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, Yugioh belongs to Kazuki Takahashi and Hellsing belongs to Hirano Kouta. This fan-fiction isn't intended for commercial use but is rather a tribute to all the series involved. This is dedicated to Fire (dzillman) and partly inspired by DC comics' Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Chap 21 Reflections of history (teaser)

Ranma looked at the congregation of people already assembled.

Off to one side was Eclipse and her friends likely talking about being in the same boat he and Akane were in-being part of two totally different histories. Tenchi and his friends were off to another side with Satan intently studying Washu and Sasami a frown on her face. Over by a window were Yugioh and his friends. Choukai and Venus were near the front of the room talking with Choukai pulling out one of his black and red wards from time to time.

On a pair of thrones at the furthest end of the room from the door were Elisabeth II and her part youma counterpart Mary III engaged in their own little batter.

Ranma's attention then turned to the table he was sitting at. Two groups of Knights of the Round Table, his Pegasus, Archbishop Anderson, Paladin Maxwell, and Chancellor Jedeite were all talking amongst themselves while Sir Integra and Sir Vlad looked on from either end of the table. Akane and Pai were looking around nervous.

Ranma's eyes fell on the two empty chairs and he scowled.

Suddenly the doors of the room opened and in walked Bishop Maxwell and Paladin Anderson. Suddenly the room became quiet as it seemed every eye was on the pair. Ranma felt the firm hands of Akane and Parvati in his own.

"Sir Integra, your majesty, gentlemen, I must apologize for our tardiness," smiled Bishop Maxwell.

"Save your false apology, we of the Phoenix Republic world are not fooled," commented Paladin Maxwell as he sharpened a bayonet. "Every one of us is skilled enough to read your ki. You have nothing but for contempt for everyone here." Paladin Maxwell then looked up. "In fact, your ki aura shows that unlike me, you have let our illegitimacy twist you in a mockery of everything our Lord Jesus stood for."

Bishop Maxwell's left eye started twitching and his smile quickly disappeared.

"As much as Ay agree with ye, we are here to form an alliance against a common foe not to comment on the failings of what we are in this part of our Lord's creation," commented Archbishop Anderson frowning as his gaze went over the two.

"Of course, your Holiness."

"The archbishop is right," said Mary III here her blue skin taking on a reddish tone indicating she was less then happy about the situation. "Perhaps I should contact our Pope so that a more receptive member…"

"Like we care what the Pope of a world where the heathens of England are led by a demonic…" interrupted Bishop Maxwell who suddenly found his throat in a vice like grip and very pissed off Mary III in his face.

"I will say this only once," snarled Mary III her skin now purple. "I am not a demon. I am three fourths youma one fourth human. In my world my history I am Mary III the rightful ruler of England and Supreme Governor of the Church of England. You express open contempt for me or my Catholic counterpart again and I will save you the trouble of being in either of our presences by removing you from the world of the living. Understand?"

"Yes," gurgled Bishop Maxwell as he started to turn blue.

"Yes, what?" growled Mary III.

"Yes, Your Majesty," gurgled Bishop Maxwell himself now turning purple.

Mary III let Bishop Maxwell fall to the floor gasping for air. "Show us that you do understand by behaving yourself."

"With all due respect, your majesty," commented Jadeite nervously adjusting his simple military like gray uniform with red trim, "you need to control your temper better even if the insult does justify retribution. In this world this history the only experience with youma they likely have had are energy draining monsters under the rule of Queen Beryl."

Mary III frowned and looking at Jadeite sighed. "Of course, Chancellor. You are correct. But by insulting me in such a manner this boosted piece of food is also insulting my counterpart Queen Elisabeth II demeaning her England as well as my own." Mary III's eyes narrowed as she sat back down in her chair. "Certainly he should know better then to do that."

"From what I see in his ki he could care less," commented Paladin Maxwell. "He belongs to the perversion of our Lord's teachings that resulted in the insanity known as the Crusades."

"As least Archbishop Anderson's counterpart is made of better stuff," commented Mary III smiling. "He may have contempt by my country's version of Christianity and be quick to insult my counterpart's knights but he also shows a grudging respect to them and me as fellow warriors."

"Remarkable in a world that that is still coming to grips with what the Sanjiyan Unkara really are and what their nature means," commented Jadeite.

"Hubris may have a common failing with my people but even we were not so arrogant to assume we knew the supreme creator's mind," commented Satan who then scowled as she looked in the direction of Washu and her friends. "Well with three exceptions."

"And if such as you wouldn't go that far then why should the Supreme Governor or the Pope claim that we somehow had the inside tack?" asked Mary. "It would be hubris of the highest order and if there is one thing we both agreed on it is that hubris was one of the things his Lord Jesus Christ despised."

