Chapter 5 Who's that Senshi? Universe XP-13345... "Okay guys! You know the drill!" Prototype said as he and his counterparts piloted their robot lions against the gigantic Robeasts. "Let's form Voltron!" "Aw man! Do we have to do that again?" Kojiro complained as he piloted the Red Lion. "Hey, we agreed to take over until the Voltron Force recovered from that virus that Lotor infected on them, so come on!" T-Ranma then spoke into Black Lion's communications system to the others. "You guys ready?" "Roger!" B-Ranma declared in Blue Lion. "Ready!" D-Ranma said in Yellow Lion. "Let's go!" P-Ranma acknowledged in Green Lion. "Pikachu!" "Kojiro?" T-Ranma asked. "Yeah, yeah. I'm ready." The Cat Fist fighter sighed. Out in space, the five lions began taking up their positions as T-Ranma initiated the transformation/merging sequences. "Form feet and legs!" Blue and Yellow Lion bent at the heads as their bodies straightened out to merge with Black Lion's lower half. "Form arms and body!" Red and Green Lion hooked up with Black Lion's upper half. "And I'll form... the head!" As soon as Voltron was complete, the nanotech soldier interfaced with the robot's systems, making it far more responsive than it could ever be with its regular pilots. "Form Blazing Sword!" "All right already! We don't need the play-by-play!" Kojiro growled. Voltron slammed its fists together and a huge blade materialized. The sword began to glow with the combined ki energies of its pilots. With a single stoke, the Robeast was cut in half! KABOOOOM! Universe HT-1674... "Do I have to do this?" Kojiro said as he held the Sword of Omens in his hand. "Hey, you're the only 'Thundercat' here." B-Ranma said. "Oh all right." The Neko Ken fighter was in his hybrid form as he held up the sword and said, "Thunder... thunder... thunder..." The Sword of Omens began to elongate itself from a dagger to a longsword. "Thundercats... HO!" The Eye of Thundera let loose with the Thundercat Signal. Universe FR-145623... "Shinesman Red!" "Shinesman Moss Green!" "Shinesman Gray!" "Shinesman Sepia!" "Shinesman Salmon Pink!" The five Ranmas took a pose as they faced off against another monster from Planet Voice. "These colors are really terrible!" D-Ranma whispered. Sepia would not have been his color choice. "Hey, at least you don't have to wear a skirt!" P-Ranma winced as she had to use her cursed form to use Riko Hidaka's Pro Suit. "Gray isn't a great color either. I can't believe that guy and his Montage." Kojiro mumbled. "It's times like this that I'm glad that I'm blind." B-Ranma commented as he wore the Moss Green Pro Suit. "Put a sock in it. We've got a monster to take care of." T-Ranma said. "Easy for you to say, Mr. I-got-the-best-color!" Trainer said sarcastically. If it weren't for the fact that she had to fill in for Ms. Hidaka, she would have taken the red Pro Suit. "Hey, it's only temporary until the real Shinesmen get back from that business trip, so get with the program!" T-Ranma took out his weapons and hurled it at the enemy. "BUSINESS CARD CUTTER!" "You've got to be kidding." Kojiro said as he watched the monster absorb the cards. The foe they were fighting resembled a walking blob of sludge. "Oh THAT was effective." D-Ranma said with a bit of sarcasm. T-Ranma sighed. "C'mon guys. If we're going to fill in for the Shinesmen, then we've got to stick with these, (yes, I'll admit), lame weapons." "Oh all right, CUFF BEAM!" B-Ranma fired off the blaster in his sleeve. Of course, the monster simply shrugged it off. "TIE CLIP BOMB!" Kojiro shouted, though not with much enthusiasm. There was a minor explosion as the tie clip went off. The monster was still unaffected. "OH THIS IS JUST TOO STUPID! I FEEL LIKE I'M A MEMBER OF TEAM ROCKET!" P-Ranma shouted as she decided not to use the special Memo Pad. She instead cupped her hands and began focusing her ki. The others watched her as she prepared to launch a ki blast. They turned to each other, nodded and began focusing their own ki. To hell with it! The faster they killed the monster, they quicker they could leave this pathetic reality. Even T-Ranma had to admit that this would be better for everybody. The monster looked in confusion as it saw the Shinesmen glow with blazing battle auras, then eeped as they launched their own ki blasts. "MOKO TAKABISHA!" "RAGING TIGER BOLT!" "DRAGON FIRE!" "SPIRIT SEEKER!" "LASER BEAM!" KABOOOOM! In the control center, Kyoko Sakakibara had a huge sweatdrop as she saw the replacement Shinesmen blow away the monster. "Do they really need the Pro Suits?" Tsukasa asked. Universe WY-123456... "Dragon Card! Return to your Power Confine!" KLONK! D-Ranma, in his dragon form, frowned as he looked down at Card Captor Sakura. Sakura looked up with a HUGE sweatdrop and laughed nervously. She had just beaned a huge dragon on the snout with her wand and expected it to shrink into a Clow Card. Hiro also had a sweatdrop as he said, "Uhhh, Sakura? I don't think that's a Clow Card." Universe AB-756463... "Who are you gonna call?" All five Ranmas complete with Proton packs and Ghost Traps, looked at each other, then shook their heads. "Naaaaaaahhhh." Universe BXX-4563... "Here I come to save the day!" T-Ranma could only shrug