The disclaimer, practically every character here is NOT mine.  They all
belong to their respective company.  I am using a lot of them, so I can't
list them all.  Besides, I am gonna add more series to the story later on.
Don't sue me.  You won't get a penny out of me.  Trust me, you won't.  For
others, there are SOME characters I made up, but who cares?  I don't.


Ranma Crossover fanfic

first fanfic alert!!!
draft alert!!!
and...
Ah heck, read at your own risk.





STALLION

Chapter 4.

< The girls said, aah!  who are you?  Then they screamed, aaaahh!!  who's
that hunk? >


Part 1.




A helicopter had been hovering over the park for last hour.  It belonged to
Tokyo News Station.  It was the best news media in town.  The station was
also well known for excellent treatment of its employees.

However, despite a good salary and flexible hours, the pilot of the
helicopter was not happy right now.  He had nothing to complain about the
company though.  It was just one of those damn reporters.  They nagged and
nagged and nagged.  "What took you so long?"  "Can't you fly any faster?"
"Don't be a wussy."  "Can't you even do that right?"  Those idiots who
wouldn't last a minute with the handle did not know how to appreciate a fine
pilot such as himself.

Like the one beside him right now.

"Hey, come on!  Get me to where Sailor Scouts are!  I wanna get a clip of
those ladies!!"

"But what about those people we saw down there?  Aren't we going to help
them?"

"Aw, screw them!!  They were running away fine.  We gotta get a take of the
Sailor Scouts!  That's what people want!"

"Um, okay..."

"Good, good!  It will be more exciting than watching some boring family!"

The reporter hadn't got a break like this for a LONG time.  He really wanted
to get something out of this disaster.  If he could get those women in fuku
broadcast on the air, his boss might think twice before lecturing him
again about how to find a great story.

What could be simpler?  Sailor Scouts in battle, or a bunch of people
running away?  There was absolutely no way that family could have something
as exciting as the mysterious lady heroes.

His boss was right.  This reporter DID need a lesson on how to find a great
story.




The fight between the mysterious monsters and the space-pirate hunter
started only some moments ago, but it was almost over.  Although the numbers
were on the monsters' side, they were absolutely no match for Minagi.  She
actually took her time fighting her opponents, trying some new techniques
here and there.  She was very confident in her skills and she didn't
hesitate to use them.  However, she failed to notice the appearance of the
winged creatures because she focused her attention solely on eliminating her
opponents on the ground.

At the corner, Tenchi was seriously praying to heaven.  He didn't know
what had gone wrong.  Today was supposed to be a break AWAY from his
'normal' weirdness.  But so far he had been glared by strangers, had a watch
explode ON him, and had taken one hell of a ride, so to speak.  The day
seemed to improve a bit when he met his aunt Nodoka, but it slid down all
the way when those monsters showed up.  Then Minagi suddenly came from
nowhere and started to swing that energy sword of her; right in front of his
aunt!  Tenchi couldn't see a way out of this...

That was when he discovered the new threat.

In the air.

He looked up just in time to spot something descending towards Minagi.

"Look out!!"

Instinctively, he drew Tenchi-ken out of his pocket and slashed it at the
flying object.  A little explosion destroyed the creature and its remains,
just like its ground colleagues.  Tenchi discovered two more coming from the
side, so he spun around quickly and thrust forward his sword.  The blade
went through the both of them, and they exploded.

Minagi was surprised when she heard Tenchi's shout, and even more shocked
when she saw something coming right at her.  But help came just in time when
Tenchi cut that one in half and sishkebobbed the other two.  There were more
of them, but it seemed like Tenchi had them under control, so she went back
to taking care of the ground force.

Tenchi also saw more of the monsters' aerial reinforcement.  He grasped his
sword with both hands.  The flying things then began to fly straight down to
him.  He busily swatted and slashed the things as they came.  For the next
few minutes, all that could be seen was the blue blur that went through the
winged creatures' bodies, which soon exploded in red flame.  Tenchi's
attention was so focused on fighting that he had forgotten about
Nodoka and the other spectators...



Soon Minagi and Tenchi had finished cleaning up the rest of the enemies.
Confidently Minagi put away her energy sword, while Tenchi did the same
rather with relief.  It seemed that there weren't any more of the monsters
around them.  Minagi took this chance to give appreciation and compliment to
the man who just had saved her.

"Good job, Tenchi-san.  I'm glad you were here with me."

Tenchi, being so ever modest, scratched his head shyly.

"Heheh.  No, I wasn't much.  You fought off more than me.  I just helped a
little."

"No, don't be so modest.  If you weren't here watching my back, I would have
lost."

"Heheheh.  No, there were some other people here too.  I am sure they would
have warned you or something......"

'Eh?'

Minagi saw him pale and freeze all of sudden.  The pirate hunter blinked her
eyes, not knowing what was wrong.

Tenchi had just realized something.  He had used Tenchi-ken.  In front of
his aunt, and a bunch of strangers!  He was going to have trouble with an
explanation for Minagi alone; how was he going to explain himself?

Laughing nervously, he turned to where Nodoka and the Tendos stood a moment
ago.

"Um, I can explain..."

"Such a nice day for a game of shogi.  Isn't it, Saotome?"
"I agree, Tendo."
"Akane, pass me the sandwich."
"Okay, Nabiki.  Is there something to drink there, Kasumi?"
"Why, of course.  Do you want something, Auntie Nodoka?"
"No, I am fine.  But perhaps Sasami-chan here would like something."
"I would like a cup of tea, please!  Ah, Tenchi-niichan!  Minagi!  You are
finished.  Come and eat with us!"

BAM!!!

Hitting the concrete with his face REALLY hurt, the Juraian Prince had
learned.




"Silence Glaive Surprise!"

A wave from Sailor Saturn's weapon struck the monsters again.  The battle
had become a one-sided slaughter by now.  The monsters kept coming at her, 
but
only from one direction, making it easier for her to use her special attack.
  All she had to do was to hit her enemies with the power of her Silence
Glaive.

'I can do this.'

Sailor Saturn told herself as she prepared for another attack.  She had
never fought without at least one of her guardians alongside of her.
Sometimes Pluto herself showed up to assist the Senshi of Silence.  It
wasn't that Sailor Saturn lacked power, but actually because she was TOO
powerful.  The Outers always accompanied her just in case she lost
control of that power.

Well, it was the original intention.  But Saturn soon learned that they
cared for her very much now.  What began as a safe measure ended up as
teamwork, family love even.  She could feel the protectiveness and caring
from the eyes of Uranus and Neptune, and had been rather enjoying it.  It
was very comforting to be under someone else's wing sometimes.

But right now things were different.  She was alone against her opponents
but she had someone to protect.  Sailor Saturn was a force to be reckoned
with, and she made no hesitation to prove it this time.  Being a protector
gave her new strength, and a feeling that she had never felt before.  It
was something that warmed her heart, and she loved it.  She wouldn't let
those monsters ruin it.

