Get it Together


Members of the Shitennou

General of the Far East, Jadeite: 18 years old
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Gray

General of Europe, Zoisite: 17 years old
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Green

General of North America, Nephrite: 21 years old
Hair Color: Maroon
Eye Color: Dark Blue

General of the Middle East, Kunzite: 25 years old
Hair Color: White
Eye Color: Brown


Primary Objective: Find and retrieve the Silver Crystal
Secondary Objective: Kill the Sailor Senshi


In an undisclosed location under the arctic, Queen Beryl sat with her four generals.

Jadeite spoke, "Miss Kawaguchi ran by me a most interesting plan the other day; she's come up with the idea of selling our energy drain as a weight loss solution."

Beryl raised an eyebrow. "Explain."

The Eastern General cleared his throat. "According to her, there are many across the Americas that have become overweight. And said people want to lose weight without doing any work. Our energy drain will be a solution to their problems."

"What are the details?" Kunzite asked.

"All of the legal matters, such as creating a company and whatnot, will be handled by Miss Kawaguchi. All we need to worry about is production."

Jadeite snapped his fingers and five pieces of paper appeared on the table. The papers automatically flew towards each person.

Drawn on the papers was a mockup of the design of a bracelet in black and white: pieces of wood tied together with a string. On the bracelet was a small dial. The numbers on the dial were from zero to five hundred, in multiples of one hundred. In between one number and the next were five bolded lines.

"We decided to go with a bracelet because it is both cheap and fashionable," Jadeite explained. "The numbers on the dial is the number of calories that will be 'burned' each day by our energy drain."

"Why have the dial?" Zoisite questioned. "They don't need to know how much energy they're losing."

"Well, Takako says that they do because they need to count calories or something like that. However, the dial will give us something that we need: the trust of the people."

Zoisite raised an eyebrow.

Jadeite explained further, "People like to be in control and are afraid of things outside of their control. If we just produce something with an energy drain and call it a weight loss solution, why should they trust us? They would have absolutely no reason to trust us. And if they don't trust us, then it wouldn't sell, making this entire thing a waste of time.

"With the dial, they can decide on how much they want to be drained and adjust it. All control is in their hands. Now, people may be skeptical at first, but once they see nothing bad happening to the people who are testing it, they'll become curious. And then they'll buy it and test it out. Then, they will see nothing bad happening to them and introduce it to their friends and coworkers and family members. And the cycle goes on and on. Therefore, the dial is necessary to sell this product."

"But why go through all this trouble?" Nephrite inquired. "Why not just brainwash them?"

"If we brainwash people, then the Sailor Senshi will have a good reason to attack us. But, if people willingly give us their energy, then the Senshi have no good reasons to attack us."

"They will lack legitimacy," Kunzite added. "Those who act without legitimacy are without reason. And those without reason and doomed to fail."

"Precisely!" Jadeite agreed. "After all, we're just normal civilians who want to share an amazing weight loss solution to the people of the world! We've done nothing wrong that we deserve to die for."

The Eastern General hunched forward and said in a low whisper with a smirk, "And if we can get the Sailor Senshi to attack our civilian forms on camera…."

Everyone understood the unspoken words and nodded slowly.

"While I think that's a good plan, we should focus foremost on the draining part," Nephrite commented. "Remember, we don't have enough resources just yet."

"Of course," Jadeite laughed. "But once we are ready, it shall be a glorious day for us!"

Everyone nodded. One day, they would be ready to strike back against the Senshi. Until then, they would wait patiently with anticipation, creating youma designs and clever schemes. Once that day came, the Senshi would regret even being on the same planet as the Shitennou!

"I think I've heard enough," Beryl said. "Jadeite, you will begin this operation as soon as possible. Our resources will be diverted to you."

"Of course, my queen." The general bowed slightly. "I have nothing else to report."

OOOOOOOOOO

On social media, an announcement was made by Takako.

"Hello, everyone!" she said cheerfully. "Today, I have a very special announcement for you all! I'm teaming up with the Mineral Brothers, a new startup company focused on weight loss programs! On Tuesday, they will be unveiling their first product! If you're interested in knowing what we're doing, come over to the Satou Theater at three p.m. Snacks and drinks will be available. You can bring your friends and family, all are welcome free of charge! Remember, Satou Theater at three p.m. on Tuesday. See you there!"

The video ended.

"She has to be up to something," Minako muttered. She, along with the rest of the Senshi, were inside their secret headquarters of sorts under the arcade.

