[Christopher Angel, God of Moments....Oh hell, you know this by now. Urd,
Skuld, Bell and Chris are in a theatre, OK?]
Aggghhh, I finally got it done!! For those of you who were
waiting (you can put the sword down now, God-Boy) here's the first part
to the third prologue in the Destiny's Path series! A lot of things
delayed this, including:
Chris: [tries to look innocent] Moi? Threaten?
Urd: [deapan] Vous.
Chris: What kind of nutcase do you take me for?
{Urd, Skuld, Bell, exchange a look.]
Skuld: You don't REALLY want us to answer that, do you 'Niichan?
French class (no explaination needed, I hope)
A 5 page paper, with visual aids
Work
Chris: BAH! You're a slacker! Admit it! [notices the others glaring at him]
WHAT?
Bell: Exactly when is Ch 8 of Oh! My Brother! coming out?
Chris: [flustered] Uh...heh. As soon as I figure out what mean, nasty,
awful, horrible thing to do to myself next?
[The girls exchange a look again.]
Urd: You're not getting a THIRD one, are you?
Chris: By Skuld, I hope not.
Skuld: [whining] Oniichan, do you know how embarassing it is to have your
name taken in vain by your own brother?
Chris: Gomen.
Sailor Moon (duh!)
Ranma 1/2
Oh My Goddess!
Tenchi Muyo (cross between OVA and TV series, Tusanmi is making a
appearance)
Chris: You know, toss in Blueseed here and you have all the elements to my
fiction. [pause] Speaking of which, I have to start working out our scene.
Skuld: WE'RE in it?
Chris: Damn straight we are.
Devil Hunter Yohko
Plus a few...ahh...unheard-at least to
the people mentioned-author cameos. You'll know them when you see
them. :-)
Chris: I have this feeling of impending doom....
Urd: [looks around] What happened to that sound bite?
Chris: [embarrased] Uh...well..Blade's lawyer showed up.
Skuld: So?
Chris: [shudders] It was Misaki.
Bell: Ayeka's mother? But she's such a nice woman.
Chris: [shudders agaign] I know. That's what bothers me.
Prologue 3: The Wedding-Part 1: Invitations
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Chris: No offense, but isn't three prologues a little silly?
It was a wonderful day in Tokyo. The birds were singing,
the sun was shining, children were laughing...well, I think you get the
picture. It was especially peaceful in the Nerima district. (1) The
sun peeking over the horizon promised a wonderful day to come.
(1) Of course you know it won't last.
Bell: These were really irritating, remove them.
Skuld: [nods] It's an established fact that the moment you mention 'Nerima'
and 'peace' in the same sentence it's just NOT going to last.
The idylic silence was suddenly shattered by a scream from the
Tendo dojo. "RANMA NO BAKA!!!" About two seconds after that,
a black haired man was seen flying out of the dojo and up towards the
stratosphere, courtsey of a chi-powered hyperdimensionally stored solid
wood object designed to build up and deliver tremendous amounts of
kinetic energy by virtue of the mass of the object upon a target
surface. (2) Just another typical day in the Nerima district.
(2) In unscientific terms, Akane's mallet.
Chris/Skuld: <snicker>
Urd/Bell: <sigh>
Chris: OK, THAT one was well done, but it could have just been placed where
that (2) was without much difference.
Two women were walking towards the dojo when they saw
Ranma take his daily flight over Nerima, courtsey of Mallet Airlines.
One of them blinked. "Uh, Ukyo?" Makoto Kino asked.
"Yeah, cousin?" (3) Ukyo Kuonji said. "What was that?" Makoto asked.
Ukyo sighed. "That was Ranma Saotome, skilled in martial arts, but
short on social skills. Knowing him, he just insulted Akane's cooking
again." Makoto sighed, "When will he ever learn?" "Who
knows?" Ukyo responded. A roar and a crash came from the
Tendo Dojo. The two martial artists looked at each other and
started running towards the Dojo.
(3) Hey, they're both good cooks, and they're martial artists.
What more can I say?
Chris: This feeling of impending doom is increasing.
Urd: Maybe because the concept of Makoto and Ukyo being related is just to
weird for words?
Chris: Nope, that's not it.
Bell: Because of the 'roar and the crash'
Chris: [shakes his head] Nope.
