Why am I releasing a teaser for the next chapter of Shades of Gray? 
Well, mainly because today was my self imposed deadline for completion of
a first draft, soeven though I'm presently only about halfway through,  I
want to release _something_ related to Shades of Gray. (The revised
deadline, by the way, is the end of the month).

The other reason, of course, is blatant self-promotion. I hope that some
clueless newbie out there thinks "Wow!  This fic must be really popular,
if the author thinks a new chapter is important enough to post a teaser
for!  I'll go read the fic and send really positive C&C his way!" *hint,
hint* ;)

For any clueless newbies out there, the fic itself is archived on
Fanfiction.net and my website.

For anyone who doesn't like this kind of post, why haven't you hit delete
yet? ;)

With those overlong notes out of the way...

           Aaron Nowack
"Never let reality get in the way of a good hypothesis."
http://www.geocities.com/anowack/


COMING REAL SOON NOW TO AN INBOX NEAR YOU...

WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT...

Shades of Gray
A Sailor Moon Fanfic
By: Aaron Nowack

Chapter 10:  Beresheit- In the Beginning

        "Beresheit bara elohim et ha'shamayim v'et ha'aretz."
        "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
                -Genesis 1:1

        It wasn't exactly a lie.  Every word of it was true.  It just...
left out a few things.  The fact that those things were both vital and
potentially dangerous didn't change the truthfulness of the words she
had put down on paper.
        "Mom:
                Going to the library, then to Rei's.  Should be back in
time for dinner, will call if otherwise.
                        -Ami"
        With a brief sigh, Ami recapped the pen she had been using,
carefully placing the note on the kitchen table where her mother would
see it should she return before her.  Ami then left, locking the door
behind her and heading to the library.
        Once she arrived there, she exchanged a few pleasentries with
the librarian as she returned her soon to be due books.  She briefly
pondered checking out some more, but decided it would not be worth the
trouble of returning home to drop them off.  She did however spend a few
moments browsing the new arrivals section, taking mental note of the
handful of books that seemed interesting.
        With that complete, Ami headed to her next destination.  Not too
long later, she was knocking nervously at the door of the Tomoe house.
Even now, she felt a sense of malice around this house, as though the
evil that had once resided there had sunk into the very foundations.
She knew that was not the case, as repeated scans had proven, but even
she could not always counteract gut feeling with intellectual knowledge.
        The door swung open after a brief wait to reveal a man who was
unfamiliar to Ami.  The man glanced at her and smiled in greeting.
        After a moment of awkward silence, Ami spoke.  "Is Haruka or
Michiru available?"
        The man blinked and turned back into the house.  "Dr. Tomoe?  Do
you know if Michiru or Haruka are home?"
        Ami could not undesrstand the muffled reply, but the grimace
that appeared on on the man's face conveyed the essence of the reply.
"They're not here right now," the man stated.  "I can leave them a
message if you want."
        "That won't be necessay," a voice from behind Ami called out.
"Hello, Ami," Haruka continued as Ami turned around.  "What brings you
here today?"
        A few moments later, the two of them were seated in the room
Haruka shared with Michiru.  "So," Haruka began, then paused.  "What's
wrong?" she concluded.
        Ami replied by taking out the Mercury Computer and pressing it
into Haruka's hands.  "If I'm not back by tonight's meeting, run the
program that's highlighted on the screen.  And..." Ami was silent for a
moment.  "If I don't come back, give Michiru the computer.  There's a
file on there that has all the basic commands.  She should be able to
figure out the rest."  Ami rose and turned to leave.
        Haruka blinked.  "Wait a minute!" she nearly yelled.  "What are
you about to do?"
        Ami shook her head.  "If I told you, you wouldn't let me.  It's
probably foolish to go, but I have to try."
        Haruka frowned, then finally nodded.  "All right.  I trust you."
        Ami gave a weak smile.  "One last thing.  If the computer gives
off an alarm, transform and head wherever it tells you to go, and bring
any of the others you can alert quickly.  Either the Dark Kingdom is
attacking, or I'm in trouble."
        Not long later, Ami was in a convenient alleyway.  She
transformed, then Sailor Mercury headed for her next destination.

***********************************************************************

AND THERE'S MORE!

Ares and Sailor Mars get married, and Jadeite officiates!

Hot, hot youma luvluv!

Two Dragons duel for the fate of a world!

Conspiracy, angst, betrayal, and more negative emotions then a Ranma
darkfic starring Ryouga!

OH YEAH!

And, as promised, every major character dies!

All this, and more in...

SHADES OF GRAY CHAPTER 10

THE CHAPTER THAT WON'T TAKE HALF A YEAR TO WRITE.

HONEST.

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