Ghost in a Sailor Suit
Tarakus Deadmerit
Note: Neither Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex, nor Sailor Moon nor Mardock Scramble are my properties...but certain characters that you've never seen before in this work, are, such as Eris, Tacker, Motoki Kusanagi, and Kyusuke Kusanagi. Now that I have that disclaimer out of the way.
We are almost finished with the Dark Kingdom Remnant Arc. Almost. We'll see about getting this to end soon, my dedicated fans and viewers!
Chapter 9-The Road to the final Endgame
Section 9 HQ
7/6/2048
Usagi sat with several Ten Pillars Front members, in the Chief's office, as the meeting started.
"Let me tell you, that I have every reason not to have faith in this front. However, because The Captain, and the Major have both vouched for all of you, I am going to try to convince myself otherwise." Aramaki outright stated. The expressions on the faces of the 10 leaders of the Pillars, never changed, but Usagi could feel some anger, though it wasn't directed at the Chief. She couldn't pin down where it was directed.
"We understand, Chief Aramaki. I believe it is important for us to try to work out our differences, and see eye to eye on these matters before us. This is one reason why I sought to have this meeting take place." Alyana replied.
"I'm glad we have an understanding." Aramaki nodded.
Chief. We have just gotten word of a bank heist occurring in Fukuoka at this moment. The voice of an Operator piped in. The screen flashed to a scene, where a bank was being held by...Youma.
"Well, so much for a peaceful meeting. I guess it's time to see how well Ten Pillars and Section 9 work together. Batou, Togusa, Sailor Scout Sector, Ten Pillars. Prep 3 Tachikomas, and gather Artemis, and head down to that Bank, at once!"
"Roger!"
Mina hopped into Artemis, and the two took off right away. Several vans, containing foot soldiers from the Ten Pillars, and escort cars with the Sailor Scout Sector and Batou and Togusa followed.
Greater Japan National Bank and Trust
The Youma glared at the bank manager, holding up a semi-auto carbine to the manager's back, as they stood in front of the vault.
"Look! I don't have the proper authorization to open that vault!" The manager protested.
"Then I guess we'll have to get you to find a way to open up that vault, otherwise you'll find your cyberbrain in pieces all over the floor!" The Youma spat back.
"Shagaa!" Another Youma, clad in a blue jumpsuit stepped forward, her gun strapped to her back. The first Youma withdrew slightly, cringing.
"We don't need someone like you flying off the handle. CEO Ziteo wants all funds within that safe completely intact." The Youma continued.
Shagaa nodded, sweat dripping off her nose. "Understood, Rollmaat."
With that, Rollmaat turned, and headed back towards the front, before running back.
"We've got trouble!"
"What's going on?"
"Public Security Section 9 just showed up, with rebels from the Ten Pillars!" Rollmaat shouted.
"What?! Shit! OPEN THAT SAFE NOW!" Shagaa screamed, pointing the gun back at the manager's head.
The manager scrambled, as gunfire announced the presence of the Cyber Teams.
A loud blast announced Usagi's presence, as she marched in, sporting black combat gear, holding her Desert Eagle .50s. Both Youma shrieked, at the size of the guns, before regaining composure, and pointing their shotguns at Usagi. "I wouldn't be too rash, young Sailor Scout!" Shagaa shouted, creeping closer to Usagi, who held up one of her Desert Eagle .50s towards Shagaa's head.
"Really? Why? I've got all day...the bank manager's got a backup body, according to standard protocol, and I've got nothing to lose, at this moment." Usagi replied, nonchalantly.
"Heh. Typical arrogance in these cops! In the end, you're all alike, you know that? You always lose, when it comes to a battle of keeping your wits about you. When someone points a shotgun or rocket launcher at you, you suddenly panic and think that you've gotta go guns blazing!" Rollmaat replied, pulling out a rocket launcher from her back. Usagi put down her right gun, and showed off her own rocket launcher.
"Yeah? Your point being?" Both Youma gulped.
"Don't make me pull out my 203mm on you clowns." Usagi continued calmly. Without warning, Rollmaat was taken down by an invisible enemy. Usagi smirked, and took the opportunity to shoot Shagaa in the shoulder, making her drop her shotgun, as her rocket launcher folded back into her right hand. Decloaking, was Kusanagi, who just smiled.
