Title: Wildfire - Chapter 1
Author: Viper Inferno
E-mail: viperdvman@hotmail.com
Rated: PG

Howdy, Sailor Moon Fans. Welcome back to the world of Y2V. Now before my 
usual Okie speech, I'd like to apologize for spelling Serena's teacher's 
name wrong in the prologue. I know her name is Ms. Haruna, but somethin' 
messed up. No hard fellin's? With the prologue out of the way, I'ma 
reveal a lot of stuff in this chapter, and Russell's gonna get lots of 
parts again. Y'all will love it. Here's my usual...

...Disclaimer: Sailor Moon and most of the characters ain't mine. They 
belong to Naoko Takeuchi, and I thank that woman for creating such great 
entertainment. The English dub belongs to DiC Entertainment, and I thank 
them for bringing' it to America. Good news, I hear that DiC's dubbin' 
the third season, yeehah! Anyways, Russell Hino, Hino Kyodai, Tuxedo 
Inferno, and all his other identities are MINE (in a deep, dark, growling 
voice). Titanius is also mine. So, please don't sue me. Well, y'all enjoy 
this fanfic and e-mail me.

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                                  Wildfire
                              By Viper Inferno

                                 Chapter 1

	"You're a great dancer," A girl whispers into Russell's ear.
	"Thank you," he responds, " My sister and I have been practicing 
for years."
	"I can tell," she comments.
	They continue on through the rest of an oceanic song. The ocean 
sounds stop as the special music band takes charge and prepares for 
another oceanic song. The synthesizers play a romantic rhythm while the 
strings band plays background music. The girl removes her head from 
Russell's shoulder, looks into his eyes, and wraps both arms over his 
shoulders. They dance to the captivating song with pure passion and 
emotion. She notices the fire in Russell's eyes. After the song, she puts 
her hand on Russell's cheek. "Thank you Russell," she says with a sparkle 
in her eyes. Russell grabs her hand and holds it in his own, "My 
pleasure." She lets go and walks towards another girl, "Bye Russell." 
Russell smiles and walks through the dining hall towards the open balcony.

	The scene transfers to the balcony of a beautiful palace, 
overlooking a vast pond, glistening in the Earth's light.
	The same girl walks out onto the balcony and right next to 
Russell. "Nice night, isn't it."
"Yeah," Russell responds, "So many stars, billions of miles away. It's 
wonderful how massive balls of fire could make the night sky look so 
beautiful from such a distance."
"But, up close, it is just a burning mass of hydrogen and various other 
gases that gives life to all," she adds.
"I heard from my friend that the moon is a captivating site from Earth. 
With the water sparkling in the moonlight," says Russell.
"The Earth makes a beautiful site from here. The waters glisten it its 
light too," she says.
Russell looks into her beautiful baby-blue eyes and sees the very sparkle 
he saw after their dance, "The Earth makes your eyes glisten 
beautifully." She advances slowly towards him, seeing the same fire in 
his eyes. Russell leans close to her, "More beautifully than my friend 
described the Moon," he softly and deeply says, then gently kisses her on 
the lips. She looks into his eyes, feeling the intense flames, "And the 
fires of the sky burn beautifully in your eyes." She wraps her arms 
around the tops of his shoulders and kisses him with passionate love. He 
takes the rose his sister gave him, knowing it was for a special girl 
he'd find at the ball, and puts it in the girl's hair. 

	The sound of an alarm clock ends the scene. Russell wakes up in 
his hotel room with his Physics classmate in the other bed. 
	"Same dream again, Russell," he asks him.
	"Yeah, she's out there somewhere," Russell replies, rubbing the 
sleep out of his eyes.
	"You'll find her Russell, don't worry," says his classmate, 
"C'mon, lets get some breakfast before the seminar." Russell gets up out 
of bed and opens his suitcase, finding out what to wear.
	
	Negaverse Headquarters...

	After Titanius' battle with the Sailor Scouts yesterday, he 
completes his data analysis and walks to Queen Beryl's throne room, where 
all the other generals are standing.
	"Heard you failed to destroy the Mars Prince, again," says Queen 
Beryl, "And after you had carried out what would've been a flawless plan."
	"With all due respect, Your Highness, defeating the Mars Prince 
was not part of my master plan," Titanius defends, "Everything yesterday, 
including the battle and its outcome, went as planned."
	"What are you trying to say, Titanius?" Beryl challenges.
	"Yeah, Titanius," Jedite adds. 
	"Enlighten us," Zoicyte also adds.
	"Tell us what you really have planned," Malachite finishes.
	"My mission this whole week was to lure the Mars Prince and study 
him," Titanius explains.
	"Studying is not good enough, Titanius," Beryl yells, "You won't 
get your pay until the Mars Prince is exterminated. Clear?"
	"Clear, but I did some planning last night after analyzing the 
data," says Titanius.
	"And what have you come up with?" Beryl asks.
	"The scouts still don't trust him very much, especially that 
pyromaniac Sailor Mars and that muscle-head Sailor Jupiter. Tuxedo Mask 
doesn't trust him much either. Only Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury have 
any trust in him," Titanius presents.
	"What are you trying to get at?" Beryl badgers.
	"He's a powerful warrior and the Sailor Scouts don't trust him. 
He could make a powerful ally," says Titanius, cutting to the chase.
	"The Mars Prince, working for us," Beryl says, pondering.
	"Your Highness, I love that plan," says Malachite.
	"Titanius, you're a genius," Nephrite complements.
	"I like your strategy, Titanius. And I like your plan. Your 
mission is to capture the Mars Prince and bring him here. I'll make him 
ours myself," Beryl orders.
	"It'll have to be between me and him. The Sailor Scouts will get 
suspicious if they get involved. I'll have to lure just him," says 
Titanius as he turns and leaves the room.
	"The Mars Prince, one of ours. That'll be a glorious day for the 
Negaverse," says Beryl, "With the Mars Prince on our side, those pesky 
Sailor Scouts are a good as dead." She fills the entire hall with her 
evil laugh.

