PREREQUSITE LEGAL DISCLAIMER DEPT.: You should know the drill by now. Yadda yadda yadda, Naoko Takeuchi created Sailor Moon, I don't own anything I didn't create, blah blah blah, El Dorado and Amos Alonzo Stagg are real high schools, the depictions in this story are fictional versions of said schools, et cetera et cetera et cetera... Anyways, I am not writing this for monetary gain, but for shits and giggles...
SAILOR MOON: 1987
PROLOG
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA
NOVEMBER 20, 1986 10:45 AM
Mary Ann Kino was, for lack of a better term, bored completely out of her skull. Her English teacher, Mrs. Hart, had taken a sick day, and since she neglected to leave a lesson plan, her substitute had pretty much had the class do a free reading period the entire class. As the office aide came into the classroom, Mary Ann realized she had been reading the same page for at least 20 minutes. "Miss Kino," the substitute said, handing her a call slip from the office, "This young man is instructed to escort you to the office."
"What is this all about?" Mary Ann said, as she and the aide walked to the office. "I didn't do anything."
"I don't know," the aide said. "They didn't tell me anything, just that I was to escort you. But I will say this, if you tell the truth from the beginning, they might go a little easier on you."
"But I didn't do anything," Mary Ann said, as they approached the office. When they got there, the secretary was with an officer from the Stockton Police Department. "I definitely didn't do anything," Mary Ann said. "Not that bad."
"Miss Kino," the officer said. "I'm Sgt. Jansen. Your parents were in a car accident about an hour ago, at the corner of Pacific and Harding. I regret to inform you they both died at the scene."
"No," Mary Ann said, as she began crying.
"Miss Kino, I know this is tough for you," Sgt. Jansen said, "But I need you to come with me, I need you to identify the bodies."
Sgt. Jansen escorted Mary Ann to his squad car, and drove her to Dameron Hospital. He took her to a room in the basement, where two bodies lay on a slab, covered head to toe with sheets. "This is Michael and Janet Kino's daughter," he said. "She agreed to identify the bodies."
The attendant uncovered the faces of both bodies. "Yes," Mary Ann said. "Those are Michael and Janet Kino."
"Thank you," the attendant said.
"Is there a phone I can use?" Mary Ann asked. "I need to call my uncle Charlie, he's my mom's twin brother, they were close, I would rather he heard this from me."
"There's one in my office," "Just dial 9 to get an outside line."
"Just so you know," Mary Ann said, "He's in Anaheim."
"He's family," the attendant said.
Mary Ann dialed 9 for an outside line, and dialed the number for MacMillan Precision Tooling, a tool and die shop in Anaheim. "MacMillan Precision Tooling, this is Barbara," the lady who answered the phone said.
"Can I speak to Charles Pierce?" Mary Ann said. "This is his niece, Mary Ann, it's important."
"Please hold," Barbara Landis said.
MACMILLAN PRECISION TOOLONG, ANAHEIM CALIFORNIA
"Charlie," Barbara Landis said to Charles Pierce, who was busy sharpening a tool for a customer. "Your niece Mary Ann is on line 2, she sounds upset."
"I'll be right there," Charles said.
"This is Charlie," Charles said, as he picked up the phone.
"Uncle Charlie," Mary Ann said, between sobs. "There was a car accident, mom and dad are dead." When she said that, she began uncontrollably crying.
"I'll be there as soon as I can," Charlie said. "Where are you right now?"
Mary Ann was unable to speak through her crying, so she handed the phone to Sgt. Jansen. "Mr. Pierce," Sgt. Jansen said. "I'm Sgt. Thomas Jansen from the Stockton Police Department. Your sister and her husband were killed in an automobile accident, and your niece is extremely upset right now. We're currently at Dameron Hospital, but if you would prefer, I can take your niece home, you can meet her there."
"That would be best," Charlie said.
"I'll stay with your niece until you arrive," Sgt. Jansen said.
EPISODE 4: AND JUPITER MAKES FIVE (OR SIX)
NOVEMBER 24, 1986
STOCKTON RURAL CEMETERY, STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA
1:30 PM
"I still can't believe they're gone," Mary Ann said after the graveside service.