The Senshi of love was still mad at Takako. After the incident a few weeks ago, Takako kept her role as the main female lead. Minako was put on as a secondary character. Furthermore, Kawaguchi kept her promise of suing the Senshi for breaking and entering without permission. If that wasn't bad enough, she used the lawsuit as a chance to create a smear campaign on the Sailor Scouts. The lawsuit ended with the Senshi having to pay money for repairs, which wasn't too bad, but their reputation had been dragged through the mud.

"I've done some research about the Mineral Brothers," Luna informed. "The company is owned by Takako and claims to be focused on weight loss programs. They even have a webpage up explaining how their energy drain works to help people lose weight."

"That's horrible!" Usagi exclaimed. "Taking advantage of people like that!"

"I can't believe Takako is helping them," Minako grumbled. "Doesn't she care about the lives of others?"

"Anyways," Luna said. "We need to get back on track and come up with a plan."

Haruka snorted. "Why do we need a plan? We can just blow them up at any time."

"Have you forgotten what people think of us right now?"

"Who cares what they think?!" Uranus replied with a snarl. "They'll be grateful once they learn that we saved them from the Shitennou."

"It's not just that, it's the fact that the police might come after us," Artemis explained. "And being known as murderers won't help our case."

"Why would the police come after us?," Usagi asked with a confused look.

"Don't you get it?" Rei asked. "Right now, everyone thinks we're nothing but a bunch of vigilantes. And bad ones at that."

"But… but..." Usagi tried to protest. "But we're trying to help them!"

"It doesn't matter," countered Luna. "However, that's beside the point, we need to come up with a plan!"

"What can we do but observe?" Ami asked.

"Nothing much," Artemis muttered. He sighed and looked at each of the girls. Ami would be helpful with her computer and knowledge. Minako was still angry at Takako, which made her a liability. Usagi… maybe? Rei, Makoto, and Uranus might not be able to control their tempers. Michiru and Setsuna had the social graces, but might too old to be in Takako's fanbase. Plus, those two were part of the Outer Senshi, and not exactly known for trigger discipline.

Some stealth training might be in order, Artemis thought.

"Ami will go to the event to observe," the white lunar cat spoke. "Everyone else will be on standby to intervene if necessary. Does anyone disagree?"

"She shouldn't go alone," Makoto argued. "Her fighting skills aren't good enough to go up against any of the Shitennou, even if it's just Jadeite."

"I doubt Jadeite would want to fight," Artemis replied. "Especially with so many people around. In fact, I'd say he wants us to attack first."

Makoto pursed her lips.

"If you're so worried, then let me come along," Setsuna said. "After all, as the head of my enterprise, I need to keep a lookout for promising investments."

"Anyone else have anything say?" Luna asked. The room remained silent. "All right then. Ami, Setsuna, good luck."

OOOOOOOOOO

At the Satou Theater, a crowd gathered around the stage, about two hundred people, the majority being girls. Some of the boys were excited at the chance to see Takako at a live event without having to pay. Some were there because their girlfriends dragged them along. Among the crowd were Ami and Setsuna. The blue haired Senshi was dressed in her school uniform while Setsuna was wearing her usual business attire: a purple button up with a white shirt underneath, a black tight skirt, and black low heels.

At three o'clock sharp, three people entered the stage. Two of the three were instantly recognizable by the Senshi - Jadeite and Takako. The other person was an older woman.

The unknown woman spoke, "Hello, everyone. I'm sure all of you are excited for Takako's big reveal of her new weight loss secret. However, we need to set some rules first. Number one, please turn off your cellphones or put them on silent. If your cellphone goes off then, I'm afraid we'll have to kick you out. Number two is an extension of number one - please be quiet. If you make too much noise, then we will have to kick you out. And finally, please enjoy yourselves. Now, without further ado, please welcome Miss Takako Kawaguchi and her new business partner, Mister Jadeite!"

The crowd cheered and applauded as Takako walked up to the microphone, waving at the audience. Jadeite walked slower and behind the girl with his hands behind his back.

"Welcome, everyone!" Takako yelled. The cheering and applause became louder. After a few moments, the last clapping sound was heard.

The star cleared her throat. "Now, I'm sure you're all wondering what the surprise is, right?" Her question was answered with nods and murmurs. "So, let's not wait any longer! Mister Jadeite, please come up and tell everyone about your invention."