With one more wave of Silence, the last lines of monsters fell down.  Their
bodies soon exploded, leaving only ashes as the proof of their existence.
The road before Sailor Saturn was now covered with so much ash that it
looked like it had been burned by a massive fire.  But there wasn't
any threat left on it.

Saturn sighed with relief and confidence.  She had done her job.  She had
protected the man who was hurt, trying to protect her.  Now since both of
them were safe, she would have to get him some medical attention.  Although
she had treated his wounds, the man had lost some blood.  It would be best
if she found him some help as soon as possible.

But when Sailor Saturn returned to the spot, the man was gone.

"Oh no!  Saotome-san!"

She looked around to make sure she came to the right spot.  But the man was
gone without a trace.  At least it didn't look like the monsters got him
though, since there weren't any footprints left.  But there weren't any
footprints for himself either.  It was as if... the man flew away.

Saturn began to panic.  Somehow someone managed to get Saotome-san out of
there.  Whether it was someone friendly, or someone dangerous, she didn't
know.  She hadn't expected this to happen.  She just didn't know what to do.

Boom!!

Then she heard an explosion not far away from her.  She turned her head just
to hear some more noise.  There was something going on, maybe the reason
these monsters showed up in the first place.  Saturn hesitated a bit, not
wanting to fight more than she had to.  But she knew she would have to take
the chance if it meant finding Saotome-san somehow.  He might be in danger
already, and if he died all she had done so far today would be pointless.

With determination set in her heart, Sailor Saturn began to run.




"Ah..."

The youngest Norn slowly opened her eyes, waking up from her deep sleep.
The first thing she saw was her older sister, who now had a relieved
expression on her face.

"Belldandy-neesan...?"

Then Skuld realized that she was lying on the older goddess' lap.  She also
remembered the monsters.  She abruptly stood up, half-expecting her and her
sister to be surrounded by the evil creatures.  But all she could find was
some soot-black marks on the sidewalk and a crisp Urd.

"Huh?  What happened to the monsters?"

Belldandy, with her ever so peaceful smile, answered her younger sister.

"Urd and father... took care of them."

"Oh, okay...  Then why is Urd out cold like that?"

Belldandy's smile soon turned rather uncomfortable, as she pointed her
finger at the message her father had sent.

"Huh?  Oh.  Let's see...  'Stop swearing, Urd.  YOUR FATHER...'
Ooooookay...."

Skuld now understood the situation.  Whenever it involved Urd, things had
the tendency to be rather predictable.

"Heh, she probably made HIM upset with her mouth.  She somehow managed to
get zapped even AFTER the monsters were gone.  How troublesome.  So typical
of Urd, I say."

"Oh, that's rich coming from YOU."

"Hey, what's wrong with me...  Aaaaaah!!  Urd!  When did you wake up?!?"

"Ever since "Then why Urd is out cold like that.""

"Um okay.  Anyway, tell me!  What's wrong with me saying that?!"

"Oh, you got 'lot of nerve!  Passed out from just seeing those monsters!!
You've been nothing but trouble all day!  If you weren't here, I would
have wiped the floor with them a long time ago!!"

Skuld flinched a little.  Urd was right in saying that she had passed out
before the fight.  The young goddess didn't have much leverage in this
argument.  However, one thing was always true about Skuld.  She was very
persistent and hated to lose, especially to her oldest sister.

"Hah!  I would like to see that, if that's possible!!  You can't do anything
like that with your second class license!!"

"Hey, wait a minute!  You are a second class, too!"

"Yeah, but at least I'm young!  You have been a goddess longer than I have.
  In fact, you've been a goddess longer than Belldandy-neesan!"

Urd's eyebrow started to twitch.  There was one thing that always 
embarrassed
her and it was being only a second class goddess despite her experience.
True, she didn't care that much for others' opinion, but whenever Skuld
brought out that subject somehow she could irritate Urd like no other.

"Why you little ingrate!!"

"What, you wanna go for it?!"

Even as her sisters began to quarrel, Belldandy smiled, now sitting on a
nearby bench.  She was so glad that her sisters got along fine(?).  They
might look like they were fighting, but she knew that deep in their hearts,
this was just one of their ways of communication.

"Take this, you brat!!"

Zzzaapp!!

"Ouch!  You old hag!!"

Kaboom!!

Rather painful one, but at least they were communicating.




The Juraian Prince was in turmoil.  For some reason, Minagi and his fight
against the weird creatures didn't phase the Saotomes and Tendos a bit.  
Right
now he was sitting on a blanket, being served a piece of sandwich along with
a cup of tea by Kasumi.  While he was glad that they weren't tearing his
head off for an explanation, he somehow suspected that he got himself
associated with something more dangerous than his normal chaotic days.(1)

Minagi and Sasami didn't suspect a thing, as they happily accepted the
wonderful treat from the oldest Tendo sister.

But the moment Tenchi had dreaded finally came.

"By the way, Masaki-kun.  What's that thing you used during the fight?"

"Eh?!  Um, Tendo-san, that is, um..."

"Nabiki will do fine.  Now, tell me what that was.  It doesn't look anything
like that came from Earth."

"Eheheheh, Nabiki-san... that's, um..."

The words were stuck in Tenchi's throat.  He couldn't possibly tell Nabiki
what Tenchi-ken was.  He wouldn't be able to even if he wanted to, without
explaining the part about his alien heritage.  But the look on her eyes was
an incentive that was stronger than truth syrum.

"Oh, Masaki-kun.  Come on.  You can tell me.  We are family here,
EVENTUALLY."

"Eh?"

The last words from Nabiki confused Tenchi.  What did she mean by
that?

"What's wrong, Tenchi-san?"

Minagi's question brought Nabiki's attention back to her.  The middle
Tendo asked a new question to the hunter in space, giving Tenchi a moment to
breathe.  However the question itself brought another anguishment to his
poor mind.

"By the way, who are you?"

"Me?  Um, I am Minagi."

Right then the blue-haired princess chimed in too.

"She is a space pirate hunter!  Isn't that cool?"

"HUH?!?"

Now every member of Tendo Dojo became wide-eyed at hearing this.  Tenchi 
felt all
the color draining out of his face as he watched Nodoka and her family
blink at hearing Minagi's identity.

Then the each of them slowly started to react to the news.

"Ah, an alien.  That explains it.  Kasumi, you got another sandwich there?"
"Yes, Nabiki.  Now, that's nice.  It's like a police man, right?  Or should
I say a police woman?"
"No, no, Kasumi.  She is a bounty hunter.  That's it, right?"
"Akane might be right.  However, she is still doing something so brave and
honorable, hunting down the evil in this world.  That's so beautiful.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!"
"Tendo, it's your turn now.  Kasumi?  Can I get another one of your fabulous
sandwiches?"
"Dear husband!  You already ate more than half in the basket!  Anyway, young
miss.  Isn't that a little dangerous?  I mean, I don't think such a nice and
pretty lady like yourself should do something so brutal and unladylike."

