Episode 1: Life Giving Gems! The awakening of SuperSailoruniverse and SuperSailorsun.

10 year old Princess Serenity scanned the landscape, barren, dusty, filled with huge craters. The choking feeling of isolation was multiplied by the unfamiliarity of this chalky sienna wasteland. She concluded that she was in a secluded area of the Moon Kingdom, far from the palace, other than that she was lost, no signs of civilization anywhere. It was as if the world as she knew it had come to an end. Usagi wandered around aimlessly looking for a familiar path to lead her home, being cautious not to trip and dirty her pure white gossamer gown.

Suddenly, the snap of a brittle twig behind her chased all thoughts of emptiness from her mind. Now all she knew was paralyzing fear. "What was that... who's there?" The young princess called nervously. When no answer came the knot in her stomach grew ten fold, but she knew she must be dignified and courageous like royalty should. She whirled around, "Moshi?" the royalty's voice cracked, betraying her. Her deep blue pools expanded as a sudden a giant wolf-like monster leapt in front of her. It snarled bearing yellow knives and bringing a putrid smell. A voice inside her screamed, desperatley pleading for her legs to move, but her legs would not comply as fear smothered the cries. She stood immobolized in his path. The monster hurled itself at the princess, managing to cut her arm with its claws as she ducked away. She cried out in pain and started crying as she gaped at the crimson liquid welling up from her arm. The creature inched closer, agonizingly slow yet to Princess Serenity it seemed as if he moved faster than light. He loomed over her and begin to execute his pounce with jerky motions ready to attack.

"Twinkling star...shoot!" A wise and twinkling voice cried as a silver beam pierced the monster's shoulder. The monster cried out in agony as it clutched the damaged shoulder. A sailor soldier dressed in red and yellow jumped between the monster and Princess Serenity, and began whipping his but with an intricate series of kicks and punches. Princess Serenity turned around as another sailor dressed in silver and pink scooped her up and fled the scene. "Daijobu desu ka?" The sailor soldier asked her (Princess Serenity now recognized it as the voice she heard).

Before Princess Serenity could reply she heard another voice (the other soldier) shout, "Sun Beam...Burn!" The monster gave out a yelp, and then there was silence. In an instant the red and yellow clothed sailor appeared before the princess. Her hands were on her hips, and although the princess had been unable to make out either sailor's face out clearly, the warrior's body language was stern.

"What did we tell you about wandering off?!"

"Demo..." Serenity stammered

"You know that it's dangerous!"

"Gomen nasai."

The red and yellow dressed sailor sighed and eased out of her stern position. The pink and silver dressed sailor set Serenity down and placed her hand calmingly on the young princess' shoulder.

"That's okay, just don't EVER do that again. You had us worried,"

"I know... I'll never do it again, I promise."

"Daijobu desu ka?" She said, repeating her earlier question.

Princess Serenity showed them the cut on her arm. The red and yellow warrior sighed again and stooped down. She ripped off a piece of fabric from her uniform and used it to bandage up Serenity's arm.

"That'll do for now.... No worries."

The pink and silver soldier gave the princess a reassuring hug, and taking her hand, the three headed back to the palace.

Usagi woke up and found Rei, Minako, Ami, and Makato sitting around the table studying and eating some of Makato's famous homemade cookies.

"You're eating cookies without me?" Whined Usagi.

"Figures that she'd wake up when there's food." Rei commented.

The girls had a good laugh at Usagi's expense. Usagi sulked, but then she returned to her cheery self and grabbed a handful of cookies and shoved them into her mouth. The other girls rolled their eyes and shook their heads in disapproval.

"So how long was I asleep?"

"About 20 minutes...and 6 pages," replied Makato

"So I suggest you start studying," added Ami.

Usagi groaned and started to read from her textbook as the other girls studied together, but she could already feel herself falling asleep. She absent-mindedly munched on more cookies and began to contemplate her dream.

"Is something wrong? You look like you're THINKING about something." Asked Minako

Usagi decided to ignore the sarcasm in Minako's voice and replied, "I had a strange dream."

This got the rest of the girl's attention.

"Honto ni? What about?" Rei inquired.

