Konnichi-wa!!  ^_^  Well, I'm back...my Ranma/DBZ
crossover is getting a major re-write.  It'll be
completely different, but I hope you like it!  

As for what is below, I wrote it a while ago and have
just been waiting to give it to people to read.  As
always, I'm not making any money off this so the
author of Sailor Moon (I forget her name at the
moment) has no need to worry.  Anyway, here it is!!!

SAILOR MOON:  ELEMENTARY, DEAR MAKOTO
{note:  this story takes place after the Sailor Moon R
series.}

*--*--Part 1--*--*

     He fell.
     He didn't know for how far, or for how long, or
from where,
 or to where he was falling.  All he knew was that the
air was 
rushing past him, and that meant he was falling.  All
around 
him was blackness, inky and thick.
     He forced himself to think, to focus, to
remember.  His 
mind was clear, and suddenly he recalled his talent to
him.  He 
felt it, the magic, the power flowing through him.  If
he could 
muster enough power, he could fly.  He spun his body,
so he was 
facing opposite the way he fell, and he *pushed*.  
     Nothing happened.
     Silently cursing, he turned back the way he was
falling.  
Then he saw the light.  It had been so long since he
had seen 
light...and it felt so warm...he focused again,
determined to 
end this fall, and again, he *pushed*.
     That's when something grabbed his ankle.

*--*--*--*--*

     It was a gorgeous afternoon.  A warm summer sun
hung in 
a cloudless sky.  Makoto smiled as she settled in
under a tree, 
in front of the school, with her favorite romance
novel.
     "There you are, Mako!"
     She looked up to see Minako and Ami approaching. 
Artemis 
was draped over Minako's shoulder, eyes closed and
purring 
contentedly.  
     "Has Usagi shown up yet?" she asked Mako.
     "No, not yet," the tall girl replied.  She
slipped 
the paperback back into her bag.
     "Is she in detention *again*?" Minako asked,
slightly 
perturbed.
     "Yeah," Mako replied. "You'd think that, with one
week 
left to go, she'd finally figure out she needs wake up
earlier!"
     "Hey, Mako, this is *Usagi* we're talking about,"
Minako 
said with a smile.
     "I'm worried about her," said Ami quietly.
     "Why's that?" yawned Artemis, not bothering to
open his eyes.
     "Finals are next week, and Usagi hasn't started
studying yet!"  
Ami replied.
     "I haven't started either!" Mako declared
defensively.
     "Well, I started last week," Minako put in, "just
about 
an hour every night.  What about you, Ami?  When'd you
start?"
     "About two months ago."
     Mako, Minako and Artemis groaned.
     "What? I haven't even gotten through my whole
Physics book yet!"
     "Well, what have you studied all that time
then???" Minako asked.
     "I read my calculus book..."
     "...for the tenth time..." Mako commented.
     "..and my English lit, and..."
     "Oh, forget all that!  Let's get some ice cream!"
suggested 
Minako.  "I haven't had a triple chocolate-chocolate
chip cone in 
at least a week!"
     "And on the way there, we can pick up some
makeup!" Mako added.
     All three girls liked that idea.  They frequented
the makeup 
storefront owned by the Ayakashi sisters, just to make
sure the 
four former Dark Moon servants were doing okay.  Mako
finally got up 
from under the tree and the three started on their
way. 