BAM!!

Again, the prince had his head in the dirt.  Now this wasn't the reaction he
had been expecting.  The fact that Minagi was an alien didn't seem to bother
Nodoka and her family much.  After the initial shock they had shown, they
already shrugged it off.  He couldn't complain, but he also felt very
nervous for some reason.

Minagi and Sasami didn't notice a thing, as they happily chatted with the
Saotomes and Tendos.



After a while, Sasami asked something that she had been wondering for a
while.

"By the way, where is Tenchi's cousin?"

"Wait.  Tenchi-san has a cousin?"

"Yes, Minagi.  I think his name was Ranma or something..."

Nodoka smiled proudly at hearing her son's name.

"Why yes, Sasami-chan.  His name is Ranma.  Saotome Ranma.  You will like
him when you meet him."

The other members in the picnic also started to respond to that name.

"Now I think about it, where is that baka?  We haven't seen him since we
came in here."
"Probably one of his 'friends' showed up or something."
"Oh I hope he is alright.  More tea, father?"
"Why thank you, Kasumi.  Now, I don't think we have to worry about Ranma.
He IS the heir of our school, after all.  Huh?  Where did that piece come
from?"
"It's always been there, Tendo.  However, that ingrate son of mine is too
late.  I am gonna have to teach him a lesson or two later for being so
tardy."

After recovering from such a hard fall on his face, Tenchi joined the
conversation to ease the sense of doom he had been feeling,
only to find a new one.

"Wait a minute.  Do you mean Ranma is here, too?"

"Why yes, Tenchi-chan.  Or rather, he is SUPPOSED to be here.  I hope he
didn't get lost.  This is such a big place..."

"Now hold on a minute!  We just met a bunch of monsters!!  What if some of
those monsters saw Ranma?!  He could've been hurt!!"

That brought a worried expression on Minagi and Sasami's faces.  Although 
they
didn't know this Ranma personally, him being a cousin of Tenchi was
enough reason for them to care for his safety.

However, Tenchi's worried exclamation only brought out laughter from the
rest.

"Wahahahahaa!!  Don't worry!  My son can take care of himself."
"Saotome's right.  Ranma is the heir of Anything Goes!  He'll be fine."
"Oh, of course.  Ranma is quite skilled.  He will be alright.  More
sandwich?"
"Thanks, Kasumi.  Well, if he wasn't as skilled as he was, I'd have gone
bankrupt a long time ago."

Some better explanations came from Akane and Nodoka.  But they weren't all
that better either.

"That baka knows one thing for sure, alright, and that's fighting.  Those
monsters wouldn't stand a chance against a real monster, like Happousai,
and Ranma can still stand up to him."
"Your cousin has grown to be such a manly man, Tenchi-chan.  You don't have
to worry about him."

This time he didn't fall to the ground.  His lower jaw did, though.  He had
no idea what was going on here.  First, they weren't very surprised to find
out that there was an alien with them, and now they weren't even worried
about a member of their own family.  If Tenchi didn't know any better, he
might have criticized them of being so cruel.  But he could clearly see that
they were so confident about Ranma's ability.  What he couldn't understand
was how they could be so confident about his cousin against such inhumane
opponents.

With a still bewildered voice, Tenchi asked again.

"Um, I don't know what's going on here, but you guys are not worried about
Ranma, at all?"

Everyone there, minus Minagi and Sasami, shook their head.

"But how?  He is just a regular boy!  You saw those things, didn't you?  How
could he have a chance against THOSE?"

Nabiki smirked before she answered.

"But you did, didn't you?"

"Eh, um, yes.  But I had some help, and this!"

Tenchi held out his Tenchi-ken in front of Nabiki, who still didn't look so
impressed.

"...which I still don't know what it is.  Never mind that.  The point is,
you haven't seen Ranma for a while, but we have.  Hey, we all have been
living in the same house with him for a year.  If you lived with us for the
past twelve months, you wouldn't be so worried either."

"But that doesn't explain a thing!  Whatever might have happened to him with
in a year, he is still a normal human being!"(2)

At this, Nabiki snickered and answered rather casually.

"When was the last time you met your cousin?  A century ago?"

"Huh?"

Then Nodoka spoke up, breaking up the two.

"There is nothing to worry about Ranma.  He will be fine.  Nevertheless, he
is still too late, and today was supposed to be our day out as a whole 
family.
We should start looking for him.  He might be lost."

"But No-chan!  Why do WE have to move our butt for one lazy slob?  I say we
wait till he shows up...  Tendo, let's go!!  He is the future of our school,
and we can't waste a minute in this dump before we find him!"

"Huh?  Why all the hurry, Saotome?  Oh, I see.  You are right, my friend!  A
martial artist should never leave a matter unattended.  Let's leave right
now!"

Then they stood up quickly and left just as suddenly.  Actually, a
glimmering katana being waved in front of their eyes would do that to 
anyone.
Nodoka silently put her sword back in its sheath, and turned to the rest
with a smile.

"Now, shall we go, too?"

Everyone, including the Masaki team, nodded very eagerly.




"Hiyaaaahh!!"

With a swing, Uranus cut another youma in half.  Then she swung her space
sword sideways to detach another one's head from its body, which soon 
exploded
into ash.

While hand-to-hand combat was one of her specialties, she knew that her
special attack would have worked better against multiple opponents like
this case.  But right now she was not in a safe position to use that
tactic.  She and Neptune were separated in the group of youmas, and there
was a chance that they might hit each other with their own attack.  It
wasn't a chance that Uranus was willing to take.

Neptune wasn't all that comfortable with physical fighting herself, but she
wasn't doing all that badly.  The transformation into Sailor Neptune gave
her far superior strength and agility than normal human beings.  While these
demons weren't normal beings, they were not even close to her level of
power.

Between the two of them, the monsters were no match, as they began to break
down.  The Outer Senshis had an upper hand in this fight.

Until the new enemies showed up.

Things changed suddenly, when Sailor Uranus was almost hit by the flying
object.  She swerved just in time and it flew past her, right into one of
the youmas.

Boom!!

The explosion knocked the short-haired Senshi a few meters away.  She was
stopped by a concrete wall which was then cracked by the impact.  Sailor
Uranus fell down on her knees.

"Uranus!"

Neptune shouted and ran towards her partner.  Fortunately for her, the
monsters were all so confused by the sudden turn of events that they just
stood there for a while.  This gave Sailor Neptune enough time to reach
Uranus.  She kneeled beside Uranus with concern clear on her face.

