Disclaimer: I own nothing. Naoko Takeuchi owns all material related to Sailor Moon. I won't pretend or claim that I am the one who got the idea of the Sera Myu (Sailor Moon Musicals), those belong to their respective directors and writers. This is simply a continuation of an awesome idea.

Dedication: I'd like to dedicate this fanmade musical script to my dream cast of Sera Myu actors. Asami Yuhka (Neptune), Takagi Nao (Uranus), Hosaka Yuhko (Pluto), Takeda Keiko (Saturn), Kanbe Miyuki (Sailor Moon), Shirota Yuu (Tuxedo Kamen), Murata Ayumi (Venus), Kanda Eri (Mars), Kawabe Chieko (Mercury), Kuriyama Emi (Jupiter) and last but not least: Ono Hikari who has been a great inspiration in the creation of Sailor Nereid.

Beta: rinhonjou at livejournal is my saviour when it comes to this entire fic. All remaining mistakes are my own.

Author's Notes: The action descriptions in this makes it more appropriate for a live action/anime (your preference) musical than a stage musical. All "song lyrics" are written by me - they are not meant to rhyme and there's no melody for any of them. They are supposed to appear to be English translations of songs that were originally Japanese. I've tried staying faithful to the atmosphere of the actual Sera Myu songs though, simply because I respect and love them so much.

Reader's Guide:

(Action descriptions are in italics and brackets.)

The person(s) who speaks/sings are in bold, followed by a colon:

"Spoken lines are in quotation marks."

Song lyrics are centred.

Summary (this chapter): Michiru feels the approach of a storm...

Overture

(On a pier at the outskirts of Tokyo. The sky is clear and cloudless, showcasing a faint brush of stars and a glowing full moon. By the rail, Michiru is standing, clad in a thin summer dress, watching the uneasy movements of the waves. She's holding the Deep Aqua Mirror gently in her hands, but does not even once look down at it. Everything is silent except for the occasional cry of a seagull.)

Michiru: (closes her eyes with a sigh) "I feel it… The sea is in an uproar…"

(Sailor Nereid, a tall woman with long, light bluish hair in a braid down her back and wearing a fuku that resembles Sailor Neptune's, though the colours of her skirt and bow are a few shades lighter and her sandals extend all the way up to her shins, is watching Michiru from a distance, out of sight.)

Nereid: (steps forward and talks aloud to herself, unheard by Michiru, the shadows almost completely hiding her) "Hai. You of all people would be able to feel it, Neptune… or should I perhaps call you by your current name? Kaioh Michiru…"

Michiru: (raises her Mirror to look into it, unaware of the fact that she's not alone) "A storm is approaching, but it's no ordinary storm, is it?" (raises her head, the wind playing gently with her curls) "The wind hasn't changed… She's not causing it… Then… dare?"

Nereid: (balls her hands into fists as Michiru mentions the wind) "She's still with you, then… I guess I should have suspected." (relaxes her shoulders, lifting one hand up to push her braid back over her shoulder, smiling an almost gentle smile) "It changes nothing, Neptune. This time I will claim back what originally belonged with my planet…" (pauses, then adds vigorously) "…with me!"

(Nereid reaches one hand out towards Michiru, her fingers drawing a set of kanji in the air, the sea suddenly acting up and the waves crashing with considerably more force against the pier. Michiru doesn't step back, but her eyes narrow at the sight.)

Song: Lullaby of the Mermaid

Nereid:

Can you hear my voice, Sea Princess,

Can you hear the ocean's song tonight?

(walks fully into the light without making a sound, Michiru keeping her back on her, as if she can't sense her approach. Nereid looks up at the moon, her smile fading away as she presses one hand to her heart)

Moon Guardian, how many millennia have passed

Since I was your protector and beloved friend?

Now you don't remember, but in time you will,

How I lived and died in your name.

(shakes her head as if ridding herself of the nostalgia and bitterness, slowly extending her hand out towards Michiru, gloved fingers pausing mid-motion, wanting to but unable to touch her)

Your past mistakes forgotten,

Our destiny rises with the tide,

Circling in eternity, and at that time

We shall undoubtedly embrace

Like the foam embraces every moving wave.

(Suddenly Michiru turns her head, just slightly, seemingly listening to a melody she can only hear in her mind. Clutching her Mirror a little more tightly, her lips form a couple of words, without any sounds emerging. Nereid cocks her head, curiously watching Michiru's face, the other woman's features showing deep, almost trancelike concentration.)

Nereid: "You know the next verse, Kappa… 'I will take you beyond the deep dimensions…' – how often didn't you ask me to sing that lullaby to you?" (meets Michiru's eyes when she finally spins around fully, but still it seems that Michiru can't see her)

Michiru: (brushes a lock of hair away from her face, hesitantly whispering) "I will take you beyond the deep dimensions…" (as Nereid starts singing, she joins in, the melody and lyrics apparently well-known to her)

Nereid & Michiru:

I will take you beyond the deep dimensions,

And your love shall follow surely, secretly.

