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Here we go with TRIO chapter 5.  (GIVE ME C&C NOW!!!!)


				TRIO:
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			CALL ME... YIN YANG!

	The three youths sat in the living room.  Digesting the information 
they had received.

	It had started with a letter they had received with the crest of the 
government.  "Oh no," Usagi had moaned, "this is bad news."

	"How do you know?" Ranma shot back, "It's probably just some, 
'please vote for me' letter."

	"I just have a feeling alright!  Can't a girl be a little paranoid 
now and again?

	Ranma pretended to be shocked, "You?  Long Ears is paranoid?"

	"DON'T call me that!"

	"If the shoe fits..."

	"Don't go there Ranma!"

	"I already have."

	Gohan sighed as he opened the letter.  Though the arguments were 
less frequent, they still fought like tigers when they did argue.  He 
cleared his throat to stop the argument before Ranma could say 
something that would send Usagi into tears and then he would have to 
wait until Ranma swallowed his pride and apologized, which sometimes 
was several minutes to several HOURS.

	The two stopped and looked at their friend expectantly.  Gohan 
pulled out the letter and read it to himself.  "What's it say?  
What's it say?" Usagi chirped.

	Gohan finished and suddenly crushed the letter in his hand.  "I KNEW 
it was bad news," Usagi moaned.

	"She's right," Gohan said as he turned his head towards them, "You 
remember those checks that the doctors at the labs said we'd get?"

	The others nodded and Gohan continued, "Apparently, because it's 
been determined that Ranma and I are of full time working age and 
Usagi is of part time working age.. there cutting the checks and we 
have to earn our own money."

	"In other words," Ranma said, "we just have whatever funds we have 
on us.  Meaning, none, zero, zip, zilch, nadda, nothing, a big fat 
donut, empty pockets..."

	Usagi elbowed him in the side as she snapped, "WE GET THE IDEA!"

	 "So," Gohan asked, "what do we do now?"

	As if on cue, the radio suddenly started to play, "Get a job.  Na na 
na na!  Nana nana na!"

	The three of them looked at the radio and then Ranma quipped, "You 
want to shoot it or should I?"

	Usagi started to giggle and then Gohan also tried to stifle a laugh 
without successes.  Ranma joined in and the tense atmosphere cleared 
itself... until the explosion from outside.

	A few seconds earlier, outside.....

	The car was rolling down the street.  From somewhere in a nearby 
tree, there was a flash of light and a few seconds later the car 
exploded.

	The car continued to roll and crashed through a fence, falling down 
to the bottom of the sump on the other side with a smash.

	An onlooker would have seen nothing in the tree but a slight ripple. 
 In fact, the ripple was a disguised creature called Camele.  Camele 
pulled out a communicator and turned it on.  The face of Lujane 
appeared on it.  "Report," the member of the Inner Four said sharply.


	"I've ssset the dissstraction mother.  Now I am proccceding with the 
plan."

	"Exactly what plan is that?"

	"When the targetssss ssstep outssside their houssse.  I will go 
inssside and ambusssh them."

	Camele could see Lujane was visibly sweating.  "Is ahh," Lujane 
stutterer, "that it?"

	"Yesssss."

	On the other side of the communication....

	Blade Bot snickered, "That has got to be one of the STUPIDEST plans 
I've ever heard."

	Seer did his closest version of rolling his eyes and replied, "Like 
something you'd come up with?"

	Blade Bot shot a look at Seer and the shadow being chuckled darkly.  
Lujane just gulped and ordered to Camele, "Very well.  Carry on."

	"Lujane!" Eclipse Lord ordered from his throne as the communication 
was terminated.

	Lujane went back to her position in front of Eclipse Lord and bowed. 
 "Yes m-m-master," she said hesitantly as she thought, "I KNEW I 
should have kept Camele in the soup for an extra hour."

	"This plan had best work," Eclipse Lord warned, "or else.  While 
your at it, tell me why I have permitted you to send one of your 
Geneticks after our three 'friends' in the first place."

	"A-a-as you know Master," Lujane said as she tried to calm her 
nerves, "The local news caught Sailor Moon out fighting crime in the 
company of a man who's powers match the ones of the boy named Gohan.  
Also, there was a report of another woman accompanying them but no 
pictures of her were taken."

	The Eclipse Lords right hand moved slowly towards a red button and 
all of the Inner Four gasped.  "Please Master," Samaron pleaded in 
his wifes defence, "there is no need for that.  Camele will work.  
Even though this plan is dishonorable, she has a few surprises that 
our three enemies will not be able to cope with."

	"'Dishonorable'?" Blade Bot quipped, "Ooooh yes.  I see.  Your 
little code," Blade Bots voice became mocking, "'Don't kick them 
while their down', 'Fight fair', 'Don't hit them where they live'....
"

	"You would know nothing about honor," Samaron growled.

