This is a sailor moon and blade crossover fan fic. I don't own any of the characters and I have about a penny to my name. The inner sailor senshi are all 21 years old and Mamoru is 26. Enjoy!
AN: This was formerly titled "Blade/Sailor Moon Crossover." This takes place between Blade 2 and just before Blade 3. Also, since watching "Blade, The Series", I will be adding elements of that as part of the storyline. Blade has not yet met Krista from the series but he will eventually. A warning for all, there will be spoilers as I will most definitely take this into Blade 3's storyline with a few modifications. As some may have noticed, I've been adding elements of other TV shows and movies into the storyline to add a little more flair. You might recognize some mention of Lord of the Rings and Stargate SG-1. Eventually, this might become a multi-crossover, I'm still not sure. All I know is I go where my muse tells me and I hope this gets more reviews in the end. Remember, I'm a review junkie! And I will, again, be posting my challenge at the end of this chapter until someone takes it.
flashbacks
Shadows in the Night
Previously, on Shadows in the Night:
"I want to become allies. We can work together against the vampires, to save this family. And you could train us to slay these damned creatures."
"And what do I get out of this deal?"
"We will try to teach you our style of fighting. Perhaps, one day, even make you human if you so desire."
This gave Blade pause. The chance to be human was one he had never thought he would get. And she was offering it up freely to him, as if she really could give it to him. However, as much as he wanted that, he first had to avenge his mother, the life he never had, the family he had never known. He turned towards the edge of the hotel and looked down at the long drop. Turning his head, he replied, "Just make sure you're ready to do what you have to. The world you've lived in is a sugar-coated topping. I'll be taking you beneath that layer of icing and down to the core."
Now:
Pluto stood before the Gates of Time, her face growing pale. The future was changing rapidly. ChibiUsa, the Small Lady she so cherished, had disappeared completely from the timeline and this time, there was no way she would be coming back. She was gone. And Crystal Tokyo had gone with her. In place of the once beautiful and awe-inspiring city was something that seemed to pulse with evil. The sunny streets were full in this future but the people who walked it hadn't been human for a long time. The Keeper of Time and Space furrowed her brow. She leaned forward, using her power to attempt to see deeper into the cause of this future. Without warning, a hideous face flashed before her and a terrible power threw her back from the Gates of Time. A laugh that grated on her ears and nerves echoed through the air for a moment. Horror filled her eyes.
"What in the name of Hades...?" she asked. Standing shakily, she decided it was best to keep this a secret until their current crisis was delt with. It wouldn't do well to have her princess worrying about a dark future when there was still time to prevent it.
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Grudgingly, the Senshi stood in the pairs their Princess assigned. Though they had come a long way from their original policy of working away from the Inners, the Outers were still insulted that they had to team up with those they considered their weaker counterparts. Haruka was especially upset, being taken away from her fighting partner and lover. The pairs seemed odd at first glance. Instead of everyone standing together in their usual groups, they were all standing reluctantly next to their new partner.
"I know this will be difficult for all of you," Usagi began softly. The sun was beating down on them, a sure indication that spring was ending and summer would soon be here. "But trust in me when I say that this is for the best. I have put you with partners that will compliment you in ways you didn't realize. Now, I'd like everyone to transform. We have much work to do and Blade will be meeting with us soon."
With those words, there were shouts as they each said their phrases. Soon the ten Sailor Senshi were standing in the field in all their glory. Instead of the Outers and Inners standing in their own groups, they were mixed. Neptune and Mars stood together, neither one feeling too happy about their situation. Mercury was feeling similar as she stood next to Uranus, who was still quite a bit taller than her at 6'2" and made even taller with her heels. Meanwhile, Uranus felt like she was being paired with the weakest of all the senshi and felt nothing but disdain. Jupiter and Pluto, though both accepting of their Princess' decision, were confused why they would be paired together in a team to fight. Venus was uncomfortable standing next to her partner, Saturn, who radiated dark while she basked in light of the sun. The Senshi of Love had always felt uncomfortable when Hotaru was in her Senshi form, feeling as though the light were being sucked into the infinate darkness that resided within the Senshi of Death. However, the pair that seemed most comfortable was that of Eternal Sailor Moon and her guardian and, as no one had yet heard of their decision to break up, her best friend Tuxedo Kamen.
