--Alan -- Nega-Hell #5. Long, tedious, and curiously fun. #################################################### MST: Masks & Dragons, chapter 1 A "Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon" story Nega-Hell 5.2 Original by WandererD Treatment by Alan #################################################### Notice: This story has been re-formatted from HTML. Aside from a few space-bar errors, the original content has not been changed. -- Cherry blossoms floated through the room as the two individuals faced each other. Zoisite looked up at the object of her affection, and asked, "Oh, Nuriko-sama... must you be leaving so soon?" Tears filled the general's eyes. Nuriko, who couldn't keep from smirking, told her, "Zoisite, you may be my biggest fan--and that's saying a lot. However, I must return to my own world. Since the Villains Unlimited group brought me here, they must also bring me back, or face losing their contract." He paused in mid-thought. He glanced first at the awaiting television, then back at the weeping general. "You'll be back someday, won't you?" asked Zoisite. He thought about this for a second. "Possibly," the Star said, "It all depends on the whims of the conspiracies. If they have preordained my destiny, so be it." Nuriko laughed quietly at his joke. Right then, Zoisite burst (so to speak). She threw her arms around the man's shoulders, and exclaimed, "Thank you so much! I didn't believe that you would actually bother with us lowly peons." Her embrace caused Nuriko's elaborate clothing to slip down from his right shoulder. "I... I... don't know what to say," she whispered, right before she got a look. Nuriko stood there, his manly breast exposed. As he saw Zoisite gasping at him, he curled his lip. "You... you're a pervert!" Zoisite yelled. She kicked him, in the posterior, toward the television set. As he was sucked into the television, Nuriko whispered, "And so the story goes on..." Malachite, Nephlite, and Jadeite stood in the throne room. All were overcome by sweatdrops. The skit had ended badly, and so it was time to enter the theater. -- Door sequence: #6: A shower of ice crystals. #5: An elevator door, opening to nothing but blackness. #4: A prison gate, barred by thick chains. Falls apart. #3: A waterfall. The camera pans outwards. #2: A television screen, which sizzles and explodes. #1: A highway leading down to HELL! -- [The generals enter the small theater. The seating order is nothing new. From left to right: Jadeite, Malachite, Zoisite, and Nephlite.] NEPHLITE: Now... where were we? ZOISITE: Last time, someone yelled "Stop." NEPHLITE: That helps. >It turned around to glare at the idiot who would dare stop him, and >smiled. EternalSailor Moon stood silhouetted against the >half moon. "How dare you threaten a youngcouple in their moment of >intimacy! I am Sailor Moon, MALACHITE: No, you're Eternal Sailor Moon. JADEITE: Does it matter? MALACHITE: Of course not! JADEITE: ... > and in the name of the moon, I will >punish you!" The creature stood mutely, its smile gone and a huge >sweatdrop appearednext to his head. There was a small sound and it >turned around. There on the other side,standing on a lamppost was MALACHITE: --strangely enough, Amelia. NEPHLITE: No. She'd fit in *too* well. >Tuxedo Mask. Tux held a red rose in his right hand while hespoke; >"Love is one of the most beaurk!" JADEITE: [Tuxedo Mast] Ahem... let me try that again. ZOISITE: He's been attacked by the typo monster. > His tirade was stopped suddenly, >as thewinged creature held him up by the throat, JADEITE: Darth Monster! > and threw him to .the ground. Tuxedo Mask hitthe ground unceremoniously. Sailor Moon >jumped down next to him. "Tuxedo Mask!!"She was relieved when he >groaned and looked at her. "Damn, he's fast!" JADEITE: ... [The others stare at him.] NEPHLITE: [sotto] He's improving. > Thecreature looked at >his creations as they dug into the ground. "This is taking toolong!" >he snarled "Take care of all the intruders! I'll take care of it >fromnow!" Sailor Moon helped Tuxedo Mask up as the creatures moved >towards them. Theyjumped away when one of the creatures attacked. As >the rest of its body moved slowly, itpulled back and sent an >incredibly long arm flying MALACHITE: Oh, it's the long arm of the law. ZOISITE: Inspector Gadget's gone bad. > towards them at a great speed, the >others did the same, and soon Tux and Moon were busily trying to >avoid earth-made blades,maces and spiked balls. JADEITE: ... NEPHLITE: ! > The leader and >creator of the creatures stood hovering over thelarge hole its >servants had made. He then put his hands in-front of him