In a message dated Wed, 20 Mar 2002 2:17:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, "K'thardin" <kthardin@yahoo.com> writes:
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. ^_-
We have to take whatever we can get. ^_^
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.
Ah.
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.
That's good to hear. Less for me to worry about. ^_^
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 probably just fine and normal until he hit
Junior High. That's the way things usually go. ^_^
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!!!
Rrrrrreeeveeeeenggggeee! REEEVEEEENGEEE!!! ^_^
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.
Some things spill over, gender independent. ^_^
"A thirty-seven," he groaned, running his fingers
backwards
<Randel> 37! *slurp, slurp, slurp!* ^_-
.. I don't know the reference. ^_^
"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.
Junior High sure does seem like that, doesn't it?
"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.
Yup! A basic study in human behavior.
Kind of depressing realizing that's the kind of world
we live in. ^^
Wretched, isn't it? So many problems in the world
and people don't realize that a lot of the problems
are self-generated and can be solved so simply...
Then there's the excuse afterwards: "But, I can't
do that! Then..." ^_^
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.
There's always the danger of that when one is
arbitrarily changing the sex of only one of the two
members of a past-life true love relationship.
The only other options would be to either discontinue
the relationship or seek magical modification. (I.E.
Jusenkyou, etc.)
In this case, it doesn't seem all that likely. ^_^;;;;
Urd(frantically pushing a button on a terminal):
Abort! ABORT!!!
"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.
Of course not! ^_^
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've observed it on many occasions. It's a fascinating,
yet depressing and all-too-common, affliction.
"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!
High School for me was pretty tame... It was Junior
High that was rough!
(I was the type that the gangsta's just LOVED to
make fun of! And there was a lack of security, etc.
All in good fun, mind ye! ^_^)
the second time this week. The sewer reeked of
who-knows-what, and
And don't mind that gator swimming by. ^_^
^_^
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?
Yup! There's a difference between cruelty to peers
and cruelty to animals, oddly enough.
As they cynically said in one of the Planet of the
Apes movies, "A man would kill his own brother, but
never harm his dog or his cat."
The world's a funny place and full of history and
predictions. You'd think with all the reading we do,
we'd have learned by now... ^_^;;;
Spineless? Yes. Heartless? No.
Surprising you didn't name him Shinji or something.
Heh.
As I was writing, I noticed many parallels between
this guy and Shinji, true...
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.
I wouldn't worry too much about that. I have in mind
that Kato actually manages to improve through the
course of the series.
After all, Usagi got better after a while. It took
five series, but she eventually grows from a sort
of self-centered ditzy blonde into a loving-and-looking
out for others ditzy kind of blonde. ^_^
Then again, you killed Kakarrot, so what am I worried
about? ^_^
The status-quo is highly overrated. You're typically
not reading what I write because you want things to
stay the same. It's the fact that I'm warping things
way out of proportion and trying to provide a
quasi-reasonable (and comical) explanation for it.
..
Then again, I'm not any of my readers, so I could
be wrong. ^_^
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.
It's a tradition, I suppose. People tend to treat their
children the way they were treated when they were young,
providing a long, embarrassing history that nobody is
willing to admit to, though they often note in horror
to themselves:
"Oh no, I'm starting to sound like my Mom/Dad!"
Either it's traditional, genetic, or functionally
useful.
..
Besides, they're kids. What do they know that can
possibly compare to parent's knowledge and experience?
^_^
"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...
It's all a stylistic approach. After all, who needs
BOYS in a shoujo anime? The fewer, the better! If
we can replace a younger brother with a daughter from
the future, then that only means higher ratings!
It does sort of make one wonder what happens to him...
Or if he's always busily building something in the
basement...
(Shingo stares into the test tubes and other strange
equipment, goggles shining in the darkness)
Shingo: Mwa-ha-ha-haaaa!
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. ^_^
Thanks!
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.
In Kato's mind, I think that's pretty much what it
feels like.
*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?
Life is what you make of it. There's always a risk and
a danger in making those tough decisions: whether to
fight back or not, or to ask for help...
But the fun thing is: in anime, there IS magic to save
a character. So, what in real life would have been
very dark indeed becomes comic relief!
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.
Quite. ^_^
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.
I'll think about it...
Kato blinked a couple of times, his surprise too
great to have
noticed the individual he was squishing. "Ummm, does
it need one?"
Heheheh.
Gotta have doctors' appointments. Simply wouldn't be
proper otherwise! ^_^
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.
