Sailor Moon Aeons.
Book 2: Rebirth.
Act 7: The Senshi of Chaos.
Episode 107: Beautiful AIs.

By Razor Knight
Last update: August 21, 2015
Last edited: June 13, 2017

Usagi stared at the single opponent left. True, she hadn't killed anyone, but she had knocked all of her attackers out. All but one of them, since she needed to know who these men were working for. "I'm in a good mood today, so just tell me who sent you and I'll consider not sending you all to jail."

"Nobody sent-"

Usagi's stare turned into a glare. "I can sense it, you're lying. And there's no way a street gang would have created those weapons," she pointed at one of the now broken electric whips they had tried to knock her out with, "so you better tell me who it was, or I'll stop being nice."

"I don't know who it was, he gave us these and told us they would be enough to knock a Senshi out."

The blonde examined the broken whip, and saw a small 'O' near its bottom. "Onara." She noticed the man was now pointing a gun at her. "You must have heard the rumors already, so why bother?" The man shot her three times, and Usagi was a bit amused by the face he was making after realizing that shooting at her was pointless. "That wasn't nice. Have fun in jail."

The man looked around and flinched. Somehow, they were all near a police station now. "How did you-"

"Magic," Usagi said.

The rest of the gang was stirring. Some of them stood up and looked around in confusion. The one man she had never knocked out smirked at her. "We didn't do nothing, you have no proof."

Usagi smiled at that. "Aiko?"

Aiko appeared right next to her. "Everything is recorded in my memory banks."

"Bitch was filming us!" one of the men said and shot Aiko. He then knew he had made two mistakes. One, shooting someone so close to a police station. And two, assume this girl was just a normal human girl.

Aiko looked at the bullet in her hand and smirked. "More evidence? Thanks."

Terry and Ami had listened to Usagi as she told them what had happened earlier that day. "What the hell is Onara thinking?" Terry muttered as Usagi fell silent.

"Maybe he was just testing something," Ami noted, "not sure what, but-"

"Perhaps he wanted to see if the rumors of us being as strong in normal form as we are in Senshi form..."

Ami shook her head. "He couldn't be sure you wouldn't transform."

Terry smiled. "If he's done his homework, he would expect Usagi, of all people, to not transform."

Usagi sighed. "It's not that I was showing off - it's just that I can't remember the last time I fought normal humans in my Senshi outfit, and I know I'm much stronger in that form. I wanted to make sure I didn't kill any of them."

"Oh, I hadn't thought about that," Ami admitted. "Think he will try that again?"

"Not sure," Terry said, "from what I saw of him back when he worked for dad, he was unstable, hard to predict."

Usagi suddenly looked up. "Uh oh."

"What's wrong?"

"The enemy is back. They're after... Aiko, be careful."

"I already detected them," Aiko's voice said. "But why would they target-"

"You're as human as the rest of us," Usagi said. "Don't worry, we'll get you back." She then looked at the map again. "They're moving in pairs again," she explained, "there's another enemy moving to where Minako is."

"Let's get them."

Aiko was walking around with Yukiko when she detected the enemy. "Damn it. Yuki, you should go find a place to transform."

"They're targeting you?"

"Yeah."

Yukiko nodded. "Don't let them get you."

"Actually, since those aliens will come back if they don't get me, I was planning on letting them get me. But I'll still try to rough them up a bit."

"Sounds like a plan," Yukiko said. "I'll be right back."

Aiko saw Lead Crow flying her way and nodded. "Not bothering with stealth at all, huh?"

"Sneaking is boring," Crow said. "Now stand still while I get what I came here for."

"A wise woman once said 'standing still and doing nothing are not the same thing.'"

"Oh, that's cute, but what does it have to do with-" Crow was knocked down by something unseen, and turned around to see Warwitch glaring at her. "Another weakling."

Warwitch chuckled. "I'm having a hard time imagining why Galaxia trusts your group. You're all so overconfident and easily distracted."

