ACT 0
"Darkness, darkness is slowly overcoming this crystal forest. If you can hear my voice, please, let someone hear me," a kind, gentle and caring voice seemed to whisper within my head. "Someone, is someone calling me," I thought to myself as I ran through the streets of Tokyo until I suddenly found myself within a beautiful crystalline forest, unknown stars and constellations that I had never seen twinkled within the sky above, my knee length baby blue nightgown swishing just past my knees with every step I took as my bare feet seemed to glide across the mirror like surface below them. But then I stepped into a clearing and found myself frozen as I gazed at a magnificent Pegasus that was as white as the purist of snows, wings unfurled towards the sky above, a golden horn above his head, and I could feel the heat come to my cheeks as his topaz like eyes locked with my own.
I found myself without even remembering doing so now kneeling upon my hands and knees before the Pegasus a single hand reaching out towards him, as a golden light embraced me, and I found myself wearing a familiar white gown, the royal attire only worn by a princess of the moon kingdom. But just as I was going to touch him the Pegasus vanished before my eyes. "Where? It was you, wasn't it, the voice I heard," I said and just as I thought he wouldn't reply I heard his voice from behind me. "Please … Keep our meeting a secret," his voice said and as I turned my head expecting to see him once again I found myself facing Usagi-chan who was looking down at me with a tender smile. "Morning, sleepyhead, you should get up we are already late and everyone waiting on us," she said as I set up wiping the sleep out of my eyes as with a yawn I replied, "hai," making Usagi-chan chuckle. "Still half asleep, alright come on," Usagi said as she grabbed the bottom of my nightshirt pulling it over my head.
{ SuperS }
Arriving at Juban Natural Park I wasn't surprised to see that Usagi-chan had of course been right Ami-chan with Nephrite by her side, the lone Shitennou now using the name Akai when not wearing his armor; Rei-chan and Minako-chan stood together as a group having saved a spot on the hillside for us, a little farther down the hill there was Motoki-san and Mako-chan setting side by side while up on the hillside underneath the shade of an old oak tree I smiled and waved to Haruka-san who was leaning against the trunk, she gladly returning the gesture while Michiru-san who was setting beside her holding a gurgling Hotaru-chan in her arms simply smiled lifting Hotaru's arm and making it look like she was waving at me which made me smile glad that my best friend was in the care of such a loving and caring pair.
"Your late Usagi-chan," Rei said playfully as we approached them. "Gomen, that was my fault," I said as Usagi shook her head, "don't blame yourself, we all stayed up a little to late last night because we were so excited about today," she said as I gave a short nod hearing both Ami-chan and Minako-chan try their best to keep from laughing or perhaps just giggling. "Onii-chan," I heard a voice call out and turned to see Motoki's younger sister Unazuki-san running towards him waving with both arms a large smile on her face. Unazuki-san had come to visit her older brother Motoki in order to watch the total solar eclipse, Unazuki-san, as it turned out had lived with Motoki's mother and father in Osaka until her graduation from high school the same year that Usagi-chan and all the other girls graduated as well, going to the states to attend collage and ending up staying their. She had called Motoki a week ago asking if it would be ok to visit in order to watch the total eclipse which could only be viewed from Japan and parts of Korea, China, the Philippines and Russia and of course after talking with Mako-chan about it Motoki-san had agreed so until the end of her break Unazuki-san would be here in Japan, making some extra money by helping Motoki-san at Crown Karaoke.
As Unazuki-san came over to talk to Usagi-chan and Mamo-chan, gushing over my younger self within Usagi's arms sound asleep I started to just let my thoughts drift to the dream I had had, wondering to myself because it had all seemed so real, especially the moment were I stepped out of the crystalline forest into the clearing were the Pegasus that I knew had called me had been standing. "Usa-chan," Unazuki's voice said bringing me out of my daydream. "You looked deep in thought Usa-chan, thinking of someone," she asked and I couldn't help it as I felt the heat rush to my face and I knew my cheeks were as pink as my hair when I was Sailor Chibi-Moon. "Ah, so you have met someone special haven't you Usa-chan, you really shouldn't keep something like that to yourself you know, it would make your mama and papa very sad," Unazuki-san said and out of the corner of my eye I could see Usagi-chan and Mamo-chan turning red and looking between each other and me wondering if what Unazuki-san had said was true.
