The Pocket Dimension Theatre
Ash, Miyuki, and Mason enter the theatre and take their seats.
Ash: Hi and welcome to the pocket dimension theatre.
Miyuki: Mason and I have a fight coming up, so let's get started.
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Turn the Page Book 1: Senshi Muyo!
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A Mega-crossover fanfiction.
(Snip disclamer)
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1 - Dragon
Miyuki: -That's- a title!?
Ash: Miyuki,
***
When describing Usagi Tsukino, otherwise known as Sailor Moon, several
words
came to her friends' and loved ones' minds. Crybaby was one of those
words.
Weak, lazy, and stupid were often used as well. Of course, those were often
followed by words such as sweet, compassionate, loving, and (sometimes)
strong-willed. One word that was never used, mind you, was regal.
All: nod in agreement.
It was this more than anything else that made it easy for her daughter to
treat Sailor Moon as a completely different person than Neo-Queen Serenity
was. The later was the absolute image of a queen; in every step she took,
every move of her hands, and every word she spoke. The former was
nothing
more than a rather silly teenaged girl who despite the fact she fought
minions of evil on a regular basis, always seemed to be exactly the same
person.
Mason: so that's why Chibi-usa is such a brat.
The other Inner Senshi often wondered what happened to Usagi to turn her
>from the flighty girl she was into the queen she became. If they had known
the truth, they probably would have been shocked. What made Usagi finally
accept her future was a fear so great, so debilitating, Mamoru sometimes
spent hours trying to help Usagi deal with it.
Ash: This is different.
Miyuki: Why?
Ash: I tend follow the thinking that Usagi never really bothers to deal with
reality passing it off
as something that gets in her way.
Usagi had seen her friends, or even people who weren't her friends, die for
her sake once,
Mason: That must have been some sake.
Miyuki: Mason no Baka!
Mason: (Rock garden)
and since then almost die many times since. She was deathly
afraid that her friends would die, and she wouldn't be able to bring them
back. The scenario had played itself out so many times before - they would
defeat the lesser minions of an enemy, and then when the final confrontation
was at hand, her friends would almost die, just to give Princess Serenity
her chance to defeat their enemies. Not Usagi. Not Sailor Moon. Princess
Serenity.
Ash: This is getting scary.
Miyuki: because Usagi is thinking of herself as three people?
Ash: Yes.
Miyuki: You're right, that is scary (small frightened voice) mommy!
Their last great battle against Pharaoh 90 had finally convinced Usagi that
it would just be easier to be Serenity all the time, so she could protect
the friends who had protected her for so long. So they wouldn't have to
risk their lives so much to save her.
They had scared their little princess to death, and were going to get their
reward for what they had wrought.
Mason: reward? (Blinks) you're right. This is bad.
Sailor Moon fumed while the Inner and Outer Senshi argued over whose job
it
was to defeat this latest menace. It had been some sort of dragon-like
creature that they hadn't even destroyed, just driven off.
Ash: This must be before the 'S' movie.
Miyuki: How did come to that conclusion?
Ash: No mention of it being cold, or anything about the weather. This is the
Shieldsman continuity.
Miyuki: I see what you mean.
"You four couldn't fight your way out of a wet paper bag!" Uranus yelled at
Mars.
"Is that so?" Mars returned. "Well we seem to do a hell of a lot better
than you!"
Mason: I see that yet another cat fight is about to commence.
Miyuki: -don't-even-say-it-
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Venus jumped into the argument. "What do you think it means, Miss 'The
End
Justifies the Means?' Maybe it's time you figured out that your way of
doing things DOESN'T WORK!"
Ash: LOL. Point to Mina-chan.
***
On the top of a nearby building, Tuxedo Kamen watched the argument
escalate,
and with it, Sailor Moon's anger. "Oh boy, are they in trouble."
Ash: (to M&M) Popcorn?
Mason: Sure!
"Very true," Pluto agreed beside him. Tuxedo Kamen started a little in
shock then shook his head ruefully.
"I wish you would stop doing that," he said in a pained voice. "I almost
put a rose through your heart."
Miyuki: (pop spouts out her nose) hack kak LOL.
