I do not own Kamen Rider Kabuto or Sailor Moon. Those belong to their respective creators and not me. I'm just having fun and hopefully entartaining some folks at the same time. If you don't like it then tough. I've disclaimed it so you can't sue me now. Ha ha.
-Ten-Faced Paladin

Kamen Moon Rider

By Ten-Faced Paladin

Chapter 2: Star Struck, Insect Swarm.

Hakabuto woke in a daze. His vision was blurred and he couldn't see anything. He wanted to wipe his eyes but his visor was keeping him from doing that. His muscles felt as stiff and as heavy as rock. He wanted to move but his body didn't seem to want to comply with his wishes. Hell, it was a big enough chore to just to breathe properly. Whatever the three cockroaches had done was as effective as hell.

Hakabuto's hearing seemed to return and he heard people talking. It seemed like public near-panic to him. He's heard it enough in movies to at least recognise it to an extent. In all honesty it didn't sound all that different from the movies. It was a few more seconds before he could hear individual words.

"Are they Youma?"

"Where did they come from?"

"There was a bright light,"

"Momma, that one's moving!"

Whoever had said the last statement had been talking about Hakabuto as he moved his arm to begin standing up. The witnesses began to panic as they watched him push himself up to his knees. After a few more minutes of laboured breathing, he managed to turn his head to check his surroundings.

He was still in an intersection, just not the one he was knocked out in. The Hummers were there too but they were melted all to hell. Whatever his armor was made of was a real sucker for punishment. Hakabuto looked at the surrounding buildings and found that he was now in a district he was unfamiliar with. He had never heard of a jewelry store called Osa-P. Looking back to street level, Hakabuto could see that he was not alone. Kabuto and Zabee weren't far away from him. Over by a melted Hummer was Drake, still in Masked Form and Punch Hopper. Closer to the sidewalk was Gatack and Sasword in their Masked Forms along with Kick Hopper.

Hakabuto struggled to his feet with what some would call monumental effort. The people around him started gasping in fear and were backing away. He heard people muttering about 'Sailor Scouts' and wondering when they would get here.

'Must be local militia or something,' Hakabuto reasoned to himself. He then looked at the number of nervous faces around him.

"Uh...hey," Hakabuto greeted, earning gasps of surprise from the crowds. "Can..uh...anyone tell me where we landed?"

No one seemed to have the courage to answer. Not until the kid from before decided to be brave.

"You're in Juuban mister," she called despite her mother's potests.

"Juuban?" Hakabuto muttered. "Never heard of it."

"Because there isn't one," a serious voice replied.

Hakabuto turned around to see Kabuto sitting up and looking at his surroundings. The red Rider didn't seem to be anywhere close to panic nor the levels of pain that Hakabuto was feeling.

"What are you talking about?" Hakabuto sighed.

"There is no Juuban, New Guy," Kabuto replied as he stood up and coined a nickname for Hakabuto. "It isn't on any kind of map I've seen."

"Then just how do you explain how we're in it?" Hakabuto snorted.

"Many ways come to mind," Kabuto answered as stoic as ever. "But now's not the time. You take the Hoppers somewhere safe. I'll get Sawsord and Drake. Gatack will be with Zabee when he wakes up."

Hakabuto nodded and began walking towards Punch Hopper. He wasn't about to argue with a guy who was able to do the same things he could and had more experience with said abilities. He got over to Punch Hopper and also managed to walk off some of the soreness. When he grabbed Punch Hopper's arm and picked him up, the silver rider began to wake up.

"Huh?" he groaned. "Who are you?"

"Doesn't matter," Hakabuto replied. "I'm getting you and the green hopper guy outta here."

Hakabuto helped Punch Hoppper stumble over to his 'brother' before managing to wake him as well.

"We're getting out of here," Hakabuto said to the silently dazed Hoppers. He reached to his belt where the Clock Up switch was located. "Get ready. Clock Up."

