Hi!
This is a revised version of the Sailor Moon/Mage: the Ascension fusion
that I sent awhile ago, taking in a few exceptions. C&C appreciated.
#include <std-disclaimer.h>:
Sailor Moon & characters copyright Takeuchi Naoko
Mage: the Ascension, the World of Darkness and associated stuff copyright
White Wolf Game Studios
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PRELUDE:
"Naru's in trouble?" asked Usagi, AKA Sailor Moon. The black cat who
shouldn't be able to talk nodded. This was an odd activity in itself, but
it was punctuated by what came out of the creature's mouth.
"Yes! What you heard was the voice of those menaced by the Dark
Kingdom," Luna, the cat, said. "Quickly now!"
Sailor Moon didn't ask at this point; she just did.
* * *
Naru was afraid. Very afraid.
Her mother (or what looked like her mother) had turned into a monster
before her very eyes. Then she was pinned against the wall by said monster.
The monster, the youma Morgas laughed, and began to drain energy from her
victim.
/*Oh no...Please...*/ Naru cried inwardly, as she felt the energy being
drawn from her, /*Help me! Make it stop!*/
<*Naru...*>
Naru gasped as she heard the voice. She scanned the room dispite the
youma's draining. Then she saw her. It was a translucent and divine
reflection of herself, wearing an elaborate and beautiful kimono over her
slender frame. The being opened her mouth to 'speak' again. <*Naru, I shall
help you. The only thing you must do is to give me your hand. I shall give
you the ability to defeat this monster.*> The apparition stretched out her
hand to Naru.
Naru, dispite the strangeness of her request, wasn't about to look a
gift sheep in the mouth. She reached out to the other, and their hands
clasped.
The world shattered and reformed anew.
Suddenly, everything was more colorful in her mind's eye. She saw whisps
of golden light float lazily by and dance within everything she saw. She
looked down and saw the customers in the store owned shimmering sheens of
gold that seemed a little muted. Naru became aware of the energy draining
from her. In her mind's eye, she saw the heliotropic ribbons arc out away
from her and into the youma.
/*No...NO, DAMMIT!!*/ Naru burned with absolute conviction that this
would not happen. She lashed out instinctively, not questioning the source
of the newfound power. She focused on the ribbons, grabbed onto them with
her will, and started tearing them away from her adversary and back into
herself. Morgas' grotesque smile turned into an equally grotesque
stupification as the human energy was drained out of her and into this
girl.
"What in Metallia's name..." the youma growled, as Naru recovered her
own energy and then some. Naru was on a roll; she drew more and more energy
into herself. Already, half of what the youma had stolen was now hers. "You
little..."
"Stop it!" came the cry from the front of the store. Morgas turned and
dropped Naru, foolishly ignoring Naru, who was still draining energy --
<*Quintessance*> she heard the voice of the other say -- from the youma.
Sailor Moon started posing and made her speech, "Jewels are there to make
us look pretty; perverting them into a thing of evil is unforgivable! For
love and justice, I am the pretty sailor-suited warrior, Sailor Moon! In
the name of the moon, I shall punish you!"
"NO!" ground out Naru, causing Sailor Moon to look astonished at her
friend. An aura was glowing around her. Her voice rang out powerful and
assertive, "This bastard's MINE!!!" She spread her hand, and a red-glowing
sigil apeared on its palm. It was the kanji for "chikara", the Oriental
sigil for the Sphere of Forces. Her hand crackled with energy, and she
thrust it in front of her. "DIE!!!" she shrieked.
A bright flash exploded from her palm as a bolt of pure destructive
energies roared from her hand. Morgas screamed as the pink sparkling
energies tore her to shreads. The remnants turned to dust.
Sailor Moon articulated her mouth without making a sound. Underfoot,
Luna bigsweated. "N-Naru-chan?" Sailor Moon stammered, in somewhat of a
shock.
