AN:

Hello to all the random people of the internet.. and beyond. This story is several things that many might not like. First off... it involves an original character. However, it is a character that has already been used in another Sailor Moon-verse. He is well explained in that one, but many people that find him in this one first will scream 'overpowered' or some such.

To know where he comes from and why he is the way he is, please read Scott in Pokegirl land. The story you are reading now is technically only a side story for that one, albeit a rather long one.

For those interested, you can find Scott in Pokegirl Land through my profile page, or you can go to the Sailor Moon cross-over section of the site and find the one and only Sailor Moon/Bastard cross over listed. It's M rated for your enjoyment. 3

This story does feature pokegirls, and pokegirl elements, however it will take a few chapters before those elements are concrete in their literary existence. Those who demand pokegirls in every single chapter will best be suited by ignoring this story or waiting till several chapters have been posted. :)

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The darkness was all encompassing as the man continued his existence within its unending embrace. He knew not how long he had been here, nor where here really was. Though time seemed to be non-existent in this place there was a sense of a great deal of it having passed. So much time had come and gone that memories had grown dull, and thoughts duller still. It was becoming hard to even think coherent thoughts in the emptiness of the void.

It was no wonder that the sole occupant of this dark space had thought himself mad when he heard a voice call out from the darkness.

"You who wander.. you who are lost.. where would you go?"

The man had not spoken in such a long time that he was uncertain how to do so. Finally, after what seemed like yet another eternity he managed to answer.

"I.. do not know.."

For a time there was no answer. Eventually the voice did answer again. "Child our kind does not belong in this endless darkness.. come back.. come back to me.."

"Our kind..?" asked the man curiously.

"Even that.. you have forgotten.. " replied the voice in a strange tonality that seemed to phase between masculine and feminine. The darkness seemed to grow lighter whenever the voice spoke to him. Though, really, how could he tell?

He could not answer the voice. He barely knew that he was a man, much less anything else.

"You must remember.. remember yourself and your duty."

"Duty..." replied the man as he tried hard to understand what that could be.

The voice was quiet again for a time before answering. "You have grown weak child. I am able to return you to where you must be, but as you are now you would risk destruction. You must regain your power."

"Power.. what.. power?"

"Learn for yourself... now go my son.. and rock.." replied the somewhat familiar voice. Something about that last statement triggered a thought in the man's mind. It was fleeting however, and soon he was as confused as ever.

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Chapter One: The Knight in the Forest

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The short elderly man wandered along the forest path near his beloved shrine. It was a beautiful day for a walk, but he was doing so to clear his head more than anything else. He had gotten into another argument with his granddaughter. It was all they seemed to do of late. When she was younger and his daughter was alive they got along famously. Now he was just an old fool that embarrassed her. Why else would she try to hide what she was doing with her friends?

It was upsetting to the shinto priest. His only grandchild wanted little to do with him anymore. He was just a useless old man. Even worse, she seemed unable to confide in him anymore. She had secrets and would not trust him with them.

As the man known simply to the world as 'Grandpa' Hino wandered the forest path he was so consumed with his thoughts that he almost missed hearing the subtle noise off to his left. He did hear it though.

Grandpa moved off to the side of the path to investigate and was astonished to discover someone propped up against a tree in a bloody heap.

"What..?" asked the wizened old man intelligently. This was not something someone saw everyday anymore. The man laying against the tree was wearing some kind of black armor that seemed horribly damaged. There was blood and bits of strange metal everywhere. The torso of the body armor seemed to have been rent and torn by horrifically large claws. Here and there he noted that it was also partially melted or otherwise deformed.

Whatever this man, he assumed it was a man from the size of him, had been fighting it had not been anything he wanted to run into. The sword laying next to him drew Grandpa's eye as well. He was no master swordsmith but he could tell that this was no costume piece. The fact that it was covered in blood, dirt, and pieces of torn flesh also attested to its viability as a weapon.

It was a large two-handed blade of foreign origin. He wasn't certain exactly what kind it was but he knew it wasn't a Japanese design.

