Sailor Moon Aeons.
Book 2: Rebirth.
Act 3: War games.
Episode 55: Round Two.

By Razor Knight
Last update: May 20, 2013
Last edited: June 2, 2017

Jupiter barely missed being rolled over for the tenth time. This was quite annoying, her electric attacks didn't faze her foe at all, and he was both stronger and faster than her. She would have to think of a different strategy, if she wanted to win the fight.

Blanka growled at her. "You... Strong... Me... Stronger."

"Physical power isn't everything in a fight," Jupiter noted. Okay, so that's what Hakko and Terry said, but did she really have anything other than physical power and lightning blasts to fight with?

"Senshi... Die."

Jupiter dodged again, but this time Blanka leapt back out of his 'ball' form, and right behind her, using one of his electric shocks at point blank range. She was knocked back, but Blanka wasn't quite done, he leapt up, using his rolling dash from above, and smashing Jupiter hard enough to crack the concrete beneath her.

"Damn, this is..." She winced as she tried to stand up. It was pointless, Blanka was too strong and fast, she- No, the others would probably be facing enemies as tough as this, she couldn't just wait to be rescued. She couldn't give up. If her foe was faster and stronger... Then perhaps she could use that to her advantage.

Blanka growled again. "Giving... Up?"

"Do your worst."

Blanka complied, using his rolling attack again, but this time Jupiter was ready for it. She used her hammer to knock him away. She knew that wouldn't stop him, but she had a plan and she was about to show the green man how strong she could be. She saw him bounce into a tree and fall from above, still rolling, and smiled. "If Usagi and Hotaru can do it, so can I. Supreme Thunder Dragon..." The attack was mostly the same as always, except the dragon screeched and shot straight into Jupiter's body, instead of rushing at the enemy. Jupiter leapt up as the electricity from the construct all gathered in her hand, delivering a mighty uppercut to the incoming beastman. "... Punch!"

"Me... Not die... Yet."

Jupiter smirked. She had to admit Blanka was stronger than she thought, he had taken both the electricity and her punch, and still staggered up. However, he was visibly in no shape to keep fighting. "Give up."

"Me defeat you!"

Blanka had been too fast, so Jupiter had no time to dodge. He was shooting electricity in all directions from his body, and this time the arcs reached a good fifty meters around him. Jupiter managed to get away from the attack, but still got a nice serving of electricity from it. And, she noticed, the 'dome' of electricity was growing steadily. She knew she couldn't get close to him, and her ranged blasts would not cause much harm to him. She was running out of power, so what- She suddenly noticed something and smiled. "Supreme Thunder!"

"You miss? Aaaargh!"

Jupiter couldn't help but flinch, it was painful to watch, really. She had 'used' a water tank which was on a building right besides Blanka by blasting a hole into it, and the water had fallen over him, causing the electricity from his own attack to backlash and fry him on the spot. "I guess I'll never use my magic on a rainy day," she muttered before walking away, looking for the closest enemy attack she knew about.

"Tiger Knee!"

How could something so freaking tall move so fast? Nemesis was glad they had taken training seriously for the last few months, because her old self would have been knocked around by this fighter rather easily. Still, he hadn't felt the few punches she had managed to connect, and the one kick she had been hit with had made her right arm go numb.

"Tiger!"

She used her spear to cut through the attack, cancelling it. "I think this is a stalemate."

Sagat gave her a mocking grin. "Really? I don't think so. I'm just getting warmed up, while you're almost out of breath. You can't keep dodging forever."

She knew that, and that was the problem. She didn't think trying to attack would do any good to her, she was better at dodging. But in this case, perhaps...

'Improving what you're already good at is good, but real evolution comes from overcoming your own flaws.'

Those had been things she heard Hakko tell to Usagi, and she now saw he was right, and it didn't just apply to Usagi. She had to try attacking, or she would lose this fight for sure.

