Hi all,
Here's a little something that came together in my mind while a friend was
giving me details of a mega-crossover he was starting.
I must admit that I find my writing quite rough in places.
A critique would be appreciated.
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Setsuna was upset. It doesn't happen very often, but playing time games
with her was the perfect way of ruining her day.
She held a note in her hands. It read:
Dear Sailor Pluto,
I know how much you'll hate doing this...
"Damn right I hate it. I'm being used to affect history. I'm not supposed
to do that kind of thing" she muttered angrily to herself.
but there's something
that's going to happen tonight that you have to stop. You have
permission to use your forbidden power this one time.
There is only one thing in her arsenal that is forbidden. 'What could be SO
bad that the Queen would allow me to use it?' she thought. 'Besides, why
not just deal with it herself?"
Be at the school before 7:30PM.
"Well... that was direct. At least they won't have me waiting around all
day." she muttered to herself.
Setsuna didn't even bother giving the signature a second glance, she knew
who the author was. You can't fake writing something that badly.
Signed
Neo-Queen Serenity/Usagi Tsukino
and
Neo-King Endymion/Mamouru Chiba
For a moment, Setsuna wondered why Endymion hadn't written the letter
instead of Serenity... but the answer was obvious, this way there was no
doubt about it's authenticity. A wry smile crossed her face. "Sometimes
Endymion shows some remarkable insight. Still... how can a woman of her
position be so inept using the written language. She has had centuries to
practice after all."
After a moment, she crumpled the letter and threw it into the trash. She
bowed to the garbage can with a sarcastic grin on her face. "Yes my queen."
Taking out her transformation wand, she intoned her transformation phrase,
"Pluto planet power, make up."
As the magical energies released from the pen swirled around her to form
the energy armor that is her Sailor Fuku, she held out her hand and felt
the Time Staff materialize. Doing a quick pirouette, she tapped the floor
with it, allowing the residual magical energies to ground themself out.
She marveled once again at how much she enjoyed the sensation... even after
centuries of doing it. "What a rush." She would never say that in front of
the others though... it would ruin an image she had spent a long time to
perfect. Even the Outers had no idea about her true self.
Pulling a temporal shadow over herself, she stepped out onto the balcony of
the building she was in. The setting sun was nice and warm... but she
didn't even spare it a moments thought. Her duty was waiting. Unheedful of
the fact that she was several stories up, she leapt towards her meeting
with destiny... whatever it was
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She landed on the roof of the school with time to spare (excuse the pun).
It was about quarter past seven. The villains, whoever they were this time,
were setting up some kind of enormous pulsating crystal in the middle of
the yard behind the school.
'I really should try to keep up with the Senshi's enemies once in a while.
It makes it a bit easier to figure out what's going on.' It was true,
Sailor Pluto rarely knew what the situation was with the other senshi. She
had her lonely vigil to deal with. Knowing about things that she couldn't
do anything about would serve no purpose. She had the gateway of time to
worry about... and that was more than enough.
Watching the preparations with minor interest, she noted that *bad guys*
were doing more waiting around than anything else. As the inner Senshi
arrived and started spouting their introductions, a horrible thought
occurred to her. She stepped off the roof and began a rapid descent to the
ground. She needed to find out what was going on.
=====
"... in the name of the moon, I will punish you," Sailor Moon finished her
line.
A male(?) character, who had been sitting in the grass near the crystal,
stood up and walked towards the Senshi, then stopped. A line of youma stood
between him and the Senshi. They looked to him eagerly, anticipating his
order to attack. When it didn't come immediately, they relaxed a bit... but
stood ready to act on a moment's notice.
"Ah... Sailor Moon. So nice of you and your friends to join us. I was
beginning to wonder if you'd gotten my invitation."
Sailor Mars spoke up, "how could we miss all those bodies leading here?"
She sounded almost furious.
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Sailor Pluto had gotten close enough to hear Sailor Moon finish her speech
as well as the reply. 'He's talking to her. He isn't taunting or
threatening her. This is bad. He's stalling... why?' She strongly suspected
that this was a trap.
Pluto's eyes were immediately drawn to the crystal standing behind the line
of youma. Something was up... and she wanted to know exactly what before
she made her move.
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Two men were approaching the park from another direction.
The first one was an older man with blond hair cut short, almost military
length. He was nearly six feet tall. He favored a beige hat that looked
like a Fedora and wore a pair of tan colored trousers complimented with a
beige muscle shirt.
The second man was in his mid, to late, twenties. He was about 6'2" with
black hair that almost reached his shoulders. He wore it under a black cap
and sported a trench-coat with a fairly large chain hanging off the collar.
They had been following a trail unconscious people, just like the Senshi
had, but from another direction.
"Hey old man. Do you think this might be a new enemy user?" the younger one
said.