Skuld: [exasperated] Then why?
Chris: Because my writer side just throught up something good, and the
character side is not looking forward to it.
Bell/Skuld/Urd: [exchange a look] Uh oh.
When they got to the Dojo, Ukyo and Makoto saw the reason
for the noise. A large creature which could only be described as ugly
was trashing the living room. Akane was holding her mallet and
standing in front of her family. "Akane!" Ukyo shouted, "Did you
use too much sugar again?" "Hey, the recipe said four heaping cups
of sugar. How was I to know this would happen?" Akane responded,
hitting any tentacles that came too close. Ukyo unslung her combat
spatula and went in to help Akane while Makoto got out her
transformation pen.
Chris: -_-; Guys, get off it already, her cooking isn't that bad.
Urd: They always have made this joke...
Bell: They still are...
Skuld: And they always will.
Chris: [groans]
"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!!!"
Within seconds, Super Sailor Jupiter had replaced Makoto Kino,
and she jumped in to confront the creature, which by now had several
flattened tentacles (courtsey of Akane's mallet) and had several
mini-spatulas sticking out at odd places. <Gah,> Jupiter thought,
<this thing looks like something out of Wicked City.>
Chris: O_O Makoto watches Wicked City?
She decided
to end it quickly. "SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!" The ball
lightning hit the sentient cooking in the...uh...shoulder. With a
grunt, the creature knocked Jupiter out of the house and into the
koi pond. Fortunately for all concerned, she came out still female and
really....ticked off. "Hey fang face!!! Why don't you come out
here so I can stomp you!!" she yelled at the creature.
Bell: [places her hand over Chris's eyes] That's enough out of you.
Chris: HEY! What'd I do?
Urd: The impending 'wet t-shirt' comment was just radiating off of you.
Chris: [smirks] Then I don't have to say it, do I?
Akane decided to answer for the monster and knocked it out of the
house with her mallet. Ukyo assisted with her spatula. Jupiter saw
the animated food coming at her and dodged. The monster hit the koi
pond with a mighty splash. By now, the smart fish had packed
up and caught the first wave out of town, leaving the rest to watch.
Jupiter decided to end this. "JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!!!" The
monster quickly evaporated from the energy blast. Jupiter turned
to the Tendos and Ukyo. "So, what's for lunch?" she said.
Everyone facefaulted (well, except Kasumi, of course).
Urd: OK, I haven't read this in a while...but...
Chris: Shouldn't she be hiding her identity?
Bell: Not even Kasumi's THAT oblivious, is she?
Skuld: [nods] You don't know the half of it.
Bell: [frowns] I'm insulted that you two think I act anything like her.
Chris: It's more the housewifey thing.
--A few minutes eariler--
"Stupid, uncute tomboy!!" Ranma Saotome said as he flew high
above Nerima, courtsey of Akane's mallet. <Should land in Ucchan's>
he thought, <hope she has something to eat.> His flight suddenly
stopped. "What the heck?!?!?" Ranma said. "Ranma, did Akane try
cooking again?" a voice said. Ranma turned around. "Usagi!?"
Eternal Sailor Moon, flying towards the Dojo, had caught Ranma
while he was falling towards Ucchan's. [Author's note: Yes, all
the casts in this little soiree know who the Sailors are. I fully
intend to write the stories to explain this, but not until after
Destiny's Path.]
Chris: OK, that answers that question.
Urd: As a woman who had wings at one point, let me say, it is REALLY hard
to catch someone who's been thrown up in the air like that.
Chris: OK, now you're nitpicking. [pause] Wings? We have wings?
[Threatening tone] If I hear one 'Angel' joke, I'm gonna get really ticked
off.
"Yeah, she did." Ranma said. "I couldn't keep my
mouth shut." he continued, "I can't help it if her food can kill half a
country!" "But you still like her?" Sailor Moon said.
"WHAT?? How could ANYONE like that uncute, sexless, tomboy??"
Ranma exclaimed.
"I'll take that as a yes." Sailor Moon said with a smile. "By
the way, if you're looking for Ukyo, she's over at the Dojo with
Makoto. I told Makoto I would meet her there."
[Chris opens his mouth to complain, but Skuld puts her hand on his arm.]
