Here you go! Hope you like it! Sorry to say but there is no appearance by

Usagi or the Nermia crew in five. *grin* Well, there is ONE exception
but you'll just have to read.  Also, I'm just going to be naming the
chapters by numbers so it's easier to organize. Ja ne!

Tsukino Neko
=^-^=

~  New Moon  ~
Chapter Four: Enter Ryouga


	Hey minna! Sorry it took so long to get chapter four done. My teachers
seem to delight in cursing me with extra homework. *LOL* Hope you weren't
 confused with the last chapter and the Sailor Pluto Ryouga thing. I'll be
 explaining that relationship a little latter on in the story. No, they aren't
 going to be a couple in this story. It would be kawaii though huh? Also, I know
 I'm sort of rushing things but yes, Ryouga does arrive in Nermia on Ranma's
 first day at school. Humor me -k? *LOL* Well, hope you like it and R&R or I
 might just stop the story here! I don't own Sailor Moon or Ranma 1/2. I'm
 just using these characters for this story! Ja ne!
=^-^=

Notes:    <      >  telephone conversations

~Nermia~

	Right outside the doors of Furinkan High Usagi Tendo cringed mentally.
 *I can't believe I actually told Ranma that Akane had a crush on him! It was
 just a suspicion of mine and they both didn't have to overreact!* She looked
 to the two martial artists. They were giving her the cold shoulder because
 of her short bout at matchmaking. Usagi sighed. "How many times do I have
 to say I'm sorry you guys? I was just joking around!" *Though it does support
 my theory or else they wouldn't have reacted like that.*

	They both ignored her pointedly. Akane staring at the clouds and
 Ranma at his feet. Usagi just sighed. *This is going to be a very long walk
 home.* That was when all three heard the shout from above. "Ranma
 Saotome! Prepare to die!"

	Ranma quickly dodged the airborne attacker and they all watched in
 shock as the ground the figure had hit shattered in a four foot circle from
 the tip of his. . . umbrella?

	The dark haired teen stayed crouched on the ground for a few
 moments then slowly rose to his feet. Ranma frowned. "Who are you?" The
 bandana clad teen smirked. "Don't tell me you don't remember me Ranma."
 Ranma folded his arms and leaned his head back as he tried to jog his
 memory. Suddenly he let out a yell and pointed at the visiting teen while
 waving his other arm wildly. "Hey! I DO remember you! You went to my old
 high school! Ryouga Hibiki! Long time no see!"

	Ryouga snarled at Ranma. Akane looked puzzled. "Why is he trying to
 kill you then?" Ryouga heard and turned towards her. "He ran out on our man
 to man fight!" He turned back to Ranma and stepped forward slightly. "You
 coward!"

	Akane turned to Ranma. "You ran out on a fight Ranma?" Ranma stared
 at the girl. "Of course not! I waited three days for the stupid jerk!" Ryouga
 interrupted. "And when I got there on the fourth day you had already ran off
 to China!" Ranma blinked at Ryouga a few times. "Say, why did it take you
 four days to get to the vacant lot anyway? Get lost or something?"

	Ryouga felt his face flush a little. "You have no idea the trouble I went
 through to get there!" Usagi leaned towards Akane. "Bad sense of direction
 huh?" Akane nodded as a small sweat drop appeared on her forehead.

	Ranma blinked. "So you want to kill me all because YOU were late for
 our duel?" Ryouga growled in frustration. *How can he act so innocent!*
 "Because of you I have seen hell Ranma Saotome!"

	Ryouga emphasized his words with another stab at Ranma. The pig
 tailed boy stumbled slightly over Usagi's foot in his retreat. "What do ya
 mean by that you jerk?!" Ryouga ignored the question. "Enough talking
 Ranma. Prepare to die!" He punched at the boy opposite him but Ranma
 dodged the blow and it instead connected, and shattered, the brick wall
 behind the pig tailed boy.