"The Joint Announcement of Pope Pius XI and George V," commented Paladin Maxwell smiling. "'In acknowledging this hubris by our predecessors we have taken the first step in becoming like Christ and being truly worthy to help guide the people of our respective Churches along the path of salvation.'"

"That did not happen here," said Archbishop Anderson grimly. "The world that existed before the reality quake was very similar to this one. We were so busy assuming that our way was the only way that we hindered each other rather than helped and as a result the world I originally belonged to, my Vatican, my Section XII, my Pope no longer exist." Archbishop Anderson looked at Sir Integra. "In one respect I envy you, Sir Integra. At least the world you came from still exists abet in an altered form."

"Altered form?" asked one of the men at the table.

"The analogy between a reality quake and an earth quake is more apt then you realize," explained Lady Celaeno, "They both send out shockwaves from the epicenter. Your world your history was affected as well."

"Only minor changes," commented Pluto. "The general flow of history has remained intact. The ironic thing is even in those timelines where Millennium never existed you would still have someone creating assembly line vampires." Pluto scowled. "Up to a point history would have flowed much as it would if Millennium had existed-a young girl becomes Alucard's fledgling, Alucard and Anderson fight at Badrik, and the Valentine brothers attack Hellsing." Pluto paused and glared at the man. "Do you understand?"

"I do," said Vlad frowning. "Your Millennium is nothing more than a tool created by someone else."

"I take it this someone else is why we were invited to this little pow wow," commented Joey.

"Yes," said Sir Integra. "Your friend Tea is this timeline's equivalent of Wiseman, Pegasus is our foremost Shadow Games expert, and Queen Eclipse and her friends are wielders of the last remnants of the Silver Millennium. I want us to have enough power to not only take out Millennium with minimal collateral damage but to find and hinder if not neutralize whoever or whatever is behind them."

"May we also assume that the reason we are here is that you think that we are somehow connected to this someone else," commented Ryoko a scowl on her face.

"Alucard's powers made him an effectively walking talking self aware Millennium Item," commented Pluto the insane smile gone from her features. "In the timelines where Millennium didn't exist he was at best hampered but in every timeline they did exist he was effectively neutralized for a period ranging from 30 years and as long as 1,000.

My name sake either crippled or trapped at the Time Gates; the remaining Outer Sailor Senshi who looked for threats outside the solar system killed during the battles with Princess Snow Kaguya or Pharaoh 90 who combined kill 90 percent of Earth's population. The wielders of the Millennium either decimated by infighting or occupied with fighting the Sailor Senshi. I think even the densest of you can see the pattern."

"All forces of the Silver Millennium or with similar powers neutralized, crippled, or occupied," commented Jadeite. "It all suggests that in this world this history your aunt, Lady Tokimi, has not given up on her delusions of total divinity and is working against anything she thinks is a threat."

"Which can include her own sisters," commented Pluto. "The greatest genius of the universe effectively lobotomized and Tsunami turned into a psychotic maniac. I believe you got a sampling of that future."

"Yes we did," said Washu a scowl on her face.

"I must say this is an interesting group you have here, Pluto," commented a youthful voice.

"Junior Warrant Officer Schrödinger," responded Pluto the insane smile returning as every gun was drawn and pointed at the carboy. "I was wondering if the Doktor might put enough together for you to follow me."

"You are the Major and yet not the Major, just as I am everywhere and nowhere," commented Schrödinger scowling as he put a small TV on the table.

"Put those guns away, they are useless against him," commented Choukai. "He has an aura similar to a Wu. Unkillable and without the right knowledge unstoppable."

"The Major has a message, please attend carefully," commented Schrödinger as he pointed a remote at the TV.

After a while an image of dead bodies appeared. "I see you got around to killing the old relics," commented Pluto. "Had I remained you I would have put them out of their and my misery at this stage as well."

"You are the one who called herself Pluto. The one who claims she is me," commented a young blond haired man.

"I am you," responded Pluto. "Our alcoholic father and prostitute mother taught us much. Especially the indifference she showed when he died. I still remember taking my late father's gun and putting a bullet in her head and that of her client in the midst of having sex in our home. It gave us intense pleasure didn't it?"

The Major's eyes narrowed. "You really are me."

"Yes and no," commented Pluto. "You truly have no purpose as Alucard is no more so the true goal of Millennium, the elimination of Alucard, has been rendered moot. I have carved out a domain of eternal war in the ShadowRealm of the Millennium Items. You and my old organization are a possible threat to that domain so you will understand why I must do my up most to wipe you out."

"And how exactly do you plan to do that if as you say Alucard is gone?" asked the Major.

"With the power of the ShadowRealm," said Pluto pulling out a card and tossing it to Integra.

"Sadie, the Mystic Elf of Pleasure and Pain?" she asked narrowing her eyes.

"One of my first encounters. She had wandered into a part of the ShadowRealm that can be best called a void. She was desperate for any kind of attention even if it was torture. Within a week she pledged herself to me as my personal toy second only to the Masters of the Items."

