Wild Silver - Volume One - Chapter Two
                                  by 
                   Francis Bourque <fbourque@abacom.com>

                   Homepage: http://fbourque.anifics.com


Standards' disclaimers applied.
This is a Ranma 1/2 and Sailor Moon XOVER with possible
cameo from other series.

Ranma 1/2 is a property of Takahashi Rumiko and
Sailor Moon is a property of Naoko Takeuchi.
I don't own any of their characters or series.

I would appreciate all commentaries about my fanfic.

      Begun: 8 August 2000       
Last Update: 20 April 2001

Version 1.1 (WP8)

I wanted to thank my two pre-readers:

 James Merritt <j.merritt1@home.com> and

 John Surber <john.surber@uleth.ca>.  

And also, thank to James Merritt who had edited Volume One, 
Prologue to chapter Two, correcting what WP8 hadn't caught.

Their supports were greatly appreciated because I tend to have better
ideas when I can discuss them with others.


Chapter Two: "In the wilderness of space."

[Throne room, Moon's Palace]

A month later.

"Anything new regarding Princess Serenity?" Queen Serenity asked 
Artemis, her temporary advisor.

Artemis had been called back from Venus because Luna was busy taking 
care of Princess Serenity full time for the last month.  

The black cat was a pain too, what with her being in human form 
most of the time now.

The white cat with a yellow crescent moon on his forehead 
replied to his Queen, who was on her throne:

"Nothing new, except 'Ranko', somehow, was able to attain lunar orbits.
 How she did that, I have no idea."

"That would probably be the gravity's belt we gave her when she asked 
 last week." Queen Serenity said out loud, beginning to take Ranko 
for what her name really meant after a month of dealing daily with 
her training attempts.

'Who would have thought she meant to use a gravity's belt to do
 aerial kata?' the Queen shocks her head at the thought.

"WHAT!  Sorry!  Didn't mean to yell.  It's just that it isn't proper 
 to give that kind of thing to a child of seven." Artemis complained,
trying not to give the impression than he disapproved of his Queen's
gift to her daughter. 

"That is of no concern.  She has already the maturity of someone twice
 her age.  The only problem is than she has a fixation on martial art
 and absolutely refuse to wear a Senshi's uniform."

"Why would she has to anyway?  Not like she could become a Senshi."
said Artemis while he blinked a couple of times in confusion.

"She had informed me she will become the Moon Senshi eventually.  
 We scanned her with the Silver Crystal and found out than her 
 starseed has the potential for her to become one of the most 
 powerful Senshi."

"I found it suspicious for her to know all this.  
 Did she give any explanation?" asked Artemis with his usual 
lack of manners when in a strategic situation.

"Ranko only said she was feeling like Sailor Pluto at time like those."
the Queen paused and added: "Sailor Pluto herself warned us about 
 Princess Serenity's uniqueness."

"I will have to ask Ranko about this then." Artemis conceded the point.

No way he would try to second-guesses the Time's Senshi after all.

"And in magic, any improvement?" asked the Queen.

"Luna progress with Ranko seemed good so far.  She had tutored Ranko 
 in magic, especially in healing spells.  Ranko progress in them went 
 very well so far.  In other area, it isn't so good.  In advanced 
 magic's theories Luna didn't seem to hold her attention without 
 Ranko going to sleep.  In protocol, it's even worse but Ranko had keep
 her previous knowledge in it at least.  And Ranko is still afraid
 of me when I say her this morning." Artemis completed his report
about the Moon Princess.

When he saw the Queen only waiting for more, he resumes with Rei.

"Now Rei is another matter.  She tried to play with 'Ranko' at the 
 beginning but gave up and had begun to train along sides her friend.
 Now I evaluated Rei to be as skill as a Guard, if not in strength.
 She even had been able to access her Senshi power with Ranko's help."

"Which power?" the Queen asked, curious to heard that one.

"Fire Soul's attack.  A weak one but it's powerful enough to be
 dangerous." said Artemis, 'for a cat' he didn't add.

Princess Rei didn't like to be spy upon.

Artemis, having completed his report, was waiting patiently.

Or tried to, anyway.             