     Passing a side street, they were startled by a
sudden, crashing 
sound.  They were pelted with asphalt.
     "Ow!" excalimed Makoto.  "What the hell...?"
     She spun.  A new hole had been ripped in the
pavement, and 
someone was trying to haul himself out of it.  Artemis
lept down 
from Minako's shoulder, every fiber in his feline body
tensed.  
The dark man trying to get out of the hole was having
a hard time.  
He reached out towards the group.
     "Help...please..." he gasped.
     A huge, mottled hand grabbed the man's face and
tried to 
pull him back into the hole.
     "He needs our help!" Mako exclaimed.
     "Right behind you, Jupiter!" said Minako.
     "JUPITER STAR POWER, MAKE UP!"
     "VENUS STAR POWER, MAKE UP!"
     "MERCURY STAR POWER, MAKE UP!"
     The three girls transformed into their Sailor
Senshi forms.  
Jupiter ran forward, grabbing the dark man's
outstretched hand.
     "Hang on!" she cried.
     He grunted in reply, unintelligable through the
hand 
attached to his face.  He pulled on Jupiter's arm, and
finally got 
his other one free.  
     "Guys, a little help here...?" Jupiter pleaded.
     Venus gestured.
     "VENUS LOVELY CHAIN!"  The chain of hearts
wrapped itself 
around the dark man's other arm.  Venus pulled, along
with Jupiter.  
Finally, the man exploded out of the hole.  Dressed in
dark greys, 
his face was obscured by a mask covering his mouth and
nose.  
A hooded cloak flared around him as he backflipped
behind Jupiter.
     "Thanks," he said.
     The being attached to the huge hand that had
tried to yank 
the dark man back into the hole hauled itself out.  It
was shaped 
like an out-of-proportion bodybuilder, really big and
really, 
really ugly.  It roared inarticulately, and rushed the
dark man 
and Jupiter.  The man grabbed her and pulled her away,
and the 
monster embedded it's arms in the brick wall.
     "He's fast..." Mako thought as the dark man
released her.
     "SHINING LIQUID ILLUSION!"  Mercury let the water
flow from 
her, striking the monster.  Unfortunately, all it did
was make the 
monster mad.  It yanked itself out of the wall and
attacked the 
small girl.
     "Mercury!" Jupiter cried.  "SPARKLING VITAL..."
     "Wait!" said the dark man, putting a hand on her
shoulder.  
"You'll hit your friend!"  
     Mercury barely dodged being mangled by the
vicious claws 
of the monster.  Venus pointed.
     "CRESCENT BEAM!" The pin-point accuracy of her
beam struck 
the monster in the head. It spun on her and struck her
savagely. 
Artemis lauched himself at the creature, claws
exteneded.  
The monster grabbed the feline and tossed him aside. 
Artemis 
yowled, headed into the seemingly-bottomless pit.
     Jupiter's strong arms caught the cat. 
Unfortunately, she 
also caught the claws.  The dark man glared at the
monster.  
     And then he *moved*.
     Jupiter had never seen something move so fast. 
The dark 
man kicked the monster in the face.  With a roar, the
creature 
swung it's huge arms, trying to crush the smaller
being.  But 
the dark man was faster, leaping gracefully over the
monster.  
>From somewhere under his cloak, he drew a katana, the
weapon 
used by the ancient samurai.  He slashed downward, the
metal 
parting stone-like flesh, the monster screaming in
pain.
     "Now!" he called, kicking off the back of the
creature.
     "SUPREME THUNDER!"
     The bolts of lightning were on the mark.  The
mosnter howled, 
staggering but refusing to fall.  The brute spun,
grabbed the dark 
man (who was trying to land) by his ankle, and tossed
him into the 
nearest wall.  Jupiter noticed Venus and Mercury were
coming to, 
and (finally) Usagi and Rei were coming around the
corner.  They 
took one look at the scene and knew what they had to
do.
     "MARS STAR POWER, MAKE UP!"
     "MOON CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"
     Just as Sailor Moon was about to launch into her
obligatory 
speech, the creature took a swipe at Jupiter.  The
tall girl 
barely avoided being brained.
     Sailor Mercury, on the ground and out of the way,
pulled 
out her computer, flipped her glasses on and began
scanning.
     "MOON PRINCESS ILLUSION!!"  Power flowed from her
Moon 
Sceptre.  Unfortunately, the monster didn't stay where
she could 
hit it.  Instead, it lunged at the dark man, who
gracefully 
sidestepped out of the way.  Jupiter had to move
almost as fast 
to avoid being turned into moondust.  
     "Hey!" Jupiter yelled.  "Watch it!"
     "Sorry," Sailor Moon apologized.  "I..."
     "LOOK OUT!"
     She spun as the creature lunged at her.  She
screamed.
     That's when the man in the tux grabbed her.
     "Good timing, huh?" Tuxedo Kamen said with an
easy smile.  
Sailor Moon smiled in reply, resisting the urge to
cuddle up 
to his chest.  She had to think.  This thing had
shrugged off 
her most powerful attack, and yet was still standing. 

     "BURNING MANDALA!" screamed Mars, sending rings
of fire 
at it.  The thing shrugged them off, then rushed Mars,
sending 
her spinning into the nearest wall.  She fell, bruised
on the 
forehead but still awake.
     Sailor Moon felt her stomach drop into her boots.
 
     "This thing's too powerful," she said quietly. 
"How the 
hell can we beat it?"	
	
