"Queen Beryl!" yelled Jadeite. "I found a new source of energy!"

"Enough of that," said Beryl. "You know what's coming up, don't you?"

Jadeite pulled out a calendar. "Thanksgiving, eventually," he calculated.

Beryl shook her head angrily. "Tomorrow is my birthday."

"I thought you always told me you spawned out of the darkness eons ago," said Jed.

"That was just to look cool," explained Beryl. "I was actually born as a regular human."

"No way," said Jadeite. "You don't look like a regular human!"

"What's that supposed to mean?" demanded Beryl.

Jadeite started to sweat.

"Anyway," continued Beryl. "I hope you remember what a disaster the party you threw for me last year was!"

"What?!" cried Jadeite. "I thought it was a great party!"

"I asked for one thing, and that was Tuxedo Mask to show," said Beryl angrily.

"He did show," said Jadeite.

"No," said Beryl. "That was just Nephrite in a costume! What kind of fool do you take me for?!"

Jadeite frowned. "Not a big one."

Beryl just glared at him.

"Well, I'm not a miracle worker, m'queen," said Jadeite sadly.

"That's for sure," said Beryl. "But, if you couldn't wrangle that slippery dog Endymion, you could have at least brought SOMEONE to my party!"

"I did!" said Jadeite. "Zoisite and Kunzite!"

"I hate those guys," said Beryl.

"Huh?" said Kunzite as he shined Beryl's shoes.

"Errr, nothing," said Beryl. "Just keep doing what you're doing!"

"Well, I won't let you down this year!" promised Jadeite. "I will bring you so many people that there won't be enough invitations!"

"Good," said Beryl. "Just no weirdos."

"Where do you draw the line between weirdo and not a weirdo?" asked Jadeite.

"Use Kenji as a middle-mark," Beryl told him. "Now where will my party be located? If you say 'the Negaverse,' you'll sleep forever."

"Do you count D-Point as the Negaverse?" asked Jed.

"For any question you have, if you have to ask, the answer is no," stated Beryl.

"So you don't count D-Point as the Negaverse?"

"Leave me alone!" said Beryl. "It's almost my special day!"


Jadeite sat in a plane full of cohorts, as he steered it to Disneyland with his mind.

"When are we gonna get there?" asked Shingo.

"Shut up, Shingle," said Jadeite. "Beryl said to meet her at Disneyland, which is very far away from Japan."

"Why didn't we just teleport to Disneyland?" asked Nephrite.

"Because," said Jadeite. "Most of these people can't teleport. Silly Nephrite."

Zoisite examined the roster aboard the plane. "This is impressive," he told Jadeite. "The best I've ever seen."

The roster consisted of: Kenji Tsukino, Grandpa, Shingo Tsukino, Motoki, Motoki's sister, Mama Motoki, Crane Game Raider Joe, Melvin, Molly, Mr. Kitakata, Diana the baby cat, her papa Artemis, Taiki's forehead, Yaten base, Chad, Ami Mizuno, Makoto Kino, Minako Aino, Kyuusuke, Momoko, Ishihara, Ms. Haruna, Greg/Ryo, Prof. Tomoe, Hotaru Tomoe, Yumiko and Kuri (Usagi's friends from school), Usagi's husky friend from school (Unnamed; codename Tubby), Boxy the Priest, Setsuna Meioh, Melvin's school friends who threw rocks, and many others. Nearly every seat on the plane was full.

"Hey old man," said Kenji. "Take your arm off my armrest!"

"It's both of our armrest, young lad," said Grandpa.

Kunzite sat awkwardly in one of the seats.

"Hey," he said to Makoto who was next to him. "Come here often?"

"Who are you?" asked Makoto.

"Hurtful," said Kunzite.

"Uh oh guys!" said Greg suddenly. "I'm getting a bad vision of the future!"

"What happened in it?" asked Ami, who was the only one who gave Greg the time of day.

"Well," began Greg.

He grabbed a parachute and leapt out of the plane.

Just then, one of the wings fell off the plane.

"AH!" cried Jadeite. "What just happened?! I'm losing control!"

Everyone ran for the door, but Nephrite got in the way.

"No one panic," he said.

Ms. Haruna tried to run past Nephrite to the door, but Zoisite threw a powerful punch, throwing Haruna out of the way.

He leapt out the door like one would dive into a pool.

"Hey, get back here!" said Nephrite. "I said, nobody panic!"

Three people ran up and threw their body weight, knocking Nephrite out the door, and then they too leapt out of the plane.