Skuld: Don't go there, Oniichan, this isn't Trio.
Chris: [pouts] But Ranma and Usagi would make SUCH a good couple.
"So what are we waiting for?" Ranma said. Then they were
interrupted. "Hello Ranma!!" A short, bald man suddenly rocketed into
their midest. "Happosai! What can't you just go away, you old
pervert!" Ranma shouted as the aforementioned pervert attempted to
glomp Sailor Moon. Dodging his attempts to latch onto her, Sailor Moon
set Ranma down onto a rooftop. "Don't worry Ranma, I'll take care of
this." "How?" Ranma said. "The last time you two clashed, you couldn't
even hit him. It took a combo attack from you, Mars, Jupiter and
myself to knock him out." "Let's just say..." Sailor Moon said, "that
I have a little suprise for him."
She turned towards Happosai and held her hands out in front of
her. To Ranma and Happosai's surprise, a sword appeared in her hands.
Urd: GO USAGI!
Skuld: YAY USAGI-CHAN!
Belldandy: DEMOLISH THAT PERVERT!
Chris/Urd/Skuld: O_O;;;
Chris: I assume you've met the letch, Bell.
Sailor Moon spun the sword around. "Like it?" she asked. "It was
a wedding present from Sailor Galaxia. She said something about my
possibily needing a new weapon in the future. This is the Cosmic Moon
Sword." "No sword can beat a true master of the Anything-Goes School
of Martial Arts!" Happosai said as he jumped towards her, throwing
several Happo-diarkins at the same time. Sailor Moon barely managed to
dodge them, and the ones that missed were shot out of the sky by Ranma
before they could do any harm.
Chris: HEY! OK, that's WAY OOC for Happosai. It doesn't matter how nasty
the girl is, he NEVER uses the Happo-dairkins on them.
Skuld: What about Ranma?
Chris: Ranma doesn't count, and you know that.
"My turn." Sailor Moon said. "CRESCENT MOON BEAM!!" A beam of
energy shot out the sword and blasted Happosai into the air. "MOKUO
TAKIBISHA!!" Ranma promptly sent the old pervert packing. "Now let's
go." Sailor Moon said to Ranma.
Then they were interuppted again. (Don't you just hate that?)
"Halt, foul sorcerer Saotome! I will not let you corrupt another
innocent woman, so say the Blue Thunder of Furikan High!" Kuno appeared
with a sound of thunder. "Uh, boy...Sailor Moon, you mind if I handle
this?" Ranma asked. "Go right ahead." Sailor Moon responded. Ranma
rushed Kuno and promptly knocked him into the stratosphere with a
vicious uppercut. "CRESCENT MOON BEAM!" The shot from the Cosmic Moon
Sword sent Kuno into LEO, with him spouting something about freeing
another soul from Saotome's spell...or something. "Now, let's go."
Sailor Moon said.
Urd: Ranma: 1256324, Kuno: 1
Chris: When did he get the one?
Skuld: The Phoenix Egg, remember?
They waited a few seconds. Nothing. Ranma grabbed
Sailor Moon's hand and they flew towards the Dojo.
Chris: <snicker>
When they got there, Makoto said that Ukyo had agreed to cook for
the wedding. They then had lunch, then Makoto and Usagi delivered the
invitations for the wedding.
As they left the Dojo, Makoto asked Usagi if anything had
happened on the way. "Oh, nothing out of the ordinary, at least for
Nerima." Usagi said, looking at the engagement ring Mamoru had given
her at her school graduation a few months ago...
All: <snicker>
--Flashback--
They were celebrating. They had graduated from High School.
Everyone. Even Usagi, who everyone had guessed wouldn't make it.
But she had, mostly due to a lot of arm twisting from Rei and the
fact that she had begun to change her habits. She had been waking
up in the morning and actually getting to school on time. Not only
that, her grades had come up, and to say the least, everyone was
surprised.
Down Below, Old Scratch was having a laugh as he watched
Beryl and her cronies try and dig themselves out of the snow that had
been suddnely dumped on them.
Chris: You know, these little interjections grow on you after a while.
It's kind of like my writing for OMB in a way.
Bell: They do add a nice touch every once in a while.
Urd: But stick to one format, would ya?
Mamoru then asked Usagi to come outside with him.