"Shh," Pluto hushed him. "The best part is coming up." The pair returned
their attention to the argument.
All: Nod in agreement.
***
Uranus almost growled in anger. "Why you little..." She trailed off as
Neptune placed her hand on Uranus' shoulder.
Mason: (arches eyebrow; this is quite a sight seeing that his eyebrows are
three inches wide, one inch tall, and composed entirely of stone.)
"It is a threat from outside the Solar System, and that means that it is
our," she used her hand to indicate herself, Uranus, and Saturn,
"responsibility to combat it."
Voice that suspiciously like the 'Lost in Space' Robot: WARNING!
GLARING CONTINUITY ERROR! WARNING! GLARING CONTINUITY
ERROR!
Ash: ^^; alright, come out we know you're there.
(The owner of the voice is revealed to be the lost in space robot, who looks
rather sheepish)
Robot: Is there a problem, sir?
Ash: (thinks for a moment) No.
"That is ENOUGH!" The arguing Senshi turned in shock to see Sailor
Moon's flushed angry face. "I am SICK and TIRED of you two going on
about how the
great and mighty Outer Senshi must handle everything alone!" She walked
forward, interposing herself between the Inners and the Outers, and looked
Uranus in the eyes. She put her hand to her chest and fairly ripped her
broach away. "Do you know what this is? Do you know what it means?"
she demanded, shoving the broach into Uranus' face.
Mason: That's gonna leave a mark -and- a nasty burn to boot.
"The Ginzuishou," Neptune replied as Uranus recoiled in fear. "It means
you're Princess Serenity."
Ash: Now you've done it, Uranus.
"That's right! It means that I'm the Princess, and that you're MY Senshi!
You follow MY orders!"
Ash: now that was way too harsh for Usagi.
Mason: Why?
Ash: even though she may have some ego problems, she is not the type to
order people around. She's more likely to annoy someone into doing what she
wants.
"How are you going to make us?" Uranus questioned with a bit of a sneer,
which was wiped away as the Ginzuishou flared with light and Sailor Moon
was transformed into Princess Serenity.
Robot: A fascinating metamorphosis.
"A wielder of the Ginzuishou gave you your powers, Sailor Uranus," she said
in that regal voice. "A wielder of the Ginzuishou can take them away."
Uranus gaped at the glowing princess in shock. "You...you CAN'T!"
Robot: If data presented is correct, then Princess Serenity will be able to do as
she says.
Just as suddenly as she had transformed into Serenity, she transformed back
into Sailor Moon. She staggered a bit, drained, but then grinned evilly at
Uranus as her anger once again sent adrenaline running through her system.
"Try me." She gasped and whirled to Saturn. "And you! Don't you EVER
become Sailor Saturn without me around!"
Robot: WARNING! WARNI-
Ash: Robot...
Robot: (dejected sounding voice) affirmative.
Mason: And lay off the Marvin Impression.
Marvin: Did someone call for me?
All: No!
Marvin: I see (hissing sound) That's the story of my life....(falls into
dimension door)
***
"You tell 'em, Usako," Tuxedo Kamen cheered softly from the roof, and then
grimaced. *Kaneda was really a bad influence on me, I have a sudden urge
to get some popcorn. This is far too much fun to watch.*
Ash: (munching on popcorn) you mean you haven't already ? For Shame.
He looked around the area, and groaned as he saw some people watching
the exchange. *I better warn them not to change back,* he thought, getting
ready to jump off the roof. He froze as he got a good look at one of the
newcomers.
It was a girl in her mid-late teens, with shoulder-length pink hair wearing
a red summer dress. Her face was one he remembered well - it was the same
face that Black Lady had. Three young men and another girl accompanied
her.
*Chibi-Usa?!*
Miyuki: (goes into momentary shock at the sight of Chibi-Usa)
***
(Snip Speech)
"Actually, it's OUR job," the Senshi whirled to see the teenaged girl
standing behind them with a smug grin on her face. A teenaged girl with a
most familiar face, and pink hair a color they had only seen on one other
person...
Mason: You don't mean...
Miyuki: Who?
Mason: Mylene Jenius.
