SAILOR MOON: 1987
STUFF LEGAL MAKES US PUT IN: Naoko Takeuchi created Sailor Moon, this is just my alternate universe version, loosely based on her works. I don't own anything except for what I created.
A LITTLE NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: Okay, this is episode 15, and we're just now getting into 1987.
EPISODE 15: SEVEN GREAT BEASTS #3: WHAT'S NEW, PUSSYCAT?
CAVERN MUSIC
ORANGFAIR PLAZA, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA
JANUARY 2, 1987 10:55 AM
"You're getting it," John McCoy said, as Ami Andersen played the main guitar riff from "Blitzkrieg Bop" by the Ramones.
"This doesn't seem too difficult," Ami said.
"That's the beauty of the Ramones," John said. "They probably know 3 chords between them, but they came up with some great tunes over the last 10 years. That's what I like about punk."
"I thought punk was all that anarchy crap," Ami said.
"Some of it is," John said. "But originally, it was all about making music that anyone could play. I read somewhere that since they couldn't play the songs they liked, they made up songs that they could play. But the song I'm teaching you is only part of today's lesson."
"What's the other part?" Ami asked.
"Great music should be accessible," John said. "Stuff someone who listens to the record or goes to the concerts can learn to play. That's part of what I like about KISS, besides the fact my mom's cousin used to be their lead guitarist."
Meanwhile, outside, a stage was being constructed in the central court, where Rainy Day Man would be playing later that afternoon. Usagi Tsukino was helping the Sisters of Charity at their donation booth, alongside Sister Serena Campbell, her birth mother. While Usagi was helping the Sisters, her cat Luna was stretching her legs. As Luna was walking around, she drew the ire of a particularly mean orange tabby cat. Luna ran as fast as her legs would carry her, chased by the orange tabby. Within a few minutes, Luna found herself at a dead end. Cornered, she prepared to fight, as the orange tabby went in for the kill. As it was ready to lunge at Luna, a fish head flew down in its path, stopping the orange tabby in its path. As the orange cat stopped, a large and fat blue-gray cat, its fur the same color as Tom from Tom and Jerry, leaped from the top of the wall behind Luna, picked her up, and, with agility that belied its size, leaped back up the wall. How can I thank you? Luna said, in feline, which came out as meows.
Think nothing of it, the larger cat said. That one there, he's a major bully, he doesn't like any other cats moving in on his territory. Now if you'll follow me, we can get back to the Plaza, without that bully getting in our way.
Several minutes later, Usagi came back to the Plaza, where she was approached by a little girl with red hair. "Excuse me," the girl said, showing Usagi a photo of the cat who had saved Luna, "but have you seen my kitty, Rhett Butler? I can't find him anywhere."
"No, I haven't," Usagi said. "But I'll help you look for him. By the way, my name's Usagi Tsukino."
"My name's Katie O'Hara," the girl said. "But because of my red hair, everyone calls me Scarlet."
"Like in Gone With the Wind?" Usagi asked.
"That's why I named my cat Rhett Butler," Scarlet said, as she and Usagi made their way through the parking lot, finding Rhett Butler walking with Luna.
"I see your cat met my cat," Usagi said, going up, and picking Luna up.
"Thanks for helping me find my cat," Scarlet said. "Anyways, I saw them setting up in the central court, they have a band playing today. Wanna check them out?"
"It's my boyfriend's band," Usagi said.
As Usagi and Scarlet were talking, Luna climbed on Usagi's shoulders, as Scarlet picked up Rhett Butler. "Interesting," Luna said to herself, noticing the gem on the Moon Stick glowing. "It only glows like that in the presence of one of the Rainbow Crystals."
A few minutes later, Usagi and Scarlet were in front of the stage. John showed up, carrying his black Les Paul Custom in its hard case. He took the guitar out of the case, and plugged it into an amp, and placed it on a stand on stage. 'Hi John," Usagi said, giving him a kiss. "This is Scarlet, her cat's name is Rhett Butler."
"Scarlet O'Hara, I presume," John said.
"How did you know?" Scarlet asked.
"Why else would a girl named Scarlet name a cat Rhett Butler?" John asked. "I'm also guessing your real name's Katie."
"How did you know that?" Scarlet asked.
"I've read Gone With the Wind," John said. "Scarlett O'Hara's real name is Katie, her middle name is Scarlett."
"Anyways," Scarlet said, "I have to go for now, I need to take Rhett Butler home. I'll be back in a bit."
"Nice meeting you," John said.
"I think Scarlet is the host of one of the Seven Great Beasts," Luna said, once Scarlet and Rhett Butler left."
"What makes you think that?" John asked.
"There's a gem at the top of the handle of the Moon Stick," Luna said, "where the crescent moon meets the stick part. Anyways, the gem glows in the presence of one of the Seven Great Beasts."
