By Lady Sandrock
Ah, freedom, at last! Sandy's mother had agreed to drive the whole Dementerville gang out of their town and to Columbus, the state capitol, where an anime convention was being held! Hurray! The girls where in heaven when they had heard this, but there was much confusion on who the guests were, as it was supposed to be a surprise. (And how ten children and one adult could fit in a car remains a mystery…)
“Here we are, girls!” Sandy's mother pulled to a stop in front of the convention center. “And what lovely costumes!”
The girls had decided to cos-play by morphing into their Sailor Scout outfits. (“They will look like the real, after all,” Sandy reasoned.) There were grins plastered to everyone's face, and they rushed out of the car quick as a flash.
“BYYYYYEEEEE, MOOOOOOM!!!!!!” Sandy shouted, shooing at the car to make it go away.
“Thanks, Mrs. Comm!” the others shouted.
“I'm cold,” Bri whimpered.
“Shut up,” the others said.
“Well, let's go inside,” Katrina said and motioned to the door. The others quickly followed.
Inside, they waited on the long, long, long (and might we add, long?) line out the door to get tickets. They paid for admission and got their pamphlets.
“So, who're the guests?” Chrissy asked, leaning on tiptoes.
“Yeah, who're the guests?” Maria tugged at Chrissy's skirt.
“Lessee,” said Janine. “Well, David Kaye's here… Who's David Kaye?”
“OOOH! DAVID KAYE!!!!!!!!!!” Sandy and Bri immediately began to salivate. “Only the best voice-actor in the world! And he's so hot! He's Treize and Professor X and…”
“Scary,” Amarus muttered, straightening the wig that she wore to cover her white hair. “Who else?”
“Chynna Clugston-Major,” Katrina read off her pamphlet. “Susan Roman… Kirby Morrow… Rumiko Takahashi… Yu Watase… Hey! Naoko Takeuchi's, here, too!”
“OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” everyone shouted.
“So, who'll we see first?” asked Carmen. “Who's going to be speaking first?”
“Chynna Clugston-Major and David Kaye are going to be speaking at the same time,” Maria read off. Bri and Sandy sniffed.
“Well, Sandy, there are just some sacrifices we'll have to make…” Bri patted Sandy.
“I know! Eeeny meeny miny mo! Catch a tiger by the toe! If he hollers, let him go… My mother picks the very best one and that is Y-O-U! Chynna! Let's go!” The two then ran off.
“Um, who's Chynna Clugston-Major?” Janine asked.
The rest shrugged and ran off after Sandy and Bri. When they arrived, they saw a very happy Sailor Sandrock and Sailor Yui. David and Chynna's booths were right next to each other!
“Well, wouldn't you know?” Amarus sniffed.
“It's really great to see so many fans here…” David was saying.
“I'm so glad you guys came all over just to see me! Mods rule! Fok Teeny-boppers!” Chynna said. (By the way, Chynna Clugston-Major is a real person… Not sure she'd say that, though…)
There was a roar from the crowd and they all gathered to have their copies of Blue Monday signed. When this errand was done, the two fickle senshi hopped over to David Kaye's booth and waved at him. He looked a little confused and waved back and went on about a speech on being a voice-actor and how fulfilling it was. After that was done, everyone rushed to get Mr. Kaye's autograph, and those being mostly screaming fangirls.
“Hey, Kaye-sama!” Bri said, waving her arm in his face and blushing.
“We're the girls who kept on sending you e-mails with all sorts of different questions and we got your publicist person pissed. She still isn't mad at us, is she? I think she blocked our e-mail addresses…” Sandy trailed off.
The other scouts looked around nervously and coughed and Mr. Kaye sweat-dropped.
“Ah, yes, I think I remember those e-mails! The one about the evil writing teacher, right? Nice to see you in person! Great costumes, girls!”
“Thank you!” Sandy and Bri blushed.
“Oh, please,” Janine and Amarus muttered.
Katrina and Ana were thinking about how cute he was while Chrissy and Maria wandered off to a food stand. Mary and Carmen were busy looking at who was up next. “Lovely speech,” Mary was muttering, “but different verb tenses! Disgraceful! This from an actor who reads nothing but scripts all day…”
Katrina was looking at her pamphlet and said, “Well, Naoko-sensei isn't going to be on for another hour. I suppose we could go shopping or something.”
Chrissy and Maria came back. “What're we doing now?”
“Shopping,” Mary said. “And then we're gonna-”
Mary was interrupted by an announcement on the loudspeakers. “Attention, all OhioAnimeCon guests! The Cos-Play Contest is starting now, so all participants or those who have not signed up yet, or those who wish to watch, please head towards the auditorium. A surprise panel of celebrity judges will be there.”
