AN: First off to my FF readers, I am almost positive that most of you haven't read Chapter 6. So please press the back button now and do so. Where the AN was for the last week there is now chapter 6. Unless you want to be completely lost on a certain factor in this chapter please return to chapter 6.

All right guys first off apologies for the slight delay with this chapter. I had a medical procedure done on Monday, wasn't feeling too great and since juliemarie12 still hadn't gotten me the chapter at the point I wanted to go to bed I decided to call it quits for the night and upload in the morning. Like I am doing now.

Thanks to xJxMxMx for alerting and faving the story. And to all of my unknown readers.

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!

And of course a thank you to all of the unknown readers of my story.

Third; as usual I don't own Sailor Moon, they belong to the lovely Naoko Takeuchi.

So at long last please enjoy chapter 6!

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Chapter 7

Nightmare's Amusement

Dear Shingo,

After a strange period of quiet that lasted an unprecedented two weeks, the Dark Kingdom made their move again. We aren't sure why they kept quiet for so long, but it was nice to have some normalcy for a while. We haven't been able to find the newest senshi, Sailor Pluto, but I believe we soon will. But, as I was saying, the Dark Kingdom made their move for the first time in a while and you will never guess where...

In the two weeks since the clock youma's defeat, Haruka and Michiru still came over after school, but for now there was not much any of them could do since they lacked the location of the enemy base.

One afternoon, while Luna was out patrolling and Haruka and Michiru had yet to arrive from across town, Usagi was talking to Naru about the latest in her series of doctors. Naru, who had looked the doctor up on the computer, asked skeptically, "Is that really her hair color?"

Usagi laughed and responded, "Apparently, yes. I asked that first thing when the appointment started. It amazes me how many odd hair colors are out there. You have Ami's dark blue hair, Michiru's aquamarine hair, and now my new doctor's dark green hair."

"Yeah, but her whole coloring is odd. At least with Ami and Michiru they have semi-normal eye colors. This new doctor of yours has red eyes. I don't think I have ever seen anyone with red eyes before," Naru said, tilting her head as she took a good look at the newest doctor to attempt figuring out exactly what was wrong was Usagi.

"Well, in spite of her coloring, she was actually pretty nice. It's too early to say for sure, but maybe I will consider keeping her," Usagi said after pondering thought.

"You haven't kicked her out?"

"Nope."

"Really?" Naru asked, an eyebrow rising in surprise. "Wow! It's been a while since a doctor has made it past the first appointment."

"Yeah, I know, but so far she seems okay. I'll have to wait and see how the next appointments go before deciding if she is a keeper, but so far she hasn't done anything on my 'no-no' list. It's kind of unusual – a good unusual, but unusual nonetheless," Usagi said, tilting her head as she ran the appointment through her head. It had been a good appointment – the first good appointment in at least two months – which was a nice change from her storming out of the appointments because the doctors saw her more of a mystery than a person.

"Wow, that's almost a compliment coming from you," Naru noted, amazed.

"I just wish I knew why my results were so unusual in the hospital and what happened to cause me to keep from really moving on," Usagi admitted.

"You think the appointments may be preventing you from fully moving on from the earthquake?" Naru quirked her eyebrow in surprise.

"Maybe, I don't know. I know that's not how it is supposed to work, but maybe if I was left alone I could move on. Only god knows, and at this rate I am not going to find out whether or not leaving me alone would change things," Usagi sighed, pulling a loose strand of hair in annoyance.

"Well, maybe sometime soon your parents will finally stop forcing you to go those appointments," Naru said hopefully.

"Hah! That will happen when hell freezes over," Usagi replied with an amused snort.

"Yeah, well, they have to run out of doctors eventually," Naru pointed out.

"Naru, we live in one of the most populated cities in Japan. I doubt that is going to happen anytime in the recent future."

"True, But, hey, a girl can hope," Naru said, giving her an encouraging smile.

Usagi managed a smile back before replying, "Yeah, that is true, but I think it's more likely that I'll find a suitable doctor sometime far in the future."

"Does this one really have a chance at being suitable?" Naru asked curiously.

"I can't say yet. It would be nice to find a suitable doctor for once, but it wouldn't be the first time that I thought I had found a doctor that I actually liked only to watch it back fire. I'll give her a couple of appointments, I guess, before I fully rule her out," Usagi said, tapping the pencil against her head thoughtfully. It would be nice, but most doctors made it three appointments tops before she began having issues with them. But maybe, just this once, things would be different, she thought before turning her attention back to her homework.