"Very well done.  Keep us inform more often than once a week 
 next time." said the Queen and dismissed the white cat.

Artemis bows to her and exited while muttering something about 
healing spells working on fur.


[Training Hall, five kilometers away from the Moon Palace, 
 sometime before]

"Rei, could you come here, pleases?" Princess Serenity asked
her best friend.

They both wear Gi, a red one for Rei and a white one for Ranko.

Ranko was presently examining a belt when Rei approached her 
from behind.

"What is it?" Rei asked Ranko after she got around her friend.

"My gravities belt.  It's not enough anymore.  I'm already at 2.61G 
 from Jupiter and I'm not ready yet for the 27G of the sun.  Any idea
 how I could augment gradually in place of using a celestial body's
 gravity?" Ranko asked Rei, looking at her expectantly.

Rei was more aware of the technology then Ranko, being trained to be a
priestess since she was five.

"Can I see it please?" 
                    
"Sure, take a look." Ranko pass the belt to Rei and was waiting 
for her to finish.

The belt was silver, not larger than 2 inches with a circular buckle 
and some yellow crescents moon on it.  

"Let see, Ranko, you set this belt with moon gravity as a default.
 If you want to augment the gravity, you just set Earth gravity as 
 the real gravity and set the gravity setting for the Sun.  That should
 give you:" Rei was calculating it from memory:
"let see, 27.9G multiplied by 1G multiplied by .16G for the moon 
 should give you  . . .  4.46G as a result.  A little better than 
 2.61G from Jupiter.  Eu?" Rei had just stopped to see Ranko looking
as if she was in great pain.

"Are you ok?" Rei asked her Princess with concern.

"Yeah, just a headache.  Could you just set it up to 4G and 
 be done with it, please?" Ranko asked her. 

"she's worse then Mercury, and she's just seven" Ranko muttered.

"It's already set." replied Rei and pass Ranko the belt, 
not noticing Ranko muttering.

As Ranko had activated the belt, she had nearly been flattened 
in the dust.

"AHHHH!  That will take a while to become accustom to.  
 One question though, how did you set another default then the moon?"

"Maybe your mother removes the spell that detects the 
 current gravity?" Rei suggested.

"I think I asked something like that when I told her about it,  
 I just forgot to ask her about all the neat features." explained 
Ranko while she tried very hard to remain on her feet because 
gravity was heavier than usual.


[Later.  Moon Palace]

After changing, the two friends were getting on their way to the 
Throne's room.

"Rei, where did you learned all that stuff about Gravity's Belt?" 
Ranko, now in her white Princess gown, asked Rei who was in a Red one.

Ranko didn't like much to dress like that but she had learned early 
to follow some traditions or land in a lot of troubles, some times 
literally.

"I had been using one occasionally when I went to planets with heavy 
 gravity in good part because Mars is only at .38G.  I can't hope to 
 go out and suffer 1.0G or more and shopping, the packages would have 
 been too heavy." explained Rei seriously.

"Shopping?  Yuk!  More girls stuff!" replied Ranko in a tone of 
horror in her voice.

"You loved shopping.  Last year on Venus you didn't seem bothered 
 by it." said Rei in surprise.

"Just say it take times away from my training." Ranko replied 
uncomfortable all of a sudden.  

No way she would explain Ranma Saotome to her friend.

While they continue their trek through the Palace to the Throne room,
they became lost in their thought.


"CCCCCAATTTT!" 

"Hello Artemis.  Please, don't scared Ranko like that." Rei admonished
the white cat that was busy getting away.

Ranko had again taken roots on the ceiling to Rei amusement.

"He's gone now.  You can get down." Rei said to her friend.

"Yo, you suureee?" Ranko asked.

"Yes, certain."

"Ok" and Ranko dropped to the floor.  

<CRACK!>

Or should have been the floor but at 4.46G she went through it instead.

"OUCH!  Why ME!" Ranko half yelled in pain from the sub-basement.

"Do you want me to call for your mother?  A healing spell maybe?" 
Rei offered to her friend, barely restraining herself for laughing 
out loud.

It wasn't the first times something ridiculous happened to Ranko 
after all.

"a healing spell would do right now" said Ranko while she was in 
pain because of her left leg and arm she'd broken in the crash.