and fired a >blueblast at the hole. The earth trembled. NEPHLITE: Could it be... the Clow Card? MALACHITE: [Hinoto] Another seal has been broken... JADEITE: World-u shaking! > >Tuxedo Mask jumped backwards and threw five roses at one of his >antagonists. The rosesembedded themselves in the creature. Then they >started to grow. Tuxedo Mask flinchedslightly. -Uh oh- soon all of >the creature was covered in rose foliage, and it continuedattacking. >Tux was barely able to avoid one of the attacks, and his cape was >shredded bythe thorns. ZOISITE: Every rose has its thorns, you know. NEPHLITE: Hang on... I just got a brilliant idea. > He gasped in surprise. Then he heard >laughter. "How stupid can you be?Throwing flowers at an Earth >Elemental!? That's a first! HA!" ZOISITE: Ash is getting awfully spiteful these days. > The leader had spokento him, never >taking his eyes from the hole as he blasted at it. "Yes, it is a >first,but it is within human nature to learn from its mistakes." Said >a new voice. Therewas a silver flash and the sound of a moving cape, >and MALACHITE: Zelgadis appeared! JADEITE: Ummm... I'd hope not. > Tuxedo Mask's attacker was blown topieces. Tux landed to a >halt and looked at his savior. > >He was covered from head to tow with a silver armor, a silver mask >covered his facerevealing only blue eyes, NEPHLITE: Shouldn't he be after Prince Arslan? > his head was >covered with a silver helm that closely resembledthe creature's >leader's head, a black cape that reached his ankles and a katana >that shonebrightly even if it was shadowed. The winged leader stopped >blasting at the hole andglared at the intruder. "Who are you and what >do you want?" "I'm knownas... Mask!, JADEITE: Oh, Kam' en! [Nephlite and Malachite groan.] ZOISITE: You mean as in "Come on"? [The same two continue to groan.] > as for what I want Jade... >your head... and the thing you're lookingfor." "I don't know how you >know my name, human. But you're going to find outthat my head will >stay where it is. As contrary to yours!" Jade NEPHLITE: Did you write a self-insertion, Jadeite? JADEITE: I'm not guilty *this* time! > then dived towards >'Mask' while the armored man looked back at Tux. "Try to feel the >center of theelemental's power! Attack there! Disrupt the spell!" He >was thrown back by the speedand strength of Jade. His feet left a >trail in the dirt as ZOISITE: --he wandered through the grasslands... > Jade slammed him against atree. Tuxedo Mask >transformed into Prince Endymion and pulled out his sword. He then >noticed the inner senshi jumping in to save Sailor Moon. "Mercury!" >he shoutedas he ran towards one of the elementals, "Find the origin >of NEPHLITE: --the species. > power in each creatureand destroy it!" Sailor Mercury nodded >and activated her computer. Endymionconcentrated and found that he >could feel the origin of power within the creature. Hepoised his >sword and jumped forward. > >Jade clawed at his opponent's armor, and was surprised to discover >that it didn't bendor break. JADEITE: [singing] And with the last step he ever takes... MALACHITE: *I* need to get back to the simple life. > He sighed inwardly, just more >work. Jade jumped into the air and fired a smallblast. Mask recovered >quickly however and sliced he blast with his katana, Jade opened >hiseyes widely and crossed his arms infront of him protectively as >the katana's cut sent awhite u shaped ray at him. JADEITE: I like Raye. A lot. NEPHLITE: As we have heard many, many times... > Jade closed his >eyes as the blast reached him, too fast for himto avoid. And the ray >cut deeply into his left forearm. As blood dripped from the wound,he >saw Mask sheathing his sword, and extend his armored fingers. >Surprised, Jade watchedas the armor seemed to create claws for Mask's >hands. ZOISITE: Now he's the Shredder. > Jupiter looked down at the craterJade had formed, and saw >something glistening between the dirt. Jumping down she took asmall >golden dragon statue, carefully detailed to the tiniest scale, she >half expected itto start breathing, to that extent was the >craftsmanship. MALACHITE: Is this necessary? Will we see it again? ZOISITE: Maybe it can transform. > She tossed it to Sailor Venus,who caught it as Jupiter >jumped out. Endymion had finished destroying the last of theearth >elementals, when they heard a war cry. > >Mask had launched himself at Jade who grabbed his outstretched claw >and tried to hitwith his own. Something seemed to glint in Jupiter's >eyes when she saw Jade. NEPHLITE: [beat] Another boyfriend clone? JADEITE: He's made of metal. > Rae noticedthis and was about to say >something