"CLOCK UP!" the Hercules Beetle Zector echoed as it activated. The world went still again as Hakabuto became too fast fir normal sight.

Satisified that it was working, Hakabuto helped the hoppers get away from the intersection. Since they were both wearing rider armor and were in contact with him, they entered the super speed with him. Thankfully the armor enhanced his strength, letting him carry the Hoppers easily. The crowd in real time gasped as three of the strange armored figures vanished in three colored blurs. The red one soon vanished with the blue one and the purple one. The last blue one finally got up and left with the yellow one like the red one told him to. No one was quite sure what to make of it and they decided to just go on with their day. The Sailor Scouts hadn't shown up so whatever those armored men were, they couldn't possibly be threats.

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Hakabuto finally dropped the Hoppers off at a spot he deemed private. It was actually a park but since no one was there it was private enough. As he put them down, his Zector ended his Clock Up and everything resumed its normal pace. Hakabuto dropped the the ground while the Hoppers managed to get into a sitting position. When they did, the Zectors they bore leaped from their bodies and flew and/or bounced away. Without the Zectors to keep the change, the three Riders resumed their original forms.

"Hey!" Kageyama frowned as he saw the high school student sitting where the gold rider was just a moment ago. "You're just a kid!"

"Well your sight's okay," the boy sighed. "Just who are you guys?"

"Call me Yaguruma," the other man replied with a slight smirk of amusement. "This is my aibou Kageyama. You?"

"My name's Kira Yagami," Yagami replied. "Just call me by my last name."

"Okay Yagami," Yaguruma nodded. "Where did you get the Zector?"

"Oh, this?" Yagami asked while pointing to his new bracelet. "It was in the case that you guys were fighting over."

"You've got to be kidding," Kageyama growled. "Not only do we have to deal with a new Rider but a kid at that."

"Well excuse me," Yagami sighed. "I didn't want this thing but it just started working on it's own. I'm stuck with it though, aren't I?"

"Not unless you do something to piss it off," Yaguruma answered. "Trust me, it can be done."

Yagami stared down at the bracelet he wore. If what the Yaguruma guy said was true then he was just conscripted into fighting mosters. He was probably going to have to keep fighting mosters until there were none left or until they killed him. Either way he was screwed in a number of ways. Sideways at that.

"So," Yagami began. "Any tips for the new guy?"

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Amy was studying with her friends and so far everyone was doing fine except for Serena. High school exams were coming up and she was on a new level of panic when it came to her grades. Her test score were as low as ever and if she didn't pick up the slack then they wouldn't be able to get into the schools they had all picked.

"Now Serena," Mina spoke, trying to calm their now depressed friend. "It's only one test. It's nothing to worry about."

"Oooh I'm never going to get into high school," she whined. "Darien will never want to speak to me again since I'm such a dummy!"

"I think we should take a break," Lita suggested.

"I'd like to," Raye yawned with a stretch, "But I have to go back to the temple. Lots of people have been coming in looking for good luck charms."

"Really?" Serena gasped, her mood uplifting. "Do they work?"

"Haven't had any complaints yet," Raye smiled. "I think they do."

"Then I'm going to get some of my own!" Serena cried happpily.

"Why don't all of us go?" Mina suggested. "Better to have a lot of luck than just a little."

While it appeared that these girls were in fact ordinary school girls, nothing further from the truth could be found. In reality, each of these girls were actually the soldiers of love and justice known as the Sailor Scouts. It was their duty to fight evil to help keep the peace and protect the world from aliens and other monsters that would do people harm

The leader of the small band was Serena Tsukino. She had long blonde hair which she kept done up in two buns on her head with two long ponytails. She was the strongest of the Scouts in a magical sense. She was a very kind girl, but she was a little clumsy and not always the most intelligent. She was also the only Scout with a boyfriend, one Darien Sheilds.