"Usako? How long have we been dating?"
"I don't know...maybe six years? Why do you ask?"
"Well..." Mamoru said with some diffculty, "do you think
we could be together forever?"
"Wha..of course, Mamo-chan! We both know what's coming,
Crystal Tokyo, and our daughter..."
Chris: [turns to the girls] OK, lesson for the day: Even if you KNOW he's
proposing, don't do anything like that. Sure fire way to give a guy cold
feet.
Bell: [nods sagely] Yes, men have enough trouble with commitment as it is.
Urd: [snorts] You just don't know how to catch them, Belldandy.
Chris: [raises an eyebrow] Umm...may I remind you SHE's the one with
Keiichi?
"Yes I know that, but Setsuma said something about the
future not being set, that it is always in motion. Crystal Tokyo could
not happen, although we'll try our hardest to MAKE it happen!"
"Yeah, I suppose that's true...but Mamo-chan, why are you
bringing this up now? Do you want to break up again?" Usagi asked with
tears in her eyes.
Chris: <ROFTL>
Urd/Skuld: <snorts in disgust>
Bell: <sighs in dismay>
"WHAT?? No, no, Usako!! I'm not saying that! I love
you, I have loved you back in the days of the Silver Milleninum, and I
will always love you....I guess what I'm trying to get at...what
I'm trying to say is that..."
Mamoru got down on one knee and brought a small box out.
"Usagi, Princess, I love you with all of my heart. Will you
marry me?"
The tense silence that resulted then could be cut with a knife
(or more approrately, a prog knife). It was like the cosmos stopped
in preparation for the Moon Princess' answer....
"Mamo-chan, I love you too. And...yes, I will marry you."
Mamoru was silent for a moment, then smiled and got up, and on an
unspoken signal between them, they drew together for a long
kiss....
Chris: 3...2...1...
All: Awwwwwwwwww.
...which was then interuppted by a round of whistles and
cheers. The two lovers turned around to find the Senshi (both Inner
and Outer) Naru, Umino, the Crystal Knights, and her parents.
Usagi and Mamoru blushed as the cheering continued.
Chris: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Skuld: ^_^; Am I the only one who thinks Oniichan is having WAY to good a
time here?
"Okay," Rei said when the cheering had died down, "who had today
as the day?" Ami, Minako, Naru, and Hotaru all raised their hands,
and the others passed money to them. "Wait a second!" Usagi
shouted, "You were betting on MY lovelife?!?!? Rei!!" "Well,
Usagi, you have to admit that YOUR lovelife certainly is twisted
enough for a sure bet." Rei said smugly. "Oh, let's not talk about
lovelives when you don't have one." Usagi shot back.
Chris: Besides, the betting on Ranma's lovelife has gotten boring.
The two of them looked at each other for a second and then
started their usual tounge war. Behind them, Mamoru, the Knights, the
other Senshi, Naru, Umino, and Usagi's parents were looking on.
Finally, Major Carter said, "Okay, who won the bet for today?"
Urd: Let me. Saw that coming? [Four hands go up]
--We now return you to your regularly scheduled fanfic already in
progress--
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In another ward in Tokyo, the mailman had just delivered an
invitation to the Mano home, the only place the Sailors and the
Knights had felt safe about sending the invitation by mail-seeing
as how any demon who came from that district to crash the wedding
would have to go through Yoko and family (well, excluding Yoko's
mother) first.
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Washuu fingered the invitation. Rei had just delivered it and
stayed for tea, but then she had she had to go but she hoped that
Tenchi and his friends could come, ignoring the fact Ayeka and
Ryoko were going at it outside, but at a much more sedate pace than
before.
Wasshu couldn't blame them. It had been a few weeks since
the....accident that...that...killed Sasami, and the group was
having trouble getting over it. Heck, Mihoshi had been acting
almost normal for the last few weeks, with no accidents around the
house.
Chris: WHAT THE HELL?
Urd: [sits up] Did I miss something here?
Skuld: How do you kill Tsunami of all people?
Tenchi was the most affected, he usually spent his days in
his room and when he did show up downstairs, his mood was dark
enough to dim even the sun. <Tenchi,> Wasshu thought, <I wish I could
turn back time and stop the accident, but I can't. Even the Most
Brillant Scientist can't conquer fate.> She looked at the
inviation, and suddenly, an idea came to her, an idea that wouldn't
completely solve the problem, but at least it could heal the rift.
