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Bishonen Senshi Tuxedo Moon

A mega anime cross-over by Adrian Wong. <7ahw@qlink.queensu.ca>

Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo, Ranma 1/2, Please Save My Earth, Yu Yu Hakusho,
Bronze, Evangelion, Urusei Yatsura, Fushigi Yuugi . . . all of which belong
to their respective owners.

" " Japanese dialogue
< > thoughts
[ ] Chinese dialogue
/ / Illusory sounds, memories

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Prologue


	In the timeless realm of a dark void:

	/Princess . . . we've failed you . . ./

	/No, Uranus, don't say that.  You're all tried your best in this battle
against Galaxia . . .I . . . I can only hope that the outcome would have
been different.  Now Chibi-Usa will never be born . . ./

	/Eternal Sailot Moon . . . there is still a way to change fate, to make it
so that the earth can still be saved from Galaxia . . ./

	/Pluto!/

	/Are you serious?!/

	/But . . . how?!/
 
	/We have to re-activate the second level senshi to continue the war for us./

	/The second level senshi . . ./

	/But Pluto, they have all willed themselves to become normal humans as
they died the last time./

	/They have no choice but to fight this battle.  Otherwise, all will be
lost for the Earth.  I'm sure that they would understand and forgive me for
what I'm about to do./

	/. . . /

	/Princess . . . /
	
/So be it./

	/Everybody, help Pluto's soul to break out of this seal!/  

*		*		*		*		*		*		

"Hmhmhmhmhmhehehehehehahahahahahahaha!!!!!"

Looking at the star seeds floating in front her, Sailor Galaxia, badly
wounded but still alive non-the-less, laughed cruelly in the privacy of her
own chamber so as not to further affect the universe with sound pollution. 

"Finally, all those bratty scouts are gone!  Within ten days, my powers
shall be completely regained.  This galaxy SHALL be mine!  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"

Just then, however, four of the star seeds suddenly flashed with impossibly
bright light, momentarily blinding the chao-controlled Sailor.  When she
was able to open her eyes again, she immediately checked those star seeds
over: yet there seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary with them.

"Hmmm . . . I wonder what had caused these seeds to give out that light?"
Her eyes widened as she realized something.

"Could it be . . . that their souls had escaped?!  No, that can't be . . .
the seal that I've put over these seeds was too strong.  Either way, with
these seeds, I am unstoppable now.  The earth shall be mine!"

*		*		*		*		*		*		
[1999]

Down beneath the government building that was Princess Hinoto's chambers,
the visions that Hinako used to convince Shirov Kamui to join the dragons
of heaven was abruptly disturbed by the arrival of Kanoe . . .

/Kamui . . . the majestic force of the dragon of earth . . ./ Kanoe purred
as the youth's eyes widened in shock.

"But . . . I thought I was a seal . . ."

Kanoe shook her head as she smiled wanly: "My sister hadn't tell you the
whole story yet, little one."

Hinoto screamed in horror at what Kanoe was about to reveal: "Kanoe, don't!"

Kanoe smiled sultrily as she continued.  "You have two destinies in front
of you, to be one of the seven seals that shall defend the earth . . . or
one of the seven minons that shall destroy the earth."

"NO!!!"  Hinoto cried out in anguish as Kamui turned to the girl- woman
with a cold expression.

"You lied to me," he accused.

"No . . ." Hinoto sobbed, "please, Kamui.  You cannot join the side of the
minons.  Think about the earth . . ."

Kamui looked contemptuous as he retorted: "I cannot care less about what
happened to the earth. I don't like to be manipulated"

/If that's so . . . think about those who you care for . . ./

All three of them were startled by the third presence to invade Hinoto's
dream: a beautiful girl with floating green air and enigmatic dark eyes who
was carrying a wand in her hand.

"Who are you?" Kanoe hissed. "How did you enter our dream zone?"

The girl ignored her as she captured Kamui's eyes with her own.  Within her
eyes, he saw himself under the cherry tree, laughing together with Fuma as
Kotori danced among the shower of white sakura petals.

