Okay, I got permission to use this E-Mail account only if
I indicate that the owner of the account is not me.

Go ahead and send all C&C here, or to the list. I'll get it
either way, but I'm not subbed to the list, so...

Ok. Here goes.. My first work that I'll let anyone see.. 

Oh, and the title.. It's a reference to the character in some
way, I think..

Title: Nuke 'em 'till they glow!!
Subject: [SM] [New Characters][Modified Timeline]

&&&[Begin Chapter 1.]

Chapter One: Let's take this space time error out on the road and 
see who's boss!
	Or.. Just introduce the character.. Or at least a part of it.

	Atomic Starlight Knight was having a boring day. There 
hadn't been an outbreak of really nasty evil badness for... Well, 
since that Moon Kingdom had that clash with the negaforce-
something-or-other. That was fun. During the past couple of 
thousand years, life had gotten a tad too tame. Sure, there was 
the occasional moderate-baddie to secretly fight against. 
Sometimes he'd go invisible and sneak into some highly guarded 
military installation of a fighting side of a cardboard cutout 
evil, and, well, blow something up.

	He really enjoyed blowing things up. In fact, he was the 
embodiment of someone else's good natured extreme insanity and 
deep desire to blow things up combined with the love of generally 
wreaking havok with evil.. Not to mention the occasional practical 
joke. So, that was what he did. Blow things up. It wasn't a bad 
occupation. It was quite a fulfilling job. However, it was rare 
for something really evil to pop up that needed blasting. In the 
meantime, he'd do something else. 

	Today... there was nothing else to do. There was nothing 
evil to destroy, no fireworks demonstrations, not even any 
Material Science classes. Why? It was vacation. He hated 
vacations. Why? He loved his job.. And given the nature of his 
job.. That's why he spent most of his time on vacation.

	Over the past millenia, he had picked up a great deal of 
knowledge: how to hurl an explosive blast, accelerated self-
healing, aura manipulation, energy duplication, and he could even 
control his alternate personalities! What he most liked was the 
energy duplication. He could draw upon the reserves he kept around 
and copy something he encountered. It was exceptionally fun when 
he nearly got struck by lightning; for a while, he started doing 
"Thor" impressions..

	He really had nothing better do do with his "life," except 
when there's EVIL afoot. He liked blowing that up, too. Not too 
much of that, either.

	Under normal circumstances, when a spiritual embodiment of a 
particular aspect of a personality is no longer needed for a task, 
they will re-merge with whoever their personality had been 
Extracted from. However, that was not an option in this case. It 
seems that Queen Serenity, at the fall of the Silver Millenium, 
wished with the Imperium Silver Crystal [Or was that Ginzuishou? I 
can never remember.] for her daughter and everyone else to have a 
normal life. Unfortunately, his original persona had not fit into 
this new "normal" life. Not even a total memory erasure could have 
made it so. And therefore, the magic of the Silver Crystal caused 
his original persona to have the non-"normal" pieces removed, 
while whatever that was left got reincarnated. To top that off, 
he hadn't even found his reincarnation yet, so he couldn't even 
check in to see how they were doing.

	<Wait.. Why haven't I found my reincarnation yet?> He asked 
himself.

	<Could it be because.. YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED?!> He answered 
back.

	<Hmmm.. Perhaps.. maybe..> His mind considered.

	<That's it! I'll look!> His thought processes churned out.

	<That's.. BRILLIANT! But how?>

	<Let's see.. My personality being constantly DRAINED from 
them.. Psychic connection.. Unless I have one of those Moon 
Princess protection plans installed..>

	<Not last time I looked. Wait.. let me double check... Nope, 
no protection plans.>

	<Okay, now, concentrate on yourself.. Any connections to 
anything?>

	<I feel... the sudden craving for a bowl of macaroni and 
cheese!>

	<What the huh?!>

	<Yeah.. BESIDES THAT! I know I haven't eaten since lunch.. 
But that's beside the point! Try again. Don't call back until 
you're sure.> Part of his mind took a nap. 

	A few minutes later, he was shocked awake by the rest of it.

	<WAIT! Yes! That's it! I now know with ABSOLUTE certainty 
who my reincarnation is!>

	<Great! Now go find them!> Atomic Starlight Knight's mind 
concluded. The search was on! He blasted off at top speed toward 
the psychic link.. and slammed directly into a wall. Peeling 
himself off, he turned toward a new destination, still following 
the link. It was difficult, mainly because this link wasn't an 
active one, but also because there were too many things to run 
into. So he walked. Anticlimactic as it was, he did slam facefirst 
into a great deal less objects. 

