SETSUNA and CARMEN
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A Sailormoon / Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego crossover.
NOTICE: Neither Sailormoon nor Carmen Sandiego are mine!!
Sailormoon is the property of Naoko Takeuchi, Kadansha Publishing,
Toei Amination, Bandai Toys, DiC, Cloverway, Mixxzine, and probably
others I have missed.
Carmen Sandiego belongs to Bondesbord (I hope I spelled
that right), DiC, and I don't know know else.
The story-idea is mine.
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The Senshi-meeting came to quick order. 'That is at least one good
thing, this day', Hino Rei thought. 'And, Usagi is safe with us and Mamoru,
if anything should happen!'
"Why did you call this meeting, Hino-Sama?" Sailorneptune asked.
"I was doing a fire-reading this morning after meditation and prayers."
Hino Rei answered Kaioh Michiru, "Someone is after Usagi."
"So," Michiru thought out, "our Hime has a new enemy?"
"So it would appear", Rei answered.
"Great." Jupiter muttered. "Just in time for the Icy Sleep, we get a new
Enemy! Usagi doesn't *need* this!"
"I was hoping that, since Galaxia was defeated, we would begin to see some
peace!" Ami sighed. "That we would have no new enemies to fight! BUT! Here is
a NEW enemy! And Usagi needs to save the energy she has!"
"So! Koneko?" Haruka asked worriedly. "Where is Ginzhuishou?"
The question eletrified most of those in attendance innediately!
"Where is Ginzhuishou?" Minako asked.
"I.. put it in safe-place." Usagi tiredly sighed.
"You are not wearing it?" Minako continued the Inquisiton.
"Iie.. It was.. draining me.. too much."
"Draining you??" Makoto asked, worriedly.
"What if someone should GRAB IT, Odango Atama??" Rei screeched out.
"Our Enemies could HARM YOU!!!" The Shinto Priestess started to shake Usagi.
"WHY DID YOU REMOVE IT????"
"She removed it because I ordered her to remove it!" Ami spoke up, spinning
Rei around sharply. "And I will NOT have you threating my patients' well-being
like that, Hino-Sama, They are expectant-mother and unborn-child! Not
rag-dolls!"
"You.. *ordered* her to remove it?" Rei gasped, trying to recover any thoughts
she had. "But.. Ami.. Usagi is..."
"Usagi is pregnant.. and weak.. which is why I had her remove Ginzhuishou!"
Ami explained as calmly and rationally as she could. "Usagi-hime came to me a few
weeks after finding out she was pregnant! She was worried about her child. She was
feeling weak, and tired much too easily. And she wondered if this would effect
the baby. So, to calm Usagi' fears, I ran tests on her and the baby's embrionic
fluid! The fluid was terribly weak. Then, When I told this to Usagi, she asked me
to run test on Ginzhiushou! I am glad she did! The tests proved Ginzhuishou was
draining Usagi and her baby!"
"'Draining'?" The Senshi-tachi squeaked out.
"Hai. In having to protect her in her weakened condition, Ginzhuishou was
killing her baby!"
"But..?" Michiru started to ask.
"Ginzhuishou protects me," Usagi sighed, "at cost of all others, unless
commanded otherwise by me. It destroys everything it sees as threat!"
"But, Koneko!" Haruka countered. "Without Ginzhuishou, Our unseen Enemy can
destroy both you AND Chibiusa!"
"I would rather take that possibility," Usagi started to cry, "than the
probability of killing my daughter.. myself!"
Mamoru and the Senshi huddled tightly around Usagi, trying to protect her
from her fears.
After the meeting was closed, the Senshi started gathering everything together.
Suddenly, Ami let out a scream!
"Where is Ginzhuishou?!?!?!"
And EVERYBODY started to panic!!!
"How are we gonna protect Usagi?"
After a few minutes of accusations, counter-accusations, and histerics, Usagi
decided, in her weakened-condition, to take command!
"FEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWIIIIIIIIT!!"
The shrill whistle got everyone's attention!
"Gomen, minna..", Usagi apologized, "but fighting and killing each other will
not help matters.. although," she looked over at Haruka and Michiru, "it may make
someone *feel* a bit better. I suggest looking around shrine for any clues to
Ginzhuishou's disappearance."
There was a stunned silence, as what Usagi had just done sank in, then the
Senshi and Mamoru scoured the shrine for any trace of the thief!
Soon, Rei came back with an odd hat. "I find this in formal-hall of main-
building! Was not here this morning! Might be thief's hat! And a red.. parasol?"
"Hmmm..." Michiru inspected the hat carefully. "A red fedora! Western hat!
Rare in Nippon!"
"Even rare in West!" Setsuna noted. "Mainly seen in old Detective-Movies."
"Great." Haruka growled. "We have hat. Hat's owner has Ginzhuishou! We need the
*damned* hat's owner!!"
"Maybe we can locate the owner." Saying that, Rei took the hat from Setsuna
and headed to the Fire-Room.
Soon.. in the shrine's fire-room..
"Rin, Ryou, Tou, Sha, Kai, Shi, Retsu, Sai, Zen.. Rin, Ryou, Tou, Sha, Kai, Shi,
Retsu, Sai, Zen..", Rei chanted in prayer.
"Rin, Ryou, Tou, Sha, Kai, Shi, Retsu, Sai, Zen.. Oh, Okuribi.. show us who would
have taken Ginzhuishou.."
The great ceremonial-fire soon blazed higher as tongues of yellow, red, and orange
drew-out a profile.. a portrait.. a woman in red.. with dark hair..
"Who is she?" Kino Makoto asked after the fire died back. "Is she an Enemy?"
"I do not know who she is," Hino Rei, "but, she is not with the Enemy!"
"I don't not care WHO she is with!" Haruka spat out through gritted teeth. "She has Ginzhuishou! She will give it BACK!!"
"Demo.." Ami asked thoughtfully, "who.. is she?"
"I know who she is!" Meioh Setsuna said.
"Nani?" Kaioh Michiru spoke up suddenly. "You know who..?"
"I will get Ginzhuishou back." With that, Setsuna stepped out of the fire-room.
"Setsuna-Hahai?" Tomoe Hotaru went after Setsuna, or Sailorpluto. "Hahai?"
"Hold it, Setsuna!" Aino Minako, Sailorvenus, caught up with Pluto. "We are going
with you! Usagi's life could be at stake!"
"Iie, Venus-Sama!" Pluto said calmly. "I can get more done safely on my own. Domo
Arigatou! I am sure we can handle this without bloodshed this time if I go alone!"
"Are you sure, Setsuna?" Haruka asked suspiciously.
"Hai!" Michiru spoke up. "How do you KNOW this, Pluto?"
"I just.. know.. yoshi?" Setsuna fidgeted. "Everything will be fine!"
