~ A New Moon ~
by Tsukino Neko


Prologue

Hello! Just have to say I don’t own Sailor Moon or Ranma 1/2! Don’t sue me!
Thanks! Also, this prologue is VERY short but I hope you won’t mind. R&R!
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The short princess of the moon gazed in silence at the towering witch before
her. "Metallica. You killed my mother, my friends. Now it’s your turn to die!"
The transformed Queen Beryl just cackled evilly. "And what are you going to do
little princess?" Metallica threw a blast of energy at the princess’s silent
form. 

Princess Serenity let out a short gasp as she was encased in the pillar of ice.
*No. I will not give up! I’ll avenge my friends!* "Moon Cosmic Power!" The top
of the ice pillar exploded to form a small platform beneath Serenity’s feet. She
held the crystal in front of her and shot out a beam of energy to counter
Metalica’s attack. 

The battle raged on and she could feel herself growing weaker. A solitary tear
wound it’s way down her cheek. *No. I can’t lose. Please. Please help me my
friends!* Much to her surprise she suddenly felt the presence of her friends
around her, lending her energy. She smiled slightly as more tears escaped her
eyes. *thank you all.* 

She gathered the new energy and combined it with the rest of her own energy and
sent it through the crystal at Metalica. She heard the evil being scream in pain
but her world was already clouding over. *Well, I guess this is the end. I’ll
see you soon my friends.* 

As her body slumped to the ground the silver crystal settled next to her on the
icy floor. *I just wish I could have a new life, start over, be . . . .* Her
last breath escaped in a sigh with a single tear frozen to her cheek. The
crystal next to her hovered slightly. I had heard the last wish of the princess
and as it pulsed with a faint silver glow as it decided to grant the wish.

So what'd ya think? E-mail me!
Tsukino Neko
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 ~ New Moon ~
 
Chapter One: Usagi . . .Tendo?

Just have to say that I don’t own Sailor Moon or Ranma 1/2 and I’m just
borrowing these characters for this fic. Please don’t sue me. Thanks!
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 Note: *      * indicate thought.

 	  ------ indicate a short passage of time

 ~ Tendo Dojo - Nermia ~

 Akane Tendo woke with a start. She had been having a nightmare. Her sister had
been killed and she, Akane, could do nothing to save her. She looked towards the
bed to her left. A familiar blond bun of hair was sticking out from under the
rumpled covers. *So. It was just a dream.* She mentally sighed and then studied
her sister.
 
Even though they had adopted Usagi, Akane felt like they had always been
together. They even jokingly called each other twins sometimes. Anyone could
tell that wasn’t true with Akane’s dark blue hair and Usagi’s golden blond. 

Suddenly Usagi let out a little snore. She looked so comfortable and peaceful.
Akane grinned evilly. *Well, I can change that!* She leaned right up to her
sister’s ear and screamed at the top of her lungs, "USAGI! WAKE UP!!" The blond
on the bed flew into the air with a scream. Her eyes flew around the room,
trying to find her attacker, and settled upon the laughing form of Akane. Usagi
growled, "Your going to pay for that Akane!" She grabbed her bunny pillow and
started chasing the giggling Akane. 

"Usagi! Wait! It was just a joke!" She rushed out of the room with Usagi close
on her heels giggling as well. She cornered her in the Tendo living room and
cackled evil. "Now I’ve got you!" She rushed towards Akane and beat her to a
giggling pulp with the pillow. They were both laughing so hard that they
couldn’t stand up but Akane finally calmed down, "We’d better get going so we
can finish our workout before breakfast. If we’re late again Kasumi will
probably make you skip it." 

At the thought of missing breakfast Usagi quickly sobered up and rushed from the
room. A few moments latter she jogged back down the stairs wearing dark blue
shorts with white stripes, a white t-shirt, and a thick white head band. "Hurry
up Akane!" Akane raced up the stairs and made it back down just in time to see
her sister rush out the door.
 
~Latter that Morning~
 
Soun Tendo held a post card in front of him, tears streaming down his cheeks.
*At last!* "Kasumi! Nibiki! Akane! Usagi!" The first two sisters answered his
call but the last two did not. "Akane? Usagi? 

------ 

Usagi rushed into the Dojo. "Yes! I beat you again! Either your letting me win
or your just getting slow sis!" Akane grumbled good naturedly and they both
changed into their karate gi’s. As Akane was stacking up a sizable amount of
bricks Usagi surveyed the small pile of training staffs on the floor. 

She finally chose one and with a deep breath swung into a delicate yet fast
kata. Akane slammed her fist into the pile of bricks with a yell right as Nibiki
walked in. "No wonder the boys all think your so weird. You should try something
more along Usagi’s lines." She motioned to the lithe blond as she gracefully
flipped, landed on her toes softly and swung the staff above her head as she
listened. 

