As I promised, I'm revising NETTG in its entirety.  I spent the last two months
going over the whole thing and now I'll start sending it all in for criticism
to see what bits really do need to be spruced up.

I will not, of course, be sending it in all at once, as that would be a bit
extreme--despite NETTG being something of an extreme series.  However, bit by
bit, I'll send the parts along.  The time between them will be dedicated to
sprucing up each chapter as it goes by.

This fanfic has gone on since late 1997, and it went through many revisions
afterwards with the help of Jussi Nikander, and later Jason Hanks.  Several
others helped out along the way, but I fell out of contact with them and lost
their old emails.  After I sent this chapter into the FFML, my favorite author
at the time (Mark Doherty) quickly sent a positive response, and my fate as a
writer was sealed.

Since this is for revision to make it into a final, solidified version, any and
all C&C is welcomed--demanded, in fact.  I want dozens of grumpy people to go
over this with a fine-toothed comb and tell me everything that's wrong with it
in excruciatingly painful detail.  Everything.  And they don't have to be nice
about it, either.  Comprehensive flames are welcomed as well.  That way, I can
examine the story, consider the remarks, and fix whatever's unintentionally
wrong and enhance whatever was intended to be wrong.

For those that I have wronged over the years, this is your chance to make me
cry, squeal, and beg for mercy.  I will not complain, because I have asked for
it.  In fact, the harsher, the better.  I'm wide open.  Bring it on!

The final revised version will eventually be available at my site on the Lost
Library of Florestica, graciously provided by Larry F (and Rakhal): 
http://rakhal.com/florestica/ben-oliver/index.html

And my other website, which includes the NETTG webcomic, Extra articles, and my
forums, is provided by Ammon Lauritzen at:  http://nettg.simud.org

Let the Great Author Barbeque begin!!!


&&&[Begin Chapter 1.]

Chapter One: Let's take this space time error out on the road and see who's
boss!
	Or, Just introduce the character--or at least a part of it.

	The Atomic Starlight Knight was having a rather boring day. There hadn't been
an outbreak of really nasty evil badness for... Well, since that Moon Kingdom
had that clash with the Nega-something-or-other. That was fun.

	During the past couple of thousand years, life had gotten a tad too tame. Sure,
there was the occasional moderately evil villain to secretly fight against, but
nothing really serious.  Occasionally, he would, for example, sneak into some
highly guarded military installation, and, well, blow something up.

	He really enjoyed blowing things up. In fact, he was the embodiment of someone
else's good-natured extreme insanity and deep desire to blow things up combined
with the love of generally wreaking havoc with evil, not to mention the
occasional practical joke.

	So, essentially, as far as he knew and cared, his job was blowing things up. It
was quite a fulfilling job, as a matter of fact. Blasting evil into its
component quarks was, quite possibly, the most fun thing in the entire world.
Unfortunately, it was rare for something evil enough to pop up that required
that level of obliteration.

	In the meantime, he would do something else. Occupying his time was the first
and foremost thing he needed to accomplish. Boredom was a dangerous thing; he
might end up losing his mind. That had happened a few times, but not for
decades. So, he always needed something to occupy his time and to give himself
some sense of purpose.

	But today, there was nothing else to do. No evil to destroy, no new types of
explosives to try out--not even any material science classes!

	Why was this day so completely and utterly boring? It was vacation. The Atomic
Starlight Knight hated vacations. He loved his job, but given the periodic
nature of his job, he spent most of his time on vacation.

	Over the past millennia, he had picked up a great deal of knowledge: about
hurling explosive blasts, accelerated self-healing, aura manipulation, energy
duplication, and he could even control his alternate personalities! What he
most liked was his energy duplication capabilities. He could draw upon the
reserves he kept around and copy something he encountered. It was exceptionally
fun when he nearly got struck by lightning; for a while, he started doing
"Thor" impressions.

	He really had nothing better to do with his "life."

	Under normal circumstances, when a spiritual embodiment of a particular aspect
of a personality is no longer needed for a task, they will re-merge with
whomever their personality had been extracted from. However, that was not an
option in this case. It seems that Queen Serenity, at the fall of the Silver
Millennium, wished with the Imperium Silver Crystal (or was that Ginzuishou? I
can never remember) for her daughter and everyone else to have a normal life.

	Unfortunately, his original persona had not fit into this new "normal" life.
Not even a total memory erasure could have made it so. And therefore, the magic
of the Silver Crystal caused his original persona to have the non-"normal"
pieces removed, while whatever was left got reincarnated. To top that off, he
hadn't even found his reincarnation yet, so he couldn't even check in to see
how they were doing.

	"Wait, why haven't I found my reincarnation yet?" he asked himself.

	"Could it be because, maybe, YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED?!" another part of himself
answered.

	"Hmmm. Perhaps. Maybe...."

	"That's it! I'll look!"

	"That's... BRILLIANT! But how?"

	"Let's see, my existence constantly being DRAINED from them, the psychic
connection should lead me right to 'em. Unless, of course, I have one of those
Moon Princess protection plans installed to go along with it."

	"Not last time I looked. Wait, let me double check... Nope, no protection
plans. The princess part is debatable, though."

	"But there IS a connection, right?"

	"Yup!"