Ami Mizuno was the second Scout to be found, Sailor Mercury. She was one of the most intelligent people in the nation and she was a very humble and shy girl. She had the ability to analyze opponents and other things with her Mercury Computer, but in the high pacd world of fighting monsters, on didn't get the chance to hold still often. She was a very studious girl who didn't have much of a social life before she met Serena and the others.

Raye Hino was the third Scout to be discovered. She was the most spiritually active of the Sailor Scouts. She lived at a temple where she worked as a miko along with her grandfather. She was an expert in getting rid of demons and evil spirits, which sometimes worked against some of the threats that they had gone up against. Raye was a passionate girl who was probably Serena's closest friend, even if she and the ponytailed blonde fought like cats and dogs at least once a meeting.

Lita Kino was the fourth Scout to be found, otherwise known as Sailor Jupiter. She was by far the tallest and the strongest in a physical sense. She had long brown hair which she kept tied back in a ponytial and rose earrings. She was a little bit of a tomboy since she would get into fights sometimes, but she was also a very good cook. She was also an orphan because her parents died in an accident when she was younger. She was also a hopeless romantic since she was sometimes found pining for an old boyfriend she once had who was her first love.

The last Scout to reveal herself was Mina Aino, otherwise known as Sailor Venus. She had been active even longer than Sailor Moon was. She had been dealing with evil in England as Sailor V, who had become a popular heroine in modern culture. It wasn't until she came back to Japan that she reveald herself as Venus. Mina was an optimistic blonde who kept her hair tied back with a red ribbon. She had an awful memory for sayings which got her to mix them up most of the time.

While the Scouts were dicussing the nature of good luck charms, the Mercury computer was reacting. If Amy wasn't distracted, she would have seen the readout on a massive amount of energy appearing. It would also be telling Amy about the massive dimensional displacement and the seven reading moving away from it at a pace that the computer almost couldn't track.


Yagami sat and waited for the other Riders to appear. Yaguruma and Kageyama weren't exactly secretive in their 'dislike' for Kabuto, whoever he was. He had spent the time making conversation with them. They were almost pleasent conversation, except for their 'path of hell' talk or 'perfect harmony' that they were spouting. Personally, Yagami didn't really believe either philosphy. He was more of a 'forge your own path' guy.

"That Kabuto guy mentioned that we're in a district that's not supposed to exist," Yagami mentioned. "Don't know what he's talking about so I'm not putting much substance into it just yet."

"I personally think that Tendou's crazy," Kageyama smirked. "Insanity and power is a pretty good mix."

"You'd know about that," Yagami smirked silently.

Yaguruma smirked slightly. He was liking the new guy already. He didn't share the same ideals as Kabuto and was just a Rider out of bad timing. Not because anyone chose him for it. Yagami was someone he could stand. Kageyama had a slightly different opinion.

"So, you managed to get them here," a new voice spoke.

The two rouge Hoppers stiffened as they turned to see none other than Tendou walking towards them. Tsurugi and Daisuke were with him. Kagami and Kamemaru were just entering the grounds. Yagami was slightly surprised that all the other Riders were sucha diverse group of people. Some looked ike they were government agents while others looked like they belonged in mansions. Two looked like they were just ordinary guys like him while the Hoppers appeared to be punks to the core.

"So why are we here is a better question," Tsurugi asked irritably.

"We seem to be in a place that shouldn't exist," Tendou replied without looking at Tsurugi.

"How can you be so sure?" asked Kagami.

"The Worms we fought," KaMemaru spoke up. "They weren't normal. The crystals in their bodies seemed to react to our attacks somehow."

"Exactly," Tendou nodded. "That large explosion sent us into this Juuban ward. It shouldn't exist but here we are."

"So what are we going to do about it?" Tsurugi sighed. "Were in a place we haven't heard about. So what?"

"The monsters," Yagami spoke up. "They can't become living bombs can they?"

"Not even once," Kagami replied. "They explode when we kill them but not on that scale."

