"I've done it!" Sailor Mercury cried. "Thanks to one of Professor Nishioka's machines, I have found a way to project our thoughts into Uranus and Neptunes dreams." She hooked up her computer to a device. "This is used to analyze people's brainwaves when they're asleep, but with my computer I can use it to place you in other dreams."
"That's great!" Sailor Moon cried. "The only problem is, I have to stay behind to monitor the device. I'm afraid the rest of you will have to go without me." Mercury said. "That's alright." Mars replied. "We can handle it."
Ironically while the real Mercury was setting events in motion to get Uranus and Neptune out of their nightmare, in their dream world Mercury was about to put them through the worst part of the nightmare.
Neptune and Uranus handed in their tests to Professor Mercury. "That was easy." Neptune said. "There's no way we didn't get a passing grade." Uranus said. Mercury was surprisingly quick to grade the papers.
"Everyone passed… except for these 2!" She said as she pointed to Uranus and Neptune. "They got every answer wrong!" "Impossible!" Uranus and Neptune protested. Mercury pulled out their tests and slammed them down on their desks. They looked at their answers.
2+2=? 24
There are how many hours in a day? 4
Neptune said "These are all mixed up!" Then it dawned on them. The questions had been switched around so that they got them all wrong. "That's cheating!" Uranus cried.
"No, that's just how we do things here." Mercury replied. "If you had even gotten one right I would have just sent you on your way, but now you will be my new test subjects for my new invention. Prepare them!" She pushed a button on her desk.
Clamps rose from the floor and grabbed the Outer Soldier's legs, trapping them. Then Mercury pushed a button and mechanical arms came out from the walls. They proceeded to strip Uranus and Neptune's clothes off, leaving them in their underwear once again. Neptune was almost used to this by now, but Uranus was as embarrassed as ever.
Once down to their skivvies, the clamps let go of Uranus and Neptune's legs. But before they could run, metal boxes rose from the floor and enveloped them, leaving only their heads visible. They looked down and noticed dials on the front of the boxes. Said dials all had random objects on them.
Mercury walked up to Uranus and spun the dial on her box. It stopped on the word "leaves". Mercury went to Neptune's box and spun that dial as well. It landed on "flowers". "Oh this is going be fun." Mercury snickered.
She went back to her desk and pushed a button. The machines activated. Uranus and Neptune winced as the machines first came on, but realized that they weren't hurting them. True something felt a little different, but neither of them could tell what.
Eventually the machines stopped. With their job (whatever that was) done, the metal boxes opened and went back into the floor. Smoke covered Uranus and Neptune's bodies. Seconds later they cleared, and only then was it apparent what the machine had done.
It had changed their underwear. Uranus was now wearing a leaf bikini and Neptune was wearing a flower bikini. Literally. Uranus' underwear had been transmogrified into an outfit made of green leaves, while Neptune's was composed of red flowers. They looked down in horror for a moment then they blushed harder than they ever had before. Suddenly, running around in their underwear looked pretty good compared to this.
The other students laughed and pointed at them. Mercury said "Those are great looks for you, which is a good thing because these are the only things you'll ever be able to wear again!"
Uranus said "That's what you think!" She and Neptune quickly grabbed their clothes off the floor and put them on. "Ha!" Uranus cried. But a few seconds later their clothes vanished leaving them in their new bikinis.
Neptune screamed "What have you done to us?!" Mercury says "I altered your molecules so that they will disintegrate anything you wear aside from one object." "That can't be true!" Uranus sputtered.
"See for yourself." Mercury said as she opened a door. It led to a room filled with duplicates of the Outers' uniforms. Uranus ran towards the room and put one of hers on, only for it to vanish shortly afterwards again. She tried another outfit with the same result. So she tried another. And another. And another. She kept at it but the result with every outfit was the same.
As Uranus was trying in vain to dress herself the other students' mocking laughter grew. They also began to change into monsters. Neptune fell into a panic. She went to Uranus and grabbed her. "We have to go!" "No! One of these has to stay on, I just know it!" Uranus cried. But then she saw what was happening to the other students and that changed her mind real quick.