	All through this, he kept invisible so people would not be 
disturbed at a 6' 4'' guy in shining green camoflage armor with 
combat boots crashing into walls left and right. He didn't bump 
into things as a general rule, but desperate times call for 
desperate measures. Several hours of this brought him to his 
destination.

	<There she is!> His mind cried out triumphantly.

	<Alright, how is.. Back up, did I just think what I thought 
I thought?> Another part of his mind asked. When the view clicked 
in, it consisted of two girls in school uniforms who were walking 
to school. Apparently only the classes that were worth going to 
were shut down for that day. They were talking about something or 
other.

	<Yes, I did. After the fall of the Silver Millenium her 
leftover psychic residue, of which there was a lot,  made me. 
Basically, I'm the aspects of whatever didn't get taken along.> 
His mind replied.

	<Okay, I guess that explains it.. Huh?!>

	<Yeah.. quiet. Let's have a look-see.. Shall we?>

	<Okay, let's see how she's doing. I wonder if this "Normal" 
thing has been as great as it's cracked up to be.>

	<Yeah, let's go find out.> Atomic Starlight Knight went into 
clandestine operations mode. Eavesdropping, if you will.

	<Wait, is something wrong with that? Spying, I mean?>

	<I doubt it.>

	<Why?>

	<What is wrong about spying on one's own self?>

	<Got me there.>

	<I want to go blow something up!> Another part of his mind 
called out hopefully.

	<Yeah, me too!>

	<Not until I see some EVIL.>

	<But I want to blow something up now!>

	<Yeah, give me a chance!>

	<No.>

	<But I want to blow something up now!>

	"Shut up, shut up! Everyone JUST SHUT UP!" Atomic Starlight 
Knight yelled while banging on his head as hard as he could.

---

	On this particular day of school, which I think was a 
Tuesday, Molly had found a new friend. She was about 5' 5'', had 
red hair in a ponytail, and had an impossibly happy, yet vacuous 
expression ^_^. Molly had just found out that the new girl had 
just moved in from some other country.

	"Really, Terra? What country are ya from?" Molly asked in 
her familiar [to those who watch the dub] New Yorker accent.

	"I'm from Ireland! Tee-he!" Terra Incognito said, not the 
least in an Irish accent, giggling, blissfully ignorant of her 
surroundings. She giggled again for effect.

	"Wow, Ireland! So ya like it 'ere?" Molly asked.

	"Yeah! Everyone one here is just soo nice and cute and 
funny!" Terra said. She then went on to detail how she wanted to 
grow up to be a big movie star in Hollywood and have people asking 
for her autograph, have a cute boyfriend and such. Molly giggled 
at that. Terra just smiled and swung her head side to side 
happily. 

	Someone out of view facefaulted.

	"I can't wait until you meet Serena!" Molly said.

---

	The Atomic Starlight Knight got back up from his impromptu 
slamming into the ground and watched and listened to the rest of 
the conversation in complete and utter horror.

	<This is NORMAL?!> His mind asked incredulously.

	"They... CUT OUT HER BRAIN!" He said to himself.

	<That's about the size of it. Who do you think you are?>

	<Apparently the remnants of a ONCE proud mind.>

	<Well, at least she's happy.> His mind commented.

	<Yeah, but, LOOK AT HER! She's... how to put it nicely.. a 
ditz!> Another part replied.

	<That wasn't a very nice thing to say about yourself.>

	<Is there anything I can do about it?>

	<Hmm.. Maybe, just maybe, I might be able to do something..> 
His mind replied thoughtfully.

	<Excellent. WHAT?!>

	<If I push hard enough on the link.. it may activate, 
reawakening memories and restoring her personality to something 
recognizable.>

	<Good thinking!> His mind congradulated himself.

	<Okay, if there are no complaints, I'm going to activate the 
link and rectify the problem.>

	<Wait!> Something called out in his mind. 

	<What is it this time?!>

	<She's happy as she is!> A small part of his psyche 
reasoned. 