	In the resulting dust cloud Ranma moved over to the two Tendo
 sisters. "Come on. If we leave now before the dust clears he'll probably just
 get lost and get hit by a car if I'm lucky." He chuckled slightly at his 'joke'
 but was stopped as he felt Akane's fist connect with his face. As he rubbed
 it to help relieve the pain he leaned towards the tomboy. "What'd you do that
 for?!" Akane glared back. "I can't believe your actually thinking of running
 away!" Usagi cut in with a yell. "How can you even joke like that?! He's
 obviously been through a lot. What is he's sick or hurt? You should help him
 not add more reasons for him to want to kill you!"

	Ryouga meanwhile was trying to find his way through the dust cloud. *I
 can't believe this! How could this be happening to me?* He was stopped in his
 exploration as he collided with an obstacle. He fell to the ground while
flailing
 his arms in panic. As the dust cleared slightly he caught his first glimpse of
 what had caused his headlong fall to the debris covered ground. It was one
 of the two girls he had noticed standing with Ranma. What he hadn't noticed
 earlier was just how beautiful she was. His breath caught in his throat. *She
 looks exactly like an angel.* She was a petite girl with long blond hair in one
 of the strangest hairstyles he had ever seen. He then noticed that the
 'angel' was covered in dust and was currently on her butt in the rubble. *Oh
 no! What have I done! !* He quickly climbed to his feet and was about to offer
 his assistance when he saw someone else helping the girl to her feet.

	"Geeze Meatball head. Can't you even stand still without falling over?"
 The speaker was none other than his nemesis Ranma Saotome. 'Meatball
 Head' then turned to Ranma with a yell. "It wasn't my fault you baka! He ran
 into me!" She pointed to Ryouga who had just been staring at the duo.  Akane
 had by now left with a group of friends who had been passing by. She had
 had enough for the day. Ranma snorted. "Figures. Well, we have to go now
 Ryouga so I'll see you. Come on Usagi." *So her name is Usagi. Oh, what a
 beautiful name.*

	Usagi meanwhile hadn't turned away from Ryouga. "Do I know you? You
 look sort of. . . . familiar.", the blond asked in a bewildered tone. Ryouga
was
 astonished but managed to respond. "N-no. I don't remember meeting you
 before." *I'm sure I would have remembered!* Usagi sighed. "Well, I can't
 blame you for wanting to kill Ranma but maybe we should all just get a rain
 check for that. I'm bushed." She let out a long sigh as she rubbed one of her
 eyes.

	Ryouga was about to respond when he was silenced by a shrill ringing
 coming from his pack. *oh no! Not now!* Ranma and Usagi stared as he
 fumbled with his pack and then removed the small cell phone from the side
 pocket he had stowed it in. "Moshi moshi."  Ryouga
 sighed. "Well, I was pretty sure it was since your the only one who would
 have this number after all. Do you think this could wait until a better time?"
 He glanced over at Usagi and Ranma who he observed were having quite a
 heated yet whispered argument.  Ryouga decided to ignore her sarcastic tone as
 she continued. 
 Ryouga blinked "Sailor Moon? Why?"

	Usagi meanwhile had turned her head back towards Ryouga at the
 words Sailor Moon. *What? Sailor Moon?* She gestured for Ranma to shut up
 and pointed towards Ryouga, who had turned away to make his call slightly
 more private. Ranma nodded and they both snuck a few feet closer.

	

	Ryouga's curiosity was piqued. "How am I supposed to find her then?
 She won't have her memories will she?" Setsuna reluctantly answered.  Ryouga nodded even though Setsuna wouldn't be able to
 see him.

	Usagi was puzzled. *Who is Sailor Moon? Who's Ryouga talking to
 anyway?* Her thoughts were interrupted by Ranma who had grown bored by
 standing so quietly without learning any interesting information. "Come on
 meatball head. This is boring and I have better things to do than just sit here
 with a lazy blond meatball head." Usagi fumed. "Ranma no baka! Just because
 we're engaged doesn't give your the right to call me names! I'll get you for
 that!" She lunged at him with her school bag but he dodged out of the way
 with a quick laugh and stuck out his tongue. "Ha! Getting slow Meatball head!"
 Usagi shrieked again in rage and they both went racing down the road with a
 visible dust cloud behind them.

