[Theater, Warhammer, you know the drill. Yet once more, Iczer 2 is 
absent. Warhammer seems to be reading a letter from her.]

WH: Oh great. She's joined the Guild of Neutral Powers. And it just so 
happens that orientation is right now and I got no one to help me with 
this one!

[His self made character, Salian the Teknos Priestess runs through the 
doors and slams them shut. She appears to be scared out of her wits.]

WH: What's wrong Sal?

Sal: *huff* Do you recall that Dark teknoman fic you were going to write 
a while back and wrote a few sections of? 

WH: Uh, yeah� so?

Sal: Then, you happen to recall "HER", do you not?

SH: WHAT?!?! 

[The door explodes and Sal is thrown forward. Warhammer catches her and 
makes haste to the theater where they hide as quick as they can.]

Voice: [Sweetly] Helloooo. Anyone here? [A figure walks through and it's 
revealed to be a teknoman that bears more than just a passing 
resemblance to Ness Carter's younger sister, Shara. In fact, the helmet 
is off, but the rest of the armor is on, making it easier to see her red 
eyes. Behold, Teknoman Dagger. Remorseless killer, heartless rapist, and 
one of the two commanders in the 'never to be written'Dark Teknoman 
fanfic, "A World That Never Was."]

Dagger: [cheerfully] Oh come now. I know you two are here.

[She walks into the theater and rips off the seat that WH and Sal are 
hiding behind. They both appear to be sobbing and holding onto each 
other for dear life.]

Dagger: Hello. I heard that you were going to review a fic. I would have 
been here last time, but my previous engagement kept me from joining 
you.

WH: [whispering to you] In other words, tearing apart the soul of some 
poor person that got too close.  

Dagger: I believe the fic is about to start. Shall we begin?

[Sal looks to WH, who nods fearfully. She takes a seat in the middle 
while Sal and WH get as far as possible from her.]

Mama's Hand
                                   By
                              Douglas Helm

WH: Uh� uihh, Take the Helm, Douglas.

Sal: Nice try�

WH: Thanks.

                            Edited/Co-Plotted
                                   By
                        "Tuxedo" Will Wolfshohl
                               Rated : R

Dagger: [Excited] Ohh, does that mean we'll see people get beaten, 
raped, killed, and so on?

WH: Sad to say, maybe. [WH explains what's happened so far.]

Dagger: Ohh, I like this fic already.

Sal: [disgusted] You are beyond sick!

Dagger: Why thank you. [smiling]

Definitions : 
Sobo - Used when refering to your grandmother
Sohu - Used when refering to your grandfather

Sal: Now that I didn't know

WH: Probably slang.

Part IX - Imagery

Dagger: Oh, I can imagine things. Like Tina's adorable face, her soft 
hair, [eyes narrow but is still smiling as she slows down] and her 
gentle blue eyes pleading for mercy as I ripped her innocence from her 
like a flower from the ground.

Sal: [Even more scared] And you created this thing?

WH: I just came up with the basic concept, she got worse all by herself.

Transforming back, Usagi dashed over to Mamoru, who had also resumed 

his

civilian garb, and hugged him. "Oh Mamo-chan!" Usagi said, "I missed 

you

so much!"

WH: [Imitating Usagi] Did you bring the money you owe me?

"Usagi, where were you?" Mamoru said, "You called me earlier and told 

me

that you were leaving Minako's and that after you went home, you were
coming over." He tried to sound frustrated but couldn't once he looked
deeply into her eyes, the world around them starting to fade out. <I've
missed you so much.> "Are you okay?"

Sal: [Imitating Usagi] Yeah, other than having the life scared out of me 
when I saw innocents getting hurt while the baddies were looking for me.

WH: That wasn't good, you know.

Sal: At least I tried.

"Hai," Usagi mumbled out, "Gomen, Mamo-chan. I was on my way to your
place but I couldn't resist going into the arcade." She stared into his
eyes and hoped that he would kiss her. <I've missed you.>

WH: Uh oh, WAFFy moment incoming but appreciated.

Dagger: Wait a minute! This is supposed to be dark! When does it get 
good?

WH & Sal: [sweatdrop]

"Excuse me!" came the loud voice beside them. Both Usagi and Mamoru
jumped and turned to find Rei looking at them. "I hate to interrupt you
two love birds but what if the cops come and find you two necking while
there are people in trouble?!"

Usagi pouted slightly, "I guess Rei's right."

"Come on, Usagi. Let's go back to my place and you can tell me what's
kept you so occupied for the past two weeks." He raised an eyebrow as
Usagi took on a panicked expression. <What's got her so scared?>
"Something wrong, Usako?"

