Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from the wonderful Sailor Moon series, the only character I claim ownership to is that of Azrealella. Thank you and enjoy
Everything seemed normal, the air was breathable, nothing looked to out of place, Azrealella took in the scene before her in a quick sweeping glance. She had not been to Earth in over a thousand years. A thousand years of wandering, and exploring the universe alone. With only one steady contact and friend, and a dozen associates. The vague hope of returning to Earth, and getting her revenge was a dream that she never hoped would come true. When Galaxia attacked the Sailor Stars plant, Azrealella knew there was only one hope for their princess's survival, send her to Earth. If the other Sailor Scouts were alive again, then they could protect her, if not, she was still safer on the distant planet then on her home world. But when the princess didn't return for such a long time, nor the three Stars who went after her, and the few of Galaxia's assassins that were left on the Stars world were dead, she could wait no longer. Azrealella stayed only as long as she had to, to begin rebuilding the Stars world. It was amazing how a little magic could help plants grow and flourish.
Now looking down on the planet she had once known so well, she shuddered. It was so different so strange, maybe it had been to long, and she was a fool to come here again. She could not sense the presence of the Sailor Stars, either they had left, or they had never made it this far, perhaps she had sent them too their doom. Squeezing her eyes tight shut against the visions of hopelessness that were to quick to appear she turned from the view of Tokyo, and back to her beloved ship. It hadn't been the highest in technology when she had made it so many years ago, her brothers always there to explain the technology to her, and assist with anything she didn't understand. But the small vessel had traveled through more space, and worm holes then anything that any earthling had yet developed.
But then Planet X had always been light years ahead of time when it came to technology.
Azrealelle dropped her gaze to the watch on her left arm and hit a quick sequence on the face of what appeared to be a normal watch. Smiling in satisfaction, she watched her ship dissolve into nothingness as an invisibility shield wrapped it self around her ship. It would be safe here.
Turing back to Tokyo she smiled. She was back, a plant that she would have once thought of, as a second home was now a strange frightening place. This was the only place that she could get revenge against the blond little princess who had cost her so much. This was the only place that she could see once again friends from a lifetime long ago. Her smiled widened as she survey her hunting grounds.
Firsts things first, she thought grimly, I need to observe my prey, enroll in the local school, maybe find somewhere to live, and my old friends. If she could survive high school here, she could survive anything.
Sailor Uranus stood looking down at the movie theater from a neighboring roof, Sailor Pluto, Saturn, and Neptune around her.
"The others are on their way." Pluto announced to no one in particular.
They had met there by chance, all of them being drawn by the odd dark energy.
"It feels to cold, icy even." Neptune said shaking her head.
Uranus wrapped an arm around Neptune. "Whatever it is that is causing that dark energy its not what we felt the other night."
Pluto nodded but said nothing.
A moment later they saw the five inner scouts come running around the corner, fighting the steady stream of body's running away from the theater. "Lets follow them." Uranus declared.
The Outer Scouts followed at a safe distance from the Inners as they entered the theater. They followed them into one of the large movie watching rooms and froze near the back. The three creatures that were destroying the front part of the theater were neither substantial, nor were they formless. Their odd bodies illuminated from behind by the white movie screen. They appeared like nothing they had ever seen before, mist one moment solid the next. But the victims they held trapped in the front of the theater were real people in real trouble. As the Scouts watched, one of the creatures picked up a screaming lady and simply held her. The woman's body jerked and fought the phantom hands, then she became still, quiet, and finally limp. The creature flung the woman aside, into a substantial pile of body. Pausing for a moment, the creature seemed to pulsate for a moment, growing more and more substantial, less vapor like.
"I stand for love and justice, I stand for all the movie critics who have cancelled your show, I give you two thumbs way down. I am Sailor Moon!"
The Outer Scouts stood and watched as the five inner scouts threw everything they had at the strange dark creatures, and never did anymore damage to them then they would have if they were attacking fog.
Saturn felt it first, and odd tingling sensation climbing up her spine, an awareness of someone else in the theater with them. She scanned the room, searching for the odd warmth wrapped in coldness. Her gaze met nothing that she recognized. Scanning the room again she spotted the dark creature that was in mid leap for them. Holding her scythe before her, she leapt in front of the others yelling "Silent Wall!"