When a soft groan escaped the armored warrior Grandpa went into action. He didn't know who this was, but it was obvious they needed help.

The older man tried to move the knight, or whatever he was, but he proved to be far too heavy. During his struggles, two small spheres rolled free from his side to catch Grandpa's eye. The wizened elder stared at the man's strange balls for a time, interested in what they might be. He grasped them, cupping them gently so as not to render them any harm while he trained his eyes on them. In the end, he chose to move on to other matters.

"Maybe without that armor..?" mumbled the older man. A decision made, he set about checking the man's body more thoroughly. It took him several minutes to discover how to remove the armor. It had a very thorough design and didn't seem to rely on straps. There was something vaguely futuristic about it, similar to those science fiction shows that came on television sometimes.

As the body armor came off the older man winced at the wounds underneath. Whoever this was they had been in the fight of their lives. His body was a mass of deep purple bruises and bloody tears.

When the helmet came off he blinked. It looked like this man was very young. He couldn't have been more than around twenty, maybe twenty two. Grandpa wasn't that certain about westerners. This guy was definitely not from around here.

"It'd probably be dangerous to move you but.. I can't leave you here." stated the old man to himself as he eyed the badly injured fighter.

He glanced down at the sword but his spiritual senses started tingling. Something about it told him that he should not bother it. He wasn't about to argue with that feeling since it had helped him many times over the years.

Grandpa Hino tried to move the man again, but discovered that he was still quite heavy. There was nothing else to do but try and drag him back instead of carrying him. Rei wouldn't be out of School until later and this poor gaijin needed help now.

The old man sighed and took the man's feet in his hands then turned around between them and began to pull him forward. It took a moment to build momentum but once he got the heavy individual moving he managed a slow stead march home. He would end up taking many breaks, but eventually he would get him there.

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"Usagi, really!" exclaimed a small black cat. The little feline had been quite annoying of late and the blond pony-tailed girl she was annoyed at was getting a little tired of it.

"Luna.. chill, ok? We're doing the best we can!" exclaimed Usagi as she finished folding her laundry. Living the single life in her one room apartment was bad enough without her only roommate nagging at her.

The cat whisked her tail in further annoyance and jumped onto the girl's futon. "Well, do better! Last time was a close call! If it wasn't for Sailor Venus showing up when she did you would all be dead!"

".. I know Luna. We fell right into that trap." admitted the girl as she finished her laundry by placing her pink lace panties into their appropriate drawer. She only had the one dresser for clothes but she tried to be organized. It was a lesson her mother had continually drilled into her back when she was in middle school and then high school. Now that she was a college freshman she had to be a little more organized.

It sucked but she had been forced to grow up a little even before this dark kingdom business started. Who would have thought she would have turned out to be reincarnated royalty from a hundred thousand years ago? Her, Usagi Tsukino? She barely passed her math finals and she was supposed to protect the world from evil?

Before Luna could complain further Usagi's communicator began to beep, alerting her to something going on. She picked it up and pressed a button to talk, "Hey.. what's up?"

"Nothing much, thought I'd remind everyone about the get together at the shrine. Rei wanted to do a fire reading and we all needed to sit down and chat with Sailor Venus." replied the voice of Ami Mizuno, one of Serena's oldest friends. They'd known each other since middle school. Who would have thought she'd end up being a reincarnated princess too. It was weird how most of her close friends were all royalty like that.

"Oh right! I almost forgot with all my unpacking." exclaimed the twin pony-tailed girl.

"I thought as much. I did all my unpacking last week." replied the perpetual 'A' student. She was the kind of crazy that only existed in the mind of someone that studied for fun.

"Hmm. Let me guess.. you called me first?" groused Usagi. It seemed like everyone treated her like she was incompetent or something. Sure, she'd been a bit.. flakey, and clumsy, when she was younger but things change. She hadn't tripped in at least a week!

"You're the first one to answer, that's all." replied Ami. She was generally honest so that might even be true.

The girls continued to chat for a few minutes before the others answered. Hopefully, they'd be able to get Venus her communicator today and they could talk to her as well.

Usagi was especially excited about talking to her. She'd always been a major Sailor V fan.