"Don't tease Unazuki-chan, after all you are one to talk," Motoki-san said making Unazuki-san turn an interesting shade of red as she whispered "onii-chan," in an embarrassed manor as Mako-chan did her best to keep from laughing at her husbands younger sister's embarrassment. "Minna, it's about to start," Mamoru said a smile on his face as he put on a pair of special sunglasses made to watch a solar eclipse as Usagi pulled out sheets of special tented plastic handing one to me, Luna and Artemis, while saving one for herself. Everyone grew quite as the moon slowly started to move in front of the sun everyone either using the special glasses or plastic to look up until at last the moon was completely blocking out the light of the sun. "So dark," I heard Usagi say from behind me, "is this what it would be like at night without the lights of the city," she said more to herself than anyone else making me wonder to the answer to such a question myself.
But it was during this, when the moon was completely hiding the sun that no one upon that hillside noticed a strange and bizarrely shaped tent floating in the air gently towards the ground that touched down within the middle of the city, just as the moon slowly started to move revealing the sun behind it once more until at last the total eclipse of the sun had at last ended. "Don't forget Usagi we are meeting at the Crown Fruit Parlor," I heard Rei-chan say as she and Minako side by side as myself and Unazuki-san stood from where we had been setting. "Let's go Usagi-chan," I said with a smile only to see her with a look of confusion on her face looking into the city. "What's wrong Usagi-san," Unazuki-san asked her before I could. "Was that their before," she said and I turned to see a strangely shaped circus tent that was a patchwork of darker colors setting somewhat in the center of the city. "I'm sure it was, we most likely just didn't notice it before because of all the excitement surrounding the eclipse," Mamo-chan said stepping next to Usagi-chan and placing a hand over her shoulder. "You're right," Usagi said with a tender smile "come on lets catch up to the others," Unazuki-san said and all thoughts of the strange circus tent were quickly forgotten as we made our way to the new Crown Fruit Parlor to get what many were saying were the best shakes, and malts in the city.
{ PGSM SuperS }
"They did not notice," shadowy figures within the tent whispered amongst themselves. "A circus tent appears right in the middle of their city, and these humans don't even seem to mind," other voices said adding to the conversation. "Perhaps they do not care," "Or only care about themselves," even more voices said as the shadowy figures slowly started to reveal themselves showing many acts and attractions usually found within a circus but somehow darker and more sinister than normal. "These humans are very interesting," all of the figures seemed to say as one as they began to laugh and dance joyfully. "Quite! Silence, all of you," a voice that was old, but somehow full of power said as all those assembled upon the floor fell quite bowing before disappearing back into the shadows. In a column of smoke a figure appeared. She was old her skin wrinkled and a sickly blue color, who was wearing a deep royal purple robe. Within her right hand was a long bone like staff with a bowl with a bowl turned upside down look at the top, and their setting upon the top of the upside down looking part of the bowl on bowl was an eyeball with an iris as red as blood, a small pillar of fire above it and small black wings growing from either of its sides.
"Amazon Trio, are you here," the figure said and from a ring of fire a figure appeared with orange hair and matching eyes who was wearing a white vest and tights with tiger print design who was holding a whip within his right hand. "Tigers-Eye is here," he said using his left arm to bow. Then from a circle of water a second figure more feminine that the first appeared with long light blue hair and matching eyes who was wearing a bubble like designed one piece suit. "Fish-Eye is here," he said his voice light and soft making any who did not know the truth think that he was a female as he also bowed with his left arm. Finally from a swirling circle of brown feathers a third figure appeared with flame like purplish pink hair wearing a sash dull grey top and matching dress like bottom, with purplish pink tights below and matching shoes. "Hawks-Eye is here," he said bowing in the same way his other two companions had as the three as one rose up. "The Amazon Trio, here as called, oh Grand Master Zirconia," the three said as one causing Zirconia to smile.
