Ranma 1/2 is the creation of Rumiko Takahashi, 3x3 eyes (Sazan Eyes) is the creation of Yuzo Takada, Sailor Moon is the creation of Naoko Takeuchi. There are also a few other characters from other anime. All are used without permission. This fan-fiction isn't intended for commercial use but is rather a tribute to Ranma 1/2, 3x3 Eyes, and Sailor Moon.

Chap 31 When Kingdoms End

Usagi fell to her knees as both her mind and that of Princess Serenity game to grips with what they had done to themselves.. "Kaiyanwang Paradox, Princess Serenity, Tsukino Usagi, Neo-Queen Serenity, Queen Eclipse. Past, Present, Future," she gasped. Her eyes snapped opened and she looked at Queen Serenity, "and all because you wanted to be a bigoted idiot," she growled as she slowly stood.

Pegasus frowned as he noticed the column slowed down and then stopped. "We're back on the Moon," he said opening the door. Stepping out they were greeted by the Castle of Dark Illusions hanging in the sky the Earth behind it in the distance. Around it were dark clouds with lightning flashing between them.

"You don't have two months, Pegasus," said Usagi. "The time table has been moved up. One way or another this is the Moon Kingdom's last day."

"What? But why? We can stop the battle," asked Merik.

"No, you can't and the reason is the planet that exists in this universe's solar system but not our own. The true innermost planet: Vulcan."

"What is Vulcan? Why doesn't it have a sensei?" asked Tea.

"It's a prison planet. It is where Sensei put those who are a detriment to the welfare of the Moon Kingdom. Some of them are there simply because of what they are not what they have done," said Usagi glaring.

Queen Serenity and her sensei all took a nervous step back under the gaze of the other people in the courtyard. "So that is the secret of the Moon Kingdom's supposed utopia," glared Pegasus his Eye flashing. Suddenly a beam of light shot from his eye and a winged horse stood between Pegasus and Queen Serenity.

"Thanks to Ranma your dreams became pure and noble enough for me to hide in them, Maximillian Pegasus," said the horse. "I have come out because the actions of Queen Serenity and her sailor Sensei may have crushed pure and noble dreams here."

"May have?" asked Usagi sarcastically as she folded her arms. "How can anyone have pure and noble dreams when they live in constant fear of disappearing?"

"Mother, what is she talking about?" asked Princess Serenity. "We are supposed to rule through justice, kindness, and love not through fear and intimidation."

Queen Serenity gave a small sad smile. "You are still young. The sensei and I do what is needed to make the Moon Kingdom the utopia that it is."

"Utopia?!" screeched Princess Serenity. "That is not what I am getting here, mother."

"Utopia?" laughed Kaiyanwang Metalla. "The Moon Kingdom was never intended to be a utopia, my dear descendent." Kaiyanwang Metalla narrowed her eyes. "It was intended as a weapon against three Sanjiyan Unkara who went mad and thought they were no less than the Supreme Creator. Every person in this kingdom was supposed to realize their full fighting potential and instead we have a population that might have well have targets painted on their shirts. You were supposed to follow in our path and establish treaties with the various demon species NOT GO AROUND BLASTING THEM OR LOCKING THEM UP!"

"How could you?" "That goes against everything we are supposed to believe in!" shouted several of the daughters to their Sensei mothers.

"Didn't you hear? They're demons!" shouted Queen Serenity. "You can't attach human traits to them. They are creatures incapable of even understanding love and they know nothing about justice."

"Mother, the only ones who don't understand love and justice is you and your sailor sensei," said Usagi as she pulled out a card.

Pegasus paled. "That card is blank! Usagi, Prince Serenity, I don't know which of you is doing this but stop. That is not the way to deal with this. Believe me I know."

"This is lot more than bringing back your wife, Pegasus. This is about stopping a Shadow Game before it kills 300 billion people. It won't change our past but it will prevent everything we went through from happening in the future we will create. SOUL CAPTURE!"

A beam shot out of the card and hit Queen Serenity who then collapsed. "What have you done?!" yelled Princess Serenity as she tried to shake her mother awake.