	"SILENCE!" Eclipse Lord yelled, then turned to Samaron, "For Lujanes 
sake, I hope this creature succeeds."

	Back at the house....

	"What was THAT?!?!" Usagi cried as she and the others ran outside.

	"Well gee," Ranma replied sarcastically, "It sounded like an 
explosion."

	"I know THAT," Usagi snapped, "I meant, what exploded?"

	"Good question," Gohan said thoughtfully.

	Then he saw it.  The tire marks of a car, leading off to the sump, 
where they went through the fence and at the end a large amount of 
thick, black smoke drifted upwards.  "Back in the house," Gohan 
yelled, "NOW!  It's an attack!"

	The trio ran inside and Usagi slammed the door behind them.  
Unfortunately, a hissing voice said, "Too late foolssss."

	A shimmer in front of the three of them bolted forward and knocked 
Gohan to the left, over the couch and Ranma to the right into the 
wall.  It ran Usagi into the door and vanished.  "Where'd it go?" 
Ranma said as he looked left and right rapidly.

	"Get it... off," Usagi gasped for breath, "It's... choking... me."

	Ranma saw nothing but took a wild guess and leaped.  He hit the air 
low in front of Usagi and an evil hiss came from an invisible form.  
"Let go of her!" Ranma growled.

	Ranma fell to the ground with the invisible assailant and grappled 
with it.  It was stronger then him and Ranma had to use leverage to 
keep from being overwhelmed.  Gohan got up and looked to where Ranma 
was on the floor.  "Sneaky creature," Gohan thought, "you can't see 
it when it's still and when it moves, all you can see is a little 
shimmer."

	Gohan stood over where Ranma was and when Ranma rolled over onto his 
back, Gohan grabbed the shimmer on where the back of the neck would 
have been and lifted it into the air.  The monster hissed and Gohan 
used his free hand to deliver a right to the "jaw".

	The shimmer went flying backwards and suddenly filled in to revel a 
green scaled, purple eyed, six foot tall monster with a black circle 
with a white outline tattooed on the back of its right hand.  "What's 
that?" Usagi yelped.

	"Call me Camele," the creature said in a raspy voice, "Come and get 
me you ssssimpering, sssily, ssstupid, sssuper sssuckerssssss."

	"Mental note," Ranma thought, "Don't try too many s-words with this 
thing."

	Camele suddenly flung open the back door and raced into the back 
yard.  "Usagi," Gohan said, "transform and go after her.  I've got to 
get my costume."

	"MOON CRYSTAL POWER!  MAKE UP!"

	As soon as the transformation finished, Sailor Moon looked around 
and suddenly realized that she was all alone.  "Hey," she gulped as 
she looked around, "where'd Ranma go?  That means... I've gotta take 
this thing on alone. (gulp)  Oh, why me?"

	Sailor Moon raced outside and looked around the yard.  "All right 
you Jurassic Park reject," she yelled with a confidence she didn't 
feel, "Where are you?"

	"Up here SSSSailor Moon," Camele's voice said from the roof, "Come 
and get me!"

	Hissing laughter mocked Sailor Moon as she leaped up onto the roof.  
Sailor Moon stood before the creature and said, "Okay bucko, nobody 
tries to choke me and gets away with it!  I am Sailor Moon, the 
champion of Love and Justice!  I will not forgive you for this 
attack!  In the name of the Moon... I'll punish you!"

	Camele laughed her hissing laugh again and started to slowly stomp 
towards Sailor Moon.  Sailor Moon backed away slowly, not completely 
ready to face something like this.  Her hesitance actually surprised 
her.  She had faced down Snatcher, Crack Shot and those Scarab Demons 
without being afraid, so why was she actually feeling tingles of fear 
in her belly now?

	She chalked it up to the fact that, A) Santcher and Crack Shot had 
either been or at least appeared human.  B) Those Scarabs had been 
such LOSERS that they couldn't have scared a flea.

	This however, was a living, breathing, ugly, smellier then gym socks,
 sharp toothed, MONSTER.  Camele laughed again and taunted, "What'sss 
wrong SSSailor Moon.  Come and faccce me!"

	Sailor Moon saw she was rapidly running out of roof.  Camele taunted 
her again, "You know, you'd probably be afraid," Camele transformed 
into an exact duplicate of Sailor Moon, "of your own shadow."

	Sailor Moon gasped, even the voice was an exact copy.  "You may be 
able to copy my looks," Sailor Moon said, "but there'll never be 
another me!"

	"Who says I'm trying to be another you?  Who would WANT to be 
another you?"

	With that Sailor Moon-Camele jumped off the roof and towards the 
front door.  At that moment, Sayaman came out the roof window and 
rushed towards Sailor Moon, "Hey SM," he asked, "where's the monster?
"

	"Down there," Sailor Moon said as she pointed.