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The girls were in the shrine watching Rei perform a fire reading a few hours later. Their newest member, who also turned out to be the most experienced of them all, was Sailor Venus. Her civilian identity was that of Minako Aino, if you could believe that. One of the most popular idol singers in Japan had turned out to be Sailor V as well. Usagi had nearly had a fangirl melt down when she learned that bit of news. She had all her albums especially her newest one called 'Ciest Le Ve'.

"Hmm, it's not showing me anything new.." admitted Rei after about an hour of trying. "It just keeps showing me the same Dark Kingdom generals again and again."

"So, no new information at all?" asked Makoto with a sigh. She'd hoped they would find something out. It was hard to run her bakery, and fight evil forces from beyond the universe or whatever. She'd only just opened it up and business was booming.

"None." sighed the raven haired girl before standing up to stretch. "I'm thirsty, anyone else need something?" she asked a moment later. Sitting in front of a blazing fire for an hour in her robes had dehydrated her a bit.

"Uhm.. I could use a drink actually." admitted Minako with a blush. She wasn't used to hanging out with other girls her own age anymore. Everyone she knew was always either kissing her ass or trying to get her to sell something.

"Sure, um.. need to go to the store.. is juice ok?" asked the shrine maiden as she moved toward the outside door.

"That'd be great actually." replied the blond with a heart warming smile.

"Ok, anyone else?"

A few head shakes answered her and she wandered off toward the kitchen to get their drinks. The girls started chattering aimlessly among themselves but not long after Rei left they heard a shriek from nearby.

"Wha.. Rei?" exclaimed Usagi as she hopped up.

"This could be bad, come on!" exclaimed Minako as she rushed toward the door. The others followed suit only to discover something they had not expected.

In the kitchen they encountered Rei and what appeared to be an incredibly naked man. He had horrible bruises all over his body but was clothed in nothing else. He also seemed entirely unconcerned by their presence as he continued to drink milk straight from the carton.

"What the heck is that?" asked Usagi.

"My new best friend!" exclaimed Minako with a giggle.

The other girls turned to gape at her for a moment before a series of nervous giggles erupted from the group. It was funny but there was still a strange, naked, incredibly buff, man in Rei's kitchen.

He turned toward them after finishing the milk and blinked curiously. Without any shame he asked, "Um.. who are you?"

"Wh.. who are we? Who are you!" exclaimed Rei amidst her burning red cheeks. The nerve of this naked guy! Who randomly walks into people's houses to drink milk naked anyway?

He blinked and tilted his head a little and then shook it slowly. "I.. I don't.." he began, only to stop and say hello to a familiar face. "Oh hello grandpa."

"Grandpa?" exclaimed Rei as she turned to see her elderly grandfather standing directly behind them.

"Oh, I see you're up and around." he said casually with a smirk. This was priceless. Served his granddaughter right for leaving him out of her 'meetings' as if he didn't know what kind of things they talked about. They practically shouted when they talked anyway.

"Uhm.. yes. Thank you sir. I.. seem to be causing some trouble at the moment.. but I'm not sure what the issue is.." explained the still naked man. A naked man that was currently turned directly toward a small group of teenage girls while wearing nothing but a curious expression.

"Grandpa? Who is this!" snapped Rei excitedly. She was trying her best not to stare at it.. him... the naked guy.

"Our new groundskeeper." explained the old man. If his granddaughter wanted to keep secrets he could too. He sensed a decent enough spirit within the naked man, plus he wanted to know what was going on with him anyway.

"Why is he naked then?" she exclaimed with a horrific blush.

The man blinked at her then looked down at himself. "Uhm.. is this a problem then?"

"Not from where I'm standing!" exclaimed Makoto with a blush.

"What happened to you? You're wounded.." asked Ami. She was in med-school so of course she was interested in helping the man. She should give him a thorough physical while she was here. It was for his own good after all.

The man shook his head. "I.."

"He's had a rough day.. leave the poor guy alone.. don't you have some super secret no grandfather's allowed meeting to go to anyway?" asked Grandpa Hino with a disgruntled snort.