	"Okay, now, concentrate on yourself. Any connections to anything?"

	"I feel... the sudden craving for a bowl of macaroni and cheese!"

	"What the huh?!"

	"Yeah... BESIDES THAT! I know I haven't eaten since lunch... But that's beside
the point! Try again. Don't call back until you're sure." A part of his mind
took a nap.

	A few minutes later, he was shocked awake by the rest of it.

	"WAIT! Yes! That's it! I now know with ABSOLUTE certainty who my reincarnation
is!"

	"Great! Now go find them!" Atomic Starlight Knight's mind concluded. The search
was on! He blasted off at top speed toward the origin of his psychic link...

	*WHAM* And slammed directly into a wall.

	Peeling himself off, he turned toward a new destination, still following the
link. It was difficult, partially because this link wasn't an active one, but
mostly because there were too many things to run into...

	So, he walked.

	Anticlimactic as it was, walking while watching where he was going did reduce
the frequency of impacts.

	All through this, he kept invisible so people would not be disturbed at a 6'6"
guy in shining green camouflage armor with combat boots crashing into walls
left and right. He didn't bump into things as a general rule... but desperate
times call for desperate measures! Several hours of this brought him to his
destination.

	"There she is!" his mind cried out triumphantly.

	"Alright, how is... Hey, back up. Did I just think what I thought I thought?"

	When the view clicked in, it consisted of two girls in school uniforms who were
walking to school. Apparently, vacation was not in effect for junior high
students. The girls were talking about something or other.

	"Yes, I did. My theory is that after the fall of the Silver Millennium, her
leftover psychic residue, of which there was a lot, made me. Basically, I'm the
aspects of whatever didn't get taken along."

	"Okay, I guess that explains it--huh?!"

	"Yeah, quiet. Let's have a look-see. Shall we?"

	"Okay, let's see how she's doing. I wonder if this "normal" thing has been as
great as it's cracked up to be."

	"Yeah, let's go find out."

	The Atomic Starlight Knight went into clandestine operations mode.
Eavesdropping, if you will.

	"Wait, is something wrong with that? Spying, I mean?"

	"I doubt it."

	"Why?"

	"What's wrong with spying on one's own self?"

	"..."

	"Got me there."

	"I want to go blow something up!" another part of his mind called out
hopefully.

	"Yeah, me too!"

	"Not until I see some EVIL."

	"But I want to blow something up now!"

	"Yeah, give me a chance!"

	"No."

	"But I want to blow something up now!"

	*WHAM!*BAM!*WHACK!* "Shut up, shut up! Everyone JUST SHUT UP!" Atomic Starlight
Knight yelled while banging on his head as hard as he could.

---

	On this school day, which I think was a Tuesday, Molly had found a new friend.
She stood about 4'11" tall, had red hair in a ponytail, and had an impossibly
happy, yet vacuous expression. Molly had just found out that the new girl had
just moved in from some other country.

	"Really, Terra? What country are ya from?" Molly asked in her New Jersey
accent.

	"I'm from Ireland! Tee-hee!" Terra Incognito said in an accent that wasn't even
close to an Irish one, giggling, blissfully ignorant of her surroundings. She
giggled again for effect.

	"Wow, Ireland! So ya like it 'ere?" Molly asked.

	"Yeah! Everyone here is just soo nice and cute and funny!" Terra said. She then
went on to detail how she wanted to grow up to be a big movie star in Hollywood
and have people asking for her autograph, have a cute boyfriend and such. Molly
giggled at that. Terra just smiled and swung her head side to side happily.

	Someone out of view fell loudly on his face.

	"I can't wait 'till you meet Serena!" Molly said.

---

	The Atomic Starlight Knight got back up from his impromptu slamming into the
ground and watched and listened to the rest of the conversation in complete and
utter disbelief.

	"This is NORMAL?!" his mind asked incredulously.

	"They... CUT OUT HER BRAIN!" he whispered to himself in horror.

	"That's about the size of it. Who do you think you are?"

	"Apparently the remnants of a ONCE proud mind."

	"Well, at least she's happy," one voice in his mind commented.

	"Yeah, but, LOOK AT HER! She's... how to put this nicely... a complete and
total zonked-out, mindless ditz!" another part replied.

	"That wasn't a very nice thing to say about yourself."

	"Well... Is there anything I can do about it?"

	"Hmm... Maybe, just maybe, I might be able to do something," he replied
thoughtfully.

	"Excellent. Care to share it with the rest of the class...?"

	"If I push hard enough on the link, it may activate, reawakening memories and
restoring her personality to something recognizable."

	"Good thinking!" his mind congratulated himself.

	"Okay, if there are no complaints, I'm going to activate the link and rectify
the problem."

	"Wait!" some random personality called out in his mind.

	"What is it this time?!"

	"She's happy as she is!" that small part of his psyche reasoned.

	"Wait. I'm her. I'm not happy as she is. Therefore, she is not happy as she
is."

	"...Wah?"

	"I'm not going to be satisfied having me running around brain-dead. What do I
have to think against that?!"

	"Well, see her? 'Brain-dead' as you say she is, she's happy! Look at it this
way: She's me, and if she's happy, I'm happy, and well, isn't happiness what
everyone wants?"

	"..."

