Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Ranma's Friend ❯ One True Friend ( Prologue )
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
By: Bambi Star 
Anime/Manga: Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Romance | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 08.25.2001 | Pages: 8 | Words: 4.9K | Visits: 2.7K | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Romance | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 08.25.2001 | Pages: 8 | Words: 4.9K | Visits: 2.7K | Status: Work In Progress
This is a Sailor Moon/Ranma 1/2 Crossover story. This is after the Sailor
Senshi had defeated Sailor Galaxia and before Nodoka discovered Ranma's
curse.
Disclaimers: "Ranma ½" characters and situations created by Rumiko Takahashi.
"Sailor Moon" was created by Naoko Takeuchi. All rights reserved, used
without permission.
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*** Ranma's Friend ***
Prologue - One True Friend
By Bambi
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It was a nice, beautiful day. The sky was blue, the sun was shiny. Everything
was perfect and peaceful...
"Ma-chan!" yelled a 4 year old girl as she stumbled a little while chasing
after her friend. Her short blond hair was in up a unique style that
resembled 2 round buns and curls. She had bright, intelligent, blue eyes that
was the same shade as the sky. "That's MY odango!"
Her friend was slightly older than herself and had short black hair and grey
eyes with a tint of blue. Both children were wearing similar clothes; white
shirt and while the girl wore a skirt, the boy wore blue jeans like-pants.
The boy popped the meatball into his mouth and quickly swallowed it, before
turning around while still running backwards. "Nyah! Nyah!" He stuck his
tongue out. "You already have odangos on your head." He pointed to her hair
and laughed, "Odango atama!"
The girl stopped running as her lower lip trembled, tears starting to form in
her eyes. Startled and not watching where he was going, the boy tripped and
fell backwards. "Sa-chan! Don't cry!" He stood up and ran towards her.
However, she started to cry and ran towards her mother who was sitting with
his mother.
The boy groaned as he followed quickly, he hoped that he won't get in trouble
for making Sa-chan cry again.
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Ikuko buttoned up her shirt as she finished breast-feeding her baby boy,
Shingo. Nodoka smiled, it wasn't that long ago when she had would have done
the same thing for Ranma. She missed being able to rock her child in her arms
to sleep. Ranma had just grown up so fast before her eyes. She had talked to
her husband about trying to have another child, but he had declined saying
that one heir was enough. The disagreement resulted in an argument and so now
she had bought herself and Ranma to her friend's place. She was starting to
wonder if it was a good idea.
Nodoka enjoyed Ikuko's companionship immensely, but she wasn't sure if she
could tell her friend about wanting another child while Ikuko was busy
rocking the baby to sleep in her arms. She hesitated. "May I... may I hold
him?"
Ikuko smiled at her high-school friend and passed the sleeping boy into
Nodoka's waiting arms. It was 13 or 14 years now since they first met in
high school. They attended university together until Nodoka got pregnant and
married to Saotome Genma. She moved away from her disappointed parents and
left no trace of where she was heading.
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Nodoka got pregnant at 20, but it was a miscarriage. At 21, she got pregnant
again and nine months later, she had a beautiful energetic boy, Ranma. It was
after Ranma's 1st birthday did the two best friends met up again.
Nodoka was working at the hospital as a nurse when she heard about an
abandoned 9 month old baby. She rushed to the scene and saw a familiar face
there, Ikuko. Ikuko was staring at the baby with tears in her eyes, she was
being held by a man. Nodoka hesitantly approach them not wanting to intrude,
and spoke about how upsetting it was to see a baby, an innocent, in this
situation. She found out that Ikuko and the man, her fiancee, Kenji had
planned to adopt the baby once she got well. Only when Ikuko turned to face
who she was talking to, did she finally realise it was Nodoka. The two women
cried and hugged each other, promising each other to meet up afterwards to
catch up on old times.
Ikuko and Kenji had indeed adopted the cute bouncing baby and named her
Tsukino Usagi, taking her to their new home at Minato-ku*. Usagi had grown up
to be a happy, bright and healthy child. When Usagi was 3 years old, Ikuko
had announced that she was pregnant and was going to have her own baby and
another child. Everyone was happy for the couple.
12 months later, Usagi had already turned 4 years old and was currently
running towards them with tears in her eyes. Nodoka saw her son behind the
girl and knew that he must have made Usagi cry again.
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"Mummy!" cried Usagi as she latched onto her mother's leg. The baby stirred
slightly but then went back to sleep.
Ikuko picked up her daughter and placed her on her lap. "What's wrong,
sweetie?"
Usagi sniffed as she pointed to the boy in front of them. "Ranma was being
mean again. He teased me and called me odango atama." Ikuko looked at the boy
who was staring at the ground and was shuffling the dirt with his feet.
"I'm sorry Sa-chan. I didn't mean to make you cry." He looked so guilty that
Ikuko couldn't find it in her heart to even be angry at the boy. She looked
at friend.
Nodoka sighed as she patted her son's head, "Ranma dear, you got to learn not
to tease people. They will get hurt by your words."
Ranma sniffed and his eyes started to water, "I'm sorry, mummy."
"Now apologise to Usagi-chan and promise her that you won't tease her again."
Said Nodoka.
Ranma bowed his head at his friend who was sitting on her mother's lap.
"Gomen. I promise I won't call you odango atama anymore."
Nodoka frowned slightly and was about to scold her son when Ikuko waved her
off, laughing. "Ranma, remember that you have to always keep your promises,
ok?"
Ranma looked up in relief, "Hai. I promise I will always keep my promises."
Ikuko laughed as she allowed her daughter down. She patted Ranma on the head,
"There is no need to make that type of promise Ranma. Some promises are very
hard to keep, so don't make any promises you know you can't keep, ok?"
Ranma nodded again. "Ok, now go and play you two." Usagi grabbed Ranma's
wrist and dragged him away as he protested.
Ikuko laughed as she watched the two children. Nodoka sighed, "You handled
that like it was nothing, Ko-chan."
"Pardon?" Ikuko asked confused as she turned to look at her friend. Nodoka
handed Shingo back to Ikuko.
"I'm a bad mother." said Nodoka as tears started to form in her eyes. "Maybe
that is why Genma doesn't want another child." She covered her face with her
hands as Ikuko's eyes soften and she went to hug her friend, being extra
careful not to drop or squash Shingo in process.
"Don't say that No-chan." Ikuko said as she patted her friend on the back,
"It can't be like that. You're a great mother."
