Hi Everyone! It's time for some action and adventure. We will be bringing the Cardians back for this. Hope you enjoy it.
In answer to a question, I came up with the name Akio by just looking at a list of Japanese names. There is no particular reason why this name was chosen. I just looked at the list and picked it out.
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The Cardians
Part One
By
Angel Raye

Ariel ran into Amy's office. She had just finished her homework and decided she wanted to go for a swim in the palace pool. Of course she had to ask her mother for permission. Amy was in the middle of examining Faith's shoulder. She had injured it during baseball practice. Haruka was with her. Faith was grimacing in pain. "Sorry Faith," Amy was saying. "This is a common pitcher's injury."
"Mommy," Ariel called.
"Hi Darling," Amy smiled down at the little girl. "Have you finished your homework?"
"Yes," Ariel replied. "Can I go swimming?"
"No Darling you know you need an adult with you," Amy told her.
"But Mommy I'm a good swimmer," Ariel protested.
"I know you are," Amy replied. "But you are only six-years-old and you can't go by yourself."
"Then can you come swimming with me," asked Ariel.
"I can't right now," Amy sighed. "I am busy with Faith here and then I have sessions with both Annika and Daisy this afternoon. Maybe tonight."
"Okay," Ariel sighed in disappointment as she left her mother's office. She really wanted to swim now. Sighing she walked down the palace halls and saw Michiru. "Aunt Michiru," she called as she ran over.
"Hi little one," Michiru smiled as she reached down and scooped the little girl up. "What are you up too?"
"Nothing," Ariel replied. "I want to go swimming but Mommy can't right now and I have to have an adult with me. Can you go swimming with me?" Ariel held her breath. Sometimes Michiru would take her swimming if Amy weren't available.
"I'm sorry Ariel," Michiru told her. "I have to go and check on Faith and then I promised Hope I would teach her a new song on the violin."
"Oh," Ariel's face fell. Michiru noticed it.
"Why don't you do something with Madelyn," she asked.
"Madelyn's daddy took her somewhere," Ariel murmured.
"I see," Michiru replied. "Well I'm sure you can find something to do." Michiru put Ariel down, gave her a pat on the head and then took off.
Ariel gave another gusty sigh. "Everyone is too busy," she thought. "Maybe I'll go to the library." With that thought she headed toward the palace library.

Ariel arrived at the palace library. She loved going there. It was filled with Senshi history. Ariel had read about the battles with the Dark Kingdom, Nemesis, and Mistress 9, the Dead Moon and Galaxia. She still had many more things to read about.
She went right over to the Senshi history section. A book caught her eye. "The Makaiju," she thought to herself. Ariel reached for the book and pulled it out of the shelf. She opened it and saw some cards. "What are these," she asked herself. She looked at them, "Cardians?" She looked at each one. They each had a creature of some kind on it. "I wonder what these are." Something else fell from the book. Ariel reached down and picked it up. It was a tape. "I wonder what this is," she thought. She went over to a tape recorder and put the tape in. It started playing soft music. Ariel found herself captivated by the soft, soothing melody.
A flashing light behind her got her attention. Ariel turned around and saw all the cards lighting up. "Nani," she shrieked. The cards turned into youmas. Ariel stared in terror. The youmas all suddenly disappeared. "What have I done," Ariel thought in horror. She turned and ran out of the library.

In Mars's quarters Raye was holding Annika on her lap in another attempt to comfort her. Annika had come home from school in tears again. Raye immediately took her daughter to their quarters and worked on comforting her. The sobs had subsided and right now Annika was drawing comfort from her mother's embrace.
Suddenly Raye felt an evil presence. Both she and Annika sat upright. The presence left as quickly as it came.
"Mama," Annika stated. "Did you feel that?"
"Yes I did," Raye replied. "It was an evil presence."
"I wonder what it was," Annika wondered.
"It felt very familiar," Raye told her. "Where have I felt this presence before?"

Ariel dashed back to her quarters. Her heart was pounding. She did not know what she had done but she knew it couldn't have been good. "I can't let Mommy or anyone find out," Ariel told herself as she rushed into her room.
"What's wrong Ariel," Moonbeam asked.
"N...nothing," Ariel stammered.
"Are you sure," Moonbeam pressed. "You seem very tense."
"I'm fine Moonbeam," Ariel hastily assured him. Moonbeam wasn't convinced.

