Sailor X #26 Death of the Quartet
By: John Brengman
Los Angeles
"Yes folks, the weird red-headed ringmaster shouted over the microphone to the roaring audience. "JunJun the Acrobat has put the gold ring in the lion's mouth!" Actually, the ring had been slipped around one of the lion's huge teeth just as another woman, this one with blue balls strung from her hair had tapped on the lion's nose, a signal for the beast to open its massive jaws.
"Let's give it up for JunJun and ParaPara!" VesVes yelled, then she joined in the cheering. Far above all of this, CereCere sat perched on one of the trapeze landings taking in as much of the adoration as she could before she and the other trapeze artists would finish the show with a flourish.
The noise of the crowds could still be heard as VesVes slipped behind the inner folds of the circus tent and into the dim corridors that led to the private rooms of the performers. Somehow the magic of the circus tent persisted after the demise of the evil Dead Moon Circus and now the circus tent/ship was now the permanent home of the Amazing Amazoness Quartet's Flying Circus.
The curious were told that the circus moved like a balloon, with huge gas bags that could be filled when they needed to move. Other explanations ranged from something near the truth to things that could not possibly be true. It was okay as long as the public bought it. The uniqueness of the circus was one of its bigger drawing points.
There were problems, however, and these were what caused VesVes to droop her shoulders as she walked. She didn't make it to her room before she leaned against a heavy wooden post, gazed skyward, then closed her eyes as a silent tear fell.
It was getting closer and closer with each show. CereCere had missed a move during the show and had ended up in the nets... Again. JunJun pushed herself very hard, but the stress was starting to show on her face. VesVes sometimes felt as though she were inundated with all sorts of details that were simply boring. The weight of her world seemed to fall right on her shoulders.
The only one who didn't seem to be affected by all of this was ParaPara, who laughed at practically everything, but quickly excused herself from the room whenever any of the others seemed about to argue.
"And to top it all off," VesVes thought, "my birthday is next week." She tried not to think about it. She tried not to think of the fact that her age now started with a three. Yet that was also part of the problem. No matter how hard they tried to keep their childhood alive, no matter how healthy they kept themselves, their age was beginning to impose limitations that their talent couldn't compensate for.
Sooner or later, the circus would have to close permanently.
VesVes allowed herself to cry softly. After a minute or so, she would be able to reel in her feelings and continue with the business of running the circus. Besides, it would not do for ParaPara to see her cry.
An acrid smell then caught her attention. Opening her eyes, VesVes saw a thick purple fog. Suddenly she felt light-headed. She didn't notice that she had fallen until after it had happened. Then she was standing again, looking around for the source of the fog. Then she heard the voice.
"Never doubt
the power of innocent dreamers."
"Never doubt
the dreams of innocent children."
"Never doubt
your worst nightmare."
"Wha.." VesVes stammered just before she saw the dark shadowy figure. It's face was hidden by a large cowl.
The figure stepped forward as the woman in front of him fell to the ground. Then he reached up and pulled back the cowl.
"I believe that's how it goes," Scaramanga said grimly.
== * SM * ==
Sailors Mars, Venus, and Moon found themselves summoned to the Medical Center. Venus and Mars met shortly before they got to their destination.
"Do you know what this is about?" Mars asked.
"Nope," Venus said. "And we just had physicals done."
Mars simply shrugged her shoulders and the two continued down the corridor.
"While this sort of monitoring of a private business is questionable," Amy told the group of Sailors gathered before her, "the Amazoness Quartet's agreement with us states that they will keep us updated on where they are performing."
"They've kept this up for fifteen years?" Sailor Venus asked.
"Ves Ves has actually been very good about keeping their end of the bargain," Amy replied
"What's our part of the bargain?" Sailor Moon asked.
"We help with government inquiries and bureaucratic procedures," Amy said. "And we keep in touch with them."
"So they forget to tell us that they've moved to the next city," Mars said. "One time in fifteen or so years?"
"Normally I'd agree that it's not a big deal," Amy said. "But, they were scheduled to leave Los Angeles two days ago, and they haven't moved. Neo-Queen Serenity has authorized a team to investigate the situation."
"We'll be glad to do it," Sailor Moon said. "The Amazoness Quartet have gone a long way since they were our enemies. They deserve our help." The others nodded their agreement, then they started for the door.