	"Okay. All right. Fine! Just stop pouting. That really bugs me. So, I'll watch
her for a while, and if all seems well, I go as I have before, and perhaps
concoct some long, drawn-out plan to eventually get to know myself... her...
whatever better and find some gradual way to reintegrate myself. If not, I
activate the link. Agreed?"

	Almost knocking him off his feet, a chorus of affirmative replies echoed
through the assorted net of constantly firing neurons, or at least the magical
equivalent thereof.

	He slowly regained his balance. "Very well, then."

***

	"Jedite, come forth!" Queen Beryl commanded. A blonde man in a gray general
uniform appeared and bowed before her. "Is everything ready?"

	Jadeite looked annoyed at having his name mispronounced so badly. "Er, yes,
Queen Beryl. It is ready. And, just in case someone decides to try and stop the
energy draining process, well, I have made a special surprise," he said before
adding, "It was a good thing I decided to actually LOOK at my plans before
implementing them. I was able to see several weaknesses in the plan I otherwise
would not have."

	"Excellent. Proceed, Jedite," Beryl replied.

	Jadeite winced, then nodded and teleported away.

***

	When they got to class, Terra was still happy as ever. They had arrived about
ten minutes early.

	Serena ran in a few seconds after they took their seats.
"OhmygoshI'msorryI'msorryI'mlateMsHaruna!" she called, hurriedly taking her
seat. Everyone was quite surprised at this. As we all know, Serena is typically
a late arrival. (So why am I telling you this? Just because I felt the need to.
Thank you.)

	"Wow, Serena! You're early today!" Molly noted, expressing the obvious, of
which Serena was not aware. Ms. Haruna raised an eyebrow.

	"Are you feeling alright today?" Ms. Haruna asked.

	"Huh?" Serena said, confused.

	"You made it with a whole ten minutes to spare," Melvin said, amazed.

	"Wait a second! My clock said for sure that I was about fifteen minutes late!"
Serena said and paused before realizing something, "Oh, I remember! I set my
clock ahead!"

"See? I told you it would work," Melvin said with great enthusiasm.

	Serena blinked. "Hey, you're right. It did!" she replied. Before Melvin could
start going on his usual offers to take her on a date or some such thing, Molly
interrupted.

	"Serena, now that you're here, I'd like to introduce you to Terra," Molly said,
indicating the redhead. "She's come all the way from Ireland to be here!"

	"Wow! Cool. Ireland. So when did you get here?" Serena asked Terra.

	"A few days ago," the redheaded girl said happily.

	"So, do you know your way around?" Serena asked.

Terra thought about it.

	"Well?" Molly asked, waiting for an answer.

	Terra slumped a little and frowned. "Not really," she said dejectedly, looking
on the verge of crying for some reason.

	"Hey, it's okay," Serena said, trying to comfort the suddenly sad girl, "we can
show you around, right, Molly?"

	"Right!" Molly said.

	Terra instantly brightened at this. "Great!"

	"I can help too. I can show you around the museums, and maybe I could even show
you around the research labs, not to mention the--" Melvin said before being
cut off by Serena and Molly.

	"Quiet, Melvin!"

	The bell rang, signaling the beginning of class.

---

	"So far, so good. She's made a couple of friends, and seems to be adapting
well. She's a tad weak in the mental and emotional department, though," Atomic
Starlight Knight thought.

	"This coming from a figment of someone else's imagination that has a bad case
of multiple personality disorder."

	"Quiet, you!"

	"My point exactly. I'm NOT going to revive the link unless someone's life is in
danger, got it?"

	"Or if it gets too annoying."

	"Yes, or that."

	"I wanna go blow something up!"

	"Yeah, me too!"

	"Me three!"

	"Why can't we just go have tea?"

	"Alright, we'll blow something up, then have tea and biscuits."

	"Oh, not biscuits."

	"Alright, not biscuits but let's--"

	*BAMBAMBAM!* "Shut up, shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!!!" A.S.K. yelled, pounding on
his head.

---

	Being invisible does not shield your vocal output. That's what soundproofing is
for. Unfortunately, A.S.K. had not studied that particular area of academia
yet. That went a long way towards explaining why everyone who was sleeping
through class was suddenly not. Everyone that was not sleeping just looked
around quizzically.

	"Alright, who did that?!" Ms. Haruna asked, annoyed, and turned toward the
class. There were no responses. "Let's continue, then." She went on to discuss
the next lesson.

---

	Serena and Molly were finished with school and were showing Terra around. After
having confirmed that they didn't need to be home anytime soon, they showed her
the arcade, the mall, a couple other places, and finally Molly's mom's jewelry
store.

	During these activities, Terra had kept mostly quiet, but when she spoke, it
was stating the blatantly obvious in such a way as to sound extremely deep, and
that was the only thing that kept A.S.K. from activating the link along the
way.

	"Oh, it must be a popular place," Terra said vacuously, noting the many people
clustered inside.

	"Not really. But wait, something's happening," Molly said, leading them inside.
"Hey, mom, what's going on?"

	Molly's mother jumped slightly in shock, then slowly turned to face her
daughter. "I'm," she said, flashing a marginally malevolent smile, "having a
diamond sale!"

