AN: Once again I want to thank some people. A friend who shall remain unnamed for being my sounding board on how to handle certain thing in the story. To June aka lesbiaaans for helping point me in the right direction on how to handle one of my plans that will kick in during the second arc. And to all the people at the NaNoWriMo write-ins who heard me talking about this story and let me ramble about it for God knows how long. You all are the best!
First off, the usual thank yous. Thank you to LuvAnime4-Ever and ladygodess8 for the favorites (and the lovely review, ladygodess 8). To AzarathMetrionZ (wow thanks for tellin me his name, I could never find that), Comet Moon (recalculated looking more about chapter 17 right now, may change though), ladygodes8, and Starrlight1812 for the reviews. To Cenlyra, Starrlight1812, ladygodess8, and Rockmanbeasto for putting the story on their alerts.
Over on the tumblr side. A thank you to sailorithica and juliemaria12.
And of course a thank you to all of the unknown readers of my story.
Second; I am aware of the fact that in the original the Cinderella Caravan was more of a talent show than a pop idol search. I changed it because I thought it would come off better.
Third; as usual I don't own Sailor Moon, they belong to the lovely Naoko Takeuchi. Nor do I own any of the rights of 'I Dreamed A Dream' from Les Miserables.
Finally a big thanks to niallcaneatmyfoodanytime, my beta, for helping me make this story presentable to the public. Wouldn't be here without you!
Chapter 4: Dreaming of Stardom
Dear Shingo,
You know how I'm always thinking of ways to try and help Mom and Dad, right? One path I have considered multiple times, but never actually tried, was entering an idol contest. I always felt that I was the type that they didn't want, so I never actually entered. That is until Luna forced my hand...
"Hey Naru, what's going on?" Usagi asked one day during lunch break at school, her friend was looking at a bulletin board along with a rather large group of students.
"Oh hey Usagi, someone just posted something for an idol contest." Naru said, turning to her friend.
"Again?" Usagi asked, curiously glancing over her friend's shoulder. While it didn't happen on an everyday basis, every once in a while agents would host contests for students of a variety of ages, searching for the next big thing in the idol world. There had been one just a few weeks back, actually, that one of the girls in a grade above them had won. The contest winners were usually given some money upfront, a cd release, and a contract for a certain amount of time. Usagi had thought about entering before for the prize money, but never had been actually able to work up the courage to enter it before.
"Sure is, and apparently this one offers the chance for the winner to sing a duet with that new pop idol: Mikan Shiratori." Naru said.
"Sounds like a good deal." Usagi said, scanning the competition prizes with her eyes. Maybe she would think about trying to enter this time.
"It is, we should enter." Naru suggested cheerfully.
"Maybe, I'm not sure," Usagi said, straightening up to look at Naru.
"Usagi, you should at least give it a try for once. I think you would be surprised by how far you might get." Naru said, sounding a bit exasperated. This wasn't the first conversation like this that she and Usagi had had in the recent months.
"Right, you must be joking. Like the music agents would take someone like her as a musical idol." she heard a familiar voice sneer behind her.
Usagi stiffened, not saying anything. Naru frowned and decided to respond saying, "Back off! You don't know that Takeshi."
He snorted in fake amusement before saying: "You're kidding yourself if you're thinking that she actually has a chance in that type of competition."
"Says who." Naru snapped back at him.
"Says anyone who has common sense. It takes more than just singing talent to make it in the music business nowadays, and there is no way they would take someone like her." Takeshi grinned.
"Whatever Takeshi, come on Usagi lets leave these idiots to their own stupid thoughts." Naru said, taking her arm and dragging her away from the bulletin board and towards their usual eating place.
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Later that afternoon, at Naru's house, her and Usagi were relaxing again.
Naru brought up the topic of the contest again. She pulled out a flyer she had picked up on the contest, placed it on the table, and was about to speak when Usagi beat her to it: "Oh no. We have been over this before. I am not going to enter an idol contest."
