The Red Side of a Blue Moon Chapter 4: At the races by twilight, a Sailor Moon + Ranma Crossover fanfic

The Red Side of a Blue Moon

~Noy Telinú~

Warning: this author, Noy, has not read the Sailor Moon manga. Therefore, all characterizations will be based on the anime… and what information is on the wikis… well… and Fukufics… but, that's like saying you have information used based on what experts told you at KGB… you can't ask them EVERYTHING. It's… just a messed up fic… enjoy! ^_^

Caution: both canon series of Ranma ½ and Sailor Moon are 'made fun of' for doing certain things that may or may not be considered stupid. Also, this is not as seriously optimistic as Sailor Moon or as humorously cynical-when-you-think-about-it as Ranma ½. It's somewhere in the middle. Like the jam in a jam sandwich…

Fusion: fall is something that I, the Text, can't stop mentioning… it just rolls off the metaphorical tongue since I don't haz one, as you cats would say… ~_^

Reviews: are so fun, reviews are so fun, now its time to take a break and see what you haz said! Tri-Emperor of The Twilight, She was written after considerable time thinking how a girl like her would have ended up if she had sisters that were extremely successful all their lives. YAY! THANKS! Praise to me! Praise! Whoo!tuatara, yes, yes it is. Cuz lazy. luger 7,we'd all party more if there were more feedzbackz, as you cats would say...

Thank: you, tuatara… since you wanted this SOoOoo bad… and stuff… and everything…

You have been warned…

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Chapter 3: At the races by twilight…

Luna nyan-ed in the arms of Michiru as the girl stood with her girlfriend at Haruka's racecar pit.

"Why did you bring a cat with you?" Haruka asked in wonder as she got ready to race. "Wait a minute… I thought that your dad forbade cats after the last one did that thing with your koi …"

Michiru shrugged. "Akane convinced him…"

Haruka smirked. "Why, of COURSE she did… Liar… I can tell… Your lips are moving…"

"Oh, ha ha…" Michiru frowned. "You're right, though… I just vouched for this one… It's taken… a liking to my sister…"

"Then why is it with you?" Haruka asked in puzzlement.

Michiru looked down at Luna. "I don't know… It might be because she's lonely at home…"

Luna ignored the glare from Michiru.

"Now, now… you can't blame the cat… Glaring at it won't help matters…" Haruka rolled her eyes. "It's not like the cat talked you into this…"

'Oh, yes, she did!' Michiru mentally growled. 'AND she won't tell me why… Having her study my every movement for the past half hour is unnerving…'

Luna kept to just making cat noises. 'The weird energy coming off you is making me keep an eye on you, Michiru… You might be something you think you're not…'

Haruka shook her head. "Just give it a rest, would you? Anyway, race is about to start soon. You'd better get to the stands."

Michiru nodded and kissed Haruka. "For good luck… not that you need it…"

Haruka smirked. "Wouldn't hurt…"

"Still… something has been bugging me about you driving a car…" Michiru admitted.

"What?" Haruka hoped that her partner wasn't trying to bring up her dangerous way of driving… again.

Michiru bit her lip. "Is it LE-gal?"

Haruka snarled. "I will MAKE it legal…"

"…" Michiru sighed and closed her eyes. "But, isn't the driving age in Japan…"

Haruka cut her off. "Got a license in America…"

Michiru rolled her eyes. "That doesn't make sense…"

"That's what they WANT you to think." Haruka crossed her arms in triumph.

"Fine… whatever you say…" Michiru sighed and left with Luna.

"Through the peaceful countryside raced a yellow racecar. Faster and faster the blonde girl drove, for she knew somewhere out there waited-"

*BOOM* The kid announcer was cut off by a car crashing and exploding like a Pinto.

"…" Michiru made a mental sigh of relief as she saw that it wasn't Haruka. "Who let that kid in the booth?"

Luna wondered the same thing and grew suspicious.

Meanwhile, in the booth…

"Are you sure this will work, boss?" a disguised Youma asked its superior.

The other nodded. "Of course it will… Gathering energy from an enthusiastic crowd will be most profitable."

"I suppose…" the Youma murmured. "But still… why do we have a British kid announcing this? A British kid that can't speak Japanese, making us use some of our energy powering a device to translate him into Japanese?"

The boss Youma smirked. "Because we were assigned to find out who killed one of us as well as the experimental Youma."

"I know THAT!" the other growled. "But… how will THIS help?"

The boss's smirk grew wider. "This BOY has been able to draw these 'heroes' out of hiding… somehow… and we have to do this since we have no information on our pest of an enemy."

"You got this from watching that box, didn't you?" the other deadpanned.

The boss roared. "SO WHAT IF I DID? That BOX holds key information! This kid was on the box! The stupidity of these humans is INSANE!"

"Wha-at-ever…" The other Youma rolled its eyes.

*Beep! Beep! Beep! BEep!* A console alert went off.

