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, and also to His Lordship Chaos (hislordshipchaos@hotmail.com) because he mentioned me in his "Nocturnal Tour" author's notes so it's only fair I mention him in mine. :) 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 its 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 was originally aimed to be a bit more humourous than its predecessor, but slowly switched towards duplicating it fairly well. Oh well. Divide By Zero Part Three - Hidden Pleasures by Scott "Cyclops" Summerton Last Revised Tuesday January 25th, 2000 --------------- "You leave her alone!" "Amy, I really think we should let someone else handle this..." "Quiet Artemis, I know what I'm doing." The cat perched on the blonde's shoulder sighed. "Amy, I'M Mina. Remember?" The displaced genius seemingly ignored the comment and placed the white cat on the ground as she started forward. "Hey! I SAID leave her alone!" The target in question, a lone mugger attempting to relieve an elderly woman of her purse, paused to look at the young blonde. As he pushed away from the woman he smiled at the young girl. "Well well well," he began as he approached the girl that had interrupted his fun. "What have we here? Surely a pretty young thing like you has a bit more to offer than that old bat does." Mina's eyes narrowed as she saw the man bring his right hand into view, allowing the switchblade he held within it to glint in the light of the setting sun. The combination of Amy's lightning fast intellect and Mina's lithe body proved to be a very formidable one however, as she had kicked the blade deep into the alleyway before he even had a chance to blink. Using his momentary surprise to her advantage, she delivered one swift kick to the man's throat, ending the conflict altogether as he crawled away gasping for breath. She looked about for the old woman, but she had already fled once the chance had arisen. Mina smiled. However, Artemis frowned. The fact that the cat didn't like being trapped in a form that had to overlook its true body was only part of the problem. "She's always been restricted to mostly defensive powers," began the white cat, "and now that she's experiencing offensive abilities first hand, she's becoming addicted to them." The cat's frown only grew when Mina happily bounded off in the opposite direction that they were supposed to travel. "Amy! Amy wait up!" Raye looked out the window yet again before addressing everyone gathered in the temple sitting room. "It's getting dark. I'm really starting to get worried guys." Lita seconded, he speech quickened with fright. "Something's happened. Amy's never late, so something must've happened..." Ken put his arm around his girlfriend's shoulder before she could get to hysterical. "Shhh it's ok, you remember what Mina said yesterday about how the switch affected her. She's likely just out jogging a few extra miles because her body can." Lita looked up into his eyes. "You're probably right, but I'm still worried enough to risk calling her on the communicator." Serena, truly Luna, frowned. "I'm worried also Lita, but if she's in any sort of trouble we shouldn't jeopardize that further by causing her communicator to go off." This made Darien, in actuallity Mina's guardian cat Artemis, frown as well. "But Luna, if she's in trouble and can't contact us, what are we supposed to do about it?" "Who's in trouble?" Everyone suddenly turned to the speaker who had just entered the room. Upon seeing her their jaws dropped in shock. "What's so surprising?" asked Sailor Venus. "AMY!" admonished Luna, actually the other blonde Serena. "Detransform right away before someone sees you!" Sailor Venus looked down at herself and blushed. "Oops! I didn't even realize I still had this on!" The physical Amy, truthfully the misplaced Darien, stared at her in shock. "Why did you have to transform into Sailor Venus in the first place?" Artemis answered for her. "She stopped a mugger on the way over and wanted to see what the Venus powers really felt like, so she went to the park and started crescent beaming a few trees." He looked at Mina with disdain. "I was finally able to convince her to leave after a few minutes, and the idea to run over as Sailor Venus to get here as soon as possible didn't seem like that bad an idea at the time." Raye brushed it off as Sailor Venus detransformeed. "That probably is for the best, as now that everyone's here we can get right down to business." She looked at the long-haired blonde. "Amy, can you work with Darien and try to switch us back?" She nodded. "Good." continued the priestess-in-training. "Now that everyone is here Lita and I can fill you all in on what happened