"Usagi, I just wish you would actually consider it for once. You have a really pretty singing voice, but you're terrified to test it out in a contest, because of the fact that you let Takeshi and the rest of the guys get to you." Naru said with an exasperated sigh.
"They have a point though. I look nothing like the typical pop idol. All of the agents will take one look at me and throw my application out." Usagi responded.
"Maybe that would be a good thing though." Naru argued.
"I doubt that." Usagi argued back.
"At least think about it." Naru said with a sigh.
"I guess." Usagi said after a second.
Luna spoke up for the first time. She had been looking at the flyer with a frown and said, "Naru may I take this flyer? I want to run this by Central, something about this seems just a bit off."
"I don't see how it could be odd, considering its just a flyer for an idol contest. Those happen almost monthly. But sure, you can take it if you really want to look at it." Naru said, raising an eyebrow.
"It could be nothing, but I would rather just check and make sure I am not recognizing something here. I'll be out for a little." Luna said, taking the flyer in her mouth. She hopped on the nearby windowsill and made her way through the window crack and into the outside.
_SCENE_
Luna was back within the hour, flyer still hanging in her mouth. Usagi raised her pencil in salute saying: "Hey Luna."
Luna decided to cut straight to the chase, "Usagi, you are going to have to enter the competition."
That got Usagi to look up from her homework, shrieking, "You want me to do what?!"
That earned collective flinches from the room's other inhabitants, minus Luna who simply put the paper down on the table before saying: "We think this contest might be a plot of the Dark Kingdom. The best way to investigate whether this is true or not is to have a contestant on the inside. And you're the best viable option of the entire group."
Usagi just grumbled more at that, while Naru voiced the question that the whole room had been asking themselves in their heads: "But Luna there are hundreds of these contests each year, what makes this one so different?"
"It's simple, actually." Luna said, using her paw to point at a symbol on the poster. It was barely noticeable to the human eye, just fitting into the bottom right hand corner of the poster. She continued, "This small symbol here is usually associated with the Dark Agency. Who minions of the Dark Kingdom have worked to before. Normally they are based out of England. The fact they are running a mission out of Japan is unheard of, basically. That's why I had to check with Central to make sure I was seeing this correct."
"So why not make whomever is in charge of taking care of the demons in England take care of this contest." Usagi snapped. She was liking this idea, less and less.
"Because that would mean removing her from her school in England and dragging her around the world, in order to fight an enemy on a suspicion. And unlike your parents, who are aware of your senshi duties, her parents are completely oblivious and we would prefer to keep it that away." Luna said, her tone becoming more exasperated by the minute.
"And why can't-" Usagi began.
"Because Naru doesn't have the ability to fight youma magic. She could technically enter on her own, if she wanted to, but she would do very little in a fight against a youma." Luna said, her tone now portraying a mood of beyond annoyance.
"Alright, I guess. But don't expect me to go very far." Usagi said, after a second of hesitant thought.
_SCENE_
The next afternoon Usagi stood in front of the hall nervously. Luna was at her feet, probably to make sure she didn't try to back out, which, admittedly, was Usagi's first instinct. She just couldn't see this ending well in any shape or form. And judging by the twitching tail she could see out of the corner of her eye, she was getting increasingly agitated.
"Well, are you going to go in or what." Luna hissed.
"Don't see the point on why I am doing this." Usagi muttered back.
"I've all ready explained it to you twice. Please don't make me explain for a third time." Luna said, her tone becoming more annoyed by the minute.
Usagi was spared a response when she heard someone call out: "Usagi!"
She looked up, before grinning, "Naru! What are you doing here?"
"Well, I figured you could use some support. And a second set of eyes wouldn't hurt, so I'm going to enter too." Naru said, giving her a smile.
"That would be great, right Luna?" Usagi said.
"Well-" Luna started.
"Right Luna?" Usagi repeated, this time stressing the words.