"Hm?" The boss Youma looked it over. "It appears that there is a large energy output amongst the crowd. Curious… this crowd is producing a larger average than those in the south of the city. Maybe there's more energy here in the north…"

"It's centered in on one person in the front row…" the other muttered. "Think it's a Senshi?"

The boss scoffed. "A myth. The Senshi are long dead. V is the last remnants of their power."

"Whatever you say, boss."

"Do you know WHY we're here? Huh?" the boss growled. "It's because we're smart. Smart enough not to be limited to pokémon speak…"

"What?" The Youma was confused.

"…" The boss sighed. "Nevermind…"

"… The most dreaded bandit of them all, El Conejo!" the little English boy said over the loudspeaker.

Suddenly, in the middle of the dirt path of the track appeared a greenish rabbit wearing too-big-for-it clothes that were at least three hundred years out of style. Its whiskers were curled like a mustache and it sported a giant hat with a very large feather. The rabbit wasn't even that big compared to monsters or Youma, barely three feet tall as it stood on its hind legs, but its sudden appearance shocked Luna. The rest of the crowd, however, wasn't shocked at all; some were merely amused, amazed or excited.

Michiru thought for sure that this was something that was not supposed to happen, more so when the rabbit yelled in English to halt.

Haruka swerved and missed the rabbit as it appeared right in front of her.

"Luna… something about that rabbit doesn't seem right…" Michiru said to the cat in her lap.

Said cat nodded and whispered back. "That rabbit is way too big for normal and is standing up like… like…"

Michiru narrowed her eyes. "Like an animated creature…"

Luna blinked in surprise. "Surely you don't mean…"

*Ring… ring…* Michiru pulled out her iPhone 3GS and dialed Yuka's home phone.

"Huh? Michiru? Where are you?" Yuka asked. "More importantly… why are you calling?"

"No time to explain, do you know any rabbits named El Conejo?" Michiru asked.

"…" Yuka was silent for a minute. "Holy crack, that's an obscure reference…"

"What do you mean?" Michiru asked, surprised.

"Well, I only remembered because I was going through my old foreign videos… It's complicated… More odd is that it wasn't even released in Japan…" Yuka admitted. "I got these as a gift from an aunt that wanted me to learn English…"

"So… is this also connected to a British-sounding boy announcing like he was reading a book?" Michiru bit her lip.

"Oh, yeah. Wait… Christopher Robin is real? Or… it could just be his actor… Still…" Yuka's voice lowered. "Also… Why the HELL is he in JAPAN?"

Michiru's eyes grew wide. "I don't know… but I think this is connected to the Youma…"

"THAT explains why CRASH BANDICOOT was at the ice cream shop!" Yuka cut her off. "The Youma or whoever is behind them are making things in fiction COME TO LIFE! You guys must stop them before they get into serious shows and games!"

The bluish-greenish-haired girl rubbed her ear. "Fine, fine… I've got to go. Contact my sisters, please."

Yuka was breathing quickly. "You're a magic girl too, you know… I'll bet my bribe from you on it."

"What… THAT?" Michiru asked, surprised. "Sure… whatever, I can find that out if I have to. Goodbye."

Luna looked at Michiru with big eyes.

The oldest Tendo girl sighed. "Let's get up to the announcers' booth. Give me what I need when we're alone…"

Luna sweated.

Ami was drinking water in the kitchen when the phone rang.

"Tendo residence, Ami speaking," the short-haired-that-was-blue girl spoke.

"Oh, hi there! Um… you and your twin need to get over to the race up north… Your sister is in trouble… Youma… trouble." Yuka spoke.

Ami sighed. "I see… We will be there soon."

"Hey, Ami, if you see a magic girl there that has greenish-blueish hair… Can you make sure your sister pays me the bet I made?" Yuka smirked.

"Sure… bye," Ami groaned.

That's when Akane walked by to the stove.

"Alright… I can do this…" Akane stared at the stove. "I can do this…"

"'Kane, we need to go…" Ami announced.

"Huh?" Her twin looked up. "Why?"

"Our older sister is in trouble…" Ami answered.

Akane's eye twitched. "What kind of trouble? Because if she's having troubles with Haruka again, I want out of it…"

Ami looked away. "Youma…"

"Oh… alright, let's go!" Akane smiled. "Race you! 1-2-3-4-go!"

With that, Akane ran off.

Ami shrugged and followed.

"The target is moving… heading this way," the Youma reported to its boss.

"Good… the plan worked… We have our little hero…" The boss smirked. "Activate the enlarger…"

*Wooom wum woum wooum wom* the machine… thing sounded.

Outside, the rabbit grew and grew and grew some more, becoming thirteen feet tall.

"There, that should be enough to see what this hero is…" the boss laughed.

The people in the stands cheered as the now-giant rabbit stood impressively in the middle of the dirt track.

The cars came around again and swerved wildly.

*BOOM* The giant rabbit stepped on one, the pressure causing it to explode.

"What the?" Haruka muttered as the rabbit missed her car by mere millimeters. "No one told me of a giant rabbit on lap five!"

