Subject: [FFML] [MST] Sailormoon Flash, chapter 1 (complete)
From: "Free mage" <freemage@hotmail.com>
Date: 4/20/1998, 4:32 PM
To: ffml@fanfic.com

Scene opens on a beat-up couch in a windowless basement rec-room.

A whirling green portal opens, and Freemage enters.


Freemage (looking around):  Hmmm...This isn't where I wanted to go... 
(Spots couch facing an old TV set)... Must be one of those MST things.

Suddenly, a voice rings out, sounding like it would be a lot more 
impressive if it wasn't coming through on the kind of PA system that 
your old High School used to have.

Voice (over feedback):  That's right.  You shall be trapped here until 
you and your assistants have completed reviewing this fic.

Freemage:  Uhh... Assistants?  Oh, right, I get to review the fic in the 
company of a couple of Animates, right?  So who'd I get?  Ranma?  Usagi?  
One of the Ryu brothers?

Voice:  Ummmm...We didn't have the budget for any of those.  But we did 
get you a computer expert *and* a master of the occult.

Freemage:  Oh, cool.  So who are they?

Voice:  They should be coming through now...

(Sure enough, another portal opens, and two teenagers step through.  
Freemage facefaults.)

Fm:  Them!?  You want me to review a fic with... with those two?

V:  Yes.  Unless you'd rather be trapped in here for all eternity with 
them....

Freemage (bigsweats):  Uhh...No, that's alright... *sigh*  Why don't you 
guys introduce yourselves (muttering) I just don't have the heart....

First guy (strikes dramatic pose):  I am the Shadow that walks in the 
Halls.  I am the dark spot on the cafeteria lunch.  I am...Gosunkugi 
Hikaru!

Fm:  Uh...Right.  Just watch where you're waving those spleens, 'kay?  
Now, you are...?  (thinking)  {As if I didn't know, those cokebottle 
glasses are a dead giveaway.}

G2:  Uhhh..Well, my name's Melvin and I--

Fm (shouting at ceiling):  What?!  You gave the NA-continuity version?!

V:  Well, you see--

Fm:  And what's the deal with this set?  Everyone else gets theatres, or 
spaceships, or sumthin', and I'm stuck in a basement, with a TV set, 
with... with  RABBIT EARS!!!!!

V:  Yes, well, I'm sorry about that, but you see, we, uh, had Nabiki 
handle the finances.

Fm (blinks):  Oh.  Right. *sigh*  Whatever.  Start the fic, so we can 
get this over with....


Okay folks, here's the complete draft of chapter 1. C&C/MST welcome. 


Notes:
-This is more of a fusion than a crossover, as elements are borrowed
>from one series and implanted into another.
-SAABISU WARNING! This fic contains extreme levels of saabisu...well,

M: Saabisu?  What's that?
Fm:  I think it means either nudity or sexual content.
GH:  Oh, in that case, I might need this.  (Pulls out a bottle of 
Vaseline)
Fm (pulls out an Exacto knife and presses the blade against GH's neck):  
Don't.  Even.  Think. About.  It.

as extreme as it can get in text. ^_^ Plenty of gratuity ahead.
You've been warned. 
-The speeches may seem a bit awkward; it's not easy trying to mix CH
speeches with SM speeches. Bear with me.
-For the uninitiated, "<3" is an ASCII heart. The reason for the

M:  You know, there's a lot you can do with ASCII characters.  In fact, 
I once found four-hundred and seventy-two Web sites that had--
Fm (pulls out a map of the world, shoves it in front of M):  Do you see 
that little island, way out in the middle of nowhere?
M (squints):  Yes...
Fm:  That's where the people who care live.

extensive use of the heart should become apparent...



	S  A  I  L  O  R  M  O  O  N   <3  -Flash-
	based on the works of Takeuchi Naoko and Nagai Go
	written by The Eternal Lost Lurker

	
	Chapter 1: Ami-chan no hakken! "Kawaru wa yo!" 

	====<3====

	Two cats stretched lazily on the roof of a house in the Juuban
district of Tokyo.

M:  Strange... I think I've seen those two cats before...

