Sailor Moon - Castor and Pollux Redux

The two creatures had suddenly emerged from the pencil in Hiromi’s hand, taking on the form of crisscrossing blue and red energy circling around her. The young animator suddenly fainted when the energy beams shot off into the sky and, in a blinding display, took on the forms of two young women. One had blue skin, the other scarlet. Their ears were pointed and they had long tails. They definitely were not human.
These were the creatures called Castor and Pollux, said to be two of the strongest creatures trained by Nephrite of the Dark Kingdom. Of course, the Sailor Soldiers did not know this, only that it was time to transform and stop these abominations from claiming the life and energy of an innocent human being. Castor and Pollux, however, had other ideas.
“We are bound-“ Castor began.
“By a strong friendship!” Pollux finished. It seemed for these two youma that finishing the sentence one began would be a thing for the moment. Ugh, twin stereotypes. But what can you do? I mean, other than get out of the way when Castor inexplicably uses Fire Soul on the Sailor Soldiers!
“Was that my attack?!” Sailor Mars indignantly screamed.
“And that’s not all!” Castor triumphantly shouted.
She turned around and the Senshi saw that Pollux was striking a pose very similar to the ones Sailor Mercury would make every time she used-
“SHABON SPRAY!” Pollux roared, and the Senshi very nearly avoided a jet stream of bubbles that seemed far more concussive in the nature compared to ANY time Mercury herself performed it.
“And they can use mine as well, this isn’t good.” Mercury observed. “Keep moving!”
Castor and Pollux began repeating the onslaught of double attacks, not giving the Senshi an opportunity to use their attacks as a defense. Running was the only defense they had, but being trapped on the roof of the animation studio, they didn’t have to far to go.
“We can’t just keep going in circles like this!” Sailor Mars pointed out. “Mercury can’t you think of something?!”
“If I had a moment to stop I would but I can’t concentrate with this onslaught!” Sailor Mercury worried exclaimed.
“Thank God you guys only have one attack each or we’d be done for by now!” Sailor Moon tried to offer a shred of relief.
“Am I supposed to take that from someone who’s only power is throwing her tiara?!” Sailor Mars got in Moon’s face.
“That’s it!” A lightbulb shone above Mercury’s head.
“FIRE SOUL!” Castor exclaimed once more, and the Senshi just barely avoided another wave of flames.
“Stop copying us that’s grounds for a lawsuit! Wait do we even have a lawyer?” Sailor Moon wondered.
“Sailor Moon, they may have our powers but they can only use our attacks one at a time!” Sailor Mercury pointed out.
”So?!”
“So if one of us distracts them, it might give us a chance to start a counter-attack.” Mercury continued.
“Oh that’s great! So, um, how do we do thaaaaaaaAAAHHH!!”
“Keep moving or they’ll kill you!” Mars criticized after pulling Moon out of the way of another bubble attack.
“Don’t yell at me like I’m stupid I know what to do!”
“If you did then maybe I wouldn’t have to yell at you!”
“Guys stop it! This is getting us nowhere!”
“Listen to Sailor Mercury you two or else those monsters will win!” Luna piped in.
“Ahahahahahaha!!!” Castor and Pollux mocked. “Stupid humans, of course we’re going to win!”
“Because our bond of friendship is stronger than no other.”
“Look at you three, squabbling in the dirt like vermin.” Castor sneered.
“It’s a miracle you’ve managed to survive this long in battle.” Pollux insulted.
“We always agree on everything and we never argue.” Castor mentioned.
“Real friends always get along and support each other no matter what.” Pollux flaunted.
“And now-“
“-Your miracle ENDS!” The twins completed this together.
“I’ve had enough of this.” Sailor Mars ran from the others with clenched fists and a flame in her eyes.
“Wait Sailor Mars what’re you doing?!” Sailor Moon cried out in fear.
“Hey ugly! Over here!” Sailor Mars challenged the twin monsters directly.
“What did you call us?!” Castor was highly offended by that remark.
“You heard me I said ugly, or do your peanut-sized brains make you incapable of listening properly?”
“Why you-“ Pollux could hardly believe the nerve of this human, when suddenly, the soldier of flames took out an Ofuda Scroll.
“Rin, Pyou, Tou-“
“She thinks she can fight back!” Castor found this hilarious.
“Suicidal fool!”
“No Mars what is she doing?” Sailor Moon couldn’t believe what she was seeing.
“Buying us time, Sailor Mercury go!” Luna ordered.
“Right. SHABON…
“Kai, Jin, Retsu-“ Mars was almost down.
“NOW IT’S TIME TO-
“-BURN IN HELL!”
“SAILOR MARS NO!” Moon let out a horrified scream and ran to her companion in high heels.
“No, don’t!” Luna called after her.
“-SPRAY!”
“Aaah!”
With that, Sailor Mercury used her attack the way it was meant to be used, as a smoke screen to distract the villains. At the moment Mercury had launched her bubbles, Moon had only just managed to throw herself at Mars and get her out of the way from Castor’s Fire Soul attack.
