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leni_ba! Lookie what I got for ya! I'm getting ready to pack up my computer for the move, so was trolling through my harddrive and found this sucker. Thought you, at least, might appreciate a good laugh. :P

Operation: Courtship
By Moonbeam

*****
Chapter 1: Establishing the Mission Parameters

Sailor Moon screamed, tripping herself unconsciously when she turned to leap away from the dark energy blast the youma directed right at her. Luckily for her, that klutz attack probably saved her life as the energy beam pierced the space her head had been only a scant moment earlier.

Around her she could hear her friends fighting the wicked monster desperately. They'd been at it for what seemed like hours, but was probably more like ten minutes. But the damn youma just wouldn't die! It was too quick for them, it evaded all their attacks with ease. And it's own attacks were just as fast!

Sailor Moon took a moment to look around at her friends, each of them as battered as she was. Off to her left, Sailor Mercury was typing furiously into her computer, searching for some weakness in the youma's defenses. Mars was standing in front of her, a fierce scowl on her face as she launched fireball after fireball at the creature. She was determinedly keeping it distracted and protecting her friend until Mercury could find the key to it's destruction.

"Jupiter Thunder Crash!"

"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!"

Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus's attacks were let loose almost simultaneously, from opposing sides of the youma. The bright flash of electricity and pure energy hurtled toward the youma at lightening fast speeds. The Sailor Scouts looked on expectantly as the startled youma glanced nervously in both directions. A moment later there was an explosion of light as Jupiter and Venus's attacks collided.

"Yeah! Way to go, Scouts!" Sailor Moon cheered, as Jupiter pumped her fist in the air and Venus struck her 'V is for Victory' pose.

Their little celebration was cut short, however, when the slightly singed but still very much alive youma laughed evilly from above their heads.

"You think that can stop me, little girls? I'm Electra! I move at the speed of light, there's nothing faster than m--" The youma's boasting was abruptly interrupted by a razor-sharp red rose cutting through the air in front of Electra's eyes. The Negaverse monster inhaled sharply as one the flower's thorns scratched the tip of her nose.

"Hey," she screeched indignantly, "who dares maim Electra's mighty beauty?!"

A caped figure jumped down from a nearby rooftop to land beside the gathered Sailor Scouts. His blue eyes glittered dangerously behind his white domino mask as he conjured another deadly rose between his fingers.

"I do. You have come to steal the energy of innocents for the purposes of evil. I will not allow you to succeed!" His voice rose on the last word, and Tuxedo Mask threw the rose with all of his considerable strength at the scowling youma.

Electra easily dodged the petalled projectile, and countered viciously with a dark energy blast that sent the Scouts and Tuxedo Mask scrambling.

"Sheesh. That was effective," Mars commented scornfully, a few close calls later, from her position behind an overturned car she and the others were using for cover. "Any more bright ideas, Cape Boy?"

Before he could retort however, Sailor Moon came to his defense. "That's enough, Mars! At least he was able to get her to stay still for more than a second, which is more than the rest of us have managed." She smiled proudly over at Tuxedo Mask, who returned the look with a small grin of gratitude.

"Of course, that's it!" Mercury's sudden exclamation was perfectly timed to coincide with a momentary lull in the exchange of fire between Scouts and Youma, and was thus heard loudly and clearly by all. They all turned to look at her in confusion.

"Electra's ego! Tuxedo Mask wounded her ego when his rose cut her face, and she stopped to scream at him! If we can just get her mad enough, she'll probably stop fighting altogether so she can yell at us. Then Sailor Moon can moondust her into oblivion!"

They looked at her doubtfully, but another dark energy blast striking the beaten car was all the convincing the group needed to put Mercury's plan to action. Sailor Mars was the first to jump up, so well practiced as she was in the art of teasing Serena that insults to hurl at the Nega-monster came quickly and easily to her.

"Hey, ya big ugly she-devil! You missed me! What, is your aim as bad as that rat's nest of a hair-do of yours? Don't you know looking like a homeless bum went out of style decades ago?!"

Venus jumped up next, landing delicately on top of the car so she could look down her nose snootily at the enraged youma.

