Here is my third episode of the SM alternate reality fanfic,where
we meet Sailor Mercury,aka the new Sailor Mercury! :)


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Cosmic Knight's Story

* Sailor Moon: Magical Boy Epic * [Need A Better Title]

Note: This is an ALTERNATE REALITY story,which sort of is a gender-bender with certain characters of "Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon" or,
since I am using the dub NA version,just Sailor Moon. ;) I've also
changed a few things in the plot. Don't worry,in no way have I changed 
the essence of the anime saga to alienate Moonie otaku...I hope!

Second Note: For those of you who are referring me to Chris Jones's 
fanfic,Sailor Moon Reversal,I KNOW ABOUT THE FANFIC! Don't tell me
about it anymore,okay? This story has very few connections to that
work,and if you don't know about the fanfic,go to Chris's site at:
http://cyberwheel.simplenet.com/fanfic and read it!

Disclaimers: In no way do I own any characters in Sailor Moon,nor do
I own any characters that make cheap cameos! While some of the people
are my creation,they still have similar traits to the Sailor Scouts
and friends you know,so I don't own those Scouts or friends. Naoko
and DiC do. Don't worry,I won't try to butcher this job like THEY did.

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Episode 3: Blue,Blue,The Cow Was Blue ;)
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Jadeite emerged in the throne room of Queen Beryl. "My queen,I have just
recently discovered an infinite amount of energy."

"Right," said Nephlite with a giggle. She appeared. "You and your stupid
sources. Remember,Sailor Moon slaughtered two of your youma."

"That was pure luck!" shouted Jadeite. "This time,I will not fail!"

"Nephlite is correct in a way," said Beryl. "Your last two attempts
failed miserably. But proceed...maybe you can succeed this time."

"This energy is well rewarding," stated Jadeite with a smile. "It is
based on Tokyo's skilled technology,with one special piece of the
power-pack of Tokyo's techno-magic as the hub of my plan."

"And that would be...?" asked Beryl.

"A device called a COMPUTER,my queen," chuckled Jadeite. "We shall
use the human's own technology against them."

"It won't work," stated Nephlite with a wicked smile. "I have read
the stars,and they state that your plan will be thwarted by the
power of the conjunction of Mercury and Moon."

"You stupid stargazer!" screamed Jadeite. "Your horoscopes cannot
stop me from taking over the world or pleasing Beryl!"

"Patience," said Beryl. "Nephlite,do not needle him. He is my key
now,and I don't want to lose him...too soon." Her fanged smile made
Jadeite shiver. "Carry on with your plan,Jadeite."

"I won't fail you this time,my queen," said Jadeite,leaving.

~We'll see...~ thought Nephlite.

~~~+~~~

Seth's mother heard his laughter and went to the living room watching
some silly TV show. She snapped off the TV.

"Aw,mom!!" said Seth. "That was getting to a good part!"

"Why aren't you studying for your test tomorrow?" demanded Elana.

"It's no big deal," said Seth,getting up. "I'll cram tomorrow."

"Hold IT!" shouted Elana,making Seth freeze and turned around. "Seth,
your father and I are seriously worried that you're going to flunk your
courses and end up starting over the year! Where did we go wrong?"

"Mom..." said Seth. "You did nothing wrong. It's just that there is so
much pressure in the world,and I have to find means of escape."

Elana sighed deeply. "Excuses,excuses," she muttered. "That was the same
old tired excuse I used on MY parents when I was your age."

Seth sweatdropped. "Uh...I'd better study now," he said,going off.

~~~+~~~

Luna was pacing about,trying to sleep,but Seth's constant typing was
bothering her. "Please stop that," said Luna. "I need to sleep,and so
do you. It's almost midnight. What are you doing?"

"I have to finish my 500-word essay on marine life," said Seth.

"Maybe I can help you?" asked Luna,leaping to the desk.

"N-N-No!" cried Seth. Too late,Luna busted him typing up a fanfic.

"FANFICS?!!" yowled Luna. "Seth,there is an old saying..."

"I know,I know," muttered Seth. "'Reap what you sow.' Luna,I hate
schoolwork. It's the last thing I want to do. It's so boring! Sailor
V doesn't need to study or do homework!"

"I hate to pop your bubble,Seth,but Sailor Moon and Sailor V also
do schoolwork,that means you. You cannot think that a pretty uniform
will allow you to skimp on responsibilities."

"I get enough nagging from my parents,don't nag me too!" said Seth.