“What is this?!” The twin monsters screamed.
“Sailor Moon, what are you doing?! You could’ve been killed!” Sailor Mars chastised her teammate.
“YOU could’ve been killed!” Sailor Moon replied, looking incredibly scared and relieved Mars was okay. “I-I couldn’t just stand there and let you get burned alive. We’re in this together, aren’t we?”
“Damn it where are they?!” Castor tried waving the fog away.
“Show yourself, cowards!” Pollux ordered.
“Sailor Moon! Use your tiara while they’re distracted!” Mercury told Moon, who suddenly realized this was an opening.
“There!” The twin monsters had started to clear the fog away, but not before Sailor Moon had managed to remove her tiara and begin her signature attack.
“MOON TIARA ACTION!”
The tiara went flying towards the horrified monsters, but instead of destroying them , it destroyed their conjoined tails and shattered their so-called unbreakable bond.
“Our bond! What did you do?!” Castor couldn’t believe what she’d seen.
“How, but, I thought our bond was unbreakable.” Pollux practically whimpered as she looked in horror at hers and Castor’s mangled appendages. The long ends of their tails had been hacked off and obliterated by the energy of Sailor Moon’s tiara. Pollux felt the energy drain right out of her. She’d never felt so vulnerable in her life. And she didn’t know what was worse, the fact that she wasn’t linked to Castor anymore, or the fact that Castor didn’t seem to care in the slightest beyond her initial outrage. She seemed to have completely forgotten Pollux was there.
“Oh no, it didn’t destroy them.” Sailor Moon was scared once more.
“But it severed their link. Now we have a chance.” Sailor Mercury was stone cold about this.
“You think I needed to be bonded to take care of rats like you?” Castor barked.
“’I?’ Did you just say I?” Pollux couldn’t believe her companion’s words.
“Better be ready to put your money where your mouth is, ladies.” Sailor Mars defied them with a haughty expression.
“Well then, let’s-“
“Forget it, I’m leaving.” Pollux cut off Castor.
“What?” Another shock for Castor. “You can’t leave!”
“Why shouldn’t I?” Pollux huffed. “Without our bond we’re not strong enough to fight them. Besides, you seem pretty confident enough to take them on by yourself.”
“Hmph. Maybe that’s because I AM more powerful than you! You want to run go right ahead by I’m not leaving until they’re dead!” Castor pushed Pollux away as if trying to make her leave.
“YOU are more powerful than ME?” The nerve of Castor for flat out saying it! “You’ve really deluded yourself into thinking that?”
“Oh please,” Castor laughed, “I’ve been doing most of the attacks tonight anyway, just like in practice, while all you do is stand behind me like a shadow.”
“You wouldn’t even be able to do those attacks if it wasn’t for my power!” Pollux got up in Castor’s face and nearly strangled her. “And the only reason you bother coming to practice at all is so you can show off to Master Nephrite!”
“That’s a lie!” Castor was so sure Pollux never noticed that!
“I’ve seen the way you look at him!”
“At least he notices me!”
Meanwhile, the Sailor Soldiers and Luna were completely forgotten as the two “friends” began jumping down each other’s throats.
“Wow, that, that’s kind of disappointing.” Sailor Mercury was at a near total loss of words over the spectacle considering the two foes had almost killed the trio.
“And they were criticizing our teamwork?” Sailor Mars laughed.
“Right, why don’t we show these losers what real teamwork is all about?” Sailor Moon stood tall and proud as she said this.
“You got it!” Mercury and Mars agreed.
“I should’ve just left you at home.” Castor had her hands around Pollux’s throat.
“Mom broke every rule of parenting the way she favored you!” Pollux grabbed Castor’s hair.
“AT LEAST I DIDN’T MAKE DAD LEAVE!”
“HOLD IT!”
“Huh?” The two sisters suddenly stopped to see who had just yelled at them.
“Real friendship isn’t about blindly going along with what the other person wants or going out of your way to just please them with empty words and gestures.” Sailor Mars declared.
“It’s about supporting the people close to you and being considerate to their thoughts and feelings, while feeling strong enough to make YOUR feelings known to THEM.” Sailor Mercury announced.
“Friends argue and they don’t always agree on everything, but what’s important is that you stick by them when things get rough because they’d do the same for you!” Sailor Moon affirmed. “In the name of friendship, and in the name of the Moon-“
“In the name of Mercury-“
“In the name of Mars-“
“WE’LL PUNISH YOU!”
And with that, the Sailor Soldiers getting their second wing, the twin youma Castor and Pollux were left helpless as they saw their enemies display REAL teamwork.
The dazzling energy of Sailor Moon’s tiara came to life once more, and it’s intensity tripled when the power of Sailor Mars’ fire and the ambiance of Sailor Mercury’s bubble merged with the boomerang for a triple attack.
“WE SHOULD HAVE-“
“-VALUED OUR FRIENDSHIP MORE!”
And all that was left was a pile of dust and a pencil.