"Fuma-kun, Kotori-chan . . ."  Kamui whispered in wonder as he stared at
the scene in front of him.  The strange girl spoke up again: 

/With the upcoming confrontation between the dragons of heaven and earth,
neither of them will survive./

And the vision changed, changing into the scenes of Fuma going insane,
Kotori getting killed, and Kamui himself forced to decapitate his best
friend at the final battle between heaven and earth.  

"Stop it!"  Kamui screamed as he backed away.  "Why do you show me this?!"

/Because, there is yet another destiny waiting for you, one that can save
both of those that you so loved./

At this, Hinoto and Kanoe both looked surprised.  "And what is that?"  They
asked in union.

The girl extended her wand towards the startled looking Kaumi and spoke up
again: /To be the senshi representing the planet of timelessness: Tuxedo
Pluto./   
 
Kamui sweated as he blinked, "Tuxedo Pluto?"

The girl nodded, "Take up your duty and go back in time to 1996 to fight
against a evil senshi from out of this solar system . . . and in return,
the upcoming fight at Tokyo tower could be nullified, sparing all those
concerned."

Kanoe looked incredulous: "Girl . . . our destinies were pre-ordained . . .
we HAVE to have this fight to decide the fate of the earth!"

The girl turned her eyes to Kanoe and replied: "Things pre-ordained do not
come true unless people wish it so.  Besides, there will be another major
crisis affecting the earth around the year 2000 . . . one that I can't keep
from happening.  The least I can do is to prevent this senseless bloodshed
between the 14 pawns of destiny." She smiled gently at Kanoe and Hinoto as
she went on: "Sisters should not fight on opposing sides no matter what
destiny says, remember that." 
   
While Hinoto and Kanoe were stunned, the girl tuned back to Kamui and
asked: "Do you accept your duty?"

Kamui thought about Fuma's brotherly smile, and Kotori's beautiful
laughter.  Making up his mind, he got a hold of the wand and spoke up
firmly: "I accept."

The girl smiled before taking out a black bow tie and tapped it onto the
boy's throat.

"Tuxedo warrior guarding the planet of time . . . wake up."

Immediately, the boy's body turned into a figure of light as his clothes
vanished. Tendrils of light came out of the bow tie, enveloping his figure
and quickly turning into a classical style tuxedo.  During all this time,
Kamui's body was shifting through various gallant gestures on its own as
stars flashed around him. 20 seconds later, the dragon boy was transformed
into the even more mysterious-looking Tuxedo Pluto.  Hinoto and Kanoe both
remained speechless at the change of events.

Smiling at the boy, Pluto handed him the wand in her hand.
 
"This, together with your new power, shall guide you to anywhere in time
that you so desire to reach.  For now, lets head towards 2015: there is
still another ally that we need to pick up before I sent you both back in
time to 1996 to join the moon warrior."

"The moon warrior?"

"Yes, he is the one who shall lead all the other planet senshi in the fight
against the evil whom threatens to lead our earth towards tragedy."

With a flash of blinding light, both of them disappeared as Hinoto and
Kanoe looked on in shock.

In the real world, Sorata and Arashi were stunned to see Kamui disappearing
within Hinoto's embrace.

Back in the dream world, Hinoto gathered herself together and turned to her
sister: "So what do we do now?"

Kanoe shrugged: "If things are as that girl said, then I shall tell my side
to halt the fighting.  After all, I'm only fighting you due to my destiny.
In the mean time, we both have to wait for Kamui's return to see what is
going to happen next."

With that, she faded out of Hinoto's dream as the latter stared after the
direction that she disappeared into.

"Sister . . . if only that girl spoke of the truth . . . then maybe fate
isn't that cruel after all."

With that, she withdrew from her dream, and prepared herself for an
explanation to Arashi and Sorata: neither of them looked pleased at the
disappearance of their fellow seal. 
 
