Subject: FFML (Fanfic) (EVA/SM) (X-Over) Destiny's Path Prologue 3 *revis
From: "Brian Yaple" <byapes@erie.net>
Date: 11/15/1997, 9:59 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com
CC: aliwave@aol.com, usako@cheerful.com, merecomm@juno.com, malobisk001@gannon.edu
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      <sounds of hammering are heard in the background>

      Okay, here is the *revised* version of The Wedding Part 1.  

      Special thanks to Chris "God-Boy" Angel to the C&C (and S/U/B) on 
the first part.  Now, who the heck is Tyr?

      Capt Natsume: and why the heck do I get the feeling that I shound 
stay away form him?

       Okay, anyway, here's the story...again.  Enjoy.  :-)

  All characters and series are copyright their creators.
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      Okay, with this story, I'll be beginning my "mini-story"
within the story.  This story will not have a references to Eva: I
couldn't find anyway to fit it in. It is the story of Usagi and Mamoru's
wedding and its a sorta mega-crossover with a few problems thrown in to
make things interesting. (Hey, what did you expect, a uneventful
wedding?  In anime?  Hah!) 

      Basically, you'll see characters from:  

Sailor Moon (duh!)
Ranma 1/2 
Oh My Goddess! 
Tenchi Muyo (cross between OVA and TV series, Tusanmi is making a 
appearance) 
Devil Hunter Yohko 
Plus a few...ahh...unheard-at least to 
the people mentioned-author cameos.  You'll know them when you see them.
:-)

      Anyone not clear on who the Crystal Knights, I sent an (INFO) 
mail with all the biographical details I had worked out so far.  Anyone 
needing a copy, E-Mail me.

      As always, any and all C&C is appreciated.  (Even MSTings)      
     
           Okay, enough brainfarting, lets go!!


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                   Knight Productions present...........

                    Neon Genesis Evangelion
                 Sailor Moon/Crystal Knights

                             Destiny's Path

             ...the world will never be the same...

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        Prologue 3: The Wedding-Part 1: Invitations
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      It was a wonderful day in Tokyo.  The birds were singing, 
the sun was shining, children were laughing...well, I think you get the
picture.  It was especially peaceful in the Nerima district.   The
sun peeking over the horizon promised a wonderful day to come.

      The idylic silence was suddenly shattered by a scream from the
Tendo dojo.  "RANMA NO BAKA!!!"  About two seconds after that, a black
haired man was seen flying out of the dojo and up towards the
stratosphere, courtsey of a chi-powered hyperdimensionally stored solid
wood object designed to build up and deliver tremendous amounts of
kinetic energy by virtue of the mass of the object upon a target
surface.  In unscientific terms, Akane's mallet.  

      Just another typical day in the Nerima district.

     
      Two women were walking towards the dojo when they saw
Ranma take his daily flight over Nerima, courtsey of Mallet Airlines. 
One of them blinked.  "Uh, Ukyo?"  Makoto Kino asked.  "Yeah, cousin?"
(1)  Ukyo Kuonji said.  "What was that?" Makoto asked. 
 Ukyo sighed.  "That was Ranma Saotome, skilled in martial arts, but
short on social skills.  Knowing him, he just insulted Akane's cooking
again."  Makoto sighed, "When will he ever learn?"  "Who knows?" Ukyo
responded.  A roar and a crash came from the Tendo Dojo.  The two
martial artists looked at each other and started running towards the
Dojo.  

     (1) Hey, they're both good cooks, and they're martial artists. 
What more can I say?

      When they got to the Dojo, Ukyo and Makoto saw the reason
for the noise.  A large creature which could only be described as ugly
was trashing the living room.  Akane was holding her mallet and standing
in front of her family.  "Akane!" Ukyo shouted, "Did you use too much
sugar again?"  "Hey, the recipe said four heaping cups of sugar.  How
was I to know this would happen?" Akane responded, hitting any tentacles
that came too close.  Ukyo unslung her combat spatula and went in to
help Akane while Makoto got out her transformation pen.  

      "JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!!!"

