Boy Genius, 
Chapter 3 

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The vines Sailor Tin-Nyanko had called to her aide mercilessly 
tied around the six Sailor Senshi. Each time they struggled 
against it, the vines would only wrap tighter, causing the girls
to scream louder with pain and nearly losing consciousness. The 
ground where the vines were sprouting out of suddenly shook again, 
and rising out of it was a seven foot demon made of vines and 
leaves with slime dripping off. 

Sailor Tin-Nyanko laughed evilly as the monster began pulling on 
his vines, dragging the senshi on the hard ground towards him 
while he growled loudly. "You all may have defeated Lead Crow 
and Aluminum Siren, but they were dumb and underestimated you! 
That is one mistake I will NOT make, meoooow!" Tin Nyanko sneered 
at them. She turned towards the demon, "Take their Star Seeds and 
finish them off!" she screeched out. 

She was about to teleport away with the young boy when suddenly, 
there was a bright flash of light and shouting voices. 
"SERIOUS STAR LASER!" A razor sharp laser beam surrounded by stars 
shot straight for her chest, hitting her dead on and knocking her 
painfully to the ground. 


"STAR SENSITIVE INFERNO!" 
"STAR GENTLE UTERUS!" 
Another round of laser beams shot at the demon's vines, slicing 
through them and releasing the Senshi. "Outer Senshi!" they yelled, 
caressing their chaff necks. Several figures jumped down from out 
of the sky in front of Tin-Nyanko. 

"And the Sailor Star Lights! Please hold you applause!" joked out 
Sailor Star Fighter. Sailor Uranus rolled her eyes in annoyance, 
then stepped foreword. "If I were you, I would step away from the 
boy, before you get a MUCH stronger repeat of what just happened!" 
said Sailor Uranus in a menacing tone. She raised her Talisman sword 
and pointed it at Tin- Nyanko. 

"Never!! I will not let you defeat me!" Sailor Tin-Nyanko got up 
painfully and pointed out the new arrivals to Sailor Vines. "Don't 
just stand there, leaves for brains, DESTROY THEM!!" she shrieked out. 
The demon let out a howl, then rushed at the Senshi Team that were now 
standing together. Vines once again began sprouting from his hands. 
Sailor Pluto narrowed her dark eyes, then pointed her Time Staff straight 
at the demon's chest. Her eyes closed for a second, and the Garnet Orb 
Talisman on top began to glow. The eyes snapped open again, and she 
whispered out, "PLUTO....DEAD, SCREAM!" and immediately, a massive 
supersonic ball of energy appeared and struck the monster dead on. The 
demon exploded with a piercing scream within the pink explosion. 

When the explosion was over, the group began looking around for Sailor 
Tin-Nyanko and more danger, but she and the boy were gone. There was 
nothing but silence for a few moments. "Where did she go?" shouted Super 
Sailor Sirius, looking around wildly. 

Suddenly, Sailor Mercury gave a small cry, then fell to her knees. 
"My God, she took him, and it's all my fault! I lead her to him!!" She 
buried her face in her hands and sobbed quietly. 

Sailor Pluto slowly came up to her, and placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. 
She then placed a hand under Mercury's chin, and raised her head so she 
can look in her eyes. "Listen to me! It's not your fault, and we ARE going 
to get him back, we have to! Without him, Crystal Tokyo might not exist!" 

Sailor Moon suddenly snapped her head up, now very interested. "What do 
you mean Pluto? Is it about Mamo-Chan? Please, you must tell me!" she begged. 

Sailor Sirius looked at Pluto curiously, "Ummm, what exactly is Crystal 
Tokyo?" she asked, then her eyes gave a slight glimmer of recognition. 
"It....sort of sounds familiar." 

"All in due time my friends, but not here. We must teleport to the Command 
Center before we are spotted and questioned." said Sailor Pluto, pointing 
up to the students and people who were beginning to walk outside to find 
the source of all the noise. In another flash of the Garnet Orb, the Senshi 
disappeared in a bright white light. 

******Command Center**** 

"Now, I want everyone to listen to me, because this is very important," 
Pluto began in a serious tone. "In the not too distant future, Kijuro Sato 
will become a world renowned scientist, who will somehow be able to help 
unlock the secrets of the Ginzuishou Crystal and unleash it's power to 
bring about our world which will become Crystal Tokyo. Galaxia somehow must 
have traced his origins back here, and decided that his Star Seed is vital 
to her mission." 