*		*		*		*		*		*

[2015]

In the Control Booth of the Command Center, Misato watched in horror as Eva
01 was sinking into the Dirac Sea if the 12th angel.

	The boy's frantic voice came throught the com.link: "Mis . . .Misato . . .
HELP M - -"

	The message was cut off as Eva 01 disappeared completely within the dark
pool of shadow.

In Unit 00 Rei was watching its decend with a deep look of sadness while in
Unit 01, Asuka was screaming in rage and fear.

"BAKA!  What's the point of having the highest synchro rate if you can't
even get avoid an attack this obvious!  C'mon!  Get back out of the shadow
NOW!  You've to do better than that!  C'mon!  Get back out and beat the
damned balloon!"

Back in the control booth, Misato quickly gave an order at the turn of events.

"Pull Eva 01 out with the power cord!

"No use," Maya answered franticly, "The plug was disconnected!"

"My God . . ." Ritsuko breathed out, "all connections to the datas from
Unit 01 were cut off by the angel's special field.  There is nothing we can
do at the moment."

Just then, however, Maya gasped as she saw what was on her computer screen. 

"Doctor!  Another pattern had been detected!"

Ritsuko immedately turned to the computer screen.  Her eyes widened as she
realized something.  "It's not an angel!  It's a new, unrecognizable
pattern that indicated an alternate life form . . . whatever it is."

"Whatever it is . . ." Misato said while staring at the screen in front of
the control booth, "it's cracking the angel's exterior!" 

Indeed, the screen showed a tiny, red dot of light, slicing open the black
and white surface of the balloon angel as it collided repeatedly with the
beast.  Ritsuko immediately hit a few buttons on the control panel to focus
the view onto the red dot, and everybody's eyes bugged out as they saw what
the red dot is really a handsome, tuxedo-clad boy floating in midair.
Yielding a large wand that crackled with crimson energy, the boy slashed
out against the angel's cracking surface, damaging it all the while.

"NANI?!"

Commanda Gendo simply stared at the incredible sight with a frown as the
rest of the Nerv Techs were all muttering among themselves in awe.

Meanwhile, within Unit 01, Ikari Shinji was trying desperately to move the
powerless Eva, to no avail.

"Help!  Misato!  Asuka!  Rei!  I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" The boy screamed as
tears streamed out of his eyes into the LCL.  Suddenly, he felt a pair of
arms around him, and he was startled into being still.

"Hush, child, be not afraid . . ." a deep, beautiful female echoed in the
Eva, "your destiny is not to die alone in this empty space . . ."

"Who . . . who are you . . .?" Shinji asked, afraid to turn around to face
the unknown.

A slender hand forced him to turn around, and he came face to face with one
of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen.  Dark eyes glistering in the
dim interior of the Eva, she spoke up in a deep, enigmatic voice.      

"I am the one who shall awaken your potentials, so that you may go back in
time to fight against a great evil that threatens to destroy the earth."  

"Back in time . . . a evil . . . an angel?"  Shinji asked, looking confused
and more than a bit frightened.

The woman's voice spoke up again.  "No . . . much worse than those that you
have been naming as angels."

"More powerful than an angel?!  Then how can I . . ."

"With your potentials awakened, you shall be able go against almost any
enemy, new guardian of the planet Saturn."

"Saturn . . .?"

A black bow tie appeared in front of him, and the voice instructed. "Hold
it up to your neck, and say Saturn Power - Make Up!"

"But . . ."

"Please, Shinji, save the world by taking up this new responsibility.  In
return, you shall have the power to stop any more angels from coming to
earth."

At hearing this, Shinji's eyes widened: "No-no more angels . . . then Rei,
Asuka, and I can be normal children again!  But how?!  Tell me!!"

"I'll tell you when your powers have been reawakened.  In my current state
I cannot stay much longer in this time and place.  Already, I have lost the
power to project my image into your mind.  Hurry, say the words and take up
your duty!"

"Umm!  Saturn Power - Make UP!"

Outside in the real world, the handsome boy with the wand was still
battling the angel as everyone in the Control Booth watched in amazement.  