       Within seconds, Super Sailor Jupiter had replaced Makoto Kino,
and she jumped in to confront the creature, which by now had several
flattened tentacles (courtsey of Akane's mallet) and had several
mini-spatulas sticking out at odd places.  <Gah,> Jupiter thought, <this
thing looks like something out of Wicked City.>  She had watched Wicked 
City with the rest of the Inners a few weeks ago on a dare which had 
resulted form a Rei-Usagi tounge war.  Suffice to say, she had spent a 
couple of hours afterwards bent over a toilet.  She decided to end it 
quickly.  "SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"  The ball     lightning hit the 
sentient cooking in the...uh...shoulder.  With a grunt, the creature 
knocked Jupiter out of the house and into the koi pond.  Fortunately 
for all concerned, she came out still female and really....ticked off.  
"Hey fang face!!!  Why don't you come out here so I can stomp you!!" 
she yelled at the creature.  

      Akane decided to answer for the monster and knocked it out of the
house with her mallet.  Ukyo assisted with her spatula.  Jupiter saw the
animated food coming at her and dodged.  The monster hit the koi pond
with a mighty splash.  By now, the smart fish had packed up and caught
the first wave out of town, leaving the rest to watch.  Jupiter decided
to end this.  "JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!!!"  The monster quickly evaporated
from the energy blast.  Jupiter turned to the Tendos and Ukyo.  "So,
what's for lunch?" she said.  Everyone facefaulted (well, except Kasumi,
of course).

      --A few minutes eariler--

      "Stupid, uncute tomboy!!" Ranma Saotome said as he flew high above
Nerima, courtsey of Akane's mallet.  <Should land in Ucchan's> he
thought, <hope she has something to eat.>  His flight suddenly stopped. 
"What the heck?!?!?" Ranma said.  "Ranma, did Akane try cooking again?"
a voice said.  Ranma turned around.  "Usagi!?"  

      Eternal Sailor Moon, flying towards the Dojo, had caught Ranma    
 while he was falling towards Ucchan's.  [Author's note: Yes, all 
the casts in this little soiree know who the Sailors are.  I fully
intend to write the stories to explain this, but not until after
Destiny's Path.]  

      "Yeah, she did." Ranma said. "I couldn't keep my 
mouth shut." he continued, "I can't help it if her food can kill half a
country!"  

      "But you still like her?" Sailor Moon said.  

      "WHAT??  How could ANYONE like that uncute, sexless, tomboy??"
Ranma exclaimed.  

      "I'll take that as a yes." Sailor Moon said with a smile.  "By the
way, if you're looking for Ukyo, she's over at the Dojo with Makoto.  I
told Makoto I would meet her there."  

      "So what are we waiting for?" Ranma said.  Then they were 
interrupted.  "Hello Ranma!!"  A short, bald man suddenly rocketed into
their midest.  

      "Happosai!  What can't you just go away, you old
pervert!" Ranma shouted as the aforementioned pervert attempted to glomp
Sailor Moon.  Dodging his attempts to latch onto her, Sailor Moon set
Ranma down onto a rooftop.  

      "Don't worry Ranma, I'll take care of this."
 

      "How?" Ranma said. "The last time you two clashed, you couldn't 
even hit him.  It took a combo attack from you, Mars, Jupiter and 
myself to knock him out."  

      "Let's just say..." Sailor Moon said, "that I have a little 
suprise for him."  

      She turned towards Happosai and held her hands out in front of
her.  To Ranma and Happosai's surprise, a sword appeared in her hands.  

      Sailor Moon spun the sword around.  "Like it?" she asked. "It was
a wedding present from Sailor Galaxia.  She said something about my
possibily needing a new weapon in the future.  This is the Cosmic Moon
Sword." 

       "No sword can beat a true master of the Anything-Goes School of
Martial Arts!" Happosai said as he jumped towards her, throwing several
Happo-diarkins at Ranma to keep him at bay.  Sailor Moon barely managed 
to dodge him, and Ranma managed to shoot the bombs out of the sky 
before they could do any harm.    
      