sheepishly as a mouse with a cape attacked them. Universe RC-3276... "To infinity... and beyond!" "Been there, done that." T-Ranma informed Buzz Light Year. Universe FRW-3453223... "And I would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for those meddling Ranmas and their Pikachu!" The bad guy said after being unmasked. Raiden smiled as he nibbled on a Scooby snack. And after a few more times of dimension hopping... Sailor Pluto was quietly monitoring the Time Stream when she felt the surge of chaotic energy that just suddenly appeared in reality. She began to peer into the Time Gate and was intrigued as a strange-looking craft warped into the Solar System and made a beeline toward Earth. She wondered just what was going on and then became alarmed as she detected not one, but five huge sources of chaotic energies. She was also unhappy to see that the future timeline was now becoming erratic and assumed that the chaotic forces that just appeared were responsible. As she had done previously with anything that disrupted her intended utopia of Crystal Tokyo, she planned to go in and eliminate this threat. However, as soon as she tried to enter the Time Stream, something seemed to prevent her from moving into reality. She tried again and still met the same resistance. "Sorry, but we can't let you do that." Sailor Pluto whirled around at the sound of the voice and saw two figures dressed in hooded cloaks. Their garb totally hid their identities and the Senshi of Time could only assume that they were the enemy. "Who are you? How did you get here?" "All will be made clear in time, Setsuna." The first one said. "Huh? How did you know my name? I mean... who are you?" "Like he said, all will be clear eventually." The second cloaked figure said as he made a simple hand gesture. "DEAD SCREAM!" Sailor Pluto shouted as she leveled her staff at them. However, nothing happened, much to her surprise. Her staff emitted no energy. The first figure shook his head and said, "It's no use, Setsuna. The spell that prevents you from leaving this place has also neutralized your powers. Now then..." He raised a hand and made a gesture. Sailor Pluto then found herself encased in a transparent sphere. "That should keep you out of trouble until our business is concluded." "WHAT IS THIS?! WHAT'S GOING ON?! WHO ARE YOU?!" Setsuna demanded as she pounded against her prison with her staff. The din she made became very irritating as her staff smacked against the walls with an insistent clanging. "Can you do something about the noise?" The first cloaked figure asked the second. His companion nodded as he made a clapping gesture. The noises ceased, as Setsuna's prison became soundproof. This only infuriated the Senshi of Time even more as she began cursing in a most unladylike fashion and pounded against the walls even harder. However, the sphere was composed of unbreakable crystal, which somehow allowed her to breathe. "Thank you." The first figure then turned his attention back to the Time Gate and watched with his companion as T-Ranma's ship landed near Tokyo. The cruiser had several blaster burns on its hull and was shuddering violently as it entered the atmosphere. On Earth, the space cruiser powered down its engines as its occupants got out of their seats and crowded behind T-Ranma at the console. "So where are we THIS time?" P-Ranma asked. T-Ranma tapped a few controls as his craft accessed the world's communication systems, satellite networks, computer databases and other media. The information began flashing by him on a viewscreen at high speed. T-Ranma's computer took in all the data and after several more minutes, he shut off the monitor and swiveled his seat to face his other selves. "Basically, this is Earth, but not any of our Earths." The other four sighed in depression, as they were so tired of hearing that. It had been three months since the Pokemon Trainer Ranma had joined them and things had not gotten any easier. The last dimension they had been in had been very hostile and they had been pursued by several hundred Dreadnoughts of some alien fleet. They had barely managed to make the dimensional jump before the entire armada opened fire on them. "So what's this Earth like?" D-Ranma asked. "Well, for the most part, this world is more or less the same as what you would each know in your home universes, except for one really important detail." "What's that?" Kojiro asked. "Tell me, have any of you ever heard of the Sailor Senshi?" "The Sailor Senshi? You mean that anime or manga?" D-Ranma asked. "Is that what they are in your world?" "Yeah. My kid sister Kisara is a big fan of them. She watches the show every day." "Wait a second, now I remember." B-Ranma said after thinking about it. "Back in the village, Ling Ling and Lung Lung used to read me the stories, whenever they got new manga. Aren't the Sailor Senshi a group of magical girls that fights evil or something?" "That's right." T-Ranma said. "They're fictional characters in my world too. My ship's memory bank had the entire series downloaded when I scanned the Internet. I had been planning to delete those files, but I never got around to it. Maybe it's a lucky thing that I didn't." "What do you mean?" "Brace