AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello, readers! This is my first attempt at a MiST or at any other sort of fanfiction. Constructive criticism is always appreciated. Disclaimer at the end. Enjoy! -- Suzanna [Summery afternoon. AMI and MINAKO walk towards the Hikawa Ginga in search of REI]. AMI: Are you sure you don't want me to help you out with your chemistry project, Minako-chan? MINAKO: Ami, I'm going to be a famous and beautiful idol. Remember? And do famous and beautiful idols need to be chemistry experts? AMI: No ... but as I remember, Artemis specifically asked me to help you out with this project. Do you remember what happened last time? MINAKO: I don't see what he was so upset about. Fur grows back. Hey, Rei-chan! REI: Hey, Minako-chan, hey, Ami-chan. You bored, too? MINAKO: Actually, we were wondering if you could think of anything to do.. Ami and I couldn't really agree on anything. REI (laughing): Let me guess ... (to Ami) You wanted to go to the library ... (to Minako) and you wanted to go to the mall. Well, there's always the bookstore, I suppose. It's a pity there's nothing more interesting to ..... AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! [Ami, Rei, and Minako disappear from the entrance to the shrine and reappear in a heap on the floor of what appears to be a spaceship.] AMI: Oh, my. MINAKO: Okay, you asked for it ... VENUS STAR POWER, MAKE UP!! Galaxia .... REI: Didn't she turn good? MINAKO: Neherenia ... AMI: Ditto ... MINAKO: Mistress Nine ... REI: Minako-chan, she fights with us now. MINAKO: Will you two CUT IT OUT? Whoever you are, I, Sailor Venus, will ... REI: Scare the living daylights out of you by managing to remain Aino Minako. Take a look at yourself, honey. MINAKO (in a tiny voice): Oh. AMI: It would seem that our powers don't work here. MINAKO: I knew we should have gone to the mall! You know what's gonna happen if we get a new enemy at this point! REI: Do tell. MINAKO (producing a flow chart from hyperspace): In the first season of Sailormoon, we had your basic Dark Kingdom enemies and your basic inner senshi. For Sailormoon R, add Ail, Ann, and the Black Moon kids to the villains and Chibi - plus brief moments of Pluto - to us. Definite loss for our side. In S, they got Tomoe, Kaolinite, and the Witches 5 - or maybe six - and we got Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto as a full-on senshi. Okay, we got lucky that time, but look what comes later ... we get Chibi-Moon as a senshi-in-training, then we descend to the Starlights. So if we get a new villain, not only are we going to have some WEIRD-looking senshi on our hands, but the attack names are gonna be horrendous! I don't NEED to remind you about the Starlights' attacks, do I? [AMI and REI looks slightly shell-shocked.] REI: There goes the fourth wall ... AMI: And the coherence ... Minako, did you say all that in one breath? Wait, never mind ... something's blinking on the panel over there. Maybe if I push it ... [As AMI pushes the flashing button, a screen flares to life on the control panel. As the image comes into focus, we see that it is none other than .... ] ALL: Chibi-Usa??? CHIBI: That's Usagi Small Lady Serenity to YOU. Okayy .. Mom decided that since you guys have it pretty easy lately, with no enemies to fight and stuff ... AMI: Easy? REI: Should we go into the details of our difficult lives? School, boys, perverted grandfathers, being an idol, maintaining the position of number-one student in Japan ... MINAKO: Naahhh. Carry on, Chibi. CHIBI: I think I told you my name already. Anyway, Mom decided that you guys had had plenty of physical combat training as senshi, so she wanted to work on your minds. MINAKO: Ulp ... CHIBI: Worse, Mina-P. You'll be reading fanfiction about yourselves. REI: What's the danger there, aside from ego growth? CHIBI (with an evil laugh): Oh, you'll see, Rei-chan ... you'll see. Your first fanfic is a real winner entitled "Secrets of the Sexy Slippers" by one self-styled "Sailor Star Love." Have fun ... ALL: [groan] << SECRETS OF THE SEXY SLIPPERS AMI: Analyses of asinine alliteration? REI: We're losing her already ... <