The crowd, energy being drained at a steady level, cheered wildly at the scene in front of them, not at all scared or worried.

Everyone that is, except a seventeen-year-old girl and a magic cat.

"Not good," Michiru commented as she and Luna crouched under the stairs to the announcers' booth. "Luna, I need whatever it is I need now."

Luna closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and prepared herself for the backlash. "I can't give you anything… One, I don't know if you're a Senshi. Two, if we did know, I still wouldn't know which one you are because my memory is so full of holes right now that I'm surprised that I'm any help at all. Three, I can't just pull out everything I have and try them one by one. There are safety measures… I think… Maybe… We can't take the chance that it could be dangerous."

Michiru groaned. "Then what do we do?"

Luna thought it over, staring at her feet. "Maybe if you tell me anything unusual that happened in your life…"

Michiru sweatdropped. "This is Nerima. You have to be more specific."

"Like… are you really good at something that amazes others? Or unnaturally strong, talented beyond possible… Anything that could be of use, really?"

Michiru had a flashback…

Seven-year-old Michiru picked up the violin from the stand and tilted her head slightly. "Mommy… what is this?"

Her mother smiled at her. "It is a violin, sweetie. It's a musical instrument."

"Oh…" Chibi Michiru stared at it. 'I… I will play this good… The seas in my head are calm…'

It wasn't often that the waters in Michiru's head were calm. Living in Nerima, they were always so violent and frightening. The very few times they were still, something amazing happened. There was the time she first met Haruka, the time she found 100,000 yen, when she won a gold medal at a swim meet, and the moment before she heard that she was going to be a big sister. That was the very first memory she had, even though she was just over a year old then. Those were the only times she remembered the seas being truly calm.

"Do you want to try it?" Mrs. Tendo asked her oldest daughter, a knowing smile on her face.

Chibi Michiru nodded.

What followed was a beautiful new piece of music that wowed those who could hear it.

Soon, Michiru and her mom were surrounded by people, amazed by what had just happened.

It was one of the best days of Michiru's life.

That evening, though, the seas in chibi Michiru's head were more violent and destructive than ever before, keeping the girl awake all night.

Of course… the best day of her life was literally followed by the worst day of her life. The day that her mother vanished… disappeared forever.

Her whole family took it badly. Her father broke down in tears and never recovered. Ami dedicated her life to study, most of the light gone from her eyes. Akane grew angrier and angrier for a while before seeming to be calm, but when she let her temper flare, it was downright frightening. Michiru herself tried to keep the family together, maturing fast and being the one to fix her family's problems, her sophisticated nature becoming dominant and rarely enjoying herself when away from Haruka.

The memory of that first time playing a violin was forever a part of her life that she could not forget.

"Michiru… MICHIRU!" Luna called out to the spacy-looking girl.

Michiru shook her head. "I'm sorry, I was having a flashback."

Luna looked back to the track, where the giant rabbit was making a terrible scene. "Did you remember anything that could help?"

Michiru closed her eyes as the seas in her head calmed. 'The city needs you…' a voice that sounded very much like her own echoed over the seas. 'Be awakened, Senshi of the Sea. Use the power of Neptune to save them and your lover. You know what to do.'

The girl's eyes shot open.

Her cat companion stared at Michiru as the girl looked down, eyes closed.

"I must transform, Earth needs me. For the biggest threat in the solar system is here on Earth. Grant me the power of Neptune for I say…" Michiru thrust her hand in the air, {Neptune Planet Power!}

As Michiru had her over-the-top transformation sequence on her end, Luna, meanwhile, berated herself for being surprised at all.

Less than a second and a quarter later, Sailor Neptune stood, arms crossed and a calm look on her face.

The black cat had a sudden resurgence of memory. 'Wait… Neptune! She is one of the the Senshi who are supposed to deal with outside threats! We now have a great power here… Why do I have a bad feeling about this?'

Michiru looked down. "Stay here… I have a rabbit to drown…"

Luna sweatdropped. 'That bad feeling just got worse…'

With that, Neptune bounded off.

"This! Is a hold-up!" snarled El Conejo.

"Wow, these 3D effects are awesome!" a tiny boy said in the stands, his sentiment agreed to by the rest of the audience.

The giant rabbit, which was now wearing freakishly huge clothes… and a hat… was going to attack the people in the stands when something jumped right in front of it.

"Have no fear, citizens!" the figure announced, "For it is I, the Masked Sailor Moon!"

"Oh, no, it's the Masked… Masked Sailor Moon!" The Rabbit ran off. "Help!"

Akane stood there a moment dumbfounded before chasing after it. "Hey! Come back here, you overgrown jackrabbit! I have to defeat you and turn you to dust!"

Neptune had a leg on the guardrail right behind the crowd and put her leg back down.

"Yuka says to pay up," Ami announced as she, already transformed, stood right behind her sister. "Do you know what caused this to happen? Or did it just show up?"