Sagat saw the girl tossing her spear at him, and smiled, reaching sideways to catch it. However, that distracted him for a second, and as he turned to gloat at the girl, he was rewarded with a fist to the face. "Ow, that actually did hurt, bitch."

Nemesis saw Sagat toss her spear away, and sighed. Perhaps it was really pointless to- She frowned. Usagi could be fighting someone as strong as Sagat, or even stronger, and she knew her friend wouldn't give up, so why was she giving up? "Nightshade."

Sagat screamed as his own shadow hurt him, but smiled despite the pain. "Finally, you're being a challenge. Tiger Knee! Tiger Uppercut!"

Nemesis was knocked back, then sent flying up, and she knew Sagat was charging up energy for something, and she couldn't dodge it while falling. Still, there was one more thing she could do, the only thing she could think of. "Die."

"Tig-" Sagat stopped and looked down in shock. No, he hadn't imagined the pain, he could see the tip of Nemesis' spear sticking out from his chest. "... Impressive."

Nemesis fell to the ground with a loud thud, but smiled as she saw Sagat's body vanishing. That hadn't been easy at all, but at least she had won. She sat up and then looked around. "Too bad I'm in no shape to help the others."

"Guess I'm late."

Nemesis saw Jupiter walking to her, and nodded. "Just done fighting."

"Who was it?"

"Sagat."

"Heh, I would have liked fighting him."

Nemesis stood up. "Let's go, I can't just sit around."

Jupiter nodded. "Who knows, we may see someone fighting Scorpion in the next area."

Nemesis blinked at that. "Uh, wrong game."

"Cannon Drill!"

Earth rolled to the side to avoid being hit, but that let her other foe kick her in the ribs. She knew Lilith was also there, but she also had her hands full. As if Cammy alone wasn't enough, they had to also fight Juni and Juli, and either of them was fast and strong enough to keep up with the two Senshi. After using one claw to block another kick, she leapt back and away, noticing Lilith had mimicked her, and they were now back to back. "This is fun, huh?"

"Not really. Why are you fighting two of them?"

"You're not as skiled as me, so I-"

"If you kids won't attack, then I will!" Cammy snapped and rushed at them.

Lilith smiled. "I appreciate you worrying about me, but you should know my powers make up for my lack of fighting skills."

Earth gasped as Cammy hit Lilith, who didn't move... Or, actually, Cammy flew straight through her. "An illusion?"

Cammy landed from her flying kick and looked back in confusion. Before she could figure out what was happening, a couple daggers came from the side, stabbing her arm, and she yelled in pain. "Damn it, how the heck-"

"Where is she?"

Earth saw Juli was distracted, so she tackled her, slashing her chest with her claws before sending her flying back with a kick. However, Juni and Cammy rushed at her, and she was again fighting two foes. Juni slipped on a small patch of water and fell down, and Earth stomped hard on her. However, she knew Lilith couldn't keep on helping her, so she had to try and finish them off fast. "Ground Ripper!"

Cammy and Juni leapt up, dodging her attack, and both dropped down fast, before Earth could recover, kicking her and sending her crashing to the ground.

Lilith was waiting for the right time to attack. She couldn't use her illusion again, so she would have to rely on her weapons and her luck. She noticed Juli had returned. She knew Karin was good with her fists, but three against one wasn't a fair fight at all. She had to help her friend, and if her power wasn't enough, then she knew what to do. "Lilith Twilight Power!"

"Oh, so there she was," Juni commented.

Lilith didn't waste a second, jumping out of her hiding spot as soon as her transformation had ended. She then smiled as their three foes started walking to her. "Fire Illusion."

Earth saw a bubble of flames wrap around the three girls, and gasped. "Now that's a neat trick."

Lilith's attack, however, didn't last long, as it ate up her energy faster than her 'clones' did. She fell to one knee, noticing Juni had fallen to the ground and wasn't standing up. "Ugh... I'm sorry, Karin."