"You two should've known I was stalling." Usagi said, looking at the two defeated Youma. Four more appeared around the corner, and began shooting, as Usagi shoved brain staples into the Youma's necks, keeping them immobilized. She dove, and pulled the trigger on her .50s.
Three of the Youma fell within 30 seconds, as at least a dozen more appeared. Usagi's face became sour, and scrunched into an angry face. Displaying her agility, Usagi catapulted herself into the first Youma, who ended up on the floor with a long knife wound in her chest, a bloody blade sticking out of Usagi's toe of her boot, before launching off the Youma's chest, and flying at the next two, who she stabbed with her rocket launcher barrel. Then she kicked upwards off her feet and used the knife in the toe, still sticking out, and lodging it in a Youma's head, and using that point as a base to aim a kick at another, beheading her, with her heel. By the end of the confrontation, all the Youma were dead. But the fight was just beginning. As the Ten Pillars entered the bank, in various degrees of armor, several more of the enemies began coming up from underground, and from inside the vault.
Standing among them, was Kunzite. "Well...just as I predicted. You walked right into my trap, Public Security Section 9, and Ten Steel Pillars. How gullible you are, trusting false information so easily." Kunzite said, with a sinister air.
"Oh, come off yourself already, Kunzite. Admit it. You already lost. You got your ass handed to you by Sailor Moon of all people!" Usagi said, pointing her guns at the deranged Kunzite. Kunzite took on a maniacal expression that made Usagi think twice about pointing her gun at him.
"And you can do better, Captain!?" Kunzite said, his voice not his own anymore.
Usagi dove behind the nearest pile of rubble that had been dug up, and pulled off the fastest transformation yet. When Sailor Moon stood up, the 203mm gun was pointing at...Queen Metalia!
"WHAT?! HOW ARE YOU ALIVE?! I KILLED YOU 5 YEARS AGO!" The plasma entity gave Sailor Moon a maniacal chuckle.
"You can thank Kunzite for gathering enough energy to bring me back to life! HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
"Shit." The Ten Steel Pillars began aiming their guns at the Plasma Queen, but Moon forced them to call off the attack. She took out her Silver Rod...only to find that Metalia was gone. The real Kunzite stepped out of the hole, smiling.
"Well, it appears my real queen is alive today. I will get back at you, Sailor Moon, and Sailor Charon, if it's the last thing I do!" With that, he began walking away, into a dark portal, along with all the enemy Youma.
Section 9 Secret HQ
"I can't believe it! Queen Metalia has returned! I was a fool, a moron. To think that we'd be better, with her gone. I clearly was wrong, since Kunzite revived her!" Usagi screamed, clearly scaring everyone in the compound, including all of Section 9, the Sailor Scout Sector, and CTIA Chiefs Onadera, and Jounochi, of Sections 20 and 32 respectively. Even the Ten Steel Pillars leadership was present. And at this moment, they were trying to think of a way to calm down a raging cyborg, without much success. Metalia had smashed her down, and ground her to a pulp...even swallowing her whole, along with Mamoru, and the 'Legendary' Silver Crystal, just to take over Earth, and force it into darkness.
"Usagi...some things we have no control over. We had no idea that they would return. Seriously." Makoto said, trying to put her arms around Usagi to calm her down, to no avail.
"DON'T YOU FUCKIN' GET IT?! I FAILED! METALIA IS FREE AND ROAMING! A BIGASS BOLT OF PLASMA IS WALKING THE FACE OF THE EARTH, MAKOTO! AND YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THAT I COULDN'T CONTROL THAT?! YOU...ARE...WRONG! I DID HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT, AND I FAILED THIS WHOLE PLANET!" With that, Usagi slammed her head into the table, and started screaming obscenities, crying, and just having a fit. Motoko raised an eyebrow.
"Is she doing this for dramatic effect? Because it's working right now."
