Prologue In another dimension, Queen Beryl, former leader of the now destroyed Negaforce and Wiseman, the supernatural warrior formerly in control of the Dark Moon Family, knelt before a great throne. Armies of youma stood around the throne, looking at Queen Beryl and Wiseman, scared at what may happen to them. On the throne, a great black mist sat, fixing his attention on his failed subordinates. "So Queen Beryl, is it true? Queen Metallia was destroyed and you foolishly lost your four generals, Jaedite, Nephrite, Zoycite, and Kunzite?" boomed the big boss. Queen Beryl had been shaking. Her master, the great spirit Ikari, embodiement of anger, demanded to know why she had failed. "It...it...it is true, my master. The wretched mortal who calls herself Sailor Moon beat my....," she stuttered. "Silence!" boomed Ikari, firing red bolts at Beryl. The bolts flew through her, boiling her insides. Causing unspeakable pain, she screamed out so loud that the room shook. Ikari then turned his attention to Wiseman. "And my dear Wiseman," started Ikari, who could clearly see the hooded figure of Wiseman trembling, "You too failed? You lost the entire Dark Moon family and failed to get the ginzuishou from both the rabbit of the future and the rabbit of the past?" "The one who defeated me was also the mortal Sailor Moon...," he explained, but Ikari stared him down and Wiseman shut his mouth. Ikari though about this. "This Sailor Moon. She must be very powerful if she was able to defeat my two subordinates. And the ginzuishou. Is it as powerful as believed?" asked Ikari. Both Beryl and Wiseman nodded. The mist continued to rest on his throne while brooding. If the ginzuishou was truly this powerful, then it would give him enough power to cross into the realm of mortals. And once over, his legions of youma would conquer the world and destroy humanity. "I shall give both of you another chance. Get the ginzuishou! Do not fail me again!" commanded Ikari. After the two were dismissed, Ikari summoned one of his greater commanders. "Summon the Ikari Death Squadron. I have a job for Hellbaron!" he said, smirking somehow through his black mist form. ********************** Drop me a line at fp01@hotmail.com. Tell me what you think! Also watch for more of the story soon. Episode 1 Part 1 A 757 from ANA Airlines touched down on the runway at JFK International Airport. Several Japanese visitors got off, amonst them a group of six girls and a college man. Usagi Tsukino (the alter ego of Sailor Moon) was already snapping pictures with her camera. "Get a grip, odango atama!" joked Mamoru Chiba, "It's just an airport!" "I thought you said you stopped calling me that!" shouted Usagi angrily. Ami Mizuno interrupted them. "We have to go through passport control, baggage, and finally customs," the bright Japanese girl reminded them. Indeed the long process of entering the United States seemed to take hours. But Usagi was very patient strange enough.. Her uncle Shigeru, owner of an electronics store on 43rd street, had invited Usagi and her friends to stay in the United States for a few weeks. This had been her first time out of Japan. It would be interesting to see New York. After going through a long process of customs and a lengthy interrogation by the passpower authorities (Usagi assured them that they were only staying on vacation), they took an airport shuttle van to Manhattan to an apartment building near Rockerfeller Center. Her uncle Shigeru lived in a big penthouse apartment up near the top of the building. Since it was big, there was pleny of room for her and her friends. Pulling up in front, she was greeted by Shigeru and his wife, Mizuki. They exchanged bows and kisses for a few minutes and then the concierge staff brought up their bags to the apartment. "Wow, I can't believe we're in New York City!" said Minako Aino excitedly. Chibi Usa was looking through a guidebook of New York sites and points of interests. Rei Hino looked at it too. "Madison Square Garden is big and so is Grand Central Station!" she commented. Usagi was probably the most excited. "New York is so cool! I look forward to it. Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the United Nations Building, NBC studios, Fifth Avenue, Carnaby Street," she said before Makoto Kino reminded her that Carnaby Street was in London, not New York. They were all interrupted by hissing noises. "Hey, when do we get out of these kitty carriers?" complained Luna, Sailor Moon's guardian, a black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead. Both Luna and Artemis, a white cat that was Sailor Venus's guardian, had to travel with them inside pet cages. Ami released them both. They jumped out of the kitty carriers, glad to get out of them at last. Luna looked over at Usagi. "Usagi-chan, just because we're on vacation don't let your guard down!" reminded Luna. Usagi laughed it off. "Luna, please," responded Usagi, "What could possibly happen?" Episode 1 Part 2 In another part of New York, at the firehouse that was the Ghostbusters' headquarters, the alarm bell rang just as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler, and Winston Zeddemore finished off their lunch of chicken flavored Rice-a-Roni. As they ran to the firepole, Slimer, the green ghost who was their mascot, made sure that the leftovers didn't go to waste. He picked up the pot with the leftover Rice-a-roni and dumped it into his mouth. "Rice-A-Roni, San Fransisco treat!" squealed slimer, relaxing after the meal. The Ghostbusters slid down the firepole and Peter got their assignment from Janine Melnitz, their secretary. "What is it today, Janine?" asked Peter taking the order from her. "There's some kind of red-skinned female ghost smashing up a jewelry store at Rockerfeller Center, Dr. Venkman," she said. Peter thought about that for a moment. "Must not be happy with their selection of rings," joked Peter. Realying the address to Egon already in their car, they all drove off in Ecto-1 and took off for Midtown. Arriving at Rockerfeller Center, the Ghostbusters dashed out from ecto-1, already with their proton packs strapped on. Egon checked the PKE meter. "According to these readins, the ghost is a class 6 feeding specter," he deduced, looking at the readings. Ray Stantz immediately recognized that reading. It had to be a