"Uranus, are you okay?"

"Yeah... I am fine.  That didn't hurt too much..."

But Sailor Uranus was hurt more than she looked.  If she hadn't transformed,
her backbone would have shattered at the impact.  Even with her improved
endurance the damage done was not so minor.  Her entire back was really sore
and she had a hard time breathing.  She had to lean on her Space Sword in
order to stand up.  Her organs inside the cavity weren't feeling good
either.  Not that she would show it though.  Sailor Uranus slowly stood up
to face the approaching threats.

"I don't know what that was, but it seems clear that it wasn't on our
side..."

Sailor Neptune looked back to find that her fellow Senshi was correct.  In
the air, some sort of flying creatures, which looked like crows with a bad
hair day, hovered above the monsters.  Things didn't look so great for the
Senshis.

But Neptune realized that since both of them were together, they would be
able to use their special attacks.  With both of their power, the monsters
would be no problem.  Those things on the air, however, created a whole new
problem.

'But we got to try...'

"Uranus, use your World Shaking against the ones on the ground.  I will try
to take out those with my Deep Submerge."

"Would that work?  No offense to you, but those things can fly.  Your attack
might not be so effective against them."

"But we have no choice.  It's either we get rid of them, or they will get
rid of us..."

"I guess you are right.  Okay!  Leave those bastards to me!  I'll make them
regret messing with us!"

"*giggle* I am sure."

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean??"

"*giggle* Nothing."

The seriousness returned to both of their faces though, since the monsters
were dangerously close to them now.

"World Shaking!"

Uranus's earth-based attack dashed towards the approaching enemies, and hit
them in the middle.  The first front of the monsters turned into pieces, and
soon into ash.  Uranus used her special attack again to destroy the next
line of monsters that stepped over the ash.

"World Shaking!"

"Deep Submerge!"

So far their tactic was working.  Neptune's Deep Submerge brought a huge
tide big enough to cover the portion of the air right above them, preventing
the flying creatures from getting too close.  Their ground strategy was
doing even better, eliminating almost half of their opponents in mere
minutes.

But their defense over the air was being penetrated.  It took some time for
Neptune to prepare another attack, and even when the attack started, several
seconds had to pass before it became effective.  Ever so slowly, the flying
creatures began to get nearer and nearer.

Then one of the winged creature succeeded in catching up to the Senshis
before Sailor Neptune could call another Deep Submerge.  Whether it was
coincidence or not, its target was Neptune herself.

"Neptune, look out!!"

"Eeeeeek!!"

Between the loud warning of Uranus and the louder scream of Neptune, the
creature began to descend, right into its prey...

"Silence Wall!"

A yell rang through their ears, and suddenly the creature exploded as if it
was hit by an invisible barrier.  When the dust had settled down, Uranus and
Neptune saw the blade of Silence Glaive shining before them.

"Hota... Saturn!"

There she stood, with her glaive in her hand.  After she took down her
barrier, she turned to her comrades and gave them a brief smile before she
spoke.

"Sorry I am late."

"Heheheh, no problem, kiddo!  Let's fry these jackasses!!"

"*sigh* Making us worried like that...  Got hell of timing though."

Hearing the casual response from Uranus and the caring concern of Neptune,
Saturn smiled once again.  In her mind the matter of Saotome still rang,
but she knew she had to help them first.  After that maybe they might allow
her to search for him.  She took a brief moment to pray that he would be
alright, and then she cast her magic again to stop another group of flying
attackers.

"Silence Wall!"

Boom!!

A big explosion scattered in the air as many creatures were hit by the
barrier at once.  The aftershock created a chain reaction, as it caused the
ones behind to collide with each other and to create an even larger blast.

KABOOM!!




The TV station helicopter was nearing its destination.  The reporter had
never been so excited in his life.

"Finally!!  The breaking news I've been waiting for!!  I'll show him!!  I'll
show my boss who really is boss around here!!  Mr. pilot!!  Can't you go
any faster?!"

"Be quiet, MR. REPORTER.  I am going as fast as I can.  This is a
helicopter, not a jet.  Besides, we are almost there.  There.  Can you
see?"

The reporter jumped to the window.  Down below he could see not one, not
two, but THREE Sailor Scouts battling the mysterious creatures.

"YES!  YES!  I CAN SEE THEM!!  Get them on the camera!  GET THEM ON THE
CAMERA!!"

KABOOM!!

Today wasn't meant to be his break though, as the sudden large blast in the
air caused the helicopter to lose its balance.

"Aaaaack!!  What are you doing?!?"

"It's not me!!  The helicopter is outta control!  I can't keep its
balance!"

"Well, do something!  I got to get those ladies on the camera!!"

Beep beep!

"Uh-oh"

"Uh-oh?!  What do you mean "Uh-oh!?!"  What's wrong now!?!?!"

"We are too close to the ground..."

"SO?!?!  What does that mean?!"

"Well, it means we have to raise our altitude, or we might crash into the
ground..."

Wham!!

"...or into a very, very tall tree..."

"Noooooooooo!!!!"

Despite the desperate scream of the reporter, the helicopter floated away
from the Senshis, before it finally dropped out of sky and landed awkwardly
on the ground.

Crash!!

Fortunately the helicopter didn't explode.  But everyone inside would have
felt less pain right now if it did.

"Get them on the camera...  Get them on...  the camera..."

Only the almost unconscious mumble of the reporter could be heard from the
junk that once was a fine piece of technology.  It was a good thing he was
out cold, or he would have seen their OTHER fine piece of technology in the
bits and pieces...




The battle was intense.  Almost nothing in the area was safe from it.  Every
lamp post was now merely a smoldering scrap of metal.  The sidewalk had
several craters.  It was not a pretty sight.

"Lightning Strike!"

"Neo Skuld Bomb!"

ZZZAAAPP!!!

KABOOM!!

"Oooff!!"

"Eeeeeeeeeekk!"

But the appearance of these two goddesses had to beat all of them all for
the first place in the Award of the Worst Look of the day.

Urd's face was covered with soot.  Her clothes WAS the soot.  It barely held
itself together with what was left of the fabric.  Although the goddess of
the past had a killer body any male would kill for, she didn't look all that
attractive at the moment.  However, nobody would have told her that
right now, nor would she have listened, since she was too busy trying to fry
her sister.

Skuld was no better.  All of her hair stood on their ends.  Her head now
looked like a giant hedgehog, only with curly hair.  Her blouse had holes in
some places, especially around her back.  This was due to her mallet acting
as a lightning rod.  She would have taken it off if she knew that.  But she
didn't for now, since she was too busy trying to blow up her sister.

Through all this, Belldandy calmly sipped her cup of tea, which she got from
only her FATHER knew where.

