Tenchi Muyo - Super R - When Worlds Collide - Part 2

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Mihoshi looks stern. "Luna and Artimus, your evil deeds end at this place on this day. I, First Lieutenant Mihoshi of the Galaxy Police, place you two under arrest for the theft and trafficking of class one controlled objects."

Serina applauds. "What a great trick!"

Ryoko and Ayeka give Serina a cold stern look. Serina's clapping tapers off to silence.

Rei turns to Tenchi. "They are kidding? Right?"

Tenchi bows his head. "I think they're dead serious."

Mina flaps her hand up and down. "Oh, this is ridiculous. Artimus might steal an occasional piece of fish, but class one controlled objects?"

Serina puts her hand to her head. "Oh, come on Washu. Tenchi is always telling us how smart you are. You can't really think that Artimus and Luna are anything other than ordinary house cats."

Washu looks stern. "I can appreciate the fact that you want to play dumb Serina..."

Rei rolls her eyes, "Like she's playing."

Tenchi turns to Washu. "Little Washu, are you really serious? These are just ordinary young girls."

Washu looks very serious. "Lord Tenchi, these girls are not how they appear."

Tenchi gasps. "How, Little Washu?"

Washu points out the study buddies one by one. "Lita is wearing wedges in her shoes to look taller. Mina is wearing a push up bra and Rei has put tissues in her bra to compete with Lita in the endowment category. Amy is wearing a dark blue skirt to minimize her hips..."

Tenchi has a sweat mark materialize beside his head. "Is there an important point you want to make?"

"...and, Serina, I know about you. I was disguised as Kenta at the play. I saw you turn into Sailor Venus."

Serina absentmindedly wags her finger, "Oh, you mean Mina."

The rest of the scouts give Serina the "I am so going to kill you" look.

Serina, humiliated by her mistake tries to cover up. "She's always dressing up as Sailor Venus. A lot of people don't think she looks the part but I think she's a dead ringer."

Mina stomps her foot and points at the floor. "I think you all are missing the bigger issue!"

Everyone looks at Mina in surprise.

"Tenchi, you didn't tell me I was going to be stage kissing a girl!"

"But I'm just so adorable, it shouldn't have mattered!"

Now everyone looks at Washu in shock.

Washu, realizing this, regains her composure and continues. "Mina, I saw you transform into Sailor Venus."

Rei gives Washu a determined look. "So, you have guessed our little secret. Ryoko, I thought you looked familiar. I had to chase you off my temple grounds before."

Ryoko smiles. "So, you must be Sailor Mars. That's quite a transformation, I never would have guessed."

"Wait a second!"

Everyone turns to stare at Mihoshi.

"I was at the public bath with Ami, and then Sailor Mercury showed up. But since Mina is Sailor Venus ..."

"Yes?" Everyone says in unison.

"And Rei is Sailor Mars ..."

"Yes?"

"That must mean that Ami is Sailor Mercury."

Tenchi and the rest of the Tenchi girls faint.

Serina nudges Ayeka. "Am I missing something?"

Ayeka groans. "That's the first obvious inference I have ever heard her correctly make."

Rei crosses her arms. "Okay, I'm glad that your Mihoshi is growing brain cells. But, I am not going to let a bunch of demons arrest Artimus and Luna."

Ryoko pouts. "Tenchi, she called us demons. You shouldn't let her do that."

Tenchi bows his head. "Ryoko, you are a demon."

"Oh, so I am." Ryoko jumps up and strikes a threatening pose. "Anyway, just what are you girls going to do about it?"

Rei smiles. "I'll be glad to show you. Mars star power ..."

"Mercury star power ..."

"Venus star power ..."

"Jupiter star power ..."

"Moon Prism power ..."

"Make up!"

The girls transform into the Sailor Scouts.

Rei leads the boast. "We are the Sailor Scouts. We fight for love and justice. And, as I have told you before Ryoko, we will not allow demons at this shrine. In the name of Mars ..."

"In the name of Jupiter ..."

"In the name of Mercury ..."

"In the name of Venus and love ..."

