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Author’s Notes: The notes are at the front of the chapter this time because I just finished some revamping of all the previous chapters to account for some problems in the time frame. Those errors and other details have been fixed and changed. Now that they are I expect to easily be able to work on the next few chapters of this story. I thank everyone for their patience…
Chapter 17 – The battle begins
Usagi was watching a short pink haired girl had her hand cut off by a vicious demon. The girl screamed in pain and said, “Mother! Mother why?” Usagi could do nothing but watch. The scene shifted and her truest love was being beaten to a bloody pulp by another demon wearing black. He screamed in agony as each powerful punch connected and all she could do was watch.
She woke with a scream of primal anguish and then woke up. It was dark in her room and she fumbled around to turn on the light. Luna woke and said, “Usagi you’re not usually up so early on a school day. What’s wrong?”
The girl stared at her adviser and said, “Hmm, isn’t it still Friday?” The girl bolted out of bed and saying, “What about Setsuna, the time gates? Our Community service?”
Luna looked at her and said, “Don’t you remember? You all came out of the court room on Wednesday and went with Setsuna. Then you came back on Friday, went to school, then worked that night, and the next two days away performing various community services…”
The memories started to phase back into Usagi’s head, “What about Mamo-chan?”
The cat looked sad and said, “Still no change in his condition.”
Anger welled up in Usagi as she heard that anger at Wiseman and the so called Sailor Angerona. She looked at Luna and said, “If they want the Ginzoushou so bad maybe we should just bring it to them.”
She stood up and pulled out her communicator Ami’s sleepy visage came into focus and the girl said, “What is it?”
“Can you do a search for those droids or dark crystals with your computer?”
She nodded and said, “Isn’t that what you asked me to do before we started community service?”
Usagi rubbed her head and said, “Um right and what were the results?”
Ami pulled out the Mercury computer and said, “Looks like the scan is done and we’ve got a few possible locations that we can check out.”
Sailor moon said, “Fine let’s do it!”
Luna butted in and joined Ami in saying, “What about school?”
Usagi sighed and said, “Fine after school. We’ll take the fight for Love and Justice to our enemies tonight!”
Nabiki held onto the small yellow ball, “So what do I say or do with it?”
Neherenia said, “Just hold onto it and envision its power flowing through you.”
Nabiki held it out and said, “Alright, but this feels stup…” she stopped mid word as a yellow aura surrounded her. Then she said, “Oh wow it’s showing me anything I want to see.”
Ranma looked at Neherenia and the woman shrugged saying, “Normally they are used for attack and defense, but they do respond to the user’s needs.”
Ranma motioned to Kaede and the gymnast sent a club flying at Nabiki. The club was reflected off the yellow aura and Ranma smiled. “Okay, so how much does it take to get through that?”
Nabiki said, “Whoa time out! I’m not here for target practice and with this thing I can be a good distance away and we can still use the radios I bought.”
Ranma walked closer to Nabiki and said, “Don’t you want to know how much protection you might have?”
Nabiki sighed and said, “Alright, but unlike some other Tendo’s I could name I know my limits and fighting just isn’t part of my skill set.”
Kaede looked towards her and said, “Well if you’re going to be part of our team we’ll just have to fix that, right girls?”
“I don’t go to Juuban…”
Aiko shook her blonde hair and said, “Not the Gymnastics team, team Nemesis our own answer to the Sailor Scouts…”
The rest of the team nodded in agreement and Nabiki sighed saying, “Alright maybe we can do some training…”
Ranma stepped over to Kaede and the gymnasts with a green ball in her hands, “Not until we sort all of these things out. This is for you and the rest of the team. It is called Juno and hopefully it should protect you and,” She paused looked to Neherenia and said, “What was it again?”
“I said I wasn’t sure, but it might also enhance their cohesion, but they would all have to have a piece.”
Ranma was still holding the ball out and said, “Right, so everyone come here and touch it to see if it will give you all a piece okay?”