After a while, both combatants were out of action.  After almost emptying
out her magic reserve, Urd finally collapsed from the blasts she had been
hit with.  Skuld was lying flat on her back, without a single bomb left in
her pocket.  She also had felt the burn from when all that electricity went
through her body.  They were out cold for more than half an hour.

Through all this, Belldandy quietly read her book, which she also took out
from the same place that teacup came from.

By the time Urd and Skuld barely got back on their feet, Belldandy had
gotten all the rest she needed.  She stood up and spoke to her sisters with
a smile on her face.

"Now, shall we go and look for the source of the problem?"

Both of the goddesses just stared at their always cheerful sister.  They
barely could keep standing up with all the sore muscles throughout their
bodies, and there she stood, smiling. Didn't she know that they were in
EXTREME pain right now?

But then, even with this, they couldn't really get angry with Belldandy.

"*sigh* Give us a few minutes, okay?  I ain't feeling that strong right 
now."

"Yeah, Belldandy-neesan.  I know it's our duty and all, but I REALLY want
some rest."

"Oh dear.  You guys are not feeling well?  Maybe you guys are coming down
with the flu or something."

BAM!!

Two new face prints were implanted onto the sidewalk of the park.  Oh well,
at least the faces were beautiful...

Belldandy(whether she was oblivious or didn't care, nobody would know) sat
next to her sisters and took out a picnic basket.

"Snack, anyone?"



"Hey, replacement!  Get two more double chocolate buckets from the back!!"

"Yessir!"

Megumi ran frantically to the back of the store to obey the order.  She
wasn't very enthusiastic the first time when the clerk told her to do
something.  A long, painful lecture in front of large audience fixed that
problem right up though.

But she got to admit.  These buckets weighed tons.  Megumi wasn't a fragile
lady, but she was a woman.

'How could HE tell a girl like me to carry something so heavy?  No, forget
that.  Why do I have to do this anyway?'

She sighed, knowing that the question wouldn't be answered for now.  She had
no idea what kind of an emergency Urd had, but it just wasn't fair to make
her work instead.

'I am going to have a long talk with her after this.'

With that thought in her mind, Megumi came back to the counter, where a
large crowd suddenly formed around it.

"I'll have a triple sundae!"
"I want a extra-jumbo banana split!"
"An eighteen-inch ice cream cake, please."
"Give me twelve chocolate double scoop!!"

The clerk was busily taking the order and scooping the ice cream.  When he
saw Megumi dumbly standing at the door with the bucket still in her hand, he
scowled.

"Whatcha standing there for?  We got the crowd from Lose-tons aerobic club!
It looks like we are going to have to bring out all the buckets from the
fridge.  Get right on it!"

"Um, that's what?  Five?  Ten?"

"Fifty.  Now come on!  We haven't got all day!!"

Leaving that words the clerk returned to the customers, missing Megumi
slowly slumping down on her knees.  When her knees finally reached the
ground, she just fell backward, her mind going into the bliss of oblivion.



Back at the temple, a Mission Impossible was taking its place.

"That's the onions right there."

Keiichi, who had a six-years old body now by the way, stood on a chair
beside the kitchen counter.  He held a cutting board full of sliced onions
over his head, and poured the contents into the large pot on the gas range.

"Now, I put some sauce and boil it.  It's simple!"

Right now Keiichi was trying to make a kind of stew.  He wasn't a cooking
expert, and things were even harder in his current small body.  But he
somehow managed to put all the ingredients into this gigantic pot.  It was
hard, but he prevailed at the end.  He was so proud of himself.

He turned on the fire to start boiling.  Then he got a bottle of soy sauce
to put some taste.  But Keiichi found another obstacle between him and a hot
meal.

"Uh-on.  The pot is too high!!"

He was right.  Keiichi was relatively small for his age, before and after
the change.  The pot was really humongous.  How Belldandy carried it around,
he would never know.

Besides, just putting the sauce wasn't enough.  He would have to taste the
stew in between the cooking, a task impossible with his current size.  He
needed a foot stool fast.

Keiichi looked around the counter, and found just the perfect thing.  There
was an extra pot, one just as big as this one, put upside down on the
counter.  With an effort, he moved it beside the now-warm pot.  He climbed
up there with a large spoon in his mouth and the sauce bottle in one hand.

Now Keiichi could see the contents in the pot from above.  He put some soy
sauce into the pot.  The black color began to spread around, and soon the
kitchen was filled with wonderful smell.

"Now for the tasting..."

Keiichi leaned down towards the pot to take a sip with his spoon, not
realizing that he shifted his center of gravity a bit too much forward.
Apparently NIT didn't teach him enough physics, as he fumbled and fell right
into the pot.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!"

One Keiichi stew, coming right up.



"!?"

Belldandy suddenly looked up as she felt a sudden chill.  She felt as if she
heard Keiichi screaming for help.

"Wha's wwong, Beww?  Ba duh wai, cah I habe anodher cub?"

"Oh, sure, Urd."

Belldandy shrugged if off as she poured another cup of tea for her older
sister.  She put up a ward strong enough to repel any demons away from the
temple.  He should be safe in any case.  There was still a small nagging
voice in the back of her mind though......(3)




The Masakis and co. were looking for Ranma when they heard a series of
explosions not far away.

"What was that?"

"I don't know, Tenchi-san.  But I think there is a battle going on over
there."

Nabiki jerked her fingers towards the source of the noise and commented.

"I bet THAT's where Ranma is."(4)

"Huh?  How can you be so sure?"

Tenchi's question brought the attention of the Ice Queen.  She looked at him
with  a rather surprised face.

"Boy, you REALLY haven't met your cousin for a while, have you?"

"Eh?"

"If there is any fight around, Ranma would show up there EVENTUALLY."

Everyone from Tendo Dojo nodded their head in agreement, leaving others in
puzzlement.  Nodoka then spoke again.

"Let's go there.  Like Nabiki said, that's our best choice."

Nodoka started to walk away, chatting casually with the Tendo sisters.  The
two men of the house soon followed, occasionally casting a nervous glance at
the bundle on her back.

Tenchi and his friends just stood there confused.  Sasami finally spoke,
breaking the silence.

"Tenchi-niichan?  What kind of person is this Ranma, anyway?"

"I don't know, Sasami-chan.  I thought I did, but I am not so sure now."

"Tenchi-san?  Are all of your Earth relatives so weird?"

"She wasn't like this when we first met..."

After he answered Minagi's question, Tenchi sighed and followed the
family ahead.




The Outers were still in the midst of the battle.  Unlike before, however,
they were advancing.  The number and the resistance of their enemies
increased as they advanced, but with all three of them present, the monsters
had no chance of stopping them.

"These monsters came from a light ball, you said?  Then where did that
light ball came from?"

"I don't know, Uranus.  We are just going to have to find out on our own."