yourselves guys. In this world, the Sailor Senshi... are REAL!" Back at the Time Gates... "So the files that our technological friend has is actually a complete synopsis of the Sailor Senshi's history up to this point? Including their secret identities?" The first cloaked person asked. "Yeah, isn't coincidence a wonderful thing?" The second one replied happily. "They'll have all the information they'll need to save this world." Behind them, Setsuna was still glaring at them with rage. How dare they do this to the Guardian of Time? The first person noted the anger being directed at them and smirked at her. "Oh don't get your fuku all bunched up! Those five are here to HELP the Senshi! Pretty soon, something really nasty is going to appear and the Senshi wont' be able to handle it by themselves!" Setsuna stopped in her rage when she heard this. Though the crystal stopped sound from coming out of it, she could still hear what those two were saying. On Earth, T-Ranma began giving his counterparts the rundown of what this new world was like as well as how they were going to proceed. "Well guys, that's about the size of it." The technological soldier said after finishing his briefing. "So we're stuck here for a month?" D-Ranma asked. "I'm afraid so." Prototype replied as he brought up a readout display on the ship's damages. "We took several bad hits from that alien fleet. The kerium was strained almost to the point of decrystallization, getting us out of that dimension. It'll take at least 28 days before it becomes stable enough to make another quantum field." "So what are we going to do in the meantime?" The blind fighter asked. "Well, I'll assume that you don't want to spend the next four weeks inside this ship, right?" The other nodded. "In that case, I guess we'll be settling down in Tokyo for a while. But first..." T-Ranma clicked a switch and a panel in one of the walls opened up to reveal several of his cyberweave bodysuits hanging from coat hooks. "Each of you take one of my spare bodysuits. Don't worry about the size, they'll conform to your personal measurements and reorganize into any appearance you can picture in your minds. That includes shoes, underwear or any other kind of garment." "What about my Pokemon? I do have to let them out now and then. Besides, Raiden doesn't like to be cooped up in a Pokeball." Trainer gestured to his Pikachu. "No problem." T-Ranma called for a device from his pocket in subspace. When it appeared in his hand, he then tossed it to his counterpart. "That's a personalized, holographic camouflage projector. Raiden can use this to blend into his surroundings like a chameleon. No one will be able to notice him, so he'll be able to go wherever he wants. P-Ranma looked down at the device, which appeared to be a small pendant on a chain. He bent down and placed it around Raiden's neck. Prototype began explaining how to use the pendant. "To activate the device, tap once on the button in the front. To deactivate it, tap the button twice." "Pika." Raiden tapped the pendant once and instantly disappeared. "Where'd he go?" P-Ranma said as he looked around for his Pikachu. "He's still there." T-Ranma explained. "The pendant is just transmitting a holographic image of his surroundings and wrapping it around his form." "Pika." Raiden's said from out of nowhere, then tapped the pendant twice to reappear. T-Ranma nodded. "I've got several of these pendants, one for each of your Pokemon." "Cool!" The nanotech warrior nodded as he said, "Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's go see if we can find someplace where we can stay for the next month." He turned on the monitor to look up any apartments to rent. "It would be nice to be able to kick back, after visiting all those worlds." B-Ranma said. "Oh, by the way, guys," T-Ranma said without taking his eyes off the screen. "We're going to have to come up with some disguises for some of us. I mean, five lookalikes named Ranma might seem a bit odd to people. Unlike Trainer's world, we can't pass ourselves off as identical cousins like Jenny or Joy." P-Ranma thought about it for a moment, then sighed. "I guess I can use my cursed form and go by the name of..." He paused for a moment, then said, "Ranko." "Well, I can use my name of Kojiro, but I really don't know how I'm going to change." The Cat Fist fighter commented. "Try this stuff." T-Ranma said as he made a bottle appear out of nowhere. "What is it?" Kojiro picked up the bottle, which had some strange liquid, contained within it and a selector switch on the side. "It's a special hair dye formula I picked up in the Sireda Quadrant. Just choose a color and add one drop. It will instantly cause your hair to change to the color you selected. Don't worry, it's nontoxic and all you have to do is add the neutralizing solution to return your hair to its natural shade." Kojiro considered the bottle then selected a light brown. Adding one drop to his hair, he then looked at himself in a nearby reflective monitor. He was fascinated at how his hair suddenly lightened to a tan color. He then willed his cyberweave suit to become a pair of blue denim jeans, black T-shirt and Hi-Top sneakers. Draco then took the bottle