when Jade threw Mask to the ground, following withhundreds >of small red blasts. Mask seemed to bounce of the ground with the >strength of theblow, when the blasts hit him. The dust flew up as all >blasts connected with the earth andhim. "JADE!!" Everyone turned to >look at Jupiter as she jumped at the creature. ZOISITE: Jupiter Pile Driver! > "You're going to pay >for everyone that you've hurt you sorry excuse for adragon!" She then >shot at him with a black energy blast. Jade, surprised, receivedthe >hit and grunted while Jupiter landed, confused, on the ground. MALACHITE: [Jade] I regret nothing... NEPHLITE: This just screams "Dragonball"! >She looked around. Howon Jupiter's name had she landed that far from >everyone? She hadn't run or jumped oranything... Then she heard the >roar. Turning around she gulped loudly. Jade was standinginfront of >her, his green scales covered with soot, his right wing hung useless >from hisback, grazing the ground, and his right shoulder and half his >face were badly burnt."DAMN YOU!!!" the green dragon shouted as he >fired a large black energy blast ather. JADEITE: More evil nega-energy. ZOISITE: You should take lessons from this Jade person. > Makoto saw her life pass >before her and she closed her eyes, she was engulfed in astrong wind >that seemed to try to pull her apart. She then felt something cold >fall overher. She opened her eyes quickly NEPHLITE: [Jupiter] Am I in Cephiro? > and grabbed the cause of >the extra weight with her hands.Jade was gone, and she was the only >thing preventing Mask from falling down. She was aboutto lie him down >when Ami stopped her. "Look at his back!" She said. Looking overher >shoulder she could see the armor was red hot, and she noticed a burnt >smell in theair. Ami using her powers cooled down the armor. Mask >grunted and looked up at her. MALACHITE: [Mask] Babes! ZOISITE: Malachite, Malachite, Malachite... > Hesuddenly jerked back. And looked at >the senshi. Specially at Jupiter, then he kneeled downlooking tired >and... disappeared. > >Those left, looked at each other confused, then hearing sirens ran >towards MALACHITE: --the sea. After all, sirens lure Sailors... [The others groan.] > a safehaven; the Temple. As she ran, Jupiter asked >herself the same question that lingered inthe minds of the others; >what had happened to her? > >Jade stumped through the tear in the wall into the space like place >where his masterwas, the streets of Tokyo disappeared as it closed. NEPHLITE: He's in the same organization as Birdy. ZOISITE: Who? NEPHLITE: Birdy the Mighty, of course. >He stumbled forward until he arrivedbefore his master, and, hissing >in pain, kneeled before him. The throne couldn't be seenclearly, nor >the creature that sat on it, but it had the same form Jade had, >although theaura of darkness that surrounded the other was >incredible. "Jade. Did you bring thestatue?" Jade flinched slightly >when he heard the cavernous voice, and was rewardedwith pain as his >burnt skin moved. "No my Lord." "Idiot!" ZOISITE: [sassy] Baka baka. JADEITE: If the "master" is anything like Beryl, he's dead. > the figurestepped forward >revealing another dragon like Jade, the only obvious differences were >theblack scales and the size. "How dare you show yourself without the >prize I sent youfor?!" "I... I'm sorry my Lord!!" Jade stammered and >moved back, painforgotten, "But I encountered resistance and..." The >black dragon MALACHITE: --always triumphs!! > seemed tonotice Jade's burns for the first time, as >well as the cuts in his arms. "Tell meeverything." He said flatly. > >"Okay," Said Rae as soon as they all were seated in the ground, JADEITE: [Rae] Well, Mr. Evil Overlord-Master, it all started when this school bus appeared, and... >Artemis andLuna had arrived shortly after and had found everyone >talking at once. It had taken sometime but Rae, being Rae, finally >shut them all up. "Let's get things straight, youstart Mamoru." NEPHLITE: I didn't know they even allowed him at their meetings. >Mamoru coughed softly. "Well, Usagi and I were walking down thepark >when we suddenly heard a scream," He conveniently avoided mentioning >Usagi'swhining about getting into another fight. "After changing we >arrived at the scene andfound that these earth elemental had scared a >couple that apparently found it. Thecreature ignored them and seemed >to start digging into the ground, ZOISITE: [Mamoru] ...but we figured it was a Diglett, and decided to ignore it. > when Jade appeared hewas about to >kill the two of them when we arrived. He was pretty fast and hit >me shortlyafter I had arrived. He then muttered something