Everyone else: (facefaults)
"CHIBI-USA-CHAN?!" the Inner Senshi and Saturn chorused. Usagi
grinned and nodded, then scowled and whirled on her companions, who
were now starting to laugh.
"Ch-ch-chibi," a handsome young man with spiky blue hair stammered
though his laughter. He doubled over and began to hold his stomach as the
laughs wracked his body. Beside him, a slender girl with a mane of spiky
white hair giggled helplessly.
Ash, Mason: ROLOL.
Miyuki: How does someone stammer 'though' his laughter?
"Chibi-Usa-chan," the shortest of the newcomers snickered. His body
shuddered with his suppressed laugher, and the hair of his large red mohawk
shook in resonance. "I'll have to remember that one."
Ash: why does he suddenly remind me of Nabiki Tendo?
The princess looked at her laughing friends with a dismayed look, then
turned hopefully on the last one, a noble-looking man with a purple
ponytail. "You understand, don't you Yosho-kun?" she asked in a plaintive
sort of voice. "It wasn't my idea, they had to call me something..." she
trailed of the young man walked up and put his hands on her shoulders and
gave her a kind smile.
Miyuki: Here it comes...
"I understand, and I would never make fun of you for it," he said seriously,
then paused as a twinkle lit in his eye. "Chibi-Usa-chan." That was too
much for his companions who completely lost all control over their laughter.
The princess hung her head in defeat.
Miyuki: (giggles) why isn't there a sweatdrop?
(Snip)
Sailor Mars watched the proceedings with suspicion. As the girl made her
greeting, she gasped upon noticing the girl's cat eyes. "Monster!" she
yelled for the other's benefit. "BURNING..."
Miyuki: Nani!? (begins to glow with energy) How dare she...
Ash: Mason...
The three young men seemed to explode into action. Yosho's face screwed
up in concentration, and dozens of little logs appeared in the air around
Toraneko. He pulled a hilt out of his belt, and an energy blade sprang into
existence from the hilt.
Akuma's black skinsuit was suddenly embossed with blue flames. He held
out his hands, and glowing blue balls formed in them. Clenching his right
hand, the ball reformed into a sword the he held in front of him, ready to fire
the other energy ball as needed.
Kesshu's computer visor appeared in front of his eyes, and a black panel
appeared out of nowhere. Punching a few keys, a hyperspatial hole appeared
beside his hand, and dumped out a device that resembled a crossbow. He
grabbed it and pulled back the cable, and a red energy arrow appeared, ready
to fire.
But the most dramatic reaction came from Small Lady, who threw herself at
Sailor Mars and knocked her hands down. "NO! She's my friend!"
Miyuki: (calming down a bit) That took too long. Some one with a HyperCom
suit would have nailed Kesshu before his hand could even move for the
crossbow.
Robot: Query; what is HyperCom?
Ash: here I'll show you.( Pulls back the right sleeve of his trench coat)
Rolling Thunder! ( a mini M-60 materializes on his right forearm.)
Robot: Fascinating.
"She's not human," Mars growled.
"None of them are," Sailor Mercury said, looking up from her computer.
Miyuki: That's it I've had it! (Shockwave hits Ash and Mason.)
Mason: (stands up and taps Miyuki on the back of the neck) Oh, no you don't.
(Miyuki passes out and Mason catches her, setting her back in her seat)
"Not quite true," Kesshu corrected as he dumped his weapon in another hole.
"Us guys are three-eighths human." Kesshu got a thoughtful look on his face
and began ticking items off on his fingers. "Let's see, I'm also a half
hyper-dimensional entity and an eighth Juraian."
(Snip Argument)
Yosho rolled his eyes and banished his blade and force-shield. His brothers
followed suit. "No, Mars-sama, we are not completely human. That doesn't
mean we are a threat to you or others." He frowned slightly. "Usagi-hime,
where is your father? We really should report in to him."
Ash: (arches eyebrow)
"My father?" the girl wondered, and then her eyes widened. "Oh no,
Yosho-kun. He's not Endymion YET."
Ash: Heh.
