AUTHOR'S NOTE: Naoko Takeuchi created Sailor Moon, and I didn't. This is just my latest reboot of my alternate universe Sailor Moon fanfiction.
SAILOR MOON: A HERO FOR THE 1980S
CHAPTER 11: BOXY
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1986
ALPINE STREET, LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA
11:45 AM
Sailor Moon had restored Teresa Bickford, the hostess of the Green Rainbow Crystal, to her normal self after she had been transformed into a creature straight out of a nightmare. "What happened?" Teresa asked.
"You were the host of one of the Rainbow Crystals," Sailor Moon said. "When it was taken from your body, you were transformed into a Great Beast, and we saved you, and restored you to normal."
"So why not introduce me to your friends, Golden Hawk?" Teresa asked. "Or should I say, Jerry Logue."
"How did you know?" Golden Hawk asked, as he removed his mask, although he put his hood up.
"I could sense it," Teresa said. "Don't ask me how it happened, but in the last year, I developed sort of a sixth sense. Anyways, I work part time at the bookstore in Fashion Square, and about a month ago, I had just gotten off work, when you, Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, and Sailor Mars fought that creature. Somehow, during the battle, I sensed something familiar about you, like I knew you from somewhere. I kind of stretched out with my mind, and after about a minute, I was able to sense who you were. I know I haven't seen you all that much since you went to live with your dad. But, you do visit your mom pretty much every weekend, and I'm still friends with your cousin Kim. So anyways, let's all go in the house, and introduce me to your friends."
"Might as well," Sailor Moon said. They went in the house, and transformed back to their civilian identities. "Usagi Campbell," Sailor Moon said, as she transformed back.
"Amy Anderson," Sailor Mercury said, as she transformed.
"Rae Hinkley," Sailor Mars said, as she transformed.
"Lisa Kino," Sailor Jupiter said, as she transformed.
"I believe we've met before," Sailor Venus said, as she transformed back to Mina Aino.
"No wonder I sensed something familiar about you," Teresa said. "I haven't seen you since you moved a couple years ago. So where are you living now?"
"Over by Tuffree Junior High," Mina said. "I was going to Rosary until about halfway through my sophomore year, now I go to El Dorado, where Jerry goes. We dated for a short time last year, nothing serious, even though we're still best friends."
"What about Jeff?" Teresa asked.
"He's still one of my best friends," Jerry said. "But I only see him every once in a while, even though we talk on the phone at least once a week."
"Anyways," Teresa said. "whenever you're visiting your mom, and you see my car either out front or in the driveway, don't be afraid to stop in and say hi. And Mina, that goes for you too whenever you're in the neighborhood. And all of you, don't worry, your secret's safe with me."
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1986
TRI CITY BOXING CLUB, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA
10:00 AM
Jerry Logue arrived at the boxing club, and went to the locker room, where he changed from the jeans, T-shirt, and Dr. Marten boots he was wearing into a pair of black sweatpants, an Iron Maiden T-shirt in black with the sleeves cut off, and a pair of high top white Chuck Taylors. He then began warming up, he stretched out, and then did some work on the jump rope, followed by jogging on the treadmill. Afterwards, he did a little shadow boxing in front of a mirror, and hit the speed bag for a minute. Once he was sufficiently warmed up, he went back to the locker room, where he changed his clothes. After removing his sweats, he put on an athletic supporter with protective cup, a red singlet with white trim, red and white checkerboard boxing trunks with white waistband, heather gray socks, and red wrestling shoes with white trim. After he got dressed, he taped up his hands. He first wrapped a layer of foam tape, which served to keep the athletic tape he used from sticking to his skin. Next, he taped his hands up with athletic tape, in order to protect them from injury. Once his hands were taped, he threw a few punches in the air. He then sat on the bench in the locker room, where he was met by Father Patrick Hogan, the founder of the Tri City Boxing