This is the revised version of pt. 2 of Sailor Trigger.
Anyone who expects me to revise pt. 3 had better send me some C&C, be
it in the form of a MST, flame, troll, or what have you.

PS. Never fear, Koban the Ninja Kat is here!

Sailor Trigger
Part 2 - the Day of Dread
A Sailor Moon/Chrono Trigger/AkaiRyuu(Red Dragons) crossover fanfic by
Koban Hiryuuno(kobanh@yahoo.com).
With help from Knightshade(Im@Not.telling.com).

Legal notes:
Chrono Trigger, and all characters derived from it are the property of
Akira Toriyama, and are used without permission.
Sailor Moon, and all characters derived from it are the property of
Naoko Takeuchi, and are also used without permission.
Red Dragons, and all characters derived from it are the property of
Koban Hiryuuno, and are used with permission.
Knightshade is the property of Craig Case, and is used with permission.

Story notes:
For the senshi, this story takes place sometime between "Treed" and
"Serena Times Two" in the Sailor Moon R series.
In the theoretical AkaiRyuu timeline, this takes place soon after
Genjiboy returns to Tefohr after failing to find the Genji Glove.
This story takes place on the Chrono Trigger world in the year 1999.

Additional notes:
(see pt.1 -- a Wrong Turn)
====
	Sixty-five million years ago, a meteor containing an alien life form
crashed into the surface of Arinia, killing the saurian Reptites and
plunging it into a cruel ice age. The alien, Lavos, has spent the last
65 million years recuperating, and is about to emerge from Arinia's
crust and destroy nearly all life. It is up to seven brave Time
Travelers to stop Lavos, but they could use a little help...
	After arriving where Lavos is supposed to emerge several months
early, and unable to return to their own era, the Time Travelers
encounter a group of young girls who call themselves the Sailor
Senshi. A battle between them is interrupted by a group of five
teenagers known as the Red Dragons. After a short meeting, it is
agreed that Lavos is a serious problem, and that the three groups
should join forces, increasing humanity's chance for survival.
----
	The morning after the meeting, the Senshi, the Time Travelers, and
the Red Dragons decided to go to Bangor for various reasons. They
passed an ice cream store, and...
	"Rei can I borrow some GP to get ice cream?" Serena asked.
	"No," replied Rei, "We should save our money."
	"Come on, Rei! Pretty please?"
	"I said 'no!'"
	"But-" THWACK! Rei slapped her upside the head. Serena fell backwards
and started bawling.
	"Crying like a child," Magus said partly to himself.
	"Why does everybody hate meee?" Serena whined.
	"Because you're weak!" Magus shouted. "And Lavos eats the weak! Shape
up while you can!"
	"I just wanted some money for ice cream!"
	"Then fight a monster!"
	Serena got up and walked away from the group, grumbling.
	"Who knows," Magus said under his breath, "maybe she'll take my
advice, and end up getting eaten..."
----
	Serena soon lost her bearings, and ended up in the forest just west
of Bangor. She walked along, thinking, until she heard an unearthly
noise. She looked around, and saw a roughly basketball-sized rodent
roll out of a bush.
The rodent, which was called a "Rock and Roly," snarled at her.
	"Moon... Crystal... Power!" Serena shouted, transforming into the
"pretty sailor-suited soldier" Sailor Moon. Serena pulled her Cutie
Moon Rod from the extra-dimensional space she kept it in, and primed
it. Aiming the Moon Rod, she shouted, "Moon... Sceptre...
Elimination!" The Moon Rod shot out thousands of crescent-shaped
sparks at the Rock and Roly.
	The sparks passed harmlessly through the rodent. It bit Serena on the
leg, and she screamed in pain.
	"Get the hell offa my leg, you wierd little ball-thingy!"
----
	Koban, who happened to be in the woods meditating at the time, heard
Serena screaming and ran towards her. He grabbed the Rock and Roly and
threw it into a tree, killing it. Then he bandaged Serena's leg.
Serena bigsweated, and she said, "I've gotta learn to fight. This is
pathetic!"
	Koban was about to say something about how most kids her age wouldn't
have had any trouble with one of those, but he decided not to. He was
not terribly compassionate towards most people, but he was not cruel.