"I yanked her soul out her body," said Usagi coldly gesturing to the image of Queen Serenity now on the card. "It's one of the powers both the Ginzuishou and Jakokusuishou have," she said as she put the card away and turned to face the Castle of Dark Illusions. "Queen Beryl, this is Queen Eclipse the reincarnation of Princess Serenity from 12,000 years from now. I believe you are here for a Shadow Game."

Queen Beryl descended from the castle the Millennium Queen and her group standing beside her. "What are the terms?"

"If I win we do this my way. If you win I restore Queen Serenity's soul and you get to do it your way. Shadow Game vs Shadow Match."

"Agreed."

Usagi held out her deck. "If you want in this you know what you have to do." After looking as each other Usagi's friends disappeared leaving only cards where they stood. Usagi nodded and after picking up the cards shuffled them into her deck.

"You may go first," said Beryl.

Usagi gestured and five cards floated up in front of her. She then touched two of them. "Harpies lady in attack mode with ax of darkness," Usagi said as the cards disappeared and a winged creature wielding an insanely huge ax appeared.

"Celtic Guardian in attack mode and a little something else. Your turn."

"Harpies Lady attack Celtic Guardian."

Beryl shook her head. "Are you a novice in this? Activate Kunai with Chain."

"A trap card but this is where the differences start to play havoc," grinned Usagi as the Harpies lady caught the Kunai with Chain with its ax of darkness doing an aerial summersault that ended with its feet slamming into the Celtic Guardian's face knocking it down. As the Celtic Guardian stood up the Harpie Lady swung the handle of the ax right between the legs.

Beryl blinked at the Celtic Guardian being turned into a punching a bag and then looked at Usagi. "I think we have a misunderstanding here. You seem to think we favor the old Shadow Games. We don't."

"We being you and Metallia," said Usagi calmly. "I know about Vulcan and I do not approve," said Usagi narrowing her eyes.

"Neither do we," said Beryl narrowing her eyes. "That was not part of the original plan. Neither was using the Moon Kingdom's Shadow Realm to reduce people's drives and ambitions."

It seemed the temperature of the moon dropped a full 20 degrees as each daughter scowled at her Sailor Senshi parent. Sailor Saturn started walking toward Usagi and Queen Beryl her expression unreadable. Beryl took a slight step back but Usagi simply looked at Saturn. "You're not afraid of me," Saturn stated.

"No, I am not."

"Even though I can destroy worlds," replied Saturn.

"Queen Serenity destroyed the life on eight worlds with one act of stupidly born out of ignorance and fear. I want to understand you better, Saturn; but I can't do that if I am in fear of you."

Saturn started trembling. "You want to know me?" she asked her voice cracking. "What is there to know? I am a living weapon, nothing more."

"Bullcrap!" snapped Usagi. "No matter how long you were a Wu you still have emotions. I don't know what kind of relationship you and the original Pluto had but you need to realize she is gone and you can't keep pushing everyone way."

"It is they who push me away," replied Saturn angrily. "Not even my master's own mother will accept me as a person." Saturn looked down.

"Saturn, I want to know you as a person but you keep so much of yourself bottled up," said Princess Serenity walking toward the three.

As Celtic Guardian went down the Harpie Lady looked at Beryl. "If neither you support the Shadow Games then how can this contest continue?"

"It can't," said Usagi looking at Beryl as two figures flew to land between them.

The Millennium Queen backhanded Kaiyanwang Paradox sending her flying right next to Usagi. Smiling in a nasty way Usagi picked up the manifestation of her possible future. "Don't you see? You can't win because you aren't real!" she snarled in the being's face.

Kaiyanwang Paradox cocked her head and gasped. "No, this is not how it was supposed to work!"

"If Wiseman is a response to Neo-Queen Serenity then Queen Eclipse is a response to you."

"There is no more Queen Eclipse. She and the real Kaiyanwang Paradox no longer exist." The manifestation lifted its hands looking at them. "But somehow I was created. With all Kaiyanwang Paradox's memories and powers at her height."