      "My turn." Sailor Moon said. "CRESCENT MOON BEAM!!"  A beam of
energy shot out the sword and blasted Happosai into the air.  

      "MOKUO TAKIBISHA!!" Ranma promptly sent the old pervert packing.  

      "Now let's go." Sailor Moon said to Ranma.        

      Then they were interuppted again.  (Don't you just hate that?) 

      "Halt, foul sorcerer Saotome!  I will not let you corrupt another
innocent woman, so say the Blue Thunder of Furikan High!" Kuno appeared
with a sound of thunder.  

      "Uh, boy...Sailor Moon, you mind if I handle this?" Ranma asked.  

      "Go right ahead."  Sailor Moon responded.  

      Ranma rushed Kuno and promptly knocked him into the stratosphere 
with a vicious uppercut.  "CRESCENT MOON BEAM!"  The shot from the 
Cosmic Moon Sword  sent Kuno into LEO, with him spouting something 
about freeing another soul from Saotome's spell...or something.  

      "Now, let's go." Sailor Moon said.  

      They waited a few seconds.  Nothing.  Ranma grabbed 
Sailor Moon's hand and they flew towards the Dojo.        

      When they got there, Makoto said that Ukyo had agreed to cook for
the wedding.  They then had lunch, then Makoto and Usagi delivered the
invitations for the wedding.  

      As they left the Dojo, Makoto asked Usagi if anything had 
happened on the way.  "Oh, nothing out of the ordinary, at least for
Nerima." Usagi said, looking at the engagement ring Mamoru had given her
at her school graduation a few months ago...

      --Flashback--

      They were celebrating.  They had graduated from High School. 
Everyone.  Even Usagi, who everyone had guessed wouldn't make it.  But
she had, mostly due to a lot of arm twisting from Rei and the fact that
she had begun to change her habits.  She had been waking up in the
morning and actually getting to school on time.  Not only that, her
grades had come up, and to say the least, everyone was surprised.

      Down Below, Old Scratch was having a laugh as he watched
Beryl and her cronies try and dig themselves out of the snow that had
been suddnely dumped on them.  

      Mamoru then asked Usagi to come outside with him.

      "Usako?  How long have we been dating?"

      "I don't know...maybe six years?  Why do you ask?"

      "Well..." Mamoru said with some diffculty, "do you think
we could be together forever?"

      "Wha..of course, Mamo-chan!  We both know what's coming,
Crystal Tokyo, and our daughter..."

      "Yes I know that, but Setsuma said something about the
future not being set, that it is always in motion.  Crystal Tokyo could
not happen, although we'll try our hardest to MAKE it happen!"

      "Yeah, I suppose that's true...but Mamo-chan, why are you
bringing this up now?  Do you want to break up again?" Usagi asked with
tears in her eyes.

      "WHAT?? No, no, Usako!!  I'm not saying that!  I love
you, I have loved you back in the days of the Silver Milleninum, and I
will always love you....I guess what I'm trying to get at...what I'm
trying to say is that..."

      Mamoru got down on one knee and brought a small box out.

      "Usagi, Princess, I love you with all of my heart.  Will you marry
me?"

      The tense silence that resulted then could be cut with a knife (or
more approrately, a prog knife).  It was like the cosmos stopped in
preparation for the Moon Princess' answer....

      "Mamo-chan, I love you too.  And...yes, I will marry you."

      Mamoru was silent for a moment, then smiled and got up, and on an
unspoken signal between them, they drew together for a long kiss....

      ...which was then interuppted by a round of whistles and
cheers.  The two lovers turned around to find the Senshi (both Inner and
Outer) Naru, Umino, the Crystal Knights, and her parents.  Usagi and
Mamoru blushed as the cheering continued.  

      "Okay," Rei said when the cheering had died down, "who had today
as the day?"  Ami, Minako, Naru, and Hotaru all raised their hands, and
the others passed money to them. "Wait a second!" Usagi shouted, "You
were betting on MY lovelife?!?!?  Rei!!"  "Well, Usagi, you have to
admit that YOUR lovelife certainly is twisted enough for a sure bet."
Rei said smugly.  "Oh, let's not talk about lovelives when you don't
have one." Usagi shot back.  

