Selves Inserted
Chapter 2.5
By: Kagato

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon. And I'm homeless, at the moment… So I 
seriously have nothing to give. I write this for the free entertainment of 
others.


Kagato, leaving his new home (and the mortal plane) behind, began to explore 
his new home, Juuban. Being a fan of Anime, and knowing a bit about Sailor 
Moon (owning the Original Season, and S) he set out to see what information 
was fact, and how much disinformation he'd stored away in memory. 

Juuban on the astral plane was.. weird. He could perceive high amounts of 
elemental energy (a lot of which was electricity), and under it all there 
were multiple streams of power. All of Juuban seemed to be resting on a flat 
whirlpool of magic. It spun slowly, lazily, but some places here and there, 
various random interruptions in the spiral flow caused semi-violent eddies. 
He went to one of these, and had himself appear in an empty alley. 

Walking out towards the larger road the alley lead away from, he turned left, 
and began walking down the sidewalk. The few people he passed were silent, 
though, if they spoke, he probably wouldn't have been able to understand them 
anyway. Still, he nodded at them politely, and continued on his way towards 
the anomaly. 

Thunder rumbled nearby, and, if Kagato had been able to understand it, a 
radio was advising that a random storm was brewing, and to expect rain 
throughout the rest of the night. The crescent moon had already been hidden b 
the approaching storm, and now lightning could be seen flashing within the 
building darkness. 

Kagato finally turned down a smaller side street, and then an alley creeping 
off from that. There, he found the anomaly. A Cardboard box pushed up against 
a run-down building and hidden from view by an odd-looking dumpster. Quirking 
his brow, he approached, wondering how a cardboard box could affect ambient 
magic so violently. 

Suddenly, a figure darted out. It was feminine in appearance, though somewhat 
disfigured. It almost looked like... Kagato's eyes opened in recognition. A 
youma. Did this mean he and Tannim had appeared during the first season? Or 
was this a leftover? Considering every Youma the Generals brought with them 
were destroyed (the Youma of the day/episode) by the Sailor Senshi, it wasn't 
likely. But then, there were gaps in time between episodes. So theoretically, 
a few youma could have been summoned, and not all destroyed. 

With a sigh, Kagato realized there wasn't much information to work with, and 
he had other things to deal with, now. The youma was eyeballing him hungrily. 
On the astral plane, the youma's silhouette gestured for a moment, and 
suddenly, a tendril of darkness reached out towards Kagato. Frowning, he 
moved his astral body over it, his physical projection rising to hover a 
couple meters above the ground as well. 

The tendril stopped, and withered away after a moment. Kagato watched it from 
his spot in the air, and the Youma looked back at him, fear emanating from 
its astral body now. He decided to try attacking. He'd learned movement, and 
was getting better at it all the time, but here was an opportunity to use an 
offensive power. 

The Youma turned to run, only to find Kagato standing before it, now. 
"Ah-ah," Kagato teased, "You had your chance, now it's mine." 

On the astral plane, Kagato concentrated, and then activated the feeding 
power he'd kept repressed. The youma's fear leapt from its body to his, and 
he could feel power building up inside him. It didn't feel like being 
wide-awake, and he couldn't feel the power leaping from fingertip to 
fingertip (seeing as how he'd withdrawn from the mortal plane, he had no 
fingertips upon which power would leap), it was just... a feeling of power. 
Concentrating focused it, though not too sharply. He then tried to release it 
at the Youma.

The Mercury computer, always scanning, picked up something hadn't detected in 
a while. Dark Kingdom energy, Mid-power Youma-type. An anomalous energy 
source was also detected nearby, but wasn't a known type of energy. Suddenly, 
though, the Youma's energy shifted, and the anomalous reading began absorbing 
the energy at a fantastic rate. The Mercury Computer noted that the youma's 
power levels dropped to dangerously low (For a youma), and the Anomaly had 
actually gained power exponentially. 

Then, there was a flash of magic the Computer somewhat recognized. It was on 
a different magical wavelength than was standard for the Moon Kingdom, but 
there was a %97.3 probability that this was a distress beacon. 

Ami Mizuno stared at the Mercury Computer's display intently. A moment ago, 
it had begun registering magic of a type most commonly associated with a foe 
they (the Senshi) had vanquished quite a while ago. Then, someone or 
something had attacked the youma, almost to the point of death, before 
calling for help. She thought for a moment that it was genuine, but reason 
shouted out to her that this was most likely a trap. Still, a Beacon 
recognizable as such to the Mercury Computer was still a beacon.  Thankful 
her mother was working late at the hospital tonight, she called the others on 
her communicator, and gave them the location. Then, pocketing the computer, 
she scribbled a short note to explain her absence, and walked out the door, 
locking it behind her.