"I can't believe this dumb report we have to write," Daisy was whining to Lita and Maggie. The two girls had gone with Lita to her restaurant for dinner since both Gary and Ken had control room duty for the night. While Lita was checking over the business matters the two girls worked on their homework.
"Don't go saying that to Aunt Amy," Maggie giggled. "She'll put your nose to the grindstone."
"I know," Daisy groaned. "I would feel sorry for Ariel but she loves to study too." All of the children at some point had to put up with Amy's tutoring. As much as they all loved Amy they hated being tutored by her because she was so strict. In fact Mina and Haruka and Michiru started using that as a threat to get Gloria and Faith cracking down in their schoolwork whenever they felt like slacking off.
"Ready girls," Lita came over to them.
"Yes," both girls exclaimed as they gathered up their books. They headed out to Lita's car. The sun was going down leaving a gorgeous sunrise in the west.
"Beautiful," Maggie gasped as she stopped to gaze at it.
"Isn't it," Lita sighed. "When I was a teen I used to dream of watching the sun set with my sempai."
"Oh please Mom," Daisy groaned as she rolled her eyes. Neo-Queen Serenity and the other Inner Senshi were always telling her how Lita would pin after her old sempai.
Screams interrupted the conversation. Lita, Daisy and Maggie took off in the direction of the scream. They got to the source and saw a flower youma draining people of their energy.
"Nani," stammered Maggie.
"Both of you transform," Lita shouted as she pulled out her henshin wand. The girls did the same.
"JUPITER ETERNAL POWER MAKE UP!"
"JUPITER POWER MAKE UP!"
"PLUTO POWER MAKE UP!"
The youma had just finished draining one woman of her energy and now was focusing on a high school girl.
"Hold it," shouted a voice. The youma turned and saw three Sailor Senshi. "You destroy a beautiful evening draining people of their energy. I am an agent of love and justice, a pretty soldier in a Sailor Suit, Sailor Jupiter. In the name of Jupiter and the moon I will punish you."
"And I am her daughter Sailor Chibi Jupiter," called Sailor Chibi Jupiter. "I will punish you with thunder."
"As future guardian of time I will not allow this to happen," called Sailor Chibi Pluto. "I am Sailor Chibi Pluto and I will punish you too."
The youma growled and aimed its vine at the Senshi. All three jumped out of the way. Chibi Jupiter powered up.
"JUPITER DEADLY LIGHTENING BOLT!" The attack flew out and hit the youma. It only made him angrier. He used a vine and wrapped it around Chibi Jupiter.
"Let her go," Jupiter shouted and she powered up. "JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!" The attack flew out and hit the youma causing him to release Chibi Jupiter. Jupiter and Chibi Pluto ran over to Chibi Jupiter.
"Are you all right," asked Chibi Pluto.
"I think so," Chibi Jupiter winced as she sat up.
In the meantime the youma recovered from the attack and looked over at the Senshi. He snapped his vines out and wrapped them around the Senshi. He began draining their energy.
"Can't move," gasped Chibi Pluto.
"Power is draining away," Jupiter grunted as she tried to break free.
A disk suddenly flew out and sliced through the vines freeing the three Senshi. Cosmic Moon was there. "How dare you hurt my friends," she shouted. "I will not allow you to do as you please. I am Sailor Cosmic Moon and in the name of the Moon I will punish you."
"Stop talking and use your attack," Jupiter shouted as she pulled the two Chibi Senshi to their feet.
"Right," called Cosmic Moon. She pulled out her scepter. "MOON PRINCESS HEALING KISS!" The attack hit the youma.
"Cleansing," he shouted and he turned into a flash of light. Once the light disappeared a card fell to the ground. Jupiter picked it up.
"A Cardian," she gasped. "But how?"

Neo-Queen Serenity dashed down to the palace library with the Inner Senshi right behind her. Lita had gotten back with Rini, Daisy and Maggie. When the Queen saw the Cardian in Lita's hand and heard of the fight she and the Inner Senshi went right down to the library. They headed over to the Senshi history section. The first thing they saw was a book lying on the floor. Serenity picked it up. "It's the book about the Makaiju," Serenity gasped. "The Cardians are all gone."
"But how did they get free," asked Mina.
"The tape is missing," Raye pointed out.
"Here it is," Lita pointed to the cassette player.
"Someone must have come down here and opened the book," Amy concluded. "Whoever it was saw the tape and played it. The music must have brought the Cardians back to life."
"But Sailor Moon defeated all of those Cardians when we were fourteen," Mina cried. "How could they have been brought back to life?"
"The only explanation I have is when we were awakened from the freeze they were also revived to a degree," Amy stated. "When the music was played they were brought back to life."
"So what are we going to do now," asked Serenity.
"We need to have a meeting with all of the Senshi, both original and Chibi," Mina commanded. "If those Cardians are back out then Crystal Tokyo is in danger."

To be continued...