Earth smiled. "Don't worry, I'll take care of them." She looked at her foes. Juni was gone, Juli was barely standing, and even Cammy seemed tired. Even if that fire had been just an illusion, it had still damaged them. But Earth knew she had barely any power left, and couldn't risk trying to melee those two. Even tired as they were, they could still be dangerous. "Hey, Chie."

"What?"

"Don't hate me for always being one step ahead," Earth said with a smirk. "Earth Star Power!"

Cammy and Juli both knew that was bad, and they both charged forwards. "Get her!"

"Too late," Earth said as her transformation ended. "Earth..." She knelt on the ground, touching it with both hands, and energy gathered in them. "... Dirt..." She rose slowly, her palms now facing upwards, and as she did, a cloud of dust appeared around her two foes, causing them to stop and look around in confusion. "... Cage!"

The dust suddenly gathered on her two targets, and Lilith could hear them scream. Juli's screams suddenly ceased, and as the dust vanished, both fell to the ground, but only Cammy stood up.

Cammy smiled in victory, seeing both Earth and Lilith were out of power. "You are good, but not good enough to-" She then backflipped, barely missing being crushed by a falling satellite dish. "Wha-"

Lilith saw metal tips coming out of Cammy's stomach, and saw her slump to the ground, dead. "That's what I call teamwork."

Earth walked to her. "What's with that new attack of yours? Can you really use fire?"

"No, it's not actual fire, but their minds feel the effects they should feel, the heat, the pain, and even lack of oxygen." Lilith paused for a few seconds. "I can also create a fake electric field, or make them think they're in the north pole and close to freezing to death."

"Cute."

"Yeah, but it... Really drains me." Lilith looked at Earth. "What about that dust thing you used? How did it kill one of them?"

"It's a bit hard to explain. I 'mark' the center of a foe's body, and then have the dust try and get there. While wrapped in that dirt, they can't breathe, they can't see, and they're slowly being crushed inwards."

"Fun."

"Think the others will need help?" Earth saw Lilith's eyes widening, and frowned. "Chie?"

"You should worry about yourself."

"Game Master..."

The man smiled. "Hey, why the glares? I thought you girls would want to fight me. After all, if you defeat me, then the game will be over."

Lilith laughed humorlessly. "So that's your excuse, cheater?"

Game Master's usually calm, mocking tone became fierce. "What did you call me?"

"It's what you are. You send those Street Fighter goons to tire us down, and only then attack us? You're nothing but a cheater."

"Say what you want, but I'm still going t-"

"Golden Claw."

Earth saw Game Master fly off the roof he had been standing on as a golden blast hit his back. "What the heck?"

Lilith looked up. "Was that one of the Huntresses?"

Game Master floated up, glaring in the direction of the roof. "Huh? You just keep coming out of the woodwork, don't you?"

"Golden Claw."

The man smiled. "Not going to work twice. Die!"

Lilith gasped as Game Master shot a tall, yellow energy wave at the roof. "Fuck, he can use Kamehameha too?"

Earth was looking up. "But whoever attacked him-"

"Golden Claw!"

"-Apparently blocked that attack."

"Hey, don't run away, you bitch!"

Lilith saw Game Master fly out of the way, and blinked in confusion. "Okay, what the heck just happened?"

"No idea, but let's get out of here before he remembers he was going to blast us to atoms."

"Give up, you can't beat us both."

Saturn hated to admit it, but the blonde joke was right. While not familiar to these two characters, she had heard them talk to each other, so she knew their names. And despite the harmless look of both, they had proven to be good. Too damn good. And she was running out of stamina. "If I can't beat you both, then I'll just have to kill one of you first."

"Just try!" the blonde, Karin, snapped before dashing forwards. Saturn tried to block her attack, but the result was the same as the last four times, Karin hit Saturn's arms with her open palms twice, then completed her attack with a rising kick, which sent Saturn flying up.

And Sakura, the other girl, was waiting for this. She leapt up, delivering a strong flying kick which sent Saturn crashing to the ground with a loud thud.