"Good, we must not waste any time. For after so long we have a chance to finish what was started far to long ago. We know that he has fled to this place, and here within this material world he can not hold shape or form, without risking his very life. Yet there is one way that he can remain here. Hidden within the beautiful dream of someone of this planet known as Earth. All humans dream, but only a select few have beautiful dreams. Your task is simple Amazon Trio, find the beautiful dream in which he hides, capture him, and bring him back to this place," Zirconia said. "As you wish Zirconia-sama," the three said as one bowing and leaving the room in the same manor in which they had appeared.
{ SuperS }
"Hm, despite what Grand Master Zirconia said, there are still so many who hold a beautiful dream," Hawks-Eye said as he and his two companions set on stools looking through all the photos placed before them on a bar table. "Oh, I think I found one," Tigers-Eye said a predatory smile coming across his lips. "A bit young don't you think,' Hawks-Eye said his voice holding a bit of distain. "She isn't my type either, you can have this one Tigers-Eye," Fish-Eye said. "Very well, I know just what to do to charm her as well," Tigers-Eye said licking his lips looking at the photo in his hands the name Furuhate Unazuki written upon it.
{ PGSM SuperS }
Getting to the Crown Fruit Parlor was easy enough though finding seating that was close together was a bit more of a challenge but we somehow managed to pull it off, as Motoki-kun and Mako-chan were sharing a table with Rei-chan and Minako-chan just behind me and Unazuki-san who was setting next to me, while Ami-chan and Akai-san aka Nephrite were sharing a smaller table that was behind Usagi who was setting across from me while Mamo-chan was at the counter ordering drinks for us all. Luna and Artemis were at a small table as well and I couldn't help but to smile seeing the two working as one to keep my younger self happy and occupied. "So, Unazuki-san what did Motoki-kun mean, that made you so embarrassed earlier," Usagi-chan asked and I couldn't deny that I wasn't a little bit curious as well. "Oh, well," Unazuki-san said her cheeks turning an interesting shade of pink. "Motoki onii-chan, thinks I have a boyfriend in the states," "do you," Usagi asked causing Unazuki-san to turn if it was possible even darker. "Iie, but I do have a crush on him," she said whispering the last bit as both myself and Usagi-chan did out best to keep from letting out a little high pitched noise of excitement.
"Well, just remember to always listen to your heart, it can never lead you wrong," Mamo-chan said surprising us as we walked up to our table with our drinks and setting them down on the table before kissing Usagi-chan on the cheek and taking his place next to her, "Mamoru," she said her cheeks a little pink but she gladly snuggled into his side as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Arigato, Mamoru-san I'll keep that in mind," Unazuki-san said a warm tender smile on her lips as she looked at Mamo-chan and Usagi and I somehow knew just from the look in her eye that she to wanted to have a relationship like the one that my mama and papa did. The rest of our stay at the Parlor was much less embarrassing for everyone, just full of questions so that Unazuki-san would know more about us and we could know more about her as well, and I was surprised somewhat that when we finally left that it was starting to grow dark outside.
We all parted ways, Rei-chan and Minako-chan who were slowly but surely making their relationship a bit more known day by day to others outside of our rather large extended family were going back to the Hikawa Jinja, for the night. Ami-chan and Akai-san were going to have a night on the town so to speak sense, "the night was still young," Akai-san had said making Ami-chan blush as all the other girls giggled though I didn't quite get what was so funny. Motoki-kun and Mako-chan decided to call it a night and told Usagi-chan that they were simply heading home and Artemis was going to sleep over at our house, "I know Rei and Minako will want their privacy," he had said to Luna who smiled and agreed and I blushed a bit knowing why Artemis felt that way, the bond between the senshi of love and fire were easy to see, to anyone who simply knew what to look for; while Unazuki-san was going to take a bus back to the hotel she was staying in, though Motoki-kun had tried to get her to go with him and Mako-chan she wanted to go by herself, "I may be your nee-chan but I am not so little anymore," she had said and even Motoki-kun couldn't argue with that.