	At the temple...

	Raye opens the door to let Amy and Mina inside. As she closes the 
door, a white streak flies through the door, narrowly missing getting 
locked out or even getting hit by the door. 
	"Where's Lita and Serena?" Raye asks.
	"They're somewhere?" Mina responds.
	"Hope Meatball-Head's not late again," Raye sarcastically 
comments.
	Serena and Lita walk in just as Raye makes the comment, with Luna 
in Serena's arms.
	"Speak of the devil," Raye comments, "If being late wasn't bad 
enough, you had to go off dragging poor Lita into it as well."
	"Jeez Raye, you never give up, do you," Serena argues.
	"If you're gonna be late, don't drag us into it," Raye fights 
back.
	"But, you're my friends, I would never do that," Serena pouts.
	"You're such a Meatball Head," Raye slanders, "You're never on 
time for anything."
	"Why are you always so mean to me," Serena whimpers as she begins 
wailing.
	"Serena, don't let her get to you," Lita says, then turns to Raye, 
"Raye, she's got a point you know."
	They all take a seat as Luna jumps up on the table to discuss the 
earlier battle.
	"Today was filled with the strangest of events," Luna prompts.
	"I can't believe Mr. Titus was Titanius," Serena states.
	"And that he managed to secretly rig the entire school by 
himself," Amy adds.
	"He's seems to be a expert strategist," Luna rationalizes, "He's 
one of the Negaverse's most powerful warriors. Especially since they're 
paying him to rid the universe of you. That seems to make him even more 
ambitious, and more dangerous."
	"His also has his own youmas," says Lita, "and very powerful ones 
too."
	"He's our primary threat right now," Raye jumps in, "Any we need 
to keep on the look out for him."
	"It's odd," Serena wonders, "We were able to easily defeat him 
since I destroyed his laser thingie, but now he's much more powerful."
	"He probably spent all that time training," says Artemis.
	"And Tuxedo Inferno," Mina brings up, "What about him?"
	"He seems to be on our side," says Serena.
	"He once again helped us out in battle," says Amy.
	"But he and Titanius seemed to be very interested in each other," 
says Raye, "It's like Titanius laid off of us to go after him."
	"I still don't trust him," Lita suspiciously says, "He and 
Titanius could be playing some kind of trick on us, studying us."
	"I don't trust him much either," Raye adds, "It's not the ruse, 
but it's the fact that neither we, nor Tuxedo Mask know who he is."
	"He is kinda cute," Mina states, trying to look on the bright 
side, "and he's such a great fighter."
	Luna clears her throat, getting the Scouts' attention. "I 
personally don't know whether to trust Tuxedo Inferno or not. But I can 
say that Titanius is not a force to be reckoned with. I suggest you keep 
your communicators and pins handy. Be careful Sailor Scouts."
	The girls get up, take the cats, and walk towards the front door. 
Amy stays on the couch after arranging to spend a little time studying 
with her friend. "Good bye, Serena. Have a good time," Amy says, waving 
at Serena. She turns back to Raye, "So Raye, what do want to do?"
	"I thought you were gonna study," Raye questions.
	"I don't really have anything to study for," says Amy, "so I have 
a free weekend, if Titanius doesn't get his way."
	"I know what you mean there," Raye agrees, walking over to her 
room.
	Amy follows her inside, admiring Raye's Shinto décor. Raye takes 
a seat on her bed while Amy pulls up a chair. "Raye, you never told me 
you had a brother."
	"Like I said when I first introduced him to you and the gang, he 
moved with Uncle Edgar and Aunt Rosemary before I ever met you."
	"Did he ever call?" Amy curiously asks.
	"He called often," Raye replies, "He moved back in the day before 
he met you girls."
	"I noticed all his trophies in the living room," says Amy.
	"Yeah, I built the display case and put them there," says Raye as 
she gets up from her bed, "C'mon, I'll show you." They walk out of Raye's 
room and walk over to the display case, filled with nearly every soccer 
trophy and every academic trophy and award that he has ever won. Amy 
admires the many soccer trophies from the time Russell was a kid. She 
recognizes the one he won at Crossroads Jr. High since they look similar 
to the ones displayed at the school. She even notices his individual 
achievement and State Championship trophies. What really catches her eye 
are his entire collection of academic awards and trophies. Many of them 
are 1st place trophies and scholar athlete awards.
	"Wow, your brother was both smart and athletic," says Amy with a 
little admiration.
	"He still is," says Raye as she walks toward Russell's room, 
"Come, there's more."
	They walk into Russell's fairly clean room. His walls are 
littered with soccer posters, a couple Sailor V posters, school spirit 
stuff from high school, and his somewhat messy desk. Amy notices his cap 
& gown with his Salutatorian stole as Raye pulls out Russell's high 
school yearbooks. She opens his yearbook from his junior year. She turns 
to the massive soccer pages, "See, state champions. I have the ring from 
his second state championship." She pulls the other yearbook out and 
shows Amy all the organizations and sports Russell was involved in.
	"Class president, Who's Who Among Japanese High School Students, 
National Scholar, and the class Salutatorian. He was a true Renaissance 
man," says Amy in amazement, "You must be really proud of Russell."
	"I kept track of his progress after he moved away," says Raye.
	After admiring Russell's early years, Raye and Amy put his 
yearbooks away and walk back into Raye's room to carry out some girl 
talk.