Pegasus stood scowling. "You mean to tell me that for the two years you were in the ShadowRealm…"

"I was creating my own little subdomain," finished Pluto her expression thoughtful. "Even I was surprised at the number of souls that flocked there willing to join the eternal war I had created because it was better then the empty nothingness that they had been experiencing."

"I'm not," commented Satan. "There are similar places in Hell. I used them early on to establish my authority. Within a month even the strongest demon was reduced to a babbling sobbing wreck. Any human soul subjected to that…" Satan shuddered.

"Sir Integra, despite the risks we kneed to know," said Pegasus.

"I summon Sadie, the Mystic Elf of Pleasure and Pain in defense mode."

A chanting blue skinned blond haired elf appeared dressed in an S&M outside that left very little to the imagination. Her chanting stopped, her eyes snapped open, and she smiled in a way very similar to Pluto. "What is your will, Master?" she asked looking at Integra.

"We were talking with Pluto and we wanted to meet you."

"Oh? Are you into pain like I am?"

"No. but we are soon to be facing a very violent enemy." said Integra gesturing to Schrödinger.

"Oooo. His life energy fades in and out. I think that means he is like a Wu."

"He is like a Wu," commented Pluto.

"And I get to play with him." grinned Sadie clapping her hands and bouncing up and down like a school girl.

"She's like some twisted version of Pai," commented Parvati nervously as Schrödinger took several step back his ears twitching.

"So you can bring the pictures the cards used in Duel Monsters to life," commented the Major. "Is this supposed to concern me?"

"You see Pegasus pulled my soul into the ShadowRealm leaving the original body an empty husk."

"We taught it to wash dishes so it's not totally useless," commented Pegasus.

"I don't mind as becoming a ShadowBeing gave me powers in addition to the ones I had in the original body." Pluto commented her three eyes turning red and two huge canines appearing in her mouth.

"A Vampire Lord," commented Pegasus. "Unlike Lilith's little creations she doesn't need to feed on blood."

"I both stronger and weaker than Alucard was," commented Pluto. As long as the Millennium Item's ShadowRealm exists I cannot be destroyed. Conversely I cannot add souls to that ShadowRealm or have formal minons. Even those who have pledged themselves to me must be summoned by a Millennium Item wielder."

"Master, please give me Kunai with Chain so I can both hurt and pleasure this enemy," asked Sadie as she licked her lips

"Hurt and pleasure?" asked Schrödinger continuing to back away from the ShadowBeing.

"Yes," replied Sadie in a sultry voice. "Pluto used Kunai with Chain to restrain me so I couldn't resist her efforts to take me. It was degrading at first but I realized that after a long time of nothing I was feeling again. I came almost immediately in the realization that I would no longer fear a Master that didn't know or want to use me. Pain became pleasure and I can give this gift to you as well."

"Ok," commented Pegasus. "While in terms of my personal moral compass this is sick as all get out I must admit it is better than the apathetic compliance we get out of most of the ShadowBeings."

"Figures a Protestant heretic such as you would approve of this," growled Bishop Maxwell.

"Approve? Hardly. Quite the opposite in fact. But I will not impose my will on any of ShadowBeing unless they try to harm an innocent."

"Why in Heaven's name not, man?" asked one of the Knights.

Pegasus pulled out his deck and pulled out two cards. "I use Divine Mercy to summon Saint Jeanne d'Arc in defense mode."

A young woman with red hair in fine silver plate armor appeared a frown on her features. "Because to do so would make him like the majority those who have wielded the Millennium Items in the past. They viewed the souls in the Millennium ShadowRealm as nothing more than perpetual slaves to do with as they saw fit." Jeanne's eyes narrowed as her features darkened. "They believed they were a God of the Millennium ShadowRealm."

"That is the other side of Free Will," commented Satan. "The ability to choose the wrong path. It is the Supreme Creator's greatest gift and no one has the right to take it away. Not me, not Wiseman, not Neo-Queen Serenity. No one."

"But that free will you so highly price creates beings such as I," commented the Major. "I see Pegasus is not above letting his little playthings imitate saints."

"She is no imitation," said Archbishop Anderson.

Jeanne turned and blinked. "Your Holiness! You're alive. How…?"

Archbishop Anderson raised a hand. "No child. I am not the Archbishop Anderson we both saw die in the Battle of London. I am the Paladin Anderson who struck back in his name given his body but not his mind." Archbishop Anderson turned to face the Major. "We had this battle before Major. You lost there and you will loose here. Goodbye Major." The Major's response was cut off by the bayonet that slammed into the little TV shattering its screen.

"That happened in the other world as well only it was Alucard that shot the thing, after blowing off Schrödinger's head," commented Pluto.

"What a waste of perfectly good bullet," commented Sadie.