Kaede and the rest of the team moved forward and each one touched the stone. As they did so it separated into smaller pieces, giving each girl a small green ball of their own. Suddenly a green glow encompassed the group and they all said almost in concert, “Whoa!”
Then the team said in concert, “It’s like telepathy we know exactly where everyone else is…” The girls each looked at the others and as one they said, “Jinx!” then laughed in concert.
Nabiki walked closer to Ranma and Neherenia and said, “That’s spooky Neko-chan,” the girls were now moving in perfect harmony and practicing their new combined attack form that they had learned from Cologne. The cat girl nodded and said, “Yeah it is a little bit, still no different than you seeing wherever you want or me and what I can do…”
Nabiki looked to Ranma curiously and said, “What can you do?”
The cat girl touched her ball cap and said, “I really am not sure, I kinda haven’t tapped this thing to its full potential. Before getting out of the contract I was afraid of what I might have and who that power would be serving, plus there are a number of other folks who are also tapping the same power right now…”
The gymnasts finished their impromptu kata and the green glow faded from them. Ranma looked at them and thought about her options once again. She wondered once again if she really was doing the right thing here even with a power boost for those girls some of them could get hurt or even killed. Her conscience started to nag her even as she said, “Wow that was real good I think it would be more than useful especially if it provides some protection as well.”
The girls smiled and Aiko said, “I still say we should test the protection these things give us and,” she pointed to Nabiki, “her.”
Ranma smirked and whispered, “Well I guess giving them that only delayed the inevitable eh?”
Nabiki sighed and said, “Fine! Let’s get this over with,” and powered up her yellow aura once again. This time gymnastics clubs, hoops, and ribbons slammed into it time and time again. Nabiki’s brow knit as she tried to hold her concentration, but the next wave of attacks brought the shield down with weapons still in the air. Nabiki cringed, closed her eyes, and held her arms over her head as she waited to be pummeled. Then she was encompassed in small, but powerful arms and flying through the air. Moments later she felt her feet touch the ground and heard Ranma’s voice saying, “You alright?”
She opened her eyes and saw Ranma’s face above hers and time seemed to stop for just a moment as she lost herself in the cerulean depths of Ranma’s eyes. She was about to move even closer to the red haired girl when she noticed the audience in the corner of her eyes and quickly stepped away saying, “Yeah, Neko-chan I’m fine, not a scratch, thanks to you.”
Ranma shrugged and said, “Always glad to help my friends.”
Nabiki saw some jealousy among the gymnasts and thought, Sorry girls I saw her first. She smirked at that, held up her yellow ball and said, “Yeah well I’ll go test the range on this thing. Why don’t you help them test out their new powers now eh?”
“Good idea, hey maybe while you’re out and about you could go by the train station and see if Cologne and Shampoo, give them a radio and tell them that I’m ready now.”
Nabiki looked quizzically at Ranma and then said, “You knew I’d be going didn’t you?”
Ranma grinned and said, “Let’s just call it a hunch, besides there’s a pay phone not to far away…”
Sarcasm was there in Nabiki’s voice as she said, “Just a hunch, sure it was Neko-chan,” Then she walked off saying, “Anyway, I’ll go get them and come on back.”
As Nabiki left Ranma, Neherenia and the rest of the team practiced. Some time later the brown haired girl returned with two Amazons and a delicious meal in tow. As they arrived Ranma called for a break and everyone came running for the delicious Chinese food.
Cologne approached Ranma and said, “So daughter, Nabiki tells me that you are ready now.”
Ranma holds out a red ball and says, “This is called Pallas and I want you to have it.”
Cologne takes the small red ball and immediately starts to glow with its aura, and then the ball slowly seemed to dissipate as her form slowly gains height and strength. Ranma steps back and says, “Uh Neherenia was it supposed to do that?”
The black haired woman shook her head and then notices that the now taller and vibrant blue haired Amazon still has a red glow about her. Neherenia puzzles at the magical signature with her own powers and says, “The ball is still there, but this was not expected at all. Perhaps it has something do with her specifically.”