WH: Oh, something that the past eight chapters can explain REALLY easy. 

"NO! No," Usagi said while placing her one arm behind her head,
"Nothing's wrong. Sure, I'd love to go to your apartment." <I love to
spend time with you but we just can't talk about Chibi-Usa.> A very
protective nature wouldn't allow her to.

Sal; Match! Usagi!

"Usagi-chan, you usually eat at five, ne?" Ami asked.
"If she had her way she'd eat twenty-four hours a day." Rei muttered.

Dagger: [pouting] Oh, now that was mean.

WH & Sal: *BOING*?

"Hai, why Ami-chan?"

"Well it's almost five. If you run home, you just might make it on time
for supper. Besides, I don't think you told your mom you were going to
Mamoru's. She likely thinks you're at the arcade." She waved her arm
around indicating the various news agencies, <If the emergency crews
were as quick as the news people, I'd be happier.>

WH: [Newscaster voice] In the news today, Sailor Moon was caught necking 
with THIS tuxedoed man! We'll have more as it develops.

"Ohmygosh!" Usagi screeched and tore off down the decimated sidewalk,
"See you later, Mamo-chan! Love yo... EEEK!" Mamoru blinked as Usagi
disappeared down a hole. "Hey! Can somebody get me a ladder or
something!" came Usagi's voice from the hole.
<Oh Usako,> Mamoru thought as he ran towards his trapped girlfriend.

[Sal and WH facefault and Dagger snickers]

                                  ******

Late that same evening, Mamoru slept peacefully. His breathing steady 

as

he entered a dream state. A slow smile spreading across his face; to 

any

observer, they might think that Mamoru was having a pleasant dream, and
he was.

Dagger: He was dreaming about..hmmfphpf [her words are not allowed to 
continue as to both Sal's and WH's interference.]

He found himself sitting beside Usagi on top of a grassy hill, a small
stand of trees off to the left in the distance. The sounds of nature
around and no one to bother them. Puffy white clouds stretched out in
long strings floating lazily along.

WH: [chilidish voice, pointing to the clouds] I see a bunny!

Sal: [Same as WH] I see a kitty!

Dagger: I see a dismembered arm!

[Both look at Dagger with shock and disgust.]

"Usako, you are so beautiful," Mamoru said as his stroked her hair, "My
precocious princess." Cupping the back of Usagi's head in his hand, he
drew her into a kiss. The couple held that pose for what seemed like an
eternity until a slight wind made them shiver.

Sal: Darn you Eastwood! Film those Westerns of yours somewhere else!

Wrapping his arms around Usagi, he contented himself with just staring
out over the endless sea of color listening to Usagi's breathing and
feeling her body's warmth against his.

WH: Oh great! Now we're in the middle of a love scene in some trashy 
romance novel!

"Mamo-chan?" Usagi said.
"Hmmm?"
"Mamo-chan, how do you see me?"

Dagger: With my eyes! [Easily kicks back both Sal and WH for trying to 
smash her into the ground.]

"What do you mean, Usagi-chan?" Mamoru asked.
"Am I your girlfriend or a princess?" Usagi said pulling away slightly
so she could turn to look at him.
"Both Usako. I love you with all of my heart."

WH: [imitating Mamoru] And part of my spleen! And a little bit of my 
liver!

"Then why haven't you ever told me? Shown me?"
Mamoru frowned slightly, "Usako, I have told you. I hope I've shown my
love to you."
"I suppose..." Usagi said but she seemed doubtful. Not feeling well
about how this was going, Mamoru started to wrap his arm around her
reassuringly but the dream shimmered and then faded away as Mamoru
awoke. He found that it was still night.

Sal: Good thing that Freud guy isn't here.

WH: Why?

Sal: Don't ask.

WH: I just did.

Sal: �

                                  ******
<snip>

"Figures you'd waste your money in that place," Rei sneered, "If you 

had

one more token, we might've needed a crowbar to pull you out of the
rubble."

Sal: Is Rei usually this mean to her?

WH: I don't know. I would imagine not or else they wouldn't be on the 
same side.

Before Usagi could retort, Luna cut them off. "Girl!" she said sternly,
"We don't have time for this petty bickering." She waited as Usagi and
Rei stopped grumbling before continuing, "We have a new problem.
Specifically, the new enemy is out to get US. Not energy, not crystals,
but US!"

WH: ~Only us, dreaming. Only us, sleeping.~

Sal: Huh? 

WH: Peter Gabriel song.

"That doesn't make sense though. What are they some type of dimensional
hit squad?" Minako asked, "Why would they be after us? We don't have
anything they want."