	"Things sure have been peaceful lately," commented the white one.
	The black cat yawned, and nodded. "Yes...no terrible threats have
come along since Galaxia. I'm glad the Senshi have been able to live
peacefully since then."

M:  What's a Senshi?
Fm (grimacing):  You know them as "Scouts".
M:  Oh!  Them!  Are they in this?
Fm whacks M with a mallet, then looks at hammer.
Fm:  Wow.  So that's how she does it...

	Nearly two years ago, the Sailor Senshi had fought their last major
opponent, and no serious evil had been detected since then. It was as
though some cosmic force finally decided the Senshi could relax and
enjoy their youth. The inner Senshi were all at or near age eighteen
now, and like typical teenagers, they were alternating between
concern for their future, and the reckless abandon and lust for fun
and life common to most adolescents. 

Fm:  Well, lust for something, anyway...

	"Right. It's nice that they keep their skills sharp, though,"
Artemis said as he shifted to absorb more of the sun's warmth. 
	Luna opened one eye sleepily, peering out into the city. "Yes. I'd
never have believed, so long ago when their abilities first awakened,
that they'd be *volunteering* to fight things that the Tokyo police
could handle just as easily."
	Artemis chuckled. "Maybe they just like running around in their
short skirts." Luna promptly bapped him upside the head with a paw.
"Maybe not," the white cat grimaced.

Fm:  Heh.

	Luna sighed. "Artemis...I've been thinking. Do you remember the old
legend from the Silver Millenium about the 'lovely warriors'?"
	Artemis blinked. "What about it? We've already found--"
	"No, no," Luna said, shaking her head. "Not the Sailor Senshi. The
'lovely warriors'. You know..."
	The white cat frowned. "Now that you mention it, it does sound
familiar, but I can't think of what it was..."
	Luna nodded. "Same here. I remember it had something to do with the
Sailor Senshi, and what happens when they reach a certain level of
maturity in age, personality, and power. I just can't remember what
the rest of it was..."
	Artemis raised his head. "Wait, I think I know what you mean. You're
talking about the time when their powers change?"
	Luna blinked. "They change? When?"
	Artemis facefaulted. 

Fm (laughing):  Yup.  That's the cats, alright!  Always remembering 
stuff two days too late!
M:  I'm sure I've seen those cats before...


	====<3====

	Mizuno Ami frowned at the display on her computer. 

M:  She looks familiar, too.
Fm (sighing):  You know her as Amy Anderson, or some such.
M:  Oh, right!

	For the last couple of years, she and the others had periodically
taken to fighting normal crime in their Senshi forms, in much the
same way Sailor V was credited with doing a few years earlier. They
would use weaker versions of their attacks to deter criminals until
the police could take over. 
	On occasion, Ami would use her computer to scan the city for any
trace of unusual activity, just to be safe. She was performing such a
scan now, when something unusual turned up.
	Only the source of the unusual reading seemed to be her own body,
and four other bodies across Juuban. 
	"This is odd," she mused. "There seems to be a fluctuating energy
buildup around us...I wonder what's causing it?" Tapping a few keys,
she instructed the computer to determine the cause of the power
reading. 
	After a moment, the screen flashed. A single word blinked on the
screen: "KAWARU". A pink heart appeared next to the mystifying
answer.
	Ami scowled at her computer. "Well, that was no help. Maybe Luna
knows something..." 

Fm:  Yeah, but by the time she gets around to telling you, it'll be too 
late to be really useful, anyway.  Haven't you picked up on that yet, 
Ami?  You are the smart one, after all.
M:  Waitaminute!  Are you saying that Amy is actually one of the Scouts?  
Oh, wow!  Wait'll Serena hears about this!
(Fm and GH bigsweat.)

	Folding her computer into pocketspace, Ami quickly left the house,
headed for the Tsukino residence.

	====<3====

	"We don't want any trouble, pops! Give us all the money in the
register, and we might let you off with a flesh wound!"
	The clerk behind the counter of the corner grocery trembled in
fright as two thugs in circus masks trained guns on him. Around the
store, customers were face-flat on the ground, with their hands on
their heads, while a third gunman emptied their pockets and purses. 
	"And don't bother hittin' that silent alarm under the counter,
grandpa," one thug said. "The police won't get here in time to save
your life, or catch us." 
	The middle-aged clerk gulped, and opened the register...

