A New Enemy Arrives. Who is this new Senshi?
Evansville, IN
The
lights were ablaze at the Victory Theatre. The crowd was
screaming. The girl on stage smiled. She had dark brown hair in a
Sailor Moon do that stopped between her shoulders and elbows.
Unlike most female pop-stars, her multi-colored, dark T-shirt
barely exposed this rising star's midriff and her blue jeans
didn't cut off her blood flow. She wore very little make-up and
was on stage barefoot.
Taking a few steps backwards, she
pointed at the crowd.
"Here in you I've found a
friend
You'll be with me to the end
Oooooh, it's a new
day."
The crowd cheered. A section started to chant
"Seren-i-ty! Seren-i-ty!"
Serenity smiled. "Thank
you for coming! Drive safely! Don't go home with someone you don't
know!" She bowed and waved as she left the stage.
A man
met her as she walked down the stairs. "Wonderful, Your
Majesty!" he joked as he applauded.
"Yeah, well if I
have to smile anymore, my face is going to explode." As she
spoke these words, the smile left her face. She wiped the sweat
off her face. "I don't think I can take much more of
this."
She noticed the three other men as she walked into
her dressing room. She looked at them, then fell to her knees and
fainted.
The men looked at each other, whispered, then wrote a
"5" on a piece of paper.
"Oh, come on," she
said. "You have to add the element of surprise; you didn't
know I was coming."
They rethought their decision, then
added a ".2" on the end. Serenity rolled her eyes.
"Meanies."
"Tired?" asked Greg.
"Oh,
no, Dear Brother of Mine! I could do this for months without
stopping!" the young woman replied sarcastically as she fell
into a chair.
"PMSing?" asked Oswald.
Serenity
pointed at him and winked her eye. "You know it!"
"So,
when are you going to find that Mars Princess, Scented or
whatever?" asked Jim.
"That's the MOON Princess,"
corrected the sixteen-year-old in a moody tone, "and her name
is Serenity!"
"I thought your stage name was
'Serenity'," said Lance with a sly smile.
"It is! I
did that so maybe the Princess would remember me and I would find
her faster! You all know that!" This was getting very old and
she wanted to smack them.
"You know we're just playin',"
said Lance.
Before she could respond, her watch began to beep.
"Dang it! Not again! I'll see y'all later." As she
walked out of the room, she looked at her watch to see where the
signal was. "Hey! It's not in the city; it's not even in the
country! Hmmm. Did he finally find her?"
Meanwhile,
in Tokyo. . .
"Venus!" Eternal Sailor Moon cried
out in horror as the last of her Sailor Guardians fell to the
ground.
"Well," said her attacker, "are you
going to tell me what I want? Or do I have to kill you as
well?"
"I'm telling you! I'M Princess Serenity!"
screamed Moon.
The enemy smiled. He looked like he one of
Beryl's Generals. In fact, at one point, he had been. "You
are just a decoy! I am not stupid. I will get what I want."
He faded away.
Moon stood in fear. "Mamo-chan. Where are
you?" she whispered.
"Sailor Moon?"
A smile
of relief came over Moon's face. "Tuxedo Kamen-sama!"
"What
happened?"
"He appeared out of nowhere. He wants
Princess Serenity, but won't believe me when I say I am!"
"Well,
well. If it isn't Prince Endymion. 'Bout time you showed up!"
A blast came from the sky.
Tuxedo Kamen never had a
chance.
Before Moon could react, the enemy appeared in front of
her and pinned her against the tree. "Where is she!?"
"Right
here!" cried Moon with tears coming down her face.
"WHERE
IS SHE!?"
A silver tiara flew through the air and cut his
arm. The enemy let go of Moon and grabbed his arm in pain, but
laughed anyway. "Well, it's about time!"
"Hey.
It's been awhile," replied an unfamilar female voice.
Moon
looked up and saw the silhouette of another sailor-suited girl
catching the tiara. But what really caught her attention was the
fact that the girl had crescent moon on her forehead as well!
"Why
don't you leave that innocent girl alone?" she said as she
returned the tiara to her forehead.
"This girl isn't
innocent," he snapped back, "but it's not her I want.
It's you I want and it's you I'll get!"
"Oh, Grety.
You've been saying that for four years now. Give it up!"
taunted the new girl.
He must think she's Princess Serenity!
Moon concluded, though she could barely understand their
conversation since it was being held in English.
Grety smashed
his teeth together and blasted the new girl. She jumped out of the
way and pulled a star-shaped wand from her brooch. "Think you
can win my love that way? You are stupider than I thought."
She landed and pointed her weapon at Grety. "Moon Starlight
Attack!" Grety disappeared before he was hit. "Where's
he go?" The girl looked around in a panic.
"Look
right!" shouted Moon in English.
The girl looked right,
but she was too late. Grety threw his body at the girl and pinned
her to the ground. "Time to take you back with me,"
Grety said.
"In your dreams. Tiara Beam!" A beam from
the stone in her tiara (Author's Note: Hence the name:) sent her
attacker flying backwards. She sat up, gasping for air. When she
got her breath back, she cried, "Sailor Moon! What are you
waiting for? Attack him!"
When Sailor Moon heard her
perfect Japanese, she was shocked. "Huh? Oh, yeah . .
.Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!"
Grety was hit, but not
out. "I'll be back, Serenity," he growled. With that, he
disappeared.
"You could have had him," said the girl.
"You were distracted. Not a good thing to be."
Moon
finally got a good look at the girl for the first time. She had
gray hair in a Moon Royalty hairstyle expect it stopped halfway
between her shoulders and her elbows. Her entire fuku (expect for
the body suit and gloves) was different shades of gray. She had a
silver moon on her choker and her brooch was in the shape of a
silver crescent moon. She looked like . . .
"Hey! I've
read about you in the newspaper! You're Sailor StarMoon!"
"That's
right. In the flesh." Sailor StarMoon replied. "I see
the Senshi are still very loyal."
"You know about
us?"
StarMoon chuckled. "Well, I read the paper as
well, but I know a lot more than what I have read." She
closed her eyes as her brooch glowed. It opened up to reveal a
crystal that looked like a smaller version of the Ginzuishou. It
shoot a sparkling beam at Moon's brooch, which also opened up and
a burst of light and energy erupted.
"Please, do not tell
anyone what you have seen tonight," a voice whispered in
Moon's ear. "Not yet."
As the light faded, so did
StarMoon. "Where'd she go?" asked Moon.
"Where'd
who go?" asked a weak voice.
"Saturn!" Moon ran
over and hugged Sailor Saturn gently.
"Is he gone?"
asked Sailor Jupiter, rubbing her head.
"Did you stop him
all by yourself, Princess?" asked Venus.
Moon hugged
Tuxedo Kamen and looked at the moon. "No. . .I had a little
help."
"From whom?" Kamen asked.
After a
brief pause, "I think I know, but I'm not really sure,"
she answered.
Chapter One: The Battle Continues. Usagi's New Friend.