to the >elementals and they attacked uswhile he blasted a hole into the >earth." "That's when that Mask guy arrived,isn't it?" asked Minako. >Mamoru nodded. "Yes, after one of the elementals almostkilled me with >my own roses. He destroyed it, and gave me the clue on how to do so. MALACHITE: Because *he* read the manual. >Hethen began fighting Jade, seemingly on even ground." "Seemingly." >Amistated. "I get the feeling that if Makoto hadn't intervened, he'd >be dead. If youwatched closely, you'd have noticed that Jade had >gained the upper-hand in thebattle." "Yeah, and what happened to you >Makoto? How did you know Jade's nameand what kind of attack did you >use against him?" Makoto was speechless, "I.. Idon't know... all I >really remember is standing besides you, then 30 feet away facing a >maddened dragon! JADEITE: [Makoto] Then... everything was wonderful... ZOISITE: I am mature. I will not respond. > Then he shot me, and..." "Mask received the blast >instead ofyou," Ami finished. "Makoto I would have liked you to see >what size the energyblast you threw was and what Jade's blast size >was. I mean, everyone saw what kind ofdamage it did to Jade, if his >had hit you..." Rae frowned, "I wonder how bothmanaged to sustain >that extent of damage and survive." NEPHLITE: They're Saiyajins. Deal with it. > She sighed "Well, did anyof you >manage to find out what Jade was looking for?" Makoto handed Ami the >statueshe had found in the hole. "I think I did, this was the only >thing in there..."Rae looked at Ami as she used her computer on the >dragon statue. "Well?" "Idon't know," Ami started "There's nothing in >here about this enemy, MALACHITE: Doesn't that imply the dragon statue has some other information as well? ZOISITE: Of course it does, dear. It goes on and on about Windows files, but never tells you where the "start" button is. > even theearth elementals are new, although >they've been stored, but about the dragons...nothing" Minako shrugged >in defeat. "Well, that's it. We can't do anything nowuntil we find >and interrogate our enemies." "Well, maybe not..." Makotosaid. Ami >shook her head. "No. Definitely not." Everyone looked blankly at the >two girls. Makoto looked strangely at Ami. "Well, why not?!" "Well... JADEITE: [Ami] I don't know! Sue me! MALACHITE: Yeah... I wouldn't count on her forgetting things any time soon... >forstarters we can't trust him on this, then there's the fact that >the monsters appeared thesame day he arrived and..." "You can't blame >someone for that!""Remember the twins?" "Oh." "Besides," Ami said a >littlemore gently "it's probable that he doesn't even know this kind >of dragons."Finally, deciding it was already getting late, they >decided that they should call it anight. JADEITE: A night it shall be! ZOISITE: Say anything about Tuxedo Mask and you die. JADEITE: Um... > Ami took the gold statue >with her for further analysis. > >The next morning everything went as normal, Nathan and Makoto talked >during class,which annoyed Ami a little, but did pay attention to it >so in her view there was no mayorharm done. NEPHLITE: The governor, on the other hand... ZOISITE: Where's Nathan been all this time? >She did notice however that Nathan avoided putting his back to the >chair.Suspicious, she decided to check on that fact. > >During brake that day, Makoto insisted that Nathan meet her friends, >and so, they wenttowards their favorite spot. "I heard you were good >with math, Ami." MALACHITE: Of course she is. She'll beat Fuu and Yui, even if it takes a deadly chess match. > Nathan saidleaning against a tree. Ami noticed he >didn't flinch when the tree touched his back. -Somuch for that >lead..- she thought, then answered; "Yes, why Nathan-san?""Well.." he >scratched his head "I'm having trouble with an advancedcalculus >course I'm taking, and I was thinking that maybe you might be able to >help..." he stopped. Ami was looking at him strangely. "Did you say >advancedcalculus!? MALACHITE: [Ami] I'm ashamed of you! Underachiever! NEPHLITE: She'd do that. > SURE, I'D BE GLAD TO HELP!!" Makoto sweat- >dropped. "Help withwhat?" Asked Minako as she arrived followed by >Usagi, both Artemis and Luna rested-respectively- on their shoulders. >When they found out what it was about, they lostinterest almost >magically. They all seated down, Makoto very close to Nathan, but he >didn't seem to mind. After eating, they all started talking. Luna >looked at Artemis andsighed. JADEITE: [Luna] Why must we be torn apart? NEPHLITE: A miracle romance... interrupted by the Blond Menaces. > With Nathan here they wouldn't be able >to talk about anything. Nathan