"There was a problem with the time stream," said Setsuna. "Just before it went completely - I managed to snatch you here. If I hadn't you wouldn't remember anything as being different."
"We're no longer Senshi?" Minako asked. "How can that be?"
"The Silver Millenium was rewritten," said Setsuna. "Now it was a patriarchy. All the Senshi of that kingdom were male."
"So what are we?" Haruka asked. "If we're not Senshi what are we?"
"Normal people for the most part," said Setsuna.
"So there's a Sailor Mercury, and he's a guy?" asked Ami, wanting the point clarified.
"No, these new Senshi are more based on the old chinese Zodiac. Tiger, Monkey, Dog, Boar, Dragon, and so on." Setsuna pointed. "See that boy there? That's Tigermask, the Tiger Senshi."
"Go over it again, Setsuna, how did this happen?" Haruka requested, leaning casually against the Gates Of Time.
"A boy made a wish for love," began Setsuna. "Or something like that, but took the genie to one of the girls of the family he was living with. She didn't take him or the genie seriously, and wished that every girl he'd ever been engaged to was his slave girl. This was interpreted by the genie as loveslaves - and she set him up with a harem of girls - including a number of the Senshi. This was further mechanicked out as making all of the harem girls victims of Von Ecchi, a mad scientist who works for the Yakuza. In trying to fix that, without having the resources to properly account for the Nerima Chaos Factor, it ended up blowing up into a Paradox Storm where the timeline was trying to erase all the factors causing paradox in the vicinity. Due to the Black Moon and Chibi-usa both timetravelling, things began to break down."
The various former Senshi motioned for her to go on.
"I was swept up into the vortex, and Ranma tried to save my life. He's the boy that I spoke of earlier as well as Tigermask of the new Senshi. When the storm abated, I pulled you here and looked over the new timeline.
"The Moon Kingdom was originally settled by refugees from the Sailor Wars. In the rebuilt universe, that's still true - but it was settled by the males of power who had struck out for something 'a little less perfect and a little more liveable' and had come here with powers forbidden them in more female-dominated societies. This was passed on through the generations, and so it is males who wield the greater magical powers as a result."
"Oh hell," said Haruka.
Setsuna held up a hand. "What I've been seeing is that women can still be magical girls but their powers tend to be either subtle and useful or fast and relatively limited. Male magic tends to be stronger and more flashy. We are still reincarnated from the ancient kingdom, but our powers aren't sufficient to stand against these Senshi and reclaim our position."
"So who are these other Senshi and what can they do?" Hotaru asked.
"Tigermask is a powerful martial artist with blinding speed and extremely strong attacks," said Setsuna. "His major power deals with Water. Razorback, the Boar Mask, is able to increase his apparent density until he becomes a nearly unstoppable juggernaut."
"So Tigermask is similar to what I could do as Sailor Mercury?" asked Ami.
"Not quite, though I haven't been able to gather too many details as yet. He also has a rivalry going with Boar Mask."
"Earth versus water," noted Ami.
"So what are our roles in all this?" Makoto asked.
"Girlfriends and hangers-on, mainly," said Setsuna. "For example, Tigermask never went to Nerima to live with that family. Instead he's the boyfriend of:"
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