You know, it's amazing what you can find when you go rummaging 
through your hard drive.  For a second, when I first found this, I 
wondered what it was...

Then I realized that it was a story I had done long ago that had been 
my second journey into an SM and R1/2 crossover, the second story to 
earn the title "1/2 Moon" and in fact, help lead me into creating 
TRIO.

So enjoy this offering and, (if you want) C&C or MST this tale o'mine 
and if someone else wants to continue it, they can do it. (In fact, I 
CHALLENGE anyone to take this up and continue it.)

'Cause I'm not touchin' this one anymore.

The Flashman

May The Spirit Preserve You!

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				1/2 MOON
(Sailor Moon: Owned by Naoko Takiuchi)
(Ranma 1/2: Owned by Rumiko Takahashi)
(The Thunderbolt VII and Longbow are from the game "Wing Commander 
3")

	The two space ships rushed through the void of deep space.

	One of then was a Thunderbolt VII fighter craft, while the other was 
a Longbow Bomber.  The female alien in the Thunderbolt clicked on the 
intercom and talked to her mate in the Longbow.  "Sandee to Jacz.  
Come in Jacz."

	"Yo babe," Jacz replied.

	Sandee sighed as she shook her head under the full face flight 
helmet she wore.  "Prepare for Space Fold," she said.

	"Now," Jacz asked, "you're certain I'm gonna like this planet Earth?
"

	"Yes," Sandee replied, "It's a level three space faring race, but 
they have a level twelve communications rating."

	Jacz whistled as he said, "So they can't fly past their own moon but 
two people can communicate to each other casually over a computer in 
a matter of seconds.  Not bad.  Not great, but not bad."

	Then he added, "So what's the food like?"

	"Depends on which continent you go to."

	"'Continent'?"

	"Didn't I tell you?  This planets main race, humans, is separated by 
large bodies of water."  So they evolved slightly differently on each 
land mass.  So you know, I've decided we should try an island called 
Japan and a city called Tokyo."

	"Wherever you lead Stunning One, I'll gladly follow."

	"(Sigh) You are SO transparent.  You want to try and find out what 
the reproduction procedure of this species is too, don't you?"

	"'Reproduction procedure'?  Hell, I want to know how they have sex.
"

	"Grrr.  You little prev you."

	"Trust me, I wouldn't be interested if it was with anyone but you."

	"Flatterer.  Now get ready, Space Fold in three... two... ONE!"

	The two ships shot beams of white light at a point several yards in 
front of them and two dark purple portals opened.  The ships passed 
through and traversed millions of light years in the span of two 
seconds, being spit out of portals that formed near the far side of 
Pluto.

	Jacz and Sandee reoriented themselves, after they got over Fold 
Shock and turned on their scanner blockers, so they wouldn't be seen 
by the radar systems of Earth, as the two ships passed Jupiter.

	"Hey Sandee," Jacz asked, "What are those little white things in our 
target planets atmosphere?"

	"Why, they're storm clouds of course," Sandee replied.

	"STORM CLOUDS!  Are you NUTS?!  You know how much I HATE planets 
with turbulent atmospheres!"

	"Don't worry.  The worse we'll probably get is a mild rain shower."

	"What's rain?"

	"Oh, that's right.  The only storm experience you've had was..."

	"Let's not get into that.  Atmosphere will be reached in two minutes.
"

	Sandee laughed to herself and let it drop as she said, "Understood.
"

	The two ships dropped through Earths atmosphere, resembling meteors 
to anyone who happened to look up.  "Now," Sandee said, "time to get 
our disguises."

	"ALRIGHT!  I LOVE this part!"

	"(Sigh) You're not going to dive bomb the natives again... are you?
"

	Jacz didn't answer as he peeled off with his Longbow and headed for 
the landmass known as Japan.

	In Nerima....

	Ranma pulled himself out of the crater his landing had caused as he 
grumbled, "Stupid Tomboy.  She doesn't have to belt me into the 
friggin atmosphere every damn time she cooks and I don't wanna taste 
it.  We both know that stuff's toxic anyway."

	Suddenly, a long silver with yellow stiped... thing, dropped out of 
the sky and hovered above him.  "WHAT THE..." was all Ranma had time 
to exclaim before the space ship, it couldn't have been anything else,
 started flashing a strobe light in his face and then, as swiftly as 
it had come, the ship rose back into the sky and out of sight, 
leaving nothing but a momentary twinkle of light in the air.

	Ranma blinked several times to clear the phantom images the strobe 
had caused and he thought, "No one is gonna friggin believe this."

	Back in the sky...

	As soon as Jacz laughter died down slightly, Sandee asked 
sarcastically, "Happy, now that you've probably broken five or more 
interstellar laws?"

	"Very," Jacz replied between laughs, "You should (ha ha) seen the 
(hee hee) look (HA) on that poor guys face!  
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

	Sandee sighed and said, "Now wait here.  I'll be back in a jiffy."

	In Juban...

	Rockman was in trouble.  Almost all his energy was gone and Shadow 
Man was moving in for the final blow.  Rockman managed to jump and 
dodge the Shadow Blade, and even got in a shot with his arm cannon, 
but he didn't see the slide attack until it was too late.

	"OOOOH!" Usagi moaned as Rockman exploded into little energy balls 
and the words, <GAME OVER> flashed on the screen, "I finally make it 
to one of these bosses and he blows me away in two seconds."

	Usagi then looked at her watch and shrieked, "OH NO!!!  I WAS 
SUPPOSED TO BE HOME TWO HOURS AGO!!!"

	The young girl ran out of the arcade and down the streets of Juban, 
never noticing the Thunderbolt VII as it flashed its strobe light 
down on her from high in the sky.

	Later, in Nerima....

	The two ships, with full cloaking devices activated, landed in the 
lot of the abandoned factory.  "What I can't believe," Jacz said as 
he shut down his engines, "is that there are so many of these things 
all around the city."

	"I know," Sandee replied, "It's like they were built for the sole 
purpose of being abandoned and then being used by beings like us."

	The two aliens opened the cockpits of their space crafts and then 
jumped to the ground.  They were both dressed in silver body suits 
with helmets with black full face visors that hid their features.  
When a computerized voice in their helmets intoned, "Feature cloak 
complete.  It is now safe to remove your helmets.  Enjoy your stay."

	Jacz removed his helmet first and admired his reflection in one of 
the mirrors.  He was a rather devilishly handsome young man with 
short black hair and a braided pig tail hanging down the back.  His 
eyes were a grayish blue and his face was broad and proud.

	Sandee removed her helmet and frowned slightly as she looked at her 
reflection.  It wasn't that the blue eyed young girl was ugly, far 
from it in fact.  Even the blonde buns and ponytails looked rather 
cute in an unusual sort of way.  "Too young," Sandee muttered.

	"Say what?" Jacz asked as he walked over to his mate.

	"This form is too young," Sandee said in a louder tone of voice, 
"From where I was, she looked older and I thought it would be okay 
but..."

	Jacz cut her off as wrapped his arms around her waist from the back 
and nuzzled her ear with his nose in the way he knew she liked as he 
said, "Hey.  You chose it, you're stuck with it until we leave this 
planets atmosphere.  Can't waste the fuel for that now can we?  
Besides, you look pretty darn cute like this."

	"Perhaps." Sandee replied, "but why do you always get the REALLY 
handsome ones?"

	"Maybe now you won't criticize my methods."

	Sandee sighed again as she untangled herself from Jacz embrace.  
"Come on," she said with a smile, "Let's go exploring."

TO BE CONTINUED....