Club. Hogan, a native of Baltimore, had been one of the best Bantamweight boxers back in his day, before suddenly retiring from the ring in 1973, when he entered a seminary, and was ordained as a priest in 1977. He was assigned to the Diocese of Orange County, and in 1979, formed the Tri City Boxing Club in an abandoned church near Cal State Fullerton. Some would ask what Father Hogan's credentials were as a boxer, anyone who frequented the club, from the boys, teenagers, and young men who used the facilities to learn to box, to the coaches, to parents, to father Hogan himself, will tell you his credentials were in a trophy case by the door: the trophies, medals, and belts he had won in his boxing career, including awards from AAU and Golden Gloves, the gold medal he won in the 1956 Olympics, and his various title belts, including one he was awarded by The Ring magazine, for being the lineal Bantamweight champion from 1967 through his retirement in 1973. Father Hogan himself utilized the club's facilities, and it was said that at 49, he was in better shape than he was on that day in Melbourne Australia when he defeated a Japanese boxer named Hashimoto Akira(he chose to use Japanese naming convention of family name first) in the Bantamweight finals at the 1956 Summer Olympics. "You ready for your match?" Father Hogan asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be,": Jerry said, as he put on a red sleeveless robe with a hood.
"I don't think so," Father Hogan said. "Where's your codpiece?"
"You know I prefer to wear a cup under my trunks," Jerry said. "Besides, the rules only say I have to wear a cup."
"True," Father Hogan said. "I know the rules say no hitting below the belt, but sometimes accidents do happen. I just want to make sure nothing happens to the boys."
"I appreciate that," Jerry said.
Meanwhile, in another area of the club, guests started to sit around a boxing ring. There were boxing matches on Saturdays, on this particular Saturday they had matches in the 14-17 division. Mina Aino, Usagi Campbell, and Teresa Bickford arrived and took seats at ringside. "So tell me again why we're here?" Teresa asked.
"Jerry's in the main event today," Usagi said. "He's been coming almost since he first moved here, and this is the first time he's been in a main event."
The matches began at 11:00. They went through the preliminaries in about an hour, and finally it was time for the main event. As Father Hogan entered the ring to announce the main event, "Break on Through" by the Doors played over the PA system, and a young man, a couple years younger and about an inch shorter than Jerry, with black hair in a spiky mullet, came out to the ring, accompanied by a trainer. The young man was wearing a purple robe with "Wild Child" on the back in black, purple trunks, black codpiece, black singlet, white socks with purple stripes, and black wrestling shoes. The young man entered the ring, and stood in the corner with the blue turnbuckle pad, and his trainer and the referee put black boxing gloves on his hands, tied them, and taped them over, then put a black padded headgear on his head. Next, Jerry came to the ring, wearing a sleeveless red robe with a silver lightning bolt on the back, and accompanied to "God of Thunder" by KISS As he entered the ring, he went to the corner with the red turnbuckle pad, and donned a pair of red gloves, and red headgear.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Father Hogan announced. "It is now time for our main event of the afternoon. This bout is scheduled for 6 rounds, and is to fill the vacant 135 lb title. Introducing first, in the blue corner, weighing in at 132 lbs, wearing purple trunks, and fighting out of Placentia, California, ladies and gentlemen, the Wild Child, Ron Rivera." Ron then took a few steps toward the middle of the ring, waved to the crowd, and went back to his corner. "Next, fighting out of the red corner, weighing 134 lbs, wearing red and white checkered trunks with white trim, and fighting out of Honolulu, Hawaii(Jerry chose to be billed from where he was born rather than where he lived), The God of Thunder, Jerry Logue." Jerry stepped forward, waved to the crowd, and went back to his corner, where he took off his robe. Ron took his robe off, and the two of them, along with their cornermen(who acted as their seconds) met with the referee in the middle of the ring.
