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. <You have GOT to be kidding! >

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.

<What are they talking about? >

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.

<I was wondering when THEY WOULD show up! >

"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.

<They're even worse than Team Rocket! >

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 <quick, think of an attack name>, 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!

<And I thought I was hot stuff! > 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!