      The two of them looked at each other for a second and then 
started their usual tounge war.  Behind them, Mamoru, the Knights, the
other Senshi, Naru, Umino, and Usagi's parents were looking on. 
Finally, Major Carter said, "Okay, who won the bet for today?"

   --We now return you to your regularly scheduled fanfic already in
progress--      

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      In another ward in Tokyo, the mailman had just delivered an 
invitation to the Mano home, the only place the Sailors and the 
Knights had felt safe about sending the invitation by mail-seeing 
as how any demon who came from that district to crash the wedding 
would have to go through Yoko and family (well, excluding Yoko's 
mother) first.

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      Washuu fingered the invitation.  Rei had just delivered it and
stayed for tea, but then she had she had to go but she hoped that Tenchi
and his friends could come, ignoring the fact Ayeka and Ryoko were going
at it outside, but at a much more sedate pace than before.      

      Wasshu couldn't blame them.  It had been a few weeks since 
the.... kitchen accident that...that...killed Sasami, and the group was 
having trouble getting over it.  Heck, Mihoshi had been acting 
almost normal for the last few weeks, with no accidents around the
house.  

      Tenchi was the most affected, he usually spent his days in 
his room and when he did show up downstairs, his mood was dark
enough to dim even the sun.  <Tenchi,> Wasshu thought, <I wish I could
turn back time and stop the accident, but I can't.  Even the Most
Brillant Scientist can't conquer fate.>  She looked at the inviation,
and suddenly, an idea came to her, an idea that wouldn't completely
solve the problem, but at least it could heal the rift. 

      <Better call her then.> she thought, <At least there won't be any
problems of getting her to come.  I just hope I'm right about this
theory.>     

      As she raced to her subspace lab, she wondered again why Pluto had
asked her to construct some Temporal Displacement Generators a  few
weeks back.  <Oh well,> she thought, <I guess I'll figure it out later. 
Gotta get working on this!>

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      At a certain shrine in a certain city (if you couldn't guess by
now), Usagi, her mom, Naru, and Luna were drinking tea with Usagi's
cousin Keiichi and his friends.  The day had been going along normally
so far, with talk about plans for the wedding (and Urd volunteering to
make the punch, a offer that was resoundly NO'ed by Usagi, Keiichi,
Belldandy, and Skuld, with Usagi's mom and Naru looking on confusedly.) 
This all changed when Mara appeared and started firing on the shrine.  

      After running for cover, the group could only watch as Banpei
tried to contain Mara and got blasted for it.  Then Naru was hit    by
some debris.  

      "Usagi, she's just unconscious, she's going ot be 
alright!" Belldandy and Ikkuo were trying to calm Usagi down.  Then she
had stopped crying and looked at her mother and Belldandy.  

      "Alright then, take care of her while I kick that thing's tail."  
She got up and went to the center of the room.  

      "Usagi, wait!!" Ikkuo shouted.  Usagi turned around.  "I'm sorry, 
Mom."  Then she put a hand on her broach.

      "MOON ETERNAL POWER, MAKE UP!!" 

       In front of Usagi's mom and a revived Naru, Usagi's broach 
flashed and ribbons cascaded over her, forming into a white sailor suit
with a yellow and red trimmed skirt, pink puff arm length gloves, and
wings extending from her back.  On her forehead, a glowing cresent moon
appeared.  

      Outside, Mara was looking for Keiichi and the three goddesses.  
She usually wasn't this violent, but she had a killer of a headache 
since this morning, and blasting things usually made her feel better, 
so....  

      Then.... "Hold it!!"  Mara turned to look at who had called out. 
 "Who's there?" she said.  

      "How dare you descrate this shrine and  endanger the lives of the 
people inside!" Eternal Sailor Moon said from where she hovered.  

      "Yeah, so what?" Mara replied, "it's in the job description.  
Who are you to stop a Demon Lord?"  

