Here it is the second chapter. I would have had it out earlier, but I was feeling a little down lately. But I'm feeling better. And thank you to all of you who reviewed and put me on their story and author alerts. It gave me a ton of confidence.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, or anything else. There is a new transformation and some attacks that I came up with. If someone else owns that, I'm sorry.
Chapter Two
So there she was, in a hole, gripping the wall like her life depended on it. Because it kind of did. Sailor Moon looked down at the bottomless pit beneath her.
"Man that would have sucked to fall in. Geez do my hands hurt. Lucky for me, I have senshi reflexes." When she realized she was falling, Sailor Moon had quickly dug her hands and feet into the wall of the hole. Breathing a sigh of relief, she looked up. "Now, how am I going to get out of here?" At that moment she heard a very familiar voice.
"Burning Mandala! Sailor Moon! Sailor Moon, where are you?!"
"Sailor Mars! I'm down here! Get me out!!" Mars' head appeared at the entrance to the big hole.
"Sailor Moon, are you alright?"
"Do I look alright to you, Mars? Get me out!"
"Here, see if you can grab my hand. Come on, reach!" Try as she might, though, Sailor Moon was too far down to reach Sailor Mars' out-stretched hand.
"I can't! I can't grab on! If I let go of the wall I'm going to fall!"
"Well, I don't know, climb up a little bit!"
"What part of 'If I let go I'm going to fall' don't you understand, Mars!?!
"The youma's doing something, hang on a second."
"As if I'm going to go somewhere!" Sailor Mars stood up and turned to the youma. He was crouched down, growling at her. He glanced over at the hole then back at Mars. Noticing where he was looking, she moved to block the hole from his vision.
"Oh, I don't think so, ugly! You're going to have to fight through me to get to her." The youma cocked his head, and then smiled with his razor teeth. Suddenly, without warning, he spread his hands and slammed them together. Mars was confused for all of a second when she heard Sailor Moon scream behind her.
"It's closing! The hole is closing! Mars get me out of here now!!" Running over, Mars dropped as low to the ground as she could and threw her arm down.
"Grab my hand! You have to reach, Sailor Moon, come on!!"
"I can't, I can't! Oh my God!" With the hole closing in, just shy of arms length, Sailor Moon and Mars were about to panic.
"Sailor Moon, here grab my chain!" Mars' head shot up at the new voice.
"Venus! Thank God you're here." Grabbing the chain, Sailor Moon was yanked out of the closing hole. She jumped up and dashed over to the senshi of love, throwing her arms around her in a bear hug.
"Sailor Venus, you're the only one that cares. Mars was going to let me get crushed." Sailor Moon cried, sticking her tongue out at the fire senshi.
"I was not, you bumbling airhead! If you just grabbed my hand like I told you! But no, why listen to me. You're too superior for—look out!!" The youma had shot a giant boulder in their direction. Before they could counter attack he summoned another one from thin air.
"Can he do that?"
"He's a youma, Sailor Moon; he can do whatever he wants." Replied Sailor Jupiter. "Let's see how he likes a little lightning. Sparkling Wide Pressure!!" With a deep growling laugh, he summoned up a rock wall that successfully blocked the attack.
"Oh, now that's no fair! The Goddess of love will do some damage! Venus Love Me Chain!!" The chain snapped the youma's arm in half. He grabbed the stump, growling in pain. "Ha, take that! What—"A glow was surrounding the youma. When the glow disappeared the arm that Venus had previously destroyed was complete again. Laughing, he gently set his hand on the ground and pulled a stone whip out. Setting his focus on Sailor Moon, he flicked the whip at her. Sailor Moon tried to take a defensive position but never got the chance. The whip hit her full in the stomach before she or the senshi could move. The force of the blow flung her backwards into a tree.
"Sailor Moon!" Four voices cried out.
"Venus, Jupiter, keep the youma busy. Mercury, try to find a weakness on that damn thing!"
"I've been trying, Mars! He doesn't seem to have one. Our only chance would be to hit him with our most powerful attacks. Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!!" Not waiting to see what the attack did, Mars ran over to her fallen leader.