"So that's why Galaxia has targeted him! She thinks that somehow, if she 
can get to him in our past and destroy him here, then that would mean 
Crystal Tokyo would never exist!" said Super Sailor Sirius. The other Senshi 
turned to her in astonishment. Sailor Sirius smiled and shrugged her 
shoulders. "Hey, I pay attention when I have to, and I know how to put two 
and two together!" 

She then turned to Sailor Pluto. "But there is still one thing that I don't 
really get. What is the Ginzuishou Crystal? Marco mentioned it one time, 
but I didn't pay much attention." 

Marco lifted his head up, and gave a hard look at Super Sailor Sirius, 
"HA! As if you ever DO pay attention to me sometimes!" Sirius gave a hurt 
expression to Marco and was about to say something, when Sailor Pluto raised 
her hands for silence. 

"Please, as I explained before, this is very important." She turned to 
Sirius and quickly explained about the purpose and the power of the Crystal 
and the role it will have in Crystal Tokyo. During the explanation, the Star 
Lights remained silent as they took in the new developement. 

"Maybe, just maybe, if we find the true Star Seed in this boy, then we can 
find our Princess!" thought Sailor Star Fighter to herself. She turned to 
the other Star Lights, and saw that they were thinking the same thing when 
she looked into their eyes. 

"So how are we going to save Kijuro?" said Sailor Neptune when Pluto finished. 
Sailor Saturn moved closer to her and nodded her head in agreement with the 
question, concern etched in her young face. "If he is as important as you 
say, then we must make every effort we can to bring him back." The Soldier 
of Silence said. 

"We will simply go into her dimension again, and do what we have to do to 
bring him home. There is no time for planning or strategies," said Pluto. 
She raised her Time Staff beside her in readiness. "Is everyone ready and 
willing to except this mission?" She looked at each of the Sailor Senshi 
and the Star Lights in the eyes. They nodded, and stood ready for Sailor 
Pluto to open the vortex again. She nodded, and stretched forth the powerful 
staff. The enormous bright light flashed white again, and after it dimmed, 
a black vortex appeared, opening the way to the evil demention. It swirled 
black and grey with mist was sprouting out of it. 

"Wish me luck Luna. Hopefully, I'll be back to scratch your ears again!" 
Sailor Moon smiled sadly. Pain shone in her eyes that she could not hide 
from the wise cat. Luna nodded and smiled back, "Good luck! Please come 
back safetly!" 

"Good Luck to you too Venus!" said Artermis, then rubbed his head on Sailor 
Venus's leg. "Thanks Artermis." The Senshi of Love gently whispered back. 
Sailor Mars and Jupiter grabbed each other's hands, then looked to Sailor 
Mercury. She nodded, then grasped their hands too. 

"Wait!" said Sailor Uranus, her gravelly voice nearly stunning everyone. 
She turned to the Star Lights, and fixed Sailor Star Figher a hard stare. 
"I agree with the mission, but do THEY have to come too?" she asked, 
pionting a menacing finger at them. 

Sailor Star Fighter's eyes narrowed dangerously as she scowled. "Shimatta! 
Why do you always have to act like such a.." 

"Enough!" silenced Sailor Pluto, silencing the two with a raised hand. 
She turned to the Sky Senshi, then at the Star Lights. "Sailor Uranus, 
Sailor Star Fighter, you must learn to put aside your differences for now. 
We have no time for arguements. We either work together, or perish apart." 
Pluto gave them a pleading look. 

Fighter and Uranus looked at each other again, sighed, then nodded. Once 
again, the senshi headed for the opening of the vortex. 

Before Marco had a chance to say good bye to Sirius, the Senshi and Star 
Lights held disappeared in the black hole. 

******Shadow Galactica**** 

"YUCK!! I never thought I had to come here again!" said Sailor Sirius, 
trying to wipe away the thick dense fog from her face. "My sentiments 
exactly!" said Sailor Jupiter, then jumped and gave a small yelp as she 
felt something run over her foot. 

"Mercury, can you give us a readout on the this place, and where Galaxia 
might be?" said Sailor Pluto. Sailor Mercury smiled. "OF COURSE! Anything 
to find that lowlife!" The Senshi of Water and Knowledge touched the side 
of her blue earring, and shouted "MERCURY VISORS ON!" A small blue flash 
appeared, and over her eyes appeared a pair of digital visors. 