"Nah, that's not it Mars. That," she said condescendingly, while waving an absent hand in the increasingly irritated youma's direction, "was never in style. I mean, honestly, look at that dress?! Who in their right mind would ever wear something so gaudy?" Oddly enough, Venus seemed genuinely offended by Electra's rather unique choice in apparellel.

Electra was practically steaming in rage at this point, so that Sailor Jupiter's final words of "How does she ever expect to catch a cool guy looking like that?" were the final straw. The furious Negaverse monster screamed at the top of her lungs in a wail befitting Serena's skill. Then, her concentration too broken to aim anywhere specific, she released a wide spread energy blast to lance wildly through the air.

"Damn!" Jupiter panted, out of breath from having to jump six different ways. "It isn't working! Mercury, do something!"

But Sailor Mercury's ardent reply was interrupted by the still bellowing Electra. "What do you know of beauty, you little Sailor tramps! I can have any guy I want, I'm perfect!"

The youma's distraction gave Tuxedo Mask enough time to step up to Sailor Moon and take her hand in his own. Surprised, she turned to him questioningly. "I have an idea," he whispered to her, his head bent close to her ear. Sailor Moon barely suppressed a shiver of pleasure as his warm breath tickled her neck.

Producing a another perfect crimson rose, Tuxedo Mask gallantly handed the delicate flower to the female warrior with a slight bow. She daintily took it from his fingers, curious about what he was up to.

Since he was still holding her hand, he brought her gloved knuckles up to his lips to kiss them in a gentlemanly fashion. Then he proclaimed, in a voice loud enough that it carried to the fuming youma, "There is far more to perfection than just a beautiful appearance. Though you, dear Moon, can outshine any star in the heavens." A sidelong glance at the incensed youma verified his plan was working. He gave the blushing super-heroine a dazzling smile. "No being, especially that awful youma, could ever detract from your magnificence, sweet angel." Once again, he brushed the
back of her hand with his lips and smiled charmingly. Sailor Moon just tried her very best not to swoon too obviously at the look in his sparkling midnight eyes. As it was, it took every ounce of willpower she didn't even know she had just to stay on her feet.

Behind them, Electra shrieked in jealousy. She slowed herself to a standstill as she drew in her energy to launch her strongest attack yet.

She never got the chance.

"Now, Sailor Moon!"

But Tuxedo Mask's prompt was unnecessary, as Sailor Moon was already in motion to call out the attack which would finish Electra off completely.

"Moon Tiara . . ." She swung her arm around gracefully, letting the glowing discus her tiara had become fly from her outstretched fingers with deadly accuracy. "Magic!"

Electra's scream of fury changed unnoticeably to one of fear before she was moondusted out of existence.

"All right!"

"Yeah!"

"Totally cool!"

"We did it!"

"Yes, well done, Sailor Moon. Congratulations, Sailor Scouts. For now. But never forget, the fight with the Negaverse isn't over until they're all destroyed. Don't let your guards down, Scouts!" And Tuxedo Mask vanished in flash of his black cape as he leapt away.

"Well," stated Jupiter thoughtfully, as the Scouts stood together looking off in the direction Tuxedo Mask had just left, "that guy's a real downer, ain't he?"

The others nodded while Sailor Moon just sighed happily, staring off into the distance her dream hunk had vanished into. "He's so romantic..." she said dreamily.

Jupiter smirked. "Girl, you got it bad." Then she ruined it by giggling.

From the shadows above them, a hidden form smiled.

End Chapter 1.
*****

Chapter 2 (the next day): Pre-Mission Reconnaissance

"Oh, my god, I'm so late!" A blonde-haired whirlwind dashed through the streets of Tokyo, leaving the citizens in her wake with only the vague impression of a young girl. Those who were close enough to the whirlwind as it passed may have been lucky enough to catch bits and pieces of the disgruntled mutterings falling unchecked from her lips.