"Yes." came Luna's response after a second. It was annoying, but at least she had come out on top about getting Usagi to enter, even if Naru was now in it too.
"Good then lets get going inside!" Usagi said cheerfully before grabbing a hold of Naru's hand and dragging her towards the entrance of the hall. A bit more enthusiastic about entering the contest, now that she wasn't going to have to do it alone.
Usagi tugged at the edge of her dress absent mindedly. She really hadn't wanted to wear it, but Luna had been rather insistent that she ditch the pants for today. Though Usagi honestly thought it decreased her odds of getting past the initial stages more than helped.
Speaking of the cat, Luna left the two girls to their own devices pretty early on, taking off for parts unknown, probably trying to find some evidence to back up her claim that this contest was an actual front for the Dark Kingdom. Usagi just hoped she was right for once, since she really didn't want to go through this gigantic mess for no reason.
"Usagi, it is almost your turn." Naru spoke up.
"I still don't want to do this." Usagi sighed.
"Your fretting too much about your legs. They won't care when they hear you sing." Naru said, waving off her wories.
Usagi let out a disbelieving snort before replying, "Naru, part of being an idol is looks. It will take a miracle for them to overlook all of my issues."
"Well maybe you will be wrong? I mean, you don't know until you try." Naru said, giving her a hopeful smile.
"And that's exactly what I am being forced to do." Usagi muttered under her breath.
Naru sighed in exasperation at the last comment, but didn't actually say something. Instead she grabbed a hold of her friend's hand and began dragging her in the direction of the audition room. A second later she shoved her through the door, as Usagi's name was called.
Usagi gulped nervously before making her way to the center of the room. It was a simple room, there was a sign in the background, saying something about the Cinderella Caravan contest. She noticed Mikan sitting at a table in the center of the room. She was accompanied by a man with short blond hair, who was watching her curiously. She guessed he must be Mikan's agent.
Mikan glanced down at the papers she had for a second before addressing her, "Usagi Tsukino, correct?"
"Yes." Usagi said, giving a nervous smile.
"Well, let's see what you have got then." Mikan said, flashing her a brilliant smile.
"I am going to be singing a song that is personal to me." Usagi said after a second, continuing to fiddle with the hem of her dress.
"Alright then, whenever you are ready." she said with a smile.
Usagi took a deep breath, making a motion for the music to start, and waited for her turn to start, "I dreamed a dream in time gone by."
Usagi tried to ignore the judge's reactions, as she started on the next line, "When hope was high
and life worth living."
As she inhaled to hit the right notes of the next part, she noticed out of the corner of her eye Mikan saying something to the blond haired guy, "I dreamed that love would never die! I dreamed that God would be forgiving."
The man seemed to be thinking of cutting her off, but Mikan gave him an elbow and she was allowed to continue, "Then I was young and unafraid, and dreams were made and used and wasted. There was no ransom to be paid. No song unsung, no wine untasted."
She was about to start the next batch of lyrics when Mikan made some sort of gesture and the music cut off. Usagi gave them a nervous smile. Mikan was the first one to break the silence saying, "Well, I wasn't so sure what to think when you first walked in. You sure proved the old English adage to never judge one by one's cover."
"Uh, thanks I guess." Usagi said, scratching the back of her head nervously.
"No, no its a compliment. I think you would make a good idol actually, what about you Jed?" Mikan said, smiling, turning to the blond haired man.
"Well, with some work in other areas, she definitely has potential to be a pop idol." Jed said, looking at her for a second before continuing, "So I guess she passes."
"Well that settles it then. Come here for a second." Mikan said, making a motion for her to come forward. Usagi did so a bit reluctantly. Mikan took the rubber stamp that had been sitting on the table next to her and pressed it on her right hand. When the stamp was removed she could see it had a left a circular mark that had writing inside it, that read as 'Cinderella Caravan semi-finalist.'
Usagi gave her a smile, before saying, "Thank you for the chance."
