Author Notes: I had this idea since Moons and Planets are synonymous with each other and Moon is just as important as the planets in Sailor Moon, why not make it make more sense. It also plays a lot with the whole girl team narrative.
As for the theme of the episodes, I remembered the start of the S season and how hopelessly outclassed the heroes were at the time. So I imagined that when writing this chapter.
Chapter 2: Sailor Ares
Two girls, one black haired and one odango haired walked towards each other and stopped. After a brief moment of silence, the black haired girl said,
"How did you do?"
"I-I...passed barely...," said the odango haired girl quietly.
"Well, at least you're not totally worthless. Well, I got amongst the top of my school.," replied the black haired one.
"Minako, Makoto and especially Ami did better than me.," said the odango haired girl with a sigh.
"Because you're lazy.," the black haired girl said with a noblewoman's laugh.
"Right, Rei...," the odango haired girl said with a dejected expression on her face.
"Its alright Usagi...as long as you have us...we've got your back...," replied the black haired girl with a flustered attempt of encouragement.
"Mamoru will always be there to comfort me!," the odango haired girl shouted with glee, causing the black haired girl to fall flat on her face in baffled confusion.
She can sure change her mood quickly. Being optimistic is one good quality about her...above the multiple bad ones she has., thought the black haired girl while bumping into the odango haired girl.
The two collapsed on each other in a position that was very compromising, with the black haired girl very close to the odango haired girl's lips.
After a few seconds, the two separated just before Mamoru and the others showed up.
I got Mamoru.
I got...Yuuichi- I mean I'm holding out for someone.
On the Way back home
The five girls and a young man were walking back from school.
"Oh Mamoru. Isn't life so grand. We'll go to college and get married and I'll be a loving mother working at home.," said the optimistic odango haired girl while clinging to Mamoru.
"Don't forget Usagi, you're going to become Queen of the New Silver Millennium Kingdom and be Chibusa's mother.," said a exasperated tone of voice from the railway near them. It was Luna along with Artemis, the black and white cat duo. They were the Senshi' central source of information on the new enemies. Though at the moment, with the downfall of Shadow Galactica, the likelihood of that happening seemed slim.
"What're you talking about? Its not like there's gonna be any enemies in the future.," Usagi answered with a foolish sense of care-free bliss.
"What about the Black Moon Kingdom? Wouldn't that happen by default...?," asked the blue haired girl.
"But, didn't we beat them Ami?," Usagi asked with confusion.
"That is true that we defeated them a while ago, but the laws of time means they'll pop up again in the future to necessitate their need to go back in time so we would defeat them in the past. Our encounter would mean that its inevitable for these events to occur in the time span necessary for their creation and lead towards our eventual encounter. And any action we would take would lead to their creation no matter what. And if we took any drastic changes in this time, it would lead to a drastic paradox in-," Ami replied as she explained to her friend.
"Uh...," Usagi said as she rubbed her head in confusion.
"Basically, it means its destined to happen. So don't do anything to change your future.," Luna stated with a deadpan snark towards Usagi.
"Ok, fine.," Usagi relented with a sigh.
"Though its hard to picture it with Usagi's less than stellar performance.," said Rei, the raven haired remarked harshly with a snide tone of voice.
"Watch it Rei. That wasn't very nice.," Usagi said with a glare of contempt towards Rei.
"Now, Now guys. It's nothing to get fussy over.," said Makoto, the brown haired tall girl of the group said to calm down the two of them.
"Even birds fall from trees.," Minako the long blond haired girl said with a chipper attitude.
"It's even monkeys that fall from tree...," Ami said quickly to correct Minako's misremembered phrase.
"It's not like trouble's gonna fall out of the sky again...," Usagi remarked as she continued walking with her friends. It had been a traumatic experience to lose all of them during Sailor Galaxia's assault and she didn't want to have to deal with that ever again.
Suddenly, a pink haired object headed directly towards Usagi. The two clashed, causing Usagi to fall flat on her back. The others turned to see what was the matter and went wide eyed with shock.
