Boy Genius, Chapter 0ne 
By Sharon Williams 

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In her large bed, Tanya Cambridge hugged her plush pillow close to 
her heart as she smiled sleepily at the woonderful dream she was 
having. A moment later, the door bedroom slowly creaked open, and 
Marco calmly walked into the dark room. He rolled his eyes in annoyance 
when he saw that Tanya, as usual, was still asleep. He walked over to 
the windows, grabbed the long curtain ends in his mouth, then pulled 
it back to let in the early morning Tokyo sun. 

He then jumped up on the bed, noticing with annoyance that even the 
sun on Tanya's face still didn't wake her up. He slowly leaned in 
towards her sleeping form. "Oh Tanya,time to get up." he said softly 
in her ear. Tanya, still dreaming, only turned away from the golden 
dog, then continued clutching her pillow to her breasts. 

Marco growled softly. "O.K.! You asked for it!" He took a deep breathe, 
then leaned in closer to her ear. "WAAAAAKE UUUUP!" yelled Marco. 
Tanya woke and jumped almost a mile high with a startled scream from 
the bed, then fell sprawled on the floor in her small white lace 
nightgown. She sat up and looked wildly around, expecting danger, 
but only saw her guardian dog and mentor smiling his version of a 
wicked doggy smile. 

"OHHH! Why did you have to go do THAT for!?" yelled Tanya, rubbing 
her sore behind. She narrowed her eyes and gave Marco a look that 
could kill. "I was dreaming about Yaten Kou, and he was just about to 
give me a nice ki...." 

"Come on!" Marco interrupted, rolling his eyes again. "He doesn't 
even know you exist! Now, we don't have much time! Either you get up, 
and hurry your butt to school, or face another day of DETENTION!" 
He gave Tanya a no nonsense look, then turned to the clock on her 
dresser, "It's already 7:20, so you better move it! 

"O.K., O.K.!!" Tanya put her hand to her mouth and yawned sleepily. 
She got up off the floor then quickly grabbed a towel and headed for 
the bathroom. "What's with you anyway? Did you and Luna get into another 
fight?" the dark-skinned girl asked as she turned her head to look behind 
her at Marco. 

"Well, actually, me and Luna made up, but....NEVERMIND! Just get ready!" 
said Marco. He slipped out of the bedroom door to give Tanya some privacy, 
and headed downstairs. After the golden furred mentor's hasty retreat, 
Tanya shook her head and chuckled. Then, with a sigh, she stepped into 
the bathroom, took off her nightgown, and showered quickly. 

******Juuban High School Backyard*** 

"OH MAN!" Tanya sighed, looking at the math test she just got back before 
lunch period. On top of it was a big red 45% circled in red ink for all 
the world to see. She groaned, suddenly beginning to feel sick. "My dad's 
going to flip when he comes home next week and sees this!" She sighed 
again and sadly put the crumpled test in her backpack. Then, straightening 
her shoulders, went walking into the yard where the other students were 
having lunch. After looking around for a moment, Tanya finally saw Makoto 
waving to her and calling her name from a green bench not too far away 
from her. Tanya waved back, then ran over to join the girls. 

"OHAIYO EVERYONE!" said Tanya as cheerfully as she could. She did not 
want them to know that she was upset about failing her math test right 
now. Maybe after she knew if Usagi failed another test too. Minako 
could only smile and wave back, her mouth stuffed with Makoto's food. 
Ami nodded and smiled softly, then went back to her reading. Usagi was 
too busy wolfing down the rice candies Makoto reluctantly gave her to 
say anything. After a moment, the blonde girl finally swallowed, 
looked up, and waved, laughing happily. 

"Hi Tanya-chan! How are you holding up by yourself since Veronica left 
two weeks ago?" asked Makoto. She moved her tlal form over a little on 
the bench to allow room for Tanya to sit down. 

"Hey, it's no big deal! I'm....use to being alone by now," Tanya said. 
She smiled with a reassurance they she didn't feel to try and convince 
the others, then reached over and took a piece of sushi from Makoto's 
basket. She dropped it in her mouth, savoring the spicy taste. "Mako-chan, 
this is really good! You have to teach me to make these one day!" Tanya 
said, hoping to change the subject. Makoto smiled at that, then gave 
Tanya a small hug, assuring her that she would be glad to teach her. 