"Hmph, I was told the Senshi were dangerous, but this one's just a weak girl."

"You on the other hand are so damn brave, tag-teaming her."

Saturn looked up. "Kage..."

Dragon Sun smiled. "Take a break, I'll take care of them."

Karin smiled. "Here comes a new challenger."

Dragon Sun stared at her, then shook his head. "Yeah, I guess someone had to say that line."

"Hadoken!"

The Dragon reached his hand forwards, his gun appearing in it, and then smiled. "Plasma Shot."

The 'bullet' tore through Sakura's attack and hit her. Karin glared at him as her friend was knocked down. "You bring a gun to a fist fight? That's cheap."

"Shut up and fight. Plasma Shot."

Karin leapt right over the bullet, and fell to him with a drop kick. As he went down, she ducked and kicked up, Causing him to stagger back.

"Midare Zakura."

Saturn saw Dragon Sun fall near her and grimaced. Sakura's fast flurry of punches and kicks had been too much for the Dragon. She had to heal him, but had no energy left to do so, and trying while the two were still up and ready to fight- She felt something in her mind, and glared at the two girls. "Playtime's over. Saturn Star Power."

"A cute new suit won't save you!" Karin snapped.

"Wait, Karin, don't-" Sakura started, but it was already too late.

Saturn saw the blonde rushing in and smiled. "Thanks for making it easy for me. Saturn..." She summoned her net, something she had not used yet in a real fight, and tossed it up. "... Reaper's..." The net turned a sickly green color, and fell straight to Karin, ensnaring her. "... Embrace!"

Sakura's face lost color as Karin fell to the ground, screaming in pain for a few seconds before it stopped. As the net vanished, Karin just laid there, motionless, then vanished. "You... Damn you!"

Saturn was still up. Her net's attack actually drained energy from its target, giving it to her, which let her use another attack. "Saturn..." She summoned her glaive, slashing the air twice in a cross pattern, and leaving a visible, black, cross-shaped energy construct in front of her. She touched the construct with her free hand, then smiled coldly. "Death..." The 'cross' shot forwards, spinning rapidly as it approached Sakura. The girl leapt up and over it, and thought it was over for a split second, before noticing Saturn's smile hadn't faltered. "... Mark!"

Dragon Sun was in too much pain to help, but was still able to see saturn's new attacks. And this last one... It had cut right through Sakura's body, and the girl had vanished instantly. "That's awesome, in a creepy way."

"Thanks," Saturn said as she walked to him, kneeling besides him as she started healing him. "I wouldn't have won if you hadn't helped me."

"All I did was getting beaten up."

"That's what the Dragons are good for, right?"

Dragon Sun laughed, then looked at her. "About what happened earlier... Don't worry, I knew it could end like this. And even if you don't feel the way I do, I still consider you one of my closest friends."

"That's how I feel, too," Saturn admitted. "I'm sure you'll find someone who can return your feelings, someday."

"I hope you find someone you can fall in love with, too," Dragon Sun said, "even if it's not me, seeing you happy makes me happy."

Saturn smiled, then looked around. "Can you walk?"

"Yeah."

"Let's go see if we can help the others."

Dragon Sun stood up. "I doubt they need help. I mean, if you killed two of them..."

Saturn shook her head as they started walking away. "Kage, don't make me glaive you."

A/N: Last time I wrote this particular 'crossover' I didn't show all the fights. Looking back, it's kind of silly to fast-forwards through those fights, in a fic which ended up being insanely long anyhow.

And yeah, there's a bit of anachronism here, as there's fighters and techniques which I'm quite sure weren't around yet in the early nineties. I'll just blame Game Master's modding.

As for Dragon Moon, since I got several comments about that, I said he 'may' not be around because, like several other plot points, it's still in a neutral area. I feel like I will have too many characters around, and brought the last few "first generation" Senshi far too late into the story in Cyber Moon, but... That could be fixed, too. Time will tell.