"Sailor Moon? Sailor Moon?!" Mars gasped as Sailor Moon faded to Usagi. "Usagi! Usagi, wake up!" Growling under her breath when Usagi did not wake up, Mars turned in time to watch the three send their attacks all at once.
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!"
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!"
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!" The attacks hit him at the same time. The youma vanished into a cloud of dust, roaring in agony. They waited with baited breath to see the damage. Their hopes fell when the smoke cleared and revealed an undamaged youma. Mars turned back to Usagi who was starting to wake up.
"Easy there, Usagi. You took quite a hit. You had me scared there for a minute." Usagi opened her eyes weakly.
"Sailor Mars?"
"Mercury! Come here and keep an eye on her! Don't you worry. I'm going to take care of old ugly." Mars stood up and quickly sent an attack at the youma. "Mars Flame Sniper!!" As before, the youma regenerated what damage he took. The youma laughed putting both hands on the ground. The senshi prepared themselves when they saw him glow. Laughing again, the youma sharply lifted his hands and four huge rock hands reached up from the ground and wrapped around Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus. The hands lifted the screaming senshi into the air before slamming them down.
"Girls! God, what can I do? I don't have my weapon anymore. I'm useless. There has to be something I can do." The youma began advancing on the agonized senshi, his gaze on one fire senshi in particular. "No! NO! Don't you touch her! Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up!" Usagi was horror struck when nothing happened. She was still in her civilian form. Capturing Sailor Mars in his grip, he started to squeeze. Mars' pain filled screams filled the park. "Leave her alone! No, Mars! MARS!" Usagi screamed in anguish. She paused when she heard words in the back of her head. 'Words? What are they saying? I can't hear. This reminds me of when I first became Sailor Moon. Maybe it's a new transformation. Oh! I know what to say!' Painfully, but confidently, Usagi stood up, bracing herself.
"This is it youma! Prepare to meet your match! Neo-Princess power, MAKE UP!!!" Usagi's form was bathed in light. When the light cleared, she had on the dress of Neo-Queen Serenity. The dress flashed and started to change. The skirt shortened to the normal senshi length, a thick gold stripe on the bottom. The ribbon in the back changed to blue and grew to brush the ground. A gold ribbon shot out of the top of the bodice on either side to wrap around her shoulders to form off the shoulder sleeves. The gold rings on the bodice itself faded to the same blue as the ribbon in the back. Her Sailor Moon tiara settled on top of her head in the shape of a crown. Lastly, the moon symbol appeared on her forehead.
"I am the Neo-Princess of love and justice! In the name of the moon, I will punish you! You caused my friends pain! You hurt Sailor Mars! I will show you pain. Silver Princess Moon Dust!!" The moon symbol flashes, filling the area in blinding silver light. The youma howls in pain as it's destroyed. Usagi stalks over to the pile of moon dust that was the youma. Her silent brooding is interrupted by a chorus of gasps.
"Hey guys! You're awake!!" Usagi ran over to the girls smiling. She frowned when in unison, they get to their knees. "What are you guys doing?" Mars was the one to speak.
"My princess, we pledge our undying loyalty to you."
"What? Why are you guys acting so strange? It's still me. Still the same odango atama, Usagi!"
"You are Neo-Princess Serenity. You will take the throne and become Neo-Queen Serenity when you marry Mamoru-san. You are now the neo-princess, no longer just Sailor Moon." Usagi knelt down in front of Mars, gently cupping the fire senshi's face in her hands, oblivious to Mars' breath catching in her throat.
"Rei, I am Usagi, your friend. I may be your princess, but I am still your friend. Besides, we both know that I am hardly superior to you." Usagi smiles her bright smile at Mars. Nodding her head at the princess Mars detransforms. Rei then smiles shyly back.
"Be that as it may, princess, you will have to change to your civilian form. It is too hard this way. You are a princess and we will treat you as such. As just Usagi, we will be able to treat you as Usagi." Usagi sighs and stands up, detransforming as she does. See Usagi in front of her, Rei gets a familiar mischievous look on her face.
"You know, odango atama, it's been raining this entire time. I'm surprised you didn't freak and cry like a baby."