	"Gohan!" Sailor Moon-Camele yelled, "Watch out.  Camele is a shape 
shifter, she's right next to you!"

	Sayaman looked down and then looked next to him.... and promptly did 
a wild double take.  "Huh?" he asked intelligently.

	Sailor Moon jumped off the roof and stood in front of her evil 
duplicate.  "What do you think your doing?" she yelled, "I'M Sailor 
Moon!"

	"No," the false Moon replied, "I'M Sailor Moon!"

	"I am!"

	"I am!"

	"I AM!!"

	"I AM!!"

	"I AM!!!"

	"I AM!!!"

	"STOP IMITATING ME!" the two Sailors said at the same time.

	Sayaman was understandably confused.  He had no way to tell the real 
Sailor Moon from the fake.  Perhaps if he had known her better he 
might have but... suddenly an idea took shape.

	Sayaman went into a whole weird routine of body motions and said, "I 
am the Great Sayaman!  I shall see that the fires of Justice shall 
always burn.  Here I come again!"

	The Sailor Moon on the right started to laugh.  "AH HA!" Sayaman 
cried, "There you are!"

	He unleashed a yellow ki ball that exploded in front of Sailor Moon-
Camele and knocked her for a loop, right into a large oak tree.  She 
was hit so hard that she lost her concentration and transformed back 
to her natural shape as she slid to the ground.  "How?" Camele 
groaned, "How did you know?"

	Sayaman grinned as he leaped down and replied, "Simple.  Sailor Moon 
says weird speeches as well.  So, she wouldn't laugh if I did one."

	Sailor Moon smiled at him and said, "Way to go Sayaman," then her 
expression grew dark as she said, "but my speeches are NOT weird." 

	Camele growled and charged as she hissed, "SSSave your breath 
bratsss, it'sss not over yet."

	Sayaman hit the charging monster with a right fist to the stomach 
that sent her flying back several yards and into the sump.  "Nice 
shot!" Moon cheered.

	"Come on," the male super hero said, "Let's go see if she's finished.
"

	"Guessss what," Camele replied as she stood, "I'm not!"

	The Eclipse Syndicate monster pulled out two dozen small black orbs. 
 She threw them to the ground and they began to grow into the 
familiar form of...

	"SSSScarab Demonssss," Camele ordered, "attack!"

	"Here we go again," the Sailor said.

	The Saya-jin replied, "I get the feeling that this particular scene 
is going to repeat itself."

	"What?  Monster attacks us, we fight back.  Monster calls out 
Scarabs, we kick Scarabs butts.  I know, this sounds like some kind 
of campy T.V. show."

	"I wish it was, then we could just go to a commercial."

	Then they had no more time for banter, as the Scarabs were upon them.


	"MOON TIARA ACTION!" Sailor Moon cried as she flung her magical 
headpiece towards the attacking creatures.

	Several of them were hit and were turned to dust.  The tiara turned 
in mid-air and hit several more as it traveled back into Sailor Moons 
waiting hand.  Sayaman punched and kicked for all he was worth as he 
pounded the stuffing out of every Scarab that came near him.  He got 
a little overzealous on one punch and punched a hole through the 
chest of an attacking Scarab.  "Ewwww," he gagged as he tried to wipe 
the greenish gunk off his glove.

	"Fight you bug brainsss," Camele roared as the remaining Scarabs 
regrouped around her.

	"HOLD IT!" a new voice said.

	Everyone looked up at the person silloueted against the sun and when 
he came into focus a collective gasp came from everyones lips.  
"Ranma?" Sailor Moon asked hesitantly.

	Standing at the top of the hill leading into the sump was a man 
dressed in a Chinese shirt and silk Chinese pants.  The left half of 
both were white and the right half were black.  On his face was a 
mask that covered the top of his face but left the lower part of it 
visible.  A black pig tail hung out of the back of the mask.  "Don't 
call me Ranma," Ranma said, "call me," he tried striking a heroic 
pose, but it was obvious that he was uncomfortable with the whole 
thing and said, "Yin Yang!"

	Camele rolled her eyes and said, "Oh great.  Now I'm going to have 
to ssstand another ssstupid, sssilly, sssupehero ssspeach."

	"I don't do speeches."

	Camele smiled and replied, "Good.  Then let usss begin!"

	Camele leaped up and over the other two heros and collided with Yin 
Yang.  The two grappled into the street and Yin Yang used his legs to 
flip Camele off.  Camele looked him up and down and said, "Niccce 
outfit."

	Then she transformed into a duplicate of Yin Yang, "Mind if I borrow 
it?"

	Sayaman used a right side kick to finish off the last Scarab and got 
a grip around Sailor Moons waist and with a quick, "Hang on," carried 
her to the top as he flew up.  They got to the top and the female 
superhero groaned, "Oh NO!  Not again!"

