The Other Side
by Goz
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon. If I did, I would've made them wear more clothes.
Warning: This is a Sailor Moon fanfic concerning various new Sailor Scouts of my own creation. It also contains liberal mixing of the Japanese version with the dub. Caveat emptor.
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Part 19
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Someone had broken a window and fled the building, and someone else had tracked glass and some blood back in and then changed her mind and followed, but Sailor Cassiopeia couldn't care. Something inhuman was growling inside the open bedroom door just ahead, and a lunatic was in there screaming, "How *dare* you ruin my birthday party -"
"- in the name of the moon, I will punish you!" Sailor Chibi Moon announced to the disconcerted creature standing in the remains of a bed as Sailor Cassiopeia and Neo Queen Beryl charged through the door. Sailor Cassiopeia grabbed the doorframe to keep from falling down. "Whaaaaat!?" screeched Neo Queen Beryl, stumbling.
Sailor Chibi Moon looked at them, registered "Queen Beryl", raised her wand, registered, "Ariane", lowered it, and then spotted the glint of needles out of the corner of her eye and dropped to the floor. "*Fools!*" roared the wolflike creature in a halfway human voice. *Hurricane Eye Calm's not gonna work on something material -*
"Event Horizon Terminal Draw - *STAY DOWN, USA*!" ordered Neo Queen Beryl, giving Sailor Cassiopeia a shove to the floor.
Cassiopeia felt like she were falling up, but remembered enought to grab what she could of the carpet, managing to catch her ankles on the doorframe. The double-gravity had forced everything into slow motion - out of the corner of her eye, Cassiopeia could see Sailor Chibi Moon clinging stubbornly to where the bed had been bolted to the floor. She was sweating in her attempt to fold her body to keep her feet from touching the black hole that must have been forming before Neo Queen Beryl. Intercepting something with Event Horizon was a *dangerous* thing to try, especially indoors and with other people so close to Neo Queen Beryl - whatever attack those needles had been must have been *bad*.
The air abruptly returned to Sailor Cassiopeia's lungs, and she forced herself unthinkingly to her feet. "Hailstorm Fury!"
"Gold Star Glitter Shower!" Sailor Chibi Moon yelled in the same moment, crouching in her doorway, even as Neo Queen Beryl recovered enough to bleat, "Neo-Nega Final Scream!"
The wind of Neo Queen Beryl's attack caught up the silver hail and golden glitter within its blue mist, seeming to crystalize for a half-second before all three attacks hit the creature. Its howl mingled with the sound of Neo Nega Final Scream as it thrashed dangerously within the fog. Sailor Chibi Moon stepped forward then, disregarding the youma. "*Whose side are you on?*" she demanded harshly. Cassiopeia could tell from Chibi Moon's posture that she was fully ready to take on the two of them in addition to the creature. Cassiopeia opened her mouth to try to explain -
"*Yours!*" Neo Queen Beryl snapped at the children, weaving her hands in a complex variation on an infinity symbol. "Don't *bicker*, damnit - Unfinished Wheel Turn!" The blue fog was beginning to clear, and the creature's fur was wet with blood, but it was laughing - then Sailor Cassiopeia felt another shift in gravity. The air seemed to be solidifying in a loop around the creature - *This one throws the target around and damages his insides - but I'm supposed to -*
A blinding blue-white light exploded from over the creature's head. "*Nega Grant Shape-Take!*" an ethereal voice wailed, as the creature's growling tone rose to an almost-normal human voice - "Tisiphone *Return* Fury!"
The pull was coming from a different direction now - "They reflected the attack on her!" Sailor Cassiopeia yelled uselessly - Neo Queen Beryl was screeching somewhere within the persistent light. *- but I'm supposed to have an attack ready when it lets go of the target -*
"*Hurricane Eye Calm!*"
*- because Unfinished Turn Wheel intensifies the rejoining attack's original effect.*
Neo Queen Beryl tumbled without to the ground beside Sailor Cassiopeia as the light died. Sailor Chibi Moon paused warily - there were two more Sailor Scouts here, and she wasn't certain she trusted the first one.