Everyone stood at attention as Eternal Sailor Moon stepped forward and began to go down the line they created, watching them for a moment. She looked every bit like a general inspecting her troops. "I have put you together in these pairs because I have considered what each of you have to offer the other," she began, "and I can assure you that the partner each of you have has something that will accent your powers. Neptune. Mars. Please come here."
The two Senshi stepped forward, still confused as to what they could offer each other. At their leader's direction, they stopped.
"I want you both to use your attacks, first seperately and then together," she spoke and paused for a moment. "And I want you to use them on me." Mars and Neptune immediately began to protest and so did the others. The shouting was becoming so loud that even as Eternal Sailor Moon tried to, she could not get them to quiet by shouting. Finally she narrowed her eyes and using Chou Onpa, she screamed. The others stopped and grabbed their ears, eyes wide as they stared at her in awe. When she stopped, they could see the irritation on her face. "Are you finished? Because if you aren't, continue. Every minute we waste means that my family may be undergoing torture, being changed into those things, dying or already dead! Is that what you want on your heads? The death of my family because you wanted to argue about whether or not you should attack me when I tell you to?"
No one spoke, knowing that it was both the truth and the stress that was making her speak so harshly. Since the kidnapping, they had searched every street, every alley, and everywhere they could enter as either civilians or Senshi without causing trouble and had found nothing. And while they had been searching for Ikuko, Kenji and Shingo, they had also searched for Blade. And Usagi, in her civilan form, had found him. She had decided to use the Disguise Pen in order to talk to him, making her look like the Moon Goddess Selene. She had garnered his help and since he was due in a few short hours to begin training them, Usagi had wanted to begin their training with their partners.
Silently, Neptune and Mars stood side-by-side. Eternal Sailor Moon stood twenty feet away, her back turned to them. At her signal, Mars began first, running to the left. She lept into the air and let the power build up inside before she screamed, "Burning Mandala!" The rings circled Mars as she began to fall back to the ground and then raced off towards their target. Eternal Sailor Moon didn't move until they were mere inches from hitting her. She turned abruptly and using the Ginzouishou, created a barrier around her. The attack bounced off and disappated. She turned to Neptune and nodded. The Senshi of the Sea ran to the right and skidded to a stop before letting her power begin to build up.
"Deep Submerge!" she cried as the moisture in the air became a charged ball of water gathering in her palms as she held her arms above her head. She brought the charged attack down in front of her and used her hands to blast it forward. Again, the attack bounced and disappated once it hit the barrier. Then, without warning, Mars and Neptune attacked together, crying out their most powerful attacks. They never touched Eternal Sailor Moon as she used the Ginzouishou to bounce them back, this time hard enough that the attacks, at a lower charge, hit their respective owners.
"How did I beat you?" she asked calmly. The Senshis of Fire and Water stood up, dusting off their uniforms and shaking their heads. "I beat you because you weren't working together. You were working on your own. That's why I've put you all in partnerships. Fire and water alone can do damage to you enemy but together, it can do a great deal more! Yes, fire can be put out with water but fire can heat water to the point it burns and evaporates. And water can cool fire but what happens when you do that? It creates steam so hot one cannot stand it. And it creates a way to hide yourself.
"Uranus. Mercury. The moving of the earth can break ice, make it shatter into a million pieces. But ice can freeze the ground and if it goes deep enough, stop it from moving at all. It makes the ground slippery. And you can crack the ice. Jupiter. Pluto. You were the hardest to put together as your powers are so different. But Pluto, you can create winds so powerful that were you to shout your attacks, you could create a hurricane filled with the screams of the dead. Jupiter, your powers over lightning and your Oak Evolution make you strong partners in battle."