“Ooooh,” Chrissy, Janine and Carmen said. “Hey! Let's enter the contest! We're bound to win!”
“Okay!” The others agreed.
Meanwhile, an unauthorized person was in the auditorium…
“Excellent plan, if I do say so myself!” Aksan was saying. “We'll draw those annoying Scouts to us; they're bound to be here… I mean there are so many nerds and Sailor Scout related crud here…”
“There's only one problem with your plan, Aksan,” Zifral sniffed. “There will be people dressed up as Sailor Senshi! I've seen these things before, and they're NOT pretty.”
“Well, we should go with the flow,” said Nomanaki, strutting on the stage. “I think we'll find them here, and anyway, it'll be fun watching these dorks dress up! I haven't had a good laugh in a long time!”
“That's true,” Zifral nodded. “Quick! They're coming in! Rig the place and hide!”
And with that, a crowd of people entered and the troublemakers vanished. The contenders were backstage, and the rules were being discussed. Suddenly, who should walk onto the stage but David Kaye!
The audience began to clap, and fangirls began to faint. He chuckled (Bri and Sandy got a nosebleed at that) and started to bow. “Thank you, everyone,” he said, smiling. “And welcome to OhioAnimeCon! I'm proud to host this year's cos-play contest, with my fellow judges Naoko Takeuchi, Rumiko Takahashi, Chynna Clugston-Major, Maaya Sakamoto and a fellow voice actor of mine from Gundam Wing, Kirby Morrow! Now, as everyone who has attended this convention knows, this isn't a regular cos-play contest! It's a karaoke cos-play contest! So please welcome our first contenders!”
With a large applause, the Dementerville Senshi were bustled onto the stage and handed microphones.
“What?! Us first?” cried Amarus.
“Wh-what're we supposed to sing? Stand and Deliver? Moonlight Densetsu?” Sandy looked around nervously.
David and Kirby just smiled (drool), Rumiko winked, Maaya waved and Naoko clapped and smiled. Chynna noticed that the Scouts were feeling uncomfortable and said, “Hey! Just like in Blue Monday! Sing the first thing that pops into your head and give it all you got!” She then winked and gave them the thumbs-up sign. The Scouts went to take positions to begin some sort of song, when all of a sudden, in a clear voice, Maria, who was standing in the middle of the stage, began to sing.
“Kimi o, kimi o aishiteru kokoro de mitsumete iru kimi o kimi o shinjiteru samui yoru mo.”
The other Scouts chimed in and then did a perfect rendition of the opening theme for Escaflowne. When they were done, Naoko, Maaya, and Kirby were applauding wildly and Chynna, Rumiko, and David were nodding and smiling.
“Wow, that was great!” Chrissy said, shaking her head. “I didn't think I could get such a rush from singing! And, um, Maria? Where'd you learn the opening to Escaflowne?” Maria just smiled while the other Scouts went “……”.
“That was fun! And David and Kirby smiled at me!” Bri beamed as they stumped backstage amidst wild applause.
“I dunno… I feel a strange aura around the place… Or that we're being watched.” Ana stated.
The next group, dressed up as Fuu, Umi, and Hikaru from Magic Knight Rayearth, came up on stage and started to sing the opening to that show. They weren't very good, and when they came back, they yawned, stretched and moan.
“Killer!” the Umi impersonator said. “I didn't think I'd get so drained from performing that one song! Hey, Jane, Erica? Did you have some weird thoughts pop into your head? About Sailor Moon or something? I don't even like that show!”
Her two friends nodded in agreement, and they went further back to get water.
“Did you hear that?” Amarus hissed.
The others nodded and Katrina said, “Let's watch some more groups and see if they don't say the same thing.”
After several more groups performed and came back discussing evil, horrid, anti-Sailor Moon thoughts, Katrina nodded. “Alright! Ana! Carmen! Scan the area, please.”
The two nodded and did as they were told.
“There's a shadow coming from row 3, seats A, B, and C.” Ana confirmed.
Bri got her bag out and pulled out her communicator. “It looks like negative, dark energy that comes from hatred. Geeze, these people must be a bunch of rednecks! Or demons…”
“Alright! Let's morph and show those demons what we're made of!” Katrina shouted.
Suddenly, Aksan, Firon and Nomanaki jumped out of the third row and onto the stage. Aksan took Naoko (who was in a state of shock), Firon took Maaya, who started to scream, and Nomanaki took Chynna, who started to bite her.
“Ow, ow, ow!” Amarus and Nomanaki shouted.
“Alright! Let's morph and show those demons what we're made of!” Katrina repeated.
“But, Kat- I mean Dragonspaw- we're already morphed!” Chrissy cried.
“Duh,” Bri and Amarus muttered.