"You know how close your mother and I were," Charlie said. "That's something that won't go away. We have people coming over to the house this afternoon, and tomorrow, we'll finish packing up the house, and we go back down south on Wednesday morning. You'll love it down there. Sunshine, palm trees, Disneyland."
NOVEMBER 27, 1986
THE HOME OF NICK AND AMANDA WEBB
4:00 PM
"You're just in time," Amanda Webb said, as Rae Hinowski arrived, along with her mother, Cathy. "Dinner should be ready in a few minutes."
"Sure smells wonderful," Cathy said.
"You didn't tell Mina the news yet, did you?" Rae asked.
"No," Amanda said. "Nick and I thought she might like to hear it from you."
"Hear what?" Mina asked.
"I'm going to need a ride to school on Monday," Rae said.
"But I go to El Dorado," Mina said.
"That's the thing," Rae said. "Starting Monday, so do I."
"Oh my god!" Mina said, hugging Rae. "All I have to say is Webb&Hinowski is back, baby!"
"From what I understand," Amanda said, "it never went away, just went on a brief hiatus."
"But it will be good to have them in the same school again," Cathy said. "Actually, I want to thank you for pulling Mina out of Rosary and putting her in public school."
"Why's that?" Amanda asked.
"The fact Mina went to Rosary was the only reason I sent Rae there in the first place," Cathy said. "Oliver wanted Rae raised Catholic, but as far as I'm concerned, he lost all say in her upbringing the day he ran out on us. At least he had the common decency to have me served with divorce papers before he took off for Tuvalu with that cocktail waitress."
"I just have one thing to say," Mina said. "Best friends forever."
"Best friends forever," Rae said.
THE HOME OF JOSEPH MCCOY AND CARYN FREHLEY-MCCOY
"Thank you for inviting Ami and I," Naoko Mizuno said.
"Anything for our new neighbors," Caryn Frehley-McCoy said. "Let's just say it's our way of welcoming you to the neighborhood."
"Have you seen John?" Joseph McCoy asked. "Is he home from rehearsal yet?"
"He got home about half an hour ago," Caryn said. "He went up to take a shower, he should be down in a bit."
As if on cue, John McCoy came down from his bedroom, wearing a blue and white button down shirt over a blue T-shirt, blue jeans, and black Doc Marten boots. He had his blond hair cut in a "bi-level" style, short in front, long in back, and he had a small gold hoop earring in his left earlobe. "Hi Ami," John said.
"Hi John," Ami said. "When my mom said we were having Thanksgiving dinner with our new neighbors, I didn't realize it would be with one of my teachers."
"Your teacher?" Naoko asked.
"I'm her guitar teacher," John said. "I've been playing since I was 7, when I first heard my mom's cousin's band."
"What band is that?" Ami asked.
"KISS," Caryn said. "My cousin's Ace Frehley."
"You going to stick around tomorrow after your lesson?" John asked. "A couple guys and I are doing a little show tomorrow afternoon at Orangefair Plaza. That's one of the reasons I wanted to have our lesson early."
NOVEMBER 28, 1986
CAVERN MUSIC, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA 12:00 PM
"You're doing quite good for a beginner," John said.
"Thank you," Ami said.
"Don't forget, next week, we go back to 5:00 PM," John said. "Anyways, you gonna stick around? Me and some of the guys are going to set up out front in a few minutes and jam.
"Where are you guys playing?" Ami asked.
"In the central court," John said.
"I think I'll stick around and listen for a few songs," Ami said. "I was going to get a manicure today."
"Just remember to keep your nails short," John said.
Meanwhile, Mary Ann Kino was in the arcade. Something made her play the claw game, which she never did. She put in a token, and on her first try, ended up winning a green pen, with a disc on top of the cap, with the symbol for Jupiter on it.
MEANWHILE, IN ANOTHER DIMENSION
"Arise, my pet," Jaedite said, at his cauldron. "Steal the energies from those pathetic humans, so that our queen can take her rightful place as ruler of Earth."