"Chibusa?," Mamoru said with puzzlement.
It was Chibusua, their daughter from the future. She had knocked her forehead hard against Usagi and the two glared at each other.
"Stupid Usagi, that hurt-," Chibusa said with a voice of annoyance, but was hesitant as Usagi looked at her with teary eyes.
"You're ok!," Usagi said as she remembered how she had vanished due to Galaxia's attack on Mamoru caused their daughter to temporally cease to exist.
As Usagi prepared to hug her, Chibusa grabbed her cheek and shouted,
"You didn't watch where you were going! Stupid Bun head! Listen up Pluto sent me here because there's a big monster from the future that's-"
"And I was worried about you! Stupid carrot head!," Usagi shouted back in embarrassed frustration and the two proceed to childishly fight each other.
"And things are back to another level of normality...," Rei said with her hand on her forehead.
"Wait, from the future?!," Luna shouted with shock.
Suddenly, a large object landed in the center of town, causing a loud rumble that could be heard for miles.
"I feel a nasty vibe from where that sound came from.," Artemis said with a nervous gulp.
"It's that monster I was talking about!," Chibusa shouted with urgency.
"And things were just going back to normal...," Usagi sighed before nodding to the other girls as they pulled out their transformation trinkets. There was no one at the street at this time, making more opportune to transformation.
"Mercury Crystal Power Make Up!," shouted Ami, becoming Super Sailor Mercury in a sequence of silver water
"Mars Crystal Power Make Up!," shouted Rei, becoming Super Sailor Mars in a sequence of flames
"Venus Crystal Power Make Up!,"shouted Minako, becoming Super Sailor Venus in a sequence of bright star lights.
"Jupiter Crystal Power Make Up!," shouted Makoto, becoming Super Sailor Jupiter in a sequence of lightning
"Moon Crisis Make Up!," Chibusa shouted, becoming Super Mini Moon
"Moon Eternal Make Up!," Usagi shouted, becoming Eternal Sailor Moon.
Mamoru had a brief transformation sequence into Tuxedo Mask.
The group then rushed towards the direction of the disturbance.
Unbeknownst to them, two people had just happened to walk by, just as they had initiated the transformation. It was Naru and Uminio, two of Usagi's classmates.
"What the...they're the Senshi?," said Umino.
"Oh my gosh.," Naru said with shock.
Center of Town
A dark monster in the form of a nightmarish, animalistic soldier knight had landed in the center of town, creating a crater as it did so.
"Uh, what is that-," said one hapless man before the monster's back began to bulge and wobble.
The creature's back then sprouted tendrils that produced to pierce into several of the bystanders. The tendrils proceeded to suck out energy from those bystanders, leaving them deathly pale and gasping for air once the tendrils were removed. Other bystanders tried to escape, but the tendrils headed towards the next wave of citizens.
"Mercury Aqua Mirage!," shouted a voice from afar.
Suddenly, the tendrils were blocked by streams of water and were evaporated.
The soldier then turned towards the new arrivals and the bystanders looked in awe of their saviors- the Sailor Senshi.
"That must be the new enemy.," said Luna as she stood alongside Artemis.
"We have to beat it so it doesn't hurt more people!," Super Mini Moon declared.
"How dare you attack people in broad daylight. Monsters should only attack under the bed or in closets. In the name of the Moo-Wha?!," Sailor Moon attempted to boast. However, the soldier didn't waste time and decided to strike at her with its now sharp, large claws.
"They usually just wait for me to finish my speech...and use scams under disguises the more I think about it.," Eternal Sailor Moon complained as she dodged the strikes with comical ease.
"This must be the monster...who's controlling it?!," Super Sailor Jupiter said as she looked around as the bystanders fled as the drained victims were carried away by the more sympathetic bystanders.
"I don't think anyone is doing it. It's just a drone...and its composition is similar to dark matter.," Super Sailor Mercury stated as she pulled out her scanner to analyze the monster.
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!," Super Sailor Venus declared as she fired a large heart attack at the soldier. The attack shattered on contact.
"No way!," Super Sailor Venus declared as the monster approached her.