Soon, a line formed, as every single person leapt out of the plane which was luckily above an ocean.

"No, wait!" yelled Jed.

Melvin tried to leap out, but Jed grabbed him by the foot and pulled him back in.

"NO!" screamed Melvin.

Jadeite threw a punch, knocking Melvin out.

He then got mad and threw Melvin out the door.

"I hope he drowns," said Jadeite.

Jadeite leapt off the plane.

Everyone else made it off, except for one straggler.

Diana couldn't unbuckle her seatbelt because she didn't have enough strength to push the button.

Finally she squeezed her way out and ran for the door.

But at that moment, the plane collided with the ground and exploded.

And Diana, the frailest creature aboard, was no more, because she suffered 100% of the impact and was completely obliterated.


The people who leapt off the plane were eventually able to swim to shore.

"Is everyone here?" asked Jadeite.

"No," said Artemis. "I can't find Diana."

Jadeite shrugged. "One casualty isn't that bad, all things considered."

"We don't know if she's gone!" said Artemis.

That's when they heard a loud squeak, and the plane crashed.

"She's gone," said Jadeite.

Artemis hung his head.

"Alright," said Zoisite. "I'll teleport home and get some help. I will come back!" he promised.

Zoisite went to teleport home and not come back.

But he was having some trouble.

Nephrite laughed. "I always knew Zoisite was weak, but not this weak. I'll go get some help instead."

"Take me with you!" cried Zoisite, but nothing happened.

"That's odd," said Nephrite.

"Wow," said Kunzite. "I always knew Nephrite was weak, but not this weak."

"Shut up," said Nephrite. "You bleached-hair freak!"

"Woah," said Kunzite. "We weren't bringing hair into this!"

"Yeah," said Zoisite. "We were just exchanging japes. You didn't need to take it that far."

"Can it," said Nephrite. "Go ahead already, strong guy."

"Eh," said Kunzite. "There's something wrong."

"You didn't even try," said Nephrite.

"Yes," said Kunzite. "But I can tell the magnetic fields are off. We're not on the exact Equator, right Jadeite?"

"Gee," said Jadeite. "I hope not. We'd be in deep trouble if we were!"

"What's going on, boys?" asked Kenji. "Teleport me back to work, I'm done with this."

"We can't," said Kunzite. "Weren't you listening?"

"No," said Kenji. "I was just thinking about the toast I ate this morning."

"You are a simple and stupid man," said Kunzite.

Kenji threw a wild punch at Kunzite, but Kunzite caught it and knocked Kenji unconscious with a very gentle beam.

"Fool," said Kunzite. "We might not be able to teleport due to the magnetic field, but I can still use my other attacks to defeat you."

"Don't tell me we're stuck here," said Crane Raider. "Is this some sort of joke?!"

"Do I make jokes?" asked Kunzite.

"I don't know who you are," said Crane Raider.

"I am the great Kunzite of the Negaverse!" yelled Kunzite.

"Heh," scoffed Joe. "I'm the great Crane Game Raider of the Crown Arcade. My title has a little more pull than yours!"

"Subjective," said Kunzite.

"Stop fighting!" cried Jed.

"We weren't really fighting," said Kunzite.

"This isn't time to argue, please!" yelled Jadeite. "We need to work out survival plans!"

"Oooh," said Melvin. "I always carry around a survival almanac!"

"Shut up, nerd," said Jadeite, burning Melvin's almanac in his palm.

"You fool!" cried Melvin. "You've doomed us all!"

"Quiet," said Nephrite. "It's time to elect the leader!"

"Why do we need a leader?" asked Motoki's sister.

Nephrite shook his head. "Why do countries need leaders? If we didn't have a leader, we'd have no order, and nothing would get done. And then we would all starve, and also freeze in the rain with no shelter."

"Well gosh," said Motoki's sister. "I'm sorry for doubting you. I say you should be our leader!"

"I agree," said Nephrite.

"Hold up a second," said Zoisite. "Nephrite fell in love with a human girl, and also only got energy once!"

"How many times did you get energy?" asked Nephrite.

"I got the seven rainbow crystals," argued Zoisite.

"Actually Kunzite got all seven crystals," said Melvin. "He teleported in and grabbed them!"

"Shut up," said Zoisite. "I think that Kunzite should be the leader!"

"Why would that be?" demanded Nephrite.

"Kunzite is a master at survival," said Zoisite. "He's the longest surviving Shitennou!"

