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Battling Time Savers: Black Moon

Chapter 1: Silence in the Big Apple

Secrecy. A hall of black. Nothing visible. Where could this be? In the darkened place, a group walked through the empty space. All wore black cloaks from head to toe, their faces unseen throughout the blanket of darkness. Reaching a spot, the dozen cloaks broke and circled around the point of interest. "Present the artifacts," one ordered. Many items were placed in the center of everyone, the biggest being a crystal ball. "Present the blood." The cloaks reached their arms out, blood dripping from the hand. "Now, recite after me." The head began chanting a language that words wouldn't be able to follow. As they cited, lights formed from beneath each cloak. Lines beamed from one cloak to another, triangles formed and stars aligned. "Under the New Moon, come from the dead. Rise thine Queen!" A flash ruptured which lit the room. From the center, a redhead adult woman with long and pointy ears started rising from the light, a black tiara over the forehead. She wore a shoulder-less midnight violet gown that extended passed her feet. The darkened pale skin fit the thin figure while having long blood red fingernails. Once she finally emerged, the light faded from its obscurity. Red eyes opened from the new woman. "Our queen! How long it has been since your death!" The queen glared at the unknown person a little confused. Then a flash of memory. It showed a pigtailed blond teen girl in a white gown holding a wand in front before the vision blurred to white.

"Sailor Moon..." she muttered. "No... Princess Serenity... She killed me..." Her memories never left her despite her death. "Now that I'm back, I can start the takeover of Crystal Tokyo again." The leader of the revival cloaks had news to share to the resurrected queen.

"Crystal Tokyo is eternally protected without you at full power. However, all is not lost." The queen gawked at the information.

"What do you mean?"

"You were just resurrected. You need power to break through the barrier." The information seemed to sink in for the queen.

"Yes, I need sufficient power to overcome Sailor Moon and her scouts. May I suggest somewhere to obtain power?"

"But of course, Queen Beryl!" The cloak waived an arm out where a light emitted in front of everyone attending. From the light showed the Statue of Liberty facing a city full of lights and noise. "New York City, the population larger than Tokyo. The humans are still reeling emotionally from a terrorist attack on the infamous 9/11." How would she extract the energy from the city? Beryl seemed intrigued with the new setting.

"Fascinating. Their stirred emotions from this terrorist attack may indeed fuel my power." The hooded leader wasn't done with explanations.

"However, there are... four complications to this." The light shifted to a new scene focusing on a few characters. One boy was a raven-haired in a red baseball cap and blue sweat-tee. He had a yellow mouse with a jagged-shape tail and red cheeks while holding tonfa sticks. He swung punches, the tonfa sticks providing damage to demons. Another boy was a blond in a red trench-coat wielding a spear carving demons left and right. One girl was a purple-haired teen wore a green Japanese garb with purple baggy pants wielding a samurai sword. She sliced any enemy that faced her with blinding speed. The last was a pink-haired girl who has exceptional speed and stabbed any minion before punting them wearing a red pseudo Chinese dress and biker shorts. "Ash Ketchum, Edward Elric, Sakura Haruno, Rin Kamishiro... The Battling Time Savers and Honorary Spirit Detectives. They were responsible for the vanquishing of Jonau, a demon that tried to change the city but was foiled. Though mere children, they possess significant powers and should never be underestimated." Beryl scoffed to the mention.

"To underestimate these 'mere children,' we take no chances until it's too late. My powers are still dormant after years in the grave but I have what it takes to summon my generals... and I know which four to even the odds." She wove her hand out which had the other cloaks clear a space. From the ground, a light emerged and up appeared four adults wearing matching gray military uniforms. One was a short-haired blond man. One, a shaggy long-haired brunette man. The third man had straight long silver hair. The only woman that appeared was a ponytail blond. "Jadeite, Malachite, Neflite, Zoisite... your mission is to intercept these four children. Conquest to conquer Crystal Tokyo begins in New York City." Nodding, the four suddenly vanished. Beryl smirked, unaware that the lead cloak had a secret briefly exposed: a wing. The city viewed before remained bustling with lights and sounds from vehicles and humans walking around. Of course, not everything was child-friendly. Before long, people noticed a rapidly forming set of rainclouds gathering over. The mesmerized crowd couldn't help but look up. Just then, demonic creatures of various shapes and sizes rained down from the rainclouds instead of... well, rain and attacked the citizens. The blitzkrieg gave no one any chance to counter, not even the infamous NYPD stood a chance. In a span of minutes, the sleepless city became quiet. New York City was now a ghost town... until two figures showed up from the shoreline, the direction of where the Statue faced. It was the raven-haired boy and his mouse. The boy wore a black vest over a white t-shirt. They exited an alley to an empty street near Times Square.

"This isn't right, Pikachu," he muttered to his mouse. "New York's usually alive 24/7, right?"