Akane frowned. "Well, unlike you my world doesn’t revolve around boys."
 Nibiki smirked as she looked out the window. It had started to rain. "Then this
news wouldn’t interest you Akane. It might interest you though Usagi."
 
------

 "What?!", Akane yelled. Soun cleared his throat. "His name is Ranma Saotome and
he and his father will be here any minute now." 

Usagi frowned. "Do you mean to tell me that you have engaged one of us to a
complete stranger?" 

Akane fumed, "Don’t we get a choice in who we marry?"

Kasumi frowned slightly. "Akane’s right Daddy. We haven’t even met this Ranma."
Soun grinned and waved the ragged postcard in front of them. "That can be easily
 fixed!" 

~Meanwhile~

 Somewhere in the shopping district a short teenager with red hair was being
chased by a panda. "Cut it out!" The girl tried to kick the panda way  but it
just dodged and retaliated with a kick of its own. The crowd was stunned. "Wow!
Did you see how fast that panda was! What’s a panda doing here in the first
place?" 

After a few more dodged blows the red head finally caught the panda as his arm
came swinging towards her and flipped him over with his own momentum. "Hah! Suck
on that old man! I’m going back to China." 

The panda meanwhile had picked up the sign that had been crushed by its fall and
proceeded to whack the young red head to the ground. It picked the girl up and
slung her over his shoulder. "Shouldn’t someone call the zoo? It just knocked
that girl out!" The panda turned to the murmuring crowd and let out a roar. That
shut everyone up pretty quick. The panda shifted his burden slightly and
continued on his way. 

~Back at the Dojo~ 

Soun continued with his tale, "Ranma and his father have been on a voyage of
training. They just recently returned from China." 

Nibiki smiled. "Wow! China!" 

Akane frowned and turned away."So what’s so great about walking to China?" 

Nibiki continued with a smile. "Is he cute?" 

Kasumi looked thoughtful as she leaned on her hand. "How old is he? Younger men
bore me." 

Usagi was ecstatic. "You mean he knows martial arts? How good is he?" 

All three sisters asked at the same time, "What kind of guy is this Ranma?" Soun
started laughing at the eagerness of his daughters but sobered up pretty quickly
as he realized something. "No Idea. I've never met him." A few seconds latter
they all heard a loud crash. Kasumi sprang to her feet. "Oh! we have visitors!"
Nibiki and Usagi stood up as well. 

"Oooo! i bet it’s Ranma!" 

"Get out of my way Nibiki!" 

Akane followed at a safe distance. *How depressing. Boys.* Suddenly the Tendo
family came charging down the hallway, followed closely by the giant panda and
it’s burden. "Hey! Let me go! Can’t you see your scaring them?!" Kasumi was at a
loss for words. "Daddy, is this your friend?" Soun quickly shook his head.

 Nibiki growled, "Oh! So this panda just decided to visit! Happens all the
time!" Usagi and Akane were both speechless. The panda deposited the red head in
front of Soun. "You. . . you wouldn’t be. . ?" The red head sighed, "Ranma
Saotome. Sorry bout all this." Soun was overcome with joy. "At last! You’ve
come!" He gathered the visitor in a tight hug. "It’s so good of you to come! So
very. . . " 

He paused. Something was wrong. He held out the red head and stared. Nibiki also
stared. She walked up to the visitor and experimentally poked her finger at the
red head’s chest. "Um, could you stop that?" Nibiki frowned as she looked
towards the rest of her family. "HE is a girl." Soun promptly fell to the ground
in a dead faint. 

------

 He awoke to his two eldest daughters arguing above him. Kasumi sighed as she
changed the cold cloth on her fathers head."Oh poor Daddy. He’s so
disappointed." 

Nibiki frowned. "He’s disappointed? Look at what we have for a fiance!"
She again poked Ranma’s chest. "Um, I really wish you’d stop that." 

Usagi felt tears come to her eyes. " And I was hoping that Ranma would be my
true love!" She started bawling loudly and Akane just watched her family carry
on. She turned to Ranma. "Hi. I’m Akane Tendo. Want to join me in the training
hall?" Usagi wiped her eyes. "Yeah! We could all go have a quick practice
fight!" Ranma just shrugged her shoulders. "Ok." 

Usagi smiled at Ranma as they left the room. "My Dad said you went to China to
train. Does that mean your good at martial arts?" Ranma smiled slightly. "I
guess I know a few things." Akane smiled, "Who’s first?" 