Nodoka looked at her teary-eyed. "Then why is Genma going to take Ranma away
from me?"
Ikuko pulled her in, patting her on the back. Her eyes narrowed. Saotome
Genma was going to have to do some explaining.
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"Tag!" yelled out Usagi as she laughed and dodged Ranma's outstretched arm.
"You can't catch me!" She started to run off as Ranma quickly chased after
her.
"No fair!" cried out Ranma, "You cheated! I wasn't ready yet."
"Nyah! Nyah!" Usagi stuck her tongue out. "In a real battle, your enemy won't
just wait until you get ready!" Like Ranma previously, Usagi was not watching
where she was going and she ran into another person, falling backwards onto
her backside.
Usagi was startled when she suddenly felt herself being picked up by the
stranger. She was about to scream when she heard the familiar voice of
Ranma's scary father.
"So there you are." Usagi wasn't sure if she felt any more secure with
knowing exactly who was behind her...
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12 years later, present time:
There as a light sprinkle of rain as most people were already warmly tucked
in their beds. Sleeping soundly with their innocent minds filled with
pleasant dreams. However, this was not the case for this particular person...
A red head sat on the top of the roof of the Tendo Dojo staring at her hands,
her eyes started to get blurry. (No men don't cry, it's a sign of weakness.)
Tears started to drip from her eyes, (I'm no man, I can't even control my own
life.) Tears now flowed freely from her eyes.
"Ranma?" asked Akane worried as she sat down next to the crying girl as Ranma
quickly wiped the tears away her eyes.
"What do you want Akane?" asked Ranma, her voice full of venom, "You want to
rub it in my face? Insult me? Hit me? Call me a pervert like you always do?"
Despite her exterior anger, she was pledging silently for her fiancée to stay
with her. But as always, her pleads were unheard.
Akane started to get angry, "I was just trying to be nice." Akane clenched
her fist and stomped back inside. Ranma watched her retreating back and saw
that she was alone once again.
"I'm alone again." she whispered, "I'm always alone." Unnoticed by her, the
three Tendo girls was spying on her. She pulled her legs close to her,
wrapping her arms around them as she looked down, "Why is it so hard?" Tears
once again begun to form. "Why me? Why must I have at least three fiancées
that none understands me. Why is everyone just treating me as a prize? Why
can't they leave me alone? But not be here when I need them...?"
Ranma buried her face in her arms sobbing. Her painful sobs were would break
any mother's heart. Her body trembled as if her whole soul was tortured, as
she gently rocked herself. Her red hair damp from the cool night and
sprinkling rain.
A white light appeared beside her as she sniffed and turned to watch the
light forming a figure. "Ma-chan..." Whispered the angel as she kneeled down,
wrapping her arms around the smaller girl. "Are you alright?" Ranma sniffed
again, wrapping her arms around the other girl's waist and cried on her
shoulder. The angel stoked her back gently. "Just let it all out."
In the distance, lightning would be seen and the sound of the thunder could
be heard. The rain started to grow into a thunderstorm as the two young women
just held each other tightly, wrapped in the wings of the senshi.
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"That's... that's Eternal Sailor Moon." Gasped Nabiki as she and her sisters
spied on Ranma from inside. "I can't believe that Ranma is friends with her,
yet alone knows her." She wanted to take a picture of them now, but that
would draw their attention to her and her sisters. She couldn't believe that
the young woman who saved the world multiple times was so close to her, yet
so far away.
Kasumi smiled warmly, "Ranma has really good friends, doesn't he?"
Akane just frowned. (Hentai...)
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The storm died down to the light sprinkle of rain again as the two young
women remained in their embrace...
After a few minutes, Ranma drew away from the warmth of her friend's arms and
wiped away her tears. ESM (Eternal Sailor Moon) giggled. "You baka." she
teased, "It's raining. Wiping your eyes won't dry your face."
Ranma glared at her angrily before her eyes softened and she sighed.
"Sa-chan..." She stared out into the night sky. "What are you doing here?"
The Sailor Senshi was startled with her question. "I... I wanted to see you."
She looked down at the roof tiles, allowing her transformation to reverse.
"Besides, why are _you_ out here? Where are you sitting in the rain?" She
grabbed her blond pigtails and squeezed out the water.
Ranma sighed as she leaned her head against the other woman's shoulder. "Mum
visited again." The red head took a deep breath then continued, "She was so
persistence to make 'Ranko' feminine..." Ranma paused no longer wanting to
continue.
Usagi knew there was something that her friend wasn't telling her but decided
that she wouldn't push him to tell her. Instead she decided to change the
topic. Looking out wishfully at the night sky, she spoke. "Ma-chan, how would
like to fly away from all this sorrow? We can be free, free like a bird."
Ranma lifted her head up from her friend's shoulder to look at her. Tears
were running down her cheeks as Ranma wiped them away with her thumb.
"Usagi..."
The blond smiled at her, "Thank you..." She looked down again. "Mamoru dumped
me again." She pulled her legs towards her chest. "I guess I kind of knew
that our relationship would last much longer." Said Usagi noncommittally.
She then laughed bitterly, "After all, it's probably about the fifth time
already. You would think that in the time of 2 years, or 24 months, or 104
weeks, 730 days or 17 520 hours that he could say those three simple words to
me. I guess I was wrong..."
"Usagi..." Ranma placed a hand on her shoulder. "The guy's just a moron. He
doesn't deserve you."
Her friend turned and looked at her, smiled weakly. The Tendo sisters gasped
again seeing that Sailor Moon were no older than themselves. "He was meant to
be my Prince, my knight in shining armour. I always believed that we were
always meant to be together... I was 'destinied' to be with him for all
eternity." She then smirked, but the joke didn't reach her eyes. "I guess
Destiny screwed that one up."
Ranma licked her lips to moisten them. "Sa-chan... there's something I need
to ask of you..." Usagi turned to her friend, it was very rare that he would
become so serious. "Do you think that my mother would accept me?"
"N... na... NANI?!" yelled Usagi standing up. "Of course! You're her only
child! Why did you ask me that?!"
Ranma looked down at the tiles, "I'm no man inside so why bother with the
outside. That way even if mother won't accept me, I can still commit
seppuku and have my honour."
Usagi gritted her teeth angrily. "Ranma..." She then took a deep breath and
sighed, sitting back down. "If this is about you crying than know that:
People can cry, even the strongest of warriors."
"But..."