[Moon Palace, Throne room]

"You wanted to see me, My Queen." said Luna in front 
of the throne of Queen Serenity.

"Yes, it had come to our attention than the Senshi of Mars has 
 awakened sooner than expected.  We want you to instruct both 
 our daughter and Rei in their powers but don't activate them 
 without consulting with us first" Queen Serenity told Luna and 
dismiss the black cat.

"Teach my daughter some more healing spells, she will need them." 
the Queen announced as an after thought to the departing cat.


[Moon Palace]

In the tutoring room, where magic was mostly the only subject, 
we can find Princess Serenity aka Ranko and Princess Rei sitting 
gracefully for Rei and sleeping for Ranko.  Luna was also present
in human form.

"Queen Serenity just asked me to teach you advanced magic" 
Luna stopped suddenly when she had became aware than 
Ranko had fallen asleep as usual.

'That girl sleeps more while tutoring than in her own bedroom' thought
Luna while searching the better way to keep Ranko awake more then five
minutes at a times. 
 
"Ah, I got it . . .    Breakfast!" Luna finished loudly.

"Yatta!" exclaimed Ranko loudly, stand up and ran to the door.

"NOT SO FAST!" yelled Luna.

"What?  I'm hungry." protested Ranko, not slowing longer than 
she had too, and disappeared through the door.

"Rei, I think you should go.  No sense in giving this introduction 
 in magic, twice." said Luna, resignedly.


*************

   Later . . . 

In the tutoring room once again, we can find Ranko and Rei relaxing
on their seats, trying to follow what Luna was tutoring them about.

Luna was in front of a board with images of Henshin, the moon and 
other relate Senshi items.

"So you see, Magic is all a matter of belief.  If you believed 
 you can do something hard enough and have the right kind of 
 power to do it, you could do almost anything.  Now, with the 
 silver magic of Princess Serenity, we have healing, cleansing 
 and reality alteration as basic powers plus a lot of alternates
 form of attacks.  In Rei case, we have mostly fire attacks and
 with her priestess training, the use of wards again spirits and 
 evils." Luna had begun her tutoring as soon as her two students 
had arrived and surprisingly Ranko hadn't fall asleep.  Yet.

"Yes Ranko?" asked Luna, surprise to see Ranko put her arm up like that.

"Can we transform without the 'fuku'?" 

"Could you, please, stop using others languages?" Luna asked Ranko
not for the first times because Luna had no idea what 'fuku' meant 
since it was said in Japanese and they didn't have the equivalent 
in any languages in used in the Solar System.

"The Senshi uniform if you prefer?" Ranko clarified.

"There is a possibility but not everyone can do it.  I never 
 personally say such a feat but I have heard of a case three 
 thousand years ago.  I can't really instruct you right now 
 without the broach in your possession.  I will help you when 
 the time comes, ok?" asked Luna to Ranko.

"Ok, could I have a Henshin like the other Senshi?" Ranko insisted.

"No, you can't.  The reason why you have a broach is because the 
 Silver Crystal can only be connected to such a device to work
 properly." Luna explained to Ranko.  

Luna was beginning to found hard not to yell, she already 
instructed Ranko on most of those matters before.

"Why?" 

"AHHHhhhh!" yelled Luna in frustration, thought after thinking of it,
she remembered she never got past that point in her explanations.

"Ok.  You know each Henshin contains a fourth dimensional crystal 
 to store magic patterns from attacks, special powers and basic 
 transformations.  In addition to that, we also have the link 
 to your respective planet.  Now, to access the Silver Crystal,
 we need a crystal with fourth dimensions to connect to the fifth 
 dimension the Silver Crystal possesses."

"Wow!" exclaimed Rei, who had never heard of a fifth dimension and 
only a basic notion on the fourth.

"That some kind of 'computer'?" asked Ranko, who possess only basic
knowledge at best about such things.

"'Computer'?" asked Luna.

"I meant if the crystals serve as a memory of sort." Ranko corrects 
when she had notice, she had said 'computer' in Japanese.

"We can call them memory crystal even if they are much more 
 than that." Luna conceded to Ranko.

"Why we need them if they are just memories?" Rei asked curiously.