The blonde general walked up to the microphone and spoke. "Hello, everyone. My name, as Miss Kawaguchi said, is Jadeite." The lights of the theater began to dim and a projector turned on. The image on the screen behind Jadeite was on a bracelet with a dial.

"For many decades now, people have tried to find quick and easy ways to lose weight fast. Unfortunately, many of them have unhealthy side effects. Pills, surgery, fasting, all those methods may help you to lose weight, but the consequences of the body are just not worth it. It seems that having a quick and easy method to lose weight is not without heavy consequences - until now, that is.

"What you are seeing behind me is not just a simple bracelet. It is a bracelet that helps your body to burn more calories each day. For safety measures, we have put the maximum value to five hundred, which means that your body will burn an extra three hundred calories just by doing nothing. All you have to do is set the dial to the corresponding number and it'll work like magic."

"That sounds too good to be true!" a girl yelled.

"It does, doesn't it?" Jadeite nodded. "Which is why I've partnered up with Miss Kawaguchi to give all of you free test runs. Everyone here will get a free bracelet that they can keep forever."

"You said that there were no unhealthy side effects," Ami spoke up. "Why is that?"

"Good question, Miss…?"

"Mizuno."

"Good question, Miss Mizuno. The way the bracelet works is that is pushes the body's metabolism to burn your energy quicker, but not too much. It is as naturally as going to the gym to burn calories. Essentially, it is like working out, but without the work."

"Can you target it to burn fat in certain locations?" another woman asked.

"Could you repeat that question, Miss...?"

"Sato," the woman answered. "I wanted to know if your bracelet can target certain areas of the body to burn fat at, like at the waist."

"Unfortunately, Miss Sato it cannot. As of now, the bracelet can only tell your body to burn more calories." Sato's face went down a bit. "But, that is an excellent idea. Once we're done with this test run we might add that feature in future models."

"How can the bracelet tell our body to burn more calories?" Ami asked.

"I cannot answer that question. I'm not a scientist, nor can I claim to be one. However, I do believe one of our scientists will soon release a paper about the matter.

"Now, if there are no more questions, let us move on…."

OOOOOOOOOO

Ami and Setsuna walked back to the Senshi's headquarters. Towards the end, nothing of interest happened. Two hundred people went to the event, and two hundred bracelets were given out. Setsuna talked to Takako about the possibility of being a stakeholder in the company, but was ultimately refused.

The rest of the Senshi had gone home to rest and do homework.

"Oh, you're back," Artemis said as he turned his head. He leaped down from his seat and walked towards a table. On the table was a machine. The bottom part of the machine was rectangular, about a foot wide, eight inches long, and three inches tall. Supported by columns, the top of the machine about five inches above the bottom part; it had the same width and length, but was only one centimeter tall.

There were multiple buttons on the machine. A few were labeled: "Examine," "Test," "Deep Test," "Shallow Test," "Deep Examine," and "Shallow Examine." There were other options, such as time constraints or energy constraints.

"Put the bracelets on the machine," the white cat said.

Once the items were put on the machine, Artemis pressed a couple of buttons. The machine whirred and green lasers shot down from the machine's ceiling, moving across the bracelets.

"The examination might take a while. So, did you notice anything suspicious?"

"You mean besides the entire thing?" Setsuna replied with a smirk.

Artemis rolled his eyes. "You know what I mean."

"Supposedly, their energy draining works by telling the body to burn more calories," Ami answered.

"Hmm hmm," the white cat murmured. "Anything else?"

"Nothing much, they ignored all the questions about the specifics."

"Okay then. The both of you can head home if you want to. I'll let everyone know about the results of the tests tomorrow."

And with that, nobody except a white cat was inside the arcade.

After the tests were done, Artemis stared at the test results.

It does do everything it says it does, he thought. Even the dial works! He certainly had not expected that.

But the problem is that the drained energy is sent to their headquarters immediately. He tapped his paw against the computer.

We can't destroy all the bracelets, so what can we do? The cat sighed and rubbed his head. The Shitennou were a headache to deal with, in more ways than one.

Let's see, most energy drains so far can be reversed by destroying the drainer, which returns the energy back to its owner. Back to….

Artemis's eyes shot wide open and began to type up plans on the computer. In the morning, Luna would find the white cat asleep on the computer. Miraculously, no part of his body was touching the keyboard.

OOOOOOOOOO

One week later, the Shitennou and Beryl met up.

"We have a complication," Jadeite announced with a scowl on his face. "The Senshi have managed to find a way to redirect the energies back to their owner."

"What?" Beryl asked with a raised voice.