Usagi interrupted him, "Ranma, we're only human. And since we are human, we
have a thing called emotions. I mean I cry all the time and I can still save
the world, can't I?" Usagi then chuckled, "Actually it's more like wailing."
Ranma smiled to herself after hearing the truth in her friend's voice. Usagi
then paused poking her finger at Ranma's chest. "Think about it this way. How
are you any less 'manly' since you gotten cursed?"
"I'm a girl half of the time!" exclaimed Ranma, the smile was gone.
Usagi smirked, "Does that mean that you are girl here too?" She poked Ranma's
forehead. "Does your heart change with your body?" She poked Ranma's chest
again. "And do you start acting like a girl, because you can a girl's body?"
Ranma didn't answer as Usagi continued. "No, no you don't. Do you? I know
you, Ranma. I know you ever since you were 1 years old. I know that you
don't believe that killing yourself with satisfy anything. I know that you
are not stupid enough to even 'think' about committing seppuku. Right?" She
laid her gaze on her.
Ranma nodded, "Hai..." She then wanted to protest, "But..."
Usagi placed a finger on her lips. "Shh... Also, you have only gotten cursed
for almost a year now. Literally speaking, you have not been a girl half of
the time."
"I think you've been hanging around Ami too much." Muttered Ranma under her
breath.
Usagi laughed, "Maybe, ne?" Ranma looked at her friend's smiling face and
felt herself smiling back too. "Besides..." Usagi started to unbutton her
wet blouse. "I'll prove to you that you're still a man regardless of what
form. To do that, I'll make love to you."
Ranma's and the Tendo daughters' eyes widen as Ranma slowly backed away
waving her arms in front of her. "Ok, ok! I believe you. I'm a man. I'm a
man. 100% man." Ranma nodded vigorously while retreating away from her
friend.
Usagi grinned as her as she removed her shirt. Ranma froze. The blond then
squeezed all of the water out of her shirt and wore it back on. Ranma face-
faulted. "Sa-chan..." whined Ranma, "Don't do that!"
Usagi's grin widened as she stood up, walking towards Ranma. "See me tomorrow
after school, ne?" She patted the redhead on the head, as Ranma looked up at
her annoyed. Usagi leaned down close to Ranma and whispered into her ear. "We
need to erase Akane and her sisters' memory of us again. But the spell is
starting to become inefficient."
Ranma sighed, "We really need to be more careful." Her shoulders slumped,
"You know how much I hate to do that to them."
Usagi looked at her sympathetically before looking up at the sky, it was not
longer raining. "Oh, and one more thing before I leave..."
"Yes?" asked Ranma confused.
Usagi took out a thermos from her sub-dimensional pocket and poured it over
the redhead. "You're just so much cuter this way." She winked at black hair
martial artist as she turned around, ready to leap away when she suddenly
paused. "Oh yeah." She toss Ranma a package. "This is for you. See me
tomorrow after school." With that, she leaped off, teleporting back to her
home.
Ranma looked inside the bag confused and saw a few muffins and a note. He
took the note and read it, 'To my best friend in the whole world Ma-chan,
love your friend Sa-chan. P.S. Don't worry, it's edible. =Þ' Ranma smiled as
he took out one of her muffins and examined it. It looked perfect. He
hesitantly bit into the muffin. After tasting it, he quickly devour the rest
of her muffins. (Yum! Chocolate chip, my favourite. I must thank her for
everything tomorrow.)
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Nabiki turned to her sister. "Akane, I think you should start being nice to
Ranma now."
Kasumi nodded, "Yes, he might soon fall in love with that girl if not
already."
Akane frowned, folding her arms in front of her chest. "What makes you think
I care about who that pervert loves."
"Akane, are you trying to fool us or just yourself?" asked Nabiki. "We've
seen you sneak peeps at him when you thought no one was watching. Also if you
don't do something soon, you might lose him forever."
They watched as Ranma finished eating and leaped down to the ground. Akane
stuck her nose up into the air, not having a care in the world about her
fiance. "He can have that... that girl, if he wants."
Kasumi and Nabiki looked at each other and shrugged. "Well... he breaks the
engagement or if he's in love with someone else don't come crying to us."
said Nabiki as she and Kasumi stood up, "Think about it."
Akane stared after her two other sisters, her 'I couldn't care less'
attitude dropped and her eyes sadden. (Ranma...)
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Saotome Genma bruised and battered, looked around for his wife as he lowered
the blond child back to the ground. Usagi quickly ran to join his son and
both of them was looking up at him expectedly. It was practically routine
that whenever Ranma was playing with Usagi, he would have to lecture Ranma
about playing with girls was unmanly and it was not what a true martial
artist would do. He would then take his son and leave his wife with her
friend. But today was different.
Spotting his wife with her friend, he turned and approached them.
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Usagi turned to her friend in confusion, "Ma-chan, why hasn't your father
taken you back home yet?"
Ranma shrugged and watched his father. "I think because he and mother had an
argument. It was pretty bad, worse than usual." He stared down at the ground
while scuffing his feet on the dirt. He then looked up at his friend and
grinned, "Let's sneak up on them!"
He grabbed Usagi's wrist and dragged her towards the adults where Usagi's
mother was arguing with Ranma's father. The two children hid in the bushes
and listened.
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"Saotome Genma! You have some explaining to do!" Demanded Ikuko standing up.
Nodoka looked startled as she tugged her friend's shirt. Ikuko ignored the
tugging. "Why are you planning to take Ranma away for a longer training
trip?!"
Genma scowled, "As the heir of the Saotome school of Anything Goes Martial
Arts, Ranma must be the best martial artist in his generation!" He then
sighed, trying to reason with his wife. "No-chan. We had already discussed
this. You had raised Ranma well, but I must train him probably. So you must
sacrifice your maternal feelings for the sake of Ranma's future!"
Genma kneeled down then bowed in front of his wife, Ikuko looked startled and
sat down slowly, feeling faint. "If you truly love our son then you must
allow me to train him as I see fit. Be patient, and you will see the wisdom
in this course."
Ikuko turned to her friend, "Nodoka-chan..."
Nodoka didn't hear her friend because she was lost in her own thoughts. "For
the sake of Ranma's future..."
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Ranma and Usagi turned to look at each other. They couldn't believe what they
hearing. "Ranma..." started Usagi but Ranma quickly covered her mouth. Usagi
nodded finally understanding what to do and Ranma released her. The two
quietly left the area.