Suddenly, a blue light enveloped the angel as the boy with the wand leaped
backwards (in midair) cautiously. 

"A new pattern was overwhelming the angel's original one!"  Maya exclaimed
as she looked at her computer screen.  Ritsuko quickly began analyzing it.
Her eyes widened as she realized something.

"This new pattern . . ."

"What?"  Misato asked.

"It is a variation of Shinji's original brain wave pattern!"

"Shinji's .  . . pattern?"

Just then, the angel abruptly shattered in a shower of blue sparks as the
Dirac Sea beneath it vanished abruptly.  Eva-01 fell to the ground in a
long clang, as well as various other buildings and such that the angel'd
Dirac Sea had sucked in. But it wasn't the Eva that is catching everybody's
attention right now.  Instead, it was the slender young boy floating at
where the Angel's core at been, his tuxedo glowing in a blue aura.  As he
turned his gaze toward the direction of the control booth's screen, Misato
immediately recognized who he is.

"SHINJI!!"

Indeed, the now rather confident looking boy was their meek-natured Second
Child.  The older boy, the one with the wand, was staring at the power
radiating off him in awe.  An unearthy voice echoed over the entire Nerv
center:

/I am the new senshi of death and rebirth, guardian of the planet of
silence . . . Tuxedo Saturn./

"Wow . . . " Everybody in the command centre could do little else other
than to stare at what Shinji had become in awe.  Even Gendo looked somewhat
surprised at the turn of events.

Within Eva 00 and 01, both of the girls gasped at what Shinji had become.

"Tuxedo . . . Saturn . . " Rei spoke in a voice filled with wonder.  Asuka,
meanwhile, simply looked incredulous. 

"That . . . that baka is a shoujo-anime super-hero?!  But he's so plain and
unattractive!"

Smiling a bit, as if seeing everybody's reaction with his own eyes, Saturn
continued.

/A great evil had threatened to destroy our solar system.  To protect all
that I hold dear, I shall go back in time to destroy it.  Commander Gendo .
. ./

Gendo stared at his son's face on the screen, and asked: "Yes?"

Tuxedo Saturn gave him a light little smile as he reached out a hand while
still floating in mid-air.

/The Longinus Spear . . . I need it./

Gendo and Ritsuko gasped in shock as the rest of the Nerv techs simply
looked puzzled.

"How . . . how did you know about that?!"  Gendo asked.

Tuxedo Saturn didn't reply.  Instead, he went on:

/If you won't answer me, I'll just have to take it myself./

"Shinji!  Wait!"  Gendo yelled, but it was no use.   Tuxedo Saturn held out
his hand, and the gigantic spear spontaneously appeared n front of him as
everybody gasped in surprise at the gigantic weapon floating in midair.
Saturn narrowed his eyes at the gigantic object, and it suddenly shank into
a normal sized, classical looking Greek spear, fitted perfectly into his
waiting hand.  

Just then, the other boy floated towards him, and asked tentatively:

"Saturn?"

Saturn nodded, and the boy relaxed and extended a hand towards him.

"Pluto."

Saturn took his hand, and turned back to the stunned group in the command
center as if he could actually see them.  Smiling gently, he spoke up once
more:

 /I shall be back, Misato.  Tell Asuka and Rei not to be worried./

With that, he nodded to Pluto, who pointed his wand up towards the sky.
The two boys were then enveloped in an impressive whirlwind of red energy,
which faded out a few seconds later, leaving neither of them behind.

"Shinji . . ."  Rei whispered to herself, then headed back to the Nerv
Center, leaving Asuka to gawk at the now empty scene in front of her.
*		*		*		*		*		*

[1996 - Japan]

At the Masaki-household, a pleasant looking boy with short hair and a
hampered ponytail was lying exhausted in his bed after spending the entire
day stopping a fight between his two suitors: Aeka and Ryoko.  Even with
his inherited Jurai Powers, he was still outclassed by the two of them as
they fought each other like cat and dog.  After the two had regained their
senses, they had of course, apologized and proceed to pamper him as usual.
But he knew that those two would NEVER give up on fighting each other, not
even on his behalf.  God, if only he could have an excuse to slip away from
those two . . .