Everybody sweatdropped.
"Have you been looking into the time-gate, Setsuna-Haha?" Hotaru asked.
"IIEDE!" Setsuna said defensively "That is forbidden by the Rules of
the Millenia!"
"Then HOW do you KNOW this.. woman.. will give up Ginzhuishou?" Michiru asked Setsuna point-blank!
"I just know it..", Setsuna said. "Trust me."
Everybody, save for Usagi, fall flat on their faces as Setsuna jogged down the hill.
"I will be back later!"
The first stop for the Meioh-Express was the Tokyo Branch of the Acme Detective Agency.
"Konnichi-wa, Chief!" Setsuna called out.
"Agent Meioh SETSUNA??? The Chief almost jumped out off his vid-screen. "What brought
YOU out of retirement?"
"A couple of friends." Setsuna smiled. "Ah-HA! Detectives Zachary and Ivy, from America! Well! What seems to be the problem?"
"Detective Setsuna MEIOH?? YOU are as much a legend around here as Carmen
Sandiego!" Ivy squealed out, noticeably impressed, and then regained her composure. "Well, *ahem*, it seems, Agent Meioh-Sama, that Carmen Sandiego has struck again! Gomen."
"Hai." Zach nodded. "She seems to have stolen a legendary Japanese jewel called the Ginzhuishou from the Hikawa Jinji here in Tokyo. And, now, we have to figure what her next move is."
"Hai.. But," Ivy noted, puzzled, "she seems even more elusive now than she usually is! You think she knows we're here?"
"I'm sure she knows," The Chief replied, "but that never kept her from gloating over us before."
"Well..", Setsuna mused, "Sandiego-Sama may be keeping a low-profile on purpose!"
"As if she's waiting on someone?" Ivy asked.
"Hai." Setsuna poured a cup of gren tea. "Or..", Setsuna said with a glint in her eye, "someone could be after her.. or Ginzhuishou.."
"Could it be Yakuza?" Zack asked. "Or one of the secret societies?"
Setsuna hid behind her teacup, trying not to show *too* much of a smile!
"I doubt it is Yakuza!"
Ivey responded slowly. "You.. doubt.. it's Yakuza?"
"Hai." Setsuna let a smile smile escape. "Someone else worse then Yakuza!"
The Chief, Zack, and Ivy fell back in shock! "WORSE THAN YAKUZA????"
"But..", Zack stammered, "who could be worse than Yakuza? Who would they fear?"
Setsuna let the small smile on her face widen and started counting-off in her mind:
'Makoto... Haruka... Michiru... Hotaru...
'Usagi on Sugar-High... Usagi on Sugar-Low...
'Rei... Minako...
'Ami-Sama probably already has way to undermine half of Yakuza-clans and extort other half...'
Setsuna then said kind of lazily: " A lot of people."
As the Acme-detective stood trying to digest her last bit of information, Setsuna calmly
finished her tea. "Do not worry, Chief! I know where Carmen is! I will get Ginzhuishou!"
"YOU will get the rock???" Ivy said increduously. "HOW??? No one has EVER been able to
locate Carmen's operational-base here in Japan!!! And YOU know where she is????"
"I think so!" Setsuna stood at attenion. "I have had a few *dealings* with her before."
The Acme agents were agape at how Setsuna said "dealings".
Setsuna then bowed to leave. "I will see you later! For tea? Ja ne?"
"Ah.. yeah..", the Chief was suddenly speechless. "Sure thing.. Detective Meioh..."
Later, in a Ginza-District high-rise, Carmen walked into her Japanese head-quarters.. and Setsuna was there to meet her!
"Hi, Boss!" Setsuna then bowed.
Carmen's henchmen were nervous, for, nobody but a select-few know about this place,
and they started pulling weapons.
"Put away the toys, boys!" Carmen commanded in a steady voice. "Setsuna's a friend!
Besides.. if she wanted to, Meioh-Sama would make you eat everything you threw at her."
"Arigatou nisai, Carmen!" Setsuna smiled, then looked around, "No wonder no-one has
found you in Japan! Who would think to look for you here?"
"Hai, Meioh-Sama!" Carmen returned the smile. "The best place to hide, often, is in plain sight!" Carmen the went to give Setsuna a kiss and welcoming-hug. "So! Setsuna-san? What have
you been doing with yourself?"
"Oh! Traveling here and there..." Setsuna smiled.
Carmen then dismissed the agents.
"So," Carmen asked in a hushed tone, "how's the Chief?"
"Fine..." Setsuna started to answer, then choked on her reply! "Wait-a-minute! How did you know I moonlighted for Acme?"
Carmen chuckled good-naturedly. "Come on, Setsuna! You couldn't hide anything from me for long... Senshi! But.. as long as nobody at VILE or Acme got hurt.. I let you moonlight! Although, I DID get a little concerned when you teamed up with Ten'ou Haruka and Kaioh Michiru! At one point.. I though of offering a bounty for you!"
At this point, Setsuna's mouth was touching the floor! "Senshi? You.. know.. of the Senshi?"
Carmen chuckled. "I have my ways of finding out."
Carmen then hauled out Ginzhuishou from a safe. "I guess Tsuki-no-Hime
wants this back?"
"She DOES need it." Setsuna said apologetically. "Or, will, rather, when
the time is right. Actually, the other Senshi are more concerned with getting
it back than she is!"
"I can understand her feelings..", Carmen smiled, "alot of responsibility
has been laid upon her shoulders! Many decisions are expected of her that
she may not be ready for: who to follow.. who to lead.. who to say 'Sayonara'
to..."
"Well...", Setsuna fidgeted. "She has been pushed.. a bit."
"Setsuna," Carmen grawled out low, "whatever you have been doing as part
of the Sailorsenshi.. you have been doing too long!"
Setsuna flinched.
"Anyway," Carmen said, "if Sailormoon wants Ginzhuishou back.. all she has
to do is ask for it! But, I will *only* give it to her! If anyone else comes,
Ginzhuishou stays with me."
"You.. wish.. to talk.. to the Hime?" Setsuna stuttered out.
"Hai." Carmen responded.
"About..?"
"*Familiar* things." Carman smiled. "Oh! And, Setsuna, I'd stay away from
your job as Senshi, if I were you.. it's leaving you paranoid and schizophrenic.
More so than usual. Sayonara." Carmen picked up Ginzhuishou and took a last sip
of tea. "I will see you.. later.. Detective Meioh."
The next morning, early, Zack and Ivy were re-visiting the scene of the crime.
"Domo Arigatou, Hino-Sensei," Zack bowed to the elderly caretaker. "May we see
where the hat and parasole were found?"