"I'm not surprised," John said. "From what Beryl told us, anyone could be a host."
"We've already found two of them," Usagi said. "John was the first, my birth mother was the second, and it looks like we know who the..."
"I heard it, too," John said, as he and Usagi heard a high pitched scream coming from a block away. "The shit just hit the fan!" he said into his communicator, followed by producing a small pellet, tossing it to the ground at his feet, which surrounded him with gold smoke. When the smoke cleared, John was transformed into Golden Hawk.
"Pretty Soldier of the Moon, Make-Up!" Usagi said, transforming into Sailor Moon. She and Golden Hawk, along with Luna, ran to where the scream was coming from, they saw Zoicite, along with Scarlet, who was still holding Rhett Butler. Zoicite was holding the black crystal, and it was glowing, showing it was in the presence of one of the Rainbow Crystals.
"I am the Brave Warrior of Heavy Metal," Golden Hawk said. "I stand for Rock & Roll, I stand for baseball, I stand for apple pie, I stand for Disneyland. I stand with the Sailor Soldiers, and all they stand for, and anyone who wants to harm the innocent will have to go through me. My name is Golden Hawk, and in the name of all that is awesome and wicked cool, I will kick your ass!"
"I stand for love, I stand for peace, I stand for truth, justice, and the American way," Sailor Moon said. "I am Sailor Moon, the Pretty Guardian of the Moon, and protector of the people of Earth, and in the name of the Moon, I will punish you!"
"Spare me," Zoicite said. "Now, little girl, give me your Rainbow Crystal like a good little girl."
"Save yourself," Scarlet said, letting Rhett Butler go.
As Rhett Butler ran off with a speed that one would think impossible of a cat of his size, Zoicite fired energy waves from the black crystal at Scarlet, which had no effect. "You're not the host of the Great Beast," Zoicite said. "It must be that flea-bitten walking mousetrap of yours." He pointed his hand, which was glowing with black energy, at Scarlet. Just before he fired a blast of energy that would have killed Scarlet, Rhett Butler ran toward Zoicite, and leapt in the air, into Zoicite's body, his speed and size producing sufficient momentum to knock the Lord of Hell to the ground, his energy blast harmlessly hitting a nearby wall. "You damn fat furball!" Zoicite said, about to fire another blast at Rhett Butler, but reconsidered. "No," he said, seeing that the black crystal was glowing. "I have a better idea. You'll destroy these humans for me." He fired waves of energy from the black crystal at Rhett Butler, opening a hole in his back, pulling out the Red Rainbow Crystal. Before anyone else could get it, Scarlet got up, and grabbed it.
As Scarlet grabbed the Red Rainbow Crystal, Rhett Butler was transformed into an anthropomorphic feline, albeit one from a nightmare. The creature let out a roar. "Don't hurt that thing," Scarlet said. "He may be a monster, but he's still my kitty."
"We're not going to hurt it," Sailor Moon said, producing her Moon Stick. "I'm going to return him to normal. Moon Healing Escalation!" she said, pointing the Moon Stick at the creature, and fired a crescent shaped beam of white energy at it, transforming it back to Rhett Butler.
"I believe you have something I want," Zoicite said, preparing to fire another blast of energy at Scarlet.
"Don't even think about it," Golden Hawk said. "Not unless you want to give me another reason to want to rip your head off and dropkick it over the horizon.
"How many reasons do you have?" Zoicite asked.
"How much time you got?" was Golden Hawk's reply.
"Some other time," Zoicite said, as he disappeared.
"Was this what he was after?" Katie said, holding the Red Rainbow Crystal.
"You did good," Golden Hawk said. "That's one more crystal Zoicite doesn't have."
"But what if he comes back after it?" Scarlet asked.
"I'll make sure he can never get his hands on it," Golden Hawk said. "Now if you'll be so kind as to hold the crystal in your hands."
"Like this?" Scarlet said, cupping the crystal in her hands.
"Yes," Golden Hawk said, cupping his hands around hers. They began glowing white, and the crystal disappeared.
"Where did it go?" Scarlet asked.
"I put it somewhere Zoicite can never get his hands on it," Golden Hawk said. "But you still possess it. I put it in another dimension, and linked you to it. My friends and I will need it in the future, which means when we need them, we'll call you. And don't worry, I also made it so that Zoicite can never harm you while you still possess the crystal."
RAINBOW CRYSTAL SCORECARD
YELLOW-SAMMY TSUKINO
BLUE-GOLDEN HAWK
RED-KATIE "SCARLET" O'HARA
UNTIL NEXT TIME...
OUR NEXT EPISODE: CONTROLLING THE BEAST WITHIN