Disclaimer: "Sailor Moon", "Star Trek" and other genres belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Special note: This story takes place before "Sailor Moon: Endless Sand".
Author's note: This particular tale (a six-part miniseries) is about how Usagi ("Sailor Moon") Tsukino first got involved with the world of "Star Trek". Since I am using "Star Trek: Enterprise", there will be some tie-ins with some of the episodes featured in that short-lived series. Enjoy!
Part 1: Prologue
Summer, 3005 BC: Nerima District, Tokyo, Japan (Possible Future Timeline, or PFT).
Starfleet Admiral Usagi Tsukino (Administration/S1) was packing her things. True, the possibilities of being able to go to her home temporal locus was not finalized, but packing allowed her to keep her mind from reflecting too much of the past. Usagi has been living at the Tendo Training Hall for a while now, and only did so since it took no time to get to work at Starfleet Command HQ in San Francisco, California. Sure, she could have lived at the Sulu Residence, since her family owns the property, but that house was more of a museum for an old friend than a living residence. Besides, her descendant Hikaru Saotome and his new wife would be living there, once they return from the honeymoon on Risa. At any rate, her son Robert Saotome was nice enough to allow her to stay with him, since he and his father were going on yet another training journey…which, as far as Usagi was concerned, was an excuse to go drinking.
"Grand-mother?" said a voice. Usagi turns to the direction of the voice, and smiles. Standing at the door way was a girl with her young face, but with her grandfather's hair color and style.
"Hello, Keiko," Usagi replies. "What's up?"
"I…wanted to ask you if I can get a reference from you before…before…"
"Don't worry, dear, I've already made the reference for your admittance into Starfleet Academy."
"Thanks." Keiko then notices some pictures near an old-style photo album Two of them were very old. "Who's that?" Keiko asks.
Usagi turns.
"Ah. Well, THAT picture is me from back in late 20th century, and that is from the 22nd century."
Keiko takes a look at the older picture. Then she points to the one person in the photograph that had her grand-mother's hair-style.
"Where did you get this picture?"
"Your godmother Hoshi was going through her family things, in the basement at the Cherry Hill Temple, when she discovered this. She made a copy, and gave me the original."
Keiko nods, and then she points at the person with her grand-mother's hairstyle. "Is this your sister?"
Usagi takes a look and smiles.
"Actually, that's me at age 14 years."
"Wow. You look…look…"
"'Cute'?"
"Well, I wanted to say 'scrawny'…but cute is a nice way of putting it."
"I'll have you know that I hadn't come into my own yet. Humph!"
"I'm sorry. But you have to admit that you have certainly changed since you last took this picture."
And it was true. After years of enhancements, some warranted or not, Usagi stood at 6'5, built like someone who was both an Amazon and a model in appearance. In fact, she has long since evolved into a godling. After all, Usagi IS the Moon Princess Serena, of the late Moon Kingdom, who is the descendant of the Titan of the Moon Selene. And even if she wasn't, her martial training and skill in both magic and science, not to mention her talent in diplomacy and leadership, made Usagi a formidable opponent. And it was not easy to acquire such a reputation. Her years of experience as a trans-dimensional/temporal travel, a Starfleet officer and a Federation diplomat were not easy to come by. Still, it can be reasonably expected that such would be the case if one was over 1000 years old.
Not that Usagi would admit being that old, but a "girl" has to keep her secrets, right?
Nevertheless, no matter what she has purposely done, Usagi did so for the sake of peace for all. And as the "superhero" known as "Sailor Moon", she has fought for the cause of Love and Justice. Back in her youth, Usagi thought that such a thing were nothing more that cute phrases to say against "youma". Now, Usagi believed that such a cause was a necessary component in order to achieve peace. Believing in the inherent message behind it has certainly helped her in diplomatic circles.
"Think of it as a late 'growth spurt'."
"I'll say…" Keiko then picks up the second picture.
"And this…?"
"That, grand-daughter, is my first posting aboard the Enterprise…the one made before the founding of the Federation."
"So you KNEW Admiral Archer? THE Admiral Archer?"
"Indeed I did."
Keiko then compares the two pictures…and frowns.
"Wait a second. Both of you in the pictures look EXACTLY the same. Were you…immortal?"
"Not at that time."
"Then, how?"
"Time travel, thanks to your 'godfather' Q."
"Wow. So how did it all get started?"
"Well, before I begin, we better get some snacks."
A short time later…
"Where was I? Oh. So it all started when I was late meeting my friends at the temple. As you know, my name means 'rabbit' in old Japanese. Funny how fate, or Q, has a sense of IRONY…"
Summer 2005 CE: Juuban District, Tokyo, Japan: Juuban District.
"Luna, we got hurry!" said 16-year old Usagi ("Sailor Moon") Tsukino.
"I don't want to late, you know."
"YOU don't want to be late?" replied Luna the Royal Moon Cat. "I am the one who had to wake you up!"
"Biiiiii!" Usagi said, as she turned the corner. She and Luna were trying to make it to the latest Sailor Scout meeting. Unfortunately…
"Luna, help!" Usagi cried, as she was suddenly being sucked into a vortex.