      "I am the eternal pretty suited soldier for love and justice and
in the name of the moon, I'll punish you!" Sailor Moon said while doing
the usual hand gestures.  

      "Geez, and I thought Skuld's speeches were hokey." Mara said, then
shot an energy bolt at Sailor Moon.  Sailor Moon barely managed to dodge
the energy bolt.  

      "Starlight Honeymoon Thearpy Kiss!!"  Mara stepped to the side of
the attack and rammed Sailor Moon, sending her into a wall.        

       As the others watched this, a strange-and, when recounted later,
very timely-thing happened.  A symbol appeared on Naru's forehead.  Luna
noticed.  

      "The symbol of the sun!!"  

      Usagi's mom turned to the cat.  "You talk?!?!?" she said.  

      "Yes, and I'll explain all of it later." Luna said, and then did 
a backflip.  

      A pen appeared in the air. "Naru, quickly!  You must help Sailor
Moon!" Luna said.  

      "How?" Naru said.  "Hold the pen aloft and say the
first thing that comes to mind." Luna responded.  Naru did so.  

      "SOLAR CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!!"       

      Outside, Sailor Moon was not having a good day.  After getting off
a Silver Crystal Power Kiss that had barely fazed the demon, she had
spent most of the time dodging Mara's shots.  She was getting ready to
draw the Cosmic Moon Sword and hope that she could be defeated with it
when the Silver Crystal flared inside her broach.  She looked at it in
suprise, as did Mara.  Then a shout came from inside the temple.  "Solar
Beam...BLAST!!"  Mara barely managed to dodge the white energy beam that
came out of the temple.  Sailor Moon turned to look at the source of the
beam and got a shock.  "Who the heck....N-Naru?!?!?"

      Naru was clothed in a tan colored sailor fuku.  On her forehead
was a tiara with a gold gem.  She stepped up to Mara.  "How dare you
endanger the lives of the people in this temple!  In the name of the
shining light of the sun, I, Sailor Sun, will punish you!!"  

      Mara had flown up and hovered above the two Senshi.  "What is it 
with you Senshi and silly speeches?" she asked.  

      "Well..." a  new voice said, "if it's speeches you want then...." 

      "Invited by a new age where the heavens touch 
the earth...I am Sailor Uranus!!  WORLD SHAKING!!"  

      "Invited by a new age where the tide of 
Neptune roars...I am Sailor Neptune!!  DEEP SUBMERGENCE!!"  

      "I don't have any speeches, but if you hurt my friends, then I 
will destroy you in the name of Saturn...for I am Sailor Saturn!!  
SILENCE GLAIVE SURPRISE!!" 

      Sailors Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn appeared and blasted 
Mara.  Sailor Moon turned to Sailor Sun.  "Naru, quick, let's hit 
her together!!"  "You got it, Sailor Moon, and I want an 
explaination later." Naru said.  Sailor Moon drew the Cosmic Moon 
Sword.  

      "Right...NOW!!" she shouted.  "SOLAR BEAM...BLAST!!"      
"CRESENT MOON BEAM!!"  The two energy beams hit Mara and threw her into
the ground.  The sailors surrounded her.

       Mara saw the approaching Sailors and prepared for a heavy fight. 
 But as she was about to attack, a red streak shot by her hand.  
Looking down, she saw a red rose embedded in the ground.  Looking up, 
Mara saw Tuxedo Kamen standing on the shrine's entryway, ready to 
attack.       

      "Oh, great.  Well, you've won this time, Princess, but I'll 
be back!!" Mara said before teleporting away.  The three Outer 
Senshi walked up to Sailors and Sun as Tuxedo Kamen hopped down to 
greet his princess.  "Thanks for the assist, guys." Sailor Moon said.  
"No problem," Uranus replied, "wish we could stay and clean up, but 
Neptune and me have to meet Major Carter and Captain Natsume at the 
base, and Saturn has to meet Sean at the airport."  The three Outers 
then left.  