	<Wait. I'm her. I'm not happy as she is. Therefore, She is 
not happy as she is.>

	<...Wah?>

	<I'm not going to be satisfied having me running aroind 
braindead. What do I have to think against that?!>

	<Well.. see her? Braindead as she is, I'll grant me that, 
but.. She's happy! Look at it this way: She's me, and if she's 
happy, I'm happy, and, well, isn't happiness what everyone wants?>

	<...>

	<Okay. Alright. Fine. I'll watch her for a while, and if all 
seems well, I go as I have before. If not, I activate the link. 
Agreed?> A chorus of affirmative replies echoed through the net of 
constantly firing neurons, or at least the magical equivalent. 

	<Very well, then.>

***

	"Jedite, come forth!" Queen Beryl said. A blonde man in a 
grey general uniform appeared and bowed before her. "Is everything 
ready?" Jadeite looked annoyed at being called 'Jedite.'

	"Yes, Queen Beryl. It is ready. And, just in case someone 
decides to try and stop the energy draining process, well, I have 
made a special surprise." Jadeite said before adding, "It was a 
good thing I decided to actually LOOK at my plans before 
implementing them. I was able to see several weaknesses in the 
plan I otherwise would not have." Jadeite said.

	"Excellent. Proceed." Beryl said. Jadeite nodded and 
teleported.

***

	When they got to class, Terra was still happy as ever. They 
had arrived about ten minutes early. Stranger still, Serena ran in 
a few seconds after they took their seats.

	"OhmygoshI'msorryI'msorryI'mlateMs.Haruna!" Serena said, 
hurredly taking her seat. Everyone was quite surprised at this. As 
we all know, Serena is typically a late arrival. [So why am I 
telling you this? Just because I felt the need to.. Thank you.]

	"Wow, Serena! You're early today!" Molly noted, expressing 
the obvious, of which Serena was not aware of. Ms. Haruna raised 
an eyebrow.

	"Are you feeling alright today?" Ms Haruna asked.

	"Huh?" Serena said, confused.

	"You made it a with a whole ten minutes to spare." Melvin 
said.

	"Wait a second, my clock said for sure that I was about 
fifteen minutes late!" Serena said and paused before realizing 
something, "Oh, I remember! I set my clock ahead!"

	"See? I told you it would work." Melvin said. Serena 
blinked.

	"Hey, you're right, it did!" Serena said. Before Melvin 
could start going on his usual offers to take Serena or Molly on a 
date or some such thing, Molly interrupted.

	"Serena, now that you're here, I'd like to introduce you to 
Terra," Molly said, indicating Terra, "She's come all the way from 
Ireland to be here!"

	"Wow! Cool. Ireland. So when did you get here?" Serena asked 
Terra.

	"A few days ago." Terra said happily.

	"So, do you know your way around?" Serena asked. Terra 
thought about it.

	"Well?" Molly asked, waiting for an answer. Terra slumped a 
little and frowned.

	"Not really.." Terra said dejectedly. She looked on the 
verge of crying for some reason.

	"Hey, it's okay," Serena said, trying to comfort the 
suddenly sad girl, "we can show you around, right, Molly?"

	"Right!" Molly said. Terra instantly brightened at this.

	"Great!" Terra said bubbly.

	"I can help too. I can show you around the museums, and 
maybe I could even show you around the research labs, not to 
mention the-" Melvin said before being cut off by Serena and 
Molly.

	"Quiet, Melvin!" They said sternly. The bell rang. [They DO 
have bells ringing to signal the beginning of classes, right?]

---

	<So far, so good. She's made a couple of friends, and seems 
to be adapting well.. A tad weak in the mental and emotional 
department, though.> Atomic Starlight Knight thought.

	<This coming from a figment of someone else's imagination 
that has a bad case of multiple personality syndrome.>

	<Quiet, you!>

	<My point exactly. I'm NOT going to revive the link unless 
someone's life is in danger, got it?>

	<Or if it gets too annoying.>

	<Yes, or that.>

	<I wanna go blow something up!>

	<Yeah, me too!>

	<Me three!>

	<Why can't we just go have tea?>

	<Alright, we'll blow something up, then have tea and 
biscuts.>

	<Oh, not biscuits.>

	<Alright, not biscuits but let's->

	"Shut up, shut up, everyone just SHUT UP!" A.S.K. yelled, 
pounding on his head.