"We only care about you," said Luna softly.

~~~+~~~

That night,Luna went to Crown Game Center and touched the doors. They
opened up silently and Luna went inside and leapt on a console. She
pushed a secret button on the control panel and the screen lit up.

SAILOR V'S VIDEO CHALLENGE,it read. PRESS THE BUTTON TO START.

Luna tapped the screen with a claw and the screen changed color.
"This is Luna reporting for duty,to Cental Command."

"Give the password for voice check," said a deep male voice.

"Black kitten dance in the moonlight," whispered Luna.

"Voice check confirmed. Welcome,Agent Luna. What is your report."

"I am having serious troubles with my pupil," stated Luna with a sigh.
"He's lazy,goofs off,eats a lot,and throws fits. He feels that he is
in some big RPG video game and I can't do anything."

"Be patient," said the voice. "Sailor V has similar problems. Anyway,
please paw in your ID for the next assignment."

Luna touched the screen in a pattern and a photo was shown. It was the
picture of a young man with short blue hair.

"Who is this?" asked Luna.

"A new transfer student to Crossroads," said the voice. "We have reason
to believe that he may be a spy for Jadeite. Check it out."

"I will," said Luna.

~~~+~~~

Seth was making his way to school when he spotted the boy Luna had been
told about. He went up to the boy. "Hi,kid," he said,startling the boy
and making him drop his books. "Oops,sorry. I didn't mean..."

"Oh,that is okay,mister," said the boy,turning to him. Seth was awed at
the shimmering pools of blue,just like...

~Darlene? Nah...~ thought Seth. "My name is Seth Getsuno."

"I am Amos Anderson," said the boy. "I transferred here from Yale."

"Yale!?" cried Seth. He blushed and lowered his voice. "You mean,you
were in college? But you couldn't possibly..."

"Hey,I see you met Amos!" said Melody with a giggle. "He's cute,and
he has a high IQ,about 300! You should introduce us."

"Get lost,girl!" shouted Seth. Melody began to weep and everyone
stared at Seth like he was a cruel man. "Oh boy..."

~~~+~~~

That afternoon,Seth was walking home. "I want to go home...but then
Mom and Dad will bug me about the test!" He sighed and slowed down.
No need to find out how HE did. "I hate school."

Just then,he noticed Amos walking down the street. "Hmmm...maybe I can
ask Amos about tutoring me? He is rather smart." As he made his way to
the boy,Luna leapt on Amos's head! "Oh no..."

"Oh!" said Amos. He pulled Luna into his arms. "You are a cute cat. I
wish I had a cat,but mother is allergic to animal fur."

"Luna!" said Seth. Luna leapt out of Amos's arms and ran to Seth,who
picked her up and came up. "Hi,it's me. Sorry about that scene. Melody
is such a snit. She is trying to hit on me."

"Oh,don't worry," said Amos. "I'm used to the teasing. People call
me all sorts of name. How old do I look to you?"

"Huh?" asked Seth. "I guess...eleven?"

"I'm actually fourteen," said Amos with a sigh. "I'm stunted."

"Oh..."

"And people crack jokes at my name,asking me where Billy Bob is. They
call me snob and nerd,and all sort of bad things."

Seth began to feel pity for this boy. Lost and alone,insulted and
treated like scum,this poor soul crying out for help. "Well,those
people can just suck it!" He raised his hand. "I'll be your friend."

Luna bit his hand. "OW!" Seth glared at him. "What was that for?"

"He may be a spy!" hissed Luna. "Beware of him."

"Oh,gimme a break!" snapped Seth.

"Are you talking to me?" asked Amos,confused.

"Ah...just teaching my cat not to nip," said Seth,dropping Luna.

~~~+~~~

"Here you go,boys," said the cute girl Elizabeth. Elizabeth,or Lizzie
as the boys called her,was Andrea's little sister. "Two shakes."

"Thanks,Lizzie," said Seth,taking his shake and sipping.

"Are you sure these are safe?" asked Amos.

"Hey,Lizzie makes great shakes," stated Seth with a grin. "Don't
be ashamed at them. They are 100% natural and no additives."

Amos tasted his shake. "This is good."

"I'm glad you like it," said Seth.

Amos spied a clock. "Oh no! I'm late to my class!" He got up and picked
up his backpack. "Sorry,I have to go to computer programming class."

"More SCHOOL?!" moaned Seth. "Blech! And just when I was getting to know
you! Are you sure you can't skip and talk some more?"

"Positive. I have to do well,so I can achieve my dreams."

"Which would be?" asked Seth.

"I'm going to become a computer game designer," stated Amos.