BACK AT ORANGEFAIR PLAZA
Mina Webb and Rae Hinowski were celebrating the "glorious return" of Webb&Hinowski. They had breakfast at Ruby's, and got their nails done at the nail salon. As they passed by Cavern Music, they came across John, as he was taking an amplifier to the central court, where a stage had been set up. "Hi John," Mina said.
"Hi Mina," John said, as he put the amp on the stage, and plugged it in. "You must be Rae Hinowski," he said to Rae. "I'm John McCoy, I have a couple classes with Mina."
"How'd you know who I am?" Rae asked.
"My cousin Jessica goes to Rosary," John said. "She told me about the two of you."
"Well, you're going to be seeing a lot more of me starting Monday," Rae said.
"Hi John," Usagi Tsukino said, as he plugged a Gibson Explorer into the amp, and began tuning it.
"Hi Usagi," he said. Noticing Luna in her arms, he added "What's new, pussycat?"
"Meow," Luna said.
"Her name's Luna," Usagi said. "I got her last week."
"Luna," John said. "She's a pretty kitty. Anyways, as you can see, we're setting up right now, why don't you stay and listen to some butt-kicking rock?"
"Sure," Usagi said. "Anyways, how's your mom doing?"
"She has surgery scheduled for Tuesday," John said. "Afterwards, she starts radiation and chemo. She's going to beat this thing."
"I hope she does," Usagi said, hugging John. "Anyways, I'm going to Ruby's."
"Want me to watch Luna for you?" John asked. "No offense, but she doesn't look anything like a seeing-eye dog."
"Sure," Usagi said, as Jake took Luna from her. "Aw, she likes you. Anyways, since you're taking care of my cat, want me to get you anything?"
"Sure," John said, taking a $10 bill out of his wallet, and giving it to Usagi. "Bacon double cheeseburger with extra bacon, onion rings, fries, and a root beer shake."
As Usagi left, John let Luna climb onto his shoulders. As she climbed onto his shoulders, Chris Forney got up on stage, grabbed a Fender Telecaster and strapped it on, and turned on the amp it was plugged in to. "Nice accessory," Chris said, as he began tuning his guitar.
"Her name's Luna," John said. "She's Usagi Tsukino's cat."
"Damn, John," Chris said. "We haven't even played a note, and girls are already giving you pussy."
"Don't mind him," John said to Luna. "Chris Forney's a great guy, but sometimes he thinks with his dick."
"Meow," Luna said.
"You do realize you were just talking to a cat, right?" Chris said.
"How do you know they don't understand us?" John said.
Meanwhile, Serena was about to cross the street to go to Ruby's. Although she had the right of way(the walk signal on the crosswalk was on), she didn't see the 1978 Buick Regal that was about to make a right turn into the crosswalk. Fortunately for her, Mary Ann Kino saw it, and grabbed Usagi by the shoulder, to restrain her from walking into the path of the car. "Be careful next time," Mary Ann said.
"I will," Usagi said. "Thanks."
"Anyways," Mary Ann said, "I'm new in town, I was wondering if you knew a good place to get a burger."
"Ruby's," Usagi said. "It's a 1940s themed diner. I'm going there right now."
"Want to join me?" Mary Ann asked, as they got to Ruby's.
"I was about to ask if you wanted to join me," Usagi said. "I'm getting mine to go, though."
"That's fine," Mary Ann said. "I saw a band setting up, I kind of wanted to catch a few songs."
"My friend's band," Usagi said. "I'd like a to-go order," she said, to the hostess."
"Sure," the hostess said. "What would you like?"
"Cheeseburger no pickles," Usagi said. "Double bacon cheeseburger with extra bacon, onion rings, two orders of fries, root beer shake with no whipped cream, chocolate shake."
"That's a lot of food for one person," Mary Ann said.
"I'm getting something for my friend," Usagi said. "Least I can do, he's watching my cat for me."
"Makes sense," Mary Ann said. "I'll have a cheeseburger, fries, and a vanilla shake," Mary Ann said.
"Anyways," Usagi said, "My name's Usagi Tsukino."
"I'm Mary Ann Kino," Mary Ann said.