The naked guy frowned a little and nodded. He was feeling better than he had been earlier but still needed to rest. He began to turn away from them to head back to bed when he noticed something he had seen earlier. There was a pair of cats staring at him too. When he took greater notice of the cats he also noticed the blond girl standing near the white one. Something about her seemed familiar, very familiar.

The man blinked and walked toward the group, causing several of the girls to draw back and start babbling questions. Scott ignored them as he leaned forward and stared hard at the newest senshi in the group.

He tilted his head back and forth for a moment and then mouthed a word. The girl's eyes widened in shock, a shock that was shared by a few others when the man actually spoke it aloud and then began to wobble.

He clutched his head and shook it from side to side slowly as though he was trying to shake the memories loose. He spoke the word once more in a whisper, 'Mina.." before his eyes seemed to roll up in his head and he collapsed like a marionette with broken strings.

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"How'd he know you?" asked Rei almost accusingly. Her grandfather was tending to the unconscious man in the only spare bedroom of the shrine. This left them a brief few minutes to talk about this before she wanted to go check on the naked interloper.

Minako shook her head. "I don't know. I never met him before."

Makoto spoke up with the only thing she could think of. "Maybe, he's like a fan of yours or something?"

"Yeah! That makes sense. I mean you're like super famous." stated Usagi excitedly.

"Maybe." replied Minako as she started to chew on her lip a little. She didn't know the guy at all, but he didn't seem like the fanboy type. There was actual confusion in his eyes. He didn't even seem to recognize her, his speaking of her name seemed more of an afterthought than anything else. It was disturbing.

"That must be it.." replied Ami, thoughtfully. What else could it be really.

"Why was he naked though?" asked Rei, still fuming. You just did not go wandering around in someone's house naked! He even drank the last of the milk. The nerve of that guy!

"Yeah he must work out too.. did you see?" asked Usagi with a giggle.

"We all saw Usagi." muttered the black moon cat. Luna was already spouting conspiracy theories about the dark kingdom. It was a surprise she'd been quiet long enough to let the girls talk.

"No kidding. That guy was built like he just walked out of some shonen manga." replied Makoto with a blush. She didn't read that sort of thing of course. Big muscular guys that were taller than her didn't get her excited at all, nope.. not a bit.

"I was more concerned about those wounds of his.." replied Ami.

"Wanna play doctor?" asked Usagi with a smirk. The blue haired girl turned beet red and looked away. "No, no.. but.. he needs one.."

"Yeah, how'd he get that way? Grandpa knows something..." grumbled Rei.

"Those were combat wounds.." said Minako after a minute or two of thought.

"Wha.. combat.. you mean he got that way in a fight? Who could do THAT to a guy like him?" asked Makoto curiously. The guy looked like he could bench press a car. He wasn't massively bulky. He was actually quite sleekly toned. The thing was that even his muscles seemed to have muscles. "Whoever beat him down like that had to have been real strong."

"Yeah.." replied Minako as she got lost in thought again. A random naked guy knew her name. That was a little creepy. An extremely muscular naked guy with battle wounds knew her name. That was very odd.

"I'll make Grandpa tell me about him. He knows something.. he has to!" exclaimed Rei before she stomped her foot in annoyance. Why was he hiding stuff from her. It made no sense.

"I'm telling you, he's obviously working with the enemy!" exclaimed Luna for the fifth time since they'd returned to the fire reading room.

"You think the mailman is working with the Dark Kingdom Luna." said Usagi with a roll of her eyes.

"He keeps showing up at your apartment complex!"

"He delivers mail, Luna. That's what mailmen do." replied the teenage girl with a sigh. The cat's constant paranoia got on her nerves sometimes.

Artemis grumbled something under his breath that no one else heard. If they had heard it, it would have sounded suspiciously like 'shoulda tried dating her.'

As the group continued to argue and chatter aimlessly Minako grew more and more introspective. She could not place him at all. How had he known her name. Could he really just be a fan?

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AN: Well there's the first chapter of this horribly inept side story. Hope you enjoyed the gratuitous male nudity.