Disclaimer: "Sailor Moon", "Star Trek" and other genres belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-epic crossover.
Special note: This is the FIRST saga in the Sailor Moon/Star Trek saga.
Author's note: This story takes place before the 3rd season episode "The Xindi".
Part 4: "Third Year"
A few weeks ago…
"Admiral, I don't think that it is wise to bring on an intern on this mission," Captain Jonathon Archer says over the com-link. "It's too dangerous."
"You will have the MACOs, John," Admiral Forrest says. "So there shouldn't be a problem THERE."
"But why Cadet Tsukino? Other than recently passing both her Engineering Certification and Emergency Medical Technician's test, there isn't much she can offer."
"Then it will be up to you to change that. And besides, if Cadet Tsukino's tenure is a success, we can have a program for cadets to have solid field experience."
Archer sighs. Then again, he could remember way back in the day, when he was a Starfleet cadet…and how he always wanted to go on long-range missions.
"Fine, Admiral. I'll accept her."
"Good. And as for T'Pol…I'll make sure to run defense with the Vulcan High Command."
"Thanks, Admiral. Archer out."
"Forrest out…and good luck, John."
Click.
Archer leans back in his seat in office. He liked Usagi, but he wasn't sure if she was cut out for Starfleet to begin with. Still, Admiral Forrest would not have permitted her to be part of this mission, if there wasn't a good enough reason…
Meanwhile, in the office of Admiral Forrest, at Starfleet Academy (Presidio, San Francisco)…
"Well, that's that," Admiral Forrest says, as he shuts off his com-link. "Cadet Tsukino will be aboard the Enterprise."
"I am glad, Paul," Regent Princess Setsuna ("Sailor Pluto") Meioh, of Crystal Tokyo. "The Xindi will make good allies in the future…if we make sure that the Sphere Builders do not corrupt even further than they already have."
Forrest nods. He was familiar with the Princess' ability to observe the timeline. However, temporal mechanics was tricky business, and it took a lot of effort on the Guardian of Time's part to rebuff 90 percent of the incursions caused by the event known as "the Temporal Cold War", a "quiet" war between time-travelers who seek to dominate the timeline. Unfortunately, one of temporal factions, the other-dimensional Sphere Builders, who seek to reshape normal space into their own image, were that ten percent that got past Setsuna. So now, it's up the Enterprise to stop the Xindi from doing the Sphere Builders' bidding: the destruction of the Earth; the first attempt created a swath of destruction from Venezuela to the Florida panhandle. Commander Tucker, the Enterprise's chief engineer, was deeply affected by the attack, since his hometown was mostly destroyed, and his younger sister killed. Forrest really wished that the heroes of yesterday were still around, but they haven't been seen since "the Second Dark Ages".
Food for thought, yes?
The next day…
Cadet Usagi ("Sailor Moon") Tsukino sighed, as she looked out from the observation deck in the rear of the Enterprise. She could see the Earth, as her ship leaves Earth orbit. Usagi would not have gone, if Setsuna hadn't convinced her to. The only good thing about all this…is that she gets to see her new friend Lt. Hoshi Sato (Communications Specialist), whom she has corresponded with since, well, forever.
"Usagi, are you okay?"
Usagi turns to see Hoshi standing there. Apparently, she has been standing there for a while.
"Ah, it's nothing, ma'am," Usagi says.
"Okay, come on," Hoshi replies, as she walks up to stand by Usagi's side. "You're a lot more bubbly than this."
"Oh, okay. It's just that with how Captain Archer's mission is, I…I don't want to fail him."
Hoshi chuckled.
"What?"
"You know, we just might make it through this mission," Hoshi says.
"How so?"
"Well, you care about how you will do, and you are mindful of the captain's expectations. I say, if you keep those two things in mind, then you have nothing to worry about."
Usagi nods. Then she smiles.
"Thanks, ma'am. I needed that."
"Glad to hear that, cadet."
And with that, Usagi was left alone.
When Usagi finally left the observation deck, she noticed a freshly picked red rose lying on the floor, where Hoshi once stood.
"Hmmm…"
Now.
