Diary One: The Age of Aquarius
(Translated from Japanese)
January 23
"Mercury...Aqua Rhapsody!"
"Mars...Flame Sniper!"
"Jupiter...Oak Evolution!"
"Venus... Love and Beauty Shock!"
With my blue-green eyes I watched the Sailor Senshi throw everything they had at a huge,
purple, scaly youma. They had injured it severely, and usually this would have been the time when
Super Sailor Moon would finish it off. But Super Sailor Moon was gone. She and her partner in
romance and figting evil, Tuxedo Kamen-sama, had been missing for seven months, two weeks,
and three days. No one knew why or where they had gone, but one thing was clear: the Sailor
Senshi were nothing without a leader. I was destined to become that leader. Anyway, back to the
battle. All of the Senshis' efforts were in vain. It was time for me to reveal myself. After tucking a
strand of long, wavy, sea-green hair behind my ear, I smoothed out my aqua sailor suit and
jumped out from the shadows of Tokyo Tower.
"AQUARIUS WATERFALL...CASCADE!!" I shouted as a gigantic waterfall shot out of
my ocean blue trident . The monster dissolved into a pile of stardust, and the wind carried it away.
The Senshi were dumbfounded. For a while, they all just stared at me. Finally, Sailor Venus
spoke.
"Wow! You came just in time!" she sighed in relief.
"Who are you?" asked Sailor Mars.
"Where did you come from?" asked Sailor Jupiter.
"Why are you here?" asked Sailor Mercury.
"I am called Sailor Aquarius." I replied to the first question, "Right now, I can't tell you
my origins or you wouldn't believe me. But I was summoned to be your new leader--until Super
Sailor Moon returns--by my cat Tsuki." At the sound of her name, my golden talking cat
appeared. She had eyes that matched mine, and a silver crescent moon on her forehead. Tsuki was
the one who first told me that I was a Sailor Senshi.
"Sailor Aquarius, would you happen to know where Super Sailor Moon and Tuxedo
Kamen-sama went?" Mercury asked.
"Sorry. I don't know anything about their disappearance." I answered.
"Tsuki, would you by any chance, be related to Sailor Moon's cat Luna or my cat
Artemis?" Sailor Venus asked my cat.
"Oh, yes!" exclaimed Tsuki, "Artemis is my brother! May I please see him?"
"Of course! We can go tomorrow." she smiled. At that, everyone de- transformed,
including me.
"My name is Minako Aino." said Venus, "And these are Ami Mizuno, Rei Hino, and
Makoto Kino--we just call her Mako-chan.
"I'm Jeshika Tomasu. Nice to meet you all." I shook their hands. This looked like the
beginning of a great friendship.
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January 24
At Minako's house, we went straight to her room. The bed was halfway covered with
stuffed animals. Right in the middle of them was Artemis, fast asleep. Minako tapped Artemis
lightly to wake him up. Artemis yawned and opened his eyes to see two teenage girls staring at
him.
"All right, Minako, you'd better have a good excuse for waking me up!" he growled,
"And who are you??"
"Oh, this is my new friend Jeshika. She just moved here." Minako introduced me,
"Anyways, I woke you up because there's someone very special here to see you!" Tsuki stepped
out from behind me and hopped onto the bed.
"Tsuki?"
"Artemis!"
"Is it really you?"
"Of course it is, silly!"
"What are you doing here?"
"That's what I'd like to know!!" said an angry female voice. We turned around to see
Luna in the doorway, looking very, very steamed.
"Look, it's--it's not what you think, L-Luna! Really!" Artemis stuttered.
"I knew it! I knew Diana wasn't really ours! She's--she's hers! Hers and yours! Who is she
anyway?!" screamed Luna.
"Um, I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'm Tsuki, and you must be Luna. I've
heard so much about you! You have most definitely trained the Sailor Senshi well." Tsuki smiled
nervously. Luna ignored Tsuki's compliment. She looked so upset, as if she thought my guardian
was replacing her. Though I was just as clueless as Tsuki as to who Diana was.
" Listen Luna," Artemis began, "Tsuki is just my--"
"I don't care what she is to you!" Luna interrupted, "You can fool around all you want,
but I'm going to continue searching for Super Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen- sama!" She
dashed out the door, with tears in her eyes.
"Luna, I can explain! Luna!" Artemis called.
"Let her go. We can tell her everything when she's not so angry." I said
"I don't get it. She's not usually this emotional." sighed Artemis, Luna acted exactly the
same way when Diana showed up; only everyone thougt I was having an affair with a nun. A nun!
"oh yeah, I forgot about that!" Minako sweat-dropped ^_^ ; with her left eyebrow
twitching.