“Okay, let's just go and get them!”
“Alright!” They shouted.
“How dare they lay a finger on Naoko-sensei and Maaya-san!” Sandrock sizzled. She wasn't too worried about Chynna, because she had already struggled out of Nomanaki's grasp and was dragging David and Kirby to safety with her. “I'll get them! Firon! Aksan! Moon Love Crystals Spiral!”
The familiar stones flew out of mid-air and began to swirl around Aksan and Firon.
“Someone should do something with Nomanaki!” Katrina said, not wanting to hurt her friend.
“No, let her be,” Amarus sighed and threw off her wig.
“And now for the grand finale!” said Zifron, suddenly appearing above the stage. David and Kirby, who were watching from the safety of the balcony, blushed. Chynna hit them and muttered something about “gobbe-shites”.
Zifron took out her fan and was about to unfold it when Icesis cried, “Ice Ninja Smash!” She swatted Zifron and made her drop the fan.
Sailor Curtain used her Curtain Wrap to get the fan away from Zifron.
Firon tried to make a run for it, but Dragonspaw cried, “Cookie Cyclone!” Suddenly, Firon was enveloped in a hail of cookies.
Nomanaki took Aksan and made a portal. Zifron recovered as well and made a run for it. The cookie hail stopped and Firon started to go towards the portal, too.
“I'll see that you don't! Hurricane Hail Blast!” cried Hurricane, who blocked the fugitives' way to the portal.
“That should have washed you up! Now for a dry! Stardust Pow!” cried Starfire. Firon, Zifron and Aksan were knocked down but Nomanaki still tried to make a run for it. Sailor Yui pulled out a detour sign and placed it near the portal.
“What the…?” Nomanaki muttered. “Whatever, it wouldn't do to break traffic laws.” Little Sailor Starshine then went over and tripped Nomanaki. “And now for our grand finale, Zifron! Draskin Go!” cried Dragonspaw.
“Combination with… Blossom Vine Whip!” cried Blossom. Together, the combined attack headed towards the unconscious villains. “Wait!” cried Naoko, who had recovered from her faint. “If you destroy them, who will you have left to fight?”
“There's always someone doing some sort of evil in this universe,” Amarus hissed with pain as the attack hit her counterpart.
“And it's up to us Sailor Senshi to stop them,” Yui nodded.
“So you are real,” whispered Naoko with a smile and fainted again.
Zifral raised herself above the ground and, using some magic, dragged her unconscious companions to the portal. “We'll meet again, Sailor Brats!” she sniffed. And with that, they were gone.
***
When the police finally arrived to clear up the scene, the girls had already demorphed and were waiting outside for Mrs. Comm.
“So much for meeting our favorite celebs,” Sandy sighed.
“Yeah, and winning the contest,” Amarus muttered.
“And being awarded by hunky David Kaye and Kirby Morrow,” Bri sighed.
“And Rumiko-sensei,” Chrissy moaned.
“Hey! I think those are the ones!” they heard a familiar male voice say. Suddenly the whole panel of judges were there and David and Kirby were looking very hunky indeed.
“You won!” Rumiko said, shaking their hands and then bowing.
“Great costumes!” Naoko gushed.
“Lovely singing!” Maaya raved.
“Domo arigoto!” The girls all blushed in response.
“So, here are your awards,” David smiled, and handed each of them medals on ribbons and a whole collection of anime soundtracks. (=^_^=)
“You guys are going to come back next year, right?” Kirby asked. “I hope you do. Even if I'm not invited, I'll come back just to see you perform!”
“Thanks! We will!” Katrina said on behalf of the senshi.
“And keep up the good work! Maybe next year you all'll dress up like Bleu and the gang, eh?” Chynna winked. “Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!” Bri and Sandy nodded.
“Good! See you later!” Chynna waved and walked away, following her fellow judges.
“You know, Ms. Takeuchi,” she was saying to Naoko. “I had the strangest dream that these Sailor Scouts, dressed up like our winners, fought off these weird monster things. Oh, yes! Rumiko-sensei? Can you read Blue Monday? Please, please, please? I'll be most honored…”
“Of course!” Rumiko smiled.
And with that, Mrs. Comm pulled up. “Oh, thank goodness you're all safe! I was so worried, when I heard there was an explosion at the convention center… So worried, so worried… Well, did you have fun?” “Yeah!” They cried in unison.
“Shoot! I just realized: we only got Chynna's and David's autographs!” Sandy smacked her head.
“I wouldn't be so sure,” smiled Ana. “Look at the medals!” They did and they saw that the medals were signed by the judges.
“Wow, what a day!” Sandy smiled. “Reepy and the others will be so jealous!”
THE END, for now…
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