---

	Being invisible does not shield your sound. That's what 
soundproofing is for. Unfortunately, A.S.K. had not studied that 
particular area of academia yet. That went a long way towards 
explaining why everyone who was sleeping through class was 
suddenly not. Everyone that was not sleeping just looked around 
quizzically.

	"Alright, who did that?!" Ms. Haruna asked annoyedly, 
turning toward the class. There were no responses. "Let's 
continue, then." She concluded and went on to discuss the next 
lesson.

---

	Serena and Molly were finished with school and were showing 
Terra around. After having confirmed that they didn't need to be 
home anytime soon, they showed her the arcade, the mall, a couple 
other places, and finally Molly's mom's jewelry store. During 
these activities, Terra had kept mostly quiet, but when she did, 
it was stating the blatantly obvious in such a way as to sound 
extremely deep, and that was the only thing which kept A.S.K. from 
activating the link along the way.

	"Oh, it must be a popular place." Terra said, noting the 
many people clustered inside.

	"Not really.. but wait, something's happening." Molly said, 
leading them inside. "Hey, mom, what's going on?"

	"I'm having a diamond sale!" Molly's mom said.

---

	A.S.K. was still following Terra as she went into the store. 
He instantly perked up at something he sensed.

	<Hello, is that EVIL I smell?> He thought as the prospect of 
blowing something up soon became an option. He shook the feeling 
off as his jaw dropped when he saw Terra purchase a diamond. 

	<A diamond? A diamond?! A DIAMOND?! Eh, heh... The kid's 
gone completely bonkers.>

	<Maybe she comes from a rich family or something..>

	<I REALLY doubt that.>

	<I can't stand it anymore! I'm activating the link!> He 
thought.

	<No, wai-> The thought was cut off as the link was finally 
established. It was disappointing, really. Instead of a full-on 
memory restoration, what he got was a few links to some various 
portions of her mind.

	<Better than nothing, I suppose... Perhaps we can boost her 
intelligence a tad. Maybe add a little emotional strength, too..>

	<Can she handle it?>

	<I don't know, but I'm about to find out.> For best results, 
he set the link to PULSE for a quick mental raise.

---

	"Thank you, Mrs-" Terra said before she could pick up the 
diamond and got a major jolt to the brain as her I.Q. just shot 
up. "ACK! MIGRANE! BAD migrane! Ow."

	"Are you okay, Terra?" Serena asked, worried.

	"Oh, fine, fine, except for the fact that my {BZZT!} BRAIN 
feels like it's about to {BZZT!} EXPLODE! I just need to get 
home." Terra said as she winced from the jolts.

	"Can you make it home by yourself?" Molly asked.

	"Well, maybe.. {BZZT!} AAH! I don't think so." Terra said, 
holding her head.

	"I'll take you home!" Serena said helpfully.

	"Thanks." Terra said gratefully. Serena took the wincing 
girl by the arm and led her out the door. Molly watched them 
leave, then turned back toward her mother.

	"So, mom, what's with the sale?" Molly said before looking 
around and seeing a few new people behind the counter, "And who's 
the hired help? And why are there so many of them?"

---

	A.S.K. was feeling a tad better. He was improving his own 
intelligence. Now if he could only get himself.. herself.. 
THEIRSELVES to go and blow something up. Perhaps if they had 
similar interests, he might be able to rejoin. Now, after a great 
deal of inner conquest, he had a plan for doing this. In order to 
survive the rigorous training, Terra would need a little more in 
the way of offensive and defensive capabilities. For this purpose, 
he awakened an old friend from a sleeping capsule. 

	Come to think of it, another one had been opened recently.. 
But that's a discussion for a later date. First, he'd have to 
adapt Terra to combat.

	<That evil I detected back at the shop would do very nicely 
for this purpose.>

	<I'm not going to turn me into some sort of mean, lean, 
fighting machine, am I?>

	<That's the plan.>

	<Well, time's a-waistin'.>

	"You know what to do, right?" Atomic Starlight Kinight asked 
the odd looking moon-something.

	"Right." The creature said, before flying off.

---

	Terra thanked Serena and said goodbye once she got home. She 
went directly to her room, jumping directly on her bed and 
wrapping her pillow around her face, completely forgetting about 
Tylenol.