last night." "Yeah," began the brunette. "When Raye tried to figure out why this all happened and also to find a way to change you guys back, she got real faint and was thrown back from the fire." She noticed Raye beginning to swoon. "Yeah, sort of like that." Raye merely put her hand to her head and feebly uttered "Not faking it..." before she was supported by a nearby Ken. Before anything else could be said, Sailor Pluto suddenly dropped into the middle of the room. A very old looking and physically battered Sailor Pluto. "PLUTO!" exclaimed Serena. "Nnnn, Serena?" asked the withered time guardress. "Not quite..." "You must... use Silver... Crystal... restore my staff..." stated Sailor Pluto as she produced the two halves of her weapon. Serena complied by transforming into Sailor Moon, albeit uneasily as she's only witnessed this and never performed it first hand. Shortly thereafter the power of the Silver Crystal was released and the timestaff was repaired. Sailor Pluto weakly reached for her fixed staff, and upon grasping it the room was completely filled by white light. Once the light subsided Sailor Pluto was revealed standing in the centre of the room restored to her former glory. "Now," began the once again youthful looking Pluto as she faced Sailor Moon, "what did you mean by 'not quite?'" "Well, two days ago most of us switched like Ken and Lita did a week ago." answered Sailor Moon. "Except it was pretty much at random." finished Raye, her head clearing for the moment. As the role call is performed, Sailor Pluto's face took on one of mild amusement. "You think this is funny?" asked a displeased Sailor Mercury as she deactivated the transparent visor before is caused yet another fainting spell. "No, I am merely surprised at the tactic he chose to utilize." she answered. "Who?" queiried Mina, finally focusing at the task at hand. "Is it the same person who did that to you and broke your staff?" Sailor Pluto's face now takes on one of confusion. "I... I don't remember..." "Well, we can figure that out later." stated Sailor Mercury. "What I want to know is this: can you change us back?" Darien didn't even realize he had asked the question using his own male voice. Sailor Pluto smirked. "Better?" The shouts of joy were her answer. As Sailor Mercury started breaking into tears as she apologized to Mina for taking advantage of her body the way she had, Sailor Moon questioned the green-haired Scout. "Pluto, I thought you weren't allowed to interfere in the timeline like that." Pluto's face looked grim. "Somebody's altering the timeline. Similar events were supposed to happen, only not like this. Everything was overblown in proportion compared to what was supposed to occur." She turned towards Sailor Moon and Darien. "Even if that was not the case, the fact that Earth's future King and Queen were trapped as the Mercutian princess and and feline royal advisor respectively took precidence over any rules that existed. Restoring you was of prime importance." "Well, I'm just glad to be back where I belong." stated Artemis as he curled up on the softest pillow he could find. Before he could get truly comfortable however, an unidentifiable sound came from out on the temple grounds. "You'd best transform." stated the time guardress as Raye began to investigate the disturbance. "It would be of our best interests to be prepared at all times." She turned to face the remainder of the room's occupants. "We should all go with her, splitting up against this enemy is definitely not advisable." Agreeing wholeheartedly, everyone who hadn't already transformed into their respective superhero alter egos and began to leave the temple. No sooner do they step outside into the cool evening air does Sailor Mars feel lightheaded yet again. "Not her day is it?" speaks a male voice within the shadows. Everyone is frozen in place as the newcomer steps into the light, causing Sailor Jupiter to suddenly gasp loudly. "What?" began an impatient Sailor Mercury, her personality still not quite itself. "Don't tell me HE looks like your old boyfriend!" "He does..." she answered. "Because he IS my old boyfriend!" A collective gasp was uttered by all except Sailor Jupiter, for obvious reasons; Jupiter Knight, his eyes flashing with rage as he muttered "Freddie" through clenched teeth unaware he was clutching his sword in a white-knuckled grip; and the newcomer, who walked slowly to face the dumbfounded Jovian Scout, smiling all the while. "Hello Lita." TO BE CONTINUED END PART THREE --------------- So... who saw THAT coming? :) Doesn't anyone have the 12/26/99 ASMR zip? Comments? Send them here: 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 Tuesday January 25th, 2000.