And I break into the October barrier:

Then Terra got bored and challenged the Princess of Venus
and the Younger Inner Senshi to a duel. Go figure.

She was bored. What can you say?

"Alright, everyone, we're all going to warm up!" Althea
announced enthusiastically. She held up a five-inch-long yellow rod
with the Venus sigil engraved on the tip. "Just like we practiced at
home, girls!"

"Ladies is the proper term," Hermione reminded her leader.

Pyra: Not for this lot

"Or 'guys' if you want to be nasty," commented Pyra.

"I once know

knew

soldier that called everyone stuff like slime,

wart-ridden toads, and shoe leather," recalled Iolanthe.

Althea's expression fell. "We're _supposed_ to be showing that
brat Terra who are the better princesses,

who the better

A yellow light engulfed Althea while she held up her wand.
A twirling of bright, flashing stars wrapped around her, and in
a flash, her outfit formed.

Although it was  bit comical, since she wasn't anywhere near the age where
whips and leather would turn anyone on.

"Ah," Chibimercury replied. "So, in this case, I would say,"
she placed her hands on her hips and called out to the world, "I am
Sailor Chibimercury! Our honor has been blighted by the carelessness
of a false princess. On behalf of the planet Mercury's future, I
will chastise you!"

Mercury: "with my whips and chains."

Venus: "No, no. That's my line.

Sailor Chibijupiter clenched her fists. "I'm Sailor
Chibijupiter, and you made me MAD! I'm gonna beat you up, in the
name of Jupiter!!!" she half-shouted, really getting into it. She
crossed her fingers and a little lightning rod shot up from behind
her tiara's gem. The rod started sparking a little.

A pity her mother would only let her control static electricity instead of
the ability to generate some real power.

A young redhead observed the Younger Inner Senshi from the
top floor of the central palace tower.

"_They_ expect to beat _me_?" Princess Terrifying muttered to
herself, incredulous. "What a joke."

"They are the future," a voice the girl recognized as Queen
Serenity said from behind her.

"Then your future is bleak indeed," Terrifying said.

apparent to her that it really had been a mistake to mince words with
the Sailor Chibiscouts. Someday in the far future, they were probably
going to be rulers of their worlds, barring civil unrest and coup
attempts.

Oh, I think I see a lot of both in the future.

<Instant gratification is not always intelligent...>

<But it sure felt good!>

<Darn right!!!>

True

<Yikes, she and Hermione's mom were at each others' throats!>

<Rightly so! She kept calling Serenity a hentai!>

<Why that little->

<She didn't get along with any of the six Asteroid Senshi,
either.>

They were just annoying twits, though.

<Beat the tar out of Kull with her bare hands?! The boy was
already six feet tall and was wielding an axe at the time!>

<Grr! Stupid twit always insisted on fighting her, claiming
he'd get married that way. Then he'd always mumbled that he'd take
her flower->

<That jerk!>

Heh

"Then I suppose I cannot stop you," Queen Serenity nodded. "All
I can do is try to give you a little edge."

Hmm. Surprised she would to that, rather than letting Terra lie in the bed
of her own making.

Princess Serenity nodded brightly.

Queen Serenity grasped the two magical items and experimentally
weighed them in her hands. "You never used them, did you?"

Princess: Because they look utterly ridiculous. I do have some integrity,
you know. It's not like you go around in a demented cheerleader uniform
anymore now, do you?

Queen Serenity offered the two items to Terra. "I believe you
will find these useful in your coming fued.

feud

"Oh, right," Sailor Chibijupiter finally caught the expression.
"Should be a piece of cake. Terra isn't even a Senshi."

It's good to surprise the brats. Hope they get their butts handed to them.

"Yeah, we'll let her know who's boss," Iolanthe added.

But she already knows Serenity's in charge. ^_^

Standing on the stone railing of a second-level balcony was
a ten-year-old girl with red hair done up in a pair of 'rabbit-eared'
cone-shaped buns with two short, puffy ponytails. She was wearing a
Sailor Senshi outfit with a pink-jeweled tiara, white-rimmed pink
boots, a pink skirt, a pink collar, a pink choker necklace with a
pink heart on it, pink-rimmed white arm-length gloves, and a red bow
on her chest with another on the small of her back. A gold-rimmed
disc with a pink, heart-shaped jewel adorned the front red bow.

*Ching* The gem glowed with a power not entirely its own.

Which is a 'Bad Thing.'

"That must mean--" Pyra began to say.

"She really _is_ a princess?" Althea scratched her head.

"How was that?" Sailor Chibimoon cupped her hands and called
down.

"I think that will do, Terra!" Princess Serenity called back.
The Younger Inner Senshi turned to see that the blonde was coming in
from across the courtyard, dragging a man in by the arm. They
approached the group. "Althea, Pyra, look!" She pointed at the man.
"I found an official-man for the duel!"

They need one?

"I was, but I didn't want to go," Pyra muttered. The other
three looked at her curiously. "I had a fire-reading class!" the
black-haired girl protested.

Got to have your priorities, after all.

Sailor Chibimoon shrugged, and without so much as a 'thank
you,' turned and threw her wand at Sailor Chibimars. It beaned her
right between the eyes.

Heh. Nice

"She IS?!" Althea, Pyra, and Iolanthe didn't want to believe
it.

Nephrite shrugged. "Well, if you are all Sailor Senshi, then
let the dispute between you be settled in the rite of," he made a
dramatic pause, "Sailor Kombat."

I don't want to have to see that, .

*Dan-dan-dan-din!*Dah-deen*Daan-dan-dan-din*Dud-din* The Royal
Lunar Orchestra began their morning practice session.

Of course.  (DB turns up the sound of 'Forces' from Berzerk)

"HIP ATTACK!" Terra dove down from above, propelled by an
unseen force much greater than acceleration due to gravity. Her
bottom slammed into Iolanthe's face.

That was called the 'Butt-butt' attack. ^_^

"Good surprise attack," Nephrite complimented. The smile on his
face showed that he found this rather amusing. "Now, finish them."

Heh

The crystal on the wand blinked a couple of times, sputtered,
and lost power. The whine of a slowly decharging capacitor came from
the wand's handle.

Well, that saved their bacon.

The orchestra started up again. *Dahn-deen-dah-dah-dah-daaa!*
*Dahn-deen-dah-dah-dah-dah-daaahn!*

Terra swung around just in time to cross her arms in front
of herself, taking the attack head-on. "Ow!" It stung a little bit.

Sailor Chibimercury slid out of the tiara's hold. She held
her hands in front, a small blue glow building up in a ball.
"Soap Bubbles," she spun around, "Spray!"

This is why it's better to be dead then a senshi. You could never look at
yourself in the mirror if you had to spout out silly phrases like that.

*CRAAASH!* The attack broke through all Terra's defenses,
driving her back two meters and knocking her over. In the instant
following the impact, Sailor Chibimoon's Moon Heart Prism shattered.

Oops. That might change things for the future.

"Mmmm." Terra quietly dried her tears with a hankerchief. The
smallest of hesitant smiles began to cross her lips. "Okay."

Oh. It's all part of the plan. Now I see

Nice work. Interesting outcome to the fight. We'll see where you go next
with this.


D.B. Sommer



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