"Then something was different," Yagami reasoned. "They amplified an ability or something. That explosion moved us, but we could easily get back with that Clock Up stuff. There has to be something more."

"There is," Tendou spoke while removing a newspaper from his pocket and threw it between the other riders. "These people have never had the metor hit. Not even a mention of Worms anywhere. Just things called Youma and people called Sailor Scouts who fight them."

"Impossible!" Kamemaru gasped. "How is that possible?! There's no way that no one woudnt know about the meteor impact!"

"Simple," Yagami sighed as if it was obvious. "We must be in a different dimension of some kind."

"Lunacy," Tsurugi snorted. "The newest Rider is a raving lunatic."

"I like the new guy already," Tendou smirked. "He picked it up immediately. How we can move so quickly defies laws of physics. Maybe the Worms know how to travel between dimensions. It's not a long stretch."

"Like to see you prove it," Yaguruma snorted. "It's pretty strange even for us."

Tendou shrugged before walking away. He had better things to do at the moment besides arguing with the other riders. Namely figuring out just what the history of the area was. He also wanted to see just how these Youma stacked up in comparison to the Worms.

"Tendou!" Kagami shouted as he followed. "Wait up!"

Yagami shook his head as he stood up. He really hated his situation right now. When he went to bed last night all he had to worry about was high school tests and such. Now he had to help save the world from Kami knows what and he only had a group of misfits to work with. Not that he was really much better in that sense.

"I'll catch you later Yaguruma," Yagami nodded as he went off to follow Tendou.

Yaguruma nodded as he also stood up. He motioned to Kageyama and the two of them began their walk away from the other Riders. Daisuke watched them go before shrugging his shoulders.

"Well, if we are in another dimension, I'll have to get new tools," he sighed. "I hope the currency here is still the same as back home."

"You're buying this different dimension foolishness?" Tsurugi snorted.

"Well, either way, as I am now, I am merely the wind that circles around the flower, but cannot help it bloom," Daisuke smiled. "I'll need supplies if I aim to do that."

With that, Daisuke set out. Tsurugi watched him go with a superior smirk. He still believed that the new guy's idea was foolish. Kamemaru tapped his chin in thought before walking away. He needed to do some research on this place. If what the kid said was true then he would have to create a new identity and secure some funds. It was a good thing Zect put him through computer training when he became Zabee.

Tsurugi shook his head before making his own way towards his own preferred destination, wherever that was.

"Fools," he laughed. "All of them. Fools."


Within the darkened confines of his lab, Professer Tomoe was working on his Daimon creation. He had to be exact in his ingredients or else he wasn't going to succeed. Taking two vials of chemicals in his hands, he gently poured them into the larger vial of red fluid. When the chemicals mixed, there was a violent reaction and a flash of light. Professer Tomoe shielded his eyes from the reaction and waited for it to die down. When it did, he dared to look and see if his process had been successful. He smiled widely as he saw a small black seed hovering in front of him.

"Excellent," he smiled crazily. "It is perfect. Kaolinite!"

"Yes prefoesser?" a seductive voice asked.

The professer turned slightly to gaze at his assistant. Kaolinite was a beautiful red-haired woman with a very striking figure. She was wearing a lab coat over her usual outfit which accented her feminine charms. She also had a sparkle of desire in her eyes when she gazed at the professer.

"Here," the professer spoke as he took the Daimon egg and handed it to her. "I trust you know what to do with it?"

"Of course," Kaolinite smiled. "But, professer..."

"Yes?" the professer asked patiently.

"There is that matter of the massive energy spike we felt earlier," Kaolinite spoke. "Are you not concerned about it?"

"Slightly," the professer nodded. "But not overly so. I sent Eudiel to investigate. Is there anything else?"

"No professer," Kaolinite smiled, before she vanished leaving only her lab coat behind.

"And so it all begins," the professer smiled demonicly.