"WHOA!!!" shouted Seth. "You are my kind of guy!"

"Don't get your hopes up," teased Amos. "They'll be educational."

"Hey,the education games these days are becoming more fun," said Seth.
"See you around. Do well!" Amos nodded and left,then Seth went to leave
when Lizzie stopped him. "What? I paid the bill."

"You forgot this," said Lizzie,putting a disk in his hand.

"I never take disks about,but this..." said Seth. ~It must be Amos's.~
"I'll return it to the rightful owner." He left.

"Kids..." said Lizzie,shaking her head.

~~~+~~~

The professor smiled at her students made their way into the class.
~Perfect. All their minds are pouring their energy into our special
disks and this will give the Negaforce an immaculate boost.~

Amos hurried to his cubicle and searched his backpack. "Oh no! My
data disk! I've lost it! Oh,the teach is gonna be MAD!!!"

"Hello,Amos," said the professor. Amos jumped and twirled his chair
about. "I see you are here early,so I want to ask if you will do some
tasks for me. I need someone to assist me in the study today,and you
are the perfect candidate. Will you do this?"

"Ah...sure," said Amos,sighing in relief. ~Glad she didn't ask me about
the disk. I would never have lived it down!~

~~~+~~~

"Blech! Ick! I hate school,all school!" said Seth. "But I have to
return this stupid disk to Amos,so I'd better hurry."

"Be careful," warned Luna. "There is evil energy from this place."

"Oh right," muttered Seth.

"Hi,nimbus," teased a voice. The two turned to see Darlene there.
"Nice to see you are taking up studying for once."

"Go soak your head!" shouted Seth,storming off.

"Weird boy..." thought the woman. ~I get strange vibes from him...~

~~~+~~~

"Oh,that Darlene!" snarled Seth,clenching his fists. "If I see her..."
He then realized that he still had the disk. "Oh damnit,I forgot this."

"I have an idea," said Luna. "Let's go check this disk out."

"Why? That's snooping," scolded Seth.

"I have a funny feeling that something is on that disk!"

"Yeah right," laughed Seth. "He's a spy,like you say,and here are all
his secrets. Get with the program,Luna. You're going wacko."

"I am serious!" said Luna. "Let's check it out."

~~~+~~~

At Seth's room,Seth opened up the disk. A strange screen popped up.

"Cover your ears!" shouted Luna.

"Shouldn't that be 'cover my eyes?'" asked Seth.

"Just do it."

Seth obeyed and covered his ears as a voice spoke. "WELCOME STUDENTS.
YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO GIVE YOUR ENERGY TO OUR RULER."

Luna gasped! "I knew it!" said the cat. "This is a energy-sucking
program! Amos must have been sending them to others."

"No way," said Seth.

"Yes way," said Luna. "Accept it: Amos is a spy for Jadeite!"

~~~+~~~

"I'm not going to go in there!" said Seth as they stood outside the
school again. "They'll mistake me for a student."

"Hmmm..." said Luna. She then had an idea. "Wait a sec." She did a
backflip and made a pink pen appear. "This is your Luna Pen. You can
use it to make yourself look like any male you want."

"Cool idea," said Seth with a smile. "Maybe I can bum some drinks."
Luna tried to grab the pen from him,but he raised it out of range.
"Hey,just kidding!" Laughed Seth heartily.

"Don't do that," snarled Luna. "Say Disguise Power."

"DISGUISE POWER!" shouted Seth. Nothing happened. "What went wrong?"

"You also have to tell it what you want to be!" stated Luna.

"Oh I get it," said Seth,laughing. "Just testing...DISGUISE POWER!
Make me into a school student aide! Yeah,that's it!"

The pen bathed Seth in light and his clothing changed into that of
a 20-year-old student aide. "Whoa! Cool!" said Seth. "Now to work..."

~~~+~~~

Seth opened the door. "Amos? Are you here?"

"Ugh..." moaned the students.

"Man,talk about Night of the Living Dead!" said Seth. "Creepy!"

"Excuse me," said Amos,getting up. "Is there a problem?"

"I need you to come with me,Amos," said Seth.

"What's the problem?" asked Amos.

Luna sweatdropped. "Transform! Now!" she hissed.

"Ah yeah," said Seth. "MOON PRISM POWER!"

A ribbon of pink light surrounded Seth and turned him into Sailor Moon.
Amos let out a gasp! This was the same Sailor Moon which the Japanese
news reported fighting youma in the area!

"Sailor Moon!?" said Amos.

"Amos! Watch out!" screamed Sailor Moon as the professor grabbed Amos!