"Yes," said Jadeite. "That's because he doesn't even show his face in my arc! And he's a shadow for one of the scenes in Nephrite's arc."

"Exactly," said Zoisite. "That was a good survival technique. He's also the strongest!"

"Wrong," said Nephrite. "Kunzite isn't very bright. He's the least human of the Shitennou, whereas me and Jadeite were able to infiltrate the human world and mimic human behavior!"

"I mimicked Sailor Moon," said Zoisite.

"That doesn't compare to Maxfield Stanton's great reputation," said Nephrite. "Or even J. Dite, from the radio."

"All wastes of time," said Kunzite. "I get down to business."

"Enough," said Nephrite. "Let's put this to a vote. Who votes for me as your leader?"

About half the crowd raised their hands.

"That's more than half," said Nephrite. "I win."

"Wrong," said Zoisite, counting.

"All for me?!" yelled Kunzite.

About half the crowd raised their hands.

"What is this?" demanded Nephrite. "Some people didn't raise their hands!"

"All for Kenji?" yelled Kenji.

Kenji and Shingo, and surprisingly Mr. Kitakata put their hands up.

"Put your hand down, Shingle," said Kenji, socking Shingle. "You siding with me is only hurting the cause."

"I love you Papa," said Shingo sadly.

"Gay?" asked Kenji.

"Kenji, you didn't make it," said Jadeite, trying to play it neutral. "Let's do another vote, with Kenji out of the running."

"Enough voting," said Nephrite. "A real leader would prove themselves instead. I'm going to hunt for hogs so everyone can eat. Anyone strong may tag along, while the nerds and dweebs can stay here and build shelters. That includes you, Zoisite!"

"Hey, watch it," said Zoisite.

But Nephrite started marching off with a large pack, including Jadeite, Kenji, Grandpa, Chad, Motoki, Prof. Tomoe, Game Raider Joe, Boxy, and Taiki's forehead.

They sported already-crafted spears, and started a chant as their voices faded into the thicket.

Zoisite bit his thumb.

"Don't worry," said Kunzite. "Those bunch of bozos won't catch anything. Meanwhile, I have to prove my worth by building shelters, and by building shelters, I mean directing Zoisite to direct everyone to build shelters."

"Alright," said Zoisite the strategist. "Melvin, Greg, and Ami Mizuno, you three can build blueprints in the sand for the huts we will live in. Any of Melvin's school friends can help out if they are bright. Next, Mr. Kitakata, Artemis the cat, Motoki's sister, and Hotaru Tomoe can go into the woods and gather sticks. Yaten base, Molly, and Usagi's friends can go gather leaves. Makoto, Minako, Ms. Haruna and the rest can go gather rocks and berries. Please do not eat the berries before making sure they aren't poison."

"Excellent work, Zoisite," said Kunzite. "I'll be leader in no time."

Everyone went off to do their various jobs.

"Excuse me?" asked Melvin.

"What is it, nerd?" asked Zoisite.

"What kind of blueprints should we make?"

"I don't know," said Zoisite. "That's your job! The most beneficial hut that can be reproduced numerous times to house many people."

"Well," said Melvin. "The best option would be the five-story, but I don't think we have enough resources on this island to make it."

"Then do something else," said Zoisite. "Can't you figure this out amongst each other? I might be the smartest one here, but it's time to let the newer generation handle things."

Melvin walked back over to Ami, Greg, and a couple school friends.

"I couldn't get a straight answer," said Melvin. "I think he wants us to try for the five-story."

"We don't have enough resources," said Ami.

"Then maybe you should help gather sticks," suggested Melvin. "I know you cheat on all your tests!"

"Lies!" cried Ami. She tried to drown herself in the nearby ocean, but Greg restrained her.

"I think you should leave us alone, Melvin," said Greg. "Nerdy brat!"


It was late in the night, and Nephrite and his gang still didn't return.

"Attention!" said Kunzite. "I think it's time to accept that those that went to hunt are no longer with us. It's a major loss, but one we have to deal with. Now, since I'm the leader by default, it's time for me to select who we're all going to eat. Let me begin by saying this isn't personal, but I think Usagi's husky friend-"

That's when there was some rustling, and Nephrite's gang emerged holding several large hogs.

"Hooray!" cheered everyone, especially codename Tubby.

"Alright," said Nephrite. "Everyone line up for your rations!"

"Now hold on," said Kunzite to the gang of nerds.

But everyone ran and lined up.