"No. Her feelings are genuine." Rei replied, depressed. This caused Motoko to do something she normally wouldn't think of doing to her niece...but she needed to snap Usagi out of this funk. She walked quietly over behind Usagi, and stealthily grabbed a lock of her long blond hair, then yanked so hard, she thought it might rip out of her head...but as it was, she had managed to get the Lunar Meatborg to scream in pain as her head suddenly came up, and a very pained expression crossed her face.
"You listen to me, and you listen to me good. THIS GAME'S JUST STARTED, AND YOU'RE ALREADY CONTENT WITH QUITTING! I WILL NOT ACCEPT THIS BEHAVIOR, FROM MY OLDEST NIECE. IT WON'T BE TOLERATED! YOU WILL GET BACK UP, RETURN TO YOUR POST AND GET BACK TO WORK, IMMEDIATELY! ELSE I'LL SUSPEND YOUR PAY, AND YOUR ICE CREAM! You can't let Metalia decide the fate of this world."
Usagi yanked her hair out of Kusanagi's hand, and looked up, tears streaming down her face. With a few sniffles, Usagi nodded. "Roger, Major. Did you say something about Ice cream?" The Major merely shrugged her shoulders.
"You tell me, Usagi. Did I say something about Ice cream?" The Major kept a blank look on her face. In reality, she was sympathizing with Usagi, feeling her pain. In the past, the Dark Kingdom had caused Charon pain.
(Flashback)
Charon walked on the deck of the ship she was currently on. As a stowaway, Charon went unnoticed, as she held up her colorful metal gun. She had to be a non-traditionalist. Saturn elected for a glaive, Pluto a staff, Uranus, her favorite sword...Neptune had a more unusual weapon, in the mirror. But the mirror was still traditional. The gun was progressive, and attracted the wrong kind of attention...something that Charon liked. A lot. She snuck up behind a Youma and put the weight of her body, and the temperature of her cold steel gun on the neck of the Youma.
"Freeze right there, scum. You shall take me to thy leader, now."
"If that is what thou desires, so be it. Pray that she not take your life now." The Youma replied.
"Fine. I consider my life forfeit, as of this moment." Charon replied. She thought about the faces of Neptune, Uranus, Pluto and Saturn, when she set out on this mission. Saturn was given the task of having to end their princess's kingdom. The Youma led down the corridor of the ship, to a major room, filled with youma, and a woman on a throne of black steel, twisted and evil. Her skin was actually an almond tone, her eyes a maniacal red, along with her hair. A horn stuck out of her shoulder, on both sides. On her head, was a black headpiece of stone, with a yellow gem, in the shape of a tear. A copper wire wrapped around the headpiece, keeping the gem attached to the stone.
"Ah...the last of the Sailor Scouts braces my stage in her final moments."
"Aye, that I do. Now, Beryl. Give me my death, here and now!" She pointed her gun at Beryl's head.
"Play not the fool, Sailor Charon. You cannot kill me with your legendary Rainbow Magnum." Beryl replied, cackling.
"Do you want to test that theory?" Charon, without giving Beryl time to reply, pulled the trigger. The projectile blasted through Beryl's head, leaving a huge hole in her head, as she crumbled to dust, but Charon also felt that projectile bounce back and hit her square in the head.
(End Flashback)
A look of determination filled Motoko's eyes. She would do what she had to do to protect the Princess...her niece. She put her arms around Usagi's shoulders, which calmed the Lunar Meatborg down significantly.
"You know there are things that we can't control, such as scummy plasma entities, and crazed cybernetic Dark Kingdom Generals. They have a will all their own, and plans all their own, and they will do what they can to implement their plans. It's our job to make sure they cannot do that."
Usagi's eyes filled with that same determination. "I understand, Major. From now on, I will fight with the same resolve as you."
Motoko smiled. That's my Usagi.
I do sincerely apologize for the delay. I've had many issues, and other ideas enter my head these last few weeks. But I hope you enjoy this piece. Anyways...
Queen Metalia has been revived by Kunzite, but his end goal has yet to be seen. And Queen Metalia shifts her focus onto the Sailor Scouts and Section 9 once again. Will the duel against the Dark Kingdom End soon? Or is there more to this than meets the eye? Find out next time, in Ghost in a Sailor Suit Chapter 10.