and selected red. Soon he became a red-haired person and decided to go with black slacks, shoes and turtleneck. B-Ranma was uninterested in changing his hair color and asked if T-Ranma had a pair of dark shades. The nanotech fighter nodded as he made a pair appear. Willing his suit to become his regular clothes, (a Chinese Shirt, black Kung Fu pants and shoes), he then elongated his battle staff to become a walking cane. The Unseen Light Fighter had decided to play the role of a blind man. He put on the shades to complete the disguise. A day later, the five settled down in an apartment complex. Not wanting another run-in with sentai teams and such, the Ranmas had all agreed to keep a low profile and not get involved with the Sailor Senshi. They did however, read all about them, just in case they did meet up with them. Little did they know that their involvement with Sailor Moon was the reason why they were here. Deep within an underground cavern, an ominous voice began giving out orders to its minions. "GO! SEEK OUT AND GET ME SOUL ENERGY! LET NONE STAND IN YOUR WAY!" "YES BLODIA!" Meanwhile... Ranko and her Pikachu were busy shopping in the mall when Raiden suddenly tugged at her pants leg. She looked down at what seemed to be nothing, since Raiden was using his pendant, but then she heard her Pokemon. "Pika! Pikachu!" After all the time they had been together, Ranko had been able to understand her Pokemon by his tone of voice and gestures. She looked up and her eyes widened as she saw a group of girls walking toward a hairdresser shop. "Well I'll be damned! So, those are the Sailor Senshi." Ranko nodded as he recognized the Usagi, Minako, Ami, Makoto and Rae in their civilian identities. They looked just like their pictures in the manga he had scanned; though she thought that the series was too girly for her tastes. How could anyone fight in fukus? Ranko saw no reason to meet up with them and decided to head home, when something crashed through the large skylight. People started screaming and dove for cover as broken shards of glass rained down. That was when five huge monsters landed, along with three figures dressed in strange-looking suits. They were in the center of a large open area, near the ice rink. "Go Thunderclap! Shock these puny mortals into submission!" The first bad guy said. Thunderclap answered with an unintelligible rumble and began emitting large sparks of electricity. The thing was humanoid, but was totally made out of electrical energy. People began screaming as they were hit by lightning and knocked out. "Hard Rock! Water Wizard! Stop those mortals from escaping! Their life energies shall be a feast for our master's hunger!" The second bad guy directed two other monsters that looked like a Golem and a Fish Demon. They began hurling huge boulders and waves of water to block the exits. The third person of the terrible trio directed a beast that looked like a man that had been doused with gasoline and set ablaze. "Fire Storm! Use your flames and keep those Souls from escaping!" The fire monster nodded as he began forming rings of fire to surround the crowds of frightened shoppers. Soon the entire mall was sealed off as the three bad guys chuckled and prepared to carry out their evil plans. "Here us, puny mortals!" The first one said. He had a shock of purple hair done up in a short-style and green eyes. "We are the servants of the almighty Blodia, emperor of the Dark Dimension and future ruler of the Earth! Now we shall claim your very souls to sate our master's hunger! I, Necton do hereby claim your souls!" The second person was bald and had crimson eyes. He was shorter and more portly than Necton. "What do you mean, you claim their souls? We worked as hard as you did! I, Parat claim these souls for Lord Blodia!" The third person was a female with long blue hair. She was slender and was a head shorter than Necton. "No! I shall take their souls to Lord Blodia!" "Stay out of this, Haldin!" Necton said. As they began arguing amongst themselves, Ranko had ducked into a nearby storage room and was looking out from behind the door. She and Raiden had evaded being captured with the others and now wondered if she should intervene. That was when she saw five figures suddenly come onto the scene. "Halt Evildoers! Cease in your dastardly deeds and face the sailor-suited warriors of love and justice!" The three villains stopped in their argument and looked over to where the Inner Senshi had appeared. "How dare you pervert the purity of water? I, Sailor Mercury shall not allow this!" "The raging power of Sailor Jupiter shall teach you a lesson you won't soon forget!" "Your fire monster is but a candle to the fires of Sailor Mars!" "Sailor Venus shall vanquish the evil with the purity of light!" "I, Sailor Moon shall see to it that you will suffer for your intent to harm the innocent! In the name of the moon, we shall punish you!" She then makes some complex hand gestures as she and the other Senshi took a group pose. "Sailor Senshi!" In the storeroom, Ranko had one really big sweatdrop. The three villains gave off a chuckle as they faced off against their foes. "We have heard of you." Necton said as he and his cohorts prepared to fight