Subject: Sailor Moon Future #6
From: Ken Arromdee
Date: 9/20/1996, 12:09 AM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

Okay, this is a new chapter of Sailor Moon Furure.  C&C welcome.  I just resent
a copy of #5, which apparently is not on the remailer.

                             Sailor Moon Future
                     Episode 6: Past and Future Enemies!

Voiceover: I'm Tsukino Usagi, 14 years old, second year middle school.  One
day....
Pink Lady: One day she was told by a magical cat named Luna that she was
supposed to fight bad guys!  But this *picture of Ruby Starr* wasn't the bad
guy she was meant to fight.
Kameko: Now it's up to us, the Sailor Senshi from the future, to save her.
Pink Lady and Kameko: Can we do it?

                               OPENING CREDITS

    Pink Lady, Kameko, Usagi, and Minako are all sitting in a restaurant,
Pink Lady writes several names on a piece of paper.  "Hino Rei.  She should
be at a temple around here.  I think she's the easiest one to find.  The other
two aren't going to be in the neighborhood for a while longer...."  (Usagi
wants to know how long that is.  Neither Kameko nor Pink Lady have any idea.)
Luna and Artemis agree.

    When they ring the doorbell of the temple, an old man who none of them are
familiar with answers.  Viewers who have seen the original Sailor Moon series
can recognize him as Rei's grandfather.
    Kameko: "Hi...  we're looking for Hino Rei-chan.  It's really a very
important matter."
    Grandfather: "Won't you come in, cute girls?"  He leers at them.  The
four look at each other; finally, Kameko says "Uhh..."
    Rei's voice calls out.  "It's okay.  Grandfather wouldn't hurt anyone.
Come on in!"  The four enter, Usagi first, and the cats last.  Rei immediately
whips out several ofuda in a row and slaps one on the head of each girl and
cat, *bang* *bang* *bang* *bang*.  Usagi, at the front of the group. is hit so
hard by Rei that she falls down.  "I've got you!  I knew there was going
to be evil here today."  Rei poses for a second, proud of herself.
    Usagi gets up, grabs the ofuda in a fist and waves the fist under Rei's
nose.  "Just what do you think you're doing?  It's not us!  We're chasing the
bad guys, we're not trying to _be_ the bad guys!"  Usagi then sticks the ofuda
on Rei's head.  It falls off because she applied it upside down.
    Pink Lady whispers to Kameko "So that's how it all started!  Imagine,
constantly being at each others throats for a thousand years all because of
an accident like this!"  Rei, eavesdropping already after a fast recovery,
replies that she doesn't keep grudges.

    The five girls decide to go to a restaurant and discuss the situation over
dinner.  Pink Lady and Kameko explain that they're Sailor Senshi, and Rei lived
a past life as the fighter for justice, Sailor Mars.  Rei explains to the
others about what she foresaw, that there was going to be a big battle against
an enemy she hadn't even met before.  "What do you know about them?"
    Kameko: "Her name's Ruby Starr.  She has Queen Beryl's henchmen working
for her.  Alone, one of them is a match for one of the Senshi of the past, and
she has all four causing trouble at the same time!"
    Luna: The original mission was for Usagi to find the Ginzuishou and the
princess.  But if she is the princess, we can save some time.  If you help us
find the Ginzuishou, Rei-chan, we can immediately go and defeat Beryl before
her plans have gone as far!  Then all that will be left is this future enemy.
Kameko, Pink Lady...  you're from the future.  Would you know where the
Ginzuishou is?
    Kameko: "Well, it was divided into seven parts, and hidden in the bodies
of seven people who...."
    Pink Lady interrupts.  She holds up her crystal.  "Oh, I forgot to
mention, Luna.  Here it is!"