== * SM * ==
Los Angeles
The tent-ship that served as the home of the Amazing Amazoness Quartet's Flying Circus didn't seem spooky in the sense that there was no aura of evil, no foreboding premonitions of utter doom.
However, the fact that no one was milling about the area created a sense of unease around the seemingly normal-looking tent.
"Well," Sailor Moon thought, "as normal as any circus tent could be when considering whatever it is that makes it able to move through the air." All she said to the other two Sailors was a stern: "Hurry up!"
Soon the three women were standing just outside the tent. Sailor Moon looked over at the nearby tent flap that covered an entrance into the depths of the tent.
"Well," she said. "Who goes first?"
Dead silence answered her.
"Well, don't all speak at once."
Sailor Venus started forward before the others could speak. Suddenly, she had tossed aside the tent flap and disappeared into the darkness beyond. Sailor Mars approached the entrance and pulled the flap back. Sailor Moon came forward and looked inside.
"It's okay," Venus called from the darkness. "There's nothing in here."
Sailor Moon stepped into the tent, and the darkness swallowed her as Sailor Mars followed behind her.
"What now?" Sailor Moon asked the darkness.
"Before the light went out, I saw three ways we could go," Venus replied from beside Sailor Moon. "One hallway to the right, another to the left, and a longer one straight ahead."
"Okay, let's split up," Sailor Moon said. "Venus, take the left, Mars, take the right.
The Sailors murmured their agreement, then Sailor Moon started forward. She was beginning to wonder how she was going to see anything at all when the lights flickered to life.
"I found the power controls," Mars said over the communicator. "There's a lot of stuff to check out here, so I'll get back to you."
"I found the circus area," Venus said as she stood in the center ring. "I'll look around out here."
Sailor Moon gazed down the hallway in front of her. The hallway gently curved to the left, and along the right wall was a set of doors. The first four doors had small golden stars on colored diamond backgrounds. Sailor Moon walked by each door, noting the names on the stars.
Ves Ves
Jun Jun
Paea Para
Cere Cere
== * SM * ==
Drabesh Palace
Sailor Moon's image flickered in the ether inside the crystal ball.
"Ah," Scaramanga growled from his throne. "The cowboys have arrived." With that, he stood up and strode down the stairs in front of the throne.
"Well my dears," the villain said. "I am trembling in fear. I guess I should just turn myself in and throw myself on the tender mercies of Sailor Moon and those peace-loving idiots at the Luna Foundation."
When he reached the end of the black carpet that extended from the throne, Scaramanga whipped around.
"NEVER!"
"If the Sailors insist on playing the white hats," Scaramanga growled, "I guess we should provide them with the villains!"
Then he laughed a maniacal laugh and gazed upward. Four cylinders were hanging in a row in the air near the wall. Inside the each of the cylinders was a member of the Amazoness Quartet. Shimmering energy cascaded over their naked bodies and Scaramanga could see that they were screaming.
Not far away, a large mirror hung suspended in the air. The raven-haired form of Queen Nehellennia gazed down at the scene in front of her.
The laughter continued.
== * SM * ==
The dressing room belonging to Ves Ves was completely wrecked. Furniture was strewn around and broken. The white vanity was the only piece of furniture that was not smashed, but the mirror that was attached to the back of it was. Cans and jars of perfumes and sprays were scattered about and fingernail polish was spilled across the dress and had dripped to the floor.
The same situation was repeated in the other three dressing rooms...with one difference. In Para Para's room, Sailor Moon discovered a message scrawled on the wall above the blue-bedecked bed that was smashed nearly beyond recognition.
"SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME!"
And underneath that was a scrawled signature: "Scaramanga". With a gasp, Sailor Moon looked closer at the writing.
It was written in blood.
"My God…"
Then Sailor Venus screamed over the communicator.
Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars rushed into the circus and saw that Sailor Venus was surrounded by four gray forms.
"What the…" Mars exclaimed.
"It's them!" Venus shouted. "The Amazoness Quartet!"
Sailor Moon looked again, and sure enough, it was the foursome…but there was something wrong. However, the gray form of Ves Ves threw a gray ball into the air, whipped out a huge bat, and whacked the ball toward Sailor Venus, who dove to the ground to dodge the projectile. The ball exploded as it slammed into the ground behind her.
