Dum-da-dum-dah, da-dum-da-dum-da-dum! *BLAAAAM!*
Eh...not nearly as good as listening to the 1812
Overture, but I suppose beggars and pathetic fanboys
cannot be choosers. ^_-
Also, I'm experimenting with a different sort of
style than what
most may be accustomed to in my normal works. The
humor is a bit
more subdued than, say, NETTG or Heart of Sugar.
This is more
geared towards those that have found my other stuff
a bit too
silly for its own good.
I wouldn't worry too much about that. The Parrot
King's works have ranged from totally silly to things
that exist only in the darkness of the human soul.
Throughout each, you could tell who was writing,
because the spirit of how he tells a story is the
same.
As long as we can tell it's still you telling the
story, it's all good.
...
But then again, Mad TV or Saturday Night Live is a
step down in
silliness from those. ^_^
Indeed. ^_^
A young man trudged his way through the gloom.
It was probably the worst Tuesday of his entire
life.
The fact that he seperates his worst days into various
days of the week does not bode well for the
description of the rest of life he has. Heh.
It was not so much that the day was not bright and
sunny; the
temperature hovered around seventy-six degrees
Fahrenheit and not
a single cloud graced the entire skyline. People
were even walking
through the streets of the city with broad and
cheerful smiles on
their faces.
Moreover, birds were chirping.
They're mocking you kid. You know they are. You must
get back at them! Take over the world! Blow things
up! Kill them all! And then...stick superglue in that
girl's shoe who only used you to cheat in chem class!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
None of this mattered to the boy, however. The
experiences
of his day had brought him from a state of unknowing
bliss down
into the melancholy that he felt at that moment.
The fourteen-year-old looked down at the paper in
his hand.
It was an English test, and though the handwriting
looked decent,
apart from the bunny rabbit doodles in the margins,
the red marks
Rabbit doodles...heh, heh, heh.
near the top and throughout the entire paper
indicated that most
of his answers were incorrect.
"A thirty-seven," he groaned, running his fingers
backwards
<Randel> 37! *slurp, slurp, slurp!* ^_-
"Sorry..." Kato froze and closed his eyes. Well,
the man was a
lot bigger than him, and could trash him in a fight,
so surrender was
the only option. "Okay, just beat me up and get it
over with."
And with an attitude like that, his life must
especially suck.
The man raised an eyebrow. "Beat you up?"
"It happens to me all the time," Kato explained.
"I'm not tough
enough to fight back--Yes, I've accepted it, so go
ahead and do it.
I'm an easy target."
"You get beaten up all the time and you don't fight
back?"
"Yeah, basically."
"Why?"
"I'm a wimp and I always trip over my own feet
before I can
throw a punch or try to kick. I have absolutely zero
tolerance for
pain, no strength, and everyone laughs at me. Stuff
like that."
And kids are like carnivores. They pick out the weak
and helpless, hell, they'll pick out anything remotely
'different' from them and attack it en masse. Adults
are like that too a lot, but often, they're generally
a bit more subtle about it.
Kind of depressing realizing that's the kind of world
we live in. ^^
Some handshakes just felt uncomfortably weird, like
ice or
sparks were dancing around inside them.
This was definitely one of them.
Well...it certainly couldn't have been a kiss in this
case...though I know of certain female Yaoi fans who'd
LOVE seeing something like that. ^^;;;;;; Heh.
---
It wasn't long after Kato's encounter with Mamoru
that he met up
with one of his favorite bunches of thugs, got his
tail royally kicked,
and was booted down the gutter and fell through a
broken grate into the
sewer.
Such was life.
"Why can't they pick on someone else?" Kato moaned
to himself.
"Maybe someone that's -not- six years younger than
them?"
Because then they'd risk losing and getting beat down
in the process. Heh, couldn't have that.
Yes, it was a typical sort of experience. He'd go
to school,
nearly nod off at Haruna-sensei's boring lectures,
and then he'd go
home. It didn't matter what route he took; wherever
he went, the thugs
were sure to follow. They wanted his lunch money,
but since it was
always after school that they hit him, he never had
any. So, what they
did was simply beat him up and yell at him to get a
job.
Kato rubbed his bruised cheek, muddling over the
insanity of
his life. He supposed that one day, he could
complain to the police
and get the whole thing taken care of, but would
that really solve
anything? Maybe, but he had mostly resigned himself
to it. No point
in complaining now.
You're doing a good job at portraying typical victim
mentality here.
"I love junior high," the blond moaned. He looked
up at the
light filtering through the grating he'd fallen
through. This was
<Johnny Cage>Here I am, in a hostile environment,
completely unprepared, surrounded by people that
probably want to kick my ass...HEY! This is just like
High School!
the second time this week. The sewer reeked of
who-knows-what, and
And don't mind that gator swimming by. ^_^
<snippage!!!>
Kato frowned. He hated it when animals got hurt,
especially
dogs and cats. He couldn't comprehend what kind of
mean people
would do that to a cat. But was there anything he
could do? He didn't
He gets beat like he does on a regular basis and he
actually asks that question?
know anything about first aid, much less how to
treat a dying feline.
Besides, what would his mother say if she knew he
had been messing
around with some dirty dead cat?
The cat called again, twice as pathetic as the
first time.
Kato sighed and shook his head. Opening his
bookbag, he
withdrew the P.E. uniform shirt that he was taking
home to get
washed. He paused, weighing the consequences, but
decided that he
just couldn't leave the poor cat there. That'd be
heartless, and if
there was one thing Tsukino Kato wasn't good at, it
was being
heartless.
Spineless? Yes. Heartless? No.
Surprising you didn't name him Shinji or something.
Heh.
I caution against turning your new character into your
typical anime male spineless wuse with lots of power.
I mean, anime is filled those types of characters and
it seems they get worse with every incarnation. I
mean when you're singing "Shalalala you wanna...kiss
the girl!" at the 99th ep of Love Hina (I know, they
don't go to that number...) after 98 eps of keeping
the status quo the same in some weird attempt to keep
the story static for who knows what (money) reason, it
gets pretty bad.
Then again, you killed Kakarrot, so what am I worried
about? ^_^
---
Kato pushed open the door to his house. It was a
pretty big
building, actually. Two stories high, multiple
bedrooms, a large
kitchen--actually, it was probably the second
biggest home he'd ever
seen. None of his friends had anything that big,
except maybe for
Naru. She and her mom were pretty well off.