	From across the street, Ami noticed what was going on in the small
store. She scowled, and ducked into a handy alleyway, already holding
her transformation wand. 
	"Mercury Crystal Power, Make-Up!" 
	The wand shattered. 

Fm:  Wha--

	Ami blinked at the remains of her transformation wand. "What the--?"
She pulled out her computer, and began scanning the broken device. 
	[KAWARU <3] 
	A very upset blue-haired girl slammed the miniature supercomputer
back into pocketspace, a fierce scowl marring her beautiful face.
"I'm getting really tired of that," she said.
	The remains of her wand began glowing, and floated into the air,
spinning in front of her. "What--?" 
	The blue and gold fragments of plastic, metal, and crystal coalesced
into a ribbon of blue light, with sparks of gold fluttering around
the center. Ami reached out as if to touch it. 
	The ribbon of light solidified into an actual blue ribbon, and the
golden sparkles coalesced, forming a gleaming golden heart in the
center of the ribbon. Before Ami could react, the mysterious new item
flew towards her, and fastened itself tightly around her neck, the
heart positioned to her left. 
	Even as Ami blinked, startled by what had just transpired, a new
phrase popped into her mind. Standing, with determination etched on
her face, she shouted...
	"MERCURY FLASH!" 

	Her clothing exploded from her body, as she spun nude in mid-air.
She was dimly aware that unlike previous transformations, in which a
bright glow obscured her features, nothing was concealing her nude
form from view now. She blushed, covering herself with her arms,
thankful that nobody else was around to see. 

Fm (holding bloody handkerchief to his nose):  Nobody but us Otaku, 
anyway...
M & GH (likewise):  *nods*
M:  Wow.  I didn't realize Amy was a *natural* blue...

	Tight cloth wrapped itself around her body, tendrils of fabric
slowly expanding, almost caressing her as it covered her. As her new
costume materialized, she got the sense that there would probably be
a lot less to this outfit than there normally was. 
	The transformation completed quickly, and Mercury stepped out of the
alleyway, quickly drawing a great deal of attention to herself. She
studied her reflection briefly in a nearby window.
	An embarassingly tight, turquoise leotard covered her body...well,
for the most part, that is. Unlike her previous fuku, the neckline of
this leotard plunged all the way to the waistband of her sky-blue
miniskirt, giving an impressive amount of cleavage as well as
exposing her navel. The leotard was also tight enough to emphasize
certain...attributes. A sky-blue sailor collar hung from the
shoulders of the leotard. She noticed that she wore no bow. She also
wore no gloves, and blue nail polish glistened from her
well-manicured fingernails. Rather than boots, she now wore a pair of
turquoise high-heels. The blue choker with the gold heart assumed the
same position about her throat. A blue tiara graced her forehead,
with the sigil of Mercury emblazoned in gold at the center, and a
pair of ice-blue crystal earrings dangled from her ears.  For some
reason, her hair had also lightened in color, matching her skirt and
sailor collar. 
	<Not bad,> she mused, <aside from the cleavage...> 

Fm:  No, the outfit's not bad at all...And the cleavage is great!

	She jumped, startled, as a thin rapier made of solid ice
materialized in her hand. "Well, I've spent long enough admiring
myself," she muttered. "Time to do what I came here for." 
	Dashing across the street, she skidded to a stop in the entrance of
the store, where the three thugs were still gathering their loot, and
terrorizing the customers and clerk. "Hold it right there!" she
shouted, gainaxing as she pointed her sword menacingly at the armed
robbers. 
	The thugs looked up, and stared at her. "Who the hell are you?" the
leader asked.
	"More importantly, are you doing anything tonight?" the second thug
asked. 

Fm:  Hey!  I saw her first!