There was an abnormally tall and emaciated young woman with red hair and violet eyes, wearing a black leotard with a skirt and gloves the color of old blood, and a dark puce bow and boots - Sailor Tisiphone, Ylsa, and only her grinning face was scratched. Beside her, smiling in a particularly unsettling way, was Sailor Hydra.
"Andrea," Sailor Cassiopeia choked, unaware she was crying. "Please w-w-wake up -" She couldn't do what *Princess Ariane* had wanted, couldn't, couldn't -
"There's no need to get emotional," said Sailor Hydra smoothly. She didn't stop smiling. Sailor Tisiphone's demonic grin broadened. "It's your fate, after all."
- Sailor Cassiopeia very distinctly remembered hearing Andrea say, "Oh, fatalists like Ylsa, they think everyone's under the world's mind control all the time," -
"Cassiopeia Hurricane -"
"Hydra Searching Flame," said Sailor Hydra with quiet force. The seven heads flickered into existence before her and danced for a moment before moving in on Sailor Tisiphone.
Sailor Hydra looked down at the hideously burnt body and said a little shakily, "It is fate. Accept it."
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"....Andrea -"
"Mom, I have to go someplace," said Andrea, looking up. Her eyes were a swirling mass of color. Neo Queen Beryl stepped back, frustrated.
"*Where* -"
"I'll tell you later," Andrea said quietly. "There's some stuff I've gotta find -" She looked over her shoulder as though someone had whispered in her ear, then looked back, and finished with an odd smile, "Seven others, Mom. And they told me where to look."
"How would *the Negaverse* know -"
"I have to go someplace now -" The blue-white light filled the room again. "- I won't be back alone!"
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Author's Note: *reading over* ...well, here's to the end of the most uneven fanfic in history. On a related note, I'm almost not failing precalculus.
by Goz
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon. If I did, I would've made them wear more clothes.
Warning: This is a Sailor Moon fanfic concerning various new Sailor Scouts of my own creation. It also contains liberal mixing of the Japanese version with the dub. Caveat emptor.
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Part 19
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Someone had broken a window and fled the building, and someone else had tracked glass and some blood back in and then changed her mind and followed, but Sailor Cassiopeia couldn't care. Something inhuman was growling inside the open bedroom door just ahead, and a lunatic was in there screaming, "How *dare* you ruin my birthday party -"
"- in the name of the moon, I will punish you!" Sailor Chibi Moon announced to the disconcerted creature standing in the remains of a bed as Sailor Cassiopeia and Neo Queen Beryl charged through the door. Sailor Cassiopeia grabbed the doorframe to keep from falling down. "Whaaaaat!?" screeched Neo Queen Beryl, stumbling.
Sailor Chibi Moon looked at them, registered "Queen Beryl", raised her wand, registered, "Ariane", lowered it, and then spotted the glint of needles out of the corner of her eye and dropped to the floor. "*Fools!*" roared the wolflike creature in a halfway human voice. *Hurricane Eye Calm's not gonna work on something material -*
"Event Horizon Terminal Draw - *STAY DOWN, USA*!" ordered Neo Queen Beryl, giving Sailor Cassiopeia a shove to the floor.
Cassiopeia felt like she were falling up, but remembered enought to grab what she could of the carpet, managing to catch her ankles on the doorframe. The double-gravity had forced everything into slow motion - out of the corner of her eye, Cassiopeia could see Sailor Chibi Moon clinging stubbornly to where the bed had been bolted to the floor. She was sweating in her attempt to fold her body to keep her feet from touching the black hole that must have been forming before Neo Queen Beryl. Intercepting something with Event Horizon was a *dangerous* thing to try, especially indoors and with other people so close to Neo Queen Beryl - whatever attack those needles had been must have been *bad*.