----
	Meanwhile, back at the tour of Bangor...
	"And this is the main control panel for the dome shield." The tour
guide droned.
	"So... Boring... ZzzzZz... Huh? Wha?" Mina drowsed.
	Fighting off sleep as well, Rei nodded. "He sounds just like that
American actor, Ben Stein."
	"Whose idea was it to tour the city's security system, anyway?" Lita
grumbled.
	Lucca paused in her examination of the control panel and said, "I
happen to enjoy learning about complex technological systems."
	"And people sometimes tell *me* to get a life," Ami said.
	Everything was routinely boring until Serena stumbled in, tripped
over a loose floor panel and hit the guard robot's control panel. The
12-foot tall robot made some strange scrambled noises, then scooped up
a couple of people and started juggling them whilst singing a part
from The Who's *Quadrophenia,* which would have created a very funny
picture for an independent observer. Koban entered the room, and,
witnessing the scene, managed to stop himself from laughing long
enough to say, "Looks like we'd better take this thing off-line."
	Five transformations and 12 weapons draws later...
	Crono and frog ran toward the robot and simultaneously slashed their
swords at the robot when their paths crossed. Immediately afterward,
Ayla jumped and landed on the robot's head, spinning like a drill. All
three of them were surprised that the robot was apparently unfazed by
the perfect 3-D Attack they had just performed.
	"Mars... Fire... Ignite!" Rei shouted, releasing a fireball at the
robot. The fireball richocheted off of the robot's skin and headed
right back at her. Robo quickly removed her from the fireball's path.
The 17 fighters used every attack at their disposal on the robot, but
to no avail.
	"We've thrown everything at it but the kitchen sink!" Koban shouted.
	Magus hurled a kitchen sink at the robot.
	"I had to say it..."
	"I had to do it," Magus responded.
	The sink hit the robot and knocked open its head, exposing the wiring
inside. Koban leapt onto the robot's head, then cut the wires with his
katana.
	The robot's eyes went dark, it made a coughing/hiccuping/wheezing
sound,and it fell forward at the hips until its torso almost touched
the ground.
	Erick looked at the robot and said to the tour guide, "You'd better
fix that. Someone could get hurt."
	Koban rolled his eyes and said to Erick, "Just when one might think
you were actually getting smarter..."
----
	After returning from Bangor to the Hidden Citadel, the girls decided
to relax for awhile in the large tub near the Training Room. Soon they
began chatting and telling each other funny stories about some of the
more mundane aspects of their lives.
	"...And Rei said, 'Why should *you* get to play Snow White?'" said
Lita. "And I said, 'Because I have more "talent" than you!'"
	After enjoying a hearty laugh, Akira said, "That may be true, but I
have at least as much talent as the both of you put together."
	"Well, at least *mine* are real!"
	Akira was about to say something about how every boy Lita met
reminded her of the first guy she'd ever slept with, but Serena
pre-empted her by saying, "I have the most talent of anybody, because
I am Sailor Moon!"
	All of the girls bigsweated, and Akira said under her breath, "She
just doesn't get it."
	At the same time, Haeleth, Crono and Koban, who had been
eavsdropping, were laughing hysterically.
----
	After what was referred to as "the Rock and Roly-Robot incident,"
Serena decided to learn to use the boomerang. Her first few attempts
were less than successful, resulting in quite a few scratches and
bruises. This bothered her, because she used to be so good at throwing
her Moon Tiara...
	When she entered the Hidden Citadel, Koban took one look at her and
said, "It's a good thing you haven't tried learning with one of those
edged boomerangs. You probably would end up cutting off your hand. Or
your head."
	"Thanks for the support," Serena grumbled, walking into her room.
	"Baka," Koban said, then continued practicing his flute playing.
	After about a week of bumps, bruises, and other mishaps, Serena
decided to find someone to teach her to throw and catch correctly. She
hired a combat trainer, Alex from Arris for 75 GP a lesson.