"Who is Diana?" I asked.
"Diana is Luna's and my daughter. She came from the future to be Chibi- usa's
companion," Artemis explained.
Minako changed the subject by telling Artemis about how I'm Sailor Aquarius, and that I
would be replacing Sailor Moon for awhile. The white cat seemed a bit relieved, but I could tell
he was feeling awful about what just happened. I'm sure it'll all work out...soon.
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January 26
Luna hasn't been talking to Artemis ever since the "Tsuki" incident occurred! I'm really
starting to worry about them. But more crucial things have been going on: on top of Super Sailor
Moon and texedo Kamen-sama missing, me having to be the new leader, and Luna being so angry
at Artemis, Tsuki, and even me, we have a new enemy!! It all started this afternoon when Minako
called the Sailor Senshi and I from the arcade. One of the games was going crazy! Time to
transform! I took out my shiny aqua morphing pen with this symbol (?) on it, tossed it to the
skies, and shouted out the magic words:
"AQUARIUS ZODIAC POWER...MAKE UP!"
I was literally lifted into the air as my body became a sparkling mass of blue-green energy.
I was wrapped in aqua ribbons as my sailor uniform splashed onto me in all the colors of the sea.
A golden tiara with an aquamarine in the center appeared on my head. Finally, my Aquarius
Trident formed, and my hand subconsciously gripped the smooth weapon, the only thing that
could actually destroy these new monsters.
I rushed into the arcade. The rest of the Senshi were already there, fending off the youma
as long as they could. It was a huge, black and yellow robot covered with all kinds of gadgets.
Most of the other people were safe outside of the building, but the evil robot apparently wasn't
interested in the people's energy, just us.
"I WILL DESTROY THE SAILOR SENSHI!!" the robot said as he attempted to shoot a yellow
laser at Sailor Venus.
"Not while I'm around!" I shouted, and stopped the laser with my trident.
"WHO ARE YOU??!?" shrieked the robot mechanically.
"That's for me to know, and for you to learn right now! " I replied, "I am protected by the
constellation Aquarius, and I stand for peace and dreams! The first of the 12 Sailor Zodiacs and
the new leader of the Sailor Senshi! SAILOR AQUARIUS!!!"
"I CHANGED MY MIND, I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE, I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOU
ALL ANYWAY.... GAME OVER!!!!!!!!'' I could see his computer eyes aiming at us.
"Not if I destroy you first!!" before the mean machine could even thrust its fatal powers
at us I quickly pointed the Aquarius Trident at it. "AQUARIUS WATERFALL...CASCADE!!"
Once again, the trident produced a turquoise waterfall. First the robot rusted, then it turned into a
mound of stardust that blew away in the breeze.
As the stardust was still blowing away, the wind suddenly became stronger! We all
screamed in surprise. The remaining stardust swirled with the wind like a sandstorm. At the time,
we had no idea what was going on. That is, until the wind died down and the real youma was
revealed. It was a woman, Just sitting there on the top of the busted game machine. Everything
about her was black: long, long, black hair, midnight eyes, and a flowing back dress with a black
cape
"Well, well, well. I thought I'd run into you." she said.
"Who are you?!?" Sailor Venus and I said both demanded. The woman jumped down
from her perch, and stared at us coldly. Her eyes had no shine to them at all. They were just dark,
lifeless holes in her head. It was kinda creepy.
"If you must know, they call me Mistress Cassandra, the future queen of the Black Hole
Empire. I've heard of you Sailor Senshi and your spotless record of fighting evil. I came to pay
you a little, shall we say, visit; and to give you a message: If you know what's good for you,
you'll stay out of the way of my getting the Zodiac Gems. Oh and by the way, GameBot was just
a test to see how powerful you are, and I can see already that you don't have a chance against my
good youma!"
At that, Mistress Cassandra disappeared in a cloud of black and violet smoke, laughing
just like all those classic villains on TV.
"'Black Hole Empire'?" echoed Sailor Mercury.
"'Zodiac Gems'?" pondered Sailor Mars.
When I heard the words "Zodiac Gems" again, I reached into my sailor outfit and felt for
the aquamarine pendant that I wore around my neck at all times. Tsuki had given it to me when
she told me that I was a Sailor Senshi. Could that be one of the Zodiac Gems that Mistress
Cassandra was talking about? And what about the "Black Hole Empire"? What kind of plans does
that evil woman have? All I know is, she was wrong about us not having a chance against her.
Tsuki has already told me that eleven more Sailor Zodiacs are coming, and that their powers will
be three times stronger than those of the Inner Senshi. I hope they come soon, though. We're
gonna need all the help we can get!