Tuxedo Kamen leapt from the roof and landed beside Sailor Moon. "You
wish to speak with me?" Yosho examined him with a suspicious look, and
then nodded in satisfaction
"Endymion-ou," he said respectfully, and bowed deeply. Behind him,
Kesshu followed suit. Akuma sketched a quick mockery of a bow while
Toraneko curtsied. "You honor us with your presence."
"I'd love to banter pleasantries," Mars interrupted, "but what are you doing
here, Chibi-Usa?" As the princess winced, Mars added defensively, "well
we have to call you SOMETHING."
"Call her Usako," Akuma called in. He looked curiously at the
now-blushing Tuxedo Kamen, Sailor Moon, and princess. "What did I say?"
he asked as the other Inner Senshi giggled.
Ash, Mason: LOL
"Akuma-kun," 'Usako' began, "where did you come up with that name?"
It was Akuma's turn to look sheepish as he placed a hand behind his head in
embarrassment. "I've been calling her that in my head for months," he
admitted, and then quickly regained his composure as Yosho opened his
mouth to begin another lecture. "Stuff it, Yosho."
Ash: ROFL
Kesshu frowned and summoned his hyperspatial computer. "Uh guys?"
"I think it's sweet," Sailor Venus chimed in from the group of Senshi.
"No one asked you," Sailor Moon snapped as she tried to quell her red
cheeks.
"Guys? I think there's-"
Mason: Why do I get the feeling that they should listen to him?
"We're straying off the point," Mars reminded them. "Usako," she couldn't
resist a slight smirk at the name. "Why are you here in this time? And why
did you bring friends? To train?"
Mason: Yeah, right?
"They're here to aid us with the creature you just fought," Sailor Pluto
said, and several of the Senshi started at her sudden appearance. "Its
presence threatens the future they have come from." She paused to frown at
Sailor Uranus. "You really should have known better than that, Uranus," she
scolded.
"HEY! Is anyone gonna-"
"What do you want, Kesshu?" Pluto asked peevishly.
Ash: LOL
Kesshu banished his computer and calmly pointed into the sky. "I just
thought everyone would like to know it's on its way back." All eyes went to
where he pointed, where a small dot could be seen above the horizon,
growing at an exponential rate.
Mason: Should've listened to him.
"Right," Akuma said in a businesslike tone. "Toraneko, go ship, now." The
cabbit-girl started and made to protest, but he overrode her. "Don't argue.
Do. NOW!"
Miyuki: (waking up) huh?
Toraneko threw back her head and a sound - part scream, part cry, part roar,
and totally inhuman - tore from her throat. She began to float off from the
ground, and her body turned angular and crystal-like, and her legs and arms
moved to form a four-pointed star, the tips forming a tetrahedron with three
of the points in the sky. Her body seemed to be iridescent with the colors
of the rainbow.
Miyuki: (eyes wide open) yipe!
As they watched, the object Toraneko had formed into grew in size, until it
seemed to fill the sky above the Senshi. At the center of the four points
of the star, a sphere was nestled, the size of a small house. The object
shimmered, and finally became a greenish white. Toraneko's voice echoed
down to them. "Now what?"
Akuma turned to the Senshi. "They get on, and you take them out of here."
"WHAT?!" Jupiter screeched. "We're not running from some overgrown
lizard!"
Ash: Shades of Sailor Jupiter vs. Godzilla!
"I agree," Saturn added. "Flight will gain us nothing." She shrank a
little as Akuma stormed up to her.
"About ten minutes, ototou-chan," Kesshu returned, and smiled beatifically
into his brother's glare.
Robot: Query; What does ototou mean?
Ash: Beats me.
"Why me?" Yosho asked the heavens, then paused. "Don't answer that.
Ladies, we're trying to protect our future. That means we have to keep ALL
of you safe, not just Usako-hime's mother and father. Some of you have
children and/or husbands in the future," he explained, then paused and
glanced over at Sailor Uranus. "Or a wife." He yelped as Pluto walloped
him with her staff, while Uranus looked VERY confused.
"Stop revealing things," she chided.
Ash: That's why you're no fun at parties, Pluto.
"Gomen nasai, Pluto-sama. Harm coming to any of you may change the
future, and we can't take that risk," he smirked. "As I said, Akuma is a
warrior in every way. In matters of war, few are his equal. If he wants you
out of here, then it really is for the best that you go."