A few days later, Michiru brought in an article to their daily afternoon meetings that suggested that the Dark Kingdom might finally be on the move again. Around fifty customers had disappeared from the newly opened Dreamland amusement park in the past week.

Luna frowned, glancing at the article. "This is very blatant, even for them, but I have to agree that is likely one of their plots."

"Should we go investigate the place then?" Usagi asked hopefully. She wanted to see the new amusement park but school and everything had been in the way. Even if it was an enemy base, it sounded like a lot of fun.

"I guess so," Luna agreed, nodding after a second of thought.

"Then it's settled!" Usagi exclaimed, punching the air in excitement.

Usagi arrived home a few hours later. The plan was to meet at the park entrance on Sunday morning and spend the day exploring the park to look for evidence of the Dark Kingdom. Now, she had to convince her parents to give her the money needed to pay for the entrance fee. Her mom was home at the moment but her dad was missing, possibly pulling another late night at the office.

"Mom?" Usagi asked, settling down at the table in the small dining area to watch her cook.

"Ah, Usagi, you're back from Naru's. How was the meeting? Any sign of this 'Dark Kingdom' you and Luna mentioned?" her mom inquired, looking up from the cooking momentarily.

"It went well and kind of. We think we managed to track down another operation but we're not 100-percent sure," Usagi admitted, tugging at the hem of her shirt nervously.

"Really, where?" she asked, looking at her daughter. Usagi had not been hesitant to talk about the previous bases before, so she wondered why this time different.

"We think they may be the ones responsible for the disappearances at Dreamland," Usagi answered uneasily.

Her mom frowned, "Dreamland? That's the new amusement park that opened a month ago, right? I thought Luna said they usually worked in secret; that seems very out in the open."

"Yeah, I was surprised at the suggestion, too. But Luna was very insistent we at least investigate the place to eliminate any possibility that they are using it to collect energy," Usagi explained.

"All right, but this had better not get in the way of your studies," her mom relented.

"Thanks. It won't. We are going to meet at the entrance on Sunday morning. But, um, first I need the entrance fee," Usagi admitted, a bit embarrassed at having to ask for it. When she had used up the week's allowance on the tarot card readings, she hadn't thought she would be visiting Dreamland over the weekend.

"You used the money on the tarot card readings again," her mom stated, annoyed.

"Yeah, but I probably wouldn't have done as many readings if I'd known," Usagi replied.

"You need to cut back on those again. I know you said it gives you control that you feel like you have lost, but you cannot come to us every time you need money for a mission. You need to learn to save some of your money for these kind of things," her mom lectured, sounding more exasperated by the minute.

"I'll try, but for this week can I please have the entrance money?" Usagi begged, holding her hands up pleadingly.

Her mom sighed before saying, "All right, just this once. But don't expect for us to pay for every little thing involving fighting the youma, understood?"

"Understood. Thanks, Mom!" Usagi said, giving her a smile before grabbing her bag and heading for her room.

The next day the four girls met up at Dreamland's main entrance. Luna was forced to stay home due to the park's restriction on pets, so this would be the girls' first investigation on their own.

Usagi and Naru managed to get there a bit early and made their way over to the entrance to wait for the other girls.

"I don't see what's so suspicious about this place," Usagi muttered, looking around the entrance area curiously. It didn't appear to be any different than any other amusement park. Admittedly, all of the other Dark Kingdom's bases of operations had looked perfectly normal, too.

Naru sweat dropped in response, thinking about how normal all of the other bases had looked normal at first inspection. Though, she had to admit an amusement park for a base seemed to be over the top, even for them. She spoke after a few seconds, "Well, at least we can enjoy Dreamland. I heard it's supposed to be pretty nice."

"Even with its issue of people coming and never going out?" Usagi asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Supposedly, yes," Naru answered uncertainly. It did sound extremely absurd, but that is what she had been hearing.

Before Usagi could reply, they heard Haruka call, "Yoh, Koneko."

Usagi grinned, turning to greet the older girls upon hearing Haruka's new nickname for her. Her not allowing the older girl to call her "odango" had caused her to create a new nickname. She said, "Haruka, Michiru, glad you guys made it."

"Likewise. Have you seen anything that screams unusual yet?" Michiru asked, glancing around the front entrance.

"No, but they have concealed the fronts from any weirdness on previous occasions," Usagi said, looking around again.

"Well, I guess we better go in," Haruka said as the girls made their way to the entrance.

In about fifteen minutes, the girls had made their way to the center of the park. "Well, still no sign of anything weird yet. Want to split up and look around for now?" Usagi inquired.