"Hai." The cartaker said. "It is this way! For some reason.. the police have not
REMOVED anything from here. So.. everything is as how it was left when my grand-daughter
and her friends noticed the THEFT!"
"May we see it?" Zack asked.
"Hai!" The old man bowed. "I will be honored to show it, if it will help! The stone
that was stolen.. I am told.. is very important to a very close friend of Magomusume!
So.. it *must* be returned.. for her sake."
Rei, the other Innersenshi, and Usagi listened to the conversation, quietly, from
a side-room of the shrine.
"They are important to you?" Ivey asked the elder. "Your grand-daughter? And her
friend?"
"Tsukino Usagi has given my grand-daughter back her life!" The old man straightened-up.
"Dano.. magomusume IS my life, detective!"
Usagi held onto a suddenly-tearful Rei as if she were the Miko's lieline!
"Do not worry, Rei-chan!" Usagi whispered. "I will not let anything happen to you or
Ojiisan! Iyaa!"
"Domo.. arigatou.. Usagi!" Rei sniffed.
After the caretaker brought out the hat and parasol, Zack began to translate the writing
on the parsol:
"Hime - to jump off the butai."
"To jump off the WHAT?!?!" Ivey screeched.
"Relax, sis!" Jack tried to calm his sister. "It's an expression in Japan. To 'Jump off
the butai' means 'to take a big chance'! The Butai is a big varanda of the Kyomizu-dera
temple.. in KYOTO!" Zack spun around excitedly, stopping as he faced his sister again. "And
I bet THAT where she'll appear NEXT!! Domo arigatou for your aide, Ojiisan!" Zack pulled out
300 Yen. "Here is a bit of help for the upkeep of the Jinja!"
"Where are they going, Ojiisan?" Rei asked her Grandfather a few minutes later.
"I.. do now know!" The old man answered. "The young man mentioned Kyomizo-dera in Kyoto.
I THINK he and his aneue have left for there!"
"Domo arigatou, jiji!" Rei excused herself. Gomen nisai, demo.. I have to get back to my friends, onegai?"
When Rei returned to the other Senshi, she relayed what her grandfather had told her.
"Let us get to Kyoto, then!" Makoto said, "The sooner we retrieve Ginzhuishou, the better
we will be able to protect Usagi! Usagi-chan! Come! Let us leave..! Usagi? Usagi?!?!"
The Senshi searched the Jinja for an hour!
And, in that hour.. Usagi was leaving Tokyo, headed towards Kyoto!
Kyoto was the ancient and traditional capital of Japan, a city rich in hostory- monumental
and living! As such, it is visited by thousands of people, with thousands of reasons. On one particular day, two people in those thousands were Tsukino Usagi and Tsukino Shingo.
"Domo arigatou.. Shingo!..", Usagi said, "for.. coming with me! You.. will never know what
it means, to.. have someone.. who knows..."
"To your Senshi, you.. are Hime, Usagi!" Shingo replied. "To Chiba-Sama, you are kare!
Demo.. to me, you will always be ane! I would.. miss you much.. more than Hahai or Chichi..
if.. anything were to happen to you."
"I.. do not know how you learned my secret, itouto!" Usagi smiled. "I am not sure I *want*
to know the 'how'. I am just grateful to have someone to talk to without having to break my promise to Luna never to tell anyone.. who I was. Arigatou."
"Arigatou ne, Usagi-aneue! I am.. glad.. I can help you." Shingo blushed.
"Part of me.. wishes..", Usagi's voice started to trail-off, "I had not.. brought you into this."
"You think this.. Carmen Sandiego.. wants to harm you?" Shingo asked worriedly.
"Iyaa. I do not *feel* anything evil about this.. or her.. itouto! Iie. It is.. the Senshi..
that worry me. Hai." Usagi looked out from Kyomizo-dera temple across Kyoto. "The Senshi are..
overprotective.. of me." She shuddered. "In protecting me.. they often overlook by-standers!"
"Do not worry, Usagi!" Shingo smiled and hugged his sister. "As I have learned your secret,
I have learned their secrets! They shall not get past me undetected!" The young man then melted in with the other visitors. "You go talk to Sandiego-Sama! I will warn of any unwelcomed-guests!"
As Shingo set out to patrol the grounds of thr temple, two Acme Detectives were busilly searching for their own query.
"Are you *sure* Carmen's clue meant Kyoto, Zack?"
"Positive, Sis! The veranda of the Kyomizo-dera IS proverbial in Japan, and has been for years!"
"OK, then, Zack!" Ivy said. "But, let's be careful! For some reason, Carmen seems more-
careful than she usually is! And, I can't help but remember what Detective Meioh said about someone else being after Carmen!"
"I'll be careful, Sis!" Zack then pomdered as his eyes searcged the temple-grounds. "I
donno why, Ivy, but I don't *really* like the idea of someone else after Carmen and possibly hurting her!I mean.. yeah, she's a thief, but..!"
"I hear ya, little bro!" Ivy answered. "She's a thief, but not a murderer! Heck! How many times has she saved Acme agrnts? How many times has she saved US??"
"My point, exactly, Ivy!" Zachary said. "Ivy! I think she's be on the varanda! Let's go upstairs!"
Meanwhile, Shingo was listening while keeping himself hidden. "Ara.. Sandiego Carmen-Sama
is being trailed! I will have to keep the detectives and the Senshi away from each other..
as well as from Carmen.. I think."
Suddenly, Shingo's ears picked up a familiar voice.. or three!
"How could Odango Atama LEAVE without us let that?!?!" Rei erupted. "She could get herself KILLED!! Not to mention loosing Chibiusa!!"
"And, coming here with a full compliment of Senshi would have been safer?" Hotaru asked.
"How helpful were we against Galaxia?"
"Well..", Ami said almost aopogetically, "Rei DOES have a point, Hotaru-chan."
"Hai." Hotaru answered. "Demo... we are not talking about the top of her head!"
Shingo tried not to laugh.
Rei was taken aback! "Nani-YO?!?! Tomoe-san! THAT is rather out-of-character for you!"
"Dano..", Hotaru growled, "You are ACTING more like Haruka and Michiru than Haruka and Michiru! THAT.. I would have EXPECTED from Kino-Sama or Aino-baka.. Demo.. NOT from Miko."
The young girl bowed. "My mistake. Gomen nissai."
Shingo fought the sudden-urge to double-over! Tomoe-san was right about the Priestess..
her over-protectiveness of Usagi- admirable though it was- often lead to a stubbornness in
battle that often bordered on wrecklesssness. A blood-rage. What did Westerners call it?
Berserker.
"We are not not dealing with Galaxia, Hotaru-chan!" Ami sighed. "Demo, Sandiego-Sama DID enter the Jinja undetected! Hai. Dano.. she now has Ginzhuishou. Ara.. we are here to get Ginzhuishou back. Hai!"