"Precisely my reaction. When the bracelet drains the energy, the energy is pulled towards… something and is redirected back to the owner. This not only ruins our energy gathering, but the reputation of the 'weight loss program' as well."

Nephrite grunted. "It seems that our foes have become much more formidable over the past centuries."

Zoisite replied, "It does not matter how formidable they have become. It only means that we must be even more formidable."

"Jadeite, do you know where this 'redirector' is?" Kunzite asked.

"I only know of the general location," the Asian general answered. He summoned a picture in his hands and gave it to the eldest Tennou.

The white-haired general looked at the photo. On it was an aerial picture of a city block. Six of the twelve buildings were circled together.

"I've managed to narrow it down to those six buildings," Jadeite continued. "It's hard because of the energy streams crossing with one another. The worst part is that they don't meet at a single place, they just touch the ground and are directed back to the owner."

"How much energy did you obtain?" the eldest asked.

Jadeite looked at Beryl, who nodded.

"We have enough to create a decent youma, if the queen would be so gracious as to lend it for our use," the youngest answered.

"I, by my grace, will allow temporary usage of the energy reserves for this purpose," their queen declared.

"Then, may I ask, by your grace, to be the one who hunts down this redirector?" Kunzite asked. "That way, my brothers can focus on the important task of gathering more energy."

"I have an even better plan," Nephrite injected himself into the conversation. "If the three of us commit to energy operations at the same time as Kunzite's actions, we can sow confusion among the Senshi."

"Won't the redirector just give the energy back?" Beryl asked.

"Not if we store the energies as soon as they are drained and then bring it back here," Zoisite replied. "However, it does limit our options quite considerably."

Jadeite replied with a small frown, "That may be so, but I don't think we have the resources so that large of an operation."

"Ah, I think you have mistaken my words. What I meant is just to have a little something here and there to throw the Senshi off guard," Nephrite explained.

"Humph, if it's just distracting them, then our mere presence is more than enough," Jadeite declared. "You should see how they scramble like mice each time I pop up. We won't even need to drain anyone to scare them senseless."

When Jadeite used a portal to go to Tokyo, he noticed that certain people would attempt to tail him. Well, not exactly 'people.' The ones that followed him around were cats, cats with the lunar royal symbol on their foreheads. It doesn't take a genius to realize who they were working for. Sometimes, he would mess with them by walking around in circles or by doing nothing except sitting on a bench in the middle of a park. A favorite trick of his was walking into an alleyway and disappearing. It was always fun to see the frustrated looks on their faces.

The maroon-haired general chuckled. "Maybe. But why not get energy while scaring them? Kill two birds with one stone, as the saying goes."

"While I'm sure we can talk about this further, I need to tend to Metalia soon," their queen said. "Is there anything else to discuss?"

"None, my queen," Jadeite replied. The other three spoke the same answer.

"Then I shall take my leave. Come up with a plan and report to me once you are done." Beryl stood up and walked away.

While she was doing that, the Shitennou bowed their heads and said, "Of course, your majesty. By your grace, we shall have victory."

Once Beryl's footsteps were barely heard, the Shitennou stood up and stretched. Even as immortal and dark beings, one thing remained the same: sitting in a chair for too long was bad for one's back.

Nephrite looked at Kunzite and spoke, "Kunzite, if I may bother you for a few moments, I wish to discuss something with you."

The eldest raised an eyebrow and the American general smirked.

"I do believe I have the perfect youma for this job."


A/N: The ending is always the hardest part to come up with.


Going forward, the Shitennou will be using youma for their operations. Each youma has six attributes attached: Intelligence, Strength, Defense, Agility, Health, and Stealth. All youma are autonomous.

Intelligence is a metric of how fast the youma can think. A youma's intelligence is more akin to a computer's processing power than human intelligence.

Strength is a measure of physical power.

Defense is a metric for the theoretical maximum damage the youma's armor can take. Deflection and damage blocking are accounted for.

Agility is a metric for how fast the youma can relocate.

Health is a metric for how many shots a youma can take to its flesh before it goes down.

Stealth is a metric for how hard it is to locate the youma.

Special abilities and equipment attributed to the youma are accounted for all metrics.


Ranking of the metrics:
S - The Best
A - Excellent
B - Good
C - Average
D - Poor
F - Not worth mentioning


Example of a youma:

Basic Youma - created for mundane tasks such as housecleaning, etc.
INT: C
STR: F
DEF: D
AGI: D
HP: C
STL: D