	"Kawaii," said the third. 
	Blushing slightly, Mercury launched into a speech, which came to her
readily, although it seemed incredibly awkward to her. "Sometimes I'm
a schoolgirl, sometimes I'm a Sailor...for robbing these innocent
people, however, this is the only form I'll show you!" Assuming a
pose intended to be threatening (which was, in reality, doing little
more than causing every male in viewing range to drool), she

All:  *drool*

continued, "Lovely warrior, Cutey Mercury! For terrorizing innocent
customers and clerks, Cutey Mercury will show you no mercy!" 
	"Let's get her, boys," the leader said. "We can take her with us and
have some fun later."
	Mercury wasn't sure what to do. She didn't know if she could call on
any of her old powers now. New knowledge began to trickle into her
mind, and she grinned, crossing her arms in front of her. "Ice
Bunny!"

Fm:  Nani?

	Mercury's body began to glow, and an ice-colored aura emerged. The
aura solidified, forming a near-perfect ice sculpture of Mercury a
few paces in front of her. The ice sculpture was dressed in a
cocktail bunny outfit. 

(Fm blinks.)

	The thugs blinked. "What the hell--?"
	Mercury sent a silent command to her creation, which came to life.
The ice clone dashed forward, delivering a fierce kick to the
midsection of the lead thug. As he doubled over, the wind escaping
his lungs in a whoosh, the clone leaped over him, and executed a
perfect dive kick into the face of the second thug. The third thug
began firing at her, but the bullets had no apparent effect. Dropping
into splits, the clone slammed her fist into the last thug's groin. 

All:  *wince*
GH:  Oh... That smarts...

	As the third thug went down, moaning in pain, the clone stood.
Facing Mercury, the ice clone gave a wink and a victory sign, before
vanishing in a plume of steam. 
	The first thug stood, having recovered his wind. The second thug
stood shakily, apparently stunned by the kick. 
	Mercury charged, slashing with her ice sword at the lead thug's gun
arm. The thug bellowed in pain as the sword left a shallow yet
painful cut on his wrist. Crystals of frost covered the wound,
stinging the flesh, and causing him to drop his weapon. Mercury
kicked it away, into the store, where the recovered clerk was
watching the battle in awe.
	The second thug recovered enough to fire at the blue-clad warrior,
but his aim was off, and the bullet skimmed just past Mercury's
shoulder. Scowling, she turned and threw her sword at him. The sword
struck the gun, freezing it instantly. The thug pulled the trigger,
and the gun shattered. 
	The clerk picked up the dropped gun of the first thug, and trained
it on the two standing thugs. "Don't move," he instructed. "The
police are on the way." Turning to Mercury, he said, "Thank you,
young lady."
	"Think nothing of it, sir," Mercury said. With a cute wink, she
leaped away, disappearing over a nearby rooftop.  The clerk spent
much time trying to get his erection under control before the police
arrived.

GH stands up, leaps into the sceen, where he appears next to the clerk.  
He gives the man the bottle of Vaseline, then reappears back in front of 
the couch.
Fm (bigsweating):  How did you...
GH:  Well, I *am* an Animate...


	====<3====

	Mercury stuck to the rooftops as she made her way across town, not
particularly caring to be seen like this. Or at least, not until she
figured out exactly what was going on. 
	It didn't help that some recently-arrived part of her mind was
telling her to flaunt herself shamelessly at street level. It was the
same part of her which did...*this* to her, and which made her wink
at that clerk before leaving. 

Fm:  Listen to that inner voice, Ami.  Follow your Destiny!

	She thought over the name she'd called herself back there. "Cutey
Mercury"...yes, she mused, she was definitely going to great lengths
to be cute in this form, it seemed. 
	She finally ran out of rooftops within sprinting distance of the
Hikawa Shrine, and dropped to street level, startling many passersby.
She grimaced as her chest heaved viciously with each stride, and only
hoped she was moving quickly enough that people wouldn't have too
much time to gawk at her. 

(All the guys' heads start bobbing in the same rhythm as Cutey Mercury's 
chest.)
Fm:  Hey, Hikaru!  Watch the wax, wouldja?

	Somehow, she greatly doubted it.
	
	====<3====

	Hino Rei was sweeping the steps of the shrine when she heard a
commotion on the street nearby. Frowning, she paused in her chore and
considered investigating.

M:  I know her, too...
Fm & GH (in unison):  Serena's friend, Ray.
M:  Oh.