Finally, she turned to Venus and Saturn, stepping forward to take their hands. "And you two were the easiest. Saturn, you have the responsibility of holding the power to destroy all that is, all that was and all that will be with three words and that gives you a darkness inside that's blacker than the dark of night. You hold the power of Death within your hands, within your glaive. That is why I have given you a source of light. Venus is your partner because she has so much light within her that it could penetrate the darkness within you and perhaps help you to develop your powers to accept that light. If you two were to combine your powers, it would be an awesome force to behold."
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Blade roared down the road on his black motorcycle, making his way to the field that he intended to meet his new ally. They had awesome power but he could barely reconcile that they fought in sailor outfits with such short skirts. It made him wonder if they were really serious about what they did. Finally, he found the field. It wasn't terribly far from Tokyo but it was far enough out of the way that no one would interrupt them and this satisfied the half-breed. As he dismounted, he noticed that their attention wasn't on him but on the battle taking place before them. One of the Senshi, a woman in shades of blue with blue hair and a woman in blue and yellow with short blonde hair were attacking Eternal Sailor Moon. They were sparring very heavily, he realized, and was surprised when the blue-haired woman shouted an attack that shot freezing water that turned to ice the instant it made contact with the spot that Eternal Sailor Moon had occupied seconds before. The taller of the two rushed the shorter blonde and was thrown towards him, sliding on her back as she fell to the ground and stopped just before she would have hit him. He looked down at her and their eyes locked for a second. She leapt to her feet and held a fighting stance, having instantly noticed his battle-ready appearance.
"Uranus!"
She paused and looked back to see Eternal Sailor Moon walking towards her calmly. He watched as she must have realized that he was of no harm to her and relaxed her body. Blade looked at the younger woman in the eye as she stood before him. Then she bowed respectfully. Standing straight again, she gave a weak smile.
"Is this everybody?" he asked gruffly, noting with some disbelief that there was a man in a tuxedo wearing a costume mask.
"Yes. Allow me to introduce my Senshi," she replied, the rest of the group having come up behind her. Nodding at each one, "This is Sailor Uranus, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Pluto, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Saturn, Sailor Venus, Sailor Neptune and Tuxedo Kamen. I've told them of our agreement and they are all willing to do whatever is needed to learn the skills they require to defeat this new enemy, as am I. I'm sure we all have something to learn here."
"Come with me, then. We have to get back to the city if any of you are going to learn something at all."
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The room was dark and forboding and even though the three occupants were exhausted and terrified, they didn't try to find a way out. Ikuko, Kenji and Shingo had no idea why they had been taken and treated in such a mannor but they weren't willing to test the limits of their captor's 'hospitality'. It had been days since their abduction. Each of them had been subjected to horrifying tests that left marks all over their bodies and though they had tried to fight, they had learned quickly that it was best to just let them do what ever they wanted. Shingo had gotten the worst of it all. He'd been beaten and electricuted with a cattle prod that had obviously been turned up past whatever it was supposed to be at. He was dirty, covered in cuts and bruises and all he could really do at the moment was lay his head in his mother's lap while she gently stroked his head and whispered that it would be all right and that help would be coming. Kenji and Shingo had no idea what she meant. What they didn't know was that she had discovered that the daughter she had given birth to was the famous Sailor Moon. Ikuko knew, without a doubt, that her child would come to rescue her with her Senshi hot on her heels.
The door opened and light streamed into the room, making their eyes hurt. A man wearing some kind of armor walked in and roughly grabbed Ikuko's arm. After being reunited with his wife and son, Kenji wouldn't allow them to take her again and rushed the soldier. He was hit with a cattle prod before he had taken five steps and went down hard, screaming in pain.
"Kenji! No!" she cried, reaching out to him as she was pulled out of the room and the door was shut. She was dragged to a large office, kicking and screaming and tossed on the floor. The soldiers left before she could get up and the blue-haired woman took a moment to look around the office as she stood.
There was a large black chair facing the huge glass windows that made up one wall. The desk was made of glass with opaque drawers of the same materials. There was stylish furniture situated stratigically next to the window and desk and platinum lamps were in all four corners of the room. The lights over head made the white walls stark against the blood-red color of the couches and chairs. Slowly, the large black chair turned to reveal a stunningly beautiful woman with red hair and green eyes. She wore a red leather top that had off the shoulder sleeves that cut off just before her elbows and a pair of black leather pants with black heels. She walked over to the terrified woman, looking her in the eyes. A smile that was probably meant to look pleasent crossed her face and she placed an arm around Ikuko's shoulders, gently leading her to the chair directly in front of the desk.