"I don't know... but be careful," was the reply.
Although the victims they had checked out were fine, they had no marks
explaining their plight. This was far too surreal to be caused by normal
means.
>From the edge of the park, they spotted the Senshi facing off with the youma.
The blond man held up his hand. "We should not get involved. The Sailor
Senshi are taking care of it. This kind of weirdness is their business."
"And when was the last time we DIDN'T get involved in some bizarre
adventure? Besides, they are outnumbered 3 to 1."
A blue, translucent figure, exploded into existence above the younger of
the two. It concentrated for a moment. The young man underneath it let out
a startled exclamation, "they're only children. I'm going." He sprung
forward while the blue creature floating above him dissipated. Mid-leap,
one of the youma broke ranks and struck out with something that looked like
a plunger.
"Damn it!" the other man exclaimed, then leaped 30 feet into the air, in
the direction of the encounter.
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Pluto's attention was drawn by the site of a black-haired man wearing a
trench coat running towards the youma and their crystal. "Oh great, a
mundane is trying to play hero and is about to get himself killed" she said
quietly to herself.
A couple of youma turned toward him and leaped as their arms morphed into
gruesome looking stabbing weapons.
Sailor Pluto raised her staff to fire when the most astonishing thing
happened. The first youma's stomach exploded out it's back. The second
one's head was torn off moments later. Both promptly turned to dust and
evaporated.
Another youma was making his way around the crystal from the other side
when the blond man landed about 10 feet away from it. Lashing out with his
arm, like he had a whip in it, the youma fell as if entangled... then
exploded in a spray of dust.
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Sailor Pluto lowered her staff and watch with more interest now. "This is a
new twist."
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With the help of the two strangers, all the minor youma were quickly
destroyed, leaving the one who had greeted the Senshi. Instead of being
afraid, he broke out laughing.
The two men froze. The last time someone had done that, one of them HAD
been killed and the other had received more wounds than he knew what to do
with.
"Well... it was a valiant effort, but you have failed" he said, then jumped
INTO the crystal, causing it to light up like the sun.
Sailor Moon shouted at the crystal while shielding her eyes, "What are you
doing?"
"I am activating the de stabilization resonator. It will cause this crystal
to explode in second. Don't bother trying to run... it's going obliterate
everything within 1 kilometer. Can you run that in 7 seconds. I didn't
think so."
maniacal laughter followed.
=====
Sailor Pluto was furious. "Damn you Usagi. You set me up, knowing I would
do something to save myself. I can live with letting the other Senshi
die... but leaving the gateway unattended is unacceptable. I'm going to get
you for this."
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The two men looked at each other. The older man nodded. The younger one
turned his attention back to the crystal and started concentrating furiously.
=====
Sailor Mercury had her computer out. "He wasn't kidding. That crystal is
going to hit critical mass in 3 seconds." The rest of the Senshi were just
too shocked to do anything.
=====
Sailor Pluto stepped out of her protective shadow. With an almost imperious
gesture, she spoke the three words she was never supposed use: "Dark Dome
Close!"
A dome of force started rapidly expanding away from herself. She was
shocked to see an identical dome expanding from the young man standing on
the other side of the crystal.
The two waves of nullified time intersected just as the crystal started to
explode... then everything stopped... then everything went black.
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The next thing Sailor Pluto knew, she was laying on the ground with someone
standing over her.
The young man offered her his hand and asked gruffly, "are you all right?"
Shaking her head for a moment, she took his hand and pulled herself up.
Letting go, she took in took in the scenery.
The young man commented lightly, "not much out here, is there?"
Indeed, as far as the eye could see, there was nothing. No matter where you
turned, it was just sand and rock under a darkened sky.
The young man broke the silence first, "I don't suppose you can get us out
of here?"
Pluto suddenly realize the she was missing something. Looking around,
almost frantically, she asked, "Where is my staff?"
He turned to her and looked at her questioningly, "this is all we arrived
with."
"Damn!" she said after a few moments.
"what's so important about the staff?" he asked.
The green haired woman looked up and gave him a nasty look... but relented
right afterwards. 'How would he know?' she thought to herself.
"without the staff, I have no way of opening time portals... in other
words, we're stuck here... wherever, whenever here is."
"Oh... " was his only reply.
After a couple more minutes of silence, Sailor Pluto had a flash-back of
her "Dark dome close" colliding with his. This, of course, provoked two
very interesting questions in her mind.
"Who are you... and why are you able to affect time?"
He gave her a surprised look, then replied, "My name is Jotarou Kuujou...
and I am a Stand User."
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The Guardian of time without her key.
{Sailor Pluto from Sailor Moon}
A Stand User with a new power he doesn't fully understand.
{Jotarou from Jojo's Bizarre adventure}
Lost together, somewhere in the depths of history.
Time Walkers
Coming maybe...
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