"Before Usagi tries to and that THIEF gets her, ALSO!" Rei came close to hyperventilating!
"Demo.. Sandiego left the clue for Usagi, Rei-chan!" Hotaru replied.
"Obvious TRAP!!" Rei screamed.
"Rei-chan?" Ami asked, "I THINK Hotaru is asking how we are going to get Ginzhuishou back
for Usagi?"
"We..", Rei face-faulted, "will get it back. We will DEFEAT this thief, and then get GET
Ginzhoushou BACK!!" Rei then jumped about in a victory-dance while Ami sweatdropped.
"'We' will defeat Sandiego-san, the world's greatest thief!" Hotaru stood as still as a statue as she slowly spoke. "Hai. Just like we defeated Pharoah 90.. and Neherenia.. and
Galaxia. Hai. Witches 5 defeated themselves more than you beat them.. and Sandiego-Sama is
better at strategy and organization than they. Demo.. we will defeat her. Hai."
Rei and Ami collapsed on the ground like marionettes whose strings had been cut!
'I must warn aneue!' Shingo thought as he frantically searched the Temple. 'If three of
her Senshi are here.. the other five will be near-by!"
"I see you've made it up here, Tsuki-no-Hime!" Carmen smiled and bowed elegantly to Usagi.
"You.. know who I am?" Usagi felt her words catch in her throat.
"I have heard of you, Tsukino-Sama. Hai!" Carmen raised herself up. "And I have read the
old legends!' She stepped towards Usagi. "I imagine you want Ginzhuishou back?"
"It HAS been in my family long time!" Usagi smiled sheepishly. "Demo.. I do not need it..
right now! Will.. you.. keep it safe for me? A while?"
"Is that is your wish, Hime!" Carmen bowed. "Demo.. I must speak with you.. of familiar-things. And, it MAY be urgent!"
"I.. think.. I understand about urgency." Usagi looked out over the surrounding country.
"I am sure you do... Usagi-chan." Carmen smiled.
Suddenly, Zack and Ivy ran into the scene!
"Hold it, right there, Carmen!" Ivy called out. "You're under arrest for theft in Tokyo!"
"Ahh!" Carmen tossed at smile to the detectives. "Ivy? Zack? You're a little early! Zack?
Ivy? This is Tsukino Usagi! Usagi? These are.. my *favorite* Acme detectives! You three watch after each other!" Carmen then saluted Usagi.. with her palm showing!
"Dasvedanya, Hime!"
Carmen then dove off the veranda of the temple!
"CARMEN!!!"
Zack, Ivy, and Usagi ran to the edge of the veranda to see if Carmen was alright, when
Usagi saw Shingo waving frantically to her!
Then, Usagi looked in the direction that Shingo was pointing in.. and saw Ami, Rei, and Hotaru!
"Shimatta..!" Usagi whispered threatening when she saw her Senshi. "I have to leave..!"
She turned towards Zack and Ivy to finish her statement.. and found her words caught in her throat as she saw the two Acme detectives about to repel off the veranda! "Grappling lines?"
"Gomen nissai, Usagi-san!" Zack apologized. "Demo.. when you have been after Carmen as
long as we have, you come prepared!"
"Would you untie the ropes as soon as we are down, Miss Tsukino?" Ivy asked.
"Hai!" Usagi saluted, and then waited for the detectives to make it to the ground.
As doon as Zack and Ivy were safely on the ground, as the grappling ropes were released,
The two Acme Detectives ran in the direction they saw Carmen head off into.. and ran in Ten'oh
Haruka and Kaioh Michiru!
"WOOF!" Zack lost all his breath as he hit the ground! "Gomen.. nisai!" He then pulled out his Detective's Badge. "We are deka! Koushinjo ACME!"
"C'mon, Zach!" Ivy almost screamed. "Carmen's GETTING AWAY!!"
"Oshitodomeru!" Michiru ordered! "You are chasing after Carmen Sandiego?"
"Hai." Zach replied. "We are after her for a recent theft in Tokyo."
"Soreja.. stay OUT of our way, Gaijin!" Haruka spat out. "Sandiego Carmen-san is NO LONGER
your problem!"
"Nani?" Zack asked.
"Nande?" Ivy inquired.
"Wait, Sis!" Zack was suddenly on the alert! "I recognize these two!
They're Ten'oh Haruka and Kaioh Michiru!!"
Ivy tensed up. "Ten'oh? and Kaioh?!?! What are THEY doing loose in
Japan?!?! Their rap-sheets at ACME and Interpol are as long as CARMEN'S!!!!"
She then went into a fighting-stance! "Ladies, we're placing you under arrest!"
"On what charge?" Haruka's eyes narrowed.
"On murder-charges..", Ivy growled out, "in THIRTY countries! There are
outstanding warrents out for you two!! Wherever you two show up.. people
wind up *dead*!"
"And that is REASON ENOUGH to keep you away from Carmen Sandiego!"
Zack huffed. "Whatever she's done.. she doesn't deserve a trip to the Coroner!"
"We were only doing our duties!" Michiru said. "As we do, now!"
Usagi froze on the stop where she landed. "'Arrest'? 'Murder-charges'?"
"Duties as what?" Ivy retorted. "Executioners????"
At that moment, haruka drew her space-sword. "You were warned!
Uranus PLANET-POWER!!"
Usagi started running towards the battle!
"Neptune PLANET-POWER!!"
Sailoruranus then pointed the sword at Ivy:
"Uranus..World-SHAKING!!!!"
"IVY!!" Zack spang to shove his sister out of the way!
And from somewhere nearby, Carmen pulled out a Baretta.
Neptune aimed her aqua-mirror at Zack:
"Neptune..DEEP-SUBMERGE!!"
As Zack pushed Ivy out of the way of a combined-attack, Sailormoon
jumped in front of the Detectives and pushed them to the ground just short
of a full-attack! Zach and Ivy were spared direct hits.. but still managed
to suffer major-injuries!! And, Sailormoon, herself, was staggered.
"Zacke-deka? Ivy-deka?" Sailormoon called out as she got to her knees.
"Zacke-deka?? Ivy-deka??" After she heard a couple of weak moans, she called
for temple-attendants to look after the detectives while she called the nearest
hospital! With that done - and Zack and Ivy looked after by proper-caregivers -
Sailormoon then turned to Uranus and Neptune.. with a look bordering on
pure-hatred!
"Go.. ansatsusha! Leave me!"
"Demo.. Hime..!" Michiru said in a suddenly-shaky voice!
Sailormoon just walked away.
"For what you have done.. Ten'oh, and Kaioh!" Carmen swore as she
packed-away her handgun. "Your fates are mine! To barrow from the poet..