Perhaps, but I'm not too sure of it myself...
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.
Then they'd have to join up with a more sophisticated
criminal organization to get protection from the police...
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. ^^
No clue, but if we have a sufficiently derranged
doctor, anything is possible!
"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?
A common ailment among fish.
"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. ^_^
Wait till you see everyone else. ^_^
"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. ^_^
Well, the world would be a better place with a whole
bunch of talking cats running around, wouldn't it?
..
Well? ^_^;;;
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!!!
^_^
Nice guys always finish last.
Nice girls can pick and choose their boyfriends, in
theory...
Nice guys, while they might be able to scrounge up a
date now and again... Well, when the one being dated
discovers that he's not dangerous at all or has no
self-destructive behaviors, they will often quit and
go after someone more interesting that'll treat 'er
worse.
Another sad commentary on humanity. It may or may
not be entirely accurate. Just some observations. ^_^
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! ^_^
Yup! That's what it looks like, doesn't it?
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) ^-^
If you want a male Beryl, gotta pull out all the stops!
^_^
"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.
There's an idea...
"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.
^;;^
Mihoshi as an evil general. Doesn't _quite_ fit, and
yet it does. ^_^
"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!!!!!!!!!
Reminds me of something from Life of Brian...
"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.
Too true...
"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.
^_^ Puns are fun.
"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.
Technically, she doesn't sound that different from
Usagi... But whatever sounds better.
In the SMS movie, the dubbed Luna voice didn't quite
work...
"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.
When you go through so much, there's not a whole lot
that can be too surprising...
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....
I've seen a horse fly...
I've seen a house fly!
I been done seein' if Ah evah' seen... If Ah seen
an elephant fly!
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! ^_^
^_^
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.
Carrying a bunch of comic books?
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. ^_^
Well, maybe that's all he thought he kicked... ^_^;;;
"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.
True... It's a wonder Usagi never had any problems
with this, the way siblings can dig into one's life...
"That's nice, dear!" Tsukino Ikuko replied with a
weary sigh.
Hehehehheheheheheheheh.
^_^
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.
I _might_ consider something similar, but later. ^_^
"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.
..
Hmmm, no, I don't think I'm quite up to adding that
in. ^_^
"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.
True...
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...
The MMPRs had big robots and stuff... They just might
be a match for Usagi&co. ^_^
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!"
Maybe I could tack that on...
"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? ^_^
Shingo knows, I'm sure. Kato probably hasn't taken
notice, though.
"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.
Hoo-yeah...
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...
^_^
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.
Oh! Right.
I think Luna has the hero worship goggles on juuuust a
bit.
Funny how people tend to latch onto those that save
them from some horrible trauma...
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.
Sailor Shingo.
I dare anyone to write a quickfic based on that concept.
^_^
Everyone waited for nearly a full minute, during
which nothing
happened whatsoever.
@__ <== Tumbleweed. ^_^
^_^ *Whoosh!*
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.
^_^
Yup! Guessed it already!
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.
It needs the original CD to load the tuxedo protocols,
though. ^_^
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.
^_^
"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. ^_^
^_^ Odd things happen when yer younger brother
is more mature than yerself, y'know.
"Help her, Tsukino Kato. You are her only hope."
The bad thing is, that the hair style fits. ^^
It does, doesn't it?
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? ^_^
^_^ If only it were that simple...
<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?
First star to the right and straight on 'till Tuesday!
"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. ^_^
^_^ Yeah they would!! ^_^
"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.
And since this is a modified SM series, whatever the
most comic outcome will result. ^_^
"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?
He's noticed for a long time. He's just recalling that
fact.
"That was for Shingo. He REALLY likes that kind of
stuff."
O_o
Ah, varying tastes in manga! Innit great?
"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!
I figure that Naru wouldn't exactly go ga-ga over
a male Usagi.
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
Supporting cast, for now. ^_^
Comic relief, etc.
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.
Was it funny?
"Come on," Shingo prodded, "say it like you mean
it!"
<Drill Seargent> Put some testicular fortitude in it
you maggot!
Right!
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. ^_^
This situation would have been a perfect setup to
make a modified sailor-suit, but Chris Jones already
snagged the idea! ^_^
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. ^^;;;;
Sort of. Either that or Mihoshi's REALLY misinformed.
^_^
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.
That would actually work.
It happens in the last released part of Mark Doherty's
I'm Here to Help. It's an argument about bondage and
stuff.
"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. ^^
Nope! ^_^
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!