	Ryouga, who had over heard the loud proclamation, froze in shock.  He
 forgot all about Setsuna as he felt his heart break slightly. *No. Usagi is
 engaged? To Ranma? But I was hoping. . . How can this be happening?! Why is
 it whenever I find anything that might make me happy Ranma somehow ends
 up ruining it!* Setsuna meanwhile was continuing her description, oblivious to
 Ryouga's being preoccupied.  Ryouga
 meanwhile was staring at Usagi's retreating form. "Usagi. I. . . ."

	It was just above a whisper but Setsuna, still on the phone, heard it
 nonetheless. Her breath caught in her throat. *Usagi?! Did he just say
 Usagi?!*  Her frantic voice was cut off however as
 Ryouga let out a growl of frustration and crushed the phone in his grasp. *I'll
 get you Ranma Saotome!* He started jogging in the direction he thought
 Ranma had headed off in but soon found himself on the edge of town.



 So. *pause* How'd you like it? Good? Bad? This time I'm serious. Review or e
-mail. *sigh* Is anyone even reading these? Do they just suck? Let me know
-k? Ja.
Tsukino Neko
=^-^=

~  New Moon  ~
Chapter Five:  


Hey minna! This chapter is going to actually get the story going. Before it’s
been
 sort of jump and skip around. I hope now it’ll make a little more sense to some
of
 ya. =~-^=  Oh and when I wrote this my mind went blank on Chad’s Japanese name.
 Hope ya don’t mind too much! I don’t own Sailor Moon or Ranma 1/2. Don’t sue
me,
 you won’t get much if you do anyway! Please R&R!!! *gets down on knees and
begs*
 Please? *gets hit by a wadded up piece of paper from off stage*  Uh,
 sorry bout that! Um. . . . Ja ne!  =^-^=


Notes:   *       *  - indicate thought

	    --------  - short passage of time


~Cherry Hill Temple~

	It was a typical sunny day in Juban. Birds singing, kids playing in the park,
 Rei Hino sweeping the temple grounds while her fellow scouts waited for a
certain
 blond who had in affinity for being late. No, not bunny-chan. Minako. 

	Rei looked up from her sweeping with a frown. She could see a distant dust
 cloud approaching the temple. *Seems almost like when Usagi used to. . . .  but
 that’s Minako.* She let out a sigh as the before mentioned blond raced up the
steps.
 Her fellow senshi turned as one to regard the senshi of love. "Hey. . . (huff)
. . guys!
 (puff) Sorry I’m so late. I got detention for falling asleep in class." Rei
felt
 herself losing her temper. "So, since Usagi’s gone your trying to fill the gap?
Being
 late AND falling asleep in class?!" 

	Minako let out a slight sigh. "Rei, you have no reason to blow up at me! I
 didn’t get enough sleep last night. I had a dream about.  .  . you know." The
blond fell
 silent and suddenly decided to memorize what her shoes looked like. (AN: LOL)
Over
 the past few days all of the senshi had been having recurring nightmares about
the
 death of their princess. The princess they were supposed to protect. The
princess
 that was, at the moment, lost.

	Rei smiled slightly in sympathy. "I’m sorry Mina-chan. I guess I’ve just been a
 little too high strung because of what’s been happening. Don’t worry though, we
ARE
 going to find her. Right Luna?" 

	The girls turned as one to the two cats sitting on the ground. The black one
 nodded. "In fact, Sailor Pluto has told me of a lead she might have. A friend
of hers
 seems to have come into contact with an Usagi in an area not too far from here.
 Don’t get too excited though girls. It could just be a different girl or a
false
 alarm. Pluto says she will check it out and if it warrants more of an
investigation
 then she will alert us." 

	Ami nodded her head and brushed her short blue hair from her eyes. "That
 would be the best thing to do for now. After all, we have an enemy here and we
don’t
 want to leave the town unguarded." The brunette next to her flashed the group a
 victory sign. 

	"Don’t worry you guys! These cardians aren't that tough." Makoto tried to
 push her own doubt down. *What if we can’t do this without Usagi? * "I’m sure
we’ll
 have them crying for mercy in just a few days. Then we can all go searching for
the
 Moon Princess." 