	"Mufflt UI WeuF of mffduff!!" She screamed into the pillow. 
And then, as if by magic, the throbbing stopped. She put down her 
pillow, blinked, took a deep breath, and then relaxed on her bed. 
Then, remembering her homework, she pulled it out, and had the 
entire eight hours worth done in one. It wasn't due until next 
Friday, and it was a Tuesday, but she just felt the need to finish 
something.

	"Aah. That's better." She was just getting relaxed when a 
small seal, about eleven inches in length, fluttered inside, using 
its tail in much the same way as a hummingbird uses its wings. The 
color scheme on the seal had green dominating on its back.. It 
kind of looked like camoflage, but only if you were in a snowy, 
lush, green area. It had soft white fur where it wasn't green. It 
had a golden crescent mark on its forehead.

	"'Ello. 'Ow are you?" The creature said in a strange 
European-Irish-Scottish-English sort of accent. Terra blinked. 
Then shrugged as she responded.

	"Oh, just foin, just foin now." She said, doing a perfect 
imitation of the creature's accent, then she continued in her 
normal voice, "I just got over a really nasty headache, but I'm 
fine now.. Except for the fact I seem to be hallucinating." Terra 
said sweetly. While her intelligence and emotional strength had 
been improved, she was still happy as ever.

	"Oh, a mushroom farma' too, eh?" The seal asked. Terra 
raised an eyebrow.

	"No, I was actually refering to you."

	"I'm not an 'allucination." The seal said indignantly.

	"What are you, then?"

	"I'm an ArbyFish!" It said, fluttering in the air for 
effect. Terra frowned, processed this information, then returned 
to being her usual happy self.

	"An ArbyFish? How nice. What do you want?" Terra asked.

	"Your 'elp. You see, there's evil. Evil's bad for me 
mushrooms, ya see, so I gotta squish it. So, want to 'elp?"

	<What a nice little ArbyFish.. or whatever it is.> Terra 
thought. "Sure, I'll help you," She said nicely. Arby smiled.

	"Right. Now, use this." Arby made a series of flying barrel-
rolls, after which a pendant of some sort dropped into Terra's 
hands. Not knowing what else to do, she wore it.

	"What am I supposed to do?" She asked, again very nicely.

	"Oh, that. Say... I dunno. Oh, just say, 'Earth Power!' Then 
follow me." Arbyfish concluded after a bit of thought.

	"Alright." She said, writing a quick note to her parents, 
"Earth Power!" And the transformation sequence began.. Just as 
Terra's mother walked in.

	"Oh my." Kasumi Incognito said. The sequence continued. 
Sunlight gathered around Terra. A white body suit with pink bows 
remained as the sunlight finished. A swirl of autumn leaves came, 
forming the white gloves and  pink boots, then more leaves came, 
forming a pink mini-skirt. More pink bows formed on the back. A 
glowing circle flashed on Terra's forehead, sprouting a tiara with 
a hexagonal green jewel in the center. And the sequence was 
finished. Waving to her mom, Terra left, following Arby. 

	"See you later!" Terra said as she waved.

	Kasumi picked up the note, which read,

	"Mom, gone off to fight evil. Be back in a bit.
				-Terra
		P.S. Don't worry, okay?"

	"Well.. As long as her homework is finished.." Kasumi said 
happily, merrily going back to doing her work, humming a cheery 
tune.

---

	During this time, Serena was also recieving visitation by a 
certain black cat.

	"Wow, is this for me?" Serena asked, indicating the pendant.

	"Yes." Luna replied. Serena wasted no time in putting it on 
her bow.

	"It's so pretty!" Serena said.

	"Now shout, 'Moon Prism Power.'"

	"Okay. MOON PRISM POWER!!" Standard Sailor Moon 
transformation sequence. She looked at herself in a mirror. "Wow! 
What a strange dream this is!" 

	Luna gave a summary of what she was supposed to do: Find and 
protect the Moon Princess, find the Silver Crystal, etc. A few 
seconds after that was finished, the jewel in the right "meatball" 
of her hairstyle flashed.

	"Your friend, Molly, is in danger!" Luna exclaimed. They 
left immediately for the jewelry store.

***

	Jadeite held the glowing ball of accumulating energy...

***

	Meanwhile, Molly was feeling extremely uneasy. Everyone who 
had bought a diamond from the sale had collapsed.