     As he came to, a memory suddenly shot through his
brain.  
This was the most powerful creature left to his fallen
enemy, 
whoever that was.
     If one memory has returned, he thought, then
others 
will follow.
     He considered, for a moment, fleeing until he was
whole 
again, and letting these pretty soldiers fare their
best.  
     Then he saw the one in green...the one that shot
lightning...
the one that had saved him.
     "Princess?" he whispered.
     She drowned him out with the cry of "SUPREME
THUNDER DRAGON!"  
Bolts shot from the rod extending from her tiara,
flowing together 
and forming a dragon of pure energy.  It chraged the
creature, 
who wrestled with it.  Slowly the dragon began to
shrink.
     "Shit!" the tall girl spat.  "It's eating my
dragon!!"
     Actually, she was right.  The creature was
drawing power 
from the dragon, making itself stronger.  That was
intolerable.  
As the lightning dragon faded away totally, the
monster lauched 
itself at the girl who siced it on him.
	
     The dark man lunged at Makoto, screaming
"PRINCESS!" 
Usagi, back on her feet, spun, but nothing was coming
at her.  
Instead, the dark man pushed Mako out of the way
before the 
lumbering brute buried his arms in the brick wall
where 
Mako's head had been.  
     He laid her down very gently, spun on the
creature, and, 
gripping the katana with both hands, brought the
weapon down 
in front of him, tip pointed upwards, his left foot
planted 
in front of his right.  He closed his eyes (the only
part of 
him anyone could see not covered in dark grey cloth)
and seemed 
to be focusing.  Mako got to her feet, holding her
head.  The 
creature lept at the dark man, jaws wide open, row on
row of 
glistening teeth ready to snap shut on the dark man's
head...
     "SPARKLING VITAL PRESSURE!"
     Jupiter's ball lightning attack threw the
creature back 
on it's rump.  As it shook off the bad landing, the
dark man 
moved his hands together, gripping the katana, the
edge held 
towards the creature.
     "Usagi!" called Jupiter.  "Keep that thing away
from him!"
     She didn't know why, but suddenly Mako knew she
had to 
protect this guy.  Whatever he was doing obviously was

time-consuming, and probably powerful.  She figured
that they 
could keep the creature at bay while he did his thing.
     "Everyone, attack!" yelled Sailor Moon.
     "SUPREME THUNDER!"
     "VENUS LOVELY CHAIN!"
     "SHINING LIQUID ILLUSION!"
     "FIRE SOUL!"
     "MOON PRINCESS ILLUSION!"
     Added to this staggering assault was a handful of
magic 
red roses thrown by Tuxedo Kamen.  The monster yowled
in pain, 
staggering backwards.  But it still would not go down.
 Jupiter 
glanced over at the dark man.
     His katana glowed with an unknown energy.  His
eyes were 
squinted shut, as if he was in pain.  He moved his
arms up, the 
blade of the ancient sword extending into the air.  A
growl began 
in the bottom of his lungs that began to grow in
volume as both 
the katana and his hands began to glow brighter.
     "AAAAAARGH!" he suddenly bellowed, swinging
downward, a wave 
of energy cutting through the air.  Metal blades the
length of his 
forefinger and etched with runes rode the glowing
wave.  There 
were a lot of them, making the wave resemble a glowing
sawblade.  
It struck the creature, which suddenly found it's arm
on the ground.  
His katana still pulsating slightly with that powerful
energy, the 
dark man let loose the most blood-chilling war cry
Jupiter had ever 
heard, and rushed forward, leapt, and swung.
     Nothing happened at first.  The dark man landed.
     Then, slowly, greenish-yellow blood began to ooze
out of the 
monster's neck.  It's severed head landed next to it's
feet.  Even 
before the decapitated creature fell to it's knees, it
exploded 
into energy, bathing the alleyway in blinding light. 
The Sailors 
sheilded their eyes from the dazzling burst, which
faded as quickly 
as it appeared.
     When they looked back, the dark man was gone.
     "Holy mother of..." Jupiter began breathlessly. 
"What the 
hell was that?"
     "I don't have a clue," Mars replied.
     "Mercury...?"  asked Venus expectantly.
     "I'm still working through the data I collected,"
the other 
girl replied.  "I may be busy for a while."
     Jupiter looked around.  Mercury was typing
furiously, Venus 
was scooping up Artemis, Mars was nursing her bruise,
and Sailor 
Moon and Tuxedo Kamen were examining each other for
wounds.  
     There was no sign of the creature they had
fought.
     Or, more importantly, of the dark man who had
saved them.