"Tut tut," said the professor. "I turn my back for one minute,and look!"
Her body melted into a hideous form. "You! You're disrupting the class!"

"See? Amos wasn't with Jadeite," said Sailor Moon to Luna.

"Oops..." said Luna,sweatdropping.

"You let my friend go now!" ordered Sailor Moon.

Amos,who was being held by the neck and his feet dangling from the
floor by a few inches,was stunned. ~Seth?~ he thought.

"Fat chance,Sailor Moon," chuckled the youma. "I,Garoben,will lay you
low. Now,let's have a little quiz. First question,who was Lysistrata?"

Sailor Moon shook her head. "Don't you dare change the subject!"

"Ha!" said the youma,flinging razor-sharp report cards at Seth. He did
his best to dodge and parry,but there were too many of them!

*THWACK!* A red lotus stopped the attack.

"Education should be used for good,not evil," said Lotus Mask. "I will
never tolerate the forces of darkness and their schemes."

"Lotus Mask! You saved my life!" sighed Sailor Moon.

"Had to," said Lotus Mask. "Ta ta!" She left.

"W-W-Wait! Don't go!!"

"Oh,your little girlfriend dumped you," teased Garoben. "Now for my
next trick,I'll have you dismembered! Students,eject this reject!"

The students got up and surrounded Sailor Moon.

"Yow! Stop it!" cried Sailor Moon. One girl pined his arms to his back.
"Help! Luna! SOMEONE! SAVE ME!!" He was punched in the gut a few times.

"Oh no,Sailor Moon..." sobbed Luna.

"Now to take care of you,boy," said Garoben,shoving Amos's face into a
monitor. "Surrender your energy now!" The monitor flashed violently,but
it was rejected. Garoben growled and pushed Amos's face into the monitor
so much that it began to crack! "Don't you dare resist us!"

"F++K YOU!!!" screamed Amos at the top of his lungs. A blue light burst
from Amos's forehead and blasted Garoben away. Amos fell onto his back
as a glowing symbol remained from the light.

Luna gasped. ~Impossible! He can't be Sailor Mercury,Sailor Mercury
is a girl! This is...no...~ She saw Garoben rising up,her arm changing
into a sharp axe to chop apart poor Amos! ~No choice!~ Luna did a flip
and made a blue wand with the symbol of Mercury appear! "AMOS! CATCH!"

Amos saw the cat bat the wand to him and took it,rolling to avoid the
axe cut from cleaving him in two! This action was intense!

"MERCURY POWER! MERCURY POWER!" screamed Luna.

Amos was stunned to see the cat talking,but after another roll to
dodge the axe again,he decided to leave questions until later.

"MERCURY POWER!" he shouted,raising up the wand.

Bubbles shot from it and surrounded his body,washing off his clothes
and replacing them with a uniform like Sailor Moon's,but with the
suspenders being light blue in color,and the buttons being silver.
The bandanna Amos wore was a light blue with a dark blue Mercury
symbol painted on the front. He wore blue sneakers with silver laces.

Amos leapt to his feet and kicked the youma in the groin,then sent
her smashing into a row of cubicles. He then fired his attack,raising
his arms up and then flinging them down fast.

"MERCURY FREEZING MIST!!"

The cloud of ice-cold mist surrounded the youma and trapped it in ice!
This caused the spell to be broken on the students and they collapsed,
allowing Sailor Moon to escape. The two looked at each other.

"Whoa," said Seth. "You're like me and Sailor V!"

"This is wrong," said Luna. "Sailor Mercury is supposed to be female!"

"Hey,don't knock it," said Seth. "I don't think I could handle being
allies with a female,except Lotus Mask." He laughed.

"Ahem," said Mercury. "Could you deal with this thing?"

"Sure thing," said Seth,removing his bandanna. "MOON BANDANNA MAGIC!"

*KABOOM!!* The youma was vaporized. Jadeite scowled as he saw the
energy vanish again. "Blast that Sailor Moon!"

~~~+~~~

"This is still wrong," muttered Luna. "I can't believe Sailor Mercury's
a boy. When I was in the Moon Kingdom,she was a beautiful woman."

"That was then,this is now," said Seth. "Can't a Sailor Scout be male?"

"Oh yeah,but it's just that..."

"Then let it rest,Luna," said Seth. "Amos,I'm glad you are my Sailor
ally,for now I have a better chance of living thanks to you. By the
way,can you tutor me? I would be happy to learn from you."

"Okay," said Amos,smiling. ~My first true friend!~

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