'Hell hath no fury..'"
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A Sailormoon / Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego crossover.
NOTICE: Neither Sailormoon nor Carmen Sandiego are mine!!
Sailormoon is the property of Naoko Takeuchi, Kadansha Publishing,
Toei Amination, Bandai Toys, DiC, Cloverway, Mixxzine, and probably
others I have missed.
Carmen Sandiego belongs to Bondesbord (I hope I spelled
that right), DiC, and I don't know know else.
The story-idea is mine.
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The Senshi-meeting came to quick order. 'That is at least one good
thing, this day', Hino Rei thought. 'And, Usagi is safe with us and Mamoru,
if anything should happen!'
"Why did you call this meeting, Hino-Sama?" Sailorneptune asked.
"I was doing a fire-reading this morning after meditation and prayers."
Hino Rei answered Kaioh Michiru, "Someone is after Usagi."
"So," Michiru thought out, "our Hime has a new enemy?"
"So it would appear", Rei answered.
"Great." Jupiter muttered. "Just in time for the Icy Sleep, we get a new
Enemy! Usagi doesn't *need* this!"
"I was hoping that, since Galaxia was defeated, we would begin to see some
peace!" Ami sighed. "That we would have no new enemies to fight! BUT! Here is
a NEW enemy! And Usagi needs to save the energy she has!"
"So! Koneko?" Haruka asked worriedly. "Where is Ginzhuishou?"
The question eletrified most of those in attendance innediately!
"Where is Ginzhuishou?" Minako asked.
"I.. put it in safe-place." Usagi tiredly sighed.
"You are not wearing it?" Minako continued the Inquisiton.
"Iie.. It was.. draining me.. too much."
"Draining you??" Makoto asked, worriedly.
"What if someone should GRAB IT, Odango Atama??" Rei screeched out.
"Our Enemies could HARM YOU!!!" The Shinto Priestess started to shake Usagi.
"WHY DID YOU REMOVE IT????"
"She removed it because I ordered her to remove it!" Ami spoke up, spinning
Rei around sharply. "And I will NOT have you threating my patients' well-being
like that, Hino-Sama, They are expectant-mother and unborn-child! Not
rag-dolls!"
"You.. *ordered* her to remove it?" Rei gasped, trying to recover any thoughts
she had. "But.. Ami.. Usagi is..."
"Usagi is pregnant.. and weak.. which is why I had her remove Ginzhuishou!"
Ami explained as calmly and rationally as she could. "Usagi-hime came to me a few
weeks after finding out she was pregnant! She was worried about her child. She was
feeling weak, and tired much too easily. And she wondered if this would effect
the baby. So, to calm Usagi' fears, I ran tests on her and the baby's embrionic
fluid! The fluid was terribly weak. Then, When I told this to Usagi, she asked me
to run test on Ginzhiushou! I am glad she did! The tests proved Ginzhuishou was
draining Usagi and her baby!"
"'Draining'?" The Senshi-tachi squeaked out.
"Hai. In having to protect her in her weakened condition, Ginzhuishou was
killing her baby!"
"But..?" Michiru started to ask.
"Ginzhuishou protects me," Usagi sighed, "at cost of all others, unless
commanded otherwise by me. It destroys everything it sees as threat!"
"But, Koneko!" Haruka countered. "Without Ginzhuishou, Our unseen Enemy can
destroy both you AND Chibiusa!"
"I would rather take that possibility," Usagi started to cry, "than the
probability of killing my daughter.. myself!"
Mamoru and the Senshi huddled tightly around Usagi, trying to protect her
from her fears.
After the meeting was closed, the Senshi started gathering everything together.
Suddenly, Ami let out a scream!
"Where is Ginzhuishou?!?!?!"
And EVERYBODY started to panic!!!
"How are we gonna protect Usagi?"
After a few minutes of accusations, counter-accusations, and histerics, Usagi
decided, in her weakened-condition, to take command!
"FEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWIIIIIIIIT!!"
The shrill whistle got everyone's attention!
"Gomen, minna..", Usagi apologized, "but fighting and killing each other will
not help matters.. although," she looked over at Haruka and Michiru, "it may make
someone *feel* a bit better. I suggest looking around shrine for any clues to
Ginzhuishou's disappearance."
There was a stunned silence, as what Usagi had just done sank in, then the
Senshi and Mamoru scoured the shrine for any trace of the thief!
Soon, Rei came back with an odd hat. "I find this in formal-hall of main-
building! Was not here this morning! Might be thief's hat! And a red.. parasol?"
"Hmmm..." Michiru inspected the hat carefully. "A red fedora! Western hat!
Rare in Nippon!"
"Even rare in West!" Setsuna noted. "Mainly seen in old Detective-Movies."
"Great." Haruka growled. "We have hat. Hat's owner has Ginzhuishou! We need the
*damned* hat's owner!!"
"Maybe we can locate the owner." Saying that, Rei took the hat from Setsuna
and headed to the Fire-Room.
Soon.. in the shrine's fire-room..
"Rin, Ryou, Tou, Sha, Kai, Shi, Retsu, Sai, Zen.. Rin, Ryou, Tou, Sha, Kai, Shi,
Retsu, Sai, Zen..", Rei chanted in prayer.
"Rin, Ryou, Tou, Sha, Kai, Shi, Retsu, Sai, Zen.. Oh, Okuribi.. show us who would
have taken Ginzhuishou.."
The great ceremonial-fire soon blazed higher as tongues of yellow, red, and orange
drew-out a profile.. a portrait.. a woman in red.. with dark hair..
"Who is she?" Kino Makoto asked after the fire died back. "Is she an Enemy?"
"I do not know who she is," Hino Rei, "but, she is not with the Enemy!"
"I don't not care WHO she is with!" Haruka spat out through gritted teeth. "She has Ginzhuishou! She will give it BACK!!"
"Demo.." Ami asked thoughtfully, "who.. is she?"
"I know who she is!" Meioh Setsuna said.
"Nani?" Kaioh Michiru spoke up suddenly. "You know who..?"
"I will get Ginzhuishou back." With that, Setsuna stepped out of the fire-room.
"Setsuna-Hahai?" Tomoe Hotaru went after Setsuna, or Sailorpluto. "Hahai?"
"Hold it, Setsuna!" Aino Minako, Sailorvenus, caught up with Pluto. "We are going
with you! Usagi's life could be at stake!"
"Iie, Venus-Sama!" Pluto said calmly. "I can get more done safely on my own. Domo
Arigatou! I am sure we can handle this without bloodshed this time if I go alone!"
"Are you sure, Setsuna?" Haruka asked suspiciously.
"Hai!" Michiru spoke up. "How do you KNOW this, Pluto?"
"I just.. know.. yoshi?" Setsuna fidgeted. "Everything will be fine!"