	"Mom, what's going on?!" Molly asked. She was shocked when 
what once appeared to be her mother slowly changed into Morga, 
Jadeite's youma. [for the sake of simplicity, let's just call them 
"youma"]

	"It's all very simple. I'm an evil vampire from the 
negaverse. I drain energy. YOU'RE NEXT, LITTLE GIRL!!" Morga said, 
taking glee in Molly's horror, diving at Molly, who screamed and 
threw herself out of the way. "There is no escape!"

	"Help!" Molly called out to the "hired help," who merely 
stood there and smiled. Molly tried to back off, but was caught by 
Morga, who began draining her. 

	Then Sailor Earth stepped in.

	"What am I supposed to do?" Sailor Earth whispered to Arby.

	"Hmm.. Make a speech and stop 'em from drainin'." Arby said.

	"Alright." She whispered back and then said in a commanding 
voice, "I am Sailor Earth, and you have taken the life energy of 
many people. Diamonds are for use in jewelry and drills, not for 
draining! On the behalf of the people of Earth, you must be 
stopped!" She said. She instantly felt a twinge of guilt for being 
so pushy. Morga released Molly, who scrambled away.

	"Insp'rational." Arby said jokingly. Sailor Moon entered 
right then.

	"And.. I am Sailor Moon! Champion of justice. I.. right 
wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you!" Sailor Moon 
said. Luna sighed at the speech, then perked up at the sight of 
another Sailor Senshi. [I know. N.A. continuity.. but I like 
senshi better.]

	"Who is she?" Luna asked under her breath.

	"Get them!" Morga called out to her henchmen, previously the 
several "hired helpers." They morphed into various creature/human 
monstrosities. The drained customers stood up, going after Sailor 
Earth, followed by one of Morga's henchmen. They chased Sailor 
Earth out the door. Everyone who remained began fighting Sailor 
Moon.

	"Eep!" Sailor Moon said as she dodged a volley of varied 
energy blasts, thorns, and other painful attacks.

	"Sailor Moon! Take your tiara and throw it at them while 
saying, 'Moon Tiara Magic!'" Luna cried out. Sailor Moon was too 
occupied to do anything but dodge and panic.

	"I don't like this dream anymore!" Sailor Moon whined. A 
whirling energy blast came from behind her, creating a focused 
fireball upon impacting two of the youma, vaporizing them. 
Everyone looked around.

	"Oh, come on! You can take these things!" A voice called 
out. Sailor Moon felt a rise in confidence at this.

	"NUCLEAR BOOT TO THE HEAD!!!" The voice yelled. A shadow 
launched itself from behind Sailor Moon, its foot slamming into 
the head of the youma closest to Sailor Moon, knocking it out 
cold. The shadow rebounded from the kick, doing a quick spinning 
flip to land beside Sailor Moon.

	She saw the shadow to be a tall man with short black hair 
wearing green armor who had a sheathed sword and had a gold 
circlet around his head. The circlet had a blue jewel at the 
forehead. He smiled at her. She sighed and went into 'heart eyes' 
mode.

	"Greetings. I'm the Starlight Knight. May I ask who you 
are?"

	"Ser, er.. Sailor Moon," She said, transfixed by his blue 
eyes. <On second thought, maybe this dream isn't that bad after 
all..> She thought. He quickly shook her hand.

	"Wonderful to meet you, Sailor Moon," He said before a growl 
attracted their attention again, "Shall we continue?" Sailor Moon 
shook herself out of it and nodded. The Starlight Knight 
unsheathed his sword and began combat with a heavily armored 
lobster-like youma.

	"Sailor Moon!" Luna called out.

	"What is it, Luna?" Sailor Moon replied. Luna then repeated 
the instructions on the 'Moon Tiara Magic.'

	"Moon Tiara Magic!" Sailor Moon  called out, throwing the 
glowing tiara. It flew into a youma, dusting it. "I got one!"

	"Good work, but keep an eye out behind you!" Starlight 
Knight said, hurling his sword past Sailor Moon...

	And directly into a youma that was sneaking its way behind 
her, disintigrating it.

	Sailor Moon's tiara came back to her, and she caught it.

	Starlight Knight, now lacking a weapon capable of fending 
off the pincers from the youma, was now dodging.

	"Moon Tiara Magic!"

	The second throw obliterated the lobster.. AND another youma 
behind it. Starlight Knight felt the energy used in the tiara as 
it passed by.