lookedcuriously at the cats. "Hey, >those are weird marks for a cat," he said pointingat Luna's forehead >"like a crescent moon, hmm.. reminds me of something I onceread.." >Everyone turned to look at him. "What did you read?" asked Usagi. >"Well.. it was one of those old legends like Atlantis. It talked >about an ancientmoon kingdom, or some such thing, well anyway, ZOISITE: [Nathan] ...but I wouldn't know much about that, and it was in the same magazine that talked about purple cows being abducted by aliens, so I told myself "Forget that," and went on to lunch, where I had a turkey-and-bologna sandwich... >the people there were supposed to havecrescent-moon marks on their >foreheads," He scratched Luna's head softly and pattedher. " who >knows, maybe these are moon cats, huh?" He smiled. The girls >smilednervously. Ami, thinking fast, changed the subject. "That's >interesting, maybe youcould lend me that book someday.." MALACHITE: [Ami] The book mentioned that hunky Sesshou-maru... > Nathan >nodded. "Sure, if you'reinterested.." he looked up at the sky, >leaving everyone to their own thoughts. Whenthe bell rang, he looked >at Makoto. "Well, Mako-chan, then, we'll meet today for thatrecipe >exchange?" Makoto blushed as the others stared at her, "Sure." > >After school they all shadowed JADEITE: Ninja training sure paid off. > Nathan and Makoto to his apartment as >they went for someingredients. They, ofcourse, were painfully aware >of them, and had huge sweatdrops next totheir heads. "Are they always >like that?" he whispered as he watched amusedlyhow they tried to hide >themselves behind a tree. Makoto blushed furiously."Yeah.." They >stopped. "It's okay girls, you can come out now..." Thegirls fell >over themselves from behind a post. As they started making up excuses, ZOISITE: Pitiful Excuse Make Up!! >Nathanstopped them. "It's okay, really. Why don't you all come along? >I sure could do withthe company..." The girls looked a little unsure, >so he insisted. "I also have arecently made pie that..." Luna and >Artemis sweat-dropped. They knew what wouldhappen next. MALACHITE: What, a pie fight? NEPHLITE: Couldn't hurt. > The >next thing Nathan knew, he was standing infront of his apartment. >"How..." "Don't ask!" Usagi urged. "Just take me to thatpie!" >He sweat-dropped. "Uh... sure..." He opened the door and stood to >oneside, motioning them inside. "My home, is your home." JADEITE: [Nathan] Just watch out for the closet. I've got this strange tree growing there... > >End part 1 > >Okay, this is the first chapter of what I hope with be a long fic. Of >course, as always,comments, flames, suggestions and the many other >things you might want to tell me, pleasee-mail me at >wandererd@hotmail.com And yes, 'Mask' is a pretty lame name, okay!? ZOISITE: How about "Masque"? JADEITE: I still like "Kamen." MALACHITE: You would. Um... anyway, I'd suggest something original. Don't know quite what, though. NEPHLITE: Give his mask a different color. Silver isn't exactly unique, but neither is black. >[sniff]Don't you think I don't know that!? Also, if your a fan of >Ranma & or Dragonlance, youmight want to check out my page at; >http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Harbor/7820 > >Standard Disclaimer; I'm using the Sailor Moon characters with no >permissionwhatsoever, and therefore anyone reading this must remember MALACHITE: You must remember this. ZOISITE: A kiss is-- NEPHLITE: Not *now*! >it's not what the originalcreators had in mind. I'm also gaining >absolutely nothing remotely similar to money andwhat I write is as an >appreciation of this wonderful series. The other characters however, >are my creations and are also copyrighted, anyway I know you really >don't care so I wontmention anything else. > >Wanderer D JADEITE: Another lost author... MALACHITE: He should've gotten together with Doris. [pause] ZOISITE: It's done. Let's go. [pause] MALACHITE: Very well then... [They exit.] -- TO BE CONTINUED in "Shiroi Hime ch. 2" -Alan November 14, 1999 e-mail: ChrOtaku@xoommail.com Anime writings: fanficoutlet.tripod.com Elfquest spoofs: eq_addiction.tripod.com "Sailor Moon," and everything associated with it, is copyright 1992-7 Naoko Takeuchi, Bandai, Kodansha Comics, DiC, Buena Vista, Mixx, Pioneer, and others. "Fushigi Yuugi" is copyright 1992-9 Yuu Watase, Viz, Pioneer, Flower Comics, and others. The idea of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" is copyright 1989-99 Best Brains, Inc. Feel free to distribute this fanfic/MSTing, but please don't remove my name from it, and don't try to make money off it. Stinger #2: >"Love is one of the most beaurk!"