	After about an hour of girl talk, Amy's communicator goes off. 
Amy and Raye both grab their communicators.
	"Amy, Raye, Luna here. There is a disturbance at the park; it 
seems the Negaverse has sent a youma to terrorize the people. Titanius 
could be behind this, so I'm going with you. Luna out."
	"Titanius again?" Raye comments, "He just doesn't know when to 
quit."
	"Let's go," Amy says as they pull out their pins.
"Mercury, Power!"
"Mars, Power!"
	Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury bolt towards the park, preparing 
themselves for anything. They arrive at the park to see Sailor Moon 
already in battle with the giant crab-like youma.
	"I am Sailor Mercury!"
	"And I am Sailor Mars! We won't let you cause destruction and 
chaos."
	"Am I glad to see you guys," says Sailor Moon at the sound of her 
friends' voices.
	"Where's Luna?" Sailor Mercury asks.
	"Over there by the tree," Sailor Moon says as she points over to 
a nearby sycamore tree where Luna watches on. Sailor Mars jumps in the 
way of the youma's oversized pincer as it lunges towards Sailor Moon. The 
youma grabs her and begins squeezing. It doesn't phase the pyromaniac, for 
she engulfs her hands in flames and burns the pincer, causing it to 
release her.
	Sailor Mercury studies it with her minicomputer, "As with any 
crab-like youma, this one is a water type. It tends to find refuge in 
rivers, lakes, and even oceans. Thunder is its weakness, though I've 
found fried king crab to be an excellent dish myself."
	"Thank you Amy," Raye says sarcastically, "I always knew my powers 
would be good for cooking."
	"Can I eat it after we kill it?" Sailor Moon ecstatically asks.
	"All you ever think about is food," Sailor Mars criticizes.
	Suddenly, a beam of light smashes the youma, sending it into the 
lake. Sailor Venus and Sailor Jupiter arrive on the scene. They all watch 
the lake where the youma ended up splashing into.
	"I wonder if I defeated it," says Sailor Venus.
	"I doubt it," Sailor Mercury replies, "It thrives in the water."
	Sailor Jupiter steps in front of the scouts. "If it's in the 
water, then I'll just have to flush it out with a little jolt," she says 
as an antenna pops out of her tiara, "Jupiter Thunder, CRASH!"
	She sends bolts of lightning into the lake, electrocuting 
everything in it, including the youma. It flies out of the water, landing 
a hundred feet behind the scouts. The youma staggers up as Sailor Jupiter 
dashes over to it. She grabs one of its pincers and swings it around a 
bit. She releases it, sending it into the sycamore tree where Luna watches 
on. She bolts away from the flying youma just before it connects with the 
tree. "Sailor Jupiter, would be so kind as to watch where you are 
throwing."
	"Sorry Luna, didn't know you were over there," Sailor Jupiter says 
as beads of sweat drip from her forehead.
	"My tiara will be enough to finish it off," says Sailor Moon as 
she removes her tiara, "Moon Tiara, Magic!"
	She sends her tiara at the fallen youma, hitting it in the face 
and utterly destroying it. "Fried crab, on the house," Sailor Moon yells 
to her friends, "Who wants a leg?"
	"Sailor Moon, would you stop thinking about food and concentrate 
on the matter at hand," Sailor Mars demands, "Luna, why did the 
gluttonous Meatball Head have to be the leader? Why not me?"
	"Because I'm Sailor Moon," Sailor Moon cuts in, "champion of love 
and justice."
	"Yeah right, you're the champion of eating and crying," Sailor 
Mars argues.
	"Am not," Sailor Moon argues back.
	"Are too," Sailor Mars recovers.
	"Am NOT."
	"Are TOO."
	"Girls, stop it right this instant," Luna sharply orders. Both 
girls' heads drop. "Yes Luna," they say in unison.
	"This youma was easy to defeat," says Sailor Venus.
	"Yeah," Sailor Jupiter agrees, "a little too easy. Why would the 
Negaverse send in such a weak youma?"
	"Who knows, maybe somebody over there lost a few screws," Sailor 
Mercury answers.
	"Well, it's getting late," says Sailor Mars, noticing the sun 
setting in the west, reflecting of the lake, "I'd better be getting home." 
Sailor Mars jumps in a tree and jumps out of sight.
	"Stay alert Sailor Scouts," Luna yells as the rest of the girls 
head home.

	Negaverse Headquarters...