      A glow surrounded the area as Sailors Moon, Sailor Sun, and 
Tuxedo Kamen looked in suprise.  Under Belldandy's power, the temple 
was repairing itself. Sailor Moon and Sailor Sun then went to check on 
everyone. 

      They found Skuld and Urd cleaning up the room, Belldandy on the
floor, exhausted, with Keiichi looking over her, and Usagi's mom sitting
and talking with Luna, who was in human form.  Sailor Moon took a look
around the room and settled on her mother.  "Well, Mom, Naru, you wanted
an explaination, well, here it is.  Luna could you help me out with
this?"  

      At Luna's nod, Sailor Moon then transformed to Princess Serenity. 
 Smiling at the shock on her mother's and Naru's faces, Serenity began.
 "About 25,000 years ago, there existed a great era called the Silver 
Millenium.  Leading the Solar System in this era was the Moon Kingdom,
ruled by my mother, Queen Serenity..." 

      As Serenity continued her explaination, her love was standing by 
the wall, listening and offering support for her story.  <Whatever 
made Mara mad enough to try and demolish the shrine?  Glad the 
Senshi were able to handle her....and it seems that we have a new 
Senshi to boot..> he thought, unconsciously shifting to Prince Endymion 
as he stepped forward to be introduced to Usagi's mother...    

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     --Juban EDF base--

      "I still can't believe we got here in time to help out in the
preperations.  I thought we would have to rehearse at the last minute
with Minako hanging all over us and telling us to hurry up and to do our
best." Major Erica Carter said as she and Captain Atsuko Natsume walked
to the base's motor pool.  "Yeah, I agree," Atsuko said,"that suborbital
transport the Colonel arranged for was just the ticket.  Thank god for
the International Date Line!" She finished, laughing.  

      The two of them got to the motor pool to find Haruka and Michiru
waiting for them by one of the cars.  

      "Hi guys!" Haruka said, "so who's driving?" she said with a 
special smile.  The two Crystal Knights bigsweated, they knew about 
Haruka's driving skills on the racetrack, but it seemed she didn't know 
the difference between the racetrack and the open road, in other words, 
she usually drove at a speed that the two EDF pilots would only find 
confortable in their Excabilurs.  Not that she was a bad driver, 
but....  

      "Ahh, thanks Haruka, but I think I'll drive.  I actually want to
get there in one piece." Major Carter said.  

      Haruka looked miffed. "What, you think I'll kill us with my 
driving?"  

      "Well, Haruka," Carter said, "last time I checked, the cars 
here wern't equipped with accel couches.  

      "And what is THAT supposed to mean?" Haruka countered, looking 
mad.  Atsuko and Michiru, quickly seeing that things were getting ugly, 
stepped in.  

      "Ah, Major?  Need I recall for you a certain incident 
involving your cycle, a urban combat vehicle, a helicopter, two cars 
and a tanker?  Lovely little pileup, as I recall." Atsuko said.  

      Carter grew a sweatdrop.  Haruka grinned.  

      "Somedays," Erica said, "it just doesn't pay to have an android 
as your XO.  So anyway, we're going to Ami's apartment?"    

      "Yep, Minako is meeting us there as well." Haruka
replied.  

      "Huh?  Why is Minako meeting us there?" Major Carter asked. 

      "Well," Michiru replied, "she was over at Ami's place last night 
to discuss planning strategies for the wedding."  

      "Oh Lord, that girl is going to run us ragged." Erica muttered.  
Everyone agreed as they got in the car and headed to Ami's apartment.  

      After they got to Ami's place (minus broken bones, circuits, or
bent fenders) the group got no answer when they rang her doorbell. 

      "Okay," Erica said, "who's got the spare key?"  

      "Right here Major." Atsuko said, giving Erica the key.  

      "Thanks, Nuku-Nuku.  So you say, Hotaru's managed to get a date?  
With whom?"  Erica asked as she was using the key.  

      "Some foreign exchange student from America," Michiru said, "she 
said his name was Sean or somebody..."    