Kaolinite reappered at the Hikawa shrine. She was actually hovering several feet above it. No one who was coming or going would see her. Looking at the Daimon egg in her hand,she looked for a suitable subject for it to incorporate itself into. Turning, she decided on one of the trees that the priestess here tied wards around. Kaolinite hovered closer to the tree before dropping the Daimon egg down onto it. The daimon egg sank into the bark without making a sound. Satisfied that the egg was implanted, Kaolinite vanished again. Now it was all a matter of time.


The scene that Raye walked into the temple was calm. It didn't seem that anything was the matter. It didn't seem to give any hint that anything was the matter. Not in the least was hinted that anything sinister was going on. As Raye continued on her way, the daimon egg within the tree reacted in excitement as she ran past the it. The egg within the tree quivered in realization. A pure heart was nearby. Soon, it would be the time to act.

Raye had changed into her priestess robes and positioned herself in front of the sacred fire to try and find out more about her dream. The absolute destruction she witnessed scared her and she wanted to find out the source. The three lights were also a mystery. They just abandoned the Scouts to their fate, but the insects that followed didn't hesitate to stand against the darkness and fight beside them. How they changed into warriors was also something that weighed on her mind. Were they warriors from the Moon Kingdom, or somewhere else?

Sighing heavily as the flames refused to give an asnwer, Raye sat up, "Just how will that dream come to pass?" She had to get answers. If what was coming was as bad as she thought she didn't want to be caught off guard.

Walking outside, she helped herself to the fortunes that were constantly sold at the shrine. After drawing a stick and picking up the matching fortune, and reading it, she turned to tie it to a tree that was used for such a purpose. Just as she finished tying the paper on, the tree became engulfed in a dark aura. The absolute evil that was emenating from the tree caught the young preistess off guard and left her stunned.

"What!?" Raye gasped as she stepped back.

The tree twisted and groaned as it tore itself out of the ground. A pillar of light grew from it as the tree began to mutate into a more human appearance. he monster's skin was blue and was wearing a yellow outfit with a red and yelllow rope and bells on her head. Her hair looked as if it was made out of wood along with her bracelets and shoes.

"MIKUJI!" the moster shrieked.

"What..what the-?" Raye gasped.

"Your pure heart," the creature known as Mikuji grinned evilly. "I must have your pure heart!"

Raye stared at the moster which had been one of the trees on the temple grounds. She wanted to transform so that she could fight it but she knew if she did then her grandfather would get involved and no doubt get hurt. She knew there was only one thing to do right now. She had to run.

"You want my heart?" she asked. "Just try to take it!"

With that, she ran. The monster just smirked and slowly hovered into the air. It then gave off a battle cry before shooting off like a rocket after her. Leaning on a tree, watching the entire scene, Kaolinite smirked. So far, everything was going smoothly. Soon, the heart crystal would belong to her and her beloved professer.


Tendou was walking along the streets with his hands in his pockets. Kagami was with him as he followed. After all, he didn't have anything better to do if what Yagami said was true. There wasn't a Zect for him to report to here so he was a free Rider. Yagami was only following because Tendou seemed to be the only one who knew what was going on.

"So...where are we going anyway?" Yagami asked for the fifth time.

Tendou didn't reply as Kagami shrugged. Tendou wasn't saying but he had a pretty intent look on his face. At least one of them knew what they were doing. The three of them rounded a corner and were heading for a temple.

"Why are we here Tendou?" Kagami asked in confusion.

"From what I've read," Tendou finally spoke. "These monster attacks and Sailor Scouts have been most noticable here. I want to see it for myself."

"You think they might be able to help?" asked Yagami.

"Hnn," Tendou replied. "Possibly."

"Do you think Youma are any tougher than Worms?" wondered Kagami.

"How tough can they be?" replied Yagami, trying not to sound nervous at the thought of fighting monsters again. "I mean, if girls in school girl outfits can beat them, we Riders might be able to do it."

"Grandmother said this," Tendou suddenly spoke up. "Confidence can be the key to everything, but too much will be the cause of your own downfall."

