Trapped in the Fandom Net

Moon: Hello, I am back! Summer vacation at last! I can write in peace :)

Soul: Let's go out and kill some Sues!

Ryou: Who is this person?

Soul: I'm a Sue Slayer! Celestial Moonlight Blade does not own TMM or MMP! If she did, Mayasa would be dead, Ichigo would be dating Kish, and it would be a kickass series where the girls use guns and knives and aren't desperate for boyfriends!

Chapter 13: The Sue Slayer and Savannah

*With Pudding and Tart*

A horde of soulless materialized from the darkness and stood next to Shiru. They were a variety of creatures from demons to snakes. A bunch of plot bunnies appeared by his feet, squeaking and staring up at the Sues and Rabids as if they were after-dinner sweets just begging to be devoured.

"He summoned Soulless under his control?" Katani gaped, astonishment written all over her face. "Impossible!"

Actually, it seemed quite possible now. Shiru roared again, and the dark beasts swarmed forward. The Sues let out a scream of shock and started to back up. The Rabids charged forward, only to be devoured by the evil plot bunnies. One of the bunnies turned towards Shiru and made a quasi-military salute before diving after the last Rabid.

The Sues were beaten back easily, and they turned and fled. The Soulless muttered something directed at Shiru, to which he barked in reply. The black creatures melted into shadows and vanished.

A yell sounded from behind them. Pudding and Tart spun around to see three Super Sues standing behind them, weapons raised. Tart had just lifted his hammer to defend himself when a black blur tackled them and forced them behind a rock. Some scuffling sounded, followed by a muffled squeal and a THUMP.

Then, another Gatekeeper emerged from the shadows, golden key swinging back and forth as she regained her footing.

Pudding looked up at the girl in awe. She had blue eyes that were slitted like a cats. Her long brown and red hilighted hair whipped out behind her, making her devil's horns visible. She also had wings, although they were demonic as opposed to Moon or Destiny's angelic ones.She had a gun, two four-foot long sai swords, duel guns, and a concealed knife. There was three golden initials, MSS, on the side of her gun.

"A Mary-Sue Slayer." Kunex said, whistling in admiration. Katani elbowed him before greeting the stranger.

"Hello Soulstealer. I haven't seen you in a while."

"Nor I you," The girl remarked, putting her weapons away before sticking out her hand. "Katnai, right? Where's Moon?"

"Probably back at the meeting place." Katani answered, shaking the offered hand before smiling, as if she was greeting an old friend.

Soulstealer smirked. "Let's go find them, then."

*Back with Moon and the others*

"Soul!" Moon said enthusiastically. She ran over and hugged the stranger, while the TMM group looked around in confusion.

"Who is she?" Ryou asked.

"This is Soulstealer." Destiny answered, gesturing towards the Slayer. "She's an official Mary-Sue Slayer. Her main job in this place is to track down and eliminate Mary-Sue infestations. It's not an easy job, but she does it pretty darn well."

"Aw, thanks Destiny." Soulstealer said, catlike eyes twinkling playfully. "You and Moon are great Composers, too."

Moon blushed. "That's nice of you to say, but I'm not that great..."

"Composer?" Kish asked, looking for an explanation to yet another mysterious element of this upside down world.

"There are different jobs a Gatekeeper can get." Amber explained patiently. "The main ones are Composers, Slayers, and Critics. Everyone has done a little composing every now and then, but there are some Gatekeepers who dedicate all their time to doing just that. Slayers, like Soulstealer here, are in charge of dealing with Soulless, Rabids and Mary-Sues like the ones we just saw. And there are also Critics. They can come across as mean-spirited, but they mean well and they're nothing like the Flamers. Critics point out flaws and holes in our universes, which keep this place safe and functional. Without their help, there could be all kinds of nasty Sues running around under our radar and escaping into other dimensions through undetected Passageways, like the ones we saw earlier."