the Senshi. "We have studied your exploits and knew that meeting you would have been inevitable!" He then gestured to Thunderclap and Hard Rock. "Get them!" "SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!" Jupiter launched a ball of electricity at her foes, only to be shocked, (Pardon the pun), when her attack was brushed off by the stone creature and absorbed by the voltage one. "Fool! Electricity means nothing to Thunderclap or Hard Rock!" Hard Rock then swung a stony fist at Sailor Jupiter with surprising speed. Makoto was knocked back as Thunderclap followed through with a sizzling bolt. The tallest of the Senshi moaned in pain as she was sprawled on the floor. Haldin nodded as she said, "These Soul Seekers were created with powers that can either neutralize or match your abilities!" She then gestured to Fire Storm to attack Sailor Mars and Mercury. "BURNING MANDALA!" "SHINING AQUA ILLUSION!" Both Senshi released their attacks, but Fire Storm became hotter. Mercury's attack was melted away, while the fire rings of Mars was absorbed. It then shot a huge fireball at the two, causing them to scream as they ducked for cover. They were still burned as the blast past by and exploded a nearby shop. Parat, not wanting to be left out, directed Water Wizard against Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus. "LOVE ME CHAIN!" Water Wizard however, suddenly made a spout of water appear from the ground and made it harden into ice. The energy chain was deflected, and then the spout turned back into a liquid form. The water then shot toward the Senshi at high speed and knocked them back. "WAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" Water Wizard threw up its hands and several more water geysers appeared and merged together to form into a huge watery fist. The fist then came crashing down on top of all of the Inner Senshi, sweeping them back and causing them to slam into the floor. "Now Water Wizard! Destroy them!" Parat ordered. The creature did as it was told and commanded the fist to expand over its prey. The Senshi found themselves swept up and enclosed inside the fist. Soon the girls found themselves gasping for air. If they didn't get out and soon, they would drown! Sailor Mars thought to try and evaporate the water, but as soon as she powered up, she noted that the liquid began to heat up. Any attempt to use heat would boil her comrades. Sailor Jupiter didn't dare try to use her lightning powers as the water would have conducted the voltage and electrocuted the others. Sailor Venus managed to shoot out her Love Me Chain attack at Parat, but Thunderclap fired off a lightning bolt to intercept it. She and others were almost the point of suffocating when they saw Thunderclap aim toward them and prepared to fry them in their watery prison. It was the end. That was when a rose suddenly appeared and nicked Water Wizard on the face. This attack did very little damage as it bounced off those tough scales, but it did make the monster lose its concentration over the water fist. The Sailor Senshi came splashing down to the floor as the fist dissipated and flooded the area. As the Senshi were gasping and coughing, they looked up and saw their caped savior standing on one of the upper tiers. In the storage room, Ranko was bit confused at the sight. "Who's this guy?" "Pika. Pikachu!" Raiden pointed to a nearby poster that depicted the five Inner Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen. "Oh yeah, now I remember. It's that dope, Tuxedo Kamen." Back at the battle scene, Tuxedo Kamen made his customary speech. "Fear not Sailor Senshi. Tuxedo Kamen is here to aid you in these…" Parat didn't bother to wait for him to finish as he gestured to Hard Rock. It shot a huge rock at the supporting structures underneath the tier. The masked ally of the Senshi yelped as the tier was knocked out from under him and he went crashing down to where his comrades were still sprawled on the ground. Necton laughed at the sight, and then got a more sinister idea. He turned to Haldin and said, "Say, Haldin. Wouldn't it be better for us to take their soul energies for the master, as well as these other humans, instead of just destroying them?" Haldin nodded and said, "Why not?" She then threw up a hand and said, "COME FORTH, GATHERERS OF THE SOUL!" Suddenly, the Inner Senshi and their ally found themselves held by ghoulish-looking imps that appeared behind them and wrapped their arms around their bodies. They screamed out as they began to feel their life energies begin to drain away. Haldin and her partners laughed as she gloated, "Well now, Sailor Senshi. It seems that you and your ridiculous friend shall also give your soul energies to feed our master! How very generous of you! HA HA HA HA HA!" Back in the storeroom, Ranko winced as she saw the Inner Scouts and Tuxedo Kamen getting their life energies leeched away. "Oh that Tuxedo Kamen was BIG help!" The Pokemon Trainer said sarcastically. "Pikachu!" "Yeah, I know we've got to help them, but how? Prototype told us to keep a low profile and…" It was then that Ranko heard two more voices. "WORLD SHAKING!" "DEEP SUBMERGE!" A ball of light rumbled across the ground, followed by a ball of