Any further quotes on Tendou's part were suddenly halted when a bright light could be seen from the temple. Tendou tensed as Kagami seemed to be ready to move at a moments notice. Yagami wasn't sure iff he wanted to run away or towards the source of the light.

"MIKUJI!" a strange voice shrieked.

"That can't be normal," Kagami frowned.

"No," Tendou agreed. "Come on."

Tendou and Kagami ran forward to see what was going on. Yagami watched them go and looked at his zector which was still on his wrist. He had forgotten that he was wearing it in all the excitement. The cursed thing felt like it already belonged there. Looking back to his fellow Riders running forward, he made his decision.

"Dammit," Yagami groaned before running to catch up with Tendou and Kagami.


Raye was cornered at the wall of her property and she didn't have anywhere to go. She turned around to try and get ready to transform, but the moster already flew out of the underbrush. Its speed was incredible and didn't give her time to do much of anything.

"Bad fortune to you!" Mikuji laughed as she pinned Raye's wrists to the wall.

Mikuji's hands turned to solid stone before she broke them off, leaving them to keep Raye pinned to the wall. As she stepped back, Mikuji's hands grew back. From out of nowhere, Kaolinite appeared with a smirk on her face.

"Excellent work my Daimon," she smiled. "Now, take her pure heart."

"MIKUJI!" the monster roared as she opened her shirt slightly to reveal a black star imprinted there.

The black star began to glow before it shot a beam of dark energy straight at Raye. When it collided, Raye screamed in pain. It felt like to her as if her heart was being torn out. After what felt like agaonizing hours, Raye slipped into blessed unconciousness. What also happened was a bright red crystal was pulled out of her chest. it looked like a small geode of some kind.

"Perfect," Kaolinite smiled. "You take the heart, I will search for others that may hold a talisman."

"Yes Mistress," Mikuji nodded before Kaolinite vanished again.

Mikuji stepped forward to grab the heart crystal. She felt good knowing that she pleaser her master and mistress. However, before she could even touch the crystal, a male voice spoke up from the shade of the trees.

"Grandmother said this: The heart is a precious and fragile thing that must be protected. I wonder what that makes you, someone who steals the purest hearts." the man spoke.

Mikuji hissed and turned around, seeing three males hidden in the shadows of the trees. She couldn't see them that well. It only served to annoy her as that they were interrupting her mission.

"Bad fortune to those who interrupt!" she hissed.

"Perhaps," the male in the middle nodded. "But bad fortune also falls upon thse who commit evil more often than on good people."

"Rrrr" Mikuji growled angrily. She was about to attack when she heard something else come to interrupt her.

"STANDBY," three mechanical voices said loudly.

Mikuji heard buzzing start up around her. She turned every way to try and find out what it was but the sounds came to her. A red rhino beetle zipped past her face and scratched her cheek. A blue stag beetle followed by, cutting her other cheek. Finally, a gold hercules beetle buzzed by and cut her forehead. Mikuji hated bugs and for good reason. She had the mentallity of a tree after all. The bugs continued on their way and were caught by the three men.

"Henshin!" the three males called before snapping the bugs onto a certain point on their body. One on his wrist and th eother two on their waists.

"HENSHIN!" the three mechanical voices echoed loudly.

The three males stepped forward towards the light, but their bodies and faces were quickly covered in thick looking armor. Mikuji hadn't been briefed about this. She would have to deal with this the only way she knew how.

Gatack and Hakabuto were donned in their masked form armor. Kabuto was in his as well. It was mostly silver with a red accent on the shoulders and chest. Cylindrical sections ran down his hands and armor plating was on his fingers. The helmet was silver with a solid blue visor. On the forehead of the visor was a small bit resembling that of a rhino beetle's horn tip.

"We'll say it only once," Gatack said, trying to sound as serious as Kabuto did. "Put that crystal back where you got it."