---

	A.S.K. was still following Terra as she went into the store. He instantly
perked up at something he sensed.

	"Hello, is that EVIL I smell?" he thought as the prospect of blowing something
up would soon become an option. He shook the feeling off as his jaw dropped
when he saw Terra purchase a diamond.

	"A diamond? A diamond?! A DIAMOND?! Eh, heh... The kid's gone completely
bonkers."

	"Maybe she comes from a rich family or something."

	"I REALLY doubt that."

	"I can't stand it anymore! I'm activating the link!"

	"No, wai--" The thought was cut off as the link was finally established. It was
disappointing, really. Instead of a full-on memory restoration, what he got was
a few links to some various portions of her mind.

	"Aww, now look what'cha gone and did. It's not even a perfect link!"

	"Better than nothing, I suppose. Perhaps we can boost her intelligence a tad.
Maybe add a little emotional strength, too."

	"Can she handle it?"

	"Uh, hey, what are you planning?" a still small voice that A.S.K. never
listened to anymore asked.

	"I don't know, but I'm about to find out."

	"What's that supposed to mean?" The small persona asked, then gasped. "You
can't be serious... WHAT ABOUT A NORMAL LIFE?! YOU'LL RUIN HER HAPPINESS!"

	"It's MY life, got it?!"

	"No it isn't! Not really! She's just a little girl! It's not--"

	Pointedly pulling down his right lower eyelid, blowing a long, loud rasberry at
that voice, and shouting "BII-DAH!!!" at the top of his lungs, the tall,
green-armored knight set the link to MEGA-ULTRA SUPER-PULSE MIGRAINE-SHOCKWAVE
for fastest results.

---

	"Thank you, Mrs-" Terra broke off, just as someone shouted something very loud
behind her. Before she could pick up the diamond she had acquired, she got a
major jolt to the brain as her I.Q. suddenly shot up against its will. "ACK!
MIGRAINE! Migraine! BAD migraine! Ow! Ow! Ow!" She went down to her knees,
holding her head and wincing.

	"Are you okay, Terra?" Serena asked, rather worried at her new friend's
behavior.

	Terra looked up at the pigtailed blonde and smiled pleasantly. "Oh, perfectly
alright, except for the fact that my--" Her smile turned into an intense
grimace as another mental shockwave hit her. "BRAIN feels like it's about to
EXPLODE!" She paused as there was a momentary break in the pain. "But, I really
think that I need to get home." She slowly stood up and brushed the dust from
the floor off her skirt.

	"Can you make it home by yourself?" Molly asked.

	"Well, maybe," Terra said thoughtfully, and then held her head in agony as the
shocks resumed. "AAH! I don't think so!"

	"I'll take you home!" Serena said quickly.

	"Thanks," Terra said with a smile. Serena took the wincing girl by the arm and
led her out the door.

	"Wait! You forgot your--" the shop owner urgently began to say before Molly
interrupted her.

	"So, mom, what's with the sale?" the young girl asked, casually glancing around
at the few new people behind the counter, "And who's the hired help? And why
are there so many of them?"

---

	A.S.K. was feeling a tad better. He was improving his own intelligence. Now if
he could only get himself... herself... THEMSELVES to go and blow something up.
Perhaps if they had similar interests, he might be able to rejoin.

	Now, after a great deal of inner conquest, he had devised a plan for doing
this: Training--lots and lots of heavy-duty martial arts madness. If he somehow
managed to get her to go into that, and enjoy it to the right degree, then he
would be even less necessary than now, and would have a much greater chance at
being able to reintegrate.

	But, in order to survive this rigorous training, Terra would need a little
more--or a LOT more--in the way of basic offensive and defensive capabilities.
There was a way for relatively fast, easy, and reliable results, and for this
purpose, he had awakened an old friend, a true specialist in this area, from a
small sleeping capsule.

	Come to think of it, two others appeared to have been opened recently: One
within the past few years, and another within the past few days. But that's a
discussion for a later date. First, he'd have to adapt Terra to combat.

	"That evil I detected back at the shop would do very nicely for this purpose."

	"I'm not going to turn me into some sort of mean, lean, fighting machine, am
I?"

	"That's the plan."

	"Well, time's a-wastin'."

	"*Sniff* What are you _doing_ to her?! She deserves a normal life; one away
from fighting, away from--"

	*WHAM!*

	"You know what to do, right?" Atomic Starlight Knight asked the odd-looking
moon-something, brushing off the annoying little voice that kept trying to bug
him.

	"Roight," the creature said in an odd accent before fluttering off, humming an
innocent tune.

---

	Terra thanked Serena and said goodbye once she got home. She went directly to
her room, jumping directly on her bed and wrapping her pillow around her face,
completely forgetting about Tylenol and all other pain-relief medicines...
which is really too bad, because it actually would have helped her a great deal
in this instance.

	"Mufflt UI WeuF of mffduff!!" she screamed into the pillow.

	And then, suddenly, as if by magic, the throbbing stopped. Terra stopped, put
down her pillow, blinked, smiled, took a deep breath, and then relaxed onto her
bed.

	Her first impulse was to try to take a nap to recover from the experience, but
dutifully remembering her homework, she sat up and pulled it out.

	She had the entire eight hours worth done in one. It wasn't due until next
Friday, and it was a Tuesday, but she just felt the need to finish something.