"You've got your chance . . . Masaki Tenchi."

"NANI?!"

Tenchi shot up from his bed, and came face to face with the apparition of a
beautiful girl in a sailor suit, with dark-green hair and ancient, sad
eyes.  Behind her stood two Tuxedo clad boys, one holding a wand and the
other a spear.

"Who are you?"  he asked.

"Pluto."  The one with the wand said.

"Saturn." The one with the spear said.

". . .?"  Tenchi said.

The green-haired girl smiled gently as she stepped closer towards him.  "We
are people . . . who need you to do a favor on behalf of our universe."

"Nani?"

"I used to be a senshi of the planets guarding the planet of timelessness,"
the girl said in a sad voice, " Sailor Pluto.  After my death, this duty
was passed onto Tuxedo Pluto, second level senshi warrior."

She gestured to Kamui, who nodded at the confused looking Tenchi.

"Second level senshi warrior?"

"I will explain that soon enough.  Some time ago, me, together with the
senshi of Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Venus . . . " tears sparkled in her eyes
as she went on "Uranus, Nepturn, Saturn . . . and the Moon were the nine
guardians of this solar system, aided by our ally Prince Endyminion of
Earth.  However, a evil force from beneath this solar system is now coming
to destroy it for its own amusement.  Me, along with the others, had lost
our lives in fighting her.   Within 10 days, she will surely be healed from
the battle, thus make her move on earth."

"Her?" Tenchi asked.

"Sailor Galaxia . . . an unfortunate senshi who couldn't conquer the chaos
within herself, thus was twisted into a pawn of evil. 

"My God . . . Aeka and Ryoko!  I must tell them to gather the Jurai armies - "

"It's no use . . ." Sailor Pluto said, "Only those with the powers of a
planet Senshi can possibly go against Galaxia.  Jurai powers, strong as it
is, will have no effect on her.  It would be best if you don't involve them
in this fight."

Tenchi was frantic. "But, by myself, how can I . . .?!"

Sailor Pluto locked her eyes with his.

"I would like to awaken the hidden powers within you.  Not only are you
gifted as the prince of Jurai, but you have the potential of a moon warrior
within your blood as well. For before this life, you used to be a warrior
guarding the Moon princess: Tuxedo Moon."  

Tenchi blinked: "Tuxedo . . .?"

Sailor Pluto nodded, and spoke up in a firmer tone of voice. "Tuxedo clad
warrior who once guarded the Moon in absence of the Moon Princess. Accept
this request, and you shall be the new senshi of the Moon - Tuxedo Moon.
Together with the others with the potential to become the new senshi, you
can defeat Galaxia and save our Solar System.  Do you accept your duty?"

"I accept!"  Tenchi stated firmly.  "As the heir to the Jurai throne, I
have a duty to protect this solar system!"

Tuxedo Pluto stepped forward and handed a bow tie at Tenchi.		
"Just hold this up to your throat, and say: Moon Power - Make Up!"

Tenchi sweated.

"Are you serious?"

Tuxedo Pluto narrowed his eyes as Sailor Pluto sighed.

"Quite so."

Looking at everybody's expectant expressions, Tenchi half-heartedly spoke
the line as he held the bow tie to his throat: "Moon power make up."

Immediately, his body turned into a figure of light as his clothes
vanished. Tendrils of light enveloped his figure and quickly turned into a
classical style tuxedo.  During all this time, Tenchi's body was
unconsciously going through various "bishonen" poses on its own as stars
flashed around him. 45 seconds later, the once plain looking boy was
transformed into the ravishing (but kinda outdated) Tuxedo Moon.

"Wow!"  Tenchi exclaimed as he looked down at his new getup.  Sailor Pluto
smiled at him with gratitude in her eyes as the other two boys looked
amazed at the white glow surrounding him.  