	Queen Beryl growls at the sight of the crab-like youma being 
easily defeated. "Titanius, get over here. Now!" she yells. Titanius and 
Malachite walk in, arguing with one another. "Excuse me, guys," she says, 
trying to get his attention. Titanius' and Malachite's arguing just gets 
louder as they get closer.
	"HEY!" she yells, causing most of the throne room to shake. 
Titanius and Malachite look at her, pale as a ghost. "Yes, Your Highness," 
they gasp.
	"How could you send such a weak youma," Beryl says in 
disappointment, "That youma would've been better off on a fryer than in 
battle."
	"With all due respect, Your Highness, my intention was to lure 
Tuxedo Inferno for me to nab him, not to destroy him," Titanius explains.
	"You failed your objective you pathetic excuse for a bounty 
hunter," says Beryl.
	"My apologies Queen Beryl," says Titanius, "Luring Tuxedo Inferno 
alone is pure luck."
	"Not exactly," Malachite jumps in, with a light bulb clicking on 
in his head, "Before we hired Titanius, I use to send soldiers out. Often 
I would attract just the Mars Prince, or Tuxedo Inferno as he calls 
himself. Even Zoicyte attracted him alone."
	"I think I see where you're going," says Titanius with certainty.
	"I say we send in a soldier," Malachite suggests.
	"But how does that attract Tuxedo Inferno?" Titanius questions.
	"He seems to have some 6th sense, like he senses when we're near," 
says Malachite, "Especially with his connection with that pyromaniac as 
you observed. Putting her in great danger almost guarantees an appearance 
by Tuxedo Inferno."
	"But that is not the objective," says Queen Beryl, "I like do 
your idea about attracting just Tuxedo Inferno. Titanius, Malachite, send 
in a soldier."
	"You got Your Highness," Malachite replies.
	"We'll send in two, in succession of one another so we can take 
him when he's weak," Titanius adds.
	"Very well, Titanius. Carry on," Beryl orders.
	"Yes, ma'am," Titanius and Malachite say in unison as they salute 
her in a British fashion and leave.
	"With their ingenious plan, the Mars Prince will be as good as 
ours in no time," says Beryl as she laughs maniacally throughout the 
throne room.

	Physics field trip, the next day...

	After a long seminar, Russell walks with the rest of the group on 
their way to begin on a Physics assignment. He turns to his hotel 
roommate, "That seminar was just to dang long."
	"I'm with 'ya there, Russ," his roommate adds, "I almost fell 
asleep numerous times."
	"I love Physics, and the concept of electromagnetic induction is 
just captivating to even talented minds, but I couldn't even sit through 
that whole seminar. They should've given us more demonstrations," Russell 
intelligently says.
	"That explains your squirming every five minutes throughout the 
second half," his roommate points out. "Anyway, isn't this field trip 
gonna hurt your position on the soccer team?"
	"Nope, our first game isn't 'til next Saturday. Coach will let me 
start if I attend practice everyday next week," Russell replies.
	"It's good to have a coach who encourages academics over 
athletics," says his roommate.
	"He doesn't show it on the field nor before games, but he will 
excuse you from practices for academic purposes," Russell explains.
	They progress on further, talking about his roommate's classes, 
and then they go back to Russell's. His roommate's eyes enlarge at the 
sound of one of Russell's honors classes, "Particle Physics!? You're 
taking Particle Physics next semester!?"
	"Actually, it's one of the sophomore classes," Russell corrects, 
"My Physics level upon graduating from high school was very high. So my 
advisor placed me in an extra class for this year. I plan on taking 
Honors Astrophysics II and Quantum Physics next year."
	"Jeez Russell, all those tough classes, and you're in soccer!?" 
his roommate says in shock.
	"I'm majoring in Physics," says Russell, "I gotta take everything 
you know."
	As they continue to walk along, Russell gets an odd sense. This 
one is more of a presence than of someone in danger. 'Evil is near,' he 
thinks to himself, 'getting stronger.' He slowly backs off 
inconspicuously towards the back of the group. 'Man, I can't transform 
here. I can't find any place to transform.' Minutes later, fortune comes 
to Russell as he spots a blind alley. He quietly, but swiftly ducks and 
slips in the alley and raises it in the air. His obsidian jewel ring 
glows as he changes into Tuxedo Inferno.
	He jumps on top of the 50-foot-tall building and watches as his 
Physics class walks away. "Sorry to bail out on you guys, but evil is 
near and I must leave," he says under his breath to the now distant 
class. He turns back and jumps off like a scared frog.
	