The boy had a sneaking suspicion that his parents
might really
be wealthy too, but they always violently denied it,
especially when
he asked for money to spend at the arcade. Money
doesn't grow on
trees, they always explained. His arguments that it
did since the
bills were made of paper didn't seem to improve
things much. Hey,
paper comes from trees, doesn't it? That's what the
recycling people
said.
Parents never listen to logic...even when you grow up,
they never listen. Must be some sort of weird gene
that kicks in at the onset of pregnancy.
<you will PH34R the snippage!>
"Kato! How's it going?" the newcomer asked, then
paused when
he saw the cat. "Eeew, gross! What's that thing
doing in here?!"
"Shingo!" Kato started. He considered his response.
"Where's
Mom?"
Ah yes. Shingo. The man who was suspiciously absent
for Most of R, S, Super S and Sailor Stars (at least
from what I've seen of Sailor Stars). Interesting
conspiracy theories abound to make this
believeable...other than Chibi Usa showed up and
became the perfect little kid mascot for the
senshi...shoot me...
<lots of snippage from here on>
Kato looked up and recognized the man. It was one
of the
bullies that always wanted to take his lunch money.
He didn't know
his real name, but had mentally nicknamed him
"Nappa" after a
favorite anime character.
Imagining Nappa in one of those blue school uniforms
is sickening. Good job. ^_^
"Hey," Nappa said, reaching down with his huge,
sinewy arm
to pick up the boy by his head and hold him up to
his face, "it's
that little Katou kid!"
"Uh, that's Kato," Kato corrected in a tiny,
hamsterish voice.
He dared not move, being completely scared out of
his wits. His heart
pounded hard inside his chest.
A shorter one behind Nappa, whom Kato had nicknamed
Vegeta,
cracked his knuckles. He had weird spiky, swept-up
hair, and always
acted like he was some sort of martial arts freak.
"Hmm." He looked
over Nappa's captive. "Does he have any money this
time?"
The rather ill image of Vegita and Nappa as sort of
intergallactic bullies is quite apt...to a certain
extent.
Kato suddenly felt something burn on his forehead,
and in the
next instant found that his fist had crashed
straight into Nappa's
face.
*KEEERUUUNCCCHHH!* The sound of cartilage cracking
echoed
throughout the long alleyway, followed by a long,
deep silence.
It's unfortunate this doesn't happen more often to
these kinds of people. But then the unfortunate truth
of the matter is, we have no magic to save us, and no
destiny looking out for us. Geez, this is depressing,
isn't it?
Everyone stared at everyone else for a few seconds.
"MRRRRPH!!" Nappa finally cried, stumbling back and
clutching
at his face. "ARGH! MY NOPHE!" He turned around and
leaned over.
Kato's jaw dropped, realizing that for the first
time in his
miserable life, he'd actually fought back. He looked
down at his
fist. It stung really bad, as though he'd been
trying to punch
through concrete. He shook it to dull the pain. "Ow!
Ow! Ow!"
He should invest in some brass knuckles. Heh.
At one point, he hit a speed bump and the wrapped
cat flew out
of his arms. He quickly hopped up to grab it again,
but the action
messed up his balance. He slid off the drum and came
crashing down.
He rolled around and around on the street, bouncing
off the curb and
flying straight past a pair of open sliding glass
doors, and smacked
right onto the only occupied waiting chair in the
veterinarian's
office.
Kind of a stylistic point, but considering this is
supposed to be the end of the chase, I'm not sure
saying "At one point," is quite the way to go. It'd
be more like "There at the last," but then that also
messes up the fact he and the reader doesn't know he's
about to crash into the Veterinary clinic. Then
again, the reader also doesn't know that the last
means that he's about to hit the clinic, only that the
chase is about to end. Again, this is stylistic, so
feel free to ignore.
"Ooomph!" The boy underneath Kato had the wind
knocked out of
him.
The doors automatically slid closed.
The receptionist sized him up. "Hmmm, does your pet
have an
appointment, young man?"
Kato blinked a couple of times, his surprise too
great to have
noticed the individual he was squishing. "Ummm, does
it need one?"
Heheheh.
"No," the lady at the desk laughed, "do you think
you can pay
the bill?"
The blond boy nodded quickly. "Yeah, I think so."
"Then Doctor Kalypso will see you now," the
receptionist said
with a nod. She pointed down a short hallway. "Go
right in through
this door and explain the problem to him."
"Thank you!" Kato called out, and rushed through
the office
door, protectively grasping his cat.
The bespectacled boy that Kato had landed on stood
up and
got ready to protest, holding up his fishbowl with a
yellow banana
slug inside. "But what about Amorphia here!? She's
about to give
birth!"
Given my limited understanding of Slug and snail
physiology, if that one is about to give birth, surely
the other slug he mated this one too would be in a
similar condition, give or take a few hours.
No point, just musing. ^_^
A moment later, a band of thugs rushed past the
glass doors
and looked around. Finding nobody, they moved on.
Heh, tresspassing would be an interesting charge to
bring up on em.
Umino Gurio shrugged. "Maybe. If it didn't loose
too much
blood, the doctor might be able to patch it back
together." He
examined the fishbowl he held and shook his head at
the batch of baby
slugs squirming around inside. "What's so important
about that cat,
anyway?" He held up the fishbowl. "You made Amorphia
go through
natural childbirth. She's got to be in a LOT of pain
right now!" He
looked a bit miffed.
Do they do live birth? Just curious, I don't know
myself. Heh, though I wonder, what did he think the
doc was going to do? Cesarian section on a slug would
be a near impossibility. ^^
"Eew," Kato grimaced at the sight of the slimy
creatures. He
looked back at his friend. "I don't know what's so
special about it,"
he said, referring to the cat he'd brought in. "I
just found it, and,
I don't know. I just couldn't leave it like that,
could I?"
"I guess not," Umino replied with a shrug. "I mean,
I remember
when I found Amorphia. She was ill with a bad case
of ick." He
ick?
sighed in reminiscence. "I spent the next four days
and nights
nursing her back to health, changing the water,
giving protein
supplements, things like that."
"That's really sweet," the blond deadpanned.
"Yeah, we've been through a lot together after
that."
"So," Kato yawned, wanting to change the subject,
"anything
new going on in the world?"
The nerd nodded. "Yes. Have you heard that Sailor V
caught
another bank thief this morning?"
"Who?"
"Sailor V. She's some masked vigilante out fighting
crime in
a short-skirted sailor suit. She's the talk of the
town!"
Turning Sailor Moon into a guy, but leaving Sailor V
as a girl? This could get really weird. ^_^
"She's alive!" the vet called. "ALIVE!"
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!
"Bring her back next week and I'll give her a flea
bath and
spay 'er for no extra charge."