"Pluto and the Marquee together in the outside world," sighed Jeanne looking up to the ceiling. "The Lord has a reason for these trials even if I do not understand them."

"Marquee?" asked Bishop Maxwell. "Sadie…" Bishop Maxwell's eyes suddenly widened. "Marquee de Sade?"

"Oui, my many centuries in the Millennium Item ShadowRealm have given me an insight to the nature of the souls there in," said Jeanne. "Even with souls who no longer remember," she commented looking sorrowful at Sadie.

"Mind telling me just what kind of person I was?"

"You espoused and promoted ultimate freedom regardless of morality, religion, or law. Your actions and writings have been such examples of depravity that your very name has become the basis for a new word: sadism. It means getting pleasure out of seeing others suffer," finished Jeanne her face filled with disgust.

"Sounds like my kind of person," grinned Pluto.

"Yes it does," frowned Jeanne.

"When you said that these Nazis were the most dangerous group in Germany did you imagine this, Chancellor?" asked an elderly man in a uniform similar to Jadeite's.

"No, Shitennou Bloodless I did not and the catboy seems to have gotten the most interesting expression on his face," commented Jadeite.

"Your voice," scowled Schrödinger. "I know who you are!" hissed the catboy. "Another twisted version…"

"Twisted?!" exploded the man. "Thanks to Sir Integra I know that my gut feeling that I would have been a monster without Ranma's influence was right. She gave me a thumbnail sketch of just what I was in your world hence this disguise because Mary III insisted I be present," growled the man as he grabbed Schrödinger by the neck.

"While your version was stumbling around Vienna painting landscapes and being a racist jerk I was learning to be a commander worthy enough to be respected by youma," raged the man as he lifted the catboy off his feet. "While your version stumbled around in a foxhole in the Great War I used a mixed company of men and youma to take Paris. While your version embraced the fascism of Mussolini I was crushing it by taking Rome. I helped end my WWII before yours even got off the ground in Europe and you have the audacity to say what I am the twisted version?" screamed the man as he reached up and pulled off the wig and latex mask he'd been wearing causing the onlookers to stare in disbelief at the features of Adolf Hitler.

"I took the most land with the fewest casualties on both sides and what did your version do? Slaughter 6 to 10 million innocent people just because they were different from some delusional concept of a master race. Your Adolf Hitler is the twisted version not me." snarled the man as Schrödinger exploded into a bloody mess.

"Didn't know you could use the breaking point like that," shivered Ranma.

Shitennou Hitler breathed heavily for a moment before facing the two Queens the pupils of his eye glowing with a red light. "Given we have a bunch of mad dogs on our hands am I safe to assume that we are to put them down as fast and with as minimal collateral damage as is possible."

"Your assumption is correction, Shitennou Hitler; but I would have liked to have been informed of this," scowled Mary III.

"I'm sorry, your Majesty, but the League expressly told me not to tell you even when I argued that it was not a good idea to leave you out of the loop. They were afraid you might change your mind about me being present."

Mary III started rubbing her head. "I see. I know for the Phoenix Republic army to function the way it does it cannot answer to any one nation but the entire League of Nations. You can't play favorites." Mary III sighed. "Still, doesn't make me feel any bloody better about being left out of the loop like this."

"Don't feel bad, your Majesty, I was also left out of the loop," commented Chancellor Jedeite.

Shitennou Hitler turned towards Pluto. "What is his immediate plan?" he growled.

"He will effectively repeat what he did with Alucard—give vanpirism out like free candy samples," said Pluto her face stern. "Since he knows next to nothing about Wiseman it will take longer but eventually he will reach the point of 'activating' the various people that have been convinced to become vampires. I should note originally they are intended a diversionary tactic to help isolate England and more importantly Hellsing from any outside support."

"He'll have a better shot at doing that with Duelist Kingdom then with England," said Pegasus. "A private island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that until recently was not noticed by anyone since the late sixteen hundreds." Pegasus scowled. "I am already having problems keeping the ShadowRealm contained as it is. This idiot's blundering along could blow what control I have to the four winds."

"You doubt the Section 13's ability to handle your pathetic pagan magic?" smirked Bishop Maxwell.

Pegasus sighed. "Ok two things here. First, the ShadowRealm is visually based. Anything that has been rendered in picture form can be brought forth as a ShadowBeing. What happened with Seto Kaiba's little computer program showed that. The last thing we need is that door being pushed open any further. Second and more importantly we need to realize that the ShadowRealm is where Clarke's and Nivin's Laws meet. Not only is any sufficiently advanced or different technology indistinguishable from magic but any sufficiently rigorously defined magic is indistinguishable from technology."

"About bloody time that point was brought up," scowled Mary III. "In our world we figured out that magic and supernatural were just labels we slapped on things that didn't fit in with how we thought the universe worked."