Hey, thanks for writing! I know you're pretty busy, so I appreciate the 
effort.

*slams a fresh clip in his 9mm* A'ight...let's do this.

Okay, let's. ^_^

"I'm sorry, but the master of the house is not in at this
moment, and the lady is not recieving calls. If you would like to call
back at a more convenient time, I would be honoured to record a message
for you..."

Ah, the old "fake answering machine" routine.

Yeah, Seiji's family is really big on the old-fashioned touch. No fancy 
tapes or machines for them! That's what they bothered having children for: 
taking phone messages and fighting the forces of evil in case they came 
while the adults were tired. ^_^

Also notice that the phone in question has a dial on it. Rotary phones are 
as high-tech as the Date are willing to be.

"Ryo, what's going on? I thought you and Shin were going south for the
summer to hang out with Shuu! Is there some kind of trouble? What did 

you

do? Do you need bail money?"

O_o;; Nothing like having faith in your friends...

Oh, Seiji has complete faith in his friends.

He has complete faith that without him there to hold their hands and keep 
them away from the various bright and shiny objects, they will get in 
trouble. Considering the way that Shuu Rei Fuan has been shown to live his 
life, and that Ryo Sanada has about as much control over his impulses as the 
average hummingbird, it's not too far off for him to assume that Shuu has 
managed to get them arrested somehow. If anything, I would expect Shuu to be 
actively *trying* to get them arrested, if he weren't distracted by the fact 
that they needed to save the planet.

Good old Shuu - "If I don't wake up in prison, I wasn't having fun".  ^_^

He figured he could pack a bag and be gone in about twenty seconds: he
always kept an emergency suitcase ready in case his older sister Yayoi
decided to visit and he had to go hide out in Canada for a couple of
weeks.

O.o;; Paranoid much?

Seiji has a very... interesting... family. Quirky, maybe? Eccentric? What 
*is* the polite term for people who are roaringly insane but rich enough not 
to get put in asylums?

Yayoi was not the normal bossy and mean older sister than most little boys 
have to live with. She was a very different animal - similar to Kodachi 
Kuno, in many respects. When they played "dollies", Seiji had to be the 
dolly. Her version of "Hide and Seek" involved dressing him up like a fox 
and renting a pack of hounds. According to canon, she left Seiji so 
emotionally scarred that he developed a pathological fear of girls.

Of course, this is only made worse by the fact he is the most eligible 
bachelor in the city. He's the richest, handsomest, most popular boy in 
school, and the entire female population of Ha'na High would cut off their 
own arms for a chance to date him. Seiji spends almost the whole school day 
fleeing from a roaring mob of desperate, horny girls that he was already 
scared of before they started charging at him en masse.  He's been known to 
barricade himself inside his own locker just to get away from them.

The worst part is, they all think he's toying with them and playing hard to 
get. So now he's got a reputation as the "Flirt King"; a mythical boy who is 
so romantic and seductive that no girl can be expected to resist his charms. 
No matter what the poor guy does, he comes off looking like the best thing 
since Casanova.

"You sold your friend on eBay?" Ami asked, shocked.

Hasn't everyone, at some point?

Well, I'm betting it's not the first time that Shuu's done it to one of the 
other Troopers. It sounds like the kind of thing he would do on a regular 
basis.

Clearly, her time in the Castle had only increased her bitterness and
hatred for all living things. That in itself was a disturbing thought, 

but

the fact that one of those captives was a friend of his beloved 

Chibi-Usa

was more than enough to move Elios into action.

!!!

IT'S THE PEDOHORSIE!

Yeah, yeah, it's the horsie. Elios will be playing a role in this fic, 
although it will be a little smaller than the part he had in SuperS. This is 
one of the many reasons I needed to set this after SuperS, so that Pegasus 
would be around for this bit.

"Well, well - if it isn't My Little Pony."

******SNRRRRRRRK******

Okay, also I was dying to use that line. You caught me. ^_^

"Oh, so this is about a woman? Okay, I understand now." Stepping
inside Elios' reach, Nise Suiko shot his arm out with inhuman speed and
slapped his opponent in the face.

Ooooooh, bitchslap. Ouch. XD

Yep, that would be exactly what it was meant as. Nise Suiko can be downright 
mean, sometimes.

He wished that
Chibi-Usa were here, or Prince Endymion. He could use their wisdom and
experience.

....Chibiusa has wisdom and experience?

Compared to Elios? Yes.

Sadly, he is admitting here that even Sailor Chibimoon has more experience 
fighting monsters than he does. He's also admitting that she's wiser than 
him, too. I think that bitchslap might be going to his head. ^_^

He is the eternal enemy
of all who have ever borne the name Hashiba."

"Why? What did any of us ever do to him?"

You stole his bread in the school lunch line!

Everybody seems to be comparing Fei Lian to Ryouga, lately. I'm glad his 
vendetta seems to be that small and petty - it's actually the feel that I 
was going for. ^_^

"I don't believe in reincarnation," he said quietly.