It's a long trip, but Tuxedo Inferno makes it to an open field outside of 
Tokyo where the evil presence feels stronger. 'Nothing here,' he thinks 
to himself before calling out, "Alright, show yourself." Tuxedo Inferno 
waits rather impatiently before darting off towards a large tree to hide 
in. As he nears the tree, a dark knight in black and purple armor jumps 
out of the tree and right in front of Tuxedo Inferno, stopping him dead 
in his tracks. "So you've arrived Tuxedo Inferno," the soldier taunts.
	"Dang right I'm Tuxedo Inferno, warrior of fire and protector of 
good. On behalf of the planet Mars, I will BURN you," Tuxedo Inferno 
responds. The soldier immediately blasts Tuxedo Inferno with a pulse of 
dark energy, sending him flying into another nearby tree. As Tuxedo 
Inferno slides down the trunk towards the ground, the soldier launches a 
ball of energy at him, snapping the tree's trunk like a twig and giving 
Tuxedo Inferno his frequent flyer miles.
	"I should've hit him when he hit the ground," the soldier says to 
himself, disappointed, "Now Queen Beryl won't get herself another warrior." 
Suddenly, a beam of fire drills out of the sky and into the chest of the 
soldier, auguring him in the ground. Tuxedo Inferno drops out of the sky, 
makes a perfect 10.0 landing, and walks over to the hole where the soldier 
struggles to get up.
	"Surprised I can take such a thrashing," Tuxedo Inferno says to 
the soldier.
	"Not really," the Soldier says as he quickly recovers and leaps 
out of the hole. Tuxedo Inferno draws his flame sword from his obsidian 
jewel ring. The soldier fires an energy beam, knocking Tuxedo Inferno's 
sword from his hand. Before Tuxedo Inferno could try another attack, the 
soldier sends him surfing on a wave of dark energy and into a parked big 
rig. Tuxedo Inferno slowly recovers, only to have the soldier's foot 
sending him flying over the trailer of the big rig.
	"It's good," the soldier jokes as he raises his arms.
	Tuxedo Inferno gets back to his feet and hops in the cab from the 
passenger side. He turns the engine on and backs the truck up. He then 
turns toward where the soldier knocked his sword away and guns it. The 
soldier leaps out of the way, landing on top of the trailer. As Tuxedo 
Inferno nears his destination, the soldier hops down on the hood and in 
front of the windshield. Just as the soldier draws his fist back to smash 
the glass, Tuxedo Inferno slams on the brakes, sending him flying off the 
hood and rolling on the grassy field. Tuxedo Inferno jumps out and 
retrieves his sword, then walks over to the fallen soldier. "Game Over, 
Nega-Creep," Tuxedo Inferno says as he raises his sword, gathering fire 
in its blade.
	"Flame Sword, STRIKE!"
	He swings his sword with every ounce of physical strength at the 
soldier, causing him to disintegrate in a flash of fire. Exhausted, he 
sheathes his sword and walks back in the direction from which he entered 
the battlefield. Suddenly, another soldier teleports right in front of 
him. Tuxedo Inferno jumps back, "Oh no, not another one."
	"Yes, another one," the soldier replies, "Queen Beryl will be 
most pleased to see you."
	"In your dreams," Tuxedo Inferno says as he engulfs his hand in 
flames and thrusts at the soldier, knocking him back quite a ways. He 
waves his arms out to his sides, "Inferno..." sending a ball of fire 
floating above his head, "...Flame!" He waves his arm and the fireball 
flies at the soldier,  burning the soldiers cape.
	"You insensitive prick," the soldier insults, "That was my 
favorite cape." The soldier sends a bolt of dark blue lightning surging 
through Tuxedo Inferno's already badly beaten body. Tuxedo Inferno falls 
to the ground, nearly unable to move. He comes to seconds later to see 
Titanius off in the distance. He immediately jumps up. Realizing he was 
fighting a second soldier, he looks around and spots him running towards 
his flank. He jumps out of the way and draws his flame sword. The soldier 
stops and waves his arm at him, throwing numerous knives in his direction. 
One knocks his sword from his hand, another knocks his hat from his head, 
and another slices through his cape as if it didn't exist.
	Tuxedo Inferno runs toward the soldier to engage in hand-to-hand 
combat. The soldier responds to his challenge by stopping him with a fore 
field. Tuxedo Inferno slams into it with great force, almost knocking him 
unconscious. "That's it," says Tuxedo Inferno as he does a few kung fu 
moves, "Inferno Fire, Dance!" He swiftly dances around the soldier, 
setting him ablaze. With very little energy left and breathing heavily, 
Tuxedo Inferno drops to his knees. Suddenly, a beam of dark energy 
pierces the soldier's body, causing him to dissolve into ashes.
	"I've had it with your games, enough already," Titanius says to 
the fallen soldier, walking toward Tuxedo Inferno. Tuxedo Inferno takes 
a look at him, only to get zapped in the face by dark lightning. "Come 
now Tuxedo Inferno, we wouldn't want to keep Queen Beryl waiting. She 
can be an awful witch when things don't go her way." Titanius grabs a 
hold of Tuxedo Inferno's limp body and throws a smoke bomb. When it 
clears, both men are nowhere to be seen.

	Negaverse Headquarters...