Crow guessed what she meant, and turned around. No, her mark was still there, but... Her hand was right now pointed at her, and it was shining blue. "Oh fu-"

"Nice Kamehameha," Warwitch mused as Lead Crow was knocked through two buildings by her girlfriend's energy blast.

"It's quite cliche, though. I have Ai beams."

Warwitch smiled at the pun. Aiko was definitely Terry's daughter, even though genetics hadn't been involved. "So, should we rough her up some more?"

"I'm already taking care of that."

Warwitch saw Lead Crow falling near them, then looked up to see another Aiko, or rather, 'Phase,' floating above them. She then noticed seven more clones of Phase around. "Wow. I knew you could use those 'clones' of yours, but I didn't know you could use that many at once."

"It's the advantage of my prog-My mind being good at multi-tasking in ways a normal human could only dream of," Aiko said.

Crow looked up at her enemies. Was there a trick to it? Was only one of them the real one? No, she could somehow feel the star seed in all the 'clones,' but that wasn't possible... Right? "Damn it, I'll blast you all out of the sky if I have to!" she snapped as she flew back up.

The Phase clones all laughed at her. "We are Phase. Resistance is futile. You will be beaten to a pulp."

Warwitch grimaced. "Cute, I'm in love with a Borg."

Aiko shrugged. "Sorry, bad joke."

Crow was about to shoot at one of the clones, but then she noticed their hands were all shining. "Not this agai-"

Warwitch saw Crow fall down near them, and noticed the woman's suit was quite a mess. Fortunately - or unfortunately - it still covered all the important bits, but it was far from the feathery leotard it had been minutes earlier. "Hot."

Crow was looking down at her suit. "Damn, it's good that our suits fix themselves while not being used."

"Oh, they do?" Warwitch asked.

"Apparently, that's a thing Senshi suits do," Aiko admitted.

Crow glared at her. "I guess I should have used stealth." She vanished even before finishing her phrase, so her mark had no chance to react in time. She looked at the seed she had taken out of Aiko's body and grimaced. "Oh great, another dud."

Warwitch glared at her. "We both know how this goes, so just leave, bitch."

"Hmph, as if I would let you order me-"

"Witch Storm."

Crow staggered back. Aiko's attacks had hurt her enough that even a weak energy wave was enough to make her flinch. Much despite herself, she knew the witch was right. "Ugh, I'll kill you later, unless your girlfriend does it first. Have fun!"

Warwitch turned to see all 'clones' of Aiko were standing there, all wearing cyan Senshi outfits with very short skirts. "... Hot."

"We are Sailor Ai. Surrender or die."

Warwitch shook her head at that. "Should have expected that name choice."

Right then, Moon, Mercury and Dragon Mercury appeared near them. "Damn it, we should have known she would use her clones."

The clones all summoned swords and looked at their foes. "Commencing elimination protocol."

The Dragon looked at Mercury. "Tell me, does any of them have more power than the rest? Even if it's a very small difference-"

Mercury saw the clones all rushing at them, and flew up with her board, to dodge them. She used her glove and visor while dodging the energy beams their foes were shooting. "It's... The leftmost one."

The others had also used their boards to stay out of melee range, but the Dragon leapt off it. "Thanks."

Moon saw the Dragon rush at the clone Mercury had singled out, and tap her shoulder. All the fake Senshi fell to the ground, and they all vanished, except the one the Dragon had hit. "What the-"

Dragon Mercury returned Aiko's star seed, and then smiled at Moon. "Ever heard of electromagnetic pulses?"

Moon blinked at that. "Isn't that what they use to mess electronic- Oh, I get it. So you shut off the part of her that's a computer code. Won't that harm her?"

Aiko stood up, back to wearing her normal clothes. "Not really, it just knocked me out."

Mercury looked at her. "You look disappointed."

"Unlike you, I do remember all that happened. I'm sad that I didn't last long against you."

Warwitch smiled. "It's good that the battle was short. We can go back to what we were doing."

Aiko looked around. "Yeah, but... Elsewhere."