Mwahahahahahahahahaha.

Yeah, Touma has a whole lot of disappointments coming. He doesn't actually 
believe that Makoto is a "princess" , either - he's assuming that's just 
Toshitada being a jerk again.

You are the Mouse Catcher, the Shining One, the Lord of the Heavens. You
are Prince Klarios; you are Nomios the wanderer.

"You are...Pu Wan Yu."

(groan) Bad pun, man.

Not that there are any other kinds... ^_^

"Deep," Touma said. "So, when you say 'comfort'... do you mean-?"

"I think we have shared enough for one day," Toshitada answered,
and continued walking.

*SNRK*

I think it's the question that we were all asking ourselves. Refusing to 
answer still counts as an answer. ^_~

She was a bit of a recluse, not
quite as active in the community as her younger sisters Carole and
Berenice

....oh god, it's THEM, isn't it? The Ayakashi Sisters. XD

Yep. I even looked up their actual names in the French dub of Sailor Moon to 
make sure that they were right. I like to have fun with names whenever 
possible, and I do a *lot* of research. I consider that fair warning. ^_^

The local community had a lot of misconceptions about Perrine
Etrange. Perhaps the largest of these was that she came from France.

Because she consumes mass quantities?

Heh. I see you got the reference. ^_^

I mean, they *did* come from a giant UFO, and all...

She said her latest
patient was some kind of doctor, or professor, or something. Had a young
daughter and a laugh that reminded her of their old boss.

............................................................................
...

You're as bad about this kind of thing as *I* am, you know that? :P

Give me some time to warm up. Next chapter is actually a little worse. ^_^

"Yes," Elios replied softly. "And I know you too, Petz. Eldest
of the Akayashi Sisters, who served Crimson Rubeus in his quest to find

Ayakashi.

Damn. I was typing too quickly and the stupid spell checker went and changed 
every single instance to the *improper* spelling. Sorry, will fix.

One of these days I am just going to stop spell checking this. I swear. :(

"But I have responsibilities! I have bills to pay, and books to
balance, and... and...." Petz scowled and picked up the accounts in 

front

of her. With a shrug, she hurled them across the room. "You know what?
Screw it. You wait here, and I'll go get my costume."

That didn't take much work. XD

The big secret here is that Petz doesn't actually LIKE being normal. 
Humanity has been nothing but a giant drag for her: she's gotten stuck with 
all the drudge work while her sisters are running around having all the fun. 
Heck, she never really wanted to give up her powers in the first place - she 
kind of got pressured into it by everybody else. Most of what she's done 
here was put up a token resistance, until she realised that she actually 
didn't give a damn about any of the stuff she was trying to argue over.

Sit around trying to balance her accounts, or go off on an adventure, 
throwing lightning bolts at things and saving the universe? Heck, I know 
which one *I* would pick.

She had left one of her cards at the aquarium: apparently the fish there
had expressed an interest.

*stifles giggles*

I have the strangest image in my head of every former villain in the SM 
universe gathering in that Beauty Salon every Sunday for manicures and 
facials. Kind of like how Batman's rogue gallery all got together to play 
poker and trade stories in that B:TAS episode "Almost Got Him". Man, the 
gossip alone would make that worth sitting in on.

"If I go to this place, and I show one of
the women there this piece of paper, they will put mud on my face?"

"Pretty much, yes." Petz agreed, nodding happily.

Heheh.

^_^

"And that will make me more attractive?" the elfin girl asked,
raising an eyebrow.

"Oh, definitely. I'm sure it will make you a much, uh, nicer
shade of... green."

*falls over twitching helplessly*

Petz is trying really hard, here. Ann is not exactly the most traditional of 
beauties, what with the green skin, and the pointed ears. Not to mention 
that hair. This may be an anime, but let's just admit it: Ann looks like she 
should be off somewhere plotting against Jem and the rest of the Holograms.

Yes, I went there. And you recognised it. Now let's move on before it gets 
awkward. ^_^

"It certainly is nice to be back in Tokyo again," the only other
male in the group said with a debonair smile. "Don't you think so, Ann?"

"I still want to know why the creepy lady with the feathers

*DIES laughing*

Ann is another character who is a lot of fun to write. I'm not sure why she 
appears so rarely in fanfic. Manga-bias, I suspect: not being from the 
'real' Sailor Moon universe probably counts against her. Personally, I 
prefer the anime to the manga. For one thing, a lot of the villains were 
given more chance at develop as characters in the anime. Most of the 
Shittenou in the manga show up so briefly that you could blink and miss 
them.

wants
to put mud on my face," Ann replied, giving her masculine partner a
suspicious glare. "YOU don't think I need to be any more beautiful, do
you, Ail?"

"Well," Ail said with a shrug, "I guess it couldn't hurt."