They ran out of the classroom just as the students began chasing after them. They ran through the hallway and went through a multiple doors until they were sure that they lost them. They were relieved. But that relief soon disappeared.
"Hey guys, look who's here!" a male voice cried. Uranus and Neptune turned to see who said. They saw that the room was filled with every guy they knew from class. And they were all looking at them.
"You look really silly." One guy cried. Several others voiced their agreements as they laughed at the Outers. "You guys are wrong, I think they look incredibly cute." Another said, and as if on cue other guys said "Awww!" "Yeah they look cute, but they're also ultra-hot!" said somebody else. He and other guys started drooling over them.
Uranus and Neptune would have left long ago, but the door they came in had suddenly become locked and they couldn't open it. They knew they had to get out of here at all costs, so they turned and ran through the crowd. By now every single person was laughing at them, awing at them or leering at them.
Eventually they found a door and ran through it. It led outside, but they didn't care so long as they were away from the guys. They saw another building in the distance and ran towards it.
They were prepared for some embarrassment on their way over there. What they weren't prepared for was to bump into a group of nuns. Both parties stood still for a few seconds. Then all of them started to blush, and one nun even fainted.
"What are you doing running around practically naked?" the apparently lead nun said. "It's not our choice!" said Uranus. "Put some clothes on, for God's sake!" the nun said as she tossed them 2 robes. Neptune put hers down and said "We'd love to, but we're afraid we really can't put on clothes right now." The nuns grew angry at this. "Do you have any idea what you would do to any man or child who saw you?" Before the Outers could protest, the nun said. "Put those clothes on or I'm calling the police!"
So Uranus and Neptune put the robes on, and seconds later they disappeared. The nuns all gasped. "It's like I was trying to tell you." Neptune said, "Every time we put on clothes they vanish." This did not placate the nuns. "You're witches!" they cried as they whipped out torches and pitchforks. "Hey, it's not our fault we're like this! We were cursed!" cried Uranus as she and Neptune ran away. "If you really wanted to wear clothes, nothing would stop you!" the lead nun replied as she and the others chased them.
They ran behind the building and went through the backdoor before the nuns could catch up with them. They sat down, relieved. Suddenly a woman in a stylish dress showed up. "Come on, you're on in 5 minutes!" "What-" Before Neptune could finish her question, the woman grabbed them by the hands and was dragging them to what appeared to be a runway. A very long runway.
"This is only the key part of our fashion show! Now get going, or you will be punished!" she said, then practically threw Uranus and Neptune onto the runway. They stood still for a few seconds in shock but then just walked down the runway as casually as they could. They needed a place to hide out until the nuns were gone, and this seemed as good a place as any.
"Introducing our latest creation, all-natural bikinis!" The fashionista cried. As Uranus and Neptune walked, they noticed that everyone in the crowd was male. And they were all excited to see the ladies dressed like this. They were whistling and cheering and crying "Hell yeah!" They heard one person close to them clearly say "Victoria's Secret's got nothin' on this!"
Uranus and Neptune started to lose what little cool they had. They knew their outfits only showed as much as the average bikinis would, but it felt like much less. Eventually they reached the end of the runway and made their way back, going a little faster than before.
They got back behind the curtains as the fashionista applauded them. "That was wonderful!" she cried. "Thanks, now point us to the dressing room." Uranus said, wanting to get away from male eyes. The fashionista laughed. "Oh we're just getting started. I've booked you for 6 more showings." Neptune cried "What?!" The fashionista grinned wickedly then tossed off her clothes. It turned out to be Akuyume in disguise.
"You really should consider being models. The way you look now, you'd be the most memorable part of any fashion show!" Akuyume laughed as she ran away. Neptune chased after her, but Uranus was slow to follow. "What's the use, she'll only humiliate us more." Uranus said. "What have we got left to lose?" Neptune asked. Uranus then followed her, hoping against hope that they would find a way to beat Akuyume.
