"Well this is certainly a beautiful city." The blonde haired one said. The four sailor soldiers were walking through the main part of Crystal Tokyo on their way to the palace.
"Yes, it is. Though I could do without the stares." Commented the one with brown eyes. She glared at a couple staring at them and placed her hand on the sword at her hip.
The one with the trident put her hand on the other's arm. "No. We are not doing anything stupid. We are warriors in the Queen's court. We do not harm citizens. Even if the staring is annoying."
"You have to remember," The fourth said, "No one's ever seen us before. I mean, even the Princess wasn't aware of our existence. Remember?" The brown-eyed one nodded, as her comrade was correct, and removed her hand from her sword.
"Are we almost there?" she asked.
"Yes, there's the palace now." Answered the blue and green clad soldier. "Oh, look. A welcoming party."
Standing outside the doors to the palace stood four sailor senshi. They looked anything but welcoming.
"Ah, the Guardians. Figures we'd run into them first." The blonde said. "Do you think we'll have to fight them?" she smiled at the prospect of battle.
"No. Not unless they attack first. And then we do not kill." Said the trident-wielder. The blonde one's smile fell a little. "If I remember correctly, Venus is their leader."
At that moment, the senshi in question stepped forward. "Who are you?" she demanded.
"We need to see the Queen." The brown-eyed one replied.
"No one sees the Queen. Not without clearing themselves through us first." Venus said, "State your business." She eyed the four strangers cautiously. Their sailor uniforms threw her off a bit, but she knew to be careful. After Galaxia all those years ago, it was clear that just being a sailor senshi did not make one trustful or good.
"You matter nothing to us. Our business is with the Queen." the other said.
"Shouldn't we at least introduce ourselves?" the shortest one whispered to her teammate. "Maybe then they won't be as hostile."
Her teammate shook her head, "It doesn't matter. They're not even supposed to know about us, remember? The less they know the better."
While those two were whispering together, the four Guardian senshi took the opportunity to also talk amongst themselves.
"Mercury, can you get anything off them?" Venus asked.
"No, I can't. My computer can't read the slightest bit of data off them. And our system has no information on them either." Mercury said, disappointed. "Mars, do you sense anything?"
Mars shook her head, "Nothing. I can't even sense their power. It's like they're just regular people. Except for the fact that they're dressed like us of course."
"We need to find out who they are and what they want with the Queen. If that means we have to fight them, the so be it." Venus said firmly. The others nodded in agreement. They turned back towards the strange sailors.
"I'll ask once more. Who are you?" Venus asked. "If you don't answer me, then we'll have to fight you."
The strangers exchanged glances with each other. The trident-wielder sighed. She said something inaudible to the other three. They disappeared, only to then reappear in front of the Guardian senshi, weapons raised in fighting positions. The Guardian senshi quickly got out of the way, narrowly escaping harm.
"Lava Fountain Shower!" shouted the brown-eyed one, thrusting her hand in the air. Lava gushed forth into the air and rained down on the Guardian senshi.
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" Mercury countered. The lava cooled and fell harmlessly around them. As quickly as that attack was handled, a lightning bolt shot at them from nowhere. It struck true and the senshi fell to the ground. The blonde one smiled viciously.
"So, you like to play with lightning, do ya?" Sailor Jupiter said. She rose from the ground shakily. "Sparkling Wide" electricity began to surround her "Pressure!"
"Lightning Javelin Shock!" the other cried. She hurled her javelin and it became a bolt of lightning as flew through the air.
The two attacks met in the middle and hit each other with such a force that it knocked both of the warriors onto their knees. Jupiter's teammates had gotten up at this point and were fighting one of the other fighters on their own.
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!" Venus aimed her attack at the trident-wielder.
It struck her in the chest, smashing her against the wall of the palace. The trident-wielder slowly got up and stuck a battle pose, a bitter smile on her face. "Quicksilver Orb!" A sphere of quicksilver gathered at the point of her trident. When it was big enough, she propelled it at Venus. The sphere hit Venus around the waist, where it continued to grow and engulf her. Venus struggled to remove it from her, but it was stuck fast and soon had her trapped. Her opponent watched on as the orb swallowed her up.
The other senshi weren't fairing well either. The strange sailor outfitted adversaries were slowly but surely wearing down the senshi. Nothing they did seemed to stop them. It appeared that the Guardian senshi were going to lose to these new found opponents.
From a window high above the battle, Princess Lady Serenity watched. She couldn't see exactly who the enemy was, but she could tell that her friends weren't doing so well against them. She winced when Mars took a hard blow from one of them. When she watched as Jupiter fall to the ground, half frozen in ice, she knew she had to go down and help. Grabbing her compact, she rushed towards the front door. Halfway there she noticed the presence of her guardian soldiers, the Sailor Quartette, behind her. She was almost to the door, ready to transform, when her mother stepped out and motioned for her to stop.