The gray form of Jun Jun launched itself at Sailor Mars, who tried to duck out of the way. She didn't, and the two combatants ended up in a heap. Sailor Mars was not very good as a physical fighter and she ended up trying to fend off the blows from the villain.
Cere Cere attacked Sailor Venus with a whip. After a couple of attacks that missed her, Venus threw her hand into the air.
"VENUS WHIP!"
A whip handle
appeared in Sailor Venus' right hand and she slung her hand out at the shadowy
villain. As she did so, an orange energy ribbon shot out. At the same time, Cere Cere threw her whip
forward and the two weapons entangled each other. Now it seemed as though this
test of wills between Sailor Venus and her foe would come down to a tug of war.
Sailor Venus
wasn't done though. Switching the whip to her left hand, she again threw her
hand into the air.
"VENUS CRESCENT BEAM
SMASH!"
She brought her
hand down, and instead of pointing directly at Cere Cere, she touched the
handle of the whip. The energy bolt sizzled along the whip, then crossed the
knotted tips and continued until it slammed into Cere Cere. The villain's whip
disintegrated under the power of Venus' energy, and Venus was then surprised
when the beam seemed to incinerate her opponent. The scorched gray form of Cere
Cere pitched forward to the ground. When it landed, the body of the villian
fell apart into clay-like clumps.
Sailor Moon had
continued to dodge the attacks of Ves Ves, and she was getting tired. Sooner or
later, she would get too tired to get out of the way of one of the incindiary
balls that the gray-like villain was swatting at her. When that happened… That
was a subject that hurt to think about, Sailor Moon thought as she continued to
dun while dodging.
Just then, Venus
yelled: "Hey guys, use one of your powers on them!"
"Gotcha!" Sailor
Moon said as she skidded to a stop. Ves Ves silently threw another ball into
the air, and whacked it toward the Sailor soldier.
Sailor Moon pulled
her tiara from her forehead.
"MOON TIARA
MAGIC!"
The tiara shot
forward toward the villain. It collided with the ball Ves Ves had shot toward
Sailor Moon and cleaved it neatly in half. The two halves dropped to the floor
and exploded. The tiara continued until it sliced into Ves Ves, neatly severing
the villain's head from her shoulders. Sailor Moon barely had time to let out a
horrified "Eeep!" before the body tumbled forward, clumps of gray clay and sand
spraying out on the ground as it fell.
Jun Jun and Sailor
Mars had continued their wrestling through this all, and now, both had their
hands around the other's neck. Both were squeezing very hard, and already
Sailor Mars could feel the haze of iunconsciousness coming fast.
"Hey guys, use one
of your powers on them!" came Venus' voice from somewhere far away.Then her
vision faded, then went black.
Sailor Mars awoke
suddenly with her mouth full of gray dirt.
"Eww!" she yelped
as she started spitting out the gritty material. "What happened?"
"I used my tiara
on the one attacking you," Sailor Moon said. "Venus got the last one." She
paused as Sailor Mars got to her fet. "You know. You really need to work on
your hand-to-hand skills."
"I'm just not good
at it," Mars replied weakly.
"Practice,
practice, practice," Venus scolded mildly, receiving a grimace from Mars in
return.
"Okay," Sailor
Moon said quickly before Mars could say anything more. "What did we discover?"
"The controls for
flying this thing are in the same place as the lights," Mars reported.
"The dressing
rooms are trashed," Sailor Moon said. "And it's a good bet that Scaramanga is
behind all of this?"
"Isn't he dead?"
Mars asked. "We got rid of him when he went after the last time he tried to
destroy the universe."
"I thought he was
dead too," Sailor Moon replied, "but apparently he's still quite alive."
"Did any of you notice anything strange about these…whatever it was we were fighting?" Venus asked, motioning to the four piles of gray stuff.
"You mean besides the fact that they're all made out of what looks like clay?" Sailor Moon asked.
"And they were gray?" Sailor Mars asked.
"Those are all weird too," Venus replied. "But did you notice that these villains looked to be teenagers?"
"Wait a minute," Sailor Moon said. "You're right…but the Amazoness Quartet are in their thirties."
== * SM * ==
Outside Drabesh Palace
The Sailors walked purposefully toward the dark castle ahead. Behind them, the doors of the shuttle closed and locked.