water. The Inner Senshi smiled, as they knew whom those attacks came from. However, so did the minions of Blodia. Hard Rock stomped a foot to the ground, causing a huge seismic tremor and a wide trench to form. Sailor Uranus' attack was caused to veer off course as it hit the trench. As for Sailor Neptune's attack, it too was deflected as Water Wizard caused another one of its water geysers to form in its path. The Outer Scouts were shocked to see their attacks stopped, as they stood there with their mouths open. "I was wondering when you would show up." Haldin commented. "I am…" Sailor Uranus began, trying to bolster her courage. "Yes, we know." Haldin cut her off. "You are Sailor Uranus and she's Sailor Neptune. Big deal. Just more soul energy for the master. Get them!" "Look out!" Sailor Moon cried out. "What… ARRGGGGHHH!" Sailor Neptune and Uranus found themselves being drained as several of the Soul Gatherers had snuck up from behind and latched themselves onto them. The three villains chortled as Parat said, "These are the famous Sailor Senshi? That was too easy!" "I recall that there are supposed to be thirteen of them." Haldin said. "No matter." Necton said. "After the life forces are collected from these eight, the overall strength of the Senshi will be diminished, and the remaining members will be easier to handle. We will get them all soon enough. It will only be a few minutes more before the soul energies from these Senshi are totally drained and they shall vanish into nothingness." At the Time Gate, Sailor Pluto was pounding away furiously at her crystal prison. "LET ME OUT! I HAVE TO HELP THEM! PLEASE!" The first cloaked figure shrugged as he said to the Senshi, "Keep your fuku on! The Inner and Outer Senshi are about to get some first-class help!" "Yep! Though I am kind of curious as to how our Pokemon Trainer is going to pull this off." The second robed figure said as they peered into the Time Gate. Ranko groaned as she saw the Senshi begin to fade away into nothingness. "Aw crud! They really need help now! What can we do! We can't just charge right in there!" "Pikachu!" Raiden pointed to the poster again. Ranko turned to her Pokemon and said, "I know we have to help them, but… " That when Ranko realized what Raiden was suggesting. "Oh no! Uh uh! Not that! Wearing the Shinesman Pro Suit was bad enough! I am NOT going to put on a fuku!" "Pikaaaaa." Raiden pleaded. "Oooooooooohhhhhh… all right, all right already! Hold on!" Ranko began imagining herself in a Sailor Senshi outfit. In less than a second, the cyberweave bodysuit reorganized itself and the Pokemon Trainer was garbed in skirt, white top, white knee-high boots, arm-length gloves, and a stylish tiara on her head. She then got an inspiration as she saw another anime poster depicting a space heroine. She then concentrated and her tiara became framed around her face like a headmask and with a red visor. Her skirt flared to take on a silver metallic sheen. Her boots and gloves also changed color to match her skirt. Taking out a bottle of the hair dye that she got from T-Ranma, she selected a silver-blonde color and instantly turned her scarlet tresses to match her disguise. Then she adjusted her belt of Pokeballs to fit her slimmer waist and said to Raiden, "Raiden, I'm afraid that you'll have to get into your Pokeball for a few minutes if this plan to work!" "Pika!" Raiden was reluctant to do so. "Please Raiden! There's no more time to argue. We have to help them now!" Raiden sighed, then nodded. Ranko took out Raiden's Pokeball and said, "Just tell the others to play along okay? Here we go! Raiden return!" At the Time Gates… "Good grief! He's not going to…" "Oh boy! This'll be interesting!" At the scene, the trio chortled as the Sailor Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen were almost totally drained. It was at that time that they saw a bright flash above them. The Senshi and their caped ally also looked up and saw a silhouette of a Sailor Senshi in front of a blinding light on an upper tier. "Another Senshi! Get her… arrrggghhh!!!" Necton screamed as another blinding flash caused him and his cohorts were temporarily made sightless. Without their masters to direct them, the monsters stood in confusion. That was when Ranko made her entrance. "To protect the universe from devastation!" A blast ki shot out and hit the imps that were holding Sailor Moon and Venus. The imps recoiled in shock and dissipated, leaving the depleted Senshi to slump to the floor. "To defend the innocent without hesitation!" Another blast freed Mars and Mercury. "To uphold the values of truth and love!" "Sailor Jupiter and Tuxedo Kamen were then released. "By kicking bad guy butt to the stars above!" Sailor Uranus and Neptune were then freed. "I am… the SILVER SENSHI!" It was then that everyone looked up and saw Ranko glowing with a brilliant light as her battle aura reflected off the silver highlights of her costume, making her appear as some kind of angel. She made some intricate motions with her hands as she delivered the final part of her speech. "I am the COSMIC sailor-suited warrior of justice and light!" She then struck a pose while pointing at the bad guys. "Surrender now or