("That's what it was the last time, Ash!") replied Pikachu. The boy continued down the streets with the mouse on his shoulder.

"Maybe we'll feel better when we find the others." The walk proceeded through the sidewalks in an area much too quiet for it to be a city that never sleeps. "Ed! Rin! Sakura!"

("Anybody there?") With no response, the pair grew weary about the rest who saved New York and the Spirit World. Unaware to either of them, a group of mutants of varying shapes found Ash as well as one of Beryl's generals. It was the blond man.

"So he's one of them," he studied. "He must have escaped from his dimension. No matter." His company rushed out and make their run at the two. Pikachu's ears perked up from the footsteps behind them. The mutants were fast approaching, one a bluish-gray man-shaped creature with white hair and a sash. The other was a skinny woman-like fiend wearing all black and sporting claws. The creatures leaped up with blades embedded in their arms. It did give Ash enough time to whip out his tonfa sticks. Just in time, he blocked the creature's attack. Fending it off, Ash spun and landed a spinning forearm across the throat. If only there was a blade, that would've sliced through its neck. Instead, it fell and clutched the injury. The other made its approach with a thorn whip. Ash spun again and fired another hook, this time catching the whip with the stick.

"Do it!" Pikachu fired electricity from its cheeks, zapping the whip just as Ash jumped away. After getting shocked, the creature was on its knees stunned, perhaps too stunned to react to Ash's rush. He nailed the creature with an uppercut, sticking the tonfa under the chin and blasting it to the dark sky. That fiend hit the concrete, head first. That one's out for the count but now the first came back to the fight, still reeling from the neck shot. Before that fiend could move, the general flew down to meet his adversary.

"You're skilled," he complimented. "No wonder my queen wants an audience with you." Ash glared at the man in uniform. What he said made his curiosity peak.

"I was told that this country was run by a democracy, whatever that is, not royalty." The uniformed blond didn't seem bothered by the explanation.

"Right now, that's not important. I am Jadeite, one of Queen Beryl's generals that seeks to bring you to see Queen Beryl for a little... assistance." Ash lifted his sticks for when Jadeite chose to strike.

"I'm a little busy right now trying to find my friends." To Jadeite's scoff, that wasn't an option.

"I'm afraid that's impossible. My friends have gone to the other dimensions to capture yours. They're now attending my queen as we speak. It's best that you comply if you want to see them again." He pointed to behind Ash where the boy and mouse peeked. More fiends... Ash and Pikachu were cornered. Even with all the training in the world, Ash knew he couldn't fight all of them. He needed help. Unbeknown to anyone, a vintage blue muscle car decorated with thick dual-white stripes over the middle rolled up and a grenade was chucked in the crowd of fiends. KABOOM! The explosion blew the fiends and spread pieces or complete creatures from the center of the blast. Ash, Pikachu and Jadeite turned where one figure came running in with a weapon not immediately recognized until a lamp revealed a handgun. A raven-haired, dusty-colored-skinned young woman in a business suit, skirt and nylon stockings with half-inch black dress Mary Jane shoes lifted her weapon of choice at Jadeite.

"Kid, this way!" she yelled. Ash hesitated at the woman's demand, mainly due to her firearm. Realizing now that she came to help out, he darted after the woman and soon passed her with Jadeite swooping to cut him off. The woman's aim looked true as she fired rounds at Jadeite to stop him. The shots delayed the general enough for her to follow Ash. Both found the blue muscle car with a blond teenager wearing a pink flannel shirt and brown skirt and a chestnut brunette woman in a yellow business suit and slacks spotted the two... or three coming. "May, shotgun! Becky, back seat!" Responding, the brunette fixed the passenger seat and Ash and Pikachu jumped in before being joined by her as she replaced the chair. The blond got on the same adjusted seat as the raven-haired got behind the wheel. She started the engine and kicked down the pedal to peel away to the streets surprisingly empty. Jadeite's hunt just started. He flew, no wings necessary, above the car and aimed an energy ball.

"I will have him for my queen!" he roared as he threw the orb. The blond pulled a pin and tossed another grenade up after she leaned out the passenger window. The orb and grenade connect and both exploded in the air. Jadeite shielded his arms from the bright light and bought the driver the moment needed to escape. When the flash dimmed, the car vanished. Jadeite couldn't locate the vehicle. "Where are you?" He surrendered for now and disappeared to thin air. Meanwhile, the car found its way out of the city via the highway with Ash and the women breathing relief.

"I knew coming to New York was a bad idea, Rally," the brunette scolded. "But no! You came here on a phone call about a connection to a smuggling system related to Chicago!" The raven-haired groaned to the brunette's complaint.

"Look, how the hell was I supposed to know that New York would go Ghost Town by the time I found him?" argued Rally. "All I saw was that man in uniform flying and looking down at something or someone and just happen to find this kid about to get the mauling of his life." Ash bowed his head, the red baseball cap shielding his face.