"In the name of the Moon ..."

"We will punish you!" The Scouts strike a group battle pose, similar to a fashion shoot layout.

Ayeka and Ryoko laugh. Ryoko points at the Scouts. "You have got to be kidding me. You want to fight with us? You're not in our league. We might hurt you."

Sailor Moon gets a sly look. "I heard you two mostly just fight each other. Why should we expect that the two of you are going to suddenly become a superior fighting team?"

Ayeka turns up her nose. "You may have us partially scouted but if you really knew us you would know that we would fight together to the death to protect Lord Tenchi from demons the likes of you."

Sailor Moon smiles. "I don't think you two have ever fought together before. You two don't even have a battle boast."

Ayeka looks smug. "Oh yes we do. We just didn't want to waste it. But, if you must hear it, Ryoko and I will be happy to give it to you."

Tenchi mumbles to himself "Battle boast?"

Ayeka strikes a pose with a fan. "Prepare for a ta do."

Ryoko crosses her arms. "Make it two."

Ayeka touches her elbows together in front of her, wrists pointing up. "To protect Lord Tenchi from temptation."

Ryoko pats her biceps. "To protect this world from annihilation."

Ayeka points her finger at the scouts. "To denounce those who would steal Tenchi's love."

Ryoko waves her finger upwards "To write our love for Tenchi in the stars above."

The two girls stand back to back.

"Ayeka."

"Ryoko."

Ayeka holds up a giant letter "T". "Team Tenchi is hear to save the day."

Ryoko gets a devilish look on her face. "If you don't want to die, then you had better not play."

Tenchi and the rest of the Tenchi girls keel over. The scouts bust out laughing.

Washu looks at Sasami. "Sasami, you wouldn't by any chance had something to do with that boast?"

Sasami looks down, guiltily. "Well, kinda, sorta, yeah."

"What did I say about monkey business?"

"But, it's Ryo-oki's favorite show!"

Ryo-oki puts on a baseball cap backwards and pretends to throw something. "Meow meow meow. Meow meow MEOW!"

Washu's eyes get crossed out.

Sailor Mars recovers from laughing. "I think Mina is right, we are missing the bigger issues here. Tenchi, why are you living with these demons?"

Sailor Moon pipes in. "Yeah, Tenchi. Ayeka is your cousin, but she's a demon. Are you also a demon?"

Tenchi gets mad. "These girls aren't demons. Well, not all the time. They're just not from around here. This planet that is. But that doesn't make them bad. Ayeka and Sasami are from the planet Jurai. It's a planet similar to earth and has people on it that are more similar to the people on earth than different."

Sailor Mars gives Tenchi an icy look. "But, your friends are trying to kidnap our cats!"

"There's got to be a way to resolve this without fighting! Look, you girls can transform into warriors. Can Luna and Artimus transform into something where they can talk and defend themselves? Maybe there's a simple explanation."

"Tenchi..."

All turn to face Luna.

"We can talk just fine the way we are." Artimus stands on his hind legs and leans against the side of the basket.

Sailor Moon smiles. "Luna, tell Tenchi that you and Artimus had nothing to do with those bogus charges."

"I, ... I, ..." Luna looks at Artimus then slumps her head. "Those charges are true."

"What?" The scouts shout in unison, horrified.

Mihoshi pulls out a pen that expands into a screen. On the screen a wanted poster appears with Luna and Artimus' picture on it.

"I'm afraid it's not an inspirational story." Artimus shakes his head.

"The story started a long time ago, before the beginning of the Moon Kingdom. Artimus and I were the pets of two very powerful sisters whose father was a great sorcerer. Their father was dying, but he wanted his daughters to become great queens, so he built us a space ship that allowed us to fly to a mysterious planet to pick up some magic crystal."

Washu interrupts. "The real story started two hundred years before that. Back then, the first King of the planet Jurai was just a poor adventurer. One day he stumbled upon a barren, uninhabited planet that most people had seen but not even bothered to land on! He explored this planet, later named Planet Escudo, and in a mysterious cave he found a crystal of great power. This crystal joined with him and gave him amazing abilities that he used to become King. But then other people mined the planet, and not all of the crystals they found were good crystals. Some crystals joined with their owners and turned their owners into horrible monsters. For this reason, Planet Escudo was quarantined and the traffic in these crystals became a class one offense."