Suddenly, a rose stuck towards the monster...only for it to dissipate instantly before contacting with it.
"A knightly appearing being must harm the innocent, he must be chivalrous and-," Tuxedo Mask declared before the soldier turned his immediate attention towards the masked hero. In a span of millisecond, it closed in and started to viciously beat on Tuxedo Mask.
Eternal Sailor Moon looked in horror as the soldier lifted up the tuxedo wearing man as tendrils sprung out of its body and penetrated the masked hero.
"Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss!," Eternal Sailor Moon shouted as golden beams light struck the soldier to no avail.
"Tuxedo Mask!," Eternal Sailor Moon shouted in vain as she repeated her attack again and again to stop the monster from draining Tuxedo Mask.
By the time, it was done, it tossed the now deathly pale Tuxedo Mask like a rag doll, only for Eternal Sailor Moon to catch him.
"Tuxedo Mask...," Eternal Sailor Moon said with concern and tear filled eyes.
"Sailor Moon...," Tuxedo Mask said while caressing her cheek before fainting from exhaustion.
"No!," Eternal Sailor Moon shouted in sorrow.
"Tuxedo Mask!," shouted the other Sailor Senshi in disbelief.
"Pink Sugar Heart Attack! Pink Sugar Heart Attack! Pink Sugar Heart Attack!," Super Mini Moon shouted as she attack with her ineffectual attack in vain. The soldier was subtly more humanoid in body structure after draining Tuxedo Mask's energy.
"Weak without that horse...weak without your mother...just a lesser copy...," said the soldier in a mocking, but stilted tone of voice as it closed in on Super Mini Moon.
"Space Sword Saber!," shouted a confident voice.
"Submarine Reflection!," said a refined voice
"Dead Scream!," declared a calm voice
"Silence Glaive Constrained," said a softer voice.
Four powerful beams of energy struck the soldier in time before it decided to attack Super Mini Moon.
It caused it to explode into several pieces of black gooey matter.
"Gross.," Super Sailor Venus commented as she watched the slime wobble back and forth.
"You managed to warn them in time. Small Rabbit.," said a familiar voice.
"Could it be?," Luna said with surprise as she saw four Sailor Senshi in the distance. They were a dirty blonde, an aquamarine, a dark green haired woman with tanned skin and a pale skinned girl with short black hair.
"Sailor Uranus! Sailor Neptune! Sailor Pluto! Sailor Saturn!," Eternal Sailor Moon shouted with happy glee.
"We were near you guys and decided to take of this enemy. Since you're not doing a good job right now.," said Sailor Uranus with cold confidence.
"What is it Neptune? Pluto asked her colleague.
"It...doesn't have an apparent weakness right now...darn...," Neptune said with a reserved tone while she sweated a single bead from her brow.
The pieces instead of regrouping, instead, grew into more soldiers than the initial one.
"Oh fuck...," Super Sailor Jupiter said with shocked dismay.
"Time S-," Pluto declared before being halted by a sudden kick to liver by one of the nearby soldiers. She was knocked to the ground.
"Pluto!," Super Sailor Mini Moon shouted in happiness.
"My name is Legion, for we are many.," said the soldiers in unison and a more smooth tone of voice as they proceed to gain up on the Senshi.
Super Sailor Jupiter was punched in the stomach while another kicked her in the spine.
Super Sailor Venus kicked to the side as another kicked her on the ground.
Super Sailor Mercury was strangled by an extended arm while another used her as a literal punching bag.
Super Sailor Mini Moon and Sailor Saturn were knocked down and their heads were being crushed under the heel of two of the Legion.
Super Sailor Mars was kicked towards Eternal Sailor Moon as a gang of the Legion neared them.
"I'm not gonna let them get away with draining us so easily.," Super Sailor Mars said as she spat out some blood.
"I can't forgive them for hurting our friends.," Eternal Sailor Moon agreed
"Mars Flame Sniper! Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss!"
Super Sailor Mars and Eternal Sailor Moon declared as they blasted the Legion away from the Senshi with a fiery barrage of arrows charged with golden Silver Crystal energy.