"Thanks for coming," Sailor Moon told Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus. "You didn't have to."
"Stop that," Venus replied. "Of course we had to."
"We're glad to do it," Mars said.
The Sailors walked through the shadowy corridors of the palace. They entered an intersection with a wide hallway that was well-lit with flickering torches. There was a set of double doors a short distance away, and Sailor Moon nodded in that direction.
The huge double doors opened and the three women entered the throne room. Light from the torches outside spilled into the darkness that flooded the room. Heavy stone columns supported a ceiling that could barely be seen.
Then the Sailors saw Queen Nehellennia's mirror…and the four cylinders containing the Amazoness Quartet. Nehellennia still stood motionless in her mirror, and each of the Quartet still seemed to be screaming as sizzling energy flowed over them. The mirror and the cylinders were resting upright on the floor.
The Sailors slowly circled the cylinders, examining them.
"What the…" Sailor Moon said slowly.
"This is the Amazoness Quartet," Sailor Venus said. "The real ones."
"They don't look so good," Sailor Mars muttered.
"I know Scaramanga is evil," Mars said, "but this…"
"Brutal," Sailor Moon said quietly. "It must be stopped."
Just then, a new voice called out from the darkness.
"Never doubt the power of innocent dreamers."
"Never doubt the dreams of innocent children."
"Never doubt your
worst nightmare."
"You'll have to excuse me," Sailor Moon said loudly into the darkness, "but we've heard that spiel before! We didn't buy it then, and we don't buy it now!"
"But it's so catchy," Scaramanga said as he appeared near the throne. "I thought I might frame it," he said with a chuckle as he gestured toward Nahellennia's mirror.
Sailor Moon stepped into the center of the room. With a glance toward the trapped quartet, she confronted the villain. "Let them go."
"Oh gee, let me see," Scaramanga said, feigning thoughtfulness. "Uhmm…no! I'm giving the Amazoness Quartet exactly what they want…eternal youth. The only thing I ask for in return is that they give me a small portion of their life energy so that I can GET RID OF YOU!" With that he whipped his arms upward and huge chunks of the floor erupted under the Sailors' feet. The women were scattered under the convulsing floor and some of the flying debris shattered the glass of the four canisters. The torrents of energy that encased the captured women ceased.
"Damn!" Scaramanga yelled. "See what you did? Do you know how much those things cost?"
"Sue us!" Mars yelled. Then: "MARS FIRE IGNITE!" The roaring fireball roared toward Scaramanga.
"DARKFORCE FIRE IGNITE!" He yelled, and his evil energy shot forward and consumed Mars' attack.
Sailor Venus let out a fierce yell as she threw her arms straight out from her body, then shouted "VENUS CRUCIS MAGIC!" A dull-yellow glow in the shape of a crucifix appeared within the form that was Sailor Venus. As she held her arms steady and her hair waved around her head, the cross seemed to glower angrily. Suddenly, it shot out from Sailor Venus in a spiral and went directly toward Scaramanga who dived forward to avoid the attack. The slowly-spinning cross-like energy bolt landed behind the throne and exploded, showering the throne with shards of rock. The crystal ball shattered under the pummeling.
Scaramanga found himself near the still-prone form of Ves Ves. Pulling a knife from his clothing, he dragged the woman to her feet and put the knife at her throat.
"Back off!" He said, "or the Quartet becomes a trio!" Then he ripped the knife across her throat. Blood gushed as the major arteries in her neck tried to pump the fluid into a part of the body that seemed to have vanished. The villain dropped the bloody corpse.
"Oops!" He said with a grin as he held up his blood-stained hands. "I slipped!" He started toward the next unconscious form.
"NO!" Sailor Moon screamed as Scaramanga pulled Cere Cere up by her hair. She ripped her tiara from her forehead.
"MOON TIARA MAGIC!" The tiara shot forward and slammed into the villain, ricocheting off his face. He went down, but his hold on the limp form of Cere Cere did not weaken. He seemed to be hiding behind her.
The Sailors then heard the rip as the knife pierced her body, and dark blood bubbled from Cere Cere's mouth. The Sailors rushed forward to protect Jun Jun and Para Para only to see Scaramanga heave the mangled body of Cere Cere at Sailor Moon, who stumbled as the blood-spattered corpse fell on her and toppled to the ground.
