Sailor Moon-American Senshi
by Eugol Dlareg

EPISODE 9-UNEXPECTED ALLIES

I do not own any of the main characters in this story except for Gilded Rose. They are owned by someone in Japan. However, with the exception of Serena Campbell and Amy Anderson, I do own the Americanized names of the characters, as well as many of the supporting characters and villians. To make things easy, we'll just say that anything that has appeared in the manga or anime version of Sailor Moon is owned by someone in Japan, most likely Toei or Naoko Takeuchi.
The lyrics in this story are from the song Substitute which was written by Pete Townshend.

Thursday, 19 June, 1986-Rae's garage

"Okay you two," Rae Lincoln said to Jake Slater and Maya Phelps, "let's take it from the top."

From behind her drum kit, Maya tapped her sticks together, as she counted to four.

At that cue, the three of them broke into Substitute, by the Who, with Jake on vocals and guitar, Rae on bass, and Maya on drums.

You think we look pretty good together
You think my shoes are made of leather
I'm a substitute for another guy
I look pretty tall but my heels are high
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just back-dated...yeah
(Substitute) Your lies for fact
(Substitute) I see right through your plastic Mac
(Substitute) I look all white but my dad was black
(Substitute) My fine-looking suit's really made out of sack
I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
The north side of my town faced east and the east was facing' south
And now you dare to look me in the eye
Those crocodile tears are what you cry
It's a genuine problem, you won't try
To work it out at all, just pass it by...pass it by
(Substitute) Me for him
(Substitute) My coke for gin
(Substitute) You for my mum
(Substitute) At least I'll get my washin' done
I'm a substitute for another guy
I look pretty tall but my heels are high
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just back-dated...yeah
I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
The north side of my town faced east and the east was facing' south
And now you dare to look me in the eye
Those crocodile tears are what you cry
It's a genuine problem, you won't try
To work it out at all, just pass it by...pass it by
(Substitute) Me for him
(Substitute) My coke for gin
(Substitute) You for my mum
(Substitute) At least I'll get my washin' done
(Substitute) Your lies for fact
(Substitute) I see right through your plastic Mac
(Substitute) I look all white but my dad was black
(Substitute) My fine-lookin' suit's really made out of sack

As they finished, Amy came in from the driveway, and gave Jake a quick hug and peck on the cheek. "Hey Jake," Rae said, "you got your first groupie, and we're still a garage band!"

"Ha ha," Jake said.

"So how long have you guys had a rock band?" Amy asked.

"Since last summer," Jake said. "Hopefully, we'll actually get to play somewhere other than this garage soon. At least we have a name."

"Cool," Amy said. "What are you guys called?"

"Jake's Mullet," Maya said.

"Interesting name," Amy said. "Where did you come up with that?"

"Well," Rae said, "We named it after Jake's hairstyle."

"So that's what that hairstyle is called," Amy said.

meanwhile, in the microdimension

"Cyprine, Puchirol," the disembodied voice called. "We have decided to give you two one last chance to capture energies from the humans of this insifigant planet, so that we may escape this prison. we do not need to remind the two of you what the consequences of failure are."

"We will not fail you," Cyprine and Puchirol said in unison.

Meanwhile, at Susan Makoto's house

Susan and Serena are busy baking brownies, and listening to the radio, when the announcer broke in to announce a monster attacking Euclid Park. "Brownies can wait," Susan said. "This is a tad more important." She got out her transformation wand. "Pretty Jupiter Soldier, Make-up!"

Serena touched the jewel in her brooch. "Pretty Moon Soldier, Make-up!"

Meanwhile, back at Rae's garage

Maya had to leave, and left just as Rae, Jake, and Amy got the call. "Euclid Park," Jake said. "Got it." Making his transformation rose appear, he threw it down. "Transform!"

Rae and Amy had already gotten out their transformation wands. "Pretty Mars Soldier, Make-up!" Rae said.

"Pretty Mercury Soldier, Make-up!" Amy said.

Meanwhile, outside, Maya realized she forgot her drumsticks, and went back to the garage to get them. When she came to the garage, she heard a strange conversation, and peeked in the window, just in time to see Jake, Rae, and Amy transform. "Wow," she said to herself. "Rae and Amy are Sailor Soldiers, and Jake's Gilded Rose."

Euclid Park

Sailor Venus was already at the park when her teammates showed up. When they arrived, Cyprine and Puchirol were there, accompanied by what can best be described as a cross between the creatures from Alien, one of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's more hideous drawings from the 1960s, Freddy Kreuger, and something you'd find in one of those Japanese monster movies on late night tv. The creature was almost 9' tall, with red and black eyes, grey-green scales, with razor sharp 1' long talons at the end of each finger. The creature's mouth was filled with needle-like, razor sharp fangs, and oozed neon green slime. "One thing you can say about our enemy," Gilded Rose said. "Just when you think they can't make 'em any uglier, they make one that makes the last one look like Paulina Porizkova in comparison."

"Watch who you call ugly," Cyprine said.

"We'll have you know," Puchirol added, "To his own race, Xendar is considered very handsome. Might we remind you of an Earth saying, 'beauty's only skin deep'?" Xendar responded with a bloodcurdling growl.

"He may be the Tom Cruise of his race," Sailor Mars said, "but to us, he's double-butt ugh-lee! It doesn't really matter, because he's going down."

"Says who?" Cyprine and Puchirol said in unison.

"I say," Sailor Moon said. "I stand for truth. I stand for justice. I am Sailor Moon, and these are the Sailor Soldiers and Gilded Rose, and we shall punish you!"

Gilded Rose rushed Xendar, while the Soldiers ran after Cyprine and Puchirol. Xendar swiped a claw at Gilded Rose, which he barely dodged. Gilded Rose swung his staff at the monster, an attack that was easily dodged. Xendar then blew a fireball at Gilded Rose, which hit its mark. Gilded Rose went down, and Xendar went in for the kill. Xendar had a hand raised, talons glistening, and practically begging for Gilded Rose's blood. Xendar let out a bloodcurdling roar, and went in for the kill, when he was hit by a blast of energy that sent him reeling.

Gilded Rose and the Sailor Soldiers looked in the general direction of where ht eblast came from, to see Cyprine and Puchirol, staffs crossed, standing facing each other, and completely seperated from each other. Tehy uncrossed their staffs, and turned around so they were standing with their backs to each other, and stretched their arms out. They then raised their arms above their heads, and they backs melted into each other, and they were once again joined.

"Enough," Cyprine said, her voice changed from it's normal harsh tone, to one more angelic.

"We no longer serve the Darkness," Puchirol added, her voice also taking on an angelic tone.

Gilded Rose used the distraction to his advantage. He got up, and teleported 20 yards behind Sailor Venus. "Venus," he yelled, "take a knee!" When she did, Gilded Rose took a running start, and vaulted off Venus' shoulders. "Gold Rush!" he yelled, as he flew towards Xendar, firing several bolts of energy from his staff. "Sailor Moon, now!" he yelled, as he landed, and teleported back to the Sailor Soldier's position.

Sailor Moon brought out her scepter. "Moon Scepter, elimination!" she yelled, as she fire a crescent-shaped beam at Xendar, destroying him.

When the battle was over, the Soldiers and Gilded Rose stood staring at Cyprine and Puchirol. "Wait a second," Gilded Rose said, "we thought you two were. . . ?"

"Siamese twins, as you put it?" Puchirol said. "Yes, we were born joined to each other."

"But we have the ability to seperate," Cyprine added. "However, we can only be seperated for short periods at a time."