I'd pay money to see that. ^_^
Naru hung her head and placed a sympathetic hand on
Kato's
shoulder. "Ohhh, Kato-san. The clueless brother I
never had." She
held up the classified ads of a newspaper to the
boy's face. "You
could have gotten a -new- cat for FREE, you know."
ACK!!! She called him her brother! That's the kiss of
death when even considering a relationship with a
girl. She says that, or you're so sweet, you're a
really nice guy, or a good friend...IT'S ALL OVER!!!
^_^
"Emperor Beryl-sama..."
"Emperor Beryl-sama..."
"Emperor Beryl-sama..."
At the center of the room was a stone throne,
adorned with
hideous, deformed skulls of an alien nature. Sharp
teeth and claws
jutted out and curled around the monstrous
structure. A pair of
torches burned on either side.
Hey! It's a Xenomorph skull! ^_^
"Emperor Beryl-sama..."
"Emperor Beryl-sama..."
"Emperor Beryl-sama..."
Seated on the throne was one who could only be
described as
a titan among men. Muscles upon muscles adorned his
massive frame.
Pectorals bulged against his purple-stained
chainmail. Legs, arms
and neck displayed a stunning array of juts and
mounds. A lock of
red hair poked out of the front of his giant, horned
helmet.
Alright! Stock Super armored super huge villain! At
least you didn't call him Arago (Talpa from Ronin
Warriors) ^-^
"Emperor Beryl-sama..."
"Emperor Beryl-sama..."
"Emperor Beryl-sama..."
The only man in the room worthy of such worship,
with his
muscles rippling and tendons straining, stood and
motioned for
silence.
The sound in the room instantly disappeared.
heh
Emperor Beryl lifted his great, double-bladed axe
into the
air and tapped the two-meter-long handle twice
against the ground
with a tremendous clang.
"GENERAL JADEITE," he bellowed in a voice that
caused everyone
present to kneel down and shiver under the power of
his majesty,
"SHOW YOURSELF TO ME!"
A swirl of blue light sparkled into view six meters
away
from the titan's throne. Gradually, a silhouette
wavered to and fro,
solidifying into the First General.
"Eeeep!" the puffy-ponytailed blonde squealed in
shock.
Frantically, she whipped out a compact, clicked it
open and checked
the makeup on her highly-tanned skin. Having made
sure it was right,
she straightened her hair and made final adjustments
to her outfit.
"Wh-why, Emperor Beryl!" she stuttered in a
decidedly soprano
voice while retying the ribbon on her ponytail,
"What a surprise--I
mean, what were the odds?"
<Beryl> 3720 to 1.
Heh, here's something to play with if you want.
According to the dubious source of Tenchi 101, if
Mihoshi loses that ribbon, her memory will be lost as
well.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS, GENERAL JADEITE?"
Beryl asked,
motioning with his free hand at the woman's attire.
"Umm!" General Jadeite yelped in fright. She looked
down at
what she was wearing. It was a dark grey leotard
with green trim, tan
stockings, and a white puffball bunny-tail a little
below the small
of her back. "It's the latest thing in Dark Imperium
military
fatigues. Do you like it, Your Majesty?" She posed
for him to get
the full effect.
^;;^
The ruler of the Dark Imperium scowled and shook
his head.
"JADEITE, THAT IS THE LEAST MANLY THING A MAN COULD
EVER WEAR."
"I'm not a man!" Jadeite stamped her foot in an
ultra-
feminine manner and stood up as tall as she could,
which was a
stunning five-foot-six. "And from now on, I want you
to call me
Mihoshi!"
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!
"Mom just HAD to ask about my test, didn't she?"
Kato asked
rhetorically, sitting on the front-door steps of his
home.
Always when you never want them to, and never when you
don't want em too.
The cat looked at him with concern. "No you're
not!"
"Yes I am," Kato groaned. "I flunked my test, I
always get
beaten up, the closest thing I've ever had to a
girlfriend is Naru,
and she doesn't like me that way--"
"How can that be true?" the bandaged cat asked.
The boy turned on to his side, away from the
talking cat. "It
just is. I'm such a wimpy, scared loser."
You know, I realize the boy probably needs some female
attention, but he might be a bit young to get the
pussy there.
Kato's companion took a step closer. "No you're
not! You're
the bravest person I've ever met!"
The blond was silent for a second. "Really?" he
asked.
"Yes," the cat affirmed, nodding. "You may have
been hurt a
lot in the past, but what kind of loser takes up an
injured stranger,
fights off a band of ogres to get her to safety, and
gives away all
he has to save that stranger's life? Hmm? Hmm?"
Bad thing is, I'm remembering Luna's quasi english
accent from the dubb here. For some reason I find the
situation more comical with that in mind.
Kato sat up. "What are you talking about?" He
looked around.
"Who...?" He trailed off when he saw the cat. He
pointed at her.
"Did you just?" He shook his head. "Naaaaah. It
couldn't be. I'm
just talking to myself."
The cat tilted its head at him. "-I- like you, for
what it's
worth," she offered.
Tsukino Kato looked at the cat for a second. Then,
with a
loud whump, he fell face-first off the side of the
steps. Slowly,
he picked himself up and stared across the porch at
the crescent-
marked feline.
"What?" the cat asked. "Never seen a talking cat
before?"
"I had a concussion once," Kato replied cautiously.
"Saw
a few talking Frisbees. But cats don't talk, do
they?"
"Sure they do. -I'm- talking, aren't I?"
"Yyyyyyyyeah."
"What's the problem, then?"
"No problem... I guess it's okay, maybe."
Heh, I suppose this is a side effect of his accepting
nature. Taking the extrordinary, like this, in
stride.
---
Kato's mother let him back in after a couple of
minutes, giving
the boy the chance to carry the cat back up to his
room where they
could have a proper conversation.
As the boy placed the sentient animal on his bed
and closed the
door, he said, "I've never met a talking cat
before."
<Luna> You think that's something, you should see
this elephant I once knew...had ears so big....
No! Bad mind! Bad Joke! *baps myself* No buscuit!
"I think my name is Luna," the injured cat replied
hesitantly,
but brightened after some thought, "but you can call
me anything you
like, cutey!"
Uh oh...the cat thinks he's cute! It's all over! ^_^
Kato muddled it over a moment longer. "On second
thought,
ChuChu would be a cuter name for you."
In that instant, the door opened and Shingo walked
in,
carrying a stack of manga, including but not limited
to Ranma 1/2,
Fushigi Yuugi, Cardcaptor Sakura, Slayers, Nurse
Angel Ririka and
Shin Seiki Evangelion. "Hey, Kato! Look what I
found!"