"We can't just watch while you fight something that's trying to kill us!"
Venus protested.
"Why not?" Yosho countered. "It's what we're here for."
"We can fight as well!" Jupiter proclaimed, and several of the Senshi nodded
agreement.
Miyuki: isn't that the train of thought that got Usagi to where she was at the
beginning of this story?
They were surprised to see Yosho chuckling. "Jupiter-sama, a thousand
years from now, you will look back on that statement and regret it. The
simple fact is," all humor suddenly left his voice, "you will only be in the
way."
"Yosho!" The man whirled to look at his elder brother. "Three minutes!"
Yosho nodded assent and turned back to the Senshi with an apologetic look.
"Gomen nasai," he said softly. "Toraneko-hime! Take them up!" He
shrugged his shoulders at the Senshi's angry faces as a beam from Toraneko
surrounded them and they began to dematerialize. "There comes a time
when words must be set aside." He looked up at the spaceship as it sped of
into the sky, away from the approaching wyrm. "Be safe, Tora-chan," he
whispered.
(Yet another ship)
"Chibi-Moon?" Yosho asked with a chuckle, then he looked a bit closely at
the locket, and he gasped. "The Ginzuishou!"
Usako hesitantly took the new broach from Pluto, and gave her the older
one. She smiled as words formed in her head, and she raised the locket high.
"Moon Eternal Power, MAKE UP!"
Brilliant light exploded from the Ginzuishou, and pink and white ribbons
wrapped around Usako's body as her clothes were banished. The ribbons
tighten around her form, and began to melt together, becoming her uniform.
First knee-high boots appeared around her feet, their color a red that
matched Usako's eyes. Next, long red gloves appeared around her hands and
forearms, ending in a white bracelet that wrapped just below her elbow.
Ash: is that one or both elbows?
A white fuku with a black collar and a pink skirt finally appeared around her
torso, and the broach settled high on her chest in the midst of a small bow
that resembled wings. Finally, as the light around Usako began to fade, two
great white wings like those of an angel burst from her back and beat the
air once, and feathers swirled in the air.
The three brothers watched the transformation in a mixture of amazement,
joy
and embarrassment. Wordlessly, Yosho reached his hand up first to one ear,
then the other, and removed his earrings. Akuma pulled a ring off of his
right pinky. The two men exchanged a glance, and handed the items into
Kesshu's waiting hand.
"How did you know pink was her natural hair color anyway?" Akuma asked
him in a whisper.
"I'm good, what can I say?" Kesshu gleefully returned, then called over to
Usako. "Nice wings, Sailor Moon!"
Ash, Mason: LOL
"Sailor Moon," the Senshi said, trying it out. "I like that." She frowned
as she mentally reviewed the attacks available to her. "Moon Princess
Temporal Halation?" Moon asked Pluto incredulously. "What kind of
attack is that?"
Miyuki: come on, there has to be a better name than that.
"You are sealing off Tiamat from this part of the timeline, Small Lady,"
Pluto quickly said. She looked up at the sky, and waved her staff, opening
a time gate. "I must leave now. Good luck, Sailor Moon!" With that, she
leapt into the time gate, which slammed shut behind her.
All: (clapping and cheering ensue)
"Usako?" Akuma called from behind her.
The lone Senshi turned and glared at the man. "It's Sailor Moon,
Akuma-kun."
"Whatever," Akuma said dismissively as Moon and Yosho joined him and
Kesshu.
"Kesshu, your responsibility is data-gathering. Get as much info on this
thing as possible. Yosho, protect Usa-er...Sailor Moon at all costs."
Yosho and Kesshu nodded, and Yosho transformed into his Juraian battle
gear
Mason: shouldn't he be able to call upon the light hawk wings?
Ash: Good question.
while Kesshu summoned up his computer and another crossbow.
Sailor Moon looked worried. "What are you going to do, Akuma-kun?"
Akuma grinned and clenched his fist, and blue light exploded from the two
crystals in his wrists, embossing his black skinsuit with dark blue flames.