	"The problem with what you're doing, Serena," Alex said, "is that
you're holding the boomerang too close to the center. Hold the end of
the boomerang in your hand like so, keep your arm straight, move the
other arm out of the way, and swing your arm like this. Good! Now,
faster. That's it! This time, when you reach the middle of your swing,
let it go. Perfect! Watch for it, and grab it out of the air... Now!"
By the time Serena finished her training for the day, she had only
been hit once, when a bird distracted her by diving at her. After five
lessons, Serena had gained enough skill to be able to hunt monsters by
herself. After fighting some Rock and Rolys, she learned how to throw
her boomerang so that it circled around her twice then returned!
----
	When Serena came back to the house, she was absolutely ecstatic.
	"I think I've learned a tech!"
	"Really?" asked Marle. "What do you call it?"
	"Round Return."
	Serena went to the training room and demonstrated her new tech to
everyone.
	"Big deal," Magus interjected, "you're still weak!"
	The others made comments, but their words were lost on her.
----
	The next day Serena went back into the woods.
	"I'll show that dirty Magus!" Serena grumbled to herself. "I'll kill
more monsters!"
	She came upon a small bush, and heard movement within it.
	"Here we go," Serena said, pulling out her boomerang.
	The bush roared menacingly.
	Serena turned pale. "Eep!"
	Suddenly, a huge snake slid out from under the bush. It was purple,
and had what looked like a collar several inches from where its head
ended. It was a Gnasher, and was mostly harmless. Serena didn't know
this of course, so she freaked out as only she could.
	"EEEEEEEK! Giant Snake!" Remembering herself, she pulled her Moon
Scepter out to see if it would work on this creature. "Moon...
Scepter... Elimination!"
	The Scepter shot out a cloud of pretty gold dust. The dust quickly
proved itself useless.
	The Gnasher bit Serena on the leg.
	"Leggo my leg!" Serena shouted.
	"It too yummy!" the Gnasher growled.
	Serena's leg started gushing blood out of the large bite wound.
	Serena decided to try again.
	"Moon... Scepter... Elimination!"
	The crown at the end of the Moon Rod flickered, hurled out a puff of
smoke, and shattered. The small flashing lights along the side of the
large red bulb at the top blew out. Serena shook the scepter. It made
a sound like a burnt out light bulb. The Gnasher then bit Serena in
the chest. Serena was losing a lot of blood and was stooping. She
tried using her boomerang attack. The boomerang hit the Gnasher and it
slithered back a few steps. As the boomerang was about to hit the
Gnasher again, he ate it!
	Just when Serena thought that she was going to be seriously dead, she
felt a kiss on her forehead. She had regained some of her energy, and
her wounds healed slightly. She stood up and found herself
face-to-face with Ayla, Crono's Cro-Magnon companion.
	"Ayla follow. Help friend."
	"It's gonna eat me!" Serena said, pointing to the Gnasher. She kicked
at its head. The Gnasher ducked and responded by biting her in the butt.
	"Hentai hebi!"
Ayla picked Serena up and threw her onto the Gnasher. Just before she
landed, Serena pulled out a spare boomerang and hit it in the head.
	"Buggery!" the Gnasher thought just before its head was crushed.
	"Anyone got a roll of gauze?" Serena asked no one in particular.
	Serena and Ayla walked home, rather slowly.
	"You almost die," Ayla reminded Serena.
	"I had him right where I wanted him!" Serena argued. "I need some
Neosporin."
	"Gnasher almost eat you. After eat weapon, you next on menu."
	Serena rubbed where she had been bitten and winced. "That was one
perverted snake!"
----
	When they got home, Koban examined Serena's wounds.
	"One casting of Cure 2 should heal those wounds, but you'll probably
end up with a slight scar on your butt. It's a good thing that Ayla
was there, or you'd be dead."
	"Look, Koban," Serena said, "I don't need your criticisms."
	"I'm not criticizing. I'm just saying that there's no shame in
running if you meet a monster that's too big for you. Meanwhile, I'd
invest in some form of armor."
----
	It was now the middle of May and Koban was meditating before a fire.
Sitting next to him was Rei who was asking the fire to tell her of the
future. Rei's eyes were rolled back into her head, and she seemed to
be in a trance. Suddenly, Koban stiffened, and his head was filled
with voices. They seemed familiar, yet displaced, as if he was
receiving a very faint signal on a radio. In fact, it felt exactly
like it had felt so long ago when a hiryuu had told him to seek out
the "Darkest of the Dark."