"Not a problem. Just remember to report tomorrow around noon for the next round of the competition." Mikan said, giving her a bright smile before shooing her in the direction of the door she had come in. Usagi gave one last smile before leaving the room.
_SCENE_
Usagi was waiting outside of the contest hall for Naru to finish her audition, when Luna finally rejoined her. She was still on cloud nine, she couldn't believe she had actually managed to get into the second round of auditions.
"So, find anything strange, Luna?" Usagi asked as they sat there watching people come in and out of the hall.
"Well no, and that's what's weird. I feel like there is something not right here, but I haven't been able to find it yet." Luna said, her tail twitching back and forth in agitation.
"Well maybe for once its just a normal contest?" Usagi suggested, raising an eyebrow at the cat.
"Maybe, but I still want to come back with you tomorrow for the second round of the contest. Maybe there is something I missed. There is something about this whole situation that bugs me." Luna responded.
"Okay. I'm sure Naru can bring you along tomorrow." Usagi said, keeping an eye on the door. She grinned when she saw Naru finally come out, whistling to get her friends attention. Naru spotted her and grinned before jogging on over. Usagi raised an eyebrow before asking, "Well how did it go?"
"I'm in! What about you?" Naru said, showing her the same hand stamp that Usagi had gotten on her right hand.
Usagi grinned sheepishly before showing her own hand. Naru didn't say anything, only choosing to hug her while squealing rather loudly. When she pulled away the first thing Naru said was: "See, I told you so! I knew you were good enough to do well enough at a idol contest."
Usagi sweat dropped before replying, "Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. This is only the first round of the competition."
"True, but you have to give yourself some credit. For the last year and a half you've been saying no one would let you enter a contest like this, let alone you go into the second round of the competition. And look what happened today!" Naru said, giving her a grin.
"Yeah that's true, I guess." Usagi said, scratching the back of her head again.
"Come on, we have to go clothes shopping again." Naru said, dragging her off in the direction of the nearest mall. Usagi thought the clothes she owned were perfectly good for the competition, but knew better than to argue with Naru when she got in one of these moods.
_SCENE_
The next afternoon saw both girls back at the contest hall. Along with a rather large amount of contestants. Luna took off again to investigate things at first chance, leaving Usagi and Naru to entertain themselves until the second round of contests started.
"There sure are a lot more people here than I thought there would be." Usagi muttered to Naru, trying to keep herself from being overheard by other contestants.
"Yeah, I am a bit surprised myself," Naru responded, glancing around at the crowd. "Maybe they are trying to give as many people as possible a chance at stardom?"
"Well that's a huge confidence booster." Usagi responded, grumbling under her breath. She had actually been feeling good after getting past the first round of competition the day before, in spite of that one guy's comments. But if they were passing everyone under the sun, then what did that actually say about her own abilities?
"Well maybe Luna has a point with this being a plot," Naru suggested, her tone sounding hopeful.
"What makes you say that?" Usagi said, tilting her head to the side.
"Well think about it. It may a good ruse to gather energy if you host a fake idol contest. And so far this is looking more and more like it's a fake idol contest." Naru said.
"Yeah, I guess that's true. But what could they be using to gather energy on a easy basis..." Usagi wondered to herself, tapping her foot slightly as she tried to think of possible scenarios. If this was the enemy, the whole situation was a bit confusing. What was the purpose of day one of competition. Because there hadn't been anything obvious that could be used to steal energy. The only thing that she had acquired yesterday was the stamp...Wait, maybe the stamp was the key to their operation. Usagi glanced down at the mark on her hand. Nothing extremely unusual about it, but she hadn't been fighting long enough to detect the Dark Kingdom's supposed signature it emits whenever it tries to steal energy.
"Usagi? Is something wrong?" Naru's voice came breaking her out of her thoughts.
"No, not really. Something just occurred to me. But I would need Luna to back me up. However..." Usagi said, glancing around the room before continuing, "Luna is nowhere to be found. So as of right now all I have is a hunch."