Once they were out of hearing range, Ranma looked up at his friend, his eyes
watery. "I want to stay here. I don't want to go."
Usagi placed her arms around her friend as he hugged her back tightly, crying
on her shoulder. Usagi started to cry too. "Don't worry Ma-chan. We'll write
to each other everyday so we'll feel as if you're still here!"
Ranma slowly drew away from his friend's embrace and announced. "Usagi-chan.
You'll always be my bestest friend in the whole wide world!"
Usagi giggled.
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"Nodoka! As proof of my convictions... I will make a promise to you. I swear
to make Ranma the greatest martial artist of his generation!" Exclaimed
Genma. "He will become a man among men! This I swear! And if I fail, on my
honor he and I will commit seppuku!"
The two women stared at him shocked. "S-s-seppuku?" Stammered Ikuko. "You're
that serious?"
Genma nodded as Nodoka slowly stood up, both Ikuko and Genma turned to watch
her. Nodoka bowed towards her friend, "Ikuko, thank you for having us but we
really should leave now." She smiled at her friend, putting on a brave face.
Genma stood up and took her hand into his.
"Come on No-chan, let's go home."
Nodoka nodded and they started to walk away.
"Nodoka..." whispered Ikuko. She stood up ready to follow them when she heard
her son crying inside, waking up from his sleep. Sighing, she turned and
walked inside.
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Ranma and Usagi noticed as Ranma's parents walked towards them. Ranma quickly
turned to his friend, "Don't ever forget me." He leaned towards her and
planted a kiss on his surprised friend's lips.
Pulling away he noticed a tear running down his friend's cheeks. He wiped it
away and smiled, "See you soon, Sa-chan." With that, he ran up to join his
parents. Turning back as they started to leave her property, he smiled and
waved. Usagi watched silently as they walked away, the sun setting behind
her.
"Ma-chan..."
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Back to present time:
The now 16 year old Tsukino Usagi was laying in her bed on her stomach, while
kicking her legs back and froth. A pencil in her hand and a sketch book in
front. (I hope he liked the muffins.) Usagi absently drew Ranma's face in her
art book, while she thought of him. (They were the first successful batch
I've ever made.)
While Usagi was caught up with her thoughts, she didn't notice as Luna had
leapt through her open window and landed on her bed until her pet spoke up.
"Hi Usagi-chan." Looking at her guardian's art book, she asked curiously.
"Who's that?"
Usagi looked down and to her surprised there was a very detail drawing
picture of Ranma. She smiled, "Just a close friend." She then sat up onto her
legs as she grinned. "Back from Artemis' place so early?"
Luna had blushed, a faint tint of red on her cheek. Changing the subject to
draw her friend away from her love life, she looked at her suspiciously,
"Anyway, don't you have homework to do Usagi-chan?"
Usagi groaned and got off her bed. "Fine." Luna looked at her surprised,
(Usagi was actually going to do her homework? Her break up with Mamoru must
be hit her harder than I thought. She's didn't even cry.) Luna leapt up onto
Usagi's desk and watched as Usagi did her maths homework, or at least,
attempted to do her maths homework... (Unless she was over him a long time
ago.) Luna leapt back up to the bed and looked at the picture Usagi drew.
(Could it be possible that she is in love with this boy?)
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In an apartment not far from the Tsukino household, a young man slept.
Exhausted from the day's events, Chiba Mamoru quickly returned and without
any dinner, went straight to sleep hoping for a peaceful rest. However, that
could not be possible.
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Mamoru looked around himself, the area was all covered in mist and fog. The
temperature was low and the area was dark. He felt heavy and looked down upon
himself to realise him was wearing armour. The exact same armour as he wore
back in the Moon Kingdom as Prince Endymion, in fact.
Suddenly from no where a voice spoke up. "Finally, you have arrived." Mamoru
looked around for the familiar voice. The voice was familiar but the tone
wasn't. If only he could pinpoint who it belonged to...
"Since you no longer love my daughter, it is unnecessary for you to protect
her."
Prince Endymion yelled, "No, Queen Serenity!" The place suddenly was covered
with pink light. "I love you Usagi!"
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Mamoru sat up gasping for air while drenched in his own sweat. (What was
that?) He drew the bed sheets away and stood up, walking towards his balcony.
(It was just a nightmare. Just a nightmare.) He placed his hand on the steel
piece of his door frame. Turning back he sat his transformation rose laying
on the nightstand next to his bed.
Picking the red rose up he studied with the dim moonlight. (Or was it?)
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Usagi raised her head up in flash. (I must have fallen asleep while trying to
do my maths homework. Maths always makes me sleepy!) Suddenly she felt some-
thing wrong, her danger sense was going off. "Luna!" Hissed Usagi. "I feel
some nega vibes." Taking out her brooch she transformed, "Moon Eternal, make
up!" With a dazzling display of light and wings, Eternal Sailor Moon stood in
Usagi's place.
Luna looked up to watch the ending of Usagi's transformation. "Let's go Luna.
I'll contact the others." The feline nodded as she leaped on the Senshi's
shoulder as ESM opened the window and leapt out.
Without warning, her communicator suddenly started beeping. "Mega nega
vibes?" Asked ESM while pressing the receive button and running towards the
nearby park.
Super Sailor Mars nodded, "Right, I feel it's located near Mamoru-san's
apartment. I'm currently headed towards it."
"I sense it's nearby here at the park." said ESM as she could see the park in
view.
"Me too." Agreed Super Sailor Mercury as she just received the messages.
Luna frowned, "We may need to split up."
"V, Jup and Mars goes to Mamoru's apartment while me and Merc will go to the
park." Commanded ESM. "Always be on your guard! If anything happens, be sure
to report!"
"Hai!"
"Good luck guys!" Added Jupiter before everyone broke up their communication
and continued on their destination.
"I have a feeling it's a trap." spoke up Artemis while riding on Sailor
Venus' shoulder. "It's not safe."
Venus frowned, "Who said it was ever safe?"
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ESM stopped short at the park and gasped. "What's that?" There was some type
of black portal, looking like a black void with a whirlpool in the centre.
"It feels so dark, so evil..." stated Luna, shivering.
ESM watched angrily as something or someone came out of the portal. (They
just always have to spoil my peace...) Her thoughts trailed off as she saw
the figure appearing to be human and was approaching them, she took an
defensive stance she learnt from Ranma.
"Who are you and what do you want?" She studied the figure, it was female and
looked familiar. Her hair was silver done up the same hairstyle as herself's.