He formed an energy sword and jumped a little, floating a few feet off the
ground. "Someone has to draw it away from your parents so that we can
fight it." As he flew off towards the dragon, his final words floated down to
her. "And that's me!"
***
High in the air, a great green dragon with a long, sinuous body flew through
the air. Its huge wings, with a span that seemed to fill the sky, barely
moved as the creature soared. Suddenly it backstroked and slowed down;
bringing up its long neck in a curled shape that might remind an observer of
a question mark.
Robot: Query; the dragon present has been named Tiamat, correct?
Ash: Correct.
Robot: previous description of entity Tiamat does not match my records.
Ash: True. This may not be the real McCoy.
Dr. McCoy: Dammit Ash, I'm a Doctor, not a Cameo.
Ash: you are now.
Its prey, the ones it had been sent to destroy...were running?
The analytical portion of the dragon's mind processed this information as
the dragon slowly flew forward, its wings beating faster now as it had to
work more to keep itself aloft. The prey was moving much faster than it
should be able to, and was now unbelievably distant. They were also inside
a spaceship, the likes of which the prey just shouldn't have access to.
Either its data was wrong, or someone was trying to interfere.
Ash: Hmmm...
Mason: what is it, Ash?
Ash: It appears that the dragon isn't the true threat after all.
Further consideration was halted as a dark flash came up from the ground
below, passing before the dragon and leaving a stinging pain across the its
face. It roared in pain and tried to get a bearing on the attacker, but the
insect had already flitted away. The dragon shook its head and began to
chase after the prey.
"Oh no you don't," Akuma said from below the dragon, and transformed his
sword back into an energy sphere. He began firing them at the dragon's
belly, trying to make it focus on him. He frowned as he realized the dragon
was ignoring him. "Time to get serious," he muttered, and began increasing
the size and power of the blasts he was throwing.
He sent another volley of spheres at the monster, and was gratified to see
the dragon roar in pain and turn its angry gaze on him. "That's right, look
at me, not them. I'm your problem."
He never saw the dragon's tail whip around and slam into him, sending him
flying at hypersonic speeds to the Earth below.
Mason: so -that's- why we always have a backup in a aerial fight.
***
(Still yet another snip)
"Akuma!" Sailor Moon cried, and beat her wings powerfully, hoping to catch
him. She was surprised to find Kesshu's hand gripping her arm almost
painfully as he typed into his terminal.
"Let me handle this, Sailor Moon," he said. "You try and deal with that
dragon." He frowned a moment, then handed his energy crossbow to Yosho.
"Here, this fires a net. You'll be able to use it better than me." With
that, he released Sailor Moon and used both hands on the terminal, his hands
almost blurring as he typed.
"MOON ARROW STRIKE!" Sailor Moon cried, and once again beat her
wings powerfully. This time as they snapped forward, hundreds of small
arrow-like projectiles streaked from them towards the dragon that flew
overhead. As the attack met the dragon, it roared in pain and frustration and
let out a burst of emerald fire at its attacker.
Miyuki: That wing attack is different.
Sailor Moon barely had time to shriek as before the attack engulfed her, and
then could only stare as the flame was deflected off an invisible barrier
that surrounded her. The flame dispersed, and she noticed the tiny logs
floating in the air around her.
"Nice move, Yosho," Kesshu said absently as he worked on his computer.
"Come on, come on...yatta!" Underneath the falling Akuma, a hyperspatial
hole suddenly opened, and the young man fell into it, only to be spit out of
another hole, this time going back up.
"What on Earth are you doing?" Yosho demanded as he took careful aim
with the crossbow. He fired the weapon, and the red bolt streaked off into
the sky. Moments before it impacted the dragon, it exploded into a huge
web of energy that wrapped around the dragon and sent it plummeting to the
ground.
Ash (singing) ...does whatever a spider can...
Miyuki: ^^;
"One second...one second," Kesshu delayed as he intently watched the data
scroll across his visor. "Three...two...one...NOW!" High above, the
unconscious Akuma had nearly reached the peak of his upward journey
when another hole opened in the sky above him, which he flew into
moments before
he came to a standstill. The hole closed, and another opened at Sailor
Moon's feet, dumping him out. "Fastest portals in the quadrant, thank you
very much," Kesshu said smugly, blowing on his fingers.