This is how Blaster snuck into Decepticon Headquarters
one time.
"No," Shingo replied, shaking his head, "you," he
trailed off
and suddenly fixed his gaze squarely on the cat's
face. "What the
@#%$ did you just say?!"
*snicker*
"Mind your language, young man," the kitty shot
back. "And I
said that I do talk."
Shingo dropped all the manga in disbelief. He
looked back at
his brother. "Naaah, you're teasing, aren't you?
You've suddenly
learned ventriloquism and somehow made your voice
sound like a
sixteen-year-old girl--oh wait, your voice was kinda
like that when
I kicked you in the shins last week..."
The shins? Riiiggghhhttt. ^_^
"They'd just lock you up in a science lab or
something," Shingo
added. He looked down and waved his hands in defeat.
"Okay, okay, I
believe you. That's a talking cat." He turned his
head around and
shouted down the hall, "MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM, KATO'S
GOT A TALKING
CAAAAAAAAAAAAT!"
Leave it to your little sibling to tell your parents
every screwed up thing you do, or have, or even think
about! Heh, it's no wonder patricide isn't a more
common occurance.
From downstairs, the tired, overworked voice of
their mother
called back, "Oh, really? That's nice. Ask it what
its name is!"
Shingo looked down at the cat. "Hey, what's your
name?"
"Hmmm," the black creature began, putting a paw to
her cheek,
"I'm almost certain that my name is Luna."
"It says its name's Luna!" Shingo yelled behind
him.
"That's nice, dear!" Tsukino Ikuko replied with a
weary sigh.
Hehehehheheheheheheheh.
"I wouldn't mind a sweeter name, though," Luna
considered, then
shrugged. "Maybe Luna would be best."
"Naaah, I don't like it," Shingo disagreed.
"I still like Mokona," Kato whispered.
Luna smiled at her rescuer. "As I said, you can
call me
-anything- you like, sugar!"
I can tell this is going to get fun. I mean the
potential for cat babe jokes asside, I can't wait to
see what happens when she gains a human form. Now I'm
getting this mental image of Luna Ryouko-glomping
him...heheheheh.
"Nah, she talks too much to be named Mokona,"
Shingo said.
Kato nodded in agreement. "Yeah, you're right."
"Well," Shingo added, putting his hand on his
brother's
shoulder, "I guess you're not a complete loss, Kato.
I thought it was
just some stray cat. I didn't know it talked!"
"Oh yeah!" Luna perked up. "Thanks again for
rescuing me. You're
really someone special." She giggled and rubbed her
furry head against
Kato's arm. "I guess it was kind of hard for you to
do all you did--"
"And pay the bills," Shingo added, looking at his
brother. "Did
you spend -everything- you had fixing up this cat?"
Kato nodded. "Yeah, actually. I think I did."
"Well, no good deed must go unrewarded!" Luna
continued. She
limped out of Kato's arms to stand in the middle of
the bed. "I want
to pay you back, but I'm not sure what I could give
you."
<Luna> But if any part of me pleases your senses, I
would give it to you...willingly.
<Shingo> I don't know about you bro, but I'm
officially freaked out.
<Kato> You said it.
Kato shrugged cluelessly. "Uhh, just don't worry
about it, I
guess..."
Luna's eyes widened as she remembered something.
"I've got just
the thing!" She hunched down and prepared to jump.
She pursed her
mouth and slumped down after a moment, realizing
that she didn't have
the strength to attempt the flying leap she had in
mind. She looked
at Shingo. "Excuse me?"
"Yeah?"
"Could you please lift me up?"
"Okay..."
Shingo hesitantly picked Luna up under her front
legs.
"Now toss me into the air! And try to put some
'twirl' into
it."
Oh sure! Tell a mischeivous child to do that. Heh.
The elementary-schooler grinned and swung Luna
backward and
tossed her into the air. Fortunately, despite the
force of the throw,
she didn't hit the ceiling. There was a bright flash
of light, a
Not for lack of trying.
swirl of magical dust, and a golden disc dropped
mid-flip.
Luna crashed into the top of the chest of drawers.
Fortunately,
she got a soft landing since the boy never put his
clothes away until
his mother screamed at him to do so. The cat turned
around and smiled
at her benefactor. "That's for you!"
Kato picked up the golden disc and examined it. It
actually
looked a bit like a brooch. It had a crescent-shaped
indentation and
a pink circle on it. Flipping it over, he found
nothing but a
polished gold surface. "What is it?"
Power coin. You raise it and shout "Dragon-zord
power!" ^_^ Hmm...Sailor Senshi vs the original
MMPR...yessssss...
Luna padded her way back around to face Kato.
"It's," she
began, "it's..." she paused. "I have absolutely no
idea. Don't you
know what it is?"
Kato shook his head. "Not a clue."
"Hmm, I'm almost sure that the one I'm supposed to
give that to
should know what it is and how to use it. Or maybe
I'm supposed to
know that. I can't remember."
"Maybe we could sell it," suggested Shingo. "You
know, earn
back some of your lost savings and stuff?"
Luna nodded. "I guess you could do that. Or maybe
you could
put it on your outfit somewhere and shout 'Moon
Prism Power, Make
Up.'"
Or maybe "Armor of Wildfire! Tao Jin!"
Kato laughed slightly at the absurdity of the idea.
"Oooh, wait," Shingo added, examining the disc
close-up,
"this is like one of those things that they say
Sailor V uses.
Except she uses a compact. Or maybe it was a pen..."
Outside of the Pen, do these boys yet realize they're
discussing items for girls? ^_^
Luna frowned. "Sailor V?"
Light filled Kato's eyes. "Oh yeah, I heard Umino
talking
about her."
"What did he say?" Luna asked, looking very
interested.
"I think I remember a Sailor," she hesitated, unable
to find the
words, "someone."
Kato shrugged. "He didn't say much. Just something
about
some Sailor Sushi and whatever." He paused. "Oh!
Shingo, can you
get out that Fushigi Yuugi stuff I got from Umino? I
forgot to
ask this morning."
"Not now, Kato! I'm on a roll here!" Shingo rolled
his eyes,
then looked at the cat. "Sailor V goes around
fighting crime in a
multicolored school uniform that's, like, a couple
sizes too small
Yes she does. ^________________^
"So this girl uses something and it makes her want
to dress
weird and fight crime?" Kato wondered.
Good drugs.
Kato blinked at his brother's choice of words.