"Rei-chan! You're so mean!" Before a typical Rei and Usagi fight could break out, Makoto spoke.
"Hey, why don't we go down to the arcade? It's closer to here than any of our houses are. We can stay there and hang out until the rain stops." Ami and Mina turned to Makoto with grateful faces. When everyone agreed, they left.
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Rei, Ami, and Makoto were laughing while watching Usagi play against Mina at the new Sailor V game. They have been at the arcade for an hour and the rain still hasn't stopped. Everyone laughed louder when Usagi screamed as she lost. Again, for the fourth time.
"ARRGH!! No fair! You shouldn't get to play this Mina-chan! It's no fair and you know it!"
"Well, it's not her fault you are too stupid to know when to stop, odango atama." Usagi's face turned red with anger. They could almost see steam coming out of her ears.
"Rei-chan!! You better run!" Rei secretly smiled as Usagi chased her. 'She's so cute mad. I love it.'
"Usako!" Usagi froze in her tracks at hearing the nickname. Twirling to the entrance she saw Mamoru.
"Mamo-chan!! My Mamo-chan! What brings you here Mamo-chan?" Usagi launched herself into his arms laughing giddily. Rei groaned quietly. 'Why did he have to show up now? At least she is happy with him.'
"You promised you'd meet me for lunch. What happened, Usako?" Usagi gasped and instantly took on a look of guilt.
"Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry Mamo-chan! I completely forgot! We were busy with you-know-what and—"
"'You forgot'? Why am I not surprised. You've been even more flaky than usual, Usako." Usagi's face turned horrified, tears filling in her blue eyes. 'What? No way is anyone going to make my princess cry in front of me. I don't care if he is her destined mate, no one makes her sad.' Rei growled and pulled Usagi away from Mamoru.
"What the hell is your problem?! She told you we were busy with business. You know, the kind we can't talk about in public? It was raining so we went here to dry off and wait for it the rain to stop. She didn't forget, she was waiting, so BACK OFF!!" The group stared at her in shock. Rei growled again as she stomped over to a booth. The four girls stared after her in concern, Mamoru just shrugged and turned back to Usagi.
"So, Usako, I have an umbrella. You can come with me and have lunch, all the while staying dry. Come on."
"But Mamo-chan, something is wrong with Rei-chan. I have to make sure if she is okay."
"The others can check on her. You are going to come have lunch with me. Okay, Usako?"
"But Rei-chan—"Mamoru's eyes narrowed dangerously. Usagi gasped and would have stepped back if it not for the hand on her shoulder. Turning her head she saw Rei. Behind Rei she saw Mina, Ami, and Makoto, all in defensive positions. Turning back towards Mamoru she saw him close his eyes. When he opened them he looked happy and he smiled a gentle smile.
"Usako, how about I take you to your favorite, expensive restaurant and we can have a quite romantic dinner together. How's that sound, my sweet Usako?" Usagi smiled and nodded. As she left she couldn't help but look back at the unsure and confused faces of her friends.
"Okay, am I the only one that thought something was wrong with that situation?"
"No, Mina-chan." Rei turned to face the girls.
"I've never seen Mamoru-san get mad like that. Not at Usagi-chan." Ami's face was twisted in worry. Makoto put her hand on Ami's shoulder.
"Don't worry, Ami-chan. I'm sure he just had a bad day or something. Come on, I need your help on some homework." Mina and Rei watched the two leave in silence.
"So, Rei-chan, you seemed to get awfully defensive back there." Rei groaned.
"Mina-chan, she is my friend. Why wouldn't I get defensive if someone would to make one of my friends upset?"
"Do you forget that I am the senshi of love? I can feel it, Rei-chan. Just admit it."
"Admit what? You are the senshi of love, I never forgot that. It's no surprise that you can sense their love for each other. They are destined to be with each other forever. Well, I had better get back to the shrine. I'm way behind on my chores and Grandpa is going to kill me. See ya later, Mina-chan!" Mina sighed and shook her head.
"That's not who I'm feeling the love come from, Rei-chan."
AN: Ugh, I didn't really like that chapter. Remember to review and tell me what you all thought.