^_^ That's right!
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.
Well, he had a cape, but there wasn't enough wind...
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...
Hmmm....
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.
Yeah, that's mostly why. Usagi came in mostly confident
the first time she went out to fight. The speech came
almost naturally...
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.
Well, it's sort of the magical girl equivalent of
reading the monsters their rights. Required by law,
even if they really don't want to listen. ^_^
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.
(nod)
"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.
Whoooooooooooooooooooo! ^_^;;;
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.
Yeah, this Naru has had to deal with a male Usagi.
That's gotta be traumatic. ^_^
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.
Thanks!
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. ^_^
^_^ Glad you liked it.
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. ^^;;;;
Ouch! ^_^;;;
"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.
Giggling maniacally and recalling a part of Monty Python
and the Holy Grail... Lancelot's story.
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.
Unless we give 'em a Big, Honkin' Axe and a lecture
on power... ^_^
*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. ^_^
Heads exploding and everything! ^_^
"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!
That's what Shingo's thinking. ^_^
"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...
..
No more Oscarfics for you this week. ^_^
Alright, now I'm grossing myself out here.
You're not the only one. ^_^
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?
Hmmm... Perhaps, with a bit of practice.
But it probably couldn't slice through much.
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? ^_^
Think that'd make a better attack name?
"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.
Someone had to say it. ^_^
Tuxedo Kamen clutched the bridge of his nose with
his
fingertips, looking like he was experiencing a
severe headache.
Heh heh heh heh heh.
^_^
"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
He's probably getting the sudden, overwhelming urge
to take a long, abrasive shower right about now. ^_^
"And then BAM, POW!" Shingo commented as they
walked through
Shingo has been watching far too many old Adam West
Batman movies.
I wouldn't doubt it for a second.
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.
Yeah, they have... It seemed only natural in this case.
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.
Yeah, that was what I was going for. Copying the
scripts and changing the names and appearances while
just tweaking the dialogue doesn't usually make for
an interesting (or plausible) storyline.
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!!!!!!
It was either that, or brainwash her. ^_^
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...
I'd tend to agree with that sort of sentiment. All
of the others do appear a notch or two more attractive
than Usagi...
Damn, I am a fanboy. ^^
^_^ Happens to the best of us.
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. ^_^
But I'm telling everyone right now: It's the same
person as it was in the original, sort of. Just to
clear that up if there was any doubt.
The brother in question looked at him. "Hey!"
Sometimes things are just too obvious, aren't they?
^_^
Not to some, but usually. ^_^
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. ^-^
Perhaps he is...
An ominous form began to appear in the shadows...
Awwwweee...I wanna see who she is! Meanie! ^_^
It doesn't have to be a she. ^_^
Ooooh! I just can't wait to see what you've got in
store for this one! YES!!
I'm open to suggestions, though. But I'm pretty much
decided for this one.
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.
Yeah, true. Wouldn't want him telling all his co-workers...
*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.
^_^ In-deed!
Everyone hesitantly obeyed, even Kato.
"Except you, K-chan," the girl deadpanned.
Bump Bump, *csssh!*
^_^
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.
Sure 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.
Things seldom happen the way we want them to. ^_^
*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.
That's a nice idea to tack on as dialogue...
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. ^_^
Maybe her daddy works for the Yazuka. ^_^
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. ^^
^_^ Always gives one that feeling of power, eh?
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
I'd tend to agree with this analysis.
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...
In fan fiction, all characters are open game. If we
need more screen time, we just tack on another 50k
or so.
Works for NETTG! Too many characters to keep track of?
No problem! We just make a bigger chapter!
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.
Yup! If you don't like it, write your own. It's what
I do. ^_^
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? ^_^
Yeah! But I guess that series kind of slowed down and
stopped... I wouldn't mind seeing more, though.
CJ's been busy with other projects, though, it looks
like.
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.
Hmm... Something to look up.
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.
It's always a danger when one wants to generate a
fun storyline. We just have to remember that we have
to write our own material. There's only so much pure
script dialogue copying that the readership can take
before they've seen it too many times...
If we want to do an alternate universe, it might as
well be REALLY alternate! ^_^
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.
The explanations will come. A lot of them are still
subject to change.
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.
Sure! It helped out. I read this commentary through
two or three times to make sure I got the full effect.
I liked it! Getting stuff like this is a rare and
valuable treasure indeed.
Take it easy and keep writing. ^_^
Sure! I'll keep it going. Thanks for commenting!
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