"So Dimensional Passageways are created by careless Composing?" Pai asked, trying to absorb all this new information at once. The eldest alien figured that there would be a time when he would need to know about all of this to keep himself and his friends/companions alive.

"Close, but not quite. Dimensional Passageways are creating by abnormal levels of energy literally burning holes in this dimension. It can also be caused by intense battles, like the one we had against the Soulless when you lot first arrived here." Gemini picked up the explanation from there. "Careless Composing can lead to Plot Holes. Those are big, gaping holes that can be found anywhere in the Net. If you fall into them, you will be trapped in a world of anarchy and chaos where the laws of logic and physics are big, brightly colored toys. Sues could also escape through those, if they can find a way to navigate them." Gemini finished before looking at his audience, who were just staring now.

"Are you keeping up with that?" Angelcake asked.

"You lost me at the 'Plot Holes' bit." Mint said, rubbing her head as if all the information was giving her had headache.

"Uh, no, not really." Ichigo said, shaking her head.

"I sort of understand..." Lettuce said slowly, as if something was just occurring to her. "While we're dealing with explanations, what are Runes of Fate?"

"Ohh, that's easy!" Soulstealer said eagerly. "Those are very powerful sealing spells that are chiefly used by Fate to set the past and every now and then the future of different worlds. If a Rune of Fate is placed on a time-line, there is nothing you can do to change it, even if you went back in time and lived out those years. And when a destiny is set with a Rune of Fate, it will surely happen. Thankfully, Fate doesn't do that a lot, and when she does, she usually leaves one or two loopholes. I mean, just look at Sailor Moon. She wasn't very subtle about that set of loopholes..."

"Soul, you're going off topic." Angelcake said helpfully.

"Oh, sorry." The Slayer said sheepishly. "Anyway, Runes of Fate are usually only used in desperate situations. And I mean, really desperate. What's a good example...oh yeah, we had to put a Rune of Fate on an Alternate Reality once in order to keep a certain version of Earth from descending into destruction. Thankfully, the Composer was a reliable Gatekeeper. I can only imagine what may have happened if they were a Rabid Gatekeeper hybrid..." She shuddered. "Anyway, you get my point. Runes of Fate are extremely powerful, and are only put on a Composer's work in desperate situations. Using them to seal of an exit is major overkill. I wonder why the Sues are so desperate to keep us here..."

"Wait, if the Sues want to keep us here, how did you...?" Zakuro started to ask, glancing up from her blade.

"I was already inside when they trapped you." Soulstealer replied, standing up from the log she had been sitting on. "There had been one stubborn Sue that just wouldn't die... I ended up chasing it all the way over here and got locked in. I'm wondering if they want to start some kind of crappy revolution."

Destiny rolled his eyes. "As if. Even if they could fight the strongest of the Gatekeepers, they wouldn't be able to defeat Silvera."

"They must have some sort of plan in mind, though..." Gemini puzzled over this. "What could they gain by capturing us...?"

"Maybe they don't want Gatekeepers at all." Musica said, eyes flicking towards the mew mews, aliens, Ryou and Keiichiro. "No, I think they want our guests."

"Why us?" Ichigo blurted out.

"You're the 'real deals'." Musica said slowly and deliberately, making sure her point got across. "You are the ones who don't live in Alternate realities. Your world is sealed by the Runes of Fate. If they were to take your place...they would get the last thing, the final thing that they want. They will live in your world, take your place. Any Sue's ultimate dream is to live in a world sealed by the Runes of Fate. They won't settle for just being a possibility. They want to be the real deal. That's the problem with Mary Sues or Gary Sues. They think that they are too perfect to be the next best thing...they want it ALL."

Zakuro shook her head, sighing. "If they had Runes, why didn't they just seal their own already perfect reality?"