"Ok, imagine you are a very powerful Mage or sorceress and you want 
to become a Senshi.  Now, we need a permanent force field's spell, 
 a disguise spell even if they aren't very useful in our case and
 enhancement of strength and speed.  All those spells can easily 
 take half an hour to cast because of their complexity.  Another 
 problem is those previous spells would have depleted our reserve 
 of magic and exhaust us greatly.  Now, we have to teleport or 
 run or any other's thing we need to do, and fight to the death 
 in most case?  Only Queen Serenity has that kind of power to 
 pull it off.  No one of the actual Senshis could at this time."

"What a Henshins gives us exactly?" asked Ranko now than she found 
something interesting to learn.

"A force field, disguised field, strength and speed enhancement, 
 better sense of hearing, better vision, a cleanup, make-up where 
 appropriate, jewelry, the Senshi uniform with matching colors to 
 your planets and the light show we have at the beginning which 
 serve to hide your identity and blind or stunned the enemy." 

"A little too much work without the Henshins, I will keep it then."
Rei commented.

"And what about of the 'Fire Soul' Rei performs the other day?" 
asked Ranko.

"That wasn't a Senshi power but a basic fire spell.  The fact than she
 was able to shape it was only because you described it to her first."
explained Luna to her two students and she added:
"And also those memory crystals learned to use the power more 
 efficiently the more you used them in relation with you.  
 Not two people could use the same memory crystal because 
 they are synchronizing with you after some time and complete 
 you in those areas where you lack either focus, power or control 
 which is why if you feel sick, you will have a harder time to 
 use your power, though if you are always sick, the memory crystal 
 would adapt to eliminate that sickness if it can through a 
 general healing spells for example."

"Wow, its sure make things simple to have a Henshin.  Hey Ranko, 
 you heard me?" said Rei and asked her friend when she saw her asleep.

"What?" exclaimed Ranko looking around after awakening from her slumber.
                         
"Ranko, at which part were you before failing asleep?" Luna asked her.

"Euh.  Something about 'synchronizes' I think." replied Ranko, 
sorry to found out such an interesting subject was still enough 
to put her to sleep.

"I see.  I will continue from when you had fallen asleep then." 
announced Luna to a groaning Rei.

Ranko was just trying the 'I'm just a cute Panda' kind of face.

Though she didn't pull it off too well. 

She's better at the Kawaii attack.





********

  A couple of months later . . . 

[Earth, Royal Training Ground]

"Kunzite, how could you!" protested Jadeite, because he just learned 
he had been assigned to guard Endymion, a job he always considers as 
babysitting.

They both wear their gray uniform, which made them look like they were 
in the military. 

"That not too bad.  Your only job will be to save the life of anyone 
 who would be stupid enough to upset Endymion because he could kill 
 someone without trying." replied Kunzite to his friend from childhood.  

"Talk about killing!  The last one we had to unglue him from the 
 ground.   Endymion was sorry when that happened but he needs to 
 learn restrain and fast." lamented Jadeite.

"Don't exaggerate, they were only two thieves.  You could just
 consider it as early justice." Kunzite tried to console his friend 
without much success.

"And that dawn mallet is unstoppable!" added Jadeite without really 
listening to his friend.

"You should be able to stop it by telekinesis." suggested Kunzite.

"That just it!  Telekinesis doesn't work on that mallet and I tried
 more then once, and it wasn't magic or psi base either or even solid
 to begin with." Jadeite said in frustration.

"Have you tried to stop his arms from moving?" inquired Kunzite,
always the one to do most of the thinking it seemed.

"Oh.  Didn't think of that except if I tried it, I risk to broke his
 arms.  Endymion is way too strong to be stopped with minimal force."

"Since that horse's accident he hadn't been the same." 
Kunzite conceded the point.

"I almost prefer him when he was just throwing roses.  Anyway, I have
 to go babysitting.  Later." announced Jadeite and went to find the
Earth's Prince of eleven years old.



[Moon Palace during a Royal Ball]

"Princess, a pleasure to meet you." one more prince tried to take the
hand of the Moon Princess.

<CRASH!>

... to kiss it.

Instead he kisses the wall.