	"Aaah! That's better." She was just getting relaxed again when a small seal,
about eleven inches in length, fluttered inside, using its tail in much the
same way as a hummingbird uses its wings. The color scheme on the seal had
green dominating on its back... It kind of looked like camouflage, but only if
you were in a snowy, lush, green area. It had soft white fur where it wasn't
green. It also had a golden crescent mark on its forehead.

	"'Ello. 'Ow are you?" the creature asked in a strange
European-Irish-Scottish-English sort of accent.

	Terra blinked, then shrugged and responded. "Oh, just foin, just foin now," she
said, doing a perfect imitation of the creature's accent.

	The green and white creature looked impressed. "Not bad."

	"Um, thanks."

	"So, ya doin' foin, roight?"

	Terra thought about it. "Well, I just got over a really nasty headache, but I'm
fine now... Except for the fact that now, I seem to be hallucinating," she said
sweetly. While her intelligence and emotional strength had been improved, she
was still as happy as ever.

	"Oh, a mushroom farma' too, eh?" the seal asked.

	Terra raised an eyebrow. "No, I was actually referring to you."

	"I'm not an 'allucination!" the odd... thing said indignantly.

	"What are you, then?"

	"I'm an ArbyFish!" it said, fluttering in the air for effect.

	Terra frowned, processed this information, then returned to her usual happy
self. "An ArbyFish? How nice! What brings you here?"

	"Your 'elp. You see, there's evil. Evil's bad for me mushrooms, ya see, so I
gotta squish it. So, want ta 'elp?"

	What a nice little ArbyFish, or whatever it is, Terra thought, continuing to
smile. "Of course I'll help you!"

	Arby smiled back at her. "Roight. Now, use this." He made a series of flying
barrel rolls, after which a pendant of some sort dropped into Terra's hands.

	Not knowing what else to do, she wore it. "What would you like me to do now?"
the redhead asked, again very nicely.

	"Hmm?" Arby asked, looking up from his examination of the pattern of the quilt
on Terra's bed.

	"Was there something you needed me to do?"

	The small, green-patterned seal blinked. "Loike wot?"

	Terra giggled at the creature. "Well, you did mention something about evil and
mushrooms."

	The ArbyFish smiled at that last part. "Ooooh. _That_. Wot I think ya need ta
do is... Well, I think ya need ta... I dunno." He shrugged. "Oh, just say,
'Earth Power!' n' follow me."

	"Okay," Terra replied, picking up a pencil and writing a quick note to her
parents.

	"Come along, then," Arby pressed.

	"Earth Power," Terra whispered sweetly.

	And the transformation sequence began, just as Terra's mother walked in.

	"Oh my," Kasumi Incognito said, raising a hand to her cheek in shock.

	The sequence continued. Sunlight gathered around Terra. A white leotard with
pink bows remained as the sunlight finished. A swirl of autumn leaves came,
forming the white, pink-rimmed gloves and pink boots, then more leaves
appeared, forming a pink mini-skirt. More pink bows formed on the back. A
glowing circle flashed on Terra's forehead, sprouting a golden tiara with a
heart-shaped pink jewel in the center. Finally, she gave a smile, and the
transformation sequence was complete.

	Waving to her mom, Terra left, following Arby.

	"See you later!" the sailor-suited girl called back happily.

	Kasumi almost frowned and picked up the note, which read,

	"Mom, gone off to fight evil. Be back in a little while.
				-Terra

	P.S. Don't worry, okay?"

	"Oh. Oh my!" Kasumi said in surprise. She looked out the window, watching her
daughter rush off, and paused to consider the implications of what had just
occurred. Then, after a few moments, she merely shrugged and smiled. "Well, as
long as her homework is finished, I guess it'll be all right."

	She went back to her work, humming a cheery tune. "I hope that fuku is warm
enough for her. It gets a bit chilly at night."

---

	At the same time, Serena was receiving visitation by a certain black cat.

	"Wow! Is this for me?" Serena asked, indicating the pendant.

	"Yes," Luna replied.

	Serena wasted no time in putting it on the bow of her school uniform. "It's so
pretty!"

	"It's not just a piece of jewelry," Luna noted.

	"What is it?" the blonde girl asked.

	"It is something that will enable you to become Sailor Moon!"

	"What's Sailor Moon?" Serena asked quizzically.

	Luna sighed. "Just say, 'Moon Prism Power.'"

	"Okay. MOON PRISM POWER!"

	What will henceforth and forever be known as a Standard Sailor Moon
Transformation Sequence(TM) occurred. Sailor Moon looked at herself in a
mirror. "Whoa! What's going on here?!"

	"You are now the Sailor Scout of the Moon."

	"Huh?"

	Luna gave a summary of what she was supposed to do: fight evil, find the other
Sailor Scouts, find and protect the Moon Princess, etc. A few seconds after
that was finished, the jewel in Sailor Moon's right "meatball" flashed.

	"Help me!" an ethereal voice called.

	"Hey," Sailor Moon said, "that sounds like Molly."

	Luna gasped. "Your friend is in danger!" she exclaimed. "We have to leave and
help her. Now!"

	"Uh, right!"

	They left immediately for the jewelry store.