"Okay. How about you two take the eastern half and we'll take the western half, then we can meet up again in an hour back here. If either group hasn't shown up in ten minutes, we go looking for them," Haruka suggested.

"Sounds good. See you in an hour?" Usagi asked, raising an eyebrow in question. After receiving an affirmative, the girls went their separate ways.

Usagi and Naru made their way through the park. After a few minutes Usagi mused, "You know, everything looks pretty normal. Maybe it is just a coincidence?"

Naru raised her eyebrow at the question and Usagi sighed.

"I know the odds are very much against that, but one can hope, right? Besides, an amusement park for their base? That seems to be going over the top. I mean, how long would it have taken to plan and build this? It seems like they went extremely overboard," Usagi pondered.

"Yeah, I can see where you are coming from. Maybe it is a case of extreme coincidence and some serial kidnapper is actually involved in this, not the Dark Kingdom. But after everything that has happened in the past month, the odds seem to be more in favor of the Dark Kingdom. We should at least eliminate any possibility of the Dark Kingdom's involvement," Naru agreed, glancing around. "So, where to now?"

Usagi pulled out the park map, "Well, they seem to like to set themselves up in buildings, so maybe we should try some of the buildings around here first."

"Any buildings in particular seem like a good one to try first?" Naru asked, looking at the map over her friend's shoulder.

"This building over here may be a good place to start. It says that they have a show starting in fifteen minutes," Usagi said, pointing to a nearby building on the map.

"Seems like as good of a suggestion as any," Naru nodded, seeing the building.

Meanwhile, Haruka and Michiru decided to take a train ride around the park, figuring that the trip around the entire park was a good way to spot possible hiding spots for the enemy.

"Anything yet?" Haruka asked as she looked from one side of the train to the other. Nothing really stood out, but Usagi had mentioned before that the Dark Kingdom was very good at hiding their bases. Even though they were still inexperienced, the older girls noticed that their two previous fights backed that up.

"No, there aren't many buildings to hold a base. I doubt they would be stupid enough to set it up in the cooperate offices, so it has to be in an attraction building. I've only seen a couple of those, one of which on Usagi and Naru's side of the park. You?" Michiru answered as she continued to look around.

"Not much here either; probably the same buildings you saw," Haruka admitted as she glanced around. It was a bit awkward to ride the kiddy-sized train, especially with her height, but it was the only thing that encompassed the entire park quickly. They would search any buildings they found on foot after the train ride.

"Did the articles you found mention anything about a pattern in the disappearances?" Haruka asked after a couple of minutes of silence.

"No. The police and the people in charge of Dreamland are trying to keep this as much hidden as possible. The police don't want to talk about it much; I do not think they have much information on the missing people's actions. Either that or they are worried that talking about it may cause the spirits to come back to haunt them. Though, a couple articles did mention the missing people had expressed interest in visiting the park's Candy Mansion," Michiru said, reviewing the articles she in her head.

"We should visit there after we got off of this," Haruka suggested.

"I would normally say yes, but it's on Usagi and Naru's side of the park. I'm hoping they figure out enough to make a stop there before we meet up or we will end up going there after," Michiru replied.

"How much longer is this train ride, anyway? My legs are starting to cramp from sitting in this position," Haruka complained.

"The worker said it takes 10 minutes to do a full circuit. We've only been on for about five minutes and we need to see the entire park, so your legs will have to cramp for now, I will make it up to you later," Michiru promised.

Haruka grumbled a bit but did not say anything else as the train continued around the park.

Usagi and Naru managed to make it to Candy Mansion without losing too much time on the walk over. They were let into a large room filled with all sorts of treats. Usagi munched on some of the candy and Naru was explored the room, both girls looking for anything odd. Naru came back over and Usagi asked, "Anything?"

"As far as I can see, it looks pretty normal here. I guess we will just have to wait for the show to start to eliminate this from our list of possible enemy hideouts," Naru said, grabbing her own piece of candy and beginning to nibble on it.

"There are a couple more buildings we should probably check out after this, but I seriously doubt this park's an enemy base," Usagi commented, finishing up her sweet. There was a large cracked pillar in the center of the room and a stage off to their right, but other than that, some miscellaneous decorations, and the tables full of sweets, there wasn't much to be seen. If it was a base, it was certainly a change from some of the gaudier places the Dark Kingdom had used.

"Yeah, I'm starting to agree with you on that one, but it's still weird about the disappearing people," Naru said, finishing off her own sweet and starting on another candy.

"True, but I think it's just some normal creep, not the enemy." Usagi glanced at her watch. The show was scheduled to start any minute now, so that would either confirm or deny her thoughts on the park.