"You want her so badly," he grunted. "You can have her." With that, he shambled slowly toward Jun Jun.
"Enough!" Venus shouted as she threw her hand into the air.
"VENUS WHIP!"
A whip handle
appeared in Sailor Venus' right hand and she slung her hand out at Scaramanga,
who looked very horrid at this point. Sailor Moon's tiara had scorched the left
side of his face, and his left eye looked dangerously close to falling out.
Venus shot her whip out at the villain…and he caught it.
Venus gasped, but
still Scaramanga held the crackling energy from the whip in his bare hands even
as it blackened the skin.
"DARKFORCE WHIP!"
A whip appeared in Scaramanga's right hand and with a flick of his wrist, it's
silvery energy arced toward Sailor Venus. The energy smashed into her and she
screamed, then collapsed.
By this time, Scaramanga had reached Jun Jun. He grinned.
"That looked painful," he muttered with a nod toward Venus. With a flick of his wrist, the whip he was holding was
tightening itself around Jun Jun's neck. Smoke rose into the air as the energy
from the whip incinerated the woman.
"Yep," Scaramanga
said simply. "That was painful."
"This has to stop now," Sailor Moon thought desperately, "before there's nothing left of the Quartet." But as she tried to get to her feet, Scaramanga saw her.
"Who told you to get up?" He growled as he stood over the prone form of Para Para.
"They did," Sailor Moon said. "The dead. They told me to get off my ass and put an end to you, once and for all, and I intend to do it."
"End me?" Scaramanga said. "End me! Oh my dear, that is just hysterical" Suddenly he was in front of Sailor Moon. He grabbed her by the chin and slammed her head-first into one of the stone pillars. A wave of dizziness flooded over her along with the white-hot pain.
"Now you get this, you little bitch!" Scaramanga said acidly. "I am not anything like our good queen over there. Your past villains have all had a single goal, and once those grand strategies failed, they were destroyed like the nothings that they were. I am different. My only goal is to spread as much pain and death as I can, and if I am somehow killed, I am sure I will come back from the grave to continue to spread my brand of chaos!"
Sailor Moon could see only one thing that would get her out of this situation. Clenching her fist tightly, she drove it into Scaramanga's remaining good eye. Then as he fell back screaming, she quickly kicked him between the legs. He howled in pain as he fell to the floor
The strain of that movement was too much however, and Sailor Moon collapsed at the base of the stone column.
"Didn't my mother's first battle happen at the base of a column?" She thought hazily
"Sailor Moon!" Luna's voice seemed to call to her. "You must fight this evil or the entire world will be destroyed!"
"I don't want to play this game…"
Sailor Moon tried to reach past the throbbing pain, past the dizziness. She embraced the memories of her mother. She floated among them until she seemed to be naked, surrounded only by her mother's memories. Finally, she felt as though she was clad only in the memories of her mother, as if they were a suit of armor.
"Now…" a soft voice said.
Sailor Moon stumbled to her feet.
"MOON CRISIS POWER!"
A soft white light flowed in on Sailor Moon, and she basked in its warm glow as it cascaded over her. When she opened her eyes, she saw that she wore a silky white dress with gold embroidery along its edges. The thin crown of the crown princess of the Moon Kingdom sat lightly atop her head.
Having completed the transformation, Princes Sandra shouted, "MOON STAFF!" A golden light flared and the Moon Staff, appeared in her hands.
With a little sigh, Sandra closed her eyes and thought of her mother.
"Please forgive me, mother," she thought.
"MOON ZERO MAGIC!" A disk of destructive magic appeared at the tip of the staff and floated outward towards Scaramanga, who had gotten to his feet and was vainly trying to run away when the energy from the staff hit him. The golden energy enveloped the villain, and Sandra thought she heard him scream as the energy slowly faded away, taking him with it.
As the last of the energy faded into the cold darkness of the room, Sandra lowered the Moon Staff and tiredly closed her eyes. With a flare of white light, she transformed back into Sailor Moon
Just then the room shuddered as the throne exploded.
"Oh no," Sailor Moon thought with a glance at the throne. The explosion had rippled through the entire room and now she could see dust and small rocks falling from the ceiling. She rushed over to Sailor Mars, who was still trying to assist Sailor Venus.
"Can you move her?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Yes," Mars replied. "She's burned pretty bad but nothing's broken…"
"Good," came the reply. "We need to leave. This place is coming apart."