"Well, I was in my Princess Serenity form, only I was like 9 or 10 years old. I had gotten lost, and this monster was attacking me. Then these two Sailor Senshi came and saved me, but I didn't recognize them. I couldn't even make out their faces! It's weird though it felt like it was a memory, not a dream. Like this really had happened, like these people were real."

The girls sat silent for a moment; finally Minako managed a reply, "weird."

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She slowly opened her eyes and blinked. // Where am I? I AM STILL TRAPPED IN THIS DAMN ICE// She thought, referring to the ice capsule that she was enclosed in. // How long have I been like this? How can I possibly be alive? // She gazed around and saw a glowing pink object heading straight for her. It collided with her and shattered her icy tomb. She reached out her hand and touched what she now knew was a crystal. Then she too began to glow.

Her pink and silver costume had now somewhat changed. Her pink skirt now sparkled, her silver ballroom slippers had become ballet slippers, and pink stars appeared on her silver, choker, headband, wristband, and on her slippers. Pink and silver stars entwined her platinum blonde hair. Her midnight blue locket which had her symbol of infinity with three stars engraved in silver on it now also had the pink crystal set in it. HER crystal. She felt more power surging through her than ever before. "MY CRYSTAL brought me back to life!" She realized, "Sutazusuishou, which belongs to me, SuperSailoruniverse."

SuperSailoruniverse looked around, and she saw a horrifying sight. She gasped. Sailorsun was trapped in an ice capsule, like the one she had been in. Sailorsun was clutching a cage and inside it were Zorya and Raa. They were all dead. Universe's jubilant heart sank. "It's all my fault. This happened to them because of me." She made her way to the capsule, and when she touched it her crystal once again began to glow. This time it engulfed them all in a sparkling pink light.

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On a distant planet a large human -like creature looms in the shadows. Another dark creature timidly approaches it.

"We're almost ready Commander Triton."

"Good.... Status report?"

"Earth has vast resources and good air. An ideal living place...once we've remodeled it of course. It's people are dreamers, which will make them excellent addition to your 'special' army, and they are physically weak. Except..."

"Except what!"

"Oh just a little annoyance really. Remember the moon kingdom?"

"Hai," the commander replied, chuckling.

"Well Earth's where the Sailor Senshi relocated to after the Moon Kingdom was destroyed. They've caused many problems for others with aspirations similar to the Master's."

"Yes. I've heard of them. They fight for love and justice. Ha! They won't be a problem, the master is much stronger then any of those other weaklings who attacked Earth. Besides, I heard that the two strongest sailor warriors are dead."

"Hai, they died before the Moon Kingdom was even destroyed."

"Well then there's no problem. Commence operations to attack. Target: Earth."

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SuperSailoruniverse found herself on an asteroid with Sailorsun and the cats. She looked over and saw that she was right by the sun. But for some reason the intense heat didn't bother her. She looked at her sister and tears began to spill from her eyes, as the ice capsule began to melt away due to the Sun's extreme heat. "What does it matter? She's still dead!" The tears were now streaming from her eyes as she knelt down beside her sister, who was still clutching the cage. " That's Sun for you. Determined even in death." Universe gave a bitter little laugh.

She was about to leave when her crystal once again began to glow. She looked over at the sun and saw a glowing gold object heading for the asteroid. "A meteor? No, it's another crystal!" The crystal stopped right above Sailorsun. Universe took the crystal and pried Sailorsun's hand off the cage and she placed the crystal in it. Sailorsun began to glow....

Sailorsun opened her eyes. //What happened? Oh, now I remember. // She looked at her hands and realized she was glowing. // Am I in heaven? Or am I alive? //

SuperSailoruniverse shielded her eyes, the golden glow was blinding. When the light went away she looked and saw Sun and the cats. The cats' cage had disappeared and they were now standing alongside Sun. Sun's outfit had slightly change, like hers had. The bow on her red sash had gotten bigger, and orange suns appeared on her choker, headband, and wristbands. The yellow in her costume was now more of a golden yellow. Her gold locket which had a red sun etched in it now also had 10 red rubies encircling it (these dots represent the 9 planets and the moon). However she still had that emotionless expression on her face characteristic of her.

"Are we alive?" SuperSailorun asked in a monotone voice.

SuperSailoruniverse smiled, tears of joy in her eyes, "Yes Sun, we are."