"Mother! Please!" the Princess cried. Neo-Queen Serenity shook her head and smiled at her daughter. Princess Lady Serenity clutched her compact tightly to her chest as she watched her mother open the door and step outside to the fray.
Neo-Queen Serenity looked around briefly to survey the fight. Her heart hurt to see her friends in such a state. "Stop!" she yelled. No one heard her. The enemy continued to attack. "Stop!" she tried again, much louder. Still her cries went unheard. Getting angry, she picked up a rock and threw it at the closest enemy. "Stop it!" she bellowed.
The opponent whom the rock had hit stopped mid-attack and looked over at the Queen. Her eyes went wide when she saw the Queen and she quickly discontinued her assault. She whistled to the others, who also noticed the Queen, and they too stopped. Venus and the others were confused by their sudden pause. Looking around, they saw the Queen standing in the doorway and quickly gathered around her to protect her.
"What is going on here?" the Queen asked softly. You could hear the anger barely contained in her voice. "Who are you?"
The trident-wielding enemy dropped to her knee, closely followed by the other three. "We are Sailor senshi, members of the court of Queen Serenity of the Moon Kingdom."
"What?" The Queen asked, confused. "What do you mean you're members of Queen Serenity's court? I've never seen you before and I have regained all of my memories of the Moon Kingdom over the years."
"Yes. We have been awakened to resume our duties." The trident-wielder said. "We know you have never heard of us, Your Majesty. It is our nature to be unknown to everyone but the Queen of the Moon Kingdom. Your mother was going to tell you about us when you were of age."
"But that obviously didn't happen." The blonde one muttered. The trident-wielder shot her a look.
The Queen narrowed her eyes at them. "If you are truly part of the Silver Millennium, then why did you attack my soldiers?"
"Like I said, it is our nature to be unknown. Telling them anything about us would break that. Besides, in our defense, Venus herself said that if we didn't tell her who we were there would be a fight." Explained the trident-wielder. Venus nodded in agreement to the Queen.
"All right, but I haven't forgiven you for this and I don't trust you." The Queen said. "What are your names?" she asked.
The trident-wielder stood up. "I am Sailor Ganymede, codename Blood Puppeteer."
"I am Sailor Io, codename Golden Caldera." The brown-eyed one introduced herself as she stood up.
"My name is Sailor Callisto, codename Copper Paroxysm." Said the blonde, as she too rose from the ground.
"And I am Sailor Europa, codename Killing Frost." Introduced the shortest of them all. She also stood up from her kneeling position.
Looking warily at the new senshi, she asked, "How can I trust that you are truly who you say you are? What can you do to prove you are of the Silver Millennium?"
The new senshi looked at each other. They hadn't thought of that. Sailor Callisto shrugged her shoulders sheepishly at the Queen. Serenity sighed and looked at Mercury for any suggestions or ideas. Mercury shook her head. She too couldn't think of anything that could prove their claim.
"Mother?" asked a voice from the door. Neo-Queen Serenity and the others turned around to see the Princess standing in the doorway. "I have an idea. Remember when the Black Moon Clan attacked and I became Black Lady? Well when I was part of the Clan, the palace rejected me because I wasn't part of the Silver Millennium anymore. Maybe the same principle would work for them too. If they're not part of the Silver Millennium, the palace will reject them. If they are, then it won't."
"That's a good idea, Small Lady." The Queen smiled at her daughter. Turning back to the Galilean senshi she said, "If you would, please." She stepped aside to let them try and enter through the door.
The senshi confidently walked towards the door. They had no reason to expect being rejected by the palace. Io was the first one to pass her foot through the threshold. Nothing happened. They continued through the door and still nothing happened.
Sailor Europa turned around once they had fully entered the palace. "See? Told you." She smirked.
"I guess they were telling the truth." Jupiter said a little bitterly. She looked angrily at them.
"Jupiter." Neo-Queen Serenity said warningly. Jupiter stifled any other remark she had in mind to say. "You said you were awakened to resume your duties. What exactly are your duties and why did my mother wait to tell me about you?" she asked.
"Your Highness, if you don't mind, we'd rather discuss that in private with you." Sailor Ganymede answered. "It's of a sensitive nature." She added.
The Queen stared at them for a moment. Then she sighed. "Fine. But my King will be present for this also." She turned to the Princess. "Small Lady, please go find your father and tell him to meet me in my office."
"Yes mother." Small Lady said before dashing off into the palace.
"Now, this way." The Queen walked off into the palace. The senshi bowed as she passed them before following her.
"I don't like them." Sailor Mars said. She watched them turn the corner behind the Queen.
Venus rested her head on Mars' shoulder. "I know. I don't either. But we didn't like Uranus and Neptune much in the beginning either. Maybe it'll turn out ok in the end."