Time heals all wounds.
Prologue
Ranma 1/2 alternate universe/SailorMoon crossover Fanfic

Nodoka is dead. This takes place around the time Ranma is to learn the 
Neko-ken. Ranma manages to Runaway after the first time Genma threw him into 
the pit.
And many years before the SM series starts
 

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    Little Ranma all of 6 years old ran for all he was worth tears streaming 
down his cheeks. As the pain from the nekoken training and the betrayal he 
felt from what his father did to him wreaked havoc on his fragile mind. He 
didn't know where he was going he just knew he needed to get away from his 
father.

    So distraught he had not noticed where he was running to, that he ran 
right into a woman who had been walking down the path. The collision caused 
the two to fall in a heap. Little Ranma looked up with frightened eyes at the 
woman he ran into. She was quite beautiful she had long green hair and 
scarlet eyes. She looked down at the frightened little boy and was shocked by 
what she saw his clothes were tattered and he was covered in poorly healing 
cuts and scratches some of which were still bleeding. 
"Are you all right? What happened who did this to you?"
Ranma looked up into her concerned eyes and broke down into sobs.

Setsuna Meio aka Sailor Pluto had decided to take some time to herself she 
had quite a few years yet before the Senshi were to make their first 
appearance so she had decided to take a few days to herself. Not many knew 
this about the Senshi of Pluto but she enjoyed nothing more than to wander a 
forest and just get a feel for the beauty of nature around her. Today was no 
different only as she walked  she was met but a  young boy that ran right 
into her. Looking down at the little boy she couldn't believe what she was 
seeing. 
("By all that is sacred, What happened to this poor child") She thought in 
alarm.
When she asked the boy he broke down crying. She did the only thing she could 
she held the poor boy close and tried to comfort him as best she could.
"There its all right now..Shhhhh. Its okay your safe with me."
The boy slowly but surely calmed and fell asleep in her arms feeling safe for 
the first time in months. But For Ranma it was only a short respite as that 
was when the night mares began.
Setsuna looked down at the little boy in hers as he began to struggle she was 
about to wake him when he cried out. His words chilled her to the core.
"No.. Poppa it hurts. I don't wanna learn it no more. Help me poppa. Their 
hurting me. Gettem off AHHH! HELP POPPA! NO NO HELP ME!"
Setsuna using knowledge she had acquired over the millennia hit a pressure 
point helping the boy fall into a dreamless sleep.
"Dear Kamisama what was that."
Setsuna got to her feet and took the boy with her she opened a portal and 
left for the time gate. Once there she cast a healing spell over the sleeping 
boy. Then had the gate show her the boys past from the beginning. Ranma had 
been suffering under the yoke of his father for the last three years ever 
since his mother had passed away. Genma the boys father acted harshly and put 
the boy through training his young body could barely handle. Finally she came 
to what had caused the boy to run into her and his current injuries.
"That's inhuman! How could ant father do that to their son." Setsuna was to 
say the least angry to say the least it took every ounce of will power she 
had not to kill Genma Saotome outright. 
She looked at the sleeping boy and brushed a stray hair from his face. 
"Momma" Murmured little Ranma in his sleep.
Setsuna heart melted at that, and came to the decision that she would do what 
ever it took to keep the boy away from his father. 
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It didn't take much doing Genma had a great many outstanding warrants on him 
for petty theft. As well as other people looking for him. She had the courts 
add child abuse and attempted murder, endangering the welfare of a minor. She 
made sure he was caught too. Genma had the quickest trial in Japanese 
history, all it took was one look at the frighten visage of Ranma and his 
sobbing testimony about his life with his father to put him away in a maximum 
security lock up for the rest of his days.
Setsuna had made sure that Genma would never be able to escape she erased all 
his Martial knowledge using a technique she learned over a hundred years ago.

In the time this took place Ranma had stayed with her and grew attached to 
his savior. Through this whole ordeal she comforted him and protected him and 
cared for him. He couldn't remember his real mother but his young mind 
believe she had been something like Setsuna. When the time came at the end of 
the trial it had to be decided where Ranma was to live. The judge had sad 
something about an orphanage. Ranma screamed.
"No!"
He ran over to Setsuna and hugged onto her leg.
Setsuna kneeled down before of him.
"They just want what is best for you Ranmachan. They'll find you a new 
family. You'll have a new mommy and Daddy who love you. Don't you want that?"
"B..but I wanna stay with you."
"I know you do and I wish you could but we have to obey the law"
"But I want you to be my new Mommy?"
The judge sat at the bench and watched the exchange between the two.
"Ms. Meio, this court is many things but heartless is not one of them. The 
lad cares a great deal for you. It is the order of this court that you be 
granted custody of young Ranma for the next year, at the end of which someone 
from social service shall make an inquiry. If in that time you and the boy 
have a stable home full custody shall be granted. 
Setsuna was shocked had she heard right. She looked at the judge who smiled 
and nodded. Ranma looked up at the judge.
"I get to stay?"
The judge smiled at the little boy.
"You get to stay."
Ranma gave a delighted cry and hugged Setsuna for all she was worth. 

To be continued

Well that was the prologue.
If you have made it to this point that means you actually read the whole 
thing which makes me very happy. I came up with this idea when I had started 
thinking about what pluto was doing in the time before the enemies started 
coming and the senshi were called to fight.
Then this thought came to me and out popped this story.
Well tell me what you think did you like it did you hate it. Would you like 
me to conitue it. I have a number of ideas where I can go with this but I 
would to know what you the reader think.
Ja ne
Jared
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