	Tuxedo Inferno comes to, only to find himself in some odd-looking 
chamber and in chains. "I see you've come too," the voice of Titanius 
fills the chamber, "Welcome, Tuxedo Inferno, to my private torture 
chamber, my second favorite place here."
	"And where's your favorite? Up Beryl's ass kissing it?" Tuxedo 
Inferno says sarcastically.
	"Your humor doesn't impress me any," says Titanius, "Queen Beryl 
will definitely not find your humor amusing, until she gets through with 
you."
	"What kind of trick are you playing, Titanius," Tuxedo Inferno 
says, pulling on his chains.
	"You'll see when Queen Beryl arrives," Titanius gladly answers.
	Just as he finishes the sentence, the door flies open as Queen 
Beryl barges in. The only smiles when she sees that Titanius had brought 
in the Mars Prince as a 'special guest'. "Ah yes, the great Tuxedo 
Inferno, in person. I've been looking forward to meeting you," she says 
in a slightly seductive voice. She turns to Titanius to see him still 
there, "You're dismissed Titanius. The Mars Prince and I have some... 
issues... to discuss."
	"What about my pay," Titanius challenges.
	"You'll get your bounty Titanius, as soon as I'm finished here," 
Beryl sharply answers.
	"Yes, Your Highness," Titanius relies as he leaves the chamber. 
She then turns back to Tuxedo Inferno, "You know why you're here in my 
custody, don't you Tuxedo Inferno."
	"Obviously, you're keeping me as your prisoner," Tuxedo Inferno 
replies, "And besides, I thought you wanted the Sailor Scouts."
	"Wrong there my pyromaniac," Beryl contradicts, "But you are 
right about my interest in the Sailor Scouts. And that's why I've brought 
you here." Beryl paces about the room, thinking back to past events as 
she says them, "I've been watching you fight alongside the Sailor Scouts. 
It seems that they don't trust you."
	"That's not exactly true," says Tuxedo Inferno.
	Beryl swiftly turns and gets near his face, "Tell me Tuxedo 
Inferno, of all the times you battled with them, trying to be a Good 
Samaritan. "
	"Of course I help those in danger, including the legendary Sailor 
Scouts," Tuxedo Inferno replies.
	"You defeated my youmas, my soldiers, even my bounty hunter," says 
Beryl.
	"I merely assisted the Sailor Scouts in defeating them," says 
Tuxedo Inferno.
	"And they never thanked you once for it," Beryl says as she turns 
her back to him.
	"Actually, they have," he corrects.
	Beryl swiftly turns and yells in his face, "LIAR!" Tuxedo Inferno 
proudly looks her in the eye. "They may have thanked you for using your 
great powers to help them, but under that cloak, there's a dagger. They 
will never trust you as long as they don't know you."
	"Oh, and I suppose you know who I am," Tuxedo Inferno says 
sarcastically.
	"Actually, I know you're of the planet Mars. But in time you will 
find out who you are," Beryl says.
	"What do you mean," Tuxedo Inferno asks.
	"I mean that you are here to serve me in ridding us of those 
Sailor Scouts," Beryl answers.
	"I will never serve you," Tuxedo Inferno growls.
	"LIAR, you know they don't trust you. You know they'll never 
accept your superior abilities. And you know that they just use you make 
them look good. Now tell me, does that make you furious?" says Beryl.
	Tuxedo Inferno feels the fires within him burning throughout his 
body at the sound of the Sailor Scouts not trusting him. Deep down inside, 
he feels empty and unaccepted because he's a superhero with no known 
origin. Beryl has hit him hard. "A little, but its all lies."
	"Then you'll be a great asset to this Negaverse," says Beryl, a 
little more calmly.
	"I will never help you. Not in destroying the Sailor Scouts," 
Tuxedo Inferno growls.
	Beryl only lowers her eyebrows at him. "Oh, you will. Trust me, 
you will serve me," she says in a deep voice as she zaps Tuxedo Inferno 
with lightning. She then begins probing his mind with her evil powers. "I 
know you have some feelings against the Sailor Scouts. Let's strengthen 
those feelings, shall we," she says.
	Tuxedo Inferno falls unconscious for a second, then awakes to see 
Sailor Jupiter like he has never seen her before. She's wearing a black 
and green sailor suit with dark gray hosiery on her legs and arms. She 
also wears this evil grin as she looks down on him. She waves her arms, 
laughing profusely, and fires bolts of lightning at him. The scene then 
changes to the blonde-haired Sailor Venus, with more of a Gothic look. 
She wears a black bow in her hair, black eye shadow, black lipstick, 
black fingernail polish, and pale face makeup. She bears deadly torture 
devices and a cat-o-nine-tails. She walks towards him with a dentist's 
drill in her hand. "Is it safe," she says maniacally, laughing with pure 
insanity. The scene again changes. This time he sees Sailor Mars dressed 
in a black cloak, with fire completely surrounding the environment around 
them. She laughs with much pleasure as she releases demons and monsters 
at him. The monsters surround him as Sailor Mars walks up to him with her 
hair flowing back in the wind and an evil grin on her face. "Listen to 
the fires," she says like a soothsayer, "Do you know what they tell you, 
hmm? They're saying YOU'RE TOAST. HA HA HA HAH HAAAAAAHHHH!" She laughs 
at him maniacally as the scene changes again. This time he lies on a bed 
with a large light in his face. In the background, he hears a heart 
monitor beeping. He knows he's in a hospital bed, in an operating room. 