PREPARE TO FIGHT!" At the Time Gate… "SILVER SENSHI?" Pluto gasped. The two cloaked figures were too busy laughing their heads off. [Pokemon Eyecatch] "Who's that Senshi?" We see an empty silhouette of Ranko in her Sailor Senshi costume. Then it fills in and we hear the answer while the Great Crossover Logo appears. "It's Silver Senshi!" We hear Ranko say, "SILVERBOLT FLASH!" [End of Pokemon Eyecatch] And now the mayhem begins… "Silver Senshi?!" All the Inner and Outer Senshi gasped as Ranko cupped her hands in front of her and launched another ki blast. "Errr… , SILVERBOLT FLASH!" As the Pokemon trainer and martial artist had hoped, the Moko Takabisha let off a brilliant flare as its light reflected off the metallic sheen of her costume. Hard Rock took the blast in the face and screamed as he was blinded. Ranko took the initiative and leapt down to engage the enemy. Several of the Soul Gathering imps tried to dogpile her en masse, but they were nothing against her crushing kicks and punches. Sparring daily with Bruiser had enhanced the power of P-Ranma's blows almost to the point in which she could shatter a Rhydon's outer hide without even trying. The remaining imps were quickly dispatched as the weakened Senshi watched in awe. "Look at her go!" Sailor Jupiter said as she wondered if she could learn her martial arts moves. "Who IS she?" Sailor Moon asked to no one in particular. Sailor Mercury engaged her visor and was astounded by the readings she got. The energies the Silver Senshi was emitting were of an unknown form and didn't correlate to anything they had previously encountered. Necton and the others were also wondering who this newcomer was. They had absolutely no data on this Senshi. Haldin shouted to Thunderclap. "Thunderclap! Attack!" Just as Ranko reduced the last of the imps to pulp, she turned around and saw the electrical monster hurl a huge bolt of lightning at her. She simply smiled and let it strike her. Thunderclap was understandably shocked when the attack was shrugged off with ease. "Hah! You call that an electrical attack? That was NOTHING!" It was true. P-Ranma had received far more voltage sparring with Raiden. "THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL ATTACK! THUNDERBLAST BOMB!" Jupiter gasped again as she saw Ranko hurl a huge ball of lightning at Thunderclap. "She's… got my powers!" Thunderclap reeled as it was struck with far more wattage than it expected and was just barely able to absorb it all. "Not bad Thunderclap, but let's see if you can stand up to the MY ally of thunder! I call upon the spirit of lightning, Raiden!" P-Ranma threw out her Pokeball and Raiden appeared to take a stance. Necton and the others burst out laughing as they saw the electric mouse. "Hah! You think that oversized rat can defeat Thunderclap?" "RAIDEN, THUNDERSHOCK!" "Pika… CHUUUUUUUUU!" P-Ranma's Pikachu had been through a lot of intense training since they met and now was able to summon up enough voltage to light up a small city. Thunderclap was blasted backward as it was unable to absorb all that power at once. "NOW, DOUBLE-TEAM THUNDERBLAST BOMB!" The trio all gaped in disbelief as Ranko's and Raiden's electrical attacks merged into one tremendous sphere of power and slammed into the lightning monster, causing it to explode into a shower of sparks. Now, things were getting serious! "Fire Storm! Water Wizard!" Parat called out. The creatures of fire and water advanced on the Silver Senshi. Ranko smirked. "Fire and water, huh? No problem! I'll just fight fire with water and water with fire! Wildfire! Sea Storm! I choose you!" Two more Pokeballs were thrown out and Ranko's Rapidash and Golduck appeared. "Whoa!" Sailor Mars became entranced at the sight of the flame-horse as Mercury tried to analyze the strange duck-looking creature with her visor. Pikachu began gesturing to his fellow Pokemon to follow their master's orders, despite his appearance at the moment. "Attack!" Haldin cried out. "SEA STORM! PSYCHIC TSUMANI! WILDFIRE, BLAZING HORN CHARGE!" "Golduck!" "Neigh!" Wildfire suddenly accelerated forward and slammed into the Water Wizard before it could summon up an attack. Water Wizard was driven back and slammed into another shop. When the dust cleared, the creature was severely burned and dazed. At the same time, Sea Storm's attack crashed into Fire Storm, literally putting out its flames and caused it to be swept back and into another shop. Ranko then powered up to finish the job. "ICE BEAM!" Fire Storm was instantly encased in ice as Mercury's jaw dropped to the floor. The Silver Senshi's cold powers were far more potent than her was! The pseudo Senshi then engaged her Rapidash Run technique as she charged at the downed Water Wizard. Her silver costume glowed as Ranko leapt up and came down at the monster with both feet. "SILVERFIRE KICK!" Both feet slammed into the Water Wizard and caused a fiery explosion, disintegrating the fish demon on the spot! Sailor Mars thought. At the same time, Sea Storm was finishing off his opponent with his psychic powers. Using his Confusion technique, he levitated the block of ice that contained Fire Storm and bashed him against a far wall. Fire Storm shattered into little ice