Meanwhile the Amazon elder was enjoying herself immensely. No longer was she using her chi reserves to keep herself alive and active, instead she was feeling them coursing through her and begging to be used. She was not a teenager again, nor even a young adult, but even at what felt to be middle age she was feeling much healthier than she had in almost a hundred years. She smiled at her adopted daughter and said, “It seems like I made an excellent choice when I adopted you daughter, yes indeed a very excellent choice.”
The rest of the group was still staring at the amazing transformation in astonishment. Shampoo was the first to break her amazement as she said, “Aiyah! Great grandmother now be in middle age again.”
Cologne held her can back and just smiled at her great granddaughter. “I think I can let that one slide Shampoo, but why don’t you see what Ranma has for you?” A feral gleam came to her eyes as she said, “Then perhaps we can spar a bit, yes?”
Shampoo swallowed hard as Ranma approached her with a blue ball in hand saying, “This is called Ceres, Shampoo, and I want you to have it.”
Shampoo took the ball in hand and soon was glowing with its aura. The added power gave her some confidence and she slowly stepped into the middle of the field where her great grandmother was waiting. The two were blurs of motion after that with details being impossible to see. Ranma activated her own transformation and as Angerona she was able to track the battle with much more ease.
Shampoo had just been thrown across the field and was getting back up as Cologne’s young form descended on that spot. If the ancient Amazon had been a few microseconds slower the punch would have easily tagged Shampoo, but instead she missed and Shampoo sent out her own counter attack, putting Cologne momentarily on the defensive.
As she was dodging and blocking Cologne smiled and then said, “I think play time is over now,” then she hit the ground and said, “Shark fist revised, fist of the Earth bear!”
The ground launched up from that spot and completely encompassed Shampoo’s form. The girl struggled to get out and was rewarded for her efforts by Cologne quickly stepping in to put her into a submission hold saying, “I think that’s enough of a lesson for now, yes?” Shampoo nodded and Cologne released her hold.
Angerona de-transformed as the two then proceeded to come back to the rest of the group. Then, the gymnasts peppered them with questions about their amazing speed and techniques for quite some time. More practice, sparring, and conversations ensued until it became time for everyone to go home.
Some time later there was a break for dinner and as the group was eating Nabiki grabbed Ranma and said, “Neko-chan can I borrow you for a few minutes?”
“Sure, what is it?”
The two walked off a bit and Nabiki held out the yellow ball, “It’s this thing, it gives me pretty much anything I want to see within a block or so radius and after that it gives me a vision that is like seeing a map from above. It doesn’t show me any decent details below, but there are a few places where things well, don’t seem to fit.”
“Like what?”
Nabiki shrugged and then said, “I’m not sure exactly, but when looking at this place from above I see the red, green, blue, and yellow signatures of the balls here and a sort of vibrant reddish black for you and Neherenia. Then, when I pan out more I see a large spot of white light in Juuban and a few other spots of dark black. I tried to focus in more on them, but wasn’t able to get much.”
Nabiki continued saying, “I’m pretty sure what I’m seeing are signatures for the rest of the Black Moon family and the sailor scouts. This could be the break you guys need, we can go tomorrow night and take down these people before they try to set a trap for you.”
Ranma called Neherenia over as well as the rest of the group and had Nabiki relate her information to them as well. After some discussion the group decided that on Monday night they would take the fight to their enemies.
Lunch came around and Ranma sighed as she walked off wondering if perhaps it would just be best to try and transfer classrooms. She thought, It’s probably for the best especially after I take out the Black Moon family. That way I can be with my teammates and discuss possible ways to keep these girls from creating that future I saw, without hurting them too bad.
Lunch was a discussion of possible tactics and small talk to relieve nervousness. They all went back into class and the rest of the day seemed to fly by at high speed. When school was over the entire group plus Ranma Saotome met again at the apartment complex. There the boy said, “I saw that thing you gave to Shampoo and the old ghoul, er well formerly old Ghoul.”