He looks around to see Sailor Mercury dressed as a surgeon and holding a 
scalpel. "I know I'm not a surgeon," she says modestly, then changes her 
tone, "but I am today. And today's operation, frontal lobotomy, Mua Ha 
Hah HAAAHHHH." she says showing pleasure in her insanity as she lowers 
the scalpel towards his sweating forehead. The scene changes again. Now 
he stands tied to a stake. Sailor Moon stands and watches. She's dressed 
in a black robe, is holding a whip in one hand, and a torch in the other. 
She looks at him, with her eyes glowing a bright red, and whips him a 
dozen times, striking devastating pain. She then walks up to him, "I will 
right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means YOU." She sets the 
brush under him ablaze as she laughs profusely and maniacally, "Ha Hah 
HAAHH, burn in your own fire." Tuxedo Inferno screams in bloody horror. 
Soon, the fires go out and Sailor Moon's image changes into Queen Beryl's. 
"You see Tuxedo Inferno, they'll never trust you. They're just ticking 
time bombs waiting to go off. They're nothing but a Pandora's box to you. 
They are a force to dealt with."
	Tuxedo Inferno falls unconscious, with the hallucination fresh in 
his mind. He wakes up a half-hour later with an odd look in his face. 
Beryl stands up and summons evil energy. "Now Tuxedo Inferno, with the 
right motive in place, I will make you mine," she says as she sends the 
energy surging through Tuxedo Inferno's body. After it stops, Tuxedo 
Inferno looks up a Queen Beryl, then at himself as she releases his 
chains. He definitely looks a little different. His tuxedo is lined with 
much black. He bears an upside-down black crescent on his forehead, and 
his bow tie is replaced with a black moon. He takes a look at his obsidian 
jewel ring to see that it bears a gold crescent moon with a skull on it. 
He then looks back at Beryl, "Those Sailor Scouts are as good as mine."
	"Ha ha HA, Perfect. Now that I have you under my control, let's 
see what you can do with all that energy of yours. Follow me," says Beryl 
as she walks out of the room with Tuxedo Inferno following. They walk 
down the halls and to a mechanical-looking door. Beryl opens the door and 
they walk inside to see a large band of soldiers.
	"Alright you bunch of good for nothings," Beryl says, getting 
their attention, "Your mission is to attack Tuxedo Inferno here with all 
your might."
	All 30 soldiers immediately jump up, some drawing their swords. 
She whispers into his ear, her voice still being made out, "Alright, take 
them out."
	Tuxedo Inferno immediately brings his arm across his body, with 
his two fingers by his ear, "Inferno Blaze..." He then swings his arm, 
"...Wall!" sending a wall of fire rushing at the group of soldiers, 
knocking them all back. He then waves his arms around a bit, "Inferno 
Fire, DANCE!" He swiftly dances around half the soldiers, setting them 
ablaze and destroying a few of them.
	"Ha ha Hah, Yes, YES! That's it, burn 'em. Burn 'em all my little 
pyromaniac," Beryl says with much pleasure in watching him burn 
everything. Tuxedo Inferno draws his flame sword and finishes of the rest 
of the troops. "You fight well, Tuxedo Inferno. You have earned your place 
in the Negaverse. I expect you to do the same to those pesky Sailor 
Scouts," Beryl says. She walks out of the room with Tuxedo Inferno 
following her. They walk into the main throne room. She looks around to 
see that none of her generals are around. Only her bounty hunter stands 
near the throne.
	"Jedite, Nephrite, Zoicyte, Malachite, get your carcasses in 
here," Beryl angrily orders. They all run in 5 seconds later with beads 
of sweat dripping from their foreheads and breathing heavily. They regain 
their composure almost instantly. "We have ourselves a powerful new ally. 
You three have completed your task. You're no longer of any use to me," 
she says, pointing Jedite, Nephrite, and Zoicyte. The 3 generals look at 
her in shock and dispute. Beryl grabs a crystal and points it at Jedite, 
"Jedite, back to eternal sleep you go," she says as she fires energy at 
him. "NOOOOOO," he yells as he dematerializes and teleports inside the 
crystal. She then turns to Nephrite, "It's back to the grave for you, and 
let's not forget about showing you the human you loved when you last bit 
it." She walks over to her crystal ball and shows him a picture of Molly 
as the grim reaper appears behind him. He lays his hand on Nephrite's 
shoulder, and Nephrite falls dead instantly. Beryl then turns to Zoicyte, 
"And as for you, I'll just leave you to Titanius."
	"My pleasure," says Titanius as he charges for a devastating 
attack. Zoicyte turns to Malachite, "Do something, Malachite."
	"Sorry, your time here ended when you disobeyed Queen Beryl," 
Malachite says as Titanius blasts Zoicyte.
	"But I thought you loved maaeeeee," were Zoicyte's last words 
before he vaporizes.
	"Malachite, you're still of use to me. And as for you, Titanius," 
she says as she pulls out a bundle of money, "here's half your pay. I 
still could use a warrior like you. You're gonna assist Tuxedo Inferno in 
his conquest against the Sailor Scouts."
	"The honor is mine, Your Highness," Titanius gladly says.
	"Perfect! With Tuxedo Inferno on our side, and the great Titanius, 
That pretty little twit, Sailor Moon, and her pesky Sailor Scouts are as 
good as mine," Beryl says. All in the room, except Tuxedo Inferno, fill 
the halls with their evil laughter.