    A waitress asks "May I take your order?"  Usagi, Rei, and Pink Lady all
shout their orders, trying to be first.  Kameko hears a strange ticking noise,
and thinks "Hmm, maybe not so strange."  She shouts.  "Everyone down!"
    The waitress blurs and turns into a Chronicle.  The Chronicle holds out her
tray, which has developed sharp edges, and sweeps it past the four in an arc.
The girls all duck, barely in time; the tray takes a large chunk out of the
wall.  A strand of hair springs out of Usagi's odango, apparently cut by the
slice.  Usagi says "Now you've made me mad!  Moon Prism Power, Make Up!"
Pink Lady and Kameko follow up with their transformations, and then Minako
shouts "Moon Power Transform!", becoming Sailor V.
    Luna tosses a pen at Rei.  "What's this pen for?"  "Just shout, 'Mars...'"
Luna never gets to finish her sentence; the Chronicle throws a jar of
mayonnaise at Luna and a jar of mustard at Artemis.  The jars land on their
heads.  Kameko tries to recall the right phrase and then tells Rei "Shout
'Mars Nebula Power, Make Up!'".  Rei holds up the pen and shouts the phrase.
"Mars Nebula Power, Make Up!"
    Nothing happens.  "Oh...  you can't use that one yet, I guess."  The
Chronicle starts pelting Rei with sandwiches.  Rei tosses ofuda at them, and
most fall to the ground, making a mess; but two sandwiches hit her hard.  She
grunts in pain.
    Pink Lady gets an idea.  "Maybe...  maybe you have to use a different
phrase.  I think it's like Usagi's."  Rei agrees.  She holds the pen up again.
"Mars Prism Power, Make Up!"
    This doesn't transform her.  She does get hit in the stomach with a piece
of cake.  The 20th century Sailor Moon makes her speech.  "What a shame to be
wasting cake that could get to our stomachs a better way!  In the name of the
moon, I'll punish you!  Moon Tiara Action!"  The tiara bounces off; the
Chronicle laughs.
    Sailor V suggests "Try 'Moon Power Transform!'"  Rei holds up the pen and
shouts "Moon Power Transform!"  The reply from the Chronicle is a thrown
carrot, which stabs Rei in the arm, drawing blood.  "You're going to pay for
that.  She recalls Kameko's transformation, and tries "Uh...  Mars Celestial
Power, Make Up!"  
    As Rei poses, still in civilian form, Sailor Moon of the future shouts
"Pink Moon Heart Arrest!"  The stream of hearts knocks away every piece of the
tossed salad that was the Chronicle's next projectile weapon.  Then, Sailor
Earth yells "Bio...  Sphere!", and her attack collapses on and destroys the
Chronicle.
    Sailor Moon and Sailor V rescue the cats, who were starting to turn blue
from being suffocated by condiments.  Luna then finally gets a chance to tell
Rei "It's 'Mars Power, Make Up!'".  Rei shouts the phrase, transforms into
Sailor Mars, and looks around for someone to attack.
    Ruby Starr and the four generals appear in front of the Senshi....

                               COMMERCIAL BREAK
    
    Ruby Starr: Prepare to die, Senshi.  If you make your beautiful world of
peace and happiness, I'm not going to be in it.  You're going to kill me and
my world by existing, and I can't allow that.  Get them, generals!
    The Generals rush Sailor Moon.  Rei finally gets off a Fire Soul attack,
which doesn't affect them.  Rei shouts "Hey, what's the big idea?"
    Kameko says "Now."  Luna, hearing this, backflips and creates the crescent
moon wand, which falls in the future Sailor Moon's hands.  She holds the
Ginzuishou on it; it locks into place.  Then Sailor Moon and her daughters
together shout "Moon...  Healing...  Escalation!".  A beam of radiance
envelops the generals.
    Flashback: Queen Beryl's voice, "You work for me and you will do as I
command!"
    Flashback: Ruby Starr's voice, "Only this one mission, and you will be
free...."
    Flashback to the moon.  "We pledge our loyalty to you, Prince Endymion...."
    Flashback: Usagi's voice, "There is some good in everyone..."
    One by one, the four generals develop immensely angry expressions.  Even
before the glow stops, they all charge Ruby Starr.
    Luna: "That was a good idea, Kameko!  Just because Sailor Moon never got a
chance to do this in your history doesn't mean she can't do it now!"  And
the power with you future Senshi helping is much greater than that of Sailor
Moon alone!