Michiru turned towards her sister. "Come, let's head for the announcers' booth, then… Moon has the situation over there handled."

Ami nodded and followed her sister up the stairs, the magic girls shadowed by Luna.

*Zoom!* Haruka raced in her yellow racecar across the track.

"Go, Speed Racer, go, Speed Racer…" Haruka sang to herself quietly. "Go, Speed Racer, goOOoo…"

Haruka was in the lead by a country mile.

"Yeah! This is too easy… That's all you've got, competition? Losers… I eat losers like you for breakfast. An-n-n-d… lapped you! Heh, only one more lap to go." Haruka smirked as she passed by the crowd. "Wonder where that rabbit went…"

Suddenly, she spied a rabbit that was giant in the middle of the track. It was running away with a girl who was scantily dressed and dragging her feet as she grabbed the rabbit's tail, her red boots digging into the dirt.

The rabbit was so big and green that even Haruka couldn't pass it…

The blonde girl narrowed her eyes and floored it.

… Or could she?

Akane, meanwhile, was just trying to slow down the rabbit so that she could kill it. "Stop being such a coward, you stupid rabbit! You seem somewhat familiar, but… who cares! Just stop running away like this!"

Of course, the rabbit didn't listen and was instead screaming and running through the forest.

Without warning, however, a yellow racecar driven by the best damn Japanese racer since a guy NAMED Speed zoomed past her and the rabbit…

"YEOWL!" Rabbit yelled out in pain.

… Only to drive over the rabbit's foot while tilting, which got her 20 bonus points.

Suddenly, the demeanor of the rabbit changed and its eyes grew red.

With a roar that shouldn't come out of a rabbit, giant, were or not, the greenish rabbit angrily picked up speed, eyes locked onto the yellow racecar.

"Hey! What is going O-ohn-nnn!" Akane screamed as her legs lifted up into the air, her body flying horizontally as she was pulled by the rabbit.

*Zoom* Haruka's car raced on, gaining speed to keep from being smashed.

The lesbian racecar driver got a look behind her in the rearview mirror and smirked. "So… it's a race you want, huh, rabbit? I'll give you a race! Can't catch me!"

"Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice!" were the words of the narrator as Sayuri watched old episodes of Super Friends.

*Sip* Sayuri drank her soda.

*Creachunch chew chew* Sayuri ate her popcorn.

Things were just about to get good when the phone rang.

A bit irritated, Sayuri paused the TV and answered the phone.

"Hey, Sayuri, guess what?" Yuka asked over the phone excitedly.

"No," Sayuri said quickly. "You're ruining my night alone with Super Friends. Do you know how hard it was to get them? A Western anime filmed live with only a few copies in AMERICA, not to mention that it wasn't ever released in Japan! I had to get it online, outbidding 882 people! Sure, it's in English, but you know that I know how to understand it. Now… leave me alone for the next twenty-two minutes!"

*Slam* Sayuri did that to the phone and made her way back to watching her old Western anime.

While Akane was dealing with the giant rabbit, her sisters and her mooncat were sneaking into the announcers' booth.

"So… Neptune, then, huh?" Mercury confirmed as she leaned against the wall to the booth. "I've tinkered with this laptop… Using a few settings, and this reverse-engineered scouter that A-… Moon made me make for a convention, mixed with the computer's own eyepiece, I can see that on the other side of this wall are a total of three people and a dozen different pieces of technology."

Neptune nodded in thought as Luna looked on from the top of the railing.

"I've determined that… Wait… one of them is coming towards the door…" Mercury stated and got herself ready.

Neptune got up against the wall and Luna hid herself.

*KABOOMY!* The whole area outside of the door exploded in a huge fireball.

"AHHHH!" People screamed as the explosion shook the area behind them.

Well… a woman screamed and ran away in sheer terror… Most just oohed and ahhed.

As the spectacle continued and the crowd looked at the destroyed area with popcorn in their hands, the Senshi of Water and Seas (and a mooncat) were coughing up smoke in a destroyed area right outside of the announcers' booth.

With the smoke heavy and blocking the public's view, the Youma stood smug right outside the door to the booth.

"Well, well, well… Senshi," the Youma laughed. "So, you're the ones who've been killing my kind. Can't have that, can we?"

With that, the Youma charged.

Meanwhile, Moon mused mightily over her predicament as she was flying through the air, holding onto a rabbit's tail. The explosion she heard behind her only made her grip tighter.

Once she realized what it could mean, however, Akane screamed in rage and put her foot down, right into the ground.

Her boot dug into the dirt and picked up dust, slowing the rabbit down slightly.

With anger, Akane put her other foot down right into the ground, slowing the rabbit's movement more.

Stable now, Akane growled and pulled down.

*CRASH* The rabbit hit a tree in full force, knocking it over into another tree, that hit another tree like dominoes.

"Whoa!" Haruka dodged and weaved her car as trees started falling around her. "Jeez! What the hell?"

The yellow racecar went as fast as it could as the trees crashed down, avoiding them by centimeters as it sped through the forest.