cubes and was no more. By this time, Necton, Haldin and Parat were more than dismayed at their forces being whittled down. Only Hard Rock remained and if he fell, then they would have to face off against this formidable Senshi and her strange creatures. They decided to leave their last creation to its own devices and vanished. Hard Rock found itself… well, between a rock and a hard place. One girl and her pets had destroyed its allies, and its masters had deserted it! It decided to beat a hasty retreat but found the nearest exit blocked by the Silver Senshi and her Pokemon. "And just WHERE do you think you are going?" Hard Rock decided that since it was doomed, it decided to try and take this meddlesome girl with it. As the golem went into a suicidal charge, the Silver Senshi took out her remaining Pokeballs. "For your crimes against the innocent, I shall let my allies of Rock, Wind and the Fighting Spirit punish you! Wind Rider! Bruiser! Razor! GO!" At the Time Gates… "He's really getting into the spirit of this, isn't he?" The first cloaked person commented. "I guess all those encounters with Team Rocket must have rubbed off on him." At the mall… The Sailor Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen were totally flabbergasted as they saw Ranko's Machop, Pidgeotto, and Sandslash beat the living daylights out of Hard Rock with wind, fists and slash attacks. "Man! And all we got are a couple of talking cats!" Venus said. Hard Rock fell to its knees and knew this was the end. P-Ranma's Pokemon returned to their master's side as she prepared to deliver the final blow. She began to raise her ki again and said, "Now… feel the force of Mother Earth herself! ERUPTION BLAST!" A geyser of power exploded beneath Hard Rock as Ranko slammed a palm to the ground. Sailor Uranus was impressed as Hard Rock was sent upward and exploded into pebbles. "Not bad!" "Not bad?! She's a Senshi team all by herself!" Sailor Moon exclaimed. Ranko smirked at Sailor Moon's comment as she held up two fingers in a vee and winked. "Victory!" She took a group pose with her Pokemon. Wildfire reared on his hind legs and let off a whinny. Sea Storm stood on his master's left and made a muscle pose. Razor held out his claws in a ready stance. Bruiser matched Sea Storm's pose on P-Ranma's right. Wind Rider landed on Wildfire's back and spread out his wings. Raiden stood in front of the Silver Senshi and held up a paw in a victory vee as well. The crowds of spectators cheered as photos were being snapped. That was when the Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen gathered up their returning strength and began to approach P-Ranma. The Pokemon trainer knew that now was the time to leave and faced her Pokemon. "You have all done well my allies." P-Ranma said dramatically as she held up her belt of Pokeballs. "Now return to your power confines!" She activated five of the Pokeballs' recall switches. Five beams of red light recalled Raiden, Wind Rider, Razor, Bruiser and Sea Storm, leaving Wildfire behind. Before the Senshi could get close enough to question her, Ranko leapt onto her Rapidash's back. "Ride like the wind, Wildfire!" She pulled back on the reins, causing Wildfire to rear up on his hind legs again. Then the Rapidash and its rider were gone in a trail of fire, dashing out of the main entrance. The doors had been blown away during the battle and left a large enough hole for them to make their escape. "Wait!" Sailor Moon called out, but the Silver Senshi was already gone. Some time later… P-Ranma held his head as he and the other Ranmas watched the evening news in their apartment. Kojiro and Draco were laughing hysterically at the sight of P-Ranma's Silver Senshi disguise. "Hey, it's not funny!" P-Ranma shouted. Raiden patted his master's arm to comfort him. "Pikachu." "Okay guys, that's enough!" T-Ranma said as he shut off the television. He then walked over to his counterpart and patted him on the shoulder. "You did good, Trainer. Don't let the others get you down. If I had been in that situation, I would have done whatever I could to help them as well. Those were pretty impressive odds you went up against, right guys?" He turned to his other counterparts. Kojiro and Draco sobered up and nodded. "Yeah. All things considered, you really kicked some serious butt." Kojiro admitted. "Very impressive." Draco added. "I don't think any of us could have done any better." B-Ranma said. "Thanks guys." P-Ranma smiled a bit when the laughter stopped. "At least I won't have to do THAT again! Those fukus are really drafty!" At the Time Gate… "Oh how little he knows, eh?" The first mystery person said. "You bet! Things are going to be even more hectic, for ALL of them!" The second unknown individual said. In her crystal prison, Sailor Pluto winced at the thought of even more chaos that would be unleashed on the Earth. To be continued… Author's Notes For those of you who thought I was off my rocker when I wrote this, well you're right! I was being in a really silly mood and I think that a few of my readers are probably rolling on the floor after reading this! Well, expect even more craziness and outrageous ideas as the Great Crossover Crisis begins to pick up speed!