Chris: All those who have a feeling of impending doom? [Four hands go up]
<Better call her then.> she thought, <At least there won't be any
problems of getting her to come. I just hope I'm right about this
theory.>
As she raced to her subspace lab, she wondered again why Pluto
had asked her to construct some Temporal Displacement Generators a
few weeks back. <Oh well,> she thought, <I guess I'll figure it
out later. Gotta get working on this!>
Skuld: [hugging Chris] Oniichan, I'm scared.
Chris: Me too, Skuld, me too.
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At a certain shrine in a certain city (if you couldn't guess by
now), Usagi, her mom, Naru, and Luna were drinking tea with Usagi's
cousin Keiichi and his friends. The day had been going along
normally so far, with talk about plans for the wedding (and Urd
volunteering to make the punch, a offer that was resoundly NO'ed by
Usagi, Keiichi, Belldandy, and Skuld, with Usagi's mom and Naru
looking on confusedly.) This all changed when Mara appeared and
started firing on the shrine.
Chris: [looks at the screen, then turns to the goddesses] HEY! Where'd they
go?
[A ray of sunlight enters the theater, and Tyr appears.]
Tyr: Hello, Chris.
Chris: [blinks] Tyr? Filling in for the girls?
Tyr: Correct.
Chris: [shrugs] OK, settle in. Want some popcorn?
After running for cover, the group could only watch as Banpei
tried to contain Mara and got blasted for it. Then Naru was hit
by some debris.
Tyr: That was a given conclusion.
Chris: True, but it needed to be said. I mean, without Naru getting in
trouble, you'd have lost 2/3 of the Sailor Moon episodes.
"Usagi, she's just unconscious, she's going ot be
alright!" Belldandy and Ikkuo were trying to calm Usagi down. Then
she had stopped crying and looked at her mother and Belldandy.
"Alright then, take care of her while I kick that thing's tail."
She got up and went to the center of the room. "Usagi, wait!!"
Ikkuo shouted. Usagi turned around. "I'm sorry, Mom." Then she put a
hand on her broach.
"MOON ETERNAL POWER, MAKE UP!!"
Chris: [turns to Tyr] Analysis.
Tyr: Sailor Moon has a 2.5% chance of winning.
Chris: [whistles] Mara is TOAST.
In front of Usagi's mom and a revived Naru, Usagi's broach
flashed and ribbons cascaded over her, forming into a white sailor
suit with a yellow and red trimmed skirt, pink puff arm length
gloves, and wings extending from her back. On her forehead, a
glowing cresent moon appeared.
Outside, Mara was looking for Keiichi and the three goddesses.
It wasn't often that she got a chance to "play" with them, and she
was relishing the opportunity.
Chris: [blinks] OK, I don't know OMG that well, aside from the OVAs and the
2 Dark Horse Graphic Novels, but isn't that a little violent even for Mara?
Tyr: I do not know. Since I am a creation of your own mind, what you know,
I know.
Then.... "Hold it!!" Mara turned to look at who had called out.
"Who's there?" she said. "How dare you descrate this shrine and
endanger the lives of the people inside!" Eternal Sailor Moon said
from where she hovered. "Yeah, so what?" Mara replied, "it's in
the job description. Who are you to stop a Demon Lord?"
Chris: Two paragraphs there. Watch this throughout the fic. One speaker,
one paragraph.
"I am the eternal pretty suited soldier for love and justice and
in the name of the moon, I'll punish you!" Sailor Moon said while
doing the usual hand gestures.
"Geez, and I thought Skuld's speeches were hokey." Mara said,
then shot an energy bolt at Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon barely managed to
dodge the energy storm.
Tyr: An energy bolt is a completely different attack from an energy storm.
"Starlight Honeymoon Thearpy Kiss!!" Mara stepped to the side of
the attack and rammed Sailor Moon, sending her into a wall.
As the others watched this, a strange-and, when recounted later,
very timely-thing happened. A symbol appeared on Naru's forehead.
Luna noticed. "The symbol of the sun!!" Usagi's mom turned to the
cat. "You talk?!?!?" she said. "Yes, and I'll explain all of it
later." Luna said, and then did a backflip.