Dagger: [imagining horried evil things she'd do and smiling.] I wouldn't 
gamble on that� 

"They know we're Senshi though," Usagi emphasized, "They came to Tokyo.
Doesn't that mean they might know who we are?"
"Unlikely," Artemis said, "If they knew where you lived, they would
likely strike at you when not in Senshi forms. It could be that they
want to get rid of the Senshi first before they start a larger
operation."

WH: Once they're done with the senshi, they're going to flush out all 
the plaque in the Fat man's arteries.

"Okay Luna, 'night." The others bid their own goodnights before signing
off.

Sal: [Radio voice] This now Sailor Mercury, ending her broadcast day.

Once Ami's communicator was off, Luna turned and asked, "Did you get a
scan of Mamoru?"

Dagger: Why don't you do it Luna, that way we can get a CAT SCAN!! [Sal 
and WH are knocked away again.]

"Hai," Ami said drawing out her minicomputer from her dimensional
pocket, "However, I don't know if you'll like the results." Settling
herself more comfortably, Ami continued, "Mamoru is NOT the father... 

at

least not the biological father."

Dagger: [smiling again] Which is the reason why this fic appeared in the 
first place!

Luna started to pace, "This just gets more confusing all the time. We
find two pieces of the puzzle but they don't match!" Sitting down, she
looked at Artemis and said, "What's your take on this?"

WH: I'll take Total and Utter Confusion for 60 Alex!

Taking on a thoughtful expression, Artemis said, "I'm just about as in
the dark as you are." Seeing Luna's glare, he shrugged, "Okay let's 

look

at what we got. We have a positive ID on Chibi-Usa's mother. That would
lead us to the conclusion that Chibi-Usa is telling the truth and she
really is from the future." Luna nodded her agreement so Artemis
continued, "The next logical step is to ask how'd Chibi-Usa get here."

Sal: Easy, federal express. 

"That's all well and good," Luna said, rising again to pace, "But this
doesn't answer the questions: What happened to Endymion? How could 

Usagi

let this happen? And what is the new enemy after?" Turning at the foot
of the bed, Luna looked at the room's other occupants before saying,
"Not to mention what the hell am I going to do?!?"

[All three snicker]

Artemis blinked, "Luna, calm down! What's got you so agitated?"

<Baka cat!> "Artemis, are you as dense as you look?!?" Artemis was 

about

to protest but Luna sighed, "Gomen. I'm worried. I've been up trying to
figure all this out. Then the new enemy comes and things have just gone

>from confusing to chaotic." Looking at Artemis directly, Luna said,

"Gomen, I do appreciate your help."

Sal: Sure doesn't sound like it.

"I don't see any practical value in that action at this point." Ami
mused, "It might even cause more trouble. If Usagi were even inclined 

to

believe that she was actually Chibi-Usa's mother, Usagi would want to
know who the father was."

WH: Leading to more angst pain and what not.

Dagger: Ohh, tell her! Tell her!

Luna's eyes enlarged as she stared at Artemis for several seconds,
"You're right, Artemis. If they know about the Senshi, then they might
know WHO the Senshi are." Then Luna wrinkled her forehead, "But didn't
you just say that it was unlikely that the enemy knew the Senshi's
identities?"

Sal: Idiocy. Thy name is Artemis.

"Luna, I've run simulations. I wanted to see what our possibilities
were," Ami said sheepishly, "Given my current power levels, I would be
killed or captured within five minutes if the enemy did a surprise
attack."

WH: Ano� did I just hear what I thought I heard?

"Now Ami-chan, you're underestimating yourself," Artemis admonished
lightly, "You might not have power but you got brains."
"Artemis is right," Luna said then added, "Uh, just out of curiosity,
what about the others?"

Sal: Idiocy. Thy name is Luna, twin of Artemis.

"The best holdouts are likely Jupiter and Mars. I'd give either Jupiter
or Mars fifteen minutes or an all out escape. Venus would likely be
average seven and a half minutes. Sailor Moon... hard to say, depends 

on

how she would react and Usagi's chaotic enough that the results could 

be

rather surprising."

Dagger: Oh, why bother beating around the bush with trying to capture 
them when it's so much more fun to kill them when they're not looking?

WH: Cause you're not in this fic, nor will you be!

Dagger: [pouts]

                                  ******

"Good morning, Ojii-san. I just woke up," Chibi-Usa said shyly, "It's
okay that I'm up?" She looked towards her grandfather nervously; she 

had

heard him yell at her mother before. <Maybe he doesn't like me,>
Chibi-Usa thought. Her grandfather was always scowling when she called
her mother "Mommy". <Maybe he wants me to go away.>

Sal: *sniff sniff* 

[WH pats her on the back.]