They later got their food, and made their way back to where the stage was. "We go on in thirty," Chris Forney said, when Usagi returned with John's lunch.
"Okay," John said, sitting on the edge of the stage, at the side, with Luna still resting on his shoulders. He picked a strip of bacon out of his burger, and offered it to Luna. "Want some bacon, Luna?" he asked.
"Meow," Luna said, taking a bite of the bacon. She found it rather pleasant tasting, and quickly finished the strip.
John took out another strip, and gave it to Luna. "You like bacon, don't you? Of course you do, bacon's the candy of meat, and cats like meat."
"Meow," Luna said, happily.
"Last one," John said, taking another strip out, and giving it to Luna. "I gotta have some bacon for myself, you know." He ate the burger, as well as the onion rings and fries, and drank his milkshake, finishing just as Chris Forney took to the stage. John got up, strapped on his Gibson Explorer(with Luna still on his shoulders), while Chris strapped on his Fender Telecaster. Molly Hogan then took to the stage, and strapped on a Gibson Thunderbird bass, and Darien Shields sat behind the drums. "Good afternoon," John said. "We're Rainy Day Man, we'll be providing you with some totally boss and rocking tunes for the remainder of the afternoon. Before we begin, we would like to thank Cavern Music, for providing us with the equipment we're using today. We'd also like to let you know about their Christmas sale. From now until December 24, save big on everything your budding musician wants to find underneath the Christmas tree. And if Santa brings you a musical instrument, we give lessons. Anyways, Like I said, we're Rainy Day Man, and for our first number, we'd like to play something my mom's cousin Paul wrote about 10 years ago, inspired by a real electrifying experience he had in Florida with his old band." Darien counted off, and the band broke into "Shock Me", with John on lead vocals. They followed up with "You Give Love a Bad Name"(with Molly on keyboards and John on bass), "Cherry Bomb"(Molly on vocals), "Help!"(Chris on vocals), "My Sharona", "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"(Molly on vocals), "Stray Cat Strut"(which John dedicated to Luna), "The Trooper", "Saturday Night", "Burning Love", "Breaking the Law", "Somebody to Love"(the Jefferson Airplane song, with Molly on vocals), and finishing off with "Rebel Rebel". "We're going to take a little break," John said, after the last song. "We'll be back in about an hour. Do some shopping, grab a little snack, hit the arcade and play a few games, and ladies, you may even have time to get your nails done. Just remember, if anyone has a budding musician to shop for, be sure to head over to Cavern Music."
The band members put their guitars down on stands, and left the stage. John grabbed a bottle of orange Gatorade as he left the stage, finishing it in one gulp. As he got off stage, he saw Usagi. "All this time I've known you," Usagi said, hugging him, and giving him a little kiss on the lips, "This is the first time I've ever seen you play in a band."
"This is my first time playing in a band," John said, as Luna got off his shoulders, and John handed her to Usagi. "I think your cat likes me," he added. "Maybe because I gave her half the bacon off my burger."
"Anyways," Usagi said, "I'm going to walk around a bit, but I'll be back for your next set."
"If John ever asks you to marry him," Luna said, as she and Usagi found a private spot, "you better say yes, or I will claw your eyes out."
"You like him, don't you?" Usagi asked.
"He gave me bacon," Luna said. "To a cat, a couple strips of bacon is a gourmet feast."
"I could imagine," Usagi said. "Don't get me wrong, I like bacon my..."
"What's the matter?" Luna asked.
"Something isn't right," Usagi said.
"I feel it too," Luna said. "Call the others."
"I will in a second," Usagi said, holding up her brooch, and touching the gem in the center. "Pretty Soldier of the Moon, Make-Up!"
Ami Andersen was talking to Rae Hinowski and Mina Webb, when they all heard their communicators. "This is Sailor Moon," Sailor Moon said. "Transform and teleport to my location."
"Mercury Power, Make-Up!"
"Mars Power, Make-Up!"
"Venus Power, Make-Up!"
The Sailor Soldiers teleported to where Sailor Moon was, just in time to see a demon appear. "Give your energies to my queen," the demon said, "Give her the power to conquer Earth."