The blonde whirlwind, named Serena by her parents but fondly known as Meatball Head to others, expertly dodged the few pedestrians making use of the sidewalks this fine Monday morning; wishing all the while that she was back in bed and happily dreaming of cute little bunnies in pink tutus. "Ooh, it's not fair! Why does school have to start so early in the morning?!" She couldn't help ranting, even though it used up precious oxygen best diverted to her lungs to fuel these ritualistic mornings marathons. Sometimes, she thought, all the running she did trying to get anywhere on time was the only reason she managed to stay in such good shape. Especially with
her appetite!

Seeing the last corner before her school came into view looming before her, the petite blonde poured on another blast of speed until she was at an all out sprint. She had only seconds before the bell rang, and she was bound and determined not to get detention today. She and her friends were supposed to have a very important Scout meeting at Raye's after school, and Serena had promised herself that she would not be late. She would be on time for once, and she would pay attention in class so Ms. Haruna wouldn't be able to keep her afterwards. She had it all planned out, the way the whole day would go oh-so perfectly . . .

SMACK!

Her musings were abruptly cut off when the distracted teenager's headlong flight came to a sudden halt on contact with an unexpected wall. A surprisingly strong wall, she automatically noted, as she felt something or someone catch and steady her before she fell from the force of the impact. Her eyes snapped open and Serena tilted her head up to see who she'd run into.

And found herself looking straight into a pair of amused blue eyes. Annoyingly, familiar amused blue eyes. Her own gaze hardened in response to the laughter she saw dancing in his.

"Darien."

"Meatball Head," he returned. Her icy greeting seemed to do little to douse the fire of amusement highlighting his expression as he smirked at her. As far as he was concerned, meeting Serena Tsukino on the street was a guaranteed bout of free entertainment.

Serena's cheeks flushed red with anger at the sound of her hated nickname, but Darien's grin only grew. She looked so cute when she was mad, he couldn't help it. His hands unconsciously tightened their grip on her delicate arms, bringing the glowering girl ever so subtly closer to his body. God, he loved teasing this girl!

There was just no one else like her.

"Listen you miserable excuse for a man, my name is Serena. S-E-R-E-N-A! Come on, say it with me now. It isn't that hard to pronounce," she mocked sweetly. "Even a dumb jerk like yourself ought to be able to get right." She pulled herself away from him, put her hands on her hips, and tapped her foot imperiously while she waited for is response.

It wasn't long in coming. Darien Chiba--renowned man of stoicism and expert of the poker face--took one look at the self-righteous picture she made standing before him and lost it. He burst out laughing, practically doubled over from the force of his mirth. Serena looked on, too enthralled by the unexpected display of emotions to take offence at his laughing at her.

His guffaws eventually calmed to insistent chuckles as his lungs protested in demand of air. Without even bothering to wipe the tears of laughter that trickled their way down his cheeks, he snuck a glance at her from his bent position. He was overwhelmingly pleased to see the pleasant smile gracing her lips as she watched him try to catch his breath.

Still gasping slightly, he carefully straightened up to bestow a gentle smile down on the adorable meatball-headed girl. "God, Serena, you really are the best thing that's ever happened to me."

It took a moment for his words to register, but when they did Serena froze. Then, using her shocked stupor as a moment to escape, he carefully stepped around her before tossing his parting shot.

"Don't ever change, Meatball Head," he whispered seriously in a voice so low she had to strain to hear it.

And then he was gone.

Leaving a still stunned Serena standing in the street with a dumbfounded expression long after the school bell had rung.

End Chapter 2.
*****

Chapter 3: Commence Mission

After leaving Serena standing in shock on the street, Darien strolled happily to the Crown Arcade. He couldn't help thinking, that even though his best friend worked there, he'd never spent so much time at an arcade in his life until the day he'd bumped in to the beautiful Meatball Head. She'd had an affect on him instantly.

To be Continued . . .

Chapter 4: Mission Underway
Chapter 5: Mission Accomplished
Epilogue: Mission Debriefing

Remember, mind. It was intended for my lil' cousin when she was 14 years old. (She's almost 18 now. LOL!) So it is kind of, well... ridiculous. Much like the anime itself. ::snerk:: It's a first season, Serena/Darien romance. Haven't worked all the details out yet, but Mina's with the gang and Darien knows who Sailor Moon is -- she doesn't know he's Tuxedo Mask, though -- but no one knows about the Princess, yet.