{ SuperS }
"What are you looking for Chibi-usa," Usagi-chan asked me as we walked home, my younger self in Usagi's arms Mamoru at her side and Luna and Artemis just steps behind them. "Is their a forest somewhere around here," I asked. "A forest," Mamo-chan said sounding confused. "Iie, there are no forests, why do you ask," "Oh no reason, I guess it was just a dream," I said wondering if my meeting with the Pegasus was nothing more than a dream. "No," I thought to myself, "it was far to real." A familiar scream ripped through the air and myself and Usagi only shared a look as she handed my younger self to Luna. "Go, don't worry I'll take care of her," Luna said as Artemis nodded in agreement. "Be careful you two, I'll be right behind you," Mamoru said as myself and Usagi nodded. "Moon Prism Power," "Moon Cosmic Power," "Make-Up," the two of us yelled as one transforming into Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi-Moon once again.
"Well this went far easier than I thought," Tigers-Eye said as looked down at Furuhate Unazuki who he had knocked to the ground with his whip causing the young woman to scream. "Let us see if he resides in your dreams shall we. One," Tigers-Eye said as a large red board with a strange black eye like design appeared. "Two," he said as Unazuki found herself now bound to the board by steal bands. "Three," he finished as a mirror in a pink frame with a blue bow appeared seeming to come from Unazuki's chest. "Now, I hope you don't mind if I take just a little peak," Tigers-Eye said with a predatory smile as he stepped towards Unazuki only for two voices to stop him in his tracks both saying, "stop right their," causing him to turn to see two figures dressed in sailor fuku's standing before him. "And who are you," Tigers-Eye asked his eyebrow twitching in irritation.
"Thought you never ask," Usagi-chan said making me smile keeping the giggle that wanted to escape well in check. "I am the pretty guardian of love and justice Sailor Moon," "and I am the apprentice to a sailor senshi in a fuku, Sailor Chibi-Moon," "and in the name of the moon, we shall punish you," the both of us said as one. "Sailor Senshi," the figure said, "hm, more like pumpkins if you ask me, I am Tigers-Eye," he said introducing himself not using the masculine but feminine form of "I" making both myself and Usagi raise an eyebrow in surprise; "and neither of you are worth my efforts. Come forth my Remless. My automated doll, Karakuriko," Tigers-Eye said as his shadow seemed to extend out from him the same strange eye like symbol that was upon the board holding Unazuki appearing for a moment before a strange doll like feminine figure appeared dressed in circus attire that was bluish green and orange with little red bally style shoes.
"Be careful Chibi-Moon, something strange has appeared," Usagi said to me sliding into a fighting stance as I did the same. "Karakuriko, do away with all these pumpkins," Tigers-Eye said as the doll separated in the blink of an eye the arms lifting Usagi into the air as the legs knocked me to the ground as the head and shoulders tried to stab Usagi who just barely managed to dodge the blade that extended and retreated back into Karakuriko's mouth with each strike until a familiar cane struck Karakuriko in the head sending the doll head and torso to the ground. "Tuxedo Kamen," both myself and Usagi said glad to see Mamoru standing upon the top of a lamppost. "Whenever these beautiful senshi need my aid, I shall answer the call. I am your opponent now," Mamoru said drawing a familiar blade from within the folds of his cloak. "Very well then," Tigers-Eye replied unfurling his whip as Mamo-chan leapt down to face him the two going blow for blow until Mamo-chan knocked Tigers-Eye's whip from his hand just after he had tried to strike a fatal blow with the weapon.
"I have you now," Mamoru said his blade at Tigers Eye's neck. "I think not," Tigers-Eye said with a predatory smile "I, I can't move, how," Mamo-chan asked. "My whip has bound your shadow to that tree behind you, so you won't be able to move. Farewell … fool," Tigers-Eye said going over to Unazuki-san. "Now, with no more distractions," he said placing his head into the mirror causing Unazuki to scream as myself and Usagi begged him to stop though he did not, until at last he came out from looking within the mirror letting out a deep sigh. "It is a beautiful dream, but he is not their. I do feel sorry for you, but everyone with a beautiful dream must be eradicated, so that he does not find his way to you," Tigers-Eye said to Unazuki-san who was now unconscious. "Get rid of all of them, Karakuriko," Tigers-Eye said as the doll gave a sound of approval the head and torso going back up to attack Usagi as a hand with knife like claws came from within the legs holding my down that tried to attack me, and it was taking all my strength just to hold the hand away from my head.
