie.
	"Now let's see here... who would have a pure star seed?" She asked 
herself as she idly flipped through the pages, finally coming to a stop on 
one page with a person smiling on it.
	"Hmmm... the person directing the opening mini-concert of the Three 
Lights..." She smiled to herself. "Well, looks like I found my first 
target."
	#####
	It was after school, and Ranma was trudging behind the five other 
girls, and sulking. *This is stupid. I've gotta see a couple of guys sing a 
song. Whoopee. What fun this is gonna be.*
	"I'm glad that you decided to come with us, Ranma." Usagi said, 
breaking his thoughts.
	"Oh, sure. Whatever." He said, idly, wishing that this would be over.
	They walked around the corner, and Ranma heard Makoto groan. He looked 
around and saw a large cluster of people, mostly women, standing in 
front of the stage, the three lights giving a speech.
	They came up to the back, everyone trying to look over the crowd of 
people.
	"Oh, Never mind!" He heard Minako say, and she started squeezing 
between the various people, Makoto, Rei, and Ami following suit. Usagi tried 
to squeeze through, but was pushed back, by some of the other fans, and 
finally walked away, grumbling.
	Ranma stood there for a moment, then noticed that they had all left, 
and he was free to go. He idly noted that they were now beginning the 
song, and were probably wrapping it up, anyway.
	Ranma began to jog off, until he noticed a barred fence, and he saw 
Usagi's head right as she was going around the corner. Ranma looked 
around, and against better judgment, followed her.
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	Usagi had stomped off, infuriated that her friends had left her 
behind, and that she had gotten pushed away when she had tried to follow.
	She continued grumbling up until she saw a barred gate reading, 
[Backstage Area. Employees And Band Members Only.] She almost decided against 
not going, but the temptation of meeting the Three Lights in person 
outweighed any doubts she may have had about this.
	She jumped the gate, and hurried around the corner.
	#####
	The producer of the mini-concert was now walking out of her trailer, 
hoping to make some closing remarks about the show when she noticed a 
petite reporter standing out in front of her trailer.
	"May I help you?" She asked, wondering how she had gotten over here.
	"Are you the producer of this little concert?" She asked back.
"Yes, but is there something I can help you with? I've got to get going 
right about now." She explained.
	"Then there is something you can help me with..." She began, then 
abruptly ripped off the trenchcoat that she was wearing, revealing a Sailor 
fuku. "You can hand over your star seed to me, Sailor Iron Mouse!!"
	"Wha?" The woman asked, backing up.
	Sailor Iron Mouse lifted up her wrists, showing her pair of golden 
bracers, and two balls of yellow light come out of them, one hitting the 
girl in the front, and the other in the back. The woman screamed out 
loud, and then quieted as what seemed to be an orange flower bud came out 
of her forehead, blooming and vanishing to reveal a shimmering crystal, 
clear, except for the center, which was glowing yellow.
	"All right! It's a pure star seed! Now all I've got to do is..." As 
she moved closer, the star seed suddenly turned black. "Oh no! It's not 
pure? Shoot."
	Usagi, who was watching all of this, ran behind a corner and pulled 
out her locket, yelling out her words for the transformation.
	"Moon Eternal! Make Up!"
	Usagi then transformed into Eternal Sailor Moon after a five-minute 
long transformation.
	"Well, better leave then..."Sailor Iron Mouse said, turning to leave.
	"Stop! Taking advantage of a person who's job it is to provide 
entertainment for your own selfish needs! I can't forgive you! Agent of love 
and justice, pretty Sailor Senshi..." It was now that she made some hand 
motions in the air, "...Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon, I'll 
punish you!" She finished, pointing at Sailor Iron Mouse.
	About now, Ranma wandered around the corner to see Sailor Moon facing 
off against some strange looking Sailor, and a woman with a small  
black crystal floating over her head. He then figured that then one that 
Sailor Moon was facing off against was the bad one and faced her as well.