	Investigation became rather unneccessary, however, as an extremely
female figure bounded up the shrine steps toward her.
	"Rei-chan," the girl said breathlessly, leaning over and gasping for
air as she put on the brakes a few steps below the priestess. Rei
found it impossible not to stare at the strange girl's chest, which
was performing impressive feats amid the struggle between lung power
and gravity. 

Fm:  This would be a good time for Grandfather Hino to appear...

	"Anou...who are you?" Rei asked.
	The girl stood, blinking. "You don't recogn--" She trailed off,
recalling what she'd seen in her reflection earlier. She touched her
hair. "I guess not, huh?"
	Rei frowned, crossing her arms in front of her. "I think I'd
remember anyone who dresses in such a way." 
	The young woman blushed mightily. "Errr...about that," she said. "Is
it safe to go inside? I need to change..."
	The shrine maiden eyed the bizarre girl warily. "I don't see you
carrying any clothes..."

Fm:  Maybe they're hidden in--
GH smacks Fm with a small mallet.
Fm:  Thanks.  I needed that.

	The too-sexily-clad girl stared into Rei's eyes with an urgency that
made the priestess take a step backward involuntarily. "You don't
understand...I need to *change*," she insisted. Looking around to
make sure nobody was eavesdropping, she leaned forward and whispered,
"Sailor Mars." 

M:  You mean two of Serena's friends are Sailor Scouts?  Wow!  I wonder 
if any of her other friends are, too?  Waitaminute!  Sailor Moon... I 
should've figured it out long ago...
Fm:  Yes!  Finally!  The light dawns!
M:  Molly is Sailor Moon!  And I'm dating her!  (Begins extremely goofy 
dance while his eyes turn into pulsing hearts.)
Fm:  (Facefaults.  Hard.)

	Rei's eyes widened. "Who---how---?"
	Sighing in frustration, the cyan-haired girl simply stepped past Rei
and walked up to the shrine, sliding open the door. 
	"Hey...wait!" Rei said, dropping her broom and following. She
summoned her henshin wand, just to be on the safe side.

	====<3====

	Inside the shrine, the strangely-dressed young woman peered
cautiously around as Rei filed into the room behind her. "Close the
door," she hissed. 
	Rei closed the door behind her, and scowled. "Start talking," she
said.
	Ignoring her, the girl shouted, "Mercury Flash!" 
	The priestess gaped in shock and awe as the revealing clothing
exploded from the intruder's body. She began spinning in midair,
showing off an enviable physique as thin ribbons of fabric began
coursing over her body, resolving into something far more modest than
what she had been wearing. Her hair deepened in color, though
retaining the same style. 

(The guys sigh in disappointment.)

	When the process finished, Mizuno Ami stood in the center of the
room, wearing her school uniform. Rei blinked. "Ami-chan?"
	Ami nodded, checking herself briefly. "Whew...thank goodness," she
said.  She summoned her computer from pocketspace and began furiously
punching in commands as she sat down at the table.
	"What...what was all that about? What happened to you?" Rei asked,
dropping onto one of the seat cushions at the table in a state of
near-shock. 
	"I'm not entirely certain myself," Ami admitted. She relayed the
events of the past half-hour to her friend, who gaped openly as the
tale unfolded. 
	"Incredible...we should call the others right away," Rei said.
	"Already taken care of," Ami said, tapping her computer. "I sent out
a priority signal to the others." 
	Rei nodded. "What's your computer say about it?"
	Ami scowled. "That's what doesn't make sense. It can't tell me
anything about what's happened to me other than 'kawaru'." 
	The priestess blinked. "Kawaru? That's very strange." She frowned.
"Although I guess it makes sense...considering what we've just seen
happen..." She eyed the choker around her friend's neck.
"Anou...Ami-chan? You should probably take that thing off for now."
	Ami blinked, and reached for the choker, trying to find a catch. She
frowned after a minute. "It doesn't seem to be removable," she
muttered.
	Rei's brow furrowed, and she leaned forward. "Here, let me," she
said. She touched the heart charm on the collar...
	...and yelped in shock.	"Rei-chan?"
	Rei rubbed her fingers and swore. "That thing is *freezing* cold!"
she hissed.
	Ami frowned. "It's not cold to me..." After a moment, she mused, "A
possible defense mechanism?"
	Rei scowled. "Damned effective if you ask me."
	"Well, I won't change again just to try to get rid of the choker,"
Ami said, blushing furiously. "Twice in one day is more than enough."