Akuyume led them into a symphony hall. Neptune and Uranus heard the sound of violin music. They turned to look at who was playing it. The entire symphony consisted of Michiru clones playing violins. They turned to look at the Senshi and the Diamon. Then they started laughing. "You really do look ridiculous you know? Sexy, but ridiculous."
Uranus blushed, but Neptune stood her ground. "I won't be laughed at by myself!" She said. "Good thing that they're not really you." Akuyume said. She snapped her fingers and the clones turned into monsters. Akuyume ran into the crowd of monsters as they moved to attack Uranus and Neptune. Before they could strike, Neptune yelled "Deep Submerge!" and blasted a bunch of them. Uranus took heart, and joined the battle. "World Shaking!" she yelled, and blasted more of the monsters.
The monsters stopped swarming them. Uranus and Neptune poised themselves to fend off another attack. They were overwhelmed with the initial embarrassment of their clothing predicament before, but now they were ready to defend themselves. "Aw this isn't fun, you need to be scared!" The laughing monsters began to merge into a giant one. Uranus and Neptune threw their attacks at it but they didn't work, so they made a tactical retreat.
They ran through a door and saw Haruka's racing car outside. "Alright, now I'm in my element!" Uranus said as she started it up. Neptune sat beside her as the monster came out. Uranus hit the gas pedal and ran straight towards the giant. She dodged its blasts, and ran over its feet. It screamed in pain as they drove towards a conveniently placed ramped.
Uranus pushed her car to its limit as she drove towards the ramp. The monster was just recovering as Uranus drove off the ramp. Her car hit it with a force strong enough to go right through it, leaving a gaping hole in its center. The monster staggered for a bit, then fell over and faded away. "Way to go Uranus!" Neptune cried. "What now?" Uranus said "We find Akuyume and run her over!" So they drove back towards the symphony hall-
-but suddenly, they were in what appeared to be a racing tournament. While they were talking, they had been teleported by Akuyume. As they adjusted to their new surroundings, other cars were driving up to them. As much as Uranus wanted to win, she realized that finding Akuyume was more important so she turned aside to let them pass. But the cars swerved to tail them and started driving towards them. Then they accelerated and charged into them. Uranus dodged them at first, then got sideswiped by a couple before finally getting bumped
"Welcome to Deathrace 1994, where the goal is not only to win but also kill as many other competitors as possible!" Akuyume's voice cried over the arena. Uranus steadied the car, then drove back into the race. She spotted a sign saying "Exit, 25 miles" and sped towards it. The problem was that there appeared to be other racers between them and the exit, plus more were headed towards them.
Neptune turned to Uranus and said "We just have to plow through them. None of this is real, anyway." Uranus said "Yeah, it just feels real." She put her pedal to the metal and started knocking the other racers out of the way. But then they started to fight back. Uranus managed to get out of the way of the attackers, causing them to take out other opponents. But then one got lucky and knocked them in a way that caused their car to spin wildly out of control. Eventually they crashed into a wall and were sent flying out of the car. They were bruised, but also landed less than a mile from the exit.
"Unfortunately, it looks like a couple women joined this race. Don't they know this is supposed to be an all-male competition?" Uranus and Neptune then noticed that the cars right behind them were slowing down, and that the male racers were staring at them. They blushed and covered themselves but then the cars behind the staring racers started to crash into them causing wrecks. And the cars behind them smashed into the wrecks as well. This kept going and going until it caused a messy hundred car pile-up.
Uranus and Neptune weren't standing around looking at this. They were already on their way to the exit. But then all of a sudden one last car hit the giant wreck and caused it to explode. The explosion began to spread towards them. Uranus and Neptune ran faster than before, desperate to get away from the ginormous ball of fire.
They reached the exit, but then the explosion started to damage reality itself. All of a sudden the scenery around them wasn't just being burnt up, it was starting to crack. The shattered pieces fell away to reveal a blackness darker than anything they had ever seen. Thankfully, they could still see each other, but the rest of the world was a void. Suddenly, shadows fell over them. Before they could react, giant hands picked them up.