	"Well, looks like its a two on one! I'd love to stay, but I've gotta 
get going! Sailor Director, take care of these puny wimps!" She finished 
as she stepped into a telephone booth that seemed to appear out of 
nowhere, the door closed, and the telephone booth disappeared along with 
her.
	Black energy came from the now-darkened star seed, and it washed over 
her, suddenly disappearing to reveal a phage, (what they call the youma 
in this series,) wearing what appeared to be a bad rip-off of a Sailor 
fuku, except that it had what seemed to be rolls of film on her arms.
	"Take one, people! Action!" It yelled, spewing out rolls of glowing 
film from her arms, making Ranma dodge and Sailor Moon stumble out of the 
way.
	"What the hell is that thing?" Ranma asked, confused, as he dodged out 
of the way of another roll of film. "Whatever it is, its going down!" 
Ranma leapt forward over another roll of film and charged forward, 
finally reaching the thing and unloading about four hundred punches to its 
chest. It stumbled back, but recovered much faster that Ranma 
anticipated, blasting him in the chest with a roll of film, effectively blowing 
him into a nearby concrete wall, cracking it.
	Sailor Moon was having a tough time attacking back, too, and things 
looked bleak now that Ranma had been hit by that thing.
	It looked like it was going to win until they heard a voice from on 
top of the trailer call out, "Star Serious Laser!" Shortly followed by a 
bright yellow laser slamming it in the back, knocking it over.
	They both looked up to see three figures on top of the trailer, all in 
what seemed to be tight fitting short black shorts and a small, tight 
shirt, topped off with high-heeled black boots and headsets. All of them 
looked down at Sailor Moon, then bounded away in the traditional 
mysterious good guy exit.
	As the phage unsuccessfully tried to get back up, Sailor Moon raised 
her wand in the air and began her cleansing attack.
	"Starlight... Honeymoon... Therapy... Kiss!"
	The waves of healing power washed over the phage, and it only had just 
enough time to yell, "Beautiful!" before tuning back into the producer, 
and the star seed went back into her head, the woman falling 
unconscious shortly afterwards.
	Ranma then left, thinking it best that Sailor Moon not talk to him 
right now.
	#####
	Ranma left the backstage area and turned the corner to go back to the 
Shrine, only to run into Ami, Rei, Makoto, and Minako.
	"Ranma-san!" All of them said at once, all happy to see him.
	"We didn't see you at the concert! We were worried that you had run 
off or something!" Makoto said, moving closer to Ranma.
	"Yeah, well, it was nice and all, but I've gotta get going back to the 
Temple to get some chores done." Ranma explained, then began to walk 
off.
	"What a coincidence! So are we!" Rei said, also moving closer to 
Ranma.
	The five of them began to walk off, shortly followed by Usagi, who was 
whining about how everyone had forgotten about her.
	#####
	On the small, floating, flat structure that seemed to be floating in 
nowhere, the person who sat at the throne considered what she had felt. 
She had been sitting there when she felt some kind of power. It was 
nowhere near hers, of course, but it was powerful nonetheless. But there 
was something different about this power. It had power, all right, but 
it also had a certain amount of chaos swirling with the power. She 
considered going and seeing what it was, but brushed the thought aside.
	She looked up, and finally decided. If this thing became a large 
enough annoyance for her, then she might do something about it right now.
	After all, star seeds were the first priority.
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	Author's notes: Like I've said before; another week, another 
chapter. I have been working on two other fanfics, the other main one 
being a Ranma-Uy X-over that I mentioned last time. I have recently been 
coming out with more ideas for this story and for my currently unnamed 
Ranma-Uy fics. Expect to see more soon!
	Coming next time, on Ranma SI!
	Ranma does some serious thinking!
	Makoto hits on Ranma!
	Ranma is to dense to realize this!
	Another Phage!
	Some new students in school!
	All this, and more... next time on Ranma SI!
	Remember, all C&C can be send to me at this address: 
armadillo@elhazard.net
	"-Or was it unlock the safe then swim to the surface?" --H. Houdini