"Thanks for awakening, Tuxedo Moon.  From this moment on, the other tuxedo
planet senshi hidden on earth at this time will awaken as well, along with
the three secondary star fighters of the outer galaxy.  With the help of
Saturn and Pluto, both from the future, you must gather the remaining
senshi of this time and place together to face the upcoming challenge of
Galaxia."  Staring at her own body, which looked a lot more translucent
than it was before, she sighed.

"My time is up, I have to go . . ."

With that, Sailor Pluto began to fade out of view.  Tenchi asked hurriedly:
"Wait!  How . . .how am I supposed to find the others?!"

She smiled.  "Fear not, fate will bring them to you, and their powers shall
awaken at the right time.  As their leader, you need to do is to resolve
the conflicts between them and make them a real team like the old set of
senshi." She then handed 6 more bow ties to him, as well as three
glistering earrings.  "Give the bow ties to the rest of the planet senshi,
and the earring to the star warriors: it will restore them to the Tuxedo
Warriors that they once were."

With that, she gave him a tender smile, and disappeared completely into the
dark night as the following words echoed faintly in the dark room:  "Be
brave, Tuxedo warriors . . . never lose faith."

Tenchi turned to the two other Tuxedo clad boys, and smiled as he rubbed
the back of his head.

"Um . . . I'm Masaki Tenchi.  Mind to tell me your real names since we are
to be teammates?"

Pluto spoke up in a cool voice with a hint of superiority in it.  "Shirov
Kamui from 1999."

Saturn, for the first time that Tenchi had seen of him, looked a little bit
bashful as he lowered his eyes.  "Ikari Shinji from 2015 . . ."

"Well,"  Tenchi smiled politely, "nice to meet you guys."

He sweated as Kamui simply nodded impassively which Shinji simply looked
even shyer than before.  An uncomfortable since soon followed, during which
Tenchi realized something about his teammates for the first time: neither
of them were social.

"Eh . . . Um . . ."  Tenchi kept on trying to think of ways to start a
converstion, all to no avail.  Finally, he settled for a one-liner: 

"So, what say we call it a night, eh?  I can pull out two extra futons for
you guys to room with me."

"Thank you." Kamui said, cold without even trying to be cold.

"You're too kind."  Shinji smiled meekly as he looked down towards the
floor, as if an offer like this was something that had rarely happened to him.

Tenchi smiled back as he sighed inwardly.  He REALLY wasn't used to dealing
with acquaintances that kept to themselves.  Suddenly, Aeka and Ryoko
didn't seem too bad after all.  He could only hope the other 6 Tuxedo
Warriors that he was to work with weren't anything as hard to approach as
these two.

Idly, he wondered what kind of boys would the Star Warriors be like. 

*		*		*		*		*		*

At the same time, three young people were heading out of a cinema when a
sudden need to sneeze overtook all three of them at once.

"ACHOOO!!"

"Bless you, Ukyou." The blond, short-haired girl said to her long haired,
androgynously beautiful companion.

"Bless yourself, Yui." Kuonji Ukyou said as she adjusted the spatula on her
back, "Somebody must have been talking about me."

"Probably that Ranma-guy again." A tall, short-haired girl in a rather
lady-like dress spoke up with a masculine sneer that looked rather out of
place on her.  "Seriously!  As if it ain't enough that he had dumped you
after stringing you on all these time, but to tell everybody that you're
trying to kill that Akane chick . . . how low.  I was there when you and
Shampoo practiced activating those flash-bombs: they weren't even strong
enough to lift a paper off the ground!"

"Men, they'll say anything just to get themselves off the blame." Hongo Yui
sighed.  

Ukyou simply sighed as she looked up towards the stars.  "It's alright.
I'll survive somehow: I always did in the past."

"Still, it is SO unfair! Oh, sometimes, I really wish that I can be a man
myself so that I can have THAT much power over women . . ."

Ryuunosuke coughed as she spoke up.  "Believe me, you DON'T want to be
forced into being I man like I was."