Everybody sweatdropped.
"Have you been looking into the time-gate, Setsuna-Haha?" Hotaru asked.
"IIEDE!" Setsuna said defensively "That is forbidden by the Rules of
the Millenia!"
"Then HOW do you KNOW this.. woman.. will give up Ginzhuishou?" Michiru asked Setsuna point-blank!
"I just know it..", Setsuna said. "Trust me."
Everybody, save for Usagi, fall flat on their faces as Setsuna jogged down the hill.
"I will be back later!"
The first stop for the Meioh-Express was the Tokyo Branch of the Acme Detective Agency.
"Konnichi-wa, Chief!" Setsuna called out.
"Agent Meioh SETSUNA??? The Chief almost jumped out off his vid-screen. "What brought
YOU out of retirement?"
"A couple of friends." Setsuna smiled. "Ah-HA! Detectives Zachary and Ivy, from America! Well! What seems to be the problem?"
"Detective Setsuna MEIOH?? YOU are as much a legend around here as Carmen
Sandiego!" Ivy squealed out, noticeably impressed, and then regained her composure. "Well, *ahem*, it seems, Agent Meioh-Sama, that Carmen Sandiego has struck again! Gomen."
"Hai." Zach nodded. "She seems to have stolen a legendary Japanese jewel called the Ginzhuishou from the Hikawa Jinji here in Tokyo. And, now, we have to figure what her next move is."
"Hai.. But," Ivy noted, puzzled, "she seems even more elusive now than she usually is! You think she knows we're here?"
"I'm sure she knows," The Chief replied, "but that never kept her from gloating over us before."
"Well..", Setsuna mused, "Sandiego-Sama may be keeping a low-profile on purpose!"
"As if she's waiting on someone?" Ivy asked.
"Hai." Setsuna poured a cup of gren tea. "Or..", Setsuna said with a glint in her eye, "someone could be after her.. or Ginzhuishou.."
"Could it be Yakuza?" Zack asked. "Or one of the secret societies?"
Setsuna hid behind her teacup, trying not to show *too* much of a smile!
"I doubt it is Yakuza!"
Ivey responded slowly. "You.. doubt.. it's Yakuza?"
"Hai." Setsuna let a smile smile escape. "Someone else worse then Yakuza!"
The Chief, Zack, and Ivy fell back in shock! "WORSE THAN YAKUZA????"
"But..", Zack stammered, "who could be worse than Yakuza? Who would they fear?"
Setsuna let the small smile on her face widen and started counting-off in her mind:
'Makoto... Haruka... Michiru... Hotaru...
'Usagi on Sugar-High... Usagi on Sugar-Low...
'Rei... Minako...
'Ami-Sama probably already has way to undermine half of Yakuza-clans and extort other half...'
Setsuna then said kind of lazily: " A lot of people."
As the Acme-detective stood trying to digest her last bit of information, Setsuna calmly
finished her tea. "Do not worry, Chief! I know where Carmen is! I will get Ginzhuishou!"
"YOU will get the rock???" Ivy said increduously. "HOW??? No one has EVER been able to
locate Carmen's operational-base here in Japan!!! And YOU know where she is????"
"I think so!" Setsuna stood at attenion. "I have had a few *dealings* with her before."
The Acme agents were agape at how Setsuna said "dealings".
Setsuna then bowed to leave. "I will see you later! For tea? Ja ne?"
"Ah.. yeah..", the Chief was suddenly speechless. "Sure thing.. Detective Meioh..."
Later, in a Ginza-District high-rise, Carmen walked into her Japanese head-quarters.. and Setsuna was there to meet her!
"Hi, Boss!" Setsuna then bowed.
Carmen's henchmen were nervous, for, nobody but a select-few know about this place,
and they started pulling weapons.
"Put away the toys, boys!" Carmen commanded in a steady voice. "Setsuna's a friend!
Besides.. if she wanted to, Meioh-Sama would make you eat everything you threw at her."
"Arigatou nisai, Carmen!" Setsuna smiled, then looked around, "No wonder no-one has
found you in Japan! Who would think to look for you here?"
"Hai, Meioh-Sama!" Carmen returned the smile. "The best place to hide, often, is in plain sight!" Carmen the went to give Setsuna a kiss and welcoming-hug. "So! Setsuna-san? What have
you been doing with yourself?"
"Oh! Traveling here and there..." Setsuna smiled.
Carmen then dismissed the agents.
"So," Carmen asked in a hushed tone, "how's the Chief?"
"Fine..." Setsuna started to answer, then choked on her reply! "Wait-a-minute! How did you know I moonlighted for Acme?"
Carmen chuckled good-naturedly. "Come on, Setsuna! You couldn't hide anything from me for long... Senshi! But.. as long as nobody at VILE or Acme got hurt.. I let you moonlight! Although, I DID get a little concerned when you teamed up with Ten'ou Haruka and Kaioh Michiru! At one point.. I though of offering a bounty for you!"
At this point, Setsuna's mouth was touching the floor! "Senshi? You.. know.. of the Senshi?"
Carmen chuckled. "I have my ways of finding out."
Carmen then hauled out Ginzhuishou from a safe. "I guess Tsuki-no-Hime
wants this back?"
"She DOES need it." Setsuna said apologetically. "Or, will, rather, when
the time is right. Actually, the other Senshi are more concerned with getting
it back than she is!"
"I can understand her feelings..", Carmen smiled, "alot of responsibility
has been laid upon her shoulders! Many decisions are expected of her that
she may not be ready for: who to follow.. who to lead.. who to say 'Sayonara'
to..."
"Well...", Setsuna fidgeted. "She has been pushed.. a bit."
"Setsuna," Carmen grawled out low, "whatever you have been doing as part
of the Sailorsenshi.. you have been doing too long!"
Setsuna flinched.
"Anyway," Carmen said, "if Sailormoon wants Ginzhuishou back.. all she has
to do is ask for it! But, I will *only* give it to her! If anyone else comes,
Ginzhuishou stays with me."
"You.. wish.. to talk.. to the Hime?" Setsuna stuttered out.
"Hai." Carmen responded.
"About..?"
"*Familiar* things." Carman smiled. "Oh! And, Setsuna, I'd stay away from
your job as Senshi, if I were you.. it's leaving you paranoid and schizophrenic.
More so than usual. Sayonara." Carmen picked up Ginzhuishou and took a last sip
of tea. "I will see you.. later.. Detective Meioh."
The next morning, early, Zack and Ivy were re-visiting the scene of the crime.
"Domo Arigatou, Hino-Sensei," Zack bowed to the elderly caretaker. "May we see
where the hat and parasole were found?"