"I already gave the two of you instructions in the locker room," the referee said. "I want a good clean fight, Watch the low blows, rabbit punches, and I know you're both wearing headgear, but please limit punches to the head, and no punches below the belt or to the face. For any infractions, you will receive one warning, the second time it happens I will disqualify you. Blatant infractions will result in immediate disqualification and a 30 day ban from the boxing club. When I tell you to break, I want a clean break. In the event of a knockdown, you will go to the corner I instruct you to go to, and stay there until I tell you to continue. There will be a mandatory standing 8 count, and the three knockdown rule is in effect, and if I will stop the fight if I feel it has become too one sided. Mister Rivera, your second has been issued a blue towel, while Mister Logue, your second has been issued a red towel, either towel being thrown into the ring will stop the fight. And if you feel you are unable to continue, either tap your opponent or the canvas with your open hand, and that will stop the fight. Now fighters, shake hands, and when the bell rings, come out fighting."
Jerry and Ron shook hands in the middle of the ring, and went back to their corners, where they each sat on a stool and put their mouthpieces in their mouths. When the buzzer sounded, they got up and the stools were removed from the ring. When the bell rang, the referee signaled for them to fight, and they met in the center of the ring, and began throwing punches. They were almost evenly matched in the first round, with Jerry slightly ahead. "That was a pretty good first round," Jerry's trainer said, as he removed Jerry's mouthpiece. Jerry then took a drink of water, swished it around in his mouth, swallowed a little, and spit the rest into a bucket. He sat until the buzzer went off, and got up and put his mouthpiece back in, and came out fighting at the bell. About halfway through the round, Jerry threw a punch to the gut that knocked the wind out of Ron, which caused his cornerman to throw in the towel. The ringside doctor came into the ring with an oxygen tank and mask, and they put a mask over Ron's face until he began breathing on his own. After Ron began breathing on his own, he got back up, and shook Jerry's hand. "Good fight," Ron said.
"Good fight," Jerry said.
Jerry and Ron stood in the middle of the ring, on either side of the referee, who held Ron's left wrist in his right hand, and Jerry's right wrist in his left hand. "The time is one minute and thirty one seconds in the second round," Father Hogan said, as the referee raised Jerry's hand. "The winner of the fight by technical knockout, and new 135 lb champion, the God of Thunder, Jerry Logue."
As the referee put the championship belt around Jerry's waist, he and Ron did a combination hanshake and hug in the middle of the ring. As Ron left the ring, Mina entered the ring, and gave Jerry a kiss. "That was a good fight," Mina said.
"Yeah," Jerry said. "Even if it was a short fight."
"Wanna go grab some In-N-Out?" Mina asked.
"Sure," Jerry said. "Just give me about 30 minutes to take a shower and get dressed."
Jerry went back to the locker room, grabbed a towel, and got undressed. He wrapped the towel around his waist, and grabbed a bottle of body wash from his locker, and went to the showers. He took a quick shower, and went back to his locker, where he dried off and got dressed. He met up with Mina back at the ring, and gave her a quick kiss. He had his gear in his gym bag, which he tossed into the back seat of Mina's 1968 Volkswagen Beetle convertible "That was a fine display of the sweet science today," Father Hogan said, seeing Jerry and Mina
"Too bad I got a quick knockout," Jerry said. "I was just beginning to have fun out there. And Ron seemed like a worthy opponent."
"You up for a bout next week?" Father Hogan asked.
"Sure," Jerry said. "Anyways, okay if I leave my motorcycle here for about an hour while my girlfriend and I have lunch?"
"Go ahead," Father Hogan said "If you want to work out for a bit when you get back, we'll be open until 8:00 , by the way," he said, handing Jerry the championship belt he won that afternoon, "Keep it. We'll have a new belt for you for your first title defense next week, but since this the very first championship you've won in the sport of boxing, I think it fair you keep the actual belt you won as a momento."
"Thank you," Jerry said, taking the belt, and getting in the car.
