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Sailor Moon sat at the top of a tall building overlooking the city. She smiled to herself, the view was fantastic. That's what made this rooftop her favorite in all the city.
Closing her eyes, she focused outward searching for any strange power signatures.
"Find anything?"
Sailor Moon cracked open an eye and peered over to the voice. A black cat with a crescent moon stared over at her.
"Not yet Luna. Give me a few more minutes and then we can go." Sailor Moon said, closing her eyes once again. This was their daily ritual. Every day after work, Usagi transformed into Sailor Moon and checked with her senses to see if any developments happened since the last night.
Usually, her scans came up negative. She kept the city in pretty good order. She was only really needed once every few months or so.
Finding nothing out of the ordinary, Sailor Moon climbed down from her perch and shook her head. "Lets go home." They jumped from building to building on their way to the apartment they rented together on the upper west side of town.
A sudden flare of power caused her to stop in her tracks. She didn't need to concentrate to feel that one. Even as Usagi she probably would have felt the obvious use of power.
Sailor Moon looked down at Luna and saw she'd felt it too. They changed directions, heading instead towards the source of power.
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They arrived quickly and hid on a rooftop, observing. Two men floated in the air, zooming around the sky faster than she could ever hope to be but she could follow their movements. They seemed to be using some kind of martial arts, though her knowledge on that was slim to none.
An occasional energy blast was fired between the two which was what she'd decided felt in the first place. Man, she did not want to get hit by one of those. They felt like lightning death and she was at least one hundred meters away. It was ridiculous they were fighting with such fervor in the middle of a heavily populated city. What if one of those energy balls they threw around so carelessly ended up going astray and knocking over a building?
She couldn't tell if they were friendly or not. The aggression that rolled off the two was unparalleled by anything she'd ever seen but to her surprise, there was no malice. She didn't think they were trying to kill each other but she couldn't be sure they'd react kindly to her or humans.
"I'm not sure what to make of them." Sailor Moon said to Luna, not taking her eyes from the men. "They don't seem like youma. Any ideas?"
Luna looked long and hard at the fighters, brows knitted together. "I… I'm not sure." Sailor Moon was socked. Luna usually was on top of things like this.
She took her eyes off the battle, crouching completely behind a wall. "What do you mean you don't know! This is the biggest development in ages and could be the strongest enemy we've ever had to face and you don't even know what they are?"
"The universe is a big place, Usagi." Luna said with a scowl, annoyance causing her to slip and use Sailor Moon's secret identity. "I can't know everything. Maybe they're from a distant galaxy."
"Okay, okay. Sorry. I'm just a little on edge. I'd hate to make the wrong move here and end up with an enemy when it doesn't have to be that way, especially ones like that." She gestured without looking at the fighting guys.
"It's okay but I think we should go. I'd rather do some research first on these guys and see if I can't at least find out their species." Luna said.
"Okay, yeah that sounds smart. It'll give us time to think of a plan." Usagi said, sitting up and taking one more glance at the men fighting, making sure the coast was clear. When she saw nothing but open sky, her eyebrows came together. They were just here. She searched with her eyes, scanning the area.
"Looking for something?" came a sneer from behind her.
Usagi bolted upright and around in one smooth jump, landing in a fighting stance facing the two men. Up close, Usagi could see that one of the men was much shorter than she thought from far away. His head had a few inches on her but his hair added almost an extra foot of height. Guess that's why I thought he was taller.
She looked at the other one standing offset behind the first. This one actually was as tall as she thought standing more than a foot taller than her. His hair was fashioned similarly to the first but without as much height. The second man didn't seem to be as angry with her presence as the first but both seemed cautious.
The two made for scary standoff partners. Their fight forgotten, they stood united against her. Even without their superhuman speed and strength, their muscle mass was enough to enter into 'World's Strongest Man' competitions. Usagi had never been good anything physical, thus her life's aversion to gym related activities, relying on her agility and speed to get her out of any fights of strength she couldn't win.
But here were two huge, strong men with supersonic speed. She was hoping she could teleport away before these guys knew what happened. Slowly, without taking her eyes off the men, she reached down and grabbed Luna into her arms.
Usagi quickly started filling herself with the power to transport, hoping the two men didn't notice. Their eyes narrowed and she knew she didn't have much time. Can they sense my power? Usually it took her a good thirty seconds to collect the energy but this time she wasn't sure she'd even have five.
In a last ditch effort, she called out all her energy, even using the silver crystal. She teleported to an alley near a train station. She detransformed quickly, hoping her location wasn't revealed to their senses.
She walked out of the alley and blended into the crowd, taking the train home.
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