"Everyone. We have to use our powers together.," Eternal Sailor Moon asked the others.
While the Inner Senshi agreed without hesitation, the Outers were more hesitant with Pluto and Saturn giving them looks to just comply.
"Solar System Planetary Attack!," shouted the Senshi as they unleashed a large beam towards the blown away Legion, reducing them to particles.
"This is just a one time thing.," Uranus said reluctantly while Neptune chuckled. All were exhausted.
"Hah...Hah...Hah...We did it...," Eternal Sailor Moon declared before pausing in horror.
The Legion had reformed into a single knight armored being that was completely humanoid in shape.
Before the Senshi could say anything, it proceeded to brutally knock them unconscious staring with Uranus by kneeing them in the back.
"Is this it?...No it can't be!," Eternal Sailor Moon declared as she drew on her reservation of power to spontaneously tun into Princess Serenity.
"No that power would drain her life energy!,", Luna pleaded before Princess Serenity wordlessly unleashed a beam of energy towards the monster.
As the dust cleared... to reveal the knight who was barely fazed by the attack.
"This is on a level stronger than any of our old enemies!," Artemis said in shock.
"It can't be...," Princess Serenity whimpered as she turned back into Eternal Sailor Moon, regressing into Super Sailor Moon and finally back to regular Sailor Moon.
She was suddenly slapped by Super Sailor Mars who then grabbed her shoulders and shouted-
"This can't be where you end this! Didn't you have dreams of being with Mamoru! And I certainly have dreams of my own to fulfill!"
"Super Sailor Mars...," Sailor Moon replied back with tears running down her eyes.
But, all seemed hopeless...
"All else has failed...then this must be done...," said a familiar voice of a regal individual.
"That voice...Queen Serenity!," said Luna in shock.
From the heavens, a beam of pink light showered down on the two Senshi as a silver haired woman in a white dress manifested and then morphed into a red wand with a golden crescent.
"What is this?.," Super Sailor Mars asked aloud.
"Pretty...," Eternal Sailor Moon remarked on the object's elegance.
It was a weapon before your birth when I had to deal with this evil long ago. It requires two Senshi to join together by having the moon orbit around the planet. Say Orbit Power Make Up...and then kiss in order to activate it each time.," said the voice of Queen Serenity.
"Kiss...that's a little...I have Tuxedo Mask...," Eternal Sailor Moon said in embarrassment, but noticed that the knight being was now charging a powerful purple blast at Super Mini Moon's exhausted body. Super Sailor Mars then
"Let's just get this over with.," said the raven haired Senshi as she neared the odango haired Senshi.
"Orbit Power Make Up.," both Senshi said in unison as they kissed and held the staff together.
The two were enveloped in a sphere of pink energy with golden crescent marks and flames. It caused the exhausted Senshi and the knight monster to look in their direction.
In less than a nanosecond, the knight was blown away by a flaming projectile of rotating flame tiara into the side of a building.
The sphere dissipated to reveal a single Senshi long blond with black stripe hair with odango hair braids on the sides of her head with a similar stripped pattern. Her heterochromatic eyes had blue and purple rises respectively. Her outfit was a combination of the two warriors.
"For Justice, this agent of Love and Fire in a sailor suit, the pretty sailor suited soldier Sailor Ares! In the name of the Moon and Mars, I will punish and chastise you!," said the dual voiced Senshi.
"They combined.," said Sailor Mini Moon in astonishment.
The Knight armored being then bounced back and landed in front of the fused Senshi.
"Serenity's legacy...You will pay for your partial fusee's mother's insolence from eons before.," said a voice that was not the knight, alternating between lucid and foreboding.
"What you know Queen Mother?!," said the fused Senshi in shock.
Next Chapter: Being joined as Sailor Ares isn't an immediate success as the two will need to learn quickly to adjust to their joined body in order to defeat this foe and especially after the battle. Though victory might not be likely, especially since this is one from Queen Serenity's mysterious past that has awoken in the far future in order to reap revenge.