They looked at their captors. Uranus was in the hands of a giant Kaolinite, while Neptune was being held by a giant Eudial. "Kaolinite, you're supposed to be dead!" Uranus said. "I brought her back, and now we're gonna drink to it!" Eudial said. In their other hands, the villains were holding cups of tea. Kaolinite tossed Uranus into her cup. "I just love drinking tea with leaves in it." Kaolinite said. Eudial said "I like to drink my tea with flowers." as Neptune was thrown into her cup. Uranus and Neptune struggled to keep afloat, but panicked when they saw that the giantesses were moving their cups towards their mouths. "No, please!" Neptune cried!
Sailor Moon and the other Soldiers finally entered the dream. moon pulled out her communicator. "Where are they Mercury?" "According to my calculations, they should be very close." They started looking around then heard "World Shaking!" and "Deep Submerge!" They ran towards the sound of the Outer's voices.
Uranus and Neptune kept throwing their attacks at the witches, but they didn't do any real damage. Kaolinite said "Don't bother fighting back. Just accept your destiny to die as a drink." But just before, they put the cups to their mouths, Sailor Moon cried "Moon Tiara Action!" Her tiara vaporized both of the witches. The cups fell to the ground. But as Uranus and Neptune tried to get out, the tea around them suddenly turned into whirlpools and started sucking them down. They were plunged deep, but then managed to start swimming back up.
They reached the surface only to find themselves in a new location. Now they were in a surreal-looking jungle. They swam to shore then started walking through the jungle. "I hate to say it, but we really could use the Inner Soldier's help right now." Neptune said. "Perhaps, but do they have to see us like this? We'd never hear the end of it." Uranus said. "What's more important, ending this or preserving what's left of our dignity?" Neptune replied.
They were walking by a bunch of bushes with red flowers. Uranus noticed it then thought about how it looked like the flowers Neptune's bikini was made out of. Then she got an idea. She looked around, and realized that the leaves on a tree were like the ones she was wearing. "Why choose between them when we can have both?" Uranus asked gleefully. "What are you talking about?" inquired Neptune. "That evil mercury said we could only wear clothes made out of flowers and leaves right? Well, look around us." Neptune noticed the bushes and leaves as she realized where Uranus was going with this.
So they grabbed a bunch of the flowers and leaves to start making dresses out of them. Before they knew it, they had made beautiful dresses. They put them on then waited for a few minutes. The dresses didn't vanish. Both of them felt immensely relieved especially Uranus. They began running happily through the jungle. But shortly into their stroll they encountered Akuyume.
"Oh no, you've found a loophole. I suppose that I'm going to have to fill it somehow." She whistled then a swarm of bugs flew toward her. "There's your dinner boys, but leave some for them!" she said as she pointed at Uranus and Neptune. They tried to blast the bugs but the majority of them dodged their attacks. They didn't harm the Sailors though. Instead, they went after their dresses. "No, anything but that!" Uranus cried. They tried to bat them away and squish them, but there were too many. Soon they were down to their floral bikinis (which they consider underwear now) again.
Thankfully the swarm stopped and left as soon as the dresses were devoured, but the damage had been done. Uranus and Neptune's newfound confidence had been shattered, and Akuyume moved to take advantage of that. "Like Jupiter said, you're never wearing clothes again!" She started throwing grenades at them. Uranus and Neptune prepared to retaliate, but then they heard the sound of laughter. They turned and saw that Sailor Moon was beside them. "Don't worry, I'll save you. It's just that you look so funny now!" She resumed her guffawing.
"They'll look even funnier when I hit them with this!" Akuyume pulled out a gun and fired a liquid at the Outers. They dodged, and the spray hit the flowers and leaves. Every single one that was touched began to shrivel up and crumble to dust. Uranus and Neptune, not wanting to lose the only thing preserving their modesty, fled. After running for a bit they paused then out of nowhere Sailor Moon appeared and started laughing at them again. They ran some more, but she kept following them. Then a bunch of Sailor Moon clones started appearing all over the jungle, pointing and laughing at the poor Outers. They blushed as they ran.