Ash: So -that's- how you prevent hard landings with portals.
***
The Senshi made appreciative noises as Eternal Sailor Moon made her
attack on the dragon. The Senshi excluding the original Sailor Moon, who
was busy examining the Ginzuishou.
Ash: uh oh!
"Now THAT," Mars said, "is an attack I like."
Mason: Heh.
"I wonder if I can do that too," Sailor Moon hummed to herself, and then
looked deeply into the crystal. "Those wings are so beautiful." Suddenly,
as if sensing her desires, the Ginzuishou burst into brilliant light.
Sailor Moon shrieked as the light bathed her and the other Senshi.
Everyone whirled to stared at Sailor Moon, and then gasped as they were
bathed in the warm glow coming from the crystal, blinding them. Suddenly,
wings burst from Sailor Moon's back, then Sailor Mars', and soon the all of
the Senshi had wings like princess below. The air of the ship was filled
with swirling feathers.
Ash, M&M: Ahchooo!
Miyuki: Shouldn't read 'had wings like THE princess below' ?
As the light faded, Tuxedo Kamen took one look at the Senshi and turned
away, deciding that the view out of the ship was much safer than the one
inside it. It wasn't long before the others picked up on the reason for his
action.
They were all stark naked.
Miyuki: (covers Mason's eyes with her tail) you shouldn't see this, Mason.
Mason: Come on, I want to see! (Removes tail and sees nothing but feathers)
Shimatta!
As seven pairs of eyes turned to glare at Sailor Moon, she blushed and
looked sheepish. "Oops! Gomen nasai, minna."
Ash: Heh.
Sailor Mars stormed over to the blonde and bonked her on the head. "You
baka odango-atama! What are you trying to do?"
Miyuki: (usagi voice) well, I came to the conclusion that our miniskirts were
unfashionable, so I....
"Well," she sheepishly tried to explain, "I saw the wings she had and I
thought we'd look so pretty if we had them too..." she trailed off and
looked around. "I didn't expect this, though."
Ash: I just thought of something. If what I've read is correct, then the senshi
are at their most powerful state right now.
Mercury made a few beats with her wings and gasped as she rose off the
ground. "But...but it just shouldn't work! The aerodynamics would be
impossible."
Miyuki: Just try and tell that to Shigeo-kun. He'd spouting off about Heritage
technology so fast your head would spin.
Uranus snorted. "Nothing's impossible where Usagi's concerned." She gave
the other girls appraising looks. "I think I like the new uniform, though,"
she saaid, then grunted as Neptune elbowed her.
Miyuki: There's a new one.
Mason: What's that?
Miyuki: I don't think anyone's 'saaid' before.
Venus reached up to touch her wings, then looked at the others. "You're all
so beautiful," she whispered. "You look like angels." She paused, then
turned to Toraneko. "Please tell me you have a mirror!"
Toraneko blinked in surprise and made one of the walls reflective. Soon the
Senshi were gathered in front of the mirror admiring themselves.
Ash: Heh.
"Mamo-chan," Sailor Moon said, sidling up the man. "What do you think?"
Ash: heh heh.
Tuxedo Kamen buried his face in his hands and groaned. "Sailor Moon," he
complained, "PLEASE change them back." He turned and grabbed her by
the shoulders, forcing himself not to look down at her nudity. "We're
married, remember?"
Mason: Huh? When did that happen?
Sailor Moon giggled. "But Mamo-chan," she whispered, "this would be such
fun in bed..."
Ash: Yeah, what's going on here?
***
The three conscious members of the team watched the falling dragon slam
into
the ground several hundred meters away, and demolish the small car it
landed
on. It lay there stunned for a moment, then began to struggle wildly in the
net that held it.
"What are you waiting for?" Kesshu demanded of Sailor Moon. "Get it!"
Sailor Moon threw her wings wide, and a brilliant silver glow burst from the
Ginzuishou on her chest and bathed the dragon in its light. She took a deep
breath, and called out the words that summoned the attack's full power.