Yui stared guiltily back at her.  "Sorry, Ryuunosuke.  I was being
insensitive."

"It's all right," Fujinami Ryuunosuke smirked, "besides, I owe it to you to
be able to look like such a girl tonight.  Thanks for borrowing me this
dress."

"It's no problem." Yui smiled.  "You looked so beautiful in it!" 

"Ryuunosuke," Ukyou spoke up hesitantly, "I don't mean to meddle with your
relationship with your dad, but I think it's about time that you should
consider moving out and away from him: nobody should have to live a lie
like this."

"But . . . I've gotten used to him, and he is my dad.  If only I can
convince him that a girl is just as worthy as a boy, then maybe he's let me
go back to being a girl again."  Ryuuosuke smirked as she remembered
something, "Ah, that Chinese girl . . . I envy her."

Ukyou raised an eyebrow.  "Shampoo?  Yeah.  Where she came from, women were
treated as superior to men instead of vice-versa as in Japan.   It turned
out her law didn't exactly specify the time limit in which she had to marry
Ranma . . . or if she had to marry Ranma at all for that matter.  She just
needed to chose a man capable of defeating her as her husband, that's all.
And now, she had happily gone back to China without even the remote fear of
dishonor.  If my engagment with Ranma was that simple, then dad wouldn't
have forced me to abandon my womanhood in the first place."  She flexed her
arms in the air as she pressed down a yawn.  "Now that Ranma had finally
showed just how much he dislikes me, I can finally put this whole twisted
mess behind me and start over again."

"Men," Yui spat. "who needed those bakas?"

Sighing at the injustice of it all, the three girls went deeper and deeper
into the night crowd and disappeared among them.

*		*		*		*		*		*		
In the realm of dreams . . .

Highlighted by the moon behind him, the tuxedo-clad figure of the slender
boy was graceful and surreal at the same time.  Smiling tenderly, he tilted
his head to look at the dreamer with his warm, gentle eyes as his short,
hampered ponytail waved in the wind . . .

/I am the senshi born of the love and righteousness of all: Tuxedo Moon./

In a gallant gesture, he reached out a hand towards the dreamer.

/The time of change had come . . ./ 

/The forgotten . . . shall be remembered./

/Fellow Tuxedo Warrior. . . it's time to wake up./         

*		*		*		*		*		*	

Kasama Haruhiko woke up from his bed with a start.

<A moon dream?  But . . . it didn't seem to be anything from my past life .
. .> 

/Tuxedo warrior. . . it's time to wake up./

<Tuxedo warrior?  But I was just an alien scientist reseaching the
activities on earth.  I guess, if I could sleep again and see what happens
. . .>

With that, he closed his eyes and prepared himself for whatever visions
that may come.

*		*		*		*		*		*

Saotome Ranma woke up from his bed with a start.

"Oh, man!  What a freaky dream . . .  that kid was so %$^$&%$
SISSY-looking! Man, I am NEVER gonna read Akane's manga again: they don't
term them shoujo for nothing."

Just then, the door to his room slid open as a mallet flew in and clobbered
him over the head.  Standing outside, the pajama-clad Akane fumed.

"Ranma!  How dare you woke me up just to complain about my mangas!  Fine!
See if I ever borrow any of my stuff to you again!"

With that, she huffed and turned away as Ranma regained his senses and hurl
an insult back at her retreating figure.

"UNCUTE TOMBOY!"

Flipping back down onto his futon, Ranma grumbled to himself.  "And to
think I give up Ucchan's okonomiyaki and Shampoo's nuki-men just for her .
. ."

/Tuxedo warrior. . . it's time to wake up./

Ranma shivered at the memory of the dream.

<Yeah right, like ANY real-life guy is dopey enough to fight in tuxedo.
Even Kuno wouldn't go THAT far.>

Shrugging off the memory, the pigtail boy fell back into his deep, restful
sleep.

*		*		*		*		*		*

Urameshi Yussuke woke up from his bed with a start.