"Grandfather's Paradox," snarled Usagi. "The one thing she could not overcome. There was no way for her to eliminate herself from the multiverse because the actions required her existence and not who ever she was trying to groom for her position. You are also wrong about Queen Eclipse." Usagi's clothes changed into a gray version of Neo-Queen Serenity's outfit. "Guess who else is back, bitch!" Usagi said as she punched the manifestation full in the face sending it flying into a wall.

The manifestation was still trying to stand when a high-healed boot slammed into its face. "I am fucking tired of all of you screwing up my life!" screamed Usagi as she started punching the manifestation. "I have had enough of you, Sailor Pluto, Metallia, and especially Queen Serenity deciding what is best for me." Usagi then started slamming the manifestation's head into a wall. "You could have rebuilt your life but no you had to go screw up mine. You and Neo Queen Serenity are identical in that you both don't want to accept that life means pain. You both tried to create an idealistic utopia; well here is a news flash: there is no such thing. Even here there was a dark secret to the supposed utopia of the Moon Kingdom."

The manifestation of Kaiyanwang Paradox never thought such pain was possible as a high-healed boot slammed into its face. Action and reaction. The real Kaiyanwang Paradox not existing had created this version of Queen Eclipse so if that was reversed the pain would stop. The manifestation tapped into its power and changed one event exploding in the process.

Usagi blinked as the manifestation disappeared to be replaced by two familiar figures. "…the Time Gates will go wild," said Kaiyanwang Paradox as another Queen Eclipse back handed her.

"What the…?" asked the stunned Queen Eclipse.

Usagi spun around and grabbed Saturn's Silent Glaive. "This ends when it began!" she screamed running Paradox through with the weapon.

Kaiyanwang Paradox gasped grabbing the Silent Glaive spitting up blood. "No one has the right to play god, Paradox," growled Usagi in a voice that was a mixture of hers and Princess Serenity's "You're dying anyhow so let's just move up the fucking time table," snarled the girl as she pulled the Silent Glaive up disemboweling Paradox. Paradox made a gurgling sound and expired. Usagi just stood there her face turning from anger to shock. With a shaking hand she reached over and removed Paradox's hood and looked into her own dead features. She then pulled out a card and said, "Soul return!"

Queen Serenity opened her eyes to see her daughter looking at something with an expression of total horror on her face. Looking in the same direction she saw three versions of what looked like her daughter with one of them gutted by another while the third simply stared. "Take a good look, Queen Simpleton," said Usagi her voice filled with pain and sorrow. "This is one of the futures your moronic actions resulted in. Your daughter's reincarnation literally killing herself," said as she fell to her knees and started sobbing.

"It is painful to see noble dreams become corrupted like this," said the flying horse.

"Alright," said Princess Serenity in an icy cold voice. " You gave us a brief description of this mess but I want a full explanation for it and I want it right now."

"Well that shoots the week to hell," said Pegasus as the winged horse shook his head.

It actually took far less than a week to give the overview of the mess. The scale was at such a level Queen Serenity couldn't keep it quiet especially as all four versions of her daughter flat out stated that the Moon Kingdom would know what had happened. That totally destroyed any chance of Queen Serenity or her Sailor Senshi from having any decree of control not that they didn't continue to try. That effort lasted perhaps a month before Princess Serenity staged a successful relatively bloodless coup d'état with the help of the Millennium Queen and the two Queen Eclipses. Her very first order was the total dissolvement of the Moon Kingdom in favor of a Moon Republic.

"So in this world ends the Moon Kingdom, not with a bang but with a whimper," said Pegasus to the flying horse.

The horse looked at him namesake and nodded his head. "One dream has ended and something far more noble has replaced it. I think I will be happy here."

"I wish we had more time but we need to heal the mess Paradox made of our timeline." Pegasus sighed. "We have some idea on how the Moon Kingdom Shadow Realm came about but there is one key piece of information missing and that piece can only be found in our time."

"Because you would not be able to prevent yourselves from altering events," said the horse.

"With what I know I would stop the battle I remember in heartbeat," said Guardian Pluto. "But it won't change my world one damn bit."

"The final answer to this is in the aftermath of that Moon Kingdom," said Pegasus grimly. "The answer of how you and the Moon Cats wound up in our universe and why you didn't know that."