youma. They were all too familiar with them. "Just try to trap it as soon as possible so it won't attempt to drain our energy," reminded the auburn haired occultist, switching on his proton pack. Following suit, the Ghostbusters entered the jewelry store, with their proton rifles drawn and ready to defeat the youma. "Where is the ginzuishou?!" demanded the youma knocking over a display case of diamond necklaces. "Excuse me, miss," said Peter, aiming at the youma, "But I don't think you should take 'service with a smile' that seriously." The youma was a red skinned demon with short, wavy purple hair. It wore green with several jewels adorning the green suit. "Do you have the ginzuishou?" snarled the youma, drawing a crystal shard from one of the jewels on its green bodysuit. It flung the spearlike shard at Winston who promptly crouched down only to have the shard puncture a fire extinguisher and have its foam get all over him. As soon as the youma fired the shard, Ray aimed and fired his proton thrower, hitting the youma right in the chest. Egon fired as well, snaring the youma in a confinement stream that acted as an energy cage to hold it in place. Peter reached for the trap he had on his pack and flung it down to the youma. Just then, to their surprise, the demon broke free of the streams. It drew another crystal shard and prepared to fire when a voice called out, "Crescent Beam!" An energy attack in the form of a crescent shot at the youma, hurting its hand and knocking away the shard. The attack caught the attention of the Busters who peered over in the direction where the attack came from. Over there they saw two teenage Japanese girls. Both wore tiaras and a sailor type uniform and had blond hair. Ray Stantz immediately recognized them. "Sailor Moon!" he greeted. Sailor Venus groaned for not being greeted though. sailor Moon turned her attention to the youma who was staring at both groups. "People love jewelry for their fine qualities and for bringing people together! And you should not be wrecking such symbolic diamonds!" On behalf of the moon," said Sailor Moon (in Japanese of course). "And on behalf of Venus," added Sailor Venus. "We'll punish you!" they both said. "Can the words!" barked Winston, "This isn't a Shakespeare festival!" Wasting no more time, he picked himself up, still in covered in foam from the extinguisher and blasted at the youma who was just about to draw another crystal shard. The other three Ghostbusters blasted at the youma as well. Held in place by four confinement streams, the youma was paralyzed and unable to manuever. Sailor Moon drew her Spiral Heart Moon Rod and now was ready to finish off the youma. "Moon Spiral Heart Attack!" she chanted, using her rod's destructive power. The attack engulfed the youma. Within seconds, it disintegrated into dust. The Busters shipped their throwers back onto the rests on the packs and Egon came forward, checking his PKE meter. He simply picked up residual traces of PK. He took a petri dish out from the left pocket of his jumpsuit. "Raymond," he aksed, handing the dish to Dr. Stantz, "I want you to take a sample of the youma's energy residue." He was referring to the powder left behind after Sailor Moon destroyed the youma. Ray went to gather some of the powder. Winston was busy brushing off the foam from the fire extinguisher. He wanted Peter to help him, but he was too busy staring at both Sailor Senshi as they changed back into their regular selves. Don't do a double take, Venkie, he thought to himself. After all, they both did look alike. Unfortunately Usagi was already taken by Mamoru Chiba, aka Tuxedo Kamen, and Peter accepted that. But he did seem to take an interest in Minako since she did look alot like Usagi. [Note: Guess who Peter likes.] Episode One-Part Three "Minako," asked Peter, "Do you have a boy......?" Peter was nervous and stammering. Minako giggled. Winston put a hand on Peter's shoulder. "Steady there, casanova," mentioned Winston, We have to go back to the firehouse." Minako heard that. "May we come too? I have a strange feeling about this," the blond haired girl asked, trying to speak in her best English. Egon nodded. Usagi then told the Ghostbusters that they were going to go and get their friends. Peter was the first to start out to Ecto-1. As he walked to the exit of the jewelry store, he turned to face Minako. "Well, I guess I'll see you at the firehouse," said Peter. With that he took to his heels and dashed out the front door. His strange behavior left Minako wondering, but Usagi smiled. "Oh," she realized. Peter Venkman liked Minako Aino. ***************************** At the firehouse, Egon Spengler and Raymond Stantz spent much time, analyzing the dust left behind by the destroyed youma. Ami was assisting them. She had managed to connect her own computer to Egon's and was running a cross check on the youma's remains. Minako was talking with Janine about the United States and how she loved it. "So do you speak English well?" Janine asked, handing her a cup of green tea. "We studied English before we left. We are staying with Usagi's uncle, Shigeru, and he has been able to get us anything we need, though," she explained, trying her English and sipping green tea. Although everyone studied English before coming here, they still struggled before coming here, they still struggled with oral conversations and were better at reading and writing as most Japanese were with the English language. Nearby, Artemis and Luna hissed as Slimer, the green slimy ghost that was the Ghostbusters' mascot, came towards them. "Kitty cats!" shrieked Slimer as he hovered towards the two cats. As the green ghost reached out to pet Artemis, Minako's white cat clawed Slimer. But his claw just passed through Slimer's body, picking up a bunch of the ghost's green ectoplasm. "Don't want to hurt you! Just want to pet you, kitty!" shrieked Slimer. He reached out again. He scratched Artemis' head. The cat seemed to actually enjoy this and purred affectionately. Artemis didn't seem to mind. Artemis didn't seem to mind being petted by a ghost. Then Slimer turned to Luna. He came forwards, trying to pick her up but instead crashed into the black cat. Luna was covered in slime. "Yuck! He slimed me!" complained Luna. ______________________________________________________