"This isn't real!" Neptune tried reminding Uranus, but even she didn't believe it. Akuyume had a firm grip on their minds, and no matter what they couldn't overcome the feeling that this was actually happening. After a bit Akuyume's head appeared in the sky above them. "It's been fun but I'm afraid I'm going to have to end the game soon. Don't worry, you'll simply be trapped in an unconscious state in which you don't dream anything good or bad. I'll bring you back when I want to play with you again."
All of a sudden tentacles grabbed Uranus and Neptune. They dragged them to a monstrous giant red flower with green leaves. "You dare to wear the skin of my children?!" It opened its mouth revealing a black void. Uranus and Neptune knew that if they fell in there then that was it, they would be Akuyume's playthings forever. They couldn't raise their arms to attack, so they just bit the tentacles. The plant thing screamed and dropped them.
No sooner had they ran away then 2 ugly cat-things showed up. They unsheathed their claws and swiped the air. Uranus and Neptune gave another yell of "World Shaking" and "Deep submerge!" The cats sliced the attacks to pieces. Uranus and Neptune attempted to run, but the plant creature had crawled up behind them. Uranus and Neptune looked desperately for an escape, but it was hopeless.
"Burning Mandala" Sailor Mars cried as her attack hit the plant creature and caused it to burst into flames. "Sparkling Wide Pressure!" Sailor Jupiter exclaimed as she electrocuted the freaky felines. The 4 Inners gathered together. "Are you alri-" Sailor Moon and the others all stared at Uranus and Neptune with expression of great surprise on their faces. The Outers were relieved to be saved, but that relief quickly turned to embarrassment when they knew that the Inners had seen them humbled.
"Are you hurt?" Sailor Mars asked. "What do you care?" Uranus asked. "Aren't you going to laugh at us?" Sailor Jupiter said "Why should we?" Uranus replied "Isn't it comical to see 2 of your enemies forced to run around dressed like this?" "Well now that you mention it, I guess it is a little funny." Venus chuckled. Mars glared at her.
"That's right, laugh while you can. This is the only time you'll ever be able to look down on us!" Uranus yelled angrily. Moon said "I don't want to be enemies, I want to help you. I can't abandon my fellow Sailors." Neptune said "I think we can discuss this better when we get out of here." Dark energies were acting up around them.
"Moon Healing Escalation!" Sailor Moon yelled as she raised her wand. Her healing powers completely vaporized the nightmare energy in Uranus and Neptune's bodies. In an instant, they were dressed back in their Sailor suits. Uranus still didn't look happy, but Neptune said "Thank you. Now there's only one loose end left to deal with." She looked at Akuyume, who gulped.
"Venus Love Me Chain!" Venus yelled as she launched her attack at the Daimon in the sky. She grabbed her by the throat and pulled her right out of the air. She shrank back to her normal size as she fell to the ground.
Jupiter said "Mercury says that with her nightmare energies gone, you should be back in full control of this dream." Uranus and Neptune looked at each other then smiled fiercely as they stared at Akuyume.
"Look, I'm sorry. I was just following orders. You can take a little joke, right?" Akuyume said. "No." Uranus and Neptune said at the same time. Suddenly a hole opened up underneath Akuyume and she fell through it.
Akuyume landed hard on a bed of nails. "Ouch!" she cried and jumped up, only to hit the roof which had suddenly appeared over her. She was knocked onto a street. Shortly after she landed, Eudial's van showed up and ran Akuyume over.
"Akuyume!" a female voice cried as she got up. Eudial's giant head loomed over her. "You have failed!" he said. "I'm sorry, I can explain." Akuyume said, but Eudial wasn't hearing any of it. "You couldn't even complete a simple task, and so you will be punished severely!"
A machine like the ones that changed Uranus and Neptune's underwear engulfed Akuyume. "No, not this! I'll do anything if you spare me!" Her plea didn't stop the machine from activating. When it was finished her stylish nightie was gone, and she was wearing a leafy bikini top and a flowery bikini bottom.