*Crash, crash, boom, crash* The trees fell over in a massive heap, growing and creating more damage by the second, making it seem that Haruka was driving away from a slow-moving explosion… Or "slowish," as she was hitting 117 kph and was barely ahead of the desctruction.

Haruka saw the finish nearing as the tree line ended. The yellow racecar made it across, braking and spinning in a donut as it finished first.

The giant rabbit, however, was facedown in the dirt with Sailor Moon on top of it.

"Ptewewe! Hair on my tougne! Yuck!" Akane stood on top of the rabbit, which was starting to stir. "Oh, no, you don't! Moon Tiara Action!"

The spinning disk of light cut the rabbit's head off and the whole thing turned into dust.

"That was easy…" Akane said to herself as she walked back to the stands that were on the other side of the fallen trees.

Haruka finally got her car to stop as she took deep breaths to calm herself down after that huge adrenaline rush.

"That was fanfreaking tastic!" Haruka climbed out of her car window to see her fans.

The blonde girl's jaw dropped.

Everywhere, instead of cheering fans, were unconscious people as far as the eye could see; the announcers' booth was on fire with smoke blocking the view.

Haruka fell to her knees in shock. "What… what the? Who…"

The lesbian racecar driver's answer was met in the sight of Sailor Neptune flying towards her at high speeds.

"Haruka! Look out!" Neptune called out before crashing headfirst into her lover.

*BONK!* The two girls hit heads.

Haruka, consciousness fading, saw Neptune straddling her, on her hands and knees.

"Mich-Michiru?" Haruka asked before falling into unconsciousness.

Five seconds before…

The Youma jumped down and hit Neptune, who was bigger and therefore considered the bigger threat.

As it was so sudden, Neptune didn't have time to react and was sent flying with the swing.

Mercury saw this and quickly responded. "Mercury Bubble Blast!"

The whole area now covered with bubbles, Mercury was able to get up from the rubble and move to a safer distance to catch her breath and regroup.

"Running away?" the Youma sneered. "How original… It's the same trick your queen used… in a way…"

Mercury looked down at Luna, who was just getting onto her feet nearby. "Luna… are you alright?"

The mooncat shook her fur to get rid of the dust. "Good enough… I will scout ahead… Good luck."

With that, the mooncat left the Youma to Mercury.

"He-e-e-e-y Senshi…" the Youma laughed. "Where ar-e-e-e you? Thinking about getting help from the normals? Good luck with that. They don't have any ENERGY left…"

Mercury thought over her situation, using the Mercury Laptop for help as she found the "analyze" button.

With a smile, the blue-haired Senshi of Water got her knowledge… which is power… especially to her.

Unfortunately, the timer ran out on the bubbles as they disappeared, allowing the Youma to see Mercury.

"Your time is up… Senshi…" The Youma smirked.

*Snikt* Wolverine-like claws shot out from her fists.

Mercury's eyebrows rose a bit, but she remained calm. The girl looked to her right and saw what she needed.

With a smug grin, the Youma charged the girl.

*Bonk* That's when Mercury kicked a big piece of ruble straight at the Youma's head, knocking it over.

"Ow! That hurt…" the Youma seethed. "Unfotunately for you, Senshi, I can heal-"

It was then that Mercury was right on top of the Youma, hands right in front of its eyes.

"Mercury Bubble Blast!" Mercury screamed.

With the bubbles being shot directly into the Youma's eyes, Mercury was able to run to her right to get what she needed.

"ARRGGG!" the Youma screamed. "Cursed Senshi!"

As the Youma rubbed its eyes to no avail, it felt pressure on its neck.

"YOU aren't going anywhere," Neptune spoke as she grabbed the Youma by the neck.

*PAUNCH* Neptune slammed her fist into where a kidney would be.

"You… think… you can defeat… me?" the Youma struggled. "Take… THIS!"

With a swipe, the Youma brought its hand back, catching Neptune across the stomach.

Neptune screamed in pain, but didn't release the Youma.

"You're tougher than I thouAHHH!" the Youma yelled in pain as Neptune decided to do something about the situation.

*RIPPP!* The Youma's left arm was torn out of its socket and thrown away.

*Woommpp* The metallic-ish sound effect caused the severed arm with metal claws to move with a jerk to the right, disappearing from view.

"Huh… what is…?" Neptune's eyes widened to see Mercury driving a crane with a giant electromagnet… and a severed arm stuck on its magnet.

A smirk coming to her face, Neptune threw the Youma as hard as she could at Mercury's magnet.

*Wooommmpp* The magnet got a hold of the metal claws of the Youma and brought it to her.

"AHHH!" The Youma was now stuck to the magnet. "Not good…"

Neptune walked up to the crane. "How did?"

Mercury smiled. "Once I knew that it had metal in the wrists, it was just a matter of getting an electromagnet. I saw one on the way here…"

"Now… to finish you off…" Neptune narrowed her eyes.

The Youma struggled, dangling from its arm. "Grow, arm… grow!"