The dark creature hit the wall and disappeared in a cloud of black mist. The four Outer Scouts gave up watching the ongoing battle before them, and searched the area around them, hunting for their attacker.
It materialized above them, watching the foolish girls below it, foolish girls with so much dark energy, energy that the dark creatures needed to become stronger. It sank slowly down until it was a mere hands breath above them. Cautiously it sniffing their combined scent and getting a slight high sensation from all of the unbridled power, I must feed on them it thought.
"Extreme Assault!"
The blast of power that followed those words caused all four outer scouts to drop to the floor, as the black and cobalt blue whip of power crashed above their heads, incinerating the dark creature that had been above them.
"She is here!" Saturn cried out as she leapt to her feet, her eyes once again scanning the area, a hopeful smile on her face.
"She's been practicing too, that was a lot stronger then I remember it." Neptune observed as she too climbed to her feet, one hand shielding her eyes from the glow of the movie screen so she could search the shadows.
Their efforts weren't needed as the other Scout dropped into their middle from the balcony above. "Call off your friends, they cannot combat these creatures with their spells of love."
Her words were spoken quickly as she ran up the rows of chairs to the main battle. There had been three dark creatures in the theater, one was destroyed the other two were having a marry time chasing and teasing the Inner Scouts. Jumping high, staff in hand she landed between Jupiter, Venus, and the dark creature that was about to attack them from behind.
"Shadow Defend!" Holding the staff before her, tip to the ground and wall of black shot out before her, that the shadow creature slammed into, before it could turn to vapor and disapear, the Scout pointed her left arm at it and yelled "Extreme Assault!" The creature vanished for good as a black-blue whip lashed through the air where it has floated.
The Outer Scouts ran up the remaining rows, as the last shadow creature vanished into a wall. All the scouts now turned to stare at the new scout who stood at their center.
Her skirt was faded shades of grey to cobalt blue, her shoes were wedge heals with laces that went back and forth all the way up to her knee. She had a small cape that went the length of her skirt, in a grey-blue color, and her hair was streaked blue and purple in spiky torrents around her face, then braded back down to nearly her knees. Her staff was her height, plus a few inches, with intricate carvings running its length, and an odd orb at the top.
The Outer Scouts all smiled and hugged the strange girl, while the Inners stared in shock.
"Welcome back my friend," Pluto said after she embraced the newcomer.
Smiling the other Scout answered, "it has been to long indeed."
"Ok what is going on, who are you?" Sailor Moon asked, hands on hips.
"Yah who do you think you are, we had everything under control!" Jupiter declared.
Smiling the Scout turned to the others, "You would prefer I left? What if they return, do you really think you stood a chance against them?"
"Stop it X, they are grateful, they just aren't used to showing it." Neptune said placing a hand on X's arm.
X smiled back at Neptune, "That's all right, I wasn't expecting them to remember me." She cast one last longing look at Jupiter, before turning her back on the Inner Scouts so she could face the Outer. "I will be in touch." With a wink she leapt to the high balcony and was gone.
Silence followed her departure for a brief moment before pure chaos.
"Who was that?"
"Who does she think she is?"
"What do you mean we should remember her?"
"What were those creatures?"
All the Inner Scouts began speaking at once, and the Outers simply smiled at one another. "She has finally come back to us." Saturn said smiling.
"I hope she hasn't been alone to long." Neptune glanced at Uranus.
"Doesn't matter now, she's back, she has family again." Uranus answered, her fingers interlocking with Neptune's.
Pluto was quiet a long moment, still ignoring the Inner Scouts, "She seemed sad." Her gaze strayed to Jupiter, who was still asking the same questions to the Inner Scouts.
"Are you going to explain any of this to us?" Sailor Moon demanded.
The Outer Scouts turned in unison to the Inners, "Ask Luna, she will be able to explain it better then we can." Uranus said, before turning and walking back up the theater, followed by the other Outer Scouts.
"Ask Luna, how would she know anything about this other Scout if we don't?" Lita's voice followed the Outer Scouts, but they didn't bother to turn and answer.