They went to In N Out in Placentia, which was only a few blocks from the boxing club. Jerry put his championship belt around his waist, and they went in. As they entered, one of the customers, who was at the fights that morning, recognized Jerry, and saw the championship belt around his waist. "Hey look, it's the champ," the customer said.
"Hey how's it going," Jerry said, high fiving the customer and his son.
"How does it feel to be the champ?" the son asked.
"It feels good," Jerry said. "Especially when someone calls me the champ."
Jerry and Mina got Double Doubles with grilled onions, fries, and chocolate shakes. After they ate, they went back to the boxing club, where Jerry got his bike. He put his championship belt in a section of his gear bag, and strapped the bag to his motorcycle with bungee cords. He was about to start the bike, when his gut told him to check out a sound he heard. "Big Bird to Maple Leaf," Jerry said over his communicator, "I have a sinking suspicion a turd is about to hit the fan."
"Be right there," Mina said. When she showed up, they went to where the sound was coming from, and saw Father Hogan being confronted by Endymion. "You're right, the turd did hit the fan. Pretty Soldier of Venus, Make-Up!"
"This is Big Bird, the shit just hit the fan!" Jerry said into his communicator, then he tossed a couple smoke pellets down, enveloping himself in gold smoke, when the smoke cleared, Golden Hawk was standing in his place.
"Go back to Hell, demon!" Father Hogan said.
"Not until I get what I want," Endymion said, firing a beam of black energy from his Black Crystal at Father Hogan. The beam drew out the Blue Rainbow Crystal from him, which Golden Hawk managed to snag before Endymion could get it. "No matter, the crystals you have are just as useless as the ones I have," Endymion said, as he disappeared.
As Endymion left, Father Hogan was transformed into a demonic boxer, with red skin, black hair in a spiky mullet similar to what Ron Rivera had, and was wearing black boxing trunks, black boots, and black boxing gloves. "Boxy!" the demon said, firing the glove on his right hand at Golden Hawk, while another glove appeared on his hand.
"Don't harm this thing," Golden Hawk said. "Soften it up, subdue it, confine it, keep it here until the Cavalry arrives, but don't harm it. Remember, this thing is still Father Hogan.:
Why do I always get the weirdos?" Sailor Moon asked, as she, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Mercury arrived.
"That was the host of the Blue Rainbow Crystal," Golden Hawk said, transforming his staff into a blaster.
"Is that why you always use a laser gun against these guys?" Sailor Mercury asked.
"I always set my blaster to stun," Golden Hawk said, firing several shots at the demon.
"Mercury Bubble Blast!" Sailor Mercury said, firing a barrage of bubbles at the demon.
"Venus Love-Me Chain, Encircle!" Sailor Venus said, using her chain as a lasso, using it to bind the demon. "He's too strong!" she said.
"Let me have a crack at it," Sailor Mars said. "Mars Flame Sniper!" A bow appeared in her hand, and she shot an arrow of flame at the demon, hitting it."
"Jupiter Thunderball!" Sailor Jupiter said, throwing a ball of lightning at the demon.
"Moon Healing, Escalation!" Sailor Moon said, firing a beam of white energy from her Moon Stick, transforming the demon back to Father Hogan.
"Bless you, Sailor Moon," Father Hogan said, as he was transformed back. "Bless your friends as well."
"I have to run to Alpha Beta," Bonnie, Jerry's stepmother, said when he got home. "You want anything?"
"A box of Wheaties," Jerry said. "I want a big bowl of Wheaties for breakfast tomorrow morning."
"I didn't know you liked Wheaties," Bonnie said.
"You know," Jerry said, removing the championship belt from his gear bag and holding it up, "Wheaties is the Breakfast of Champions."
"You won the title?" Bonnie asked.
"I got a second round TKO," Jerry said. "Knocked the wind out of my opponent, his second threw in the towel. All the same, he wouldn't have answered the count."
À SUIVRE...
IN OUR NEXT CHAPTER: Ted may be short, but he's strong.
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