	<Yikes! That girl's packing some power!> Starlight Knight 
thought before considering something, <Can I duplicate that 
energy?> He asked himself. His mind responded affirmative. He 
turned his head, smiled and nodded to Sailor Moon, who smiled in 
return. He sensed something coming at him.

	"Atomic Sucker Punch!" He yelled, and drove a glowing 
energy-enhanced fist directly into the face of an oncoming youma, 
driving it back a few meters. He'd have gone for his sword, but 
that was too far back, and behind Sailor Moon, so that wasn't an 
option. He went for trying to duplicate Sailor Moon's attack.

	He took off the circlet.

	He held it, charging it with energy.

	"Stellar Circlet Disintigration!" He called out, finding a 
nifty new name for the attack he just mastered.

	Then he threw it.

	Direct hit! The circlet tore through the youma he had been 
fighting and disintigrated it. There were now only two youma left: 
Morga, and a biker-type-guy with knives for arms. Starlight Knight 
caught his circlet and put it back on. He found himself once more 
beside Sailor Moon. He picked up his sword.

	"I'll take the biker, you take the 'goldfish'." He whispered
to Sailor Moon.

	"Okay.." She replied.

~Meanwhile~

	"What would you like me to do now?" Sailor Earth asked Arby 
happily, expertly dodging the youma's energy blasts in front of 
the jewelry store while keeping the mind-controlled people from 
getting hurt in the process.

	"Oh, first, ya might like to stop the people from being 
mind-controlled." Arby replied. "Ya know. Might be a good idea. 
Think a' somthn'."

	"Alright." She said, analyzing the power that the 
transformation had given her before deciding on a course of 
action. 

	"Earth Sunlight Happiness Purification!" She said, gathering 
energy, then releasing it, causing the area to light up in a pure, 
white glow. The youma cringed while the people sighed contentedly 
and collapsed. (After the fight was over, they woke up feeling 
like a million dollars. [I love you man!])

	"Oh my." She said, noting the effect.

	"You'll pay for that!" The youma said, recovering from the 
'attack,' if you could call it that.

	"Good work. Now, watch out for the monster." Arby said. As 
soon as he did, Sailor Earth dodged another energy blast, only to 
be caught by the youma. The beginnings of anxiety began to creep 
up in Sailor Earth's psyche.

	There was a red flash as a rose flew in and imbedded itself 
in the asphalt between Sailor Earth and the youma. The youma 
released her and backed off a bit. A man in a tuxedo came out of 
the shadows.

	"I am Tuxedo Mask. Believe in yourself, Sailor.. Moon?" 
Tuxedo Mask said, looking a tad quizically at Sailor Earth. She 
shook her head. 

	"Earth." She said. He shrugged.

	"Yes, so if you only believe in yourself, you can do 
anything." He finished dramatically.

	"True enough," She said, smiling at Tuxedo Mask.

	"So take out the monster, then." Arby said. The monster in 
question was now advancing toward them. Sailor Earth took action.

	"Earth Thunderstorm!" She said. A cloud gathered in the 
area. A wind blew into the youma. Multiple lightning strikes hit, 
doing a nice job of electrocuting it. The dust blew apart in the 
wind.

	"Good work, Sailor Earth!" Tuxedo Mask said, then left 
mysteriously.

	<What a nice guy..> She thought.

~Back Inside~

	Sailor Moon prepared to throw her tiara again. Starlight 
Knight was preparing to pull out another weapon in his arsenal.

	"Moon Tiara Magic!"

	"Magical Ginzu Sword!" Starlight Knight called out, making a 
second sword appear in his left hand. He held them together, 
gathering a charge, then slashed the swords in the air, releasing 
the charge at the knife-biker youma. It braced itself for 
destruction.

	Sailor Moon's tiara vaporized Morga.

	Starlight Knight's attack merely impacted in the center of 
the youma. 

	The youma, feeling that it wasn't destroyed, felt itself and 
began to laugh at Starlight Knight... then exploded.

	"Excellent work, Sailor Moon!" Starlight Knight said. He 
waved goodbye and walked off into the shadows.

***

	The energy ball Jadeite held vanished. He looked more 
annoyed than surprised.

***

	Jadeite appeared in front of Sailor Moon. He was annoyed, 
yet a tad surprised [Didn't I just say that?] at what kind of 
person could have beaten his plan. His entire task force had been 
obliterated!