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You've captured the silliness of the show perfectly.

NO-O-O! You're not supposed to read this! ::cringes in embarassment:: Isn't it bad enough you had to suffer through my Mary-Sue days during the The X-Files? Have mercy! ::whimpers::

*giggles* Aw, come on, if the show wasn't so silly it wouldn't have been as fun. And, which fandom do you think instilled in me the love for AU? Life wouldn't be the same without MarshAngel, MG and Sailor Perfect (don't mind the name, she's actually gotten FAR better in the last years)

Loved this in the way I love all 'canon' SMfics. Slightly funny, slightly silly and with lots of cuteness and SM in-jokes.

*smooches* Thanks!

Hmm... I must not be reading in the same circles as you. I think I know some of MG's work (could be someone else with the same initials though), but I've never heard of the other two. I mostly read the more mature SM fics -- not hentai, just written by adults or mature authors. Folks like Lilac Summers, Tuxedo Will Wolfshohl, Isis, Alicia Blade, DQBunny, The Eternal Lost Lurker, Lady Jendra, and Angela and Aimee (of Moonlight Eclipse).

Oh, and Bill Harris for his unbelievably believable Sailor Trek series. The only author in all of SM fandom who could write a good crossover!

I don't think there's another MG... could happen, but I doubt it. MarshAngel is good, 'Touch' is my favourite from hers. SailorPerfect, she's writing... I forgot the title, but I like it.

Lilac Summers, I adore. One of the oldies, isn't she? Ever heard of Crystal Heart? Quicksilver is quite good too. I'll have to check a couple of names of your list, though. Especially this Bill Harris, sounds interesting.

Have luck on your trip!

I suppose Lilac Summers would technically be an "oldie" of the fandom. But then, that means so am I! ::gulps:: Lilac was just beginning to write "Final Truths" when I discovered SM fanfic. And that was four years ago!

But Lilac is still writing, Leni. She's gone back to working on her angsty AU "For Want of Sleep". Her stuff is here: http://lilac.wishing-blue.net/

Crystal Heart and Quicksilver I know and love -- QS's SM/Buffy crossover just reaks with potential, don't it? *g* -- but I don't think our MG's are the same. Mine also sometimes uses the first name Maera. So I will have to go look up your three authors' stuff, since you seem to like it. :)

If your in it for the AU fics, though, Isis is the way to go: http://www.geocities.com/realmofisis/fr_page.html

GAH. She's continuing FLoS?! *faints* That story has one of my favourite SMquotes ever. Heh, can't believe we both came to the fandom at the same time. I remember she was in the 10th chapter when I discovered her. and she drew chapter 11 so painfully long. Especially after the dressing-room scene!

Heh. Maera. Doesn't she have wonderful trilogy? Nah, that's Meara... Gotta check. Quicksilver had crossovers? I can't remember them... maybe she wrote them before I was interested in BtVS? lol.

Oooh, after tis conversation I just know I'll go through my SM favourites! And, ok, the MG I was talking about wrote (is writing? *crosses fingers*) 'Game of Seduction'.

"Game of Seduction"?! O-o-oh! The 'MG' you're referring to is Millenium Guard! Well, why didn't you just say so! Pshaw! I love her stuff too...

Quicksliver wrote a lot of Buffy crossovers, including a decent series with Highlander: The Series. But I actually prefer her SM/Buffy crossover, with Usagi as an exchange student in Sunnydale. In a rather brilliant move, it introduced a scenario for the creation of The Slayers. That was a great scene. Too bad she never finished it. :(

Lilac Summers was working on the last chapter of "The BIG Wish" when I found the ASMR archive. The first chapter of "Final Truths" came out two days later and I was hooked. *eg*

Well, I haven't known MG as anything but MG since the beginning. And, heh, who doesn't love GoS once they read it? It begun sloooooooowly and God knows that year when she was rewriting is was one of the longest... Not to mention that she hasn't updated since... September?

DQBunny also has that WIP, what was its name... *thinks* Something about the Senshi at college. Oh, and talking about Senshi at college I'll assume you've read VO1's 'As We Were', because if not you absolutely have to.