Hey! It's his loss.

"Princess!" Luna warned loudly her charge.

"Hey, not my fault, he was about to attack me.  Just like Kuno, he had
 the same bearing, as if all he touch belong to him.  I just save the
 guy the trouble of a beating." Ranko explained, Kawaii attack active
at maximum.

"He just wanted to kiss your hand." Luna explained just in case 
an explanation was needed.

"Kissing!  Sound like an attack to me." Ranko replied with disgust 
in her voice.  

'at least she didn't ask him if he was a cross-dresser' Luna thought 
in defeat.

Ranko may be seventh near eight, but she still didn't like boys,  
'Yuck!' didn't even begin to cover it.   

And anyway, any boy who tried to kiss her would make a good dummy 
in her book.

While the guests were dancing, talking, running for their lives 
when they had tried to kiss Ranko or plainly being busy outside 
to  . . .  admired the Earthlight above the horizon?  

Do we need to say busy with what?

Ok, Ok!  They were kissing like there was no tomorrow.

**************

A little later . . . 

Ranko was busy at other thing like beating her first Youma, 
nothing unusual.

She was having a blast though the Youma was a weakling.

"Princess!  What did you do to the Prince of Venus?!" Luna protested 
the treatment Ranko just inflicted to said Prince.

"That thing was a Youma, I just finished beating the craps out of it."
Ranko announced proudly.

"That's a Prince, not a Youma." Luna tried to explain to Ranko who
was just coming down from her high for battling such a monster.

"Princes are 'yucky!', Youma looks just plain, evil.  You can't say 
 this thing isn't evil.  Look at those big red eyes, the three of 
 them, his big mouth full of teeth, his big black claws, the two set
 and all in black fur if I'm not mistaken.  After all that try to say
 it's a Prince." Ranko explained each feature of the Youma she had
just beat up.

"That's just it, the Prince of Venus came to the ball thinking he had
 to bring a costume and he chose one of a monster." Luna had used up
all her patience to explained this.

"Oh.  I will just have to knock him in the wall then." 

"I just expla . . . "

"No, I meant if he's a Prince, I have to give the same treatment 
 than the other.  No favoritism." Ranko interrupted Luna.

Even if Ranko was trying to save face for such a mistake, she sure as
hell didn't want to dance with the hair head.

He's Mina Brother after all . . . 


[Moon Kingdom, the next day]

"Daughter, how did you like your first ball?" Queen Serenity 
her daughter.

They were both in Ranko's mother private bedroom.

"That was good training.  You have no idea how many dummies 
 I saw there." Ranko jokes lightly.

"About that, I had received six complaints about you.  You seemed to
 have knocks out most of the Princes in attendance yesterday and badly
 beat up the Prince of Venus.  Now we know you thought he was a Youma
 except, please, don't do it again.  I don't think there will be any
 Princes left willing to marry you if you continue like that." 
the Queen lecture gently her hyperactive daughter.

"Good, I just need to scare the Earth's Prince and I'm done with that."
Ranko replied, her mind more on her plan to ensure than no marriage 
would be arranged for her than to what her mother just says.


****


[Moon Palace]

"You have something to report?" asked Queen Serenity from her throne
to Luna, who had just entered by the doors.

"Yes your Majesty.  'Ranko' had requested to go to Earth and I'm not
 in favor of such a voyage right now except she insisted than I asked
 you." said Luna, waiting for a replied in the negative.

"What a good idea!" exclaimed the Queen.  

Luna nearly dropped from shock and only her belief in proper protocol
permit her to wait for her Queen to elaborate.

"You don't seem pleased.  We intend to go with her and you will
 follow to continue her tutoring.  Artemis will remain here for
 the four days our voyage will take."

'Artemis as regent?!' Luna thought in alarm. 

A good thing black fur could hide her thought so well.

"I will go give 'Ranko' the good new then." Luna replied reluctantly.

She didn't approve of Princess Serenity change of names
but when the Queen herself had accepted it . . .

'Protocol seemed to go out of the window lately anyway' thought Luna
while she went to announce the 'good new' to her charge.

******************

  A day later . . . 