"We might be getting close.  There are more and more of them coming.  Look!
There's another group."

All three Outer Senshi took their battle stances.  Whatever they were 
looking
for must be near if these bastards kept showing up around here.  They would
finish up these bothersome crowd fast, and would soon get to the bottom of
this.



Boom!

"Did you hear that?  I think there is a fight going on."

"Makoto's right.  I bet it's the Outers."

Minako agreed with Makoto, and all the Senshis nodded too.  They could hear
some faint battle noises and explosions from far away.  The Outers must be
already engaged in a battle.

All the Inners and Chibi Usa were inside the park.  Sneaking past the police
guards was hard, but not impossible.  They had been hiding their true Senshi
identity for quite some time, so being sneaky was no problem for them.
Usagi just wished that they could wait for Mamoru, but Luna INSISTED that
they should leave right away.

"What are we waiting for?  Let's go?"

"*sigh* I don't think you should come with us, Chibi-Usa.  Why didn't you
wait for Mamo-chan?"

"Hey!  I am a Senshi, too, Usagi!  Besides, Hotaru-chan is my friend!"

"But still..."

"No but!  Moon Crisis Make Up!"

After a bright light, Chibi-Usa transformed.  Then she spoke to Usagi before
she took off alone.

"I am going to fight whether you like it or not!"

"He, hey!  Chibi Moon!!  *sigh* Oh well.  Moon Eternal Make Up!"

"Wait for us, Usagi!  Mars Crystal Power, Make Up!"

"Gee, aren't they in a hurry.  Jupiter Crystal Power, Make Up!"

"You said it.  Venus Crystal Power, Make Up!"

"*sigh* Mercury Crystal Power, Make Up!"

Soon all the Inners began to run after Chibi Moon, towards the beginning of
new battle.  They would have to help the Outers if they were in trouble, how
unlikely that might be.  The Outers were quite strong.

It must be their fellow Senshis fighting over there.  Who else could be
powerful enough to stand up against youmas?

They were right about the first part, but was wrong about the second...




Urd and Skuld had gotten their rest, enjoying Belldandy's tea and snack,
which they didn't DARE to ask where it came from.  Sometimes ignorance was
bliss.  Besides they were too busy gulping down munchies.  They were just so
good.

After they washed the snack down their throat with a cup of tea, they
finally exhaled with contentment.  Belldandy was very glad that her sisters
enjoyed her cookies so much.

But a serious expression returned to the middle goddess of Norn, as she
began to speak about their situation.

"The monsters appearing around here...  Don't you think it's suspicious
somehow?"

"Eh?  What do you mean, oneesan?"

Urd rolled her eyes, and began to explain to her little sister.

"What she means is, there isn't any gate through hell around here, not the
ones we know anyway.  Which means that there is SOMEONE with enough power to
open a temporary one, who MIGHT be the one we have been looking for.  That's
what you've been thinking, ain't it?"

"Not quite.  I don't think this incident has anything to do with the one
we've been searching for."

"Huh?"

"*sigh* I got one smart sister and one dumb one.  I guess it evens out a
little..."

Suddenly the youngest goddess grabbed her mallet and waved it menacingly in
front of Urd, who wasn't all that impressed.

"Just WHAT are you implying?!?"

"Nothing. *smirk* I didn't say anything much.  Why?  Does that bother you?"

"Why you..."

Skuld knew it was a losing battle though.  Her supply of the bombs were all
used up during their earlier fight.  But Urd had gotten her magic back.  If
they fought now, she would be at a serious disadvantage.  Sure, she could
use that letter attack of her, but it didn't do much damage other than some
minor embarrassment.

Urd snickered at her fuming sister.  She was just so fun to tease.  But soon
she changed back to her serious self.

"I was thinking the same thing, Bell.  This isn't the one we've been
seeking.  This one gives me chills.  It's definitely on the evil side, not
like the one we felt two months ago."

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Well, we can't just ignore them.  I mean, they are low-levels, but these 
mortals
won't be able to handle them easily.  Hey, WE had trouble with their numbers
and the SLEEPING BEAUTY over here.  We gotta do something.  Somehow I get
the feeling we are gonna find the answer over there..."

Urd pointed her fingers towards where a loud boom was just knocked down a
tree.  Belldandy nodded with agreement.  Skuld swung her mallet a couple of
times for practice, even though her eyes were on Urd the whole time.




The man who summoned the monsters was now furious.  Even the addition of new
creatures didn't help the situation much.  Whoever these maggots were, they
had been trying his patience far too long.  It seemed that he himself would
have to teach these impudent fools a lesson or two.

"It will be the last thing you will ever learn!  Hahahahahahahahahhh!!"

While his diabolical laugh still echoed through the air, the man disappeared
as if he melted into nothing.




By the time Tenchi and co. reached the battlefield, the Outers were only
steps away from the light ball.

"There!!"

Uranus and Saturn looked towards the spot where Neptune was pointing.  They
saw a gigantic light ball shining in the bushes.  The Senshis could see
more of the ugly creatures stepping out of the light.  They got themselves
ready for another battle, not noticing the arrival of additional companies.

Sasami, however, recognized them.



"Wow, cool!!  It's the Sailor Scouts!!"

"Sailor who?"

"Gee, which mountain have you been living in?"

Tenchi blushed at Nabiki's words.  It was just that every time their TV was
available, all of the women in the house wanted to watch blorple soap opera
on intergalactic channel.  So he didn't get much chance to watch any Earth
program, despite having the most POWERFUL satellite TV in the entire planet,
the courtesy of Washu-chan.  He had no knowledge of what had happened on the
Earth for past few months.

Well, Sasami knew Sailor Scouts because she watched the Tokyo news
time-to-time, but she didn't have to deal with Ryoko and Ayeka 24-7 like
Tenchi did.(6)

"Nabiki!  Don't be so mean!"

Akane's voice wasn't loud enough to penetrate the sound barrier over her
sister's ears, but it was loud enough to attract the attention of certain
fuku-wearing females.



When Uranus turned her head towards the noise, the first thing came to her
eyes was the mysterious boy from the ice cream shop.

"Hey!  It's YOU!!"

Suddenly finger pointed, Tenchi blinked with confusion.

"Um, do I know you?"

"Of courmm.  Mmmmmmm!  Mmmm mmm mmm mmmmm?!"(7)

Uranus tried to speak through her mouth, but it was difficult with Neptune's
hand over it.

"Sssshhhh!!  Are you TRYING to reveal our identity?"

A realization hit the hot-headed Senshi, as she understood what kind of
predicament she almost got herself into.  Still, it was rather humiliating
to have another person's hand over her mouth in front of strangers.  She 
waved
her hands frantically to tell her partner to back off.

"MMM MM MM MM MMMMM MMMMMMM!!"(8)

"Um, guys?"