	Yin Yang and Yin Yang-Camele battle each other with a flurry of 
kicks and punches.  The other two heros couldn't think of anything to 
do as the battle raged before them.  "HOLD IT!" Sayaman yelled.

	Both Yin Yangs stopped, both of their fists mere inches away from 
the others faces.  They leaped away from each other and then looked 
at Sayaman.  "What's your problem?" they both asked similtaniously.

	"Usagi," Gohan whispered, "I've got an idea."  Sayaman whispered his 
plan to her before turning to the two Yin Yangs as she ran off and 
said aloud, "Okay then, nobody is going anywhere until we sort this 
out."

	"I'd like to see how you plan on doing that," the Yin Yang on the 
left said.

	The one on the right let out a laugh and said, "Good luck."

	Sayamans sun glass covered eyes moved back and forth, from one Yin 
Yang to the other.  Stalling for time.  Gohan thought, "I hope this 
works."

	Then he said aloud, "Okay.  You two go back to fighting with me 
watching.  I'll be able to tell by your styles who's real and who's 
the fake."

	He was bluffing, he hadn't sparred with Ranma yet so he wouldn't be 
able to tell.  He needed to keep them busy for a little longer.  "Hah,
" the one on the left said, "Why should I?  This guy fights like a 
girl."

	Suddenly, as if on cue, Sailor Moon ran up with a bucket and threw 
its contents at the two Yin Yangs.  Cold water splashed the both of 
them. "HEY," the Yin Yang on the left shouted, "What did you do that 
for?"

	He was soaked to the bone but most importantly he was STILL a HE.  
"Hey slime," Yin Yang-chan said, "NOW I'm gonna fight like a girl!"

	Yin Yang-chan leaped in the air and delivered a shattering drop kick 
to the head of Yin Yang-Camele.  Camele turned back into her natural 
form and stammered, "How?  What?"

	Sailor Moon removed her tiara from her forehead and said, "This is 
for trying to choke me!  MOON TIARA ACTION!"

	The glowing discus flew through the air and slashed through Cameles 
chest.  Camele staggered back, holding her chest, which gushed thick 
green blood and cried out in pain.  Sayaman powered up a ki ball and 
flung it with all of his might at the monster.  Camele shrieked as 
the ball hit her in the chest and then before the heros eyes, she 
melted into a puddle of green slime which quickly evaporated.

	"What do you know," Yin Yang-chan quipped, "she really was slime."

	"Come on," Sayaman said, "let's get out of here."

	The three heros left, Sayaman by flying, Yin Yang-chan and Sailor 
Moon by leaping.  After traveling several blocks they doubled back 
and entered their home.  Usagi powered down and Ranma and Gohan 
changed back into their normal clothes.  Also, Ranma took a hot 
shower.  "Hey Ranma," Usagi asked afterwards, "Why did you decide to 
be Yin Yang?"

	"Well," Ranma replied, "Being in my female form wasn't right.  If I 
ever got hit by warm water, it would have been over.  Besides, that 
really wasn't a proper hero identity anyway.  I may still think this 
whole thing is stupid, but if I'm going to do it, I'm gonna do it 
right."

	A grin plastered itself over his face as he added, "And my costume 
is more decent then yours to boot."

	"EXCUSE ME?!?!" Usagi yelled.

	"Let me just say, I now know why your name is Sailor MOON."

	"TAKE THAT BACK!"

	"Nope."

	Gohan just sighed and grumbled, "I thought they had gotten past this.
  They TOLD me they had gotten past this."

	At the Eclipse Tower....

	Lujane trembled before the Eclipse Lord.  She was trembling with 
fear and yet, tears of grief were in her eyes.  The Eclipse Lords 
hand started to inch towards the red button on his throne once more.  
The other three members of the Inner Four turned their eyes away.  
Eclipse Lords hand stopped mere inches from the button and he growled 
softly, "Get out.  All of you.  NOW!  Do not return until I call for 
you."

	Lujane let out a sigh of relief and Samaron held her cry on his 
shoulder as the two of them left.  Lujane sobbed, "They killed one of 
my babies!!  Boo hoo hoo!"

	Seer and Blade Bot bowed to their master and took their leave as 
well.  Eclipse Lord was now totally alone alone and he let his 
thought wander.

	"Another one of my servants lost.  So be it.  There are other plans 
which require our attention at this time.  Perhaps we shall deal with 
them at another time... and when we do, they will fall!"

END OF CHAPTER

NEXT: The search for employment begins.  Who are the mysterious 
helpers who Usagi runs into, they look familiar but their names 
aren't?  Will Ranma be able to work with a phyco chef or will he 
become the special of the day?  What is Gohans mysterious new job?

Find out in "TRIO: WAGE SLAVES!"  Read it!!