	The first voice sounded more like a cross between a high-pitched
whine, a gurgling noise, and a roar. Then he could make out voices.
Human voices.
	"Serena!... Her neck's been snapped, and all of her ribs are
broken... Can't you heal her?... She's too far gone... The same thing
happened to Schala, and Crono couldn't heal her... If you don't do
something, I'll break her leg!... Put Sandra down! Breaking her leg
won't bring Serena back, Lita... Sandra!... Get her out, Lita!... You
wouldn't help Serena, so why should I help you?... Damn it, Lita!...
No! I won't!..."
	Again he heard that strange roar/whine/gurgle. The next thing he knew
Sandra was shaking him. He looked in her eyes and shouted, "No! You
won't let her die! I won't let you!"
	"Koban!" Sandra said, waving a cup of tea under his nose. "Snap out
of it!"
	"I think I've just had a... vision of the future."
----
	At the end of time, Spekkio, the guardian of magic and god of war,
scoured the vastness of time for disturbances in the magical web of
history. He viewed all the time zones, pre-Day of Lavos 1999 last.
Suddenly he gasped.
	"Where the hell did those girls come from?"
	Spekkio examined each one's aura quickly.
	"What the hell is going on! I don't remember giving any of them
magic! That girl with the pigtails, she has the strongest will of them
all, and yet she possesses no magic. I'll soon change that! This is
too rare to pass up!"
----
	Meanwhile...
	Serena was asleep, dreaming of Darien and cream pies. But that soon
changed.
	"Serena... Serena..."
	Serena suddenly found herself in a strange, gothic-looking square. In
the center was an 18th-century style lamp post, with an old man in a
heavy robe leaning against it, sleeping and blowing bubbles out of his
nose.
	"Eww!" Serena said. "And they say *I'm* a heavy sleeper..."
	"Come here, child..." the voice said, "Behind the door over there..."
	Serena entered the room and saw what looked like a frog standing in
the center of the room.
	"What are you staring at?" he asked Serena.
	"I'm not sure yet. You're cute, but, what do you want with me?"
	"I am Spekkio, god of war, and guardian of magic. I brought you here
to help you."
	"How is a frog supposed to help me?"
	"My shape depends upon your aura."
	"My aura's a frog? I always thought it would be a rabbit."
	"No, your aura is weak so I look weak to you."
	"You wouldn't happen to know a guy named Magus, would ya?"
	"Yes. He was a rude one. When I told him he possessed Shadow magic,
he just gave me a look and said, 'well, of course!' Enough! Time to
evaluate your character. Relax and close your eyes..."
	Serena did so. Spekkio's eyes narrowed and he stared at Serena.
Suddenly, a crescent moon appeared on her forehead, and her eyes opened.
	"What did you do to me?" She nearly shouted.
	"I evaluated your character. It is as I thought. You are strong in
will, but weak in body. Walk around the room three times,
counter-clockwise."
	Serena walked around the room three times, but she noticed that she
was walking clockwise.
	"Oh, heck. I went backwards, didn't I?" Serena said, turning slightly
red in the cheecks.
	Spekkio, obviously frustrated, frowned and said to himself, "She's
not very bright, is she?" Then, to Serena, he said, "When you go
around the room three times, the right way, you will gain the magic of
the moon."
	Serena said, "What good will that do? I already have the power of the
Moon." Trying to talk as she walked, she tripped. "D'oh! Could you
give me a hand?"
	"If you don't learn to stand up for yourself, you'll never get
anywhere."
	Serena got back up and completed her three laps.
	"Right direction this time. Good! You now know Lunar Boost, which
will increase your strength during battle. This is the first spell you
will learn. If you practice, eventually, you will master the moon's
magic."
	"Thanks!"
	"You are welcome. Now... Begone!"
----
	Serena sat up in bed, sweating.
	"What a weird dream..." Serena said to herself.
	"Dream?" Spekkio's voice echoed in her mind. "Your time will come
soon enough... Just don't forget. Clear?"