Moon noticed the crowd and smiled. "Go, we'll keep them busy."

Dragon Mercury stared at the civilians looking at them. "You know, I'm quite sure I could knock them all out in a minute."

"There's no need to be mean, it's not like they can hurt us."

"Eh, you're no fun."

"Hello, Kitty."

Nyanko looked at the guy. "Go away. I'm here to get her."

Brad looked at Minako, then back at Nyanko. "Oh, so you're into girls. I get it."

"Are you a joke? Because I'm not laughing."

Minako sighed. "Don't mind him, he has a... Weird sense of humor."

"You're not shooting at me, or running away," Nyanko noted.

"You'll just chase me until you get what you want," Minako said, "and I trust my friends to beat whatever I become."

Nyanko purred at that. "You really trust your friends... I can respect that."

Minako looked at Brad. "Good luck."

Brad frowned. "I'd rather kick this catgirl's rear, but I agree, these idiots will just keep coming until they get it."

Nyanko frowned at him. "You're lucky Galaxia doesn't let us kill any of you."

"Classic egocentric villain mistake, she thinks she can kill us herself," Brad mused, "but really, just do what you came here to do, catgirl."

Nyanko sighed. "Whatever." She moved to Minako, before noticing she was smiling in a weird way. "Wait..."

"Too late," Minako said. "Flash." A flash of light shot out from her hand, blinding the villain.

"Demon sword." Brad slashed at the woman with a dark mana blade, causing an explosion that knocked her away.

Nyanko shouted in rage. She was blinded and bruised, but she was still not going to let them win. "You fucking humans! As soon as I can see, I'm going to-"

"You're going to fall for another trick?" Minako teased.

"Thanks," Nyanko said.

"For wh-" Minako's words were cut as Nyanko phased behind her, taking her seed.

"I may not see you, but I can still hear you." She couldn't see the seed in her hand, but still felt its energy. "Nice, another dud. This is getting annoying."

"Just leave, catgirl," Brad said.

Nyanko glared in his general direction. "Since you did earn it, I'll give you this piece of information: It's not that Galaxia wants to kill you herself. She only lets us kill our targets once we find the golden seed."

"So, you're saying you could kill us easily?"

"Yes. So, try not to be killed by your girlfriend, because I'll kill you both myself once the golden seed is ours."

Brad sighed as the woman vanished. "An angry cat shows its claws, huh..." He looked at Minako and blinked at what she had turned into, before laughing.

"What are you laughing at, evildoer?" Minako said, "For mocking me, Sailor Beauty, you shall pay!"

Brad shook his head. "I know I need to take you seriously, but you're making it hard." Really, this 'Sailor Beauty' looked like a truck full of makeup had fallen on her - and the glitter-soaked, pink Senshi outfit she was wearing didn't really make her any less ridiculous.

"You know, you could just shut up and knock her out."

Brad looked up to see Saturn standing on a rooftop. "You're no fun."

Saturn shrugged and shot a wave of death energy at 'Sailor Beauty.' The fake Senshi, however, leapt over the wave, landing right behind her. "Guess this won't be as easy as I thought."

Sailor Beauty smiled as Saturn turned around. "You're kinda cute, but you should wear some makeup. Here, let me help you with that. Beauty Storm!"

Brad saw a cloud of gas appear around Saturn, and flinched. "Need help?"

Saturn leapt out of the cloud, her face almost as over-done as Beauty's was. "Not really." She shot another death wave, and Beauty once again leapt over it to dodge it, but this time Saturn shot a second wave at her airborne foe, knocking her off the roof.

Brad saw Beauty was knocked out, and returned her seed to her. "Wake up, sleeping beauty."

Minako returned to normal right before opening her eyes. "Ow... Guess you beat me?"

"Hotaru did," Brad said.

"Why do I feel like going home and putting lots of makeup on?"

Saturn was just done cleaning the makeup 'Sailor Beauty' had applied on her. "Trust me, you don't want to know."