*--*--*--*--*

     "So what's the story?" Mako asked.
     "Apparently, that creature was giving off the
same energy 
signature as alot of the creatures of the Dark
Kingdom," Ami replied, 
still tapping information into her pocket computer.
     "WHAT...?"
     Ami turned to her shocked friends.
     "I know, it's surprising, but it's true."
     "But I thought we'd gotten rid of all those damn
creatures when 
Usagi wasted Queen Beryl!" Rei protested.
     "That's what I thought, too," Minako spoke up.
     "Yeah, didn't they all die when Beryl bit it?"
asked Mako.
     "Apparently, Mako, this creature followed your
dark friend from 
whereever he came from.  And yes, all the power Beryl
had amassed 
was destroyed.  However, this may have been a creature
from another 
time or dimension."
     "Or perhaps it's one of Beryl's cronies we
missed."
     "That is highly unlikely," Luna replied.  "When
Beryl's Dark 
Kingdom collapsed, every evil being present perished."
     "What if someone wasn't present?" Ami posed.
     "It'll take time to figure out who we might have
missed," 
Artemis said.  "Why don't you guys all go home, and
get some rest."
     They all agreed... the battle had left them
pretty much drained.
     As Mako was walking home, it began to rain
softly.  She pulled 
her jacket closer and reached into her bag for an
umbrella.  She 
looked up to make sure she didn't run into anyone.
     He was standing not far from her, dressed in dark
grey slacks, 
a dark blue t-shirt and a black overcoat, facing a
department store.  
He was looking in at the people walking
through...couples, mothers 
with children, men in business suits... And something
tugged at Mako's 
chest.  She moved up next to him.
     "Hey there!" she said.  "You look lost."
     He closed his eyes and tipped his head forward
slightly.
     "Are you okay?" Mako instantly asked.
     "Yeah," he replied.  "Just a little tired, I
suppose.  And, yes, 
I am lost."  He looked up at her, his blue eyes
twinkling.  
     "Well, no sense being lost *and* wet," the tall
girl said, 
pulling her umbrella free and opening it.
     "Thanks," he told her.  "Where are you headed?"
     "Home," she replied.  "It's been a long day."
     "I know the feeling.  Well, will your parents
mind if a strange 
guy walks in with you?"
     The look on her face made him back up a pace.
     "I'm sorry.  Forget I asked."
     He turned to go.
     "No, wait," she called.  "I'm the one who's
sorry.  You had no 
idea I lost my parents a while ago."
     "Well, then, I'm still sorry."
     "I live alone.  And no, I wouldn't mind you
walking in with me."
     He smiled a bit at that.
     "I'll sleep on the floor.  No big deal, okay?"
     "Sure."
     Mako found herself smiling.
     "He doesn't look a thing like my old boyfriend,"
thought 
Mako, "but he's kinda cute."

*--*--*--*--*

     "OH MY GOODNESS!"
     Usagi moved like a bolt of lightning from the
door of her 
house, running like the entire Dark Kingdom was after
her.  Luna 
struggled to keep up.
     "I told you to study then get to bed, but no!" 
the cat 
chastized.  "You had to stay up reading comic books
all night!"
     "Well, how do you expect me to relax after
yesterday?" Usagi 
asked between puffs of breath.
     A horn honked at her.
     "Hey!" a voice called.  "Dumpling-head!"
     She spun, and saw Mamoru in his car, waving at
her.
     "Are you late again?"
     She smiled and hopped in.
     "Not anymore," she told him, touching his hand
where it 
rested on the gearshift.
     "I was on my way to work and I saw you running,"
he told 
her as they began to drive.
     "You're lucky," Luna said, curling up on Usagi's
lap.
     "No, I just have a handsome prince who always
comes to 
my rescue," the young lady replied, resting her head
on Mamoru's 
shoulder.
     "Well, you're still lucky," the cat finished, but
she was 
smiling now.
     A few minutes later, Mamoru dropped Usagi off at
school 
after a quick kiss and a promise to take care of Luna
for a bit.  
Usagi sighed with satisfaction as she walked into
class.
     "Usagi!"
     "Present, Miss Haruna."
     "It's not even time for roll yet!" the teacher
said, beaming 
at her student.  "You're on time for once!"
     Usagi smiled as the bell rang.  She looked at the
door and 
saw Makoto walking in.
     "Wow," Usagi thought, "Mako looks kinda tired.  I
wonder if 
it's from lack of sleep..."
     Usagi didn't find out until lunch, when Mako sat
under a 
tree, tired but happy.
     "Hey Mako!" Usagi cried.  "How'd you sleep?"
     "Well, I was up late talking to Hikari."
     Usagi narrowed her eyes.  "Who?"
     "This guy I ran into yesterday after we all
decided to 
go home.  He's new in town and really had no place to
go.  So I 
let him stay at my place."
     "Wow.  Is he good-looking?"
     Mako closed her eyes and smiled a bit.
     "Well, yeah, kind of..."
     "Oooo!  Is that the sound of *love* I hear?"
     Mako snapped up, looking at Usagi.
     "Hey, I just helped him out, okay?!"
     "Sure, sure, I understand.  So what did you talk
about?"
     "It's odd...he doesn't remember much about his
past, or 
where he came from...he says it's all jumbled up in
his head.  I 
tried to help, but I think he might need a doctor's
help."
     "Well, tell you what, we'll go together after
school and I 
can meet this Hikari guy, then if he thinks it'll
help, we'll go 
to the hospital."
     Mako smiled.
     "You're a real friend, Usagi."
     "Hey, how can I let my favorite cook down? 
Speaking of 
which...are you gonna eat that??"