"I'm terribly sorry for the trouble you've been put through, Tsukino-san," the woman said softly as she walked around and sat back down in the chair, crossing her legs as she did so.
"You're sorry?" Ikuko asked with a voice trembling with rage. "You're SORRY! Have you any IDEA what you have done to us? You put us through Kami-knows how many tests! You've tortured my son and husband! You've taken immeasurable ammounts of blood from us, though I don't know how you did it without killing us, and you've locked us up like some kind of animals! And you say you're SORRY!"
"Oh? Is that all we've done?"
At these antagonistic words, Ikuko lunged over the desk and tried to punch the woman. The woman moved so fast she didn't see her until she realized her hand was around her neck in a crushing grip, fangs having grown from her cainines as she snarled. "Trust me, Tsukino-san. What you and you family went through will be nothing compaired to what we'll do when we find your daughter," she growled lowly. And then Ikuko only saw darkness.
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ATTENTION ALL FANFICTION WRITERS!
This is Lacrea Moonlight here, fanfic junkie and writer. I had a very interesting thought as I was sifting through stories today and I searched to see if anyone could satisfy my curiosity. Unfortunately, there wasn't a story to satisfy my thirst. So, I have decided to issue this very interesting and thought provoking challenge.
I challenge any and all writers who are up to it to write a 4400/Dead Zone crossover. The requirements are as follows:
The story must include Johnny Smith, Bruce Lewis, Greg Stillson, Shawn Ferrell, Maia Skouris, and all other important characters to the 4400 series. This story does not have to include big appearances by Sarah Bannerman, J.J. Bannerman or Walt Bannerman unless you so choose.
The idea is to get an idea of what kind of interaction and events would take place should Johnny Smith ever come into contact with the 4400 and whether or not the future they are trying to prevent is the same one that he is trying to prevent with Greg Stillson.
I hope someone out there will answer this challenge with the grace and dignity I know all of you wonderful writers possess. I look forward to seeing this challenge answered. If anyone has any questions about it or wishes to answer this challenge, please e-mail me at whenever you have time.
AN: Also, before I forget, I'd like to say how disappointed I am with how few reviews I have gotten when I know for a fact that people have been reading this story. Now, I know that when you read a story, especially one that has less than twenty chapters, people don't feel they really need to make a review because they figure that other people will review and at some point or another the opinion you have will be expressed through them. I cannot stress how important it is for you to review, even if you read only one chapter. I don't care if it's a good one or a bad one, I will take it and I will consider it a prized possession. I say this because I take everyone's reviews and I think about what it is they're trying to say to me and what it is I can do to make the story better. For example, when Silver Moonlight-81 asked me where Mamoru and the Outers were, I thought about it and I realized that I had forgotten all about them. I took that information and I used it to create a new aspect to the story that I hadn't considered before. Another thing for you to understand is that your reviews, big, small, medium, flames, adoration, absolute hatred for the story, no matter what you think about what I or anyone writes, it's something that fuels us (and I) to write more, to improve upon what we have made for not just our pleasure but for yours, too.
It takes courage for an author to put their story on the net where it will definately get the most critisism out of anything else out there. We put our hearts and souls into these and when no one reviews, it can and does hurt. Now, dearest readers, don't take these words at all as angry or insulting. I'm not angry, I'm not trying to upset you. I'm just letting you know the honest truth and letting you know how much it hurts to see the number of times read is much higher than the times reviewed. Please, if you like the story, if you don't like it, even if you hate every word written, leave a review. I do this to make myself and you happy and an unhappy author causes an incomplete story and I know that some of you would like to see this finish. Thank you for your precious time and I hope you enjoy this chapter. If anyone reviews after this chapter, I will validate them by listing their names and answering questions and comments at the beginning of each chapter that follows this one.