(end of Diary One) | |
(Translated from Japanese)
January 23
"Mercury...Aqua Rhapsody!"
"Mars...Flame Sniper!"
"Jupiter...Oak Evolution!"
"Venus... Love and Beauty Shock!"
With my blue-green eyes I watched the Sailor Senshi throw everything they had at a huge,
purple, scaly youma. They had injured it severely, and usually this would have been the time when
Super Sailor Moon would finish it off. But Super Sailor Moon was gone. She and her partner in
romance and figting evil, Tuxedo Kamen-sama, had been missing for seven months, two weeks,
and three days. No one knew why or where they had gone, but one thing was clear: the Sailor
Senshi were nothing without a leader. I was destined to become that leader. Anyway, back to the
battle. All of the Senshis' efforts were in vain. It was time for me to reveal myself. After tucking a
strand of long, wavy, sea-green hair behind my ear, I smoothed out my aqua sailor suit and
jumped out from the shadows of Tokyo Tower.
"AQUARIUS WATERFALL...CASCADE!!" I shouted as a gigantic waterfall shot out of
my ocean blue trident . The monster dissolved into a pile of stardust, and the wind carried it away.
The Senshi were dumbfounded. For a while, they all just stared at me. Finally, Sailor Venus
spoke.
"Wow! You came just in time!" she sighed in relief.
"Who are you?" asked Sailor Mars.
"Where did you come from?" asked Sailor Jupiter.
"Why are you here?" asked Sailor Mercury.
"I am called Sailor Aquarius." I replied to the first question, "Right now, I can't tell you
my origins or you wouldn't believe me. But I was summoned to be your new leader--until Super
Sailor Moon returns--by my cat Tsuki." At the sound of her name, my golden talking cat
appeared. She had eyes that matched mine, and a silver crescent moon on her forehead. Tsuki was
the one who first told me that I was a Sailor Senshi.
"Sailor Aquarius, would you happen to know where Super Sailor Moon and Tuxedo
Kamen-sama went?" Mercury asked.
"Sorry. I don't know anything about their disappearance." I answered.
"Tsuki, would you by any chance, be related to Sailor Moon's cat Luna or my cat
Artemis?" Sailor Venus asked my cat.
"Oh, yes!" exclaimed Tsuki, "Artemis is my brother! May I please see him?"
"Of course! We can go tomorrow." she smiled. At that, everyone de- transformed,
including me.
"My name is Minako Aino." said Venus, "And these are Ami Mizuno, Rei Hino, and
Makoto Kino--we just call her Mako-chan.
"I'm Jeshika Tomasu. Nice to meet you all." I shook their hands. This looked like the
beginning of a great friendship.
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January 24
At Minako's house, we went straight to her room. The bed was halfway covered with
stuffed animals. Right in the middle of them was Artemis, fast asleep. Minako tapped Artemis
lightly to wake him up. Artemis yawned and opened his eyes to see two teenage girls staring at
him.
"All right, Minako, you'd better have a good excuse for waking me up!" he growled,
"And who are you??"
"Oh, this is my new friend Jeshika. She just moved here." Minako introduced me,
"Anyways, I woke you up because there's someone very special here to see you!" Tsuki stepped
out from behind me and hopped onto the bed.
"Tsuki?"
"Artemis!"
"Is it really you?"
"Of course it is, silly!"
"What are you doing here?"
"That's what I'd like to know!!" said an angry female voice. We turned around to see
Luna in the doorway, looking very, very steamed.
"Look, it's--it's not what you think, L-Luna! Really!" Artemis stuttered.
"I knew it! I knew Diana wasn't really ours! She's--she's hers! Hers and yours! Who is she
anyway?!" screamed Luna.
"Um, I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'm Tsuki, and you must be Luna. I've
heard so much about you! You have most definitely trained the Sailor Senshi well." Tsuki smiled
nervously. Luna ignored Tsuki's compliment. She looked so upset, as if she thought my guardian
was replacing her. Though I was just as clueless as Tsuki as to who Diana was.
" Listen Luna," Artemis began, "Tsuki is just my--"
"I don't care what she is to you!" Luna interrupted, "You can fool around all you want,
but I'm going to continue searching for Super Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen- sama!" She
dashed out the door, with tears in her eyes.
"Luna, I can explain! Luna!" Artemis called.
"Let her go. We can tell her everything when she's not so angry." I said
"I don't get it. She's not usually this emotional." sighed Artemis, Luna acted exactly the
same way when Diana showed up; only everyone thougt I was having an affair with a nun. A nun!
"oh yeah, I forgot about that!" Minako sweat-dropped ^_^ ; with her left eyebrow
twitching.