Both girls' attention was drawn to the stage when a white-haired girl wearing a colorful dress stepped out. She gave the crowd a smile and said, "Welcome, everyone. I am the Princess of Dreamland, Muruido. I hope you all enjoy the show."

Before anyone could respond, she let out a breath, causing a pink cloud to spread through the room. Usagi frowned as she heard several exclamations from other people about some sort of field; the room still looked like it had five minutes ago. But when she saw Naru's eye glaze over, she knew the Dreamland Princess had put the others under some spell. It was looking like Michiru was on the right track about the Dark Kingdom using Dreamland as a means to steal energy after all.

She reached up towards the locket, intending to transform, when she suddenly felt weak. Crap, it looked like she was a minute too late to act, she thought as she watched her vision go in and out of focus. She knew she had to fight the energy drain, but she was so tired. Her body gave in against her will and the world disappeared.

Later on, Haruka and Michiru waited at the assigned meeting place. It had been a little over an hour since they had seen the younger girls and they hadn't heard from them. They had been unable to find anything strange over on their edge of the park, so they hoped the others had found something, or at least had a grasp of whether or not this was an enemy base.

"Anything?" Michiru asked, glancing around for the other girls.

Haruka, who had sent a text message to the other girls when they hadn't shown, shook her head, "Nothing yet. Do you think they found the enemy?"

"Seems extremely plausible," Michiru agreed, keeping her eyes trained on the western part of the park.

"Should we try to find them? I mean, it's going to be a bit difficult since we're not sure where they went, but we should try to figure out what happened," Haruka said, standing up from the bench where she had been sitting while waiting for the other girls.

"I think the best place to try is the Candy Mansion. It is a bit of a long shot, but there is the pattern concerning the missing people wanting to go there," Michiru recommended, pulling out the map.

"As good of a place to start as any," Haruka agreed as the duo made their way to the western side of the park.

Following the map's instructions, they found a rather large, elaborate building decorated with various candies, including candy canes doors. Haruka tugged at the doors only to find them locked. She turned to Michiru and asked, "Does the map mention when they will be having another show?"

Michiru glanced down at the map, "Not for another hour. Perhaps we should try somewhere else in the meantime?"

"Maybe," Haruka said hesitantly. She felt like there was more to the building than appeared at first glance.

"What are you thinking, Haruka?" Michiru inquired, looking up to her.

"I just feel like we are missing something here. Our only options right now are to force our way in or wait for the show. If this is the enemy base, however, then waiting for the next show that could be disastrous because we could get caught up in whatever is happening," Haruka mused.

"So you are suggesting that we go ahead and transform," Michiru concluded, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah. That would make me feel better. Even if it isn't the enemy base, we have more than enough money to pay for any damage we may cause," Haruka decided after weighing the options.

"All right, but we are going to have to find somewhere more discreet to transform," Michiru said, taking her companion's hand and dragging her off to find somewhere out of the way.

Ten minutes later, the pair retuned to the Candy Mansion in full sailor gear. The doors were still locked so Haruka powered up her attack, raised her arms, and aimed the familiar yellow ball at the door, saying, "Spiral Buster."

The ball had the desired effect, ripping a hole into the door that they proceeded to crawl through. The hall they entered was strangely empty for a building being used for a show at a popular amusement park.

Both girls nearly jumped a couple of feet in the air when they heard a new voice say from seemingly nowhere, "And how did you two get in here? The next show is not for another hour."

The duo turned in time to see the girl with the colorful dress. Haruka frowned before deciding the blunt route was the best route to go, "We know you are up to something! Let the people you have captured go!"

"Oh, so you have caught on to our little mission then? I believe that calls for a change in scenery," she said, letting out the same pink breath Usagi had seen earlier that day.

Haruka and Michiru frowned as they watched their scenery fade into a strange field of flowers. Haruka snapped in annoyance, "What did you just do?"

"Activate one of my many tricks," she replied, giving them a wicked grin.

"This is not good. We need to find Sailor Moon," Michiru muttered so only Haruka to hear.

Unfortunately, the youma managed to hear her anyway, "Oh, so I managed to capture your leader? Even better."

Haruka grumbled slightly but there was no use denying the youma's words. They both knew that Usagi was most likely somewhere in the building, but with this illusion it would be nearly impossible to find their leader and her friend. She dropped her volume even lower to respond to Michiru, hoping the youma would not hear her, "Just turn around and walk straight down the hall. I will try to keep her distracted. Her illusion can only carry far; I bet if you get far enough away you will get out."