"Usagi!" Luna cried, while trying to reach her mistress. And in an instant, Usagi was gone. "PRINCESS!" Luna cried in anguish.
As Usagi tumbled across time and space, she seemingly split into two people. One version of Usagi would move onto a "positive" timeline, while the other would move on to a "negative" timeline. This was nature's way of assuring balance between a positive universe and it's polar opposite. Thus, while Usagi would find virtual paradise, her twin would discover hell. Usagi, who went to the positive side of universe, fell through the end of the vortex.
"Oof!"
"Who are you?" said a voice.
Usagi looked up to see a man, who was dressed in some sort of blue jumpsuit. He kind of looked like he would fit in as some sort of mechanic.
"What?" Usagi replied.
The man with the sandy-blond hair frowned.
"Great," said Chief Engineer Charles "Trip" Tucker III, of Panama City, Florida. He then walked over to the communications unit, and tapped the call button.
"Cap'n, we have a…guest," Trip says. "And bring Lt. Sato with you, too."
A short time later, Usagi found herself is some sort of medical bay. She was being personally isolated, ever since she freaked out upon seeing Dr. Phlox. At the moment, the only one who was seeing her was Lt. Hoshi Sato, a Japanese linguist and communications officer. Captain Jonathon Archer, the Captain of the NX-01 "Enterprise", Earth's first advanced starship in years, looked at the girl.
"So, how did Miss Tsukino end up in Engineering?" Archer asked.
"That's just it, sir," Trip says. "She…fell from the ceiling."
Archer, who was tall, and imposing, and had sandy-blond hair turned his attention to the stoic female with the pointy ears.
"T'Pol, did you detect anything unusual?"
"I have run a complete diagnostic of the ship systems, and found no clue as to how Miss Tsukino came to be here."
"Great," Archer said. Ever since they were assigned to take back the Klingon back to his home planet of Q'onos, they have been attacked by the mysterious Suliban, a race of chameleons who seeks to impede the progress of Earth's push towards deep space exploration. Archer did not know why, but he wouldn't be surprised if the crew of the Enterprise will run into them again. Heck, he wasn't sure if Usagi's appearance was a sign of things to come. Then, he notices that Hoshi was leaving the room.
"Well?" Archer asked.
"Well, she is indeed from Earth…circa early 21st century," Hoshi says. "And she definitely does not know how she got here. The last thing she could remember was her going to the Cherry Hill Temple in Tokyo before falling into some sort of hole.":
"Doesn't your family run that temple?"
"Yes. Maybe they know what's going on…"
END FLASHBACK!
"And that's how I got started," Admiral Tsukino says. "Hoshi great-grandmother was an old friend of mine named Rei Hino, who was the original 'Sailor Mars'."
"What ever happened to her?"
"I'm not sure. As you know, temporal mechanics is a tricky thing. Thus, as far as this timeline is concerned, the Sailor Scouts disappeared in the late 21st century, after the war of the war between their fight with the Black Moon Family on Nemesis."
"Oh," Keiko said. "Wait a minute! Aren't YOU supposed to be the Neo-Queen Serenity of Crystal Tokyo?"
"Yes, and no. Originally, the Earth was supposed to have plunged into a second Ice Age that was to last 1000 years. However, thanks to the Black Moon Family, the timeline changed, and thus prevented the 1000-year Ice Age from happening. Unfortunately, the Third Impact occurred when the angel "Lilith" was activated inside the Moon Jump Gate by terrorists, plunging the world in a 20-year Ice Age. Not that it really mattered, since the Earth was had went to war with the Martians, and the Zentraedi and their 'Robotech Masters', not to mention the Fourth World War, which was caused when Genom Corporation's corruption and practices were exposed. I am truly surprised that Zephraim Cochran was willing to trust the Vulcans, when they established 'first contact' with the Earth. And I don't know about you, but I'm glad that the Vulcan High Command was heavy-handed in their dealings with us, since it allowed us to get our own house in order."
"And the 'Scouts?"
"Well, no one knows what happened to them. They simply…disappeared. For all I know, they simply left for parts unknown."
Usagi turns her attention to the center region of the mega-metropolis that was the city of Tokyo, where "Crystal Tokyo", sometimes referred to as Azabu Juuban . It, and "Neo-Tokyo" and "Old Tokyo" (where Nerima was located) co-existed as monuments to ages past. At the heart of Crystal Tokyo, was the Moon Palace, which was a re-creation of the castle from the old Moon Kingdom. And at the center of the palace, was the tomb dedicated to the Neo-Princess Serena…the grown up version of Usagi's daughter Rini Chiba. Rini was in her Neo-Sailor Moon grab, and was encased in a glass coffin.
Usagi regretted not releasing her daughter, but she knew Rini's sacrifice was a necessary one.
Tbc.
Author's note: As we continue Usagi's tale of her early years in Starfleet, we'll learn more about the final fate of the Sailor Scouts (including why Rini is in the state that she is in).
Next time: Usagi enrolls into Starfleet Academy…and runs into a whole mess of problems. See you next time!