Fm:  Oh, come on... Give it a try!

	Rei giggled. "I don't know...if you were in the right place when you
did that, your Saturday nights would be booked through the turn of
the century."
	"Rei-chan!" Ami said in mock horror. "You're wicked!" Both girls
giggled. 

	====<3====

	The door to the shrine slid open, and Minako flounced in. "Hi guys,"
she said. "What's up?"

M:  Now who...
Fm:  Mina, aka Sailor V, aka Sailor Venus.

	"We'd better wait until the others get here," Rei said. "This could
be big."
	"Oh?" Minako frowned. "What, did you find something evil--"
	Ami cut her off with a shake of her head. "No, it's nothing like
that, this time," she said. "This is a problem of a
different...nature." Minako couldn't help but note Ami's fierce
coloration as she uttered that remark. 
	Soon, Makoto arrived, and not long after, Usagi appeared with the
two cats. "Sorry I'm so late," Usagi said.

M:  Waitaminute!  That's Lita, and there's Serena.  Where's Molly?  
What's she called in this?
Fm:  Well, assuming that the Official Energy Source for the Negaverse 
shows up, she'll be called Naru.
M:  Oh.  Does that mean she's not a Scout?
Fm:  Yes!  He can be taught!
M:  But then... No way...
Fm:  Disillusionment is always a tragic thing.

	"That's alright," Ami said. "You're not very late. It was a very
sudden summon, anyway." 

Fm:  When using as a noun, it's "summons", even in the singular.

	"So what's the big emergency?" Makoto asked. 
	"Well, Ami had something really weird happen to her today," Rei
began. 
	Luna sat attentively, somewhat unsettled. Something seemed amiss
here...
	The black cat noticed the choker gracing Ami's throat, and her eyes
widened. "Artemis," she hissed, "Isn't that...?"
	Artemis looked at what Luna was pointing out, and blinked. "Sure
is," he mused. 
	"What's wrong, Luna?" Usagi asked. She glanced at Ami, and noticed
her friend's new accessory. "Oh, kawaii!" she said. "Where'd you get
that, Ami-chan?" 
	Ami blushed. "That's a rather interesting story..."
	Luna jumped gracefully onto Ami's shoulder, and prodded at the
choker with her paw. Instantly, she let out a startled yelp, falling
>from her perch. "Cold," she muttered. 
	"Are you alright, Luna?" Minako asked. 
	Luna shook it off, and stood on the table. "Ami-chan," she said,
"Does the word 'kawaru' hold any special meaning for you?"
	Ami blinked. "Yes...that's what my computer has been saying all day,
every time I try to figure out what's going on."
	"What *is* going on?" Minako snapped impatiently. "Nobody's
explaining anything!" 
	Ami considered her words carefully. "Well, I was on my way over to
Usagi's house to speak to Luna about some odd power readings, and..."

	"Maybe it's best to show them," Rei said gently. 
	Ami nodded, grimacing, and stood. "Mercury Flash!" 

	====<3====

	The three recently arrived Senshi stared in shock at the new form
Mercury assumed. Luna frowned thoughtfully, while Artemis desparately
staved off a nosebleed. 

M jumps in, hands Artemis a kleenex, and hops back out.

	"Anou..." Usagi said. "Ami-chan...?" 
	Mercury nodded. "Hai, Usagi-chan." 
	Minako blinked. "What's with that outfit?"
	Sitting down, Mercury explained her recent adventure. When she was
finished, she mentioned, "All I know about it is that it has
something to do with the power fluctuations I was going to discuss
with Luna."
	Luna nodded. "It's true then...you've Changed."
	"Changed?" the others echoed.
	Artemis piped up, trying not to look at Mercury too much. "Luna and
I were discussing it this morning. Strangely, neither of us
remembered it until today."
	"Nothing strange about that," Usagi muttered, earning a glare from
the two cats.