***

	Jadeite held the glowing ball of accumulating energy...

***

	Meanwhile, Molly was feeling extremely uneasy. Everyone who had bought a
diamond from the sale had collapsed.

	"Mom, what's going on?!" Molly asked. She was shocked when what once appeared
to be her mother slowly changed into Morga, one of Jadeite's lackeys.

	"It's all very simple. I'm an evil vampire from the Negaverse. I drain energy.
I drained the energy of those you see around you. And YOU'RE NEXT, LITTLE
GIRL!" Morga said, taking glee in Molly's horror, diving at her.

	Molly dove out of the way. "Help!" she called out to the 'hired help,' who
merely stood there and smiled. She tried to back off, but was caught by the
youma, who began draining her.

	Then Sailor Earth stepped in.

	"What am I supposed to do?" Sailor Earth whispered to Arby, who was sitting on
her shoulder.

	"Hmm... Make a speech and stop 'em from drainin'," the seal replied
indifferently as he concentrated on balancing a mushroom on his left fin. "Ya
know... tell 'em why ya gonna blast 'em. Stuff loike that."

	"Well, alright," Earth whispered back, took a deep breath, and then said in a
commanding voice, "I am Sailor Earth, and you have taken the life energy of
many people. Diamonds are for use in jewelry and drills, not for draining! On
the behalf of the people of Earth, you must be stopped!" She instantly felt a
twinge of guilt for being so pushy.

	Morga stared, absently releasing Molly, who scrambled away.

	"Ins-pa-rational!" Arby said with great enthusiasm.

	Sailor Moon entered right then. "And, I am Sailor Moon! Champion of justice. I
right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you!"

	Luna sighed at the speech, then perked up at the sight of another Sailor
Senshi. (Mention a reference to Senshi vs Scouts) "Who is she?" she asked under
her breath.

	"Get them!" Morga called out to her henchmen, previously the several 'hired
helpers,' who morphed into various creature/human monstrosities.

	The drained customers stood up, going after Sailor Earth, followed by one of
Morga's henchmen, chasing Sailor Earth out the door.

	Everyone who remained began attacking Sailor Moon.

	"WAAAAAAHHHH!" Sailor Moon cried as she dodged a volley of varied energy
blasts, thorns, and other painful attacks.

	"Sailor Moon! Take your tiara and throw it at them while saying, 'Moon Tiara
Magic!'" Luna cried out. Sailor Moon was too occupied to do anything but dodge
and panic.

	"I don't like this game anymore!" Sailor Moon whined.

	A whirling energy blast came from behind her, creating a focused fireball upon
impacting two of the youma, vaporizing them. Everyone looked around.

	"Oh, come on! You can take these things!" a voice called out. Sailor Moon felt
her confidence rising at this.

	"NUCLEAR BOOT TO THE HEAD!!!" the voice yelled. A shadow launched itself from
behind Sailor Moon, its foot slamming into the head of the youma closest to
her, knocking it out cold. The shadow rebounded from the kick, doing a quick
spinning flip to land beside Sailor Moon.

	The shadow was revealed to be a tall man with short black hair, wearing green
armor with a sheathed sword and had a golden circlet around his head. The
circlet had a blue jewel at the forehead.

	He smiled at her.

	Sailor Moon sighed and went into her 'heart eyes' mode.

	"Greetings. I'm the Starlight Knight. May I ask who you are?" the man asked.

	"Ser, er--Sailor Moon!" Sailor Moon said, transfixed by his blue eyes. On
second thought, she considered, maybe this isn't that bad after all.

The Starlight Knight quickly shook her hand.

	"Wonderful to meet you, Sailor Moon," he said before a growl attracted their
attention again. "Shall we continue?" Sailor Moon shook herself out of her daze
and nodded, smiling.

	The Starlight Knight unsheathed his sword and, giving a nod to Sailor Moon,
began combat with a heavily armored lobster-like youma.

	"Sailor Moon!" Luna called out.

	"What is it, Luna?" Sailor Moon replied. Luna then repeated the instructions on
the Moon Tiara Magic attack.

	"Moon Tiara Magic!" Sailor Moon called out, throwing the glowing tiara. It flew
into a youma, dusting it. "I got one!"

	"Good work, but keep an eye out behind you!" Starlight Knight said, hurling his
sword past Sailor Moon, and directly into a youma that was sneaking its way
behind her, disintegrating it.

	Sailor Moon's tiara came back to her, and she caught it.

	Starlight Knight, now lacking a weapon capable of fending off the pincers from
the youma, was dodging, but also seemed to be enjoying the entire experience
immensely.

	"Moon Tiara Magic!"

	The second throw obliterated the lobster AND another youma behind it. Starlight
Knight felt the energy used in the tiara as it passed by.

	"Yikes! That girl's packing some power!" Starlight Knight whispered to himself
before asking, "Can I duplicate that energy?" His mind responded affirmative.
He turned his head, smiled and nodded to Sailor Moon, who smiled in return. He
sensed something coming at him.

	"Atomic Sucker Punch!" Starlight Knight yelled, and drove a glowing,
energy-enhanced fist directly into the face of an oncoming youma, driving it
back a few meters. He'd have gone for his sword, but that was too far back, and
behind Sailor Moon, so that wasn't an option. He went for trying to duplicate
Sailor Moon's attack.