A pen appeared in the air. "Naru, quickly! You must help Sailor
Moon!" Luna said. "How?" Naru said. "Hold the pen aloft and say the
first thing that comes to mind." Luna responded. Naru did so.
"SOLAR CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!!"
Chris: [sigh] Sailor Sun, come on down.
Tyr: Considering you did the 'Male Senshi' thing yourself, you really have
no right to complain.
Chris: Tyr, like that's stopped me before.
Outside, Sailor Moon was not having a good day. After getting
off a Silver Crystal Power Kiss that had barely fazed the demon, she
had spent most of the time dodging Mara's shots. She was getting ready
to draw the Cosmic Moon Sword and hope that she could be defeated with
it when the Silver Crystal flared inside her broach. She looked at it
in suprise, as did Mara. Then a shout came from inside the temple.
"Solar Beam...BLAST!!" Mara barely managed to dodge the
white energy beam that came out of the temple. Sailor Moon turned to
look at the source of the beam and got a shock. "N-Naru?!?!?"
Chris: [sighs again] Yes, it's Naru.
Tyr: He is doing it rather well, you have to admit.
Chris: Truth? I think I'm getting fanfic apathy.
Tyr: [looks Chris up and down] You HAVE been writing this MST for an hour
already, I think you are just bored of MSTing.
Chris: [sighs a third time] Yeah, watch it guys, I'm going on vacation
after this.
Naru was clothed in a tan colored sailor fuku. On her forehead
was a tiara with a gold gem. She stepped up to Mara. "How dare you
endanger the lives of the people in this temple! In the name of the
shining light of the sun, I, Sailor Sun, will punish you!!" Mara had
flown up and hovered above the two Senshi. "What is it with you Senshi
and silly speeches?" she asked.
Tyr: [blushes] It is in the source code.
Chris: [frowns] This one of those modules you guys wrote on a dare, isn't
it.
"Well..." a new voice said, "not all of us make speeches."
"WORLD SHAKING!!"
"DEEP SUBMERGENCE!!"
"SILENCE GLAIVE SURPRISE!!"
Tyr: Hmm...there must be a bug running around.
Chris: Yeah, they had speeches too.
Sailors Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn appeared and blasted
Mara. Sailor Moon turned to Sailor Sun. "Naru, quick, let's hit
her together!!" "You got it, Sailor Moon, and I want an
explaination later." Naru said. Sailor Moon drew the Cosmic Moon
Sword.
"Right...NOW!!" she shouted. "SOLAR BEAM...BLAST!!"
"CRESENT MOON BEAM!!" The two energy beams hit Mara and threw her
into the ground. The sailors surrounded her.
"Oh, great. Well, you've won this time, Princess, but I'll
be back!!" Mara said before teleporting away. The three Outer
Senshi walked up to Sailors and Sun. "Thanks for the assist,
guys." Sailor Moon said. "No problem," Uranus replied, "wish we
could stay and clean up, but Neptune and me have to meet Major
Carter and Captain Natsume at the base, and Saturn has to meet Sean
at the airport." The three Outers then left.
Tyr: I am feeling rather confused right now.
Chris: Typical bad guy exit, but you know, I REALLY think we need the
background on this fic.
A glow surrounded the area as Sailors Moon and Sun looked in
suprise. Under Belldandy's power, the temple was repairing
itself. Sailor Moon and Sailor Sun then went to check on everyone.
They found Skuld and Urd cleaning up the room, Belldandy on the
floor, exhausted, with Keiichi looking over her, and Usagi's mom
sitting and talking with Luna, who was in human form. Sailor Moon
took a look around the room and settled on her mother. "Well, Mom,
Naru, you wanted an explaination, well, here it is. Luna could you
help me out with this?"
Tyr: [frowns] I will never understand why Kami-sama insists on making her
act like that.
Chris: [shrugs] Don't ask me, I'm still trying to figure out the gumball
machine.
At Luna's nod, Sailor Moon then transformed to Princess Serenity.
Smiling at the shock on her mother's and Naru's faces, Serenity began.
"About 25,000 years ago, there existed a great era called the Silver
Millenium. Leading the Solar System in this era was the Moon Kingdom,
ruled by my mother, Queen Serenity..."