Oh. My. God. I simply can't believe that it's been so long in fandoms... Most newbies don't know who Lilac Summers is, can you believe that? Makes me feel old in my 19 years. (lol!)

DQBunny's WIP is actually called "Senshi In College" (very original title, huh? ::snerk::), and I believe she stopped working on it at Chapter 14 -- just as the bad guy/girl was getting interesting! Never heard of VO1, but will immediately go track down her story. :)

But you wanna talk WIPs that'll make you cry because they are never going to be finished? Check out The Eternal Lost Lurker's "Suiseki". Eleven chapters of one of the best, most vividly described, highly emotional stories ever... and yet incomplete! Wish theat one could have been made in to an episode. ::sigh::

OMG. You go as soon as you have a couple hours and CHECK As We Were (at ff.net). Some parts are slow and some fighting scenes need(ed?) work but it's definitely one of my favs. Then there's Meara's Trilogy, and please tell me you've read Draegyn's stuff. Wait. If you haven't you must read Draegyn first. :-D

I don't know Suiseki, you've got a link?

Btw, a long time ago I did a rec list for Rain. You want the addy?

I can't find a link to "Suiseki" anywhere. It use to be at ASMR, back before the mess with the porn company and the change-over to the new server format. It's not there now, though. I'd hoped it was at The Best Sailor Moon Fanfiction On the Net (http://serenity-hime.dyndns.org/), but it's not there either. If I can't find it elsewhere, I'll email it to you as soon as I get home from work. (In about two hours or so.)

Yes, please send me the link for the recs! Thanks!

http://www.livejournal.com/users/leni_ba/89954.html

Yep, that's it. Make sure to read Antigone's Poolside. And I'd thankyou SO MUCH if you found that link. I'm curious. *g*

Thanks for the recs! And I'll be sure to get "Suiseki" to you one way or another tonight. :)

I have read something by Antigone, but I can't remember what it was. Heh. And I'm in the process of reading "As We Were" right now. Dang, this sucker's looong! :)

Yep, why do you think I said 'when you have a couple of hours'. Lol. I should have said three or four... Oops?

But it's quite good, begins a bit slowly but it only gets better. ;-)

I've emailed you the TEXT file of "Suiseki", because I could not find a copy of it online. I sent it to your Yahoo account.

Didn't get it... Weird.

Might not of come for two reasons:

1.) I sent it to the wrong addy. (I sent it to the 'kittens' yahoo one.) If so, what email address do you want it sent to?

2.) It's a file over 300K in length. If you have no room in your accoun, it might have been refused. If so, what email address do you want it sent to? Again? :)

Oooh. To kittens! *slaps forehead* Sorry, I'm still not used to checking that one.

Very cute, and it's pretty unusual to see canon SM fics anymore; everyone's off writing AU.

Maybe I just have way too much time on my hands, but I'm afraid that I recognized almost all of those fic-writer names...

Only some of those authors actually wrote 'canon' SM fics, but all of them wrote some of the best SM fics on the net. I mean, who hasn't read Lilac Summers' "First Truths"? Or Jendra's "Universal"? These are the classics in SM fandom, really.

I see you found me through

labyrinthan_elf? Nifty! Unexpected, but nifty! :D Please, feel free to look around and stay awhile.

Believe it or not, Jendra was one of the only names I didn't know on that list... Now I have to go look up 'Universal' and read it. I like the AU stuff and all (I've written some SM AU, so I had better like it) but it's always nice to see a story written in 'canon'.

Yep, I was looking through Diena's journal tonight, and was a bit surprised to find someone who had so many things from my very eclectic list of favorite fandoms listed in their interests. Considering that, I had to come check out your journal.

Oh, geez... Jendra's is the one you were unfamiliar with? Whoa. Here's a link to her series, if you haven't found it already: http://members.aol.com/CresMnBm/universe.htm -- Highly recommended, even with the OMC (who is, unusually, a well-rounded and very interesting character in and of himself).