	He took off his circlet.

	The green-armored knight held it, charging it with energy.

	"Stellar Circlet Disintegration!" he called out, finding a nifty new name for
the attack he just mastered.

	Then, he threw it.

	Direct hit! The circlet tore through the youma he had been fighting and
disintegrated it. There were now only two youma left: Morga, and a
biker-type-guy with knives for arms. Starlight Knight caught his circlet and
put it back on. He found himself once more beside Sailor Moon. He picked up his
sword.

	"I'll take the biker, you take the 'goldfish,'" he whispered to Sailor Moon.

	"Okay," the blonde girl replied, with only a little hesitation.

---

	Outside...

	"What would you like me to do now?" Sailor Earth asked Arby happily, expertly
dodging the youma's energy blasts in front of the jewelry store while keeping
the mind-controlled people from getting hurt in the process.

	"Oh, first, ya might loike ta stop the people from being mind-controlled," Arby
replied. "Ya know. Moight be a good idea. Think a' somthn'."

	"Alright," Sailor Earth replied, not knowing how, but somehow analyzing the
power that the transformation had given her before deciding on a course of
action.

	"Earth Sunlight Happiness Purification!" she said, gathering energy, then
releasing it, causing the area to light up in a pure, white glow. The youma
cringed while the people sighed contentedly and collapsed. (After the fight was
over, they woke up feeling like a million dollars. "I love you, man!")

	"Oh my!" Sailor Earth said in surprise, noting the effect.

	"You'll pay for that!" the youma said, recovering from the 'attack,' if you
could call it that.

	"Good work. Now, watch out for the monsta'," Arby advised. As soon as he did,
Sailor Earth dodged another energy blast, only to be caught by the youma. The
beginnings of anxiety began to creep up in her psyche. She kept smiling, of
course. Maybe, she thought, the big scary monster just needed a hug.

	There was a red flash as a rose flew in and imbedded itself in the asphalt
between Sailor Earth and the youma. It released her and backed off a bit.

	A man in a black tuxedo came out of the shadows. He wore a top hat and a white
mask that covered his eyes. He also had an ornamental cane to go with the
ensemble.

	"I am Tuxedo Mask. Believe in yourself, Sailor... Moon?" Tuxedo Mask said,
looking a tad quizzically at Sailor Earth.

	The redhead shook her head. "Earth," she corrected.

	The man shrugged. "Yes, so if you only believe in yourself, you can do
anything!"

	"True enough," Sailor Earth said, smiling at Tuxedo Mask.

	"So take out the monsta', then," Arby suggested. "Come along. Can't be 'ere all
noight. Got mushrooms ta tend to, ya know."

	The monster in question was now advancing toward them. Sailor Earth took
action, an unknown reflex taking effect.

	"Earth Thunderstorm," she intoned sweetly. A cloud gathered in the area. A wind
blew into the youma. Multiple lightning strikes hit, doing a nice job of
electrocuting it. It crumbled into dust. Sailor Earth gasped and held a hand to
her cheek as she saw what happened. "Oh my!"

	"Good work, Sailor Earth!" Tuxedo Mask said, then left mysteriously.

	Sailor Earth looked over to the smoldering remains of the youma, which quickly
vanished. Arby fluttered over to sit on her shoulder. "Not bad."

	"Um, Arby? I just... What did I just do?"

	The ArbyFish shrugged. "Ya blew 'em up. Don't worry 'bout it. Probably woulda'
eat'n sumbody 'er somethin'... Simply wouldn't 'a been propa', ya know."

	The redhead blinked. "Oh. Okay." She looked at where she last saw the tuxedoed
man go. What a nice man, she thought, her mood brightening.

---

	Back inside...

	Sailor Moon prepared to throw her tiara again. Starlight Knight was preparing
to pull out another weapon in his arsenal.

	"Moon Tiara Magic!"

	"Magical Ginzu Sword!" Starlight Knight called out, making a second sword
appear in his left hand. He held them together, gathering a charge, then
slashed the swords in the air, releasing the charge at the knife-biker youma.
It braced itself for destruction.

	Sailor Moon's tiara vaporized Morga.

	Starlight Knight's attack merely impacted in the center of the youma.

	The youma, feeling that it wasn't destroyed, felt itself and began to laugh at
the knight, and then exploded in a brilliant display of fireworks.

	"Excellent work, Sailor Moon!" Starlight Knight said. He waved goodbye and
walked off, vanishing into the shadows.

***

	The energy ball Jadeite held vanished. He looked more annoyed than surprised.

***

	Jadeite appeared in front of Sailor Moon, scowling at the defeat of his plan.
His entire task force had been obliterated!

	Sailor Moon was surprised because she hadn't adapted fully to the oddity of
someone appearing out of nowhere.

	"It's amazing that one such as you could be such an annoyance. Don't worry, I
will not underestimate you next time," Jadeite said, then disappeared.

---

	"Wait, was that who I think it was?!" Atomic Starlight Knight thought as he
watched the scene. A.S.K. had activated his invisibility as soon as he went
into the shadows then doubled back to check up on Sailor Moon.

	"Sure looks like it. I guess that means that the Negaverse is back!"