/Tuxedo warrior. . . it's time to wake up./

<Oh man!  I gotta have cooler dreams than THAT!  Damned Keiko's anime tapes
are getting to me . . . but it was so vivid.  Could that boy be a youka
trying to invade my dreams?> 

Bothered by the possibilities, Yussuke cursed silently as he realized that
he can't go back to sleep that night.  Either way, he was going to have a
word with the others tomorrow to see if another demon had escaped into the
human world again.

*		*		*		*		*		* 

Minamino Shuichi woke up from his bed with a start.

<That dream . . . it's a message from someone with inhuman powers, I'm sure
of it.  That boy . . . was he a youka?  His aura is not human.  Yet . . .
it seemed to be a warm, gentle kind of aura, too pure to be that of any
creatures from the demon world.>

/Tuxedo warrior. . . it's time to wake up./

<Either way, I'd better talk to the others about it tomorrow.  This could
be important. As for now . . .>

Closing his eyes, the half-human youko lost himself once again in the
multiple shades of dreams as he tried to trace the source of the message
with his own youko magic.

*		*		*		*		*		*

Nanjo Kouji and Izumi Takuto woke up in the same bed with a start.  Looking
at their awakened partner, neither knew what to say till Kouji broke the ice.

"Takuto-chan, I just had the strangest dream . . ."

/Tuxedo warrior. . . it's time to wake up./

"I've dreamt the same thing too, Kouji.  Does this mean . . ."

"Yes,"  Kouji said with a serious expression, "we really shouldn't have
stayed up that late for the Bishonen Anime Marathon: it's messing up our
brains."

"Baka,"  Takuto knocked Kouji over the head half-heartedly, "I'm not the
one who was drooling over those effeminate looking CLAMP guys."

"Actually," Kouji leaned closer towards Takuto and abruptly rolled him onto
his stomach as he pinned him down, "you did seem to get pretty . . .
excited when Tekkoman transformed in his nude . . ."

"Hey, quit it!"  Takuto yelped as he tried to throw Kouji off his back,
"I'm too tired for this . . ."

"I don't care, you've been bad: and bad little boys deserved to be
punished."  Kouji growled in a mean voice as Takuto gasped.

"Yamete!"

Ignoring Takuto's protests, Kouji proceeded to . . . tickle the daylights
out of him as the latter struggled to no avail.  Neither of them got to
sleep for the rest of the night.

*		*		*		*		*		*

Meanwhile, deep within the darkness that served as her bed, Sailor Galaxia
abruptly woke up with the horrific revelation she had gotten within her dream.

 /I am the senshi born of the love and righteousness of all: Tuxedo Moon./

<Dammit!  It appeared that those Sailor brats had managed to reawaken their
seconds after all.  Even though I am already invincible, its better to play
it save by getting rid of them before they could become too much of a
threat to my plans.>

Smirking , the Sailor Senshi of chaos called out to the seemly empty
darkness in front of her. 

"Sailor Succubus!!"

A viciously curvy humanoid form in a evil looking sailor suit appeared in
front of her and bowed down.

"Yes, most powerful of all warriors?"

"The secondary senshi had been awakened . . . go take a trip to earth and
lure them out.  Afterwards, it's up to you to decide how to toy with them
before making the kill.  I trust that you know how to deal with naughty
little boys?"

"Of course . . ."  Sailor Succubus licked her lips, "is that all, my
mistress?"

"That . . . and to bring me their star seeds after you are done.  Do not
fail me, Succubus."

"I won't, my mistress."

With that, Sailor Succubus vanished into the surrounding darkness as
Galaxia laughed evilly.  "HmhmhmhmhmHMHMHMHMHMHMHM!!!  Insolent girls, if
you can't defeat me, what makes you think that your seconds will even have
a chance?  HahahahahahHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!!!!"

As such, Galaxia laughed the night away within her dark zone as she
patiently wait for her powers to be restored.


Adrian Wong
April 8, 1998.