ESM gasped as her eyes widened, "Mother?!"
to be continued...
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What do you think? E-mail me at: salee@crosswinds.net - Primary e-mail
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Or visit me at: http://www.crosswinds.net/~salee/
Re-Written on: 09/07/01
Senshi had defeated Sailor Galaxia and before Nodoka discovered Ranma's
curse.
Disclaimers: "Ranma ½" characters and situations created by Rumiko Takahashi.
"Sailor Moon" was created by Naoko Takeuchi. All rights reserved, used
without permission.
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*** Ranma's Friend ***
Prologue - One True Friend
By Bambi
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It was a nice, beautiful day. The sky was blue, the sun was shiny. Everything
was perfect and peaceful...
"Ma-chan!" yelled a 4 year old girl as she stumbled a little while chasing
after her friend. Her short blond hair was in up a unique style that
resembled 2 round buns and curls. She had bright, intelligent, blue eyes that
was the same shade as the sky. "That's MY odango!"
Her friend was slightly older than herself and had short black hair and grey
eyes with a tint of blue. Both children were wearing similar clothes; white
shirt and while the girl wore a skirt, the boy wore blue jeans like-pants.
The boy popped the meatball into his mouth and quickly swallowed it, before
turning around while still running backwards. "Nyah! Nyah!" He stuck his
tongue out. "You already have odangos on your head." He pointed to her hair
and laughed, "Odango atama!"
The girl stopped running as her lower lip trembled, tears starting to form in
her eyes. Startled and not watching where he was going, the boy tripped and
fell backwards. "Sa-chan! Don't cry!" He stood up and ran towards her.
However, she started to cry and ran towards her mother who was sitting with
his mother.
The boy groaned as he followed quickly, he hoped that he won't get in trouble
for making Sa-chan cry again.
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Ikuko buttoned up her shirt as she finished breast-feeding her baby boy,
Shingo. Nodoka smiled, it wasn't that long ago when she had would have done
the same thing for Ranma. She missed being able to rock her child in her arms
to sleep. Ranma had just grown up so fast before her eyes. She had talked to
her husband about trying to have another child, but he had declined saying
that one heir was enough. The disagreement resulted in an argument and so now
she had bought herself and Ranma to her friend's place. She was starting to
wonder if it was a good idea.
Nodoka enjoyed Ikuko's companionship immensely, but she wasn't sure if she
could tell her friend about wanting another child while Ikuko was busy
rocking the baby to sleep in her arms. She hesitated. "May I... may I hold
him?"
Ikuko smiled at her high-school friend and passed the sleeping boy into
Nodoka's waiting arms. It was 13 or 14 years now since they first met in
high school. They attended university together until Nodoka got pregnant and
married to Saotome Genma. She moved away from her disappointed parents and
left no trace of where she was heading.
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Nodoka got pregnant at 20, but it was a miscarriage. At 21, she got pregnant
again and nine months later, she had a beautiful energetic boy, Ranma. It was
after Ranma's 1st birthday did the two best friends met up again.
Nodoka was working at the hospital as a nurse when she heard about an
abandoned 9 month old baby. She rushed to the scene and saw a familiar face
there, Ikuko. Ikuko was staring at the baby with tears in her eyes, she was
being held by a man. Nodoka hesitantly approach them not wanting to intrude,
and spoke about how upsetting it was to see a baby, an innocent, in this
situation. She found out that Ikuko and the man, her fiancee, Kenji had
planned to adopt the baby once she got well. Only when Ikuko turned to face
who she was talking to, did she finally realise it was Nodoka. The two women
cried and hugged each other, promising each other to meet up afterwards to
catch up on old times.
Ikuko and Kenji had indeed adopted the cute bouncing baby and named her
Tsukino Usagi, taking her to their new home at Minato-ku*. Usagi had grown up
to be a happy, bright and healthy child. When Usagi was 3 years old, Ikuko
had announced that she was pregnant and was going to have her own baby and
another child. Everyone was happy for the couple.
12 months later, Usagi had already turned 4 years old and was currently
running towards them with tears in her eyes. Nodoka saw her son behind the
girl and knew that he must have made Usagi cry again.
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"Mummy!" cried Usagi as she latched onto her mother's leg. The baby stirred
slightly but then went back to sleep.
Ikuko picked up her daughter and placed her on her lap. "What's wrong,
sweetie?"
Usagi sniffed as she pointed to the boy in front of them. "Ranma was being
mean again. He teased me and called me odango atama." Ikuko looked at the boy
who was staring at the ground and was shuffling the dirt with his feet.
"I'm sorry Sa-chan. I didn't mean to make you cry." He looked so guilty that
Ikuko couldn't find it in her heart to even be angry at the boy. She looked
at friend.
Nodoka sighed as she patted her son's head, "Ranma dear, you got to learn not
to tease people. They will get hurt by your words."
Ranma sniffed and his eyes started to water, "I'm sorry, mummy."
"Now apologise to Usagi-chan and promise her that you won't tease her again."
Said Nodoka.
Ranma bowed his head at his friend who was sitting on her mother's lap.
"Gomen. I promise I won't call you odango atama anymore."
Nodoka frowned slightly and was about to scold her son when Ikuko waved her
off, laughing. "Ranma, remember that you have to always keep your promises,
ok?"
Ranma looked up in relief, "Hai. I promise I will always keep my promises."
Ikuko laughed as she allowed her daughter down. She patted Ranma on the head,
"There is no need to make that type of promise Ranma. Some promises are very
hard to keep, so don't make any promises you know you can't keep, ok?"
Ranma nodded again. "Ok, now go and play you two." Usagi grabbed Ranma's
wrist and dragged him away as he protested.
Ikuko laughed as she watched the two children. Nodoka sighed, "You handled
that like it was nothing, Ko-chan."
"Pardon?" Ikuko asked confused as she turned to look at her friend. Nodoka
handed Shingo back to Ikuko.
"I'm a bad mother." said Nodoka as tears started to form in her eyes. "Maybe
that is why Genma doesn't want another child." She covered her face with her
hands as Ikuko's eyes soften and she went to hug her friend, being extra
careful not to drop or squash Shingo in process.
"Don't say that No-chan." Ikuko said as she patted her friend on the back,
"It can't be like that. You're a great mother."
Nodoka looked at her teary-eyed. "Then why is Genma going to take Ranma away
from me?"
