Originally Posted by Guitar Woman
As Ranma watched the unconscious Akane awaken, the relief in her face was evident to all.
“Akane! Speak to me!” Ranma cried.
“I am not speaking to you, you idiot.” Akane said, then she turned her head away from Ranma, whose heart felt like it would shatter.
In another Reality: on the moon: in a Queen Serenity’s castle: in the throne room
A mage was escorted under heavy guard to the ruler of known space, Queen Serenity the First.
“Yes?” Was all Queen Serenity said in an ice cold voice. The mage trembled with fear. He brought good news, but who know if the Queen would take it as such after all this time. After all, her daughter had been missing among the dimensions for over fifteen hundred years. Many mages had lost their lives for failing to find her, and now he had. Would he be rewarded for finding her? Or punished for taking so long. Realizing that he was just standing there saying nothing, thus angering the Queen, he said
“I have found her.” He sighed mentally. That didn’t come out too bad.
“Really? Where is my daughter? And how did you find her, after all others have failed?” Queen Serenity asked with a raised eyebrow and an only slightly cool voice.
“The information regarding the reality she’s in is on this data cube.” He said. Queen Serenity nodded, and Senshi Rei of Mars came over to him and claimed the cube. She then took it back to the Queen, keeling before her, offering the cube. The Queen took it, and the Senshi of Mars stood and retook her place at her Queens’s side.
The mage then continued, after a nod from his Queen to do so. “As to how I found her, I will admit I was lucky. I was scanning several dimensions, when I saw her power spike in one of them. If not for the battle she was in, I never would have found her.” The mage said.
“Battle you say. I hope my dear daughters alright.” She said inserting the cube into a receptacle on her throne’s arm, and calling up a screen to see the data.
“Oh yes, your daughter’s fine. She won the battle. However she looks quite different, but her energy signature defiantly identifies her as your wayward daughter.”
“Hmm, yes, yes it does. And she looks good to. And this reality! It’s ripe for conquering. Mars,” The Queen called out.
“Yes your majesty?” Mars asked, going ramrod strait.
“Get Mercury and Pluto to do more research on this reality. And get my other Senshi ready for war. Oh, and call in all my generals to the throne room. You are dismissed, Mars.” Queen Serenity said.
Turning to the mage the Queen said, “You are to take this cube and all other data you have collected to Mercury’s lab, and then explain exactly how you found my daughter to both Mercury and Pluto. You will then be at their disposal.” She said as a guard handed the mage the data cube.
“Yes my Queen.” The Mage said bowing.
As the room cleared, Queen Serenity the First smiled an evil smile, and said aloud “Such an interesting new playground you’ve giving me my daughter. In gratitude I’ll let you kill your twin in that reality, to bad mine is dead. That could have been a challenge. Oh well.” She then laughed long and hard.
Jusenkyö, China: that night
Ranma had been feeling strange ever since that fight. Stronger somehow, and more comfortable as a girl then he ever had been, it was a relief when the water warmed up enough to change him back into a male, ‘Otherwise I might even grow to like this new feeling.’ Ranma thought with a shudder. Akane was still not talking to him, and the others were leaving him alone too. As he poured the warm water on his head, he felt, less complete then he had felt a moment ago as a she. Then the pain set in.
‘Crap! Why do I hurt so much?’ Ranma thought to him self. ‘Maybe I’ll feel better in the morning.’ He thought getting into his sleeping bag.
He didn’t though. He felt even worse. At least till mid afternoon when a sudden rain shower got him and all the other cursed individuals. Akane was too busy beating on Ryoga’s pig form, calling out, “Ryoga you pervert! I’ll show you!” and everyone else was to busy watching the said beat down, to notice Ranma’s look of utter relief at turning female, followed by a look of curiosity, then fear.
Then Akane went after Ranma, crying “Pervert!” and he then had no more time to think of such things.
Rei’s Grandfather’s temple: Juban, Japan: later in the week
“Setsuna,” Rei said dangerously “What is happening? Galaxia was supposed to be our final opponent, so who are these guys?” Rei asked, quite pissed off. They had just had their third fight with a mysterious enemy, soldiers leading Youma, and all the fights had been quite close.
“I don’t know.” Setsuna said, surprising all of them. “All I can tell is they are not from this time line.” She said.
“So, they are from an alternate reality?” Ami asked Setsuna.
“Yes.” Setsuna said nodding. “They have to be. It will take some time to search out their home reality and find out what we’re dealing with, so Princess, if you will excuse me? I must get back to the search.” Setsuna told Usagi.
After Rei elbowed her, Usagi spoke up, saying “Uh, yah, sure. You’re dismissed Setsuna. Go find out what you can.” She told Setsuna.
After Setsuna was gone, Usagi said to Rei “You didn’t have to hit me so hard.”
“Well answer her more quickly next time. She’s taking this ‘Usagi is the Princess.’ thing to a whole new level. And she has been ever since Galaxia was beat by you. So get your self into the role, because Setsuna needs it, and so will the world soon.” Rei told Usagi in a lecturing tone.
“Ok Rei.” Usagi sighed.
In another Reality: on the moon: in a Queen Serenity’s castle: in the throne room
“So,” Queen Serenity began to her generals “They are beating our weakest Youma? Good, very good.” The Queen said with a smile.
“Um, your Majesty?” One of the braver generals dared ask.
“Yes?” She acknowledged.
“Um, not to question the brilliance of your plan, but why do we keep sending small squads of our weakest Youma, led by our most inexperienced soldiers? It does not make sense to my inferior mind, your Majesty.” The brave general asked.
“Yes, I can see how it might make your tiny brain hurt.” The Queen said to him. “It’s quite simple really. They are fodder. Meant to bolster that realities pitiful Senshi’s confidence, and attract my daughter to them. When my daughter comes to Juban to see what is going on, we will then send more, competent soldiers, plus some Senshi, to be under her command. Then she shall lead the conquering of that reality. It’s the least I can do for her after all this time being stuck there.” Queen Serenity laughed.
“Ah Soon, soon my little girl will know the joy of bringing an entire planet to her heel. I may even give her it. Or not.” Queen Serenity then laughed again.
“Understand now?” The Queen asked her general.
“Yes my Queen.” He said.
“Good.” The Queen said coldly. “Now no more on this subject.” She said drawing the explanation to a close.
AN: And there ends the prologue of my newest story. Thanks to the guys at the Temple of Ranma's Senshi Seifuku, who not only gave me good advice for this version, they told me the first draft, a story a found collecting data dust on my hard drive, since I hadn’t worked on it for months, was a good idea, but it was poorly executed. And that’s being nice to me. So I then wrote this version, and will continue on this path with it. In the next chapter, we see Ranma getting used to the fact that being a guy hurts, a lot, and a particular Dark Moon Kingdom’s Senshi’s reaction to the finding of their Princess. See you next time.
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