"Maybe listening to the statewide lock-down warning issued a couple of days ago!" Even the blond grew frustrated to the brunette's complaining.

"Becky, take a chill pill," she mulled. "Besides, weren't you the one who gave us Intel about New York City hosting these connections?" Becky's cheeks puffed up in her anger despite the new evidence pointing back at her.

"Look, can't we just leave it at that and be thankful we're still standing in some sorts?" muttered Ash. Pikachu squeaked in agreement to its master.

"You have no saying in our debate!" snapped Becky. Not to Rally's rolling eyes.

"Actually, he's right," she acknowledged. Becky gasped in dismay on Rally switching to Ash's side. "Though, if I was your mother, I'd scold you about fighting those... things back there." To Ash, he couldn't run from it if he had a way to escape.

"Like I had a choice," he pointed out. "I'm just trying to contemplate what that guy... Jadeite said when he needed his 'queen's' assistance." The blond turned to the information Ash mentioned, also taking stock of Pikachu.

"So that guy was after you?" she asked. "Also, that's the biggest mouse I've seen. Not even sewer rats down in Dallas are that big." Pikachu squeaked a little while itching its head.

"Pikachu's my best friend and we've traveled together since we first met." This grew the blond's interest about the mouse.

"You don't mind if I hold him?" The answer came from Pikachu as it hopped from Ash's lap to the blond's for her to pet it.

"Okay, May, how do you think Ken will feel seeing you with that?" piqued the brunette.

"He won't mind at all." Now Ash seemed clued in about these three girls.

"Hold on..." he realized before pointing to the brunette. "Becky..." Now the blond. "May..." Lastly, the driver. "...And Rally?" Becky huffed a slight chuckle to Ash's study.

"So you were paying attention," she teased. "But yeah... I'm Rebecca Farrah..." Rally snorted to how Becky identified herself.

"Rebecca 'the Nose' Farrah," she reiterated. Becky growled at the labeled nickname Rally offered her.

"You want to start something, Rally?!" The driver snickered, knowing she got on her nerves.

"I'm 'Minnie' May Hopkins," May introduced herself. "I was the one who provided the grenade to bail you out of that messy situation." Pikachu cooed in amazement to how they were saved.

"Let's not forget Irene Vincent behind the wheel," Becky scowled. "The Gunsmith Cat from the Windy City." Now Rally growled, getting some payback.

"I prefer Rally, not Irene, Miss Nosy," she scorned. Becky didn't appreciate that retort.

"Yeah, Bulletproof Heart?" Those two never wanted to stay on the same page. "Now I believe..."

"...It's my turn, I gotcha," Ash huffed. "I'm Ash Ketchum. You could say that me and Pikachu are from a different plain of existence. Pikachu's a Pokémon and I'm his trainer." Pikachu's squeaks helped with the clarification.

"At least he's not as hasty as Bill was," May reminded, something Rally's face wanted to drop. As the car journeyed down the highway, they were tailed by a dark blue sports utility vehicle with its turning signals flashing. Rally spotted the blinking signals, another family escaping.

"Someone's a little tardy on the departure party," she groaned before Ash looked back and noticed. The driver was a ponytail cyan-haired woman in a yellow button-down shirt.

"Botan?" he named. Becky heard the name and thought it was a friend of his.

"Rally, signal that you're pulling over," she instructed. Rally tapped the brakes to flash the red lights of the rear before the right turn signal flipped on. The SUV driver also turned her right signal on and both vehicles rolled to the side on the gravel. Once stopped, Ash and Rally came out and so did the supposed Botan. The cyan-haired relaxed at the sight of the trainer.

"Thank goodness that I found you before they did," she gladly praised. If only that were true...

"No, they found me," he corrected. "I was just happy to have Rally save me from Jadeite." This bothered Botan.

"Well, at least there's that portion of luck. It does give us a shimmer of hope to save the others, let alone the worlds." From her words, Jadeite was telling no lies to Ash.

"So Ed, Rin and Sakura must be with Queen Beryl. That's gonna cripple this team." Confused, Rally came forward wanting some idea to this situation.

"Excuse me, but what are you talking about?" she broke up the talk. "I get that you two know each other but who are these other guys that you brought up?" Botan wondered if telling Rally about their union would help their fight against Beryl.

"Yes, an explanation is needed to clarify the issue of sorts," she addressed with hesitance. "If you follow me to a disclosed location by Prince Koenma and Lord Illpalazzo, they'll help explain all the ordeals behind the original four." Reluctant, Rally wasn't sure to take her word. Still, this was someone Ash knew. She had to put her trust in the girl.

"As long as you or this prince and lord don't pull any funny business, please lead on."

"Very well." Everyone got back to the vehicles and with the SUV in the lead, all traveled down the road. If Edward, Rin and Sakura were captured, all hopes laid in Ash's hands.

TO BE CONTINUED...