As Serenity continued her explaination, her love was standing
outside the house, listening. Because of traffic, Tuxedo Kamen had
arrived too late to help Sailor Moon dispatch Mara, but he was
proud of her for doing so. <And it seems that we have a new Senshi
to boot..> he thought, unconsciously shifting to Prince Endymion as
his true love continued her explaination....
Chris: Umm..the guy can roof-hop for a reason, you know.
Tyr: Mere traffic should not halt the cause of heroism.
Chris: Tyr, you're sounding like Kuno.
Tyr: [sniffs] No need to be insulting.
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--Juban EDF base--
"I still can't believe we got here in time to help out in the
preperations. I thought we would have to rehearse at the last
minute with Minako hanging all over us and telling us to hurry up
and to do our best." Major Erica Carter said as she and Captain
Atsuko Natsume walked to the base's motor pool. "Yeah, I agree,"
Atsuko said,"that suborbital transport the Colonel arranged for
was just the ticket. Thank god for the International Date Line!" She
finished, laughing.
Chris: [blinks] Atsuko Natsume? As in...
Tyr: [slightly lecherous look] Nuku Nuku?
Chris: ^_^; Tyr, I didn't think she was your type.
Tyr: Better than the Valkyries. [both men shudder]
The two of them got to the motor pool to find Haruka and Michiru
waiting for them by one of the cars. "Hi guys!" Haruka said, "so
who's driving?" she said with a special smile. The two Crystal
Knights bigsweated, they knew about Haruka's driving skills on the
racetrack, but it seemed she didn't know the difference between
the racetrack and the open road, in other words, she usually drove
at a speed that the two EDF pilots would only find confortable in
their Excabilurs.
Chris: Another note, Haruka is a GOOD driver. She's good enough that the
Japan police didn't think twice about a girl who's obviously underage
driving a car.
Tyr: It would ruin the scene, Chris.
"Ahh, thanks Haruka, but I think I'll drive. I actually want to
get there in one piece." Major Carter said. Haruka looked miffed.
"What, you think I'll kill us with my driving?" "Well, Haruka,"
Carter said, "last time I checked, the cars here wern't equipped
with accel couches. "And what is THAT supposed to mean?"
Haruka countered, looking mad. Atsuko and Michiru, quickly seeing
that things were getting ugly, stepped in. "Ah, Major? Need I
recall for you a certain incident involving your cycle, a urban
combat vehicle, a helicopter, two cars and a tanker? Lovely little
pileup, as I recall." Atsuko said. Carter grew a sweatdrop. Haruka
grinned. "Somedays," Erica said, "it just doesn't pay to have an
android as your XO. So anyway, we're going to Ami's apartment?"
Tyr: [grinning] It IS Nuku Nuku!
Chris: [whining softly] Crimson, where are you?
"Yep, Minako is meeting us there as well." Haruka
replied. "Huh? Why is Minako meeting us there?" Major Carter asked.
"Well," Michiru replied, "she was over at Ami's place last night to
discuss planning strategies for the wedding." "Oh Lord, that girl
is going to run us ragged." Erica muttered. Everyone agreed as
they got in the car and headed to Ami's apartment.
Tyr: Now that is a truly terrifying thought. Minako planning a wedding.
Chris: I've got something worse. [Tyr looks at him curiously] Misaki.
Tyr: [shudders] Do not remind me.
After they got to Ami's place (minus broken bones, circuits, or
bent fenders) the group got no answer when they rang her doorbell.
"Okay," Erica said, "who's got the spare key?" "Right here Major."
Atsuko said, giving Erica the key. "Thanks, Nuku-Nuku. So you
say, Hotaru's managed to get a date? With whom?" Erica asked as
she was using the key. "Some foreign exchange student from America,"
Michiru said, "she said his name was Sean or somebody..."
Chris: <snort>
Tyr: <small smile>
Both: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Tyr: [wiping a tear from his eye] Oh, well done, I haven't laughed that
hard in ages.
Major Carter got the door open and they stepped into the
apartment. The first thing they noticed was the mess. While most
single apartments seemed to have one unifying characteristic-that
is, a mess visible somewhere-Ami had managed to keep her place
nearly spotless. That immeadiately had the group concerned as they
walked through the apartment. In the kitchen was an opened bottle
of wine (another suprise) "Minako must have brought it," Haruka
said, "I know for a fact that Ryo is still out of the city."