"Hai." The cartaker said. "It is this way! For some reason.. the police have not
REMOVED anything from here. So.. everything is as how it was left when my grand-daughter
and her friends noticed the THEFT!"
"May we see it?" Zack asked.
"Hai!" The old man bowed. "I will be honored to show it, if it will help! The stone
that was stolen.. I am told.. is very important to a very close friend of Magomusume!
So.. it *must* be returned.. for her sake."
Rei, the other Innersenshi, and Usagi listened to the conversation, quietly, from
a side-room of the shrine.
"They are important to you?" Ivey asked the elder. "Your grand-daughter? And her
friend?"
"Tsukino Usagi has given my grand-daughter back her life!" The old man straightened-up.
"Dano.. magomusume IS my life, detective!"
Usagi held onto a suddenly-tearful Rei as if she were the Miko's lieline!
"Do not worry, Rei-chan!" Usagi whispered. "I will not let anything happen to you or
Ojiisan! Iyaa!"
"Domo.. arigatou.. Usagi!" Rei sniffed.
After the caretaker brought out the hat and parasol, Zack began to translate the writing
on the parsol:
"Hime - to jump off the butai."
"To jump off the WHAT?!?!" Ivey screeched.
"Relax, sis!" Jack tried to calm his sister. "It's an expression in Japan. To 'Jump off
the butai' means 'to take a big chance'! The Butai is a big varanda of the Kyomizu-dera
temple.. in KYOTO!" Zack spun around excitedly, stopping as he faced his sister again. "And
I bet THAT where she'll appear NEXT!! Domo arigatou for your aide, Ojiisan!" Zack pulled out
300 Yen. "Here is a bit of help for the upkeep of the Jinja!"
"Where are they going, Ojiisan?" Rei asked her Grandfather a few minutes later.
"I.. do now know!" The old man answered. "The young man mentioned Kyomizo-dera in Kyoto.
I THINK he and his aneue have left for there!"
"Domo arigatou, jiji!" Rei excused herself. Gomen nisai, demo.. I have to get back to my friends, onegai?"
When Rei returned to the other Senshi, she relayed what her grandfather had told her.
"Let us get to Kyoto, then!" Makoto said, "The sooner we retrieve Ginzhuishou, the better
we will be able to protect Usagi! Usagi-chan! Come! Let us leave..! Usagi? Usagi?!?!"
The Senshi searched the Jinja for an hour!
And, in that hour.. Usagi was leaving Tokyo, headed towards Kyoto!
Kyoto was the ancient and traditional capital of Japan, a city rich in hostory- monumental
and living! As such, it is visited by thousands of people, with thousands of reasons. On one particular day, two people in those thousands were Tsukino Usagi and Tsukino Shingo.
"Domo arigatou.. Shingo!..", Usagi said, "for.. coming with me! You.. will never know what
it means, to.. have someone.. who knows..."
"To your Senshi, you.. are Hime, Usagi!" Shingo replied. "To Chiba-Sama, you are kare!
Demo.. to me, you will always be ane! I would.. miss you much.. more than Hahai or Chichi..
if.. anything were to happen to you."
"I.. do not know how you learned my secret, itouto!" Usagi smiled. "I am not sure I *want*
to know the 'how'. I am just grateful to have someone to talk to without having to break my promise to Luna never to tell anyone.. who I was. Arigatou."
"Arigatou ne, Usagi-aneue! I am.. glad.. I can help you." Shingo blushed.
"Part of me.. wishes..", Usagi's voice started to trail-off, "I had not.. brought you into this."
"You think this.. Carmen Sandiego.. wants to harm you?" Shingo asked worriedly.
"Iyaa. I do not *feel* anything evil about this.. or her.. itouto! Iie. It is.. the Senshi..
that worry me. Hai." Usagi looked out from Kyomizo-dera temple across Kyoto. "The Senshi are..
overprotective.. of me." She shuddered. "In protecting me.. they often overlook by-standers!"
"Do not worry, Usagi!" Shingo smiled and hugged his sister. "As I have learned your secret,
I have learned their secrets! They shall not get past me undetected!" The young man then melted in with the other visitors. "You go talk to Sandiego-Sama! I will warn of any unwelcomed-guests!"
As Shingo set out to patrol the grounds of thr temple, two Acme Detectives were busilly searching for their own query.
"Are you *sure* Carmen's clue meant Kyoto, Zack?"
"Positive, Sis! The veranda of the Kyomizo-dera IS proverbial in Japan, and has been for years!"
"OK, then, Zack!" Ivy said. "But, let's be careful! For some reason, Carmen seems more-
careful than she usually is! And, I can't help but remember what Detective Meioh said about someone else being after Carmen!"
"I'll be careful, Sis!" Zack then pomdered as his eyes searcged the temple-grounds. "I
donno why, Ivy, but I don't *really* like the idea of someone else after Carmen and possibly hurting her!I mean.. yeah, she's a thief, but..!"
"I hear ya, little bro!" Ivy answered. "She's a thief, but not a murderer! Heck! How many times has she saved Acme agrnts? How many times has she saved US??"
"My point, exactly, Ivy!" Zachary said. "Ivy! I think she's be on the varanda! Let's go upstairs!"
Meanwhile, Shingo was listening while keeping himself hidden. "Ara.. Sandiego Carmen-Sama
is being trailed! I will have to keep the detectives and the Senshi away from each other..
as well as from Carmen.. I think."
Suddenly, Shingo's ears picked up a familiar voice.. or three!
"How could Odango Atama LEAVE without us let that?!?!" Rei erupted. "She could get herself KILLED!! Not to mention loosing Chibiusa!!"
"And, coming here with a full compliment of Senshi would have been safer?" Hotaru asked.
"How helpful were we against Galaxia?"
"Well..", Ami said almost aopogetically, "Rei DOES have a point, Hotaru-chan."
"Hai." Hotaru answered. "Demo... we are not talking about the top of her head!"
Shingo tried not to laugh.
Rei was taken aback! "Nani-YO?!?! Tomoe-san! THAT is rather out-of-character for you!"
"Dano..", Hotaru growled, "You are ACTING more like Haruka and Michiru than Haruka and Michiru! THAT.. I would have EXPECTED from Kino-Sama or Aino-baka.. Demo.. NOT from Miko."
The young girl bowed. "My mistake. Gomen nissai."
Shingo fought the sudden-urge to double-over! Tomoe-san was right about the Priestess..
her over-protectiveness of Usagi- admirable though it was- often lead to a stubbornness in
battle that often bordered on wrecklesssness. A blood-rage. What did Westerners call it?
Berserker.
"We are not not dealing with Galaxia, Hotaru-chan!" Ami sighed. "Demo, Sandiego-Sama DID enter the Jinja undetected! Hai. Dano.. she now has Ginzhuishou. Ara.. we are here to get Ginzhuishou back. Hai!"