Ikuko pulled her in, patting her on the back. Her eyes narrowed. Saotome
Genma was going to have to do some explaining.
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"Tag!" yelled out Usagi as she laughed and dodged Ranma's outstretched arm.
"You can't catch me!" She started to run off as Ranma quickly chased after
her.
"No fair!" cried out Ranma, "You cheated! I wasn't ready yet."
"Nyah! Nyah!" Usagi stuck her tongue out. "In a real battle, your enemy won't
just wait until you get ready!" Like Ranma previously, Usagi was not watching
where she was going and she ran into another person, falling backwards onto
her backside.
Usagi was startled when she suddenly felt herself being picked up by the
stranger. She was about to scream when she heard the familiar voice of
Ranma's scary father.
"So there you are." Usagi wasn't sure if she felt any more secure with
knowing exactly who was behind her...
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12 years later, present time:
There as a light sprinkle of rain as most people were already warmly tucked
in their beds. Sleeping soundly with their innocent minds filled with
pleasant dreams. However, this was not the case for this particular person...
A red head sat on the top of the roof of the Tendo Dojo staring at her hands,
her eyes started to get blurry. (No men don't cry, it's a sign of weakness.)
Tears started to drip from her eyes, (I'm no man, I can't even control my own
life.) Tears now flowed freely from her eyes.
"Ranma?" asked Akane worried as she sat down next to the crying girl as Ranma
quickly wiped the tears away her eyes.
"What do you want Akane?" asked Ranma, her voice full of venom, "You want to
rub it in my face? Insult me? Hit me? Call me a pervert like you always do?"
Despite her exterior anger, she was pledging silently for her fiancée to stay
with her. But as always, her pleads were unheard.
Akane started to get angry, "I was just trying to be nice." Akane clenched
her fist and stomped back inside. Ranma watched her retreating back and saw
that she was alone once again.
"I'm alone again." she whispered, "I'm always alone." Unnoticed by her, the
three Tendo girls was spying on her. She pulled her legs close to her,
wrapping her arms around them as she looked down, "Why is it so hard?" Tears
once again begun to form. "Why me? Why must I have at least three fiancées
that none understands me. Why is everyone just treating me as a prize? Why
can't they leave me alone? But not be here when I need them...?"
Ranma buried her face in her arms sobbing. Her painful sobs were would break
any mother's heart. Her body trembled as if her whole soul was tortured, as
she gently rocked herself. Her red hair damp from the cool night and
sprinkling rain.
A white light appeared beside her as she sniffed and turned to watch the
light forming a figure. "Ma-chan..." Whispered the angel as she kneeled down,
wrapping her arms around the smaller girl. "Are you alright?" Ranma sniffed
again, wrapping her arms around the other girl's waist and cried on her
shoulder. The angel stoked her back gently. "Just let it all out."
In the distance, lightning would be seen and the sound of the thunder could
be heard. The rain started to grow into a thunderstorm as the two young women
just held each other tightly, wrapped in the wings of the senshi.
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"That's... that's Eternal Sailor Moon." Gasped Nabiki as she and her sisters
spied on Ranma from inside. "I can't believe that Ranma is friends with her,
yet alone knows her." She wanted to take a picture of them now, but that
would draw their attention to her and her sisters. She couldn't believe that
the young woman who saved the world multiple times was so close to her, yet
so far away.
Kasumi smiled warmly, "Ranma has really good friends, doesn't he?"
Akane just frowned. (Hentai...)
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The storm died down to the light sprinkle of rain again as the two young
women remained in their embrace...
After a few minutes, Ranma drew away from the warmth of her friend's arms and
wiped away her tears. ESM (Eternal Sailor Moon) giggled. "You baka." she
teased, "It's raining. Wiping your eyes won't dry your face."
Ranma glared at her angrily before her eyes softened and she sighed.
"Sa-chan..." She stared out into the night sky. "What are you doing here?"
The Sailor Senshi was startled with her question. "I... I wanted to see you."
She looked down at the roof tiles, allowing her transformation to reverse.
"Besides, why are _you_ out here? Where are you sitting in the rain?" She
grabbed her blond pigtails and squeezed out the water.
Ranma sighed as she leaned her head against the other woman's shoulder. "Mum
visited again." The red head took a deep breath then continued, "She was so
persistence to make 'Ranko' feminine..." Ranma paused no longer wanting to
continue.
Usagi knew there was something that her friend wasn't telling her but decided
that she wouldn't push him to tell her. Instead she decided to change the
topic. Looking out wishfully at the night sky, she spoke. "Ma-chan, how would
like to fly away from all this sorrow? We can be free, free like a bird."
Ranma lifted her head up from her friend's shoulder to look at her. Tears
were running down her cheeks as Ranma wiped them away with her thumb.
"Usagi..."
The blond smiled at her, "Thank you..." She looked down again. "Mamoru dumped
me again." She pulled her legs towards her chest. "I guess I kind of knew
that our relationship would last much longer." Said Usagi noncommittally.
She then laughed bitterly, "After all, it's probably about the fifth time
already. You would think that in the time of 2 years, or 24 months, or 104
weeks, 730 days or 17 520 hours that he could say those three simple words to
me. I guess I was wrong..."
"Usagi..." Ranma placed a hand on her shoulder. "The guy's just a moron. He
doesn't deserve you."
Her friend turned and looked at her, smiled weakly. The Tendo sisters gasped
again seeing that Sailor Moon were no older than themselves. "He was meant to
be my Prince, my knight in shining armour. I always believed that we were
always meant to be together... I was 'destinied' to be with him for all
eternity." She then smirked, but the joke didn't reach her eyes. "I guess
Destiny screwed that one up."
Ranma licked her lips to moisten them. "Sa-chan... there's something I need
to ask of you..." Usagi turned to her friend, it was very rare that he would
become so serious. "Do you think that my mother would accept me?"
"N... na... NANI?!" yelled Usagi standing up. "Of course! You're her only
child! Why did you ask me that?!"
Ranma looked down at the tiles, "I'm no man inside so why bother with the
outside. That way even if mother won't accept me, I can still commit
seppuku and have my honour."
Usagi gritted her teeth angrily. "Ranma..." She then took a deep breath and
sighed, sitting back down. "If this is about you crying than know that:
People can cry, even the strongest of warriors."
"But..."
Usagi interrupted him, "Ranma, we're only human. And since we are human, we
have a thing called emotions. I mean I cry all the time and I can still save
the world, can't I?" Usagi then chuckled, "Actually it's more like wailing."