Thus proving that alien men are just as stupid as real men when it comes to
women.

Ail has always had the inherent ability to open his mouth and jam his foot 
in without even needing to warm up first. It always struck me as one of his 
more charming traits.

"Excellent! I was wondering if I might speak to Souichi Tomoe and
Kaori Kuromine. Are either of them accepting visitors today?"

....somehow, I *smelled* that coming.

By this point, it was pretty obvious. Plus, I had mentioned the old doc 
earlier, just to make sure people were thinking about him. ^_^

Kaori examined the eyeglasses suspiciously as Elios stood nearby,
his hands clasped behind his back. They seemed like perfectly normal
glasses, except for the glowing rune that completely obscured the right
lens.

Oh, just what Tomoe-kyoujuu needs, something to remind him of his time as
THAT thing.

Hehehe. Elios is not here for kind, gentle, and slightly confused Souichi 
Tomoe. He is here to get the Professor. The Professor was just crazy enough 
that he might stand a chance in Radanthus' palace. Especially with Kaolinite 
there to watch his back while he, uh, "cooks up" a little surprise for Fei 
Lian? ^_^

No worries, there will be no Germatoid to take over and spoil things. Elios 
just needed to conjure up a focii for the Prof, and the glasses were a 
powerful talisman to both Kaori and Souichi. They aren't evil, or anything, 
just an amazing simulation.

"Besides," he concluded. "Hotaru seems to like them. Don't you
Hotaru? You like the funny-looking people. Yes, you do! Yes, you do!"

Hotaru just loves funny-looking people. After all, she's friends with
Chibusa... ^_^

Plus, it's just neat to have someone calling them on how strange they all 
look. I mean, you've got a kid in white robes with a horn on his head, a 
woman in leather and feathers like some kind of weird dominatrix, and two 
green elves who are dressed like rejects from an 80's hair band. Blending in 
is not part of this team's skill set.

"I still don't like it," Kaori argued, folding her arms over her
chest

And WHAT a chest!

I am forced to concur. :p

"I'm sure Fiore is taking excellent care of it," Ail reassured
her. "He's very good with plants."

*TWITCH* Even the *movie* villains now! Congratulations, you've just
outpaced me with the cameos... X_X

Wow, really? I'm flattered. ^_^

Don't worry; Fiore and the rest of the Sisters will not be appearing. I just 
wanted to make sure I covered the fact that Ail and Ann are still attached 
to the tree, and that it *does* have someone else taking care of it in their 
absence. And, yeah, I'm working the movies into continuity as much as I 
possibly can. Considering that I let the Samurai Troopers count their drama 
CDs as canon, it seemed only fair.

As he turned to face Kaori, the sun glinted off of his lenses,
causing them to glow.

*hits the dirt* OH HELL, HE'S BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK...

Heh. ^_^

Badamon fought the urge to cackle insanely as he ran his ragged
fingertips over the smooth surface of his latest acquisition.

Oh hell, he found Jadeite.

Yep, he sure did. Everybody kept talking about Jadeite, and now he's here. I 
am not so cheap an authour as to forget Chekov's rule about guns and tables. 
^_^

"Oh, no." Jadeite shook his head and chuckled again. "No, no, no.
This shall not do. Sailor Moon, triumphant? The little girl who needs 

the

guy in the tuxedo to come and save her all the time? I think not."

SOMEONE needs to be filled in on current events. And past ones, too. Of
course, can't blame him, seeing as he was...yeah.

Yeah, Jadeite's biggest weakness is that he is stuck living in Episode 13. 
He still thinks of Sailor Moon as a slightly ditzy girl who keeps needing 
Tuxedo Kamen to get her out of trouble. He also still thinks that "the 
Sailor Senshi" means Mars, Mercury, and Moon. He doesn't even know about 
Sailor Jupiter or Sailor Venus, let alone the Outer Senshi. From his 
perspective, the idea that those three girls by themselves could defeat the 
entire Dark Kingdom *does* seem a little ludicrous.

The last time Jadeite was active, he fought three young girls who were 
barely used to having powers. Now he'll need to adjust to dealing with NINE 
young *women* who have fully grown into their roles as defenders of the 
Earth. It will be a bit of a shock for him when he finds out how much things 
have changed.

On the other hand, Jadeite has the psychological advantage. He was the first 
villain that Ami, Rei, and Usagi ever faced. They never *really* beat him, 
not decisively. They never even got to find out what happened to him - he 
just disappeared one day. If he pops back up again after so many years, it 
will be a bit of a shock to them, too. And none of the Outers or Makoto or 
Minako have any idea who he is or how he works, so he has the advantage of 
surprise there, too.

If Jadeite plays his cards right, he should be able to hit the Senshi like a 
truck full of dynamite. If he miscalculates, he's going to get smeared 
across the landscape. Either way, it looks like it should be entertaining. 
^_^

Later!

-Morgan



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