The characters here are trademarks of their respective owners. I am not expecting any money from any story I write, and therefore am not taking any money away from the copyright holders. This series is an official sequel to my "Divided Destiny" series, which was at-the-time an unofficial sequel to my "Let The Punishment Be The Crime" story. Confused? It's understandable, as knowledge of those stories is basically required to enjoy this one, though the important stuff will likely be covered here anyway. Thanks to Lady Jupiter (LadyJupiter@SailorJupiter.com) as her works inspired me to write fanfiction in the first place what with this taking place in HER universe afterall, and also to His Lordship Chaos (hislordshipchaos@hotmail.com) because I said so. I'm a huge Jupiter fan. That will become obvious as you read this and other stories by me, they are mostly Lita-centric. I will be using the NA dubbed names. Why? Because the previous part of this tale used NA names and this IS it's sequel. This fic features the Scouts and Ken in Lady Jupiter's "Jupiter Knight" World where Ken is Lita's protector, Jupiter Knight. I have been given permission to do so. Also, it takes place before her "Remember When?" series and obviously after my "Divided Destiny" series. My other/future fanfics can be found at my "Writing" page at http://www.muskoka.com/~summertn/writing.html and probably anywhere else you got this fic from. This story aims to be a bit more humourous than its predecessor, but the overall style should remain the same. Make sure you read Part Zero before you read Part One. Divide By Zero Part One - Oh Boy Oh... Huh?! by Scott "Cyclops" Summerton Last Revised Friday January 21st, 2000 --------------- "FINALLY Meatball Head! It's about time you showed up!" "Ohhh Rayyyeeeee....!" whined the new arrival as she took a seat on the floor. "Hey c'mon now Raye, she just got out of the hospital yesterday after being stuck there for a week because of that giant toilet! Give her a break will ya?" "Oh alright, Mina." Raye shifted where she sat. "I still don't think we need to have a meeting already though." The black cat named Luna, also just arriving, walked towards the purplish-haired girl. "Raye, this is Serena's first chance to get fully caught up on the past week while she was detained." Serena wasn't too enthusiatic about the idea however. "But from what Darien said when he drove Luna and I over here was that nothing has really happened since Ken and Lita switched back." Serena looked around. "Where are Ken and Lita anyway?" Mina stopped fiddling with the huge red bow in her hair and answered. "They're on a date in the park and said they'd be a little late getting here. They should be here in twenty minutes or so." This time Mina looked about. "Your turn Serena: Where's Darien?" Serena went into a dreamy state as she answered with an equally smitten voice. "He went to park his car around the side of the temple to leave room for others to park when they come for the charm sale." "Speaking of which," began the now arriving Darien, "it looks like Chad and your grandfather are doing really well out there today." He chuckled. "How'd you talk your way out of it? You usually draw quite a few customers just by sitting at the table." Raye blushed as Darien took a seat beside his beloved Serena. "I just told grampa that my friend was getting out of the hospital, and he understood. As for my 'drawing power', don't let the Meatball Head hear you talk about that or she'll just get jealous." She snickered at the still glassy-eyed Serena. "Won't you Meatball Head?" Gazing into Darien's eyes, Serena was still somewhat dazed, but apparantly didn't care. "Sure thing, Pyro..." The startled look caused Mina to giggle. "Turns out she WAS paying attention afterall Raye." The blue-haired Amy, only now looking up from her untranslated version of Homer's Iliad, finally spoke. "Well, if Lita and Ken are just going to be a little while longer, we may as well wait for them to show before we get into the details of the meeting." Mina rolled her eyes at the young genius. "The only details are the consistent calculations you've made that prove nothing's been happening." "But we have to analyze those details. Plus I have to help Serena catch up on the schoolwork she's missed." "Oh Amy," started the now completely aware Serena, "it's Friday afternoon! Let's not worry about that until, oh, how 'bout Sunday? Right now we've got more important things to discuss, like what the newest games at the arcade are!" And with that the gathering quickly disintegrated into yet another gossip session. Luna put her paws on her head in shame of her charge, while Artemis... well... Artemis had already fallen asleep around a half hour ago. During this time things were rather normal. Amy completed her reading of the untranslated Iliad after only starting it earlier in the afternoon. Mina managed to utter a bare minimum of six incorrect quotes, the seventh was questionable as it was a repeat of the first. Raye and Serena found themselves locked into yet another tongue war, the reason already forgotten. Darien merely sat back and laughed at the entire proceedings while Luna joined Artemis by having a catnap of her own. Suddenly Raye paused completely, causing Serena to laugh out loud as the priestess-in-training still had her tongue sticking out. The laughter caused both cats to awake in time to witness Raye wince in pain as she stumbled to ease herself to the floor. Mina was quick to help the girl lay down on a padded cusion. To all appearances Raye was merely suffering the assault of a sudden headache, though her friends often knew that such situations usually yielded much different results. Gasping for breath, she spoke. "Bad... vibes... Negaverse, or something... near..." She vainly grasped her head. "Head... hurts..." She continued to grunt for a few moments until she seemed to lapse into unconsciousness thanks to the stress. Before anyone could summon for help, the the entire room blacked out. Seconds later, so did its occupants. After an uncertain amount of time, Raye awoke. The lights were functioning normally, though she was unaware of their ever having failed. More importantly however was the fact that her head had cleared, meaning that the Negaverse threat was over for the time being. Scanning the room quickly, she was able to determine that everyone else had been rendered unconscious as well. She rushed to Serena as she was closest to her and checked for vital signs. Everything checked out ok. Within moments she was able to determine that everyone was alright, albeit still out cold. Upon hearing a moan coming from Amy, Raye rushed to her side. As the blue-haired girl's eyes fluttered open Raye breathed a sigh of relief. "Amy, thank goodness you're awake. Do you think you could use your computer to..." Amy's eyes went wide. "Amy? Did you call me Amy?" Raye became concerned. "Yes Amy I did, that's because you are Amy..." Her eyes narrowed. "Aren't you?" The girl was now staring at her hair in shock. "Oh god... Oh my god..." Raye would have pressed on further if an ear-splitting scream coming from Luna hadn't interviened. Before she could react to that, Artemis began to mumble incoherantly. Then everyone else woke up. Just as the confusion managed to reach its peak, the thin door leading into the room itself slid open, allowing Lita and Ken to enter into the chaotic situation. They took one long look about the room, taking in all the stunned faces, unusual body language and mass hysteria, then simultaneously asked a single question. "What's going on?" TO BE CONTINUED END PART ONE --------------- And so the plot thickens just like month old gravy... or something like that... What is really surprising me is how short these parts are turning out when compared to Divided Destiny. I'm not disappointed in it or anything, I just envisioned these scenes would take longer to play out than they have. Oh well, that just means I'll be writing this out much faster than originally planned! Again, if you have the Dec 26/99 ASMR zip, let me know! Here's my contact info: Scott "Cyclops" Summerton http://www.muskoka.com/~summertn thrawn27@hotmail.com, sjs3@hotmail.com and summertn@muskoka.com ICQ - 7383852, AOL IM - DarkCanuck Please also visit: A Sailor Moon Romance (www.moonromance.com) Lady Jupiter's Dream House (www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/9286/) SailorJupiter.com (www.sailorjupiter.com) Curse of the Fanboys! (carnage.fanfic.org) Began and Completed Friday January 21st, 2000.