"AND YOU HAVE TO TEACH US TOO!" shouted Minako and Usagi together. Tanya 
giggled at the two, then looked over at Ami. "Hey Brainiac! What are you 
reading there?" She playfully tried to grab the large newsletter Ami was 
reading, but the blue-haired girl anticipated this, and held on fast. 
When Tanya saw she wasn't backing down, she smiled and finally let go 
before it tore. 

AMi smiled back in triumph, then turned serious as she looked back at the 
paper in her hand. "It's a newsletter from our old Junior high school," 
Ami said, looking worried. "There's a boy there by the name of Kijuro 
Sato, and he just made the highest IQ mark at 310! This doesn't sound 
good!" Ami folded the paper back up, then slamming it on the table in 
annoyance. She was always known as having the highest I.Q, and having 
someone smarter or compete against her for that title made her nervous. 

"Oh come on Ami-chan! It's only ten points, and he's probably only 
like...12 or something! Don't sweat it. I bet he hasn't even care about 
the IQ testing and who ranks what!" said Makoto with a nod. She reached 
over and took up the newsletter, reading it for herself. When she read 
the part about the boy saying he is planning to go to Yale University, 
she looked at Ami with embarrassment. "GOMEN!! I may be wrong!" she 
said, a sweatdrop forming over her as she put the newsletter back. 

"Cheer up Ami! You'll always be the Braingirl here!" shouted Tanya in 
re-assurance. Usagi, Minako, and Makoto stared at each other, then 
started giggling at what just Tanya just said. 

"Hey, what's so funny?" Tanya asked in confusion as she looked at each 
one of them. That only made them laugh louder. Finally realizing what 
they were laughing at, Tanya blushed harshly as a sweatdropped formed 
over her head. 

Suddenly, three shadows fell across them in the sun. "Well, hello 
there Bunnyface!" said a cool masculine voice. The girls looked up 
to see Seiya Kou, joined by Taiki and Yaten Kou standing right in 
front of them. The black-haired young singer then looking at Usagi 
intensely. "I hope I haven't interrupted anything! I would like to be 
in the joke too!" he said. Walked up nearer to her, smiling mischieviously. 

"Ummm, no!" said Usagi, irritated at the new name Seiya came up with. 
*As if Odango Atama wasn't bad enough, now it's BUNNYFACE!* she thought. 
She shook her head, and was just about to yell at him again that her 
name was Usagi Tsukino when the school bell rang. The girls quickly got 
up and started to head for their next class. 

Seiya suddenly reached out and held on to Usagi's hand. "Wait! I have 
something to give you." He pulled out a hand from behind his back, 
producing a rose. "I heard that you were pretty broken up about your...
boyfriend.... Mamoru Chiba. Here's a little something to show I care." 
He placed the rose in Usagi's hand. 

The girls stared at wonder at the rose, then looked to Usagi. She 
blushed harshly "OH!! Umm, Thank you very much Seiya-kun! I appreciate it!" 
She looked around at the departing students. "AHH.....gotta go!" said 
Usagi nervously, then rushed past the everyone into the school building, 
nearly tripping and falling flat on her face on the way up the stairs. 

Yaten sighed in slight annoyance at the pig-tailed blonde, then turned 
to the other girls. "See you girls around! You can count on it!" said 
Yaten, winking at them. He then looked a Tanya seriously. 
"Especially you." He winked again, then walked away with a triumphant 
look as she saw Tanya blush. 

"See you later at the Computer Club?" said Taiki, looking at Ami. Ami 
nodded, then stood transfixed as she watched them walk away, a blush on 
her own cheeks. 

"Wha...what was that all about?" Tanya asked herself in shock. She shook 
her head to clear it. A smile then lite up her dark face. "Maybe he does 
know I'm alive!" said Tanya quietly to herself. She giggled softly to 
herself, then picked up her bookbag and followed Ami to science class. 

*****Shadow Galactica** 

In the dark and dismal dimension, lite only be the stars shining around, 
Sailor Galaxia sat regally on her throne, her eyes closed in concentration 
and red aura glowing around her body. "Yes, Master! I know exactly what 
to do now!" said Galaxia after a moment, deep in a trance while 
communicating with Chaos in her mind. "If we can find HIM, then we can 
destroy Crystal Tokyo forever!! It will be done!" Her eyes snapped open, 
the aura disappating, and she began searched around her throne room. 
"TIN-NYANKO!! I SUMMON YOU!" she screamed in her deep throated voice. 