Usagi smiled as she backed up and leaned against the wall. "How about you first
Akane. I’ll go next." *This will give me some time to study her moves a little.* 

Akane nodded and got into a defensive stance. "I’ll go easy on you okay?" Ranma
shrugged as she mirrored the stance. "Whatever." Akane suddenly let out a war
cry and ran at Ranma. She threw punch after punch and was amazed when Ranma
dodged them all. *Time to get serious.* She rushed Ranma once again and threw
one of her stronger punches but her fist connected only with the wall. She felt
a tap on her shoulder and turned around to see Ranma giggling. 

Usagi started laughing. "Looks like you lost! Now it’s my turn!" Akane blushed
but moved to the side as her sister stepped up. "Do you use any weapons? If so
just pick one." She held her hand out to indicate the many different types of
weapons lined up against the far wall. Ranma shrugged. "I don’t really use
weapons but we can if you want to." 

Usagi smiled, a strange glint in her eye. "Akane, what should I choose?" Akane,
still a little upset that she had lost so easily, smirked. "How about staff?"
Usagi nodded slightly with a wide grin on her face. "Do you agree Ranma?" The
visiting red head looked suspiciously at the two sisters but finally nodded. 

Usagi walked to the wall and picked up two identical staffs. She started
spinning them both and walked back to Ranma with a grin. She released her grip
on one of the staffs and it went flying towards Ranma at a surprising velocity.
The red head barely had time to catch it. *Well, She’s better than her sister.*
Ranma also started spinning her staff, a confidant smile on her face. Akane
frowned, *So sure of herself!* "Usagi! Make sure you win!"

 Usagi nodded wordlessly and then rushed towards Ranma. the red head eeped a
little at the unexpected attack from the small blond but dodged out of the way,
swinging her staff at the same time. Usagi parried the blow and returned it with
a sharp jab for Ranma’s stomach. Ranma knocked the tip of the staff away as she
executed a tight back flip. She stopped and studied Usagi. *Shoot! No openings!
She's better than she looks.*

 Usagi took this small distraction as her sign to attack and attack she did.
Each thrust was countered and each step lost was gained back moments latter.
Ranma just kept going with the grin on her face getting wider as Usagi's attacks
began to slow. *Well, I have more stamina at least!*

Winded, Usagi decided to end the fight quickly. She fell to the ground with a
thud, clutching her staff in one hand and her face in the other. "Ow! You broke
my nose!" Ranma was shocked. *How did that happen?* "Are you okay?!" Usagi
grinned as Ranma let her defenses down. She swung her staff out in a surprise
attack and let out a little laugh of triumph as Ranma fell to the ground.

 Akane started laughing loudly but Ranma quickly got to her feet. "Hey! That’s
cheating!" Usagi shrugged, a grin on her face. "I don’t recall setting up any
rules. I take any opportunity that presents itself. During a battle that is. I’m
really not that sneaky. That’s Nibiki’s job." Ranma sighed but smiled. "I guess
I would’ve done the same thing if I was losing too." She held out her hand to
Usagi. The blond just stood there staring at the red heads hand. "Tha...
that....that was so mean!!" She started to bawl and Akane sighed. *Just like
father.* 

------ 

Kasumi caught Usagi by the wrist as she went racing passed. "The bath is ready.
Go get Akane while I try to find Ranma." 

"Fine." Usagi went running to the stairs and as she passed the family room she
noticed her father talking to an old man. *I wonder who that is?* As she ran
into her room downstairs on the porch Kasumi was trying to coax a reluctant
Ranma into taking a bath. "Your probably all sweaty after your workout. I
insist." She ushered Ranma to the bath and then returned downstairs to finish
cooking dinner. 

Ranma sighed but removed her clothing and put them in the waiting basket. She
entered the little room and filled a bowl with cold water. After pouring it over
her she stepped into the steamy water. *Now what am I going to do?* 

Akane and Usagi were just outside the door shedding their clothes. *Oh well.
They’ll have to find out sooner or latter.* The figure in the bath was just
stepping out when Akane and Usagi walked in, wearing what most wear when they
are taking a bath. There were a few seconds of silence broken only by the slight
whistle of wind. Akane backed out of the room, dragging a slack jawed Usagi. 

They both put on their robes and then ran down the stairs. Akane screaming
angrily and Usagi crying profusely. Kasumi was startled by the sudden change in
the decibel level. "What’s wrong?" Akane blushed slightly. "There is a pervert
in the bath!" The sisters both entered the living room and Akane quickly noticed
the addition to the familiar faces. "Who’s he?" 

Soun answered, "This is my old friend Genma Saotome." Usagi stifled her cries
for a few seconds and ran to her fathers side. "Daddy! There’s a pervert in the
bath and he looked at me and Akane! Go kill him!" There was a squeak of
floorboards behind the group and they all turned to see a young man with a black
pig tail. "Sorry bout that." Akane frowned. "Who are you?"  The youth tugged at
his damp pigtail in embarrassment. "Ranma Saotome."

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Tsukind Neko

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