"Never!" Mikuji raored. "Bad fortune to you all!"

She lunged forward with her clawed hands, ready to pin them down so she could get away with the pure heart. Hakabuto and Gatack reacted quickly by doddgning to the side, but Kabuto stood where he was. Mikuji zoomed closer with a grin of victory, expecting an easy take down. What she wasn't expecting was Kabuto to clasp her hands and match her strength, causing her to stop in her tarcks.

"W-what?!" Mikuji gasped.

"Your strength is impressive," Kabuto remarked. "But it will not be enough to win this battle."

"MIKUJI!" the monster roared in anger and confusion.

Mikuji suddenly felt incredbile pain in her side as she was launched to the ground. She looked up and saw Gatack with his shoulder cannons smoking, having shot her in the side while she was fighting Kabuto. While that battle was going on, Hakabuto was running for the crystal which was floating on the ground. He slowed his pace and gently reached to pick it up.

"Okay," he muttered. "Just how am I supposed to put this thing back?"

"You aren't," a new voice spoke. "Just give it to us and we'll handle that part."

Hakabuto looked up into a tree and saw two femenine figures sitting in the branches. They looked like they were in short skirted outfits but that was all he could really tell about them. Everything else about them was hidden in the shade that the tree provided.

"Excuse me?" Hakabuto asked in confusion.

"Just give us the heart crystal," the second figure spoke in a gentler voice. "If the crystal doesn't have a talisman then we'll put it back."

"Uh...how am I supposed to trust you on that?" Hakabuto asked suspiciously.

"Look, we don't have time to argue about this!" the first figure said, quickly losing patience.

"I'm..uh..sure you don't," Hakabuto nodded. "But as you can plainly see, there's noting unique about this crystal. So..I'll..uh, be putting this back now."

Hakabuto quickly turned his attention back to the girl who was still pinned back to the wall. Looking at the crystal in his hands, he gently began to press the crystal against her chest. The crytals seemed to phase right into her as if her body wasn't there.

"No!" the first figure shouted.

She was about to charge when the second figure put a hand on her shoulder. The first looked to the second and then back to Hakabuto.

"You're lucky I was close enough to sense the crystal," the second figure spoke. "If there was a talisman in it then we would have attacked you to keep it from slipping out of our hands."

With her words said, the two figures vanished from sight. Hakabuto shook his head in annoyance before turning his attention back to the girl. He gripped the pertrified hands that held her in place and tore them off, setting her free. The girl was still out cold as she slumped into his arms. Hakabuto gently put her on the ground before turning his attention back to the battle, wanting to be sure that he could protect the girl.

Mikuji quickly got to her feet and growled. She knew she was outnumbered so she began spinning in a rapid pace. Her rope ponytail whipped forward at the two riders. Gatack and Kabuto weren't expecting her hair to be a weapon and were smashed by the rope, both being put to the ground.

"Ha ha ha ha!" Mikuji crowed. "Bad fortune!"

Kabuto remained silent as he stood up. Gatack was feeling the brunt of the blow while he struggled to stand up. Kabuto just reached to his belt and unlocked the horn of his Zector. Energy began to rip through his armor as it loosened from his body.

"Cast Off," Kabuto ordered as he pulled the horn.

"CAST OFF!" the Zector echoed as the loose armor exploded off Kabuto's body.

Mikuji shielded her face as her body was pelted with the flying armor sections. When it was over she looked back at Kabuto who was now in his rider armor. The single horn was folding upward to make his visor into two eyes.

"CHANGE BEETLE," the Zector called, activating the armor.

"What?!" Mikuji shrieked, growing more confused. "How can you do that?!"


Serena was walking towards the temple with her friends. They were all looking forward to getting some good luck charms. If they worked like Raye said then they might not have to study as hard as they had been. Luna and Artemis were travelling with them. The moon cats decided to be constant reminders that even woth good luck, Serena and Mina still had to study.

"I hope that those charms work," Serena sighed. "I need all the help I can get."