"What? You think the enemy might actually be involved? But how?" Naru said, her volume dropping a few octaves.
Usagi chose to not actually say something this time instead just pointing at her stamped hand. Naru blinked once, than twice before catching on, "You think the stamp might be what the enemy is using this time?"
"Its the only logical explanation. I mean, think about it. What else have we been given that the enemy could be using to steal energy?" Usagi asked.
"That's true." Naru said.
The two girls fell into silence as they waited for the second stage of competition to start. Usagi was wondering how this stage would go when she heard a familiar meow.
"Luna! There you are!" Usagi said getting to eye level with the cat.
The cat quirked an eyebrow before replying, "You are unusually enthusiastic."
Usagi scratched her head sheepishly before replying, "Yeah, well we had a question."
Luna tilted her head before replying, "What about?"
"We were wondering if the stamps reeked of the Dark Kingdom's aura. You know, like you said the card from the other day was like." Usagi said, holding out her stamped hand so Luna could get a good look at it.
Luna got closer to take a better look at the stamp. After a second she stepped back, making a face before nodding her head. She said: "Yes that reeks of the Dark Kingdom. Not as much as the tarot card from the other day, but it's still there. They're obviously starting to catch on to the fact they have an enemy. I'm surprised I missed it when around Naru."
"So what do we do now?" Usagi asked after a second before questioning, "And how are we going to find the youma?"
"Describe to me the people that oversaw your entrance yesterday." Luna said after a second.
"Well there was Mikan, and you saw the posters of her earlier right?" Usagi said after a second at Luna's nod she continued, "And then she had some guy with her that she referred to as Jed. Never seen him before with her. But he had short blond hair and dark blue eyes."
Luna stiffened at the latter description, muttering to herself, "So they were reborn and recruited after all."
"Luna, uh, what do you mean." Naru asked, speaking up for the first time.
"The man you described matches the description of the Shitennou." Luna hesitantly explained after a second of thought.
"You said they were dead." Usagi hissed in annoyance, recognizing the name from Luna's history lesson a few days prior.
"I know what I said! It never occurred to me they may have been reincarnated with everyone else in this era. Let alone working for Queen Beryl again." Luna admitted after a second.
"Well that's just great. I still hold my stance about killing anything humans." Usagi snapped. Luna had managed to get her on board with the idea of fighting an enemy, after convincing her that any humans who would have worked for them would have long ago passed away. Now they were back to square one.
"There may be a way to heal them if they aren't too far gone." Luna admitted after a second, "But you aren't ready to wield that kind of power yet. I'll have to consult with Central about how to handle the fact the Shitennou are active again."
"While that's great for now, what do we do about our little youma problem?" Usagi asked, crossing her arms in thought.
"More than likely that isn't Mikan you encountered yesterday. There are certain youmas who are adept at impersonation. My first instinct would be that one of those is there in Mikan's place." Luna said after a second of thought.
"So we just have to defeat the youma then, and try not to engage Jadeite. What about the real Mikan?" Usagi questioned.
"Pretty much yes. As for Mikan, more than likely she is still back in her residence, just tied up via a method available to the youma." Luna said.
"Slight problem though, we don't actually know where either this Jadeite or Mikan are at the moment." Naru said.
"Leave it to me. Just don't wander too far, you two, understood?" Luna said, turning to make a beeline out of the room. Once she got the girl's confirmation she disappeared into the crowd.
_SCENE_
It was a good half hour before Luna found the girls again. Or rather she found Usagi, seeing as Naru had disappeared in the meantime. Usagi, seeing the look she was being given, just said: "Bathroom run."
"Alright, well it is best she is involved the least amount in fights with youma. Follow me, I'll take you to where the youma is." Luna said, turning tail. Usagi reluctantly stood up and followed the cat down a nearby hall.