Ranma smiled to herself after hearing the truth in her friend's voice. Usagi
then paused poking her finger at Ranma's chest. "Think about it this way. How
are you any less 'manly' since you gotten cursed?"
"I'm a girl half of the time!" exclaimed Ranma, the smile was gone.
Usagi smirked, "Does that mean that you are girl here too?" She poked Ranma's
forehead. "Does your heart change with your body?" She poked Ranma's chest
again. "And do you start acting like a girl, because you can a girl's body?"
Ranma didn't answer as Usagi continued. "No, no you don't. Do you? I know
you, Ranma. I know you ever since you were 1 years old. I know that you
don't believe that killing yourself with satisfy anything. I know that you
are not stupid enough to even 'think' about committing seppuku. Right?" She
laid her gaze on her.
Ranma nodded, "Hai..." She then wanted to protest, "But..."
Usagi placed a finger on her lips. "Shh... Also, you have only gotten cursed
for almost a year now. Literally speaking, you have not been a girl half of
the time."
"I think you've been hanging around Ami too much." Muttered Ranma under her
breath.
Usagi laughed, "Maybe, ne?" Ranma looked at her friend's smiling face and
felt herself smiling back too. "Besides..." Usagi started to unbutton her
wet blouse. "I'll prove to you that you're still a man regardless of what
form. To do that, I'll make love to you."
Ranma's and the Tendo daughters' eyes widen as Ranma slowly backed away
waving her arms in front of her. "Ok, ok! I believe you. I'm a man. I'm a
man. 100% man." Ranma nodded vigorously while retreating away from her
friend.
Usagi grinned as her as she removed her shirt. Ranma froze. The blond then
squeezed all of the water out of her shirt and wore it back on. Ranma face-
faulted. "Sa-chan..." whined Ranma, "Don't do that!"
Usagi's grin widened as she stood up, walking towards Ranma. "See me tomorrow
after school, ne?" She patted the redhead on the head, as Ranma looked up at
her annoyed. Usagi leaned down close to Ranma and whispered into her ear. "We
need to erase Akane and her sisters' memory of us again. But the spell is
starting to become inefficient."
Ranma sighed, "We really need to be more careful." Her shoulders slumped,
"You know how much I hate to do that to them."
Usagi looked at her sympathetically before looking up at the sky, it was not
longer raining. "Oh, and one more thing before I leave..."
"Yes?" asked Ranma confused.
Usagi took out a thermos from her sub-dimensional pocket and poured it over
the redhead. "You're just so much cuter this way." She winked at black hair
martial artist as she turned around, ready to leap away when she suddenly
paused. "Oh yeah." She toss Ranma a package. "This is for you. See me
tomorrow after school." With that, she leaped off, teleporting back to her
home.
Ranma looked inside the bag confused and saw a few muffins and a note. He
took the note and read it, 'To my best friend in the whole world Ma-chan,
love your friend Sa-chan. P.S. Don't worry, it's edible. =Þ' Ranma smiled as
he took out one of her muffins and examined it. It looked perfect. He
hesitantly bit into the muffin. After tasting it, he quickly devour the rest
of her muffins. (Yum! Chocolate chip, my favourite. I must thank her for
everything tomorrow.)
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Nabiki turned to her sister. "Akane, I think you should start being nice to
Ranma now."
Kasumi nodded, "Yes, he might soon fall in love with that girl if not
already."
Akane frowned, folding her arms in front of her chest. "What makes you think
I care about who that pervert loves."
"Akane, are you trying to fool us or just yourself?" asked Nabiki. "We've
seen you sneak peeps at him when you thought no one was watching. Also if you
don't do something soon, you might lose him forever."
They watched as Ranma finished eating and leaped down to the ground. Akane
stuck her nose up into the air, not having a care in the world about her
fiance. "He can have that... that girl, if he wants."
Kasumi and Nabiki looked at each other and shrugged. "Well... he breaks the
engagement or if he's in love with someone else don't come crying to us."
said Nabiki as she and Kasumi stood up, "Think about it."
Akane stared after her two other sisters, her 'I couldn't care less'
attitude dropped and her eyes sadden. (Ranma...)
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Saotome Genma bruised and battered, looked around for his wife as he lowered
the blond child back to the ground. Usagi quickly ran to join his son and
both of them was looking up at him expectedly. It was practically routine
that whenever Ranma was playing with Usagi, he would have to lecture Ranma
about playing with girls was unmanly and it was not what a true martial
artist would do. He would then take his son and leave his wife with her
friend. But today was different.
Spotting his wife with her friend, he turned and approached them.
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Usagi turned to her friend in confusion, "Ma-chan, why hasn't your father
taken you back home yet?"
Ranma shrugged and watched his father. "I think because he and mother had an
argument. It was pretty bad, worse than usual." He stared down at the ground
while scuffing his feet on the dirt. He then looked up at his friend and
grinned, "Let's sneak up on them!"
He grabbed Usagi's wrist and dragged her towards the adults where Usagi's
mother was arguing with Ranma's father. The two children hid in the bushes
and listened.
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"Saotome Genma! You have some explaining to do!" Demanded Ikuko standing up.
Nodoka looked startled as she tugged her friend's shirt. Ikuko ignored the
tugging. "Why are you planning to take Ranma away for a longer training
trip?!"
Genma scowled, "As the heir of the Saotome school of Anything Goes Martial
Arts, Ranma must be the best martial artist in his generation!" He then
sighed, trying to reason with his wife. "No-chan. We had already discussed
this. You had raised Ranma well, but I must train him probably. So you must
sacrifice your maternal feelings for the sake of Ranma's future!"
Genma kneeled down then bowed in front of his wife, Ikuko looked startled and
sat down slowly, feeling faint. "If you truly love our son then you must
allow me to train him as I see fit. Be patient, and you will see the wisdom
in this course."
Ikuko turned to her friend, "Nodoka-chan..."
Nodoka didn't hear her friend because she was lost in her own thoughts. "For
the sake of Ranma's future..."
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Ranma and Usagi turned to look at each other. They couldn't believe what they
hearing. "Ranma..." started Usagi but Ranma quickly covered her mouth. Usagi
nodded finally understanding what to do and Ranma released her. The two
quietly left the area.
Once they were out of hearing range, Ranma looked up at his friend, his eyes
watery. "I want to stay here. I don't want to go."