Neptune lowered her head. "Too late… By the powers of Neptune… DEEP SUBMERGE!"

The Youma stared in horror as a giant ball of water hurtled towards it.

Luna peeked into the announcers' booth, her body ready to flee.

Inside, the mooncat saw a Youma walking towards a blond-haired boy in a booth…

"There… that's enough for today, Christopher…" the Youma spoke to the boy. "You may return to England."

The boy nodded and after being given a piece of paper, vanished through a portal conceived by the Youma.

The Youma then walked over and spoke into a piece of machinery. "1019, I am sending the boy to you… He might be useful in capturing and/or destroying Sailor V. Good luck."

Luna watched carefully from the doorway as the Youma laughed and moved over to another piece of equipment.

"And with the energy from this crowd… Queen Beryl will be pleased, indeed… I do hope 882 can deal with those two energy sources quickly…" the Youma growled. "I hate being late."

As the Youma was about to walk away, the machine pinged.

"Oh, looky here… it seems there is someone else alive and moving, after all…" The Youma smiled. "I think I'll be taking this human's energy personally…"

With that, the Youma left, Luna carefully following.

*Boom! Sizzle ZZZT crash!* The electromagnet fell to the ground with a thud.

Neptune walked over to the downed magnet smugly. "That was easy…"

"Dust…" Mercury noticed the pile of dust coming from under the magnet. "It's dead…"

Neptune leaned down to examine it when the magnet moved upward.

"Think fast!" The Youma said suddenly, appearing from underneath the magnet.

*Kick* The Youma kicked Neptune right on the chin, sending her out of sight.

Mercury quickly got out of the crane in response.

"*Cough* I'm not crazy enough to stick around here…" The Youma, now fully visible, had its left arm missing and the stub burnt by electricity. "Great… looks like that won't be growing back… Magically dusted… Regardless, the Dark Kingdom will always triumph, Senshi!"

With that, the Youma disappeared, laughing.

Mercury frowned and ran towards her sister.

Meanwhile, in the air…

'Great… it survived… And this is high up… Damn, that hurt… The landing will be worse, though…' Neptune thought as she rubbed her chin and winced. 'Maybe a tree will brea- Oh, great, a car… HARUKA'S CAR!'

Neptune's eyes widened as she came down right on top of her lover. "Haruka! Look out!"

*BONK!* The two girls hit heads.

Able to get on her hands and knees, Neptune looked right into Haruka's eyes.

"Mich-Michiru?" Haruka asked before falling into unconsciousness.

Michiru frowned and sighed before getting to her feet. "Oh, Ruka…"

The blueish-greenish-haired girl dragged her unconscious lover into a yellow racecar.

"Mercury!" Luna ran to the blue-haired girl while she was climbing over a giant pile of rubble. "Wait! Mercury!"

"Luna." Mercury turned towards the running mooncat. "Yes?"

"The other Youma is the boss and… and… *cough* sorry… I'm just so… so tired… *cough* I think… think…" Luna wobbled on her feet. "Think…"

Mercury caught the mooncat as it passed out from exhaustion.

With a sigh, the magic girl continued on to see where her older sister went.

It didn't take long for her to find her sibling.

"Ammm-… Mercury…" Neptune corrected herself. "It seems that you took care of that Youma. Wait, what happened to Luna?"

Mercury took a deep breath. "She's exhausted. Smoke in her lungs, most likely. It… Isn't that Haruka's car?"

Neptune nodded. "She's… out of it for the moment…"

Mercury bit her lip. "We should leave Luna here with Haruka while we go see what happened to Moon… That rabbit might still be out there."

Neptune agreed and it was done.

Mercury got out her laptop from who knows where when her eyes widened.

"Neptune! It's-" Mercury was cut off by a laugh.

"Well, well, well… now, what do we have here?" The Boss Youma stepped into the moonlight, a slasher smile on its face. "Senshi. Sailor… Senshi… It appears that my subordinate couldn't deal with you… A shame, really…"

Neptune growled and Mercury typed insanely fast.

*Slice* The Mercury Laptop was cut in half, the screen separated from the keyboard.

Both Sailor Senshi were shocked and Mercury was face to face with the Youma, katana in hand.

"Because now I don't have anyone to gloat over until I get back home…" The Youma swung its katana again.

This time, Mercury was ready and the strike missed the girl as she ducked under the slash.

"Mercury Bubble Blast!" The Senshi of Water blurted out and the entire area filled with bubbles.

The katana came down right towards Mercury…

"DEEP SUBMERGE!" Neptune yelled and a giant ball of water was sent at the Youma.

Both targets, however, dodged and the katana was driven into the ground, the Youma using it to keep its body in the air as the area where it had stood was now a huge crater of dirt and mud.

Thinking fast, Mercury rolled on the ground and got up a few feet away, ready to move quickly.

"Deep Submerge!" Neptune shouted again, not wasting any time.

The Youma, of course, dodged the blast to the left, but also had the wisdom to throw its katana in the direction from where the blast came.