"I hope you are right about this Luna." Usagi muttered under her breath. If she wasn't right and she ended up in trouble, it wouldn't be good for her or Naru. Though now that she thought about it, most likely Naru would be left alone, since she wasn't being dragged on this excursion. Where she would get a large amount of yelling if she couldn't convince the security guards that she had gotten there by accident if she got caught.
"Oh stop. You're worrying. Just transform already." Luna snapped, her tone suggesting she was becoming annoyed herself.
Usagi rolled her eyes at the tone before complying, saying in a quiet tone: "Moon Prism Power, Make Up!"
As soon as the transformation faded, leaving her in her senshi uniform, Luna was leading her again. Usagi sure as heck hoped that Luna had a good memory, since she had long ago lost track of the way they had come from. Finally they came to a stop in front of a door, not really marked with anything. Usagi reluctantly opened the door enough to let Luna in first before following behind her ducking behind a desk to conceal herself as she heard two voices talk. Poking enough of her head over just so she could see the two owners of the voices.
Usagi cringed when she saw the youma that had been posing as Mikan. With her disguise not on completely, it looked anything but human. And Usagi once again was forced to marvel at these strange creatures' ability to blend in so easily with the rest of them. The man though, the one the youma had previously referred to as Jed, and the one who had been called Jadeite by Luna still looked human enough, how odd. The only change in him was a change in outfit, having gone from the suit she had seen him wearing the day before, to dark blue uniform of some sorts. She missed most of what he was saying, only catching the last part as he apparently told the youma that he would leave her in charge of everything from here on out, before disappearing into thin air.
Usagi who had managed to stay quiet up until this point let out a squeak, attracting the attention of the youma, who said, "Who's there?"
Usagi's first instinct was to just try and hide until the youma left. But Luna's headbutt against her arm reminded her that she apparently couldn't do just that. She gave the cat one last glance before reluctantly getting to her feet. The youma gave her a sneer before asking: "Who are you?"
Usagi fell into the habit that was starting to become familiar as that speech came to her lips again saying: "I am Sailor Moon, the pretty suited soldier of love and justice. How dare you raise people's hopes of becoming a pop idol in order to gather energy! In the name of the moon I will punish you!"
"Sailor Moon? Impossible, there is no Sailor Moon!" the youma sneered back at her.
"Well there is now." Usagi answered, annoyed at the creature. Though part of her briefly wondered about the youma's phrasing. It suggested that there hadn't been a Sailor Moon before. Yet the way Luna talked made it sound like there had been Sailor Senshi before. Ah well, she would have to ask Luna about it at a later time.
"Like it matters. You won't stop the return of the great Queen Metalia and the take over of Earth." the youma said.
"Oh yeah?" Usagi said, raising an eyebrow in question. This was the first time she had heard of this 'great Queen Metalia', so she wondered if this was something this youma was making up. But why would it do that?
The youma decided not to answer her, instead opening its mouth to spew some bluish substance, that missed her by half an inch. Usagi reached up for her tiara, going to retaliate with her own attack. Except the youma decided to try attacking her again, and managed to catch her throwing arm in the strange blue gunky stuff that she had dodged a few seconds prior. Usagi attempted to move her arm, only to find it stuck in position by the blue gunky stuff which was spreading. Her voice portraying her own panic, she said: "Uh Luna, a little help here?"
"Trying to do something." she could barely make out Luna's words, who was gnawing on part of the blue stuff that was spreading to her lower body. Crap this wasn't good.
"Well hurry up Luna, because it sure isn't spreading slowly." Usagi snapped, her anxiety spreading with the blue gunk.
However, the problem was solved when a rose of all things hit the hardening blue gunk shattering it into pieces. Usagi rubbed her right arm, saying an inward prayer in thanks as she saw the man, who had identified himself as Tuxedo Kamen during their last encounter, was distracting the youma. She took advantage of it, reaching for her tiara again and removing it, tossing it in the direction of the youma calling, "Moon Tiara Action!"