	"Umm... Okay." Serena pulled the covers over herself and went back to
sleep.
----
	After the fire reading, Koban was visibly shaken. Frog decided to
talk to him and maybe arrange a mock-battle to test their relative
strength. The formerly human knight from 600 A.D. sat next to Koban.
	"I wish to know of thy skill, Koban," He began. "What be thy weapon?"
	Koban's eyes seemed to light up with a mystic fire that had been
absent since the day of the fire reading. "I am the sworn protector of
the twin ninja swords of Masamune and Murasame."
	"What on Earth? Thou haveth the Masamune as well?"
	Frog unsheathed his sword, followed by Koban.
	"Aha! My Masamune is quite a bit thinner," Koban stated, "and black
as well."
	"Aye, though they be the same in name, they are quite different. Thou
possesseth a katana, and I posses a broad sword!"
	"Mine has the red dragon inscribed on the blade, going down to the
hilt."
	"Mine is much plainer, yet it houses two mystic beings."
	"Mine was carved from the tooth of the Red Dragon."
	Magus walked into the room, looking for the kitchen.
	"Comparing your might, eh?" He said in is his usual, blase tone.
	"Beware, Magus," Frog said to him, "there be two Masamunes now!"
	"Rubbish!" Magus said, with the tiniest hint of fear in his dark red
eyes.
	Frog stood up and walked next to Magus, then pointed the Masamune at
him.
	A shiver went through Magus' 7 foot tall frame, then he said, "Get
that thing away, toad, or I'll turn you into a rabite."
	"Try yours, Koban," Frog said, withdrawing back to where he was
sitting.
	"Damn..."
	Koban stood up and did the same as Frog. Magus smiled slightly.
	"It feels warm, almost comforting."
	"This be one fine mystery," Frog commented.
	"Indeed," Magus replied.
	"It's weird all right," Koban added.
	"A light Masamune," Frog continued, "and a dark Masamune. Or so it
seems."
	"I never specifically said mine was a dark one. But, as they say,
'the proof is in the pudding.'"
	"Well, if Magus taketh a liking to it, it must be enchanted with some
type of dark magic."
	"A Ninja does not dabble in dark magic. The Ninja should not succumb
to evil influences."
	"Let me see those things," Magus said, snatching both Masamunes. He
shivered from touching Frog's Masamune, yet Koban's Masamune seemed to
counteract the effect of the other one.
	Koban drew his other blade from its scabbard, and examined it. It
looked identical in nearly every way, except that it was blue and
shorter by a foot.
	"The Murasame seems to be sleeping..." he muttered.
	"Hmm..." Magus thought out loud, "Suppose if we melted the blades of
these two swords, and reforged them together?"
	Koban advanced on Magus, brandishing the Murasame in his hand.
	"No way buddy! I have taken a solemn vow to let no harm come to the
Masamune, or to this blade!"
	"That would either make a *very* powerful sword," Frog mused, "or it
would completely destroy the balance of nature."
	"'Twas only an idea," Magus said."
	"Well," Koban said, taking the Masamune back from Magus, "Don't let
that thought cross your mind again, wizard!"
	"Mayhap thou wouldst like to have a mock battle in the training
room," Frog said, looking at Koban's Masamune.
	"Where was I?" Magus asked himself. "Ah, yes..." Magus walked into
the kitchen.
	"That should be very interesting," Koban said.
----
	After the battle, Frog put a damp towel on his head and sat down on a
mat.
	"That was quite a battle," Koban said, watching Frog dip the towel in
a bucket of water, and place it on his head again.
	"Yes," Said Frog. "We did not hit each other once, and we were not
trying to avoid hitting each other."
----
	That night, before Magus went to sleep, he reached into his pack and
pulled out a calendar. He waved his hand over it, and another day was
crossed out.
	He flipped the leaves over, counting the number of unmarked squares
left before the one labeled "Revenge."
====
Ending notes:
This is a minor rewrite of Sailor Trigger pt. 2: The Day of Dread.
I'll probably do pt. 3 soon, and then, depending on the general
response, I'll try to tackle AkaiRyuu next.
Any and all C&C is welcome, especially MSTings.





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