"Uranus-" Michiru began.

"Just go, Neptune. Without Sailor Moon we are going to have trouble defeating the youma. She is the most experienced of the lot of us," Haruka ordered as she prepared to power up another Spiral Buster.

"If you are sure," Michiru agreed, turning her back on the youma.

"Positive. Now go!" Haruka said, taking a stance that she hoped took up most of the hallway and prevented the youma from chasing Michiru. She raised both arms in the air and yelled, "Spiral Buster!"

Sure enough, once Michiru got far enough away, she found the illusion fading. Breathing a sigh of relief, she found a door that she hoped would lead to the rest of the people. Pushing it open, she found the room full of various sweets and people, including Usagi and Naru. She ran over to the younger senshi, giving her shoulder a shake. After a few seconds, Usagi groaned and opened her eyes, "Neptune? How did you get here?"

"We forced our way in. Are you up to transforming?" Michiru asked, helping the wobbly-legged girl to her feet.

"Yeah, I can do it," Usagi said after regaining her balance. She got into position before yelling, hoping that no one else was awake, "Moon Prism Power Make Up!"

After a second to transform, Michiru led her back toward the youma, albeit slower than either liked. Usagi, while awake, was definitely feeling the energy drain and was fighting her instinct to sleep. Hoping that Haruka was okay, they made their way back down the hall.

As they neared, they saw that the mysterious senshi of time and space from two weeks ago was back and helping Haruka. She must have heard them coming as she moved to the side to allow them through. Michiru pushed Usagi, who was moving sluggishly, to the front where she sighed, removing the tiara as Haruka continued to distract the youma, and aimed at the creature while saying, "Moon Tiara Action!"

Thankfully, in spite of her tiredness, the youma had been dealt enough damage and crumbled to dust from her attack. Usagi breathed a sigh of relief as she felt her energy return to her with the defeat of the enemy.

She ignored the older girls as they thanked Sailor Pluto for the assistance, only giving the oldest senshi a tentative smile. After all, this was only her second time encountering the time senshi and Pluto seemed to prefer to stand on her own. She turned toward Uranus and Neptune and said, "Come on, let's grab Naru and get out of here. I've seen enough of this park for one day."

Haruka and Michiru inclined their heads in agreement. When Usagi glanced behind them a moment later, Pluto had already disappeared. Wondering how the senshi kept doing that, she decided to ask Luna later as she dropped her transformation and went to find her friend.

Apparently the enemy is moving onto bigger and more noticeable venues. I'm not sure if that means they are more desperate or they have stopped caring about attracting unwanted attention. Oh well, it will make finding them easier.

All of the missing people are now accounted for, though their memories are now clogged from the whole incident. Luna mentioned this is pretty normal for this kind of Dark Kingdom attack.

Speaking of Luna, she has been antsy since we first mentioned the appearance of Pluto but it increased today when we told her she had reappeared in Dreamland. I wonder what she remembers about the senshi, if anything at all, and why she doesn't want to talk about the other senshi.

Oh well, I guess my answers will come in time.

Your big sister,

Usagi Tsukino

AN: And that wraps up chapter 7 stay tuned on Friday for chapter 8. Here's the preview:

"I'm still worried about what might happen if we show up and he does not," Usagi admitted that evening while chewing on her pencil. She was attempting to get some of her schoolwork done but her mind was not really focusing on it well. Too many things were going on tonight to full concentrate on her homework.

"I would be surprised if he does not show up, Usagi. And you are underestimating his own abilities if you think he will not be able to sneak around the guards. He has all sorts of powerful magic," Luna said sounding exasperated. It felt like the millionth time that she had said that this evening. Ever since she had told Usagi that she refused to hand over the items that may be capable of healing Jadeite the girl had grown increasingly annoying . Not that it was going to change Luna's mind.

"She does have a point though," Michiru said after a second. Seeing the look she got from Luna she continued, "In this day and age showing up at the airport during a terrorist threat could be seen as admitting guilt. We are going to have to be very careful when we go to Haneda Airport."

"I am sure everything will be okay," Luna said her tone becoming more annoyed by the second.

"Yeah well if we get thrown in jail I am blaming you Luna," Usagi retorted finally getting up from the table. She simply could not do her homework tonight. She was too nervous about the trip out to Haneda Airport.

"I seriously doubt that is going to happen," Luna called out to Usagi's retreating back. Turning to the other girls she said, "We should probably be getting ready to head out the door. As soon as Usagi returns you three should probably go ahead and transform."

See you Friday!