At 01.17 19.12.1997 -0600, you wrote:

Note: In the context of this fanfic, "Momo" means "pink". 

Jussi:Uh-oh...

"In The Pink"

Jussi:<krhm> You do understand that this is an extremely *bad* pun, do you.
If you didn't get it, I'm refererring to what 'pink' means when talking
about anime. Like Dragon Pink...

	She blinked in surprise at the motley trio before her. The more
familiar members of the group were a hovering black ball with a cat's
face and a grey kitten with a crescent moon marking on its forehead.
The third, while seemingly familiar, was definitely a mystery. 

Jussi:You completely forgot about Diana after this, BTW.

	"Uhh...hai! Hai, the new threat!" *Whew...close one.*

Jussi:(Han Solo -voice) I have a bad feeling about this...

	"Now, about that name..." Usagi said, tapping her chin thoughfully.
"Ah! I know! How about Momo-Usa?"

Jussi:BWHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! 'Pink-Usagi'??? Oh gods...

Lina:DIL BRANDO!!!

<KABOOOM>

Lina:(muttering)Hentai...

	Darkness, permeated by a red haze. Heat beyond heat. Throngs of the

Jussi:Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows...

(Lina hits Jussi with a broom. [think Bakuretsu Hunters, episode 2])

Lina:Baka! Don't play around with words of power! It's dangerous!

wretched, existing solely for the perverse torment their master
longed to inflict upon them. 
	In the midst of this vision of terror, five suited figures stood at
attention before a gruesome skull. The skull before them was
enormous, charred black, splintering. It had gigantic tusks, and a
pair of gnarled, twisted black horns. Its eye sockets had an
unnatural shape. Here and there, scraps of twisted, blackened flesh,
and strings of other once-living matter, hung from the gory bone. The
jaw was propped open by a scaffold of other, smaller bones. 
	Inside the jaw, on a throne of dried blood, wreathed in sinister
flames, sat a silhouetted feminine figure. "The five of you disgust
Us," she said in a sensual, yet somewhat...unbalanced voice. 

Jussi:Pooh! And here I hoped that the skull _was_ the bad guy!! 
But it's just another evil queen... <sigh> 

Lina:Or an extremely feminine bishounen... And she's definitely mad.

Jussi:Yup. Unbalanced voice. Clearly mad.

	"Of course, your Highness. Our next attack on the Sailor Senshi will
be...more satisfying."

Jussi:You shouldn't have put the word 'pink' into the title of this chapter.
It ain't good for my health or my sense of humor...

<Lina cracks her knuckles>

Jussi:See?

	"It had better be." The figure on the throne of blood leaned forward
slightly, though not enough to allow her features to become visible.
"Suisei! Kasei! You two will lead the next assault." A pair of eyes
glowed...black. The effect was extremely disquieting. "We assume the

Lina:As long as they aren't ruby-red...

two of you can control a two-headed wyvern?"

Lina:At least it isn't a chimera...

Jussi:Or a limera.

Lina:Don't speak about _that_!!!

Jussi:^_^;;;;;

	"Yes, your Highness."
	"We won't fail you."
	"See to it that you don't."
	Steam hissed and fire crackled as warped versions of the sigils for
Mercury and Mars appeared in the hellish air.

Jussi:Somehow I started thinking about Kodachi's laugh at this point. Dunno
why, though.

	Ami folded her computer, and stashed it in her subspace pocket. As
the girls entered the living room, Shingo appeared, and began
hovering anxiously, occassionally tossing off random comments like

Jussi:Shingo hovered in mid-air?? 

Lina:Jussi no baka.

	Ami, Makoto, Minako, and Rei blinked as the pink-haired,
odango-headed preteen cuffed Shingo on the back of the head, and
dragged him from the room. 
	"Anou..." Minako said.
	"That...couldn't be..." Makoto murmured.
	"Not unless she's been spending *too* much time with Hotaru-chan,"

Jussi:^_^

Rei commented quietly.
	Ami retrieved her computer, and did a quick scan. She gasped. "It
*is*," she declared.
	Usagi grinned as the pink-haired girl returned to the room. "Minna,"
she said, "Look who's come back again!"
	"Miss me?" Small Lady said, smiling cutely as she bowed to the four
Senshi...who promptly fell over in shock.

Jussi:Well, it's no wonder. This is Chibi-Usa we're talking about.

	
	Kenji smiled. Sipping his coffee, he said slowly, "Mamoru-san...I've
always wondered. Exactly how *did* you and Usagi meet?"
	Mamoru looked nervous. "Ah, well..."
	Kenji chuckled inwardly. This was going to be *fun*.

Jussi:Hey wait... Mamoru doesn't know that Kenji knows, does he?
And Kenji knows that Mamoru doesn't know that he knows, right?
Poor Tux-boy... Trying to hid knowledge about something you think
the other person doesn't know when he knows and knows that you don't know
that he
knows. 

Lina:<groans> Leave it be already...

	"So, Ch--*Momo*-Usa," Minako said, "what brings you back again?"

Jussi:<snicker>

Lina:You really want another Dil Brando on you, don't you?

	The girls picked up on Momo-Usa's discomfort, but decided not to
press the issue. They'd learned, the hard way, that Pluto had a
reason for everything she did, and that they'd find out sooner or
later what that reason was. 

Jussi:I don't think it's going to be pretty. 

Lina:I just hope that Ikuko & co. will survive.

Jussi:Yup, there are enough fics out there, where the Senshi's parents have
died.

	Luna blinked, and turned to Artemis, who was shaking his head. 
	"This program alters the design of the Inner Senshi's sailor-fukus,"

Jussi:Just the Inners' fukus? The Outers have a different tailor or something?

	The others nodded. Artemis just sighed. "I just hope it doesn't
backfire on you," he said. "There's a *reason* the old Mercury
stopped working on the program."

Lina:Okay, it's going to backfire on her.

Jussi:(nods) There's no other reason to mention it.

	Ami nodded. "I noticed she had an extensive bug report, but I think
I've worked all the bugs out of it. It worked well enough on the test
run, anyway."
	By this point, Usagi, Momo-Usa, Rei, and Makoto had zoned out.
Minako decided to ask Artemis later exactly what sort of bugs that
program had, just in case. Luna was thinking the same thing. 

Jussi:It's over?

Lina:Afraid so.

Jussi:Awww, dang. It was good, Lurker. Keep up the good work.

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