      Major Carter got the door open and they stepped into the 
apartment.  The first thing they noticed was the mess.  While most
single apartments seemed to have one unifying characteristic-that is, a
mess visible somewhere-Ami had managed to keep her place nearly
spotless.  That immeadiately had the group concerned as they walked
through the apartment.  In the kitchen was an opened bottle of wine
(another suprise) "Minako must have brought it," Haruka said, "I know
for a fact that Ryo is still out of the city."  

      They went into the living room, where pieces of clothing seemed to
be strewn about.  "What, did Ami have a party and not invite us?" Haruka
said, a little miffed.  They looked at her strangely.  "What?  What?" 

      "Ami, having a party?"  Carter said, "Maybe to celebrate a major 
test or something...but..."  

      "Uh, Major?" Atsuko said.  

      "Yes, Nuku?"  

      "Isn't that Minako's jacket?"  

      "Yeah it is, and that looks like her shoes." Carter said.  

      The group followed the trail of clothes to the bedroom, noting
unconfortably that the latter part of the trail consisted of two pairs
of undergarments.  They reached the closed bedroom door.  Carter and
Natsume looked at each other, and on an unheard signal, unholstered
their guns, motioning Haruka and Michiru to stay behind them and get
ready to transform if needed.  

      They neared the door, Atsuko's extended sensors out and probing
the environment.  They heard two sets of breathing behind the door.
Carter silently signaled to Natsume that she would take the high angle
while she took the low angle.  Atsuko nodded.  They counted to three and
moved in, forcing the door open and rolling into the bedroom.  Then they
froze.  The Outer Senshi were no better, their jaws coming into contact 
with the floor as soon as they came in the bedroom.

      "FREZZE!!  EDF!...I mean...errr...aggg... gahh..."
      "Umm...err...ahh...uh, boy...."

       The tranquil silence in the neighborhood was suddenly shattered
by one word that reverberated from one apartment through the area for
about five blocks and rattled the windows in the other apartments in the
building:

       "NNNNNAAAAANNNNNIIIII?!?!?"    

  <End>

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Next time, in the Destiny's Path series: Plans are made for the 
wedding, Mara finds someone to help her get revenge on the Senshi,
and...just exactly what was Ami and Minako doing in Ami's apartment? 

Major Carter: All this and the introduction of us...the Crystal 
Knights too! 

<crash boom ominous thunder> 

Major Carter: HEY!! What was that for?? 

Captain Natsume: Premonition? 

Carter: Of what??  We haven't done 
anything yet!  

Natsume: besides break in on Ami and Minako in... 

Carter: thaaaat's quite enough of that.  I got quite an eyeful 
thankyouverymuch.... 

<Major Julia Martins walks by > 

Carter:<looking at Martins> Kawaii.... 

Natsume: <sweatdrop> Anyway...watch out for The Wedding Part Two: 
Planning, the next story in the Destiny's Path series!
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  ...the world will never be the same... 

Natsume: what does that mean anyway? 

Godlike voice (the author): you'll find out...<insert Kodachi laugh>
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--Author's notes--

      Wow!  This must be the longest story yet!  I really tried to fit
as much as I could in this part, as it introduces a whole lot of
subplots, so consequently, not everyone got as much screen time as I
guess you would have liked.  

      Now, before Sasami fans hit me with every weapon in the place, let
me just say that she WILL be returning later in the story, near the end.
 Believe me, I really, really, REALLY didn't want to do it, but I
couldn't find any other way to advance the Tenchi subplot otherwise.

      That last part I can definitely blame on reading  part one of Tim
Nolan's Anniversary series, Chris Davies Celebration and the
"unofficial" sequel, J.D. Farber's Because, and also the third story in
Sailor Moon: Panorama (the story's name escapes me at the moment), and
parts of Together Again: 2937 Chapter.  No, there is no lemon outtake,
but if you want to write one, I won't mind.  Just do two things: 
1.)E-Mail me first before you post it. 
2.) *Try* to make it tasteful.  

      Sean Gaffney, please don't kill me.  After reading Made of Stone I
just had to give you a cameo, and as Saturn's date no less.  Just
remember this when you C&C this (hint, hint)  :-)


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