A flash of lightning appeared, and after a moment, Sailor Tin-Nyanko 
appeared in her full suit, complete with fish-net stockings, cat hairstyle 
and a bazooka shaped like a cat's paw slung over her shoulders. She stood 
in full attention in front of Galaxia. "Meeeow! Sailor Tin-Nyanko here! 
What can I do for you, Galaxia-Sama? Meeeow!" she said, then bowed. 

"I want you to find this person with one of the most POWERFUL Star Seed our 
master has just located, and bring him to me!" said Sailor Galaxia evilly, 
rubbing her hands in greed. Her eyes shined as red as the jewel on her crown. 
She thrust out her palm, and a holographic image of the intented target 
appeared, glowing brightly above it. "This is the one. Go and find him NOW!" 

"At once Mistress! Meeeow!!" Tin Nyanko bowed, and with a flash of lightning 
typical of her, vanished from the dreary dimension. When the Golden Senshi 
was alone, she threw back her head, and laughed loudly, already tasting 
victory. 

******Ten'ou Mansion 

"Hello? Anyone home?" yelled Haruka as she walked into the specious den of 
the mansion. 

"Over here! In the kitchen!" replied Michiru, her voice finding its way 
to the tall blonde. 

Haruka smiled, walked in the kitchen and gratefully accepted the drink 
Michiru had waiting for her. "Well, how was racing today?" asked Michiru 
after giving Haruka a quick peck on the cheek. 

"It was fine! I did past 120 mph for the third time today. I'm very lucky 
Mugen Gakuen High School has decided to sponsor me in the School Derby 
Race coming up." Haruka replied with a proud smile. She then looked around, 
finally noticing the silence. "Where's Hotaru?" she asked curiously. 

"She's still in her room, finishing up her homework. It should take her 
a while." Michiru said, looking up at the taller blond girl and laying 
her head on her shoulder. 

"Good! That leaves more time for us." Haruka said, putting her arms 
around the green haired girl's shoulder. Michiru looked into the 
mischievious glint in her partner's eyes, then giggled. Leave it to 
Haruka to always find time to have fun. 

Suddenly, a bright light appeared about three feet from the two, nearly 
blinding them. It then gradually got more and more dimmer. When it 
finally died down, a tall senshi with a long staff shaped like a key 
stepped out of the vortex. She regarded them with a sad smile, and 
nodded. The vortex behind her flashed, then closed. "I'm sorry to 
interrupt this moment, but there is a grave matter we must see to." 
said Sailor Pluto in her typical serious voice. She gave the girls a 
cool glance with her dark eyes. 

The two woman grinned in delight when they saw their old friend. 
"Setsuna! It's always so good to see you." said Michiru, going over 
and giving the mysterious Senshi of Time and Space a big hug. After a 
moment, Michiru and Haruka then gave her a worried look. Pluto never 
made an appearance unless it was serious. A chill ran up Haruka's soine. 
"What's wrong Pluto? Is....is..Chibi-Usa in trouble in Crystal Tokyo? 
Is all well?" she asked cautiously. 

Before Pluto can answer, a young, yet loud voice entered the tension 
filled scene. "SETSUNA-MAMA!" yelled Hotaru from the kitchen doorway. 
She ran over into the kitchen and gave Pluto a big hug, kissing her 
on the cheek when she was done. The Revolutionary Soldier gently patted 
Hotaru on her raven-haired head in greeting as she smiled lovingly, 
then turned back to the older girls. 

"No, Small Lady is fine, as well as Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion," 
said Pluto quietly. "But I'm afraid that won't be for long. There is 
a horrendous rift and a probability distortion in the time stream, 
and it has to do with one of the most powerful men in Crystal Tokyo. 
All I can say is that he just made a good future for himself today in 
Usagi's old Junior High School. There's something that's going to 
happen to him today that MUST be prevented. I can't tell you much else, 
but you must listen to me if all is to be well!" 

Haruk, Michiru, and Hotaru listened carefully as Sailor Pluto told 
them of her plans. 

....To be continued. 

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