The cat girl rolled her eyes and said, “That’s my mother you’re talking about Saotome. How about some respect.”
The boy had enough decency to look sheepish and then said, “Yeah sorry, but come one I was thinking maybe you had something for me too?”
The cat girl growled as she said, “I guess you and Shampoo could share hers,” then she sighed and calmed herself as she said, “I probably should have added you to practice yesterday, but it’s hard enough to be around you now let alone be friendly with you for a whole day.”
Ranma Saotome didn’t hear much after the girl said he could share Shampoo’s device and just held out a hand, “Thanks Hito-kun you’re a pal.”
The cat girl put a headphone radio in the outstretched hand and said, “Yeah whatever,” she transformed into her sailor form, looked out to the rest of the group and announced, “Alright everyone, let’s get this show on the road.”
With that the group departed with Nabiki leading them towards the first locus of dark power. As they approached it Nabiki held up a hand and said, “Wait, I can see the sailor Senshi nearby. They are going into the same warehouse we were headed for.”
The group waited a bit more and Nabiki said, “Looks like that was a dead end. It is just a bunch of blank walls and not much else in there. Still it feels like something real bad happened in there.”
Angerona glanced at Neherenia and the two of them shared a silent communication about exactly what had indeed happened in that building. Nabiki announced, “Looks like the Senshi are headed off to another part of town now, probably right for one of the other spots of dark power.”
The Nemesis enhanced Senshi said, “Alright we’ll follow after them and see what happens when they get to the next spot.”
“It could be, but there is still one other point f darkness on the Mercury computer. So if it doesn’t pan out we can go there next.”
Mars nodded and said, “Right, but let’s go on in as if this is the real thing!”
Sailor Moon nodded in acknowledgement and the group crashed through the front doors, headed up stairs, and smashed into a large board room. Inside they found a large group of business men and office ladies having a massive orgy. A single large black crystal was on the table pulsing with power. Without a second though a voice said, “Venus love me chain!”
The crystal shattered and the office workers started to wake up from their trance. A voice in the back of the room said, “It’s those vigilantes! Everyone run!” People grabbed articles of clothes and practically stampeded over the senshi in their attempt to escape.
As the room cleared Mercury said, “I don’t think this was the place,” then Jupiter chimed in and said, “Well cheer up at least we destroyed a piece of their power. Still I have this odd feeling, like we’re being watched.”
The rest of the scouts said the same thing and then suddenly Dark Lady appeared in the room. She looked at them and smiled an evil smile as the shattered fragments of crystal slowly floated towards her and formed into a functioning hand, “Ah I see you found where we were gathering our last pieces of power, but you are too late.” She held out her now black crystalline hand and said, “With this we can fully create the Dark Crystal and bring the Doom upon you all…”
The scouts shouted, “Wait Usa! No!” but the woman had already disappeared, then the entire group could see something growing in the distance. It was dark black and it was already at least three stories high. Without a second thought they raced toward the scene passing right past Angerona and her team without even a second glance.
The Nemesis powered girl watched them pass and said, “Alright, let’s go see how this plays out. Come on guys,” then she ran towards the sailor scouts with her own group close behind. They arrived in time to see the scouts ambushed by Ukyou, Ryouga, Tatewaki, and Kodachi as well as a group of seven droids.
The martial artists were all covered with dark crystal armor and seemed to be unphased by much of the Sailor girl’s magical powers. As the fight was going on between the sailors and their foes Angerona noticed that the Dark Crystal was growing even larger. It looked almost like it was its own building now.
Nabiki said, “Angerona I can’t see much, but that thing has an opening on it and something real bad wants to come out!”
“Right!” The girl turned towards her allies and said, “The first order of business is getting into that crystal, unfortunately we have a bunch of droids and a group of sailor girls in-between us and the crystal. I’m thinking that we can form a wedge through the center and get inside. Let’s go!”
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