Then a strange thing happened. A smile spread across SuperSailorsun's face. // I haven't seen Sun smile like that in years, *sigh* she used to be like this all of the time, but then...//

Zorya ran over to Universe and jumped on her shoulder and purred. SuperSailoruniverse laughed. She was so happy they were all alive. She turned to SuperSailorsun.

"Daijobu desu ka?" She asked.

"Daijobu, are you kidding? I've never felt better. This new power is a real energizer!" Sun walked over and hugged her.

// And a real mood lifter. // Universe thought to herself.

"Now," interrupted Raa. "We need to figure out how long we were "asleep.""

"And what our next move is." Added Zorya.

"Well I don't know how long we were out," Sun slipped back into her old self, "but our next move is to return to the Moon Kingdom, expose him for the kisama he is and fight!"

"Count me out, I won't fight him." Universe sat down and held her knees close to her body, a distant look spread across her face.

SuperSailorsun looked disappointed in her sister, but she understood. I will fight him alone then. He WILL pay."

Universe looked up at her sister, she was about to protest but she knew that once Sun made up her mind, there was no stopping her, and Sun looked very determined. So she bit back her tears and stood up.

"All right. Let's go home."

Both crystals simultaneously began to glow and the glow enclosed each girl and lifted them up. Raa jumped into SuperSailorsun's arms and Zorya jumped into SuperSailoruniverse's arms. They began traveling through space in their glowing bubbles of energy. Finally they spotted a familiar object.

"The Moon!" Shouted a jubilant Raa.

They all cheered ,except SuperSailorsun who still had an emotionless expression on. However as they grew closer to the Moon. They gasped, something was definitely different. Something was definitely wrong.

They finally set foot on the dusty lunar surface. Their crystals stopped glowing and the girls set down their cat advisors. They all stared at the horrible sight before them. Everything was gone. No one was there. All that was left of the once magnificent Moon Kingdom was rubble and dust.

"What - What happened?" Stammered Universe.

"I don't know," was all Zorya could reply

Raa however was able to muster up a somewhat better reply, "well; the Moon Kingdom was obviously attacked. There doesn't seem to be anyone here, so everyone must have either fled to another planet, or..."

"Or they're all dead." Sailor Universe completed Raa's grim thought. She was in tears again. She dropped to her knees and began to cry uncontrollably. The cats cringed (Universe's cries are similar in decibels to Sailor Moon's), but they too began to cry. Sailor Sun however kept her cool and studied the surrounding area. Her expression never changed, but there was a look of sadness in her eyes.

"Come on minna, stop that." She finally said.

For a moment they stopped wailing and looked at Sun with tear stained cheeks.

"NANI!" Universe screamed, "How could you possibly be so cold! Have you no heart?"

SuperSailorsun's expression changed to one of surprise. Then she gathered herself and returned to her "normal" expression.

"If they are dead they wouldn't want you carrying on like this. We should find who did this and avenge their deaths. We should fight! It is our destiny."

"You with this fighting again! What's the point? Revenge? Ha! That's no reason to fight. Destiny is nothing without a purpose.

Universe resumed crying, joining the cats that were in the process.

SuperSailorsun placed her hand on Sailor Universe's shoulder and said soothingly, "Everything will be ok, you'll see. Eventually it will. Celestial-onechan, lets go to Earth. There are people living there." Then she changed to a more laughing tone, "If you need a reason to fight, well the people of Earth are weak. I'm sure they'd appreciate our help."

Sailor Universe smothered a laugh that tried to escape her mouth. Back in the Silver Millennium, in the Moon Kingdom, people would often joke about the weakness of earthlings. Since at the time no earthlings possessed "super" powers (unless you'd call throwing roses a super power). Sailor Universe stood up and glanced at the Earth. She wiped the tears from her eyes.

"All right, let's go to Earth."

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Usagi gasped and sat up in her bed, grasping her blanket. In the process she had knocked the sleeping Luna to the floor, Luna continued to sleep. She was sweating and her face was pale with fear. //That dream again. // She peered out her window at the full Moon and thought she saw two flashing lights, one pink and one gold. Then the lights disappeared. //I must be losing my mind. First the dream and now this. // She turned away and placed her hand on her forehead in exasperation. "But that dream means something. Something's going to happen, and soon."