	Sailor Moon was surprised because she hadn't adapted fully 
to the oddity of someone appearing out of nowhere.

	"It's amazing that one such as you could be such an 
annoyance. Don't worry, I will not underestimate you next time." 
Jadeite said, then disappeared.

---

	<Wait.. was that who I think it was?!> Atomic Starlight 
Knight thought as he watched the scene. A.S.K. had activated his 
invisibility as soon as he went into the shadows then doubled back 
to check up on Sailor Moon.

	<Sure looks like it.. I guess that means that the Negaverse 
is back!>

	<Alright! The Negaverse.. Do you know what this means?!>

	<Yeah! I'll get to test out that hardware I've got lying 
around! Blow up evil fest! YEAH, BABY!>

	<That's right.. And guess what else I found?>

	<What?>

	<I analyzed the energy of Jadeite's teleport!> This just 
kept getting better and better.

	<So I can teleport now?!>

	<Right.>

	<YESSS!> Atomic Starlight Knight thought. He had always 
wanted to be able to teleport. He wasted no time in trying it by 
teleporting to what he had designated as his home base. Due to its 
being located deep within the atmosphere of Jupiter, he hadn't 
been able to go back there for... quite some time now. He hoped 
that his starship was still there.

---

	On her way out, Sailor Moon had freed Molly's mother, and 
given a dramatic goodbye before leaping off into the shadows. A 
couple of leaps later, she slammed directly into Sailor Earth. 
They both got up and dusted themselves off, then they noticed each 
other. 

	"Hello." Sailor Earth said brightly.

	"Hi!" Sailor Moon said.

	"Weren't you back at the jewelry shop just a few minutes 
ago?" Sailor Moon asked Sailor Earth.

	"Yeah! I handled things outside. Met a nice guy in a 
tuxedo." Sailor Earth said.

	"I was fighting evil inside! The whole place was filled with 
monsters! Someone in armor helped me. We got all of them!" Sailor 
Moon said, sighing inwardly at her memory of Starlight Knight. 
They then gave the details of the whole experience.

	"So you're really Terra?" Sailor Moon asked, surprised.

	"And you're really Serena?" Sailor Earth asked. They started 
a conversation about school, video games, etc. Luna cleared her 
throat.

	"Perhaps we could continue this at a later time," Luna said, 
"I need to discuss some things with Serena now." Sailor Moon and 
Sailor Earth agreed.

	"How about you meet me before school?" Sailor Earth said.

	"Okay. I'll see you then!" Sailor Moon said. They then went 
their respective ways.

---

	Before the Tuxedo Mask persona was completely submerged, he 
had a thought. During the fight, he had felt as if who he had been 
helping was not quite the right person.. But he shook that off. 
Who else would he have defended? At least now, he knew visually 
who to look for when something like this happened. He would 
remember that.

---

	<MAN, what a workout!>

	Back at his designated "home base," Atomic Starlight Knight 
was reviewing what he had seen and was considering his options. 
His starship was still there, and the automated systems had even 
repaired the structural damage made from his first encounter with 
this particular solar system. The repair systems had repainted it 
chrome, but he didn't mind. He wasn't thinking about that right 
now, anyway, so let's shelve that flashback for a later chapter. 
Right now, he was thinking about Terra.

	<First of all, why a Sailor Senshi?>

	<Because that's probably all Arby has experience with.. 
besides mushrooms.>

	<Second: I know the Senshi are not entirely recognizable 
from their normal selves when they're transformed.. but I do not 
remember Terra having her hair in that particular style.>

	<Aw, come on! You've seen transformations do stranger 
things!>

	<Okay.. Why did Arby make her 'Sailor Moon,' in particular?>

	<Most likely because that position hadn't been taken.>

	<Understood. Using the link, can I release some power into 
her non-Senshi form?>

	<Hmm. YES! I'll get on it.>

	<Now for training.. The Negaverse will be perfect for this!>

	<Um, I beg to differ..>

	<What is it this time?!>

	<Remember what the Negaverse did to the Moon Kingdom?>

	<What does that have to do with.. OH! I see how that could 
be a problem. Perhaps I should step up the training process with 
something a little less dangerous?>

	<Indubidibly.>

&&&[End of Chaper 1]

	That wraps it up for chapter one.. And now for something 
completely different.


The "Sig" I guess.. 

-BEN

Attempted Fan Fiction writer..

How did I do for the first part?