Man, one of these days, I really have to update my Recs archive. Then it'd be so much easier to push the good stories on new people. ::chuckles::

Has this 'Universal' anything to do with a twin named Tranquility? Or twins at all? (it's been a while since I was an active reading at SM fandom) If not I must check it.

Yes, "Universal" is the story with Serena's twin brother, Travis aka Prince Tranquility. See? Like I said: who hasn't read it! It's a classic. :)

Wow. What's amazing is that I *did* remember it. It was quite good, I remember that. Lots of gold everywhere... and what they did with Reenie's powers was believable enough. Yup, good stuff that one.

Wait a second till I unearth those recs... but I'm sure I have some at my site too.

You know, I've heard about this story, I just never found or read it before. I'm always happy to have some new reading material, though, especially since I've been having such a hard time lately finding any Sailor Moon fics that I haven't already read.

I hope that MG is still working on GoS, I'd hate to see a story like that left unfinished.

GoS is the main reason I don't read WIPs anymore. it just hurts everytime I go check and the most update stays being in '03. *pouts*

Btw, hi there!

*grins* Hi!

I try not to read WIPs either these days, they drive me crazy. I'm just way too impatient to see new chapters coming out. Of course, I publish WIPs, but I know myself well enough to know that I won't leave them unfinished, and I try to get out at least one chapter every month.

::snorts:: Then there's me, who is currently reading nine WIPS, and writing two!

All in different fandoms! :P

*laughs* Don't feel bad, I may not be reading any, but I'm writing three. They're only in two different fandoms, but it's a whole lot of story.

*gulps* Ok, I'm not here and I didn't write a SM WIP. Nope, I didn't.

Ok, way to make me feel all guilty... *feels guilty*

LOL!

*laughs* Don't feel guilty. The important part is that you're going to finish it... you are going to finish it, aren't you?

Like I said, I have three WIPS in progress, and two of them are even SM. It's going to take me forever to finish one of them, -it has almost twenty chapters- but I am going to finish it!

Hmm... good question. I write a couple of chapters (minimum 10 pages each) everytime I get immersed into the fandom. But, haven't done so quite a long time.

Do I plan to finish it? Yeah, but I know it's gonna take some time.

Minimum 10 pages each

Hey, that's what I use for ideal chapter lengths! About 4000 to 5000 words. Any story less than that only counts as a "snippet" to me. :)

Then again, I can't write drabbles to save my life. ::laughs::

LOL. My stories must have an average of, what? 3-4 pages (not counting drabbles or non-hundredised drabbles, of course)

I write mostly ficlets, it's easier and usually I don't have longer plots. The SM story, well, I kinda got into a knot with it. I guess I could write for it the first ending I planned (almost 3 years ago) but I've changed too much since then, and that ending just doesn't fit with my writing today...

Oh, oh, talking about drabbles, I have new Dawn/S at my journal. One is a mini (~250) and the other is a proper ficlet (~1250)

Check them when you've got time! ;-)

As long as you finish it eventually, I think it's OK.

Wow, minimum ten pages in a chapter? That's a pretty high requirement. I usually get about eight or nine into mine.

One of my Sailor Moon WIPs is going to take me at least until the end of the year to finish, so you shoudn't feel bad about taking a while.

LOL. In my case we're talking about a story which began in... 2000? 2001? and has only 5 chapters. What can I say, long stories and I don't get along. ;-)

Whew, that's a long time. But still, as long as you intend to finish it. (What story are we talking about, by the way?)

It is definitely a lot simpler to write one-shot things, that way you know no one will be bothered when you forget to write for a while.

'To Choose a Bride' (did I mention I began it a LONG time ago?).

It's posted at my site (www.geocities.com/kittensinthedark) and Ff.net, got some offers to post them in other archives but declined them until it was ready.

And yeah, exactly, ficlets are much easier. Or drabbles, I like writing SM drabbles once in a while. *G*

I don't think I've read it, I'll have to check it out... if you ever finish it. ;) The site, on the other hand, I'll check out sooner than that.

My problem with short fics is that my mind doesn't seem to work that way. I try to write a little piece, and end up with a whole plot that should follow it in my head... *sighs at herself*

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