"Mmmm!?!"

Saturn would have cringed if Uranus could fully speak.  However the look on
her eyes was already scary enough to make Saturn step away a little.

"Eh, that is..."

"What she is trying to say is that you, or as I can see it from here, WE got
company."

Nabiki's words brought the two Outers' attention back to their surrounding.
They saw that they were surrounded, again.  The mysterious boy and his
friends also had no where to go, since the monsters formed a circle around
all of them.  Neptune finally let go of Uranus's mouth, and took her stance.
  Uranus corrected the grip on her Space Sword.  This was going to be
another tough one.

"Lightning Strike!"

KABOOM!!

Suddenly, loud thunder rang through the area as a bolt of lightning hit some
of the creatures.  When everyone looked behind their back, they saw three
women, or rather, two women and a girl with weird face markings standing
there.



"Alright!!  My magic is back!!"

Urd shouted triumphantly after her magic wiped out almost half of the
monsters.  Belldandy smiled at her sister, happy that Urd was happy.  Skuld
muttered something about "violent maniac," but kept her voice barely
audible.

"Heheheheh...  Wait a minute.  What do we have here?"

Urd and Belldandy could recognize at least one of the people surrounded by
the evil creatures.  There was the mysterious boy with great power whom they
found at the ice cream shop.

While the Moon Kingdom was well-known among the goddesses at its prime, the
name was now merely a part of history.  Urd didn't like history, so she had
no idea.  Skuld was too young to have learned it, so she also had no idea.
Belldandy had learned that history but didn't watch too much TV, so she had
no idea of whom these ladies were.

So they were rather surprised to find some girls in costumes having such
strong magic power.

"Urd-neesan."

"I know.  This needs looking into.  AFTER we get rid of those monsters
though."

"Eh?  What are you talking about?"

Urd smacked her forehead.  Her youngest sister was book-smart and an
engineering genius, but just wasn't as experienced in magic as herself or
Belldandy.  Sometimes she just wished Skuld would blow up things with
something other than her bomb.

But before she could answer to the inexperienced goddess, a low voice
brought everyone's attention onto itself.



"So, all of you gathered in one place.  How convenient."

"???"

Collective confusion was clear on everyone's face.  Who was this guy
standing behind the light ball?  Their hands were already full with the
monsters and the mysterious stranger, or strangers in some of their cases,
but this guy just had to add on their problem.

Sailor Uranus took a step forward, and spoke first with threat evident in
her voice.

"Who the hell are you?"

Other than three brief flinches at the word "hell," all of those present
nodded with the same question in their mind.  The man snickered at the
short-haired Senshi before he answered.

"My name won't do good in hell, so there is no point in telling you now."

Urd then took a step herself as she shouted with understanding.

"YOU are the one who summoned these monsters!!"

"Why yes.  Did you have fun destroying my minions?  I hope you did, because
soon you are going to meet them again!!"

The man raised his right hand, and everyone responded by taking their
respective battle stances.  Tenchi and Minagi took out their swords.  Soun
and Genma stood protectively in front of their family.  The Outers readied
their attacks.  The goddesses also prepared for a fight.  But the man wasn't
impressed at all, as he smirked on his now tense opponents.

"Relax.  You won't suffer... FOR LONG."

Then his hand began to light up.  At the same time, both the light ball on
the ground and the one in the air began to shine more brightly.  Soon more
creatures began to pour out from the lights.

Urd snickered.  This was going to be easier than she thought.

"Calling more of your stupid idiots?  That ain't gonna help any, you know."

But the man's expression didn't change at all.  In fact it became more
menacing as he answered.

"You are right, but you are also wrong.  They are stupid, yes.  But within
the close proximity of me, they become the best pawn in our little game..."

Urd tried to speak again, but she was stopped by an incoming flying bomb.

"What the?"

The attack began just as suddenly as before.



Tenchi and Minagi were moving at their full speed, slashing and stabbing
with their swords.  But the number of the monsters didn't go down a bit.
Unlike the last time, they were having really a tough time just
defending themselves.  It didn't help much to have some non-combatants in 
their
group.  Mr. Tendo and Mr. Saotome were showing their amazing skills to deal
with the ones that got past Tenchi and Minagi, but Tenchi doubted Sasami,
Aunt Nodoka and the three Tendo sisters would be able to fight like them.

"Kyaaaaahh!!"

Crash!!

'Okay, make that Sasami, Aunt Nodoka, and TWO Tendo sisters.'

"Haiyah!"

Slash!!(9)

'Um, okay, make that Sasami AND two Tendo sisters, who are SITTING DOWN AND
DRINKING TEA!?!?'

"Kasumi, do we still have something to eat?"

"Why of course, Nabiki.  I made some extra just in case.  You want some too,
Sasami-chan?"

"Um, okay..."

'This day just gets weirder and weirder'

He soon wiped that thought out of his mind, as he lifted his sword to block
another blow towards his head.



"World Shaking!"

"Deep Submerge!"

"Silence Glaive Surprise!"

The Outer Senshis repeatedly used their special attacks to fend off the
monsters, but things were harder this time.  Somehow many of them managed to
penetrate their defense and came very close to hitting them.  After each
attack, the Senshis had to take a few steps back to avoid their enemies'
claws.  Despite their continuous use of the attacks, the distance between
them and the creatures was beginning to cut down.

"Damn!  They are getting closer!"

"Uranus, I can't use Deep Submerge in close range!"

"I am going to have to use my Silence wall again.  They are smarter than the
last time!"

Uranus looked up to see the smirking man in the black.

"No, they are not smarter.  HE is the smart one..."



"...he is controlling the monsters!  He is watching us from above and
ordering the creatures through the holes in our defense!"

"Aaaah!!  Then what do we do?!"

"Nothing much we can do right now!!  But we gotta do something!  Holy Bell's
wind barrier can't hold up forever!"

Urd shouted while casting another worried glance at her sister.  Right now
Belldandy didn't speak and instead focused all her mind on their defense.
Compared to the last time, the monsters' attack was very organized.  Too
many of those flying creatures found the gap in between the wind barrier and
came through.  Skuld was busily knocking them down with her mallet, but it
wasn't enough.  Sometimes Urd had to summon her lightning INSIDE the
barrier to stop one of the enemies from reaching Belldandy.

The creatures in the air seemed to have focused their attack solely on
Belldandy now.  They ignored Skuld, who practically held no threat to them.
Urd would have to help out Belldandy more, since the monsters seemed to have
found the way to deal with her angel's barrier.  But more the oldest goddess
helped out with the enemy in the air, the closer the enemy on the ground got
to the goddesses.

The escape was also out of question.  The goddesses were surrounded very
tightly.

'I guess we got no choice... but to do this!'

"Wall of Light!!"