The youma realized what was happening a second too late, as the disc made contact with it, turning it into dust. Usagi let out a sigh of relief, before turning to where Tuxedo Kamen had been a second earlier. Only to sigh when he realized he had disappeared, she would have to say thanks the next time he helped her.
"Usagi, who was that?" Luna asked after a second of silence.
"Huh? Oh, I thought you would have known about him." Usagi said, kind of surprised. If he was an ally of the Senshi, shouldn't Luna know of his existence?
"No, I have never seen him before. But you have?" Luna said, eyebrow raised in question.
"Well yeah. He was the one that helped me with the fortune house youma. He distracted the zombie like customers long enough for me to get an attack in." Usagi explained.
"So he's an ally then." Luna said after a second of silence.
"Yeah, you could say that." Usagi said with a shrug, remembering the odd conversation she had with him back at the fortune telling place.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Luna asked.
"Nothing really. He just seemed to imply that he was an ally, but preferred to work on his own." Usagi said, crossing her arms as she finally stepped back out in the hall.
"Still, that could mean anything." Luna said wearily.
"Luna, if he really was the enemy I doubt he would be willingly acting as bait for his allies so I could destroy his comrades. I think he just wants to help defend the world, but doesn't want to be tied down to someone." Usagi said, her tone becoming exasperated again.
"I guess that's true," Luna said.
"Thank you. Now let's find Naru and get the heck out of here. I don't want to be the person to tell all the other prospect idols that their contest might have just gotten cancelled unexpectedly." Usagi said, dropping her transformation before stepping out into the hallway and letting Luna lead the way back to the main room.
So the contest was never supposed to happen. Poor Mikan was found in her bathroom, tied up, apparently for the last few days. Of course most people don't believe the official story. Which is some impersonator was putting on the contest. So her and her publicists are trying to fix this incident. It will be interesting to see what they do to resolve this entire mess.
I did try and bring up the subject of what the youma said with Luna on the way home after the contest ended. However Luna is strangely mum about the subject. She seems to be insistent on keeping certain things from me now. Which is annoying. Oh well, maybe when we get the rest of the Senshi she'll start being more open about my questions. One can hope, right?
Or maybe is it just payback for not mentioning the mysterious Tuxedo Kamen? I mean I wasn't sure how to bring him up in conversation. And Luna never really gave me an opening to do it before today.
I feel like things are just getting more confusing instead of making more sense. It seems like every new factor that is thrown into the equation just makes things more messy instead of making it easier to solve.
There are days like this where I wish I could go back and tell myself to not go to the arcade with Naru. But it has to get better eventually, right?
Your big sister,
Usagi Tsukino
End Chapter4
AN: Thus ends chapter 4! Hope you enjoyed it!
But I have a little surprise for you. From now on I am going to be including little excerpts of the next chapter. Please note that these are unbetad, so if their are spelling and grammar errors, that's why. So to tide you over until Monday, here's a sneak peak of chapter 5:
"Uh crap Luna what now?" Usagi said turning to the cat. This was a first, both of the youmas she had fought before had quickly fallen to her tiara. Well maybe not quickly. The second one had required the help of that odd tuxedo wearing rose throwing guy.
"Give me a second to think," Luna said trying to not let out her worries seep through. This was a problem. The youma were now getting to be too strong to be taken out by a single attack. She needed to find the remaining Sailor Senshi but she only had a few ideas on where to begin to look for the remaining princess' primary guardians.
"Maybe we can be of assistance," a feminine voice spoke up. Usagi turned surprised to see the girl from earlier with Haruka.
"Um, I'm not exactly sure how you could-" Usagi began only to be interrupted.
"Sailor Moon just focus on the enemy. I think they actually maybe able to give us a hand but I need to check something," Luna said.
"If you're sure," Usagi said turning to fully face the youma again who seemed to be looking for Amade-san who had disappeared with the distraction she had provided.
See you on Monday with chapter 5!