"MOON PRINCESS TEMPORAL HALATION!" The Ginzuishou pulsed
repeatedly, and the dragon slowly faded out of existence with each pulse, its
furious roars fading as it did so.
"Well, that was...anticlimactic," Yosho said,
Ash: y'know, he's right that was.
and then turned to his brother. "Akuma! You lazy good-for-nothing, get
up!" He punctuated his final words with a light lick to Akuma's ribs, who sat
up, yawned, and looked around.
Miyuki: Eeeeyuuuuu. That was gross.
Mason: and unsanitary to boot.
"Hi guys," he said with a sheepish smile. "We win?"
"Yes," Sailor Moon said, kneeling and throwing her arms around him. "You
heroic baka, you scared me to death."
Ash, Mason: LOL
"Aww, I was OK," Akuma said as Sailor Moon released him.
Yosho snorted in derision. "You were almost a grease spot. If it wasn't
for Kesshu's quick work, we'd be picking you up with a scraper."
Mason: He's Ayeka's son alright.
"I'm telling you, I was fine!" Akuma insisted. "I can more than take a
little fall."
"A LITTLE FALL?" Yosho yelled incredulously. "You were breaking the
sound barrier!"
Mason, Ash: So what?
"So? A REAL man can take something like that!"
Miyuki: a so called 'real man' would say some thing like that.
"Are you suggesting something, you barbarian?"
Mason: cool. I can see it now; AKUMA THE BABARIAN! Coming soon to a
mailer near you.
"What if I am, aristocratic baka?"
Kesshu sighed, and banished his computer. "Guys, this really isn't the time
for this..."
"Shut up, Kesshu!" the two men shouted, and went back to their arguing.
?Kesshu scowled and pushed back his sleeves, about to re-summon his
terminal when Sailor Moon placed her hand on his arm and shook her head.
"Don't," she said. "It'll keep them out of trouble until Sailor Pluto
arrives to take us to the next time period."
"That's just it," Kesshu said. "She won't. Tiamat is still in this
period."
Robot: Curious. The dragon was dispersed, yet still remains.
"Then the dragon...?"
Ash: is still with the Chicago police department?
"I don't know," he admitted. "It has the signature that Pluto told me to
look for, but I'm still detecting it in this time, and the timestream is
still in flux. That means it's not over yet."
***
Toraneko took herself down to the surface of the planet and allowed the
un-transformed-Senshi to depart from her body before morphing back into
her
teenaged self. They watched with no little amazement as Akuma and Yosho
argued.
Miyuki: Isn't Toraneko kind of redundant?
Eternal Sailor Moon stared at them. "Why are you..."
Miyuki: (Venus voice)m dressed like chickens?
"Not in our Senshi forms?" Rei completed with a snort. "Ask your mother."
"I'd...I'd rather not talk about it, Chibi-Usa-er...Usako-chan," Usagi said,
blushing.
All: LOL
Giggling, Toraneko walked over to Eternal Sailor Moon and began
whispering in her ear. After a moment, she began to giggle helplessly. "Oh,
Usagi-chan," she gasped, "you didn't!"
Miyuki: She did.
Any further conversation was stalled by the sounds of battle from the tow
arguing brothers. "Bakas," Eternal Sailor Moon muttered, and transformed
back to her normal form.
"Isn't that dangerous?" Ami wondered.
Ash: what's dangerous?
"What started them this time?" Toraneko asked the third brother.
Kesshu shrugged. "What else? Akuma's machismo." He turned to Usako.
"Usako-hime, shouldn't we clear out of this area? I expect it won't be long
before the police arrive." He winced as a roar of outrage and pain came
>from Akuma.
Mason: (munching on pop corn) Cool!
"How do you plan on stopping those two?" Minako demanded.
Miyuki: (usako voice) well, we usually start by hiking up our skirts, and if that
doesn't work we drop a piece of meat on string between them.
Usako and Toraneko grinned. "Oh, that's easy," the cabbit-girl said.
"Ready Usako-chan? Three...two...one..."
The saccharine call rang out. "Oh boys?"
Miyuki: Oh puhleese.
Ash: Continuity problems aside, not bad. Looking forward to the next part.
The four leave the Theatre as the screen fades to black.