"Before Usagi tries to and that THIEF gets her, ALSO!" Rei came close to hyperventilating!
"Demo.. Sandiego left the clue for Usagi, Rei-chan!" Hotaru replied.
"Obvious TRAP!!" Rei screamed.
"Rei-chan?" Ami asked, "I THINK Hotaru is asking how we are going to get Ginzhuishou back
for Usagi?"
"We..", Rei face-faulted, "will get it back. We will DEFEAT this thief, and then get GET
Ginzhoushou BACK!!" Rei then jumped about in a victory-dance while Ami sweatdropped.
"'We' will defeat Sandiego-san, the world's greatest thief!" Hotaru stood as still as a statue as she slowly spoke. "Hai. Just like we defeated Pharoah 90.. and Neherenia.. and
Galaxia. Hai. Witches 5 defeated themselves more than you beat them.. and Sandiego-Sama is
better at strategy and organization than they. Demo.. we will defeat her. Hai."
Rei and Ami collapsed on the ground like marionettes whose strings had been cut!
'I must warn aneue!' Shingo thought as he frantically searched the Temple. 'If three of
her Senshi are here.. the other five will be near-by!"
"I see you've made it up here, Tsuki-no-Hime!" Carmen smiled and bowed elegantly to Usagi.
"You.. know who I am?" Usagi felt her words catch in her throat.
"I have heard of you, Tsukino-Sama. Hai!" Carmen raised herself up. "And I have read the
old legends!' She stepped towards Usagi. "I imagine you want Ginzhuishou back?"
"It HAS been in my family long time!" Usagi smiled sheepishly. "Demo.. I do not need it..
right now! Will.. you.. keep it safe for me? A while?"
"Is that is your wish, Hime!" Carmen bowed. "Demo.. I must speak with you.. of familiar-things. And, it MAY be urgent!"
"I.. think.. I understand about urgency." Usagi looked out over the surrounding country.
"I am sure you do... Usagi-chan." Carmen smiled.
Suddenly, Zack and Ivy ran into the scene!
"Hold it, right there, Carmen!" Ivy called out. "You're under arrest for theft in Tokyo!"
"Ahh!" Carmen tossed at smile to the detectives. "Ivy? Zack? You're a little early! Zack?
Ivy? This is Tsukino Usagi! Usagi? These are.. my *favorite* Acme detectives! You three watch after each other!" Carmen then saluted Usagi.. with her palm showing!
"Dasvedanya, Hime!"
Carmen then dove off the veranda of the temple!
"CARMEN!!!"
Zack, Ivy, and Usagi ran to the edge of the veranda to see if Carmen was alright, when
Usagi saw Shingo waving frantically to her!
Then, Usagi looked in the direction that Shingo was pointing in.. and saw Ami, Rei, and Hotaru!
"Shimatta..!" Usagi whispered threatening when she saw her Senshi. "I have to leave..!"
She turned towards Zack and Ivy to finish her statement.. and found her words caught in her throat as she saw the two Acme detectives about to repel off the veranda! "Grappling lines?"
"Gomen nissai, Usagi-san!" Zack apologized. "Demo.. when you have been after Carmen as
long as we have, you come prepared!"
"Would you untie the ropes as soon as we are down, Miss Tsukino?" Ivy asked.
"Hai!" Usagi saluted, and then waited for the detectives to make it to the ground.
As doon as Zack and Ivy were safely on the ground, as the grappling ropes were released,
The two Acme Detectives ran in the direction they saw Carmen head off into.. and ran in Ten'oh
Haruka and Kaioh Michiru!
"WOOF!" Zack lost all his breath as he hit the ground! "Gomen.. nisai!" He then pulled out his Detective's Badge. "We are deka! Koushinjo ACME!"
"C'mon, Zach!" Ivy almost screamed. "Carmen's GETTING AWAY!!"
"Oshitodomeru!" Michiru ordered! "You are chasing after Carmen Sandiego?"
"Hai." Zach replied. "We are after her for a recent theft in Tokyo."
"Soreja.. stay OUT of our way, Gaijin!" Haruka spat out. "Sandiego Carmen-san is NO LONGER
your problem!"
"Nani?" Zack asked.
"Nande?" Ivy inquired.
"Wait, Sis!" Zack was suddenly on the alert! "I recognize these two!
They're Ten'oh Haruka and Kaioh Michiru!!"
Ivy tensed up. "Ten'oh? and Kaioh?!?! What are THEY doing loose in
Japan?!?! Their rap-sheets at ACME and Interpol are as long as CARMEN'S!!!!"
She then went into a fighting-stance! "Ladies, we're placing you under arrest!"
"On what charge?" Haruka's eyes narrowed.
"On murder-charges..", Ivy growled out, "in THIRTY countries! There are
outstanding warrents out for you two!! Wherever you two show up.. people
wind up *dead*!"
"And that is REASON ENOUGH to keep you away from Carmen Sandiego!"
Zack huffed. "Whatever she's done.. she doesn't deserve a trip to the Coroner!"
"We were only doing our duties!" Michiru said. "As we do, now!"
Usagi froze on the stop where she landed. "'Arrest'? 'Murder-charges'?"
"Duties as what?" Ivy retorted. "Executioners????"
At that moment, haruka drew her space-sword. "You were warned!
Uranus PLANET-POWER!!"
Usagi started running towards the battle!
"Neptune PLANET-POWER!!"
Sailoruranus then pointed the sword at Ivy:
"Uranus..World-SHAKING!!!!"
"IVY!!" Zack spang to shove his sister out of the way!
And from somewhere nearby, Carmen pulled out a Baretta.
Neptune aimed her aqua-mirror at Zack:
"Neptune..DEEP-SUBMERGE!!"
As Zack pushed Ivy out of the way of a combined-attack, Sailormoon
jumped in front of the Detectives and pushed them to the ground just short
of a full-attack! Zach and Ivy were spared direct hits.. but still managed
to suffer major-injuries!! And, Sailormoon, herself, was staggered.
"Zacke-deka? Ivy-deka?" Sailormoon called out as she got to her knees.
"Zacke-deka?? Ivy-deka??" After she heard a couple of weak moans, she called
for temple-attendants to look after the detectives while she called the nearest
hospital! With that done - and Zack and Ivy looked after by proper-caregivers -
Sailormoon then turned to Uranus and Neptune.. with a look bordering on
pure-hatred!
"Go.. ansatsusha! Leave me!"
"Demo.. Hime..!" Michiru said in a suddenly-shaky voice!
Sailormoon just walked away.
"For what you have done.. Ten'oh, and Kaioh!" Carmen swore as she
packed-away her handgun. "Your fates are mine! To barrow from the poet..
'Hell hath no fury..'"