Sailor Moon blinks. "Wow, you seem to know a lot about this."

"I should. I am Professor Washu, Senior Research Associate at the Royal Jurai Academy, specializing in the study of Escudo crystals."

Luna coughs to quiet down Washu. "Our ship must have been too small to be detected by the Galaxy Police. We were able to land, grab two large crystals and leave before they could catch us."

Artimus nods. "Once we got home our owners merged with the crystals. At first, both sisters were good and just rulers. But one day a change came over my owner. She became more and more vain and distracted. Finally, I had to leave her kingdom and join up with the kingdom of Luna's owner's."

Sailor Moon waves her hand. "That's all very nice, but what has that have to do with us? Wasn't that a long time ago?"

Luna bows her head. "Serina. Our owners were Queen Serenity and Queen Beryl."

"But, Queen Beryl, in the end was nothing like the woman who was once my owner. She used to be wise, compassionate and carefree. But, the crystal must have been a bad crystal." Artimus bows his head.

"I don't think so Artimus." Washu speaks softly, with great authority. "Many studies have been done with the same crystal being absorbed by many people at once. Some turned out good, some turned out bad. In the end, it is in the heart of the host that determines how the union will turn out."

Sailor Jupiter stomps her foot. "Words, words, words! No matter what the story is, you can't have Artimus and Luna. I will not permit it! Jupiter thun..."

Artimus and Luna bow their heads and sigh. Luna speaks with a weary voice. "No, Sailor Jupiter. Stand down. That's an order. There will be no fight."

"But, Luna!"

Luna shakes her head.

The scouts transform back, nearly in tears as the gravity of the situation starts sinking in.

Serina starts crying. "Tenchi, can't you do something? Can't you see that Luna and Artimus are on the side of good? They just lead us in a war against the Negaverse. Doesn't that count for something?"

Tenchi looks to Washu.

Washu strokes her chin. "Well, if we could prove that you five girls were going to choose good in the future, that might be enough mitigating circumstances allow Luna and Artimus to claim sanctuary in the Hino Shrine, much the same way that Ryoko was accepted at the Masaki shrine after she proved that she was sorry for her crimes and willing to do good."

Rei looks skeptical. "Her crimes?"

"She was a space pirate. But now she is part of a special Jurai guard. She also has a familiar crystal, and she uses her powers to protect the Crown Prince of Jurai, Tenchi."

Rei takes a step back. "Tenchi, you're an alien?"

"No! Well, okay, I'm one forth Jurai. But I was raised on earth, I don't feel like an alien."

Washu continues. "I have found a way to test the hearts of people who have merged with crystals to see if they will choose good or bad. Artimus, Luna, are your warriors up to the task? If all five will choose good, I think that it will be obvious to all that you two are on the side of good, so Mihoshi and Kyonni won't have to arrest you."

Luna looks at Ami, Lita and Rei and smiles, then looks at Serina and goes bug eyed. "I, um, well, they have surprised me in the past, I'm sure they will do their best."

Washu nods.

Artimus and Luna wave the scouts over. Luna puts her right paw behind her head. "Scouts, I can't force you to do this for us. This test might be dangerous. And, could you live with the results if you found out that you would eventually turn evil like Queen Beryl?"

Ami looks determined. "I'll do it."

The rest of the scouts nod.

Washu smiles, "Do you want to be first Ami?"

Ami nods.

Azaka and Kamidaki appear wearing tuxedos tailored to fit their wooden bodies. In between them a door appears.

Washu smiles. "Good luck, Ami. Do your best."

Ami nods.

Azaka wiggles fake eyebrows. "Behind this door lies another dimension, a dimension formed by your hidden thoughts and desires."

Kamidaki leans towards the door. "You will enter this world and be faced with some decisions. The decisions you make will determine if you pass or fail."

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