"I'm sure they will Serena," Mina smiled optimistically. "Raye hasn't let us down before."

Serena smiled. Mina was right. Despite all the arguments they had, Raye was not a friend who would let anyone down if she had anything to say about it.

While she was musing, a large blast of sound could be heard from the temple. The girls looked up and saw a few pieces of some kind of armor flying over the edge of the temple grounds and at them.

"Waagh!" Serena cried as she ducked under the flying metal. What was strange was that when the metal hit the ground and stopped moving, it vanished in a shimmering mirage. All four girls and two moon cats just stared at the spot where the armor had been a moment ago.

"What was that?!" shrieked Mina.

"I'm not sure," Lita frowned. "But Raye might be in trouble!"

"The what are you waiting for?!" Luna said sternly. "Go!"

The girls nodded and ran for the temple stairs. As they ran they also grabbed their henshin pens.


Meanwhile, Kabuto was still fighting Mikuji. The daimon was as quick as ever, but with Kabuto in his rider form, he was able to keep up with her. Mikuji shot at Kabuto again with her claws outstretched, but as she came close, Kabuto landed an uppercut into her chin, sending her away.

"Gyaaah!" Mikuji shrieked as she held her face in pain. "I'll kill you!"

Kabuto didn't reply. While Mikuji was tring to get her balance back, he was reaching to his Zector.

"1, 2, 3," the Zector spoke as he pressed the three buttons along the top before resetting the horn.

Mikuji was too enraged by the Rider to care why he was pressing buttons on his belt. She just knew that a mere human was keeping her from completing her misson. She didn't care how he got that strong or how he got that armor. She just knew that she was going to tear him and his two friends apart. Then she was going to take the pure heart crystal and take it back to her master.

"Rider Kick," Kabuto said quietly as he pulled the horn.

"RIDER KICK!" the Zector boomed.

"DIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!" Mikuji roared as she flew forward, her ponytail ready to crush Kabuto's head.

Kabuto didn't move as he watched her come. Energy was surging through him and leaping off his horn while his eyes began to glow. Before Mikuji could use her ponytail again, Kabuto planted a roundhouse kick to the side of her head. The force of the blow sent her into the dirt, but she wasn't getting up this time. Her body was twitching as she gasped for breath. After a moment, she stopped altogether. A split-second after that, Mikuji's body burst into black smoke which filled the three Rider's vision. Kabuto waved the smoke away from his face and peered to where Mikuji's body was, only to find a tree that had been uprooted standing where she had hit the ground.

"What the-?" Gatack gasped as he stood up. "Wasn't that a monster a minute ago?"

"Interesting," Kabuto nodded. "The monsters are made from ordinary objects."

"Hey guys!" Hakabuto shouted. "She's waking up!"

Raye rubbed her eyes as she woke up slowly. Her chest still hurt, but what she felt like was being ripped out had been returned. She also felt that she was in a warm pair of arms. She looked up and saw the faces of three men in armor peering down at her.

"Are you okay?" asked the golden one.

"Y-yes," Raye replied weakly.

"Having your heart stolen must not be a pleasent experience," the red one commented.

"My heart?" Raye murmured before gasing as realization hit. "The Daimon! Where did it go?"

"I took care of it," the red figure replied before pointing at the uprooted tree. Raye blinked as looked back to her saviors.

"Can you stand?" asked the blue one.

Raye nodded as the gold person helped her stand up. She was about to ask who they were when a very familiar voice suddenly cut throough the air.

"Halt evil villans!" the voice shouted. "Attacking an innocent priestess is a terrible crime. I Sailor Moon will not stand or it!"

'Oh no,' Raye thought to herself.

To Be Continued.

A/N: There we go. I hope you guys enjoy this. I really need to hear more reviews or else I'll think you guys don't like it and I'll stop writing more of it. Thanks to ZK Chromedragozoid for supporting the fic. I really appreciate it.