The two Sailors each carried a body toward the double doors they had entered earlier. Along the way, they came to the huge mirror that served as a prison for Queen Nehellennia.
"What do we do about her?" Mars asked.
"There's nothing we can do," Sailor Moon quietly replied, knowing she was consigning another person to death. "We can't carry that mirror." "Besides," she thought. "Para Para can still be saved and she can still live a normal life. Queen Nehellennia is a lost cause and if we let her lose, we'll probably run into her later anyway…"
With that, the Sailors fled the throne room, and the palace, which collapsed in on itself soon after they left it.
"We made it!" Sailor Mars shouted as she turned to look at the remains of the palace.
"Yes," Sailor Moon replied. "But I wonder if we paid too high a cost."
Nothing else was said as the two Sailor soldiers continued toward the waiting shuttle.
== * SM * ==
Keflavik Mental Institute
(on the grounds of the old Keflavik Air Force Base)
Iceland
MEDICAL REPORT – ADMISSION OF PATIENT NUMBER 135990
SELF-ADMITTED
Name: Subject identified only as Para Para
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Admission Parameters: Subject appears to have suffered a recent mental trauma which is now causing delusions, possible multiple personalities, possible paranoia. Possibility of other factors is very high.
Procedure: Follow standard low-security monitoring procedures. Revoke subject's legal status pending successful outcome of her condition.
== * SM * ==
MEDICAL REPORT – DEATH OF PATIENT NUMBER 135990
Name: Subject identified only as Para Para
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Details: Subject assaulted a guard and obtained the guard's service revolver…
FINI
EPILOGUE
Conception
The Aquarium Room was perhaps the most exotic room in the entire palace. Built into the middle of a six-story salt water aquarium, this private bedroom was surrounded on nearly all sides by the deep blue waters and schools of exotic fish. Strategically placed windows made the room seem to melt into the surrounding waters, and at the same time, they afforded anyone using the bedroom with privacy
A droplet of water formed on the ceiling of the room. This was by no means unusual. A combination of heat and the water on the other side of the walls was often enough to cause water droplets to be formed.
The two people in the large bed below only added to the favorable circumstances.
Clothing lay scattered on the floor and strewn on the bed but neither man nor woman paid attention to the mess.
"Mmm…Darien," Serena managed to murmur in between long kisses. Then her mouth found his again, crushing together. His arm laying lazily over her body, Darien reached over and caressed his wife's breasts, playfully fingering the hardened nipples. A moan escaped Serena's throat as the tingling from her breasts flowed outward. She could feel his stiffened penis pressed against her as his hands dropped lower to first massage her stomach, then lower still. Serena lifted her leg over Darien's body, silently signaling her readiness.
"My love," Darien said softly. "I've missed you so much." Then he kissed her again.
"I've missed you too," Serena replied. A happy tear welled up and his being with her right now seemed to wash away the months of loneliness.
"It will never happen again," Darien said.
Serena nodded slightly. "We'll be together forever." With that, they kissed again, their tongues wetly exploring the depths of each other's mouths.
The droplet of water fell as Darien became one with his wife and the two began the delicate minuet that melted away all of the loneliness, all of the nights spent alone…
…"Hey
Rini…don't ya worry. I'll always be there for ya"…
…"Hey Rini,
let's go get some ice cream."…
…"Sure you can
sleep over"…
…"You've cried
enough, honey"…"Why are you always so mean to me? Daddy, can you pick me up,
please?"…"Try to get up yourself."…
…"I'll only
take the Crystal for a little while…just long enough to be a big girl…like
mommy…"…
…"I was always
alone! You left me alone!"…
…"Darien, I
promise I won't lose it this time, but I need the Silver Crystal."…
…"You've saved
our world, my darling…welcome home"…
A droplet fell again as Darien and Serena climaxed together, their cries of ecstacy absorbed by the reinforced glass walls of the room. A school of brightly-colored fish swam below, oblivious to the life being created above them.
Fanfic ã2001 – John Brengman and Artemis Publishing
Sailor X series inspired by Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon,
ã 1992 by Toei Animation Co Ltd. and based on Kodansha's
manga production of "Sailor Moon", written by Naoko Takeuchi
This fanfic is freely distributed. Release date: March 17, 2001