	Crown Game Video Arcade, the next day...

	Mina and Serena play each other in a grueling Sailor V game. Each 
tries to overcome one another's score, but end up killing themselves in 
the process, GAME OVER. "Wanna play again?" Mina asks.
	"Sure, I'm gonna beat you this time," Serena responds as she 
drops in another quarter. Mina drops hers in and presses the 2-player 
button. They start off, again trying to overcome one another. Mina comes 
up with an innovation, 'If I just hold out, and stop trying to overcome 
her, maybe I'll beat her," she thinks to herself. So Mina just goes along 
with the flow, hoping Serena will break and lose. Suddenly, to Mina's 
surprise, her innovation backfires and she ends up losing all her lives 
before Serena even loses one. "Oh, well. I'm jumpin' back in Serena," she 
says as she drops in another quarter before the countdown reaches zero. 
She joins back in and tries a little Sailor Scout team tactic. Both girls 
end up making it to Level 10 before both end up losing. "Great game, 
Mina," Serena praises.
	"Yes it was," Mina agrees, "Wanna go somewhere else?"
	"Sure. The park sounds great to me," Serena says as they walk 
towards the door. Suddenly, Darien comes into view right in front of 
Serena and bumps into her. "Oof! Hey, watch where you're going, Meatball 
Head," he says sharply.
	"Oh yeah," Serena challenges, "You were the one who ran into me."
	"Serena, he's not worth it," Mina says as she lightly pulls the 
furious Serena away from Darien, who walks inside the arcade. She turns 
back to Mina, "Ohhh, why does he always have to be such a bully?"
	"C'mon Serena, forget about him and let's go to the park," says 
Mina as she and Serena walk towards the park.
	Suddenly, their communicators go off. Serena gets to hers first, 
"Yes Luna."
	"'Fraid not, wrong cat." It was Artemis. "There's an unusual event 
going on near downtown. Go investigate."
	"You got it," Serena responds as she and Mina run in an alleyway.
	"Venus Power!"
	"Moon Prism, Power!"
	They transform into Sailors Moon and Venus. They jump up onto the 
roof of a building and make their way downtown. They arrive in a matter of 
minutes, athletic little Sailor Scouts, and hide behind a wall overlooking 
the streets below. They look around to see a single soldier totaling cars 
and firing energy at police cars. They look down the street nearby to see 
a familiar sight.
	"Not Titanius again," says Sailor Moon. They both make the long 
jump down onto the street and right near the soldier, hardly paying any 
attention to Titanius. "Hold it right there," Sailor Moon demands.
	"I am Sailor Venus," says Sailor Venus.
	"And I am Sailor Moon," Sailor Moon adds.
	"We are champions of love and justice," they say together.
	"I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you," 
says Sailor Moon, pointing at the soldier.
	The other scouts run right behind her. Sailor Moon turns to greet 
them as Sailor Venus takes it to the soldier, "Oh, you're here."
	"Sailor Moon, stop lollygaging and attack that soldier," Sailor 
Mars yells as she launches herself in the air, landing behind the 
soldier.
	"Ha, you're no pushover," says Sailor Moon as she grabs her wand 
and aims at the soldier. She fires a beam of light, boring right through 
the soldier and destroying him in a matter of seconds. The Scouts hear 
slow clapping as Titanius walks toward them, sarcastically praising their 
efforts, "Very good, Sailor Scouts. Now you get to meet my four horsemen."
	He unleashes four dark knights on horseback at the Scouts. They 
charge at them, swinging their flails, ready to smash the Scouts. "I've 
got them," says Sailor Mars as she clasps her hands together.
	"Mars Fire, Ignite!"
	She sends fire at the soldiers, burning two of them and missing 
the other two. One of them kicks her back while the other sends her 
flying with his flail. Sailor Moon turns and launches her tiara at one of 
them. It misses the horseman as he turns and begins charging. Sailors 
Mercury and Jupiter notice Titanius looking back and giving some odd 
signal. Suddenly, a wave of fire blasts both horsemen, sending them back. 
All 4 horsemen look at the Scouts, but laugh at the scouts. They look 
towards the origin of the fire to see Tuxedo Inferno again, standing on 
top of a building.
	"It's Tuxedo Inferno," says Sailor Venus.
	"Yeah," says Sailor Mercury, doubtful, "but he looks different." 
She dons her visor and takes a look at him. Right before she gets a 
clean look at him, he jumps down to the street between them and Titanius.
	"I am Tuxedo Inferno, warrior of fire and advocate of darkness. 
On behalf of the planet Mars, I will BURN you," he says in a deep, dark 
voice.
	"I KNEW IT," Sailor Jupiter yells as she tackles him with bone 
crushing force. "I knew you were a Nega-Creep."
"Wait a minute. I'm of the planet Mars too, but I don't know him," says 
Sailor Mars.
	"It doesn't matter, GET HIM," Sailor Jupiter yells.
	The scouts run towards him, but that doesn't phase Tuxedo 
Inferno. "Inferno Fire, Beam!" He fires a beam of fire in the street 
directly in front of the charging scouts, giving each of them their 
frequent flyer miles. Sailor Mercury flies through a window, Sailor Mars 
lands in a convertible with its top down, Sailor Venus lands in top of a 
light post, and Sailor Moon falls in an open manhole. Sailor Jupiter 
turns on him, "You hurt my friends, you betrayed us, now I'm gonna hurt 
you. Jupiter Thunder, CRASH!" She sends lightning slamming into his body, 
sending him through the wall of a building right next to Titanius.
	"Curse you," Titanius yells. Tuxedo Inferno struggles to emerge 
from the Inferno-shaped hole in the wall. "Come, Tuxedo Inferno. You'll 
get your chance another day," says Titanius as he throws a smoke bomb and 
disappears.
	The scouts emerge from where they landed and join Sailor Jupiter. 
Sailor Moon stands in awe, nearly coming to tears. "He turned on us," she 
gasps, "He helped us all those times, he was so great to us, and he 
turned on us."
	"You should've listened to me," says Sailor Jupiter, "As you see, 
it was all a ruse. He was just helping us out to study us so he could 
turn on us."
	"Somehow, he didn't seem to like what he was doing," says Sailor 
Moon.
	"I don't know how you can see that, but you can't prove it to me. 
He appeared to be enjoying it to me," Sailor Jupiter argues.
	"Let's go home," Sailor Mars suggests, "I'll do a fire reading and 
see what I can get."
	Disappointed, Sailor Moon walks with the others, knowing she was 
all wrong about Tuxedo Inferno. 'There's got to be something with him. He 
couldn't have turned on us. And I was actually beginning to trust him a 
little more,' she thinks to herself.

	Negaverse Headquarters...

	Titanius and Tuxedo Inferno arrive at the headquarters with great 
news for Queen Beryl. "Mission accomplished," says Titanius, "Tuxedo 
Inferno has stated his intentions to the Sailor Scouts."
	"Good, then we will soon begin on our other plans against the 
Sailor Scouts," says Beryl. She then turns to Tuxedo Inferno, "You are 
free to operate outside the headquarters. Use that 6th sense of yours and 
know when the Scouts show up."
	Tuxedo Inferno leaves the throne room and walks about the halls. 
"Is this what I was meant to be?" he asks himself as he makes his way 
towards the exit. "What if this isn't right? What if Queen Beryl is 
wrong?" He then thinks of his dream from days earlier, "I don't remember 
about being this in my dreams. Maybe I'm just going crazy, or maybe I'm 
not supposed to be of the Negaverse." He leaves the headquarters and 
teleports back to the hotel. He enters his room and plops down on the 
bed, thinking about the whole ordeal and wondering, 'What happens to me 
now? I have to live my life here.'

------------------------------end of chapter 1-------------------------

Great, eh? Russell now becomes the villain after Beryl brainwashes him. 
It's only gonna get better as he plays the part of a villain. Actually, 
I've had this story plot in mind before I submitted my first fanfic, 
"Brother of Fire". I just had to take a few stories to work up to that 
point. I'm now working on Chapter 2 and will have it out for y'all as 
soon as I can get around final exams. Keep on readin', 'cause it gets 
even better. E-mail me with comments, a'ight.

Have fun Sailor Moon fans,
Viper Inferno