The air abruptly returned to Sailor Cassiopeia's lungs, and she forced herself unthinkingly to her feet. "Hailstorm Fury!"
"Gold Star Glitter Shower!" Sailor Chibi Moon yelled in the same moment, crouching in her doorway, even as Neo Queen Beryl recovered enough to bleat, "Neo-Nega Final Scream!"
The wind of Neo Queen Beryl's attack caught up the silver hail and golden glitter within its blue mist, seeming to crystalize for a half-second before all three attacks hit the creature. Its howl mingled with the sound of Neo Nega Final Scream as it thrashed dangerously within the fog. Sailor Chibi Moon stepped forward then, disregarding the youma. "*Whose side are you on?*" she demanded harshly. Cassiopeia could tell from Chibi Moon's posture that she was fully ready to take on the two of them in addition to the creature. Cassiopeia opened her mouth to try to explain -
"*Yours!*" Neo Queen Beryl snapped at the children, weaving her hands in a complex variation on an infinity symbol. "Don't *bicker*, damnit - Unfinished Wheel Turn!" The blue fog was beginning to clear, and the creature's fur was wet with blood, but it was laughing - then Sailor Cassiopeia felt another shift in gravity. The air seemed to be solidifying in a loop around the creature - *This one throws the target around and damages his insides - but I'm supposed to -*
A blinding blue-white light exploded from over the creature's head. "*Nega Grant Shape-Take!*" an ethereal voice wailed, as the creature's growling tone rose to an almost-normal human voice - "Tisiphone *Return* Fury!"
The pull was coming from a different direction now - "They reflected the attack on her!" Sailor Cassiopeia yelled uselessly - Neo Queen Beryl was screeching somewhere within the persistent light. *- but I'm supposed to have an attack ready when it lets go of the target -*
"*Hurricane Eye Calm!*"
*- because Unfinished Turn Wheel intensifies the rejoining attack's original effect.*
Neo Queen Beryl tumbled without to the ground beside Sailor Cassiopeia as the light died. Sailor Chibi Moon paused warily - there were two more Sailor Scouts here, and she wasn't certain she trusted the first one.
There was an abnormally tall and emaciated young woman with red hair and violet eyes, wearing a black leotard with a skirt and gloves the color of old blood, and a dark puce bow and boots - Sailor Tisiphone, Ylsa, and only her grinning face was scratched. Beside her, smiling in a particularly unsettling way, was Sailor Hydra.
"Andrea," Sailor Cassiopeia choked, unaware she was crying. "Please w-w-wake up -" She couldn't do what *Princess Ariane* had wanted, couldn't, couldn't -
"There's no need to get emotional," said Sailor Hydra smoothly. She didn't stop smiling. Sailor Tisiphone's demonic grin broadened. "It's your fate, after all."
- Sailor Cassiopeia very distinctly remembered hearing Andrea say, "Oh, fatalists like Ylsa, they think everyone's under the world's mind control all the time," -
"Cassiopeia Hurricane -"
"Hydra Searching Flame," said Sailor Hydra with quiet force. The seven heads flickered into existence before her and danced for a moment before moving in on Sailor Tisiphone.
Sailor Hydra looked down at the hideously burnt body and said a little shakily, "It is fate. Accept it."
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"....Andrea -"
"Mom, I have to go someplace," said Andrea, looking up. Her eyes were a swirling mass of color. Neo Queen Beryl stepped back, frustrated.
"*Where* -"
"I'll tell you later," Andrea said quietly. "There's some stuff I've gotta find -" She looked over her shoulder as though someone had whispered in her ear, then looked back, and finished with an odd smile, "Seven others, Mom. And they told me where to look."
"How would *the Negaverse* know -"
"I have to go someplace now -" The blue-white light filled the room again. "- I won't be back alone!"
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Author's Note: *reading over* ...well, here's to the end of the most uneven fanfic in history. On a related note, I'm almost not failing precalculus.