*--*--*--*--*

     Darkness.
     It surrounded the sarcophagus, caressing it like
a lover.  
The darkness itself seemed to come alive to help the
cover move.  
The great stone container sighed open, stale air
wafting out in 
great clouds of dust.  In the darkness, a figure
slowly drew 
itself out and stood.
     He made a gesture and the walls and floor became
luminescent.  
He looked around himself.
     "Well, I am no longer in the Moon Kingdom," he
thought.  
He made a gesture, and a creature came out of the very
wall.
     "My Lord Kartaron!" it breathed, and fell to one
knee.
     "Granitus," the man rumbled, "my humble retainer.
 How 
long have I slept?"
     "So long that I forgot I even existed, my lord."
     "A long time indeed.  What has happened in my
absense?  
You are part of this cavern, and the planet it's on. 
You must know."
     Granitus nodded.  He told his lord about the fall
of the 
moon and Queen Serenity's selfless act of saving all
it's people.  
Then he told his lord of the re-emergence of the
Princess and the 
defeat of Beryl...
     "WHAT?"  Kartaron grabbed the stone throat of
Granitus, 
threatening to shatter it.  The retainer struggled.
     "It is true, my lord," Granitus gasped, and was
dropped.
     "My beloved Beryl..." Kartaron whispered, turning
from his 
servant and holding his tears in check.  "Who is it
that has 
destroyed my queen?"
     "The Moon Princess, my lord."
     "Then, in Beryl's name, I shall reap my vengeance
on the 
Moon Princess and all that stand by her!"  He gestured
to the wall.
     Nothing happened.
     Again, Kartaron made the gesture of summoning,
and cursed when 
his summons was not answered.
     "Why does Titanius not appear?" he asked
Granitus.
     "My lord, Titanius was the only one of your
warriors unaccounted 
for after the fight for Jupiter.  I believe he was to
find and 
destroy the Dark Ronin."
     "And if he does not answer my summons, the Dark
Ronin has 
destroyed him."  Kartaron spun and shattered the lid
of his sarcophagus 
with his huge hand.  "So...my old foe lives, as well."
     "It would appear so, my lord."
     "I must have new minions, then.  Ones that even
the Dark Ronin 
cannot defeat.  Who is left, Granitus?"
     "Myself, Ferrus, Cobaltus, seven Stone Soldiers,
and six Stone 
Angels, my lord."
     Kartaron nodded, and gestured.  Two figures
flowed out of the 
floor as if it was a pool of liquid.  They resembled
men, but were 
made entirely of stone and had large wings.  One
carried a bow, 
the other a sword.
     "Stone Angels, find and destroy the Dark Ronin. 
If you fail, 
your own lives are forfeit."
     They nodded and were gone.  Kartaron did not
move.
     "Granitus...find me new elements and raw
materials with which 
to create the army I need."
     "As you command, my lord."
     The loyal retainer melted back into the rock, and
Kartaron was 
alone.  He willed the walls to fall dark again, and
let the 
darkness wrap around him.
     "I will never forgive this brat for what she has
done," he 
thought.  "Nor the Dark Ronin.  Revenge will be mine!"

*--*--End of Part 1--*--*


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