"Not if we can help it!" Sailor Moon said. "I stand for love, I stand for peace, I stand for truth, justice, and the American way. I am Sailor Moon, the Pretty Soldier of the Moon, and protector of the people of Earth, and in the name of the Moon, I shall punish you!"
"I stand for love," Sailor Mercury said, "I stand for intelligence. I am Sailor Mercury, and in the name of Mercury, douse yourself with water."
"I stand for love," Sailor Mars said, "I stand for passion. I am Sailor Mars, and in the name of Mars, I'll scorch evil from the face of Earth."
"I stand for love," Sailor Venus said, "I stand for good. I am Sailor Venus, and in the name of Venus, evil will be destroyed."
The demon fired several blasts of energy at the Sailor Soldiers, who were able to evade them. In the middle of the battle, a puff of gold smoke appeared, and when it cleared, Golden Hawk was standing there. ""I stand for baseball, rock & roll, apple pie, and Disneyland," Golden Hawk said. "I stand for good, and I stand with my friends Sailor Moon and the Sailor Soldiers, and anyone who wants to harm the innocent has to go through me. I am the one known as Golden Hawk, and in the name of all that is awesome and wicked cool, I will kick your ass."
Meanwhile, the demon started attacking civilians, and fired a blast of energy towards Mary Ann Kino. Golden Hawk leaped to her, and dragged her out of the way of the blast. Luna saw, for a split second, the symbol for Jupiter on her forehead. "The pen in your pocket!" Luna said ."Hold it up, and say "Jupiter Power, Make-Up!" Do it now!"
"Might as well do what the nice kitty says," Mary Ann said. She held the pen up, and said "Jupiter Power, Make-Up!" and was wearing an outfit similar to the ones worn by the other Sailor Soldiers, with green collar, gloves, boots, and choker, green gem in her tiara and green clasp for her neckerchief, pink tights, neckerchief, and pink rose earrings, and her fingernails were polished green. "Now what am I?" she asked.
"Sailor Jupiter," Golden Hawk said. "That's what you are."
"I guess that's as good a name as anything," Sailor Jupiter said.
"Now my friends and I need you," Golden Hawk said.
"Right," Sailor Jupiter said, entering the fray. "I stand for love, I stand for the trees. I am Sailor Jupiter, and in the name of Jupiter, evil will ride the lightning." A small lightning rod extended from her tiara, which was struck by a lightning bolt. "Jupiter Thunder Crash!" she said, channeling the lightning, and firing several bolts from her hands, staggering the demon.
"Mercury Aqua Mist!" Sailor Mercury said, creating a mist that enveloped the demon, impairing its vision.
"Mars Flame Sniper!" Sailor Mars said, creating a flaming bow, and firing several arrows made of pure fire at the demon.
"Venus Crescent Beam Kiss!" Sailor Venus said, making a fist, and extending her index finger, she kissed the tip of her finger, and fired it at the demon.
"Someone take a knee!" Golden Hawk said. As Sailor Mars got down on one knee, Golden Hawk vaulted off her shoulders, flying towards the demon, unsheathing his tonfas, channeling energy from them, like blasters. When he got to the demon, he used one of his tonfas as a brace, and delivered a forearm shiver, that knocked the demon down. "You know what to do!" he said to Sailor Moon.
"Right," Sailor Moon said, removing her tiara. "Moon Tiara, Boomerang!" she said, throwing her tiara at the demon, destroying it.
As the battle ended, Golden Hawk got a pellet from a pouch on his belt. "Cutting out once the battle's over, as usual?" Sailor Moon asked.
"You wanna do the honors?" Golden Hawk asked, handing her the pellet.
"No," Sailor Moon said, handing him back the pellet. "You may not be a Sailor Soldier, but you're a member of this team. I know I made a promise when you first became Golden Hawk that I wouldn't reveal your secret identity, which is why I'm asking you to."
"Whatever you say, Usagi," Golden Hawk said.
"How long have you known?" Sailor Moon asked, as she transformed back to Usagi Tsukino.
"I just figured it out," Golden Hawk said, removing his mask, revealing himself to be...
UNTIL NEXT TIME...
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