Fm:  There!  You see!  Even ol' Meatballhead's figured out the pattern!

	"When Sailor Senshi in the Silver Millenium reached a certain level
of maturity in body, mind, and power," Luna explained, "they
underwent a Change, in which they ceased to be Sailor Senshi."
	"Ceased...to be Senshi?" Makoto asked.
	Minako frowned. "They lost their powers?"
	"No," Artemis corrected. "They didn't lose their powers...their
powers took on a new form. They became 'Lovely Warriors', possessing
new abilities far beyond those they were accustomed to as Sailor
Senshi."
	"So....that's what happened to me?" Mercury said. "I've become one
of these 'Lovely Warriors'?" 
	Luna nodded. "That's right, Ami. And if what your computer found it

FM:  Typo-- "is".

correct...the rest of you are ready to Change as well."
	The four Senshi looked around at each other nervously. 
	"I'm not so sure I want to," Usagi said. "I'd be too embarrassed."
	"Are you that ashamed of your body, odango-atama?" Rei smirked.
	Usagi got in her face. "Rei! You've gone too far!" A tongue war
erupted between the two.	

Fm:  You know, in a fic like this, that can conjure a completely 
different image... Not that I'm complaining, mind you...

	Mercury developed a sweatdrop. "Anou, Luna? Are you sure about that
maturity bit?"
	Luna sighed. 
	"So are we all going to be dressed like that?" Minako asked.

Fm:  If there is a God...
(GH & M just nod vigorously.)

	Luna effected a shrug. "Probably not. Lovely Warriors almost never
have the same appearance or abilities."
	Artemis nodded. "Aside from the change ability, that is."
	"That's right," Luna said, "the one ability all Lovely Warriors have
is the power to change their clothing into anything they wish."
	"So, I could revert to my old Sailor Senshi outfit?" Mercury asked.
	Luna nodded. "Right...but you wouldn't be at full power in that
form." She gestured with a paw at Mercury's choker. "The chokers are
your transformation devices as Lovely Warriors, and once you receive
that, you can never remove it." 	
	"We figured that one out," Rei said, rejoining the discussion.
	"Anyway," Luna continued, "When you first receive the collars, since
you had to be attempting to transform to fight in order for it to
happen, you'll immediately change into your new battle outfit." She
paused thoughtfully. "Whenever you need to be at full power, that is
the outfit you will need to change into."

Fm:  So basically, we're hoping for a *lot* of battle scenes here, right 
guys?
(The other two nod again, waving banners saying, "More Youmas.  Lots of 
villains!" and, "Send in the Droids")

	"We don't have much of a choice then, do we?" Usagi said.
	Artemis shook his head. "According to the data on Mercury's
computer, all of you have reached the level at which you will become
Lovely Warriors. The next time you transform...you Change." 
	The girls gulped nervously. 
	"Well, at least it'll have some advantages," Minako said. 
	"Like what?" Rei asked.
	"Think about it," Makoto said, getting the idea. "You never have to
worry about what to wear again!" 
	"That's right!" Minako said. "Whatever you want to wear, just change
into it!" 
	"Hmmm...that's something I hadn't thought of," Mercury said. 
	"Well, we'll just have to be careful about when and where we
transform next," Usagi said. 

	====<3====

	The meeting soon broke up, everyone drifting back home (after
Mercury changed into something far less conspicuous). Rei finished
sweeping the front steps, then went back inside to contemplate the
day's events.
	As she sat before the temple fire, curiosity overwhelmed her.
Reaching into pocketspace, she withdrew her henshin wand, staring at
it at length. 
	"Oh, why not," she muttered. Steeling herself, she shouted, "Mars
Crystal Power, Make-Up!" 
	And watched in apprehension as her henshin wand exploded...

	====<3====

(All three weep, Soun style, as green portals reappear.)
Fm:  So close!!!!

V:  So, what did you think?

Fm:  Well-written, well-edited, and nude Senshi!  What more could a guy 
ask for?

Freemage pauses before entering the portal.
Fm:  God, I hope we get some better help for next time.  At least a 
friggin' martial artist... (disapears thru portal).

V:  Hmmm...Well, let's see... Sasuke might be available...

Lights short out.

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