"Traitors," said Kunzite.

"Nephrite, you should be our leader!" called Tubby. "That crazy guy was going to eat me!"

"I agree," said Nephrite again. "With me as leader we will have enough food to go around. I am a master hunter!"

"Heh," said Grandpa. "I'm a master baiter."

"Then why don't you catch us some fish?" asked Jed.

"Oh," said Grandpa. He left it at that.

The well-fed hooligans decided to accept Nephrite as their leader, and Zoisite and Kunzite stormed off.

They went in the only hut that had been built and locked the door.

A few minutes later they heard a knock.

"Yeah?" asked Kunzite.

Shingo marched in.

"What's up, squirt?" said Zoisite. "Don't you have some hog to eat?"

"No," said Shingo. "I would like to ally with you guys instead. I hate that man Kenji."

"So do I," said Kunzite. "Terrible man."

"Kenji is Nephrite's third in command, under Jadeite," explained Shingo.

"Hmm, very foolish pick," said Zoisite. "Nephrite's going to lead them all to oblivion!"

"Heh," said Shingo. "I hope Kenji goes down first."

They waited in the hut for a few hours, but then their stomachs started to growl.

"I guess we have no choice," said Kunzite. "Let's go eat some hog they brought back."

"Kunzite!" yelled Zoisite. "Do you hear what you're saying?"

"There's no other way," said Kunzite sadly.

The three of them marched up to Nephrite's hog.

"Ah, hello boys," said Nephrite.

"Yes, hello boys," said Kenji.

"Hate that man!" yelled Shingo.

"We'd like some hog," mumbled Zoisite.

"What was that?" asked Nephrite with a giddy grin.

"Hog," said Zoisite. "We would like some hog."

"Hmmm," said Nephrite. "You're in luck, there's a couple pieces left. You're lucky you have such a generous leader."

"You're not our leader," said Kunzite.

He grabbed some scraps of hog and left to go eat back in the hut.

Zoisite decided to stick with the crew to try and win some of them over.

"So anyway," said Jed, standing around the campfire. "There we were, hunting some hogs. And suddenly we found ourselves face to face with a wild beast!"

"Oooh," gasped the crowd.

"What do you mean, wild beast?" asked Motoki's sister, greatly interested in the tale.

"I'm glad you asked," said Jadeite. "It was like something I've never seen before. He threw a blow, instantly tossing your brother out of commission."

"That is true," said Motoki. "I woke up and the hunting party was gone."

"Yes," said Jadeite. "We barely made it out with our lives. That's why we'll be giving the head of the hog to the beast every day! To keep it at bay!"

"That's foolish," said Zoisite. "There is no beast."

"Wrong," said Jadeite. "Then who knocked Motoki out of commission?"

"Probably Nephrite," said Zoisite. "He's using your fear of the beast to win leadership, which is surprisingly smart of the guy."

"Exactly," said Nephrite. "It's far out of my IQ range," he continued, joining in at the campfire. "So the beast must have been real. Not to worry though, I will protect you all! There will be some big changes coming soon!"

"So tell me about this beast," said Zoisite. "What did it look like, Nephrite?"

"It moved too quick to see," said Nephrite.

"Yet you think it's such an intelligent beast that it would be expecting a head of a hog and somehow link that to you? You're just wasting food!"

Nephrite was quiet for a second, and then he got mad.

"RRrrr, back off!" he yelled. "You're the type of nerd that would just have gotten everyone eaten by the beast, and not saved them all like I did!"

"Nephrite saved us!" called Professor Tomoe. "He is a hero!"

Everyone started cheering.

"Heh," said Nephrite.

Zoisite had enough of Nephrite's propaganda, and retreated back to the hut.


The next morning, Zoisite, Kunzite and Shingo exited the hut.

"It's a beautiful day, guys," said Kunzite. "Time to hunt for some berries!"

"Time to hunt for a rescue party," said Zoisite.

"I'm so glad I stuck with you guys," said Shingle. "You're being rational about the situation, instead of Kenji who was consumed by the hunt. He said we should use me as bait!"

"That's quite the horror story," said Zoisite.

Right on cue, Nephrite and his savage pack walked up. They were all shirtless and wearing face paint like some kind of tribal hooligans.

One of the members was Motoki's sister, who was also shirtless.

"We've only been here for one day!" said Zoisite. "Why is Motoki's sister half-nude?!"

"I'm one with the pack," said Motoki's sister. "It's the only way to survive. Clothes were holding me back."