"Shock" was too mild a word for the state of mind Naru was in. Complete
chaos was more like it. She looked around and saw beings wending their way
through the store, the whisps of...Quintessense, she reminded herself,
being caught by the unconscious customers.
Then, as she heard Sailor Moon's voice, she turned to her and saw
something, very briefly, in both the girl and cat. Then it all faded
abruptly, leaving her a bit drained, but the image of what she saw
remained. "Usagi-chan?" she hazzarded.
Sailor Moon's jaw dropped. She didn't remember looking a thing like
herself when she was just ordinary Tsukino Usagi. Apparently, Luna was just
as shocked. "HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT!! oops!" The cat grinned like a Cheshire
cat and wished she could just disappear like one. She mentally kicked
herself for not playing the dumb cat.
"I don't know!" Naru insisted. "I just...looked...and saw you! But now I
can see that shell you put around yourself. How'd you do that, Usagi-chan?"
"Well, I just chanted 'Moon Prism Power' while wearing this broach,
see?" said Sailor Moon, pointing to the broach clipped to the bow on her
chest. "Can you believe it?! I'm a magical girl! Just like on Magic Knight
Rayearth! YAY!"
Naru bigsweated and looked slightly annoyed. "Umm...in case you didn't
notice, 'Sailor Moon', I'M the one who took care of the mosnter..."
"With very vulgar magick, child," added a voice.
"I didn't know magic swore." Naru blinked, then turned to the source of
the voice. Sailor Moon and Luna did similarly and saw the speaker. He was a
tall man, well built, and wore a Kung-Fu suit like martial artists do in
the movies, black pants and a red chinese peasent shirt. And no, he did NOT
have a pigtail! :)
The man couldn't help but smile a little. "I meant that the magick you
just worked was glaringly obvious as magick. I must caution you not to do
that too often, for Reality has a tendency to lash back at you for
disturbing its 'proper path'." His expression changed, as if remembering
something. "Ah, forgive my manners. I am Zhu Dema of the Akashic
Brotherhood."
"Oh, hello!" Sailor Moon and Naru waved together.
"H...Meow, meow!" greeted Luna, barely remembering.
"If you do not wish to speak, that is your perogative. However, I will
understand you better if you use human language." Dema grinned at the cat's
reaction.
Luna sighed. "Twice in less than ten minutes. I must be getting old."
"Alright, do you know what happened to me just then, Zhu-san?" asked Naru.
"To put it simply," explained Dema, "you Awakened."
"Awakened?"
"You became able to work magick...to bend Reality itself to your whim
with your will and your understanding. You are one of the enlightened few,
able to work amazing effects with your conviction as your chisel. To put it
another way, Miss Osaka Naru, you are a mage. Like myself."
Naru worked her jaw wordlessly. Then she finally found voice. "A...mage?
You mean...like in spells and gilmores and rituals and witches and bones
and goblins and spirits and demons and dragons and
warlocksandpapasmurfandgargamelandlionsandtigersandbears, oh my!" Her head
was spinning.
Dema nodded. "Yes, Naru. Your Avitar awakened as it was drawing your
Quintessence from you. Your awakening was Wild; you experienced a large
influx of understanding that allowed you to manipulate the Prime Force into
a blast of heat and light. That's why you were able to take out that
fector."
"You mean the youma," Luna said.
"Call it what you will. The plain fact is that you blasted it into
smithereens," he grinned.
"Naru-chan..." Sailor Moon whispered, then began to sob. "*WAAAHHHHH* I
didn't get to use my powers! *WAAAAAAAHHHHHH*"
Dema and Naru bigsweated. Luna sighed. It was going to be a long war.
----
This is, of course, a fusion between Sailor Moon and Mage: the Ascention.
Neither of which are my works. Don't sue, pweeeze....
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Darien, I *am* a magical girl. I don't *need* to watch magical girls shows
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-Hino Rei, SM: Celebration Part 1
Chris Davies (permission granted)
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