Dark Side Of The Moon
A Ghostbusters/Sailor Moon Crossover
By Dan Ectodude Shannon

Chapter 20
Story Of Jupiter Knight

October 25, 1995
Ghostbusters Temp. HQ
4:27 AM

Dan had gotten home about an hour ago. It was a long walk from the park to the old embassy. After the strange episode with the scouts, the airport, and not enough sleep in the first place, he had wore thin whatever energy he had left in him, for he now laid asleep on the couch, still in his jumpsuit.

In the shadows of the entry hall, by the front door, two outlines of four-legged animals appeared. One headed upstairs, and the other walked into the living room area. Dan, being asleep, didn't know what was about to happen, or even if the animals were there to begin with.

Luna jumped up on the arm of the couch, and looked at the sleeping Ghostbuster. She did suddenly feel something strange about him...

Luna: ::thinking:: So, he is the first.

As careful as she could, she walked on top of him. Dan shifted a little, and moaned...

Dan: Oscar, get the hell off my bed!

Luna stopped...

Luna: ::thinking:: Oscar? Must have been a cat he used to have.

She continued walking across him, but now he didn't seem to be awake enough to notice. When she got to his chest, she started shifting her weight to wake him up. Sure enough, he did...

Dan: ::waking up:: Uh... Wha...? What the...? A cat? How did you get in here?

Luna: Well, this is a little hard to explain.

Dan's eyes went wide...

Dan: ::whispers:: A talking cat? ::louder:: A talking cat?!

Luna: Shhhh! Don't wake the others!

Dan: No, you're not here, and I'm not awake!

Luna: This is no dream!

Dan: You are here, and I'm not dreaming! Man, I've been slimed too many times.

Luna jumped off of him, as Dan sat up, and swung his legs outward to sit upright on the couch. He looked down to the black cat with the crescent moon on her head. He couldn't believe what was happening...

Dan: Look, if you're a demon, and you kill me, I swear to god almighty I will come back, and we'll get sucked into a ghost trap together!

Luna: No, I am not a demon, and I'm not here to kill you. I'm here because you are the protector of the princess of Jupiter.

Dan blinked...

Dan: What?

Luna: Come with me, and I'll show you.

***

Outside HQ...

Luna: Long ago, there was a time of peace known as the Crystal Millennium. During that time, Queen Serenity ruled the Solar System.

Dan: I'm aware of this. Egon explain a majority of this before we went to the airport.

Luna: Well, during the battle of the Negaverse, the princesses of the inner solar system protected the moon princess, and also, there were protectors of the princesses as well. They were known as the "Solar Knights." You, Dan, are one of them.

Dan stopped, and looked at the cat.

Dan: There is no frickin way in the depths of the ocean this is true. How the hell am I going to believe a talking cat?

Voice: Would you believe me?

Dan turned around, and saw Egon walk out of the shadows, along with a white cat with the same crescent moon symbol on its head.

Dan: Egon, are you in check?

Egon: Don't worry Dan, I'm not under telepathic influence. What these cat guardians are saying is very true. It didn't exactly fit until after the incident at the airport tonight.

Dan looked at all three of them with a blank stare...

Egon: About a week ago, after you heard the name, "Jupiter" appear out of nowhere, while you were explaining it, Ray took a scan when you weren't looking. After I compared the one reading with the other reading Sailor Jupiter was giving off, I found that somehow you two were connected. I was working on coming to a conclusion, when Artemis appeared, and gave me the conclusion needed.

Artemis: Yeah. It is true what is being said about you. You are Jupiter Knight.

Dan: Fine... Prove it.

Luna jumped up, and flipped backwards. At the peak of the flip, a light emerged, and a silver chain suddenly appeared. The chain fell from the sky, and Dan caught it midair. He looked at it, and it had a symbol resembling the number 4.

Dan: A chain?

Luna: Hold it up, and yell, "Jupiter Knight Supremacy".

Dan looked at the chain, and sighed...

Dan: This is stupid, but here we go. ::Holds up chain:: Jupiter Knight Supremacy!

Sparks began to fly from the hand that held the chain. A green aura surrounded him as a wall of green electricity formed in front of him. The wall bent around him, and the wall exploded. The Ghostbuster and both cats were blown back, and opened their eyes to smoke. The smoke cleared to show a man standing there in a hunter green armor. He looked down to his suit. It was a cross between Medieval armor and Samurai armor.

Egon: Dan are you alright?

Man: I am no longer Dan Shannon. I am now... Jupiter Knight!

All three looked upon him with a weird glance. Jupiter Knight looked down to his armor, and held up his hand to look at the chain-linked gloves...

Jupiter Knight: This is different. I've heard of alter-egos, but this is ri-goddamn-diculous. Now I know why I was wearing armor in that dream.

Luna: Dream? What dream?

JK: About a week ago, I had a dream where I walked up a set of stairs, and that was when I met, in a sense, Sailor Jupiter. That was the when the man in the attire... ::eyes widen:: Oh crap!

Artemis: What? What is it?

JK: Sailor Jupiter got killed by that guy! By... Jedite! Shit, my dream is a warning!

Luna: Oh, no! Lita had that exact same dream!

JK: I know... She told me! That means...

Egon: You have to stay alert until we can capture him.

Artemis: But why her? Why not the others first?

Egon: Basic strategy: Eliminate toughest obstacle first. From my observations, Sailor Jupiter and Jupiter Knight will be the first to go. Then the other scouts, then the Ghostbusters, and finally... The rest of the world, if those are is his intentions.

JK: Ok, then what do we do?

Egon: Luna, Artemis, I want you two to tell the Scouts that we will met them at that temple 7 o'clock later tonight. I have a feeling that Jedite will try to get the both of us next time because we interfered.

Luna and Artemis: Right.

To Be Continued...

*A/N* I know what you're thinking... "A Ghostbuster as Jupiter Knight?" Well, I do admit, it is a little odd, but it just adds to the element of the story. Just to let you know, if you have read the Jupiter Knight story by Lady Jupiter, don't think that I'm stealing. She beat me to getting her story out. I thought this story up 3 years ago, but never really got around to writing it, and now I found out about that Jupiter Knight story, I'd figure I'd better clear some things up before we continued. Well, anyway, I hope you like it so far! Review if you can, PLEASE!