"What do you want?" demanded Kunzite.

"Nothing," said Nephrite. "I just wanted to announce that I'm going hunting, and you shouldn't look for me, because I will be hunting all day."

"Hunt! Hunt! Hunt!" chanted Kenji.

"But Nephrite," said Zoisite. "We have enough hog to last us a couple more days. Let's work on getting off the island!"

"No," said Nephrite. "I'm not hunting for food anymore. I'm hunting for the sake of the hunt! AROOOO!"

"AROOOO!" repeated his pack.

"Let's go, ho ho!" chanted Kenji, and the others joined in.

"This is madness!" yelled Kunzite. "You're all going crazy!"

"No," said Nephrite. "And you better watch it, unless you want us to hunt you next!"

"Our hunt pleases the beast!" added Jadeite.

"That makes no sense," said Shingle. "You're eating food that could be the beast's!"

"Don't listen to Jadeite," said Nephrite. "He doesn't quite understand the way of the hunters yet. But he's getting there!"

"Yeah!" cheered Jadeite.

"We are off," said Nephrite. "We expect more shelters by the crack of sunset."

"The crack of sunset?" asked Zoisite. "Nobody says that!"

Nephrite and the pack were gone, melted into the woods where they felt at home.

They all stared where they once were walking for a long time.

"I think I'm starting to go crazy," said Zoisite suddenly.

"Keep it together," said Kunzite. "Where are the shelter nerds?"

Only a select few of the original shelter nerds appeared, because the rest were getting disobedient to Kunzite.

"See, I'm a great leader," said Kunzite. "You should all stick with me, and not that savage maniac Nephrite! Anyone with a brain would know that he's talking complete nonsense now, and he's having too much fun hunting hogs, which should be a chore rather than a pleasure!"

"Once you taste the blood, you can't go back to a normal life," said Greg.

"Shut up, nerd," said Kunzite. "Just go start putting some sticks together to lay the foundation for a new hut."

"Make me," scoffed Greg.

"What was that, dweeb?" yelled Shingo. "Even I could clobber you! Listen to Kunzite!"

But Greg pulled out a spear.

"Woah, take it easy," said Zoisite. "We're trying to do what's best for survival!"

"AROOOO!" yelled Greg. "I am no longer a hut building nerd! I am a hunting nerd!"

"That doesn't exist," said Kunzite. "Those two terms are contradictory!"

But Greg ran towards the woods and didn't stop. "Nephrite!" he called. "Wait up!"

"They've all gone mad," said Kunzite sadly.


A few days passed.

Kunzite, Zoisite, and Shingo sat in their hut.

"I'm scared to go out there," said Zoisite. "The whole camp is deserted. Everyone has become a savage."

"We don't need to go out there," said Kunzite. "We're safe in our hut. Since they're savages, they're not thinking with their heads. They will never be able to get past the walls of our structure."

"That is true," agreed Zoisite. "They are more animal than human at this point, so we have that going for us."

"I can't take it anymore!" yelled Shingo, swinging open the hut door and throwing himself into the sand.

"Woah, what's the matter there, Shingle?" asked Kunzite.

"I can't take it anymore!" repeated Shingo. "I need to be alone!"

He walked out into the forest, and never returned.

"I wonder if we'll ever see him again," said Zoisite.

"He's on a journey to find himself," said Kunzite. He shut the hut door.

"Hey, pass me a berry," he said.

Zoisite looked in the basket. "We're all out."

Kunzite's stomach growled. "Well that's no good. Why didn't we eat that kid instead of letting him wander to his death?"

"You're thinking like a savage!" said Zoisite. "We're civilized people. Let's go check the berry trees for any new fruits."

Zoisite and Kunzite held their spears close, and headed to the trees on the outskirts of the thicket.

"No berries," said Kunzite grimly. "Wanna go in the water and try to catch a fish with our spears?"

"That sounds challenging," said Zoisite. "Fish are too slippery."

"Maybe we should try to escape," considered Kunzite. "Let's build a raft or something."

"We can't," said Zoisite. "Not without the building nerds. I'm a leader nerd, not a lowly builder nerd."

Kunzite paced around in the sand for a while. "Maybe those barbarians got all the crazy out of their systems. Let's go visit their camp and see if they have any extra hog scraps."

"I don't know about this," said Zoisite. "You really think they calmed down?"

"Probably," said Kunzite. "They were once civilized humans, so they can't have gone that far from humanity."

TO BE CONTINUED…