The year is 2154, and it was the start of Usagi's third year as a cadet of Starfleet Academy. Recently, she increased her skill proficiency, thanks to a bet her roommate Cadet Nora Jones made with a schoolmate, who tended to ridicule Usagi for her reluctant incompetence. Usagi, not wanting to be seen as a joke, beat all expectations by increasing her proficiency rating many folds. At the moment, she was interning aboard the Enterprise, while the ship transverse the area of space know as "Delphic Expanse". The source of the Xindi weapon discharge came from. And, thanks to Sailor Pluto's time-traveling agent Daniel, Starfleet was able to get a clue as to the cause of the attack.
In the meantime, everyone was going through the motions, in anticipation of the first encounter of the Xindi. Unfortunately, it wasn't smooth sailing.
In the Engineering section of the Enterprise…
CRASH!
"I'm sorry, Mr. Tucker!" Usagi said, as she quickly restored the conduit's original configuration.
Chief Engineer Charles "Trip" Tucker, already in a foul mood, in light of his sister's demise, exploded.
"I told you to use THIS tool for THAT junction!" Tucker yells. "If you can't follow my instructions exactly, I don't want you HERE."
Usagi began to sniffle.
"What? Are you going to cry? An engineer doesn't cry…SO STOP CRYING!"
"WAHHHH!"
And Usagi runs from Engineering.
"That was particularly cruel," said T'Pol, as she comes down the upper deck by ladder with clipboard in hand; she was doing a general systems check to insure the quality of the sensor grid. "Even for a human such as yourself."
"Since when did YOU start caring about Cadet Tsukino?" Tucker sneers.
"Since taking in consideration of the fact that Cadet Tsukino is far from her home, and away from her family."
"Oh, I…I kind of forgot."
"Commander, just be a bit more patient with Cadet Tsukino. That is all that I ask of you."
"You…you really care about her, T'Pol. I'm impressed."
"Commander, as I have often reminded you, 'caring' is a HUMAN emotion."
"Riiiiight."
Commader Tucker manages to track down Usagi on the rear observation deck, where she is still in a state of distress.
"Cadet Tsukino?" Tucker begins.
"Oh, Commander Tucker!" Usagi says, as she straightens herself out. "I'm sorry for running off like that-"
"Ah, don't worry about that. I just want to apologize for, you know, temper. It's just that with all that has happened of late, I, well…"
"Apology accepted, sir. And I promise to be better."
"Yeah, you do that, and you will be the best engineer this side of Starfleet."
And thus, that was that.
Eventually, they would confront the Xindi race, after much exploration of the Delphic Expanse. Apparently, the Xindi, who consists of seven varieties of sub-species, were fighting amongst them selves, when their homeworld blew up. The Sphere Builders, who, in a future timeline, were defeated by a Federation-Xindi alliance, took advantage of the Xindi's plight; they did so by convincing the Xindi that the Earth would destroy them in the future, and that a pre-emptive strike on Earth would insure the Xindi's survival. The Sphere Builders hoped that by "helping" the Xindi to destroy a pre-Federation Earth, they could reshape the Milky Way Galaxy unhindered. In fact, they needed to have the one person who was responsible for the Federation-Xindi alliance destroyed before they could advance their agenda: the future Starfleet Captain Usagi Tsukino, of the Federation starship Enterprise-E. Years before, she, Captain Archer and crew of the pre-Federation starship Enterprise would travel through the mysterious "Delphic Expanse" to stop a mysterious menace from threatening the Earth. The irony was that by interfering with the past, the Sphere Builders insured that Usagi would be around to stop them in the future.
It did help that Usagi, as "Sailor Moon", used her Silver Millennium crystal, with the help of Captain Archer and crew, to restore the Xindi homeworld.
In the meantime, before all that can occur, CADET Tsukino must learn how to properly wire a power coupling…if she doesn't blow up the ship first!
Tbc.
Author's note: Just a quiet story. While I like to do sometimes is get into Usagi's head at various stages in her life. Thus, at this stage, she is 19 years old, and a bit wet behind the ears. Also, she is very much single (she still as feelings for Mamoru Chiba), so she doesn't have a boyfriend. Anyway, C&C are welcomed.
Next time: Before Usagi can graduate from the Starfleet Academy, she and the crew of the pre-Federation starship must join forces with the World War II superhero team JUSTICE SOCIETY of AMERICA, as the two teams fight to free the world from the Nazis…and their alien allies (while Sailor Pluto must confront the one who caused the "Temporal Cold War" to begin with!).