"Of course it's all right. Would you like some juice?" Kenji asked.
"Hai, arigato," Chibi-Usa said with relief.

WH: Life can be so cruel to some people.

"Hai, please," Chibi-Usa said stepping away from the door. Kenji 

reached

out and gave a little harder tug on the bottle. With a pop, it came out
of the door shelf easily enough.

WH: Wow, a childproof shelf!

Chibi-Usa was just preparing to place the bottle back on the shelf when
a sharp crack sounded. Whirling around at the unexpected noise,
Chibi-Usa lost her traction and both she and the bottle went crashing 

to

the floor. The impact knocked the wind out of the little girl as the
bottle shattered spraying juice and glass everywhere. <No!> Chibi-Usa
thought. Drawing herself up into a ball, she gave a little whimper and
simply laid there.

Dagger: �

Kenji jumped at the unexpected noise and jumping up hurried over to the
little girl. Bending down, Kenji said, "Chibi-Usa-chan, are you 

okay?!?"

All he got was a muffled sob as the little girl lifted her hands to her
cover her ears. "Honey, are you hurt?" Kenji asked. He reached out a
hand and gently touched Chibi-Usa on the shoulder. The reaction he got
was unexpected at best. The little girl shuddered and then stiffened
again.
"Gomen nasai!" Chibi-Usa sobbed out, "I didn't mean to!!!"

[At this point, Sal is starting to sob gently. Knowing all too well how 
the little girl feels.]

Chibi-Usa's response was just to cry. <Where's Mommy?> she thought
sadly, <Why isn't he yelling at me?> She could feel her grandfather
gently holding her. <I was bad... He'll tell Daddy.> "Gomen nasai,
Ojii-san!" she sobbed again.

Sal: I can't take this anymore! [she walks out, Dagger and WH say 
nothing.]

Hugging the little girl, Kenji said, "I believe you. I'm not mad; it 

was

an accident." Gently, he wiped away some of the tears from her cheeks
before saying, "Chibi-Usa-chan, can you look at me?" Slowly Chibi-Usa
flitted opened one eye then the other. Tearily, she stared at Kenji who
softly smiled, "Now what's a kawaii little girl like you crying about?"
Sniffling and taking on a confused expression, Chibi-Usa said, "Aren't
you mad at me, Ojii-san?"
"No, why?"
"'Cause I was naughty."

WH: For just dropping a can of juice on accident?! 

Tentatively, Chibi-Usa reached out and hugged Kenji, "I love you," she
said softly. She smiled as her grandfather hugged her back. <I like
having a sohu. He's nice.> Taking on a pensive expression, Chibi-Usa
leaned back and said, "Do we have to tell Daddy?" <Daddy would be 

really

mad.>

WH: Not if the +3000 anime characters and the FFML have their way with 
him first.

"No, it was an accident and you said you'd help me," Kenji said. 

Letting

the little girl down, he added, "Now go get dressed and hurry back
down." <Kami-sama, you are such a precious little girl. How anyone 

could

be cruel to you, I don't know.>

Dagger: [Without the usual scary ditziness] Easily� some simple minded 
fools allow one side of their nature to overrule the other without using 
any kind of thought from the other side.

WH: Uh� yeah, what she said.

[By this point, Sal has returned.]

Rather ecstatic that she wasn't going to be punished and she was even
being allowed to help, Chibi-Usa skipped out of the kitchen. She
politely acknowledged her mother and grandmother but they were rather
stunned by what had just occurred.
After recovering Usagi walked over to Kenji and, giving him a hug, 

said,

"You're the best, Dad."

Sal: *sniff* I know the feeling�

[Fic ends.]

WH: you know� Dagger, are you going to kill him too?

[Dagger turns to WH and smiles in a way that would make Nakago from FY 
seem angelic.]

Dagger: Heh heh� no.

Sal & WH: WHAT?!?!

[Dagger stands up and begins to walk out.]

Dagger: I am going to watch him get his just desserts. Watch everyone 
tear him apart. 

WH: Once more, you surprise me.

Dagger: [frowns] There is a difference between me and that man. I only 
ravage, mind rape, and kill those who are capable of defending 
themselves. The child, Chibi-Usa, is not. Doing such things is below the 
line of cowardice. It proves that you can only dominate those who are 
weaker than yourself. Now, if you will excuse me. 

Sal: But why are you going about this?

Dagger: [pauses, turns briefly and mutters]� I too, am a mother of 
sorts�

[Sal and WH stare in surprise as she leaves.]

WH: Well, that was wierd! I'll be doing the other part tomorrow. So 
watch for it!



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