WHEN THE TIGERS BROKE FREE

A Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Fanfic

written by

Celestial Senshi

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Introduction:  In Which I Ramble About Things You Should Know

Hello, otakus and bored people alike. I've gotten maybe five hours of sleep in three days.  This could get interesting.  That's right, children, the Midnight Run of Celestial Senshi has returned.  Welcome to my insanity.  Be afraid.

I just would like to say that I am on winter vacation, and now have time to write again.  Booyaka!  ::does a little happy dance around the room::  Yeah, pretend you care.  You know you like it.

So, I decided that after signing up for this bloody pen-name, I might as well start publishing some stuff on this site, as opposed to all the other places you might've found me.  Go figure, I'm tired.  This is a Mako-chan fic, because she kicks ass, and I need no other reason than that.  It takes place in the Moon Kingdom, which is one of my favorite settings because (a) it's nifty and (b) nobody can yell at me for messing up the plot line.  There will be some very soft-core hentai, but it's just there to make things interesting. This isn't a lemon (sorry).  There's ::gasp:: actual plot line here, folks.

A few notes I should make about the creative liberties I have taken with this story:

1) I know they never mention what their actual names were in the Moon Kingdom, but writing "The Princess of Jupiter said to the Princess of Mars" over and over could get very tiresome.  Therefore, I'm referring to all of them by their modern-day names just to keep things simple.  If you don't think her name was originally Makoto, fine.  I don't think it was either.  But giving them new names will confuse the hell out of people.

2) They're not going to be in their traditional Sailor fuku.  Yes, I know that we see them in their usual outfits in the Moon Kingdom during a first-season flashback.  Personally, I interpret that as a way for the animators to make us less confused, and make things easier for them.  I think that back in the day, they wore something a bit more…princess-like.  If you don't think so, fine.  Don't flame me, I'm just an innocent writer.

3) Also, just believe for a minute that all the planets and their moons were inhabitable at one time.  The way I see it, the way they are now is the result of the battle between the Moon Kingdom and Earth.  So, no, Minako will not burn up and die of carbon dioxide poisoning when she returns to her home planet.

Speaking of death, here's the usual disclaimer bullshit.  I don't own Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon; the oh-so-lovely Takeuchi Naoko does.  No, I don't own her, either.  She lives in Japan where she draws very pretty pictures and gets lots of money for them.  As I have absolutely no money, it's safe to say that I don't own the rights to any insanely successful anime series.  So don't sue me, I have nothing of worth besides my brain anyway.  I'm just borrowing Naoko-sama's characters for a while.  Somehow, I don't think she'll mind.

In typical anime fanfic fashion, I'll probably throw in some Japanese here and there.  I am too irritable to write translations right now, so just deal with it if you don't know what it means.  I'm also listening to my brand-spanking-new Pink Floyd album at the moment (I got "Echoes" for Christmas.  Yeeeeeeeeeeeah!), so if this story gets weird, it's not my fault.  Blame it on the British. J

Holy twitching crack-baby, I need coffee.  Ah well, what's a broke hippie to do?  (Yeah, yeah, like there's another kind of hippie besides a broke one, I know, Avi, as if you have so much freakin' room to talk).  C'est la vie.  See you at the end.  Of the story, that is.

Peace and love –

Celestial Senshi