"This is too much!" She said as she blushed and covered herself. Uranus and Neptune showed up. "Why? It's not like you were wearing that much before?" Neptune asked. "Yeah, but at least I looked fashionable. Now I look extremely silly!" Akuyume replied.
"We don't think you look silly." said a male voice. Akuyume turned and saw that the crowd from the fashion show was right behind her cheering. A spotlight shone on her and illuminated the area, revealing her to be on the same runway she had forced the Outer Soldiers to walk down.
Akuyume's face turned redder than before then she screamed and ran. Laughing Eudial heads began to appear around her.
She ran until she stumbled across 2 barrels. Ironically, she had intended to force Uranus and Neptune to wear nothing but them at some point; she simply had too much fun throwing them into nightmares while wearing their floral bikinis. Now it was her modesty they were going to preserve.
She jumped into one and with the straps firmly in place, she began running towards her secret exit. She never thought she'd have to use it. But then Uranus and Neptune appeared. "We're not through with you." Uranus said with a manic glee in her voice. "Haven't you 2 tormented me enough?!" Akuyume yelled.
"Yes, they have." Mars said. Akuyume turned and saw that the 4 Inner Soldiers had caught up with them. Jupiter said "Come on you two, I thought you were better than this." As they were talking, Akuyue had run closer to the exit. Venus said "I think the time has come to put her out of her misery." "Right." Sailor Moon agreed as she pulled out her rod. "Moon Spiral Heart Attack!" she yelled.
Akuyume stopped in her tracks when she saw the giant heart coming toward her. She ducked down inside the barrel. She had made it to be sturdy, so that Uranus or Neptune wouldn't accidentally break it. She prayed that it would save her from the attack.
She had a little luck. It didn't directly harm her, it only hit the barrel. But it caused the barrel to explode, and the force of it knocked her right out of the barrel and flying toward the exit. Suddenly she fell into the waking world, dressed back in her initial outfit. But she didn't waste time rejoicing, she ran for her life. She was long gone by the time the Soldiers woke up. She was too fast even for Mercury to react. "Someday, I will make you pay for this humiliation!" she said as she ran back towards Tomoe's lab.
The Sailors awakened then stared at each other uneasily. "I know what she did to you must have been awful, but did you have to treat her like that?" Mars asked. Neptune shrugged. "Perhaps you're right, we just let our emotions get the better of us. But we're both still thankful that you saved us. Isn't that right Uranus?" Neptune nudged Uranus with her shoulder. She growled and said "Yes, thank you. But that still doesn't change our mission. We will protect this world no matter the cost. Just because you saved us doesn't mean that we will ever let you get in our way." The Outers ran off as soon as she finished her sentence.
As Uranus and Neptune left, they reflected on all that had just happened. "This has got to be the worst day of our lives." Uranus muttered darkly. "Agreed." Neptune said. "And you know what the worst part is? Without those weaklings, we would have been trapped in the nightmare world forever." Uranus said. "Maybe they aren't so soft after all." Neptune replied. "They're soft where it really counts." said Uranus as they headed home.
"How rude!" Jupiter said. "I knew something like this wouldn't completely change their minds, but they didn't have to remind us about our different views." Mars said "What a pair of jerks." Moon said "I know, but I'm sure someday that we can find a way to work together."
Venus started to laugh. "I have to admit, I did think that they looked funny in those flower and leaf bikinis." she said. Jupiter and Mars joined her laughter. "Yeah, I don't feel so bad now that I remember what they're really like." Jupiter said. "I should see about getting me outfits like theirs for the next time I want a date." Mars said. "I bet I'd never have to worry about finding a potential boyfriend while wearing one of those!"
Moon began to laugh too. "I'm sure Yuichirou would love to see you in such an outfit!" She teased. Mars flared up at this. "Take that back!" she screamed as she began to chase Moon. "Admit it, you really like him!" she said. Jupiter and Venus laughed at this, and Mercury smiled as she thought "I wish I knew what they were talking about."