"Who is Diana?" I asked.
"Diana is Luna's and my daughter. She came from the future to be Chibi- usa's
companion," Artemis explained.
Minako changed the subject by telling Artemis about how I'm Sailor Aquarius, and that I
would be replacing Sailor Moon for awhile. The white cat seemed a bit relieved, but I could tell
he was feeling awful about what just happened. I'm sure it'll all work out...soon.
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January 26
Luna hasn't been talking to Artemis ever since the "Tsuki" incident occurred! I'm really
starting to worry about them. But more crucial things have been going on: on top of Super Sailor
Moon and texedo Kamen-sama missing, me having to be the new leader, and Luna being so angry
at Artemis, Tsuki, and even me, we have a new enemy!! It all started this afternoon when Minako
called the Sailor Senshi and I from the arcade. One of the games was going crazy! Time to
transform! I took out my shiny aqua morphing pen with this symbol (?) on it, tossed it to the
skies, and shouted out the magic words:
"AQUARIUS ZODIAC POWER...MAKE UP!"
I was literally lifted into the air as my body became a sparkling mass of blue-green energy.
I was wrapped in aqua ribbons as my sailor uniform splashed onto me in all the colors of the sea.
A golden tiara with an aquamarine in the center appeared on my head. Finally, my Aquarius
Trident formed, and my hand subconsciously gripped the smooth weapon, the only thing that
could actually destroy these new monsters.
I rushed into the arcade. The rest of the Senshi were already there, fending off the youma
as long as they could. It was a huge, black and yellow robot covered with all kinds of gadgets.
Most of the other people were safe outside of the building, but the evil robot apparently wasn't
interested in the people's energy, just us.
"I WILL DESTROY THE SAILOR SENSHI!!" the robot said as he attempted to shoot a yellow
laser at Sailor Venus.
"Not while I'm around!" I shouted, and stopped the laser with my trident.
"WHO ARE YOU??!?" shrieked the robot mechanically.
"That's for me to know, and for you to learn right now! " I replied, "I am protected by the
constellation Aquarius, and I stand for peace and dreams! The first of the 12 Sailor Zodiacs and
the new leader of the Sailor Senshi! SAILOR AQUARIUS!!!"
"I CHANGED MY MIND, I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE, I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOU
ALL ANYWAY.... GAME OVER!!!!!!!!'' I could see his computer eyes aiming at us.
"Not if I destroy you first!!" before the mean machine could even thrust its fatal powers
at us I quickly pointed the Aquarius Trident at it. "AQUARIUS WATERFALL...CASCADE!!"
Once again, the trident produced a turquoise waterfall. First the robot rusted, then it turned into a
mound of stardust that blew away in the breeze.
As the stardust was still blowing away, the wind suddenly became stronger! We all
screamed in surprise. The remaining stardust swirled with the wind like a sandstorm. At the time,
we had no idea what was going on. That is, until the wind died down and the real youma was
revealed. It was a woman, Just sitting there on the top of the busted game machine. Everything
about her was black: long, long, black hair, midnight eyes, and a flowing back dress with a black
cape
"Well, well, well. I thought I'd run into you." she said.
"Who are you?!?" Sailor Venus and I said both demanded. The woman jumped down
from her perch, and stared at us coldly. Her eyes had no shine to them at all. They were just dark,
lifeless holes in her head. It was kinda creepy.
"If you must know, they call me Mistress Cassandra, the future queen of the Black Hole
Empire. I've heard of you Sailor Senshi and your spotless record of fighting evil. I came to pay
you a little, shall we say, visit; and to give you a message: If you know what's good for you,
you'll stay out of the way of my getting the Zodiac Gems. Oh and by the way, GameBot was just
a test to see how powerful you are, and I can see already that you don't have a chance against my
good youma!"
At that, Mistress Cassandra disappeared in a cloud of black and violet smoke, laughing
just like all those classic villains on TV.
"'Black Hole Empire'?" echoed Sailor Mercury.
"'Zodiac Gems'?" pondered Sailor Mars.
When I heard the words "Zodiac Gems" again, I reached into my sailor outfit and felt for
the aquamarine pendant that I wore around my neck at all times. Tsuki had given it to me when
she told me that I was a Sailor Senshi. Could that be one of the Zodiac Gems that Mistress
Cassandra was talking about? And what about the "Black Hole Empire"? What kind of plans does
that evil woman have? All I know is, she was wrong about us not having a chance against her.
Tsuki has already told me that eleven more Sailor Zodiacs are coming, and that their powers will
be three times stronger than those of the Inner Senshi. I hope they come soon, though. We're
gonna need all the help we can get!
(end of Diary One) | |