Well, before I go into anything else, I suppose I'll go into the "Contest". Actually I'll tell you about the three sneaky things I put in there.

"What?" You say? "Three?"

Yep three.

First off, Usagi means Rabbit, and because of this, Usagi got fed a lot of carrots, developing a strong dislike of them.

Two, Goku, from DragonBall and DragonBall Z fame is named Kakorott (Spelling is likely wrong) which means carrot. Kind of a double hit there.

Three: m-v-e-m-j-s-u-n-p is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, in order from the sun (Well, okay, I think Pluto is technically closer right now, but that changes sometimes.)

So three. But since so many played... Makato!

(From stage right, Sailor Jupiter comes, with the other scouts, carrying trays upon trays of cookies.)

Now, if you'll excuse me, I better get the next chapter (Involving Sailor Moon which I don't own. Disclaimer done.) so sit back, enjoy the cookies and soda (Get them from Usagi-chan) and watch the show.

Moon Cats

Chapter Twelve

"What the hell IS that thing?" Uranus yelled, chasing the gray and brown blur down the street.

"I don't know!" Neptune replied "But it is fast!"

"Yeah, and it's ducking into an alley!"

The two outers, otherwise known as Haruka and Micheru, had been out for a day of shopping. They had just stepped out of a store, in fact, when the rat headed monster had attacked a nearby jewelry store.

They had quickly dived into an alley, where they quickly changed into their alter egos and confronted the monster with a traditional senshi speech. Every thing was really quite normal for the two Senshi, at least it was until the monster turned and ran away.

Uranus had gotten off only a glancing "World Shaking" before the girls where forced to a full tilt run, trying to catch up.

Bringing us back to the present, where the older senshi ran into the alley. They found it empty, and a dead end.

"Where is it?" Uranus yelled, walking deeper into the alley, before turning to face her beloved partner.

"I don't know." Neptune replied, "Maybe there is a portal in the alley?"

"We need to call Mercury, I guess."
As the two women talked, they failed to look up. Neither saw the masonry block move slowly forward, inching dangerously over the empty air.

"You are right." Sailor Neptune walked closer to Uranus, carefully avoiding the collected junk and garabage in the alley. "I wonder why it ran, though."

"Ha!" Uranus chuckled. "Fear obviously."

The huge brick slid foreward until suddenly it fell, the irresistable fingers of gravity pulling it towards the earth.

And Uranus's head.

"Dead Scream."

The sphere of distructive energy struck the brick, meer feet from the other outers bodys. The resulting explosion knocked both girls onto the ground, as well as turning the brick into a fine powder.

"Pluto! What the heck..?"

"It seems your playmate wasn't as gone as you thought, though he certainly is now." She responded, watching the hulking brute disappear over a distant roof.

"What's going on?" Neptune demanded.

"It seems there is a new enemy. We should speak to the inners and Saturn about this."

"Yeah... Though you know what one of them is going to say. I quote "But you said..."

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"... That their wouldn't be any more enemies till after the ice!" Rei demanded an answer without actually asking a question.

Before Setsuna could speak, however, Micheru gave a little squeal, while Haruka grumbled. "I thought it'd be Usagi."
"Poor Haruka."

Minako looked at the couple quizically. "What are you two talking about?"

Micheru giggled as Haruka explained "We made a bet on which one of you would say that. I bet Usagi, she bet Rei."

"I won." The sea Senshi giggled, winking. "Now she has to wear a girls uniform to school for the next week."

"Ah... Right."

"SPEAKING of what I said!" Rei interrupted, pacing around the temple room all the Senshi where in "Where did this new enemy come from?"

"I don't know." Pluto replied.

"And why not? You have the time gate, doesn't that show you what's coming oh 'Senshi of Time'?"

"Not... Exactly." Setsuna replied calmly.

For once, her calm was short lived.

"I suggest you explain how "Not exactly" that is." Usagi said coolly.

"Very wel..." Setsuna was interrupted.

"Explain clearly." Usagi added. "And no unneccisary 'Mystery' Pluto. "

Setsuna, and the other girls, blinked in shock. She actually looked angry, which scared the sailor of time a little.

"Well, Usagi..."

The usually happy Princess of the Moon interrupted again "Consider it a Royal Edict."

Setsuna opened and closed her mouth a few times in shock. Then she noticed that Usagi had the Mercury computer, and had been using it since her arrival. 'Some ones got some memories back.' she thought to herself.

"I'll do the best I can, Princess, but some of this is a little complex."

Usagi nodded, urging her to continue.

"The Time Gate mostly just shows the most important things, unless I go looking. While I did try to find any minor enemies we might have, I am not very suprised that one set slipped by me. Especially since they don't actually seem to want a direct confrontation."

"Makes sense." Makoto said, not exactly understanding, but getting the gist of it.

Setsuna nodded. "Throw in the fact that any decision could change our futures and things get complex."

"How so? I thought the future was set." Ami hopped in.

"No. Unfortunately knowing what we all do about the future, our decisions aren't always what they should have, or would have, been. For example we will not have to face the Black Moon Family in the future."

"Why not?" Usagi inquired.

"Because, Usagi," Setsuna smiled. "You aren't going to make the mistakes that you would have made."

"But we went to the future! All that was there!" Rei yelled.

"Yes... And I can't explain why without about three years to teach you all Quantum Mechanics and Theory first. Lets just say time hadn't "Caught up" quite yet."

"What about Chibi-Usa?"

"Small Lady is fine. To an extent she, and all of us, live outside of time. She will notice the changes, but will still be "At home" in her new reality. Again it's a hard concept to explain, much less for even I to understand."

"So basically, the Time Gate isn't all that reliable?"

"It's a reliable tool, yes, but not infallible."

"Can it find out who the enemy is?" Ami asked.

"I am going to try to find out." Setsuna replied. "Where are Luna and Artemis?"

The sudden change of topic caught the other girls off guard.

"Um... I don't know." Usagi said, having been distracted by the conversation and Mercury computer.

"Luna left before you got here, Setsuna. She wanted to talk to Artemis, and he had stayed at home."

"Ah... Well we can find out what they think of everything later. For now I should go to the gates."

"No Setsuna." Usagi stood, picking up the Mercury Computer, ignoring Ami's curious look, and headed for the door.

"Very well, princess."

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"Artemis... May we talk for a bit?" Luna, shy and nervous, asked.

Artemis looked up quizicaly from the screen of his "Artemis" computer (AN: It's about ten generations or more behind the Mercury Computer...which still puts it about a thousand steps above anything else on the planet.) "Sure Luna, what's up?

"Do you remember Prince Adrian, of Neptune?"

AN: End it here? Okay. Man My Muse is mean.

Anyone wondering about the Artemis Computer, read the first story, "When the Senshi are Away, the Cat's Will Play." It first appeared in there. Shameless plug ends now.