Neptune tried to get out of the sudden and surprising move of a thrown blade, but she didn't have to reflexes to do so perfectly…

"AHHH!" Neptune yelled in pain as the katana gazed her side as it flew by, landing close to Mercury.

A laugh echoed throughout the area. "I have you now…"

*Shing* The Youma pulled out another katana from its back and its smile widened.

Mercury, who had just enough information to find out a weakness, picked up the katana and ran forward.

"Deep Submerge!" Neptune yelled again, a sliver of panic in her voice… only a sliver.

*Splash* The katana cut right through the giant ball of water and it split the attack in two, causing one half to go on each side of the Youma.

"SSSSS…" the Youma sneered since some of the water did splash onto its skin. "I'll enjoy this…"

The Youma charged and Neptune fretted to get an attack off.

*Clang* Two swords clashed and sparked.

To both Neptune and the Youma's surprise, Mercury had the other katana and was using it to block a strike from the blade in the Youma's hands as it was about to cut into Neptune.

With both combatants less than a meter in front of her, Neptune's heartbeat skyrocketed, seeing how close she was to death.

{Do it now!} Mercury spoke in English. {Youma can't heal from magic attacks!}

In response, Neptune got her body ready, while the Youma…

"OOF!" Mercury fell to the ground as she was kneed in the stomach, dropping the katana in the process.

The bubbles finally disappeared and the Youma could clearly see its victims.

Neptune shouted her attack once more, but it was dodged once again and a kick to the head caused the Senshi of Neptune to spiral to the ground.

"You've been a pain," the Youma growled as it looked down at Mercury, who was still on her hand and knees, clutching her stomach.

It then smirked and sent its katana in a downwards, decapitating arc.

Suddenly, a voice was heard in the distance. "MOON TIARA ACTION!"

The Youma was distracted enough to turn its head only to see a spinning disk come right at its face.

With a yelp, the Youma turned to dodge, its strike missing Mercury completely.

"AHHHHHHH!" But it was not enough, as the Youma was cut by the attack on the cheek, causing it to scream in pain. "ARGGG! You… YOU! Ha! You still missed-"

*PAUNCH!* Moon was on top of the Youma already, fist driven into its chin.

"Shoryuken!" Moon cried out as she landed the punch. "I knew one of these days it would miss… idiot."

The Youma fell to the ground, rolling with the punch before it stood up furiously. Sailor Moon picked up the other katana from the ground with her foot and caught it with her left hand, a smug look appearing of her face.

"En garde," the long-blue-haired girl said, pointing the katana at the Youma.

Haruka woke with a stir as her car shook violently due to the shockwave. She opened her eyes to a view of a cat sitting in her lap… One that looked familiar…

With a shake of her head, Haruka tried to remember what happened previously when she heard a scream.

"MOON TIARA ACTION!" the voice yelled loudly.

Haruka turned her head to see a flash of light and a girl… in a mask and a good-looking sailor fuku, if Haruka were any judge of school uniforms. Which she was.

Now, with Sailor Moon keeping Haruka's full attention focused on what was happening to her left, she didn't notice the destruction around her… or Luna stirring.

However, she was distracted by the sound of a cough.

Turning her head away from the window, Haruka saw the cat, coughing and wheezing terribly.

'That's just great…' Haruka thought. 'I have the Tendos' pet cat here while a girl in a revealing skirt is fighting some red and black monstrous-looking… thing… with a katana! Damn, where's Michiru? Probably in that fire… Wait… she bumped heads with me and…'

*Cough* Haruka felt her throat quickly drying in the heat.

'Well, guess it's up to me to put out that fire and get this cat to a vet. Michi was wearing the same sexy-looking uniform that girl was, so that means she's fighting that thing…' Haruka sighed. 'Crazy feeling to go out there and protect her… yeah, right… I'm no fighter. That's my brother's way of doing things.'

Feeling she had no choice, Haruka raced out of the area towards the city.

"Heh, heh, heh…" the Youma laughed. "Picking a swordfight with me? What an idiot."

Sailor Moon smirked. "No, YOU are the idiot…"

"Mercury Bubble Blast!" the closest Senshi to the Sun spewed in a hurry.

With bubbles flooding the area, Moon struck first.

"Ahhh!" the Youma screamed as it was slashed across its middle. "THAT'S IT!"

"Deep Submerge!" Neptune cried out.

"Whoa!" Moon jumped back as the attack missed both of the combatants.

The Youma backflipped multiple times until it was out of the obstructing bubbles.

Sailor Moon rushed forward, one hand grabbing her tiara.

"Moon Tiara Action!" the Senshi cried out, flinging her tiara.

A spinning disk came out of the bubbles, causing the Youma to duck out of the way…

*SPushckk*

… Only to be impaled in the chest by the katana thrown by Sailor Moon.

"ARRGGG!" the Youma screeched.

Moon caught her tiara with her left hand as she exited the bubbles.