"Umm, I didn't
say I was worried it'd turn me into a girl. What'd
make you think
I was worried it'd do that?"
As some unknown entity in the cosmos cackles madly in
anticipation...
Luna froze, shocked by the idea. After a while, she
laughed and
waved a paw, shaking her head. "Oh, don't be silly,
Kato-kun! I'd
never give something to a handsome boy like yourself
that'd turn you
into..." She giggled again/ "A GIRL. Don't even
bother joking about a
thing like that!"
giggled again.
I think Luna has the hero worship goggles on juuuust a
bit.
Kato cocked a grin at Shingo. "There, see?"
Luna suddenly stopped laughing. "I think I've got a
pen that
could do that." Kato's grin fell as the cat thought
for a moment.
"But, no, that'd just be a disguise, and the user
would have to
ask specifically for it."
Kato looked between Shingo, Luna, and the golden
object in his
hand. "So, do I try it, or don't I?"
Shingo sighed and grabbed the brooch. "Okay, if you
won't, I
will." He cleared his throat, held the device aloft,
and cried with
a dramatic flair in his voice, "Moon Prism Power,
Make Up!"
What would have been really ironic is if he did
transform.
Everyone waited for nearly a full minute, during
which nothing
happened whatsoever.
@__ <== Tumbleweed. ^_^
"Darn," Shingo muttered under his breath before
handing the
object back to Kato.
"I guess it won't work for just anyone," Luna
noted. She
looked at Kato and rubbed her head, still feeling
the blow a fender
had made to the back of her skull. "You can try it,
if you like, but
if you don't, it's no big deal. You can sell it, or
even--"
Kato stared at the yellowish-orange object. "Well,
I might as
well see if it'll work. I mean, it couldn't hurt,
could it?"
And that's how Tokyo got itself blowed up again, sir.
^_^
Instead, acting with a mind and a will of its own,
the
enchantment metaphorically furrowed its brow and
went about trying to
discover why the individual's aura continually
rejected the power
that so desperately wished to be bestowed.
Much like a computer program. I imagine it's looking
for the proper drivers right at this very moment.
...
After a few seconds, the intense light melted away,
leaving
three very dazed sentient beings strewn about the
bedroom.
You sure? I remember being a teenager, and I
distinctly recollect being presentient, at best, most
of the time.
"Cool," Shingo breathed, grinning from ear to ear
as he sat
up against the wall, his dark blond hair blown
backward.
"Mreowwwwww," Luna groaned, stars dancing around
her head,
"sorry, Kato-chan. I didn't think it'd do anything
like that..."
"Ugghhh." Kato hung off the edge of his bed and
rubbed his
head. When the brooch went off, the blast had thrown
him against
his bed's headboard and given him a nasty conk on
the noggin. He
slipped downward a little, clutching at his sheets
and blankets.
"Owwww..."
Luna struggled to her feet and limped over to check
on Kato
to see if he was okay. His legs looked fine, and his
arms didn't
seem to have any burns on them. Actually, he didn't
seem to be
wounded at all, aside from the lump forming on his
head.
"What happened, Luna?" Kato asked, looking over to
his cat.
His attention was suddenly drawn to his right hand,
where he still
held the golden brooch. It was still intact.
Moreover, it was
glowing.
"I don't know," Luna replied helplessly. "Something
good was
supposed to happen--"
"I loved it!" Shingo exclaimed. "Do it again!"
If it were me, I'd start the beating of my kid brother
right about now. ^_^
"Help her, Tsukino Kato. You are her only hope."
The bad thing is, that the hair style fits. ^^
The image flickered, unable to resolve itself for a
few
seconds.
"Who was that?" Kato asked, his face very serious.
"She was,"
he briefly searched for the right word, "beautiful."
Shingo blinked hard. "Whoa! Yeah, Luna, who was the
BABE?"
He's going to start wearing a vest and carrying a
blaster around, isn't he? ^_^
"I know her!" Luna replied immediately. "She's--"
As if responding to Shingo's question, the woman
reappeared
and spoke in that same sweet tone, "My name is Queen
Serenity of
the Moon Kingdom."
"Serenity," Luna breathed, gazing into the light.
The image of Queen Serenity took a breath. "Many
years ago,
perhaps even centuries or millennia, I lived on a
happy and
prosperous world, the Moon. Unfortunately, we had
enemies. What we
call the Dark Kingdom attacked us and nearly
destroyed us all.
<Evil guy> I am Lord Zed! Ruler of the Dark Galaxy
and I'll...
<Berryl> Wrong universe, dude.
<Zed> Is it?
<Berryl> Yeah. Fraid so.
<Zed> Terribly rude of me. Would you by any chance
know how I could get back?
"At the last moment, I was able to seal away this
great evil,
but not before everyone," the woman paused,
"including my beloved
daughter, the Princess, was taken from me. I tried
to save her along
with the others, but my magic was not strong
enough--She vanished!"
"Princess," Kato whispered, a hint of familiarity
in his tone.
The title felt very personal and near and dear to
him.
Sort of a reverse Utena syndrome...Monty Python would
have a field day with the lot of em. ^_^
"Say," Shingo finally piped up, "you gonna help
this girl,
Kato?" He winked. "I'll bet that Princess'll be
-very- grateful,
and if she's even HALF as good-looking as her
mom..." He trailed
off, shivering in delight at the possibilities.
He's got the right idea...too bad he's far too young
to take advantage of that idea should it come to
pass...poor guy. The girls are going to learn to fear
him as he gets older if he's already aquired a libido
like that. Either that or they're really going to
love him...heheheheheh.
Kato continued to stare after the departed images
as if it
were something intensely personal and meaningful.
"It feels like,"
he exhaled, "I've met her before, a long, long time
ago. It's like
I want to go over to her and spend hours in her
arms..."
"Tell me about it!" Shingo nodded vigorously in
agreement.
"I could do with some of that!"
*cracks open a beer and salutes!
Shaking off the nostalgia and forgetting his
surprise at his
own words, Kato recalled that his little brother had
long ago passed
the stage of having the notion that girls are icky,
perhaps a little
sooner than he should have.
He just now noticed?
"That was for Shingo. He REALLY likes that kind of
stuff."
O_o
"What can I say?" Naru added in a tone that
suggested that
she was shrugging. "You're like a brother to me."
ARGGGGHHHH!!! There she says it again!
Shingo nodded. "Yeah," he said, and turned over the
brooch
again. "I want to see how this thing -really-
works!"
With the amount of screen time Shingo is getting in
this fic, one can't help but wonder what evil you are
planning on doing to this poor guy
Shingo grinned. "Cool!" He clenched a fist and
shook it
around excitedly. "Man, we GOTTA do something!"