The massive rays of lightning landed in front of Urd.  It cleared some of
the monsters and winged creatures up front, giving the goddesses some room.
But Urd didn't use this spell for the offensive purpose, since she already
knew this would take out too much of her power.  She had other reason.

"Bell!  Skuld!  Let's run towards those girls!"



Sudden loud explosion drew Minagi's attention towards the women with face
markings.  When she saw all of them running towards those girls in costumes,
she quickly caught up with their idea.

"Tenchi-san!  Everyone!  We gotta get close to those girls over there!"



The Outers were confused when everyone there had gathered around them.  What
did they want?  They had their hands full already with their share of the
problem.

Then the plantium-haired one spoke.



Urd smiled when the other group also ran towards them.  There must have been
a smart one among the group.  This made things much easier.

"Hey you in the fuku!  Make a circle around those ladies!"



Uranus angrily replied.

"Who are you?  And who died and made YOU boss?!"

"We got no time to argue!  If we are going to get out of this, we hafta
stick together!"

"But..."

"Got any BETTER idea?"

The Senshi shut her mouth.  She couldn't come up with an answer.  Neptune
quickly intervened and gave their answer.

"Okay!  We got it."

"Neptune!"

"She's right, Uranus!  We can't hold much longer by ourselves!  Saturn, you
cast your Silence Wall and give us some defense.  Uranus and I will take
care of the offense with these ladies."

"Got it!"

As Saturn cast her barrier, Urd addressed Tenchi and Minagi.

"Okay, sword boy!  You and your lady friend help us with those monsters.
Tell anyone who can't defend themselves to stay INSIDE the circle.  My
sister will put up a barrier to protect us and your other friends.  Got it?"

"Um, okay."

"Gotcha!"

Soun grabbed his youngest daughter's shoulder when he heard the
conversation.

"Akane, stay inside the circle with your sisters."

"But daddy!  I am a martial artist, too!"

"NO!  Don't argue with me, young lady!  Stay INSIDE!"

With a defeated look, Tendo Akane nodded to her father.  She didn't want to
admit it, but she knew this one was out of her league.  She would have to
listen to her father this time.  The last thing she did before stepping away
was to think about Ranma.

'Where in the world is that baka?!  If he was here I wouldn't be so
worried...'

Whether she was worried about their situation or Ranma, she couldn't tell.



The villain hissed when he saw all of his opponents allying against him.
They made a circle around the apparent non-combatants of the group, and
formed a better offense formation.  But it only made him more MAD.

'So, these fools think they have a chance against ME?'

With a nasty smile, he held his monsters back and watched his enemies
getting into their respective position.

"Be my guest and do your worst!!  It will only make you suffer longer!!"

The battle soon resumed.



Their fight was intense and brutal.  In their current formation, the
majority of the group could concentrate their effort only on offense.  With
both Sailor Saturn's Silence Wall and Holy Bell's wind barrier up, their
opponents were having hard time getting near them.  For the first few
minutes, the alliance had been a success.

However, soon the creatures began to find the holes in between their attack
and the protections.  Slowly, but surely, the evil creatures made it closer
to the group.
  The hero and the heroines were doing their best, but the combination of
numbers and strategy of their opponents started to wear down their effort.
Fatigue was also catching up to them, since all of them had been fighting
all day.  Things were looking more grim as their bodies began to feel
heavier by the minute.

Then a crucial moment came.  The man saw an opening and sent one of his
winged creatures through it.  With his weapon inside their defense, he
searched for a potential prey.

He could have gone for the woman who had summoned that angel.  He could have
gone for the girl with a glaive in her hand.  Heck, he could have gone for
any of the woman inside the circle.

But he was rotten to the core.

So he went for the easiest one of them all.  The youngest one.  The death of
the little girl would surely teach those fools a lesson for messing with
him.

The winged creatures flew straight towards the blue haired princess.



Sasami froze when she saw one of the winged monsters coming right at her.

Tenchi screamed, trying to run to her, knowing too well that he wouldn't
make it.

Minagi gasped, seeing the impending tragedy.

The Outer Senshis' eyes widened, and Uranus gritted her teeth.

The goddesses tried to cast a quick magic spell to help the girl.



Tsunami, who had resided in the young Juraian's mind, felt the danger
approaching her counter part.  The goddess quickly floated up to the portal
to the outside world, in order to protect Sasami.

But when she tried to go through the gate, she was met by an invisible wall.

"What?!"

This was impossible.  She couldn't go outside.  There was some sort of power
present, one that was nearly as strong as herself.  Its pure force was
preventing her from entering the gate.  It was as if, as if......

As if someone very powerful had appeared before Sasami...



KABOOM!!

The smoke covered the area.  Nobody could see.  Nobody could move.  Everyone
just froze in their current position.

Tenchi, feeling his knees weakened, slumped down on the ground.  A tear
drop slowly ran down his cheek.  Minagi clutched her chest trying to hold
off the pain.  It didn't go away.  Even the people and goddesses who didn't
know the child were beginning to feel their eyes watering from witnessing
the loss of an innocent.

The monster roared victoriously.  The winged creatures also howled with
their comrades.

The man also had seen the whole thing.  In fact, he had seen more than the
rest, through his link with the exploded creature.  Everything from the
startled eyes of its target to where it had collided and exploded on.

He frowned.

Then he spoke.

"Who are you?"



"Me?  I am the coolest guy you will ever see!"

"Huh?!"

The voice snapped everyone out of their trance.  It came from somewhere
inside the smoke.

When the scene cleared to reveal fine and alive Sasami, everyone's faces
brightened.

Then they blinked.

In front of Sasami stood a man, who smirked at seeing their reaction.

"What?  Haven't you seen a good-looking hero before?"




Chapter 4 ends.


(1) You have no idea how right you are, Tenchi.  ^^;;

(2) Not to bother you again, Tenchi, but can you remember what had happened
to you in the last few months???  -.-;;

(3) Oooh!!  It looks like Keiichi is on his own for now.  Poor guy.
Heheheh...

The guy just wouldn't stay dead :  But that's totally out of her
character...

A Line Cut!!

*zap*

Quiet you, or next time I am going to cut where you CANNOT undo.

(4) Nabiki was GOOD, but not perfect.  Heheheh.  I fooled her, didn't I?

Nabiki : One IOU, two IOU, three IOU...

Aaaack!!  I was just joking!  I take that back!

(5) True, she does the most of the kitchen work in the house, but Ryoko and
Ayeka are bigger problem than dealing with the kitchen in Buckingham
Palace...

(7) Translatioin : "Neptune!  What are you doing?"

(8) Translatioin : "Let go of my mouth already!"

(9) You can't be both a child of Katsuhito and be defenseless.  Did you see
Achika in "Tenchi Muyo in Love?"  She was so cool!!  ^_^


All of the previous chapter, and a copy of this draft can be now found at
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