"If they did, than that would become the absolute future of your planet." Soulstealer informed them, her hand twitching as if she wanted no more than to draw one of her many weapons and destroy every Mary Sue she found. "You're entire universe would revolve around them. They would get their desired lover-" She looked directly at Kish, Pai, and Ryou as she said this. "-a family who exists to make them happy, people who's only desire is to be their friend, and everyone else to protect them. You would be nothing but a device in someone's ultimate wish fulfillment world. Do you want that?"

"No!" Ichigo exclaimed, hopping up and down. "I don't want to be stuck in a situation where the only point of my existence is to make one person happy!"

"We thought so." Moon spoke up again, startling everyone. She had been rather quiet during the discussion, as if she had been contemplating something serious that needed to be...well, contemplated on. "So, we're going to have to destroy the Sues here and find a way to dispel those Runes. And to do that, we're going to take down the mansions that make up the Mary-Sue Safe Haven. We're all going to be one big attack force. Gemini? Do you have the OOC darts?"

Gemini nodded. "Yes. I haven't forgotten them."

"Excellent. We'll probably be needing them later." Moon said, smiling while she spoke. And before anyone had the chance to ask what an OOC dart was, she stood up and paced. "Destiny, do you know where the closest mansion is?"

"Yes, it's just south of this post." Destiny answered. Soulstealer was giddy with excitement. She practically bounced around the room while everyone was grabbing their weapons, telling the world in general that this was going to be the best point in her career.

Shiru was excited too. He had a feeling he was about to experience something along the lines of the evil scheme he had been cooking up as a Soulless, and he couldn't wait to knock it down and watch it fall apart.

*In one of the Mansions*

"You met a Slayer?" A girl questioned, in a smooth, sweet, musical voice. She looked astonishing. Her figure was gorgeous, like a girl you saw on the cover of a fashion magazine. Supermodels would dream of a body like hers. Her hair was an exotic silver, as if it had been spun from moonbeams. Her eyes were a shade of gold that put most polished jewelery to shame. Her skin was ivory and utterly flawless, merely hinted under her dress. She was decked out like a queen with a red silk gown, a gold tiara in her hair, earnings, and a pendant hanging around her neck. Her shoes were diamond-encrusted black sneakers. She looked every bit gorgeous as a Hollywood super star, maybe even more so.

Two other girls knelt in front of her. They were also breathtaking, although not quite as much as the girl on the throne. One of them was a beautiful redhead, and the other one was a stunning blonde. "Yes Savannah-hime, we did. I think she's the Gatekeeper Soulstealer."

Savannah's perfect lips twisted into a bit of a scowl. "Soulstealer? Great. Her, Moon, Destiny...that entire group is made up of well-known Gatekeepers. And Katani and Kunex...humph. Imperfect souls..."

"What do you suggest we do about them, princess?" The redhead asked.

"We have to find some way of separating them from my Kish-kun, Bella." Savannah declared. "I will not let that nuisance Ichigo continue to contaminate him with her pathetic ungrateful existence. He will be the perfect king when I recreate our world..."

"What about Ryou-kun or Pai-san?" The blonde questioned, looking hopefully at her boss. "Will you...?"

"Help me obtain my rightful soul mate, and they will be yours, Stephanie." Savannah said graciously. Both girls squealed in delight. "We must assemble our troops. How many other Sues do we have here who will fight for us?"

"Thousands, Savannah-hime." Bella answered. "More are coming each day, too. They are all ready to fight for your cause, so we can establish ourselves over our rightful worlds."

"Perfect." Savannah purred. "Stephanie, do you reckon our pets will be ready for battle?"

Stephanie stood up and walked over to a nearby window and opened it. A huge hall filled with Plot Bunnies stood on the other side. They looked a little like the evil plot bunnies, except these ones were red as opposed to white (good bunnies) or black (evil bunnies).

The blonde smirked. "They're ready, Savannah-hime."

"Perfect."

End Chapter

And here are our newest antagonists! And no, I am not talking about Bella as in Bella from twilight. What do Savannah, Bella and Stephanie have in store for our heroes? And what is this strange new breed of Plot Bunnies? PS Hime means princess.

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