	Artemis smiled up at the optimistic senshi of Jupiter. *This is just like
 before when our ‘official’ mission was to find the Moon Princess. Maybe our
luck
 has changed. If not then it’s going to have to be Usagi who finds US. That's
not
 too likely.* "Well girls I think that now----. . . Meow!" 

	The girls stared at the white cat as if he had just grown a new head. Minako
 leaned closer to see if something was wrong. "Artemis? What is it?" She turned
her
 attention from her lunar guardian however when she heard a shrill shriek coming
 from Rei’s direction.

	"Ha! I knew I could still sneak up on you Rei!" The fire priestess spun around
 with a look that rivaled any youma’s and came face to face with . . . 
"Grandpa! How
 many times do I have to say don’t do that!" The withered old man let out a loud
 laugh. "I have to keep you on your toes!" The other girls all started giggling
as they
 watched Rei try to hold in a sharp retort. She turned her glare on them however
and
 they soon shut up. *That’s better!* Taking a deep breath to calm herself she
turned
 back to her guardian. "Is there anything else you want grandpa?" 

	The aged Shinto priest giggled. "Guess who’s coming to visit Rei?" Rei sighed
 again and quickly counted to ten. *. .7. . . 8. . . .9. . . .* "Who Grandpa?"
He chuckled
 again. "Your Uncle is coming back from his vacation in America and instead of
going
 straight home to Nermia he has decided to visit you. He’ll be staying about a
week." 

	Rei felt her mood brighten. *Finally some good news!* "Really?! When will he
 be here?" She hardly noticed as her fellow senshi of love and justice leaned
forward
 eagerly to hear the answer as well. 

	*After all*,  Minako reasoned, * Rei’s uncle is pretty hot!* 

	Makoto was thinking along the similar lines as she elbowed Minako to the side.
 *Who cares if he’s a little older? He looks just like my old sempai!* 

	Ami, the studious one of the group was eager as well but for alternative
 motives. *I wonder if he’d be willing to teach me some of his healing
techniques. If
 I’m going to be a doctor I might as well start learning first hand now!* 

	Rei’s grandpa grinned foolishly at the girls. "He’ll be here in about twenty
 minutes. He just called from the bus station. I might send Chad to help him
bring
 his things. Then he might be here even sooner so you girls had better go get
ready!" 
They all blushed slightly but nodded anyway. With a shared glance they rushed
 towards Rei’s room. 

-------

	Minako stared in the mirror at her reflection. *Maybe I should wear another
 bow? Or maybe just get rid of it altogether? . . . .Naw!* She finally stopped
tugging
 at her outfit and sat down on Rei’s futon. "Hey Rei! Your uncle’s here! He’s a
pretty
 cool dude!" 

	Rei rolled her eyes but stood anyway and walked towards the door.  Minako and
 Makoto however beat her to it. "Get out of my way!" "No! I call first dibs
since I’m
 taller!" "Well, most men like blonds so you should just give up anyway!" The
senshi
 of Venus and Jupiter kept trading insults and didn’t even notice as someone
stopped
 in the doorway to watch. 

	"Ha! Seems as though I’ve come in the middle of a duel! " Rei turned away from
 the duo with a look of annoyance that quickly disappeared when she saw who the
 speaker was. 

	"Uncle!" She rushed towards the man in the doorway. "Why hello Rei! I haven’t
 seen you since you were this tall!" He held up a hand to about four feet from
the
 ground as he set some of his bags down. Rei felt herself blushing as the duo
realized
 who was there and rushed towards him. The blond reached him first and swiftly
took
 his hand, pumping it vigorously. "Hello Rei’s uncle!" *Wow! He looks even
better than
 in the picture!* He was tall with his shoulder length brown hair pulled into a
pony
 tail and round glasses that suited his face. Makoto elbowed Minako out of the
way
 and grabbed his hand, shaking it as well. "Minako! I can’t believe you don’t
even
 remember his name! It’s . . . um. . " She rubbed the back of her head in
 embarrassment as Rei sweat dropped.  *Figures they’d remember his every freckle
 but forget his name.* 

