SailorStar9: With Chapter 20 out, this is Chapter 21 of this fic. Remember boys and girls, reviews are an author's subsistence. Really, is it so difficult for you guys to review instead of just putting this fic up in your favorites and alerts?

Pairings: No Tieria/Ami for this Book, sorry. Just canon Mamoru/Usagi and quite possible Setsuna/Hotaru.

Standard BS Disclaimers: I do not own Sailor Moon, Gundam 00 or the pairings. If I did, the other Senshi would be as powerful as Sailor Moon and kicking MOTD ass more often and VEDA would have least an anti-hacker program installed. The only thing I do own is the plot.

Chapter 21: Protect the Children's Dreams! Friendship Linked by Anime

Time passes...

"I'm so depressed." Tadashita Kazuko complained to Matsuno Hiromi as they made their way back to the anime studio. "Do you know what Director Asatou said?"

"Not a word." Hiromi sighed. "Because he talk in such abstract terms. I just have no talent. Maybe I should just quit the anime industry."

"What are you saying, Hiromi?" Kazuko chided.

"I was just kidding." Hiromi assured. "I won't give up so easily."

"Excuse me." Ami called out to the two animators running by the bookshop she had just came out of when she noticed Hiromi drop her sketchpad. "Studio Dive?" she picked up the envelope. "It has the address."

At Nephrite's hideout...

"The stars know everything." The long-haired Shitennou was consulting the stars again. "Tying a dream together in light and shadow, time is spent and remains in the eye. The next provider of energy that the Twins, the constellation of Gemini, point to is her. Castor and Pollux, it seems the time has come for me to use my strongest Youma."

"It should be around here." Ami looked about the area, after cram school when she spotted Nephrite's vehicle drive down the road.

At Studio Dive..

Hiromi was working on the Sailor V animated movie.

"Pardon me," the disguised Nephrite approached Hiromi's workplace. "You are Matsuno Hiromi, correct? I'm a fan of yours. And I really wanted to see where you worked." He picked up the short pro animator pencil Hiromi had took out. With a press of his finger, he injected his Youma into the pencil.

"Nephrite," Sailor Mercury stood on the roof of Nephrite's car and addressed the exiting Shitennou. "You're up to something again, aren't you?"

"You saved me the trouble." Nephrite noted. Jumping in front of the water Senshi, he struck out his arm to knock her off. Sailor Mercury leapt to dodge the attack, a water ball already half-formed in her hands. "Water Whip" she lashed out at the Shitennou. "I've prepared my best Youma for you." He sidestepped the flailing whip and entered his car. "Make sure to train yourself until the time comes to fight them." with that, he drove off.

"Excuse me. " Ami called from the door at Studio Dives after Kazuko bought back dinner. "I found this." She returned Hiromi's drawings.

"Thank you very much. " a relieved Kazuko beamed. "This is very important to us. "Hiromi." She blinked when the silent animator entered the side office and slammed the door shut.

The next day...

"You seem quite composed." Zoisite noted, Nephrite was shipping his brandy on the balcony of his hideout. I wonder if your plan is going well this time."

"Everything is proceeding nicely ." Nephrite answered.

"You seem extremely confident." Zoisite remarked. "I will see how well you do."

Ami made good on Kazuko's promise that she could visit the animator studio and brought along Usagi and Rei to the studio after school.

"Shut up!" Hiromi snapped, silencing the gushing Usagi and Rei. "Everyone is still working. Why don't you keep it down a little? You're so loud, I can't stand it."

"Hiromi, how can you say that?" Kazuko scolded. "They're here because they like our work."

"They just want signatures and cel art." Hiromi snorted. "This is perfect." She grinned once she received the call from the director to give her the go-ahead for the movie's last scene. "Director, in the last scene, Sailor V will be killed. That's the kind of thrilling story children want these days. Kazuko," she put down the phone. "The director asked me to do the last scene. So, it's up to me how I want do it."

"I feel the aura of a Youma. " Rei frowned.

"Let me handle this." Kazuko stopped her co-workers and headed out to confront Hiromi.

"She's on the roof." Usagi spotted Hiromi walking up the spiral staircase.

"Kazuko," Hiromi looked at her best friend. "You think I have no talent, don't you? You're so uppity, just because you have a little more talent than me. But, I'll be better than you from now on. As long as I have this pencil." She held up the special pencil in her hand.

"The energy level has peaked." Nephrite declared. 'Go, Castor, Pollux." He summoned the twin Youma.

Placing the unconscious Kazuko near the wall, the three girls transformed.

"Moon Prism Power, Make Up!"

"Mercury Power, Make Up!"

"Mars Power, Make Up!"

"The strongest Youma?" Zoisite was intrigued.

"That's right." Nephrite confirmed. "Those two Youma are like twins bound together by a strong friendship. And that power is several levels greater than the Sailor Senshi. They will meet their end today."

"We shall see if you can defeat us." Castor and Pollux challenged the Senshi. "Behold!" they showed their entwined tails. "We're bound by a strong friendship. In other words, you cannot defeat us."

"How about this?" Castor released a stream of fire, reminiscent to Sailor Mars' 'Fire Soul'.

"And how about this?" Pollux fired off a shower of bubbles, similar to Sailor Mercury's 'Sabão Spray'. "Did you see our teamwork?" She bragged, the three Senshi were forced to hide behind Sailor Mercury's hastily formed water shield.

"How can they use the same techniques as us?" Sailor Mars wondered.

"I'll finish you guys." Castor declared, walking towards the Senshi.

"No, that's my job." Pollux insisted.

"No, I will..." Castor held fast.

"No, I will do it." Pollux pressed.

"Fine then, this is the end of our friendship." Castor glared.

"Just what I wanted." Pollux retorted and the two Youma released their tied tails.

"Now's our chance " Sailor Moon told the other two Senshi. "Let's show them what real teamwork is. Moon Tiara Action!"

"Fireball!" Sailor Mars released her attack.

"Aqua Mist!" Sailor Mercury cast a stronger version of her 'Sabão Spray'.

The combined attack took out the two Youma.

SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Read and review.