I've always wondered what would happen if people like
that were the actual recipients of such powers. Then
I watched the anime Bastard and received my answer.
Heh.
"Come on," Shingo prodded, "say it like you mean
it!"
<Drill Seargent> Put some testicular fortitude in it
you maggot!
The blond furrowed his brow and stared at the
magical item,
nothing much on his mind other than trying to help
Naru. "Hmmmm!!!
"Muuun Pahrisuhhhm... Powaaaaaaah!!!"
...
The magic, which was still trying to adjust to the
wishes of
Queen Serenity, sensed the strong desire for its
owner to activate
it. Unprepared to be called upon so soon after
receiving such
unorthodox instructions, the magic frantically tried
to piece
together a suitable template to follow and made what
last-minute
adjustments it could.
Device drivers with bugs. Gotta love em. ^_^
General Mihoshi nodded vigorously. "Umm-hmm!" She
clasped her
hands in front of her and stars appeared in her wide
eyes. "I'm
working for the Emperor, and he needs to borrow a
whole bunch of
energy for a while so he can resurrect this -really-
nice, kind, and
wise leader to help us, you know, bring stability to
the planet!"
I suppose it's all a matter of perspective. ^^;;;;
Naru's mind made the connection. She motioned
toward those
around her. "So, you're draining ALL of them for
their LIFE energy?!"
She shook her head disapprovingly and glared at
Mihoshi. "That's
evil!"
Evil is a matter of perspective. Why, I'll be to the
'evil' guys, what they're doing is really good...Heh,
you know, I just realized one could likely beat Sailor
Moon by simply getting into a symantic arguement with
her, and confusing the poor girl.
"No, no, no! We're only borrowing the energy,
really! We'll
give it back later, and besides they won't miss it
in a day or two.
Obviously not a student of the theory of conservation
of matter and energy. ^^
Mihoshi held up her hand to block out the glare
from the
outside lamps. "Hey, who are you? Are you here to
help donate some
energy?"
<Mihoshi> Welcome to the Red Cross energy drive!
Donate your energy and save the world for the evil
overlord!
Some dramatic music would have been appropriate at
this point,
for when the figure stepped forward, his silhouette
cast the sort of
shadow that usually had evil shaking in its grimy
boots.
Dun Dundudaa! Duh Duh Duh! Dun dundadaa! Duh
DUHDUH!!!
Too bad he didn't have a cape flowing in the breeze to
really get the Superman effect. Heh.
Then the effect died down when they could finally
make out his
features. Naru couldn't recognize him, but he was a
young man
somewhere between fourteen and seventeen with short
blond hair. He
wore a blue tuxedo with a white shirt and a red cape
flowing behind
him. He had on formal black shoes and wore a pair of
white gloves.
The outfit however, is a dead ringer for it. ^_^ All
he needs is a giant S on the front...*snicker* S for
Sailor vice Superman...
Okay I'll stop now.
"I," the boy began, "am Tsukino Kato." He fidgeted,
as if
struggling to come up with something appropriate to
say. "I-I fight
for--I don't know! It's just that you got here and
the zombies and
the--well, just stop hurting Naru, okay?!"
Boy needs to work on his entrance a bit. Course, with
the lacking of self confidence you've shown him as
having, this kind of thing was to be expected.
Ever wonder why the 'good guy' doesn't just attack the
bad guy when the threat is presented. You know, get
the drop on them, kick them when they are down...that
sort of thing. If he did that, he'd not have to worry
about saying anything at all. Heh.
Naru raised an eyebrow. "K-chan?!" After a moment,
she found
that she could easily recognize her best friend in
the tux. Her jaw
dropped and she boggled at the concept.
It just takes a moment for the mind to work past the
enchantment. Heh.
"Kato's wearing a tuxedo," she whispered to herself
in
disbelief. "He's never worn a tux before..." In the
next instant, she
found herself unable to resist tossing out an
off-color remark.
Stifling a laugh, she whistled approvingly. "Whoo!
Looking GOOD, Ka-
chan! What's the occasion? Finally find yourself a
girl that actually
wants to date you?"
<Luna> Only cause he gives good belly rubs.
Naru's eyes widened. "K-chan," she exclaimed, "do
you realize
that your brother's holding a talking cat?!" She
pursed her lips,
the oddity of it all almost having made her forget
her dire situation
for the moment. "And where'd you get the tux?"
She's taking the absurdity of the situation well. Heh.
"That's not important!" the cat replied quickly.
"He'll tell you later," Shingo declared. "Right now
he has
some zombies to fry!" He looked up at his brother.
"Let's try this
again, with -feeling-!"
Rather than "Believe in yourself Sailor Moon." we have
"Get your ass in gear and say it like you got a pair!"
Nice.
Shingo motioned for him to stop. "Don't tell her!
They'll get
after you for that, like in Buffy the Vampire
Slayer."
Having the fanciful Magical...err...boy making fun of
the more serious and slightly more 'realistic' magical
girl is just plain wrong man. Good one. ^_^
Naru coughed in disbelief. "'My darling boy?!'" She
stared at
Luna. "Oh, great, he finally gets a girlfriend and
she's a CAT!"
The only pussy he's ever going to get. ^^;;;;
"I am Tuxedo Kamen," the taller tuxedo-wearer
replied, leaping
down to stand in front of the boy, "I have come to
help you, Sailor
Mo..." He trailed off and frowned, tilting his head
quizzically, as
if seeing Kato for the first time. "Oh, I'm terribly
sorry."
I think I will just sit back and laugh maniaclly...I
can only imagine the evil expression on your face when
you wrote this scene.
Naru whistled softly as she caught sight of the
tall man. "Hey,
now THIS guy's good-looking!
But unfortunately...mostly worthless as anything other
than a slight distraction.
*THWACK!* In the next instant, Sailor Moon found
his right
hand slamming directly into Mihoshi's cheek, and his
elbow rose
to connect with her lower ribcage.
*WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHACKKK!!!* "WAAAAH!" General
Mihoshi cried
as she got brutally pummeled all around the room.
She lost her
control on the destructive power she had been
gathering and it
dissipated into the air.
*THWAM!* Finally, Sailor Moon kicked the Dark
Imperium General
aside, sending her reeling backward onto her rear.
The boy found
himself assuming a martial arts pose that he'd never
seen before.
Breathing hard and shocked by the action, he took
stock of what he
just did. "Wow..."