Kagato was annoyed. He'd wasted most of the energy in a pointless blast that 
apparently did nothing at all. The Youma was leaning against the wall, 
weakened by the drain of energy it'd had to endure. Kagato tried to build up 
and focus the remaining energy, and tried to unleash it in a more controlled 
blast. Something, however, seemed to be approaching him from the other side 
of the youma. The blast he'd been powering up died out, the energy 
transferring from its volatile state to his own energy, his body converting 
it to his own type without conscious thought. He used this energy to appear 
on the mortal plane again, standing near the entrance to the alley. A moment 
later, one of the Senshi ran into view, moving faster than he'd seen any 
other human move. 

"Sailor Mars." Kagato muttered, staring at her in awe and surprise. On the 
astral plane, she looked... just like she did on the mortal plane. 
Apparently, her transformation to Sailor Mars from Rei Hino pulled her into 
both realms equally. She couldn't see on the astral plane as he could, but 
anything she threw would hit him no matter where he was. The Youma, seeing 
Sailor Mars, straightened up, trying to fool her into thinking it was fully 
powered, and powerful. Mars, however, didn't notice, or didn't care. 
"Mars Flame Sniper!" she called, firing a blast at the youma. Right before it 
tore through the weakened creature, the youma's hatred-filled gaze settled on 
the slightly grinning Kagato. 

Once the Youma was destroyed, Sailor Mars realized there was someone else in 
the alley with her. If Sailor moon were here, Rei knew she'd have had to wait 
for Usagi to finish her speech, posing, and acting, and then watch as Sailor 
Moon attacked and killed the youma with love. Mars was tired, cranky. Getting 
the call that a youma'd been reported didn't make her any happier, and, 
having been the first one here, she didn't feel like giving a speech, posing, 
or acting. She'd just fried it, so she could get back to sleep. However, 
there was somebody here, watching her, and something about him wasn't quite 
right.

She looked at him, and, although she couldn't see it, she could feel he had 
power. Dark power. She glared at him, and waited for him to condemn himself.

"Umm. Hello… Sailor Mars. You don't know me, but I know you… and.. Ehh.. I 
mean you no harm!" Kagato said, not liking the way her gaze had turned on 
him. Senshi of Fire was right. "I come in peace!" he said, loudly, holding 
his hands up in the air non-threateningly. 

Sailor Mars was even more annoyed. This guy wasn't acting dangerous, but 
nothing he said made sense. She knew it was English, and she recognized her 
name and 'peace,' though she didn't know what context he'd used it in.

"Who are you?" She asked slowly, hoping he knew some Japanese. He frowned a 
little, and rubbed his chin in thought. She waited, tapping her foot 
impatiently, as he repeated what she'd said under his breath. Finally, he 
looked at her again.

"My name is Kagato," he said, haltingly. She nodded, once. Apparently, he 
knew a little bit of Japanese. She decided to tell him who she was. "Sailor 
Mars," she said, knowing he'd understand the words, if not the true meaning. 
The figure, Kagato, grinned, and shook his head. 

The next thing he said shocked the sleep right out of her. He pointed at her, 
and said "Rei Hino." The skies opened up then.

Before she could shout, scream, demand, or deny, he waved at her, a peace 
sign, and grinned at her a little more. "Bye, Miss Rei." He called to her, 
before disappearing into thin air. Rain fell around her, cold and wet. Rei 
stood there, stunned. A couple minutes later, when Sailors Venus and Moon 
arrived, they found her still staring at the wall he'd been leaning against, 
wet, miserable, and, though she'd never admit it aloud, she was scared.

Authors Notes: Yay! That actually did better than I'd imagined. The 
Disclaimer is true, unfortunately, in that I have no home. I've been evicted 
from my apartment, and so... I'm kinda screwed. FORTUNATELY, I have a place 
to Go. In Denver, Colorado, a good friend of mine has told me I could live 
thre indefinitely, as long as I have a job.. and so I'm transferring from the 
Applebees in Jacksonville to the Applebees in Denver. I have 2 weeks to get 
my affairs here in order, and then, I'm going on a road trip! I intend to 
stop by a couple places on the way, but eventually, I'll get where I'm 
headed. It'll be interesting, since the furthest I've ever driven before was 
to Tallahassee. Anyway.. If you live somewhere along the way, between 
Jacksonville Florida and Tallahassee Florida; Tallahassee Florida and New 
Orleans, Louisiana; or New Orleans and Denver Colorado, and are interested in 
meeting the ever-so-demented Kagato, drop a line, and I'll see if I can stop 
by. I'm in no real hurry, and my only real concern is food and gas, which I 
intend to stock up on (food-wise) and stock up for (gas money) before I 
leave. Anyways… enough of THAT wild tangent. I hope you enjoy the fic! And.. 
in a sadder note, I hope you all understand why it's taking longer for Truly 
Krappy Productions to squeeze more out. ^_^ Ja!

-Kagato

... ohyeah...C&C appreciated!


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