We see the voyage of the Starship 'Star Emerald', in routes to Earth
with aboard the Moon's Royal Family, a black hair girl who's really
a cat, a crew and a very big cargo hold, empty and ready to receive
the shopping of Queen Serenity.  Will they have enough space?  The
Gods only know because Luna sure doesn't.

Oh, and don't forget the twelve's Moon Knight.

We always forget about them anyway.

"When we eat?" Ranko asked Luna, who was in her human form.

"We just depart from the moon an hour ago, can't you wait?" 
Luna asked and nearly flatten her forehead on the table when 
she thought how stupid that sound when 'Ranko' was concern.

<GRRRMMMMMmmmmm>

Ranko stomach wasn't to be ignored or restrain either.

"I packed a snack in my subspace pocket just in case." said Luna
and began to extract said snacks from said place to deposit all
of it on the table between them.

"Let see . . .   a dozen sandwiches, a cake and lemonade for ten.
 That should be enough for you to survive until we reach Earth
 in fifty minutes." Luna announced to Ranko who was ignoring her
completely while she was eating all the sandwiches in record time.
The cake soon follows and the lemonade found the cake a couple of
seconds later.

'What a lack of manners.  You had thought she was afraid than 
 someone would try to steal her food' thought Luna, not knowing 
she was right on it for once.


[Earth's Palace, outside in front of it]

"We go shopping today!" half said, half-ordered Prince Endymion to
the four Earth's General before him.
               
"Shopping!  Great!" exclaimed Jadeite with false great enthusiasm.

"Good idea, I needed some cooking ingredients anyway." added Neflite.

"yeah, fun" muttered Zoicite.

"Where to, my Prince?" asked Kunzite.  

He was the only one who was still calling Endymion a Prince since 
the horse's accident.

Even if Endymion felt uncomfortable when called that ever since.


"The one near here should do.  Lets go!" announced Endymion and
without waiting does just that.


[Earth's shopping districts]

After a walk of fifteen minutes, the five men reach their
destination, some more happy than others.

"Ok boys!  I will go with Neflite.  I need to buy cooking ingredients
 too for tomorrow!" when Endymion said that, all the other men got a
look of total horror except the Prince who didn't see it, forgetful
of such things.

"To make it's up to you, I will cook diner tonight." he added, 
took Neflite by his arm and nearly left Neflite behind without
said arm.

"YEeehhhhh!" was the only sound heard from Neflite 
while they disappeared in the populace.

"You heard him." said Kunzite to his two remaining friends.

"Yes, we have to find a hole and never come out." Jadeite complained
again.

"No.  We buy more medicines against poisoning and other hazard of our
 Prince's cooking." corrected Kunzite, always the practical one.

"That too, but did they have such powerful anti-poison?" asked Jadeite.

"No, but I intend to take some before and after we eat and some more
 before bed." replied Kunzite.

"Zoicite, could you buy what we will need?  Three dozes each and an
 extra set for Endymion in case he tries to eat some?" ordered Kunzite
after turning to look at Zoicite expectantly.

"Sure, I'm on it!" replied Zoicite and disappeared in the crow a 
second later.

"What we do now?" asked Jadeite.

"You continue to complain, you are so good at it, 
 and me I will go have something to drink." Kunzite replied 
and went to do just that before Jadeite could complain.

"HEYY!  COME BACK HERE!" yelled Jadeite, attracting the attention
of most of the crow.  

He stopped and wished he could do the trick of pulling out a sigh
with on it 'I'm just a cute Panda' like in one of Endymion's weird 
stories.



[Starport]

Aboard the Starship 'Star Emerald'.

The Starship from outside was green like an Emerald, glowing softly
in the daylight.   Except for that, it was looking like a typical
Starship of transit for in-System travel.

>From inside the ship, near the exit.

"Daughter, we will go to our suite at the Inn first and later
 we will go shopping.  Anything you want to buy, asked Luna 
 for the money and get six of the Guards with you."

"Joy!  Mom, can I beat them up too?" Ranko inquired, the Kawaii
look at full power.  

That didn't work on her mother but always surprise Queen Serenity
by it intensity.

"Maybe later," her mother finally replied playfully.

As playfully as a Queen could get anyway.

[End of chapter Two]
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