"At this rate all of us, please someone, help us," I begged and as if called in a magnificent golden light the Pegasus from my dreams appeared, the light coming from his golden horn freeing myself, and Usagi. "Sailor Moon," I said running to her as the Pegasus landed and with a nod of his head the golden horn upon his head covered us both with its dazzling light transforming Usagi into Super Sailor Moon and looking down I saw that I too was wearing a different fuku, much like Usagi's but with pink as the main color both of our broaches changing as the cross design and trim and crown at the top around the heart had all turned silver instead of being gold while the heart itself had changed from red to gold but all the jewels that represented the Sailor Senshi were still there.
Then a rod appeared before us both thin and elongated like a blade with a handle of red with two outer guards around it that together looked like a heart. At the top of this heart was a round orb pink with a crescent moon setting at the bottom and two wings one on each side of the orb. From this the rest of the sleek and slender rod emerged with a small golden crown and an unadorned little pink orb at the top, which I told Usagi to take into her hands though I wasn't sure entirely why. "I feel something a new power coming from this rod," she said. "Sailor Moon," I said seeing Karakuriko rushing towards us and she nodded as she got on one hand and knee me standing behind her as from the rod within her hands came a ball of light that struck Karakuriko, "Stage Out," the creature yelled vanishing in the light leaving only its shadow on the ground with the mysterious eye design within it, before the symbol went up in smoke taking the shadow with it. "No, this can not be," Tigers-Eye said leaving by jumping through a ring of fire and vanishing which freed Unazuki-san and Mamo-chan who caught her before she could fall to the ground.
The Pegasus from what I knew had been no ordinary dream landed before us looking at me as I looked at him, "how beautiful," I heard Usagi say as the Pegasus vanished as quickly as it had come. "Oh," I said looking at Usagi as she stared at me, the Super transformation was gone. "Unazuki-san will be alright, she is only sleeping," Mamo-chan said. "Thank goodness," Usagi said as I let out a breath of relief myself. "Chibi-usa do you know something about what just happened," Usagi asked me as the words of the Pegasus came to my mind about keeping our meeting a secret. "Iie, nothing at all," I said looking up at the stars as Usagi only nodded my thoughts drifting to what I had thought nothing more than a dream when I was reaching out towards the Pegasus wearing the royal attire that only a princess of the moon could.
{ N O T E }
And so begins Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon SuperS. I must admit that while I was nervous to write Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S I am even more so now that I am writing PGSM SuperS. Why you may ask, because my dear readers I grew up watching the North American English adaptation of Sailor Moon (the anime) and this is the season I remember the most clearly as it was if I remember correctly the last season shown in the states before being taken off of the air.
The romance, the friendships, the drama, and the villains I remember them all. Ah the good ol' days of coming home and tuning into Cartoon Network and Toonami, anyone else remember Toonami, back in the days that Cartoon Network was actually cool, but I digress. Introducing this season of the anime and this arc of the manga into the world of the live action drama is both a dream and a nightmare. A dream because I love anything and everything about the SuperS season of the anime and the SuperS arc of the Manga but a nightmare because I fear I will not do this season and arc the justice they deserve, but I swear to you now that I will put all of my heart into this in order to make it the best job that I can do. Knowing that I feel that you will enjoy reading this fan-fiction.
There is an old saying, "It is not the journey, but the destination" and though acts (chapters) may come slower than they have done so in the past in regards to my other PGSM stories, the end result I can hope will be worth the wait.
So until the next Act;
I remain a . . .
KuRSeofTime
PS
Based on the fact that none of my readers have ever asked what any of the Japanese words or honorifics I have used mean, I have deduces that you my readers have enough knowledge, or understanding of the Japanese language that it is pointless for me to continue highlighting Japanese words and honorifics using bold fount. But please know that if you ever have any questions about any Japanese words or honorifics used in this act, or the rest of this fan-fiction then please fill free to ask, and I will gladly translate for you to the best of my abilities.
Also if you would prefer for me to highlight any Japanese words and honorifics with bold as I did in the past using bold print then please say so and I will gladly do so; as I will do anything and everything I can to make the reading of this fan-fic as easy as possible for you my readers.
Ja-ne,
KuRSeofTime