<Kato> I'm Sailor North Star. And you're already
dead. ^_^
"Neat-O!" Shingo exclaimed hopping up and down in
excitement.
"Now name your attack! Call it something cool!"
<Kato> Moon 100 fists of destruction action!
"Uhh, Moon Pummeling Action?" Sailor Moon ventured
to say.
He paused, thinking of the words. "Moon" and
"Action" felt
appropriate, and "Pummeling" seemed to be the right
descriptive
term for what he just did.
Naru stared at him. "K-chan's actually fighting
back," she
whispered to herself. "I never thought I'd live to
see the day..."
"Well done, Sailor Moon!" Luna breathed in
appreciation,
a broad smile growing on her face.
At least she's not breathing heavily in barely
contained passion, threatening to break loose and then
ravish the poor boy...errr...
Alright, now I'm grossing myself out here.
Kato again felt the burning on his forehead. He let
out a yell
and held his right hand above his head. A very
large, light-red
heart-shaped energy disc appeared, spinning quickly
enough to look
like a disc. "Moon," he said, his jaw moving in such
a strained
KIEN ZAN! Well...maybe Frieza's version of it, since
it's red and all. Hey, you think he can get it to
home in on things?
manner that it appeared as though it would break if
he did not
voice the words, "Spinning Heart Attack!!!"
Not spinning heart disk of destruction? ^_^
"And if you do it again," Shingo added while
starting to go
through some pretty odd poses, "in the name of the
Moon, he will
punish you! 'Cause he's SAILOR MOON, the Soldier
Against Evil That
Fights for Love and Justice, with his Moon Pummeling
Action, got
it?!"
It's a good thing for Kato he's got all that covered,
heh.
Tuxedo Kamen clutched the bridge of his nose with
his
fingertips, looking like he was experiencing a
severe headache.
Heh heh heh heh heh.
Naru ran up to the tall man, hearts beating in her
eyes.
"Hello, handsome! Thanks for coming in to save me!"
"You're welcome," Tuxedo Kamen replied, glancing
over at
Kato before shaking his head and turning away. "I
must go now."
That must really be tripping him out. He came
expecting to save a girl, and wound up backing some
guy up. Heheheheheh
"And then BAM, POW!" Shingo commented as they
walked through
Shingo has been watching far too many old Adam West
Batman movies.
the door to their house, chuckling at the memory.
"That was a GREAT
Tamahome impression, Kato!"
"Who's Tamahome?" the tuxedoed boy asked blankly.
"You've had those manga all this time and you
haven't read it?"
Shingo asked incredulously. He turned and shut the
door.
"What manga?" a woman's voice asked.
Kato and Naru whirled around to see their mother
looking
very disapprovingly in their direction.
"And WHAT were you two doing out so late?" Tsukino
Ikuko asked,
glaring at them.
"Ummm," Kato began, looking for all the world like
a pet rabbit
that had been cheerfully hopping about the back yard
until the moment
that it realized what the big, winged shadow
circling about it meant.
"W-well, umm, yy-you see," Shingo stuttered.
"I'm waiting," the tall woman said in a deathly
patient voice
that screamed if they didn't have a very good
excuse, then they would
be in very, very deep trouble.
"Ummm, about the manga," Shingo fidgeted, "I can
explain!"
"And what are you doing with that dirty, messed up
cat on
your shoulder, Kato?!"
Luna blinked and frowned while the two boys
attempted to
explain themselves.
"Right, zombies at Naru's house, and you were
keeping the
manga for someone else. Of course!" Ikuko didn't
look so convinced.
"But," Luna finally spoke up, "I can vouch for them
if you'll
let me!"
The blue-haired woman's expression fell. "Err, did
that cat
just talk?"
Luna nodded. "Yes."
Without knowing it, they've already followed many of
the things of what one should do when one becomes a
magical girl. Or a magical boy in this case, heh.
Then again, the general mindset of men and women is
slightly different, so it's expected certain things
would happen and certain things would not happen that
otherwise would or wouldn't given the reversed
situation you have going here.
In a refined accent, the Mooncat proceeded to tell
of her
trials, difficulties, and extolled the boys'
virtues, bravery, and
honor. She sang praises to Kato's kindheartedness,
and outlined
the mission she had been sent on.
Ikuko started feeling faint and had to sit down.
"And thus my homeland was destroyed," Luna
continued, "and
our beloved Queen sacrificed her life to bring the
souls of her
friends and family forward to the present date! She
has chosen
Kato, your absolutely WONDERFUL son, to seek out the
Princess,
and guide her to safety, so saith my Queen!"
The black cat took a deep breath, looking into the
woman's
eyes, convicted of every word of her speech.
Kato and Shingo's mother stared back at the cat,
then at
the boys. In a defeated voice, she muttered, "Okay,
you're off
the hook this time." She motioned toward the
refrigerator. "There's
some leftover tuna. Give the cat something to eat."
She stood. "I
need to go lie down."
BWAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAH!!!!!!
"So, tell me more about this Moon Princess," Shingo
said
to Luna, distracting her from her present train of
thought. "Is she
pretty?"
The cat looked up at him. "Hmmm? Oh, yes, she was
arguably the
most beautiful young lady in the entire realm."
Personally, I think all the Senshi, cept maybe Ami who
is more 'cute' than 'pretty,' are better looking than
her. Course, that's just my fanboyish
opinion...mmmm...Minako...
Damn, I am a fanboy. ^^
"Oh yeah, your tuna," Kato remembered, placing his
cat on
the table. He got up, went over to the refrigerator,
and dug out
the food in question. It was in a ceramic bowl. He
put it in
the microwave and set the timer.
"Where do you think she could be?" Shingo
continued.
"The Queen said," Luna recalled, "that she is
closer than
we might think."
"Hmmm, who could it be?" the young boy muttered to
himself.
He twiddled his fingers in thought. "I guess it
could be Naru...
Maybe even Mika."
Luna looked interested. "Do you think so?"
Shingo shrugged. "It could be -Mom-, for all we
know." He
scratched his head. "What was this girl like?"
Now THAT would be something to see. ^_^
Luna smiled and waved away the offer. "No, no, it's
fine,
thank you." She thought a bit more about the
Princess. "Ah, yes,
I remember. She couldn't cook a decent meal if her
life depended
on it, either. She walked slowly, because if she
didn't, she'd
trip over her own feet, and she had trouble taking
her studies
seriously."
"Heh," Shingo laughed, "it sounds like she'd get
along with
my brother just fine."
The brother in question looked at him. "Hey!"
^_^
Sometimes things are just too obvious, aren't they?