    Ruby's eyes widen in horror and she starts to fade away before the
generals can reach her.  But after a pause, she teleports out instead,
exclaiming "No...  I want to live!"  The generals meander around the room, not
quite having fully grasped everything that has happened.
    Kameko watches the generals for signs of crumbling to dust or other
unhappy endings.  When nothing happens, she sighs in relief.
    "Princess... all the princesses...", says Kunzite.  "We were deceived and
manipulated.  But you freed us.  Thank you...."  Jadeite asks "Is it over?"
    "It's not over yet", says the voice of Tuxedo Mask, who somehow appeared
unnoticed in all the ruckus.  "Sailor Senshi, Generals...  Queen Beryl is
still on the loose.  There are two more of you to find, and when you defeat
her the fight will only have begun....

    The next scene takes place in an empty room, possibly a classroom.  Usagi
and Tuxedo Mask sit on one side in front facing the audience, Kameko and Pink
Lady on the other side, also in front.  Rei, Minako, and the four generals
make up the audience; the cats are nowhere in sight.  The topic of finding the
other Senshi comes up.
    Kameko: You know, there are more Senshi!
    Everyone else (except Pink Lady): More Senshi?
    Kameko: Sure!  There's Saturn and Uranus and Neptune and Pluto and the
ten asteroids and five moons and then the ones from other solar systems....
    Kunzite: I don't remember....  my memories are still hazy...
    Kameko: But we're from the future.  We know about all these Senshi because
we've met them!  Without dying or forgetting anything!  All everyone needs
to do is find them.
    Usagi: Why don't we all split up?  One person per Senshi.  We could have
them all before dinner!
    Rei: Great idea.  Let's split up and make it easy to get ambushed, Usagi.

    There is suddenly a loud ticking sound, and the Chronicles that had been
merged with the walls flow out and into their humanoid shapes.  Usagi yells
at Rei to stop giving the villains ideas.  Every Senshi in the room transforms,
along with Tuxedo Mask.  Sailor Moon (future) shouts "Show yourself!"
    Ruby Starr appears.  She looks the same before, except on her head is a
crown.  The metal seems transparent.  Sailor Earth shouts at Ruby not to steal
their family crown.
    "Oh no, Sailor Senshi.  This crown is mine.  I found it."
    "But it's _ours_!  The royalty of the Earth and Moon can wear that.
Nobody else!"
    "I found it.  I killed Queen Beryl with my own hands, and I took that
crown off her head.  Don't you get it, Senshi?  You're from the wrong history.
There is no legitimate king and queen of the Earth and Moon.  They were des-
troyed a thousand years ago... which is _now_.  The world you remember...  all
of it...  is just a freak fluctuation in time that lets you exist for a little
while.  Beryl is destined to rule this world.
    "But that can't be right!  And we're good guys!  Why would we destroy
your history?"
    "In any history, Sailor Senshi, events depend on many, many, other events.
If one person doesn't meet someone else thirty years ago, another person isn't
born now.  If you save the world, or if you do _anything_, a thousand years
later, not a single person will be alive who would have been if you had not
done it.  Every individual in my world will cease to exist if the Senshi
complete their future missions."
    "But...  but the whole world will be better off!  We can defeat Beryl now,
not let her be queen for a thousand years!  Cause untold misery...."
    "Different people will be better off.  A miserable life is a lot better
than not existing at all!  This is enough, Senshi.  Your threat is over now."
She prepares to blast the Senshi.  As she does this, the crown seems less and
less transparent.

    The door opens.  Sailors Jupiter and Mercury peek in, accompanied by
the cats.  "Supreme Thunder!"  The thunder hits the ceiling, which collapses
on Ruby Starr.  Simultaneously, the crown begins to fade and even Ruby herself
fades a bit.
    "Shabon Spray!" provides the needed distraction for the Senshi to hurry
out of the room.  And all the Inner Senshi are together again.  Ruby Starr's
blast dissipates harmlessly, not hitting any target.  A Chronicle helps her
out of the rubble, and she chases after the Senshi.
    Usagi: "Why doesn't she disappear or something?"
    Pink Lady: "She didn't do anything!  All she did was order people around.
So she has plenty of ability to attack us!  We're not getting out of this
fight so easily...."

Coming attractions:

Kameko: This woman from a very different present...
Usagi: "Future!"
Kameko: This woman from a very different future may be only fighting for her
existence, but we have no choice but to destroy her!  And she's more powerful
than us future Senshi, and _way_ more powerful than the past Senshi.  But it's
us or her!  And is it too late to find other Senshi to help?

    Tune in again next time for: "The Final Battle?  End of the Sailor Senshi?"