*Spact* And used it to puncture the Youma in the left eye.

'Screw this, I'm out of here!' the Youma thought.

*Kick* The Youma kicked Sailor Moon backwards with its foot and, due to the momentum, the Senshi went flying.

"Deep Submerge!" Neotune shouted once again.

*BOOM* A huge crater appeared where the Youma was just a moment before.

All three Senshi gathered around the large crater.

"It's dead," Neptune said.

Mercury went to grab her pieces of her laptop.

"No, it isn't," Moon denied. "It just teleported… We're supposed to THINK its dead…"

Neptune raised an eyebrow. "What makes you say that?"

Akane untransformed and shrugged. "Way too powerful, smart, marketable… We have ourselves a recurring villain."

Ami came back and nodded. "The other one escaped as well. It would appear that Akane is right."

The youngest Tendo posed with a thumbs-up gesture. "Good job!"

Michiru sighed. "I suppose you're right…"

*ScreeechH!" Spinning tires signaled the arrival of Haruka's car.

"Hey there, beautiful girls…" the racecar driver smiled.

Akane crossed her arms, Ami bowed and Michiru ran up to the car.

"Ruka, there you are…" Michiru smiled. "Where've you been?"

Haruka shrugged. "Took your pet to the vet, got the fire department up here."

As soon as she said that, the fire department showed up in huge numbers.

Akane walked over to the car. "Take. Me. To. LUNA!"

Haruka smiled. "Alright, alright…"

Later, at the veterinarian's office…

"Wah, wah, wah-wah, wah," the adult said on the TV.

"No, sir, I just-" Charlie Brown tried to defend himself.

"Wah, wah-wah, wah, wah."

"Yes, sir, Sorry, sir…" Charlie Brown gulped.

*Click* The door opened.

"That was awkward…" Akane mused as she was followed out of the room by Ami carrying Luna. "Good thing that… Hey!"

Michiru and Haruka stopped kissing each other and glanced at Akane.

"What?" Michiru asked.

"Honestly!" Akane threw her arms into the air. "You two are… Ooh… Peanuts… not too often that they show that here… Anyway, we haz Luna, as she would say, and… Why are you facepalming?"

Ami sighed. "My twin thinks our cat can talk."

Haruka raised an eyebrow. "Really, now? It would go with you three battling a monster…"

The other two Tendos' eyes widened.

Akane had her excited face on. "There was a monster! What was it like? Why do you think I fought it? *gasp* Ami has super twin powers!"

Haruka tilted her head in confusion. "But it must be you… Michiru was wearing one of those outfits, I know it… I think I recognized Ami… The last one was hard to identify, she was wearing a mask… But you three were together, so it was obviously you. Not to mention that you twins weren't there to see me race earlier."

Luna had both of her paws on her face.

"No way! Nuh uh, can't be me!" Akane protested. "I would kill to be a magic girl-"

Akane hastily covered her mouth.

The room was quiet, as the only ones in there were the Tendos and Haruka… and a mooncat.

"…" Haruka opened and closed and opened her mouth. "Magic girl?"

"Damn it!" Akane grunted. "I had to go and mess it up…"

Michiru sighed. "Yes, my sisters and I are magic girls…"

"Which irritates me that older sister had to be one as well!" Akane seethed. "And be crazy powerful to boot!"

"Akane…" Ami tried to calm her twin.

"But I was the one who did the best and actually caused damage!" Akane's mood whiplashed. "So I am the hero… heroine… But still… yeah."

"Magic girl?" Haruka asked in shock again.

Akane nodded. "Yes, yes… Magic girls… in a martial arts and crafts ward. Weird… but it works somehow."

Ami sighed. "Don't tell anyone… It would be very, very, excruciatingly bad."

Haruka nodded. "Sure, don't tell people that I'm dating a magic girl…"

Michiru placed an arm on Haruka's. "Ruka…"

The blonde's face lit up. "I'm dating a magic girl!"

Luna sweatdropped as Haruka laughed.

"This. Is. Awesome!" the racecar driver cackled.

"Yeah, yeah, you're dating a magic girl, yada-yada-yada…" Akane rolled her eyes. "But if your brother or the other boys in school find out…"

*Wham* Akane punched her fist into her palm.

"…" Akane narrowed her eyes at Haruka. "Got it?"

Haruka nodded.

"Good…" Akane crossed her arms.

*Ring* went the phone.

"What is it, Yuka?" Sayuri sighed.

"It's been twenty-two minutes… I'm betting that Michiru is a magic girl. Also, there was a fire at the racetrack up north. A bunch of people have gone to the hospital. Very bad…" Yuka answered.

"No betting. Bye." Sayuri hung up the phone and walked over to the TV.

*Click* She pressed play.

The Super Friends ending theme played over the credits.

Sayuri drank her drink and read the names as best she could.

Author's notes: yes, it was a bit longer than usual, but it had to for the fight scenes. This chapter really says a lot about how this fic will play out, serious, but not really… its weird. Till next time, I amz the Text!