Usagi placed her arms around her friend as he hugged her back tightly, crying
on her shoulder. Usagi started to cry too. "Don't worry Ma-chan. We'll write
to each other everyday so we'll feel as if you're still here!"
Ranma slowly drew away from his friend's embrace and announced. "Usagi-chan.
You'll always be my bestest friend in the whole wide world!"
Usagi giggled.
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"Nodoka! As proof of my convictions... I will make a promise to you. I swear
to make Ranma the greatest martial artist of his generation!" Exclaimed
Genma. "He will become a man among men! This I swear! And if I fail, on my
honor he and I will commit seppuku!"
The two women stared at him shocked. "S-s-seppuku?" Stammered Ikuko. "You're
that serious?"
Genma nodded as Nodoka slowly stood up, both Ikuko and Genma turned to watch
her. Nodoka bowed towards her friend, "Ikuko, thank you for having us but we
really should leave now." She smiled at her friend, putting on a brave face.
Genma stood up and took her hand into his.
"Come on No-chan, let's go home."
Nodoka nodded and they started to walk away.
"Nodoka..." whispered Ikuko. She stood up ready to follow them when she heard
her son crying inside, waking up from his sleep. Sighing, she turned and
walked inside.
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Ranma and Usagi noticed as Ranma's parents walked towards them. Ranma quickly
turned to his friend, "Don't ever forget me." He leaned towards her and
planted a kiss on his surprised friend's lips.
Pulling away he noticed a tear running down his friend's cheeks. He wiped it
away and smiled, "See you soon, Sa-chan." With that, he ran up to join his
parents. Turning back as they started to leave her property, he smiled and
waved. Usagi watched silently as they walked away, the sun setting behind
her.
"Ma-chan..."
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Back to present time:
The now 16 year old Tsukino Usagi was laying in her bed on her stomach, while
kicking her legs back and froth. A pencil in her hand and a sketch book in
front. (I hope he liked the muffins.) Usagi absently drew Ranma's face in her
art book, while she thought of him. (They were the first successful batch
I've ever made.)
While Usagi was caught up with her thoughts, she didn't notice as Luna had
leapt through her open window and landed on her bed until her pet spoke up.
"Hi Usagi-chan." Looking at her guardian's art book, she asked curiously.
"Who's that?"
Usagi looked down and to her surprised there was a very detail drawing
picture of Ranma. She smiled, "Just a close friend." She then sat up onto her
legs as she grinned. "Back from Artemis' place so early?"
Luna had blushed, a faint tint of red on her cheek. Changing the subject to
draw her friend away from her love life, she looked at her suspiciously,
"Anyway, don't you have homework to do Usagi-chan?"
Usagi groaned and got off her bed. "Fine." Luna looked at her surprised,
(Usagi was actually going to do her homework? Her break up with Mamoru must
be hit her harder than I thought. She's didn't even cry.) Luna leapt up onto
Usagi's desk and watched as Usagi did her maths homework, or at least,
attempted to do her maths homework... (Unless she was over him a long time
ago.) Luna leapt back up to the bed and looked at the picture Usagi drew.
(Could it be possible that she is in love with this boy?)
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In an apartment not far from the Tsukino household, a young man slept.
Exhausted from the day's events, Chiba Mamoru quickly returned and without
any dinner, went straight to sleep hoping for a peaceful rest. However, that
could not be possible.
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Mamoru looked around himself, the area was all covered in mist and fog. The
temperature was low and the area was dark. He felt heavy and looked down upon
himself to realise him was wearing armour. The exact same armour as he wore
back in the Moon Kingdom as Prince Endymion, in fact.
Suddenly from no where a voice spoke up. "Finally, you have arrived." Mamoru
looked around for the familiar voice. The voice was familiar but the tone
wasn't. If only he could pinpoint who it belonged to...
"Since you no longer love my daughter, it is unnecessary for you to protect
her."
Prince Endymion yelled, "No, Queen Serenity!" The place suddenly was covered
with pink light. "I love you Usagi!"
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Mamoru sat up gasping for air while drenched in his own sweat. (What was
that?) He drew the bed sheets away and stood up, walking towards his balcony.
(It was just a nightmare. Just a nightmare.) He placed his hand on the steel
piece of his door frame. Turning back he sat his transformation rose laying
on the nightstand next to his bed.
Picking the red rose up he studied with the dim moonlight. (Or was it?)
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Usagi raised her head up in flash. (I must have fallen asleep while trying to
do my maths homework. Maths always makes me sleepy!) Suddenly she felt some-
thing wrong, her danger sense was going off. "Luna!" Hissed Usagi. "I feel
some nega vibes." Taking out her brooch she transformed, "Moon Eternal, make
up!" With a dazzling display of light and wings, Eternal Sailor Moon stood in
Usagi's place.
Luna looked up to watch the ending of Usagi's transformation. "Let's go Luna.
I'll contact the others." The feline nodded as she leaped on the Senshi's
shoulder as ESM opened the window and leapt out.
Without warning, her communicator suddenly started beeping. "Mega nega
vibes?" Asked ESM while pressing the receive button and running towards the
nearby park.
Super Sailor Mars nodded, "Right, I feel it's located near Mamoru-san's
apartment. I'm currently headed towards it."
"I sense it's nearby here at the park." said ESM as she could see the park in
view.
"Me too." Agreed Super Sailor Mercury as she just received the messages.
Luna frowned, "We may need to split up."
"V, Jup and Mars goes to Mamoru's apartment while me and Merc will go to the
park." Commanded ESM. "Always be on your guard! If anything happens, be sure
to report!"
"Hai!"
"Good luck guys!" Added Jupiter before everyone broke up their communication
and continued on their destination.
"I have a feeling it's a trap." spoke up Artemis while riding on Sailor
Venus' shoulder. "It's not safe."
Venus frowned, "Who said it was ever safe?"
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ESM stopped short at the park and gasped. "What's that?" There was some type
of black portal, looking like a black void with a whirlpool in the centre.
"It feels so dark, so evil..." stated Luna, shivering.
ESM watched angrily as something or someone came out of the portal. (They
just always have to spoil my peace...) Her thoughts trailed off as she saw
the figure appearing to be human and was approaching them, she took an
defensive stance she learnt from Ranma.
"Who are you and what do you want?" She studied the figure, it was female and
looked familiar. Her hair was silver done up the same hairstyle as herself's.
ESM gasped as her eyes widened, "Mother?!"
to be continued...
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Re-Written on: 09/07/01