Chris: You don't think?
Tyr: Does not seem likely.
Chris: I hope not.
They went into the living room, where pieces of clothing seemed
to be strewn about. "What, did Ami have a party and not invite
us?" Haruka said, a little miffed. They looked at her strangely.
"What? What?" "Ami, having a party?" Carter said, "Maybe to
celebrate a major test or something...but..." "Uh, Major?" Atsuko
said. "Yes, Nuku?" "Isn't that Minako's jacket?" "Yeah it is,
and that looks like her shoes." Carter said.
Tyr: This does not look promising.
Chris: That feeling of impending doom is back.
The group followed the trail of clothes to the bedroom, noting
unconfortably that the latter part of the trail consisted of two
pairs of undergarments. They reached the closed bedroom door.
Carter and Natsume looked at each other, and on an unheard signal,
unholstered their guns, motioning Haruka and Michiru to stay behind
them and get ready to transform if needed.
Tyr: What is going to happen seems reasonably obvious at this moment.
They neared the door, Atsuko's extended sensors out and probing
the environment. They heard two sets of breathing behind the door.
Carter silently signaled to Natsume that she would take the high
angle while she took the low angle. Atsuko nodded. They counted
to three and moved in, forcing the door open and rolling into the
bedroom. Then they froze.
"FREZZE!! EDF!...I mean...errr...aggg... gahh..."
"Umm...err...ahh...uh, boy...."
Chris: Saw that coming? [Two hands go up.]
The tranquil silence in the neighborhood was suddenly shattered
by one word that reverberated from one apartment through the area
for about five blocks and rattled the windows in the other
apartments in the building:
"NNNNNAAAAANNNNNIIIII?!?!?"
<End>
Chris: Oh great, just leave us with a cliffhanger. Jerk.
Tyr: I look forward to reading more of this.
Chris: [nods] Fun series so far. Confusing, but fun.
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Next time, in the Destiny's Path series: Plans are made for the
wedding, Mara finds someone to help her get revenge on the Senshi,
and...just exactly what was Ami and Minako doing in Ami's apartment?
Chris: I feel 'Doing the Ecchi' is not going to be the answer to this.
Major Carter: All this and the introduction of us...the Crystal
Knights too!
<crash boom ominous thunder>
Chris: Hmm...maybe I should sick Misaki on him.
Tyr: Chris, no one deserves that fate.
Major Carter: HEY!! What was that for??
Captain Natsume: Premonition?
Carter: Of what?? We haven't done
anything yet!
Natsume: besides break in on Ami and Minako in...
Carter: thaaaat's quite enough of that. I got quite an eyeful
thankyouverymuch....
Chris: We didn't!
Tyr: At least not with the right people...
Chris: You are REALLY hung up on Nuku Nuku, aren't you?
Tyr: [defensively] She is quite a woman.
Chris: She's a CAT!
Tyr: You say that like it is a bad thing.
<Major Julia Martins walks by >
Carter:<looking at Martins> Kawaii....
Chris: <sweatdrop>
Natsume: <sweatdrop> Anyway...watch out for The Wedding Part Two:
Planning, the next story in the Destiny's Path series!
Tyr: [sighs]
<snip>
Now, before Sasami fans hit me with every weapon in the place,
let me just say that she WILL be returning later in the story, near
the end. Believe me, I really, really, REALLY didn't want to do
it, but I couldn't find any other way to advance the Tenchi subplot
otherwise.
Chris: I just want to know how she died!
<snip>
Sean Gaffney, please don't kill me. After reading Made of Stone
I just had to give you a cameo, and as Saturn's date no less. Just
remember this when you C&C this (hint, hint) :-)
Chris: *I* thought it was hilarious. [pause] If I see Kaneda/Ares in
there for Rei I may have to hurt you. [pauses again] Nah, go for it, it'd
be fun.
--
Christopher "God-boy" Angel
cja124@mail.usask.ca http://www.engr.usask.ca/~cja124
'Man who eat ice cream in car is sundae driver.'
-found on a Bazooka Joe comic.