	Ami on the other hand giggled slightly. "Hello Dr. Tofu. It’s nice to meet
you."
 The ruffled Dr. Tofu straightened his glasses as he stepped towards the blue
 haired girl. "Akane? Is that you?" As he got a closer look he started blushing.
"Oh
 I’m sorry! I thought you were someone I knew from Nermia! Forgive me." He bowed
 slightly and Ami bowed back, blushing. *He is pretty cute. Wait! What am I
 thinking?!* "That's alright Dr. Tofu. My name is Ami." "Pleased to meet you
Ami."
 Minako and Makoto glared at Ami.

	Rei smiled brightly. "So tell me about your life in Nermia Uncle! How’s
 business and all?" She winked at him slightly. "Any cute girls you like there?"
Tofu
 blushed and nodded slightly. "Actually yes. Her name is Kasumi Tendo. Would you
like
 to see a picture? Akane is one of her sisters." He remover his wallet from the
back
 pocket of his pants and, still blushing, handed a small snapshot to the raven
haired
 girl. 

	"Her family owns a dojo in town. In fact, two of her sisters help to keep my
 business going!" He laughed and Rei looked at him quizzically. "Perhaps I
should
 explain. The two youngest sisters practice martial arts and are quite good at
it.
 One of them, Akane, gets in quite a few fights. The younger usually only joins
 fights when they get too out of hand for Akane but they both injure other
people or
 themselves on a regular basis."

	Rei grinned. "I think it’d be fun to learn more martial arts! I mean, aside
from
 what you’ve taught me uncle. Do they give classes?" Tofu sighed. "Actually they
 don’t. Ever since his wife died Soun Tendo has been. . . . preoccupied." Rei
looked at
 him curiously again. "Then how do they make a living?" Tofu smiled. "The girls
of
 that family are all very resourceful. The second oldest, Nibiki, usually finds
ways
 to make ends meet. She’s quite a shrewd business woman!"  

	Makoto, interested in anything that has to do with fighting, stepped closer.
 "Do you think we could get the two youngest at least to give us lessons?" Dr.
Tofu
 considered that for a few moments and then nodded. "You might. I’m going to
call
 latter tonight to tell them I made it back from America okay. I’ll ask them for
you
 if you want." Makoto smiled brightly. "Thanks! Hey, how old are the two
youngest
 anyway? It might be a little weird to take lessons from girls younger than us." 

	Minako frowned before Tofu could answer. "Why are we going to ALL take
 lessons?" Ami turned to the blond. "I think it’s a good idea Mina-chan. It will
help
 us with our work." Minako stared for a few seconds but finally nodded her head
with
 a smile. "I guess your right Ami. We would do a lot better if we all knew some
 martial arts." She turned to the tall brunette. "Good thinking Mako-chan!" 

	"They’re both 16." Everyone turned to Dr. Tofu with blank looks on their
 faces. "The two youngest? They are both 16." It finally registered that he was
 answering the question from earlier and Makoto smiled. Rei on the other hand
was
 confused again. "You mean they’re twins?" Dr. Tofu smiled at his niece. "No.
The
 youngest was adopted. She doesn’t look a thing like any of her older sisters."  

	Rei nodded in understanding. "That makes sense then." She turned to the other
 three girls. "Well guys. I guess I call you all tomorrow with the answer from
the
 dojo. It’s getting pretty late and you’d all better go home." The others
nodded.
 Minako picked up Artemis and Ami picked up Luna. "Goodbye Rei-chan!" They
 chorused. 

	After the girls had left Tofu turned back to Rei. "Well, I think I’ll go call
 now. Where’s your phone?" Rei ran a hand through her hair. "Just down the hall
and
 around the corner."  Dr. Tofu nodded and left the room.


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What did ya think? Good? Bad? Tell me -k! Also, does anyone know what Dr. Tofu’s
 first name is? *rubs back of neck in embarrassment* I’m really brain dead
tonight
 and since I promised to have this chapter up by tonight I don’t have time to
look
 for it. *LOL* I really hope you liked it! Well, Ja ne!

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