	"Alright! The Negaverse... Do you know what this means?"

	"Yeah! I'll get to test out that hardware I've got lying around! Blow up evil
fest! YEAH, BABY!!!"

	"That's right. Guess what else I found."

	"What?"

	"I analyzed the energy of Jadeite's teleport!"

	A.S.K. smiled. "This just keeps getting better and better. So I can teleport
now?"

	"Right."

	"YESSS!" Atomic Starlight Knight said triumphantly. He had always wanted to be
able to teleport. Well, as long as he could remember, right off hand.

	He wasted no time in trying it by teleporting to what he had designated as his
home base. Due to its being located deep within the atmosphere of Jupiter, he
hadn't been able to go back there for quite some time now.

	He hoped that his starship was still there.

---

	On her way out, Sailor Moon had freed Molly's mother, and given a dramatic
goodbye before leaping off into the shadows. A couple of leaps later, she
slammed directly into Sailor Earth.

	"Ow!" Sailor Moon said, being unceremoniously knocked to the ground.

	"Hmph," Sailor Earth exhaled, having the wind knocked out of her as she was
also pushed down.

	They both got up and dusted themselves off, and then gasped when they finally
noticed each other.

	"Hello," Sailor Earth said brightly.

	"Hi!" Sailor Moon replied in a friendly manner.

	"Weren't you back at the jewelry shop just a few minutes ago?" Sailor Moon
asked Sailor Earth.

	"Yes! I was outside. I met someone nice: A man in a tuxedo!"

	"I was fighting evil inside! The whole place was filled with monsters! Someone
in green armor helped me. We got _all_ of them!" the blue-skirted warrior for
love and justice said, sighing inwardly at her memory of Starlight Knight. They
then talked about more details of the whole experience.

	"So you're really Terra?" Sailor Moon asked, surprised.

	"And you're really Serena?" Sailor Earth asked joyously. They started a
conversation about school, video games, etc.

	Luna cleared her throat. "Perhaps we could continue this at a later time," she
said. "I need to discuss some things with Serena now."

	Sailor Moon and Sailor Earth looked at each other, then turned back to the cat
and nodded in agreement.

	"How about you meet me before school?" Sailor Earth asked.

	"Okay, I'll see you then!" Sailor Moon replied.

	They then went their respective ways.

---

	Before the Tuxedo Mask persona was completely submerged, he had a thought.
During the fight, he had felt as if who he had been helping was not quite the
right person... But he shook that off. Who else would he have defended? At
least now, he knew visually who to look for when something like this happened.
He would remember that.

---

	"MAN, what a workout!"

	Back at his designated 'home base,' Atomic Starlight Knight was reviewing what
he had seen and was considering his options. His starship was still there, and
the automated systems had even repaired the structural damage made from his
first encounter with this particular solar system. The repair systems had
repainted it chrome, but he didn't mind. He wasn't thinking about that right
now, anyway, so let's shelve that flashback for a later chapter. Right now, he
was thinking about Terra.

	"First of all, why a Sailor Senshi?"

	"Because that's probably all Arby has experience with... besides mushrooms."

	"Second: I know the Senshi are not entirely recognizable from their normal
selves when they're transformed... but I do not remember Terra having her hair
in that particular style."

	"Aw, come on! You've seen transformations do stranger things!"

	"I suppose you're right, but wasn't her hair supposed to be red?"

	"Just forget it. For now, just say Terra==Sailor Moon, okay?"

	"Terra equals Sailor Moon. Are you sure?"

	"Yeah! Now quiet!"

	"Okay, but why did Arby make her 'Sailor Moon,' in particular?"

	"Most likely because that position hadn't been taken."

	"Understood. Using the link, can I release some power into her non-Senshi
form?"

	"Hmm... YES! I'll get on it."

	"Now, for training, taking her in to fight the Negaverse on their home
territory will be perfect for this!"

	"Um, I beg to differ."

	"What is it this time?!"

	"Remember what the Negaverse did to the Moon Kingdom?"

	"What does that have to do with--OH! I see how that could be a problem. Perhaps
I should step up the training process with something a little less dangerous?"

	"Indubitably."

	"Like full Global Thermonuclear War?"

	"What the... No, like skeet shooting."

	"NO! I say we should go with Veritech fighters!"

	"Hover tanks!"

	"Thirty lashings with a wet noodle!"

	"No! Weight training!"

	"Let's do android combatants! I think Dr. Gero is--"

	"SEND IN THE CLOWNS!!!"

	"DON'T SEND IN THE CLOWNS!!!"

	*WHAM!*WHAM!!*WHAAAAAAM!!!* "Shut up, shut up, shut up, SHUT UP, EVERYONE JUST
SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!"

	The Atomic Starlight Knight stopped, having reached a state of complete and
total indecision. He shrugged. "Aw, well. I'll think of something...
appropriate."

&&&[End Chapter 1]


Now, how was that?

I'm looking forward to hearing from you.  Spare no weapons and take no
prisoners!  This 'fic is getting revised whether it wants to or not.

Thanks for reading!


--
Benjamin A Oliver
boliver@email.arizona.edu

Writings: Fan Fiction
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Webcomic: Nuke 'Em 'Till They Glow!! The Early Years
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