Pluto turned to the other Senshi. "This is the center of the Milky Way 
Galaxy. All the stars in this part of the Universe and galaxy are born 
here, in the Galaxy Cauldron not too far away. I have been here many 
times, but never before have I seen is in such a distressful state." 
The Time Senshi then gave everyone a sad look "Everyone, we must try 
our best to save this place and Kijuro, or else all is lost!" 

"Alright, I got something! Galaxia's a little ways down this corridor 
to our right, and it looks like she has company!" said Mercury then. 

"Come on everyone! What are we waiting for?" said Eternal Sailor Moon, 
leading the way. The Senshi managed to run high speed towards Galaxia 
when Sailor Mars felt a strong presence. She was about to tell the others 
to stop when a nasty looking demon jumped out of the swirling shadows in 
front of them. It was dressed in all black with a hood over its head exactly 
like death, and carried a long scythe. It made a soft hissing sound, then 
pointed the scythe at the group as they skidded to a halt. 

"Stop where you are, or else face you worst fears!" it roared out. Sailor 
Mars stepped forward. "Not if I can help it! MARS FLAME...." she yelled, 
but never finished. A ball of black energy erupted from the scythe and 
hit her dead on. Strangely, the energy did not cause her any pain. It 
merely absorbed into her body with out a scratch. Mars blinked her eyes 
in confusion for a moment, then suddenly began screaming and holding her 
head. In her mind, her worst fears where coming true: she was listening to 
her father and grandfather yelling at her, telling her she was a no good 
daughter and never will be a Shinto Priestess. "Please! Make them stop, 
make them stop!" she whispered fearfully. The Senshi watched in horror as 
she then fainted. Instantly, her body was incased in cold block of ice. 

"MARS! NOOO!" screamed Eternal Sailor Moon. She raised her Eternal Tier 
and began to say the words to destroy the Anima-mate of fear, but he was 
too fast. He shot out another blast of dark energy, and it headed straight 
for the rest of the Senshi. Sirius saw the attack coming, and quickly 
jumped out of the way before it reached her. Just as she jumped, the Inner 
senshi and Star Lights were all struck. They stood still looking at each 
other in confusion for a second, then began to scream as Fear overcame them. 
Sailor Jupiter screamed at the planes she saw and heard in her head, and 
Sailor Moon fell to the floor, going into in a fetal position as she 
whimpered and moaned at the ghosts that were wailing to her. Tears fell 
from the Star Lights eyes as they once again saw the awful descruction 
of their planet, and then the Earth's. 

"KUSO, not again!" wailed out Star Star Fighter in pain. Then in a flash, 
they were all incased in blocks of ice. 

The Anima-mate then turned to the Outer Senshi and Sirius. "How about 
a taste of Fear, ladies?" He got ready to throw a ball of dark energy 
at them. 

"Not in this lifetime! You are not worthy to carry the name of Death!" 
shouted out Sailor Saturn. She raised her Silence Glaive high in the air. 
"SILENCE WA..." Before she even got to finish, the demon shot out the 
black energy ball and it struck Saturn hard, knocking her to the ground 
and causing her to drop the Silence Glaive. She screamed loudly as she 
saw herself turning into a wired-up robot, then was incased in ice. 
"Hotaru-chan!" screamed Uranus in surprise. 

The demon sneered evilly in triumph, then turned to Sirius. He charged 
up the scythe again, and fired. Unable to move in time because of fright, 
the energy struck her, and she slammed to the ground in a grunt. She 
tried to get up again, but only collapsed in pain. Suddenly, there was 
a loud buzzing sound. Super Sailor Sirius looked up, blinking her eyes 
in confusion. In her mind, she then saw a swarm of giant insects flying 
right towards her. Slime dripped from their mouths, and they fixed their 
millions of eyes on her. 

Sirius screamed from the depths of her soul. It echoed loudly through 
the dark dimension, and everyone could hear the true fear and agony in 
it as the smaller Star Senshi's eyes widend in horrified shock. Her heart 
thudded loudly against her chest. It beat so hard, Sirius thought her it 
would burst through. She backed away and began hugging herself in fear. 
"NOOO!! Keep them away!! They'll kill me like they did my mom!" she 
shouted, tears streaming down her dark face. 

"Sailor Sirius! You have to come over your fear!!" shouted Sailor Pluto. 
She laid her Time Staff down, then rushed over and grabbed both the crying 
Senshi's arms and began shaking her. "You have to fight your fear!! We can't 
lose anymore more of you. COME ON!" 

To be continued...... 

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