As the ocean gently takes you in her arms,

In sweet memoriam I shall put you to sleep

With the furtive farewell kiss of Sea Lips,

Repeating the soft lullaby of the mermaids.

Michiru: (stares intently into her Mirror) "The voice from my dream…"

Nereid: (speaks more loudly than before, no longer holding the magic that made her invisible) "I've found you… Princess…"

(Michiru blinks and looks up, her eyes slowly focusing on Nereid who bows to her with a low, sarcastic laugh.)

Michiru: (surprised, but defensive) "Dare da?!"

(Nereid flash-steps away without answering, and the sound of a vehicle parking nearby, followed by an engine being turned off penetrates the silence she leaves behind. Michiru stares uneasily at the empty spot where Nereid stood seconds prior, taking a deep breath, pressing a hand to her forehead, not making any indication of following her.)

shoujo-ai no shijin productions present:

Bishoujo Senshi Sera Muun

(Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon)

DESTINED COUPLE – chou bi Uranusu to Nepchuun no kuraishisu

(Destined Couple – the Crisis of the Super Beauties, Uranus and Neptune)

(Running her fingers along the banister as she takes a couple of steps forward, Michiru lets her eyes follow the waves which have calmed down to a mere rocking of innocent ripples.)

Michiru: (lost in thought) "I thought I saw…" (turns her attention to her Mirror with a soft laughter) "It was probably my imagination. After all, what Michiru's Mirror can't catch isn't a big guy… ka?"

(The sound of footsteps. Haruka in her rider's suit comes to a halt a couple of metres away from Michiru, watching her with an amused half-smile. Taking off her helmet, she covers the short distance between them, leaning against the rail next to Michiru who shifts her attention to her, not taken aback by her presence.)

Michiru: "You're late, Haruka."

Haruka: (nonchalantly) "You shouldn't quote people when they're not around to take credit for it…" (laughs as Michiru raises an eyebrow at her, putting her Mirror away in her handbag) "What was it your Mirror was supposed to show you?"

Michiru: (looks back towards where Nereid had appeared) "I'm not sure…" (purses her lips, considering her words carefully, then meets Haruka's eyes) "I've been having the same dream for three nights in a row now, and it's unsettling me. Not because it's a frightening dream, but because it feels…"

Haruka: (is waiting for a continuation, but as none comes, she frowns) "Nani?"

Michiru: (a soft whisper) "Like a memory…"

(They stand next to each other in silence, both watching the treacherously gentle movements of the sea. Around them the wind picks up speed, rustling their hair and running over the surface of the water, disturbing its rhythmic breath.)

Haruka: (speaks in a low voice) "A new war?"

Michiru: (shakes her head, stepping back and turning away from the water) "I don't think so… the person in my dream… she didn't feel like an enemy."

Haruka: (raises both eyebrows in suspicious interest, following Michiru as she heads towards the parking ground) "Kanojo…?"

Michiru: (giggles, giving Haruka a teasing look over one shoulder) "Jealous that there're other women than you in my dreams, Haruka?"

Haruka: (snorts, duplicating Michiru's tag line in a put-on light voice) "Maybe…"

(Michiru doesn't reply, stopping next to Haruka's motorcycle, waiting for Haruka to catch up with her.)

Michiru: (repeats the words of the song quietly to herself, frowning at the words)

"I will take you beyond the deep dimensions,

And your love shall follow surely, secretly…"

(As Haruka's hand brushes down her arm, Michiru ignores her own confusion and sends the taller woman a taunting smirk.)

Michiru: "Remember: He who's not a foe isn't necessarily a friend – isn't that what you kept trying to teach Usagi-chan?"

Haruka: (rolls her eyes) "For her own self-preservation, yeah… and with little luck."(hands Michiru the spare helmet left behind on the seat of the bike after having put on her own) "It's been quiet around here since the Princess defeated Chaos… but we should probably not get too accustomed to the peace, ka?"

Michiru: (gives Haruka a look out the corner of her eye, the remainder of her little smirk quirking her lips as she mounts the bike) "That's kind of pessimistic…"

Haruka: (shrugs, kicking the bike into acceleration) "You started…"

Michiru: (gives the pier one last apprehensive glance before they turn the corner) "Did I really…?"

(From her position on top of one of the nearby storage buildings, Sailor Nereid is watching them.)

Nereid: (smiles as Michiru's words reach her) "Hai, my Princess… you did."

(Following the motorcycle with her eyes until it disappears from sight, Nereid moves her gaze to the moon, glaring at it haughtily. Then she merges into the shadows and is gone.)