^_^
"FIGHTING ALONE FOR THE GLORY OF THE EMPIRE!!! NO
MAN CAN
POSSIBLY DO A MORE BRAVE AND MANLY THING TO PROVE
HIMSELF!"
"You will allow her time to recover?"
The fist-sized vertebrae in the Emperor's neck
cracked as he
nodded. "YES. SHE MAY REST, FOR NOW." He turned
toward the empty
darkness before his throne. "BUT UNTIL SHE RECOVERS,
I WILL BORROW
THE STRENGTH OF ANOTHER." He filled his gigantic
lungs with air and
called out, "THE GREAT AND POWERFUL MANSLAYER,
GENERAL NEPHRITE,
SHOW YOURSELF TO ME!"
You know, with his emphasis on manly things, one might
think he's trying to compensate for something. ^-^
An ominous form began to appear in the shadows...
Awwwweee...I wanna see who she is! Meanie! ^_^
Ooooh! I just can't wait to see what you've got in
store for this one! YES!!
It was actually one of the nicer Wednesday mornings
he'd had,
thought Kato. Against all odds, he had managed to
get up on time,
and finish his last homework assignment before
leaving for school.
He had left Luna at home in the care of his mother,
who still
hadn't quite gotten over the idea of a talking cat.
His father didn't
seem to notice, not having taken his eyes off the
newspaper during
breakfast.
It's safer that way.
*BREOW-BREOW!* Then Kato heard a pair of loud
semi-electrical
discharges, and heard Nappa's nearby howl of agony.
He opened his
eyes to see the giant fallen to his knees with a
pair of smoking
holes in his left shoulder.
Men weren't created equal. The Colt .45 made them
that way.
"WHAT?!" Vegeta shouted, then gasped when he saw
who had
fired the shots.
"Huh?" Kato turned around to see a brown-haired
girl in a
plain blue, red, and white sailor uniform standing
on the top of
a nearby building. "Naru-chan?!"
"That's me!" Naru called back with a smile. She
held in
her hands the gun that the boy remembered General
Mihoshi had
carried. "Hands up and against the wall, boys!" She
waved with
the barrel of her pistol.
Everyone hesitantly obeyed, even Kato.
"Except you, K-chan," the girl deadpanned.
Bump Bump, *csssh!*
Grinning nervously, Kato quickly moved away from
his bullies.
In fact, he tripped on a crack in the sidewalk and
fell hard on
one of his knees. "Ow!"
"You can't do this!" Vegeta protested loudly. "Guns
are
illegal in Japan!"
Naru laughed them to scorn and turned a dial on her
weapon.
"Oh, and extortion's 'just business,' right?"
"Curse your logic!" Vegeta spat.
*snicker* Gets them all the time, it does.
"You're BOTH gonna pay fah dis!" Nappa cried in
anger and pain.
Unfortunately he's too stupid to realize that if she
really wanted, he could be a bloody smear on the
pavement. Then again, for some oddball reason
people as dumb as that have a hard time dying...you'd
think they'd just walk out into the middle of the road
and get run over or something. Heh.
"Say," Naru continued, "why don't you just leave
the poor kid
alone and we'll call it even?" There was a new laser
sight duct taped
to the barrel. She turned it on and made sure the
leader of the thugs
saw the red dot on his chest.
Kato stared at his best friend in a mix of relief
and shock.
"I'll count to three," Naru prodded. "One, two-"
She pulled
the trigger.
*BZZR-TWANG!* The laser bolt took a chunk out of
the brick wall
the thugs were standing near.
<Naru> Oh, I'm sorry, did I say I'd count to three?
*blam!* My bad. I never *blam!* was good with
counting and numbers *blam!* and such. Was that your
head there? Don't worry...it's not like you used it
anyway.
Kato raised an eyebrow at the girl. Was this the
same sweet,
kind, and polite girl he'd known all his life?
The boy really is dense, is he not? He should run
though, if she's like that with a gun, heaven help the
male populous if she aquires a whip. ^_^
When it appeared that the thugs weren't coming
back, Naru
blew the smoke off of the barrel of her gun, put it
away into her
book-bag, then climbed down off the building to
stand near her
best friend.
The girl helped the young man to stand back up.
"You," she
said, "should really try and stick up for yourself a
bit more."
Easy for her to say. She's got the gun. ^^
Affirmative action in the Magical Girl League! Ain't
it great? ^_^
I always wondered where were the guys in general, and
in specific where were the guys who don't take things
lying down. Who see something that needs taken care
of, and take it upon themselves to do it, IE Angel's
answer when Buffy asked him why he was fighting the
Vampires. "Someone has to." Naru there is a normal
person, but now she has that super laser, and I expect
will probably be trying to help out Sailor Moon as
much as she could...especially since you've portrayed
her as more the protective older sister type for this
guy. As for the men in general, there seem to be an
increadible derth of them in the Magical Girl League
and a serious derth of any that aquire powers, either
by destiny or their own design, besides that 'one true
love' of the main character...heaven forbid any of the
others gain a male companion and take the spotlight
off the main character for a moment...
I seem to have a lot of bitterness about some subjects
in the magical girl genre. Eh, I guess that's what
fanfiction is for. Heh.
Chris Jones, for example, did an excellent job on
his Sailor Moon:
Reversal series. It's in the fan fiction section in
furinkan.net.
It's worth reading!
http://www.furinkan.net
I did read that. Was fairly decent actually. I loved
the way they used and abused their powers, especially
Mercury. That guy was a walking slushie
machine...what more could you want? ^_^
Another good one is Bishounen Muyo by the Parrot King.
Gender reversal on the Tenchi cast...rather popular
with the female fans I'm told.
Right now, I'm rather curious as to what the general
response on
this particular one was. Whaddaya think? ^_^
The problem with doing anything like this, is that one
has a tendancy to stay within the confines of the
original universe, and begins to lapse into simply
gender switching the episode scripts with only a
couple of variations here and there. From what I can
tell, you're in absolutely no danger of that, so good
job there. This was a rather long chapter, but I'm
not complaining about that. One should make the
stories as big or small as they need to be, and this
size worked.
I rather liked the story, and can't wait for whatever
it is you have in store for the rest of it. The
concepts and ideas to be explored are many and varied.
I look forward to their exploration in your fic.
Well, I hope my comments helped in some small
way...technically speaking, your writing was perfect,
and as far as plot goes, it was pretty solid. A bit
more serious as you said at the beginning, but that's
not neccessarily a bad thing, just different.
Take it easy and keep writing. ^_^
K'thardin
"One shall stand, one shall fall."
-Optimus Prime
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